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Three killed in crash near Sycamore

By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI

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jduchnowski@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A 19-year-old nursing student, her mother and her 2-year-old son were killed Thursday when their Mitsubishi Galant slammed into a fertilizer truck near Sycamore, authorities said.

The Galant was driving north along the curve on Peace Road just north of Freed Road when it crossed the centerline about 11:20 a.m., DeKalb County Sheriff’s police said. Driving was Jenny Perez; her passen-

For video coverage of the accident, visit daily-chronicle.com.

gers were her mother, Angelina Felix, 57, and her son, Roberto M. Perez, 2. All three lived in Palatine.

“At this point, it’s a tragic accident; there’s no indication of anything other than that,” Sheriff Roger Scott said, adding that police did not know what caused Jenny Perez to cross the

Emergency services personnel investigate the scene of a fatal accident north of Freed Road on Peace Road on Thursday near Sycamore.

centerline.

Jenny Perez was the youngest of six children. She was studying nursing at Harper College in Palatine and working as a cashier, her sister Lupe Perez said. She loved taking her son to the park and the library, even though he was too young to read.

“She was always kind to others, always smiled,” Lupe Perez said. “She always tried to make the best of any situation.”

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia. com

See FATAL CRASH, page A5

D-424 cuts 14 teachers, freshman sports teams

MARCH MADNESS BUSINESS FOR SOME

By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com

and STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com

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Emily Olson, of School Tool Box in Sycamore, recreates the bracket for this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament on a large board set up for an office pool on Monday.

Many workers fit NCAA men’s tournament into schedule JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Matt Schoolfield had a job to do Thursday – just not his usual one.

The Cortland resident and a friend spent part of their Thursday afternoon watching multiple college basketball games at Buffalo Wild Wings to see if their predictions in the NCAA’s annual men’s basketball tournament would lead them to the top of the pool they entered with friends.

For Schoolfield, taking vacation or

personal days for the first Thursday and Friday of the basketball tournament has become a tradition.

“I’ve been filling out brackets for the last 20 years, since I was 10 years old,” he said. “I’m a big North Carolina fan so [March Madness] has always been one of my passions.”

March Madness is in full swing.

A recent survey from Impulse Research and MSN shows many others who are as passionate as Schoolfield about following the tournament. The survey found two-thirds of workers follow the

games, and a third of those who do spend at least three hours watching instead of working.

Although Schoolfield gets his viewing in off the clock, workplace consulting firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas said the tournament costs businesses at least $134 million nationwide in productivity during its first two days.

Instead of fighting the potential distraction, some businesses have embraced it.

See MARCH MADNESS, page A4

GENOA – Genoa-Kingston District 424 leaders hope to save more than $600,000 next academic year by cutting freshman sports, 14 teaching jobs and dozens of support personnel.

School board members voted, 6-0, Tuesday to cut the positions, to eliminate fitness center open hours, and to control the number of copies made on district copy machines.

They also plan to transfer two employees to principal spots and a lay off a district office assistant.

The positions cut involve the areas of music, reading, bilingual education, English Language Learners education, instructional technology, science, math, art and counseling.

The cut employees could be invited back if the budget allows, as leaders continue to discuss the fiscal year that begins July 1, Superintendent Joe Burgess said. But state funding is expected to drop.

“We try to be optimistic,” Burgess said.

“There’s obviously no commitment at this point.”

The district projected their $20 million budget would run a $1 million deficit with only $6 million in the education fund reserves July 1, Burgess said. He pointed to the expected reduction in state funding, which is affecting other school districts, too.

“It’s unfortunate we’re all in that boat with funding in our state,” Burgess said.

See LAYOFFS, page A5

“It’s unfortunate we’re all in that boat with funding in our state.”

Joe Burgess, D-424 superintendent

Officials reduce library expansion funding plan by $4 million

By DAVID THOMAS

By the numbers

dthomas@shawmedia.com

The new $20 million funding plan for the library, provided that the state signs off on the plan.

• $8.5 million: State construction grant • $6.5 million: City bonds • $2 million: Bank loan that will be paid off through private donations • $2 million: Allocation from the city’s TIF account • $1 million: The library’s private reserves

DeKALB – City and library officials are trying to reduce the cost – but not the size – of the DeKalb Public Library’s planned expansion so they can secure an $8.5 million state grant.

Officials want to reduce the initial project costs from $24

million to $20 million by putting off renovations to the existing library space. Library board President Clark Neher said state officials have no issue with cutting costs, so long as the expanded library did not change in size.

“We don’t want people to think we’re losing $4 million of the library,” Neher said. “It will be phased-in, but it will not be added on in this initial se-

quence.”

Since December, library officials have been trying to raise $15.5 million as the local match for an $8.5 million state construction grant. To remain eligible for the state grant, they need to have the local match, which they want to reduce to $11.5 million, in June.

Construction on the 47,000-square foot addition to

the 80-year-old building at 309 Oak St. would start within 140 days of library officials signing the contract with the state.

Officials are hoping to shave $4 million off the project cost and reduce their private donation goal from $6 million to $2 million.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction. Contact: 815-508-0280.

SA.org.

Weight Watchers: 8:30 a.m. weigh in, 9 a.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

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

Story time: 10 a.m. at Barnes & Noble, 2439 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. Free readings are open to the public.

Narcotics Anonymous: Noon at 512 Normal Road in DeKalb; www. rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

ACBL Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. at Wildwood North Recreation Center, 1 Birch St. in Sandwich. 815498-4405.

Elburn Lions Club Bingo: Doors open at 5 p.m. at 500 Filmore St. Early Bird Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m., followed by the first of four progressive raffles. Regular Bingo games start at 7 p.m. and include two split the pot games. Food and drink are available for purchase. 630-3656315. Bingo license B-04001.

Fish/shrimp dinners: 5 to 7 p.m. at Newman Catholic Student Center, 512 Normal Road in DeKalb. Served by Northern Illinois University Knights of Columbus Council 5572. Cost is $8 for fish or shrimp, $10 for fish and shrimp, $5 for grilled cheese or macaroni and cheese; all are full-course meals with side dishes.

Peace vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memorial Park at First Street and Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Peace Circle follows at 6 p.m. 815758-0796.

Troop support rally: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at First Street and Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, across the street from Memorial Park.

B.Y.O.B. Big Book – 12 & 12 Discussion AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Big Book Discussion AA(C): 7 p.m. at Newman Catholic Student Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Friday night activities and gallery hours: 7 to 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St. All are welcome; programs vary each week. 815-758-1351.

Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 1022 N. Main St., Sandwich, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

County Line Group Big Book AA(C): 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 121 N. Sycamore St., Maple Park, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

One Day At A Time AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

There is a Solution AA(C): 8 p.m. at Kingston Friendship Center, 120 Main St. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Day PAA(C): 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Saturday Weight Watchers: 7:15 a.m. weigh in, 7:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. meetings Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

Overeaters Anonymous Walk-and-Talk meeting: 8 to 9 a.m. at The Federated Church, 612 W. State St. in Sycamore. www. oa.org; Contact: Marilyn at 815751-4822.

NICE Food and Clothing Center: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, by appointment other days, at 346 S. County Line Road in Lee. This nondenominational food pantry serves the southwest part of DeKalb County and the southeast area of Lee County. 815-824-2228.

It Is What It Is AA(C): 9 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church, 340 S. Stott St., Genoa, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

North Central Illinois Wild Rose Chapter of Women on Wheels: 9 a.m. at Elburn Town and Country Library, with breakfast at Papa G’s restaurant in Elburn. All women motorcycle riders are welcome. www.nciwildroses.com; Gigi Beaird at gbeaird@niu.edu or 815766-1206.

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

Yesterday’s most-viewed stories:

1. Assault weapons ban not in Senate Democrats’ gun-control bill 2. Our View: Underinsured drivers also a danger 3. Letter: Stop secrecy in president search

1. Witnesses sought after fatal crash on Peace Road near Sycamore 2. Charges dropped against DeKalb man in ‘coffee fund’ case 3. Police: Three killed in crash on Peace Road near Sycamore

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Today’s Reader Poll question:

What’s the first thing you’re going to do when temperatures hit 60 degrees?

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Did you fill out an NCAA men’s basketball tournament bracket this season?

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Meet the new boss … or not Today, four finalists for Northern Illinois University’s presidency will meet with NIU’s Board of Trustees at an undisclosed, off-campus location, according to a plan announced March 12 by NIU. On Saturday, additional people will be able to interview finalists briefly and give feedback to the board.

NIU calls these other people “small groups of university stakeholders representing faculty, staff, alumni and foundation board members, as well as community leaders.”

Vagueness like that could choke a horse, and each stakeholder must sign a confidentiality agreement (the specifics of which we also don’t know).

This clandestine approach to finding a publicly paid steward of a publicly funded state university is necessary, we’re told, because closed searches are becoming the norm for attracting quality candidates.

“It’s becoming quite common for universities to have a closed search,” Paul Palian, director of media and public relations, told NIU’s student newspaper. Board Chairwoman Cherilyn G. Murer (as quoted in NIU’s online newsletter) agrees.

“In today’s marketplace,” she said, “a confidential search process that protects the identities of the candidates during the search itself is critical in attracting the best candidates during a presidential search.”

The board is heeding the advice of Atlanta-based Parker Executive Search in conducting a “closed, hybrid” presidential search. “Hybrid”

THE FINE LINE Jason Akst seems to refer to the aforementioned university stakeholders, who will meet in secret and speak only to the board about their assessment.

So really, this is a closed search, unless the board authorizes an open forum so the larger NIU community could meet finalists. NIU Student Association Speaker James Zanayed said an open forum was “definitely a possibility.”

Initially, I was angry about this process. I’m not a big fan of secrecy, especially if the premise behind the secrecy is questionable. Also – my students know this well – trust is not my strongest personality trait.

Except Palian and Murer seem to be correct. Increasingly, universities are keeping presidential searches as secret as possible, largely for reasons Murer notes. If potentially excellent candidates are prematurely outed, those candidates might withdraw from the search and face punishment back home. The point of a search is to get the best candidate.

But typicality doesn’t equal appropriateness.

Equally disturbing is the fact that good university presidents are getting harder to find. Many are retiring, they don’t stay as long, provosts and deans are increasingly reluctant to apply for top jobs, and there’s a widespread

sense that sitting presidents haven’t done enough to mentor successors.

The American Association of State Colleges and Universities counted 109 presidential transitions among its 420 member institutions from April 2011 to August 2012, according to a January Chronicle of Higher Education article.

Normally, the AASCU sees only about 40 new presidents among its members in a year.

So, my anger has become sorrow for the condition in which American postsecondary education – the envy of the world for centuries – finds itself.

Still, I can’t quite let go of my unease about the secrecy.

Illinois State University’s president is retiring, and ISU’s presidential search committee is planning an open forum for April, according to the Bloomington Pantagraph. Students and staff will have the opportunity to ask the school’s final candidates questions, said Jay Groves, ISU chief of staff.

NIU faces multiple, serious problems. In addition to those you’ve already heard about, Moody’s Investors Service on Monday downgraded NIU’s rating and revised its outlook to “negative.”

I believe NIU should provide at least minimal opportunity to meet presidential finalists. Generally, openness is better.

• Jason Akst teaches journalism and public relations at Northern Illinois University. You can reach him at jasondakst@gmail.com

8 TODAY’S TALKER

Enduring high gas prices despite oil boom

By JONATHAN FAHEY The Associated Press NEW YORK – The U.S. is increasing its oil production faster than ever, and American drivers are guzzling less gas.

But you’d never know it from the price at the pump.

The national average price of gasoline is $3.69 per gallon and forecast to creep higher, possibly approaching $4

by May. “I just don’t get it,” said Steve Laffoon, a part-time mental health worker, who recently paid $3.59 per gallon to fill up in St. Louis.

U.S. oil output rose 14 percent to 6.5 million barrels a day last year – a record increase. By 2020, the nation is forecast to overtake Saudi Arabia as the world’s largest crude oil producer. At the same time, U.S. gasoline demand has fallen to 8.7 million barrels a day, its lowest level since 2001, as people switch to more fuel-efficient cars.

So is the high price of gasoline a signal that markets aren’t working properly?

Not at all, experts say. The laws of supply and demand are working, just not in the way U.S. drivers want them to.

U.S. drivers are competing with drivers worldwide for every gallon of gasoline. As the developing economies of Asia and Latin America expand, their energy consumption is rising, which puts pressure on fuel supplies and prices

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Costco members fill up with discounted gasoline at a Costco gas station Oct. 5 in Van Nuys, Calif. The national average price of gasoline is $3.69 per gallon and it is forecast to creep higher and could approach $4 by May. everywhere else.

The U.S. still consumes more oil than any other country, but demand is weak and imports are falling. That leaves China, which overtook the U.S. late last year as the world’s largest oil importer, as the single biggest influence on global demand for fuels. China’s consumption has risen 28 percent in five years, to 10.2 million barrels a day last year.

“There’s an 800-pound gorilla in the picture now – the Chinese economy,” says Patrick DeHaan, chief petroleum analyst at the price-tracking service GasBuddy.com.

U.S. refiners are free to sell gasoline and diesel to the highest bidder around the world. In 2011, the U.S. became a net

exporter of fuels for the first time in 60 years. Mexico and Canada are the two biggest destinations for U.S. fuels, followed by Brazil and the Netherlands.

Two other factors are making gasoline expensive: • High oil prices. Brent crude, a benchmark used to set the price of oil for many U.S. refiners, is $108 a barrel.

It hasn’t been below $100 a barrel since July. On average, the price of crude is responsible for two-thirds of the price of gasoline, according to the Energy Department.

• Refinery shutdowns. Refineries temporarily close in the winter, when driving declines, to perform annual maintenance. That lowers gasoline inventories and sends prices higher nearly every year in the late winter and spring.

Rising gasoline prices act as a drag on the economy because they leave less money in drivers’ wallets to spend on other things. But because average prices have remained in a consistent range – between $3 and $4 a gallon since the end of 2010 – economists say their effect on growth has been minimal.

Drivers in Connecticut, New York and Washington, D.C., are paying $3.92 or more a gallon on average, according to the Oil Price Information Service. Drivers in Rocky Mountain states, where refineries can tap low-priced crude from the U.S. and Canada, are paying far less.

Gas costs $3.42 or less in Wyoming, Utah and Montana.

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8CORRECTIONS • A story on the front page of Tuesday’s Daily Chronicle about the auction of former DeKalb Clinic buildings misspelled the name of DeKalb Clinic Administrator Alice Freier.

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Scientists find out that universe is 80 million years older

By LORI HINNANT and SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press PARIS – A new examination of what is essentially the universe’s birth certificate allows astronomers to tweak the age, girth and speed of the cosmos, more secure in their knowledge of how it evolved, what it’s made of and its ultimate fate.

Sure, the universe suddenly seems to be showing its age, now calculated at 13.8 billion

years – 80 million years older than scientists had thought.

It’s got about 3 percent more girth – technically it’s more matter than mysterious dark energy – and it is expanding about 3 percent more slowly.

But with all that comes the wisdom for humanity. Scientists seem to have gotten a good handle on the Big Bang and what happened just afterward, and may actually understand a bit more about the cosmic question of how we are where we are.

All from a baby picture of fossilized light and sound.

The snapshot from a European satellite had scientists from Paris to Washington celebrating a cosmic victory of knowledge Thursday – basic precepts that go back all the way to Einstein and relativity.

The Planck space telescope mapped background radiation from the early universe – now calculated at about 13.8 billion years old. The results bolstered a key theory called “inflation,” which says the universe burst

from subatomic size to its vast expanse in a fraction of a second just after the Big Bang that created the cosmos.

“We’ve uncovered a fundamental truth of the universe,” said George Efstathiou, director of the Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge who announced the Planck findings in Paris. “There’s less stuff that we don’t understand by a tiny amount.”

The map of the universe’s evolution – in sound echoes

and fossilized light going back billions of years – reinforces some predictions made decades ago solely on the basis of mathematical concepts.

“We understand the very early universe potentially better than we understand the bottom of our oceans,” said Bob Nichols, director of the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation at the University of Portsmouth in Britain. “We as humanity put a satellite into space, we predicted what it should see and saw it.”

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

Nicklas now public safety, community relations VP Acting director is promoted JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The Northern Illinois University Board of Trustees on Thursday promoted Bill Nicklas to vice president for public safety and community relations.

Nicklas has served the university in multiple roles since joining the universtiy in October 2011, most recently as acting director of public safety after the university police department was mired in an evidence mishandling controversy involving rape charges against a former officer. He

was city manager of DeKalb from 1992 to 1997 and held the same position in Sycamore from 1998 to 2011.

In his new position, Nicklas will continue to oversee the public safety department and use his municipal experience to work with leaders in DeKalb and Sycamore to strengthen relationships. “[The board’s] support and the confidence of [NIU] President [John] Peters are humbling,” Nicklas said after accepting the position. “I welcome the challenge represented by my heightened responsibilities, and I am eager to jump

Charges dropped against DeKalb man in ‘coffee fund’ case

By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Criminal charges have been dropped against a Northern Illinois University employee charged in connection with the “coffee fund” scrap metal recycling operation.

K e e n o n Darlinger, 36, of DeKalb, is seeking to have his record expunged after DeKalb County State’s Keenon Attorney RichDarlinger ard Schmack on Thursday dropped the charges against him. Darlinger acted without criminal purpose and under the direction of NIU officials who controlled recycling efforts and the coffee fund account, Schmack said in a news release.

The coffee fund was an off-the-books repository for proceeds from the sale of NIUowned scrap metal and other materials. The account accumulated at least $13,000 since 2005 but held $2,187 when it was closed in August. The money was used for office re-

tirement parties and similar expenses, NIU officials have said.

Darlinger had been charged with theft, official misconduct and violating the State Property Control Act. Darlinger was placed on paid leave, but has since returned to his $37,030-a-year job at NIU as the storekeeper for materials management.

The charges and the publicity surrounding them took a toll on him, said his attorney, Ron Dolak, who criticized the NIU police investigation.

“This is NIU police,” Dolak said. “There’s 1,500 pages of documentation and no indication of criminal activity by Keenon.”

Six cases related to the coffee fund remain pending, along with the case against Joseph Alberti of DeKalb, who allegedly stole a computer monitor.

Robert Albanese, former associate vice president of the Division of Finance and Facilities at NIU, pleaded guilty Tuesday to violating the State Property Control Act, a Class B misdemeanor.

Prosecutors dropped felony charges of theft and official misconduct.

Chicago to close 54 schools to address $1 billion deficit

By JASON KEYSER and SARA BURNETT The Associated Press CHICAGO – Tens of thousands of Chicago students, parents and teachers learned Thursday their schools were on a long-feared list of 54 the city plans to close in an effort to stabilize an educational system facing a huge budget shortfall.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said the closures are necessary because too many Chicago Public School buildings are halffilled, with 403,000 students in a system that has seats for more than 500,000. But opponents say the closures will further erode troubled neighborhoods and endanger students who may have to cross gang boundaries to attend school. The schools slated for closure are all elementary schools and are overwhelmingly black and in low-income neighborhoods.

CPS officials say money being spent to keep underutilized schools open could be better used to educate students elsewhere as the district deals with a $1 billion budget deficit. About 30,000 students will be affected by the plan, with about half that number moving into new schools.

“Every child in every neighborhood in Chicago deserves access to a high quality education that prepares them to succeed in life, but for too long children in certain parts of Chicago have been cheated out of the resources they need to succeed because they are in underutilized, under-resourced schools,” said district CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett. “As a former teacher and a principal, I’ve lived through school closings and I know that this will not be easy, but I also know that in the end this will benefit our children.”

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Peters told board members that Nicklas’ background made him a perfect choice for the position that combines once-separate duties. Peters pointed to Nicklas’ ability to transition from his initial position of associate vice president for institutional planning and sustainability to acting public safety director as an indicator of his leadership.

“The scope of Bill’s position has evolved significantly,” Peters said. “Now he has the chance to continue the work he has already done.”

Eddie Williams, NIU’s chief of operations and executive vice president of finance and facilities, is on paid leave as

a federal investigation into the NIU police and his Eden’s Garden housing development continues. Williams previously supervised the public safety department. NIU spokesman Paul Palian said he could not comment on Williams’ future with NIU. “This is a position that takes advantage of Nicklas’ adept skills and unique background as a city leader in both Sycamore and DeKalb,” Palian said.

It should not be long before Nicklas meets his future boss.

Board members announced they would interview the final four candidates for the presidency today and Saturday with community and university stakeholders.

Board member Robert Boey, who also served as co-chairman of the search committee that selected the finalists, said the four candidates the board will interview remind him of the strong pool officials chose from 13 years ago when Peters was appointed president.

“It is my honor and my privilege to have served as part of this committee,” Boey said of the 28-member search committee. “It very easily could have been a dissipated group, but all self-interests were set aside to do the right thing for this university.”

The goal is to have a new president ready to begin July 1.

Peters announced Oct. 12 that he will retire June 30.

“[The board’s] support and the confidence of [NIU] President [John] Peters are humbling. I welcome the challenge represented by my heightened responsibilities, and I am eager to jump in.”

Bill Nicklas NIU VP of public safety and community relations

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New owners aim to bring business to former clinic

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A DeKalb mayoral candidate and the owner of Lincoln Inn Restaurant are the new owners of the old DeKalb Clinic buildings.

At a public auction Thursday, 1st Ward Alderman David Jacobson bought the building at 217 Franklin St. for $110,000, while restaurant owner Bill McMahon bought the building at 302 Grove St. for $181,500.

Neither Jacobson or McMahon were specific about plans for their respective buildings, but each framed their purchases as being beneficial to the community.

“We’re working on a plan, but we’ll figure out what the community needs down here,” McMahon said.

The DeKalb Clinic vacated the buildings for a new facility at 1850 Gateway Drive in 2009.

Dr. Roger Haab, the chairman of the DeKalb Clinic’s board,

said he had many memories of working in the old buildings, but the clinic outgrew them.

“It got down to a decision of ‘What we are doing with the buildings?’ ” Haab said.

The one-story, 36,150square-foot building on Franklin Street had a fair market value of $986,000 in 2012, according to the county assessor’s office. The Grove Street building, which is smaller, had a value of $312,928 in 2012.

Haab said the clinic wanted to get the best value for the property, but officials thought about the opportunities for the buildings and for the community.

DeKalb Public Library officials considered buying the two buildings for $1.8 million, but abandoned the plan in October 2010 amid concerns over an improper closed-session vote and estimates that removing asbestos from the buildings would cost $100,000.

Jacobson, already the land-

8STATE BRIEFS Unit 2 reactor shut down at Byron nuclear plant BYRON – Exelon Generation says it’s investigating a cooling pump malfunction that forced operators to shut down the Unit 2 reactor at the company’s Byron nuclear plant.

Exelon spokesman Neal Miller said the reactor was shut down manually just before 8 p.m. Wednesday after the cooling pump malfunctioned on a generator the served the non-nuclear area of the Byron Generating Station.

He said the plant responded as expected, and the shutdown was performed safely. The Unit 1 continues to operate at full power.

Officials seek to slow county jail inmate growth CHICAGO – Cook County commissioners are suggesting all prostitution arrests in the county be treated as misdemeanors as part of an effort to slow the growth of the jail population.

A resolution passed during Wednesday’s board meeting urges the Illinois Legislature to eliminate the felony prostitution charge.

Spokeswoman Sally Daly said State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez hadn’t reviewed the moratorium proposal and declined to comment on it.

Dixon School Board ratifies contract with teachers DIXON – The Dixon School Board has ratified a contract with teachers who went on strike earlier this year.

The Telegraph in Dixon reported that the board ratified the collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday. There was a standing ovation from an audience of mostly teachers afterward. About 170 teachers went on strike Feb. 28 in the northern Illinois city. Students missed nine days of school.

Teachers ratified the contract Tuesday.

The agreement lasts for four years and includes pay increases and higher health insurance payments. The teachers have been working without a contract since August.

A federal mediator helped with negotiations. A deal was reached March 13.

– Wire reports

lord of a Northern Illinois University fraternity house, said he would be the landlord for the businesses that go into the Franklin site. Jacobson said he’s a supporter of small businesses and wants to see more of them come to DeKalb.

“What better way to do that than getting involved yourself?” he said.

Jacobson does not plan to tear down the building, and said he will work with local churches about using the various parking lots that came with his purchase.

McMahon said he didn’t have a grand plan for the Grove building, but that it would have nothing to do with the Lincoln Inn at 240 E. Lincoln Highway. McMahon said he’s been in business for 20 years, and wants to see downtown DeKalb succeed.

“It’s a great place, there’s definitely some value down here,” McMahon said. “Now the work starts.”

Ill. House adopts pension-increase limits

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers from both parties celebrated a possible breakthrough Thursday in their struggle to solve the multibillion-dollar pension crisis after voting to reduce and delay cost-of-living increases in state employees’ retirement pay — a step the House Republican leader heralded as “the meat and potatoes of pension reform.”

Although major obstacles remain, the 66-50 vote in the House generated newfound optimism for a deal because of the money the plan would save. Still, the measure’s fate remains uncertain in the Senate, which a day earlier rejected a comprehensive package of legislation that includes a similar plan.

The action signaled the third pension measure to win approval within a week in the House, which has been breaking the tangled issue

8OBITUARIES CLARA A. TEMPEL Born: Feb. 10, 1954, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: March 19, 2013, in DeKalb

Watching games serves as office morale booster • MARCH MADNESS Continued from page A1 Barry Lasco, owner of All American Cleaning and Restoration in Freeport, stopped in at Fatty’s Pub & Grille to watch some of the tournament during a business trip to Rochelle with his employee Devan Bawinkel.

Lasco said there is an office pool to make the tournament fun, and taking time to watch some of the games is a nice morale booster for employees and for him. Lasco has won the office pool the past two years.

“I just pick the team with less seniors,” Lasco said. “It doesn’t seem like it should work, but it has.”

Others said the tournament motivates them to work harder.

Sycamore resident Josh Crittenden said he started work early Thursday and worked as quickly as he could in order to enjoy an extended lunch break. Although he watches no college basketball games during the year, he still catches bracket fever

every spring.

“I just fill out the bracket quickly and cross my fingers,” he said. “I picked Louisville to beat Indiana this year. I’m risk-averse.”

The tournament affects more than business productivity.

William Colburn, a graduate student at Northern Illinois University, was out enjoying the games Thursday, but not playing hooky from class like some of his friends to do.

“I’ve definitely known people who have called professors to tell them they are too sick to make it to class,” Colburn said.

Although he was not sick before he started watching his hometown Butler team take on Bucknell in the opening round, he was likely not feeling well as the Bulldogs let a large lead slip in the second half. Thankfully for Colburn, Butler rallied to win.

“I’m a big Butler fan and probably one of the very few out here,” he said. “I really just want any Indiana team to win.”

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Steve Almburg (center) of Almburg Auctioneering looks for bids during the auctioning of the two previous DeKalb Clinic buildings Thursday in DeKalb.

DeKALB – Clara A. Tempel, 59, of DeKalb, Ill., died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born Feb. 10, 1954, in DeKalb, and was the daughter of Henry and Harriett (Valance) Huttunen.

She lived her entire life in DeKalb working various jobs such as General Electric for 19 years, Merry Maids and Burgess Norton. She was a member of Harvest Bible Chapel in DeKalb. Clara loved gardening, antiquing, reading, the outdoors, she was a fantastic cook and she loved a lot of people.

Survivors include husband, Richard, whom she married Oct. 26, 1985, at the IUE Union Hall in DeKalb; two daughters, Vanessa (Rodrick Sarun) Tempel of Lisle and Pennie Tempel of DeKalb; brother, Michael (Dianna) Huttunen of DeKalb; sister, Frances (Ray) Montes of DeKalb; three nieces, Emily Lowe, Julie (Stewart) Stevenson and Bethany (Tony) Rowan; and one nephew, Steven Anderson.

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into pieces – rather than attempting a vote on an acrossthe-board package all at once – to determine which ones have the best chance of being approved.

Even though Thursday’s vote was an early step in a much larger push for reform, both Democratic Rep. Elaine Nekritz of Northbrook, the House pension point person, and Republican Leader Tom Cross of Oswego, called it pivotal.

“This was the toughest vote you’re going to face on this issue,” Cross said. “...

The meat and potatoes of pension reform happened today.”

The state’s five pension systems are a combined $96.7 billion short of what’s needed to cover promised retirement benefits to all current and former workers. But lawmakers and Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn have wrestled with a solution for more than a year.

Under the plan approved Thursday, retirees would be

prevented from taking 3 percent cost-of-living increases until they reach age 67 or five years after retirement. COLAs would apply only to the first $25,000 of an annual pension. Retirees due a pension greater than $25,000 would get a flat $750 increase each year.

Supporters estimate the changes would reduce the unfunded liability by as much as $19 billion. There would be savings of as much as $2 billion more in the other two bills the House approved last week. One would cap the salary on which benefits are based to the limit set for Social Security, currently about $113,000 a year.

The other would delay the retirement incrementally, based on workers’ ages now.

Younger workers would have to retire later.

All three measures are part of larger legislative solutions backed by Cross and Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook – and the one that failed in the Senate on Wednesday,

sponsored by Sen. Daniel Biss, an Evanston Democrat.

The jubilation stems from the fact that together, according to Cross, the approved House measures account for twothirds of the $30 billion reduction in unfunded liability the Cross-Nekritz proposal aims to create over the next three decades.

Instead of risking a vote on an umbrella bill, House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, has broken the issues down and let the House debate them individually in weekly Thursday sessions devoted to the pension crisis.

“We all recognize the enormity of this problem,” Madigan said before Thursday’s vote. “The significance of the problem is not the issue. The issue is how do we react to the problem, how do we move legislation that will solve the problem, and do it in such a way that we have a reasonable chance of approval in the Illinois court system.”

8POLICE REPORTS Clara was preceded in death by her parents.

A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at Harvest Bible Chapel in DeKalb with Pastor Jason Draper officiating. Cremation has taken place at Finch Crematory.

Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 24, at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Benevolence Fund of Harvest Bible Chapel.

Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb. To send an online condolence, visit www.

RonanMooreFinch.com; 815-7583841.

To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

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DeKalb city Timothy D. McGowan, 23, of the 300 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago, was arrested Wednesday, March 20, on a failure-to-appear warrant for illegal use of a credit card.

Erica Garcia, 26, of the 300 block of Gurler Street in DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, March 20, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Adrian A. Doak, 25, of the 300 block of Gurler Street in DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, March 20, with domestic battery and possession of marijuana.

Jaunice S. Mitchell, 26, of the 600 block of Lucinda Avenue in DeKalb, was arrested Wednesday, March 20, on a failure-to-appear warrant for possession of a controlled substance.

Sycamore Larry A. Phillips, 51, of the 300 block of Grant Street in Sycamore, was charged Monday, March 18, with aggravated battery, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and criminal sexual abuse.

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New owners aim to bring business to former clinic

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A DeKalb mayoral candidate and the owner of Lincoln Inn Restaurant are the new owners of the old DeKalb Clinic buildings.

At a public auction Thursday, 1st Ward Alderman David Jacobson bought the building at 217 Franklin St. for $110,000, while restaurant owner Bill McMahon bought the building at 302 Grove St. for $181,500.

Neither Jacobson or McMahon were specific about plans for their respective buildings, but each framed their purchases as being beneficial to the community.

“We’re working on a plan, but we’ll figure out what the community needs down here,” McMahon said.

The DeKalb Clinic vacated the buildings for a new facility at 1850 Gateway Drive in 2009.

Dr. Roger Haab, the chairman of the DeKalb Clinic’s board,

said he had many memories of working in the old buildings, but the clinic outgrew them.

“It got down to a decision of ‘What we are doing with the buildings?’ ” Haab said.

The one-story, 36,150square-foot building on Franklin Street had a fair market value of $986,000 in 2012, according to the county assessor’s office. The Grove Street building, which is smaller, had a value of $312,928 in 2012.

Haab said the clinic wanted to get the best value for the property, but officials thought about the opportunities for the buildings and for the community.

DeKalb Public Library officials considered buying the two buildings for $1.8 million, but abandoned the plan in October 2010 amid concerns over an improper closed-session vote and estimates that removing asbestos from the buildings would cost $100,000.

Jacobson, already the land-

8STATE BRIEFS Unit 2 reactor shut down at Byron nuclear plant BYRON – Exelon Generation says it’s investigating a cooling pump malfunction that forced operators to shut down the Unit 2 reactor at the company’s Byron nuclear plant.

Exelon spokesman Neal Miller said the reactor was shut down manually just before 8 p.m. Wednesday after the cooling pump malfunctioned on a generator the served the non-nuclear area of the Byron Generating Station.

He said the plant responded as expected, and the shutdown was performed safely. The Unit 1 continues to operate at full power.

Officials seek to slow county jail inmate growth CHICAGO – Cook County commissioners are suggesting all prostitution arrests in the county be treated as misdemeanors as part of an effort to slow the growth of the jail population.

A resolution passed during Wednesday’s board meeting urges the Illinois Legislature to eliminate the felony prostitution charge.

Spokeswoman Sally Daly said State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez hadn’t reviewed the moratorium proposal and declined to comment on it.

Dixon School Board ratifies contract with teachers DIXON – The Dixon School Board has ratified a contract with teachers who went on strike earlier this year.

The Telegraph in Dixon reported that the board ratified the collective bargaining agreement on Wednesday. There was a standing ovation from an audience of mostly teachers afterward. About 170 teachers went on strike Feb. 28 in the northern Illinois city. Students missed nine days of school.

Teachers ratified the contract Tuesday.

The agreement lasts for four years and includes pay increases and higher health insurance payments. The teachers have been working without a contract since August.

A federal mediator helped with negotiations. A deal was reached March 13.

– Wire reports

lord of a Northern Illinois University fraternity house, said he would be the landlord for the businesses that go into the Franklin site. Jacobson said he’s a supporter of small businesses and wants to see more of them come to DeKalb.

“What better way to do that than getting involved yourself?” he said.

Jacobson does not plan to tear down the building, and said he will work with local churches about using the various parking lots that came with his purchase.

McMahon said he didn’t have a grand plan for the Grove building, but that it would have nothing to do with the Lincoln Inn at 240 E. Lincoln Highway. McMahon said he’s been in business for 20 years, and wants to see downtown DeKalb succeed.

“It’s a great place, there’s definitely some value down here,” McMahon said. “Now the work starts.”

Ill. House adopts pension-increase limits

By REGINA GARCIA CANO and SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Illinois lawmakers from both parties celebrated a possible breakthrough Thursday in their struggle to solve the multibillion-dollar pension crisis after voting to reduce and delay cost-of-living increases in state employees’ retirement pay — a step the House Republican leader heralded as “the meat and potatoes of pension reform.”

Although major obstacles remain, the 66-50 vote in the House generated newfound optimism for a deal because of the money the plan would save. Still, the measure’s fate remains uncertain in the Senate, which a day earlier rejected a comprehensive package of legislation that includes a similar plan.

The action signaled the third pension measure to win approval within a week in the House, which has been breaking the tangled issue

8OBITUARIES CLARA A. TEMPEL Born: Feb. 10, 1954, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: March 19, 2013, in DeKalb

Watching games serves as office morale booster • MARCH MADNESS Continued from page A1 Barry Lasco, owner of All American Cleaning and Restoration in Freeport, stopped in at Fatty’s Pub & Grille to watch some of the tournament during a business trip to Rochelle with his employee Devan Bawinkel.

Lasco said there is an office pool to make the tournament fun, and taking time to watch some of the games is a nice morale booster for employees and for him. Lasco has won the office pool the past two years.

“I just pick the team with less seniors,” Lasco said. “It doesn’t seem like it should work, but it has.”

Others said the tournament motivates them to work harder.

Sycamore resident Josh Crittenden said he started work early Thursday and worked as quickly as he could in order to enjoy an extended lunch break. Although he watches no college basketball games during the year, he still catches bracket fever

every spring.

“I just fill out the bracket quickly and cross my fingers,” he said. “I picked Louisville to beat Indiana this year. I’m risk-averse.”

The tournament affects more than business productivity.

William Colburn, a graduate student at Northern Illinois University, was out enjoying the games Thursday, but not playing hooky from class like some of his friends to do.

“I’ve definitely known people who have called professors to tell them they are too sick to make it to class,” Colburn said.

Although he was not sick before he started watching his hometown Butler team take on Bucknell in the opening round, he was likely not feeling well as the Bulldogs let a large lead slip in the second half. Thankfully for Colburn, Butler rallied to win.

“I’m a big Butler fan and probably one of the very few out here,” he said. “I really just want any Indiana team to win.”

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Steve Almburg (center) of Almburg Auctioneering looks for bids during the auctioning of the two previous DeKalb Clinic buildings Thursday in DeKalb.

DeKALB – Clara A. Tempel, 59, of DeKalb, Ill., died Tuesday, March 19, 2013, at her home surrounded by her loving family.

She was born Feb. 10, 1954, in DeKalb, and was the daughter of Henry and Harriett (Valance) Huttunen.

She lived her entire life in DeKalb working various jobs such as General Electric for 19 years, Merry Maids and Burgess Norton. She was a member of Harvest Bible Chapel in DeKalb. Clara loved gardening, antiquing, reading, the outdoors, she was a fantastic cook and she loved a lot of people.

Survivors include husband, Richard, whom she married Oct. 26, 1985, at the IUE Union Hall in DeKalb; two daughters, Vanessa (Rodrick Sarun) Tempel of Lisle and Pennie Tempel of DeKalb; brother, Michael (Dianna) Huttunen of DeKalb; sister, Frances (Ray) Montes of DeKalb; three nieces, Emily Lowe, Julie (Stewart) Stevenson and Bethany (Tony) Rowan; and one nephew, Steven Anderson.

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into pieces – rather than attempting a vote on an acrossthe-board package all at once – to determine which ones have the best chance of being approved.

Even though Thursday’s vote was an early step in a much larger push for reform, both Democratic Rep. Elaine Nekritz of Northbrook, the House pension point person, and Republican Leader Tom Cross of Oswego, called it pivotal.

“This was the toughest vote you’re going to face on this issue,” Cross said. “...

The meat and potatoes of pension reform happened today.”

The state’s five pension systems are a combined $96.7 billion short of what’s needed to cover promised retirement benefits to all current and former workers. But lawmakers and Democrat Gov. Pat Quinn have wrestled with a solution for more than a year.

Under the plan approved Thursday, retirees would be

prevented from taking 3 percent cost-of-living increases until they reach age 67 or five years after retirement. COLAs would apply only to the first $25,000 of an annual pension. Retirees due a pension greater than $25,000 would get a flat $750 increase each year.

Supporters estimate the changes would reduce the unfunded liability by as much as $19 billion. There would be savings of as much as $2 billion more in the other two bills the House approved last week. One would cap the salary on which benefits are based to the limit set for Social Security, currently about $113,000 a year.

The other would delay the retirement incrementally, based on workers’ ages now.

Younger workers would have to retire later.

All three measures are part of larger legislative solutions backed by Cross and Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook – and the one that failed in the Senate on Wednesday,

sponsored by Sen. Daniel Biss, an Evanston Democrat.

The jubilation stems from the fact that together, according to Cross, the approved House measures account for twothirds of the $30 billion reduction in unfunded liability the Cross-Nekritz proposal aims to create over the next three decades.

Instead of risking a vote on an umbrella bill, House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, has broken the issues down and let the House debate them individually in weekly Thursday sessions devoted to the pension crisis.

“We all recognize the enormity of this problem,” Madigan said before Thursday’s vote. “The significance of the problem is not the issue. The issue is how do we react to the problem, how do we move legislation that will solve the problem, and do it in such a way that we have a reasonable chance of approval in the Illinois court system.”

8POLICE REPORTS Clara was preceded in death by her parents.

A memorial service will be at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 24, at Harvest Bible Chapel in DeKalb with Pastor Jason Draper officiating. Cremation has taken place at Finch Crematory.

Visitation will be from 1 to 3 p.m.

Sunday, March 24, at the church.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Benevolence Fund of Harvest Bible Chapel.

Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb. To send an online condolence, visit www.

RonanMooreFinch.com; 815-7583841.

To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

Sign and read he online guet books at

Note to readers: 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 Timothy D. McGowan, 23, of the 300 block of South Western Avenue in Chicago, was arrested Wednesday, March 20, on a failure-to-appear warrant for illegal use of a credit card.

Erica Garcia, 26, of the 300 block of Gurler Street in DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, March 20, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Adrian A. Doak, 25, of the 300 block of Gurler Street in DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, March 20, with domestic battery and possession of marijuana.

Jaunice S. Mitchell, 26, of the 600 block of Lucinda Avenue in DeKalb, was arrested Wednesday, March 20, on a failure-to-appear warrant for possession of a controlled substance.

Sycamore Larry A. Phillips, 51, of the 300 block of Grant Street in Sycamore, was charged Monday, March 18, with aggravated battery, aggravated criminal sexual abuse and criminal sexual abuse.

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Syria: Bombing kills top pro-Assad Sunni preacher

By ZEINA KARAM The Associated Press BEIRUT – A suicide bomb ripped through a mosque in the heart of the Syrian capital Thursday, killing a top Sunni Muslim preacher and outspoken supporter of President Bashar Assad in one of the

most stunning assassinations of Syria’s 2-year-old civil war.

At least 41 others were killed and more than 84 wounded.

The slaying of Sheikh Mohammad Said Ramadan al-Buti removes one of the few remaining pillars of support for Assad among the majority Sunni sect that has risen up

against him.

It also marks a new low in the Syrian civil war: While suicide bombings blamed on Islamic extremists fighting with the rebels have become common, Thursday’s attack was the first time a suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a mosque.

Some library renovations are on hold • LIBRARY Continued from page A1 AP file photo

Maria Webster joins others protesting Texas Gov. Rick Perry’s stance on health care outside the state capitol Jan. 29 in Austin, Texas, where Perry was to deliver the state of the state address.

Obama health law finds two Americas

By RICARDO ALONSO – ZALDIVAR The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Three years, two elections, and one Supreme Court decision after President Barack Obama signed the Affordable Care Act, its promise of health care for the uninsured may be delayed or undercut in much of the country because of entrenched opposition from many Republican state leaders.

In half the states, mainly led by Democrats, officials are racing deadlines to connect uninsured residents to coverage now only months away. In others it’s as if “Obamacare” – signed March 23, 2010 – had never passed.

Make no mistake, the federal government will step in and create new insurance markets in the 26 mostly red states declining to run their own. Just like the state-run markets in mostly Democratic-led states, the feds will start signing up customers Oct. 1 for coverage effective Jan. 1. But they need a broad cross-section of people, or else the pool will be stuck with what the government calls the “sick and worried” – the costliest patients.

Insurance markets, or exchanges, are one prong of Obama’s law, providing subsidized private coverage for middle-class households who currently can’t get their own.

The other major piece is a Medicaid expansion to serve more low-income people. And at least 13 states have already indicated they will not agree to that.

“It could look like two or three different countries,” said Robert Blendon, a Har-

vard School of Public Health professor who studies public opinion on health care. “The political culture of a state is going to play an important role in getting millions of people to voluntarily sign up.”

Civic leadership – from governors, legislators, mayors and business and religious groups – is shaping up as a huge factor in the launch of Obama’s plan, particularly since the penalty for ignoring the law’s requirement to get coverage is as low as $95 the first year.

People-to-people contacts will be key, and the potential for patchwork results is real.

“Obviously it’s a possibility in terms of there being some real difficulties,” said Sen. Bob Casey, D-Pa., whose efforts helped pass the law. Casey also said he believes the Obama administration will be ready to lead in states holding back.

Disparities already are cropping up.

Town Meeting Day – the first Tuesday in March – is a storied tradition in Vermont, and this year it provided a platform to educate residents about their options under the health care law. As many as 250,000 may eventually get coverage through Vermont Health Connect, as the state’s marketplace is known.

“Even before we were a state, these town meetings existed,” said Sean Sheehan, director of education and outreach. “It’s a way people come together as a community, and we are counting on those community connections to get the word out.”

The health care plan was on the agenda at about 100 town meetings, and other local gath-

erings are taking place.

Texas residents are entitled to the same benefits as Vermonters, but in the state with the highest proportion of its population uninsured, Gov. Rick Perry will not be promoting the federal insurance exchange, a spokeswoman said.

Nor does Perry plan to expand Medicaid.

The result is a communications void that civic and political groups, mayors, insurers and hospitals will try to fill.

“You have people who aren’t really charged up about it because they don’t even know that they would qualify,” said Durrel Douglas, spokesman for the Texas Organizing Project, an activist group. A national poll this week by the nonpartisan Kaiser Family Foundation found that two of every three uninsured people don’t know enough about the law to understand how it will affect them.

Supporters of Obama’s law in Texas say the federal government hasn’t shown up yet to launch the state’s insurance exchange and no one is sure when that will happen.

“It is a much bigger lift here,” said Anne Dunkelberg, associate director of the Austin-based Center for Public Policy Priorities, which advocates for low-income people.

“The sooner the federal exchange can get engaged and working with all the folks here who want to promote enrollment, the better.”

The Congressional Budget Office predicts a slow start overall, with only 7 million gaining coverage through the exchanges next year, rising to 24 million in 2016.

8NATION BRIEFS Judge: Aggregator of AP news can’t have free ride NEW YORK – A federal judge ordered an Internet news clipping service to stop reselling stories from The Associated Press, saying the ability of news organizations to perform an “essential function of democracy” was jeopardized when a company is allowed to “free ride” on the costly work of others.

Media observers say the ruling against Meltwater U.S. Holdings Inc. and its Meltwater News Service, if upheld on appeal, could provide strong protection for the news industry as it struggles to survive in an Internet age.

Civil unions signed into law in Colorado DENVER – Civil unions for gay couples got the governor’s signature in Colorado on Thursday, punctuating a dramatic turnaround in a state where voters banned same-sex marriage in 2006 and restricted protections for gays two decades ago.

– Wire reports

They intend to borrow the $2 million from a bank and pay it off as the private donations roll in over three years.

The rest of the local match would come from library reserves, the city’s tax increment financing district funds, and a city bond issue repaid through property taxes.

If the fundraising were to fall short, the loan payments would come from the library’s operating fund, Library Director Dee Coover said.

“The loans will not be an additional tax burden,” Coover said.

Coover said they will hold

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Their mother had a strong belief in God and a large heart, Lupe Perez said.

“There’s a lot of people at the house right now,” Lupe Perez said Thursday. “She was a second mom to a lot of people.”

DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller pronounced the three dead at the scene. He said they were killed instantly when the front driver’s side of the car collided with the oncoming fertilizer truck, which was not carrying any fertilizer at the time of the accident.

The speed limit in the area is 55 mph, although drivers are advised to slow to 45 mph around the curve.

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“We believe the driver of the truck tried to avoid it, but of course you can’t sometimes,” Miller said.

Miller said Perez and her passengers were passing through DeKalb County. They did not appear to have any connections to the community.

The driver of the truck, Reid R. Anderson, 27, of Sycamore, was not injured, police said. Peace Road was closed in that area until 1:45 p.m. Thursday, Scott said.

By Thursday after noon, sheriff’s police had not found any witnesses to the accident besides Anderson. Anyone who saw the crash is asked to call police at 815-895-2155.

“The evidence we have is pretty clear,” Scott said.

“But it would be helpful to have a witness.”

• LAYOFFS Continued from page A1 Dale Pelley, president of the District 424 Board of Education, said the decision was difficult, but necessary in light of the projected deficit.

Pelley said the board doesn’t intend to completely cut the art and music programs in the district, although it has cut all but two teachers’ positions in those areas. The two that remain are at the high school level.

“It is our intention to continue the program,” he said. “We’ll have to see what time brings.”

Pelley said leaders want to save money while minimizing the effect on students.

“We’re always, for five years now, looking everywhere we can to reduce without having an impact on our students,” he said.

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But because interest rates have risen, Espiritu said, borrowing $7.5 million will result in a 9.3-cent increase in the library’s property tax rate. To keep it at an 8-cent increase, DeKalb aldermen will consider borrowing $6.5 million and allocating $2 million, rather than $1 million, to the library from the city’s tax increment financing district.

The bond ordinance that will be in front of aldermen Monday night allows them to borrow up to $7.96 million, which would pay for the original $7.5 million as well as any additional borrowing costs. Espiritu said this cap would keep their options open.

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Assistant City Manager Rudy Espiritu said city officials and the public were concerned about the library being able to raise $6 million in such a short time frame.

Neher said it was a concern as well, one that is eliminated now that the goal is $2 million.

The library is within the city’s corporate authority, which is why it had to petition the city to borrow money to help pay for the expansion.

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8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

How working poor end up homeless

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR National debt a worry for youth of today

Editor’s note

me in voting for the only independent candidates on the ballot for DeKalb Township board.

Letters pertaining to the April 9 To the Editor: Cast your vote for the candiIt makes total sense that if you election must be received by 9 a.m. dates who will bring fresh new don’t have enough money to pay April 5. faces to the board, faces that betfor something you want, you ter represent the diversity of the shouldn’t buy it. Why can’t our ability to pay the money back and people of DeKalb. Cast your vote government see that spending is many fell deeply into debt. for a more open Township Board not the solution to our problems?

Today, America is doing the that will welcome public input on I listen to the news regularly, same thing. We are buying things our Township website, in our inand for months now they have on credit with money we do not teractions out in the community, been talking about how much have, just hoping the economy and at more conveniently-timed America is in debt. This worries stays stable. monthly meetings. Cast your vote me. I am in eighth grade, and I I’m 13 years old, and I underfor the Independent candidates am worried that my friends and I stand simple math: Don’t spend for DeKalb Township Board who are not going to be able to pay for more than you are able to pay will use Social Service Grant fundcollege and get a good job if the back. Maybe it’s time for our ing to inject money directly back national debt keeps going up. politicians to revisit middle school into our local economy where it If I do get a job, I don’t want history and mathematics. Amermost of my income being used to ica, please stop spending money can do the most good; and who will provide the public a more pay off the debt that the current so that your children can have the transparent Annual Town Budget generation is building. I would like same opportunity you had. (where the current year can be the same opportunities that my readily compared to the previous parents, along with all the gener- Heidi Harbecke year). ations since America was founded Sycamore Please don’t let the sneaky tacin 1776, have had.

Cast vote for DeKalb tics of the self-serving opposition In social studies, I recently confuse you. Their signs may be learned that in the 1920s, people Township board blue, red, or green, they’ll use any To the Editor: bought many things on credit.

The April 9 election is less than color that will get them votes.

When the stock market crashed They may have created a new a month away, I ask you to join in 1929, people did not have the

party, but it’s the same old people. Even their young candidate for Supervisor has proven his extreme credentials by Co-Chairing the 2012 Draft Trump campaign in Illinois*. Do these candidates truly represent the people of our township?

On April 9, we have a chance to get much-needed transparency in our Township board by electing competent, credible, and committed Independent candidates.

These diverse Independent candidates are working for your vote, visiting your neighborhood, going door-to-door, introducing themselves to you and your neighbors.

On Election Day please vote for Jim Luebke for township supervisor, Rich Gallati, Cory Christopherson, Ric Amesquita, LaMetra Curry, Kevin Flavin, Lisa King and Nancy Teboda for DeKalb Township Board.

To learn more, go to www. vote-independent.com.

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Try to resist the Chardon killer’s taunts On Tuesday, a year after he murdered three Chardon High School students and injured three others, 18-year-old T.J. Lane walked into his sentencing hearing and made it virtually impossible for most of us to summon even a shred of sympathy for his condemned soul.

But summon we must. If we are good people – and most of us want to believe we are – we are called to dig deeper for compassion that eludes us, lest our own souls wither.

Bear with me, please. I’ve worked hard in the past 24 hours to find this patch of my heart. It’s a tenuous grasp, and I’m trying to hold on tight.

On the morning of Feb. 27, 2012, Lane walked into the high school cafeteria in Chardon, Ohio, and started shooting. By the time he was done, three students were dead: Daniel Parmertor and Demetrius Hewlin, who were 16, and 17-year-old Russell King Jr. Three other students were injured: Nate Mueller, 17, Joy Rickers, 19, and Nick Walczak, who is now in a wheelchair. One of the more heartbreaking video images of Tuesday’s hearing – and there are so many – is of Walczak’s shy smile as he rolled his chair into the courtroom.

He later strained to catch a glimpse of his shooter.

Last month, Lane pleaded guilty to all of his crimes. He was 17 at the time of the shootings, so he will escape the death penalty. I do not mourn this legal outcome, as I oppose capital punishment. However, I was overcome with feelings I am ashamed to claim after witnessing Lane’s behavior in court Tuesday.

As soon as he sat down in the courtroom, Lane peeled off his light blue oxford shirt to reveal a white T-shirt with a handwritten word scrawled across his chest:

VIEWS Connie Schultz “KILLER.” He smirked throughout the proceedings, snickering even as victims’ families stood and poured out their hearts.

Against his lawyer’s advice, he turned toward the families and offered a single statement: “The hand that pulled the trigger that killed your sons now masturbates to the memory. F–- all of you.” Then he pierced the air with his middle finger.

Gasps and a few sobs filled the room.

Lane’s lawyer, Ian Friedman, was just as shocked as everyone else in the room. He’s been a criminal defense lawyer for 15 years but never seen anything like this.

“People think criminal lawyers don’t feel or aren’t affected like everyone else,” he told me in a phone interview shortly after the hearing. “That’s not true. I had no idea he was wearing that T-shirt under his shirt.”

He paused and apologized for needing a moment to collect his thoughts. “That was a horrific courtroom to be sitting in today. The Constitution has to be upheld.

Due process has to be upheld. That’s my job. But there’s no way you aren’t affected when something like that happens. I hope I never again have to see that in a courtroom or anywhere else.”

Judge David Fuhry of Geauga County Court of Common Pleas later issued a statement saying that had he noticed the T-shirt, he would have ordered Lane to remove it.

It didn’t take long for various news sources to post video of Lane’s court-

room behavior. I stared at my computer screen, speechless. So alarming, those ugly thoughts swimming in my mind.

Like so many here in Ohio, I wanted Lane to be a broken boy, sobbing over the damage he could not undo. At the very least, I wanted him to be the silent, dazed defendant we’d seen before. Instead, he did everything he could to incite our hate.

Mission accomplished. After Lane was sentenced to life in prison without parole, Facebook and Twitter erupted with vile scenarios of what some hope lies ahead for the unrepentant murderer. Nothing like the Internet to remind us that absent self-vigilance, we can become the monsters we claim to condemn.

I hear the reprimand and guiltily agree: This isn’t about us bystanders, and it surely isn’t about me. The children who died are irreplaceable; their families are inconsolable.

The surviving victims and family members are the only ones who justly wrestle with how to forgive.

Still, there is work for all of us to do.

Our response to Lane’s monstrous behavior determines our future, too. We must always consider hate’s consequence on our own hearts.

I can speak only for myself. I never will know why a troubled boy named T.J. Lane killed those innocent teens in Chardon, Ohio.

But I do know that I must pray for his tortured soul, and I must mean it.

• Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and an essayist for Parade magazine. She is the author of two books, including “...and His Lovely Wife,” which chronicled the successful race of her husband, Sherrod Brown, for the U.S. Senate.

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If asked to picture a homeless person in our mind’s eye, one assumption we’re likely to make is that the person is unemployed.

In DeKalb County, that’s often not the case.

Lesly Wicks, the executive director of Hope Haven homeless shelter in DeKalb, says most of the people her agency serves would fall into the category of “working poor.” They’re working people who don’t earn enough to afford housing. “[They are] people who work, but just don’t make enough of a living wage to afford housing,” Wicks told reporter David Thomas. “It is the gap between what people make and how much housing costs.”

Even in DeKalb – where a one-bedroom or studio apartment can be had for as little as $500 a month, some people who work 30 hours a week or more can not afford housing.

How can that be?

For one, most people have to come up with the equivalent of three months’ rent by the day they move into an apartment – one month’s worth as a refundable security deposit along with the last month’s rent at the time of lease signing, and the first month’s rent at time of move-in.

Landlords have those requirements to cover themselves if a tenant decides to break the lease. But in most cases, that’s going to cost a renter at least $1,500 to $1,800, no small amount of money when you’re strapped for cash.

According to “Out of Reach 2013,” a report released this month by the National Low Income Housing Coalition, it’s nearly impossible for a low-wage earner to live independently without help, be it in the form of a roommate, a subsidy, or some other aid.

The report, viewable online at NLIHC.org, puts the fair market rent for a two-bedroom unit in Illinois at $885 a month. In order for a tenant not to be considered rent-burdened, e.g. paying more than 30 percent of their income in rent, they would need to earn $35,392 a year – about $17.02 an hour – to afford the fair market rent.

For many, the numbers don’t add up. Michelle Perkins, the executive director of the DeKalb County Housing Authority, says of the 844 households her agency subsidizes, 280 of them have some form of income, whether that is from a job, owning a business, or military pay.

Meanwhile, the waiting list for subsidized housing has grown to 1,200 people – so many that only elderly and disabled applicants can be added.

“You’d have better luck with Cubs season tickets,” Perkins said.

Of course, there are many underlying causes for homelessness, and not earning enough money is only one of them.

However, it bears noting that today’s homeless population is not merely those who are out of work or unable to contribute to society.

Many people are doing what they can and still struggling to make it.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Mexico not a problem We’ve all seen the headlines. They’re as gruesome and disturbing as any in the world, and they’re all the more disturbing because they’re relatively close to home: Twenty-two bodies found in Mexico City over a recent weekend.

Thirty-five bodies dumped like yesterday’s trash along the side of a busy Veracruz highway. The bodies of 17 musicians and crew members of a band found in an abandoned well near Monterrey.

Mexico’s narco-fueled terror rampage has become so commonplace that the horror stories barely rate as news.

For these reasons and others, the Obama administration needs to make sure that its focus on the Middle East and other trouble spots around the world doesn’t blind it to the mutual opportunities of close neighborly ties. With President Enrique Pena Nieto in the early weeks of his presidency, it’s an opportune time.

Writing in a recent issue of Foreign Affairs, Shannon K. O’Neil, a Latin American expert at the Council on Foreign Relations, points out that it also is time for this country “to start seeing Mexico as a partner instead of a problem.”

She noted in a recent interview with the Chronicle that Mexico is now the second-largest export destination for U.S. goods, after Canada – and twice as much as China – and that Mexico is both Texas’ and Houston’s biggest trading partner.

More than a billion dollars worth of legal goods cross the U.S.-Mexican border into this country each day. An estimated 6 million U.S. jobs depend on U.S-Mexico trade.

Approximately 40 percent of the products made in Mexico have parts that come from this country.

Mexico still has challenges, certainly, but the vital signs are strong. Whatever Mexico’s future holds, the United States will be affected.

An increasingly prosperous neighbor, a strong and able trading partner and a safe and stable democracy define the Mexico we hope continues to evolve.

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No. 3 seed Marquette avoids the biggest upset of the day by hanging on to defeat No. 14-seeded Davidson, 59-58, on the irst full day of the NCAA tournament. PAGE B2

SECTION B Friday, March 22, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

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New drug indictment filed against Hurd DALLAS – A federal grand jury in Dallas has re-indicted former Northern Illinois and Bears receiver Sam Hurd, who already is accused of trying to establish a drug-distribution network.

The new indictment charges Hurd with conspiracy to possess 5 kilograms or more of cocaine with intent to distribute.

Hurd was first arrested in December 2011 outside a Chicago-area steakhouse after agents alleged that he accepted cocaine. He was re-arrested last year after authorities said he tried to buy more drugs and failed two drug tests.

If convicted, he could be sentenced to up to 20 years in prison.

The 27-year-old Hurd remains at a Dallas-area prison without bond. His attorney, Jay Ethington, said prosecutors are “trying to move the goalposts” against him.

– Wire report

‘NIU Football’ a Huskie treasure If you’re old enough, surely you remember as a kid, sending two box tops or a coupon from the back of a box of Kellogg’s Corn Flakes, then including a quarter (big finance in the 1950s), and sending it off to a P.O. box in Battle Creek, Mich., for some plastic trinket that took seemingly forever to arrive in your mailbox.

The mini-Nautilus submarine that ran in the bathtub on mom’s baking soda, or the really cool Superman insignia belt immediately come to mind, but I digress. Waiting for this stuff was sheer torture. When? Where is it?

What’s the postman doing?

That’s exactly how I felt about author Dan Verdun’s long-anticipated new book, “NIU Football” (256 pages,

Ohio and MAC Player of the Year D. J. Cooper were pathetic) and then the Simeon-Stevenson matchup for the IHSA Class 4A title game in boys basketball, I had my nose, with a foreward by Joe eyes and brain in Verdun’s Novak and published by the interesting tome, finishing it Northern Illinois University at 3:15 a.m. Sunday.

Press at $28.95 a copy), that It’s the ultimate reviewer’s finally made it to my doorstep cliché, but it’s true: I could Saturday. This is no insignifi- not put “NIU Football” down. cant trinket. Verdun’s book is The hardbound 9-inch by more of a Huskie treasure.

11-inch format enhances the I cannot tell you how many book’s design – a satisfying decades I’ve waited for such a blend of well-written copy Northern Illinois book. with top-notch pictures (more At 3:53 p.m., I took the than 130 images, 84 in color, package inside and opened it and many never seen before in my living room. Almost 12 by the public). Vintage fullhours later, interrupted only page color shots of NIU Hall of by the Mid-American Confer- Famers such as punter/placeence tournament’s champion- kicker Tom Wittum and fullship game on TV (by the way, back Mark Kellar, Vern Smith

Trophy recipient Tim Tyrrell, plus California Bowl MVP Lou Wicks, through future Hall of Famers such as quarterback Chandler Harnish and Garrett Wolfe grace these pages.

Maybe the Beatles-on-theEd Sullivan-TV-show moment is the classic black-and-white photo of Little All-America quarterback George Bork, middle guard Tom Walz, and linebacker Mike Henigan with their respective postgame awards after the 1963 Mineral Water Bowl triumph (with some dude wearing sunglasses and lighting up a cigarette in the background) in Excelsior Springs, Mo. After 41 years on campus, even I never had seen that particular archival nugget.

KORCEK’S CORNER Mike Korcek

See KORCEK’S CORNER, page B3

Author Dan Verdun’s book, “NIU Football” (256 pages, with a foreward by Joe Novak and published by the Northern Illinois University Press at $28.95 a copy) is available on Amazon.com and Walmart.com.

BULLS

GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD PREVIEW

Rose still uncertain about his return

8WHAT TO WATCH

By ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press

Men’s basketball Colorado vs. Illinois, 3:30 p.m., TNT

ty came as a sophomore.

“I qualified in pole vault and high jump and I had just done high jump preliminaries, made finals and went to vault and I tore [my left quad],” Neisendorf said. “I couldn’t do finals the next day. Ever since then I’ve had problems with it.”

Fighting through injuries, Neisendorf managed a seventh-place finish in the high jump last season, saying her legs were wrapped with kinesio tape as she finished with a mark of 5 feet, 2 inches, three inches shy of her career best.

In her final year, Neisendorf will split her time between multiple events, adding a couple of sprints to her high jump and pole vaulting duties.

DEERFIELD – Bulls superstar Derrick Rose still isn’t sure when he’ll come back from his knee injury.

The former MVP point guard sounded like a player who just might miss the entire season, although he said he hasn’t experienced any setbacks in his recovery. He said Thursday that he still is experiencing some soreness in his surgicall y r e p a i r e d Blazers 99 left knee and Bulls 89 hasn’t set a target date for Inside: Blazhis return. “ I t c o u l d ers complete a be tomorrow season sweep and I feel like of the Bulls with I can play the a 99-89 win. next game,” Page B3 Rose said as the Bulls practiced before Thursday night’s game against Portland. “Nobody knows but God.” Rose hasn’t played since he tore the ACL in his left knee during last year’s playoff opener against Philadelphia, an injury that sent the top-seeded Bulls toward a first-round exit.

He had surgery in May, and his status has been a running soap opera surrounding this team.

His brother and manager Reggie Rose ripped the Bulls for standing pat at the trade deadline in an interview with ESPNChicago.com, saying it could be a “big factor” in whether Derrick plays this season. Then, the website reported two weeks ago that Derrick Rose had been medically cleared to play but told the team he won’t until he can

See NEISENDORF, page B3

See BULLS, page B3

The seventh-seeded Illini (22-12) open their tournament against the 11th-seeded Buffaloes (21-11) in an afternoon contest.

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“NIU Football”

Erik Anderson – For the Daily Chronicle

Genoa-Kingston senior Danielle Neisendorf is looking to become the first girl in school history to advance to the state meet four times and is one of the leaders of a G-K team that has moved up to Class 2A.

JUMPING FOR HISTORY Neisendorf looking to become G-K’s 1st 4-time state qualifier

By ROSS JACOBSON

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hree years ago, Danielle Neisendorf was the inexperienced freshman at the Class 1A state meet.

Qualifying in the high jump, Neisendorf made the trip with four upperclassmen, taking in the atmosphere in CharlesInside ton and learning from her Team preview veteran teammates.

After two additional capsules on state appearances as a Page B3. sophomore and junior, Neisendorf now is looking to become the first girl in school history to advance to the state meet four times and is one of the leaders of a G-K team that’s moved up to 2A. “Even at just regular meets, a lot

Tourney scoreboard EAST REGIONAL Butler 68, Bucknell 56 Marquette 59, Davidson 58 California 64, UNLV 61 Syracuse vs. Montana (n) WEST REGIONAL Wichita St. 73, Pittsburgh 55 Gonzaga 64, Southern 58 Arizona 81, Belmont 64 New Mexico vs. Harvard (n) SOUTH REGIONAL Michigan 71, South Dakota St. 56 VCU 88, Akron 42 MIDWEST REGIONAL Louisville 79, N.C. A&T 48 Colorado St. 84, Missouri 72 Michigan St. 65, Valparaiso 54 Memphis 54, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 52 Saint Louis 64, New Mexico St. 44 Oregon 68, Oklahoma St. 55

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of people ask me questions about high jump and you just come to expect what happens at every meet,” Neisendorf said. “You get to know the people from each team who run it and the different girls who you jump with.”

Neisendorf’s annual journey to high school track’s final weekend has been anything but ordinary. As a freshman, she came down with a bout of food poisoning the night before the prelims and failed to make the finals. More adversi-

NO. 7 ILLINOIS VS. NO. 12 COLORADO, 3:30 P.M. TODAY

Buffs team on the rise?

By JIM VERTUNO The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas – For 50 years, Colorado usually could be dismissed as a program floating around the backwaters of college basketball.

Since coach Tad Boyle arrived in 2010, Colorado sure looks like a program on the rise.

Boyle has led Colorado to the NCAA tournament in consecutive seasons for the first time since 1962-63, and the No. 12seed Buffs (21-11) are a trendy early-round upset pick when they face No. 7 Illinois (22-12) today in the East Regional.

“We’re the pretty girl right

now,” Colorado forward Spencer Dinwiddie said Thursday.

“Everybody wants to pick us.”

Colorado wouldn’t have been anyone’s pick until Boyle arrived from Northern Colorado. Since then, the Buffaloes have averaged 23 wins. Last season they stormed through the Pac-12 tournament to win an automatic bid to the NCAA tournament, then snagged an opening-round win over UNLV. Energized by that experience, Colorado earned an at-large bid to this season’s NCAA tournament after a solid 10-8 finish in the Pac-12.

See ILLINI, page B2

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Illinois coach John Groce gives direction during practice Thursday for a second-round game in the NCAA tournament in Austin, Texas. Illinois is scheduled to play Colorado this afternoon.

SPORTS

Page B2 • Friday, March 22, 2013

8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE SATURDAY Baseball St. Edward at Hinckley-Big Rock, 10 a.m., noon Girls Soccer Freeport at DeKalb, 11:30 a.m.

Girls Badminton DeKalb at Glenbard East Ram Invite, 9 a.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS Jefferson earns NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship DeKALB – Northern Illinois senior and former Huskies football player Nabal Jefferson has been awarded an NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship worth $7,500, the NCAA announced this week.

The NCAA presents 174 postgraduate scholarships each year to deserving senior student-athletes across all divisions and all sports. Student-athletes must excel academically, with a GPA of 3.2 or higher, and athletically, and plan to pursue graduate study to be nominated for the scholarship.

“I am extremely thankful,” Jefferson said. “There are so many people at Northern Illinois who have helped me and I’ll never forget what NIU has done for me. It has been a blessing.”

Volleyball player Kristin Hoffman was a 2011 recipient of the award.

Former Bears receiver Harlon Hill dies at 80 FLORENCE, Ala. – Harlon Hill, the former star receiver for the Bears whose name adorns the NCAA Division II player of the year trophy, has died. He was 80.

Jeff Hodges, chairman of the National Harlon Hill Award Committee, said Hill died Thursday at Eliza Coffee Memorial Hospital in Florence after a lengthy illness.

Hill, who attended North Alabama, was the NFL rookie of the year in 1954 after being drafted in the 15th round by the Bears, and became the first winner of the Jim Thorpe Trophy as the NFL’s most valuable player in 1955. In nine seasons with the Bears, Pittsburgh Steelers and Detroit Lions, he had 233 receptions for 4,717 yards and 40 touchdowns. He averaged 20.2 yards per catch.

The Harlon Hill Trophy has been presented in Florence for the past 27 years on the eve of the Division II championship game.

Bears FB Evan Rodriguez arrested in Miami MIAMI – Bears fullback Evan Rodriguez was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer early Thursday in Miami.

The 24-year-old was being held in the Miami-Dade County Jail on $1,500 bail after being booked at 5:32 a.m.

Feldman, Cubs lose to Dodgers TUCSON, Ariz. – Alex Castellanos hit his fourth spring homer, a three-run drive against Cubs pitcher Scott Feldman, in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 5-4 victory Thursday.

Feldman was making his third appearance in spring since leaving Texas and signing with the Cubs. Feldman allowed four runs and seven hits and struck out five in five innings.

“I feel pretty good with three of my four pitches,” said Feldman, who is scheduled to pitch the fourth game of the regular season on April 6 in Atlanta. “My changeup is one that I haven’t thrown enough this spring.”

Sale goes 7 innings, White Sox beat Brewers GLENDALE, Ariz. – For White Sox left-hander Chris Sale, it was nice to turn around and see the team’s top outfielders standing behind him.

With center fielder Alejandro De Aza and right fielder Alex Rios back from the World Baseball Classic, the Sox were close to full strength in their 8-3 victory over the Milwaukee Brewers onThursday.

– From staff, wire reports

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NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT ROUNDUP

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Marquette escapes Davidson Pac-12 tournament by beating fifth-seeded Oklahoma.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS LEXINGTON, Ky. – Vander Blue’s layup with one second left capped Marquette’s rally from a nine-point deficit and gave the third-seeded Golden Eagles a 59-58 victory over Davidson on Thursday in the NCAA tournament.

Blue and Jamil Wilson made consecutive 3-pointers to bring Marquette (24-8) within 58-57 with 11 seconds left. The Golden Eagles then caught a huge break when De’Mon Brooks’ long inbounds pass went out of bounds at midcourt with 5.5 seconds left, providing another opportunity.

Jake Cohen’s 20 points led Davidson (26-8), who seemed in control leading 49-40 with 6½ minutes left.

Butler 68: Bucknell 56: At Lexington, Ky., Andrew Smith had a double-double including a career-high 16 rebounds, Roosevelt Jones added 14 points and Butler made its free throws down the stretch to hold off upset-minded Bucknell.

After trailing for most of the game, 11th-seeded Bucknell got back into it with a 19-2 second-half run. But after Joe Willman’s jumper cut Butler’s lead to 43-42 with 6:56 left, the Bison (28-6) went almost five minutes without scoring. Butler went 18-of-20 at the line in the last 4:43.

California 64, UNLV 61: At San Jose, Calif., Allen Crabbe had 19 points and nine rebounds, reserve Robert Thurman scored all 12 of his points on dunks and 12th-seeded California held off UNLV. Buoyed by the crowd support of a strong contingent so close to Berkeley, the Golden Bears (21-11) held the Runnin’

WEST REGIONAL Gonzaga 64, Southern 58: At Salt Lake City, a March Madness warm-up turned into a great escape for Gonzaga.

The Zags got pushed to the limit by Southern, pulling out a victory in the closing minutes to avoid becoming the first No. 1 seed to lose to a 16 in the NCAA tournament.

Kelly Olynyk led the Zags (32-2) with 21 points. They play No. 9 Wichita State on Saturday.

Wichita St. 73, Pittsburgh 55:

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Davidson forward Jake Cohen walks off the court after Davidson’s 5958 loss to Marquette in a second-round NCAA men’s basketball tournament game Thursday in Lexington, Ky. Rebels (25-10) without a basket for more than 11 minutes in the second half. Cal turned a tie game into a nine-point lead during that stretch and withstood a late UNLV push for its first tournament win since 2010.

rick Nix had 23 points and a career-high 15 rebounds to help power third-seeded Michigan State past the 14th-seeded Crusaders in the Midwest Regional.

Memphis 54, St. Mary’s (Calif.) 52: At Auburn Hills, Mich., Matthew Dellavedova’s 3-point-

er from the right wing missed MIDWEST REGIONAL Louisville 79, North Carolina everything as time expired, A&T 48: At Lexington, Ky., Russ allowing sixth-seeded MemSmith scored 23 points and set a Louisville NCAA tournament record with a career-high eight steals, and Peyton Siva had eight assists as the Cardinals demolished North Carolina A&T. Louisville finished with a season-high 20 steals as it forced the Aggies (20-17) into 27 turnovers. It was the 11th straight win for the Cardinals (30-5), who will play Colorado State on Saturday.

phis to hold on for a win over 11th-seeded Saint Mary’s.

At Salt Lake City, Malcolm Armstead scored 22 points, Cleanthony Early added 21 and ninth-seeded Wichita State ousted Pittsburgh.

Freshman Steven Adams led Pitt (24-9) with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Arizona 81, Belmont 64: At Salt Lake City, Mark Lyons scored 23 points and sixth-seeded Arizona rolled past Belmont.

The Wildcats (26-7) used their huge size advantage to shut down the Bruins (26-7), who are 0-6 in tourney games.

Arizona held a 44-18 edge on the boards, outscored Belmont 36-18 in the paint, blocked five shots and outshot the Bruins from 3-point range.

Saint Louis 64, New Mexico St. 44: At San Jose, Calif., Dwayne SOUTH REGIONAL Evans scored 24 points, Cody Michigan 71, South Dakota 56: Ellis added 12 points and fourth-seeded Saint Louis overwhelmed New Mexico State in the Midwest Regional.

Oregon 68, Oklahoma St. 55: At San Jose, Calif., Dam-

yean Dotson scored 17 points and Arsalan Kazemi added 11 points and 17 rebounds to Michigan St. 65, Valparaiso 54: help 12th-seeded Oregon exAt Auburn Hills, Mich., Der- tend a run that began in the

At Auburn Hills, Mich., Glenn Robinson III scored 21 points and Mitch McGary added 13 points and nine rebounds, helping fourth-seeded Michigan overcome a rough night for star Trey Burke.

Michigan (27-7) advanced anyway behind Robinson, McGary and Tim Hardaway Jr., who scored 21 points.

Tough Big Ten schedule has Illini primed for tourney • ILLINI

Continued from page B1 Everything, Dinwiddie said, is going just like Boyle promised.

“When coach was recruiting me, he talked about wanting to build Colorado into a perennial Top 25 program. I think you see the strides that we’re making toward that,” Dinwiddie said. “And we are just going to get better.”

Boyle, a former Kansas player, is building Colorado’s foundation on players such as Dinwiddie, a forward from California who led the team in scoring, and Texan Andre Roberson, the Pac-12 defensive player of the year who ranks second nationally in rebounds with 11.3 a game.

Roberson grew up in San Antonio, about 75 miles south

of Austin, and was passed over by the major programs in the Lone Star State until he already had decided to take his game to the Rocky Mountains.

“I was kind of a late bloomer.

The Texas schools didn’t come in until late,” Roberson said. “I took it as a sign of disrespect.”

For Boyle, attracting talent like Roberson and Dinwiddie took making a hard sell on what Colorado could be, not what it had been. Colorado had been to the NCAA tournament only10 times between 1940 and 2011.

Comparing basketball pedigrees with Illinois isn’t even close. The Illini have been to the NCAA tournament 30 times, 11 since 2000. Illinois missed last season’s tournament but returns with a senior-laden lineup under first-year coach John Groce.

The Illini burst through a 12-0 start that included winning the Maui Invitational and a win over Gonzaga, the team that entered the NCAA tournament at the top seed in the West Region and ranked No. 1.

The schedule got much tougher when the Big Ten season started in January. After a 2-7 start in league play, Illinois rallied to an 8-10 finish and enter the NCAA tournament having lost three of its past four games.

The slide brought out a lot of “doubters and haters,” Groce said. “They stayed the course. I appreciate the way they fought.”

With that kind of up-anddown season, Illinois players displayed little of the positive energy Colorado did during the teams’ pregame NCAA news conferences Thursday.

Dinwiddie talked about the momentum surrounding the Colorado program and the chase to “win it all.” Illinois guard D.J. Richardson noted today’s game “could possibly be our last” and the team wants to “come out and fight and have fun.”

While that could come across as a sense of doom from the Illini, it also could be a quiet confidence from a team that had to slug its way through the nation’s toughest conference to get here.

“We know we can play with anybody in this tournament,” Illinois forward Tyler Griffey said. “We have had some big moments and big games and big wins, but we have had some low points, too. I think we have learned from all of those experiences and we are going to use them to our advantage.”

NCAA MEN’S BASKETBALL TOURNAMENT FIRST ROUND At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio Tuesday N.C. A&T 73, Liberty 72 Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 67, Middle Tennessee 54

EAST REGIONAL SECOND ROUND Thursday at Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Butler 68, Bucknell 56 Marquette 59, Davidson 58 At HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

California 64, UNLV 61 Syracuse vs. Montana (n) Today At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio N.C. State (24-10) vs. Temple (23-9), 12:40 p.m.

Indiana (27-6) vs. James Madison, 30 minutes following At The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas Miami (27-6) vs. Pacific (22-12), 1:10 p.m.

Illinois (22-12) vs. Colorado (21-11), 30 minutes following THIRD ROUND Saturday At Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Marquette vs. Butler At HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

Syracuse-Montana winner vs. California Sunday At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio Indiana-James Madison winner vs. N.C. State-Temple winner At The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas Miami-Pacific winner vs. Illinois-Colorado winner REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Thursday, March 28 At The Verizon Center in Washington Indiana-James Madison-N.C. State-Temple winner vs. Syracuse-Montana-UNLV-California winner Miami-Pacific-Illinois-Colorado winner vs. Marquette-Davidson-Butler-Bucknell winner REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday, March 30 Semifinal winners

Wednesday James Madison 68, LIU Brooklyn 55 La Salle 80, Boise State 71

SOUTH REGIONAL

MIDWEST REGIONAL

SECOND ROUND Thursday at The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan 71, South Dakota State 56 VCU 88, Akron 42 Today At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Georgetown (25-6) vs. Florida Gulf Coast (24-10), 5:50 p.m.

San Diego State (22-10) vs. Oklahoma (20-11), 30 minutes following At The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. North Carolina (24-10) vs. Villanova (20-13), 6:20 p.m.

Kansas (29-5) vs. Western Kentucky (20-15), 30 minutes following At The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas Florida (26-7) vs. Northwestern State (23-8), 6:27 p.m.

UCLA (25-9) vs. Minnesota (20-12), 30 minutes following

SECOND ROUND Thursday At Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Louisville 79, North Carolina A&T 48 Colorado State 84, Missouri 72 At The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan State 65, Valparaiso 54 Memphis 54, Saint Mary’s (Calif.) 52 At HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

Saint Louis 64, New Mexico State 44 Oregon 68, Oklahoma State 55 Today At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Duke (27-5) vs. Albany (N.Y.) (24-10), 11:15 a.m.

Creighton (27-7) vs. Cincinnati (22-11), 30 minutes following

THIRD ROUND Saturday At The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan vs. VCU Sunday, March 24 At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Georgetown-Florida Gulf Coast winner vs. San Diego State-Oklahoma winner At The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas-Western Kentucky winner vs. North Carolina-Villanova winner At The Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas Florida-Northwestern State winner vs. UCLA-Minnesota winner REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Friday, March 29 At Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas Kansas-Western Kentucky-North Carolina-Villanova winner vs. Michigan-South Dakota State-VCUAkron winner Georgetown-Florida Gulf Coast-San Diego State-Oklahoma winner vs. Florida-Northwestern State-UCLA-Minnesota winner

THIRD ROUND Saturday At Rupp Arena in Lexington, Ky. Louisville vs. Colorado State At The Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Mich.

Michigan State vs. Memphis At HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif.

Saint Louis vs. Oregon Sunday, March 24 At Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia Duke-Albany (N.Y.) winner vs. Creighton-Cincinnati winner REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Friday, March 29 At Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis Louisville-N.C. A&T-Colorado State-Missouri winner vs. Saint Louis-New Mexico State-Oklahoma State-Oregon winner Duke-Albany (N.Y.)-Creighton-Cincinnati winner vs. Michigan State-Valparaiso-Memphis-Saint Mary’s (Cal) winner REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, March 31 Semifinal winners

REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Sunday, March 31 Semifinal winners

FINAL FOUR NATIONAL SEMIFINALS At The Georgia Dome in Atlanta Saturday, April 6 Midwest champion vs. West champion, 5 or 7:30 p.m.

South champion vs. East champion, 5 or 7:30 p.m.

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP At The Georgia Dome in Atlanta Monday, April 8 Semifinal winners, 8 p.m.

WEST REGIONAL SECOND ROUND Thursday At EnergySolutions Arena at Salt Lake City Wichita State 73, Pittsburgh 55 Gonzaga 64, Southern 58 Arizona 81, Belmont 64 New Mexico vs. Harvard (n) Today At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio Ohio State (26-7) vs. Iona (20-13), 6:15 p.m.

Notre Dame (25-9) vs. Iowa State (22-11), 30 minutes following At The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Wisconsin (23-11) vs. Mississippi (26-8), 11:40 a.m.

Kansas State (27-7) vs. La Salle, 30 minutes following THIRD ROUND Saturday At EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City Gonzaga vs. Wichita State New Mexico-Harvard winner vs. Arizona Sunday At UD Arena in Dayton, Ohio Ohio State-Iona winner vs. Notre Dame-Iowa State winner At The Sprint Center in Kansas City, Mo. Kansas State-La Salle winner vs. Wisconsin-Mississippi winner REGIONAL SEMIFINALS Thursday, March 28 At The Staples Center in Los Angeles Gonzaga-Southern-Pittsburgh-Wichita State winner vs. Kansas State-La Salle-Wisconsin-Mississippi winner New Mexico-Harvard-Arizona-Belmont winner vs.

Ohio State-Iona-Notre Dame-Iowa State winner REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday, March 30 Semifinal winners

EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct x-Indiana 42 26 .618 Chicago 36 31 .537 Milwaukee 34 33 .507 Detroit 23 46 .333 Cleveland 22 46 .324 Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 40 26 .606 Brooklyn 40 28 .588 Boston 36 31 .537 Philadelphia 26 41 .388 Toronto 26 42 .382 Southeast Division W L Pct y-Miami 53 14 .791 Atlanta 38 30 .559 Washington 24 43 .358 Orlando 18 51 .261 Charlotte 16 52 .235

GB — 5½ 7½ 19½ 20 GB — 1 4½ 14½ 15 GB — 15½ 29 36 37½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct x-San Antonio 52 16 .765 Memphis 46 21 .687 Houston 37 31 .544 Dallas 32 36 .471 New Orleans 23 46 .333 Northwest Division W L Pct x-Oklahoma City 50 19 .725 Denver 47 22 .681 Utah 34 34 .500 Portland 32 36 .471 Minnesota 23 42 .354 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 47 22 .681 Golden State 39 31 .557 L.A. Lakers 36 33 .522 Sacramento 24 44 .353 Phoenix 23 46 .333 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division

GB — 5½ 15 20 29½ GB — 3 15½ 17½ 25 GB — 8½ 11 22½ 24

Wednesday’s Results Portland 99, Bulls 89 Philadelphia at Denver (n) Minnesota at Sacramento (n) Today’s Games New York at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Portland at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Houston, 7 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Boston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

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

Minnesota at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games Indiana at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Toronto at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at Denver, 8 p.m.

Washington at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Blackhawks 30 24 3 3 51 102 66 St. Louis 29 16 11 2 34 87 83 Detroit 30 14 11 5 33 80 79 Columbus 30 12 12 6 30 68 79 Nashville 31 12 13 6 30 75 84 Northwest Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Minnesota 29 17 10 2 36 77 71 Vancouver 29 14 9 6 34 81 82 Edmonton 29 11 11 7 29 72 85 Calgary 28 11 13 4 26 81 96 Colorado 29 11 14 4 26 75 92 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 29 22 3 4 48 99 71 Los Angeles 29 17 10 2 36 88 73 San Jose 29 13 10 6 32 71 77 Phoenix 30 13 13 4 30 79 85 Dallas 29 13 13 3 29 76 88

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 31 23 8 0 46 110 81 New Jersey 31 14 11 6 34 78 85 N.Y. Rangers 30 15 13 2 32 71 73 N.Y. Islanders 30 13 14 3 29 88 101 Philadelphia 30 13 16 1 27 81 92 Northeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 30 20 5 5 45 97 75 Boston 29 20 6 3 43 84 61 Ottawa 31 16 9 6 38 78 67 Toronto 31 16 12 3 35 94 90 Buffalo 31 12 15 4 28 84 99 Southeast Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Winnipeg 31 16 13 2 34 80 90 Carolina 30 15 13 2 32 85 86 Tampa Bay 30 13 16 1 27 98 90 Washington 30 13 16 1 27 83 87 Florida 31 9 16 6 24 77 111 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss.

Thursday’s Results Buffalo 5, Toronto 4 (SO) Montreal 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 Florida 3, N.Y. Rangers 1 New Jersey 4, Carolina 1 Boston 2, Ottawa 1 Washington 4, Winnipeg 0 Nashville 5, Calgary 3 Vancouver at Phoenix (n) Dallas at Los Angeles (n) Today’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Calgary at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Washington at Winnipeg, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Tampa Bay at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

San Jose at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Vancouver at Los Angeles, 3 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Florida at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Colorado at Dallas, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Results Anaheim 4, Blackhawks 2 San Jose 4, Edmonton 3 (SO) Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 2 Minnesota 4, Detroit 2 Colorado 4, Dallas 3

MLB SPRING TRAINING Thursday’s Results White Sox 8, Milwaukee 3 L.A. Dodgers 5, Cubs (ss) 4 Cubs (ss) vs. Seattle (n) Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 St. Louis 3, N.Y. Mets 2 Oakland 10, Cincinnati 9 Cleveland 5, Arizona 4 Houston 7, Detroit 2 Atlanta 4, Washington 3 Boston 6, Philadelphia 1 Baltimore 0, Pittsburgh 0 (10 inn.)

Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 L.A. Angels vs. Texas (n) Colorado vs. San Francisco (n) Today’s Games Cubs vs. Milwaukee, 3:05 p.m.

White Sox vs. Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Tampa Bay (ss), 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (ss) vs. Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.

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

St. Louis vs. Houston, 12:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Minnesota, 12:05 p.m.

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

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

Kansas City vs. L.A. Angels, 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. L.A. Dodgers, 3:05 p.m.

Colorado (ss) vs. Texas, 3:05 p.m.

San Francisco vs. Colorado (ss), 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets vs. Miami, 6:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Cleveland, 9:05 p.m.

Seattle vs. San Diego, 9:05 p.m.

SPORTS

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BLAZERS 99, BULLS 89

Blazers complete season sweep The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – LaMarcus Aldridge scored 28 points, Damian Lillard added 24 and the Portland Trail Blazers completed a season sweep of the Bulls with a 99-89 victory Thursday night.

Portland improved to 10-25 on the road to take the season series with the Bulls for the first time since the 2008-09 season. The Blazers beat the Bulls, 102-94, on Nov. 18 in their other meeting this season.

Joakim Noah had 18 points and Carlos Boozer added 16 points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who shot 44 percent.

J.J. Hickson grabbed 21 rebounds for Portland, which held a 45-41 rebounding advantage.

The Bulls led 21-20 after the first quarter, but Portland scored the first 14 points of the second quarter and outscored the Bulls

Next vs. Indiana, 7 p.m. Saturday, WGN, AM-1000 32-16 in the period to take a 5237 lead at halftime. Aldridge led Portland with 16 points at the break and Lillard had 13.

Portland extended its lead to 28 in the third quarter before the Bulls made a late charge, outscoring the Trail Blazers 36-19 in the final quarter. Jimmy Butler scored 10 of his 12 points in the fourth quarter to help the Bulls get within 10 points with less than 34 seconds left.

The injury-plagued Bulls got Kirk Hinrich and Taj Gibson back. Hinrich started at point guard after missing seven games with a sore right foot. Gibson, a reserve, also returned after miss-

ing 10 games with a sprained MCL in his left knee.

Hinrich struggled, shooting 1 of 7 from the field for two points.

He scored his first points on a layup with less than five minutes left in the third quarter. Gibson was 7 of 14 for 14 points.

The Blazers shot 49 percent from the field and went 10 of 21 from 3-point range, led by Lillard’s four 3-pointers. Nicolas Batum and Wesley Matthews each hit three 3-pointers.

Portland has beaten the Bulls in four straight meetings and won nine of its past 11 against the Bulls.

The Blazers had lost 14 of their past 16 road games before Thursday.

The Bulls fell to 3-6 in March, while Portland improved to 6-5 this month.

Aldridge grabbed eight rebounds to fall short of his sixth consecutive double-double. The Western Conference Player of the

GIRLS TRACK & FIELD TEAM PREVIEW CAPSULES 1A state meet in high jump.

Key returners: Kyler, so., high jump; EmCoach: Carolyn Smrz (13th season) ily Schilling, so., distance; 2012 accomplishments: DeKalb finished Ariel Russell, sr., long jump; third in its sectional and had three girls Kate Thuestad, sr., throws qualify for the state meet, including Impact newcomers: Jasmine Brown and Kelsey Schrader, who Alex Van Whye, fr., hurdles qualified in two events each.

Outlook: Indian Creek got a nice surprise Key returners: Brown, sr., jumps; Schrader, jr., distance; Stephanie last season when Kyler, only a freshman, Milroy, sr., jumps; Monica cleared 5-4 to qualify in the high jump.

Bell said the Timberwolves have a good York, jr., distance; Aslim Nachman, jr., sprints; Kara number of girls out for the team. There are a few holes, but Indian Creek should have Alvarez, so., high jump/ good depth in numerous events. sprints Bell’s take: “It looks to be a pretty good Impact newcomers: Savannah Long, fr., season for us, and if all goes well, we could hurdles/pole vault; Courtney Patrick, sr. send a handful of girls to state.”

Outlook: Brown should be one of the state’s top jumpers in both the long jump KANELAND and triple jump and will look to improve Coach: Doug Ecker (fourth year) upon her top-10 finishes at state last 2012 accomplishments: Kaneland took season. Schrader, who won the Northern Illinois Big 12 cross country title, will be one fourth place as a team in a sectional and qualified two relays and three athletes of the area’s strongest distance runners.

DeKalb has a lot of returning athletes in a for the state meet, with two individuals number of events and Smrz said they have advancing to Saturday’s finals.

Key returners: Sydney Strang, jr., 800; 50-plus girls on the roster.

Lauren Zick, jr., 400; Amanda Smrz’s take: “We’ve got a bunch of girls Lesak, sr.; Maggie Brundige, from girls basketball. A couple of them are sr.; Jessica Kucera, so.; great leaders for us. We’re really excited Kaltrina Ismaili, so.; Ashley for that.”

Castellanos, sr., triple jump/ sprinter GENOA-KINGSTON Impact newcomers: Victoria Clinton, so., Coach: Barry Schmidt (13th season) distance; Brianna Bower, fr., distance; Allie 2012 accomplishments: Danielle Neisendorf placed seventh in the high jump Heinzer, fr., sprints; Olivia Galor, fr., sprints; Elle Tattoni, so., throws at state.

Outlook: Strang took 11th at state in the Key returners: Neisendorf, sr., high jump/ sprints/pole vault; Brianna 800 and Zick made it down state in the 400. The 4x800 and 4x400 relay teams Kramer, jr., hurdles/ sprints; Renae Kurpius, sr., return from last season, meaning Kaneland should possess a number of quality athletes distance; Vanessa Garza, throughout the running events. sr., jumps/sprints The Knights also will get a boost from Impact newcomers: Carly Fischer, Clinton, who won the Class 2A cross counfr., throws; Briana Campbell, fr., middle try championship in the fall. distance Ecker’s take: “We actually go five or six Outlook: G-K will continue as a Class 2A deep in quality sprinters. In the past, we school and it will be tough for the Cogs to haven’t been able to do that. We don’t have compete in the Big Northern Conference. a whole lot of depth in the field events, but Schmidt likely will rely on a couple of girls we have some individuals scattered around to score points in multiple events for G-K. those events.”

Schmidt’s take: “We have a core group of veterans to provide leadership to the rest SYCAMORE of the team who are very inexperienced.

Coach: Joe McCormick Our sectional is tough once again, with 2012 accomplishments: The Spartans’ many quality programs who place many 4x800 and 4x100 made it to state while athletes at state.” senior Lake Kwaza took second in the 100.

Key returners: Maggie Lalowski, jr., HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK distance; Stephanie Cole, Coach: Greg Burks (12th season) jr., distance; Morgan MorKey returners: Beth Klein, sr., high jump, 400; Kristen Clark, jr., middle reale, jr., distance; Lilia Eddistance; Katie Hoffman, jr., wards, so., hurdles/jumps; middle distance, 300 hurdles; Brianna Iwans, jr., 400; Emily Clark, so., distance Sarah Grant, jr., throws Impact newcomers: Impact newcomers: Paige Wogen, Bridgette Edmeier, sr.; Lexy Seierstad, sr.; so., jumps/sprints; Alyssa Feuerbach, fr., Courtney Carls, fr.; Andrea Curry, fr.; Madi- throws son Davies, fr.; Madison Kibling, fr.; Sophia Outlook: Sycamore lost Kwaza to graduPeters, fr. ation, but hopes to make up her points with Burks’ take: “We have a hard working a strong corps of sophomores and juniors. core of four returners and some new faces Edwards already has put up impressive to mix in this year also.” marks in the triple jump and Sycamore returns a nice complement of distance INDIAN CREEK runners.

Coach: Dane Bell (ninth season) McCormick’s take: “I’m pretty excited 2012 accomplishments: Kalia Foster about the jumps. Our field events are probset numerous school records in distance ably going to be our strongest events.” events and Chantel Kyler qualified for Class – Ross Jacobson, rjacobson@shawmedia.com

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Senior aims to set pole vault mark • NEISENDORF Continued from page B1 “It is really nice to do that, put her in different things,” G-K coach Barry Schmidt said. “She scores really high when that quad’s able to hold up.”

Everything seems to hinge on Neisendorf’s quad. Over the summer season she managed to stay healthy and posted a mark of 10-6 in the pole vault, well past the state qualifying mark of 9-9. She goes to therapy

twice a week and constantly is monitoring how her leg is holding up.

Neisendorf hopes to finally go through a season healthy and without adversity. If it happens, several milestones might be up for grabs.

“For pole vault, I’d like to break the school record, which is 9-9,” Neisendorf said. “I’d really like to get that as well as get 5-6 for high jump, and I’m really close to the 400 record for the school, as well. Hopefully all three are my goals for the season, but we’ll see.”

Week had averaged 26.8 points and 12.2 rebounds in his past five games.

While the Bulls got Hinrich and Gibson back from injuries, Derrick Rose remains out. Rose said during Thursday’s shootaround that he isn’t sure when he’ll return from his knee injury. The former MVP point guard sounded like he might miss the entire season and said he’s experiencing some soreness in his surgically repaired left knee. He had ACL surgery in May. Rose said he hasn’t experienced any setbacks in his recovery.

“Nothing has changed,” Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said. “Go day to day. He continues to get better.”

Notes: Thibodeau said reserve AP photo guard Richard Hamilton’s sore back is not clearing up and the Trail Blazers forward J.J. Hickson looks to the basket as Bulls Bulls have to remain patient. Ham- forward Taj Gibson defends during the first half of Thursday ilton hasn’t played since Feb. 26. night’s game at the United Center. The Bulls lost, 99-89.

PREP FOOTBALL

Bill to limit contact in practice loses again

By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com Drew Potthoff isn’t opposed to limits being put on how much football players hit one another.

But if there are going to be restrictions, Potthoff – who won a Class 1A state football championship at South Beloit in 2002 – would prefer they come based on the opinion of coaches rather than lawmakers.

For the second straight day, a commitee of legislators came to the same conclusion.

The state’s Elementary and Secondary Education committee voted Rep. Carol Sente’s House Bill 1205 down, 8-5, Thursday in Springfield. The same measure was voted down 6-5 on Wednesday. The bill sought to limit full-contact drills to two days a week and prohibit the practice all together during the offseason and summer.

Under the bill, coaches also would be required to complete an online concussion training program.

Potthoff, now the athletic director at Faith Lutheran, was among those asked by IHSA Executive Director Marty Hickman to testify before the committee Thursday. Potthoff said Thursday afternoon that while he appreciated Sente’s concerns over players’ safety, he said mandating football legally wasn’t the right approach.

“That’s going to complicate things,” Potthoff said. “There’s a lot of questions that need to be answered about what is contact and what kind of contact you’re talking about.”

Hickman was among those to speak at Thursday’s hearing. Like Potthoff, he applauds Sente’s efforts to keep the head injury issue at the forefront of discussions. But Hickman said he was glad to see lawmakers electing not to get involved.

The IHSA will host a meeting April 17 in Bloomington to address concerns not only with head injuries, but also with climatization issues, including heat concerns during the summer.

Hickman said the IHSA’s medical committee, football advisory committee and athletic advisory committee will be part of the discussion that will seek to address answers to the questions raised by Sente in House Bill 1205.

Throughout the discussion stages of her proposed bill, Sente said she respected the work the IHSA had done.

She said putting limitations into a law was more for coaches who weren’t doing all they could to ensure player safety. Hickman was glad to see the subject remain under the IHSA’s juristiction.

“IHSA plays an important role in these kind of situations and I think [lawmakers] understood that we have a plan to address [Sente’s] concerns,” Hickman said in a phone interview Thursday.

Future on Rose’s mind • BULLS Continued from page B1 dunk with confidence off his left foot. All that fueled the idea that the team and its star were not on the same page, although Rose has said there is no rift.

He also has his teammates’ support.

“It’s big,” Rose said. “When I got my teammates behind me and they see how hard I’m pushing in practice and I’m seeing how hard they’re fighting for me on the court, it makes me want to go harder. It makes me want to be out there more too. But you have to look at the big picture.”

That would be what’s best in the long run.

The Bulls have struggled of late and entered Thursday sixth in the Eastern Conference at 36-30. Time would appear to be running out for a return, but Rose doesn’t see it that way.

That could be because he’s been operating with the same idea since he went down – he’ll come back whenever he’s ready. Asked how badly he wants to play, Rose said, “Bad.” “But knowing that my health is the biggest key, where I’m only 24 years old, I got the whole future in front of me I’m just trying to take my time,” he said.

Korcek: Timing perfect for ‘NIU Football’ release • KORCEK’S CORNER Continued from page B1 First, kudos to NIU Media Services – particularly ace sports photographer Scott Walstrom, Jay Orbik and Don Butler – and the Regional History Center for the glimpses into our Huskies’ gridiron past. Credit also must go to retired cameraman Keith Lowman and Barry Stark, who took most of those early Division I era shots.

When intercollegiate athletics moved from Chick Evans Field House to the Convocation Center in summer 2002, the sports information office faced serious storage issues. We had thousands of color 35mm slides dating to the late 1960s and, thankfully, Lowman offered to store and catalogue them. Great foresight, Keith.

What was it like to wear the NIU uniform from the 1940s to the present? You can find out firsthand from Bob Brigham, Bob Heimerdinger, Jack Pheanis, Bork, Tom Beck, Kellar, Dave Petzke, Tyrrell, Todd Peat, Stacey Robinson, LeShon Johnson, Thomas Hammock, P. J. Fleck, Dan Sheldon, Larry English, Sam Hurd (yes, that Sam Hurd), etc. Since 2009, Verdun interviewed more than 50 former NIU student-athletes, ex-coaches, media types and, yes, yours truly.

Call the book an oral history or Huskies family album, but it’s a vertable Who’s Who of NIU football.

Originally set for release in 2012, the publication date for “NIU Football” was delayed until this month, which worked out fortuitously for Verdun, the NIU Press and most of all the readers, thanks to the sections added in January on the historic 12-2, Top 25 Orange Bowl campaign, Heisman Trophy candidate quarterback Jordan Lynch, new head coach Rod Carey and the

were a revelation (or two or three).

Nobody could kick off a football book better than Joe Novak and More online his four-page foreward. The final chapter, “Extra Points,” opens For all your Northern Illinois University several intriguing debates about sports coverage – including stories, the national origins of the homefeatures, scores, photos, videos, blogs and coming tradition and ours, NIU’s much more – log on to HuskieWire.com. best gridiron rivals, biggest victory (Maryland or Alabama?), and the penultimate question, what’s the Chessick Indoor Practice Center. greatest 11 in school history?

Is this the jock version of Earl If I have one criticism about W. Hayter’s “Education in Transithe book, there should be a section tion” – the history of NIU that was on Nangle’s contributions to the released in conjunction with the modern era of NIU football. He was university’s 75th anniversary in more than just an SID or former 1974, or William R. Monat’s “The Huskies basketball player. In the Achieving Institution: A Presidenmid-1960s when athletic director tial Perspective” published in 2001?

George “Chick” Evans began the Yes and no, I guess, but it does fill movement to the MAC and the the gap left when past proposed NCAA’s University Division, it was Huskies sports books failed to Nangle behind the scenes helping advance beyond the idea stage over Evans and Brigham make that tranthe years. sition. As executive sports editor of Coming off the Orange Bowl, the Toledo Blade (then the largest what better timing? and most influential media entity When he retired in 1984, Hall of in the MAC), Bud canvassed the Fame Sports Information Director various administrators at Miami, Bud Nangle was commissioned to Toledo, Bowling Green State, etc., write the history of NIU intercolabout NIU’s intentions and asked legiate athletics, but the project stalled once he moved to San Diego. what was needed for the Huskies to In the early 2000s, before we both gain admission, which eventually happened in 1973. retired, university archivist Glen Despite that omission and some Gildemeister and I flirted with the minor errors, “NIU Football” gets notion of a Huskies sports book as my highest recommendation. Five a companion to Glen’s popular and stars. highly successful “Castle on the Note: Verdun is scheduled to be Hill” publication. The bottom line for our “Victory in View: No budget, in the HASF tent before the April 13 controlled NIU scrimmage at Huskie no time and no book.

Stadium to autograph his book (posSo, I have much admiration for sibly with some notable Hall of Famwhat Verdun finally has accomers). The book also is available from plished with “NIU Football.” An Amazon.com and Wal-Mart.com.

Eastern Illinois grad with a master’s from NIU, the 47-year-old Ver• Mike Korcek is a former NIU dun lives and teaches language arts sports information director. His and geography in Naperville while historical perspective on NIU moonlighting as a sportswriter in athletics appears periodically in his past.

The stories are wonderful, funny the Daily Chronicle. Write to him and poignant. Many I knew. Others at sports@daily-chronicle.com.

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A group of members from Bethel Assembly of God in Sycamore lay brick for a new church in Nicaragua. Twenty members from the church made the mission trip from Feb. 22 to March 3.

Do Unto Others Sycamore church assists Nicaraguan congregation

By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com

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astor William Mills thought about purchasing a larger space for his quickly growing Sycamore church. Instead, he went to Nicaragua.

Mills, pastor of Bethel Assembly of God, recently returned from a mission trip to Nicaragua with 20 of his congregation members to help a local church build a new structure as the old worship place was not large enough to house people who would stand outside and listen and watch through the windows.

The inspiration for the trip, which lasted from Feb. 22 to March 3, came after Mills thought about how badly the Nicaraguan church was in need of expansion as he pondered his own church’s potential move to a new facility.

Mills had visited the Nicaraguan church two years ago with a youth group from Bethel Assembly of God and Glad Tidings Assembly of God in DeKalb.

“I thought let’s go do something for someone else before we think about ourselves,” Mills said. “It’s important to be part of something outside of yourself.”

For nine days, Mills and his group of church members left a part of themselves with the Nicaraguan church, sweating in 90-plus degree heat as they laid roughly 24,000 bricks, tied rebar, poured cement, loaded dirt, dug holes and performed any construction that needed to be done.

By the end of the trip, Mills said the church was about two-thirds done with the only the roof remaining as the last major project. He said the progress would not have been possible without the Nicaraguan church members who helped build and cook food for the workers.

“It was a really positive experience to see how our guys interacted and became friends with them. It was half us, half them,” Mills said. “Within the church, we consider them our brothers and sisters ... even though we may never see them again.”

Ryan O’Donnell, 34, decided to go on his first-ever mission trip with the group and was not disappointed.

O’Donnell said while he always hears about the struggles of other countries, it is impossible to fully understand without a firsthand experience.

Despite the difficult situation, O’Donnell said the Nicaraguan church members were always positive and their perseverance was evident as it took them 14 years to save

Kyle Butz (left) of Genoa and Jesse Ruiz of Sycamore were two of the members from Bethel Assembly of God who helped build a new church in Nicaragua. only several thousand dollars to purchase the land.

“Everybody down there is just happy and joyful for what they have even though they don’t have a whole lot,” O’Donnell said. “We were all there for the same purpose and same kind of spiritual purpose.”

With the trip over, Mills said his congregation is in the early planning stages of identifying a new home. He said the congregation has outgrown the existing building on 131 W. Elm St. But even as he has his eye on his church’s future, he said it would be important to embark on more mission

trips for the youth and adults. The plan would be to rotate which group serves on a designated trip every couple years.

The financial, material and spiritual support from the Bethel congregation during the Nicaragua trip showed Mills more missionaries were possible.

“Preaching is the presentation of information, but it’s not doing much if you don’t take it and do something with it,” he said. “God is not some white, European God. He is everywhere. It’s important to get outside that bubble.”

CHURCH BULLETIN

Page C2 • Friday, March 22, 2013 DEKALB Baptist Campus Ministry 449 Normal Road www.niu.edu/student_orgs/judson 815-756-2131 judson@niu.edu Pastors: Dwight and Rene Gorbold Bethlehem Lutheran (ELCA) 1915 N. First St. BethlehemDeKalb.org 815-758-3203 belcdekalb@comcast.net Pastors: Dan Wynard Worship schedule: 8:45 and 11 a.m. Sunday; 9:45 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10 a.m. Sunday school/ Rally Sunday; 10:10 a.m. adult Sunday forum Highlight of the week: Both Palm Sunday services will begin with a Procession and Blessing of Palms.

Holy Week will continue with Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Saturday Easter Vigil, all at 7 p.m. One Easter Festival Service will be held at 9:30 a.m.

Cathedral of Praise 1126 S. First St. www.dekalbcop.org 815-758-6557 ericwyzard@dekalbcop.org Pastor: Eric Wyzard Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Bible study Wednesday.

Christ Community Church (DeKalb Campus) 1600 E. Lincoln Highway www.ccclife.org 815-787-6161 Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday Church of Christ, Scientist 220 N. Third St. 815-787-3792 jocelyn.green2@frontier.com Pastors: King James Bible, “Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy The message: “Reality” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. church and Sunday school services; 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday testimony meetings Highlight of the week: The Christian Science Reading Room is open noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. The public is welcome to come in and browse.

Community of Christ 1200 S. Malta Road www.chicagomissioncenter.org 815-756-1963 roger@hintzsche.com Pastor: Roger Hintzsche Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Congregation Beth Shalom 820 Russell Road www.bethshalomdekalb.org 815-756-1010 info@bethshalomdekalb.org Rabbi: Maralee Gordon DeKalb Christian 1107 S. First St. www.forministry.com/USILCCACCDCC1 815-758-1833 tomndcc@aol.com Pastor: Tom J. Hughes Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school DeKalb Wesleyan 1115 S. Malta Road www.dekalbwesleyan.com 815-758-0673 Pastor: Dean Pierce Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evangelical Free 150 Bethany Road 815-756-8729 efreesd@comcast.net www.efreesd.com Pastor: Martin Jones, lead pastor; Paul Rogers, worship pastor; Gary Lisle, youth pastor; Terry Gin, children’s ministry director Worship schedule: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school Fellowship Baptist 129 E. Locust St. www.fbcofdekalb.com 815-517-8111 Pastor: Kevin D. Spears Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday school First Baptist 349 S. Third St. www.fbcdekalb.org 815-758-3973 churchinfo@fbcdekalb.org Pastor: Bob Edwards The message: Part 8 of Moving Toward the Cross, “Blessed is the King - Crucify Him!” with reading from Luke 19: 28-40 Worship schedule: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday; 9:45 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Maundy Thursday “Service of Shadows” at 7 p.m.

815-758-0691 congdek1@gmail.com Pastors: Joe Gastiger, Judy Harris The message: “It’s in the Details” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: 9:45 a.m. Sunday Donkey Procession from Rolfing Chapel; worship at 10 a.m. Sunday First Lutheran (ELCA) 324 N. Third St. www.firstlutherandekalb.org 815-758-0643 office@firstlutherandekalb.org Pastor: Janet Hunt Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; Cross Walk activities 10:20 a.m.

Sunday; 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday; 7 p.m. Good Friday Tenebrae; 7 p.m. Vigil of Easter March 30 Highlight of the week: The CrossWalk children will sing “Lord, I Lift Your Name on High” during the Palm Sunday procession of palm branches.

First United Methodist 321 Oak St. www.firstumc.net 815-756-6301 office@firstumc.net Pastors: Senior Pastor Jonathan Hutchison, Associate Pastor Brian Gilbert The message: “A Confession,” with reading from Mark 11:1-11 and Luke 23:1-49.

Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 11 a.m. Sunday contemporary SHINE service; 9 a.m. youth Sunday school and 9:15 a.m.

Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 8:45 a.m. Thursday Communion service Highlight of the week: Holy week services: Maundy Thursday at 8:45 a.m. and 7 p.m.; Good Friday at 7 p.m.; Easter Sunrise at 7 a.m. and Easter Festival worship at 9 a.m.

Easter breakfast will be served from 7:30 to 8:45 a.m.

Foursquare Church 210 Grove St. 815-756-9521 Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Glad Tidings Assembly of God 2325 N. First St. 815-758-4919 Pastor: W. Michael Massey Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: All ages family night is 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays Grace Free Lutheran 1121 S. First St. www.gracefreelutherandekalb.org 815-758-2531 Pastor: Michael Hodge Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Harvest Bible Chapel 2215 Bethany Road www.harvestdekalb.org 815-756-9020 Pastor: Jason Draper Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Hillcrest Covenant 1515 N. First St. www.hillcovch.org 815-756-5508 hillcrestcov@comcast.net Pastor: Steve Larson, Associate Pastor Jennifer Zerby Worship schedule: 10:45 a.m. worship; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Immanuel Lutheran 511 Russell Road www.immanueldekalb.org 815-756-6669, 815-756-6675 office@godwithusilc.org Pastors: Marty Marks, Ray Krueger Worship schedule: 8 a.m. Sunday traditional worship; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship Highlight of the week: Holy Week Schedule: 8 and 10:30 a.m. Palm Sunday; 7 p.m. Maundy Thursday with Holy Communion; 1 and 7 p.m.

Good Friday Tenebrae Kishwaukee Bible Church 355 N. Cross St. (Cornerstone Christian Academy) www.kishwaukeebiblechurch.org 815-754-4566 Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday New Hope Missionary Baptist 1201 Twombly Road www.newhopeofdekalb.org 815-756-7906 newhope@tbc.net Pastors: Leroy A. Mitchell, G. Joseph Mitchell Worship schedule: 7:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Wednesday, Bible study is at 6:30 p.m. and Youth Ministry is at 6 p.m.

Newman Catholic Student Center 512 Normal Road www.niunewman.org 815-787-7770 Pastor: Matthew McMorrow Worship schedule: 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 12:05 p.m. daily

First Church of the Nazarene 1051 S. Fourth St. 815-758-1588 secretary@dekalbnaz.com Pastor: Todd Holden Worship schedule: 10:40 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Blessing Well Food and Clothing Pantry is open from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesdays.

St. George Greek Orthodox 320 S. Second St. 815-758-5731 Pastor: John A. Artemas Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Orthos; 10 a.m. Sunday Divine Liturgy; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school

First Congregational 615 N. First St. www.uccdekalb.org

St. Mary Parish 321 Pine St. www.stmarydekalb.org

815-758-5432 frkenneth@stmarydekalb.org Pastor: Kenneth Anderson The message: “He relied on His Father’s love.”

Worship schedule: 8 a.m., 4:30 p.m.

Saturday; 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.

1:30 p.m. in Vietnamese and 4 p.m. in Spanish Sunday; 7 a.m. Monday through Wednesday; 7 p.m. multilingual Mass Holy Thursday, 8 p.m. to midnight Eucharistic Adoration; 8 a.m. morning prayer, 12:10 p.m. in English, 3 p.m. in Vietnamese and 7 p.m. in Spanish Good Friday, 5 p.m.

Stations of the Cross in Spanish; 4:30 p.m. March 30 Easter Vigil Highlight of the week: International Appeal envelopes for the Combined Appeals of the Universal Catholic Church can be returned in the Offertory collection.

St. Paul’s Episcopal 900 Normal Road www.stpaulsdekalb.org 815-756-4888 parishoffice@stpaulsdekalb.org Rector: Stacy Walker-Frontjes Worship schedule: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Highlight of the week: Maundy Thursday service at 6 p.m. March 28; Good Friday services at noon and 6 p.m. March 29; Easter Vigil at 6 p.m. March 30; Easter Sunday services at 8 and 10:30 a.m. March 31.

Seventh-day Adventist 300 E. Taylor St. 815-758-1388 Pastor: Carlos Peña Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Saturday; Sabbath school 9:30 a.m.

The Rock Christian Church 300 E. Taylor St. http://therockchristianchurch.com 815-758-3700 Pastor: Jerry Wright Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sundays.

Highlight of the week: For a ride to this growing, Bible-believing, nondenominational church, call 815-758-3700 or 815-748-5611.

Trinity Lutheran (LCMC) 303 S. Seventh St. 815-756-7374 www.trinitydekalb.com Pastor: Todd Peterson Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; contemporary worship on second and fourth Sunday each month Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 158 N. Fourth St. www.uufdekalb.org 815-756-7089 uufdchurchoffice@aol.com Pastor: Linda Slabon The message: “Oh what shall we do with our talents?”

Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: A Unitarian Universalist Ritual Meal Seder will be at 6 p.m. March 28. Recommended free-will donation of $10 per person.

Children 5 and younger eat free, older children eat for $5. RSVP by today to Terri or to the church office 815-7567089. Leaders Terri Mann-Lamb at 815-761-4545 and Kelly Thornburg at 815-994-3331.

United Pentecostal Church 1120 S. Seventh St. www.dekalbupc.com 815-901-0699 Pastor: Greg W. Davis and Maurice McDavid, assistant pastor Worship schedule: 10 a.m., 2 p.m.

(Spanish) and 6 p.m. Sundays; 6 p.m. Saturday (Spanish) Victory Baptist 1930 Sycamore Road VBC-DeKalb.org 815-756-6212 Victorlane5@frontier.com Pastor: Ngum Eric Mangek Worship schedule: 10:45 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Vida Nueva/New Life 316 N. Sixth St. vndekalb@frontier.com 815-787-7711 Pastor: Rodrigo Azofeifa Worship schedule: 12:30 p.m.

Domingo (Sunday) Vineyard Christian Fellowship Haish Gymnasium, 303 S. Ninth St. www.vineyarddekalb.org 815-748-8463 Pastor: Joe Holda Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Westminster Presbyterian 830 N. Annie Glidden Road www.westminsterpres.net 815-756-2905 westminsterpres@gmail.com Pastors: Blake Richter, Karen Kim The message: Cloaks and Leafy Branches Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Palm Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school

SYCAMORE Bethel Assembly of God 131 W. Elm St. www.bethelofsycamore.org 815-895-4740 Pastor: William Mills Worship schedule: 8 and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Christian Senior Ministries P.O. Box 479 815-895-6784 Deacon: Charles Ridulph Worship schedule: This nonde-

nominational outreach program serves seniors through Bible studies, personal visits and worship services: 3:30 p.m. Mondays at Lincolnshire Place, Sycamore; 5 p.m. Tuesdays at Lincoln Manor, Rochelle; 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Pine Acres, DeKalb; 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday at Pine Acres Alzheimer Unit, DeKalb; 3 p.m. Wednesdays at Heritage Woods, DeKalb; 9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Grand Victorian, Sycamore; 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at Bethany Health Care, DeKalb; 2 p.m.

Thursdays at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, DeKalb; 3 p.m.

Thursdays at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb.

Church of Christ 109 Swanson Road www.sycamorechurchofchrist.com 815-895-9148 sycamorecoc@comcast.net Evangelist: Phillip Vermillion Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Church of Christ (Edgebrook Lane) 2315 Edgebook Lane www.sycamorechurch.com 815-895-3320 info@sycamorechurch.com Preacher: Al Diestelkamp Worship schedule: 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday Federated Church 612 W. State St. www.sycamorefederatedchurch.org 815-895-2706 info@sycamorefederatedchurch.org Pastor: Dennis Johnson The message: “Palm Reading” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday with nursery child care; 10:15 a.m.

Kids Club; 11 a.m. fellowship Highlight of the week: Tim Rhodes in post-service talks about proposal to build nonprofit senior housing in the Sycamore-DeKalb area.

FBC of Sycamore 530 W. State St. www.fbcnewsong.com 815-895-3116 fbcnewsong@gmail.com Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 10:30 a.m. with signer for hearing impaired and 5 p.m. contemporary services Grace Life Church 425 W. State St. www.gracelifeinchrist.org 815-757-3570 Pastor: Stephen J. Moll Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Harvest Time Fellowship 203 S. Sacramento St. 815-899-2529 Pastor: Michael Schumaker Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Thursday prayer Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 675 Fox Ave. www.mormon.org 815-895-2277 jrbentley1208@gmail.com Bishop: John Bentley Worship schedule: Noon Sunday Sacrament meeting; 1:20 p.m. Sunday school; 2:10 p.m. Priesthood, Relief Society Mayfield Congregational 28405 Church Road www.mayfieldchurchucc.org 815-895-5548 mayfieldchurch@atcyber.net Interim Pastor: Rev. William L. Nagy Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday North Avenue Missionary Baptist 301 North Ave. 815-895-4871 Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school St. John’s Lutheran (Missouri Synod) 26555 Brickville Road www.stjohnsycamore.org 815-895-4477 office@stjohnsycamore.org Pastors: Robert W. Weinhold, Marvin Metzger Worship schedule: 6 p.m. blended service Saturday; 8 and 10:30 a.m. service Sunday St. Mary’s Sycamore 322 Waterman St. www.stmarysycamore.com 815-895-3275 Churchofstmary@stmarysycamore.com Pastor: Paul M. Lipinski Worship schedule: 7:30 a.m. daily; 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Sunday; and 7 a.m. and 7:30 p.m.

Holy Days St. Peter’s Episcopal 218 Somonauk St. www.sycamorestpeters.org 815-895-2227 office@sycamorestpeters.org Clergy: David Hedges Worship schedule: 7:30 and 10 a.m.

Sunday Holy Eucharist; 8:45 a.m.

Sunday school Salem Lutheran (ELCA) 1145 DeKalb Ave. www.SalemSycamore.org 815-895-9171 salem@salemlutheransycamore.org Interim Pastor: Robert C. Kinnear Ministry staff: Carla Vanatta The message: “Christ is King. Christ is Servant. Christ Forgives.”

Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Palm

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Good Friday worship at 7 p.m.

Sycamore Baptist Church 302 Somonauk Street www.sbcsycamore.org 815-895-2577 sycamorebap@yahoo.com Pastor: Dan Stovall Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Bible study Highlight of the week: A Palm Sunday pot luck dinner with a choice of traditional lamb meat will follow the morning Bible study and worship.

Sycamore United Methodist 160 Johnson Ave. www.sycamoreumc.org 815-895-9113 sumc@sycamoreumc.org Pastor: Bill Landis, Harlene Harden Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday school

NEARBY Calvary Lutheran (LCMC) (Lee) 19 Perry Road, at County Line Road www.calluth.org 815-824-2825 calluthch1@aol.com Pastor: Craig Nelson Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Easter Worship at 8:15 and 10:30 a.m. Easter Breakfast at 9:30 a.m.

Cortland United Methodist 45 W. Chestnut Ave. www.cortlandumc.com 815-756-9088 Pastor: Christina Vosteen Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Faith UMC (Genoa) 325 S. Stott St. www.genoafaithuc.com 815-784-5143 faithchurch@rocketmail.com Pastor: Daniel F. Diss Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school First Congregational UCC (Malta) 210 S. Sprague St. 815-825-2451 Pastor: Robert L. Vaughn The message: “Servant Leadership” Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday First Lutheran (NALC) (Kirkland) 510 W. South St. www.kirklandflc.org 815-522-3886 jo@kirklandflc.org Pastor: Carl L. M. Rasmussen Worship schedule: 5:30 p.m.

Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. children’s sermon First Lutheran (Lee) 240 W. Hardanger Gate www.flcinlee.com 815-824-2356 Interim Pastor: Chris Heller Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. fellowship time First United Methodist (Hinckley) 801 N. Sycamore St. 815-286-7102 hinckleyumc@frontier.com Pastor: Laura Crites Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school First United Methodist (Kirkland) 300 W. South St. www.kirklandumc.org 815-522-3546 office@kirklandumc.org Pastor: Kyeong-Ah Woo Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school Hope Anglican Church (Elburn) Meeting at Community Congregational, 100 E. Shannon St. www.hopeanglican.org 630-802-4424 Pastor: David Kletzing Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Sunday Holy Communion, nursery Immanuel Lutheran (Hinckley) 12760 Lee Road www.immanuel-hinckley.org 815-286-3885 office@immanuel-hinckley.org Pastor: Christopher Navurskis Worship schedule: 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 8 a.m. small group Bible study; 9 a.m. adult Bible study; 9 a.m.

Sunday school; 5 p.m. Saturday Kingston United Methodist 121 E. First St. 815-784-2010 Pastor: Jackie Wills Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. youth group and Upper Room Bible study; 10:15 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. prayer circle; 6:30 p.m. Gospel of John Bible study Highlight of the week: Communion is served on the first and third Sundays. All are welcome to the table.

Malta United Methodist 210 E. Sprague St. www.gbgm-umc.org/maltaumc 815-825-2118 maltaumc@aol.com Pastor: Judy Giese Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday at Malta UMC; 11 a.m. Sunday at Northwest Malta UMC

Peace United Church of Christ (Genoa) 301 E. First St. 815-757-5917 PastorLauriAllen@gmail.com Pastor: Lauri Allen The message: “Be Grateful” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Easter breakfast 8:30 to 9:40 a.m. No charge, but donations accepted.

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St. Catherine (Genoa) 340 S. Stott St. www.st-catherine-genoa.org 815-784-2355 stcatpast@frontier.com Pastor: Donald M. Ahles The message: “Palm Sunday of The Passion of The Lord” Worship schedule: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Spanish) Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 8:30 a.m.

Monday to Thursday Highlight of the week: Babysitting fundraiser from 2 to 7 p.m.

Tuesday. Donations help upcoming mission trip with Catholic Heart Work camp. Communal Penance at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Holy Week schedule: Palm Sunday at 5 p.m.

Saturday and 8 and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday; 7:30 p.m. Holy Thursday (bilingual); 12:30 p.m. Good Friday Liturgy; 7:30 p.m. Easter Vigil March 30 (bilingual); 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Easter Sunday Mass.

St. James (Lee) 221 W. Kirke Gate 815-824-2053 stjames@heartlandcable.com Pastor: Bonaventure Okoro Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Tuesday-Friday; with confession from 4:15 to 4:45 p.m. Saturday and 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Sunday.

St. John’s Lutheran (Creston) 126 E. South St. stjohns.worthyofpraise.org 815-384-3720 Pastor: Ronald Larson Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday with fellowship following, 10:30 a.m. Sunday school St. Paul’s UCC (Hinckley) 324 W. McKinley Ave. 815-286-3391 stpaulshinckley@gmail.com Pastor: Kris Delmore Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Salem Evangelical Lutheran (Sandwich) 1022 N. Main St. 815-786-9308 Pastor: Wayne Derber Worship schedule: 8 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 10:30 a.m. contemporary service; 9:15 a.m.

Sunday education hour for all ages Trinity Lutheran (Genoa) 33930 N. State Road www.tlcgenoa.org 815-784-2522 trinity@tlcgenoa.com Pastor: Senior Pastor Jeremy Heilman Worship schedule: 5:30 p.m.

Saturday blended worship; 8 a.m. Sunday traditional worship; 10:30 a.m. Sunday contemporary worship.

United Church of Christ (Shabbona) 104 E. Navaho Ave., Box 241 815-824-2359 office.shabbonachurch@gmail.com www.shabbonachurch.org Pastor: Jim Allen Worship schedule: 8 a.m. Sunday assisted living service; 9:30 a.m.

Sunday; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school United Methodist (Waterman) 210 W. Garfield www.watermanumc.com 815-264-3991 watermanumc@gmail.com Pastor: Christina Vosteen Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school United Presbyterian (Somonauk) 14030 Chicago Road www.somonaukupchurch.com 815-786-2703 Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; 10:45 a.m. Christian education.

Village Bible Church (Shabbona) Indian Creek Campus 209 N. Nokomis St. 815-824-2425 Pastor: Dave Haidle Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Waterman Bible Church 500 S. Birch St. 815-264-3908 www.watermanbible.org wbcheart@frontier.com Pastors: Pastor Craig Miller, Associate Pastor of Youth Mike Burkett Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Waterman Presbyterian 250 N. Cedar St. www.watermanpres.com 815-264-3491 wpc_office@frontier.com Pastor: Roger Boekenhauer The message: “Power Connection” Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: A joint worship at 7 p.m. at WUMC Maundy Thursday

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8BRIEFS Trinity Lutheran to hold annual egg hunt Trinity Lutheran Church of DeKalb will hold its annual Easter Egg Hunt from 10 to 11:30 a.m. March 29 at the church at South Seventh and Franklin streets.

The event will include songs, games and stories before the hunt. Refreshments will be served.

Children need to be accompanied by an adult or guardian and should bring their own bag or basket for goodies. This is a free community outreach event.

For more information, call Trinity Lutheran Church at 815756-7374.

Chancel Choir to perform at Good Friday service The Westminster Presbyterian Chancel Choir invites the public to attend a Good Friday performance of John Rutter’s “Requiem.”

The Chancel Choir, directed by Robert Davis, will be accompanied by a small instrumental ensemble that includes Northern Illinois University music students and members of the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra. Members of the DeKalb Festival Chorus also will join the Chancel Choir.

Featured soprano soloist for “Pie Jesu” and “Lux aeterna”

will be NIU vocal major Grace Shanks.

Orchestra members include: Kristen Lash, flute; Dave Lehman, oboe, KSO; Sam Campbell, glockenspiel, NIU percussion; Chris Komos, timpani, NIU percussion; Jaina Krueger, harp, KSO; Tom Cappaert, cello, KSO; and Jan VanderMeer, organ.

Westminster Presbyterian Church is located at 830 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb.

Good Friday service begins at 7 p.m. March 29. All are welcome to attend, and the facility is handicapped accessible.

Barb City Manor to host Easter dinner Barb City Manor Retirement Home, 680 Haish Blvd., DeKalb, will host Easter dinner at noon March 31. Family and friends, as well as people from the community are welcome to join the residents for Easter dinner.

The menu will include baked ham with pineapple, roast turkey with gravy, corn bread stuffing, Catalina blend vegetables, tossed salad, dinner roll, lemon meringue or apple pie and beverage.

Cost for the meal is $8.50 for seniors, $10 for those younger than 60 and $3 for children younger than 12. Reservations must be made by noon Thursday.

Call Barb City Manor at 815-

756-8444 to make a reservation.

Cantata highlight of Federated service The Sycamore and DeKalb community is invited to attend a traditional Maundy Thursday Communion service at The Federated Church in Sycamore at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Featured will be the cantata, “Song of The Shadows,” by Joseph M. Martin, performed by the chancel choir. The cantata sets the tone for the Holy Week events from Jesus’ Palm Sunday procession through the crucifixion. As the mood gets darker, so does the sanctuary as eight candles are extinguished one by one.

The Federated Church is an open and affirming congregation and welcomes any and all who wish to worship with them. The church is located at the corner of Route 64 and Greeley Street, just west of the downtown area in Sycamore.

Parking is available behind the building.

Grace Life Church has a new home Grace Life Church now meets at the Midwest Museum of Natural History in downtown Sycamore. The Sunday service begins at 10 a.m.

The church used to meet at

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the Sycamore State Street Theatre.

Pastor Stephen J. Moll said the new location is better able to accommodate a growing church.

For more information, call 815-757-3570 or visit www. gracelifeinchrist.org.

DeKalb Wesleyan sets Easter weekend events DeKalb Wesleyan Church, 1115 S. Malta Road, DeKalb, invites the public to its Easter weekend events.

Scheduled events include: Good Friday Service – 7 p.m.

March 29 Easter Breakfast – 9 a.m.

March 31 Kids Alive Easter Egg Hunt – 10 a.m. March 31 Resurrection Celebration – 10:30 a.m. March 31 For more information, call the church at 815-758-0673 or send email to DWC1115@gmail.com.

Discover Islam Week scheduled at NIU The Muslim Students Association at Northern Illinois University invites community members to its annual Discover Islam Week, which is a series of events focused on informing the community about Islam and Muslims, and to dispel any myths or stereotypes.

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Girl Scouting builds girls of courage, conidence, and character, who make the world a better place.

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Fifth-grade and sixth-grade students from St. Mary’s School in Sycamore raised $600 for “the babies.” The school-wide collection amounted to $1,227.40 to be shared between the We Care Pregnancy Center in DeKalb, Pro-Life Action League in Chicago and diapers for the St. Vincent de Paul Food Pantry in DeKalb. Every morning they say the Memorare for an end to abortion in America and the world.

We Care readies for Walk For Life

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We Care Pregnancy Clinic is preparing for the annual Walk for Life. This year’s walk has the theme of “Following the Life-Giver,” and will be held May 4. Walk for Life is a fun, family event that raises support for the free services We Care offers to the community. The clinic empowers women to make life-affirming choices by providing emotional support, educational information and practical assistance to women and their families. The clinic is able to provide all services without charge because of events such as Walk for Life. For more information, visit www.WeCarePregnancyClinic.org, call 815-748-4242 or find the clinic on Facebook.

Glow in the Dark youth event First United Methodist, First Lutheran of DeKalb and Bethlehem Lutheran joined together to host a night of glowing fun for DeKalb County youth on March 8. Youth leaders at the three churches, Patricia Bonilla (FUMC), Pastor Dan Wynard (Bethlehem) and Ann Oduber (FLC) wanted to create a fun event that would give youth opportunities to make friendships across school districts.

With a bright idea of hosting a “glow in the dark” party, the leaders covered the walls of FUMC’s gym with black paper and hung 18 black lights. More than 70 youth glowed as they ate pizza and played games. Northern Illinois University students from the service sorority, Sigma Lambda Sigma, helped at the event.

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All events are free and open to anyone. All events will start at 7:30 p.m. and will be in the Holmes Student Center. Specific rooms are listed below.

The week’s schedule: March 25 – Growing Up Muslim in America: Student Panel, Capitol South room March 26 – Honest Answers about Islam, presented by Rockford Imam, Sphendim Nadzaku, room 505 March 27 – Screening of the movie “Mooz-Lum,” room 506 March 28 – Islamic Social System, presented by Shaykh Abu Talha, room 505

Celebration Chorale looking for singers The Celebration Chorale is preparing for its Patriotic Cantata of 2013.

The concerts will be held June 29 and 30 in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall on the Northern Illinois Univerity campus.

Local women and men are invited to join. The only requirements are to be willing to sing, have a good time and celebrate the USA. There are no tryouts.

The chorus will practice at

8 p.m. Wednesdays starting April 3 at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St. in DeKalb.

For more information, send email to celebrationchorale@ firstumc.net.

St. Mary’s plans March Madness raffle St. Mary of the Assumption Parish in Maple Park will hold a March Madness raffle fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. April 6 at Bootlegger’s Bar, 107 Main St., Maple Park. Raffle tickets are available now.

First prize is a Vizio 42-inch LCD Smart HDTV with built in WiFi Internet access. Second prize is a Wii U Deluxe set.

Tickets cost $5 each or five for $20.

Winner will be pulled at halftime of the second game – winner need not be present to win. In addition, there will be raffles throughout the night with three winners each time.

Prizes include meat trays from Inbodens, hams, turkeys, gift certificates and cash. There also will be a 50/50 raffle.

Food and drinks will be available for purchase.

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Elderly mom dishes out abuse to daughters Dear Abby: My 87-yearold mother is narcissistic, self-absorbed and extremely cruel. Her physician has consulted with my sister and me and verified these challenging traits. When she says something or acts out, she’ll say, “I am who I am, so don’t expect me to change.”

How can my sister and I deal with the needs of an elderly parent who continues to verbally and emotionally mistreat us and others? My sister is beginning to react in a defensive, angry manner (rightfully so), and all I do is cry and feel guilty for wanting to get away

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips from her. – Reached Wit’s End in Loma Linda, Calif.

Dear Reached Wit’s End: Because your mother is behaving the way she always has, her unpleasantness can’t be blamed on old age. The next time she acts out and tells you, “I am who I am, so don’t expect me to change,” respond by saying: “That’s right. You are who you are, but I don’t have to subject

myself to this. If it happens again, I’m out of here.” Then follow through.

If that doesn’t discourage her unpleasant behavior, consider hiring a social worker or licensed caregiver to see her needs are attended to.

That’s not abandonment; it’s self-defense.

Dear Abby: I am a man in my 40s. My girlfriend and I have known each other for four years, but have grown much closer over the past few months. She’s divorced with no kids.

I have asked her to stop going to a gym that she regularly

visits. In the past, she had sex with a guy from there. He no longer goes there, but she craves that environment. She says she goes to keep in shape.

I say she made a name for herself there, and requested she go to another gym. What do you think? – Jeff in New Jersey Dear Jeff: “Made a name for herself”? That’s an antiquated phrase I haven’t heard in a while. Because you asked, I will offer a few thoughts: The individual this lady had the fling with is long gone. I doubt at this point whether anyone at that gym cares or remembers. If the

“atmosphere” has you worried, go with her, and I’m sure you will quickly realize that the members go there to tone up rather than hook up.

A word of advice: The harder you try to control your girlfriend the further you’ll drive her away, so stop acting like a dumbbell.

• Dear Abby is written

by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

Write Dear Abby at www.

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

No cure for Crohn’s disease, medicine helps Dear Dr. K: My daughter has just been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease. What is it, and what is the treatment?

Dear Reader: Crohn’s disease is an inflammatory bowel disease that causes abdominal pain, diarrhea, loss of appetite, joint pains, weight loss, weakness and fatigue.

It’s caused by inflammation of the small (and sometimes the large) intestine.

No one knows for sure what triggers Crohn’s disease. An infection with bacteria that live in the intestines may start the process by activating the immune system. The immune system stays active and creates inflammation.

Usually, Crohn’s disease symptoms come and go. They may go away completely, and then return. For many of my

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff patients with this disease, this on-again, off-again course of the disease is the most difficult thing to deal with. After a few relapses, people live every day wondering if the disease is going to return again.

The inflammation of Crohn’s disease involves the inside lining and deeper layers of the intestine wall.

The inside lining can thicken or wear away in spots. This creates ulcers, cracks and fissures – little tunnels that burrow through the wall of the intestine and sometimes spill infected material into the inside of the abdomen.

Ulcers and inflammation can

occur in all areas of the digestive tract, from the mouth to the rectum. (There’s an illustration on my website.)

The eyes and joints may also be affected.

There is no cure for Crohn’s disease, but medications can effectively improve symptoms. Most of the drugs work by preventing inflammation in the intestines.

A group of drugs called aminosalicylates is usually the first treatment choice.

These drugs suppress inflammation in the intestine and joints. They can be taken by mouth as pills, or by rectum as an enema.

Certain antibiotics kill bacteria in irritated areas of the bowel and may decrease inflammation. In people who have diarrhea from the disease, antidiarrheal medi-

cations such as loperamide (Imodium) may be helpful.

Other, more powerful anti-inflammatory drugs may be helpful. But they can suppress your immune system, increasing your risk of infections. They are not often used on a long-term basis.

The newest drugs approved for Crohn’s disease are called tumor necrosis factor (TNF) blockers. TNF is a substance made by immune system cells that causes inflammation. TNF blockers have very serious side effects.

They are generally prescribed for moderate to severe Crohn’s disease that hasn’t responded to other therapies.

Infliximab (Remicade) and adalimumab (Humira) are TNF inhibitors.

Surgery to remove a section of the bowel is another

possible treatment. It is usually reserved for severe cases.

When I was in medical school, Crohn’s disease – and another inflammatory bowel disease called ulcerative colitis – were thought to be caused by psychological problems.

Why was this? In my opinion, it’s because doctors were unable to figure out what caused it, so they assumed it must be psychological. Today, we know that certain genes are linked to the disease, and that the gut’s immune system is overactive. Crohn’s disease is not in a patient’s head; it’s in her digestive tract.

• Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Visit www.

AskDoctorK.com to send questions and get additional information.

Pregnant women should never drink alcohol Dr. Wallace: I’m 20 and pregnant with our first child.

Our daughter will be born in early June. I know that a pregnant woman shouldn’t smoke, use drugs or drink alcohol, but I’ve been told that it’s all right if the momto-be has an occasional glass of red wine. It’s supposed to be beneficial to both the baby and the mom. I hope this is true because I need a glass of wine once in a while just to unwind from all of my selfmade pressures.

I talked with my doctor and she said she would feel better if I didn’t consume any alcohol at all, but she said an “occasional” glass of wine shouldn’t cause any

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace problems for the baby. Your thoughts, please. – Michelle, Lake Charles, La. Michelle: I contacted five doctors at two local medical centers in Orange County, and all five said that a pregnant woman should not drink alcohol, period.

Alcohol is alcohol. It doesn’t make any difference if it’s beer, whiskey or wine. All alcohol consumed by an expectant mother passes from her bloodstream to that of her unborn baby and there-

8ASTROGRAPH

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – If you remove some obstacles in your path, substantial material growth can be achieved in the year ahead. It’ll be up to you, however, to keep trying your hardest and refusing to settle for second-best.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – As long as you don’t expect Rome to be built in a day, your chances for getting much of your work completed are excellent. In fact, what you do finish will be of superior quality.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Friends can ask favors of you that they dare not ask of others. They know you’re the kind of person who’ll help out in any way you can.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Your popularity is trending upward.

Even those who have treated you shabbily in the past are likely to suddenly shower you with friendship.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – You should focus your attention and efforts on meaningful objectives. Some of your larger goals can be reached at this time, if you make the effort.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Regardless of what is going on in your life, maintain a philosophical outlook. By keeping your attitude positive, you’ll be able to get the best of any negative situation.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Some significant benefits might come your way, but they won’t be of your own making. Opportunities that seem tailor-made for your situation will drop right into your lap.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – If you need to make a difficult decision, seek a friend who has previously offered you wise advice.

This person holds the correct solution to your problem.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Adequate help will manifest for a difficult development that you thought you would have to manage on your own. Take advantage of it.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Being bold and enterprising could cause others to think that you’re taking huge, unwise risks. However, you’ll be aware of your limitations and will act accordingly.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – The nearer you get to fulfilling your expectations, the luckier you’ll become. You merely need to be determined to get what you want.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Your best asset will your ability to improve upon the ideas of others. Good or bad, you’ll be able to make your co-workers schemes better.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Conditions continue to look extremely impressive where your financial interests are concerned. Keep searching for new ways to add to your income.

Lady Luck will help.

fore increases the risk that the baby will be born with fetal alcohol syndrome. Such babies are often underweight and could have various physical deformities.

Why take that chance?

I’m sure you can find other ways to unwind. Perhaps a glass of cranberry juice with a splash of sparkling water might become an excellent and healthy substitute.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 16 and will soon be released from juvenile hall. I will have spent 14 days in the hall for getting into a fistfight with my stepfather because of the way he was talking to my mother. I have to select where I want to live when I’m discharged.

8SUDOKU

I can return home or move in with my grandparents. What do you think I should do? – Nameless, Dallas, Tex. Nameless: Move in with your grandparents for the time being. This is a time when you can think about your future and how you will react if you do decide to return home. While you are with your grandparents, keep in close contact with your mother.

Dr. Wallace: I want to go to the animal shelter to get a kitten, but my grandmother has told my mom that animals in the shelters are sickly and full of fleas. Is this true? – Sissy, Orange, Calif.

Sissy: Grandmothers

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

are usually correct but not this time. Animal shelters throughout the U.S. and Canada are homes to stray and unwanted animals and provide superb care and lots of love to future family pets.

Invite Grandmother to go with you and your parents to pick out your kitty. She’ll be pleasantly surprised and will immediately become a supporter of animal shelters.

• Although Dr. Robert Wallace is unable to reply to all letters individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at rwallace@galesburg. net.

8CROSSWORD

After a reverse, show five Groucho Marx said, “A child of 5 would understand this. Send someone to fetch a child of 5.”

In bridge, it is a “rule” that if you bid a suit on the first round of the auction and partner does not raise your suit, then, if you rebid it in on the second round, you are indicating at least a six-card suit. You do your utmost not to rebid in a five-card suit.

However, these days experts permit a rebid in a five-card suit by responder if opener reverses on round two.

What is a reverse? Assuming the auction is uncontested, opener bids first one suit, then a second suit, and if responder wishes to give preference to opener’s first-bid suit, he must go to the three-level – three clubs in the given sequence.

After a one-over-one response, a reverse shows a very strong hand; usually 18 to 20 highcard points (but perhaps a good 17).

Here, when North rebid two hearts (with six good hearts, he would have jumped to three hearts); South continued with two no-trump to show his spade stoppers; and North raised to game.

West led the spade queen.

What did South do?

Declarer had seven top tricks: two spades, four diamonds and one club. Realizing that he did not have time to play on clubs (the defenders would have taken at least two spades, one heart and two clubs), South went after two heart tricks. So, he played a heart to dummy’s 10. When West proved to have the jack, declarer took nine tricks.

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Assistant to the Club House Manager

68” long/38” wide exc condition, will separate, $359/obo.

847-895-6427

Horses Wanted: Will provide home for unwanted/unused horses & ponies 815-757-3715

Bar with 2 black leather covered swivel stools cherry wood color, 4 years old paid $1500 asking $350. 773-457-0909 Dekalb IRON WHEELS 42” diameter. $120/pair.

847-515-8012 Huntley area KEGERATOR, older model, multiple keg taps, 2 air tanks, empty keg included $250. 773-457-0909 Dekalb

Apply in person M-Sat. 9-4:30p Kishwaukee Country Club 1901 Sycamore Rd, DeKalb Call: 815-758-6848 ext. 21

King Trombone in good condition, comes with case. Asking $50 obo.

Call/Text 815-252-6514

DIESEL MECHANIC

Cocker Spaniels. AKC. Tails docked.

Shots & dewormed. 1 black male, 2 parti colored females. Call Cathy @ 815-712-3451. midaywincavaliers.com

Experienced person needed for busy truck repair shop. Must have knowledge of medium and heavy duty trucks and air brake systems.

Be able to diagnose and repair trucks. Competitive wages.

Call to make appointment: 815-895-4754 Driver

Motorcoach Operator Windstar Lines is looking for sharp, articulate and flexible men and women to train to become Motorcoach Operators.

The ideal candidate loves people, loves to travel, and has a very flexible schedule. This is the perfect part-time job for semi-retired individuals that like to travel. Experience is not necessary but training is required regardless of experience. Non smoking environment. For more info: call 815-561-9464 or email: matt@gowindstar.com Windstar Lines, Inc. 8834 S Route 251, Rochelle, IL

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FRI & SAT MARCH 22 & 23 10AM - 4PM 357 DUNLEER DR.

Golden Retriever Puppies AKC, 8wks, 1st shot and wormed, all health checks. $800.

847-683-7102

Slot machine, wine press, furniture, tools ALL MUST GO IN 2 DAYS!

Males, 1 year old. Food and cage, accessories - all must go!

815-517-0160

Kathy's Estate Sales 847-363-4814

HUNTLEY 2 ESTATE SALES IN HUNTLEY Fri-Sat March 22nd & 23rd 10am-4pm 11876 Borhart, Huntley 13069 Crestview, Huntley See Pics & Details at www.somethingspecial estatesales.com

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Curio Cabinet: corner curio, lighted w/ 3 glass front 30”Wx72”H 3 shelves & storage on the bottom, dark finish $200 815-758-8529

SOFTBALL BAT - Easton Reflex High Performance Alloy 33 inch long, 22 oz. 2 1/4 Barrel 1.25 BPF Model SRX2SC. Nice bat for a smaller player since it is so lightweight.

Grip in excellent shape, some battle scars on barrel. $25 or best offer.

815-895-7486

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!! * 815-575-5153 * !! !! !!! !! !!

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224 Maintenance Mechanic I Full time must have a valid driver's license; be able to lift 40-50 lbs., HS diploma/GED, ability to work as team player. Duties would include performing preventive maintenance painting & general upkeep on various buildings plumbing & small electrical repairs facilitate work orders snow removal cleaning and assigned projects On-call night and weekend work rotation required.

Experience is preferred.

Submit resume & 3 professional references by 4:30 pm on April 5, 2013 to: HACD 310 N. 6th Street, DeKalb, IL 60115. Applications available upon request

CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center has part & full time positions available for CNA's on the night shift.

Excellent benefits Retention bonus Uniform allowance Apply at:

DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center 2600 North Annie Glidden Rd DeKalb, Illinois 60115

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St. Charles 1302 Fox Glen Drive Sat. March 23rd 9am-5pm Woodworking Tools, Full 100 items, New and like new. Delta table saw, Planer, Jointer & Band saw. Hardwoods, 135 Bridge City Tools, Clamps, Dust Collection, Incra, Freud Bosch Porter Cable, Router Tables, Drafting Table and Instruments and lots more. Credit cards and cash accepted. Rain or snow.

PROM DRESS - Lilac Purple Prom Dress with a Sweetheart Neckline and Beautiful Beading on Top with a Full Tiered Skirt, Size 8. Only worn once and has been stored in a bag. Asking $50. Willing to send pictures to anyone interested.

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WANTED! I Buy Old Envelopes

MINIATURE BASEBALL BATS 16 bats - $50 for all.

847-515-8012 Huntley area SUPER BOWL SHUFFLE Album in sleeve. Great condition. $25 each. 2 available.

847-515-8012 Huntley area

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TV - 21" Magnavox with remote. $15 One owner, good working condition. Call 815-757-7867

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Cortland Estates $99 1st Month's Rent 3 BR Apartments Dishwasher On-Site Laundry Facility Playground Washer & Dryer Connection Sparkling Pool

DeKalb Upper 1 Bedroom Available now, quiet area. Just remodeled with all new bathrooms & much more! $485/mo + sec.

815-718-4500

DEKALB ~ 3BR, 2BA With new floors, garage. Near school and Rt 23. Pets OK. No smkng, $900/mo. 630-450-5372

DeKalb ~ Pardridge Place Modern 2BR, LR, A/C, D/W, lndry.

Near I-88, $670 + 1st, last sec.

Available May. 815-751-3806

DEKALB ~ SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS Starting @ $432,1BR $599, 2BR, $683, 3BR Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.

University Village Apts.

722 N. Annie Glidden Rd. 815-758-7859

230 McMillan Court Cortland, IL 60112

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT. Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

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815-758-2910 income restriction apply 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 April 1.

815-787-3519 or 815-739-1711

DeKalb 1BR $540, 2BR $640

Sycamore 2BR - Mature Lifestyle Nice, quiet & sunny. Off St parking.

No smoking/dogs. On-site laundry.

Call Kris @ 815-501-1872

GENOA -1 BR. IN TOWN References required.

No pets. $415/mo.

815-784-2232

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600

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DEKALB - 2BR, 1BA to 2BA APTS. Multiple Locations $650-$725 Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768 WWW.PITTSLEYREALTY.COM DeKalb - 3BR 3BA Apartment W/D, Central A/C, Dishwasher AVAIL. NOW $975/mo Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

Genoa~Country View Apts.

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

Large Apts, Country Lifestyle.

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HINCKLEY 2BR, 1.5BA

DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D hook-up.

NO PETS, $755/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250

Sycamore E. State St.

DeKalb 1BR Garden Apt.

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Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118 Quiet 4-flat, laundry facilities, near park, no pets/smoking. $575/mo + elec. 815-827-3271 DEKALB 2 BR. Quiet. 311 N. 2nd.

Near NIU. No dogs. $675/mo+1st, last, sec. Refs req. 815-751-2546 dwelldekalb.com DeKalb 2 Levels of 5 Level Home 1BR + office, fireplace, garage prkg, new kitchen! Walk-out patio on Kish, huge backyard with garden. $975/mo, ALL utilities, cable+wifi incl. Dogs OK, available now. 773-203-7928

2 bedroom in quiet building. W/D, parking, 725/mo. Available April.

815-895-5047

DeKalb Lower Level Studio

CLEAN! $550/mo, stove, refrig, water. No pets, no smoking.

815-895-4756 or 815-562-3459

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$$ WANTED $$

Sy 60178, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 430-436 NORTH MAIN STREET, Sycamore, IL 60178 Property Index No. 0632-227-011. The real estate is improved with a commercial property.

The judgment amount was $1,432,703.30. Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. 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 this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: MCFADDEN & DILLON, P.C., 120 S. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1335, CHICAGO, IL 60603, (312) 2018300. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. MCFADDEN & DILLON, P.C. 120 S. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1335 CHICAGO, IL 60603 (312) 201-8300 Case Number: 1 : 12 CV 00573 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

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FOR SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, SUCCESSOR TO MID AMERICA BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.CUPIA, LLC, AN ILLINOIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, et al Defendant 1 : 12 CV 00573 NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 15, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 11:00 AM on April 16, 2013, at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 W State front door entrance, Sycamore, IL,

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, SUCCESSOR TO NATIONAL CITY BANK, SUCCESSOR TO MID AMERICA BANK, FSB Plaintiff, -v.CUPIA, LLC, AN ILLINOIS LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, et al Defendant 1 : 12 CV 00573 NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on May 15, 2012, an agent of The Judicial Sales Corporation, Special Commissioner appointed herein,will at 11:00 AM on April 16, 2013, at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 W State front door entrance, Sycamore, IL, 60178, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE NORTHERLY 130 FEET OF THE SOUTHERLY 240 FEET OF THE WEST 120 FEET OF OUT LOT ''B'' AND ALSO THE EASTERLY 5 FEET OF THE WESTERLY 125 FEET OF THE NORTHERLY 80 FEET OF THE SOUTHERLY 190 FEET OF SAID OUT LOT ''B,'' ALL IN BOYNTON'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SYCAMORE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN PLAT BOOK ''B,'' PAGE 108, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 430-436 NORTH MAIN STREET, Sycamore, IL 60178 Property Index No. 0632-227-011. The real estate is improved with a commercial property.

The judgment amount was $1,432,703.30. Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to

pur the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. 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 this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: MCFADDEN & DILLON, P.C., 120 S. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1335, CHICAGO, IL 60603, (312) 2018300. THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. MCFADDEN & DILLON, P.C. 120 S. LASALLE STREET, SUITE 1335 CHICAGO, IL 60603 (312) 201-8300 Case Number: 1 : 12 CV 00573 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I516304 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 15, 22, 29 & April 5, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Notice is hereby given by the Board of Trustees of the Town of Cortland in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, that a tentative budget for the Town of Cortland and the Cortland Community Library for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2013, and ending April 30, 2014, will be on file and available for public inspection at the Town Hall during regular business hours beginning on March 27, 2013.

Notice is further hereby given that a public hearing on said budget will be held at the regularly scheduled meeting of the Board of Trustees which begins at 7 p.m. on April 8, 2013, at the Town Hall, 59 S. Somonauk Road, Cortland, Illinois.

g post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as EYESELL REAL ESTATE located at 1003 S. 7th St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

Dated February 22, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 8, 15 & 22, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on March 21, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as OLD BARN SALVAGE located at 2579 State Route 23, Leland, IL 60531.

Dated March 21, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 22, 29 & April 5, 2013.)

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$129,000 • 2 baths • Remodeled kitchen and baths • Many hardwood floors • Lots of closet space • Close to Lincoln Elementary School Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

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$139,900 • Old World charm with modern comfort • New kitchen and baths (2) • Pella windows, hardwood floors • 22’ deck overlooks treed backyard • Formal dining room and den Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

$239,000 • Newer all-brick ranch home • 4 bedrooms, 2 baths • Large bonus room on 2nd floor; office on 1st floor • To of the line gourmet kitchen • Huge 3-car garage Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867 JUST LIKE NEW!

$130,000 – Very Well Maintained • 3 Bedrooms • Brick Fireplace in Living Room • Easy access to NIU Call Harlan Scott: 815-739-5420

$179,000 • Krpan built quality 3 bedroom ranch • Newer roof, Pella windows, oak trim and doors • Large 3-season room, finished basement • Beautiful secluded fenced backyard Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

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$182,500 • 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome • Over 2200 sq ft plus basement • Natural light and park-like view • Finished look-out basement with bath • Close to I-88 Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

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DeKalb $164,900 2072 Creek Ct. Approx. 1800 sq ft townhouse on corner lot across from River Heights Golf Course! 3br, 2.5ba, 26x14 liv rm w/brick gas fpl. 12x12 3-season rm opens to deck. Bsmt. MLS ID 08132372 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

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DeKalb $146,000 364 Manning Dr 364. Ranch condo on corner lot, 16x17 kit w/hardwood flr, main flr laundry, full fin bsmt w/12x38 fam rm, 3rd full bath & possible 3rd br. 2 car gar. MLS ID 08062154 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

DeKalb $115,000 709 S 4th St. Approx 1500 sq ft home has some remodeling done but needs finishing. 1st flr br/den, 2 more br up, hardwood flrs, 2 baths, 2 car garage. MLS ID 08231414 Diane Hammon 815-756-2557

DeKalb $115,000 425 Charter St. All brick ranch, 1,500+ sq ft, 3 big bedrooms incl 22x13 master, bsmt rec rm, screened front porch, 2.5 car gar w/alley access. MLS ID 08292913 Julie Fabrizius

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DeKalb $89,900 1414 Oakwood Ave. Near Hopkins Park, new roof, hardwood under carpeting, 2br, full bsmt w/partial bath, breezeway/3 season porch to 1.5 car gar. MLS ID 08107511 Peggy Ramirez 815-756-2557

Hinckley $214,999 541 Rees St. On 90x137 lot, 2,100+ sq ft, 4br, 2.5ba, kit has ceramic flr & opens to fam rm w/brick fpl, partly fin bsmt. MLS ID 08125935

Maple Park $159,900 309 Liberty St. 1-owner 3br home, Pella windows, 19x17 fam rm w/fpl & wood beam ceiling, 18x15 oak kit, 3-season porch, fin bsmt w/rec rm, fpl & 2nd kitchen. 3+ car gar. MLS ID 08255943 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Rochelle $149,900 14742 E Il Route 64. 2.9 acres just east of Rte 251, commercial potential, 3br, 13x20 liv rm w/fpl. Old hotel foundation on property that could be built on. MLS ID 08273038 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

Sycamore $344,900 27578 Hunters Ln. On 1.3 acres, 2,600+ sq ft plus additional 1,600 sq ft in fin bsmt! 3-4br, 3.5ba, hardwood flrs in kit & din rm, 24x16 fam rm w/fpl, screened porch w/hot tub, heated 3+ car gar. Incl warranty! MLS ID Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $258,900 627 Nathan Lattin Ln. In Heron Creek, 2,380 sq ft, hardwood flrs on main level, custom millwork thruout, stainless appliances, maple cabinetry! 4br, 2nd flr laundry, fam rm fpl, lookout bsmt. MLS ID 08173143 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

Sycamore $209,900 208 Brian St. In Landahl Subdv, 1,870 sq ft, vaulted liv rm & fam rm w/stone fpl, new ceramic flr in kit, 17x14 master suite, fin bsmt w/fam rm, recreation area, new wet bar, half bath & possible 4th & 5thbr. 18x20 deck, fenced Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $166,500 1360 Florence Dr. Brick ranch on 120x125 lot, quick close, updated kit w/maple cabinets, den or 3rd bedroom, 26x13 liv rm w/fpl, vaulted 20x13 sun rm, fin bsmt w/rec rm, 2nd fpl & updated 3/4 bath! MLS ID 08293173 815-756-2557 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $159,900 612 Buckboard Dr 52. FHA Approved! Townhouse in North Grove Crossings, approx. 1950 sq ft incl newly finished bsmt! 2br incl luxury master suite w/bath. 13x11 loft, maple kit cabs, all appliances stay. MLS ID 08248890 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $115,000 604 Clayton Cir 3. Owner designed 2br 2.5ba condo in Stonegate of Heron Creek. Upgraded kit w/cherry cabs & granite, liv rm gas fpl, 1st flr laundry, bsmt, 2 car gar.

MLS ID 08269325 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

Sycamore $85,900 Sycamore $65,000 815 Esther Ave. Approx 1000 sq ft home close to grade 1047 S Cross St. Great starter or investment on 40x150 & high schools. Updated bath, 16x10 sun porch, cement lot, 2br, appliances, 2 car gar. MLS ID 08237303 patio in fully fenced backyard. MLS ID 08238111

Sycamore $179,900 630 Buckboard Ln. North Grove Crossings townhouse, 1,762 sq ft, 2br, loft, cherry hardwood flr in liv/din w/gas fpl & kit w/stainless appliances. Bsmt. MLS ID 08185716 Katie Morsch

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Hinckley $199,900 520 Christensen St. Approx 2250 sq ft cedar home w/3br, 2.5ba, 10x5 loft, partially finished full basement w/rec rm.

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Hinckley $104,900 420 Coster St. Brick 2br ranch near town & convenient to Rt.30 is ideal starter or investment. Freshly painted, Pergo flr in 22x13 liv rm. MLS ID 08254902

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Kingston $164,500 29929 Corson Dr. On nearly 1 acre that’s like a park!

1,600+ sq ft, 19x13 four season rm, fin bsmt w/fam rm, fpl, bath & possible 4th & 5th bedrooms. MLS ID 08117916 630-553-9000 Jack Connerton 815-756-2557

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100 Kyle Ln, Kirkland $220,000 Rt 72 west, to Hickory, to Linda, to Kyle -- On 3/4 acre lot in Hickory Ridge, approx. 1800 sq ft home w/hardwood flrs thru din, kit & fam rms. 4th br & 2nd ba in part fin bsmt, 32x20 deck. Will consider contract for deed. MLS ID 08282986 Peggy Ramirez 815-756-2557

Sycamore $187,000 1749 Brock Cir. 3 bedroom 3 bath unit in Grandview Townhouses! 15x13 sunroom, sliding doors open to cement patio. Fully applianced 12x17 kitchen. Full basement. MLS ID 08218796 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

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