Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/rollingmeadows/ en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 17:34:09 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209700/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209700/ Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:19 -0400 A bill that former Rolling Meadows High School football player Rob Komosa pushed for before his death that would requrie Illinois high schools carry catastrophic accident insurance goes to Gov. Pat Quinn. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199842/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199842/ Mon, 20 May 2013 20:41:18 -0400 Traffic crackdowns funded with federal grant money putting extra police on the streets with overtime pay are going on in many Northwest suburbs through Memorial Day. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199836/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199836/ Sun, 19 May 2013 16:52:11 -0400 St. Viator High School held its 50th annual commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19 at the school in Arlington Heights. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199862/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199862/ Sun, 19 May 2013 16:24:03 -0400 Schaumburg Township Elementary District 54 has named two more new principals and two more assistant principals for the 2013-14 school year. Julie Gluff will be principal of Hale Elementary and Nell Haack will be principal of Collins Elementary. Catherine Kurtz will be assistant principal of Einstein Elementary and Joe McCauley will be assistant principal of Hale Elementary. 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/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/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/entlife/705179949/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/entlife/705179949/ Thu, 16 May 2013 18:06:50 -0400 Young athletes won't be hutring for choices if they want to keep their hockey skills honed over the summer. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159678/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159678/ Wed, 15 May 2013 19:43:40 -0400 University of Illinois men's basketball coach John Groce, women's basketball coach Matt Bollant, men's gymnastics coach Justin Spring and women's soccer coach Janet Rayfield stopped in Rolling Meadows on Wednesday to meet with fans and Daily Herald subscribers. They're taking part in the annual Illini Caravan. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/sports/705219975/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/sports/705219975/ Sun, 19 May 2013 10:54:31 -0400 The Prep Photos of the Week gallery includes the best high school sports pictures by Daily Herald photographers. This week's gallery features photos from track, baseball, softball, volleyball, water polo and soccer. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/sports/705209628/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/sports/705209628/ Mon, 20 May 2013 21:49:40 -0400 Hoffman Estates advanced in the boys volleyball postseason by claiming a 25-22, 25-16 victory over Streamwood in a regional play-in match at Geneva. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/sports/705209684/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/sports/705209684/ Mon, 20 May 2013 19:25:52 -0400 Waubonsee Community College eliminated the Harper College baseball team from postseason play with a 13-1 victory Sunday in the decisive game of their best-of-three NJCAA regional series in Sugar Grove. The Chiefs advance to the NJCAA World Series in Tyler, Texas. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/sports/705209827/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/sports/705209827/ Mon, 20 May 2013 12:48:11 -0400 The calls kept rolling in to Harper College's Small Business Development Center: Entrepreneurs were well aware they needed to jump on the social media bandwagon to boost their business, but had no idea how to start. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/discuss/705209942/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/discuss/705209942/ Fri, 17 May 2013 16:06:48 -0400 A Rolling Meadows letter to the editor: My wife and I rode the Northwest train downtown on a recent Sunday. The train was packed with Cubs fans and opera fans going to see "Oklahoma!" It was standing room only. The Cubs fans in our car (the last of five) departed at Irving Park Road without paying a fare. Our ten-ride pass was not punched until after Clybourn. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219742/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219742/ Tue, 21 May 2013 16:28:44 -0400 A 21-year-old bank employee has been charged with misappropriating financial institution property after authorities say he used his position to steal $2,000. Prosecutors say Jovanny D. Sosa, of Hanover Park, set up fraudulent accounts from which co-conspirators withdrew a total of $2,000. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219929/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219929/ Tue, 21 May 2013 00:41:32 -0400 Arlington Heights approved one senior care facility and began discussing plans for another on Monday. Xilin Adult Day Care, 145 E. Algonquin Road, received unanimous approval from the village board, while Autumn Leaves Memory Care Center received positive feedback during an early review presentation at Monday's board meeting. Both proposals would serve the region's growing senior population. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209746/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209746/ Mon, 20 May 2013 16:49:49 -0400 Authorities are searching for two men they said held seven people at gunpoint Saturday evening while robbing a business in Palatine. Officers responded at 6:15 p.m. to the Verizon Wireless store at 784 E. Dundee Road after two thieves ordered three employees and four customers to the ground while they stole electronics and cash, police said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209805/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209805/ Mon, 20 May 2013 13:52:41 -0400 Brian Reynolds of Arlington Heights has pulled together Haiti Relief Jam II, and it's set to roll on June 2. He hopes the Relief Jam will raise both awareness and funding for their next series of mission trips to Haiti. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209816/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209816/ Mon, 20 May 2013 13:17:15 -0400 A complaint the village of Palatine filed more than a year ago against former village Councilman Warren Kostka will go to trial at 9 a.m. Tuesday, May 28, at the Cook County courthouse in Rolling Meadows. The complaint outlines numerous property violations at Kostka's house on the 100 block of North Forest Avenue. The legal dispute appeared headed toward a resolution after several court hearings, but officials said issues remain. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199774/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199774/ Sun, 19 May 2013 20:57:58 -0400 This edition of The Week in Pictures features things found in the air, including ducks, robins, owls, mosquitos, and rockets. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189892/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189892/ Sun, 19 May 2013 01:40:46 -0400 All the research Palatine High School senior Alyssa Froehling did before she asked for a fancy Canon digital camera for Christmas — and her parents willingness to indulge her — seems to have paid off. Froehling was named winner of the 8th District Congressional High School Art Competition in a ceremony hosted by U.S. Rep Tammy Duckworth on Saturday in Arlington Heights. 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/705179682/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179682/ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:37:29 -0400 The Budweiser Clydesdale horses were in Arlington Heights on Friday, performing for the employees at City Beverage, which is a wholesale distributor of Anheuser Busch beverages. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179686/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179686/ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:34:49 -0400 The Buffalo Grove Park District has been awarded $400,000 from Illinois Open Space Land Acquisition Development program, to help pay the cost of redeveloping Willow Stream Park. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179785/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179785/ Fri, 17 May 2013 12:31:21 -0400 HandsOn Suburban Chicago and Retired & Senior Volunteer Program hosted the 2013 Impact Awards & Volunteer Recognition Awards, honoring the year's best volunteers from the Northwest suburbs. 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/20130517/news/705179922/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179922/ Fri, 17 May 2013 00:06:05 -0400 Parents and some board members at Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 had negative reactions to a report from a committee that has been studying advanced learning in the district for the past three years. The committee's recommendations, presented to the board on Thursday, include eliminating the district's gifted program after the 2013-14 school year. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179985/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179985/ Wed, 15 May 2013 13:29:12 -0400 Each week you submit your favorite photo. We pick the best of the bunch and select 12 finlaists. Here are the finalists for the week of May13th. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169721/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169721/ Thu, 16 May 2013 17:53:09 -0400 Hundreds are expected to gather in Arlington Heights on Sunday morning for the 2nd annual Gina Giancola Memorial 5K Walk/Run.The event supports a foundation Gina's family started to raise awareness about teenage depression. More than 400 people attended the walk last year. 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/20130516/news/705169762/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130516/news/705169762/ Thu, 16 May 2013 17:08:26 -0400 The Arlington Heights Memorial Day Parade is inviting all veterans, including those who serving in the most recent conflicts in the Middle East, to march in the 2013 parade for the first time. In 2012, all Vietnam veterans were invited to march in the parade, and this year organizers are extending the invitation to all veterans who have served in the past 25 years, said Greg Padovani, chairman of the Veterans Memorial Committee in Arlington Heights. 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/705159762/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130515/news/705159762/ Wed, 15 May 2013 15:54:23 -0400 Construction crews are working around the clock to get Star Cinema Grill, a new dine-in movie theater in downtown Arlington Heights, ready to open next month.The theater at 53 S. Evergreen is scheduled to open between June 7 and June 14, missing the big Memorial Day weekend, but ready for the rest of the summer movie season.