Herald-News (Joliet, IL) back issues from Thursday, August 24:
DWIGHT SCHOOLS INCREASE SALARIES OF EMPLOYEES
Aug 24, 2000 ... DWIGHT -- The Dwight Township High School Board this week in a joint meeting with the grade school board approved pay increases for employees.The boards adopted a three-year contract calling for a 4 percent raise the first year and 3.8 percent the second. The third year of the ...
ON SALE
Aug 24, 2000 ... Saturday, 10 a.m. Elastica, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 27, Park West, $15Word of Mouth Tour/Jurasic 5/Dilated Peoples/The World Famous Beat Junkies/MC Supernatural, 7 p.m. Sept. 27, Vic Theatre, $20 Patricia Barber, 8:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Park West, $20 Dar Williams, 7:30 p.m. Sept. 29, Vic ...
SPECIAL INTEREST
Aug 24, 2000 ... Goose Island Fest: This street festival celebrates the last taste of summer from 5 to 10 p.m. Friday and noon to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in the 1800 block of North Clybourn, at Sheffield, Chicago.Goose Island Brewery will feature their craft beers and sodas; also the site of the Windy ...
PACIOREK HAS NO REGRETS | HEARTFELT ANALYSIS: `WIMPY' PREDICTS SOX WILL RIDE OUT FUNK
Aug 24, 2000 ... Note to any of the White Sox who may be experiencing a slight tightening of the collar as the Cleveland Indians' footsteps get louder: Don't change a thing.Keep doing what got you there and you still might shock some people in October. Easier said than done, maybe, and Tom Paciorek ...
WILDCATS EAGER TO RISE ABOVE LAST SEASON
Aug 24, 2000 ... Northwestern quarterback Zak Kustok has been waiting three years for a second chance.After attending Notre Dame as a freshman, Kustok transfered to Northwestern and fought and settled with the NCAA, finally becoming eligible during the middle of last season. But by the time Kustok took ...
CULPEPPER A KEEPER, AND A THROWBACK | DEFENSIVE TACKLE HAS THE PERSONALITY OF AN '85 BEAR
Aug 24, 2000 ... LAKE FOREST -- When the Bears dominated the NFC Central Division in the 1980s, their roster consisted of characters who had character.Besides being a nine-year veteran with 33 sacks his last six years, the newest Chicago Bear is a throwback to that era when team members knocked the ...
COLVIN EARNS STARTING JOB OVER URLACHER
Aug 24, 2000 ... LAKE FOREST -- Bears coaches plunged No. 1 draft pick Brian Urlacher into a crash course on playing strong-side linebacker.And the former collegiate safety crashed. Now, it's up to second-year player Rosevelt Colvin to pick up the pieces. Colvin is the new starting strong-side ...
ON THE COVER
Aug 24, 2000 ... Expectations are sky high at Lincoln-Way High School as quarterback Casey Paus returns for his senior season. Paus is considered one of the top quarterbacks in the nation and will play his college football at the University of Washington. His brother Cory, who led Lincoln-Way to the ...
AREA SCHEDULE
Aug 24, 2000 ... TODAY TENNIS: Minooka at Joliet, 4:15; Oswego at JCA, 4:15; Coal City at Kankakee, 4:30. BOYS GOLF: Morris at Pontiac, 4 p.m.; Peotone at Manteno, 4 p.m.; Brother Rice at Providence, 4 p.m.; Dwight at Reed-Custer 4:15; Minooka, Coal City at Lisle, 4:15. GIRLS GOLF: Minooka, Naperville North ...
`STEAL THIS MOVIE' UNDERMINES ITS FACTS WITH FICTION
Aug 24, 2000 ... Just for kicks, let's compare and contrast Abbie Hoffman and John Wayne. Both are probably spinning in their grave at the prospect.While The Duke certainly had mass appeal, his idolatry was strongest among what we'll call The Right. So, from time to time, he would make movies that ...
VISUALS KNOCK OUT AUDIENCES OF `THE CELL'
Aug 24, 2000 ... In The Cell, serial killer Vincent D'Onofrio tortures and drowns his female victims to "protect" them from the mercilessness of life.After his capture, he reveals that his latest victim will die if not recovered in two days. Social worker Jennifer Lopez, using the latest technology and ...
GOING PLACES
Aug 24, 2000 ... Viva! Chicago This 12th annual Latin Music festival will be from 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday in Grant Park, Jackson Blvd. and Columbus Drive, Chicago.Also featuring feature ethnic food items, merchandise and arts and crafts. Free. Call (312) 567-8500. Paddles ...
THE OLD COOT MOVIE MEETS THE MAFIA
Aug 24, 2000 ... It's high time for those do-nothings in Congress and those blame-gamers running for president to perform a vital service for the American people: Enact an immediate and permanent moratorium on the phrase "Fuggedabowdit." And enforce the ban with all the teeth of the U.S. military.Perhaps a ...
OUR TOWN RESULTS
Aug 24, 2000 ... HIGH SCHOOL GOLF MORRIS 141, COAL CITY 164, SENECA 190 At Morris Country Club (par 35) Morris - Nick Wills 32, Matt Maskel 33, Nate Kaldheim 37, Rob Martin 39. Ryan Marketti 37, Bob Armbruster 40, Justin Halliday 43, Scott Hodgen 44, Todd Bailey 44. Seneca - Josh Slattery 36, Nick Schaefer ...
SOYBEANS RISE, GRAIN PRICES DECLINE
Aug 24, 2000 ... CHICAGO -- Soybean prices closed higher while grain futures fell in dealings Wednesday on the Chicago Board of Trade.Soybean futures shifted direction frequently before settling higher amid favorable moist weather in the Midwest. Wheat prices fell as investors reacted to speculation ...
BACK-TO-SCHOOL GIZMO GUIDE
Aug 24, 2000 ... Another summer is winding down.You're starting to shop for pencils, notebooks, shoes and backpacks. And if you're a technologically savvy student or par, you're also looking for computer gadgets to enhance your learning experience. With that in mind, here's my annual guide to ...
DEBBY SKIRTS HISPANIOLA
Aug 24, 2000 ... Emergency workers evacuated dozens of people from riverside shacks in Dominican Republic and gusty rain tore roofs off homes in Haiti as Tropical Storm Debby skirted the island of Hispaniola.Debby was downgraded from a hurricane when it lost some force Wednesday morning. Still, ...
TITLE: WHAT IN THE WORLD
Aug 24, 2000 ... Caption Only. People throw tomatoes at each other during the La Tomatina fest Wednesday in Biunol, Spain. Local lore says the fiesta started in the 1940s ...
GLOBALIZATION WARNING
Aug 24, 2000 ... Queen Noor of Jordan once waited tables and was a maid at the posh ski resort in Aspen, Colo., where she spoke Tuesday.The widow of Jordan's King Hussein warned that world powers must be wary of the potential of globalization to "homogenize cultures into extinction" as she spoke at the Aspen ...
GORE PROBE NIXED AGAIN
Aug 24, 2000 ... For the third time, Attorney General Janet Reno refused Wednesday to have an outside counsel investigate Vice President Al Gore over 1996 campaign fund-raising.At issue is an April 1996 event at a Buddhist temple in California and a series of White House coffees where potential contributors ...
ONSEN AIMS TO CONTINUE COAL CITY'S SUCCESS
Aug 24, 2000 ... It took Lenny Onsen 14 years to land the head coaching job at his alma mater, Coal City High School, but his moment has finally arrived.Onsen takes over for Ken Miller, who built the Coalers into a suburban power during his 14 years at the helm. Miller won a state title in 1993 and ...
REED-CUSTER HOPES TO BUILD ON PLAYOFF APPEARANCE
Aug 24, 2000 ... Dean Cappel has experience at building football programs.The 21-year veteran helped Quincy, Herscher, Bradley-Bourbonnais and Clifton Central high schools into the playoffs in the past. Last year, his Reed-Custer team took that step up. But even though the first part of the ...
NEW COACH BRINGING A FRESH ATTITUDE TO DWIGHT
Aug 24, 2000 ... If enthusiasm counts for anything, look for Dwight High School to make an improvement under first-year head coach Chuck Butterbrodt.An assistant at Dwight for seven years, Butterbrodt takes over the head spot from Phil Sexton, whose team won one game a year ago. And even though ...
DIABETES RISES SHARPLY
Aug 24, 2000 ... Diabetes increased at an alarming rate in the United States during the past decade -- rising 70 percent among people in their 30s -- and health experts are blaming the wired-up, couch-potato culture of the 1990s. Diabetes is closely tied to obesity.The share of the overall population ...
VERIZON HOLDOUTS IN ACCORD
Aug 24, 2000 ... Negotiators for Verizon Communications and more than 35,000 telephone workers reached tentative agreement on a new contract Wednesday night, ending an 18-day strike in six mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia.The company and the last of three bargaining units settled Wednesday on ...
THUMBS UP
Aug 24, 2000 ... To Republican vice presidential candidate Richard Cheney for asking voters not to hold Al Gore accountable for Bill Clinton's moral failings."I don't think so," Cheney responded ...
DESPITE LINE HURTS, JCA RARIN' TO GO
Aug 24, 2000 ... Few area football teams could graduate players the caliber of Jake Goolsby (Notre Dame), Mike Maloney (Illinois) and Lee Sicinski (Illinois), but Joliet Catholic Academy is no average program.The defending Class 4A state champions (14-0 last season) are still big, strong and committed ....
MACDOUGALL BRINGS WINNING TOUCH TO JJC
Aug 24, 2000 ... JOLIET -- The nation's oldest junior college celebrates its centennial this school year.Numerous gala events are planned at Joliet Junior College. And the football team, under the direction of Hall of Famer Bob MacDougall, hopes to drop a few balloons and do some high-fiving and ...
JOLIET STILL CAN LOOK LIKE PART OF `RUST' BELT | ODD LAWN COLORS:
Aug 24, 2000 ... Rust fungus turns grass orange, yellowJOLIET -- During droughts, lawns turn brown. This summer, they are turning orange. Throughout northern Illinois, grass is becoming gold from a turf malady that is harmless to humans and vegetation alike. The name is as unassuming ...
LAND TRANSACTIONS
Aug 24, 2000 ... Will County real-estate transfer information is public record and is examined regularly by financial institutions, Realtors and companies that sell products to homeowners.This list includes residential transfers by city, including street address, recording date of the deed, and approximate ...
PRESIDENTIAL POLLS NOT MUCH ON SUBSTANCE
Aug 24, 2000 ... The Issue: The roller-coaster poll numbers in the Presidential race. We Say: Sadly, the numbers seem based on media hits, rather than substance on both sides.Our View That story Monday on the front page of this newspaper was troubling. And we aren't talking ...
JOLIET TEEN GETS 38-YEAR SENTENCE FOR MURDER | WOMAN SLAIN NEAR HOME: RAMONA SANTOS LOPEZ WAS IN CAR WITH FIANCE
Aug 24, 2000 ... JOLIET -- A 19-year-old man who took part in the slaying of a woman in front of her house on Joliet's East Side last October will spend 38 years in prison.Francisco Gutierrez, of 816 Ward Ave., Joliet, pleaded guilty Wednesday to first-degree murder in connection with the shooting death of ...
JT WILL USE PASS TO OPEN RUN GAME FOR MANCE
Aug 24, 2000 ... Joliet Township High School coach Bill Wienke thought his offense would be productive this season, but early practices in pads exceeded even his expectations."I really thought our defense would be OK, but I actually began to wonder a little when we put on the pads," Wienke said. "We ...
BALL FIELDS PREFERRED | PETITION DRIVE: PLAINFIELD TWP. PARK DISTRICT HEARS REQUEST
Aug 24, 2000 ... PLAINFIELD -- Thanks to a petition signed by 80 residents of Nature's Crossing subdivision, the development may get a much-desired baseball field instead of the half basketball court planned by the Plainfield Township Park District.The reason the petitioners want to see baseball fields in ...
WHICH CANDIDATE WILL TRY TO RE-INVENT HIMSELF?
Aug 24, 2000 ... The Question: Sen. Joe Lieberman is a fine man, respected on both sides of the aisle -- but he disagrees with Al Gore on important issues.Which of these candidates will now attempt to re-invent himself in the other's image? The Republican Answer In choosing Sen. Joe Lieberman ...
DEATH NOTICES
Aug 24, 2000 ... Bielec, Marge, 50 Aug. 22 Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home (815) 744-0022Borghi, Mary E., 78 Joliet, Aug. 23 Grant-Tapella-Freitag Westwood Memorial Chapel (815) 725-0100 Clayton, Dorothy, 80 Collinsville, Aug. 19 Dahlin, Ellen, 80 Palos, Hills, Aug. 21 Kurtz ...
MARRIAGE LICENSES
Aug 24, 2000 ... Will County -- Cerveny/Pevowar John A., Lisle, and Kimberly A., Crest Hill, July 28.Forman/Wolak Timothy J. and Suzanne M., Woodridge, July 28. Gomez/Cross David M. and Rebecca Ann, Joliet, July 28. Guzman/Cruz Sergio and Leticia, Joliet, July ...
LAND GRANTS FOR PARKS WON'T BE A QUICK DEAL | NEW LENOX: HOMER TOWNSHIP LAND FIRST MUST BE ANNEXED
Aug 24, 2000 ... NEW LENOX -- Leaders will have to wait for land grants for parks in a proposed subdivision.The subdivision land -- now in unincorporated Homer Township -- first must be annexed into New Lenox, a village planner said Tuesday. More than 450 townhouses and condo units are planned for the ...
BUREAUCRATIC NIGHTMARE
Aug 24, 2000 ... As a senior citizen and member of Humana, I have come to rely on the benefits my HMO provides me.With what little income I have, I know I could not afford to get the care I am receiving from my HMO through traditional fee-for-service Medicare, and I also know that Humana provides much better ...
EDUCATION ONLY A GRANDPARENT CAN DELIVER
Aug 24, 2000 ... It is a truism that few things are more important to our society than the education of our young.By imparting knowledge and values from generation to generation, we hope that those who follow us will enjoy a better life. Particularly in today's busy, two-career households, grandparents can ...
'N SYNC CONCERT FRUSTRATING
Aug 24, 2000 ... I'm sure the last thing someone wants to hear is more complaining about the 'N Sync concert but no one involved in the event wants to listen. If anyone out there is interested in being insulted, sworn at, herded like cows and having ...
SUSPECT IN FATAL CRASH DENIED CHANGE OF VENUE
Aug 24, 2000 ... JOLIET -- A Will County judge this week denied a request to change the location of the murder trial for the man accused of causing a fatal collision on Interstate 55 in February.Douglas Florey, 31, of the 300 block of Mississippi Street, Elwood, is charged with first-degree murder in ...
UNION DEPUTIES ENDORSE GLASGOW | STATE'S ATTORNEY'S RACE: NARCOTICS SQUAD MEETINGS CREATE STIR
Aug 24, 2000 ... JOLIET -- Will County's union sheriff's deputies voted Tuesday to endorse incumbent Democrat James Glasgow in the state's attorney's race.The union, which represents roughly 200 deputies, had voted in June not to endorse either Glasgow or his Republican challenger, Jeff Tomczak. But ...
LEMONT EMPHASIZES POWER
Aug 24, 2000 ... Versatile speedster Nick Bromberek has departed, but veteran Lemont High School coach Jim Driscoll knows "life goes on."Driscoll makes no bones about his ability to replace Bromberek, who played receiver, running back, defensive back and quarterback during his years as an Injun. For ...
ROMEOVILLE WOMAN ARRESTED AFTER 4 KIDS LEFT AT CASINO
Aug 24, 2000 ... JOLIET -- A woman was arrested this week after four children were left alone in a car parked at the Empress River Casino, police said.Nicole C. O'Leary, 31, of 621 Belmont Drive Romeoville, was arrested at 2300 Empress Drive on Tuesday on a charge of leaving children unattended in a motor ...
NEW CHURCH PART OF ST. JUDE EXPANSION | NEW LENOX PARISH: NEW STRUCTURES, OLD WOULD CONNECT ON SECOND AVE.
Aug 24, 2000 ... NEW LENOX -- A new church is the first of many plans to transform the property at St. Jude's.The building is the first phase of a construction project that eventually will connect all buildings on the property on West Second Avenue, said the Rev. Mike Slattery, pastor of the ...
SILVER CROSS HOSPITAL
Aug 24, 2000 ... Berblinger Kevin and Kari (Rice), Bolingbrook, boy, Kyle Brenon, Aug. 14.Pyle Jim and Lisa (Garcia), Shorewood, girl, Anela Winona, Aug. 14. Terry Quintina, Plainfield, boy, Quintin Dezette Tyrese, Aug. 14. Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center Goodwin Antonia, Joliet, ...
IMPACT WITH RESTAURANT
Aug 24, 2000 ... Caption Only. Nicor workers Wednesday afternoon dig to find the natural gas main to shut off a leak cause by concrete construction work being done on Chovan Drive in Joliet. Several homes in Chovan Estates subdivision were evacuated after a construction worker dislodged part of a gas line. The ...
HUGS AND KISSES
Aug 24, 2000 ... Caption Only. Collen Gates of Monee kisses Jingles the Shetland pony after he nuzzled up to her while getting a bath Wednesday at ...
SINGER, CLOGGERS, POLKA TONIGHT AT CONCERT ON THE HILL
Aug 24, 2000 ... JOLIET -- Music easy on the ears and fun for the feet will be featured at tonight's free 6:30 p.m. Concert on the Hill at the Billie Limacher Bicentennial Park. Tonight's line-up includes vocalist Cheryl Foster, the American Pride Cloggers and Eddie Korosa Jr. and the Boys From Illinois polka ...
CALENDAR
Aug 24, 2000 ... Friday Garage sale: 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday, sponsored by The Will County Community Health Center, 501 Ella Ave., Joliet. Reminders Pancake breakfast: 7-11 a.m. Saturday, VFW Post 1493, Pfeiffer Road, Frankfort, all you can eat, sponsored by Boy Scout Troop 236 of Frankfort Square, tickets ...
PARALYZED VETERANS BASS TOURNEY ON TAP THIS WEEKEND
Aug 24, 2000 ... Area Roundup -- Scott Dunn shares the microphone with sidekick Rich McCarty on their Wednesday evening "Fishing & Outdoors Show," which airs from 6:30-7:30 p.m. WCSJ 1550-AM in Morris and WJDK 95.7-FM in Morris.This weekend, Dunn will be sharing his boat with a member of the Paralyzed ...
LOCAL HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL RETURNS AS STRONG AS EVER
Aug 24, 2000 ... When Joliet Catholic Academy finished off Metamora 48-13 in last November's Class 4A state championship game at the University of Illinois, the exclamation point had been placed on another banner football season in the Joliet area.Of the 17 high schools that play football in our area, 11 ...
MINOOKA CRUNCH | WILLIAMS RECALLS '99 MEETING WITH OTHER MR. WILLIAMS
Aug 24, 2000 ... MINOOKA -- In the fourth quarter of Minooka High School's 26-14 loss to Bolingbrook a year ago, Mr. Dustin Williams said hello to Mr. Steve Williams.And the earth moved. "They were about to score," said Dustin Williams, the 245-pound Minooka linebacker, of his collision with Steve ...
BUCS PREPARE FOR WAR VS. KANE COUNTY
Aug 24, 2000 ... Semi-Pro Football -- The way things have gone this season in the Mid-Continental Football League, the Will County Buccaneers figured they were battling for the top spot in the tougher of the two divisions, and they hoped they would not have to face Tim Kubiak or Major Harris now or in the ...
LOCKPORT COUNTING ON DEFENSE, AT LEAST EARLY ON
Aug 24, 2000 ... Finding replacements for eight offensive starters is tough enough, but Lockport High School coach Bret Kooi has an even higher mountain to climb.One of those departed starters is tailback Craig Duppong, who dazzled defenses and spectators for nearly three varsity seasons. Duppong ...
KEYED BY PAUS, L-WAY TACKLES HIGH EXPECTATIONS
Aug 24, 2000 ... Cory Paus led Lincoln-Way High School to the Class 6A state championship his senior season after a runnerup finish as a junior.Casey Paus directed the Knights to the Class 6A semifinals as a junior, and by all indications, a trip to the championship game is a distinct possibility in this, his ...
WILLIAMS BECOMES TWO-WAY PLAYER AT MINOOKA
Aug 24, 2000 ... Plainfield High School has Jake Shields but is not the only Suburban Prairie Conference Red Division team blessed with a prized collegiate recruit.Minooka's Dustin Williams is a 6-4, 240-pound middle linebacker who already has settled on a collegiate home. He will head to the ...
STRONG '99 FINISH PROPELS PEOTONE
Aug 24, 2000 ... Second-season Peotone High School coach Kevin Greene hopes to build on four late victories of a year ago.The Blue Devils began Greene's first season with four losses, but things then turned around. Greene expects that the late surge will make a difference entering 2000. "I ...
HEART WILL DETERMINE HOW HIGH MORRIS FLIES
Aug 24, 2000 ... The sting of last season's 16-14 playoff heartbreak against Joliet Catholic Academy has all but abated, and Morris High School coach Dan Darlington eagerly anticipates what is likely to be another powerhouse season.Last season may have been Darlington's best coaching effort in a long while ....
PLAINFIELD'S SHIELDS TOUGH AS WELL AS QUICK
Aug 24, 2000 ... College recruiters with questions about Jake Shields' durability are beginning to aggravate Plainfield High School coach John Jackson.Two years' worth of impressive runs have made a believer out of Jackson, whose senior scatback rushed for 1,300 yards a year ago. If Plainfield has a ...
AS ALWAYS, PROVIDENCE AMONG THE FAVORITES
Aug 24, 2000 ... Chicago Mount Carmel, Chicago St. Rita, Wilmette Loyola and Providence Catholic high schools are regarded as the cream of the Catholic Metropolitan Conference Blue Division crop.Providence coach Matt Senffner believes his team belongs among the favorites, but he would have argued about the ...
ROMEOVILLE READY TO MAKE PLAYOFF BID
Aug 24, 2000 ... Romeoville High School won four of its seven SICA Gray Conference games a year ago, but narrow non-conference losses to Oswego and Lockport cost coach Jim Boudouris' team a playoff berth.Boudouris hopes to avoid the early stumbles this time around, and he may have the talent on hand to make ...
SENECA'S HOPES REST WITH ENGSTROM, `O' LINE
Aug 24, 2000 ... Seneca High School will bank on its experience offensively as it tries to continue last season's success.The Irish finished 9-2 and bowed out in the second round of the playoffs. Although 17 seniors graduated, 23 players return so coach Don Brown believes the team can enjoy its share of ...
EX-LEWIS STANDOUT YOUNG NAMED TO OLYMPIC BASEBALL TEAM
Aug 24, 2000 ... LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Former Lewis University outfielder Ernie Young was on the list Wednesday when the United States announced its Olympic baseball team.Young has had a big power season, hitting more than 30 homers and driving in nearly 100 runs for Class AAA Memphis, an affiliate of the St ....