Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/Schaumburg/ en-us Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:33:08 -0400 http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179713/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179713/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:49:31 -0400 Changes to the Elgin Area School District U-46 grading scale were never intended to be issues requiring school board approval. After weeks of intense opposition by some teachers and parents, the board's newest members — Frank Napolitano and Veronica Noland — pushed for a vote anyway. It isn't going to happen. The change will eliminate the bottom half of the traditional 0-100 scale, making a 50 the lowest grade students can get. The goal is to equalize the interval between each letter grade but opponents say it will reduce achievement. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/business/706179664/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/business/706179664/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:42:11 -0400 The Schaumburg-based American Veterinary Medical Association is celebrating its 150th anniversary this month, with 38 of those years spent in Schaumburg. After jumping around to different locations since 1863, the group finally ended up in the Northwest suburb in 1975. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179961/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179961/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 11:02:06 -0400 The appeal process for a proposed suburban virtual charter school was cut short last week — but not before 18 suburban school districts spent more than $320,800 in legal fees fighting the issue. Not to mention the hundreds of hours school staffs spent researching the proposal, officials say. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130616/news/706169863/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130616/news/706169863/ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 16:08:23 -0400 Auditions are taking place until Tuesday, July 9, for the Schaumburg Township Library's Battle of the Bands. The competitive concert will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. Tuesday, July 23, at Town Square at the southwest corner of Schaumburg and Roselle roads in Schaumburg. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130616/news/706169910/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130616/news/706169910/ Sun, 16 Jun 2013 06:40:17 -0400 Fatherhood literally falls out of the sky for the dad in the new Superman movie. Richard Say of Schaumburg had to endure years of sacrifice and strife and travel to the ends of the world just so he could celebrate Father's Day as a dad. And Say says that turned out super. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149684/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149684/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:51:51 -0400 Schaumburg has won an Excellence in Development Review Award from DePaul University's Chaddick Institute for Metropolitan Development for the village's development of Woodfield Regional Center design guidelines. This overlay district includes Woodfield Mall and surround office, industrial and retail space. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149692/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149692/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:48:06 -0400 Following a successful six-month trial program in which Schaumburg patrol officers shared the use of 12 Tasers, the police department plans to buy 30 more to ensure that every on-duty officer has one. The Tasers were used three times during the trial period. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149929/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149929/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:53:51 -0400 The Palatine-Schaumburg High School District 211 board of education approved one of two fund transfers Thursday so the district can pay for upcoming capital improvement projects with its reserves.the board agreed Thursday to transfer $6.1 million from the operations and maintenance fund to the capital projects fund to cover the renovations going on at Palatine High School this summer. Then, the board hopes to permanently transfer $15 million into the operations and maintenance fund from its education fund to fund all five swimming pool expansion projects. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149797/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149797/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 13:52:07 -0400 Schaumburg police are organizing their own Crisis Intervention Team of officers specially trained to use language to de-escalate confrontations with people with particular challenges such as autism, mental illness, depression, and drug or alcohol abuse. "It doesn't mean they're committing a crime; it just means they're having a crisis moment," Patrol Commander Vince Liberio explained. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130613/news/706139780/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130613/news/706139780/ Thu, 13 Jun 2013 15:55:03 -0400 After 29 years with the village of Schaumburg and 15 as village manager, Ken Fritz will retire to Minnesota at the end of the summer to spend more time with family. Fritz said Thursday he and his wife had planned his retirement about this time, with his son now off to college and no children left in the house. But what had been expected to be a longer-term process has moved faster than anticipated. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130612/news/706129716/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130612/news/706129716/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:43:50 -0400 A Cook County judge set bail at $650,000 Wednesday for an Elgin man charged with multiple residential burglaries in Elgin and Schaumburg, prosecutors said. Ryan Marshall, 27, was already in custody in connections with robberies in Bartlett and Streamwood when he was arrested on the new charges, authorities said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130612/news/706129695/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130612/news/706129695/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:27:11 -0400 Elgin Communitiy College will hold its 11th Relay For Life fundraiser from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 a.m. Saturday, the culmination of a year of fundraising for the American Cancer Society. About 200 walkers will participate with several hundred more people expected to take part in games and activities along the side of the track. An opening ceremony will start at 7 p.m. Friday in the Visual and Performing Arts Center and Spartan Events Center parking lots at ECC, 1700 Spartan Drive, Elgin. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130612/news/706129762/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130612/news/706129762/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 16:40:19 -0400 Fabio Lanzoni, romance icon and fitness guru, is appearing from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, June 15, at Whole Foods Market, 750 N. Martingale Road, Schaumburg. President and founder of Healthy Planet Nutrition, Fabio will show off his line of protein products as well as meet and greet customers. An Italian actor, advertising spokesman and fashion model, he appeared on the covers of hundreds of romance novels in the 1980s and 1990s. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130612/news/706129835/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130612/news/706129835/ Wed, 12 Jun 2013 11:49:44 -0400 Schaumburg officials believe they've resolved a months-long dispute between St. Peter Lutheran Church and its neighbors about the use of the church's field by a youth soccer club. The agreement requires the church to install landscape screening and prevents the portable lighting that had been the source of many neighborhood complaints. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130618/entlife/706189971/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130618/entlife/706189971/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:21:54 -0400 Naper Nights return this weekend at Naper Settlement with rock tribute bands American English (playing music of the Beatles on Friday) and Heartache Tonight (playing music of The Eagles on Saturday) in Naperville. Fans of comic books, cartoons and graphic novels won't want to miss Mighty Con at Pheasant Run in St. Charles. Plus, the Filipino Kingz of Comedy takes the stage at The Improv Comedy Showcase in Schaumburg. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130618/news/706189858/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130618/news/706189858/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:18:29 -0400 When Allison Cherry stepped onto the Children's Theatre of Elgin stage in 1992 as a second-grader, she never dreamed that she would one day end up running the show. But 20 years later, Cherry, a 28-year-old teacher at Prairie View Grade School in Burlington, will direct "iSing: Sounds of a New Generation," which will be presented June 21-23 and June 28-30 at the Elgin Community College Arts Center's Blizzard Theatre. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/discuss/706179683/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/discuss/706179683/ Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:56:49 -0400 A Schaumburg letter to the editor: Our current administration and the EPA are responsible for these price hikes by instituting unnecessary regulations that affect the industry without any oversight of unforeseen consequences that arise. The question that remains is who is making these enormous profits, and where is that money going? http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179738/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179738/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:11:27 -0400 The second installment of Cook County property tax bills will be mailed in late June and should be due Aug. 1. This marks the second consecutive year that tax bills will have a midsummer due date, Schaumburg Township Assessor John R. Lawson said. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706189997/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706189997/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 13:11:43 -0400 Beny Romo, Jonathan Kuruc and Justin Markel, three recent South Elgin High School graduates, are spending their summer before college figuring out how to apply for a patent and start a business as they look toward marketing a one-of-a-kind prosthetic leg. Their design earned them first place in a regional competition in April and notice from HP and Intel industry leaders. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179862/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179862/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 16:24:14 -0400 An award-winning country duo will headline this year's Northwest Fourth Fest in Hoffman Estates. For $10, attendees can gain access to see Thompson Square on Friday, July 5, on the Village Green across the street from the Sears Centre Arena. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179774/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130617/news/706179774/ Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:38:57 -0400 A Hanover Park teen has been sentenced to probation and time served in jail for making a false bomb threat at Lake Park High School's east campus in Roselle. Sharell Thomas, 19, of the 7500 block of Bristol Lane, pleaded guilty Friday to felony disorderly conduct. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149642/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130614/news/706149642/ Fri, 14 Jun 2013 20:36:43 -0400 A state appellate court on Friday voided a 35-year prison sentence for a man who pleaded guilty to killing a woman in Aurora in 2005. Gareng Deng, now 21, was 17 when he accepted a plea agreement with Kane County prosecutors for the Oct. 31, 2005, murder of 47-year-old Marilyn Bethell of Aurora. On Friday, the Second District Illinois Appellate Court overturned a circuit court ruling, allowing the case to go back to that court where Deng can enter a new plea.