Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/inverness/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 05:33:40 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189894/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189894/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:19:30 -0400 Included in the 550 or so students who donned caps and gowns Saturday at Harper College's commencement was a contingent not yet old enough to vote, but qualified to take vital signs, transfer patients and practice infection control. A total of 18 high-schoolers, 17 from Wheeling High School alone, walked after completing their Certified Nursing Assistant certificate, among the numerous fast-growing dual credit options that Harper offers. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169737/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169737/ Thu, 16 May 2013 17:31:50 -0400 A portrait of Dr. Peter Pleotis still hangs in the doctors' lounge at Northwest Community Hospital, some 14 years after he retired. The former obstetrician and gynecologist, who practiced 37 years at the hospital, left a standard that his colleagues still measure themselves against. Dr. Pleotis died Monday from complications of Parkinson's disease. He was 82. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159839/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159839/ Wed, 15 May 2013 10:41:45 -0400 Parents in Barrington Community Unit School District 220 appear to be happy with the status quo — at least when it comes to the school calendar. Casting their votes with red stickers, parents at a public hearing Tuesday supported keeping the calendar as is instead of proposals that would move first-semester finals before winter break. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149766/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149766/ Wed, 15 May 2013 12:02:43 -0400 An Inverness man pleaded guilty Tuesday to taking a flat screen television from a Palatine retirement home. In exchange for his guilty plea to burglary, Leonardo Adames was sentenced to 24 months probation and ordered to pay $500 restitution. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149806/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149806/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:48:39 -0400 Classmates cheered as Dominic Szymanski, a fifth grader at Hough Street School in Barrington, made a surprise visit Tuesday, almost two months after the 11-year-old survived being struck by a train. The unexpected reunion came during an all-school assembly for a student performance of "Romeo and Juliet," and a day after Dominic personally thanked the first-responders and good Samaritans who came to his rescue. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139580/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139580/ Mon, 13 May 2013 23:42:35 -0400 Dominic Szymanski, the 11-year-old Barrington boy who survived being struck by a train in the village on March 15, made his first public appearance Monday night as the police officers, paramedics and good Samaritans who came to his aid nearly two months earlier were honored. "Thank you very much, everyone!" Dominic told the group of well-wishers who gathered outside the meeting room at Barrington village hall. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139846/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139846/ Mon, 13 May 2013 13:21:00 -0400 After two years of work, three homes built by Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 students are ready for families to move in. An open house will take place from 2 to 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 19, at the homes, located at 72 W. Illinois Ave., 86 W. Illinois Ave. and 151 Boynton Ave. in Palatine. The public will have an opportunity to bid on the houses at the open house events. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189769/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189769/ Sat, 18 May 2013 23:44:08 -0400 Scouting the upcoming baseball postseason in the Fox Valley. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189836/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189836/ Sat, 18 May 2013 22:50:10 -0400 Ariel Valles pitched her final regular-season game on the varsity diamond where she has spent most of her high school softball career. The Maine West senior made it a game to remember by tossing a 5-0 shutout over visiting Schaumburg on Saturday in the first game of a doubleheader in Des Plaines. The Saxons took Game 2 behind a 7-hitter from sophomore Shannon Felde. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189779/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189779/ Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:30 -0400 Tess Wasowicz put her best foot forward — and didn't wince. In the end, all was well in a season that wasn't always well for the Palatine star. What the senior described as a "stress reaction" in her left foot kept her from competing on the track for half the season, but the perennial state qualifier left Eastern Illinois University's O'Brien Stadium with a runner-up state medal draped over her neck after joining 3,200-meter relay teammates Kara Burton, Liz Cox and Cassidy McPherson ran strong on the season's final day, finishing second (9:12.21) in the Class 3A race behind only New Trier (9:04.86). Another state veteran, Rolling Meadows senior thrower Morgan Keller, also left Charleston happy. She finished in second place in the discus (149 feet, 7 inches). http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189795/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189795/ Sat, 18 May 2013 21:43:30 -0400 Lauren Cohn scored 2 goals and Micaela Lonigro added one as St. Viator edged Vernon Hills, 3-2, on Saturday morning to claim the championship of the Class 2A Amundsen regional in Chicago. The No. 4-seeded Lions (11-7) advance to the Lakes sectional and will face top-seeded Deerfield in a semifinal at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189825/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189825/ Sat, 18 May 2013 21:23:25 -0400 Mid-Suburban League champion Rolling Meadows improved to 19-9-1 with a 1-0 victory over Addison Trail on Saturday in nonconference play. On senior day for the host Mustangs, senior Austin Reed tossed a complete-game 4-hitter. He induced 13 groundball outs, struck out four, walked none and the hits he allowed were all singles. It was a good thing Reed was so sharp, because Addison Trail's Zach Dowz allowed 2 hits and struck out 15 in a tough-luck complete-game loss. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189809/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189809/ Sat, 18 May 2013 21:17:40 -0400 Scouting the upcoming softball postseason in the Fox Valley. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189827/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/sports/705189827/ Sat, 18 May 2013 20:37:51 -0400 The Harper College baseball team dropped its second game in the best-of-three regional championship series against host Waubonsee Community College on Saturday to force a decisive game three Sunday.Waubonsee, the top regional seed, got a dominant pitching performance and prevailed 8-1 to tie the series at one game apiece.Lee Breitzman and Mike Miguel had singles, and that was about the extent of the offense for the Hawks (20-21).The winner of Sunday's noon game advances to the NJCAA World Series in Tyler, Texas. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189928/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189928/ Sat, 18 May 2013 11:39:54 -0400 No one was injured in a fire Friday night that left three condominium units uninhabitable in Palatine, authorities said. The Palatine Fire Department is investigating the cause of the fire at a two-story, 24-unit condo building at 516 N. Wilke Road, according to a news release. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179597/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179597/ Fri, 17 May 2013 22:59:01 -0400 Firefighters were battling a structure fire Friday night at an apartment building in Palatine, authorities said. Fire personnel were dispatched to a building on the 500 block of North Wilke about 8:30 p.m. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179642/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179642/ Fri, 17 May 2013 19:31:43 -0400 The Salt Creek Rural Park District in Palatine invited residents to bring their unwanted household items, tools, clothes and more to Friday's garage sale. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179735/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179735/ Fri, 17 May 2013 16:40:51 -0400 The Community Emergency Response Team of South Lake County, which serves Hawthorn Woods, Kildeer, Lake Zurich, Long Grove and Ela Township, hosts its 6th Annual All-U-Can-Eat Pancake Breakfast on Sunday, May 19 from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Lake Zurich Fire Station 1, 321 S. Buesching Road, Lake Zurich. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179796/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179796/ Fri, 17 May 2013 16:21:46 -0400 Schaumburg Mayor Al Larson led by example Friday morning as he hosted a Bike to Work Week ride to his own workplace at the village's Robert O. Atcher Municipal Center. Larson and Schaumburg Park District Commissioner Bob Schmidt shared a tandem bicycle from the ride's starting point at the park district's Meineke Recreation Center on Weathersfield Way. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179928/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179928/ Fri, 17 May 2013 05:13:17 -0400 A decade after a promising young athlete from Palatine succumbed to cancer, his name lives on through one of the largest and most prestigious youth baseball tournaments in the state. The Casey Pohl Memorial Tournament opened Thursday, the first day of a four-day event that uses up to 11 fields across Palatine and draws as many as 10,000 fans to the area. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169951/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169951/ Thu, 16 May 2013 05:12:27 -0400 Kennedy Khalimsky's bedroom hasn't always brought her comfort. That's been the case since February 2012, at least, when the 6-year-old from Palatine was diagnosed with leukemia. Volunteers with Special Spaces hope that will change after transforming the room into a Victorian-era princess retreat. "Never, ever, could I have done that for her," her mother said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159743/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159743/ Wed, 15 May 2013 16:13:16 -0400 Barrington trustees this week approved a four-year contract with the village's public works employees, which retroactively took effect on May 1. The 14 public works employees, who are members of the Teamsters Local 700 union, will receive annual 2 percent raises during all four years of the contract, Barrington Village Manager Jeff Lawler said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149843/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149843/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:48:22 -0400 Nobody was injured when two cars collided at 12:30 p.m. Tuesday near downtown Barrington. Barrington police said the accident occurred near the intersection of Hough Street and Hillside Avenue, causing midday traffic backups. Both drivers claimed they had a green light. As a result, police couldn't determine fault and didn't issue any citations. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149739/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130514/news/705149739/ Tue, 14 May 2013 17:21:11 -0400 Palatine officials have denied a license to a proposed liquor store, saying its location's owner — previously convicted of selling stolen alcohol — is trying to skirt village ordinance by gifting the property to his wife. Although Muhammad Amjad officially would be only the landlord to Quick Liquor, 2387 N. Hicks Road, the council Monday unanimously voted against issuing the liquor license to the proposed tenant, in part because the Oak Brook man would financially benefit. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139742/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130513/news/705139742/ Mon, 13 May 2013 15:06:54 -0400 At the Kirk School prom, seniors arrived in a stretch limousine, decked out in stylish dresses and suits. Excitement was running high. "Our students look forward to this night all year," says Kim Dungan, principal of the school that teaches students with disabilities.