Courier News (Elgin, IL) back issues from March 2007:
Obituaries for Mar 01, 2007
Mar 01, 2007 ... Robert W. "Bud" Lange, Sr. Robert W. "Bud" Lange, Sr., 85, of Algonquin died Saturday, February 24, 2007 at his home surrounded by his family. Bud was born on November 28, 1921 in Chicago. He was the son of the late William and Minnie (nee Schuenke) Lange. On August 27, 1943, he married ...
A much-needed blowout win for Bulls Bulls 113, Warriors 83
Mar 01, 2007; ... Nam Y. Huh/The Associated PressBulls' Chris Duhon dunks against the Golden State Warriors during the fourth quarter Wednesday. CHICAGO - If ever a Turn Back the Clock Night could have played at the United Center, Wednesday night was the time.The game between the Golden State Warriors ...
C'ville to go English only?
Mar 01, 2007; ... ? Official language: Proposal is separate from anti-illegal immigrant measure CARPENTERSVILLE - Village trustees plan to propose an ordinance to designate English as the village's official language at an upcoming board meeting, officials said. Village Trustee Paul Humpfer said he will ...
Experts: Expand teaching methods
Mar 01, 2007; ... National education experts are urging school districts to drop what they call a "one-size-fits-all" approach to teaching and replace it with a student-by-student plan developed by educators."We need a change in how we approach the governance of public education," said Andrew Rotherham, former ...
A VOICE OF EXPERIENCE
Mar 01, 2007; ... Detective Steve Collins, the Kane County Sheriff's Office liaison officer for Burlington Central High School, monitors students heading toward their buses after school Wednesday. Collins is back in the rural high school now that Sheriff Pat Perez has reinstated the funding for his job.|Kane ...
Bears sign lovie Once the NFL's lowest-paid coach, Lovie Smith became one of the richest Wednesday, B1|READY TO RUMBLE Ultimate Fighting Championship gaining ground in pay-per-view business, C1
Mar 01, 2007 ... Starting this Saturday, The Courier News launches its newspaper inside a newspaper. Fox Valley Weekly is a handy, tab-sized community section covering our entire ...
Tuesday tallies a 'record' in Kane
Mar 01, 2007; ... ELGIN - A consolidated list of polling locations for Elgin appears to have made tallying and posting results from Tuesday's primary election a much more efficient process, but the changes created issues for at least one precinct.Voters in Elgin Precinct 12 had their polling place moved from ...
OBITUARIES
Mar 01, 2007 ... ObituariesExtended listings, Section CBARRASA, Agapita, 76Elgin, Feb. 28O'Connor-Leetz Funeral Home, Elgin(847) 741-1400FITCHIE, David H., 63Elgin, Feb. 26Wait-Ross-Allanson Elgin Chapel(847) 742-2100LANGE, Robert W. "Bud" Sr., 85Algonquin, Feb. 24Miller Funeral Home, ...
LOCAL DIGEST East Dundee Kane County ECC Meetings Corneronfacts
Mar 01, 2007 ... Scarpelli appeals court decisionVillage Trustee Frank Scarpelli Jr. has appealed a court decision that declared he cannot simultaneously hold a seat on the village board and the Dundee Township Park District board, he said Wednesday.The 2nd District Appellate Court in Elgin ordered ...
ON THIS DAY
Mar 01, 2007 ... ? In 1981, Irish Republican Army member Bobby Sands began a hunger strike at the Maze Prison in Northern Ireland; he died 65 days later.? In 1790, Congress authorized the first U.S. Census.? In 1864, Rebecca Lee Crumpler became the first black woman to receive an American medical degree, ...
PEOPLE
Mar 01, 2007 ... School funded with Hepburn dress opensA school in eastern India built with money raised in the auction of Audrey Hepburn's iconic black dress was inaugurated Wednesday by French author and philanthropist Dominique Lapierre.Some 200 children will be able to attend the school in Bishnupur, a ...
NEWS TRACKER
Mar 01, 2007 ... Kane may drop its D.C. lobbying firm? Last we knew: Kane County hired the Capitol Hill Consulting Group in 2005, and has paid a little less than $150,000 each year to provide lobbying services in Washington, D.C.? The latest: A Kane County Board committee Wednesday recommended the county ...
Elgin OKs auto shop to avoid lawsuit
Mar 01, 2007; ... ? Top cop also talks: Plans to revise beat maps for 1st time in more than 20 years ELGIN - The city council reversed its recent reversal on an east-side auto parts store, voting to allow the shop to be built at 860 Summit St. to avoid a possible lawsuit.Also at the council's Wednesday ...
Gilberts panel: Village must get more aggressive
Mar 01, 2007; ... ? To attract business: Commission will meet with trustees to develop strategies GILBERTS - For a little more than an hour, the seven members of the village plan commission talked quite a bit about Illinois winters, the merits of Panera caf?s, and what type of bug it was that flew into their ...
6 more salmonella cases this month
Mar 01, 2007; ... GENEVA - The Kane County Health Department has asked for state help in identifying the source of salmonella in parts of the county.With six new cases in February - making a total of 41 in the county since January 2006 - officials are no closer to identifying a source, or a commonality among ...
Construction project costs lower than expected
Mar 01, 2007; ... GENEVA - Kane County will spend less than $2 million on construction projects officials thought would cost a lot more.The county board transportation committee this week recommended bids for four projects totaling about $1.7 million. The low bids came in at an average of about 20 percent less ...
Health employees picket county board
Mar 01, 2007; ... GENEVA - About 30 Kane County Health Department workers brought their informational picketing campaign to the county board this week.Members of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3966 - a collection of nurses, case managers and public health associates - staged ...
Rabbits removed from farm due to 'awful' condition
Mar 01, 2007; ... WATSEKA - Humane society investigators removed more than 180 rabbits from what was described as squalid conditions at a farm here this week.Marilyn Reid, a member of the South Suburban Humane Society, said her office received numerous complaints about the conditions at Sunset Hills Bunny ...
C'ville police catch burglars in the act
Mar 01, 2007; ... CARPENTERSVILLE - Police here said they arrested a juvenile and three village residents, one wanted for breaking into four homes in the village last year, in the midst of a burglary Tuesday morning.Officers responded to a suspicious vehicle call about 11:30 a.m. in the 1300 block of York ...
POLICE REPORT Elgin South Elgin
Mar 01, 2007 ... Man runs from cops, hit by vanA Kenosha, Wis., man was hospitalized in serious condition early Wednesday morning after he was struck by a car on U.S. 20 as he fled police on foot.According to Elgin police, officers were called at about 2:45 a.m. for pedestrians walking on the roadway on ...
Study finds immigrants boost native-born pay
Mar 01, 2007; ... SACRAMENTO, Calif. - In a surprising new study with national implications, a University of California economist found that immigration boosted the average wages of the native-born workers in California by at least 4 percent between 1990 and 2004.The boost in wages due to immigrants' impact on ...
Bears finally pay Bears|Lovie inks deal for $22 million over 4 years
Mar 01, 2007; ... Bears coach Lovie Smith signed a four-year contract extension valued at $22 million late Wednesday evening, ending months of speculation and a controversial negotiation. Over the next five years, Smith will average almost $4.7 million per year. LAKE FOREST - Lovie Smith joined the elite ...
D-C seniors play it cool|Overtime victory sets up title game vs. Jacobs|Dundee-Crown 48, Wheeling 41 (OT)
Mar 01, 2007; ... Dundee-Crown's Paul Mallers drives against Wheeling's Robert Kamentsev during Wednesday night's Dundee-Crown Regional semifinal game. Mallers had 15 points and 13 rebounds. CARPENTERSVILLE - Lance Huber figured if any team could shrug off such a potentially deflating turn of events it was ...
O'Malley can't win Cubbie numbers game
Mar 01, 2007; ... All Ryan O'Malley has to do is strike out every batter he faces in Cactus League exhibitions. If he accomplishes that for the Cubs, he'll get a cheerful thumbs-up before getting sent to the minor leagues.The Springfield southpaw - who strode into Houston last August on a few hours notice, ...
KICK OFF BEARS SHOW LOVE
Mar 01, 2007; ... KickOffBears show loveCoach Lovie Smith was finally shown some love by the Bears Wednesday night, agreeing to a four-year extension.Kudos to the Bears for clearing this fiasco up in a timely matter after Smith's agent stirred the pot a couple weeks ago by going public with his client's ...
Payne, Porto propel Rockets Sycamore Regional
Mar 01, 2007; ... SYCAMORE - With one point separating Burlington Central and Sycamore late in the third quarter, it appeared Wednesday's game was headed to a photo finish.However, the screams and shrieks from the crowd that filled the gym during a frantic third period quickly turned to yawns in the fourth as ...
ST. CHARLES EAST 58, MAINE EAST 55 (OT) st. charles north 59, leyden 56 (OT) huntley 54, marian central 37 burlington central 80, Sycamore 65 dundee-crown 48, wheeling 41 (OT)
Mar 01, 2007 ... High SchoolBoys BasketballPostseason PairingsAll games at 7:30 p.m.ELGIN CLASS AA SECTIONALLake Park RegionalWednesday's ResultMaine South 73, Guerin 59FridayTitle) (1) Lake Park vs. (8) Maine SouthSt. Charles East RegionalWednesday's ResultSt. Charles East 58, Maine ...
Huntley clamps down on defense Huntley 54, MC 37
Mar 01, 2007; ... HUNTLEY - Leading by six entering the fourth quarter Wednesday, Huntley knew a strong effort in the final period would probably lead to a victory.Huntley's defense did just that and held Marian Central to only three points in the final quarter - giving the Red Raiders a 54-37 victory in the ...
St. Charles North advances with OT win Area Roundup|[] No. 2 Conant next: Janeway leads way for depleted Stars in regional semis
Mar 01, 2007 ... FRANKLIN PARK - St. Charles North took out host Leyden Wednesday in the semifinals of the Leyden Class AA Regional 59-56 in overtime. Minus two players out with the flu, including starter Jordan Teegarden, the North Stars rode the hot hand of senior Tim Janeway to victory - and a date with ...
Saints pull surprise, advance to face Maroons St. Charles East 58, Maine East 55 (OT)
Mar 01, 2007; ... ST. CHARLES - For St. Charles East, it could have been either ecstasy or agony. It could have been a goose-bump moment or it could have been a heart-dropping ending, and this wasn't even the regional championship game yet.The host Saints felt all the ups and downs possible in their St ....
Healthy Spartans staying focused College Basketball
Mar 01, 2007; ... ELGIN - With its first winning campaign in hand since 1998-99, the Elgin Community College men's basketball team opens postseason play tonight.The second-seeded Spartans welcome No. 7 seed Prairie State at 7 tonight in Region IV Tournament action. The ECC women's team, also the second seed, ...
Floyd still needs time to recover Cubs Spring Training
Mar 01, 2007; ... Cubs outfielder Cliff Floyd looks for a fly ball in front of teammate Alfonso Soriano during a recent workout. Floyd, who had surgery in October to remove a bone spur on his left heel, will miss a week to 10 days of game action, according to manager Lou Piniella. MESA, Ariz. - Cliff Floyd ...
Dye changes stance White Sox Spring Training
Mar 01, 2007; ... White Sox outfielder Jermaine Dye had a .315 batting average last season with a career-high 44 homers and 120 RBIs. With Dye probably heading into free agency after this season, White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen expects a similar performance. TUCSON, Ariz. - Jermaine Dye doesn't think his ...
Teacher's broker requires education
Mar 01, 2007; ... le annuity in my Individual Retirement Account, and my broker tells me that I can't do that because you can't put a tax-deferred investment in a tax-deferred account. Please tell me if this is correct. It seems real stupid to take $68,000 out of my IRA and pay taxes at 25 percent and have ...
Extended tours test patience
Mar 01, 2007; ... One of the great wonders of the Iraq war is the patience with which our troops have endured unanticipated extensions of their deployments and multiple deployments to the combat zone.In some cases, they have been required to remain in Iraq or Afghanistan well beyond the date of their ...
Sky still not falling over trade deficit
Mar 01, 2007 ... inent experts and politicians, or our economy will be destroyed. The director of the National Security Studies Program at Georgetown University says the situation is so dire that we should put a hard cap on our trade deficit with our top Asian trading partner. Foreign policy guru Walter Russell ...
LETTERS
Mar 01, 2007 ... U46 should name whole school after teacher AlftI see where there is some discussion about naming a wing of Elgin High School for E.C. Alft. I think that they should name, not a wing, but the whole school for him. He is a treasure.I was in his economics class his first year at EHS and have ...
SPEAK OUT
Mar 01, 2007 ... Citizens' rightsIt makes me mad to read about people who complain about the rights of illegal immigrants being infringed upon. What about the rights of the citizens who have to pay for them being here, pay for schooling, pay for public aid, pay for hospitalization, pay for the crimes that ...
PAGE TURNERS
Mar 01, 2007 ... Fiction Hardcover1. Step on a Crack.James Patterson & Michael Ledwidge. Little, Brown, $27.992. Sisters. Danielle Steel. Delacorte, $273. The Double Bind. Chris Bohjalian. Crown/Shaye Areheart, $254. Plum Lovin'. Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, $16.955. For One More Day. Mitch Albom ....
Throw a garden party for butterflies, birds and bats
Mar 01, 2007; ... How do you throw a garden party for Mother Nature? You can't mail out invitations to the monarchs. You can't text message blackbirds on your Blackberry. Though some hear with echo location, you can't call bats on your cell phone.But you can follow the advice being offered in "Butterflies, ...
DID YOU KNOW?
Mar 01, 2007 ... The pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. sells about nine Viagra pills every second. Before this "little blue pill" became one of the most recognizable prescription drugs ever, it was a bust as a treatment for hypertension and angina. The ...
Mar 01, 2007 ... Entertainment highlights during the week of Feb. 25-March 3:1957:Buddy Holly and the Crickets recorded That'll Be The Day, their only No. 1 hit.1967: Pink Floyd recorded its first single, Arnold Layne.1968: Johnny Cash and June Carter were married in Franklin, Ky.1970: The Beatles album ...
Canadian band of brothers takes on Nashville
Mar 01, 2007; ... Emerson Drive is truly a band of brothers. The country group, together for a large part of their young lives, has experienced extreme career highs and lows and have come out on the other side more determined than ever to succeed. Friends since childhood, the group built a following in ...
TOP TUNES
Mar 01, 2007 ... Billboard Top 10 Songs1. What Goes Around . Comes Around,Justin Timberlake. Jive.2. Runaway Love, Ludacris (feat. Mary J. Blige). DTP.3. Say It Right, Nelly Furtado. Mosley/Geffen.4. Not Ready to Make Nice, Dixie Chicks. Columbia.5. Don't Matter, Akon. Konvict/Upfront/SRC/Universal ...
Bring glam Oscar fashions into your spring wardrobe
Mar 01, 2007; ... The devil may wear Prada but the stars wore elegant, detailed rich fashions that whispered Hollywood glam at the Oscars. In living rooms across the country, like mine, watchers became fashion observers and critics. Between bites of pizza, my gal pals and I took note of the night's big trends: ...
Kids, we need your winter art for Page 1 forecasts
Mar 01, 2007; ... Every day, on Page A1, The Courier News runs that day's forecast, along with an image drawn by area students indicating whether the day will be bright and sunny, gray and rainy, partly cloudy or include just a few showers.Right now we are mostly in need of wintery weather art. Please draw on ...
Dear Abby|Sleep study leads to snoring solution
Mar 01, 2007; ... Dear Abby:I'm writing in response to the letter from "Teresa in Daytona, Fla." (Jan. 14), who said she loves her husband dearly in the daytime, but at night she'd like to file for divorce. She said that the night before she wrote you, she'd had a nightmare that a growling animal was stalking ...
Astro-Graph
Mar 01, 2007 ... Today's Birthday: You stand to be exceptionally lucky in the way things turn out in the year ahead when promoting a complicated enterprise or venture. As long as you stay true to the cause and keep the faith, Dame Fortune will lend a hand.Pisces (Feb. 20-March 20): Be patient and persistent ...
Obituaries for Mar 02, 2007
Mar 02, 2007 ... Robert C. Feuerhaken Robert C. Feuerhaken, 82, of Elgin, passed away Sunday, February 25, 2007 at Provena St. Joseph Hospital, Elgin. He was born August 2, 1924 in Ontarioville, IL, the son of Cleve and Lilly Kaiser Feuerhaken. He had been a resident of Elgin since 1942. He was President ...
New push on school funding fix
Mar 02, 2007; ... ? New group, long-standing plan: Group touts income tax increase with reduction in property taxes ST. CHARLES - Andrea Andrada knows more about school funding than the average 18-year-old.For her advanced-placement English term paper, the Central High School student interviewed the members ...
ECC contract talks go late
Mar 02, 2007; ... ELGIN - A mediator met with Elgin Community College officials and teachers union representatives in a session that went late into the night Thursday after a week that saw faculty members picket over slow contract negotiations and warn of the possibility of a strike. The mediation session ...
South Elgin High students read to Clinton Elementary pupils|'One fish, two fish ...'|Seussical Surprise
Mar 02, 2007; ... Clinton Elementary School first-graders flock around Alma Garcia after the South Elgin High School sophomore finished reading "Oh, The Thinks You Can Think!" to the pupils in their South Elgin classroom Thursday.|South Elgin High School sophomore Alma Garcia reads a Dr. Seuss book Thursday to ...
REGIONAL TITLES AT STAKE Seven area boys basketball teams remain alive in the state tournament, Section C|FAMILY-STYLE LAUGHS Patti Vasquez takes the stage tonight at ECC, E1
Mar 02, 2007 ... Where We Work feature coming SundayMaybe you've seen them as you drove by, or heard about them from aneighbor, or stumbled onto their Web sites.They employ of thousands of people who call the Fox Valley home.In Sunday's Your Money section, we begin a series ...
OBITUARIES
Mar 02, 2007 ... ObituariesExtended listings, Section BBERKSON, Beth, 59Elgin, March 1Laird Funeral Home, Elgin(847) 741-8800HORTON, Shirley Ruth, 86Belleville, Feb. 27Becker-Beal Funeral Home, Albany, Wis.(608) 424-3771MARTINEZ, Alicia C., 75Elgin, Feb. 28Arrangements were incomplete ...
LOCAL DIGEST East Dundee Elgin Pingree Grove
Mar 02, 2007 ... Former village chief home from hospitalAfter a weekend spent recovering from a heart attack, East Dundee trustee candidate and former Village President Roger Ahrens is back among his cookies, cakes and politics.Ahrens was rushed Saturday to the emergency room of Sherman Hospital in Elgin ...
ON THIS DAY
Mar 02, 2007 ... ? In 1933, the motion picture King Kong had its world premiere in New York.? In 1793, the first president of the Republic of Texas, Sam Houston, was born near Lexington, Va.? In 1807, Congress outlawed the importing of slaves to the United States, effective in the next year.? In 1877, ...
PEOPLE
Mar 02, 2007 ... Jeff Goldblum gets restraining orderJeff Goldblum won a permanent restraining order Wednesday against a woman he claims has stalked him for years and appeared outside his house numerous times.The order issued by a Los Angeles Superior Court judge says Linda Ransom must stay at least 100 ...
THE 411
Mar 02, 2007 ... What's the latest on Tank gun case?I thought that the Tank Johnson case was supposed to have been settled by now. But maybe I'm jumping the gun, so to speak. Can you do an update on what's going on with that?Answer: OK, we get it. But you're just a little off target on your ...
Students and faculty to spend spring break cleaning up damage|Helping Hands|Judson group aids New Orleans
Mar 02, 2007; ... Helping prepare for a weeklong Hurricane Katrina relief trip are Judson professor Keith Jenkins (from left), International Teams missionary and facilities coordinator Dave Pohlmeier, and Judson College students Darryl Pearson and Brandon Estrada. The group is traveling to Slidell, La., to help ...
Numbers magic comes to classroom
Mar 02, 2007; ... HAMPSHIRE - What started out as a language arts assignment to learn the craft of persuasive writing turned into a morning of math fun for Hampshire Middle School's sixth-graders.And if the phrase "math fun" sounds like a contradiction in terms, you haven't met Mike Byster. Known as one ...
United Way of Elgin honors companies for their help
Mar 02, 2007; ... United Way of Elgin board Chairman John Hurlbut concludes the agency's campaign of 2006 with a luncheon Thursday at the Heritage Ballroom in The Centre of Elgin, marking a successful partnership in local fundraising. ELGIN - The Kane County Guide to Community Services's Web site has had ...
Elgin sex offender accepts plea deal
Mar 02, 2007; ... ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP - An Elgin man charged with sexually assaulting an 11-year-old girl who became pregnant as a result pleaded guilty to a felony charge in 16th Circuit Court on Thursday.Santos Sotelo, 21, of Elgin, whose address authorities are withholding, agreed to an eight-year prison ...
POLICE REPORT Carpentersville St. Charles Township St. Charles Elgin
Mar 02, 2007 ... Burglary suspect linked to shootingsPolice have filed additional charges against a man they picked up in connection with a burglary Tuesday morning.Police charged Luis Rivas, 18, of 651 Jefferson Ave., Carpentersville, with aggravated discharge of a firearm and armed violence in connection ...
Group defending pastor after abuse
Mar 02, 2007; ... ? By another priest: Parishioners say church not divided, contributions are up GENEVA - Parishioners at St. Peter's Catholic Church said Thursday that their patience has run out.A group identifying itself as "registered and true parishioners" of St. Peter's Parish and supporters of the ...
Cheaters now have more to fear
Mar 02, 2007; ... Question their motives, but baseball commissioner Bud Selig and his counterparts from around the world of sports were right about this much: The fight against doping won't be won simply by applying pressure from the top down.So buckle up. Events this week suggest their prayers are about to be ...