dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Smithfield sausage plant resumes limited work; one worker died of COVID-19

The Smithfield sausage-making plant in St. Charles reopened with limitations Wednesday under terms agreed upon by the company , state and Kane County health departments and the Illinois attorney general .
The health department announced the move Friday morning , while also announcing that one of the plant 's workers died of COVID-19 .
The department had ordered the plant to shut down April 24 because of a COVID-19 outbreak , and Smithfield agreed to the closure April 25 .
According to Kane County health officials , the plant now can process and package the meat it already had on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ new raw food product for processing .
To fully reopen , the plant must develop a plan to control infectious disease that meets guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and the state health department .
That plan will have to be submitted to the county health department .
Smithfield also is paying to have every plant worker tested for COVID-19 .
Health officials did not give the name , age or sex of the worker who died , or when they died .
Smithfield is one of the world 's largest pork-processing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a Chinese company based in Wuhan , China .
The federal Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a page of frequently-asked questions about COVID-19 .
It says the disinfecting procedures food plants do normally for food safety should also help prevent the spread of the coronavirus .
Plants are not required to tell the FSIS if they have an employee sick with COVID-19 .
The FSIS says it probably is not possible to follow the 6-foot social-distancing guidelines in food-packing plants .
It also says it has no reported cases of people @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .

Smithfield sausage plant resumes limited work; one worker died of COVID-19
The Smithfield sausage-making plant in St. Charles reopened with limitations Wednesday under terms agreed upon by the company, state and Kane County health departments and the Illinois attorney general.
The health department announced the move Friday morning, while also announcing that one of the plant's workers died of COVID-19.
The department had ordered the plant to shut down April 24 because of a COVID-19 outbreak, and Smithfield agreed to the closure April 25.
According to Kane County health officials, the plant now can process and package the meat it already had on hand. It is not accepting any new raw food product for processing.
To fully reopen, the plant must develop a plan to control infectious disease that meets guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and the state health department.
That plan will have to be submitted to the county health department.
Smithfield also is paying to have every plant worker tested for COVID-19.
Health officials did not give the name, age or sex of the worker who died, or when they died.
Smithfield is one of the world's largest pork-processing companies. It is a subsidiary of a Chinese company based in Wuhan, China.
The federal Food Safety and Inspection Service has posted a page of frequently-asked questions about COVID-19. It says the disinfecting procedures food plants do normally for food safety should also help prevent the spread of the coronavirus. Plants are not required to tell the FSIS if they have an employee sick with COVID-19.
The FSIS says it probably is not possible to follow the 6-foot social-distancing guidelines in food-packing plants.
It also says it has no reported cases of people catching COVID-19 from food or food packaging.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--'Reopen Illinois' demonstration held in Chicago

Anger and frustration were palpable Friday in the Loop as hundreds of people gathered in the Thompson Center plaza to @ @ @ @ @ left scores of people across the state out of work during the COVID-19 pandemic .
@ @ @ @ @ early in the day , it grew to about 300 people -- still a far @ @ @ @ @ 5,000 organizers had anticipated .
Street closures were minimal , and the group stayed put @ @ @ @ @ Randolph and Clark streets throughout the morning and afternoon .
`` We are still the @ @ @ @ @ There are still independent people who can think for themselves and who can protect their @ @ @ @ @ fit , '' former Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica told reporters .

'Reopen Illinois' demonstration held in Chicago
A protester holds a sign Friday outside the Thompson Center in downtown Chicago. The demonstration was the latest in a series of protests around the country against stay-at-home orders designed to slow the spread of the coronavirus. Associated Press
Anger and frustration were palpable Friday in the Loop as hundreds of people gathered in the Thompson Center plaza to rally against restrictions that have left scores of people across the state out of work during the COVID-19 pandemic.
While the crowd was small early in the day, it grew to about 300 people -- still a far cry from the crowd of 5,000 organizers had anticipated. Street closures were minimal, and the group stayed put at the northwest corner of Randolph and Clark streets throughout the morning and afternoon.
"We are still the land of the free. There are still independent people who can think for themselves and who can protect their own self-interest as they see fit," former Cook County Commissioner Tony Peraica told reporters.
• For the complete report, visit chicago.suntimes.com.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Constable: 50 years after Kent State shootings, 4 dead, a nation changed

As one of thousands of Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War and President Richard Nixon 's decision to expand the bloody campaign into Cambodia 50 years ago , freshman Dean Kahler had no way to know he was about to be part of a watershed moment for a conflicted nation that would change his life forever .
He only knew any suggestion that the Ohio National Guard was there to protect students had vanished .
Fenced in on three sides in the practice football field , with tear gas in the air and some protesters throwing stones , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ then they all marched with their rifles and bayonets through the students and to the top of Blanket Hill .
`` When they reached the top of the hill , I saw them turn in unison .
I said , 'They 're going to shoot ! '
'' remembers Kahler .
At nearly 6 feet , 4 inches with red hair , the 20-year-old figured he 'd be a conspicuous target running across the parking lot , so he dropped to the ground .
`` All of a sudden , I heard bullets @ @ @ @ @ @ @ are they shooting at me ? ''
he remembers thinking right before one of the more than 5 dozen bullets fired in 13 seconds hit him in the back .
`` It felt like a bee sting . ''
Kahler says .
But as a Boy Scout who had done serious first-aid training , including treating bullet wounds , Kahler knew .
`` My legs got real tight , then they relaxed , just like a frog that had been pithed in zoology class , '' Kahler says .
`` I knew I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the ground . ''
A few blocks off campus , students Rob Ross and his girlfriend , Susan Burd , taking advantage of the sunny and pleasant Monday , May 4 , 1970 , were eating lunch on the porch of his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity when they were interrupted .
`` A girl came running down the street with a blood-drenched bandanna yelling , 'They are killing the students ! '
'' remembers Ross , who later married Burd and lives in Lake Forest .
The day before , the couple had @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Officer Training Corps building , which had been destroyed after firefighters ' hoses were cut .
In the background were National Guardsmen holding the same M1 rifles used by their peers in the Vietnam War .
`` Almost every week , you heard something shocking , and half was true and half was not , so we did n't know whether to believe her or not , '' Ross says of the running girl 's warning .
They went inside to hear the news on the radio .
`` Four dead in Ohio @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Young to write the `` Ohio '' song performed by Crosby , Stills , Nash and Young .
Jeffrey Miller , a 20-year old sophomore from Long Island , New York , died after being shot in the mouth while standing in an access road leading into the Prentice Hall parking lot .
Allison Krause , a 19-year-old freshman honor student from Pittsburgh , died in that parking lot when she was shot in the chest , as did Ohio sophomore Williams Schroeder , 19 , who was shot in the back .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ way to a midterm exam , Sandra Scheuer , a 20-year-old junior from Youngstown , Ohio , died when a bullet ripped through her neck .
The shootings and deaths became a pivotal moment for a United States rapidly turning against Nixon and our involvement in the Vietnam War .
Nixon had been very critical of anti-war protesters and insisted that the `` silent majority '' supported him .
In the wake of the shootings , Kent State closed immediately and sent students home until summer but protests escalated on other campuses .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ students were killed and 12 were injured after police fired during a protest at Jackson State College in Mississippi .
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign , where protesters had firebombed an ROTC lounge on campus in March , saw an outbreak of protests , violence and arrests .
Protesters at Northern Illinois University set vehicles on fire .
Students and the Illinois National Guard clashed at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale .
Protesters at the College of DuPage dug symbolic graves for the four killed at Kent State .
Many colleges closed @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kent State site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 and a sculpture commemorates the event , as well as markers showing where the four students died .
In the raw aftermath of those deaths , the school did n't host ceremonies marking the anniversary of the tragedy , but students would gather about 11 p.m. every May 3 for a candlelight vigil into May 4 at the site where the four students were killed .
`` Everybody on campus went .
We thought it was our duty , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a 1975 Kent State graduate who lives in Lake Zurich and works as vice president and director of marketing for Itasca Bank & Trust Co. Wagner was thinking of going with her college roommate to the 50th-anniversary commemoration until COVID-19 canceled that ceremony .
Instead , the programs are running Friday through Monday online at kent.edu/may4kentstate50 .
Though she started college a year after the shootings , `` We still felt an alliance with the other students and the ones whose lives were snuffed out .
It was very moving , '' Wagner @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Kahler , making his way around campus in his wheelchair .
Wagner recalls her fellow student not as an angry force but as someone who brought understanding to the situation .
`` It all boils down to the fact that I almost died .
I 'm just thankful to be alive , '' Kahler says today .
`` I remember lying in the ambulance and looking out the window and wondering if that would be the last time I 'd see daylight . ''
The gunshot shattered three thoracic vertebrae -- numbers 9 @ @ @ @ @ @ @ middle of his back , rendering him paralyzed from the navel down .
Doctors broke three ribs to perform surgery and removed a damaged lobe in his left lung .
The bullet and fragments still show up on X-rays a half-century later .
Growing up on a farm outside East Canton , Ohio , Kahler attended the Church of the Brethren , the Elgin-based `` peace church '' that included many of his relatives as pastors .
`` I was a conscientious objector when I was shot , '' Kahler says .
He @ @ @ @ @ @ @ been assigned stateside to work at a youth prison or as a hospital aide if he had drawn a lower draft number .
For his 20th birthday on May 1 , he had dinner with his mom , Elaine , and his dad , who went by Richard or Dick , and met friends from church for a bonfire .
Heading back to campus that Sunday , he and his parents saw police , Guardsmen and helicopters .
Kahler 's father , a World War II veteran , told Kahler the National Guardsmen @ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` I remember running back to my dormitory .
I got cleaned up and got the tear gas off me , '' Kahler says .
That night , he listened to the band Chicago 's silver album .
Other students put speakers in dorm windows and blasted music .
`` It sounded like you were at Woodstock , '' he remembers , as anticipation for Monday 's protest swelled .
That day , `` I called all my morning classes and said , ' I wo n't be coming to class , ' @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Room 413 in the 10-story Wright Hall to walk to the protest with thousands of others .
Kahler 's dad would be forever haunted by a tragic irony .
`` I would be shot by the same weapon he carried in World War II , '' Kahler says , his voice choking at the memory of his father 's emotions .
`` Same weapon he used to protect the world from tyranny .
He took that to his grave . ''
When Kahler started waking up in the hospital after being in an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ heard the `` whooshing , clicking , clacking '' of the machines keeping him alive .
`` My chest tubes would vibrate '' when the machine sucked fluid out of his lungs , he says .
As soon as he was able to talk , Kahler was visited by an FBI agent .
Instead of asking about the shooting , the agent drilled Kahler about his activities on campus and how he became part of the protest .
When Kahler insisted on having a lawyer with him , his parents called friend Harry @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Ohio , and that put an end to the FBI 's interest in Kahler .
He spent 21 days in Robinson Memorial Hospital , followed by rehab at Highland University Hospital in Cleveland , getting accustomed to life in a wheelchair .
He benefitted from `` strong family , strong faith , a cadre of friends , and the community support of a small town and Kent State , '' Kahler says .
`` You talk about love and compassion shown to me , I was overwhelmed by it many times . ''
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ `` deliberate act '' before a grand jury that indicted eight Guardsmen .
`` I wanted justice , but I did n't feel victimized .
I felt lucky to be alive , '' Kahler says .
The shooters were acquitted after their attorneys argued they were outnumbered and feared for their lives .
The state paid settlements to the survivors and wounded .
The Report of the President 's Commission on Campus Unrest concluded the shootings were `` unnecessary , unwarranted , and inexcusable . ''
Officials tried to steer Kahler to the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ colleges that recently had built handicapped-accessible dorms and classrooms .
But Kahler wanted to get his Kent State education .
In 1969 , Kent State had started a program to recruit students with disabilities , `` and I wanted to be part of that , '' Kahler says .
He returned to school in January 1971 and graduated in 1977 .
After college , he did well on the civil service exam and landed a job with the Ohio Industrial Commission 's division of safety and hygiene .
Driving his modified Dodge Dart @ @ @ @ @ @ @ pulling his wheelchair from the back seat for meetings with officials .
Later , he worked for the secretary of state , leading the effort to make polling places more accessible .
An avid wheelchair basketball player with the Cleveland Comets and a racer , Kahler competed in national tournaments and track meets .
About 15 years ago , he had his legs amputated below the knee because of vascular damage .
At age 65 , he competed in 60 races , from 5Ks to half-marathons .
He 's finished two marathons .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' says Kahler , who turned 70 on Friday .
After selecting Kahler to give Kent State University 's commencement speech this coming Saturday , the school had to cancel those plans due to COVID-19 .
Kahler would have urged graduates to be a part of our republic and educate themselves about issues and candidates .
`` If you 're not involved in your democratic process , you 're not involved as a true citizen .
To avoid tyrants , you need to exercise your right to vote , '' he says .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ of things have changed , and a lot of things have stayed the same .
One of the those things is the power of authority . ''
Another thing that has stayed the same is Kahler 's half-century of love and support for Kent State University .
As he says , `` I really only had one bad day at Kent State University . ''

Constable: 50 years after Kent State shootings, 4 dead, a nation changed
A marker and mementos for the four students killed in the May 4, 1970, confrontation between students and National Guard troops is on the campus of Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Associated Press
As a student at Kent State University, Ginny Wagner photographed the memorial to students killed in the May 4, 1970, confrontation between protesters and Ohio National Guard forces. Courtesy of Ginny Wagner
Kent State University alumni Ginny Wagner of Lake Zurich had thought of returning to campus for the 50th anniversary of the shooting deaths of four students during an anti-war protest, until COVID-19 moved the events online. Courtesy of Ginny Wagner
Rob and Susan Ross of Lake Forest remember May 4, 1970, when, as students at Kent State University, their lives were upended when National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest and killed four students. Courtesy of Rob and Susan Ross
The Ohio National Guard fired tear gas as they clashed with protesters, some throwing stones, on May 4, 1970, on the Kent State University campus. Four students were killed and nine wounded that day when National Guardsmen opened fire. Associated Press
This May 4, 1970, image of Mary Ann Vecchio screaming as she kneels by the body of student Jeff Miller on the campus of Kent State University became an iconic symbol of the growing protests against the Vietnam War. John Filo, Associated Press
As one of thousands of Kent State University students protesting the Vietnam War and President Richard Nixon's decision to expand the bloody campaign into Cambodia 50 years ago, freshman Dean Kahler had no way to know he was about to be part of a watershed moment for a conflicted nation that would change his life forever. He only knew any suggestion that the Ohio National Guard was there to protect students had vanished.
Fenced in on three sides in the practice football field, with tear gas in the air and some protesters throwing stones, several National Guardsmen huddled up, and then they all marched with their rifles and bayonets through the students and to the top of Blanket Hill.
"When they reached the top of the hill, I saw them turn in unison. I said, 'They're going to shoot!'" remembers Kahler. At nearly 6 feet, 4 inches with red hair, the 20-year-old figured he'd be a conspicuous target running across the parking lot, so he dropped to the ground.
"All of a sudden, I heard bullets hitting the ground around me. Why are they shooting at me?" he remembers thinking right before one of the more than five dozen bullets fired in 13 seconds hit him in the back.
"It felt like a bee sting." Kahler says. But as a Boy Scout who had done serious first-aid training, including treating bullet wounds, Kahler knew.
"My legs got real tight, then they relaxed, just like a frog that had been pithed in zoology class," Kahler says. "I knew I was paralyzed when I was lying on the ground."
The feeling was more amazement than fear after Vietnam War protesters burned the ROTC building on the Kent State University campus, says Rob Ross, who went to view the charred remains with, Susan Burd, now his wife. The next day, National Guardsmen opened fire during an anti-war protest and killed four students and wounded nine. - Courtesy of Rob and Susan Ross
A few blocks off campus, students Rob Ross and his girlfriend, Susan Burd, taking advantage of the sunny and pleasant Monday, May 4, 1970, were eating lunch on the porch of his Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity when they were interrupted.
"A girl came running down the street with a blood-drenched bandanna yelling, 'They are killing the students!'" remembers Ross, who later married Burd and lives in Lake Forest. The day before, the couple had been photographed visiting the torched Army Reserve Officer Training Corps building, which had been destroyed after firefighters' hoses were cut. In the background were National Guardsmen holding the same M1 rifles used by their peers in the Vietnam War.
"Almost every week, you heard something shocking, and half was true and half was not, so we didn't know whether to believe her or not," Ross says of the running girl's warning. They went inside to hear the news on the radio.
"Four dead in Ohio" dominated the broadcasts and led Neil Young to write the "Ohio" song performed by Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. Jeffrey Miller, a 20-year old sophomore from Long Island, New York, died after being shot in the mouth while standing in an access road leading into the Prentice Hall parking lot. Allison Krause, a 19-year-old freshman honor student from Pittsburgh, died in that parking lot when she was shot in the chest, as did Ohio sophomore Williams Schroeder, 19, who was shot in the back. Walking through that parking lot on her way to a midterm exam, Sandra Scheuer, a 20-year-old junior from Youngstown, Ohio, died when a bullet ripped through her neck.
Wearing an armband with a dove and a peace symbol, wounded student Dean Kahler shakes hands with a priest during the memorial service for the four students shot dead on May 4, 1970, at Kent State University. - Courtesy of May 4 Collection. Kent State University Libraries. Special Collections and Archives
The shootings and deaths became a pivotal moment for a United States rapidly turning against Nixon and our involvement in the Vietnam War. Nixon had been very critical of anti-war protesters and insisted that the "silent majority" supported him.
In the wake of the shootings, Kent State closed immediately and sent students home until summer, but protests escalated on other campuses. Eleven days after Kent State, two students were killed and 12 were injured after police fired during a protest at Jackson State College in Mississippi.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where protesters had firebombed an ROTC lounge on campus in March, saw an outbreak of protests, violence and arrests. Protesters at Northern Illinois University set vehicles on fire. Students and the Illinois National Guard clashed at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. Protesters at the College of DuPage dug symbolic graves for the four killed at Kent State. Many colleges closed, ending the term early.
The Kent State site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2010 and a sculpture commemorates the event, as well as markers showing where the four students died. In the raw aftermath of those deaths, the school didn't host ceremonies marking the anniversary of the tragedy, but students would gather about 11 p.m. every May 3 for a candlelight vigil into May 4 at the site where the four students were killed.
As a student at Kent State University from 1971 to 1975, Ginny Wagner went to candlelight vigils for the four students killed on May 4, 1970, when Ohio National Guardsmen opened fire on students waging a protest against the Vietnam War. - Courtesy of Ginny Wagner
"Everybody on campus went. We thought it was our duty," remembers Ginny Wagner, 66, a 1975 Kent State graduate who lives in Lake Zurich and works as vice president and director of marketing for Itasca Bank & Trust Co. Wagner was thinking of going with her college roommate to the 50th-anniversary commemoration until COVID-19 canceled that ceremony. Instead, the programs are running Friday through Monday online at kent.edu/may4kentstate50.
Though she started college a year after the shootings, "we still felt an alliance with the other students and the ones whose lives were snuffed out. It was very moving," Wagner says. So was the presence of Kahler, making his way around campus in his wheelchair.
Wagner recalls her fellow student not as an angry force but as someone who brought understanding to the situation.
"It all boils down to the fact that I almost died. I'm just thankful to be alive," Kahler says today. "I remember lying in the ambulance and looking out the window and wondering if that would be the last time I'd see daylight."
The gunshot shattered three thoracic vertebrae -- numbers 9, 10 and 11 -- in the middle of his back, rendering him paralyzed from the navel down. Doctors broke three ribs to perform surgery and removed a damaged lobe in his left lung. The bullet and fragments still show up on X-rays a half-century later.
Growing up on a farm outside East Canton, Ohio, Kahler attended the Church of the Brethren, the Elgin-based "peace church" that included many of his relatives as pastors. "I was a conscientious objector when I was shot," Kahler says. He had completed his physical and would have been assigned stateside to work at a youth prison or as a hospital aide if he had drawn a lower draft number.
For his 20th birthday on May 1, he had dinner with his mom, Elaine, and his dad, who went by Richard or Dick, and met friends from church for a bonfire. Heading back to campus that Sunday, he and his parents saw police, Guardsmen and helicopters.
Kahler's father, a World War II veteran, told Kahler the National Guardsmen were there to protect the students.
"I remember running back to my dormitory. I got cleaned up and got the tear gas off me," Kahler says. That night, he listened to the band Chicago's silver album. Other students put speakers in dorm windows and blasted music. "It sounded like you were at Woodstock," he remembers, as anticipation for Monday's protest swelled.
A day before he was shot and paralyzed at Kent State University, freshman Dean Kahler shot this photograph of the Ohio National Guard on campus. - Courtesy of Dean Kahler
That day, "I called all my morning classes and said, 'I won't be coming to class,'" Kahler said. He left his Room 413 in the 10-story Wright Hall to walk to the protest with thousands of others.
Kahler's dad would be forever haunted by a tragic irony.
"I would be shot by the same weapon he carried in World War II," Kahler says, his voice choking at the memory of his father's emotions. "Same weapon he used to protect the world from tyranny. He took that to his grave."
When Kahler started waking up in the hospital after being in an induced coma for five days, he heard the "whooshing, clicking, clacking" of the machines keeping him alive. "My chest tubes would vibrate" when the machine sucked fluid out of his lungs, he says. As soon as he was able to talk, Kahler was visited by an FBI agent.
Instead of asking about the shooting, the agent drilled Kahler about his activities on campus and how he became part of the protest. When Kahler insisted on having a lawyer with him, his parents called friend Harry Schmuck, a legendary defense attorney in Ohio, and that put an end to the FBI's interest in Kahler.
He spent 21 days in Robinson Memorial Hospital, followed by rehab at Highland University Hospital in Cleveland, getting accustomed to life in a wheelchair. He benefitted from "strong family, strong faith, a cadre of friends, and the community support of a small town and Kent State," Kahler says. "You talk about love and compassion shown to me, I was overwhelmed by it many times."
He testified about the National Guards' "deliberate act" before a grand jury that indicted eight Guardsmen.
"I wanted justice, but I didn't feel victimized. I felt lucky to be alive," Kahler says.
The shooters were acquitted after their attorneys argued they were outnumbered and feared for their lives. The state paid settlements to the survivors and wounded. The Report of the President's Commission on Campus Unrest concluded the shootings were "unnecessary, unwarranted, and inexcusable."
Officials tried to steer Kahler to the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and other colleges that recently had built handicapped-accessible dorms and classrooms. But Kahler wanted to get his Kent State education.
In 1969, Kent State had started a program to recruit students with disabilities, "and I wanted to be part of that," Kahler says. He returned to school in January 1971 and graduated in 1977.
After college, he did well on the civil service exam and landed a job with the Ohio Industrial Commission's division of safety and hygiene. Driving his modified Dodge Dart Swinger, Kahler traveled southeast Ohio, pulling his wheelchair from the back seat for meetings with officials.
Paralyzed in the shooting that killed four students, Dean Kahler talks with visitors at the memorial on the Kent State University campus. Kahler was 20 on May 4, 1970, when he was shot in the back. - COURTESY OF MAY 4 COLLECTION. KENT STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES. SPECIAL COLLECTIONS AND ARCHIVES
Later, he worked for the secretary of state, leading the effort to make polling places more accessible.
An avid wheelchair basketball player with the Cleveland Comets and a racer, Kahler competed in national tournaments and track meets. About 15 years ago, he had his legs amputated below the knee because of vascular damage.
At age 65, he competed in 60 races, from 5Ks to half-marathons. He's finished two marathons.
"I'm a road runner," says Kahler, who lives about 30 miles south of campus in Canton and turned 70 on Friday.
After selecting Kahler to give Kent State University's commencement speech on Saturday, the school had to cancel those plans due to COVID-19. Kahler would have urged graduates to be a part of our republic and educate themselves about issues and candidates.
"If you're not involved in your democratic process, you're not involved as a true citizen. To avoid tyrants, you need to exercise your right to vote," he says. "After 50 years, a lot of things have changed, and a lot of things have stayed the same. One of the those things is the power of authority."
Another thing that has stayed the same is Kahler's half-century of love and support for Kent State University. As he says, "I really only had one bad day at Kent State University."


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Coronavirus cases soar in Illinois nursing homes

State health officials released new data Friday showing the worsening coronavirus crisis in nursing homes .
One of the hardest-hit @ @ @ @ @ Covenant Living at Windsor Park in Carol Stream has reported 20 deaths , according to @ @ @ @ @ Health list .
The total case numbers include people who have yet to be tested @ @ @ @ @ infected if they have symptoms .
State officials also have deferred to individual facilities and @ @ @ @ @ the most up-to-date data . ''
Here 's a look at the case count in @ @ @ @ @ collar counties : • The Grove By the Lake

State list shows COVID-19 nursing home deaths top 1,000
The Chateau Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Willowbrook has reported that 58 people -- 39 residents and 19 staff members -- have tested positive for COVID-19, including 11 who died, according to the DuPage County Health Department. Daily Herald File Photo
The coronavirus crisis in Illinois nursing homes has reached a grim milestone with more than 1,000 deaths -- more than 40% of total pandemic deaths -- linked to long-term care facilities, newly released figures show.
In Cook County alone, facilities saw at least 603 fatalities, according to Illinois Department of Public Health data reported Friday. DuPage County nursing homes recorded a death toll of 139, the agency said.
The statewide tally shows deaths nearly doubled to 1,082 from 625 a week ago.
Covenant Living at Windsor Park in Carol Stream remains one of the hardest-hit facilities in the state. Executive Director Ben Stevens told families Friday 84 people -- 60 residents and 24 employees -- have tested positive for the virus, including 19 residents who have died.
Dr. Ngozi Ezike, head of IDPH, said at Saturday's news briefing that the state is still trying to identify hotspots at long-term care facilities earlier as testing increases. Calling the situation very challenging, she said "if people want to have their loved ones at home and are able to take care of their loved ones, there's no restriction on that at all."
The total case numbers provided by the state include people who have yet to be tested but are assumed to be infected if they have symptoms. State officials also have deferred to individual facilities and local health departments for "the most up-to-date data." Here's a look at the case count in suburban Cook and the collar counties:
Suburban Cook
• Albany Care
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Alden Estates of Orland Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 21; Deaths: 6
• Alden North Shore
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Amita Health Holy Family Medical Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Aperion Care Burbank
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 1
• Aperion Care Chicago Heights
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Aperion Care Dolton
Outbreak Reported Cases: 11; Deaths: 3
• Aperion Care Evanston
Outbreak Reported Cases: 29; Deaths: 1
• Aperion Care Forest Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 10; Deaths: 1
• Aperion Care Oak Lawn
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 0
• Aperion Care Plum Grove
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Arden Courts of Palos Heights
Outbreak Reported Cases: 8; Deaths: 0
• Arden Courts of South Holland
Outbreak Reported Cases: 11; Deaths: 1
• Avantara Evergreen Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 29; Deaths: 9
• Avanti Wellness & Rehabilitation
Outbreak Reported Cases: 33; Deaths: 7
• Bella Terra Morton Grove
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 0
• Belmont Oak Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Belmont Village Senior Living of Glenview
Outbreak Reported Cases: 8; Deaths: 1
• Bickford of Tinley Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• BRIA of Chicago Heights
Outbreak Reported Cases: 18; Deaths: 0
• BRIA of Palos Hills
Outbreak Reported Cases: 14; Deaths: 3
• Briar Place of Indian Head Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 22; Deaths: 4
• BRIA of River Oaks
Outbreak Reported Cases: 13; Deaths: 0
• Bridgeview HC
Outbreak Reported Cases: 25; Deaths: 12
• Brookdale Des Plaines
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 1
• Brookdale Northbrook
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 2
• Brookdale Orland Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 1
• Burbank Rehab -- Vera Care Stickney
Outbreak Reported Cases: 21; Deaths: 7
• Chicago Ridge Nursing and Rehab
Outbreak Reported Cases: 45; Deaths: 10
• City View Multi-Care Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 34; Deaths: 7
• David Webb, Jr. Senior Living Complex
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 1
• Elevate Care Niles
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Elevate Care Northbrook
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Elevate Care South Holland
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Elevate Saint Andrew
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 1
• Emerald Place Memory Care
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 2
• Evergreen Senior Living
Outbreak Reported Cases: 15; Deaths: 7
• Generations at Applewood
Outbreak Reported Cases: 25; Deaths: 5
• Generations at Elmwood Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 45; Deaths: 8
• Generations At Oakton
Outbreak Reported Cases: 12; Deaths: 8
• Generations at Regency
Outbreak Reported Cases: 49; Deaths: 6
• Glenview Terrace
Outbreak Reported Cases: 65; Deaths: 19
• Glenwood Health Care & Rehab
Outbreak Reported Cases: 10; Deaths: 0
• Grace Point Place Memory Care
Outbreak Reported Cases: 20; Deaths: 7
• Greenwood Care-Evanston
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Grosse Pointe Manor
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Heather Manor Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Holy Family Villa
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 3
• Landmark of Des Plaines
Outbreak Reported Cases: 39; Deaths: 13
• Landmark of Richton Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 1
• Lemont Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 8; Deaths: 4
• Lexington Health Care Orland Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 12; Deaths: 1
• Lexington of Chicago Ridge
Outbreak Reported Cases: 22; Deaths: 11
• Lieberman Geriatric Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 13; Deaths: 1
• Lincolnwood Place
Outbreak Reported Cases: 17; Deaths: 6
• Lydia Health Care Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 17; Deaths: 2
• ManorCare Elk Grove Village
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• ManorCare Health Services-Homewood
Outbreak Reported Cases: 30; Deaths: 11
• ManorCare Health Services-Palos Heights West
Outbreak Reported Cases: 33; Deaths: 12
• ManorCare Oak Lawn EAST. Cook
Outbreak Reported Cases: 25; Deaths: 4
• ManorCare Oak Lawn West
Outbreak Reported Cases: 30; Deaths: 7
• ManorCare Palos Heights East
Outbreak Reported Cases: 9; Deaths: 1
• Mather Place
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 2
• Meadowbrook Manor
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Midway Neuro and Rehab
Outbreak Reported Cases: 38; Deaths: 6
• Niles Nursing and Rehab Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 23; Deaths: 8
• Norridge Gardens
Outbreak Reported Cases: 25; Deaths: 5
• Northbrook Inn Memory Care
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 1
• Norwood crossing Skilled Nursing
Outbreak Reported Cases: 8; Deaths: 0
• Oak Park Arms
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 0
• Oak Park Brookdale
Outbreak Reported Cases: 10; Deaths: 1
• Oak Park Oasis
Outbreak Reported Cases: 20; Deaths: 4
• Palos Heights Nursing and Rehab
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Park Lawn Residential Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Pershing Garden
Outbreak Reported Cases: 13; Deaths: 2
• Prairie Oasis South Holland
Outbreak Reported Cases: 21; Deaths: 6
• Prairie Green at Dixie Crossing
Outbreak Reported Cases: 9; Deaths: 2
• Prairie Green at Fay's Point
Outbreak Reported Cases: 9; Deaths: 2
• Prairie Manor Rehab and Nursing
Outbreak Reported Cases: 17; Deaths: 2
• Presence Maryhaven
Outbreak Reported Cases: 12; Deaths: 4
• Presence St. Benedict
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Presence Villa Scalabrini Nursing & Rehab Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Revere Court of South Barrington
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 1
• Sheridan Village
Outbreak Reported Cases: 31; Deaths: 5
• South Suburban Rehab Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 31; Deaths: 5
• Summit of Uptown
Outbreak Reported Cases: 26; Deaths: 8
• Sunrise of Flossmoor
Outbreak Reported Cases: 11; Deaths: 5
• Sunrise of Park Ridge
Outbreak Reported Cases: 25; Deaths: 6
• Sunrise Palos Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 1
• Symphony at Aria
Outbreak Reported Cases: 15; Deaths: 2
• Symphony of Crestwood
Outbreak Reported Cases: 10; Deaths: 0
• Symphony of Evanston
Outbreak Reported Cases: 15; Deaths: 1
• The Carrington Lincolnwood
Outbreak Reported Cases: 10; Deaths: 4
• The Grove of Berwyn
Outbreak Reported Cases: 23; Deaths: 4
• The Grove of Evanston
Outbreak Reported Cases: 21; Deaths: 2
• The Grove of Skokie
Outbreak Reported Cases: 24; Deaths: 2
• The Mather Evanston
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• The Sheridan of Park Ridge
Outbreak Reported Cases: 8; Deaths: 2
• The Vine At Countryside
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 1
• Three Crown Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 24; Deaths: 6
• Vi at the Glen
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 0
• Victory Centre of Sierra Ridge
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 1
• Villa at South Holland
Outbreak Reported Cases: 10; Deaths: 3
• Weinberg Community for Senior Living
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 0
• Westchester Health and Rehabilitation Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 47; Deaths: 12
• Westminster Place
Outbreak Reported Cases: 12; Deaths: 0
• Windsor Estates
Outbreak Reported Cases: 14; Deaths: 3
• Skokie Meadows
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
DuPage County
• Abbington Rehab & Nursing Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 17; Deaths: 0
• Alden Estates of Naperville
Outbreak Reported Cases: 80; Deaths: 11
• Alden Valley Ridge
Outbreak Reported Cases: 33; Deaths: 2
• Alden Village Bloomingdale
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Aperion Care West Chicago
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Arista Healthcare Naperville
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 0
• Artis Senior Living Elmhurst
Outbreak Reported Cases: 37; Deaths: 11
• Artis Senior Living of Bartlett
Outbreak Reported Cases: 18; Deaths: 4
• Aspired Living of Westmont
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Belmont Village Senior Living Carol Stream
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Bria of Westmont
Outbreak Reported Cases: 46; Deaths: 9
• Bridgeway Senior Living
Outbreak Reported Cases: 19; Deaths: 2
• Brookdale Burr Ridge
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 2
• Brookdale Glen Ellyn
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 1
• Brookdale Lisle
Outbreak Reported Cases: 30; Deaths: 5
• Burgess Square Healthcare & Rehab Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 31; Deaths: 1
• Chateau Center Nursing & Rehabilitation
Outbreak Reported Cases: 58; Deaths: 11
• DuPage Care Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Forestview Rehabilitation & Nursing Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 27; Deaths: 0
• Harbor Chase of Naperville
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Harvester Place Memory Care
Outbreak Reported Cases: 38; Deaths: 10
• Lacey Creek Supportive Living
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Lexington of Bloomingdale
Outbreak Reported Cases: 57; Deaths: 8
• Lexington of Elmhurst
Outbreak Reported Cases: 35; Deaths: 10
• Lexington of Lombard
Outbreak Reported Cases: 24; Deaths: 5
• ManorCare Hinsdale
Outbreak Reported Cases: 97; Deaths: 6
• Meadowbrook Manor Naperville
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 0
• Naperville Manor Health & Rehab Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 8; Deaths: 0
• Oakbrook Care
Outbreak Reported Cases: 29; Deaths: 5
• Park Place Health and Wellness Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 8; Deaths: 0
• Providence Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 43; Deaths: 2
• St. Patricks Residence Nursing & Rehabilitation
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Sunrise of Bloomingdale Assisted Living
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 0
• Sunrise of Willowbrook Assisted Living
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 0
• Tabor Hills Healthcare
Outbreak Reported Cases: 26; Deaths: 0
• Westbridge Assisted Living Wheaton
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• West Chicago Terrace
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Westmont Manor Health and Rehab Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 39; Deaths: 7
• Wheaton Village
Outbreak Reported Cases: 51; Deaths: 7
• Windsor Park Manor
Outbreak Reported Cases: 116; Deaths: 20
• Winfield Woods Healthcare Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Wynscape Health and Rehabilitation
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 0
Kane County
• Alden of Waterford
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Asbury Gardens
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Avondale Estates of Elgin
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 0
• Bickford of Aurora
Outbreak Reported Cases: 35; Deaths: 7
• Bria of Geneva
Outbreak Reported Cases: 113; Deaths: 16
• Citadel of Elgin
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Elmwood Terrace
Outbreak Reported Cases: 22; Deaths: 2
• Fox River Rehab and Healthcare
Outbreak Reported Cases: 44; Deaths: 9
• River Glen
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Sunnymere
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 0
• Symphony of Orchard Valley
Outbreak Reported Cases: 23; Deaths: 0
• The Grove of Fox Valley
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Tower Hill Healthcare Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 0
Lake County
• Azpira Place of Lake Zurich
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Balmoral Care Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 2
• Belmont Village of Buffalo Grove
Outbreak Reported Cases: 25; Deaths: 6
• Brookdale -- Hawthorn Lakes
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Cedar Lake
Outbreak Reported Cases: 15; Deaths: 7
• Claridge Health Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 42; Deaths: 8
• Elevate Care Riverwoods
Outbreak Reported Cases: 47; Deaths: 5
• Elevate Care Waukegan
Outbreak Reported Cases: 62; Deaths: 6
• Lake Forest Place
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Lexington of Lake
Outbreak Reported Cases: 38; Deaths: 10
• Pavilion of Waukegan
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Radford Green at Sedgebrook
Outbreak Reported Cases: 23; Deaths: 4
• Rolling Hills Manor
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Sheridan at Green Oaks
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 0
• Terrace Nursing Home
Outbreak Reported Cases: 24; Deaths: 3
• The Auberge At Highland Park
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 2
• The Grove By the Lake
Outbreak Reported Cases: 50; Deaths: 6
• The Village at Victory Lakes
Outbreak Reported Cases: 11; Deaths: 1
• Victory Lakes Continuing Care Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 17; Deaths: 2
• Warren Barr Lincolnshire
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Warren Barr North Shore
Outbreak Reported Cases: 20; Deaths: 5
• Wauconda Care
Outbreak Reported Cases: 58; Deaths: 12
• Whitehall of Deerfield
Outbreak Reported Cases: 10; Deaths: 1
• Winchester House
Outbreak Reported Cases: 10; Deaths: 1
McHenry County
• Alden Terrace of McHenry
Outbreak Reported Cases: 120; Deaths: 4
• Cross Roads Care Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 41; Deaths: 4
• Fair Oaks Health Care Center
Outbreak Reported Cases: 13; Deaths: 0
• Florence Nursing Home
Outbreak Reported Cases: 18; Deaths: 0
• Revere Court of Crystal Lake
Outbreak Reported Cases: 11; Deaths: 2
• The Fountains at Crystal Lake
Outbreak Reported Cases: 67; Deaths: 6
• The Springs at Crystal Lake
Outbreak Reported Cases: 36; Deaths: 3
• Three Oaks Assisted Living and Memory Care
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 0
Will County
• Alden Courts of Shorewood
Outbreak Reported Cases: 5; Deaths: 1
• Arbor Terrace
Outbreak Reported Cases: 26; Deaths: 7
• Charter Senior Living, The Cottages
Outbreak Reported Cases: 9; Deaths: 2
• Clarendale of Mokena
Outbreak Reported Cases: 9; Deaths: 1
• Joliet Terrace
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• Lakewood Nursing Home
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Marley Oaks
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 1
• Meadowbrook Manor of Bolingbrook
Outbreak Reported Cases: 93; Deaths: 10
• Presence Villa Franciscan
Outbreak Reported Cases: 59; Deaths: 13
• Rock Run Place
Outbreak Reported Cases: 4; Deaths: 0
• Salem Village NH
Outbreak Reported Cases: 2; Deaths: 0
• Senior Star at Weber Place
Outbreak Reported Cases: 13; Deaths: 4
• Smith Crossing
Outbreak Reported Cases: 7; Deaths: 0
• Spring Creek Nursing Home
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 0
• St. James Manor
Outbreak Reported Cases: 34; Deaths: 6
• Sunny Hill Nursing Home
Outbreak Reported Cases: 24; Deaths: 5
• Symphony of Joliet
Outbreak Reported Cases: 127; Deaths: 24
• The PARC of Joliet
Outbreak Reported Cases: 33; Deaths: 7
• Victorian Village
Outbreak Reported Cases: 3; Deaths: 1
• Willow Falls
Outbreak Reported Cases: 6; Deaths: 2
Capitol News Illinois contributed to this report.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Free COVID-19 testing facility to open in Waukegan

A drive-through COVID-19 testing facility , the state 's first community-based site in Lake County , will open Sunday in Waukegan .
Lines are expected in advance of the 8 a.m. opening of the Illinois Department of Public Health 's latest community site at 2161 Northwestern Ave. , a vehicle emissions testing facility .
Testing is free and will be administered every day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or until 500 tests are completed .
Results will be available in four to seven days .
Those seeking tests must show photo ID and health care employee or first responder @ @ @ @ @ @ @ tested must be seated at a functioning window .
Individuals will not be permitted to get out of the vehicle once in line .
Walk-ups will not be accepted .
Besides health care workers , first responders and those with symptoms , the test is available to those who work at correctional facilities or support `` critical infrastructure '' such as grocery stores , pharmacies , restaurants , gas stations , public utilities , factories , child care and sanitation .
Testing also will be available to individuals who have been exposed to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ systems or chronic medical conditions , or who are scheduled to receive elective surgery within 72 hours .
The facility is a collaboration between the Illinois National Guard , state and city of Waukegan .
As of Thursday , Waukegan and North Chicago accounting for about 37 % of the 3,621 confirmed cases in Lake County , which also had recorded 127 COVID-19 related deaths .
`` There 's a lot more people out there ( throughout the county ) who are positive , '' Mark Pfister , executive director of the Lake @ @ @ @ @ @ @ week .
He said expanded testing will provide a better understanding of the impact on communities .
A team is ready to complement the tests with `` thorough contact tracing '' to prevent additional cases , he added .
`` Having a more complete picture of this crisis will improve our response and plans for recovery , '' he said .
The Waukegan facility is the sixth state community-based testing center , joining ones in Harwood Heights , Rockford , Bloomington , Markham and Aurora .
There also are dozens of commercial testing @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a list and related information .
One of them , a Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics drive-through site operating Tuesdays and Fridays at 3471 Green Bay Road in North Chicago , now is accepting anyone who has symptoms and has completed a phone screening process at ( 224 ) 570-7575 .
Symptoms can include fever , cough , shortness of breath , difficulty breathing , chills , repeated shaking with chills , muscle pain , headache , sore throat or new loss of taste or smell .

Free COVID-19 testing facility to open in Waukegan
This building, an emissions testing facility at 2161 Northwestern Ave., in Waukegan, will open Sunday, May 3, as the state's sixth COVID-19 community- based testing site. Courtesy of Lake County
This building, an emissions testing facility, at 2161 Northwestern Ave., in Waukegan will open Sunday, May 3, as the state's sixth COVID-19 community-based testing site. Courtesy of Lake County
A drive-through COVID-19 testing facility, the state's first community-based site in Lake County, will open Sunday in Waukegan.
Lines are expected in advance of the 8 a.m. opening of the Illinois Department of Public Health's latest community site at 2161 Northwestern Ave., a vehicle emissions testing facility.
Testing is free and will be administered every day from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. or until 500 tests are completed. Results will be available in four to seven days.
Those seeking tests must show photo ID and health care employee or first responder ID/badge if applicable.
Anyone to be tested must be seated at a functioning window. Individuals will not be permitted to get out of the vehicle once in line. Walk-ups will not be accepted.
Besides health care workers, first responders and those with symptoms, the test is available to those who work at correctional facilities or support "critical infrastructure" such as grocery stores, pharmacies, restaurants, gas stations, public utilities, factories, child care and sanitation.
Testing also will be available to individuals who have been exposed to confirmed COVID-19 patients, have compromised immune systems or chronic medical conditions, or who are scheduled to receive elective surgery within 72 hours.
The facility is a collaboration between the Illinois National Guard, state and city of Waukegan.
As of Thursday, Waukegan and North Chicago accounting for about 37% of the 3,621 confirmed cases in Lake County, which also had recorded 127 COVID-19 related deaths.
"There's a lot more people out there (throughout the county) who are positive," Mark Pfister, executive director of the Lake County Health Department, said earlier this week.
He said expanded testing will provide a better understanding of the impact on communities. A team is ready to complement the tests with "thorough contact tracing" to prevent additional cases, he added.
"Having a more complete picture of this crisis will improve our response and plans for recovery," he said.
The Waukegan facility is the sixth state community-based testing center, joining ones in Harwood Heights, Rockford, Bloomington, Markham and Aurora. There also are dozens of commercial testing sites; visit https://coronavirus.illinois.gov/s/testing-sites for a list and related information.
One of them, a Rosalind Franklin University Health Clinics drive-through site operating Tuesdays and Fridays at 3471 Green Bay Road in North Chicago, now is accepting anyone who has symptoms and has completed a phone screening process at (224) 570-7575.
Symptoms can include fever, cough, shortness of breath, difficulty breathing, chills, repeated shaking with chills, muscle pain, headache, sore throat or new loss of taste or smell.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Schaumburg restaurant staff mowing lawns, raising spirits during shutdown

A new month of social distancing , stay-at-home orders and restaurant shutdowns has brought with it a fresh idea to keep staff at Fat Rosie 's Taco & Tequila Bar in Schaumburg occupied and employed .
Assistant General Manager Michael Garcia , who himself is among the restaurant 's furloughed workers , spent a sleepless night this week thinking about his financially struggling colleagues and by dawn hit upon the idea of a temporary lawn care service .
The hours of concentration were inspired by a conversation with a laid-off server the evening before .
`` You ca n't help @ @ @ @ @ @ @ so I reach out , '' Garcia said .
The closeness of the staff might seem remarkable for a location that 's been operating only since Dec. 20 , but these employees who usually depend on their big personalities to make their living are often together for 8 to 14 hours a day during normal times , he said .
When Garcia reached out to the staff of about 45 to see who was interested , eight said yes right away .
With their different life circumstances , there is a variety of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ crew , he said .
Then he got the ball rolling by pitching the idea on the `` Everything Schaumburg '' Facebook page .
Within hours , he had 20 jobs lined up just through Monday .
`` I 've had so many people reach out , I do n't even know who they are , '' Garcia said .
One unexpected exception , though , was his long-ago fourth-grade teacher .
The next step of creating a business within 24 hours was to get the equipment -- mowers , weed trimmers and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ I 'm going to owe a lot of people margaritas when this is over , '' he laughed .
And much needed smiles were served up Friday -- for both the workers and their new clients .
Server Ansel Carbahal , 22 , of Chicago said the new opportunity was just what he needed to restore some financial strength and the sense of having some control over his life .
`` It 's been very confusing , very dark , '' Carbahal said .
`` Probably one of the most hopeless times of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , we thought it was going to be for two weeks . ''
The lawn business ' very first client offered to feed the crew in addition to paying their $ 30 per hour fee .
`` It literally brought tears to my eyes , '' Carbahal said .
`` She made me feel like I want to keep going . ''
Though he 's been waiting tables for seven years , Carbahal said Fat Rosie 's is a place where he 's been especially encouraged to use his outgoing personality and where @ @ @ @ @ @ @ .
Garcia said that since opening day in December , there 's been a countdown to Cinco de Mayo .
The fact that Tuesday 's celebration is going to be delayed is another aspect of the shutdown that the employees could use a distraction from .
`` That was a heartbreaker for us , '' he said .
`` That 's our Super Bowl .
That 's our Black Friday . ''
But Carbahal said he 's feeling only gratitude to Garcia for both his ingenuity and selflessness .
`` Mike is such @ @ @ @ @ @ @ not getting a penny from this , '' he said .
People interested in hiring the restaurant staff for lawn service can call Garcia at ( 630 ) 639-0602 .

Schaumburg restaurant staff mowing lawns, raising spirits during shutdown
Fat Rosie's Taco & Tequila Bar hostess Paulina Martinez of Elgin, left, and server Ansel Carbahal of Chicago wear their restaurant sombreros as they work on the lawn of their first client, in Schaumburg, for a new temporary service created by Assistant General Manager Michael Garcia to create jobs for furloughed staff. Courtesy of Michael Garcia
A new month of social distancing, stay-at-home orders and restaurant shutdowns has brought with it a fresh idea to keep staff at Fat Rosie's Taco & Tequila Bar in Schaumburg occupied and employed.
Assistant General Manager Michael Garcia, who himself is among the restaurant's furloughed workers, spent a sleepless night this week thinking about his financially struggling colleagues and by dawn hit upon the idea of a temporary lawn care service.
The hours of concentration were inspired by a conversation with a laid-off server the evening before.
"You can't help but wonder how everyone's doing, so I reach out," Garcia said.
The closeness of the staff might seem remarkable for a location that's been operating only since Dec. 20, but these employees who usually depend on their big personalities to make their living are often together for 8 to 14 hours a day during normal times, he said.
When Garcia reached out to the staff of about 45 to see who was interested, eight said yes right away. With their different life circumstances, there is a variety of financial stability among the Fat Rosie's crew, he said.
Then he got the ball rolling by pitching the idea on the "Everything Schaumburg" Facebook page. Within hours, he had 20 jobs lined up just through Monday.
"I've had so many people reach out, I don't even know who they are," Garcia said.
One unexpected exception, though, was his long-ago fourth-grade teacher.
The next step of creating a business within 24 hours was to get the equipment -- mowers, weed trimmers and rakes -- mostly by borrowing.
"I'm going to owe a lot of people margaritas when this is over," he laughed.
And much needed smiles were served up Friday -- for both the workers and their new clients.
Server Ansel Carbahal, 22, of Chicago said the new opportunity was just what he needed to restore some financial strength and the sense of having some control over his life.
"It's been very confusing, very dark," Carbahal said. "Probably one of the most hopeless times of my life. When we shut down, we thought it was going to be for two weeks."
The lawn business' very first client offered to feed the crew in addition to paying their $30 per hour fee.
"It literally brought tears to my eyes," Carbahal said. "She made me feel like I want to keep going."
Though he's been waiting tables for seven years, Carbahal said Fat Rosie's is a place where he's been especially encouraged to use his outgoing personality and where he feels pride in his Mexican heritage.
Garcia said that since opening day in December, there's been a countdown to Cinco de Mayo. The fact that Tuesday's celebration is going to be delayed is another aspect of the shutdown that the employees could use a distraction from.
"That was a heartbreaker for us," he said. "That's our Super Bowl. That's our Black Friday."
But Carbahal said he's feeling only gratitude to Garcia for both his ingenuity and selflessness.
"Mike is such a great guy because he's literally not getting a penny from this," he said.
People interested in hiring the restaurant staff for lawn service can call Garcia at (630) 639-0602.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Feder: Hubbard Radio Chicago fires a dozen

The axe fell Friday at Hubbard Radio Chicago , terminating the jobs of 12 employees , including several on-air personalities @ @ @ @ @ reduction in staff among Chicago 's major broadcast groups attributed to the coronavirus shutdown and @ @ @ @ @ .
But unlike the other publicly traded companies , the Saint Paul , Minnesota-based Hubbard @ @ @ @ @ , family-owned business .
Jeff England , Hubbard Radio Chicago market manager , was unavailable @ @ @ @ @ a memo to employees , he wrote : `` This was an extremely tough decision @ @ @ @ @ for as long as possible .
Please know that this decision was driven solely by @ @ @ @ @ our business in an extraordinarily difficult economy and environment . ''
On-air firings included evening @ @ @ @ @ host Greg Easterling at The Drive , and evening host Brian Middleton and morning show @ @ @ @ @ Rose at SHE 100.3 .
Get the full report , and more Chicago media news @ @ @ @

Feder: Hubbard Radio Chicago fires a dozen
The axe fell Friday at Hubbard Radio Chicago, terminating the jobs of 12 employees, including several on-air personalities.
It marked the latest reduction in staff among Chicago's major broadcast groups attributed to the coronavirus shutdown and its effect on advertising revenue. But unlike the other publicly traded companies, the Saint Paul, Minnesota-based Hubbard Broadcasting is a privately held, family-owned business.
Jeff England, Hubbard Radio Chicago market manager, was unavailable for comment. But in a memo to employees, he wrote: "This was an extremely tough decision and one that was delayed for as long as possible. Please know that this decision was driven solely by our ability to continue operating our business in an extraordinarily difficult economy and environment."
On-air firings included evening host Phil Manicki and overnight host Greg Easterling at The Drive, and evening host Brian Middleton and morning show producer and on-air host Robb Rose at SHE 100.3.
Get the full report, and more Chicago media news, at robertfeder.com.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Grayslake soccer fan scores call from English player after postponed trip

Max Hund of Grayslake received the phone call of his young life earlier this week .
The 10-year-old soccer player and his father , Chris , spoke Tuesday with Mason Holgate , a professional soccer player for Everton of the English Premier League .
`` It was really cool talking to an actual player on one of your favorite teams , '' said Max , who plays for Libertyville-based FC 1974 .
The call -- recorded on both ends and made into a video -- was the latest in a remarkable sequence of events for the Hund family that began @ @ @ @ @ @ @ enter a contest .
Some family friends originally from Liverpool attended an Everton match over the holidays and saved the game day program as a souvenir for Max .
The fourth-grader was flipping through the program on the ride home from soccer practice when he spotted a contest advertisement .
Among the prizes ?
A trip for two to the United Kingdom to see an Everton match .
Chris initially scoffed .
`` Buddy , people do n't win this stuff , '' he told his son .
`` We 're not going @ @ @ @ @ @ @ otherwise when they got home .
He got his dad 's laptop and brought it to him .
`` He said 'You 're doing this right now , ' '' Chris said , laughing .
`` I said 'OK , fine . '
It was just a quick online thing .
But in your mind you start thinking , what 's going on ?
Why is my kid having this strong feeling ?
You have this small belief that starts .
It goes back to the magic of being a kid , I @ @ @ @ @ @ @ waiting for a prescription Feb. 14 when he got an email from Everton Football Club with `` congratulations '' in the subject line .
He opened it to find a list of prizes they had won along with a trip itinerary for their visit .
In disbelief , he forwarded the email to his wife , Kasey , at work .
She agreed it looked legit and told him to follow the instructions .
`` It was crazy , '' Chris said .
It got even crazier when Chris told his son .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ , '' Max said .
The family had Max 's first passport expedited in less than a month .
The duo had their bags packed for the trip on the evening of March 11 .
A car was scheduled to take them to O'Hare in the morning .
However , that same day the NBA suspended its season and President Donald Trump announced a travel ban from Europe but not the U.K. A friend was texting Chris links to stories about British events being canceled left and right .
Torn over whether to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ was unable to sleep .
He contacted Everton in the morning .
Fortunately , his fears were immediately put to rest .
Club officials asked the Hund family to reschedule for the next time Everton plays rival Liverpool , whenever that turns out to be .
`` They 've been nothing but amazing since then , '' Chris said .
`` They 've been great .
They 've constantly tried to engage and say , 'Hey , we 're sorry this has n't happened yet . '
My feeling is it 's fine @ @ @ @ @ @ @ '' During Tuesday 's call with the 23-year-old Holgate , who assured the family they would be welcomed at a future date , Max discovered he has something in common with the star defender .
They both like to play PlayStation soccer while quarantining at home with their parents .
`` Here 's a multimillion dollar professional athlete just talking to my son about how they love playing video games , '' Chris said .
`` It was pretty cute . ''
Chris said the trip 's postponement actually works out for the @ @ @ @ @ @ @ sister , Emmie , also a soccer player , will join them when the game is rescheduled .
`` I ca n't wait , '' Max said .
`` Next year I get to probably take my sister and my mom .
And we 'll stay longer and do extra things . ''

Grayslake soccer fan scores call from English player after postponed trip
Everton soccer player Mason Holgate recently phoned the Hund family of Grayslake after the contest winners' trip to visit the English Premier League club in Liverpool was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy of Everton Football Club
Everton soccer player Mason Holgate recently phoned the Hund family of Grayslake after the contest winners' trip to visit the English Premier League club in Liverpool was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy of Everton Football Club
Everton soccer player Mason Holgate recently phoned the Hund family of Grayslake after the contest winners' trip to visit the English Premier League club in Liverpool was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The calls were recorded and turned into a video. courtesy of Everton Football Club
Everton soccer player Mason Holgate recently phoned Max Hund, left, and Chris Hund of Grayslake after the contest winners' trip to visit the English Premier League club in Liverpool was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Courtesy of Emmie Hund
Max Hund of Grayslake received the phone call of his young life earlier this week.
The 10-year-old soccer player and his father, Chris, spoke Tuesday with Mason Holgate, a professional soccer player for Everton of the English Premier League.
"It was really cool talking to an actual player on one of your favorite teams," said Max, who plays for Libertyville-based FC 1974.
The call -- recorded on both ends and made into a video -- was the latest in a remarkable sequence of events for the Hund family that began in early February after Max insisted they enter a contest.
Some family friends originally from Liverpool attended an Everton match over the holidays and saved the game day program as a souvenir for Max.
The fourth-grader was flipping through the program on the ride home from soccer practice when he spotted a contest advertisement. Among the prizes? A trip for two to the United Kingdom to see an Everton match. Chris initially scoffed.
"Buddy, people don't win this stuff," he told his son. "We're not going to do that."
Max decided otherwise when they got home. He got his dad's laptop and brought it to him.
"He said 'You're doing this right now,'" Chris said, laughing. "I said 'OK, fine.' It was just a quick online thing. But in your mind you start thinking, what's going on? Why is my kid having this strong feeling? You have this small belief that starts. It goes back to the magic of being a kid, I guess."
Chris was at Walgreens waiting for a prescription Feb. 14 when he got an email from Everton Football Club with "congratulations" in the subject line. He opened it to find a list of prizes they had won along with a trip itinerary for their visit.
In disbelief, he forwarded the email to his wife, Kasey, at work. She agreed it looked legit and told him to follow the instructions. "It was crazy," Chris said.
It got even crazier when Chris told his son. "It felt like winning the lottery," Max said.
The family had Max's first passport expedited in less than a month. The duo had their bags packed for the trip on the evening of March 11. A car was scheduled to take them to O'Hare in the morning.
However, that same day the NBA suspended its season and President Donald Trump announced a travel ban from Europe but not the U.K. A friend was texting Chris links to stories about British events being canceled left and right.
Torn over whether to make the trip, Chris said he was unable to sleep. He contacted Everton in the morning. Fortunately, his fears were immediately put to rest. Club officials asked the Hund family to reschedule for the next time Everton plays rival Liverpool, whenever that turns out to be.
"They've been nothing but amazing since then," Chris said. "They've been great. They've constantly tried to engage and say, 'Hey, we're sorry this hasn't happened yet.' My feeling is it's fine. They can't control this."
During Tuesday's call with the 23-year-old Holgate, who assured the family they would be welcomed at a future date, Max discovered he has something in common with the star defender. They both like to play PlayStation soccer while quarantining at home with their parents.
"Here's a multimillion dollar professional athlete just talking to my son about how they love playing video games," Chris said. "It was pretty cute."
Chris said the trip's postponement actually works out for the best. Kasey and Max's 12-year-old sister, Emmie, also a soccer player, will join them when the game is rescheduled.
"I can't wait," Max said. "Next year I get to probably take my sister and my mom. And we'll stay longer and do extra things."


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Early approval for final phase of downtown Naperville Promenade

An original plan for the final phase of the Main Street Promenade in downtown Naperville took up nearly all of the 0.83-acre site and included 72 apartments in a five-story building .
A new plan that gained unanimous approval this week from the planning and zoning commission downsized the design to take up roughly one-third of the parcel along Main Street between Benton and Van Buren avenues with 47 apartments .
The proposed building remains five stories tall and still has space for retail on the first floor .
But its height of 59 feet , 11 inches is an @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 60-foot maximum .
The city council now can consider the plan for final approval .
Attorney Vince Rosanova , representing property owner and developer RPAI , said the new plan addresses the top concerns brought up last June when the original design was considered , especially proximity to a nearby condo building .
He said the proposal will complete a shopping and office destination he described as `` a source of pride and a focal point in our downtown . ''
The old plan included a setback on the western property line of @ @ @ @ @ @ @ have been 20 feet from the Benton Terrace condos .
Neighbors said that was too close , so RPAI moved it back .
The new plan includes a 130-foot setback from the western property line , Rosanova said .
The larger distance is more consistent with what was proposed in 2008 , when original Main Street Promenade owners Dwight and Ruth Yackley of BBM Inc. proposed an 85-foot separation .
Dwight Yackley was among those who raised concerns about the first iteration of the plan last summer .
But on Wednesday , Yackley @ @ @ @ @ @ @ supports the new design .
`` This plan is truly one plan for the whole block and not just a plan for a portion of the block , '' Yackley said .
Other changes increased guest parking spaces for apartment residents and improved the exterior architecture of the proposed building to match the first two phases of the Main Street Promenade , built in 2008 and 2014 .
`` This is a classic example of the developer going back and working with the residents , '' planning and zoning commission member Krishna Bansal @ @ @ @ @ @ @ , resulted in an `` optimum plan . ''

Early approval for final phase of downtown Naperville Promenade
The final phase of the Main Street Promenade in downtown Naperville is slated to take up roughly one-third of this site along Main Street between Benton and Van Buren avenues if it gains final approval from the city council. Daily Herald file photo June 2019
A proposed third phase of the Main Street Promenade in downtown Naperville would be a five-story building with retail space on the first floor and 47 apartments above. The plan gained unanimous early approval from the planning and zoning commission this week. Courtesy of RPAI
An original plan for the final phase of the Main Street Promenade in downtown Naperville took up nearly all of the 0.83-acre site and included 72 apartments in a five-story building.
A new plan that gained unanimous approval this week from the planning and zoning commission downsized the design to take up roughly one-third of the parcel along Main Street between Benton and Van Buren avenues with 47 apartments.
The proposed building remains five stories tall and still has space for retail on the first floor. But its height of 59 feet, 11 inches is an inch under the downtown zoning district's 60-foot maximum.
The city council now can consider the plan for final approval.
Attorney Vince Rosanova, representing property owner and developer RPAI, said the new plan addresses the top concerns brought up last June when the original design was considered, especially proximity to a nearby condo building. He said the proposal will complete a shopping and office destination he described as "a source of pride and a focal point in our downtown."
The old plan included a setback on the western property line of 10 feet, meaning the building would have been 20 feet from the Benton Terrace condos. Neighbors said that was too close, so RPAI moved it back. The new plan includes a 130-foot setback from the western property line, Rosanova said.
The larger distance is more consistent with what was proposed in 2008, when original Main Street Promenade owners Dwight and Ruth Yackley of BBM Inc. proposed an 85-foot separation. Dwight Yackley was among those who raised concerns about the first iteration of the plan last summer. But on Wednesday, Yackley thanked RPAI for listening and said he supports the new design.
"This plan is truly one plan for the whole block and not just a plan for a portion of the block," Yackley said.
Other changes increased guest parking spaces for apartment residents and improved the exterior architecture of the proposed building to match the first two phases of the Main Street Promenade, built in 2008 and 2014.
"This is a classic example of the developer going back and working with the residents," planning and zoning commission member Krishna Bansal said.
The cooperation, he said, resulted in an "optimum plan."


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Judge denies Northwest suburban 911 dispatchers' request for COVID-19 info

Citing privacy concerns , a Cook County judge on Friday turned down a request of Northwest suburban 911 dispatchers , municipalities and police departments for information about confirmed COVID-19 patients .
Arlington Heights-based Northwest Central Dispatch System filed suit against the Cook County Department of Public Health last week after the agency declined to share names and addresses of those who have tested positive for the coronavirus .
Announcing her decision Friday afternoon during a court hearing held by video conference , Judge Anna Demacopoulos referenced a memo from the Illinois Attorney General 's office that says disclosure is permitted @ @ @ @ @ @ @ departments .
`` The public 's privacy rights and the health privacy rights especially are the strongest rights under the Constitution and the laws of the United States and Illinois , '' Demacopoulos said .
`` Once that data is exposed , there is no taking it back .
It is a matter of common sense that the more people who have access to this information , the more likely that that information will somehow be made public . ''
Attorneys for the dispatch system , which handles 911 calls for 11 Northwest @ @ @ @ @ @ @ coronavirus patients would increase the safety precautions paramedics , police and firefighters take before they arrive on emergency calls .
But the judge sided with arguments made by health department officials , who said first responders should assume everyone they come into contact with may be COVID-19 positive .
`` This court must balance the rights of the public at large with the alleged rights of the plaintiff , and the last thing that this court would want to do is give first responders a false sense of security that could lead to @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judge also said dispatchers were likely to get more accurate , updated information about possible coronavirus cases through their questioning of 911 callers than by relying on a potentially outdated list .
After issuing her ruling , Demacopoulos encouraged the Cook County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution sought by the dispatch system and several Northwest suburban towns that would provide for the release of addresses of COVID-19 patients .
When that resolution was redirected to a county board committee last week , the dispatch system went to court later that day @ @ @ @ @ @ @ judge 's ruling , Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said she continued to support the health department 's decision not to release the information .
She also vowed to continue to work with first responders to secure additional personal protective equipment through local , state and federal resources .
The decision in Cook County comes after Lake County 's sheriff filed suit this week to force the county health department to provide COVID-19 patient information .
McHenry County 's sheriff won a similar suit last month , while health departments in DuPage @ @ @ @ @ @ @ of COVID-19 patients .

Judge denies Northwest suburban 911 dispatchers' request for COVID-19 info
Citing privacy concerns, a Cook County judge on Friday turned down a request of Northwest suburban 911 dispatchers, municipalities and police departments for information about confirmed COVID-19 patients.
Arlington Heights-based Northwest Central Dispatch System filed suit against the Cook County Department of Public Health last week after the agency declined to share names and addresses of those who have tested positive for the coronavirus.
The decision in Cook County comes as a hearing Friday in a similar suit filed this week in Lake County court was continued to Monday. That case involves a lawsuit filed Tuesday by Lake County Sheriff John Idleburg seeking to force county health department to provide information about COVID-19 patients.
Cook County Judge Anna Demacopoulos announced her decision Friday afternoon during a court hearing held by video conference. She referenced a memo from the Illinois Attorney General's office that says disclosure is permitted, but not required by local health departments.
"The public's privacy rights and the health privacy rights especially are the strongest rights under the Constitution and the laws of the United States and Illinois," Demacopoulos said. "Once that data is exposed, there is no taking it back. It is a matter of common sense that the more people who have access to this information, the more likely that that information will somehow be made public."
Attorneys for the dispatch system, which handles 911 calls for 11 Northwest suburban towns, argued having information on coronavirus patients would increase the safety precautions paramedics, police and firefighters take before they arrive on emergency calls.
But the judge sided with arguments made by health department officials, who said first responders should assume everyone they come into contact with may be COVID-19 positive.
"This court must balance the rights of the public at large with the alleged rights of the plaintiff, and the last thing that this court would want to do is give first responders a false sense of security that could lead to tragedy," Demacopoulos said.
The judge also said dispatchers were likely to get more accurate, updated information about possible coronavirus cases through their questioning of 911 callers than by relying on a potentially outdated list.
After issuing her ruling, Demacopoulos encouraged the Cook County Board of Commissioners to pass a resolution sought by the dispatch system and several Northwest suburban towns that would provide for the release of addresses of COVID-19 patients. When that resolution was redirected to a county board committee last week, the dispatch system went to court later that day.
In a statement released after the judge's ruling, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said she continued to support the health department's decision not to release the information. She also vowed to continue to work with first responders to secure additional personal protective equipment through local, state and federal resources.
In Lake County court, a hearing on the Lake County sheriff's lawsuit was conducted over video conference Friday afternoon. Attorneys on both sides argued the matter for just over three hours without a decision. The hearing will continue Monday.
McHenry County's sheriff won a similar suit last month, while health departments in DuPage and Will counties are voluntarily providing addresses of COVID-19 patients.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--New Bulls GM Eversley identifies point of weakness

New Bulls general manager Marc Eversley plans to take his time before making any decisions regarding players , coaches or front office personnel .
But even from his seat in Philadelphia , he noticed a glaring deficiency in how the Bulls have been operating .
`` I was surprised to find that there was one player development coach on the staff as I was doing my research for this job . ''
Eversley said on a conference call Friday .
`` That 's a heck of job for one person to take on . ''
Shawn Respert was the lone @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in his title .
The Bulls had five other assistant coaches on staff to help with skill development , along with Shaun Hickombottom , who helps players transition off the court .
`` It 's going to be one of my tenants to try and figure out our player development system , '' Eversley said .
`` There 's a lot of key areas within it -- skill development , physical development , mental enhancement .
But with that , you need to hire people to help support that .
`` We 're @ @ @ @ @ @ @ in terms of looking for the proper staff to bring in here to work with our young guys .
But player development is going to be a tremendous focus for this organization moving forward . ''
The Bulls officially announced the hiring of Eversley on Friday , five days after the news first broke .
Vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas said he made the call to offer Eversley the job after watching Episodes 3 and 4 of `` The Last Dance '' documentary last Sunday .
Eversley spent the past four @ @ @ @ @ @ @ for the Philadelphia 76ers .
Before that , he worked in player personnel for the Washington Wizards for three years and the Toronto Raptors for seven years .
The Brampton , Ontario , native began his professional career with Nike .
He started as a retail store manager in Toronto and worked his way to the company headquarters in Portland , spending five years as player relationship manager .
The 6-foot-8 Eversley played college basketball at the NAIA level for Urbana University in Ohio .
`` He has tremendous work ethic , and @ @ @ @ @ @ @ and ability to connect with players and coaches made him a primary candidate for us , '' Karnisovas said .
`` I will use a lot of his ideas .
In many ways , his values are close to mine .
`` We value inclusion of staff , we will challenge our staff .
We will implement transparency , communication , functionality .
And finally , Marc 's relationship with players and coaches will play a key role .
At the end of the day we are both basketball junkies and we 're @ @ @ @ @ @ @ the Bulls organization around . ''
Eversley was n't afraid to set the bar high during his first interaction with Chicago reporters .
`` Everything starts and ends with winning , '' he said .
`` We need to focus our culture and mindset to be about excellence day in and day out .
I 'm so excited to start this chapter .
For Bulls fans , hear me when I say it : Our ultimate goal is to bring an NBA championship back to the city of Chicago . ''
When asked @ @ @ @ @ @ @ environment to a team short on veterans or players with winning experience , Eversley pointed to player development .
As far as the future of head coach Jim Boylen and his staff , both Eversley and Karnisovas repeated that 's a decision for another day .
At this point , the NBA is still hoping to resume the season , although how and when that will happen is anyone 's guess .
On Friday , the league officially postponed the draft lottery and draft combine , two events scheduled to be held in @ @ @ @ @ @ @ it to everybody on staff to get to Chicago and meet them face-to-face , '' Eversley said .
`` I think we owe it to our players to hopefully get to evaluate them in practice settings , in playing settings .
And we owe it to our staff to see them in those types of settings as well .
I just think it 's far too early to make those types of decisions with respect to anybody on the staff until we get to Chicago . ''

New Bulls GM Eversley identifies point of weakness
"It's going to be one of my tenants to try and figure out our player development system," Bulls general manager Marc Eversley said Friday in his first meeting with Chicago reporters. Associated Press
New Bulls general manager Marc Eversley plans to take his time before making any decisions regarding players, coaches or front office personnel.
But even from his seat in Philadelphia, he noticed a glaring deficiency in how the Bulls have been operating.
"I was surprised to find that there was one player development coach on the staff as I was doing my research for this job." Eversley said on a conference call Friday. "That's a heck of job for one person to take on."
Shawn Respert was the lone assistant coach with "player development" in his title. The Bulls had five other assistant coaches on staff to help with skill development, along with Shaun Hickombottom, who helps players transition off the court.
"It's going to be one of my tenants to try and figure out our player development system," Eversley said. "There's a lot of key areas within it -- skill development, physical development, mental enhancement. But with that, you need to hire people to help support that.
"We're going to do a pretty diligent job in terms of looking for the proper staff to bring in here to work with our young guys. But player development is going to be a tremendous focus for this organization moving forward."
The Bulls officially announced the hiring of Eversley on Friday, five days after the news first broke. Vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas said he made the call to offer Eversley the job after watching Episodes 3 and 4 of "The Last Dance" documentary last Sunday.
Eversley spent the past four years as vice president of player personnel for the Philadelphia 76ers. Before that, he worked in player personnel for the Washington Wizards for three years and the Toronto Raptors for seven years.
The Brampton, Ontario, native began his professional career with Nike. He started as a retail store manager in Toronto and worked his way to the company headquarters in Portland, spending five years as player relationship manager. The 6-foot-8 Eversley played college basketball at the NAIA level for Urbana University in Ohio.
"He has tremendous work ethic, and the combination of his eye for talent and ability to connect with players and coaches made him a primary candidate for us," Karnisovas said. "I will use a lot of his ideas. In many ways, his values are close to mine.
"We value inclusion of staff, we will challenge our staff. We will implement transparency, communication, functionality. And finally, Marc's relationship with players and coaches will play a key role. At the end of the day we are both basketball junkies and we're looking forward to this opportunity to turn the Bulls organization around."
Eversley wasn't afraid to set the bar high during his first interaction with Chicago reporters.
"Everything starts and ends with winning," he said. "We need to focus our culture and mindset to be about excellence day in and day out. I'm so excited to start this chapter. For Bulls fans, hear me when I say it: Our ultimate goal is to bring an NBA championship back to the city of Chicago."
When asked how he plans to bring a winning environment to a team short on veterans or players with winning experience, Eversley pointed to player development.
As far as the future of head coach Jim Boylen and his staff, both Eversley and Karnisovas repeated that's a decision for another day. At this point, the NBA is still hoping to resume the season, although how and when that will happen is anyone's guess. On Friday, the league officially postponed the draft lottery and draft combine, two events scheduled to be held in Chicago.
"I think we owe it to everybody on staff to get to Chicago and meet them face-to-face," Eversley said. "I think we owe it to our players to hopefully get to evaluate them in practice settings, in playing settings. And we owe it to our staff to see them in those types of settings as well. I just think it's far too early to make those types of decisions with respect to anybody on the staff until we get to Chicago."
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dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Sound Check presents Ryan Argast livestreaming from home at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1

Another month without the adrenaline rush of live shows , the satisfaction of dinner at a favorite restaurant or the joy of a movie with a popcorn tub as big as your head .
Here at Chicago Sound Check one of our favorite things to do is connecting Chicago-area musicians with fans .
So starting Friday , May 1 , we 're bringing some of them straight to you .
On Friday , we 'll be joined by Ryan Argast , frontman for the Plainfield pop-rock band Marina City , for an interview , some songs and some chats on @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Mike 's Hard Lemonade/White Claw .
Argast , the Plainfield native behind Marina City 's spirited vocals , recently released his `` Quarantine 2020 '' EP , a collection of songs he felt connected him to the situation we 're all experiencing .
`` In the first two weeks they wanted us to quarantine , I was like , 'Oh , you know , I would really like to get like a snapshot of what life is like in my house right now , ' '' he said .
`` So it 's @ @ @ @ @ @ @ a couple songs off 'The Crush ' and a new song that I wrote for Lyndsey ( Argast 's fiancee ) called 'December 31 2020 , ' which is our wedding date . ''
`` Hopefully it 's still our wedding date , '' he added with a laugh .
Right before the quarantines were ordered , Marina City released the six-song `` The Crush '' EP , featuring power-packed pop songs such as `` Money '' and `` Addicted . ''
Argast will tap into some of those songs for the performance @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 're going to be talking to our kids and then our grandkids about , '' Argast said .
`` This is literally history , right ?
It 's gon na be in history books .
And when we get out of it , I want to be like , 'Hey , I did this .
I was able to make this .
This is some cool stuff that I did during that time . '
'' A member of the Chicago chapter of the Grammy board , Argast will be playing to raise @ @ @ @ @ @ @ Relief Fund .
And to spread the word about the charity .
`` I do n't feel like enough artists truly know that even exists , but they 'll help an artist who 's having any kind of trouble , '' he said .
`` They get stranded on the side of the road because their van broke down or they had a big accident onstage or offstage that is not allowing them to perform , MusiCares will get money to pay for your medical bills for you , your mechanical stuff , @ @ @ @ @ @ @ into the event at 7 p.m. Friday , May 1 , on Instagram.com/chicagosoundcheck .
And if you ca n't make the show , find the video later at chicagosoundcheck.com .

Sound Check presents Ryan Argast livestreaming from home at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1
Ryan Argast will play some acoustic versions of Marina City songs and originals from his recent "Quarantine 2020" EP and chat with us at Chicago Sound Check at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1, on Instagram Live. Courtesy of Marina City
Marina City frontman Ryan Argast will play some music and chat with us at Chicago Sound Check at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1, on Instagram Live. Courtesy of Marina City
Another month without the adrenaline rush of live shows, the satisfaction of dinner at a favorite restaurant or the joy of a movie with a popcorn tub as big as your head.
Yeah, we feel ya.
Here at Chicago Sound Check one of our favorite things to do is connecting Chicago-area musicians with fans. So starting Friday, May 1, we're bringing some of them straight to you.
On Friday, we'll be joined by Ryan Argast, frontman for the Plainfield pop-rock band Marina City, for an interview, some songs and some chats on Instagram Live at Instagram.com/chicagosoundcheck, sponsored by Mike's Hard Lemonade/White Claw.
Argast, the Plainfield native behind Marina City's spirited vocals, recently released his "Quarantine 2020" EP, a collection of songs he felt connected him to the situation we're all experiencing.
"In the first two weeks they wanted us to quarantine, I was like, 'Oh, you know, I would really like to get like a snapshot of what life is like in my house right now,'" he said. "So it's a live acoustic EP of me performing a couple songs off 'The Crush' and a new song that I wrote for Lyndsey (Argast's fiancee) called 'December 31 2020,' which is our wedding date."
"Hopefully it's still our wedding date," he added with a laugh.
Right before the quarantines were ordered, Marina City released the six-song "The Crush" EP, featuring power-packed pop songs such as "Money" and "Addicted." Argast will tap into some of those songs for the performance.
"This is something that we're going to be talking to our kids and then our grandkids about," Argast said. "This is literally history, right? It's gonna be in history books. And when we get out of it, I want to be like, 'Hey, I did this. I was able to make this. This is some cool stuff that I did during that time.'"
A member of the Chicago chapter of the Grammy board, Argast will be playing to raise donations for the Recording Academy MusiCares COVID-19 Relief Fund. And to spread the word about the charity.
"I don't feel like enough artists truly know that even exists, but they'll help an artist who's having any kind of trouble," he said. "They get stranded on the side of the road because their van broke down or they had a big accident onstage or offstage that is not allowing them to perform, MusiCares will get money to pay for your medical bills for you, your mechanical stuff, whatever the case is."
Tap into the event at 7 p.m. Friday, May 1, on Instagram.com/chicagosoundcheck. And if you can't make the show, find the video later at chicagosoundcheck.com.


dailyheraldchicago--2020-05-01--Pizza's on her: Woman treats Aurorans to $1,500 worth of Luigi's

Dozens of people got free pizzas Friday afternoon from Luigi 's Pizza and Fun Center in Aurora , thanks to a woman who wanted to help the community and Luigi 's during the COVID-19 crisis .
Katie Graves used her federal stimulus money , plus some she saved for a vacation , to buy $ 1,750 worth of frozen pizzas and pizza kits , said the restaurant 's owner , Bill Poss .
`` I am just stunned , '' he said .
Poss has not met Graves ; she made the offer to a restaurant employee via Facebook .
@ @ @ @ @ @ @ Poss posted a couple weeks ago , where he explained the financial status of his business .
It included a frank discussion about how he did n't have the money to refund room-rental deposits at that time , how he was trying to refinance his house to get money to keep the business going , and how he had applied for federal and state loans , but had n't received anything at that time .
Graves was part of the team handing out 12-inch frozen pizzas and 7-inch pizza-making kits , on a @ @ @ @ @ @ @ 4 p.m. Poss estimated the donation will cover costs for about 100 customers .
`` I just wanted to give people pizza , '' Graves said .
`` There is good in people ! ''
Poss said .
Poss has owned the business for 39 years .
It started in 1953 in a spot on the east side of Aurora .
The restaurant drew lots of attention in February 2019 , when Aurora police used it as a command post during the response to the shootings at the Henry Pratt Co. a block @ @ @ @ @ @ @ that day , and threw a thank-you party several days later for first-responders .

Pizza's on her: Woman treats Aurorans to $1,500 worth of Luigi's
Dozens of people got free pizzas Friday afternoon from Luigi's Pizza and Fun Center in Aurora, thanks to a woman who wanted to help the community and Luigi's during the COVID-19 crisis.
Katie Graves used her federal stimulus money, plus some she saved for a vacation, to buy $1,750 worth of frozen pizzas and pizza kits, said the restaurant's owner, Bill Poss.
"I am just stunned," he said.
Poss has not met Graves; she made the offer to a restaurant employee via Facebook.
Graves had seen a Facebook Live video Poss posted a couple weeks ago, where he explained the financial status of his business. It included a frank discussion about how he didn't have the money to refund room-rental deposits at that time, how he was trying to refinance his house to get money to keep the business going, and how he had applied for federal and state loans, but hadn't received anything at that time.
Graves was part of the team handing out 12-inch frozen pizzas and 7-inch pizza-making kits, on a first-come, first-served basis that started at 4 p.m. Poss estimated the donation will cover costs for about 100 customers.
"I just wanted to give people pizza," Graves said.
"There is good in people!" Poss said.
Poss has owned the business for 39 years. It started in 1953 in a spot on the east side of Aurora.
The restaurant drew lots of attention in February 2019, when Aurora police used it as a command post during the response to the shootings at the Henry Pratt Co. a block away. Poss fed hundreds of officers that day, and threw a thank-you party several days later for first-responders.