Courier News (Elgin, IL) back issues from August 2007:
Obituaries for Aug 01, 2007
Aug 01, 2007; ... Mary Lou Roby Mary Lou Roby, age 81, of Montgomery, IL, formerly of St. Charles passed away Sunday, July 29, 2007 at Hillside Rehabilitation in Yorkville, IL. She was born August 8, 1925 in Aurora, IL to Rudy and Ethel Drought. In 1949, she was united in marriage to her husband Thomas ...
National temperatures U.S. extremes
Aug 01, 2007 ... CityYesterdayToday Anchorage61/5764/54 Atlanta 90/7292/72 Boston81/6881/67 Dallas-Fort Worth96/7993/76 Denver94/6191/62 Des Moines87/6589/64 Honolulu88/7689/76 Indianapolis91/6793/67 Las Vegas97/80 ...
D300 at work with private bus service
Aug 01, 2007; ... CARPENTERSVILLE - Thirty-six days remain until about 15,000 Community Unit School District 300 students kiss summer goodbye, slip on their backpacks and climb into buses for the first day of school. Whether this year's bus service will outshine that of years prior - when buses ...
Hot jobs heat up
Aug 01, 2007; ... There's no shortage of hot jobs in the Fox Valley. And by hot, we don't mean sexy. We mean roasting. Scorching. Higher in temperature than H-E-double-hockey-sticks and/or Texas. With thermometers staying in the 90s this week, we decided to seek out people who have some of the ...
Tips for living comfortably, safely in heat
Aug 01, 2007 ... From downing cool drinks to donning light clothes, there are ways to deal with the blast of hot weather that has settled over the Fox Valley. "As summer temperatures climb back into the 90s, we want to remind residents that prolonged exposure to heat can have serious health ...
OBITUARIES
Aug 01, 2007 ... Obituaries Extended listings, Section B BROSNAN, Donald G., 84 Elgin, July 29 Wait-Ross-Allanson Elgin Chapel (847) 742-2100 DALY, V. Mae, 76 Elgin, July 30 Laird Funeral Home, Elgin (847) 741-8800 McCARTHY, ...
LOCAL DIGEST East Dundee Carpentersville Elgin Meetings
Aug 01, 2007 ... Hammered dulcimer concert on Thursday People are invited to enjoy the light, airy sounds of the hammered dulcimer on Thursday as the Dundee Public Library hosts Bill Robinson & Friends for an evening of music, "Strollin' by the Fox." The program will start at 7 p.m. in the ...
ON THIS DAY
Aug 01, 2007 ... ? In 1966, 25-year-old Charles Joseph Whitman went on a shooting rampage at the University of Texas in Austin, killing 14 people. Whitman, who had also murdered his wife and mother hours earlier, was gunned down by police. ? In 1774, British scientist Joseph Priestley succeeded in ...
PEOPLE
Aug 01, 2007 ... Roberts to undergo cancer surgery ABC Good Morning America anchor Robin Roberts has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will undergo surgery Friday. Roberts, 46, told viewers about her cancer on Tuesday morning's show. "I am so blessed that I found this in the early ...
THE 411
Aug 01, 2007 ... License required to rent out home? Do you have to have a license in Elgin to rent your property out? My neighbor has some people living in her basement and paying rent to her, and I'd like to know if she is supposed to have some kind of license or permit from the city to do that. I don't ...
Hampshire gears up for big celebration
Aug 01, 2007; ... HAMPSHIRE - The unofficial summer fun circuit of town festivals moves west to Hampshire this weekend, as that village holds its 24th annual Coon Creek Country Days Thursday through Sunday. Most of the events will take place in Bruce Ream Memorial Park. It can be reached by taking ...
Fond farewell by downtown Elgin director
Aug 01, 2007; ... ELGIN - Norma Miess' downtown office on Tuesday didn't betray the fact that it was her last day as executive director of the Downtown Neighborhood Association. Her desk was piled with papers, as was the floor. Miess said the clutter was part of a conspiracy by her co-workers to keep her from ...
A sign of hope for special-needs kids
Aug 01, 2007; ... BATAVIA - When Stacey Borrego signs, her hands speak. On the driveway of her home last weekend, Stacey and more than 20 of her home-school sign language students spoke the messages of Christ through their hands during a signing choir concert to raise disability ...
Readers tell their stories about bridezillas
Aug 01, 2007; ... Dear readers:They're out in full force this time of year - arguing with florists, fighting with seamstresses, screaming at banquet hall managers. Yes, it's the season for bridezillas, some of the most obnoxious consumers you'll ever encounter. We found this little nugget on the Women's ...
Kane jail guard appeals his firing
Aug 01, 2007; ... A former Kane County jail guard who was fired in April for misconduct has asked that his firing be reviewed by a judge, saying that the findings of the sheriff's merit commission were "arbitrary and capricious." The request for review, filed last in Kane County, asks that guilty findings ...
POLICE REPORT Elgin
Aug 01, 2007 ... Burglar scaredoff by resident A woman told police she may have scared away a would-be burglar just before midnight Monday. The woman was in her residence in the 500 block of South Liberty Street when she heard noises coming from the rear of the home, according to police ...
Success for Rex is top goal
Aug 01, 2007; ... BOURBONNAIS - Rex Grossman needed a fifth practice before he threw his first interception of training camp. No doubt cynics would say he's just saving up the interceptions for the regular season. "I think just with overall comfort level with where I'm at, I feel just more relaxed ...
Cubs end blistering July with comeback
Aug 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - The Cubs stood pat at the non-waiver trade deadline at 3 p.m. Tuesday. A few hours later, they avoided getting beaten by a guy named Pat (Burrell) and were hoping to land in first place in the National League Central for the first time since April 12, 2006. Burrell's ...
Elgin graduate joins Majerus' staff at St. Louis
Aug 01, 2007; ... Sean Harrington has landed at Saint Louis University. The all-time leading scorer in Elgin High School basketball history has joined coach Rick Majerus' staff as director of basketball operations for the Billikens. "This is a great opportunity at a school with a great tradition ...
KICK OFF ANGELO SETS THE STANDARD
Aug 01, 2007; ... KickOff Angelo sets standard Jerry Angelo might not be the most popular general manager in Chicago, but he is certainly the best. That was on display last weekend when Angelo practically came away with a steal by acquiring Darwin Walker from the Buffalo Bills. In one fell ...
Major changes never materialize
Aug 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - After all the talk of change, a feeling that anyone could be gone at any time and rumors surrounding nearly every player on the roster, Tuesday's non-waiver trade deadline came and went with the White Sox barely making a peep. Sure they traded Rob Mackowiak to the Padres for a ...
Aug 01, 2007 ... Today's EntriesPost Time: 1 p.m. No.HorseJockeyWeightMorning line First, $10,500, Maiden Claiming $10,000, 3 yo's & up, Six Furlongs 1Lucky MerlotMeza1219-2 2Mojo SpellLanerie 1248-1 3Three Dollar MaxEmigh1213-1 4White Socks ...
Newcomer Walker receives five-year contract
Aug 01, 2007; ... BOURBONNAIS - Not only did newly acquired defensive tackle Darwin Walker receive his first full-contact scrimmage action Tuesday night for the Bears, he also received a new contract. The Bears tore up Walker's old deal which called for $2.7 million total for 2007 and 2008, then replaced ...
Trade deadline day turns into a disappointment
Aug 01, 2007; ... GM Jim really didn't feel the need to make a move as baseball's non-waiver trade deadline came and went, because he likes his Cubs team. But fanboy Jim would have preferred to see some fireworks, because he likes blockbusters. Rob Mackowiak for Jon Link does not qualify. (In ...
Wood passes yet another rehab test
Aug 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Kerry Wood went 1 2/3 inning Tuesday night in a rehab stint for Double-A Tennessee against West Tenn. Wood's first five pitches were balls, but he rolled from there. He allowed no runs or hits with one walk and one strikeout. He threw 24 pitches - 15 for strikes - and his ...
Rippers squander late lead; Continental Seniors win
Aug 01, 2007 ... ELGIN - The Elgin Rippers suffered their first loss of the CABA Wood Bat World Series in heartbreaking fashion on Tuesday at Trout Park. The Rippers led 6-1 going into the seventh inning, but the Wheaton White Sox struck for six runs in the seventh and went on to hand the Rippers a 7-6 ...
Guillen defends first-inning ejection
Aug 01, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Home-plate umpire Phil Cuzzi ejected manager Ozzie Guillen and first baseman Paul Konerko on Tuesday night, but the White Sox had the last word afterward. "If I say here what I feel, I'm going to get suspended and this guy is going to keep umpiring, keep screwing people," ...
Negotiations continue over Big Ten Network
Aug 01, 2007; ... CHICAGO - Saying ''We're at halftime'' in the Big Ten's negotiations with cable operators, commissioner Jim Delany expressed optimism Tuesday that deals can be worked out to have the Big Ten Network available by the time the network launches at the end of August. While backing off from ...
Paterno might not send text messages, but he can coach
Aug 01, 2007 ... If we didn't know better, JOEPA could be one of those all-too-cute abbreviations kids today use in text messages, right there with BFF, JK and 2G2BT. LOL! The man the college football world knows as JoePa - octogenarian Penn State coach Joe Paterno - wasn't even sure the things ...
McDonald's arches are pure gold again
Aug 01, 2007; ... Dear Mr. Berko: I own 100 shares of McDonald's, which I bought at $38 even though you told me not to buy it last September, and it's now $51. Now I'm thinking of buying 150 shares of Burger King because my broker says it's going to be a better company than McDonald's and has more growth ...
Saturn's on the rise
Aug 01, 2007; ... Big, roomy and refined, the Saturn Outlook is the best American SUV that Consumer Reports has tested, and ranks among the top vehicles in both CR's midsized and large SUV ratings. CR tested the 2007 Outlook alongside three other new midsized SUVs - the Hyundai Veracruz, the Mazda CX-9 ...
Crisis Center finds ally with Elgin hi-tech firm
Aug 01, 2007; ... ELGIN - The Community Crisis Center soon will find out what it feels like to be on the receiving end of a charitable cause, thanks to WideSpark Integrated Design, a local marketing communications firm. The firm's president and creative director, Rick Moser, has offered to do a free ...
Why we should bomb Iran
Aug 01, 2007; ... To many Americans, the question "Should we bomb Iran?" will sound like a proposal that only a raving lunatic would raise. In recent years, as a nation, we have drifted ever closer to pacifism. The invasion of Iraq is regarded by many as simply the latest and most egregious example of what many ...
This nonsense getting the state nowhere
Aug 01, 2007; ... Legislators in Springfield can call it a cigarette tax - the latest trial balloon floated to fund some otherwise worthy state services - but it's really a cowardice tax. They don't have the guts to confront the state's formidable problems with real, reliable revenue streams. Indeed, the ...
LETTERS
Aug 01, 2007 ... Elgin noise ordinance mutes outdoor concert It is a lovely Sunday afternoon here in Lords Park July 29. A crowd had gathered to listen to a concert by "Elvis" and the Expense Account Band, part of the Summer Concerts in the Parks series organized by Elgin's Parks and Recreation ...
SPEAK OUT
Aug 01, 2007 ... Open your eyes The inspection department, if we have one, is not doing its job. The ordinance about junk in yards and nonmotorized campers in driveways is overlooked until people complain. The inspection department needs to be out and active. Controlling vicious ...
Summertime Blues
Aug 01, 2007; ... If you want to find your thrill on a blueberry hill, this is the time of year to head to southwestern Michigan. While there are homegrown blueberries here in Illinois, the nation's leading producer of the crop is the Great Lakes State, particularly around South Haven. "We used to ...
A self-proclaimed birthday person gets 'punked'
Aug 01, 2007; ... 'I think my friends are planning something for my birthday," said Emily from her end of the phone. I smiled knowingly, deciding how to proceed. "Really?" I asked. "What makes you think that?" "I was sitting at my friend's computer and saw some funny e-mails," she answered ...
Other places to donate, other ways to assist
Aug 01, 2007; ... Nonprofit organizations agree donations are at an all-time high during the holiday season, but often reach their lowest point during summer months. However, these organizations need donations all year long to keep offering their services to the community. "The strong message that needs ...
Girl honors brother with 5K run and G-K scholarship fund
Aug 01, 2007; ... GENOA - Lauren Kubasiak had an idea. She thought Genoa Days needed to include a 5K run along with its festival and parade. A couple of months after Genoa Days 2006, Kubasiak attended her first committee meeting to organize a run. But Kubasiak wanted the 5K run to stand ...
To give and to receive
Aug 01, 2007; ... ELGIN - The two women pass each other outside the front doors. Lizbeth Castillo carries a plastic bag with three shirts for her nieces. BonnieSue Wadleigh is opening the door to her green minivan filled with boxes of items for donation. Here, different worlds collide - ...
Kids, submit your summer art work to The Courier
Aug 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. All illustrations should include on the back the following ...
Obituaries for Aug 02, 2007
Aug 02, 2007; ... Muriel O. (Lane) Pfingsten Muriel O. (Lane) Pfingsten, 82, of Elgin passed away on July 25, 2007. Wife of the late Horton Pfingsten. She is survived by her sister, Helen; and nieces and nephews and other family and friends. She was preceded in death by her sisters, Ruby Grote, Esther ...
Aug 02, 2007 ... Trolley stops: 1. Gail Borden Public Library 2. Centre parking deck 3. Parking lot Kimball and Grove 4. Parking lot Division and ...
Navigating Elgin FoxFireFest
Aug 02, 2007; ... ? Road construction: Contingency plans for parking, getting around Center City ELGIN - The streets surrounding Festival Park can be, at times, challenging to maneuver for drivers and pedestrians. Extensive construction along Spring and Prairie streets, as well as South Grove and Douglas ...
St. Charles cops seek clues after man dies
Aug 02, 2007; ... ? Mysterious circumstances: Died of unnoticed head injury days after found lying in road ST. CHARLES - Police are appealing to the public to help them figure out how a 55-year-old St. Charles man ended up lying in the street, mortally injured from some kind of blow to the head, more than a week ...
Kicked to the curb
Aug 02, 2007; ... ELGIN - Once a week, you bring your full trash cans to the curb, and when you arrive home from work the trash is gone and the cans are empty once more. If Bob Buhlman picked up your trash, chances are your can was turned straight to the side, making it even easier for you to drag it back ...
OBITUARIES
Aug 02, 2007 ... Obituaries Extended listings, Section B HERNANDEZ, Odilon, 35 Columbus, Ohio, July 31 Arrangements were incomplete at O'Connor-Leetz Funeral Home, Elgin (847) 741-1400 HOFFMAN, Dolores L., 83 Elgin, July 25 Wait-Ross-Allanson Elgin ...
LOCAL DIGEST School District 303 Elgin St. Charles Meetings
Aug 02, 2007 ... Board begins search for new member St. Charles Community Unit School District 303 is looking for a new board of education member after a resignation that took place July 25. Community members who are at least 18 years old, a registered voter, and a resident of Illinois and ...
GO FIGURE
Aug 02, 2007 ... Gofigure 1: Rank of American Idol among the most talked-about TV shows at work. 21: Percentage of U.S. workers who say they have talked about American ...
ON THIS DAY
Aug 02, 2007 ... ? In 1876, frontiersman "Wild Bill" Hickok was shot and killed while playing poker at a saloon in Deadwood, Dakota Territory. ? In 1776, members of the Continental Congress began attaching their signatures to the Declaration of Independence. ? In 1790, the enumeration for the ...
PEOPLE
Aug 02, 2007 ... Nicole Richie says she's pregnant Nicole Richie is talking about her pregnancy and the four-day jail sentence she received after her guilty plea to driving under the influence. After months of rumors, Richie tells ABC News' Diane Sawyer for an interview to air this week that she ...
NEWS TRACKER
Aug 02, 2007 ... SIU student wants reduction in bond ? Last we knew: Southern Illinois University student Olutosin Oduwole, 22, was charged last week with attempting to make a terrorist threat in a note police say was found July 20 in his disabled car on the university's Edwardsville campus, shortly ...
Historic Teeple Barn ruins to be demolished in coming weeks
Aug 02, 2007; ... ELGIN - Since the 122-year-old Teeple Barn blew down in a fierce wind storm May 25, there has been much talk about what will become of the large pile of historic rubble languishing on Randall Road, just south of Interstate 90. That talk will fade to silence when the site of the state's ...
Family in Elgin finds bat with rabies
Aug 02, 2007; ... ? Brought to clinic: Vet urges residents to take precautions for themselves, pets ELGIN - A bat caught in Kane County has tested positive for rabies, making it the second confirmed case in two years, according to county animal control administrator Patricia Sikorski. Sikorski detailed ...
D300 in court to track down up to $100K
Aug 02, 2007; ... CARPENTERSVILLE - Community Unit School District 300 is investigating possible misuse of up to $100,672.54 from the student activities fund at Dundee-Crown High School. The district filed a petition Friday with 16th Circuit Court in Kane County requesting financial records of Lisa ...
DuPage County Fair attendance up in 2007
Aug 02, 2007; ... Fine weather and local talent drew more people to the DuPage County Fair this year than last, but the five-day event still failed to achieve levels from two years ago. The 186,000 people who walked the fairgrounds from July 25 to 29 beat last year's attendance by 25,000. But attendance ...
Making a Difference
Aug 02, 2007; ... CARPENTERSVILLE - Nevermind the freshly applied drywall, electric wiring snaking through the walls, and new furnace in the basement. Some of the volunteers toiling at this Habitat for Humanity construction site here prefer to call this project something other than home building. "We ...
POLICE REPORT Elgin South Elgin DeKalb County
Aug 02, 2007 ... Man gets 25 years in beating death A Carpentersville man was sentenced Wednesday to 25 years in prison for the 2005 beating death of a Bartlett teenager outside an Elgin restaurant, according to the Kane County State's Attorney's Office. Rafael Borja, 32, of the 1600 block of ...
Police still seek driver from Streamwood hit and run in June
Aug 02, 2007; ... GENEVA - Police still have made no arrests in the recent hit-and-run fatality of a Hoffman Estates man, The Courier News learned at a Kane County coroner's inquest Wednesday. In the late evening hours of June 10, Raymond L. Guthrie, 43, of 1930 Pierce Road, was struck by a passing ...
LOVIE'S HAND-PICKED MAN Energetic Babich follows Rivera, hoping to get similar results
Aug 02, 2007; ... BOURBONNAIS - With defensive tackle Darwin Walker's acquisition and signing, the Bears' defense has only one real pressure point. It can't be found on the playing field. Bob Babich became the Bears' defensive coordinator under some strange circumstances. He has never called ...
Payne to teach skills at camp
Aug 02, 2007; ... Basketball is, has been and always will be Kent Payne's favorite subject to talk about, play and teach. The former high school standout and current athletic director at Elgin Community College rarely lets a day go by without the subject of hoops coming up. "Basketball is such a ...
Wild pitch in 9th allows Cubs to move into tie with Brewers
Aug 02, 2007; ... CHICAGO - That first-place carrot was dangling in front of the Cubs' noses again Wednesday night. This time, their pursuit of proved fruitful. About the time the clock was striking 10 at Wrigley Field, National League Central-leading Milwaukee was being finished off, suffering an ...
FIRST PITCH SANTANA SPEAKS OUT
Aug 02, 2007; ... FirstPitch Santana speaks out Props to Minnesota pitcher Johan Santana for calling out the Twins' organization. Santana, arguably the game's best pitcher right now, was upset the Twins, who were only six games behind leader Detroit in the AL Central entering play on Wednesday, ...
Yankees beat up Sox, again
Aug 02, 2007; ... NEW YORK - Ozzie Guillen had an open Major League Baseball directory sitting next to his computer and a cell phone in his hand after Wednesday's 8-1 loss to the New York Yankees. The White Sox manager wanted answers, and he wanted them now. He wanted to know why Charlie Haeger ...