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Wheaton College has be- gun the process of firing a professor who said Mus- lims and Christians worship the same God, the teacher and the west suburban school confirmed Tuesday. Larycia Hawkins, a ten- ured political science pro- fessor who in December demonstrated solidarity with her Muslim neighbors by wearing a hijab, said at the end of last year that the college appeared ready to force her out after she had rejected recommendations to resign. This week she received word from Provost CAROLYN KASTER/AP Stanton Jones that the ter- President Barack Obama was joined Tuesday for his announcement on requiring private gun sellers to conduct background checks by Vice President mination process had be- Joe Biden, right, and others touched by gun violence, including, at far left, Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton, the mother of slain teen Hadiya Pendleton. gun. “The Notice is not a termination; rather, it be- gins Wheaton College’s es- tablished process for em- Obama unveils gun limits ployment actions pertain- ing to tenured faculty mem- bers,” the private evangelical college said in a statement confirming the ‘in defense of our kids’ latest development. Hawkins, 43, announced last month that she would Emotional president to bypass defense of making it effort- ing for them to act. day.” This time he flicked don the hijab as part of her less for guns to be available Flanked Tuesday by away a tear from his left Advent devotion to show Congress; speech draws GOP fire for anybody, anytime,” he more than a dozen men cheek. support for Muslims who said. “Well, you know what, and women, many of Still, even after months have been under scrutiny By Christi Parsons can muster. the rest of us, we all have to whom he had consoled of study, the president’s since mass shootings in Tribune Washington Bureau With tears wetting his be just as passionate. We privately shortly after they actions on guns amount to Paris and San Bernardino, face at one point, Obama have to be just as organized lost loved ones to gun ahandful of relatively mi- Calif. WASHINGTON — mourned the deaths of in- in defense of our kids.” violence, Obama said he nor steps on a policy matter “I stand in religious soli- President Barack Obama nocent victims and By delivering an emo- decided on the new curbs that has long been a per- darity with Muslims be- joked, preached and wept preached the right of chil- tional speech rather than a unilaterally because guns sonal priority. cause they, like me, a Chris- in the East Room of the dren to attend school with- more sober argument de- have cut short too many Under his plan — not an tian, are people of the book,” White House on Tuesday, out fear of a mass shooting, signed to persuade law- American lives. executive order, but rather she posted on Facebook. outlining how he’ll use his and he voiced anger about makers, Obama further il- “Every time I think “guidance” for agencies — “And as Pope Francis stated authority to fight gun vio- the country’s epidemic of lustrated what his execu- about those kids, it gets me law enforcement officials last week, we worship the lence but revealing along gun violence and his well- tive action itself showed: mad,” he said, wiping a tear will warn private gun sell- same God.” the way that an appeal to funded opposition. without Congress, he can from his right eye. “And, by ers that they may be vul- Though the college did the heart may be the most “Yes, the gun lobby is make only limited changes, the way, it happens on the not take a position on her powerful tool a president loud and it is organized in but he’s given up on wait- streets of Chicago every Turn to Obama, Page 13 wearing the headscarf, some evangelical Christians State law: Illinois is already far ahead of the rest of the country when it comes to background checks. Page 13 Turn to Wheaton, Page 10 At the briefing: Parents of Hadiya Pendleton stood with President Barack Obama as he announced action on gun control. Page 13

THE GLOBAL CITY CHICAGO’S PLACE IN THE WORLD CUTLER TALKS How workforce of tomorrow is taught FAMILY, FOOTBALL Schools rethink The Jay Cutler who arrived in Chicago in programs to meet 2009 is a different guy needs of digital age than the Jay Cutler who just finished his By Mark Caro seventh season as and Kathy Bergen Bears quarterback. He Chicago Tribune now undergoes regular introspection. He got DALTON, Ga. —Mario married to Kristin Arzateembodies the type Cavallari, gaining a of workforce transforma- perspective on life that tion needed in Chicago and makes the 32-year-old other American cities. father of three a more Less than a year ago, the likable player and 19-year-old son of Mexican respected team leader. NUCCIO DINUZZO/TRIBUNE immigrants was wiping Arelaxed Cutler sat counters, frying fish and down with the Tribune’s David Haugh to talk foot- working the cash register ball, marriage and fatherhood. “This year was good,” at a fast-food restaurant in Cutler said. “The system was very agreeable. There the Blue Ridge Mountains’ was never a situation where I thought, ‘This is awful, foothills. It was pocket- Ican’t do this.’ Adam (Gase) put together a real money work with a man- friendly system for quarterbacks that’s highly effec- ager’s job as the only hope ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/CHICAGO TRIBUNE tive. There are a lot of things that happened this year for advancement — far Dalton High School student Kirsten Swafford, 18, center, works on her certification as a that came together for us to have some success.” from the foundation for a certified nursing assistant at Georgia Northwestern Technical College. Conversation in Chicago Sports future that Arzate envi- sioned. School, which introduced in civil engineering. states removed from Chi- Now Arzate designs him to computer-aided de- “I didn’t think I’d have a cago, but his story is one sewer routes for a carpet sign during a series of future in engineering be- that this region may want Mayor: No need Occupiers: Won’t mill and water lines for manufacturing/engineer- cause I heard it was ex- to heed. Chicago’s econo- residential streets for the ing classes and helped him tremely tough,” he said, my once rested on the for inquiry of leave till locals local utility company. The line up an internship with “but now I can see it broad shoulders of steel LawDepartment control fedlands catalyst for change in his the utility. He’s going to happening.” life was Dalton High college and wants a career Arzate may be several Turn to Education, Page 8 Chicagoland, Page 4 Nation & World, Page 11

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companies band together to cre- Swiss ate uniform criteria for vocational certifications, American business- es in a given field are more likely to view themselves in competition — model and therefore less likely to col- laborate on setting vocational cer- tification standards. “It’s a totally different culture tempting here,” Hoffman said. Also, many American schools and parents resist the idea of choice setting children onto “tracks” at an early age. “Nobody wants their kid denied the possibility of going Education, from Page 1 to Harvard,” said workforce train- ing expert Anthony Carnevale of mills and stockyards. Today it’s Georgetown University. “We’re reinventing itself — it’s tech- not European. We’re not going to driven and hungry for skilled take kids when they are in 10th workers at ease with the digital grade and decide their futures.” age. Yet, he added, the result is But there are growing pains. “we’re leaving all these kids be- Companies complain of an hind . ... They are going nowhere.” ever-widening skills gap as they Katz debates the notion that the struggle to fill increasingly sophis- European systems actually track ticated jobs. At the same time, the kids. “They give kids exposure to population is becoming more di- multiple kinds of options, and you verse. The Chicago region, which get on one track, and from there was 71 percent white in 1980, is ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/CHICAGO TRIBUNE you can stay with the company or projected to be minority white by Mario Arzate, 19, works as an intern for Dalton Utilities in Georgia, designing sewer routes and water lines for go back to school and get a degree 2030, outpacing a similar shift residential streets. Dalton High School helped him line up the internship. in engineering or computer sci- across the nation. The U.S. is ence, and then you go back into projected to be minority white by firms helped shape tech-career exports and 85 percent of its academic performance or wealth, the workforce,” he said. “We have 2044. The Latino population, one curricula for five of Chicago’s patents, Katz said. is important, said Ursula Renold, this tracking conversation that led of the fastest-growing minority public high schools. Apprentice- “That’s the part of the economy former director general of the us to denigrate vocational educa- groups, is also one of America’s ship programs are cropping up at that’s really desperate for work- Swiss system. “You have to start tion.” most underserved segments when community colleges, including ers,” Katz continued. “For decades with the big middle,” Renold said Nonetheless, modified versions it comes to education and job Harper in Palatine. we just sort of drifted here. We during a recent Chicago-area visit. of the European model now are training. But many of the initiatives are seemed to literally forget that Central to Europe’s emphasis being tried out across the country. By 2020, 47 percentof all jobs in in the early stages — hardly technology is not just a small on vocational training are appren- One hub for such programs is the Chicago region will require an game-changers at this point. The group of people in Silicon Valley ticeships, a concept dating back to metro Charlotte, home to several associatedegree or higher, ac- tech-career high schools are “very making apps or designing mobile the Middle Ages in which young manufacturing companies, in- cording to the National Equity well-intended,” said University of phones. It undergirds all of the people received training from — cluding the American head- Atlas, produced by research group Chicago Urban Labs director advanced industries in the United and often lived with — craftsmen, quarters of the Germany-based PolicyLink and the University of Timothy Knowles. “The question States . ... We don’t really prepare who in turn benefited from an Siemens and the Switzerland- Southern California’s Program for is whether it is at a scale that is people for this. It’s just a glaring inexpensive source of labor. In based Daetwyler. Environmental and Regional Eq- persuasive.” omission in the system.” today’s European apprentice- These and other area compa- uity. And yet only 29 percentof Meanwhile, other regions are ships, young people begin to nies work with high schools and U.S.-born Latinos and 28 percent racing ahead with more strategic, The European model pursue their professional interests Central Piedmont Community of U.S.-born blacks in the area coordinated initiatives. in their teens and wind up split- College to recruit students for currently get at minimum an “Right now in Tampa, as well as If you live in Switzerland, you ting time between high school and advanced manufacturing pro- associatedegree, a level of educa- in Phoenix, Miami and Orlando, may find a 16-year-old scrutiniz- aworkplace where they develop grams from which the apprentices tion increasingly seen as essential the universities and the communi- ing your mortgage application, skills that will keep them em- emerge with two-year associate for landing a skilled job. ty colleges and the schools are setting up your mobile communi- ployed into adulthood. degrees. The students gain experi- As the city’s economic and coming together to create this cations plan, drawing your blood In Germany’s so-called dual ence and guaranteed jobs from the technological changes converge guided (career) pathway type or distributing your medications. system, children start exploring companies, which underwrite with dramatic demographic idea,” said Columbia University Swiss apprenticeships offer certi- career options as early as age 13. their education while paying shifts, the Chicago area faces researcher Davis Jenkins, “but it’s fications in 230fields, including An estimated 60 percent wind up them. daunting challenges that could across institutions.” information technology, health serving as apprentices across “If you go see the (Central) determine whether the region Institutions in cities such as San care, banking, insurance, dance more than 340 recognized trades. Piedmont Community College, thrives or falters in coming dec- Diego and Dalton, Ga., are suc- and just about anything else apart Emanuel said the revamp of that’s the future of the United ades. ceeding in crafting tech-savvy from becoming a doctor, lawyer, Chicago’s City Colleges system — States,” Katz said. Mayor Rahm Emanuel under- approaches to education and professor, scientist or mathemati- in which each school specializes Taking a break on the Daet- scored this point at a neigh- training. Outside Chicago — and cian. in a career track linked to local wyler floor, machines whirring in borhood development forum in the U.S. — more ideas are being Switzerland’s vocational educa- labor needs and local corporations the background, Dustin Harmon, November as he tied the city’s tried out, ideas that might inform tion and training (VET) system is help design each curriculum — 18, said his plan had been to attend standing as a global city to its this region’s approach. seen as the gold standard among was modeled after the German North Carolina State University ability to produce a workforce In parts of Europe, vocational vocational education programs, system. for a four-year mechanical engi- with the skills and education education and training programs, according to a 2015 study by In Switzerland and Germany, neering degree, but he took note of necessary for the next generation in which young people work as higher education experts Nancy companies drive the participating his older brother’s experience as of jobs. apprentices for companies even Hoffman and Robert Schwartz. schools’ curricula, identifying the an Ameritech Die and Mold ap- Emanuel said that if he can while in high school, are the norm The Swiss program reaches far skills needed now and in coming prentice who emerged with a job guarantee to companies the avail- rather than the exception. In beyond America’s traditional con- years. The students work at the and no college debt. Now Harmon ability of such skilled, educated Germany, apprentices make up 3.7 cept of vocational training as a businesses three or four days a is in the second year of his workers, “we as a city will stay in percentof the total labor force, steppingstone to blue-collar jobs, week, learning on high-tech apprenticeship at Daetwyler, the top 10 rankings (for global compared with 0.2 percent of the giving students more flexibility to equipment because it’s the com- working in the assembly depart- cities). If we can’t, we’re going to U.S. workforce, according to a shift either among vocations or panies, not the schools, that are ment while also attending classes drift.” 2014 Brookings Institution report. onto an academic track if they going to invest in such machinery. at Central Piedmont. The country is being forced to Charlotte, N.C., and the state of choose. Uschi Backes-Gellner, a Uni- “It gives me a head start on examine the ways in which it South Carolina are among the Seventy percent of Swiss versity of Zurich economics pro- most of the kids my age because prepares its students for the work- places pursuing variations of the youths participate in the country’s fessor and a current visiting they’re in college right now,” ing world. Graduating from a European model. VET system, compared with just Northwestern University profes- Harmon said. “I’m looking at a job, four-year college has long been “The demographics are chang- 25 percent who pursue a strictly sor, says students who complete going to college just like them, but viewed as the surest path to ing, and the economy is restruc- academic upper secondary educa- the program “have zero debt and Ialready have hands-on experi- success. Yet many undergraduates turing at the same time as it’s tion. That plays a role in the have a job. That should be an ence ahead of them.” are emerging thousands of dollars valuing technical skills and work country’s economic success — argument that’s convincing here At Siemens, which makes ener- in debt while still lacking a clear experience and, really, exposure to Switzerland has the lowest youth (in Chicago).” gy-related products in a boxy, career path. work,” said Bruce Katz, vice presi- unemployment rate among devel- Still, applying the Swiss model sprawling factory, two 21-year-old Schools in the Chicago area dent and founding director of the oped countries, as well as the to Chicago isn’t so simple. Switz- fourth-year apprentices, Cameron have embarked on a smattering of Brookings Institution’s Metropol- world’s fourthhighest per-capita erland isn’t Chicago or the U.S. Friday and Joseph DeFreese, do innovative projects. Chicago’s City itan Policy Program. income. when it comes to demographics or precision lathing work on giant Colleges, for instance, are being Advanced industries account This focus on the mainstream, the involvement of government in cylinders where one miscalcula- recast as a labor pipeline tailored for just 9percent of the U.S. rather than on people at either the industry. to local industries. Major tech workforce, but 60 percent of its high or low end in terms of And, unlike in Europe, where Turn to Education, Next Page Chicago Tribune | Section 1 | Wednesday, January6,2016 9 -

Education, from Page 8 ship processes, have a significant advantage,” Kirkegaard said. tion would result in a six-figure University of Chicago child write-off. development expert James Heck- Roger Collins, Siemens’ tech- man agrees. “Most acquisition of nical training specialist and ap- knowledge is learning by doing . ... prenticeship coordinator, said the All education that’s any good is need for apprentices became ap- interaction.” parent in 2010 when the company Dalton is among a smattering of moved its turbine manufacturing innovative career-oriented high to Charlotte from Hamilton, On- school programs cropping up tario, and had to add about 800 across the country. A small high jobs. school in Brooklyn pioneered the “We learned real fast that “P-Tech” model, in which corpo- highly trained, technically minded rations help develop tech-ori- individuals to fill those slots are ented curricula for a progression very rare, and we realized that we that includes four years of high were going to have to start grow- school and two years of communi- ing our own from the inside,” ty college. The goal is to produce Collins said. “My eventual goal is associate-degree holders who can to have enough apprentices in the step right into jobs in the digital program to where we very rarely economy. Chicago launched this have to go to the street to hire.” type of program at five high Siemens currently has 21 ap- schools in 2012. prentices. The company spends Across the South, about 90 high about $160,000 per apprentice to schools have adopted advanced cover tuition, wages, books, safety career-oriented curricula linked shoes and other supplies, Collins to high-tech fields in their regions, said, adding that such upfront from clean energy to aerospace. costs seem to be a deterrent for The idea is to elevate vocational American companies that focus ZBIGNIEW BZDAK/CHICAGO TRIBUNE education to advanced placement largely on the short term. Dalton High School teacher Ken Wiggins demonstrates how to use a fire extinguisher during a law and justice status. “There is resistance from class, one of several guided-career pathway courses offered at the school in Georgia. And in San Diego, the High American companies that don’t Tech High cluster of charter really see the return on invest- schools is taking a bold, innovative ment the way European compa- approach: letting teachers and nies do,” Collins said. “I think a big challenge is removing any stigma students pursue their personal Neighboring South Carolina passions in multidisciplinary team has been expanding its appren- that might exist if you don’t go to college or that projects that blend liberal arts ticeship programs, offering com- studies with hands-on technical panies a $1,000 tax credit for every where you go to college is a significant factor in endeavors. apprentice who remains em- In Dalton High School’s new ployed for at least seven months. your success in a professional career.” career and technology wing, many President Barack Obama is en- classrooms and labs resemble couraging such efforts — the —Al Crook, HR executive at Zurich North America local workplaces: an advanced Department of Labor in Septem- manufacturing shop floor, a fully ber pledged $175 million in grants equipped restaurant kitchen, a for public and private entities that “The common thread with all wooded hills and winding roads to quences of classes. working greenhouse, a student- create new workforce training these programs — and it certainly take jobs in the sprawling carpet Some students now work at run preschool, a video studio. programs. was the case with Zurich — is mills that dominate the local internships with local companies, On an overcast Friday, shortly “We would like to have high there is a lack of a workforce pool, economy. and others take classes at the local before the Dalton Catamounts schools participate in rigorous atalent pool that is available to The local public high school, at technical college. Lagging stu- would compete for a regional apprenticeship and pre-appren- them,” said Maria Coons, Harper one time an elite academy for a dents get extra academic help, and football championship, senior Kir- ticeship programs,” said Eric Se- College’s vice president of work- predominantly white student local employers have pledged to sten Swafford spent the afternoon leznow, the U.S. Department of force and strategic alliances. body, morphed into an institution stop hiring dropouts. at Georgia Northwestern Tech- Labor’s deputy assistant secretary Al Crook, Zurich North Ameri- where most of the students came Last year, Dalton’s graduation nical College,where she is taking for employment and training. The ca’s head of human resource from low-income families whose rate was more than 90 percent. coursework to become a certified average apprentice’s age here is 27, business partners, said his com- home language was Spanish and While graduation rates have been nursing assistant. She also works compared with 17 or 18 in Europe, pany hopes to “create another whose previous schooling often improving in Chicago Public at a local nursing home to get he said. pipeline of insurance talent” had not adequately prepared them Schools, where Latinos and Afri- practical experience. “One of the president’s goals is while addressing a broader issue. for high school. can-Americans make up 85 per- The training is a foot in the door to double and diversify appren- “I think a big challenge is remov- By the early 2000s, about half of cent of the student population, the to the medical world — she has her ticeships,” Seleznow said. “When ing any stigma that might exist if Dalton High School’s students rate last year was just 69.9 percent, heart set on becoming a general we look at the representation of you don’t go to college, or that were dropping out, and the more than 10 percentage points surgeon. Her outlook is vastly women and minorities in appren- where you go to college is a school’s staff was alarmed. below the national average. different than it was about two ticeships, I think the country can significant factor in your success “What I saw was some frustra- Experts stress no single tem- years ago — a troubled time when do a lot better in opportunity and in a professional career.” tion (among) the teachers,” said plate exists for reinventing the she attended a nearby school, had access for those folks.” Allene Magill, who was the newly nation’s secondary and postsec- left her mother’s house and shut- Department of Labor statistics Reinventing school arrived district superintendent. ondary school system, which tled between the homes of friends show that 94 percent of active “Part of that . . . was because they dates back to a regimented liberal and relatives. apprentices in fiscal year 2015 are Dalton High School in Georgia weren’t talking about the change arts format that took hold in the “I was thinking about dropping male and 61 percent are white. stands as one example of a high in population. It was almost like late 1800s and has waning rele- out,” she said. “I was thinking, ‘I’m The Labor Department also school that embraced changing not wanting to admit the popula- vance at a time when information not going to make it in the medical wants a wider array of companies demographics and engaged its tion in Dalton had changed so is a click away. field or as a teacher. I’m not going offering apprenticeships. It ap- students by letting them dip their drastically.” The current system’s greatest to be good, I don’t have anything proached the Swiss insurance toes into the increasingly digital- Magill launched a massive deficit, said Peterson Institute going for me.’ ” carrier Zurich, which has its ized work world, said Eugene overhaul to eliminate a two-tier senior fellow Jacob Kirkegaard, is Her world changed after she North American headquarters in Bottoms, senior vice president of system that relegated struggling alack of attention to well-de- transferred to Dalton. Schaumburg, about creating the the Southern Regional Education students to lower-level programs. signed, industry-led vocational “When I came here, there were country’s first insurance appren- Board. Remedial classes were scrapped, training for the 50 percent to 60 so many opportunities and pro- ticeship program. This month, 24 In the late 1990s, Dalton, Ga., a the core college prep curriculum percent of the population that will grams I could take,” she said. apprentices will begin work at Civil War battleground, drew was made more rigorous, and not get a college education. “They sat with you one-on-one Zurich’s Schaumburg office while waves of immigrants from Mexi- old-school vocational classes such “That’s where I think other and talked with you about it. They attending newly created insur- co, many of them impoverished as auto shop and home economics countries, with more focus on gave you hope.” ance-related classes at Harper workers with limited education. were ditched in favor of updated professional craft schools, voca- College. They flocked to the town’s career- and tech-oriented se- tional education and apprentice- [email protected] Schools adapting to next-gen needs of business Education oriented backers of Chicago’s Early College Science, Technology, Engineering to future careers is key and Mathematics Schools, de- to maintaining Chicago signed to put CPS students onto a fast track toward careers in in- area’s competitiveness formation technology and engi- neering. By Kathy Bergen Matt Blakely, executive direc- and Mark Caro tor at Motorola Solutions Founda- Chicago Tribune tion, said such a program “an- swers the question, ‘Why do I When education expert Timo- need to learn this?’ for many of thy Knowles moved to Chicago these students. It’s also a great way about 12 years ago, he wondered for a student who may have lost why the city’s public school sys- interest in math or engineering to tem let about half of its students give them a way to reignite their drop out. interest.” “I think my best answer was At National Louis, a newly that for 70 to 100 years, you didn’t launched professional pathway actually need a high school di- program offers about 75 freshmen ploma to find a decent job ... there —87 percent from low-income was that much industry here that backgrounds — reduced tuition you would be OK without it,” said and opportunities to mix class- Knowles, director of the Univer- work with real-world job experi- sity of Chicago’s Urban Labs. “The ence in the fields of business, economy has completely changed, education, human services, crimi- and the schools are just, just nal justice, health care and com- beginning to catch up. We’ve got munications. miles to go.” “Many students don’t go to Changing that dynamic is criti- STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE college because they say they have cal to maintaining the region’s Izidorius Laurinaitis, 19, of Palatine, checks a machine at Felsomat USA in Schaumburg. Laurinaitis, a Harper to work,” said Aarti Dhupelia, who economic competitiveness.A College student, is enrolled in a manufacturing apprentice program offering hands-on experience. recently became the university’s range of initiatives is under way, vice president for strategic initia- though major hurdles remain. issues, “it almost feels like swim- in the mid-20 percent range. vanced manufacturing at Richard tives after overseeing college/ Chicago Public Schools stu- ming upstream,” she said. “We’re not where we need to be J. Daley, and transportation, dis- career-oriented programs for dents now have a dizzying array of City Colleges of Chicago is in and nowhere near where we want tribution and logistics at Olive- CPS. “The huge challenge is the school choices and are graduating the midst of an overhaul in which to be, but we’re on our way to Harvey. employer side of it. I struggled at a rate that edged close to 70 each school is being redesigned as proving wrong those who doubt- Across the region, efforts to link with it at CPS, getting more and percent last spring. But the mag- atraining center for a leading local ed our students,” Chancellor education to the increasingly digi- more employer engagement, net and charter schools have business sector. The system re- Cheryl Hyman said during a tal work world are cropping up, bringing more students in and skimmed off the best-prepared ports a graduation rate of 17 recent speech at a City Club of including programs at some Chi- creating clear pathways to em- students, leaving many schools in percent now, up from an abysmal 7 Chicago luncheon. cago Public Schools, Wheeling ployment.” poor, minority neighborhoods percent in 2010. But the adminis- Davis Jenkins, a Columbia Uni- High School, Harper College and Chicago’s ability to step up its with highly needy student popula- tration included retroactively versity researcher who advised on National Louis University. game will be key to its ability to tions, many from stressed or awarded degrees in those calcula- the revamp and is assessing prog- High-tech corporations helped compete in the international race abusive home environments, said tions, which led to questions ress at the City Colleges, agreed design classes at five Chicago for business investment, Mayor Elaine Allensworth, director of about whether the gains are in- there is a long way to go but said public high schools, for instance, Rahm Emanuel said in a recent the University of Chicago Consor- flated — a claim the adminis- outcomes are improving, largely and those students have the op- speech. tium on Chicago School Research. tration rejects. due to the new career-training tion of enrolling in college course- Every company “is moving and “We have this very segregated Nationwide, community col- emphasis. work, too, with the aim of com- in search — and it will not stop — system.” lege graduation rates are relatively Each of the seven campuses has pleting an associatedegree at the for skill and talent,” he said. With the district facing poten- low, with the best-performing aspecific career focus, such as end of six years. Motorola Solu- “Everybody is moving around the tially disastrous budget and labor large, urban systems posting rates health care at Malcolm X, ad- tions is one of the corporate world, trying to find that.” MONDAY,DECEMBER28, 2015 DAILYHERALDSECTION 1 PAGE 3

C Suburban quiz Residents rejected this name for the community we know KERRY LESTER as Hoffman Estates: THE SUBURBAN Local A) Twin Brook RUNDOWN B) West Schaumburg Kerry is taking some time off. ? C) Hoffman Grove D) East Barrington Focus A Answer: ECC, Harper center sees rising studentenrollment

By Madhu Krishnamurthy [email protected]

In just its first year of oper- ation, the Education and Work Center in Hanover Park already is seeing astrong demand for its services, offi- cials say. There’s awaitlist of peo- ple trying to get basic English language skills and complete their high school equivalency at the center —ajoint initia- tive of Elgin Community Col- DAILY HERALD FILE PHOTO lege and Harper College in Harper College and Elgin Community College jointly launched Palatine. the Education and Work Center at the Hanover Square shopping The center, which is- half center in fall 2014. Enrollment at the center is growing. way through athree-year pilot program, opened in offers English as aSecond an appointment by Jan. 5to fall 2014 with 282 students. Language and Illinois High begin the three-step process Between then and sum- School Equivalency classes. of testing, orientation and mer 2015, 611 students had “When we first opened our registration. Some classes attended courses there. doors we weren’t sure what already are at capacity for COURTESY OF ELGIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE “It started out large right to expect so we offered every the spring term and there is Miriam Abe teaches an English as aSecond Language class for Elgin Community College at the away and has consistently level of course in those adult awaitlist for morning classes. Education and Work Center in Hanover Park. Enrollment at the center, which is halfway through stayed large in enrollment,” education classes,” Walker “Most people have never athree-year pilot program, is burgeoning. said Rebecca Walker, senior said. had to wait more than one director of the Education and ECC offers 10 levels of semester to get into their “They are doing alot of enrolled, and we are seeing year of operation cost about Work Center. “The very first English as aSecond Lan- class,” Walker said. career coaching and get- that grow too,” Walker said. $322,000 total. semester we opened, by the guage at its main campus in Students who obtain ting people into new jobs,” “It’s really exciting the com- Classes are funded through end of that semester we had Elgin. Amajority of students their high school equiva- Walker said. “We really look munity really embraced us the Illinois Community Col- awaitlist of over 400 people.” who attend the Hanover Park lency through the center get at ourselves as the first point that way. They are sending lege Board Adult Education Officials are anticipating center are at levels 1and 2, atuition waiver for their first of contact with the commu- their friends and family to us, Program, which receives state enrollment of nearly 400 stu- Walker said. three-credit course at either nity. We plan to see them which is agreat compliment and federal dollars. dents this spring, similar to The same is true for high ECC or Harper. Some stu- stepping up and continuing from the community.” “Only the federal money spring 2015. school equivalency. Most dents have gone on to pursue on to either employment, col- Walker said ECC and has been released,” Walker All classes and services students came to the center health care, accounting and lege credit classes or certifi- Harper are committed to said. offered at the center are free. at the adult basic education other certificate programs at cate programs.” keeping the center running “Both college presidents Classes run in the morn- level, she added. the colleges. Amajority of people who after the three-year pilot ends and boards have expressed ing and evening and are “The higher-level classes, Another asset for students use the center are between in May 2017. Yet, the state’s commitment to the center. taught by Harper and ECC we ran them but we only had is the on-site Illinois workNet 25 and 44 years old, 63 per- financial problems might It took along time to make it instructors. eight to 10 students,” she Center, which offers com- cent are from Hanover Park, throw awrench into their come about and there were a The center, located at said. “The lower-level classes puter workshops, job search and about 93 percent are His- plans. lot of years in planning, but 6704 Barrington Road in were filled to capacity.” assistance, acareer adviser, panic. Most students find The center is funded 50/50 it was worth it. The response the Hanover Square shop- While there is still an help with resume and cover the center through word-of- by both colleges —each col- from the community has ping center, has five class- opportunity to register for letter writing, and access to mouth referrals. lege has pledged to pro- really proved that this was rooms and courses typi- classes, interested students training and employment “We do have 20 to 30 dif- vide up to $250,000 yearly needed. It’s not amatter of if cally are filled to capacity. It would need to call and set up services. ferent countries of students toward its operation. The first it will continue, but how.” $100 to help brighten the holidays forthe homeless

Today’s winner of a$100 contributions from friends bill through the Believe Proj- was able to purchase $325 ect is John Spoden of Prospect worth of McDonald’s gift Heights. cards. It gave me such awon- Here is an excerpt of his derful feeling, Ithought I pitch: Christmas week. In our area, would try again this year.” “If Iwere awarded the $100, PADS is seven local churches Iwould add $100 of my money providing shelter to the home- •TheBelieve Project is award- and buy 40 $5 McDonald’s less one night aweek during ing $100 each day in December gift cards. Iwould have alocal the winter months. to adifferent person with a church distribute the cards to “Last year Iwas lucky good idea for how to use the the Public Action to Deliver enough to be awarded $100 money to do agood deed for Shelter attendees during and after adding my $100 and someone else.

Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds ArlingtonHts.apartmentfire: expanded use of technology year, he said. Applications are An early morning fire Sun- has provided our students due by Jan. 15. They are avail- day left an Arlington Heights and teachers incredible learn- able at the club’s Facebook apartment uninhabitable, ing opportunities by having site, or email [email protected]. but no injuries were reported, access to an iPad 24/7,” said The presentation ceremony authorities said. Arlington Keith Bockwoldt, the district’s will be 5:30 to 9p.m. Feb. 26, at Heights firefighters responded director of technology ser- Falcon Park Recreation Cen- at 5:45 a.m. to the fire at the vices. “This has broken down ter, 2195 N. Hicks Road in Pal- three-story complex at 27 N. the walls so students can now atine. More information on Dryden Place and had the learn at their pace and on their the club is at www.PalatineRo- fire contained within 30- min schedule.” tary.com or www.facebook. utes, afire official said. The com/Rotary-Club-of-Pala- cause of the fire remains under Rotary awarding grants: tine-57707637615. investigation. The Rotary Club of Palatine is accepting applications from Howtostart abusiness: Dist.214 gets Applehonor: local community organiza- The Des Plaines Chamber of Northwest Suburban High tions for donations as part of Commerce is hosting afree School District 214 has been its annual allocation program. Entrepreneur’s Boot Camp for recognized as an Apple Dis- Organizations seeking grants Des Plaines residents inter- tinguished Program for 2015 should support the Palatine ested in opening abusiness. to 2017 for its one-to-one community directly and be The purpose of the program is mobile device program. Dis- tax exempt under the Internal not only to recruit new busi- trict 214 introduced tablets into Revenue Code. All applications nesses, but to ensure business the classroom over five years will be considered. Money was success through education, through ateacher-led, profes- raised during the 2015 Okto- mentoring and networking, sional learning-focused pro- berfest celebration. “We had officials said. An informational cess. Today, every student in an excellent Oktoberfest that session is scheduled for 7p.m. the district has an iPad to use will aid the Rotary Club of Pal- Feb. 3atthe Des Plaines Public for learning in the classroom atine in allocating funds to Library. The boot camp itself and at home. The technology those in need within our com- will be eight sessions starting has transformed teaching and munity,” said Ed Fee, chair- Feb. 10 and continuing each learning. The Apple Distin- man of the allocations com- consecutive Wednesday from 7 guished Program designation mittee. “It’s agreat feeling to be to 9p.m. at the chamber office. is reserved for programs that part of an organization that can Topics will include how to meet criteria for innovation, give back so much, especially write abusiness plan, financ- leadership, and educational when so many have had to cut ing, legal issues, accounting/ excellence, and demonstrate back in recent years.” The 2015 insurance and marketing/ aclear vision of exemplary donation is one of the largest social media. For more infor- learning environments. “The raised and given out in asingle mation, call (847) 824-4200. PAGE 8 SECTION1 DAILYHERALD TUESDAY, DECEMBER 29,2015

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One of the things we learned about the proportions of poor families have higher-income families. schools in 2015 is just how much LOOKING BACK/MOVING FORWARD increased. At Elgin Area Unit District Sunny Hill and Tefft aren’t the only poverty is an accurate indicator of U-46, for instance, the number of suburban schools beating the odds, student academic performance. low-income students nearly doubled but most poor schools are not. We’ll When we tie that to the increased in 10 years. Indian Prairie Unit Dis- look at more of them in additional number of suburban students living trict 204 —Naperville, Aurora and “Generations at Risk” stories in 2016. in poverty, now we see more clearly Bolingbrook —has seen its low-in- To educate the next generation of the challenges facing Illinois in 2016 come enrollment rise to 18 percent suburban students, our communities and beyond. from 3percent in that same decade. first have to come to grips with their In the Daily Herald’s ground- The changing demographics trans- changing reality. “We’ve got to lift breaking series, “Generations at risk: late into the challenges of 2016 and up every student,” says Ken Ender, Our promise to our kids,” some- beyond. In some places, people who president of Harper College in Pala- thing most of us intuitively sus- were middle class 10 years ago aren’t tine, in the first “Generations at Risk” pected all along —that anymore. In yet others, lower income story. “I don’t see abright future for Our children in poverty do families have moved in. Either way, us, our kids and our grandkids if we not perform academ- the demographics must now inform can’t bring everybody along.” View ically as well as chil- discussion at the state level and at For generations, our suburban dren from middle- or the local school board level alike. schools have been abeacon on the high-income families As our series showed, some hill, spreading light and the hope of a —became adata-driven fact. Using schools are figuring it out. We- pro safe passage into adulthood. Keeping 10 years’ worth of Illinois report card filed Sunny Hill Elementary in Car- those schools there and that beacon data, reorganized by percentages of pentersville and Tefft Middle School lit are the challenges facing us now. low-income students, the correla- in Streamwood, two schools that tion between poverty and academic altered their focus and their practices Questions? Comments? Challenges? performance was shown as unmis- the suburbs. There were always poor Today, there are more than 1mil- and made dramatic improvements Find this editorial at our website for a takable. The more poor children in children in suburban schools, of lion low-income students in Illinois. in test scores. real-time Facebook discussion with aschool, the worse that school per- course, but rarely did they make up At some schools, 100 percent of the The children they serve are still the editorial board from 9:30 to forms on standardized tests. Period. acommanding portion of aschool’s student body lives below the pov- low-income, but many of them are 10 a.m. today. In decades past, it mattered less in enrollment. erty line. In the suburbs specifically, performing as if they come from

Your Views Encourage adoption, Must middle not abortion

With regard to the opinion: “Per- sonal stake might shape abortion ground be so views” by Joyce Lee, Mundelein, published Dec. 13: Adoption lists could qualify for the “list” mentioned therein. We believe human life is sacred hard to find? and should be afforded dignity. Adoption rather than abortion As someone who covers should be encouraged. the 2016 presidential candi- Usually the aborted cannot speak dates while parenting three for themselves, but we read an inter- young children, Ispend half view some nine years ago about my waking hours keeping an Gianna Jessen, who was 29 at the eye on rowdy juveniles who time. The article revealed she was hunger for attention, don’t born in aCalifornia abortion clinic listen, fib often, pick on when her birth mother was seven each other, fight incessantly, months pregnant. The abortionist refuse to admit they’re Ruben was not on duty. Anurse called an wrong, and don’t know how Navarrette ambulance and had her transported to behave in public. The rest to ahospital. of the time, I’m tending to my kids. She weighed 2pounds and was When Ifuse my two roles together, Irealize not expected to live. She had many that the one gift Iowe my children during this health problems. At the time of the holiday season is an apology. Ihad hopes this interview, she was aspeaker, singer/ year of giving them something special that could songwriter and writer. Her message last alifetime. What Iwanted to give them was a to young people was to value other country that is capable of having anational dia- people and themselves enough to logue that informs rather than infuriates, and have standards, to be able to take a enlightens rather than enrages. Americans are stand without wavering, to be acul- not there yet. In fact, we have along way to go. ture changer. For instance, during the debate earlier this WilliamRoss Off we go, into the new year; year over clandestine videos of personnel affil- MountProspect iated with Planned Parenthood ghoulishly dis- cussing the harvesting of baby organs, it was rare to find someone who was pro-choice who would Christmas damaged by Let’s focus on togetherness still acknowledge being disgusted by the videos. political correctness Just as it was hard to find anyone who was pro- life who found any value to the work done by During World War II, the Nazi Off we go, into the new year our lives, even Pass. Planned Parenthood. party banned the celebration of After acertain age, favorite if we harbor no Instead, Iask that, in the spirit We’d be astronger country, and better people, Christmas. After the allied victory holiday memories tend to meld personal griev- of the season, we pause to con- if we could agree to disagree on the important and the rebuilding of Germany, the into tales too good to be true. ance because of sider what we still have in com- issues without always challenging one anoth- people once again celebrated Christ- This is human nature. We want what is churn- mon with one another. It’s there, er’s motives or character before retreating to mas and wished each other merry to believe we’re better than the ing out there all in every single person we can our individual silos with the like-minded. And if Christmas. Instead of the Gestapo, evidence suggests. This is agood around us. Just imagine. we listened more and didn’t just seek out those now we have the politically-correct habit of our species, especially this once, let’s Three days before Christmas, I opinions with which we agree, and actively avoid police. Fear of offending people with at the end of this year, in which not rattle off the was about to start dinner, when different points of view. And if we weren’t so merry Christmas has changed the we’ve seen so much of the worst list. Many of us Connie Schultz my friend Jackie called. She and quick to excuse lies told by candidates we sup- expression to “happy holidays.” No in us. will continue her wife, Kate, live just down the port while condemning those told by candidates longer do we have aChristmas tree There is no such thing -as per to stake out street. we oppose. And if we consistently held candi- but aholiday tree and only selected fection whenever we add mem- our own little patches of righ- “Go to the Square,” she said. dates and elected officials accountable when songs are sung in our public schools. ories of past holiday experiences teousness, but this is the time “Why?” Iasked as Ishut off the they do something wrong or say something If this decorated tree is aholiday to the combustible mix of family of year when we should at least burner. offensive. And if we demanded —from elected tree, why is it only displayed in the and friends. try to acknowledge the truth “I’m not telling you. Just go — officials and from one another —that we all put months of November and Decem- Add booze and acouple of of the matter: We are all in this and bring your camera.” more thought, honesty and nuance into our dis- ber? We should use this symbol for sturdy grudges and “Grey Gar- together. My husband and Ithrew cussion of policy issues, instead of drawing out other holidays such as Labor Day dens” has nothing over the Former astronaut John Glenn, on our jackets and began the our perspectives in stark black-and-white terms and 4th of July. Does this sound fool- drama unfolding in front of us as adear friend, once described for short walk to the community when the world comes in shades of gray. ish? Not really, since these are recog- we shake our heads. me what it was like to hover 150 park that greets everyone who Whether the subject is immigration, gun con- nized holidays as well. Nevertheless, with the pas- miles above the Earth and get a enters our neighborhood in trol, abortion or any other, there’s areason that One would think with all the activ- sage of time, we will yet again good look at the rest of us: Cleveland. Americans have been debating these issues for ities going on around them, people enshrine these get-togethers as “On amap, every nation has a Dozens of luminarias flick- decades. These public discussions are difficult, would have their minds on things something magical. different color,” he said. “Well, ered on the ground around the complicated and messy. And there are no easy other than being offended. Asim- This speaks to something good the Earth looks much different gazebo. answers, only incomplete discussions and intel- ple greeting of merry Christmas is a in us. Most of us want to be peo- from space. You realize our bor- Two deer ventured forth as lectual shortcuts. show of friendship and joy. ple who love people, so we man- ders are so artificial. Some are we walked among the lights and So, this holiday season, I’m sorry Ican’t give The way things are going, the age the willpower to love even political; some have developed offered nods to the fat moon my children acountry where the national dia- Grinch that stole Christmas is not just the people who get on our last along ethnic lines. But all those competing for attention. logue isn’t in total shambles. However, all is afictional story but areality! Merry nerve. lines disappear when you’re Iloved watching neighbors not lost. Idohave something else for them that Christmas and Happy New Year! Which at least one of them looking down from space. pulling in to the development could be quite valuable. It’s the same thing Itry Robert A. Vlazny surely will; we just know it. “And you can’t help but see after along day at work and to give them all year long —lectures, lessons and Hoffman Estates You will note that Iamlay- all that we have in common slowing their cars to acrawl to sermons about how to be the best people they ing blame elsewhere for all that and think about how much we take in the sight of this unex- can be. Itell them to think critically, question might annoy us this holiday foul things up by focusing on pected kindness. everything, listen intently, speak truthfully, try Letters policy season. Iemploy this nifty trick our differences rather than our Ihave no idea which neigh- to figure what they believe and why, admit when of memory so that, at least for sameness.” bors made the effort to do this, they’re wrong, change course when needed, We welcome your comments (300-word limit). the duration of this column, we Idon’t expect us to link arms but Iknow we need more people and respect different points of view. If they do all Letters must include your full name, town and can all feel superior and terribly and sing to the heavens. like them. that, they can withstand whatever the public dis- phone number. Letters are subject to editing and may be posted online. We do not guarantee misunderstood. For one thing, there’d be Iamgrateful for the course throws at them. publication of every letter. Be sure to look out the window that unpleasant argument over reminder that small gestures Those messages are not always welcomed. I tomorrow morning. Already, the which version of heaven and can ignite big hopes and that get pushback. But then, whether we’re talking Email: [email protected] darkness is ending ateensy bit another over whose version of there are many ways to light about children or countries, no one said growing Mail: P.O. Box 280, Arlington Heights, IL 60006 sooner. God would be listening. And the darkness. up was easy. This has been arough year in that’s just among the believers. ©2015, Creators ©2015, The Washington Post WritersGroup THURSDAY,DECEMBER 31, 2015 section Northwest suburbs 5

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NC14 Looking back at 2015 Northwestsuburbanmayorslistaccomplishments Daily Herald report dollar projects to reduce flooding and make We asked mayors and village presidents what From new places to eat, shop and play, to our communities safer, alot happened in the community accomplishments this year stand the celebration of ahistoric milestone, the Northwest suburbs in 2015 that residents and out for them. return of amajor employer and multimillion leaders can look back on with pride. Here’s how they replied:

Thomas Hayes, percent from last year and essen- completed by the end of 2015. Arlene Juracek, coming back home tially leaving the tax levy flat. The to Rolling Mead- Arlington Heights tax levied by the village of Bart- Mount Prospect ows. Anybody driv- Abusy and productive 2015 was lett has been the same or lower RodCraig, For Mount Prospect, 2015 was a ing within sight of capped by the completion of avery for the past six years. Last year we Hanover Park year of leadership Golf Road for miles successful first year reduced it by $150,000 and the year transition at the vil- around can see the for our new Village before that $550,000. Secondly, we In 2015, Hanover lage manager level. terrific scope of the Manager Randy approved a$700,000 combined Park had several We are most proud “rehab” of their Recklaus, and a reduction of the gas and electricity accomplishments of our staff, who once and future Tom new refuse collec- utility taxes that will go into effect we are most proud proved themselves home. Rooney tion contract that in 2016. of. These include the more than capa- will result in cost success of our Edu- ble of accomplish- savings for our res- cation and WorkNet ing major projects Bradley Stephens, Beverly Sussman, Arlene Juracek idents, less wear Tom Hayes initiatives in collab- such as the Isabella Rosemont and tear on our Buffalo Grove oration with Harper Rodney Craig Sewer Improve- roads, and contin- and Elgin Commu- ment project and working down a We are most ued high-quality service. In terms We continue to invest in our major nity Colleges, Wor- 10-mile backlog of street resurfacing proud of the suc- of major accomplishments, Icould infrastructure with kNet, the village of Hanover Park created by recessionary cutbacks. At cess of our recent not be more excited about the posi- several new street, and our state Rep. Fred Crespo. Also the same time, our board was con- developments and tive direction of the “new” Metropo- water and sewer of great value is our fire department ducting asuccessful search for anew the transporta- lis Performing Arts Centre resulting projects completed receiving an ISO Protection Class village manager. We also were suc- tion projects that from the hard work and commit- in 2015. We made Rating of 2. This places the depart- cessful in receiving aFederal SAFER have been com- ment of many individuals. From significant prog- ment in the top 2percent of all U.S. grant, so that we can restore Fire pleted and are near- the new executive director, to the ress in preparing fire departments. Finally, the contin- Engine 13 to service in our down- ing completion, Bradley new governing board of directors our first economic ued efforts of our police department town station, improving response namely the Bal- Stephens of dedicated citizens, and an excit- development strate- to support our Community Policing times to our residents. Under new moral Road con- ing new 2015/2016 season of high gic plan with across Beverly efforts raising the trust and compe- leadership and with backlogs elimi- nection to O’Hare quality shows, Iamconfident that section of members Sussman tency of policing in Hanover Park. nated, the village is now well-poised and the imminent opening of the the Metropolis will become an even from the commu- to face the challenges of 2016, with (southbound) Mannheim connec- greater asset to the village of Arling- nity on the steer- an action plan to implement the stra- tion to Balmoral. ton Heights that is proud to call it our ing committee. In 2015, we were Bill McLeod, tegic plan adopted by the board. own. very fortunate to welcome several Hoffman Estates new businesses into our commu- Al Larson, Schaumburg nity, including: Flex, Countyline Tav- In cooperation with IDOT and Jim Schwantz, Palatine While Schaumburg continues Karen Darch, Barrington ern, PDI Medical and Maple Cafe, to the Illinois tollway, the construc- In 2015, the village of Palatine’s to attract additional restaurants — Barrington was pleased to wel- name afew. tion of afull I-90 interchange at Bar- Operating Budget Punch Bowl Social and Kinfork, to come the new Bar- rington Road con- &Capital Invest- name just afew — rington Village Cen- tinued in 2015. The ment Plan was fully Woodfield remains ter project with Matt Bogusz, Des Plaines village is looking for- funded with no new strong, along with its new shops and Over the last three years, Des ward to its comple- fees or taxes. 2015 Streets of Wood- restaurants in the Plaines has worked tirelessly to put tion next year and is marked the fourth field and Wood- heart of our down- people back to work very excited about consecutive year field Village Green town. At the same in our local econ- inclusion of Pace of adecrease in all boasting 6per- time and right next omy. Slashing red “Park ‘n Ride” and the village’s prop- cent vacancy rates door, the renova- tape and proac- “Kiss ‘n Ride” facili- erty tax levy, result- Jim Schwantz. or less. Hotels con- William tion of the historic Karen Darch tively seeking devel- ties to complement ing in alevy that tinue to be drawn Al Larson Robertson House opment has filled the new I-90 Express McLeod was $100,412 less than in 2014, and to Schaumburg. now known as Bar- 1.5 million square Bus Service sched- acombined total levy reduction of Five more will be rington’s White House, was opened feet of vacant com- uled to begin in late 2016 or early over $300,000 during the past four added, bringing as anew community and cultural mercial space, cre- 2017. Additionally, late this year, the years. the total to 30. But there’s more to center. Both were terrific additions ating over 2,700 Matt Bogusz Chicago Bulls announced that Sears Schaumburg besides development. to the village which, under the lead- new job opportu- Centre Arena will be home to Bulls’ The village has established ablue- ership of ahardworking Sesquicen- nities. Additionally, NBA Development League team, Nick Helmer, bird trail with four pairs of homes, tennial Committee, celebrated Bar- we saw aboom in local private con- commencing its inaugural season in Prospect Heights saving some for tree swallows. This rington’s 150th anniversary with struction investment —$145 million November 2016. year at Schaumburg’s Environmen- many festive and fun events through- in 2014/15, or a141 percent increase We continue to rebrand our iden- tal Fair aBoy Scout will be help- out the year. vs. 2012/13. Our momentum is sig- tity with signage and massive street- ing build up to 30 wren houses for nificant, generating deals poised Kevin Richardson, scape improvements throughout the adoption. to break ground in 2016, includ- LakeBarrington city. Our streets are fully repaired Martin J. McLaughlin, ing a73,000-square-foot Mariano’s and repaved and we now have a Barrington Hills at Mount Prospect and Golf roads Lake Barrington passed azero fully staffed, fully Dean Argiris, Wheeling and several new residential develop- increase tax levy for the coming year, equipped police Of the many remarkable events Iamproud that we ments planned to add 657 new fami- reflecting our success in both pro- department. Much of 2015, by far the most memorable were able to lower lies to our community. Our message moting our businesses and our pru- time was spent to for me was our October exchange the tax levy for the is simple: Des Plaines is open for dent stewardship of develop and oper- delegation to Korea taxpayers of Bar- business. taxpayers’ dollars. ate with avery sol- with congressman rington Hills for the We also completed vent budget and Bob Dold spon- second year in arow several key road strong reserve fac- sored by the Korean while increasing ser- Craig Johnson, and drainage proj- tors. Union con- Cultural Center of vices. We were able Elk Grove Village ects of importance tracts were suc- Nick Helmer Chicago, which we to accomplish this by Martin to our residents and cessfully negotiated anticipate will bring successfully operat- McLaughlin After nearly eight years, Elk we dedicated aright and our economic benefits to Wheel- ing our local government like abusi- Grove Village began construc- of way to Citizens development projects led the way to ing and the region ness. In 2015, we reduced spending tion on the long- for Conservation for Kevin new revenue. Construction began for many years to Dean Argiris by implementing spending reforms awaited Busse Dam wildlife habitat and Richardson on a100-unit assisted-living com- come. That said, the and initiating employee contributions Modification proj- open space preser- plex, a700-storage-unit facility, and a accomplishment for health care coverage; we increased ect in August. For vation. The former new full-service grocery with afresh I’m most proud of safety by decreasing response times the first time in Illi- Lake Barrington Field House was meat market opened their doors. The is the proactive effort that the village thanks to the consolidation of our nois history, two bought by Canlan Ice Sports, apub- “walk to school” sidewalk program has made to secure aprosperous 911 center; we improved our roads by counties joined licly-traded company that operates and the acquisition of the Old Town future for our community. Although increasing the amount of road repairs; together on aproj- 17 sports and ice hockey facilities Sanitary District were completed. We this effort has taken many forms and we normalized labor relations by ect to bring flood across North America. The new -own reached an agreement with Chase this year —including the construc- agreeing to anew 3-year contract with relief to over amil- Craig Johnson ers are actively integrating the new Bank to construct their new facility. tion of anew lift station to improve our police union. lion people and Canlan Sportsplex Lake Barrington Important too is the fact that we have flood control, the creation of avil- thousands of busi- into our community. The highly suc- agreat working relationship with our lagewide stormwater utility, fos- nesses along the cessful launch of Pepper Park Cof- immediate neighbors in Wheeling, tering new development at North- Kevin Wallace, Bartlett Salt Creek Watershed in both Cook fee was enhanced by the equally suc- Mount Prospect and Palatine. Pros- gate Crossing and the Whitley, the The village and DuPage counties. Flooding cessful opening of the new “Pepper pect Heights continues to be afun police department’s recent reac- of Bartlett pro- from Salt Creek has cost our region Park After Dark” Wine Bar. This par- place to live, work and play. creditation with excellence, and vided some sig- millions of dollars in property dam- alleled the 8,000-square-foot expan- the establishment of apermanent nificant tax relief age as well as lost commerce and sion of the Pepper Park Business home at Chicago Executive Airport to its residents in social impacts. Disruptions from Center which includes RSVP Rental To mRooney, for our annual Independence Day two ways. First, flooding, including closures of- crit Services as well as Wild Asparagus Rolling Meadows celebration —each of these initia- with the reduc- ical intersections, have left peo- Catering. In addition, the Horseshoe tives is atestament to our village tion of our tax levy, ple unable to access their homes, Grill was reopened and Battle House With lots of business activity going board’s willingness to act cooper- the total decrease schools and places of work. It is Laser Tag found anew home in our on in Rolling Meadows, our number atively and decisively to secure a is $174,334 or 1.85 Kevin Wallace anticipated that this project will be Pepper Road Business Park. one item for 2015 was AJ Gallagher bright future for Wheeling.

Food For Fines: Beginning at missing, damaged items or lost meetings in German. If you speak Chicago architecture. 9a.m. Saturday and continu- materials. Limit 10 items. German or want to keep it fresh or Survival Tips for Parenting Your ing through the month, Indian Polyglots (German improve it, visit this club. All levels and T(w)eens: 6:30 p.m. Monday, Holy & Trails Public Library District, Speaking) Toastmas- ages. Information at www.polyglot- Family Catholic Academy, 2515 Out stoastmasters.org. Free. 1355 Schoenbeck Road, ters: 9:30 a.m. Satur- Palatine Road, Inverness. Terry Wheeling, will let you donate a day, Des Plaines Public JanuaryArt Exhibit Kathy 4Houlihan of Houlihan Educational about canned food item and receive $1 off 2Library, 1501 Ellinwood Kathrein: Indian Trails Public Consultants shares research-based, overdue fines. Only non-expired items St., Des Plaines. Library District, 355 Schoen- informative and practical insights into the accepted. No glass containers, dented Polyglots is the only Toastmas- beck Road, Wheeling. Oil developmental changes teenagers experience; Northwest cans, cans without labels or open ters International Club in the 3paintings portray nature and how these changes impact behavior, suburbs packages. Does not apply to fees for United States that conducts its against the backdrop of moods, academics, and relationships. Free. DECEMBER 24-30, 2015 Where to recycle? ARLINGTON For many, the post-holiday ques- tions include what LOCAL HEIGHTS to do with an old TV. TRIBLOCAL.COM With news from DES PLAINES Page 8 Arlington Heights looks back on highlights

Business retention at top of For more local news, go agenda for the new year to TribLocal.com. improving programming By Karen Ann Sons grocery store in Town and finances at the theater, Cullotta &Country shopping center. which each year attracts Chicago Tribune Following the shuttering about 96,000 visitors. of the Panera Bread in Feb- In addition to presenting As Arlington Heights resi- ruary of 2015, Charles With- an array of professional mu- dents celebrate the New erington-Perkins, the vil- sical and theatrical produc- Year, they probably will re- lage’s director of planning tions each season, the thea- call 2015 as ushering in a and community develop- ter also offers an array of fine slate of arrivals and depar- ment said, “We were very arts educational programs, tures in the local business disappointed with the clos- including music, drama and community, the revitaliza- ing of Panera, which had dance classes and private tion of the village’s Metropo- done a really good business lessons, as well as youth lis Performing Arts Centre, at that location. We are now theater and summer day and the launch of student working very hard with po- camps. assessments and transfor- tential tenants and land- “A lot of students re- mational learning initiatives lords. But unfortunately, it fused or were intention- at area schools. takes time, and we are only ally absent” “We’ll continue to do one part of the decision- While students in Arling- our best to retain and making.” ton Heights scored well attract new businesses” Arlington Heights Mayor above the state average in The opening of Cortland’s Thomas Hayesagreed, say- STACEY WESCOTT/CHICAGO TRIBUNE 2015 on the state’s new Garage Tavern & Grill and ing this week, “We continue District 23 nurse Kathy Quatman walks the picket line in Prospect Heights with teachers PARCC exam, local school several other restaurants to deal with business va- Sept. 16 after failing to reach a contract agreement. officials acknowledged a sig- and retailers in town in 2015 cancies, but we’re not alone nificant number of high was greeted with enthusi- in that regard. We’ll contin- venue toward a brighter the new agreement in July. sioned to explore ways to school students declined to asm by both residents and ue to do our best to retain future, village officials ap- Officials at the Metropolis revive the 15-year-old thea- participate in the assess- village officials alike. But and attract new businesses proved an agreement in July said their business plan calls ter at 111 W. Campbell St. in ment. excitement over the new and keep taxes low.” of 2015 that will continue to for an annual allocation downtown Arlington The state’s new Partner- arrivals was tempered by the “On the ground run- subsidize the village-owned from the village of between Heights, which in prior ship for Assessment of departure of the popular ning” theater. $100,000 and $225,000. years, had been on the verge Readiness for College and Panera Bread in the Arling- Expressing optimism that “This was a team effort, The agreement was ap- of financial collapse. Careers exams, or PARCC, ton Town Square; Circa 57, a new leadership at the Me- with a little give and take on proved last summer and Earlier this year, the Me- are based on Common Core 1950s-style diner on Vail tropolis Performing Arts both sides,” Mayor Thomas based in part on recom- tropolis board hired a new standards for subjects in- Avenue and Campbell Centre is guiding the previ- Hayes said, following the mendations from a recent executive director, Joe Street, and the Joe Caputo & ously financially troubled Village Board’s approval of study that was commis- Keefe, who is in charge of Turn to 2015,Page4 4 NW TRIBLOCAL.COM DECEMBER24-30, 2015 Arlington 20 nls agaeat,with 18 arts, language English ihjs 4prettaking percent 54 just with arts language PA English the only 214 49 districtwide, that District said School High He ceeding or Illin of cent Englis cluding NE math. ex and arts language English in ards or meeting av scored Arlington in School skills. ing problem-solv- and thinking measure st and math and arts dns nweg,critical knowledge, udents’ .7 St rgs ih6 percent 69 with erages, St Ac St ceeding 15, RC ights-based ecn of percent ex 74 pe l,ofcasa Arlington at officials ill, dnsat udents Au WS ro ceeded from C .8 at rc sthe ss we to st n etn or meeting ent pe ex nad nmath. in andards labo ll Pa eF • ex rc mls spring, last am ois Ho st n etn or meeting ent e1 ge ceeding st st st He st andards t,34 ate, h Off nad for andards dnstook udents ve me dnsmet udents ar To syHigh rsey er language the Va He wnship • mI lid .7 st Life ights st and- per- Fo ex- ate rN in • He wSt ew nsur He In ifrn rd le grade different and st understanding better of couple a ye after but mark, first the st or met who dents obetenme of nearly number the arts, double language lish ex district n 72 third-graders and 25 District of language lish the double st nearly scoring assessment re we He and search of director 214’s District et”said sent,” or h math the ate alth suranc r osesm rnsat trends some see to art nad nthe in andards ate ut fthe of sults ars, ceeded Ithink “I Fo Arlington with Officials “A re gt colDsrc 25 District School ights Fa we CO gt ok aka ihihsas highlights at back looks ights rm r av o of lot lopesdwt the with pleased also ex • anc re ’s we Po rgsi ohEng- both in erages .6 Business ml,6. percent 65.3 ample, Co t-rdr e or met 8th-graders MPLIMENTARY lic ex ye st netoal ab- intentionally eQ yH eva s, we pe st am. nad nEng- in andards ra bench- a as ar hudha should nt Je udents rsadmath. and arts lesLimit olders re with rc Gi eR luation. edt v to need uot fe Smith, ffrey ac $10 cent n fthe of ent st ft ate. ve tU ex st eA Card ls PA re andhu ceeded udents ,” sF 148 1C fused Wi ea ve RCC dReceiv nd said 87 398-2727 (847) st iew oupon re- rA or u- In [email protected] Ra Wi suranc Pe ndhurst ihterlclschools local Wi their with to entire an the community be for can opportunity celebration ry 150- this that and district, usual. pily st Debbie De- cember in anniversary 150th its schools se for shuttered had that contentious a ending four new Sep- late tember, in to classroom back the headed 23 District by district” of st superintendent as- 25’s sistant District Olson, Eric Mt rH lliam f and aff dn learning. udent “Yo the in good are “Things stedsrc celebrated district the As St the in good are “Things St ousehold snsaid. lson Pros .P rst re iigtahr nnear- in teachers riking e. ve eA ro can’t u undt uiesas business to turned eA Wi pect days. n 234, ,S spec vo Ta Vi -y st .L lson Vi a otatand contract ear dnshdhap- had udents imited igto ting llage gency uperintendent ylor He ye we t tyst stay re ranniversa- ar llage gt School ights Ti otdthat ported r hoping ’re re me Dr -c ra Off ive onnect l and ill iya tify st er. rike ,” o pt two to tuition up free for offer will class, ye already program. 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Anew restaurant that will offer Long Grove residents pizza and barbecue is mov- ing into the space at 235 Parker Coffin Road in the Mill Pond Shoppes area that housed the Long Grove Cafe for more than adecade. Village Pizza and BBQ is expected to open in January, village staffers and neighbor- ing businesses said. And with anew owner and anew theme, Village President Angie Under- wood said she hopes the busi- ness will look attractive to a ERIN HEGARTY /[email protected] new crowd. The building that is expected to open in January as Village “I think Long Grove is being Pizza &BBQ sits next to the Mill Pond Shoppes and acreek. discovered by people in a younger generation,” she said. including their own business, different restaurants that have “The owners are young and Broken Earth Winery. been in the building. enthusiastic, and it’s always The restaurant’s new owner, “It was the Pond View Cafe nice to have someone new and Joane Shunia-Gault, could not for probably about 25 years,” excited in Long Grove.” be reached for comment. she said. “Then Long Grove ERIN HEGARTY /[email protected] Amessage on the Long Penny Welch has owned Cafe took over, and Bill (Hris- Village Pizza &BBQ, spearheaded by Joane Shunia-Gault, is expected to open in January in the Grove Cafe’s answering Especially Maine Antiques, pakos) was here for about 10 old Long Grove Cafe on Robert Parker Coffin Road. machine says it’s been closed next door to the old Long years, and then Pam (Besbeas) for business since Oct. 23. Grove Cafe, for 38 years. owned the cafe after that.” Besbeas runs another business when Long Grove Cafe closed, longtime Long Grove busi- The cafe had video gambling She says Shunia-Gault has Longtime operator Hrispa- and decided not to renew the Underwood said. nesses have faded, and some machines it shut down this already stopped in the antique kos decided not to renew his restaurant lease this year, she “Any time anew business is have been replaced, the com- fall. The building and land are store afew times. lease after the Forsythe fam- said. interested in coming to town, munity has always been owned by the Forsythe fam- “I always welcome change,” ily bought the Mill Pond Shop- The new restaurateur we’re always very hopeful,” she tight-knit. ily, who own about one-third she said. “Even at my age.” pes buildings about two years showed interest in opening said. “We all try to support each of the buildings downtown, Welch recounted the ago, Underwood said. And in the village around the time Welch said that while some other, we really do,” she said.

ECCtouts narrowingachievement gapfor Latino students

By Madhu They sought us out. Gates working toward this goal. between ECC and local high Krishnamurthy Foundation doesn’t put its ECC is reporting a19per- schools that ensures students [email protected] money any place.” cent gain in college comple- are prepared for college-level This year, ECC was recerti- tion rates among its Latino stu- coursework before arriving at Elgin Community College fied as an Achieving the Dream dents between 2006 and 2010, ECC. While ECC has been able is bucking anational trend by Leader College —adistinction followed by white students at to close the achievement gap narrowing the achievement awarded to community col- 16 percent, Asian students at between Latino and white stu- gap between Latino and white leges that commit to improv- 11 percent, and black students dents, the same isn’t true for students, college President ing student success and closing at 5percent, according to data the college’s black students, David Sam says. achievement gaps. ECC first from the college’s Institutional who still are struggling to catch That has piqued the inter- earned the recognition in 2012. Research Department. up, Sam said. est of the Bill &Melinda Gates “It’s not everyone who gets Sam attributes the achieve- “It’s anational problem. One Foundation, which recently that,” Sam said. ment to interventions put of the most important factors sent ateam of researchers to Only two other Illinois col- in place within the past for student success is college the college to study just how leges have received Leader decade. That includes amin- readiness,” Sam said. ECC did it. College designation —Harper imum competency place- The results of the Gates Foun- “We are one of four case College, in Palatine, and ment requirement for most dation study are expected later studies they are doing this Danville Area —while Oak- college-level coursework, a this year. The goal is to replicate MARK WELSH/[email protected] year,” Sam told the Daily Her- ton, Morton and Triton col- new first-year experience pro- the college’s strategies that have Elgin Community College President David Sam talks to the Daily ald editorial board this week. leges have been recognized gram, and the Alliance for Col- helped Latino students with Herald editorial board about narrowing the achievement gap “We did not approach them. by Achieving the Dream as lege Readiness, apartnership other groups, Sam said. between white and Latino students. SATURDAY,DECEMBER 26, 2015 section 3 Funny What’s newin Comics 4 theatersthisweekend? Movies 5 business Checkout themovie ads Seecomics on Page 5. dailyherald.com & on Page 4. dhbusinessledger.com

A The top business stories of 2015 By Paul Wiseman Volkswagen cheated on emissions China’seconomic slowdown AP Economics Writer tests. It took five years for people to And the rise of Uber intensified become really worried over China’s WASHINGTON —China’s econ- adebate about the definition of an slow-motion economic deceleration. omy lost some luster and its leaders employee. The freak-out finally hit global mar-

ASSOCIATED PRESS their aura of invincibility. Acommod- China’s sharp slowdown was cho- kets in August. Between Aug. 10 and CHINA’S SLOWDOWN: ities boom went bust, spreading pain sen as the top business story of 2015 Aug. 25, the Dow Jones industrial Chinese investors monitor stock prices in November at abrokerage house in from Texas oil fields to Indonesian by business editors at The Associ- average plunged 11 percent on fears Fuyang in central China’s Anhui province. China’s sharp economic slowdown coal mines. ated Press, followed by the plunge in that everyone had underestimated and its surprise decision to devalue its currency squeeze emerging econo- Seven years of near-zero interest energy prices. China’s troubles and their impact on mies, roil financial markets and escalate fears about the global economy was rates ended in the United States, while Here are the top 10 business stories one of The Associated Press’ top business stories in 2015. easy money kept flowing elsewhere. of the year: See TOP on PAGE 5

SUBURBAN NEWS FROM THE STAFFS OF THE DAILYHERALD AND THE DAILYHERALD BUSINESS LEDGER 3THINGS TO KNOW TODAY Valeant CEO hospitalized 1 with ‘severe’ pneumonia Donnelley gets multiyear pact NEW YORK —Thehead of troubled CHICAGO —R.R. Donnelley &Sons Co. pharmaceutical company Valeant has has been awarded amultiyear agreement by been hospitalized. An emailed state- Print Media LLC that renews and expands the ment from Valeant spokeswoman Lau- companies’ relationship through 2020. Print rie Little says CEO Michael Pearson has Media prints, packages and distributes the YP been admitted for "severe" pneumonia. The Real Yellow Pages directory that- consum No other details were given. Last week, ers use to find high quality products and ser- Valeant Pharmaceuticals Inc. slashed its vices in their area. Under the terms of the agree- fourth-quarter financial predictions and ment, RR Donnelley will continue to produce issued aprofit outlook for 2016 that was Print Media’s YP-branded directories in the short of Wall Street's estimate. Its sales U.S. In addition, the relationship is expanded have been hurt after scrutiny from Con- to include distribution services. “We are partic- gress and the media led it to end acontro- ularly pleased to be extending and expanding versial distribution arrangement with the this valued, long-term relationship,” said Dan Philidor mail-order pharmacy. The Cana- Knotts, RR Donnelley’s Chief Operating Officer. dian company’s shares have dropped 57 “Our ability to fulfill and then to supplement percent from an August record high. and integrate our customers’ products ideally positions us to support our clients in today’s Store boss works his multimedia environment.” RR Donnelley has 2 40th straight Christmas printed directories for Print Media and its pre- decessor companies for more than 40 years. MT. ARLINGTON, N.J. —ANew Jer- sey convenience store executive has ful- BOB CHWEDYK/[email protected] filled his Christmas tradition of working Darwin Realty completes leases Deborah Winkleblack, vice president of international logistics and compliances for Claires in one of the company’s stores for the 40th ELMHURST —Darwin Realty recently com- Stores, right, with Kathy Hildebrand looking over one of their north american model stores. consecutive year. QuickChek Senior Vice pleted two renewal leases at atwo-tenant prop- President Mike Murphy worked Friday at erty at 2101-2171 W. Cermak Road in Broad- astore in Mount Arlington. Murphy says view. In the first lease, Builders Surplus renewed he’s always felt he should work the hol- a39,626 square foot lease. In asecond renewal, Claire’s exec sees future iday since many of the employees have National Seating &Mobility, Inc., a30-year-old to. According to the company's website, it Franklin, Tennessee-based firm that specializes has 140 stores in New York and New Jer- in custom mobility, rehabilitation and adaptive sey. He served coffee and cleaned inside seating systems, signed alease for 15,850 square for women in logistics and outside the store during his five-hour feet. Principal Dan Fanelli, SIOR, and Managing shift. The store is run by one of his sons. Broker George Cibula, SIOR, of Elmhurst-based By Anna Marie Kukec building their careers. Darwin Realty represented the landlord, a Daily Herald Business Ledger Writer Executives in logistics handle how prod- FedEx draws consumer private investment group. The property is a [email protected] ucts are shipped and ensure they reach 3 scorn over late shipments two-minute drive from the full 4-way inter- their destination. Compliance focuses change at 25th Avenue and Interstate 290 along Raised by asingle mother and growing up on whether those products meet govern- Greg Richmond ordered two wool caps with 22-foot clear ceiling heights, two drive-in with abrother and aunt in Logan Square, ment and legal standards for importing and from Overland Sheepskin Co. on Dec. doors, and four interior docks. Deborah Winkleblack had no intentions of exporting. There are not many women inthe 22 to give to his wife for Christmas, and attending college. industry, but experts agree the number is asked for overnight delivery to ensure a But she did, eventually earning amaster’s growing. pre- holiday arrival. On Friday, at home KeyLime Cove employee wins degree in business administration. She later Lombard-based Council of Supply Chain in Chicago, he was still waiting for FedEx CHICAGO —Bilphi George, an employee worked her way up the ranks in logistics as Management Professions said about 20 per- to show up. Two years ago, United Par- of Key Lime Cove Indoor Waterpark Resort in one of the few women executives in apre- cent of its 8,500 members are women. cel Service Inc. found itself under fire Gurnee, recently received the Maintenance dominantly male industry. She is vice pres- While the majority of supply chain and from consumers for failing to deliver some Employee of the Year award from the Illi- ident of international logistics and compli- logistics professionals in previous decades packages in time for Christmas. Now nois Hotel &Lodging Association. George was ance for Hoffman Estates-based Claire’s were men, women are increasingly choos- FedEx Corp. is being excoriated on social among those honored by the IHLA at its annual Stores Inc., where she travels internationally ing these fields as careers, adding value to media from customers missing everything Stars of the Industry statewide awards lun- to ensure merchandise reaches retail stores their companies, their customers, and to from clothes to food. “I already wrote an cheon, which honors the best of Illinois’ 35,000 worldwide. The trendy retailer sells jewelry the global supply chain community at large, e-mail to Overland asking them to find a hospitality workers and organizations. IHLA and accessories, mainly for young women, said Rick Blasgen, president and CEO of different shipper next year,” Richmond, President and CEO Marc J. Gordon said that teens and children at mall stores or train sta- the Council of Supply Chain Management 51, said “I´d be reluctant to order some- because of employees such as Bilphi George, tions across the world. Professionals. thing from acompany that uses FedEx.” Illinois tourism is booming: There were 109.4 “I’ve really come to love the business,” Winkleblack’s career started in 1974, FedEx is "doing everything possible" to million visitors to Illinois last year, up 105.7 mil- Winkleblack said. “Especially the interna- when she worked for Montgomery Ward. move Christmas shipments before the lion from 2013. The $36.3 billion in 2014 travel tional side.” Her mother encouraged her to work hard. holiday ends, spokesman Jim Masilak said expenditures was 5percent more than the pre- Winkleblack, who travels throughout Asia “She did inspire me because she was very Friday, aday after the Memphis, Tennes- vious year. George is dedicated to his work, and the world, is among 18 women exec- good at doing the best she could do in the see-based company warned that severe coming in on his days off to insure aproject is utives honored recently during the 18th inner city,” Winkleblack said. “She taught weather was disrupting service. The completed on time. He is always willing to lend annual Influential Women in Business me alot on being agood human.” National Retail Federation has forecast a ahelping hand to other departments when they Awards, presented by the Daily Herald Busi- While college wasn’t initially on her radar, 3.7 percent increase in holiday spending need assistance. More than 99 million domes- ness Ledger in partnership with the National she realized that adegree was needed to get this year, and merchants rolled out dis- tic visitors and 2million international visitors Association of Women Business Owners. agood job. She earned an associate degree counts —including on shipping costs — chose to spend time in Illinois, spending about Judges based their selections on the nom- in biological science from Triton College, a early to grab their share. This year, 90 per- $85 million aday with Illinois businesses. Visi- inees’ business and professional achieve- cent of all retailers provided free delivery tors’ spending saves an average Illinois house- ments and the challenges they have met in See LOGISTICS on PAGE 2 for at least some online purchases. hold over $1100 in taxes each year. PAGE 2 SECTION3 DAILYHERALD SATURDAY,DECEMBER26, 2015

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The official allo- Dec. 2with the installation of the 2016 chamber board of directors. cations from local commu- cation presentation ceremony nity organizations for possi- will be held on Feb. 26, at Fal- ble donations from the club con Park Recreation Center as part of its annual allocation 2195 North Hicks Road in Pal- Palatine chamber program. atine between 5:30 and 9p.m. Organizations applying for President Oliver Girke hosts awards dinner funding from the Rotary Club invites interested men and ‘Key to Success’ of Palatine should support the women of the Palatine com- Palatine community directly munity to learn more about and be tax exempt under Sec- Rotary. Submitted by Mindy Phillips, Palatine Arts; Vice President Shawn tion 501(C)(3) of the Inter- “Those interested in joining Area Chamber of Commerce Jackson, Vicarious Produc- nal Reve- our dynamic The Palatine Area Cham- tions; vice president of Mem- nue Code. service organi- ber of Commerce celebrated bership Bob Bauer, Waddell & All applica- “We had an excellent zation are wel- its 7th annual “Key to Success” Reed; vice president of Devel- tions will be come to come Holiday &Awards Dinner on opment Jim Meier, MeritCorp considered Oktoberfest that will and learn Wednesday, Dec. 2. It was a Group, LLC; vice president of for funding, aid the Rotary Club of more about great evening of celebrations Events Dr. Paul Castle, Chiro- but fund- the good work and recognition. The chamber practic; immediate past Presi- ing is not Palatine in allocating that Rotary was honored to have Stephen dent Jim McLin, McLin Tours guaranteed. funds to those in need does both Scogna, CEO of Northwest &Travel. Board of directors Money to be in our com- Community Healthcare as the and liaisons: Rhonda Dehn, distributed within our community,” munity and keynote speaker. Morkes Chocolates; Megan was raised Ed Fee, Palatine Rotary Club around the Scogna shared the benefits Goeller, Moats Office Prop- during the allocations committee globe at one of having afiscally strong and erties; Eric Marzinke, Pro- 2015 Okto- of our weekly highly ranked independent Mark Planners; Bob Kramer, berfest cele- meetings,” hospital to service the health Kramer Photography; Mari bration held said Girke. “If care needs of the community. 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The Rotary Club of Pal- The celebration continued Creek Park District; Saman- •Business of the Year: J&J •Hero of the Year: Jeff so much, especially when so atine represents across-sec- with recognition of the 2015 tha Brunell, village of Pala- Pavement Repairs, Inc. Schlee, Palatine Police many have had to cut back in tion of the community’s busi- corporate sponsors, which tine; Tom Petersen, Township •Business Leader of the Department recent years. The 2015 dona- ness and professional men included: BMO Harris Bank, High School District 211; Ken Year: Melanie Santostefano, •Palatine Pride: Mary tion is once again one of the and women. 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Your views from Twitter Your Views Signs of danger for Would love to see a#GOPDebate focus on fiscal Christian traditions and monetary policy rather than how best to Ijust read on the front page of the oppress Muslims, Gays, Women, Blacks & Daily Herald today what Ithought Mexicans. was outrageous, aMuslim group of @TheXclass girls, bringing their beliefs and tradi- GOP intel chairman didn’t watch #GOPdebate: tions into apublic school. “The Voice was on” http://hill.cm/pddFZM7 Can you imagine the outrage if @thehill agroup of Christians staged aliv- ing manger scene in the cafeteria? Bet MSM &the left were gritting their teeth when Would explaining that they were just @realDonaldTrump &@SenTedCruz hugged it trying to get the Muslim students out instead of falling in their trap! #GOPDebate achance to see why we celebrate @Lrihendry Christmas be enough to calm them down? Idoubt it. I’m sure we’d have The candidate with the largest follower growth groups picketing outside the school. during the #GOPDebate was ... Bernie Sanders Ijust spoke with adepartment @micnews store employee as to why they don’t #GOPDebate was ahuge success so, bring on play Christmas music. Iwas told 2016 politics. it offended some shoppers and @oklamediacritic employees and they weren’t allowed to wish anyone amerry Christ- mas either. She was speaking to me under her breath as if her job depended on anonymity. We should all be very scared. High school’s event certainly stirred discussion Debbie Beverly Schaumburg Who knew aheadscarf could the Daily Herald is to walk amile in someone’s shoes become anational conversation. attract so much attention? has produced. The before you cast any judgment.” It began with ascarf. Who can The experiences of aformer Daily report described Those VHHS young ladies who say where it will go from here? With Simple observations Herald reporter might provide some an event spon- took up the hijab experience dis- abiding faith in democracy and the support climate change clues. In 2005, then-staff writer sored by VHHS’s played an admirable willingness to power that engaged discussion has Nadia Malik, who has since moved Muslim Student advance their understanding of a for good, we editors of course antic- This is aresponse to Mr. McEwen’s on to other professional interests, Association in different culture through empathy. ipate the best, eventually. Perhaps Dec. 10 letter “Climate debate is science wrote acompelling first-person which non-Mus- Accidentally, they also launched a even those bent on castigating an fiction.” Regarding our environment, story about the wrenching decision lim female stu- serious cultural discussion in ater- entire religion based on the vicious Mr. McEwen opened his statement with, she —asaBackstreet Boys-lov- dents voluntarily Jim Slusher rorism-stained political climate that perversions of aminority of its “What is going on here?” Iamnot asci- ing, ponytail-wearing, bell-bot- wore the hijab for Letter to readers is growing even less tolerant than adherents will eventually recognize entist, and Iadmit Idon’t always fully tom jeans-clad 18-year-old from aday to get abet- that when Malik donned the hijab how asimple garment can, as Malik understand the vocabulary and statistics the suburbs —made to wear the ter understanding despite the scolding of her devoutly described, at once express one’s cul- scientists quote. This is what IDOunder- hijab, the traditional head covering of what it’s like in today’s suburbs Muslim mother, who fretted, “Do tural and religious identity and “lib- stand —myown observations. whose purpose, in Malik’s explana- to wear something that makes you you want people to see you as a erate my American self.” I’d like to share what I’ve observed tion, is “cloaking awoman’s physical stand out as the hijab does, fundamentalist?” Or, recalling the words of the (not read or heard) about the appearance to highlight her intelli- In the past week, Boucher’s online Like those VHHS students, a Harper professor whose question topic you address: Dried lands in gence and personality.” story has been shared, literally Wheaton College professor took up inspired Malik’s reflections, it may our west, photos of Asians wear- Malik’s experience 10 years ago, around the world, more than 60,000 the veil in an effort, as she posted on help explain the conflicting emo- ing masks to combat huge clouds written in response to questions times on Facebook. It has attracted Facebook, to show “religious soli- tions asimple item of clothing can of smog, polar bears teetering on she’d been asked at aHarper Col- more than 350 comments in an darity with Muslims because they, evoke. “Do we risk demonizing the tiny ice floes, creeks turned to trick- lege exhibit vilifying various forms online discussion. like me, aChristian, are people of the hijab?” Malik quoted Harper’s Ste- les, fewer bees in my flowers, pho- of hajib as symbols of the oppres- All from an event its organizers book.” The college, however, grew ven Peskind. “Isn’t it possible that tos of hundreds of species that have sion of women, gained fresh mean- humbly hoped would show “we are concerned that Dr. Larycia Haw- wearing the veil is just an expression become extinct in my lifetime, and ing in the past week. Lake County just caring, peaceful, respectful stu- kins’ online reflections misstated of faith?” thousands of people suffering the senior photographer Gilbert R. dents.” VHHS’s Principal Jon Guil- the school’s evangelical theology fallout of natural disasters —many Boucher II dropped in on an event laume emphasized the value of the and placed her on leave. Wednes- Jim Slusher, [email protected], more than Iwitnessed when Iwas at Vernon Hills High School, and engagement the event promoted. day, scores of Wheaton students peti- is an assistant managing editor at the younger. Ithink these observations the one-minute video and 470-word “This wasn’t about promoting areli- tioned the administration on her Daily Herald. Follow him on Facebook answer your question, “What is going story he wrote quickly became one gion,” he said. “It was about getting behalf and hundreds of people rallied at www.facebook.com/jim.slusher1 on here?” and Ithink the simple of the most talked-about stories kids to follow atheme we have, which with her in Chicago. Her story has and on Twitter at @JimSlusher. answer is change. It’s some sort of change in our environment. Idon’t claim to know exactly what it is, and I’m not sure it matters what we call it, but it sure doesn’t seem like the Unseriousness rises to the top at the GOP debates change is for the better, does it? Iunder- stand numbers can be confusing. How- The Republican field, on the leads to astanding Now, in the light of the Paris and But when it came to the largest ever, Ithink calling observable change evidence of its fifth presidential O. The problem for San Bernardino attacks, Cruz is moral controversy of the Republican “science fiction” is going too far. debate, is beginning to sort itself by Cruz is that the con- attempting to reconstruct his demol- race —Trump’s unenforceable and AmyChapin seriousness. servative soul has ished defense and foreign policy offensive proposal to bar nonciti- Grayslake Donald Trump alternately advo- been divided on for- credentials. zen Muslims from America —Rubio cated war crimes (kill the fami- eign policy over the Having shifted his views on immi- punted, choosing to “understand” lies of terrorists), embraced liberal last decade, leaving gration and on anumber of foreign the motivation before rejecting the dh Even more letters online isolationism (end America’s mil- him in an uncom- policy issues, Cruz has aparticular measure. dailyherald.com/topics/ itary role in the Middle East and fortable straddle. difficulty. He is aconviction candi- The position of lonely truth-teller letterstotheeditor/ spend the money on bridges), dis- In 2013, libertar- Michael Gerson date with the challenges of acha- on tolerance is probably not the path played astounding ignorance (badly ian ideas seemed meleon. The contrast with his likely to the Republican nomination. But bluffing through aquestion on the ascendant. When rival, Marco Rubio, is stark. During Jeb Bush deserves credit for play- nuclear triad) and lapsed into loon- Rand Paul engaged in a13-hour Sen- asolid, reassuring performance, ing this role, and thereby showing Letters policy iness (steal oil from the Middle East ate filibuster warning that the out-of- Rubio schooled Trump on nuclear his own character. “If we want to and give it to wounded warriors). control national security state might strategy, offered aserious critique destroy radical Islamic terrorists,” he We welcome your comments (300-word limit). If Trump is in constant search of a use drones to kill Americans in side- of President Obama’s Syrian pol- explained, “we can’t disassociate our- Letters must include your name, town and phone darting spotlight, Ted Cruz is always walk cafes, Cruz joined the protest. icy, explained the complications selves from peace-loving Muslims.” number. Letters are subject to editing and may be posted online. We do not guarantee publication of looking for the best applause line. As When Paul filibustered against the of building aSunni alliance while The point is irrefutable. 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By Eric Peterson south of Weathersfield Way started. “I’m confident the 60 acres [email protected] and north of Wise Road. Cates said the district grad- will be atopic for us,” Cates District 211 Superinten- ually realized it could avoid said. “I can’t predict what The fate of a60-acre site in dent Dan Cates said Scha- construction of asixth school direction that will go.” Schaumburg —purchased umburg’s rapid growth in by efficiently building addi- The village of Schaumburg but never used for asixth the 1960s led school officials tions to its existing schools. appears to have stopped see- school by Palatine-Schaum- at that time to see apoten- That assessment has never ing the property as apoten- burg High School District 211 tial need for another school in changed, and the district tial school site for at least the —could be resolved as part that area. has no definite plans for the past 20 years. As far back as of the district’s strategic plan- The district purchased property, he said. the village’s 1996 compre- ning process this year. 40 acres there in 1966 and The property’s future is hensive land-use plan, the BOB CHWEDYK/[email protected] The undeveloped land lies another 20 acres in 1971. likely to be raised during a land has been designated A60-acre parcel seen in the early 1970s as the site of afuture between Summit Drive and Construction of aschool nine-month strategic plan- for residential development, high school has sat vacant ever since. Palatine-Schaumburg Plum Grove Road, among on the site even received ning process scheduled to High School District 211 officials expect to discuss the land’s residential subdivisions approval in 1974 but never begin this month. See SITE on PAGE 4 future during upcoming strategic planning sessions.

The Kane County FOX, NOON: BEARS Cougars’ Ozzie at Fifth Third Bank HOST LIONS Ballpark in Geneva Saudi EyE on THESUBURBAN justice FuturE SPORTS FRANCHISES roils THAT WORKED region Shiite cleric one of 47 executed By Liz Sly Washington Post

BEIRUT —Protesters ASSOCIATED PRESS Bears head coach John Fox stormed and torched the says his offseason evalua- Saudi Arabian Embassy in tions will be easier with the Tehran on Saturday after the benefit of having seen players execution of perform all season. aprominent Shiite cleric BOB LEGERE: ignited sec- Planning for next tarian ten- season begins sions across almost as soon the already as Sunday’s inflamed season finale region, jeop- ardizing U.S. Sheik Nimr ends. If offensive Baqr al-Nimr diplomacy coordinator aimed at Adam Gase does tamping down conflicts in the leave, who will take his place? Middle East. The unrest erupted after Saudi authorities announced that Sheik Nimr Baqr al-Nimr, COURTESY OF THE CHICAGO WOLVES 56, was among 47 people put two Honors The Chicago Wolves, launched in 1994 as an NHL minor league franchise, plays at Allstate Arena in Rosemont. to death. Some were killed by firing squad, others by beheading, according to astatement from Cougars, Wolves the rare successes in along line of attempts Saudi Arabia’s Interior Minis- try. Most were Sunnis accused By Robert Sanchez Pro sports in the suburbs of participating in al-Qaida [email protected] attacks in the kingdom. Since the arrival of the Kane County Cougars in 1991, numerous pro teams have called the Nimr, however, was one For more than two suburbs home. Farmore have failed than succeeded, with several leaving after one season. of four Shiites put to death decades, the Kane County Team Sport 1990 1995 2000 2005 2010 2015 Home field for political activism and the Cougars and Chicago Wolves Chicago Bruisers Arena football Allstate Arena, Rosemont leading figure in the anti-gov- have written the playbook on Kane County Cougars Baseball Fifth Third Ballpark, Geneva ernment demonstrations that how professional sports can Chicago Wolves Hockey Allstate Arena, Rosemont swept the mostly Shiite east of prosper outside Chicago’s Schaumburg Flyers Baseball Alexian Field, Schaumburg the country in 2011, inspired city limits. Chicago Rush Arena football Allstate Arena, Rosemont by the Arab Spring protests The Cougars consistently Chicago Thunder Volleyball Allstate Arena, Rosemont elsewhere in the region. Chicago Bandits Softball Lisle-Benedictine Sports Complex; ASSOCIATED PRESS have packed Fifth Third Bank The death sentence was Blackhawks winger Patrick Ballpark in Geneva with Rosemont Stadium since 2011 carried out despite interna- Kane is named one of 4 between-inning entertain- Windy City Dawgs/ Basketball Harper College, Palatine; tional appeals for clemency captains for the NHL All-Star ment, amassive food menu Elgin Racers Judson University,Elgin and repeated warnings from Chicago Sky Basketball UIC Pavilion; Allstate Arena, Game. The Hawks also plan and “a county fair” atmo- Rosemont since 2010 the kingdom’s archenemy to celebrate his 26-game sphere. Oh, there’s baseball, in the region, Iran, that there Chicago Machine Lacrosse YEARS Lisle-Benedictine Sports Complex point streak from earlier this too. The Wolves, meanwhile, would be consequences if the Lake County Lakers Basketball ACTIVE College of Lake County,Grayslake; season before tonight’s game have rewarded their devoted Grayslake Central High School popular cleric were killed. Still playing at the United Center. fans with winning seasons Chicago Storm Indoor soccer Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates The U.S. State Department, and championships. Moved or went which had refrained from Chicago Slaughter Indoor football out of business Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates MORE IN SPORTS But where the Cougars Chicago Shamrox Lacrosse Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates publicly joining the appeals and Wolves have succeeded, Chicago Hounds Hockey Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates for Nimr’s life, said it had scores of other sports organi- Lake County Fielders Baseball Fielders Stadium, Zion raised concerns at the high- zations have struck out. Chicago Express Hockey Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates est levels of the Saudi govern- “For one reason or Schaumburg Boomers Baseball Schaumburg Boomers Stadium ment about the judicial pro- another, they’ve come and Chicago Mustangs Indoor soccer Sears Centre, Hoffman Estates cess. In astatement, it called Shoppers gone,” Cougars Vice Pres- on Saudi Arabia “to respect Source: Daily Herald archives, team websites ident and General Man- DAILYHERALD and protect human rights” ager Curtis Haug said when and to permit “peaceful weighinon asked about the number trying. Estates. And Rosemont — in the suburbs include the expression of dissent.” of pro franchises that have In November, the Chicago where the Wolves play —is Schaumburg Boomers “We are particularly con- newsales tax started —and failed —inthe Bulls announced they would planning to construct anew minor league baseball team cerned that the execution of suburbs. open an NBA Development minor league baseball sta- and the Chicago Bandits prominent Shia cleric and Still, that hasn’t stopped League team that will play at dium by summer 2018. —Page11 other organizations from the Sears Centre in Hoffman Other teams operating See SUCCESSES on PAGE 5 See JUSTICE on PAGE 6

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A Success: ‘You have to be astrong brandtosurvive’

Continued from Page 1 minor league hockey teams that both played at the Sears women’s softball team. The Centre in Hoffman Estates? Chicago Sky women’s basket- How about the Chicago ball franchise earlier this year Shamrox, amajor league extended its deal to play at the lacrosse team that called the Allstate Arena in Rosemont Hoffman Estates arena home? through the 2017 season. They’re just some of the Whether existing or future many teams that have failed in teams have the staying power the suburbs or moved closer of the Cougars and the Wolves to Chicago. remains to be seen. Even the Chicago Bliss of the Legends Football League ‘The Pioneer’ —formerly the Lingerie Foot- ball League —left the Sears The optimism team owners Centre and now plays at Toy- have about the suburbs today ota Park in Bridgeview. didn’t exist in 1991 when the Gordon said it’s simply not Cougars played their inaugu- easy to launch anew team, ral season. especially here. “We were the pioneer for “We are asaturated market- minor league sports in the place,” he said. “So you have Chicago area,” Haug said. to be astrong brand in order “Everybody grew up with to survive.” Cubs and Sox, Bears, Bulls The economic downturn and Blackhawks. It was a was blamed for the demise major sports market.” of both the Shamrox and the But in their 25 seasons, the Chicago Storm, an indoor soc- Cougars have shown aknack cer team that also played at for filling the stands. the Sears Centre. When the The team recently became Lake County Lakers, asemi- the first Class-A franchise in professional basketball team, the history of minor league ended its one season in 2006, baseball to draw 11 million COURTESY OF THE CHICAGO WOLVES the popularity of high school fans. More than 400,000 fans The Chicago Wolves have captured four championships while making the playoffs 16 times. They’ve never had alosing season. sports was cited as one of flocked to Fifth Third Bank many obstacles the team Ballpark in 2015. failed to overcome. Haug said the keys to the AClass_A affiliate of the matters one bit,” he said. fans annually. prices and entertainment, such Despite the problems other Cougars’ success include Arizona Diamondbacks, the While it makes people And the team has given its as an elaborate indoor fire- franchises have had, Haug affordability, convenience and Cougars also have supplied happy when the team wins, fans winning hockey. works show before every home said he remains confident entertainment. talent for the Orioles, Marlins, Haug said, “The bottom line In fact, the Wolves have game. that new teams “have ashot” The Cougars, for example, A’s, Royals and even the Cubs is they come out for the enter- never had alosing season in “The other reason we’re at abeing successful in the have pregame autograph ses- in 2013-14. tainment. They come out for their 21 years and have won successful is atribute to the suburbs. sions, between-inning enter- In addition, more than 130 the good food. It’s asocial four championships. Chicago fans,” Gordon said. “It’s agreat area,” he said. tainment and postgame Cougars in team history have event more than anything. It’s “We strive to win champion- “They’ve embraced us. They’ve “There’s great fans. There’s fireworks. Fifth Third Bank reached the major leagues, the experience.” ships every year,” said Gordon, shown us with the most alot of people supportive of Ballpark also has picnic areas including Miguel Cabrera, noting the organization works important thing (by attend- sports.” and a“KidZone” for children Adrian Gonzalez, Josh Beckett Winning hockey hard to add the best players it ing games) that they want this One squad that’s expected too young to sit through an and Kyle Schwarber. can find. “We actually go out, brand. They want to come, and to do well is the Bulls’ Devel- entire baseball game. That So Cougars fans know they The founders of the Chicago scout and sign free agents in they want to cheer for us.” opment League team, which kid-friendly spot includes an could be watching future Wolves jumped at the oppor- attempts at winning on the The success of the Black- will begin playing at the Sears inflatable slide, swing set and major league players. tunity to create ahockey team ice.” hawks has only helped the Centre in the fall. Bulls Presi- an obstacle course. There’s also been success in the suburbs that would be Playing in the American Wolves by making hockey dent and Chief Operating Offi- “We’re constantly enter- on the field. In 2014, the- Cou affordable for families. Hockey League, the Wolves more relevant. cer Michael Reinsdorf has said taining the people where gars captured the Midwest It’s amove that has paid off are the minor league affiliate of “Hockey has never been hot- the franchise will re-create the game is almost second- League championship. Last for the franchise, which has the St. Louis Blues. As aresult, ter in Chicago,” Gordon said. the fun and excitement of the ary,” Haug said. “We just try season, the team made the called the Allstate Arena home future and former NHL stars “The more people are inter- United Center experience at to make every fan experience playoffs, but lost in the first since 1994. have donned aWolves uni- ested in hockey, the better off the Sears Centre. incredible and memorable.” round. “We’ve had areally steady form; Chris Chelios finished we all are.” Haug said that would be The Cougars’ stadium also That’s almost incidental. fan base over the years,” said his pro career with the Wolves. good, too. packs abig-league menu that Haug points out the Cougars Mike Gordon, president of In addition to putting aqual- Saturated market “I hope the Bulls do well in includes roasted corn, pork attracted big numbers of fans business operations for the ity product on the ice, Gor- Hoffman Estates,” he said. “I chop sandwiches and barbe- during losing seasons. Wolves. He added that the don said the Wolves cater to Remember the Chicago hope they have good support cue chicken. “I don’t think the record team draws more than 300,000 families with affordable ticket Express and Chicago Hounds out there.” Northwest Suburbs SIX U.S. Transition game TROOPS Imrem:Bulls’ new leaders KILLED need tokeep Suicide attacker strikes theircool in Afghanistan —Page 2 —Sports

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PADDOCK PUBLICATIONS •144TH YEAR •NO. 69 C234567 Howacoldcasebecameamurder By Barbara Vitello Northwest Community Hospital Legal Affairs Writer Prosecutors: Former Hoffman Estates attorney staged crash in Arlington Heights diagnosed [email protected] with cellulitis, abacterial skin husband’s lap in their car after Cook County prosecutors on murder and collect on life insur- infection in his legs, said his attor- Less than amonth after her what seemed to be acrash near Monday called the 42-year-old ance policies worth $120,000. ney, Timothy Grace. August 1973 wedding to patent Dundee and Bateman roads in case ahomicide and pointed a Extradited last week from his Cook County Judge Joseph Cat- attorney Donnie Rudd, 19-year- Barrington Township. finger at Rudd, aformer Hoffman home in Sugar Land, Texas, aldo ordered Rudd held without old Noreen Kumeta Rudd was At the time, authorities called Estates attorney they say staged Rudd, 73, did not appear at his Donnie Rudd dead, found lying across her the bride’s death an accident. the crash to cover up his wife’s bond hearing Monday. He was at See COLD on PAGE 5 Alcohol Holiday Lights Contest winners College of DuPage will be Onus served at could funeral be on home trustees Wheeling board OKs They may have to new liquor license pay up if Breuder By Erin Hegarty gets his way [email protected]

In amove that allows a By Kerry Lester Wheeling funeral home to [email protected] “pioneer” into uncharted ter- ritory, the Wheeling village Arecent letter from the law board Monday approved firm that oversees the College the creation of anew liquor of DuPage’s insurance pol- license that allows Kols- icy warns that former board sak Funeral Home to serve chairwoman Kathy Hamil- alcohol during funerals and ton and three trustees could wakes. be left on their own to pay JOHN STARKS/[email protected] David Kolssak, CFO of Kols- 6Grayhawk Court, Algonquin: Dante Fiandaca has about 19,000 lights on his Algonquin home. He poses with his wife Sherry, damages if former President sak Funeral Home, 189 South daughter Jackie, 13, who designed the lights layout, and sons Johnny, 12, and Dante Jr., 14. Last year, Dante Jr. designed the Robert Breuder prevails in Milwaukee Avenue, came to layout. Next year it will be Johnny’s turn. awrongful termination suit the Dec. 7village board meet- against them. ing for discussion on his pro- The 14-page letter from posal to work with aWheeling By Lauren Rohr The Santa Claus decoration was ahit, 6Grayhawk Court the winner of this attorney John D. Hackett of catering company in serv- [email protected] Fiandaca said, but there was something year’s Holiday Lights Contest. Cassiday Schade, LLP, came ing alcohol to funeral and missing. Caught up in the love of dec- “It’s kind of asickness Iinherited,” days before Hamilton’s abrupt wake attendees to keep up When Dante Fiandaca was ayoung orating, Fiandaca begged his parents said Fiandaca, who started decorating resignation Dec. 13 for undis- with the changing ways peo- teen, his mother bought aplastic Santa each year to buy acouple more rein- his first Algonquin home 20 years ago. closed personal reasons. ple are celebrating the death Claus with two reindeer to include in deer until they were able to collect all At the time, Fiandaca knew his dis- Breuder sued Hamilton and of loved ones. Kolssak says their holiday lights display. nine. play had reached its limit when the her three allies on the board he sees things moving away Decking out their home was atradi- That same Santa Claus set has number of regular light bulbs he used as individuals in addition to from traditional funerals to life tion for Fiandaca’s family. His father become an integral part of Fianda- blew afuse. But since he switched to naming the COD board. celebrations. would string the lights and his mother, ca’s own elaborate holiday light dis- LED lights, his design has grown to The law firm said the COD “Right now we’re pioneer- the creative eye, always had aknack for play that won over Daily Herald read- board will be covered under ing, we’re out there looking finding the right pieces to add. ers, who voted his Algonquin home at See LIGHTS on PAGE 5 its insurance policy with the far out, thinking these things Illinois Community Col- could change the life cele- lege Risk Management Con- brations at afuneral home,” sortium, arisk pool of state David Kolssak said. “The spirit community colleges includ- of this is not to do nothing but See today’s Neighbor ing Harper College in Pala- help people at atime of need.” tine and Oakton Commu- The original resolution did section for your local nity College in Des Plaines. It not require food be served in also spelled out the consor- conjunction with the alcohol, editors’ pick winner, tium’s right to deny portions but Trustee Mary Krueger lob- of coverage to the board and bied Monday for an amend- and see all the winners to the four individually named ment that would require food defendants for ahost of rea- be served alongside the alco- at dailyherald.com Lake County: Tri-Cities: sons, including if the trustees hol. Trustees unanimously 35 Carlisle Road, Hawthorn Woods 39W641 Bealer Circle, Geneva are found to have been act- approved the amendment. ing outside the scope of their “Even the happy hour elected roles. law of Illinois requires that Suburban attorneys versed some food be provided,” in insurance law say it’s com- Krueger said. “Eat food while mon for insurers to send let- you drink, it’s just about ters specifying coverage when absorption.” faced with alawsuit, but the Jon Kolssak, owner and strong wording makes this funeral director, said offering case different. acatering option could also “Threatening to pull Northwest suburbs: DuPage County: Fox Valley: See LIQUOR on PAGE 4 14145 Sauk Lane, Mount Prospect 312 Spruce Ave., Bensenville 2195 South St., Elgin See COD on PAGE 4

ArlingtonHts.native‘Craigslist Joe’ Movie producer talksabout hislife-changing movie Joe Garner of Arlington Heights What would happen if you Craigslist.com, like Arlington activities. starred in woke up tomorrow, and didn’t Heights-native Joe Garner did. With no money and just a the movie have anything? No job, no Garner, 36, director and cameraman he found on — “Craigslist money, no family or friends to star of the 2012 documentary where else? —Craigslist, he Joe.” GIRE& SOTONOFF help you out —just your cell- “Craigslist Joe,” spent 31 days traveled across the U.S., lost 20 phone and laptop computer. relying on strangers he met pounds, met people from all PHOTO FROM SUBURBS COURTESY How would you survive? through the online classifieds OF JOE TO SHOWBIZ You could use for shelter, food, rides and See SHOWBIZ on PAGE 4 GARNER

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C COD: Thosenamed in suit have untilJan.11torespond

Continued from Page 1 Breuder voided the school’s $763,000 severance package coverage if they thinkthat with him, apackage approved thebehavior involved in the by the previous board and caseisoutside theparame- staunchly opposed by Hamil- ters of theinsurance policy, ton and her allies. Those allies that’s not an unusualletter include trustees Bernstein, from an insurancecompany,” Deanne Mazzochi and Frank said ShawnCollins, aNaper- Napolitano, all of whom were ville-based attorney andpart- named defendants. neratTheCollinsLaw Firm. The lawsuit claims the four However, he said, “when- decided to terminate Breuder ever there’s aserious challenge “based solely on their personal to the availability of insurance interests and political agen- you have to be concerned. You das.” Hamilton and her sup- have to take that seriously. (In porters, the suit claims, ran this case), there is more incen- a“malicious and wrongful tive for an insurance company scheme” that “maliciously tar- to claim that there’s no cover- nished Dr. Breuder’s profes- age here. You’re talking about sional reputation” while “tram- alawsuit that demands money pling on his contractual and in the millions of dollars.” constitutional rights.” According to terms of the Hamilton has refused to coverage, the insurance pol- comment about Breuder’s PHOTO COURTESY OF JOE GARNER icy could cover amaximum lawsuit. Instead, COD issued Joe Garner, left, of Arlington Heights, from ascene in the documentary film “Craigslist Joe.” of $4.9 million of each insur- astatement saying the board ance claim made against the “stands by its action to termi- college or the trustees in this nate the employment of Dr. Showbiz: Movieideacameabout on ‘HangoverII’ set case. However, the letter notes, Breuder. It denies the baseless insurance coverage could be allegations in his lawsuit.” denied “for liability related to Because the trustees are Continued from Page 1 goodbye to his family and statements or acts that were elected, and therefore inher- headed out with no money 5tips from ‘Craigslist Joe’ not within the scope of their ently political, Collins says it walksoflife(some of whom and no credit cards —just his duties as members of the could be hard for the insurer to he’sstill in touchwith) and laptop, phone and the clothes Arlington Heights native Joe Garner, who got everything board ... or employees of the claim actions were outside the experiencedgenuine kind- on his back. He started by he needed to live for amonth from Craigslist.com for college.” It also details cover- scope of their duties. However, ness from strangers. emailing every single person age exclusions if those covered he said, it’s aclear warning that For acollege-educated in the “ride share” category. the film “Craigslist Joe,” shares some of what he’s by the policy were found to be the consortium could seek to kid from Arlington Heights “I’d say, ‘Hey, Idon’t have learned about the classified advertising website: “gaining ... any personal profit limit any payouts on behalf of who now works in the movie any cash, but Icould drive or advantage to which they the board and individual trust- industry (he’s executive pro- part of the way, or do errands 1. Provide as much info as you feel comfortable giving. “Let’s were not legally entitled.” ees. At the moment, the let- ducer of the soon-to-be-re- with you.’ Once they said say I’m looking to sell a(refrigerator). The one who says, ‘I’m Amajority of the trust- ter is just awarning to trust- leased “Arms and the Dudes,” yes, then I’d call back and interested in picking it up today, and here’s my number’ is the one ees named in the suit did not ees. If an insurance company is starring Jonah Hill), doing say, ‘Hey, one thing Iwant they’re gonna call,” he said. responded to requests for going to deny coverage, it must this was way outside his com- to tell you, we’re doing alit- 2. People will back out.Sohave abackup plan. For example, if comment, but Trustee Charles file what is called adeclaratory fort zone. But Garner said it tle project and Ihave acam- you really want to go to aconcert, avoid buying tickets off Craigslist Bernstein said he wasn’t “con- judgment with the court, said changed his life. era guy. Would it be OK if he the day of the show. “That way, if they flake out, it’s not too late,” cerned at all” about the let- Matthew McBride, an Arling- “I consider myself apeo- comes with and is shooting?’” he said. ter suggesting some insurance ton Heights-based attorney. ple person, but you don’t real- Not everyone said yes, but coverage could be denied. “From the insurance com- ize how hard it is to go out some did. And he traveled 3. Explore adifferent section of Craigslist once in awhile. “I certainly tried to do my pany’s perspective they’re try- there and literally ask people cross-country. People have their Craigslist go-to. But Garner says looking around best, and Idon’t think Idid ing to reserve all the rights they you don’t know ... essentially “I was able to experience the website will help you find interesting things. act outside of my role (as a can,” McBride said. for help. It’s putting yourself acrazy adventure that con- 4. Before going into astranger’s house or car,exchange emails, trustee),” he said. Cassiday The trustees named in the out there in avery vulnerable nected me with all of these talk on the phone and meet in apublic place. Establish arapport Schade attorneys also did not Breuder suit have until Jan. 11 way,” he said. “If you’re willing people. Ispent time with peo- with that person and trust your gut if something doesn’t seem return calls seeking comment. to respond to the legal com- to put yourself out there alit- ple Imight not have met in my right, Garner said. Breuder filed the suit in fed- plaint. The Cassiday Schade tle bit, you’ll find acompletely regular life,” he said. eral court less than 24 hours letter notes they are all repre- Say you’re different world.” His regular life began in 5. If you’re looking for something, post something. after he was fired in October. sented by their “attorneys of He came up with the idea Arlington Heights. He went to looking to volunteer and don’t see an opportunity. Put it out to the The board’s 4-1 vote to fire choice.” while living in the upscale Juliette Low Elementary and world in avery positive way. “Sometimes I’d wait four hours and no Caesars Palace Hotel in Las Holmes Junior High schools one would respond ... but all you need is one person to say yes,” Vegas while filming “The before moving to California he said. Hangover Part II.” Garner was for his freshman year of high an associate producer on the school. He loved moviemak- film and became friends with ing as akid. After college, Garner got his sequel but Garner said he’s one of the movie’s stars, Zach “One year my parents first paying job working for not interested. “I don’t nec- Galifianakis. brought home avideo cam- the producer of “Scary Movie essarily want to be ‘Craigslist The two of them would sit era, and it was like, wow. 3,” where he said his job was Joe’ again ... but I’m opening around and talk. The reces- You could record and watch to move items from one stor- it up for everyone,” he said. sion was hitting the U.S., and something back. And you age unit to another in Cali- “Everyone should have alittle they watched news reports of could edit things. My broth- fornia while the movie was ‘Craigslist Joe’ experience in people losing their homes to ers and friends and Ibecame being filmed in Canada. But their life.” foreclosure. obsessed,” he said, recalling he parlayed that into other —Jamie Sotonoff “I just wanted to see how the fake news programs or jobs. people were getting by. mystery shows they filmed in “I was slowly stepping for- • Dann Gire and Jamie So- Despite these tough times, his garage or basement. ward,” he said. tonoff are always looking for would people be willing to “You hear about kids who He now works for Todd people from the suburbs who lend ahand? Imentioned the are 8years old making Spiel- Phillips’ and Bradley Coo- are now working in showbiz. Craigslist idea ... and Zach was berg-esque films. This was not per’s production company, If you know of someone who’d like, ‘Cool, go do it!’” Garner them. But it was great because developing scripts and mov- make an interesting feature, said. there were no boundaries, no ies for TV shows. Afew peo- email them at dgire@daily- With Galifianakis as exec- pressure. Ilove this collabora- ple have approached Garner herald.com and jsotonoff@ utive producer, Garner said tive process,” he said. about doing a“Craigslist Joe” dailyherald.com.

Northwest Suburbs The Wheeling village board Monday grant- ed Kolssak FOUNDED1872 Funeral Home DANIEL E. BAUMANN, permission to Chairman Emeritus serve liquor DOUGLAS K. RAY, to funeral Chairman/Publisher/CEO and wake ROBERT Y. PADDOCK JR., attendees. The Vice Chairman/Executive Vice President funeral home’s CFO, David SCOTT T. STONE, Kolssak, says President/Chief Operating Officer they’ll work KENT L. JOHNSON, with Wheel- Senior Vice President/ ing’s Tuscany Treasurer/Secretary Catering for COLIN M. O’DONNELL, alcohol and Senior Vice President/ food packages. Content &Strategic Planning JOHN LAMPINEN, COURTESY OF KOLSSAK Senior Vice President/Editor FUNERAL STEFANIE S. ANDERSON, HOME Senior Vice President/Production JAMES J. GALETANO, Senior Vice President/Circulation Liquor: Funeralhomewillpay $900 forlicense STUART R. PADDOCK III, Senior Vice President/ Continued from Page 1 “overwhelming” and positive gambling machines, and it can Digital Technologies response from people across only serve to funeral and wake SUBSCRIPTION RATES take the burden of providing the county since Dec. 7. attendees from 7a.m. to 8p.m. Carrier home delivery rate food off the grieving family’s “We struck achord and peo- David Kolssak says now daily and Sunday: $702 -52weeks. to-do list. ple want to talk about it,” David that the board has approved Back issues available at dailyherald.com. The board approved the Kolssak said.“Now it’s up to us the new liquor license, the All back issue orders must be prepaid. Customer service? Call by noon. amended resolution by a5-1 to execute it.” funeral home will work more Missed paper? Call by 9:30 a.m. on vote. Trustee Bill Hein was the Neither of the Kolssaks are closely with Wheeling’s Tus- weekdays and 10 a.m. on weekends. only dissenting vote. worried bringing liquor into cany Restaurant, who will be —847-427-4333 — NORTHWEST SUBURBS DAILY HERALD “I consider this to be an the funeral home will lead to responsible for serving the (USPS 032020) is published daily in ancillary use, and Idon’t think irresponsible consumption. alcohol, to come up with food Arlington Heights by Paddock Publications liquor licenses should be used “There’s acertain amount and drink packages. Inc., 155 E. Algonquin Road, P.O. Box 280, Arlington Heights, IL 60006. Periodicals for that,” Hein said. of decorum that goes into run- “Right after the holidays, postage paid at Arlington Heights, IL, and Village President Dean Argi- ning afuneral establishment,” that’s going to be our number additional mailing offices. ris did not vote due to acon- David Kolssak said. “We’re not one thing, and once it’s ready POSTMASTER: Send address changes to DAILY HERALD, P.O. Box 280, flict of interest. He is listed asa intending to even come near to we’ll put it on our website,” Arlington Hts., IL 60006. funeral assistant at the Kolssak toeing the line there.” David Kolssak said. Funeral Home. Under the new resolution, Kolssak Funeral Home will David Kolssak and Jon Kols- the funeral home will not be pay $900 for the liquor license Follow us on Twitter @dailyherald sak said they’ve received an allowed to apply for video in the first year. FRIDAY,JANUARY 8, 2016 Local sports DAILYHERALDSECTION 2 PAGE 7

C234567 Maciaszek: Family a keyfor LeCompte

Continued from Page 8 has steadily improved with punting averages of 43.2 in 2012, 43.7 in 2013 and 45.3 in 2014. This season’s average ranks second in FCS to Ryan Hawkins of Northern Arizona (46.3). LeCompte’s work with Bison strength and condi- tioning coach Jim Kramer has made abig difference. He has progressed to 40 touchbacks in 88 kickoffs this year from 12 of 56 in 2012, 16 of 98 in 2013 and 31 of 72 in 2014. “My leg strength has improved tremendously since Igot here,” LeCompte said. “When Igot here Ididn’t have nearly half as strong aleg as I have now. I’ve also improved my hang time on punts because alot of times they went far but Ilost some hang time.” Playing for ateam as suc- cessful as North Dakota State has made LeCompte maxi- mize the minimal opportu- COURTESY OF NORTH DAKOTA STATE nities he gets compared to Barrington product Ben LeCompte has developed into one of the nation’s best punters at North Dakota State. other punters. He has worked on his ability to pin oppos- and punting on Sundays. minicamp. Professional Camps for kick- level there and thought, parents, even in the most ing offenses deep in their After the FCS title game, he That would be along way ing, punting and long snap- ‘Wow, Ican compete,’” challenging times, made own territory and limit his plans to find an agent and for akid who was primarily ping made him realize he LeCompte said. “(The NFL) sure their son would not stop touchbacks. start working on invitations offered walk-on spots out of has apretty good leg to stand has always been adream of pursuing. LeCompte hopes the total to camps and combines to high school. The most recent on. mine.” package will lead to kicking get aspot in an NFL team’s of his regular trips to Kohl’s “I saw the talent at every One that Ben LeCompte’s [email protected] Gym: Hasanov,Barringtonbeaming PlazabackatHarper

Continued from Page 8 afourth-place finish on the (8.4) and Annah Emery (8.2) (8.95) and bars (8.8), third on floor (9.3). gave the Wildcats alift by floor (9.4) and had the sec- as softball head coach Hersey was also look- “We needed the floor after placing sixth and seventh, ond-best all-around score ing to shake off the rust after our beam performance,” said respectively, on the beam. (35.05). By Jonathan Cregier the adjustment just fine. opening with asubpar beam Kamysz, who took second in at Elk Grove: Senior Kelly Buffalo Grove senior Dian- [email protected] “He is competitive,” said routine. the all-around (36.3). “I knew Johnston and junior Victoria dra Duenser won balance Brown. “They will be compet- Sophomore Macken- Ihad to stick my beam after Zervos gave Rolling Meadows beam (8.7) and placed in the Scott Plaza is returning to itive. He will have agood rap- zie Kamysz provided the our early falls. If we hit beam anice 1-2 tandem as the Mus- top four in the other events to his roots —inasense. port with the players.” spark by tying for first on the our score is bound to go up.” tangs scored 136.95 to top Elk net the third-best all-around Plaza, aProspect High Plaza has started building beam (9.4) and it carried over Hersey senior Alysa Zurlo Grove (133.35) and Buffalo total (34.7). School baseball standout, is for the coming season already. to the Huskies’ solid floor tied for second on the vault Grove (131.95) in Mid-Subur- Elk Grove freshman Jill joining the athletic depart- “Most of my time has been performance. (9.2). Hiedrich tied for third ban East competition. Valente placed second on ment at Harper College after reaching out to the team and Kamysz took second on the on the beam (8.7) to aid the Johnston won vault (9.5), floor exercise (9.5) and was astandout collegiate career assistant coaches,” Plaza said. floor (9.6), followed by junior Huskies’ attack. bars (9.3) and floor exercise fourth in the all-around which included some time at “I’m trying to get as much tal- Maggie Barton (9.35) who was Ayoung Wheeling team is (9.55) on her way to the top (33.95), and Grens frosh Jes- Harper. ent as Ican.” third. also showing improvement. all-around total (36.75). sica Hadler tied Johnston for But there’s awrinkle: Plaze Plaza credits his brother Junior Ali Heidrich added Freshmen Jessica Stavros Zervos was second on vault third on beam (8.4). will be the Hawks’ softball Jim, afreshman softball coach coach. at Grayslake Central, and Not long after being named Brown with helping him make the most outstanding base- the decision to try softball. ball player in the NCAA “Cliff has been abig part of Division III World Series what I’m trying to do,” said GrayslakeNorth adds to unbeaten start while competing for Wis- Plaza. consin-Whitewater, Plaza While aplayer at Harper, By Joe Aguilar Boys basketball participate in aChristmas 9layups in 11 shot attempts. replaces Cray Allen as the Plaza earned first-team [email protected] tournament. Aidan Einloth’s layup was Hawks’ softball leader. all-conference and all-region “It was agreat time with nearly adunk, as he just “I felt this would be a acclaim as the pitching staff’s To honor junior guard Kyle The motto could easily be family, that’s for sure, and I’m couldn’t muster up enough way for me to transition my mainstay. He moved on to Knoeppel’s father, who’s Grayslake North’s this season assuming the kids would say elevation after asteal and dish career,” said Plaza, who was Whitewater and excelled there winning his fight against too. the same thing,” coach Todd by Joe Geary. hired on an interim basis. “I’m as well, helping the Warhawks cancer, Crystal Lake Cen- The Knights still haven’t Grunloh said of the extended “Back-to-back (games), going into this season as if I’m to the 2014 NCAA Division III tral’s basketball team wore lost this season after beat- break after his Knights tough to get the legs mov- the coach of the future. I’m World Series title. blue T-shirts reading “Refuse ing Crystal Lake Central improved to 11-0 and 4-0 in ing. Sitting at school all day,” going to do whatever Ican to As asenior, Plaza earned To Lose” during pregame 77-37 in aFox Valley Con- the FVC Fox. “They got eight Einloth said with asheepish make (the program) special. I first team all-conference hon- warm-ups against visiting ference Fox Division game. full days off, and we still had 8 smile. do feel Ihave what it takes to ors in the Wisconsin Intercol- Grayslake North on Thurs- It was their second win in or 9practices too.” In its first two games of get us there.” legiate Athletic Conference. day night. as many nights after going Playing a2-win Crystal 2016, Grayslake North has Harper baseball coach Cliff Plaza spent the 2015 sea- Tigers coach Rich Cze- 22 days between games. Lake Central squad, Grays- won by acombined 72 points Brown was in charge of Plaza son pitching for the Schaum- slawski even wore one under For the third year in arow, lake North bolted to an 18-0 over Woodstock North and during his playing days for the burg Boomers in the Frontier his sport coat. Grayslake North did not lead after one quarter, getting Crystal Lake Central. Hawks and thinks he’ll make League.

HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD

5. Metro-East Lutheran 13-3 78 4. Rockford Lutheran 13-0 69 1. Rolling Meadows 136.950, 2. Elk Grove 133.350, 3. Buffalo Carmel quad (St. Viator), 5:15 p.m. Notice Boys basketball 6. Woodlawn 11-1 76 5. Chicago Marshall (2) 16-1 55 Grove 131.950 Buffalo Grove at Rolling Meadows, 6p.m. 7. Quest Academy 12-1 63 6. St. Thomas More 11-2 47 Elk Grove at Hersey, 6p.m. To report scores: 8. Altamont 11-1 60 7. Antioch 16-0 45 INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Fremd at Barrington, 6p.m. Coaches, please report all scores to the Daily Herald Cook State polls 9. Liberty 14-1 44 8. Charleston 17-0 34 Palatine at Conant, 6p.m. County office by e-mailing [email protected], Vault —1.Johnston (RM) 9.500, 2. Zervos (RM) 8.950, 3. Here are the boys basketball state polls from Associated 10. Leo 13-3 41 9. Burlington Central 11-1 33 Schaumburg at Hoffman Estates, 6p.m. calling (847) 427-4430, or faxing results to (847) 427-4790. Duenser (BG) 8.700 Press with rank, team, first-place votes, record and total Others receiving votes: Waterloo Gibault 41, St. Francis de 10. North Lawndale (1) 10-7 27 Wheeling at Prospect, 6p.m. When faxing results, please make sure that results are legi- Uneven bars —1.Johnston (RM) 9.300, 2. Zervos (RM) points. Sales 16, Newark 16, East Dubuque 15, Polo 14, Kewanee Others receiving votes: Rochester 18, Rich East 13, High- Maine West at Highland Park, 6p.m. ble, and include names and statistics for all teams involved. 8.800, 3. Riles (BG) 8.300 (Wethersfield) 8, Payson Seymour 4, Lewistown 3, Raymond land 11, Canton 11, Bogan 9, Washington 7, Salem 5, Spring- Balance beam —1.Duenser (BG) 8.700, 2. Reicht (RM) CLASS 4A Lincolnwood 2, Madison 1, Patoka 1, Christopher 1. field 5, Benton 2, Johnsburg 1, Joliet Catholic 1. 8.600, 3. Johnston (RM) 8.400, 3. Hadler (EG) 8.400 Girls basketball School W-L Pts CLASS 2A Floor exercise —1.Johnston (RM) 9.550, 2. Valente (EG) Hinsdale South at Leyden, 7:30 p.m. Boys swimming 1. Curie (12) 10-1 120 9.500, 3. Zervos (RM) 9.400 Maine West at Highland Park, 7:30 p.m. 2. Simeon 8-2 106 School W-L Pts All-around —1.Johnston (RM) 36.750, 2. Zervos (RM) 3. Kenwood 9-1 82 Girls basketball 1. Breese Central (9) 13-2 129 35.050, 3. Duenser (BG) 34.700 SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 Thursday’sresults 4. Thornton 9-1 74 2. Hillsboro (1) 16-1 105 JV: 1. Buffalo Grove 86.700, 2. Rolling Meadows 86.250, 3. 5. Evanston Township 10-2 61 Thursday’sresults 3. Teutopolis (1) 15-4 88 Elk Grove 77.800 Boys basketball HERSEY 116, HOFFMAN ESTATES 68 6. Rock Island 10-2 42 4. Flora (1) 15-2 67 Frosh: 1. Buffalo Grove 86.800, 2. Rolling Meadows 75.100, 7. Edwardsville 9-3 41 5. Eureka 12-2 66 3. Elk Grove 66.300 Earlville shootout (Christian Liberty), TBA 200-yard medley relay: Hersey (Donov, Maggio, Irvine, 8. Glenbard West 12-0 31 HERSEY 70, ELK GROVE 20 6. Piasa Southwestern (1) 15-3 64 Buffalo Grove at New Trier, 1:30 p.m. Garza) 1:54.71; 9. Marian Catholic 10-3 25 Elk Grove — Pauscher 82-3 18, Crothers 01-2 1, Sloan 0 7. Havana 15-2 44 At Hersey Glenbrook North at Wheeling, 6p.m. 200 free: Hobar (HE) 1:58.65; 10. Joliet West 9-3 17 1-2 1, Masnica 00-2 0, Flannery 00-0 0, Smola 00-0 0, 8. Athens 12-6 43 Hinsdale Central at St. Viator, 3:30 p.m. 200 IM: Donov (Her) 2:20.42; Others receiving votes: Riverside-Brookfield 16, Notre Banak 00-0 0, Matos 00-0 0, Rivera 00-0 0, Blomquist 0 9. Sherrard 14-4 37 TEAM RESULTS Palatine at Glenbrook South, 2:30 p.m. 50 free: Heitkotter (HE) 24.46; Dame 14, Thornwood 8, Whitney Young 6, Quincy 4, Zion 0-0 0, Czyzewski 00-0 0, Michniak 00-0 0, Richardson 0 10. Knoxville 17-4 31 Diving: Nocita (Her) 197.70; 1. Barrington 142.500, 2. Hersey 141.150, 3. Wheeling Benton 4, Maine South 3, Bradley-Bourbonnais 2, Deerfield 0-0 0Totals 84-9 20. Others receiving votes: Byron 24, Tuscola 23, Lawrencev- 121.300 Boys swimming 100 fly: Garza (Her) 1:07.06; ille 21, Marshall 11, Bloomington Central Catholic 8, Breese 2, Champaign Centennial 1, Lake Zurich 1. Hersey — Cooper 10-0 2, Miklasz 50-0 10, Weyhrich 4 Elk Grove invitational (Hoffman Estates), D-9 a.m./S-11 a.m. 100 free: Stanley (Her) 56.38; Mater Dei 3, Nashville 2, Watseka 2, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 1, INDIVIDUAL RESULTS 1-2 11, Gritt 73-3 19, Berigan 22-2 6, E. McGrath 20-0 Hinsdale South college events invitational (Barrington, Pala- 500 free: Irvine (Her) 5:13.31; CLASS 3A 4, Niemczak 10-0 2, Benjamin 23-4 7, Parker 02-2 2, K. Peoria Christian 1. 200 free relay: Hoffman Estates (Rios, Baranov, Polzin, Ho- Vault —1.Hasanov (Bar) 9.800, 2. Claire (Bar) 9.200, 2. tine), D-7:30 a.m./S-11 a.m. School W-L Pt McGrath 31-2 7, Cannon 00-0 0, Lindstrom 00-0 0, Palmer Zurlo (Her) 9.200, Maine South invitational (Conant, Schaumburg), D-9:30 bar) 1:43.31; 00-2 0. Silva 00-0 0Totals 27 12-17 70. CLASS 1A 100 back: Donov (Her) 1:01.18; 1. Belleville Althoff (12) 11-1 164 Uneven bars —1.Hasanov (Bar) 9.500, 2. Timperman (Bar) a.m./S-1 p.m. 2. Morgan Park (5) 10-1 145 Elk Grove 8444—20 School W-L Pts 9.200, 3. Blanke (Bar) 9.000 New Trier diving invitational (Maine West, Prospect), 4:30 100 breast: Heitkotter (HE) 1:09.13; Hersey 20 17 21 12 —70 400 free relay: Hoffman Estates (Hobar, Polzin, Rios, Heit- 3. Peoria Manual 10-1 135 1. Moweaqua C. A&M (10) 14-0 109 Balance beam —1.Eisenhauer (Bar) 9.400, 2. Kamysz (Her) p.m. 4. Fenwick 11-1 94 3-point baskets: Hers: Weyhrich (2), Gritt (2) 2. Annawan (1) 12-3 99 9.400, 3. Hasanov (Bar) 8.700 kotter) 3:47.14. Fouled out: None. F/S: Hersey 110, Hoffman Estates 44 5. Springfield Lanphier 11-1 88 3. Danville Schlarman (1) 9-1 98 Floor exercise —1.Hasanov (Bar) 9.900, 2. Kamysz (Her) Wrestling 6. Bogan 10-3 64 4. Cissna Park 16-0 96 9.600, 3. Barton (Her) 9.350 MARIAN CENTRAL 56, WAUCONDA 44 Batavia quad (Schaumburg), 9a.m. STEVENSON 123. VERNON HILLS 63 7. St. Joseph 11-2 59 5. Calhoun (1) 13-2 95 All-around —1.Hasanov (Bar) 37.900, 2. Kamysz (Her) Glenbard West invitational (Elk Grove), 8:30 a.m. 8. Galesburg 13-1 51 Wauconda 7714 15 —44 6. Lebanon (1) 14-0 66 36.300, 3. Zurlo (Her) 35.200 200-yard medley relay: Stevenson (Wadowski, Jiang, A. Grayslake North quad (St. Viator), 9a.m. 9. Washington 12-1 34 Marian Central 14 18 15 9—56 7. Brimfield 18-3 62 JV: 1. Hersey 82.700, 2. Barrington 91.500, 3. Wheeling Kapecki, C. Kapecki) 1:44.31; 200 free: Ng (Stev) 1:47.79; Leyden invitational (Conant), 9a.m. 10t. Centralia 12-2 34 8. Catlin (Salt Fork) 15-1 30 64.000 200 IM: Yoon (VH) 2:09.68; 50 free: Rosenkranz (Stev) 23.49; Lincoln-Way Central Mega-Dual (Barrington, Buffalo Grove, 10t. LaSalle-Peru 9-0 18 NORTH CHICAGO 38, ROUND LAKE 34 9. Mount Olive 15-3 27 Frosh: 1. Barrington 79.600, 2. Wheeling 58.900, 2. Hersey Diving: Krames (Stev) 222,55; 100 fly: A. Kapecki (Stev) Fremd), 9a.m. Others receiving votes: Normal University 17, Farragut 10, 10. Harvest Christian 11-4 22 58.900 56.17; 100 free: Rabinowitz (VH) 50.17; 500 free: Ross (Stev) North Chicago — Bouie 21, Gordon 6. Maine West quad (Rolling Meadows), 9a.m. Decatur MacArthur 7, Metamora 5, Lincoln-Way West 4, Round Lake — Johnson 4, Flade 9. Others receiving votes: Liberty 19, Ashton-Franklin Cen- 5:12.27; 200 free relay: Vernon Hills (Zhang, Rabinowitz, North Lawndale 2, Champaign Central 2, Rockford Boylan 1, ter 15, Galena 10, North Greene 4, Erie 3, Neoga 3, Indian Niles North quad (Hoffman Estates, Prospect), 9:30 a.m. Leung, Yoon) 1:33.31; 100 back: Rabinowitz (VH) 56.11; 100 Chicago Vocational 1. Creek 1. Round Lake quad (St. Viator), 9a.m. breast: Ng (Stev) 1:02.02; 400 free relay: Stevenson (Fang, State polls Upcoming events Palatine of Oswego, 9a.m. Ryaguzov, Roh, Wadowski) 3:29.95. CLASS 2A Here are the girls basketball state polls from Associated Press Loyola Acad. at Wheeling, 9a.m. School W-L Pt with rank, team, first-place votes, record and total points. TODAY Girls basketball 1. Teutopolis (6) 12-1 139 CLASS 4A Girls bowling Wrestling 2. Winnebago (5) 9-1 134 Boys basketball Buffalo Grove at Rolling Meadows, 6p.m. 3. Breese Central (1) 11-2 125 School W-L Pts Thursday’sresults Palatine at Conant, 2:30 p.m. 4. Warrensburg-Latham (2) 12-00 115 1. Montini (9) 16-0 90 Barrington at Fremd, 7:30 p.m. Schaumburg at Hoffman Estates, 6p.m. Thursday’sresults 5. Seton Academy (1) 11-4 78 2. Fremd 14-1 80 Conant at Palatine, 7:30 p.m. Wheeling at Prospect, 2:30 p.m. 6. Lawrenceville (1) 12-1 63 3. New Trier 16-3 68 BUFFALO GROVE 2814, PALATINE 2276 Hersey at Elk Grove, 7:30 p.m. Leyden at Morton, 6p.m. Hoffman Estates at Schaumburg, 7:30 p.m. GRAYSLAKE NORTH 47, GRAYSLAKE CENTRAL 28 7. Orr (1) 7-2 53 4. Whitney Young 10-4 56 High series: Howard (BG) 601; high game: Soskich (BG) 225 Fremd Chicagoland Classic 8. Rockridge 10-4 47 5. Benet 14-1 55 Buffalo Grove: Howard 601, Soskich 599, Savage 579, Her- Prospect at Wheeling, 7:30 p.m. Hersey vs. New Trier, 1p.m. 106: N. Tarnowski (GC) won by fft. 9. Pleasant Plains 9-2 29 6. Edwardsville 12-1 47 erra 531, Sauer 504 Rolling Meadows at Buffalo Grove, 7:30 p.m. Fremd vs. Morgan Park, 2:15 p.m. 113: Garcia (GN) pin. Pitts 3:11. 10. Quincy Notre Dame 9-3 28 7. Rock Island 13-2 30 Palatine: Southerland 516, Gaiter 469, Capek 461, Ruano Highland Park at Maine West, 7:30 p.m. 120: Connelly (GC) maj. dec. Elsing 13-1. Others receiving votes: Hales Franciscan 27, Sterling New- 8. Trinity 11-4 24 459, Seidl 371 Leyden at Hinsdale South, 7:30 p.m. Girls bowling 126: Wilshire (GN) dec. Mikes 9-4. man 16, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 14, Monmouth-Roseville 12, 9. Hersey 12-3 11 JV: Buffalo Grove 2318, Palatine 1997 132: J. Tarnowski (GC) pin. Blonski 2:27. 10. Stevenson 12-3 8 Boys swimming Prospect invitational (Buffalo Grove, Conant, Elk Grove, St. Joseph-Ogden 11, Nashville 10, Reed-Custer 9, Pana 6, Fremd. Hersey, Hoffman Estates, Leyden, Palatine, Rolling 138: Cramer (GC) pin. Carrera 3:50. Chicago Christian 5, Athens 3, Petersburg PORTA 3, Williams- Others receiving votes: Proviso East 6, Evanston Township Conant at Wheeling, 4:45 p.m. 145: Augustine (GC) pin. Johnson 1:34. 4, Danville 3, Batavia 3, Quincy Notre Dame 3, Huntley 2, Meadows, Schaumburg), 8:30 a.m. (33 teams Brunswick ville 3, Marshall 2, Byron 1, Pittsfield 1, Kewanee 1. Fremd at Buffalo Grove, 4:30 p.m. Zone, Mount Prospect) 152: Wright (GN)tech fall. Pogue 6:00 Belleville West 2, Homewood-Flossmoor 2, Proviso West 1. Prospect at Barrington, 5p.m. 160: Moran (GN) won by fft. CLASS 1A Girls gymnastics CLASS 3A Rolling Meadows at Palatine, 4:30 p.m. Girls gymnastics 170: Rodriguez (GN) pin. Torres 1:48, School W-L Pt Schaumburg at Elk Grove, 4:45 p.m. 182:McCauley (GN) pin. WWagner 2:20. 1. Okawville (10) 13-1 165 School W-L Pts Thursday’sresults Leyden at Morton, 5p.m. Evanston invitational (Maine West), 1p.m. 195: Bock (GN) won by fft. 2. Brimfield (7) 12-0 152 1. Morgan Park (7) 13-1 100 At Elk Grove Maine West at Niles North, 5p.m. Lake Forest invitational (Conant), 6p.m. 220: Keil (GN) dec. Manso 3-1. 3. Colfax Ridgeview (1) 11-2 103 2. Galesburg (1) 18-0 85 Naperville North invitational (Barrington, Hersey, Palatine, 285: Pearce (GN) won by fft. 4. Flanagan 12-1 86 3. Morton (1) 13-1 82 TEAM RESULTS Wrestling Prospect), 1p.m. PAGE 6 SECTION2 DAILYHERALD TUESDAY, JANUARY5,2016

C234567 Hoffman’s Ward will join Lewis’ baseball program Harper timesit

After graduating from Hoffman Estates scorer in double digits. High School this spring, pitcher Ryan Most recently, Harris recorded her rightagainst Elgin Ward will continue his fourth straight double-double with 23 baseball career at Lewis points and 10 rebounds in a67-64 win By Jonathan Cregier College basketball University in Romeoville. over Millikin that was Carthage’s first [email protected] The senior made his game of the 2016 portion of its schedule. commitment in early It took visiting Elgin Com- covering the shooters,” Nos- December as one of Women’s volleyball munity College more than 20 bich said. seven other recruits minutes to find the rhythm it One beneficiary was Bur- who will join coach Tim St. Viator sophomore Catherine was looking for on Monday at nett, who paced the home McDonough’s program. Hickey,aDes Plaines native, attended the Sports and Wellness Cen- team with 23 points. Mar- Ward, a6-foot-2, 216- the American Volleyball Coaches Associ- ter in Palatine. cus Gatlin had 17 points and John Leusch pound right-hander, has ation Phenom College Prep Program and It turned out that was alit- Abdul Mushtaq finished with Sports notes earned three letters at NCAA Women’s Volleyball Final Four last tle too long, as Harper’s men’s 16. Burnett and Mushtaq had Hoffman Estates and isa month in Omaha. basketball team got ahead four 3s apiece. member of the National The program is an invitation-only event early and then held on for an As Elgin scored 8ofthe sec- Honor Society and honor roll. with the athletes included on the 2015 89-82 nonconference victory. ond half’s first 10 points, Harper As ajunior, Ward finished with a Phenom List. Hickey has been identified After the Spartans found coach Dr. Justin Welke noticed school-record 9wins while losing only 3. by the AVCA as an elite rising high school their groove, they used a20-11 the difference in the opponent. He had ano-hitter, 2.33 ERA, 72 strike- volleyball student-athlete and will be rec- run to get back in front at “They came out with some outs and only 13 walks. JOE LEWNARD/[email protected] ognized on the 2015 AVCA Phenom List 29-28 after Harper had started energy,” he said. “We didn’t Ward was named to the Mid-Suburban Frank Laterza, shown here during his that will be released on Aug. 31 on the out with a15-8 lead. match it.” League all-conference team and was aDaily prep days at St. Viator, has earned a AVCA website. But Elgin scored only 5 Eventually Harper did Herald all-area selection team as ajunior. spot on the American Football Coaches The AVCA Phenom List is comprised of more points the rest of the half extend the lead to 20 (at 73-53) Association Division III All-America Team “Ryan comes from astrong, supportive for his performance at St. Norbert. underclassmen who have received some to trail 43-33 at the break. with 8:55 left. The Hawks family and has aterrific work ethic,” said form of recognition for their outstanding “We played with zero fire,” needed that cushion because Hoffman Estates coach Todd Meador in play. Spartans coach Reed Nosbisch St. Charles East grads Jake the school’s press release. “I knew when co-captain for this year’s team. said of his team’s early play. Clodi (22 points) and A.J. he joined the varsity team as asopho- She was named co-rookie of the year Men’s hockey Harper’s Allias Burnett Washington (20 points) started more he would be aspecial pitcher. Every for St. Norbert as afreshman. Mastro- believed his team entered scoring in bunches as the Spar- time he takes the mound our team knows domenico was afour-year starter at Notre Dame freshman defenseman the game with achip on it tans trimmed the lead to 84-80. he will give us achance to win.” Viator. Bobby Nardella of Rosemont had a shoulder. Women’s game: On Mon- “Frankly, I’m not surprised,” said Lions 3-point weekend to help the Irish to apair “We wanted to come out day, Harper was looking to Football varsity coach John Scotillo about Mastro- of ties against No. 5Minnesota-Duluth. and show everybody we can avenge a64-54 opening-night domenico taking on aleaderhip role as a The rookie defenseman had agoal in the play anybody,” Burnett said. loss at Elgin. Call it an objec- St. Norbert College senior defensive sophomore. “Gina is anatural motivator.” first game of the series before notching Harper (9-7) will host apair tive met, as the hosts captured back Frank Laterza (St. Viator) has been his first multi-point game in the next- con of teams in the NJCAA Division adecisive 60-42 victory. named to the 25-man American Foot- Women’s basketball test to secure the second-straight 3-3 tie II rankings this week —No. Harper (4-10) was led in scor- ball Coaches Association Division III between the squads. 1Rock Valley on Wednesday ing by freshman Jackie Stroud, All-America Team. Carthage sophomore Morgan Harris and No. 20 Triton on Saturday. who made five 3s and finished The Barrington Hills native was oneof led the Lady Reds with agame-high 26 Women’s golf The Hawks offense was with agame-high 27 points. four defensive backs selected. He is St. Nor- points and 17 rebounds in a72-57 loss to sharp against Elgin, shoot- “It’s always good to hit my bert’s first AFCA All-American since 2006. reigning national runner-up, George Fox Barrington junior and defend- ing 44 percent from the field. shots,” Stroud said. Laterza was named Midwest Confer- University, in the D3Hoops.com Classic ing Mid-Suburban League champion Harper was especially profi- She had some company, as ence Defensive Skill Player of the Year at Las Vegas’ South Point Casino, Reena Sulkar was recognized as a2015 cient from 3-point range, fin- Kim Herzog (Buffalo Grove) following ayear where he led the Green George Fox (10-0) is the third-ranked Esmark High School All-American for ishing at 59.1 percent. finished with 10 points, apair Knights to a10-1 overall record and an team by D3Hoops.com and second her outstanding achievements in ath- “We did not do agood job of of assists and 3rebounds. unbeaten 10-win regular season. ranked team in the USA Today DIII letics, academics, and community ser-

St. Norbert won the Midwest Confer- coaches poll. vice, combined with character and Harper: Stroud 5, Saitta, Nelson. ence championship, its 16th since 1985, It was Harris’ fourth 20-plus point perseverance. College basketball Fouled out: none. with a16-7 win over Monmouth College performance of the season fourth dou- The Esmark High School All-Ameri- MEN in the league’s title game on Nov. 14. ble-double of the season. can Recognition program was created HARPER 89, ELGIN 82 Today’sevents Elgin — Lundy 30-0 6Washington 10 0-0 20 Siewert 20-0 Laterza led the Green Knights this sea- “Morgan’s activity was great today,” by Esmark Inc. Founder, Chairman and 5Mahoney 30-0 9Rau 15-8 7Stewart 40-0 8Clodi 73-3 Boys basketball 22 Escamilla 10-0 2Anderson 11-2 3. Bartlett at St. Viator, 7p.m. son with 6interceptions with 121 return said Carthage coach Tim Bernero on the Chief Executive Officer James P. Bouch- Harper — Gatlin 64-4 17 Elzerman 61-1 14 Burnett 83-5 Fremd at Huntley, 7p.m. 23 Mushtaq 52-2 16 Dover 42-3 11 Davis 00-0 0Westbrook Larkin at Barrington, 7p.m. yards. He added 7passes defended, 2 school’s website. “She played with alot ard to recognize outstanding athletic, edu- 00-0 0Poulsen 00-0 0Hadler 30-0 8. Prospect at Niles North, 7p.m. Elgin 33 49 —82 Vernon Hills at Palatine, 7:30 p.m. fumble recoveries and 1forced fum- of confidence and did agreat job get- cational and community service achieve- Harper 43 46 —89 Hoffman Estates at Streamwood, 7p.m. 3-point baskets: Elgin: Clodi 5, Mahoney 3, Siewert Harper: Boys swimming ble to his total of 23 tackles. St. Norbert’s ting us the extra possessions by earning ments by high school student-athletes Burnett 4, Mushtaq 4, Hadler 2, Gatlin, Elzerman, Dover. McHenry, Wheeling at St. Viator, 5p.m. Fouled out: none. Girls basketball defense allowed just 155.5 yards passing rebounds the way she did.” across the United States in 16 major sports Fenton tournament (St. Viator), 7:15 p.m. WOMEN Barrington at Prospect, 7:30 p.m. per game and the unit finished with 21 Harris, who was named all-tourney, programs. The program includes recog- Conant at Wheeling, 7:30 p.m. interceptions, its most since 2006. also had agame-high 21 points and 14 nition of student-athletes from four U.S. HARPER 60, ELGIN 42 Fremd at Buffalo Grove, 7:30 p.m. Elgin — P. Dumoulin 10-0 2Detiveaux 10-0 2R.Dumoulin Hoffman Estates at Hersey, 7:30 p.m. rebounds in a67-60 overtime loss to St. geographic regions: Northeast, Southeast, 20-0 6Wians 20-0 6Ramos 43-6 12 McMahon 10-0 2 Schaumburg at Elk Grove, 7:30 p.m. West 60-0 12. Schaumburg Christian at Christian Liberty, 5:30 p.m. Softball Vincent College. Southwest and Northwest. Harper — Herzog 42-2 10 Zades 20-2 4Saitta 12-2 5 Girls bowling Sims 41-1 9Winkler 00-0 0Solsaa 00-0 0Stroud 10 2-3 Leyden at Hinsdale South, 4p.m. Carthage freshman Monica Masini 27 Nelson 10-2 3Zivak 10-0 2. Girls gymnastics Elgin 10 16 97—42 Elk Grove at Maine West, 5:30 p.m. St. Norbert sophomore Gina Mastro- (Palatine) scored 11 points and added • Please email Sports Notes items to Harper 17 71719—60 Prospect, Schaumburg at Fremd, 6p.m. domenico (St. Viator) has been named a 5rebounds as the only other Lady Reds [email protected] 3-point baskets: Elgin: R. Dumoulin 2, Wians 2, Ramos Some random observations to go with 2016 predictions

My first column of 2016 is asmorgasbord of comments and observations from 2015, along with afew predictions for 2016. •I’m not surprised the movie “Concussion” is doing so-so at the box office, and I’m being kind with that description. Liberal sports col- umnists and pundits are disappointed. •Congratulations on 24 years for WSCR 670-AM radio. •I was thrilled to hear the Fox Sports radio show Ico-host with Andy Furman was picked up by aDenver radio station and also by 95.7 The Game in San Francisco. •Hall of Fame defensive end Mike North Doug Atkins, who played for Rebel Inside the 1963 championship Bears, easily could have played in the current era. My favorite on-the-field story about Atkins was when the Bears left him unprotected and he went to the expansion New Orleans Saints and recorded 17 sacks in his first season there. He was just agreat player! •TheBig Ten played OK in the bowl games. The Pac-12 and SEC ran the show this year. Iowa played in the Rose Bowl, which, believe it ASSOCIATED PRESS or not, was acomedown. Ithought they would Mike North expects New England quarterback lose to Stanford but not by such alopsided Tom Brady will lead the Patriots to asecond score (45-16). straight Super Bowl title. •Itfigures the Bears like Michigan’s Connor Cook, amoody and just-above-average quar- manager Robin Ventura will be tendered anew terback. He won 36 games, but he hurt himself deal. losing 38-0 to Alabama. •TheBulls will lose in the second round of •Stanford running back Christian McCaffery, the Eastern Conference playoffs. The Associated Press Player of the Year, was •Tiger Woods will be difficult to find on the Gale Sayers-like on New Year’s Day. tour and officially will retire at the end ofthe •TheBears easily should have had 1more year. win amid those 7home losses, and Iwould •TheNew England Patriots and the Golden have felt alot better with a7-9 record than 6-10. State Warriors will repeat as champions in the •Some people still think Jay Cutler is Johnny NFL and NBA, respectively. Unitas the way he was being talked about this •Please give Patrick Kane the Conn Smythe season. Did Imiss something? Trophy as the league’s MVP right now! •It’s still early in the NBA season, but I’m Happy New Year! not seeing as many players taking nights off like they have in the last few seasons. Maybe Program notes: it’s because Steph Curry plays almost every Follow me on Twitter@ north2north, and lis- night. ten to Fox Sports Daybreak with Andy Furman It’s hard for other players to sit when the best and myself from 5-8 a.m. Monday through Fri- player sets the tone. Ididn’t see Michael Jordan day on Fox Sports radio, and check me out on take many nights off, either, and it seemed to iHeart radio or Foxsportsradio.com. work for him. •North’s column appears each Tuesday and Predictions for the new year: Friday in the Daily Herald, and his video com- •TheCubs will play in the wild-card game in mentary can be found Monday, Wednesday and 2016 and lose. Thursday at dailyherald.com. For more, visit •TheWhite Sox will finish in third place, and northtonorth.com. THURSDAY,JANUARY 7, 2016 DAILYHERALDSECTION 2 PAGE 5

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Frankie Mack Myia Clark ORRIN SCHWARZ’S Prospect St Viator TAKE ON SOCCER Mack’s fine play at Wheeling’s The 5-foot-7 sophomore Hardwood Classic helped guard was named the Most the Knights finish with a3-1 Valuable Player of the Blenner tournament record and a Holiday Classic at St. Viator, Fire trades consolation championship. helping the Lions to a3-1 In Prospect’s three victories, record and tourney title. Clark Mack averaged 20 points, with averaged 15 points in the four Nyarko for totals of 14-for-21 shooting from 2-point games, including a23-point game against range, 7-for-12 shooting from 3-point range Leyden and a20-pointer vs. Harvest Christian. and 13-for-15 at the free throw line to go draftpick with 10 assists. For aclub that needs to practice addition —and in ahurry —the Chicago Fire instead choose alittle subtraction. Men’s basketball And, make no mistake, this was not addition by subtrac- tion. It’s just subtraction, but with sentiment attached. The Fire on Wednesday Rock Valley’s aimistrue announced the trade of the last active link to its winning tradition, 29-year-old mid- in hard-foughtvictory at Harper fielder Patrick Nyarko, to D.C. United for asecond-round By Jonathan Cregier Rock Valley shot 56.9 per- Doty said. draft pick, No. 33 overall, in [email protected] cent, scoring almost evenly in “Marcus Gatlin, Allias — next week’s MLS SuperDraft. each half. they have alot of heart,” “I’m excited to start fresh In college basketball, ahigh “We gave up 97 points,” Welke said. with adifferent organization,” shooting percentage over the Gatlin said. “We have to get But Rock Valley had aclear Nyarko said Wednesday. “I’ve full 40 minutes is agood rec- better on the defensive end.” edge in the paint. been here for years and it’s ipe for success. The outcome was good even “We were able to exploit always sad to say goodbye, but It sure worked on Wednes- by the standards of Rock Val- them inside because of our especially being here this long day for the nation’s top- ley, which came up with its size,” said Doty, whose team and feeling really attached to ranked NJCAA Division III third-best shooting percent- had a37-25 rebounding this city, the organization and ASSOCIATED PRESS team, Rock Valley College age of the season. edge. the fans.” Midfielder Patrick Nyarko finished his Fire career with 19 goals (17-0). “We were able to control Dalton Menke paced Rock The trade comes as -no sur and 39 assists. The Golden Eagles won the game and get the shots Valley in scoring with 19 prise. The frustration build- their North Central Com- we wanted,” said Rock Valley points, while 6-foot-7 center ing, Nyarko made it clear in Chris Rolfe, another fan favor- team, is the only other player munity College Conference coach Craig Doty. Elijah Williams had 17 points August he wanted to have a ite whom Nyarko now joins in who was on the team roster opener 97-78 against host Despite the Golden Eagles’ and 6-6 guard Dalton Payton chance at achampionship. Washington. in 2014. Defender Eric Gehrig, Harper College. consistently good shoot- had 16. With the team beginning Nyarko played 196 regu- still recovering from surgery, “That was the number one ing, the Hawks (9-8, 0-1) only Things don’t get any less dif- another rebuilding process, lar-season games for the Fire, is now the team’s elder states- team. We just have to learn trailed 49-35 at the break. ficult for Harper, which hosts that isn’t likely to happen here scoring 19 goals and assisting man at the age of 28. from it,” said Harper captain Doty was quick to praise the No. 20 team in the NJCAA anytime soon. on 39 more. Always one of the “It’s areally young team Marcus Gatlin. the efforts of Gatlin and Allias Division II poll, Triton Col- He never did meet with new most frequently fouled play- now; it’s going to be ayoung “The opponent was really Burnett, who led the Hawks lege, at 3p.m Saturday. coach Veljko Paunovic to talk ers in the league, he missed team now,” Nyarko said. good, and we fought really with 24 points apiece. “Saturday is going to be about his role and future with significant time the last two Paunovic has yet to hard, ”said Harper coach Dr. “(Harper has) some of the really similar to tonight,” said the team. seasons due to injury but announce the rest of his tech- Justin Welke. best guards in our league,” Welke of Triton’s talent level. The Fire showed Nyarko returned at the end of the 2015 nical staff, but we know Brian respect by letting him go. season to play very well. Bliss won’t be on it. Sporting “The Fire were really nice Still, the trade didn’t answer Kansas City hired the former HIGH SCHOOL SCOREBOARD about the whole process,” he one big question: Who will Fire technical director and said. play for the Fire when the sea- interim coach Tuesday. ROLLING MEADOWS D. ELK GROVE 2,608-2,222 (9-0) 6. Woodlawn 11-1 76 7. Quest Academy 12-1 63 A2008 draft pick from Vir- son starts in two months? All signs point to another Notice Rolling Meadows —J.Tat. 235-185-147-567, K. Tat. 152- 8. Altamont 11-1 60 To report scores: 167-168-487, Li 103-148-136-387, Ju. Tat. 143-242-173- 9. Liberty 14-1 44 ginia Tech, Nyarko grew to be The Fire is down to 14 play- difficult season for the Fire Coaches, please report all scores to the Daily Herald Cook 558, Konrad 225-183-201-609. County office by e-mailing [email protected], Elk Grove —Casey 131-120-154-405, Carpenter 139-117- 10. Leo 13-3 41 admired by fans for his hard ers on its roster, with presea- in 2016, part of Rodriguez’s calling (847) 427-4430, or faxing results to (847) 427-4790. 168-424, Rosenquist 181-159-147-487, Knutsen 145-195- Others receiving votes: Waterloo Gibault 41, St. Francis de work on the field and honesty son training starting in less three- to five-year rebuild- When faxing results, please make sure that results are legi- 153-493, Darling 133-131-149-413. Sales 16, Newark 16, East Dubuque 15, Polo 14, Kewanee ble, and include names and statistics for all teams involved. (Wethersfield) 8, Payson Seymour 4, Lewistown 3, Raymond off the field. than three weeks on Jan. 25 ing plan. It was no place for CONANT D. BUFFALO GROVE 2,645-2,582 (7-2) Lincolnwood 2, Madison 1, Patoka 1, Christopher 1. Conant —Stanford 180-166-150-496, Oh 133-183-147- He wasn’t afraid to be frank and valuable midfielder David arespected veteran looking 463, Hopson 138-180-161-479, Domanski 194-188-192- in discussing the team’s fail- Accam, last season’s leading for ashot at atitle before he College basketball 613, Anzalone 192-188-214-594. Upcoming events ings —and there have been scorer, also hoping to leave, retires. SCHAUMBURG D. PROSPECT 2,839-2,607 (9-0) Wednesday’sresults Schaumburg —Schwind 246-227-183-656, Lenoci 129- TODAY many the last few years —in via transfer to England. “I wish them the best of 198-204-531, Bobniek 179-153-192-524, Frick 203-195- WOMEN 170-568, London 182-179-199-560. Boys swimming the postgame locker room. The trade means goal- luck,” Nyarko said. “I hope Prospect —Chanty 138-138, Buck 196-151-183-530, ROCK VALLEY 80, HARPER 50 Heinze 213-212-173-598, Selep 174-161-135-470, Upshaw Hoffman Estates at Hersey, 4:30 p.m. (Olympic) He talked wistfully about keeper Sean Johnson, a2010 they get back because I’ll Rock Valley — Cleaver 60-0 17, Steward 02-4 2, McGowan 143-204-180-527, Gamik 185-159-344. 31-2 7, Davis 83-4 23, Jones 32-2 8, Anderson 00-0 0, Wrestling seeing friends from the team draft pick, is the team’s lon- always love the Fire.” Clark 10-0 2, Sloss 00-0 0, Fed 40-2 8, Hampton 33-4 9, HOFFMAN ESTATES D. BARRINGTON 2,706-2,184 (9-0) Hinsdale South at Leyden, 6p.m. Howell 12-4 4. Hoffman Estates —Orwat 157-213-181-551, Waits 182- Rolling Meadows at Notre Dame, 5:30 p.m. move on, many to success gest-serving current player. Harper — Harper: Herzog 32-6 9Zades 10-0 3Saitta 11-2 173-134-489, Magsino 255-147-226-628, Richae 205-176- with other MLS teams. One Harry Shipp, about to enter •Follow Orrin on Twitter 3Sims 00-0 0Winkler 40-0 9Solsaa 11-1 3Stroud 70-2 184-565, Fera 148-178-147-473. Girls basketball 16 Nelson 01-2 1Zivak 14-6 6. Barrington —Casper 124-132-118-374, Xiao 124-152-113- of those former teammates is his third season with the first @Orrin_Schwarz Rock Valley 21 12 26 21 —80 389, Gabriel 148-104-147-399, Baron 128-121-112-361, Elk Grove at Hersey, 7p.m. Harper 15 13 10 12 —50 Tenyer 183-246-232-661. 3-point baskets: Rock Valley: Cleaver 5, Davis 4Harper: Girls bowling Stroud 2, Herzog, Zades, Winkler. FREMD D. PALATINE 2,508-2,159 (9-0) Leyden at Hinsdale Central, 4p.m. Fouled out: Harper: Solsaa. Fremd —Judkins 164-215-186-565, Miles 121-173-113- 407, Ostoich 192-152-141-485, Metzger 204-176-124-504, Girls gymnastics MEN Rutkowski 202-164-181-547. Barrington, Wheeling at Hersey, 6p.m. ROCK VALLEY 97, HARPER 78 Buffalo Grove, Rolling Meadows at Elk Grove, 6p.m. Downers Grove South at Leyden, 6p.m. Rock Valley — Rock Valley: Davis 20-0 6Menke 71-1 19 Maine West at Deerfield, 5:30 p.m. In squirmy praise of deadly, effective leech Glick 30-0 7Pena 50-0 10 Williams 81-2 17 Jackson 23-4 Girls gymnastics 8Terrell 00-0 0Robinson 00-0 0Payton 53-6 16 Skoog FRIDAY, JANUARY 8 10-0 3Monroe 00-0 0Kitchen 21-2 7Harrison 20-0 4. Harper — Harper: Gatlin 95-5 24 Elzerman 55-8 19 Burnett Wednesday’sresults 67-8 24 Mushtaq 20-0 5Dover 30-0 6Davis 00-0 0West- At Conant Boys basketball Ienjoy writing about the use leech, just so the business end brook 00-0 0Poulsen 00-0 0 Barrington at Fremd, 7:30 p.m. Rock Valley 49 48 —97 TEAM RESULTS Conant at Palatine, 7:30 p.m. of live bait to catch walleye comes slightly off the bottom. Harper 35 43 —78 Palatine 136.55, Conant 135.70, Hoffman Estates 118.25 Hersey at Elk Grove, 7:30 p.m. and panfish. And because Ifavor long, 3-point baskets: Rock Valley: Menke 4, Payton 3, Davis 2, Hoffman Estates at Schaumburg, 7:30 p.m. Kitchen 2, Glick, Jackson, Skoog Harper: Burnett 5, Elzerman INDIVIDUAL RESULTS Prospect at Wheeling, 7:30 p.m. Of course there are times medium-action spinning rods 4, Gatlin, Mushtaq. Vault —1.Meyrick (Con) 9.4, 2. Vazquez-Rose (Con) 8.9, Rolling Meadows at Buffalo Grove, 7:30 p.m. Fouled out: none. 3. Ka. Ure (Pal) 8.8. Highland Park at Maine West, 7:30 p.m. while fishing south Flor- closer to the 8-foot length, I Uneven bars —1.Meyrick (Con) 9.1, 2. Kr. Ure (Pal) 8.75, 3. Leyden at Hinsdale South, 7:30 p.m. Ka. Ure (Pal) and Amato (Pal) 8.7. ida when I’ve used huge wild would rather use one of that Balance beam —1.Bloom (Con) 9.1, 2. Meyrick (Con) 9.0, Boys swimming shiners to entice big large- style to allow me to gently flip Girls basketball 3. Ka. Ure (Pal) 8.6. Conant at Wheeling, 4:45 p.m. Floor exercise —1.Ka. Ure (Pal) 9.3, 2. Amato (Pal) 8.75, 3. Fremd at Buffalo Grove, 4:30 p.m. mouth bass to open their yaps the snell and leech across a Ostrowski (Con) 8.65. Prospect at Barrington, 5p.m. Wednesday’sresults All-around —1.Ka. Ure (Pal) 35.4, 2. Amato (Pal) 34.45, 3. Rolling Meadows at Palatine, 4:30 p.m. and grab ahook. waterway and some slack-wa- DiGioia (Pal) 33.05. Schaumburg at Elk Grove, 4:45 p.m. JV —Conant 78.55, Palatine 76.50, Hoffman Estates 73.60 ROLLING MEADOWS 49, PALATINE 28 Leyden at Morton, 5p.m. And as I’ve recently chron- ter pools holding walleyes and Frosh — Hoffman Estates 74.45, Palatine 71.25, Conant Maine West at Niles North, 5p.m. Palatine — Porrata 10-0 2, B. Shapiro 00-0 0, Rzepka 3 69.75 icled, the late Bill Binkelman MIKE smallmouth. 0-0 6, Much 00-0 0, A. Shapiro 31-2 7, Henderson 00-0 Wrestling JACKSON 0, Multon 21-2 m6, Eliades 12-2 4, Leber 10-0 3, Kane 0 schooled me with basic and Idothat not for show or 0- 00,Udoni 00-0 0, Jacobsen 00-0 0Totals 11 4-4 28 . Carmel quad (St. Viator), 5:15 p.m. Rolling Meadows — Mickey 10-0 2, Nolan 42-3 10, King Boys basketball Buffalo Grove at Rolling Meadows, 6p.m. advanced nightcrawler tech- ON THE OUTDOORS any other reason, save for not 20-0 6, K. Spiwak 64-4 18, Campagna 13-4 5, Nallon 1 Elk Grove at Hersey, 6p.m. 0-0 2l, M. Spiwak 10-0 2, Slowik 10-0 2, Preissing 00-0 0, Fremd at Barrington, 6p.m. niques and tiny hooks. When spooking fish back into hiding. Ungurean 10-0 2, Holser 00-0 0Totals 18 9-13 49. State polls Palatine at Conant, 6p.m. he showed me how to “condi- for catching many species of Iemploy the same rod and Palatine 41365—28 Here are the boys basketball state polls from Associated Schaumburg at Hoffman Estates, 6p.m. Rollign Meadows 12 14 11 12 —49 Press with rank, team, first-place votes, record and total Wheeling at Prospect, 6p.m. tion” nightcrawlers, Ithought game fish. technique when I’m working 3-point baskets: Pal: Multon, Leber; RM: Kign (2), K. Spi- points. Maine West at Highland Park, 6p.m. wak (2). Ihad arrived at the pearly In fact, Petros preaches solo in my boat, especially on Fouled out: None. CLASS 4A Girls basketball School W-L Pts HOFFMAN ESTATES 53, STREAMWOOD 39 Hinsdale South at Leyden, 7:30 p.m. gates. It was anight-and-day the use of both large and Channel and Pistakee Lakes. 1. Curie (12) 10-1 120 Maine West at Highland Park, 7:30 p.m. Streamwood — Exline 33-5 10, Bracy 10-0 2, Brown 1 2. Simeon 8-2 106 scenario once Ilearned how small leeches for walleyes The other alternative hook 0-0 3, Williams 73-4 18, Roncone 20-0 6. Totals 14 6-9 39. 3. Kenwood 9-1 82 SATURDAY, JANUARY 9 to grow bigger ’crawlers. and jumbo bluegills. And it’s set method Inow use is to Hoffman E. — Hansen 35-5 11, Richardson-Clark 30-1 6, 4. Thornton 9-1 74 Williams 30-0 8, Wilson 92-2 24, Fowler 10-0 2, Nailor 0 5. Evanston Township 10-2 61 Boys basketball In fact, I’ve had several aproven fact that even the strike right away, especially 2-4 2, Mangold 00-0 0, Totals 19 8-10 53. 6. Rock Island 10-2 42 Streamwood 14 8116—39 7. Edwardsville 9-3 41 Earlville shootout (Christian Liberty), TBA columns dedicated to live- strong-willed, river small- with smaller hooks, just so I Hoffman E. 15 15 13 10 —53 8. Glenbard West 12-0 31 Buffalo Grove at New Trier, 1:30 p.m. 3-point baskets: S—Roncone 2, Williams, Brown, Exline; 9. Marian Catholic 10-3 25 Glenbrook North at Wheeling, 6p.m. bait angling, and how in mouth bass will go for alarge, don’t gut-hook afish. HE —Wilson 4, Williams 2. 10. Joliet West 9-3 17 Hinsdale Central at St. Viator, 3:30 p.m. Others receiving votes: Riverside-Brookfield 16, Notre Palatine at Glenbrook South, 2:30 p.m. the majority of outings over wiggling leech once presented The No. 6hook is perfect for WHEELING 46, HIGHLAND PARK 32 Dame 14, Thornwood 8, Whitney Young 6, Quincy 4, Zion Benton 4, Maine South 3, Bradley-Bourbonnais 2, Deerfield Boys swimming decades of fishing that live over agravel or sand bar. aquick set, while the smaller Highland Park — Bartelstein 10-0 3, Lunardi 11-1 3, Bur- 2, Champaign Centennial 1, Lake Zurich 1. den 22-2 6, Karn 20-0 4, Cohen 31-2 8, Diez 32-2 8. Elk Grove invitational (Hoffman Estates), D-9 a.m./S-11 a.m. bait helped me get through a I’ve used the same setup for No. 8version has been used Totals 12 6-7 32. CLASS 3A Hinsdale South college events invitational (Barrington, Pala- Wheeling — Velev 32-2 9, Yoshino 20-0 4, Vasey 20-0 4, tine), D-7:30 a.m./S-11 a.m. Igiehon 30-2 6, Claver 63-9 15, Kennedy 21-4 6, Schuetz 0 School W-L Pt slow bite and turn aso-so day smallies. It’s aNo. 8orNo. 6 when allowing afish to run a 1. Belleville Althoff (12) 11-1 164 Maine South invitational (Conant, Schaumburg), D-9:30 3-4 3. Totals 18 9-21 46. a.m./S-1 p.m. on the water into avery good hook through the nose of the bit while feeling any tension Highland Park 11 7131—32 2. Morgan Park (5) 10-1 145 3. Peoria Manual 10-1 135 New Trier diving invitational (Maine West, Prospect), 4:30 Wheeling 15 12 13 6—46 p.m. session. leech (where the suckers are on the line. Ialso have quite 3-point baskets: HP: Bartelstein, Cohen. Wheeling: Velev, 4. Fenwick 11-1 94 Kennedy. 5. Springfield Lanphier 11-1 88 Wrestling Just recently Ispoke with located). afew different sizes in octo- Fouled out: none. 6. Bogan 10-3 64 7. St. Joseph 11-2 59 Batavia quad (Schaumburg), 9a.m. 8. Galesburg 13-1 51 several “professional” walleye Ionce asked Petros about pus hooks (similar to acir- at Fenton Glenbard West invitational (Elk Grove), 8:30 a.m. 9. Washington 12-1 34 Grayslake North quad (St. Viator), 9a.m. anglers who rely on live bait the use of leeches for Lake cle hook), and experiment ST. VIATOR 48, FENTON 29 10t. Centralia 12-2 34 Leyden invitational (Conant), 9a.m. 10t. LaSalle-Peru 9-0 18 to place them high on the list Geneva’s monster-sized blue- with size if the fish act in ashy St. Viator— Solimene 40-0 10, Schumacher 20-0 4, Hor- Lincoln-Way Central Mega-Dual (Barrington, Buffalo Grove, Others receiving votes: Normal University 17, Farragut 10, Fremd), 9a.m. bach 10-0 2, Bergstrom 20-0 4, Mueller 20-0 4, Schade Decatur MacArthur 7, Metamora 5, Lincoln-Way West 4, of money winners. They con- gills. Here was his answer: manner. 00-2 0, M. Leazer 20-0 5, C. Leazer 00-0 0, Breslin 10-2 Maine West quad (Rolling Meadows), 9a.m. North Lawndale 2, Champaign Central 2, Rockford Boylan 1, Niles North quad (Hoffman Estates, Prospect), 9:30 a.m. 2, Robinson 40-1 8, Cortese 10-0 2, Clark 30-0 7. Totals Chicago Vocational 1. firmed what Ilearned long “When you purchase a But for me it’s the live leech 22 0-5 48. Round Lake quad (St. Viator), 9a.m. Fenton — Sanchez 10-0 2, Deguia 00-0 0, Shawaluk 11-2 CLASS 2A Palatine of Oswego, 9a.m. ago, that despite all the claims pound or two, use the smaller that makes the difference. Loyola Acad. at Wheeling, 9a.m. 3, Acosta 00-0 0, Tapia 00-0 0, Wilson 10-0 2, Susmarski School W-L Pt of certain quasi-looking, live- sizes for the ’gills, especially Iknow I’ll get some mail on 61-6 13, Lira 00-3 0, McCauley 31-5 7, Gomez 10-2 2. 1. Teutopolis (6) 12-1 139 Girls basketball Totals 13 3-18 29. 2. Winnebago (5) 9-1 134 bait imitators, the real stuff is with arig that will present this column, but Ihave used Viator 19 8138—48 3. Breese Central (1) 11-2 125 Buffalo Grove at Rolling Meadows, 6p.m. Fenton 5798—29 4. Warrensburg-Latham (2) 12-00 115 Palatine at Conant, 2:30 p.m. still abetter choice in many them close to the bottom.” artificial leeches in the past and 3-point baskets: StV: Solimene 2, M. Leazer, Clark. 5. Seton Academy (1) 11-4 78 Schaumburg at Hoffman Estates, 6p.m. Fouled out: none. 6. Lawrenceville (1) 12-1 63 Wheeling at Prospect, 2:30 p.m. instances. Back to walleyes for a Iampersonally better off with 7. Orr (1) 7-2 53 Leyden at Morton, 6p.m. 8. Rockridge 10-4 47 Fremd Chicagoland Invitational Classic That brings me again to the moment. the live and squirmy variety. 9. Pleasant Plains 9-2 29 Hersey vs. New Trier, 1p.m. discussion about nightcrawl- Several walleye pros con- 10. Quincy Notre Dame 9-3 28 Fremd vs. Morgan Park, 2:15 p.m. Girls bowling Others receiving votes: Hales Franciscan 27, Sterling New- ers, as well as leeches. tend that by using aLindy •Contact Mike Jackson at an- man 16, Paxton-Buckley-Loda 14, Monmouth-Roseville 12, Girls bowling Wednesday’sresults St. Joseph-Ogden 11, Nashville 10, Reed-Custer 9, Pana 6, For well better than 30 Rig (slip-sinker rig), aNo. 6 [email protected], catch his Chicago Christian 5, Athens 3, Petersburg PORTA 3, Williams- Prospect invitational (Buffalo Grove, Conant, Elk Grove, MSL at Arlington Lanes ville 3, Marshall 2, Byron 1, Pittsfield 1, Kewanee 1. Fremd. Hersey, Hoffman Estates, Leyden, Palatine, Rolling years, master angler Spence hook and alarge leech, the radio show 7-9 a.m. Sundays Meadows, Schaumburg), 8:30 a.m. (33 teams Brunswick Petros spent an inordinate chances of nailing abig wall- on WGCO 1590-AM (live- HERSEY D. WHEELING 2,53-2,277 (9-0) CLASS 1A Zone, Mount Prospect) Hersey —Plata 164-188-145-497, Jabek 157-134-178- School W-L Pt Girls gymnastics 469, Hoffman 198-194-183-575, Sarbikien 211-207-171- 1. Okawville (10) 13-1 165 amount of time hammer- eye are pretty decent. But streamed at www.1590WCGO. 589, Wrenn 238-203-182-623. 2. Brimfield (7) 12-0 152 Evanston invitational (Maine West), 1p.m. ing home the fact that alive some of those pros suggested com) and get more content at Wheeling —Semenets 150-16-158-484, Bernacho 181- 3. Colfax Ridgeview (1) 11-2 103 Lake Forest invitational (Conant), 6p.m. 123-136-440, Cychosz 176-134-124-434, Garcia 160-125- 4. Flanagan 12-1 86 Naperville North invitational (Barrington, Hersey, Palatine, leech will lead the list of bait using afloating snell with the www.mikejacksonoutdoors.com. 110-524. 5. Metro-East Lutheran 13-3 78 Prospect), 1p.m. WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16,2015 Local sports DAILYHERALDSECTION 2 PAGE 7

C234567 ElkGrove comesbacktojoltJacobs By Dave Hess Daily Herald Correspondent

It was asecond half Jacobs coach Joe Benoit would like to erase from his mind. Connecting on only 1of20shots, host Jacobs was outscored 26-8 by Elk Grove during the final 16 minutes and the visiting Grenadiers posted a42-30 nonconference girls basketball victory in Algonquin Tues- day night. “We got good looks inside the paint and ASSOCIATED PRESS from the outside but we couldn’t get our Former White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez walks in the court- shots to fall,” said Benoit. “It was afrus- yard of the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba, on Tuesday as part trating night. We just couldn’t score. We of the first Major League Baseball trip to the island since 1999. need people to step up offensively. Iliked our effort and our defense. We just needto shoot better.” With an 18-point second quarter paced Triumphant return for by 5points each from Teaghan Richman and Kerri Healy, the Golden Eagles led 22-16 at halftime. Cubanbaseballplayers Elk Grove came out of the locker room energized, scoring the first 8points of the Associated Press has eased the treatment of second half. Mackenzie Flannery canned HAVANA —Alineup of players who leave as part of a3-pointer and Carly Crothers and Sarah Cuban baseball stars, includ- abroader easing of social Pauscher each had baskets as the Grens ing some of the most famous controls. (2-8) turned a6-point halftime deficit into a defectors in recent memory, That included the 2013 24-22 lead with 3:42 left in the third quarter. made atriumphant return removal of arequired exit The Golden Eagles’ only points ofthe Tuesday as part of the first permit for all Cubans, except quarter came on 2free throws by Nicole Major League Baseball trip to those considered essential to Durben to tie the game at 24 with 2:23 left the island since 1999. the country. in the quarter. Los Angeles Dodgers out- Some major-league play- The Grens scored the first 4points of the fielder Yasiel Puig, White Sox ers have been allowed back fourth quarter on buckets by Pauscher and first baseman Jose Abreu and on low-key trips to see family. Isabel Michniak to take a30-24 advantage JOHN STARKS/[email protected] former White Sox shortstop Afew others, like star infielder with 6:25 left in the game. Jacobs’ only bas- Jacobs’ Maggie Grady and Elk Grove’s Bailey Smola compete for arebound Tuesday. Alexei Ramirez and St. Louis Yoan Moncada, have received ket of the second half came on a3-pointer Cardinals catcher Brayan Pena permission from Cuban by Healy with 4:41 remaining in the game The Patriots improved to 8-2 under first- with depth, edging out the Hawks 96-90. walked with agroup of MLB authorities to depart legally to cut Elk Grove’s lead to 30-27. year coach Ashley Graham, winning their Prospect won just four races —the 200- officials and other players into to start careers in the United The Grens won the game at the free seventh straight and establishing anew yard medley relay, the 200 IM (Alex Mori- the lobby of Havana’s soaring States. Moncada won a$31.5 throw line by connecting on 12 of 15 from low in points allowed to an opponent this kado, 2:13.56), the 100 back (Ryan Lakner, Hotel Nacional at the start of million signing bonus with the the line in the final 3minutes. season. Jessice Burke hit apair of 3-point- 58.34) and the 100 breast (Jacob Kosinski, athree-day mission meant to Boston Red Sox in March. Alex Masnica made 7of8and Jenny ers and scored 9points for the Patriots, 1:08.08). But the Knights also got avictory warm relations between MLB Players sneaked off Cuba’s Banak connected on 4of5asElk Grove and Katie Steffens finished with 8. in diving from Anthony Liva and didn’t and the Cuban system that coast by smugglers in power- sealed the victory from charity stripe. Palatine (4-7) was led in scoring by allow Maine South any 1-2 finishes. has been drained by the loss of boats are adifferent matter. Masnica paced the Grens with 11 points freshman guard Elana Porrata, who made many of its best players to the Their illegal departures have while Banak scored 9. a3-pointer and finished with 7points. College basketball United States. been treated until now as deep “I have been seeing small improve- Bartlett 58, Schaumburg 30: Junior Puig, who fled to Mexico in betrayals of the socialist sys- ments in each game but it is nice to get the forward Laura O’Connell led the visit- Marcus Gatlin has been akey to the asmuggler’s fast-boat in 2012 tem. Many have been banned Wtonight,” said Elk Grove coach Jennifer ing Saxons (5-5) with 10 points in the Harper College men’s basketball team’s and then crossed the border to from returning for eight years, Guth. “We went to a1-3-1 zone in the sec- nonconference game. Senior Paige Alt successes this season. Texas, wrapped his childhood like other Cubans who leave ond half and we did agood job of clogging had Schaumburg’s only 3-pointer which That team success is now help Gatling coach Juan Arechavaleta in a illegally. the lane and we forced them to take alot of came in the third quarter. to some individual accolades, as he was bearhug, resting the side of his The defectors’ return -Tues perimeter shots.” named NJCAA Region IV, Division III face atop the smaller man’s day was part of arapid warming Glenbrook South 52, Maine West 38: Boys swimming player of the week. head. in relations between the MLB Senior Jordan Hart scored ateam-high “As Marcus goes, we go,” says Hawks “I’m very happy to be here,” and Cuban baseball that has 15 points and grabbed 6rebounds for vis- St. Viator earned avictory over visit- coach Dr. Justin Welke. said Puig, who had been taken place since Presidents iting Maine West in the Central Subur- ing Elgin in aboys swimming dual meet And lately, the going is good. barred from returning to Cuba Barack Obama and Raul Cas- ban League girls basketball crossover in Tuesday, and Lions sophomore Michael In apair of victories last week —73-65 until he was granted special tro declared ayear ago Thurs- Glenview. Balcerak took another name off the pool against Oakton and 89-78 against Tru- permission for this week’s trip. day that they were moving to Freshman Rachel Kent added 8points record board in the process. man —the sophomore averaged 24 He declined to say anything re-establishment diplomatic with 6rebounds while sophomore Jessica Balcerak won the 500-yard freestyle in points, 7rebounds and 8assists. more, but Arechavaleta said relations. Riedl collected 6points and 10 rebounds. 4:41.95, breaking the mark established by Gatlin also led the defense by averaging 3 that none of Puig’s relatives, MLB is hoping to return for Allison Pearson and Hart each had Fremd’s Tyler Holcomb —atwo-time state steals and connected on 18 of 21 free throws. who live, like the coach, out- an exhibition game during 3-pointers for West (7-4). champion in that race, in 1992 and 1994. It’s the second straight time aHarper side the southern city of Cien- spring training, an idea that St. Charles North 72, Hoffman Estates Balcerak also won the 50 free (22.05) player has earned the award. Allias Bur- fuegos, was there to greet has progressed far enough for 58: Junior Monraia Wilson equaled and had aleg on the Lions’ fastest 200 nett won in the previous week. him. Commissioner Rob Manfred her season-high of 26 points with four free relay of the season with Ben Pein- On Tuesday night, the Hawks dropped Pena, who is from Havana, to recently pick the Tampa 3-pointers for host Hoffman (4-6) while sipp, Dante Cerone and Mitchell Warren a59-53 decision to Prairie State College. was met by at least 20 fam- Bay Rays as the team that teammate Erin Hanson hit three 3-point- (1:33.11) as St. Viator won 77-17. Burnett finished with agame-high 29 ily members, who laughed at would make the trip. ers and netted 15 points in the noncon- Other double winners for the Lions points for Harper (6-7), while Gatlin was stories of the catcher’s life in U.S. teams played ference game. Teammate Tayler Williams included Peinsipp in the 200 free held to 5. America and handed him the spring-training games in Cuba added 8points with two 3-pointers. (1:55.57) and 100 backstroke (1:00.89), •Thewomen’s basketball team phone to talk to relatives who before Castro’s revolution Stevenson 37, Palatine 20: Ashley Cerone in the 100 breast (1:11.92) and dropped a71-67 contest to Kankakee hadn’t been able to make it. but none appeared here from Richardson made three 3s and finished 100 free (54.32) and Warren in the 200 IM Community College on Tuesday. Abreu joined the Sox in 2014, March 1959 until the Balti- with agame-high 12 points to help Ste- (2:08.11) and 100 fly (58.98). Kim Herzog led the Hawks (2-9) in ayear after defecting from more Orioles faced Cuba’s venson pick up anonconference victory Prospect d. Maine South: The Knights scoring with 19 points, while Jackie Cuba. national team in Havana in at Palatine. gave aclinic in how to win adual meet Stroud had 15 and Lexi Zades had 11. “I’m very grateful to have March 1999. MLB has not the opportunity Major League returned since. To report scores: HERSEY 65, HOFFMAN ESTATES 61 (OT) KANKAKEE COM. 71, HARPER COLLEGE 67 4, Alt 10-0 3, Carson 00-0 0, O’Connell 42-2 10, 3-7 13, Vaca 00-0 0, Nawara 00-0 0, Helsel 01-3 Baseball is giving us to go back Cuban baseball players gen- Coaches, please report all scores to the Daily Her- Gerber 00-0 0, Rutherford 00-0 0, Bowen 20-4 1, Pozna 01-2 1, Jakaritis 10 2-2 23, Sample 2 ald Cook County office by e-mailing prepsports@ Hoffman Estates — Thornton 19 pts., Hall 20 Kankakee Community College — Finnin 33-4 4. Totals 11 7-16 30. 3-6 8, Quinn 20-1 5, Tarpey 20-0 4, Olson 10-0 to Cuba and represent base- erally go through athird coun- dailyherald.com, calling (847) 427-4430, or faxing pts. Totals . 10, Pfister 26-6 10, Sherrill 73-7 17, Albert 40-0 Bartlett — Hare 43-4 13, Gerdevich 40-0 8, 2, Darwen 71-1 15. Totals 30 11-22 72. results to (847) 427-4790. Hersey — Coffaro 83-4 23, Lelito 53-4 17, Milli- 8, Evans 61-5 13. Hawkins 10-0 2, Pearce 00-0 Lyjak 40-0 10, Pavell 10-0 2, Broihan 33-7 9, Hoffman Estates — Hanson 60-0 15, Johnson 0 ball, which is one of the most try such as Mexico and declare When faxing results, please make sure that results gan 70-0 16. Totals . 0, Thaxton 30-0 6, Scott 01-2 1, Welch 00-0 0, Kenna 10-0 2, Gal 00-0 0, O’Donnell 00-0 0, 0-0 0, Williams 30-0 8, Wilson 10 2-6 26, Fuentes are legible, and include names and statistics for 3-point baskets: Hers: Coffaro 4, Lelito 4, Milli- Jackson 00-0 0, Overbey 10-0 2, Meiss 10-2 2. Obrzud 00-0 0, Jurek 10-0 3, Tomasek 00-0 0, 00-0 0, Fowler 23-5 7, Nailor 10-0 2, Mongold 0 all teams involved. gan 3. Totals 28 14-26 71 . Harris 51-2 11, Kelly 00-0 0, Manriquez 00-0 0. 0-0 0. Totals 22 5-11 58. important parts of life there,” residency that allows them Harper College — Herzog 67-9 19, Stroud 70-0 PALATINE 57, ROLLING MEADOWS 55 Totals 23 7-13 58. St. Charles North 20 24 17 11 —72 Abreu said, according to a to become free agents before 15, Zades 12-2 4, Saitta 50-0 11, Sims 20-0 4, Schaumburg 9966—30 Hoffman Estates 18 81814—58 Palatine — Van Dyke 50-0 14, O’Shea 44-4 12, Solsaa 00-0 0, Zivak 00-0 0, Winkler 30-0 8. Bartlett 18 12 12 16 —58 3-point baskets: SCN: Jakaritis, Quinn. Hoff: Wil- report on mlb.com. “It’s been signing amajor-league con- Boys basketball Refja 41-2 Ulrich 23-5 7, Mayer 20-2 5, Stricker Totals 24 9-11 67. 3-point baskets: Sch: Alt; Bart: Hare 2, Lyjak 2, son 4, Hanson 3, Williams 2. 20-0 4, Oles 20-1 4. Totals 21 8-15 57. Kankakee CC 14 14 21 22 —71 Jurek. Fouled out: none. very difficult not seeing my tract with the highest bidder. Rolling Meadows — Murphy 64-7 16, Lothery 5 Harper College 12 23 15 17 —67 CONANT 60, WHEELING 51 1-2 15, Schoessling 34-5 11, Wojcik 30-0 7, Tai- 3-point baskets: KCC: Finnin; Harp: Stroud, ELK GROVE 42, JACOBS 30 STEVENSON 37, PALATINE 20 son. He knows his father is If they come directly to the Conant — Sotos 14-6 6, Vinson 12-2 5, Ranallo bi 12-2 4, Brigham 02-2 2. Totals 18 13-18 55. Saitta. Fouled out: KCC: Albert; Harp: Herzog. Elk Grove — Banak 16-7 9, Crothers 23-4 7, Stevenson — DePew 00-1 0, Cencula 20-0 4, coming, and he’s so excited. I U.S., they would be subject to 00-0 0, Schub 30-0 7, Davis 52-2 12, Loboran Palatine 15 12 921—57 Flannery 10-0 3, Masnica 27-8 11. Matos 10-0 Burke 31-2 9, Osuch 00-1 0, Richardson 33-4 10-0 3, Downing 72-2 16, Oduocha 51-3 11. Rolling Meadows 12 15 14 14 —55 3, Michniak 20-0 4, Pauscher 21-2 5. Totals 11 12, Wicklund 20-0 4, Steffens 40-0 8. Totals 14 can’t wait to see my boy.” the MLB draft and likely sign a Totals 23 11-15 60. 3-point baskets: Pal: Van Dyke 4, Refka 2, Mayer; 17-21 42. 4-8 37. Wheeling — Best 60-0 17, Dennis 30-2 8, Al- RM: Lothery 4, Wojcik, Shoessling. Jacobs — Durben 12-2 4, Surges 10-0 2, Grady Palatine — Jacobsen 00-0 0, Porrata 30-0 7, len-Schultz 00-0 0, Janulis 60-0 14, Draka 00-0 Boys swimming The high-profile, official less lucrative deal. LUTHER NORTH 71, CHRISTIAN LIBERTY 53 12-4 4, Healy 22-2 7, Richman 22-2 7, Anderson Much 10-2 7, Udoni 00-0 0, Rinella 10-0 2, Sha- 0, Szpir 44-4 12. Totals 19 4-6 51. Fenwick 183, St. Patrick 127, Benet 97. 14-5 6, Smith 00-2 0. Totals 812-17 30. piro 20-0 4, Eliades 00-0 0, Henderson 00-0 0, return of baseball defectors Abreu, 28, signed with the Conant 16 12 16 16 —60 Luther North — Hoffman 46-6 14, Foster 42-2 Elk Grove 4121016—42 Rzepka 21-2 5, Multon 00-0 0. Totals 91-4 20. Wheeling 10 13 919—51 12, Zanders 51-1 11, Pettis 12-2 4, Montes 1 ST. VIATOR 77, ELGIN 17 Jacobs 41826—30 Stevenson 14 986—37 earning tens of millions of dol- White Sox for six years and $68 3-point baskets: Con: Vinson, Schub; Whl: Best 5, 0-0 3, Grober 10-1 2, Ocvens 20-0 4, Neal 2 200 Medley relay: St. Viator (Warren, Cerone, 3-point baskets: EG: Flannery, Matos, Banak; Palatine 7445—20 Dennis 2, Janulis 2. 0-0 5, Williams 20-0 4, O’Connell 30-0 6. Totals Jcbs: Healy, Richman. 3-point baskets: Stev: Richardson 3, Burke 2. lars ayear in the major leagues million in 2013. Limited to 72 Fouled out: none. McEvoy, Ruben) 1:55.40; 200 free: Peinsipp 25 11-12 71. (StV) 1:55.57; 200 IM: Warren (StV) 2:08.11; 50 Pal: Porrata 1. Christian Liberty — S.Ringstrand 22-2 6, GLENBROOK SOUTH 52, MAINE WEST 38 is alandmark in Cuba’s rela- games this season because of ELK GROVE 47, SCHAUMBURG 56 free: Balcerak (StV) :22.05; 100 fly: Warren (StV) Fouled out: none. Cabrera 63-3 1, Casttr 50-0 12, Munez 40-0 :58.98; 100 free: Cerone (StV) :54.32; 500 free: Maine West — Pearson 20-0 5, Sanchez 00-0 0, tionship with the hundreds of hamstring injuries, Puig hit Schaumburg — Powell 54-4 14, Kline 40-0 11, 8, Pratscher 51-3 12, Jo.Pittman 30-0 6. Totals Balcerak (StV) 4:41.95; 200 free relay: St. Viator Liwag 00-0 0, Johnson2 0-1 4, Kent 32-2 8, Hart Schoo 30-0 7, Rushint 23-4 7, Travis 20-0 4, 21 6-8 53. (Peinsipp, Cerone, Warren, Balcerak) 1:33.11; 100 54-4 15, Patel 00-0 0, Hernandez 00-0 0, Palarz players who have abandoned .255 with 11 home runs and 30 Trotter 20-0 4, D’Orazio 00-0 0, Asa 00-0 0. Luther North 24 29 99—71 back: Peinsipp (StV) 1:00.89; 100 breast: Cerone 00-0 0, Riedl 30-1 6. Totals 14 6-8 28. Girls gymnastics Totals 18 7-8 47. CLA 12 81722—53 (StV) 1:11.92; 400 free relay: St. Viator (Ruben, Glenbrook South — Shaw 20-0 5, Weinman 3 3-point baskets: LN: Foster 2, Montes, Neal; CLA: their country and the national RBI. Elk Grove — Gatziolis 82-4 20, Wingba 51-1 Balcerak, Wendling, Peinsupp) 3:33.06. 2-2 8, Peosh 20-0 4, Amesquita 00-0 0, Mc- MAINE WEST VS. NILES NORTH 13, Howard 14-6 6, Hubly 20-0 6, Zuba 30-0 6, Castro2, Prastcher. JV: St. Viator 74, Elgin 7. Donagh 32-4 11, Morrison 11 0-0 24, LaPierre 0 system that trained them. Puig’s case is infamous in Lopez 20-0 5. Pantovic 00-0 0, Cloherty 00-0 0. 0-0 0. Totals 21 4-6 52. Vault —1.Marissa (MW) 9.5. Floor exercise — Totals 21 7-11 56. PROSPECT 96, MAINE SOUTH 90 Maine West 4420 10 —38 1. Marissa (MW) 9.35. Under former President the annals of Cuban baseball. Schaumburg 10 15 814—47 Glenbrook South 17 61613—52 Elk Grove 10 15 17 14 —56 College basketball 200 Medley relay: Prospect (Lakner, Ginnodo, Fidel Castro, apassionate Investigators and court doc- Inserra, Partipilo) 1:46.81; 200 free: Folan (MS) 3-point baskets: MW: Pearson, Hart; GbkS: 3-point baskets: Sch: Kline 3, Shoo; EG: Hubly2, Shaw, McDonagh 3, Moorrison 2. Wingba 2, Gatziolis 2, Lopez. 1:55.54; 200 IM: Morikado (Pros) 2:13.56; 50 baseball fan who saw sports uments say he was taken by Men’sresults free: Sibiga (MS) ;23.23; Diving: Liva (Pros) Fouled out: . Today’sevents 236.15; 100 fly: Clauss (MS) :57.69; 100 free: FREMD 63, BUFFALO GROVE 50 PROSPECT 59, ST. VIATOR 49 as an expression of national boat from Cuba to afishing PRAIRIE STATE 59, HARPER COLLEGE 53 Sibiga (MS) :51.71; 500 free: Folan (MS) 5:15.11; Girls basketball Fremd— Sliwa 311-13 19, Kim 31-2 7, C.Si- 200 free relay: Maine South (Clauss, Folan, Wag- Prospect — Romans 12 0-1 24, Kendziera 41-2 glory, defectors were barred village near Cancun, Mexico, mios 00-0 0, Patel 00-0 0, Schoffstall 11-2 4, Prairie State — Hines 43-8 11, Smith 22-2 6, ner, Sibiga) 1:37.47; 100 back: Lakner (Pros) 9, O’Carroll 32-2 8, Frasco 10-0 3, Matters 3 Cary-Grove at Conant, 7:30 p.m. D.Simios 00-0 0, Kurka 12-2 4, Martin 00-0 0, Watkins 40-0 12, Gardner 29-10 13, Fleming 2 :58.34; 100 breast: Kosinski (Pros) 1:08.08; 400 1-1 7, Villasin 22-2 6, Sykes 00-0 0, Donohue Marian Catholic at St. Viator, 7p.m. from returning. and held by associates of the Benka 73-4 19, Oladimeji 20-0 4, Dompke 13-4 0-0 4, Stokes 30-0 7, Bolton 30-0 6. Totals 20 free relay: Maine South (Sibiga, Clauss, Wagner, 00-0 0, Determann 10-0 2, Pettenuzzo 00-0 0, St. Benedict at Christian Liberty, 5p.m. 6. Totals 18 23-29 63. 14-20 59. Folan) 3:35.91. Gancarz 00-0 0. Totals 26 6-8 59. Most were banished from Zetas drug cartel before even- Buffalo Grove — Dekorsi 33-3 10, Trieb 00-0 0, Harper College — Gatlin 21-3 5, Burnett 11 5-7 JV: Maine South 103, Prospect 77 St. Viator — Clark 44-7 14, Robinson 52-4 12, Girls bowling official memory, never men- tually crossing into Texas. Mayhorn 01-2 1, Tsevis 00-0 0, Pinakidas 22-2 29, Eizerman 41-1 11, Mushtaq 10-0 3, Dover 1 Solimene 30-0 7, M.Leazer 30-0 6, Bergstrom 0 MSL at Arlington Lanes 6, Haller 30-0 6, Fricke 10-0 3, Lenard 10-0 3, 1-2 3, Brown 02-4 2, Mcgee 00-0 0, Wooten 0 4-6 4, Schumacher 20-0 4, Breslin 10-0 2, Muel- Elk Grove vs. Fremd, 4:30 p.m. tioned on Cuban television In return, the financiers Fortman 10-0 2, Vaselaney 62-2 17, Camardo 1 0-0 0, Westbrook 00-0 0. Totals 19 10-17 53. ler 00-0 0, Schade 00-0 0. Totals 18 10-17 49. Hersey vs. Rolling Meadows, 4:30 p.m. 0-0 2. Totals 18 8-9 50. Prairie State 16 43 —59 Girls basketball Prospect 14 13 13 19 —59 Hoffman Estates vs. Palatine, 4:45 p.m. even as they made headlines allegedly got apercentage of Fremd 16 18 11 18 —63 Harper College 21 32 —54 St. Viator 11 91316—49 Prospect vs. Wheeling, 4:30 p.m. Buffalo Grove 15 71612—50 3-point baskets: PSt: Watkins 4, Stokes; Harp: BARTLETT 58, SCHAUMBURG 30 3-point baskets: Pros: Frasco; StV: Clark 2, So- Schaumburg at Conant, 4:45 p.m. on U.S. sports pages. the seven-year, $42 million 3-point baskets: Fremd: Sliwa 2, Benka 2, Burnett 2, Eizerman 2, Mushtaq. limene. Schoffstall; BG: Vaselaney 3, Dekorsi 2, Fricke, Fouled out: PSt: Smith. Schaumburg — Patterson 00-0 0, Argueta 00-0 Girls gymnastics Castro’s brother and suc- contract Puig signed with the Lenard. 0, Paolocchi 12-2 4, D’Orazio 00-0 0, Kasner 0 ST. CHARLES NORTH 72, HOFFMAN ESTATES 58 Fouled out: none. Women’sresults 0-0 0, Gepp 00-2 0, Cleator 10-0 2, Ross 12-4 Fremd, Rolling Meadows at Hoffman Estates, 6 cessor, President Raul Castro, Dodgers. St. Charles North — Kelly 00-0 0, Rosencrants 5 p.m.