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ON THE COVERWork continues on Eldamain Road with landscaping crews seeding the right-of-way.

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Measure has road officials breathing a sigh of relief

Budget fix getting mixed reviews

By TONY SCOTT [email protected]

State lawmakers’ approval of a stopgap budget measure has officials throughout the county breathing a col-lective sigh of relief, as it was possible that some major road projects would have been stalled had the measure failed.

The Illinois Department of Trans-portation this month told state contrac-tors that if a budget was not approved by July 1, the start of the state’s fiscal year, all road projects would come to a halt. Gov. Bruce Rauner and legislators negotiated all day June 29 and June 30 on a variety of budget issues, including IDOT funding.

“We have a standing directive from IDOT that all federally-funded projects will be shut down,” Fran Klaas, Ken-dall County Highway Engineer, said last week. “The way the money comes through Illinois, it goes through their state budget so essentially anything with federal money in it is shut down. So any work on a state highway is done as of Friday, unless something breaks loose in Springfield.”

On July 1, Klaas said the approval

of stopgap funding means officials are heaving a “big sigh of relief.”

“All projects can now move forward uninterrupted … at least until the end of the year,” he said.

Projects funded with county motor fuel tax and transportation sales tax were not impacted, Klaas said. The only federally-funded project that is ongoing right now is Eldamain Road from the Menards Distribution Center north to Galena Road, he said.

In Oswego, where contractors are in the midst of working on Ill. Route 71, such a stoppage would have halted

that project and could have also affect-ed the project to widen U.S. Route 34 between Orchard Road in Oswego and Ill. Route 47 in Yorkville, according to Oswego Public Works Director Jenni-fer Hughes. Hughes also said she was relieved that the stopgap budget was approved so as not to interrupt projects.

Montgomery Public Works Director Todd Hoppenstedt said while projects in the village would not have been di-rectly affected by the shutdown, a stop-gap will help local agencies.

Yorkville City Administrator Bart Olson said the funding is “a relief.”

“It provides funding for the Route 34 expansion and Route 71 expansion to continue forward and has full funding for municipal revenues,” he said.

Plano Mayor Bob Hausler said he is concerned that the stopgap measure did not address the root of the state’s finan-cial problems.

“I think it was a necessary piece of legislation and had to be passed to avoid really disastrous consequences for the state,” he said. “But it still doesn’t ad-dress the root problems of the budget, and when you talk about social service agencies, a lot of the damage has al-ready been done.”

By TONY SCOTT [email protected]

Local state legislators gave mixed reviews to the stopgap budget approved by the General Assembly on June 30.

Lawmakers adopted the $50.6 bil-lion budget measure on the deadline of the state’s fiscal year, which began July 1.

The plan includes funding for K-12 and higher education, transportation and infrastructure projects and human services programs.

State Rep. Mark Batinick, R-Plain-field, said he wasn’t happy with the stopgap budget, but that the alterna-tive would have been worse.

“It keeps us in purgatory but it keeps us out of hell,” he said. “There

is something to hate about every one of those bills, but the alternative would have been much worse if some of that stuff didn’t pass.”

State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Os-wego, said she was glad that funding was approved for schools, human ser-vices and road projects, but was dis-appointed that the state still does not have a full-year budget.

“While I am pleased we were able to provide emergency funding to agen-cies and organizations, I am frustrated

Illinois still does not have a complete, balanced and responsible full-year budget,” he said. “I encourage the leg-islative leaders and the governor to continue working towards a balanced and responsible full-year budget.”

State Sen. Linda Holmes, D-Auro-ra, said the stopgap budget “produced very mixed feelings for many of us.”

“This stopgap measure is not ideal, and it’s going to be small comfort to

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Lack of budget could have shut down Eldamain Rd. work

State Rep. Mark Batinick R-Plainfield

State Sen. Sue Rezin R-Peru

State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit D-Oswego

State Sen. Jim Oberweis R-Sugar Grove

State Sen. Linda Holmes D-Aurora

State Rep. Keith Wheeler R-Oswego

Batinick says measure ‘keeps us out of hell’

“I think it was a necessary piece of legislation and had to be

passed to avoid really disastrous consequences for the state. But it still doesn’t address the root

problems of the budget, and when you talk about social service

agencies, a lot of the damage has already been done.”

Plano Mayor Bob Hausler

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Local school district officials are happy that the state legislature ap-proved full appropriations for educa-tion following budget talks last week, but some say it doesn’t fix the underly-ing problem with school funding.

Dr. Hector Garcia, superintendent with Plano School District 88, said he appreciates the district’s approx-imately $250,000 in increased state funding.

However, he said the state hasn’t fully funded school district appropri-ations in the four years that he has been superintendent.

“For school districts like ours, it’s truly playing catch-up on a few

issues,” he said. “So this money is welcome, at the same time we’ve been doing a great deal with a lot less every year.”

Garcia said the funding is based on a model that needs im-provement.

“When we talk about fully funding it, it’s tak-ing a step in the right direction,” he said. “It is not, by any means, re-solving the issue.”

Kristine Liptrot, di-rector of communica-

tions and community engagement for Yorkville District 115, said the news was “extremely positive for us.” That district is set to receive approximate-ly $4.6 million in new funding.

“Just being fully funded for the first time in years is wonderful and will do great things for our students, but on top of that being fully funded, there was also the equity grant. And out of that equity grant, our portion is $83,000. So we will have an extra $83,000 on top of being fully funded, so it’s tremendous for us.”

However, Dean Romano, chief op-erations officer for District 115, said the district is being “cautiously opti-mistic” when budgeting for state fund payments.

“While we anticipate to receive more in general state aid and state funding, we’re going to be cautious-ly optimistic with regards to how we actually expect the appropriations to come to us,” he said.

Ali Mehanti, assistant superinten-dent for business and operations for District 308, said the district is facing a $6 million budget deficit and the ap-proximately $4 million the district is set to receive should help the district

“end up in the black next year.”However, like Garcia, Mehanti

lamented the state’s funding formula, which relies heavily on property tax revenue to fund local schools.

“It’s a blessing to our district, how-ever, there are still issues with the funding formula,” he said.

Mehanti said the state should have been funding school districts fully for the past four years.

“This is something we should have gotten to begin with – 100 percent fund-ing – because we lost around $21 mil-lion in the proration,” he said. “Now, this year we’re receiving 100 percent funding, which we should have gotten anyway, every year.”

Garcia said he supported the legis-lature’s action but that there is more to do.

“It’s welcome and I’m glad they were able to resolve it; the alternative was going to be much worse,” he said. “There’s still some work to be done down in Springfield.”

School officials urge funding reformPlano superintendent says legislative measure is good step but not enough

Dr. Hector Garcia

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Fireworks suspected in Oswego Township house fire

Fireworks were the possible cause of a fire at a home in the 100 block of Laurie Lane in unincorporated Oswego Township early Tuesday, according to the Oswego Fire Protection District.

Fire district firefighters were sum-moned to the blaze at approximately 12:04 a.m.

The fire was confined to the rear exterior of the home, according to the fire district.

Prior to the arrival of firefighters, all occupants had been safely evacuated from the home and a neighbor used a garden hose in an effort to extinguish the fire.

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Sheriff investigating home invasion, battery

Kendall County sheriff’s police are investigating a home invasion that oc-curred July 1 at 4:30 a.m. at a residence in the 1000 block of U.S. Route 30 in Oswego Township.

Police said someone kicked in the door of the residence and battered a 49-year-old occupant of the home.

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college students who couldn’t go back to school because of a lack of MAP grants, or the social services that laid off staff or closed their doors because the state simply didn’t pay them for the humanitarian work they did,” she said. “Yet, once Gov. Rauner laid aside an unpopular, unrelated agenda and negotiated a compromise in good faith, we were able to ensure our schools and universities stay open, adequate fund-ing will be provided to IMSA, our most vulnerable citizens are cared for, and much-needed construction projects won’t see costly interruptions.”

Holmes added, “Let’s do as our friends and neighbors have demanded, and set aside ego to keep seeking com-promise as we move forward.”

State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Peru, said she was “ecstatic” to vote for the stop-gap measure.

“It is beyond refreshing to have fi-nally reached a bipartisan compromise

on this issue,” she said. “This was one of the most important ‘yes’ votes I have cast while representing the 38th Senate District.”

State Sen. Jim Oberweis, R-Sugar Grove, praised the legislation as some-thing the state needed immediately.

“We worked for nearly a year to pass a balanced budget and meaningful economic reforms to expand job oppor-tunities, fix a corrupt political system and mend a failing state economy. The stop-gap budget passed June 30 is not what our state needs long-term, but it does provide what we need right now. It provides a temporary resolution to the impasse,” Oberweis said.

State Rep. Keith Wheeler, R-Oswe-go, said the stopgap measure “isn’t per-fect or complete.”

“It is the product of a negotiated, bipartisan compromise,” he said. “Ul-timately, there will be critical discus-sions this fall that will address needed reforms to grow the Illinois economy and to create jobs to reduce Illinois’ un-employment rate, which is currently the highest in the nation.”

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“A dark time.” Those were the words that Jeff Young, acting director and chairman of the Kendall County Food Pantry’s governing board, used to describe the past several weeks for the pantry, its supporters, its many volunteers and patrons.

As we reported, the Yorkville police department is continuing its investigation regarding “sus-picious transactions and possible theft of funds” from the pantry accounts that began in late May. Police Chief Rich Hart has said the results of the investigation may go before a grand jury later this month.

Meanwhile, the pantry’s former longtime director and board chair-man, Maria Spaeth, was found dead in her Lake Holiday vaca-tion home June 21. She and her husband, Ken, the food pantry’s treasurer, resigned from their re-spective positions June 7, after the Yorkville police had begun their

investigation.In a statement, Young said the

news of the police investigation and the Spaeths’ resignations were “both hard to swallow and a complete surprise, was devastat-ing to the other pantry volunteers, our clients and Kendall County community as a whole.” Young acknowledged the departure and subsequent death of Maria Spaeth thrust the pantry “into a darkness fueled by fear, speculation and a demand for answers.”

Nevertheless, we’re encouraged that Young, the remaining pantry board of directors and its volun-teers have kept the pantry’s doors open at 208 Beaver St. in Yorkville to serve the many of our county in need.

Importantly, according to Young, the pantry board is confi-dent the impropriety alleged in the police investigation is “isolated to two individuals who are no longer affiliated with the pantry in any

way” and the board has promised to put safeguards in place “to pre-vent any similar breach of trust from ever happening again.”

Young’s words are reassuring to us and should be to the thou-sands of county residents who have supported the pantry and volunteered their time there over the years. In order for the pantry to operate, it must enjoy the full trust and confidence of the com-munity it serves. To rebuild that trust and confidence, the public needs to know that their donations of money, food and other items are indeed going to the members of our community who need it the most.

We believe the board has taken the first steps toward doing just that. For the thousands of indi-viduals and families that rely on the pantry for meals, school supplies and other assistance, it is of vital importance that the board succeeds.

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When it opened for business in 1960, Common-wealth Edison’s Dresden Atomic Power Station became the first privately-owned nuclear power gen-erating station in the nation. The facility was – and still is today – located on the Illinois River just south of Morris and was named for the old crossroads post office village of Dresden.

The plant was a technological marvel, and I remember Verne Killian inviting me to go down to visit it with a bunch of his fellow Oswego Lions Club members the year it opened when I was a freshman in high school.

For those of us who grew up in the 1950s, nu-clear power was going to be the nation’s economic salvation. Nuclear power plants, we were told as kids, were going to make the generation of electrical power so cheap that electric meters would join buggy whips on the historical dust heap of once-common items no longer needed. The ComEd guy conducting our tour wasn’t quite that optimistic, but he suggest-ed that Dresden and the other nuclear generating plants planned by other utility companies across the U.S. would make power extremely cheap.

That claim was drummed into the heads of us and our parents along with all the other products and ideas being sold in commercials on our brand new television sets.

Anyone who grew up during that era will likely never forget the annoying little cartoon bird, named “Little Bill” singing that catchy jingle: “Electricity costs less today, you know, than it did 25 years ago! A little birdie told me so – Little Bill!”

Thanks to financial manipulations, ComEd no lon-ger owns its own generating plants. That capability was spun off into a company named Exelon – another one of those corporate names that sound like a brand of asthma inhaler. The nation’s nuclear generating capacity, of course, is shrinking these days, and we unfortunately never got to the point where ComEd crews were going house to house removing electric meters. Instead, coal plants still predominate, spew-ing their greenhouse gases and, ironically, emitting more radiation than nuclear plants do, thanks to trace radioactive elements in the coal they burn.

So Little Bill and the whole concept of too-cheap-to-bill electricity is long gone. But the bird’s catchy jingle (which is now rattling around in my head, probably for the rest of the day) is not the only advertising ploy progress has dumped into history’s

dustbin.Remember Esso Gasoline’s “Put a Tiger in Your

Tank” campaign? Back in the ’60s, the company even manufactured little tiger tails customers hooked to the side of their gas tank filler door so it looked like they might really have a tiger lurking in their tank.

And while we’re on the topic of gasoline, the guys out there might remember the Sunoco stations with gas pumps that had dials allowing customers to select the octane level they wanted.

Guys who went street racing usually filled up with 260 octane, the highest the dials allowed (today’s reg-ular gas is 87 octane), the next best thing to jet fuel.

Nor should we forget all those cereal ads aimed at kids. Back then, sugar was considered necessary to give kids sufficient energy to get through the day – lots of sugar.

Tony the Tiger used to plead with us to eat Kel-logg’s Sugar Frosted Flakes. Then sugar came into disrepute, and marketing required downplaying its presence. So Tony’s flakes became simply Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes.

We are not told exactly what they are frosted with, the company apparently betting that if they don’t

mention the word “sugar” we won’t figure out what’s in all that frosting.

Same goes for Kellogg’s Sugar Corn Pops. Wild Bill Hickok and his sidekick Jingles Jones hawked the cereal on their Western TV series because, as the jingle went, “Kellogg’s Sugar Corn Pops: Sugar Pops are tops!” And they were good, too. But we can’t buy Sugar Pops nowadays, although we can buy boxes of Corn Pops, which, except for excising the word “sugar,” are pretty much identical.

Remember Sugar Smacks? That was the puffed wheat cereal coated with a sugar glaze. Sugar having gotten a bad rap, the company decided to change the subject by touting the cereal’s sweetness while also wrapping themselves in “natural” food cloak by mor-phing Sugar Smacks into Honey Smacks.

It’s a well-known “fact” that “natural” sugars are much better for us than bad old refined sugars. Which is pretty much hogwash (chemically, sugar is sugar), but giving consumers what they think they want is a grand old American business tradition.

In other cases, new technology did away with perfectly good advertising ideas. Take Gillette Blue Blades for instance.

Originally, the company’s razor blades were sim-ple high-carbon steel. Then someone got the bright idea of bluing them like gun barrels to keep them from rusting so easily. Gillette Blue Blades were an advertising staple of prizefight broadcasts on the radio and early television.

But then the technology became available to make razor blades out of stainless steel, so then we were treated to Wilkinson Sword Blades – an exciting macho product name if there ever was one.

In other cases, changing the way services are provided has eliminated advertising campaigns, not to mention whole brands. Cities Service gasoline stations, for instance, would look pretty silly in this day and age of no service but self-service.

And remember “The Man who Wears the Star, the Big Bright Texaco Star?” The motto was popular in the days when guys at gas stations wore crisp uniforms and would actually dash out like an Indy pit crew to fill your gas tank, wash your windows, check your oil and water, and provide...well...service at a service station. We were told we could “Trust the Man who Wears the Star,” and lots of us did.

Old advertising slogans and ad campaigns can tell us a lot about recent history, and about the times in which they were hatched, just as today’s slogans and ad campaigns tell us a lot about how our world has changed.

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Old ads tell us much about recent history

Who was R.E. Lincoln? Plano natives may know

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If you do any reading about the early 1900s in Plano, either here, or al-most any place else that covers events and places in Plano from 1900 on ... you’ve read about R.E. Lincoln.

But chances are that few of you have seen a photograph of one of Pla-no’s early photographers.

Royal Edgar Lincoln was a busy man, who was raised by Royal Or-

lando and Rebecca (Cook) Lincoln on Sandy Bluff Road, north of the high-way. They raised six children on their farm: Amer Jess, Mary Effie, John

Henry (Sr.), Royal Edgar, Alfred Cook and Lemuel Foster.

1. Amer Jess was named after Rebecca’s father, Amer Brewer Cook II, although I cannot think who “Jess” was to get that honor. Perhaps he lived in Monmouth County, New Jersey, where both Amer II and his wife, Mary Ann (Page) Cook, lived nearly all of their lives as youngsters.

Rebecca grew up on the Plano farm that her parents homesteaded. It is still there – a red brick home with yellow barns. They’ve been painted yellow for at least 75 years. Look north when you are at the stoplight on Little Rock Road and the highway ... there it is. Sadly, Amer Jess died at age 26.

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The story I’ve heard is that he had the measles, and was all but recovered when a friend came over. Probably to get some privacy, they went out the bedroom window and sat on the roof to talk. In the process he took a chill, and pneumonia developed. In 15 days he passed away.

2. Mary Effie, their only girl, was born in 1852. She married in 1883, at age 26, to Franklin Ellsworth Marley. He was from Red Oak, in the far south-west corner of Iowa, and was interest-ed in becoming a newspaper man. In fact, he was working at the Red Oak Express when he was 11 years old and still attending grade school. He attend-ed the Jennings Seminary in Aurora, a well-regarded educational institution in our area. By 1888 he had become the editor and writer for the Kendall County News, and Effie was a support-er in his tasks. By 1891 he was also the owner and publisher of the Sandwich Free Press. His oldest brother, Judson Moses, was also working with him. Only a year later an opportunity arose and Frank purchased the Batavia Her-ald newspaper. Frank and Effie moved to Batavia and they both went to work ... Frank at the newspaper, of course, and Effie as the owner of the Music Conservatory and Performance School she started there.

On June 7, 1913, their divorce became final. Among the papers in that file is a full-page letter written by Rebecca Cook (her mother) telling how sweet and wonderful her daugh-ter was and so it all had to be Frank’s fault. Her father, R.O., saw to it that all of his children received advanced education in the field of their choice. Effie studied elocution and music, and then began a music conservatory in Batavia, which she ran for nearly 30 years. I’ve heard that she appeared on stage in costume and wearing... lipstick and rouge.

She is one of the most interesting of her generation... and remained a support to her mother until Effie died in February of 1916 of pneumonia.

3. John Henry Lincoln married Annette “Nettie” Clayton of Illinois, in Green County, Wisconsin, in 1886. Her parents were living there at the time. She was next to the youngest of their eight children. John Henry Sr. moved his family to rural Bassett, Nebraska, after their marriage. He farmed, and was also a lawyer and bank president.

After graduating from Plano High School in about 1880, his father saw to it that John Henry had the education to be a judge, a banker, and an attor-ney. By 1910 he had his own law office. John and Nettie moved to Henryetta, Hamilton County, Nebraska, where he made a long career of being a probate judge.

4. The next brother was Royal Ed-gar Lincoln. He chose to go to Business College at Sterling. Once he was on his own in Plano he had a store, first on John Street, and later on East Main (halfway between Lord’s Drug Store and what is now the City Hall). His business plan included being a jewel-er, a clock repair person, and a pho-tographer. I’ve seen advertisements for his postcards (3 for 5¢) and silver spoons with “famous” Plano buildings on the handle... such as the library and the “North Side” School building. Clocks were advertised for 50¢ and up. A good alarm clock was 75¢. His best products were a 20-year gold-filled case with an Elgin movement for $12, and a

lady’s fine 20-year gold filled case, and 11 jewel Waltham movement, for $15. Just stop by Lincoln’s.

In addition he soon began studying photography methods and became a high quality practitioner before very long. He took more local scenery photos than portraits, but either one, if come upon today, is as clear and perfect as if he had been making pho-tos just last week. He took care to do a good job, and to use quality chemicals when he printed out pictures he had taken with his box camera on a tripod stand. I’ve been told that he used enough silver in the printing process and that has made for photos as sharp and clear as if they had been done late-ly. In fact, maybe they are even better.

The Lincolns had eight children and you probably know some of them if you’ve been in Plano awhile.

The eldest was Bob, who married Ruth Bailey (another longtime family). Bob is the son who picked up the photography bug. He won a number of prizes at the Sandwich Fair through the years. Ruth was the head cashier at the Plano Bank. They did not have any children.

Walt was born next. He always seemed quiet to me but my Uncle Roy told me shortly before he passed away that Walt had the same personality he did. It took me a minute to think about two people as “full of it” as Roy. But Walt was in WWI with a group led by Patton and trying to catch Pancho Villa. His horse fell and he received a head injury. He was never so raucous again. His wife was Luella Sherman from Somonauk. His girls were Rosemary (Jim Klein from Aurora), Marilyn (George Miller from Aurora) and Guyla (Ray Conklin who seemed to be from “all over”).

Maude married Adrian Conley and they had two boys ... Jack, and Mike who married Martha, Barbara and then Sharon. Maude’s second husband was Art Podschweit. There were six years between Walt and Maude so she and her younger sister, Lydea, were like a separate family in some ways.

Lydea was about a year and a half younger. She married Bob Lawrie and they had two kids... Kristy (a teacher

of young children), and Bruce, who married Barbara (of DeKalb). Bruce worked for Gray Brothers in Plano and then as the purchaser of every-thing needed for the city of Aurora.

Then there was a gap of six years before Alan, who wed Shirley Henges-back of the Sandwich area, and had Marty and Susan.

Next came Helen (Tony Blaske of Cassopolis, Michigan), with Mary, Kathy, Robert, Richard, Penny, Carol, Betsy, and Phillip as their children.

Roy married Cele Peters of Aurora, and they had two boys, Jim and John.

The last child, Doris, married Till-man Thorson of Plano, and gave sons John and Tom to the family.

Notice that this meant Grandma Bessie had her last four children – Alan, Helen, Roy and Doris – who were all under 5 while she was between 41 and 46 years old.

By the time the last children were in the household, R.E. was not feeling consistently well enough to take many photos, so there are fewer in the fam-ily album. He died of a heart attack, I think, when he was 70 years old, on Nov. 7, 1935. Grandma lived until 1956 when she died at 81.

During that time she spent her days with various ones of the children, de-pending mostly on who had room and a schedule that would permit them to take care of her. She was quite frail near the end but she was not difficult to have in the house, unless she helped out by putting some things away for you. Of course it often took a while to find them again.

Those of you who knew Alan, knew pretty well what R.E. looked like. I’m always surprised when I see a photo of R.E. to see how much his third son looked like him. All of the siblings are gone now. And five of the 21 cousins have passed away.

But the next generation after that has so many I cannot be sure I can count them right. We know each other and enjoy times when we can be together. And although our children are grown, we are enjoying the next generation even if we don’t get to see them often because we are spread all over now.

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The American Legion Riders Post 181 from Sandwich assisted with the second an-nual Charlee’s Angel Run on June 12 at the Sandwich Park District. Runners and walkers participated with a 5K or a one-mile fun run that benefited the Cuddle Cot Campaign Initiative. Members from the American Legion Riders from Sandwich as-sisted in registering runners and walkers, distributing packets, and directing run-ners at intersections. Pictured are ALR members Ralph Torres, Henry Herbst, Bob Lawrence, Dodie Whitmer, Bob Patton, Cliff Oleson, Shari Patton and Bill Kolb. Not pictured are Kevin Rife and Linda Oleson.

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The seventh annual car, truck and motorcycle show will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 17, at the Leon Burson Post 395, American Legion, 510 E. Dearborn St. in Plano. Cost is $10 to register a vehicle. The first 100 registered will receive a dash plaque. Trophies will be awarded at 3 p.m. Carousel Sound will provide music all day. Lunch and refreshments will be available. Anyone is invited to enter a vehi-cle. Everyone is invited to view the entries and enjoy the music and refreshments.

BRIEFOne waste hauler for Newark?

The Newark Village Board is exploring a plan to have only one trash collection company serve residents. Currently, four companies make five visits per week to the village. One company runs a truck for trash and another for recyclable materials.

Groot Industries and DC Trash Inc. were

at a recent board meeting to discuss services such as weekly pickup, recycla-bles, electronics, payment options and vacation options. The discussion outlined a plan of action. An ordinance will be drafted and the plan will be discussed in full at the board’s July meeting.

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grams. The library is located at 15 W. North St. in Plano. For more information, call 630-552-2030 or visit planolibrary.info.

New Life for Old Bags: Saturday, July 9, 10:30 a.m. to noon. Help making sleeping mats for the homeless. Volun-teers will meet at the library on the second Saturday of every month to make “plarn” (discarded plastic shopping bags cut into strips for crocheting). Volunteers are also needed to cro-chet mats at home. Donated plastic bags for the project can be dropped off at the library. For more information, contact

Ceil Carey at [email protected] or 708-846-1704.Writers’ Group: Thursday, July 11, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Come

join other writers to discuss your work. Meets on the second and fourth Thursday of each month in the Library Board Room. No registration required. Open to adults and high school students.

KenGen Genealogy Group: Saturday, July 16, 1 to 3 p.m. Are you researching your family tree or hoping to begin? Both experienced and new genealogy researchers will enjoy the KenGen Genealogy Group sessions.

Coloring for Adults: Tuesday, July 19, 6:30 to 7:45 p.m.

Coloring isn’t just for kids; it’s a relaxing activity for adults. Come treat yourself to some free time to color, enjoy some snacks, and socialize. Coloring pages designed especially for adults as well as colored pencils will be provided. No registra-tion required.

Wednesday Night Book Group: Wednesday, July 20, 7 to 8 p.m. Get together with other readers for an interesting discussion. “The Bone Collector” by Jeffery Deaver will be dis-cussed. The book for August, “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore, will be available at the check-out desk. No registration required. Newcomers are welcome any time.

BRIEFBenefit for Duffy family set for July 30

A benefit and silent auction for the Duffy fam-ily of Plano will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, July 30, at the Sandwich Moose Lodge.

Joseph, the son of Sara and Rich Duffy, was born March 11, 2016. Shortly after birth, he was diagnosed with some heart conditions (partial heart failure) and two rare eye conditions. Surgeries were required and will continue for some time to come.

The fundraiser is being organized to help the family with the ongoing expenses that they will continue to incur.

Tickets are $12 each. Food will be provided by 5 B’s catering. There will be live music and many silent auction items. To purchase tickets or for more information, call 815-570-1883.

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The Kendall County Sheriff’s Office and Kendall County Fair As-sociation have announced a tempo-rary road/traffic flow change near Yorkville for this Friday and Satur-day, July 8 and July 9.

On July 8 starting at 5 p.m. un-til approximately 10 p.m. and on July 9 starting at 5 p.m. until ap-

proximately midnight, Highpoint Road in Kendall Township between Route 71 and Legion Road will have a temporary traffic flow change to facilitate expected heavy traffic congestion and safety concerns due to attendance expected at the Fox Valley Pro Rodeo as presented by the Kendall County Fair Associa-tion.

At approximately 5 p.m. on July 8, all fairground traffic will be de-toured to Legion Road and enter the fairgrounds off Highpoint Road.

Any traffic traveling south-bound on Routes 71 and 47 will be detoured south to Legion Road, west to Highpoint Road, north to

the fairgrounds. All northbound traffic on Route

47 will turn west on Legion Road and enter the fairgrounds in the same manner.

All northbound traffic on Route 71 will be detoured to turn east on Legion Road then north on High-point to the fairgrounds.

No traffic will be allowed to en-ter Highpoint Road from Route 71 while the rodeo is in operation. Highpoint Road at Route 71 will be exit only.

Signs will be posted and sheriff’s deputies will be in the area. Be pre-pared to stop for traffic in all direc-tions.

Traffic plan in place for rodeoSome detours ahead for event at county fairgrounds July 8-9

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Jill Flaherty, Compensation & HRIS analyst, KishHealth System Human Resources. The Finance Pillar Award was presented to Deb Angel, Kishwau-kee Hospital Sterile Processing super-visor. And the Growth Pillar Award was presented to the Kishwaukee Hos-pital Cardiac and Vascular Interven-tional Suite.

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KishHealth System, part of Northwestern Medicine, recently recognized employees, teams and departments who have demonstrated significant achievements toward the health system’s organizational goals in the areas of service, people, quality, finance and growth. LEFT: The Service Pillar Award was presented to the Valley West Hospital Surgical Services team. CENTER: A Quality Pillar Award was presented to the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative Task Force. RIGHT: A Quality Pillar Award was presented to the KishHealth System Clinical Education department.

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SANDWICH – Backyard chickens will be allowed in Sandwich following action taken at the June 28 Sandwich City Council meeting.

Before the matter was brought to a vote, one individual spoke for her mother, saying her mother and several other older residents she named were opposed to having chickens in town be-cause “they are noisy, attract vermin, and if they are allowed, would it next be turkeys and ducks?”

A group of residents who asked that the city allow chickens about a month ago have regularly been attending council meetings. They’ve stressed

that they prefer raising their own food and getting eggs from their own chick-ens. Other benefits for both children and adults were mentioned.

Those voting against allowing back-yard chickens were Aldermen Dave Fraser, Cara Killey and Les Redden. Those voting for the issue were Alder-men Bill McMahon, Rich Robinson and Doug Schiedecker.

Mayor Rick Olson broke the tie by voting “yes.” The vote was followed by applause from the local group.

It’s been pointed out by the group that wants backyard chickens that only hens would be allowed, not roost-ers because of their early morning crowing.

The number of birds could be lim-ited to just a few, maybe eight to 12, and the coops, fences and care of the chickens would be tightly regulated by the ordinance written and approved by the council.

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The smell of BBQ ribs will be waft-ing through Bicentennial Riverfront Park as the city of Yorkville and the Yorkville Area Chamber of Commerce join forces to host the family-friendly River Night and Ribs on the River fes-tivals on July 15-16.

River Night: The Chamber’s River Night festival celebrates its 10th anni-versary this year. The festival opens on Friday at 5 p.m. with free family area activities, food vendors, beer tent, and cardboard boat races, along with live music by Red Woody from 7 to 10 p.m.

Ribs on the River: Come all day Sat-urday for delicious food, homebrew tasting, children’s activities, and live entertainment including Country Line Brothers from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., Whiskey Romance from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m., and Back Country Roads from 7:30 to 10:30 p.m.

Illinois Whitewater Festival: Also on Saturday, the Chicago Whitewater As-sociation hosts the Buttercup Series kayak races on the Marge Cline White-water Course.

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Kendall County sheriff’s deputies issued a littering citation, a Class B misdemeanor, to Eugene Brock, 55, of Aurora, June 22 following an investi-gation that involved personnel from the Bristol Township Highway Depart-ment, Illinois Environmental Protec-tion Agency and the Kendall County building and zoning department.

Police said they started the inves-tigation April 19 after taking a report of garbage being dumped in a creek on East Beecher Road south of Galena Road in Bristol Township.

Bristol Township Highway Depart-

ment employees reported on three sep-arate dates having to clean up black plastic trash bags containing house-hold garbage which had been dumped in the creek, according to police.

Police said the items dumped in-cluded pieces of mail, license plates, used motor oil and a used oil filter. The creek where the garbage was dumped feeds into the Rob Roy Creek, which flows into the Fox River.

During the investigation, it was re-ported that more household garbage including pieces of mail had been dumped in the same creek.

Police said Brock is scheduled to ap-pear in court on the charge July 14.

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Waubonsee Community College re-cently recognized support staff employ-ees in their first Support Staff Awards for Excellence.

Three honorees were announced during campus-wide ceremonies this month.

The college received more than 60 total nominations for the categories of Service and Quality, Diversity and Eq-uity, and Innovation and Creativity.

The winners are: Faustina Sepul-veda-De Patino, custodian, recognized with the Support Staff Award for Ex-cellence in Service and Quality; David Beer, career and technical education analyst, recognized with the Support Staff Award for Excellence in Diversity and Equity; Kendall Vance, resource sharing specialist, recognized with the Support Staff Award for Excellence in Innovation and Creativity.

The Support Staff Award for Excel-lence in Service and Quality was cre-ated to recognize a staff member who exemplifies excellence in delivering outstanding quality service in working and communicating with others inter-nally or externally.

Sepulveda-De Patino’s nominator said that she “possesses all the quali-ties of an outstanding staff member,” and that she always gets her work done and often does extra work.

Also nominated in that category were: Sue Baier, Betty Bechtold, Pablo Castanon, Esmerelda “Meddi” Delga-do, Amanda Eberlein, Esther Espino, Shannon Flavin-Cox, Zachary Fowler, Linda Frieders, Donna Larkin, Jes-sica Menez, Jeanine Niedzwiedz, Ju-lie Peck, Mark Salem, Earl Shumak-

er, Dawn Sparks, Scott Strain, Terri Swanson, Kathy Thomas, Diana Tor-res, Kendall Vance, Kathy Wall, Chris Wise and Monica Woodward.

The Support Staff Award for Excel-lence in Diversity and Equity was cre-ated to recognize a staff member who exemplifies excellence in commitment to diversity, equity and inclusiveness. Beer’s nominator said that he has been “very conscientious in creating mean-ingful and impactful ways to improve non-traditional by gender participa-tion and understanding across the col-lege.”

Also nominated in that catego-ry were: James Kenney, Ellen Scal-pelli, Bill Stefek, Ann Walder, Kisha White-Shepard, Lisa Egner and Kate Ragsdale.

The Support Staff Award for Excel-lence in Innovation and Creativity was created to recognize a staff member who exemplifies excellence in improv-ing operating efficiency via creative and innovative channels.

Vance’s nominator said that he “works tirelessly and, often, behind-the-scenes to keep much of the depart-ment’s tools working,” and regularly implements creative solutions for workflow.

Also nominated in that category were: Sue Baier, Danielle Depke, Sarah Dwinnells, Christopher Foster, Zacha-ry Fowler, Julie Frankino, Bruce Ger-aghty, Sarah Kocunik, Sandra Miller, Don Wiercinski, Vicki Wittman and John Wohlers.

The three winners received a framed certificate, recognition at the Board of Trustees meeting, lunch with Waubonsee President Dr. Christine Sobek, and one day off with pay.

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KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTSMotorcycle crash

A couple from Gardener, Illinois, were injured in a motorcycle crash on Route 52 and Lisbon Road in Big Grove Township at 1:50 p.m. July 4, according to county sheriff’s reports.

Police said the driver of the motorcycle, Roger H. Holloway, 38, of the 400 block of Center Street, and his passenger, Kimberly S. Holloway, 38, of the same address, were injured when they lost control of their motorcycle in a curve and it left the roadway. The motorcycle went down on its side and Kimberly Holloway was thrown from the vehicle, according to police. Both were taken to Morris Hospital in Morris.

Boulder Hill arrestCounty sheriff’s police arrested Brent Allen

Erwin, 35, of the 100 block of Long Beach Road, on an outstanding body writ in the area of Long Beach and Surrey roads in Boulder Hill at 3:33 a.m. July 5. Police said Erwin was taken to the Kendall County jail in Yorkville.

Domestic arrestCounty sheriff’s deputies arrested Demetri-

us D. Link, 31, of the 1500 block of Light Road, Oswego, on a charge of domestic battery at his residence July 4 at 11:51 p.m. Police said the incident remains under investigation.

Battery among chargesCounty sheriff’s police arrested Ronald Pryor

Coleman, 64, of the 5400 block of South Wells Street, Chicago, at a residence in the 0-50 block of Afton Road in Boulder Hill at 10:30 p.m. July 3 on charges of domestic battery, criminal damage to property and interfering with the reporting of domestic violence.

Police said Coleman was taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville pending court

proceedings.

Ticketed for 35 mph overCounty sheriff’s police ticketed Israel

Mendez, 18, of the 500 block of East Church Street, Plano, after they stopped his motorcy-cle for traveling at 95 mph in a 45 mph zone on Little Rock Road at Miller Road in Little Rock Township at 8:32 p.m. July 3. Police said Mendez was cited for speeding 35 mph over the posted speed limit.

Warrant arrestCounty sheriff’s police arrested Thorston

Smith, 28, of the 8000 block of Van Emmon Road, Yorkville, at his residence July 2 at 11:17 a.m. on a Will County warrant for failure to appear in court on a charge of possession of a controlled substance.

Boulder Hill arrestCounty sheriff’s deputies reported that

while they were conducting a traffic stop on another vehicle July 2 at 11:27 p.m. on Fern-wood Road at Roulock Road in the Boulder Hill subdivision they were approached by Danielle Nicole Chavers, 38, of the 100 block of Heathgate Road, Boulder Hill. Police said they arrested Chavers after they learned she was driving on a suspended license.

Warrant arrestCounty sheriff’s deputies arrested Dorian

Taylor Ainsworth, 24, of the 200 block of Georgeanna Street, Yorkville, at her residence July 1 at 12:19 a.m. Police said Ainsworth was wanted on a warrant and taken into custody without incident.

Hit-and-run reportedCounty sheriff’s police took a report of a hit-

and-run crash that occurred in the 900 block

of Wolf’s Crossing Road in Oswego Township at 6:55 p.m. June 30. Police said an unknown vehicle left the roadway and struck a sign.

ID theft costs $940An Oswego Township resident told county

sheriff’s police that someone used her personal information to open a satellite TV account in her name and failed to pay a $940 bill charged to the account.

Motorist arrestedCounty sheriff’s police arrested Robert

Charles Burisek, 44, of the 1300 block of Mabel Lane, Sandwich, after they stopped his vehicle for having an expired registration June 29 at 12:01 a.m. on Eldamain Road Galena Road. Police said Burisek was arrested on charges of operating a vehicle with a revoked registration, driving on a suspended license and unlawful use of a driver’s license.

Facing multiple chargesCounty sheriff’s police arrested Donovan

Andrew Nieves, 20, of the 6800 block of Orchard Lane, Hanover Park, after stopping his vehicle for driving 26 mph over the posted speed limit on Eldamain Road at Corneils Road in Bristol Township at 9:01 a.m. June 29.

Police said Nieves faces charges of driving on a suspended license, speeding 26 mph over the posted speed limit and unlawful use of a driver’s license.

Warrant arrestCounty sheriff’s police arrested Roger L. Gil-

bert, 45, of the 8000 block of East Highpoint Road, Yorkville, at his residence June 30 at 6:45 p.m. on a warrant for domestic battery. Police said Gilbert was taken to the Kendall County jail in Yorkville.

Traffic violationsTara L. Saltzmann, 33, of the 300 block of

Church Street, Minooka, driving on a suspend-ed license.

Brooke Elizabeth Mol, 35, of the 100 block of Appletree Court, Yorkville, driving on a suspended license.

Brian Louie Cruz, 19, of the 300 block of Central Avenue, Wood Dale, no valid driver’s license.

Jorge Cubias Jr., 22, of the 5300 block of Maplewood Avenue, Chicago, driving on a suspended license.

Frank Devon Johnson, 18, of the 1700 block of Marilyn Drive, Montgomery, driving on a suspended license.

PLANO POLICE REPORTSDomestic battery charges

Plano police arrested Justin M. Benefiel, 27, of the 300 block of South West Street, Plano, at 10:14 a.m. July 2 at a residence in the 300 block of South West Street. Police said Benefiel has been charged with two counts of domestic battery. He was later taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville pending a bond hearing.

Warrant arrestPlano police arrested James D. Pilotte, 36,

of the 100 block of Tammy Lane, Somonauk, while responding to a report of a suspicious person in the area of Hugh and Main streets July 1 at 6:33 p.m.

Police said they arrested Pilotte on two outstanding Kendall County warrants. Police said they later learned he was wanted on three felony warrants issued in Kentucky. He was taken to the Kendall County Jail pending a bond hearing, police said.

Warrant arrestPlano police arrested Evelina M. Juarez, 22,

of the 0-100 block of North Will Street, Plano, after stopping her vehicle for a speeding violation July 1 at 7:47 p.m. on Big Rock Road at Sweetbriar Place.

Police said Juarez was wanted on a Kane County warrant for failure to appear in court on a prior traffic violation.

BRIEFPolice: Plano man hits fence

Damage was estimated at over $1,500 when a vehicle driven by a Plano man, Daniel M. Scott, 22, of the 3200 block of Tamaria Street, left the roadway and

struck a fence on Pearce’s Ford Drive in the Mill Race Creek subdivision north of Route 34 in Oswego at 8:18 p.m. July 3, the Oswego Police Department reported.

– Plano Record

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PLANO RECORD

Waubonsee Community College is offering a basketball skills camp for girls from sixth grade through those entering their senior year of high school.

The one-day camp will be held on July 12 in the Erickson Hall Gymna-sium on Waubonsee’s Sugar Grove campus. There will be two sessions that day, a three-hour morning session from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., and an after-noon session from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Space is limited to 15 players in each session. Interested individuals can register online at www.waubon-seetickets.com. The cost for the skills camp is $150 for each participant.

Waubonsee women’s head coach Jim Sury, who has led the Lady Chiefs to back-to-back appearances at the NJ-CAA Division II National Tournament, will be the lead instructor. There will be an emphasis on skill development, shooting technique, ball handling skills and creating your own shot. For information, call Sury at 630-466-5766.

Youth Soccer CampWaubonsee Community College is

offering a youth soccer camp from July 11-15. The camp is open to boys and girls of all ages, and will be from 4 to 6 p.m. each day on Waubonsee’s soccer field at the Sugar Grove campus. If nec-essary due to weather, activities will be held in Waubonsee’s Fieldhouse. In case of space constraints, the Sug-ar Grove Sports Complex on Wheeler Road will serve as an alternate site.

All camp participants will receive a free t-shirt and a voucher for one free admission to an Aurora Borealis Soc-cer Club home match during the 2016 season. There will be a focus on basic, intermediate and advanced passing skills, shooting and ball skills and spe-cific player positioning.

The cost for the camp is $35 each for kids in second grade and up, and $25 each for first-graders and under. Discounts are available if registering multiple players.

To register, go to www.waubon-seetickets.com, or call Waubonsee’s Athletic Office at 630-466-2524.

Basketball camp for girls is coming up next week

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Cedardell to host Two-Man Tournament

Cedardell will host its annual Two-Man Tournament on July 23 with an 8 a.m. start. This event is open to male amateur golfers age 19 years and older with a valid 2016 18-hole handicap/index, and is open to the public. The entry fee is $60 per player and includes green fees and cart, or $20 per Cedar-dell member. Members’ cart special is $10. An optional skins game is $20 per team. Registration ends on July 16. For information, call Keith at 630-464-2835.

Plano’s Alexis Smith receives award at Black Hawk College

Black Hawk College East Campus student athlete Alexis Smith (Plano) recently earned a NJCAA Academic All-American Banner Award winners (45 credits or more with a 3.60 GPA or high-er). Smith, a member of the women’s volleyball team, received an Exemplary Award for having a GPA between 3.60-3.79. She was also named Academic All-Conference during the 2015-16 academic season.

– Plano Record

One hurt in rollover crashPLANO RECORD

An Oswego resident, Dwight P. Lie-bold, 64, was injured in a three-vehi-cle crash June 29 at 2:15 p.m. on Boul-der Hill Pass at Circle Drive West in Boulder Hill, according to the Kendall County Sheriff’s Office. Police said he was taken to Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora by paramedics.

Police said the crash occurred when a vehicle driven by Ashley E. Paul, 22, of Boulder Hill, failed to yield

at a stop sign at the intersection and struck Liebold’s vehicle. Police said Liebold’s vehicle was pushed into a third vehicle and then rolled over, coming to rest on its side.

The driver of the third vehicle, Ro-gelio Pacheco, 39, of Aurora, and two children in his car were not injured, according to police. Police said Paul and three children in her car were also unhurt.

Police cited Paul for failing to yield at a stop sign.

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LATE-INNING HEROICS‘We kept fighting’: Wild pitch allows Cats’ go-ahead run to score

CHICAGO SUBURBAN BASEBALL LEAGUE: OSWEGO CATS 4, CRESTWOOD PANTHERS 3 (11 INN.)

By LAURA M. MEDINA [email protected]

A wild-pitch offense might not al-ways be the ideal game strategy, but it worked for the Oswego Cats, as an errant toss allowed the winning run to score in the 11th inning against the Crestwood Panthers on June 30 at Jackie’s Field of Dreams in Oswego.

Oswego (13-11, 6-9 Chicago Subur-ban Baseball League) won its second straight after losing five in a row and wrapped up a stretch in which the team split 12 games by celebrating af-ter left fielder Jeff Woods came home on the wayward throw during Clark Brinkman’s at-bat for the 4-3 victory.

“With a runner on third, you’ve always gotta have your guy aware of what’s going on and ready, and hope-fully, you get a fortunate break like that, and that one was more fortuitous than I would have expected; it worked out,” Cats field manager Todd Miller said.

“In a situation like that, the im-portant guy is the leadoff guy, and Jeff got on, and then we got the bounce over to second. I was hoping maybe that [catcher] Mike Cherven [2-for-5] would come through, and he got the ground ball and kept us out of a double play. It wasn’t Clark’s best night, but those are the guys you want in that situation.”

The late-inning heroics were essen-tial against Crestwood starter Danny Guido, who was tough from the outset. The right-hander made quick work of the first five batters he faced, but he allowed shortstop Chris Saltijeral (2-for-4, RBI) a two-out triple that scored Sandwich alum Woods (3-for-5, two runs) in the bottom of the second.

The Panthers, though, earned two back in the third off of Cats right-hander Andrew Bruss and added an-other off of him in the fifth to jump ahead 3-1.

Oswego wouldn’t trail for long, getting a spark in the sixth from first baseman Michael Fidler’s two-run home run over the left-field fence to knot the score.

“It moved really quickly there for a few innings, but we weren’t putting the ball in play,” Miller said. “We defi-nitely struggled, and we had a tough time catching up to [Guido].

“They went up 3-1, and we were hoping we could battle back here, and we just weren’t getting anything go-ing. Then with the strikeouts [10 be-fore the homer], that just didn’t help, but we got a big boost there, and that helped us out.”

It also helped that Bruss was able to pitch himself out of a few jams on his end. He gave up six hits, walked three and fanned four in 6 1⁄3 innings before giving way to left-hander Andy Grunewald, who was stellar in relief against the non-CSBL Panthers.

“Andrew Bruss did a really good job,” Miller said. “He got into some sit-uations, but he got himself out of them.

Andy, too, came in, and he threw the ball very well. He was pounding the strike zone, and he had [six] strike-outs in a row at one point. He’s done very well for us.”

In fact, Grunewald fanned eight to-tal – six straight over the eighth and ninth – and surrendered two hits in 4 2⁄3 frames.

“I think that’s the most strikeouts I’ve had in an outing,” Grunewald said. “I’m not a strikeout guy, but I was finding the zone.”

Oswego had other offensive chanc-es in the seventh, eighth, and ninth, but it wasn’t able to solve Crestwood’s pitching, much like the Panthers were

unable to get to Bruss or Grunewald in that same stretch.

The timely hit in the 11th, however, allowed the Cats to revel in a come-back win, something that could bode well for them when they return to the diamond in July, a month rife with tough CSBL competition.

“It’s a morale-builder, especially facing that guy we faced, to claw your way back and then take the win,” Mill-er said. “I mean, the way we were hit-ting, we could have just rolled over. We didn’t, we kept fighting, we kept getting base-runners, and I told our guys that’s what we need to do, just a little at a time.”

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Oswego Cats’ Jeff Woods watches his ball sail foul in the first inning June 30. Woods, a Plano resident and Sandwich alum, eventually scored the game-winning run off a wild pitch in the bottom of the 11th inning.