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STATE OF THE STATE

Local reaction to speech tepid Area legislators want more leadership from Quinn on pensions

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn threw himself behind a proposal Wednesday that would reform four of the state’s ailing pension systems in his State of the State address.

But state Rep. Robert Pritchard, RHinckley, was hoping for more leadership from the governor on the issues facing the state.

“It takes a follow-through as well

as bold ideas to get things done in Illinois,” Pritchard said.

He said he hoped Quinn would pressure the legislative leadership and other interested parties to pass a pension reform bill that would fit within the guidelines of the state constitution.

Quinn’s State of the State address – his fifth since taking office in 2009 – served a dual purpose of highlighting past accomplishments, and outlining priorities for the coming year. He deliv-

Voice your opinion What issue touched on in Gov. Quinn’s state of the state address was most important to you? Let us know at Daily-Chronicle.com.

ered the speech to the Legislature and executive officers, including a number of people who are potential gubernatorial challengers in both the Democratic primary and the general election.

Among the legislators whose districts include DeKalb County, Quinn’s speech didn’t score a lot of points.

Quinn called for a four-year plan to increase the state’s minimum wage to $10 an hour, banning assault weapons and high-capacity magazines and legalizing gay marriage. He also called for an end to conflict-of-interest voting by state lawmakers.

For the past several months, Quinn has made numerous mentions about the dangers of a pension system with

a $100 billion liability. This pension squeeze, Quinn said Wednesday, is costing the state $17 million a day.

“Do we want, in the years to come, a prosperous Illinois where working people continue to have good jobs, where businesses thrive, and where all our children have a world-class education?” Quinn said. “Or do we want to stop the progress and watch our economic recovery stall?”

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL RECRUITING

Postal Service plans to stop Saturday delivery

By PAULINE JELINEK The Associated Press

Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey does an interview with a TV station Wednesday after a news conference introducing the Huskies’ 2013 recruiting class in the Yordon Center in DeKalb.

‘DOMINATED BY SKILL’ NIU’s Rod Carey welcomes first recruiting class

By ROSS JACOBSON

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rjacobson@shawmedia.com A little more than a month after leading Northern Illinois into the Orange Bowl, coach Rod Carey took the first major step in making sure the Huskies’ appearance in a marquee bowl game would not be a one-time occurrence.

NIU signed 24 high school seniors to national letters of intent Wednesday, the first day football players are eligible to sign with a Division I program.

Among the 24-player class are 10 recruits from Illinois, including three from Aurora Christian. Wide receiver Chad Beebe, running back Joel Bouagnon and safety Brandon Mayes helped the Eagles win the IHSA Class 3A state championship this past season.

“It starts with Illinois, and it’s never going

more online Check out Northern Illinois football coverage and more. For exclusive video interviews with some of NIU’s recruits and assistant coaches, log on at HuskieWire.com. to stray far from home,” Carey said. “This is our home state, this is where we get our guys, and this is always where we’re going to get our guys.”

Carey noted that this recruiting class was heavier on skill position players than the Class of 2012, which focused on offensive and defensive linemen. Among the more highly touted prospects were running backs Arege-

• How much of an impact did NIU’s Orange Bowl appearance have on recruiting? See story on page B1.

• Ross Jacobson writes that NIU’s big recruiting coup could happen in 2014. See story on page B1. ros Turner (Copley, Ohio), Jordan Huff (Mobile, Ala.) and Malik Mitchell (Alpharetta, Ga.).

“When you look at this class, it’s dominated by skill, which it should be,” Carey said. “We had to get more skill and we had to get more [defensive backs]. That’s a natural thing. One year you’re going to heavy guys, next year you sign guys with more skills.”

WASHINGTON – Saturday mail may soon go the way of the Pony Express and penny postcards. The Postal Service said Wednesday that it plans to cut back to five-day-a-week deliveries for everything except packages to stem its financial losses in a world radically reordered by the Internet.

“Our financial condition is urgent,” declared Postmaster General Patrick R. Donahoe.

But Congress has voted in the past to bar the idea of eliminating Saturday delivery, and his announcement immediately drew protests from some lawmakers. Patrick R. The plan, which is to Donahoe take effect in August, also brought vigorous objections from farmers, the letter carriers’ union and others.

The Postal Service, which suffered a $15.9 billion loss in the past budget year, said it expected to save $2 billion annually with the Saturday cutback. Mail such as letters and magazines would be affected. Delivery of packages of all sizes would continue six days a week.

The plan accentuates one of the agency’s strong points: Package delivery has increased by 14 percent since 2010, officials say, while the delivery of letters and other mail has plummeted. Email has decreased the mailing of paper letters, but online purchases have increased package shipping, forcing the Postal Service to adjust to customers’ new habits.

“Things change,” Donahoe said.

James Valentine, an antiques shop owner in Toledo, wasn’t too concerned about the news.

“The mail isn’t that important to me anymore. I don’t sit around waiting for it to come. It’s a sign of the times,” he said, adding, “It’s not like anyone writes letters anymore.”

In fact, the Postal Service has had to adapt to changing times ever since Benjamin Franklin was appointed the first postmaster general by the Continental Congress in 1775. The Pony Express began in 1860, six-day delivery started in 1863 and airmail became the mode in 1918. Twice-aday delivery was cut to once-a-day in 1950 to save money.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

Weekly Ladies’ Brunch: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich.

Cost for these women-only events is $4 for food and conversation, along with bottomless cups of coffee or tea.

Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 10 a.m. to noon at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St. in DeKalb. All are welcome.

Sycamore History Museum Brown Bag Lunch Lecture: Noon to 1 p.m. at Sycamore Federated Church, 612 W. State St. Free local history presentation, coffee and cookies are offered to the public; donations are welcome. Contact Michelle Donahoe at Sychist@tbc.net or 815-895-5762. www.sycamorehistory.org.

Stroke Support Group: 2 to 3:30 p.m. at the NIU Speech Language Hearing Clinic, at Bethany and Route 23 in the former Monsanto building. For patients, their families and other interested individuals. Contact Lilli Bishop at lbishop@niu.edu.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. weigh-in and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. meeting, Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. Call Lydia Johnson, chapter leader, 815-895-4618.

Open Closet: 5 to 7 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388.

Courage, Attitude, Resources & Encouragement Support Group – CARE: 6 to 7:30 p.m. at Kishwaukee Health Care, 2727 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. CARE is for patients with cancer or other serious illness and for family members. www.kishhospital. org.

DeKalb County Marines Corps League, officers, detachment and auxiliary: 7 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Home, 121 S. California St. For information, contact Peter May at sneakypete2@hotmail.com or 815761-7732, or call 815-756-6625. www.dekalbcountymarines.com.

Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church, 210 W. Garfield St., 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Weight Watchers: 6 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

Homework Help Nights: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Neighbors’ House, Fifth and Pine streets, DeKalb.

Free help for DeKalb fourth- to 12th-graders; neighborshouse@ tbc.net or 815-787-0600.

DeKalb County Amateur Radio Emergency Service: 7 p.m. on 146.73 megahertz. For information, call Bill Itter (N9EWA) at 815-895-2020.

Mourning After: 7 p.m. at Great Lakes Leadership Center, 526 N. Main St., Elburn, for young widows/widowers, and young adults who have lost their partner to death. Call Conley Outreach at 630-365-2880 for directions and monthly topics.

Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Free Fit Club: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Sycamore Community Center, 138 Fair St., Sycamore. Featuring rotating cardio or yoga programs from various Beachbody workouts such as P90X, Insanity, Turbo Fire, Body Gospel, Turbo Jam, Hip Hop Abs, Rev Abs and many others.

Call 815-901-4474 or 815-5663580 for more information.

A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m. at Resource Bank, 310 S. Route 23, Genoa, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Closed Discussion AA: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

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Yesterday’s most-viewed stories:

1. Supporters rally behind dismissed coach at DeKalb school board meeting 2. Illinois Senate committee approves gay marriage 3. NRA changes stance on background checks

1. Supporters rally behind dismissed coach at DeKalb school board meeting 2. DeKalb man charged with injuring child 3. DeKalb man charged with predatory sexual assault

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Vol. 135 No. 33

What issue touched on in Gov. Pat Quinn’s State of the State address was most important to you?

• Raise minimum wage to $10/hour • Legalizing same-sex marriage • Pension reform • Gun control • Other Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com

Fight fee increases with creativity Sycamore City Manager Brian Gregory recommended the City Council consider water and sewer fee hikes this week to bridge a spending gap in the municipality’s 2014 budget.

Discussion at Monday’s meeting indicated that to keep up with the costs of required maintenance to the city’s water and wastewater treatment systems, the council will consider a fee increase in the future.

It’s often controversial when government increases fees charged to the public. Who wants to pay more money simply to maintain their current habits?

Sycamore residents who don’t want the water and sewer fees to increase could protest. They could send a letter to the editor to the Daily Chronicle or the Midweek. They could visit a Sycamore City Council meeting to voice their opinion to the decision-makers.

If the increase is approved, they could take a different approach. They could change their habits and use less water so the fee increase doesn’t make their regular bill higher.

The nice thing about user fees is that they apply at the rate in which a resource is consumed.

Don’t find yourself caring much about increases in gas prices? You probably don’t have to drive very far to work every day.

Never ridden in an ambulance?

CAMPUS VIEW Lauren Stott Then a hike in ambulance fees probably doesn’t bother you terribly.

If you’re worried about a hike in municipal water fees, become a person who carefully conserves water. Take shorter showers; do less laundry. Quit watering the lawn, or trade the grass for some hardy prairie plants that don’t require much hydration.

In many cases, residents who claim government traps them with fees just aren’t thinking creatively enough.

Of course, the city intends for the fee hike to generate money. This strategy isn’t meant to cheat Sycamore out of money it needs for repairs and preventative maintenance.

But if the city increased water and sewer rates and residents responded by curbing their water usage en masse, it would show the municipality that they won’t stand for a fee hike. The plan to raise funding for maintenance would backfire, and prove that residents don’t agree with the increase.

More likely, only a few residents will consciously use less if fees increase.

It might not have an overall impact

on water usage fee income, but those who conserve will have a cheaper bill and will be saving a precious resource.

•฀•฀• The DeKalb Police Department plans to launch a smartphone application that would allow witnesses to crimes and suspicious activity to submit anonymous reports to local authorities. According to a Daily Chronicle report from Tuesday, the plan is part of the department’s “20/20 A Clear Vision for the Future” campaign.

The department will launch 20 initiatives in 20 months with hopes of increased engagement with residents.

There are many theories on how to engage residents, but perhaps the best way to test success in a community is through trial and error.

Although some of these initiatives may fail, the DeKalb Police Department is taking a strategic approach to learning what will work and what won’t. The community should help by being responsive to these efforts and providing the department with feedback.

•฀Lauren฀Stott฀is฀a฀Maple฀Park฀native and a graduate student at Northern Illinois University in the master of public administration program. She can be reached at lauren_stott@yahoo. com.

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Scott Hines, Scoutmaster for Troop 16 and his son Garrett, pray during a prayer vigil in the First Baptist Church Moores Lane on Tuesday in Texarkana, Texas. Members of the troop, parents and others prayed that the Boy Scouts of America would continue to keep its policy of excluding gay Scouts and Scoutmasters. The national executive board of the BSA began closed meetings Monday to discuss the policy.

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The ASSOCIATED PRESS IRVING, Texas – Caught in an ideological crossfire, the Boy Scouts of America is delaying until May a vote on whether to ease its policy of excluding gays as Scouts and adult leaders. Any eventual decision is likely to anger major constituencies and worsen schisms within Scouting.

The delay, which the Scouts attributed to “the complexity of this issue,” was announced Wednesday after closed-door deliberations by the BSA’s national executive board. Under consideration was a proposal to ease the longstanding ban on gays by allowing sponsors of local troops to decide for themselves on gay membership.

As the board met over three days at a hotel near Dallas, it became clear that the proposal would be unacceptable to large numbers of impassioned Scouting families and advocacy groups on both the left and right.

As much as the iconic youth organization has argued for the freedom to teach its own values to American boys, it is now deeply entangled in the broader cultural and political conflicts over such issues as same-sex marriage and

religious freedom. Tilting toward either side will probably alienate the other, and a midway balancing act will be difficult.

Gay-rights supporters contend that no Scout units anywhere should exclude gays, and vowed to maintain pressure on the BSA’s corporate donors to achieve that goal. Some conservatives, including religious leaders whose churches sponsor troops, warned of mass defections if the ban were even partially eased. They urged supporters to flood headquarters with phone calls.

“In the past two weeks, Scouting has received an outpouring of feedback from the American public,” said the BSA’s national spokesman, Deron Smith. “It reinforces how deeply people care about Scouting and how passionate they are about the organization.”

The BSA “needs time for a more deliberate review of its membership policy,” Smith added. He said the board would consult with sectors of the Scouting movement and prepare a resolution to be voted on by the 1,400 voting members of the BSA national council at a meeting during the week of May 20 in Grapevine, Texas.

The organization had announced last week that it was considering allowing Scout troops to decide whether to allow gay membership, ensuring that the executive board meeting would be in the national spotlight.

Learning that a decision would be deferred, gay-rights leaders assailed the BSA. “Every day that the Boy Scouts of America delay action is another day that discrimination prevails,” said Chad Griffin, president of the Human Rights Campaign. “Young Americans, gay and straight, are hurt by the inaction associated with today’s news.”

“A Scout is supposed to be brave, and the Boy Scouts failed to be brave today,” said Jennifer Tyrrell, an Ohio mother ousted as a den leader of her son’s Cub Scout pack because she’s a lesbian.

“They failed us yet again,” she told The Associated Press. “Putting this off until May only ensures other gay kids and gay parents are discarded.”

Tyrrell was among several current and former Scouts and supporters who rallied outside BSA national headquarters Monday and delivered petitions opposing the policy.

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8STATE BRIEF Dixon official who took $53M seeks leniency CHICAGO – An attorney for a former small-town Illinois bookkeeper who stole a staggering $53 million in public funds is arguing for a lenient prison sentence, saying the woman has cooperated with investigators since her arrest and must endure “disrepute and shame” for the rest of her life.

For more than two decades, Rita Crundwell, the former comptroller in the northern Illinois city of Dixon, used the stolen money to fund her nationally renowned horse-breeding operation and luxurious tastes.

She’s scheduled to be sentenced Feb. 14 for what federal prosecutors have called one of the most significant abuses of public trust ever in corruption-plagued Illinois.

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Fiscal outlook for D-428 not pretty

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – Parents of DeKalb School District 428 students could be paying higher fees in the future as the district tries to reverse its fiscal outlook.

Board President Tom Matya mentioned the feeraising as a possibility after district officials learned they will have an operating deficit hovering around $2 million every year going into the 201718 school year. The district’s budget for the 2012-13 school year includes a $2.3 million deficit.

Matya did not offer any specifics on what fees could be raised.

“We will not touch our class sizes,” Matya said. “Our class sizes are at the maximum of what we want in this district, so we will have to look at other sources. Possibly fee structures ... we have to look at everything.”

Financial pitfalls Projected budget deficits for District 428, assuming continued cuts in state funding and property value growth starting in 2015, among other factors: 2012-2013: $2.3 million 2013-2014: $2.8 million 2014-2015: $1.8 million 2015-2016: $2.4 million 2016-2017: $1.9 million 2017-2018: $2.6 million

Source: District 428 Unless the state allocates more money to schools – and district officials aren’t holding their breath – the district’s budget deficits will erode their overall fund balance, said Michael Frances, a senior financial adviser at PMA Financial Network, who prepared the financial projections for the district.

Both Frances and Andrea Gorla, the district’s assistant

superintendent of business and finance, stressed that the long-term fiscal outlook made assumptions about state aid, inflation and other factors that could change.

The projections assume the state will further reduce aid to local school districts. This school year, the state is providing 89 percent of what it owes schools, at a loss of $1.6 million to the district.

Frances and Gorla are projecting that the state will further prorate payments to 83 percent for next school year, while the foundation level set by the General Assembly will stay at $6,119 a student.

The school district would still incur some deficits if the state paid its full share of aid.

But those deficits would be smaller – $430,000 in 2013-14 and $113,000 in 2017-18.

State and federal grants are expected to remain flat; however, Frances said this does not include sequestration – a

massive cut in federal government spending that could occur March 1. Frances said if federal spending is cut by 8 percent, the district would lose $275,000 in grants.

District costs, in terms of salaries, health benefits, supplies and purchases of services, are projected to rise, Frances said.

One potential wild card is future state pension reform.

Frances and Gorla’s projections did not include the possibility of the school district picking up part of the state’s contributions to teacher pensions. Several state lawmakers have voiced support for this option, although nothing concrete has materialized so far.

The model also assumes that property values will recover in the future.

“We don’t know what it’s going to be, but we’ll constantly analyze it as we get closer,” Frances said.

Wildlife center prepares for ‘baby season’

By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – For Oaken Acres Wildlife Center founder and President Kathy Stelford and her staff, spring is a time for several hundred new beginnings.

Also known as “baby season” at Oaken Acres, 12140 Aldrich Road outside Sycamore, spring is the busiest time of year at the center. Several baby squirrels, raccoons and birds are just some of the animals Oaken Acres fosters during this time.

“They’re a challenge,” said Stelford, who founded the wildlife center in 1984. “But boy, does it feel good when you take one that came in at two inches, and 14 to 18 weeks later you’re watching it climb a tree.”

Christy Gerbitz, director of operations at Oaken Acres, said the center manages between 400 and 500 animals at a time. She said 80 to 90 percent of those animals come in the spring, especially the little ones.

“The babies are vulnerable and a little more easily captured than an adult wild animal,” she said.

Although they are most often in need of rescue, babies are not the only types of animals for which the center provides care.

Oaken Acres is home to many animals who need assistance, one of which is Frosty, the snowy owl rescued in November from the streets of DeKalb.

Gerbitz said Frosty was still recovering from a beak injury he likely suffered fly-

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Christy Gerbitz, Oaken Acres director of operations, interacts with a screech owl with vision problems during her morning routine of distributing food to the animals Wednesday.

‘Babies Gone Wild’ fundraiser When: 6 to 9 p.m. March 2 Where: Blumen Gardens, 403 Edward St., Sycamore Tickets $20 (must be ordered by Feb. 15) Call: 815-762-3532 Email: lisa@oakenacres.org Online: www.oakenacres.org, go to DONATE (specify “TICKETS” on review page) Mail check to 119 E. Alden Place, DeKalb, IL 60115 ing into a window or a car.

The owl still can’t feed himself, which is one of the jobs

Gerbitz handles. Although he is doing well, she said the entire healing process could take at least another year.

“We’re in this for the long haul,” she said.

Stelford said she would like Frosty to become an educational bird for the center. But to make that happen, he needs a specially designed climatecontrolled cage, among other supplies and equipment.

Oaken Acres will host its first “Babies Gone Wild” fundraiser to raise money for these supplies and other expenses.

Stelford said the fundraiser is also an excellent opportunity for the community to learn more about Oaken Acres and

the work it does.

“Oaken Acres is a very valuable resource for our community,” she said. “We take every life that comes to us very seriously.”

Although Stelford said caring for the animals is a roundthe-clock job, she said the end result is worth all the hard work and energy.

“It’s really amazing to watch how quickly they grow and the beautiful little animals they turn into,” she said.

For those who would like to experience this process firsthand, Oaken Acres is now seeking volunteers. Interested applicants can visit www.oakenacres. org for more information.

Pension reform bill likely will be challenged

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The pension reform proposal being championed by Senate President John Cullerton, a fellow Chicago Democrat, would cap a person’s pensionable salary, temporarily suspend and reduce the amount of automatic annual increases, require the systems to be 100 percent funded by 2043, and increase required employee contributions.

The proposal, Senate Bill 1, would apply to the pensions of lawmakers, state workers, university employees and downstate teachers. It also contains a separate section of contingency statutes if part of the bill is declared unconstitutional.

“And while refinements may come, Senate Bill 1 is the best vehicle to get the job done,” Quinn said.

Quinn referred to pension reform as being “Job One” for the 98th General Assembly, which features 38 freshman lawmakers, including state Rep. Tom Demmer – a Dixon Republican whose 90th District includes much of southern and western DeKalb County, including the southern part of DeKalb.

Demmer agreed that pensions are a major issue facing lawmakers, and said any proposal will be amended numerous times before it comes to a vote.

State Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, said a pension solution needs to come soon.

“At some point, you have to do the surgery and apply the medicine, no matter how painful that solution is,” Syverson said.

None of the area’s legislators said they would back the governor’s call to legalize gay marriage or raise the minimum wage.

Throughout his speech, Quinn pointed to a number of examples of how Illinois is a job-friendly state and attracted businesses to it throughout his tenure. Demmer countered that raising the minimum wage will not improve job creation.

“Now is not the right time to burden business owners and increase prices on consumers,” Demmer said.

State Sen. Tim Bivins, a Dixon Republican, agreed with Demmer. “[A higher minimum wage] sounds good for the person looking for a job,” Bivins said. “The problem is that it hits small businesses, which are 85 percent of the businesses. ... They have to cut costs by not hiring, or they pass on the costs to consumers. Hurting employers is one thing Illinois doesn’t need right now.”

Bivins also said he opposes Senate Bill 1, calling it unconstitutional.

In addition to opposing the

legalization of gay marriage, Demmer and Syverson said legislators should focus on more pressing issues such as pension reform or the budget.

Demmer said he believes marriage is for one man, one woman, while Pritchard and Syverson said the bill’s lan-

guage discriminates against people of faith.

Overall, Bivins said many saw the State of the State address as a campaign speech.

“That wasn’t unexpected.”

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8LOCAL BRIEFS DeKalb man charged with sex assault on minor SYCAMORE – A DeKalb man has been charged with predatory criminal sexual assault of a girl younger than age 13.

Gildardo C. Abarca, 36, Gildardo C. of the 200 Abarca block of Tilton Park Drive in DeKalb, is being held on $200,000 bond for an assault that police said occurred Jan. 24. According to court documents, Abarca made sexual contact and penetration with his hand to the minor girl.

Abarca faces a Class X felony, punishable by up to 30 years in prison.

He is next scheduled in court Feb. 27.

DeKalb Township offers scholarship opportunity DeKALB – DeKalb Township has applications available for the Township Officials of Illinois annual scholarship.

The statewide organization awards seven $1,500 scholarships to graduating high school seniors who plan to attend a college in Illinois.

Applicants must have a GPA of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale and have been active in extracurricular activities.

Applicants also must submit a 500-word essay, two letters of recommendation, a high school transcript, a cover letter and a completed application form.

Applications are available at dekalbtownship.org under the Supervisor tab.

Applications are due March

1. For more information, call DeKalb Township Supervisor Eric Johnson at 815-758-8282 or email ejohnson@dekalbtownship.org.

Pathways Connect meeting next week SYCAMORE – Pathways Connect, a local parenting group, next will meet at 7 p.m.

Tuesday.

The group caters to parents of small children and infants who want to explore the challenges of raising healthy children, according to a news release.

The meetings are hosted by Teresa Melton at Allergies, Aches & Pains Chiropractic & Acupuncture Center, 130 N. Fair St., Sycamore, the release states.

Pathways Connect is a nonprofit outreach program of Pathways to Family Wellness magazine. For more information or to RSVP, call 815-895-2059.

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Lawsuit: Answering calls, scanning emails deserve OT

By MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO – Does scanning emails and answering calls from bosses on your smartphone after hours constitute work that should be compensated? A lawsuit winding its way through federal court in Chicago says that it does.

Chicago police Sgt. Jeffrey Allen claims in the suit that the city owes him and fellow officers overtime pay for work performed on department-requisitioned BlackBerry phones. If the plaintiffs eventually prevail, it could mean millions of dollars in back pay.

The issue impacts workers everywhere, Allen’s lawyer said Wednesday after a hearing in the case.

“Everybody can relate to this because people are being asked all the time these days to work for free and they are being told to work for free using their phones,” attorney Paul Geiger said.

Earlier Wednesday, attorneys for both told a judge they had agreed on the wording of

documents that will be sent to other officers asking if they want to join the lawsuit.

According to the suit, police brass pressured subordinates in the department’s organized crime bureau to answer work-related calls and emails on their BlackBerrys, and then also dissuaded the officers from filing for overtime.

“A culture has developed where police officers feel compelled to work for free in order to possibly gain a promotion and/or maintain their coveted assignment,” according to a plaintiff filing.

The city responded that written policy, on the contrary, specifically instructs officers to ask for overtime. And it argues that Allen lumps together urgent emails with ones that – while sent when he was off duty – could have been responded to the next day.

In a critical ruling in Allen’s favor last month, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sidney Schenkier said the plaintiff had demonstrated sufficient merit for the lawsuit to continue. It was initially filed in 2010.

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8NATION BRIEFS

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Obama seeks to reset ties with Israeli PM

DeKalb County Bradley A. Norris, 31, of the 14000 block of Route 72 in Genoa, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 5, with domestic battery and interfering with reporting domestic battery.

Bradley J. Thorton, 50, of the 13000 block of Baseline Road in Kingston, was charged Wednesday, Feb. 6, with battery.

Northern Illinois University Emer Parra, 22, of Chicago, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 5, with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Octavio Casanova, 21, of Chicago, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 5, with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

WASHINGTON – After a long and chilly four years, Barack Obama hopes to reset his relationship with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when he makes his first trip to Israel as president Benjamin this spring.

Netanyahu Obama won’t be carrying any big new Mideast peace plans when he embarks on the trip, which also will include a stop in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories, officials say. But repairing the relationship with Netanyahu, a key ally with whom Obama has often been at odds, could itself be a crucial step toward reopening a pathway to peace in the region.

In his meetings with Netan-

NEWS yahu and Palestinian leaders, Obama will stress the importance of getting the parties back to the negotiating table. But U.S. officials caution that no breakthroughs are expected to emerge during the president’s trip and reviving the peace process in the near term is not seen as realistic by the Obama administration.

“That is not the purpose of this visit,” White House spokesman Jay Carney said Wednesday.

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ligence Committee before the hearing, Brennan said he was “aware of the program but did not play a role in its creation, execution, or oversight,” and added that he “had significant concerns and personal objections” to the interrogation techniques.

He wrote that he voiced those objections to colleagues at the agency privately.

WASHINGTON – A Senate hearing on John Brennan’s nomination to head the CIA could lay bare some parts of the secret war against al-Qaida: lethal drone strikes from covert bases against even American terror suspects, harsh interrogation methods and long detention

of suspects without due process.

Some of the practices produced revulsion among John Brennan some in Congress and the public, but the outcry has been muted because Brennan and others say that these harsh and secretive methods have saved American lives.

Those issues will be front and center in the Senate Intelligence Committee hearing today for Brennan – a chance for him to answer criticism that he backed the detention and interrogation policy while he served at the CIA under President George W. Bush, charges that stymied his first attempt to head the intelligence agency in 2008.

In answers to questions from the Senate Intel-

grandchildren; 17 great-grandchildren; one great-great grandson; two sisters, Ruby and Margie; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; two daughters, Denise Manley and Diane King; three grandchildren, Ricky Garland, Jason Manley and Jessie King; five brothers; and one sister.

Her graveside service will be at a later date at Fairview Park Cemetery in DeKalb.

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wife, Dorothy; two brothers, Gerald and Roy; one daughter-in-law, Myrna Kuhn; and brother-in-law, Clarion Clausen.

His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 9, at St. Catherine of Genoa Catholic Church, 340 S. Stott St., in Genoa, with the Rev. Donald M. Ahles celebrating. Burial will be in St. Catherine Cemetery, Genoa.

His visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday at Slater-Butala Funeral Home, 132 W. Main St., Genoa.

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the Rev. Robert Vaughn of Malta Congregational Church officiating.

Burial will follow in Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb. The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Josephine W. “Judy” Lovett Memorial Fund for DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center Alzheimer’s Unit, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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Several injured as cable car stops quickly SAN FRANCISCO – Seven people were injured Wednesday when a San Francisco cable car carrying about 50 passengers came to a sudden stop in the city’s Nob Hill neighborhood, authorities said.

One of the injuries to an elderly man who fell and hit his head was considered lifethreatening, San Francisco fire spokeswoman Mindy

Talmadge told The Associated Press.

Four other people were taken to a hospital weren’t life threatening injuries.

It appeared a 1.5-inch bolt stuck in the cable car’s track caused the sudden stop, San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency Director John Haley told reporters at the scene.

Officials believe the bolt doesn’t belong to other cable cars that travel the route.

Two other cable cars that passed the site about 10 minutes before the accident were being inspected.

San Francisco police officer Mary Godfrey told KTVU-TV a female passenger suffered a leg injury when she was thrown from the cable car.

Police told the station that the cable car grip man bit his tongue and the brakeman injured his ribs.

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8OBITUARIES MARY A. BAIRD

Born: May 26, 1929, in Nodaway County, Mo. Died: Feb. 4, 2013, in Kirksey, Ky.

SYCAMORE – Mary A. Baird, 83, of Sycamore, Ill., died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, in Kirksey, Ky. Born May 26, 1929, in Nodaway County, Mo., the daughter of Bernard and Helen (Zimmerman) Auffert, she married George H. Baird on July 3, 1951.

Mary worked for Illinois Bell Telephone Co. as a supervisor/ operator, retiring after 25 years of service.

She later enjoyed her work at Ace Hardware in Aurora for more than 10 years.

She was a member of St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church in Maple Park and the Telephone Pioneers. Mary enjoyed her family and friends and will be dearly missed.

Survivors include her son, George (Kathryn) Baird of Kirksey; daughter, Teri (Tom) Faber of Maple Park; six grandchildren, Jennifer (David) Gray of Alabama, Melissa (Jason) Oman of Ohio, Nathan (Kathryn) Baird of Kentucky, Stephanie (Matt) Hanson of Maple Park, Matt (Katie) Faber of Sycamore and Nicole (Matt) Lind of Maple Park; and 10 great-grandchildren, Martha, Rebecca, Erik, Kennedy, Cole, Lilly, Samantha, Thomas, Elizabeth and Alexis.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and one sister, Catherine Toalson.

Her funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 8, at St. Mary of the Assumption Church in Maple Park, with the Rev. Dennis Morrissy celebrating. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery in Maple Park. The visitation will be from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. Friday at the church.

Memorials may be made to the St. Mary of the Assumption Church in care of Butala Funeral Home and Crematory, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178.

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GLADYS LAVERNE PALMER BOYER

Born: May 18, 1922, in Rock Falls, Ill. Died: Feb. 5, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

DeKALB – Gladys Laverne Palmer Boyer, 90, formerly of Sterling, Ill., died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center in DeKalb.

Born May 18, 1922, in Rock Falls, Ill., the daughter of John and Mabel (Jacobs) Palmer, Gladys married Edward T. Boyer on Sept. 12, 1941, in Sterling; he preceded her in death Oct. 5, 1985, after more than 44 years of marriage.

She was employed in various positions throughout her working life, but by far the job she enjoyed most was as a volunteer at the Thrift Shop in Rock Falls that continues to support Christ Lutheran School in Sterling. She moved to Oak Crest in 2004 to be closer to her daughter.

She is survived by her four children, Lois (Ken) Hinz of Decatur, John (Sarah) Boyer of Bethesda, Md., Neil (Carmen) Boyer of Algonquin and Linda (Gary) Wiggins of DeKalb; seven grandchildren, Ben, David, Jane, Anne, Jordan, Tom and Tina; and four great-grandchildren, Rollie, Valerie, Addison and Abigail.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, Edward; brother, Glen Palmer; and one infant grandson, Matthew.

Graveside services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Feb. 15, at Coloma Township Cemetery, 908 Avalon St., Rock Falls with Pastor Ray Krueger of Immanuel Lutheran Church in DeKalb officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Christ Lutheran School, 2000 18th Ave., Sterling, IL 61081, or can be sent in care of Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb, IL. Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home.

To send an online condolence, visit www.RonanMooreFinch.com; 815-758-3841.

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GENEVIEVE D. GARLAND Born: March 12, 1931, in West Columbia, W.Va. Died: Feb. 4, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Genevieve D. Garland, 81, of DeKalb, Ill., died Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, surrounded by her loving family at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb.

Born March 12, 1931, in West Columbia, W.Va, the daughter of Oscar and Anna Mae (Shank) Blake, she married Richard Garland in 1955 in Genoa.

Genevieve worked at GE in Genoa for many years and then for Northern Illinois University in the Holmes Student Center, retiring after several years of service. Her family will always remember her delicious home-cooked meals and holiday dinners.

She is survived by one son, David Garland of Rockford; two daughters, Anna Garland of DeKalb and Karen (Skip) Welch of Rockford; 10

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Died: Feb. 5, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill.

MARENGO – Bernard M. Kuhn, 88, of Marengo, Ill., died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at Clare Oaks Care Center in Bartlett.

Born Nov. 20, 1924, in Wheaton, the son of William and Hildegard (Fortman) Kuhn, he married Dorothy P. Diehl on Aug. 11, 1951, in West Chicago.

Bernard grew up and began farming in the Wheaton area. He later continued his love of farming in the Genoa and Marengo areas. Bernard also worked at Arnold’s engineering in Marengo for more than 22 years, retiring in 1986.

He was a member of the St. Catherine of Genoa Catholic Church, where he served as an usher. He also was a member of the DeKalb County Farm Bureau and the IAM Union.

Bernard is survived by five sons, Michael Kuhn of Warrenville, Wayne (Cheryl) Kuhn of Kingston, Leon (Lynne) Kuhn of Hampshire, Kenneth (Lori) Kuhn of Cherry Valley and Herbert (Deb) Kuhn of Huntley; 12 grandchildren, Brandon, Tanya, Joshua Kuhn, Nicole (Chad) Campbell, Nicholas Gusman, Eric, Brian, Brianna, Amy, Nicholas, Tony and Alex Kuhn; two greatgrandsons, Brennen and Gage; two sisters, Barbara (Gene) Pitz and Louise Clausen; two sisters-inlaw, Pat Kuhn and MaryLou (Bob) Miller; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; stepmother, Elizabeth;

DeKALB – Josephine W. “Judy” Lovett, 92, of DeKalb, Ill., and formerly of Sycamore, died Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2013, at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb.

Born Dec. 20, 1920, in Pulaski, Tenn., the daughter of George and Zelta (Cole) Beaver, Judy married Cornes O. Lovett in 1939 in her hometown.

Josephine worked in housekeeping at DeKalb Public Hospital for 20 years, and then for 20 years at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, from which she retired.

She is survived by her children, Glenda (Robert) Griswold of Sycamore, Shirley (Chuck) Smith of Rochelle, Chuck Lovett of Shabbona, Larry Lovett and Ronnie Lovett, both of Sycamore, and Bill (Beverly) Lovett of DeKalb; grandchildren, Darrell, Deborah, Jerry, Kimberly, Tina, Dana, Scott, Doug, Cary, Michael, Amy, Carrie, Shannon, Tracie and Jordan; 23 great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Cornes, in 1988; son, Donnie, in 1976; four brothers; and one sister.

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8SKETCH VIEW

A compromise in good faith

Plastic-bag bans have gross results

Conservatives often point out that laws, no matter how benign they may appear, have unintended consequences. They can reverberate in ways that not many people foresaw and nobody wanted: Raising the minimum wage can increase unemployment; prohibition can create black markets.

The efforts in many cities to discourage the use of plastic bags demonstrate that such unintended consequences can be, among other things, kind of gross.

San Francisco has been discouraging plastic bags since 2007, saying that it takes too much oil to make them and that used bags pollute waterways and kill marine animals.

In 2012, it strengthened its law. Several West Coast cities, including Seattle and Los Angeles, have also adopted bans for environmental reasons. The government of Washington, D.C., imposes a 5 cent plastic-bag tax. (Advocates prefer to call it a “fee” because taxes are unpopular.) Environmental groups and celebrity activists, including Eva Longoria and Julia Louis- Dreyfus, support these laws.

The plastic-bag industry, predictably, wants to throw them away. It says that the making of plastic bags supplies a livelihood to 30,000 hard-working, law-abiding, patriotic Americans, many of whom have adorable children to support. It cites a 2007 report by San Francisco’s Environment Department that said plastic bags from retail establishments, the target of the ban, accounted for only 0.6 percent of litter.

Most alarmingly, the industry has highlighted news reports linking reusable shopping bags to the spread of disease. Like this one, from the Los Angeles Times in May: “A reusable grocery bag left in a hotel bathroom

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru caused an outbreak of norovirus-induced diarrhea and nausea that struck nine of 13 members of a girls’ soccer team in October, Oregon researchers reported Wednesday.”

The norovirus may not have political clout, but evidently it, too, is rooting against plastic bags. Warning of disease may seem like an over-the-top scare tactic, but research suggests there’s more than anecdote behind this industry talking point. In a 2011 study, four researchers examined reusable bags in California and Arizona and found that 51 percent of them contained coliform bacteria.

The problem appears to be the habits of the reusers. Seventy-five percent said they keep meat and vegetables in the same bag. When bags were stored in hot car trunks for two hours, the bacteria grew tenfold.

That study also found, happily, that washing the bags eliminated 99.9 percent of the bacteria. It undercut even that good news, though, by finding that 97 percent of people reported that they never wash their bags.

Jonathan Klick and Joshua Wright, who are law professors at the University of Pennsylvania and George Mason University, respectively, have done a more recent study on the public-health impact of plastic-bag bans. They find that emergency-room admissions related to E. coli infections increased in San Francisco after the ban. (Nearby counties did not show this increase.) And this effect showed up as soon as the ban was implement-

ed. (“There is a clear discontinuity at the time of adoption.”) The San Francisco ban was also associated with increases in salmonella and other bacterial infections. Similar effects were found in other California towns that adopted such laws. Klick and Wright estimate that the San Francisco ban results in a 46 percent increase in deaths from foodborne illnesses, or 5.5 more of them each year. They then run through a cost-benefit analysis employing the same estimate of the value of a human life that the Environmental Protection Agency uses when evaluating regulations that are supposed to save lives. They conclude that the anti-plastic-bag policies can’t pass the test – and that’s before counting the higher health care costs they generate.

The authors argue, not completely convincingly, against the idea that regular washing and drying of reusable bags would solve the problem. They point out that the use of hot water and detergent imposes environmental costs, too. And reusable bags require more energy to make than plastic ones. The stronger argument, it seems to me, is that 97 percent figure: Whatever the merits of regularly cleaning the bags, it doesn’t appear likely to happen. The best course for government, then, is probably to encourage people to recycle their plastic bags – or, maybe, just let people make their own decisions. Plastic-bag bans are another on a distressingly long list of political issues where I cannot see eye to eye with Eva Longoria.

•฀Ramesh฀Ponnuru฀is฀a฀Bloomberg฀View฀ columnist, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor at National Review.

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Even President Obama’s secret wars need rules

By JACK GOLDSMITH Special to the Washington Post

“A decade of war is now ending,” President฀Barack฀Obama฀proclaimed฀in฀ his฀second฀inaugural฀address.฀But฀war฀is฀ not ending, it is changing – and has been for years. Obama has cut back on heavyfootprint, conventional-force war in two countries. At the same time, he has presided over the rise of a secret, nimbler war defined by covert action, Special Forces, drone surveillance and targeting, cyberattacks and other stealthy means deployed in many countries. This new form of warfare needs a firmer political and legal foundation.

Signs of the new war are all around us.

Late Monday a Justice Department “white paper” outlining the president’s power to kill U.S. citizens associated with al-Qaida was leaked to the public. Since the beginning of the year, U.S. drone attacks in Pakistan and Yemen have killed dozens of terrorists, and the government is planning a drone base in North Africa to surveil, and perhaps later attack, Islamist militants in the region. We have also recently learned that the Pentagon is ramping up its offensive cyber-capabilities and that government lawyers have secretly concluded that the president has “broad power” to order preemptive cyberstrikes.

The administration’s primary legal basis

for its global activities against al-Qaida and affiliates is the September 2001 Authorization฀for฀Use฀of฀Military฀Force.฀But฀that฀law฀ is a tenuous foundation for military action against newly threatening Islamist terrorist groups – including the ones causing trouble now in North Africa – that have ever-dimmer links to the rump al-Qaida organization.

The government’s offensive cyber-activities have also grown a lot in recent years with little new legislation. U.S. Cyber Command, which coordinates such operations, was established by order of the secretary of defense. The reported cyberattacks on Iranian nuclear facilities were probably justified under the president’s self-defense powers in Article II of the Constitution and a decades-old covert-action law. In 2011, Congress tersely “affirmed” the Pentagon’s offensive cyber-operations.

The administration’s secret warfare finds support in opinion polls and is almost certainly฀lawful.฀Bevies฀of฀lawyers฀and฀inspectors general monitor secret executive action, as does (in some contexts) a secret intelligence court. And the executive branch regularly reports these activities to select congressional committees that are generally supportive.

Yet the legal and political foundation for secret war is weak. The legal foundation rests mostly on laws designed for another task that government lawyers have

interpreted, without public scrutiny, to meet new challenges. Outside the surveillance context, Congress as a body has not debated or approved the means or ends of secret warfare (except, perhaps, through appropriations).

What the government needs is a new framework statute – akin to the National Security Act of 1947, or the series of intelligence reforms made after Watergate, or even the 2001 authorization of force – to define the scope of the new war, the authorities and limitations on presidential power, and forms of review of the president’s actions.

The statute should specify the means by which the president must keep the public informed about his secret wartime activities, including the legal basis for his actions. And it should have a sunset provision to force Congress to debate and renew the framework, in light of experience, after a set number of years.

A new legal and political foundation for stealth warfare cannot succeed without the initiative and support of the president. The chances of such support, however, are dim.

•฀Goldsmith฀is฀a฀former฀assistant฀attorney฀general฀in฀the฀George฀W.฀Bush฀administration, a professor at Harvard Law School and a member of the Hoover Institution task force on national security and law.

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President Obama’s 2010 health care law requires large employers to provide health insurance and, according to the Department of Health and Human Services, that contraception be covered by those policies. From a policy perspective,฀the฀contraception฀mandate฀makes฀sense.฀But฀ when the employers in question are affiliated with religious groups that object to birth control, balancing their religious liberty against public health is far from simple.

On Friday, the Obama administration elaborated on its attempt – in our view, a successful one – to strike a sensible balance.

The group health plans of religious employers such as houses of worship would be exempt from the mandate.

Nonprofit organizations associated with a religious group – a Catholic university, say – would not be required “to contract, arrange, pay or refer for any contraceptive coverage to which they object on religious grounds.”

Instead, insurance companies would be on the hook.

HHS would require insurers to provide contraceptive care to employees through individual insurance policies, cordoned off from the organization’s group plan.

This would be no great burden on the insurance companies; they will likely save money because they won’t have to pay the costs associated with unintended pregnancies. Employees at institutions that self-insure, meanwhile, would gain access to contraceptives through unaffiliated insurance companies, which would get a small break on some fees for their trouble.

Critics say that these arrangements are simply a numbers trick; religious employers, they argue, would still,฀in฀some฀way,฀facilitate฀access฀to฀contraceptives.฀But฀ they would be about as insulated from the provision of contraceptive coverage as they could reasonably expect to be while participating in a big health-insurance pool.

The public-health case for widespread access to contraceptives is compelling. In an authoritative review published in 2011, the Institute of Medicine reported that unintended pregnancy is “highly prevalent” – accounting for half of all pregnancies in 2001 – and that unintended pregnancy is associated with higher rates of preterm birth and low birth weight.

Unintended pregnancy also leads to abortion; in 2001 nearly half of unintended pregnancies were terminated.

Access to free contraception would combat these effects, particularly among the poor, for whom co-payments present a barrier.

The Obama administration’s original plan did not show sufficient sensitivity to the theological concerns of religious employers. Its latest efforts get a hard question right.

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8 ANOTHER VIEW

Boy Scouts should end no-gays policy

The฀Boy฀Scouts฀of฀America฀has฀a฀chance฀to฀be฀on฀the฀ right side of history next week if its national leadership votes to end the Scouts’ long-standing ban on openly gay Scouts and leaders.

Obviously, this hasn’t been an easy trek for the fabled organization, which as recently as last summer reaffirmed its national ban on gays participating in Scouting.

However, the proposed alternative – to allow each local governing council and troop to decide whether to admit gay leaders or Scouts – is an important step in the right direction.

Like the military, which evolved from expelling gay soldiers to allowing them to serve their country, the Scouts would be wise to move in this direction. The Girl Scouts of the USA prohibit discrimination of any kind and consider sexual orientation a private matter for girls and their families to address. Major corporations expressly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation as a matter of fairness and business competitiveness. The rest฀of฀the฀world฀has฀evolved;฀why฀not฀the฀Boy฀Scouts?

There’s฀much฀to฀admire฀about฀the฀Boy฀Scouts’฀mission฀ to instill character, citizenship and life lessons about friendship, hard work and respect for others. It is not a coincidence that honor rolls of corporate, military and civic leaders have emerged from Scouting backgrounds.

No doubt, the lessons learned in Scout troops – merit, compassion, selflessness – served them well later in life.

As฀a฀private฀organization,฀the฀Boy฀Scouts฀would฀be฀ within their legal rights to continue the ban on gay members, but they would be sending the troubling message that being gay is a character flaw, that sexual orientation somehow snuffs out all other potential. Exclusionary policies separate people from their dreams; they lack compassion and mire the nation in archaic policies that discount the country’s rich diversity.

If the national board lifts the ban, credit should go to local chapters, national board members and others who have worked to end Scouting’s stance as one of the last membership organizations to openly oppose gay leaders and members. An online petition seeking an end to the no-gays policy drew several hundred thousand signatures, and key national board members, including James Turley of Ernst & Young and Dallas’ own Randall Stephenson of AT&T, played integral roles in pressing the national board to reconsider the ban.

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– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

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WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST

Low pressure will move slowly through the area today, bringing periods of snow, sleet and rain. Some light accumulations are possible with the highest snowfall totals near the Wisconsin border. High pressure will build in Friday ushering in some cool and dry air. The weekend will start out pleasant, but rainy and mild weather will arrive by Sunday.

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Sports

Aksel Bolin and the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team’s offense izzles again in a 57-41 loss to Mid-American Conference rival Bowling Green. PAGE B2

SECTION B

Thursday, February 7, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

AP photo

Rare 1865 baseball card brings in $92K in auction BIDDEFORD, Maine – A rare 148-year-old baseball card discovered at a rural Maine yard sale has been auctioned for $92,000.

Saco River Auction Co. in Biddeford held an auction Wednesday night that included a card depicting the Brooklyn Atlantics amateur baseball club.

Troy Thibodeau, manager and auctioneer at Saco River Auction, said the card drew plenty of interest. Bidding started at $10,000 and quickly rose to the final $92,000, which included an 18-percent premium.

The name of the buyer, who was at the auction house, was not released.

The card isn’t the same as a modern-day baseball card, which became common in the 1880s. Rather, it’s an original photograph from 1865 mounted on a card, showing nine players and a manager.

The Library of Congress said last month it was aware of only two copies of the photo.

The other is in the institution’s collection.

In its book “Baseball Americana,” the Library of Congress calls the item the first dated baseball card, handed out to supporters and opposing teams in a gesture of bravado from the brash Brooklynites, who were dominant and won their league championships in 1861, 1864 and 1865.

– Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro hockey Blackhawks at Phoenix, 8 p.m., CSN Looking for a third consecutive victory, the Hawks (8-0-2) hope to continue their success in Phoenix and prevent the Coyotes (4-4-2) from winning a third straight home game. More on Page B2.

Also on TV...

Pro basketball L.A. Lakers at Boston, 7 p.m., TNT Bulls at Denver, 9:30 p.m., WGN, TNT Men’s basketball Indiana at Illinois, 6 p.m., ESPN Clemson at Virginia, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Old Dominion at Drexel, 6 p.m., NBCSN Washington at UCLA, 8 p.m., ESPN Missouri at Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) at Santa Clara, 10 p.m., ESPN2 Golf PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, first round, 2 p.m., TGC Women’s basketball Penn St. at Indiana, 5:30 p.m., BTN Iowa at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m., BTN

8KEEP UP ONLINE Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Want the latest from the area’s prep sports scene?

Follow our coverage of tonight’s Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional girls basketball final between H-BR and Indian Creek on Facebook by searching for DC Preps or on Twitter at twitter.com/dc_preps.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL SIGNING DAY

HUSKIES CASHING IN ON BCS BOWL APPEARANCE

Kyle Bursaw – kbursaw@shawmedia.com

Northern Illinois football coach Rod Carey talks about his 2013 recruiting class during a news conference Wednesday in the Yordon Center in DeKalb.

Orange Bowl raises NIU’s national profile late commits. Players such as Mobile, Ala., running back Jordan Huff, Ohio running back Aregeros Turner, Indianapolis defensive lineman William Lee and Georgia receiver Malik Mitchell committed in January or early February.

Some of the late interest More online was because of the changes on the coaching staff. New Be sure to check out video from NIU running backs coach Roy NIU’s signing day at the Yordon Manning recruited Turner Center at HuskieWire.com. when Manning was on staff at Cincinnati. Turner originally Many Huskies signees, such committed to the Bearcats, but as Streamwood receiver Blake backed out when Butch Jones Holder, Prairie Ridge safety took the Tennessee job. Carey Sean Folliard, Miami-area line- said Turner wouldn’t be part of backer Robert Jones and the this class if not for Manning.

Aurora Christian trio of Chad Mitchell was recruited by Beebe, Joel Bouagnon and Bran- new NIU receivers coach Thad don Mayes were committed Ward, when Ward was at Westlong before the NIU logo showed ern Michigan. Carey said the up next to the Orange Bowl’s on coaching change affected reESPN’s BCS Selection Show. cruiting in a positive way.

It doesn’t mean the Huskies’ See HUSKIES, page B3 staff wasn’t able to land some

Carey welcomes 24 in his 1st class as Huskies’ coach

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois learned it was in the Orange Bowl the night of Sunday, Dec. 2.

It didn’t take too long for Huskies coach Rod Carey, who was named to the position earlier that day, to feel the impact NIU’s season had on recruiting.

Carey introduced his 24player recruiting Class of 2013 Wednesday afternoon at the Yordon Center, and said he felt the positive effects the Orange Bowl had on recruiting right away.

“When did we find out we were in the Orange Bowl, was that Sunday night? Monday morning,” Carey said.

NIU’s 2013 recruiting class JACKSON ABRESCH DB, 6-1, 185 pounds, Hartland, Wis.

MYCIAL ALLEN DB, 6-0, 183, Detroit

CHAD BEEBE WR, 5-9, 165, Aurora

JOEL BOUAGNON RB, 6-2, 225, Aurora

JOSH BREBANT K, 6-0, 195, Akron, Ohio

TATE BRIGGS OL, 6-4, 297, Naperville

NICK CALHOUN OL, 6-5, 308, Oshkosh, Wis.

NICK CIESLAK QB, 6-3, 170, Waukesha, Wis.

JUSTIN CORBETT DB, 6-2, 205, Frankfort

SEAN FOLLIARD LB, 6-2, 215, Crystal Lake

JAKE HECKEL TE, 6-3, 235, Waukesha, Wis.

BLAKE HOLDER WR, 6-2, 195, Streamwood

JORDAN HUFF RB, 5-11, 205, Mobile, Ala.

AURORA CHRISTIAN

ROBERT JONES

Trio of teammates join team

By JAY SCHWAB

LB, 6-0, 210, Miami Gardens, Fla.

WILLIAM LEE DL, 6-2, 280, Indianapolis

BEN MARUSKA

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OL, 6-5, 290, Fond Du Lac, Wis.

Brandon Mayes solidified his Northern Illinois football future by sending in his national letter of intent Wednesday, but Mayes already has been a staunch proponent for the Huskies.

Mayes traveled to Miami for the Jan. 1 Orange Bowl showdown against Florida State, stopping in Orlando to stay at the house of a cousin who attended Florida State.

“She was just talking mad smack to me about how this is FSU territory, you guys are going to be so outnumbered,” Mayes said. “I was like, whatever, watch. “[NIU] played hard. It didn’t come out as we wanted, obviously, but still, we made it to the Orange Bowl.”

Mayes, a defensive back, was

BRANDON MAYES S, 5-11, 182, Aurora

ZEB MCLAURIN CB, 5-11, 180, Chicago

MALIK MITCHELL WR, 6-4, 181, Alpharetta, Ga.

JAMAAL PAYTON LB, 6-0, 210, Bellwood

DRACO SMITH CB, 5-9, 185, Hammond, Ind. Shaw Media file photo

RYAN STENDLER

Aurora Christian’s Brandon Mayes tries to shake a tackle during a Class 3A semifinal game against Unity in November.

TE, 6-4, 250, Mequon, Wis.

joined by fellow Aurora Christian seniors and NIU recruits Joel Bouagnon and Chad Beebe at an afternoon signing ceremony in the school’s auditorium.

Bouagnon, traveling separately, also attended the Orange Bowl

RB, 5-11, 170, Copley, Ohio

and mingled with Mayes in Miami, while Beebe admittedly was “a little jealous,” having to settle for text message reports and a souvenir T-shirt.

VIEWS Ross Jacobson

AREGEROS TURNER SHANE WIMANN TE, 6-4, 225, Wisconsin Dells, Wis.

’14 class could be pivotal It took less than 10 seconds for Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey to shoot down the idea that the recruiting class of 2013 was “his class.”

Before he spoke about individual recruits and answered questions from the media Wednesday at the Yordon Center, Carey said this class was the product of the hard work of his staff, not just him.

Carey is right: It wasn’t his class. This was Dave Doeren’s class.

Ten players off the 24recruit class were verbally committed to NIU before Doeren left DeKalb for North Carolina State in early December. While NIU would not clarify who is on scholarship and who are walk-ons, it’s safe to say all 10 of those recruits filled scholarship spots, taking up a majority of the 14 scholarships NIU had available for this recruiting cycle.

But Carey’s recruiting efforts over the past two months weren’t solely focused on this year’s class. He was looking even further into the future.

“You’re going to recruit ahead, that’s just how we do it today,” Carey said. “I still have a strong belief that you go and you’re recruiting seniors this time of year. You’re recruiting those guys, you’re looking forward to 2014. ... Did we get out in 2014 and recruit?

You bet we did.”

And that set of recruits – the class of 2014 – could prove to be a defining group for the program. With more scholarships available and Carey fully entrenched as NIU’s coach, that will be the first time he puts his mark on the future of NIU football.

• Player capsules on Page B3.

See TEAMMATES, page B3

See JACOBSON, page B3

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8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY

Girls Basketball DeKalb at Sycamore, 7 p.m.

Genoa-Kingston at Harvard, 7 p.m.

Kaneland at Rochelle, 7 p.m.

Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional: H-BR vs. Indian Creek, championship, 7:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Boys Basketball Indian Creek at Paw Paw, 6:45 p.m.

Somonauk at Hiawatha, 6:45 p.m.

DeKalb at Kaneland, 7 p.m.

Serena at Hinckley-Big Rock, 7 p.m.

Sycamore at Yorkville, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY

Boys Basketball Kaneland at Wheaton Academy Shootout Indian Creek at North Boone, 7 p.m.

Wrestling Genoa-Kingston at Oregon Sectional Kaneland, Sycamore at Rochelle Sectional DeKalb at Barrington Sectional Girls Basketball DeKalb at Geneseo, 1:30 p.m.

SPORTS

PREP ROUNDUP

NBA

Hiawatha girls lose to Durand Sycamore gymnast Anita Bell qualified for the state meet in the uneven parallel bars with The Hiawatha girls basket- a score of 9.125 in the Glenbard ball team lost to Durand, 51-31, West Sectional. Bell’s score was ending the Hawks’ season in the good for fifth place.

DeKalb-Sycamore took fifth Class 1A Alden-Hebron Regional semifinals. The fourth-seeded with a mark of 140.275.

Hawks defeated South Beloit in the quarterfinals Monday before GIRLS BASKETBALL Sycamore downs ACC: Sycalosing to top-seeded Durand. more got 20 points from Bailey Gilbert and 12 points from TUESDAY’S LATE RESULTS Paige Wogen in a 50-35 nonconGIRLS GYMNASTICS Bell qualifies for state: DeKalb- ference win over Aurora Cen-

By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com

Jerry Bengston took advantage of a defensive mix-up to score the go-ahead goal in the 79th minute, and Honduras rallied to beat the United States, 2-1, on Wednesday in the opener of the final qualifying round for next year’s World Cup. Clint Dempsey put the U.S. ahead in the 36th minute but the Americans, using a new-look defense that featured Omar Gonzalez and Timmy Chandler, gave up the lead when Juan Carlos Garcia tied the score with a bicycle kick in the 40th at San Pedro Sula.

Bengston, who plays for Major League Soccer’s New England Revolution, scored the winner when defender Geoff Cameron and goalkeeper Tim Howard both went for a pass by Maynor Figueroa to Oscar Boniek Garcia.

That allowed Garcia to tap the ball across to Bengston for a shot into an open net, and Gonzalez was too late to challenge him.

Stern thinks HGH testing in NBA will come soon MINNEAPOLIS – Commissioner David Stern said he thinks the NBA is on track to begin testing its players for human growth hormone, perhaps as early as next season.

Stern spoke Wednesday in Minneapolis in advance of the game between the Timberwolves and San Antonio Spurs. He said the league is watching developments in the NFL and Major League Baseball as those two leagues try to address testing for HGH. He said if both leagues get approval to test players, as he expects them to, the NBA will be right there behind them.

Stern said, “It’s not a commitment, not a promise” to have it in place for next season. But he complimented the players on their willingness to address drug testing and said, “We’re well on our way.”

– Staff, wire reports

DeKalb today in their final game of the regular season.

Bradford leads Knights in victory: Emma Bradford scored 14 points for Kaneland in a 5034 win over Marengo. Ashley Prost added six points for the Knights (15-10), and Allyson O’Herron had seven.

BOYS BASKETBALL Barbs fall: Elgin beat DeKalb, 70-48. Jake Smith and Rudy Lopez each had 10 points to lead the Barbs.

Another offensive dud for NIU

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com

Bears to raise most ticket prices for next season

Honduras’ rally stuns U.S. in World Cup qualifier

tral Catholic.

The Spartans (13-11) also got three assists from Julia Moll and Lauren Goff, along with 10 rebounds from Taiya Hopkins.

“That may have been the best overall complete game we’ve played this year,” Sycamore coach Brett Goff said.

“Played well on both sides of the floor. Our role players are really starting to do this job, on offense especially.”

The Spartans play host

BOWLING GREEN 57, NORTHERN ILLINOIS 41

8SPORTS SHORTS

If you want to watch the Bears play at Soldier Field next season, prepare to open your wallet.

The Bears announced Wednesday that most ticket prices will increase for the 2013 season.

The average price increase is 4.2 percent for season-ticket holders, which includes price increases of $3 to $10 a ticket for 90 percent of the seating bowl as well as price increases of $15 to $30 a ticket for a selection of lower-level, mid-field seats.

Some ticket prices in the Bears’ United Club will remain flat.

After the price increases, nonclub tickets will range from $79 to $165 a game. Those tickets account for about 85 percent of seating at Soldier Field, according to the Bears. Meanwhile, United Club season tickets will range in price from $265 to $540 a game.

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Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Northern Illinois’ Daveon Balls (center) is fouled by Bowling Green’s Chauncey Orr (right) during the first half of the Huskies’ 57-41 loss Wednesday night at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb.

DeKALB – Before the Northern Illinois men’s basketball team’s 57-41 loss to Bowling Green on Wednesday, the Huskies thought they had put their poor offensive showing against Eastern Michigan, when they scored only four points in the first half, behind them.

They put more shots up in practice, and coach Mark Montgomery altered shootarounds to fix their ail- Next ing offense. NIU scored 65 and 64 points in its at Buffalo, past two games. noon Saturday, “We learned from AM-1360 it, we moved forward,” freshman Darrell Bowie said. “We came out, we knew we needed to be more aggressive … We learned to be patient, and take what the defense gives us.”

But Wednesday, when they played a team that had gone 0-8 on the road, the Huskies’ offense fizzled.

Less than three minutes in, Bowling Green (9-13, 4-5 Mid-American Conference) led 8-0. In the first seven minutes, the Falcons made more field goals than the Huskies would sink all half.

“They shot some uncontested shots,” Montgomery said. “We were sleeping on defense.”

Abdel Nader kept the Huskies (6-15, 3-6 MAC) afloat with seven first-half points, but he didn’t receive much help. For the

first 18 minutes, the sophomore was the only Huskie to make a field goal.

“That ball wouldn’t go in early, and it gives you confidence when you see the ball go in the basket,” Montgomery said. “We didn’t get anything easy. All of a sudden, you’re down 8-0, and you press a little bit.”

After trailing, 30-15, at the break, the Huskies were better in the second half, hitting 10 of 22 shots. But they weren’t able to make a dent in Bowling Green’s sizable lead.

The Huskies rank second-to-last in the country in field goal percentage after a 27.5 percent shooting night.

Montgomery said the issues that plagued the Huskies on Wednesday were different from the problems that made their offense a national punch-line three games ago against Eastern Michigan.

In that game, the Huskies put up 33 3-pointers; this time, the Huskies took only 13. Quick, ill-advised shots were aplenty against the Eagles; on Wednesday, missed layups and open shots were especially prevalent.

Rather than bad shot selection, Montgomery said the problem had to do with psychology.

“I thought we were a step slow tonight, and it was like we were running in quick sand,” Montgomery said. “We’ve had games like that, but you need a spark off the bench, you need a spark from your fans, you need something to get things going in the different direction. It really didn’t happen until … 12 minutes were left in the game, but it’s too late then.”

BLACKHAWKS

Torres not worth Hawks’ retaliation Hawks to get re-acquainted with Torres Raffi Torres is dirtier than a gardener’s fingernails.

Raffi Torres is uglier than an oil spill.

Raffi Torres is slimier than spoiled meat.

There. I feel better.

Maybe the Blackhawks should try this exercise before tonight’s game against the Phoenix Coyotes. Quick, someone give Dave Bolland a pen and a piece of paper.

VIEWS Tom Musick When the puck drops at Phoenix’s Jobing.com Arena, the Hawks will be tempted to drop Torres. Although it’s much easier said than done, they’ll have to resist those temptations.

Now is not the time for the league’s best team to succumb to distractions.

Keep your composure. Keep looking forward.

Next Most imporat Phoenix, tantly, keep 8 p.m. today, winning.

It’s hard to CSN, AM-720 believe, but almost 10 months have passed since the last time the Hawks faced the most pathetic player in the NHL. The Hawks were hosting the Coyotes in Game 3 of the Western Conference quarterfinals April 17 when Torres skated away from the puck, leaped off of his skates and drove his left shoulder into the side of Marian Hossa’s head with a devastating and illegal hit.

A hush fell over the United Center as a half-dozen emer-

AP file photo

Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa lies on the ice after being hit from Coyotes forward Raffi Torres (37) during the first period of Game 3 of a first-round playoff series April 17, 2012, at the United Center. Torres was suspended 25 games – which was reduced to 21 – for the hit. Hossa, who suffered a concussion on the play, and the Hawks visit Torres and the Coyotes tonight in Glendale, Ariz. gency medical personnel huddled near Hossa. The star forward remained motionless as he was strapped on to a backboard and wheeled off of the ice on a stretcher. One strap covered the top of his helmet. Two straps covered the Hawks’ logo on his red sweater. Two straps covered his black shorts.

Hossa was loaded into an ambulance and rushed to a nearby hospital. The hit had knocked him out cold, but he was released from the hospital later in the evening to begin a long recovery from a concussion.

If the hit had occurred outside of the building, Torres probably would have ended

Saturday.

Since then, Torres has reminded everyone of his abilities with zero goals and zero assists in two games. He logged 17 shifts against the Dallas Stars and 12 shifts against the Minnesota Wild.

Given last year’s playoff series, perhaps it’s appropriate that today marks Game 3 for Torres.

But the Hawks have too much going for them to worry about a clown on skates. Winning the game and earning two points in the standings is more important than seeking revenge.

At 8-0-2, the Hawks have the best record in the league. Most of that success has come on the road, where the Hawks have won in hostile environments such as Los Angeles, Vancouver and San Jose.

A shortened 48-game season makes each of those wins even more valuable.

Expect another crowded playoff race this spring as teams compete for home-ice advantage in the hard-fought Western Conference. Last season, only 10 points separated the five best teams.

Whether the Hawks earn two points, one point or zero points tonight could loom large in April. The difference could separate a No. 1 seed from a No. 2 seed, or a No. 3 from a No. 4, or … you get the idea.

That’s why, tonight, the Hawks should focus on the puck rather than the punk.

If Torres happens to have the puck along the boards or across the ice and a Hawks player is nearby, by all means, crunch him like an aluminum can. The same goes for any skater on the Coyotes’ roster.

But only special players deserve special attention.

Torres is far from special.

up in a holding cell at 26th and California. But it happened on the ice, and Torres predictably fell to his knees and turtled when Hawks enforcer Brandon Bollig went after him at the opposite end of the rink.

After all, Torres is not one to engage in a fair fight. He prefers to take cheap shots and skate away.

The NHL’s penalty was harsh for the journeyman goon, who qualified as a repeat offender under the league’s collective bargaining agreement.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct 31 19 .620 29 19 .604 25 23 .521 18 32 .360 15 34 .306 Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 31 16 .660 Brooklyn 29 20 .592 Boston 25 23 .521 Philadelphia 21 27 .438 Toronto 17 32 .347 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 32 14 .696 Atlanta 27 21 .563 Orlando 14 35 .286 Washington 13 35 .271 Charlotte 11 37 .229 Indiana Bulls Milwaukee Detroit Cleveland

GB — 1 5 13 15½ GB — 3 6½ 10½ 15 GB — 6 19½ 20 22

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 39 11 .780 Memphis 30 18 .625 Houston 27 24 .529 Dallas 21 28 .429 New Orleans 16 33 .327 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 37 12 .755 Denver 31 18 .633 Utah 28 22 .560 Portland 25 24 .510 Minnesota 18 28 .391 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 35 16 .686 Golden State 30 19 .612 L.A. Lakers 23 26 .469 Phoenix 17 33 .340 Sacramento 17 33 .340

GB — 8 12½ 17½ 22½ GB — 6 9½ 12 17½ GB — 4 11 17½ 17½

Wednesday’s Results Cleveland 122, Charlotte 95 Indiana 88, Philadelphia 69 Boston 99, Toronto 95 L.A. Clippers 86, Orlando 76 Washington 106, New York 96 Atlanta 103, Memphis 92 Brooklyn 93, Detroit 90 Miami 114, Houston 108 New Orleans 93, Phoenix 84 Oklahoma City 119, Golden State 98 Dallas 105, Portland 99 Utah 100, Milwaukee 86 San Antonio 104, Minnesota 94 Today’s Games L.A. Lakers at Boston, 7 p.m.

Bulls at Denver, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games L.A. Lakers at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Washington, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Houston, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Memphis, 7 p.m.

New York at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Miami, 7 p.m.

Bulls at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Results Indiana 114, Atlanta 103 L.A. Lakers 92, Brooklyn 83 Houston 140, Golden State 109 Phoenix 96, Memphis 90 Denver 112, Milwaukee 104

Stern: Seattle group has filed for relocation With one more procedural move, the Sacramento Kings took another step toward Seattle.

NBA commissioner David Stern said Wednesday night that the Seattle group led by Chris Hansen and Steve Ballmer, which recently reached an agreement to purchase the Kings, has formally filed for relocation with the league.

– Wire report

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Blackhawks 10 8 0 2 18 St. Louis 9 6 3 0 12 Nashville 9 4 2 3 11 Detroit 9 4 4 1 9 Columbus 10 3 6 1 7 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts Vancouver 9 5 2 2 12 Edmonton 9 4 3 2 10 Minnesota 9 4 4 1 9 Colorado 9 4 5 0 8 Calgary 7 2 3 2 6 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts San Jose 10 7 2 1 15 Anaheim 8 6 1 1 13 Phoenix 10 4 4 2 10 Dallas 10 4 5 1 9 Los Angeles 8 3 3 2 8

GF GA 33 23 32 25 20 21 23 28 20 32 GF GA 24 22 22 24 21 24 21 23 20 25 GF GA 34 21 29 23 29 27 20 25 20 25

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 10 7 3 0 14 34 24 New Jersey 9 5 1 3 13 23 20 N.Y. Islanders 9 4 4 1 9 29 30 N.Y. Rangers 9 4 5 0 8 20 25 Philadelphia 10 4 6 0 8 23 27 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 9 7 1 1 15 26 20 Ottawa 10 6 3 1 13 29 19 Montreal 9 6 3 0 12 27 19 Toronto 10 5 5 0 10 25 29 Buffalo 10 3 6 1 7 30 37 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 9 6 3 0 12 40 23 Winnipeg 9 4 4 1 9 27 34 Carolina 8 4 4 0 8 22 24 Florida 9 3 5 1 7 22 33 Washington 10 2 7 1 5 23 36 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss.

Wednesday’s Results Boston 2, Montreal 1 Anaheim at Colorado (n) Dallas at Edmonton (n) Today’s Games Montreal at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Florida at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Washington at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Detroit at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Vancouver at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Blackhawks at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Game Anaheim at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Results Blackhawks 5, San Jose 3 New Jersey 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 Pittsburgh 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Toronto 3, Washington 2 Los Angeles 4, Columbus 2 Ottawa 4, Buffalo 3 Philadelphia 2, Tampa Bay 1 Calgary 4, Detroit 1 Winnipeg 3, Florida 2 (OT) Nashville 6, St. Louis 1

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DeKalb’s Dlabal to run with Huskies as a walk-on

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DeKalb senior Danielle Dlabal was on the fence a couple weeks ago about continuing her running career in college. But after seeing the Northern Illinois cross country team running together through a rain storm recently, Dlabal decided to give it a go.

On Wednesday, Dlabal sent her national letter of intent to NIU and will join the Huskies’ cross country and track programs as a freshman walk-on next year.

“The team, they just seem like a family,” Dlabal said. “I just liked that whole aspect of being together as a team and having to go through the same things.”

Dlabal visited campus a couple weeks ago and met the team and coaching staff, noting that NIU coach Greg Hipp reminded her of DeKalb coach Mike Wolf.

Dlabal ran a personal-best 18:35 for three miles in the Class 3A St. Charles East Sectional last fall as a senior and has a career-best time of 2:20 in the 800 going into her final track season of high school.

“For a walk-on, [2:20] is actually really strong,” Hipp said. “Three years ago, with where the program was here, that’s a pretty good scholarship, and things have come a long way. She’s going to be one of the better walk-ons I have ever had coming in the door at anywhere I’ve been.”

Dlabal, who also played soccer for

DeKalb, will run both cross country and track for NIU. Hipp said Dlabal has potential to be a solid contributor in the middle distances.

“I am really excited. After cross country season this year I was really sad to think I wouldn’t be running another cross country race,” Dlabal said. “This gives me another opportunity to keep getting better.”

Cole named offensive coordinator, other coaching changes: NIU quarterbacks coach Bob Cole has been promoted to offensive coordinator, and will continue to work with the quarterbacks, while defensive line coach Brett Diersen will serve as the Huskies’ recruiting coordinator. Diersen came to NIU from Florida Atlantic, where he served as the Owls’ defen-

sive line coach and special teams coordinator.

Linebackers coach Kevin Kane has added special teams coordinator to his duties, while tight ends/fullbacks coach Joe Tripodi will coach the offensive line, a group he worked with during Orange Bowl preparation.

NIU announced Tim Polasek as the new tight ends/fullbacks coach back in January.

Any instant impact? An obvious question on any recruiting class is how many players can get on the field right away.

Out of last year’s signees, linebacker Mike Cotton, running back Perez Ford, running back Keith Harris Jr., tight end Desroy Maxwell and cornerback Marlon Moore played

8PLAYER CAPSULES

as true freshmen. Walk-on wideout Jacob Brinlee also received playing time.

Carey said incoming freshmen should be ready to get on the field immediately.

“We tell them all that you’ve got to expect to play,” he said. “With the way numbers are in college football with 85 scholarships now, every young man that you recruit and you get to know, tell them, expect to play, train to play. And then from there, we adjust.

“Used to be when I was going through it (at Indiana), coach (Bill) Mallory told me, ‘You’re going to redshirt.’ Right now, I’m not telling these guys [to plan on redshirting].

I’m saying expect to play.”

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JACKSON ABRESCH

ROBERT JONES

Position: Defensive back Size: 6-foot-1, 185 pounds Hometown: Hartland, Wis. Highlights: Was an Associated Press first-team Wisconsin all-state selection a a senior, when he had eight interceptions.

Position: Linebacker Size: 6-0, 210 Hometown: Miami Gardens, Fla. Highlights: Registered 90 tackles, three interceptions, three forced fumbles and two fumbles recoveries during his senior season at Monsignor Pace.

Named to the Florida Class 4A preseason all-state team.

Carey’s take: “Really a guy who, as gifted as he is on film, you get to know the kid and he’s a worker.

Love that about guys who play linebacker.”

MYCIAL ALLEN

Position: Defensive back Size: 6-0, 183 Hometown: Detroit Highlights: Had eight interceptions and 44 tackles his senior season. Also had two fumble returns for touchdowns and forced a safety.

Carey’s take: “Really explosive guy. We’re looking forward to having him on our team.”

WILLIAM LEE

Position: Defensive lineman Size: 6-2, 280 Hometown: Indianapolis Highlights: Picked as the Indianapolis Public School Athletic Conference Defensive Player of the Year as a senior. Made 67 tackles as a senior with 10 quarterback sacks, two forced fumbles and a blocked kick.

Carey’s take: “He’s different and we’re really excited to have him around. Different in a good way, in case you were wondering about my body language. And we’re really excited to have him around.”

CHAD BEEBE

Position: Receiver Size: 5-9, 165 Hometown: Aurora Highlights: Had 65 catches for 980 yards and 15 touchdowns in 2012 despite missing part of the year due to injury. Has Aurora Christian school records for career catches and receiving yards. The son of Kaneland graduate and former NFL wideout Don Beebe, who was his high school coach.

Carey’s take: “He is a really good route runner. And every time you say that you kind of get that impression he doesn’t have any speed. The kid’s fast, too.”

JOEL BOUAGNON Position: Running back Size: 6-2, 225 Hometown: Aurora Highlights: Had 1,475 yards rushing and 21 touchdowns as a senior at Aurora Christian after transferring from Burlington Central, helping the Eagles to their second straight Class 2A state title.

Carey’s take: “Really fits that mold of that big, downhill running back. Really excited to have that back in our offensive repertoire.”

JOSH BREBANT Position: Kicker Size: 6-0, 195 Hometown: Akron, Ohio Highlights: Made six of his 10 field goals and 25 of his 27 extra-point attempts as a senior, earning first-team all-state honors. Teammate of fellow NIU recruit Aregeros Turner.

TATE BRIGGS Position: Offensive lineman Size: 6-4, 297 Hometown: Naperville Highlights: Won three Class 5A state titles at Montini and was a two-year starter for the Broncos. Was an all-state player his senior year.

Carey’s take: “Really fits that road-grader, which I really like. When I say that road-grader, really just flat back, runs off the football.”

NICK CALHOUN Position: Offensive lineman Size: 6-5, 308 Hometown: Oshkosh, Wis. Highlights: Comes to NIU despite playing one year of football, when he was an all-conference player for Lourdes Academy. Has nine years of hockey experience.

Carey’s take: “Late-bloomer type. Guy really came on as a senior. Big kid, really looking forward to having him here, too.”

NICK CIESLAK Position: Quarterback Size: 6-3, 170 Hometown: Waukesha, Wis. Highlights: Has 3,469 career passing yards and 33 TD passes in his career, both school records.

Also has 671 yards rushing and 11 touchdown runs.

Carey’s take: “Throws the ball well. Really moves around and does some nice things there.”

JUSTIN CORBETT Position: Defensive back Size: 6-2, 205 Hometown: Frankfort Highlights: Member of Lincoln-Way East’s 2012 Class 7A state runner-up, where he played on both sides of the football.

SEAN FOLLIARD Position: Linebacker Size: 6-2, 215 Hometown: Crystal Lake Highlights: Is already enrolled at NIU and working out with the team. Member of Prairie Ridge High’s Class 6A state title team as a junior, and was an IHSA first-team all-state selection his senior season.

Carey’s take: “He couldn’t wait to get here. I was talking to him before the Orange Bowl and before Christmas, and he couldn’t wait.”

JAKE HECKEL Position: Tight end Size: 6-3, 235 Hometown: Waukesha, Wis. Highlights: Had four catches for 50 yards and two touchdowns as a senior. Was an all-conference selection in 2011 and 2012.

Carey’s take: “Really a good physical kid. Played defense as well.”

BLAKE HOLDER

Position: Receiver Size: 6-2, 195 Hometown: Streamwood Highlights: Had 28 catches for 430 yards and six touchdowns his senior season, and had five interceptions on defense.

Carey’s take: “He’s really a smooth route runner when you see him on film. Really excited about him.

I think he has the chance to come in and really help us early in his career. I’m looking forward to that.”

JORDAN HUFF Position: Running back Size: 5-11, 205 Hometown: Mobile, Ala. Highlights: Had 4,783 career rushing yards, and was a two-time all-state selection. Holds school records for career and single-season rushing yards.

Carey’s take: “He again fits that big back mold, but also fits that little back mode. He can do everything.”

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Northern Illinois football coach Rod Carey talks about his 2013 recruiting class during a news conference Wednesday in the Yordon Center in DeKalb.

Briggs passes up scholarships to play at NIU • HUSKIES

Continued from page B1 Of course, the Huskies’ historic season made a big impact, as well.

“How recruiting goes, there’s always a lot of late movement, and that late movement provided us to get some guys that I don’t know ... if we would have gotten them or wouldn’t of without the Orange Bowl,” Carey said. “But we were in the Orange Bowl, and we did get them.”

Montini guard Tate Briggs, listed at 6-foot-4, 297 pounds, had scholarship offers from other nonAQ schools, but instead chose to attend NIU as a preferred walkon. Briggs decided late because he didn’t want to give a verbal commitment to a school and then

change his mind, and some of his scholarship offers were filled by other players.

Briggs said he loved the facilities at NIU, and said the Huskies’ Orange Bowl appearance was definitely a plus. Briggs even went to Florida to watch the game.

“Even though they got beat, they still put up a fight and they never backed down at all, so I liked that,” he said.

Huff said the Huskies have been with him since his sophomore year, and mentioned how the Orange Bowl appearance shows what kind of potential NIU has.

“That was really good,” he said.

“It shows me that they’re an upand-coming program I wanted to be a part of.”

The potential NIU has is one

thing Mitchell, who had an official visit in late January, mentioned as well, in addition to the school coming off its first BCS bowl appearance. Plus, the Chessick Practice Center, NIU’s new indoor facility, is being constructed as well and should be ready in the fall.

There’s certainly a lot to look forward to in DeKalb, something that certainly will draw recruiting interest.

“It shows that they’re a team that’s on the rise,” Mitchell said.

“The fact that they won back-toback MAC championships, that was definitely a big part in my decision, because I would be able to come into a team that was already good and try to find my place and contribute any way that I can.”

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Continued from page B1 “I actually had Christmas Day on that day with my dad’s side of the family because that’s when we could get everybody together,” Beebe said. “ … But family’s a priority, so you’ve got to take it as it is.”

Beebe, whose father is Aurora Christian coach and former NFL receiver Don Beebe, has been a workhorse since the Eagles won their second straight Class 3A state championship in November. The slenderly built receiver gave up basketball to focus on football workouts, already gaining six pounds to bump up to 170 pounds. He plans to continue filling out in the months ahead.

“I have hopes to play next year – whether that happens or not, I don’t know, but I want to be able to give it my best effort,” Beebe said. “I figured without doing basketball I could achieve that goal moreso, being able to work out more than I would have being in basketball. We’ve been training six days a week now for quite a while, and we’ll continue to do so.”

Mayes and Bouagnon both were two-way stalwarts for Aurora Christian. While Mayes projects as a defensive player in DeKalb, Bouagnon is slated to give up his linebacking duties and play running back for the Huskies.

Bouagnon said he thinks he can develop into a versatile, Division I back.

“I’d like to be able to do it all,” Bouagnon said. “I don’t want to [pigeon-hole] myself into one certain type of playing.”

The three plan to room together at NIU.

This year, the Huskies were able to capitalize a little off the national attention that NIU’s Orange Bowl appearance brought to the program, but, as shown by NIU’s class, many of the nation’s recruits already had verbally committed to schools.

Moving forward, NIU’s success no longer will be a secret to any football prospect starting the recruiting process. The Orange Bowl appearance, consecutive Mid-American Conference championships and finishing the season in The Associated Press’ Top 25 are notable accomplishments that speak to recruits.

The achievements of quarterbacks Jordan Lynch and Chandler Harnish, who have thrived in NIU’s spread offense, make NIU an even more attractive option for dual-threat signal-callers.

“It’s still tough for them to take a player away from the Big Ten,” NCSA recruiting analyst Tom Lemming said. “But battling other MAC schools, having the success at quarterback really helps them and puts them among the elite schools, quarterback-wise, in the conference.”

NIU fans can learn a little from recent history. Former coach Jerry Kill was hired in December of 2008 and his first recruiting class, signed two months later, produced only a few players of note in Sean Progar, Jason Schepler and

Rashaan Melvin, all of whom originally were walk-ons. To be fair, NIU also was coming off a 2-10 season.

But Kill’s next class in 2009 laid the foundation for NIU’s Orange Bowl season, featuring a group of playmakers such as Martel Moore, Perez Ashford, Nabal Jefferson, Tyrone Clark and Alan Baxter. Oh, and the guy who finished seventh in the Heisman Trophy voting this season.

Carey found himself in the same circumstances as Kill did five seasons ago, having to spend much energy persuading committed recruits to stay. But Carey comes into a program that has made huge strides in recent years, making his sales pitch to recruits much easier than what Kill had in the early stages of his coaching tenure with the Huskies.

NIU has even started putting together its class of 2014 already, gaining a verbal commitment from Sycamore receiver Ben Niemann late last year.

The class of 2013 could very well exceed expectations. But the class of 2014 is the one to focus on.

That will be Carey’s first class. And it could be the one that leads NIU back to a prominent bowl.

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Position: Offensive lineman Size: 6-5, 290 Hometown: Fond Du Lac, Wis. Highlights: Two-time all-conference selection from Fond Du Lac High School. Also competes on Fond Du Lac’s track team, where he won a sectional title in the shot put in 2012.

Carey’s take: “Fits that late-bloomer mold in Wisconsin. This guy’s going to be a good football player.”

BRANDON MAYES Position: Safety Size: 5-11, 182 Hometown: Aurora Highlights: Two-time all-state and all-conference honoree. Three-year starter who set Aurora Christian school record for most career tackles, tackles for loss and interceptions. Rushed for 863 yards and seven touchdowns for the Eagles’ Class 3A state championship team in 2012.

Carey’s take: “Really excited about Brandon’s versatility. Played both ways on [Aurora Christian] as well.”

ZEB MCLAURIN

Position: Cornerback Size: 5-11, 180 Hometown: Chicago Highlights: Two-time all-Chicago Catholic League honoree at St. Ignatius Prep. Posted 48 tackles, 10 pass breakups, five blocked kicks and three fumble recoveries as a senior with the Wolfpack.

MALIK MITCHELL Position: Receiver Size: 6-4, 181 Hometown: Alpharetta, Ga. Highlights: Caught 40 passes for 500 yards and four touchdowns with the Eagles as a senior.

Ranked as a three-star recruit by ESPN and was named to the all-state preseason watch list entering his senior season.

Carey’s take: “He is all of 6-4, looks me square in the eyes. He can go up and get the football. He’s a long strider.”

JAMAAL PAYTON Position: Linebacker Size: 6-0, 210 Hometown: Bellwood Highlights: two-time all-state honoree at Proviso West High School. Ranked as the 16th-best prospect from the Chicago area by CBS Sports’ Tom Lemming and was awarded team MVP each of the last two seasons.

Carey’s take: “Really instinctual linebacker.

Really a guy that just kind of finds the football and that is really a good asset there at linebacker.”

DRACO SMITH Position: Cornerback Size: 5-9, 185 Hometown: Hammond, Ind. Highlights: Four-year starting running back at Mt. Carmel High School. Named all-state honorable mention as a senior and helped lead the Caravan to the Illinois Class 8A state title in 2012.

Carey’s take: “Good football player. Played both ways for them. Had a lot of stats, really just the type of guy that we love here at Northern, a worker, wants to be here.”

RYAN STENDLER Position: Tight end Size: 6-4, 250 Hometown: Mequon, Wis. Highlights: Named team MVP after recording 40 tackles, five pass breakups, three forced fumbles and two interceptions at defensive end in 2012.

Carey’s take: “A year ago right now was 6-1, 205. he grew 3 inches and put on about 45 pounds in one year. If he grows another six inches, we’ll take that too.”

AREGEROS TURNER Position: Running back Size: 5-11, 170 Hometown: Copley, Ohio Highlights: Rated as the 11th-best running back and 37th-best prospect in Ohio by Rivals.com.

Garnered Army All-American honorable mention accolades following the 2012 season.

Carey’s take: “He’s the guy that you can line up in the backfield, in the slot as a wide receiver, you just want to get this guy the ball.”

SHANE WIMANN

Position: Tight end Size: 6-4, 225 Hometown: Wisconsin Dells, Wis. Highlights: Caught 72 passes for 834 yards and 12 touchdowns at wide receiver for Wisconsin Dells High School in 2012. Also earned all-state honors in basketball as a junior.

Carey’s take: “We had him in camp and really know he loves to hit people too, got great ball skills.”

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PENN STATE

NATIONAL ROUNDUP

Ole Miss muscles in on power programs Lions fare

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

Alabama. Ohio State. Michigan.

Florida. Notre Dame. Mississippi?

Ole Miss muscled in on the powerhouses that usually dominate national signing day, landing some of the most sought-after prospects in the country on college football’s annual first-Wednesday-in-February frenzy.

The Rebels, coming off a promising 7-6 season in their first season under coach Hugh Freeze, had the experts swooning by signing three of the bluest chips still on the board and building a well-rounded class otherwise.

The day started with defensive end Robert Nkemdiche from Loganville, Ga., rated the No. 1 recruit in the country by just about everyone who ranks them, deciding to join his brother, Denzel, in Oxford, Miss.

“I feel like it’s the right place for me,” Nkemdiche said after slipping on a red Hugh Freeze Ole Miss cap. “I feel like they can do special things and they’re on the rise. I feel like going to play with my brother, we can do something special.”

Nkemdiche originally committed

to Clemson last year, then backed off that and narrowed his picks to LSU, Florida and Mississippi – and the Rebels beat the big boys.

They weren’t done. Coaches in the Ole Miss war room were exchanging hugs and high-fives again a couple hours later when Laremy Tunsil, a top-rated offensive tackle from Lake City, Fla., picked the Rebels over Florida State and Georgia.

“Tunsil to Ole Miss I think was the biggest surprise of the whole [recruiting season],” said JC Shurburtt, national recruiting director for 247Sports.com.

And, as if Ole Miss needed more good news, highly touted defensive

ILLINOIS

NOTRE DAME

Key QB among 20 signees

Experts: Kelly’s best class

By DAVID MERCER

Irish sign 23, waiting for word on 1 more

By TOM COYNE

The Associated Press

The Associated Press

CHAMPAIGN – Illinois added the player it hopes is its quarterback of the future Wednesday and made clear to the other members of its recruiting class that they could play right away after a twowin season.

The Illini signed a recruiting class of 20 players on national signing day, five of whom have already enrolled.

Coach Tim Tim Beckman Beckman announced earlier that he also had signed five junior college transfers to fill immediate needs.

Recruiting service Rivals. com ranked Illinois’ class 46th in the country and seventh in the Big Ten. Scout.com puts the Illini’s 2013 class 40th in the country and fifth in the 12team conference.

The signings include Aaron Bailey, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound quarterback from Bolingbrook, whose signing Beckman said was big for an Illinois team coming off a 2-10 season (0-8 Big Ten). Both Scout and Rivals call Bailey a four-star recruit.

“Huge, huge,” Beckman said, adding that he should be a good fit for new offensive coordinator Bill Cubit’s versatile, pass-oriented offense.

“I think that Aaron’s commitment to us shows that he sees a future here,” Beckman added.

Nathan Scheelhaase, who will be a senior this fall, is the incumbent starter, but Beckman said it’s possible for any of his top three quarterbacks – Scheelhaase, backup Reilly O’Toole or Bailey – to play this fall. Scheelhaase was limited by injury last fall and had a rough season, throwing for 1,361 yards and four touchdowns, along with eight interceptions.

Beckman said that’s true for just about any of the 25 new players expected to be on the roster this fall.

“We didn’t win very many football games, but we were still able to get one of the top recruiting classes ... the top half of the country, by telling these students athletes that they were going to get an opportunity,” he said.

Another highly regarded addition is running back Kendrick Foster from Richwoods High School in Peoria. At 5-9 and 190 pounds, Foster had 1,749 yards on 236 carries and scored 21 touchdowns as a senior. That capped a career in which he ran for 6,401 yards, fifth in Illinois high school football history.

SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly wasn’t about to quibble with recruiting experts who called the recruiting class he signed Wednesday his best.

“I love agreeing with experts,” he joked.

Most recruiting services had the Irish ranked in the top five in the country. Kelly said the 23 players signed by the Irish show that Notre Dame has returned to elite status this past season, being ranked No. 1 for the first time in nearly 19 years and playing against Alabama in the BCS title game, which the Irish lost, 42-14.

“It’s a recruiting class that when you’re looking at it from my perspective, it meets the time and place as to where we are right now. We’re a team that has gone from unranked to top 10 ranking, top five ranking, at times we’re the No. 1 team in the country, and I think your class begins to reflect that as you move forward,” he said.

Running back Greg Bryant of Delray Beach, Fla., was an example of that. Bryant, who rushed for 1,447 yards and 17 touchdowns on 186 carries last season, had committed to Oklahoma and the Irish hadn’t contacted him since May. But after Bryant decommitted from Oklahoma and the Irish were off to an 11-0 start and

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Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly speaks during a BCS national championship game news conference Jan. 6 in Miami. ranked No. 1, recruiting coordinator Tony Alford decided to give him a call just before Thanksgiving and quickly found there was interest.

“The season, 11-0, we were first in the country, that certainly had an impact with him as far as piquing his interest,” said Alford, who also is the running backs coach.

Among the other highly touted players in the class are linebacker Jaylon Smith of Fort Wayne, running back Tarean Folston, who rushed for 1,186 yards and 13 touchdowns for Cocoa (Fla.) High School, and safety Max

well despite sanctions

back Antonio Conner from nearby Batesville, Miss., chose the Rebels over national champion Alabama.

While the Rebels loaded up, it’s important to remember they still have plenty of ground to gain on the rest of their conference competition.

Nick Saban reloaded the Crimson Tide with a class that Rivals.com ranked No. 1 in the country.

SEC powers Florida, LSU and Georgia pulled in typically impressive classes. SEC newcomer Texas A&M cracked the top 10 of several rankings. Even Vanderbilt, coming off a nine-win season, broke into the top 25.

It’s the cycle of life in the SEC,

By GENARO C. ARMAS The Associated Press

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – Penn State’s first recruiting class since the NCAA hammered the program with sanctions includes a potential quarterback of the future and a promising pass-rushing defensive end.

So much for the gloom-and-doom scenarios about getting shunned on the recruiting trail after the steep scholarship cuts as part of the penalties for the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal.

High school prospects formally could declare their col lege choices starting Wednesday. As expected, Penn State received Bill O’Brien commitments from coveted Virginia quarterback Christian Hackenberg and highly rated New Jersey defensive end Garrett Sickels.

About a dozen seniors total were expected to sign Wednesday, joining five prospects who already have enrolled early as freshmen.

Recruiting analysts are commending coach Bill O’Brien for being able to keep the core of this recruiting class intact amid the sanctions.

“They get a ‘B’ for results and an ‘A-plus’ for effort, which translates into a real good class,” said veteran CBS Sports Network recruiting analyst Tom Lemming.

A few touted prospects had taken back verbal commitments since July, after the NCAA announced its sanctions that also included a four-year postseason ban.

O’Brien and his coaching staff have worked hard to keep its class together. The centerpieces of the class, including Hackenberg, Sickels and Pennsylvania tight end Adam Breneman, stuck with their long-standing verbal commitments. They’ve been vocal on social media about their keeping their pledges to Penn State.

Christian Hackenberg’s father, Erick, said O’Brien has been honest with the family during the highs and lows of the past several months. O’Brien has the program back on steady ground after a better-than-expected 8-4 record in 2012 and an improved passing attack.

A pro-style offense modeled after the system O’Brien coordinated in his previous job with the New England Patriots looked good, too, to Hackenberg.

Redfield of Mission Viejo, Calif. The Irish still were waiting to hear from defensive lineman Eddie Vanderdoes.

Smith won the Butkus Award as the nation’s top high school linebacker, the same award Manti Te’o won four years ago.

“He’s got all the things that you’re looking for, that quickness, that ability to strike,” Kelly said.

Redfield is one of four defensive backs who will add depth in the secondary.

The Irish also added depth along the offensive line with five recruits: 6-foot-6, 290-pound Hunter Bivin, 6-5, 300-pound Steve Elmer, 6-7, 280-pound Mike McGlinchey and 6-5, 305-pound John Montelus. Kelly said the Irish were so thin along the line that at times as the Irish practiced to get ready for Alabama he only had five healthy linemen at some practices.

The Irish are expected to be at the 85-player scholarship limit for the first time since Tyrone Willingham was coach, which Kelly said should help.

“That impacts your program, I’m telling you,” Kelly said. “It impacts the way you practice. You don’t get a chance to tackle quite as much, and all those things begin to show themselves when you’re below the scholarship numbers.”

The Irish also added two receivers with well-known fathers: wide receiver Torii Hunter Jr., whose father plays with the Detroit Tigers, and Corey Robinson, whose father, David, played basketball with the San Antonio Spurs.

NORTHWESTERN

’Cats add pair of four-star recruits The ASSOCIATED PRESS EVANSTON – Northwestern added a pair of highly ranked players to its offense Wednesday as part of its 2013 recruiting class.

Both the Rivals.com and Scout.com recruiting services give quarterback Matt Alviti of Maine South High School four stars.

And Scout. com considers Pat Fitzgerald running back Godwin Igwebuike from Pickerington North High School in Pickerington, Ohio, a fourstar recruit, too.

“We as a staff are confident we’ve signed a group of young men who are tremendous fits for our program athletically, academically and socially,” coach Pat Fitzgerald said.

“These 21 individuals are joining a program with a lot of momentum and I look forward to the contributions they’ll make toward helping us achieve our goals in years to come.”

Northwestern finished last season 10-3 (5-3 in the Big Ten,

third in the six-team Legends Division). The Wildcats beat Mississippi State, 34-20, in the Gator Bowl.

Rivals.com considers Northwestern’s class the ninth best in the 12-member Big Ten and 52nd in the country. Scout.com ranks the Wildcats’ class eighth in the Big Ten and No. 45 in the country. Ohio State is considered No. 1 in the conference by both recruiting services.

Alviti is a dual-threat quarterback who had 9,750 passing yards in high school and 2,040 rushing yards. The 6-foot, 185-pounder threw for 85 touchdowns and ran for 43.

Northwestern returns last season’s starting quarterback, senior Kain Colter, who was an honorable mention All-Big Ten player as a junior.

Igwebuike has 1,985 rushing yards as a high school senior and 29 touchdowns. The 6-foot, 190-pound back was also a talented safety.

Another highly regarded member of the signing class is offensive lineman Sam Coverdale, a 6-6, 265-pound tackle from Kenston High School in Chagrin Falls, Ohio.

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The Lumineers members Jeremiah Fraites, Neyla Pekarek and Wesley Schultz are pictured in New York.

The band is nominated for two Grammy Awards, including best new artist.

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The Lumineers ride genre’s popularity wave to Grammys

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By CHRIS TALBOTT AP Music Writer

ven the members of The Lumineers are puzzled by the success of their song “Ho Hey” and their sudden rise to fame after years on the road. The song has long legs and is not only getting played alongside Nicki Minaj and Maroon 5 on the radio, it’s been ruling Spotify and working its way into popular culture.

A few years ago, singer Wesley Schultz said, hearing The Lumineers’ brand of allacoustic folk rock on a Top 40 countdown would have been pretty unthinkable. Now his band’s caught up in a wave that could crest at the Grammy Awards, and he says he’s still trying to sort out why.

“I can tell you that when we play live and when we sometimes go out in the audience, the reaction to just playing your instruments without any help, without any amplification or tricks, that surprises people in kind of a funny way because you’d think that most people would assume you could play your instruments and how it would sound,” Schultz said.

“But they’re caught off guard, I think. People are used to things that are overproduced or slick or glossy, and this isn’t any of that.”

It’s been two years since producer Ken Ehrlich and the Grammy Awards reintroduced the world to folk rock, pairing the dazzlingly handsome young bands Mumford & Sons and The Avett Brothers with Bob Dylan for a rocking rendition of “Maggie’s Farm.”

The acoustic movement was always part of the general fabric of music, but it’s moved out of the neighborhood park and small club and into the arena since that segment aired.

ers trying to catch a ride on the wave.

“There was a lot of music I loved that year, “The last time I was in Brooklyn, somebut I particularly loved the Avetts and I loved body said, ‘Hey, you can’t go to any club here Mumford and I wanted a way to get them on,” without hearing the banjo,’” Old Crow MediEhrlich said. “And to be honest with you, not many people knew about either of those things cine Show manager Norm Parenteau said.

“So I had to apologize to the whole borough until we put them on. But the way I wanted to of Brooklyn: ‘Sorry if we had anything to do put them on was to frame them. Again, it goes with bringing banjos to Brooklyn.’” back to where did they come from? They came No apologies necessary, especially when from Bob Dylan, you know?” it comes to The Lumineers. Schultz and It was a big bang moment, mixing the longtime friend and bandauthenticity of Dylan with mate Jeremiah Fraites fled the scruffy, intense earnestGrammy predictions Brooklyn a few years ago. ness of the young acts. The “Every good character show immediately made Read Grammy Award winner predic- in a movie or play is either the music accessible for tions from Associated Press music running toward something millions of fans. writers | www.daily-chronicle.com or running from someFlash forward and the thing,” Schultz said. “I London-based Mumford & think it was pretty apparSons are platinum-selling Watch the Grammys ent I was running from artists who draw 10,000 at a New York. I was pretty pop and are among the six The Grammy Awards show airs live upset with my experience.” top nominees at the Feb. 10 at 7 p.m. Sunday on CBS. Unable to focus on muawards show in Los Angesic because of the number les with six nominations, of odd jobs it took to survive in the city, including album of the year for “Babel.” they fled to Denver where they found cellist The like-minded Lumineers, whose selfNeyla Pekarek on Craigslist. Yes, Craigslist. titled album shot to No. 2 last week on the And it couldn’t have worked out better. The Billboard 200 – 10 months after its release – scene there was thriving and diverse, full of have two nominations, including a coveted contacts who helped them find gigs and hit spot on the best new artist list alongside the road where they honed their songs and spiritual cousins Alabama Shakes. The their sound.

Avetts are back in the Americana category.

They did not aim for pop music stardom The Civil Wars, Old Crow Medicine Show, in their songwriting, preferring a raw sound Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are they never figured would lead them down a aboard, too, among others. red carpet and into the Staples Center. It’s Call it folk. Call it roots rock or Amerimore of a lifestyle choice for many of the cana. Almost anywhere you go these days acoustic-leaning acts on this year’s list. you can hear the lonesome sound of the “I see it more on a social level,” Old Crow banjo – even in Brooklyn, now overcrowded fiddler Ketch Secor said. “I see it as a reacwith former hipsters turned would-be pick-

tion to Walmart parking lots and Applebee’s, O’Charley’s and country music. It’s very much a reactionary kind of sound. That’s something we arm ourselves with in this line of work. When you strap a banjo on you’re making a choice.”

“Country” Winston Marshall of Mumford & Sons joked in an interview last year that he turned to the banjo for more practical reasons: “Not many play it in London so it’s much easier to get a gig. And once you’ve got the gig there’s not much competition, so you stick around.”

Folk music was a novel sound the band turned to after hearing the “O Brother, Where Art Thou?” soundtrack produced by T Bone Burnett.

The soundtrack “really sort of pierced through our teenage films, and especially for Winston and I, I think that became kind of an obsessive record for us and also opened avenues for us to explore artists like Emmylou Harris and also like Gillian Welch and Alison Krauss, and then through those guys really the OCMS guys ... so they were like our gateway into sort of Americana really.”

They’ve echoed those sounds back at a new generation, one that seems open to sad songs that resonate deeply – like “Ho Hey.” The song has surpassed 70 million global listens on Spotify and incongruously, Schultz said, it’s been showing up as a first-dance song in weddings.

“And that’s not where it came from,” he said. “The feelings that made it come out were not necessarily about finding love, but losing love or missing love. I think that’s what’s interesting about songs. You can come from a dark place, but people see light in there and they can identify different parts of it.”

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things to do this weekend libraries and other places have events scheduled for this weekend. Check with your library to see if anything Lincolnrelated is happening.

Show the love Valentine’s Day isn’t until next Thursday, but guys, you’d better start planning this weekend if you don’t want to find yourself in the doghouse! Order flowers now, reserve a spot at a nice restaurant – just do something. Those families with children can have craft time this weekend and make Valentine’s Day cards.

At the movies

The big movies opening this week are “Identity Thief,” an R comedy starring Jason Bateman and Melissa McCarthy; “Side Effects,” an R thriller by Steven Soderbergh that stars Rooney Mara, Channing Tatum, Jude Law and Catherine Zeta-Jones; and the 3-D rerelease of “Top Gun.”

Catch some sports

And the Grammy goes to

latest news and more, go to the official website, www.grammy.com.

Sunday night the Grammy Awards will be broadcast on TV, and if you’re a fan of music or awards shows, you’ll want to tune in. The broadcast begins at 7 p.m. on CBS. To see all the nominees, get the

STAGE STAGE NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s “A Bright Room Called Day”: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 7 to 9, 2 p.m. Feb. 10, Stevens Building Players Theatre, NIU, DeKalb.

Tickets: $16, adults; $13, seniors; $8, students. Tickets or information: 815-753-1600, www.niu. edu/theatre or sotdboxoffice@ niu.edu.

NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s “Hamlet Redux”: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13 through Feb. 17, 2 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17, Stevens Building Corner Theatre, NIU, DeKalb. Tickets: $6; available one hour before performance.

815-753-1600. www.niu.edu/ theatre.

Sycamore High School’s “The Babbling Brooks”: 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 14 to 16, Sycamore High School Auditorium, Spartan Trail.

Tickets: $6 at the box office in the high school lobby from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 and 12.

Indian Valley Theatre’s “Postmortem” dinner theater: 7 p.m.

Feb. 22 and 23, 1 p.m. Feb. 24., Fox Valley Older Adults Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich.

Tickets: $26, includes meal catered by Alessandria’s of Sandwich. Reservations must be received by Feb. 15. Cash bar. www.indianvalleytheatre.com or 630-631-2323.

The Spensers: Theatre of Illlusion: 8 p.m. Feb. 23, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www. sandwichoperahouse.org.

CCT’s “Honk”: 7 p.m. March 8, 9, 15 and 16, 2 p.m. March 10 and 17, O’Connell Theatre, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb. Tickets: $12, adults; $6, children. www.cctonstage.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Jesus Christ Superstar”: 7:30 p.m.

March 14 to 16 and March 21 to 23, 2 p.m. March 17 and 24, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com.

Beth Fowler Dance Company’s “A Storybook Ballet”: 7 p.m.

March 15 and 16; 2 p.m. March 16 and 17, Egyptian Theatre,

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

The Super Bowl is over, but there still are plenty of sports to watch on TV. The NBA and NHL will be in action all weekend, and there are international soccer games taking place, too.

Tuesday is the birthday of President Abraham Lincoln, and some museums,

135 N. Second St., DeKalb.

Tickets: $15 to $25 in February; $17 to $27 after March 1.

Group discount for nonprofits available. Tickets available at www.egyptiantheatre.org, 815-758-1225 or at the door one hour before each performance.

Stage Coach Players’ “The Robin Hood Capers”: 7:30 p.m. May 2 to 4 and May 9 to 11, 2 p.m.

May 12, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www. stagecoachers.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Shrek The Musical”: 7:30 p.m. June 13 to 15, 2 p.m. June 15 and 16, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Red Herring”: 7:30 p.m. July 11 to 13 and July 18 to 20, 2 p.m. July 21, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Company”: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 to 10 and Aug. 15 to 17, 2 p.m. Aug. 11 and 18, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www. stagecoachers.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “The Lion in Winter”: 7:30 p.m. Sept. 12 to 14 and Sept. 19 to 21, 2 p.m.

Sept. 22, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www. stagecoachers.com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Rope”: 7:30 p.m. Oct. 10 to 12 and Oct. 17 to 19, 2 p.m. Oct. 20, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com.

Stage Coach Players’ “Annie”: 7:30 p.m. Nov. 7 to 9 and Nov. 14 to 16, 2 p.m. Nov. 10 and 17, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com.

REGIONAL PR Productions’ “Romantic Fools”: 8 p.m. Feb. 14, 15, 16, River’s Edge Theatre, 217 S. Bridge St., Yorkville. A comedic vaudeville revue of 12 twocharacter sketches examining love, lust, dating and romance.

Tickets: $15. Dinner and show tickets also available (but not required) for $45; dinner served

beforehand at Cobblestone Bistro. www.riversedgetheatre. com.

ART ART Kishwaukee College Faculty Art Show: Through Feb. 21, Kishwaukee College Art Gallery, 21193 Malta Road, Malta. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Friday; 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday, Thursday. Free.

Closing reception: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 19. 815-825-2086, ext.

5610.

“Vice + Virtue,” exhibition at NIU Art Museum: Through Feb. 23 in all four galleries of the NIU Art Museum. Public reception: 4:30 to 6 p.m. Jan. 24. Exploring the dynamics of the “deadly sins” and “heavenly virtues” with juxtaposed interpretations from a vast array of visual artists. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday and noon to 4 p.m. Saturday.

Recommended for mature audiences only. www.niu.edu/ artmuseum.

“Rarely Seen Southeast Asia: Art, Artifact, Ephemera”: Through May 15, Northern Illinois University Anthropology Museum, Fay-Cooper Cole Hall, DeKalb. An exhibit of more than 150 rarely shown art pieces and artifacts from Southeast Asia.

Information: 815-753-2520 or 815-753-1771.

February Photo Show at DAWC: 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays in February, DeKalb Area Women’s Center Galleries, 1021 State St., DeKalb. Photographs by Tim O’Shaughnessy featured. Free and open to the public.

Oil pastel paintings by Eileen Bosic: Through Feb. 3, The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday. 815-758-0313 or dan@ dekalbgallery.com.

“Play: Stories, Mementos and Fun”: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, Sycamore History Museum, 1730 N. Main St., Sycamore. Exhibition explores leisure moments and how we remember them through stories, objects and experiences.

– GateHouse News Service

Admission: $5 a person, free for members and children younger than 14. www.sycamorehistory. org. 815-895-5762 History/memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays or by appointment, Nehring Gallery, 111 S. Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb.

Free. www.dekalbalumni.org, 815-757-5959, 815-757-0462 or 815-758-3635.

COMEDY COMEDY Brian Posehn: 9 p.m., Feb. 8, Otto’s Niteclub & Underground, 118 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

Tickets: $20. This performance is rescheduled from a postponed show scheduled for Oct. 8, 2010; tickets purchased for that performance will be honored.

Lewis Black - The Rant is Due: 8 p.m. March 2, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. For mature audiences. Tickets: $39.75 to $49.75. www. egyptiantheatre.org or 815-7581225.

REGIONAL Zanies Comedy Night Club – St. Charles: Various dates at Pheasant Run Resort, 4050 E. Main St. Visit www.stcharles.zanies.com for acts, prices and showtimes.

630-584-6342.

EVENTS EVENTS Top 10 Film Series: Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb.

Schedule: 8. “Schindler’s List,” 6:30 p.m. Feb. 12; 7. “Lawrence of Arabia,” 6:30 p.m. Feb. 19; 6.

“Gone with the Wind,” 6:30 p.m.

Feb. 26; 5. “Singin’ in the Rain,” 6:30 p.m. March 5; 4. “Raging Bull,” 6:30 p.m. March 19; 3.

“Casablanca,” 6:30 p.m. March 26; 2. “The Godfather,” 6:30 p.m. April 2; 1. “Citizen Kane,” 6:30 p.m. April 9. Tickets: $7, adults; $5, students and seniors.

No cost for Feb. 12 show. Purchase advance tickets at www. egyptiantheatre.org.

Swing Dancing in DeKalb: 7 to 11 p.m. Feb. 19, The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway. No partner needed; casual dress,

leather-soled shoes recommended. $5 admission includes lesson. Food and beer/wine available for purchase. See www.BarbCitySwing.com for coming dates and look for the group on Facebook.

Egyptian Theatre Haunted Tour: 10 p.m. Feb. 9, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Cost: $42 before Feb. 4; $50 after.

815-758-1215 or www.egyptiantheatre.org.

Safe Passage Evening of Chocolate: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 9, St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St., Sycamore. A light buffet meal and an assortment of chocolate treats. There will be a silent auction, small raffle and 50/50 cash raffle. Proceeds benefit Safe Passage. Tickets $25, adults; free for children.

815-756-7930.

Sycamore Music Boosters’ “A Note to Remember”: 7 to 11 p.m. Feb. 9, Blumen Gardens, Sycamore. Adults-only event includes live music, hors d’oeuvres, coffee bar, cash bar, silent auction and raffles.

Tickets: $20. Proceeds benefit District 427 music programs.

815-757-5688. www.sycamoremusicboosters.com.

ALPHA: Friends of Antiquity Lecture Series: 7:30 p.m., Jack Arends Visual Arts Building, Room 102, NIU, DeKalb. Free and open to the public. Series schedule: • March 7: “Tradition Transformed in Late Antiquity: The Shift From the Late Roman to a Byzantine Aesthetic,” Christina Nielsen, assistant curator for Late Antique, Early Christian and Byzantine Art, Art Institute of Chicago • April 18: “To Whom Do Antiquities Belong? The Legal and Illegal Trafficking of Antique Art Objects,” Professor Ralph Burin, Department of Art History, Harper College, Palatine MUSIC MUSIC Miranda Lambert and Dierks Bentley: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14, NIU Convocation Center, DeKalb.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $27 and $51.75 at Convo Center box office, Ticketmaster outlets, Livenation.com or at 800-745-3000.

Gaelic Storm: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 16, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. Tickets: $30 to $37. www.egyptiantheatre.org or 815-758-1225.

Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 23, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Northern Illinois University Music Building, DeKalb. High School junior Kelly Talim, the winner of the Arthur D. Montzka Young Artists Concerto Competition, will perform with the orchestra as a guest soloist on violin. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, students and seniors; $5 children younger than 12. 815-756-3728 or www. kishorchestra.org Transformation Through Rhythm: 7 p.m. Feb. 27, DeKalb High School Auditorium, 501 W. Dresser Road. Benefit concert features percussion ensembles from DeKalb School District and Northern Illinois University. Free; donations accepted. Proceeds benefit hospice groups.

KSO Goes to the Movies!: 7:30 p.m. March 8, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb. Benefit concert for Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Tickets: $15, available at the door or in advance at Sycamore

Antiques, Kar Free Flowers, Hillside Restaurant and LePrint Express.

Patsy Cline and Buddy Holly Tribute: 8 p.m. March 9, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse. org.

Switchback: 8 p.m. March 17, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse. org.

Doug Church: 8 p.m. April 6, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. 815786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

Bob & the Beachcombers: 8 p.m. April 20, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students. 815-786-2555. www. sandwichoperahouse.org.

The Diamonds: 8 p.m. May 11, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25; $20, seniors 65 and older; $15, students.

ONGOING ONGOING Art Attack – School of Art in Sycamore: 215 W. Elm St. Classes for children and adults. www.sycamoreartattack.org or 815-899-9440.

Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts: NIU Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Classes in music, art and theater for children and adults. www.csa.niu.edu or 815753-1450.

Bread & Roses women’s choral group rehearsals: 5:45 to 8 p.m. Sundays, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. www. breadandroseschorus.org.

Indian Valley Community Band: 6 to 7:20 p.m. Mondays, Sandwich Middle School Band Room. Area musicians who enjoy playing for pleasure are invited; there are no auditions.

Open Mic: 8 p.m. Mondays, sign-in at 7:30 p.m., The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

Bands and singers perform for 12 minutes. 815-787-9547.

Kishwaukee Barbershop Harmony Singers rehearsals: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Open to men of all ages. 815-895-5955 or 815899-8383.

DeKalb Festival Chorus rehearsals: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays, NIU Music Building. New singers invited. Call 630-453-8006 for an interview with conductor Jen Whiting. www.dekalbfestivalchorus.org.

Greater Kishwaukee Area Concert Band Ninth Season rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Wednesdays, band room at Door 16 of Huntley Middle School, 1515 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. Allvolunteer band for anyone age 18 or older who has played a wind or percussion instrument in the past. No auditions needed.

815-899-4867 or 815-825-2350.

Thursday Blues Nights: 8 p.m. first Thursday each month at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

“The Way” acoustic coffee house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. first Saturday each month, DeKalb Christian Church, 1107 S. First St. 815-758-1833 or tomndcc@ aol.com.

8BRIEFS Speaker at NIU to talk about today’s ‘feminine mystique’ Stephanie Coontz, an award-winning author and nationally recognized expert on gender, family and the media, will visit Northern Illinois University on Feb. 26, to deliver a set of lectures celebrating Women’s History Month.

Hosted by the NIU Women’s Studies Program, both events are free and open to the public.

Coontz’s seminar – “How to Talk to the Media About Your Scholarship (and Get Them to Listen)” – will take place from 10 to 11:15 a.m. in the Capitol Room South of the Holmes Student Center. The informal discussion will focus on how to get academic scholarship into the media and how to talk to the media about academic research.

The lecture – “50 Years After the Feminine Mystique: How Far Have We Come?” – begins at 6 p.m. in Room

100 of the Visual Art Building. The talk will focus on challenges that women of different races and classes faced in the early 1960s, as well as “new mystiques” that women face today.

Coontz has taught history and family studies at Evergreen State College in Olympia, Wash., since 1975. She serves as co-chair and director of public education at the Council on Contemporary Families, and has appeared as a guest expert on a variety of television and radio shows, such as “The Colbert Report,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show” and “20/20,” among others.

In addition to numerous scholarly and journalistic articles, she is the author and editor of seven books that focus on gender, family and media, including “Marriage, a History: From Obedience to Intimacy, or How Love Conquered Marriage,” “The Way We Never Were: American Families and the Nostalgia

Trap” and “The Way We Really Are: Coming to Terms with America’s Changing Families.”

NIU group going to Stratford Shakespeare Festival Reservations are being accepted for Northern Illinois University Annuitants Association’s trip to the 61st season of the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Ontario, Canada, on July 22 through 25.

The group will see productions from the following: “Blithe Spirit,” “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Measure for Measure,” “Waiting for Godot,” “Taking Shakespeare,” and “Mary Stuart” and stay at The Elm Hurst Inn and Spa for one night and two nights at the Queen’s Inn in Stratford.

A welcome dinner, daily breakfast and two lunches are included. No extra charge for single occupancy (condi-

tions apply). The coach will leave DeKalb the morning of July 22 and can pick up members at Oak Crest and also in Oak Brook on request.

To reserve a spot or for questions, contact Steven Johnson at sjohnso11@ niu.edu or call Carder Travel Ltd. at 815-756-1547.

Sandwich Opera House hosts Theatre of Illusion Theatre of Illusion is not a run-of-themill magic show, and Kevin and Cindy Spencers are not typical magicians.

They carry a lot of equipment in their 65-foot customized truck and trailer, but a rabbit and a top hat are not in the inventory.

See for yourself at 8 p.m. Feb. 23 when the only artists in history to be named Performing Arts Entertainers of the Year for a record-breaking six consecutive years appear on the Sandwich

Opera House stage.

The Spencers’ production is a unique fusion of magic and illusion, humor and mystery, and persona and personality.

Theatre of Illusion stands in stark contrast to the traditional magic show.

The Spencers see it not as a stage full of tricks used to fool people, but as a way to inspire viewers with a sense of wonder. By blending the theatrical elements of a Broadway-style production with the high energy of a rock concert, these artists take their audience on a journey to the brink of impossibility.

Tickets cost $25, $20 for seniors 65 and older, and $15 for students. Tickets can be purchased at the Opera House box office from 8:30 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Tickets can be reserved with a credit card by phone at 815-786-2555 during those hours. The box office will open at 7 p.m. the evening of the show.

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NIU Studio Series offers new take on ‘Hamlet’

With its fifth production of the 2012-2013 Studio Series season of plays, Northern Illinois University School of Theatre and Dance will present a new take on a classic tale with “Hamlet Redux,” a story of political intrigue and one man’s battle with personal demons.

Written by William Shakespeare, the adapted play will run from Feb. 13 through Feb. 17 and will stage in the Stevens Building Corner The-

atre on the NIU campus.

War and relationships, both political and personal, are at the forefront of “Hamlet Redux.” Set in Denmark during the 1940s, Hamlet experiences an industrial, rigid world where there is more to people than simply “good” or “bad.”

“It is a military nation where everyone is quite paranoid and controlled by the government with propaganda,” stage manager TC

Fair said in a news release.

Director Stanton Davis said Hamlet’s world isn’t always safe.

“To me, it is a very political world where it is very dangerous for people,” Davis said in the release. “I don’t see anyone as a bad guy. It’s a tragedy for everyone.”

Davis said that a full production of Hamlet runs about five hours.

This staged version has been cut to two hours, by eliminating periph-

eral storylines and focusing on what most people understand as the actual tragedy of Hamlet. As the war wages on, Hamlet must face an inner battle of his own.

Although “Hamlet Redux” has been pared down, Fair said all of the classic text and scenes are still present, including sword fights, stage combat and plenty of drama.

Weekday and Saturday show times begin at 7:30 p.m. Matinees

will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 16 and 17.

Tickets cost $6 and can only be purchased at the School of Theatre and Dance box office one hour before performances.

Additional information is available by contacting the box office from noon to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday and until 2 p.m. Friday, at 815-753-1600, online at www.niu.edu/ theatre or by email at sotdboxoffice@niu.edu.

Sycamore High to present ‘The Babbling Brooks’

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The Northern Illinois University Steel Band will give a benefit concert March 1 to benefit Neighbors’ House.

Steel band concert benefits nonprofit The Northern Illinois University Steel Band will provide a tropical reprieve for those with cabin fever on Friday, March 1. The renowned NIU Steel Band, under the direction of Liam Teague, will perform an eclectic blend of music from across the globe to benefit the literacy and academic enrichment programs of Neighbors’ House across DeKalb County.

The concert will take place at 6:30 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church, on the corner of Bethany Road and First Street in DeKalb.

Tickets cost $15 and can only be purchased online at www.neighborshouse. org. Tickets and seats are limited. All proceeds benefit Neighbors’ House.

Neighbors’ House provides free and low-cost

Comedian Posehn to play Otto’s

Stand-up comedian Brian Posehn will bring his wry humor to Otto’s Niteclub & Underground in DeKalb on Feb. 8.

Doors open at 8 p.m., the show begins at 9 p.m. Tickets cost $20 for this 21-and-older show. Advance tickets are available at www.yourticketstand.com. Otto’s is located at 118 E. Lincoln Highway.

A veteran of the mid-90s sketch program “Mr. Show” (HBO) and more recently “The Sarah Silverman Program” (Comedy Central), Posehn is an unapologetic, self-described nerd, though he hasn’t always been.

“I don’t count the first seven (years of my life),” Posehn told Conan O’Brien back in 2004.

In 2005, Posehn hit the road with fellow stand-ups Maria Bamford, Patton Oswalt (of TV’s “The King Of Queens”) and Zach Galifianakis (“The Hangover”) on the “Comedians Of Comedy” tour, which led to a best-selling DVD. The following year, Posehn’s debut album Live In: Nerd Rage was released by Relapse Records, a label known for mostly metal and hardcore releases by bands such as Mastodon, The Dillinger Escape Plan and Pig Destroyer.

Posehn’s TV appearances include roles on “Seinfeld,” “Friends,” “Just Shoot Me,” “Metalocalypse,” “Human Giant,” “Reno 911,” “Aqua Teen Hunger Force” and “Tim And Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” among others.

For more information, visit www.ottosdekalb.com.

reading and homework help programs, such as Reading & Homework Clubs, Homework Help Nights, Summer Reading Vacations and Summer Art Vacations. Most of these programs take place in income-eligible apartment and housing complexes throughout DeKalb County.

Neighbors’ House, a nonprofit, faith-based, community development organization,

is celebrating its 10th anniversary and will serve 200 students this year.

The NIU Steel Band was the first active steel band formed in an American university and has performed around the world. Highlights include a performance for 18,000 soccer fans in Yankee Stadium, two successful tours of Taiwan in 1992 and 1998, concerts with sym-

phony orchestras including the St. Louis Symphony and the Chicago Sinfonietta, and performances at several Percussive Arts Society International Conventions. In 2000, the Steel Band had the distinction of placing second in the World Steelband Festival in Trinidad, and in 2002 performed several concerts at the Seoul Drum Festival in South Korea.

The Sycamore High School Theatre Department will present its winter play, “The Babbling Brooks,” by Kurtz Gordon, next week.

The play is the story of the Brooks family and the chaos that surrounds them. Nettie Brooks simply cannot hear a bit of gossip without relaying it grossly exaggerated to her neighbors, and her daughter uses this as a source for her neighborhood newspaper that stirs a whole lot of problems.

Add to this the teenage children who are in the throes of puppy love and a mysterious murder to add to the excitement.

The cast includes Brigid Crawford, Paige Harrington, Dustin King, Whitney Munro, Lauren Duvall, Jordan Peterson, David Boyer, Victoria Smith, Noah Brock, Annabell Castillo, Adrianna Acosta, Candace Reynolds, Kianna Thompson, Marly Richards, Thomas Phetmeuangmay and Kailey Munro.

The play is directed by Natalie Boone. The technical director is David Olson and the assistant technical directors are Ralph Helm and Kirsten Erickson.

The student technical staff includes Madelyn Loellke, Samantha Butkus, Jake Pisarski, Shekinah Bergmann, Corrin Neises, Jordyn Schulz, Cameron Smith, Alison Labee, Awad Rona and Izzy Johnson.

“The Babbling Brooks” will be performed at 7:30 p.m. Feb. 14 through 16 at the Sycamore High School Auditorium.

Tickets cost $6 and can be purchased at the box office in the high school lobby from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Feb. 7 and 12.

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Readers warn teen to avoid early parenthood

Dear Abby: Thank you for the compassion you showed “Wants to Be a Mom” (Nov. 24), the 15-year-old girl considering motherhood with her almost 18-year-old boyfriend. Having lost her dad at an early age and having a mother who prefers drugs over her daughter, must have made this young lady feel very unwanted. I understand why she might think a baby would give her the love she’s missing.

I applaud you for not judging her, but instead kindly helping her to understand the consequences of her potential actions. I wish her the best and hope she’ll have the wisdom to realize how important an education will be for her future. With luck, in a few years she’ll be a young adult ready to assume the responsibilities of being a parent. – Linda in Michigan Dear Linda: “Wants” was smart to write for advice

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips before acting on impulse.

She deserved a thoughtful response and not just a reprimand.฀Readers฀had฀much฀to฀ say about her letter: Dear Abby: At 15, I had the first of my five daughters. By the time I was 20 I was raising the babies by myself. Would I do it all over again? Not in this lifetime!

“Wants,” your boyfriend is immature. He should finish school and get a job before thinking about children. You are only 15 and have your best years ahead. One thing that never crossed MY mind was how I would be able to support my child without an education. I learned the hard way.

If you and your grandma aren’t getting along, it’s up to you to change your attitude.

Grandma has more experience than you do in this world. Listening to her will help you avoid many of the pitfalls that I went through, and that you face presently.

– Was There Once in Washington Dear Abby: I had my first child at 21, and while I love my son there are times I wish I would have waited a while.

I missed out on college and figuring out who I was and what I wanted to do. My son and daughter turned out to have special needs, so my life has been busy taking care of them. Please tell that teen that having a baby is not at all like it is in TV commercials. – Maria in Illinois Dear Abby: A mentor to teen boys told me that some of them deliberately try to impregnate girls so they’ll have a “trophy” of how manly and virile they are. The more babies they help conceive, especially without having

to be responsible for them, the more bragging can go on in the locker room. Every parent needs to know this behavior is going on. Some of these boys have punched holes in condoms and convinced a reticent girl to have sex – then laughed at her and dumped her when she became pregnant. – Nursing School Student in Wisconsin Dear Abby: That 15-yearold’s boyfriend’s desire for her to have a baby seems like a control issue to me, and it will set the tone for their relationship. She needs to say no or she will most likely be under his power for the foreseeable future. I have seen this happen too many times with high school girls. – Former Teacher in The Northwest Dear Abby: Some states will accuse the young man of statutory rape, and he could end up in jail and be branded a sex offender for life. And the girl will wind up with a baby,

no education and no husband to help her. Children have no business having children. – Florida฀Reader Dear Abby: Tell that girl and her boyfriend that if they want a baby, they must support that baby on their own.

Those of us who are working and raising families are tired of entitlements the young ones count on for support.

Life is hard. It’s expensive.

And it is about more than what you “want” on a whim. – Kathy in The Midwest Dear Abby: Please tell her to visit Planned Parenthood. It promotes responsible parenting and healthy sexuality.

I checked its website and there’s an office in Blacksburg, Va., not far from where she lives. My best to her. – Someone Who Cares in New York

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Leukemia made curable by breakthroughs Dear Dr. K: My uncle was recently diagnosed with leukemia. I’d like to learn more about it.

Dear Reader: Leukemia is a form of cancer that affects the body’s blood cells. Almost every type of cell in our body can turn cancerous, and blood cells are no exception.

Every day, each of us makes millions of new blood cells – red blood cells, white blood cells, and the cells that make platelets (little cell fragments that help blood to clot).

Blood cells are made in the marrow (the inside) of bones.

Blood cells have a relatively฀short฀life.฀Red฀blood฀ cells last about 120 days.

That’s why we need to make so many new cells every day.

However, when a cell turns cancerous, it doesn’t die. As a

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff result, the number of cells in the bone marrow and in the blood start increasing.

The most common types of leukemia involve one of the two major types of white blood cells: lymphocytes and myelocytes. These cells help the immune system fight off viruses, infections and other invading organisms.

Leukemias arising from lymphocytes are called lymphocytic leukemias. Those arising from myelocytes are called myeloid, or myelogenous, leukemias. Leukemia is either acute (comes on suddenly) or chronic (lasts a long

time). There are four major types of leukemia: •฀acute฀lymphocytic฀leukemia (ALL) •฀acute฀myeloid฀leukemia฀ (AML) •฀chronic฀lymphocytic฀ leukemia (CLL) •฀chronic฀myeloid฀leukemia (CML) People with leukemia often go to the doctor complaining of fever, fatigue, bleeding or sore gums, nosebleeds, frequent bruising, or aching bones฀or฀joints.฀During฀the฀ physical exam, the doctor may find swollen lymph nodes or an enlarged liver or spleen.฀Routine฀blood฀tests,฀ especially blood cell counts, may be abnormal.

Leukemia treatments – chemotherapy and radiotherapy – target the cancerous

cells being produced in bone marrow. Unfortunately, the treatment kills some healthy blood cells along with the cancerous cells. As a result, treatment often severely compromises the body’s ability to fight infection.

For CML, remarkably powerful new drugs called tyrosine kinase inhibitors have become standard therapy.

The reason we have these drugs is that we invested in the research that discovered what exactly happens inside a CML cell to turn it cancerous.

That discovery led directly to these breakthrough drugs.

Some patients with leukemia can be cured by a bone marrow transplantation. This Nobel Prize-winning treatment has saved thousands of lives and took years of

research.

Patients with leukemia today have a much better prognosis than they did when I went to medical school.

When I was an intern, I was on duty in the hospital on Christmas Eve. I spent part of that night reading a story to a boy who was dying of acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL).

It was incurable then. All I could do for him was read him a story. He died Christmas฀Day.฀Today,฀more฀than฀80฀ percent of kids with ALL can be cured.

That’s because – and only because – we the people, through our government and private companies, have invested in medical research.

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Your boyfriend has chosen alcohol over you Dr. Wallace: I’m 19, and my boyfriend is 21. We’ve been dating for over a year, and I really care for him very much. He is everything I want in a boyfriend. He is very kind, treats me like a lady, and we have a lot of fun when we are together. However, he does drink too much, and this is a big problem for me.

He hardly ever drank when we first started dating, and I don’t drink at all. Now he drinks when he wants to

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace show off, and it seems that his alcohol consumption has gotten to a serious level.

He drinks mostly beer, but I think he drinks every day.

Many times, he picks me up with alcohol on his breath. I used to ride with him when I knew he had been drinking, but he insisted that he had

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Even though partnership arrangements might not appeal to you in the year ahead, several alliances will become extremely important. It’s OK to avoid those who have nothing to contribute.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Even though you’re usually outgoing and friendly in all your relationships, today you could be a bit withdrawn. Come out of the shadows; you’ll have more fun mixing it up.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – View your expectations realistically but hopefully, because making them realities is within the realm of possibility. Practical goals are definitely achievable.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – The possibility of you being an excellent achiever is better than usual, so take on something that is especially important. You’ll do a great job handling it.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – A painful lesson you learned the hard way will be put to the test. You’ll not only avoid making that mistake again, you’ll know exactly how to handle things this time around.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Financial and commercial involvements are your strong suits. You’ll not only recognize a good deal when you see one, you’ll know how to make the most of it.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – The most beneficial involvement you could enter would be some kind of partnership. If each party does his or her best, mutual advantages will result.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Something you’ve been trying to accomplish that hasn’t worked out thus far can finally be wrapped up if you take a methodical approach. Do things one step at a time.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Don’t be reluctant to take charge of things when you get the chance. You’ll be far better at calling the shots than you would be trying to comply with the directives of another.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – It behooves you not to waste any time focusing on frivolous pursuits. Bend your efforts toward addressing your more serious problems, handling the tougher ones first.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Don’t beat around the bush when there is a serous issue you need to iron out with another. Get down to basics as quickly as you can, and set your mind upon a resolution.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – The possibility of personal gain looks exceptionally good, even if it won’t be earth-shattering. Be alert for different ways you can improve your material circumstances.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Because there is something difficult that has to be taken care of, you’ll be the one called upon to get it done. Answer the call of your peers with alacrity and zest.

only one beer and everything was under control. Now when I smell alcohol on his breath, I won’t even go with him unless I do the driving.

I always used to think of him as possibly my future husband, but not any more because it would be no fun being married to an alcoholic. He insists that he doesn’t drink that much and has things under control. I think his drinking habit is out of control. Even if he doesn’t drink a lot in a day, it does

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worry me that he drinks every day. I’ve never seen him drunk, but he gets “tipsy” pretty often.

I need your advice. Should I have him choose between alcohol and me? – Worried, Lake Charles, La. Worried: Your worry is understandable. Your boyfriend definitely has a drinking problem. And, unfortunately, he’s already made his choice.

He may deny it, but he has chosen alcohol over you. It is imperative that your boy-

friend understands that he has a drinking problem and needs professional counseling.

You’ve got it right that it would be no fun to be married to an alcoholic. Stop seeing this guy until you’re certain his drinking problem has been eliminated, if this ever does occur.

•฀Email฀Dr.฀Robert฀Wallace at rwallace@galesburg. net. He will answer as many letters as possible in this column.

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If they defend well, you must guess well When you are the declarer, sometimes your opponents will defend well and make your life somewhere between difficult and impossible. More often, though, they will not find the best plays, making your task much easier.

Take today’s deal as an example. South is in four hearts. After West leads the spade king, what is the best defense? If East and West find that sequence of plays, what is declarer’s correct line mathematically?

Three no-trump is easy here, but if South had rebid that, North, with four trumps and a low doubleton, would have corrected to four hearts.

Under West’s spade king, East encourages with his nine. Now West should cash his spade queen, then lead a third spade (preferably the 10 as a suit-preference signal for diamonds, the higher-ranking of the other two side suits) to East’s ace. Then East should shift to the diamond four.

South has two lines of play. He can take the diamond finesse – a straight 50-50 shot. Or he can win with his diamond ace and run all of his trumps, discarding a diamond from the dummy. He gets home if clubs are 3-3 – a 35.53 percent chance – or if a defender has four-plus clubs and the diamond king. (He will be squeezed by the last heart.)

Even allowing for the squeeze chance, mathematically the diamond finesse is the better line – and fails here.

However, if West wins the third spade trick and exits with a trump, declarer can cash his trumps, pitching a diamond from the dummy, then check to see if clubs are 3-3. If they are not, South has the diamond finesse as a last resort.

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DeKalb 3BR Upper. 1BA. 730 Grove. Walk in pantry. Nice yard.

Great location. $625/mo+utils & sec dep. Mark 815-739-3740

GENOA LARGE LOWER 1BR

DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location!

No pets/smoking. Agent Owned.

815-758-6712

Off-St prkg, appl, W/D, garbage, all util incl. no pets. $570/mo + sec.

815-761-1975

DEKALB NICE UPPER 3BR

Genoa~Country View Apts

GENOA Well maintained 2BR with central air, no pets + laundry facilities. $675/mo + dep. 815-600-4955

Screen porch, yard, bsmt, gar, W/D. $750 + util, water/garbage incl. 1st/last/sec. No pets/smkg.

815-766-0750 https://sites .google.com/site/wfprentals

Now leasing 1 & 2 Bedroom All remodeled, new appl, carpet.

Large Apts, Country Lifestyle.

815-784-4606 ~ 815-758-6580

DeKalb Quiet Studio,1 & 2BR

Nice yard, back deck, hardwood floors, W/D. $675/mo + security.

815-761-2259

Lease, deposit, ref. No pets.

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

DEKALB ~ SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS

Malta Large Upper 3BR

ROCHELLE 1 BEDROOM

Available now. Remodeled, clean and quiet, $425/mo.

815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346

Starting @ $432,1BR $599, 2BR, $683, 3BR

DeKalb: Available Now!

Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.

Hillcrest Place Apts.

University Village Apts.

722 N. Annie Glidden Rd.

DEKALB - 2BR, 1BA to 2BA APTS. Multiple Locations $650-$725 Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768 WWW.PITTSLEYREALTY.COM

DeKalb. 1BR + Office/BR, LR, DR, eat in kitchen, appls, C/A, hrdwd flrs, built-in bookshelves, 1 car gar, W/D, bsmnt, patio. NO PETS. $750/mo+utils. 331-575-2822

1BR, $540, 2BR, $640.

220 E Hillcrest 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com

DEKALB - 3BR 1BA Apartment W/D Hook-up, Convenient location 1029 S. 4th St. $675/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

815-758-7859

Rochelle ~ Spacious 2BR TH New carpet, fresh paint, W/D hook-up. $595/mo,1 year lease.

815-751-4440 Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: classified@shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: www.daily-chronicle.com

LOOKING FOR A PRIME DOWNTOWN SYCAMORE BUSINESS BUILDING?

DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118

THE FOLLOWING BUILDINGS KNOWN AS THE DEKALB CLINIC AND PARKING LOTS WILL BE OFFERED FOR AUCTION ON SITE LOCATED AT 217 FRANKLIN STREET AND 302 GROVE STREET, DEKALB, ILLINOIS. WATCH FOR ALMBURG AUCTION SIGNS.

THURSDAY MARCH 21ST 11:00 A.M. * 2 PARCELS WITH PARKING LOTS *

THESE 2 BUILDINGS WERE IN THE DAY TO DAY OPERATIONS OF THE DEKALB CLINIC, THE MAIN CLINIC LOCATED AT 217 FRANKLIN ST IS ZONED CENTRAL; BUSINESS DISTRICT AND HAS 36,150 SQ.FT. THE BUILDING HAS A BASEMENT AND FULLY FUNCTIONING UTILITY’S WITH CITY WATER, SEWER AND 3PH ELECTRIC. THE BUILDING IS FULLY COMPLIANT FOR THE AMERICANS WITH DISABILITY’S ACT AND HAS 3 PARKING LOTS. THE SOUTH LOT HOLDS 32 CARS AND MEASURES 66X156. THE NORTH LOT HOLDS 27 CARS AND IS 66X165. THE EAST LOT HOLDS 20 CARS. THE BUILDING HAS BEEN MAINTAINED AND IS FULLY OPERATIONAL. CALL AUCTIONEERS FOR A DETAILED SHOWING AND INSPECTION OF THIS 36,000SQ.FT FACILITY. THE EAST CLINIC BUILDING IS LOCATED AT 302 GROVE ST. AND IS 14,285 SQ.FT. WITH A PARTIAL UNFINISHED BASEMENT. THE ROOF IS IN NEED OF SOME REPAIR AS SOME LEAKING IS OCCURRING. THE BUILDING IS FULLY FUNCTIONAL AND HAS BEEN MAINTAINED SINCE THE MOVE OUT THIS BUILDING HAS A LARGE 80+ CAR PARKING LOT. THE BUILDING IS ALSO IN THE CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT WITH FULL CITY WATER, SEWER AND 3PH ELECTRIC. CALL AUCTIONEERS FOR A DETAILED SHOWING AND INSPECTION OF THE BUILDING. DOWNTOWN PROPERTIES OF THIS SIZE AND WITH PARKING LOTS DON’T COME ALONG VERY OFTEN. NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN REAL ESTATE! TALK TO YOUR LENDER TODAY, COME WITH A VISION TO SEE WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH A PROPERTY LIKE THIS AND BID YOUR PRICE AT AUCTION! TERMS FOR AUCTION: $10,000.00 DOWN ON AUCTION DAY. BALANCE DUE ON APRIL 15TH 2013. A 10% BUYERS PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THE FINAL BID TO DETERMINE THE FINAL CONTRACT PRICE. AUCTIONEERS WILL GLADLY COOPERATE WITH OTHER REAL ESTATE OFFICES OR BROKERS IF YOU REGISTER ANY BIDDER BEFORE THE AUCTION OR ON AUCTION DAY. PROPERTY BEING OFFERED AS-IS, WITH OUT ANY CONTINGENCIES TO FINANCING, APPRAISAL OR ANY OTHER TYPE OF CONTINGENCIES. SELLERS WILL PAY FOR DEED PREPARATION AND TITLE COMMITMENT FOR SELLERS. TAXES ARE TO BE PRO-RATED TO CLOSING DATE. ANNOUNCEMENTS MADE AUCTION DAY TAKE PRECEDENCE OVER ALL OTHER.

KEITH FOSTER, ATTORNEY

STEVE.ALMBURG@GMAIL.COM OR CALL 815-739-3703 TO SET UP VIEWING

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM

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฀ppraisals Real Estate Liquidators

Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com

2 State St. Entrances, 2 Bathrooms, Parital Kitchen, Updated Mechanicals, Over 2000 sq. ft.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR

815-739-9997

DEKALB CLINIC CHARTERED, OWNER

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TODDLER BED (white) with mattress and linens $50. 815-762-7584

Start 2013 In Your Brand New Home Up to $1500 in Savings!

3 Bedrooms 2 Baths Beautiful Park Setting Edgebrook Community 815-895-9177

NO TITLE......

NO PROBLEM 815-575-5153

Kenmore Elite Oasis, white, 6 years old, king size capacity plus.

Quietpak, $400/ea or $750/both.

847-830-9725 Washer, electric & Dryer, gas Kenmore, Heavy Duty Plus, You haul, $150 Sycamore 239-961-2498

STOLLERS - Single stroller $15.

Double Stroller $20. Both in good condition. 815-762-7584

Beautiful New and Pre-Owned Homes Available Starting at $1000 2 or 3 bedrooms Immediate Occupancy Edgebrook Community 1801 DeKalb Ave. Sycamore, IL 815-895-9177

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000

815-758-2910

DEKALB 1BR & 2BR

Available now, variety of locations.

Appliances, clean and quiet.

815-758-6580

DeKalb. 1BR, 1BA. Freshly painted. New carpet. $475/mo+Electricity 630-248-1939 DeKalb. 3BR 1BA. Clean. Freshly painted. $850/mo+Utils.

630-248-1939 DEKALB: 1Bdrm Apartment Across from Huntley Park, 505 S. 2nd St., $540/mo.

Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

2 - COMMERCIAL BUILDING AUCTIONS

Garage Door Opener

For single door, disassemble, $150 239-961-2498 Sycamore

230 McMillan Court Cortland, IL 60112

De Kalb - 2BR Upper Clean and Quiet living style, off-street parking. No Pets/Smoking. References & Deposit. 815-756-7879

or

Cars, Trucks & Vans $225 Cash. Free Towing.

815-739-9221

3 BR Apartments Dishwasher On-Site Laundry Facility Playground Washer & Dryer Connection Sparkling Pool

(815) 758-2960

815-814-1964

$$ WANTED $$

$99 1st Month's Rent

For qualified applicants

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

★฀★฀★฀★฀★฀★฀★฀★฀★฀★฀★

MIRROR - Jewel Case Lighted 3Drawer Mirror With 1X and 5X Magnification Mirror, New, $15. Great for Valentine's Day! 815-895-5373. Sycamore

Craftsman, $50.

Work Table, 4x8 with lights, $25.

773-882-5905 Table Saw. Sears Craftsman Deluxe Electronic. 10” $225.

815-899-2145 OFFICE ASSISTANT – Part Time Acct. exp. req. A/P, A/R, Payroll, HR, ins., office/reception.

Email resume to: company.landscape@yahoo.com

815-758-4004

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Cortland Estates

8฀5-825-2727 Malta, IL

WANTED CONSIGNMENTS FOR 29TH ANNUAL

LELA฀D LIO฀S CLUB

DEKALB COUNTY 7 ACRE FARMETTE Sale is located on site at 15094 US Route 30, Hinckley, IL 60520.

Watch for Signs along Route 30.

SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 15TH, 2013 OFFERED AT 11:00 AM

GO2Wegenerauctions.com or AuctionZip.com for info and photos Listing # 1642958

This 7 acre farmette is located just 1 mile West of downtown Hinckley, IL on Route 30. Property consists of several usable outbuildings and an approximate 1500 sq ft home. The home is rented on a month to month lease and has had the same tenant for years. Home features a country kitchen, living room, dining room, bonus room with a closet, ¾ bath with a shower & laundry on the main level. 3 bedrooms and a full bath are located on the upper level. Basement of the home is partial and dry. Mechanics include GFA Furnace, Central Air, hot water heater, 100 AMP CB, rented water softener, asphalt shingle roof (updated 2003), double hung windows, vinyl siding, well and septic. All are in good working order. Conveniently located from the following; 20 minutes from I88 and the Batavia/Aurora/St. Charles area; 1 hour from Chicago and less than 30 minutes from DeKalb and NIU. For more information and to schedule a private viewing please contact auctioneers Joe Wegener 815-766-0756 or Chris Wegener 815-451-2820.

Real Estate Terms: $5,000.00 down day of sale with balance due on or before March 11th, 2013 at which time full possession of the proper-ty will be given. Seller to provide owners policy of title insurance and warranty deed conveying the real estate to buyer. Successful bidder is required to sign a real estate agreement to purchase contract on the day of sale. Property is being sold in its “AS-IS CONDITION” with no disclosures and no contingences are being offered in regards to the home or financing. Buyers will have finances arranged prior to the day of the sale. Sellers reserve the right to reject any and all bids the day of sale. All announcements made the day of the sale take precedence over any prior advertising or statements made.

OWNER: ELIZABETH A. MORSCH

ATTORNEY FOR THE REAL ESTATE RON KLEIN KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK, WALLER, LEWIS, LLC, SYCAMORE, IL PH:815-748-0380

FARM MACHINERY AUCTION

TRUCKS, CARS, LAWN & GARDEN EQUIPMENT, TOOLS & MISCELLANEOUS FARM ITEMS www.lela฀dlio฀sclub.com

SATURDAY MARCH 16th, 2013 9:00 AM

Co฀sig฀me฀ts ฀ow bei฀g accepted for listi฀g a฀d advertisi฀g by calli฀g o฀e of the committee members listed below. Items must be listed by February 22฀d, to be properly advertised. Further items will be welcome for co฀sig฀me฀t u฀til 5:00 p.m. Thursday before sale. Accepti฀g co฀sig฀me฀ts Saturday, March 9th - Thursday, March 14th. No co฀sig฀me฀t deliveries accepted after March 14th. All items must be saleable.

1 Piece or a Full Li฀e - Multi-State Buyers & Advertisi฀g Do฀ated items will also be Welcome a฀d Appreciated * NO FURNITURE OR APPLIANCES * RACK ITEMS MUST BE FARM RELATED ITEMS ONLY!! * LAWN & GARDEN ITEMS MUST RUN NEW * NO PICKUP BED LINERS OR FIBERGLASS TOPPERS!!

R FO * NO UNSEALED LIQUIDS!!

2013 SALE COMMITTEE AUCTION RATE PER CONSIGNER Rick Hecathor฀ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815-405-9248 All i฀dividual items (except rack items) $24 Nate Gudmu฀so฀. . . . . . . . . . . 815-970-0001 or less will be a do฀atio฀ to the Lio฀s Club.

Ra฀dy Joh฀so฀ . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815-830-0820 $25 - $100 - 20% Bre฀t Da฀฀e฀berg . . . . . . . . . . 815-228-0917 $101 to $500 - 15% Mark Newsom . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815-792-8701 $501 to $2000 - 10% Jim Elliott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815-343-2527 $2001 a฀d over 6% Eric Da฀ielso฀. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815-621-9765 or maximum $400 per item Dua฀e Rickert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815-495-9248 No Sales: 2% Mi฀ $20, Max. $100 per item Matt Blocker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630-417-2745 $35 surcharge per rack Ro฀ Joh฀so฀ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815-228-2198 $15.00 PER TIRE Drop-Off Fee Email co฀sig฀me฀ts to rjbj58@kwisp.com (Duals Excluded)

Titled Vehicles – Commissio฀ or Buy Back – Mi฀. $100

NO TITLE - NO SALE

Fax co฀sig฀me฀ts to (815) 498-2570 Co฀sig฀me฀ts Listed By February 22฀d.

Will Appear o฀ Sale Bill.

“WHERE REAL BUYERS MEET REAL SELLERS” OVER A MILE OF MACHINERY TO CHOOSE FROM!

B6฀682

Oak Roll-top Desk - Great condition 46”w x 46”h. 7 drawers (lower part) & lots of spaces, drawers in rolltop area – will accommodate laptop computer. $225 obo.

815-901-2426 OFFICE DESK CHAIR on Wheels With Arm Rests, Dark Green & Grey In Color, $15, DeKalb Area.

815-739-1953 Pottery Barn Armoire – Dark finish, double-hinged doors, lots of storage, drawers. Like new. Call for info, pics. $250 obo.

815-901-2426 Wood Stand (Not Particle Board) With One Shelf Across Top And One Across Bottom,Great For Any Room, $12, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953.

AUCTIONEERS: Joe Wegener, Auctioneer Lisc. # 440.000375 Phone : 815-766-0756 Email: djwauctions@comcast.net • WWW.AuctionZip.COM Chris Wegener, Auctioneer Lisc. # 440.000267 Phone : 815-451-2820 WWW.GO2Wegenerauctions.COM

DEKALB

Immaculate 4,280 sq ft Office / Warehouse.

Air conditioned office area and bathrooms Great location near airport & tollway in DeKalb.

815-754-5831

DeKalb Golf Course Community

3BR TH, 2.5BA, gar, front porch.

All appliances, very nice, no pets. $1050/mo. 815-761-8639 www.dekalb-rental.com SYCAMORE - 3 bed, 1.5 BA, garage, lg. deck, w/d, recent upgrades! $950 n/s, 815-739-0652 rentinsycamore@gmail SYCAMORE 2 BR, 2 bath. 1 or 2 car gar, quartz granite cntrs, SS appl, FP. From $950-$1350. Non-Smoking.

1 MONTH FREE RENT! Call Sharon Sperling, Century 21 Elsner 815-793-3030

Call Adolph Miller RE for Office, Retail or Industrial space for your business. 815-756-7845 DeKalb Location!

5 Nice Storefronts Size & Price vary!

Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845 Sycamore Near courthouse.

Furnished, attractive, large office space. Great for professionals. $575/mo incl utilities, shared kitchenette & reception area.

815-739-6186 Sycamore. 22X29' Shop/Storage 9' overhead door. $400/mo. Heat & Electric incl.

J&A RE 815-970-0679

The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes.

Shabbona 2 Bedroom Duplex

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

2 bath, full basement, 1 car gar.

No pets/smoking. $825/mo + sec.

Avail early March. 815-766-0762

Starting at $645

Somonauk 2BR Duplex

815-757-1907

1 bath, all appliances, W/D. Great sunroom + deck, 1 car gar.

No pets/smoking. $800/mo.

815-495-9625

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT. Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $760/mo.

Laing Mgmt.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sycamore - Larger Upper 2BR 2 bath, W/D. Next to Park. No pets. $900/mo + 1st last and security.

815-895-8526 SYCAMORE – 2 BR, 1 BA, Upper, New Paint, Flooring, Off Street Park, Laundry, $650 +Utils.

815-751-3982

Sycamore Brickville Rd.

2BR, $675/mo + 1st, last, security.

Electric only, W/D, no pets/smoking Available 2/1.

815-501-1378

DEKALB - Large 4 BR, 3BA 2 Story Duplex, Full basement, W/D, 2.5 Car Gar, 803 S. 2nd St. Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

DeKalb ~ The Knolls Sub.

3 bedroom,1.5 bath, C/A, D/W. Garage, bsmt, $1025/mo + sec.

Available March. 815-751-3806

Dekalb/South 3BR 1.5BA Avail starting Feb. Lease, refs req.

No pets. $900/mo + utils. More info & appt call. 815-756-9763

Rochelle Large 2 Bedroom

Sycamore. Updated 2BR, hrdwood flrs. 1 car garage, bsmnt, laundry.

No pets. Avail now. $795/mo+sec.

Agent Owned. 815-766-1513

Crystal Lake

3BR, 1.5BA brick ranch.

2 car attached heated garage.

2/3 acre lot on quiet street.

Close to lake with private beach rights and Crystal Lake Schools.

All appliances incl. C/A, baseboard heat. Dogs negotiable. $1350/mo. Avail 3/1.

DEKALB - Nice 4BR, 3BA House 2 Story, 2 Car Gar, W/D, Finished Basement, 1109 Sycamore Rd Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768 DEKALB 3 BR, New Dec., Fenced.

Gar., $950. Lease. Ref. Betsy Smith 815-895-2488 Also: Office for Rent in Sycamore.

DEKALB 3BR, FR, DR, DEN

AVAILABLE NOW!

Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

Updated kitchen, W/D hook-up.

Basement, garage, no pets/smoke. $895. 815-756-2755 DeKalb: 4BR, 2.5 BA basement.

Close to NIU. Avail. Feb. $1350/mo. (815)762-0617 aazad2005@gmail.com

Sycamore Quiet Area on 4 Acres Newly Renovated 2BR. $675/mo, pay elec only, W/D, no pets/smkg.

815-501-1378

Kingston. 2BR, 1BA. Appls & garbage removal incl. $600/mo +sec dep. No pets.

815-975-4601 PLANO - FOR RENT ONE PERSON HOME, LOCATED IN COUNTRY OUTSIDE OF PLANO. FOR MORE INFO CONTACT MARK AT 630-892-7093

Sycamore UPPER 2BR, 1BA

PLANO SMALL 2BR

Sycamore Quiet 1 Bedroom

CLEAN! $550/mo, stove, refrig, water. No pets, no smoking.

815-895-4756 or 815-562-3459

Close to town. Electric, gas, water incl. $800/mo. + dep.

Avail now. Brad 815-739-7665

Newly remodeled, 1.5 car garage. $800/mo + $800 sec dep + utilities. 630-546-2150

Sycamore Upstairs 2BR, 1BA

SYCAMORE -4 bdrm ranch for rent. $1100- 2 car garage.

Call 815-895-2013

2900 DeKalb Ave. Laundry, non-smoking, all utilities except electrical, $675. 815-758-2911 Sycamore, Large Townhome 3BR, 2.5BA. Garage, All Appls Incl.

Townsend Management 815-787-7368 Sycamore. 321 S. Walnut St. 1BR. $575/mo, incl all utils.

Patio. Pets OK w/$500 dep.

No smoking on property. st 1 mo. rent+sec. On site laundry.

815-895-8901 Sycamore: Clean 2BR,1BA, full size washer/dryer, dishwasher, garbage disposal, next to park and school. $695/mo. You pay utilities.

No dogs. 815-970-4640 Eric

DeKalb - 2BR 2BA Townhomes W/D, Central A/C, Dishwasher AVAIL. NOW $800/mo Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT B COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS OneWest Bank, FSB (d/b/a Financial Freedom, a division of OneWest Bank, FSB) PLAINTIFF Vs. Sue Nelson; United States of America - Department of Housing and Urban Development; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Robert G. Wright a/k/a Robert Wright; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Dick Kuhn as Special Representative for Robert G. Wright a/k/a Robert Wright a/k/a Bob Wright(deceased) DEFENDANTS 12 CH 00577 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Robert G. Wright a/k/a Robert Wright, Sue Nelson 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: LOT 16 IN BLOCK 3 IN PARKMOOR, A SUBDIVISION ON SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 41 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 5TH, 1952, AS DOCUMENT NO 252457, IN PLAT BOOK "I", PAGE 8 AND RE-RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2ND, 1952, AS DOCUMENT NO 253115, IN PLAT BOOK "I", PAGE 10, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 433 Home Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 and which said Mortgage was made by: Robert G. Wright a/k/a Robert Wright a/k/a Bob Wright executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to Financial Freedom Senior Funding Corporation, a Subsidiary of Indy Mac Bank, F.S.B., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2004021193; 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, Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court 133 W. State Street Sycamore, IL 60178 on or before February 25, 2013 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. 14-12-27205 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

I502788

BRIAN E. TUCKER and BRIANA K. TUCKER, Plaintiffs, and ALEXANDER B. DAVIS, A Minor, and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Defendants.

NO. 13 AD 01 NOTICE OF ADOPTION IN THE MATTER for the adoption of Alexander Brian Davis, a male child, TO: All Whom It May Concern.

Take notice that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Illinois for the adoption of a male child named Alexander Brian Davis. Now therefore, unless you, All Whom It May Concern, file your Answer to the Petition in the action, or otherwise file your Appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of DeKalb County, in the City of Sycamore, Illinois, on or before 12th day of March 2013, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated: January 22, 2013 /s/ Maureen A. Josh Circuit Clerk of DeKalb County Sycamore, Illinois Attorney Registration No. 00331007 KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK, & LEWIS, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite A, Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: 815-748-0380; Fax: 815-748-4030 jbuck@kleinstoddard.com dg 20130114 (Published in the Daily Chronicle February 7, 14 & 21, 2013.)

ered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On January 16, 2013, an Order Admitting the Will to Probate and/or Appointing the Representative (strike as applicable) was entered.

6. Within 42 days after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the validity of the Will as provided under section 621 of the Probate Act (IL Rev. Stat.

Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 6-21).

7. Within 6 months after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Section 8-1 of the Probate Act (IL Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 8-1).

8. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 28-4).

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 31, February 7 & 14, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SAMUEL A. CAMPBELL Deceased Case No. 13 P 7

Case No. 13 P 7 SUPERVISED ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is given of the death of Samuel A. Campbell who died on November 25, 2012 a resident of DeKalb, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate and his/her address is: Michelle L. Meadow, 1221 Pleasant St, DeKalb, IL 60115.

3. The attorney for the estate and his/her address is: Blake K. Cosentino, 213 S. Second St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before August 1, 2013. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 133 W. State St., Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the Representative, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On January 16, 2013, an Order Admitting the Will to Probate and/or Appointing the Representative (strike as applicable) was entered.

6. Within 42 days after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the validity of the Will as provided under section 621 of the Probate Act (IL Rev. Stat.

Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 6-21).

7. Within 6 months after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as

may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Section 8-1 of the Probate Act (IL Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 8-1).

8. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 28-4).

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 31, February 7 & 14, 2013.)

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Letters of Office were issued on January 30, 2013 to Richard D. Heriaud, of 316 W. Fifth Street, Sandwich, IL 60548, as Independent Executor, whose attorneys are Krentz & Salfisberg, P.C., 100 W. Main Street, Plano, IL 60545.

Claims against the estate may filed in the Office the DeKalb County Circuit Court Clerk, 133 W. State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the Executor, or both, within six (6) months from the date of first publication of this notice, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Circuit Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Executor or the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

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Case No. 13 P 6 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES 1. Notice is given of the death of Michael P. Mulcahy who died on October 17, 2012 a resident of Genoa, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate and his/her address is: Michael M. Mulcahy, 117 Liverpool Dr., Poplar Grove, IL 61065.

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