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Wednesday, August 27,1997 NEIGHBOR Section 3 ipos; BY DEBORAH JOHNSON Daily Herald Staff Writer Work may begin this fall on an $8 million plan to expand and- renovate the DuPage County youth home. When the project is done, 96 juvenile offenders will be able to sleep and take classes at the center off County Farm Road in Wheaton. The'home now has only 30 beds, which means 65 youngsters sleep in a special section at the adult jail. In addition to building a two-story "sleeping pod," county officials also plan to create more space for classrooms, medical services and administration. "Everything will be upgraded to meet the needs of 96 residents," said Patricia Bellock, chairwoman of the county board's judicial committee.

The committee Monday authorized county staff members to seek price proposals from construction companies. Authorization from the full county board followed on Tuesday. Bellock said money for the project already is in the county's budget. County board members originally wanted to go out for itwo kinds of bids: the renovation by itself and the renovation with the "sleeping pod" expansion. After price proposals came in, they were going to decide whether to build the addition.

But two weeks ago, the judicial committee decided the expansion was the way to go. Delaying the expansion, they said, would cost more in the long-run. Sheriff John Zaruba told the committee that given current inmate trends at the adult jail, he didn't think he'd be able to accommodate COLLEGES Apply now for computer science scholarship The College of DuPage will offer a $1,000 Uniforum Chicago Scholar- snip for a student who is preparing for a career in computer science and who is working toward UNIX Certification or pursuing an education in open systems development. The application deadline is Oct. 31.

Applications are available in the college's Financial Aid Office, Student Resource Center, Room 2050, 425 22nd SL, Glen Ellyn. For details, call the financial aid office at(CSO) 942-2251. Mystery stories Tony HUlennan's murder mysteries, set. in the Southwestern lands of the Navajo and Pueblo, will be explored in a three-credit-hour course offered from 9 to 11:15 a.m. Saturdays, starting Sept.

20 at College of DuPage, 425 22nd Glen Ellyn. Carole Sherman, professor of English, will lead class participants in analyzing the themes, plots, settings and character development of the first six of Hillerman's myster- ics The stories often rely on the Southwestern landscape and the culture and beliefs of its people as important plot elements in unraveling the mysteries. The course also will feature slide presentations and videos of Navajo ceremonies, as well as about Killerman himself. For details, call (630) 942-2330. COLLEGE OF DUPAGE Evening classes Microsoft Word 97 for Windows and Microsoft Office 97 evening classes will be offered through the College of DuPage Office Technology Information program during fall quarter, which begins Sept.

18. Microsoft Word 97 for Windows, Office Technology Information 127X, will be offered from 6 to 9:50 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Microsoft Office 97, Office Technology Information 161, which integrates applications with the power of the Internet, will be offered from 6 to 9:50 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, For details, call (630) 942-2533.

Nursing training Certified Nursing Assistant, Allied Health 105, the state- approved basic nursing assistant training program, will be offered by College of DuPage, Tuesdays through Thursdays, Sept. 18 through Dec. 3, at locations in Wheaton and Downers Grove. Two courses will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

at Rest Haven West, 3450 Saratoga, Downers Grove, and 5 to 10 p.m. at Good Samaritan Hospital, 3815 Highland Ave. Two courses also will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. and 5 to 10 p.m.

at the DuPage County Conva- lescent Center, 400 County Farm Road, Wheaton. For details, call (630) 942-2495. Physical rehabilitation Basic Physical Rehabilitation Aide Training, Allied Health 109, will be offered for certified nursing assistants by College of DuPage from 5 to 8:50 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays, Sept. 30 through Oct.

30, at the DuPage Convalescent Center, 400 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton. The tuitu fee is $90 for residents of Community College District 502. There also is a $10 first-time matriculation fee, as well as an additional $10 lab fee. Those who complete the course will receive three credit hours plus a Certificate of Completion sealed by the Illinois Department of Public Aid.

Those planning to register must obtain a permit in Room 1028 of the college's Instructional Center, 425 22nd Glen Ellyn. For details, call (630) 942-2737. Quilting workshops Quilting expert Trudie Hughes, author of "On Point," "Patched Works" and other books, will lead quilting workshops from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Sept.

11 and 12 at College of DuPage, Open Campus Center, Room 115,425 22nd Glen Ellyn. Hughes also will present the lec- ture "Quilt Addiction" from 1 to 3 p.m. Sept. 13 in Open Campus Center, Room 128. In the Sept.

11 workshop, "Mystery Scrap Quilt," participants will acquire tips for color, fabric and shape blending, as well as some speed techniques for rotary cutting and accurate machine piercing to create a "mystery scrap quilt." The workshop fee is $73. In the Sept. 12 workshop, "Flying Geese in the Cabin," participants -will learn updated piecing methods and to integrate triangular cornerstones to create a more intricate version of the traditional log cabin patterns. The workshop fee is $73. The cost of the Sept.

13 lecture, "Quilt Addiction," is $6. For details, call Linda Weisberg at (630) 9422018. Meetings seminar Conducting Effective Meetings, a seminar for those who want to learn to lead efficient and active meetings, will be held from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Sept. 17 at the College of DuPage, Open Campus Center, room 128,425 22nd Glen Ellyn.

Participants will learn about group dynamics, the effective use of meeting time, the role of the group leader, and how to deal with difficult participants. "Robert's Rules of Order" will be discussed and implemented during a mock meeting. The fee is $40. For details or to register, call (630) 942-2412. Students travel westward to study regional issues Nine graduate and undergraduate Aurora University students recently returned from a three-and-a-half week trip to New Mexico and Colorado through the intense study program Semester in the West.

Students received credit in classes such as Environmental Problems of the West, Native American Literature, Methods in Outdoor Education and Programs in Outdoor Education. AURORA UNIVERSITY For details on next year's Semester in the West program, call the Recreation Administration Department at Aurora University at (630) 844-5406. Mammoths The Schingoethe Center for Na- tive American Cultures at Aurora University will display "Hunting the Woolly Mammoth," a traveling- exhibit from the Kenosha Public Museum in Kenosha, Sept. 7 through Oct. 31 in the lower level of Dunham Hall, Randall Road at Marsellaise, Aurora, This exhibit focuses on a woolly mammoth hunted and butchered just across the Illinois border by the Paleoindians, prehistoric an- cestors of Native Americans.

Archaeologist Dan. Joyce will discuss "Digging the Woolly Mammoth" at 7 p.m. Sept. 16 at the center. Admission is free.

Center hours are from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday and 1 to 4 p.m.

Sunday. For details, call (630) 844-5512 or (630) 844-7844. YWCA programs train volunteers in child abuse prevention The YWCA DuPage District is enrolling volunteers for training in Child Assault Prevention. Pre-training interviews take place in August, followed by CAP training from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Sept. 3, 4, 5, 8 and 9 at the YWCA DuPage District offices, 739 Roosevelt Road, Building 8, Suite 210, Glen Ellyn. The deadline to register is Sept. 1. CAP leaders are required to take an additional 60 hours of training on sexual assault, which begins Sept.

13. Upon completion of training, CAP leaders work during school hours, presenting the CAP program to children in kindergarten through sixth grade. The leaders receive a salary of $6 per hour. Trained CAP volunteers teach children how to recognize and deal with potentially dangerous situations and how to report verbal, physical and sexual abuse to a trusted adult. CAP volunteers also educate teachers and parents on the proper response to a child in this particular crisis.

For details, call Laurie Flanagan or the YWCA Sexual Assault Services Prevention Department at (630) 790-6600. Foundations program The YWCA Child Care Resource Referral will offer a 15-hour training program, "Foundations," for people who are interested in becoming home child-care providers. The training will begin Sept. 9 and will be offered over a three-week period at the YWCA DuPage District Offices, 739 Roosevelt Road, Building 8, Suite 200, Glen Ellyn. Advanced registration is required, and participants are limited to 20.

A variety of experts will present information on child development, activities, setting up a child-care home, working with parents, discipline, health and well-being, safety, nutrition, licensing and resources. For details, call (630) 790-6600. Make a difference The YWCA DuPage District will offer a training session for its DuPage Women Against Rape program from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturdays, Sept.

13 through Oct. 25, at the YWCA DuPage District offices, 739 Roosevelt Road, Building 8, Suite 210, Glen Ellyn. YWCA DuPage Women Against Rape volunteers have served as advocates for victims and survivors of sexual assault in addition to working to increase the awareness of issues surrounding sexual assault. For details about the training, call Kathy Glowienke at (630) 790-6600. CHALK TALK: Fees have stood up to challenges Ccmtinuedfrom Pogej School Fees in Illinois: A Re-examination of Constitutional and Police Questions," author Patricia Jo Kendall points out that fees, no matter how questionable, have been almost universally upheld in Illinois.

She writes that even a $15 fee for the use of the lunchroom by children who live closer than seven-tenths of a mile has been upheld. So school districts that choose to use fees in a major way are legally permitted to do so under current court interpretations. It is quite another thing to ask whether that is a good thing to do. It would be foolhardy to assume no family in Naperville with a school fee bill in the hundreds does not make choices between courses or participation based on costs. It would be foolhardy to assume that families and students don't suffer embarrassment over the inability to pay.

It also is foolhardy to assume that large fees are not a factor to those considering private over public education. If it is just incrementally more to attend private, more will probably make that choice, and thus deplete some of the talent and richness from the public school environment. Why have fees risen so dramatically in the past few years in District 203? This is not a column about financial projections, but it's safe to say that there were assumptions, probably based on the then-best data, that the district would be in the red for the next several years. The 1994 education fund referendum proposal did not pass. All the data we have analyzed as to why that happened would suggest not that this community doesn't value education, but that that particular referendum effort lacked many key elements of successful It also included a request for a sizable chunk of money not designated for any specific needs.

After the failure, a group of residents served on the Financial Insight Team (FIT). Faced with projections that showed deficits in several years to come, their 1995 report recommended raising fees dramatically. One year after their recommendations, due to many financial factors having changed, the district was reporting a surplus. Right now the surplus is $4.2 million, according to Allen Albus, assistant superintendent of financial affairs. This community values its public education.

Many people with no children choose to purchase homes and contribute their taxes to public education knowing they could have purchased elsewhere and contributed less. We with children in school are appreciative. We hope, in turn, that they are appreciative that their housing values reflected the quality of the public schools. We asked Albus what it would cost the owner of a $200,000 home in District 203 if the mandatory fees (registration, technology and toweD were distributed among all taxpayers. It would be an additional $42 per year (and that's deductible).

Even though the underlying premises of the FIT recommendations have changed significantly, the FIT report had another potential suggestion, which could be used to decrease these onerous fees. It pointed out that the bond and interest fund levy will be shrinking in the next two years because bonds will be paid off and tax bills will be proportionately reduced. If voters approved, tax bills could remain unchanged or have a smaller reduction, with the difference going to the education fund and a reduction in fees. A teacher who started teaching more than 50 years ago served on a 1991 district subcommittee charged with dealing with an anticipated budget shortfall. That group also recommended raising fees.

That teacher, Irene Rahder, dissented from the majority opinion, objecting to the unilateral shifting of costs. She pointed out that schools are a community asset and questioned whether a budget shortfall in the police department would prompt officials to assess fees to users who used police services. We ask those in authority to scrutinize the wisdom of making the line item marked "fees" an increasing fixture on the budget balance sheet. We have the tax-cap legislation to protect taxpayers from limitless property tax increases from the school district without their approval. What do we have to protect the families with schoolchildren from the unilateral shifting of costs via ever-increasing fees? Barb McCartney ($400, in school fees) and Denise Raleigh ($420 in school fees) write about education.

Chalk Talk column appears Wednesdays in NeigHbor. They can be contacted at or at (630) 9553531. juveniles there much longer. Eighteen months from now, he said, the space may be needed for adult criminals. If beds at the jail were no longer available for juveniles, the county would have to contract with an outside agency, such as Kane County, to provide housing for young inmates.

Kane County would charge $150 a bed per day, totaling $2 million a year plus transportation costs, according to a memo to the judicial committee from Arnold Kumorek, DuPage's director of capital plant. DuPage also could lease the juvenile beds at the adult jail to the Immigration and Naturalization Service, bringing in $800,000 a year. Officials hope to award the bid Oct 14, and begin work on the project pet, 27, according to the county's time line. Af THtfHOSWtAt Outpatient Center offers lead screening Good Samaritan Hospital's Outpatient Services Center will offer lead screenings for school children, from 1 to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 2 p.m.

Saturday during August at the main campus, 3825 Highland Downers Grove. Results will be sent to the child's pediatrician or family physician. The cost is $10 per child. For details or an appointment, call (630) 275-5562. GOOD SAMARITAN that provides seniors age 55 and older insurance and Medicare counseling, health and wellness information and referrals, educational seminars, discounted and free health screenings, a quarterly health magazine and transportation.

Registration for the membership program is free. For details or to register, call (630) 275-5800. Pulmonary program Parentmg dasses Good Samaritan now offers a pulmonary rehabilitation program to help those with pulmonary problems such as emphysema, chronic bronchitis or asthma, reduce their shortness of breath, improve their exercise tolerance, improve their symptom control and enhance their overall quality of life. The intensive program is 24 sessions over a 12-week period and covers such topics as functioning of the lungs, managing stress and panic, pharmacology review, breathing and coughing techniques, energy conservation, nutrition, oxygen and respiratory equipment, staying well, and travel and recreation. Participants also work on an exercise regimen of reconditioning at each session.

The program provides an individualized approach. A skilled multi-disciplinary team evaluates each person and designs a program to meet his or her needs. The program is held in the cardiac conditioning room of the hospital's Outpatient Services Center. For details, call (800) 323-8622. Seniors club Senior Advocate is a membership club and resource center Good Samaritan Hospital announces its calendar of upcoming prenatal and parenting classes for expectant parents.

Times, dates and locations are listed below for each class. Registration is required. For details or to register, call (800) 323-8622 unless otherwise noted. "Big Sister," for soon-to-be big brothers and sisters, ages 3-6, will meet from 10 to 11 a.m. Sept.

6 and 20 at the hospital, 3815 Highland Downers Grove. This one- session course prepares children for what to expect with a new baby at home. The cost is $10 per child. "Infant Massage," a beneficial method of expression and communication between parent and infant, promotes infant development and develops parental skills and closeness. Two 90-minute sessions are taught by a certified infant massage instructor.

The cost is $25 for the two-session series. For dates, times, locations and registration, call (630) 325-3768. "Me, Too!" is a special tour of the nursery for children younger than 3 who will soon become a big brother or sister. For dates and times, call (800) 323-8622. SENIOR DOINGS Play pool, cards at community center New Horizons, the Naperville Park District sponsored group for residents 55 years and older, offers activities for area senior citizens.

Take a look at what's up: The Alfred Rubin Riverwalk Community Center's lounge and game area is open from 8:30 a.m, to 3:30 jn. Monday through Friday. The rooms house two pool tables, a large-screen television and a card- playing area. Coffee is available throughout the day. The New Horizons program and office, open from 8:30 a.m.

to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, offers a multitude of daily activities, social services, outings and extend- NAPERVILLE ed trips. Details of these activities are included in the quarterly "New Horizons" newsletter, mailed free to any Naperville senior who requests it To be added to the mailing list, call (630) 420-4210. All programs and trip departures are at the Riverwalk Community Center, 305 W. Jackson Naperville, unless otherwise noted.

Registration is required for all trips. To register or for details, call (630) 420-4227. GurrAR; yenues Continued from Page 1 to Naperville six months ago so his father could expand his guitar-making craft. After finishing studying in Europe, Goran moved to Naperville, too, hoping to start playing small concerts and teaching. One of his first performances was a recent concert on the Riverwalk A small, but enthusiastic crowd listened as Ivanovic played classical, jazz and folk music.

He likes the small crowds in bookstores or small halls because they can hear the music clearer. And he prefers classical music, because few other guitarists play it "Classical guitar should be heard in places of less than 1,000 people, not in some big stadium," he said. 'You need to be close to appreciate it. People say listening to a classical guitar is like listening to an entire orchestra there is so much music and emotion." INJURY CLAIMS HIGHLY PEER-RATED ATTORNEr Legal Directory STEVEN B. LEVY Difficult Choices SCHAUMBURG NAPERVILLE (847) 605-1260 (630) 416-6300 Across from Woodfleld Just Off 1-88 Into: www.sblevyitdlaw.com.