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Plain feld News
Press Release
HISTORIC PRESERVATION
Landmarks Districts Certicate of
Appropriateness (COA) Econom-
ics Preservation Links Frequent-
ly Asked Questions Documents
The Plaineld area was rst settled
in the 1820s with the construction of
a sawmill on the DuPage River. Therst 13 blocks of the Village of Plain-
eld, surrounding the current Vil-
lage Green, were laid out by Chester
Ingersoll in 1834. The urban core
continued to expand and evolve over
the next 150 years. Recent growth
has signicantly aected Plaineld.
In 1990, there were 4,557 people in
the community, and according to the
2010 Census, Plaineld had a popu-
lation of 39,581.
The Historic Preservation Commis-
sion (HPC) formed in 2004 follow-
ing the passage of a Historic Pres-
ervation Ordinance. The HPC iscomprised of nine citizen appointees
who have special knowledge or train-
ing in elds closely related to historic
preservation. The HPC meets the
second and fourth Thursday of every
month at 7 p.m. at the Village Hall.
Interested members of the public
are invited and encouraged to attend
meetings.
The HPC designates local historic
landmarks, local historic districts,
and reviews COA and COEH ap-
plications. It is also recognized by
the Department of the Interior as
a Certied Local Government.
This designation gives the HPC the
ability to review National Register
Nominations, participate in grant
programs, and participate in other
federal and state incentive programs.
City o Joliet
News
Press Release
GR2012 Celebrat-
ing Sustainability Festival
Saturday, May 19, 20129:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Rain or Shine
Joliet Junior College, 1215 Houbolt
Road, Joliet, Illinois 60431
Free Family Festival full of ac-
tivities, exhibits, speakers, dem-
onstrations, and entertainment!
Local Farmers and Artisans
Expanded Arts and Activities Tent
Speakers Series featuring
over 20 Sustainability Experts
Nature walks through
JJC Natural Areas and Fen
Tours of the LEED Cer-
tied Campus Center
Alternative Fuel Vehicle Display Film Screenings of Tapped
and Vanishing of the Bees
Eight Bands on the Main Stage
Student Art Exhibit at Gallery 7
Recyclepalooza
Rock Climbing Wall
Farm Animal Petting Zoo
Please visit www.celebratingsustain-
ability.com for more information.
The festival runs from 9:00 am to
4:00 pm. Come for the festival and
stay for the party! To see what can
and cannot be recycled please go
to http://www.celebrating-
sustainability.com/festival.
shtml?tab=7#Miscellaneous.
New this year, The Grand Pic-
nic! Come join us as we cele-
brate sustainability throughout our
communities! Bring your pic-
nic basket and a blanket and come
listen to the sounds of Hoots and
Hellmouth with your fam-
ily and friends. The party runs
from 4:00 pm to 7:00 pm.
The festival is possible due to the sup-
port of multiple founding partners
including the City of Joliet, Forest
Preserve District of Will County, Jo-
liet Public Library, Joliet Junior Col-
lege, Joliet Park District, Joliet Job
Corps, Joliet Township, Joliet Public
School District 86, University of Il-linois Extension, and Will County.
City o
Naperville
Press Release
New Hours
New Service Hours
Police Department Front Desk
Eective April 1, 2010, the hours
of operation for the Naperville Po-
lice Departments front desk will belimited to Monday through Friday,
7 a.m. to 6 p.m. Front desk sta will
not be available during overnight
hours each weeknight, nor will sta
be present on weekends and holidays.
Community Connection
The Naperville Police Department
will be closing Community Connec-
tion, located at 535 Fairway Drive
Suite #103, on April 1, 2010. Any
citizen needing non-emergency po-
lice services, previously oered at
Community Connection, should vis-
it the police department front desk
during normal business hours.
Finance Department
Beginning on March 1, 2010, the
Finance Department counter will
be open from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Wednesdays. The Finance Depart-
ment will be open from 7:30 a.m.
to 5 p.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays,
Thursdays and Fridays.
City o Aurora
By Mavis Bates
May 16, 2012, Aurora, IL What
is a Celebration of Sustainability?
Find out at the Aurora Green Fest
on June 9th at the Prisco community
Center, 150 W. Illinois Ave., Aurora,
IL 60506, from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00
p.m. The sustainable community
of the Fox Valley will be there to
energize and motivate our visitors
with new ideas for greener living.
Its our third year in Aurora, and
we are bringing together the bright-
est stars in our environmental com-
munity to create the most exciting
Green Fest ever, said Mavis Bates,
Chairman of the Aurora Green
Fest. Our emphasis this year is to
raise awareness for making positive
changes in our daily lives, from the
food we eat, to the cars we drive, to
the choices we make every day that
aect the air we breathe, the water we
drink, and our whole quality of life.
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The event combines local businesses
with environmental non-prots. It is
an opportunity for people with an in-
terest in a green life-style to meet lo-
cal non-prot environmental groups,
eco-businesses, including sustain-
able energy businesses, local farm-
ers, and healthy home advocates.
A big attraction this year is the
Solar Powered Concert, featur-ing the very popular Chicago-area
eco-friendly band, The Giving Tree
Band, and powered by WCP Solar.
As the grand nale of the day, Au-
rora Green Fest will raffl e o the
$25,000 solar photovoltaic (PV)
system, which includes installation,
donated by WCP Solar, Inc. Raffl e
tickets are now available, and win-
ner need not be present. Send in-
quiries to [email protected]
Highlights of the Au-
rora Green Fest include:
Solar Powered Concert
with a raffl e of a $25,000 so-
lar PV system and installationGreen car show
Green kids activities
Rain barrels for sale
On-site recyclingStyrofoam, elec-
tronics, cell-phones, compact o-
rescent light bulbs, and old medi-
cations, sponsored by Fox Metro.
Shred-it-and-forget-it,
from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Rich Centeno, The
Magical Balloon Man
SOAR, Inc., Save Our American Rap-
tors, will bring rescued birds of prey
Food by Rivers Edge Caf and
Ezra's Chameleon Kitchen & Road
Show
This is a family-friendly event, with
plenty of activities for kids. SOAR,
Inc. will exhibit their rescued birds
of prey. Kids activities will include
art projects from recycled objects,
face painting, nature-themed bal-
loon creations, and kids teach-
ing kids. Parents, bring your
kids. Kids, bring your parents.
Aurora Green Fest promises to be an
exciting and engaging way to learn
more about sustainable practices
and resources in the community,
with networking with local people
and businesses that share an inter-
est in preserving the earth. For in-
formation on the festival please visit
www.auroragreenfest.com or Like
Aurora Green Fest on Facebook.
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The Aurora Green Fest is produced
by Aurora Green Lights, in a liation
with The Conservation Foundation.
Aurora Green Lights is an independ-
ent, non-prot citizens group, with a
mission to promote sustainable liv-
ing in Aurora and the Fox Valley.
Contact:
Mavis Bates
Chairman, Aurora Green Fest
www.auroragreenfest.com
www.facebook.com/
AuroraGreenFest
Twitter: @auroragreenfest
630-605-9244
Coee Shop
By Brian Basilico
Whats Your Number???
OK Based on my expericence
(and Facebook Insights), I am guess-
ing that you are not 20 years old!
Remember back in the 70s or 80s
or 90s when the best pickup line
was Whats your Sign? or Whats
your number?. Well thats made
a comeback in 2012 especially
if you run your own business and
market it over the internet! So I ask
you What are your looking for?,
1) a long term relationship, or 2) a
one night stand? My guess is you
chose #1! Then why would you treat
your #1s like #2?
The dierence is it takes time and
commitment to grow and build a re-
lationship It takes a smooth talker
to create a one night stand!
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In the internet marketing world
Whats Your Sign? is Facebook,
LinkedIn, Twitter, Pintrest, You-
Tube, etc.! Whats Your Number?
is How Many Followers You Got?!
If you base your business (and self
worth) on the numbers of follow-
ers you have, then you are doing it
all wrong (sorry to some of you). I
have some customers with 1000s of
followers and others who have 10s!
Sometimes, the ones with 10s are
more successful with Social Media
than ones with 1000s (bought youfrom India and China). If you have
an international product, that might
be cool if you are selling a service
to a local audience, not so much!
What matters the most is
measurement!
You have multiple opportunities to
see how your Social Media is creat-
ing sales! Sticking with Facebook,
you have insights that gives you de-
tailed information about what you
post and how people interact with
them. What you see above is fairly
typical out of 555 fans, 222 ac-tually see the post. If fans feel your
are talking to them and giving use-
ful information.. you get 5-6% to in-
teract with it or share it. If you are
selling yourself, you will get less in-
teraction. User interactions of 1-2%
is a valid number (eMail clicks, Ad-
Word clicks, Post Card redemption)
throughout all marketing. It sounds
small but in reality its average. IF
you are getting 4-5% (or more) in-
teraction, then you are creating a
buzz!
Other numbers that should matter
to you, is your website Analytics (I
use Google). You can measure how
your Social Media is driving tra c
to your website, where they go and
what they do! Managing over 50 an-
alytics account, I have a good handle
on what average is! Above, you can
see that LinkedIn may drive more
tra c to my website, but I get more
engaged users (more time and visits
more pages) from Facebook!
Now I cant give you the Magic
Numbers for your business. Eve-
ry business, website, Social Media,
campaign has
dierent metrics
and measure-ments. What I
can tell you, is
that if you are
not measur-
ing your data,
you are missing
valuable infor-
mation. Sadly,
too many peo-
ple who do col-
lect data, dont
check it as often
as they should.
Even worse, they
really dont un-
derstand whatthese numbers
mean relative to
their business.
Now the good
news You can
use Social Me-
dia to drive more
tra c to your
website but it comes with some
IFs! IF your audience is au-
thentically interested in what you
have to say! IF you are treating
them like people and not just another
advertising medium! IF you value
their relationship enough to actually
communicate back with them if they
communicate with you!
PEOPLE Social Networking is
NOT ADVERTISING.
If you treat people like a number,
your are more than likely doomed to
fail. People have much better things
to do than constantly read your ads.
Facebook is for FUN (thats why its
the most popular social network for
consumers). Get to know your audi-
ence and treat them like friends
not prospects!
Here is somebasic advice
to raising your
numbers (and
engagement) of
people who care
about you and
your brand
Dont ROBO-
POST - Re-
member the Ea-
gles song New
Kid In Town?
Nothing says
you could care
less about peo-ple than post-
ing stu that is
not personalized
and directed to
a specic audi-
ence! People
can smell shot-
gun marketing
a mile away! If
you are not sending specic mes-
sages to a target audience then you
are just more noise! Take the time to
personalize and more importantly
RESPOND with personal interac-
tions with those who interact with
you! Pulling out the bullhorn and
constantly thanking new followers,
may make them feel good, but makes
others who follow you less interested
in interacting with you in the future!
Be You You have a personality
use it! You have a brain cre-
ate original thoughts! You are dif-
ferent tell people how and why!
There are 1000s (sometimes 10s
of 1000s) of people who do what
you do! Nicole Tudisco of Wheat-
land Realty calls herself The Cure
for the Common Realtor. In net-
work meetings, emails, blog posts
and in person, and she is clear thatshe does things dierently and is
not shy to tell you how and why!
Be There Nothing replaces Face-
to-Face Networking. Make an ef-
fort to get to know other people and
connect with them. That is the cor-
nerstone of getting people to pay at-
tention to you! God gave us 2 ears
and 1 mouth to listen twice as much
as we speak (and stereo is nice).
Nothing screams SPAM, SCAM,
and WHAM (not the 80s band
who had great hair but a closing
door sound) as marketing to people
who dont know, like and trust you!
Spend time getting to know themrst and
CREATE A RELATIONSHIP!
The number that really matters is the
number of phone calls, emails, refer-
rals and jobs you get. All of the rest of
the stu is window dressing. I have
5000 combined connections (small
by some standards) with all my so-
cial media but I care about only 1
the one I can be the best resource
to next! Whether you do businesses
with them or point them in the right
direction to solve their problem or is-
sue they are the most important
person to you!!!
Brian Basilisco
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Top 10 Ways to
fnd a Job
posted from career builder
While the popularity of online job
boards puts millions of jobs at one's
ngertips, it has also made the job
applicant pool that much bigger.
For this reason, national job search
sites and the Internet as a whole
have gotten a bad rap from someindustry professionals as an ineec-
tive job seeker tool; on the contrary,
the Internet actually can be a great
resource for job seekers -- they just
need to know how to use it.
When it comes to a fruitful online
job search, successful job seekers fol-
low these 10 guidelines.
1. If you build it, they can come.
Instead of simply posting your r-
sum on a Web site, take it one step
further and design an easily-navi-
gable Web site or online portfolio
where recruiters can view your bodyof work, read about your goals and
obtain contact information.
2. Check yourself to make sure
you haven't wrecked yourself.
Google yourself to see what comes
up -- and what potential employers
will see if they do the same. If you
don't like what you nd, it's time to
do damage control.
3. Narrow your options.
Many job boards oer lters to help
users rene their search results more
quickly. You should have the option
to narrow your job search by region,
industry and duration, and, often-
times, you can narrow it even more
by keywords, company names, expe-
rience needed and salary.
4. Go directly to the source.Instead of just applying for the post-
ed job opening, one of the best strat-
egies to nding a job is to rst gure
out where you want to work, target
that company or industry and then
contact the hiring manager. Also,
many employers' career pages invite
visitors to ll out candidate proles,
describing their background, jobs
of interest, salary requirements and
other preferences.
5. Find your niche with
industry Web sites.
Rene your search even more by vis-
iting your industry's national or re-gional Web site, where you can nd
jobs in your eld that might not ap-
pear on a national job board. More
and more employers are advertising
jobs on these sites in hopes of getting
a bigger pool of qualied applicants.
6. Try online recruiters.
Recruiters will help match you with
jobs that meet your specic skills
and needs. Not sure where to start?
Sites such as recruiterlink.com, on-
linerecruitersdirectory.com, search-
rm.com and i-recruit.com provide
links to online headhunters for job
seekers.
7. Utilize video rsums.
Video rsums are just one more
way to stand out to employers. In-
tended as supplements to -- not re-placements for -- traditional rsu-
ms, video rsums allow job seekers
to showcase a little bit of their per-
sonalities and highlight one or two
points of interest on their rsums.
8. Run queries.
You run searches on everything else,
from your high school sweetheart
to low-fat recipes, so why not jobs?
Enter a query that describes the ex-
act kind of job you're seeking and
you may nd more resources you
wouldn't nd otherwise (but be pre-
pared to do some sorting).
9. Utilize job alerts.
Most job boards have features that
allow you to sign up to receive e-mail
alerts about newly available jobs that
match your chosen criteria. Or go
a step further and arrange an RSS
(really simple syndication) feed from
one of these job sites to appear on
your customized Internet homepage
or your PC's news-reader software.
10. Get connected.
How many times have you been told
that it's not what you know, but who
you know? Thanks to the emergence
of professional networking sites like
LinkedIn.com, job seekers no long-
er have to rely on the old standby
of exchanging business cards with
strangers. These sites are composed
of millions of industry professionals
and allow you to connect with people
you know and the people they know
and so forth. (A word of caution:
When you sign up for online social
networking sites, you are in a public
domain. Unless you are able to put
a lter on some of your information,
nothing is private, and it can be dif-
cult to erase once it is posted.)
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Kendall County
Forest Preserve
News
by Kriss Heiman
Program Highlights
Family Fitness With Fido (Fam-
ily): Sunday, May 20; 2:00-4:00PM,
Hoover FP; Fee: $20 per family, one
dog per each adult.
Enhance your bond with your dog,
stay t with your family, and en-
joy the beauty of spring all in one
class! Angela Murray, Certied Dog
Trainer of Nature Your Pet, will lead
this class that includes training dis-
cussion, 1-mile hike with challenge
stations, and tips on pet nutrition
with free samples from Go Dog Go
of Oswego. No exi-leads, choke, or
pinch collars and you are required to
pick up after your dog.
Badge Bonanza Day (Ages 6-12):
Friday, June 8; Girl Scouts from
9:00-11:45, Cub Scouts from 1:00-
3:45PM, Rookery Building, Hoover
FP; Fee: $5
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Girl Scouts from Brownies to Ca-
dettes, Cub Scouts from Wolf to
Webelos, and individuals looking
for something fun to do will have a
blast working on requirements for
achievement patches. Deadline to
register is May 2
Profle in
Business
by Jennifer Flowers
A neighborhood place to visit if you
are every in need of Auto Repair
would be Discount Tire located 230
south Douglas Road in Oswego. Re-
cently I had an emergency and need
their service. I had encountered a
at tire on my automobile and need-
ed tires. So being local I called and
spoke with the Store Manager Steve
Smith who immediately became my
trusted advisor in solving my dilem-
ma. Instead of up selling me Steve
approached the issue and related
and sympathized with my Dilemma.
After speaking with him and arrang-ing to immediate bring the Vehicle
to his shop the entire dilemma was
solved; so airing the tires and driving
to the shop was all the work I needed
to put into solving this issue. Being
pressed for time that day and need-
ing a quick resolution Steve allowed
and aorded me the opportunity
to have a much brighter day rather
than dealing with the Auto motive
issue. Not being pressured and deal-
ing with the sta at the Discount tire
was a treat and a pleasure. Being a
supporter of Shopping Locally I
would recommend Steve Smith and
his polite sta to everyone. So if
you are in need of their service and
would like a great experience please
call them at 630-906-7131 and ask
for Steve.
Jennifer Flowers Publisher of Kendall Weekly
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Cubs Contiue
Pattern
by Dick Kolf
The Cubs continue to keep the sta-
tus quo, being ve games under 500
and 5 games back in the Central be-
hind the Cardinals. The Cubs con-
tinue to struggle, scoring runs withsolid starting pitching.
Starlin Castro leads the team in
average and stolen bases and has
improved in the eld at shortstop.
Geovany Soto is having a good year,
leading the club in homers. And with
the summer months upon us, here
comes Soto, a warm weather player.
Soriano continues to struggle early,
only hitting 250 for his average, al-
most 20 points below his career av-
erage of 271. Ryan Dempster con-
tinues to struggle and capture that
rst win. The Bullpen is a surprise,
helping to keep the Cubs in the thickof things. Je Samardzija is leading
the club in wins. Coming into a dif-
cult situation and bringing in the
win is the role of the middle relief.
The Cubs are still trying to nd their
form. Only ve games back, they
still are on the plate for a June run
to help their fortune. However, the
need to make a move is upon them.
With the need for pitching and hit-
ting, the Cubs need to look now for
some good trade opportunities. This
year, they are playing their division
opponents tough, and that will carry
them so far. With inter-league play
here, the Cubs need to reposition the
conversation to fundamentals that
will allow them to play mistake-free
baseball.
The Sox come a calling in the next
week, and the Cubs need to play for
pride. A week ahead, the Cubs nish
up with the Cardinals and Phillies as
a tune-up for the cross-town classic.
Sox Report
by W. Kyle Veeder
Dunn continues his streak, leading
the Sox with 12 home runs. Mean-
while, Paul Konerko leads the teamin average with 331. Jake Peavy
heads the pitching sta with 4 wins
and 1.89 ERA.
With the cross-town classic around
the corner, the Sox appear ready
to make their move in the Ameri-
can League Central. The Cubs
come calling this weekend, and with
the Sox just 2.5 games back of the
Tribe, this team continues to stay on
the thick of things. Robin Ventura
has been a steady hand guiding the
South Siders.
Look for the big threeKonerko,
Dunn, and Peavythis week to carry
the Sox to sweep their north-side rival.
NBA Beat
By Tim Flowers
Eastern Conference
2nd Round Action
Pacers vs. Heat Series tied up 1-1,
Pacers youth vs Heat talent. The
Heat have way too much re power
and will advance in 5 games.
Boston vs. 76ers Fresh o the up-
set of the Bulls, the 76ers are this
years Cinderella team. They now
face a Celtics team a little long inthe tooth, but still capable of great
things. Series-tied Celtics will bring
the luck of the Irish and will advance
to conference nals against Heat.
Western Conference
Lakers vs. Thunder On paper,
this should be a no brainer, young
vs old and the passing of the torch,
Durant to inherit from Bryant.
The truth, however, is the Lakers
have one more run and will over-
come the youth to win and advance.
Spurs vs. Clippers Enough said,
the Clippers had a great season,
but Duncan is ready. This will be a
quick sweep, and Duncan and the
Spurs will be waiting for the Lakers.
That is the Way
it is
by Martin Flowers
This has been a tough year for Chi-
cago sports fans with the collapse of
the Bears, Hawks, and Bulls.
As we are now here in mid-May, we
are in the midst of a baseball season
where both teams work very hard
to be mediocre. As a town that has
been spoiled the last decade and a
half with championships, this brings
us to an interesting conversation:
Which big city has the most champi-
onships overall?
8 (tie). St. Louis 13 Championships
{Taken from US NEWS Article}The Cardinals unexpected World
Series run last year gave fans in St.
Louis plenty to cheer about. Albert
Pujols helped the team to its 11th
World Series win before bolting for
the sunny Anaheim, Calif., weather.
Their most impressive run came in
the early 1940s, when sluggers Stan
Musial and Enos Slaughter led the
team to three championships be-
tween 1942 and 1946. The Rams,
led by quarterback Kurt Warner and
running back Marshall Faulk, won
the citys only Super Bowl champi-
onship in 1999. The St. Louis Hawks
won an NBA championship in 1958before the team moved to Atlanta
in 1968. The Blues have lost in the
Stanley Cup Finals three times,
without ever winning the trophy.
8 (tie). Oakland / San Fran-
cisco 13 Championships
The Oakland Athletics won most of
their World Series while still in Phil-
adelphia, but have won four since
moving to Oakland, including the
1989 "Battle of the Bay" over the
San Francisco Giants, who won their
only World Series in San Francisco
last season. Quarterbacks Joe Mon-
tana and Steve Young led the San
Francisco 49ers to ve Super Bowls
in the 1980s and 1990s. The Oak-
land Raiders won two Super Bowls
before heading to Los Angeles in
1983they haven't won since mov-
ing back to the Bay Area in 1995.
The Golden State Warriors have won
one NBA Finals title since moving to
the Bay Area from Philadelphia.
8 (tie). Green Bay 13 Championships
With just over 100,000 people, this
football-crazed city 112 miles north
of Milwaukee is the smallest on the
list. The Packers are the NFL's most
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successful team, with 13 champion-
ships, although nine came before the
Super Bowl was created in 1967.
The Packers won the rst two Super
Bowls, with legendary quarterback
Bart Starr leading the team to wins
over the Kansas City Chiefs and the
Oakland Raiders, respectively. The
team is also the NFL's most recent
champion, beating the Pittsburgh
Steelers 31-25 in February.
7. Pittsburgh 14 Championships
The Steel City has had success in all
three sports it playsthe Steelers'
six Super Bowl trophies are the most
of any team, and the Penguins have
won three Stanley Cup trophies,
most recently in 2009. The Pirates,
who haven't nished above .500
since 1992, enjoyed success during
the 1970s and in the early part of
the 20th centurythey've won ve
World Series.
6. Philadelphia 17 Championships
Philadelphia has won 17 champion-
ships, but Philly fans will insist theyare long-suering. The Eagles' three
championships all came pre-Super
Bowl, and the Flyers' two Stanley
Cups came in 1974 and 1975. The
last of the 76ers' three championships
came in 1983. The City of brotherly
love's saving grace? The Phillies won
the latest of their two World Series in
2008. Philadelphia's most successful
team doesn't even play in the city
anymorebetween 1910 and 1930
the Connie Mack-managed Phila-
delphia Athletics were the only team
to regularly challenge the New York
Yankees for American League domi-
nance, winning ve World Series be-
tween those years. The team moved
to Kansas City in 1955 before mov-
ing to Oakland in 1968. The Phila-
delphia Warriors basketball team
also won two championships beforemoving to San Francisco.
4 (tie). Detroit - 22 Championships
One of MLB's oldest franchises,
the Tigers have won the World Se-
ries four times, and the Pistons won
back-to-back NBA championships
in 1989 and 1990, before winning
again in 2004. The Lions won four
championships, all pre-Super Bowl.
The 11 championships won by the
Red Wings, one of the NHL's "Origi-
nal Six," makes them America's most
successful hockey team. Between
1950 and 1955, 23-time All-Star
Gordie Howe guided the team tofour championships.
4 (tie). Los Ange-
les- 22 Championships
With 16 championships, the Lakers
are basketball's second-most suc-
cessful team, after the Boston Celt-
ics. But the franchise won ve of
those championships while playing
in Minneapolis. Los Angeles has
had a history of teams moving to
and leaving the citythe Dodgers
won one of their six championships
while playing in Brooklyn, the Raid-
ers, who spent 13 years in the City
of Angels between stints in Oakland,
won one Super Bowl in L.A., and
the then-Los Angeles Rams won an
NFL championship in 1951. The
L.A. Galaxy have won two MLS ti-
tles, and the Anaheim Ducks andLos Angeles Angels of Anaheim have
also won a championship each, both
in the past 10 years.
3. Chicago - 27 Championships
The Cubs are well-known for not
having won a World Series since
1908, when they won the second of
their championships, but Chicago
as a whole has had plenty of suc-
cess. Michael Jordan led the Bulls
to six NBA championships in the
1990s, the Blackhawks won their
fourth Stanley Cup last year, and the
White Sox have won three World Se-
ries. The Bears won their only SuperBowl behind one of the best defenses
of all time in 1985, but their glory
years came much earlierthe team
won eight championships before the
Super Bowl was established. Before
eventually landing in Arizona, the
Chicago Cardinals football team
won a championship game in 1947.
In 1925, the Cardinals were em-
broiled in a championship controver-
sy when the Pottsville Maroons were
suspended by the league; the Cardi-
nals became the NFL champions by
default. The Chicago Fire have also
won an MLS championship.
2. Boston - 34 Championships
Legendary coach Red Auerbach led
the Celtics to nine NBA champion-
ships in 13 seasons between 1957
and 1969, making up more than
half of the team's 17 titles. Boston's
teams haven't been shabby of late,
eitherafter an 86-year drought,
the Red Sox were able to shake o
the "Curse of the Bambino" in 2004,
winning their sixth title. They added
another in 2007. The Patriots won
three Super Bowls in four years be-
tween 2001 and 2005, the Celtics
won the NBA nals in 2008, and the
Bruins won their sixth Stanley Cup
in June. The Boston Braves also won
a World Series in 1914 before mov-
ing to Milwaukee, then Atlanta.
1. New York - 55 Championships
With 27 World Series titles, the Yan-
kees are America's most successful
franchise thanks to a revolving cast
of legends including Babe Ruth,
Joe DiMaggio, Mickey Mantle, and
Derek Jeter. But New York's otherbaseball teams have won titles as
well. The Mets have two World Se-
ries wins, and the Giants and Dodg-
ers won a combined ve World Series
before moving west. The Knicks have
won two NBA nals, and the metro-
politan area's three NHL teamsthe
Devils, Rangers, and Islanders, have
won a combined 11 Stanley Cups.
The football Giants have won seven
NFL championships, including three
Super Bowls. Behind quarterback
Joe Namath's promise, the Jets won
their only championship in 1968.
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Home
Improvement
by Ron Bartlett
This Old Home In-
spection for the buyer
Over The next several weeks
we will talk about Inspecting and
evaluating the old home start-
ing with the roof and working
through all areas of the home.
Evaluation of the old home is always
a matter of compromise. The need
for minor repairs like painting and
patching walls or freeing up stuck
windows may have you looking for
another home if you are only mar-
ginally interested, wile major repairs
like foundation or roong repairs
might seem acceptable if you have
found the old home of your dreams.
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Fortunately many old homes are
very well built, in years gone by ma-
terials and labor cost were low so
these homes have top quality ma-
terials and top quality craftsman-
ship. But in order to
make a sound decision about an old-
er home you should have it Inspect-
ed by a professional home Inspector
with experience dealing with the old
home for two reasons, the rst is to
make sure there are no major awsin the structure of the home, like ma-
jor foundation movement or sagging
and leaking of the roof decking and
framing. The
second is to bring in the proper con-
tractors so you can arrive at a realis-
tic estimate for the renovations you
are going to have to face.
If you have decided on a home be
rm in your request for a mini-
mum of 2-3 hours to have a thor-
ough Inspection preformed, the
sellers may seem cool to the idea of
bringing in a home Inspector but be
rm that you want the Inspection.The home owner will want to show
o the best features of the home
and not mention areas of concern,
on the other hand the home In-
spectors job to nd the issues not
easily spotted by the untrained eye.
Next weeks article we will begin
the step by step process of Inspect-
ing the home, starting at the curb.
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Summer Fun
by Susan Johnson
Come Join the Fun of Summer
Theatre at Yorkville High School!
ETC! Arts Camp is oering two ex-
citing theatre experiences for area
children. High school aged students
can sing, act, and dance their way
from July 9-29, and incoming 1st-
8th graders are Free to Be Me!
from July 9-21. Both camps are
hands on ne arts camps providing
dance, music, art, and stage experi-
encesmusical theatre at its nest!
Camp for the younger folk is from
9am-11am, M-F with shows July
20 & 21. Cost for this anti-bullying
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