Morris Police Briefs Report Local Property Damage
Weekend incidents include damage to a Morris post office mailbox, lawn damage at multiple addresses by a van or pickup truck, and a snowplow overstepping curb causing yard damage. A Barrett Hardware delivery sod damage and a car starter theft were investigated. A knife incident led to no charges. Two-car crash ticket issued to a local youth with court date set. Coal City man cited for failure to yield after hospital release.
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Morris
Division St
Dave Brown
E. North St
Wilburn Campbell Jr
Bluff St
Channahon
Lynwood St
Duane Wolfe
Barrett Hardware
Joliet
Northwestern Corp
Armstrong St
Charles J. Blowers
Henderson Ave
Snowmobilers cited for trespassing in Grundy County
Two Chicago residents faces trespassing charges after driving snowmobiles into a Goose Lake yard. John Cebulak 20 and Richard Ruedel 16 posted $35 bonds after arrest around 10 50 a m Sunday. Deputy Dummitt took complaints from Mrs Walter Wehlauch of 2935 N Gateway Gorge. A Morrisman escaped injury in a car train crash at Grant St crossing. Pedro Garcia 46 of Hildy's Trailer Court was ticketed for failing to stop. Train engineer Thomas Tone said signals were working as the train approached. Garcia's car suffered over 250 in damage and was towed. He will appear in Grundy County Circuit Court Jan 4.
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Coal City
Todd Togliatti
Whitetie Rd
Grundy County
Dennis Thompson
Thompson
Togliatti
Morris
Fulton and
Benton Sts
Mark A. Kopczick
Lisbon Rd
Bessie I. Hamilton
Kiersted St
Kopcczick
Fulton St
Chicago
Goose Lake
John Cebulak
Richard Ruedel
Walter Wehlauch
Gateway Gorge
Morrisman
Grant St
Pedro R. Garcia
Hildy’s
Garcia
Rock Island Railroad
Thomas M. Tone
Orland Park
Kneller’s Shell
Michael Sather
Brienna School
Judith Henderson
N. Beth Dr
James Hume
Southmor Rd
Carol Brewer
Mable Court
Deputies Find Five Traffic Signs Down
Deputies report four stop signs and one yield sign damaged over the weekend. Incidents occurred Sunday at Dearfield and Jugtown Roads, Rice and Fourth Streets in South Wilmington, and U.S. 6 and Tabler Road. Also Saturday a stop sign and a damaged sign were noted on Whitetie Road in the Coal City Area Club, and a yield sign at Coal City and Whitetie Roads on Friday afternoon.
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Grundy County
Whitetie Rd
Coal City Area
Coal City
Whitetie Rds
Ill Cook Licks His Own Fingers Phrase
A Shakespearean witticism notes that a poor cook cannot avoid licking fingers after meals. The line underscores culinary mishaps and self-critique in feasting banter.
Traffic Court Fines Offenders In Grundy County
James Dunning, 17, of Carbon Hill paid 25 dollars plus 10 costs for illegal liquor transport and 25 dollars plus 10 costs for disobeying a stop sign after a Tuesday charge by Deputy Dan Raymond at Illinois 113 and 47. Colette Chord, 19, of Morris paid 25 dollars plus 10 costs for 45 mph in a 25 mph zone from a Nov 24 citation by Officer Robert Stansberry in the 700 block of Armstrong. Robert Harrington, 39, of Morris paid 25 dollars plus 10 costs for 71 mph in a 55 mph zone, ticketed Nov 4 by Trooper A. Wargo on I 80 east of Morris. Merritt Enervold, 25, of Morris paid 25 dollars plus 10 costs for failure to reduce speed to avoid an accident after a Nov 2 charge by Stansberry in the 600 block of East U S G. Daniel Wilson, 27, of Braidwood paid 25 dollars plus 10 costs for illegal liquor transport, cited Nov 25 by Braceville Sgt Michael Perino in the Braceville Gardner Cemetery.
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Second
Lacy Sts
Carbon Hill
Grundy County
Dan Raymond
Illinois 113
Illinois
Colette Chord
Southmor Rd
Morris
Robert Stansberry
Armstrong St
Robert Harrington
E. Jackson St
A. Wargo
Interstate 80
Merritt Enervold
E. North St
Stansberry
Daniel Wilson
E. Main St
Braidwood
Braceville
Michael Perino
Braceville-Gardner
Armed robbery trial set for Jan 15 in Grundy County
Paul Gilbertson, 19, of 1349 Park Blvd., had his armed robbery trial postponed to January 15 on attorney Robert Adcock’s motion. He faces charges tied to a May 1 dairy robbery and conspiracy, with indictment dated May 8. Gilbertson has been jailed since May 6. Also cited: Larry Corwin pleaded guilty Aug 16 to conspiracy and received two years plus restitution and costs. Larry Wicks was released on recognizance Aug 13. A bicycle was reported stolen from a Morris residence at 10 50 a m Saturday.
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Morris
Michael Viner
E. Southmer Rd
First National Bank of Morris
Viner
Morris Hospital
Ramon Norberto Ortiz- Flores
E. Jefferson St
Jack Kopezick
Abel Rivera Lemus
Jesus A. Arteaga
Paul Gilbertson
Park Blvd
Robert Adcock
Gilbertson
Straight-Way
Grundy County
Larry Corwin
Lincoln Sr
Larry Wicks
Arnold Castanier
First Ave
Ticket man after Coal City wreck
City police ticketed Lawrence Super 66 Diamond for failure to yield after a collision with Patsy Durando 33 Coal City at the intersection of Kankakee and Carbon Streets. Durando was southbound while Super stopped facing east and attempted a left turn. Both cars 1976 Pontiac and 1972 Chevrolet sustained extensive damage and were towed.
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Carbon Sts
Dennis Neary
Lawrence Super
Patsy Durando
Neary
Durando
Kankakee St
Super
Carbon St
Mrs. Durando
Homer’s
What does Carter know about Brazil
President Carter briefly visited Brazil but his knowledge of the country is questioned. The piece outlines Brazil’s vast geography, population, history from Portuguese colonization to the republic, Brazil’s capital move to Brasilia, and the strain in US Brazil relations after Carter’s Brasilia speech. It also discusses regional Cold War tensions and fears of Communist influence in South America.
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Brazil
South America
Argentina
France
Amazon
Bolivia
Colombia
Guyana
French Guiana
Paraguay
Peru
Venezuela
Surinam
Uruguay
Portugal
Rio de Janeiro
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Dom Joao VI
Dom Joao
Pedro
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Rio
Federal Republic of Brazil
United States-Brazil
West Germany
Fidel Castro
Castro
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A reader asks Dr. Crane why popular holiday songs like White Christmas Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer and Little Sandy Sleigh Foot omit religious references praising Christmas and whether media bias erodes faith, linking Soviet rhetoric to cultural shifts and erosion of the soul.
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