Holocaust survivor Lisa Derman dies during storytelling festival
Lisa Derman 75 a Holocaust survivor and president of the Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois died of an apparent heart attack at a Northbrook storytelling festival in McHenry after about 20 minutes on stage. Her husband Aron and family survive. she was born in Poland and endured ghettos, massacres, and escapes before settling in Chicago.
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Spring Grove
Lisa Derman
Derman
Northbrook
Jim May
Holocaust Memorial Foundation of Illinois
Skokie
Foundation
Lillian Polus Gerstner
Lisa
Aaron Derman
Jill Weinberg
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum
Chicago
Harold Washington Library Center
Illinois State Police introduces point system for trooper performance
Springfield AP report says 2100 troopers face a new monthly point system across 11 activity areas including writing tickets, aiding motorists, and filing reports. District standards range from six to ten points daily, with potential counseling or suspensions for shortfalls. Union critics call it a ticket quota and unfair to officers and the public.
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Springfield
Illinois State Police Management
Dave Sanders
Guy Studach
Illinois Troopers Lodge 41
Illinois
Perry County
Charles Mays
Mays
District 8
Peoria
District 14
Macomb
Sanders
Studach
Former foster parent guilty of abuse in Carmi case
Daniel W. Westerfelt, 34, Grayville, pleaded guilty to three counts of predatory criminal sexual assault in White County Circuit Court. A plea deal dismissed two counts and recommended a maximum 60 year prison term. Sentencing set for Sept. 10. He was held on $50,000 bail after arrest June 10 for alleged assaults on a girl aged 9 to 11 in early 2000. His wife Lisa Westerfelt, 33, charged with aggravated battery and domestic battery, pled not guilty and is free on $2,500 bail. The couple had adopted three children and cared for three foster children, now placed with others. They were named foster parents of the year by a Carbondale group in March.
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Carmi
Grayville
Daniel W. Westerfelt
White County
Thomas H. Sutton
Kerry Sutton
Westerfelt
Vesterfelt
City County
Lisa
Lisa Westerfelt
Westerfelts
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Neal & Son, Inc
Benton
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