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By TONY SCOTT tscott@kendallcountynow.com

Binny’s Beverage Depot wants to locate in the former Office Depot in the Ogden Hill Center in Montgomery, the Village Board learned Monday eve-ning.

David Howat of Inland National De-velopment Corporation told the Village Board that the retailer has expressed interest in signing a 15-year lease in the center.

However, the village needs to ap-prove a sales tax incentive agreement and liquor license, requested by In-land. Such a sales tax agreement would cap the amount of sales tax revenue the village would receive from the center for a certain number of years. Howat estimated that the village could receive $934,436 in sales tax revenue over the life of the agreement.

The agreement would essentially be an amendment to a sales tax agreement put into place in 2004 when the center was built, but would only apply to the future Binny’s space.

Village Administrator Jeff Zoephel said village staff would be negotiating the sales tax incentive agreement with Inland. He said the goal is to bring the agreement before the board at its July 25 meeting for a vote.

A letter from Howat to Village Pres-ident Matt Brolley states that the re-tailer wants certain concessions from Inland, such as reduced rent, which is common in the current market, he wrote.

“We believe that placing a Binny’s in the Office Depot space will directly improve economic conditions existing in the village, increase employment and other opportunities for the com-munity and increase the sales tax gen-erated from the leased space,” Howat wrote.

Howat told the board that the space last generated sales tax revenues in De-cember of 2014.

Howat said Binny’s is “proceeding with urgency” to locate in the center.

“We have been courting Binny’s for a long time, but they’ve expressed an interest to wrap this up quickly, so I’m here requesting your consideration with expediency tonight,” he said.

When asked by board member Den-ny Lee when Binny’s was prepared to sign a lease, Howat responded, “As soon as we can prepare it.”

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Tuesday, 9 a.m.: Kendall County Board Forest Preserve Commission, County Office Building, Yorkville.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.: Kendall County Board of Health, County Health and Human Services Building, Yorkville.

Tuesday, 6 p.m.: Oswego Village Board Committee of the Whole, Oswego Village Hall.

Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Oswego Village Board, Oswego Village Hall.

Tuesday, 7 p.m.: Montgomery Village

Board Committee of the Whole, Montgom-ery Village Hall.

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Wednesday, 2 p.m.: KenCom Opera-tions Board, County Public Safety Center, Yorkville.

Wednesday, 5:30 p.m.: Waubonsee Com-munity College District Board, Waubonsee Community College, Sugar Grove.

Wednesday, 6 p.m.: Montgomery Beautifi-cation Committee, Montgomery Village Hall.

Wednesday, 7 p.m.: Kendall County Historic Preservation Commission, County Office Building, Yorkville.

Wednesday, 7 p.m.: Oswego Historic Preservation Commission, Oswego Village Hall.

Thursday, 5:30 p.m.: Oswegoland Park District Board, South Point Center, Oswego.

Country music show is tonightThis summer’s final Concert in the Park

featuring country music hits performed by Billy Croft & The 5 Alarm today, July 14, in Montgomery Park in downtown Montgomery. The free concert begins at 7:30 p.m. and ends at 9 p.m.

Billy Croft & The 5 Alarm is a country band that features four vocalists and a

blistering rhythm section. They perform from the latest hits on the country charts as well as rock legends like The Eagles and Linda Ronstadt. Those attending are encouraged to bring a lawn chair or blan-ket. Jerry’s Hot Dogs will offer food for sale. Montgomery Park is at the corner of River and Mill streets.

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3Advisory panel endorses downtown TIF

Oswego hires architect for station

By TONY SCOTT tscott@kendallcountynow.com

An advisory panel of representa-tives from taxing bodies within the proposed downtown Oswego tax incre-ment financing (TIF) district endorsed the TIF at a meeting Friday morning.

The TIF Joint Review Board voted in favor of a resolution that the proposed TIF area be approved, that it meets the state eligibility requirements, and that it qualifies as a “conservation area” as defined by the state.

The board included representatives of the village of Oswego, Kendall Coun-ty, Oswego Public Library District, School District 308, the Oswego Fire Protection District, the Oswegoland Park District, Oswego Township and the Waubonsee Community College District.

While the Joint Review Board en-

dorsed the TIF district, the decision is ultimately that of the Oswego Village Board along with Village President Gail Johnson. A public hearing has been slated for the TIF district at 7 p.m. Aug. 16 at Village Hall.

Johnson said after the Joint Review Board meeting that she expects the Vil-lage Board to consider voting on the TIF district in September. By statute, the village has between 14 and 90 days after the public hearing to approve the TIF ordinances.

In a TIF, or tax increment financing, district, tax revenue from any growth of the equalized assessed valuation or total value of the property in the area from the time the TIF district is estab-lished goes toward the redevelopment of the area.

The TIF can exist up to 23 years, and have a total budget during that time period of $24 million.

During the Joint Review Board meeting, Village Administrator Dan Di Santo explained that the TIF area has seen a decrease in value, stating that between tax years 2009 and 2014 the value in the area fell by 22 percent.

Di Santo said that, depending on market conditions and the scope of redevelopment projects, it’s projected that property values in the TIF district area would increase to between $31 million and $34 million.

Mary Thompson, the village’s TIF consultant with Kane, McKenna and Associates, said the question is, “but for” the TIF district, would that area see development or growth.

“But for this, we can’t enhance the development and get developers to come in here,” Thompson said. “Hav-ing worked on the 2009 TIF [proposal], and to see that [the area] has not only not developed but has further declined,

is probably one of the most resound-ing ‘but for’ issues that I’ve seen doing TIFs.”

Di Santo said that, unlike some TIF districts in which the local government declares an area “blighted,” the village is declaring the designated downtown TIF district area to be a “conservation area” as defined in the state’s TIF Act.

The age of most of the buildings is considered a factor when declaring an area a TIF “conservation area,” Di San-to said. Sixty-five percent of the build-ings in the proposed TIF area are more than 35 years old, he said.

One board representative, Andrez Beltran, Kendall County’s economic development coordinator, voted “no” on endorsing the TIF.

If the TIF district is approved, the Joint Review Board will meet annually to review the TIF and its financials, Di Santo said.

By ERIKA WURST news@kendallcountynow.com

Oswego’s new $30 million police station is one step closer to being built this week after the village board ap-proved and secured an architect/en-gineering firm to take on the massive project.

According to village staff, 16 propos-als were accepted by various firms that were looking to get their hands on the project.

On July 5, after having interviewed the top four firms, the board approved Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum Inc. (HOK) as their best prospect.

Staff said that HOK was ranked as the top firm based on their experience, approach and expertise in designing similar facilities. HOK also had the lowest cost proposal at of $1,848,750.

Trustees unanimously approved the contract.

HOK will work with McClaren, Wil-son and Lawrie Inc., which was hired by the board in March to provide ad-

visory services on the architectural selection process, design and construc-tion of the new police department. The cost of the MWL contract will not ex-ceed $219,800.

Also at last week’s board meeting, trustees also approved a revised an-nexation agreement with local devel-opers REO Funding Solutions V Inc., who have agreed to sell land in their Hummel Trails subdivision to the vil-lage to make way for the new police station to be located on Woolley Road, immediately east of Fire Station 1.

It was back in 2008 when the village of Oswego approved the annexation of the Hummel Trails South development. That annexation agreement contained a concept plan for 649 single-family homes, 230 multi-family homes, and 99 assisted living units on the 490-acre property. The development also con-tained nearly 17 acres of commercial space, 24 acres of institutional space, and nearly 22 acres of park land.

Eventually the village met with REO developers to inquire about pro-

curing 16 acres of land for the future Oswego police facility.

In March of this year, trustees voted unanimously to approve an ordinance entering into an agreement with REO for the purchase of the property pend-ing the approval of the annexation agreement amendment.

REO proposed that the village con-sider amending the original annex-ation agreement of the Hummel Trails property to align the property with current market conditions. Develop-ers proposed three changes to the con-cept plan, which were all approved by board members on Tuesday following a public hearing about the new con-cepts.

Overall, the proposed changes re-sult in 699 single-family homes (an increase of 50 units), 258 town homes (an increase of 28 units) and 99 assisted living units. The overall density goes from 2 units per acre to 2.17 units per acre. The new density is below the 3 units per acre maximum as identified in the village’s Comprehensive Plan.

Rep. Hultgren to attend GOP national convention in Ohio

U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, R-Plano, has announced he plans to attend the Repub-lican Party’s national convention next week, July 18-21, in Cleveland.

Hultgren issued the following statement con-cerning his attendance: “I met with Donald Trump when he visited the House and I was encour-aged that he listened to what we had to say. I look forward to hearing more

in Cleveland as our party convenes to select its nominee. Let me be clear: I will support the Republican nominee. I stand strong in my belief that Hillary Clinton is the wrong choice for President. I look forward to working with a President who respects Congress’ lawmaking author-ity and who can willingly engage with Congress to pass solutions that fix our nation’s problem.”

– Oswego Ledger

Randy Hultgren

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The Oswego Village Board has taken another im-portant step in its ongoing effort to construct a new police station.

Board members voted unanimously July 5 to hire a nationally-recognized architectural firm, Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum Inc. (HOK), to design the new facility planned for construction on a 16 acre parcel adjoining the Oswego Fire Protection District’s Sta-tion No. 1 on Woolley Road, east of Plainfield Road.

Village staff recommended the board hire HOK based on the firm’s experience, approach and exper-tise in designing similar facilities. Importantly, the firm’s proposal of $1.8 million was the lowest of those received by the village.

HOK will now be tasked with designing a police station in accordance with the $30 million budget the board previously established for the project. To pay off the bonds on the project, the board will use a portion of the revenues the village is now receiving from a 0.75 percent home rule sales tax that went into effect Jan. 1. Revenues from the sales tax are paid not

only by village residents who shop in local stores, but also the many people from neighboring Montgomery, Aurora, Yorkville and other places who shop in the village.

We are pleased the village has hired a firm with HOK’s stature and experience to design the new police station. Back in the late 1980s, the board – though well-intentioned – chose to build the current undersized police station on a land-locked parcel on Route 34 which had been donated to the village by the state of Illinois. Board members at that time were attempting to save village taxpayers some money, but the decision to construct the police station on a parcel that left no room for additions or expansion of parking lots leaves current village officials no other viable option but to now build an entirely new station on a site with room to grow.

Though some have noted the significant amount of unused space at village hall and questioned why the board would not attempt to use that space for its police department or, perhaps, even “trade” the

two buildings. Under a “trade” scenario, municipal offices would be moved to the current police station, while police would move into village hall.

But the board was previously advised that the current village hall was not designed, let alone built, to post-Sept. 11 federal standards for law enforcement facilities. We’ve also never liked the idea of village police and municipal employees sharing space at the current village hall.

It’s true police and municipal employees once did operate under the same roof for decades at the old village hall on Main Street until the current police station was completed in 1990. But the village’s population was less than 4,000 at that time and the community and the times were far different.

While most people who come to the current police station pose no threat to others, why invite trouble? People stopping off at village hall to obtain a build-ing permit or pay their water bill should not have to be concerned about encountering others with more serious issues.

Another step closer to a new police station

Maramech Hill is one of county’s historical gemsMaramech Hill, near Plano, is one of

Kendall County’s most important his-toric sites. Fortunately for all of us, the Kendall County Board, in conjunction with the Illinois Nature Conservancy, has made sure the historic hill and its environs will be kept in their natural state for future generations by offi-cially designating the area as a nature preserve.

The history of human occupation at Maramech Hill goes back to a time when giant Ice Age mammals roamed the area. Considered a good camping or village site almost from the time the first humans arrived in the area, the hill served as a place of residence and refuge for Indians in the Fox Valley for thousands of years.

In the mid-1970s, when the new bridge was built across the Fox River close to Maramech Hill near Silver Springs State Park, bushels of pottery fragments were unearthed. Those frag-ments were the remains of thousands of pieces of pottery manufactured by members of the Mississippian Culture, which occupied the Maramech Hill area a thousand years ago or so.

The Mississippians were the cultur-al group responsible for building the extensive series of mounds near East St. Louis along the Mississippi River. Monk’s Mound, towering 100 feet in height and covering 16 acres at its base, is, in fact, the largest earthen structure in the New World.

It is clear that to build such giant structures, the Mississippians had to

have a very efficient and organized way of life. The area surrounding the mounds near East St. Louis was occupied by as many as 20,000 Indian inhabitants in a series of communities that spread out from the main 4,000-acre Cahokia mound complex. Food to support this huge concentration of an-cient Illinoisians came from the river bottom land surrounding the area and from colonies established throughout the Mississippi and Ohio River valleys. One such colony, from evidence found at the site, was located at Maramech Hill, and there were probably many others in the Fox Valley as well.

The Mississippian Cultural tradi-tion suddenly died out about 1650 A.D. for reasons still not clearly understood. By the time the first Europeans arrived in northern Illinois in 1673, the Missis-sippian culture had disappeared.

When those first French explorers arrived in Northern Illinois in 1673, the Fox Valley was not occupied on a permanent basis, but was used as a hunting ground by a number of tribes, primarily those of the affiliated tribes of the Illinois Confederacy.

Although the Illinois Indians were friendly to the French, other tribes were not. In the early 1700s, a conflict between a tribe living in southern

Wisconsin and French colonial traders broke into open war.

The Fox Indian Tribe and the French were at constant odds through-out the first third of the 18th century. The dispute, which centered around control of trade, became so hot that the Fox forced the French to stop using the Fox–Wisconsin River route between the Mississippi and Lake Michigan and the Chicago portage as well.

In 1730, the French, becoming fed up with the Foxes’ attitude and actions, gathered several hundred of their Indian allies and nearly exterminated the Fox Tribe in a battle that occurred somewhere in Illinois. The battle began as a siege in August of 1730 when the Fox Tribe was surrounded on a low hill and forced to dig entrenchments (Fox holes?) by the French and their allies. During a violent nighttime storm, the Fox attempted to flee, but were caught the next day by the allied army and nearly exterminated.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, John Steward of Plano decided Mara-mech Hill was the site of this climactic battle and set out to find information to prove his contention. Steward even published a book that he felt proved his point. However, later scholarship, from Stanley Faye’s analysis of the topic in 1935 to a definitive map located in French archives and published in the Autumn 1980 Journal of the Illinois State Historical Society (pp. 201-213), has conclusively disproved Steward’s contention, interesting though it

remains.But while Maramech Hill was not

the site of the great French-Fox battle, it is none the less an important histor-ical site. In various maps drawn prior to and after the War of 1812 by U.S. Indian agents, the area of Maramech Hill is shown to be the site of import-ant Potowatomi Indian villages. Main Poche, an influential Potowatomi chief who was hostile to Americans during the War of 1812, is known to have had a village with 100 warriors located on the Fox River, possibly at Maramech Hill.

Many of the artifacts found at Mar-amech Hill and described by Steward in his 1903 book, “Lost Maramech and Earliest Chicago,” especially trade silver items, appear to be, at least from Steward’s own descriptions, from the late 18th and early 19th centuries. These artifacts and others that may be found in the future may bolster the case for the site being Main Poche’s village – only archaeologists will be able to tell for sure.

Given its historical value, it was important that this site be preserved, not to mention its value as a natural area. Fortunately, the county board has realized this, as does the Kendall Coun-ty Forest Preserve District. Thanks to them, all of us can visit and enjoy this historic remnant of Kendall County’s distant past.

• Looking for more local history? Visit http://historyonthefox.word-press.com.

Roger Matile

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Had to be intentionalTo the Editor:A private jet carrying Bill Clinton delays

in Phoenix until a private jet carrying DOJ Chief Loretta Lynch taxied to a stop near Clinton’s jet. A 35-minute conference between Clinton and Lynch took place aboard Lynch’s aircraft, where Lynch claims they only talked about grand-children and his golf game. Thankfully a reporter uncovered and reported it.

Note, Bill Clinton is under investigation for actions of the Clinton Foundation and the DOJ should not be having any meet-ings with him. Next the House Benghazi report is made public revealing Hillary told the prime minister of Egypt and her daughter the night of the attack that it was a terrorist attack, but for more than a week would tell the American public that it was the result of a video.

Next FBI Director James Comey has a press conference where he lists Hillary’s security violations and extremely careless handling of State Department emails, using her private unauthorized server, located at her New York residence.

Comey stated that 110 of the emails found were classified at the time sent or received, which is completely the opposite of what Hillary stated under oath to the House committee. He revealed that Hillary’s attorneys who did not have secu-rity clearances had deleted thousands of emails and had electronically wiped the server clean of those emails so they could not be recovered.

After ascertaining that there were violations of Federal Law, 18 USC 793(f), regarding responsibility for safeguarding classified information, Comey chose to act as judge and jury and not indict Hillary on criminal charges and forward the case to the DOJ for a Grand Jury to decide.

Comey claimed his decision was intent to violate the law could not be proven. Placement of a server in Hillary’s house that she used had to be intentional. Hillary’s use of several personal insecure devises for communication instead of State Department secure devises and servers had to be intentional. The deletion of emails and electronic scrubbing of emails by her attorneys was intentional. What other reasons were needed to show intent?

The next day after Comey’s decision Hillary and Obama are happily campaign-ing together, traveling on Air Force One at taxpayer expense. Comey’s decision sets a new precedent where instead of requir-

ing obedience to law it depends on intent, which completely detracts from the U.S. being considered a country of laws.

Leland H. HofferOswego

She’s off the hookTo the Editor:Hooray, Hillary is off the hook. She

“didn’t intend” to break the law at that many levels.

The next time any one of you are pulled over for speeding, tell the officer that you “didn’t intend” to break the speed limit. See how that works for you non-elites that will never have your finger anywhere near the nuclear button.

Charles ChristensenOswego

A house dividedTo the Editor:Abraham Lincoln said “A house divided

against itself cannot stand.”We’ve forgotten this during our nation’s

cultural decay. In fact, our politicians divided us by pitting race, gender, income level, family structure, and countless other ways to slice the salami into little, splintered pieces. As the infamous com-munist Chicago radical, Saul Alinsky, cited in his rules: “Look for ways to increase insecurity, anxiety and uncertainty.”

It should be no wonder then that our culture has produced a sniper who killed five brave young Dallas policemen be-cause they were policemen, and because they were white. Our own president lauded Black Lives Matter in a com-mencement speech at Howard University last month, disregarding that group’s position that no other lives matter. One presidential nominee wrote her college thesis applauding Saul Alinsky.

How did we get here? It’s been a slow, slippery slope. We dumbed down students for generations. University interviews show many don’t know who fought the Revolutionary War or who won the Civil War, much less why it was fought. The greatest impact of inadequate education has been on impoverished, urban blacks. We have also stripped away the dignity of our black brethren.

The 1965 Great Society initiative of Lyndon Johnson was the start of gradual erosion of hope and dignity of poor folks, particularly urban blacks. Generations of “free stuff,” inadequate education, welfare incentives encouraging fatherless

children, and high unemployment have robbed them of hope and dignity. We now have 59 percent unemployment among young blacks in urban conclaves. What hope do they have? Top all this with the political correctness movement where thoughtful analysis is not allowed.

So, when isolated instances of a black killed by police occurs the mobs turn out in force, without any facts. But who turns out when thousands of blacks are mur-dered by other blacks each year in Chica-go? No one. Why? We’re not allowed to talk about that. It’s “gun control’s” fault. They have been bought for their vote, without regard for their welfare.

What are we to do? Embrace one an-other as brothers and sisters and actively oppose politicians and groups who seek to divide us. I am proud to have friends of all races. We are all God’s children. We must start opposing our political leaders who have led us into this chaos.

As Lincoln said: “There is no grievance that is a fit object of redress by mob law.”

Leonard R. WassCaptain, USN (Ret.)Oswego

No second thoughtsTo the Editor:Many Americans now prefer managing

terrorism here at home over boots on the ground in some distant land. Under this strategy we are by default destined to continue our fight against terrorism on our own soil. But our battles here won’t be force-on-force, won or lost in a matter of hours or days. They will continue to be surprise attacks with multiple casualties waged against innocent non-combat-ants by soldiers disguised as… innocent non-combatants.

These evil people will never go away. If we hold any hope of stopping them, we are left with but one choice. We can fight them in our house or we can fight them in their house.

We’ll never defeat them with heartfelt tweets, candlelight vigils, or moving statements from our politicians. We’ll never defeat them by taking our shoes off at the airport, by letting political correct-ness direct our strategy and tactics, by taking guns away from our law abiding citizens, or by refusing to recognize politi-cal Islam for what it truly is.

So we can remain war weary, close our eyes to the fact that our enemy can strike anywhere and at any time, and continue to believe that this evil can be contained

by limited air strikes and Special Forces advisers. Or, we can actually go toe to toe and eyeball to eyeball with these savages in their house, and unleash the most powerful military force on the planet against them.

But if we do choose the path of going to their house, we must not have second thoughts about it later on. We must not decide halfway through that it’s too hard, too costly or that it’s taking too long. We must not let the news media, the entertainment industry or political activists convince us that our choice in the beginning was wrong. We cannot con-tinue to expect our protectors to sacrifice their lives for something that is inevitably going to be deemed a mistake later on.

Those who accept the duty of protect-ing us, those who leave the safety and comfort of their own homes to face evil where it lives cannot possibly look at any change of heart after the fact by the American people as anything less than complete betrayal. We cannot continue the pattern we started in Vietnam and carried forward in Iraq. Our enemies are too committed to their mission to ever be defeated by half measures.

Bill ShinkVeteran - 1st Cavalry Division, VietnamYorkville

Please leave pets at homeTo the Editor:While we all enjoy summer, it could be

a dangerous time for our pets. Please consider leaving your pets at home rather than bringing them along with you as you shop, run errands, etc. The outside temperature may feel comfortable to you, yet the same is not true for a pet left in a vehicle. Leaving your vehicle’s windows open and/or parking in the shade does little to keep the interior temperature of your vehicle from rising to dangerous levels for your pet. Your pet could poten-tially suffer heat exhaustion, heatstroke or even death.

Here in Illinois, the Humane Care For Animals Act (510 ILCS 0/7.1) prohibits leaving an animal in a motor vehicle “in such a manner that places it in a life or health threatening situation.”

I would like to thank the Kendall County Sheriff’s Department and the Oswego Police Department for their ongoing attention to this matter.

Trudie DavidsonOswego

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Telemarketing fraud costs billions of dollars each year. Phone solicitors who want you to “act immediately” or are offering a “too good to be true” op-portunity are most likely fraudulent.

Remember that if you have any doubts, or are highly pressured – just hang up.

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The Conservation Foundation rec-ognized the Oswego Village Hall as a Conservation@Work site for its envi-ronmentally friendly and sustainable landscape. The presentation was made at the site on June 21.

The Conservation@Work certifica-tion is given to businesses that land-scape using native plants to restore the natural environment, reduce chemi-cal use and watering while attracting wildlife in a beautiful setting.

Hundreds of native plants, support-ing pollinators such as monarchs and enhancing stormwater infiltration, were planted last spring in the parking area medians as part of the Conserva-tion In Our Community partnership

between The Conservation Foundation and the village of Oswego. The village previously planted a rain garden near the village hall.

The Conservation Foundation, headquartered in Naperville, is one of the region’s oldest and largest not-for-profit land and watershed conserva-tion organizations. Since it was found-ed in 1972, TCF has helped preserve nearly 33,000 acres of open space, re-stored and cleaned miles of rivers and streams, and educated thousands of kids by engaging them in nature and the outdoors.

Work is focused in DuPage, Kane, Kendall and Will counties to preserve and restore nature in your neighbor-hood. Find out more at theconserva-tionfoundation.org.

Sheriff’s Association warns residents of phone scams

The Conservation Foundation recognizes Oswego Village Hall

Kendall County Director John Church (left) and President/CEO Brook McDonald (right) of The Conservation Founda-tion placed the Conser-vation@Work marker on June 21. Also pictured are (from left) Village Trustee Pam Parr, Village President Gail Johnson, Village Trustee Judy Sollinger, Ellen VonOhlen from the Oswego ECO Commission, Village En-gineer Jennifer Hughes, and Village Administra-tor Dan DiSanto.

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OSWEGO POLICE REPORTSBicycle stolen

A bicycle valued at $300 was reported sto-len at a business in the 300 block of Douglas Road in Oswego at 11:15 a.m. July 11, village police reported.

Rt. 34 hit-and-runAn Oswego resident told village police that

a black SUV struck her vehicle as it changed lanes on Route 34 at Pearce’s Ford Drive at 11:45 a.m. July 11. Police said the SUV left the scene without providing any information.

One hurt in Rt. 71 crashA Yorkville resident, Christopher J. Kellogg,

37, of the 400 block of West Center Street, was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Route 71 at Washington Street at 10:30 p.m. July 9, Oswego police reported. Police said Kellogg was treated for minor injuries at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora.

Police said the driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash, John J. Kartheiser, 75, of the 300 block of Woodlyn Drive, Aurora, was cited for failure to yield of right-of-way.

Elgin resident hurtAn Elgin resident, Sara Thomson, 31, of

Beakman Trail, was injured in a two-vehicle crash on Plainfield Road at Andover Drive in Oswego July 9 at 9:13 p.m., according to Oswego police.

Police said Thomson was treated at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora. The

driver of the other vehicle involved in the crash, James M. Fischer, 27, of Juniper Court, St. Charles, was not hurt.

Domestic battery arrestOswego police arrested Cory T. Pringle, 28,

of the 300 block of Kensington Drive, Oswe-go, on a charge of domestic battery at his residence July 9 at 5 a.m. Police said Pringle is scheduled to appear in court on the charge later this month.

School window damagedA large window at Churchill Elementary

School on Secretariat Lane in Oswego was found damaged July 7, according to village police. Police said damage was estimated at $1,500.

Bogus cash used to pay billOswego police are investigating an incident

in which someone used counterfeit money to pay a bill at Oswego Village Hall on July 6.

ID theft reportedOswego police took an identity theft report

July 7. Police said someone opened several credit card accounts using the victim’s personal information.

Vehicle burglarizedProperty valued at $90 was stolen from an

unlocked vehicle parked in the 400 block of Grapevine Trail in Oswego on July 7, accord-

ing to village police.

Respond to domesticOswego police responded to a domestic

battery incident July 6 in the 200 block of Is-leview Drive. Police said charges are pending.

Domestic batteryOswego police arrested Arnold L. Dunem,

61, of the 400 block of Brookside Drive, Oswego, on a charge of domestic battery at his residence July 6 at 11:30 p.m.

Sycamore man arrestedOswego police arrested Shelbey P. Cecille,

18, of the 100 block of Vista Terrace, Syca-more, on Farmington Lake Drive and Douglas Road at 6 p.m. July 6 on an outstanding warrant for failure to appear in court. Police said Cecille was taken to the Kendall County Jail in Yorkville.

Parking lot hit-and-runOswego police took a report of a hit-and-

run crash which occurred in the parking lot of a retail store in the 2300 block of Route

34 at 6 p.m. June 30. Police said the victim reported the incident to them July 4.

Warrant arrestOswego police arrested Rosiln Desh-

ields-Mathena, 40, of the 3700 block of Bailey Road, Yorkville, on an in-state warrant July 5 at 10 a.m. on Douglas Road at Old Post Road. Police said Deshields-Mathena later posted bond and was released pending a court appearance.

Motorist ticketedOswego police ticketed Patricia P. Gilson,

64, of the 80 block of Flint Creek Lane, Yorkville, with failure to yield turning left af-ter the vehicle she was driving was involved in a crash on Madison Street at Jackson Street in the village July 7 at 3:48 p.m.

Fireworks damageA resident of the 700 block of Apollo

Street, Oswego, told village police that she found her car had been damaged by fireworks when she returned from vacation July 5.

Traffic violationsCrystal Ortiz, 20, of the 1300 block of Hin-

man Avenue, Montgomery, no valid driver’s license and speeding.

Fernando Morales, 34, of the 1900 block of Heather Drive, Montgomery, driving on a revoked license.

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MONTGOMERY POLICE REPORTSDUI arrest

Montgomery police arrested Trivell Pruitt, 45, of the 900 block of Somerset Place, Au-rora, at 1:20 a.m. July 8 on Montgomery Road at Pearl Street. Police said Pruitt has been charged with driving under the influence.

Charged with theftMontgomery police arrested Alexander

Nunez, 22, of the 600 block of Edgelawn Street, Plano, on a charge of theft at a business in the 2000 block of Baseline Road at 12:46 a.m. June 29. Police said Nunez attempted to leave the store without paying the full retail price for a carton of cigarettes.

Warrant arrestMontgomery police arrested Mario Mon-

jaras, 30, of the 1300 block of Park Drive, Montgomery, at 7:15 p.m. July 1 at the village police station on an Aurora police depart-ment warrant for driving under the influence of alcohol.

Motorist arrestedMontgomery police arrested Sidney Gold-

stein, 50, of the 500 block of Fifth Avenue, Aurora, at 11:45 p.m. July 6 on Montgomery Road at Douglas Road after stopping his vehi-cle for improper display of registration. Police

said Goldstein was charged with unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Warrant arrestMontgomery police arrested Antron Can-

non, 44, of the 700 block of Hamilton Avenue, Aurora, at the village police station July 8 at 12:56 p.m. on an Aurora police department warrant for domestic battery.

Traffic violationsJeffrey Zook, 45, of the 1200 block of Sun-

down Drive, Aurora, no valid driver’s license.Jasmine Hopkins, 29, of the 500 block of

Fourth Street, Aurora, driving on a suspended license.

Melissa Scabro, 29, of the 500 block of Fourth Street, Aurora, driving on a revoked license.

Jermica Weatherspoon, 35, of the 900 block of Trask Street, Aurora, driving on a suspend-ed license.

Samuel Caldera, 19, of the 900 block of Front Street, Aurora, on a suspended license.

Fatima Murillo-Vargas, 22, of the 100 block of Main Street, Montgomery, driving on a suspended license.

Matthew Romano, 23, of the 2300 block of Sumac Drive, Yorkville, driving on a suspend-ed license.

KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTSArrested on Harbor Dr.

County sheriff’s deputies arrested Jason Jabbar Sconyers, 35, of the 100 block of Har-bor Drive, Oswego, at his residence July 12 at 1:54 a.m. on a charge of domestic battery.

Cherry Drive arrestCounty sheriff’s police arrested Angelica

Maria Velazquez, 40, of the 30 block of South Cherry Drive, Oswego Township, on a charge of domestic battery July 9 at 9:04 p.m.

Vehicles burglarizedCounty sheriff’s deputies are investigating a

burglary to two motor vehicles that occurred July 9 in the 60 block of Sheffield Road in Boulder Hill. Police said both vehicles were broken into and several items were reported missing.

Battery under investigationCounty sheriff’s deputies are investigating

a battery that was reported to have occurred July 8 at 11:05 p.m. in the 8000 block of Van Emmon Road in Bristol Township. Police said the victim in the incident showed signs of in-jury but was uncooperative, and no suspects could be identified.

Arrested on three warrantsCounty sheriff’s police arrested Tyler E.

McGee, 25, of the 0-10 block of Winrock Road, Boulder Hill, after stopping the vehicle he was driving on Long Beach Road at Sierra Road in Boulder Hill at 3:20 p.m. July 8. Police said McGee was taken into custody on three outstanding warrants and transported to the

Kendall County Jail in Yorkville pending court proceedings.

Tires puncturedTwo unknown people punctured two tires

on a pickup truck parked in a driveway in the 40 block of Marnel Road in Boulder Hill on July 8 at 9:37 p.m., according to county sheriff’s reports. Damage was estimated at $500, according to police.

ID theft reportedA 73-year-old Boulder Hill resident told

county sheriff’s deputies July 8 that someone used her personal information to open a Wells Fargo account and then charged over $3,000 to the account at a retail store June 27.

Dolphin Ct. burglaryCounty sheriff’s police took a report of a

vehicle burglary July 5 at a residence in the 0-10 block of Dolphin Court in Oswego Town-ship. Several items valued at over $150 were taken, according to police.

Vehicle burglaryMultiple items were stolen from a vehicle

parked at a residence in the 100 block of Circle Drive West in Boulder Hill late July 4 or early July 5, county sheriff’s police reported.

Cyclist eludes policeCounty sheriff’s police attempted to make

contact with a subject riding a bicycle with-out a light on Pembrooke Road at Woodridge Road in Boulder Hill at 12:18 a.m. July 6. Police said the subject fled on foot when deputies

attempted to talk to him.

Pellet gun damageSomeone used a pellet gun to shoot out

the windows on two vehicles parked in the driveway of a residence in the 30 block of Cannonball Trail in Bristol Township on July 6, according to the county sheriff’s office. Police said they are investigating.

Vehicle burglaryCounty sheriff’s police are investigating a

burglary to a vehicle that occurred late July 4 or early July 5 in the 10-20 block of Guilford Road in Boulder Hill. Police said electronics

were taken from the vehicle.

Juvenile arrestedCounty sheriff’s police arrested a female

juvenile in the 6000 block of Route 71 in Yorkville at 8:42 a.m. July 5 on a Kendall County warrant for failure to appear in court on a prior charge of fleeing and eluding. Po-lice said the suspect was taken into custody and brought to the Kendall County Jail.

Traffic stop leads to arrestCounty sheriff’s police arrested Joshua L.

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A: Push the person off your toe. It elim-inates the pressure and lets your toe returnto normal.

That’s the idea, and success, behind spi-nal decompression therapy to relieve backpain, and its source, a herniated disc.

According to the Mayo Clinic, “A herni-ated disc refers to a problem with one of therubbery cushions (discs) between the individ-ual bones (vertebrae) that stack up to makeyour spine. A spinal disc is a little like a jellydonut, with a softer center encased within atougher exterior. Sometimes called a slippeddisc or a ruptured disk, a herniated disk oc-curs when some of the softer ‘jelly’ pushesthrough a crack in the tougher exterior.”

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Wrestlers from Oswego and Oswego East made traveled to Wisconsin Dells over the past four weeks to compete in summer duals and individual tournaments. Oswego finished sixth overall after a loss to the eventual champions by two points. Oswego East, which included several Oswego athletes, finished second in Division 4 with a 4-4 record. There were a total of 30 wrestlers from School District 308 who made the trip to Wisconsin. The wrestlers also enjoyed a trip to Heightened Adventures Aerial Park while they stayed at Chula Vista Resort.

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On Monday night, Oswego East held a recognition ceremony for the girls’ track and field team. The Wolves captured third place in the Class 3A state finals in May to clinch the first state trophy in school history for the program. Oswego East finished in a tie with Hinsdale Central and lost the coin toss to bring home the third-place trophy, and had waited for a second trophy to be ordered. The state trophy was presented at the school on Monday, and the entire program and coaching staff were congratulated by School District 308 Superintendent Dr. John Sparlin.

KENDALL COUNTY SHERIFF’S REPORTS

Benjamin, 20, of the 0-300 block of Wolver-ine Drive, Oswego, after stopping the vehicle he was driving for going 79 mph in a 55 mph zone on Schlapp Road north of Walker Road in NaAuSay Township at 10 p.m. July 5. Police said Benjamin faces charges of driving on a revoked license and speeding.

Motorist arrestedCounty sheriff’s deputies arrested Steven

Tyrone Williams, 25, of the 100 block of East

River Road, Montgomery, after stopping his vehicle on Saugatuck Road at Sonora Road in Boulder Hill at 12:01 a.m. July 11. Police said Williams was taken into custody after they determined he was driving on a suspended license.

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The Chiefs RFC U14 rugby team recently won the Illinois State Championship title.

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Aurora University and the athletic department announced the 2015-16 re-cipient of the Spartan Man of the Year Award. The honor has been bestowed upon recent AU graduate Kalmon Stokes.

The Spartan Man of the Year award honors a graduating male student-ath-lete athlete who has exhausted his eligibility and distinguished himself throughout his collegiate career in ac-ademics, athletics, service and leader-ship.

Stokes, an Oswego East alum, cap-tured the top Spartan athletics honor following a tremendous collegiate ca-reer as a two-sport athlete. As a senior he competed in the winter season as a forward on the AU men’s basketball team before competing in both the in-door and outdoor track and field cam-paigns.

“Kalmon has been a standout two-sport athlete for us. He started his freshman year as a talented athlete and transformed himself over his four-year career into a school record holder and three-time All-American,” said Nicki Pieart, AU assistant director of athlet-ics for student-athlete wellbeing / se-nior woman administrator. “Not only has Kalmon worked hard on the court and track to improve his athletic skill,

he has grown as a leader and as a stu-dent in his four years as well. We are proud of all Kalmon has accomplished here at AU and wish him the best of luck as he pursues his master’s degree at Illinois State University.”

On the basketball court, Stokes was named a Northern Athletics Collegiate Conference Second-Team All-Confer-ence member after wrapping up his four-year AU career by averaging 15.0 points and 5.9 rebounds. The day af-ter completing his college basketball career, he joined the AU men’s indoor track and field team at the NACC In-door Championships. In the indoor NACC meet, he won the 400 meter dash and was the second leg of the men’s 4x400 relay that claimed the conference title.

As the season turned to the outdoor meets, Stokes brought home a pair of NCAA Division III All-American per-formances in the 400-meter and 400-me-ter hurdles. He ran a 47.22 in the 400-me-ter and a 51.50 in the 400-meter hurdles; both times are AU and NACC records.

In addition to being named a UST-FCCCA All-Region performer in the 400-meter hurdles, Stokes was the 2016 NACC Outdoor Track Athlete of the Meet and Track Athlete of the Meet as he won NACC titles in the 400-meter and 400-meter hurdles and the 4x400 re-lay and finished third in the long jump.

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The Chiefs RFC U14 rugby team re-cently won the Illinois State Champi-onship title for the 2015-16 season.

With only one loss this season, they reached into the playoffs in Rockford and secured a 14-10 win over the Glen Ellyn Stingers – the only team who beat them in the regular season – in the championship game. Oswego resident Brett Suter scored both tries, putting 10 points on the board, with fellow Os-wego resident Campbell Crafts adding four points with two conversion kicks.

The Chiefs U14 team also went to the

Midwest Challenge Cup tournament and defeated the Illinois State Select team, but lost to Indy Speed in the final to take second place.

“This is a great accomplishment for a team that has only been playing together since January,” said a news release from the team.

Last year the Chiefs introduced a Try on Rugby Camp through the Oswe-goland Park District. This is a non-con-tact version of rugby for those wishing to try it. The year, camp will be from 9 to 11 a.m. July 18-22 at Prairie Point Park. The cost is $50, which includes a rugby ball and a T-shirt or shorts.

East alum is Spartan Man of Year

Rugby team wins championship

Five generations of Logans met in Kentucky lastApril. Seated are babyRitter Earl Logan heldby dad Sam Earl Logan of Bowling Green, Ky.,and great-great-grandfather Ivan Earl Logan,

formerly of Montgomery.Standing behind them from left are grandfather

Scott Earl Logan of Bowling Green, Ky.,and great-grandfather Terry Logan, of Aurora.

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WOOD BATS NO OBSTACLEPanthers win final summer game before regional tourney

PREP BASEBALL: OSWEGO 5, PLAINFIELD EAST 4

By LAURA M. MEDINA sports@kendallcountynow.com

The Oswego summer baseball team provided an almost textbook finish to an otherwise chaotic day by walking off a 5-4 victory over Plainfield East in the re-shuffled Wood Bat Tournament on July 6.

Early-morning storms washed out the original structure of the event, but the teams were able to salvage a few games in the eight-team bracket, with three in Oswego and one in Yorkville.

A tentative rain date for the tour-nament was set for last Thursday, but with possible player scheduling issues, including travel team commitments that would result in a short bench, they decided to play what they could instead.

“I got here at 6:30 [on the morning of July 6], and it didn’t look like we were going to get anything in,” recently-pro-moted Panthers head coach Joe Gia-rrante said. “I talked to the coaches, and we just wanted to play a baseball game, so it worked out. We got these guys, and we haven’t played them in the summer, but it’s always good to see a [Suburban Prairie Conference] foe and play against them.”

In addition to adjusting their re-spective schedules within the tour-nament, Oswego (8-8-1) and Plainfield East changed things up with a nine-in-ning game instead of the more tradi-tional five frames typically played in the summer.

Against the Bengals, an early start was essential for the Panthers, who jumped ahead 1-0 in the first two in-nings and added another in the third, when senior Tanner Sohst brought se-nior Nathan Willig home on a single to left. Plainfield East cracked the score-board in the fifth on a base hit to right field, but the hosts would add two more as insurance in the bottom half on con-secutive RBI singles from sophomore JD Miller and junior Jared Johnson to make it a 4-1 game.

“[Using the wood bats], you can really tell who squares up a baseball, and you saw the emphasis of throw-ing strikes and being consistent in the strike zone,” Giarrante said. “I think two of their runs that they [the Ben-gals] got were from walks and wild pitches and giving them runs, but wood bats, colleges use them all fall,

and it really helps them concentrate on their swing. They cut down and can’t have such long swings. It’s a really good evaluation tool.”

Things were looking up for Oswego heading into the seventh, but the oppo-sition cut the lead with a pair of runs – the first scoring on a groundout and the second on a wild pitch.

Plainfield East’s tying run came home in the top of the eighth, but ju-nior Tanner Turnquist (2-for-2, walk, RBI, run) made sure the game end-ed without extras, as his one-out, ninth-inning single brought around senior outfielder Lukas Rife to win it for the Panthers.

“I tell the kids that we want to win baseball games in the summer, but it’s not the number one expectation,” Giarrante said. “The number one ex-pectation is to grow and develop as a team, because a lot of these guys ha-ven’t played together; they’ve been

separated. It’s a learning process, so this is a good time to get through that, and when it comes to spring time, we all know our capabilities, who’s doing what and what our roles are.”

The summer schedule allows coach-es to evaluate potential at every posi-tion, and Wednesday’s affair saw each squad send at least seven pitchers to the mound and upwards of 17 hitters to the plate. Giarrante, too, will be growing into a different position, as he was officially promoted to head coach at the start of the month following the resignation of Mark Johnson, who stepped aside to spend more time with his family.

“I am very proud to have Joe take the reins from Mark,” Oswego athlet-ics director Darren Howard said in a press release. “Mark has done an out-standing job of leading our program back to its winning ways and I am very confident that Joe will continue in his

footsteps.”Giarrante will be entering his 12th

year with the program, having started at the freshman level before moving up to varsity in 2009.

“Every coach should have the ambi-tion at some point to be the head coach, and I think with Mark’s situation and his family growing and getting busier, I completely understand it,” he said.

“My kids are younger, so I have the opportunity to do what I’ve always wanted to. I’m very thankful for the op-portunity, and we’ve just gotta contin-ue to build this program and let it grow to the levels where we want to take it.”

Waubonsie Valley 5, Oswego 3: The Panthers opened the IHSBCA play-offs as the No. 12 seed in the 18-team St. Charles East Regional bracket and ended the summer season with a 5-3 loss to No. 5 Waubonsie Valley. With the win, the Warriors advance to face to face No. 4 Batavia.

Oswego right fielder Lukas Rife tracks down a fly ball against Plainfield East on July 6. Rife followed up this defen-sive play by scoring the winning run in the bottom half of the frame. The Panthers won the game, 5-4. “I tell the kids that we want to win baseball games in the summer, but it’s not the number one expectation,” said Oswego coach Joe Giarrante.

Eric Miller - emiller@shawmedia.com