Joseph DuPont: Government should not control who gets to garden

07/15/11 Dear Editor: Considering how quickly President Obama bad mouthed the Cambridge, Mass., police when they arrested Harvard University professor Henry Louis Gates, one has to wonder why it is taking so long for Michelle Obama to come to the aid of fellow gardener Julie Bass of Oak Park, Mich. So now we are allowing the government to decide if you should grow flowers or edibles? So it is OK to have ...

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Pedophile charged with child abduction in Elmwood Park

07/18/11 A registered sex offender was charged Wednesday for allegedly trying twice to abduct a 12-year-old boy near the Oak Park Country Club in Elmwood Park.Jeffrey Jewitt, 29, of the 1600 block of South Chestnut Street, Des Plaines, was charged with child abduction/luring, a Class 4 felony, and presence within a school zone by a registered sex offender.According to Illinois State Police, Jewitt has ...

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Pedophile charged with child abduction in Elmwood Park

07/18/11 A registered sex offender was charged July 13 for allegedly trying twice to abduct a 12-year-old boy near the Oak Park Country Club in Elmwood Park. Jeffrey Jewitt, 29, of 1657 S. Chestnut St., Des Plaines, was charged with child abduction/luring, a Class 4 felony, and presence within a school zone by a registered sex offender. According to Illinois State Police, Jewitt has two previous ...

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