THURSDAY November 19, 2015 • 75¢ UPS AND DOWNS Newark starts on a high note; Yorkville drops opener / 20 KendallCountyNow.com Facebook.com/RecordNewspapers Twitter.com/kcrnewspapers SERVING KENDALL COUNTY FOR 150 YEARS COUNTYWIDE Keeping the beat Plano man wants to make a career out of beatboxing /1 Vol. 151, No. 47 3 sections Fire calls........................................ 13 Forum ................................................... 5 Library news ..................................... 14 Local news ..................................... 2-15 Opinion................................................. 4 Police reports..................................... 3 Sports ........................................... 16-20 WHERE IT’S AT NEWS School tax levy Yorkville School Board members get first look at $58 million tax levy /9 adno=0366528 Connecting the Fox Valley to Academic Medicine rush.edu Public weighs in on strike By MATT SCHURY [email protected]As a strike deadline of Dec. 2 nears, Yorkville School District 115 hosted a nearly three-hour public forum Tuesday night at Yorkville High School to discuss the ongoing contract negotiations between the district and the Yorkville Education Association (YEA). Residents, parents and students of the district packed the school library, peppering three of the sev- en board of education members and district officials with questions about how a strike can be avoided and a contact approved. Dean Romano, assistant superintendent for fi- nance and operations, and board member Dr. Robert Brenart answered most of the questions. Topics included salary compensation, health in- surance, retirement, collaboration time, work week hours and certification. Romano also gave a brief overview of the negoti- ations and what the district is offering the teachers. The teachers have been working without a con- tract since June 30. Bonny Mattison, the first person to speak, said she has two students at Autumn Creek Elementary. “I guess I want to know – how far apart are we tru- ly? You hear so much between Facebook and friends and school. That’s kind of why I came here tonight,” Mattison said. “I’m just a mom.” Romano said the two sides are over $1 million apart. “On salaries we’ve offered a little over $3 million and they’re at about $4.3 million,” Romano said. Mattison said she was hoping the teachers would be given a chance to present their point of view. Some teachers did ask questions and members of the YEA attended the meeting but did not formally present. Residents pack forum to discuss negotiations with Dist. 115 teachers ABOVE: Yorkville High School and West Point grad Dave Orton talks to YHS students about military history, his time at West Point and deployments in Iraq. LEFT: Retired Air Force pilot Mark Benz shows YHS students some of the equip- ment from his 23-year military career. LESSONS IN VALOR Local veterans discussed their military service with Yorkville High School students as part of the school’s Veterans Day observance Wednesday, Nov. 11. TOP: Marine veteran and Reservist, Marco Gomez, an Aurora police officer, talks to Yorkville High School students about his two deployments in Iraq. Photos by ERIC MILLER [email protected]See NEGOTIATIONS, page 2
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As a strike deadline of Dec. 2 nears, YorkvilleSchool District 115 hosted a nearly three-hour publicforum Tuesday night at Yorkville High School todiscuss the ongoing contract negotiations betweenthe district and the Yorkville Education Association(YEA).
Residents, parents and students of the districtpacked the school library, peppering three of the sev-en board of education members and district officialswith questions about how a strike can be avoided anda contact approved.
Dean Romano, assistant superintendent for fi-nance and operations, and board member Dr. RobertBrenart answered most of the questions.
Topics included salary compensation, health in-surance, retirement, collaboration time, work weekhours and certification.
Romano also gave a brief overview of the negoti-ations and what the district is offering the teachers.
The teachers have been working without a con-tract since June 30.
Bonny Mattison, the first person to speak, said shehas two students at Autumn Creek Elementary.
“I guess I want to know – how far apart are we tru-ly? You hear so much between Facebook and friendsand school. That’s kind of why I came here tonight,”Mattison said. “I’m just a mom.”
Romano said the two sides are over $1 millionapart.
“On salaries we’ve offered a little over $3 millionand they’re at about $4.3 million,” Romano said.
Mattison said she was hoping the teachers wouldbe given a chance to present their point of view.
Some teachers did ask questions and members ofthe YEA attended the meeting but did not formallypresent.
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Brenart said he didn’twant to negotiate in pub-lic but wanted to give thepublic the district’s per-spective on the budget. TheYEA has held two commu-nity forums of their ownover the past month.
“When the teacherspresented their informa-tion we didn’t go in thereand try to negotiate withthem in their meeting andthey’ve been kind enoughnot to do that here,” Bre-nart said.
Jennifer Detalvie, amother of students in thedistrict, said she was con-cerned about teachers leav-ing the district.
“In order to have a gooddistrict we need to retainour teachers and pay thema good salary and good ben-efits,” she said.
Detalvie said she wasalso concerned with howthe benefit package for thedistrict’s administratorscompared to what teachersare receiving.
“I was flabbergasted byhow much money is spenton each administrator,”she said.
Detalvie added that sheblamed school board mem-bers for the impasse.
“The board says theywant excellent educationfor our students then weneed to not let the teachersgo on strike,” Detalvie said.“And I put that on you guysbecause you are elected of-ficials and you can be vot-ed out if we are not happywith what you do.”
Chris Funkhouser, aYorkville alderman, saidteachers probably deservea raise but he said there isonly so much money forthose raises.
“There is a responsiblyto make sure that the teach-ers are well taken care of,that the administration istaken care of and the stu-dents are taken care of –that’s the balance,” Funk-houser. “If the school boardgoes over and starts payingsalaries that are unachiev-able, we’re going to have tomake cuts.”
He added that he had aconversation with his sev-en-year old daughter aboutteachers going on strike
and said he wanted to seethe YEA move toward acompromise.
“Get your head out ofthe sand and get this done”Funkhouser said. “Youstrike, you should be firedplain and simple. I don’tlike to say that and I do notwant to see you fired be-cause I want you to contin-ue to teach.”
Brenart, speaking be-fore the meeting this week,said the main impasse isover compensation.
“There’s no more mon-ey. We’re already in a po-sition where we’ll have tomake changes in the pro-grams and class sizes,” Bre-nart said. “If we go wherethey want to go it’s goingto be a lot more draconi-an and that’s not what wewant to do.”
The two sides last metfor over 13 hours on Sun-day, Nov. 15 but have failedto come to an agreement onthe contract.
The district and teach-ers say the sticking pointscontinue to be compensa-tion and wage increases aswell as benefits and teacherevaluation.
Brenart said that he isworn out from the nego-
tiations at this point buthopes some agreement canbe reached.
“There’s only so manydollars to go around,” hesaid, adding that he doesn’twant to disregard the goodthings teachers do for thechildren of the district.
“There’s a lot of greatteachers out there and Ijust know the union men-tality is to follow the lead-er over the cliff,” Brenartsaid.
Shawn Collins, presi-dent of the YEA, said thisweek that he and his fellowteachers want to do every-thing possible to avoid astrike.
“This is truly going to bea disruption in everyone’slives and that is somethingthat we don’t want. We donot want to go on strike atall. It is frustrating to knowthat the district is allowingit to get that far,” Collinssaid. “And some may saythat it is our fault.”
YEA and district offi-cials are scheduled to meetagain Friday, Nov. 20.
Legally the YEA couldstrike on Nov. 19 but Col-lins said if they can’t cometo an agreement the ear-liest they have promised
they will strike is Dec. 2.“By law we have to pro-
vide documentation in asequence that would allowthe teachers to go on strikeso by law with the way thepaper work has been deter-mined that would be thefirst date of (a strike). Wedidn’t believe that was inthe best interest, we want-ed to give this process a fairopportunity,” Collins said.
Teachers to turn intheir keys
Yorkville School Dis-trict Superintendent TimShimp sent an email to alldistrict teachers informingthem that stating on Nov.18 at the end of the schoolday they are required toturn in the keys to theirclassrooms.
“We understand thatafter school, evening, andweekend activities will con-tinue and that faculty mayneed building access to sup-port students and attendthe events they supervise.Each of the building prin-cipals will arrange for tem-porary daily access basedupon scheduled events.Our regularly scheduledmaintenance and custodialstaff will continue to work
normal hours in support ofour students and staff,” thedistrict said in a statementTuesday.
“We regret having totake these actions, but be-lieve we must execute theseprocedures in the best in-terest of the district andour students. We recognizethe difficulty of the situa-tion, and encourage you tocontinue your importantwork on behalf of our stu-dents.”
The district said in theirstatement that should astrike take place all per-sonnel will be required toleave laptops, plans, andgrade books on their desks.Access to email and the dis-trict network will not beavailable and key fobs willbe deactivated.
The district is advisingstaff to remove all personalbelongings from the build-ing. All buildings will beclosed and events will becanceled. Striking teacherswill not be allowed to parkon school property.
The statement also saidthat out-of-district profes-sional leaves (e.g. Confer-ences, workshops, etc.) willbe canceled and will not berescheduled or made-up.
Yorkville teachers, community members and students addressed Yorkville School District 115 Board members and officials Tuesdayevening. Most attendees asked questions regarding a potential strike and how to bridge the current impasse between the district andthe Yorkville Education Association, the union representing teachers.
District working with child care providers in the event of a strikeBy MATT SCHURY
Yorkville School District of-ficials said this week they areworking with local daycare pro-viders in the event teachers car-ry through with their intent tostrike Dec. 2. The Yorkville Ed-ucation Association (YEA) couldlegally strike as early as Nov.19 but union officials said theywould like to negotiate as close tothe Dec. 2 date as possible.
YEA officials said they do notintend to strike Thursday, Nov.19.
“We will not implement workstoppage until (Wednesday) Dec.2 at the earliest,” YEA said via so-cial media Tuesday. “It is our con-
tinued intent that a strike is a lastditch effort in regards to settling afair and equitable contract for theteachers in Yorkville.”
In a letter sent to parents Tues-day the district said that in theevent of a strike all buildings andfacilities would be closed for stu-dent attendance as well as for useby outside groups. Additionallyextracurricular activities wouldbe canceled as well.
District officials said that theywould contact parents of a schoolclosure via the School Messengersystem by phone and email.
“Once an agreement has beenreached, classes and all extracur-ricular programs will resume asscheduled.
“At this time, it is undeter-
mined when, or if, any missedstudent attendance days will bemade up as a result of a strike. Wewill provide further communica-tion regarding the possibility ofmake-up days once an agreementis reached,” the letter to parentsstated.
Yorkville School District 115provided parents with a list ofdaycare providers they could con-tact to make arrangements to taketheir children.
The district is also workingwith the Kendall County SpecialEducation Cooperative to provideservices for identified special ed-ucation programs in the event ofa work stoppage.
Students would continue toattended their normal classes at
Yorkville High School Indian Val-ley Vocational Center. Familiesof students within the identifiedprograms will receive a separatenotification regarding the con-tinuation of programming at anon-district location, accordingto the district.
“We recognize the difficulty ofthis situation for our families andhave communicated with localdaycare and preschool providers,as well as the Fox Valley FamilyYMCA, to share information re-lated to the possibility of schoolclosings and childcare needs,” thedistrict said in their press release.
Childcare providersThe district said they have
contacted the following child-care providers who have indicat-ed that they have openings forschool-aged children in the eventof a teacher strike.
• C h i l d r e n o f A m e r i c aYorkville – Day Care Center, 741Prairie Pointe Drive, Yorkville
• Fox Valley Family YMCA –Central Branch, 3875 EldamainRoad, Plano
In an effort to spark newgrowth, the Oswego Village Boardvoted unanimously Nov. 3 to low-er impact fees on newly construct-ed homes by $4,000 per home, from$23,000 to $19,000.
The board also moved tostreamline the village’s buildingpermit process.
The board’s actions wereprompted by the results of a jointstudy of its impact fees. The boardlaunched the study more than ayear ago with other local taxingdistricts, including School Dis-trict 308 and the Oswegoland ParkDistrict, Oswego Public LibraryDistrict and Oswego Fire Protec-tion District.
The board’s action serves tobring the village’s impact feesmore in line with fees chargedto builders in neighboring Mont-gomery and Yorkville.
Trustee Pam Parr noted thevillage’s impact fees had not been
changed in 10 years.“That is through the growth
and into the worst recession thiscountry has ever had and backout again. And nothing was ad-justed during that whole period,”Parr said.
Currently, the village leviesimpact fees on all new homes builtin order to support growth-relat-ed costs for all areas of local gov-ernment.
The fees were last updated in2005 and include an annual costescalation of four percent. Homescurrently under construction pay
impact fees based on agreementsmade prior to 2005.
The village worked with Ehlersand Associates, Inc. on the study,who confirmed the village’s feeswere among the highest in thearea and recommended they beadjusted based upon market con-ditions and actual capital needs.
By comparison, neighboringYorkville has total developmentfees ranging between $15,000 to$17,000 per new home and Mont-gomery’s fees are from $12,000 to$16,000 per new home, accordingto board documents.
Those high fees contributed tothe low housing starts for 2015,which are the lowest the villagehas seen since 1995, according tovillage officials.
Village Administrator Dan DiSanto said it has been “rough” forabout the last two years due to thelow housing starts and the loss ofthe development fees.
“Those capital expenses areneeded now,” Di Santo said. “Re-gardless of growth we need topay for roads, [we are] looking atbuilding a police station. Develop-ment impact fees will help pay forthat. If we have no developmentimpact fees coming in we stillhave to pay for that.”
$15,500 of each developmentimpact fee to the village will bedistributed among the local gov-ernment bodies based on theirneeds. According to village doc-uments, the village receives48.46 percent of total impact fees,School District 308 receives 38.92percent and the remaining threeunits each receive under 10 per-
cent.The remaining $3,500 will be
used for village building permitfees.
The board also unanimouslyapproved an amendment to thevillage’s water tap on fees, whichwas recently created to covercosts associated with the con-struction of a new watershed fa-cility. It is listed as a separate feeso that funds can be directly allo-cated to the Water Capital Fund.The study indicated that the feeis approximately $2,200 per unit.
The board also approved a re-duction in the amount developersare required to pay per acre un-der the village’s land-cash ordi-nance. Previously, the paymentswere based upon a per acre cost of$156,564. Under the revised ordi-nance, the per acre payment willbe $79,500.
“We’re going to become im-mediately easier to do businesswith,” said Trustee Luis Perez ofthe changes. “We should becomecompetitive in the marketplace.”
Boulder Hill man gets10-year prison sentence
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Clifford W. Clark, 47, of CircleDrive West, Boulder Hill, was re-cently sentenced to 10 years in jailby the 23rd Judicial Circuit ChiefJudge Timothy McCann for unlaw-ful possession with the intent to de-liver a controlled substance, a ClassX felony, after pleading guilty andentering an agreed sentence.
Kendall County State’s Attor-ney Eric Weis explained that dueto truth in sentencing laws, Clarkwould have to serve at least 75 per-cent of his sentence, as opposed toother crimes which allow for goodbehavior credit at 50 percent.
Clark was arrested and chargedafter members of the Kendall Coun-ty Cooperative Police AssistanceTeam conducted a search warranton his residence in January 2015.During that search, a large amountof cocaine was located, along withother items commonly used in thesale of narcotics.
Clark has remained in custodysince his arrest in January. He willbe required to serve three yearsof mandatory supervised release,commonly known as parole, afterhe serves his 10-year prison sen-tence. The case was prosecuted byAssistant State’s Attorney FrankGorup.
Downtown crashNicholas Ferry, 25, of the 1200 block of
Marketplace Drive, Yorkville, was chargedwith failure to reduce speed to avoid anaccident after a one-car crash at about1:40 a.m. Nov. 11 on Bridge Street southof Van Emmon Road, Yorkville policesaid. According to reports, Ferry wassouthbound on Bridge Street when hefell asleep at the wheel, swerved rightand struck a cement barrier wall. Ferrywas treated on the scene by Bristol-Ken-dall paramedics on the scene and thenreleased, reports said.
License violationMichael D. Mcquay, 52, of the 34W400
block of Lincoln Drive, St. Charles, wascharged with driving while license revokedand operating an uninsured motor vehicleafter a traffic stop at about 9:50 p.m.Nov. 11 at Route 47 and Colonial Parkway,Yorkville police said.
Deer versus carA deer struck the side of a Toyota Prius
at about 5:10 p.m. Nov. 12 on Route 34about 300 feet west of Game Farm Road,Yorkville police said. There were no injuriesto the driver or juvenile passenger, reportssaid. Damage to the vehicle was describedas minor, and the deer ran from the scene,reports said.Theft chargeKarrie A. Franzen, 37, of the 1200 block
of Clearwater Drive, Yorkville, was chargedwith theft in connection with an incidentinvolving prescription medication at about9:35 a.m. Nov. 16 in the 200 block of Green-briar Road, Yorkville police said.Property damageSomeone used spray paint to damage on
a structure and an electrical box Nov. 16in the 1100 block of Prairie Crossing Drive,Yorkville police said. Damage was estimat-ed at more than $200.
YORKVILLE POLICE REPORTS
KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTSPossession chargeArrieta Ivan G. Chavez, 25, of the
100 block of Rickard Drive, BristolTownship, was charged with domes-tic battery and unlawful possessionof cannabis in connection with anincident at about 11:05 a.m. Nov. 11,Kendall County sheriff’s police said.DUI chargeDawid Jarecki, 22, of Romeoville,
was charged with DUI and illegallane usage at about 12:45 a.m. Nov.11 at Route 47 and Caton Farm Roadin Kendall Township, Kendall Countysheriff’s police said.Possession chargesPaige J. Marsh, 23, of Chicago, was
charged with unlawful possessionof cannabis and possession of drugparaphernalia in connection withan incident at about 8:30 p.m. Nov.10 in Jaycee Park, 100 block ofSaugatuck Road in Oswego, KendallCounty sheriff’s police said.Warrant arrestsDavid A. Gaddini, 31, and Brigitte
E. Gaddini, 30, both of the 300 blockof Grant Street, were found to bewanted on warrants from KendallCounty at about 12:40 p.m. Nov.10 in Little Rock Township, KendallCounty sheriff’s police said.License violationEugene R. Preuser III, 40, of the
0-99 block of Ingleshire Road, Boul-der Hill, was charged with drivingon a revoked license and violation ofan order of protection at about 3:30p.m. Nov. 11 at Long Beach and Win-rock roads in Boulder Hill, KendallCounty sheriff’s police said. Preuseralso was cited for failure to signaland having no proof of insurance,reports said.Accident with injuriesMarisol Carrillo, 29, of Romeoville,
was charged with failure to reducespeed to avoid an accident after
a crash at about 1 p.m. Nov. 12 atRoute 30 and Wolf’s Crossing Roadin Oswego Township, Kendall Coun-ty sheriff’s police said. One person,Lora A. Schmitt, 41, of Aurora, wastaken to Rush-Copley Medical Cen-ter for treatment, reports said.Rollover crashBrittany R. Little, 22, of the 25000
block of Government Lane, Plain-field, was charged with failure toreduce speed to avoid an accident,operating an uninsured motorvehicle and driving without a validdriver’s license after a one-car roll-over crash at about 9:15 a.m. Nov.12 on Ridge Road south of Route126 in Na-Au-Say Township, KendallCounty sheriff’s police said. Littlewas taken to St. Joseph’s Hospital inJoliet for treatment of minor injuries,reports said.Possession chargesConnor M. Bee, 20, of the 2300
block of Vineyard Court, Naperville,and Lucas M. Curth, 20, of the 1500block of Sycamore Lane, Aurora,were both charged with unlawfulpossession of drug paraphernaliaafter a traffic stop at about 8 p.m.Nov. 12 at Minkler and Reservationroads in Oswego Township, KendallCounty sheriff’s police said. Bee alsowas charged with speeding, reportssaid.Criminal trespassSomeone entered an unlocked
vehicle Nov. 12 in the 2300 blockof Light Road, Oswego, the ownertold Kendall County sheriff’s police.Nothing was taken from the vehicleand there was no damage, thereport said.License violationAntonio Garcia, 29, of Chicago,
was charged with driving on asuspended license and speeding atabout 11:40 p.m. Nov. 14 at Millhurst
Road and Fox River Drive in LittleRock Township, Kendall Countysheriff’s police said. According toreports, Garcia was driving 73 mphin a 55 mph zone.License suspendedMatthew G. Reich, 22, of Brace-
ville, Ill., was charged with drivingon a suspended license, speedingand operating an uninsured motorvehicle at about 8:15 a.m. Nov. 15 atRoute 52 and Ridge Road in SewardTownship, Kendall County sheriff’spolice said.DUI drugsPenny L. Darnell, 49, of the 100
block of Clark Street, Sandwich, wascharged with DUI drugs and failureto reduce speed to avoid an acci-dent after a rollover crash at about2:05 p.m. Nov. 14 at Millbrook andBudd roads in Fox Township, KendallCounty sheriff’s police said. Darnellwas taken to Valley West Hospital inSandwich for treatment.License violationTremaine De Quan Jyles, 22, of
the 200 block of Springbrook TrailSouth, Oswego, was charged withdriving without a valid license,speeding in a construction zoneand operating an uninsured motorvehicle at about 2:20 p.m. Nov. 15at Ashe and Galena roads in BristolTownship, Kendall County sheriff’spolice said. According to reports,Jyles was driving 67 mph in a 45mph zone.Stop sign violationDevontae J. Totten, 22, of the 900
block of McClaren Avenue, Aurora,was charged with driving on a sus-pended license at about 3:55 p.m.Nov. 15 at Fernwood and Winrockroads in Boulder Hill, Kendall Countysheriff’s police said. According toreports, Totten was stopped fordisobeying a stop sign.
“Those capital expenses are needed now. Regardlessof growth we need to pay for roads, [we are] looking atbuilding a police station. Development impact fees willhelp pay for that. If we have no development impact fees
coming in we still have to pay for that.”Dan Di Santo
Oswego village administrator
OPINIONS Thursday, November 19, 2015Kendall County Record • Page 4
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OUR VIEW
Hastert signs,plaques comedown in area
As we reported last week, the J. Dennis Hastert Parksign that stood in the shade of a sprawling burr oak treeoutside the Oswego Police station on U.S. Route 34 in thevillage was recently taken down.
Meanwhile, Kendall County officials have had a largebronze plaque honoring the former U.S. Speaker of theHouse removed from the first floor hallway of the histor-ic county courthouse building in Yorkville.
In Oswego, School District 308 officials have yet todetermine the fate of a plaque honoring Hastert locatedin the lobby at Oswego High School or if he will remainin the school’s Alumni Hall of Fame.
The decision to remove the local homages to KendallCounty’s once favorite political son came quickly afterhe entered a guilty plea in federal court Oct. 21 to evad-ing banking laws as he sought to conceal hush moneypayments to a still un-named person.
We believe Kendall County Board Chairman JohnShaw summed up the feelings of many county residentsthis past week when he described Hastert’s guilty pleaas a “black eye on the county” and added, “It’s like find-ing out that your grandmother has been stealing money… and it’s actually worse than that.”
Certainly local officials were left with no otherreasonable option but to take down the signs and theplaques after Hastert admitted his guilt.
It’s likely the initial shock that Hastert’s many long-time friends and supporters here felt when federal pros-ecutors first raised their allegations against the formerHouse Speaker has likely subsided over the past fewmonths. No doubt the shock for some has been replacedwith feelings of bitterness and betrayal towards Hastert.
Those feelings are likely compounded by the possi-bility that under terms of his plea deal, the public maynever know the full story of why the former YorkvilleHigh School teacher and wrestling coach sought to payup to $3.5 million to the still unidentified “Individual A,”presumably to maintain that person’s continued silence.
Until the revelations about Hastert were made publicthis past spring, his legacy seemed secure. He hadserved the longest stint as Speaker of the House in thenation’s history and, over the course of his career, hadsuccessfully championed numerous and much neededpublic works projects here in the county, including thewidening of U.S. Route 34 from Aurora to Oswego andthe construction of the Orchard Road extension andbridge in Oswego and Montgomery.
Now, Hastert’s admission of guilt has left local offi-cials no alternative but to quietly remove those priortokens of public appreciation and to move on. Certainly,Hastert will be remembered here, but not for any legisla-tive achievements.
This plaque honoring J. Dennis Hastert was recently removedfrom a wall in the Historic Kendall County Courthouse.
Every few years, controversyarises as biologists work to restoresome of Illinois’ native savannahsor prairies.
The biggest problem alwaysseems to be that the restorationefforts involve cutting, clearing,and burning weed trees and brush.Apparently, to city folks, one treeis as good as another, whether it’sa native species, like white oak, orsome foreign intruder introducedas an ornamental shrub. But tothose who are trying to restore thearea’s native habitat to entice someof the animal and native plant spe-cies that used to live here to comeback again, there’s a big difference.
And that goes for animals as wellas plants. Most people, for instance,think a wild bird is a wild bird. Butsometime during the last century, agroup named the American Accli-matization Society decided it wouldbe nice if all the birds named inShakespeare’s plays lived here inthe U.S. as well as in England.
Fortunately, most all the birdsthey imported and released diedsoon after. But then one of theirnumber, a rich businessman namedEugene Schieffelin, decided to tryreleasing starlings.
Unfortunately, the starlingsthought they’d died and gone tobird heaven. There are, today, some200 million of the pests in NorthAmerica that compete with anddrive out native species.
At least the American Accli-matization Society had the excusethat they weren’t scientists, unlikethe U.S. Fish Commission, a gov-ernmental agency that importedEuropean carp they stocked inMidwestern rivers – including theFox – permanently upsetting theregion’s aquatic ecology.
The prairie ecology that oncedominated northern Illinois hasalso been harmed by foreign intrud-ers. When the first settlers arrived,the Fox Valley consisted of rollingprairie sprinkled with groves ofhardwoods. Most of the grovesformed around watercourses andthe many wetlands that dotted theregion.
In the thousands of years follow-ing the retreat of the last glacierthat scoured northern Illinois, adiverse and complicated ecologygrew up.
The landscape was dominated byprairie plants, particularly grassesand sedges (which have triangu-lar-shaped stems: “Sedges haveedges”).
Grasses such as Big Blue Stemand Little Blue Stem predominatedin what biologists term the tallgrass
prairie that predominated in ourregion. But in the spring and thefall, before and after the grassesand sedges had done their growing,forbs (non-woody broadleaf plants)dominated and created the brightlycolored carpets of wildflowers onwhich so many of the early settlerscommented.
When the settlers came, theyfound mostly prairie, but they alsofound those groves of hardwoods,some that looked like they had beencarefully maintained by gardeners(and in a way, they had), while oth-ers were choked with brush.
One of these “brushy” areas was,according to the original surveyof the county, located about whereOswego’s Townes Crossing Shop-ping Center is today, and was called“Brush Point” by the pioneers.
Why, the pioneers wondered, didprairie suddenly give way to thickwoods, and why did some species oftrees predominate in certain areas?
Today, we know that the prai-rie fires that periodically sweptthe area were the answer to thosequestions. In the spring and thefall, after the grasses were nicelydry, lightning produced by thunder-storms started prairie fires. But inaddition, the local Native Americanpopulation helped Mother Naturealong by also starting fires, bothintentionally and unintentionally.
Just as today, unintentionalfires happened when cookingfires escaped into the dry prairie.But intentional fires were muchmore common and were startedto prepare fields for cultivation,combat insects, kill trees that wereencroaching onto the prairies fromthe groves, and for hunting purpos-es.
To hunt with prairie fires,Indians would start a ring of firesometimes a mile in diameter, andleave an unburned exit, throughwhich game animals would beforced by the flames, making theanimals much easier targets. TheIndians also knew that some gameanimals, like the white-tailed deer,are creatures of forest edges wherebrowse is easy to find. Fires createdmore of those edges, increasinggame populations.
The periodic burning, both natu-ral (started by lightning) and man-made, largely created the prairielandscape found by the pioneers.
I remember reading a column
several years ago in a Chicagodaily paper complaining that forestpreserve naturalists contend fire isrequired by some native plants.
The columnist sarcastically won-dered whether “wildfire” could tellthe difference and so only damagedforeign species. He was apparentlyincapable of realizing it’s not thefire but the plants that know thedifference.
White oaks, for instance, arefire resistant because of their thickbark and high resistance to rottingafter being scarred by fire. Theyalso quickly grow after fires – fireactually helps oak seedbeds sprout.Thus when the settlers arrived,white oaks predominated in groveson the west sides of streams thanksto their resistance to fire driven byprevailing winds.
On the other hand, many otherhardwood species – maples, wal-nuts, and butternuts for instance –are very susceptible to fire damageand therefore predominated on theeast sides of streams where theywere protected from prairie fires.
Most native prairie grasses andforbs also require periodic firesto thrive, while fire inhibits thegrowth of non-native species.
In addition to high resistance tofire (and requiring it for survival),most native plants are also highlydrought resistant. Prairie plantsand native tree species tend to havedeep root systems and leaf systemsthat maximize water retention.
Each year, about 37 inchesof rain falls on Kendall County.Interestingly enough, that’s almostexactly the amount of rainfallabsorbed with little or no runoffby an acre of native prairie or oaksavanna.
Trees are nice, but not all treesare worth saving. Prairie resto-rations have popped up all overnorthern Illinois. That’s healthy forthe region’s ecology and is a plusfor property owners and taxpayerswho benefit from the stormwaterrun-off control aspects of nativeprairies.
And it doesn’t hurt that prairiesperiodically explode into the col-orful blooms of plants that evolvedhere thanks to the interaction ofMother Nature helped along by gen-erations of Native Americans.
• All friends and family of RogerMatile are invited to attend aspecial open house this Sunday,Nov. 22 at the Little White SchoolMuseum, Jackson and Polk streetsin Oswego, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. tocelebrate Roger and Sue Matile’s50th wedding anniversary.
Foreign invasions in IllinoisRogerMatile
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Listen to othersTo the Editor:I really don’t know where to begin to re-
spond to Cindy Akre’s confusing (confused?)assessment of my letter to the Forum page ofOct. 29. First, I don’t believe Planned Parent-hood can be considered a “profit-generatingbusiness.” It is, more accurately, a charity, asit accepts donations.Second, my reference to the “radical
right wing” was intended to designate thecontingent that would rather shut down theUnited States government than fund PlannedParenthood, which has done nothing illegal.This is really a disagreement once again overthe issue of abortion. Regardless of howone may feel personally about it, abortion islegal. I believe it should remain so: no womanshould be forced to bear a child she doesnot want or can’t care for, and every childshould be wanted and loved. And, Cindy, Idon’t believe anyone is “pro-abortion.” Pro-choice, however, should be the Republicanstance: less governmental interference in theindividual’s rights, right? (And, personally, Iwould like to commend Senator Mark Kirk forhis courage in standing alone, breaking rankswith his fellow Republicans in their attemptto defund Planned Parenthood. Thank you forrepresenting me on this issue.)Long ago I heard someone try to explain
why some people are liberal and some areconservative. The jist of it was that generallyconservatives are people for whom life isgood and thus the status quo – leaving thingsas they are – works best for them. Liberals,on the other hand, are willing to listen toother voices – the voices of people for whomlife may be difficult, e.g. minorities, the poor,and the disabled.Sometimes our own viewpoints can be
modified or even completely changed bylistening to someone we have met along theway. When we listen to others, especiallythose whose life experiences are very differ-ent from our own, we might possibly comeaway with a changed attitude. Or not. Butlistening to someone with a different view ofthe world can be enlightening.Carla TaylorMinooka
They do great workTo the Editor:While our representatives in Washington
have finally agreed to terms that temporarilywill prevent a government shutdown, the farright wing in the House continues to threatenfurther progress due to one issue: funding forPlanned Parenthood.I don’t understand the opposition. Their
name speaks for itself, “Planned Parenthood,”not “We like to kill babies.com”.Their entire purpose is to provide guidance
to girls and women regarding women’shealthcare, pre-natal healthcare and explicitlyhow to prevent an unwanted pregnancy thatcould lead to an abortion.Let’s be clear, nobody likes abortion, in-
cluding Planned Parenthood. Less than threepercent of their budget goes to abortions, andthen it’s only as a last resort. They do greatwork. Who knows, somewhere down the roadthey may be able to help someone in yourfamily.Duane D. HemMontgomery
ISIS not containedTo the Editor:On last Friday morning on ABC Good Morn-
ing America, President Obama stated thatISIS had been contained and that his strategywas working. Friday night the terrible attacksin Paris occurred killing 130 innocent personsand injuring hundreds more, many which arein critical condition.At the G-20 conference President Obama
continues to declare that his strategy isworking. When asked by a reporter if he had
changed his opinion that ISIS was a JV team,Obama continued that his strategy wasworking and did not answer the question. ISIShas not been contained and is carrying outattacks, at will, world-wide. This became pos-sible because Obama made the decision towithdraw our military from Iraq, not leavingenough military to assist Iraq until there wasa stable government. This left a void whereISIS could grow into a major power and nowattack where ever they want.Now ISIS has bragged that they will attack
the United States and specifically D.C. StillPresident Obama refuses to identify theenemy as Islamic Terrorist and meanwhileadvocates the continued release of knownterrorists from Guantanamo.Our security is in jeopardy due to failed
policy and strategy but Obama continueswith his failed strategy. His actions of with-drawal from Iraq, inaction in Syria earlier andfailed strategy has allowed Putin to now beacknowledged as the prominent leader in theMid-East. Obama has not ended any wars, butinstead has prolonged and expanded the warand made us the target for attack.The Democratic Candidates during the
Saturday night debate referred to the Parisattackers as terrorist but did not identifythe Paris attackers as Islamic Terrorist. Inorder to defeat an enemy the enemy mustbe identified and ISIS is not the only terroristthreat. The commonalities of current terrorist,ISIS, al-Qaeda, etc., are all Islamic Terroristand should be identified as such. Our countrymust again take a leadership role, join withour allies and begin an all out attack todestroy these terrorist before they can attackinside our country.Leland H. HofferOswego
Correctness the biggest threatTo the Editor:The biggest threat to any nation is political
correctness. The biggest threat to the livesand liberties of people living in those political-ly correct nations are not terrorists or thosewho lurk in the dark but rather politicallyelected leaders who are supposed to protectthose people.
The Vienna synagogue attack, Aug. 1981 -Great Synagogue of Rome attack, Oct. 1982 -Tyre headquarters bombings, Nov. 1982 - U.S.Embassy bombing Beirut, April 1983 - Beirutbarracks bombing, Oct. 1983 - Kuwait bomb-ings, Dec. 1983 - U.S. States embassy annexbombing, Sept. 1984 - El Descanso bombing,April 1985 - Achille Lauro hijacking, Oct. 1985- Rome and Vienna airport attacks, Dec. 1985- TWA Flight 847, June 1985 - TWA Flight 840bombing, April 1986 - Neve Shalom Syna-gogue, Sept. 1986 - Lockerbie bombing, Sept.1988 - Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 suicideattack, July 1989 - Ürümqi bombings, Feb.1992 - Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires, March1992 - CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia,Jan. 1993 - World Trade Center bombing,Feb. 1993 - Serial blasts in Mumbai, Feb. 1993- Sivas Massacre, Arson, July 1993 - AfulaBus suicide bombing, April 1994 - Hadera busstation suicide bombing, April 1994 - BuenosAires Jewish Center AMIA bombing, July 1994- The 1994 London Israeli Embassy attack,July 1994 - Dizengoff Street bus bombing, Oct.1994 - Netzarim Junction bicycle bombing,Nov. 1994 - Air France Flight 8969, Dec. 1994- Beit Lid suicide bombing, Jan. 1985 - carbombing Algeria police station, Jan. 1985 -motor scooter exploded Jamu marketplace,July 1995 - Ramat Gan bus bombing, July 1995- Paris Métro & RER bombings, July throughOct. 1995 - Rijeka bombing, Oct. 1995 - Rijekabombing, Oct. 1995 - Jaffa Road bus bomb-ings, Feb. and March 1996 - Dizengoff Centersuicide bombing, March 1996 - Europa hotelin Cairo attack, April 1996 - Khobar Towersbombing, June 1996 - three bus bombs inXinjiang, Feb. 1997 - Café Apropo bombing,March 1997 - Mahane Yehuda Market bomb-ings, July 1997 - Mostar car bombings, Sept.1997 - Luxor massacre, Nov. 1987 – Coim-batore city bombings, Feb. 1998 - US embassybombings in Tanzania and Kenya, Aug. 1998- Sipadan kidnappings, April 2000 - Attackon USS Cole in the Yemeni, Oct. 2000 - RedFort in Delhi, Dec. 2000 – 8 Christmas EveIndonesia Church bombings, Dec. 2000.George W. Bush did not assume office
until January 2001. If you were one of themany who spewed that Obama needed to beelected to clean up Bush’s mess and heal an
imaginary rift between America and Islam“that Bush created” then you are part of theproblem along with Obama and the deadlymenace that’s plaguing the world, Islam.Jesus AlanizYorkville
Will win it all next yearTo the Editor:I would like to say thank you to everyone who
donated, supported, and contributed to helpme make my Argentina trip possible. Havingall the people that helped and put forth theireffort, really means the world to me.The trip was amazing, Argentina was defi-
nitely different than Illinois, and it is true, thefood was amazing.As far as the tournament, I should have
taken first. So next year, I am going to makethe Pan-Am team, train harder, and win it all.Again, a big thank you to everyone who
helped me out.Ashley KlingbergYorkville
Thanks to veteransTo the Editor:Thank you to all who came on Nov. 15 to
Chapel on the Green for our fifth annual Vet-erans Appreciation Program. Your attendancewas richly rewarded by the presentations ofthe speakers.We most sincerely thank those who so gen-
erously shared their experiences: Ivan Becker,Phyllis Harvey, Wynn Bridge, Cleo Davis, RickFalato, Tom Manning, Larry Richmond, DanCornwall and Jeff Coester. Your stories haveenriched our lives; your service has ensuredour freedom.Special thanks to the following veterans:
Bob Martner for serving as Master of Ceremo-nies; Art Behrens, Dale Cutsinger, Jim Dirst,Bob Johnston, Bill Schell and John Schneiderfor greeting everyone; and Vic Stott for coor-dinating the displays.Many, many thanks also to veteran Rick
Falato for video taping.What a rewarding afternoon it was.
Carol SheeleyProgram CommitteeChapel on the Green Historical Society, NFPYorkville
Your Yorkville area state representatives…Here's how to contact your local state representative:
State Representative Keith WheelerR-Oswego50th DistrictOffice:959 Oak StreetNorth Aurora, IL 60542Phone: 630-345-3464Email: [email protected]:RepKeithWheeler.org
State Senator Sue RezinR-Morris38th DistrictOffice:103 Fifth StreetPeru, IL 61354Phone: 815-220-8720Email:[email protected]:senatorrezin.com
State Representative John AnthonyR-Plainfield75th DistrictOffice:1421 N. Division StreetMorris, IL 60450Phone: 815-416-1475Website:RepAnthony.com
State Senator Jim OberweisR-Sugar Grove25th DistrictOffice:959 Oak StreetNorth Aurora , IL 60542Phone: 630-800-1992Email: [email protected]:SenatorOberweis.com
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YESTERYEAR Thursday, November 19, 2015Kendall County Record • KendallCountyNow.com • Page 6
Compiled by Jeff Farren fromarticles published in the KendallCounty Record, 1864-present.
15 years ago, November 2000• Kendall County voters reject
a proposed one-quarter of a centincrease in the county sales tax.
20 years ago, November 1995• Yorkville officials are talking
about borders on two fronts. Thecity is attempting to negotiateagreements with Plano andOswego officials.
25 years ago, November 1990• The Yorkville Football Foxes
advanced to the final four of theClass 3A football playoffs beforefalling to undefeated Rock IslandAlleman 34-0. The Foxes finishedtheir season 11-2.
30 years ago, November 1985• The Yorkville Boys Cross
Country Foxes came home withthe third place trophy in the ClassA State Tournament.• H. Earl Hoover, a man instru-
mental in the establishment ofthe Boy Scout Camp on Fox Road,died at age 84 in Highland Park,Ill. Mr. Hoover was the formerchairman of the Hoover vacuumcleaner company.
35 years ago, November 1980• The City of Yorkville may be in
line to receive a $20,000 fine fora single overweight truck – thelargest such fine in Illinois history.Yorkville Patrolman Harold Martinstopped the truck for a suspectedpermit violation at Route 47 andRoute 126. The truck was bothoversized and overweight, weigh-ing in at 231,380 pounds. Thetruck was so heavy the city hadto call state officials for a permitto have it driven to the scalesin Frankfort, Ill. The truck wascarrying a large anvil, accordingto police.
40 years ago, November 1975• Kendall County has grown
faster since 1970 than any othercounty in the state, according toa special United States Censusreport. The county’s growth waslisted at just over 13 percent.
45 years ago, November 1970• Pure marijuana, valued at
about $10,000, was confiscated
by Kendall County authorities. Thecache, weighing over 10 poundswas found in the attic of anabandoned farm house north ofPlano. The weed had been spreadall over the floor of the attic andwas being dried.
50 years ago, November 1965• The Foxes Lair entertained at
a reception for the YHS cham-pionship football team and theirparents at the Fellowship Hallof the Yorkville CongregationalChurch. Coach Wesley Tregoningintroduced the varsity players.Co-captain TomMcNelis cut thevictory cake and co-captain DaveRogers gave himmoral supportin the task. A local group, the De-cades, played popular music forthe edification of those present.
55 years ago, November 1960• Work on moving the sidewalks
on the Route 47 Bridge has beendelayed, as they await more steel.The walks were on the inside ofthe cement portion of the bridgeand are being moved to the out-side, due to safety concerns.
60 years ago, November 1955• The Kendall County Board of
Supervisors passed a BuildingCode for Kendall County. Themeasure is similar to that ofcounties about us and will beinvaluable in maintaining propertyvalues in the county as well asassuring old and new residentsthat unwelcomed changes willnot be made in their locality. Ittakes effect Dec. 1 and will beadministered by L. A. Hanson,Supervisor of Assessments. Ingeneral, it makes it mandato-ry for a person building in anunincorporated area, to obtain apermit. Agriculture buildings areexcluded. As the complexion ofour county is rapidly changing,this Building Code is a necessarystep in controlling the building ofhomes. The supervisors are to becongratulated for their foresight-ed, progressive steps.
65 years ago, November 1950• A town hall meeting will
be held in the auditorium ofYorkville High School to discussthe proposed storm sewer in theVillage of Bristol. (north side ofthe river).The bonds to be issuedtotal $15,000.
70 years ago, November 1945• Doc Groner visited Yorkville
High School with his needle andan assistant to give the Schicktest for diphtheria. Twentypercent of the student body wasfound to be positive. Studentsalso had their eyes tested, whichwasn’t dreaded quite as much asthe Schick test.
75 years ago, November 1940• Some excitement prevailed
in this vicinity when a huge TWAplane made a forced landing inthe field east of John Ament’shome near Route 47 south ofYorkville. The plane was forceddown by motor failure. The 14passengers, stewardess andpilots suffered only from a timedelay because of the landing.Witnesses say the pilot made abrilliant landing and the plane wasonly slightly damaged as it wentthrough two fences. TWA busesconveyed the group to Chicago,their destination from their startin Kansas City. Mechanics workedon the plane Friday and Saturdayand on Sunday afternoon the bigship took off from the field for Chi-cago. Hundreds viewed the planeas it rested in the field and foundthose connected with TWA to bean affable group of young men.
80 years ago, November 1935• Coach George Hughes and his
undefeated football teamwill behonored guests at a banquet inthe high school gym. Team cap-tain Dick Hayden will be amongthe speakers.
85 years ago, November 1930• The new concrete on Route 47
fromMorris to Yorkville has beenin use for several days and alreadythere is a noticeable increase intraffic through the village. At pres-ent there is a short detour within
the village limits due to a stretchof unpaved road, but workmen arebusy on this now.
90 years ago, November 1925• Marley Erickson was the
winner in the Kendall County CornHusking championship. Secondwas Gus Wollenweber and thirdClarence Vogen. The contest washeld in a level, uniform field of un-usually tall corn on the ClarenceClayton farm south of Yorkville.Erickson came in with a load of1782 pounds.
95 years ago, November 1920• Jacob Armbruster has sold 24
corn pickers this season.
100 years ago, November 1915• Homer Webster has been
notified that he has been madea registered pharmacist by thestate board, passing third in aclass of 135.
105 years ago, November 1910• TomWiller was in Yorkville
with some samples of large cornthat he has bred himself. Heclaims his corn is bigger thanaverage this year.
110 years ago, November 1905• Charlie Weber is changing the
motor of his Oswego mill from thesteam to the gasoline engine.
115 years ago, November 1900• The first annual exhibition of
the Yorkville Poultry Associationwas held in the town hall. Presi-dent of the group is Eben Tarbox;vice president R. A. McClelland;secretary treasurer A. P. Hill.
120 years ago,November 1895• The laying of the cornerstone
of the Oswego EvangelicalChurch was witnessed by a largeassembly.
125 years ago,November 1890• John Evarts caught five bass in
the river that weighed 14 pounds.
130 years ago,November 1885• Mr. Thomas Biggar has
been preparing the belfry of theYorkville Methodist Church for thenew 800-pound bell.
135 years ago,November 1880• It isn’t often a man gets a
chance to put what seems like awhole newspaper into the ballotbox. There were 37 names on theticket.• Farmers say they can get
no help to husk corn. Where iseverybody?
140 years ago, November 1875• There was a serious railroad
wreck at Millington. The engineof the northbound freight jumpedthe switch and engineer JamesMcGuire died from injuriesreceived. Eight cars were derailedbesides the engine and more than30 hogs were killed of the threecarloads. There was also a car ofglass and four of coal.
150 years ago,November 1865• The hearts of many friends are
made glad by the return of themembers of the 36th Illinois, thatwent from this county. We are notacquainted with them, but easilyrecognize them by their soldierlymanner and jaunty air. May theybe as good citizens has they havebeen soldiers.• Mesrs. Hebard and Nicholson
have had a new vehicle made forthe stage route between Yorkvilleand Bristol. It is light and comfort-able, and will be used when theroads are heavy in place of theomnibus. It is a cross between astagecoach and an ambulance,but easy to ride in. The fare to themorning accommodation train, tillfurther notice, will be fifty cents.
File photo
1970: Officials gather 10 pounds of marijuana seized in a homenear Plano in what was considered one of the biggest drug bustsever in Kendall County at the time. Shown (left to right) are Ken-dall County Sheriff Tom Usry, Kendall County State’s AttorneyInvestigator Victor Frantz and Kendall County State’s AttorneyDallas Ingemunson.
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How to put career development on your to-do listAs the to-do list season
kicks off this month withholiday preparations andfestivities, it’s no wonderthat a less celebratoryemotion tends to surfacefor many this time of year– anxiety.
In spite of fun and mem-orable times with familyand friends, the seasonalincrease in social activityand sharing of life statusescan amplify the pressureto at least appear to haveone’s personal and profes-sional life in order. But theweight of an employmentsituation doesn’t have tofactor into holiday-relatedstress.
Perhaps not so ironical-ly, November is NationalCareer DevelopmentMonth, and in the Wau-
bonsee Community CollegeCareer Development Officewe’ve made plans to helppeople make progress intheir professional lives,no matter their currentsituation.
The old saying “littleby little, one goes far,”especially holds true whenit comes to career devel-opment. Doing just onetask a week in pursuit ofa dream job, promotion orcareer goal can make thedifference between stay-ing stagnant and movingforward.
After all, that classmate
in a workshop, new contacton LinkedIn or recruiterat a job fair just might bethe person that directs youto the next turn in yourprofessional journey.
The recent recession putmany people either out ofa job or into one that theyfeel overqualified to do.No one can avoid careerinterruptions, even withthe best of planning andgood intentions. But we cansoften the blow and adaptquickly by keeping skillsets fresh and our networkof friends and colleaguesactive.
In the past, being proac-tive with a career was forthe ambitious who desiredrecognition and promotion,and climbing the corporateladder was a choice that
some could make and oth-ers could bypass withoutconsequence. Today, every-one is expected to be proac-tive with their careers.
In the spirit of to-do listseason, the WaubonseeCommunity College Ca-reer Development Centercompiled a list of ways tostay proactive in managinga career. Plan to incorpo-rate these small tasks ona weekly basis, regardlessof current employmentsituation:
• Take a class relatedto your field of work orimprove a skill set throughworkshops, networkingevents or by enrolling in aclass or seeking additionalcertifications. This demon-strates a desire and abilityto learn and grow, which
employers list as a desiredtrait.
• Establish and maintaina profile on LinkedIn. Welive in a digital world andit is expected that we willhave a digital footprint thatis professional and re-sourceful. LinkedIn offerssimple but efficient andeffective means of main-taining a vibrant network.Keep your LinkedIn profilecurrent and engaging.
• Subscribe to newsfeeds and blogs on the topicof “job search success.”You can start by setting upa Google alert and scanningthe results for valuable ornew insights each week.
• Last but not least,there’s good news for indi-viduals in our Waubonseedistrict: Our Career Devel-
opment Center offers freecareer transition servicesto community members ontopics including exploringcareer options, resume andcover letter writing, theimportance of networkingand improving job searchtechniques.
Doing just one of thesethings each week willhelp you put the focus ofholiday dinner conversa-tion on what you’re doingto achieve your goals,rather than stirring upfrustrations about whereyou are now. We think thatdeserves a toast.
• Julie Bechtold is theManager of the WaubonseeCommunity College CareerDevelopment Center.
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Girl’s Night Out tobenefit Veteran’s HomeThe Newark American Le-
gion Post 459 is having “Girl’sNight Out” from 6 to 9 p.m. onFriday, Nov. 20 at the Legionat 606 Fennel Road in New-ark. Everyone is welcome.Do your Christmas shopping
at Avon, Mary Kay, Long-aberger Baskets, ScentsyCandles, Shaklee, UsborneBooks, and 31 Bags. Crafterswill be selling soy candles,
wreaths and more.There will be a $2 cover
charge at the door for hor d’oeuvres and door prizes thatwill be pulled throughout theevening.The bar will be open for
business serving soft drinks,beer, wine and mixed drinks.Proceeds from this event willbenefit the Veteran’s Home inLaSalle-Peru and the 184 menand women being treated andliving there.
Millbrook Yule partyscheduled for Dec. 6The Village of Millbrook will
be hosting its annual Christ-mas Party on Sunday, Dec. 6from noon to 1:30 p.m. at theFox Township Building locat-ed at 8495 Fox River Drive inMillbrook.There will be hot dogs,
chips, drinks, treats, crafts,games, pictures with Santaand a gift bag for all children.
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More than 25 Boul-der Hill residents par-ticipated in a questionand answer session lastWednesday evening withKendall County Sher-iff Dwight Baird at theirmonthly NeighborhoodWatch meeting.
When asked by resi-dents about gang activi-ty in the unincorporatedBoulder Hill subdivision,Baird said there is more ac-tivity in the area betweenYorkville and Plano.
Many of the people in-volved with gangs camehere and throughout thewestern suburbs when Sec-tion 8 housing was elimi-nated in Chicago, Bairdsaid.
He said gang activityhere is mostly out of sight.
“They are not stand-ing on corners or dealingdrugs on corners. And wesometimes see gang graffi-ti,” he said.
Baird added that gangactivity is not new in Ken-dall County.
”It was here when Igrew up in Boulder Hill.Back then it was the Gay-lords and the Warlords,”he noted.
One resident askedwhere the people who arearrested in the countycome from.
Baird said it’s the sameas it has always been: thosebeing arrested are from thecounty as well as from ad-joining communities.
Many crimes such as
thefts from cars are beingcommitted by residentsfrom area communitieswho go from one town toanother, which is not un-usual, he said.
When asked about histhoughts on concealed car-ry laws, Baird said he is afull supporter of the lawand the Second Amend-ment.
“I think the [concealcarry] law on the books istoo restrictive,” he contin-ued. “You can pass all thelaws you want on gun con-trol, but I can tell you thatthe criminals we come incontact with won’t followone or 30 gun laws. So whypass 31 or 32 laws?”
He added, “I think thelaw is too restrictive forthe law-abiding citizen andtoo easy for them to getinto trouble.”
After the hourlong meet-ing at the Church of theBrethren on Boulder HillPass, Baird said he tries toattend as many Neighbor-hood Watch meetings aspossible.
A graduate of OswegoHigh School, Baird wasraised in Boulder Hilland his parents still livethere. With a populationof approximately 8,200,the subdivision is one ofthe largest unincorporatedresidential communitiesin the nation. The sheriff’sdepartment is responsiblefor providing police pro-tection to the subdivisionand other unincorporatedareas of the county.
W i t h B a i r d a t t h esession was Sgt. Jason
Langston, who works thenight shift as night ser-geant and traffic sergeant.
Baird said his career be-gan when he was sworn inas a Kendall County sher-iff’s deputy in 1990. He leftafter one and a half yearsto join the Oswego PoliceDepartment.
During his 12 years withOswego, he worked hisway up to chief and evenserved for 14 months as avillage administrator. Hewas elected sheriff last No-vember.
One of the changesBaird has made in thesheriff’s department is toimplement 12-hour shiftsfor his deputies. He saidthe change has allowed thedepartment to have morecars and officers on theroad at all times.
“The three unions inthe department wanted totry 12-hour shifts and theyliked it,” he said.
The change will alsoenable Baird to assign afull-time deputy to overseeservices for seniors begin-ning Jan. 1. This personwill work with elderly peo-ple on preventing scams,especially those who maybecome a crime victim, hesaid.
He also reduced hiscommand staff by two peo-
ple to get more officers onthe road and out of the of-fice.
Baird also plans to starta warrant coordinationofficer in the departmentwho will work closely withthe U.S. Marshals Serviceto help control the flow ofdrugs into the county fromother areas.
After talking to thejudges, Baird said he wasable to transfer two depu-ties from courtrooms to thejail, but they’re still downfour deputies in the jailand it will be five when oneretires and three on thestreet, he said.
Keeping a full staff isdifficult because it takes solong to hire a replacementwhen a deputy leaves, hesaid.
Baird said it’s not goodto have empty beds inthe county’s 200-bed jailin Yorkville, so anotherchange was to bring infederal prisoners. They re-ceive $75 a day plus expens-es for transporting them,he said, adding that the $75covers their food costs plusany medical expenses theyhave.
“About 95 percent of theFederal Marshals Serviceprisoners are held in theMetropolitan Correction-al Facility in downtown
Chicago or are farmed outto facilities such as ours.These are prisoners whoare waiting to be sentencedto federal prisons,” he said.
“In the past we’ve beenhousing prisoners fromKane and DeKalb Countyand will probably be ableto serve DeKalb for anoth-er two years. We receive$65 a day for these pris-oners which covers theircosts to us,” he said.
He said they have threefrom Kane County, but hadmany more until Kane gotrid of their federal pris-oners, leaving them moreroom for their own prison-ers.
Baird also has takenDuPage County prisoners.
The average prisonerpopulation is about 141, 105of which are Kendall Coun-ty prisoners.
Baird said he has man-aged to reduce the numberof arrest warrants issuedand increase the numberserved on violators.
And he has made chang-es in the number of sexoffenders checked. Whilewith Oswego, they checkedtheir offenders monthly.
“When we started doingthat the number of offend-ers dropped from 13 to six ayear or so later. They don’tlike to be checked up on,”
he said.When he began check-
ing the more than 40 sexoffenders in the county, helearned five of them werein some type of violation.“So I feel it’s importantfor them to know we arewatching them,” he added.
“I am dedicated to this.I think sex offense is one ofthe worst crimes becausea victim has to live withit for the rest of his or herlife,” Baird said.
He added the biggestchange for him in the newjob is running the countyjail and providing court-house security.
“I knew a little bit aboutthe jail because I workedthere years ago. But thenwe had two cells that held14 people,” he said.
“The courthouse was asurprise for me, so beforeI took office I had to do alot of research on it, whichincluded touring six othercounties to see what theywere doing,” he said.
Kendall County is nowtraining with other depart-ments on how to handleshootings or similar inci-dents that may take placeat schools and businesses.There will be times theywill have to rely on eachother for backup, he said.
Another thing Bairdstarted is a criminal intel-ligence team which willdo gang intelligence andterrorist intelligence. Itnow consists of a countydeputy and an officer fromYorkville and one fromOswego. Plano also is plan-ning to join, he said.
“You can pass all the laws you want on gun control, but I cantell you that the criminals we come in contact with won’tfollow one or 30 gun laws. So why pass 31 or 32 laws?”
Dwight Baird, Kendall County sheriff
WinterWonderland at Circle Center Grade SchoolCircle Center Grade
School, 901 Mill Street inYorkville, will host a WinterWonderland Festival from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Satur-day, Nov. 21.
There will be carnivalgames, photos with Santa,
a bake sale, face painting, aholiday shopping circle andconcessions.
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Yorkville Board of Educationmembers got their first look thispast week at a tentative proper-ty tax levy which may ask for asmuch as $58,644,646 in 2015 real es-tate taxes payable in 2016.
However, the district’s Assis-tant Superintendent for Financeand Operations Dean Romanopointed out they don’t expect toreceive that much in taxes and theactual increase in real estate taxes
over the current year is expectedto be less than two percent.
The amount the district cancollect in real estate taxes--whichmakes up the majority of its rev-enue--is limited by the PropertyTax Extension Limitation Law(PTELL), commonly called the taxcap, and by maximum tax ratesper $100 of assessed valuation insome funds.
Last year, for example, the dis-trict asked for $57,641,539 in realestate taxes in the levy and re-ceived $55,126,049.48.
The levy--outside of the bondand interest fund which covers thecost of repaying bonds for schoolconstruction--may be 6.73 percenthigher than the amount collectedthis year.
If there is more than a fivepercent increase, the district willhave to publish a large, boxed
“Truth in Taxation” notice andhold a public hearing.
Although that may look to sometaxpayers as if their school proper-ty taxes will be going up more thansix percent, the actual increase islikely to be 1.88 percent, or evenless if some bonds are refinanced,Romano said.
Taxing districts traditionallylevy more than they expect to re-ceive in case the total assessed val-ue of all property in the district ishigher than expected. They cannotreceive more than they ask for inthe levy.
The total levy--the amount thedistrict is asking for in taxes nextyear--must be adopted before theend of December, which is beforedistrict administrators will knowthe total assessed value of all prop-erty in the school district.
Under the tax cap, the district’s
tax extension (the amount it re-ceives in taxes) cannot grow fromyear to year by more than five per-cent or the amount of the Consum-er Price Index (CPI), whicheveris less. The CPI is .8 percent thisyear.
Romano estimates that newconstruction in the district willhave an assessed value of $5.8 mil-lion. The assessed value of thatproperty, in its first year on thetax rolls, is not subject to the taxcap limit.
He also estimated a slight in-crease of 1.89 percent in the equal-ized assessed value (EAV) of allproperty in the district to a totalEAV of $734,431,208.
For taxes that were paid thisyear, the district’s tax rate was$7.70 for every $100 of EAV. Underthat rate, the owner of a home val-ued at $180,000 that did not claim
any available tax exemptions paid$4,624 in property taxes to the dis-trict.
While there is a maximum taxrate set for many of the school dis-trict’s funds, one fund--the trans-portation fund--does not have amaximum rate. Romano suggest-ed the district could levy more inthat fund and transfer the levyamounts to other funds when thefinal EAV is known next spring.
The tentative levy requestsabout three percent more than itreceived last year for the educa-tion fund, operations and main-tenance fund, working cash fundand special education fund, andshows a 24.18 percent increasein the levy for the transportationfund.
Board members will be askedto adopt the tentative levy at theirNov. 23 meeting.
Women’s club hostingTreeWalk on Dec. 5
KENDALL COUNTY RECORD
This year’s Yorkville Ju-nior Women’s Club’s HolidayWalk has been transformed toa Christmas Tree Walk. TheChristmas Tree Walk will beheld from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. onSaturday, Dec. 5 at WhitetailRidge Golf Club, 7671 Club-house Dr., Yorkville.
Walk through uniquelydecorated trees on display(each created by local busi-nesses and families), enjoythe fabulous luncheon, dosome holiday shopping at theChristmas Bazaar and checkout many amazing gift bas-kets that will be raffled off.In addition to the ChristmasTree Walk events, Whitetail
Ridge Golf Club will be of-fering a wine tasting to allguests.
Tickets are $25 for adult,$16 for children 10 and under.Tickets can be purchased on-line at yorkvillejwc.com or atlocal businesses displayingthe Christmas Tree Walksign. Tickets purchased on-line can be picked up on theday of the walk at WhitetailRidge Golf Club.
All monies raised fromthis event enable YJWCto award scholarships toYorkville students.
For information, visityorkvillejwc.com or contactthe Christmas Tree Walkchairperson at [email protected].
YORKVILLE HOLIDAY WEEKEND EVENTSThe United City of Yorkville’s
Holiday Celebration Weekendwill be this Saturday, Nov. 21 andSunday, Nov. 22.Kick off the Holiday Season
with these events:
Saturday, Nov. 21Winter Wonderland
Festival and visits withSanta: 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. CircleCenter Grade School, 901 MillSt., Yorkville. Families will enjoycarnival games, a bake sale,shopping circles, concessions,and visits from Santa. Ticketsare required to participate withinactivities and can be purchasedat yorkvilleparksandrecreation.com or at the door. This eventis hosted by the Circle CenterGrade School PTO.Yorkville Holiday Celebra-
tion: 4:30 to 7 p.m. RiverfrontPark, 131 E. Hydraulic Ave,Yorkville. Community Demon-strations from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.;Holiday Parade at 5:30 p.m.; TreeLighting Ceremony immediatelyafter parade – approximately6:15 p.m.; Fireworks Show,
immediately after tree lighting–approximately 6:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 22Chili Chase 5K Run/Walk:
7 to 10 a.m. Yorkville AmericanLegion Post #489, 9054 E.Veterans Pkwy. Yorkville. Day-OfRegistration begins at 7 a.m.with the race beginning at 8:30a.m. Proceeds will help purchasean electronic wheelchair for achild in need.For information and a complete
list of scheduled events, go toyorkville.il.us/490/Holiday-Cel-ebration or contact the YorkvilleParks and Recreation Depart-ment at 630-553-4357.
Saturday, Dec. 5Breakfast with Santa: 8 to
9:30 a.m. Beecher CommunityCenter, 908 Game Farm Rd.,Yorkville. For $5 a person, fam-ilies will enjoy a hot breakfast,games, crafts, activities, and avisit from Santa. Pre-registrationis required and everyone attend-ing must register. To register,call 630-553-4357.
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Library birthday bashscheduled for Dec. 4
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The Yorkville Public Li-brary is 100 years old.
J o i n t h e s t a f f a n dFriends of the YorkvillePublic Library as they cul-minate their yearlong cel-ebration with a large 100thbirthday party bash from 2to 4:30 p.m. on Friday, Dec.4, with refreshments, bal-loons, face painting, crafts,photo ops and a grand prizedrawing of electronic tab-lets.
The library kicked offits yearlong celebration inJanuary with a continen-tal breakfast and historyprogram and presenta-tion. Throughout the yearthe library has had spe-cial events and activities,
all leading up to the 100thbirthday party.
In looking to the futureand another 100 years ofservice, the library is al-ways aiming to grow theirpatron base and increasecommunity involvementin the library. It strives tokeep up with the communi-ty’s expectations and stayrelevant in ever-changingtechnology and differentplatforms of media deliv-ery. The Yorkville PublicLibrary is excited to seewhat the next 100 years willbring.
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The Yorkville Public Library is celebrating 100years.
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in Yorkville hosted its fifthannual veterans’ apprecia-tion program last Sunday.As part of the program,several Kendall Countyarea veterans talked abouttheir experiences before anappreciative audience.
Speakers invited tothe event included: IvanBecker, Navy 1943 to 1946;Phyllis Harvey, Yorkville,Civil Air Patrol and shuttlepilot for the Air Force; CleoDavis, Sugar Grove, Army1966 to 1968; Larry Rich-mond, Army 1966 to 1969,Vietnam; Wynn Bridge,Bristol, Air Force 1949-1952,Japan and Korea; Rick Fala-to, Yorkville, Army.
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mementos from veterans.Refreshments served afterthe program were modeledafter WWII-era treats.
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Yorkville High School teacher Dan Cornwell served in the Armyfrom 1976-1990.
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The Lisbon School Speech Team, above, won first place honors in all 13 performances at the MorrisICS speech contest Saturday, Nov. 15.
Lisbon speech team takes first placeThe Yorkville Public Library will host the
following youth programs in December:
Writing Group: 5:45 to 6:45 p.m. Wednesday,Dec. 2 and 16. Middle school and high schoolstudents have the opportunity to expand theircreative writing skills. This program is presentedby Laura Mackley. Register at the Youth Servicedesk.Open Story Time: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Friday,
Dec. 4. Stop by the library to listen to storiesread by a volunteer from the Yorkville JuniorWomen’s Club.100th Birthday Party Celebration : 2 to
4:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 4. You are invited to theYorkville Public Library’s 100th Birthday Party.Celebrate with us and enjoy cake, balloons,face-painting and selfies. A drawing for tabletswill begin at 4 p.m.Santa: 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5.
Santa is coming to the library. Don’t forget yourcamera.Polar Express: 10:30 to 11 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.
to noon Saturday, Dec. 5. Join us for a journeyon the Polar Express. Listen to the book ThePolar Express while enjoying hot chocolate anda treat. Take time to write a letter to Santa thendeliver it to him after the program. Register atthe Youth Service Department.Ice Cream Book Club: 11:45 a.m. to 12:45
p.m. Saturday, Dec. 12. Children ages 9-16 are
asked to share a chapter book of their choicewith the group and enjoy ice cream. Register atthe Youth Service desk.Spanish Story Time: 10:30 to 11 a.m. Mon-
day, Dec. 14. Come join us for an adventure aswe read books in Spanish. Presented by MartaDuran. Register at the Youth Service desk.Literacy Centers: 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 18. For ages 3-6. Stop by any timebetween 10:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. to experiencea parent guided opportunity for hands on liter-acy instruction. Literacy Centers are designedto give children ample opportunity to practicethe very important skills of listening, reading,writing and speaking.Read with Paws: appointments start at
10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 19. Children can cometo the library, select a book and read to a furryfriend. All therapy dogs and handlers have beencertified by an accredited organization. This pro-gram was designed originally because childrenfeel less pressure to read to a dog than an adult;so it was meant to be a way to help strugglingreaders or even just encourage reading. It isopen to all levels of readers and non-readers.Register at the Youth Services Desk.Game Day: 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 22. Stop
by the library any time between 1 and 3 p.m. tohang out with your friends while playing boardgames. We have several to choose from or bringyour own.
YORKVILLE PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUTH PROGRAMS
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Student-of-the-WeekDeclanWeaver
Declan Weaver plans to attend theUniversity of Iowa to prepare for acareer in medicine.A Yorkville High School senior, hejoins Kylie Bohman as a candidatefor the 2016 Student of the Yearscholarship award.A total of 25 YHS seniors, selectedby a panel of faculty members and ajunior Student Council representative,will be recognized throughout theschool year in the Record. Seniorsapplied for consideration as aStudent of the Week through thehigh school guidance office.Co-sponsored by First National Bankand the Kendall County Record,the $4,000 Student of the Yearscholarship will provide $1,000 eachyear for four years to the college ofthe recipient’s choice.The 2016 Student of the Year willbe announced in May. A panel ofcommunity leaders will choose thefinalists and the winner based ontheir transcripts, applications andan interview. Nomination and thefinal selection will be based onscholastic achievement, involvementin school and community, leadershipand responsibility, ambition andcitizenship. Financial need is not aconsideration.Previous Student of the Yearscholarship winners were Lisa O’Brienin 1999, Randi Russ in 2000, JaniceBergeron in 2001, Joy Doverspikein 2002, Meghan Voiland in 2003,Ryan Turner in 2004, Alison Corwin in2005, Nelson Holmberg in 2006, KellySchulz in 2007, Clayton Brengman in
2008, Megan Klossing in 2009, ClaireTurner in 2010, Meredith Olson in2011, Derek Piszczek in 2012, JosephRunkle in 2013, Tatum Dalton in 2014and Sarah Megazzini in 2015.
Activities, jobs and honorsDeclan is the son of James and KellyWeaver.He has been active in plays atYHS, serving on the cast or crew ofmusicals since 2012. He was namedbest actor in both a fall play andspring play.A captain of the speech team, heplaced first at regional competitionin dramatic duet acting and fifth indramatic interpretation. His otheractivities include Spanish Club, whichhe served as vice president last year,and National Honor Society, wherehe has also been an officer.He has assisted at both YorkvilleMiddle School and YorkvilleIntermediate School drama camps.Declan has worked as a lifeguard forPool Guards, Inc. and also works atNCG Cinemas in Yorkville.
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Homeschoolers choose donated items for the shoeboxes to besent overseas.
Home school students packshoeboxes for service project
As a Christmas serviceproject for children aroundthe world, local home-schoolers packed shoebox-es for Operation ChristmasChild.
On Friday, Nov. 13 at theYorkville Public Library,seven home school fami-lies wrapped and decoratedshoeboxes filled with dona-tions of books, small toys,
toothpaste, towels, schoolsupplies and other neces-sary and fun items.
The boxes will be sent toa processing center, checkedfor contents, and shipped intime for Christmas.
The home-schoolers meetonce a month at YorkvillePublic Library for variousactivities.
– Kendall County Record
Academic Achievers listed at Cross LutheranCross Lutheran School recently
announced its first quarter AcademicAchievers.
Fifth gradeStraight A: Evelyn SleezerHigh Honor Roll: Carter Altenber-
Eighth gradeStraight A: Eli HainesHigh Honor Roll: Christine Amling,
Grace Daffenberg, Emily Diederich,Kelsey Edwards, Calvin Grzan, Saman-tha Spaniol, Savannah Vickery, NickWinkelmanHonor Roll: Michael Bruell, Alex
Knauf, Jacob Kuntzendorf, Alexa Lutze,Gary Ronning, Ryan Schwarz, AlyssaSmith, Christian Sovern, Evan Torok
Cross to offer 2-year-olds preschoolCross Lutheran School recently announced that it will be
starting a new Wednesday preschool class for 2-year-oldsJan. 6. The class will take place from 8:05 to 11 a.m. The costis $70 per month plus a one-time supply fee of $60. Childrendo not need to be potty trained. To register, call the schooloffice at 630-553-7861. Space is limited.
Family Reading Night Sunday at CrossCross Lutheran School is planning a Family Reading Night
this Sunday, Nov. 22, from 3 to 5 p.m.
Meet Amy Logan, author of the book “A Girl with a Cape”and listen as she reads us the story of how a little girl be-comes a superhero and makes a big difference in the world.Bring a gently used book and swap it for a new gently used
book. There will be a poetry slam put on by the fifth througheighth graders. Crafts and games will be available for thewhole family to enjoy.Bring a friend. There is no admission charge.The school is located at 8535 Route 47, Yorkville. For infor-
mation, call the school office at 630-553-7861.– Kendall County Record
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Athletes of all sports areknown to carry supersti-tions, repeat pregame ritu-als and follow other uniquetraditions, but there’s onethat’s special only to theYorkville cross countryprogram.
At Wednesday’s recog-nition assembly, team cap-tains wheeled out the Class2A boys’ third-place trophyand girls’ state champion-ship trophy to the center ofthe gym floor. Before first-year principal David Tra-vis accepted the trophies onbehalf of the school, teamcaptains broke both goldenrunner figures off the top.The move caught the au-dience by surprise – evenTravis.
“Every year they’vewon a state trophy, they’vebroken a trophy. I did notwant to be the principalthat breaks the tradition,so we’re going to keep thattradition alive,” Travis toldthe crowd.
Senior All-State runnerSummer Pierson explainedthe strange post-state ritualafter the assembly.
“Originally it started asan accident. We acciden-tally broke it. We were onthe bus and the trophy fellover,” Pierson said. “Thisyear it didn’t break on ac-cident so we broke it onpurpose. We’re used to itbreaking.”
The Yorkville girls cap-tured a fifth consecutivestate title last Saturday atPeoria’s Detweiller Parkto become just the secondteam in the history of Illi-nois girls’ cross country toaccomplish five straightchampionships. It is alsoYorkville’s seventh trophyin seven years, finishingsecond in 2009 and 2010. The
With a combined 11 statetrophies since 2009, crosscountry has given Yorkvillereason to celebrate and itsannual assemblies includesthe school band, dance andcheer teams. The studentbody gave the Yorkvillecross country runners astanding ovation whenthe trophies arrived in thegym.
“I think it’s a good ad-justment for the school tomeet up and congratulate usand our accomplishments.I think it’s a great thingto have for a school likeYorkville,” said Yorkvillejunior Alexis Grandys.
NXN Midwest Regional:The Yorkville girls’ crosscountry season ended with
a fifth-place finish at Sun-day’s Nike Midwest Region-al in Terre Haute, Ind. forthe team’s highest finishyet.
Centerville (Ohio) wonthe girls’ championship fol-lowed by the NXC RunningClub (Mich.), NapervilleNorth and Carme DistanceProject (Ind.). The Foxeswere led by Grandys (18:25),who placed 31st overall ina field of over 320 runners,followed by Pierson (18:42),Alyssa Edwards (18:50),Maddie Dearborn (18:51)and Nicole Greyer (19:05) inthe top five.
Yorkville also entereda team in the Open Race– named the Rising FoxesRunning Club – and JuliaSchultz set the pace with atime of 19:37 to place 12thoverall and help Yorkvilleto a runner-up finish be-hind Naperville North. Ol-ivia Borowiak (19:39), Bec-ca Jasutis (19:52), MaggieKlemm (19:57) and PiperBuyansky (20:21) completedthe team score.
The Yorkville boys fin-ished 22nd, led by TrevorWills’ time of 16:19. ZackPrice (16:21), Alexx Nau-man (16:43), Cody Hornyak(17:03) and Thor Hester(17:11) rounded out the topfive.
Photos by Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media
Yorkville Running Club’s Nicole Greyer (1680), Summer Pierson (back center), Maddie Dearborn(1676) and Alyssa Edwards (1678) run in a pack in the middle of the girls championship race atthe Nike Cross Midwest Regional on Sunday in Terre Haute, Indiana.
No breaking traditionCaptains upholdritual at assembly
The Yorkville girls’ cross country team receives a standing ovation from the student body duringWednesday’s recognition assembly after bringing home a fifth straight Class 2A state champion-ship last weekend in Peoria.
The Yorkville boys’ cross country team is introduced at Wednes-day’s recognition assembly at Yorkville High School after takingthird place at the Class 2A state finals last weekend in Peoria. Itis the fourth trophy in four years for the Foxes.
“Originally it startedas an accident. Weaccidentally broke it.
We were on the bus andthe trophy fell over.”Summer Pierson
Yorkville cross country runner,on the school tradition ofbreaking state trophies
Yorkville crosses final finish lineat NXNMidwest Regional
Even though the IMSA-Yorkville girls’ swimming anddiving team made huge strides asa program this season, no one wasable to advance out of Saturday’sNeuqua Valley Sectional after thesquad placed 10th overall.
Rosary won the title with a271, followed by Oswego-OswegoEast (190), Waubonsie Valley (164),Neuqua Valley (149), NapervilleNorth and Naperville Central (133each), Plainfield co-op (114), WestChicago (92), Metea Valley (83.5),IMSA-Yorkville (30), West Aurora(18), Lemont (9) and Benet (8.5).
“As usual, our sectional was,by far, the fastest sectional in thestate,” coach Kevin Satler said.“The excitement and talent at thismeet makes it a great experiencefor everyone involved. Most of thegirls did very well and droppedlots of time at this meet. Despitehaving good swims, several ofthem were just shy of state cutstimes. They did, (however, break)school records in many events andhad more top 12 finishes than everbefore. This was the fastest teamwe have brought to sectionals yet.”
Some of the team’s new schoolrecords at the sectional includedthe 200-yard medley relay team(Lexi Weiss, Linnea Lee-Brown,Lindy Hong, Emily Jia), whichplaced ninth in 1:52.87 and the200-yard free relay team of BrookeJensen, Jia, Polina Bondarenko,Claire Wang, which also placedninth in 1:39.32.
The 400-yard free relay teamof Jensen, Hong, Bondarenko andWang also set a new school re-cord after the 10th-place finish in3:37.40. Individually, Jensen pro-duced two school records in the200-yard freestyle (12th place in1:57.27) and 100-yard freestyle (12thplace, 53.70).
This was the second year IMSAand Yorkville were a co-op pro-gram. It included a 5-1 record induals, 3-0 showing in tri-meets anda third straight victory at the In-dependent Champions Conferencemeet.
Two Yorkville seniors tookadvantage of the early NationalSigning Day, as Jordan Albarranand Sam Weisz officially madetheir verbal commitments a real-ity on Monday morning.
Albarran will continue hervolleyball career at the Univer-sity of Dayton, completing a longjourney since giving Flyers headcoach Tim Horsmon a verbalcommitment as a sophomore.Weisz made his decision lastmonth to join the men’s trackand field team at Illinois StateUniversity.
A second National SigningDay will take place on Feb. 3.
Albarran was selected as theunanimous Northern IllinoisBig 12 East Division ConferencePlayer of the Year and is a four-time All-Conference selectionincluding co-Player of the Yearin 2014.
The talented outside hitterset new program records for ca-reer kills (883) and single seasonkills (295, 2013) and leaves as thewinningest player with 96 winsin her four-year career. She fin-ished with 205 kills, 33 blocks and231 digs in her senior season.
She joins a talented Division-Iteam in Dayton as the Flyers (23-
5) capped an undefeated Atlantic10 Conference to earn the top seedin the A-10 Volleyball Champion-ship, which begins this week.
“Going through the wholeprocess, I knew this is where Iwanted to be. When coach Hor-smon gave me the offer, there
was no second guessing,” Albar-ran said. “Hopefully by the timeI get to Dayton they have meplay outside all the way around.I’ve switched clubs this year (toSports Performance) so hopeful-ly that will give me full exposureand makes me ready for college.
I’m ready to be on the court play-ing all the time. I’m excited.”
Weisz is the current schoolrecord holder in discus at 167-11 and holds the indoor shot putmark at 53-4½. He was a statemedalist in both events last year,capturing a pair of 10th-place fin-ishes in Charleston.
“Once they started recruitingme in the summer, I was prettyset. I really wanted to go to ISU,”Weisz said. “They have a reallygood, developing program. I feellike they’re moving up in theirconference.”
The Division-I Redbirds areled by Jeff Bovee, who begins hissecond year as head coach whilespending eight years in the pro-gram. The ISU track programkicks off Dec. 11 with the indoorseason. The roster includes 2015Yorkville alum Rachel Augius,who is a high jumper with theRedbirds. ISU placed seventh inthe Missouri Valley ConferenceOutdoor Track and Field Cham-pionships last spring.
“It’s really nice to focus nowon what I need to do to get bet-ter,” Weisz said. “I really wantto finish in the top three in statefor both [shot and disc] and I’mreally looking to push for that 60-mark in shot and 185 in discus.”
Ever since third-year headcoach Don Davidson started thehigh school program at ParkviewChristian, the Falcons have got-ten bigger and better.
In the first year, the Falconsfinished with four wins. Lastyear, they went 13-12.
A handful of players re-turn from that team, includingYorkville natives and juniorsAustin West and Jack Swenson,senior Neal Smith from Newark,along with juniors Jeremy Osika(Plainfield) and Jared Hagan(Sugar Grove).
The new additions are sopho-more Alex Hope from Sandwich,senior Zach Anderson from
Newark, Jared Mathre, JakeAngelo, Caleb Dudding, DannyHiller and Jonathan Hiller fromYorkville, Russell Lanehart andCooper Thyne (from SomonaukChristian), Connor Chiappetta(Shorewood) and Danny Mendo-za (Aurora).
“It’s going well, and we havehigh expectations,” Davidsonsaid. “West led us in scoring atabout 16 points per game, andLanehart is really an exceptionalplayer. I think they will both beour top two leading scorers andwill be our inspirational leaderson the team. Zach Anderson isjust a huge presence inside – he’svery strong fundamentally.”
Parkview Christian hasmoved to “approved status” in be-coming an IHSA team as early as
next year. The Falcons currentlypractice at Club 47 in Yorkvillebut will play all their games atHelmar Lutheran’s Family LifeCenter in Newark.
Yorkville ChristianIn Yorkville Christian’s first
year as a high school team lastyear, the Mustangs went 9-8 over-all.
There’s one returning playerfrom that team – Joliet nativesophomore Noah Lewis, who av-eraged 10 points and five assists.
Everyone else is new. Thatincludes senior Jake Schutt(a transfer from Yorkville),Yorkville natives freshmanEean Nelsen and sophomoreKrzystoph Simmons, junior Da-vid Davies (Aurora), sophomore
Matt Marino (Plainfield), juniorguard Austin Wisniowicz fromPlano and two eighth-gradersfrom Cross Lutheran, ChristianSovern (Yorkville) and JakeKuntzendorf (Plano).
“We are going to go how Jake[Schutt] and Noah goes,” secondyear head coach Aaron Sovernsaid. “Our core is Jake, Noah,Krzystoph and we added Austinto that mix ... we are going to relyon those guys a lot. The juniorhigh kids have a lot of potentialmoving forward, but if we are re-lying on eighth-graders, we arein huge trouble.”
The Mustangs are hoping tobe in the IHSA as early as nextseason. For now, Yorkville Chris-tian will play 25 games, includingseven against other teams in theIllinois Christian Conference.All home games will be played atCross Lutheran in Yorkville.
Photo provided by YHS Athletic Department
Yorkville seniors Jordan Albarran and SamWeisz signed their National Lettersof Intent on Monday morning. Albarran will continue her volleyball career atthe University of Dayton while Weisz will join the Illinois State men’s trackand field team.
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BOYS BASKETBALL ROUNDUP
Sectionalends yearfor co-op
2 Foxes commit to D-I programs
Yorkville Christian, Parkview Christian growingBoth squads have players from all over Kendall County and beyond
Squad places 10th in2nd season together
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With just five returning playersand a new head coach in Mike Dunn,the Yorkville boys’ basketball teamcertainly has a different look this year.
Dunn replaced Dan McGuire,who stepped down after being namedYorkville head football coach earlierthis year. In McGuire’s final basket-ball season, the Foxes went 15-13 over-all and won their first Class 4A playoffgame before the season ended to Oswe-go in the Yorkville Regional semifinal.
“I’m very grateful for the oppor-tunity to be their head coach,” Dunnsaid. “I coach a great group of kidswho are willing to learn and are buy-ing into what we are trying to do. I’mnot trying to come in and change awhole lot – the program did very wellunder coach McGuire – I’m just try-ing to maintain it and get it to the nextlevel.”
The Foxes are on board with whatDunn wants to do with the program.
“I like coach Dunn a lot. He is work-ing us hard and we are getting betterevery day,” senior Dan Kaczmareksaid.
“We are learning a lot of new drills,and I feel I am getting better as a play-er,” junior forward Austin Avery add-ed. “It’s very up-tempo and more ener-getic this year, and I like that.”
Kaczmarek leads the pack of re-turning players with his 5.9 pointsper game, followed by senior guardMaster Davis (3.7 ppg), senior forwardTracey Kurz, senior guard CameronVan Boekel and Avery.
“Every kid we have has improvedsince I took over the program lastspring,” Dunn said. “We had a greatsummer. Our seniors have beengreat as far as leadership on and offthe court. It’s an exciting time forYorkville basketball.”
“The core group of (returning play-ers) are pretty tight, and we have goodchemistry,” Van Boekel added.
Everyone else is new. That includesjuniors Jake Eberhart, Alexx Nau-
man, Josh Tatum, DeAndre Manuel,Joel Salinas, Johnathan Suarez andNick Owens, along with seniors Quin-ton McKee and Thor Hester.
“[The new players] are bringing en-ergy to practice and are challengingsome of the seniors,” Avery said.
Yorkville’s season will start at Ot-tawa’s Dean Riley Shootin’ the RockThanksgiving Tournament. The firstNorthern Illinois Big 12 ConferenceEast Division game for the Foxes isagainst Morris on Dec. 12. They returnto the annual Plano Christmas Classicnext month.
Last year, DeKalb won the confer-ence title and Yorkville was second at8-5, followed by Morris and Kaneland(tied for third) and Sycamore.
“The conference is very competi-tive, very, very good. We are going tohave our work cut out for us. Everygame is going to be a grind game,”Dunn said. “Our biggest thing is dailyimprovement. We just want to get bet-ter every day. We want to be playingour best basketball in February.”
The Newark boys’ basketball teamgraduated just two players from a teamthat won a regional title and postedover 20 wins, so expectations are cer-tainly high for the Norsemen this year.
Newark has it all this season – es-pecially experience in both the postand guard positions. It will be tough tostop the Norsemen, who most certain-ly want to go further than the sectionaltitle game. That’s where their seasonended last year in overtime to Flana-gan-Cornell.
“We are a very mature team withmostly juniors and seniors with a lotof varsity experience,” Newark headcoach Rick Tollefson said. “I think get-ting as far as we did helped us a lot. Ofcourse, having Jack (Clausel) now isbig, and I think we can build on whatwe accomplished last year.”
“We are just hoping to pick upwhere we left off last year,” Newark se-
nior Evan Schomer added. “With Jackback, it will be really nice. It’s going tobe a big factor for us....It’s my last year– it’s a lot of the team’s last year – so wejust want to get to it.”
Clausel, a 6-foot-6 senior who haseclipsed the 1,000-point mark, returnsfor his fourth varsity season. Hemissed most of last season with a bro-ken foot, but now looks forward to ahealthy start this year.
“I did a lot of learning from thebench, but now, we should be good togo,” Clausel said. “Even though we ha-ven’t played too much together sinceJune, we are already playing well to-gether. Everyone really gets along onthe team, and it should be a fun sea-son.”
Junior guard Will Clausel and Scho-mer are returning Little Ten All-Con-ference performers. Schomer was aunanimous selection after leading theteam with 15.6 points and 6.3 reboundsper game. Clausel was next with 13.9points, 4.7 rebounds and 4.8 assists per
contest. Junior guard Steve McGrathwas next with 8.0 points, 3.1 rebounds,2.4 assists and 2.2 steals per game.
Senior forward Kendall Endres andguard Mitch Schmidt also return. Thetop new players are juniors CameronMyre and Caleb Dierzen and sopho-more Dylan Patrick.
The season starts at Sycamore’sTournament, where, once again, New-ark will be the smallest team partic-ipating. On Dec. 4, Little Ten Confer-ence action begins at Earlville-Leland.Somonauk won the league title lastyear at 8-0. The Norsemen were secondat 7-1 but ended up winning the LittleTen Conference tournament.
Newark, the only Little Ten Con-ference team to win a regional titlelast year, will also return to the PlanoChristmas Classic, which is set to starton Dec. 22. The conference tournamentwill start on Feb. 1 at Somonauk.
“We’ve been waiting for the seasonto start since last year,” Schomer said.“Getting back into it and getting backinto shape, everyone playing togetherand getting the chemistry back togeth-er; we are ready to go.”
New coach, new start for Foxes
Norsemen have high expectations
Lisbon boys hoops win tourney
7th-graders take conference title
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The Lisbon boys’ basketball B team won first place in the Mil-ton Pope Basketball Tournament on Nov. 7.
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The seventh-grade Yorkville Foxes won the Fox River ValleyConference Championship by defeating St. Charles-HainesMiddle School, 26-0, on Oct. 17. The Foxes are coached byShawn Schumacher, Ben Haddox and Doug Burson.
Return 2 All-Conference players: Clausel, Schomer
Next opponent is Rosary
Creek’s lead to 47-41, andthe closest the Foxes couldget to the Timberwolveswas 55-52 after Erica Cykoconnected on a conven-tional three-point playwith 3:16 left in the game.
Indian Creek, how-ever, scored the nextthree points and limitedYorkville to just one bas-ket for the remainder ofthe contest.
“I hope this makesthe girls realize all thepotential we have,” In-dian Creek head coachPaul Muchmore said. “Ithought we came out onfire, and I think that gave
them a lot of confidence.Yorkville goes at sucha different pace, but Ithought we did a nice jobat handling the pressure.”
D a f f e n b e r g l e dYorkville with 17 pointsand seven rebounds whileHarrison ended up with 11points an seven rebounds.
“I thought our twosophomores did an out-standing job,” Engelhardtsaid. “They did not backdown. Lauren is a gamer.I’m excited for her to havea really good year.”
The Foxes will resumetournament play withgames against Rosary andIMSA.
Saturday’s tournamentopponent is to be deter-mined.
• FOXESContinued from page 20
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The Foxes (2-1 overall in du-als) defeated Plainfield East,3,208-3,039, in non-conferenceaction on Nov. 10. They were ledby Michael Nape, Jr. (694), EvanJaros (607), Kyle Krumme (545),Cody Bradford (497), Zach Bian-chi (446) and Dante Gashi (419).
On Monday, the Foxestopped DeKalb, 3,516-3,216, fortheir first Northern Illinois Big
12 Conference dual win of theseason. Yorkville was led byNape (717), Jaros (665), Brad-ford (619), Krumme (615), Bian-chi (453) and Gashi (447).
BOYS BASKETBALLParkview Christian: After
the first week of competition,Parkview Christian came outwith a 1-1 record. On Nov. 10,the Falcons traveled to Syca-more in the season opener and
defeated Cornerstone Chris-tian, 55-46.
The Falcons were led by ju-nior Austin West (21 points)and seniors Russell Lanehartand Zach Anderson added 14and 12, respectively.
On Nov. 12, Parkview Chris-tian took on Crossroads Chris-tian from Big Rock, a homeschool team, and lost 81-74 inovertime. West led the waywith 27, Lanehart with 22 and
Anderson added 21 points and17 rebounds.
Yorkville Christian: YorkvilleChristian moved to 1-1 on theseason by defeating the GraceCrusaders, 40-38, in the school’sfirst ever home game on Mon-day. Noah Lewis led with 15points and Jacob Schutt added15 rebounds and seven blocks.The game marked the first forthe Mustangs in the IllinoisChristian Conference.
SPORTS BRIEF
Klingberg medals in ArgentinaOn Nov. 5-7, Ashley
Klingberg of Yorkville trav-eled to Córdoba, Argen-tina and took home thebronze medal at the PanAmerican Judo Champion-ships and silver medal atthe South American JudoChampionships. Klingberg
would like to thank everyone who sup-ported her on her trip to Argentina.
AshleyKlingberg
Yorkville boys bowling team tops Plainfield East; now 2-1
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Barb Scott didn’t have towait too long to get her firstvictory as the head coach of theNewark girls’ basketball team.
In the first game of the 2015-16 season on Monday, Newarkdefeated Sandwich, 42-31, at So-monauk’s Tim Humes Break-out Tournament.
“It’s pretty exciting,” Scottsaid. “I thought our defensewas very, very solid. We put alot of pressure on them and Ithought we moved the ball ex-tremely well. Our intensity wasthere, and that’s what I wantevery game.”
Even though Sandwich lost,head coach Randy Malloy wasjust fine with his team’s perfor-mance in the initial outing.
“It was a good first game forus,” Malloy said. “The turn-overs were bad, but intensi-ty-wise and ball movement wasbetter than what we’ve had inmany year’s past.”
After the first quarter, thegame was tied at 10. The Norse-men opened the second quar-ter with eight straight pointsfrom seniors Morgan Myre,Madison Friestad and KelseaZitt. A three-pointer from Sand-wich senior Emma Robertsreduced the Newark lead to18-13, but Zitt responded with athree-pointer.
When junior Jasmine Mitch-ell scored a basket with lessthan two minutes left in thefirst half, Newark took its first
double-digit lead, 23-13, of thegame. Senior Emily Ness andjunior Maddie Robinson thenscored the next five points onfree throws that reduced theNorsemen lead to 23-19 at thebreak.
Back-to-back baskets fromMitchell and a bucket from Zittwas how the third started, andwith less than four minutes togo in the quarter, Newark led
by double-digits again, 29-19.Free throws from Robinsonhelped Sandwich reduce thelead to 29-23, but once again,the Norsemen responded withconsecutive points from Mitch-ell, Zitt and Myre. Entering thefinal frame, they led 36-25.
The closest Sandwich cameto catching the Norsemen wasafter back-to-back baskets fromNess, including a three-pointer
that chopped the lead to 38-31with 2:18 to play. Mitchell (12points) and Zitt (team-high 13points) capped the scoring forNewark.
“They made their freethrows, but we battled throughit,” Scott said. “We did what weneeded to do, [but] we are still awork in progress. But for Game1, I was really proud of the ef-fort.”
“We got a little winded there[at the end], but [Newark]pulled away,” Malloy added. “Alot of it was our turnovers andour silly mistakes. We alwaysbattled back, but we could nev-er get it back to a one- or two-point deficit.”
Newark will resume tourna-ment action with games againstAurora Central Catholic, Planoand Wheaton Academy.
The Yorkville girls’ basketball teamstruggled to get anything going againstIndian Creek at IMSA’s Hoop HappeningsTournament on Tuesday.
Indian Creek, however, didn’t strug-gle with too much and ended up defeatingYorkville, 60-54, in the season opener.
“We didn’t rebound well, and theyshot more free throws than we did [26 toYorkville’s 15]. Those are important statsin a game,” Yorkville head coach LukeEngelhardt said. “We have to be a betterdefensive team. But it’s early in the year,and one loss is not going to define us. I’msure we will improve.”
Indian Creek scored the first sevenpoints of the game and finished with a 14-11 lead after the first quarter. Yorkville’sfirst lead of the game was after a 5-0 runand sophomore Lauren Daffenberg’s buck-et with 5:54 to play in the first half. Theregame locked up at 19 points after IndianCreek’s Jacklyn Bouma hit a free throw in
the middle of the second quarter.That was a part of a 7-0 run from the
Timberwolves, who ended up outscoringthe Foxes 21-16 in the second quarter for a35-27 halftime advantage.
Within the first minute of the secondhalf, Yorkville starting senior guard Syd-ney Beach sprained her ankle and did notreturn to the game. Right after that, soph-omore Lindsay Harrison connected on aconventional three-point play for the Foxesand reduced Indian Creek’s lead to 35-30.
The Timberwolves, however, followedthat with the next five points and were ableto get their first double-digit lead of the con-test, 40-30.
Indian Creek’s largest lead of the gamewas 47-34 after Makayli Vann hit a pair offree throws – two of her game-high 26 points.Yorkville was able to cap the third quarteron a 5-0 run with points from Audrey Mac-ciomei, Harrison and Bekah Hahn.
Two free throws from Hahn at thestart of the fourth quarter reduced Indian
Yorkville sophomore Lauren Daffenberg puts up a shot with two Indian Creek defenders on her inthe first game of the season at IMSA. Indian Creek won the game, 60-54. Daffenberg led the Foxeswith 17 points and seven rebounds.
Newark senior guard Kelsea Zitt pushes the ball up court against pressure from Sandwich in the first game of the 2015-16 season at Somonauk’s TimHumes Breakout Tournament. Zitt had a team-high 13 points in the game, which Newark won, 42-31.
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GIRLS BASKETBALL: INDIAN CREEK 60, YORKVILLE 54
Foxes drop 1st game ofthe year at tournament
Starting out with successNorsemen win1st game undercoach Barb Scott
