Copyright 2013 Daily Herald, Paddock Publications, Inc. http://www.dailyherald.com/community/wayne/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 07:05:56 -0400 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/705189838/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189838/ Sat, 18 May 2013 20:08:51 -0400 Karen Sarai Gonzalez came to the United States from Mexico when she was 16 years old knowing little English. Since then she has learned a new language, made new friends, become part of a second family, and earned a degree. Gonzalez was one of about 400 graduates honored at Elgin Community College Saturday, earning an associate of applied science degree in nursing. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179684/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179684/ Fri, 17 May 2013 17:35:07 -0400 Four vehicles in the 36W200 block of Indian Mounds Road near St. Charles were burglarized between 2 and 6:30 a.m. Wednesday and a 2003 Mercedes was stolen, according to a sheriff's report http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179823/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179823/ Fri, 17 May 2013 11:06:37 -0400 Elgin Community College will host students 6 to 16 this summer in week-long day camps offering enrichment opportunities while school is out. Budding lawyers, astronauts, filmmakers, writers, interior designers, artists, chefs, video game makers, actors and musicians will have the chance to hone their skills during the fifth year of ECC's Kids College. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229898/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229898/ Wed, 22 May 2013 10:04:52 -0400 A popular nightclub in Bartlett will permanently close its doors an hour earlier, due to what village officials say was a voluntary surrender of its 4 a.m. liquor license. The Cadillac Ranch, 1175 W. Lake St., has been under scrutiny by the village since February 2012, when a 22-year-old was injured after being shot in the head by an Elgin man at the nightclub. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229679/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229679/ Wed, 22 May 2013 18:57:22 -0400 With 41 years in the classroom, Jerry Turnquist will retire as the longest-serving male teacher in Elgin Area School District U-46 history. Turnquist spent his entire career at Ellis Middle School after growing up just a few blocks away. Colleagues gathered to recognize his career, as well as the work of three other retiring Ellis teachers — Phylis Dunlap-Huerta, Carlos Salgado and Steve Childs, who attended Ellis as a student and then later walked its halls as a band instructor. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229690/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229690/ Wed, 22 May 2013 17:49:32 -0400 St. Charles Unit District 303 teachers will get 2.8 raises each of the next three years under a new contract approved by the school board. The teachers' union has already ratified the deal. The contract also reduces the large salary bumps teachers preparing to retire receive to 4 percent, down from 6 percent. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229694/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229694/ Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:13 -0400 Members of the Carol Stream police and fire protection districts staged a mock DUI crash scene Wednesday at Glenbard North High School to raise student awareness of alcohol use, particularly during prom season. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229900/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130522/news/705229900/ Wed, 22 May 2013 10:01:59 -0400 The annual Tyler Caruso concert is Thursday in St. Charles. Donations at the concert help fund scholarships in memory of the former St. Charles East student who died of a heart attack in 2002. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219733/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130521/news/705219733/ Tue, 21 May 2013 16:47:23 -0400 Two weeks ago there were no candidates to fill St. Charles Mayor Ray Rogina's vacated city council seat in the Third Ward. Today, 13 candidates have thrown their hats in the ring, prompting formation of a task force to narrow the list down to three finalists. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705219935/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705219935/ Tue, 21 May 2013 11:03:22 -0400 A proposal to convert a house into a mosque is back before DuPage County's zoning board of appeals after a federal judge ordered that the county take another look at the project. "The decision to reject ICWS didn't comply with the law," said Mark Daniel, the attorney representing the center. "They (county officials) have a chance to fix it." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209604/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209604/ Mon, 20 May 2013 22:40:51 -0400 A $7 million stormwater management project aimed at reducing flooding in Carol Stream is a step closer to getting off the ground. The village board Monday approved final plans for construction of two aboveground reservoirs in Armstrong Park and a siphon that will release stormwater to a downstream point in Klein Creek. The project is being coordinated by DuPage County, but a 2011 intergovernmental agreement stipulates that final plans be approved by the village and park district. The park board gave its approval in February. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209608/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209608/ Mon, 20 May 2013 22:24:06 -0400 Leaders of the "Give Me Five!" school readiness initiative updated Elgin Area School District U-46 school board members Monday, one year into their effort, which has focused on informing parents, community members and staff members of their roles in making sure 98 percent of first graders are reading at grade level by 2015. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209620/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209620/ Mon, 20 May 2013 22:05:52 -0400 St. Charles police want to sell several years worth of firearms they've confiscated for a profit. Aldermen, meeting as a committee, reviewed a list of about 20 firearms department officials decided they no longer needed and could sell to dealers. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209739/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209739/ Mon, 20 May 2013 17:11:33 -0400 A former U-46 teacher has sued the district, arguing she was essentially fired in February 2012 after a hospitalization in fall 2010. Schaumburg resident Jeanette Boland, a former tenured teacher at Larsen and Kenyon Woods middle schools in Elgin and South Elgin, respectively, argues Elgin Area School District U-46 violated the Illinois Human Rights Act by saying she had a psychological problems, thus discriminating against her. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209831/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130520/news/705209831/ Mon, 20 May 2013 12:39:41 -0400 A Warrenville man is facing a mandatory prison term if convicted of aggravated DUI in a crash that killed Wheaton Warrenville South High School senior Stephanie Pickett, prosecutors said Monday. Karlos Leath, 31, pleaded not guilty to the charge at his first appearance in front of DuPage County Judge Blanche Hill Fawell. 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/705199885/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130519/news/705199885/ Mon, 20 May 2013 16:20:09 -0400 Nine students will walk across the stage Sunday at Lewis University's commencement ceremony to receive bachelor's degrees in criminal justice. Yet, these students never took classes at the school's campus in Romeoville. Through a so-called 3+1 program partnership between Lewis and College of DuPage, the students earned their four-year degrees from Lewis by taking all their classes at COD's campus in Glen Ellyn. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189873/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189873/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:45:58 -0400 Dave Heun talks to St. Charles resident Kay Catlin about the publishing of her booklet of 'sayings." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189889/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130518/news/705189889/ Sat, 18 May 2013 17:21:51 -0400 Just play. Sounds easy enough, right? Playing was the task before more than 1,000 people who attended Saturday's opening of the eighth annual JustPlay! Sports & Recreation Festival hosted by the Carol Stream Park District. With a handful of new active options this year, participants could play in scuba gear, on paddleboards, along zip lines, on fitness obstacle courses or on more familiar terrain like grassy soccer fields or paved basketball courts. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179650/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179650/ Fri, 17 May 2013 20:08:15 -0400 Rhett Lundy, a 14-year-old freshman at South Elgin High School, died in his sleep Wednesday. Autopsy results showed he had an enlarged heart. The school held an assembly Friday to honor his memory. http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179926/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179926/ Fri, 17 May 2013 07:06:52 -0400 St. Charles' Pheasant Run wrote the recipe for suburban destination getaways. In its 50th year, the iconic resort is still looking to rejuvenate itself. Former Mayor Fred Norris remembers the early years of the resort as a time of big ideas and big growth for the city, two facets of the community's history that the resort played a large role in. "Ed McArdle was a hands-on operator," Norris said. "He was a big personality." http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179914/ http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130517/news/705179914/ Fri, 17 May 2013 00:19:06 -0400 Adjunct professors at the College of DuPage are set to receive salary increases as part of a two-year contract extension approved Thursday by the college's board of trustees. College officials offered the contract extension to adjuncts as a package along with a plan to create a new "lecturer" position that would allow some adjuncts to receive health care benefits under the new federal health care law. 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.