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ON THE COVERCharlie Brown, commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars
St. Juvin Post 1336 shakes the hand of Joe Corsello on Wednesday
and thanks him for his service. See story on page 3 Photo by Heidi
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MORRIS Kathleen V. Heisterman,
55, of Michigan, was arrested by Morris police Tuesday on
charges of driving under the
influence, driving while license revoked and driving under the
influence while license revoked. She was booked into the Grun-dy
County Jail.
Emily G. Omeara, 24, of Morris, was arrested by Morris police
Monday on charges of obstructing a peace officer and resisting a
peace officer. She was also cited for speeding, operating an
uninsured vehicle, expired registration, improper passing and
drivers license not
on person. She was given a Jan. 4 court date and booked into the
Grundy County Jail.
David T. Stickel, 21, of Bon-field, was arrested by Morris
police Monday on charges of delivery of marijuana pos-session of
between 10 and 30 grams of marijuana and possession of drug
equipment. He was booked into the Grundy County Jail.
Michael J. Molaschi Jr., 22, of Morris, was arrested by Mor-
ris police Sunday on charges of driving under the influence of
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booked into the Grundy County Jail.
Scott A. Longfellow, 39, of Lake in the Hills, was arrested by
Morris police Friday on an in-state warrant.
Zachary J. Bopp, 22, of Morris, was arrested by Morris police
Friday on a charge of possession of drug equipment.
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Grundy Countys Kindelspire appointed to national panel
By MIKE MALLORY [email protected]
MORRIS From Massa-chusetts to Wyoming and ev-erywhere in
between, quality work will get you noticed.
Chris Kindelspire, direc-tor of electronic communica-tions for
the Grundy County Emergency Telephone System Board/Consolidated 911
Cen-ter, was recently appointed to a Department of Homeland
Se-curity advisory panel.
The DHS Science and Tech-nology Directorate announced Dec. 9 the
membership of its Project 25 Compliance Assess-ment Program
Advisory Panel to help establish standards for interoperability
among digi-tal two-way land mobile radio communications
products.
Besides Kindelspire, the advisory panel includes in-dividuals
from Michigan, Tennessee, New York, Wy-oming, Missouri, Colorado,
Massachusetts, the National Institute of Justice and the
Federal Communications Commission.
Kindelspire has been a part of other committees on a volunteer
basis, but was sur-prised he was chosen for this one.
Some of my colleagues told me to apply, he said. A couple months
went by and I thought, This isnt happen-ing. Next thing I know
theres an email asking me to confirm membership.
Kindelspire found out in November he was chosen. The first
formal panel meeting will be in February.
The panel is different than volunteer committees Kindel-spire
has been on, he said. It will meet more regularly and work to find
solutions and standards for cooperative technology.
To successfully respond to day-to-day incidents and large-scale
emergencies, first responders must be able to communicate with each
oth-er regardless of the make or
model of their equipment, DHS Undersecretary for Sci-ence and
Technology Dr. Reg-inald Brothers said in a news release.
Project 25 aims to solve issues first responders face, as
manufacturers often use different technical approach-es that make
their radios unique, and thus, potentially incompatible with other
sys-tems, the release stated. For example, Kindelspire said a
Motorola radio might not work well with another com-panys
product.
S&T has been working to address this challenge by promoting
the acceleration of interoperability standards and establishing
compliance testing, Brothers said in the release.
Kindelspire is glad the panel is composed of first re-sponders
from communities of all different sizes and that they all have the
same oppor-tunity for input. Grundy is considered a smaller county,
population-wise, he said.
Its exciting that it doesnt matter where were from, Kindelspire
said. Were all using our knowledge for the betterment of everybody
we serve.
Kindelspire said hes al-ways been interested in radio and
technology. In 1996, he began consolidating dispatch radio systems
in Grundy County, which created ease of use, especially when mutual
aid is needed. The 911 Center still uses the system, finished in
1998, he said.
911 Center tech director to work on communications
compatibility
To successfully respond to day-to-day incidents and large-scale
emergencies, first responders must be able to communicate with each
other regardless of
the make or model of their equipment.
Reginald BrothersDepartment of Homeland security
undersecretary
for science and technology
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By HEIDI LITCHFIELD [email protected]
MORRIS Area veterans are keeping warm this winter with blankets
representing their branches of service.
Veterans of Foreign Wars St. Juvin Post 1336 members have been
celebrating Christ-mas with Grundy County vet-erans for the past
five years. For the past three, they have given them blankets with
their name or nickname embroi-dered on an American-made blanket
that represents their time serving their country.
About five years ago, we started putting money on the veterans
accounts at area nursing homes or assisted liv-ing places. Some
needed it and some didnt, Cmdr. Charlie Brown said Wednesday. For
the past three years we have given them blankets.
Brown said the tradition started when three members of the St.
Juvin post which is located in Coal City were ill.
The blankets were my wifes idea, Brown said. It went over so
well with the three members of our post that we decided to buy them
for all of our veterans.
In the past three years, Brown said theyve handed out between
260 and 270 blan-kets, counting the 34 they gave as Christmas gifts
this year.
I think this was won-derful, Chuck Orman, who served in the U.S.
Navy during World War II, said after open-ing his gift. This is
something I will remember forever.
Orman looked at his blan-ket through the plastic bag it came in,
waiting to open it with his wife.
To his right, Joe Corsello rubbed his hand over the stitching
that said Corporal, the name he wanted on his U.S. Army-themed
blanket.
Corsello served in the Army during the Korean War and still
carries a black-and-white photograph of a young Kore-
an boy in his wallet a boy he wanted to adopt, but because of
regulations at the time and because of his age, wasnt al-lowed
to.
Its great to be honored, Corsello said. Ive been hon-ored so
many times in my life, I dont know if I deserve it.
Brown thinks otherwise. He thinks every veteran has earned the
honor given to them at events such as Wednesdays Christmas
gift-giving.
Ness, who served in the U.S. Army Infantry, said the blan-ket
was beautiful, tearing up a bit after he opened it.
Benjamin Kelly, a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran, served prior to
1947 when the
VFW St. Juvin Post 1336 gives Christmas gifts to Grundy County
veterans
Photos by Heidi Litchfield [email protected]
ABOVE: Park Pointe residents Joe Corsello (from left), Chuck
Orman and Russ Ness receive blankets for Christmas that honor their
time in ser-vice from the St. Juvin VFW post in Coal City. BELOW:
Russ Ness, who served in the U.S. Army, and Benjamin Kelly, who
served in the U.S. Army Air Corps before the U.S. Air Force was
separated from the Army in 1947, receive a gift from the St. Juvin
VFW post for Christmas.
HEARTWARMING HONORS
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By HEIDI LITCHFIELD [email protected]
MORRIS Nettle Creek Elementary School students in sixth,
seventh, and eighth grades chose a scientist to study and bring to
life at the schools annual wax muse-um.
Students filled the gymna-sium dressed as scientists as other
students and parents walked through, pressing a hand-drawn button
to learn what the student knew about the scientist.
Before Edwin Hubble, not a lot of people accepted Ein-steins
theory of relativity, Makenna Wills said.
She explained how Hub-ble, an American astrono-mer, played an
important part in establishing extra-ga-lactic astronomy.
Before him, most people didnt know more about gal-axies than the
Milky Way, Wills said.
While some students chose well-known scientists such as Marie
Curie, Aristotle and Stephen Hawking, oth-ers thought outside the
box and chose those that even the teacher didnt know a lot
about.Geno Eberhard portrayed
Vera Cooper Rubin, a scien-tist who discovered dark mat-ter and
that the matter makes up 90 percent of space.
Rubin, who is still alive today, is one of many female
scientists who isnt well-known.
One of the reasons I chose (Vera Cooper Rubin) is not a lot of
women are recognized scientists, Eberhard said.
Olivia Dunlap, a sev-enth-grade student, chose to be Alfred
Nobel, because while he is well-known for the Nobel Peace Prize,
many are shocked to learn he also studied nitroglycerin and
in-vented dynamite.
He didnt want to be re-membered for making a
weapon that could be used for mass murder so he created the
peace prize, Dunlap said.
She said she wonders what made him even think about creating
dynamite.
I picked him because he was the inventor of dyna-mite. How did
he think of that? she said. What made him decide something
might
blow up?Jada Gross, a sixth-grade
student, chose Charles Dar-win because she wanted to know more
about his view on natural selection and his the-ory of
evolution.
I thought it would be in-teresting. Im a Catholic and we
disagree with his theory, she said.
She wanted to compare his theory with creationism, which she was
taught at home and in church. She said it was interesting to learn
how dif-ferent his beliefs were.
Science teacher Jessica Vogen said the wax museum is a great way
for students to learn about scientists in an interactive way.
Students bring scientists to life with wax museum
Heidi Litchfield [email protected]
Tucker Tesdal chose to present Ben Franklin on Wednesday for his
part in the Nettle Creek student wax museum.
Heidi Litchfield [email protected]
Jada Gross, a sixth-grade student at Nettle Creek, portrays
Charles Darwin during the schools wax museum Wednesday
afternoon.
One of the reasons I chose (Vera Cooper Rubin) is not a lot
of
women are recognized scientists.
Geno EberhardNettle Creek student
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By MIKE MALLORY [email protected]
MINOOKA Addison Cail-teux, a 7-year-old girl from Minooka, can
say shes done something a lot of young foot-ball players only dream
of.
Not only did she win in the girls 6- to 7-year-old group Dec. 5
in the National Football League Punt, Pass & Kick Chi-cago
Bears regional, she prac-ticed Dec. 6 on Soldier Field with other
winners before the Bears played the San Francis-co 49ers.
Her mother, Susan Cail-teux, said Addison is a calm and centered
athlete who knows the importance of preparation.
But Addison couldnt help being upbeat after the win as she wore
her jersey to school and told her friends.
She said they thought it was cool.
I was on the Jumbotron three times before the game, Addison
said.
After dominating section-als in October in Woodridge, Addison
was selected to com-pete in the Bears regional. Each of the 32 NFL
teams have a regional.
The Cailteuxs werent sure what to expect, but when they arrived
at the Walter Payton Center at Halas Hall in Lake Forest, everyone
was met by security and checked over.
It was a pretty profession-al process, Susan said.
Once on the field, Addi-son was on her own. Parents werent
allowed to have direct contact with their respective competitors
and there was another added twist.
They had them kick off a professional tee, which is a dif-ferent
style than the tees used in previous rounds, Susan said. But she
hit the ball on the mark.
Her point total was 84 feet 10 inches for the Punt, Pass &
Kick combined score.
Competitors were judged based on distance and accura-cy.
The key to Addisons vic-
tory was that her kick landed within the designated lines, Susan
said.
Another competitor kicked the ball farther, but points were
deducted because the ball landed outside of the lines, while
Addison wasnt docked any points.
Addison practiced each day with her father outside in the cold
and wind during the week leading up to regionals. It paid off.
She did what she trained to do, Susan said. She took deep
breaths, took three steps from the tee, then kicked.
Now the family awaits to learn whether Addison is se-lected for
the national compe-tition next month in Nashville. News could come
after Christ-mas, but they said theyre not expecting a selection.
At the same time, the Cailteuxs said they have been surprised by
her performance at each step so far.
Addison said she dreams of kicking for the Wisconsin Bad-gers
one day.
Even if she isnt selected for nationals, shell be preparing to
compete again next year.
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MINOOKA Minooka res-idents are likely to see an increase in the
villages por-tion of property taxes with the unanimous Village
Board approval Tuesday night of an 18.1 percent levy increase.
The increase is neces-sary to carry on the villages work,
Finance Director John Harrington said, and should be considered a
long-term in-vestment in the village.
The biggest cost increases are in the corporate and po-lice
pension categories.
Both are part of the gener-al fund.
The villages police pen-sion fund currently is funded at 62.35
percent.
Trustee Barry Thomp-son said even at that rate, the pension fund
is not un-derfunded and the village is
where it needs to be.We are committed to
keeping it funded appropri-ately, Thompson said.
Other considerations for the levy increase, accord-ing to a
summary read by Village Administrator Dan Duffy, are renovations to
the Village Hall, property acqui-sitions, additional staffing for
the future and replace-ment of squad cars, public works street
vehicles and equipment.
Despite the increase over last years amount, the levy is in line
with the 2009 levy, Harrington said.
The levy had been kept at a flatter rate when equalized assessed
value dropped sig-nificantly, even though the village received less
funding at the time.
The village has brought in a lot of new industrial businesses
over the past five
years, which helps to lessen the impact on residential property
taxes, Harrington said.
A home valued at $200,000 would have had $480 in prop-erty taxes
from the villages portion in 2015.
If all other factors remain the same, that same home would
increase to $550 next year, Harrington said.
A public hearing was held before the vote. There were no
comments brought to the board.
Residents can view levy
information on the village website, www.minooka.com.
Fine payment failure could cost driving privileges
Those who fail to pay fines on parking violations in Minooka
will soon run the risk of losing their driving privileges.
A new ordinance gives the village authority to seek as-sistance
from the Secretary of States Office for regis-tered vehicle owners
with 10 or more violations or who are more than 14 days in de-fault
of a payment plan with the village.
Until now, the village could only work with the State Treasurers
Office to recoup fines by taking them out of violators income tax
refunds.
But not everyone files a return or receives a refund, Minooka
Chief of Police Jus-
tin Meyer said.This allows municipal-
ities to seek suspension of drivers licenses, Meyer said. Its
another penalty option for us.
Cross Country team applaudedMinooka Mayor Pat Bren-
nan and village trustees honored and applauded the Minooka
Community High School girls cross country team and their coaches
for their Class 3A state cham-pionship win. This is a first for the
cross country team, Brennan said. The previous best was sixth place
in 2013.
As I understand, you are truly a team and thats what it takes to
win, Brennan said.
Each member received a certificate of recognition and an orange
head warmer em-broidered with Minooka as a gift.
Minooka levy to increase by 18 percent
Rural Morris man shot in leg; investigation yields no
charges
By HEIDI LITCHFIELD [email protected]
MORRIS No charges will be brought in a Nov. 29 shoot-ing in
rural Morris.
Grundy County sheriffs deputies were dispatched to a residence
in the 11500 block of North Middle Road to inves-tigate the
shooting involving two residents, according to a news release from
Grundy County States Attorney Jason Helland.
An investigation showed the two residents had an al-tercation
that resulted in one being shot in the right leg with a shotgun,
the release stated.
The shooter in the incident called 911 to report the shoot-ing
and requested medical help for the other resident.
A grand jury, after hear-ing evidence on the case, de-clined
Wednesday to return a Bill of Indictment, confirming that the
shooting was done in self-defense and there would be no
charges.
Havent gotten around to it?Find someone to do it for you in the
Business & Service directory in the classified section.
We are committed to keeping it funded
appropriately.
Barry ThompsonMinooka Village Board trustee
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extendsfrom the heel to the toes. Repetitive activities can put a
lot of stress on the foot ligaments.
The key to eliminating the pain is early treatment. Our
physicians can help yound relief with therapies such us:
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footwear modications, physical therapy and activity
modications.Although most patients respond well to non-surgical
treatments, a small percentagemay require surgery. Our Board
Certied physicians are also surgeons and can discussall available
options. Contact Dr. Bishop* or Dr. Rappette* at the location
nearest you.
Q:WhydoesmyHEELHURT?
OptometristQ: Ive been told the color of my eyes arechanging,
they are actually looking bluer thanthey used to. Is that
possible?
A: Eye color can change as we age,but sometimes what is
perceived as achange is really just the way light reects the color
from outside the eye.Still,according toDr.Weil, a syndicatedmedical
columnist,age-related changes in eye color do occuramong 10% to
15%ofCaucasians. In these cases, eyes become lighter as a result of
a progressivedecrease in the number of pigment granules in a
particular layer of the iris called the stoma. Inchildren,eye color
changes about 43%of the time between the ages of threemonths and
sixyears as the iris is exposed to light to which the pigment
granules react. In rare cases, eye colorchanges also as a
complication of several eye diseases.
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N. Division St., Suite 314, Morris, IL 60450.
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Morris Hospital honors employees
SUBMITTED REPORT
MORRIS Morris Hospital & Healthcare Centers recently
hon-ored 137 employees celebrating milestones during a dinner held
at the Morris Country Club.
This years top honorees were Cathy Lowery, a sterile process-ing
technician in the surgery department, and Anita Schultz, a licensed
practical nurse from 2 East, both with 40 years of ser-vice. Kim
Landers, vice pres-ident of Patient Care at Morris Hospital &
Healthcare Centers, welcomed the guests and intro-duced board
members Kelly Beaty, Rod Engstrom and Dr. John Roth. Beaty thanked
the honorees for their service. Pres-ident and CEO Mark Steadham
congratulated the honorees.
5 Years of Service Lisa Baker, Healthcare Cen-
ters Emily Bentz, Intensive Care Rebecca Capshaw, Pharma-
cy Dr. Nuzhat Chalisa, Channa-
hon Healthcare Center Therese Claypool, 2 South Kelly Croegaert,
Cath Lab Patrick Dalton, Braidwood
Healthcare Center Sherri Davis, Minooka
Healthcare Center Jackie Diaz, General Ac-
counting Donna Dyslin, Nutrition Ser-
vices Deborah Eich, Healthcare
Centers Devon Fessler, 2 East/Pedi-
atrics Jennifer Flick, Pulmonary
Services Mary Giaudrone, Nutrition
Services Dena Gigler, Patient Access Cynthia Gray, Ridge
Road
Patient Access Nicole Jackson, Information
Technology Jeannette Korosa, Patient
Access Dena Lamb, Intensive Care Dr. Janet Leon, Channahon
Healthcare Center Jennifer Lohse, 2 East/Pedi-
atrics Shelli Mahnke, Laboratory Jerilyn Moore, Cath Lab Dr.
Lawton Moy, Minooka
Healthcare Center Kelli Murphy, 2 East/Pedi-
atrics
Cathy Overton, 2 South Kathryn Pressler, Health In-
formation Management Jill Reeve, Healthcare Cen-
ters Andi Rivers, Emergency
Services Cristin Robertson, Recovery Kelly Runchey, 2
East/Pedi-
atrics Shelley Simon, Healthcare
Centers Mark Steadham, Adminis-
tration Staci Sudaj, Health Informa-
tion Management Diane Terry, Nutrition Ser-
vices Dr. Jennifer Thomas, Braid-
wood & Gardner Healthcare Cen-ters
Raymond Welsh-Dalton, In-formation Technology
Holly Witczak, Intensive Care
10 Years of Service Bryan Bodine, Information
Technology Julie Brandt, Information
Technology Lisa Campbell, Intensive
Care Connie Castelluccio, Cardiac
Diagnostics Stacia Clauson, Case Man-
agement Cheryl Daugherty, 2 South Sarah Esparza, Emergency
Services Mary Fannin, Immediate
Care Andrea Green, 2 South Laura Grever, Patient Ac-
cess Amberlyne Hayes, Radiolo-
gy Tara Klaus, Family Birthing
Suites Kendra Knudtson, Surgery Tiffany Larsen, Family
Birthing Suites Patricia Leleniewski, Labo-
ratory Betty Lenik, Environmental
Services Samantha Ley, 2 East/Pedi-
atrics Susan Lindemulder, 2 South Janet Long, Public
Relations
& Marketing Susan Monson, Education Joseph Murphy,
Enviro-
mental Services Theresa Mussatto, Ambula-
tory Care
See MILESTONES, page 11
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Realtor
Shawn HornsbyCentury 21
Coleman-Hornsby
1802 N. Division, Morris 815-942-9190Direct 815-474-6670
www.Century21.comColeman-Hornsby
I probably hear this question at least once a day while I am out
and about:at lunch,pumping gas, at a community function, or
wherever. The answer isthat the local housingmarket is
substantially better than a few years ago. Inthe past 12 months
there were 207 homes sold in Morris compared to only145 sold in
2011. That is a 43% increase in number of Morris homes! Overthe
same time period the number of Grundy County homes sold went
from360 to 516, representing a 43% increase in the number of Grundy
Countyhomes sold in the last 12 months vs. 2011. It is also
important to note thatthe median home price in Morris has increased
6% in just the past yearand has risen 2.4% in Grundy County. The
housing market is healthy again,which is great news for home
owners.
I hear the housing market is gettingbetter. Is it good now?
A:
Q:
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Q: What is a Dental Implant and Why DoI Need One?
A: A dental implant is an articial tooth root that fuses withthe
jaw bone. It is by far the best way to replace a missing tooth.In
fact, with over 50 years of research, dental implants have a
suc-cess rate as high as 96%,making it the most predictable
procedurein dentistry. With proper care and maintenance, a dental
implantcan last your entire life. No other procedure in dentistry
canpredictably last as long as an implant.Whenever you lose a
tooth,your bone begins to collapse. Over time, that bone resorbs
somuch that your facial structure starts to collapse and you end
uplooking older. And when you lose a tooth, the chances of
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teeth.You willbe able to eat whatever foods you want as opposed to
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Hospital workers honored
Paula Norris, Materials Management
Whitney Olson, Patient Ac-cess
Amy Olson, 2 East/Pediat-rics
Colleen Perkins, Family Birthing Suites
Lisa Petro, Ambulatory Sur-gery
Michelle Pfaff, Administra-tion
Lori Price, Pulmonary Ser-vices
Stacy Rivara, Emergency Services
Amy Snyder, Surgery David Tallman, Materials
Management Sherrie Taylor, Business
Office Jerri Wills, Recovery
15 Years of Service Melissa Andreatta, Human
Resources Ana Banuelos, Emergency
Services Katherine Bonomo, Family
Birthing Suites Sarah Brooks, Mammogra-
phy Vicki Burry, Business Of-
fice April Daw, Radiology Melanie DeBord, Surgery Xochitl
Gonzalez, Laborato-
ry Gloria Hansen, Health Infor-
mation Management Cheryl Huff, Laboratory William Jansen,
Radiology Barb Jett, 2 South Chanda Kinney, Radiology Diane
Kjellesvik, Patient
Access DRC Virginia Landers, Pulmo-
nary Rehabilitation Doug Larson, Intensive Care Tina Leasure,
Health Infor-
mation Management Jennifer Leone, Nutrition
Services Rachel Milton, Radiation
Therapy Center Jill Moore, Cath Lab Cynthia Muraro, Morris
Healthcare Center Kristin Payne, Pulmonary
Services Paula Schlabowske, Family
Birthing Suites Patience Varland, Endosco-
py Jammie Vickers, Education
20 Years of Service Nicole Chaplin, Health In-
formation Management
Carol Donahue, Patient Transportation/Lifeline
Dr. Lloyd Flatt, Marseilles & Newark Healthcare Centers
Lisa Huettemann, Emergen-cy Services
Dawn Johnson, Radiology Benita Robinson, Health In-
formaiton Management Faye Roche, Radiology Joyce Romero,
Accounting Mary Stith, Cancer Registry Shari Widman, Patient
Ac-
cess
25 Years of Service Julia Banko, Pulmonary
Services Judith Chapman, Health In-
formation Management Mathew Cook, Nuclear Med-
icine Janice Hanson, Purchasing Jo Ann Harseim, 2 South
Elizabeth Limbach, Labora-
tory Deborah Olsen, Intensive
Care Michele Residori, Imaging Leslie Roberts, Case Man-
agement Kurt Salems, Security Karla Stark, Transportation Jane
Tesdall, Wellness
30 Years of Service Rhonda Drumm, Materials
Management Alexandria Flood, Emergen-
cy Services Virginia Heubach Kelly, De-
velopment Carol Meade, 2 East/Pediat-
rics Linda Petrick, Risk Manage-
ment Mary Phillips, 2 South Peggy Pool, Ambulatory
Surgery Susan Szumski, Education Kathleen Ulivi, Dwight
&
Gardner Healthcare Centers Kimberly Wolfer, Laborato-
ry
35 Years of Service Lorraine Babcock, 2 East/
Pediatrics Tammy Bunting, Staffing Judith Hauge, 2
East/Pedi-
atrics Gayle Hausken, Business
Office Sandra Pierce, Business Of-
fice Patricia Williamson, Emer-
gency Services
40 Years Cathleen Lowery, Central
Processing Anita Schultz, 2 East/Pedi-
atrics
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VETERANSContinued from page 3
Air Corps was named the Air Force. His blanket showed the
insignia of the U.S. Air Force.
I certainly appreciate it, Kelly said. Im glad to get it.
The four men, who are living at Park Pointe Senior Living, where
Wednesdays
gift-giving was held, are just a small representation of the
veterans who live in the area, Brown said.
We hand blankets out all year, and at Christmas give the gifts
to veterans in nurs-ing homes and assisted-living facilities in
Morris, Wilming-ton and Dwight, Brown said. This has become our
tradi-tion to do it as a Christmas
gift.He said for some of the vet-
erans who dont have family, its the only gift they get.
We get as much out of this as they do, Brown said.
The post raises mon-ey during its annual poppy program around
Veterans Day and during raffles held throughout the year to pay for
the blankets.
Veterans gifted 32 handmade blankets this year
Benjamin Kelly receives a blanket represent-ing the Air Force
for Christmas from the St. Juvin VFW post in Coal City.
Heidi Litchfield - [email protected]
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By TOM VERDIN The Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Doug Willis, who followed Ronald Reagan from
the gov-ernors office to the presiden-tial campaign trail and
cov-ered Jerry Browns first stint as governor during a
three-de-cade career writing about Cal-ifornia politics for The
Associ-ated Press, has died.
He was 77.He died Tuesday night
at a hospital in Sacramento from complications after hip
surgery, said his wife, Judy. He had been diagnosed with Alzheimers
about three years ago and had been living in a memory-care home
since summer, she said.
Judy Willis said it was especially sad that her hus-band
suffered from dementia because he had such a quick wit, nimble mind
and fail-safe memory throughout his jour-nalism career and their
22-year marriage.
Somebody once called him a walking encyclope-dia, she said. Its
absolutely heartbreaking.
Indeed, Willis was some-thing of an anomaly in a profession
notorious for its aversion to math: He had won a full-ride
engineering schol-arship to Stanford University before getting
bored with that major and switching to jour-nalism.
Colleagues recalled him as a congenial but fierce compet-itor
who never forgot a fact or let sources off the hook.
He didnt give up. He would get his question an-swered, said
Rebecca LaVal-ly, a Sacramento State Univer-
sity communications lecturer who was a reporter and man-ager in
the state capital for the competing wire service, Unit-ed Press
International, during the 1970s and 1980s.
She described Willis as de-termined, cordial, tenacious and a
bit rumpled. He didnt try to be showy or flashy, she said.
Willis started with the AP in San Francisco in 1969 after
beginning his career as a po-lice and general assignment reporter
for the old San Jose News and a brief stint as an editor for a
newspaper in
Bend, Oregon.A year later, he was of-
fered a temporary job helping the APs Sacramento bureau cover
the state Legislature. He did so well he was invited back the
following year, when his assignment in the capital became
permanent.
He became correspondent, the bureaus top position, in 1974.
In a memoir written a de-cade after he retired, Willis re-called
his first big scoop as a young reporter covering state government,
one that relied on his analytical skills: Piec-
ing together various threads of information, he was able to say
how much state taxpayers were shelling out for each trip then-Gov.
Ronald Reagan took in a leased private plane. Wil-lis said his
reporting on the cost every time Reagan flew to an event annoyed
both Rea-gan and my press corps rivals for the next three
years.
Willis covered Reagans last term as California gover-nor and his
two runs for the Republican nomination for president, in 1975-76
and 1979-80.
He also was the APs lead reporter covering another famous
California governor with presidential aspirations.
In his memoir, Willis de-scribed the abrupt transition from
Reagan to Brown, who was 36 years old when he stepped into the
governors of-fice the first time in 1975.
The buttoned-down for-mality of the Reagan years transitioned to
an administra-tion populated with Buddhist monks and former
astronauts, Willis wrote. Reporters cov-ering Brown in his current
stint as governor would rec-ognize some of Willis success-ful
techniques in getting the famously hard-to-nail-down governor to
talk.
Forget the press office, Willis wrote in his memoir. Just catch
up with Brown anyplace where there werent a lot of people around to
dis-tract him, and just start ask-ing questions. Once he was
talking, if he started to lose interest and cut off an inter-view,
I would just repeat one of his points back to him, but in a
slightly inaccurate way. It always worked.
The ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK Lillian Ver-non, creator of a multimil-lion dollar
catalog business that sold specialized gifts and home goods, has
died in New York.
She was 88.Fred Hochberg, president
and chairman of the Ex-port-Import Bank, says his mother died
Monday.
He described her as a force of nature who was fiercely creative
and compet-itive.
Vernon came to the Unit-ed States from Germany as a Jewish
immigrant fleeing the Nazis.
She began her mail order business in 1951, selling inex-pensive
gifts and household organizers.
Her company went public in 1965 and by 1970 she had her first
million-dollar sales year.
In 1987, Lillian Vernon was the first woman-owned company to be
listed on the American Stock Exchange.
Vernon sold her business in 2003 for $60.5 million.
CHARLEEN SPICER
Charleen Mann Spicer, age 76, of Marseilles, passed away on
Wednesday Dec. 16, 2015.
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Doug Willis, AP political writer, dies
Catalog creator Lillian Vernon dies in New York at age 88
AP file photo
Associated Press correspondent Doug Willis (left) talks with
then-Gov. Ronald Reagan in 1974 at the Capitol in Sacramento,
California.
Czech artist, sculptor Ales Vesely dies at age 80The ASSOCIATED
PRESS
PRAGUE Ales Vesely, a Czech artist known for his monumental
sculptures, has died aged 80.
Tomas Kraus, secretary of the Federation of Jewish Com-
munities, said Wednesday that Vesely was found dead in his
Prague apartment Monday. No cause was given.
Veselys huge artworks, made of welded metal some-times in
combination with stone and wood, have been dis-
played worldwide. They are in collections of major museums,
including New Yorks Guggen-heim and Paris Georges Pom-pidou Center.
Some are in pub-lic spaces in South Korea, the Netherlands, Germany
and elsewhere. Among his recent
installations, Vesely in March unveiled a train track point-ing
to the sky called the Gate of Infinity at a former railway station
in Prague from which Czech Jews were sent in trans-ports to Nazi
death camps during World War II.
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S E N E C A C h e y e n n e McPeak, a sixth-grade stu-dent at
Seneca Grade School South Campus, has taken the first step to
becoming an internationally recognized artist by winning a local
competition sponsored by the Seneca Lions Club.
The club announced Oct. 30 that McPeaks poster was among more
than 400,000 en-tries submitted worldwide in the 28th annual Lions
International Peace Poster Contest.
Lions Clubs Internation-al is sponsoring the con-test to
emphasize the im-portance of world peace to young people
everywhere.
The poster was selected by the Seneca Lions Club Members for its
originality, artistic merit and portrayal of the contest theme,
Share Peace.
The judging was held Oct. 29 at Fergys Restaurant.
Lions Club President
John Duffy said he was impressed by the expres-sion and
creativity of the students at Seneca Grade School.
One grand-prize winner and 23 merit award winners will be
selected.
The grand prize includes a cash award of $5,000, plus a trip for
the winner and two family members to an award ceremony.
The 23 merit award win-ners will each receive a cer-tificate and
a cash award of $500.
Locally, McPeak and two other students were hon-ored Nov. 2 for
their partic-ipation by the Seneca Lions Club.
Residents can view in-t e rnat i onal grand - p ri ze and merit
award winners at www.lionsclub.org.
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Photo provided
The Morris Community High School FCCLA members helped raise
funds for We Care of Grundy County with Cookies For A Cause.
Pictured are (from left) Mrs. Zan Higgins, Mrs. Tammy Fritchtnitch,
Isabela Garcia, We Care representative Eric Fisher, Jessica Webber,
Cassidy Murphy, Vanessa Buenrostro. Front Row: Guadalupe Maravilla
and Kimberly Gonzalez.
SUBMITTED REPORT
MORRIS The Morris Com-munity High School FCCLA members helped
raise funds for We Care of Grundy County with Cookies For A
Cause.
Students, teachers and staff at MCHS were given the oppor-tunity
to buy a cookie to send to a friend at the school, along with a
handwritten message. Cookie sales took place Nov. 9
through 13.On the afternoon of Nov. 15,
students gathered at the MCHS foods room to frost and deco-rate
freshly baked cookies. The cookies were delivered Nov. 16. FCCLA
sold more than 300 cookies and donated the to-tal profit of $351 to
We Care of Grundy County. FCCLA Exec-utive Board members delivered
the check to Eric Fisher, a rep-resentative from We Care.
Photo provided
From left to right: Diane Till, Seneca Club secretary;
third-place win-ner Hailey Kennedy; second-place winner Evalynn
Berg; first-place winner Cheyenne McPeak; and John Raibley, Seneca
Club treasurer.
Photo provided
Jacqueline Jollay of Lisbon was presented with the Judges Choice
Award for her solo acting performance in the Nov. 14 Speech
Contest.
Lisbon student presented with award for November 14 speech
contest
Morris HS FCCLA Donates to We Care of Grundy County
Seneca Lions Club selects student work as best peace poster
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SHOWING IMPROVEMENTSeneca boys basketball plays well despite
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Rob Oesterle [email protected]
Senecas Sean Baker (left) goes up for a shot in the Fighting
Irishs 63-54 loss to Dwight on Tuesday night in Seneca.
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By ROB OESTERLE [email protected]
SENECA Last season, Dwights boys basketball team handed Seneca
one of its worst losses, beating the Irish by nearly 40 points.
Seneca didnt let that hap-pen again this year.
Although the Fighting Irish (2-6) dropped a 63-54 nonconfer-ence
decision to their former Interstate Eight Conference rivals, coach
Russell Witte felt his team took a major step for-ward.
Were getting better, Witte said. We are still pretty
inexperienced as a team, but the kids are pulling together well.
This is only our second time trying out a new defense and we did a
pretty good job with it tonight.
Indeed, Seneca coupled strong defense with solid out-side
shooting in the first half to frustrate the Trojans and take a
30-24 lead into halftime. The Irish made six 3-pointers in the
first half alone, as Ross McCor-mick and Sean Baker each had two
and Kole Gallick and Nick Bartkus each made one.
Meanwhile, the defense was collapsing on Dwight big man Drew
Travers, limiting the 6-foot-5, 255-pound center to no field-goal
attempts in the sec-ond quarter as the Irish took a 15-15 tie at
the end of the first quarter and turned it into the halftime
advantage.
I thought we did a real nice job on Travers in the first half,
Witte said. Then they made an adjustment in the sec-ond half and
put some better shooters in the corners where we had to honor them
a little more, and that opened up pass-ing lanes inside to
Travers.
In the second half, Travers, who made all 10 of his field goal
attempts for the game, went 7-of-7 from the floor and had 15 of his
game-high 24 points. Teammate Blake Graham also heated up in the
second half, scoring 13 of his 20 points as the bigger Trojans took
con-trol.
Their guards have some good length, Witte said. Its hard when
you are facing guards that are 6-2 and 6-3 with long arms and our
guys are 5-9
and 5-10. But I have to hand it to our guards. In the first
half, we were able to force them to get out of their pressure
de-fense, which is what they like to do. We were able to break the
pressure and get some good looks at the basket and they had to come
out of it.
This was a big step for us. The next step is getting to be able
to close out a game like this when we have the lead. But this is a
team that beat by almost 40 points this year and for a lot of the
game tonight, it was a one-possession game. They didnt really
stretch the lead out much until pretty late.
It was only the second game of the year for McCormick,
who suffered a stress fracture during cross country season.He
scored eight points in the first quarter and finished with 11,
tying Sean Baker for team scoring honors. Kole Gallick and Brody
Harty each reached
double digits with 10 points for Seneca, as well.
We are still watching Ross court time, Witte said. You really
have to monitor that with a stress fracture. He was scheduled for
about two and a
half quarters. He might have gone a little more than that, but
not much. He wants to be out there so badly, and the team really
looks to him as a leader.
But, the plus side is that we are learning how to play with-out
him, so when he does come back full time, we will be that much
better for it.
Gallick took over the scor-ing in the second quarter for Seneca,
hitting for seven points, while Baker and Bart-kus each had a
3-pointer and Harty hit a pair of free throws that helped Seneca
build the halftime lead.
Dwight then outscored Sen-eca, 21-10, in the third quarter as
Travers scored 11 points. A three-pointer by Graham in the fourth
quarter gave the Trojans a 50-45 lead and, after a putback by
Harty, Connor Gantzert answered with an-other 3-pointer to put
Dwight ahead 53-47. After a putback by Devin Bryant made it 55-49
with 2:43 left, Seneca got no closer than seven points.
BOYS BASKETBALL: DWIGHT 63, SENECA 54
Seneca puts up strong fight in loss to Dwight
Photos by Rob Oesterle [email protected]
ABOVE: Senecas Kole Gallick fires up a 3-pointer in a 63-54 loss
to Dwight on Tuesday in Seneca. Gallick finished with 10 points.
BELOW: Sene-cas Brody Harty (left) passes to teammate Nick Bartkus.
Harty had 10 points and five rebounds.
More online
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By DICK GOSS [email protected]
MINOOKA The pieces are coming together for the Minoo-ka boys
basketball team.
The rest of the Southwest Prairie Conference certainly is taking
notice.
The score last weekend was the same both nights the Indi-ans
(6-2) beat both SPC foe Plain-field East and nonconference rival
Joliet Catholic, 52-48.
As Minooka coach Scott Tanaka noted after the win over JCA, the
Indians did a great job closing the game against two quality
opponents, thus stretch-ing their winning streak to four.
Some things never change. Senior forward Joe Butler came up
huge, scoring 12 of his 15 points in the fourth quarter, including
eight straight free
throws.I dont know why it happens,
but I always seem to play better later in the game, Butler said.
I have to learn to pull it togeth-er for four quarters. Our team,
though, did a great job keeping it together the entire game.
Ask Tanaka, however, and he would tell you Butler is being a
little too hard on himself.
Joe has scored over 1,000 points in his career, Tanaka said. He
is just a special athlete in this area. I cant say enough about
him.
Now about some of those other pieces. How about junior guard Jon
Butler? He had four of his 11 points in the fourth, in-cluding the
driving layup that put Minooka ahead for good with just over a
minute left. He also had three key rebounds in the fourth quarter
and appears
to be getting comfortable in his role. Blake Parzych? The
se-nior center who is committed to Southern Illinois for football
takes care of the dirty work around the basket. And if you run into
one of the picks he sets, you feel it.
Everybody knows Blake is the unsung hero of our team, Tanaka
said.
The Indians were having some difficulty scoring against the JCA
defense through the first quarter. But when senior Nick Clemmons
banked in a 24-foot shot to beat the first-quarter buzzer, that
provided a spark.
Then in the second quarter, senior Larry Roberts, who fin-ished
with 12 points, hit back-to-back 3s and scored on a driving layup
before Clemmons hit an-other three. The Indians con-verted 7 of 11
shots, including all
three 3-pointers, and scored 18 points in that quarter to lead
29-23 at halftime.
That was some great senior leadership on the part of Clem-mons
and Roberts, Tanaka said. Joe [Butler] was sitting with some foul
trouble and we got the lead than quarter, any-way.
More elements to the Indians success came in the form of
de-fense. JCA finished the game hit-ting 18 of 48 shots, 37.5
percent. But what was more noteworthy is that Hilltoppers senior
guard Jalen Jackson, who like Butler is among the top players in
the area, settled for 14 points on 5-of-16 shooting.
Who was guarding him? The twins, sophomore guards Kee-gan and
Kyle Graebner, both had stints on Jackson, and re-serve junior
guard Antonio Mi-
lazzo also helped out.Jackson is very talented and
our two sophomore guards and Antonio Milazzo made sure he worked
on every possession, for every shot he got, Tanaka said.
When Minooka hit a scoring drought in the third quarter, Tanaka
said he felt the Indians got good looks but failed to con-vert.
Still, Minooka hung in and won it down the stretch because the
Indians play defense and make the opponent work extra hard on
defense because of their patient offensive possessions.
As for the Indians, after fall-ing to Joliet Central in the
cham-pionship game of the WJOL Thanksgiving Classic, they seem to
have flipped the page. It will be interesting to see how they fare
in their Christmas tournament at York.
Minooka boys continuing to improve this winterBOYS
BASKETBALL
AREA ROUNDUPG-SW boys basketball cruises to easy victory over
Wilmington
STAFF REPORTS
GARDNER A good start and a solid all-around game helped the
Gardner-South Wilming-ton boys basketball team score a 52-36
nonconference win over Wilmington on Tuesday night.
The Panthers (5-2) jumped out to a 16-8 lead at the end of the
first quarter and increased that to 26-12 by halftime before
cruis-ing to the win over the Wildcats.
Scott Horrie led G-SW with 20 points, while Alex Bunna scored 13
points and Walker Eutsey added eight.
I thought our defensive in-tensity in the first half was as good
as its been all season. We guarded hard and pushed them out of
their comfort zone, Gard-ner-South Wilmington coach Chris Gibson
said.
Families of Faith Christian Acad-emy 62, Romeoville Christian
36: Jaylin Barnes had 18 points and seven rebounds to lead Families
of Faith (8-5) to the win Tuesday, while Amari Morgan scored 17
points and Cameron Latour had a team-leading 11 rebounds to go with
eight points.
BOYS SWIMMINGFenton 90, Morris 79: Morris
got a win Tuesday in the 200-me-
ter freestyle relay from the team of Jeremy Gregorec, Ma-son
Dant, Chris Collet and Sean Smith, who finished in 1:49.60.
Smith won the 100 butterfly (1:01.67) and took second in the 50
freestyle (:24.85). Collet won the 200 individual medley (2:32.91)
and the 500 freestyle (6:09.07).
Morris also got a win from Ethan Frobish in the 200 free-style
(2:29.08), while Soren Knud-sen took second in the 200 IM (2:39.27)
and the 100 free (1:02.14) and Brett Simmons took second in the 100
breaststroke (1:18.44).
GIRLS BASKETBALLSerena 30, Coal City 29: Mack-
enna Emerson had a team-high 14 points for Coal City (4-7),
while Mackenzie Bugg scored six and Taylor Meents added five.
WRESTLINGSeneca 45, Lisle 28; Coal City
70, Seneca 12: Against Lisle, Sen-eca got victories from Jackson
Beene (10-8 decision), Jace Ca-sey (forfeit), Kyle Sigmon (pin),
Austin Richardson (pin), Mason Dooley (pin), Anthony Sams
(for-feit), Hunter McAlpine (pin), and Collin Wakerlin (pin).
Against Coal City, Seneca got victories from Casey (forfeit) and
Rich-ardson (pinfall).
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Fangio wants to keep developing McClellin
BEARS
By ARTHUR ARKUSH [email protected]
LAKE FOREST Even af-ter what he described as an off-kilter game
for Shea McClellin in Sundays loss to Washington, Vic Fangio
sounded steadfast on his belief the former first-round defen-sive
end can be part of Chica-gos long-term answer at his third NFL
position, one cur-rently littered with questions for the Bears.
Fangios confidence in Mc-Clellin is nothing new. But Wednesday
was the first time he was asked directly wheth-er he envisions the
project of developing McClellin, wholl be an unrestricted free
agent at seasons end, continuing in Chicago beyond the next three
games.
Yes, Fangio said ada-mantly. He can learn [to make more plays at
the point of attack]. Again, its all key-ing and diagnosing and
reac-tion and instincts and repeti-tions; the more he plays, the
more I think hell do better at that.
Fangio stopped short of en-dorsing fellow starter, incon-sistent
Christian Jones. The Bears decision to promote undrafted rookie
linebacker John Timu from the practice squad, giving him first-team
reps alongside McClellin, sug-gests hell get a chance ahead of
Jones and Jonathan Ander-son.
[Timu] does have good in-stincts. He is a powerful guy, and hes
a young player, John Fox said of the 6-foot,
247-pound Washington prod-uct who earned a spot on the 53-man
roster this summer and was active the first four games before being
waived and spending the past 10 weeks on the practice squad.
I think hes earned the opportunity in what hes done on the
practice squad and in practice.
Timus promotion is both the latest example of a 5-8 Bears club
beginning to evalu-ate for the future and of anoth-er inexperienced
off-the-ball linebacker getting a chance to strengthen the middle
of the defense, where Washington tight end Jordan Reed was the
latest to expose Chicago.
Dont look back, Timu said when asked what direc-tive the staff
gave him with his promotion. Coach al-ways talks about every day is
an evaluation. Some of that I cant control. What I can con-trol is
how I go out there pre-pared and how I execute.
Fangio and special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers both echoed
Foxs assessment that Timus preparation has been one of his greatest
strengths.
He asks questions in meet-ings, answers questions in meetings,
Rodgers said. His intelligence is probably his best attribute. And
he kind of knows how to find the ball. Hes an active player around
the football.
Timu made several plays on the ball in the preseason, beginning
with a instinctive, diving interception in the opener versus Miami
and a sack in the preseason finale.
THURSDAYS EVENTSWRESTLING5:30 p.m. Morris at KanelandGIRLS
BASKETBALL5:30 p.m. Illinois Lutheran at
Gardner-South WilmingtonGIRLS BOWLING4 p.m. Ottawa at Morris
FRIDAYS EVENTSBOYS BASKETBALL6:30 p.m. Minooka at Romeoville6:45
p.m. Coal City at Sandwich7 p.m. Morris at DeKalb7 p.m.
Gardner-South Wilming-
ton at DonovanWRESTLING4:30 p.m. Minooka at Hinsdale
Central Tournament
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CROSSWORD SUDOKU BRIDGE by Phillip Alder
CELEBRITY CIPHER
The following four books published by Master Point Press are
labeled In-termediate/Advanced. Each contains a lot of information
on a specialized subject.
Sixpack by Allan DeSerpa is about Six Ace Roman Key Card
Blackwood, which occurs when a partnership has bid and supported
two suits. The six key cards are the four aces and both agreed-suit
kings. There is also discus-sion of several bidding situations.
Mastering Hand Evaluation by Lawrence Diamond is
self-explanatory. It gives comprehensive coverage of the most
well-known methods.
Better Signalling Now by Mark Horton is the third edition of a
book first published in 1994. It covers all of the basic aspects of
defense and several more advanced methods.
Conventions Today by Brian Se-nior gives the basics of many
bidding styles (for example, better minor) and conventions, often
with the author explaining his preferences.
This is one of the easier deals from Hortons book. After that
competitive auction, South is in three no-trump. West leads the
diamond king. How should East plan the defense?
South made a negative double to show four hearts. Then, looking
fondly on her club queen, she bid three no-trump, hoping to have
nine runners on a spade lead.
For West to lead a diamond, not a spade (West surely couldnt be
void in spades), she has to have good diamonds.
East could encourage with the eight, but it is much better to
overtake the king with the ace and return the jack. Here, the
defenders take the first six tricks.
Lots of informationto read through
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audiences only (N): New show. Movies s News n Sports6:00 6:30 7:00
7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30
CBS 2 sNews (N) ET (N) Big Bang (N) Life in (N) Mom (N) (CC)
Broke Girl (N) Elementary (N) (14-L,V) (CC) sNews (N) Late
Show-Colbert (N) James CordenNBC 5 sNews (N) Hollywood (N) How
Murray Saved Christmas Blake Sheltons-Christmas Running Wild-Bear
Grylls (N) sNews (N) Tonight Show-J. Fallon (N) Meyers (N)ABC 7
sNews (N) Wheel (N) Prep- Landing Prep-Landing Mod Fam Barbara
Walters - Most Fascinating (N) sNews (N) Jimmy Kimmel Live (14-D,L)
Nightline (N)WGN 9 Two/Half Men Two/Half Men iHeartRadio Jingle
Ball (N) (CC) Whose Line sWGN News at Nine (N) (CC) sWGN News at
Friends (14) Friends (14-S) RaymondANT 9.2 Good Times Good Times
Jeffersons Jeffersons All in Family All in Family Family Ties
Family Ties Day at a Time Day at a Time Barney Miller Barney
MillerPBS 11 sPBS NewsHour (N) (CC) sChicago Tonight (N) Piano Guys
at Red Rocks (N) The Foods of Chicago: A Delicious History sWorld
News Business (N)PBS 20 Charlie Rose (CC) In the Loop Antique Show
Masterpiece Classic The Crawleys enjoy Christmas. (PG) sDW News
Tavis Smiley Charlie Rose (N) (CC)CIU 26 Mike & Molly Mike
& Molly s7 Eyewitness News (N) Engagement Family Guy 2 Broke
Girls 2 Broke Girls Seinfeld (PG) Seinfeld (CC) King KingU2 26.2
Jerry Springer (14) (CC) Law & Order: Criminal Intent Law &
Order: Criminal Intent Hot, Cleveland Hot, Cleveland American Dad
King of Hill There Yet? There Yet?ME 26.3 M*A*S*H (PG) M*A*S*H (PG)
Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Touched by an Angel (G) (CC) Hogan
Heroes Hogan Heroes Carol Burnett Perry Mason (PG) (CC)
McMillan/WifeME2 26.4 Hunter (PG) (CC) Hunter (PG) (CC) Hill Street
Blues (14) (CC) Hill Street Blues (14) (CC) NYPD Blue (14-L) (CC)
NYPD Blue (14-L,S) (CC)BNC 26.5 The Hughleys The Hughleys Bernie
Mac Bernie Mac Lethal Weapon 2 (89) Mel Gibson, Danny Glover. Blade
II (02) Wesley Snipes.FOX 32 Big Bang Mod Fam American Country (N)
Worlds Funniest (N) (PG-V) sNews (N) Mod Fam TMZ (PG) (CC) Dish
Nation TMZ Live (PG)ION 38 Blue Bloods (14-D,L,V) (CC) Blue Bloods
(14-L,V) (CC) Blue Bloods (14-L,V) (CC) Blue Bloods (14-L,V) (CC)
Blue Bloods (14-L,V) (CC) Blue Bloods (14-D,L,V) (CC)TEL 44 Caso
Cerrado: Edicion (N) Celia (N) (SS) Bajo el Mismo Cielo (N)