Looking for a Home: Jagger

Check out the video for this 1-year-old male lab/terrier mix available for adoption through Help Save Pets.

Jagger is a lively, active 1-year-old male lab/terrier mix available for adoption through Help Save Pets.  Jagger was found as a stray in southern Illinois and got on the first transport north to see if he could improve his chances of finding a forever home in Plainfield. If you love the reliable personality of a lab and want a young dog to train for your very own, hurry in! Jagger is waiting for you and you can get the party started! You can learn more about Jagger from the Help Save Pets video that accompanies this article. And you can meet him and other great pets at the Animal Care Center, 14411 Route 59, Plainfield, 815-436-8387. Available pets can also be viewed at www.helpsavepets.org. Adoption donations range from $29 to $399 for …

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Chicago Fire Partners with Plainfield Soccer

The Plainfield Soccer Association Legend's traveling team will change its name to the Chicago Fire Juniors West as part of its affiliation with the professional team.

The Chicago Fire issued this press release on Friday: The Chicago Fire Soccer Club announced Friday that the travel component of the Plainfield Soccer Association Legends will become an affiliate of the Chicago Fire Soccer Club and will be known as the Chicago Fire Juniors West. The new Chicago Fire Juniors West is one of nine clubs in the Chicago Fire Juniors family, the fourth in the Chicagoland area and the third in the state of Illinois. Since 2008, the Fire’s youth development program has grown from 400 participants to more than 10,000 across seven states.  “The creation of Chicago Fire Juniors West provides local youth soccer players the opportunity to grow and develop under the banner of their hometown club,” said Chicago Fire Vice …

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Looking for a Home: Clyde

Check out the video for this 1-year-old male wirehair terrier mix available for adoption through Help Save Pets.

Clyde is a 1-year-old male wirehair terrier mix available for adoption through Help Save Pets. He was was rescued from a pound in Tennessee. You can learn more about Clyde from the Help Save Pets video that accompanies this article. And you can meet him and other great pets at the Animal Care Center, 14411 Route 59, Plainfield, 815-436-8387. Available pets can also be viewed at www.helpsavepets.org. Adoption donations range from $29 to $399 for cats and dogs and include spay or neuter surgery, rabies vaccine, first distemper vaccine, fecal test, first de-worming, heartworm test (if applicable), canine bordetella, feline leukemia test (if applicable), and a microchip identification implant.

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A Town Called Plainfield

Lambert: Old School Site Tied to Village History

As developers get ready to break ground on a new 340-unit apartment complex, we explore why the building on 127th Street, east of Route 59, is significant.

The Inquiry Plainfield Patch reader Brian asked about the history of the soon-to-be-demolished former Christ Lutheran Academy building on 127th Street between Route 59 and Naperville-Plainfield Road, just east of the Walmart plaza. Construction begins Tuesday on a 340-unit apartment complex. Brian wondered if the doomed building had been built as a local high school at one time. In fact, the site of the structure is tied to three pioneering events that not only shaped the local rural neighborhood, but played a role in the development of national advances in technology. In the first of a two-part series, we set the stage. The Facts The first settlement of Wheatland Township occurred nearly a decade after the pioneer settlement at Plainfield…

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Looking for a Home: Maggie

Check out the video for this 2-year-old wirehair terrier mix available for adoption through Help Save Pets.

Maggie is a 2-year-old female wirehair terrier mix available for adoption through Help Save Pets. You can learn more about Maggie from the Help Save Pets video that accompanies this article. And you can meet Maggie and other great pets at the Animal Care Center, 14411 Route 59, Plainfield, 815-436-8387. Available pets can also be viewed at www.helpsavepets.org. Adoption donations range from $29 to $399 for cats and dogs and include spay or neuter surgery, rabies vaccine, first distemper vaccine, fecal test, first de-worming, heartworm test (if applicable), canine bordetella, feline leukemia test (if applicable), and a microchip identification implant.

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Looking for a Home: Jazzie

Check out the video for this female lab/terrier mix puppy available for adoption through Help Save Pets.

Jazzie is a female lab/terrier mix puppy born Jan. 21 and available for adoption through Help Save Pets. You can learn more about her from the Help Save Pets video that accompanies this article. And you can meet Jazzie and other great pets at the Animal Care Center, 14411 Route 59, Plainfield, 815-436-8387. Available pets can also be viewed at www.helpsavepets.org. Adoption donations range from $29 to $399 for cats and dogs and include spay or neuter surgery, rabies vaccine, first distemper vaccine, fecal test, first de-worming, heartworm test (if applicable), canine bordetella, feline leukemia test (if applicable), and a microchip identification implant.

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Readers' Choice: Best Place for an Oil Change

We want to know what Plainfield business you patronize when it's time to get your oil changed.

This week's Readers' Choice question isn't very sexy but it is practical: What business in Plainfield gives you the best service and bang for your buck when it's time to get your auto's oil changed. There are three ways to vote: Leave us a comment in box below, post something on our Patch Facebook page (www.facebook.com/PlainfieldPatch) or give the business a five-star rating by clicking on the entry below and giving it your score. Here are the choices: Bartel's Auto Clinic Crossroads Auto Spa Just Tires Tuffy Auto Services Firestone Complete Auto Care Absolute Automotive Service Merlin 200,000 Miles Shop, 14120 U.S 30 Merlin 200,000 Miles Shop, 16007 Route 59 Walmart Supercenter 59 Auto Repair

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Corry Leracey

3:31 pm on Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Why is "Last Chance Auto Repair" not listed here? Servicing Plainfield, Naperville, Bolingbrook, Illinois residents since 1978. They've been doing business with Plainfield residents longer than most of the auto repair shops in Plainfield, IL.   more ›