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U.S. Cellular you By Mary Owen and Hal Dardick Tribune staff reporters The husband of a Plainfield woman missing since Monday said he believes an unknown person picked her up at the house. Plainfield police are searching for Lisa Stebic, 37, who lives in the 13200 block of Red Star Drive. Her husband, Craig Steb- ic, 41, said he was working in the back yard and their children, ages 10 and 12, were out buying candy about 6:30 p.m. Monday when his wife left.

He said that she went to Plainfield North High School every night to work out, and that he believes someone picked her up. She took only her purse and cell phone, he said. Plainfield Deputy Police Chief Mark Eiting said Craig Stebic reported his wife missing at 10 a.m. Tuesday. There is no evidence of foul play, he said.

not sure exactly he said. Lisa car remains in the garage, and her cell phone and credit cards been used since Monday, Eiting said. Eiting said he could not confirm whether anyone saw Lisa Stebic working out at the school or whether she was picked up at her house. uncharacteristic of her to leave her children, so the reason we are putting this investigation Eiting said. Knowing she often went on walks and runs, police have searched a nearby jogging path and around an adjacent retention pond and found nothing, Eiting said.

Investigators were aware of an Internet posting she made on April 11 looking for friends to join her in exercise, he said. She listed her as cardio, tone up, simply get out more, meet new people, just have am a parent and would like to include my children in my health she wrote in the posting, in which she said she was for partners to get out and enjoy Eiting said they looked into the posting and found no information useful to their search. Craig Stebic said he filed for divorce after 14 years of marriage in mid-January after his wife declared in October that she want to be married to me Since then, he said, lived separate lives in the same house. Eiting said police were called to the home in December, for a domestic trouble call, so it was a verbal altercation between Lisa and her husband. No arrests, no According to court records, Craig Stebic sought joint custody of the children, with her as custodial parent, and said neither spouse needed to support the other.

She also sought joint custody, asking that the court award her support and maintenance payments, records show. On April 17, their last court date, both agreed to complete the Will County parenting program at the University of St. Francis Solutions Resource Center. They are due back in court June 6. Craig Stebic said he be sure where his wife went or with whom in the last several months.

talked five words for the last five he said. He said he is worried because he believe his wife would leave suddenly. see her leaving her he said. a good mother. do anything for her Lisa Stebic worked in the lunchroom at Lincoln Elementary in Plainfield.

She did not show up for work on Tuesday, her husband said. She has brown hair and hazel eyes, is 5 foot 2 and 120 pounds, police said. Anyone with information is asked to call the Plainfield Police Department at 815267-7217. Plainfield police seek clues after woman vanishes Tribune photo by Zbigniew Bzdak Celebrating Polish history Alice Prus (left) leads a group in singing the Polish national anthem in Chicago on Thursday to mark Polish Constitution Day. decree is the second-oldest national constitution in the world.

The Wicker Park History Society organized the celebration. By Dave Wischnowsky Tribune staff reporter AWaukegan High School student who police say was upset with the attention given to minority classmates by the school was charged Thursday with making threats against the school this week. Joseph Mitchell, 17, of Waukegan appeared Thursday morning in Lake County Circuit Court, where he was charged with two felony counts of disorderly conduct. His bail was set at $250,000. School officials said a custodian at the Waukegan High School Upper Grade Center, 2325 W.

Brookside discovered a handwritten threat scrawled in ink on a bathroom stall late Monday. The message stated that Tuesday was at the school and that teasing would Waukegan Police Cmdr. Wayne Walles said. On Tuesday morning, before classes began, police searched the Upper Grade Center and the Ninth Grade Center, 1011 Washington St. Students were kept out during the searches, which turned up nothing, Walles said.

On Wednesday afternoon, however, a student found a second message in a different stall stating that authorities found Principal Edward Guerra said. Security videotape was reviewed to see who was outside the bathroom, Walles said. School officials identified Mitchell as a suspect and made contact before telling police. On Thursday, the high school was evacuated from about 8:05 to 8:30 a.m. after an anonymous bomb threat was made, Guerra said.

He said it is not believed to be related to case. Freelance reporter Barbara Bell contributed to this report. Teen charged in 2 threats at school Mitchell By Jeffrey Meitrodt Tribune staff reporter SPRINGFIELD Senate President Emil Jones defended his state jobs and business contracts, including one with the corporate parent of Commonwealth Edison, in a closed-door session Thursday with his Democratic members. Jones about published reports that tied his family to the lucrative jobs, but he wanted to clear the air during the closed-door meeting in the office, according to one lawmaker who attended. The Chicago Democratic leader steadfastly has supported ComEd and effectively has blocked legislation that would roll back and freeze electricity rates statewide at last levels.

But tension has grown between Jones and his members, particularly those Downstate who are feeling the heat from constituents angry about their skyrocketing electric bills. Lawmakers said at one point Jones referenced Richard J. Daley, the father, and his defense of efforts to help his family. Dr. Lorrie Stone, who is married to the Senate president, and makes $186,000, recently got a major pay raise as she moved up at the mental health care agency; Emil Jones III, the son, moved to a state agency job where he received a 7percent pay raise.

The Chicago Sun-Times also reported Synch-Solutions, a firm owned by stepson, John Sterling, is one of four information technology companies providing software integration services to Exelon corporate parent. Jones told reporters he had nothing to do with his company. He said the contract does not pose a conflict of interest when it comes to negotiating with the utility company, an issue that is taking up more and more of his time. check with me on what business he is doing business Jones said. I have no way of knowing what doing.

He get involved in With Jones on the defensive, Sen. Kwame Raoul (D-Chicago) also met with legislators Thursday to explain that passage of his proposal to alter bidding requirements had nothing to do with helping Synch-Solutions. Raoul said the idea behind the bill was brought to him by one of the competitors. more, Raoul said, Synch-Solutions benefit from the legislation. He said the bill would make it easier for small businesses to get no-bid state contracts if they already do similar work for a local government.

But the bill, which addresses businesses with less than $31 million in annual revenues, specifically says that local work must have been obtained through competitive bidding. Synch-Solutions has earned more than $55 million through a no-bid contract with City Colleges of Chicago, the Sun-Times reported. Jones fends off attacks on jobs Product: CTMETRO PubDate: 05-04-2007 Zone: Edition: HD Page: 2-5 User: bfletcher Time: Color:.