Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) back issues from May 2009:
BALL-4151435.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Kathy L. Ball of Arlington Heights Visitation for Kathy L. Ball will be from 2 until 9 p.m. with a prayer service at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1, at the Glueckert Funeral Home, Ltd., 1520 N. Arlington Heights Road, (four blocks south of Palatine Road), Arlington Heights. Interment is private. ...
OSMUN-4151456.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Lydia L. Osmun of Elgin Funeral services for Lydia L. Osmun, 101, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at the Apostolic Christian Church, Elgin. Burial will follow in Lakewood Memorial Park. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. today, at Laird Funeral Home, 310 S. State St. (Route ...
KMIECIK-4151574.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Jean Kmiecik Visitation for Jean Kmiecik, 85, will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, May 1, at Kolssak Funeral Home, Ltd., 189 S. Milwaukee Ave. (two blocks south of Dundee Road), Wheeling. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, at the funeral home. Entombment will be in St. ...
STARCK-4151587.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Lucille "Lu" Starck The family and friends of Lucille "Lu" Starck (nee Gasser), 87, may gather from 10 a.m. until the time of the memorial service at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 2, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights. Lucille died ...
TOFT-4151607.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... June Elizabeth (Harris) Toft of Maple Park Visitation for June Elizabeth (Harris)Toft, 87, will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Monday, May 4, at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce St., Elburn. A funeral to celebrate her life will follow visitation at 7 p.m., with cremation to follow. Those unable to ...
SLATTERY-4151616.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Janet A. Slattery of Morton Grove for 40 years Visitation for Janet A. Slattery (nee Palmer), 84, will be from 10 a.m. until the time of the service at 12 noon Saturday, May 2, at the Oehler Funeral Home, 2099 Miner St. (Northwest Highway/Route 14 at Rand Road), Des Plaines. Interment ...
HARDY-4151650.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Joshua Jared Hardy of Palatine Joshua Jared Hardy was born Nov. 4, 1987, in Barrington, and died Wednesday, April 29, 2009, in Champaign, of natural causes. He was the beloved son of Ruth (nee Knott) and Peter Jensen; beloved brother of Ambria Hardy, Courtney and Ashlyn Jensen, Pamela ...
SELELRGREN-4151654.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Roland M. Sellergren of Bloomingdale Roland M. Sellergren will lie in state from 9 a.m. until the time of the services at 10 a.m. Monday, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 405 S. Rush, Roselle. Cremation will be private. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Sunday, at Salerno's Rosedale Chapels, ...
HOLBROOK-4151671.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Bernadine J. Holbrook of Elgin Funeral services for Bernadine J. Holbrook, 77, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Laird Funeral Home, 310 S. State St. (Route 31), Elgin, with visitation held from 11 a.m. until the time of the services. Burial will be in River Hills Memorial Park, ...
WOOD-4151686.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Margaret "Elaine" Wood of Elmhurst A gathering for the family and friends of Margaret "Elaine" Wood (nee Andrews), 73, will be held Saturday from 3 to 7 p.m., with a memorial service at 7 p.m. at Knollcrest Funeral Home, 1500 S. Meyers Road (three blocks south of Roosevelt Road), Lombard ....
GRONEWOLD-4151687.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Anna Gronewold a resident of Medinah for 30 years Funeral services for Anna Gronewold (nee Janssen), 96, formerly of Itasca for 30 years, will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, at Geils Funeral Home, 180 S. York Road, Bensenville. Interment will be in Eden Memorial Park, Schiller Park ....
BOBERG-4151697.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Juanita Bonnie May Boberg of Arlington Heights Visitation for Juanita Bonnie May Boberg, 54, will be from 1 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 3, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights. Prayers will be said at 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 4, at the ...
GRIMES-4151702.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Dolores "Patricia" Grimes Dolores "Patricia" Grimes of Naples, Fla., was born Feb. 14, 1916, and died Monday, April 27, 2009, in Naples. Pat formerly lived for many years in Wheaton. She leaves her daughter, Margaret Ann "Peggy" Goldberg; sons-in-law Sheldon Goldberg and Daniel Maida ....
BAUMSTARK-4151728.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Richard R. Baumstark of Mount Prospect since 1967 Visitation for Richard R. Baumstark, 88, will be from 2 p.m. until the time of the services at 8 p.m. Saturday, at Friedrichs Funeral Home, 320 W. Central Road (at Northwest Highway), Mount Prospect. Interment will be in All Saints ...
DIVEN-4151751.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Andrea Elise Diven "My lovely bride, Andrea Elise Diven, died on April 26, 2009, after a long lengthy battle with Alzheimer's disease. We were married for 54 years." Andrea was born on May 15, 1929. She graduated from Portage Park Grade School as well as Schurz High School. She attended ...
FARRIS-4151851.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Righter Steele Farris Righter Steele Farris, the son of the late Howard S. and Gladys B. (nee Righter) Farris, was born Nov. 18, 1929, in Kirksville, Mo., and departed this life on Sunday, April 26, 2009, at his residence in Van Buren, Mo. Righter had resided in Van Buren since moving ...
SELZER-4151862.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Ronald Selzer a resident of Mundelein A memorial visitation for Ronald Selzer, 60, is scheduled from 12 noon until the time of the memorial service at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 2, at Strang Funeral Chapel & Crematorium, 410 E. Belvidere Road, Grayslake. Interment will be held at ...
DEMARCO-4151868.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Amelia DeMarco of Sun City, Huntley Visitation for Amelia DeMarco, 86, will be from 9:30 a.m. until the 10:30 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial is celebrated Friday, May 1, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Huntley/ Dundee Road, Huntley. Born Oct. 14,1922, in Chicago, the daughter of Venanzia ...
Chrysler down, but not out yet Automaker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, will reorganize.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Associated Press WASHINGTON Chrysler filed for bankruptcy protection Thursday and announced it will temporarily halt most of its vehicle production while it completes a deal with Italian carmaker Fiat designed to revive its tattered fortunes. The Obama ...
Motorola dialing for dollars and new products.(Business)
May 01, 2009; ... Byline: Anna Marie Kukec Daily Herald Business Writer Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. delivered grim news about its earnings on Thursday. More losses. Fewer shipments of phones. Worldwide ranking slid to No. 4. Still, the communications company promises consumers that ...
Verizon boosting network.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Verizon Wireless, which has its Midwest headquarters in Schaumburg, said its boosting its network around the suburbs and the state to provide faster service to subscribers. So far this year, the wireless provider has activated 96 new cell sites statewide, including 11 in ...
Local Focus.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Local Focus Littelfuse reports steep drop in sales DES PLAINES Littelfuse Inc. reported sales for the first quarter dipped 37 percent compared with last year. Sales for the first quarter of 2009 were $84.4 million. The slow start to the current year was due to ...
Big Picture.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Big Picture Tenneco posts loss, cuts salaries LAKE FOREST Tenneco Inc., the worlds largest maker of vehicle-exhaust systems, posted a first-quarter net loss of $49 million, or $1.05 a share, compared with net income a year earlier of $6 million, or 13 cents ....
Expanding bow business keeps moms connected.(Business)
May 01, 2009 ... Its more than friendship that ties Julie Nitchie and Gretchen Stevenson together. Their innovative hair-bow business keeps them connected, too. The moms came up with the idea for a business, The Pink Hippo Hair Bows, when they couldnt find a hair bow that would stay in their ...
Inverness police officers enjoy uneventful first day.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kimberly Pohl kpohl@dailyherald.com No calls, no stops, no speeders, no lost dogs to recover. Inverness Police Chief Bob Haas didnt even encounter a pedestrian on his first official patrol since the department officially began operations at noon Thursday. ...
Mourners ask, 'Why?' 'Hold fast to each other. Hold fast to hope. Hold fast to Jesus.' Pastor cannot find words for what happened to family.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Jamie Sotonoff jsotonoff@dailyherald.com Als love of cooking and the Chicago Cubs. Lauras fun personality and bright future. The lives of the beloved father-daughter duo were celebrated and mourned Thursday inside a chapel overflowing with friends and family ...
Suburbs hit hard.(News)
May 01, 2009; ... Byline: Robert McCoppin Health & Fitness Reporter rmccoppin@dailyherald.com The number of probable swine flu cases in Illinois increased dramatically Thursday, going from eight to at least 42, with most of the cases in the suburbs. The number of suburban schools ...
(Home)stretch your money: Arlington Park opens today.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sheila Ahern sahern@dailyherald.com Even "staycations" are too expensive for many people this summer go to Wrigley Field or Great America and you start spending money just to get in a parking lot. But at Arlington Park, a family of four can spend the day at ...
Church says it's time to expand.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sheila Ahern sahern@dailyherald.com St. Peter Lutheran Church in Arlington Heights is planning an addition to house their growing number of preschool students. The $4 million expansion will add four preschool rooms to the existing nine rooms and also build a ...
Dist. 211 board gets to work.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Ashok Selvam aselvam@dailyherald.com Work on artificial turf at Conant, Hoffman Estates and Palatine high school fields is expected to start this month. That should cap off a series of facilities improvements that started in 2006 for Palatine-Schaumburg High ...
Is Elk Grove job program unfair to some?(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sheila Ahern sahern@dailyherald.com Richard Swets wants one of those Elk Grove Village stimulus program jobs but doesnt think he has a chance. Hes from Schaumburg, and Elk Grove is giving preference to its residents first. Village President Craig ...
Schaumburg woman found unresponsive dies.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Daily Herald staff report A woman who was found unresponsive in her Schaumburg home April 24 has died, turning the police probe of her mysterious condition into a death investigation. Jenna M. Ussery, 29, was transported by Schaumburg paramedics from her home ...
Northwest suburbs in 60 seconds.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Funeral set for Fremd grad: Visitation for Joshua Jared Hardy, 21, will be from 3 to 9 p.m. today at the Ahlgrim Family Funeral Home, 201 N. Northwest Hwy. in Palatine. Prayers will be said at 11:45 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home, followed by a funeral Mass at 12:30 p.m. at ...
Highway department won't obey auditor.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rob Olmstead rolmstead@dailyherald.com The Cook County Highway Department, which until April 9 put an employee with a lengthy arrest record in charge of peoples personnel files, is refusing to adopt the recommended practices of the county auditor, the auditor says. ...
Judge refuses to drop public defender from case.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Rob Olmstead rolmstead@dailyherald.com A Cook County judge refused Thursday to use money posted by the countys former chief financial officer to pay for a private attorney for an ex-county employee who is now in jail. Judge James Patrick Murphy had been asked ...
Horrors! Schools stage the same play.(News)
May 01, 2009; ... Byline: Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The rock musical, "Little Shop of Horrors," complete with bloodthirsty plant Audrey II, turns up on not one but two high school stages this weekend. Students at Buffalo Grove and Elk Grove high schools are presenting ...
Square Deal Shoes loses a longtime owner.(News)
May 01, 2009; ... Byline: Eileen O. Daday Daily Herald correspondent The owner of one of the oldest retail businesses in Des Plaines has died. Joseph Capozzoli, whose father, Luigi, opened Square Deal Shoes in Des Plaines in the 1920s, passed away Monday. The longtime Mount Prospect ...
Taylor's surgery delayed.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Amy R. Mack amack@dailyherald.com With a promise of plenty of her favorite mashed potatoes and ice cream to come when its over, Taylor Radtke will fast this morning in preparation for surgery rescheduled for this afternoon. Swine flu restrictions at Phoenix ...
Local leaders try hand at U-46 principal jobs.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kerry Lester klester@dailyherald.com Leaders across the Northwest suburbs werent to be found at their regular desks Thursday. They were in the principals office. More than 50 individuals served as principal for a day in Elgin Area School District ...
Man gets 3 years for sex abuse.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer bvitello@dailyherald.com -CLMN- A Zion man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a 19-year-old woman he met last year in Palatine. In exchange for pleading guilty to the class 2 felony, Amritpal ...
Accused teen allowed to leave home to work.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer bvitello@dailyherald.com -CLMN- Last month, Cook County Judge John Scotillo modified the 24-hour curfew imposed on Kevin Schuh to allow the teenager to leave his residence to look for a job. After learning from defense ...
Opening weekend at Arlington Park.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Today: The most popular day to play hooky in the suburbs is Arlington Parks opening day. Gates open at 10:45 a.m. today; the first race is 2:30 p.m. Admission is $7 or $6 online. The tracks 98-day season runs through Sept. 27. Saturday: The track hosts the "Worlds Largest Derby ...
Fence Post.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Capt. Phillips, you are my hero Captain Phillips, you said you are no hero. Actually, you are. I am an immigrant and I travel to India at least once a year. I usually stop in London for a night or two. One time I was introduced to someone with "He is from ...
'It's officially game over'.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Robert Sanchez bsanchez@dailyherald.com Weeks of negotiations and last-minute fundraising simply werent enough to save Driscoll Catholic High School. Joliet Diocese officials decided Thursday not to intervene to prevent the 43-year-old Addison high school from ...
Bensenville village manager resigns.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Christy Gutowski Legal Affairs Writer cgutowski@dailyherald.com Voters sent Bensenville Village President John Geils administration packing, and now it appears the village manager also will be gone before the new regime takes office. Village Manager Jim ...
Dist. 88 board member faces battery charges.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Christy Gutowski Legal Affairs Writer cgutowski@dailyherald.com An elected DuPage High School District 88 school board member is facing misdemeanor charges after an Addison Trail High School student accused him of inappropriate contact. Paul D. Habel turned ...
Judge: Motive for plea fair game.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Christy Gutowski Legal Affairs Writer cgutowski@dailyherald.com More than two decades ago, Brian J. Dugan offered to confess if his life was spared for the 1983 murder of Naperville schoolgirl Jeanine Nicarico a crime for which two other men at the time were on death ...
DuPage County in 60 seconds.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Masked heroes, space vixens: The ninth annual Windy City Pulp and Paper Convention will bring creators, collectors and fans to the Westin Lombard Yorktown Center today through Sunday. Attractions include a dealer showroom offering vintage pulp, paperback, old-time radio, movie ...
Mayor touts Aurora's progress.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Melissa Jenco mjenco@dailyherald.com Auroras increasing development and decreasing crime rate were among the citys accomplishments Mayor Tom Weisner highlighted in his 2009 State of the City address Thursday. The event was part of the annual meeting of the ...
Get your motor runnin' Sunday.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Bob Susnjara bsusnjara@dailyherald.com Thousands of visitors are expected to descend on Waukegan for a motorcycle show Sunday an event Grayslake chased away last year when officials cited potential violence. Austins Saloon & Eatery in Libertyville will host ...
Addison man charged with ID theft.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Lenore T. Adkins ladkins@dailyherald.com A Mexican-born Addison man used a stolen Social Security number to live his version of the American dream, making more than $80,000 in nearly three years, police said. Felix Aguilar, 43, of the first block of West ...
Is District 204 superintendent applying for job?(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Justin Kmitch jkmitch@dailyherald.com Indian Prairie Unit District 204 Superintendent Stephen Daeschner may have his eyes on greener pastures. Daeschner said Thursday he is "contemplating a decision whether to apply" for a superintendent vacancy "in the ...
Furstenau, city still at odds settlement.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Melissa Jenco mjenco@dailyherald.com More than a month after Naperville announced Councilman Richard Furstenau was dropping his lawsuit against the city, the two sides still are battling over terms of the settlement. Both Naperville and Furstenau filed new ...
Local leaders try hand at U-46 principal jobs.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Kerry Lester klester@dailyherald.com Leaders across the Northwest suburbs werenEt to be found at their regular desks Thursday. They were in the principalEs office. More than 50 individuals served as principal for a day in Elgin Area School District ...
(Home) stretch your money.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Sheila Ahern sahern@dailyherald.com Even "staycations" are too expensive for many people this summer go to Wrigley Field or Great America and you start spending money just to get in a parking lot. But at Arlington Park, a family of four can spend the day at ...
Fence Post.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Rest of the world isnt like Naperville To the five sophomores from Naperville who wrote to the April 18 Fence Post regarding the current economic crisis, your grammar and sentence structure was impeccable. It was a testament to your fine education. But the content of the letter ...
Teen allowed to leave home to work.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Barbara Vitello Legal Affairs Writer bvitello@dailyherald.com -CLMN- Last month, Cook County Judge John Scotillo modified the 24-hour curfew imposed on Kevin Schuh to allow the teenager to leave his residence to look for a job. After learning from defense ...
Man gets 3 years for sex abuse.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... A Zion man pleaded guilty Thursday to aggravated criminal sexual abuse of a 19-year-old woman he met last year in Palatine. In exchange for pleading guilty to the class 2 felony, Amritpal Chohan, of the 1600 block of W. Russell Road in Zion, received three years in prison, with ...
District announces summits on suicide.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: James Fuller jfuller@dailyherald.com With six student suicides in the past seven years, St. Charles Unit District 303 is turning to the community for help in forming a new approach to reaching out to troubled students. The district announced the dates of four ...
Police: Sugar Grove robbery never happened.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Josh Stockinger jstockinger@dailyherald.com Turns out the woman who said she was robbed by a police impersonator in Sugar Grove this week made the whole thing up, the real police said Thursday. Danielle Heckenback, 32, of Yorkville was charged with filing a ...
Woman denies she stole from senior citizen.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Josh Stockinger jstockinger@dailyherald.com A 47-year-old Batavia woman pleaded not guilty Thursday to charges she and her husband stole thousands of dollars from an elderly person. Brenda L. Waters, of the 800 block of Main Street, was arraigned in Kane ...
U.S. pride on parade:.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Susan Sarkauskas ssarkauskas@dailyherald.com Batavias annual Loyalty Day parade taps into a deep vein of patriotism and pride. The annual march takes place at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 3. The VFW-organized parade, with 109 units and about 2,200 people, is chock ...
Man guilty of assaulting Elburn girls.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Josh Stockinger jstockinger@dailyherald.com A Wheaton man admitted Thursday to raping two young girls he was supposed to look after in Elburn. Francis G. Nolen, 34, pleaded guilty to charges of criminal sexual assault and predatory criminal sexual ...
Fox Valley in 60 seconds.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... DUI prosecutor honored: Kane County Assistant States Attorney Steve Sims has been named a 2009 Prosecutor of the Year by the Illinois Department of Transportation. Sims, who is chief of the traffic and DUI division, was one of two people selected for the award based on his ...
St. Charles woman pleads not guilty in overdose case.(News)
May 01, 2009 ... Byline: Josh Stockinger jstockinger@dailyherald.com A St. Charles woman accused of helping dump an Elburn teens body in Chicago after his apparent heroin overdose at her house pleaded not guilty Thursday to obstructing justice. Lindsey L. Parker, 23, of the 4000 block ...