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That make it any easier to accept or explain, especially when teen suicides occur in clusters, as happened on the North Shore. Similarly, three Homewood-Flossmoor High School athletes killed themselves last year between March and December. think a rippling effect when there is this type of said Tom Golebiewski, chairman of the social work department at New Trier. New Trier officials, who felt they had to announce suicide over the intercom to stop misinformation and messaging that morning, have come up with alternative ways to communicate with students in the classroom if a similar crisis occurs, Supt. Henry Bangser said.

Just days before Elyssa died, Glenbrook North High School junior Artur Grobelny, 16, walked in front of a Metra train in Northbrook and made the sign of the cross before he was struck and killed. In April 2004, Erika Neuckranz, 14, an 8th grader at Washburne Middle School in Winnetka, committed suicide after a yearlong struggle with depression. A popular Glenbrook South High School junior hanged himself earlier this school year. Meyers said many students who begin the downward spiral have been sexually abused or bullied. Others, such as mother, blame depression, a chemical imbalance in the brain that is as much a disease as diabetes.

was being treated, but like a tornado said Virginia Neuckranz of Winnetka, whose family started a foundation called Light- houseto educate people about adolescent depression. hear the tornado warning, but you never think going to hit your The Neuckranz family and friends set up a Web site, erikas- lighthouse.org,and sponsored fundraising activities. The money has gone toward projects that include a curriculum on adolescent depression now taught at Washburne School. Traditionally, suicide and mental illness have been taboo subjects. At Washburne, educated ourselves as a said Principal Daniel Schwartz, who has had psychiatrists speak to teachers about issues such as the pros and cons of medication for depression.

The public-service messages scheduled to air on TVthis month were filmed by Comcast in a hallway and classroom at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire. One of the participants, Spencer Howland, New Trier High junior class president, said he planned a school dance with Meyers just days before her death. was incredibly special, the way she saw into people. I think about her every day, if not several times a Howland said. could be my chance to make up for anything I could have done but Natalie Pasquarelli, junior class president at Glenbrook South, said that after the junior killed himself earlier this year, students wrote messages on a bedsheet in the school cafeteria.

was affected by it, even the people who know Pasquarelli said. She hopes the televised announcements, organized by U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk will persuade depressed teens to get help. When talking to teens, Meyers urges them to tell an adult if they see their friends exhibiting long-lasting signs of depression or talking about committing suicide.

Other warning signs include withdrawing, giving away once-valued personal possessions, abusing drugs or alcohol, taking excessive risks and extreme changes in mood or behavior. feel like I am a mouthpiece for to educate others and keep her spirit Meyers said. had some unfinished business, and I want to help share her SUICIDE: Teen signals are often overlooked CONTINUEDFROMPAGE1 By William Grady Tribune staff reporter An Aurora-based trade group has received $880,000 in state funding to help train workers at small and midsize manufacturers in DeKalb, DuPage, Kane and Kendall Counties, officials announced Tuesday. The Valley Industrial Association received a grant from the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity that will be used to upgrade skills and provide other training for at least 2,600 employees at 75 of the member companies. Jack Lavin, department director, announced the grant during a news conference at DACO a family-owned company in North Aurora that has invested heavily in robotic manufacturing equipment to make parts for heavy trucks and a line of Mercedes-Benz vehicles.

DACO is using its share of the grant to help defray the costs of training employees to program the software for the equipment. The company now employs about 145 workers, more than double the number it had when it bought its first manufacturing robot, said Ken Lindgren, DACO president. The revenue is about $38 million a year. Its products include the flywheels found in a third of the heavy trucks on the road in the U.S., Lindgren said. Other Valley Industrial members will use the grant funds to upgrade the skills of their employees, help workers learn new technologies, and provide health and safety training.

Lavin said small and midsize firms that supply parts to larger manufacturers are important to the health of the economy. The training funds, he said, are best investment the state can Companiessuch as DACO are not moving production to foreign countries, Lavin said. staying right he said. we can build a stronger, more vibrant Illinois one job at a time, one community at a The Valley Industrial Association has more than 200 members, most of them in the Fox Valley area. Group awarded worker-training grant State gives $880,000 to trade association Tribune photo by Terry Harris Jack Lavin (left) of the state Commerce and Economic Opportunity Department talks on Tuesday to Ken Lindgren, president of DACO a firm that will share in a state grant to train workers.

By Brett McNeil Tribune staff reporter The son of former Berwyn Public Safety Director Frank Marzullo appeared in court Tuesday morning for the first time since he was indicted last week along with his father, uncle and two other men on charges they beat a 54-year-old man outside a Forest Park restaurant in early April. Jerry Marzullo, 27, was on vacation when the Cook County grand jury indicted him on two counts of aggravated battery. During a brief hearing Tuesday morning, Judge James Ob- bish set bail at $10,000, the same as his four co- defendants. He posted bail and was free before 11a.m. A spokesman for the Cook County office said last Thursday that Jerry Marzullo had been fired from his assistant attorney job after his indictment on felony charges.

But the office said Tuesday that the vacationing Marzullo called and offered to resign, and the offer was accepted. Jerry Marzullo, a one-time Berwyn firefighter, did not comment after the hearing. But his Berwyn-based attorney, Edmund Wanderling, said, was shocked he was charged with Wanderling, who declined to say where his client was vacationing last week, described him as good kid. He cooperated with the Jerry Marzullo is accused of kicking and punching former North Riverside Village Administrator Wayne Pesek during a late-night attack April 5 after Marzullo lost a bid to become a Berwyn alderman. Pesek and a witness have said Jerry Marzullo provoked the incident in the Golden Steer steakhouse, 7635 W.

Roosevelt Rd. in Forest Park. But the indictments allege only that he participated in beating. Along with the other four men, Marzullo and kicked Wayne Pesek about the face and body, causing bleeding around the brain and fractures of his facial bones, nose and the indictment alleges. As a condition of his bond, Marzullo is not allowed to have any contact with witnesses of the beating or their family members.

He also is required to turn in his Illinois firearm identification card. Marzullo received his law degree while a city public safety employee, so Berwyn taxpayers reimbursed his tuition $29,000 between December 2002 and September 2003 alone. Ex-police son posts bail in beating By John Biemer Tribune staff reporter Dog and cat owners who drop off their pets at the DuPage Animal Care and Control Center will be asked whether they approve of their bodies being used for scientific or educational purposes if the pets are put to sleep, according to a directive approved Tuesday by DuPage County Board members. The center will add the consent question to the forms people fill out when they surrender dogs and cats, under the order by the Judicial and Public Safety Committee chairman, Pat (R-Lombard), and backed by committee members. The issue has been raised in recent weeks by animal-rights activists, who have argued that the county euthanizes too many number of cats killed at the facility went up 40 percent last year.

also raised questions about whether selling animal carcasses has become a way to raise revenue. County officials say the center sold 249 cat bodies and 16 dog bodies in the first three months of this year to NASCO, a Wisconsin biological-supply company that sells animal cadavers for dissection in science classes. said the center generated about $4,500 last year by selling the per cat and $7 per dog. make any real money on he said. Many people particularly care what happens to the animals once they are dropped off at the center, said, but not true of everyone.

can be emotional attachment, especially with animals that are he said. people that care, have an Although whose committee oversees county animal control, said he was not aware of the practice until last month, the county animal control center has been selling carcasses to NASCO since 1987. DuPage will ask owners for OK to sell pet remains.