Sun Publications (IL) back issues from Thursday, September 3:
SLEEP ON IT
Sep 03, 1998 ... Remember how easy it was for Goldilocks to pick out a bed?"This bed is too hard," she proclaimed about one bed. "This bed is too soft," she said of another. "This bed is just right," she decided after testing out the third. Unfortunately, buying a bed is rarely a fairy ...
PASSION FOR COLLECTIONS
Sep 03, 1998 ... Pictures of Greg Bandemer's two daughters hang on the wall in his office in the Verlo Mattress Factory Outlet in Naperville.Right next to the photos, a few more of the loves of his life sit in a wooden case. Bandemer, a lifelong auto racing fan, collects cars -- lots and lots of ...
FIRST WAVE
Sep 03, 1998 ... Moms pushed strollers and pulled wagons behind the new Gombert Elementary School last Wednesday as grandparents shot pictures, dads wielded minicams and dogs yapped at the end of their leashes.And kids, kids were everywhere. Kids smiled, kids shuddered, kids picked their noses, even ...
TRAFFIC TICKETS ISSUED DURING ROUTINE DETAIL
Sep 03, 1998 ... Aurora Police wrote 195 tickets during a traffic enforcement detail on Wednesday. Thirty speeding violations were issued in less than two hours on Eola Road at the Burlington Northern Railroad Bridge, to motorists going an average of 17 mph over the posted 45 mph speed limit. Another ...
TITLE: POLICE BLOTTER
Sep 03, 1998 ... 1. Armed robbery: A 30- to 35-year-old white male wearing blue pants, a blue denim shirt and a Halloween-style mask is suspected of stealing $742 at 4:45 a.m. Monday, Aug. 31, from a business in the 2600 block of Ogden Avenue, police said.The victim told police she saw the suspect washing the ...
COMMUNITY IN BRIEF
Sep 03, 1998 ... TELECOMMUNICATIONS CENTER TO OPEN Police officials will open the Aurora 911 Telecommunications Center to the public on Sept. 11, or 9/11, to recognize the city's emergency telecommunications operators on national "911 Day."From 6 to 9 p.m., operators will give tours of the facility located ...
CHAIN GANG
Sep 03, 1998 ... As Aurora Police Department officers Paul Lindley and Clark Johnson got ready to patrol the southern neighborhoods of the Fox Valley Villages on a recent afternoon, they stopped to fill their tanks first.The pair didn't pull up to the nearest gas station, they guzzled water from bike bottles ...
TRAFFIC AT MEADOW LAKES SUBDIVISION NEEDS ATTENTION
Sep 03, 1998 ... To Alderman Beykirch:As a resident of the Villages of Meadow Lakes for the past nine months, I've been waiting for the city of Aurora to do something. At what point does the city come out and install speed limit, stop, yield (etc.) signs? Now that school is in session, and we have ...
TEARS AND SMILES
Sep 03, 1998 ... It's a beautiful day in the yellow circle neighborhood.And the red triangle and blue square neighborhoods are looking good, too. Dozens of kindergartners with parents in tow bounced off the sparkling walls of Cherry Hill School's new home Friday, Aug. 21, during their ...
FOOTBALL PREVIEW: ANDREW (1-0) AT LINCOLN-WAY (1-0) 7:30 P.M. FRIDAY / RADIO WLLI-FM (96.7)
Sep 03, 1998 ... This was a great regular-season matchup last year, as the Knights won 33-32 in overtime. L-Way won the rematch 48-22 in a 6A semifinal playoff game.Andrew lost most of its key players from last year's team but opened this season with a 35-9 win over South Holland ...
CELTIC PRIDE
Sep 03, 1998 ... Before Providence Catholic High School builds state championship teams, it builds leaders on the football field."We know what to do and have to help everyone else fall in," said senior offensive tackle Tom Lenahan, the only returning starter on the offensive line. "Last year, there ...
BUILDING THE FUTURE
Sep 03, 1998 ... Everyone loves a bargain but seldom has "bargain basement" spending taken such epic dollar proportions as experienced this year in the Lincoln-Way High School District.With the first clods of dirt being turned to make both Lincoln-Way campuses four-year high schools by the year 2001, the ...
TITLE: POLICE BLOTTER
Sep 03, 1998 ... NEW LENOX -- 1. Domestic battery: Wendy Potocki, 27, of the 20800 block of South Hickory Creek Drive in Frankfort, was charged with domestic battery on the 800 block of North Cooper Road at 10:20 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, police reported.2. Driving while license suspended: Tracy Williams Jr., 19, ...
HARVEST POW WOW TO GIVE TASTE OF NATIVE AMERICAN LIFE
Sep 03, 1998 ... Mokena village leaders held a pow wow with members of Midwest Soarring (Save Our Ancestors Remains and Resources Indigenous Network Group) recently in hopes of making the fourth annual Harvest Pow Wow on Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 19-20, the best cultural effort yet.Soarring has held its pow ...
HOMEGROWN FRANKFORT NEWS REMEMBERED
Sep 03, 1998 ... Before Frankfort was news, there was the Frankfort News.Perhaps more of a homegrown newsletter resembling a church bulletin than a modern newspaper, the Frankfort News carried the down-home information that residents of the formerly tiny village were most interested in. Although the ...
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Sep 03, 1998 ... NEW LENOX TO PRESERVE LAND ON HICKORY CREEK A plan for developing and linking up trails and greenways to help preserve the "rural feel" of New Lenox has been informally approved by village trustees.The plan calls for priority be given to preserving and developing sites along Hickory Creek, ...
FALL FEST HARD WORK AND EASY LAUGHS
Sep 03, 1998 ... Their lips moved when they told their stories, and indeed there were a slew of stories, one after another after another, spanning some 20 years.But watching their lips and hearing the words that illustrated those yarns and legends could only be truly valued by also witnessing the intensity in ...
CIGARS ARE CHIC AGAIN, AND MORE THAN A FEW RESTAURANTS CATER TO A NEW GENERATION OF STOGIE LOV BECAUSE THE TREND IS REALLY SMOKIN'
Sep 03, 1998 ... Some call it relaxing, some call it trendy.Others call it downright disgusting. Whatever the view, smoking cigars has undoubtedly become a favorite pastime for many Americans, both young and old. We're not talking about the five for two bucks pack on the drug store ...
HEAVENLY MUSIC: LAWYER RICHARD SIEGEL HOLDS COURT IN ST. JOE'S ORGAN LOFT
Sep 03, 1998 ... Like mother, like son.Richard's Siegel's mother was the organist at St. Mary's Church in Plainfield. Now, Siegel makes some divine music of his own. When Saturday evenings arrive, Siegel trades in his voluminous law books for a simple hymnal. During the week, Siegel is ...
SPORTS BRIEFS PATRIOTS TRAMPLE BULLDOGS IN SEASON OPENER
Sep 03, 1998 ... Stevenson High School's football team was too big, too fast, too deep and too much for Waukegan High School.The Patriots moved the ball with few problems on offense and stopped the host Bulldogs cold on defense, earning a 40-12 victory in the season opener for both teams Saturday, Aug ....
LIBERTYVILLE UNLOCKS SECRETS TO SUCCESS
Sep 03, 1998 ... Libertyville High School's football team has so many weapons, it was just a matter of time before one worked.The Wildcats tried to beat visiting New Trier in the season-opening game for both teams on Aug. 29 by using their best players on offense and defense. But the players tired ...
MUNDELEIN FOOTBALL TEAM PUTS COLLAR ON BULLDOGS
Sep 03, 1998 ... The swarming mosquitoes bit the Wauconda Bulldogs.The Mundelein Mustangs ate them alive. In the season-opening football game for both teams, the Mustangs talent could be seen easily through the fog that crept onto the field as the game progressed. They displayed the intensity, ...
WILDCATS ARE ROARING AGAIN
Sep 03, 1998 ... Libertyville High School's boys soccer team has been one of the area's best over the years.There won't be much different this season. The Wildcats won their first game 3-0 at Prospect on Aug. 28 and have the talent to compete against the state's top teams. "We're not real big, ...
YOU CAN ALWAYS GO DOWNTO -- NEED SOMETHING? YOU CAN PROBABLY FIND IT IN LIBERTYVILLE
Sep 03, 1998 ... Whoever is responsible for all of the plastic surgery in Libertyville has sure done a great job.A couple of nips and tucks, a few implants and replacements, even some convincing face-lifts -- all in the name of maintaining beauty and livelihood. We are talking about the same thing ...
TRANSITION TIME
Sep 03, 1998 ... As with every school year, Libertyville High School students are finding themselves surrounded by throngs of familiar and brand-new faces.But this year, in addition to fresh-faced froshes, eager transfer students and old classmate buddies, a new addition to the staff will be welcoming the ...
RETIRING FIREFIGHTER IS COMMENDED
Sep 03, 1998 ... The Libertyville board presented retiring firefighter Dick Wettstein with a commendation at the village board meeting Aug. 25.The commendation was an acknowledgment of Wettstein's 27 years of meritorious services for the village. He began his career as an on-call firefighter and later ...
TITLE: POLICE REPORT
Sep 03, 1998 ... LIBERTYVILLE Due to press times and the availability of police reports, Libertyville's items are from the previous week.Monday, Aug. 24 1. Criminal damage to motor vehicle: An unknown subject(s) smashed the rear window of a 1992 Toyota Camry parked on the 2200 block of Tempel ...
WHAT'S ON YOUR READING LIST?
Sep 03, 1998 ... You don't have to call her Mrs. Regan.You don't need to bring two sharpened pencils or a notebook. All you have to bring to this class is a reading list and the book of the month. Really, this should not even be called a "class." I am talking about the group that meets every ...
PARK DISTRICT WANTS TO HEAR PUBLIC AT SIX MEETINGS
Sep 03, 1998 ... The Vernon Hills Park District Board of Park Commissioners is hosting a series of public meetings to present its plans for future park and facility development within the district and to allow residents an opportunity to ask questions and comment on specific park development plans or on park ...
BRIEFS
Sep 03, 1998 ... SEMINAR FOCUSES ON CUSTOMER SERVICE Once again the LMV Chamber of Commerce is sponsoring "Perception is Reality," a two-hour seminar on customer service for business owners, managers and customer service employees.It will be Wednesday, Sept. 16, at the Libertyville Civic Center, 135 W ....
FIELDS GIVES GRANT TO VERNON HILLS
Sep 03, 1998 ... Marshall Fields recently awarded the Vernon Hills Police Department a $3,225 grant for the first-ever Junior Police Academy Career Day, Police Chief Gary Kupsak announced at a recent board meeting.The day-long event is scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 24, and intends to expose junior high school ...
GROCERY STORE `KWIK' TO GIVE HELPING HJAND
Sep 03, 1998 ... Yesterday I received a call from Eleanor Grace Wellar, a longtime resident over on Brice Street.First I should mention that I have known the Wellar family since I was a little girl, since they live next door to my family home. (Hi Mom!) Anyway, Eleanor wanted to let me know about how ...
SOMETIMES YOU CAN'T SEE VERNON FOR THE HILLS
Sep 03, 1998 ... Boy, what a day! I had a million things to do, traffic was horrendous, and I was sitting in the construction zone on Deerpath Drive, impatiently willing my car to go where the road workers wouldn't let me go -- at least not until the sign revolved from "STOP" to "SLOW." As I looked around for ...
KICKOFF TIME
Sep 03, 1998 ... They began swarming into Libertyville's Butterfield School's parking lot at 8:15 Saturday morning.More than 1,000 young soccer players, decked out in full team regalia for the first time this season, lined up for the Greater Libertyville Soccer Association's annual kickoff parade Aug. 29 ....
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW
Sep 03, 1998 ... Caption Only. The face of downtown Libertyville has changed with the times, but the one thing that remins constant are the pople who live in town. At top left, a woman and her two children wait for the light to turn green at Milwaukee Avenue and Cook Street. Top, ...
CARMEL TROUNCES NORTH CHICAGO
Sep 03, 1998 ... Carmel High School's football team didn't waste any time in showing North Chicago who was boss.The Corsairs' Jon Styx scored on a 60-yard run on the first play from scrimmage. Then the Corsairs really got going. Carmel led 50-14 at halftime and played most of the second half ...
NEWCOMER BOLSTERS BLUE DEVILS
Sep 03, 1998 ... After missing some of its top runners early in the preseason, the Warren Township High School girls cross country team is off and running.The Blue Devils have several returning runners and one key foreign exchange student who should help the team win its share of meets this ...
BLUE DEVILS GOLFERS ON FIRE
Sep 03, 1998 ... The Warren Township High School boys golf team is off to a torrid start.It won its first match of the season, defeating Lake Zurich, 165-166 at Bittersweet Golf Course on Aug. 25. John Buksa carded a 40; Matt Culberson fired a 41; and John Billiter and Jeff Dempski each shot 42. The ...
HAVEN'T GOT TIME FOR THE PAIN
Sep 03, 1998 ... Try to imagine what it would be like if your pinkie finger hurt all of the time.From the moment you woke up, through meals, through work, through leisure, that little pinkie finger was throbbing and aching. Sometimes, the pain would switch from dull to sharp, like pins were being poked ...
LIVE AND LEARN
Sep 03, 1998 ... There's something to be said for getting that first game out of the way.Any coach, regardless of the level of competition or the sport, faces some degree of uncertainty before that first contest, when simulated game condition drills are finally replaced with the real action. When the ...
QUALITY TIME-OUT | COOKOUTS HELP STRENGTHEN PARENT-CHILD BONDS
Sep 03, 1998 ... Patrick Sack of Gurnee sat patiently while his 5-year-old daughter, Madison, climbed on him as if he were a jungle gym.She wrapped her arms around his neck and looked up at him. "You're my daddy," she said. Finally, Madison settled in his lap to hear the ghost stories that ...
BACK TO THE STATE
Sep 03, 1998 ... They just won't take no for an answer. After their request for a charter to operate an independent school in the Prairie Crossing subdivision in Grayslake was rejected for the second straight year by the Woodland and Fremont Elementary school districts last week, proponents promised they would ...
DINING OASIS
Sep 03, 1998 ... ANGELO'S FINE FOOD ETC. Rating: ** stars ***** Address: 906 Route 45, Indian Creek, (847) 918-9442. Hours: 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Saturday; 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday; bar remains open daily. Entree range: $7 to $13; all major credit cards accepted. Dress: Casual. Reservations: ...
FALL COLORS
Sep 03, 1998 ... Autumn, for many gardeners, is an intermission in the growing cycle, an empty pause between the luscious blooms of late summer and the tiny buds of spring.It's a time for putting away the garden hose, picking up the rake and preparing for the winter ahead. But the season, with its ...
VERNON HILLS PARK PROGRAM EMPHASIZES SUGAR AND SPICE
Sep 03, 1998 ... It's trendy these days to try to raise kids in a gender-neutral environment.Parents sign sons and daughters up for soccer, gymnastics and piano lessons in nearly equal numbers. They help children of both sexes amass Beanie Baby collections. Some parents even go so far as to ...
TITLE: POLICE REPORT
Sep 03, 1998 ... Sunday, Aug. 30 1. DUI: Erica L. Emziah, 28, of Waukegan was arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol on Route 132 west of Lawrence Avenue, at 3 a.m., police reports said.She was released on a personal recognizance bond and has a Waukegan court date scheduled for 9 a.m. Sept ....
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Sep 03, 1998 ... DANCENTER CASTS ANNUAL `NUTCRACKER' Dancenter North of Libertyville will hold auditions for singers and dancers who will comprise the studio's performers for the 1998-99 season.These performers will make up the cast of the highly acclaimed, "Magic of the Nutcracker" scheduled for seven ...
CARMEL NOTES
Sep 03, 1998 ... CARMEL SCIENCE TEACHER HONORED: Carmel High School science teacher Marianne Barker has been selected to be one of the three Illinois nominees for the Presidential Awards of Excellence in Secondary Science Teaching.The state's awardees will receive a $7,500 grant from the National Science ...
WILLIAM GLICK
Sep 03, 1998 ... William Glick, 78, of Grayslake died Aug. 22, 1998, at the North Chicago Veterans Hospital. He was born Nov. 11, 1919, in Pittsburgh, Pa.Mr. Glick was an Army veteran of World War II and lived in Grayslake for the last 35 years. Mr. Glick retired in 1996 from Shepard Chevrolet, Lake Bluff, ...
WARREN-NEWPORT LIBRARY OFFERS NEW CARD
Sep 03, 1998 ... In celebration of National Library Card Sign-Up Month, the Warren-Newport Public Library in Gurnee has introduced a library value card to current and new district cardholders.Library patrons will have the option of converting to the library value card for a $1 fee at the check-out ...
GURNEE VILLAGE BOARD PASSES 3-PERCENT AMUSEMENT TAX
Sep 03, 1998 ... The Gurnee Village Board took another step in finalizing the amusement tax issue by passing a 3 percent flat tax on all forms of amusement under the condition that each taxable entity could be debated at another meeting.The proposed amusement tax increase, which would effect Six Flags Great ...
FINALLY, A CHANCE TO SEE SCHOOL IMPROVEMENTS
Sep 03, 1998 ... Geez Louise! The day is finally here, and the schools are ready.I mean really ready, and they are beautiful. Wait until you see them. Viking had a small group of parent volunteers who planned to show the incoming students around their new home Aug. 31. The effort was ...
THE LIBRARY BOOK CONNECTION
Sep 03, 1998 ... I goof up now and then, but I really do try to live by the "rules" of life. I brush my teeth before I go to bed, say my prayers, balance my checkbook (annually), and wear my seat belt (always). So why can't I get library books back on time -- if ever?!I'm starting to think it's bad ...
EVERYBODY WINS
Sep 03, 1998 ... America's pastime can't hold a candle to the world's passion.At least that's what Larry Langenberg and other Gurnee soccer enthusiasts believe. "Baseball is America's favorite spectator sport," the Gurnee Park District soccer coach said. "That's why we got turned off in ...
A TIME FOR US
Sep 03, 1998 ... Caption Only. Mary Kate Stefanowski, left, points the way for her father Dennis and others on a ...
THIS AGENT'S NO SECRET
Sep 03, 1998 ... When life feeds Frankfort's Kathy Paulsen lemons, she squeezes it into lemonade.Paulsen was talent coordinator and program director for Joliet's Rialto Square Theater from 1984 to 1993, but a financial squeeze hit the entertainment center and her position felt the pressure of being ...