In a widely-publicized case, Anna Wermuth secured a unanimous National Labor Relations Board decision dismissing a unionization petition brought by football players at Northwestern University. She went on to represent additional universities in connection with union organizing campaigns. In 2017 and 2018, she was named one of the top 20 labor and employment attorneys in the nation by Lawdragon, and a “Woman Making an Impact in the Law” by the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin.
It`s high-nesting season, making it a good time to look over the marshes that puddle the industrial basin around Lake Calumet.
The black-crowned night heron rookery is 700 nests strong this year, and yellow-headed blackbirds are nesting in three or four of the marshes nearby-one of the few nesting areas for the birds in Cook County, according to Jim Landing, a professor of geography at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
This year there are also least bitterns and, surprisingly, great egrets are rearing young. ''To my knowledge, this is the first time great egrets have ever been recorded nesting there,'' Landing said.
For the last 10 years there have been sightings of two tri-colored herons in full breeding plumage at the marsh; this year, one was observed in late April. It has never been documented, however, that the birds, which some theorize could be the same two returning each year, have ever nested in the area, according to Landing.
The bad news from Lake Calumet: There have been no sightings this year of pied-billed grebes (recently placed on the Illinois Department of Conservation`s endangered species list) or common moorehens, species which have consistently nested in the marshes, according to Landing.
Most of the marshland around Lake Calumet is privately owned. But the marshes can be seen on the east side of the lake from 122d Street between Stony Island and Torrence Avenues, and then south along Stony Island to the channel.
- In Florida, federal biologists last week concluded a fruitless month-long search for the last of the crossbred dusky seaside sparrows.
The birds, descendants of the last pure-bred male dusky seaside sparrows, had escaped from Disney World in March, and could not be located by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologists. The service will now propose that the bird be removed from the endangered species list because it is extinct.
The last dusky seaside sparrow died in 1987. Geneticists have since contended that the bird was not a separate subspecies, as had been believed.
Morris owns a building in which he rented space to Leon for a medical office. But Leon vacated before the lease expired. He claims the building is not zoned for medical offices.
Leon argued that Morris had a duty to try to re-rent the office space rather than let it remain empty. But Morris argued he was under no duty to mitigate damages by attempting to find a new tenant because Leon abandoned his space. Morris sued Leon for $18,200 rent due until the lease.
English common law viewed a lease as conveyance of property for a stated term and the tenant was required to pay rent, the judge explained. A tenant who abandoned his lease had a duty to mitigate any loss to the landlord, he continued.
But in more recent times a tenant has become liable only for losses that the landlord could not mitigate, such as by re-renting the premises, the judge explained. A modern lease is really a contract imposing mutual duties of good faith and fair dealing, he noted.
When Leon breached his lease by vacating the office, Morris incurred a duty to use reasonable efforts to try to find a new tenant, the judge explained. Since leases are no longer considered to be conveyances but are treated instead as contracts, the landlord had a duty to minimize the loss by finding another tenant, the judge emphasized. Therefore, Leon is not obligated to pay the lost rent unless Morris can prove reasonable attempts to mitigate damage, the judge ruled.
Bruce Richard Diekelmann, 49 years, May 27, 2003. Devoted husband of Barbara (Judge) Diekelmann; loving father of Melissa Susan and Emily Lynn Diekelmann; son of Mabel (Schroeder) and late Donald C. Diekelmann; brother of Gary (Martha) Diekelmann; nephew of Richard (Judy) Schroeder, Dorothy (late Henry) Schroeder, Margaret (late Francis) De Vries and Florence (Alan) Marsh. Also survived by cousins, nieces and nephews, and friends. Resting at the Hennessy-Nowak Funeral Home, 400 Pulaski Road (154th St.), Calumet City, IL, Friday, from 2 to 8 p.m. and on Saturday, at the St. Paul Lutheran Church, 8601 Harrison St., Munster, IN, from 9 a.m. until services at 10 a.m. Interment Oakland Memory Lanes. Bruce spent the last 10 years of his life confined to a nursing home but knew the love of his Savior through frequent visits from his family and his church families at St. Paul Lutheran Churches in Dolton, IL and Munster, IN. 708-862-5454.
Baltimore Ravens wide receiver and kick returner Jacoby Jones left Thursday's game against the Denver Broncos because of an apparent knee injury.
Also, Ravens right tackle Michael Oher left the game in the second quarter with an ankle injury. His return was questionable.
Jones' teammate Brynden Trawick collided with Jones when Jones was attempting to field a punt. Jones appeared to hyper-extending his right knee.
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Three years ago, Tim Hannan suggested to his wife, Ginny, an idea to shake up their Valentine’s Day routine by turning their focus outward. At first, she was taken aback by his proposal and failed to see the romantic connection. But she quickly warmed up to it.
Today, the couple has a new take on the holiday that has spurred a movement called The Great Valentine’s Day Give. This Saturday, the movement comes to the Chick-fil-A at South Hills in Pittsburgh, and the Hannans expect it to help dozens of local families in need.
Ginny and Tim, who’ve been married 11 years, used to celebrate Valentine’s Day as many couples do, by treating each other to dinner at an expensive restaurant.
Their outlook on the holiday began to change when they adopted two young daughters from Colombia four years ago.
“Valentine’s Day had always felt a little odd to us. We were never entirely comfortable with putting all that focus on ourselves,” Ginny said.
The adoption possibly exacerbated those feelings, but Ginny had no clue that Tim was cooking up a new way to observe the holiday that traditionally commemorates romantic love. He shocked his wife by suggesting they enjoy their Valentine’s Day dinner at a local fast food restaurant, and with a budget of just $10.
“He wanted to take the money we would have spent on a restaurant and use it to help a local family in need, anonymously,” she said.
The couple identified a recipient and sent an envelope of cash, with no note and no identification. The second year, they left it in a doorway of a home and snuck away.
As they had when going to a fancy restaurant on Valentine’s Day, Ginny and Tim dressed up for their fast food feast. The second year, they invited a few friends to join them.
Last year, word got out and the local CBS affiliate, KDKA-TV, aired their story – Ginny seized what she sensed was an opportunity. After Valentine’s Day, she and Tim approached Mark Thornsberry, operator of the Chick-fil-A South Hills location near Pittsburgh, to pitch an idea for an event in 2015.
Thornsberry, a Chick-fil-A operator since 2009, liked the idea right away. He figured this could generate a larger-than-usual turnout for Valentine’s Day, but this wasn’t his only motivation.
“We didn't just want to get people to eat here. We wanted to get involved with the giving,” he said.
His Chick-fil-A will donate a portion of the proceeds from the night to City Mission in nearby Washington, PA, which supports families in need, including providing shelter for the homeless.
“They’ve been great to work with,” Ginny said about Thornberry and his staff. “They seem as excited about this as we are. I feel like we’re a partnership.”
The South Hills Chick-fil-A website included The Great Valentine’s Day Give on its in-store and website events calendars. A Facebook page that Ginny started has attracted nearly 500 followers and is getting wider attention. Earlier this month, Mothers of Preschoolers (MOPS) International mentioned the event on its own Facebook page, which has 74,000 followers worldwide.
A week before Valentine’s Day, Ginny counted around 20 RSVPs plus additional verbal commitments, and Mark said his Chick-fil-A website had received a few, as well.
“Every person that comes in is one more family that will get some help this year,” Ginny said. “We don't normally talk about our giving, but we felt it was worth giving up anonymity so that others could be helped.”
She’s hopeful the idea will inspire others. As for what Valentine’s Day means to Ginny and Tim now, she has no doubt.
When you are thousands of miles away from home, you can miss a lot of things: friends, family, Chick-fil-A. Tonya Portmann is an active duty service member in the U.S. Navy, currently stationed in Okinawa, Japan. She, along with her husband and two sons, moved there last August, leaving behind their home in Virginia. And for Portmann’s nine-year-old son Carter, that move also meant leaving behind his favorite restaurant, Chick-fil-A.
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