The Herald News - Joliet (IL) back issues from Tuesday, June 20:
Girl fighting leukemia
Jun 20, 2006; ... ? Benefit set: Raising funds for medical bills NEW LENOX - Four-year-old Taylor James likes to play with dolls and chase after her three older brothers.But she isn't always able to do those things because ofthe side effects of her leukemia treatments.Diagnosed in October 2005 with acute ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... Substance abuse forumJOLIET - The Southwest Coalition for Substance Abuse Issues will hold a community forum from 2 to 4 p.m. today in the Joliet West High School auditorium, 401 N. Larkin Ave.Elected officials will meet with providers of substance abuse prevention and treatment to discuss ...
the show will go on ... in september
Jun 20, 2006; ... John Tesh concert delayed, Ton Loc moved to Harrah's JOLIET -The show will go on, but not until mid-September.The second show in the summer concert series scheduled for Thursday at Silver Cross Field has been delayed. The Total Living Network was scheduled to present what was billed as a ...
Bullet pierces teen's shorts, doesn't injure him
Jun 20, 2006 ... JOLIET -At least one teenager is happy to wear loose-fitting clothing.A 16-year-old told police he was sitting with friends around 10 p.m. Sunday night on the front steps of a house in the 300 block of Youngs Avenue when a man walked up and asked which gang the young men were affiliated ...
Restaurant faces noise fight
Jun 20, 2006; ... JOLIET - The Tuckaway Terrace is not going down without a fight - at least one posed by neighbors who contend the place is too loud at times.Tuckaway Terrace, once known as Tuckaway Tavern, was carved into a wooded setting along U.S. 30 just outside the city's main shopping district in 1999 ...
Trial delays for man accused of murder
Jun 20, 2006; ... JOLIET - The trial has been rescheduled for a Wilmington Township man accused of killing a teenager last year.Ernest Edward Adams, 48, of 20877 Walton Road was arrested in October and charged with second-degree murder. On Aug. 30, Adams shot Justin Scherer, 18, of Wilmington in the head, Will ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... Tuesday, June 20the 171st day of 2006Local1956: Joliet's park board was warned that the city could be hard hit by Dutch Elm disease after infected trees on the city's East Side were found and destroyed.1981: The Herald News announced the first of a series of three special summer ...
EVERY JULY 4, ILLINOIS becomes AN ISLAND SURROUNDED BY BOTTLE ROCKETS & BLACK CATS. police here SAY IT'S almost|IMPOSSIBLE TO STOP ILLEGAL FIREWORKS
Jun 20, 2006; ... Billy McCurley sets up fireworks in a tent in 2004 in Shorewood. While McCurley was selling only legal fireworks, police are expecting a long weekend of illegal fireworks surrounding the Fourth of July this year. This year Independence Day falls on a Tuesday - which, for many people, ...
Big reward for Smalls the parrot
Jun 20, 2006; ... Smalls the African grey parrot has been missing since April 15. Judy Luther of Peru is heartbroken. On April 15, her parrot, Smalls, escaped from her home and hasn't been seen since. She has been running ads in countless papers - including The Herald News - offering a $500 reward for the ...
Work on schedule for Minooka school
Jun 20, 2006; ... ? Referendum passed: New high school to open in 2008 school MINOOKA - Three months after Minooka High School passed its referendum for a second high school, officials say the groundbreaking should be in the fall.David Binkley, a representative of Turner Construction Company, the school's ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... New National Parks Rules: In a blow to snowmobilers and all-terrain vehicle enthusiasts, the Department of the Interior issued new guidelines Monday that emphasize preserving natural resources over developing more recreation opportunities at national parks. The guidelines reverse a ...
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Jun 20, 2006 ... Taxes triple, quadruple SHOREWOOD - Within a few days of the Troy referendum being decided that it was a yes vote, I had fliers in my mailbox form Realtors saying they had properties listed in my area and would I like to sell my house. You know, it may come to that. We were here first, ...
THE PRAIRIE PARKWAY DEBATE
Jun 20, 2006; ... The neighboring villages of Big Rock and Sugar Grove have reached an impasse over their boundary, a disagreement that has played out like two brothers arguing over a new toy.The new toy in this case is the proposed intersection of the Prairie Parkway and U.S. 30 and the tax dollars that such ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... Take that, Tom Cruise Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban have returned home to Australia to be married, the couple announced in a joint statement. "We are very happy to be back in Australia," they said Monday in a statement carried by Australian Associated Press. "We have come home to ...
Pilot program tests river-town grants
Jun 20, 2006; ... YORKVILLE - State grants and tax breaks could help spur public and private development along the city's riverfront if the city can access a state program geared toward revitalizing former industrial sites.Mayor Art Prochaska met with a state official Friday to discuss the program, which is ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... for junior high and high school students, an academic summer camp modeled after the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry featured in the wildly successful Harry Potter book series by J.K. Rowling. Muggle is Potter-speak for nonmagical human. Participants in the camp, which began Sunday, ...
TROY REFERENDUM COURT RULING|IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, GO TELL SPRINGFIELD
Jun 20, 2006; ... Will County Clerk Nancy Schultz Voots says anyone who has a problem with the fact that some Troy School District referendum ballots were ruled invalid should work to get election laws changed in Springfield.As it stands now, voters still have to list a reason for needing an absentee ballot, ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... osecution demanded the death penalty for Saddam Hussein in its closing arguments Monday, saying he showed "no mercy" in the killings of women and children during a crackdown on Shiite Muslims in the 1980s. After a three-week recess, the defense gets to sum up its case, then a panel of judges ...
Vasher stays on point with his return
Jun 20, 2006; ... ? Welcome back: Pro Bowl cornerback feels team understands his side LAKE FOREST - Even though it meant he has to practice with the second team, cornerback Nate Vasher returned for the final week of the Bears' June workouts on Wednesday with the belief he made his point."We wanted to ...
Hall doors open
Jun 20, 2006; ... Long ago, I read a book entitled "How to Lie with Statistics," or something of that nature.Fascinating stuff, indeed. If you feel you have a point to prove, you always can find statistics to back up your argument.Not to pick on anything in particular, but you can say 9 out of 10 doctors ...
Youth rules JCA day
Jun 20, 2006; ... ? Hilltoppers reloaded: Assets include backs' speed, depth JOLIET - John Ruettiger, the quarterback, was out of town playing baseball.Coby Fleener, the potential No. 1 wide receiver, hung with his teammates but unable to participate, his hand in a cast after breaking it at a football camp in ...
Drivers share that something special
Jun 20, 2006; ... ? Local fundraiser: Irvin, Guerrero, Lazier each tell stories of recovery JOLIET - A former Daytona 500 champ, a former Indy 500 polesitter and the winner of the inaugural Peak Antifreeze 300 at the Chicagoland Speedway shared something special with dozens of local drivers and fans Saturday at ...
Lockport's Pasch honored as All-American for Olivet
Jun 20, 2006 ... Former Lockport High School second baseman Elisabeth Pasch completed her senior season for the Olivet Nazarene University softball team in style.Pasch was recently named to her second straight all-conference team by the CCAC and also earned recognition as a National Christian College Athletic ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... Two-way raceTony Stewart's early exit from Sunday's 3M Performance 400 helped turn the King of the Track competition into a two-way rather than three-way race for the top spot - at least for the time being. Roy Gregory of WCCQ-FM selected Stewart and received 40 points for his ...
Thinnes, Budres win in delayed Meyers Memorial
Jun 20, 2006 ... MORRIS - It took a lot of patience on behalf of the fans and crews, but after a 2«-half hour rain delay, the D'Arcy Buick/GMC UMARA Racing Series finally got in the Bob Meyers Memorial race last Saturday night.Already delayed a week by rain, the rescheduled event had to survive a dust storm, ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... Off the wirePatent suit: Verizon Communications Inc. has charged that Internet phone carrier Vonage Holdings Corp. violated patent rights that Verizon has on technology for making phone calls over the Internet. The lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., on behalf of ...
Levy plans move to Romeoville
Jun 20, 2006; ... ? Book distributor: Relocation involves 215 existing positions and 15 new jobs ROMEOVILLE - A book distributor will move its operations and 230 jobs to Romeoville.Levy Home Entertainment LLC and Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Monday announced that the state has provided $1.7 million in incentives, ...
DQ's humble beginning
Jun 20, 2006; ... Above: The first Dairy Queen opened on June 22, 1940, on North Chicago Street in Joliet. Below: Kankakee ice cream shop owner Sherb Noble launched a rather unorthodox marketing campaign: Aug. 4, 1938 was an all-you-can-eat soft serve ice cream day. Patrons paid 10 cents per person. The store ...
Good comes from war debate
Jun 20, 2006 ... Although it did so largely for the wrong reason, the House finally held its first full-scale debate on the war in Iraq, culminating in a 256-153 vote opposing an arbitrary date for "withdrawal and/or redeployment" from Iraq. The point of the exercise was for the Republican leadership to ...
Don't ignore the siege on free press
Jun 20, 2006; ... Many of us view the increasingly intense struggle between the press and the government with a strange mix of fascination and detachment. We are tempted to believe this distant clash of titans has little impact on our daily lives and that we can't do anything about it anyway.Well, it does, and ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... Historical figures buriedIn two recent articles on Oakwood Cemetery, you have failed to mention important burials in the cemetery. Sir William C. Van Horn and William Roberts are not mentioned.Van Horn was responsible for building the Canadian Pacific Railroad, and the large granite marker ...
Time to lift Guantanamo's veil of secrecy
Jun 20, 2006 ... We'd better not turn away just yet from the suicides of those three detainees at Guantanamo Bay. The rest of the world clearly isn't ready to move on. And with good reason. In many newspapers around the globe, "Guantanamo" is much more than the name of a beautiful harbor on Cuba's ...
Chicago-based Lucky Litter promises less of a mess
Jun 20, 2006; ... How much is your cat worth to you?Perhaps the better question is "How much is not having to clean your cat's litter box worth to you?"Visit the local pet supply store or go online and you'll find devices, priced from $25 to hundreds of dollars, promising to make the chore more ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... About 12 dogs and their owners showed up for the Pooches on Parade dog show on June 10 at The Timbers of Shorewood despite threatening rain clouds and unseasonably cool weather.Pups took home prizes in a variety of categories. Local winners include:Best Groomed: Bennington, owned by ...
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Bird cages need plenty of perches
Jun 20, 2006; ... A pet bird's home should be his castle. After all, your bird will spend most of his time in his cage.It's your job to make the bird's time spent in the cage enjoyable and safe.Any bird breeder will tell you that when it comes to cages, size matters. Get the biggest cage that you can. But ...
A true blue horse|Truman's riding lessons backed up by awards
Jun 20, 2006; ... Named after the sensitive, trusting soul played by Jim Carrey, "Truman" fits the bill, except he's a horse that loves blue Gatorade."His personality fits his name. He's easygoing, trusting and loyal," said his owner, Cindy Zacharias, who is manager at Normantown Trails Equestrian Center, ...
Travels with Basil|Retriever was friend up North
Jun 20, 2006; ... Basil, a flat-coated retriever, was slated to be a seeing-eye dog, but because of his hip dysplasia, he was not allowed to attend the Leader Dog for the Blind School in Detroit.Pauline Sloan, who now lives in Morris, adopted 1-year-old Basil in 1992. She thought he was the most beautiful ...
Jun 20, 2006 ... Cancer is the No. 1 cause of death in dogs. One out of every three dogs will get cancer, and 50 percent of those will die. Golden retrievers are one of the hardest-hit breeds, with 75 percent dying of cancer. But Goldens are not alone in this battle for their lives.The National Canine Cancer ...
Summer pet safety guidelines
Jun 20, 2006 ... The easiest part of keeping your animal safe this summer is to prevent accidents before they happen.Don't let your dog ride in the back of your truck. He could fall or jump out.Make sure your pet has shade if left outdoors for ...
Chicago PAWS trains cats to do tricks
Jun 20, 2006; ... The phrase teacher's pet takes on a whole new meaning at "kitten class."Although the class, which tries to do what some think impossible - train cats to do specific tasks - is new to the Chicago area, it's been taught in Australia for a decade."You can train your catto do anything a dog ...