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Census results County population increases for first time in 4 years / A4 BUSINESS

Slight increase Area unemployment reaches 6.5 percent in February / A23

COURT WIN FOR CASCIARO

Ill. high court denies state’s attorney’s office appeal in Carrick case / A3

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EX-PRINCIPAL PLEADS GUILTY

COSBY AT SMITHSONIAN

Former Northwood Middle School principal Jerome R. Wakitsch pleaded guilty Thursday to forgery, a Class 3 felony, in McHenry County court. In front of members of the school’s Parent Teacher Organization, he admitted to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from various bank accounts, and he was sentenced to two years of probation and restitution totaling more than $25,000. Story, page A6.

BULLS GAIN GROUND

Still plagued by injuries, the Bulls overcame a 14-point third-quarter deficit to the Houston Rockets on Thursday to pull off a 103-100 victory. With the Pacers’ blowout loss, the win put the Bulls one game behind Indiana for the eighth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot. Story, page B5.

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WASHINGTON – The Smithsonian now plans to acknowledge the sexual assault allegations against Bill Cosby at its new African-American history museum on the National Mall, which will display two items related to Cosby’s career.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture, which opens Sept. 24, will include the cover of a Cosby comedy album and a comic book from his pioneering TV drama “I Spy” as part of its exhibit on black entertainers and artists.

Initially, the museum planned to include historical facts about the items without mentioning the allegations, drawing criticism from some Cosby accusers. The museum’s founding director, Lonnie Bunch, said in a statement Thursday that the display would address Cosby’s alleged behavior.

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DIGIT 368 The number of people the McHenry County population grew by between July 2014 and July 2015, according to new U.S. Census figures

ON THE COVER Mario Casciaro (left) and his father, Jerry, speak with Northwest Herald reporter Hannah Prokop on Sept. 25, 2015, at his attorney’s office in Downers Grove. See story page 3.

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CASCIARO FEELING VINDICATED

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Overturned murder conviction won’t go to Illinois Supreme Court

By KATIE DAHLSTROM

kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com Mario Casciaro, who walked free after his murder conviction in the death of a 17-year-old Johnsburg teen was overturned, is feeling a new sense of vindication after a decision from the Illinois Supreme Court.

Casciaro, once convicted of first-degree murder by intimidation in the death of 17-year-old Brian Carrick, was in prison for about two years before a ruling Sept. 17 from the 2nd District Appellate Court overturned Casciaro’s conviction and set him free.

On Wednesday, the Illinois Supreme Court announced it had denied the request from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office to

hear an appeal on the appellate court decision.

“We felt all along that eventually a higher court would be able to see the truth,” said Casciaro, 32. “Because the local circuit court has tunnel vision.”

State’s Attorney Lou Bianchi issued a statement Wednesday, saying he was “troubled that the ApBrian Carrick pellate Court’s flawed decision, usurping the role of 12 McHenry County jurors who found Mr. Casciaro guilty after hearing all the evidence, will stand without being reviewed by the Illinois Supreme Court.”

Assistant State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally, a prosecutor in the

I love the Carrick family, and I pray for them, and I hope one day there is a change in the state’s attorney’s office and they look at the physical evidence of the case.”

Mario Casciaro

case who won the Republican nod for state’s attorney, said he could not comment on what the next step will be.

The decision is the latest turn in

a case that stymied detectives and prosecutors since Carrick’s disappearance in December 2002. Carrick last was seen at the Johnsburg grocery store where he worked, which was owned by Casciaro’s parents. His body has not been found.

After two jury trials – the first ended in a mistrial on an 11-1 hung jury – Casciaro was sentenced Nov. 14, 2013, to 26 years in prison.

Prosecutors’ case relied heavily on the testimony of the man who said he likely threw the punch that killed Carrick, Val’s Foods employee Shane Lamb. Prosecutors have said Casciaro used Lamb as the “muscle” or a “henchman” to intimidate Carrick into paying a marijuana debt.

See CASCIARO, page A11

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Mario Casciaro (center) sits with his mother, Maria, and father, Jerry, while he speaks with the Northwest Herald on Sept.

24, 2015, at his attorney’s office in Downers Grove. On Wednesday, the Illinois Supreme Court announced it had denied the request from the McHenry County State’s Attorney’s Office to hear an appeal on the appellate court decision to reverse Casciaro’s murder conviction and free him from prison.

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McHenry County broke its four-year streak of losing population, but not by much, according to new U.S. Census figures.

The county gained 368 people between July 2014 and July 2015, marking the first time since the 2010 U.S. Census that its population rose rather than fell in an annual estimate.

That increase, however, does not offset the more than 1,400 people the county is estimated to have lost since 2010. What’s more, figures show the exodus from Illinois continues unabated.

Estimates put McHenry County’s population last July at 307,343, slightly higher than the 306,975 people who lived here in July 2014.

The 2010 decennial census had put the county’s population at 308,760 – short from its previous unofficial estimate of 321,000 – and the number had been dropping in every annual estimate since.

By comparison, the county between 2000 and 2010 grew by 18.7 percent, or 48,683 residents, about double the concert capacity of the United Center.

Even with the new growth, the county’s population has decreased a half-percent since the 2010 census.

If the trend continues over the next five years, this decade will be the first

• 386: The number of people McHenry County gained last year • 1,400: The county’s total population decrease since the 2010 U.S. Census • 105,200: The number of people Illinois lost last year to outmigration

SOURCE: U.S. Census figures for the period between July 2014 and July 2015 in which McHenry County’s population has decreased. It has increased in each decennial U.S. Census since the county’s 1836 founding.

A major culprit in the county’s stagnant growth is the bursting of the housing bubble in the late 2000s and the Great Recession that followed.

Besides stopping the county’s growth cold, it hurt the local economy, which was significantly dependent on construction and housing jobs.

Recent census numbers only tell part of the story when it comes to what the population trends could mean for McHenry County. Another population survey is raising an alarm in county government over one particular demographic.

An economic development study commissioned for McHenry, Boone and Winnebago counties concluded the three

counties lost almost 8 percent of 25- to 44-year-old residents – the demographic that sets down roots, starts families and opens businesses – between 2010 and 2014. That loss is about 12 times what the Chicago region lost in the same demographic.

The population news released by the census is not rosy for the Chicago area, either.

While McHenry County has snapped its trend and gained slightly more people than it lost, the Chicago region recorded a drop – its first in more than a quarter century. Chicago’s metropolitan statistical area, of which McHenry County is a part, lost more than 6,200 people between July 2014 and July 2015, which was the greatest loss for any metropolitan area nationwide.

The city was the only of the 20 largest metro areas to lose more people than it gained through births and in-migration.

The statistical area covers Cook and its collar counties, several other counties in northeastern Illinois, northwest Indiana and Kenosha County in Wisconsin. Illinois’ ongoing population loss hit a record last year, exceeding 100,000 for the first time, according to census data.

While international migration and births pared the net loss to 22,194 people, Illinois still led all 50 states in population loss, and was only one of only seven states to see a population decline.

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LOCAL BRIEFS 53-year-old man flown to hospital after falling off ladder

WONDER LAKE – A 53-year-old man was airlifted to Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville after suffering injuries in a fall from a ladder, a Wonder Lake fire official said.

Wonder Lake firefighter/paramedic M.J. Kempster said the man was on a ladder trimming a tree on the 3500 block of Lake Shore Drive about 5 p.m. when he fell. The fall was less than 10 feet, he said.

The Wonder Lake Fire Department responded to the man and alerted Flight for Life, which landed at Jacobson Park, Kempster said. Kempster said he did not know the man’s condition.

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Sun City Huntley to host Spring Consumer Showcase

HUNTLEY – Sun City Huntley will host its annual Spring Consumer Showcase from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. April 14 at Prairie Lodge, 12880 Del Webb Blvd., Huntley. More than 130 businesses will showcase their products and services, including automotive, handyman services, home decorating, health care and financial planning. Admission is free.

For information, call Bob Laird at 847515-7241 or visit www.sccah.com.

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Ex-principal admits to stealing, forgery

By JORDYN REILAND

jreiland@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – In front of members of the Northwood Middle School Parent Teacher Organization, former Woodstock principal Jerome R. Wakitsch admitted to stealing tens of thousands of dollars from various bank accounts.

Wakitsch, 42, pleaded guilty Thursday to forgery, a Class 3 felony, in McHenry County court and was sentenced to two years of probation and restitution totaling more than $25,000.

In addition, Wakitsch was sentenced to 180 days in the McHenry County Jail, a term that was stayed pending further issues.

McHenry County Judge Sharon Prather accepted the plea agreement.

Wakitsch, of Woodstock, owes $18,658.91 to the PTO and $7,955.80 to the Fox Valley Junior High School Conference.

“I’d like to say how sorry I am to the Fox Valley Junior High School Conference and the Northwood Middle School PTO,” Wakitsch said, directing

his comments to the parents in the courtroom. “I truly am sorry.”

After an investigation into the possible mismanagement and theft from funds, Wakitsch turned himself in to the Woodstock Police Department after detectives obtained a warrant. He was charged in September with two counts of theft over $500 and one count of forgery.

Wakitsch, an authorized user on both accounts, forged one of the two signatures required to be valid for the PTO account, police said.

Jerome R. These actions reportedWakitsch ly went on from February 2014 until June 2015.

Police said they believed the funds taken unlawfully were used for personal gain.

Wakitsch resigned as principal in August 2015, and Jeremy Schaaf was appointed as the interim principal for the middle school.

Both decisions were approved at a Woodstock School District 200 Board meeting the same month.

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By KATIE DAHLSTROM

kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Sharon Braskett knows a homeless shelter is the best place for her to live while she tries to rebuild her life.

Braskett, 43, had gotten a DUI in November and wasn’t able to find transportation to a job. The DUI was the latest misstep in her life, which includes a history of alcohol problems she said stem from being a domestic violence survivor.

In the four months she has lived at Pioneer Center for Human Services’ Rindal Transitional Home, Braskett has earned her GED and enrolled to be a full-time student at McHenry County College. She said it’s because of Pioneer’s Public Action to Deliver Shelter program – known as PADS – that progress is possible.

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If you go n WHAT: SleepOut for Shelter fundraiser n WHEN: May 14 n WHERE: Church of Holy Apostles, 5211 Bull Valley Road, McHenry n INFORMATION: www.sleepoutforshelter. org n COST: $20 individuals, $35 families of five Hundreds of people turn to PADS every year and the operations lean mostly on donations.

Pioneer Center will host its seventh annual SleepOut for Shelter fundraiser May 14 at the Church of Holy Apostles, 5211 Bull Valley Road, McHenry, to benefit the programs that serve the area’s homeless population.

In 2015, nearly 300 people sought services from McHenry County PADS, with 117 people staying in emergency sleeping beds or transitional living facilities, marketing director Laurie

Bivona said.

The program runs on $700,000 a year, $500,000 of which is brought in through fundraisers.

Last year’s event raised $85,000, with the McHenry County Community Foundation donating an additional $100,000.

“Truly every dollar makes a huge world of difference,” Bivona said. “The work done by McHenry County PADS is essential to people working diligently to regain footing and leave homelessness behind.”

Participants can sleep outside in tents, cars or even cardboard shelters.

Those interested also can help by sponsoring a participant, holding another fundraiser or hosting a Make a Change box to collect donations. Boxes are available at 815-759-7144 or bswanson@ pioneercenter.org.

Participants can register at www. sleepoutforshelter.org. Registration costs $20 for individuals or $35 for a family of five.

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Police seek help solving burglaries

By CAITLIN SWIECA

How to help

cswieca@shawmedia.com McHENRY – The McHenry Police Department is investigating three burglaries to businesses during the month of March and asking anyone with information about the burglaries to contact them.

McHenry Deputy Police Chief John Birk said police have no information to suggest the three incidents are related, and investigators are treating all three as separate events.

The first burglary was reported at Merlin Muffler, 3926 W. Elm St., on the morning of March 14.

Birk said an intruder gained entry to the business overnight through a broken window, but no items were sto-

Police are asking anyone with information to call the investigations division at 815-363-2599 or call the anonymous tip line at 815-363-2124. len.

The second burglary was reported at Main Street Station restaurant, 4005 W. Main St., on the morning of March 18.

Police found someone had entered the building through unknown means and unsuccessfully tried to break into the gaming ATM. While investigating the incident, police found out there had been two

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unreported thefts of the restaurant’s money bag earlier in the month, with a total of about $400 stolen.

Birk said investigators had not ruled out a relationship between the burglaries at that restaurant.

The third burglary was reported at Family Video, 1902 N. Richmond Road, about 4 a.m. March 28. Employees of a nearby McDonald’s called in the burglary after a customer reported seeing broken glass.

An undisclosed amount of money was stolen from the video store, police said.

Police are asking anyone with information about the burglaries to call the investigations division at 815-363-2599.

If callers wish to remain anonymous, they can call the tip line at 815-363-2124.

Environmental Defenders to recycle political signs

WOODSTOCK – Environmental Defenders of McHenry County is collecting political signs and giving them to an energy company to be reused.

The signs will be sent to New Vision Renewable Energy, a West Virginia-based nonprofit that recycles the signs and uses them to make solar LED lights. From 9 a.m. to noon April 9 at the Soil and Water Conservation District building, 2222 S. Dean St., Woodstock, people can drop off their signs.

Signs also can be dropped off at Chicago Logistic Service, 501 Davis Road, Elgin, and at an Earth Day event from 11 a.m to 4 p.m. April 23 at Prairieview Education Center, 2122 Behan Road, Crystal Lake. For information, visit www. mcdef.org, call 815-338-0393 or email EnviroDefMC@gmail.com.

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McHENRY – Police are warning residents about a scam in which a person has been calling elderly residents and asking them to leave cash or check donations to the VFW in envelopes taped to their front doors.

Deputy Police John Birk said the scam was first reported to police Thursday, and police have not taken any reports of residents falling victim to the scam.

Reports say a man who said his name is Steve has been calling elderly residents and claiming to be collecting donations for the VFW. The caller has told residents they are so busy picking up donations they don’t have time to knock on the door and asked them to leave cash or a check in an envelope taped to the front door. The VFW has confirmed this person is not affiliated with that organization, police said.

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Police looking for business burglar NORTHWEST HERALD

Woodstock police are looking for this suspect who reportedly burglarized Bott’s Welding, 335 N. Eastwood Drive, two times in the same week.

Police said the suspect is a white male with blonde hair, about 5-foot 8-inches tall with an average build and wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and dark-colored pants. Call the department at 815-338-2131 or 815-338-6120.

WOODSTOCK – Woodstock police are looking for a man who reportedly burglarized Botts Welding and Truck Services twice in the past week.

About 9 p.m. Tuesday, Woodstock police said the owner of the business, which is at 335 N. Eastwood Drive, called to report an in-progress burglary.

A man was seen through a window of the business when police arrived, but police said the subject escaped from the building before the perimeter was fully established.

Footage of the subject was caught on a security camera, which the business owner bought after a similar incident happened over the weekend. Police said the owner informed them Tuesday that a laptop computer was stolen from the business, but the incident had not Photo provided been reported.

Woodstock police Deputy Chief inches tall with an average build, and Anyone with information can call John Lieb said he did not know what were stolen Tuesday, police said.

Police said the suspect is a white wearing a blue hooded sweatshirt and Woodstock Police Department at 815day the first burglary happened. A 338-2131 or 815-338-6120. desktop computer and security camera male with blonde hair, about 5 feet 8 dark colored pants.

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his petition makes its way through the court system, court records show.

“Solely in the alternative, in any event Mr. McCullough is not released immediately, he should be granted an own-recognizance bail,” Fuentes wrote in the motion. “The Illinois Constitution guarantees a criminal defendant’s right to bail except in certain narrow circumstances.”

McCullough has been steadfast in maintaining his innocence, and the state no longer is disputing his claim.

In his response to McCullough’s handwritten petition, Schmack said police and prosecutors worked to conceal the truth from grand juries and judges. Now, newly unearthed Illinois Bell phone records show McCullough was 40 miles away at the time of Maria Ridulph’s disappearance, Schmack said.

“It is a manifest impossibility for [McCullough] to have been in Sycamore at 6:45 and also have made a phone call in downtown Rockford at 6:57,” Schmack said. “Thousands of pages of improp-

wrong,” Ridulph wrote in his filing. “Mr. Schmack is presenting as truth that which the presiding trial Judge (James) Hallock and the panel of appellate court judges had ruled were not admissible as truth.”

Brady, however, told Ridulph on Tuesday that it was too early in the process to bring a new prosecutor on board.

The judge later appointed conflict attorney Bob Nolan to represent McCullough for the remainder of his post-conviction proceedings. However, Fuentes and Van Horn also came forward Wednesday seeking to represent McCullough, and Nolan is no longer required to work on his behalf, court records show.

Both attorneys met with Schmack on Wednesday at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore, but each of the men declined to comment about the nature of the meeting.

Brady did not address McCullough’s claim of innocence during a court appearance Tuesday, when McCullough grew irritated that he had not yet been released.

“I’m innocent, and I can prove I’m innocent,” McCullough told the judge Tuesday. “There has to be an end to this somewhere.”

But Brady wasn’t prepared to move forward with a ruling without further considering all the recently submitted information.

“There’s no way that this court or any court could be in a position to move forward without further review of all the pleadings that are on file,” Brady said.

“You have a right to file what you want to file, you have the right to be heard.

But that doesn’t mean you’re going to get the relief that you are seeking. The process will determine what the end result is.”

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SYCAMORE – Attorneys for Jack D. McCullough have asked a judge to release him from prison immediately on the grounds that he is innocent of the 1957 murder of 7-year-old Maria Ridulph, according to documents filed recently in DeKalb County Court.

A hearing on McCullough’s request is set for 9:30 a.m. Friday at the DeKalb County Courthouse before Judge William Brady.

“The state’s attorney’s findings, after a six-month investigation, left no doubt that Mr. McCullough’s conviction in the 1957 murder of Maria Ridulph cannot stand,” the filing, made on McCullough’s behalf by a court-appointed lawyer, reads. “Mr. McCullough respectfully moves the court to enter judgment for him on the pleadings, which are uncontested, and for his immediate release based on actual innocence.”

Brady appointed Chicago lawyers Gabriel Fuentes and Shaun Van Horn of Jenner & Block to represent McCullough on Wednesday, and they wasted no time in pushing for him to be released from prison.

McCullough, 76, was convicted in 2012 of Maria’s murder and is serving a life sentence at the Pontiac Correctional Center. However, last week, DeKalb County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack answered McCullough’s petition for post-conviction relief by saying that new evidence showed McCullough was innocent and the state had created an inaccurate timeline of events to convict him.

In the event that McCullough’s conviction is not immediately vacated, Fuentes asked Brady to release McCullough on his own recognizance while

erly excluded police reports more than 20 years old contain a wealth of information pointing to McCullough’s innocence, and absolutely nothing showing guilt.”

At trial, prosecutors said Maria had been kidnapped Dec. 3, 1957, from the corner of Archie Place and Center Cross Street about an hour earlier.

In seeking his release, McCullough’s attorneys essentially cited Schmack’s findings, saying they had labeled the state’s investigation a fraud and McCullough’s 2012 conviction was based on an “avalanche of errors” and “denials of due process.”

His release is merited since prosecutors knew McCullough was nowhere near the crime scene at the time of Maria Ridulph’s disappearance, and the investigation allowed fraudulent testimony and unreliable eyewitness identification, Fuentes wrote.

“To use this sort of evidence at a criminal trial in the United States of America shocks the conscience,” the motion said.

McCullough’s attorneys also have asked that Brady deny a request from Maria’s brother, Charles Ridulph, to have a special prosecutor appointed in the case. In court records, they said there is no call for a special prosecutor because Schmack has neither a conflict of interest nor any other reason he cannot perform his duties as prosecutor.

In a five-page motion he filed himself, Charles Ridulph made a plea for a special prosecutor for the case as an interested party under the Rights of Crime Victims and Witnesses Act. His request detailed his belief that Schmack was wrong to have based his conclusions in the case on information that was not allowed at trial, and that he is acting more as a defense lawyer than a prosecutor.

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Village mulls raising business gaming fees

By CAITLIN SWIECA

cswieca@shawmedia.com LAKE IN THE HILLS – The village will consider raising its annual fee for businesses with video gaming terminals from $100 a machine to $500 a machine, matching that of neighboring Algonquin.

The potential change came out of an ad hoc meeting of the Committee of the Whole on Tuesday regarding video gaming policy, which was arranged because of an influx of business proposals, including gaming.

Village attorney Brad Stewart explained what restrictions Illinois home rule municipalities such as Lake in the Hills have been allowed to place on video gaming and discussed the policies of neighboring suburbs.

Terminal fees to businesses are supposed to cover the costs related to regulating video gaming, including policing, administrative and code enforcement costs, he said.

The $100 a year fee Lake in the Hills charges for each of its 34 video terminals was among the lowest for home rule municipalities in the area and one-

“I don’t know of an establishment that exists that just sells beer and wine and lottery tickets. It’s more of a gathering place. ... It kind of makes it a different animal.”

establishment’s revenue can come from gaming and creating distance requirements to ensure machines are spaced out.

Trustees also discussed whether they could or should create more stringent requirements on how video gaming terminals should be partitioned from the rest of a business.

Trustees said they wanted to have an objective criteria to evaluate Paula future proposals.

Yensen Paul Mulcahy Trustee Paula Yensen Lake in the Hills village president said she had been getting pushback from her neighbors about the amount of video gaming proposals and was confifth of what neighboring Algonquin cerned about partitions because it is not charges. a family-friendly activity.

Stewart said a December 2015 court “What is the outward appearance case against the village of Elmwood when people come into the commuPark upheld a $1,000 a year fee, although nity?” Yensen said. “Randall Road is case law is largely unclear. prime real estate, as far as I’m conStewart said the village’s other cerned, and this is what we’re getting.” options for regulating video gaming Trustee Stephen Harlfinger argued could include limiting the number of video gaming should not be treated any establishments or terminals, defining differently than the Illinois Lottery, althresholds for what percentage of an though Village President Paul Mulcahy

disagreed.

“I don’t know of an establishment that exists that just sells beer and wine and lottery tickets,” Mulcahy said. “It’s more of a gathering place. ... It kind of makes it a different animal.”

Butcher on the Block owner Thomas Yucuis, who is planning to add five video gaming terminals as part of an expansion of his business, said an increased fee would not change his plans.

Stephen “If they go to a $500 Harlfinger fee, that would not deter me from doing gaming, just because the revenue the gaming brings in, you can make that up, probably, in a day,” Yucuis said. “The gaming is going to help pay the rent.”

Yucuis said he felt the Village Board was doing the right thing in exploring its policies, and he would be fine with regulations that would prevent the oversaturation of gaming in the village.

According to the Illinois Gaming Board, seven businesses in Lake in the Hills hold gaming licenses and two more have pending licenses.

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Attorney Kathleen Zellner speaks Sept. 18, 2015, during a news conference held to address the overturned Mario Casciaro conviction in Downers Grove. A ruling by the 2nd District Appellate Court reversed his murder conviction because evidence was so lacking and improbable that the state failed to prove Casciaro’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.

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Continued from page A3 Lamb was granted full immunity from murder charges for his testimony against Casciaro. Lamb testified that after he punched Carrick in the face and Carrick “fell down,” Casciaro told him to leave, which he did, Lamb said.

He later recanted the entire story in a signed affidavit, and, on a national news TV program about the case, said prosecutors told him to lie.

Bianchi and the lead prosecutor on the case, Michael Combs, vehemently have denied that allegation.

Appellate Court Justice Kathryn Zenoff wrote in her September ruling the state failed to prove Lamb committed intimidation as a principal.

Casciaro’s attorney Kathleen Zellner – like Casciaro’s defense at trial – pointed to another teen, Robert Render, saying he was responsible for the death.

Zellner also believes the murder didn’t occur in the cooler, but in the hallway leading into it. Render’s blood was the only other blood found at the scene.

Render was charged years ago with concealing a homicide, but prosecutors eventually dropped the case. He since has died from a drug overdose.

“I love the Carrick family, and I pray for them, and I hope one day there is a

News sent to your phone To receive breaking news text alerts from the Northwest Herald to your mobile phone, sign up at NWHerald.com. change in the state’s attorney’s office and they look at the physical evidence of the case,” Casciaro said Thursday.

Carrick’s parents have since died, and his sister could not be reached for comment.

Casciaro learned of the court’s decision late Wednesday when his sister, Joanne, called him. Reached Thursday, she said the family is elated.

“We’re happy for him that it’s all over and he can focus on law school in the fall,” Joanna Casciaro said.

Casciaro said he has been accepted to Loyola University and hopes to become a lawyer in three years. After finishing law school, Casciaro, a Johnsburg resident, has his sights set on running for the state Legislature or local office.

“It opened my eyes,” Casciaro said of his overturned conviction. “Before this all happened, I was just a businessman that paid my taxes and tried to work for myself. I want to try to help other people and make sure other families don’t have to go through what we just did.”

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It opened my eyes. Before this all happened, I was just a businessman that paid my taxes and tried to work for myself. I want to try to help other people and make sure other families don’t have to go through what we just did.”

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First U.S. education secretary dies at 90 The ASSOCIATED PRESS GLENDALE, Calif. – Shirley Hufstedler, a former federal appellate court judge who served as the nation’s first education secretary, has died. She was 90.

Hufstedler died Wednesday at a hospital in Glendale, California, Morrison & Foerster, the law firm she worked at, said. She had cerebrovascular disease.

Congress established the Department of Education as a Cabinet-level agency under President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Carter appointed Hufstedler secretary. Although her tenure was short-lived after Carter lost the election to Ronald Reagan, Hufstedler defended the department against Reagan’s vows to dismantle it. Education deserved a place at the Cabinet table in part to bolster Americans’ knowledge of foreign languages and international affairs, she said.

“It would make about as much sense to abandon the federal responsibility for education in today’s world as it would to dismantle the Pentagon and rely for the common defense on the flintlocks that the Constitution guarantees our right to bear,” Hufstedler told The Associated Press in 1980.

Before taking the education post, Hufstedler served on the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. President Lyndon Johnson appointed her to the court in 1968, and she was among the first women to sit on any federal appeals court. She also was at one time considered a front-runner for appointment to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Arthur Hellman, a law professor at the University of Pittsburgh who used to direct the 9th Circuit’s central legal staff, recalled Hufstedler’s diligence in investigating a criminal conviction that was appealed to the 9th Court in the late 1970s. She spent hours of her own time going through the case files, although the case presented no major issues for the court to decide and was unlikely to get her any acclaim, Hellman said.

Nobel literature laureate dies

By PABLO GORONDI The Associated Press

BUDAPEST, Hungary – Imre Kertesz, the Hungarian writer who won the 2002 Nobel Prize for Literature for a body of fiction largely drawn from his experience as a teenage prisoner in Nazi concentration camps, died Thursday. He was 86.

Book publishing firm Magveto Kiado said Kertesz died at 4 a.m. at his Budapest home after a long illness.

Hungarian President Janos Ader said Kertesz’s life was a “gift” to all those who loved, knew, read and understood him.

“Like no one else, he saw so sharply and made others see so exactly the nature of dictatorships, ‘the age of irrationality,’ ” Ader said in a letter to the writer’s family. “He knew that the lack of external freedom can be endured only with the freedom of spirit.

“He taught us that we should not

CRAIG ALLAN BAIRD Born: April 9, 1953 Died: March 26, 2016

Craig Allan Baird was born on April 9, 1953, to parents Donald and Mary Baird in Harvard, Illinois. He passed away peacefully on March 26, 2016, with his family with him in his favorite room in

the house.

Craig was the middle child of three who grew up in a small dairy town in Illinois.

His mother Mary ran Baird’s Restaurant in downtown Harvard where he worked with his brother Dick, his sister Jean and his aunts.

Sports have always been a major part of his life; starting with backyard baseball with his brother, to high school athletics, city league ball and then for leisure.

Throughout his childhood, he was exposed to Ernie and the Cubs, along with music and the arts in his many trips to Chicago with his Uncle Howard. This fostered a great love for the Cubbies and the arts that he passed on to his family.

Craig moved in to Arizona in 1973 where he earned his bachelor degree in Elementary Education. He was an inspirational teacher, who touched many lives in both Phoenix and the Prescott area for 33 years. He retired in 2008, which allowed him to focus on what he really loved: family time, writing letters/ poetry, reading, playing tennis, walking the courthouse, socializing with friends and daily crossword puzzles, gardening and traveling with his wife Debbie.

Craig will always be remembered for his

forget anything about our past because it all belongs to our common fate, our common fatelessness,” Ader said.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban praised Kertesz’s “timeless” literary oeuvre.

“With his world-famous writing, he showed that man’s will to live and desire for freedom cannot be defeated by any tyranny,” Orban said.

Tribute also was paid to Kertesz in Germany, where he lived for a long time before returning Imre Kertesz to Hungary a few years ago.

“Through his work, Imre Kertesz brought a new tone to the remembrance of the darkest years of our history,” said Germany’s culture minister, Monika Gruetters. “As a witness, he wrote with great literary mastery of his harrowing experiences at the concentration camp. His books ... are

his legacy and will remain unforgotten and haunting history books for future generations.”

In a statement, Gruetters noted “the esteem that he showed for Germans despite his bitter experiences,” which she said found “noble expression” in his decision to entrust his archive to the Academy of Arts in Berlin.

Born in Budapest on Nov. 9, 1929, Kertesz, was 14 when he was deported to the Auschwitz concentration camp in German-occupied Poland in June 1944.

He later was transferred to the Buchenwald camp from where he was liberated in 1945.

“As a child you have a certain trust in life. But when something like Auschwitz happens, everything falls apart,” he once said.

Yet Kertesz made a startling confession that he experienced “my most radical moments of happiness” at Auschwitz.

devotion to his family, his sense of humor, his sensitivity and his overall love for life.

He is survived by his wife, Debbie Kuhnke; his sons, Andrew (Brittany), Eamon, Dillon and Seth Kuhnke (Ashley); daughter, Kelcie Kuhnke; his sister, Jean Barnes (Roy); his sister-in-law, Esther; his grandchildren, Noe and Daisy; his wife from a previous marriage, Katie; and his mother-in-law, Phyllis Reddel.

A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at the American Lutheran Church, 1085 Scott Drive in Prescott, Arizona.

In lieu of flowers, the family will set up a fund to support Prescott Little League. Donations can be made to the City of Prescott Parks and Recreation and given to the family.

Officer 3rd Class. After his discharge from the Navy, Bob worked for Lincoln Glass as a window glazier in Chicago. He later worked for a financial company as a computer programmer.

Bob loved working with computers, radios and ham radios. He had an extraordinary interest in space and astronomy. Much of his free time was spent woodworking and building furniture for his family. Bob was a very loving husband and father and a doting grandfather.

Bob is survived by his wife, Ilona; daughter, Amanda Hagen; son, Scott (Kim Schmitt) Hagen; and granddaughter, Arya Hagen.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

Visitation will be held on Saturday, April 2, 2016, from 10 a.m. until the 11:30 a.m. Celebration of Life service at Thompson Spring Grove Funeral Home, 8103 Wilmot Road, Spring Grove, IL 60081.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to Journeycare Hospice at www.journeycare.org or the Spring Grove Fire Explorer Post 1800 would be appreciated by the family.

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ROBERT W. HAGEN

Born: March 31, 1949; in Chicago, IL Died: March 29, 2016; in Barrington, IL Robert W. “Bob” Hagen, age 66, of Spring Grove, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at JourneyCare, of Barrington, surrounded by his loving family.

He was born March 31, 1949, in Chicago, to Alfred and Angeline (Stein) Hagen.

On July 6, 1974, he married the love of his life, Ilona Semper.

Bob served in the United States Navy from 1968 to 1974. He enlisted in 1968, attending training school and was sent to Vietnam in 1970. He was honorably discharged in 1974 as an Electronics Technician (Radar) Petty

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MARIE BROWN HIGH

Born: Sept. 6, 1934; in Waukegan, IL Died: March 29, 2016; in Wauconda, IL

Adeline J. Jackson, age 84, of Harvard, passed away at her home on Thursday, March 31, 2016.

Arrangements are pending with Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home. For more information call the funeral home at 815-943-5400.

DAVID J. NELL

Born: April 20, 1948 Died: March 30, 2016

David J. Nell, age 67, of Wonder Lake, passed away Wednesday, March 30, 2016, at JourneyCare Hospice in Woodstock. He was born April 20, 1948, to Robert “Bud” and Marilyn (Hopp) Nell.

Dave was a mold maker for over 50 years and loved his work. He loved cars and working on cars, especially his 1972 Purple Corvette. In his retirement, he loved watching movies. James Bond and John Wayne were his favorites. He loved playing video games and passed that passion down to his children.

He is survived by his loving wife of 35 years, Susan (Karamka) Nell; his children, Ryan, Steven, Amber, and Robert; and his granddaughter, Zooey. He is also survived by his mother, Marilyn; his sisters, Doris Barry, Rose Nellessen, Ruth (Tom) Wright; and many nieces & nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Robert “Bud”; a brother, George; a brother-inlaw, Butch Barry; and nephews, Justin Wright, and Bryan Barry.

A visitation will be held on Sunday, April 3, 2016, from 1 to 5 p.m. at the Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., in Woodstock. The visitation will continue at the funeral home Monday, April 4, 2016, from 10 a.m. until the time of the funeral service at 11 a.m. Burial will be in McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery in Woodstock.

The family would like to thank the team at JourneyCare Hospice in Woodstock for the excellent care that both he and his family were given. He will be greatly missed by all who knew him.

For more information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710 or visit us on the web at www.slmcfh.com.

Craig Allan Baird: The memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at American Lutheran Church, 1085 Scott Drive, Prescott, Arizona.

Alvig Dagny Carlson: A celebration of life will be at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, April 30, at Presbyterian Church in Marengo. A luncheon for family and friends will follow.

Mary T. Cielinski: The visitation will be from 3 p.m. until the 5 p.m. Mass celebration Friday, April 1, at St. Scholastica Monastery, 7430 N. Ridge Blvd., Chicago.

A dinner will follow at the monastery.

Interment will be private in Maryhill Cemetery. For information, call Shalom Memorial Funeral Home at 847-255-3520.

Robert “Bob” W. Hagen: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11:30 a.m. celebration of life service Saturday, April 2, at Thompson Spring Grove Funeral Home, 8103 Wilmot Road, Spring Grove.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-675-0550.

Marie Brown High: The visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the 10:30 a.m.

Mass celebration Saturday, April 2, at Transfiguration Church, 316 W. Mill St., Wauconda. Interment will be private at a later date in Ascension Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Libertyville.

William D. Jones: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock.

The visitation will continue from noon until the 1 p.m. funeral service Saturday, April 2, at Doxa Fellowship Church, 1903 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. He will be laid to rest in McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery in Woodstock.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710.

Daniel L. Kellogg: The visitation will be from 11 a.m. until the 2 p.m. memorial service Saturday, April 2, at Davenport Family Funeral Home and Crematory, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-3411.

Kingsley O. Kotch: The visitation will be from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., with a celebration of life reflection at 11:15 a.m., Saturday, April 2, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-2400.

Ashley M. Mancuso: The visitation will be from 3 p.m. until the 6 p.m. funeral service Saturday, April 2, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home and Cremation Services, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. For informa-

tion, call the funeral home at 847-6393817.

Edward Thomas Meyer: The memorial service will be at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 5303 Terra Cotta Road, Crystal Lake.

For information, call Davenport Family Funeral Home at 815-459-3411.

Lucille N. Moberg: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Friday, April 1, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. Interment will be in Acacia Park Cemetery in Chicago. For information, call the funeral home 815385-2400.

David J. Nell: The visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, April 3, at Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock.

The visitation will continue from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Monday, April 4, at the funeral home. Burial will be in McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery in Woodstock. For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710.

Brian Garwood Rex: A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, April 2, at Wesley United Methodist Church in Stockton.

For information, call Pastor Brenda Morris at 815-601-6742.

Martha R. Sublett: The visitation will be from 9:30 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Saturday, April 2, at Alden United Methodist Church, 16532 Route 173, Alden. Interment will be in Linn-Hebron Cemetery in Hebron. For information, call Ehorn-Adams Funeral Home at 815-6787311.

Hazel “Joyce” Tamburini: The memorial Mass celebration will be at 10:30 a.m.

Saturday, April 2, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 108 W. Adams St., Taylorville. For information, call Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home at 815-459-1760.

Jayne M. Thomas: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. memorial service Saturday, April 2, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 409 E. Court St., Janesville, Wisconsin.

Mildred “Milly” L. Turek: The visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Friday, April 1, at Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. The funeral Mass celebration will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at Sts. Peter & Paul Catholic Church, 410 First St., Cary.

Betty Van Pelt: The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 2, at Messinger Fountain Hills Mortuary, 12065 N. Saguaro Blvd., Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Preserving the Independence of McHenry County Seniors Call 815- 455-3120 or visit scvnmchenrycounty.org 7105 Virginia Road, Suite 25, Crystal Lake, IL 60014

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Marie Brown High, recently of Wauconda, was called to a new life with Christ on Tuesday, March 29, 2016, following a brief, but merciful struggle with pancreatic cancer.

Marie was born in Waukegan, on Sept. 6, 1934, to James E. Brown and Ruth A. Kelly.

She attended Waukegan Township High School and both St. Mary’s College, Winona, Minnesota and Marycrest College, Davenport, Iowa.

She entered into marriage with Warren Ernest High in 1955. Together, they had 3 children, Warren C. High (Catheryn O’Hara) of Cincinnati, Ohio, Dr. Stephen Forrest (Kelley Koch) of Cumming, Iowa, and Elizabeth Lundy (Donald Lundy) of Lake Villa, Illinois.

Marie is survived by her brother, James H. Brown of Ava, Missouri; and beloved grandchildren, Brian High, Rachel High, Conor Forrest, Cristopher Forrest, Carter Forrest, James Joseph Lundy, Alex Lundy, and Jessica Lundy.

Marie balanced raising a family and working at Walden Books (Barnes and Nobel) in Davenport, Iowa, where she became a Regional Manager for thirty-five stores in six states. She found time to be a Cub Scout Den Mother, Girl Scout Leader and indulge her interest in current events with stimulating reading and debate. When their children left for college, she and Warren moved to San Diego, California, where she continued a distinguished career of twenty years with Barnes and Noble Bookstores.

Upon the passing of her husband and entering her retirement, Marie moved to Wauconda where she occupied her time cultivating close friends and giving to others. She chose to volunteer with A Safe Place Lake County Crisis Center and Messiah Lutheran Church PALS program. In her greatest role as GranMarie, she enjoyed participating in the lives of both her grandchildren and children of the neighborhood. She leaves behind very special friends; Clarence Wieser, Janis, Debbie, Sue, Ron, Elaine and many others.

Visitation Services will be held at Transfig-

ADELINE J. JACKSON

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uration Church, 316 W. Mill St., Wauconda, IL on Saturday, April 2, 2016, at 9:30 a.m.

Catholic Mass of Christian burial follows at 10:30 a.m. Private interment will be held at a later date at Ascension Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum in Libertyville, IL. Marie was a force of nature and the world is improved because of her mindful and welllived life. She will be missed and remembered by all.

In lieu of flowers, please direct memorials to A Safe Place, https://www.asafeplaceforhelp.org/donate.

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THINGS TO DO IN & AROUND McHENRY COUNTY

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1ST FRIDAY ART SHOW

WHEN: 5 to 8 p.m. April 1 WHERE: Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: View art and meet and mingle with artists, with the chance to buy original works. The Dole Gallery will feature the work of Janet Kay from Me 2 You Photography and Ashley Rufino. In the Sage Gallery will be the work of Johanna Gullick, Jeanine Hill-Soldner and Dorothy Biris. The Sage Hallway Gallery will feature the work of St. Paul’s Christian Preschool. Cash bar. Admission: $5 suggested donation. Information: 815-455-8000 or www. lakesidelegacy.org.

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LUCY’S COMEDY CAFE

WHEN: 8:30 p.m. April 1 WHERE: Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: One of Raue Center’s longest-running programs and the cornerstone of the center’s comedy programming. The series has featured regional and national comedians, and recently, WGN Radio personality John DaCosse has taken over as curator.

Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. Tickets and information: 815-356-9212 or www.rauecenter.org.

ON TO STATE – The Jacobs High School WYSE (Worldwide Youth in Science and Engineering) team won first place out of seven teams at the sectional competition in the unlimited division at Northern Illinois University. Ten of the 14 students on the team won individual medals. For the first time in Jacobs history, the entire team will advance to the state competition April 14 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Pictured (back row, from left) are Sam Smith, Ryan McMahon, Steven Gruver, Danny Madoch, Shane O’Brien, Brandon Wirkus, Parth Shah, Kevin McMahon and Jacob Moser; and (front row) Nicole Oyewunmi, Katie Swanson, Kevin Derby, Hamzah Malik and Madilyn Moeller.

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CALENDAR April 1

• 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Rummage sale, Zion Lutheran Church, 4206 W. Elm St., McHenry.

Continues 8 a.m. to noon April 2. Includes clothing, books, toys and miscellaneous. Saturday is $3 a bag day. Hosted by Zion Lutheran Ladies Guild. Information: 815-385-0859.

• 9 to 11 a.m. – Celebrating Seniors, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 9812 St. Albans St., Hebron. Featuring a half-hour of tai chi followed by bingo. Blood pressure checks and snacks available. Free. Information: 815-6482671 or www.stjlutheran.com.

• 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. – Friends of the Library Spring Book Sale, Dundee Library, 555 Barrington Ave., East Dundee. Continues 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. April 2. The sale features thousands of books, DVDs, CDs and more. Saturday is allyou-can-fit in a grocery bag for $3 day. Bring a nonperishable item for the F.I.S.H. Food Pantry and receive one free paperback book for each donation (limit 10). Information: 847-4283661, ext. 5834, or www.frvpld.info.

• 10 a.m. – “Raising Backyard Chickens” class, McHenry County College, 8900 Route

14, Crystal Lake. Cost: $22, course code: NANS16002. Information: 815-455-8588.

• 10 a.m. to noon – Friday food distribution, Nunda Township Office, 3510 Bay Road, Crystal Lake. Food donated through the Northern Illinois Food Bank by local grocery stores will be distributed to those in need.

Information: 815-459-0785 or foodministries@ firstchurchcl.org.

• 12:30 to 3 p.m. – Volunteer training, Main Stay Therapeutic Farm, 6919 Keystone Road, Richmond. Volunteers are sought for a therapeutic riding and animal-assisted learning program. Volunteers must be at least 13 years old; experience is not necessary.

Information: 815-382-9374 or www.mainstayfarm.org.

• 1:30 p.m. – Spring break movie, Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 W. Paddock St., Crystal Lake. Featuring “Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Road Chip,” rated PG. Free. Registration required. Information: www.clpl.org.

• 8 p.m. – McHenry B&B Square Dance Club dance, McHenry Township Complex, 3703 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg. Chuck Witt will call squares; no rounds. Cost: $6 members, $7 visitors. Information: 815-3442975 or 847-395-1108.

Have an event to share? Submit your information online at PlanitNorthwest.com.

Photos may be emailed to neighbors@nwherald.com.

Crystal Lake

SCOUTING AROUND – Girl Scout historian Louise Glon will portray Juliette Gordon Low, founder of the Girl Scouts of America, at 11:30 a.m. and 1 p.m. Saturday at the Crystal Lake Park District’s Colonel Palmer House, 660 E. Terra Cotta Road, as part of “Scouting Around” festivities from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The free open house event will include games, demonstrations and displays of Boy Scout and Girl Scout memorabilia. For information, call 815-477-5873.

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Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Size up your professional situation and determine your best plan of attack when it comes to dealing with people who can influence your future. Make a sacrifice if it means you can add more skills and education to your résumé.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If someone is being difficult, walk away. It’s important to focus on what you can do, not what you are unable to do.

Be positive and make changes that encourage personal growth.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – If you embrace a challenge, you will make a lasting impression.

Your ability to be diplomatic yet firm will give

you the edge and put you in a position of power.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Keep your life simple and don’t complicate matters by getting involved with people who don’t share your beliefs, morals or integrity. Focus on personal change, not trying to alter others.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Share your feelings and be willing to compromise if it will help you get ahead. Love is encouraged, and making a romantic gesture will be well received.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – A carefully thought-out and disciplined approach will be unbeatable.

If you take pride in what you do, you will be recognized for your talent and ability to bring about positive change.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – A partnership is

favored. Sharing your ideas and plans for the future will help you come to an agreement with someone you want to spend more time with.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Look for alternative ways to put your skills to good use. Don’t be daunted by someone’s negativity or lack of help. Do your own thing and reap the rewards.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You’ll have an impact on the people you encounter. If you share your thoughts, the collaboration that unfolds will become a valuable venture. A romantic development will make your day.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Don’t take the blame for someone else’s mistake. Protect your reputation by being precise and honest. Don’t be tempted by a lofty scheme. A physical risk

will result in injury.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Make a financial change that ensures the absolute privacy of your personal affairs. One of your ideas will lead to a window of opportunity. Romance is encouraged.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Strive to be your best. Personal growth will unfold if you read a self-help book or engage in something that updates your awareness or improves your look or appeal.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – The unfamiliar will draw you in. You’ll be tempted to indulge in pastimes that can be costly. Protect your cash, physical health and reputation. A romantic opportunity is apparent.

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Warrant issued for ex-congressman

Reynolds facing federal tax charges The ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO – A judge on Thursday ordered the arrest of former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds, who is facing federal tax charges but is refusing to return to Chicago from South Africa because he says he’s caring for an ill daughter there.

U.S. District Judge John Darrah on Wednesday had denied a request from Reynolds – who is free on bond – to delay the start of his May 2 trial so he could stay abroad longer. Darrah ordered an arrest warrant after Reynolds told the judge in an open letter Thursday that he wouldn’t appear in court as ordered. He said he’s staying in South Africa because his 23-year-old daughter has scoliosis and also might have cervical cancer.

The Illinois Democrat asked the judge “to show some compassion and

ILLINOIS ROUNDUP

News from across the state

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Illinois airport evacuated due to suspicious bag

PEORIA – An Illinois airport was evacuated for about three hours Thursday morning after a passenger had a bag that appeared to contain tubes of explosive material, although security officials determined it wasn’t a bomb.

The Peoria International Airport was evacuated just after 6:30 a.m. Thursday and reopened about 9:30 a.m., airport Director Gene Olson said. The Peoria Police Department’s Explosive Ordinance Disposal unit was called after the suspicious items were found during routine security screenings, Olson said.

A female passenger had luggage that looked like a bomb but was in fact a lookalike used to train employees of abortion clinics in bomb recognition, Peoria County Sheriff’s Office Chief Deputy Joseph Needham said. The woman was released after questioning.

her young life.”

Reynolds had no comment on the judge’s arrest warrant order. His attorney, Richard Kling, told the Chicago Tribune that he had warned Reynolds that he was due in court Thursday and hoped he would change his mind.

U.S. attorney’s office spokesman Joseph Fitzpatrick said Reynolds would be subject to arrest upon his return to the U.S. after 12:01 a.m. Friday. It’s unclear whether the tax charge would subject Reynolds to extradition from South Africa.

Reynolds has pleaded not guilty on a misdemeanor charge of failing to file income tax returns from 2009 to 2012.

This isn’t Reynolds’ first legal predicament.

A Harvard graduate and a Rhodes Scholar, Reynolds resigned from his AP photo 2nd Congressional District seat in 1995 Former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds talks on his cellphone July 30 as he leaves federal court in after being convicted of statutory rape for having sex with a 16-year-old camChicago after pleading not guilty to federal tax charges. paign worker. Later, he was convicted understanding.” day,” wrote Reynolds, a Chicago Dem- in federal court for concealing debts “Maybe another parent could walk ocrat. “I need to stay here with my to obtain bank loans and diverting away from their child now, but I can’t, daughter for the time being to help her money intended for voter registration that is why I will not be in Chicago to- through this extremely critical time in drives into his election campaign.

The lookalike included a jar with liquid, an aerosol can, wires, timing device and dog toys that resembled dynamite sticks and were labeled “dynamite,” officials said.

Peoria County Sheriff Mike McCoy told the (Peoria) Journal Star the woman was on a flight to Dallas.

“The woman was saying everything was all right,” McCoy said, but added that anyone who saw the luggage “would be suspicious.”

The airport was reopened after security officials determined it wasn’t an explosive device, Olson said. About a half-dozen flights were affected, he said.

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Police union hires officer accused in teen’s death

CHICAGO – A white Chicago police officer charged with murder in the shooting of a black teenager has been hired to work as a janitor for the city’s police union as he awaits trial, the union president said Thursday, prompting protests.

Dean Angelo, president of the Fraternal Order of Police Chicago, said the union hired Jason Van Dyke about three weeks ago. Van Dyke is accused of shooting 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times

in 2014. The shooting was captured on squad-car video and has prompted investigations, including a federal civil rights probe of the Chicago Police Department. Van Dyke has been suspended from the department without pay.

The union would do the same for any Chicago officer and have hired dozens of people who are in no-pay status, Angelo said.

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Man exonerated of murders charged with battery

CHICAGO – A man who was awarded $10 million by the city of Chicago in 2013 after spending 25 years in prison for a double murder he didn’t commit is charged with aggravated battery.

The Chicago Tribune reported 50-yearold Eric Caine is held without bond after being arrested Sunday at his Riverside home. It wasn’t immediately known if Caine has legal representation.

Police said they responded to reports of a disturbance at Caine’s home and found two men battered and bleeding outside the residence. The men told police Caine attacked them after “words were exchanged.”

Police said the men were treated for

their injuries at a hospital.

Caine’s conviction in the 1986 slayings of Vincent and Rafaela Sanchez was largely based on a confession made after he was physically abused by Chicago detectives.

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Churches becoming targets for thieves

WAUKEGAN – Suburban Chicago police said the fact that churches are soft targets might be behind a string of church burglaries and vandalism.

Waukegan police Cmdr. Joe Florip said Wednesday investigators don’t believe religion is a factor in the crime spree that began earlier this month.

Police said the first of four church burglaries occurred the evening of March 22 and was reported the next day. The three other churches were burglarized and vandalized Sunday evening. Stolen items included computers, printers, crucifixes, candlestick holders and cash.

Florip said the churches are open, inviting places and that likely made them desirable for those involved in the crimes.

Waukegan police said patrols will be increased around all religious venues.

– Wire reports

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RICHMOND, Va. – A gunman shot a Virginia state trooper Thursday at a busy bus terminal in the capital city of Richmond before he was shot dead by two other troopers, police said. Two civilians also were shot but were expected to recover.

The trooper’s injuries were life-threatening, said Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller.

Initially, state police had said in a news release that two troopers were taken to a hospital, but Geller later told reporters that only one had been hurt.

Geller said the civilians’ injuries were not life-threatening.

A small army of law enforcement officers in tactical gear and dozens of cruisers and emergency response vehicles flooded to the station, located in an area that includes a minor league baseball stadium and a variety of commercial establishments and restaurants.

Officials: U.S. considers easing ban to help Iran

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is considering easing financial restrictions that prohibit U.S. dollars from being used in transactions with Iran, U.S. officials said.

Angry lawmakers countered that Tehran would be getting

more than it deserves from last year’s nuclear accord.

While no final decision has been made, officials told The Associated Press the Treasury Department has prepared a general license permitting offshore financial institutions to access dollars for foreign currency trades in support of legitimate business with Iran, a practice that is currently illegal.

Several restrictions would apply, but the change could prove significant for Iran’s sanctions-battered economy.

California lawmakers OK statewide minimum wage

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California lawmakers on Thursday approved the nation’s highest statewide minimum wage of $15 an hour to take effect by 2022 after it was hailed by Democrats as an example to the nation as it struggles with a growing gap between rich and poor.

The legislation now goes to Gov. Jerry Brown, who said he will sign it into law Monday after previously working out the plan with labor unions.

Brown said the measure approved by the Legislature proves again that California can get things done and help people get ahead.

The state of New York was considering a similar move.

– Wire reports

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Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks at a campaign stop Wednesday in Appleton, Wis.

Trump stumbling on campaign trail in Wis. The ASSOCIATED PRESS MADISON, Wis. – Next Tuesday’s Wisconsin presidential primary is emerging as a crucial lifeline for Republicans desperate to stop Donald Trump’s march to their party’s nomination. One of his worst weeks of the 2016 campaign is colliding with a state already skeptical of his brash brand of politics.

A big loss for Trump in Wisconsin would greatly reduce his chances of securing the delegates he needs to clinch the GOP nomination before next July’s national convention. It also could offer new hope to rival Ted Cruz and outside groups that see Trump as a threat to the future of the Republican Party.

“I think the whole country is looking to Wisconsin right now to make a choice in this race, and I think the choice Wisconsin makes is going to have repercussions for a long time to come,” Cruz said Thursday in an interview with Milwaukee radio station WTMJ. Trump’s view is rosier for his own campaign: “If we win Wisconsin, it’s pretty much over.”

But almost nothing has gone right for him since Wisconsin stepped into the primary spotlight.

Even before he arrived, Trump was skewered in interviews with a trio of Wisconsin’s influential conservative talk radio hosts. On Tuesday, just hours before his first campaign stop, two-term Gov. Scott Walker threw his support behind Cruz, of Texas.

Much of the trouble that followed was of the Trump campaign’s own making. Corey Le-

wandowski, Trump’s campaign manager, got slapped with a charge of simple battery for an altercation with a reporter. Then Trump was forced to walk back his assertion that women should be punished for getting abortions, a comment that managed to unite both sides of the abortion debate in fierce opposition to his statement.

“As soon as he stepped foot in Wisconsin the mask finally came off,” said state Rep. Jim Steineke, the Republican majority leader in the Wisconsin Assembly. “Part of it is just the Wisconsin nice. We don’t take too kindly to people who act the way Donald Trump acts.”

GOP voter Linda Ruddy, a 48-year-old dental hygienist from Oshkosh, agreed.

“He’s rude. He’s arrogant. He’s a loose cannon. He’s insulting to women,” Ruddy said.

A poll run by Marquette University Law School has shown Trump holding steady at around 30 percent in Wisconsin, a level of support that gave him a lead in the state last month. But the latest survey released this week showed Cruz surging past the real estate mogul, topping him by 10 points.

“Everybody is going to want to write that he got taken down,” Cruz’s campaign manager Jeff Roe said of Trump. “The fact is he didn’t get taken down. The fact is that we’re consolidating.”

If Cruz sweeps all the delegates in Wisconsin, Trump will need to win 57 percent of the remaining delegates in other states to collect the 1,237 he needs to clinch the nomination.

So far, he has won 48 percent of all delegates awarded.

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Chicago teachers to strike for one day

By SARA BURNETT

The Associated Press

CHICAGO – Thousands of Chicago teachers plan to walk off the job for one day on Friday, shutting down schools in the nation’s third-largest district in what could be an early glimpse of a more prolonged strike still to come.

Some 27,000 Chicago Teachers Union members have been working without a contract since June. They’ve overwhelmingly authorized an open-ended strike like the one that closed schools for more than a week in 2012, although that would still be weeks away.

The union and its allies say Friday’s action is an attempt to draw attention to their fight for a new contract and better funding for a school district “on the verge of financial collapse.”

Here are answers to some questions about Friday’s action, and what could happen next.

Members of the Chicago Teachers Union cheer during President Karen Lewis’ speech at a news conference March 23 in Chicago.

The Chicago Teachers Union approved a one day walkout to occur Friday.

Why a one-day strike now?

Officially, the union says it’s protesting an unfair labor practice after CPS announced in August that it would no longer pay salary increases based on length of service or educational attainment. Union President Karen Lewis says members also called for an action to protest CPS’ attempts to make teachers pay more toward their pensions.

The walkout also comes shortly after schools CEO Forrest Claypool announced teachers and staff must take three furlough days to help CPS, which faces a $1.1 billion budget deficit, to manage cash flow.

But the overall theme of Friday’s action is much broader. Union members say they’ll never get a fair contract unless the district has additional revenue, and they blame Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner and other officials for a multibillion-dollar budget crisis that’s led to steep cuts.

They’re trying to pressure Rauner and other lawmakers, who nearly 10

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months into the fiscal year have yet to agree on a state budget, to increase education funding. The union also wants Emanuel to consider new options for generating funds, such as a tax on financial transactions that occur in the city.

Teachers’ pension funds are severely underfunded, and the district’s financial mess is due largely to steep increases in the annual payments.

The earliest a strike over the contract could begin by law is May 30, and classes end on June 21. The union also Could a longer strike occur this year? would have the option of striking next It’s possible. The two sides have been September, if the two sides can’t reach bargaining for more than a year without an agreement during the summer. agreeing on a deal, and they’re currently in the midst of a “fact-finding” pro- Is the walkout legal? cess that’s considered the last stage of CPS and Rauner call the one-day contract negotiations. walkout an “illegal strike,” noting state In February, a union bargaining law says the union and the district must team rejected an offer that CPS said exhaust a series of steps before teachprovided pay raises and guaranteed job ers may strike over a contract, and that security and met other union demands. hasn’t happened yet.

CPS says rank-and-file teachers But union members balked at several pieces of the proposal, including a re- won’t be disciplined, but that anyone quirement that teachers contribute who walks out will not be paid for the more toward pension costs and health day. Claypool also said Thursday that coverage.

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WASHINGTON – In the face of mounting threats from North Korea, President Barack Obama on Thursday urged closer security ties among chief allies in Asia and increased cooperation with strategic rival China to discourage Pyongyang from further advances in nuclear weapons.

As world leaders gathered for a nuclear security summit, Obama first met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye.

Together, they warned North Korea would face even tougher sanctions and more isolation if provokes again with nuclear and missile tests.

Then Obama met Chinese President Xi Jinping and both called for North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. China also agreed to implement in full the latest economic restrictions imposed by the U.N. Security Council against Pyongyang.

More than 50 governments and international organizations are attending the two-day summit on preventing nuclear terrorism – the last in a series of global meetings Obama has championed on

interpreter.

As for their “disputes and disagreements,” the Chinese leader said the two sides could “seek active solutions through dialogue and consultation.”

North Korea’s fourth nuclear test in January, followed by a space a launch in February, have heralded more convergence among often-fractious powers in East Asia – at least on the need to press the government of Kim Jong Un toward disarming.

Japan and South Korea have persuasive reasons to get along. They both host U.S. forces and are both in range of North Korean missiles.

But their relations have been plagued by historical differences that date back to Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea in the first half of the 20th century and its military’s use of sex slaves during AP photo World War II. But those tensions have eased some.

President Barack Obama meets Thursday with South Korean President Park Geun-hye (left) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe during the Nuclear Security Summit in Abe said North Korea nuclear and missile capability is a “direct and grave Washington, D.C. threat” to them all. the issue. The risk posed by the Islamic stability of the region. President Xi and I “Should it choose to undertake yet State group tops this year’s agenda but are both committed to the denucleariza- another provocation, it is certain to find concerns about North Korea also are tion of the Korean Peninsula,” Obama itself facing even tougher sanctions and said at the start of his meeting with Xi. commanding focus. isolation,” Park said of Pyongyang.

“China and the U.S. have a responsi“Of great importance to both of us is Young leader Kim Jong Un also has North Korea’s pursuit of nuclear weap- bility to work together,” Xi said in his alienated the North’s traditional beneons, which threatens the security and comments made to reporters through an factor and main trading partner, China.

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OPINIONS

Dan McCaleb Editorial Director

Jason Schaumburg Editor

ANOTHER VIEW

Welcome to month 10 of no budget Last week, Gov. Bruce Rauner said he’s trying to arrange a face-to-face meeting with House Speaker Michael Madigan to discuss how to solve the state’s budget impasse.

So far, Madigan hasn’t responded to the offer.

Madigan, the all-powerful leader of the Democratic Party, may be thinking he holds the upper hand. Candidates backed by Madigan defeated Rauner-backed candidates in two primary elections.

The budget impasse enters its 10th month today. Although some believed there might be some progress once the primary election was over, there doesn’t seem to be much momentum toward resolving the stalemate.

That’s unfortunate, since the impasse is seriously harming the state’s economy. Not only are state agencies and those that depend on state funding suffering, but nearly every business in the state is feeling the effects of this fiasco. Businesses are understandably reluctant to make investments or add jobs without knowing the impact of an eventual budget solution.

The situation isn’t going to get any easier.

It’s estimated the state’s unpaid bill backlog will reach $10 billion by the end of June.

And the beginning of fiscal 2016-17 is just a little more than three months away. It’s possible, some say probable, that Illinois could enter its second year in a row without a workable budget.

Both sides have been irresponsible.

Early on, Rauner focused too much on anti-union rhetoric, allowing good ideas such as workers’ compensation reform and giving local governments more say in what can be bargained in contracts to become buried.

At the same time, Madigan and Democrats in the House and Senate have yet to propose a budget that is any way balanced. The General Assembly did pass a budget onto Rauner last spring, but it was at least $4 billion out of balance and included no tax or fee increases to make up the difference.

Until Madigan, Rauner and the rest of the General Assembly understand that this budget will require real solutions, and not politically expedient ones, the debacle will continue.

What’s needed is something that has been sorely lacking in Illinois government for years – statesmanship and leadership.

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The next U.S. president will have the opportunity to appoint (or reappoint) someone to one of the most powerful positions in the world: the chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve.

Yet voters still know far too little about how the leading presidential candidates would go about choosing.

As far as I can tell, none of the websites of the five leading candidates – Hillary Clinton, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Bernie Sanders or Donald Trump – offers any commentary on monetary policy or the Federal Reserve.

Other clues, such as an op-ed

by Sen. Sanders on structural reform of the Fed or Sen. Cruz’s support for a return to the gold standard, provide only a limited understanding of how they might approach selecting a Fed chair.

Hence, allow me to pose five questions all of the candidates should address: • The Fed has adopted an annual inflation target of 2 percent a year. Would you seek a chair who would want to change that monetary policy objective? If so, what kind of change?

• Neither the Fed nor Congress has quantified the Fed’s second monetary policy mandate – maximizing employment.

Would you want the next chair to change the central bank’s approach to this mandate? If so, how?

• The House of Representatives has passed a bill requiring the Fed to employ a mathematical formula in setting interest rates and to explain any deviations from it. Would you seek a Fed chair who agreed with this approach to monetary policy?

• During the 2007-09 global financial crisis, the Fed took many unprecedented steps to provide support to the financial

system. Would you be seeking a chair who would take a similarly interventionist approach in a crisis? More generally, how would your administration react to a financial crisis?

• The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 requires the president appoint a vice chair for supervision and regulation to the Fed’s Board of Governors. That position remains unfilled. Would you seek to fill it, or leave its responsibilities to the chair? In either case, how do you believe this job should be done?

Congress has granted the Fed a great deal of independence to pursue its various missions, but that independence doesn’t come without oversight and accountability, which elected officials exercise primarily by deciding who will chair the Fed. It’s thus crucial those officials – and above all anyone seeking the office of president – let the public know how they plan to do their job.

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To the Editor: A lot of people are not aware of the effective tax rate they are paying for their property taxes.

Please look at your tax bill this year (entire amount) and divide this number by your fair market value your house is assessed at. You will see, if you are in McHenry County, this number will be in the 3 percent to 4 percent range.

National average is about 1 percent to 2 percent.

We are at double or triple even the most expensive areas in the country. The issue is that because there are so many of units of government, we are taxed at incredibly high rates. The system is designed that it would be impossible to fight each one.

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To the Editor: I was not surprised when I saw in this newspaper the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Fire Protection District wants to have another referendum on the ballot in November to increase taxes.

VIEWS Albert Hunt bolstered or downsized.

Even some skeptics acknowledge its numbers are rather impressive.

About 20 million more Americans now have health insurance than before the law was enacted in 2010; in the last enrollment period on the health care exchanges, 12.7 million signed up, almost 40 percent were newcomers. The expansion of Medicaid for the poor is making a mark.

Millions of Americans with pre-existing conditions no longer can be denied coverage; kids can stay on their parents’ plans until age 26, and health care inflation is the lowest in years.

Burwell, in an interview, noted there are a lot of less-known successes, such as a sharp reduction in patient harm at hospitals. She acknowledged challenges, which she put in “three buckets”: reforming the health care delivery system to encourage quality, not quantity, of care; addressing a few places where markets still

It seems when a taxing entity wants a referendum for a tax increase, it will try over and over again no matter what the people are saying. No tax increase.

Yet when the taxpayer wants a referendum on the ballot, it is an uphill battle. The people wanted a referendum on this last ballot to reduce the number of townships in the county. Like our governor, we want less government. It never happened.

Now we have a new chairman of the County Board, and I challenge him to use his influence and power to put this referendum on the ballot and give the people a chance to speak.

Wally Gullang Huntley

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To the Editor: Frank Musial’s letter (“Illinois pension analogy,” March 18) was askew.

For more than 50 years, Illinois governors and legislators of both parties have shorted pension funds to pay state bills without raising taxes. The pension problem always has been one of revenue shortfall rather than overspending.

A couple of brave governors – Richard

are broken, such as Alaska; and making technical fixes so the law works a little better.

Critics find more. Premiums have soared this year in a number of states.

Congress, in a bipartisan move, postponed and is threatening to kill a few important provisions that could create budgetary and cost-control problems; 22 states where Republicans hold sway have refused the expansion of Medicaid coverage.

In the presidential campaign, the rhetoric still can get hot.

Texas Sen. Ted Cruz said the ACA is “the biggest job-killer in this country. Millions of Americans have lost their jobs.” Overall, from March 2010, when the law was enacted until today, the economy has added 13.7 million jobs.

But most Republicans insist they would keep popular provisions, such as guaranteeing coverage for people with pre-existing conditions. Gov. John Kasich embraced the ACA’s expansion of Medicaid in Ohio. The Republican front-runner, Donald Trump, has said he likes the mandate to get health insurance – the centerpiece of the ACA and chief target of

most conservative critics – and he wouldn’t let people “die sitting in the middle of the street.”

When speculation surfaced of a possible Trump-Kasich pairing, the conservative Weekly Standard lamented that it’d be “The Nightmare Ticket for Opponents of Obamacare.”

If Republicans win in November, however, even Trump would have to try to dismantle the law. The targets: the Medicaid expansion, the mandate (though with some replacement), and cutting subsidies. The problem would be that millions of newly insured would likely lose coverage, creating a political backlash.

If Hillary Clinton is elected, she also would espouse changes to buttress the ACA. The emphasis likely would be on cost controls. Last week, her daughter, Chelsea, vowed her mom would do something about the “crushing costs” of Obamacare.

The ACA may not play much of a role in the outcome of this presidential election, but the partisan controversy hasn’t gone away.

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Ogilvie (R) in 1969 and Pat Quinn (D) in 2010 – acted to address this shortfall. They raised taxes. They also were punished for their courage by losing re-election bids.

Musial wrote Illinoisans are being asked to pay the same bills a second time. Hardly. The bills – pension fund obligations – never were paid in the first place.

A day later, Victor Darst presented a case for electing a Republican president to go along with a Republican Congress (“Elect a Republican president,” March 19). The last time that happened (20012007) we got two unfunded wars of choice, two tax cuts for the wealthy and conditions that resulted in a Wall Street crash, a housing bubble and the Great

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Recession.

When Democrats controlled Congress and the White House (2009-2011), we got some Wall Street reforms, the Affordable Care Act, which gave 20 million people health insurance, and a stimulus bill that turned around the economy, created 16 million new jobs and dropped unemployment to 4.9 percent.

Finally, I want to thank David Thiessen, physics teacher extraordinaire, for clarifying how Einstein’s special and general theories of relativity relate speed and gravity to time. I had a “eureka” moment while reading his letter (“Discovery makes life worth living,” March 16).

Mark Wilcox Bull Valley

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No issue has aroused more partisan passion over the past six years than the Affordable Care Act. Yet the law is playing only a secondary role in the U.S. elections.

Sure, Republican presidential candidates cater to their base by vowing to repeal and replace Obamacare.

On the Democratic side, Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont promises to replace it with a government-run universal coverage system.

But it doesn’t dominate the dialogue and isn’t a top priority on either side. Among the most embattled Senate Republican incumbents, the campaign websites of New Hampshire’s Kelly Ayotte, Mark Kirk of Illinois or Ron Johnson of Wisconsin barely mention the ACA. An exception is Pat Toomey of Pennsylvania.

The explanation may be that for all its controversy and imperfections, the sweeping law has taken hold.

“This is in the fabric of the nation,” Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Mathews Burwell said.

To be sure, the presidential election outcome will be a determinant of whether Obamacare is reshaped,

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For some, leaving workforce continues years after retiring

By ADAM ALLINGTON The Associated Press

BOULDER, Colo. – The transition from employment to retirement used to be marked by a date on a calendar, along with some sheet cake, and a maybe a gold watch. Those days are long gone for most workers in the U.S. Today, the journey toward complete withdrawal from the labor force can last many years. Economists refer to the transition period as “bridge employment.” As more and more Americans either choose, or are forced, into bridge employment, the expectation of what retirement actually means is rapidly changing.

“We shouldn’t even use the word ‘retirement’ any more. It obscures more than it enlightens,” Boston College economist Joseph Quinn said.

Quinn’s research has shown that for many seniors today, retirement is not a one-time event, but rather a process. He attributes it to a changing economic picture that encourages more seniors to choose work over leisure.

Bridge jobs, Quinn said, “tend to be lower pay and less likely to have pension and health benefits, but since many people are taking these jobs voluntarily, they obviously provide some advantages – most likely flexible hours, since more than half of the bridge jobs are part-time.”

According to data from the University of Michigan’s Health and Retirement Study, roughly 6 out of 10 men and women of retirement age don’t plan to leave the labor force when they leave their full-time career jobs.

Factors leading to the appeal of bridge jobs include longer life expectancies and less physically demanding work, according to Quinn. His data also suggest the propensity to seek out bridge employment is highest at both ends of the wage spectrum, with blue-collar workers acting out of financial necessity, while wealthier workers think of it more as a lifestyle choice.

Laura Thompson drove a bus for 25 years in Detroit before retiring 16 years ago. “For a while I was completely retired,” Thompson said. “But eventually, I just felt like I still had it in me to do something, plus the extra income is nice too.”

These days Thompson keeps busy by working part time as a chef at a local homeless shelter. She said the decision was less about necessity, and more about a desire to help out. Still, she said it isn’t uncommon for retired bus drivers to keep working.

Gloria Adamson, 81, is seen March 12 in Boulder, Colo.

“Our pensions have already been cut by the city,” Thompson said, “I mean, I could probably scrape by without working, but I don’t want to do that, not if I can help it.”

A somewhat open question is whether bridge jobs are truly bridges to retirement or just another job change, perhaps one of many, in a seemingly unending working career.

“I don’t want to be too Pollyannaish about bridge jobs because part of this is likely a reaction to the erosion of retirement security in the U.S.,” said Monique Morrissey, an economist with Economic Policy Institute, a Washington-based think tank with ties to organized labor.

Morrissey said older Americans are facing a gradual erosion of retirement benefits. Specifically, she points to the transition to 401(k)s over defined-benefit pensions, as well as the eventual increase in the retirement age up to 67, a move she says amounts to an “across-the-board cut in benefits.”

The fact that bridge jobs occupy an increasing portion of the labor force suggests that wage income is an increasingly important part of retirement planning for many seniors. The traditional model of a retirement income is a “three-legged stool,” composed of Social Security, pensions and savings. However, an analysis of census data by the Social Security Administration found that since the mid-1980s,

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earnings as percentage of income has more than doubled and still is rising (for people 65 and older).

Gloria Adamson, 81, said she never planned to be working this late in life. “I simply have to work,” she said. “Retirement isn’t even in the picture, to tell you the truth.”

To cover her bills, Adamson started working as an adjunct professor in the Colorado community college system 13 years ago. According to a 2014 congressional report, most adjuncts receive no benefits, and often earn a fraction of what tenure-track faculty make. Therefore, Adamson says she was never able to build up much savings, or make adequate contributions to her pension.

For the past year, she has worked full time teaching writing and rhetoric to freshmen at the University of Colorado in Boulder, a job with better pay and benefits than what she got at the community college. She teaches three classes in addition to spending 10 hours a week tutoring students at the campus writing center.

Still, Adamson says she doesn’t feel cheated out of her retirement.

“I leaned a trick some time ago, that if I make my work important enough to me, I won’t have a lot of time to do other things,” she said, with a slight smile.

“I figure by the time I’m 100 I will be in better shape financially. I might think about retiring then.”

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McHenry County unemployment increased slightly in February to 6.5 percent compared with a year ago, as all 14 metro areas in Illinois saw unemployment rate increases in that span, according to state figures released Thursday.

More people throughout Illinois started looking for work, a change partially accounting for unemployment rate increases in most metro areas, officials from the Illinois Department of Employment Security said.

Locally, the county experienced a similar trend during February, with more employers posting jobs, encouraging underemployed workers and job seekers who may have given up to renew searches, said Jeffery Poynter, director of the Workforce Network Board in Woodstock.

“It doesn’t surprise me, and it doesn’t scare me,” Poynter said of the February unemployment rate. “Business comes, and business goes. I don’t see any big changes for us locally right now.”

The unemployment rate in McHenry

“Business comes, and business goes. I don’t see any big changes for us locally right now.”

Jeffery Poynter

Workforce Network Board director County increased less than a percentage point, going from 6.3 percent in February 2015 to 6.5 percent last month. In January, the county unemployment was 6.3 percent.

Labor force participation increased in February, totaling 168,381 people. To start the year, the county labor force totaled 166,146 in January, according to IDES figures. With more people in the job pool looking for work, the total number of unemployed residents consequently increased from 10,489 people in January to 11,003 last month.

A larger labor force likely drove the marginal unemployment rate increase in February, Poynter said, adding the coun-

ty last month didn’t see any major layoffs or cyclical employment changes.

“I attribute it to people coming back in the labor force because we are seeing a lot more demand for jobs,” he said.

Although all 14 metro areas in Illinois saw unemployment rates increase, eight of those areas added jobs in February compared with a year ago, while six areas recorded job losses in that span, IDES figures showed.

Overall, Illinois added 68,200 jobs in February, with most of the increase happening in the Chicago-Naperville-Arlington Heights metro area, which includes McHenry County. The region added 62,100 jobs in February from the same time a year ago.

Despite the job gains, IDES Director Jeff Mays continued Thursday to push for reforms, he said, are needed to turnaround a lackluster state economy.

“Illinois’ overall job growth rate remains among the slowest in the country and metro area unemployment rates continue to rise, even with an increase in jobs in February,” Mays said in statement.

GE asks U.S. to drop ‘too big to fail’ tag The ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK – General Electric Co. asked the U.S. to drop the “too big to fail” tag for GE Capital, saying that its financing operations are a shadow of what they were when the Federal Reserve placed it under strict oversight in the aftermath of the global economic crisis almost a decade ago.

The company has been in broad retreat over the past year from its financial ventures, largely because of the cost and risk of complying with boundaries set by the Federal Reserve. It’s shed billions in financial assets as it returns to its industrial roots.

GE Capital was listed a “systemically important financial institution,” by the Financial Stability Oversight Council following the financial collapse of 2008, a company deemed to be so large and entwined with the U.S. financial system that it could threaten the entire economy if it failed.

That, General Electric said Thursday, has changed.

GE Capital has reduced its assets by 52 percent to $265 billion, the company said Thursday. Financing receivables are down 74 percent to $72 billion. Loans secured by real estate are down 77 percent, GE said.

Loans to consumers are down 95 percent, from $72 billion to $4 billion. Those loans are down to zero in the U.S. On Wednesday, the company announced the $485 million sale of its GE Asset Management.

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A General Electric logo is displayed Jan. 16, 2014, at a store in Cranberry Township, Pa. General Electric said Thursday that the company has asked regulators to drop the “too big to fail” tag for its capital unit, a remnant of the financial crisis.

“We have completed over 80 percent of our projected asset reductions; exited leveraged lending and U.S. consumer lending; exited nearly all middle market lending; reduced real estate debt by more than 75 percent and real estate equity by 100 percent; and reduced outstanding commercial paper almost 90 percent,” GE Capital Chairman and CEO Keith Sherin said in a printed statement.

The Financial Stability Oversight Council is chaired by Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew. “As Secretary Lew has stated, there is a clear process for de-designation,” the Treasury said in a press release Thursday.

“Each year the Council carefully re-examines each of its previous designations, invites each company to meet in person with Council staff, and evaluates whether any changes at the company, or in its regulation or markets, justify a rescission of the designation.”

How fast it will act, with the U.S. still recovering from the worst financial downturn since the Great Depression, remains to be seen.

“Before the financial crisis, some of the largest, riskiest nonbank financial companies were not subject to adequate oversight,” the Council said in its release.

“Congress passed Wall Street Reform and created the Council to make the system safer and stronger by closing those regulatory gaps and fostering accountability for the stability of the financial system as a whole.

The Council will continue to act within its authority to protect the U.S. economy.”

While it was unrelated, the GE request comes a day after MetLife, the largest U.S. insurance company, had the same SIFI designation tossed out by a federal judge.

It was a major legal victory for MetLife, which took the government to court more than a year ago.

In fighting the oversight, MetLife said that tougher requirements on life insurance companies would force the companies to raise the prices of their products, reduce the amount of risk they take on in selling their products, or stop offering some products altogether.

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ALGONQUIN – Art Van Furniture will open a 48,000-squarefoot store Friday in Algonquin, according to the Algonquin Commons website. Last fall, the Michigan-based furniture retail chain announced plans to open at the former Gordman’s, 1500 S. Randall Road, Algonquin. Representatives said the store would create 40 part- and full-time jobs. The company opened its 11th Chicago-area location last month in Glendale Heights. It operates more than 100 stores throughout Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio.

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LOS ANGELES – Jerry Seinfeld pioneered being funny in cars with “Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee.”

James Corden took it to another level with “Carpool Karaoke.” Now, Kevin Hart is going to go undercover as a Lyft driver.

That’s the premise of an original series being made by Hart’s production company and studio Lionsgate that was announced Thursday.

The show will be made available online through a video on demand service called “Laugh Out Loud.” The online channel will host all the content Hart makes outside movies and live tours.

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Douglas donating his film collection to NY museum

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David Bowie attends an awards show June 5, 2007, in New York. Artists honored Bowie on Thursday at a tribute concert at Carnegie Hall in New York. Bowie died Jan. 10 at age 69.

Musicians turn out for David Bowie tribute concerts NEW YORK – A sold-out Carnegie Hall audience joined a children’s chorus in a sing-along to David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” Thursday, a sweet end to a tribute concert that turned into a memorial through some bizarre timing.

Jakob Dylan, Michael Stipe, the Flaming Lips and Heart’s Ann Wilson were among the artists who joined Bowie’s former collaborator Tony Visconti and other musicians who had performed with the late rock star.

“God bless David Bowie,” Dylan said after performing the 1970s anthem “Heroes.”

Organizers of an annual benefit for music education that focuses on the work of a particular artist had decided last fall that Bowie would be featured for its 13th year. They publicly announced it in January – just hours before Bowie’s family said the rock star had died on Jan. 10. The concert sold out in two hours, demand so fierce that a second show was added for Friday at Radio City Music Hall. After Bowie died, so many artists who were invited to perform said they wanted to do it that organizers didn’t have enough room and had to turn some away, said Michael Dorf, who produced the show.

“We felt kind of awkward because we are usually so humbly grateful to anyone who wants to participate in this,” he said.

For much of the night, an enthusiastic, quick-to-its feet audience tried to will the performers into a better show than they gave. While some of Bowie’s bestknown work was featured, there was an equal amount of more obscure songs from his career.

Stipe, the former R.E.M. singer who now sports a flowing, grey beard and nose ring, sang a hushed version of “Ashes to Ashes” in duet with Karen Nelson.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Academy Award winner Michael Douglas is donating his personal collection of more than three dozen film prints to Rochester’s George Eastman Museum.

Officials at the photography museum located on the estate of Kodak’s founder said Thursday that the Douglas collection of 35 mm and 16 mm prints, 37 in all, includes more than 30 that he starred in or produced.

Museum Director Bruce Barnes said Douglas was inspired to make the donation after visiting Rochester last May to receive the George Eastman Award for his contributions to the film industry.

Douglas won an Oscar for best picture for producing 1975’s “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” and an Academy Award for best actor 1987’s “Wall Street.” Those two films are among the donated prints. Others include “The China Syndrome,” “Romancing the Stone” and “Traffic.”

Beyonce set to launch active wear line for women

NEW YORK – Beyonce is launching an active wear line for women this month.

The singer announced the 2016 spring/ summer collection Thursday called Ivy Park. It’s a collaboration with Sir Philip Green of the retail giant Arcadia Group. The collection will be available April 14.

Beyonce said in a statement that she lives

“in my work out clothes but I didn’t feel there was an athletic brand that spoke to me.” She said she wants the collection to “inspire women who understand that beauty is more than your physical appearance.”

Beyonce also launched IvyPark.com and released a video showing the pop star modeling the new clothes. Her daughter, Blue Ivy, also appears in the video.

The line will be available online and in Topshop stores, Nordstrom, Selfridges and others.

Film director supports moves toward gender parity

LOS ANGELES – The director of “Bridesmaids,” “Spy” and the upcoming “Ghostbusters” remake said he would add an equity clause to his future film contracts that requires gender-balanced casting of minor roles. Paul Feig said he supports such efforts to push the movie business toward gender parity.

“I think we need to set these things in stone so it forces everybody to think that way,” he told The Associated Press.

Feig was part of a panel discussion Wednesday night at the actors’ union Los Angeles headquarters about Hollywood’s gender bias.

The talk with actress Maria Bello, directors Caroline Suh and Tina Mabry, and University of Southern California professor Stacy L. Smith followed a screening of the short documentary “The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem.” The film’s title refers to the number of top movies directed by women over the past dozen years.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Actress Jane Powell (“Seven Brides for Seven Brothers”) is 87. Actress Debbie Reynolds is 84. Actor Don Hastings (“As the World Turns”) is 82. Actress Ali MacGraw is 77. Singer Rudolph Isley (Isley Brothers) is 77. Reggae singer Jimmy Cliff is 68. Keyboardist Billy Currie of Ultravox is 66. Actress Annette O’Toole (“Smallville”)

is 64. Rapper-actor Method Man is 45.

MSNBC host Rachel Maddow is 43. Actor Sam Huntington (“Superman Returns,” “Jungle 2 Jungle”) is 34. Actor Taran Killam (“12 Years a Slave,” “Saturday Night Live”) is 34. Singer Hillary Scott of Lady Antebellum is 30. Actor Asa Butterfield (“Hugo,” “Nanny McPhee Returns”) is 19.

By RYAN PHILLIPS

ATLANTA – The Georgia Aquarium opened a new exhibit Thursday that is sure to make a splash.

As part of the aquarium’s 10th anniversary celebration, it’s introducing 14 rescued California sea lions.

The sea lions come from California’s Marine Mammal Center, which put out a call for aid during a mass stranding of sea lions on beaches.

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Last year was a bad one for sea lions, said Will Elgar, director of the aquarium’s animal training for pinnipeds, the term for fin-footed marine mammals.

Hundreds of sea lions have been found starving on beaches, including pups abandoned by mothers venturing farther out to sea to forage for food.

“It could be El Nino or climate change, but one of the big things for us is over-fishing our sustainable resources, so we try to teach people to be seafood savvy,” he said.

Four young sea lions are among the aquarium’s new residents, and they’ve been working with trainers multiple times a day to prepare for their debut.

For the past two weeks, they’ve been

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Elgar said the staff envisions the show as a dynamic experience, aimed at using entertainment to help educate the audience about the animals they have put so much effort into saving.

The sea lions “are very curious and performing in front of cheering practice used to crowds, people and noise,” she gregarious, but charming and have audiences, said aquarium spokeswom- said. “We are feeling everything out great characteristics,” Elgar said. “This an Jessica Fontana. with the crowds from our standpoint, is the perfect setting to become aware of “These practices help to get them too.” just how amazing they are.”

Scout, a rescued California sea lion, and trainer Catrina Bloomquist wave to the crowd during a dress rehearsal Monday for a new exhibit opening at the Georgia Aquarium. The aquarium is in the midst of celebrating its 10th anniversary, and as part of the festivities, patrons will be introduced to the newest faces in Atlanta, a group of rescued California sea lions.

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The sea lion exhibit includes mature animals that were rescued years ago as well, including Nav, an 11-year-old sea lion that weighs in the neighborhood of 500 pounds. He may appear clumsy with his heavy wet fins flopping across the stage, but gasps from the audience soon follow when he breaks the water’s surface with the grace of an Olympic diver.

The veteran performer weighed just 60 to 80 pounds when he was rescued around a decade ago.

Nav lived at the Georgia Aquarium before, from 2005 to 2007, but he’s among 14 who’ve been arriving at the aquarium over the past six months.

While the group varies in age, none will be returned to the wild. Once a sea lion is rescued and tagged, if it’s found three times, it is classified as nonreleasable.

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Travel with a toddler

Lessons learned from vacationing with a baby in Puerto Rico

By AMBER HUNT • The Associated Press

Hunt Van Benschoten, 17 months old, drinks from a bottle as he stands in the water at a beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

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e were in paradise, surrounded by lush trees and waterfalls in El Yunque rainforest.

But the pint-sized traveler on my husband’s back was more concerned about our dwindling Goldfish supply than the marvels around us.

“Look, Hunt, a waterfall!” I pointed.

He responded by touching his pinched fingertips together and saying, “More, more, more.”

I slipped him another cracker and repeated our mantra that this trip would be good for him.

Seventeen months after my first son was born, my husband and I were itching to go abroad. We love travel and experiencing new cultures. And because we hope to instill that love in our offspring, we decided to bring him along.

Some friends and family were perplexed. “You know he won’t remember it, right?” they asked.

Sure, we knew. But we also knew what kids experience shapes their brains and futures, whether they remember those experiences or not.

And we knew we’d miss the bugger like crazy if we left him behind.

So we set some parameters. We wanted a spot that was affordable,

wouldn’t be a nightmare to fly to with a toddler, had plenty of kid-friendly attractions and would expose him to another language.

Puerto Rico fit the bill.

Our passports are colored with trips abroad, but we quickly realized we had to toss out all we thought we knew about traveling.

We no longer were a (somewhat) low-maintenance duo, sharing two carry-ons and one checked bag. No, this was a four carry-on, two-checked bag endeavor, plus a gate-checked kid carrier.

Necessities from previous trips – such as laptops and pro photo gear – were nixed to make room for baby supplies such as swim diapers. For photos and surfing the Web, we used our iPhones.

As with parenting in general, we prepared well on some fronts, but flubbed others altogether.

Things we did right: • We brought things to keep the tyke busy on the plane and beyond: books, crayons, paper and even annoying noisemakers we’d cursed relatives for giving us but which ultimately proved invaluable.

• We researched San Juan well enough to know a stroller would be a pain. We opted instead to bring a hik-

ing-style child carrier. This made our jaunt through the rainforest easy, and it was a great conversation-starter with locals. One woman literally stopped traffic to tell us how cool she thought it was.

• We got a two-room suite. It cost $50 more a night and felt strange for me – my first trips abroad were hostel-hopping budget fests. But having two rooms let us keep Hunt on his normal sleep schedule, while letting us talk, read and more between his bedtime and ours.

• We stuck with his nap schedule, too, by tackling one outing in the morning, then returning to the hotel for a noon break before going back out. That limited our itinerary, but we knew skipped naps would be a hell we preferred not to endure.

• We did things that weren’t kid-friendly such as San Juan’s historic forts and the Arecibo Observatory, just as we would have without him. We walked miles a day to see how people on the island live, and we shopped at a farmers market. When Hunt got impatient, one of us broke away with him and let the other finish the experience.

Things we did wrong: • We broke our don’t-disrupt-thebaby’s-routine rule by booking a late flight on the way home, and, oh, did we pay for it. While we managed to

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mostly shield fellow travelers from our anguish, my husband ended up with a shiner from a tiny, flailing fist during one particularly potent tantrum.

• We didn’t ask the hotel about noisy scheduled events. Big mistake. We loved our hotel but didn’t love the barstyle thumping on our second night.

• We occasionally expected our toddler not to be a toddler. We never overtly lost our cool when, say, Hunt threw himself on the ground for no apparent reason as we went to show him his first view of the ocean, but we did catch ourselves snapping at each other from the stress. What it taught us: Time-outs are good for adults, too.

But once he reached that beach, his eyes widened, his jaw dropped and he was more ecstatic than I’d ever seen him. He rushed to the water’s edge and stopped to let the waves lap his little feet, then reached willingly – for the first time ever – for my hand to guide him. I’d been studying Spanish for the trip, so when another little boy approached with toys, I was able to ask in Spanish if my son could play with him. The two played in the sand with no language barrier – toddlers don’t need words to understand meaning.

I don’t know if the trip was as good for Hunt as I’d hoped. But one thing is certain: It was good for me.

By ALICIA RANCILIO

Ericka Calcagno (center) with her daughter, Gina Binder, 12, and son, Jean-Luc Binder, 9, wear T-shirts from “The Walking Dead” at their home in Farmington Hills, Mich.

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me and my son bond. It’s because we both watch the show.’ And you know those adolescent years are tricky years for parents, and I was just so touched by that. I thought it was so beautiful that this show is functioning in that way.”

At what age kids can handle the gore varies by family.

The violence doesn’t bother Calcagno’s kids. Instead she says they

hypothesize what they would do to survive if zombies were hot on their trail.

Sue Thomas, a mother of three from Waukesha, Wisconsin, watches weekly with her two teens, who are 19 and 17. She’s decided her youngest can join in a few months when he turns 15, although he’s not happy about the wait.

“He makes sure we know how annoyed he is that we watch and he can’t yet.”

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ters. We have our favorites. It surprises me still that I’m that into it.”

Since TV’s invention, families have NEW YORK – Michelle Fiala says gathered around to watch shows such her 14-year-old daughter, Laura, is fine as “The Ed Sullivan Show,” “The Carol watching humans run for their lives Burnett Show,” “American Idol” and from snarling, flesh-eating zombies on now relatives are coming together to AMC’s “The Walking Dead,” but if one watch humans battle a zombie apocaof the characters on the show vomits, lypse on the hit AMC series. the teen has to look away.

Ericka Calcagno of Farmington “My youngest has a real thing about Hills, Michigan, looks forward to seeing people vomit,” she said in a watching the show with her 12-year-old recent interview from St. Louis. “She’s daughter, Gina, and son Jean-Luc, who got a real phobia about that. She’s total- is 9. ly fine when they’re stabbing zombies She said her husband first introin the head or there’s fake blood flying duced her to the series, and her kids or the zombies are eating people, but were intrigued by their conversations when [a character] Denise leaned over about it. and threw up. ... She had to turn away.

“I was a little skeptical at first if it She couldn’t handle that.” was too much, but we watched the first Fiala also watches the hit AMC season during the day. Since then, we show, airing its season six finale always watch together and discuss it Sunday, with her 16-year-old daughter constantly.”

Emma.

They’re spirited in their devotion The three discovered it on Netflix and have even have mastered makeup about a month ago and have binged to tricks to look like zombies (or “walkcatch up to real time. ers” as they’re called on the show).

“It’s so outside of what would be my “ ‘The Walking Dead’ is like the new usual genre for television,” said Fiala.

‘Family Ties,’ OK? It’s tying families “I came home from work one day, and together,” said actress and playwright my kids were sitting on the couch Danai Gurira, who plays Michonne on watching like, ‘You have to come watch the show. “The thing that’s touched me this!’ ” I was sucked in pretty immedithe most is when I’ve met mothers of ately. You get sucked in by the characadolescent sons who say, ‘This is how The Associated Press

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Technique relieves muscle tension Dear Dr. K: A friend mentioned something called the Alexander Technique, which is supposed to help relieve tension. Can you tell me more about it?

Dear Reader: I didn’t know much about the Alexander Technique until I received your question. So I did some homework. I consulted with Dr. Eva Selhub, who is an internal medicine doctor and clinical associate at the Benson-Henry Institute for Mind Body Medicine.

The Alexander Technique is named for a Shakespearean actor named Frederick Matthias Alexander. In the 1890s, he set out to discover why he often lost his voice when he performed. He realized onstage, he contracted the muscles in his upper body so strongly his entire posture changed. He wondered if his voice loss could result from his disrupted posture.

His guess turned out to be correct. When he was able to release the tension in his muscles with a variety of movements, his voice loss resolved. He also was able to change his habit of contracting his neck.

These discoveries have been codified into the Alexander Technique (AT). Today, AT teaches people how to let go of tension in the body. This enables the body to move with ease and minimal effort.

AT is used to treat a variety of conditions, from musculoskeletal pain and breathing problems to voice loss and sleep disorders. Many musicians, dancers, singers and actors use AT to help enhance their performance.

You don’t have to be a performer to benefit. For example, just using your smartphone frequently can cause problems that may benefit from the technique. Here’s what I mean: Your vertebrae were designed to support your head looking straight ahead. But if you constantly look down to check your smart-

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ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff phone, you continually are straining your large neck muscles. In contrast, you aren’t using your small neck muscles, which are meant to hold up your neck vertebrae. So your vertebrae lose their support. You end up with a stiff, painful neck.

AT can teach you how hold your phone and how to position your head. Ultimately, you will learn to re-establish better posture and ease in your body.

Research supports the use of AT to help treat neck and back pain. One recent study found AT lessons led to significant reductions in neck pain over 12 months, compared with usual care. Another study found AT lessons plus exercise helped relieve chronic or recurrent back pain more effectively than standard care or massage.

If you’re interested in AT lessons, the American Society for the Alexander Technique can help you find an instructor.

In addition, many complementary and alternative medicine practices have therapists familiar with the technique. If not, they usually can route you to people in your community who can help.

Some doctors have dismissed the Alexander Technique because they label it “alternative” medicine. However, other doctors have subjected it to scientific evaluation – and found it valuable. That’s the more reasonable and constructive approach to any medical practice, when a large number of people have found it has helped them.

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I’m thinking about wearing nice slacks and a collared shirt.

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Giuseppe Verdi, an Italian composer, said, “You may have the universe if I may have Italy.”

This week, we are looking at slam bidding. In Italy, it is considered the greatest crime of the game to miss a slam. If there is the faintest aroma of a slam wafting around the table, Italians will dabble their toes in the slam waters -- as South did in this deal from that European country.

After North made a game-invitational limit raise, South was optimistic in making any sort of slam suggestion. He had six losers (two spades, three hearts and one diamond), which suggested settling for game. (With only five losers, it would have been reasonable to make a control-bid.) Here, though, South, after making a four-club control-bid and hearing North cooperate with a four-diamond control-bid, signed off in four spades, announcing to partner, the opponents and the bartender that he did not have a heart control. As North lacked one as well, he passed.

West, not deaf to the auction, led the heart six. East won with his jack (bottom of touching honors when playing third hand high), cashed his ace and king, then led his last heart.

What should South have done?

Who had the spade queen? The clue was East’s initial pass. If he had the spade queen as well as all those heart honors, he surely would have opened the bidding. So South ruffed the fourth heart with his spade ace, then ran the spade jack through West. When the finesse worked, declarer took a second spade finesse, drew West’s last trump, and claimed.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS Provident Funding Associates, LP PLAINTIFF Vs. Evelyn Lindgren; Gregory Stanley Lindgren; The Springs at Crystal Lake, LLC; Island Lake Property Owners Association, Inc.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 15 CH 01210 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Gregory Stanley Lindgren Island Lake Property Owners Association, Inc. Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 3105 Pine Terrace Island Lake, IL 60042 and which said Mortgage was made by: Evelyn Lindgren the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Provident Funding Group, Inc., its successors and assigns, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document No. 2007R0047076; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court 2200 N. Seminary Woodstock, IL 60098 on or before April 25, 2016, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-15-17778 NOTE: This law firm is a debt collector.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, F/K/A THE BANK OF NEW YORK, AS TRUSTEE, ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF THE ALTERNATIVE LOAN TRUST 2007-23CB, PASS-THROUGH MORTGAGE SERIES CERTIFICATES, 2007-23CB, PLAINTIFF

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JEFFREY J. KECK; SANDRA KECK; WESTWOOD HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANTS 15 CH 1236 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, WESTWOOD HOMEOWNER'S ASSOCIATION; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 16 IN WESTWOOD UNIT ONE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 6, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JANUARY 11, 1978, AS DOCUMENT NO. 720264, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 1301 Moraine Drive, Woodstock, IL 60098 P.I.N.: 12-12-276-001 and which said mortgage was signed by JEFFREY J. KECK, SANDRA KECK, mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County as Document No. 2007R0044200 and re-recorded Document Number as 2015R0044772; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of McHenry County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in McHenry County at 2200 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098 on or before the April 25, 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Email: ilpleadings@johnsonblumberg.com Ph. 312-541-9710

Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 15 2363 I686681 (Published in the Northwest Herald March 25, 2016 April 1, 8, 2016)

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Representative: THOMAS FREEMAN 1803 KENNSINGTON LN CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 ERNESTINE FREEMAN 1803 KENNSINGTON LN CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 whose attorney is: SPAIN SPAIN & VARNET 33 N DEARBORN ST STE 2220 CHICAGO, IL 60602

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRClaims against the estate may CUIT COURT OF THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims OF Gage C. Kitowski not filed within three months from a Minor the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is latby Kayleigh C. Blackmore er, shall be barred.

Parent or Guardian Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the Case Number 16 MR 183 McHenry County Government CenPublic notice is hereby given that ter, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, on May 17th, 2016, at 9:00 a.m. Woodstock, Illinois, 60098, or with in courtroom 204, of the McHenry the representative, or both.

County Government Center there Copies of claims filed with the will be a hearing on my Petition Clerk must be mailed or delivered praying for the change of my mi- to the representative and to his atnor's name from Gage C. Kitowski torney within ten days after it has to that of Gage C. Blackmore pur- been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe to the Illinois suant Clerk of the Circuit Court Compiled Statutes on Change of Names.

(Published in the Northwest Herald Dated at Algonquin, Illinois, March April 1, 8, 15, 2016) 1172455 25th, 2016. /s/ Kayleigh C. Blackmore Petitioner Kayleigh C. Blackmore 320 Partridge Ct. Algonquin, IL 60102 224-848-1617

Case No. 16 PR 90 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of: PHILIP G DAVIS of: ALGONQUIN, IL Letters of office were issued on: 3/30/2016 to: Representitive: CHRISTINE J DAVIS 1657 CARY RD ALGONQUIN, IL 60102 whose attorney is: MCCOY & KULA 2615 3 OAKS RD. STE 2A1 CARY, IL 60013-6119

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PUBLIC NOTICE The McHenry County Mental Health Board, 620 Dakota St., Crystal Lake, IL is pleased to announce the publication of its 2015 Annual

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of RYAN M FREEMAN Deceased Case No. 16PR000079 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of: RYAN M FREEMAN of: CRYSTAL LAKE, IL Letters of office were issued on: 3/18/2016 to:

If you would like a hard copy of the annual report, have any questions, or would like more information regarding the McHenry County Mental Health Board, please call 815-455-2828.

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PUBLIC NOTICE Budget Hearing Notice The Seneca Township Board of Trustees will be meeting to conduct a hearing on the proposed budgets for the 2016-2017 fiscal year for the Seneca Township Road District and Town Fund. The hearing will take place on Tuesday, April 12, 2016, at 6:15 p.m. at the Seneca Township Building located at 16506 Garden Valley Road, Woodstock, Illinois. The proposed budgets are on display until the April 12th meeting. If you wish to see the proposed budget, please call Seneca Township Clerk, Dawn Seemann at 815-923-2457 to arrange a time to view them.

Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois, 60098, or with the representative, or both. Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must Dawn M. Seemann be mailed or delivered to the repre- Seneca Township Clerk sentiltive and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

(Published in the Northwest Herald on April 1, 2016) /s/ Katherine M. Keefe 1172762 Clerk of the Circuit Court

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STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of (Published in the Northwest Herald PHILIP G DAVIS April 1, 8, 15, 2016) 1173529 Deceased

public Report. Copies of the annual report are available online at www.mc708.org.

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at which time they will be publicly opened and read.

PUBLIC NOTICE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING Notice is Herby Given To the legal voters, residents of the Town of Seneca Township in the county of McHenry and the State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will take place on Tuesday, April 12, 2016 being the second Tuesday of the said month

at 6:30 P.M.

at the Seneca Township Building, 16506 Garden Valley Road, Woodstock, Il

Public Notice is hereby given that on March 21, 2016, a certificate A non-mandatory pre-bid meeting will be held Tuesday, April 12th, was filed in the Office of the County 2016 at 10:00 AM CT at the high school: Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postDundee-Crown High School - main office office address of all of the per1500 Kings Rd. sons owning, conducting and Carpentersville, IL 60110 transacting the business known as Any questions regarding this bid must be directed to: Community Unit School District #300 Diane C. White 2605 Bunker Hill Drive Algonquin, IL 60102 847-551-8460 diane.white@d300.org

for the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said town; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as may, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting.

Bid specifications will be available on Monday, April 4, 2016 after 10:00AM. To obtain bid specifications, please contact Bruce Batt at 847-551-8369 or via email at bruce.batt@d300.org

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PAYMENT BROKERS located at: 2413 W. Algonquin Road Algonquin, IL 60102 Dated March 18, 2016 /s/ Mary E. McClellan McHenry County Clerk (Published in the Northwest Herald March 25, 2016, April 1, 8, 2016) 1171086

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on March 31, 2016, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice address of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as

Public Notice is hereby given that STACY'S CLEANING SERVICE on March 24, 2016, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County located at: Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, 265 Farmhill Dr., setting forth the names and post- Algonquin IL 60102 office address of all of the perDated March 31, 2016 sons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as /s/ Mary E. McClellan McHenry County Clerk DOG OBEDIENCE BY GINA

located at: NOTICE TO BIDDERS 451 Tenby Way, The Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 300 is Algonquin, IL 60102 accepting sealed bids for: Dated March 24, 2016 Purchase and Installation of Scoreboards for Dundee-Crown High School /s/ Mary E. McClellan McHenry County Clerk Payment of Prevailing Wages is required for this project.

(Published in the Northwest Herald Sealed bids will be accepted until 2:00PM CT, Monday, April 25, April 1, 8, 15, 2016) 1173457 2016 at the District 300 Purchasing Office: ***** NEW LOCATION **** District 300 Purchasing Office 2605 Bunker Hill Dr. Algonquin, IL, 60102

public g annual budget and appropriation ordinance for FY 2016-17 on PUBLIC NOTICE Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 7 p.m. in the District Office, 515 ASSUMED NAME Plum Street, Lake in the Hills, IL PUBLICATION NOTICE 60156. A copy of the proposed ordinance is available for public Public Notice is hereby given that inspection in the District office. on March 18, 2016, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Theresa Sakas Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, Lake in the Hills Sanitary District setting forth the names and postoffice address of all of the per- (Published in the Northwest Herald sons owning, conducting and April 1, 2016) 1172868 transacting the business known as

INSURED SENIOR LIVING located at: 4608 Joyce Lane Mchenry IL 60050

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public hearing will be held before the Committee of the Whole of the Village of Cary, McHenry County, Illinois, located at 655 Village Hall Drive, Cary, Illinois 60013 on April 19, 2016 at 6:00 p.m. The purpose of the hearing is to consider the Petition of Itzel M. Quiroz Serrano for a variation to install a fence in an exterior side yard for the property commonly known as 152 Park Avenue, PIN 19-13-228-014.

Copies of the Petition are on file with the Village. Interested persons who wish to provide written testimony or documenary evidence to the Committee of the Whole may contact the Cary Community Development Department at (847) 6391100. The public is invited to attend and participate.

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Dated March 21, 2016 /s/ Mary E. McClellan McHenry County Clerk

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Notice is hereby given that the Pres(Published in the Northwest Herald ident and Board of Trustees of the March 25, 2016, April 1, 8, Lake in the Hills Sanitary District 2016) 1170990 will hold a public hearing on its

PUBLIC NOTICE Oak and Pine Retreat, Ltd. is a notfor-profit corporation. Its annual returns are available for public inspection during regular business hours by any citizen who requests it within 180 days after the date of this notice. The principal office is located at 10601 Bull Valley Dr, Woodstock, IL. The principal manager is Frank Karth. Tel #815338-8282.

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BOARDMAN & CLARK LLP /s/ James E. Bartzen State Bar No. 1003047 Attorneys for Plaintiff Richard Hayes Mailing Address: 1 South Pinckney Street, Suite 410 P.O. Box 927 Madison, Wisconsin 53701-0927 608-257-9521 608-283-1709 facsimile Northwest Herald April 1, 8, 15, 2016 1173481

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Notice is hereby given the following amounts must be received in cash or certified funds to the office of Schlegel Self Storage, 740 Washington St, Woodstock, IL 60098 or under the Illinois Self Storage Act the contents of the below listed unit will be considered abandoned and sold or disposed of in accordance (Published in the Northwest Herald with the law.

April 1, 2016) 1173501 Sale to be held on 4/15/16 at 9:00 A.M. Dennis C Pineda, 2 vehicles & Unit B084, $670.

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STATE OF WISCONSIN CIRCUIT COURT SAUK COUNTY RICHARD HAYNES 241 Redwing Drive Woodstock, IL 60098, Plaintiff, v.

DANIEL W. KERNES and CHRISTINE M. KERNES 3518 Larking Lane McHenry, IL 60050,

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE TO SUBDIVISIONS WITH NONDEDICATED ROADS WITHIN ALGONQUIN TOWNSHIP ROAD DISTRICT

SUBDIVISIONS eligible for receipt and expenditure of Motor Fuel Tax funds during the calendar year 2016 - 2017 for maintenance of CHRISTMAS MOUNTAIN GOLF non-dedicated roads established ESTATES PROPERTY OWNERS' prior to July 23, 1959, must make ASSOCIATION application in writing from a 140 Innisbrook Lane delegated representative to the Wisconsin Dells, WI 53965, Defendants.

Township Highway Commissioner on or before April 25, 2016.

Case No. 16 CV 074 Such expenditures are governed by Case Code: 30404 and 30301 the provision of Chapter 605 ILCS 5/6-701/8 of the Illinois Highway SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION Code.

THE STATE OF WISCONSIN, To defendants, Daniel W. Kernes (Published in the Northwest Herald and Christine M. Kernes: You are hereby notified that the on April 1, 2016) 1172904 plaintiff named above has filed a lawsuit or other legal action against you. Within 20 days after the first date of publication, April 1, 2016, you must respond with a written PUBLIC NOTICE demand for a copy of the Complaint. The demand must be sent or ASSUMED NAME delivered to the Court, whose adPUBLICATION NOTICE dress is c/o Clerk of Circuit Court, Sauk County Courthouse, P.O. Box 449, Baraboo, WI 53913-0449, Public Notice is hereby and to Attorney James E. Bartzen, given that on February 25, Boardman & Clark LLP, whose ad- 2016, a certificate was filed dress is 1 South Pinckney Street, in the Office of the County Suite 410, P.O. Box 927, Madi- Clerk of McHenry County, Illison, Wisconsin 53701-0927. You nois, setting forth the names may have an attorney help or and post-office address of represent you.

If you do not demand a copy of the all of the persons owning, Complaint within 20 days, the conducting and transacting Court may grant judgment against the business known as you for the award of money or ZOETIC FLIES other legal action requested in the Complaint, and you may lose your right to object to anything that located at: is or may be incorrect in the Com- 5518 SEQUOIA TRAIL plaint. A judgment may be en- CRYSTAL LAKE IL 60012 forced as provided by law. A judgment awarding money may beDated February 25, 2016 come a lien against any real estate you own now or in the future, and /s/ Mary E. McClellan may also be enforced by garnishCounty Clerk ment or seizure of property.

If you require the assistance of aux(Published in the Northwest iliary aids or services because of a disability, call (608) 355-3287 Herald March 4, 11, 18, 25, and ask for the Court ADA Coordi- 31, April 8, 2016) nator.

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Richmond-Burton’s Joey St. Pierre dribbles between Woodstock defenders Nick Kubiak (left) and Mason Sutter on Jan. 9, 2015, in Richmond. St. Pierre transferred to a school in Indiana after the 2014-15 season but will be back at R-B next season.

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College scouts’ eyes will be on R-B’s St. Pierre

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Tweet from last night Iowa State with @OladipoLere – @BigFella_25 (Huntley’s Laython Christian – at right – and Olalere Oladipo visiting Iowa State football) Follow our writers on Twitter: Joe Stevenson – @NWH_JoePrepZone Mike DeFabo – @MikeDeFabo Jon Styf – @jonstyf

What to watch NBA doubleheader, 7 p.m., 9:30 p.m., ESPN The Cleveland Cavaliers at the Atlanta Hawks followed by the Boston Celtics at the Golden State Warriors, who are going for win No. 69.

Ranking high Crystal Lake Central sophomore offensive tackle Wyatt Blake was ranked as the 147th best college football prospect in his class by 247sports.com on Thursday. Blake was ranked in the top 100 of the company’s initial Class of 2018 rankings and is one of three Illinois players in the rankings, along with Warren Township’s receiver Micah Jones and Mount Carmel defensive back Houston Griffith.

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Joey St. Pierre realizes what is at stake this spring and summer.

The 6-foot-10 Richmond-Burton junior has received attention from NCAA Division I college coaches for the past three years, but now it will intensify.

With his size and athletic ability, St. Pierre always has been ahead of the curve. Now, he’s playing a little catch-up. St. Pierre’s junior season was basically a wash, spending the first semester at La Lumiere, a prep school in La Porte, Indiana, then transferring back home for the second semester.

Junior years are often pivotal for aspiring NCAA Division I athletes, and although coaches knew about St. Pierre before, they will watch closely the next few months to see how he performs with his AAU team, the Illinois Wolves, and with R-B during its June schedule.

“I’m still hearing from some schools, but I kind of took a step back with what I did when I was homesick and all that,” St. Pierre said. “All my coaches on the Wolves are telling me, not to put pressure on me, but telling me how important it is that I do well and to just keep working. Having a good spring and summer is really crucial to my recruiting.”

St. Pierre is happy to be back home.

He has been working out with Namon Johnson, owner and head trainer at NJ Elite Performance in Spring Grove, and practicing for the last month with the Wolves’ 17U team, usually three times a week.

He also works on post moves at the gym at Your World Fitness on other days and runs hills at Glacial Park north of McHenry with his father, Joe, or with Johnson. He is uncertain what he weighs but is confident his fitness level is high.

“I’m just trying to lean out and put on muscle and become a lot faster and all that stuff,” St. Pierre said. “Which will come with three-hour practices and a ton of running.”

St. Pierre came back home before Christmas to stay. He started working with Johnson soon after that, usually with two hour-long training sessions a week.

“Joe doesn’t have as much baby fat on him as he did,” Johnson said. “He’s starting to tone up, he’s gaining muscle and he’s learning how to use that muscle and strength he’s gained over time.

The big thing is his mobility, he’s much

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Richmond-Burton’s Joey St. Pierre dunks against Woodstock on Jan. 9, 2015, in Richmond.

St. Pierre will play with the Illinois Wolves AAU team and R-B this summer. more mobile than he was, he was very stiff, which can be a huge hindrance for an athlete.”

Johnson said St. Pierre’s absence from half a basketball season is not necessarily a bad thing.

“Sometimes when you lose something or are put in a position to make tough decisions, we figure out and appreciate what we had before,” Johnson said. “That is one of the things that’s happened with Joe, which has taken his training and game to another level.

Now, he has that sense of appreciation for what he has had and what he’s in to gain.”

R-B does not know whether St. Pierre will be eligible to start the season or after the first semester next year. Rockets athletic director Pat Elder said, “We’re

following procedure per IHSA by-laws for his eligibility.”

St. Pierre is excited about getting back to play with his childhood friends.

Guards Blaine Bayer, Jake Kaufman and Jesse Hill-Male have extensive varsity experience, and the group rarely lost games in middle school.

St. Pierre will play with the Wolves until June, when AAU teams take a month off. He will play with R-B through June, then return to the Wolves for the rest of the summer.

“I’ve been talking a lot with Jake and Blaine and Jesse – we’re all really excited for it,” St. Pierre said. “Hopefully it’ll be a good year. This June we’ll get a taste of how it will be. It’s been a while since we all played together, but it should be good.”

COLLEGE BASEBALL: NORTHERN ILLINOIS

By MIKE DeFABO

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GIRLS SOCCER: SYCAMORE 5, DUNDEE-CROWN 0

D-C’s Gonio returns, faces flurry of shots Goalkeeper back after suffering concussion

By EDDIE CARIFIO

ecarifio@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Taylor Gonio was back in net for the first time in more than two weeks as the Dundee-Crown girls soccer team faced Sycamore on Thursday. The Spartans kept her busy.

Sycamore attacked the goal throughout the first half, dominated time of possession and topped the Chargers, 5-0.

“Every time we got a pass, our first pass was off,” D-C coach Sebastian Falinski said.

“It was either a turnover right away, or we’re diving in defensively. Lots of careless mistakes, and they just outworked us.”

Gonio was beaten on a penalty kick by Saydie Holland in the eighth minute after she had made four saves. In the 13th minute, Ella Holland scored for the Spartans (4-1), who did all their scoring in the first half.

“Maybe it was a little better effort, maybe

the girls came back from spring break mentally, I don’t know,” Falinski said.

The first chance for the Chargers (1-2) to score didn’t come until the 38th minute, when Samantha Christensen launched a free kick from just beyond the penalty area toward Sycamore keeper Amanda Cook – an Indiana University Purdue-Fort Wayne commit. But Cook deflected it and Anna Kieltyka corralled it for another shot, but again Cook knocked it away.

The Chargers had a couple of scoring opportunities in the last 5:10, but Christensen’s shot was headed away by a Sycamore defender, and Heily Ramirez missed the follow high over the net.

Gonio didn’t allow a goal in the second half in her first start since the season opener at Streamwood, a 2-1 win March 15.

“I thought there was a couple she could have had, but she’s coming back from a concussion,” Falinski said. “It was a good game to get her back into things.”

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Dundee-Crown goalkeeper Taylor Gonio makes a save as Sycamore’s Carley Kresge tries to follow the ball during the first half Thursday in Sycamore. D-C lost, 5-0. Kresge was called for a foul after she kicked the ball out of Gonio’s hands.

It takes a different type of athlete to close baseball games. With the game on the line in the final innings, each pitch is critical, every mistake magnified.

For Richmond-Burton graduate Ryne Blanton, it’s a perfect fit.

“I think it really matches my person- Ryne Blanton ality well,” Blanton said. “I’m a really upbeat guy, high-intensity guy.

I think that’s pretty perfect for coming in and closing.

There’s a lot of adrenaline pumping, but you’ve got to be able to come in and keep your composure.”

As Northern Illinois (6-18 overall, 2-1 Mid-America Conference) prepares for its home opener Friday against Miami (Ohio), Blanton is hoping for another opportunity to close.

In his first season at NIU, Blanton began the season as a starter after transferring from Madison Community College. But as the season has progressed, he was moved to the bullpen and recently earned the closing role.

The 6-foot-2, 195-pound junior has three saves in the past week and a half. Last weekend, Blanton picked up two saves to help the Huskies win a three-game series against Ohio, last season’s MAC champion.

“It was awesome to get a couple of the first ones under my belt, especially in conference play,” Blanton said. “That was huge for us as far as confidence goes. Our whole staff pitched very well.

We had some timely hitting.”

Blanton has been able to lean on the closing experience he gained at Madison Community College. Last season, he pitched primarily as a starter but moved to the bullpen to close games in the

postseason.

“As a closer, there’s really a different mindset you have to have,” Blanton said. “It’s up to you. You’ve got to make your pitches.

“It’s nice because you can use all you have. You can show everything right when you’re in; whereas, if you’re starting, you might want to save stuff for later in the game and not show it too early.”

Blanton said the transition from the Junior College level to Division I isn’t as steep for baseball as it might be for some other sports. He said the biggest difference is the consistency in lineups and in hitters.

In 172/3 innings of work in nine appearances, Blanton has surrendered 12 earned runs on 19 hits. He has struck out 11 and is holding opponents to a batting average of .257.

In his past three outings, Blanton has held opponents scoreless through 42/3 innings.

“At the JUCO, you can throw more fastballs and kind of get it in on the hands of guys,” he said. “But at the Division I level, it’s more about mixing speeds and spotting up on the outer half or inner half.”

The Huskies started the season by losing six in a row and 15 of their first 17. However, the start of MAC play presents a new opportunity to get back on track.

“From the beginning of fall, coach Mike Kunigonis has really preached to us that we’ve got to win the conference,” Blanton said.

“Obviously, we want to win the regular season. But the big thing is getting into the tournament and winning the conference tournament to get us into the postseason.

“Playing conference teams, you want to get the conference title. You play these teams every year. You’ve got to beat them. One off weekend can hurt you. You’ve got to be locked in, every day.”

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Inside Boys Tennis ATHLETE OF THE WEEK Michael Ptaszek Cary-Grove, so.

Ptaszek will be stepping into Cary-Grove’s No. 1 singles slot this season as a sophomore. He didn’t take long to make his mark.

Ptaszek went 3-0 to win the Bud Lachel Invitational on Saturday in Cary at No. 1 singles. His individual performance helped to propel the Trojans to a first-place team finish.

NORTHWEST HERALD POWER RANKINGS 1. Jacobs: The Golden Eagles return four state qualifiers from last year’s team and look to build off what was their best season finish at state (17th) in school history.

2. Prairie Ridge: The reigning Fox Valley Conference champions return state qualifiers Hayden Dzurisin and Patrick Nasta.

3. Cary-Grove: The Trojans won the Bud Lachel Invitational in Cary with three first-place finishes.

4. Crystal Lake Central (1-0): The Tigers won their first dual meet against Rockford Boylan on March 22 and took second in Cary-Grove’s Bud Lachel Invitational.

5. Crystal Lake South: Nick Thome, South’s No. 1 singles player last season, missed almost his entire sophomore season with a knee injury. His return should help bolster the Gators’ lineup.

NOTEWORTHY Doubles or nothing: Jacobs’ Kendrick and Kerwin Chong remain the pair to beat at No. 1 doubles. But they could have some competition if an early trend continues.

In the early matches of the season, several doubles teams have quickly made their mark. Crystal Lake Central’s No. 1 doubles team (Ethan St. John and John Wallace) and No. 2 doubles team (Dev Brahmbhatt

Proud Sponsor of Athlete of the Week and Sam Lundgren) both took first at C-G’s invitational.

Later in the week, Huntley won three of its four doubles matches in Grayslake, including the No. 1 doubles team of Ben Cazel and Jack Soderwall.

Sophomore showdown: Ptaszek and Marian Central’s Ian Brzeski squared off at the Bud Lachel Invitational over the weekend. The two sophomores are two of the area’s youngest No. 1 singles players and also two of the more promising players.

Ptaszek won the match in straight sets, but that matchup is one to watch over the next three years.

THIS WEEK’S TOP MEETS Jacobs Invitational 9 a.m. Saturday at Jacobs and Hampshire The Golden Eagles will kick off a season filled with expectations by hosting an invitational with Barrington, York, Lake Zurich, Andrew, Fremd and Carmel. No. 1 and No. 2 singles and doubles will compete at Jacobs High School. No. 3 singles and doubles and No. 4 doubles will compete at Hampshire High School.

CL Central at Prairie Ridge 4 p.m. Monday Prairie Ridge will begin its defense of the Fox Valley Conference title against FVC Fox rival Crystal Lake Central.

Cary-Grove at McHenry 4:30 p.m. Thursday McHenry is hoping to be an improved team this season. The Warriors will get an early test when Cary-Grove comes to town.

– Mike DeFabo mdefabo@shawmedia.com

DB Bolden joins other ex-Broncos with Bears

By KEVIN FISHBAIN

kfishbain@chicagofootball.com For the fourth time this offseason, the Bears are bringing a former Bronco to Chicago to reunite with coach John Fox. Thursday they signed defensive back Omar Bolden to a one-year deal for the veteran’s minimum of $760,000, according to Troy Renck of the Denver Post.

The 27-year-old special-teams stalwart appeared in nine regular-season games last season and the playoff win over the Steelers.

He injured his knee in that divisional round and missed the rest of the postseason.

He had two special-teams tackles and a fumble recovery in coverage last season.

Bolden returned a punt 83 yards for a touchdown against the Colts and averaged 22.8 yards on his 15 kickoff returns.

In 2014, Bolden led the Broncos with nine tackles on special teams in addition to a fumble recovery. He played in all 16 games in 2012 and ’13 and then 15 games in ’14. Bolden has a 24.7-yard average on kickoff returns in his career. He was the primary kickoff returner in Denver for three of his four seasons.

At Arizona State, Bolden had two kickoff-return touchdowns. He had seven career interceptions in Tempe.

Bolden also will reunite with Jeff Rodgers, his special-teams coordinator in Denver. It’ll be a competitive third phase, as Ryan Pace has already re-signed core special-teamers Sherrick McManis, Jacquizz Rodgers and Chris Prosinski, and returners Marc Mariani and Deonte Thompson. Bolden will join Prosinski and Harold Jones-Quartey as backup safeties, and he has some cornerback abilities from his college days.

The Bears have signed three other former Broncos this offseason: long snapper Aaron Brewer, linebacker Danny Trevathan and guard/center Manny Ramirez.

Guard Larsen signs: The Bears are going back-to-back in adding veteran interior of-

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Former Denver Broncos strong safety Omar Bolden signed Thursday with the Bears. He joins three other former Broncos who played in Denver under Bears coach John Fox to sign with the Bears this offseason. fensive linemen.

One day after they inked Ramirez to a one-year deal, the Bears added Ted Larsen to the roster on a one-year deal. Per ESPN’s Adam Caplan, the contract is worth up to $2.4 million with playing time bonuses.

Larsen, who turns 29 in June, spent the past two seasons with the Cardinals. He started the first three games of the season last year at left guard for the injured Mike Iupati. He then started the final seven games of the season at right guard, and the two playoff games, taking the job from Jonathan Cooper.

In 2014, Larsen started all 16 games and the playoff game for Arizona at right guard.

From 2010-13, Larsen appeared in 60 games for the Buccaneers with 31 starts. In his career, the 6-foot-2, 305-pounder has 57 career regular-season starts.

Ramirez, the former Lion and Bronco, can play guard or center and may be the veteran center to compete with last year’s thirdround pick Hroniss Grasu. Larsen would be slotted behind starting guards Kyle Long and Matt Slauson.

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Six-run rally with no outs in 7th gives CLS baseball win NORTHWEST HERALD

Cam Geisser’s RBI single, scoring Griffin Bright, closed the rally.

The Crystal Lake South baseball Bright, Michael Humphrey and Kory team rallied for six runs without an Olsen had RBI singles in the final inout in the bottom of the seventh in- ning, while Tyler Carlson got an RBI ning Thursday to beat Murphysboro, for his bases-loaded walk.

Olsen finished 2 for 2 with two 11-10, in a game at Rent One Ballpark RBIs and three runs scored. Michael in downstate Marion.

Swiatly was 2 for 2 with two RBIs, Bright was 2 for 4 with two RBIs and two runs, Geisser and Wolski were 2 for 4 and Humphrey was 2 for 5 for the Gators (5-0).

Keeton Ryza picked up with win for South, striking out two while throwing the final two innings.

GIRLS SOCCER Cary-Grove 2, Lake Park 0: A t

Roselle, Natalie Bethers and Carli Petersen scored as the Trojans (2-1) defeated Lake Park in the Lake Park Invitational.

Alex Airhart assisted on Bethers’ goal, and Miranda Malone had a save.

BULLS 103, ROCKETS 100

Pacers’ lead slips to 1 game for 8th, final playoff spot

By JOE COWLEY

jcowley@suntimes.com

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The Bulls’ Bobby Portis (left) and the Rockets’ Trevor Ariza vie for control of the ball during the first half Thursday in Houston. The Bulls won, 103-101. in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and owning the tiebreaker.

“Obviously, it’s huge,” coach Fred Hoiberg said of what happened in Houston. “The great thing was we kept fighting rather than putting our heads down, and found a way to regain control. That was a great effort by our guys. A lot more fight from our guys.”

And a lot more fight needed.

The Bulls started the night without Taj Gibson (fractured rib), and then lost

Derrick Rose by halftime, as his injured left elbow didn’t even allow him to take a shot.

“You could just see,” Hoiberg said of Rose. “He was playing with one arm out there, so I kind of made the decision for him. I just said, ‘Derrick, it’s not worth it.’ So we sat him the second half.”

It was the first time Rose started a game and didn’t score.

“Tried to just give it my all when I was out there, but it was sore,” Rose

BULLS NOTES

Hoiberg says he hasn’t heard Butler trade talk

By JOE COWLEY

jcowley@suntimes.com HOUSTON – Underachievement and trade speculation go hand in hand in the NBA. The Bulls continued to find that out this week, as there was yet another national report that opposing teams would again try to make a run at Jimmy Butler this offseason, sensing the relationship between the two-time AllStar and coach Fred Hoiberg was damaged.

That all seemed news to Hoiberg on Thursday, who reiterated Butler’s importance to the franchise moving forward, and called the idea about their relationship being rocky “completely false.”

“That’s not the reality at all,” Hoiberg said. “Again, Jimmy and I

have a very good relationship. Obviously, I have a lot of trust in Jimmy, putting the ball in his hands late in games to help us go out and finish games. I communicate with Jimmy as much as anyone on this team, and again, I think very highly of him for what he’s done with his game over the course Jimmy Butler of his career. I’ve always been a fan of his, and again, yeah, completely false.”

Butler publicly criticized Hoiberg in December, letting it be known he needed to coach harder and hold players more accountable, but the two have worked on the relationship. Although sources have indicated it is by no means perfect, it has improved.

From a talent standpoint, although the Bulls are expected to be prepared to move on from Pau Gasol and Joakim Noah in free agency, the goal is to keep the starting backcourt intact. Obviously, a megadeal could change all that for either Butler or Derrick Rose, but Hoiberg sounded like a coach who has Butler in the core moving forward.

“Well, I haven’t heard anything about that,” Hoiberg said of the Butler talk. “I obviously think the world of [Butler] for how hard he pushes himself and how much he just has improved his game over the years with his work ethic. I think that rubs off on the other guys. So Jimmy is absolutely a very important part to this team.”

Hoiberg also revealed that while Butler was still recovering from the left knee injury that cost him over a month, he’s also dealing with back and

other leg injuries.

“He’s out there fighting through it, battling through it,” Hoiberg said. “He understands everything that’s at stake right now. He’s not going to leave his teammates out to dry.”

Good news on Gasol: Although Gasol’s right knee issues aren’t going away anytime soon, there has been improvement. That’s why the veteran’s minutes have increased the past few games.

“He’s beat up,” Hoiberg said of Gasol. “But he’s getting better. The knee doesn’t swell up like it was initially after the injury occurred. We’ve upped his minutes. I think he’s been more effective now that we’re playing him for 10 consecutive minutes as opposed to five or six when he initially came back.

I’d say Pau feels good but he’s nowhere near 100 percent.”

• Friday, April 1, 2016

HOUSTON – Thanks, Indiana Pacers.

The Bulls started the week needing help, and the neighbors from the south have been more than accommodating.

First, they welcomed the Bulls into their own home Tuesday, falling apart in the final quarter to let the visiting team pull out the dramatic win.

Then came Thursday night.

The Pacers were blown out at home

by Orlando, while the Bulls overcame a 14-point third-quarter deficit in Houston and held on to beat the Rockets, 103-100, at the Toyota Center.

“It’s big,” guard Jimmy Butler said of the past few games. “We want to win as many games as we can. Head into these playoffs.”

That’s just where these suddenly confident Bulls now feel like they’re headed.

The win over Houston, combined with Indiana’s continued meltdown, have the Bulls (38-37) one game behind the Pacers for that eighth and final spot

said.

Although Nikola Mirotic kept the Bulls hanging around in that first half, scoring 14 points in the second quarter alone, it was Butler who would have to shoulder the load late, taking over point guard duties and scoring 15 points, as well as handing out four assists in the final two quarters.

And although the Bulls tried to give the game away late, when Trevor Ariza missed what would have been a game-tying three at the horn, well, it was a confident group in the locker room afterward.

“I think all the guys want to win, of course,” Butler said of the new vibe being felt. “When we do hit adversity from here on out, I hope we know how to turn from it.”

That likely will be tested.

The Rose injury was bad enough, but missing Gibson might be just as big.

The veteran forward has emerged as a vocal leader the past few weeks, but even more importantly, one of the few Bulls players who has displayed that warrior mentality this team has sorely lacked.

Gibson revealed Thursday he suffered a rib fracture during the Orlando game, not only playing through the Magic game, but also playing against Atlanta and the first half of Indiana before the pain forced him to finally sit out.

“I’m doing it for my teammates,” Gibson said. “I believe in the good cause.”

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6 BLACKHAWKS

Replacing Keith will be team effort

By MARK LAZERUS

mlazerus@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Technically speaking, Trevor van Riemsdyk is replacing Duncan Keith in the lineup for however long his suspension lasts. He’ll be on the top pairing with Niklas Hjalmarsson, he’ll get extended minutes, he’ll see more time on special teams.

In reality, six or seven guys will be trying to fill those skates.

“It’ll be a group of us stepping up, it won’t be just one guy filling in for Duncs,” van Riemsdyk said. “He does too many special things and he’s too great of a player for one guy to come in and fill his void.”

Keith’s immediate future still is uncertain, as no date has yet been set for his hearing with the Department of Player Safety to discuss his stick-swinging incident Tuesday in Minnesota. He’s likely to be suspended for more than five games, meaning it’ll spill into the postseason. But exactly how many playoff games will he miss?

Will he appeal such a decision? And how will the Blackhawks manage without him?

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Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith likely will be suspended by the NHL after a recent stick-swining incident.

These are all questions for another day. As for Thursday, Keith declined to speak to reporters, leaving his teammates and coach to speak for him. It would be Keith’s third suspension in four years – he was banned five games for elbowing Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin in 2012, and he was banned one game for a similar stick-swinging incident against Los Angeles’ Jeff Carter during the 2013 Western Conference final.

Keith’s always played with an edge,

and he’s always had a short fuse. One memorable incident happened during training camp in 2013, when Keith – seemingly out of nowhere – snapped and absolutely pummeled a hapless Ben Smith during a meaningless scrimmage after the two battled for positioning in front of the net.

All three suspensions have come from retaliation plays.

Does that make Keith a dirty player?

Or does he simply need to do a better job of keeping his emotions in check?

Coach Joel Quenneville hemmed and hawed on the issue.

“We always talk about discipline as a team,” Quenneville said. “We feel we’re pretty strong in that area.

We deal with it the right way, and we feel going forward we have to be smart about how we play on the ice, how we react to different situations, and [make sure] we don’t hurt the team. … His competitiveness is part of what makes him a great player. I just think that being smart, and knowing the limit, is what we have to deal with.”

Michal Rozsival, who played a season-high 22:13 Tuesday in the wake of Keith’s ejection, stood by his team-

mate.

“Things happen in the game,” Rozsival said. “It’s a physical game, and I still don’t believe he was trying to hit him in the head. Sometimes you swing your stick, you try to slash a guy, but I still think he didn’t aim for his head.”

One thing is certain: Keith lost his composure, and it put the Hawks in a bad spot – and they weren’t in a great spot to begin with. But to a man, the Hawks pointed to their history of handling adversity, and of defying odds.

“It’s kind of the nature of this group,” Rozsival said. “I don’t know why. It’s just something that is in the guys, in the locker room. When times are tough, it seems like everybody is trying to elevate our game. That’s something this group has [done] before, so hopefully we can do it again.”

Notes: Goalie Corey Crawford (apparent head injury) still hasn’t skated, although Quenneville said “he’s really progressed well here” and could start skating this weekend. Marian Hossa is sick and will miss Friday’s game in Winnipeg. Artem Anisimov (lower body) and Brent Seabrook (sick) will return to the lineup.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL

Seniors make these Final Four teams special There was a stretch of Villanova’s Sweet 16 victory over Miami that was so good, so special … well, maybe you just had to be there. I was, and what the Wildcats’ Ryan Arcidiacono did to a very good Miami team over six-plus minutes of the first half took my breath away.

It started with a 3-pointer on his first shot of the night and ended with a three for Villanova’s first double-digit lead in a game it never trailed. In between, the 6-foot-3 point guard known as “Arch” took a smaller defender into the low post for a basket; pump-faked a different, taller defender into the air for an and-one; and converted a fast-break steal into a pair of free throws at the other end.

In a stretch of six-plus minutes that launched Villanova toward an Elite Eight upset of Kansas and the Final Four, Arcidiacono scored 13 points, got multiple teammates going with pinpoint assists – and defended like a bedlamite.

The same two words kept popping into my head: “Of course.” Arcidiacono had always been a good player, but now? Now, he was a four-year starter. A senior. A highly refined

VIEWS Steve Greenberg product of a full college career’s worth of development.

In this Year of the Senior in college basketball, it all made sense.

On the whole, the Final Four field – Villanova and Oklahoma on one side of the bracket, North Carolina and Syracuse on the other – makes a lot of sense.

Take Oklahoma, for example. What casual NCAA tournament fans know about the Sooners’ roster can be boiled down to two words: Buddy Hield. To be sure, Hield has been the unequaled star of the tournament.

But Hield – terrific as he is – isn’t the reason the Sooners are in Houston. The reason can be boiled down to a single number: 104.

Hield, a senior, has started all 104 of Oklahoma’s games over the last three seasons. But so have fellow seniors Isaiah Cousins and Ryan Spangler. So has junior Jordan Woodard. All four players average in double figures in

scoring – collectively, a shining example of what can happen when a good group of players and a good coaching staff spend more than one or two fleeting years together.

“We knew we had good-character guys in the recruiting process,” said OU coach Lon Kruger. “We knew they were from programs where expectations were high and the work ethic was good.

But, no, I don’t know if anyone could’ve projected this.”

It was much easier to project Kentucky’s recent runs to the Final Four, not to mention Duke’s 2015 national title, with parades of one-and-done mega-recruits on those rosters.

North Carolina has, as always, many former top-end recruits on its roster, but the key to winning it all for the favorite in Houston is the continued excellence of seniors Brice Johnson and Marcus Paige. Like Arcidiacono, Paige is a four-year starter at point guard.

Johnson, a dazzling forward, improved by leaps and bounds over his last couple of seasons – as Hield did, and Michigan State’s Denzel Valentine, and Kansas’ Perry Ellis, and Virginia’s Malcolm Brogdon.

“They have grown so much,” said UNC coach Roy Williams. “It’s one of the truly great things that I, as a coach, enjoy. That sounds corny and everything, but watching those kids mature and grow and develop over the four years has been a really, really neat deal.”

Even Syracuse, the surprise of the Final Four as a No. 10 seed, has a trio of seniors – guards Michael Gbinije and Trevor Cooney, and center DaJuan Coleman. Gbinije, much like Big Ten player of the year Valentine, entered college as more of a small forward but developed, not without difficulty, into a true lead guard and playmaker.

This tournament – this season, really – has had what one might call an old-school appeal. There won’t be a Jahlil Okafor or a Karl-Anthony Towns on the floor in Houston, but there will be plenty of seasoned quality.

There isn’t a darned thing wrong with that.

• Steve Greenberg covers college basketball for the Chicago Sun-Times.

Write to him at sgreenberg@suntimes. com.

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one of the most stubborn facts in American life. The Equal Pay Act was signed in 1963, and since then the gap has closed by less than a half-cent per year. Half a cent. That stubbornness was a chief motivation for U.S. team in filing their complaint. They are sick of this conversation. They are sick of this history.

“They are very aware, given their public pulpit, that they really have the ability to change the dialogue, not only in their sport but in other sports, and the workplace in general,” Kessler said.

“They would like to see if they can do something about it, and exercise the responsibility that comes Julie Foudy with their notoriety.”

There is a long tradition of activism on this issue on the women’s soccer team. They first began fighting it in 1996. That year, the U.S. federation promised the American men a bonus for every game they won in the Olympics.

It told the women, starring Hamm, they wouldn’t get a bonus unless they won the gold medal.

“We were getting paid essentially about 10 dollars a day,” remembered Foudy, a former team captain. “We were traveling so you couldn’t have a second job. The equation didn’t work; you couldn’t pay your rent.”

When they pushed for more bonuses to support the cost of living, a federation official told them not to be “greedy.”

“Their argument was, ‘Come on, sweetie, you should be happy you get to wear a USA jersey,’ ” Foudy said.

In 1999, the women were the adored World Cup champions, victors over China at the Rose Bowl in that now-legendary game, yet they made waitress pay, about $15,000. Entering the 2000 Sydney Olympics, they had to go on strike to negotiate a raise. When they proposed a two-month contract for $18,000, the federation’s counter-offer was $3,150 a month.

Less than $800 a week.

“We said, ‘Hey, you signed a $120 million contract with Nike, and we think we had a little to do with it,’ ” Foudy said.

They not only wanted better salaries for themselves, but better living conditions, and funding and staffing for the women’s youth program. They were tired of motels. There were times the federation didn’t even give them transportation: They had to take a Holiday Inn Express shuttle bus to one match.

Finally, they threatened to sit out the Olympics. Hamm gave them their lever-

age. She turned to Foudy and said, “You know, I’m OK with my career. If it ends here, I’m happy. How about you?” The federation realized they were serious.

By 2006, they had negotiated a contract that paid their players-in-residence decent annual salaries of $70,000. It seemed like a fortune.

The attitude of USSF is that it has done its part to foster women’s soccer over the past 30 years, and has increased pay steadily , and that’s true enough. The women on the national team are now well-compensated, by their old standards: Their base pay is $72,000 for a slate of 20 exhibition games, and they can make $75,000 or more in World Cup and other victory bonuses. There are also provisions for maternity leave and day care.

Yet what would have happened if they hadn’t demanded it?

Pay is not a stand-alone issue. The issue is what they are paid in comparison to men for identical work. And all you need to know about that can be summed up with one small fact: The women still fly coach; the men fly business class.

The 2015 women’s World Cup final was most-watched soccer game ever, men’s or women’s, on a U.S. network.

More Americans watched that game than the NBA Finals. The USSF enjoyed a $20-million increase in revenue in 2015, thanks to the women’s victory and a triumphant tour. Their own budget figures show they expect the women will bring in more revenue than the men this year, too, and again in 2017.

Yet Abby Wambach gets paid a fraction for winning gold what Clint Dempsey gets paid for losing in a first round.

It’s the direct comparison that stings.

Money is a measure of respect.

“There are no legitimate nondiscriminatory reasons for this gross disparity of wages, nor can it be explained away by any bona fide seniority, merit or incentive system or any other factor than sex,” their EEOC complaint reads.

The USSF’s official response to the complaint was that it was “disappointed” in the team. Disappointed.

“It’s like a statement a parent would make to a child,” Kessler said.

Well, guess what? The women are disappointed in the federation.

“I think they are saying, ‘I’m tired of this argument,’ ” Foudy said.

We all are.

• Sally Jenkins is a sports columnist for The Washington Post. Follow her on Twitter @sallyjenx.

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Alex Morgan is one of five players from the U.S. national team who have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination.

U.S. SOCCER

Women sue for equal pay

By ANNE M. PETERSON The Associated Press

Five stars from the World Cup-winning U.S. women’s national team have accused the U.S. Soccer Federation of wage discrimination in an action filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.

Alex Morgan, Carli Lloyd, Megan Rapinoe, Becky Sauerbrunn and Hope Solo maintain in the EEOC filing they are paid almost four times less than their counterparts on the U.S. men’s team.

“The numbers speak for themselves,” Solo said in the statement. “We are the best in the world, have three World Cup Championships, four Olympic Championships, and the USMNT get paid more just to show up than we get paid to win major championships.”

The union representing the players is involved in a legal dispute with U.S. Soccer over the terms of their collective bargaining agreement.

The federation filed a lawsuit this year seeking to clarify that its contract with the U.S. Women’s National Soccer Team Players Association runs through the Rio Olympics until Dec. 31. The union maintains the memorandum of understanding agreed to in 2013 can be terminated at any time. That case is pending.

• Friday, April 1, 2016

For decades now, the U.S. women’s national soccer team has made less money for better work. The players don’t just deserve equal pay. They deserve back pay – about 25 years’ worth. That’s how long they’ve been fighting the U.S. Soccer Federation over their inferior treatment.

Finally, they filed a federal discrimination complaint. You know what drove them to it? The USSF called them “irrational” for asking for a raise.

Since 1991, players from Mia Hamm and Julie Foudy to Carli Lloyd and Hope Solo have combined for three World Cup titles and four Olympic gold medals.

Last year the women’s team commanded a record-breaking TV audience of 25.4 million in the World Cup final, and they brought in significantly more domestic revenue than their male counterparts, who have been to just one quarterfinal in the past 50 years and have a hard time beating Jamaica. Yet the women earned just a fraction on the dollar. When they objected to this, it must have been a hormonal response.

On Thursday, their hired-gun labor lawyer Jeffrey Kessler filed a wage discrimination suit with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. Now we’ll see just how much they let their emotions run away with them.

“The USSF literally said, when the women asked for pay increases, that they were irrational,” Kessler said in a phone interview. “They have given this issue the back of their hand. These women have felt disrespected.”

The EEOC complaint feels like a turning point. A topic can sit in plain sight for years and no one works up much outrage about it, but then the right story comes along, and it hits a throbbing national nerve. Pay discrimination against such a decorated team, which has given the American public so much joy and so many iconic figures from Abby Wambach to Alex Morgan, may do that.

What this team’s chronic struggle for decently respectful pay shows is that gender bias is so baked into our culture that the discrepancy can’t be corrected by slow evolution, or friendly negotiation.

They’ve tried that. A shock to the system – the legal system – was required.

Women in this country make 78 cents on the dollar compared to men, and it’s worse for women of color: African-American women earn 64 cents and Latina women 56 cents. The pay gap persists across all races, education levels, geography, and occupations: The median income for a female journalist is 83 percent of her male colleague’s. The wage gap is

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8 WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING

Sox confident experience will pay

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN

dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

SAN DIEGO – The 2016 White Sox are a year older, and they are wiser.

Will they be better?

More veteran presence can’t hurt, and the Sox’s Opening Day roster has an influx of new guys with Jimmy Rollins, 37, Todd Frazier, 30 and Austin Jackson, 29 playing key roles.

The new catching tandem of Alex Avila, 29, and Dioner Navarro, 32, has 18 years of combined major league experience.

The entire pitching staff, save for 29-year-old Mat Latos taking Jeff Samardzija’s place in the starting rotation, is returning from 2015, each one supposedly a bit more savvy with another year of experience. The average age for Sox pitchers is 29.

Rollins, the former National League MVP shortstop who has been to the postseason six times in his career, may not be the player he was in his prime, but the Sox say they have more savvy, guile and baseball acumen at a position that demands it. Even Tyler Saladino, one of the young guys at 26, has been given high marks for his intuitiveness, positioning and decision-making since he was a rookie last year.

Tigers and Cubs postseasons, and Frazier played in the 2013 NLDS and the 2014 wild-card game with the Cincinnati Reds.

That type of experience is significant, Rollins said.

“I don’t know what it was like [in the Sox clubhouse] last year, but I hear we’re in a better place already,” he said, “and we have guys that have played on winning teams, and you need that. It’s important to have guys that know what it’s like to win.”

The Sox know what it’s like to lose, coming off three years in a row of bad records – 76-86 in 2015, 73-89 in 2014 and 63-99 in 2013. Since they won the World Series in 2005, they’ve made the playoffs once. And lost in the opening round.

AP file photo A losing culture crept in, and meaWhite Sox shortstop Jimmy Rollins makes sures were needed to snuff it out. a throw against the Los Angeles Angels “When you know what it’s like to during a spring training game March 24 in win,” Rollins said, “when someone or things are going the other way – when Glendale, Ariz. you’re not doing things that are conRollins said there is much to be said ducive to winning – it stands out and for players who “know how to win.” you make a correction because you Avila appeared in 34 postseason games know better. But if you’ve never been over four seasons with the Detroit in that situation, you’re just kind of Tigers, and Navarro has been to the like, ‘Well, maybe this is what it is.’ playoffs with three different teams. And I’ve been on both sides. We have Jackson played in 40 games over four players that want to win and that have

won, so if things start to go a little left, we can break the step.”

Manager Robin Ventura welcomes the culture change in the clubhouse, with Frazier replacing Conor Gillaspie at third base, the catchers replacing Tyler Flowers and Jackson moving Adam Eaton from center field to the corners.

Rollins adds an upgraded leadership element over Alexei Ramirez, as well.

“We have different people,” Ventura said. “There are different personalities and maybe a different vibe with the club because there are older, veteran, seasoned guys.

“Even though the coaching staff is trying to help the younger guys … the younger guys were trying to survive.

There was an element of [unproven players] trying to help your team win and everything, but at the same time they were trying to survive and stay in the big leagues. And that doesn’t always work.”

Veterans Rollins, Jackson, Avila et al have established themselves and made good livings. They just want to win now.

“These guys don’t have that [survival mode] going on in their brain, so it’s just an easier conversation, or with a drill or anything that’s going on, it happens quicker,” Ventura said.

WHITE SOX NOTES

Saladino shows power with simple approach at plate

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN

dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

SAN DIEGO – For a guy with a good-fielding, light-hitting reputation, Tyler Saladino packed a surprisingly good punch this spring. In 15 Cactus League games, the 26-year-old second-year infielder was 13 for 40 with five home runs, five doubles and 12 RBIs. Saladino, who hit 41 homers over six minor league seasons and four as a rookie in 2015, tied for the team lead with prospect Matt Davidson.

“I tried to simplify,” Saladino said of his approach to hitting this spring.

“Make it is simple as possible, keep things to a minimum so the necessary adjustments are more minor than anything huge. Stay within a small work area.”

Jimmy Rollins will start at shortstop on Opening Day and will play the most as long as his production is there, but Saladino will get plenty of

innings at short to keep the 37-year-old switch-hitter fresh. Rollins would be the Sox’s oldest Opening Day shortstop since Luke Appling, who was 42 in 1949.

Between Rollins (.341, four homers, 12 RBIs this spring) and Saladino, the Sox got eight home runs and 24 RBIs from their shortstops. That’s a lot Tyler Saladino of pop.

“He definitely can play,” Rollins said of Saladino. “He has some hands.

We call him ‘Emanski’ [after the instructional video master] out there, he does everything so fundamentally sound.”

Rollins, who has mentored top prospect Tim Anderson and Saladino in camp, said Saladino took to a suggestion about backhanding ground balls.

“And at the plate, he’s been swinging very well,” Rollins said. “He’s a

strong hitter. You can see it. When I punch him in the stomach, it’s like hitting bricks right now. I’m like, ‘Man, it must be nice to be young, all your muscles are still tight.’ He seems to have the confidence he can play here and that’s very big.”

Saladino, as California-chill as they come, took his good spring showing in stride.

“It’s good to have some good atbats,” Saladino said. “Spring is time to work on stuff, and nothing counts, but this is the time you can mentally treat it like it doesn’t count so you can just keep working on things. That’s where I’m at.”

This and that: Left-hander Carlos Rodon threw 108 pitches in a simulated game at the Sox’s spring training facility, his last extended tuneup for his first assignment in the Sox’s third game of the season Wednesday against the Athletics in Oakland.

• The Sox enjoyed a day off Thurs-

day before playing Friday (9:05 p.m.) and Saturday (3:05) exhibitions against the San Diego Padres at Petco Park.

Both games will be broadcast on 890AM. • Monday’s matchup featuring Chris Sale against the A’s Sonny Gray, will be the Sox’s first night season opener since 2006. Program alert: The game will star about 45 minutes after tip-off of the NCAA basketball championship game.

• Sale, who missed last season’s opener in Kansas City because of an off-field foot injury suffered early in spring training, is 2-0 with a 1.80 in two Opening Day starts.

• Projected opening day lineup: Adam Eaton RF, Rollins SS, Jose Abreu 1B, Todd Frazier 3B, Melky Cabrera LF, Avisail Garcia DH, Brett Lawrie 2B, Austin Jackson CF, Alex Avila C. • The Sox released minor leaguers Scott Hairston, Maikel Cleto and Steve Lombardozzi.

CUBS SPRING TRAINING

By GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com

AP photo

Cubs second baseman Ben Zobrist makes a diving stop before throwing the runner out at first base during an exhibition game against the Mets on Thursday in Las Vegas. ship Series last fall, the Mets scored as many runs in the clincher (eight) as the Zobrist/Heyward-less Cubs did in the whole series against a pitching staff headed by flame-throwing starters Matt Harvey, Noah Syndergaard, Jacob deGrom and Steven Matz.

Both starting pitchers in Thursday’s game were minor leaguers. Friday’s 3:05 p.m. game is a Game 4 pitching rematch between Matz and Jason Hammel.

“Our guys are really talented,” Mad-

don said of a mostly young position player group that returns four 2015 rookies.

“Our DNA’s been really to power the baseball; strikeouts are OK. But I’ve really made a push this camp for even our bigger guys to understand to make adaptations when you get into the count.”

The Cubs struck out 37 times against the Mets in the NLCS (compared to 30 combined hits and walks), with a .164 team average and .225 on-base percentage.

Reliever, 1st-pitch catcher Grimm his own man

By GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com

MESA, Ariz. – Brett Eldredge has four No. 1 country-music singles. He has a gold album. He’s won country music awards for best new artist and best song.

And somewhere among all those awards and accolades, on a shelf in his home, rests a baseball signed by Justin Grimm.

At least Grimm likes to think so.

“He just told me the other day he’s still got the ball sitting up on his shelf,” said Grimm, the Cubs’ charismatic, off-center reliever. “So, yeah, job well done.”

When he says job, he means it.

Baseballs autographed by Grimm are thought to be in the possession of celebrities across countless genres, on at least two continents, from Las Vegas to Manchester, England.

It’s all part of Grimm’s fascination with being the Cubs’ all-but-official catcher of ceremonial first pitches at home games, a job he has claimed as his and his only – never mind that it’s a job

other players in baseball typically want no part of.

“I can’t mess up a first pitch. That’s my goal,” said Grimm, who started doing it regularly as a favor to Cubs marketing man Jim Oboikowitch, who’s tasked with cajoling a player into doing it before each game.

Then Grimm started to enjoy it.

“You’re meeting a Justin Grimm lot of cool people,” said Grimm, who has caught – and signed balls for – not only Eldredge, one of his favorite music artists, but also for such luminaries as Wayne Newton (“the ambassador of Las Vegas himself”), “Criminal Minds” star Joe Montegna and legendary Manchester United manager and former player Bryan Robson.

“And it’s not just about the stars,” he said. “You’re meeting war veterans and all sorts of people. I caught a lady who was 100 years old last year. And she was able to let the ball go. I mean, that’s just awesome.

“It’s small things like that, that make it pretty cool.”

It’s that kind of off-beat perspective that makes Grimm one of the most unique personalities in the Cubs’ clubhouse – and probably doesn’t hurt when it comes to dealing with the heat of the brushfire moments manager Joe Maddon seems to reserve for him during games.

“Yeah, Grimm, he’s one of a kind,” Cubs bullpen mate Neil Ramirez said.

“I’ve been around him for five or six years now, since we played with each other in the Rangers’ organization. And he’s just a free spirit. Just a clown, man.

Just a goof. But a great kid, great heart.”

And great stuff.

Maddon calls Grimm his “middle-inning closer,” sending the right-hander into games with men on base 30 times last year.

Despite missing the first month of the season because of forearm inflammation last year, Grimm made 62 appearances, recorded a 1.99 ERA, and only nine National League pitchers faced more inherited runners than his 42. He performed

better than most by stranding 31 – and Ramirez credits the nature and personality for part of that.

“Grimm has a great ability to just not think too much and just go right at guys,” Ramirez said. “And he’s got awesome stuff. He’s got closer-type stuff with that fastball and curveball he has.”

Grimm – whose role might make him the most important, if easily overlooked, member of the Cubs’ bullpen – said Maddon’s confidence in putting him in those hot spots is a big part of his success.

“That, and I have no choice but to attack the hitter,” he said.

Someday that could lead to being the guy who throws the final pitch in games for the Cubs, Maddon said.

These days, it’s the first pitch that keeps him occupied enough that he has built a pregame routine around it: being ready in the dugout before anybody else, getting the adrenaline going as part of the pregame show in front of 40,000 fans.

“I’m not sure I want to be known for being the first-pitch catcher,” he said, his voice starting to trail off, “but you know what. …”

• Friday, April 1, 2016

LAS VEGAS – They’re not going to prove anything this week in Vegas.

But a Cubs lineup with Ben Zobrist and Jason Heyward holding down the first two spots Thursday against the Mets offered at least a glimpse of why the Cubs believe – and why Vegas odds-makers seem to agree – that they’re better equipped this year to handle the Mets’ electric young pitching staff.

“I think they help,” Cubs manager Joe Maddon said of the free-agent hitters the Cubs added over the winter. “I also want to believe it’s the natural progression of a young hitter to be able to work an at-bat and move the baseball in the latter part of the count and just naturally get better.”

As the Cubs and Mets faced each other Thursday for the first time since the Mets’ four-game playoff sweep, they ranked 1-2, respectively, on the local odds lists for the National League pennant. The Cubs, Giants and Mets are 1-23 among odds-makers to win the World Series.

The Cubs won Thursday’s exhibition game, 5-1. Zobrist had two hits, including an RBI single in the Cubs’ three-run fifth inning.

In the National League Champion-

The emphasis this spring that Maddon is talking about has been on twostrike approach, with Javy Baez’s dramatically cut-down swing later in counts this spring the most conspicuous example.

“To me that’s more a mental adjustment,” Maddon said. “Some of it’s physical, but most of it’s mental. So, yeah we are better suited with some additions, plus the guys that are here that I’d like to see continue to make improvements.”

Notes: Maddon said he talked to ace Jake Arrieta, who worked through a thumb blister over the past week, and the Cy Young winner is all clear for Monday’s opener.

• Light-hitting backup catcher David Ross had an impressive streak of four consecutive at-bats with an extra-base hit snapped in Thursday’s second inning when he struck out against Paul Sewald.

• Leadoff hitter Dexter Fowler (side) was out of the lineup for the fourth straight day Thursday. Maddon said he wanted to get him in a game before Monday’s opener, leaving him Friday and Sunday (vs. the Angels) to do that.

• Thursday’s Cubs starter, Ryan Williams, was struck on the foot by a Kevin Plawecki line drive leading off the third inning, but after getting checked he remained in the game and finished the inning.

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WHAT TO WATCH

NHL Blackhawks at Winnipeg, 7 p.m., CSN MLB, spring training Milwaukee at Houston, 1 p.m., MLB Boston vs. Toronto, at Montreal, 6 p.m., MLB Oakland at San Francisco, 9 p.m., MLB NBA Cleveland at Atlanta, 7 p.m., ESPN Boston at Golden State, 9:30 p.m., ESPN College baseball Texas at Oklahoma, 7 p.m., FS1 College basketball College Basketball Invitational, finals, Game 3, Morehead St. at Nevada, 7:30 p.m., ESPNU Auto racing NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, Alpha Energy Solutions 250, practice, at Ridgeway, Va., 9 a.m., FS1 NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, STP 500, practice, at Ridgeway, Va., 10 a.m., FS1 Formula 1, Bahrain Grand Prix, practice, at Sakhir, Bahrain, 10 a.m., NBCSN NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, Alpha Energy Solutions 250, practice, at Ridgeway, Va., 11:30 a.m., FS1 NASCAR, Camping World Truck Series, Alpha Energy Solutions 250, final practice,

at Ridgeway, Va., 2 p.m., FS1 NASCAR, Sprint Cup Series, STP 500, qualifying, at Ridgeway, Va., 3 p.m., FS1 Figure skating ISU World Championships, Pairs Short Program, at Boston, 2 p.m., NBCSN ISU World Championships, Men’s Free Skate, at Boston, 8 p.m., NBCSN High school basketball Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals, Boys first semifinal, at Queens, N.Y., 2 p.m., ESPN2 Dick’s Sporting Goods High School Nationals, Boys second semifinal, at Queens, N.Y., 4 p.m., ESPN2 Golf LPGA Tour, ANA Inspiration, second round, at Rancho Mirage, Calif., 11 a.m., TGC PGA Tour, Shell Houston Open, second round, at Humble, Texas, 3 p.m., TGC Soccer Bundesliga, VfL Wolfsburg at Bayer 04 Leverkusen, 1:20 p.m., FS2 Tennis ATP World Tour, Miami Open, men’s semifinal, at Key Biscayne, Fla., noon, ESPN2; 6 p.m., ESPN2

EASTERN CONFERENCE y-Cleveland x-Toronto x-Atlanta Miami Charlotte Boston Detroit Indiana Bulls Washington Orlando Milwaukee New York Brooklyn Philadelphia

W 53 50 45 43 43 43 40 39 ––– 38 36 32 31 30 21 9

L 22 24 31 31 31 32 35 36

Pct GB .707 — .676 2½ .592 8½ .581 9½ .581 9½ .573 10 .533 13 .520 14

37 39 43 44 46 54 66

.507 15 .480 17 .427 21 .413 22 .395 23½ .280 32 .120 44

WESTERN CONFERENCE

W L Pct 68 7 .907 63 12 .840 53 23 .697 47 28 .627 41 34 .547 40 36 .526 37 38 .493 37 38 .493 ––– Houston 37 39 .487 Denver 32 45 .416 Sacramento 30 45 .400 New Orleans 28 47 .373 Minnesota 25 50 .333 Phoenix 20 55 .267 L.A. Lakers 16 59 .213 x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division y-Golden State y-San Antonio y-Oklahoma City x-L.A. Clippers Memphis Portland Dallas Utah

GB — 5 15½ 21 27 28½ 31 31 31½ 37 38 40 43 48 52

Thursday’s Results Bulls 103, Houston 100 Cleveland 107, Brooklyn 87 Orlando 114, Indiana 94 New Orleans 101, Denver 95 Oklahoma City 119, L.A. Clippers 117 Portland 116, Boston 109 Friday’s Games Philadelphia at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 8 p.m.

Miami at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Boston at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Washington at Phoenix, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Detroit at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Indiana at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 8 p.m.

Miami at Portland, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Results Toronto 105, Atlanta 97 L.A. Clippers 99, Minnesota 79 Milwaukee 105, Phoenix 94 Denver 109, Memphis 105 San Antonio 100, New Orleans 92 Dallas 91, New York 89 Golden State 103, Utah 96, OT Sacramento 120, Washington 111 L.A. Lakers 102, Miami 100, OT

NHL

MLB

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Thursday’s Results Cubs 5, N.Y. Mets 1 Detroit 10, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 6 St. Louis 9, N.Y. Yankees (ss) 1 Pittsburgh 13, Tampa Bay 8 Minnesota 7, Boston 4 Cleveland 3, Cincinnati 1 Baltimore 6, Atlanta 1 Colorado 6, Arizona 3 Milwaukee 6, Houston 1 L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers (n) Oakland at San Francisco (n) Friday’s Games N.Y. Mets vs. Cubs at Las Vegas, 3:05 p.m.

White Sox at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Detroit at Lakeland, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Atlanta at Kissimmee, Fla., 12:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Philadelphia, 5:05 p.m.

Boston vs. Toronto at Montreal, 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

L.A. Angels at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Colorado vs. Seattle at Peoria, Ariz., 9:10 p.m.

Oakland at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Dallas 78 47 22 9 103 256 221 x-St. Louis 77 46 22 9 101 206 186 x-Hawks 77 44 26 7 95 213 192 Nashville 78 39 26 13 91 217 204 Minnesota 78 38 29 11 87 212 193 Colorado 77 39 34 4 82 205 218 Winnipeg 77 31 39 7 69 195 225 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA x-Los Angeles 77 46 26 5 97 211 180 x-Anaheim 76 43 23 10 96 204 181 x-San Jose 78 43 29 6 92 230 203 Arizona 77 34 36 7 75 200 230 Calgary 78 32 40 6 70 213 251 Vancouver 77 28 36 13 69 176 223 Edmonton 79 30 42 7 67 194 234 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Florida 77 43 25 9 95 221 191 Tampa Bay 77 44 28 5 93 214 185 Boston 77 40 29 8 88 223 209 Detroit 77 38 28 11 87 198 212 Ottawa 78 36 33 9 81 222 237 Montreal 78 36 36 6 78 208 224 Buffalo 78 32 35 11 75 189 211 Toronto 77 28 38 11 67 187 226 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA z-Washington 76 54 16 6 114 237 177 Pittsburgh 77 44 25 8 96 224 192 N.Y. Rangers 77 43 25 9 95 222 203 N.Y. Islanders 76 42 25 9 93 214 196 Philadelphia 76 38 25 13 89 198 200 Carolina 78 34 28 16 84 191 211 New Jersey 78 37 33 8 82 175 197 Columbus 77 30 39 8 68 198 241 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss; x-clinched playoff spot; z-clinched conference Thursday’s Results Buffalo 4, Toronto 1 N.Y. Islanders 4, Columbus 3 Pittsburgh 5, Nashville 2 Carolina 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Montreal 3, Tampa Bay 0 Florida 3, New Jersey 2 Ottawa 3, Minnesota 2 Dallas 4, Arizona 1 Los Angeles 3, Calgary 0 Vancouver 4, San Jose 2 Friday’s Games Blackhawks at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Washington at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Vancouver at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, noon Ottawa at Philadelphia, noon Dallas at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Carolina, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Washington at Arizona, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Results Philadelphia 2, Washington 1, SO Ottawa 2, Winnipeg 1 Anaheim 8, Calgary 3

PREPS SCHEDULE Friday Baseball: Woodstock North at Rockford Auburn, Crystal Lake South vs. Mt. Vernon at Rent One, 11 a.m., Maine South at Huntley, 1 p.m.; Dundee-Crown vs. United Township at Galesburg Streaks Invite, 3 p.m., Johnsburg at Tri-Valley, Prairie Ridge at Barrington, 4:30 p.m.; Softball: Rolling Meadows at Crystal Lake South, Hampshire at Elgin, Belvidere North at Jacobs, 4:30 p.m.; Huntley at DeKalb at Bandits Stadium, 8 p.m.; Marengo at Freeport Tournament, TBA Saturday Baseball: Richmond-Burton at Vernon Hills, Johnsburg at Bloomington Central Catholic, Prairie Ridge at Boylan (DH), Alden-Hebron at Brownstown Tournament, 10 a.m.; Huntley at South Elgin, Notre Dame at Jacobs, Belvidere at Woodstock (DH), 11 a.m.; Marian Central at Chicago Christian noon; Johnsburg at Lincoln, 12:30 p.m.; Woodstock North at Rockford Christian, 1 p.m.; Carmel at McHenry, 7 p.m.; Dundee-Crown at Galesburg Streaks Invite, TBA Softball: Crystal Lake South at Rockford East Tournament, Hampshire, Johnsburg, Marian Central at Rockford East Tournament, 8:30 a.m.; Alden-Hebron at Brownstown (DH), Hononegah at Huntley (DH), Harlem at Jacobs (DH), 10 a.m.; McHenry at Barrington Quad, 11 a.m.; Marengo at Freeport Tournament, TBA Girls Soccer: Crystal Lake Central at Marian Central, 10 a.m.; Huntley Invite, TBA Boys Tennis: Jacobs Invite, 9 a.m.

Badminton: McHenry at Aurora Invite, 8 a.m.

SPORTS BRIEFS American skater Gold leads after short program at worlds

No U.S. woman has even finished on the podium since Kimmie Meissner took gold and Sasha Cohen bronze in 2006. But at a home world championships, the Americans now have a chance at two medals with Ashley Wagner in fourth.

Gold scored 76.43 points, followed by Russian teens Anna Pogorilaya (73.98) and Evgenia Medvedeva (73.76) and Wagner (73.16).

BOSTON – A long program yet to come, Gracie Gold feels confident enough to declare that perhaps it’s time for the first world title by an American woman in a decade.

“We’re only halfway through, but I can kind of see the light at the end of the tunnel that maybe the drought is ending, which would be amazing,” Gold said after taking the lead in Thursday’s short program. Gold, George Washington beats Valpo to capture NIT championship a California resident, lived for a time in Illinois (in Springfield and Elk Grove Village).

NEW YORK – Kevin Larsen scored 18

points, Patricio Garino added 14 and fourth-seeded George Washington (28-10) set a school record for wins in a season with a dominant performance in the second half Thursday in a 76-60 win over Valparaiso (30-7) for the NIT championship.

Munoz, Miyazato tied for lead in first women’s major of season

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Azahara Munoz bogeyed the par-5 18th hole in breezy afternoon conditions Thursday at the ANA Inspiration to drop into a tie for the first-

round lead with Ai Miyazato.

Munoz and Miyazato shot 5-under 67 in the first major championship of the year.

Miyazato played in the morning session before the wind picked up at Mission Hills.

Hoffman starts strong at Shell Houston Open with 8-under 64

HOUSTON – Charley Hoffman birdied half the holes on the Golf Club of Houston course Thursday and had a single bogey to shoot an 8-under-par 64 and take the firstround lead of the Shell Houston Open.

– Wire reports

FOOTBALL

By RICK MAESE

The Washington Post

• Friday, April 1, 2016

Connections between concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy have been the subject of debate and discussion from Capitol Hill to the NFL’s Park Avenue offices in New York, but a new study suggests the mental, emotional and cognitive challenges faced by some former amateur football players aren’t solely attributable to concussions they suffered during their playing days.

The study, published Thursday afternoon in the Journal of Robert Stern Neurotrauma, found a correlation between the cumulative number of hits experienced by youth, high school and college football players and their later-life clinical outcomes. Researchers developed a metric that found the total number of hits to be a better predictor than concussion history of later-life depression, cognition and behavioral regulation.

“There has been a tremendous amount of growth in the last several years in the prevention, detection, and management of symptomatic concussions across all levels of play and all sports. That’s fantastic,” said Dr. Robert Stern, a professor of neurology at Boston University, director of clinical research at the school’s CTE Center and one of the paper’s co-authors. “The problem is that the focus on concussion has taken away from an appropriate discussion about the more common subconcussive trauma.”

Researchers warned that the new study encompassed a limited sample size – 93 men who played football in high school or college – and that further research is needed. They utilized previous studies that used accelerometers to tabulate the number of hits players endure in a season, then extrapolated that data to estimate the total exposure to repetitive head impacts that their study subjects faced, taking into consideration the number of seasons played, positions played and the level of play. They called this figure the Cumulative Head Impact Exposure Index (CHII).

The mean number of total impacts for the men in the study was 7,742, and those with a higher CHII figure reported higher instances of cognitive, mood and behavioral impairments. Results suggested the CHII figure served as a better predictor of these later-life issues than other metrics, such as concussion his-

tory, starting age of football career or length of career.

“We need to take very seriously the notion that hitting your head over and over again may have long-term consequences,” Stern said.

Researchers were able to identify a threshold for players, and continued exposure to head trauma after that threshold resulted in a dramatic increase in risk. Going from 6,500 cumulative hits, for example, to 12,000 “increased the risk for objective cognitive impairment by a considerable twenty-five fold,” according to the study.

“The number of hits that are found to serve as a threshold are not meant to be interpreted as, ‘Wow, I’ve reached that magic number, so I should stop,’ ” Stern said. “There is no magic single number for any given individual. There might be some people who have many, many times the number of hits and do just fine later in life. And there may be many people who have far fewer hits and experience significant problems later in life.”

While researchers warn against projecting the study’s thresholds on a larger population or any individual, cumulative head impact should be monitored more closely, Stern suggests, not unlike the way a baseball coach scrutinizes a young pitching arm.

“When you think about it, we count the number of pitches and we do all kinds of things as parents and as a society to protect the health and well-being of our children ... but then we drop our kids off at a football field and basically say, ‘Go ahead and hit your head as many times as you want,’ ” he said.

Although the new study is not focused on concussions or CTE, it is a further exploration of the cause-effect relationship between head trauma suffered on the football field and troubles experienced later in life, and that those issues aren’t restricted to the few who reach the NFL’s elite ranks.

“What we’ve been finding, it’s not just the concussions that ultimately put someone at risk for CTE,” Stern said. “It seems to be the overall exposure to brain trauma.”

A recent study by the Mayo Clinic published in the journal Acta Neuropathologica suggested that youth and young adults who participate in contact sports might be at an increased risk of developing CTE. Researchers examined more than 1,700 cases in the Mayo Clinic Brain Bank, and 1 in 3 of the 66 males who participated in contact sports when they were younger was found to have damaged brain tissue consistent with CTE.

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Borrowers are responsible for paying property taxes and homeowner’s insurance (which may be substantial). We do not establish an escrow account for disbursements of these payments. A set-aside account can be set up to pay taxes and insurance and may be required in some cases. Borrowers must occupy home as their primary residence and pay for ongoing maintenance; otherwise the loan becomes due and payable. The loan also becomes due and payable when the last borrower, or eligible non-borrowing surviving spouse, dies, sells the home, permanently moves out, defaults on taxes and insurance payments, or does not comply with the loan terms.

A reverse mortgage increases the principal mortgage loan amount and decreases home equity (it is a negative amortization loan). AAG works with other lenders and �nancial institutions that offer reverse mortgages. To process your request for a reverse mortgage, AAG may forward your contact information to such lenders for your consideration of reverse mortgage programs that they offer.

NMLS# 9392 (www.nmlsconsumeraccess.org). American Advisors Group (AAG) is headquartered at 3800 W. Chapman Ave., 3rd & 7th Floors, Orange CA, 92868. Illinois Residential Mortgage Licensee; Illinois Commissioner of Banks can be reached at 100 West Randolph, 9th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60601, (312) 814-4500.

These materials are not from HUD or FHA and were not approved by HUD or a government agency.