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Settler’s Cottage, Montgomery’s his-torical museum, will be reopening on Sunday, May 15, for the summer season.

On May 15 the museum will be open from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.

Visitors are invited to stop in to learn more about Montgomery’s rich history in this restored 1840s home owned by village founder Daniel S. Gray, locat-ed in front of the Village Hall at 200 N. River St.

Exhibits include art by Montgom-ery resident Phillip Basuier, glass plate negatives showing early photos of Mont-gomery and the Civil War. (The village served as the site of a Union Army en-campment.) In addition, a new exhibit features information on the 54 Civil War soldiers buried in Riverside Cemetery, with information on the headstone in-stallation project taking place there.

Come try your hand at operating a treadle sewing machine, clothes wring-

er and hand drills. The museum is free and is handicapped accessible.

Anyone with historic photos or mem-orabilia they would be willing to share is asked to contact Debbie Buchanan at 630-896-8080, ext. 9003.

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ON THE COVERU.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Miclo Ramirez waves to onlookers as an Adopt a Soldier motorcade, including local law enforcement, welcomes him home on Saturday, May 7.

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Village OKs vehicle purchasesBy JOHN ETHEREDGE

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The Montgomery Village Board approved the purchase of two pickup trucks from a local dealership for the village’s public works department and four vehicles for the village police de-partment in two separate unanimous ballots Monday evening.

The four vehicles for the police department will cost $178,554 and in-cludes all of the necessary equipment including cages, radios and computer stations used by police, according to a memo prepared for the board by Todd Hoppenstedt, the village’s director of public works.

The village will purchase one of the vehicles – an administrative squad – from Currie Motors through a sub-

urban purchasing cooperative. The three other vehicles will be purchased through a state contract, according to the memo.

In the memo recommending the pur-chase, Hoppenstedt noted the $178,554 purchase price for the vehicles is $3,756 over the amount included in the vil-lage’s current budget for the purchase.

However, Hoppenstedt said the “ad-ditional expense can easily be absorbed due to two recent equipment purchases by the public works [department] that were significantly under budget.”

In another vote, the board approved the purchase of two GMC 2500 HD 4X4 pickup trucks for the public works de-partment at a total cost of $75,993 from Coffman Truck Sales of Montgomery.

In another memo, Hoppenstedt not-ed it will cost the village $150 more per

vehicle to purchase the trucks from Coffman instead of a state purchase program. However, he noted each ve-hicle will come with a five-year war-ranty instead of a three-year warran-ty offered through the state purchase program.

Board member Denny Lee said he was pleased the village will buy the trucks from Coffman.

“I’m glad we can buy local,” he said.

Officer sworn inIn other business, Cody Klingberg

was sworn in as a Montgomery police officer by Village President Matt Brol-ley. Klingberg is a graduate of Plano High School, Waubonsee Community College and the Suburban Law En-forcement Academy, Police Chief Dan-iel Meyers told the board.

MONTGOMERY

CIVIC MEETINGSWEEK OF MAY 16-20

Monday, 6:30 p.m.: Montgomery Historic Preservation Commission, Montgomery Village Hall.

Monday, 7 p.m.: Montgomery and Countryside Fire Protection District Board, Station One, Montgomery.

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

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 Vil-lage Board Committee of the Whole, Montgomery Village Hall.

Wednesday: KenCom Operations Board, CANCELED.

Wednesday, 9:30 a.m.: Fox Metro Water Reclamation District Board, Main Treatment Plant, Oswego Town-ship.

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

Wednesday, 6 p.m.: Montgomery Beautification Committee, Montgom-ery Village Hall.

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

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

Police say Oswego gas station was robbed at gunpoint

A gas station-convenience store at Routes 34 and 25 in downtown Oswego was robbed at gunpoint at 9:43 p.m. May 4, village police reported.

Police said an African-American male en-tered the store, displayed a handgun and

then fled with an undetermined amount of cash.

The robber was last seen heading eastbound on Chicago Road (Route 34) on foot. Police said they used a police dog to track the man, but were unsuccessful in locating him.

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By ERIKA WURST [email protected]

Following last month’s sudden de-parture of Oswego’s Economic Devel-opment Director Vijay Gadde, village trustees have found themselves at a crossroads about how to handle the fu-ture of the position.

Do they vote to keep the position in-house, or should they resurrect the Oswego Economic Development Cor-poration (OEDC) to tackle economic development in the village?

The OEDC was created in 1996 as a private/public partnership to promote business in the village. The corporation was also tasked with handling tourism

and visitor functions after the village pulled out of its partnership with the Aurora Convention and Visitors Bu-reau in 2003.

According to Village Director Dan-iel DiSanto, by 2011, the board was funding 35 percent of the corporation’s roughly $400,000 budget, but seeing few results on behalf of the OEDC.

In May of that year, the board vot-ed to pull funding from the OEDC and bring economic development and tour-ism functions in-house by hiring a full-time economic development director and a part-time visitors bureau assis-tant.

The team worked solo until several years later, in 2015, when the board cre-ated the Economic Development Com-mission to serve as an advisory body to the board on economic development projects and issues.

Two economic development direc-

tors have left the position since its 2011 inception, and now board members have been tasked with hiring a third di-rector, or resurrecting the OEDC, and again taking economic development to the private/public sector.

“Coming in [to this position], I kept hearing about the OEDC and my reac-tion was, ‘Let’s do it again,’” DiSanto said. But, with a little research, he said his tune changed.

“We met with past presidents and board members of the OEDC, and the overall consensus from that group was that, as well as the organization worked at that time, they didn’t think that at this time it would work,” DiSanto said.

They were concerned that the inter-est and the funding just wasn’t there.

“At this time, it’s my opinion we’re best served by rehiring in-house,” DiSanto said. “Get the right person and the right people involved, and that’s all

you really need.”Trustee Pam Parr said she was frus-

trated with the lack of past develop-ment directors’ results, but remained confident that with the right person, things could turn themselves around.

The director could use the untapped knowledge and experience of the advi-sory Economic Development Commis-sion put together by the board to bol-ster business throughout the village, trustees agreed.

“I think we could do a better job involving them,” DiSanto said. “It’s structured so there’s some pretty great experts on that commission.”

One of DiSanto’s worries with keep-ing the position in-house was that the village might lose synergy with the pri-vate sector, including the local Cham-ber of Commerce.

By MATT SCHURY [email protected]

Kendall County property owners should find their annual property tax bills in the mail this week, ac-cording to Jill Ferko, county treasurer.

Ferko said Monday her office mailed the bills May 6. The bills will be due in two installment payments, June 7 and Sept. 7.

Taxpayers can pay their bills online by going to illinoisepay.com, which charges a convenience fee for this service. Ferko says residents can also contact her office to sign up to have the two payments direct-ly withdrawn from their bank accounts on the due dates. There is no cost for that option.

Residents can also stop by the Treasurer’s Office to pay their bills. The treasurer’s office is located on the first floor of the County Office building 111 W. Fox St. in Yorkville.

A majority of county taxpayers now pay their tax-es through escrow accounts their banks set up with

their monthly mortgage payments. Those escrowing their tax payments will still receive a bill in the mail that they should review.

Ferko estimates that about 52,000 bills were sent out in Kendall County. Of those bills, the majority of property owners will see an increase due in part to rising property assessments. Assessments are based on a three-year average. This year’s property assess-ments are based on data collected by assessors in 2012, 2013 and 2014.

Under state law, all properties with the exception of farmland must be assessed at one-third their fair market value. Assessments across the county have been trending upward in recent years after bottom-ing out in the wake of the 2008 recession.

To determine how much is owed on each tax bill, county officials multiply the total tax rate of the ap-propriate local government agencies by the assessed value of each property, minus any exemptions. Tax bills will show an increase if the assessed value of the property has increased and the local tax rate either stays the same or also increases.

Referring to this year’s tax bills, Ferko said, “For the most part I think that, yes, you will probably see your bill go up a little bit.”

However, the size of the increase will vary, de-

pending upon the location of the property in the coun-ty.

A typical household in the city of Plano saw their total tax rate decrease from 15.15 percent to 14.25 per-cent, while a village of Montgomery property owner in Yorkville School District 115 saw a total tax rate increase from 12.05 percent to 12.11 percent.

In the city of Yorkville, the typical household saw an increase in their tax rate from 11.6 in 2014 to 11.7 percent in 2015, while in the village of Oswego there was a decrease in the total rate from 11.56 percent to 10.91 percent, according to information provided by the Kendall County Office of Assessments.

Overall, tax rates were mostly likely the highest in the north and eastern incorporated areas of Kendall County while they tended to be lower in the south-ern and western potions of unincorporated Kendall County, according to Kendall County supervisor of assessments Andy Nicoletti.

While people can’t appeal their new tax bills, Ni-coletti says, they can become more involved in the process of determining those bills by attending public meetings and letting their voices be heard.

“When 67 percent of your bill is going to the schools, that’s really where you need to start address-ing things,” he said.

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Economic development efforts likely to stay in-houseOSWEGO

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Village considers best way to attract business

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Freeze taxes? Why that’s not so simple

We’ve noticed over the last few weeks area state lawmakers – both Republicans and Democrats – have been hosting seminars to explain the state’s property assessment and tax bills system to their constituents.

We commend the lawmakers for hosting the infor-mational sessions. Anything to improve the public’s understanding of Illinois’ confusing and often arcane method of taxing real estate has to be a positive. We are still baffled as to why a general explanation of the state’s property tax system is not part of the civics curriculum in the state’s public high schools.

In announcing her May 19 seminar, State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit, D-Oswego, noted the area’s high property tax burden needs to be addressed “locally and legislatively.” She added, “My free seminar will give homeowners the information they need to appeal their property tax bill and possibly save money.”

We would caution area residents, however, that it is months too late for them to appeal the property tax bill they may have just received or soon will receive in the mail. State law does not provide a mechanism for property owners to appeal their tax bills. Instead, it gives property owners the ability to appeal the as-sessment on which their property tax bills are based.

Here in Kendall County, the county supervisor of assessment’s office usually notifies property owners by mail if their assessments have changed in the late summer or early fall. State law requires that all properties – with the exclusion of farm parcels – be assessed at one-third their fair market value, aver-aged over the previous three years.

Property owners who believe their new assess-ments are in excess of that one-third value have a 30-day window after they receive their change notices to file an appeal with the county supervisor of assessments office. The county board of tax review considers the appeals during public hearings, usu-ally held in the winter. Those property owners who file appeals and gain the board of review’s approval for an assessment reduction are then in a position to realize some savings on their next property tax bills.

Current state politicians beginning with the Gov. Bruce Rauner all down the line are in favor of a prop-erty tax freeze, just like their predecessors decades ago. Who doesn’t want to pay less in property taxes? But the problem the politicians have always faced is that if they were to freeze property taxes without significantly increasing funding for education from another source – such as the income tax – local school systems would soon go broke.

The ill effects of a property tax freeze without a corresponding increase in taxes from another source would be especially deleterious on school districts in growth communities like Oswego/Montgomery and Yorkville where enrollments and thereby operation-al expenses continue to climb.

OUR VIEW

Surviving the good old days

It is human nature to look back on a time in the past and decide that was the ideal era.

Politically, folks on the right side of the political spectrum look back fondly on the Reagan era of the 1980s as an ideal, while those on the left are enamored of the New Deal 1930s. Most of us look back on our childhood years as some sort of ideal, which is not at all surprising. As kids, our par-ents (for the most part) took care of us, made sure we were housed and fed and had clothes to wear. We played with our friends and didn’t have all those pesky adult worries that seem to occupy our minds as we cope with making ends meet.

Back in the 1960s and early ‘70s when my generation were young adults, young people looked back with fondness on our parents’ and grandparents’ eras when people lived close to the soil and expe-rienced “natural” lives. If only, we heard from the back-to-nature crowd, all that nasty machinery and all those harmful fertilizers, insecticides and herbicides were eliminated, everyone would be healthier and happier. It would be thrilling to return to the days when everyone ate health food and no one suffered from a lack of

roughage in their diets.And while living in a chem-

ical-free world sounded pretty good then – and now, actually – if those youngsters had bothered to study rural American history, they would have learned that life back in pre-machinery, pre-farm chemical times was not all that good or healthy. Compared to today’s agricultural operations, relatively little food was actually produced on those early farms, and since paved roads really didn’t exist in most areas of the country until the 1920s, it was difficult to get what was produced to market. In addition, life itself was dear. On a regular basis, terrible diseases swept through rural communities, killing whole families in those pre-antibiotic days when a splinter in a finger could prove fatal.

Back in the “Good Old Days,” people preserved fruit, vegetables and meat all summer because they’d starve all winter if they didn’t. People didn’t live the way they did a century ago because they liked it; they did it because it was the most modern way of life in the world – just as our current way of life is.

Kenyon T. Palmer, who grew up in and around Oswego during the early years of the 20th century, recalled later in life that he was happy to have had the experiences, but didn’t think the Good Old Days were all they were cracked up to be. In 1971,

he published his autobiography, “For Land’s Sake: The Autobiog-raphy of a Dynamic Arizonan,” in which he detailed small town and country life during that era.

During the summer, Palmer worked on Roy Hettrick’s Oswego Township farm, shocking oats, hoeing weeds out of the corn, putting up hay, and all the other hard work farmers did back then, most of which is now done by machines. Palmer worked from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., and was not impressed with his closeness to nature.

“I was so slow one summer,” Palmer wrote, “that I painfully remember I was still shocking the 100 acres of oats that had been cut and tied into bundles long after Roy had joined the thresh-ing ‘ring’ and was helping his neighbors thresh. It was a hot, lonely job.”

He recalled that a strapping 16-year-old Aurora youth (Palmer was only 14) hired lasted just half a morning shocking oats before quitting.

Palmer didn’t like hoeing this-tles out of the corn, either. Today, farmers, apply herbicides along with fertilizer when they plant, so you rarely see a thistle in a field. But in Palmer’s day, it was either hoe the thistles out by hand or be fined by the township weed com-missioner. Palmer recalled that working in 10-foot-high rows of

Photo provided by the Little White School Museum

The interior of W.J. Morse’s general store at the northeast corner of Main Street and Washington Street in downtown Oswego. This photo was taken in 1902.

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corn was, at best, unpleasant: ‘“If it was hot in the open hay field, it was hotter and more humid surrounded by the verdant corn. That was what farming meant to me. Blazing sun, hard physical labor, long hours, and low pay.”

After deciding that farming was not his cup of tea, Palmer went to work at W.J. Morse’s store on Main Street in Oswego. Groceries were the biggest sellers at Morse’s, but the store’s reg-

ular stock included boots and shoes, women’s wear, rock salt by the barrel, kerosene for lamp fuel, and gasoline for both stoves and the growing num-ber of automobiles.

Gasoline, stored in barrels, was pumped by hand into five-gallon cans and carried the full length of the store to be poured into waiting autos parked out front.

The hardest jobs, Palmer recalled, were carrying 100-pound sacks of potatoes up the cellar steps, handling 100-pound sacks of sugar, and manhan-dling barrels of salt.

“Nobody bought less than a dollar’s

worth of sugar – 12 to 16 lbs. according to the market – and many bought by the 100 lb. sack,” Palmer wrote. “Nor did anyone buy less than a bushel of potatoes. Bread we bought at our house by the half-dozen loaves.”

A typical workday at Morse’s store was 6:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m. on Saturdays when farmers came to town to trade. Palmer was paid $7 to start for a six-day week. After a year and a half on the job, he was making $11 a week.

For most, the Good Old Days are a time we can’t remember very well, but which seems better than what’s

currently happening. I remember the 1950s as a great time to grow up in my small, Midwestern town, but I was spared the racism, political extremism, and religious bigotry that so many had to cope with during those years.

And those “back-to-nature” folks? Most of them are now retired stock-brokers, lawyers, teachers, or other professionals. Reinstalling past values and practices over top of modern life is never as easy as it might seem.

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

FORUMGlimmer of progress

To the Editor:A glimmer of progress shone brightly

April 22 when, after months of budget gridlock, the House of Representatives and the Senate approved a bipartisan solution for a first step in funding higher education. This long-awaited break-through is the result of cooperation and productive conversation between legislators, legislative leaders and the governor’s administration.

Gov. Bruce Rauner has signed the stop-gap funding bill for higher education, which will help universities, colleges and community colleges remain operational through September, at which point they’ll start collecting their fall tuition money.

This budget measure is fully funded – not a false promise like other bills. Senate Bill 2059 contains funding from the Edu-cation Assistance Fund: more than $350 million for state universities; more than $74 million for community colleges; more than $169 million for Monetary Award Program (MAP) grants; and $6 million for the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy.

The Senate also passed Senate Bill 2047, which appropriates $600 million from the Education Assistance Fund to higher education and $441 million from the Commitment to Human Services Fund to help pay for critical human ser-vices programs. This proposal is currently pending in the House of Representatives.

We must also remember that key to turning Illinois around is promoting the kind of economic climate that encour-ages job creation and growth. With this approach, and the spirit of bipartisanship, we can build on the progress we have made, and continue working on a full budget.

State Sen. Jim Oberweis25th DistrictR-Sugar Grove

50th annual plant saleTo the Editor:As our 50th annual Plant Sale ap-

proached and we gathered to brainstorm on ways to make it even more special this year, we rediscovered how we fit into the community and with one another. Our garden club has evolved into a vibrant membership of some 45 like-minded individuals with common goals, not unlike those of the 19 women who formed Hilltop Gardeners in Boulder Hill in February of 1959.

The Plant Sale remains the club’s only fundraiser. What has changed is our broadening of membership and services into more surrounding communities, our enhanced beautification efforts and our focus and support on educational and environmental issues regarding plant and wildlife. Without the support from residents, businesses and other organi-zations it would be difficult to achieve these goals. The appearance on Saturday morning of Oswego Village President Gail Johnson to cut our celebratory red ribbon reaffirmed our belief that Oswegoland supports and appreciates us as much as we do them. Thank you to everyone who visited us and shopped at our 50th annual Plant Sale.

Valerie GierhartHilltop Gardeners Garden ClubFirst Vice-PresidentPublicity ChairOswego

Bring back Whigs?To the Editor:MSNBC this morning is addressing

the woes of the Republican Party as its death. It is now Trump’s Party, according to them.

If you remember your American History, pre Civil War, the Republicans replaced the long-established Whig party which fell upon hard times in the late 1840s and

early 1850s. I believe Abe Lincoln was a Whig before becoming a Republican.

Maybe the old Republican Party can now revert back to the party they replaced. They could take the name Whigs, which at present is not being used. We remember Abe Lincoln, Ronald Reagan and George Bush being well-known Republicans. I’ll bet they would not be displeased with the name Whigs replacing the GOP.

In a way it would link us with our British leaders in colonial times. I believe mem-bers of Parliament and their judges all wore wigs while serving in government.

George HaynerMontgomery

OWCC lists raffle winnersTo the Editor:The OWCC (Oswegoland Woman’s Civic

Club) sold tickets for seven raffle baskets at Wine on the Fox, Hudson Crossing Park, on May 7. This year’s proceeds are for junior high school eighth-graders camperships over the summers.

Thank you to all who participated and congratulations to the basket winners: Maria Hartel (Gardening), Karla Guseman (Italian), Barb Colabuono (Mexican), Marianne Rietow (Potpourri), Maggie Guseman (Lady’s Spa), Carolyn Cornwall (Wine ‘n’ Dine), and Angi Abbott (Wine on the Fox).

OWCC meets at 6:30 p.m., the fourth Wednesday of each month from Septem-ber to May, at Celebrate Differences lo-cation, 5375 Route 34, Oswego. For more information, please call Judy Siedlecki, 630-551-1852, or Mary Jo Hartley, 630-892-8355, or visit OswegolandWomans-CivicClub.org.

Judy Siedlecki Oswego

Plant sale a mega successTo the Editor:The Hilltop Gardeners’ Plant Sale was a

mega success. Thanks to the enthusiasm of our members, families and friends, the 50th annual Plant Sale set records for do-nations, for attendance and for earnings. We now look forward to providing many educational programs and local beautifi-cation projects in the coming year.

We proudly sold garden-related items, plants from our own grounds and those of our many friends, baked goods contributed by the excellent cooks of our community, and we raffled off donations of a quilt, a garden-themed basket, and a Colorado spruce. We awarded a mul-titude of door prizes during music and announcements from our very own disc jockey, all in the “event” pavilion at the Fox Bend Golf Course this past Saturday.

Preparation by club members under the leadership of Committee Chairperson Esther Jamison was intense, and actually began weeks ago, involving every single club member, and many of their friends, including community merchants who helped or contributed. Thank you to all of the amazing Hilltop Gardeners, and to all you generous people of the Oswegoland Community.

Diane WisinskiPresidentHilltop Gardeners Garden ClubOswego

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By ERIKA WURST [email protected]

There’s a lot of work that goes into keeping a village running, and in Os-wego a lot of that work is done by vol-unteer members of the village’s many boards and commissions.

Village board members discussed April 21 whether some of these volun-teer roles should be compensated ones, depending on the amount of work that goes into the role.

The village currently has several ac-tive boards and commissions that serve as advisory bodies to the Village Board. They include the Historic Preservation Commission, Environmentally Con-scious Oswego (ECO) Commission, Cul-tural Arts Commission and Econom-ic Development Commission, and the Board of Police Commissioners.

As things stand, all commission members volunteer their time, with the exception the Board of Police Com-missioners members. These members receive $25 per meeting as a result of the amount of time it takes to review materials in advance of their meetings.

According to the village, not only do Board of Police Commissioners mem-bers incur significant workloads, but so do the Planning and Zoning Commis-sion volunteers.

“They do do a lot of work. They go to the [building] site basically every single time they meet,” Trustee Judy Sollinger said. “I think they deserve a stipend.”

Several local communities pay Plan-ning and Zoning members anywhere between $10 and $35 a meeting, accord-ing to a village survey of 11 towns, cit-ies and villages. Oswego used to follow that rule, as well.

Prior to 2015 when the board con-solidated the Plan Commission and the Zoning Board of Appeals into the Plan-

ning and Zoning Commission, mem-bers were paid $25 per meeting. This meant if the Zoning Board of Appeals met, the member would receive $25 and if the Plan Commission met, the mem-ber would receive another $25.

In September 2015 the Village Board consolidated the two commissions into the Planning and Zoning Commission and eliminated compensation for this role entirely.

Recently, however, board members have brought up wanting to discuss paying these commission members for their time once again.

“I think $25 is good,” Sollinger sug-gested. “It’s kind of like a thank you. It’s a big job and they have a lot of in-put.”

Trustee Joe West agreed.“Surely they deserve at least that,”

he said.When considering the stipend, vil-

lage staff surveyed a group of compa-rable communities. Of the 11 commu-nities that responded, four pay certain commissions’ members.

In most cases, pay is limited to the Plan Commission ($10 to $35 per meet-ing), while Carol Stream also pays their Board of Fire and Police Commission members $10 per meeting.

In addition to the stipend talk, board members also toyed around with the idea of throwing an appreciation picnic for village staff and commission volun-teers.

“It’s inexpensive and will allow ev-eryone to see each other socially and to involve their families. It’s a nice way to thank everybody,” Village Administra-tor Daniel DiSanto said.

Board members will continue to dis-cuss the stipend at future meetings be-fore putting the rule in place.

Finance Director Mark Horton said the stipend payments will have little impact on the budget and are feasible.

Oswego board weighs payment for volunteers

But, “by working with the chamber and the EDC, we can make sure that private sectors are brought into the [economic development] process,” he said.

Trustee Ryan Kauffman said that he was initially all for the re-creation of the OEDC, but has since changed his mind.

“I love the OEDC and I love the private/public blend,” Kauffman told DiSanto. “But, after reading your memo, you kind of swayed me to bring [the economic development director

position] back in-house. At the end of the day, I just want it to work. I just want to see something done. That’s all I care about – progress.”

DiSanto said that the board will soon be surveyed on a list of qualities they hope to find in the village’s future eco-nomic development director, and then the search to fill the position will begin. Village President Gail Johnson said this time around, she wants to make sure the salary offered to the new direc-tor is competitive.

“We want to make sure we attract the best and brightest in the field,” she said. “Certainly, for the money we are putting into this, we need to see some results.”

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The graves of 22 Union soldiers from the Civil War – including three African-American soldiers – now have headstones in the Oswego Township cemetery, thanks to the efforts of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War (SUVCW) and Stephanie Todd, an Oswego resident and historical researcher.

This past Saturday, members of the SUVCW hosted a ceremony in the cemetery on South Main Street in Oswego to dedicate the new markers.

Among the many people in attendance were dozens of descendants of one of the African-American soldiers, Rob-ert Ridley Smith. Members of Smith’s family traveled from all over the country to attend the event.

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U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Miclo Ramirez had a hero’s welcome on Saturday, May 7, with a motor-cade through his hometown of Oswego and then on to Yorkville.

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Ramirez has served with the Marines since 2013, is a graduate of Oswego High School and was a mem-ber of the Oswego Explorer program for six years.

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the Yorkville American Legion by way of Route 34 with the help of the Oswego Police Department, the Yorkville Police Department, and the Kendall Coun-ty Sheriff’s Office.

The welcome home motorcade was set up by Adopt a Soldier, a nonprofit organization whose mis-sion statement is supporting troops and veterans.

LEFT: Six-year-old Serenity Gonzales (left), her sister 2-year-old Jo-zlynn Torres, both of Chicago, and Diana Mewmaw of Oswego wave flags as U.S. Marine Corps Lance Cpl. Miclo Ramirez’s motorcade goes by on Saturday, May 7.

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This is the last week of the regular season for both the Oswego and Oswe-go East girls soccer teams before both begin playoff action on May 18.

Oswego will host the Class 3A Os-wego Regional. The Panthers are the No. 7 seed and will face No. 10 Plain-field South.

Oswego East is the No. 12 seed and will take on No. 6 Neuqua Valley in the Class 3A Neuqua Valley Regional.

If both teams advance in their re-spective regionals, they will play in a title game on May 20. The winners will feed into the Metea Valley Sectional, which begins action on May 24.

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ever, the Wolves (8-9 overall, 2-4 in the Southwest Prairie Conference) have to face Plainfield Central, Waubon-sie Valley and Wheaton North in the last week of the season while Oswe-go (10-6-3 overall) is scheduled to face Plainfield North in a contest that will decide the Southwest Prairie Confer-ence title. The Panthers are 5-1 in the SPC while the Tigers have yet to lose a league game.

“We are up for the challenge and ready to go,” Oswego coach Kelsey Champion said. “We have a chance to share the conference title and we have a chance at getting to a regional final. One game at a time, but the players are all ready to go. This is what everyone plays for.”

Last Thursday, Oswego fell to Mi-

nooka, 7-5, in overtime in a game de-cided by penalty kicks, as well as Bata-via (3-0 on Saturday).

The goals against the Indians were scored by Melissa Kasper and Kaylee Zimbelmann in the first half and Riley Parker in the second half.

There were no goals in overtime and Zimbelmann and Hannah Caru-so were able to score on the penalty kicks.

“[Minooka is] a good team and fought back. ... It was a good game from both teams,” Champion said. “[Batavia is] a very good team with a lot of upside. I think they will have a nice postseason run. We are getting everyone back to healthy and learned a lot from playing them.”

Oswego East’s lone game last week was a 6-5 loss to Plainfield East last Thursday.

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Ed Hettinger (pictured at right), owner of Hett’s Autos, presents a check for $480 to Oswego boys’ basketball coach Matt Borrowman. Hett’s Auto donated $100 for every 3-point basket that the Panthers made at home during the season.

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Donors needed for St. Luke’s blood driveSt. Luke’s Lutheran Church will hold its annual blood drive

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BROOKSIDE MANOR – off Main Street219 Judson Avenue............................................Fri & Sat

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DEERPATH CREEK – Grove Road to Collins Road103 Croydon Court.............................................Fri & Sat106 Croydon Court.............................................Fri & Sat107 Croydon Court.............................................Fri & Sat557 Danbury Drive..............................................Fri & Sat319 Prairieview Drive..........................................Fri & Sat322 Prairieview Drive..........................................Fri & Sat400 Sudbury Circle.............................................Fri & Sat436 Windsor Drive ..............................................Fri & Sat

DEERPATH TRAILS – off Plainfield Road340 Andover Drive..............................................Fri & Sat

FAIRWAY CROSSING – off Lombardy Lane307 Landshire Court...........................................Fri & Sat

FARMINGTON LAKES – off Douglas to Long Beach306 Kensington Drive .........................................Fri & Sat

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PREP SOFTBALL

Panthers win final match before conference

Wolves eye 20-win mark with big finish to regular season


The Oswego boys tennis team won its final dual of the regular season be-fore the Southwest Prairie Conference meet, which starts on Thursday.

The Panthers defeated Yorkville 5-2 on Monday in a non-conference match shortened due to the weather. Oswego improved to 9-5 overall. It is 5-2 in the league entering the SPC tournament. The Foxes dropped to 7-7 overall enter-ing the dual against Plainfield Central and the Northern Illinois Big 12 Con-ference tournament, which is sched-uled to take place on Saturday.

“It was good to get a nice win like this,” Oswego coach Ryan Parr said. “This was a positive thing for us, es-pecially because the last two weekend tournament [Oswego’s Panther Invite and Lockport’s Invite] were rained out and we lost a close one to Minooka [4-3 on May 3].”

Oswego’s lone win in singles was from Connor Backus. At No. 3, he won, 8-1. The Panthers swept the Foxes in all four doubles matches. Kyle Hennessy/John Watson won at No. 1 (8-5), Max Blount/Connor Stark won at No. 2 (8-3), Dylan Patel/Derek Ho won at No. 3 (8-6) and Connor Sutton/James Arella-no took No. 4 on a forfeit.

Going into the SPC meet at Minoo-ka, Oswego was in third place in the conference behind Minooka and Oswe-go East.

“It’s going to be a battle,” Parr said. “I still feel we have a good team. We just have to go out there and show it.”

Oswego East: The Wolves are now 11-5 overall and 6-1 in the conference after defeating Plainfield East (4-3) on

May 3 and entering the SPC tourna-ment.

“At this point, we have a great op-portunity to compete and finish at a top level in the conference tourna-ment,” Oswego East coach Scott Gen-gler said. “With that being said, it will be extremely close at the conference tournament – it may come down to a half of a point.”

Last Saturday, Oswego East ended up tied for 15th place with Geneva at the Naper Valley Invitational, which was won by Edwardsville. The Wolves’ best finisher was Giri Ekkurthi at No. 1 singles.

“The Naper Valley really pushes our ability and allows us to play com-petition that we normally would not see in our conference,” Gengler said. “I absolutely love having this tourna-ment the weekend before our confer-ence tournament due to the fact that the competition highlights what we need to work on in practice heading into the SPC.”

By KRISTIN SHARP [email protected]

After a tough week in Southwest Prairie Conference play, the Oswego East softball team got back in the win column with a doubleheader sweep over Naperville North on Saturday.

The Wolves (15-9) knocked out 14 hits in the opening game to win 10-1 over the Huskies. Emma Benson hit 3-for-4 with an RBI and scored three runs while Danielle Williams went 3-for-5 with a run and two stolen bases. Emily Schul-tz earned the win in a complete game effort, allowing one earned run while striking out four.

Oswego East won the second game

13-3 in five innings. Sydni Mitchell was a perfect 3-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored, Caitlyn Webb hit 2-for-4 with three RBIs and Juvia Davis went 2-for-4 with a triple, RBI and two runs scored as the Wolves knocked out 18 hits. Mackenna Mittelstaedt earned the win in the circle.

“We had major hits and runs in both games, and no errors in either game,” Oswego East coach Laura Nussle said. “Defensively, if you’re strong and we can carry it to the plate and knock in runs, we’re doing what we need to and we’ll come out ahead.”

After an 8-5 loss to Plainfield East on May 3, Oswego East could not hold off Plainfield Central last Thursday and fell 2-1 to the Wildcats. The Wolves are now 4-6 in the league and move to 15-9 overall.

“Plainfield Central was a really tough one for us. Defensively, we were

great and had no errors,” Nussle said. “They had two solo home runs and we had one run, but those solo home runs killed us.”

Schultz (2-for-4) pitched six innings, allowing six hits and two strikeouts. Williams (2-for-4) drove in the lone run for the Wolves.

Oswego East continues conference play on Thursday, traveling to Oswego

for the crosstown rematch after earning an 8-3 win on April 19. The Wolves are chasing Plainfield East and Plainfield North, which top the league standings.

“It’s a matter of how we’re going to shake out with Central, Minooka and us all running in the middle. I think we’ll finish in the middle of the road, but what’s more important is how we finish out and where we get seeded for regionals,” Nussle said. “Right now we’re hoping to get a nine or 10 seed, which will be the highest we’ve had in school history. There’s still some great things happening.”

The Wolves have the potential to reach the 20-win mark with five consec-utive games next week, opening with a home game next Monday against Waubonsie Valley before facing Plain-field North, Wheaton South, Plainfield South and Plano to close the regular season.

Photos by Eric Miller - [email protected]

ABOVE: Anders Eckert returns a shot at No. 1 singles for Oswego on Monday at Yorkville. RIGHT: Kyle Hennessy serves at No. 2 doubles for Oswego on Monday at Yorkville.

Top Yorkville, 5-2, in shortened match

They sweep Naperville N., prep for crosstown game

“Right now we’re hoping to get a nine or 10 seed, which

will be the highest we’ve had in school history. There’s still

some great things happening.”Laura Nussle

Oswego East softball coach

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GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

Oswego East defends conference crown


Despite the large target on the Os-wego East girls’ track and field team, the Wolves did not disappoint at last Thursday’s Southwest Prairie Confer-ence meet.

The Wolves successfully defended their 2015 title by topping the eight-team field in Romeoville, scoring 145 points while runner-up Minooka (92), Plainfield South (84) and Oswego (73) rounded out the top half of the team standings.

“We were seeded third last year and ended up winning, and we won the in-

door unofficial conference meet and in at least the last five years no one has won indoor and outdoor,” Oswego East coach Lisa Cook said. “We’re not go-ing to surprise anyone. ... Even though it looked pretty easy, it definitely was not. The girls stepped up and did ev-erything they could to take control to make sure we did get the win.”

Morgan Harris picked up four con-ference championship finishes, win-ning the 100-meter dash with a time of 12.37 seconds, the 200 in 25.61 seconds and the 400 in 56.71 seconds. She was also part of the winning 4x100-meter re-lay (48.46) with Adaora Onyeabo, Sade Akinfe and Emma McCullough.

“In every event that Morgan won, we also had someone else finish All-Conference as well,” Cook said. “That’s really impressive to see.”

Tara Schumacher won both hurdle

events, clocking in at 15.45 seconds in the 100-meter event and 45.58 seconds in the 300. Akinfe won the triple jump (37-9½) and placed second in the long jump (17-6½).

The top four finishers received All-Conference recognition. Onyeabo was fourth in the 100 (12.87) and Maya Taylor was the runner-up in the 200 (26.62) while Abby Flammersfeld fin-ished third in the 400 (59.97). Rachel Roschi was third in the 100 hurdles (16.98). Anna Aubuchon was second in the discus (103-3) with a significant PR. Mackenzie Kennedy pulled off a third-place finish in the pole vault, clearing 9-0 while nursing a sprained ankle.

For Oswego, the 4x800-meter re-lay team was the lone champion on the track, with Isabelle Christian-sen, Kayla Wooten, Julia Manzano and Maddy Kammerer racing to a top

time of 9:24.58. Coral Ottesen won the pole vault, clearing 10-6. Christian-sen took third in the 800 with a time of 2:18.02 and Wooten was second in the 1,600 (5:12) while Kammerer was third (5:14). Allyson McLaughlin took third in the 3,200 (11:35) and Grace Pa-gone was fourth (11:37). Megan Krisch was fourth in the 200 (26.92) and Jenna Yakesh was fourth in the 400 (1:02).

“I thought we performed well last Thursday,” Oswego coach Jamie Be-china said. “I was excited to see some of our athletes meet their goals and break their previous personal bests. Our distance crew is really putting ev-erything together this season – the 4 x 8 ran a fantastic time. Coral Ottesen has been consistent with vault.”

Oswego East and Oswego will now enter the Class 3A Ottawa Sectional on Thursday.

BOYS VOLLEYBALL: OSWEGO 2, OSWEGO EAST 1

Crosstown rivals battle into Set 3


It took a little extra effort, but the Oswego boys volleyball team managed to complete the season sweep over crosstown rival Oswego East in Tues-day’s Southwest Prairie Conference meeting.

The Panthers withstood a late shootout to win the decisive game and claim a 21-25, 25-19, 32-30 win over the host Wolves.

“It was a serious battle. It’s been a long time since I’ve been in a match like that,” Oswego coach Zach Splitt said. “The guys executed down the stretch. ... Every time I come here [to Oswego East] it feels like I’m escaping with a win. Today is the definition of that concept of just getting out of here. I told the guys to run before they ask to play it again.”

Oswego (14-15, 4-7 SPC) jumped out to a 4-1 lead in Set 3, but Oswego East battled back and cut the Panthers’ lead to 12-11. Nick Ramos and Jacob Bentz had a pair of kills for Oswego to keep the Panthers ahead, 22-19, but the Wolves pushed ahead and took a 23-22 lead on an attack from Colin McClintic.

The match stayed alive through 15

more serves, with Oswego East’s Max Behnke scoring back-to-back points for a 27-26 lead, but points from Ramos and Bentz tipped the scoreboard back in favor of the Panthers, 30-29. In the end, Jerell Rogers’ kill put the match in Oswego’s court and Oswego East (14-13, 3-8 SPC) could not dig up the serve from Owen Bann to end the night.

“We didn’t come out and execute the game plan like we needed to. We put ourselves in holes,” Oswego East coach Brian Zerfas said. “We battled back and showed grit and determina-tion to tie it up and take the lead, 23-22. It went back and forth at the end, and that’s anyone’s game. That’s a tough one to go out on, and these guys have worked extremely hard.”

In Set 1, Oswego East took a 7-6 lead on an ace serve from Arturo DeLaCruz and did not relinquish the lead. Adam Densberger had three big points in the middle of the stretch and a pair of kills from Behnke gave the Wolves a 22-17 edge before closing the game out.

Oswego jumped out to a 6-1 lead in Set 2 and built a 20-15 lead on an at-tack from Bentz (10 kills). An ace serve from Behnke out Oswego within two, 21-19, but Ramos (14 kills) stepped up for the Panthers and helped force the

tiebreaking set.Oswego has three games remaining

in the regular season, highlighted by Senior Night next Tuesday against Mi-nooka. The Panthers received the No. 15 seed in the Glenbard West Sectional and will open the postseason on May 23 in the Wheaton St. Francis Regional

against No. 18 West Chicago.Oswego East will play its final three

games at home, hosting Plainfield South in the final game of the regular season on May 18. The Wolves will host a regional, and as the No. 16 seed, Oswego East will open against No. 17 Plainfield East on May 23.

Oswe-go’s Nick Ramos slams the ball over Oswego East’s Josh Schroeder during Tuesday’s crosstown volleyball game at Oswego East. Ramos had 14 kills in the match. The Pan-thers will open the postseason on May 23 in the Wheaton St. Francis Regional against No. 18 West Chicago.

Steven Buyansky for Shaw Media

Next up will be Class 3A Ottawa Sectional

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Series sweep for PanthersThree-run first inning puts team on right path to drop Wildcats

PREP BASEBALL: OSWEGO 8, PLAINFIELD CENTRAL 3


In the third game of Plainfield Cen-tral series, the Oswego baseball scored three runs on three hits in the first in-ning, led by Mike Dato’s RBI double, and the Panthers were well on their way to completing the three-game sweep.

Oswego earned an 8-3 win over the visiting Wildcats on Thursday under the lights at Jackie’s Field of Dreams. The Panthers are now improve to 18-7 overall and 7-9 in the Southwest Prai-rie Conference after the 9-8 victory over Kaneland on Saturday.

“It was pretty fun, especially since we started out slow in conference,” Oswego shortstop Konor Gengler said after Oswego’s second straight SPC sweep. “Our hitting has really come around and we are starting to put things together. I think with the last two series, we are on our way to play-ing the best baseball of the season.”

The Panthers have now won their last eight games, including a 2-0 win over Plainfield Central on May 3 and a 9-6 win on May 4.

“Plainfield Central is good. We came into the series knowing they are just like we are,” Oswego coach Mark Johnson said. “We had a really good series against them. Our kids never quit.”

The Panthers manufactured two more runs in the third, after Cole Aughenbaugh scored on a wild pitch after he led the inning off with a single. After his bunt single, Gengler eventu-ally reached home on one of Plainfield Central’s five errors.

After Plainfield Central scored a run in the top of the fourth, the Pan-thers responded with three more runs in the fifth inning on three hits, includ-ing a two-RBI single from Dato. He fin-ished with all four of Oswego’s RBIs.

The Wildcats scored their last two runs in the seventh on back-to-back sacrifice fly RBIs from Brandon Cal-lender and Matt Bunetta.

Oswego’s win was also highlighted by starter Carter Turnquist’s perfor-mance on the mound. The senior fin-ished with 10 strikeouts, three walks and seven hits.

He was able to get out of jams in the first, third and fourth innings before he was taken out after giving up back-

to-back hits in the seventh inning.“[Turnquist is] a very composed

pitcher and composed player. He doesn’t let things bother him too much,” Johnson said. “When Carter pitches and lets the defense work be-hind him, he does really well. He does a really good job of getting out of jams.”

Oswego 9, Plainfield Central 6: Oswe-go trailed 6-2 after five innings before scoring seven in the top of the sixth to pull out the win in Game 2 of the se-ries. Colton White posted three hits and three RBIs while Aughenbaugh was the winning pitcher with seven strikeouts.

Oswego 9, Kaneland 8: Cody Peterlin hit a game-tying RBI double to tie the game with two outs in the bottom of the seventh. Fogarty then hit an RBI single that won the game, as the Pan-thers trailed 8-6 going into the bottom of the seventh.


Oswego starter Carter Turnquist finished with 10 strikeouts against Plainfield Central on Thursday. BELOW: Oswego’s Cole Aughen-baugh (22) steps on first as Plainfield Central first baseman Brandon Callender has to pull his foot off the bag Thursday at Oswego.

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