Articles filed under Elk Grove Village

• Include Cook in concealed carry law May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Elk Grove Village letter to the editor: Any concealed carry law that excludes the residents of Cook County actually discriminates against the law-abiding citizens of the county. If the politicians think they can use, "public safety" as an excuse for excluding Cook County, they should realize that public safety actually improves whenever a law-abiding citizen is legally allowed to carry a concealed weapon.
  

   
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  Images: St. Viator High School graduation May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  St. Viator High School held its 50th annual commencement ceremony on Sunday, May 19 at the school in Arlington Heights.
  

   

• Traffic crackdowns in many Northwest suburbs May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Dist. 54 names more new principals, assistants May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   
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  COD paves new way to earn bachelor's degreeMay 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Moylan reaches out to Elk Grove Village, Park Ridge constituents May 19, 2013 12:00 AM
  State Rep. Marty Moylan, a Des Plaines Democrat, will be starting satellite constituent service office hours on Wednesdays in June in Park Ridge and Elk Grove Village.
  

   
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  High-schoolers walk at Harper commencement May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   
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  Silver linings for Palatine 3,200 relay, Meadows’ Keller May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  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).
  

   

• Cohn delivers as St. Viator edges Vernon Hills May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Reed, Meadows win again May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Harper drops game two at Waubonsee May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  
  

   

• Valles tosses shutout as Maine West splits with Schaumburg May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Lin tops Galvin at Glenbrook North sectional May 18, 2013 12:00 AM
  Schaumburg sophomore singles standout Vincent Lin (13-0) showed the fans in Northbrook exactly how to do it on Saturday. Lin netted a 6-2, 6-1 straight-set victory over Mid-Suburban League foe Mack Galvin (28-5) to win the singles crown at the Glenbrook North boys tennis sectional. Lin's sparkling performance sent him to his second consecutive appearance in the state tournament. Galvin, a freshman at Rolling Meadows, earned his first state experience. The host Spartans accrued 17 points to win the team trophy, outscoring Glenbrook South (11), Schaumburg (10) and MSL East champion Rolling Meadows (8).
  

   

• Make Speaker Madigan more accountable May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Elk Grove Village letter to the editor: Now that the legislature, under the leadership of Mr. Madigan, has successfully raided teacher pension funds he wants to wash his hands of all accountability and transfer all responsibility to the school districts.
  

   

• Drastic changes needed to save state May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  An Elk Grove Village letter to the editor: The State is bust, morally and financially. The best solution to the pension problem is to 1) switch to all charter schools, 2) get rid of public teachers and 3) break the union contracts and pension plans and future obligations, replacing those with pensions for those already retired with numbers that the state taxpayers can afford.
  

   
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  Senate Democrats want more school money, not cuts May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  Illinois Senate Democrats are proposing a $156 million boost in primary and secondary education next year. Key budget negotiators say the money would help schools keep pace with funding levels this year.
  

   
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  Schaumburg mayor leads by example during Bike to Work Week May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• DuPage adjunct professors get contract extension, raises May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  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.
  

   

• Sweet evening for Lakes at VH sectional May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  Trevor Ray held a small bundle of gift-wrapped goodies baked by Stephanie Rowells, wife of Lakes boys track coach Kurt Rowells, when a competitor stopped by to feed the speedy senior some sugary praise. It was none other than Ray's old middle-school relay teammate, Leroy Chapman of Antioch. "Mention that he beat me," Chapman said with a smile, as he patted Ray on the shoulders and back. "Smoked me." Chapman, who finished second to Ray in the 400-meter dash, wasn't the only one blown away by a Lakes runner. If this were a high school baseball game, it would have been called after five innings. Lakes piled up 144 points to capture Friday night's Class 2A Vernon Hills sectional. Defending sectional champ Grayslake Central (76 points) was way back in second. Vernon Hills (69), Antioch (52) and St. Viator (36) rounded out the top five.
  

   

• Conant wins 7th straight regional crown May 17, 2013 12:00 AM
  When Jason Franco took over as the head coach of the Conant girls soccer team 9 years ago, he gave his team a goal: win a regional title. On Friday night on their home field in the Class 3A Conant regional finals, the No. 4 seed Cougars met that goal for the seventh consecutive time by defeating No. 11 seed South Elgin 2-0.