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His body odor was horrible, to the point where it was hard to stand next to him. And this was an outdoor party! As he and I chatted, he mentioned that during his first year of college while staying in the dorms, he went through three roommates, all of whom “inexplicably” moved out and switched rooms after a few weeks.

“He’s very competitive,” Sox manager Tony La Russa said of Hendriks. “He’s very realistic, he knows what he’s doing, so if he misses his pitch with his location, whether it’s the fastball or the breaking ball’s not working, he understands why. He also understands when you do that, when you do that job, you can make a mistake, and if the guy’s a good enough hitter, you pay for it. He’s got all the good qualities that you look for.”

Department spokesman Chief Ed Lescher said, “When we arrived on scene, we saw a pontoon boat circling frantically. We had responding units from most of Lake and McHenry counties. We searched the area, and other dive crews brought the sonar detection devices. At approximately 11:45, the operation switched to recovery mode.”

He made an erratic and sometimes temperamental witness. At times, he testified like the showman he used to be, clearly reveling in telling jurors a dramatic story. Moments later, he would start to mumble, or take long, rambling detours. And when Judge Ann Donnelly sharply admonished him to answer questions directly — “I’m running out of patience,” she told him outside the jury’s presence — he grew snappish.

The latest surge in COVID-19, driven by the highly contagious delta variant, has brought on renewed restrictions, including a citywide mask mandate for indoor public places in Chicago that took effect Friday, a statewide mask mandate for schools and now the Cook County health department’s mask requirement. That department covers suburb Cook County except for Evanston, Skokie, Oak Park, and Stickney Township.

“It’s just too dangerous,” Moore said. “The park’s right there, and there’s a senior building across the street. People race along 76th to try to make the light at Loomis so they can also make the light at Ashland, which is a long light. Three separate times in the past year cars have crashed through the fence at a house there. We’ve had four or five serious crashes.”