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ABOVE: Woodstock North High School students Shelby Nicholson (left), Rraine Nolan, Trevor Nomm and Jacqueline Nordvall line up Saturday before the 2013 commencement in Woodstock. TOP LEFT: Dundee-Crown student James Stokes waves to the crowd after being given his diploma at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates. TOP RIGHT: Jacobs student Azul Franco takes a moment to soak it all in at the Sears Centre.

For Class of 2013, paths as varied as student backgrounds Four McHenry County high schools graduated thousands of seniors Saturday. The high schools celebrating the seniors’ achievements included Jacobs, Woodstock North, Dundee-Crown and Faith Lutheran. As students prepare to head off to trade schools, the military, community colleges and universities from DePaul to Stanford, Malik Washington, salutatorian of Dundee-Crown High School, left all seniors with a message as they move forward: “We are the future.” PAGES B1-2

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Charmaine Cordero covers her face in humorous embarrassment Saturday as Junhan Chi laughs during the showing of a video yearbook at the 2013 Faith Lutheran High School commencement ceremony at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake.

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McHenry County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill might not have an easy task when it comes to the two outcomes she wants regarding the embattled Mental Health Board.

In conversations the Northwest Herald had last week with all but one of the 24 members of the County Board, they are split three ways when it comes to Hill’s decisions to advance her own candidate to fill a Mental Health Board vacancy, and to replace one of the members of the County Board committee in charge of filling it.

About a third support Hill’s nomination of family care therapist Cathy Ferguson to fill the spot, and support taking Sandra Fay Salgado off the Public Health and Human Services Com-

mittee. Hill alleges Salgado’s presence on the committee is a conflict of interest because Salgado works for a social service agency that receives Mental Health Board funding.

About a third oppose Hill’s decisions to sidestep the committee process by which nominees to boards and commissions are recommended to the full County Board, and to tinker with the public health committee.

About a third as of Friday did not know how they will vote, with one or two unwilling to say.

And regardless of where they stand, many of them expressed displeasure with how both sides in the struggle that has ensued – Hill on one side and Public Health and Human Services Chairwoman Donna Kurtz on the

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois General Assembly has just two weeks left in Springfield before it adjourns for the summer, leaving lawmakers with a tight deadline for action on issues including tackling the state’s pension crisis, gay marriage and how guns will be allowed to be carried in public.

Making good on what’s become something of a tradition, Illinois legislators have saved the most controversial measures for last.

They’re scheduled to adjourn May 31.

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pecially for Gov. Pat Quinn and House Speaker Michael Madigan, is addressing the state’s $97 billion pension debt. After years of inaction, lawmakers have two plans to consider. Both chambers have approved their own version of a solution, including one from Madigan that calls for employees to pay more, delayed retirement and less generous annual cost-of-living increases.

Madigan, a Chicago Democrat, has also indicated that lawmakers will incorporate the controversial idea of making most school districts, universities and community colleges pick up

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Pension reform takes backseat State lawmakers continue to twiddle their thumbs on pension reform, arguably the most significant issue facing Illinois in a generation.

Separate reform bills passed by the House and the Senate have lingered for nearly two weeks now.

But what’s the hurry, right? There still are two weeks remaining in the spring legislative session.

Never mind that the state’s five failing public pension systems are underfunded by more than $96 billion.

Or that that number grows by about $17 million a day.

You’d think these staggering numbers would be enough to spur action by our legislative leaders.

So what’s taking so long?

Well, there apparently are more burning issues in Springfield.

Count legalizing medical marijuana as one.

That’s right. Illinois Senators on Friday joined their colleagues in the House in passing a bill that will allow doctors to prescribe marijuana to patients with specific terminal illnesses. The vote in the Senate was 35-21 in favor.

Of McHenry County’s legislators, Sen. Pam Althoff, R-McHenry, voted with the majority while Sens. Dan Duffy, R-Lake Barrington, and Karen McConnaughay, R-St. Charles, opposed.

Last month, the House voted 61-57 to legalize medical marijuana as part of a four-year pilot program. With the Senate’s approval, the bill now moves to Gov. Pat Quinn, who has not indicated whether he will sign or veto it.

I don’t dispute that there are some merits – as well as significant risks – to legalizing medical marijuana. But with our state facing fiscal insolvency, should legislators be spending time on this issue?

Of course not.

As every day passes, we get closer to the time when more taxpayer money will be spent on retired public employees than current ones. That means

The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa – It’s all about the odds.

With the majority of possible combinations of Powerball numbers in play, someone is almost sure to win the game’s highest jackpot during Saturday night’s drawing, a windfall of hundreds of millions of dollars – and that’s after taxes.

The problem, of course, is those same odds just about guarantee the lucky person won’t be you.

The chances of winning the estimated $600 million prize remain astronomically high: 1 in 175.2 million. That’s how many different ways you can combine the numbers when you play. But lottery officials estimate about 80 percent of those possible combinations have been purchased, so now’s the time to buy.

“This would be the roll to get in on,” said Iowa Lottery CEO Terry Rich. “Of course there’s no guarantee, and that’s the randomness of it, and the fun of it.”

That hasn’t deterred people across Powerball-playing states – 43 plus Washington, D.C., and the U.S. Virgin Islands – from lining up at gas stations and convenience

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Charles Hill of Dallas said he buys lottery tickets every day. And he knows exactly what he’d do if he wins.

“What would I do with my money? I’d run and hide,” he said. “I wouldn’t want none of my kinfolks to find me.”

Clyde Barrow, a public policy professor at the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, specializes in the gaming industry. He said one of the key factors behind the ticket-buying frenzy is the size of the jackpot – people are interested in the easy investment.

“Even though the odds are very low, the investment is very small,” he said. “Two dollars gets you a chance.”

That may be why Ed McCuen has a Powerball habit that’s as regular as clockwork. The 57-year-old electrical contractor from Savannah, Ga., buys one ticket a week, regardless of the possible loot. It’s a habit he didn’t alter Saturday.

“You’ve got one shot in a gazillion or whatever,” McCuen said. “You can’t win unless you buy a ticket.”

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“Somebody is going to win,” he said. “Lots of people are going to lose, too. But if you buy a ticket, that winner might be you.”

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stores Saturday for their chance at striking it rich.

At a mini market in the heart of Los Angeles’ Chinatown, employees broke the steady stream of customers into two lines: One for Powerball ticket buyers and one for everybody else. Some people appeared to be looking for a little karma.

“We’ve had two winners over $10 million here over the years, so people in the neighborhood think this is the lucky store,” employee Gordon Chan said.

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deteriorating public services, including in our schools.

Our message to our elected representatives and senators in Springfield should be this: Enough of the nonsense!

Get back to work on our precarious fiscal situation. Pass meaningful pension reform – that excludes the bill that passed the Senate – now!

By tomorrow, we’re another $18 million in the hole.

••• Pat on the back: I spend enough time and space berating elected officials when I think they’re doing a bad job. I should acknowledge them when they accomplish something in the public’s interest.

State Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, and Sen. Duffy managed to get legislation passed through the General Assembly that eliminates pension and insurance benefits for future appointees to Chicago-area mass-transit boards.

One of the many reasons this state is going broke is because far too many undeserving people are eating at the public trough. Part-time members of state boards (or less than part-time – some don’t event meet once a month) should not qualify for taxpayer-funded insurance or pension benefits.

With help from Duffy, Franks bill passed the Senate on a 54-0 vote last week. It was approved by the House in April, 106-0.

These transit board members already are paid a decent public salary for the work they do. An RTA board member receives $25,000 a year, a CTA board member gets $20,000, and a Metra board member is paid $15,000 annually.

I encourage Franks, Duffy and McHenry County’s other lawmakers to get similar legislation passed for this

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••• Chilly night: Despite near freezing temperatures, more than 300 people spent last Saturday night in tents, cardboard boxes and other makeshift shelters at Living Waters Lutheran Church to support programming for McHenry County’s homeless population. With other participants throughout the county, more than 550 participated this year, according to Christin Kruse, chief development officer at Pioneer Center for Human Services.

The fourth annual SleepOut for Shelter unofficially raised about $65,000 for McHenry County PADS, a division of Pioneer Center. I say “unofficial” because pledges still were being tabulated late last week.

As a member of Pioneer Center’s Board of Directors, I want to thank all the volunteers and participants who made this year’s fundraiser such a huge success. That includes Pastor Carol Gates and the Living Waters Lutheran Church, which hosted the event.

Special thanks also go out to Vince Foglia and Sage Products, the Carybased company that Foglia founded.

They have been huge supporters of PADS and SleepOut for years. Foglia also helped to inspire Lake County PADS to join in the efforts. Lake County PADS raised just under $60,000 with its SleepOut event, its largest fundraiser ever.

Barb Swanson, Pioneer’s community outreach and special events coordinator, also deserves a shoutout for organizing such an outstanding event.

Thanks again to all.

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By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Hundreds of teachers, parents and students took to Chicago’s streets Saturday, the first of three days of marches to protest Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to close dozens of city schools.

The show of force was meant to add weight to a pair of lawsuits filed in recent days. Police-escorted processions snaked through numerous neighborhoods, with protesters stopping at schools, chanting and holding signs with slogans such as “Quality Schools For All Kids.”

“It’s extremely important that we continue our fight for education justice,” Chicago Teachers Union President Karen Lewis said outside an elementary school on the

city’s West Side.

The Chicago Board of Education is set to vote on the plan to close 54 schools in the coming days.

Emanuel and Chicago Public Schools officials say the shutdown of underused schools will help close a $1 billion budget shortfall. But Lewis, re-elected to a second three-year term Friday, promised the fight will not end with the school board’s vote.

Opposition has been bubbling for months from the CTU, which has a tense relationship with Emanuel.

Teachers in the nation’s third-largest school district went on strike for seven days last year over contracts, classroom conditions and other issues. Word of possible school closures also was an undercurrent to the walkout.

Since then, Illinois law-

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Boy Scouts’ vote on gay ban imminent

By DAVID CRARY The Associated Press With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the country to decide whether its contentious membership policy should be overhauled so that openly gay boys can participate in Scout units.

The proposal to be put before the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA’s National Council on Thursday, at a meeting in Grapevine, Texas, would retain the Scouts’ long-standing ban on gays serving in adult leadership positions.

Nonetheless, some conservatives within and outside the BSA community have denounced the proposal, saying the Scouts’ traditions would be undermined by the presence of openly gay youth.

There have been warnings of mass defections if the ban is even partially lifted.

From the other flank, gayrights supporters and some Scout leaders from politically liberal areas have welcomed the proposed change as a positive first step, but are calling on the BSA to go further and lift the ban on gay adults as well.

The Scouts’ national spokesman, Deron Smith, said

the policy toward gays had become “the most complex and challenging issue” facing the BSA at a time when it is struggling to stem a steady drop in membership.

“Ultimately we can’t anticipate how people will vote but we do know that the result will not match everyone’s personal preference,” Smith said in an email.

In January, the BSA floated a plan to give sponsors of local Scout units the option of admitting gays as both youth members and adult leaders or continuing to exclude them.

However, it changed course, in part because of surveys sent out starting in February to members of the Scouting community.

Of the more than 200,000 leaders, parents and youth members who responded, 61 percent supported the current policy of excluding gays, while 34 percent opposed it.

Those findings contrasted with a Washington Post-ABC News national poll earlier this month. It said 63 percent of respondents favored letting openly gay youth be Scouts, and 56 percent favored lifting the ban on gay adults.

Over the past several weeks, numerous public events have been staged by advocacy groups on different sides of the debate.

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makers have considered a moratorium on the proposed closures and school officials have held numerous community meetings with highly charged testimony from neighborhood residents. And in the past week, the union filed two lawsuits arguing that closures would violate the civil rights of students with disabilities and children who are black. Opponents say the closures disproportionately affect minorities.

Parents say the closures also threaten student safety, as children may have to cross gang boundaries to get to new schools.

Earlier in the week, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle blasted the school closing plan as detrimental to children in an interview published Thursday with the Chicago Sun-Times.

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Ill. cracks down on ‘flash mob’ attacks The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Seeking to keep pace with changing technology, Illinois toughened penalties Saturday for those who use social media and text messaging to organize violent “flash mobs” like those that have occurred on Chicago’s Michigan Avenue and in other tourist areas.

Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation doubling the maximum prison term for offenders to six years. The legislation was in direct response to recent incidents in downtown Chicago that left business owners fearful that tourists and other visitors would be scared off. Bill sponsor Rep. Christian Mitchell, D-Chicago, has said it will also make neighborhoods throughout

the state safer.

“Nobody should have to worry about a violent mob attack when going about their daily lives,” Quinn said in a written statement, calling the use of technology to organize such action a “troubling trend.”

Police say groups of young people used Facebook, Twitter and text messaging to organize and publicize a mob action along Michigan Avenue in March. They say several hundred people – most of them teenagers – ran up and down the shopping area, yelling and bumping into people.

In a separate incident, police said a woman was attacked and her purse stolen after a group used social media to promote a flash mob on a downtown Chicago com-

muter rail line. “... Gangs have changed,” Mitchell said Saturday.

“They are now using social networks to organize and mobilize violent activity. The intent of this legislation is to update our laws to reflect how people are using technology to organize crimes in our neighborhoods.”

Opponents of the bill worry innocent youths could get caught up in a flash mob and then be hit with a harsh penalty. They also said it would be difficult for authorities to prove.

The law is effective immediately and revises earlier guidelines that allowed judges to sentence offenders from one to three years in prison.

That range now changes to three to six years.

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IRS probe ignored most influential groups

By KEN THOMAS and STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press WASHINGTON – There’s an irony in the Internal Revenue Service’s crackdown on conservative groups.

The nation’s tax agency has admitted to inappropriately scrutinizing smaller tea party organizations that applied for tax-exempt status, and senior Treasury Department officials were notified in the midst of the 2012 presidential election season that

an internal investigation was underway. But the IRS largely maintained a hands-off policy with the much larger, big-budget organizations on the left and right that were most influential in the elections and are organized under a section of the tax code that allows them to hide their donors.

“The IRS goes AWOL when wealthy and powerful forces want to break the law in order to hide their wrongful efforts and secret political influence,” said Rhode Island Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, a Dem-

ocrat who is among a small Senate group pushing campaign finance reform measures that would force these big outside groups to disclose their donors. “Picking on the little guy is a pretty lousy thing to do.”

Karl Rove’s Crossroads GPS and the Koch brothers’ Americans for Prosperity were among those that spent tens of millions of dollars on TV ads and get-out-the-vote efforts to help Republicans.

Democrats were aided in similar fashion by Priorities USA,

made up of former Barack Obama campaign aides, and American Bridge 21st Century Foundation, an opposition research group led by a former adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.

And yet those groups so far have escaped investigations into whether they have crossed the blurry line under the law between what constitutes a tax-exempt “social welfare” organization that is free from donor reporting requirements and a political committee subject to taxes

and disclosures.

Watchdog groups and lawmakers who have sought more disclosure and restrictions on such groups claim an injustice. They say the IRS saga over the targeting of smaller groups shines a bright light onto the agency’s failure to guard against the flood of secret money into the political system through the creation of the deep-pocketed groups.

Yet other advocates of reform worry that, in light of the IRS disclosure of targeting small groups, government

regulators will be less likely to scrutinize the tax-exempt status of the bigger, more powerful groups out of fear that they will appear to be targeting groups for political reasons.

“We expect that opponents of disclosure will try to use the recent developments to allow the groups that are misusing the tax laws to hide donors to continue misusing them. But that’s a battle that we will engage in,” said Fred Wertheimer, founder and president of watchdog group Democracy 21.

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By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN The Associated Press BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The commuter train derailment and collision that left dozens injured outside New York City was not the result of foul play, officials said Saturday, but a fractured section of rail is being studied to determine if it is connected to the accident.

National Transportation Safety Board member Earl Weener said Saturday the broken rail is of substantial interest to investigators and a portion of the track will be sent to a lab for analysis.

Weener said it’s not clear if the accident caused the fracture or if the rail was broken before the crash. He said he won’t speculate on the cause of the derailment and emphasized the investigation was in its early stages.

Seventy-two people were sent to the hospital Friday evening after a Metro-North train heading east from New York City derailed and was hit by a train heading west from New Haven. Most have been discharged.

Officials earlier described devastating damage and said it was fortunate no one was killed.

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Metro-North Railroad officials tour the scene of the train derailment Saturday in Bridgeport, Conn.

“All of the injured people described the really harrowing experience of having the train jolt to a stop, the dust, darkness, other kinds of factors that made it particularly frightening,” said U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, who visited several patients in the hospital.

Blumenthal said a Metro-North conductor helped

passengers despite her own injuries.

“Her story is really one of great strength and courage helping other passengers off the train in spite of her own very severe pain,” Blumenthal said. “She eventually had to be helped off herself.”

The crash damaged the tracks and threatened to snarl travel in the Northeast Cor-

ridor. The crash also caused Amtrak to suspend service between New York and Boston.

“The damage is absolutely staggering,” Blumenthal said, describing the shattered interior of cars and tons of metal tossed around. “I feel that we are fortunate that even more injuries were not the result of this very tragic and unfortunate accident.”

SPOKANE, Wash. – Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane apartment Saturday, investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin.

Few details have been released in the case, and no arrests have been made. Federal investigators have been searching for the person who sent the letters, which were postmarked Tuesday in Spokane.

The letters were addressed to the downtown post office and the adjacent federal building, but authorities have not released a potential motive. They also have not said whether the letters targeted anyone in particular.

Ricin is a highly toxic substance made from castor beans. As little as 500 micro-

grams, the size of the head of a pin, can kill an adult if inhaled or ingested.

There have been no reports of illness connected to the letters.

FBI agents, Spokane police and U.S. Postal Service inspectors descended on the three-story apartment building Saturday morning and the investigation continued into the afternoon.

FBI spokeswoman Ayn Sandalo Dietrich would not say whether agents were questioning anyone in connection with the case.

“We are not actively looking for a subject,” Sandalo Dietrich said. “We are not asking the public’s help in bringing someone in.”

Despite the hazmat suits, officials said apartment residents were not at risk, and people were seen coming in and out of the brick building in the city’s historic Browne’s Addition neighborhood.

Dozens injured after car plows through parade

By DEBRA McCOWN The Associated Press DAMASCUS, Va. – About 50 to 60 people were injured Saturday when a driver described by witnesses as an elderly man drove his car into a group of hikers marching in a parade in a small Virginia mountain town.

It happened around 2:10 p.m. during the Hikers Parade at the Trail Days festival, an annual celebration of the Appalachian Trail in Damascus, near the Tennessee state line

about a half-hour drive east of Bristol.

Washington County director of emergency management Pokey Harris said no fatalities had been reported.

The injuries ranged from critical to superficial, he said.

Three of the victims were flown by helicopters to regional hospitals. Another 12 to 15 were taken by ambulance. The rest were treated at the scene.

At a news conference, Damascus Police Chief Bill Nunley didn’t release the driver’s name or age but said he was

participating in the parade.

Multiple witnesses described him as an elderly man.

Nunley said the man’s 1997 Cadillac was one of the last vehicles in the parade and the driver might have suffered an unspecified medical problem when his car accelerated to about 25 mph and struck the crowd on a two-lane bridge along the town’s main road.

The driver was among those taken to hospitals.

“It is under investigation and charges may be placed,” Nunley said.

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By ERIK SCHELZIG The Associated Press NASHVILLE, Tenn. – First lady Michelle Obama has some advice for some Tennessee high school graduates: Strike your own path in college and life and work to overcome inevitable failures with determination and grit.

Mrs. Obama spoke for 22 minutes to the graduates of Martin Luther King Jr. Academic Magnet High School on Saturday in her only high school commencement address this year. The ceremony took place in the gymnasium of nearby Tennessee State University.

The first lady told the 170 graduates that she spent too much of her own time in college focusing on academic achievements. While her success in college and law school

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“My message to all of you today is this: Do not waste a minute living someone else’s dream,” she said. “It takes a lot of real work to discover what brings you joy ... and you won’t find what you love simply by checking boxes or padding your GPA.” Mrs. Obama lauded the school – it’s on the site of one of the city’s first to educate African-Americans – for its graduation rate, spirit of volunteerism and healthy food programs. She noted that each graduate was going on to either higher education or the military.

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Assad: Syria transition talks are internal matter

By KARIN LAUB The Associated Press BEIRUT – Syrian President Bashar Assad said in a newspaper interview Saturday he won’t step down before elections and that the United States has no right to interfere in his country’s politics, raising new doubts about a U.S-Russian effort to get Assad and his opponents to negotiate an end to the country’s civil war.

In the capital Damascus, a car bomb killed at least three people and wounded five, according to Syrian state TV. It said bomb experts dismantled other explosives in the area.

The Britain-based activist group Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said eight peo-

ple were killed, including four members of the security forces. Discrepancies in death tolls are common in the chaotic aftermath of bombings in Syria.

Assad’s comments to the Argentine newspaper Clarin were the first about his political future since Washington and Moscow agreed earlier this month to try to bring the Bashar Syrian regime Assad and the opposition to an international conference for peace talks. The U.S. and Russia have backed opposite sides in the conflict, but appear to have found common ground in the diplomatic push.

The White House and the Kremlin see holding the meeting next month, but no date has been set. Neither Assad nor the Syrian National Coalition, the main Western-backed coalition group, has committed to attend.

In the interview, Assad seemed to play down the importance of the conference, saying a decision on Syria’s future is up to Syrians and that the U.S. has no right to interfere.

“We said from the beginning that any decisions having to do with reform in Syria or any political doing is a local Syrian decision,” he said. “Neither the U.S nor any other state is allowed to intervene in it. This issue is dealt with in Syria.”

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Ill. budget up for vote • LAWMAKERS Continued from page A1 their own retirement costs that the state currently pays.

He calls it the “free lunch” and has set another meeting on the issue next week.

“We will resolve the question of ending the ‘free lunch’ before the end of the session,” he told reporters recently.

The other major financial issue before lawmakers is approving a budget. Quinn outlined his proposal that calls for deep cuts to education, but Senate Democrats have already said they want to boost education funding.

At the same time, advocates of same-sex marriage are hoping that Illinois will become the 13th state to allow it. The proposal, which the Senate approved on Valentine’s Day, has stalled in the House for more than three months. But advocates believe they are close, even as several Republicans and various Democrats have expressed their disapproval, along with a fierce opposition campaign from churches.

The bill’s sponsors have said the measure is only a few

votes short of the 60 needed to pass, Quinn had said he’ll sign it if it comes to his desk and advocates say Illinois has contributed to momentum in other states that have recently approved it including Delaware, Rhode Island and Minnesota.

“We were the first ones to get started this year,” said Bernard Cherkasov, CEO of Equality Illinois. “I feel extremely optimistic about how close we are.”

Environmentalists and the oil industry are also waiting for movement on a compromise bill that would regulate the practice of high-volume oil and gas drilling, known as “fracking.” Critics say it could cause air and water pollution and deplete water resources.

Supporters, including Quinn, say it could create about 40,000 jobs across Illinois.

Lawmakers also are set to take up a plan to expand gambling in the state, including five new casinos and many slot machines. For legislators, it’s the third attempt to expand gambling, and Quinn has twice vetoed it. However, they’ve since added a ban on political contributions from the industry, which Quinn wanted.

Some concerned over whether chairwoman has overreached • BOARD Continued from page A1 other – have handled the situation.

Board members, both publicly and privately, have raised concerns over whether Hill has overreached her authority, while at the same time have criticized what they call Kurtz’ all-or-nothing, off-putting approach to putting new faces on a Mental Health Board that has faced increasing questions over its management and spending.

“I see fault on both sides,” Nick Chirikos, D-Algonquin, said. “The way that this was handled by both the committee chair and the board chair has been less than desirable.

A lot of mistakes were made.

If we had to do it all over again, it probably would have a different outcome, but we can’t do that.”

Hill announced May 7 she would take the unorthodox step of advancing her own Mental Health Board candidate, moments after the County Board crushed the committee’s nominee – former McHenry County College trustee Scott Summers – in a 6-18 vote. Summers’ nomination had squeaked through committee on a 4-3 vote.

Kurtz announced her committee would move forward anyway with an alternate candidate. In a special meeting last Tuesday, the committee voted, 4-0 — with the three who opposed Summers absent — to advance banker Jeff Thorsen, who like Ferguson is a Crystal Lake City Council member.

Hill confirmed last Thursday that she will ask the County Board to replace Salgado on the public health committee with Robert Martens Sr. Salgado has been on the committee since her 2000 election.

Board member Mike Skala, R-Huntley, said he is unsure about how he will vote regarding moving Salgado. He said Martens “comes with his own baggage,” namely that he was CEO of a mental health agency that received Mental Health Board funding and collapsed last year despite the board spending almost $1.8 million to save it.

“I don’t think she should have been on that committee from the very beginning. But for Tina to do that right now ... it looks like more of a political move than a need for ‘transparency,’” Skala said.

Nick Provenzano, R-McHenry, said he was not ready to discuss how he intends to vote. But he was among a number of board members who stated that his vote against Summers was strictly professional and was solely based on his qualifications.

And he was among several who said they were unhappy by how they were portrayed

by Kurtz and several others.

“What disappointed me was that this whole process was set up to be a choice between supporting Scott Summers, or you’re against financial reforms on the Mental Health Board,” Provenzano said.

Several board members who said they intend to vote against Ferguson’s appointment, like Skala and Yvonne Barnes, R-Cary, were careful to note that they have no problem with her or her skills, just the way she was nominated.

“Many people had asked Tina Hill not to pull rank and do a power play, but that’s what she did,” Barnes said.

Barnes also made clear that she is unhappy with Kurtz’ handling of the situation, especially scheduling the special meeting at the same time as the Finance and Audit Committee, of which Kurtz is vice-chairwoman.

But those who intend to vote for Ferguson, which include Salgado, said her 35 years in the mental health industry is too good of a skill set to overlook.

“It’s important for the County Board to give the candidate the feeling we are all going to stand behind her and move forward. We all need to do that,” Salgado said.

Salgado has acknowledged that she asked not to be reassigned to the committee following the 2012 election, but said she will vote against the move because the timing looks very bad in the court of public opinion.

Carolyn Schofield, R-Crystal Lake, who served on the Crystal Lake City Council with Ferguson, called Ferguson a good candidate and pledged her support. She is unsure of how she intends to vote regarding replacing Salgado.

However, Schofield downplayed concerns raised by opponents that Hill circumvented the committee process.

Schofield pointed out the recent vote to extend a moratorium on building new electronic billboards – a ban she wholeheartedly supports, given Crystal Lake’s attempts to keep them from popping up just outside of city limits. The ban almost failed in committee, squeaking through on a 4-3 vote, but went on to almost unanimous approval by the full County Board.

“The committee process is just that – a process. It’s not the end-all, be-all,” Schofield said.

Ersel Schuster, R-Woodstock, disagrees. She voted against Summers, but has blasted Hill for nominating a candidate and trying to replace Salgado and said she will vote, and speak out, against both.

“Either we put our foot down now, or we’re in deep trouble, because this is just the tip of the iceberg,” Schuster said.

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Egyptians targeted for blasphemy

By MAGGIE MICHAEL The Associated Press CAIRO – The pale, young Christian woman sat handcuffed in the courtroom, accused of insulting Islam while teaching history of religions to fourth-graders. A team of Islamist lawyers with long beards sang in unison, “All except the Prophet Muhammad.”

The case against Dimyana Abdel-Nour in southern Egypt’s ancient city of Luxor began when parents of three of her pupils claimed that their children, aged 10, complained their teacher showed disgust when she spoke of Islam in class. According to the parents, Abdel-Nour, 24, told the children that Pope Shenouda, who led the Egyptian Coptic Church until his death last year, was better than the

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Prophet Muhammad.

Blasphemy charges were not uncommon in Egypt under the now-ousted autocrat Hosni Mubarak’s regime,

but there has been a surge in such cases in recent months, according to rights activists.

The trend is widely seen as a reflection of the growing

power and confidence of Islamists, particularly the ultraconservative Salafis.

“Salafis are the engineers of these stories,” said Abdel-Hamid Hassan, a Muslim and the head of the parents’ council at the primary school where Abdel-Nour teaches. Hassan’s daughter was among several students who denied any wrongdoing by Abdel-Nour.

“If the pope himself came here from the Vatican and tried to spread Christianity among us, he would fail.

We learn about our religion starting from the age of 5,” he said, alluding to the allegation against Abdel-Nour, since withdrawn, of “spreading Christianity.”

Criminalizing blasphemy was enshrined in the country’s Islamist-backed constitution adopted in December.

Sea turtles spark tourist boom in Caribbean village

By DAVID McFADDEN The Associated Press GRANDE RIVIERE, Trinidad – Giant leatherback turtles, some weighing half as much as a small car, drag themselves out of the ocean and up the shore on the northeastern coast of Trinidad while villagers await wearing dimmed headlamps

in the dark. Their black carapaces glistening, the turtles inch along the moonlit beach, using their powerful front flippers to move their bulky frames onto the sand.

In years past, poachers from Grande Riviere and nearby towns would ransack the turtles’ buried eggs and hack the critically threatened reptiles to death with machet-

es to sell their meat in the market. Now, the turtles have sparked a tourist trade, with people so devoted to them they shoo birds away when the turtles first start out as tiny hatchlings scurrying to sea.

The number of leatherbacks on this tropical beach has rebounded, with some 500 females nesting each night during the peak season in May

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and June. Researchers now consider the beach at Grand Riviere, alongside a river that flows into the Atlantic, the most densely nested site for leatherbacks in the world.

“It’s sometimes hard remembering that leatherbacks are actually endangered,” said tour guide Nicholas Alexander as he watched more emerge from the surf.

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Rocky start for Tina Hill We strongly disapprove of McHenry County Board Chairwoman Tina Hill’s decision to sidestep the board’s committee process in selecting a new candidate for a vacant position on the county’s Mental Health Board.

Hill comes across as heavy-handed and power hungry, and the move raises questions about her motivations.

The County Board’s Public Health and Human Services Committee has been interviewing candidates in recent months to fill a number of vacant seats on the embattled Mental Health Board.

Facing criticism that the Mental Health Board is spending too many local tax dollars on administrative and operational expenses and not enough on services, the committee declined to renominate then Mental Health Board Chairman Lee Ellis, and instead advanced reform candidates to the full County Board.

Three vacant Mental Health Board seats have since been filled by the committee’s preferred candidates.

But earlier this month, the County Board resoundingly rejected the committee’s latest pick for a fourth open seat. After the vote, Hill announced that she would bypass the committee and bring her own candidate to the full board.

In doing so, Hill said the committee process “became convoluted, disruptive and disingenuous for many of the candidates and [County] Board members.”

On Thursday, Hill revealed that Crystal Lake City Councilwoman Cathy Ferguson was her nominee. We have nothing against Ferguson. We endorsed her council candidacy in April’s municipal election.

But the County Board should vote against Ferguson at its meeting Tuesday. Not because Ferguson is a bad candidate, but to let its chairwoman know it disapproves of her methods.

The County Board committee process exists for a reason. Candidates are vetted in a public setting, and a majority vote of the committee advances the candidate to the full County Board, which can approve or reject the nominee. If Hill has a problem with how the committee has made its recommendations, she should tell committee members so publicly and offer them instructions.

She should not usurp their responsibility.

Hill also made waves when she said she would remove County Board member Sandra Fay Salgado from the committee. Salgado is human resources director at Pioneer Center for Human Services, which receives Mental Health Board funding. That represents a conflict of interest, Hill said.

That might be, but Hill’s nominee to replace Salgado on the committee, newly elected County Board member Bob Martens, is the former CEO of Family Service and Community Mental Health Center, which collapsed last year despite being closely aligned with the Mental Health Board and receiving monetary help from it.

If Salgado’s representation on the Public Health and Human Services Committee is a conflict, certainly Martens’ is as well.

Other County Board members also have faced conflict-of-interest questions about their committee assignments. If Salgado is to be removed from Public Health and Human Services, Martens should not replace her, and others with conflicts also should be removed from their respective committees.

It’s been a rocky start for Hill in her first year as County Board chairwoman.

There’s nothing wrong with challenging the status quo. But Hill’s recent approach is not the right way to go about it.

8IT’S YOUR WRITE Tax outrage To the Editor: Last December, when all the taxing districts were forced to publish their levies, we noted that the District 26 levy was almost 9 percent higher. District 155, the high school district, also upped its levy just over 9 percent. And the Cary Park District also wanted a huge increase. Well, taxpayers, they got it.

My tax bill on my residence went up more than 11 percent in just one year. I had mentioned most tax districts held down their levies in the previous two or three years because the recession was at its peak. However, for this current tax year, most of these taxing bodies got even with us by approving huge levy increases, even though most home assessments have dropped. Of course, the multiplier also added 2.04 percent to our lower assessments, just to take more dollars from us.

It’s a sorry situation when we can’t trust our local elected officials to protect the taxpayers. People elected to the school boards or to the park districts simply will support their taxing bodies over the citizens they are supposed to represent. That’s how you have maintenance people in the Cary Park District making more than $65,000 yearly before benefits, and that is their lowest wage in the budget.

Like many others, my wife and I are planning on moving away from my tax bill that will go up again

and again. Districts 155, 26 and the Cary Park District will have to get their taxes from others willing to live with this outrage.

Gary W. Verdung Cary

Property tax fiasco To the Editor: Thanks to our Nunda Township Assessor’s Office, our properties have been reassessed and lowered according to the department market values the past few years. Now, the state of Illinois insists on applying an insane state equalizer factor of 1.0243 for 2012 and 1.0177 for 2011, roughly a two percent increase each year.

However, the real problem is the tax code rate, which is the multiplier that is applied to our final assessed property values. This year, the rate is $10.167637. Last year, it was $8,871993 per $100 assessed value, or an outrageous 14.7 percent increase for only one year.

This tax code rate increased a plus 64.88 percent since 2006, so forget about the taxing districts 2 to 3 percent tax levy increase levels that were declined. The real problem is this tax code rate.

Regardless of the lowering of our assessed property values, this tax code can be adjusted to accommodate any reduction to facilitate the outrageous uncontrolled spending at our expense.

We must demand a yearly costof-living adjustment maximum of

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2 to 3 percent. The current tax code rate increase of 14.7 percent is totally out of control.

Case in point: Our Mental Health Board spending $3 million for administration, payroll and luxurious facilities for 36 employees. Where are the volunteers?

Take the time, write, call, whatever. Our local legislators contact information is listed in Monday’s Northwest Herald.

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Shock turned to anger To the Editor: I recently received my property tax bill from McHenry County and was shocked to find that while the value of my home had stayed flat, my taxes went up significantly.

I recalled receiving a newsletter from state Rep. Jack Franks about a bill of his to stop this and searched recent news on the subject. When I found Kevin Craver’s April 12 article, “Tax cap bill fails House,” my shock turned to anger.

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sentative’s political views, I simply had no idea that local governments spend tax dollars paying lobbyists to defeat common-sense proposals like this.

I would have guessed that it was illegal to use public money to pay a lobbyist. It surely creates a conflict for those who voted against the people in power at the local level.

But anything goes to maintain the status quo, even if it means people like me have to consider leaving communities we have called home our whole lives.

Franks’ legislation did not mean automatic cuts for any local government, merely that if the value of our homes was falling, our local governments would have had to work with what they had the year before.

People in this state need to do something different and start showing up to vote in local elections. If we don’t, as Albert Einstein said, we would be insane to expect a different result.

Deb Martin McHenry

IRS scandal is more than inappropriate; it’s criminal “He has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to ... cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.”

– Article 2, Section 1, Articles of Impeachment – Adopted by the House Judiciary Committee, July 29, 1974

WASHINGTON – The burglary occurred in 1972, the climax came in 1974, but 40 years ago last week – May 17, 1973 – the Senate Watergate hearings began exploring the nature of Richard Nixon’s administration.

Now the nature of Barack Obama’s administration is being clarified as revelations about IRS targeting of conservative groups merge with myriad Benghazi mendacities.

This administration aggressively hawked the fiction that the Benghazi attack was just an excessively boisterous movie review. Now we are told that a few wayward souls in Cincinnati, with nary a trace of

political purpose, targeted for harassment political groups with “tea party” and “patriot” in their titles.

The Washington Post reported that the IRS also targeted groups that “criticized the government and sought to educate Americans about the U.S. Constitution.” Credit the IRS operatives with understanding who and what threatens the current regime.

Jay Carney, whose unenviable job is not to explain but to explain away what his employers say, calls the IRS’ behavior “inappropriate.”

No, using the salad fork for the entree is inappropriate. Using the IRS for political purposes is criminal.

The IRS official in charge of the division that makes politically sensitive allocations of tax-exempt status said recently that she learned of the targeting of conservatives from news reports. But a draft report by the IRS inspector general says this official was briefed on the matter two years ago.

An emerging liberal narrative is that this tempest is all the Supreme

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Views George Will Court’s fault: The Citizens United decision – that corporations, particularly nonprofit advocacy groups, have First Amendment rights – so burdened the IRS with making determinations about who deserves tax-exempt status that some political innocents inexplicably decided to begin by rummaging through the affairs of conservatives. Ere long, presumably, they would have gotten around to groups with “progressive” in their titles.

Liberals, whose unvarying agenda is enlargement of government, suggest that this IRS scandal is nothing more sinister than typical government incompetence. Five days before the IRS story broke, Obama, sermonizing 109 miles northeast of Cincinnati, warned Ohio State graduates about “creep-

8THE FIRST AMENDMENT

ing cynicism” and “voices” that “warn that tyranny is ... around the corner.” Well.

He stigmatizes as the vice of cynicism what actually is the virtue of skepticism about the myth that the tentacles of the regulatory state are administered by disinterested operatives. And the voices that annoy him are those of the Founders.

Time was, progressives like the president 100 years ago, Woodrow Wilson, had the virtue of candor: He explicitly rejected the Founders’ fears of government. Modern enlightenment, he said, made it safe to concentrate power in Washington, and especially in disinterested executive branch agencies run by autonomous, high-minded experts.

Today, however, progressivism’s unambiguous insinuation is that Americans must be minutely regulated because they are so dimwitted they will swallow nonsense.

Such as: There was no political motive in the IRS targeting political conservatives.

Episodes like this separate the

meritorious liberals from the meretricious. When the IRS story broke, The Washington Post led the paper with it and, with an institutional memory of Watergate, published a blistering editorial demanding an Obama apology. The New York Times consigned the story to page 11 (its Page One lead was the umpteenth story about the end of the world being nigh because of global warming). Through Monday, the Times had expressed no editorial thoughts about the IRS. The Times’ Monday headline on the matter was: “IRS Focus on Conservatives Gives GOP an Issue to Seize On.” So that is the danger.

If Republicans had controlled both houses of Congress in 1973, Nixon would have completed his term. If Democrats controlled both today, the Obama administration’s lawlessness would go uninvestigated. Not even divided government is safe government, but it beats the alternative.

• George Will’s email address is georgewill@washpost.com.

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FOX BLUFF PLAN TO GET MORE INPUT The public will get a second chance to weigh in on a notyet-released master plan for the Fox Bluff Conservation Area.

Because of the amount of interest in the site’s future, a second website viewing and comment period has been added to the timeline, McHenry County Conservation District spokeswoman Wendy Kummerer said.

A public viewing is still planned for 3:30 to 5:30 p.m.

June 20, now at the Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park.

The online viewing and comment period will open the next day and run through Aug. 2.

The additional public input time pushes back when the plan will be presented to the district’s board of trustees for a vote about two months to its Sept. 19 meeting.

The conservation district had presented a preferred plan and three alternatives, laying out possibilities for the Fox Bluff Conservation Area. All the plans proposed providing kayak and canoe access at the Fox River along with a paved trail leading to a pier, recognizing the Gillilan farmstead as a historical area and developing a pedestrian trail system.

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Memorial honors doctor Plaque, tree to recognize founder of 1st McHenry hospital

By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com McHENRY – The dinner parties at the Gladstone home were always full of interesting people discussing politics, medicine, art

and architecture.

Dr. Lee Gladstone was a doctor in the then-small rural community, but he had “tremendous drive” to bring specialists and the newest medicine to the area, said longtime friend Charles Li-

ebman.

Gladstone was ultimately successful, and in 1956, a larger building was built next to the clinic to accommodate what had grown into the first hospital in McHenry.

“He was interested in anything and everything in the community, so it really was a very representative group, almost all the time,” Liebman said. “The

Dr. Lee Gladstone

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LIBRARY SHOWS CL ‘THEN AND NOW’ “Crystal Lake Then and Now” will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Crystal Lake Public Library, 126 Paddock St. Diana Kenney will explain how Crystal Lake has evolved. Registration is required in person, by phone at 815-459-1687 or online at www.clpl.org.

BASEBALL CARDS SUBJECT OF EVENT “Baseball Cards in Your Attic?” will be presented from 7 to 8 p.m. Tuesday at the McHenry Public Library, 809 N. Front St. Ever wondered how much that dusty shoebox filled with old baseball or football cards is worth? Vintage sports card memorabilia expert Michael Osacky will explain what to look for when valuing cards and memorabilia. Attendees may bring their pre-1970 items for a free appraisal. Registration is required in person, by calling 815-385-0036 or online at www.mchenrylibrary.org.

KIDS CAN LEARN ART TECHNIQUE “One Point Perspective” will be from 4 to 5 p.m. Tuesday at the Cary Area Public Library, 1606 Three Oaks Road.

During this session for children in fourth and fifth grades, kids can learn about one-point perspective drawing.

They then will drawn and paint a city or country street using this viewpoint. Registration is required in person, by phone at 847-669-4210 or online at www.caryarealibrary.info.

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Jexenia Bennett (from left), Hannah Braasch and Hannah Beus celebrate their graduation Saturday before the Jacobs High School commencement ceremony aat the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.

‘Sea of gold’ at Jacobs ceremony

By STEPHANIE KOHL editorial@shawmedia.com They entered as students and exited as graduates.

It was a sea of H.D. Ja-

cobs High School’s signature gold color as roughly 550 members of the Class of 2013 donned caps and gowns for graduation Saturday morning at the Sears

Centre in Hoffman Estates.

“These are some really great students, a lot of people who are going to go on and make a huge difference in whatever field they go

in,” Principal Ami Engel said.

Emily Alessio was named valedictorian and Katie Rim was named salutatorian of the class that

coined the phrase, “Jacobs ’til We Die.” Alessio shared that although the generation

See JACOBS, page B4

Woodstock North celebrates success

Woodstock North High School graduates wear 2013 sunglasses Saturday during a rap by two students at the 2013 commencement ceremony in Woodstock.

By CYNTHIA WOLF editorial@nwherald.com WOODSTOCK – A throng of parents and friends of newly minted Woodstock North High School graduates moved slowly through a tightly packed hallway Saturday night.

And up came a hand, gently patting Bob Zieman on the left shoulder.

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“I’m proud of your kids, and I’m proud of you and Patty,” said Jim Block of McHenry to his son-in-law.

Zieman looked back and smiled. His oldest children, twins Shane and Brittany Zieman, had just graduated along with 226 of their peers.

Moments earlier, the crowd in the gym had

See WOODSTOCK, page B4

INSIDE: Seniors from Dundee-Crown and Faith Lutheran high schools say farewell as they celebrate their time together. PAGE B2 WOODSTOCK • MCHENRY • CRYSTAL LAKE • HUNTLEY

Annexation process moves forward

By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com MARENGO – The Marengo City Council could have its annexation process completed by next month, after aldermen recently added another parcel to city limits in their quest to reach Interstate 90 and build an interchange.

City Manager Gary Boden said the city could have 1,300 acres annexed after the council’s May 28 meeting, when aldermen are expected to vote on the controversial agreement with property owner A.R. Land Co. The city has been trying all year to annex 2,400

total acres southwest of its borders along Route 23 and begin formal talks with the Illinois Tollway Authority about financing an interchange at Route 23 and I-90 intended to spur economic development.

The council inched closer to that goal last week, Gary Boden Marengo city when aldermen approved manager an agreement with WJR Enterprises to annex 176 acres west of Route 23. Earlier in the month, aldermen approved a much larger deal with Chicago

Title Land Trust Co. for 750 acres.

“The momentum is building,” Boden said. “We have resolved some issues initially and now I think we are going to be rather programmatic about theses things.

We’ve done a lot to get to this point.”

The agreement with WJR Enterprises did not generate as much intensity as other agreements in the process.

Riley Township officials did not have major concerns with the deal, after raising zoning and environmental issues with the city’s initial proposed annexations.

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Michael Jones sings from a hymnal during the 2013 commencement ceremony Saturday for Faith Lutheran High School at Immanuel Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake.

Close-knit class says farewell to Faith Lutheran

By CYNTHIA WOLF editorial@nwherald.com CRYSTAL LAKE – “Are you ready? Are you ready?” a beaming Sherri Manninen asked a group of red-gowned grads as they stood in the church vestibule before their Saturday morning ceremony.

Manninen gave off every appearance of being a proud parent, and in a way she was, she said.

“I’m the office manager,” said Manninen, of Faith Lutheran High School in Crystal Lake. “I started last summer here, and I’m very excited … I love my job. You kind of feel like you’re a mom to all of these kids.”

With the Class of 2013 numbering just 15, the staff, faculty and students of Faith Lutheran know each other well.

“I went to [Crystal Lake] South for two years and then switched here,” said 17-yearold Rebekah Miller of Crystal Lake. “I like this so much better. It’s so much more of a homey feeling – more like a family here.”

Miller and fellow graduate Max Bishop, of Algonquin, said they’ll miss their close-knit school, but looked forward to the next phase of their lives.

Class salutatorian Bishop, 18, is headed for Elgin Community College, while Miller is headed to McHenry County College.

Wherever they and their fellow graduates wind up,

the Rev. Thomas Larson said during his address at Immanuel Lutheran Church, may they remain steadfast in their communication with God and forever be mindful of their example.

“Success in life is more than making lots of money, and more than just being happy,” said Larson, a former Faith Lutheran board member and former Woodstock pastor who returned from Columbus, Neb., to officiate.

“Success in life is making a difference.”

Valedictorian Siyu Zhu, a foreign exchange student from China, said she was grateful to her home and host families for making possible the exceptional experience she has enjoyed while in the United States the past two years.

“No one should be scared to step out of their comfort zone,” she told her classmates. “You might imagine how you’re going to get in to trouble, but God will step up.”

Through hymns, prayers, a video remembrance and speeches, the graduates, their families and friends reflected on their paths to date and the journeys still ahead.

“God has given each one of you a spiritual gift,” said Chris Schoenleb Jr., executive director of the school.

“My prayer is that when you meet Jesus, the first words out of his mouth will be, ‘Well done, good and faithful servant.’”

HOFFMAN ESTATES – Whether her classmates were planning to study economics at Stanford or business at DePaul, Rachael Ohlrich said everyone had at least one thing in common. Time.

As 550 of her classmates sat in front of her with their caps and gowns, Ohlrich, valedictorian of the Dundee-Crown High School Class of 2013, urged everyone to cherish the most fleeting of resources.

“Life is truly precious,” she said. “Be in control of your time and make it what you will. It is your time, don’t let it slip away.”

Dundee-Crown’s Class of 2013 gathered for the last time Saturday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates as 551 students accepted their diplomas. Principal Lynn McCarthy touted the class as one of the most successful ever.

With 73 students achieving college readiness honors and 41 students completing the Advancement Via Individual Determination program, McCarthy said the Class of 2013 set a new standard for all who follow.

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Dorothy Loschiavo hugs Principal Lynn McCarthy as she takes the stage during the 30th annual DundeeCrown commencement ceremony Saturday at the Sears Centre in Hoffman Estates.

“You are giants in camaraderie and leadership,” she told the seniors. “You have demonstrated what family truly means ... and you have led by example.”

Servando Gomez said no matter what lies ahead, he would look back fondly at his

time at Dundee-Crown.

“It was a great experience,” he said. “I couldn’t ask for a better school.”

Shameeka Bramlett agreed, saying she was looking forward to college but was not ready to close the chapter of her high school years.

“It goes by a lot faster than you expect,” she said. “I can’t believe it’s over.”

No matter where his colleagues were headed, Malik Washington, salutatorian for the class of 2013, left his classmates with a simple message.

“We are the future.”

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Valedictorian said class has ‘the potential to go quite far’ • WOODSTOCK Continued from page B1 erupted in whistles, hollers and cheers as members of the Class of 2013 moved their tassels from right to left, signifying the successful conclusion to their high school careers.

The class – only the second to spend all four years at North

– indeed was successful, Principal Brian McAdow said.

“They had the highest athletic participation, the highest number of activities and the highest number of AP tests taken,” McAdow said. “We absolutely know these things are connected to success.”

More than 65 percent of the class participated in athletics and clubs. And students in the

class took a combined 260 advanced placement tests, McAdow said.

“I have No. 4 in the class,” proud mother Laurie Singer of Wonder Lake said before the ceremony started. Her daughter Sarah Singer, 17, achieved a 4.693 grade-point average.

Among the AP students, a perfect GPA is 5.0, Laurie Singer said.

This was Singer’s youngest of three children to graduate.

“She’s off to college in the fall, so now I get to adjust to being an empty nester,” Singer said.

Meanwhile, the students must adjust to life beyond high school, class valedictorian Marina Besserud said during her speech.

“We should rejoice in the

fact that we no longer have to get up early in the morning to go to high school,” she said.

And while the choices ahead may prove at times to be daunting, they will be entirely theirs, Besserud added.

“We as the Class of 2013 have the potential to go quite far – across the country, maybe even across the world,” she said. “The possibilities are

endless.”

Salutatorian Zachery Brokaw also addressed the crowd.

He urged everyone to take a long last look at the class as a group, and he wished everyone well on their future paths.

“The real world doesn’t care whether you’re an artist, an athlete, an academic or an activist,” he said. “Stay true to yourself.”

Salutatorian shared message of thankfulness for family, administrators • JACOBS Continued from page B1 which includes her graduating class is often noted as having a pessimistic attitude, she looked to Harry Potter’s Albus Dumbledore

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– a man the Class of 2013 grew up with – to show otherwise.

“Happiness can be found, even in the darkest of times, if one only remembers to turn on the light,” she said, quoting Dumbledore.

The class survived the

Y2K scare as it first entered school, and made it through the end of the world, as predicted by the Mayans, this school year. They’ve lived through the tragic events of Sept. 11, 2001, an ailing economy and more.

“We’ve seen disaster, but

we’ve also seen people band together after,” Alessio said, encouraging her peers to make the most of their futures, whatever path they choose.

Rim shared a message of thankfulness for the parents, siblings, teachers,

administrators and others who’ve helped her class achieve their dreams over the years.

“I think all of us can pretty much say our parents are our biggest fans,” Rim said.

The Class of 2013 chose to donate a new flag pole to the

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Died: May 16, 2013 CUBA CITY, Wis. – William T. Colomer, 59, of Cuba City, Wis., formerly of the McHenry County area, died Thursday, May 16, 2013, at home.

Arrangements are pending at the Casey Funeral Home & Cremation Service in Cuba City, Wis. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.caseyfuneralhome. net.

BRUCE COSBY Born: Sept. 6, 1943 Died: May 14, 2013 PROVIDENCE, Ky. – Bruce Cosby, 69, of Providence, Ky., passed away Tuesday, May 14, 2013.

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8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS

Milton T. Ewert: A memorial service for Milton T. Ewert will be at 1:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at First United Methodist Church of Crystal Lake, 236 W. Crystal Lake Ave., Crystal Lake.

Maria Elena (Nooning)

Havemann: The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley, and from 9:30 a.m. until the Mass celebration at 10:30 a.m. Monday, May 20, at St. Mary Catholic Church,

Died: May 17, 2013; in Viroqua, Wis. VIROQUA, Wis. – Laura Glade Freise, 93, of Viroqua, Wis., formerly of Marengo, passed away Friday, May 17, 2013, at Vernon Manor Nursing Home in Viroqua, Wis. Arrangements are pending at Fredrick Funeral Home, Hampshire.

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He is survived by his wife, Linda; his daughter, Karla (Billy) Sensabaugh; his sons, Ken Cosby, Kelly (Cherish) Cosby and Kevin (Robin) Cosby; his grandchildren, Tyler, Dustin, Logan, Samuel, Devin, Blake, Landon, Kelby, Kylee, Courtney, Abby and Billy; his sisters, Helen Jones and Phyllis Anderson; and his brother, Wayne Cosby.

He was preceded in death by three brothers.

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SOPHIA HOEFT

JAMES C. FUKEY Born: Feb. 27, 1938; in Chicago Died: May 17, 2013; in Huntley

Born: Nov. 25, 1917; in Monterey, Neb. Died: May 3, 2013; in Woodstock

HUNTLEY – James C. Fukey, 75, of Sun City, Huntley, passed away suddenly at his home Friday, May 17, 2013.

He was born February 27, 1938, in Chicago, the son of James C. and Irene M. (Colton) Fukey. He was raised in Chicago by the Midway Airport area and graduated from Lindbloom High School. He then started a long career with International Paper.

He was united in marriage to Janet H. Maurer on February 4, 1961. He was then drafted into the United States Army where he served in Colorado. The family then returned to Chicago and made their home in Northlake.

He retired in 2001, and following his wife’s death, he moved to Huntley in 2004. Jim enjoyed time with his family, reading, fishing and sports, especially basketball and football, and he was known for his great sense of humor.

Jim is survived by his daughters, Sharon (Mark) Neeb of Streamwood, Laura (Christopher) Baillie of Winfield, Mary Gibas of Lake Zurich; his son, James J. (Jacqueline) Fukey of Bartlett; his grandchildren, Madeline, Alexia, Colin, Luke, Konrad and Margaret; his sister, Mary Felgenhauer of Hometown; and his very special friend, Joan Schultz of Huntley. He was preceded in death by his wife, Janet; two brothers; and one sister.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 28, and will continue from noon to 12:45 p.m. Wednesday, May 29, at the DeFiore-Jorgensen Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 1 p.m. Wednesday at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Road, Huntley. Burial will be in Queen of Heaven Cemetery.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the American Lung Association.

For more information, call 847-5158772. Online condolences can be directed to www.defiorejorgensen. com.

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NAPERVILLE – Sophia M. Hoeft (nee Kaup), 95, a Naperville resident since 1949, died Friday, May 3, 2013, at Centegra Memorial Medical Center in Woodstock.

She was born on Nov. 25, 1917, the daughter of Herman and Josephine Kaup, in Monterey, Neb. The youngest of 11 children, Sophia attended St. Boniface Grade School and St. Angela’s Academy in Carroll, Iowa. She graduated in June of 1939 from Creighton University, St. Joseph’s School of Nursing. While serving in multiple facilities around the country for the United States Public Health Department, she met and married her husband, Walter, in Chicago, on March 2, 1946. The couple moved to Naperville in 1949 where they continued to raise their daughters. Sophia spent her early years of marriage working as an RN in the nursery at St. Charles Hospital in Aurora. The end of her career was spent working as an industrial nurse at the Nabisco Plant in Aurora.

Sophia was a longtime parishioner of Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Naperville. She served as a member of the Naperville Garden Club for 30 years, acquiring the title of Master Gardener. After celebrating 61 years of marriage, Walter passed away in 2007.

Mrs. Hoeft is survived by her four daughters, Marilyn (Richard) Swanson of Fennville Mich., Joanne (Richard) Lind of Woodstock, Kathleen (Michael) Brechon of Rockford and Carolyn (Lucio) Miele of Terry, Miss.; 12 grandchildren; five great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Walter; six brothers, Charles, Fred, Herman, Joseph, Paul and John; and four sisters, Ella Kaup, Gertrude Klitz, Johanna Lennemann and Mary Ann Kaup.

The visitation will be from 9 to 10 a.m. Saturday, May 25, at St. Patrick’s Residence, 1400 Brookdale Road, Naperville.

A Mass of Christian Burial will follow at 10 a.m. Saturday in the chapel at St. Patrick’s Residence.

OBITUARIES Interment will be at SS. Peter & Paul Cemetery, Naperville.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to St. Patrick’s Residence, 1400 Brookdale Rd., Naperville, IL 60563, 630-416-0783, or www. stpatricksresidence.org; or Hearthstone Communities, 840 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock, IL 60098, 815-338-2110, or www.wclsil.org.

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MARY G. HORTON Born: Jan. 22, 1939; in Albion Died: May 16, 2013; in Harvard HARVARD – Mary G. Horton, 74, of Walworth, Wis., died Thursday, May 16, at Mercy Harvard Hospital.

She was born, Jan. 22, 1939, to Glenn K. and Helen S. (Fisher) Hodgson in Albion. On May 24, 1957, she married John G. “Jack” Horton Sr. in Browns at the Methodist Church.

She had worked as a preschool teacher in Harvard for 20 years. Along with being a homemaker, she also had worked at Gamble’s Hardware Store and Sternberg’s. She was a member of the First United Methodist Church, where she was a Sunday School teacher, and a member of the Harvard Women of the Moose Golden Agers. She loved spending time with her grandchildren, enjoyed her family vacations, which were always to educational places, and was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan.

Survivors include her sons, John Jr. (Wendy) Horton of Walworth and Jason (Lori) Horton of Walworth; grandchildren, Christopher, Camryn, Chloe, Benjamin and Tess; one godchild, Heather Loewe; one brother, Larry Hodgson; two sisters-in-law, Melba Hodgson and MaryDon Hortin; two brothers-in-law, Benjamin Horton Jr. and Leo Tibbitts; nephews, Tony DeMarco and Bob Horton; nieces, Janet Swonguer and Teri Horton; and several other nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, who died on June 12, 1998; one sister, June Horton; and one brother, Gary Hodgson.

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Special thanks to the Harvard Care Center for their loving care and support.

The visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 20, at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner St., Harvard. The visitation will continue from 10:30 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Tuesday, May 21, at First United Methodist Church, 1100 N. Division St., Harvard. The Rev. Jim Bell will officiate. Interment will be in Linn-Hebron Cemetery in Hebron.

Memorials may be made to the First United Methodist Church or to the Lakeland Animal Shelter, P.O. Box 1000, Elkhorn, WI 53121.

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my, and a lifelong servant of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.

Betty Jo is survived by her husband of 50 years, David Morrow; daughter, Lori (Brian) Adcock; son, Brian (Lori) Morrow; and grandchildren, Grace, Silas and Rebekah.

She was preceded in death by her brother, David; and her parents, Joseph and Frances Marquis.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, May 21, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (Route 176), Crystal Lake.

The visitation will continue at 10 a.m. Wednesday, May 22, until the 11 a.m. funeral services at First United Methodist Church, 236 W. Crystal Lake Ave. Burial will be in Windridge Cemetery will be private.

Online condolences may be sent to www.davenportfamily.com. For information, call 815-459-3411.

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JOSEPH J. KILZER Died: May 16, 2013 LISLE – Joseph J. Kilzer, 86, of Lisle, formerly of the Skokie and Huntley areas, passed away Thursday, May 16, 2013.

The visitation will be at 9 a.m.

Wednesday, May 22, until the 10 a.m. memorial Mass celebration at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee Rd., Huntley.

For information, call James A. O’Connor Funeral Home at 847-6695111 or visit www.jamesaoconnorfuneralhome.com.

BETTY JO MORROW Born: October 22, 1941; in Cambridge, Ohio Died: May 17, 2013; in Woodstock CRYSTAL LAKE – Betty Jo Morrow (nee Marquis), 71, of Crystal Lake, born October 22, 1941, in Cambridge, Ohio, passed away peacefully May 17, 2013, in Woodstock.

Betty Jo was a member of First United Methodist Church for 40 years, past president of United Methodist Women and former area captain of T.O.P.S. She was a loving and devoted wife, mother and Gram-

BONNIE PHILLIPS Died: March 20, 2013 WOODSTOCK – Bonnie Phillips, 70, born in Elmhurst and a longtime resident of Woodstock, passed away Wednesday, March 20, 2013.

For at least 25 years, Bonnie was a dedicated machine operator at Union Special in Huntley. In the last few years, Bonnie had shifted her career to being a home helper to those in need. She enjoyed caring for others and made some wonderful friendships along the way.

A devoted Christian and woman of great faith, Bonnie always had a passion for cooking, gardening and spending time with her family She also enjoyed playing cards, being around her beloved animals, and in her youth riding horses.

She is survived by seven nieces and nephews; many great-nieces and nephews; and great-great nieces and nephews.

For the past few years, Bonnie suffered from a disease called Myasthenia Gravis. Memorial contributions can be directed to www. mystheniagravis.org.

Memorial services will be at 5:30 p.m. Friday, May 24, at Woodstock

Assembly of God, 1201 Dean St., Woodstock.

For information, call Colonial Funeral Home at 815-385-0063.

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LOUISE SCHMARJE Born: Aug. 30, 1920; in Burlington, Wis. Died: May 18, 2013; in Woodstock HEBRON – Louise Schmarje, 92, of Hebron, died Saturday, May 18, 2013, at JourneyCare Hospice Inpatient Unit in Woodstock.

She was born in Burlington, Wis., on Aug. 30, 1920, to Gustav A. and Meta A. (Pallatz) Spitzbart. She married Robert Charles Schmarje on April 11, 1942.

She was a member of Nativity Lutheran Church in Wonder Lake.

She worked, lived and raised her family on a farm in both Woodstock and Hebron. She loved gardening and enjoyed growing flowers. But mostly she loved being with her family, her children and especially her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. She was loved and will be missed.

She is survived by a son, Laverne Schmarje; three daughters, Linda (Richard) Wappler, Anita Schmarje and Diana Schaefer; six grandchildren, Kenneth, Dale, Scott, Heather, Lisa and Kelly; and five great-grandchildren, Richard, Alyssa, Avery, Rylee and Carter.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; three brothers, Edwin, Gustav and Lloyd; and a great-granddaughter, Hailey.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, May 20, 2013, at the Schneider- Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. The visitation will continue at 10 a.m.

Tuesday, May 21, until the 11 a.m. funeral service at Nativity Lutheran Church, 3506 E. Wonder Lake Rd., Wonder Lake. Burial following the service will be at McHenry County Memorial Park.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the family, JourneyCare Hospice or Nativity Lutheran Church.

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

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8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS • Continued from page B6 Toby Shussin Levin: Two public memorial gatherings have been set to celebrate her life and are open to her many friends and loved ones: from 2 to 4 p.m.

Saturday, June 1, at her home, 500 Stanford Drive, Marengo; and from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, July 14, at Wolfe Lake Condominiums Party Room, 4820 Park Commons Drive, Minneapolis, MN 55416.

Frederic E. Rachford: The visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. The visitation will continue from 9:30 a.m. Monday, May 20, until the Mass celebration at 10:30 a.m. at Church of Holy Apostles, 5211 Bull Valley Road, McHenry. Burial will be in Oakland Cemetery in Woodstock. For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710.

Anna Mae Davidson Michalsen: A memorial service will be at 11 a.m.

Wednesday, June 5, at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 485

Woodstock St., Crystal Lake.

Shirley Mae (Louy) Thomas: A memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, May 26, at First Congregational United Church of Christ of DeKalb, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Private family burial will be in Oakwood Cemetery in DeKalb. For information, call Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home at 815-758-3841.

Joseph Paul Waldin: The memorial visitation will be at noon Sunday, May 19, followed by a service at 2 p.m. at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave.

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LeRoy Wegener: A visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m., followed by a memorial service and luncheon Saturday, June 1, at Chain O’ Lakes Community Bible Church, 43 W. Grass Lake Road, Lake Villa.

Phillip M. Yurgaitis: The visitation will be from 4 to 9 p.m. Monday, May 20, with a service with military honors at 7 p.m. at the Kahle-Moore Funeral Home, 403 Silver Lake Road, Cary. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-3817.

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IHSA CLASS 3A GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD STATE MEET

Tseumah high jump champion

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com CHARLESTON – Two months ago, Huntley’s Omo Tseumah felt some trepidation that her promising senior track and field season might not get off the ground.

She finished it Saturday right where she wanted to be all along, atop the medals stand at the IHSA girls track and field state meet.

Tseumah, who learned in late March the pain in her left (takeoff) knee was

nothing of real concern, soared over 5 feet, 8 inches at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium to edge Lyons Township’s Emma Haugen for the Class 3A high jump title.

The two traded spots from last year.

“She’s a sophomore, Omo Tseumah she can get it back the next two years,” said Tseumah, who will jump at Marquette next year. “It’s a huge relief, honestly. You have a goal, you have a dream and you

know you can get it. But you always have thoughts that you may not make it.”

Jacobs’ Lauren Van Vlierbergen took fourth in the Class 3A 1,600 meters and anchored the Golden Eagles’ 4x800 relay team of Molly Barnes, Tori Tamburrino and Sam Baran that finished fifth.

Cary-Grove’s Joslyn Nicholson improved five spots with her final attempt to take fourth in the triple jump. Trojans freshman Nikki Freeman was seventh in the discus.

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IHSA CLASS 2A GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD STATE MEET

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Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews (center) is sandwiched between Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall (left) and Pavel Datsyuk in the second period of Game 2 of a Western Conference semifinal series Saturday at the United Center. The Hawks lost, 4-1.

GAME 2: RED WINGS 4, BLACKHAWKS 1

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Marengo’s Allie Sprague and Katie Adams embrace after the 1,600-meter run during Saturday’s Class 2A girls track and field state meet finals at O’Brien Stadium on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston. Adams won the race with a career-best time of 5:00.84; Sprague was second in 5:07.19. The duo managed to score 31 points, which tied the Indians for fifth place as a team.

Beattie 3,200 victor Woodstock junior outkicks Marengo’s Adams, who wins 1,600 just ahead of Indians’ Sprague

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com CHARLESTON – Woodstock’s Maura Beattie utilized a different strategy against Marengo’s Katie Adams, her rival, for their fourth meeting in the 3,200 meters this season.

Beattie unleashed everything she had, pressing the pace hard from the outset in an effort to break the other competitors’ spirits. The ploy worked just as Beattie and her coaches had hoped. By the sixth lap, it was obvious she was going to win

the Class 2A 3,200 in the IHSA girls track and field state meet Saturday.

“I just kept thinking, ‘Keep pushing,’ so they couldn’t get any closer,” Beattie said. “I could hear my sister (Elise) on the backstretch yelling. I just wanted to go out hard and Maura Beattie keep going.”

The Blue Streaks junior won in 10 minutes, 55.77 seconds, with Peoria Notre Dame’s Maryjeanne Gilbert (11:00.31) in second and Adams

(11:10.77) in third. She joins her sister Kayla as a Class 2A state champion; Kayla won the race in 2010 and 2011.

Adams looked tired in that race, but collected herself and came back to win the 1,600 in her career-best time of 5:00.84.

Her teammate Allie Sprague was second in 5:07.19. Those two managed to score 31 points, which tied the Indians for fifth place as a team.

“It was really tough mentally coming back,” Adams said. “I was really tired after the 3,200. I had to bounce back mentally for the 1,600. I had to calm myself down and tell myself I could do it. I definitely ran that race with my heart, I wasn’t going to let up.”

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CHICAGO – Mike Babcock looked like a walking advertisement for Sprite as he strolled out of the Detroit Red Wings’ victorious locker room Saturday and entered a room filled with reporters.

One problem.

As Babcock stepped behind the lectern, he found no place to set down his drink without it tipping. So the veteran coach leaned over and put the plastic 20-ounce bottle on the Game 3 floor.

Moments at Detroit, 6:30 earlier, the p.m. Monday, Wings had NBCSN, AM-720 quenched their thirst with a dominant 4-1 win against the Blackhawks.

“Now, we’re freshened up,” Babcock said. “Series on.”

Gulp.

Series on.

Count me among those who figured that the Hawks would breeze past the Wings in Game 2 of the Western Conference semifinals much like they did in the series opener. After all, the Hawks had dominated the Wings to win Game 1, and the second game of the series featured the same players, the same coaches and the same venue.

How much could change in a couple of days?

Oh, nothing. Except for everything.

Put away your broom, unless you want to use it to sweep away any remnants of disappointment from the Hawks’ setback Saturday.

The Hawks did almost everything wrong, whether it was falling down to set up a Wings goal (ahem, Niklas Hjalmars-

VIEWS Tom Musick son) or turning over the puck in front of the net (that’s you, Michal Rozsival) or committing dumb penalties (cough, Dave Bolland, cough).

Less than 72 hours after outshooting the Wings, 42-21, the Hawks were outshot, 30-20.

The final horn that blared across the United Center – BLAMMM!!!

– served as a wake-up call.

“Maybe after the first game, we thought it was going to be an easy series,” Hawks forward Patrick Kane said afterward in a sparsely populated locker room. “We had a lot of confidence in there.

“But they’re a good team, and they have a lot of players over there that still want to battle and prove themselves even more than they have already. By no means is it going to be an easy series or a cakewalk.”

Apparently not.

The Hawks had manhandled the Wings in recent seasons, winning all five head-to-head matchups this season and posting a 13-2-2 record in the past three seasons heading into Game 2. Yet none of that matters now as the second-round series has been reduced to a best of five with the next two games scheduled for Monday and Thursday at Detroit’s Joe Louis Arena.

All of a sudden, a Hawks team that has faced little (if any) adversity since January must respond to its first legitimate challenge of the playoffs.

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CARY-GROVE SECTIONAL

Eight earn 1st state tourney berths

By ROB SMITH rsmith@shawmedia.com CARY – It was a season of firsts for many area boys tennis players in the Cary-Grove Sectional on Saturday.

Eight local players qualified for the state finals for the first time. The finals start Thursday at locations across the northwest suburbs. Prairie Ridge won the team title with 24 points, followed by McHenry and Marian Central with 18, Cary-Grove (16), Crystal Lake Central (15) and Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com Johnsburg (13).

Marian Central’s Aaron Waters hits the ball in a match against Prairie Ridge’s Imrann The Wolves’ Jack Lamar and DanAlas during the third round of the Cary-Grove Sectional on Saturday at Cary-Grove ny Van Bosch placed fourth in douHigh School. Waters won the singles title, becoming the first local player in recent bles to qualify for state. It was the memory to win sectional titles in both singles (2013) and doubles (2011 and 2012). first time the pair had played at sec-

More online Check out the latest baseball, softball and girls soccer power rankings and the Play of the Week at McHenryCountySports.com. tionals. For Lamar, who first picked up a racked as a freshman, it was a great way to end his senior season.

“Starting tennis as a freshman and make it here was a great experience,” Lamar said.

Johnsburg’s Keven Wells also finished his senior season with his first trip to state by taking third in singles. Wells said whatever happened, he just wanted to play relaxed and enjoy the experience.

“Today I decided just to have fun,” Wells said.

Also qualifying for state for the first time was Cary-Grove’s Owen Russell in singles and Crystal Lake Central’s Matt O’Connell and Billy O’Connell in doubles.

Bij Heydari and Brad Henning won the doubles title for the Wolves, defeating McHenry’s Dennis Quitalig and Nick Higgin, 3-6, 7-5, 6-2, in the championship match. Henning and Higgin also are first-time qualifiers.

After losing to Jacobs and the Warriors in back-to-back matches during the season, it was questionable whether Heydari and Henning

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Love the noon start for Blackhawks and Red Wings. Feels like a Bears game. Where’s Lovie Smith to defer the opening face-off? #CHIvsDET Tom Musick – @tmusick

NBA playoffs: Memphis at San Antonio, 2:30 p.m., ABC Blowing a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference finals a year ago to Oklahoma City has driven the Spurs since training camp, and now they are back with Game 1 against Memphis determined not to waste another chance.

The NHL fined the Sharks $100,000 on Saturday for GM Doug Wilson’s comments criticizing the league for forward Raffi Torres’ suspension for the rest of the second round of the playoffs.

The team was fined an automatic $25,000 and the was docked an additional $75,000 under an article in the league’s constitution because of the “inappropriate nature of the comments.”

The girls track and field state meet wrapped up Saturday with three state champs. Woodstock’s Maura Beattie came home with a state championship in the 3,200 meters. Beattie is only a junior. Here are three other girls track and field athletes to watch for next season.

1. Marengo’s Allie Sprague 2. Jacobs’ Lauren Van Vlierbergen 3. Cary-Grove’s Nikki Freeman

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FACE OFF Joslyn Nicholson School: Cary-Grove Year: Senior Sport: Basketball/Track and Field

1. What words are on the favorite T-shirt you own?

State Qualifier

2. What’s the most recent music you purchased?

John Mayer’s new CD, “Born and Raised”

3. What’s your favorite game to play on your phone?

It’s a driver’s ed parking game. It’s fun, I like to see how far I get.

4. Which teammate really makes you laugh?

Delaney Perrone. She can sometimes say things that aren’t very relevant. She can be a blonde sometimes, then she does a face-palm afterward.

5.

What do you think people say about you when you’re not there?

I would imagine some people would say I’m pretty carefree and outspoken. They think I’m weird, but it’s a good kind of weird.

Ian Meador School: Crystal Lake South Year: Senior Sport: Cross Country/Track and Field

1. What words are on the favorite T-shirt you own?

State Track and Field Meet, Charleston, IL 2012

2. What’s the most recent music you purchased?

Green Day’s CD, “Uno”

3. What’s your favorite game to play on your phone?

“Bike Race”

4.

Which one of your teammates really makes you laugh?

Joe Coughlin.

He’s sarcastic and can bounce off stuff.

5.

What do you think people say about you when you’re not there?

The speed they think I have.

Delaney Pruitt School: Johnsburg Year: Sophomore Sport: Cross Country/Basketball/Soccer

1. What words are on the favorite T-shirt you own?

Dare to be different

2. What’s the most recent music you purchased?

Tinie Tempah’s CD “Disc-Overy.”

3. What’s your favorite game to play on your phone?

Nemo’s Reef

4.

Which one of your teammates really makes you laugh?

Trista Reynolds. She’s just really random and really funny. She says and does the weirdest things.

5. What do you think people say about you when you’re not there?

Maybe that I’m always smiling.

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hile many of us have been caught up in the Blackhawks’ playoff run, baseball season quietly has reached its one-quarter mark. Assistant sports editor Tom Clegg and columnist Tom Musick discuss:

Musick: Who would have predicted that the Cubs and White Sox would be contending with 25 percent of the season complete?

Granted, they’re contending for fourth place in their respective divisions, but you’ve got to start somewhere. Let’s hand out some first quarter awards. Where should we start?

Clegg: How about some ground rules first? Are these going to be Cubs awards and Sox awards, or will the Chicago teams be competing against each other? That might be a fair fight.

Musick: I say we put both teams in the same pool. (By the way, I would never swim in that pool.) Who wins your Most Exciting Player Despite Being On A Boring Team Award?

Clegg: Exciting might be a stretch for either of these teams, but the guy I still want to watch every time he comes to the plate is Adam Dunn. He’s actually starting to hit now, too, but I’d paid just to watch him take a called third strike.

Musick: Big Donkey! He wins my Best Nickname Involving A Donkey Award. As for Most Exciting Player, I’m going with Anthony Rizzo. He is one of about five legitimate major-league players on the Cubs, and I love the way he pounds the ball at the plate. And thanks to the 23-yearold’s recent contract extension, he still should be around when the Cubs start winning in 2019.

Clegg: That’s a good call, but I have a hard time watching him without thinking about Rizzo from “Grease.” Who do you have for Most Outstanding in His Field?

Musick: It depends on the field.

If it’s broadcasting, my vote goes to Len Kasper. I still really miss Bob Brenly (is that weird to admit?), but Kasper manages to keep me entertained even when Luis Valbuena is at the plate with Dioner Navarro on deck. As for the field of baseball, I vote for Chris Sale. OK, how about handing out one more award? Who wins Chicago Manager with the Slowest Pulse?

Clegg: Wow, that’s a close call. I’d like to see Dale Sveum and Robin Ventura in a staring contest. The only person with less life in either dugout has to be Harold Baines. Let’s call it a tie.

Musick: That’s fair. Just thinking about that category – and the next three-quarters of this season – makes me kind of sleepy. Maybe I’ll just close my eyes for a min– ... zzzzz.

Clegg: I’ll wake you at the trade deadline. Sweet dreams.

Marian Central graduate and Comcast SportsNet Chicago freelance reporter Jen Lada finds herself in the midst of hockey euphoria with the Blackhawks pushing for their second Stanley Cup in three years. Lada manages a busy media life while also being a full-time mom, which, despite proving to be a difficult balancing act, continues to bring Lada fulfillment.

I try not to think about eyeballs. I honestly think it is detrimental to success to start thinking about how many people are watching what you’re doing.

It’s better to think that I’m either reporting to my own family or just to that camera. Certainly, you want to develop a connection with your audience, but if I start trying to develop a connection with evJen Lada ery single person that’s out there, I’m going to fail because, let’s be honest, you can’t please everybody. If I alter my delivery or change something I happen to enjoy because I’ve gotten feedback saying, ‘Oh, I don’t like how she does that,’ then I think you’re destined to fail. You have to be true to yourself in this business.

Social media has changed the way that fans can interact with people on TV, their favorite athletes, their favorite movie stars. You can have instant feedback if somebody wants to do so because you put yourself out there in those realms. I also don’t think people should stand for being bullied. Whether your coping mechanism for that is to respond – not rudely – you certainly never want to lower yourself to a troll – but you can’t allow people to get their kicks from knocking you down and I think that has come on a little more with me because I’m a mom and the lesson I would teach my son. Certainly, don’t stoop to someone else’s level, but also stand up for yourself so they acknowledge that you will push back a little bit and it might deter them from doing it in the future.

I’ve been in locker rooms my entire career and most of the men – a vast majority – are incredibly respectful of all of the reporters who are in that area. There has been maybe 1 percent that have been rude, but I don’t think there ever has been egregious nudity, I don’t think anyone ever has insulted me in front of a large group of people or made me feel uncomfortable. I have gone toe-to-toe with athletes before, but that’s all part of the business. After a loss, you have to expect those competitors to be a little angry or frustrated with their performance. If you can’t handle the tone of their responses, then it’s not the place to be.

I know when I’m spending time with my son, it’s important to be spending time with him – and quality time. That means putting my phone down and not constantly being attached to Twitter or the wires and it means giving him the attention he deserves. It’s really important to me to raise an upstanding human being and I feel like anything more than I do on TV, that will be my legacy. I want to make sure I give more attention to that priority than I give to my job. That may be an unpopular thing to stay – it may be very Jerry Maguire-esque – but the truth of the matter is our kids should be the most important thing to us. A job allows us to provide for our children, so that will always be my way of approaching that. But when I do my job – and do a good job – I’m fulfilled, and when I’m fulfilled, I’m a better mom than when I’m not.

I’m Just Saying is a regular Sunday feature. If there’s someone you’d like to see featured in this space, email me at jarnold@shawmedia.com or send me a message on Twitter @NWH_JeffArnold.

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BOYS TENNIS: ELGIN SECTIONAL

Jacobs wins, sends 4 entries Hampshire sends singles, doubles entries to state, too

By CHRIS BURROWS cburrows@shawmedia,com ELGIN – On a day devoted to individual performances, Kingsley Bernardo was focused on his team.

He had his own graduation ceremony to get to later that day, and a doubles championship match to win, but the Jacobs senior willed his boys tennis team to victory Saturday in the Elgin Sectional.

“The motivation to win sectionals and be the champion, not only [individually] but team-wise,” he said of his on-court inspiration.

“Pointswise, if we won that match, we would win sectionals, so that was just motivation enough.”

Kingsley and partner Brandon Sidor won their championship, 6-0, 6-3, to advance to state along with teammates Kristian Bernardo and Keegan Gaspari, who lost in their third-place doubles match, and Kailesh Panchapakesan, who defeated teammate Kendrick Chong in the third-place singles match by injury default.

Players from South Elgin and Hampshire also qualified for Saturday’s finals, which was played early to accommodate District 300 graduation ceremonies, but Jacobs amassed the most team points by qualifying two singles players and two doubles teams for state.

“Our first [match] went really long, and Brandon was getting [upset] because he thought we would be late [for graduation],” Kingsley said.

“But we just stayed focused – we’re going to graduate when we graduate.”

In the championship singles match, Hampshire senior Elisha Hougland battled back for a third set against South Elgin’s Andre Norasith, but lost, 6-2, 5-7, 6-3, in his first sectionals appearance as a singles player.

“I couldn’t get very many balls deep into the court, so I was just trying to grind through, get every ball and not get frustrated when he hit a bunch of winners,” Hougland said. “I really wanted the title, so I didn’t want to give up and let my coach and my family down.”

Jacobs coach Jim Benson didn’t let Kendrick Chong take the court after dehydration-induced leg cramping forced the freshman to withdraw from semifinal play Friday. That meant freshman Panchapakesan won by default, but both freshmen are headed to state.

“Literally, every one of his muscles in his legs were locking up – enough where he’s yelling on the court, laying on the ground,” Benson said.

“The kid’s a fighter.”

In the third-place doubles match, Hampshire’s Chad West and Jake Dahlberg, both juniors, sweated out a threeset win over Kristian Bernardo and Gaspari, 6-4, 6-7, 6-3.

“I’m ecstatic about moving on to state, especially after moving up to one doubles this year,” West said of his first sectionals appearance that resulted in a first-ever state ticket. “That’s a big improvement for us.”

Hampshire coach Jon Betts was pleased with all three of his players in the finals.

“We played a really gritty third-place match there,” he said of West and Dahlberg’s match. “Both teams had some tough points. And Elisha really came out with some confidence against a player who we know is just phenomenal. I couldn’t be more proud of how they all played today.”

8SPORTS SHORTS McInerney scores to lead Union over Fire CHESTER, Pa. – Jack McInerney scored his league-leading eighth goal in the third minute and the Philadelphia Union made it stand up in a 1-0 victory over the Fire on Saturday night.

McInerney headed home a corner kick from Sebastien Le

SPORTS Toux for Philadelphia (5-4-3).

The Union also won 1-0 at Chicago on May 11. The Fire (2-7-1) lost their third match in a row.

Pacers knock out Knicks with win in Game 6 INDIANAPOLIS – Lance Stephenson scored nine of his playoff career-high 23 points during a late 11-2 run Saturday

night, leading the Indiana Pacers past the New York Knicks, 106-99, and into the Eastern Conference finals for the first time since 2004.

The New York native also had 10 rebounds and the Pacers were spurred by the return of point guard George Hill two days after he was diagnosed with a concussion. Next up is a

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rematch with Miami, the team that eliminated Indiana last season.

Bradley keeps lead after 3 rounds at Byron Nelson IRVING, Texas – Keegan Bradley overcame two early bogeys and maintained his lead at the Byron Nelson Championship with 2-under-par 68 in the third

round Saturday.

Bradley had a 13-under 197 total for a one-stroke lead over Sang-Moon Bae (66) and twoshot advantage over Tom Gillis (67). He also could become the Nelson’s first wire-to-wire winner since Tom Watson led alone at the end of all four rounds in 1980.

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Feldman likely secures spot CHICAGO – Cubs righthander Scott Feldman could not have timed his turnaround much better.

With Matt Garza scheduled to come off the disabled list Tuesday at Pittsburgh for his first start since July 21, manager Dale Sveum was forced to choose who would get booted from the rotation: Feldman or right-hander Carlos Villanueva.

Unfortunately for Villanueva, he will become the odd man out when Garza takes the mound in two days.

Villanueva’s versatility and extensive past bullpen experience played a part in Sveum’s decision, but Feldman’s dominance in his past five starts left no doubt as to who was the best choice to remain in the rotation.

“I don’t think it was a competition,” Sveum said of Villanueva and Feldman.

“It was more of somebody being able to do something else. But, my God, Feldman pitched unbelievable for his last [five] starts.”

Feldman immediately boosted Sveum’s decisions before Saturday’s game against the Mets. For a seventh consecutive start, Feldman allowed two earned runs or fewer with an impressive performance in an 8-2 win against the Mets.

Feldman (4-3) held New York scoreless on seven hits in 62/3 innings, walking only one batter and striking out six on

INSIDE THE CUBS

Inside the Cubs

Meghan Montemurro

CUBS 8, METS 2 Tipping point: The Cubs’ offense came alive in the fourth inning against Mets starter Jeremy Hefner. They scored four runs punctuated by starting pitcher Scott Feldman’s two-out, two-run double.

On the mound: Feldman put together another stellar outing to earn his fourth win in five starts. He held the Mets scoreless, scattering seven hits over 62/3 innings. Feldman struck out six batters and walked one on 109 pitches.

At the plate: First baseman Anthony Rizzo hit his 10th home run of the season in the fifth and finished 2 for 4. Rizzo has not struck out in 39 at-bats, which leads the majors. He last struck out in the sixth inning May 7 against the Cardinals. Six different Cubs drove in at least one run in the win.

Under the radar: Feldman notched another quality start for the Cubs, and they finally took advantage of it. In 26 quality starts this season, Cubs starting pitchers have recorded a 1.98 ERA but have won only 11 of those games. In comparison, the Cardinals have won 18 of their 28 quality starts.

109 pitches.

“He’s not letting lefthanders beat him for one,” Sveum said. “His cutter’s been incredible, where he’s been able to locate it and get it in on their hands and keep left-handed hitters from getting extended.”

Feldman understands the situation Villanueva is going through better than any of their teammates.

During his last two seasons with the Rangers, Feldman broke camp as a reliever and earned starts throughout both years as Texas’ backup option for the rotation.

Villanueva hasn’t been shy about his desire to be a starter, and in the weeks preceding Garza’s return, he did not sound pleased about a potential move to the bullpen. Sveum said Villanueva handled the news professionally when informed he would not be starting once Garza returned Tuesday.

“Getting Garza back should be a big boost, but at the same time, I feel for Villanueva because he’s done everything that he could, really,” Feldman said. “I do feel bad for him, but I think everybody’s excited to get Garza back.”

After starting the season

– Meghan Montemurro 0-3 with a 4.50 ERA, Feldman’s turnaround has been remarkable. He is 4-0 with a 1.28 ERA in his past five starts.

“Mechanically, everything feels a lot better than it did in spring training,” Feldman said. “Just keep working and try to keep it that way the rest of the season.”

Even without Garza, the Cubs (18-24) have one of the best rotations in the majors.

Their 3.47 ERA ranks fifth in MLB and should be bolstered

by Garza, who has been expected to fill the role of the Cubs’ No. 1 pitcher, though hasn’t consistently achieved those expectations. But more importantly Saturday against the Mets, the Cubs

capitalized on a great outing by their starting pitcher.

That must continue if the Cubs want to stay clear of 100 losses this season.

“These guys keep throwing the ball the way they have the first six weeks … once [Garza] gets settled in, it’s got a chance of being a pretty nice, if not one of the top, rotations in the league right now,” Sveum said.

• Meghan Montemurro covers the White Sox and Cubs for Shaw Media. Write to her at mmontemurro@ shawmedia.com. Read the Sox Insider and Inside the Cubs blogs at NWHerald.com and on Twitter @Sox_Insider and @InsideTheCubs.

ANGELS 12, WHITE SOX 9

Sox’s win streak comes to an end; Dunn leaves game The ASSOCIATED PRESS ANAHEIM, Calif. – Alberto Callaspo hit a three-run homer in Los Angeles’ fiverun seventh inning, and the Angels beat the White Sox, 12-9, on Saturday to end the Sox’s four-game winning streak.

Callaspo also had a pair of

sacrifice flies to give him five RBIs on the day. Mark Trumbo added his 10th homer for Los Angeles, which finished with 17 hits.

Robert Coello (1-0) recorded his first major league victory, retiring all five batters he faced and striking out three after relieving Joe Blanton after another ineffec-

tive performance.

Hector Gimenez had four hits and three RBIs for the Sox, who allowed only 10 runs during their winning streak. Paul Konerko and Alexei Ramirez had three hits apiece, and Adam Dunn drove in two runs before leaving in the fifth because of back spasms.

PREAKNESS STAKES

Oxbow upsets Orb in Preakness

By RICHARD ROSENBLATT The Associated Press BALTIMORE – Oxbow put D. Wayne Lukas in the record books again with an upset of Orb in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, giving the Hall of Fame trainer his 14th win in a Triple Crown race.

Kentucky Derby winner Orb was unable to find his rhythm after breaking from the rail, and never challenged in finishing fourth. The loss ended any chance of a Triple try at the Belmont Stakes in three weeks, extending the drought to 36 years since Affirmed in 1978 became the 11th horse to sweep the Derby, Preakness and Belmont.

“I get paid to spoil dreams,” the 77-year-old Lukas said.

“Unfortunately, we go over here and you can’t mail ’em in. It’s a different surface and a different time. You gotta line ’em up and win ’em.”

Lukas won his sixth Preakness to move one behind Robert Wyndham Walden for most wins in the second leg of the Triple Crown.

The victory was a long time coming for the dean of trainers. The last time he won a Triple Crown race was the 2000 Belmont with Commendable. And before that, he was a regular in the winner’s circle after classic races. At one point, he ran off six in a row – from the 1994 Preakness through the 1996 Derby.

Oxbow, with 50-year-old jockey Gary Stevens aboard, was sent off at 15-1 odds and

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led from the start. Sixth in the Derby, Oxbow held on to beat Itsmyluckyday by 14 lengths.

Mylute, with Rosie Napravnik riding her first Preakness, was third, followed by Orb, Goldencents, departing, Will Take Charge, Govenor Charlie and Titletown Five.

Orb’s trainer Shug McGaughey, so confident in the two weeks leading up to the race, was disappointed.

“It was a great opportunity,” the Hall of Famer said.

“We were 3-5 and we finished fourth. We’ll pack it up and go home. Hats off to Wayne.”

The loss ended a five-race winning streak for Orb on an overcast windy day at Pimlico Race Course. Oxbow covered the 13/16 miles in 1:57.54 and paid $32.80, $12 and $8.80.

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Saturday’s Games L.A. Angels 12, White Sox 9 Cleveland 5, Seattle 4 N.Y. Yankees 7, Toronto 2 Tampa Bay 10, Baltimore 6 Houston 4, Pittsburgh 2, 11 innings Boston 12, Minnesota 5 Texas 7, Detroit 2 Oakland 2, Kansas City 1 Sunday’s Games White Sox (Peavy 5-1) at L.A. Angels (Vargas 2-3), 2:35 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 5-2) at Cleveland (Masterson 6-2), 12:05 p.m.

Toronto (Dickey 3-5) at N.Y. Yankees (Sabathia 4-3), 12:05 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 3-1), 12:35 p.m.

Tampa Bay (M.Moore 7-0) at Baltimore (Tillman 3-1), 12:35 p.m.

Boston (Lackey 1-4) at Minnesota (P.Hernandez 2-0), 1:10 p.m.

Kansas City (Mendoza 1-2) at Oakland (Griffin 4-3), 3:05 p.m.

Detroit (Fister 5-1) at Texas (D.Holland 3-2), 7:05 p.m.

Monday’s Games Boston at White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland, 11:05 a.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Oakland at Texas,7:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

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Saturday’s Games Cubs 8, N.Y. Mets 2 Cincinnati 10, Philadelphia 0 Houston 4, Pittsburgh 2, 11 innings Arizona 1, Miami 0 Atlanta 3, L.A. Dodgers 1 Milwaukee 6, St. Louis 4, 10 innings Colorado 10, San Francisco 2 San Diego 2, Washington 1 Sunday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Gee 2-5) at Cubs (Wood 4-2), 1:20 p.m.

Arizona (Miley 3-2) at Miami (Nolasco 2-5), 12:10 p.m.

Cincinnati (H.Bailey 2-3) at Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-0), 12:35 p.m.

Houston (Harrell 3-4) at Pittsburgh (Locke 3-1), 12:35 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Magill 0-0) at Atlanta (Minor 5-2), 12:35 p.m.

Milwaukee (Lohse 1-4) at St. Louis (Gast 1-0), 1:15 p.m.

San Francisco (Zito 3-2) at Colorado (Nicasio 3-1), 3:10 p.m.

Washington (Haren 4-4) at San Diego (Cashner 2-2), 3:10 p.m.

Monday’s Games Cincinnati at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Minnesota at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

Arizona at Colorado, 7:40 p.m.

St. Louis at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

Washington at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

ANGELS 12, WHITE SOX 9 Chicago

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1942 — Paul Waner of the Boston Braves got his 3,000th career hit off Pittsburgh’s Rip Sewell in a 7-6, 11-inning loss to the Pirates.

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PR tops Marengo in 13th in Game 1. Randi Peterson combined to go 5 for 6 with a home The Prairie Ridge softball run, a double, six RBIs and three team scored four runs in the top walks in both wins for Huntley.

Amanda Cherwin went 1 of the 13th inning to beat Marengo, 5-2, on in a nonconference for 2 for the Skyhawks (9-17) in their loss to Huntley. game Saturday in Marengo.

Zion-Benton 4-12, RichNeither team scored a run until the 12th inning, with both mond-Burton 2-2: At Zion, the Kirsten Stevens and Bethany Rockets (11-13) fell in both Hart both going the distance games of a nonconference doufor their teams. Stevens earned bleheader. the win for the Wolves (25-3), giving up two earned runs on BASEBALL Huntley 5, Glenbard West 0: four hits with 20 strikeouts.

Hart allowed five earned runs At Glen Ellyn, Josh Perkins on seven hits with nine strike- and Adam Kalish combined to throw a no-hitter for the outs for the Indians (26-9).

Melissa Richter drove in Red Raiders (24-5), with Mark two runs for Prairie Ridge in Skonieczny and Tyler Albright the win, with Stephanie Cart- each adding two RBIs. CL Central 9, Burlington Cenwright and Taylor Carlson each adding an RBI for the In- tral 1: At Burlington, Tyler Hoffman allowed one earned dians.

Marengo defeated Lakes, run on three hits for the Tigers 10-4, earlier in the day, with (18-10), with Dan Leverenz Carlson going 2 for 3 with two driving in three runs and Parker Harold and Matt TegtRBIs and a run scored.

Class 1A Durand Regional: At meier each adding two RBIs. Marengo 6, Woodstock 3: Durand, Alden-Hebron fell, 3-2, in nine innings in the re- At Marengo, Jeff Wilmot and Koty Kissack each homered gional championship.

Sparkle Lagerhausen suf- for the Indians (12-8), with Kisfered the loss despite giving up sack totaling three RBIs and one earned run, allowing no Wilmot earning a save.

Austin Butts went 2 for 4 walks and striking out 10 over 8⅓ innings for the Giants (16-6). with a home run and two RBIs Freeport quadrangular: At for the Blue Streaks (7-16).

CL South triangular: At Freeport, Huntley won two of its three games, defeating Crystal Lake, the Gators won Johnsburg, 20-0 in five in- both of their games, defeating nings, and Freeport, 6-2, but Wheeling, 11-1 in six innings, and Streamwood, 8-0. falling to LaSalle-Peru, 7-4.

Tyler Hall picked up the win Haley Spannraft earned the wins in the first two games for in Game 1 for the Gators (20-6), the Red Raiders (22-11), with allowing four hits and an earned Mackenzie Brown hitting a run over four innings with five grand slam and totaling six RBIs strikeouts. Eric Shiller picked

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McHenry 4-0, Hersey 0-6: At Arlington Heights, Cole Hoeppel-Tranter went 3 for 4 with a double, a home run and one RBI, as the Warriors (21-14) split a nonconference doubleheader.

Marian Central 7, Lakes 5: At Woodstock, Corte Trebacz and Sal Rodriguez each went 3 for 4 for the Hurricanes (17-9), with Trebacz driving in two runs and scoring three runs.

Cary-Grove 12, Stevenson 0 (6 inn.): At Lincolnshire, Zach Marszal went 3 for 5 with a home run, four RBIs and a run scored for the Trojans (19-11).

Carmel triangular: At Mundelein, Prairie Ridge fell to Plainfield South, 4-2, but defeated Carmel, 8-3.

Bryan Klendworth and Austin Covers each had two RBIs for the Wolves (24-11) in their Game 2 win.

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Dalman 5th in pole vault • CLASS 3A Continued from page C1 Crystal Lake Central’s Claire Dalman cleared 11-9 for fifth place in the pole vault.

Huntley’s Anthonia Moore took ninth in the 400.

Tseumah cleared 5-8 on her first attempt, which gave her the lead over Haugen and Belleville West’s Kelsey Shannon. Tseumah went through her ritual of shaking her arms, shaking her legs, stretching, puling up her socks, shadow boxing and visualizing her upcoming attempt.

“I don’t box, but it calms me down at one point, then it pumps me up, too,” Tseumah said. “I bounce on my feet because I’m supposed to bounce when I jump.”

Tseumah had not made 5-8 since her record jump in the McHenry County Meet on April 20, but found her best jumps again at the most opportune time.

Van Vlierbergen wrapped up her standout season with two medals. She ran 4:55.94 for fourth in the 1,600 and ran a strong leg to take the Eagles from near last to fifth in the 4x800.

“I wanted us to try to finish ninth and get a medal,” Van Vlierbergen said. “But some girls were close and I wanted to get as many of them as I could.”

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Nicholson jumped her career-best 37-5 on the final jump of her high school career. She drew inspiration from her mother Mary Lou, who died when Nicholson was 7, and from friend Alex Scarbro, a 2012 Grayslake Central graduate who died last fall. Nicholson and Scarbro used to play travel basketball.

“It was awesome,” Nicholson said. “I had this huge surge of energy go through me.

I did it in honor of them. That’s a huge accomplishment.”

Dalman got on a roll Saturday when she hit 11-0 on her first attempt. She switched from a 12-0 pole rated at 140 pounds to a 13-0 pole rated at 145. She made 11-0, 11-3 and 11-6 on her first attempt, then cleared 11-9 on her third try.

“I’m really excited, I surpassed my goal for the season, so it feels great,” Dalman said.

“I felt confidence building and building. I got more positive and really started to enjoy it today.”

Freeman was unable to improve her throw from Friday’s preliminaries, but still earned a medal in her first state meet.

Her brother Josh won the Class 3A shot put and discus championships last year.

“It’s pretty exciting,” Freeman said. “It’s upsetting to fall back (in the standings), but it’s great to be here (on the medals stand).”

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“I was really surprised,” said Sprague, who took fourth earlier in the 800. “I was not expecting this (in the 1,600) at all.

My goal was to just place here.”

Hampshire’s Ashley Fouch also had a big day in Saturday’s finals at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium, where she will run next year. Fouch was runner-up in the Class 2A 400 and anchored the Whip-Purs’ third-place 4x400 relay team that ran 3:58.05. Elizabeth Evans, Nikki Dumoulin and Elizabeth Pagan ran the first three legs.

Class 2A state record-holder Shamier Little of Chicago Lindblom ran 54.37 to win the 400. Fouch was in Lane 3, with Little in Lane 4 ahead of her the entire race.

“I just chased her and not only got a [personal record], but second,” Fouch said. “I’m

happy. My times have been up and down and I didn’t know how I’d finish here, but you just come out and run your best.”

Hampshire’s Jenny Dumoulin also took a medal with ninth in the shot put.

Beattie was content with second place in last week’s Grayslake Central Sectional for a reason.

“Our goal since indoor state was to beat Katie,” Woodstock assistant coach Matt McCulley said. “We let Maura sit behind Katie last week and evaluated how Katie ran. Today, we wanted Maura to take it out from the gun and take away Katie’s kick.”

Beattie took seventh in the 1,600 last year when she did not qualify for the 3,200.

“She did exactly what we talked about to push the pace and try to break anybody hanging on,” Woodstock coach Steve Erwin said. “She’s healthy, stronger and more mature this year. She’s very dedicated and very focused. The difference this year is she’s stronger, she runs with more spring in her legs.”

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BLACKHAWKS NOTES

Non-calls anger captain

By TOM MUSICK tmusick@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews absorbed all kinds of physical punishment Saturday during a 4-1 loss to the Detroit Red Wings.

Now, Toews wants to return the favor.

“If that’s the way they’re going to play, we need to play the same way,” Toews said after the Wings tied the best-of-seven series, 1-1, in the Western Conference semifinals. “There was a lot of clutch and grab, a lot of interference. If they’re going to let that go, that’s something we need to know and maybe do to them a little bit.”

Perhaps a one-day break will allow Toews to cool down.

However, it was easy to understand the source of the captain’s frustration after Saturday’s loss. Although the Hawks outhit the Wings, 36-26, Detroit’s Henrik Zetterberg drilled Toews several times in front of the net, including

Red Wings 4, Hawks 1 Tipping point: The score was tied, 1-1, when Hawks defenseman Niklas Hjalmarsson fell down in the Hawks’ zone while battling Wings forward Henrik Zetterberg for the puck. Zetterberg capitalized on the miscue by carrying the puck toward the net and feeding a perfect pass to teammate Brendan Smith for a go-ahead goal at 16:08 of the second period.

Lamplighters: Patrick Kane scored his first goal of the playoffs – and the Hawks’ only goal of the game – when he buried a shot past Jimmy Howard at the 5:55 mark of the first period. Kane now has 59 points (21 G, 38 A) in 58 career playoff games.

Between the pipes: Corey Crawford gave up four goals, although he was not to blame for a couple of them. Crawford allowed a deflected shot to get past him early in the second period, and he never had a chance on a 2-on-1 break by Zetterberg and Smith.

Under the radar: The Hawks typically are reliable when it comes to faceoffs, but they won 25 while losing 31 on Saturday. Hawks captain Jonathan Toews won nine and lost 13.

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one play in which Toews was crosschecked in the neck.

No penalty was called on the play, which was a trend that Toews noticed. The Hawks drew five minor penalties in the game while the Wings drew three, including one for delay of game.

“It’s just tough to understand sometimes why we get roughing penalties and hooking penalties, whatever it is, and that doesn’t go both ways,” Toews said. “But it is what it is. If that’s the way it’s going to be, we need to understand that and play more physical and be tougher on them.

So we’ll know that going into the next one.”

Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said his top line needed to be ready for the Wings’ aggression.

“They’ve got to find a way to fight through it,” Quenneville said. “We’ve got to be harder in the tougher areas, particularly at their net.”

First goal: Patrick Kane was in no mood to celebrate after scoring his first goal of the

playoffs on a feed from Michal Handzus early in the first period.

“It’s nice to score, but it didn’t really mean anything to the game,” Kane said.

At the time, Kane’s goal mattered. He gave the Hawks a 1-0 lead at the 5:55 mark of the first period, but the Wings took control with a pair of goals in the second and two more in the third.

Not his fault: Although Corey Crawford allowed four goals for the first time during the postseason, Quenneville did not fault his goaltender for the Hawks’ defensive breakdowns.

Crawford, who stopped 26 of 30 shots, said the loss would do nothing to shake his confidence.

“Whether I played well or it’s a game you just want to forget about,” Crawford said, “it’s always about the next one.”

Hawks bits: Brandon Saad led the Hawks with five shots on goal. … As expected, Viktor Stalberg remained out of the lineup as a healthy scratch for the second straight game.

Loss serves as reality check avoiding “dangerous areas” on the ice where the Wings Continued from page C1 could capitalize. He said it was no secret that the Hawks Forget hip checks and needed fewer turnovers and shoulder checks and poke more traffic at the net. checks. This lackadaisical loss “I think we know exactly – one of the worst of the season what we need to improve on, – served as a reality check. and we need to do it right “Across the board, we away,” Toews said. “There’s should all assume some no time to waste in this series. responsibility that we have “We know that going into to be much better than that,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville their building, it’s going to be said. “I thought our game was even more difficult than it was today. So we’ll turn the page way off as far as the pace that and make sure we’re better in was needed, and we weren’t Game 3.” smart in certain areas.”

Series on.

At least the Hawks are smart enough to know when • Northwest Herald they’re not smart. sports columnist Tom Hawks captain Jonathan Musick can be reached at Toews spoke for the team as he emphasized the importance tmusick@shawmedia.com of controlling the puck and and on Twitter @tcmusick.

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Waters, the favorite, relieved to win the title FIVE-DAY PLANNER TEAM

• TENNIS Continued from page C1 could regain their form as one of the top doubles teams in the area.

“It did get us down,” Heydari said. “The best champions get right back up. We knew we’d get better eventually.”

Naveed Heydari, Bij’s coach and brother, also was concerned at the time for his doubles team that would also go on to win the Fox Valley Conference Tournament.

“I was scared,” Naveed Heydari said. “I was nervous because it’s a game of momentum. It was really the conference tournament that gave them confidence.”

Henning said the difference in the

match was their ability to control the net and catching McHenry right after a long match against Lamar and Van Bosch in the semifinals.

“It’s always our goal to get to the net,” Henning said. “We had a longer break and [McHenry] was still exhausted.”

Marian Central’s Aaron Waters won the singles title, and while it won’t be his first trip to state, it will be his first as a singles player.

Waters won sectionals in doubles last year with his brother Riley and qualified two years ago with Conor Moon in doubles.

It’s also the first time in recent memory that a player has won sectional titles in both singles and doubles. Waters said it was different winning in singles because he only

had himself to rely on.

“It’s definitely more of an accomplished feeling,” Waters said.

“Now I just have to feed off of myN.Y. METS self.”

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As the No. 1 seed, Waters was WGN heavily favored heading into the AM-720 tournament, but he said he was worat L.A. Angels ried he would do something stupid.

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“It was a lot of relief,” Waters CSN said of winning. “I was up a lot of AM-670 nights thinking, ‘What do I have to do to blow it?’ ” The Wolves’ sent first-year coach Naveed Heydari, who will not coach next season, out on top.

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ARLINGTON PARK RESULTS Payouts based on $2 bet except for Trifecta (.50) and Superfecta (.10) Saturday’s results First - Purse $14,500, Claiming $10,000, 3 yo’s & up, One And One Eighth Miles 4 Duke of Rutherford, Esquivel $12.00 $6.40 $3.00 5 Bobby Sands, Roman $3.60 $2.20 7 My Sonny Boy, Thornton $2.40 Late Scratches: Gavilan, Perfect Casting Race Time: 1:53.75 $2 Exacta (4-5), $37.00; $0.10 Superfecta (4-5-7-1), $8.53; $0.50 Trifecta (4-5-7), $26.75 Second - Purse $39,000, Allowance, 3 yo, Six Furlongs 2 La Song, Hill $7.40 $3.20 $2.10 5 Flying Rapunzel, Sanchez $2.40 $2.10 6 Truly Marie, Esquivel $2.40 Late Scratches: Richieslildarling Race Time: 1:10.35 $2 Daily Double (4-2), $56.60; $2 Exacta (2-5), $14.00; $0.10 Superfecta (2-5-6-3), $3.11; $0.50 Trifecta (2-5-6), $8.70 Third - Purse $12,000, Starters allowance $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, One And One Eighth Miles 6 Mastman, Sanchez $13.40 $5.80 $4.40 5 Dream Commander, Martinez $4.80 $3.80 3 Tiger Mike, Geroux $4.00 Late Scratches: Frank’s Time, Courtly Race Time: 1:50.94 $2 Daily Double (2-6), $62.00; $2 Exacta (6-5), $76.20; $0.10 Superfecta (6-5-3-4), $60.59; $0.50 Trifecta (6-5-3), $82.45; $1 Pic 3 (4-2-6), $197.10 Fourth - Purse $39,000, Allowance, 3 yo’s & up, One And One Sixteenth Miles (Turf) 8 Masquerade, Baird $8.20 $4.00 $3.20 1 Lori’s Store, Homeister Jr. $3.20 $3.40 3 Penelope Perfect, Castro $5.40 Late Scratches: Bold Kitten, Keri Keri Race Time: 1:45.60

$2 Daily Double (6-8), $54.00; $2 Exacta (8-1), $25.60; $0.10 Superfecta (8-1-3-7), $14.59; $0.50 Trifecta (8-1-3), $27.85; $1 Pic 3 (2-6-8), $113.30 Fifth - Purse $10,500, Maiden Claiming $15,000$10,000, 3 yo’s & up, Seven Furlongs 1 Jessamyn Lyon, Desormeaux $8.80 $4.80 $3.40 8 Silver Encore, Esquivel $5.20 $3.00 3 Bonita Rita, Roman $5.80 Late Scratches: Mindy Can Dance, Sydsation Race Time: 1:24.41 $2 Daily Double (8-1), $33.40; $2 Exacta (1-8), $41.40; $0.10 Superfecta (1-8-3-2), $74.43; $0.50 Trifecta (1-8-3), $125.40; $1 Pic 3 (6-8-1), $119.80; $0.50 Pic 4 (2-6-8-1), $252.05 Sixth - Purse $10,500, Claiming $7,500, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile 7 Because I Win, Felix $50.40 $25.00 $13.20 1 Costly King, Diego $11.20 $9.20 6 Sir Kipling, Perez $7.80 Race Time: 1:37.73 $2 Daily Double (1-7), $214.20; $2 Exacta (7-1), $556.40; $0.10 Superfecta (7-1-6-3), $1144.58; $0.50 Trifecta (7-16), $1562.45; $1 Pic 3 (8-1-7), $2395.00 Seventh - Purse $16,000, Maiden Claiming $25,000$20,000, 3 yo’s & up, One Mile (Turf) 1 Mephisto Aristo, Emigh $46.80 $20.00 $10.00 3 Casting, Esquivel $4.80 $2.80 7 Conserve, Castro $4.00 Race Time: 1:38.55 $2 Daily Double (7-1), $1300.40; $2 Exacta (1-3), $207.20; $0.10 Superfecta (1-3-7-8), $230.43; $0.50 Trifecta (1-37), $243.30; $1 Pic 3 (1-7-1), $3955.60 Eighth - Purse $39,000, Allowance, 3 yo’s & up, One And One Sixteenth Miles (Turf) 9 Liz Pendens, Baird $9.40 $3.40 $2.20 6 Wishing Gate, Homeister Jr. $2.60 $2.40 1 Seeking Luck (IRE), Castro $3.20 Late Scratches: Cherishd Obsession

Race Time: 1:43.55 $2 Daily Double (1-9), $249.60; $2 Exacta (9-6), $31.00; $0.10 Superfecta (9-6-1-2), $61.50; $0.50 Trifecta (9-6-1), $24.05; $1 Pic 3 (7-1-9), $2300.80 Ninth - Purse $14,000, Claiming $16,000, 3 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs 2 Lil Miss Richie, Baird $8.80 $4.80 $4.60 7 Stay Foolish, Diego $4.80 $4.00 3 Carolina Cruisin’, Perez $7.00 Late Scratches: Age of Aquarius Race Time: 1:11.03 $2 Daily Double (9-2), $68.00; $2 Exacta (2-7), $49.80; $0.10 Superfecta (2-7-3-9), $71.30; $0.50 Trifecta (2-7-3), $91.75; $1 Pic 3 (1-9-2), $571.00; $0.10 Pic 9 (4-2-6-8-17-1-9-2), $157.67 Carryover $11,150.00 Tenth - Purse $23,000, Claiming $25,000, 3 yo’s & up, Five Furlongs (Turf) 6 Little Miss Be, Perez $29.40 $13.40 $5.60 3 Three Cat Rules, Felix $30.40 $9.60 7 Betterlegsonatable, Emigh $2.40 Late Scratches: She’s Intoxicated, Glad It’s May Race Time: :58.20 $2 Daily Double (2-6), $156.80; $2 Exacta (6-3), $489.60; $0.10 Superfecta (6-3-7-8), $876.10; $0.50 Trifecta (6-37), $763.10; $1 Pic 3 (9-2-6), $201.70 Eleventh - Purse $39,000, Allowance, 3 yo’s & up, One And One Sixteenth Miles (Turf) 9 Laythatpistoldown, Perez $6.00 $3.20 $2.60 5 Amen Kitten, Baird $3.00 $2.10 4 Doctor Trotter, Martinez $3.00 Race Time: 1:44.82 $2 Daily Double (6-9), $80.40; $2 Exacta (9-5), $16.80; $1 Super High 5 (9-5-4-1-10), $245.50 Carryover $76,489.00; $0.10 Superfecta (9-5-4-1), $11.44; $0.50 Trifecta (9-5-4), $18.60; $1 Pic 3 (2-6-9), $293.70; $1 Pic 6 (7-1-9-2-6-9), $43.90 Carryover $8,501.00; $0.50 Pic 4 (9-2-6-9), $560.40; $0.50 Pic 5 (1-9-2-6-9), $8904.95

PREPS GIRLS TRACK AND FIELD

CLASS 3A STATE MEET

CLASS 2A STATE MEET

4x800 relay: 5. Jacobs (Barnes, Tamburrino, Baran, Van Vlierbergen) 9:21.05.

400 meters: 9. Moore (Huntley) 57.07.

1,600 meters: 4. Van Vlierbergen (Jacobs) 4:55.94.

High jump: 1. Tseumah (Huntley) 5-8.

Long jump: 12. Furio (Cary-Grove) 17-72.

Triple jump: 4. Nicholson (Cary-Grove) 37-5.

Discus: 7. Freeman (Cary-Grove) 122-4, 10. Roehri (Cary-Grove) 120-3.

Pole vault: 5. Dalman (CL Central) 11-9.

Saturday’s Local Results 3,200 meters: 1. M. Beattie (Woodstock) 10:55.77, 3. Adams (Marengo) 11:10.77.

800 meters: 4. Sprague (Marengo) 2:14.30.

400 meters: 2. Fouch (Hampshire) 55.93.

1,600 meters: 1. Adams (Marengo) 5:00.84, 2. Sprague (Marengo) 5:07.19.

4x400 relay: 3. Hampshire (Evans, N. Dumoulin, Pagan, Fouch) 3:58.05.

Shot put: 9. J. Dumoulin (Hampshire) 38-6.

Triple jump: 12. Kelly (Richmond-Burton) 35-10.

Championship Singles Waters (MC) d. Russell (CG), 6-2, 6-1 Doubles Heydari/Henning (PR) d. Quitalig/ Higgin (McH), 3-6, 7-5, 6-2 Third place Singles Wells (JB) d. Nelson (CLC), 6-3, 6-3 Doubles M. O’Connell/B. O’Connell (CLC) d.

Lamar/Van Bosch (PR), 6-4, 6-3

BOYS TENNIS

ELGIN SECTIONAL

CARY-GROVE SECTIONAL

Top team scores: 1. Jacobs 29, 2.

South Elgin 26, 3. Hampshire 21.

Team scores: 1. Prairie Ridge 24; t2.

Singles Championship match Norasith (SE) d. Hougland (H), 6-2, 5-7, 6-3 Third-place match Panchapakesan (J) d. Chong (J), inj. def.

Doubles Championship match Ki. Bernardo/Sidor (J) d. Manzano/ Patel (SE), 6-0, 6-3 Third-place match Dahlberg/West (H) d. Kr. Bernardo/ Gaspari (J), 6-4, 6-7, 6-3

LACROSSE CL South goals: Grant 6, Mortensen 2, Ross 1, Dowejko 1, Allen 1, Wagner 1 CL South assists: Grant 2, Wagner 1, Van Dyck 1.

PREPS WP: Schiller, 5-1 (4IP, 0R, 0ER, 3H, 4K, 0BB).

Top hitters: CL South - Bigos 2-2 (2B, R, RBI), Bittenbender 2-4 (HR, R, 2RBI), Wille 1-2 (2R).

BASEBALL CL SOUTH 11, WHEELING 1 (6 INN.) Wheeling CLS

001 000 302 501

- 1 6 - 11 15

3 0

WP: Hall, 9-1 (4IP, 1R, 1ER, 4H, 5K, 1BB).

Top hitters: CL South - Meitzler 3-3 (2B, 2R, RBI), Bittenbender 2-3 (3B, 3R, 2RBI), Hall 2-3 (2B, R, RBI).

CL SOUTH 8, STREAMWOOD 0 Streamwood CL South

000 410

000 0 021 x

-

0 4 8 11

0 1

MARENGO 6, WOODSTOCK 3 Woodstock Marengo

201 000 0 - 3 6 1 003 300 x - 6 6 2

WP: Waslweer (6IP, 5H, 3ER, 3K). LP: Buhrow.

Top hitters: Woodstock - Butts 2-4 (HR, 2RBI); Marengo - Wilmot 2-4 (HR, RBI), Kissack 2-4 (HR, 3RBI).

CL CENTRAL 9 BURLINGTON CENTRAL 1

CLC BC

420 100 2 - 9 13 2 000 100 0 - 1 4 3

WP: Hoffman, 4-3 (5IP, 1R, 1ER, 3H, 6K, 3BB).

Top hitters: CL Central - Tegtmeieer 2-4 (2RBI, SB), Leverenz 2-4 (2B, 3RBI, R), Harold 2-3 (2 2B, 2RBI, 2R), Telmanik 2-4 (2B, RBI, 2R).

MARIAN CENTRAL 7, LAKES 5 Lakes MC

020 020 1 - 5 8 1 200 302 x - 7 13 0

WP: Faunce (6IP, 7H, 3K, BB, 4ER).

Top hitters: Trebacz 3 for 4 (3R, 2B, 2RBI), Ross 3-4 (2R, SB, RBI), Rodriguez 3-4 (3RBI).

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NBCSN AM-720

at Pittsburgh 6:05 p.m.

CSN AM-720

at Pittsburgh 7:05 p.m.

WGN AM-720

BOSTON 7:10 p.m.

WCIU AM-670

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at Pittsburgh 11:35 a.m.

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Next Game May 25 SALT LAKE * Playoff game

MLB BASEBALL 12:30 p.m.: L.A. Dodgers at Atlanta, TBS 1 p.m.: N.Y. Mets at Cubs, WGN, AM-720 2:30 p.m.: White Sox at L.A. Angels, CSN, AM-670 7 p.m.: Detroit at Texas, ESPN

Texas, Speed 7 p.m.: NHRA, Kansas Nationals, at Topeka, Kan. (sameday tape), ESPN2

COLLEGE SOFTBALL 1 p.m: NCAA Division I playoffs, Regionals, Game 7, Nebraska vs. Northern Iowa/Stanford, BTN 2:30 p.m.: NCAA Division I playoffs, Regionals, Game 6, Texas A&M vs. Baylor/Arizona, ESPN2 3:30 p.m.: NCAA Division I playoffs, Regionals, Game 7, Nebraska vs. Northern Iowa/Stanford (if necessary), BTN 5 p.m.: NCAA Division I playoffs, Regionals, Game 7, Texas A&M vs. Baylor/Arizona (if necessary), ESPN2

CYCLING

GOLF 4 a.m.: European PGA Tour, Volvo World Match Play Championship, semiinal and championship matches, at Kavarna, Bulgaria, TGC Noon: PGA Tour, Byron Nelson Championship, inal round, at Irving, Texas, TGC 2 p.m.: PGA Tour, Byron Nelson Championship, inal round, at Irving, Texas, CBS 2 p.m.: Web.com Tour, BMW Charity Pro-Am, inal round, at Greer, S.C., TGC 4 p.m.: LPGA, Mobile Bay Classic, inal round, at Mobile, Ala., TGC

Noon: Tour of California, inal stage, San Francisco to Santa Rosa, Calif., NBC 5:30 p.m.: Tour of California, inal stage, San Francisco to Santa Rosa, Calif. (same-day tape), NBCSN

EXTREME SPORTS 9 a.m.: X Games, at Barcelona, Spain, ESPN

MOTORSPORTS 7 a.m.: MotoGP World Championship, French Grand Prix, at Le Mans, France, Speed 11 a.m.: MotoGP Moto2, French Grand Prix, at Le Mans, France (same-day tape), Speed

SOCCER AUTO RACING 11 a.m.: IRL, IndyCar, Indianapolis 500 Bump Day, NBCSN 1 p.m.: ARCA, Menards 200, at Toledo, Ohio, Speed 3 p.m.: Australian V8 Supercars, Austin 400, at Austin,

9:30 a.m.: Premier League, Arsenal at Newcastle, ESPN2 12 p.m.: MLS, Los Angeles at New York, ESPN2 10 p.m.: Liga MX, semiinal leg 2, Cruz Azul at Santos, ESPN2

BETTING ODDS

PREPS SOFTBALL CLASS 1A DURAND REGIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP

KIRKLAND HIAWAITHA 3 ALDEN-HEBRON 2 (9 INN.) A-H K.H.

002 000 000 - 2 4 2 000 100 101 - 3 6 2

Top hitters: Marengo - Kissack 3-4 (R, RBI), Carlson 2-3 (2RBI, R), Reulis 4-4 (2R, RBI).

PRAIRIE RIDGE 5 MARENGO 2 (13 INN.) PR 000 000 000 001 4 - 5 7 1 Marengo 000 000 000 001 1 - 2 4 4

LP: Lagerhausen, 15-5 (81/3IP, 6H, 3R, 1ER, 0BB, 10K).

Top hitters: Alden-Hebron - Cunningham 1-3 (3B), Lagerhausen 1-4 (R, RBI), Behrens 1-3 (R).

WP: Stevens (13IP, 2R, 4H, 2ER, 2BB, 20K). LP: Hart (13IP, 5R, 7H, 5ER, 4BB, 9K).

Top hitters: Prairie Ridge - Richter 1-5 (2RBI), Hempen 1-3 (RBI, 2R), Didier 1-6 (R, RBI); Marengo - Cartwright 1-4 (RBI, R), Carlson 2-4 (RBI).

HUNTLEY 20, JOHNSBURG 0 (5 INN.)

BASEBALL

Johnsburg Huntley

000 00 - 0 3 2 680 6x - 20 15 0

WP: Spannraft, 16-10 (1IP, 0R, 0ER, 1H, 0BB, 2K). LP: Handzel (11/3IP, 13R, 13ER, 10H, 1BB, 0K).

Top hitters: Johnsburg - Cheriwn 1-2; Huntley - Peterson 2-2 (HR, 3RBI, 2BB), Brown 2-2 (HR, 6RBI), Spannraft 2-2 (2RBI).

HUNTLEY 6, FREEPORT 2 200 100 3 - 6 14 4 020 000 0 - 2 2 3

WP: Spannraft, 17-10 (7IP, 2R, 0ER, 2H, 2Bb, 8K).

Top hitters: Huntley - Peterson 3-4 (2B, 3RBI, BB), Spannraft 2-4 (BB, 2RBI), Shields 2-4 (R, 2SB).

LaSALLE-PERU 7, HUNTLEY 4 L.P. Huntley

104 020 0 - 7 12 0 002 002 0 - 4 8 4

LP: Laxner (31/3IP, 5R, 3ER, 6H, 2BB, 0K).

Top hitters: Huntley - Shields 2-3 (2R, 2SB), Spannraft 2-4 (R), Koss 2-3 (R, RBI).

MARENGO 10, LAKES 4 CL SOUTH 12, BELVIDERE 1

WEDNESDAY

at Detroit* 6:30 p.m.

NBCSN AM-720

2 p.m.: Conference semiinals, Game 2, N.Y. Rangers at Boston, NBC 6:30 p.m.: Conference semiinals, Game 3, Pittsburgh at Ottawa, NBCSN

Huntley Freeport

McHenry, Marian Central 18; 4. CaryGrove 16; 5. Crystal Lake Central 15; 6.

Johnsburg 13; 7. Crystal Lake South 4; 8.

Woodstock 2; t9. Marengo, Woodstock North 0

Saturday’s Local Results

TUESDAY

NHL PLAYOFFS

ARLINGTON PARK ENTRIES First, $13,000, SOC $10,000-$5,000, 3 yo’s & up, F & M (fillies and mares), Six Furlongs 1 Shes Got to Run Thornton 124 15-1 2 Vision of Liz Perez 122 10-1 3 A Shot Away Emigh 122 4-1 4 At the Finish Contreras 122 6-5 5 Rare Action Diego 122 8-1 6 Stay Sees Mom Martinez 122 6-1 7 Dreymore Geroux 122 5-1 Second, $23,000, Claiming $25,000, 3 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs 1 Northscape Hill 122 5-2 2 Champagne Tony Slinger 115 6-1 3 Midnight Serenade Emigh 122 3-1 4 Mr. Watanabe Too Graham 116 10-1 5 Annette’s Guy Geroux 122 5-1 6 Maan Felix 122 6-1 7 Fab a Dasher Thornton 116 9-2 Third, $10,500, Maiden Claiming $15,000-$10,000, 3 yo’s & up, Six Furlongs 1 Lavender Chris Lantz 124 5-2 2 Najfive Fox 116 8-1 3 Cello Fellow Vigil 118 10-1 4 French Colonel Esquivel 111 8-1 5 Valid Devil Lopez 122 30-1 6 Richie’s Lifestyle Baird 118 9-5 7 Borren Identity Contreras 124 8-1 8 Snowkin’ Gun Meza 124 9-2 Fourth, $9,500, Claiming $5,000, 3 yo’s & up, One And One Eighth Miles 1 Hydro Power Esquivel 115 9-2 2 Canadian Wish Martinez 122 6-1 3 Miles and Miles Sanchez 122 5-2

MONDAY

2:30 p.m.: Conference inals, Game 1, Memphis at San Antonio, ABC

HORSE RACING Sunday’s post time: 1 p.m.

SUNDAY

Lakes Marengo

001 002 1 - 4 11 1 060 112 x - 10 19 0

WP: Kissack (7IP, 4R, 11H, 4ER, 1BB, 6K).

McHENRY 4, HERSEY 0 McHenry Hersey

101 110 0 - 4 12 0 000 000 0 - 0 5 1

WP: Svoboda (7IP, 5H, 2K, 0BB).

Top hitters: McHenry - Hoeppel-Tranter 3-4 (2B, HR, RBI), Freund 2-4 (RBI), Witbeck 2-4 (RBI).

HERSEY 6, McHENRY 0 McHenry Hersey

000 000 0 - 0 5 1 301 011 0 - 6 10 0

LP: Snedeker (3IP, 7H, 4R, 4ER, 2K, 0BB).

Top hitters: McHenry - Nagle 2-3.

CARY-GROVE 12 STEVENSON 0 (6 INN.) C-G Stevenson

900 003 - 12 12 0 000 000 - 0 3 2

WP: Lee (3IP, 2H, 0R, 0ER, 2BB, 2K).

Top hitters: Cary-Grove - Marszal 3-5 (R, 4RBI), Vasquez 3-5 (2R), Sutherland 1-2 (RBI, R).

HUNTLEY 5, GLENBARD WEST 0 Huntley Glenbard West

001 110 2 - 5 10 2 000 100 0 - 1 0 3

WP: Perkins (6IP, 0H, 1R, 1ER, 1BB, 4K).

Top hitters: Huntley - Skonieczny 2-2 (2R, 2RBI), Albright 2-3 (2RBi), Lyman 2-4 (2RBI).

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE MLB LINE UNDERDOG National League at Cubs -140 New York Arizona -155 at Miami Cincinnati -120 at Philadelphia at Atlanta -180 Los Angeles at St. Louis -125 Milwaukee Washington -110 at San Diego at Colorado -125 San Francisco American League at Los Angeles-110 White Sox Seattle -110 at Cleveland at New York -145 Toronto Tampa Bay -115 at Baltimore Boston -125 at Minnesota at Oakland -145 Kansas City Detroit -110 at Texas Interleague at Pittsburgh -180 Houston FAVORITE

LINE +130 +145 +110 +170 +115 +100 +115 +100 +100 +135 +105 +115 +135 +100 +170

NBA Playoffs FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at San Antonio 4½ (183) Memphis Odds to Win Series San Antonio -140 Memphis +120 NHL Playoffs Sunday LINE UNDERDOG LINE -125 N.Y. Rangers +105 -125 at Ottawa +105 Monday Blackhawks -135 at Detroit +115

FAVORITE at Boston Pittsburgh

TRANSACTIONS PROS BASEBALL National League ST. LOUIS CARDINALS-Placed LHP Jaime Garcia on the 15-day DL. Recalled RHP Mitchell Boggs from Memphis (PCL).

FOOTBALL National Football League BEARS-Agreed to terms with G Kyle Long on a four-year contract.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS-Agrred to terms with LB Dwight Freeney on a twoyear contract.

HOCKEY National Hockey League NHL-Fined the San Jose Sharks $100,000 for public comments by General Manager Doug Wilson pertaining to the suspension of Sharks F Raffi Torres.

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SECTION D Sunday, May 19, 2013 Northwest Herald

“A few highly acute patients with multiple complications who spent extended time in the hospital can signiicantly drive up the average.”

Tonya Lucchetti-Hudson, Sherman Hospital spokeswoman

Pay hike sought for caregivers Organizers of a campaign to raise wages for direct-support workers brought their message to Springfield last week.

The Care Campaign seeks to provide better lives for caregivers and better care for individuals with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities.

According to organizers, about 23,000 individuals with developmental disabilities are supported in community settings in Illinois.

“Many of the direct-support employees who provide that support don’t earn enough to support their own families,” said Art Dykstra, CEO of Trinity Services in Joliet.

According to a recent Illinois Association of Rehabilitation Facilities salary survey, the average direct-support wage in Illinois is $9.35 per hour – 21 percent below the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services poverty threshold of $11.32 for a family of four.

Care Campaign organizers said the Legislature hasn’t approved a cost-of-doing-business increase for community providers since 2007, and that Illinois ranks 41st of the 50 states in funding for these services.

In all, state funding for community developmental disability agencies has increased less than 1 percent per year over the past decade (9.5 percent over 10 years).

By contrast, the Consumer Price Index increased 23 percent over the same period.

“This largely female workforce is often forced to work overtime or hold down second jobs just to make ends meet,” said Henry Bayer, executive director of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31, in a press release. “It’s wrong that workers who carry out a responsibility of state government – caring for the most vulnerable among us – aren’t paid enough to support their own families.”

According to the Care Campaign, the lack of adequate wages for employees who perform the work of supporting individuals with disabilities results in high employee turnover, which in turn negatively impacts the quality of services provided.

Workers, providers and families testified before Senate and House Human Services committee hearings on the DSP wage issue on Wednesday.

The Care Campaign proposes increases in reimbursement rates linked directly to increases in direct support staff wages. The goal of the initiative is to raise the starting wage to $13 an hour, with an initial increase of $1 per hour for all directsupport workers in fiscal year 2014.

For more information, visit www.CareCampaignHome.org Meanwhile, Gov. Pat Quinn says new legislation will help disabled Illinois residents find better jobs. The Employment First Act is headed to Quinn’s desk for signature after clearing the state Senate last week in a 54-0 vote. It requires state agencies helping the disabled find work to consider as a first option those positions that offer competitive pay.

It also prioritizes jobs in integrated settings that include non-disabled workers.

Quinn proposed the measure in his State of the State address in February. His goal is to double the rate of employment for people with disabilities by 2015. On Wednesday he said in a written statement that “Illinois is a state where every person has the opportunity to chase their dreams.”

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A Centegra Hospital-McHenry surgical team performs a laparoscopic hysterectomy. Hospitals serving McHenry County charge wildly different prices for the same treatment, according to figures released by the federal government for the first time last week.

Hospital charges vary for same treatment Experts disagree on value of data

By BRETT ROWLAND browland@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Hospitals serving McHenry County charge wildly different prices for the same treatment, according to figures released by the federal government for the first time.

The government data lists average charges for the 100 most common Medicare services from 2011. A review of the charges by the Northwest Herald for four local hospitals showed significant disparities among what those facilities charge.

Mercy Harvard Hospital isn’t included in the federal database because it’s a critical access hospital.

These rural community hospitals receive cost-based reimbursements from Medicare instead of standard fixed reimbursements like other hospitals, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

The figures shed light on the often frustratingly complex world of medical billing, but experts caution that the data doesn’t tell the whole story and has limited value for many consumers.

Of the 57 services for which charges were available for all four hospitals, Sherman Hospital had the highest average charges in 54 categories.

Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital had the lowest in 33 categories, and the two Centegra hospitals had the lowest in the remaining categories.

Sherman, in Elgin, charged $62,957 on average to treat patients who had heart failure with multiple complications. The three other area hospitals charged nearly half as much for the same treatment.

Advocate Good Shepherd, in Barrington, charged $32,284 on average, while Centegra Hospital – McHenry and Centegra Hospital – Woodstock charged $34,137 and $33,644 on average, respectively.

Cost differences were even wider in some cases. Sherman Hospital

Local hospital charges How McHenry County area hospitals ranked in charges for 57 common treatments.

Hospital Sherman Hospital Advocate Good Shepherd Centegra – McHenry Centegra – Woodstock

Diagnosis and procedure categories with highest average charges 54 2 1 0

Diagnosis and procedure categories with lowest average charges 0 33 9 15

Source: Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. Of the top 100 most frequently billed discharges, the Northwest Herald reviewed 57 categories for which average charge data was available for all four hospitals serving McHenry County. Mercy Harvard Hospital wasn’t included in the federal data because it is a critical access hospital.

How do local hospital costs compare?

See how four hospitals serving McHenry County compare in terms of average costs for 57 different diagnosis and treatment categories online. NWHerald.com has an interactive tool for searching through regional hospital costs, graphs, and links to health-care costs for more than 3,000 hospitals in the United States.

charged $90,272 on average to treat patients with respiratory system diagnosis on ventilator support. The average cost for the same treatment at Centegra – McHenry was $69,453.

At Centegra – Woodstock it was $58,030. Advocate Good Shepherd charged $53,826.

The nearly $40,000 difference in average charges could be the result of many factors, including treating patients who were sicker or had more complications, Sherman spokeswoman Tonya Lucchetti-Hudson said.

“A few highly acute patients with multiple complications who spent extended time in the hospital can significantly drive up the average,” she wrote in an email to the Northwest Herald. “[In these cases] our reimbursements were also higher than the other hospitals which indicates that there may have been a few outlier cases with higher than average reimbursements.”

More broadly, Sherman’s charges are higher because it serves a different population of patients than other area hospitals, Lucchetti-Hudson said.

“In general, Sherman attracts patients with higher acuity and more complications because we have the comprehensive programs to handle these patient populations,” she said.

Sherman’s charges won’t change as a result of its planned merger with Advocate Health System, Lucchetti-

Hudson said.

Advocate Good Shepherd, part of the state’s largest health system, had the lowest average charges in many categories because of several different factors, including how many days patients spent in the hospital, said George Teufel, the hospital’s vice president of finance.

“Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital has historically had a very short overall length of stay, which has resulted in lower charges,” he said in an email.

Advocate Good Shepherd sets its charges based on the costs of providing the service, Teufel said.

However, hospital charges often factor in other expenses as well, including the cost of treating uninsured patients and providing money-losing services, such as burn wards, said Dr. Joel Shalowitz, director of health industry management at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management in Evanston.

“In some ways it’s arbitrary, because some services cost more than they bring in,” he said. “They charge $5 for an aspirin because it’s part of their mission to provide a full range of services. You have to subsidize things like burn units.”

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8BUSINESS ROUNDUP Dr. Gladstone memorial ceremony Wednesday The McHenry Riverwalk Foundation invites area residents to a ceremony honoring the memory of Dr. Lee Gladstone, founder of the original McHenry Hospital, to be conducted at 11:30 a.m.

Wednesday.

The event will be near the gazebo at the entrance to the McHenry Riverwalk, adjacent to 1138 N. Green St. A bronze marker will be placed at this site of the former city hospital, which opened in 1956. Also in remembrance of Gladstone, a burr oak tree will be planted in the Riverwalk area.

John Smith, president of the McHenry Riverwalk Foundation, will introduce Lorna and Evan Gladstone (Dr. Gladstone’s children), along with McHenry Mayor Sue Low and other business and community leaders.

Gladstone was graduated from Chicago Medical School in 1940, served as a U. S. Army physician in WWII and opened his practice in McHenry in 1947. Initially, the office and hospital contained six beds in a two-story frame house. He later completed a residency in psychiatry and was a pioneer in the treatment of alcoholism and substance abuse.

As other physicians joined the practice, the facility grew.

In 1956, at this dedication site, a larger building was constructed with 22 beds for newborn, pediatric and adult patients, plus expanded treatment capability. It closed as a medical facility in 1980, replaced by the Northern Illinois Medical Center, now operating as Centegra Hospital. A later addition to the original building is now known as the McHenry Villa, an independent living residence.

Advanced Leadership Series at Shah Center McHENRY – McHenry County College Shah Center is partnering with Development Dimensions International for the Advanced Leadership Series beginning May 30.

The advanced series is comprised of five modules.

The courses take place from 8 a.m. to noon at the Shah Center, 4100 W. Shamrock Lane, McHenry. Topics include: Adaptive Leadership on May 30, Building and Environment of Trust on June 6, Developing Others on June 13, Retaining Talent on June 20 and Building Winning Partnerships on June 27.

For more information, call 815- 455-8593 or email shahcenter@mchenry.edu.

Certification prep courses begin in June McHENRY – The McHenry County College Shah Center offers APICS Certified Production and Inventory Management certification preparation courses at the Shah Center, 4100 W. Shamrock Lane, McHenry.

Dates are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

June 4, 11 and 18; and from 8 a.m. to noon June 25.

Additional certification prep courses in 2013 include Execution and Control of Operations in September, and Strategic Management of Resources in November.

For more information, call 815-455-8593 or email shahcenter@mchenry.edu.

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8WALL STREET WEEK IN REVIEW Stock

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11.15 13.95 17.58 10.86 10.34 24.49 28.96 9.80 17.62 24.97 22.49 17.98 17.09 6.33 44.06 31.50 9.33 570.65 10.22 11.46 27.20 5.55 14.37 9.34 12.37 20.85 18.83 17.99 18.23 2.26 21.47 30.78 9.42 17.01 28.09 15.72 15.51 22.06 24.22 15.36

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New phase of growth for Exchange-traded funds

By MARK JEWELL AP Personal Finance Writer BOSTON – The headlines about exchange-traded funds suggest there are no limits to the growth of these low-cost, easily traded alternatives to mutual funds.

Among the recent developments: ETFs have attracted at least $100 billion in new cash for each of the past six years, growing at a far more rapid pace than traditional mutual funds. ETF assets have doubled over the past three years to $1.4 trillion, with one study projecting they’ll hit $3.5 trillion by 2016. ETFs have recently begun to appear as investment options in 529 college-savings plans and 401(k)s.

Yet obstacles are beginning to appear. It has become more difficult for fund companies to launch ETFs that are significantly different or lower-cost than what’s already on the market.

“We’re close to a tipping point in terms of numbers,” says Todd Rosenbluth, director of ETF research at S&P Capital IQ. The number of ETFs may decline this year, something that’s unprecedented in the two decades since the first ETF was introduced. Through the end of March, there were 1,190 ETFs, or three fewer than at the same point a year ago, and four fewer than at the end of 2012, according to the trade organization Investment Company Institute.

Similar to index mutual funds, ETFs track segments of the market and try to match a benchmark stock or bond index rather than beat it. But ETF shares can be traded throughout the day like stocks.

That makes it possible to lock in a preferred price without waiting for a closing price. Mutual funds are priced only at the close of daily trading.

Rosenbluth, of S&P Capital IQ, discussed the latest ETF industry developments in a recent interview: Q: Why might the number of index ETF launches continue to decline?

A: It’s hard to differentiate some of these products.

There’s no need for a fourth

or fifth product tracking the Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index, when there are already two low-cost dominant products: State Street’s SPDR S&P 500 and the iShares S&P 500 offering. If you’re another company trying to compete with those ETFs, to bring expense ratios down and become costefficient, you have to gather a huge amount of assets. What would a company like Fidelity gain from offering a Fidelitybranded S&P 500 ETF? There would be a risk that the company would cannibalize the money flowing into Fidelity’s existing S&P 500 mutual fund.

Q: An increasing number of ETFs can be traded commission-free, with restrictions.

Should the availability of commission-free trading be a major consideration?

A: If you’re a self-directed investor who trades a lot, that’s the way to go. But if you work with a financial adviser, as is the case with a lot of people, you may already be paying a commission to invest, and it comes down to whether the ETF you buy is a good product.

The commission-free feature for some ETFs helps offset the fact that some of these ETFs may not be competitive in terms of the expenses they charge.

Q: Should the expanded availability of commission-free ETFs affect how average investors construct their portfolios?

A: Investors have greater access. But just because there’s no trading commission doesn’t mean it’s a good ETF. It may not be a good product, or it might not be appropriate for that investor based on their appetite for risk.

For example, ETFs investing in high-yield bonds generate yields of about 5 percent.

That’s favorable in a market where 10-year Treasurys yield less than 2 percent.

But that extra yield comes at a cost, because the highyield ETF will invest in junk bonds, with a significant risk of default. So just because it’s a commission-free ETF doesn’t mean it makes sense for someone approaching retirement to have in their bond portfolio.

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IRS tests for employee-contractor status “Is my worker an employee or an independent contractor?” That is a common question asked by business owners.

Employees are more costly to an employer/taxpayer than a contractor because the company must pay its share of Social Security, Medicare, and unemployment taxes, and must provide the employee with fringe and other employment benefits. Contractors, on the other hand, are paid an agreed-upon fee, but the contractor, not the business, is liable for all employment taxes.

In addition, there is no paid time off or other employment benefits provided to contractors.

Due to the different tax treatments, the Internal Revenue Service has a vested interest in proper classification.

The fundamental question to determine the proper category is whether the employer has the right to control and direct the worker regarding the job and how to do it. A 20-factor control test was developed by the IRS based on common law principles that have evolved in the courts. This control test can be divided into three broad categories: Behavioral control, financial control, and the relationship of the parties. The factors are meant to be a guide to determine if an individual is an employee. It is not conclusive as to corporate officers and does not apply to “statutory” employees.

Among the 20 factors considered for employee status are: • Requirement to follow employer instructions.

• Ongoing training provided by the employer.

• Worker is supplied with tools, materials, facilities, or equipment.

Accounting Michelle DellaMaria • Worker does not make his or her services available to the general public on a regular basis.

• The ability of the company to “fire” the worker. In contrast, an independent contractor cannot be fired as long as he or she provides the agreed upon service.

It is worthwhile to take the time to understand the factors because there are strict penalties imposed for misclassification. To encourage employers to properly classify workers going forward, the IRS has created a program called the voluntary classification settlement program (VCSP), to resolve past violations without penalty. It is important to note that this program only pertains to the IRS and does not provide relief for other obligations such as state or workers compensation.

To participate in the VCSP, a taxpayer must have filed, within six months of the due date for the past three years, all required forms 1099 for contractors. A taxpayer, including its parent, subsidiary, or other member of its consolidated group, currently under an IRS or employment tax audit by the federal or state government is ineligible for the program.

Once accepted into the VCSP, the taxpayer agrees to: • Treat the workers as employees for future tax periods.

• Allow the IRS an extra three years to assess employment taxes starting with the first three calendar years after the agreement begins.

8FACES & PLACES HR Green moves up in top design firm rankings McHENRY – In a market characterized by slow recovery, HR Green continues to ascend the annual Engineering News Record list of the Top 500 design firms in the United States. ENR recently released its 2013 list of top firms, showing HR Green at number 185. This represents a three-point climb for HR Green from its 188th place ranking in 2012. The rankings are based on previous years’ revenues.

“I think this demonstrates HR Green’s resilience,” said CEO Mike Daniel. “Our revenue has grown moderately while many other firms have experienced no growth, or even losses, in a market that is recovering very slowly.” HR Green celebrates its 100th year of existence this year.

“We offer a diverse array of products and services, and we are geographically well positioned,” said Daniel. He added, “These factors have helped us to weather a tough economy better than many of our peers.”

Originally founded in 1913, HR Green has offices throughout the U.S. HR Green provides engineering and technical services to clients in transportation, water, governmental services, senior living, and energy.

HR Green is located at 420 Front St., McHenry. For more information, call 815-385-1778, or visit www.hrgreen.com.

Dr. Jing Liang joins Centegra Physician Care CRYSTAL LAKE – Board-certified physiatrist Dr. Jing Liang has joined the medical staff of Centegra Physician Care. Liang will see patients at Centegra’s Crystal Lake Medical Arts location.

A physiatrist is a nerve, muscle and bone expert who treats injuries or illnesses that affect how a person moves.

Liang received her medical degree from Upstate Medical University at State University of New York in Syracuse, N.Y. She completed a residency in physical medicine and rehabilitation and a fellowship in interventional pain medicine at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute in Edison, N.J. She also completed a Medical Acupuncture for Physicians course at the Helm’s Medical Institute of Berkeley, Calif.

While at JFK Johnson Rehabilitation Institute, Liang was the

• Treat all identified workers of the same class as employees in the future.

In exchange, the IRS will: • Limit the liability to 10 percent of the employment taxes, calculated at reduced rates, on compensation paid to the identified workers in the most recently completed tax year.

• Waive all interest and penalties on the employment taxes.

• Not subject the taxpayer to an employment tax audit of prior years regarding the identified classification of workers.

To apply for the VCSP, taxpayers file Form 8952 with the IRS at least 60 days before the date they want to begin treating the workers as employees. The IRS reviews the application and contacts the taxpayer, or its authorized representative, to complete the process. Once accepted into the program, the taxpayer enters into a closing agreement with the IRS at which time full payment is due.

The worker classification affects both the taxpayer and the worker.

Therefore the IRS offers a formal process, via IRS Form SS-8, for either or both parties to request determination by the IRS on this matter. There are far reaching consequences, from both within and outside of the Internal Revenue Service, to the determination of worker classification. Before applying for VCSP or making an IRS determination request, competent legal advice is critical for your own protection.

• Michelle DellaMaria is a CPA and Certified Valuation Analyst, with Caufield & Flood Certified Public Accountants in Crystal Lake.

• CHARGES educational chief resident in the department of rehabilitation medicine. She has special interests in neuromuscular and musculoskeletal disorders, as well as injuries of the neck, back, muscles and joints. Liang uses conservative approaches and minimally invasive techniques including injections of muscle, spine and joints, nerve blocks and medical acupuncture.

To schedule an appointment with Liang, call 815-338-6600.

Doyle joins Samaritan Counseling Center BARRINGTON – Liz Doyle has joined the clinical team of professional therapists at Samaritan Counseling Center in Barrington.

Doyle is a licensed clinical professional counselor with more than 26 years of experience working with children, adolescents and adults. She enjoys working with all ages but her specialty focus has been with children, adolescents and families; she has worked in many different settings includLiz Doyle ing hospitals, residential programs, intensive in-home and community-based programs.

She utilizes a strengthsbased, family-focused and wellness-oriented approach with children and adolescents. Her experience and training includes developing and implementing several evidence-based practices.

The goal of her approach is to meet individuals where they are in their developmental process, to help them to identify their strengths and interests and to use those assets to continue the path of growth and development toward wellness, better relationships, and a happier life.

She is familiar with the types of educational, medical, financial and work-related stresses that impact many of us in our daily lives.

Her most recent experience includes being the clinical director for a county mental health board where she was responsible for oversight of prevention, wraparound and intensive in-home crisis intervention programming. She worked within a collaborative team to develop a comprehensive system of care to meet the mental needs of children, youth, adults and families.

Continued from page D1 Centegra Hospital – McHenry had the lowest average charges in nine of the 57 categories and the highest in one. Centegra Hospital – Woodstock had the lowest charges in 15 categories.

Both hospitals, run by Crystal Lake-based Centegra Health System, were often in the middle of the pack in other areas.

Overall, data released by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services “reaffirms Centegra’s commitment to value, especially when coupled with our numerous quality awards,” said Bob Green, Centegra’s executive vice president and CFO.

Data could be seen as ‘confusing’ Across the country, the recently released charge list has raised questions about how hospitals set prices.

It also has renewed debate about health care costs as businesses and insurance companies shift more of the payment burden to individuals.

“Currently, consumers don’t know what a hospital is charging them or their insurance company for a given procedure, like a knee replacement, or how much of a price difference there is at different hospitals, even within the same city,” Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius said in a news release last week after the information was released. “This data and new data centers will help fill that gap.”

She told reporters “hospitals that charge two or three times the going rate will rightfully face scrutiny,” according to The Associated Press.

But the data isn’t as useful as it might seem. Illinois Hospital Association spokesman Danny Chun said it could prove more confusing than helpful.

That’s because the hospital-specific charge data bears little, if any, relation to what consumers pay for treatment, said Shalowitz, who also teaches at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and is president of the Medical Care Group, a practice with six suburban offices.

“What’s being published are made-up charges not related to cost or what people actually pay,” he said.

Hospitals set the charges, but Medicare and insurance companies don’t pay the full amount. Medicare reimburses hospitals based on set payments and insurance companies negotiate discounts to the

list charges. Hospitals may artificially inflate charges knowing that insurers will seek steep discounts, Shalowitz said.

Even the uninsured don’t pay full price.

A state law requires free or discounted treatment for patients without health coverage. Individual hospitals may have specific billing policies for the uninsured.

“Anyone without health insurance coverage, and is considered a self-pay patient, automatically receives a 20 percent discount when using an Advocate hospital,” Teufel said.

The charges are akin to the sticker price listed by auto dealerships, Chun said.

The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid released the data as part of the Obama administration’s efforts to “make our health care system more affordable and accountable,” according to department’s website.

Families USA, a nonprofit health advocacy group, called it “an important step toward reining in health costs for America’s consumers.”

Others disagreed.

“We’re extremely concerned about the federal government putting out raw data on charges,” Chun said.

“People might be confused by this. They need to understand this is not what the typical patient pays.”

More needs to be done to help consumers make health-care choices, said Rich Umbdenstock, president of the American Hospital Association.

“The complex and bewildering interplay among ‘charges,’ ‘rates,’ ‘bills’ and ‘payments’ across dozens of payers, public and private, does not serve any stakeholder well, including hospitals,” he said in a statement.

“This is especially true when what is most important to a patient is knowing what his or her financial responsibility will be.”

Several experts noted that the charge information doesn’t account for other factors, such as treatment quality and outcomes.

“Charges for services are only one factor in the health care decision process,” Teufel said. “We encourage patients to also consider the facility’s quality of care and health outcomes. With that said, we support any new initiative that provides consumers additional information to help inform their health-care decisions.”

To that end, the federal government plans to make about $87 million available to states to improve hospital rate review programs and make health care pricing more transparent.

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Stay-at-home mom wants to work Dear Dave, I’m a stay-at-home mom now, and my husband brings home $2,600 a month. We’re trying to get out of debt, but we need more money coming in. I want to go back to work, but emotionally part of me feels like I should stay home with our 2-year-old daughter.

What do you think?

– Kayla

Dear Kayla, I understand the feelings involved, especially if you’ve spent all of your time home with your child. But don’t make the mistake of blaming the debt if you simply want to go back to work. You’re not a bad person if you have kids and you work outside the home.

I have several ladies on my team who have young children, and they work 40 hours a week. Guess what? They’re excellent mothers! Anyone who says a woman can’t be a great mom because she works outside the home is full of crap. On the other hand, if anyone says you’re not fulfilling yourself as a person or you’re stunting your intellectual development because you’re a stay-at-home mom, they’re full of it too!

I’d advise you and your husband to sit down, talk about this a lot, and pray about the situation. Don’t worry about what anyone else thinks, because it’s none of their business. You guys are in charge of your lives and your family. That makes it your job to decide what’s best.

DAVE SAYS Dave Ramsey If you want to stay at home, and you guys can make it happen financially, that’s a great thing. If you can’t right now, or you simply want to go back into the workforce, that’s fine too. It’ll help solve your debt problem. Then after you’ve got your money under control, you might find you want to come home again.

The option will be there.

For now, I think you should go back to work. Why? Because you want to!

– Dave

Dear Dave, We live in New Jersey, and my wife and I can afford the $10,000 to send our son to a state college. However, we have a younger child who is heading to college in a couple of years, and I’m having a hard time justifying room and board when he can commute. My wife doesn’t have a problem paying for it, even though it would mean taking out a loan. What do you think?

– Andy

Dear Andy, I’m with you on this one.

If you had an extra $40,000 lying around, this wouldn’t be an issue. But if you’re talking about borrowing money just for him to live in a dorm, my answer is a resounding no!

If your son, or your wife,

wants the “college experience” to be part of the equation, then Junior can get a job to pay for the added expense.

Anyone can make $10,000 a year delivering pizza while in school, and it would be a great life experience. You might spot him a little something to get him in there and get things going, but I’d make it contingent on him working to pay the remainder.

There’s no reason to take out loans for something like this. It sounds like you guys can cash flow the important stuff, but make sure this kid learns what work is and why it’s important. I worked full time while I was in college and still graduated in four years.

Besides, most college dorm rooms look a lot like prison cells; they’re tiny, with concrete block walls and maybe a window, if you’re lucky. Does this really sound like an “experience” worth going into debt for? I don’t think so!

• 5 to 7 p.m.: Gary Lang Auto Group multi-chamber mixer, 1107 S. Route 31, McHenry.

Wednesday, May 22 • 10:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.: Richmond Spring Grove chamber’s 20th annual Golf Outing

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– Dave • Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business. He’s authored four New York Times bestselling books: “Financial Peace,” “More Than Enough,” “The Total Money Makeover” and “EntreLeadership.” The Dave Ramsey Show is heard by more than 6 million listeners each week on more than 500 radio stations. Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.

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Wednesday, May 29 • 6 to 9 p.m.: Crystal Lake chamber Annual Dinner, Crystal Lake Country Club, 721 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake. Call 815-459-1300., ext. 14.

Free service pick up within 10 miles.

Lifetime car wash with any new car purchase.

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