Courier News (Elgin, IL) back issues from January 2008:
Obituaries for Jan 01, 2008
Jan 01, 2008; ... The Obituary Dept.is open onNew Year's Eve andNew Year's Dayfrom 10:00am to 2:00pm.Obituary Line: 630-844-5837Obituary Fax: 630-844-5890Email: obits@scn1.comDeadline for an emailed or faxed obituary is 1:30pm.Deadline for an emailedphoto is 1:00pm. General ...
School border fears voiced
Jan 01, 2008; ... CARPENTERSVILLE - Lori Cooke is worried that her children, asophomore and junior at Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville, willend up at separate schools. Martin and Corie Matushek are worried about how much time their children will spend on buses going back and forth ...
Beating the cold
Jan 01, 2008; ... It looks as though 2008 will begin with a lot of noise - from teethchattering, that is. According to National Weather Service meteorologist Gino Izzi, temperatures are expected to remain in the teens for the next couple of days, bringing some of the coldest air ...
Tougher rules for teen driving take effect today
Jan 01, 2008; ... Smokers aren't the only ones who found themselves on thebusiness end of a new state law when the clock struck midnight on2007. Illinois teen drivers have some new rules to follow, too, under a new statute that takes effect today. Significant changes include increased ...
Emerald ends battle for casino license
Jan 01, 2008; ... Emerald Casino Inc. is giving up its six-year court fight to winback the state's 10th casino license, easing concerns the company coulddelay or derail Illinois Gaming Board plans to auction the dormant licensein 2008. "There are probably three or four additional litigation options ...
Local Digest
Jan 01, 2008 ... Elgin Anti-gang meeting The city's street gang prevention and intervention committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at The Centre's Heritage Ballroom. The 13-member committee - comprised of city, church and community leaders - invites all residents to ...
Becoming better pets
Jan 01, 2008; ... SOUTH ELGIN - Nova, a pit bull/Lab mix, has been at Anderson AnimalShelter for more than a year. Now, with six weeks of obedience training, Jennie Kang is hopeful that those looking to adopt a dog will see in Nova all of the good traits that Kang sees, ...
Woman is accused of kidnap hoax
Jan 01, 2008; ... Around 10 p.m. Friday, Roshelle Jeffries' family began receivingtroubling text messages from her cell phone. According to police, the messages from the Aurora woman said she had been kidnapped. She had been raped by gang members. Her kidnappers were demanding $2,000 ...
Contrasting styles
Jan 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES - USC senior quarterback John David Booty skipped hissenior year of high school to enroll in college early. He already hadenough credits and enough of high school football. Booty threw for 8,474 yards and 88 touchdowns at Evangel Christian High School in ...
ESPN analyst Herbstreit: Illini need quick start
Jan 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES - The atmosphere at the Rose Bowl is like no othercollege football game. The palm trees stand guard over the scenic bowled stadium. When the sun sets behind the San Gabriel Mountains and the stars come out, it's a setting they can't improve in a Hollywood ...
Carroll's expectations soar year in, year out
Jan 01, 2008; ... LOS ANGELES - The goals are simple for Southern Cal football coachPete Carroll. They're also scary. "All we want to do around here is win forever,'' Carroll said a month ago after USC defeated cross-town rival UCLA to earn its fourth trip to the Rose Bowl in the last ...
Jan 01, 2008 ... CONTINUED FROM PAGE B1 bears "We don't have to look very far. It's in our division what the Packers have been able to do with one guy. It makes it a lot easier. "It's tough when you play more than one guy but sometimes that's the hand that you've ...
Reformers still lack votes to end farm subsidies
Jan 01, 2008 ... Senators left Washington to adjourn for the year bearing a gift forevery U.S. consumer. Unfortunately, it was a lump of coal: the farm bill. Congress had an opportunity to wean large commercial farming operations from taxpayer subsidies, and treat agricultural entities as ...
LETTERS
Jan 01, 2008 ... Campaign to dissolve Campton Hills misguided As a resident of the village of Campton Hills, and someone who has been following the news of an attempt to dissolve our newly formed village, I am insulted and cannot believe this effort is being considered. The ...
Obituaries for Jan 02, 2008
Jan 02, 2008; ... General InformationConcerning the Obituary PageA detailed paid obituary may be ordered to appear in The Elgin Courier News when funeral arrangements are made, and must be submitted in writing. Information about charges for detailed obituaries may be obtained from area funeral directors or ...
Festival's name stirs some debate
Jan 02, 2008; ... HAMPSHIRE - Is the name of this village's annual August festival,which draws crowds equal to three times Hampshire's population, tooracially charged for this era of political correctness? In a northern rural environment, "Coon Creek Country Days" conjures images of cuddly ...
Game, temps chill Illini fever
Jan 02, 2008; ... ELGIN - Illini fans were in pain more ways than one Tuesday night. In addition to the biting cold and the recovery following New Year's Eve, they witnessed a Rose Bowl that had raised their hopes, only to squash them. Downtown streets and restaurants were quiet, ...
And so it starts: The Ban
Jan 02, 2008; ... New Year's Day: College football bowl game after bowl game? Check.Cold beer? Check. Accompanying cigarette? No dice. Tuesday was the first day of the rest of Illinois' life as a smoke-free state, with the act banned in public places by state legislators. Smokers who ...
Local Digest
Jan 02, 2008 ... Hanover Twp. Open gym for youths Hanover Township is offering a free open gym program with recreational and educational activities for kids of various ages. The open gym program is designed to give youths a fun, safe and positive place to go ....
ECC student overcomes affliction to excel
Jan 02, 2008; ... ELGIN - Often, a bright future becomes visible only after theadversity of the past is overcome. As a 20-year-old Elgin Community College student who was recently inducted this summer into the international honor society Phi Theta Kappa, Vito Cristino Jr.'s sights are ...
Parks department receives high honors
Jan 02, 2008; ... SOUTH ELGIN - Two years ago, the South Elgin Recreation Boardsuggested that the village parks and recreation department go after anhonor only one other city or village park department had achieved before:being named a "distinguished agency" by the Illinois Parks and ...
No. 7 USC 49, No. 13 Illinois 17
Jan 02, 2008; ... PASADENA, Calif. - Winning nine games this season after winning onlyeight in the previous four seasons combined, the Illini had hoped to putan exclamation point on the nation's biggest turnaround on Tuesday. But there was no Hollywood ending to their Rocky-like climb ...
Overtime game tests Boylan
Jan 02, 2008; ... Jim Boylan may be new to this head coaching thing, but he had tosmirk when asked if he had let the Bulls' 112-110 overtime loss to Orlandoon Monday end without taking his last timeout. Turns out the scoreboard, which showed the Bulls had one remaining, was wrong. "We ...
Deep-stack play in no-limit live games
Jan 02, 2008; ... Let's look at how to play a healthy stack in live games. Playing No Limit Hold'em with a large amount of chips in comparison to the blinds is the most skillful form of poker in the world. It's certainly more challenging than a short-stack poker tournament where blind ...
There may be peril in Merrill
Jan 02, 2008; ... Dear Mr. Berko: I bought 400 shares of Merrill Lynch at $88 lastJuly and now it's $55. What do you think of Merrill now that John Thain istaking over the company? If you are positive about Merrill, do you thinkit would be a good idea to average down my costs and purchase 400 moreshares, ...
Japanese automobiles still score highest in consumer satisfaction
Jan 02, 2008; ... When it comes to car-owner satisfaction, Japanese vehicles continueto dominate both domestic and European brands. In Consumer Reports' latestAnnual Car Owner Satisfaction Survey, 18 of the 39 car models that madethe Most Satisfying list toted Japanese nameplates - 10 of them built ...
PRODUCT RECALLS
Jan 02, 2008 ... The following recalls have been announced: ? About 2,800 Super Magnets toys, imported by Man's Trading Co. and made in China, because the magnet attached to the bottom of a small toy panda can detach. If swallowed or aspirated by young children, the magnets can ...
No shortcuts to fixing problem of immigration
Jan 02, 2008 ... After all the hot air, hostile rhetoric and hand-wringing overillegal immigration, could it be that the solution to this vexing issuecan be found in the self-serve aisle? Will illegal immigrants "self-deport" if jobs are no longer available because employers are hit with ...
Ombudsman
Jan 02, 2008 ... Use casino cash for schools My question is, when is the riverboat going to pay for some of this education in Kane County? That is why the riverboat was enacted, wasn't it? You lied. You never called them on that. Now we are in emergency times. (After ...
VALLEY VIEWS: Don't let manipulators use you
Jan 02, 2008; ... The current letters and articles regarding illegal immigration haveraised a number of issues. ? Immigrant fears: Every wave of immigrants has brought about predictions regarding the end of America. The fact is that every immigrant group has assimilated into the American ...
No one asked me about new laws
Jan 02, 2008; ... Dear Illinois lawmakers: As you know, with the new year came some new rules: a statewide smoking ban, a new tax in the city of Chicago on bottled water, and a whole lot of changes in how and when teens can drive. The problem is - I don't recall being asked to vote ...
Club News
Jan 02, 2008 ... Bartlett Woman's Club meeting The Bartlett Woman's Club's next general meeting is on Tuesday, Jan. 8, and is a special event celebrating the club's 70th anniversary. It will be held at the Bartlett History Museum in village hall, 228 Main St., beginning ...
Expect growth in demand for locally grown food
Jan 02, 2008; ... We're in a serious relationship with our food, and the forecastcalls for the intimacy to grow deeper in the coming year. Researchers say Americans want to know more about their food than they used to. They also want better assurance that it won't make them sick. Four of ...
Area food drives benefit Gulf Coast mission trip
Jan 02, 2008; ... Immanuel Lutheran Church of East Dundee, 310 Main St., is conductinga food drive from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 5, andagain from 9 to 10 a.m. and noon to 1 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, on the eastside of the school. The food will be delivered to the Greater Baton ...
New law prompting you to quit smoking?County hot line, hospital programs, even hypnotists ready to help
Jan 02, 2008; ... Susan Slivka is thankful for the new Smoke-Free Illinois Act. The new law, which bans smoking inside public places and offices, is inspiring her 34-year-old son to quit smoking. "He has wanted to stop and this is helping him quit," said Slivka, community health ...
Obituaries for Jan 03, 2008
Jan 03, 2008; ... General InformationConcerning the Obituary PageA detailed paid obituary may be ordered to appear in The Elgin Courier News when funeral arrangements are made, and must be submitted in writing. Information about charges for detailed obituaries may be obtained from area funeral directors or ...
A new game
Jan 03, 2008; ... ELGIN - As businesses wait to see what the new statewide smoking banultimately will mean for their bottom line, it appeared to be business asusual at the local casino. The Grand Victoria Casino Elgin, 250 S. Grove Ave., was abuzz Wednesday afternoon with flashing lights, ...
Counties to sue over special vote
Jan 03, 2008; ... Election authorities throughout the 14th Congressional District planto file suit seeking exemptions from state standards so they can hold aspecial election on March 8. Because there are only 31 days between the special primary election on Feb. 5 and the March 8 special ...
Gun to be destroyed may go to VFW
Jan 03, 2008; ... CARPENTERSVILLE - The village board decided during Wednesday night'smeeting to hold on to a World War II rifle that's on a list of 30 usedguns from the police department slated for destruction. The Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2298 in West Dundee has requested the rifle, an ...
ST. CHARLES Man killed in crash on Illinois 31
Jan 03, 2008 ... ST. CHARLES - A 56-year-old man was killed Wednesday afternoon in asingle-vehicle crash, St. Charles police said. Emergency responders were called at 2:12 p.m. to Illinois 31 near Crane Road, where a Chevy work truck had struck a tree. The truck had been traveling south ...
Helping people who are in crisis
Jan 03, 2008; ... ELGIN - The loud hum of hundreds of voices stirred around JodiMartin as hopeful families waited recently for a chance to pick up atoy to give their child for Christmas at the Community CrisisCenter's annual toy giveaway. Martin has been organizing the annual toy giveaway, held at ...
COURTS ON ALERT Man charged in judge threats
Jan 03, 2008; ... Threats against the Kane County Judicial Center and two judges havelanded an Aurora man in jail on charges he possessed an explosive orincendiary device, according to authorities. DuPage County Jail officials confirmed that 40-year-old David H. Watts Jr. was arrested on New ...
9 charged in fight on New Year's
Jan 03, 2008; ... ELGIN - Police arrested nine people after a fight about 2:45 a.m.Tuesday at the Holiday Inn, 495 Airport Road, according to police publicinformation officer Ann Dinges. An argument escalated into a large fight, Dinges said Wednesday. Hotel security responded ...
Officials probe death at Pheasant Run pool
Jan 03, 2008; ... ST. CHARLES - Autopsy results were expected today after the death ofa 21-year-old man at the swimming pool at Pheasant Run Resort. Javier Gonzalez of Garden Prairie, died Friday after being discovered unresponsive in the pool at Pheasant Run. Gonzalez was at the resort ...
Cochran misses own show
Jan 03, 2008; ... ELGIN - For three years, family-oriented fans have packed theHemmens Cultural Center early the evening of Dec. 31 for "Steve Cochran'sNew Year's Eve Show for People Who Can't Stay Awake Until Midnight." Butwhen a near-capacity crowd showed up for the fourth such show Monday, thestar was ...
LOCAL SCOREBOARD
Jan 03, 2008 ... Boys Hoops TODAY Non-Conference Richmond-Burton at Crystal Lake Central, 7 p.m. Byron at Princeton FRIDAY Upstate Eight East Aurora at Waubonsie Valley, 7:30 p.m. Suburban Catholic St. Edward at Montini, 7:30 ...
Randle's health woes return
Jan 03, 2008; ... CHAMPAIGN - The New Year will begin just like many of the oldones have for Brian Randle. The Illinois senior forward is doubtful for tonight's Big Ten Conference opener against Ohio State, unlikely to play with what Illinois coach Bruce Weber called a mild concussion ...
Boylan finding right combinations on court
Jan 03, 2008; ... CHARLOTTE - Because of their uneven play, the Bulls weren't able toestablish a regular rotation during the first two months of the season.Who played - and for how long - often changed from game to game. But since Jim Boylan took over as coach last week, he's tried to ...
FBI biometric database will diminish privacy
Jan 03, 2008 ... The FBI's new biometric identification system poses a threat toprivacy and may not work all that well anyway. The bureau already is collecting some data. And it's working on covertly collecting digital images of faces and irises from a distance. Employers can request ...
LETTERS
Jan 03, 2008 ... Let smokers have their own bars, restaurants This smoking ban that takes effect in 2008 has me riled. I stopped smoking 30 years ago. I agree smoking is a dirty, unhealthy habit, but this being a free country, shouldn't there be equality for all? Why not ...
Dad learns son shares name with 1980s horror movie hero
Jan 03, 2008 ... "I am Peter Vincent, vampire killer!" Much to my surprise, this quote is taken from the opening dialogue of Fright Night, a 1985 horror movie about a teenage boy who learns his next-door neighbor is a vampire. How could this happen? How could I just now realize ...
Children's workshop teaches musical theater a la 'High School Musical' - without the drama
Jan 03, 2008 ... The girl in the red sweatshirt aptly performed her designated role asan alto, her voice mixing along with the chorus during the song fromWicked. Next up was the song Seasons of Love from Rent. "In truths that she learned, or in times that he cried, in bridges he burned, or ...
'Lavish lines/luscious lies' not your average bedtimestory
Jan 03, 2008; ... It's not every day your mom writes a book. But when that mom is 35-year-old Saadia Ali Aschemann and her book is lavish lines/luscious lies - a collection of poetry about life, alcohol and steamy text messages - it's not something you can read every night as a ...
Obituaries for Jan 04, 2008
Jan 04, 2008; ... General InformationConcerning the Obituary PageA detailed paid obituary may be ordered to appear in The Elgin Courier News when funeral arrangements are made, and must be submitted in writing. Information about charges for detailed obituaries may be obtained from area funeral directors or ...
National temperatures U.S. extremes
Jan 04, 2008 ... CityYesterdayToday Anchorage22/017/12 Atlanta 40/1547/21 Boston14/034/8 Dallas-Fort Worth46/2657/36 Denver50/2054/23 Des Moines30/034/18 Honolulu77/6982/70 Indianapolis26/040/19 Las ...
Village hard at work
Jan 04, 2008; ... SOUTH ELGIN - It's two down and one to go as this village pursuesthe remodeling or construction of three major village buildings, usingmoney borrowed from a $1.9 million general-obligation bond issue floatedin May. At its last meeting, the village board voted to make the last ...
6 mos. in fatal wreck
Jan 04, 2008; ... ST. CHARLES TOWNSHIP - A 19-year-old Elgin man who drove his carinto the Haeger Potteries building last year, killing a schoolmate, wassentenced Thursday to 180 days in Kane County Jail and four yearsprobation for two felony counts of aggravated DUI and two misdemeanorsrelated to the ...
County set to finish Stearns project
Jan 04, 2008; ... GENEVA - Kane County officials have set an ambitious deadline ofhaving all lanes in the new Stearns Bridge road corridor open to trafficby 2010. Next week, the county board will take a big step toward meeting that deadline by approving a total of $3.2 million in contracts ...
Rebate game snags another victim
Jan 04, 2008; ... We are having a difficult time getting our $300 rebate from GeneralElectric. We purchased four GE Profile appliances and completed the rebate submission to get the $300. However, the rebate people claimed it had an "invalid postmark" and did not arrive by July 29, so ...
Baby Fintan to be taken off machine
Jan 04, 2008; ... Fintan Schiltz, the St. Charles infant who received a hearttransplant Dec. 26, was expected to be taken off a heart-lung machinetoday, according to his mother. Three-month-old Fintan was removed from the machine at Children's Memorial Hospital on Sunday, but quickly ...
Different kind of grocery store
Jan 04, 2008; ... SOUTH ELGIN - Hailed by its customers as a different kind of grocerystore, Angelo Caputo's Fresh Market began its monthlong grand openingcelebration Thursday with a ribbon-cutting and a cake. The store opened Dec. 12 in the former Dominick's store at 622 S. Randall Road. As ...
Gang task force hears from police
Jan 04, 2008; ... ELGIN - About 50 residents were given a snapshot of the city's gangsituation during an Elgin Police Department gang unit presentationThursday night at The Centre of Elgin. Members of the city's street gang prevention and intervention committee had asked police to provide ...
Voter registration nearing an end
Jan 04, 2008; ... GENEVA - Tuesday is the last day to register for the Feb. 5 primaryelections. Yes, that's elections, plural. Fox Valley residents on Feb. 5 will vote in two separate elections: the general primary, which will include federal, state and county offices, as well as ...
Police say threat suspect had gasoline, fireworks
Jan 04, 2008; ... An Aurora man found with gasoline and fireworks on New Year'sDay has several ties to the Kane County judicial system, althoughauthorities have yet to discuss the reported threat he made againstit. Charged with possession of explosive or incendiary device, 40-year-old David ...
Sox finally find a center fielder after trade with A's for Swisher
Jan 04, 2008; ... Unable to land a center fielder in the free-agent market, White Soxgeneral manager Ken Williams shook up the trade market Thursday to find analternative. Williams acquired outfielder Nick Swisher, 27, from the Oakland Athletics, who parted with the popular switch hitter in ...