The News-Sun - Waukegan (IL) back issues from July 1998:
A DOE'S A DEER, BUT THESE DEERS AREN'T DOES
Jul 01, 1998 ... Caption Only. It's a name game that's played by the two age 12-under girls softball teams in Deerfield. One team is named the Does and the othe is the Deers and the same girls do not play on both teams. The pictured girls play for the Deers, who beat a team from Lindenhurst last week ...
BUSINESS CALENDAR
Jul 01, 1998 ... Tuesday Private Industry Council: The Executive Committee meets at 4 p.m., Allegiance Corporation, 1430 Waukegan Road, Waukegan in the Karl Bays Building.Details: 249-2200. NorthSide Community Bank: A week-long celebration begins today and continues through July 11 at the bank, 5103 ...
ENTREPRENEUR PROFILE
Jul 01, 1998 ... Name: Donna OstranderHistory: For years, Ostrander had suffered chronic back pain to the point where she found it difficult to get out of bed in the morning. A hospital respiratory therapist, she had gone to different doctors and tried all kinds of methods, to no avail. One ...
PREP NOTES | HIGHLIGHTS & SIDELIGHTS
Jul 01, 1998 ... Round Lake basketball coach goes to WaucondaWhen Scott Williams walks into the gymnasium at Round Lake High School next basketball season, he'll have to be sure he sets up camp on the correct bench. The visiting bench. That's because Williams has jumped from Round Lake and ...
LEGION BASEBALL | VERNON TOURNEY HAS STRONG FIELD
Jul 01, 1998 ... Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire will be the site for the Vernon Invitational baseball tournament over the Fourth of July weekend, hosted by the Vernon American Legion team.The tourney will begin on Thursday with the two area entrants meeting, with Vernon playing Libertyville at 2 p.m ....
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL | LIBERTYVILLE ROUNDING INTO TOP FORM
Jul 01, 1998 ... LINCOLNSHIRE -- The Libertyville Bandits American Legion baseball team has plenty of pop in the middle of its lineup, so when leadoff batter Matt Hansen gets on base, there's a good chance he's going to score.Hansen crossed home plate three times after collecting a single, double and triple ...
OUR VIEW
Jul 01, 1998 ... No excusesWhen the subject is sex and the object is a job, employers henceforth plead ignorance at their own risk. If they don't work hard to prevent sexual harassment, if they don't tell employees what to do if victimized, managers put their employers at considerable ...
A JUDICIOUS SWEARING-IN: IS IT PAYBACK?
Jul 01, 1998 ... There is a certain segment in Lake County that is getting some glee from the predicament Circuit Court Judge John Goshgarian finds himself.Not that they think the veteran jurist did anything funny, but that he is being brought up on a charge of cursing a lawyer. These are the people ...
RIGHT TO PRIVACY A PRECIOUS FREEDOM
Jul 01, 1998 ... David Weinlick's Mall of America nuptials probably wouldn't have caught my attention except that my own son recently got engaged and our whole family is in wedding-plan overdrive.My life has been one of happy anticipation since I got this news, but I might not have been so pleased if he had ...
SECOND AMENDMENT PROTECTS LIBERTIES
Jul 01, 1998 ... When I celebrate the Fourth of July, I'll thank God our founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence and the Second Amendment.Unlike the money-grabbing career politician of today, they knew history would repeat itself. Sometime in the future, the people in power would try to ...
ROUTE 53 WILL ADD TO CONGESTION
Jul 01, 1998 ... The News Sun's June 24 edition carried a letter from Donald M. Smith regarding the proposed Route 53 extension.Unfortunately for Mr. Smith his is not in command of all of the facts, largely because of the massive and expensive campaign of misinformation being waged at taxpayer and tollpayer ...
JUDGE TO DECIDE MAN'S COMPETENCY
Jul 01, 1998 ... Lake County Circuit Judge Barbara Gilleran Johnson will determine whether a Zion man who allegedly raped and tortured his wife is mentally competent to stand trial.Timothy Williams, 23, has pleaded not guilty to attempted first-degree murder, aggravated criminal sexual assault, aggravated ...
FRENCH, SPANISH TO BE OFFERED TO SEVENTH-GRADERS
Jul 01, 1998 ... VERNON HILLS -- Students at Hawthorn Junior High School will be able to study a foreign language through a new program approved for the coming school year.The School Board is hiring staffers to teach French and Spanish this fall. The program will be offered for seventh-graders as part of a ...
SHOOTING ARREST NEAR, POLICE SAY
Jul 01, 1998 ... LIBERTYVILLE -- Police say an arrest is imminent in a gang-related shooting that occurred June 20 in a residential area of the village.A person in a car was wounded in the leg from gunfire from another vehicle in the area of Garfield Avenue and Austin Street. Police said the shooting ...
BOND DENIED FOR MAN HELD IN PLOT TO KILL ROOMMATE
Jul 01, 1998 ... Deerfield resident Rudolph Zink -- accused of trying to arrange the slaying of his roommate -- will remain held in the Lake County Jail until his case in concluded.Zink, 70, has been held at the jail without bond since his arrest last week. During a hearing Tuesday, Associate Judge ...
INSECT ASIDE
Jul 01, 1998 ... Caption Only. An amazed Camilla Johnson, 2, of Ingleside gets ready to get out from under a 1,200-pound praying mantis in the Naturalistic Garden at Chicago Botanic Gardens in Glencoe. Camilla was visiting the garden with her mother Candace ...
ACCUSED SEX OFFENDER DEFIES JUDGE, BACK IN JAIL
Jul 01, 1998 ... An Ingleside man accused of child molesting apparently pushed his luck once too often in Lake County Associate Judge Christopher Starck's courtroom.George Johnson, 61, landed in the Lake County Jail on Tuesday for allegedly not following Starck's directive to visit two psychiatrists ....
NEWS DIGEST
Jul 01, 1998 ... Highland Park Water tower debate continuesHighwood's million gallon water tower has already gone up, but the feud between Highwood and Highland Park over its aesthetics rages on. Calling the tower an eyesore, Highland Park is trying to work with Highwood officials to determine the ...
16 FIREWORKS DISPLAYS SET IN COUNTY | DOUBLE DOSE: TWO NIGHTS OF SKY EXPLOSIONS SCHEDULED AT GREAT LAKES NAVAL TRAINING CENTER
Jul 01, 1998 ... Fireworks displays are scheduled from Friday to Sunday in Lake County communities, with a two-day dose at one site, Great Lakes Naval Training Center.Here is your viewing guide to area pyrotechnic shows this weekend: Antioch: At dusk Saturday at Williams Park, Lake Street, north of downtown. ...
TO OUR READERS
Jul 01, 1998 ... The News Sun offices will be closed Friday in observance of the Independence Day holiday.Subscribers should expect morning delivery on Friday. The Weekend ...
COUNTY TURNS SIGHTS ON HELPING HOMELESS
Jul 01, 1998 ... An unprecedented initiative to improve aid and programs for the homeless is under way in Lake County -- with homeless residents themselves taking part in the process.An advisory planning group composed of county government staff members and 40 service agencies, such as Catholic Charities and ...
CHECKOUT LINE
Jul 01, 1998 ... Mango joins Ocean Spray juice familyOcean Spray Red and Mango is the third member of the Ocean Spray Ruby Red family, joining the original Ruby Red grapefruit juice drink, and Ocean Spray Ruby Red and Tangerine. Ocean Spray Ruby Red and Mango is available in 64-ounce multiserve ...
GOTTA DO IT
Jul 01, 1998 ... Thursday Concert under the Stars: The village of Gurnee's summer concert series continues with a performance by the Beatle Brothers from 7-8:30 p.m. at the Viking Park Bandshell, 4374 Grand Ave., Gurnee.Concessions available. In case of inclement weather, call 623-7788 after 5 p.m ....
POLICE BLOTTER
Jul 01, 1998 ... 1 Beach Park Resisting a police officer:Lester T. Motts, 45, was arrested and charged with resisting police Sunday at a trailer park in the 38200 block of North Sheridan Road. Police were called to the park and found Motts standing on a sidewalk holding his arms out and making a ...
BULLETIN BOARD
Jul 01, 1998 ... TodayLincolnshire: Committee of the Whole meets 6 p.m., Village Hall, 1 Olde Half Day Road. Gurnee Elementary School District: Board of Education meets 5 p.m., district office, 900 Kilbourn Road. Gurnee: Plan Commission meets 7:30 p.m., Village Hall, 325 N. O'Plaine ...
SUNNYSIDE
Jul 01, 1998 ... Movie extras needed for Chicago filmNorth Shore Talent Inc. in Libertyville is searching for extras (with pay) ages 16 and older for the upcoming Paul Newman/Kevin Costner movie, Message in a Bottle PI to be shot in Chicago July 9 through 16. The agency is also searching for a male ...
SUMMER CHILL-OUT | SEASON PUTS WORKERS IN A GETAWAY MOOD -- WHETHER OR NOT THEY'RE ON VACATION | DAYS TO SIZZLE: SEASON OF THE SUN RADIATES URGE TO GET UP AND GO
Jul 01, 1998 ... On a recent sunny, breezy day, Tim Collins decided to get away from his daily routine as a food broker and go fishing."It's such a beautiful day," he said as he looked up at the clear, blue sky from Waukegan Harbor on Lake Michigan. Collins, from Libertyville, took his son-in-law, Mark ...
FOX LAKE SEWER FUND MISSING $2.3 MILLION | INVESTIGATION: THE PAPPAS ADMINISTRATION SUMMONED FBI
Jul 01, 1998 ... Sewage in northwest Lake County is routinely flushed away with a flick of a toilet handle.Now, it appears that more than $2.3 million in sewer fee income was flushed away. The money, paid by approximately 50,000 residents who are part of the Northwest Regional Sewer System, was to have ...
PARENTS' ROLES ARE KEY FOR OVERWEIGHT CHILDREN
Jul 01, 1998 ... Does your child need a personal trainer?If recent findings regarding childhood obesity and declining fitness levels are any indication, it's not too unreasonable. At the very least, parents would be wise to turn off the TV and reintroduce their children to play time. Or, for ...
ENTREE | AN ADVERTISEMENT
Jul 02, 1998 ... It's barbecue season and whether you want to grill on your own or enjoy the feast without the work, Captain Porky's is there to serve your needs.Captain Porky's, a carry-out and catering market in Zion, has Fourth of July catering packages as well as full or half pans of barbecue ribs or rib ...
BUSINESS CALENDAR
Jul 02, 1998 ... TuesdayPrivate Industry Council: The Executive Committee meets at 4 p.m., Allegiance Corporation, 1430 Waukegan Road, Waukegan in the Karl Bays Building. Details: 249-2200. NorthSide Community Bank: A week-long celebration begins today and continues through July 11 at the bank, 5103 ...
BRIEFS
Jul 02, 1998 ... Metro Firstar, Star Banc planning to mergeFirstar Corp. and Star Banc Corp. said Wednesday they have agreed to merge through an exchange of shares valued at about $7.2 billion. The merger would create the 21st largest bank holding company in the nation, with assets of more than $38 ...
GORDON STILL HAS A LEGION OF ADMIRERS | GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN: TOURNEY BEARING HIS NAME WILL GO ON WITHOUT HIM
Jul 02, 1998 ... The annual American Legion baseball tournament at Bowen Park in Waukegan over the Fourth of July weekend has been named for Fred Gordon for 16 years.When this year's tournament begins on Friday, it will be the first one without Gordon in attendance. Waukegan's longtime American Legion ...
AMERICAN LEGION BASEBALL | GURNEE POUNDS LAKE ZURICH
Jul 02, 1998 ... Gurnee's American Legion baseball team pounded visiting Lake Zurich 18-2 on Wednesday in a contest which was halted after five innings because of the 10-run slaughter rule.Gurnee improved to 7-8 overall and 6-3 in the 10th District as Brian Horner earned the pitching victory to run his record ...
AUTO RACING | DARNELL TAKES FEATURE AT LAKE GENEVA
Jul 02, 1998 ... Danny Darnell of Beach Park won his first feature race of the season last Saturday night at Lake Geneva Raceway.Darnell took the checkered flag in the hotly contested 30-lap feature race for super-late model cars. Darnell jumped out in front on the first lap and stayed in first place ...
SHORT SPORTS
Jul 02, 1998 ... Mundelein Park District seeking county teams for 12-inch softball tournamentThe Mundelein Park District will hold a men's 12-inch softball tournament on Aug. 22 and 23 open to teams from throughout Lake County at the Mundelein Community Park ball fields. Registration is under way and ...
HAVING A BALL PLAYING TENNIS
Jul 02, 1998 ... Caption Only. It was "tennis, everyone" at a recent tennis workshop and tournament at Riverside Park in Libertyville put on by Becky Gifford and Celeste Pregracke, area tennis instructors who call themselves The Court Aces. The day started with a clinic open to the public. Following that ...
COUNTY DEMANDS SPECIAL FOX LAKE AUDIT | MISSING MILLIONS: SIMPLE RESTITUTION REJECTED
Jul 02, 1998 ... Lake County officials on Wednesday rejected a Fox Lake proposal for the repayment of roughly $2.5 million in missing sewer service fees and demanded that the village open its books to an independent audit.Fox Lake Mayor Jim Pappas said the money was apparently stolen or misspent by village ...
BURN FOR THE BETTER | TEAM OF COUNTY TEENS PUT TO WORK GROOMING STREAM, RESTORING PRAIRIE AT OAK OPENINGS | YOUTH CONSERVATION CORPS: LIBERTYVILLE TOWNSHIP OPEN SPACE DISTRICT PUTS NEW NATURE PRESERVE IN ORDER
Jul 02, 1998 ... The flames flickered and smoked out for long minutes during several attempts to ignite piles of brush Wednesday at the Oak Openings Preserve in north Libertyville Township.The hot sun burned sweat out of the 14 Youth Conservation Corps workers, and for most of them it was their first ...
COMMISSION, NEIGHBORS STILL NOT SOLD ON SUPERMARKET | REVISIONS, CONTINUANCE: COMPANY CHANGES SITE-USE PERCENTAGES FOR REGION'S BIGGEST JEWEL-OSCO STORE
Jul 02, 1998 ... GURNEE -- While village Plan Commission members warmed up to a revised proposal for a Jewel-Osco store at the northwest corner of Route 120 and O'Plaine Road, the people who live near there remained adamantly opposed to the plan.Wednesday night's hearing, continued from a month earlier, was ...
ALL-AMERICAN SITES | AREA MUSEUMS, PARKS, OFFER A BIT OF PATRIOTIC FUN
Jul 02, 1998 ... Because it isn't home to our nation's government and because it wasn't a hotbed of action during any of our continent's wars, northeastern Illinois isn't known worldwide as a cornucopia of national historic sites.Yes, we have world-class skyscrapers, musuems and parks. And, for pure ...
TRAVELERS ALERTED AS GYPSY MOTH FEARS GROW
Jul 02, 1998 ... An official with the Illinois Department of Agriculture is sending out a warning: suburbanites vacationing in Michigan or Wisconsin this summer should carefully check out what they're bringing back with them.The souvenirs that have entomologist Stan Smith concerned is of the fluttering ...
RACE STARTS FOURTH FESTIVAL
Jul 02, 1998 ... Antioch-Saturday's Independence Day Celebration includes an old-fashioned quilting bee, a space walk, a children's festival, apple pie baking contest and more.The celebration begins with the Run For Freedom 5K race at 8:30 a.m. Registration will be taken from 6:30 to 8:25 a.m., followed by ...
CONCERT TO PRECEDE FIREWORKS
Jul 02, 1998 ... Lake Forest-The Lake Forest Symphony, directed by guest conductor Stephen Alltop, will present the annual July Fourth Concert-on-the-Green, An American Salute.Saturday's celebration will include patriotic orchestral pieces and a fireworks display. The gates will open at 4 p.m. on the ...
HATE-CRIME ATTACKER HEADED FOR PRISON
Jul 02, 1998 ... Waukegan resident David Killian -- convicted in a 1996 hate-crime attack against a Hispanic teen-ager -- is on his way to serving a four-year prison term.Killian, 33, had received one additional week to surrender so he could tend to personal affairs. He reported to Lake County Circuit ...
SAILOR ADMITS SEX CHARGE, GETS 14 YEARS
Jul 02, 1998 ... A Great Lakes Naval Training Center sailor has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for admitting he molested a young girl between 1996 and 1997.Robert Kintner entered a negotiated guilty plea on one count of predatory criminal sexual assault of a child. Five counts against Kintner ...
POLICE BLOTTER
Jul 02, 1998 ... 1 Beach ParkDomestic battery: Carlos Vallalta, 22, of North Chicago, was arrested Sunday after an altercation in a garage in the 38900 block of Green Bay Road in which he cut the lip of a Prospect Heights woman, according to a police report. 2 Ingleside Hit by ...
SIX FLAGS ASKS FOR FAIRNESS IF AMUSEMENT TAX INCREASED
Jul 02, 1998 ... Six Flags Great America is asking Gurnee to be fair if the village increases its amusement tax."This is a tax that directly affects us," said James H. Wintrode, president of Six Flags, during a discussion with trustees Monday. The Village Board has talked informally for a year about ...
HITS & MISSES
Jul 02, 1998 ... Hits and Misses is a chance for News Sun readers to comment on the good and not so good they see around Lake County each week.Readers are invited to contribute with whatever strikes them: The obvious and the obscure, the deeds of well-known residents or of your neighbors ....
BULLETIN BOARD
Jul 02, 1998 ... TodayCenCom 9-1-1: Communications Center Joint Emergency Telephone System Board meets 7 p.m., Round Lake Area Library, 906 W. Hart Road, Round Lake. Lake Villa: Plan Commission meets 7:30 p.m., Village Hall, 65 Cedar ...
PROSECUTORS GET OK TO HIRE PSYCHIATRIST | ATTEMPTED MURDER: RESTAURATEUR PLANS TO USE INSANITY DEFENSE
Jul 02, 1998 ... Lake County prosecutors have been allowed to hire a psychiatrist to examine a Highland Park restaurant owner who plans to use an insanity defense in his attempted murder trial.Examinations by the psychiatrist hired by the state are to begin Friday on Alfred Hong, 52, who owns the Lung Wah ...
FORGET THE RACING
Jul 02, 1998 ... Caption Only. Brothers Alex Seeley, 5, and Troy Seeley, 3, splash each other in a puddle ...
NEWS DIGEST
Jul 02, 1998 ... Beach Park Census nearly completedThe special census will be completed shortly. Census takers took to the streets a couple of weeks ago, gathering information that could boost revenues for Beach Park. More residents mean more motor fuel tax funds for the community. The ...
TO OUR READERS
Jul 02, 1998 ... The News Sun offices will be closed Friday in observance of the Independence Day holiday.Subscribers should expect morning delivery on Friday. The Weekend Edition will publish as usual on the Fourth of July. Federal, state and county government offices, including the courts, ...
MARINE GRUNT RECALLS GENERAL'S DEATH ON OKINAWA
Jul 02, 1998 ... When one generation hears the name Buckner, we think of Bill, the old Cub first baseman who could fall out of bed on his bum ankle and still hit .300.To another generation, the name was Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner Jr., and his story -- along with that of a young man who stood near him on a ...
MAN CHARGED IN COMPUTER SEX LURE | STING OPERATION: DETECTIVE POSED AS BOY, 15
Jul 02, 1998 ... Formal charges have been leveled against a man who allegedly used the Internet in an attempt to lure a fictitious 15-year-old into performing a sex act on him.Richard Patterson, 28, of Wonder Lake, was indicted on one count of indecent solicitation of an adult and one count of solicitation by ...
OUR VIEW
Jul 02, 1998 ... THE ISSUE: Officials from the state's largest utility testify before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.WE SAY: We have our doubts over the company's performance so far this summer. A hot summer for us and ComEd Where's "Chain Saw Al" Dunlap when you really need him? The fired ...
COMMENTARY
Jul 02, 1998 ... Michael Olesker Navy embroiled in another sex scandalDon't look now, but the U.S. Naval Academy's zipper is down, and the whole country's laughing at the sight of its hypocrisy. Having caught four midshipmen in forbidden sexual relations, the Navy sentenced three to expulsion and ...
SIX FLAGS EXPANSION `MYOPIC'
Jul 02, 1998 ... In response to the "Winners & Losers" column of June 19, I say bravo to the citizens of Gurnee who oppose the theme park expansion.This myopic project would only contribute to the further degradation of citizens' quality of life and increase their tax bills. Nothing is a done deal in ...
A BIT OF HYPOCRISY?
Jul 02, 1998 ... For once I agree with Mr. Timmer (Letters, June 25). Our democracy is in peril, although not for the same irrational reasons he gives.The Republican belief that we (all people) are in a better position to take care of ourselves and our problems rather than the government or governmental ...
THEIR COVER IS BLOWN
Jul 02, 1998 ... It took officials with the Toll Authority's new Lake County Transportation Improvement Project (LC-TIP) all of three months to blow their cover.The Toll Authority, the Illinois Department of Transportation and their horde of public relations consultants want the public to believe that LC-TIP, ...
HERE & NOW
Jul 02, 1998 ... Zion celebrates the Fourth on Friday, SaturdayThe Zion Park District presents its Fourth of July celebration Friday and Saturday. The celebration has been a Zion tradition since its founding in 1902. Family focused entertainment and activities have been the emphasis of the the event ...
GOTTA DO IT
Jul 02, 1998 ... Friday Farmers market: The Prairie Crossing Natural Foods Farmers Market in its second season is open from 4-8 p.m. each Friday at the Byron Colby Barn, one-half mile south of Route 120 on Jones Point Road off Route 45, Grayslake.Each week the market will feature live entertainment and ...
HOW HOLLYWOOD GETS INSIDE OF KIDS' HEADS | THE UNIQUE MARKETING STRATEGIES OF CHILDREN'S FILMS
Jul 03, 1998 ... Inside: Word of mouth, chromosome-targeting and other movie marketing tricks.Page 6 If you're washing your hair, it's lather, rinse, repeat. If you're making a microwave meal, it's heat, rotate, heat, allow to cool. And if you're marketing a movie for kids, the standard ...
GAS TAX OR TOLLS FOR HIGHWAYS
Jul 03, 1998 ... A response to Donald M. Smith's letter in the June 25 News Sun.Of course the opponents have taken the questions Mr. Smith raised into account to the Route 53 extension. Needless to say, the cost associated with the development of alternatives are going to be based upon what is ...