Tuesday, March 19, 2013
With three pedestrian fatalities in less than two weeks across a four-mile DuPage County stretch of the BNSF Railway, we wanted to know: how do we make it stop? Can we?
If you've noticed lately that Patch has been overrun with tragic stories about people being killed by trains along Metra's Burlington Northern-Santa Fe Railway, it's not because we just started reporting them—it's because there have been three in the past two weeks within a span of just a few commuter stops. First, it happened in Westmont on March 7, then in Hinsdale on March 18 and in Downers Grove on March 19. All three incidents involved a single person; all three were fatal, all three are still under investigation and none have been officially established as accidents or self-inflicted. We wondered if our readers had any idea how to make this terrible streak go away, and how to help ensure these things happen as infrequently as …
Friday, December 7, 2012
Schmitt resigned from the Village Board due to health issues last month after nine years as trustee.
Former Lisle Trustee Joe Schmitt died Friday, after resigning from nine years of service on the Village Board early last month due to health issues which began in August. A 31-year resident of Lisle and 22-year veteran of the Air Force, Schmitt was first appointed to the Village Board in 2003, elected in 2005 and reelected in 2009. A village news release about Schmitt's death pointed to his dedicated service to his community and lasting impact on projects including the downtown redevelopment and creation of the Ogden Corridor Master Plan. "He cared deeply for this community and his imprint will remain for years on projects such as the redevelopment of Downtown Lisle and the creation of the Ogden Corridor Master Plan, for which he was a …
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Explaining death to a child is never easy, but especially fraught for parents of children with autism.
Last fall I wrote about parenting advice columns and how foreign and inapplicable the content was for special needs parents. But even when advice is supposedly specifically tailored to parents of children with autism, it can be laughably off-base. Take this article about explaining the death of a loved one to a child with autism. This one hit close to home because my father died about a year and a half ago. Also just recently my daughter’s BFF Grace, who is also on the autism spectrum, experienced death for the first time. In her case, it was her elderly neighbor Harry whom she barely had any contact with except for when he chased her away from his bird bath. But that didn’t stop her from becoming completely obsessed with his sudden …
BP
4:35 pm on Saturday, April 13, 2013
Bet the greedy low life railroads love the Mary ---heck they can payroll her under their hired gun to cover greedy low life rear branch. The country is rail-locked with no way to get around the tracks ---railroads do nothing to stop it or put in extra security which is MURDER by mental health infected railroad barons who think anybody gives a damn about how much of the $$$ they worship they have. more ›