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NILES D PE CTATOR DECEMBER 17, 2009 * A PIONEER PRESS PUBLICATION * WWW.NILESHERALDSPECTATOR.COM * $200 u THIS WEEK DIVERSIONS UNLIKELY PARTNERSHIP The drama invictus" is featured in this weeWs Film Clips. SEE PAGE BZ FOOD VERSATILE TODDY Mulling over the many benefits of glühwein. SEE PAGE 22 Inside! today s homes Owen Cambouris, of Nues, thinks carefully about what he wants for Christmas Look for it in the center of DECISIONS, on Saturday during the annual Nues Park District breakfast with Santa. PAGE 3 Search Chicago-Autos DECISIONS (Curtis Lehmkuhl/Staff Photographer) Expandyouroptions. Start here. Spring Classes begin January 19,2010. TT00o00 930C-f'TLO9 lI S1IN .LS N0i>1'0 f0959 Apply and register online ISIC AIWiBI1 3118fld S1IN 1510 AI9I1 3118fld S1IN wwwoakton.edu T 000000 5003 Oakton 600-3.L01 lei- 5'TgC9 Des PlaincsSkokic 847.635.1629 ComniunityCollege 2 www.pioneerlocM.com Nl THURSDAY, DECEMBER 7,2009 si PAGE 3 Cwrr*cv Matt Schmitz, Assistant Managing Editor e p: 708.524.4433e: [email protected] HOWARD LEISURE CENTER Breakfast served 1 with holiday cheer Area children on Satur-lease stated. dayjoined Santa fosS his an- Children up to third - nual breakfast buffet withgrade were invited from Nibs Park District. 8:30-9:20 a.m., 10-Il a.m. lt . Every year Santa makes and 11:30-12:30 a.m. to the . ldi_ì: a slop at the HowardFloward Leisure Center - \ Leisure Center, to enjoybanquet room for the fes- . breakfast, visit and oftivitios. - course pictures with the Resident children paid :- children, a news release$8; nonresident children, . stated. $10; and all adults, $8. :tç; lt's ajolly time," the re- Coininen:pioneer1oca1.com ' Message to readers - - As part of improvements to serve our readers, includ- -.,,\-- --:ì ing providing snore colos; cleaner print and easier num- . bering of pages, we have moved our production to new - presses- - . -.._í As part of the transition, your paper will temporari- -. Santa jokes around Saturday with Sydney Pappone and Mec Pappone, of Chicago, durn the annual NUes Park District breakfast with Santa. (Curtis Lehmkuh!/Staff Photographer) ly be delivered to you without any staples. - _;î We expect the paper to return toits original stapled format by the middle of January. COURT t ç. : I I s .'-- A , Police: Teen intendedto hit, v'_ -- kill victimat Golf Mill mall sí' -_i_, First-degree murder charges filed By TONY BERTUCA miflion and his next sched- De La Torre was taken offMorans Dec. 8 hearing that . t bnrfIIrnninnncrInrat i uldd court dato is todaylife support on Dec. 2, hisboth boys were former (Que. 17). Moran was being16thbirthday.Morati'sfriends but became mcm- ::::t ihòlcl at the juvenile deten-charges were then official-bers of separate street charged with firs1-cicgreetió! center in Chicago. ly upgraded. gangs. The authorities say murder for aflogod- Moran was initial- Sgt. Tom Davis, of thethat It was an investigation 'y killing a 16-year- ly charged with twoNiles Police Department,into the incident conduct- old boy at GoliMill counts of aggravat-said both boys were in- ecl by Nues police investiga- Shopping Center by ed battery after hevolved in an Interact dis-tois aocI members of the I A running him over allegedlystruckpute ovel a gui. North Regional Major with a stolen cai EdgardoDeLa Cook County Sheriff's Po- Crimes Task Force which Francisco Moran, Torre and another liceCommander 'Ponyled to the charges against SAVE 55%-75% OFF 16, ofthe 1000 block boy with a stolen carBrzezniak sain Moran is a Moran. HUGE INVENTORY of FURS! of Michael Todd Nov. 28 outside Golfgang member known to the Moran's attorney, Jim s nlerrace in unincor- Mill Shopping Cen-department's gang-enforce- s Mullenix, said at the Dee. 8 'BRIEN &SON porated Glenview, was tct mont unit, which operateshearing that his client was charged as an adult Dec. 7 'I'he firstvictim was not in the Mainc 'l'ownship area. involved in a fight with De FURS with one count of flrst-de- seriously injured, but De La "'Pliure wore some gangLa 'l'erre and some ofDe La 180 South Eighth Street (Rt. 31) grec murder, one count ofTorre, of unincorporatedissues revolving aroundTories friends and was sim- Wcst Dundee, IL 60118 attcnll)tecl murcle and one Des Plaines, was taken tothis," he told Pioneer Pressply fleeing the scene in the 847-428-4900 count ofaggravated battery. the hospital immediatelylast week. car. FINAL DAYS! HURRY-IN! 1-lis bond was set at $2 and dieci several clays Inter. Prosecutors alleged at Comznent:pio;zt'erlocal.comj .Call for Ex cnd,c1 SALE Iours Nl - THURSDAY, DECEMBER Ii, zooy 4 IfleWS www.pioneerlocal.com A PIONEER PRESS PUBLICATIONNl www.pioneerlocal.com tiews I 5 NILES 1-tERAJD. LAST WEEK WEAREYOUR NILESd SPEc'I'ATOR..i NILES TEEN CENTER UISTRICT 207 PUBLIC WORKS TOP FIVE STORIES SERVING READERS SINCE 951 Perez piles up the INSIDE THIS WEEK CALENDAR Year's first yardage IV Speaker & year ago. Mitt Perez played iii the CROSSWORD B24 Freeze shadow o! quarterback Charlie Gore wages, savejobs, FILM CLIPS snowstorm as Maine South went ¡4-O and won herald-speçtator series to the Class RA championship. OPINION 14 5 As a senior, the Indianabsund ron POLICE BLOTTER 3 nobig deal nino back ran out of Gern's shadow Send it in. and created his own, one so big that Snap a photo. Tell a story. SCHOOLS r 18 kick offschool board tells union whomever lines op in the backfield publish In our new section, SHOWTIMES for the Hawks sent season might be Be a part of the story - and the storytelling? There are photos and stories we want to B3 for crews in darkness forever. at [email protected]. YOURPAGE By TONY BERTUCA Your Hites Hertad-Spectator. But we need your he'p. E-mail Assistant Managing Editor Matt Schmitz 24 Friday [email protected] By TONY BERTUCA EOflOOIuL Glenview teen [email protected] Assistiot Maoaçtsg Editor-N0 charged with murder Molt Schmitz Tns Son 4435 By TONY BERTUCA District oftïcitsls ossi Dcc. District 207 E-mail mschrnitzppinneerioralcon 7 opened the 'door a bit Public works crews from of teen Fan: j [email protected] (041) 406 Tsns wider for negotiations vvitlo planned reductions A 16-yearold from Glenview is now ManaIst EdItor-Sports tIse village of Nibs hit tise charged as an adult with firstdegree nich Martin io4ni 40 74n1 tise teachers union when it streets this montls to corn- Email: The Nibs Teen Center is murder, accosed nf running over an- nnarhinpplovevrioca(cvv 1ii'ofl'tised to use srsvingn Fas le41l3053v78 louunclsing a now education- Target % of budget bat the first rnosjor snow- other tees outside Golf Mill Shopping Category Implications Hanafsq Edtter-DteirsIuns r from i'educed cost-of-living savings reduced storm of the yeai Center In Hiles in a dispute seer a al npealcer necios aisaeci ¿st. Jnrniler Shames 10471 416 0350 increases to save clouons of Scott Jocisim, director of E-mail getting kids to meet with 1. Administrative cuts Previously outlined $1,100,000 13,83% girl. jlhomasCpiooeeriocal corn jobs. Frasciscn Moran initially had been Fur go calendar listings er queslion Z.Non'teochsr staff cuts Reduce all son-certified positions 17,36% public services, said trucks emaii. spulkor5Oplsneoilocaicorn community lersderv. $2,500,000 charged as a juvenile with two counts About 75 union teaching wei'e running at 4:30 n.m. Gotnews? Tise first speaker be lili- including overtime n! aggravated battery in the Nov.28 jobs ase on the chopping Dcc. 7 spreading salt and Send us yoiir.holiday charity informaion New's tips: 154714067215 nois State Rept'enentatine Decrease nutof'district Keep more students in house or return some $1,000,000 10.00% attack Sports tips 10471 406 nrva block at Maine Township prepooring for two clays of We want to help local charities in their efforts to help the EmaiL Elaine Neks'itz (D-57), viio tuition costs who are out parkridgvVpiuocerincafcom Higls School District 207, plowing. ueedy during the holidays, If your organization is collectiog Edtior te Ch!,t is scheduled to appear Fs'i- Supplies/other uervïce Reduce non-salary items, energy, products $2,600,000 21.01% Ice Land pooi closed Jeff Hisser 0411 486 unoa whicls is trying to eliminate "We salted every main day. and printing services, travel etc, The Hiles Park District bus perma- goods or funds to distribute to the needy during the E-mail: iwisserOpinoverlocai corn spending to close a $17-mil- street," lie sotid. "I think we Other speakers who have Capital outlay sently closed Ice Land Pool in an e!' holidays, send your information (name of group, address, MAiL lion budget deficit. Reduce repairs, furniture, equipment, etc, Sf000,000 38.46% got lucky an far snow goes." fnrt to maintain a balanced budget. Oiles Ileraid Spnclator been scheduler! include Technology Reduce technology expenditures $1,000,000 58.82% Closing the pool, whore attendance phone number, what the group is collecting, how to donate, 3101 W Lake Ave, But the district said as Jochim said lois crews Glenvinw, IL 6n26 Nibs Mayor Robert CaIlet'o, Entracurriculur/stipends,Reduce clubs, athletics, transportation, 5750,000 12.18% has been declining in recent years, is etc.) to us and we'll publish a list for readers weekly many aS 55 jobs could be burned through about 600 COSTuMEs scevicc vv}so will tell tise children substitutes and special intramurals, co'curricular, national comp, expected tn save the park district Do you have a photo taken with Santa this year? Tell us about your uaved if tise union were to tons of salt during the through the holidays, Alls 0011005V SOULS about hisjob and duties as $50,000 in 2010, accerding te Finance lioSos Mon tri, 630 a m 4pm, reopen its contract and con- programs coach program, recertificution Stipends, child'sconversation withthatjollyoldelf.Senditto storm, about average for Directnr Tom Elenz.