Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) back issues from July 2008:
New business keeps kids hopping in St. Charles.(Business)(Suburban business)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kim Mikus An Algonquin couple recently opened a business that keeps children jumping for hours. Kathy and Scott Soeder launched Jump Zone at 731 N. 17th St. in St. Charles. This is the second franchise of its kind in Illinois. The other is in Mokena ....
Local Focus.(Business)(Local Focus)
Jul 01, 2008 ... CDW releases school assessment tool VERNON HILLS u CDW Government Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of CDW Corp. and source of information technology solutions to educators and governments, Monday published the 2008 School Safety Index Self-Assessment Tool, enabling school and ...
Big Picture.(Business)(Big Picture)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Oil prices fluctuate after passing $143 NEW YORK u Oil prices fluctuated Monday, surging past $143 a barrel for the first time and then falling back as a rising dollar prompted some investors to sell. Meanwhile, the price of gas at the pump hit another record high. Supply ...
Rolling Meadows couple foster-parented 87 babies.(Business)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Byline: Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald Correspondent For nearly 25 years, the Rolling Meadows home of Kenneth and Dolores Johnson was a safe haven for newborns and abused infants, unable to return to their own families. From 1970 to the mid-1990s, the couple fostered 87 ...
Harper outlines building wish list.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kimberly Pohl kpohl@dailyherald.com Harper College officials say the prospect of housing 21st-century programs in 1960s-era buildings is increasingly impractical. A new 10-year campus master plan has been drafted that outlines more than $300 million in ...
Sales tax goes up today.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rob Olmstead rolmstead@dailyherald.com ItAEs a bittersweet time for Wayne Mikes of Mikes Bike Shop in Palatine. Raging gas prices have recently meant an influx of customers to his shop at 155 N. Northwest Hwy., but now the other shoe is about to drop. ...
WomanAEs death is under investigation.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sue Ter Maat stermaat@dailyherald.com The cause of death of a 20-year-old Mount Prospect woman whose body was found Sunday morning in a car outside the Prospect Heights Public Library remained unclear Monday. Prospect Heights police are conducting a death ...
Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds.(News)(Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Money raised for research: Team cosmonaut, formed by supporters of Laura Hudgens, a Des Plaines native who was diagnosed with breast cancer last year at age 26, raised more than $112,000 for breast cancer research in the Avon Walk, sister Karen Menis said. All 48 members walked ...
Residents wake to find intruder in home.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Sheila Ahern sahern@dailyherald.com An Arlington Heights couple woke up to find a strange man in their bedroom doorway at about 10 p.m. on Friday, according to police. The couple live on the 400 block of East Burr Oak Drive in the Northgate subdivision, said ...
Elk Grove man charged with soliciting minor online.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Charles Keeshan ckeesha@dailyherald.com Police have arrested a 24-year-old Elk Grove man on charges he attempted to arrange a sexual encounter with what he believed was a 13-year-old girl he had been conversing with online. Daniel S. Urban faces two counts of ...
Independent joins race in 10th District.(News)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Byline: David Beery Daily Herald Political Editor Independent candidate Allan Stevo has entered the 10th Congressional District race, joining incumbent Republican Mark Kirk and Democratic challenger Dan Seals. Stevo, of Highwood, said in a written statement that he is ...
Corrections and clarifications.(News)(Correction notice)
Jul 01, 2008 ... * The name of Sister Joan McGuire, from the Archdiocese of Chicago, was misspelled in a letter to the editor that ran in some Monday Neighbor editions. * To correct information in some Sunday editions, The Arboretum of South Barrington will hold a free job fair on Monday, July ...
Palatine diver saves swimmer in distress.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kimberly Pohl kpohl@dailyherald.com To hear Lt. Steve Forton tell it, Sunday was just another day at the office. Just as in years past, the 29-year Palatine Fire Department veteran rode a Sea-Doo personal watercraft out to his assigned post monitoring the ...
Dist. 204 was trying for tests.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Justin Kmitch jkmitch@dailyherald.com The effort may not have come in time to save Zamarri DobyAEs life, but Indian Prairie Unit District 204 officials say they have been trying since March to provide free heart screenings for their students. District ...
Aquatic center under review.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jake Griffin jgriffin@dailyherald.com It didnAEt take long for the DuPage County Forest Preserve to find a use for the recently purchased 40-acre Cenacle property near Butterfield and Batavia roads in Warrenville. The board is expected to vote today on whether ...
DuPage County in 60 seconds.(News)(DuPage County in 60 seconds)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Villa Park honors gardeners: Villa Park is blooming with color, thanks to several area residentsAE efforts. To show appreciation for plantings the groups have tended around town, the village gave the green thumbs 2008 Garden of Character certificates of recognition. The honorees ...
Repairs to Riverwalk has August deadline.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Melissa Jenco mjenco@dailyherald.com Renovations to NapervilleAEs Riverwalk are taking shape, overcoming some small setbacks along the way. In the latest round of rehab, crews are enhancing pedestrian areas and a staircase. Scuba divers this week also are ...
Councilman says he wants new term.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: James Fuller jfuller@dailyherald.com Wheaton City Councilman Howard Levine is the first city council member to publicly announce his intentions to run for re-election in 2009. All four regional district seats on the council will be up for election come April ...
Winfield man admits he had child porn on his computer.(News)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Byline: Christy Gutowski Daily Herald Legal Affairs Writer cgutowski@dailyherald.com A Winfield man must register as a convicted sex offender for the rest of his life after a state task force that secretly monitors child pornography sites on the Internet snared him ...
Park from old youth prison?(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Josh Stockinger jstockinger@dailyherald.com The site of an old youth prison north of St. Charles could have a new future in the recreation business. The St. Charles Park District is pursuing a $1.1 million redevelopment proposal to transform the property into ...
Mobiles a target of U-46 study.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Lester klester@dailyherald.com Elgin Area School District U-46 may spend more than $635,000 on a long-promised capital planning and facilities study. The study aims to develop a plan for establishing consistent teaching and learning environments and to ...
Theater troupe may move to new space in Geneva.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Susan Sarkauskas ssarkauskas@dailyherald.com Maybe the First Street Playhouse will become the Sixth Street Showcase. The city of Geneva is reviewing plans for basement space at 524 W. State St., at the corner of Sixth Street, to be turned into a small ...
Pingree Grove endorses boundary with neighbors.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jameel Naqvi jnaqvi@dailyherald.com In hopes of preventing another round of battles over land and borders, Pingree Grove on Monday endorsed a boundary agreement with Huntley and Hampshire. The tentative border deal, which was reached after less than a week of ...
Fox Valley in 60 seconds.(News)(Fox Valley in 60 seconds)
Jul 01, 2008 ... aeAmerican GirlAE star in town: Eleven-year-old Madison Davenport, who plays alongside Abigail Breslin in the new movie "Kit Kittredge: An American Girl," will be meeting with fans Wednesday and Thursday afternoon from 3:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Hollywood Boulevard Cinema, 1001 W ....
Measles outbreak in suburbs worries health officials.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Rob Olmstead rolmstead@dailyherald.com Northwest suburban Cook County has been hit by 11 cases of measles in the last two months u 11 more than itAEs seen in the last 13 years combined, the Cook County Department of Public Health announced Monday. All 11 Cook ...
Spend the day at Great Lakes.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bob Susnjara bsusnjara@dailyherald.com Weekly summer concerts, Fourth of July celebrations and other activities were bringing crowds to Great Lakes Naval Station near North Chicago. But like so many other things in the United States, the military baseAEs fun ...
The firstto leave SEDOL.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Madhu The Lake Zurich school district has until July 1, 2009, to officially gain approval and develop the programming it needs to pull out of the Special Education District of Lake County. Lake Zurich Unit District 95 officials filed a letter of intent well ...
Making use of your TRAIN TIME.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Harry Hitzeman hhitzeman@dailyherald.com ThereAEs a glow on the face of Evert Tan, but itAEs not from the sun that has yet to rise. The 29-year-old Carpentersville man is typing away on his laptop computer in preparation for another round of classes at the ...
FBI raid leads to discovery of deadly toxin.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Harry Hitzeman and Charles Keeshan hhitzeman@dailyherald.com ckeeshan@dailyherald.com A Lake in the Hills man has been charged in federal court with possession of tetrodoxin, a poison a thousand times more deadly than cyanide, FBI officials have confirmed. ...
Lawyer charged in crash that injured four.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Gordon tgordon@dailyherald.com A Fox Lake lawyer is charged with felony driving under the influence after a Sunday morning crash that injured four people. Julio Argueta, 34, was ordered held on $100,000 bond after a court appearance Monday. ...
Lake County in 60 seconds.(News)(Lake County in 60 seconds)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Hikes offered: The Lake County Forest Preserve District is organizing group hikes at many preserves this summer. The Half Day, Greenbelt, Fort Sheridan and Buffalo Creek preserves are among the locations for the Saturday morning excursions. For more information, visit ...
No-wake restriction lifted on the Chain.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Russell Lissau rlissau@dailyherald.com With water levels receding, boating restrictions on the Chain OAELakes were lifted Monday. A no-wake order that had been in place since Thursday morning was removed, essentially allowing boaters to fully enjoy the lakes ...
Gurnee man admits he lied to police.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Gordon tgordon@dailyherald.com A Gurnee teen who claimed a police officer threatened him and used derogatory language during a traffic stop admitted Monday in Lake County circuit court that he lied. Heriberto Hernandez, 19, pleaded guilty to misdemeanor ...
Grayslake woman admits to violating battery probation.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Tony Gordon tgordon@dailyherald.com A motorist accused of striking and killing a Round Lake Beach teen admitted Monday she had violated her probation from an earlier conviction. Desiree Britt, 22, of 22 Junior Drive, Grayslake, faces up to one year in jail ...
No state budget leaves schools, others in limbo.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: John Patterson jpatterson@dailyherald.com SPRINGFIELD u Increased education and health care spending projects, along with the rest of the $59.2 billion Illinois budget, hang in limbo as the state appears likely to begin a new budget year Tuesday without a budget. ...
Federal paid leave bill is an affront.(News)(Editorials)(Editorial)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Excuse us if our commentary trespasses just a bit into hyperbole, but it feels like blunt language is necessary to wake people up - and especially to wake up the politicians who respond to special interests rather than their constituencies. ThereAEs a bubbling economic divide ...
Fence Post.(News)(Fence Post)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Issues too great for partisan gridlock One-hundred-fifty years ago last month, Abraham Lincoln stood in the Illinois State Capitol and delivered his "House Divided" speech - sharing what was thought to be a "radical" message. He stated the clear dangers to our future ...
Roskam rails against plan for EJ&E sale.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Chad Brooks cbrooks@dailyherald.com U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam called for legislation Monday aimed at blocking Canadian NationalAEs proposed purchase of the Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Railway. Specifically, the Wheaton RepublicanAEs legislation would designate a ...
Six counties in 60 seconds.(News)(Six counties in 60 seconds)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Three shot to death: Chicago police are investigating the shooting deaths of two men and a woman whose bodies were found at a residence in the South Shore neighborhood on the cityAEs South Side. Officer David Banks says the bodies were discovered late Sunday night after police ...
Jet with engine trouble lands safely at OAEHare.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: David Beery and Marni Pyke dbeery@dailyherald.com mpyke@dailyherald.com No one was injured when a Tokyo-bound jetliner encountered engine trouble and made an unscheduled landing at OAEHare International Airport soon after its takeoff Monday. Federal Aviation ...
Language takes aeRagtimeAE out of park setting.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Scott C. Morgan smorgan@dailyherald.com Cast and crew members of a production of "Ragtime" are searching for a new venue and funds to stage the show after its producer, the Wilmette Park District, canceled it last week. Rehearsals for the Tony-Award-winning ...
Border deal close.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Jameel Naqvi jnaqvi@dailyherald.com In hopes of preventing another round of battles over land and borders, Pingree Grove on Monday endorsed a boundary agreement with Huntley and Hampshire. The tentative border deal, which was reached after less than a week of ...
Police: Crystal Lake break-in linked to drug, accident case.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Charles Keeshan ckeeshan@dailyherald.com A Chicago man accused of breaking into a Crystal Lake-area home last week to get a change of clothes remained locked up in the McHenry County jail Monday facing burglary and drug charges. Crystal Lake police arrested ...
Fox Valley in 60 seconds.(News)(Fox Valley in 60 seconds)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Nominate a business: Wednesday is your last chance to nominate a Lake in the Hills business for the Gordon Larson Business Achievement award, which honors contributions businesses have made to the community. The villageAEs business relations committee reviews applications ....
Neighbor, retired firefighter saves family.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Larissa Chinwah lchinwah@dailyherald.com A Monday morning fire left a West Dundee family without their home, but officials say an early-bird neighbor prevented the toll from being much worse. Just before 5 a.m., emergency crews were called to a blaze at ...
Woman fled with drugs, money, police say.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gene Haschak ghaschak@dailyherald.com An Elgin woman carrying Ecstasy, cocaine and more than $35,000 in cash was arrested Sunday as she fled a home where gunshots had just been fired, police said Monday. Elizabeth A. Campbell, 32, of 371 Silver St., was ...
Man charged with taping teen.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Gene Haschak ghaschak@dailyherald.com An Algonquin man has been accused of secretly videotaping a 14-year-old girl and a woman while they were undressing, police said Monday. Adam T. Barnett, 28, of 22 Dellwood Court, was charged with three counts of child ...
Carnival to remember animal-loving kid.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Marco Santana msantana@dailyherald.com When it came to animals, Luke LaudolffAEs curiosity always got the better of him. Ever since he could walk, when he saw any animal, from a big dog to a small bug, he would get curious and ask questions. The ...
2 fire captains sue district.(News)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Lenore T. Adkins ladkins@dailyherald.com A pair of captains say they were wrongly demoted and are suing the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District and its trustees to get their higher ranks back. In the lawsuit filed in May in McHenry County ...
Neighbor fencepost.(Neighbor)(Neighbor fencepost)(Letter to the editor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Cookies for troops drive was successful To the editor: The Yellow Ribbon Support Group coordinated Operation Cookie Drop 2008 from Jan. 1 to April 30. During this time Girl Scout troops from northwest Cook County and southern Lake County donated more than 6,200 boxes of cookies ...
The blotter.(Neighbor)(The blotter)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Arlington Heights * A 2008 Honda Accord and 2006 Honda CR-V at the same house on the 800 block of North Evergreen were vandalized between 9:30 p.m. June 21 and 7:15 p.m. June 22. Damage estimates were not available. * A menAEs gray road bike locked to a fence in a ...
Get your gator here.(Neighbor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... The popular Taste of Lombard returns this week with a carnival, a variety of food offerings and entertainment that promises to keep everyone grooving. Daily Herald Staff Writer Kathryn Grondin asked festival organizer Mike Hughes what to expect at this yearAEs festival. Q ....
Band students bid teacher farewell.(Neighbor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Catherine Edman cedman@dailyherald.com Don Devany led Glenbard East High SchoolAEs band to three Superstate performances during his eight years as band director. He also is the man who helped bring Glenbard East High School "Thriller" at halftime. ...
Fostering kittens can be great lesson for kids.(Neighbor)(Leader of the pack)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Kerry Vinkler Q. Our cat was spayed years ago, but I wish she could have had just one litter for the kids to see. Is there anywhere they can experience the miracle of birth and be around newborn kittens? u Tina Langston, Burr Ridge A ....
More balloon for your buck.(Neighbor)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Byline: Jill Jedlowski Daily Herald correspondent When it comes to fight or flight, Wayne Dunham is a master of both. The head volunteer of LisleAEs Eyes to the Skies wasnAEt going to watch his annual hot-air balloon festival deflate before his eyes. So he put up the ...
If you want to find a four-leaf clover, look online.(Neighbor)(Around Naperville)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Stephanie Pencik Down at Knoch Knolls Park a couple of weeks ago, I was reminded about my childhood searching for four-leaf clovers in Muncie, Ind. In the Rolling Oaks subdivision with 28 homes, I grew up with 22 boys and girls, all within four years of my ...
Get closer to nature.(Neighbor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... To get up close and personal with awesome wildlife in the forest preserves, check out these programs sponsored by the Forest Preserve District of Kane County. For a complete listing of summer programs, visit www.kaneforest.com. To register, call (847) 741-8350. * ...
For these guys, spitting isnAEt rude but necessary to survive.(Neighbor)(Nature of things)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Valerie Blaine Emily Post would not approve. SomeoneAEs been spitting in the fields for the past two months. WhoAEs responsible for this uncouth behavior? Spittlebugs, thatAEs who. A spittlebug begins as a tiny egg in a plant stem. The "bug" emerges and ...
aeRed, White & BoomAE to explode in Lincolnshire.(Neighbor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Russell Lissau rlissau@dailyherald.com LincolnshireAEs planned Independence Day celebration is so big, two days are needed to hold all the festivities. The "Red, White & Boom!" festival is scheduled for Thursday and Friday at Spring Lake Park, 49 Oxford Drive ....
Pageants, fireworks & music.(Neighbor)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Russell Lissau rlissau@dailyherald.com Pageants and fireworks and music return to Mundelein with the annual Community Days festival July 1 through July 6. Most events are free to attend and will be staged at or near the festival grounds on Seymour Avenue at ...
The blotter.(Neighbor)(The blotter)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Antioch * A home on the 27800 block of Riverside Drive was robbed of $750 in jewelry and $30 in coins sometime before June 19. The thief got in by pushing open a window. Grayslake * Ryan C. Noble, 28, 18237 W. Elm St., Grayslake, Kyle D. Harding, 17, 184 ...
DeRosa, Cubs roll to victory.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Bruce Miles bmiles@dailyherald.com SAN FRANCISCO u So who needs Aramis Ramirez, anyway? Well, the Cubs do, but as long as Mark DeRosa is around and able to play seven positions, the Cubs can live without Ramirez for a little while. DeRosa filled in ...
Rose proof that some dreams do come true.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike McGraw mmcgraw@dailyherald.com Derrick RoseAEs personal history with the Bulls hasnAEt always been positive. When officially introduced Monday as a member of his hometown team, Rose recalled the night of June 14, 1998. He was 9 years old, ...
SoxAE offense red-hot.(Sports)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Scot Gregor sgregor@dailyherald.com White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen wasted his time Monday afternoon. Trying to guard against a letdown following back-to-back weekend meetings against the rival Cubs u including a three-game sweep in the second series u Guillen ...
Rose seems special, but who knows?(Sports)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Byline: Mike Imrem The only guarantees that come with Derrick Rose are the millions of dollars in his first contract. For the Bulls there are none. RoseAEs introductory news conference Monday reminded me of another 11 years ago, for a couple of reasons. ...