A attorney for the family of Cleve Heidelberg reiterated the innocence of his client Friday as he said that an appeal of a decision in federal district court to strike down a $100 million lawsuit was likely to happen claiming that the arguments made in the suit were similar to those Heidelberg himself had made during previous lawsuits in the 1970s and '80s "We would continue to advocate for Cleve," Hale said "I can't see not doing it until all the way at the end of the rope More: Peoria restaurant vows to 'keep going and fight even harder' after burglaries If an appeal was heard, the case would go to a three-judge panel at in the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago but Hale admitted that the process would likely take several years to go through if they made the decision to file an appeal Hale said Heidelberg was "unquestionably" innocent of the shooting death of Peoria County Sgt Ray Espinoza during a botched armed robbery on May 26 Hale blasted the statement made by Peoria County State's Attorney Jodi Hoos that said they had "full confidence" that Heidelberg was responsible for Espinoza's death saying that the finding of res judicata in this case wasn't a finding of guilt or innocence rather a complicated and rarely-used legal issue it was upsetting to me because I didn't want that to be the last word," Hale said "She's wrong – Cleve Heidelberg is unquestionably innocent Hale enlisted several associates of Heidelberg and his family to join him at the Friday news conference one of the witnesses that Hale said former Peoria County State's Attorney Jerry Brady refused to meet to reconsider possibly reopening the case the man whose allegation that his brother James shot Espinoza got Heidelberg's sentence overturned in 2017 Mason reiterated his claims that he borrowed Heidelberg's car and gave it to Clark on the night of the shooting "These statements by the State's Attorney are so distressing to me because I understand exactly what went down that night," Mason said "I did borrow the car from Heidelberg and I did give the car to James Clark Not that I saw him do it — he admitted as much on the phone to me that things went bad at the Bellevue Drive-In all those years ago." said that she remained distraught at the fact that her uncle was never able to watch his children grow up and that his grandmother never got the chance to see him as a free man despite the many lawsuits he filed to reverse his conviction She felt that Peoria was a place where people only heard about the prosecutors' side of the case which motivated her to try and push Heidelberg's side of the story out as much as she could "We give condolences to the Espinoza family; however their closure isn't complete," Mize-Jackson said They're only hearing one side – the people who govern the State's Attorney's Office and whoever else is in that group and we don't have closure that will set us free as a family." a private investigator and former Peoria police officer who worked with Hale and his team on the case said that she spent three years working to clear Heidelberg's name getting close enough to the family that she even appeared at some reunions She felt that it didn't take her long to realize that a miscarriage of justice was evident in the case saying that she was "stunned" about Darrow's decision to rule in favor of the officers and their estates "There were a lot of loose and foolish statements some of which are in that press release," Teplitz said "I read the opinion and they were citing some of the same egregious things we found More: Athletics director returns to Pekin high school after being placed on administrative leave Hale continued his attacks on the State's Attorney's Office asking that people do their do diligence and vote out Hoos He said that Hoos and Brady had never been interested in hearing what Mason and Clark had to say and were only concerned with preserving the conviction from 1971 "The Peoria County State's Attorney's Office has never been interested in the truth," Hale said "They dug their heels in preserving the conviction even though it's a state's attorney's job to seek justice Regardless of how the appeals process plays out Hale said that it was an honor to represent Heidelberg and his family noting that he handled himself with dignity in the time he was able to spend out of jail "He was not bitter," Hale said of Heidelberg ripped apart our hometowns and then retreated taking with it much of what we love about life at the Shore who own the superstorm Sandy-ravaged Keansburg Amusement Park who is 58 and has “worked here my whole life but even more beautiful than I remember it.’ ” when hot dogs could be purchased for a nickel whose family owned the amusement park from 1904 through the ’70s and who bought the park back in 1995 took over the operation of Olde Heidelberg following the storm “The Heidelberg was right at ground zero of the damage,” said Hank Gehlhaus “There was more of the water here than anywhere else; it took a direct hit the only thing we could save were the original tables beautiful wooden tables with marble tops,” he said “Everything else was ruined in the storm; we had to come in and redo everything.” but the pride in Gehlhaus’ voice when he talks about the Heidleberg makes it clear: Their hard work was worth it “This is such a key part of the amusement park and that this deserves a special bit of attention “Everything is brand new and meticulously installed to mirror the original Heidelberg,” Gehlhaus said The Heidelberg was famous for its griddle franks and draft beer “that was its claim to fame through the generations,” Gehlhaus said “We had to search for months to find just the right blend of pork and beef and just the right amount of crunch,” Gehlhaus said adding that he tastes a hot dog every day to make sure the flavor is consistent You can have your Heidelberg dog topped with sweet or hot relish cooks all morning in a mix of wine and sugar sauerkraut and condiments are complimentary and the addition of onions or chili costs 50 cents And don’t forget a cold beer from the full bar to wash it all down the kids are drinking root beer and birch beer,” Gehlhaus said “People are coming in and they are being wheeled in by their children their 90s and they’re coming in to relive the Heidleberg experience from when they were a child “It’s so nice to bring something back that people thought was gone forever.” The Olde Heidelberg can be found within Keansburg Amusement Park call 732-495-1400 or visit http://keansburgamusementpark.com The New York Jets and Chicago Bears NFL Girls Flag League Championship was held in May 2023 Both sides also attended the 2023 NFL London Games match (Jacksonville Jaguars vs Buffalo Bills) at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium on Sunday with Ealing Fields on the field as part of a guard of honour for the participating NFL teams The non-contact format of the game is fun and accessible for all; with women and girls driving some of the fastest growth in the sport Flag football in the UK is seeing exciting growth with 500 schools (including both primary and secondary) and 30,000 players (53% female) participating across 26 regions The game provides a structured opportunity for youth to play football whilst discovering the importance of sportsmanship To find out more about NFL FLAG, please visit here The 2024 NFNL Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 fixture has been released The Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 season will commence on Friday with Lalor to host Epping at Lalor Reserve The remainder of Round 1 will be played on Saturday Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 will feature 11 sides following the additions of Ivanhoe and Old Paradians to the NFNL in October There will be 18 home and away games in season 2024 with clubs to play 16 matches and have two byes each All teams will play each opponent at least once For the first time in Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 a top five finals series will be played out to determine the premier with finals to get underway on August 17th Key features of the 2024 Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 fixture include: • Lalor to host Epping in a standalone Good Friday match to begin the Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 season • Old Paradians to play their first NFNL game at Garvey Oval against Heidelberg West in Round 1 • The preliminary final replay between Mernda and Old Eltham Collegians to take place at Eltham College in the opening round • Ivanhoe to host their first NFNL game against Old Paradians on Saturday night (6:30pm start) in Round 2 • Fitzroy Stars and Old Paradians to compete for the NAIDOC Cup in their July 6 match at Sir Douglas Nicholls Oval The match will be held during NAIDOC week and the NFNL’s Sir Douglas Nicholls Round • Three teams to have byes during Round’s 15 & 17 Note 1: The Melbourne Greyhounds Division 1 and MC Labour Division 2 fixtures will be released in the coming days Note 2: As team nominations continue to come in for our senior women’s under-19.5’s and junior football competitions fixtures in those competitions will be released in 2024 To view the fixtures online, please click here To download the 2024 Heidelberg Golf Club Division 3 fixture Note: We are aware that the excel spreadsheet has listed the dates as month/date/year rather than date/month/year Tune in to episode 6 of the NFNL Podcast for season 2025 Only four teams remain undefeated in the NFNL Women’s Competition as the grading period came to an end on Sunday reserves and under-19.5 game this weekend in the NFNL © Copyright 2023 Northern Football Netball League