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HOLIDAY EVENTS • FAITH, C1

PREP BASEBALL • SPORTS, B1

Barbs can’t get bats going in playoff loss

Malta church program to mark Memorial Day

DeKalb budget to get airing

HONOR GUARDS Veterans groups reminding public of Memorial Day’s true meaning

Public can share views at Tuesday council meeting

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By DAVID THOMAS

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eKALB – The colors of the U.S. flag spell freedom in Cliff Seldal’s book, and they are the colors that will adorn the graves of fallen veterans this weekend.

Seldal, a former Marine sergeant who served in the Korean War, said veterans who sacrificed their lives to protect the freedoms of Americans must be honored. He said Memorial Day is an especially important holiday for veterans.

“I think it’s up to the veterans to keep it alive,” Seldal said.

Seldal is one of about 155 members of American Legion Post 66, a nonprofit organization in DeKalb that assists veterans. The organization primarily offers Honor Guard services for military funerals. For the families of some veterans, it’s not possible to afford Honor Guard services.

Legionnaire Steven Marberry, who served in the Army during the Vietnam War, said families are entitled to an Honor Guard service for their loved ones who served.

“We’re going to do everything we can to provide it,” Marberry said.

American Legion Post 66, along with the DeKalb AMVETS Post 90 and DeKalb Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 2287, will expand their efforts to honor local soldiers who died by placing almost 2,000 flags on their graves for Memorial Day weekend. The veterans will be assisted by local Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts. Throughout the weekend, they will continue visiting cemeteries and performing memorial

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Local veterans including Doug Massier (left) of DeKalb and Ken Andersen of Sycamore discuss plans Wednesday for Memorial Day weekend services at American Legion Post 66 in DeKalb. TOP: U.S. Marine veteran Jerry Johnson of Cortland cracks a smile as a group of local veterans met at the American Legion post to discuss plans for Memorial Day. The commanders from American Legion Post 66, VFW Post 2287 and AMVETS Post 90 will place a wreath at the clock. American Legion Post 66 will then lead the parade and hand out more than 500 flags.

Marberry said coping with the deaths of veterans and loved ones is a part of life. Each year, their organization loses one or two members who were close to them, he said. At

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services.

For Memorial Day on Monday, Legionnaires from Post 66 plan to be at the Memorial Clock Corner on First Street and Lincoln Highway.

other times they’ll lose people they knew but weren’t close to.

“But they’re all part of our brotherhood and sisterhood,” Marberry said.

American Legion Post 66 was chartered in 1919. Outside of performing Honor Guard services at military funerals, they sponsor baseball teams, give high school

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IRS replaces official in tea party controversy

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The Associated Press

Lois Lerner, director of the tax-exempt organizations division at the Internal Revenue Service, was placed on leave Thursday. Ken Corbin will now direct the division.

WASHINGTON – Moving quickly to stem a raging controversy, the new acting head of the Internal Revenue Service started cleaning house Thursday by replacing the supervisor who oversaw agents involved in targeting tea party groups.

A day after she refused to answer questions at a congressional hearing, Lois Lerner was placed on administrative leave, according to congressional sources.

Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said Lerner was asked to resign but

refused, so she was placed on leave. An IRS spokeswoman said the agency could not comment on Lerner’s status because it was a private personnel matter.

Danny Werfel, the agency’s new acting commissioner, told IRS employees in an email that he had selected a new acting head of the division, staying within the IRS to find new leadership.

Ken Corbin, a 27-year IRS veteran, will be the new acting director of the agency’s exempt organizations division. Corbin currently is a deputy director in the wage and investment division, where he oversees 17,000 workers responsible for processing 172 million individual and

business tax returns, Werfel said.

Werfel’s email Thursday made no mention of Lerner. But congressional aides who were briefed on the matter confirmed that Lerner was placed on paid administrative leave. The aides spoke on the condition of anonymity because a personnel matter was involved.

“From all accounts so far, the IRS acting commissioner was on solid ground to ask for her resignation,” Grassley said in a statement. “The IRS owes it to taxpayers to resolve her situation quickly. The agency needs to move on to fix the conditions that led to the targeting debacle.

She shouldn’t be in limbo indef-

initely on the taxpayers’ dime.”

Lerner’s lawyer, William W. Taylor III, did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Lerner is the IRS official who first publicly disclosed May 10 that IRS agents had been targeting tea party and other conservative groups for additional scrutiny when they applied for tax-exempt status.

At the time she apologized on behalf of the IRS, but it wasn’t enough to stop a firestorm of criticism from the White House and Congress.

If Lerner, a career civil servant, is dismissed she would become the third IRS official to lose their job in the scandal.

DeKALB – The public will have a chance Tuesday to weigh in on the city of DeKalb’s budget for the fiscal year that starts July 1.

Barring any major changes by the DeKalb City Council members, the city will spend at least $30 million in its general fund, a 5.4 percent increase from this fiscal year. The city’s general fund pays for city personnel, commodities such as police and fire equipment, and contractual services.

But they also pay for pensions. The city is projecting to spend $570,000 more on police and fire pensions out of their general fund.

“That’s part of the reason why this is such a big issue to the state legislature,” Assistant City Manager Rudy Espiritu said. “It’s something we’re trying to control, but these are state-mandated costs.”

The city is projected to bring in $31.1 million in revenue for fiscal 2014, a 4.2 percent increase from this fiscal year.

City Manager Mark Biernacki said he will recommend that the council adopt the budget on first reading at Tuesday’s City Council meeting, with a final vote occurring June 10. However, the City Council is able to finalize the vote Tuesday.

There are a couple of issues DeKalb aldermen will need to decide before they adopt the budget. During the budget workshops they held earlier this month, the aldermen requested more information and amendments to the budget.

If all of their amendments were adopted, the projected $296,000 surplus for the fiscal 2014 budget would become a $348,000 deficit.

“Hence why they need to decide what to do,” Espiritu said.

“It could cause a deficit in the budget.”

If the amendments are adopted, the city would have a balance of $4.9 million on June 30, 2014. If they are not, that balance would be $5.5 million.

If you go Special joint City Council meeting with Finance Committee at 6 p.m.; regular council meeting at 7 p.m.

Tuesday, DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St., DeKalb.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today

Sexaholics AnonymousDeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction. Contact: 815508-0280. SA.org.

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

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

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

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

There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

ACBL Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. at Wildwood North Recreation Center, 1 Birch St. in Sandwich. 815-498-4405.

Peace vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memorial Park at First Street and Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Peace Circle follows at 6 p.m. 815-758-0796.

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

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

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

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

Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 1022 N. Main St., Sandwich, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

One Day At A Time AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

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

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

Overeaters Anonymous Walkand-Talk meeting: 8 to 9 a.m. at the Northern Illinois University Lagoon, meeting at the NIU Lincoln Highway parking lot. www.oa.org; Contact: Marilyn at 815-751-4822.

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

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

North Central Illinois Wild Rose Chapter of Women on Wheels: 9 a.m. at Elburn Town and Country Library, with breakfast at Papa G’s restaurant in Elburn. All women motorcycle riders are welcome. www.nciwildroses. com; Gigi Beaird at gbeaird@niu. edu or 815-766-1206.

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

Learning to Live Al-Anon group: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Newman Catholic Center annex, Normal Road in DeKalb; llc904@ hotmail.com.

Narcotics Anonymous: 10 to 11 a.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb; www. rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

Knights’ Saturday Burgers and More: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Knights of Columbus Club: 1336 E. Lincoln Highway. Open to the public.

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In covering disaster, first do no harm Most of the world’s tornadoes happen in the United States, and many of us have seen them. I grew up in the Texas panhandle, which is in Tornado Alley. We had a basement and kept a radio, shovel (Mom thought we might have to dig our way out), dried foods … and that’s it.

Our lives were never destroyed, and I have only a vague idea what people in Moore, Okla., are going through.

Nobody really knows disaster until it happens to them.

We respond, help, grieve, and pray.

We donate if we’re able. Finally, we seem to need to experience vicariously.

The news media (through traditional and social media platforms) is how most people learn of disasters, and how we experience them vicariously. This is both positive and negative.

Positive: More reliable (but still flawed) information, better imagery, better fact-checking, better access to policymakers, documents, etc., and less wildly speculative content.

Negative: The same mistakes we keep making.

On Monday, I was disappointed in NBC Chicago’s live TV report from Moore.

The first part was OK, but unsurprising because we had already seen the devastation. What wasn’t OK was a couple minutes later, when the Chicago crew went back to the reporter in Oklahoma for an update.

I steeled myself for new misery, but

THE FINE LINE Jason Akst the “update” was that the reporter and cameraman had moved down the block to show video of a damaged building.

The update wasn’t necessary.

Similarly, on Wednesday, I was disappointed to hear NBC news anchor Ann Curry ask a mom what she would say to day care workers who saved her child’s life. Curry’s question was ill-considered.

Ironically, disaster reporting sometimes makes the news media look good, a rarity these days. Here’s what Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin said at a news conference Tuesday: “I just want to thank the media for all that you’ve done to help our community get information that’s critical at a time like this.”

Part of the problem is that journalists don’t routinely receive training in disaster coverage. There are occasional special topics courses, but it’s not a standard part of the curriculum. With more training, we would do better, but when journalism programs and news organizations are struggling for survival, extra training often is not in the budget.

Bob Steele, a well-known journalism ethics expert, writes widely on journalists’ roles in covering disasters. Here are a few of his thoughts on reporters

interviewing disaster victims: • Recognize that this is probably the worst moment in their lives and it is likely to be the first time they are being interviewed by a reporter. They are highly vulnerable.

• Be respectful of those you contact for an interview. Remember that you may be one of many journalists contacting a victim or family member. Consider pool interviews in some situations to minimize the level of intrusion on those you wish to interview.

• Assess their vulnerability at the time you are contacting them. Recognize they are in mourning and may be in shock. Treat these individuals with compassion and empathy.

• Respect the wishes of those who do not wish to be interviewed. Offer them the opportunity to contact you later when they are able and willing to talk.

• For those who are willing to be interviewed, make sure they fully understand who you are and what your purpose is in requesting an interview.

• Be sensitive in requesting photographs of family members and, when given permission to use photos, commit to returning these photos quickly and in good condition.

• Don’t make things worse.

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

8 TODAY’S TALKER

Scouts OK plan to accept openly gay boys The ASSOCIATED PRESS

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GRAPEVINE, Texas – The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders – a fiercely contested compromise that some warned could fracture the organization and lead to mass defections of members and donors.

Of the roughly 1,400 voting members of the BSA’s National Council who cast ballots, 61 percent supported the proposal drafted by the governing Executive Committee. The policy change takes effect Jan. 1.

“While people have different opinions about this policy, we can all agree that kids are better off when they are in Scouting,” the BSA said after announcing the results at the council’s annual meeting near Dallas.

However, the outcome will not end the bitter debate over the Scouts’ membership policy.

Liberal Scout leaders – while supporting the proposal to accept gay youth – have made clear they want the ban on gay adults lifted as well.

In contrast, conservatives with the Scouts – including some churches that sponsor Scout units – wanted to continue excluding gay youths, in some cases threatening to defect if the ban were lifted.

The Boy Scouts of America’s overall “traditional youth membership” – Cub Scouts, Boy Scouts and Venturers – is now about 2.6 million, compared with more than 4 million in peak years of the past. It also has about 1 million adult leaders and volunteers.

“We are deeply saddened,” said Frank Page, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s executive committee after learning of the result. “Homosexual behavior is incompatible with the principles enshrined in the Scout oath and Scout law.”

The Assemblies of God, another conservative denomination, said the policy change “will lead to a mass exodus from the Boy Scout program.”

The result was welcomed by many gay-rights groups, which joined in the call for an end to the ban on gay adults.

“I’m so proud of how far we’ve come, but until there’s a place for everyone in Scouting, my work will continue,” said Jennifer Tyrrell, who’s ouster as a Cub Scout den leader in Ohio because she is lesbian launched a national protest movement.

The vote followed what the BSA described as “the most comprehensive listening exercise in Scouting’s histo-

ry” to gauge opinions within the community.

The BSA could also take a hit financially. Many Scout units in conservative areas fear their local donors will stop giving if the ban on gay youth is lifted.

The BSA executive committee suggested a plan in January 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, the plan won little praise, and the BSA changed course after assessing responses to 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. However, most parents of young Scouts, as well as youth members themselves, opposed the ban.

The proposal approved Thursday was seen as a compromise, and the Scouts stressed that they would not condone sexual conduct by any Scout – gay or straight.

“The Boy Scouts of America will not sacrifice its mission, or the youth served by the movement, by allowing the organization to be consumed by a single, divisive, and unresolved societal issue,” a BSA statement said.

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8CORRECTIONS A story on page A3 of Thursday’s edition of the Daily Chronicle misspelled the name of Tully’s Coffee spokeswoman Paula Rea. The Daily Chronicle regrets the error.

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8BRIEFS I-5 bridge collapses in Wash.; people in water

87-year-old woman loses to Trump in civil case

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. – An Interstate 5 bridge over a river north of Seattle collapsed Thursday evening, dumping vehicles and people into the water, the Washington State Patrol said.

The four-lane bridge over the Skagit River collapsed about 7 p.m., Trooper Mark Francis said. There was no immediate estimate of how many people were in the water or whether there were any injuries or deaths, he said.

It also was not known what caused the collapse of the bridge about 60 miles north of Seattle in Skagit County.

CHICAGO – An 87-year-old grandmother took on billionaire Donald Trump. And on Thursday, she lost.

Jurors sided with the real estate mogul-turned-TV showman in a weeklong civil trial focused on Jacqueline Goldberg’s claim that Trump cheated her in a bait-and-switch scheme connected to condos in a Chicago skyscraper he built.

The federal jury in Chicago returned with a finding in Trump’s favor. Goldberg, of Evanston, had sought damages totaling around $6 million.

Goldberg had accused Trump of wooing her into buying two

condos at $1 million apiece by dangling a promise to share in building profits – then reneging after she committed to buying.

New federal prosecutor nominated for Chicago CHICAGO – The Obama administration has chosen a private attorney and former federal prosecutor who helped send former Gov. George Ryan to prison for corruption to head the U.S. attorney’s office in Chicago, Illinois’ senators announced Thursday.

Zachary Fardon, 46, would replace Patrick Fitzgerald, who stepped down last summer.

Fitzgerald rose to national prominence during more than

a decade in the office and convicted two Illinois governors, including Ryan. The U.S. Senate must confirm President Barack Obama’s nomination of Fardon.

Chief Illiniwek part of past, U of I group says URBANA – The University of Illinois’ Senate Executive Committee has approved a resolution supporting the end of the use of Chief Illiniwek.

The News-Gazette reported that the group of faculty, students and academic professionals approved the nonbinding resolution Wednesday. The resolution was brought up in response to an effort by former portrayers of the mascot to

bring back a modified Chief Illiniwek. Chancellor Phyllis Wise has said Chief Illiniwek is part of the school’s past, not future.

Motorists urged to drive safely over weekend SPRINGFIELD – Buckle up, take your time and don’t get behind the wheel if you’ve been drinking alcohol.

That is the advice – and the warning – from the Illinois State Police for the Memorial Day weekend. The state police say they’re going to be out on the roads in force and will strictly enforce the laws on speeding, distracted driving, seat belts and drunken driving.

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DeKalb County unemployment rate goes up again

By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – For the fourth month in a row, the unemployment rate in DeKalb County was higher than it was during the same time last year.

The unemployment rate for the county was 8.6 percent in April, a slight increase compared to the April 2012 rate of 8.2 percent, according to seasonally unadjusted data released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security.

“Overall, for the last few years, things have been trending up in general,” IDES analyst Norman Kelewitz said.

“But the recovery has been uneven. This is one of the periods where things aren’t trending up all of the time.”

The labor force – comprised of people who are employed or looking for work – dropped by 50 people year-over-year to 58,906 in April.

But there was a drop in the number of employed people living in the county and a sharp rise in the number of unemployed. Between April 2012 and April 2013, the number of employed workers dropped 0.56 percent from 54,138 to 53,833.

During that same time frame, the number of unemployed people in the county

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Don Billington talks with students, faculty and community members during an open house Thursday at Genoa-Kingston High School to congratulate Billington on his retirement after 22 years as principal.

He has worked in education for 35 years.

G-K bids farewell to retiring principal

By STEPHANIE HICKMAN shickman@shawmedia.com GENOA – When Don Billington took the extra time to greet Carinna Corbett in the halls of Genoa-Kingston High School, it meant something to her.

Corbett, a high school junior, worked closely with Principal Billington this year as president of the DeKalb County Partnership for a Substance Abuse Free Environment, which he helped advise and sponsor.

But the retiring principal had a way of making most students feel special, Corbett said.

“He’ll be missed by a lot of people,” she said.

Corbett was among many students, faculty and community members who came to show their support and wish Billington well Thursday at an open house celebrating his retirement from the high school after 22 years as principal.

“It’s a humbling experience,” Billington said.

Billington began his career in education 35 years ago as a teacher and football coach at Monmouth Warren High School after earning his master’s degree from Western Illinois University.

After becoming principal in 1991, he has made a lasting impression on many people over the years, including the school’s guidance and athletic secretary, Christi Volkening.

“I’ve never met anyone who cares more about their job, their kids, the community and building more than him,” she said.

Superintendent Joe Burgess, who has known Billing-

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“When you think of Don, you think of a person of integrity and character.”

Joe Burgess Superintendent ton for 30 years, said his friend and colleague is a rare find.

“When you think of Don, you think of a person of integrity and character,” he said.

“Those two traits you can’t replace.”

Current middle school Principal Brett McPherson is set to replace Billington on July 1, which Burgess said he expects to be a smooth transition. With just about a month left before he leaves the halls of the high school, Billington said many people have asked where he plans to go from here.

“They want to know what I want to do,” he said. “But I’m not very sure.”

He said he and his wife, Marcy, most likely will travel more, specifically to various Major League Baseball stadiums across the country, which has become a hobby of theirs.

The two like to visit baseball parks and national parks, and Marcy Billington said she is looking forward to seeing more of them with her husband in the near future.

“It’ll be something else we can work on now that he’s retired,” she said.

By the numbers April: 8.6 percent

Seasonally unadjusted unemployment in DeKalb County for the past 12 months May: 7.9 percent June: 9.1 percent July: 8.6 percent August: 7.8 percent September: 6.9 percent October: 7.4 percent November: 7.3 percent December: 7.7 percent January: 9.6 percent February: 9.9 percent March: 8.9 percent

Seasonally unadjusted unemployment in DeKalb County and nearby counties for April 2013 DeKalb County: 8.6 percent Boone County: 10.2 percent Kane County: 9.5 percent Kendall County: 8.9 percent LaSalle County: 9.7 percent Lee County: 8.0 percent McHenry County: 8.9 percent Ogle County: 9.4 percent Winnebago County: 11.5 percent

rose 5.3 percent from 4,818 to 5,073.

Across the state, unemployment fell in nine of 12 metro-

politan areas when compared to last year. In the Chicago metropolitan area, which includes DeKalb County, the unemployment rate rose from 8.8 percent in April 2012 to 9.3 percent in April 2013.

Kelewitz said job sectors that did well in the Chicago area were professional and business services, and health care.

IDES spokesman Greg Rivara said this uneven progression has been the hallmark of the nation’s economic recovery.

“This is a recovery that has been stubborn,” Rivara said. “It has not touched every doorstep. But it has added

more than 200,000 private sector jobs since January 2010.”

Illinois had the second highest unemployment rate in the nation in April, according to seasonally adjusted figures from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Nationally, the unemployment rate was 7.5 percent, but the unemployment rate in Illinois was 9.3 percent.

Rivara said the unemployment rate in Illinois is historically higher than the national average. Since 2000, there have been only six times when the monthly unemployment rate was lower in Illinois than across the United States, he said.

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Obama defends Police searching for rape suspect drone strike use

By FELIX SARVER

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The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama sought Thursday to advance the U.S. beyond the unrelenting war effort of the past dozen years, defining a narrower terror threat from smaller networks and homegrown extremists rather than the grandiose plots of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida.

In a lengthy address at the National Defense University, Obama defended his controversial drone-strikes program as a linchpin of the U.S. response to the evolving dangers. He also argued that changing threats require changes to the nation’s counterterrorism policies.

Obama implored Congress to close the much-maligned Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba and pledged to allow greater oversight of the drone program. But he plans to keep the most lethal efforts with the unmanned aircraft under the control of the CIA. He offered his most vigorous public defense yet of drone strikes as legal, effective and necessary as terror threats progress.

“Neither I, nor any president, can promise the total defeat of terror,” Obama told his audience of students, security and human rights experts and counterterror officials. “What we can do – what we must do – is dismantle networks that pose a direct danger, and make it less likely for new groups to gain a foothold, all while maintaining the freedoms and

ideals that we defend.”

Obama’s address came amid increased pressure from Congress on both the drone program and the status of the Guantanamo prison. A rare coalition of bipartisan lawmakers has pressed for more openness and more oversight of the highly secretive targeted strikes, while liberal lawmakers have pointed to Barack a hunger strike Obama at Guantanamo in pressing Obama to renew his stalled efforts to close the detention center.

The president cast the drone program as crucial in a counterterror effort that will rely less on the widespread deployment of U.S. troops as the war in Afghanistan winds down. But he acknowledged the targeted strikes are no “cure-all” and said he is deeply troubled by the civilians unintentionally killed.

“For me, and those in my chain of command, these deaths will haunt us as long as we live,” he said. Before any strike, he said, “there must be near-certainty that no civilians will be killed or injured – the highest standard we can set.”

In Pakistan alone, up to 3,336 people have been killed by the unmanned aircraft since 2003, according to the New America Foundation which maintains a database of the strikes.

8LOCAL BRIEFS DeKalb High School Class Luncheon to focus on of 1963 starts scholarship broadband in county DeKALB – The DeKalb High School Class of 1963 celebrated its 50th year reunion by creating a new scholarship.

The first scholarship was awarded Wednesday during the senior awards night, according to a news release. The group has raised more then $20,000 toward the permanent endowment that will fund the scholarship through the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

Donations to the Class of ’63 Scholarship Fund can be mailed to the DeKalb County Community Foundation, 475 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178. Please include contact information so you can receive an acknowledgement for tax purposes.

For more information, call Jim Morel at 815-501-9985.

DeKALB – The DeKalb County Economic Development Corporation’s annual industrial focus luncheon will discuss local broadband assets Thursday.

The panel will be moderated

by John Lewis, director of the Regional Development Institute at Northern Illinois University.

Panelists will be Matt Parks, NIU’s director of network services; Scot Eberle, president of Fiberutilities Group; and Brad Housewright, director of E-Team Regions, Broadband Illinois.

The event will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday at Barsema Alumni & Visitors Center off Annie Glidden Road on the NIU campus. For more information, call 815-895-2711.

SYCAMORE – Police are asking for the public’s help finding a 25-year-old Cortland man accused of raping an Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park resident Monday, according to a news release.

Emilio G. Seay, of the 0-99 block of East Clover Avenue, was charged Thursday with

unlawful restraint and criminal sexual assault.

Gary Dumdie, chief deputy with the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office, said Emilio G. the victim Seay reported the incident occurred about 1:30 a.m. Monday. She contacted

By JOHN O’CONNOR

Illinois State Police Lt. Darrin Clark testifies Thursday during a House Committee hearing on concealedcarry gun legislation at the Illinois State Capitol.

The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – A compromise plan on concealed weapons heading for a House floor vote drew swift opposition Thursday from Gov. Pat Quinn, whose office called it a “massive overreach” because of the way it would curb local firearms regulations.

Chief among them is Chicago’s ban on assault-style weapons, which would be stricken from the books, a deal-breaker for Mayor Rahm Emanuel.

The House Judiciary Committee endorsed Speaker Michael Madigan’s plan 13-3 Thursday, one day after it surfaced as an alternative to a plan backed by the National Rifle Association that failed by seven votes in the House last month.

The action comes just weeks before a June 9 deadline set by the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, which ordered in December that Illinois drop its last-in-thenation ban on the public possession of concealed weapons because it violates the Constitution’s Second Amendment.

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“This has been going on for years in other states, but of course it’s kind of scary right now because it’s new for Illinois,” said Rep. Brandon Phelps, a southern Illinois Democrat and ardent gun-rights supporter who sponsored the proposal. “But you’ve got to start somewhere. We think this is a good starting point.”

The Madigan legislation in many ways mimics Phelps’ earlier plan that narrowly lost in April. But it would significantly broad-

DeKalb city Henry A. Robinson, 22, of the 900 block of West Hillcrest Drive, was arrested Wednesday, May 22, on a failure-to-arrest warrant for retail theft, an expired driver’s license and having no insurance.

By BRIDGET FLYNN bflynn@shawmedia.com STERLING – Members of a multistate check-forging and burglary ring who investigators say are responsible for hundreds of thousands of dollars in bank fraud also broke into several Sterling

businesses and stole payroll and other checks, Mendota police said Thursday in a news release.

Three of the members were arrested May 16 in Waukegan, where they live and where they are jailed pending extradition to the jurisdictions where they will

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“This legislation as written is a massive overreach that goes far beyond the conceal carry issue,” said Brooke Anderson, spokeswoman for Quinn, a Chicago Democrat like Madigan.

“The measure would repeal Chicago’s assault weapons ban and put public safety at risk. We oppose this.”

The NRA backed Phelps’ earlier measure and has opposed legislative proposals which include other gun provisions unrelated to concealed carry.

be prosecuted, the release said.

The ring also is connected to bank crimes in Georgia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Texas, Arkansas, Mississippi and Wisconsin. The FBI and various police agencies are conducting the investigation, and more charges

are pending, the release said.

In Illinois, numerous businesses in DeKalb, Whiteside, Bureau and LaSalle counties were burglarized in March and April. Dozens of business and payroll checks were stolen, then cashed at banks using fake out-of-state IDs, the release said.

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en the list of places deemed off limits to guns, including mass-transit trains and buses, a must for violence-weary Chicagoans.

And it would overturn any local ordinance on the books, including Chicago’s assault-weapons ban. Of the Prairie State’s so-called “home-rule” municipalities – generally cities with populations of more than 25,000 that are free to set local policies without state interference – 109, or about half, have some sort of gun law, Phelps said.

County tied to burglary, check-forging ring

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Brittany R. Balderas, 22, of the 1200 block of West 16th Street, Rock Falls, was charged Thursday, May 23, with possession of marijuana and illegal transportation of liquor.

Ryan Budyak, 34, of the 200 block of Gladys Avenue, Fox River Grove, was charged Thursday, May 23, with driving while on a suspended license and having no insurance.

Sarah Johnson, 22, of the 100 block of Sunset Place, was charged Thursday, May 23, with driving under the influence.

of the arrest warrant but is unwilling to turn himself in.

Seay’s bond was set at $250,000, which would require posting $25,000 to be released while the case is pending.

Anyone with information is encouraged to contact the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office at 815-895-2155 or DeKalb County Crime Stoppers at 815-895-3272.

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police Tuesday and came to their office in the afternoon.

Dumdie said Seay and the victim were living in the same trailer. They are not in a relationship, but they share common relatives, he said.

Police said Seay may be staying with other people in Cortland or Evergreen Village. He may also be staying with people in Rockford.

Police believe he is aware

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Adjutant Margaret McCann (center) speaks with local veterans including Larry Stichberry (left) and Doug Massier on Wednesday while going over an itinerary for Memorial Day weekend services at American Legion Post 66 in DeKalb.

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and middle school scholarships and help send teenagers interested in becoming police officers to police academies. The task of providing Honor Guard services is more important for Legionnaire Jerry Kempson, a former paratrooper in the Army.

“That’s what I’m really here for,” Kempson said.

“Just to assist families in honoring veterans.”

At every funeral, the Legionnaires who perform the Honor Guard service fire three volleys from 9½-pound

M1 rifles. Marberry said that tradition goes back to the Civil War, when soldiers would fire three volleys as a signal before picking up dead or wounded soldiers.

They will also perform taps, a song commonly played at military funerals.

Performing the Honor Guard services is not always a sad affair. Legionnaire Dan Gallagher, a former Marine, said the camaraderie the veterans have with each other helps them through it.

A sense of pride also permeates the ceremonies.

“I’ve formed some good friendships just meeting these men and women,” Gallagher said.

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8SKETCH VIEW

Return to NIU unnecessary

She thanked God, and debate rages on It was a flash of joy against a relentless backdrop of despair. So, of course, the video of Barbara Garcia’s happy news went viral.

Just as predictably, her breathless moment of gratitude sparked debate on virtually every site I could find that posted the video.

Garcia mentioned God. That’s all it takes.

The interview clip starts with the elderly Garcia, her face dirty from debris, standing next to the pile of rubble that used to be her home in Moore, Okla. Garcia describes to CBS News correspondent Anna Werner how she hid in the bathroom Monday and held her dog tightly as the tornado roared through her neighborhood.

As soon as she mentions her pup, it’s clear who’s missing in the video.

“I hollered for my little dog, and he didn’t answer, or didn’t come,” she says. “I know he’s in here somewhere.”

Seconds later, it happens. Off camera, a woman says: “The dog! The dog! Hi, puppy!” Garcia turns, and the camera zooms in on the dusty face of Garcia’s terrier.

“Oh,” Garcia says. “Oh, Bowsie. Oh, Bowsie. Bless your little-bitty heart.” She reaches for the dog and asks for help to rescue him from the rubble. “Oh, Bowsie,” she says again, breathlessly. Then she says “oh” nine more times before standing up, closing her eyes and smiling.

“God,” she whispers. Then she speaks directly to the reporter. “I thought God just answered one prayer, to let me be OK,” Garcia says. “He answered both of them, because this was my second prayer.”

On most sites, including a public Facebook page on which I host discussions, the majority of people saw the video clip and shared Garcia’s moment of bliss. She had

VIEWS Connie Schultz just lost her home, but her beloved dog was alive.

Just as quickly, the contrarians showed up, some of them outraged by Garcia’s claim that God had intervened. What of the 24 people who died? What of all the people who weren’t so lucky, so blessed? What kind of God cherry-picks who gets to live and who has to die?

As a person of faith, I don’t feel the outrage, but I do share the inquiry. I was overjoyed that Garcia had found her dog.

She can praise God all she wants.

I do, however, wince at claims of divine intervention during tragedies. Think of all the people who are wondering why their prayers went unanswered. This is so hard.

Sometimes the media get in the act, too, offering their own mystical take on a tragedy. Just three weeks ago in Cleveland, where I live, three young women made international news after they escaped a decade of captivity in a house on the city’s west side. Lots of photo captions and headlines declared their rescue a “miracle.” God is good, friends and strangers declared.

I am a deeply flawed Christian. I want to know where God was during the past 10 years. If this had happened to my daughter, I’d want to ask God, “What were you thinking? What was the plan?”

I mean no disrespect, and I feel guilty even asking. In my heart, I accept the mystery. In my head, the questions persist. I draw some comfort in the words of the late Rev. William Sloane Coffin: “Christ came to take away our sins, not our minds.” Per-

haps I am forgiven for questioning what I cannot understand.

Another post-tornado reference to God burned up the Internet this week. This time, it’s courtesy of CNN’s Wolf Blitzer, who joined the parade of cable and network anchors who couldn’t resist getting their own mug shot in the middle of other people’s misery. Blitzer was interviewing a woman named Rebecca, who held her 19-month-old son, Anders, as she described her decision to drive away from the tornado.

Her husband, who was away, told her to stay in the house, but her instincts kicked in. She grabbed the baby and ran barefoot to the car, and off she went. She returned 45 minutes later to the house, where her husband was searching the rubble for her and their baby.

“We just burst into tears,” she told Blitzer. “It was awesome.”

“Well, you’re blessed,” Blitzer said, clearly delighted that she and her son were alive. “Brian, your husband, is blessed.

Anders is blessed. ... We’re happy you’re here. You guys did a great job, and I guess you got to thank the Lord, right?” Wolf wondered.

“Yeah,” Rebecca said softly.

Blitzer pressed: “Do you thank the Lord for that split-second decision?”

She smiled shyly. “I-I-I’m-I’m actually an atheist,” she said.

“Oh, you are?” Blitzer said. “All right, don’t thank the Lord.”

(I just did.)

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

8 ANOTHER VIEW

8 ANOTHER VIEW

How dangerous are national security leaks?

It’s hard to feel comfortable with the Obama administration’s aggressive pursuit of national security leaks. Last week, the Justice Department acknowledged seizing phone records from Associated Press reporters in connection with a leak concerning a 2012 counterterrorism operation in Yemen.

This week, we learned that Fox News correspondent James Rosen’s email was examined to track down unauthorized disclosures about North Korea. In this case, the Justice Department went so far as to call the reporter a “co-conspirator.”

Has the administration overreacted? Probably. But that doesn’t mean there aren’t legitimate security issues to weigh.

The AP case is complicated.

With the help of foreign intelligence agencies, an undercover informant worked his way into the confidence of al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula. When the AP reported on a foiled plot in Yemen to blow up a U.S. airliner, it inadvertently exposed

the informant. After the AP report was published, the administration itself leaked additional information, perhaps to defuse speculation among the media and political opponents that a terrorist plot had just narrowly missed its goal.

U.S. officials had hoped the informant would lead them to Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, the terrorist group’s innovative bomb maker. Given the lost opportunity, it’s not surprising that the administration has hunted for the leaker who blew the agent’s cover.

What’s less clear is how this and similar cases in the future should be handled. Leaks are a vexing problem because they are routine and an important means of informing the public.

Yet the Yemen leak, according to the administration, was exceptionally damaging.

Like its predecessors, the Obama administration reserves the right to define what a national security leak is.

What the news media – and all

Americans – should fear is that those in power might use “national security” as a catchall to pursue leaks that don’t threaten security so much as cause embarrassment.

The balance between information and security has never been easy to achieve, with the government typically overreaching in eras when fear is especially pronounced. The vast expansion of national security bureaucracies and capabilities since the Sept. 11 attacks has only made it more difficult to find equilibrium.

While the government has developed extraordinary powers of surveillance, the protocols for policing such powers haven’t kept pace. Why does one leak initiate a government manhunt – or worse in the case of the Fox News reporter, an invocation of a dubious 1917 espionage statute – while another is studiously overlooked by the same administration?

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poses a challenge. Because of the inherent sensitivity of intelligence gathering, real-time second-guessing of government investigations is problematic.

For the same reason, a reporters’ shield law wouldn’t resolve the most difficult issues. When the government asserts that national security is at stake in real time, judges tend to be extremely accommodating.

A more promising approach – at least a first step – is to look backward. Julian Sanchez, a research fellow at the libertarian Cato Institute in Washington, has proposed that Congress conduct a comprehensive audit of previous government leak investigations.

A forensic analysis of past leak investigations would enable Washington to move to the ultimate goal: a more comprehensive – and comprehensible – set of ground rules to sustain the delicate balance of national security and freedom of information.

While the admission from the Internal Revenue Service that it subjected conservative groups seeking nonprofit status to harsher scrutiny is embarrassing, an analysis from The Associated Press makes it clear that the tax agency has been to this rodeo plenty of times.

Associated Press writer Tom Raum (hopefully his phone records won’t be investigated as a result of his report) noted that presidential use of the IRS’ power goes all the way back to the 1930s.

Franklin D. Roosevelt had the agency investigate the finances of his critics, including Louisiana Sen. Huey P. Long. IRS actions against people or groups opposed to whichever party holds the White House has been pretty consistent since then. So, as dumb as the scrutiny of conservative nonprofits looks, it’s pretty obvious that elected officials, or their close associates, have been encouraging the efforts for a long, long time.

The federal tax code allows social welfare and educational organizations to be exempt from taxes.

While they are not allowed to advocate for specific candidates or political parties, some of them have become quite talented at coming close to the line.

“Social welfare” and “educational” are extremely broad terms that could be taken to mean just about anything. Maybe Congress should simply change those to “churches” and “schools” and leave the issue-advocating organizations to their tax bills along with the rest of us.

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It appears Northern Illinois University couldn’t get by without one last appearance by Eddie Williams, who is retiring May 31.

Williams, the executive vice president and chief of operations at NIU, has worked at the university for 43 years. These days, it’s rare and commendable for someone to work so long for one employer. There no doubt are many accomplishments he can point to where the university is concerned.

But if Williams wanted to take a victory lap, perhaps he should have retired a year ago. His track record in the past year makes the university – and outgoing President John Peters – look silly for allowing this brief return. Williams should have resigned before now.

He had been on paid leave from his $303,684-a-year job for more than two months since his named For the record surfaced in an FBI search warrant served on the NIU Eddie Williams has been Police Department on March on paid leave for two 6. The warrant was broad months. What was the in general – it sought years’ point in his returning to worth of police records – but Northern Illinois University Williams and now-fired for 10 days before retiring? police Chief Donald Grady were the only people specifically named.

The feds wanted to know what kind of correspondence Williams and Grady had been having about Eden’s Garden, a housing development off of Twombly Road in DeKalb that Williams owns.

No one has been charged in connection with the investigation. But it was the capstone to a year in which NIU departments for which Williams was responsible made embarrassing headlines.

First, there were the two administrators who worked under Williams who resigned in July. (The public initially was told they quit for “personal reasons,” although their separation agreements later showed both faced misconduct allegations.)

That was followed by revelations about NIU employees who were recycling scrap metal and depositing the proceeds into an off-the-books bank account called the “coffee fund.”

Williams’ response was never to offer an apology or take responsibility. Instead, he put Grady, who reported to him, in charge of investigating other people who reported to him – creating the appearance of a conflict of interest.

In November, NIU police and Grady faced criticism from the DeKalb County’s presiding judge and state’s attorney for their handling of an investigation into rape allegations against one of their own officers. Williams’ response wasn’t to take control of the situation.

Instead, Bill Nicklas was called in to take over the role of vice president of public safety. Nicklas eventually removed Grady as police chief.

That brings us back to March, when Williams’ response to being named in an FBI search warrant was not to take responsibility for his management failure and resign, but to take a paid leave of absence and hire a lawyer.

Now Williams is back with the blessing of Peters, who apparently can stomach any amount of embarrassment where Williams is concerned.

It seemed as though NIU had been reorganizing in Williams’ absence, with people being hired to fill new roles. We hope that incoming President Douglas Baker will create a new leadership structure that will not concentrate so much power in the hands of a few people.

Why did NIU need Williams’ help for 10 days? What is he going to accomplish that others could not?

It seems to us that Williams has done enough.

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7-DAY FORECAST TODAY

TOMORROW

Mostly sunny and cool Sunshine will return, but temperatures will remain well below normal as high pressure to our north brings in east to northeasterly winds. Winds will not be nearly as strong as Thursday. More clouds will roll in Saturday as winds turn out of the southeast. Isolated showers/ thunderstorms both Sunday and Monday along with cool temperatures.

MONDAY

TUESDAY

Partly sunny; Partly sunny; Partly sunny; slight chance of isolated isolated showers showers/storms showers/storms

Partly sunny, breezy & mild

WEDNESDAY

THURSDAY

Partly sunny, Partly sunny, breezy & humid; breezy & humid; few t-storms few t-storms

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Winds: E/NE 5-10 mph

Winds: E/SE 5-10 mph

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SUNDAY

Winds: SE 5-15 mph

Winds: SE 5-15 mph

Winds: S/SW 10-20 mph

Winds: S/SW 10-20 mph

Winds: SW 10-20 mph

REGIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL WEATHER

DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Temperature High ............................................................. 60° Low .............................................................. 52° Normal high ............................................. 73° Normal low ............................................... 51° Record high .............................. 91° in 1975 Record low ................................ 35° in 1969

Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.12” Month to date ....................................... 1.53” Normal month to date ....................... 3.35” Year to date ......................................... 15.60” Normal year to date ......................... 11.91”

Sunrise today ................................ 5:27 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 8:17 p.m.

Moonrise today ........................... 8:00 p.m.

Moonset today ............................. 5:00 a.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 5:26 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 8:18 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow .................. 9:07 p.m.

Moonset tomorrow .................... 5:54 a.m.

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AIR QUALITY TODAY

Jun 8

Lake Geneva 63/37 Rockford 68/44

Source: Environmental Protection Agency

Dixon 68/42

Joliet 65/38

La Salle 68/46 Streator 68/44

Source: National Allergy Bureau

Evanston 59/43 Chicago 63/42

Aurora 65/38

POLLEN INDEX

Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

Waukegan 60/36

Arlington Heights 61/40

DeKalb 65/42

Main ofender ................................................... N.A.

Hammond 61/41 Gary 60/39 Kankakee 66/40

Peoria 70/47

Pontiac 69/44

Watseka 67/42

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A 91-degree high on May 24, 1982, turned the previous record high of 79 to ashes in San Francisco.

May 24 May 31

Kenosha 61/35

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Hinckley-Big Rock’s Mitch Ruh (right) commits to play baseball at Division-III Augustana College and more recruiting notes. PAGE B4

SECTION B Friday, May 24, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

WESTERN CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS: GAME 5: RED WINGS 2, BLACKHAWKS 0, WINGS LEAD SERIES, 3-1

Toews can’t live up to standards AP photo

Zoeller: My comment was joke gone awry INDIANAPOLIS – Fuzzy Zoeller (above) said he’s “paid his dues” after his infamous remarks about Tiger Woods ordering fried chicken for the Masters champions dinner, and believes similar comments made by Sergio Garcia will eventually blow over.

Garcia has apologized to Woods after saying at a recent awards dinner in London that he would serve fried chicken if the two rivals had dinner at the U.S. Open. Garcia called it a “silly remark,” adding that “in no way was the comment meant in a racist manner.”

It also brought back memories of a similar comment that Zoeller made during the 1997 Masters, when Woods was romping to victory.

Himself a former champion, Zoeller said on camera that he hoped Woods wouldn’t order fried chicken for the dinner honoring past champions the following year.

DETROIT – Jonathan Toews had been the Blackhawks voice of reason this week, reassuring anyone who was willing to listen that there was no reason to panic.

It was Toews – the confident captain – who spoke for his teammates, insisting that, even though the Hawks hadn’t faced this level (or any) adversity all season long, a two-game losing streak to the Detroit Red Wings was no reason to give into frustration.

And Thursday night, Toews had the chance to take the lead in that regard. He failed miserably.

VIEWS Jeff Arnold The Hawks’ losing streak is now at three and the Hawks’ season is on the verge of being over, now facing a 3-1 deficit.

It’s impossible to put the Hawks’ 2-0 Game 4 loss all on Toews. Not when the Hawks again failed to solve Detroit’s Jimmy Howard, who remains the front-runner for the Western Conference semifinals Most Valuable Player.

Not when the Hawks pow-

er play again offered absolutely nothing, running their string of scoreless opportunities to 11.

But that’s where the blame game stops. Unless your name is Jonathan Toews, who Thursday failed to live up to the ‘C’ on his sweater.

Don’t get me wrong.

Toews’ work ethic is undisputed.

He made one mad dash down the ice after another, doing everything in his power to spark his team in what reAP photo mained a one-goal game until Blackhawks center Michal Handzus (right) checks Detroit Red Wings the waning moments.

See ARNOLD, page B2

defenseman Brendan Smith during the second period in Game 4 of the Western Conference semifinals Thursday in Detroit. The Hawks lost, 2-0.

CLASS 4A DeKALB REGIONAL: DUNDEE-CROWN 10, DeKALB 0 (6 INN.)

No favors for Barbs

– Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH College baseball Big Ten, tournament, Illinois vs. Game 5 loser, noon, BTN Big Ten, tournament, Game 6 winner vs. Game 4 loser, 3:30 p.m., BTN Big Ten, tournament, Game 4 loser vs. Game 5 winner, 7 p.m., BTN College softball NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 1, UL-Lafayette at Michigan, 1 p.m., ESPNU NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 2, Oklahoma at Texas A&M, 3 p.m., ESPNU NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 1, Washington at Missouri, 5 p.m., ESPNU NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 3, Oklahoma at Texas A&M (if necessary), 6 p.m., ESPN NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 1, Alabama at Tennessee, 6 p.m., ESPN2 NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 3, Washington at Missouri (if necessary), 8 p.m., ESPN NCAA Division I playoffs, super regionals, Game 1, Florida State at Texas, 8 p.m., ESPNU Pro baseball Philadelphia at Washington or N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m., MLB Cubs at Cincinnati, 6 p.m., WGN Miami at White Sox, 7 p.m., CSN Pro basketball NBA playoffs, Eastern Conference finals, Game 2, Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m., TNT Pro hockey NHL playoffs, conference semifinals, Game 5, Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN

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SOFTBALL: CLASS 4A JACOBS REGIONAL: DeKALB 3, HUNTLEY 2

Killeen gets a second chance DeKalb senior hits walk-off single to send Barbs to win

By MEGHAN MONTEMURRO mmontemurro@shawmedia.com

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

DeKalb’s Patrick Aves swings and misses during the Class 4A DeKalb Regional semifinals Thursday. Dundee-Crown beat the Barbs, 10-0, in six innings. Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to check out a photo gallery from this game and video from the DeKalb-Huntley softball game.

DeKalb can’t execute hitting plan against Chargers

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com DeKALB – When the wind is blowing in at DeKalb High School’s Dave Pettengell Field, hitting can be a daunting task.

The Barbs flew out seven times in Wednesday’s 10-0, six-inning loss to Dundee-Crown in the Class 4A DeKalb Regional semifinals, on a day where balls hit up into the wind weren’t really doing much.

“It’s pretty hard. As you saw, we had a couple [hard] hits from Jake Kuykendall and Logan Haring,” DeKalb right fielder Ryan Metsker said. “Usually on a day when there’s no wind, usually those balls are to the fence or even gone. Basically, we just had to keep it down today, but it didn’t play too much in our favor.”

Metsker had one of three hits for the Barbs (12-18), with the others coming courtesy of Shaun Johnson and Danny Petras.

Every hitter’s plan is to go up and hit a line drive or a ground ball. DeKalb just wasn’t able to carry out its plan in Thurs-

day’s regional loss.

“I think a couple things when you’re talking about execution are, obviously, when you go up there you have to have a plan, and then just getting pitches where you can execute the plan on,” Barbs coach Jake Howells said. “I think part of it is, we have a tendency when we’re in big-time situations, we’ll have a tendency to overthink it or to get too excited, and then it causes us to struggle in those situations.

“When it comes to execution, you just have to plan and you have to know how you’re going to try and execute the plan.

Obviously, that just didn’t happen for us today.”

Johnson started the game for DeKalb, getting off to a nice start with a 1-2-3 bottom of the first. Dundee-Crown (8-18) got on the board in the second when Trent Muscat singled in Luis Garcia, and the Chargers broke through with four runs in the third inning and another three in the fourth.

See FAVORS, page B2

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

DeKalb’s Danny Petras slides into third base before the ball arrives there Thursday.

ALGONQUIN – DeKalb senior center fielder Sabrina Killeen wanted a chance to redeem herself.

A two-out fly ball in the sixth inning against Huntley fell in front of Killeen as she raced in to try and make up ground after misjudging the play.

On the next pitch, Killeen and the Barbs watched Huntley’s Mackenzie Brown hit a two-run homer to tie the game in the sixth in the Class 4A Jacobs regional semifinal game.

However, Killeen didn’t let the defensive misplay affect her when she stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh. With the game still tied at 2, and runners on second and third, Killeen connected on a 1-1 pitch from Huntley pitcher Haley Spannraft for the game-winning single to left field. No. 2 DeKalb’s 3-2 win sets it up to play No. 5 Jacobs in the regional final at 10 a.m. Saturday.

“It felt amazing,” Killeen said. “I kind of knew I was going to be in that position to get the game-winning hit because we had two people on. I feel like I’m a senior, it’s my job to step up and be a leader in this kind of position.”

See CHANCE, page B2

BOYS TRACK STATE PRELIMS

H-BR’s Weissinger in finals for third straight year

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CHARLESTON – Hinckley-Big Rock senior high jumper Bill Weissinger knows the feeling of clearing height after height at the state meet as competitors dwindle and the pressure builds.

As a sophomore two years ago, he cleared 6-foot-6, still his personal best, to finish in third place in Class 1A. The top five jumpers that season were sophomores, so he’s built a kinship with his competitors at the state meet,

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After clearing 6-3 in Thursday’s Class 1A preliminaries, he’ll compete

in Saturday’s finals once again, and he’ll look to that experience to help carry him through..

“It definitely gives me a lot of experience because they’re still a lot of the same guys,” Weissinger said. “There’s still a lot of the same guys, so we’ve developed a friendship among us all, a bunch of guys who have been here since sophomore year, so we kind of push each other and that kind of helps.”

Weissinger cleared the qualifying height Thursday despite battling shin splints. Injuries have made his track

career a constant struggle, but he made the medal stand last season by finishing ninth after pulling his hamstring.

He’ll take today to rest his ailing shins before competing at 10 a.m. Saturday as one of 12 finalists in the high jump. The top nine will medal. “[The state meet] definitely brings everything out of you,” Weissinger said. “Hopefully, I’ll give it all I’ve got on Saturday and maybe get up around that mark again.”

See FINALS, page B2

SPORTS

Page B2 • Friday, May 24, 2013

8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball Kaneland vs. Sandwich in Class 3A Kaneland Regional semifinal, 4 p.m.

Boys Track State meet in Charleston

SATURDAY Baseball Kaneland-Sandwich winner vs.

St. Francis in Class 3A Kaneland Regional final, 11 a.m.

Sycamore vs. Rock Falls in Class 3A Rochelle Regional final, 1 p.m.

Softball DeKalb vs. Jacobs in Class 4A Jacobs Regional final, 10 a.m.

Kaneland vs. Rosary in Class 3A Rosary Regional final, 11 a.m.

Boys Track State meet in Charleston

8SPORTS SHORTS NIU baseball’s season comes to a close AVON, Ohio – The Northern Illinois baseball season came to a close in the Mid-American Conference Tournament against Buffalo on Thursday morning as Bulls pitcher Mike Burke threw a complete game shutout to defeat the Huskies, 12-0.

It was only the third such pitching performance since 2004 and the 15th in tournament history, dating back to 1981.

Northern Illinois (22-34 overall, 16-11 MAC) closes its season with the MAC Tournament loss, ending it as the Mid-American Conference West Division Champion, the first title for the Huskies. NIU finished 7-20 in MAC games in 2012, finishing at the bottom of the division.

ESPN hires sports radio host Paul Finebaum BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Longtime Alabama sports talk show host Paul Finebaum is joining ESPN and the SEC Network.

ESPN announced Thursday that Finebaum will host a daily radio show from Charlotte, N.C., starting in August.

He will also make appearances on other platforms for the network.

The SEC Network, scheduled to launch in August 2014, will simulcast Finebaum’s afternoon show. He’s the network’s first on-air hire.

Elon joins CAA in latest expansion move RICHMOND, Va. When Elon looked at the ever-changing landscape of college athletics and the possibility that the dominoes from conference realignments will just keep on falling, an invitation to join the Colonial Athletic Association became more about the fit for the Phoenix than the future.

“What conference is not subject to change right now?”

Phoenix athletic director Dave Blank said Thursday after the school announced it is leaving the Southern Conference to become an all-sports member of the CAA in 2014-15.

Arena Football League set to touch down in China PHILADELPHIA – The AFL is set to go long – really long – and touch down in China.

The Arena Football League is taking expansion to a global level with plans to export their 50-yard fields and high-scoring offenses to Asia.

Are you ready for some “mei shi gan lan qiu!?”

That’s the loose translation of “football” in Chinese and Philadelphia Soul ownership, led by former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski, believed the time was right to give the world’s most populous country an untraditional taste of a very American game.

“It’s an untapped market,” Jaworski said. “They get our (NFL) games. They get Arena games.

The Chinese people love sports.”

In America, the AFL is a niche sport long in the shadow of the NFL that’s been around in some form for the past 26 years.

– From staff, wire reports

Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

BLACKHAWKS NOTES

NBA

Hawks unfamiliar with losing streaks

By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com DETROIT – The Blackhawks aren’t accustomed to losing multiple games and so when they faced some adversity this week against the Detroit Red Wings, coach Joel Quenneville was curious to see how they would respond.

No one inside the Hawks’ dressing room expected the Western Conference semifinals to be easy, so Quenneville wasn’t shocked when his team managed to take a couple of competitive setbacks in stride.

“Our group is fine – we’re definitely disappointed, we haven’t been in this position all year and we’ve quietly gone about our business,” Quenneville said after Thursday’s morning skate.

“But I think it’s a good test for us, it’s a good challenge.

You’re going to get tested along the way. It’s never a smooth road and there’s always obsta-

Series glance GAME 1 @ Chicago Blackhawks 4, Detroit 1 GAME 2 @ Chicago Red Wings 4, Blackhawks 1 GAME 3 @ Detroit Red Wings 3, Blackhawks 1 GAME 4 @ Detroit Red Wings 2, Blackhawks 0 GAME 5 @ Chicago 7 p.m. Saturday, NBC GAME 6 @ Detroit* TBD May 27 GAME 7 @ Chicago* TBD May 29 * – if necessary

cles and hurdles you have to overcome.”

Quenneville said losing Games 2 and 3 got his team’s attention, marking the first time all season the Hawks have been forced to deal with the kind of struggles teams such as Detroit

did. The Red Wings needed to finish 7-3-1 just to keep their consecutive streak of playoff appearances alive.

Now, they’re giving the Hawks all they can handle.

“This seems to be the first time we’re running into some tough adversity. There’s nothing wrong with that,” captain Jonathan Toews said. “That’s something you have to face come playoff time. You don’t win a Stanley Cup without going through something like that. We have to welcome it and whatever they throw at us, we have to smile and throw it right back in their face. That’s what playoff hockey is all about.”

Earning your keep: Defenseman Brent Seabrook played only 17 minutes in the Hawks’ 3-1 loss in Game 3. When asked why, Quenneville pointed to a combination of factors.

“Whether it’s a matchup or how the game is being played, how we’re playing, how he’s

playing reflects that,” Quenneville said. “Our defense has been pretty solid throughout most of the season, but we need everybody to be strong and we’ve got to be comfortable with everybody against everybody and so we’re looking for more.”

Puck luck: Hockey coaches tend to talk of getting pucks bouncing in the right direction sometimes as lucky or unlucky. But Quenneville, whose team had a few pucks in Game 3 that could have found the net but instead hit posts and crossbars, said he believes the chances have more to do with effort than anything else.

“I think we played good enough that we could have had a couple [shots] that could have worked our way,” he said.

“But you’ve got to fight your way through that type of situation, but we feel like you earn them by how you complete and the frequency of getting those bounces eventually may turn.”

Toews goes to penalty box 3 times in 2nd period • ARNOLD Continued from page B1 But then came the second period, when Toews was sent to the penalty box three times.

In his absence, Corey Crawford did as much as anyone to give the Hawks their best chance to even the series.

The Hawks’ penalty kill, which hadn’t allowed a goal since April 21, was again nearly flawless, coming within one second of extending their string of perfection. But that one second was all Jakub Kindl needed to fire a shot past Crawford for what was for all intents and purposes the only goal that mattered Toews happened to be in

the penalty box at the time.

All week, Toews had been the one that preached discipline, insisting that the Hawks had to keep on their game even when things weren’t going their way.

Thursday night, Toews failed to heed his own message.

Forget about the fact Toews hasn’t scored in the playoffs.

Forget about his complaints earlier this week that the Red Wings were getting away with a litany of hockey sins and that the officials were somehow managing to look the other way.

On Wednesday, I asked Howard if he could sense Toews getting frustrated.

Howard praised Toews

like he was a teammate. He commended his unyielding effort and proclaimed that even if Toews didn’t score, he still gave the Hawks a great chance of winning.

But for Toews to do that, he has to be on the ice. And for the six minutes Toews sat in the penalty box during the second period, he was taken out of the equation, giving the Red Wings everything they could have asked for.

Now with his team facing one heck of an uphill climb, it’s on Toews to be a captain.

Toews was selected this year as a finalist for the NHL’s Messier Award, an honor that recognizes the league’s top leader.

Thursday night, he didn’t

meet the requirements. Now, he’ll have to prepare the Hawks for a do-or-die Game 5 at the United Center.

It won’t be an easy climb.

But if the Hawks have any chance to extend the series – and their season – it’s got to be Toews who takes charge.

Toews’ words about playing through adversity and remaining calm and collected seem empty now.

It’s time for him to stop talking and start leading his team – on the ice – not in penalty minutes.

• Jeff Arnold is a sports reporter for Shaw Media. Write to him at jarnold@shwmedia. com or follow him on Twitter @NWH_JeffArnold.

PREP ROUNDUP

Kulma advances to second day of state tennis tourney

By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com DeKalb’s Matt Kulma made it through the first day of the IHSA state boys tennis tournament, winning two of his three matches and advancing to the third round of the consolation bracket today.

The DeKalb senior will face Lyons’ Cuyler Burke at Rolling Meadows today.

Kulma won his first-round match against Althoff Catholic’s Joey Bartholemew, 6-3, 7-6 (3) before losing to Loyola Academy’s Anthony Arocho, 6-2, 6-1, in the second round.

Arocho was seeded as one of

the tournament’s top 32 players.

Kulma rallied back to defeat Troy Triad’s Jake Bennett, 5-7, 6-2, 6-2.

This is the second time in four years that Kulma has advanced to the second day at state.

Last year, Kulma was elim-

inated with a loss in his first Friday match.

DeKalb’s doubles team of Charles White and Nick Seldal lost both of its matches at the state tournament. White and Seldal fell, 6-1, 6-1, in the first round and then lost a tough 6-2, 7-5 match in the consolation first round.

Dundee-Crown breaks open game in 3rd • FAVORS Continued from page B1 Dundee-Crown added its ninth run in the bottom of the fifth, and finished the

game in the sixth when Ryan Suwanski scored on an error.

The Chargers hit the ball hard, and often it found a hole.

Dundee-Crown seemingly broke the game open in the

third, getting all four runs with two outs.

The big frame came just an inning after the Barbs loaded the bases with one out but couldn’t bring home a run.

“Our kids just went up, they had a good idea of what they were going to do at the plate,” Chargers coach Jon Anderson said. “They got good pitches (to hit), got good swings on them.”

Kowalski delivers dominating performance against Huntley • CHANCE Continued from page B1 The Barbs (21-8) were in control most of the game thanks to a dominanting performance from junior pitcher Katie Kowalski.

She held the Red Raiders (22-12) to three hits and struck out 12 while walking only one hitter.

Kowalski struck out two hitters in every inning except during Huntley’s two-run sixth.

The offense allowed Kowalski to attack in the circle, scoring two runs in the first on Sarah Friedlund’s two-out single to right field.

“Coming out in the first inning, I felt really good this game,” Kowalski said. “I felt like I was throwing hard, throwing strikes. I came out strong from the start.”

Huntley struggled to create offensively most of the game against Kowalski. Except for

the Red Raiders’ two base runners in the sixth, they were limited to four base runners the rest of the game.

DeKalb worked around a potential Huntley scoring threat in the fifth after Kowalski hit Shannon Walsh with one out.

Walsh advanced to third on two stolen bases but was stranded when Kowalski got a pop up and strikeout to end the inning.

DeKalb had an opportunity to add important insurance

runs in the fifth after tallying a one-out walk and single. But Huntley doubled up DeKalb at second on an infield fly to escape.

“I cannot express how happy and pleased I was with our effort,” Huntley coach Mark Petryniec said. “Never quit, they never think they’re out of a game. Complete hats off to Kowalski and the game she pitched today because that was a battle.”

H-BR jumper lone area Class 1A qualifier for finals • FINALS Continued from page B1 Weissinger was the only area athlete to qualify for the finals on Thursday, when only Class 1A athletes competed.

Indian Creek senior Jake Gullstrand wasn’t able to repeat his all-state performance of last year after finishing the 400 meters in 52.03.

H-BR senior Jared Madden finished the 300 hurdles in

41.51, just more than half of a second out of a spot in the finals.

Madden didn’t have the benefit of the experience that Weissinger had. The all-area basketball and soccer player went out for high school track for the first time this season, and only began racing the 300 hurdles midway through the year.

Thursday was only the fifth time Madden has run the race, and he ran his second-best

time of the season despite jumping over one hurdle with the wrong lead leg.

“I’ve figured out how to run this a little better,” Madden said. “[This season] was pretty much the first time I’ve gone over a hurdle since the eighth grade.”

Hinckley-Big Rock coach Greg Burks was pleasantly surprised with how Madden performed this season in a race that takes speed, endurance, experience, and a little

luck.

“It’s the most unpredictable race on the track,” Burks said. “I just thought that was a great story this year. A guy that came out his senior year to help out some teammates from his fellow sports … A little over halfway through the season, he decided that maybe he should try the 300 hurdles … He didn’t quite match his sectional time, but it was easily his second best time of the year.”

CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7) Tuesday San Antonio 93, Memphis 89 (OT), Spurs lead series 2-0 Wednesday Miami 103, Indiana 102 (OT), Heat lead series 1-0 Friday Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Sunday Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Monday San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Tuesday Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday x-Memphis at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Thursday, May 30 Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Friday, May 31 x-San Antonio at Memphis, 8 p.m.

Saturday, June 1 x-Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday, June 2 x-Memphis at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Monday, June 3 x-Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m. x – if necessary

NHL CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) Monday Detroit 3, Blackhawks 1 Tuesday Boston 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, Bruins lead series 3-0 San Jose 2, Los Angeles 1 Wednesday Pittsburgh 7, Ottawa 3, Penguins lead series 3-1 Today N.Y. Rangers 4, Boston 3, OT, Boston leads series 3-1 Detroit 2, Balckhawks 0, Detroit leads series 3-1 San Jose at Los Angeles, series tied 2-2, (n) Friday Ottawa at Pittsburgh, 6:30 p.m.

Saturday Detroit at Blackhawks, 7 p.m. x-N.Y. Rangers at Boston, 4:30 p.m.

Sunday x-Pittsburgh at Ottawa, TBD Los Angeles at San Jose, TBD Monday x-Blackhawks at Detroit, TBD x-Boston at N.Y. Rangers, TBD Tuesday x-Ottawa at Pittsburgh, TBD x-San Jose at Los Angeles, TBD Wednesday x-Detroit at Blackhawks, TBD x-N.Y. Rangers at Boston, TBD

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 27 19 .587 Detroit 26 19 .578 White Sox 21 24 .467 Minnesota 18 26 .409 East Division W L Pct New York 28 18 .609 Boston 28 20 .583 Baltimore 25 22 .532 Tampa Bay 24 22 .522 Toronto 20 27 .426 West Division W L Pct Texas 30 17 .638 Oakland 25 23 .521 Los Angeles 20 27 .426 Seattle 20 27 .426 Houston 14 33 .298

GB — ½ 5½ 8 GB — 1 3½ 4 8½ GB — 5½ 10 10 16

Thursday’s Results Toronto 12, Baltimore 6 Cleveland 12, Boston 3 L.A. Angels 5, Kansas City 4 Detroit 7, Minnesota 6 Today’s Games Miami (Koehler 0-2) at White Sox (Danks 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Baltimore (Tillman 3-2) at Toronto (Nolin 0-0), 6:07 p.m.

Minnesota (Deduno 0-0) at Detroit (Ani.Sanchez 4-4), 6:08 p.m.

Cleveland (Masterson 7-2) at Boston (Lackey 2-4), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (D.Phelps 2-2) at Tampa Bay (Ro.Hernandez 2-4), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Vargas 3-3) at Kansas City (Mendoza 1-2), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Milone 4-5) at Houston (Bedard 0-2), 7:10 p.m.

Texas (Grimm 3-3) at Seattle (J.Saunders 3-4), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Results Boston 6, White Sox 2 Atlanta 8, Minnesota 3 Texas 3, Oakland 1 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 3 (10 inn.)

Baltimore 6, N.Y. Yankees 3 L.A. Angels 7, Seattle 1 Houston 3, Kansas City 1 Detroit 11, Cleveland 7

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 30 16 .652 Cincinnati 29 18 .617 Pittsburgh 29 18 .617 Milwaukee 18 27 .400 Cubs 18 28 .391 East Division W L Pct Atlanta 28 18 .609 Washington 24 23 .511 Philadelphia 23 24 .489 New York 17 27 .386 Miami 13 34 .277 West Division W L Pct Arizona 26 21 .553 Colorado 26 21 .553 San Francisco 26 21 .553 San Diego 21 25 .457 Los Angeles 19 26 .422

GB — 1½ 1½ 11½ 12 GB — 4½ 5½ 10 15½ GB — — — 4½ 6

Thursday’s Results Pittsburgh 4, Cubs 2 Today’s Games Cubs (Feldman 4-3) at Cincinnati (Arroyo 4-4), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 0-2) at White Sox (Danks 0-0), 7:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 4-2) at Washington (Zimmermann 7-2), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Medlen 1-5) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 0-5), 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 3-4) at Milwaukee (Estrada 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

San Diego (Stults 4-3) at Arizona (McCarthy 1-3), 8:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 6-1) at L.A. Dodgers (Capuano 1-2), 9:10 p.m.

Colorado (Chatwood 2-0) at San Francisco (Lincecum 3-3), 9:15 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Cubs at Cincinnati, 3:10 p.m.

Miami at White Sox, 6:15 p.m.

Colorado at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m.

Atlanta at N.Y. Mets, 6:15 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6:15 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Dodgers, 6:15 p.m.

San Diego at Arizona, 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Results Pittsburgh 1, Cubs 0 Atlanta 8, Minnesota 3 Cincinnati 7, N.Y. Mets 4 L.A. Dodgers 9, Milwaukee 2 Colorado 4, Arizona 1 Washington 2, San Francisco 1 (10 inn.)

Philadelphia 3, Miami 0 St. Louis 5, San Diego 3

SPORTS

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PIRATES 4, CUBS 2

McCutchen, Pirates hand Cubs 4th straight loss The ASSOCIATED PRESS PITTSBURGH – Andrew McCutchen had three hits and two RBIs to lead the Pittsburgh Pirates past the Cubs, 4-2, Thursday for their fourth straight win.

Leadoff hitter Starling Marte singled and scored in each of the first two innings as Pittsburgh built an early 4-0 lead. The Pirates moved a season-best 11 games over .500 with its 11th victory in 13 games.

The Cubs lost their fourth in a row.

Edwin Jackson (1-7) gave up two runs in the first inning and two more in the second. He lasted only three innings and has a 6.11 ERA through 10 starts.

Jackson is in his first season with the Cubs after signing a four-year, $52 million contract over the winter as a free agent.

Reliever Vin Mazzaro (3-0) pitched 21/3 scoreless innings.

He replaced starter Jeanmar Gomez in the fourth inning

Next at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m. today, WGN, AM-720 after a rain delay of 1 hour, 47 minutes.

Gomez allowed one run and three hits in 3 2/3 innings.

Jason Grilli pitched a 1-2-3 ninth inning and is a perfect 19for-19 in save opportunities.

Marte led off the bottom of the first inning with a single,

stole second with one out and scored on McCutchen’s single.

McCutchen stole second and scored on Michael McKenry’s single.

Marte singled in the second and scored on Travis Snider’s triple that rolled to the 410-foot notch in left-center field. McCutchen added his second RBI single.

The Cubs got a run in the fourth when David DeJesus led off with a double and scored on Anthony Rizzo’s grounder.

The Cubs had runners on the

corners when two outs when play was halted, but Mazzaro got Welington Castillo to hit an inning-ending groundout after the delay.

The Cubs cut the deficit to 4-2 in the seventh with Darwin Barney singling in Castillo, who had walked.

Notes: The Pirates will wear Penguins sweaters while traveling during their road trip to Milwaukee and Detroit that begins today. The Penguins are currently facing Ottawa in the NHL’s Stanley Cup

TENNIS: FRENCH OPEN

NBA: EASTERN CONFERENCE FINALS: GAME 2: INDIANAPOLIS AT MIAMI, 7:30 P.M. TONIGHT, TNT, HEAT LEAD SERIES, 1-0

Nadal favored, but doesn’t earn top seed

HIGH-WIRE ACT

By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press

Heat, Pacers say Game 2 should be even better

By TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press MIAMI – Losing a game at the final buzzer, no less than a playoff game on the road against the reigning NBA champion Miami Heat, would seem to have potential to demoralize the Indiana Pacers.

Or not.

“Our belief,” Pacers coach Frank Vogel said Thursday, “has strengthened.”

Barely 12 hours after LeBron James scored on a drive as time expired in overtime to give the Heat a win in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals, the Pacers were more steeled than shaken when they arrived for practice at the arena where it all went awry in the series opener.

The second-guessing of Vogel’s decision to keep Roy Hibbert on the bench for the final play was still going strong, but the Pacers insisted that they’re mentally fine.

A short memory would likely help Indiana now, especially with Game 2 of the series back in Miami tonight.

“Very encouraged,” Vogel said. “Our belief in our ability to beat this team has strengthened after Game 1. Our familiarity in the playoffs, in the playoff series grows with each day, grows with each game, and there’s a lot of things we can definitely do better.”

And on that point, the Pacers and Heat are in total agreement.

For as intense and downto-the-wire as Game 1 was, with 35 ties or lead changes over 53 scintillating minutes where neither team ever held more than a seven-point lead, both the Pacers and Heat are expecting today to simply be better.

Matching the level of drama may be difficult, but the actual level of play, they think, will improve. It’s easy to see how that could be the case, after a series-opener where both teams were turnover-happy – 20 for Indiana, 21 for Miami, hardly the norm for either side – and play was at times choppy thanks in part to 58 personal fouls being called.

“We’re going to play a lot better,” Heat center Chris Bosh said after film and oncourt work Thursday. “We’ve come to expect that of ourselves. We know that yesterday wasn’t the championship effort that we need in order to win the series, let alone win the finals. We’re going to have to do a much better job on defense and on offense to take care of the basketball, do a better job on the boards, do a better job of containing some of their actions.”

For all the sensational statistical story lines that were born from Game 1 – James’ 30-point, 10-rebound, 10-assist effort, Chris Andersen making all seven of his shots, David West and Hibbert combining for 20 field goals – the boxscore alone points to plenty of areas where things could get better for both sides tonight.

In Miami’s case, key re-

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Miami Heat forward LeBron James gestures during the second half of Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals playoff series against the Indiana Pacers on Wednesday in Miami.

James, Bryant voted to All-NBA first team NEW YORK – LeBron James was a unanimous pick for the All-NBA team and Kobe Bryant earned his record-tying 11th first-team selection.

James received all 119 votes for the first team from a panel of sportswriters and broadcasters throughout the U.S. and Canada.

Joining the league’s MVP and Bryant on the first team Thursday were Oklahoma City’s Kevin Durant, San Antonio center Tim Duncan and Clippers guard Chris

Paul. Bryant tied Utah Hall of Famer Karl Malone with his 11th first-team nod. NBA scoring leader Carmelo Anthony led the second team, joined by guards Russell Westbrook and Tony Parker, center Marc Gasol and forward Blake Griffin. The third team was Houston’s James Harden, Miami’s Dwyane Wade, Lakers center Dwight Howard and forwards Paul George of Indiana and David Lee of Golden State.

serves Ray Allen, Shane Battier and Norris Cole combined to shoot 2 for 16. In Indiana’s case, George – who finished with 27 points – only had two at halftime, and Lance Stephenson shot just 2 for 10.

“We can get better,” James said. “I think both teams didn’t play to the level that they’re capable of playing at in Game 1. But both teams had a chance to win.”

The Heat usually have more than a chance to win. They’re now 46-3 in their past 49 games, and 28-0 when Andersen grabs at least four rebounds. Still, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra was pleading for more.

“We have to push to get to another level,” Spoelstra said.

“It was a very competitive game. Both teams were laying

it all out there but we’re trying to push to another level that we think we can get to – and we’ll need to in this series.

“We have to continue to push forward and evolve. ...

We have to play better in this series. In order to be able to win this series, we have to get to another level,” Spoelstra said.

Another lineup – not another level – might have done wonders for the Pacers at the end of Game 1.

Vogel’s decision to not have a 7-foot-2 shot-blocking machine like Hibbert in the game for the final play was still creating plenty of buzz Thursday, though the second-guessing seemed to not be raining on Indiana’s collective mood.

– The Associated Press

playoffs. The Penguins sent Pirates manager Clint Hurdle a custom-made No. 13 jersey and utility player Brandon Inge arrived in the clubhouse Thursday morning in a full hockey uniform, including rollerblades. ... The Cubs’ road trip continues tonight at Cincinnati with RHP Scott Feldman (4-3, 2.19) facing Reds RHP Bronson Arroyo (4-4, 3.28). ... RHP A.J. Burnett (3-4, 2.57) is scheduled to start for Pittsburgh at Milwaukee against RHP Marco Estrada (3-2, 5.44).

With Miami down by one, James took an inbounds pass from Shane Battier with 2.2 seconds left, drove past an overcommitted George and easily dropped a left-handed layup home as time expired. If Hibbert was in the game, odds are he would have been able to at least contest James at the rim. Without Hibbert, no one so much as seemed to even jump toward the final shot.

“I may have been able to get a hand on it,” Hibbert said.

“I may not have. He may have done something differently.

Can’t really think about that.

You just have to move on.”

When James scored, West turned and raised his arms a bit in clear disbelief. On Thursday, the Pacers’ leader spoke about it all with a calm tone.

“I mean, hindsight is always 20-20,” West said. “We know he wants to be out there on the floor. Looking back at it, probably should have been on the floor. Again, we still had the chance to make the play.”

What’s done is done, and Vogel said the second-guessing didn’t bother him whatsoever. He’s already moved on, and with good reason. The Pacers lost Game 1 of a second-round series in Miami last season, then took Game 2 and swiping home-court advantage away.

PARIS – Used to be the French Open was the scene for clay-court specialists and surprise champions.

Scan the list of past winners and runners-up. There’s Gaston Gaudio and Albert Costa, Guillermo Coria and Martin Verkerk, Andres Gomez and Mariano Puerta.

Not so much a “Who’s Who.” More like a “Who’s He?” The women’s list features fewer out-of-nowhere names, yet does include those such as Iva Majoli, Anastasia Myskina and Francesca Schiavone, who all won the French Open while never making it past the quarterfinals at any other major championship.

With the year’s second Grand Slam tournament set to begin Sunday at Roland Garros, there is little thought being given to that sort of stunning outcome, thanks to Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams.

As seven-time major champion John McEnroe put it: “It’s pretty obvious who the favorite is.”

He meant, of course, Nadal, who won his record seventh French Open title last year and is 52-1 for his career at the place.

Consider, too, the nearly perfect way the Spaniard has played after seven months off the tour because of a left knee injury: Since returning in February, Nadal is 36-2, reaching the finals at all eight tournaments he’s entered, winning six.

“I am enjoying every moment, and eight finals in a row is wonderful,” Nadal said. “Four, five months ago, it was impossible to think about this.”

He wore a wrap of white tape below that troublesome knee while practicing Thursday afternoon on Court Philippe Chatrier with the temperature in the 40s (less than 10 degrees Celsius) for about an hour before heavy rain fell; the forecast calls for more wet weather in the coming days.

Nadal has cut down on the amount of time he spends training on court, one concession to the recurring knee problems, which also forced him to pull out of Wimbledon in 2009, when he would have been the defending champion.

“I’m really happy for him, and impressed that he’s come back,” said McEnroe, an analyst for Tennis Channel, among other TV outlets.

“It seems like he’s barely lost anything, if at all. Right now, he seems to be finally, he says, playing the best he’s been playing the whole year, which is sort of frightening for the other players.”

And yet Nadal will not be seeded No. 1 when the draw is held today.

That’s because the French Open decided to strictly follow the rankings, and Nadal’s time away deducted enough points that he is currently No. 4 (he’ll move up one spot to No. 3 in the seedings, because No. 2 Andy Murray, the reigning U.S. Open champion, withdrew because of a bad back).

Tournament director

French Open notes PARIS – A quick glance at the French Open, the year’s second Grand Slam tennis tournament: Site: Roland Garros Surface: Red clay Schedule: The 15-day tournament begins Sunday. The women’s singles final is June 8; the men’s singles final is June 9.

2012 Men’s Singles Champion: Rafael Nadal of Spain 2012 Women’s Singles Champion: Maria Sharapova of Russia Prize Money: About $28.4 million Online: www.rolandgarros. com/index.html

Gilbert Ysern said while he could have opted to ignore the rankings – and even contemplated doing so, because Nadal is “the best player on clay” and Roland Garros “is a bit like his garden” – there wasn’t a consensus it was the proper thing to do.

“You can understand the argument that those who are higher than him in the rankings in a certain way deserve their ranking,” Ysern said, “and to move these players back to move Nadal forward could have been considered unfair.”

Nadal, for his part, did not sound too fussed about the matter, saying, “I had a very good chance to be No. 10 (given the time off), and there are lots of chances to be worse, and I accept the situation.”

So last year’s French Open runner-up to Nadal, Novak Djokovic, will be seeded No. 1, and 17-time major champion Roger Federer will be seeded No. 2.

Djokovic handed Nadal one of his two losses of 2013, in the Monte Carlo final on clay last month, proof that Nadal is not completely invincible, even on the slow surface he dominates.

The No. 1-ranked Williams, meanwhile, has been unbeatable lately.

She arrives in Paris having won a career-high 24 consecutive matches and is 36-2 with a tour-leading five titles this season.

That’s part of a stretch in which she’s gone 67-3, including titles last year at Wimbledon, the U.S. Open and the London Olympics.

That 70-match stretch of excellence dates, probably not coincidentally, to her last match at Roland Garros, a shocking loss to 111th-ranked Virginie Razzano of France in the first round in 2012.

While there certainly are other women who realistically can harbor hopes of lifting the trophy in a little more than two weeks – defending champion Maria Sharapova is the best example – Williams appears to be playing as well as ever at the moment.

Williams already owns 15 Grand Slam singles titles, but the French Open is the only major tournament she’s won fewer than four times.

Her lone championship in Paris came in 2002.

“Nothing is ever perfect and I learned that last year when I felt perfect,” Williams said. “So I am still in a danger zone.”

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By BRIAN HOXSEY sports@daily-chronicle.com In the past four years the Hinckley-Big Rock baseball team has never had to worry about the catchers’ position – Mitch Ruh has made sure of that.

The graduating senior Royals backstop has decided he will continue his play on the diamond for Division III-Augustana College in Rock Island.

“I play on a summer traveling team, the Longshots baseball club out of Downers Grove, and a lot of college coaches come and watch us play,” Ruh said. “After one of our games, Augustana assistant coach Tim McChesney asked me if I’d like to go out for a visit. I really like the campus and felt really comfortable there.”

The Vikings finished this past season with a 34-11 record and won the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin Tournament to advance to the NCAA Division III tournament.

Vikings coach Greg Wallace said the coaching staff likes what they have seen from Ruh and hopes he can fill a void for next season and beyond.

“We’ve have been following Mitch for a while,” Wallace said. “From a catching stand point we have a senior catcher moving on and we felt that was a focus point, on a position we needed to fill. We really like his defense, but it is his ability on offense that has really im-

pressed us as well.”

This past season for H-BR, Ruh helped lead the Royals to the Little Ten Conference co-championship by hitting for a .517 average, driving in 39 runs and stealing 10 bases.

He was also named the team’s most valuable player and was named to the All-LTC team for the third time.

His junior season, he batted .526 with 34 RBIs and 31 runs scored. He was also named to the All-LTC academic team.

“This year more pitchers were pitching around me so I wasn’t getting a lot of good pitches to hit,” said Ruh, who wants to study chemical engineering. “I’ve just worked on being patient and swinging at good pitches. Coach [Brad] Unger has really helped me become a better baseball player this season.”

Unger was himself a standout catcher and earned all-conference honors at Waubonsee Community College and Elmhurst College. He feels Ruh’s natural talents and the structure of the Royals practices and game plans will help him reach his goals.

“I knew Mitch was going on to play at the next level and I’ve been there,” said Unger, who felt it was the mental part of the game he helped Ruh with the most. “Our program is built on wanting to get them prepared, that if they choose to go on to play baseball collegiality, they’ll be ready and know what to expect. I know he is going to succeed at [Augustana],

he has the will and the drive and is ready every single day.”

Martenson signs at Sauk: Dillon Martenson didn’t meet with the coaches at Sauk Valley Community College until the winter of his senior season.

The Indian Creek senior baseball star had started the recruiting process late, but drew late interest after a showcase with his travel team before his final high school season began.

Eventually he took a visit and, on Thursday, signed to play baseball at the two-year college in Dixon.

“I liked the atmosphere down there. It’s more out in the country, the more coaches were more friendly,” Martenson said. “I just felt really at home down there and I could see myself going there.”

Martenson also considered Quincy, Aurora, Beloit, Harper and Lewis and Clark, but decided on Sauk for a number of reasons, including the prospect of immediate playing time during his freshman and sophomore years before eventually transferring to a four-year university.

Martenson said Sauk Valley will play him in the outfield and the college’s proximity to home was also a positive.

“I can get my feet wet. My parents can come down and watch me for the first two years,” Martenson said. “After that i can see going somewhere farther away.”

Defensive miscues cost Cogs G-K has dropped five games to regional finalists

By ROSS JACOBSON SYCAMORE – The Genoa-Kingston softball team was right there in two regular-season losses against Marengo this season.

In 5-1 and 3-0 losses to the Indians in Big Northern Conference play, the Cogs just hadn’t come through with the clutch hit or the big play.

And facing the defending Class 3A state runners-up for a third time in Thursday’s Class 3A Sycamore Regional semifinal, G-K once again came up short. G-K and Marengo battled to a scoreless tie through 3½ innings before six G-K errors in the fifth and sixth innings resulted in four unearned runs and Marengo came away with a 10-0 win in six innings.

“Definitely the little things,” G-K junior catcher Paige Keegan said. “We should not be bumbling the ball with all the practices we’ve had. We should be spot on with those plays.”

G-K senior Danielle Engel and Marengo senior Bethany Hart were effective through

the first four innings. Engel worked out of a mini-jam in the first, getting Marengo’s clean-up hitter to fly out with a runner on third, and retired eight consecutive batters at one point.

“She had good pop today.

She threw hard,” G-K coach Mike Lauer said. “She hit the corners well and she really jammed a few kids.”

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SECTION C Friday, May 24, 2013 Daily Chronicle

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service Malta church marks Memorial Day with special program

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oldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice will by honored by the Malta United Methodist Church on Monday.

The church and the Malta Memorial Committee will host a Memorial Day service that will include a reading of the Gettysburg Address, along with a speech by former Major General Emile P. Bataille. He retired in 2004 after serving 34 years in the U.S. Army and Reserve Components and will be the guest speaker for this year’s service.

But the service will not end there, as there is a planned march to the

If you go What: Memorial Day Service Where: Malta United Methodist Church, 210 E. Sprague St., Malta When: 10 a.m. Monday Information: 815-825-2118

Malta Public Library for a ceremony with a presentation of the wreath with Malta Village President Vince McCabe.

A list of veterans from Malta is featured in the Memorial Day bulletin for the service. The list not only features veterans who have died in conflicts from the 21st and 20th century, but those who have died in

the Civil War and the War of 1812.

Church secretary Jamie Colbert said the information about the veterans who have died is personalized as much as possible.

Ken Elliot, a retired Army major who is the emcee for the service, said the service remembers not only those who have passed away but those who continue to serve in the military. Even though the church is hosting the service, it’s meant for everyone, he said.

“It goes beyond just the church congregation,” Elliot said. “It reaches out to the community itself.”

Colbert said this service brings the meaning of Memorial Day to the forefront.

“I think a lot of people see Memo-

rial Day as a day off work and a day off school,” Colbert said. “… I think people lose the significance of the day.”

Colbert said she thinks the service is good because it’s taken seriously. There are somber moments, but there also are moments of pride for the soldiers who gave their lives.

“You see people with tears in their eyes,” Colbert said.

Memorial Day is an emotional day for Colbert, as she and her husband, George, served in the military. They were both in the U.S. Air Force. Colbert served in Operation Southern Watch, which launched in 1992, while her husband served in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom.

CHURCH BULLETIN

Page C2 • Friday, May 24, 2013 DEKALB Baptist Campus Ministry 449 Normal Road www.niu.edu/student_orgs/judson 815-756-2131 judson@niu.edu Pastors: Dwight and Rene Gorbold Bethlehem Lutheran (ELCA) 1915 N. First St. BethlehemDeKalb.org 815-758-3203 belcdekalb@comcast.net Pastors: Dan Wynard Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday; 10:30 a.m. coffee and fellowship Highlight of the week: Summer worship schedule begins this Sunday. Coffee and fellowship will follow the service but no Sunday school will be held.

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

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

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

Community of Christ 1200 S. Malta Road www.chicagomissioncenter.org 815-756-1963 roger@hintzsche.com Pastor: Roger Hintzsche Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Congregation Beth Shalom 820 Russell Road www.bethshalomdekalb.org 815-756-1010 info@bethshalomdekalb.org Rabbi: Maralee Gordon DeKalb Christian 1107 S. First St. www.forministry.com/USILCCACCDCC1 815-758-1833 tomndcc@aol.com Pastor: Tom J. Hughes Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school DeKalb Wesleyan 1115 S. Malta Road www.dekalbwesleyan.com 815-758-0673 Pastor: Dean Pierce Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evangelical Free 150 Bethany Road 815-756-8729 efreesd@comcast.net www.efreesd.com Pastor: Martin Jones, lead pastor; Paul Rogers, worship pastor; Gary Lisle, youth pastor; Terry Gin, children’s ministry director Worship schedule: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school Fellowship Baptist 129 E. Locust St. www.fbcofdekalb.com 815-517-8111 Pastor: Kevin D. Spears Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday school First Baptist 349 S. Third St. www.fbcdekalb.org 815-758-3973 churchinfo@fbcdekalb.org Pastor: Bob Edwards The message: “Who is Living in Our Hearts,” with reading from Ephesians 3: 14-21 Worship schedule: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday; 9:45 a.m. Sunday school

First Lutheran (ELCA) 324 N. Third St. www.firstlutherandekalb.org 815-758-0643 office@firstlutherandekalb.org Pastor: Janet Hunt Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; Cross Walk activities 10:20 a.m. Sunday and 5:30 to 7:30 Wednesday; adult forum 10:30 a.m. Sunday; confirmation from 6 to 7:30 Wednesday Highlight of the week: Discussion will continue during the Coffee Hour on the “Hearts and Stars” visioning process. Naomi Circle will meet at 2 p.m. Thursday.

First United Methodist 321 Oak St. www.firstumc.net 815-756-6301 office@firstumc.net Pastors: Senior Pastor Jonathan Hutchison, Associate Pastor Brian Gilbert The message: “Wisdom’s Call,” with reading from Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31 Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 11 a.m. Sunday contemporary SHINE service; 9 a.m. youth Sunday school and 9:15 a.m. Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 8:45 a.m.

Thursday Communion service Highlight of the week: Sermon Shapers at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Heritage room. Galatians 1:1-12 will be looked at and some in-depth Bible study will be done, as well as hearing the preacher’s preliminary ideas for the upcoming sermon.

Foursquare Church 210 Grove St. 815-756-9521 Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Glad Tidings Assembly of God 2325 N. First St. 815-758-4919 Pastor: W. Michael Massey Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: All ages family night is 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays Grace Free Lutheran 1121 S. First St. www.gracefreelutherandekalb.org 815-758-2531 Pastor: Michael Hodge Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Harvest Bible Chapel 2215 Bethany Road www.harvestdekalb.org 815-756-9020 Pastor: Jason Draper Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Hillcrest Covenant 1515 N. First St. www.hillcovch.org 815-756-5508 hillcrestcov@comcast.net Pastor: Steve Larson, Associate Pastor Jennifer Zerby Worship schedule: 10:45 a.m. worship; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school

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

Sunday; 10:30 a.m. Monday at the cemetery; 7 a.m. Tuesday through Friday Highlight of the week: Ministers of Care are needed to bring Holy Communion to homebound, facility bound or hospitalized people. This ministry is once a week for about an hour and 1/2 per week. Call Chris Hacker at 815-758-5625 to volunteer.

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

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

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

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

Trinity Lutheran (LCMC) 303 S. Seventh St. 815-756-7374 www.trinitydekalb.com Pastor: Todd Peterson Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; contemporary worship on second and fourth Sunday each month Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 158 N. Fourth St. www.uufdekalb.org 815-756-7089 uufdchurchoffice@aol.com Pastor: Linda Slabon The message: “How I Deal With Death” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: “Honoring Our Mother Earth.” The children will finish their Native American studies with a final field trip on June 2. Attendees will meet at the church and leave for the home of Quentin Young around 10:15 a.m.

Drivers are needed. Students must be accompanied by their parents. RSVP to Donna Veeneman or Dave Becker by Thursday.

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

(Spanish) and 6 p.m. Sundays; 6 p.m. Saturday (Spanish) Victory Baptist 1930 Sycamore Road VBC-DeKalb.org 815-756-6212 Victorlane5@frontier.com Pastor: Ngum Eric Mangek Worship schedule: 10:45 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school

Immanuel Lutheran 511 Russell Road www.immanueldekalb.org 815-756-6669, 815-756-6675 office@godwithusilc.org Pastors: Marty Marks, Ray Krueger Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday combined worship; 10:30 a.m. adult Bible study Highlight of the week: Ryker Joel Hillman, infant son of Allison and Joel Hillman, will be received into God’s family through Holy Baptism at 9 a.m. Sunday. His sponsors are Clare Worley and Ryan Hopper.

Vida Nueva/New Life 316 N. Sixth St. vndekalb@frontier.com 815-787-7711 Pastor: Rodrigo Azofeifa Worship schedule: 12:30 p.m.

Domingo (Sunday)

Kishwaukee Bible Church 355 N. Cross St. (Cornerstone Christian Academy) www.kishwaukeebiblechurch.org 815-754-4566 Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday

Vineyard Christian Fellowship Haish Gymnasium, 303 S. Ninth St. www.vineyarddekalb.org 815-748-8463 Pastor: Joe Holda Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday

New Hope Missionary Baptist 1201 Twombly Road www.newhopeofdekalb.org 815-756-7906 newhope@tbc.net Pastors: Leroy A. Mitchell, G. Joseph Mitchell Worship schedule: 7:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Wednesday, Bible study is at 6:30 p.m. and Youth Ministry is at 6 p.m.

Westminster Presbyterian 830 N. Annie Glidden Road www.westminsterpres.net 815-756-2905 westminsterpres@gmail.com Pastors: Blake Richter, Karen Kim The message: “Salvation Has Come” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: NIU Avalon quartet violinist Marie Wang will be featured in the Westminster Chamber series concert at 3 p.m.

June 2.

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

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

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

First Congregational 615 N. First St. www.uccdekalb.org 815-758-0691 congdek1@gmail.com Pastors: Joe Gastiger, Judy Harris The message: “Wisdom Cries Out” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday

St. Mary Parish 321 Pine St. www.stmarydekalb.org 815-758-5432 frkenneth@stmarydekalb.org Pastor: Kenneth Anderson The message: “This Spirit, who is Wisdom itself, will lead us into all truth.”

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

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

Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Christian Senior Ministries P.O. Box 479 815-895-6784 Deacon: Charles Ridulph Worship schedule: This nondenominational outreach program serves seniors through Bible studies, personal visits and worship services: 3:30 p.m. Mondays at Lincolnshire Place, Sycamore; 5 p.m. Tuesdays at Lincoln Manor, Rochelle; 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Pine Acres, DeKalb; 3 p.m. Wednesdays at

Heritage Woods, DeKalb; 9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Grand Victorian, Sycamore; 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at Bethany Health Care, DeKalb; 2 p.m.

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

Thursdays at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb.

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

Kids Club; 11 a.m. fellowship Highlight of the week: Love Offering goes to Safe Passage. Fellowship hosts are Jerry Lane and Jean Evans.

FBC of Sycamore 530 W. State St. www.fbcnewsong.com 815-895-3116 fbcnewsong@gmail.com Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 10:30 a.m. with signer for hearing impaired and 5 p.m. contemporary services Grace Life Church 425 W. State St. www.gracelifeinchrist.org 815-757-3570 Pastor: Stephen J. Moll Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Harvest Time Fellowship 203 S. Sacramento St. 815-899-2529 Pastor: Michael Schumaker Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Thursday prayer Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 675 Fox Ave. www.mormon.org 815-895-2277 jrbentley1208@gmail.com Bishop: John Bentley Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Sacrament meeting; 10:20 a.m.

Sunday school; 11:10 a.m. Priesthood, Relief Society Mayfield Congregational 28405 Church Road www.mayfieldchurchucc.org 815-895-5548 mayfieldchurch@atcyber.net Pastor: Martha Brunell The message: “Paradise Road,” with reading from Proverbs 8:1-4, 22-31; Romans 5:1-5 Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the Week: Refreshments will be furnished by Ann Werhane.

North Avenue Missionary Baptist 301 North Ave. 815-895-4871 Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school St. John’s Lutheran (Missouri Synod) 26555 Brickville Road www.stjohnsycamore.org 815-895-4477 office@stjohnsycamore.org Pastors: Robert W. Weinhold, Marvin Metzger Worship schedule: 6 p.m. blended service Saturday; 8 and 10:30 a.m. service Sunday St. Mary’s Sycamore 322 Waterman St. www.stmarysycamore.com 815-895-3275 Churchofstmary@stmarysycamore.com Pastor: Paul M. Lipinski Worship schedule: 7:30 a.m. daily; 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

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

Sunday Holy Eucharist; 8:45 a.m.

Sunday school Salem Lutheran (ELCA) 1145 DeKalb Ave. www.SalemSycamore.org 815-895-9171 salem@salemlutheransycamore.org Interim Pastor: Robert C. Kinnear Ministry staff: Carla Vanatta The message: “Today we celebrate the name of God; holy blessed Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.”

Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday;

Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday coffee hour Highlight of the week: Memorial Day weekend coffee hour in honor of past and present military servants at 9:15 a.m. Sunday.

815-825-2118 maltaumc@aol.com Pastor: Judy Giese Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday at Malta UMC; 11 a.m. Sunday at Northwest Malta UMC

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

Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Bible study Highlight of the week: Wednesday evening Bible study at 6:30 p.m. encourages participants to explore the need and wonder of thanking God for all things in life. Each evening includes a blessed time of prayer.

Peace United Church of Christ (Genoa) 301 E. First St. 815-757-5917 PastorLauriAllen@gmail.com Pastor: Lauri Allen Highlight of the week: There will be no services on Sunday. Please worship at another church of your choice. Services will return on June 3.

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

NEARBY Calvary Lutheran (LCMC) (Lee) 19 Perry Road, at County Line Road www.calluth.org 815-824-2825 calluthch1@aol.com Pastor: Craig Nelson Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school Cortland United Methodist 45 W. Chestnut Ave. www.cortlandumc.com 815-756-9088 Pastor: Christina Vosteen Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Faith UMC (Genoa) 325 S. Stott St. www.genoafaithuc.com 815-784-5143 faithchurch@rocketmail.com Pastor: Daniel F. Diss Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school First Congregational UCC (Malta) 210 S. Sprague St. 815-825-2451 Pastor: Robert L. Vaughn The message: “Good Hearts” Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday First Lutheran (NALC) (Kirkland) 510 W. South St. www.kirklandflc.org 815-522-3886 jo@kirklandflc.org Pastor: Carl L. M. Rasmussen Worship schedule: 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Malta United Methodist 210 E. Sprague St. www.gbgm-umc.org/maltaumc

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

Monday to Thursday Highlight of the week: Open Air Market hosted by Knights of Columbus Saturday in downtown Genoa.

Memorial Day Mass at 8:30 a.m.

Monday at St. Catherine’s Cemetery.

Respect Life Movie, “The 13th Day,” at 7 p.m. May 31 in the Parish Hall.

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

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

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

Sunday education hour for all ages Trinity Lutheran (Genoa) 33930 N. State Road www.tlcgenoa.org 815-784-2522 trinity@tlcgenoa.com Pastor: Senior Pastor Jeremy Heilman Worship schedule: 5:30 p.m. Saturday blended worship; 8 a.m. Sunday traditional worship; 10:30 a.m.

Sunday contemporary worship.

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

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

Village Bible Church (Shabbona) Indian Creek Campus 209 N. Nokomis St. 815-824-2425 Pastor: Dave Haidle Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Waterman Bible Church 500 S. Birch St. 815-264-3908 www.watermanbible.org wbcheart@frontier.com Pastors: Pastor Craig Miller, Associate Pastor of Youth Mike Burkett Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Waterman Presbyterian 250 N. Cedar St. www.watermanpres.com 815-264-3491 wpc_office@frontier.com Pastor: Roger Boekenhauer The message: “The Spirit of Truth Has Been Given” Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday

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Documentary screening recounts church history The United Pentecostal Church of DeKalb will host a public screening of a new documentary film at 6 p.m. Saturday.

The film, “Landmarks on the Road Home,” chronicles Christian church history from the Roman Empire to contemporary times and explores the rise of the Pentecostal movement.

“A documentary screening is a new adventure for our church, but we feel this is a creative way to tell the story of how the Christian church has changed over the centuries,” Pastor Greg W. Davis said in a news release.

“For those interested in Christianity and who may have questions about Pentecos-

talism, this is a great opportunity to see the progress of history and how Pentecostals fit into that story,” he said in the release.

The 46-minute film is the result of research by leading Oneness Pentecostal historian, Robin Johnston, who examines the ongoing restoration impulse in church history. Directed by Abraham LaVoi and released by Word Aflame Productions, the 2013 film combines narration, live action, interviews and artifacts.

The United Pentecostal Church of DeKalb, 120 S. Seventh St., welcomes the public to the screening. Admission is free.

Avalon violinist to perform at Westminster on Sunday Marie Wang, second violinist for Northern Illinois University’s Avalon Quartet, will be featured in the Westminster Chamber series concert at 3 p.m. Sunday at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb.

Wang, a Canadian, received a bachelor’s degree in violin performance from McGill University, studying with Mauricio Fuks, and a master’s degree in performance from NIU, where she studied with Mathias Tacke and Shmuel Ashkenasi. She holds an Artist Diploma from the Juilliard School and also was a student of Donald Weilerstein at the Cleveland Institute of Music.

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Six children at First Lutheran Church in DeKalb recently received their First Communion. The students, along with their parents, attended a three-session class led by Pastor Janet Hunt and Stephanie Corn, Cross Walk Sunday coordinator, to learn about the sacrament, its Biblical roots, and its significance for their life today. The students also baked unleavened bread as part of their class experience. Pictured (from left) in the front row are Sierra Wiebel, Ellie Young, Addie Levine, Jocelyn Kohler and Aaron Anderson. In the back row are Stephanie Corn, Kaitlyn Wiebe and Pastor Janet Hunt.

sity in South Bend. Professor Wang is a founding member of the Avalon String Quartet, and, as a member, she has captured top prizes at the Concert Artists Guild and Munich ARD international competitions.

Wang will be joined in concert with cellist Thomas Cappaert, flutist Lynn Vogl and violist Laurie Rodriguez.

They will perform the Kodaly Duo for Violin and Cello, as well as the Mozart Flute Quartet in D Major.

Flutist Kristen Lash, pianist Victoria Young and violinist Victor Ryzhov will play works by Bach and Shostakovitch.

A free-will offering will be taken.

8BRIEFS St. John sets service time for summer The Evangelical Lutheran Church of St. John (Missouri Synod) will offer one service at 9:15 a.m. during the months of June, July and August, beginning June 2.

Adult Bible class will be held at 8 a.m. The Saturday Blended Service will remain at 6 p.m.

Pastor Weinhold and Pastor Metzger will be glad to meet you if you are seeking a church home.

St. John’s located at 26555 Brickville Road in Sycamore.

For more information, call 815-895-4477 or visit www.stjohnsycamore.org.

Kingston church plans monthly supper The Kingston United Methodist Church monthly supper will be June 1. Seating times are 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.

Held usually on the first Saturday of the month at the church, 121 W. First St., the suppers include dessert. Donations are $9 for adults and $4 for children. Carry-out meals and gift certificates are available.

This month, the meat will be swiss steak.

8RELIGION BRIEFS State Dept. report notes increase in anti-Semitism WASHINGTON (AP) – The State Department has appointed a special envoy to monitor and combat anti-Semitism as a new report documents a global increase in incidents of anti-Semitism and Holocaust denial.

Ira Forman, former CEO of the National Jewish Democratic Council, was chosen as special envoy as the State Department released its annual report on religious freedom around the world. The report said expressions of anti-Semitism by government officials, religious leaders and the media were of great concern, particularly in Venezuela, Egypt and Iran.

At times, the report said, such statements led to desecration and violence.

Secretary of State John Kerry called the report a “clear-eyed, objective look at the state of religious freedom around the world” and said that in some

cases, the report criticizes U.S. allies and would-be allies.

Brothers file suits against Maine Catholic church PORTLAND, Maine (AP) – Two brothers are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, saying church officials knew a priest was sexually abusing them and other children but did nothing to stop it.

In complaints filed in Cumberland County Superior Court, Jeffrey and Frederick Conroy say they the late Father James Vallely abused them from

had been validated.

Church officials weren’t immediately available for comment.

Atheist group: professor teaching creationism MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) – Ball State University is investigating an atheist organization’s complaint that one of the professors at the Indiana college is teaching religion rather than science.

The Freedom From Religion Foundation has filed a formal objection to Eric Hedin’s teaching with university officials.

Hedin teaches an honors class

called “Boundaries of Science,” which the foundation maintains teaches creationism rather than science. The foundation is dedicated to “nontheism” and separation of church and state.

Hedin is listed as a member on the Ball State website as a member of the department of physics and astronomy, not biology. The faculty directory says he teaches classes in

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Thank-you note fails to deliver message Dear Abby: My husband and I attended the wedding of the son of some old friends in another state. Rather than buy the young couple a gift, we instead gave them a check for $1,000. Imagine our astonishment when a month later the following arrived in our mailbox: “Dear ‘Loretta’ and ‘Evan,’ “Thank you for the generous donation. We really enjoyed spending that money.

If ever you feel like you have too much of it, we would gladly take it off your hands.

“Love, ‘Mason’ and ‘Candace’” Abby, my husband and I have worked hard for many years in our business and have been blessed by the

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips Lord. We are not millionaires. We were happy and humbled to be able to share with them – until we received this. The money wasn’t a donation; it was a GIFT. – Stung in Sioux City Dear Stung: Let’s hope the note you received was an unfortunate attempt at humor. While the message may have gone over like a lead balloon and I’m sure the parents would be beyond embarrassed if they knew, at least you received a thankyou for your generosity. I

hear from many people who complain that their gifts were not acknowledged at all.

Dear Abby: One of my co-workers takes company research presentation books into the restroom with him multiple times a day and spends upwards of half an hour in there with them. The unsanitary implications of this drive me batty.

I am not germophobic, but taking shared materials into the bathroom while you’re doing your business is just too much for me. It’s not like he’s taking in a newspaper that can be tossed out; these are research materials that we must all share!

My co-worker told me I need to “get over it,” that this

is a “me” issue. Am I crazy or is taking shared workplace materials into the bathroom gross and inappropriate? – Waiting For E. Coli To Kill Me Dear Waiting: You are asking the wrong person this question. You should be asking the head of human resources or your boss.

I’m no germophobe either, but I agree that what your co-worker is doing is extremely inappropriate. You should not have to sanitize your hands after touching anything your co-worker might have touched, but that’s what I’m suggesting you do.

Dear Abby: I have many problems, but my biggest one is, how do I forgive someone so I can move on with my life?

It would take me forever to tell you everything that has been said and done. Forgiving sounds simple, but it is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Can you help? – Challenged in Illinois Dear Challenged: If hate and resentment are eating away at you, then it is probably healthier for you to let go of it. Forgiving someone isn’t doing something for someone else; it is a gift you give yourself that allows you to move forward with your life. Your religious adviser can help you – or, if you prefer, a licensed mental health counselor.

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Coaches should learn concussion guidelines Dear Dr. K: I have a teenage son who plays high school football, so I’m interested in the new concussion guidelines. Can you tell me what they say?

Dear Reader: In March of this year, the American Academy of Neurology released new guidelines for recognizing and managing sport-related concussions. These guidelines could help protect the brains of athletes at all levels of play, from professional football to youth soccer. In a phrase, the new concussion guidelines recommend “when in doubt, sit it out.”

Concussions occur when something makes the head and brain move quickly back and forth. This can be a jolt to the head, a fall or a blow to

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff the body. They cause a shortterm disturbance in brain function. Contact sports such as football and ice hockey are most likely to increase the risk of concussions, but concussions can happen in any sport.

Many athletes don’t get medical attention for concussion. That’s often because they or their coaches don’t recognize the warning signs or take them seriously. Concussions can cause temporary loss of consciousness. They also typically cause confusion and problems with recent

memory. The confusion may occur immediately, or a few minutes after the injury.

Other symptoms of a concussion often include dizziness, nausea (with or without vomiting) and headache.

After a concussion, a person may seem to have trouble paying attention to you, or may seem to be lost in his thoughts. His speech may be slow or even slurred. A few days later, the person who has suffered a concussion may seem moody or depressed, may be bothered by amounts of light or noise that never used to bother him, and may have poor quality sleep.

All these symptoms can be pretty subtle, and if they occur during an exciting sporting event, the people who are

evaluating the person may be distracted. In other words, it can be hard to determine if a person has really suffered a concussion.

The new guidelines take the guesswork out of the equation. They step away from having coaches or trainers try to diagnose concussions on the field or sidelines.

Instead, they recommend that athletes who are suspected of having a concussion should be immediately removed from play and evaluated.

What’s more, the guidelines state that athletes who have sustained concussions should not return to play until a licensed health care provider gives the green light.

Not all concussions are serious. Many young people

and athletes recover from a head injury in minutes or hours. The danger is that athletes who have had one concussion are at greater risk of having another. The first 10 days after a concussion is a period of special danger.

Repeated minor head injuries over a short period greatly increase the risk of serious or permanent brain damage.

The next step is to educate coaches and trainers about the new guidelines. They are the people who have ringside seats when concussions happen, and they’re making the decisions about whether to let the athletes continue to play.

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Never stop being loving and caring parents Dr. Wallace: Our son is 17 and will receive his high school diploma soon. For the past six months, he has been hanging around with “party” boys. All these guys want to do is drink alcohol, smoke marijuana and “make love” to all females that encourage this type of behavior. Our son admits that he drinks alcohol, smokes pot and is pretending that he and the girl he is with are “newlyweds.”

This son is the oldest.

His twin brothers are 15. My husband and I are very upset with our son’s behavior. We feel that he is on the verge of being arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol, smoking pot or being charged for being the father of some girl’s new baby.

My husband wants to

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace force him to leave our house.

Our son has already said that he could move in with one of his “party” friends if we toss him out. I want to keep him at home because at least I know he is safe. Please give me your opinion. I respect what you do to help keep teens from being caught up in the belief that they are indestructible. – Mom, Merrillville, Ind. Mom: Your husband and you will lose all parental control if you force him to leave home. I agree that his rehabilitation will take time, love

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TODAY – There will be more than one path leading to material acquisition for you in the year ahead. If you’re smart, you will choose the one that offers you consistent returns and not the one leading to immediate gratification only.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – To appease someone special, you might have to make a painful concession. It will be worth it in the long run.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – It might be difficult to distinguish between business and productivity. If you operate in the former mode, you’ll have little to show for your efforts.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Regardless of peer pressure, avoid actions that don’t serve your best interests. The only person you need to please is yourself.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Stand up for yourself and refuse to be intimidated by a few hotshots who think they have your number. If you allow yourself to feel insecure, it could cause you to make a bad decision.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Keep your head out of the clouds and your mind on what helpful people are trying to tell you.

If you don’t, you’ll regret your indifference.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – A fun friend might concoct a hare-brained scheme that sounds exciting. It would be wise to review it carefully before making a leap.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Making an important decision while under pressure from others might not be the smartest way to go. Your thoughts could be easily muddled by outside influences.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – If you’re too anxious to get something done, you might only cause more problems for yourself. Form a plan and follow it carefully.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Should you have trouble communicating effectively with friends, let them do most of the talking. It’s amazing what you might learn.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Don’t take on more work than you can handle, and try to operate well within your area of expertise. Out of your element, you could easily founder on the rocks.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Usually, your assessment of new information is on target, but not so today. You’re inclined to jump to conclusions and make some bad decisions.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Financial matters will tend to be a bit trickier than usual. Make sure you read the fine print on everything.

and open communication, but progress can be accomplished. Continue to include your older son in all family activities, even if it’s just dinner out at a local family restaurant. Your three sons and you will have a chance to discuss things together as a family. Family interaction is important and helps the family to understand each other and creates a family bond that is vital in your situation especially.

The three of you, (you, your husband and your oldest son) also need to have a heartto-heart talk to explain why you wish your son to avoid his illegal behaviors and point out what some of the consequences of his behavior might be. At all costs, do not argue with him, but listen

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and learn from his comments.

Never give up on your son. If things become troubling for him in the future, you will have made progress if he turns to his parents for advice. Always remember that this young man will always be your son, and you must always be there to offer help. Do what you can to be supportive and make his life a little better. Being a parent is not an easy assignment and is ongoing forever. Hugs, kisses and open communication can produce miracles.

Remember – Never stop being loving, caring, parents to all three of your sons!

Dr. Wallace: I really need your advice. I’m 18, and I’m pregnant. My baby is due in late July. I love the baby’s father, and we plan to get

married in early May, a week after he is released from jail.

He was sentenced for selling drugs.

He has told me that he loves me and wants us to become a family. He said he realized that he had not been a good citizen and has had a change of heart while behind bars. He said he will get a good job and support us in style. What do you think? – Nameless, Austin, Tex. Nameless: I’m not telling you not to marry this guy – just don’t do it a week after he is released. Give yourself time to evaluate his “change of heart.” You will know much more about his sincerity in early July.

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

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

With six in a major, make it trumps We have been looking at transfers into the majors. If the responder has only five in his major, he makes that suit trumps when he has a weak hand. But when he has game-invitational or better values, he transfers, then offers a choice of contracts in case his side does not have an eight-card fit in that major.

However, when the responder has six (or more) in his major, he should insist on that suit being trumps because he knows his side has at least an eight-card fit. But how does he do that over one no-trump?

If he has invitational strength, he transfers at the two-level, then bids three of his suit. If he wishes to play in four of his major, he makes his transfer at the four-level – a Texas transfer, as in today’s deal. If the responder has mild slam ambition, he transfers at the two-level, then jumps to four of his major. If he wants to get to a slam, he uses Texas and bids again.

Here, North’s insistence on game is slightly aggressive, but 10 tricks could be laydown opposite the right 15-count.

Against four spades, West leads the diamond queen.

What should South do?

Declarer must lose two spades and one heart. But dummy also has a diamond loser. South should win with his diamond ace (the honor from the shorter side first), play a diamond to dummy’s king, and ruff the last diamond in his hand. Then, with this layout, South must next lead a heart to drive out East’s ace so that he can make his first trump play from the dummy through East.

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8BEHIND THE WHEEL

New stylish Chevy Sonic is RS hatchback

By ANN M. JOB For The Associated Press The newest Chevrolet Sonic is a peppy, stylish, versatile and good handling RS hatchback with standard turbo engine, leather-trimmed seats and smartphone infotainment link – all for a starting price tag of less than $21,000.

Better yet, the 2013 Sonic 5-Door RS has the top, overall, five-outof-five-stars rating for passenger protection in frontal and side crash testing, according to the federal government.

And the Sonic is a recommended buy of Consumer Reports magazine, where first-year owner reports put predicted reliability of Sonic models at average.

Don’t confuse the 138-horsepower Sonic RS, which comes with a six-speed manual or six-speed automatic transmission and peak torque of 148 foot-pounds, with the more fuel-sipping versions of Sonic sedan and hatchback. Transmission gearing is different in the RS to get power to the front wheels quicker.

With bigger wheels and more standard equipment, the RS also weighs more.

So the best RS fuel economy rating from the U.S. government of 27 miles per gallon in city driving and 34 mpg on the highway with manual transmission is a tad lower than that of other Sonics.

The test Sonic RS hatchback averaged 28 mpg in combined city/ highway travel.

But the get-up-and-go of the sporty-looking, four-cylinder turbocharged RS hatchback quickly becomes appealing.

Retail price certainly can be appealing, too, when standard features are factored in.

Starting manufacturer’s suggested retail price, including destination charge, of $20,995 for the 2013 RS five-door hatchback with 1.4-liter, double overhead cam, turbo

AP photo

This image made available by General Motors shows the 2013 Chevrolet Sonic RS. four cylinder and six-speed manual transmission is $5,400 more than that for a base, 2013 Sonic LS hatchback with non-turbo four cylinder with 125 foot-pounds of torque and five-speed manual.

But the RS standard equipment includes 17-inch, five-spoke, aluminum wheels, rear brake discs and the leather-trimmed, front bucket seats that have suede-like microfiber inserts and stitched “RS” on them and look like those in a sports car. There’s a leather-wrapped, sport steering wheel, premium floor mats with RS emblems on them and premium audio with six speakers.

And the RS comes standard with Chevrolet’s MyLink infotainment system that is compatible with smartphones for use of Pandora and Stitcher Internet radio as well as the low-cost BringGo smartphone navigation system.

Competitors in the small hatchback category include the 2013

Hyundai Elantra GT which has a starting MSRP, including destination charge, of $19,340. The Elantra GT has a 148-horsepower, naturally aspirated four cylinder with peak torque of 131 foot-pounds at 4,700 rpm and leather-trimmed seats come with a $2,750 option package.

Meantime, the 2013 Ford Fiesta five-door hatchback with 120-horsepower, naturally aspirated four cylinder has a starting retail price of $19,995 with cloth seats.

The Sonic is the “middle child” of Chevrolet’s three smallest cars – Spark, Sonic and Cruze.

The Spark, however, is not a recommended buy of Consumer Reports, and the Cruze is offered only as a sedan with 15 cubic feet of trunk space.

This compares with 19 cubic feet behind the Sonic RS rear seats and the 47.7 cubic feet of cargo room when the Sonic hatchback’s rear seats are folded down. These seats

split 60/40 for different types of people- and cargo-hauling tasks.

The five-passenger Sonic fivedoor RS uses the same turbocharged four-cylinder engine that the Cruze has.

Starting retail price, including destination charge, for a 2013 Cruze sedan with this turbo four cylinder is $19,370 and does not include the large wheels and leather seat trim that are on the Sonic RS. In the test Sonic RS five door, this powerplant gave strong “oomph” to slow-speed start ups, after a bit of turbo lag. The engine sounds were mostly pleasant, save for when the RS was near its 6,500 rpm redline and the four cylinder was buzzing loudly But the six-speed manual felt loose, not precise, in its movements and there was an overall notchy feel.

Thanks to a slightly lowered ride height, stiffened suspension and performance-tuned dampers, the

RS tester was well-planted to the pavement and there was no overall tippy feeling. The ride wasn’t punishing. Rather, the RS rode firmly, with many, but not all, road bumps muted beneath passengers.

Power steering is fuel-saving electric and had a lighter feel in the test car than expected.

The test Sonic RS surprised with its upscale interior materials and excellent fit and finish.

Seat adjustments were all manual, and once the driver’s seat was properly positioned, there were decent views out front and to the side.

Views out the back were somewhat blocked by the Sonic hatchback’s rear window pillars, and there is no rearview camera offered as an option. But the Sonic’s small size meant many motions at the back could be detected by an alert driver.

Front-seat passengers get a bit less headroom – 37.6 inches to 38.7 inches, depending on whether there’s a sunroof – than the Fiesta and Elantra GT buyers have.

Interestingly, back-seat riders in the Sonic RS get a full 38.1 inches as the Sonic roofline doesn’t slope down until aft of the back-seat passengers’ heads. This is more than the 37.2 inches in the Fiesta back seat and the 37.9 inches in the back of the Elantra GT. Legroom of 41.8 inches in the Sonic hatchback front seats is generous but still a tad less than the 42.2 inches in the front seats of the Fiesta and 42 inches in the Elantra GT. Rear-seat legroom of 34.6 inches is equal to that of the Elantra GT and better than the 31.2 inches in the back of the Fiesta.

The Sonic RS comes with an impressive 10 standard air bags plus electronic stability control and antilock brakes.

Last September, the 2013 Sonic was the subject of a safety recall because an electronic component might not alert drivers when a turn signal stopped working.

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ROCHELLE 14742 IL RTE 64E (2 MI WEST OF RTE 39) Saturday 5/25 Oak bedroom set storage headboard & matching dresser (excellent cond), living room sofa, matching love seat, tables, dining room tables w/chairs, misc household items and tools.

Cash only. Everything must go!

Contact: Theresa 815-517-0640

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Precious Moments Dated 1987 Club Figurine, "Love Is The Best Gift Of All", Great Condition, No box, $8, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953.

Precious Moments Wedding Figurine "The Lord Bless & Keep You" E-3114. Great Condition, No Box, $8, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

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QA INSPECTOR Join the Auto Meter Products Team.

We are the industry leader in automotive performance instrumentation and test equipment.

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The ideal candidate must be proficient in mechanical and electrical measuring tools with the ability to read and understand engineering drawings and tolerances. Good communication, problem solving and team work skills required. Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.

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COST ACCOUNTANT Seymour of Sycamore is the manufacturer of quality spray paints and chemicals since 1949. Products are manufactured in Sycamore, Illinois and distributed throughout the United States and internationally.

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China Cabinet – Maple – Glass Doors – Extra Storage Shelves On Bottom – Good Condition $75 815-899-5346 before 9 pm Dinette Set

BEAUTIFUL DINETTE SET Heavy glass and metal table with four very comfortable upholstered chairs with metal legs. Table top is 48 inches in diameter. Chairs come with extra set of fabric covers for seats. Very little wear. Informal, casual and colorful design is perfect for the kitchen, breakfast nook or covered patio. $300.

815-517-0830 after 4 pm.

Dresser w/mirror – beautiful - $100 China Cabinet Solid Oak $100 Cash 815-757-5442 evenings Kitchen set: 42” round maple kitchen table 4padded seat chairs w/2 extension leaves $75 815-522-6607 Love Seat. Beautiful, art deco, stitching. 53”L. Like new cond. $350 OBO. 815-758-7027 Loveseats (2) Olive Green 68” long/38” wide exc condition, will separate, $150/ea/obo.

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Call 815-751-5293 Twin Bed w/Mahogany finish and Thomasville Caned headboard and brand new mattress set. $325 obo.

630-232-1982 WOOD STAND (Not Particle Board) With One Shelf Across Top And One Across Bottom, great for any room, $12, DeKalb Area. 815-739-1953.

BASKET - 2-Tiered Standing Rectangular Standing Basket With Metal Decoration, $12, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 BOWLS - New Set Of 3 Apple Design Ceramic Bowls (1-large, 1medium, 1-small) & Ceramic Apple Design Pitcher, $20, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

FONDUE SET - 8 Piece Fondue Set, $6, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 FONDUE SET - Chocolate 12 Piece Small Fondue Set, $5, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

FONDUE SET - New Chocolate and Cheese Fondue Set In Box, $15, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

Indoor plants: includes planters, $25 815-991-9088 SMOOTHIE MAKER - New Electric Smoothie Maker With Dispenser New In Box, $15, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 WINE ENTERTAINMENT SET - Napa 7 Piece New Hand Painted, Includes 4-12oz. Goblets, 9" Cheese Dome 2-pc. Set & Decanter, $20, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

Bench Grinder – ½ H.P. $10 obo 815-895-4154 Conduit Bender 1/2", $20.

Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

DRILL - Milwaukee 4' Right Angle Drill, $190. Sycamore.

815-895-5373 DRILL/FLASHLIGHT - Craftsman 14.4 Volt Cordless Drill/Flashlight Combo with Case. Asking $20 obo.

Call/Text 815-252-6514 TABLE SAW - 10" Craftsman Heavy Duty Table Saw On Wheels & Large Deck, $195. Sycamore.

815-895-5373 WET DRY VAC - 16 Gallon Craftsman Wet Dry Vac With Attachments, $45. Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

WIRE RACK - Ideal 25 Spool Heavy Duty Wire Rack $160. Sycamore, 815-895-5373

Scooter – Amigo – Red – Used Needs New Seat - $50obo 815-508-2739 9am-5pm

Creative Memories Professional Organization Kit & Display, New, Black Canvas Case With Plastic Insert Dividers, Great For Scrapbooking, Business Or Everyday Organizing $15, Sycamore 815-895-5373 FABRIC CART - Large Orange Heavy Duty Fabric Cart On Wheels With Long Pull Handle, Great For Transporting Items, Laundry Or Storage, New, $15, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 HELMET - Child Bike Helmet With Blue Strap, White In Color and Has A Picture Of A Kangaroo On Front & Says Kangaroo, $5, DeKalb.

815-739-1953 LANTERN - Coleman Multi-Function King Cobra Lantern With TV, Radio, Spotlight and Siren, New In Box, $22, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

Plastic Barrels – 2 Blue – empty 55gal. Prior Non Toxic Use – Great For Rain Barrel Project - Sycamore. $25 ea. 815-991-5149 POOL TABLE 9x5 Maple 6 -pocket, gold cloth “useable”, flat & level.

Good condition.Leave message 815-757-2870 Revlon Perfect Reflections Ultrasetter (New) With Stand Up Design With Built In Makeup Mirror & Clip Storage, Includes 20 Rollers With 2 Minute Heat Up In 3 Sizes & 3 Textures, Small Flocked-3/4", Medium Ribbed 1" and Super Jumbo Metal Rollers 2", $20, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 Trampoline – Jump King 14 fott round. Good conditon.

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AC - 240 Volt A C In Wall, $140.

Sycamore, 815-895-5373 Xmas Village Houses – 35-40 Lenox – Also Misc. Accessories $375 For All 815-994-1869

CLEATS - Boys Mens Adidas Cleats Shoes Size 6, $5, DeKalb 815-739-1953 CLEATS - Boys Mens Adidas Cleats Shoes Size 7, $5, DeKalb.

815-739-1953 CLEATS - Boys Mens Diadora Cleats Shoes, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 CLEATS - Boys Nike Cleats Shoes Size 5.5, $5, DeKalb 815-739-1953 GOLF CLUBS & BAG Youth age 8-12, like new. $40.

815-786-8127 SHOES - Boys Mens Adidas Everyday Shoes Size 7.5, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953 Shoes – Nike - New Jordan Huarache Style – Men's Size 10 ½ Paid $100 Asking $45 815-786-8127

Tickets: Rolling Stones, $250/OBO Sycamore--will deliver 239-961-2498

BAG - New Fiskars Blue Canvas Zippered Bag With Handle And Inside Compartments For Individual Storage, Great For Crafting, Scrapbooking Or Other, $15, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 BASKET - Picnic Style Wooden Basket (New) With Handle & Pie-Cake Wood Tray Insert, $15, Sycamore.

815-895-5373

630-897-4383, 815-751-1906.

2001 MERCURY SABLE LS Premium. 120K miles. Beige color.

Good maintenance. $3700 OBO. Call 630-387-9549

2001 Saturn L 200 144k mi. Tan, good condition, $1700. 815-498-3306 or 815-343-3793 2007 NISSAN SENTRA $9500. 815-757-0336

2002 Chevy Blazer. 2 Door, 4WD, ZR2 Pkg, Red w/black interior. Excellent condition. Runs great. $5900. 815-784-8448

2008 Mitsubishi Outlander SUV 6 cylinder, 4WD, silver with black cloth interior.

CD changer, remote keyless entry, fog lights and third row seating, 48,000 miles.

Excellent Condition!

$14,500 Call Dan 847-812-4016

2003 Ford F-150 King Ranch 4 door, 4WD, V8, 80K miles. $11,500/obo 630-514-6569

TCF NATIONAL BANK; Plaintiff, vs.

JOHN C. CASSIMATIS; LINDA CASSIMATIS; THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF DEKALB COUNTY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT NO. 3103 DATED 10-12010; ALMBURG AUCTIONEERING AND APPRAISAL, INC. DBA ALMBURG AUCTIONEERING, INC.; ALEXANDER LUMBER CO.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; SHERRY L. CARLSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND BY VIRTUE OF AN Y POSSIBLE INTEREST SHE MAY HAVE AS BENEFICIARY OF TRUST NO. 3103; JEFF MAY; Defendants, 11 CH 578 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on March 13, 2013, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the office of Public Safety Building, 150 North Main, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 8967 Base Line Road, Kingston, IL 60145.

P.I.N. 02-33-300-005.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff's Attorney, David T. Cohen & Associates, LTD., 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531.

(708) 460-7711.

I531479 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 10, 17, 24, 2013.)

Little Rock, Farm for Sale By Owner, 62 Acres, 56 acres tillable.

Near Granart & Chicago Ave. Little Rock, Kenall Co. No structures.

Call Paul: 630-715-9282 or Nick: 941-730-8660

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED

I am a cash buyer for a productive 80 to 400 acres of good land north of 64, west of 23, south of 20 and east of Route 39. Phone 815-7611461.

DeKalb - 1144 S 5th St. Private 1BR, 1BA House. Pets OK. A/C, W/D. $550/mo. 1st + deposit.

Avail 6/1. 847-845-4021

MALTA ~ 2 BEDROOM Quiet Area, $600/mo incl heat, water & garbage. 815-762-0678 Call Between 3pm - 8pm

DEKALB - 2 BR, 1BA. $675+utilities. 734 N 10th.

No pets / smoking. Agent owned 815-766-2027

DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118

DeKalb 2 Bedroom

ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOM

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2 & 3BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

DeKalb Studio & 1 Bedroom

Available June 1st or sooner.

Clean, quiet residential building. $425-$550/mo. 815-758-6580

Sycamore: 1711 DeKalb Ave. Large 2 BR, 1.5BA. W/D in apt, D/W, C/A, microwave, stove, frig, disposal, balcony doors, security system. $790/mo. 815-756-2637

Available now. Remodeled, clean and quiet, $425 - $550/mo.

815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346

With D/W and microwave, heat included. 815-748-4085

DeKalb Exc for Grad Students 2BR, parking, $700 incl heat.

815-895-5047

Sycamore: 1711 DeKalb Ave. Large 1 BR. W/D in apt, D/W, C/A, microwave, stove, frig, disposal, balcony doors, security system. $690/mo. 815-756-2637

Near downtown/schools, W/D. Full bsmt, garage, no dogs/smkg. $950 + utilities. 630-450-5372

A MUST SEE! 700 Sq. Ft. Eat in kitchen incl deck. $450/mo + utilities. Bill @ 815-501-0913

✦ Low Sec Dep. ✦ Security Bldg. ✦ Wash/Dryer on site ✦ Rental assistance may be available ✦ 24 Hr maint merg #'s

Quiet building across from park.

Laundry facilities on site, $545.00 + electric. 815-970-5262

“62 years of age or older or handicapped/disabled regardless of age”.

Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C. of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer”

DEKALB ~ SPACIOUS 2BR

Incl W/D, wood floors, balcony.

Off St. parking, no dogs/smoking. $725/mo. 630-665-0382

DeKalb. Lrg 3BR, private bsmnt, entrance, & parking, avail NOW $810 ref 815-758-1112

DeKalb: 2 Floor Loft: 3BR. 2BA. Quiet. Parking. Some utils incl.

Near downtown/NIU. Pref annual lease. Avail now. 815-762-1771 DeKalb: quiet 2BR, 1BA, near downtown, prkng, lndry, NO pets/smoking, agent owned, 815-756-2359 or 815-758-6712 Dekalb: Spacious 2-bdrm W/D A/C dishwasher basement storage, garage $900 + utilities Call Greg 815-751-0894

HINCKLEY 2BR, 1.5BA Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D hook-up.

NO PETS. $755/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250

KIRKLAND UPPER 2 BEDROOM No pets/smoking. $550/mo + dep and utilities. 815-761-5574 Or 779-774-3042 ~ Lv Message

Shabbona ~ Spacious 2BR Newly remodeled, W/D hook-up.

No smoking/dog. $625/mo + sec.

847-738-2334

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT. Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

CORTLAND – 3 BR Townhouse, 2 BA, All Appl + W/D. 2 Car Gar. Sm Dogs OK. $1000/mo + Utilities + Sec. Call Jim at 815-375-0042

The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes.

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

Starting at $645

815-757-1907

CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage.

No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439 GENOA ~ 2BR, 1.5 car gar, new carpet throughout updated appliances, pets?, ref., $700/mo+ security deposit 815-985-0225

DEKALB 2BR TH

Kingston. 2BR. 800 SF. Newer kitchen & bath w/custom tile. C/A, W/D hook-up. Off street parking.

No pets. $750/mo+1st mo sec.

815-784-3504 Sycamore – 2 Bedrooms, appliances, utility room, W/D hook-up, storage shed, $645/mo. + sec. No pet / smoking. 815-895-6747 or 815-739-8291

Only 10 minutes west of DeKalb.

Newer 2BR with C/A, appl, W/D option, deck, basement, large lawn, front door parking, etc. No dogs. Small town living at its best. $700 dep. $700/mo incl water & garbage. References and good credit req. 815-761-9237

2 bath, appliances. W/D, A/C, 2 car garage, $950/mo.

815-758-5588 www.rentdekalb.com

Laing Mgmt.

Sycamore: newer TH 2BR+, 2.5BA, 2 car gar, fireplace, full finished basement., off Peace Rd., 815-757-6011

Creston Spacious, Very Nice TH

KNOLLS SUBDIVISION

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

SYCAMORE 2BR RANCH TH

CORTLAND - 2BR, 1 BA ranch style duplex, full bsmt, central a/c, pking, yard, w/d hkup, $710/mo + util, water+sewer, 1mo. sec, app+credit rep. req., no pets, 312-649-6636.

Shabbona ~ Spacious 2BR Newly remodeld, W/D hook-up.

No smoking/dog. $625/mo + sec.

847-738-2334

Sycamore 2 Story Condo. 3BR. Bsmnt. 1 car garage. Pool, clubhouse. $975/mo+1St, last, sec.

No pets. No smoking pref.

Call for appt. 815-988-1457

Sycamore Meadows Apt. 1705 Longwood Dr., Sycamore, Il. 60178 815-899-9450 We have a 1BR Available Immediately

DEKALB ~ 1 BEDROOM APT

GENOA ~ 2 BEDROOM TH

2 bath, 2 car garage, appliances, W/D, no pets/smoking. $1100/mo + security. 630-504-8465

ROCHELLE UPPER 2BR DUPLEX Clean and quiet. Basement, laundry, 1 car garage, no pets. $550/mo + sec. 847-809-6828

DeKalb/Summit Enclave 2BR Condo Incl all appl, 2 car garage.

No pets/smkg, $925/mo + sec.

Available June 1st. 815-501-1378 2.5 bath, c/a, all appliances.

Garage, no pets, no smoking. $925/mo. 815-751-6355

Sycamore 3 Bedroom, 2 Bath

Rochelle 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath

DEKALB 3BR CONDO

3.5 bath, appl, W/D, 2 car garage, fireplace, hrdwd flrs, fin basement. $1190/mo + 1st, last & sec. No pets, no smoking. 815-739-9055

DeKalb 3BR 2.5 Bath TH in Summit Enclave. 2 car gar, all appls, $1250 + util. Small pets ok.

630-661-1643

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CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

CAR - Little Tikes Child Cozy Coupe Ride On Car, Red & Yellow, $20.

815-739-1953, DeKalb.

Fisher Price Ocean Wonders Kick & Crawl Gym For Ages Birth On Up, New, $15.

815-895-5373. Sycamore.

RIDE ON VAN - Step 2 Child Ride On Van For 2, Car Has Door That Opens, Steerig Wheel, Key That Turns & Clicks, A Trunk That Folds Down & Another Child Can Sit There Or Use As Storage, $35, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

Thomas The Train Take And Play Play Sets Lot Of 5 Including Misty Island Mining Trackmaster, Thomas Roundhouse Turntable Station, Sodor Rescue Station, Sodor Airport & Other With Some Accessories & Lots Of Various Shapes & Sizes Interlocking Train Track That Works & Is Compatible With All Play Sets, All Genuine Thomas The Train, (No Trains Included), $55, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

WAGON - Step 2 Child Ride In 2Seater Wagon With Door That Opens And Latches Shut, $35, DeKalb. 815-739-1953

AT YOUR YOUR SERVICE MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!!

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I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $530 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

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ARNDT AUTOMOTIVE

1990 & Newer

WANTED! I Buy

Artist Drafting/Design Table, 42/31” drafting design table, good shape, great for student or young artist, w/light and extras $100obo 815-751-6373 leave message

WANTED: RIDING MOWER in gd condition,reasonable price.

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Old Envelopes

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

Stamps

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Collections 815-758-4004

We Pay The Best!

For Junk Cars, Trucks and Vans No Title, No Problem. Same Day Pick-Up. 630-817-3577

Chamberlain Park Apts 201-205 W. 2nd St., Genoa, Il 60135 815-899-9450 We have Apts available & are accepting applications

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Low Security Deposit Close to schools & stores Washer/Dryer on site 24 hr maint emerg #'s Property pays water, trash & sewer

Engines & Transmissions Nationwide Warranty

412 Van Buren St. Malta simply the best!

ARNDT AUTOMOTIVE

815-825-2537

Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportuntiy Provider and Employer”

FOR SALE ADORABLE 3 BEDRM HOME

DECKS UNLIMITED

Hardwood flrs, all appliances, 2 garages, huge yard.

28 Years Experience ✦ Custom Decks ✦ Wheelchair Ramps ✦ Swimming Pools ✦ Power Washing

CALL NEDRA ERICSON NOW! 815-739-9997

SELLER IS MOVING! FOR SALE Priced at $221,900

Over 1,000 Built

DeKalb – Nice 3BR, 1.5BA Ranch!

Tilton Park. Only $99,500.

Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845

DeKalb Quiet Lifestyle 1BR, $540, 2BR $700 Spacious 1BR, $665

& Staining ✦ Stairs/Teardowns

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

K&J

“Let Me Deck You”

Hillcrest Place Apts.

PUBLIC NOTICE

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Michael

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600

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DEKALB - 1 BR Apt upstairs in quite neighborhood near downtown. $475 + security. Lease. Available 6/1. Call 815-751-3431.

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3BR, 2BA, Plus large finished basment, 1st flr Laundry. Spacious Garage, Huge Yard.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON NOW! 815-739-9997

Immaculate 4,280 sq ft Office / Warehouse.

Air conditioned office area and bathrooms Great location near airport & tollway in DeKalb.

815-754-5831

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Sycamore– 2BR Apartment $700 Nice Area. 1-car garage.

815 761-1775 815 761-1783

DEKALB - 4BR, 2BA

W/D on 1st floor, $1100/mo + sec.

No section 8. 630-674-0663

DEKALB 5 BR, 2 BA House, C/A, bsmt, $1000 + util. 630-768-5962 DeKalb- 2 BD 1 BA House Across from park. $750 +utilities.

Lease/security & references 815-758-7990 Dekalb: 3-4BR, 3BA laundry, 3 car garage, fenced yard, $1400+ utilities avail 6/15 815-375-0582

Dekalb: 428 Colonial, 5BR, 2BA, 2 car gar., $1225/ mo. +sec. dep., 630-234-0016

Sycamore 407 Lincoln Ave.

$800/mo + security dep, 1st & last mo rent + utilities. 3BR, 1BA, 2 car garage, back yard. No smkg/pets.

815-758-3595

SYCAMORE ~ 4BR, 2BA Near Elementary school, basement and garage. No dogs/smoking. $1100/mo + util. 630-450-5372 WATERMAN: 2400sq/ft 4bdr 2.5 BA newer house, 2 car garage, basement, backyrd. Start Jun-Jul $1690 Near DeKalb. 847-338-5588

- DeKalb Furnished Room Student or employed male. $350 incl utilities, need references 815-758-7994

DeKalb/Syc/Cortland. Office/Shop / Warehouse. Size & price vary!

Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845 Sycamore Near courthouse.

Furnished, attractive, large office space. Great for professionals. $175/mo incl utilities, shared kitchenette & reception area.

815-739-6186

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS TCF NATIONAL BANK; Plaintiff,

, vs.

JOHN C. CASSIMATIS; LINDA CASSIMATIS; THE AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF DEKALB COUNTY, AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT NO. 3103 DATED 10-12010; ALMBURG AUCTIONEERING AND APPRAISAL, INC. DBA ALMBURG AUCTIONEERING, INC.; ALEXANDER LUMBER CO.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; SHERRY L. CARLSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND BY VIRTUE OF AN Y POSSIBLE INTEREST SHE MAY HAVE AS BENEFICIARY OF TRUST NO. 3103; JEFF MAY; Defendants, 11 CH 578 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on March 13, 2013, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Wednesday, June 19, 2013, at the hour of 9:00 a.m. in the office of Public Safety Building, 150 North Main, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: THAT PART OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES WEST, ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; 290.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTH 0 DEGREES WEST, 820.0 FEET; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES WEST, 365.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES WEST 420.0 FEET; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES EAST, 185.0 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 0 DEGREES WEST, 400.0 FEET TO THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID QUARTER SECTION; THENCE NORTH 90 DEGREES EAST, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, 180.0 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 8967 Base Line Road, Kingston, IL 60145.

P.I.N. 02-33-300-005.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Mr. David T. Cohen at Plaintiff's Attorney, David T. Cohen & Associates, LTD., 10729 West 159th Street, Orland Park, Illinois 60467-4531.

(708) 460-7711.

I531479 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 10, 17, 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE

OF CAROL A. SHULT Deceased Case No. 13 P 23 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO CREDITORS AND CLAIMANTS 1. Notice is given of the death of Carol A. Shult, who died on November 24, 2012, a resident of DeKalb, Illinois. 2 The Representative for the estate is Ann Shult, whose address is 107 Berkshire Drive, DeKalb Illinois 60115. 3.

The attorney for the estate is Kirsten Becker, 921 Lewis Street, DeKalb, IL 60115, whose telephone number is (815) 981-4814. 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 5, 2013. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 133 W. State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, of with the Representative, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. 5.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under Section 28-4 (755 ILCS 5/28-4) of the Probate Act an interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the clerk of the court.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 10, 17, 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE State of Wisconsin Marathon County Circuit Court CASE # 13-SC-1198 To: Nancy A. Simons (last known address: 186 Alfred Dr. Sycamore, IL 60178-1102) You are hereby notified that you are being sued by the CoVantage Credit Union in Marathon County Small Claims Court, 500 Forest St, Wausau, WI 54403.

A hearing will be held at 10:00 am the 12th day of June 2013. If you do not appear, a judgment may be given to the person suing you.

A copy of the Summons and Complaint has been attempted to be served to you at your last known address listed above.

Dated this the 21st day of May, 2013. CoVantage Credit Union, Plaintiff Bradley Pempek, Plaintiffs Agent (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 24, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00056 TO: William S. Lancaste Spouse of William S. Lancaste Occupant

ccupant Illinois Community Credit Union Bank of America, NA

linquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 20 The Property is located at: 226 Adams St., Genoa Permanent Index Number: 03-19-328-002 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00301 TO: DuWayne M. Andresen Spouse of DuWayne M. Andresen Integrity Funding Group, LLC Tax Lien Investments Integrity Funding Group Series, LLC Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 21

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAKE NOTICE CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00348 TO: Karl Szymanski Spouse of Karl Szymanski Occupant U.S. Bank, NA as Trustee City of DeKalb William Boyce Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 22 The Property is located at: 524 Clifford Dr., DeKalb Permanent Index Number: 08-22-404-003 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

Friday, May 24, 2013 • Page D3

TO: Brian D. Weydert Occupant, Upstairs My Favorite Things Spouse of Brian D. Weydert Occupant American Midwest Bank National Bancorp, Inc.

Permanent Index Number: 08-24-352-006 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 23

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

The Property is located at: 249 E. Lincoln Hwy., DeKalb Permanent Index Number: 08-23-159-037 Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009.

The period of redemption will expire on 9/23/2013. On 12/02/13 at 09:00 am the Petitioner will make application to such Court in said County for an Order for Issuance of a Tax Deed.

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013)

(Published in the Daily Chronicle May 23, 24, 25, 2013) Frontier provides basic residential services for rates from $6.45 $22.90 for flat rate service. Frontier also provides basic business services for rates from $9.63 $28.22. Other taxes, fees, and surcharges may apply. Frontier offers single party service, touch tone, toll blocking, access to long distance, emergency services, operator assistance, and directory assistance. Use of these services may result in additional charges. Budget or economy services also may be available. If you have any questions regarding Frontier's rates or services, please call us at 1-800-921-8101 for further information or visit us at www.Frontier.com.

5/24/13 CNS-2489024#

PUBLIC NOTICE

TAKE NOTICE

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00394

Public Notice is hereby given that on May 16, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as:

TO: Edward B. O'Connor Spouse of Edward B. O'Connor Occupant Fifth Third Bank First State Bank Tri-County Financial Group, Inc. Jennifer Faivre Trina Sandy

TAKE NOTICE

Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent

CERTIFICATE NO. 2009-00356

A Petition for Tax Deed on premise described below has

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 15, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: LUDKE PAINTING AND FINISHING located at 715 S. Cross St., Sycamore, IL 60178 Dated May 15, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 17, 24, 31, 2013)

Realtax Developers, Ltd, Petitioner

PUBLIC NOTICE

Permanent Index Number: 08-14-329-021

PUBLIC NOTICE

The Property is located at: 218 Cotton Ave., DeKalb

Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property; Unknown owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

The Property is located at: 850 North 1st St., DeKalb

premis been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Ill. as Case No. 13 TX 24

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Page E2 • Friday, May 24, 2013

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Adolph Miller Real Estate 710 E Lincoln Highway • DeKalb, IL

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= Open House

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= Developments

Area Open Houses - May 24-30, 2013 Day/Time

Address

City

Bed Bath

Price

DeKalb

Address

From $70s

9-5

1032 S. 7th St. DeKalb Southmoor Estates, Office Staff, 815-756-1299

Sun

1-3

308 Greenwood Acres Dr DeKalb 5 3 McCabe Realtors, Chuck Lindhart, 815-756-8505

$249,000

Sycamore

Sat

Bed Bath

Price

612 Buckboard Dr., Unit 52 Sycamore 2 2.5 $159,900 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Kelly Miller, 815-757-0123

1-3

Reston Ponds Sycamore 3-4 2-3 Starting $219,950 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Keith & Jean Brunett, 630-209-6357

By Appt.

Other Areas

Waterbury West Lane Sycamore Starting at $140,000 Directions to Somerset Farm: Rt. 23 to Bethany E to Somerset Lane S Century 21 Elsner Realty, Linda Tillis, 815-751-3159

Sun

12-2

179 Warbler Ave Cortland 3 2.5 $157,900 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Maria Pena Graham, 815-756-1691

Sat

1-3

$260,900 1339 Woodlawn Lee 3 2 Signature Real Estate Pro., Lesa Clanin, 815-761-6126, 815-754-5050

DeKalb County Property Transactions Date 3/25/2013 3/26/2013 3/26/2013 3/26/2013 3/26/2013 3/26/2013 3/26/2013 3/26/2013 3/26/2013 3/26/2013 3/27/2013 3/27/2013 3/27/2013 3/27/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013 3/28/2013

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Buyer Full Name ZENAIDA LOERA DANIEL M DWYER & MARCIA L GEORGE HASSELLMAN THOMAS T VILET STEPHANIE A BODDIE LAURA GARDNER & MARY FOLLMAN AMBER L WRIGHT KENDRA BURNO & JENE BURNO AMERICAN HOMES 4 RENT PROPERTIES FOUR LLC CARLEY JENSON & MARK MITROVIC GARY PILESKI KHALED BEGO & HAALA HWEIO KAREN KREMSREITER TRUSTEE TRUST SEAN KELLY CUSTOM HOMES, INC KYLE DAVIS, JOYCE DAVIS, MARVIN L DAVIS DUANE L SNODE & MICHELLE L CRAIG MICHAELIS MATTHEW WASSMANN JOYCE C KARAVATOS MARY J JOHNSON WARREN KENNETH NELSON SBA 2012 TC ASSETS, LLC TR 26-3416564 SBA 2012 TC ASSETS, LLC TR 42-1761446 JACOB O LEFFELMAN WILLIAM J TRAPP

March 25-28, 2013

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SALE PRICE $35,430.00 $73,000.00 $484,496.00 $110,000.00 $69,000.00 $74,500.00 $65,000.00 $35,000.00 $115,000.00 $220,000.00 $134,500.00 $78,000.00 $172,000.00 $23,900.00 $55,000.00 $270,000.00 $99,900.00 $130,000.00 $130,000.00 $144,100.00 $90,459.00 $60,177.00 $118,790.00 $87,500.00 $55,000.00

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UPGRADES AND SPACE!

Friday, May 24, 2013 • Page E3

OUR CLIENT AVAILABLE RENTALS!

Travis was never in a hurry - no pressure.

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Chris Swedberg - Sycamore, IL

112 PEARL STREET, DEKALB 1BD 1BA Lower, $600/month

CALL TOM 815-508-1918

814 S ELEVENTH ST., DEKALB 3BD 2BA with Fireplace & Upgrades.

2.5C Garage & 12x14 Deck w/Ramp All Bedrooms have Walk-In Closets, ADA Accessibility Features.

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$105,000 CALL KARYN 815-751-8272 RURAL LIVING AT ITS BEST!

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$359,000 CALL ARCH, MNG.BROKER 815-751-7780

NEW ON MARKET!! $70,000

• 3BR 2BA farmhouse on quiet 2.5 acres • Kitchen w/breakfast bar & Formal dining • Relaxing sunroom • Horsebarn w/loft and machine shed

• Well maintained 3BR – 2.5BA w/ loft • Stunning SS kitchen w/ corian tops and tile backsplash • Elegant wainscoting in FR ~ Stone FP accents the living room • Master suite features FP, soakertub, dbl sinks • MLS # 08335608

• 2BR – 1.5BA • Fully applianced kitchen • Whirlpool tub in main bath • Spacious 2nd floor master • Detached 2 car garage • MLS #08346095

Call Travis @815.762.8466

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SPACIOUS WALK-OUT!

Joan Richoz, Broker/Adm.Asst.

815-751-7325 Direct

Must See 5BD 4.5BA Mansion.

3+Car Garage w/Paver Circle Drive.

4800 Sq Ft of High-End Finishes.

13x16 Master Walk-in. Home Warranty.

NEW ON MARKET!! $179,900

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4921 S RICHARD RD., ROCHELLE

NEW ON MARKET!! $188,000

Tom Vierig, Broker 815-508-1918 Direct Adam Katz, Broker 815-757-5015 Direct Mary Nelson, Broker 815-751-0846 Direct Karyn Dulin, Broker 815-751-8272 Direct

211 JAKE LN., HAMPSHIRE 5BD 3.5BA, Full Finished Walk-Out. Hardwood Floors, Newer Appliances.

Home Warranty. $224,950 CALL TOM 815-508-1918

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JUST REDUCED!! $352,000

• Big and Beautiful 3000sf home • 5BR-3.5BA w/1st floor master suite • Brick patio, wrap around porch and 3 car garage • Backs to Forest Preserve Call Cheri @ 815.677.3134

JUST REDUCED!! $164,900

JUST REDUCED!! $122,000

• Impeccably maintained 3-4 BR 1.5BA • Hardwood floors and large eat-in kitchen • Wrap around deck on a corner lot • Must see this one-of-a-kind home!

• Meticulous 3BR-2.5BA • All brick home with beautiful woodwork throughout • Finished basement. 2 car garage • Must see this wellkept home! • Home Warranty Included

Call Shari/Cheri @ 815.954.1498/815.677.3134

Call Shari/Cheri @ 815.954.1498/815.677.3134

SPACIOUS CONDO!! $164,900

GREAT INVESTMENT!! $159,000

COUNTRY LIVING!! $157,500

• Don’t miss this 3BR-3BA condo! • Fully appliance kitchen w/ new granite • Gas fireplace in Living room • Master bath w/ heated floors and whirlpool tub • Finished lower level • MLS# 08280835

• Well maintained 2unit on XL corner lot • 4BR 1BA lower – 1BR 1BA upper • Full basement and 2 car garage • Separate entrances. Separate heating • MLS# 08298095

• 4BR-2.5BA 2story on sizable lot • Fresh carpet and paint throughout • Master bath includes new standup shower • Screened porch overlooks fenced yard and mature trees • Home Warranty Available • MLS # 08320331

Call Diana @ 815.762.0819

Call Travis @ 815.762.8466

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NESTLED IN THE WOODS W NE ING T LIS

$249,000 - 308 Greenwood Acres Dr, DeKalb • 5 bedrooms, 3 full baths • Office, den, and family room • New kitchen and cedar deck • 3 wood-burning fireplaces • Golf course view

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$375,000 • Over 4,000 square feet • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Sunroom, library, formal dining room • Kitchen with island and indoor grill Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251 RELAX AND ENJOY

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$225,000 • 5 bedroom, 3.5 bath on half acre • Remodeled kitchen and baths • Quiet golf course area • Expansive deck overlooks extra large private backyard adjoins wooded area Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

(815) 895-2789

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$165,000 • Updated and well-cared for home • 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Hardwood floors • 3-season room, full basement • 2.5-car garage • Very deep yard - .62 acre Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

$164,900 • 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath townhome • Over 2200 sq ft plus basement • Natural light and park-like view • Finished look-out basement with bath • Close to I-88 Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

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SPACIOUS THREE BEDROOM

$119,000 • 2 baths • Remodeled kitchen and baths • Many hardwood floors • Lots of closet space • Close to Lincoln Elementary School Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

$61,000 • Well-maintained Southmoor Estates Home • 3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths • Vaulted Ceilings with Skylights • 2-Car Garage Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815 757-7867

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UNIQUE END UNIT TOWNHOME

• Home with 5.8 acres • 5 bedrooms, 3.5 bathrooms, first floor master suite • Full basement; 3-car garage • Super large patio areas • 12 minutes from DeKalb Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997 UNIQUE HOME

$168,500 • 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths • Beautiful sunroom • Finished basement • Fenced yard • Close to schools, shopping, and I-88 Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251 NATURE AT YOUR BACK DOOR

$205,000 • Ranch style • 3-season room • English basement • Appliances included • Many upgrades Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251 ALL-BRICK RANCH

$184,900 • 3 bedrooms, 2½ baths • 2 fireplaces • Partially finished basement • 3-season porch • Great location Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251 APPLE ORCHARD

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$130,000 – Very Well Maintained • 3 Bedrooms • Brick Fireplace in Living Room • Easy access to NIU Call Harlan Scott: 815-739-5420

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$89,000 • 3 bedroom unit/2 bedroom unit • Full basement • Newer roof, furnace, electrical CB • Over $15,000 gross rents • Great value at $89,000 Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

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• Diamond In The Rough • 3 Bed-2 BathCountry Kitchen • 2.5 Car GarageTOM Needs Work 815-751-4631

$94,900

• Home in excellent condition • 2-3 bedrooms (3rd currently office off master bedroom) • Basement w/finished room and bath • New roof 2012 • Most windows updated (Andersen); electric and furnace upgraded

Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

• 2 Bed-2 Bath Starter Home • Updated Kitchen-New Roof • Finished BasementKATHERINE 815-757-3515 Fenced Yard

$79,900

$121,000 • Over 1 acre in central Cortland • Aluminum siding • Newer high efficiency furnace • Large 3-car garage/workshop Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

• 3 Bed On Large Lot • Could Make Good Rental • Rochelle Area

$29,900 PATTY 815-757-1900

• Tilton Park 3 Bedroom Ranch • Updated Kitchen & Bath • Fenced YardKATHERINE Attached Garage 815-757-3515

$113,000

$169,900

• 3 Bed-1.5 Bath Sycamore Home • Country Size Kitchen • Newer RoofHardwood Floors

JANA 815-761-1665

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GOOD SYCAMORE LOCATION

$91,500 • 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Large rooms • First floor laundry • Enclosed front porch • Aluminum siding Call McCabe Realtors: 815 756-8505

• Move In ConditionHardwood Floors • Stone Fireplace-Office/Den • Master SuiteTOM Full Finished Basement 815-751-4631

$259,900

UPDATED

• 6 Bed - 4.5 Bath Spacious Home • Full Finished Basement • Family Room, Living Rm, RORRY 815-751-4171 Dining Room & Office

$254,900

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• Vintage 3 Bed Home • Hardwood Throughout/ Pocket Doors • Walk Up Attic/ 2 Car Garage

$136,500 TOM 815-751-4631

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• Updated Farmhouse on 2+ Acres • 6 Bed, 4.5 Bath • Sunroom with Skylights

$304,000

$120,000 • 4 bedrooms, 1½ baths • Basement • Backs up to forest preserve • Garage with attached porch Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

$149,900

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4-CAR GARAGE

$109,500

• Newer 3 BedFamily Room • Full Basement-Large Yard • Open KitchenRORRY All Appliances 815-751-4171

• Includes 3 Lots – 2.9 Acres • Large Warehouse – Easy Access to I-88 • Showroom - Workshop Area & Office • Route 38 Exposure • Zoned Heating & AC, Blacktop Parking Lot

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• Ultimate Custom Built Home • Granite Counters/ SS Appliances • 1st Flr Bed w/Private Bath DOROTHY 815-757-5217 • Overlooks Pond

$499,900

• 3 Bed-1.5 Bath Sycamore Home • Country Size Kitchen • Newer RoofHardwood Floors

$175,000 PATTY 815-767-1900

Call Chuck Lindhart: Managing Broker

815-756-8505

Tom Skora Owner / Broker

29 Years Exp.

Patty Hamer 27 Years Exp.

Dorothy Hitzeroth 15 Years Exp.

Katherine Gannon 14 Years Exp.

Jana Whelan 19 Years Exp.

Rorry Heide

Broker/Mngr.

12 Years Exp.

1430 DeKalb Ave. • Sycamore, IL Harlan Scott

Nedra Ericson

Sharon Rhoades

Jerry Wahlstrom

Harry Leffler

Chuck Lindhart Managing Broker

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3 BR, 2 BA, LOG HOME IN THE COUNTRY Open Living Room, Large Kitchen Partially Finished Basement Pole Barn on 5.9 Acres

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247 N Cross St., Sycamore $950/month

857 S. 1st St. , Dekalb $119,900

2330 Lindley St, Sycamore $269,900

RANCH STYLE TOWNHOME RENTAL 2 BR, 2 BA, Appliances, Washer & Dryer Outside Maintenance Included 1-Car Attached Garage

3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath Updated Kitchen, Flooring, Paint Unfinished Basement Large Fenced Yard on Corner

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• 3 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths • Surround Sound In All Rooms • Black & Stainless Appliances

$90,000

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$117,900

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• Cul-de-Sac Location • 4 Big Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths • Deck & Large 2 Car Garage

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Dolores Davis, BROKER/REALTORCPDE,SFR,GRI,CNE

$53,900

Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell proudly announces the Top Agents in their Genoa office for the month of April, 2013.

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Megan Martin

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• 22’ x 13’ Living Room • Jacuzzi Tub In Master Bath • Lots of Kitchen Cabinets

• 1,352 Sq. Ft. Home • 18’ x 13’ Living Room w/Fireplace • Very Clean Condition

• 3 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths • Newer Furnace • 36’ x 12’ Carport

Date 3/15/2013 3/15/2013 3/15/2013

Seller Full Name KRPANS GRAND VIEW TOWNHOMES III, LLC DAVID W DOEREN & SARA R TRUSTEES TRUST BRANDON E MATHENY & LORA G

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DOUGLAS G ECKER HEARTLAND BANK & TRUST CO THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST CO TRS HAZEL E AKEY TOM BOSWELL UNISON HOLDINGS, LLC UNISON HOLDINGS, LLC UNISON HOLDINGS, LLC UNISON HOLDINGS, LLC

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DORIS M GREENFIELD NATIONAL BANK & TRUST TRUSTEE TR 60-295100-6 CRAIG R SCHEIDECKER, DANA S SCHEIDECKER, ELISABETH S RICKMAN DAVID E BRANDEIS & MICHELLE L FEDERAL NATIONAL MTG ASSN BY ATTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MTG ASSN BY ATTY FEDERAL HOME LOAN MTG CORP BY ATTY RICHARD R KENNAY & DORIS J TRUSTEES TRUSTS DONNA J WIDERBERG / JUDITH A TOLF / PAMELA COAN FEDERAL HOME LOAN MTG CORP BY ATTY US BUILDERS LTD KISHWAUKEE BIBLE CHURCH ELMER A MORSCH TRUSTEE TRS

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• Bright Eat-In Kitchen • Lots of Kitchen Cabinets • 16’ x 22’ Garage With Opener

• 3 Bedrooms & 2 Full Baths • Appliances Included • Nice Corner Lot

• Immaculate Condition • Natural Wood Burning Fireplace • 2 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths

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$56,500

Mike Mills, BROKER/REALTOR

$50,000

Rod Kmetz Karen Kline-Basile, Patrick Fitzpatrick, Lesa Clanin, BROKER/REALTOR, BROKER/REALTOR BROKER/REALTOR Travis Ebbings CDPE BROKERS/REALTORS

$29,000

Marguerite Elsenbroek, BROKER/REALTOR

Loren Korth, BROKER/REALTOR

$49,500

Vickie Foster, BROKER/REALTOR, GRI

$89,900

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SHERIFF OF DEKALB COUNTY KENNETH E CORCORAN & PATRICIA A JOHN ROSENWINKEL TRS TR & MIKE ROSENWINKEL TRS TR FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORP/ FARMERS & TRADERS STATE BANK VS 1085 PEACE, LLC ROBERT L TODD & MARTHA J FEDERAL HOME LOAN MTG CORP BY ATTY JACKIE, LLC R HARLAN PAYDON / TORRANCE BRETT PAYDON / MICHAEL KLEINWACHTER JANET WRIGHT / KENNETH M SUDDETH / CURT SUDDETH JOHN F GAY & DENESE H GARY D ASTIN & KATHLEEN M SUSAN LARSON & CYNTHIA HENRIKSON FEDERAL NATIONAL MTG ASSN BY ATTY FEDERAL HOME LOAN MTG CORP BY ATTY FEDERAL NATIONAL MTG ASSN BY ATTY FEDERAL HOME LOAN MTG CORP BY ATTY CHRIST COMMUNITY CHURCH GEORGE M MARTIN STEVEN P LUNDIN & EMILY D FEDERAL HOME LOAN MTG CORP BY ATTY

Buyer Full Name JOSEPH A BLOYD & DIANNE L RONALD J MCCONKEY JR & RHONDA L TT VILET CHILDRENS TRUST BY THOMAS T VILET TRUSTEE DORIS M GREENFIELD TRIUMPH PROPERTIES, LLC WILLIAM R KUEHL JOHN J BROZ AGRARI, INC AMERICAN TOWERS LLC AMERICAN TOWERS LLC AMERICAN TOWERS LLC AMERICAN TOWERS LLC

March 15-22, 2013

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$135,000.00 $113,500.00 $129,500.00 $140,000.00 $13,589.00 $86,000.00 $50,000.00 $46,000.00 $135,000.00 $131,000.00

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BRIAN L VANDERHEYDEN PAN PACIFIC HOLDINGS, LLC RICHARD G GETZELMAN & FLORENCE A TRUSTEES TR ROGER POLLOCK & LINDA BRANDON L BAIE & TERESA MACIAS BILAL I KARIM DOUGLAS M CARTER JR CNS FARMS, LLC LARIS RICHMOND CYNTHIA K CHANEY JOSHUA WHITMIRE CHURCH IN DEKALB KEVIN DALE HERRMANN & LINDA M TRUSTEES TRUSTS SECRETARY OF HOUSING & URBAN DEVEL MICHAEL HAEFELIN & DAWN PAULA LAKETA JR & DAVID LAKETA

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$6,400,000.00 $65,000.00

KIRKLAND $229,900.00 DEKALB / GENOA $2,321,391.00 GENOA $474,290.00 GENOA GENOA SANDWICH SOMONAUK KIRKLAND DEKALB CORTLAND HINCKLEY SYCAMORE DEKALB DEKALB SYCAMORE

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