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Early voting begins Thursday

By STEPHANIE HICKMAN

Offering gives voters ‘45-day window’

shickman@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Voters can get a head start to the polls Thursday as DeKalb County kicks off voting for its consolidated elections.

Pre-election day voting runs from Thursday to April 8 and allows registered voters to submit their ballots before election day April 9. DeKalb County Clerk John Acardo said preelection day voting is a great way to ensure everyone gets the opportunity to vote.

“This gives you a 45-day window in which you can cast your ballot and have your voice heard,” he said.

Starting Thursday, registered voters can participate in no-excuse absentee voting either by mail or in person at the DeKalb County Legislative Center at 200 N. Main St. in Sycamore beginning at 9 a.m.

Acardo said all registered voters are eligible to vote at this time, and

County crews anticipate more plowing

no excuse is needed.

“People automatically assume you have to have a reason,” he said.

“You used to. But now you don’t.”

Not only is pre-election day voting convenient for citizens, but it helps the county keep the voting process running smoothly April 9, he said.

As a former candidate running for office in November, DeKalb County Board member and county Demo-

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For information on local, township and school cratic Chairman Mark Pietrowski races and more on elecJr. said early voting can affect the tions, go to elections. campaigning process.

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Acardo said there are more than 430 candidates running for offices across the county this election period, which is why it’s important

for individuals to do research on their specific ballot ahead of time, he said.

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REAL ESTATE IN COUNTY

Home sales up, but market still struggles

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKalb County road crews expect to plow snow off the streets today and possibly Thursday, depending on the weather.

County Engineer Nathan Schwartz said he expects the county’s 12 plow trucks to be out this morning on the 190 miles of road for which they are responsible. The wind and the snowfall will determine how long the crews are plowing, Schwartz said.

The blustering Reader winds and snowfall photographs forced several closings Tuesday, with See www.DailyDeKalb High School Chronicle.com and DeKalb Middle School releasing at for a gallery of 2 p.m., Indian Creek reader-submitted schools releasing at photographs.

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Mark Espy, direcSee page B1 tor of DeKalb’s street operations, said the for information on city’s 17 plow trucks sporting events would focus on main that have been roads before going rescheduled. onto the side streets.

“We’ll be staying with it until it’s done,” Espy said.

Fred Busse, Sycamore Public Works director, said half of his road crew would plow Sycamore’s roads Tuesday until midnight, with the other half working from midnight to this morning.

“We’re going to keep a crew out as long as it’s snowing,” Busse said.

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Fat Boyz bartender Mike Jenkin shovels snow on the sidewalk in front of the establishment in Sycamore on Tuesday.

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Century 21 Elsner Realty Broker Maria Peña-Graham makes a phone call to get answers to questions her clients had about their new Cortland home during a final walkthrough on Monday. BELOW: Peña-Graham goes on a final walk-through of a Cortland home with buyers Ashley (back) and Tom Fawkes (right), checking to make sure the lights, dishwasher, water heater, stove and other pieces of the home are all functioning properly.

Houses come off market faster, but short sales are a problem

By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com DeKALB – When it comes to judging the local housing market, Cheryl Landeck said quantity does not always mean quality.

The most recent report from the Illinois Association of Realtors showed home purchases and values increased in January. Statewide, home sales increased 31 percent from 6,484 in January 2012 compared to 8,502 in January 2013. In DeKalb County, January home sales doubled from 39 in 2012 to 78 this year, and the median sale price grew from $104,900 to $121,000 during that time. The median price is one at

which half the sales were for more, and half for less.

Homes also came off the market faster this year, with average days until sale falling from 126 to 105.

But Landeck, a mortgage adviser with Sycamore-based National Bank & Trust Company, said those numbers include a large amount of foreclosures and short sales that have prevented the market from truly recovering.

DeKalb County saw a record number of foreclosures last year, surpassing 400 in 2012 and easily topping the previous record of 253.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Business Networking International: 8 a.m. at 920 W. Prairie Dr., #M, Sycamore.

Home-schoolers activities: 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. in Sycamore. All ages are welcome to participate in handson classes and field trips. Contact: Lisa at 815-748-0896 or gakers@ tbc.net.

Free Blood Pressure Clinic: 9 to 11 a.m. at Valley West Community Hospital, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sandwich.

No appointment necessary. 815-7863962 or www.valleywest.org.

WWII Combat Flyers breakfast: 9 a.m. at Sycamore Parkway Restaurant. Any capacity, any branch of the service during World War II welcome.

815-756-2157.

Fresh Beginnings AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Blessing Well food and clothing pantry: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at First Church of the Nazarene, 1051 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb. Meat and food offered, with clothing available in sizes for infants (diapers, too) up to 3X adults. Spanish interpreter also is available. www.dekalbnaz.com. 815758-1588. Donations of nonperishable foods and clothing can be left at any time on the front porch.

New Beginnings AA(C): 10 a.m. at 120 Main St., Kingston. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb. www.KishKiwanis.org; contact Amy Polzin at APolzin87@yahoo.com.

Exchange Club of DeKalb/Sycamore: Noon to 1 p.m. at Lincoln Inn, DeKalb. Guests are welcome. Call John Hughes at 815-991-5387.

Sycamore Rotary Club: Noon at Mitchel Lounge, 355 W. State St. 24 Hour A Day Brown Bag AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at Newman Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum: 1 to 5 p.m. at 622 Park Ave. in Genoa. Call 815-784-5559 for appointments other days.

Memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. at Nehring Gallery, Suite 204, 111 S. Second St., DeKalb. Free admission and open to all. www.dekalbalumni. org.

Consumer Advocacy Council of DeKalb County: 3:45 p.m. at Reality House, 631 S. First St. in DeKalb. All consumers of mental health services and the public welcome at CACDC meetings.

Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.

Came to Believe AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Chess Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St., Sycamore. Free, open chess game play, all ages and skill levels are welcome. info@dekalbchess.com or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.

Northern Illinois Reiki Share: 6 to 7 p.m. at Center for Integrative BodyWork, 130 N. Fair St. in Sycamore.

RSVP appreciated, not required; www.yourcfib.com, 815-899-6000 or info@yourcfib.com.

North Avenue Pass It On AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at North Ave. Baptist Church, 301 North Ave., Sycamore, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Cortland Lions Club: 7 p.m. at Lions Shelter House at Cortland Community Park. Visitors and prospective members are welcome. 815-7564000.

Narcotics Anonymous: 7 to 8 p.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb. 815-964-5959. www. rragsna.org.

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators: 7 p.m. in the lower level conference room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Visitors are welcome at these free monthly meetings. Send email to dekalbscbwi@yahoo.com.

Sycamore Lions Club: 7 p.m. at MVP’s Regale Center, 124 1/2 S. California St., Sycamore. For serviceminded men and women. www. sycamorelions.org; contact Jerome Perez at Sycamorejerry@comcast. net or 815-501-0101.

Bingo Night: 7:15 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Home, 121 S. California St. 815-895-2679.

Greater Kishwaukee Band rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Huntley Middle School, South Seventh and Taylor streets in DeKalb. No auditions necessary; the band is open to wind or percussion instrumentalists age 18 and older. 815-899-4867 or 815825-2350.

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8 WHAT’S HAPPENING AT DAILY-CHRONICLE.COM? Yesterday’s most-commented stories:

Yesterday’s most-viewed stories:

1. NRA uses Justice memo to accuse Obama on guns 2. DeKalb County schools hit by state budget woes 3. Deal nears for new housing in DeKalb

1. Weather sparks postponement/cancellations Tuesday 2. DeKalb County schools hit by state budget woes 3. Jensen family celebrates 70 years in business

Yesterday’s Reader Poll results:

Today’s Reader Poll question:

How should state legislators respond to prorated school aid payments?

Fix the pension problem: 53 percent Increase the school payments: 18 percent Tell schools to reduce personnel costs: 14 percent Tell schools to expect less from the state: 8 percent Other: 6 percent Total votes: 179

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Is it appropriate for public school students to wear clothing that depicts guns or other implements of violence?

• Yes • Yes, if it’s in a military context • No, never Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com

DeKalb library efforts under way

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A library employee and library supporters pose with the water jugs they distributed to collect money for the DeKalb library expansion.

Enter Van Buer. She and 12 other women sit on a fundraising committee for the library. Their first project is under way: Large plastic water jugs – decorated with red, blue and green felt – have been dropped off at DeKalb School District 428’s eight elementary schools, two middle schools and DeKalb High School.

One of the bottles also is at the library so home-schooled students and patrons can leave donations.

Children are encouraged to drop spare change into the belly of the “creature.” Fundraiser organizers acknowledge the change drive isn’t likely to raise tens of thousands of dollars, but it’s the thought that counts.

“We want the community buy-in,” said committee member Ruth Anne Tobias, who also sits on the DeKalb County Board. “The kids use the library, too.”

Committee members thank D-428 Superintendent Jim Briscoe and the school principals for allowing the students to participate in the fundraiser, as well as library employees Emily Gron and Darcy Tatlock for designing the jars. They also thank Northern Illi-

GENOA – Genoa-Kingston Middle School made national news after a teacher told a student to remove a U.S. Marines T-shirt that depicted intersecting rifles across the chest.

Daniel McIntyre said teacher Karen Deverell told his 14-year-old son, Michael, to remove the shirt Monday because she believed it violated the school’s dress code. Superintendent Joe Burgess said administrators were not aware of the incident until informed by Fox News, which McIntyre contacted after his son told him of the situation, late Monday.

Burgess said administrators would have overturned Deverell’s decision had they known about it. He said teachers unsure whether an article of clothing violates the district policy should send the student to the principal, who then makes the final decision.

“Very simply, it’s not a violation. It’s a very common symbol for the U.S. Marines,” Burgess said. “Had we had an

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they show terrible taste in telling him to cover it up, and they need to use better discretion.”

Burgess said the school district and the middle school fully support the military and do special events for Patriot Day and Veterans Day. He said students and staff write letters to armed forces and participate in community drives such as the Marines’ Toys for Tots.

Daniel McIntyre said he still hopes to Provided photo A Genoa-Kingston Middle School teacher meet with administrators about changes told a student to remove a U.S. Marines T- to the district dress code. The code prohibits images of alcohol, drugs, violent shirt Monday. behavior and offensive symbols but does opportunity to discuss it, we could have not explicitly address images of firestraightened out the situation.” arms.

Daniel McIntyre said he spoke briefly McIntyre said the code is too vague Tuesday morning with principal Brett if teachers can misinterpret a shirt supMcPherson, who was disappointed the porting the military. school was not contacted first about the “I have a close relationship with the situation. But McIntyre said the incident county Marines and a lot of respect for had upset him. them, and my son does, too ... they’re “I know my son wouldn’t lie about the like superheroes,” he said. “I really incident,” he said. “When my son wears couldn’t tell you what the teacher was a shirt that says Marines on it, I think thinking.”

SPRINGFIELD – The firestorm over concealed weapons moved to the Illinois House floor Tuesday, sparking Republican complaints that an extraordinary legislative process set up by majority Democrats would restrict the right to carry guns in public rather than expand it, as a federal court has ordered.

The House began debate on 27 separate amendments dealing with concealed carry in a process initiated by House Speaker Michael Madigan requiring debates on each separate topic.

But minority Republicans interrupted the schedule twice with lengthy private caucus meetings and stormy public protests about a procedure they claimed was controlled by anti-gun Chicago liberals. They complained the debate makes no sense when the state continues to face a $96 billion pension-system deficit and $9 billion in unpaid bills.

“People are watching this. They know Chicago is the murder capital of the world ... ,” said Forsyth Republican Bill Mitchell. “You might have the majority, but you sure ... can’t lead.”

The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in December that Illinois’ last-inthe-nation ban on carrying concealed weapons is unconstitutional and gave the Legislature until June to rectify it.

Rep. Brandon Phelps, a Democrat from Harrisburg in deep southern Illinois, introduced comprehensive legislation.

But Madigan, a fellow Democrat, identified an empty bill to be the gun legislation and offered lawmakers the chance to add the language through amendments.

They filed 27, including competing provisions on whether the state would allow local police to decide who gets permits or requiring issuing permits to anyone who meets minimum qualifications. Many of them, however, ban carrying guns in specific places such schools, day cares, casi-

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nois Water Works for loaning the large water jugs.

Another fundraiser on the horizon: Van Buer’s committee is planning a community treasure sale for May 4, with the sign-up deadline March 11. They are looking for new or gently used antiques and merchandise. There is a $25 entry fee, and all the money collected through sales at the event will go toward the library building fund. For more information, call Van Buer at 815-756-8677.

Public already contributing: If the DeKalb City Council decides to issue the $7.5 million in bonds, the decision would increase the library’s property tax rate by 8 cents, from 30 cents per $100 in equalized assessed value to 38 cents.

That would cost the owner of a home with a $150,000 assessed value who claims the homeowner’s exemption about $40 more in annual property taxes, city officials estimate.

T-shirt with guns stirs controversy in D-424

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VIEWS Jillian Duchnowski I had been waiting for Mary Beth Van Buer to call me for weeks.

Well, maybe not her specifically, but someone who was working to raise money for the DeKalb Public Library’s proposed expansion.

Library leaders were surprised around Christmas to learn they were eligible for an $8.5 million state construction grant, but they also need to raise the rest of the money for the project by June 30 to secure the money. From the beginning, library Director Dee Coover has said philanthropy would play an important role in the project.

Coover and other library leaders are planning to get the $15.5 million that, coupled with the $8.5 million grant, will pay to add more than 45,000 square feet to the 19,000-square-foot library through a variety of sources. The three-story expansion would stretch west across Third Street, shutting part of the road.

The library, formally known as the Haish Memorial Library, has not been expanded in 40 years.

Library leaders have asked the City Council to borrow $7.5 million by issuing bonds and chip in $1 million from the city’s tax increment financing district funds. Library leaders also plan to use $1 million in library savings.

The other $6 million they had discussed raising from private donations, but given their June 30 deadline, they are exploring borrowing that from a bank and repaying the loan through private donations.

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nos, hospitals, libraries and stadiums.

In many cases, they not only prohibit carrying in those facilities, but in parking lots and adjacent property – meaning firearms can’t be stored in cars while gun-owners go inside.

“You’re spray-painting red circles around all these places and at the end of the day, the whole state is going to be red and you won’t be able to carry a gun anywhere,” Phelps said.

Colleagues booed and shouted “No!” when Rep. Jim Sacia suggested imposing gun limits across Illinois because of Chicago’s murder problem would be like forcing statewide castration because the city was having “too many kids.”

“That was an analogy to show how silly this is,” said Sacia, R-Pecatonica, adding that he has introduced a bill allowing armed teachers with consent form the local school district. “You bet I used Chicago as an example because you’re the folks that want this craziness.”

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8STATE BRIEF Gun-control Democrat likely to replace Jackson Jr. CHICAGO – Former Illinois legislator Robin Kelly captured the Democratic nomination Tuesday in the race to replace disgraced ex-U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., after a truncated campaign season where she got a boost from New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s super PAC. The nomination all but assures that Kelly will sail through the April 9 general election and head to Washington, because the Chicago-area district is overwhelmingly Democratic. The race among the lesser known Republican candidates was too close to call Tuesday night.

From a crowded field of Democratic contenders, Kelly emerged early as a leader on gun-control issues – a central theme during the race – which helped her win support from Bloomberg’s super PAC, Independence USA.

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8STATE BRIEFS Governor Quinn makes appointments to boards CHICAGO – Gov. Pat Quinn has named a Chicago lawyer to the Illinois Commerce Commission.

Sherina Maye has focused on consumer finance litigation, and Quinn’s office says her background will be “invaluable” as a watchdog for Illinois consumers.

Her appointment was one of more than two dozen that the governor’s office announced on Monday.

Quinn also appointed a former machinists union business executive, Roger Poole, to the Illinois Finance Authority.

Kane County Board member Cristina Castro and Bloomingdale attorney Salvatore Tornatore were appointed to the Illinois Housing Development Authority.

University of Chicago Law School professor Craig Futterman was among three appointed to the state’s Torture Inquiry and Relief Commission.

Futterman has extensively studied police brutality.

Quinn also named university trustees and public guardians, among other executive appointments.

Ill. House committee vote on gay marriage delayed SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois House Executive Committee was expected to vote Tuesday on a measure that would allow same-sex marriage in the state.

But a fiery debate over concealed weapons on the House floor lasting more than six hours delayed committee action.

Chicago Democratic Rep. Greg Harris has said he expects the committee to approve his bill and move it to the full body.

Advocates of marriage equality and their opponents continued to wait at the State Capitol in hopes the committee would vote on the issue late Tuesday.

The bill received Senate approval on Valentine’s Day with Democratic support and a lone Republican vote.

– Wire reports

District 427 discusses staff reduction, safety

By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Sycamore School District 427 aims to be compliant with state laws regarding student safety by the beginning of the next school year.

Kreg Wesley of the district’s crisis committee said at Tuesday’s school board meeting that the current plan needs to be updated so it is consistent throughout the district.

He said students and staff need to know what to do if they happen to be outside the regular classroom setting in case of an emergency.

“If you throw a monkey wrench into it, we’re probably not as prepared as we need to be,” he said.

Sycamore police and fire departments have been scheduled at six different schools since November, and they will be training the staff within the next few

weeks. He said each teacher will explain to students the lockdown drill for each classroom in March.

Wesley said the district will participate in a dry-run lockdown drill next fall.

The school board also heard a final presentation of the district’s reduction plan.

District 427 Superintendent Kathy Countryman said there is still a plan in place to reduce some positions within the district next year. It’s now up to the board to move forward with it. Board President Jim Dombek said he supports the plan.

“I’m pretty comfortable with that,” he said. “It’s similar to the framework we’ve used in the past. I think it’s a good start.”

Countryman said the enrollment projections are fairly accurate as of right now, and even new students won’t tip the scale to where the district can hire again.

Three Sycamore Road stores closing Caribou Coffee, Hallmark and Deals leaving DeKalb

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The Caribou Coffee and Hallmark locations on Sycamore Road have closed within the past week, with a third store scheduled to close nearby in March.

An assistant manager at Deals said that store at 2359 Sycamore Road will close March 17. Assistant manager Nick Rebellato said he will be looking for another job after a combination of poor sales and high rent brought on the closure.

“I know (the rent) has been raised a few times within the past few years,” said Rebellato, who did not handle negotiations surrounding the rent.

The back half of Deals had been taped off from the general public; there were no products sitting on those shelves. Rebellato said the store manager was transferred to another location.

Mid-America Asset Management is the landlord for Deals, Caribou Coffee, Hallmark and others in the area, said Roger Hopkins, DeKalb’s economic development consultant. Calls to Mid-America were not returned Tuesday.

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velopment staff is working with Mid-America to bring tenants to those locations, Hopkins said.

A new tenant has been found for the Deals location, but Hopkins declined to identify it.

New tenants could apply for tax rebate incentives, but they would have to be approved by the DeKalb City Council, Hopkins said.

Managers at other nearby businesses in the shopping plaza – Michaels, Famous Footwear, Barnes & Noble, Qdoba, Pier 1 Imports, Bath & Body Works, Maurices, GameStop and Verizon Wireless – said they plan to remain open for the foresee-

able future. Hopkins said T.J. Maxx managers recently renewed a lease there.

“We’re not going anywhere. Business is great,” said Jenny Roof, manager of Maurices at 2451 Sycamore Road. “I have a lease here for a long time, and as a company, we are doing great.”

Caribou Coffee closed Sunday; a sign on its door Tuesday directed people to its location at HyVee at 2700 DeKalb Ave. in Sycamore.

On Tuesday, a handwritten “Store Closed” sign was on the doors of Hallmark at 2445 Sycamore Road.

Employees inside appeared to be packing the store’s inventory.

Countryman said the priority of the district continues to be student achievement, and the district’s financial constraints shouldn’t hinder that.

“The district goals really do equal resource allocation when you get down to it,” she said.

Part of these resource allocations involve an intense curriculum plan, which the district’s director of curriculum and instruction, Kristine Webster, projected to cost approximately $378,000. Overall, she said the cost was a 9 percent decrease from last year’s budget.

The majority of these costs would involve textbooks, centralizing professional development opportunities for the students, accessing a database of student test scores and aligning the curriculum to common core standards.

“This isn’t new money,” Webster said. “We’re just shifting it.”

8POLICE REPORTS Editor’s note: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

DeKalb city Gloria O. Garcia-Garrido, 22, of the 800 block of Ridge Drive in DeKalb, was charged Monday, Feb. 25, with endangering the life/health of a child.

Sarah N. Audete, 22, of the 200 block of West Trail Court in Grayslake, was charged Monday, Feb. 25, with possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Robert M. Walker, 25, of the 300 block of North Broadway Street in Joliet, was arrested Monday, Feb. 25, on a failure-to-appear warrant for domestic battery.

DeKalb County Ryan W. Moran, 33, of the 1500 block of Suydam Road in Sandwich, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 26, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Sycamore man on trial for sexual abuse of child

By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A Sycamore man accused of forcing sex on an underage girl is standing trial this week on felony charges.

Mark A. Tate, 43, of the 1200 block of Commercial Street in SycaMark more, is acA. Tate cused of sexually abusing the girl between fall 2009 and summer 2010. The most serious charges he faces are Class X felonies, which typically are

punishable with between six and 30 years in prison.

If convicted on any of the charges, he would have to register as a sex offender for life.

Sycamore police were contacted on July 30, 2010, by a local hospital that was treating a 13-year-old girl who was about six months pregnant.

An investigation gave police probable cause to believe Tate was the baby’s father.

The girl, now 16, and a medical expert were among the four witnesses expected to deliver testimony Tuesday.

The trial is set to continue today at 10:30 a.m. in room 220 of the DeKalb County Courthouse.

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GRACE M. (MATTESON) ADEE Born: July 17, 1931, in Sycamore, Ill. Died: Feb. 26, 2013, in Sycamore, Ill. SYCAMORE – Grace M. (Matteson) Adee, 81, died Tuesday, Feb. 26, 2013, at Lincolnshire Place in Sycamore, Ill., due to complications from Alzheimer’s disease.

Born July 17, 1931, in Sycamore, the daughter of Earle and Pearl (King) Matteson, Grace married John S. (Jack) Adee on Dec. 1, 1951. Grace and Jack made their home just outside of Clare in the former local schoolhouse after Jack returned from the Korean conflict.

A graduate of Sycamore High School in 1949, she was an art student at Northern Illinois University before starting her family.

In her late 40s while working as a teacher’s aide at Sycamore High School, she returned to NIU, graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 1980. She continued on with her education, receiving her master’s in 1984 and special education degree in 1989. She went on to teach at Hiawatha, DeKalb and the Harlem school districts before retiring in 1999.

After retirement, Grace was elected Third Ward alderman for the city of Sycamore and served from 2005 to 2009. Through the years, she was a Girl Scout leader, advocate for Safe Passage, treasurer to the Mayfield Cemetery, tax assessor to the Mayfield and South Grove townships, taught GED courses and participated in various other organizations and activities.

A lover of animals and especially of her horses, she took several trips to the Grand Teton Wilderness where she adventured on horseback. She was a member of Singles in Agriculture, traveling with them at every opportunity.

She enjoyed painting, loved music and dancing, tennis and was a big part of her children and grandchildren’s lives.

Survivors include her daughters, Cris (Sam Rucker) Woodin of Kingston and Julie (Arlen) Rautio of Sycamore; son, Joe Adee of Clare; four grandchildren, Derek Rautio (Alana Stover) of Sycamore, Erin (Josh) Mitchell of Waterman, Dylan (Rachel) Rautio of Sycamore and Cody Woodin of DeKalb; and many nieces, nephews, cousins and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband; sister, Alice Murawski of Leucadia, Calif.; sister, Edna Western of Columbia City, Ind.; and two sisters in infancy.

The family especially appreciates the kindness and compassion of the staff at Lincolnshire Memory Care unit, where Grace made her home in her final years.

A celebration of her life will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, March 1, at Olson Funeral and Cremation Services Ltd., Quiram Sycamore Chapel, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore. Funeral services will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at the funeral home, with Pastor Harlene Harden of Sycamore United Methodist Church officiating.

Memorials can be made to Alzheimer’s Association in care of Lincolnshire Place, 710 Vellagio Drive, Sycamore, IL 60178.

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CYNTHIA L. DUTTON Born: Aug. 15, 1947, in Oak Ridge, Tenn.

Died: Feb. 23, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Cynthia L. Dutton, 65, of DeKalb, Ill., died suddenly on Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb.

Born Aug. 15, 1947, in Oak Ridge, Tenn., she married Robert W. Dutton on Sept. 11, 1974.

Cindy was a former secretary for the U.S. Navy department and also worked for Merlin Mufflers as the assistant secretary to the president. She and her husband enjoyed their time off. They loved to travel and play golf. She will be dearly missed.

She is survived by her husband, Robert Dutton; five children, Christopher (Karen) Dutton, Andrew Dutton, Johanna (Ronald) View a complete list of Daily Chronicle obituaries by clicking on the calendar dates

Hach, Robin Dutton and Jerolynn (Charles) Worrell; two grandchildren, Ashleigh and Sarah; and one sister, Barbara Johnson-Dunbar.

She was preceded in death by her parents and one brother.

Her memorial visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, March 2, at Butala Funeral Home and Crematory in Sycamore.

A memorial has been established for Cynthia Dutton for the American Heart Association in care of Butala Funeral Home and Crematory, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178.

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CAROLYN J. FIRKINS Born: Feb. 19, 1931, in Rockford, Ill. Died: Feb. 25, 2013, in Gifford, Ill. MAHOMET – Carolyn J. Firkins, 82, of Mahomet, Ill., passed away Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at Country Health Care in Gifford, where she had been a resident since March 2012.

Born Feb. 19, 1931, at Rockford, the daughter of Martin and Alvera (Johnson) Jordal, Carolyn married Donald Firkins on Sept. 1, 1956, in Kirkland; he preceded her in death on Dec. 7, 2007.

Carolyn graduated from Kirkland High School in 1948 and from Rockford Business School in 1950.

She worked for DeKalb County Farm Bureau in DeKalb until starting her family.

Carolyn taught Sunday school for many years at Mayfield Congregational Church in Sycamore, where she also was very active in the Women’s Fellowship. While living in Mahomet, she was a member of the Mahomet United Methodist Church.

Carolyn enjoyed reading, needlework and spending time with her grandchildren.

She is survived by her three sons – Larry (Ann) Firkins of Mahomet, and their children: Andrew Firkins of Kansas City, Mo., and Sarah (Austin) Ducey of Champaign; Rick Firkins of Urbana and Ron (Carol) Firkins and their sons: Jacob, Joel and Will, all of St. Joseph. She also is survived by her brother, Marvin Jordal of Kingston; sister-in-law, Marilyn (Richard) Clark of Batavia; and several nieces, nephews and great-nieces and -nephews.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m.

Friday, March 1, at Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., Quiram Sycamore Chapel, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore, with Pastor Jon Trott officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery in Sycamore.

Visitation will be at 10 a.m. Friday prior to the service at the funeral home.

Memorials can be made to the Stained Glass Window Fund of Mayfield Congregational Church, 28405 Church Road, Sycamore, in memory of Carolyn and Donald Firkins, or to Country Health Care in Gifford.

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HAROLD B. GIDDINGS Born: Oct. 21, 1931, in Clinton, Iowa Died: Feb. 21, 2013, in Waterman, Ill. WATERMAN – Harold B. Giddings, 81, of Waterman, Ill., passed away on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013, at home.

He was born on Oct. 21, 1931, in Clinton, Iowa, the son of Alvan and Anna (Bruse) Giddings.

Harold served his country proudly as a member of the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Mr. Giddings was united in marriage on June 7, 1986, to Elizabeth “Betty” Snodgrass, and they spent the next 24 happy years together until her passing on Sept. 22, 2010.

He was formerly employed, for two years, by Purdue University in Indiana and for the next 35 years as the principle electronics technician at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. Harold was a longtime member of the Waterman United Methodist Church in Waterman.

He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, brother and uncle who will be deeply missed by his family and friends.

Harold is survived by his children, Randal Giddings of Waterman, Brian (Cathy) Giddings of Sycamore, Nathan Giddings of Graford, Texas, and Lita Giddings of Hurst, Texas; stepchildren, Vikki (Mark) Pope of Parker, Colo., and Mike (Suzi) Warner of DeKalb; seven grandchildren; five step-grandchildren; three great-grandchildren; brother, Wayne (Brenda) Giddings of Iowa City, Iowa; sister, Doloris Ruch of Beloit, Wis.; brother-in-law, Bob Dannatt of Clinton; sister-in-law, Linda (Tom) Sherwin of Aurora; as well as several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; wife, Betty Giddings; and sister, Ione Dannatt.

A memorial funeral service will be held at 2 p.m. Sunday, March 3, at Nash-Nelson Funeral Home, 1001 W. Garfield St., in Waterman.

Interment will be private. Friends may visit from noon Sunday, March 3, until the hour of service at the funeral home.

Memorials in Harold’s name can be directed to the United Methodist Church, 210 W. Garfield St., Waterman, IL 60556, or the American Cancer Society, P.O. Box 22718, Oklahoma City, OK 731231718.

Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory. For information, visit www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com or call 815-264-3362.

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DONALD D. JOHANNINGSMEIER Born: Jan. 21, 1933, in Spring Township, Ill. Died: Feb. 25, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Donald D. Johanningsmeier, 80, of DeKalb, Ill., died at 11:30 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at DeKalb County Nursing and Rehab Center, DeKalb.

Born Jan. 21, 1933, in Spring Township, to George and Erma (Dassow) Johanningsmeier, Donald served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Donald was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in DeKalb and volunteered with the Waterman Fire Department.

Survivors include his children, Pam (Karl) Vincent of Hinckley, Rose (Tim) Russell of Aurora, Mary Johanningsmeier of Sandwich and Arnold (Nancy) Johanningsmeier of Waterman; grandchildren, Brian Vincent, April (Dave) Chmara, Paul (Susan) Chambers, Tony (Sofia) Chambers, Adriana Sanchez (Ismael Martinez), Angie (Octavio) Sanchez, Mikey Cervantes, Matt Cervantes (Kelley Wedel), Ethan Johanningsmeier, Autumn Johanningsmeier; 13 great-grandchildren; sister, Genevieve Wells of Wingo, Ky.; several nieces, nephews, great-nieces and -nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents and sister, Mildred Fruit.

Funeral services will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, at Olson Funeral & Cremation Services, Quiram Sycamore Chapel, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore, with the Rev. Ray Krueger officiating. Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m.

Thursday, prior to service at the funeral home. Private burial will be held at Immanuel Lutheran Church Cemetery in Hinckley.

Memorials can be made to the American Cancer Society.

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WILMA LOREE ‘BILLIE’ LAIRD Born: Dec. 3, 1924, in Shenandoah, Iowa Died: Feb. 21, 2013 PALM HARBOR, Fla. – Wilma Loree “Billie” Laird, 88, of Palm Harbor, formerly of Waterman, passed away on Thursday, Feb. 21, 2013.

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Mr. Nyal B. Laird on May 18, 1942, in Rock Port, Mo., and they spent the next 65 happy years together until his passing on Nov. 28, 2007.

Mrs. Laird was a member of the United Methodist Church of Waterman. Billie was formerly employed at First National Bank of DeKalb and later retired in 1975 from Waterman State Bank. She also was a former member of DeKalb Ag Bowling League. Billie enjoyed many hobbies including crocheting, dancing and spending time in her garden. She volunteered with both the Boy Scouts and the Girl Scouts when her children were younger. Billie was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, greatgrandmother, sister and aunt who will be deeply missed by her family and friends.

She is survived by her children, Burton (Bonnie) Laird of Sycamore, Ernest (Karon) Laird of Palm Harbor and Sandra (Kevin) Doggett of Moscow Mills, Mo.; nine grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; brother, Donald (Ann) Jones of California; as well as several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her loving husband, Nyal Laird; son, Dale Eugene Laird; two grandsons, Ronald Ernest Laird and Mark Allen Laird; one great-grandson, Nyal Andrew Laird; brothers, Hubert (Darlene) Jones and Earl (Pauline) Jones; and sisters, Hazel (Donald) Reidenaur, Velma (Paul) Stephens, Lois (Donald) Moore and Ardeth (Edward) Shelton.

A funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 2, at Nash-Nelson Funeral Home, 1001 E. Garfield St. in Waterman, with Pastor Christina Vosteen officiating.

Interment will follow at Johnson Grove Cemetery in Waterman.

Friends may visit from 9 a.m.

Saturday, March 2, until the hour of service at the funeral home.

Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory. For information, visit www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com or call 815-264-3362.

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NORA BELLE RIDDLE Born: July 28, 1913, in Harrodsburg, Ky. Died: Feb. 23, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Nora Belle Riddle, 99, of DeKalb, Ill., died Saturday, Feb. 23, 2013, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb.

She was born July 28, 1913, in Harrodsburg, Ky., the daughter of Charles D. and Winnie C. (Harmon) Warner. Besides, Kentucky and Illinois, Belle also lived in California and Tennessee.

She often told her family stories about working at Caron Spinning, Dixon Cut Sole, Nehring Electric Wire and Wurlitzer manufacturing companies.

She is survived by her sister, Dorothy Brown of DeKalb; and

several nieces and nephews.

Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory. Family graveside services will be held at a later date at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Nora Belle Riddle Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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JANET R. RUEFF Born: Nov. 7, 1944, in Sterling, Ill. Died: Feb. 25, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Janet Ruth Rueff, 68, of DeKalb, Ill., died Monday, Feb. 25, 2013, at home.

Born Nov. 7, 1944, at Community General Hospital, Sterling, the daughter of Paul and Elva (O’Hare) Weaver, Janet married Byron Wesley Rueff on April 15, 1977.

She and Byron farmed in Waterman until they retired and moved to DeKalb in 2005.

Janet was a 1962 graduate of Rock Falls High School. Following graduation from Sterling Cosmetology Beauty School, she was employed at Elite Beauty School for several years. Prior to retirement, she enjoyed working part time for more than 20 years for Fay’s Pork Chop Barbeque and also served as the director of the Clinton Township Library, as she had a lifelong love of reading.

She was a devoted Methodist, having belonged to the Waterman Methodist Church for more than 30 years. She also enjoyed being a member of the DeKalb unit of the Homemakers Extension Association (HEA) for more than 30 years.

She will be remembered as a strong and honest person to all who had the pleasure of knowing her.

She is survived by her husband, Byron; son, Steven (Niki) and grandchildren, Alyssa and Ryan, all of Davis Junction; sister, Susan (Bruce) Havener of Morrison, Colo.; many special nieces and nephews, all of whom she was very proud; and many special friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents and infant sister, Kay. The funeral service will be held at 11 a.m. Friday, March 1, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, with the Rev. James Allen of Shabbona United Church of Christ officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb. Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb.

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Limit public’s library liability

Baby gets cruel lesson in life early “The first kick I took was when I hit the ground.”– Bruce Springsteen, “Born in the USA.” So now, Jonah has received a lesson in how things are. He is 19 months old.

Sitting on his mother’s lap on a recent Delta Airlines flight on approach to Atlanta, he was doing what babies tend to do on airplanes, particularly airplanes that are changing altitude. He was crying his little head off.

Shut that “[racial slur] baby” up.

Those were the alleged words of the alleged man in the next seat just before he allegedly slapped the baby with an open palm, leaving a scratch below his right eye. The alleged man, 60-year-old Joe Rickey Hundley of Hayden, Idaho, denies this sequence of events and pleaded not guilty last week to a charge of simple assault.

But at least one witness corroborates the story, as told by Jonah’s mother, 33-year-old Jessica Bennett. She and her husband are white. Their adopted son is African-American.

Hundley’s attorney, Marcia Shein, promises her client is no racist. In so doing, she embraces the cognitive dissonance that so often afflicts Americans when they are confronted with the ponderous idiocy of tribal hatred. Michael Richards, you will recall, said the same thing after a “comedy” routine in which he hurled a racial slur at a heckler and suggested the man should be lynched. Mel Gibson swore he wasn’t an anti-Semite shortly after he cursed the Jews and

VIEWS Leonard Pitts accused them of starting all the world’s wars.

Shein also says she has received hate mail for defending Hundley. Which is troubling, but not unexpected. Shein’s client is among the more reviled men in the country just now. The aerospace company for which he was an executive has denounced and dumped him. The Internet rings with condemnation of him. Someone called him a monster. More than one person spoke of wringing Hundley’s neck had it been their child.

Small wonder. There is something visceral and immediate in what he is said to have done. Who hits a baby? Who looks at a baby and sees an object of loathing?

Still, all that notwithstanding, something about the response to this act of violence feels faintly facile and self-deluding. After all, Hundley’s alleged animus toward black people, if not his expression thereof, is as American as monster trucks, woven through the fabric of our law, economics, health care, education, news media and culture.

We tend to forget that not every slap is physical – nor is every injury they inflict. There is violence and there is violence – emotional, verbal, intellectual, monetary.

We are rightfully outraged that some-

one would call a baby by a racial slur and then strike him.

But it is a matter of statistical fact that Jonah, from the moment he was born, stood an excellent chance of being struck in other ways. Of being failed by his school. Of being steered into the criminal injustice system as if prison was his natural habitat. Of being denied housing.

Of being denied health care. Of being denied loans. Of being denied work. Of being denied his very individuality. There is also an excellent chance – indeed, a virtual certainty – most of us will respond to this with a collective shrug, assuming we see it at all; such things tend to become socio-cultural wallpaper when they are not happening to you.

It’s easier to get worked up about violence that is visceral and immediate, particularly when it is directed against a child. We will be a better country, though, when we are willing to expend some of that outrage upon the violence we commit against African-American children every day, systemic blows that are at once more subtle, more pervasive and more damaging.

Because the truth of how things are is that, over the course of his life, Jonah is likely to be struck many times in many different ways.

This was just the first.

• Leonard Pitts is a columnist for the Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com.

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Nearing deal on gun background checks

By GREG SARGENT The Washington Post The sticking point in Senate negotiations over expanding the background-check system has to do with whether to keep records on gun sales.

The bipartisan group of senators negotiating this deal – Oklahoma Republican Tom Coburn, West Vigrinia Democrat Joe Manchin, New York Democrat Chuck Schumer and Illinois Republican Mark Kirk – are 95 percent of the way there.

The senators have agreed, I’m told by people familiar with the discussions, on how background checks would be expanded to most private sales. In most cases, private gun sellers and prospective

buyers would go to a federally licensed dealer, who would run the check for a fee and approve the sale. In that instance, a record of the sale would be kept by that licensed dealer. This is how it works for background checks now.

Coburn, I’m told, wants private buyers and sellers in “remote” or rural areas to be able to get federal dealers to run the background check via an Internet portal, and in these cases he says no record of the sale should be kept. Democrats disagree, arguing that some kind of record is necessary for enforcement.

It’s not clear why Coburn is OK with records being kept for in-person background checks but not for remote ones. Given his conservative background,

for him to agree to background checks on most private sales is a big concession. People close to the negotiations say Coburn believes keeping records on Web-based background checks would create another category of record-keeping, which he’s not willing to do, particularly for gun buyers in rural areas, who are likely to be more conservative.

This point, on which negotiations are hung, is not insurmountable. After all, depending on how the “remote areas” are defined, the places where no records are kept on background checks might end up being a small minority of sales.

And even so, the backgroundcheck system would still be dramatically expanded.

I am also told Manchin is

signaling privately that he is OK with expanding the background-check system and letting gun stores keep records of the sales – even on Internetbased checks. Because Manchin is a red-state Democrat with an “A” rating from the NRA, that’s big – so having him on board with the details of the proposal is important.

To repeat an important point: In no way, shape or form would this record-keeping by gun stores create a national gun registry, as some Republicans keep insisting.

The law explicitly forbids the creation of any such registry; not even Coburn, I am told, sees such a registry as a real possibility. But irrationality is badly coloring this debate, and it’s far from over.

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The expansion of the Haish Memorial Library in DeKalb looks to be a virtual certainty now that library officials have announced their plans to seek a bank loan for the remaining $6 million.

We’ve said before that the library is a community asset that clearly is in need of expansion. It has been 40 years since the last expansion of the 19,000-square-foot building, and more space is needed for the community to be better served.

But the financing for the $24 million cost of the library’s planned expansion, which would add more than 45,000 square feet to the building, is beginning to look a bit sketchy.

To break it down, the project will be paid for with: • An $8.5 million grant from a bankrupt state of For the record Illinois • A $7 million bond sale We understand the by the City of DeKalb sense of urgency about • A $6 million bank loan making use of this $8.5 • $1 million in tax increment financing funding from million grant for the Haish Memorial Library. But we’re DeKalb also a bit skeptical about • $1 million in library borrowing against money reserve funds not yet in hand.

Almost all of the funds will come either from taxpayers or be repaid by them.

Library officials have until June 30 to raise all of the local contribution to the project in order to secure the grant. They had locked up $9 million, most of it through the city’s bonding authority. The remaining $6 million is supposed to come from private donations – the loan is simply a stopgap measure to ensure they can meet the deadline, officials say. It will extend the time they have to raise the money from a few months to three years, the term of the loan.

We understand the sense of urgency about making use of this $8.5 million grant. But we’re also a bit skeptical about borrowing against money not yet in hand.

After all, $6 million is no small amount of money to expect to pull out of this community, no matter how many change drives and bake sales are scheduled to complement the search for “big fish” donors.

The lack of a looming deadline to raise the funds also might make it easier for those running the donation drive to give up if they think they’ve done all they can do.

If that were to happen before the necessary $6 million had been raised, who would be holding the bag on repaying the balance of the library’s bank loan?

Taxpayers.

It’s also taxpayers who will be paying more on their property tax bills to cover the cost of the bond sale for the project, and whose taxes went to help the library amass a $1 million surplus, and whose state government can’t pay its bills on time but has the money to hand out for library construction.

Even though this is a worthy cause and we want to see a library expansion move forward, we are concerned that the public seems to be accruing more and more liability without ever being directly asked how they feel about paying for it.

We would like to see the library create contingency plans for scaling the project back or accomplishing it in phases if there are financial difficulties in fundraising.

That at least would provide some protection for the public.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Lawmakers paid well for lousy results You certainly don’t get what you pay for in the state of Illinois.

Illinois lawmakers are the fifth-highest paid in the country, yet the state’s finances are at the bottom of almost every list. Bond rating: last. Pension liability: worst. Bill backlog: disgraceful.

Illinois’ lawmakers make a base salary of $67,836 a year, but can earn much more through stipends for leadership positions or for serving on key committees. Those stipends range from $10,327 to $27,477.

They also get expense money while the General Assembly is in session.

Oh, before we forget, they also get health insurance and pensions for working what is supposed to be a part-time job. They were in session 74 days in 2012.

A good lawmaker, and even some of the not-so-good ones, will say that they work much more than the days they are in Springfield; they’re in their districts listening to and helping their constituents.

However, those constituents, as a whole, are not doing as well as lawmakers are. The median household income in Illinois is $56,576.

Medicaid patients in Peoria can’t get a cab ride because the state’s not paying. Agencies are at the brink of going under unless the state swoops in with a check in the nick of time. Those agencies often have to borrow money to make up for the cash shortage created by the state’s deadbeat ways.

The comptroller’s office can put those troubled agencies at the front of the payment line, but doing so moves someone else down the list.

We don’t have the answers, but we expect the 177 men and women that taxpayers pay well to come up with them.

Springfield State Journal-Register

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NEWS

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 • Page A7

Music, movie industry to warn copyright infringers

By ANNE FLAHERTY The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Internet users who illegally share music, movies or TV shows online may soon get warning notices from their service providers that they are violating copyright law. Ignore the notices, and violators could face an Internet slow-down for 48 hours. Those who claim they’re innocent can protest – for a fee.

For the first time since a spate of aggressive and unpop-

8NATION BRIEFS Senate confirms Hagel for defense secretary WASHINGTON – A deeply divided Senate voted on Tuesday to confirm Republican Chuck Hagel to be the nation’s next defense secretary, handing President Barack Obama’s pick the top Pentagon job just days before billions of dollars in automatic, across-the-board budget cuts hit the military.

The vote was 58-41, with four Republicans joining the Democrats in backing the contentious choice. Hagel’s only GOP support came from former colleagues Thad Cochran of Mississippi, Dick Shelby of Alabama and Mike Johanns of Nebraska – all three had announced their support earlier – and Rand Paul of Kentucky.

The vote came just hours after Republicans dropped their unprecedented delay of a Pentagon choice and allowed the nomination to move forward on a 71-27 vote.

Hagel, 66, a former two-term Nebraska senator and twicewounded Vietnam combat veteran, succeeds Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. Hagel is expected to be sworn in at the Pentagon today.

2nd major snowstorm hits parts of Midwest KANSAS CITY, Mo. – For the second time in a week, a major winter storm paralyzed parts of the nation’s midsection Tuesday, dumping a fresh layer of heavy, wet snow atop cities still choked with piles from the previous system and making travel perilous from the Oklahoma panhandle to the Great Lakes.

The weight of the snow strained power lines and cut electricity to more than 100,000 homes and businesses. At least three deaths were blamed on the blizzard.

The Missouri Department of Transportation issued a rare “no travel” advisory, urging people to stay off highways except in case of a dire emergency. Conditions were so bad that some snowplows slid into ditches, underlining the danger even to well-equipped travelers.

Survey: Budget impasse holding back economy WASHINGTON – The political standoff over the U.S. budget is slowing the U.S. economy – more so than any hesitance by Americans to spend freely.

That consensus emerges from the latest Associated Press Economy Survey just as the budget impasse in Washington is about to trigger automatic spending cuts across the economy.

Many of the economists think consumer spending has slowed in response to higher tax burdens but will rebound later in the year.

By contrast, they worry that the budget fights in Washington will persist for much of 2013 and drag on economic growth.

Twenty-three of the 37 economists who responded to the survey last week say the paralysis in Washington is a significant factor in slowing the economy.

– Wire reports

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ular lawsuits almost a decade ago, the music and movie industries are going after Internet users they accuse of swapping copyrighted files online.

But unlike the lawsuits from the mid-2000s – which swept up everyone from young kids to the elderly with sometimes ruinous financial penalties and court costs – the latest effort is aimed at educating casual Internet pirates and convincing them to stop. There are multiple chances to make amends and no immediate legal consequences under the

program if they don’t.

“There’s a bunch of questions that need to be answered because there are ways that this could end up causing problems for Internet users,” such as the bureaucratic headache of being falsely accused, said David Sohn, general counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology, a Washington-based civil liberties group.

But he added: “There’s also the potential for this to have an impact in reducing piracy in ways that don’t carry a lot of collateral damage.”

The Copyright Alert System was put into effect this week by the nation’s five biggest Internet service providers – Verizon, AT&T, Time Warner Cable, Comcast and Cablevision – and the two major associations representing industry – the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America.

Under the new program, the industry will monitor “peerto-peer” software services for evidence of copyrighted files being shared. Each complaint

Shorts stales blocking rebound • HOME SALES Continued from page A1 “There is still a long way to go before we get back to a healthy housing environment,” Landeck said. “But there have been some improvements.”

Short sales have been the major obstacle in restoring the housing market, said Arch Richoz, managing broker for Castle View Real Estate in DeKalb. A short sale occurs when the property owner sells the house for less than what is owed to the lender.

Although short sales help homeowners avoid foreclosure, Richoz said they unfairly hurt property owners who improve their homes and have a strong mortgage standing. He said appraisers will compare the distressed properties sold in short sales with homes in the regular market, which artificially depresses home values.

“Until [short sales] are done, the market has not bottomed out,” Richoz said. “It’s not fair to a lot of homeowners.”

Jerry Wahlstrom, a real estate agent with McCabe Realtors in DeKalb, said the turnaround would have to start with banks demanding

By the numbers housing sales Jan. 2012 Illinois DeKalb County

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Median Sales Price Days on Market $123,500 114 $104,900 126

Jan. 2013 Illinois DeKalb County

8,502 78

a higher sale price. Wahlstrom said many banks try to avoid foreclosures at all costs because they do not want to take ownership of a property and watch it lose value.

By doing so, banks will settle for short sales to cut losses, he said.

“The lender is the final decision-maker,” Wahlstrom said. “If foreclosures and short sales keep coming in the magnitude we have seen, lenders might start demanding higher prices before approving sales.”

The January numbers still are reason for optimism, Landeck said.

Over the past year or so, Landeck said she has seen a shift in her client base. The majority had been people seeking refinancing options; now she sees more people inquiring about pre-approval for a loan or a contract to purchase. The increase in in-

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terest in purchasing homes is a good sign, even if many people fail to qualify for a loan, Landeck said.

Richoz said stricter mortgage lending requirements are reason for optimism because they will help prevent another housing market crash when it does finally rebound.

“The market will never be back to where it was, nor should it be,” Richoz said.

“We knew the bubble was going to burst, we just didn’t know when. We don’t want that situation again.”

Richoz and Landeck said it is still a great time for people to enter the housing market, with 30-year mortgages carrying a low 3.5 percent interest rate. Conversely, Richoz said homeowners should hold on to their properties unless they absolutely must sell because values are still well below true market value.

All sample ballots will be available by Thursday • VOTING Continued from page A1 “These officials are the ones who set the policies for our everyday lives,” Acardo said.

All of the sample ballots will be available on www. votedekalb.com by Thursday. In the mean time, all the candidates and their prospective offices are available on the site.

If voters decide to cast their ballots before Election Day, Acardo suggests they bring some form of identification, although it’s not required until the March 25 early-voting period begins.

Pre-election day voting Thursday to April 8 DeKalb County Legislative Center, 200 N. Main St. in Sycamore Dates and deadlines March 12 – Registration deadline March 13 to April 6 – Registration grace period April 4 – Last day to apply for absentee ballot by mail April 9 – Election day For info visit www.votedekalb.com The voter registration deadline is March 12, but there is a grace period from March 13 to April 6. During the grace period, voters

must register and cast their vote at the same time at a polling place.

Pietrowski, who said he will be voting early this election, said having the option to vote ahead of time is a great way to ensure everyone gets the opportunity to vote.

“As many ways as we can encourage voting and get as many people to vote as possible is very important,” he said.

Acardo encourages voters to cast ballots early.

“If you have your mind made up, certainly take advantage of early voting,” he said.

will prompt a customer’s Internet provider to notify the customer that their Internet address has been detected sharing files illegally. Depending on the service provider, the first couple of alerts will likely be an email warning.

Subsequent alerts might require a person to acknowledge receipt or review educational materials. If a final warning is ignored, a person could be subject to speed-throttling for 48 hours or another similar “mitigation measure.”

After five or six “strikes,”

however, the person won’t face any repercussions under the program and is likely to be ignored. It’s unclear whether such repeat offenders would be more likely at that point to face an expensive lawsuit. While proponents say it’s not the intention of the program, it’s possible the alert system will be used to initiate lawsuits.

The number of Internet users subject to the new system is a sizable chunk of the U.S. population. Verizon and AT&T alone supply more than 23 million customers.

ANALYSIS

Obama has yet to break national budget ‘fever’

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama promised this time would be different, that if he won re-election, a Republican “fever” would break and legislative gridlock would ease.

Yet just over a month into his second term, Washington is once again mired in a partisan budget battle. And rather than figuring out a way to work with Republicans, Obama is largely ignoring them, trying instead to build public support for his approach to averting automatic budget cuts – and perhaps overplaying his hand if the dire consequences he’s warning of are not quickly felt by many Americans.

For their part, Republicans are ignoring Obama, too, choosing biting news conferences on Capitol Hill over negotiations with the president.

As a result, $85 billion is almost certain to be yanked from the nation’s budget beginning Friday. After more than two years of bitter, downto-the-wire negotiations over raising the debt ceiling, shutting down the government and preventing tax hikes on most people, a failure to push off the looming cuts would mark the first time Obama and Congress actually had blown past a crucial economic deadline.

That’s hardly the rosy scenario Obama promised as he ran for re-election and tried to convince voters that Washington would be a different place

in his second term.

At a fundraiser in June the president told donors that if he won re-election, “the fever may break, because there’s a tradition in the Republican Party of more common sense than that.”

“My expectation is that after the election, now that it turns out that the goal of beating Obama Barack doesn’t make Obama much sense because I’m not running again, that we can start getting some cooperation again,” he added.

Obama advisers insist there are some signs the “fever” has eased since the November election. In a major concession, Republicans gave in to Obama during the yearend “fiscal cliff” negotiations when he insisted on higher tax rates for upper income earners. And the GOP decided last month to extend the debt limit for three months after previously demanding that any increase be paired with an equal amount of spending cuts.

But that doesn’t mean the GOP is ready to give in again as Washington lurches toward Friday’s deadline. Some Republicans see the sequester battle as their best opportunity to stand their ground and exact deep spending cuts from Obama – even if it means taking money from the Pentagon, a step Republican lawmakers have traditionally opposed.

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Moisture will continue to wrap around the center of the storm system spreading wind and occasional snow showers. Additional accumulations will be around 1-2 inches. Winds could gust up to 30 mph at times. Colder, drier air will move in Thursday and Friday, as high temperatures will fall into the upper 20s with nights in the teens. It will stay chilly through the weekend.

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SECTION B Wednesday, February 27, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

NIU FOOTBALL

AD: Big Ten scheduling shouldn’t affect NIU

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com AP photo

Coach K says he will not be back as U.S. coach NEW YORK – Mike Krzyzewski said again Tuesday he doesn’t plan to return as U.S. men’s basketball coach after leading the Americans to two Olympic gold medals.

Saying “my stance hasn’t changed,” Krzyzewski told ESPN Radio he expects USA Basketball to name a new coach this summer.

The Hall of Fame Duke coach said during and after last summer’s Olympics that he wasn’t planning to return to the position he’s held with the national team since 2005. However, he still hasn’t confirmed that decision with USA Basketball chairman Jerry Colangelo, who has said they will talk after the college season.

“I’ve loved, loved, loved, and it’s been an honor being with the USA Basketball team,” Krzyzewski said in the interview. “And to coach the team and work with Jerry these seven years has been marvelous.

“And we’re in a good spot,” Krzyzewski added. “We need to keep building.”

Krzyzewski led the Americans to Olympic gold in 2008 and 2012, and a world basketball championship in 2010. The Americans also won bronze in the 2006 worlds, their first tournament under his guidance, and haven’t lost a game since.

– Wire report

Big Ten Conference schools play an important part of Northern Illinois’ nonconference football schedule.

In 2012, NIU’s opener was against Iowa at Soldier Field.

Next season, the Huskies will visit Iowa City on Aug. 31, and head to Purdue on Sept. 28. The Huskies have a game scheduled at Ohio State in 2015, and NIU will play host to Nebraska at Soldier Field in 2016. The Huskies will visit Lincoln in 2017 and 2019.

The Big Ten, which expanded to 12 teams with the

addition of Nebraska in 2011 and will welcome Maryland and Rutgers in 2014, is talking about going to a nine-game, or even a 10-game conference schedule.

The conference recently decided it no longer will schedule Football Championship Subdivision games, which would save Big Ten fans from some extremely lopsided contests but would hurt the smaller programs financially.

Playing against the Big Ten is important to NIU in more regional matchups, although the Huskies take on teams from other BCS conferences as well

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when getting their guarantee games.

With Big Ten schools a yearly fixture on NIU’s slate, is there any chance the league’s decision to add more conference games could impact the Huskies or other Mid-Ameri-

can Conference schools?

The answer is no, according to NIU athletic director Jeff Compher.

“I’m not concerned about that at all,” he said. “I think there’s a good relationship that we have with the Big Ten, and I would suspect them to schedule us as they normally have.”

Compher said the schools that make up the Big Ten will want home games. So, even if the conference were to play 10 league games, which seems unlikely, Big Ten schools probably won’t want to schedule BCS schools in the nonconference to get more home contests

against non-AQ teams, which is a positive for schools like NIU. “They need home games, so that’s important to them, obviously,” Compher said.

“So they’ll be looking to try and fill in for additional home games, and I would think that if they’re going to schedule more within their conference, they’re not as likely to schedule more teams from other AQ conferences as much, if they’re trying to schedule more conference games in there.

“So I think they’ll continue to look at the MAC as a good partner for some of their nonleague games.”

CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN BOYS BASKETBALL

STATE CHAMPIONS

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro basketball Denver at Portland, 9:30 p.m., ESPN The Nuggets (36-22) have shown that even without their leading scorer, Danilo Gallinari (16.9 ppg), they still can run opposing teams off the floor with the league’s best transition offense. The Nuggets, however, haven’t enjoyed much success lately in Portland (26-30), losing their past six there.

Also on TV...

Pro basketball Golden State at New York, 7 p.m., ESPN Men’s basketball Michigan at Penn St., 5:30 p.m., BTN Georgetown at Connecticut, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Purdue at Iowa, 7:30 p.m., BTN Oklahoma at Texas, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Colorado at Stanford, 10 p.m., ESPN2 Pro hockey Washington at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN Detroit at Los Angeles, 9 p.m., NBCSN

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The Cornerstone Christian Academy boys basketball team celebrates its 65-59 victory over Collinsville in the Association of Christian Schools International boys basketball state championship game.

Storm postpones Thrilling come-from-behind victory over Collinsville gives program its 1st title playoff games

By ROSS JACOBSON

rjacobson@shawmedia.com

By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com Tuesday’s winter snow storm that hit in the late morning and early afternoon, caused the postponement of all three high school boys basketball postseason games.

The Class 4A Rockford East Regional semifinal between DeKalb and Rockford Jefferson was rescheduled for 6 p.m. today. For anyone planning to attend today’s game, Rockford East asks everyone to park at the 28th Street parking lot instead of behind the school.

The Class 3A Burlington Central Regional semifinal between Sycamore and Rochelle was postponed and rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. today.

The Class 3A IMSA Regional semifinal between Kaneland and St. Francis also was rescheduled for 7:30 p.m. today.

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Follow our coverage of tonight’s Class 3A Burlington Central Regional boys basketball semifinal between Sycamore and Rochelle on Facebook by searching for DC Preps or on Twitter at twitter.com/ dc_preps.

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SYCAMORE – Just minutes after Cornerstone Christian Academy lost in the championship game of the Association of Christian Schools International basketball boys basketball state finals last season, Michael Jorgensen, Thomas Johnson and their teammates gathered together.

With almost every key contributor coming back, they wanted to set the tone immediately for the 2012-13 season.

Cornerstone won its first 19 games of the season and its 25-4 record in the regular season gave Cornerstone a firstround bye in the ACSI state tournament.

It defeated Westlake and Kankakee Trinity in its first two games, before edging Collinsville, 65-59, to win the first boys basketball state title in school history.

“Starting from Day One this season, we said our goals were to give the glory

to God and get redemption at state,” said Jorgensen, a senior. “It’s paid off since.

Everybody’s been working hard.”

The roster The title game against Collins(12) Sal Arguello, freshman ville started out as (33) Ethan High*, senior poorly as one could (22) Joe Hillyer, senior imagine for Cor(34) Thomas Johnson*, senior nerstone, trailing (40) Michael Jorgensen*, senior 21-3 after the first (15) Joe Kuschman*, senior quarter.

(41) Nick Ladas*, junior “There was a (45) Jonah Larkins, freshman lid on the hoop and (1) Robert Mitchell, freshman we were amped up (30) Seth Ortega, sophomore a little too much,” (21) Andrew Stahl, junior Cornerstone coach (14) Dustin Torres, sophomore Tom Olmstead said. * - starter “Every missed shot we had in that first quarter was like a transition pass to a fast break.”

See CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN, page B3

CAVALIERS 101, BULLS 98

Cleveland stops slide against Bulls

By JAY COHEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Dion Waiters scored 25 points to help make up for the absence of Kyrie Irving, and the Cleveland Cavaliers snapped an 11-game losing streak against the Bulls with a 101-98 victory on Tuesday night.

While Irving rested a sore right knee in street clothes on the sideline, Waiters converted a fadeaway jumper and a layup before Tyler Zeller drove along the baseline for a layup that helped Cleveland open an

Next vs. Philadelphia, 7 p.m. Thursday, TNT, AM-1000 87-78 lead with 7:33 left in the game.

The Bulls were down two when they got the ball back with 37.8 seconds left, but Luol Deng missed a long jumper and Shaun Livingston hit two free throws for Cleveland to make it 100-96. Luke Walton then forced a turnover to get the ball back for the Cavs.

Livingston, starting in place of Irving, finished with 15 points as improving Cleveland held on for its third win in the past four games, bouncing back from a difficult 109105 loss at Miami on Sunday.

Carlos Boozer scored 27 points and Deng had 26 for the Bulls, who have dropped five of seven. Kirk Hinrich returned to the lineup after missing three consecutive games AP photo with a lingering right elbow issue Bulls forward Carlos Boozer grabs a rebound away and finished with 11 points, 11 asfrom the Cavaliers’ Tristan Thompson during the first sists and six rebounds.

See BULLS, page B2

quarter of Tuesday night’s game at the United Center.

The Bulls lost, 101-98.

SPORTS

Page B2 • Wednesday, February 27, 2013

8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Boys Basketball Class 4A Rockford East Regional: Rockford Jefferson vs.

DeKalb, semifinal, 6 p.m.

Class 3A Burlington Central Regional: Sycamore vs. Rochelle, semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

Class 3A IMSA Regional: St. Francis vs. Kaneland, semifinal, 7:30 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS NIU’s Sturm MAC West Co-Pitcher of the Week Northern Illinois sophomore pitcher Jessica Sturm was named Mid-American Conference West Division Co-Pitcher of the Week on Tuesday, along with Western Michigan’s Mackenzie Shepeck.

Sturm, who earned the honor for the second straight week, had a 2-1 record in four appearances at the “Strike-Out Cancer” Tournament in Boca Raton, Fla. over the weekend, including a start in which she gave up one earned run in a 7-3 win over Florida Atlantic.

Sturm is 3-2 with a 1.08 ERA for the Huskies, who are 5-5 and play at the Southern Illinois Tournament this weekend.

Former Kish coach named volleyball coach at Wofford SPARTANBURG, S.C. – Wofford College has named former Kishwaukee volleyball coach Ron Sweet as its head coach for the women’s volleyball team. Sweet most recently was the associate head coach at James Madison University.

Sweet joined the James Madison volleyball staff on March 2, 2010. He was promoted to associate head coach after the 2011 season. During the 2012 season, the Dukes were 13-16 overall and three players received All-Colonial Athletic Association honors. In 2011, the team posted a 20-11 record with three players being honored with All-CAA accolades. In his first season, the squad was 22-8 overall, the best record in a decade and their first CAA Championship berth since 2007.

Sweet joined the Dukes after six successful seasons as coach at Kishwaukee in Malta. The Kougars were the first team in NJCAA Division II history to win three consecutive national championships, accomplishing the feat in 2006, 2007 and 2008.

Jordan buys a home for $2.8M in North Carolina CORNELIUS, N.C. – Bobcats owner Michael Jordan has purchased a 12,310-square-foot lakefront home in Cornelius, N.C., for $2.8 million.

The home is about 22 miles north of uptown Charlotte where the Bobcats play their home games and where Jordan owns a spacious condo.

Public records show the home, which had been foreclosed, was bought Feb. 19 by the Jordan Family Gift Trust from First Community Bank.

The home is located on Lake Norman and the seventh hole of The Peninsula Golf Club. The listing states it features six bedrooms and eight bathrooms and a “stunning panoramic lake views from almost every room.”

Hockey coach gets 15 days in jail for tripping RICHMOND, British Columbia – A Vancouver pee-wee hockey coach has been sentenced to 15 days in jail for tripping a player during a postgame handshake.

Martin Tremblay swept out the leg of an opposing player while the teams were going through the typical hockey ritual of lining up to shake hands after the game. Two players, a 10-yearold and a 13-year-old, fell to the ice. The move was caught on video and worked its way around the Internet.

The 48-year-old pleaded guilty to one count of assault in November.

– From staff, wire reports

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CHICAGO SOUL

NBA

Racist taunts spoil player’s season Ayegbusi says punishment is too harsh

VIEWS Tom Musick

against the Milwaukee Wave.

He chased the fan into the concourse before a teammate Tijani Ayegbusi tried his caught up to him to intervene, best to tune out the obnoxious and the fan ran down another fan with the loud voice. set of stairs.

For two-plus hours, Ayeg“When he saw me coming busi said, the fan had badgered – because he knew what he him and some of his teamdid – then he started running,” mates on the Chicago Soul, an Ayegbusi said. indoor soccer team that plays “By the time at the Sears Centre Arena in I got upstairs, Hoffman Estates. one of my teamIt was annoying but tolermates, Carlos able.

Toward the end of the game, Munoz, saw me however, the tone took an ugly going (into the stands) and he turn.

Tijani came after me, The fan aimed his venom Ayegbusi toward Ayegbusi, a 30-year-old just to come and grab me like, ‘T.J., just let native of Lagos, Nigeria, and one of two black players on the it go.’ ” One day later, the Major Inteam. Ayegbusi heard the fan door Soccer League suspended call out to him by his name.

Ayegbusi for the remainder of “When he yelled my name, the season, including the playI didn’t even look at him,” offs, for entering the stands to Ayegbusi said during a recent engage in a dispute. The league phone interview from his suspended Munoz for one home in Chicago. “But what game for following Ayegbusi made me look at him when I into the stands. heard him calling me names The penalty was harsh but – racial names. I looked, like, necessary, MISL senior direcdoes he really mean that? tor Chris Economides said What is he saying?

Tuesday.

“He called me a monkey.”

“We need to set an example When Ayegbusi looked over, he said, the fan spit in his here,” said Economides, direction. He repeated the slur. who sent a memo to each of the league’s teams after the “Then, I knew he meant business,” said Ayegbusi, who incident. “I don’t care what happened. You don’t go into described the fan as a white the stands. man who looked to be in his “We want to send a very 20s. “He was sure of what he clear message to the player, was doing.” to the organization, and to the Ayegbusi gave chase, leapentire league that we will not ing over the boards and chasing the fan up the stairs at the condone anything remotely end of the Soul’s Feb. 18 game associated with this.”

Other leagues also have come down hard on players entering the stands.

The most notable example came in 2004, when then-Indiana Pacers forward Ron Artest entered the stands during a road game against the Detroit Pistons. That set off an ugly, dangerous melee between fans and players in the stands and prompted a season-long suspension for Artest as well as several other lengthy suspensions.

Thankfully, last week’s incident did not escalate to violence.

Ayegbusi said he could have understood a one-game suspension for his actions. But the remainder of the season?

“It was too severe,” Ayegbusi said. “That wasn’t fair.

“Because whoever it is should put themselves in my own shoes. What would you do if somebody comes right in front of you at your home, right at your doorstep, and called you names and spit towards you? What would you do? What would you do?”

The memory is fresh, and it hurts.

Ayegbusi raised his voice in anger as he described the fan’s behavior. He spoke softly as he described what it was like to be the target of racism. He insisted that no players on the Soul antagonized the fan during the game.

Ultimately, the personal insults caused the greatest pain. But Ayegbusi also will be hurt professionally – the Soul are competing for a playoff spot in their inaugural season – as well as financially – he estimates his lost wages could come close to $10,000.

Ayegbusi has played profes-

sional soccer for 14 years in one form or another. He played for clubs in Nigeria before coming to the United States in 2002 and joining the MISL in 2004.

He has endured a lot of kicks over the years.

The fan’s words represented a kick to the stomach.

“I felt terrible about it,” Ayegbusi said. “I felt unworthy. For somebody to call me that kind of name … from what I know in this country, you can’t speak at somebody [like that].”

No, you can’t. It’s unfathomable and inexcusable that some people still do.

Ayegbusi regrets what he did, but only because his actions and subsequent suspension hurt his team. He had a goal, three assists and 12 blocked shots in 16 games this season.

The Soul invited Ayegbusi to travel with the team to Kansas City for their most recent road game. Ayegbusi was grateful for the offer, but he declined.

“I just wanted to stay back home,” Ayegbusi said, “to take a break from the game right now.”

He expects the break to be only temporary. Last week’s incident might have ruined his season, but Ayegbusi said it would not spoil his career.

Ayegbusi hopes to return to the Soul next season.

“Soccer has taken me to so many places,” Ayegbusi said.

“I’m not going to stop because of that boy.”

• Shaw Media sports columnist Tom Musick can be reached at tmusick@shawmedia.com and on Twitter @tcmusick.

CUBS 4, ROCKIES 2

Jackson fitting in Next

The ASSOCIATED PRESS MESA, Ariz. – Edwin Jackson got off to a neat, clean start with the Cubs.

Signed as a free agent to a fouryear deal worth $52 million, Jackson pitched two scoreless innings Tuesday in his first spring outing as the Cubs beat the Colorado Rockies, 4-2.

“Today’s just pretty much an evaluation day for me,” he said, “to see where I am with things.”

The29-year-oldrightyhasamultiyear contract for the first time in a major league career that began in 2003. He previously pitched for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Tampa Bay, Arizona, the White Sox, St. Louis and Washington.

Jackson, who pitched a nohitter for Tampa Bay in 2010 and won a World Series title with the Cardinals in 2011, was 10-11 with a 4.03 ERA last year with the NL East champion Nationals.

Jackson gave up a pair of two-

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out singles in the first inning but retired his final four batters.

“It definitely feels good when you know you have some stability on a team,” said the 29-yearold Jackson, who pitched for six teams in five years before signing with the Cubs. “But at the same time, you can’t get too complacent to where you let it get you to relax.

You still have to have some kind of edge about you when you take the field.”

Off the field, Jackson’s easy demeanor has made him a quick fit with new teammates.

“He’s been great,” manager Dale Sveum said. “He’s got that personality and work ethic and professionalism. And teammates like him already.”

WHITE SOX 14, RANGERS 8

Sox score 11 runs in 3rd, 4th innings

By STEPHEN HAWKINS The Associated Press SURPRISE, Ariz. – Yu Darvish is more at ease in his second spring with the Texas Rangers, and he still is throwing hard.

The Japanese ace, who won 16 games last season as a major league rookie, struck out two while retiring all six White Sox he faced in his first spring start.

The Sox then scored 11 runs over the next two innings on the way to a 14-8 victory Tuesday.

“His velocity was up, his stuff was just better,” said new Rangers catcher A.J. Pierzynski, who faced his former team while catching Darvish. “He threw the ball really well and it was very encouraging to see.

We talked in the bullpen and talked before the game about what he wanted to accomplish, and he accomplished everything that he wanted to and needed to.”

Pierzynski, who spent his past eight seasons with the Sox before signing a one-year deal

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with Texas, previously had worked with the 26-year-old Darvish during an intrasquad game last week and in bullpen sessions.

Nestor Molina and Brian Omogrosso, the first two Sox pitchers, both had two shutout innings. Omogrosso is in the mix for a possible spot in the Sox’s bullpen.

The sox scored six runs in the third off 20-year-old Cody Buckel. The right-hander, the top minor league pitcher in the Rangers’ organization last year, walked five of the seven batters he faced.

Notes: Josh Phegley homered for the Sox in the eighth inning. ... The Sox had a 12-0 lead before Texas scored five times in the fifth on three hits. ... The two teams play again today in Glendale.

EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 36 21 .632 Bulls 32 25 .561 Milwaukee 26 28 .481 Detroit 22 37 .373 Cleveland 19 38 .333 Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 33 20 .623 Brooklyn 34 24 .586 Boston 30 27 .526 Toronto 23 34 .404 Philadelphia 22 33 .400 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 41 14 .745 Atlanta 32 23 .582 Washington 18 37 .327 Orlando 16 41 .281 Charlotte 13 43 .232

GB — 4 8½ 15 17 GB — 1½ 5 12 12 GB — 9 23 26 28½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 45 13 .776 Memphis 37 18 .673 Houston 31 27 .534 Dallas 25 30 .455 New Orleans 20 38 .345 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 41 15 .732 Denver 36 22 .621 Utah 31 26 .544 Portland 26 30 .464 Minnesota 20 33 .377 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 40 18 .690 Golden State 33 24 .579 L.A. Lakers 28 30 .483 Sacramento 19 39 .328 Phoenix 18 39 .316

GB — 6½ 14 18½ 25 GB — 6 10½ 15 19½ GB — 6½ 12 21 21½

Tuesday’s Results Cleveland 101, Bulls 98 Orlando 98, Philadelphia 84 Indiana 108, Golden State 97 Miami 141, Sacramento 129 (2OT) Brooklyn 101, New Orleans 97 Milwaukee at Dallas (n) Minnesota at Phoenix (n) Charlotte at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s Games Toronto at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Houston, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Memphis, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Golden State at New York, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Atlanta at Utah, 8 p.m.

Denver at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Philadelphia at Bulls, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Results Washington 90, Toronto 84 Atlanta 114, Detroit 103 Denver 119, L.A. Lakers 108 Boston 110, Utah 107 (OT)

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Blackhawks 19 16 0 3 35 Nashville 20 9 6 5 23 St. Louis 18 10 6 2 22 Detroit 19 9 7 3 21 Columbus 20 5 12 3 13 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts Vancouver 18 10 4 4 24 Minnesota 18 9 7 2 20 Calgary 18 7 7 4 18 Edmonton 18 7 7 4 18 Colorado 17 7 8 2 16 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 17 13 3 1 27 Dallas 20 10 8 2 22 Los Angeles 17 9 6 2 20 Phoenix 18 8 7 3 19 San Jose 17 8 6 3 19

GF GA 61 37 44 47 55 52 57 54 44 61 GF GA 52 48 39 43 49 61 42 49 42 51 GF GA 59 47 56 57 45 41 50 49 41 39

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 20 13 7 0 26 69 54 New Jersey 19 10 5 4 24 48 49 Philadelphia 21 9 11 1 19 60 66 N.Y. Rangers 18 8 8 2 18 44 48 N.Y. Islanders 20 8 11 1 17 57 68 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 19 12 4 3 27 53 41 Boston 16 12 2 2 26 49 35 Ottawa 20 12 6 2 26 48 37 Toronto 20 12 8 0 24 57 46 Buffalo 20 7 12 1 15 50 64 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Carolina 18 9 8 1 19 50 54 Tampa Bay 19 9 9 1 19 70 60 Winnipeg 19 9 9 1 19 52 60 Florida 19 6 9 4 16 48 69 Washington 18 7 10 1 15 51 55 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss.

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Cubs starting pitcher Edwin Jackson throws before Tuesday’s spring training game against the Rockies in Phoenix. Jackson gave up a pair of two-out singles in the first inning but retired his final four batters.

Bulls play their 1st game of season without Gibson • BULLS Continued from page B1 The Bulls played their first game of the season without reserve forward Taj Gibson, who sprained his left knee when he stepped on the foot of Oklahoma City guard Reggie Jackson in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s 102-72 loss to the Thunder.

Gibson is expected to miss at least two weeks in another devastating injury for the Bulls.

Derrick Rose has missed the entire season while he recovers from major left knee surgery, and Hinrich also has missed a bunch of games due to a myriad of injuries.

Wayne Ellington had 13 points for the Cavaliers, who open a five-game homestand against Toronto on Wednesday. Alonzo Gee finished with 11 points and Tristan Thompson added 10 points and eight rebounds.

The Bulls and Cavaliers handed the lead back and forth for much of the third quarter. Three consecutive

charging calls on the Bulls helped the Cavaliers open a 72-67 advantage on Walton’s long jumper with two minutes left in the period, but Joakim Noah found Deng inside to help the Bulls get within one.

The Bulls had a chance to go in front in the final seconds of the third, but Marco Belinelli’s 3-point attempt was blocked by Livingston and Ellington hit a 3 as time expired to lift Cleveland to a 75-71 lead.

Notes: Rose and Irving never have faced each other in an NBA game. “Well, I think we’re all looking forward to that,” Cavs coach Byron Scott said. “My greatest hope is that No. 1 that Derrick Rose comes back and he’s back to being the old Derrick Rose.

If that happens and they get a chance to go against each other, I think that would be very interesting.” ... Livingston was a prep star at Peoria Central High School in Illinois. ... The Bulls’ 115-86 win at Cleveland on Nov. 2 is the worst loss of the season for the Cavaliers.

Tuesday’s Results Dallas 5, Columbus 4, OT Washington 3, Carolina 0 Winnipeg 4, N.Y. Rangers 3 Florida 6, Pittsburgh 4 Buffalo 2, Tampa Bay 1 Boston 4, N.Y. Islanders 1 Minnesota 2, Calgary 1 (OT) Phoenix at Vancouver (n) Colorado at San Jose (n) Today’s Games Washington at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Montreal at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

Nashville at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Blackhawks at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Tampa Bay at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

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

Ottawa at Boston, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

New Jersey at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Edmonton at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Calgary at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Detroit at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Results Blackhawks 3, Edmonton 2 (OT) Ottawa 2, Montreal 1, SO Toronto 4, Philadelphia 2 Nashville 5, Dallas 4 (OT) Los Angeles 5, Anaheim 2

MLB SPRING TRAINING Tuesday’s Results Cubs 4, Colorado 2 White Sox 14, Texas 8 Miami 7, N.Y. Mets 5 Atlanta 9, Washington 5 Baltimore vs. Pittsburgh, ccd., Rain Minnesota 8, Toronto 4 Houston (ss) 9, Detroit 4 Philadelphia 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 7, Houston (ss) 2 (6 inn.)

St. Louis 15, Boston 4 L.A. Dodgers 8, San Francisco 8 Seattle 6, Milwaukee 5 Kansas City 4, Cleveland 1 San Diego 7, Cincinnati 5 L.A. Angels 7, Arizona (ss) 7 Arizona (ss) 9, Oakland 4 Today’s Games L.A. Dodgers vs. Cubs, 2:05 p.m.

Texas vs. White Sox, 2:05 p.m.

Philadelphia vs. Minnesota, 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Detroit, 12:05 p.m.

Baltimore (ss) vs. N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Miami vs. Washington, 12:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Toronto, 12:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Kansas City, 2:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. L.A. Angels, 2:05 p.m.

Colorado vs. San Diego (ss), 2:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

San Diego (ss) vs. Oakland, 2:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Arizona, 2:10 p.m.

Boston vs. Baltimore (ss), 6:05 p.m.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013 • Page B3

Rodman worms his way into N. Korea

By JEAN H. LEE The Associated Press

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Northern Illinois’ Antone Christian shoots a 3-pointer in the first half against Ball State on Feb. 13 at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb. Ball State defeated NIU, 56-52.

8UP NEXT FOR NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL WHO Eastern Michigan (12-15, 5-7 MAC) at Northern Illinois (5-20, 3-9) WHEN 7 p.m. today WHERE NIU Convocation Center RADIO AM-1360, 98.9-FM LAST MEETING EMU defeated NIU, 42-25, on Jan. 26, 2013 SCOUTING THE EAGLES Eastern Michigan is just 1-11 on the road, and has lost its past two contests overall and four of its past five. The Eagles struggle to put the ball in the basket, averaging only 57

points a game – good for 11th in the Mid-American Conference. Eastern Michigan does lead the conference in scoring defense, giving up only 60 points a contest.

OUTLOOK The Huskies scored only four first-half points and set multiple NCAA records for offensive futility when these teams met in January in Ypsilanti. After beating Kent State on Jan. 30, four days after the record-breaking loss at EMU, the Huskies have dropped their past six contests. Sophomore wing Abdel Nader scored a team-high 17 points for NIU in Saturday’s 59-47 loss to Eastern Illinois. It’s the 10th time this season Nader has led the Huskies in scoring.

– Steve Nitz, snitz@shawmedia.com

PYONGYANG, North Korea – Former NBA star Dennis Rodman brought his basketball skills and flamboyant style – tattoos, nose studs and all – to the country with possibly the world’s strictest dress code: North Korea.

Arriving in Pyongyang, the American athlete and showman known as “The Worm” became an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea. Or maybe not so unlikely: Young leader Kim Jong Un is said to have been a fan of the Bulls in the 1990s, when Rodman won three championships with the club.

Rodman is joining three members of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team and a VICE correspondent for a news show on North Korea that will air on HBO this year, VICE producers told The Associated Press in an exclusive interview before they landed.

“It’s my first time, I think it’s most of these guys’ first time here, so hopefully everything’s going to be OK, and hoping the kids have a good time for the game,” Rodman told reporters after arriving in North Korea on Tuesday.

Rodman and VICE’s producers said the Americans hope to engage in a little “basketball diplomacy” by running a basketball camp for children and playing with North Korea’s top basketball stars.

“Is sending the Harlem Globetrotters and Dennis Rodman to the DPRK strange? In a word, yes,” said Shane Smith, the VICE founder who is host of the upcoming series, referring to North Korea by the initials of its formal name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. “But finding common ground on the basketball court is a beautiful thing.”

The notoriously unpredictable and irrepressible Rodman might seem an odd fit for regimented North Korea, where men’s fashion rarely ventures beyond military khaki and where growing facial hair is forbidden.

Shown a photo of a snarling Rodman, piercings dangling from his lower lip and two massive tattoos emblazoned on his chest, one North Korean in Pyongyang recoiled and said: “He looks like a monster!”

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Former Bulls star Dennis Rodman is surrounded by journalists upon his arrival at Pyongyang Airport on Tuesday in North Korea. “The Worm” arrived in Pyongyang, becoming an unlikely ambassador for sports diplomacy at a time of heightened tensions between the U.S. and North Korea.

But Rodman is also a Hall of Fame basketball player and one of the best defenders and rebounders to ever play the game.

During a storied, often controversial career, he won five NBA championships – a feat appreciated even in North Korea.

Rodman, now 51, was lowkey and soft-spoken in cobalt blue sweatpants and a Polo Ralph Lauren cap. There was a bit of flash: white-rimmed sunglasses and studs in his nose and lower lip. But he told the AP he was there to teach basketball and talk to people, not to stir up trouble.

Showier were three Harlem Globetrotters dressed in fire-engine red. Rookie Moose Weekes flashed the crowd a huge smile as he made his way off the Air Koryo plane.

“We use the basketball as a tool to build cultural ties, build bridges among countries,” said Buckets Blakes, a Globetrotters veteran. “We’re all about happiness and joy and making people smile.”

Rodman’s trip is the second high-profile American visit this year to North Korea, a country that remains in a state of war with the U.S. It also comes two weeks after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test in defiance of U.N. bans against atomic and missile activity.

Google’s executive chairman, Eric Schmidt, made a surprise four-day trip in January to Pyongyang, where he met with officials and toured computer labs, just weeks after North Korea launched a satellite into space on the back of a long-range rocket.

Washington, Tokyo, Seoul and others consider both the rocket launch and the nuclear test provocative acts that threaten regional security.

North Korea characterizes the satellite launch as a peaceful bid to explore space, but said the nuclear test was meant as a deliberate warning to Washington. Pyongyang said it needs to build nuclear weapons to defend itself against the U.S., and is believed to be trying to build an atomic bomb small enough to mount on a missile capable of reaching the mainland U.S. VICE, known for its sometimes irreverent journalism, has made two previous visits to North Korea, coming out with the “VICE Guide to North Korea.” The HBO series, which will air weekly starting April 5, features documentary-style news reports from around the world.

The Americans also will visit North Korea’s national monuments, the SEK animation studio and a new skate park in Pyongyang.

The U.S. State Department hasn’t been contacted about travel to North Korea by this group, a senior administration official said, requesting anonymity to comment before any trip had been made public. The official said the department does not vet U.S. citizens’ private travel to North Korea and urges U.S. citizens contemplating travel there to review a travel warning on its website.

In a now-defunct U.S.-North Korean agreement in which Washington had planned last year to give food aid to Pyongyang in exchange for nuclear

concessions, Washington had said it was prepared to increase people-to-people exchanges with the North, including in the areas of culture, education and sports.

Promoting technology and sports are two major policy priorities of Kim Jong Un, who took power in December 2011 after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il. Along with soccer, basketball is enormously popular in North Korea, where it’s not uncommon to see basketball hoops set up in hotel parking lots or in schoolyards. It’s a game that doesn’t require much equipment or upkeep.

The U.S. remains Enemy No. 1 in North Korea, and North Koreans have limited exposure to American pop culture. But they know Michael Jordan, a former teammate of Rodman’s when they both played for the Bulls in the 1990s.

During a historic visit to North Korea in 2000, then-U.S. Secretary of State Madeleine Albright presented Kim Jong Il, famously an NBA fan, with a basketball signed by Jordan that later went on display in the huge cave at Mount Myohyang that holds gifts to the leaders.

North Korea even had its own Jordan wannabe: Ri Myong Hun, a 7-foot-9 star player who is said to have renamed himself “Michael” after his favorite player and moved to Canada for a few years in the 1990s in hopes of making it into the NBA. Even today, Jordan remains well-loved here. At the Mansudae Art Studio, which produces the country’s top art, a portrait of Jordan spotted last week, complete with a replica of his signature and “NBA” painted in one corner, seemed an odd inclusion among the propaganda posters and celadon vases on display.

An informal poll of North Koreans revealed that “The Worm” isn’t quite as much a household name in Pyongyang.

But Kim Jong Un was a basketball-crazy adolescent when Rodman was with the Bulls, and when the Harlem Globetrotters kept up a frenetic travel schedule worldwide.

In a memoir about his decade serving as Kim Jong Il’s personal sushi chef, a man who goes by the pen name Kenji Fujimoto recalled that basketball was the young Kim Jong Un’s biggest passion, and that the Bulls were his favorite.

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• CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN Continued from page B1 Cornerstone, which typically utilizes a full-court press to play a more up-tempo pace, had to switch into a 3-2 zone and play a more disciplined style. It chipped away at the lead and eventually took control in the fourth quarter.

“Every day they want to play like a champion, so they know they have to practice hard, stay focused, keep their goals,” Olmstead said.

“They’ve been great. They’ve been wanting to achieve that all year.”

Cornerstone is led by a group of four seniors in its

starting lineup, including Jorgensen and Johnson, who both surpassed 1,000 career points this season. They become only the third and fourth boys basketball players in Cornerstone history to have their jerseys retired. Jorgensen is committed to play at Judson University next year while Johnson still is considering his college options.

Cornerstone was accepted into the National Association of Christian Athletes national tournament and will compete in the week-long tournament starting today in Dayton, Tenn.

“We’ve had now even a couple other kids who are tempted to maybe go and bring their talents elsewhere,

want to stay now,” Olmstead said. “That’s nice to see.

Building that momentum to keep our talent within the program and attract talent from outside the program.”

The NACA national tournament often features teams with multiple Division I players and recently has produced NBA players such as Nolan Smith, Tyreke Evans and Michael Beasley.

But Olmstead said the experience will be good for his team.

“It’s been a little different going into nationals than it was with state,” Jorgensen said. “State, the whole year has been looking toward that, trying to get that first. It’s going to be a fun trip.”

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Injured Daytona fans explore legal options

By KYLE HIGHTOWER The Associated Press ORLANDO, Fla. – The attorney for three NASCAR fans injured last weekend during a race the day before the Daytona 500 said they are exploring a possible lawsuit, but some experts said they could face tough obstacles in winning damages.

Matt Morgan, the Orlandobased lawyer for the fans, said at a news conference Tuesday than any suit would focus on the safety fence used along the track at Daytona International Speedway. He said he hopes to reach a settlement with NASCAR to avoid a lawsuit.

More than 30 people were injured Saturday after a horrific wreck in a second-tier NASCAR series race sent chunks of debris, including a heavy tire, into the stands.

Morgan declined to provide the identities of his clients, but said two of them were seated directly in front of the crash and sustained injuries ranging from a fractured fibula to abdominal swelling. All have been released from the hospital.

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Some experts said there could be grounds for a lawsuit, and that courts have looked past liability waivers written on the backs of sporting event tickets. Others maintain the ticket is a legal contract that could be hard to overcome in court.

“Ultimately, I believe it would be gross negligence,” Morgan said. “We all know that when you go to a race you assume a certain amount of risk. But what people don’t assume is that a race car will come flying into the stands. ... That’s why they make the fences.”

Asked to comment on the fans’ retention of a law firm, NASCAR spokesman David Higdon wrote in a statement, “We are unaware of any lawsuits filed.”

DaytonaInternationalSpeedway is owned by International Speedway Corp., a NASCAR sister company. Spokesman Andrew Booth said, “As per company policy, we do not comment on pending litigation.”

Donnalynn Darling, a New York-based attorney who has

people who were not only injured by falling debris, but by the failure of the fence.”

Others say such restrictive clauses on the back of tickets are generally disfavored by Florida courts.

“If it’s just something written on the back of the ticket and not called to the attention of the person purchasing, there’s reason to believe many courts in Florida won’t hold that they consented efficiently,” said University of Florida emeritus law professor Joseph Little.

Still, Paul Huck, an adjunct professor at the University of Miami School of Law, said AP photo contract law could take preceInjured spectators are treated after a crash at the conclusion of the dence.

NASCAR Nationwide Series race Saturday at Daytona International “A ticket to one of these Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla. Driver Kyle Larson’s car hit the safety events is like a contract – and its provisions limiting liabilfence sending car parts and other debris flying into the stands. ity are generally enforceable,” been practicing personal inju- foreseeable risk question that he said. “We enter into these ry law for 30 years, said there promoters of events also ac- types of contracts on a regular is a theory that a spectator cept. basis, and we often don’t give who buys tickets to a sport“Did the sporting event pro- it a second thought that we ing event assumes the risk of moter take action to prevent may be limiting or even giving objects coming out of the field that specific risk?” Darling up certain legal rights when of play, such as a foul ball at a asked. “In terms of this fence we do so.” baseball game. ... it was put up to prevent peoDarling also said that the But she said there is also a ple from being hurt. You have fence’s manufacturer at Day-

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McIlroy, Danica boosts Daytona’s TV ratings from last year Woods play own match play The ASSOCIATED PRESS

The ASSOCIATED PRESS PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. – Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy faced off Sunday in match play, just like so many golf fans wanted to see.

Only hardly anyone saw them. And it didn’t even count.

After both were eliminated in the first round of the Match Play Championship, No. 1 and No. 2 in the world played two rounds Sunday morning at The Medalist.

“We thought we’d play our Rory McIlroy own match play final,” McIlroy said Tuesday at the Honda Classic.

They were done about the time Matt Tiger Woods K u c h a r w a s holding on for a 2-and-1 win over Hunter Mahan at Dove Mountain in Arizona. McIlroy didn’t give any details of the match, but it’s safe to say they weren’t wearing the ski caps that Kuchar and Mahan had on during their match.

The opening round for Woods and McIlroy didn’t start until Thursday because of a snowstorm. They were gone the next day after losing, and Woods said he was headed home to Florida to get warm.

The Medalist is the home club of Woods. McIlroy said former NFL receiver Ahmad Rashad joined them.

So who won?

McIlroy said Woods won the first round, and McIlroy beat him the second round.

That would leave their headto-head record tied at 2 wins apiece. A year ago, Woods beat McIlroy in the World Golf Finals exhibition in Turkey, and McIlroy beat him in an 18-hole exhibition in China.

One thing they didn’t have to worry about was pace of play.

They teed off at 8 a.m. and McIlroy said he was home by 1:30 p.m.

“He putts with the pin in,” McIlroy said. “It’s speed golf.

It was good. It was really enjoyable.”

McIlroy is the defending champion at the Honda Classic, where he held on despite a birdie-eagle finish by Woods, who tied for second. McIlroy has played only three rounds that count this year, with the Masters only six weeks away.

He and Woods missed the cut in Abu Dhabi, and both lost in the first round of Match Play.

NEW YORK – With Danica Patrick starting from the pole, the Daytona 500’s TV ratings were much higher than last year’s.

Sunday afternoon’s race earned a 9.9 rating and 22 share on Fox, the network said Tuesday.

That’s up 24 percent from 2012, when rain pushed the event to a Monday night. It was Danica Patrick the highest rating since 2008.

Jimmie Johnson won the race while Patrick was eighth, the best finish by a woman at the Daytona 500.

The race had plenty of buildup: Patrick making history as the first woman to start a Sprint Cup race from the pole, the revamped cars, no more tandem drafting and a frightening crash the day before in the second-tier Nationwide Series.

The increases in viewership were particularly notable in some of the country’s biggest cities. Ratings were up 91 percent in Chicago, 64 percent in San Francisco, 60 percent in Los Angeles, 59 percent in Boston and 43 percent in New York.

The average rating for women between the ages of 18 and 34 grew by 16 percent.

Allmendinger gets back in a Cup car at Phoenix: At Charlotte, N.C., A.J. Allmendinger will make his NASCAR season debut Sunday at Phoenix International Raceway.

Allmendinger, who didn’t have a ride for the season-

opening Daytona 500, will drive for Phoenix Racing in the No. 51 Guy Roofing Chevrolet. It will be Allmendinger’s fifth race with Phoenix Racing, which gave him a chance last year after NASCAR reinstated him after his suspension for failing a drug test.

“It’s been a few months since I’ve been in a stock car,” Allmendinger said. “I haven’t been in one of the Gen-6 cars yet, so I think it will take a little time to get acclimated to it. Phoenix International Raceway is a great place for me to get back behind the wheel. I’ve always enjoyed the race track. It will definitely feel different, but I’ll be ready to go.”

Allmendinger has eight previous Cup starts at Phoenix, where he has two top-10 finishes. He also has won one pole and started on the front row three times.

“It definitely helps to go to a track that I enjoy already,” he said. “Of all the tracks we go to, this is one of the most technical and challenging. It takes finesse and you have to hit your marks nearly perfect every time.”

Allmendinger watched Phoenix Racing’s run in the Daytona 500. Regan Smith drove the car Sunday to a seventh-place finish.

“I was really impressed with their run last week at Daytona,” Allmendinger said. “It showed that they’re putting together solid equipment and have a good feel for the new car. I think for the first 30 to 45 minutes I’ll have to ease into it and get used to the new car, but after that, I’ll be up to speed and ready to go.”

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tona likely would be “very much responsible” because of it being foreseeable that debris could go through a fence that has holes in it.

That seems to be theory that Morgan is adopting. He referenced a 2009 crash at NASCAR’s racetrack in Talladega, Ala. in which a car that launched into the catch fence sent debris into the stands and injured several fans.

“At that point in time a group of engineers got together and they said. ‘It’s time for us to manufacture a safer fence,’ ” Morgan said. “To my knowledge, that was done. But what we have to investigate at this point in time is what was done. ... If you can ever point to monetary considerations being put ahead of people, then there’s a big problem.”

Darling predicted that NASCAR would try to settle with the injured fans.

NASCAR “had an obligation to protect the fans that are so loyal, and it is bad from a public relations standpoint,” Darling said. “So they’re going to do something.”

Pharmacist sentenced to 21⁄2 years

By JOE MANDAK The Associated Press PITTSBURGH – A pharmacist has been sentenced to 2½ years in federal prison after pleading guilty to helping a former Pittsburgh Steelers team doctor illegally distribute anabolic steroids in an investigation spun off from a national crackdown on the performance enhancing drugs.

William Sadowski, 47, of Robinson Township, pleaded guilty in November to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute anabolic steroids and human growth hormones,

or HGH, and was sentenced Tuesday by Senior U.S. District Judge Maurice Cohill Jr. Sadowski has acknowledged helping Dr. Richard Rydze illegally distribute the body-building substances and other drugs used to prevent their negative side effects or, at least, mask their use.

On Tuesday, the married father of two told the judge he let greed and profit cloud his judgment.

“I started worrying more about the bottom line than doing the right thing the right way,” Sadowski said, tearfully.

Rydze, 62, has denied

wrongdoing, pleaded not guilty and is awaiting trial in the alleged steroids conspiracy that began a few months after the Steelers cut him from their medical staff in 2007 after more than two decades.

The team and Rydze previously have said he didn’t supply steroids to Steelers players, although the investigation that targeted Rydze and Sadowski spun off from a national probe that included Applied Pharmacy Services in Mobile, Ala., which was identified as a supplier in U.S. Sen. George Mitchell’s landmark 2007 report on steroid use in Major League Baseball.

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ROAST Coffee perks up flavor of pork tenderloin

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offee has become my new favorite ingredient when roasting meat.

It’s an effortless way to add gobs of flavor to whatever I am making. All I do is add whole coffee beans to whatever spice blend I am using as a wet or dry rub, then grind it to a powder and apply to the meat. The coffee provides deep, rich flavors with just a hint of acid. It’s a combination that works wonders for roasted meat.

I’ve tried the spice-coffee combination called for below on both beef and pork tenderloins; both were fantastic. You also could use it on chicken breasts or thighs for a “blackened” chicken.

An electric spice grinder (or coffee grinder) is the easiest way to make the spice rub for this recipe. If you don’t have one, substitute an equal amount of ground coffee for the beans, then use a mortar and pestle or food processor to grind everything together.

The seasonings can be applied to the meat right before roasting.

But if you have a little extra time, the flavor is even better if you rub the spices on the meat, then refrigerate it for several hours before roasting. And if you’d rather use these flavors in a wet rub, don’t hesitate to add a little olive or canola oil to the blend.

Cherry-Topped Coffee-Roasted Pork Tenderloin AP photo

Cherry-Topped Coffee-Roasted Pork Tenderloin Start to finish: 35 minutes Makes 36 appetizers 1 tablespoon coffee beans 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1 teaspoon fennel seeds 1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1 teaspoon whole peppercorns

1 teaspoon kosher salt 3 pounds pork tenderloins 1 baguette, thinly sliced into 36 rounds Olive oil 10-ounce jar cherry jam Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil and coat with cooking spray.

In a spice grinder, combine the coffee beans,

garlic powder, fennel seeds, paprika, peppercorns and salt. Grind until the beans and seeds are finely ground. Rub the spice-coffee blend evenly and liberally over the pork tenderloins. Set the tenderloins on the prepared baking sheet, then roast for 20 minutes, or until they reach 145 degrees F. at the center. Remove from the oven and let rest for 5 minutes.

Meanwhile, brush the baguette slices with olive oil, then arrange on a baking sheet and toast for 2

minutes, or until just barely browned.

When the pork is ready, cut it into thin slices. To serve, place one slice of pork on each piece of baguette, then top with a small dollop of cherry jam.

Nutrition information per serving: 120 calories; 15 calories from fat (13 percent of total calories); 2 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 23 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 4 g protein; 260 mg sodium.

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Try a healthier (and vegan) twist on stuffed peppers

By ELAINE GORDON The Washington Post With their vibrant color and unusual shape, stuffed peppers can provide a stunning presentation for your main course. This recipe is completely gluten-free and vegan, with protein-rich quinoa and a vegan pesto sauce drizzled on top for a flavor boost.

Bell peppers range in color and flavor based on how ripe they are. A red bell pepper is riper and therefore sweeter and milder than a green bell pepper.

Red peppers contain 11 times more beta carotene and four times more vitamin C than green bell peppers. Red bell peppers also contain an important phytochemical, lycopene, which could benefit prostate and heart health, according to the Produce for Better Health Foundation.

Select bell peppers that are brightly colored and firm with tight skin. You can store bell peppers for up to five days in a plastic bag in your refrigerator.

Quinoa is considered an ancient whole grain, but it’s actually a seed.

Quinoa is a good source of fiber with 5 grams of fiber per serving. Fiber keeps you fuller longer and aids in digestion and overall heart health.

In addition to containing more protein than many grains, this powerful seed also contains more nutrients, including important minerals such as calcium, phosphorus, magnesium, potassium, copper, zinc and iron.

Most stuffed pepper recipes are heavy on cheese. This one gets its heartiness from diced vegetables and a zesty pesto sauce. Be sure to select bell peppers that have a semiflat bottom and can stand fairly upright on their own.

Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers Serves 4 For the stuffed peppers: 4 bell peppers, any color or a combination of colors 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil 1/2 cup diced shallot, from 2 to 3 large shallots 1/2 cup diced zucchini, from 1 small zucchini 1 cup quinoa, rinsed 2 cups vegetable broth, plus more for the baking dish 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

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For the pesto: 2 cups basil leaves, rinsed and dried 2 tablespoons pine nuts 2 to 4 medium cloves garlic 2 tablespoons walnuts 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Spray a baking dish large enough to hold the 4 peppers with nonstick cooking oil spray.

Slice off the stem and a thin portion of the top of each bell pepper.

Scoop out and discard the ribs and seeds. Discard the stems, and cut the remaining pepper tops into fine dice.

Heat the oil in a medium saucepan over medium heat. When the oil is hot, add the shallot, diced pepper tops and zucchini; stir to combine. Add the quinoa and stir for about 2 minutes or until the quinoa is lightly toasted. Add the broth, bring it to a boil and cook for 5 minutes, then reduce the heat to low or medium low and cook, adjusting the heat so that the liquid is barely bubbling around the edges and stirring occasionally, until all of the liquid is absorbed, 5 to 10 minutes. Add the black pepper and stir to combine.

Spoon the filling into the peppers.

Transfer the stuffed peppers to the prepared baking dish and pour a thin layer of broth into the bottom of the dish. Bake for 20 minutes.

While the peppers are baking, combine the basil, pine nuts, garlic (to taste) and the walnuts in the bowl of a food processor and pulse to combine. With the motor running, add the oil in a thin, steady stream through the feed tube and puree into a smooth sauce.

To serve, drizzle a little of the pesto over each pepper. Pass the remaining pesto at the table.

Nutrition per serving (using 1/4 of the pesto): 310 calories, 8 g protein, 41 g carbohydrates, 14 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 490 mg sodium, 5 g dietary fiber, 4 g sugar.

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Almond butter is good on more than just AB&J

By J.M. HIRSCH The Associated Press Most of us have plenty of ideas for using whole or chopped almonds. Eat them whole. Bake them into treats.

Scatter them over salads or green beans. But what about almond butter – toasted (and sometimes salted) almonds that have been ground to a peanut butter-like consistency?

If they are willing to try it at all, most people just crank out a few AB&J sandwiches, then lose inspiration and push the jar of almond butter to the back of the refrigerator.

Time to pull it forward because almond butter is easy to use in all sorts of delicious ways across numerous cuisines.

Let’s start with the basics.

Almond butter is what it sounds like – ground almonds, usually with a bit of oil and salt added for texture and taste. It is not the same as almond paste or marzipan, both of which are made from finely ground almonds

(but with a fair amount of sugar added) and used in baking.

The texture of almond butter is similar to peanut butter (they are jarred the same and sold alongside one another at the grocer), but differ in taste. Whereas peanut butter has a pronounced – stay with me here – peanut flavor, almond butter has a richer, creamier taste that is nutty, but (oddly) not distinctly almondy.

Nutritionally, they are similar. Two tablespoons of peanut butter have 188 calories and 16 grams of fat.

Almond butter has 202 calories and 18 grams of fat.

There are numerous brands of almond butter, but it’s easy to make your own. Simply grind whole toasted almonds in the food processor until chunkysmooth. You may need a drizzle of canola oil to get the consistency you want. And consider using smoked or tamari almonds for an extra burst of flavor.

Whether you make it or buy it, almond butter can be substituted 1-for-1 in recipes

that call for peanut butter.

This opens up lots of possibilities.

This blend of Mexican mole sauce and pulled pork tenderloin makes for a crazy delicious sandwich. The filling also would be good tossed with warm noodles.

Mole-Style Pulled Pork Buns Start to finish: 45 minutes (25 minutes active) Servings: 4 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 pound pork tenderloin, cut into 2-inch chunks 1/2 cup smooth almond butter 1/2 cup canned crushed tomatoes 3 cloves garlic 1 shallot 1/2 tablespoon cocoa powder 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes 1/8 teaspoon ground cloves 1 cup water Salt 4 sesame seed burger buns 1 scallion, white and green

parts, chopped In a medium saucepan over medium-high, heat the oil. Add the pork and sear for 2 to 3 minutes per side. Set the pan aside off the heat.

In a blender combine the almond butter, tomatoes, garlic, shallot, cocoa powder, cinnamon, black pepper, red pepper flakes, cloves and water. Puree until smooth, then add to the pork.

Bring the pork and sauce to a simmer over medium heat. Cook uncovered, stirring occasionally, for 15 to 20 minutes.

Use a slotted spoon to transfer the pork to a large plate or cutting board, then use 2 forks to pull and shred it. Return the pork to the sauce and stir well. Season with salt.

Divide the pulled pork between the buns. Top with scallions.

Nutrition information per serving (values are rounded to the nearest whole number): 500 calories; 240 calories from fat (47 percent of total calories); 27 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 75 mg cholesterol; 35 g carbohydrate; 34 g protein; 3 g fiber; 450 mg sodium.

A lighter take on French onion soup, via Italy Everybody loves French onion soup, and with good reason. Caramelized onions swimming in a rich beef broth flavored with a splash of red wine or brandy and topped with broiled Gruyere cheese? Every warm, gooey mouthful lights up your taste buds like a pinball machine.

It’s exactly what you want on a cold winter’s night.

But it is not light. In my quest to slim down this French classic I turned to Italy. I caramelized the onions in olive oil, rather than butter, swapped out the Gruyere in favor of Parmigiano-Reggiano (less fat and bigger flavor, so you can use less of it), and moved the croutons and cheese off the top to make room for a poached egg. Finally, I added some pancetta for flavor, because we have to have at least a little fun.

I took much of my inspiration for this recipe from Cesare Casella, a brilliant Tuscan chef who used to hold court at Beppe, a wonderful restaurant within walking distance of my home in New York years ago, now long gone. I thought Casella’s soup really improved the French original. I especially like the addition of the egg. The yolk makes up for at least some

EVERYDAY DINNERS Sara Moulton of the richness lost when the Gruyere goes bye-bye.

But unlike Casella, I don’t have home-made beef stock just hanging around my kitchen, so I used chicken broth as the base. Once upon a time I couldn’t find storebought beef broth that made the grade. Now Rachael Ray has come out with a good one.

I recommend it.

If you’d like, you even can get a jump on this recipe by poaching the eggs ahead of time. Just cool them off after you’re done by transferring them with a slotted spoon to a bowl of ice water. Then store them in the refrigerator on a plate covered with plastic wrap until you’re ready to reheat them. All you need to do is submerge them in a pan of barely simmering water for a minute or two.

Italian-Style Onion Soup Topped With A Poached Egg Start to finish: 1 1/2 hours (20 minutes active) Servings: 4

2 ounces chopped pancetta 3 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil 3 pounds yellow onions, thinly sliced 1 cup red wine 5 cups low-sodium beef or chicken broth Kosher salt 1 tablespoon white or cider vinegar 4 large eggs 1 1/2 ounces Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, finely grated (about 1/2 cup) Ground black pepper Eight 1/2-inch-thick baguette slices, toasted In a large saucepan over medium heat, cook the pancetta until it is golden. Transfer it to a plate using a slotted spoon.

Return the saucepan to medium heat. Add the olive oil and onions, then cook, covered but stirring occasionally, until very soft, about 20 minutes. Remove the cover and cook, stirring frequently, for another 35 to 45 minutes, or until the onions are golden brown and caramelized. Add the wine and boil until it is reduced by half. Add the broth and simmer for another 20 minutes.

Bring a large saucepan of salted water to a low simmer. Add the vinegar.

Italian-Style Onion Soup Topped With A Poached Egg AP photo

Crack each egg into a small glass.

One at a time, gently and slowly pour each egg into the simmering water, bringing the lip of the glass right down to the water so that the egg slides in.

Depending on the size of your pan, you may need to cook them in 2 batches. Cook for 4 minutes, then use a slotted spoon to lift each egg out (letting excess water drip away).

To serve, ladle the soup into 4 bowls. Top each with a poached egg, sprinkle with some of the cheese, some of the pancetta and pepper to taste. Serve each portion with 2 toasts on the side.

Nutrition information per serving: 710 calories; 250 calories from fat (35 percent of total calories); 28 g fat (8 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 200 mg cholesterol; 73 g carbo-

hydrate; 8 g fiber; 19 g sugar; 31 g protein; 1200 mg sodium.

• Sara Moulton was executive chef at Gourmet magazine for nearly 25 years, and spent a decade hosting several Food Network shows. She stars in public television’s “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” and has written three cookbooks, including “Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners.”

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Hall of fame honors Sycamore musical alumni Getting deserving alumni recognized and more involved with the school. Those are the main reasons principal Tim Carlson wanted to establish a music hall of fame at Sycamore High School.

“We are trying to focus on bringing our alumni back to the school,” Carlson said in a news release. “We have always had a great music program and have had a lot of people go out and do great things in the world.

They are all over the country and the world.”

Earlier this month, three SHS alumni – Jeffrey Hepker, Kirk Lundbeck and Ann Montzka-Smelser – were the first class inducted into the school’s music hall of fame.

“I am beyond honored,” Montzka-Smelser said. “It’s a huge honor.

I didn’t know it existed.”

“This is certainly a real honor,” Lundbeck agreed. “This is kind of an affirmation that all the work I put in hasn’t gone unnoticed.”

Trombonist Lundbeck has performed for a number of bands, including the Chicago Symphony.

Last summer, the 1976 SHS graduate was named the conductor of the DeKalb Municipal Band, with which he has performed for more than 30 years.

A 1981 alumna, Montzka-Smelser is the second violinist with Camerata Chicago and concertmaster of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra. A resident of DeKalb, she has taught Suzuki pedagogy at Wheaton College and Northern Illinois Uni-

versity.

Hepker, a 1992 graduate, is a composer who has written music for film, TV, theatrical trailers, the stage and the concert hall.

Ken Olson, president of the SHS Music Boosters, said his group has been interested in starting a hall of fame for many years, but it wasn’t until Carlson proposed it two years ago that it really took shape.

“He offered to support the concept and provide space in the high school to create a music hall of fame trophy case,” Olson said in the release. “Once Madelyn Anderson, a long-time music boosters member, got involved, the idea began to take shape.”

The trophy case is located across from the entrance to the school auditorium. Carlson, who said some lockers were replaced to make room for the trophy case, is hoping it will be an inspiration to current and future students. He’s also hoping to establish a connection where past students can help current and future ones with their careers.

“It’s great that we educate kids, but I think we can help them a lot more if we can help them connect with those who have been successful,” Carlson said in the release.

“We’re connecting Spartans with Spartans.”

In the future, Olson is hoping to induct three or four new members every year, not only honoring successful musicians but music students who became successful in

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The new Sycamore High School Music Hall of Fame was recent unveiled at the school. Pictured (from left) are SHS Principal Tim Carlson, Sycamore Music Boosters President Ken Olson, honorees Ann Montzka-Smelser and Kirk Lundbeck, Music Hall of Fame Chairwoman Madelyn Anderson, and Music Department Chairman Scott Mertens. Honoree Jeffrey Hepker is not pictured. other fields, as well as advocates and supporters of the music program.

Carlson is hopeful the music hall of fame can have its own weekend like the SHS sports hall of fame, in

which new inductees are introduced at halftime of a home football game, then treated to a ceremonial dinner the next night.

This summer, Carlson also is

hoping to develop a distinguished alumni award for those not involved in athletics or music.

“Once a Spartan, a Spartan forever,” he said.

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‘Faces That Inspire’

Genoa-Kingston schools hold kindergarten registration Registration for Genoa-Kingston kindergarten students for the 2013-2014 school year will begin March 5 through March 8 at Davenport Grade School, 123 W. First St., in Genoa. Children who are 5 years old as of Sept. 1, 2013, are eligible to enroll for kindergarten.

No appointment is necessary; however, parents should bring an original, certified copy of their child’s birth certificate to registration and two proofs of residency. Residency requirements can be found on the district website: www.gkschools.org. Medical, vaccination record, vision and dental records are required before the first day of school. Fees will be collected in August, prior to the start of school.

Hours of registration are 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. with extended hours until 6 p.m. on March 5. For more information regarding early registration, call 815-784-2448.

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North Grove Elementary fifth-graders Cameron Carani and De’Shaun Harris were honored in a Martin Luther King Jr. Contest titled “Faces That Inspire.” Harris drew a pencil portrait of President Obama and Carani drew an oil pastel portrait of Kermit the Frog. The gallery of 25 entries for “Faces That Inspire” is online at www.MLKCCTeam.com. The art will travel to the different schools that participated in the contest and there also will be a traveling display. MLKCCTeam is a community service project designed to establish annual community-wide celebrations that stimulate dialogue about treating each other with dignity and respect.

Preschooler shows off his Army dad Jack Riippi, a preschooler at Federated Preschool in Sycamore, helps his dad, U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Charles Riippi, explain to the other children what his dad does in the Army. Students enjoyed looking at his unit patch which is a dragon.

They learned that the weather overseas is 154 degrees during mid-day and the spiders are as big as a man’s hand.

Registration for 2013-2014 classes for MDO/ ABC Preschool is now taking place during preschool hours. Those interested can stop by between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. Monday through Friday to receive more information and tour the facility.

The school is located inside Sycamore United Methodist Church on the corner of Johnson Avenue and State Street.

MDO/ABC Preschool is celebrating the oneyear anniversary of its merger. The school offers nine programs Monday through Friday for ages 18 months to 5. Early Drop-off and an After Care Program is offered for preschoolers Monday through Thursday from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.

The After Care Program is open to anyone in the community. Both morning and afternoon sessions are available.

For more information, contact Barb Johnson at 815-895-4433, ext. 1, or barbjohnson@sycamoreumc.org, or Lisa Szydlowski at 815-8954433, ext. 2, or abcpreschool@sycamoreumc. org.

Sycamore student recognized at Rocky Mountain College Rocky Mountain College students who are recipients of scholarships through the college’s Services for Academic Success program were honored at the annual TRIO Day reception on Feb. 20.

A total of 66 students were recipients of TRIO scholarships this year including Tyler Hamilton of Sycamore.

TRIO is a series of federally funded programs designed to help first generation, low-income or disabled students succeed in college. SAS represents TRIO, serving 250 students this year.

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SMS Honor Roll corrected Sycamore Middle School has provided three corrections to the second quarter honor roll that was printed in the Feb. 20 edition of the Daily Chronicle.

Sixth-grader Anna Rose Robben should have been listed on the High Honor Roll.

Sixth-grader Jorie Elizabeth Beeh and eighthgrader Tyler Brett Sulaver should have been listed on the Honor Roll.

Applications available for KC Achievement Awards Applications are now available for Kishwaukee College’s 2013-2014 Achievement Awards.

Achievement Awards are available for students who excel academically; participate in student government, the student newspaper, or the forensics team; or are a student athlete while at Kishwaukee College. Achievement Awards waive in-district tuition and registration and activity fees for the students who are selected to receive them.

All awards require that students file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid before applying for the awards. Guidance offices of in-district high schools have received information and Achievement Award applications. Application deadline is April 8.

Academic Achievement Awards are available to any in-district high school graduate who ranks in the top 25 percent of their graduating class. Interested high school seniors must submit an application, two letters of recommendation from high school teachers, provide a statement of educational goals and plans, and a copy of their seventh-semester high school transcript (followed by final transcript after graduation). Academic Achievement Award recipients are expected to enroll full-time at Kishwaukee College in Fall 2013 and earn a minimum GPA of 3.1 to retain the award for the Spring 2014 semester.

There also are applications available for Achievement Awards for students who indicate they plan to participate on the Forensics team, as a member of Student Association (student government), or on The Kaleidoscope (student newspaper). Students receiving these awards must enroll full-time, receive a minimum GPA of 2.0, and participate in the activity for which they received the award.

There are Athletic Achievement Awards for student-athletes in the following sports: men’s soccer, men’s baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s softball, and women’s volleyball. To retain the award, recipients must enroll full-time, maintain a 2.0 GPA and actively participate in the sport for which the award was given.

For more information on Kishwaukee College Achievement Awards, call the Office of Financial Aid at 815-825-2086, ext. 2240.

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Man’s addiction robs marriage of passion Dear Abby: I need help and I can’t talk to anyone I know, so I’m pouring my heart out to you. My husband is addicted to online porn. Our sex life has suffered massively because of it. He seems uninterested in sex with me. I had a feeling that it might be something or someone else.

My woman’s intuition told me there had to be a reason for him turning to porn, so I checked our computer’s history log and found he has been surfing gay porn. He does watch straight porn, but now peppers it with male-onmale porn as well.

It has shattered my world.

I don’t know what to think or what to do. I can’t discuss this with my family. They would never view him in the same way again. Help! – J. in

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips Brighton, England Dear J.: Your husband may be curious, bisexual or have discovered (late) that he is gay. It happens. You need to have a frank conversation with him. Remain calm, stay strong and remember that you, too, are entitled to a sex life. You have nothing to lose by discussing this, and everything to gain.

If you need more help afterward, consider going online and contacting the Straight Spouse Network at www.straightspouse.org.

Dear Abby: I have been in therapy for four years. I like

my therapist, who has helped me immensely. However, over the past year she has become increasingly tardy in keeping her appointment times.

I understand there are sometimes emergencies, but being a half-hour late every week is excessive. I feel it is disrespectful to me. She keeps saying I just don’t understand.

How can I get across to her how frustrated I am? Or do I need to find a new therapist?

– By The Clock in Connecticut Dear By The Clock: Tell your therapist exactly how this is affecting you and ask what HER problem is. She owes you an explanation.

I agree that being late for your appointment is disrespectful if it happens regu-

larly. You may need to find another therapist. If that’s the case, be sure to tell her why you are leaving. It takes courage to be assertive, but it will help you in your personal growth.

Dear Abby: Please help me with a delicate situation between me and my husband of seven years.

For our 20th anniversary, my first husband gave me a diamond anniversary ring.

After running across it again, I have recently started wearing it.

My husband is very offended that I have chosen to do this. I wear it on the middle finger of my left hand.

(The knuckle on my right hand was broken when I was a teen and it won’t fit on that hand.)

I have tried explaining

that there is no sentimental reason for wearing the ring.

It’s just a beautiful piece of jewelry. He doesn’t want me to wear it at all, but I do. Do you have any advice? – Likes The Sparkle in Wisconsin

Dear Likes The Sparkle: While the ring may be just a beautiful piece of jewelry to you, to your husband it may symbolize the 20-plus years you spent with someone else.

Ask if he would mind if you had the stones in the ring remounted into something you could wear on your right hand – or consider selling it and using the money to buy another piece of jewelry that would be less threatening to your current spouse.

• Write Dear Abby at www.

DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Concern about drinking indicates problem Dear Dr. K: I started drinking more during the holidays.

It seemed natural, as there were so many parties and happy hours. But the holidays are long over, and I haven’t cut back. Could I have a problem?

Dear Reader: You ask a difficult question. What constitutes “healthy” versus “harmful” drinking can vary quite a bit from person to person.

So where is the line between social drinking and problem drinking? Does drinking every day or drinking a certain amount indicate a problem?

Here’s the bottom line: If your pattern of drinking creates difficulty for you personally, socially or at work,

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff then your drinking is likely harmful to your health.

Having said that, I’ve known people who drink throughout the day and have liver and other problems because of it. Yet they would tell me that drinking wasn’t interfering with their family or work life at all. Maybe that’s the way it seemed to them, but their drinking was on its way to making them sufficiently sick that it later seriously interfered with their lives.

If you’re not sure if you might have a drinking problem, answer a few questions about your drinking habits.

Several screening tests can help determine whether you might have a drinking problem. (I’ve put two of the tests, the CAGE questionnaire and the AUDIT, on my website.)

Alcohol use occurs along a spectrum. Alcohol dependence is the most severe type of alcohol misuse. It is marked by complete loss of control over drinking behavior. You’re preoccupied with drinking and have a strong desire to drink. You start to tolerate alcohol; you don’t get tipsy as easily. You start to feel a little nervous and shaky

several hours after your last drink, and you learn that another drink can quiet the shakes.

Alcohol abuse is a milder problem. You don’t have the same compulsion or physical need to drink as those who are dependent on alcohol.

But you do drink excessively – and if you keep drinking excessively, you are very likely to go on to alcohol dependence.

Even if you aren’t suffering from alcohol dependence or abuse, your drinking still could be cause for concern.

I’ve known people who just “loosen up” enough that they start to say things they may not mean, and surely should

not say – to their spouses, friends, co-workers or bosses.

Their drinking still is hazardous to their home and work life, and to family and friends.

It also puts them at risk for developing more serious problems with alcohol down the road.

The fact that you were concerned enough about your drinking to ask me about it is a red flag. Talk to your doctor about your alcohol use. If you do have a problem, you can work with your doctor to determine the best treatment options for you.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to send questions and get additional information.

My parents won’t allow me to attend dances Dr. Wallace: My parents do everything possible to make sure I don’t get involved with drugs and alcohol. They know all of my friends and, so far, they approve of them.

Our high school has a school dance once a month in the gymnasium. All of my girlfriends attend these dances and say they have never seen any drug or alcohol use. My parents won’t allow me to attend these dances.

They say that just because my friends haven’t seen any drug or alcohol transactions, it is still possible because the lights are usually turned down low.

Since I know you were a principal at the high school

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace level, I’d like you to tell my parents that these dances are monitored and are drug and alcohol free. It may help change their minds and allow me to attend the dances.

– Nameless, Reno, Nev. Parents: I can assure you that school dances are not havens for drugs and alcohol.

Of course, there are occasions when students do break the rules, but they are severely disciplined as soon as they’re discovered. All school dances have chaperones –

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Several old but good relationships might be revived and revitalized in the year ahead. These wonderful and trustworthy friends will once again play constructive roles in your affairs, with everyone benefiting.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – There are always those times when we turn out to be the victor with something in which we are vulnerable. If you happen to take a beating in the early rounds today, keep this in mind.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Be as flexible as possible when trying to iron out the snags in an agreement. When you allow everything to be on the table during negotiations, the problems will dissolve.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Stay out of office politics as much as possible. Chances are nothing will be resolved, but the brouhaha it stirs up could unsettle you and affect your job performance.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Unless you match your activity with the clock, not everything you want to accomplish will get done.

Don’t spend too much time on unanticipated interruptions.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Don’t fight for what you want if you know that doing so will have detrimental side effects. What’s good for you might not be equally rewarding for the others involved.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Even though Lady Luck is willing to help you out, you might not notice her contribution until late in the game. Make some room for her to squeeze into the picture.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – When it comes to your financial affairs, be both careful and prudent by thinking first and acting second. If you reverse this order, you might not be able to clean up your mistakes.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – In negotiating a matter of importance, don’t be too hasty and accept what is first offered. If you aren’t getting exactly what you want, you should be able to improve your position.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Something that you work really hard on might not turn out as well as you expected. Conversely, that to which you devote little effort could go over like gangbusters.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Try to be tolerant and forgiving in involvements with both your family and friends. When you overlook their shortcomings, they, in turn, will overlook yours.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Although it might not be easy, a critical objective can be achieved. When Lady Luck sees that you are doing everything you can, she will lend a helping hand.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You’ll have good luck in fulfilling your expectations and hopes, but not necessarily in the way you expected. Unforeseen developments will cause you to scrap your original plans.

teachers, administrators and parents. Some schools also hire off-duty police officers to assist.

I suggest that concerned parents stop by school and ask the principal if you can observe a dance on campus so you can see for yourself.

I’m positive you will be welcomed, so long as your visit is kept short. School activities are the safest venues for students to attend and are excellent places to get acquainted with other students.

Dr. Wallace: I’m a 13-yearold girl. I’m smart, and people think I’m pretty. I am also quite popular with boys. I like a certain boy in

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my class, and he says that he likes me, too. We always look at each other in class and smile. He’s really sweet and nice and has a good sense of humor. We talk a lot after class and have decided to wait until we are older to actually “date.”

My problem is that my so-called best friend, Mindy, also likes this boy, and she is upset because I like him, too.

Yesterday at school she told me that she liked him before I did, and she didn’t want me talking with him anymore.

She asked me what I thought was more important, our friendship or the friendship with this boy. When I said, “our friendship,” she said,

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

“Good, but if you ever talk to him again our friendship is over.”

Well, I did not stop having friendly conversations with this boy, so now Mindy and I are no longer best friends. In fact, she isn’t speaking to me.

Do you think I did anything wrong? – Nameless, Ft. Meyers, Fla. Nameless: You made no mistake, but your former “friend” sure did! She lost her best friend and, possibly, the friendship of a nice boy.

If she reconsiders and asks you to be her friend again, say yes!

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@galesburg.net.

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Take your time to smell the points From “Romeo and Juliet,” we all know the line: “that which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.”

At the bridge table, sometimes it pays to take time to smell the high-card points, which by any other name would be as important.

How does that apply in today’s deal? South is in four spades. West leads the heart 10 to declarer’s ace. How should South continue?

West applied the Law of Total Tricks for his jump to four hearts. In a competitive auction (or when you are confident your side does not have the high-card values for game), bid as high as your side’s combined number of trumps. West knew about a 10-card fit, so jumped to the 10-trick level.

South saw four potential losers: one spade, two diamonds and one club. It looked as though he needed the spade finesse to work. But since there were only 17 high-card points missing, declarer took time to learn who held the club ace. At trick two, he led his club king.

West won with his ace and shifted to the diamond nine, but now South won with his ace and led the spade queen, tempting West to cover if he unexpectedly had the king.

However, after West played low, declarer called for dummy’s ace to drop East’s king.

If East had not held the spade king, he would have opened with only 10 high-card points, which was highly unlikely.

When the opponents have been bidding, always check the high-card points when the dummy comes down. It will make it easier to place the missing key cards.

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3M awards stethoscopes to nursing students Eight first-year nursing students at Kishwaukee College were the recipients of prestigious Littmann Stethoscopes from the Community Support Group at 3M. Jon Pruitt and Donna Engh, co-chairs of the 3M Community Support Group, were on campus on Feb. 5 to award the stethoscopes to the students.

The nursing students who received Littmann stethoscopes were: Melinda Anaya, Lindenwood; Meridith Arjes, Rochelle; Jennifer Campbell, Sycamore; Allison Franz, DeKalb; Jillian Hebert, DeKalb; Amanda Hurst, Sycamore; Melissa Keith, Sycamore; and Kimberly Sanchez, DeKalb.

The Community Support Group is the local arm of 3M that provides charitable assistance and support.

Although the national 3M Corp. provides recognizable support in a variety of ways, including scholarships to Kishwaukee College and other educational institutions across the country, the Community Support Group is designed to be communityspecific by volunteering, as-

sisting and donating in ways that are unique to the local community.

In 2010, 3M employee Mike Ryan, who was the chairman of the Community Support Group at the time, had suggested providing the Littmann stethoscopes to deserving Kishwaukee College nursing students. Ryan’s wife is an alumnus of the Kishwaukee College program, and he recalled the expense of purchasing the necessary equipment, including stethoscopes. The Littmann Stethoscope is manufactured by 3M and is considered the “Cadillac” of stethoscopes.

This fall marked the sixth semester visit to the Kishwaukee College campus for Pruitt and Engh to distribute the Littmann stethoscopes to deserving nursing students. They look forward to many more visits in the future to assist the students who have chosen nursing as their profession.

For more information on Kishwaukee College, visit www.kishwaukeecollege.edu; for more information on 3M Corp., visit www.3m.com.

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The Community Support Group at 3M in DeKalb awarded Littmann Stethoscopes to eight first-year nursing students at Kishwaukee College.

Pictured (from left) with the stethoscopes in the front row are Amanda Hurst, Jillian Hebert, Allison Franz and Meridith Arjes. In the back row are Donna Engh, co-chair, 3M Community Support Group; Melissa Keith; Jennifer Campbell; Kimberly Sanchez; Jon Pruitt, co-chair, 3M Community Support Group; and Kelly Soost, coordinator of nursing/nursing instructor at Kishwaukee College.

Kishwaukee College hosts WYSE Academic Challenge Kishwaukee College hosted the Worldwide Youth in Sciences and Engineering Academic Challenge on Feb. 5. Eight area high schools sent teams of students to compete in academic testing in seven categories: biology, chemistry, computer science, English, engineering graphics, mathematics and physics.

Competing high schools were placed in one of four divisions based on enrollment. Division 300 is for schools with 300 or fewer students; competitors were Christian Cornerstone, Paw Paw High School, Indian Creek High School, and Hiawatha High School.

Division 700 is for schools with 300 to 700 students. The lone competitor in this category was Genoa-

Kingston High School. Division 1500 is for schools with 700 to 1,500 students; competitors in this division were Rochelle Township High School and Sycamore High School. Division Unlimited is for schools with enrollments of more than 1,500 students. The lone competitor in this category was DeKalb High School.

Earning Division 1500 first place team honors was Sycamore High School and second place went to Rochelle High School. Earning first place team honors for Division 300 schools was Cornerstone Christian, second place went to Indian Creek, third place to Paw Paw, and fourth place to Hiawatha. Firstand second-place teams advance to the WYSE sectional competition at

Northern Illinois University. The DeKalb and the Genoa-Kingston teams also will advance to NIU. Medals were awarded in each of the four divisions to the students earning the top three scores in each academic area. Gold medal winners in each academic category are: Biology: Khloe Gordon, Indian Creek; Zane Lacasse, Genoa-Kingston; Lauren Munday, Rochelle; Abby Hickey, DeKalb.

Chemistry: Khloe Gordon, Indian Creek; Reuben James, GenoaKingston; Jason Pierce, Rochelle; Sasha Ebrahimi, DeKalb.

Computer Science: Jasper Wu, Cornerstone Christian; Cesar Gomez, Genoa-Kingston; Christian Bailey and Jake Strenge, both from Rochelle; Zhouri Ni, DeKalb.

Engineering Graphics: Corey Suddeth, Indian Creek; Ray Puckett, Genoa-Kingston; Jake Strenge, Rochelle; Jacob Maas, DeKalb.

English: Alexandra Corriveaux, Indian Creek; Amanda Adamczyk, Genoa-Kingston; Elizabeth Watson, Sycamore; Allegra Domel, DeKalb.

Math: Robert Mitchell, Cornerstone Christian; Cesar Gomez, Genoa-Kingston; Casey Bunge, Sycamore; Sammie Coakley, DeKalb.

Physics: Mitch Lave, Indian Creek; Ray Puckett, Genoa-Kingston; Casey Bunge, Sycamore; Emily Stuebing, DeKalb.

In addition, the student who achieved the highest score for the day in each academic category, across divisions, received a tuition waiver from Kishwaukee College

for three credit hours. The tuition waiver recipients in each category were: Zane Lacasse, GenoaKingston, and Khloe Gordon, Indian Creek, (tied) Biology; Khloe Gordon, Indian Creek, Chemistry; Christian Bailey and Jake Strenge, both Rochelle, Jasper Wu, Cornerstone, and Cesar Gomez, GenoaKingston (four-way tie), Computer Science; Ray Puckett, Genoa-Kingston, Engineering Graphics; Elizabeth Watson, Sycamore, English; Casey Bunge, Sycamore, Math and Physics.

The next WYSE competition will be the sectionals to be held at NIU in March followed by the state competition at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in April.

How many golf clubs can you find here? © 2013 by Vicki Whiting, Editor

Jeff Schinkel, Graphics

Vol. 29, No. 11

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math.

Chevron and the United States Golf Association (USGA) are bringing science to life by showing how STEM studies play a big role in the game of golf. This page is the first in a series of special Kid Scoop pages created through this partnership.

Speed is about motio n. An English scientist named Isaac Newton came up with ideas a out motion that have ab been tested and prove n again and again. His ideas are called Newton’s Laws of M otion.

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Do the math to find out.

Any object at rest will stay at rest, until a force causes it to move. An object in motion will stay in motion, until a force causes it to stop.

sl slow Some people think golf is a he th the game. But it clocks some off off highest speeds in the world s ds dred ndre sports! Hitting a ball hun e he the with hole tiny a into of yards res ire uiires equ eq least strokes possible requ d. some serious speed.

The faster a golfer can make a golf ball go, the farther it will travel.

How does a golfer get a ball to go faster? It’s science! The swing of a golf club is like a pendulum.

Be an engineer and design a golf club and golf ball made out of newspaper and masking tape. Draw a picture of what your club will look like.

Next, dive into technology and make a sturdy club.

Standards Link: Mathematical Reasoning: Extend simple patterns.

STEM Zone content on this page is provided through a partnership with Chevron and the USGA.

EXPERIMENT HYPOTHESIS SCIENTIST MOTION NEWTON OBJECT FASTER FORCE FLOOR SPEED DOOM GOLF REST SOCK LAW

Find the words in the puzzle. Then look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

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Then, roll up newspaper to make a golf ball and cover it with tape.

What can you use as a target for your golf ball? Try a plastic container, a cup or ... ?

Design a challenging course around your home or in the backyard.

Once you have your clubs, a ball and a course, play a game of golf with a friend or family member.

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Remember that in golf, the lowest score wins.

E E A F L O G N E T C F I L N O T W E N T N E M I R E P X E S C I E N T I S T S S I S E H T O P Y H Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

This experiment uses a pendulum to show how the length of the swing affects the distance a ball travels.

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Standards Link: Research: Use the newspaper to locate information.

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STEM Connection: The swing of the golf club is like the hanging sock pendulum. The weight and mass of the sock stayed the same – but the distance the sock traveled changed.

Golfers use their longest clubs when hitting off the tee. A shorter club can’t get the same speed.

The experiment, Pendulum of Doom, is an example of cause and effect. The length of the swing (“cause”) changed the speed of the ball (“effect”). Look through the newspaper to locate articles and identify cause and effect.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Identify cause and effect.

Write a paragraph about a fast animal or machine, include at least three facts and one opinion.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS JENNIFER DARING A/K/A JENNIFER M. DARING; CHAD M. DARING A/K/A CHAD DARING; THE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY; MASCAL ELECTRIC, INC.; ARROWHEAD LANDSCAPE SUPPLY, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 235 20608 AIRPORT ROAD MAPLE PARK, IL 60151 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF in DEKALB County, Illinois, will on March 28, 2013, in 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, at 1:00 PM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of DEKALB, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 09-22-100-008 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 20608 AIRPORT ROAD MAPLE PARK, IL 60151 Description of Improvements: TWO LEVEL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE WITH WHITE ALUMINIUM SIDING AND A THREE CAR DETACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $376,223.67. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to gener-

subj prope y ubj ge al real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA0913128 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I507211 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE 10-038556 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. PLAINTIFF, -vsJAMES A. WILSON A/K/A JAMES ALLEN WILSON; MARY ANN WILSON; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 327 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on January 19, 2012; Roger Scott, Sheriff, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, will on March 28, 2013 at 1:00 PM, at DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 1st Floor, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Dekalb County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: Commonly known as 130 West Alden Place, DeKalb, IL 60115 Permanent Index No.: 08-27204-006 Improvements: Residential Structure UNKNOWN Units UNKNOWN Bedrooms UNKNOWN Garage UNKNOWN Bathrooms UNKNOWN Other UNKNOWN The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale.

The judgment amount was $234,105.90. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information.

Randal Scott Berg Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 Attorney No: 6277119 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I512043 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 27, March 6 & 13, 2013.)

HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on December 13, 2012, DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF in DEKALB County, Illinois, will on March 28, 2013, in 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, at 1:00 PM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of DEKALB, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 09-27-251-002 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 19651 AIRPORT ROAD MAPLE PARK, IL 60151 Description of Improvements: TWO STORY TRI LEVEL BUILDING WITH AN ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE The Judgment amount was $299,627.81. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1014954 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I507224 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

SYCAMORE - Reduced! A Bargain at $62,500! 2 BR Penthouse!

Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845

CORTLAND, Spacious 2 BR, W/D hookups, $750 or $775 w/garage.

Plus utilities and security. No pets.

Call Sue: 815-762-0781

DeKalb 1BR $540, 2BR $640

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com

DEKALB 1BR & 2BR Available now, variety of locations.

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815-758-6580

DeKalb 2BR 2nd Floor of House Laundry hook-up, storage. Off-St prkg, pets OK. $700+util, 1 st & sec.

AVAIL NOW! 630-878-4192

Laing Mgmt.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 SYCAMORE - Large 1 Bedroom + Off/Nursery in Historic area of Syc. New Kitchen and Hardwood floors thru-out No Pets 2 units available $785 & $850 per month inc. Heat, H20 & Gar. Ph 815-739-6061

Sycamore - Larger Upper 2BR 2 bath, W/D. Next to Park. No pets. $900/mo incl util + 1 st last & sec.

815-895-8526

Lease, deposit, ref. No pets.

DeKalb: 4BR, 2.5 BA basement.

Close to NIU. Avail. Feb. $1350/mo. (815)762-0617 aazad2005@gmail.com

PLANO SMALL 2 BEDROOM Newly remodeled, 1.5 car garage. $800/mo + $800 sec dep + utilities. 630-546-2150

SYCAMORE 3BR, 1BA Newly remodeled, no smoking. $1000/mo + security.

630-377-0242 Sycamore. 3BR, 1BA Ranch.

413 E. Lincoln. Fenced yard, garage. $1100/mo. Avail NOW! 630-247-2655

DeKalb Remodeled Upper 2BR

SYCAMORE ROOM Available immediately. Utilities included. $75/Wk. 630-426-9806

Near NIU, no pets/smoking. $650/mo + security + references.

815-501-8671

DEKALB UPPER 2BR

Sycamore E. State St. AVAILABLE NOW!

Newly decorated, lots of storage, great yard, NO PETS. $575/mo, utilities not incl. 815-751-2937

Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

DeKalb ~ Pardridge Place Modern 2BR, LR, A/C, D/W, lndry.

Sycamore Quiet Area on 4 Acres Newly Renovated 2BR. $675/mo, pay elec only, W/D, no pets/smkg.

815-501-1378

DeKalb: STUDIO- Quiet, roomy, ideal for grad. student; $450/mo., includes basic cable, water, garbage; 151 W. Lincoln Hwy., Sec. Dep. No pets or smoking.

Avail March 1, or sooner.

815-787-3519 or 815-739-1711

Sycamore Upstairs 2BR, 1BA

Near I-88, $670 + 1st, last sec.

Available April. 815-751-3806

GENOA ~ 1 BEDROOM

2900 DeKalb Ave. Laundry, non-smoking, all utilities except electrical, $675. 815-758-2911 Sycamore: Very nice, roomy 2BR all appl incl W/D, 1 car gar, C/A. Close to town. $750/mo+sec. No pets. Avail 3/10. 815-814-4177

No pets, $425/mo + security dep.

Agent Owned 815-766-1513

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

Large Apts, Country Lifestyle.

815-784-4606 ~ 815-758-6580

HINCKLEY 2BR, 1.5BA Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D hook-up.

NO PETS, $755/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250 KINGSTON - 3 BR / 2 BA, 2000+ sq. ft. Stove, frig, dishwsr, wash/dry hook-ups. First & Sec. $850 per month. Utilities not included. Av. Mar. 1. 815-784-2371 Close to town, appliances, no pets. $385/mo + security + 1 yr lease.

815-975-4601

One Month Free Rent in Waterman Upper 2BR. $625/mo. Available now.

815-970-2533

ROCHELLE LRG 2BR DUPLEX Clean and quiet. Basement, laundry, 1 car garage, no pets. $550/mo + sec. 847-809-6828 New carpet, fresh paint, W/D hook-up. $595/mo,1 year lease.

815-751-4440

CORTLAND- 2 Bed / 2 Bath Condominium for rent. $900/month plus utilities. For information contact Donna 708-277-3417.

DEKALB 2.5BR, 2.5BA Townhome 2 car garage. Avail Apr 1. $1100/mo.

630-776-7234

The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes.

Daily Chronicle Classified

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DE KALB ESTATE OF ARDATH VAN MOL a/k/a KAY R. VAN MOL, DECEASED. Case No. 13 P 22 CLAIM NOTICE

You Want It? We've Got It! Classified has GREAT VARIETY!

CARA J. HERBIG, Administrator

Dekalb/South 3BR, 1.5BA

To place an ad, call 877-264-2527

DeKalb Approx 800 sq. ft. dowtown DeKalb on Lincoln Hwy. Lve. msg. 630-202-8836

Notice is given of the death of ARDATH VAN MOL a/k/a KAY R. VAN MOL, of DeKalb, Illinois. Letters of Administration were issued on the 14th day of February, 2013, to CARA J. HERBIG, 2395 Dogwood Lane, Aurora, IL 60504, whose attorneys are The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC, 2040 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

Claims against the Estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the DeKalb County Court House, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178, or with the representative, or both, no later than 4:30 p.m. on or before the 20th day of August, 2013, and 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.

Avail starting Feb. Lease, refs req.

No pets. $900/mo + utils. More info & appt call. 815-751-2546

Buying?

Selling?

Renting?

Hiring?

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Newer. Handicap accessible.

Kitchenette. Great storage. $750+utils. 815-895-2488.

3BR TH, 2.5BA, gar, front porch.

All appliances, very nice, no pets. $1050/mo. 815-761-8639 www.dekalb-rental.com SYCAMORE Condo. 3BR, 1.5BA, gar, lrg deck, w/d. Recent upgrades!

N/S. $950/mo. 815-739-0652 rentinsycamore@gmail

815-757-1907

Shabbona $750/mo 2BR Duplex Spacious & quiet, 2BA, avail 3/1.

Full basement, 1 car garage.

No pets/smoking. 815-766-0762

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

DeKalb Golf Course Community

Starting at $645

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM

DeKalb PRIME LOCATIONS! 5 4 Storefronts Size & Price vary!

Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845

GENEVA, ELGIN, OFFICE / WAREHOUSE, 1500 sf.

10x12 overhead door.

For sale/lease, $1200/mo.

Dearborn, 630-894-1277 ext 11

Genoa~Country View Apts.

3 bedroom,1.5 bath, C/A, D/W. Garage, bsmt, $1025/mo + sec.

Available March. 815-751-3806

CORLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX

Enclosed patio, fenced yard.

1.5 car garage, full basement.

No pets/smoking. 815-758-2365

Student or employed male $370. includes utilities . Need References. 815-758-7994

DeKalb ~ The Knolls Sub.

Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage.

No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439

DeKalb/South Side 3BR, 1BA

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Paying Top Dollars For Your Manufactured Home Call Immediately 847-321-1674

BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb!

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Dekalb, North Side, avail. immed., house for rent $900, 3BR, 2.5 BA, 2 car. gar., fenced yrd, must have reference (s) 815-793-1895

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

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Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com

DeKalb ~ 2 Bedroom, 1 Bath Recently updated, appl, W/D 1 car garage, no pets. $900/mo, utilities not included. 630-470-2623

DeKalb Quiet Studio,1 & 2BR

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP PLAINTIFF VS JESSE COURTEMANCHE; KRISTINE STOVER; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 393 19651 AIRPORT ROAD MAPLE PARK, IL 60151 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $760/mo.

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

Rochelle ~ Spacious 2BR TH DeKalb. Prime Rt 38 Location!

3 bay bldg w/office. $262,500.

Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845

2BR, 2BA APT.

DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118

Kingston Upper 1 Bedroom Beautiful New and Pre-Owned Homes Available. Starting at $1000. 2 or 3 Bedrooms Immediate Occupancy Edgebrook Community 1801 DeKalb Ave Sycamore, IL 815-895-9144

Stone Prairie

3BR ~ MUST SEE! New hardwood floors, new kitchen & baths, full bsmt, W/D, 3 car. No pets/smoke. $1150 815-762-4730

DeKalb 3BR, Available March Garage, basement, W/D hook-up, patio, no pets/smoke. $885.

815-762-4730

877-264-2527 Daily-Chronicle.com

By: /s/ Jill M. Tritt One of her Attorneys

DEKALB

LOOKING FOR A PRIME DOWNTOWN SYCAMORE BUSINESS BUILDING?

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CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR

815-739-9997

Immaculate 4,280 sq ft Office / Warehouse.

Air conditioned office area and bathrooms Great location near airport & tollway in DeKalb.

815-754-5831

CLASSIFIED

Page D2• Wednesday, February 27, 2013 ey The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC 2040 Aberdeen Court Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 20, 27 & March 6, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS JENNIFER DARING A/K/A JENNIFER M. DARING; CHAD M. DARING A/K/A CHAD DARING; THE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY; MASCAL ELECTRIC, INC.; ARROWHEAD LANDSCAPE SUPPLY, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 235 20608 AIRPORT ROAD MAPLE PARK, IL 60151 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on December 20, 2012, DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF in DEKALB County, Illinois, will on March 28, 2013, in 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, at 1:00 PM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of DEKALB, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: PART OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, BOUNDED AND DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE SOUTH LINE OF THE NORTH HALF OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 22 AND THE CENTERLINE OF AIRPORT ROAD; THENCE NORTH 17 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 1098.89 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING NORTH 17 DEGREES 00 MINUTES 47 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 285.79 FEET; THENCE NORTH 15 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 08 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID CENTERLINE, 249.37 FEET; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST, 545.45 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES 33 MINUTES 55 SECONDS WEST, 513.56 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 50 MINUTES 39 SECONDS WEST, 388.44 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; ALL SITUATED IN THE TOWNSHIP OF CORTLAND, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. TAX NO. 09-22-100-008 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 20608 AIRPORT ROAD MAPLE PARK, IL 60151 Description of Improvements: TWO LEVEL SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE WITH WHITE ALUMINIUM SIDING AND A THREE CAR DETACHED GARAGE The Judgment amount was $376,223.67. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA0913128 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I507211 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE 10-038556 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. F/K/A COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, L.P. PLAINTIFF, -vsJAMES A. WILSON A/K/A JAMES ALLEN WILSON; MARY ANN WILSON; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 327 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE Public Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment entered in the above entitled matter on January 19, 2012; Roger Scott, Sheriff, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, will on March 28, 2013 at 1:00 PM, at DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 1st Floor, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL, sell to the highest bidder for cash (ten percent (10%) at the time of sale and the balance within twenty-four (24) hours, the following described premises situated in Dekalb County, Illinois.

Said sale shall be subject to general taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and any prior liens or 1st Mortgages. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title or recourse to Plaintiff.

Upon the sale being held and the purchaser tendering said bid in cash or certified funds, a receipt of Sale will be issued and/or a Certificate of Sale as required, which will entitle the purchaser to a deed upon confirmation of said sale by the Court.

Said property is legally described as follows: LOT 4 IN BLOCK 54 IN FOURTH ADDITION TO BRADT PARK, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 15, 1960, AS DOCUMENT NO. 303439, PLAT BOOK "L", PAGE 42, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 130 West Alden Place, DeKalb, IL 60115 Permanent Index No.: 08-27204-006 Improvements: Residential Structure UNKNOWN Units UNKNOWN Bedrooms UNKNOWN Garage UNKNOWN Bathrooms UNKNOWN Other UNKNOWN The property will NOT be open for inspection prior to the sale.

The judgment amount was $234,105.90. Prospective purchasers are admonished to check the court file and title records to verify this information.

Randal Scott Berg Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 Attorney No: 6277119 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I512043 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 27, March 6 & 13, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING LP PLAINTIFF VS JESSE COURTEMANCHE; KRISTINE STOVER; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 10 CH 393 19651 AIRPORT ROAD MAPLE PARK, IL 60151 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on December 13, 2012, DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF in DEKALB County, Illinois, will on March 28, 2013, in 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, at 1:00 PM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of DEKALB, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment:

fy udgm LOT 9 IN SECOND ADDITION TO BOLINGER'S SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF SECTION 27, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 20, 1969, AS DOCUMENT NO. 349881, IN BOOK "O" OF PLATS, PAGE 86, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. TAX NO. 09-27-251-002 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 19651 AIRPORT ROAD MAPLE PARK, IL 60151 Description of Improvements: TWO STORY TRI LEVEL BUILDING WITH AN ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE The Judgment amount was $299,627.81. Sale Terms: This is an "AS IS" sale for "CASH". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\service.atty-pierce.com. Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only - Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1014954 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I507224 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS GMAC Mortgage, LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Jennifer M. Ward f/ka/ Jennifer M. Franck; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 12 CH 00651 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Jennifer M. Ward f/ka/ Jennifer M. Franck, 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, towit: LOT 11 (EXCEPT THE WEST 13 FEET THEREOF) IN BLOCK 9 IN THE ORIGINAL VILLAGE OF MALTA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "A" OF PLATS, PAGE 23 ON SEPTEMBER 6, 1856, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 220 Adams Street, Malta, IL 60150 and which said Mortgage was made by: Jennifer M. Ward f/ka/ Jennifer M. Franck, the Mortgagor (s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for GMAC Mortgage Corporation, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2006005521; 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 March 15, 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. 14-12-32231

NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

I508180 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, COUNTY OF DEKALB JAMIE V. ROBERTS, Plaintiff, v.

MARGARITO JIMENEZ, HUMBERTO JIMENEZ and RIGOBERTO HERNANDEZ, Defendants No. 12 LM 164 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Notice is given to you, Defendants, MARGARITO JIMENEZ, HUMBERTO JIMENEZ and RIGOBERTO HERNANDEZ, that this cause has been commenced against you in this Court asking for a judgment to be entered awarding damages to the Plaintiff, and for other relief.

Unless you file your response or otherwise file your appearance in this cause in the office of the Circuit Clerk of DeKalb County, Courthouse, 133 Illinois 23, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, on or before the 1st day of April, 2013, a judgment may be entered against you and other relief may be granted as prayed for by the Plaintiff. /s/ Maureen A. Josh Circuit Clerk (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 20, 27 & March 6, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC, PLAINTIFF vs.

DAVID T. FREDERICKSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANT 13 CH 18 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, DAVID T. FREDERICKSON; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 23rd Judicial Circuit, DeKalb County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendant, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 104 OF ROBINSON FARM P.U.D. UNIT II, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT BEING A RESUBDIVISION OF LOTS 25, 26, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33 AND 34 IN ROBINSON FARM P.U.D. PHASE 1 AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 7, 2006, IN PLAT CABINET 9, SLIDE NO. 191-A, AS DOCUMENT NO. 2006012375, IN TOWN OF CORTLAND, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 196 S. Oak St., Cortland, Illinois 60112 P.I.N.: 09-29-256-011 and which said mortgage was signed by DAVID T. FREDERICKSON, mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for American National Bank of DeKalb County, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County as Document No. 2007017969; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of DeKalb County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in DeKalb County at 133 W. State St., Sycamore, IL 60178 on or before the March 15, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 12 4383 I508778 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, DEKALB COUNTY OLD SECOND NATIONAL BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

THE ROSENWINKEL FAMILY PARTNERSHIP, L.P., R. AND K. ROSENWINKEL GRAIN FARMS PARTNER-

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SHIP, HOWARD ROSENWINKEL, ESTATE OF RALPH L. ROSENWINKEL, JANET E. ROSENWINKEL, KENNETH R. ROSENWINKEL, individually and as partner in The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P., JO ANN ROSENWINKEL, individually and as partner in The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P., CHERYL L. HEALEY, as partner in The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P., UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

IN CHANCERY CASE NO. 13 CH 66 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE is hereby given to The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P., R. and K. Rosenwinkel Grain Farms Partnership, Howard Rosenwinkel, Estate of Ralph L. Rosenwinkel, Janet E. Rosenwinkel, Kenneth R. Rosenwinkel, individually and as partner in The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P., Jo Ann Rosenwinkel, individually and as partner in The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P., Cheryl L. Healey, as partner in The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P., Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, of the Complaint for Foreclosure filed in the above entitled case on the 7th day of February, 2013, and that they are named Defendants in the above entitled case, pursuant to the provisions of 735 ILCS 5/2-206, 735 ILCS 5/15-1218 and 735 ILCS 5/15-1502, and that the above entitled mortgage foreclosure which is now pending in said court and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said Defendants is the 18th day of March, 2013, and that the following information applies to said foreclosure proceeding: (i) The names of all Plaintiffs and the case number are identified above. (ii) The Court in which said action was brought is identified above. (iii) The name of the title holder of record is: The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P. (iv) A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: THE EASTERLY 667.77 FEET (MEASURED AT RIGHT ANGLES TO THE EAST LINE) OF THE NORTHEAST . OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 37 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DEKALB AND THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. (v) A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: Suydam Road, Leland, Illinois (vi) An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Name of mortgagor: The Rosenwinkel Family Partnership, L.P. Name of mortgagee: Old Second National Bank Date of mortgage: September 17, 2007 Date of recording: September 19, 2007 County where recorded: DeKalb County Recording document identification: 2007016485 /s/ Timothy J. Conklin Timothy J. Conklin, Attorney for the Plaintiff THE FOSTER & BUICK LAW GROUP, LLC 2040 ABERDEEN COURT SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS 60178 PHONE: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS THE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF SYCAMORE Plaintiff, vs.

NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF SYCAMORE AS TRUSTEE U/A/D THE 17TH DAY OF JULY,1996 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 40-4414-00, NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF SYCAMORE AS TRUSTEE U/A/D THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 40429800, SOUTH POINTE GREENS, INC., GEORGE F. STRATTON, SR., JAMES F. WALKER, GEORGE F. STRATTON, JR., GLEN E. KOOS, LEE E. HADICK, WILLIAM G. HILLSMAN, RODNEY D. ENGSTROM SOUTH POINTE CENTRE, INC., UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO. 13 CH 73 PUBLICATION NOTICE NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is given to you, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, in the above entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the 23RD Judicial Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Illinois, by the

by y, Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain Mortgages recorded against the premises as follows to wit: LOTS 4 AND 5 IN SOUTH POINTE COMMERCIAL DIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 25, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NO. 20030024793, IN AFTON TOWNSHIP, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALSO LOT 6 IN SOUTH POINTE COMMERCIAL DIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 25, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NO. 20030024793, IN AFTON TOWNSHIP, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS; EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE FOLLOWING: THAT PART OF LOT 6 IN SOUTH POINTE COMMERCIAL DIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 25, 2003 IN PLAT CABINET 9, AT SLIDE NO. 70-B AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003024783, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE THEREOF, 108.76 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 84 DEGREES 51 MINUTES 05 SECONDS, MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM SAID SOUTH LINE, 32.70 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 132 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 36 SECONDS, MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 15.14 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 135 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 53 SECONDS, MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 40.33 FEET; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 129 DEGREES 13 MINUTES 09 SECONDS, MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 76.49 FEET TO THE EAST LINE OF SAID LOT; THENCE SOUTHERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 45 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 21 SECONDS, MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, ALONG SAID EAST LINE, 90.55 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALSO EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE FOLLOWING: THAT PART OF LOT 6 OF SOUTH POINTE COMMERCIAL DIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 25, 2003 IN PLAT CABINET 9, AT SLIDE NO. 70-B AS DOCUMENT NO. 2003024783, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE THEREOF, 210.58 FEET FOR A POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING WESTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, 43.26 FEET; THENCE NORTHERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 87 DEGREES 10 MINUTES 44 SECONDS, MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM SAID SOUTH LINE, 22.94 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES 59 MINUTES, MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 42.97 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 89 DEGREES 39 MINUTES 47 SECONDS, MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 21.55 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS; ALSO

THAT PART OF LOT 8 IN SOUTH POINTE COMMERCIAL DIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 3, TOWNSHIP 39 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 25, 2003 AS DOCUMENT NO. 20030024793, IN AFTON TOWNSHIP, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT 8; THENCE ALONG A NORTHWESTERLY, NORTHEASTERLY LINE OF SAID LOT 274.0; THENCE WESTERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 135 DEGREES 44 MINUTES 14 SECONDS, MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM SAID NORTHERLY LINE, ALONG THE NORTH LINE OF SAID LOT, 118.77 FEET TO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE SOUTHERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 90 DEGREES 29 MINUTES 50 SECONDS, MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM SAID NORTH LINE, ALONG THE WEST LINE OF SAID LOT, 60.8 FEET; THENCE EASTERLY AT AN ANGLE OF 89 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 48 SECONDS, MEASURED CLOCKWISE FROM SAID WEST LINE, 111.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY, AT AN ANGLE OF 143 DEGREES 03 MINUTES 07 SECONDS, MEASURED COUNTERCLOCKWISE FROM THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, 243.2 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING. PIN: 11-03-176-005, 11-03177-001, 11-03-177-004, 1103-128-019 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: SOUTH POINTE GREENS, LOTS 4, 5, 6 & 8, DEKALB, IL 60115 and which said Mortgages were executed by NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF SYCAMORE, NOT PERSONALLY, BUT AS TRUSTEE U/A/D MARCH 12, 2002 KNOWN AS TRUST #40-5420000, THE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF SYCAMORE, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 17TH DAY OF JULY, 1996, AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 404414-00 AND THE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY OF SYCAMORE, AS TRUSTEE UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF A TRUST AGREEMENT DATED THE 1ST DAY OF SEPTEMBER , 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST NO. 40429800 and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2000016359: That summons was duly issued out of the said 23RD Judicial Circuit Court against you as provided by law, and that said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, Defendants, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NONRECORD CLAIMANTS file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit Court, at 133 West State Street, in the City of Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, on or before the 31ST day of March, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Dated: February 13, 2013 /s/ Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court Prepared by: JEFFREY L. LEWIS Klein Stoddard Buck & Lewis LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court Sycamore, IL 60178 815-748-0380 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 19, 26 & March 5, 2013.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING REGARDING PIERCE TOWNSHIP ELECTRICAL AGGREGATION PLAN Notice is hereby given pursuant to Chapter 20, Act 3855k, Illinois Compiled Statutes, that Pierce Township, DeKalb County, Illinois will hold two separate public hearings for public comment on the Pierce Township Electrical Power Aggregation Plan of Operation and Governance to be held on Saturday, March 23, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. and Saturday, April 6, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. at the Township Garage located at 14413 Perry Rd, DeKalb, Illinois.

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PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF CLASS ACTION SETTLEMENT REGARDING RECLAIMED SECURITIES FROM ILLINOIS' UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PROGRAM From the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, to persons who claimed securities from the Illinois Unclaimed Property Division: under a proposed settlement in a class action lawsuit, Canel v. Rutherford, 00 CH 13279, you may get additional funds for dividends that may have been received by the State on your securities.

The lawsuit sought dividends for all persons who recovered securities between Sept. 11, 1995, and the date of the final judgment. The Court will consider the proposed settlement at 1:30p.m., CS/DT, on April 18, 2013, in Room 2402 of the Daley Center, 118 N. Clark St., Chicago IL 60602. You may object or be heard regarding the settlement, or Plaintiff's Counsel's request for attorneys' fees and expenses, in writing to the Court and Plaintiff's and Defendants' counsel

by April 8, 2013 To learn more about objecting or being heard as to the settlement, or Plaintiff's Counsel's request for attorneys' fees and expenses, as is your right, and how to obtain your funds, go to http://icash.illinois.gov/. Objections must be filed with the Court and sent to Plaintiff's and Defendants' counsel by April 8, 2013 or they will be waived.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT, SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS CAUSE 13-TX-2: TO THE FOLLOWING NAMED PERSONS (AND IF DECEASED, TO THEIR UNKNOWN HEIRS AND DEVISEES), AND TO THE DE KALB COUNTY CLERK , DE KALB COUNTY STATES ATTORNEY , ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE VEHICLE SERVICES, ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL, ILLINOIS SECRETARY OF STATE, DE KALB COUNTY TREASURER , GREEN TREE FINANCIAL, LLC , AND TO OCCUPANTS AND UNKNOWN OWNERS AND PARTIES INTERESTED IN THE MOBILE HOMES HEREINAFTER NAMED: Parcel Number 08-26-176-027 1022C 08-26-176-027 1022C 09-29-400-016 0098O 09-29-400-016 0098O 09-29-400-016 0098O

Owners/Parties Interested PITSTICK, TAMARA L SOUTHMOOR ESTATES SMITH, TAMMIE K SMITH, JEFFREY L CORTLAND MOBILE HOME COMMUNITY EDGEBROOK MH

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