• Pembroke Township Supervisor Larry Gibbs is on a collision course with State’s Attorney Jamie Boyd and other Kankakee County officials over Gibbs’ creation of a township building department.
• Who is naughty and who is nice? You may be on the list. Stay-at-Home Howie is making his own list this holiday season and checking it twice. Find out more in the Life Section of today’s paper.
• In the Sports Section: Monday night is all right for Caitlin Cann. For the second consecutive Monday, Cann scored the game-winning basket in the final seconds to lift the Peotone High School girls’ basketball team to a win over a tough opponent.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Transportation Department is ordering airlines to let passengers stuck in stranded airplanes to deplane after three hours.
Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood on Monday announced the three-hour limit and other new passenger protections long sought by consumer advocates. From January to June this year, 613 planes were delayed on tarmacs for more than three hours, their passengers kept on board.
Under the new rule, airlines must provide food and water for passengers within two hours of a plane being delayed on a tarmac and maintain operable lavatories. They must also provide medical attention when necessary.
The new rule is effective in 120 days.
Marie R. Johnston, 86, of Bourbonnais, died Saturday (Dec. 19, 2009) at Riverside Medical Center, Kankakee, following a sudden illness.
Juan Fehr, 78, of Diamond, died Saturday (Dec. 19, 2009) at Provena Saint Joseph Medical Center in Joliet.
Rachel Koets, 90, of Gilman, died Saturday (Dec. 19, 2009) at the Gilman Health Care Center, following a one-year illness.
David D. VanHoveln, 76, of Milford, died Saturday (Dec. 19, 2009) at his residence.
John M. Alexander, 95, of Kankakee, died Saturday (Dec. 19, 2009) at Provena St. Mary’s Hospital.
Orville W. Cordes, 84, of Clifton, died Friday (Dec. 18, 2009) at Foster McGaw Hospital in Maywood, following a lengthy illness.
• Water pressure will go up and insurance bills will likely go down in about one year from now for many residents in Limestone and Limestone Township.
• In the Life Section: Find out how Adam and Rebecca Emling of Bourbonnais met.
• In the Sports Section: Ugly. Removed from context, no word more aptly described the Watseka Community High School boys’ basketball team’s 43-39 win over Hoopeston on Saturday at the Watseka Holiday Tournament. But it was a win, and in the light of the Warriors’ 6-0 start to the season and their chance to close 2009 by winning their own tournament, it looked much better.
Edward Barrett — Seattle, Wash.
Edward “Eddie” James Barrett, was born Sept. 19, 1955, in Kankakee, to Edward and Patricia Barrett, and passed away Dec. 4, 2009, at the Swedish Hospital in Seattle, Wash., after a two-year battle with cancer, at the age of 54. A memorial and celebration of life service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 26, at Greenwood Funeral Home, 350 Monroe Ave. NE, in Renton, Wash. A family memorial will be held at 10 a.m. Jan. 30 at the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Paris, Tenn.
Donald Frechette — St. Anne
Graveside services for Donald H. Frechette, 79, of St. Anne, will be held at 1:30 p.m. Monday in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery, Elwood. Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Bourbonnais, is in charge of arrangements. He died Tuesday (Dec. 15, 2009) at Iroquois Memorial Hospital in Watseka.
Cornelius Talley Sr. — Sun River Terrace
Cornelius Lane Talley Sr., 53, of Sun River Terrace, passed through this life on Wednesday (Dec. 16, 2009) at Riverside Medical Center. Visitation will be from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday at Lax Mortuary, Kankakee, and from 10 a.m. Monday at the House of Prayer Apostolic Church of God, until the 11 a.m. services. Elders Perry Dabney and James Talley Sr. will officiate. Burial will be in Mound Grove Gardens of Memory.
Alma Jones — Ethel, La.
Alma Jones, 87, of Ethel, La., mother of Kankakee residents, died Thursday (Dec. 17, 2009) at her home. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 24, at Flower Mount Baptist Church in Ethel.
Patricia Strong — Wilmington
Visitation for Patricia J. Strong, 52, of Wilmington, will be from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Monday and from 9 a.m. Tuesday until the 10 a.m. funeral service, all at the Reeves Funeral Home in Wilmington. The Rev. Steve Bondi will officiate.
Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Wilmington. Memorials may be made as gifts in Patti’s memory to Trinity Services. She passed away Thursday (Dec. 17, 2009) at her home.
Note: This obituary notice has been posted in advance of the print edition. A complete version, which may include changes, will appear in a future edition of The Daily Journal.
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