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Plan would cut some jobs at School District 428 “It’s important to get these [proposals] on the books and decide which direction we’re going to go, so we can work with the teachers with what’s going to be best for them.” Roger Scott Huntley Middle School principal on the proposed cuts
By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Some middle school music teachers could lose their jobs depending on how the DeKalb School District 428 Board implements the 2014-15 schedule. School board members will hear a proposal at their July 16 meeting to change the schedule at the middle school so that students would receive more time in math, said Douglas Moeller, assistant superintendent for curriculum and student services. “I know there are people in the community who are saying we’re going to fire all of the music teachers. That’s not the case,” Moeller said, adding that orchestra, band and choir still will be offered at both schools. “The board is going to determine if they want to continue the music ensembles or not.” The school board has to sign off on any changes made to the middle school schedule, as well as the hiring or firing of teachers. Moeller said that any implementation of the schedule would not occur until the 2014-15 school year. Students at Huntley and Clinton Rosette middle schools spend 43 minutes a day in math class, Moeller said. But according to one district committee that studies career and college readiness, students need to spend 60 minutes a day studying mathematics. The schedule change would increase the number of minutes students spend in a math class to 86 minutes a day, similar to what they do now in language arts, Moeller said. “This will allow them the time to cover the material not only on a superficial level, but to get down to more depth,” Moeller said. To make up those additional 33 minutes, school officials
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Vince Leonforte, environmental health practitioner for the DeKalb County Health Department, collects a mosquito trap Friday near West Dresser and North Annie Glidden roads in DeKalb. The mosquitoes will be ground up and tested for the West Nile virus. BELOW: Mosquitoes are seen Friday in a trap near the DeKalb County Health Department.
Heavy rains left much of DeKalb County too wet for house mosquito Voice your opinion
By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Heavy rain and flooding in the spring and early summer may be killing the buzz for carriers of West Nile virus this year. The season thus far has proven too wet for the house mosquito, which carries the virus that has been present in the United States since 1999. House mosquitoes thrive in hot, dry weather, unlike the more noticeably annoying floodwater mosquitoes, said Greg Maurice, director of environmental health for the DeKalb County Health Department. “[House mosquitoes] have got to have stagnant, standing water,” Maurice said. West Nile virus has not been detected in DeKalb County mosquitoes this year, but some in
West Nile Virus Prevention Personal protection n Use mosquito repellent with DEET in it. n Wear long sleeves, pants early in the morning and late at night. n Use mosquito netting when sleeping outdoors or for babies in strollers. Household Prevention n Fix and use window and door screens. n Eliminate potential breeding grounds like buckets or drains with standing water.
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State attorney general seeks 2nd delay for Illinois gun plan By JOHN O’CONNOR The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for another monthlong extension of time to decide whether to appeal a lower court order allowing citizens to carry concealed guns. Documents filed late Friday but made public Monday indicate that the bid for a “second and final 30-day extension” would allow Madigan’s busy staff to continue researching the issues that
could be part of a possible appeal to the Supreme Court of a lower court’s decree. An extension would also give the attorney general breathing room to see what action Gov. Pat Quinn takes on concealed carry legislation awaiting him. The deadline for gubernatorial action is July 9, and Madigan must decide on an appeal by June 24. That date would be pushed back a month if the court agrees to the entreaty filed with Justice Elena Kagan. “Let’s allow this process to work itself out, await gu-
Lisa Madigan, Illinois attorney general, is asking the U.S. Supreme Court for more time to appeal a lower court order allowing citizens to carry concealed guns. bernatorial action, whatever that may be, and determine the appropriate next steps from there,” Madigan spokeswoman Natalie Bauer said Monday. “This request allows those actions to play out.” If Quinn signs the bill law-
makers were forced to craft after a federal appellate court ruling, a Supreme Court appeal would be moot. Spokeswoman Brooke Anderson again declined Monday to indicate which way Quinn is leaning on the concealed carry issue. But he’s a strong gun-control advocate who initially proposed allowing larger municipalities to determine for themselves what gun laws to make – an option that did not make it into the final proposal. He also continues to support an appeal by Madigan, a Chicago Democrat like Quinn.
After years of futile efforts by gun-rights supporters, the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decreed in December that Illinois’ ban on the carrying concealed weapons is unconstitutional. The court ruled it violates the Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms. Illinois is the only state that prohibits concealed carry. When it sought the first delay until June 24, Madigan’s office argued it needed more time to react to the Illinois ruling and to determine whether it might conflict
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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Cortland HEA: Afternoon unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Carol at 815-8959668. Open Closet: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388. Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group for Caregivers: 1 p.m. at DeKalb Adult Day Center, 126 S. Fourth St. Call Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Rockford at 815-484-1300. Clinton HEA: Evening unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Pam at 815-264-3521. Safe Passage Sexual Assault adults’ support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org. ESL and GED Classes: 6 to 8 p.m. at Esperanza en Unidad (Hope in Unity), 2225 Gateway Drive, Suite A. To register and for information, call George Gutierrez at 815-970-3265. Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C): 6 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 801 N. Sycamore St. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Women’s “Rule No. 62 Group”: 6 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Sycamore Kiwanis: 6 p.m. at Mitchel Lounge, 355 W. State St. 815-899-8740 or visit sycamorekiwanis.org. Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 6 to 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m. meeting at CrossWind Community Church in Genoa. 815-784-3612. Better Off Sober AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Free Fit Club: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at International Montessori Academy, 1815 Mediterranean Drive, Sycamore. Call 815-901-4474 or 815-566-3580 for information. Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday Night Fellowship Group(C): 7 p.m. at The Church of St. Mary, 244 Waterman St., Sycamore. 815-739-1950. Bingo: 7 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Club, 311 S. Washington St. Must be 18 or older to play. www. genoavetshome.us; contact Cindy at crmcorn65@yahoo.com or 815751-1509. Fellowship group AA(C): 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St., Sycamore. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com. Good Vibes Al-Anon group: 7 to 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb. Wheelchair accessible entrance is on North Third Street. Parking available in lot on northwest corner of Third and Pine streets. Call Mary Ann at 815-895-8119. Sexaholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb (behind church in brick building). 815-508-0280. Prairie Echoes women’s chorus: 7:15 to 10 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road, DeKalb. 877-300-SING (7464); cathyinelburn@yahoo. com. www.PrairieEchoes.com. American Legion Post 654 of Waterman/Shabbona/Lee: 7:30 p.m. at Clinton Community Center, 160 W. Lincoln Highway, Waterman. Contact: Loren Monsess at 815-264-3366. Smoky Mirror AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. 33930 N. State Road, Genoa. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m. at 1201 Twombly Road in DeKalb. www.rragsna.org; 815-964-5959. Program of Recovery AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. Wednesday Business Networking International: 8 a.m. at 920 W. Prairie Dr., No. M, Sycamore (Ecosteam). Free Blood Pressure Clinic: 9 to 11 a.m. at Valley West Community Hospital, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sandwich. No appointment necessary. 815-786-3962 or www. valleywest.org. Men and Caregivers Networking Breakfast: 9 to 10 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital Cancer Center. Free. Open to those with cancer for discussion. No registration is required. For information, call 815-748-2958 or visit www.kishhospital.org/ programs. Fresh Beginnings AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.
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Dr. Anthony Atala holds the “scaffolding” for a human kidney created by a 3-D printer in a laboratory May 8 at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, N.C. The university is experimenting with various ways to create replacement organs for human implantation, from altering animal parts to building them from scratch with a patient’s own cells. rejected [and can be] grown on demand and transplanted surgically, similar to a donor organ.” That won’t happen anytime soon for solid organs like lungs or livers. But as Angela Irizarry’s case shows, simpler body parts are already being used as researchers explore the possibilities of the field. Just a few weeks ago, a girl in Peoria, Ill., got an experimental windpipe that used a synthetic scaffold covered in stem cells from her own bone marrow. More than a dozen patients have had
similar operations. Dozens of people are thriving with experimental bladders made from their own cells, as are more than a dozen who have urethras made from their own bladder tissue. A Swedish girl who got a vein made with her marrow cells to bypass a liver vein blockage in 2011 is still doing well, her surgeon says. In some cases the idea has even become standard practice. Surgeons can use a patient’s own cells, processed in a lab, to repair cartilage in the knee. Burn victims are treated with lab-grown skin.
Plans may move women into combat jobs By LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Women may be able to start training as Army Rangers by mid-2015 and as Navy SEALs a year later under plans set to be announced by the Pentagon that would slowly bring women into thousands of combat jobs, including those in elite special operations forces. Details of the plans were obtained by The Associated Press. They call for requiring women and men to meet the same physical and mental standards to quality for certain infantry, armor, commando and other front-line positions across the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines. Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel reviewed the plans and has ordered the services to move ahead. The move, expected to be announced today, follows revelations of a startling number of sexual assaults in the armed forces. Earlier this year, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey
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By MALCOLM RITTER NEW YORK – By the time 10-yearold Sarah Murnaghan finally got a lung transplant last week, she’d been waiting for months, and her parents had sued to give her a better shot at surgery. Her cystic fibrosis was threatening her life, and her case spurred a debate on how to allocate donor organs. Lungs and other organs for transplant are scarce. But what if there were another way? What if you could grow a custom-made organ in a lab? It sounds incredible. But just a threehour drive from the Philadelphia hospital where Sarah got her transplant, another little girl is benefiting from just that sort of technology. Two years ago, Angela Irizarry of Lewisburg, Pa., needed a crucial blood vessel. Researchers built her one in a laboratory, using cells from her own bone marrow. Today the 5-year-old sings, dances and dreams of becoming a firefighter — and a doctor. Growing lungs and other organs for transplant is still in the future, but scientists are working toward that goal. In North Carolina, a 3-D printer builds prototype kidneys. In several labs, scientists study how to build on the internal scaffolding of hearts, lungs, livers and kidneys of people and pigs to make custom-made implants. Here’s the dream scenario: A patient donates cells, either from a biopsy or maybe just a blood draw. A lab uses them, or cells made from them, to seed onto a scaffold that’s shaped like the organ he needs. Then, says Dr. Harald Ott of Massachusetts General Hospital, “we can regenerate an organ that will not be
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said the sexual assaults might be linked to the longstanding ban on women serving in combat because the disparity between the roles of men and women creates separate classes of personnel – male “warriors” versus the rest of the force. While the sexual assault problem is more complicated than that, he said, the disparity has created a psychology that lends itself to disrespect for women. Under the schedules military leaders delivered to Hagel, the Army will develop standards by July 2015 to allow women to train and potentially serve as Rangers, and qualified women could begin training as Navy SEALS by March 2016 if senior leaders agree. Military leaders have suggested bringing senior women from the officer and enlisted ranks into special forces units first to ensure that younger, lower-ranking women have a support system to help them get through the transition. The Navy intends to open up its Riv-
erine force and begin training women next month, with the goal of assigning women to the units by October. While not part of the special operations forces, the coastal Riverine squadrons do close combat and security operations in small boats. The Navy plans to have studies finished by July 2014 on allowing women to serve as SEALs, and has set October 2015 as the date when women could begin Navy boot camp with the expressed intention of becoming SEALs eventually. U.S. Special Operations Command is coordinating the matter of what commando jobs could be opened to women, what exceptions might be requested and when the transition would take place. The proposals leave the door open for continued exclusion of women from some jobs, if research and testing find that women could not be successful in sufficient numbers, but the services would have to defend such decisions to top Pentagon leaders.
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Young immigrants thrive under new immigration policy By CHRISTINE ARMARIO The Associated Press MIAMI – As a child, Jorge Tume used to sit and do homework as his parents cleaned the desks and floors of a concrete company in Miami. When he was done, he’d take out the trash and help finish cleaning. Tume’s parents brought him to the U.S. from Peru with his younger brother when he was 12. They came on tourist visas and then stayed in the country illegally when their visas expired. After he graduated from high school, Tume had few job prospects. So he did what his parents did: Cleaned offices, washed cars and picked up odd jobs. Now, one year after President Barack Obama announced that young people brought to the country as children and living in the U.S. illegally would be allowed to stay and work if they met certain criteria, Tume’s life
looks decidedly different: He’s behind a computer filing notices for liens at the concrete company he once helped his parents clean. “I know every corner of this office, this building,” said Tume, 21. “I used to see other people do the job that I’m doing now. And I’m sitting here now working.” Nearly 300,000 young adults previously living illegally in the United States have been granted permission to stay and work through the program, one of the most significant shifts in immigration policy in recent decades. About 200,000 more have submitted applications. For those immigrants, the last year has been a sort of delayed coming of age: Leaning how to drive, getting a license and landing a first job that’s not off the books. “Now I feel like I’m actually a member of the community, like everyone else,” said Frida Ulloa, a 24-year-old
student at Florida International University, who came to the U.S. from Peru as a teenager to see her ill father and never went back. The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals allows immigrants brought to the U.S. illegally as children to obtain work permits for two years, which then are eligible for renewal. To qualify, they must show that they came to America before their 16th birthday, and were 30 years old or younger when the policy was announced June 15, 2012. They must also have lived in the U.S. continuously since 2007, and either be in school, have graduated from high school or served in the military. And they can’t have a serious criminal record or pose a threat to public safety or national security. With a work permit and Social Security number, they can drive in most states, open a bank account and in some states, pay in-state college tuition.
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Brothers Jorge Tume (left) and Francis Tume are shown Wednesday in Miami. Tumes’ parents brought them to the United States from Peru on tourist visas when they were young and decided to stay, becoming unauthorized immigrants with no legal status.
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Sycamore awards contract for city sidewalk repair By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A Sycamore contractor was approved by city officials to help fix the deteriorating sidewalks around the city. On Monday, RT Ericson Builders was awarded $58,404.50 by the Sycamore City Council to repair hazardous sidewalks near schools and heavily traveled areas. The company was one of four who made bids for the construction project, and their initial bid was at $59,281. The lowest bid of $58,404.50 was from Alliance Contractors, located in Woodstock. However, the city has a local preference provision that allows a local contractor bidding on a project of less than $500,000 to match the lowest bid if their bid comes within 5 percent of it, said City Manager Brian Gregory. RT Ericson Builders’ bid fell within the 5 percent range and they were willing to match the low bid. Mayor Ken Mundy said the city has failing sections of sidewalks and public safety
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Continued from page A1 Cook and DuPage counties were found carrying the virus in the past two months. Infections happen through the mosquito’s bite and symptoms appear within three to 14 days, according to the Illinois Department of Health. In a mild case, a person may feel a slight fever or headache. In a more severe case, people will feel a high fever with aches throughout their body. Disorientation, tremors, convulsions can follow. Paralysis or death can happen in severe cases. Last year, a 59-year-old DeKalb man contracted the virus, and has since recovered, Maurice said. The Illinois Department of Public Health reported 290 human infections last year. A total of 12 people died. Melaney Arnold, Illinois Department of Public Health spokesperson, said it’s a little difficult to tell if the summer will be hot enough for house mosquitoes to breed. Weather is the biggest indicator of their population growth, she said. “We haven’t found a lot compared to past years,” Arnold said. Catch basins or storm drains where water has been sitting for weeks are favored
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available this year because the $40,000 dedicated to sidewalk improvements was left over as the city did not find a bidder under their apprenticeship requirements. The city removed the requirement for bidders this year, and the total funds available for the project were $80,000. Portions of sidewalks that will be fixed include Spartan Trail, DeKalb Avenue and South Locust Street, Gregory said. A handful of sidewalks on South Main Street will need repair along with sidewalks on the south end of Somonauk Street, he said. Last year, council members approved increasing the city’s contribution to the program by paying $4 of the $7 cost to remove and replace one square foot of sidewalk. Gregory said people can call the Building and Engineering Department to use the program, but said it was reserved for sidewalks that are in need of repair. Mundy said sidewalk repairs will hopefully begin later this month and end in August.
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breeding areas for the house mosquito, she said. Steady rainfall helps to flush away mosquito eggs, Maurice said. The Illinois Department of Public Health tracks cases of West Nile virus by working with county health departments across the state. Maurice said the DeKalb County Health Department monitors the local mosquito population by trapping mosquitoes and testing them. The department will have two traps set up in DeKalb and one in Sycamore. The traps consist of a rubber tube with a fan attached and stagnant water inside. House mosquitoes are attracted to the water and are sucked into the pipe, where they are then trapped by a net. The net is changed weekly. Mosquitoes are sorted by breed, and the house mosquitoes identified will be processed through a chemical solution that detects the virus. Dead birds also are tested, even though only humans can contract the virus from mosquitoes. “The birds are a good carrier of the virus, and they’re kind of our sentinel to let us know where we potentially have mosquitoes carrying the virus,” Maurice said. If a county has detected the West Nile virus in their area, the departments may focus their efforts on mosquito control by using larvicide, Arnold
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said. Grants are awarded to the county health departments that report West Nile activity in their area in the past three years, Arnold said. The grants are used primarily for surveillance of the virus. But they also can be used for larvicide along with public outreach and prevention programs she said. This year, the Illinois Department of Public Health awarded $3.4 million to 90 county health departments for their West Nile virus prevention and control efforts. DeKalb County received $22,069. The house mosquitoes are most active at dawn and dusk, Maurice said. He recommends people keep their windows and doors in good shape and shut them when not used. People should look around their house for buckets or flowerpots with stagnant water that need to be emptied, he said. Rain gutters and spouts also can provide breeding grounds for the house mosquito. Maurice said one of the big misconceptions with the house mosquito is that they breed more in wet weather, like floodwater mosquitoes. “They really do like the hot, dry weather,” Maurice said. “It’s hard to get the message out when you’re not noticing the nuisance mosquitoes.” Direct from Alaska
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DeKalb center displays arrowhead collection DeKALB – An arrowhead display will be open for tours from 7 to 9 p.m. Friday and June 28 at the DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St., DeKalb. The collection, owned by Robert Hough of DeKalb and gathered over seven decades, includes arrowheads from Mexico and Africa, according to a news release. Hough will be present both evenings to speak to visitors in the Great Hall Exhibition Space. The display of “Finn Town DeKalb, Illinois” is continuing
in the OnStage Gallery. For information, call 815-758-1351 or email dawc@niu.edu.
Registration open for art summer camps SYCAMORE – Art Attack is hosting a series of summer camps at 215 W. Elm St., Sycamore. Pee Wee Picassos, for ages 3 through 6, will meet from 10 a.m. to noon Monday through June 27, and costs $60. Adventures in Art, for ages 7 through 12, will meet that week from 1 to 3 p.m., and costs $65, according to a news release.
Kids Drawing camps, for ages 5 through 8, will meet from 10 a.m. to noon from July 8 through July 11. A similar program for ages 9 and older will meet that week from 1 to 3 p.m. The cost is $65. For adults and teens age 14 and older, Graydon Cafarella offers a watercolor class on Tuesdays in July from 7 to 9 p.m. The cost is $60. Art Attack also offers drawing classes on Mondays and wheel-thrown pottery classes on Thursdays. For information, call Susan Edwards at 815-899-9440.
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Bill Daley hits Quinn, Madigan on pension The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – In his first public appearance since stepping into the race for Illinois governor, former White House chief of staff Bill Daley on Monday criticized both Gov. Pat Quinn and Attorney General Lisa Madigan for not doing more to break a logjam over fixing the state’s nearly $100 billion pension crisis. Daley condemned Quinn for not showing more leadership on the pension problem, saying he should have threatened to veto any legislation other than a tough proposal supported by the Illinois House. He criticized Madigan, another possible candidate for governor, for failing to give an opinion as the state’s chief legal officer on the constitutionality of two rival pension reform plans that have split lawmakers. Daley accused Quinn of changing his position to support for a variety of pension reform plans, and he derided a public awareness and education plan rolled out by the governor that featured a cartoon snake named “Squeezy.” “That’s not the way you lead,” Daley said. Daley, who last week an-
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Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, who may challenge Gov. Pat Quinn, speaks at a news conference Monday in Chicago. Daley outlined a three-part plan Monday that he says would end pension deadlock in Springfield as lawmakers attempt to solve the state’s worst-in-the-nation pension crisis. nounced he is exploring a Democratic primary challenge to Quinn, outlined a three-part plan he says would end deadlock in Springfield and lead to a solution to the state’s worstin-the-nation pension crisis
that costs taxpayers $17 million each day to finance. Daley’s remarks came two days ahead of a special session of the Democrat-controlled Legislature to address the pension crisis again. Quinn called
the special session, starting Wednesday, after lawmakers adjourned May 31 without taking action. House Speaker Michael Madigan has proposed unilaterally imposing pension
daughter of Frank and Emma (Below) Schramm, she grew up on the farm in Elgin and married Kenneth Brettschneider in 1949. They raised three sons, Frank, John and Edwin. After Kenneth’s passing in 1964, she later married Robert Hageman in 1971 and helped raise his daughter, Ann, and grandson, Scott. Irene was a volunteer with the St. Joseph Hospital Auxiliary for more than 30 years, and a member of St. John Lutheran Church of Burlington. She loved to play pinochle and spend time with her friends and family. Surviving are her sons, John (Bonnie) Brettschneider of Burlington and Edwin (Genice) Brettschneider of Hampshire; stepdaughters, Donna Rogers and Ann (Michelle) Hageman; grandchildren, Jamie (Katie) Brettschneider, Britany (Peter) Goodman, Stewart (Audrey) Rogers, Anthony and Christopher Rogers; five great-grandchildren, Jackson, Jacob and Grace Brettschneider, Finn and Holly Goodman; and sister, Lucille Monteith. She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; son, Frank; and daughter-in-law, Tara; granddaughter, Tracy Brettschneider; and seven siblings, Florence Baker, Laura Gehrls, Clarence, Howard, Wilbur, Leroy and Viola Schramm. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 20, at St. John Lutheran Church, 13N535 French Road, Burlington. Burial will follow at Lakewood Memorial Park in Elgin. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 19, at the church, and from 9 a.m. Thursday until the service at 10 a.m. Memorial contributions in her name may be directed to St. John Lutheran Church or DeKalb County Hospice. The Fredrick Funeral Home is assisting the family. For information, call 847-683-2711. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.
She was an active member of the church, Sunday school and vacation Bible school teacher, circle and choir member, publicity officer for Lutheran Brotherhood DeKalb County Branch 8823 and its communicator for the church. A graduate of Blackduck (Minn.) High School and French’s Business College in Bemidji, Minn., Marian moved to DeKalb in 1944. She was employed as executive secretary by DeKalb Ag Genetics Corp. from 1975 to 1995 and DeKalb Agricultural Association from 1944 to 1959. Marian also worked at Paw Paw Business Service, Great Plains Gas and as a teacher’s aide for DeKalb School District 428. Marian was a charter member of Friends of Barb City Manor and held several offices in the organization. More recently, she served as secretary treasurer of the DeKalb Genetics Alumni Organization. She is survived by her children, Marvin (Karen) Larson of DeKalb and Barbara (Randy) Queen of Altamonte Springs, Fla; grandchildren, Katie and Matthew Larson of DeKalb and Sarah Szydlowski of Aurora; sisters, Ruth Grover of Creston and Elinor Utech of Missoula, Mont.; brother, Kermit (JoAnn) Nordeen of DeKalb; sistersin-law, Evelyn Nordeen of Edmonds, Wash., and Joanne Nordeen of Fort Atkinson, Wis.; and several nieces, nephews and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Bertil, on March 3, 2013; her parents; and brothers, Carl Daniel and Robert Conrad Nordeen; and nephew, James Grover. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 22, at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb, with the Rev. Dr. Janet Hunt officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb. The visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday at the church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Marian E. Larson Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115. For information, visit www. AndersonFuneralHomeLtd.com or call 815-756-1022. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.
from this life to eternal life Wednesday, June 12, 2013, at Countryside Care Centre, Aurora. Born July 1, 1927, in Hayden, Colo., the daughter of Zunker and Mary (Rappeau) Jacobson, Ruby moved to DeKalb as a young adult to live with her oldest sister. She met her first husband, Howard Smith, in DeKalb. They had two daughters and a son together. After divorcing, she met and married Andrew Reh of Sycamore. Ruby worked in factories, as a waitress in DeKalb and at Kendall’s Ranch (now Sorrento’s) east of Sycamore, and ended up working until her retirement at Northern Illinois University’s Student Center as head grill cook. A very sweet and kind “people” person, Ruby would do anything for anybody. Many knew her as being very talented and creative. She could not read, but could look at a picture of a dollhouse and furniture, then make it out of plastic-canvas needlework. She loved to sketch in her growing-up years, then for her children. She also loved to paint with Artex. Her friends and family knew her love of animals of all kinds, especially cats and small dogs. She is survived by her daughters, Patricia (Roger) Kahl of Maple Park and Carolyn (Mike) Therriault of Amboy; grandchildren, Christopher (Kim) Kahl of Tolleson, Ariz., Nicholas (Loren) Kahl of DeKalb, Matthew (Heather) Therriault of Atlanta, Dan (Jody) Therriault of Lombard, Vicki Therriault of Amboy, Christopher (Jessica) Smith of Pocahontas, Ark., Becky (John) Klawikowski of Brookfield, Wis., and Thomas (Julie) Hajostek of Waupaca, Wis.; great-grandchildren, Peyton, Aidan, Taylor, Josh, Benji, Gavi, Cassie, Ariel, Julie Ann, Jordan and Jasmine; two great-great-grandchildren; two very special nieces, Vickey (Rich) Becci and Linda Burgos; and many dear friends. She was preceded in death by her parents; siblings, Bernice Snow, Mabel Lenke, Anna Carlton and Henry and Harry Jacobson; first husband, Howard Smith; second husband, Andrew Reh; son, Thomas Smith; and granddaughter, Jennifer. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, June 22, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, with her daughter, Patricia Kahl, officiating. Burial will follow in Fair-
changes on state workers, including a higher retirement age. A dueling plan being pushed by Senate President John Cullerton in his chamber would give retirees choices over benefits. By almost all accounts, Madigan’s bill would save the state more money. But Cullerton and other senators argue their bill, which has the support of unions, would save the state at least some money by surviving an expected constitutional challenge, since state employee retirement benefits are currently protected by the state constitution. The Senate has rejected Madigan’s plan but passed Cullerton’s. Madigan has refused to call the Senate bill for a vote in the House, insisting that Quinn and Cullerton try harder to pass his plan in the Senate. “The governor should make it very clear, emphatically clear, and then stick to this, that he will veto the Senate bill because it doesn’t go far enough,” Daley said at a news conference in Chicago. “The House bill cuts three times the pension deficit as the Senate bill. Therefore, that’s the bill that can get us furthest to solve this problem.”
8OBITUARIES NICK ANDRA Born: Oct. 24, 1924, in Washington Park, Ill. Died: June 15, 2013, in Caseyville, Ill. CASEYVILLE – Nick Andra, 88, of Fairview Heights, Ill., died Saturday, June 15, 2013, at Caseyville Nursing Center, Caseyville. Born Oct. 24, 1924, in Washington Park, the son of Aron and Kate (Vidolman) Andra, he married Irene Dossett on July 3, 1965. He retired after 45 years of dedicated service from the Local Laborers Local 397 as a hod carrier. He belonged to St. Stephen Catholic Church in Caseyville, the American Legion in Fairmont City and Caseyville VFW Post 1117. Nick enjoyed spending time with his coffee club buddies at the Han-Dee Mart in Caseyville. He is survived by sons, Charles (Babs) Pelan of Bethalto and Jerry (Irene) Pelan of Sycamore; daughter, Evelyn Giedeman of Bethalto; 12 grandchildren, Tracy, Gregory, Sheri, Lori, Beth, Dana, Lisa, Amy, Cristine, Barb, Ryan and Beth; 27 great-grandchildren; four great-great-grandchildren; and brother, Mike (Lacy) Andra of Columbia. He was preceded in death by his parents; wife; and brother, Pete Andra. A funeral service will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 19, at St. Stephen Catholic Church, Caseyville, by the Rev. Joe Rascher. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, June 18, at Herr Funeral Home, in Caseyville. Burial will be in Mount Hope Cemetery in Belleville. Memorials may be made to Vitas Hospice. Condolences can be expressed to the family online at www.herrfuneral.com. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.
IRENE M. HAGEMAN Born: Sept. 20, 1925, in Elgin, Ill. Died: June 15, 2013, in Sycamore, Ill. SYCAMORE – Irene M. Hageman, 87, of Sycamore, Ill., and formerly of Hampshire and Elgin, passed away Saturday evening, June 15, 2013, in her home at the Grand Victorian in Sycamore. Born Sept. 20, 1925, in Elgin, the
MARIAN E. LARSON Born: Dec. 2, 1925, in Hines, Minn. Died: June 16, 2013, in Sycamore, Ill. DeKALB – Marian Elaine Larson, 87, of DeKalb, Ill., died Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Lincolnshire Place, Sycamore. Born Dec. 2, 1925, in Hines, Minn., the daughter of Carl G. and Marguerite E. (Johnston) Nordeen, Marian married Bertil August Larson on May 19, 1951, at First Lutheran Church, DeKalb.
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RUBY REH Born: July 1, 1927, in Hayden, Colo. Died: June 12, 2013 in Aurora, Ill. SYCAMORE – Ruby Reh, 85, formerly of Sycamore, Ill., passed
view Park Cemetery, DeKalb. The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, June 21, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Ruby Reh Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115. For information, visit www. AndersonFuneralHomeLtd.com or call 815-756-1022.
FREDERICK ANDREW SCHROEFFEL III Frederick A. Schroeffel III, 83, of Melbourne, Fla., died Saturday, June 8, 2013, in Melbourne. His memorial service is being planned at a future date. Arrangements entrusted to Ammen Family Cremation and Funeral Care, Melbourne; 321-7242222. Share memories and sign the family guestbook at www.afcfcare. com. Visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.
ELISE SCOTT Born: July 26, 1929, in Sycamore, Ill. Died: June 16, 2013, in Mattoon, Ill. ARCOLA – Elise Scott, 83, of Arcola, Ill., died at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, June 16, 2013, at Gowin Parc in Mattoon. Born July 26, 1929, in Sycamore, the daughter of Guy and Eleanor Ellwood Singer, Elise married Harold Scott on Aug. 9, 1953, in Sycamore. He preceded her in death on Oct. 4, 2008. Elise taught at Arthur High School for 12 years and retired after teaching at Mattoon High School for 23 years. She was a member of Arcola Presbyterian Church and memorials are suggested to the church in care of Shrader Funeral Home, P.O. Box 277, Arcola, IL 61910. She is survived by her niece, Sheryl Brooks of Hesperia, Calif. She also was preceded in death by one brother; and one sister. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Friday, June 21, at Shrader Funeral Home, 204 N. Locust St., Arcola, with the Rev. Donald Winch officiating. Burial will follow in Zion Cemetery in Lincoln. The visitation will be held from noon until 1 p.m. Online condolences to the family can be sent to www.hilligossshraderfh.com. To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.
8BRIEFS E.U., U.S. agree to start free trade talks at G-8 ENNISKILLEN, Northern Ireland – The European Union and the United States will open negotiations next month on a long-sought deal to create free trade between the world’s two mightiest economic regions, an effort designed to create millions of jobs that could take years to transform from dream to reality. EU and U.S. leaders announced the plans Monday at the start of the G-8 summit of wealthy nations in Northern Ireland.
Quinn signs into law fracking regulations CHICAGO – Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn signed legislation giving the state the nation’s strictest regulations for high-volume oil and gas drilling. In a news release, Quinn’s office said the governor signed the bill Monday. Quinn says the law will “unlock the potential” for thousands of jobs in southern Illinois while protecting the environment. Quinn’s signature was expected after the measure sailed through the Illinois Legislature. The process called “fracking” probably won’t begin in earnest in the state until next year.
Gun found behind Illinois prison wall PONTIAC – Since the late 1990s, there’s been a much-whispered rumor that a handgun was smuggled into Pontiac Correctional Center, a myth told behind the walls of the maximum-security prison. That changed Thursday when, checking out yet another tip about the rumored handgun, prison workers cut through a concrete wall and found it, covered in mortar, dirt and debris, Department of Corrections spokesman Tom Shaer said Monday. Prison officials believe the gun was smuggled into the central Illinois prison by someone visiting in 1996, and tips from former inmates and others have led to numerous searches, Shaer said.
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Court strikes down Ariz. voting law The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – States can’t demand proof of citizenship from people registering to vote in federal elections unless they get federal or court approval to do so, the Supreme Court ruled Monday in a decision complicating efforts in Arizona and other states to bar voting by people who are in the country illegally. The justices’ 7-2 ruling closes the door on states independently changing the requirements for those using the voter-registration form produced under the federal “motor voter” registration law. They would need permission from a federally created panel, the Election Assistance Commission, or a federal court ruling overturning the commission’s decision, to make tougher requirements stick. Justice Antonin Scalia, who wrote the court’s majority opinion, said federal law “precludes Arizona from requiring a federal form applicant to submit information beyond that required by the form itself.” Voting rights advocates welcomed the ruling. “Today’s decision sends a strong message that states cannot block their citizens from registering to vote by superimposing burdensome paperwork requirements on top of federal law,” said Nina Perales, vice president of litigation for the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund. “The Supreme Court has affirmed that all U.S. citizens have the right to register to vote using the national postcard, regardless of the state in
which they live.” Under Proposition 200 approved in 2004, Arizona officials required an Arizona driver’s license issued after 1996, a U.S. birth certificate, a passport or other similar document before the state would approve the federal registration application. It can no longer do that on its own authority. Less than 5 percent of people registering to vote in Arizona use the federal form, said Matt Roberts, a spokesman for Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett. The rest register through the state, meaning they will continue to be asked to provide proof of citizenship when signing up to vote. But because of the court ruling, people can merely choose the less onerous federal form, which asks people to swear if they are citizens or not, but does not demand proof. Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne, who argued the case before the Supreme Court, expects the state will ask the Election Assistance Commission to approve the citizenship proof on the federal form and to fight any denial in court – the process laid out in Monday’s ruling. “The U.S. Supreme Court has given us a clear path to victory for the people of Arizona, who overwhelmingly approved the state constitutional amendment that was the subject of the legal challenge,” Horne said. “Since the U.S. Supreme Court has made it clear that this pathway exists, Arizona should use it. The sanctity of the ballot box is a cherished right for all Americans and it must be protected.”
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More Supreme Court news The Supreme Court on Monday handed down decisions in five cases and agreed to hear two important appeals in the fall. n Ruled 5-3 that agreements between the makers of name-brand and generic drugs to delay the generics’ availability can be illegal, an outcome cheered by consumer groups. n Held 5-4 that prosecutors in some instances may use a suspect’s silence at an early stage of a criminal investigation against him – before the suspect has been arrested or informed of his constitutional rights. n Agreed to decide in its next term a new dispute involving race, whether federal housing law requires proof of intentional
discrimination. n Decided 5-4 that judges may not increase mandatory minimum prison terms when sentencing defendants unless the facts justifying the increase have been found by a jury. n Barred lawyers, in another 5-4 ruling, from obtaining state driver license records to recruit clients, saying the practice is prohibited by a federal law aimed at shielding motor vehicle information. n Said it would review a state court ruling upholding a $1.24 million defamation judgment against a Wisconsin airline that reported one of its pilots was potentially dangerous, despite a post-9/11 law that encourages airlines to report potential safety threats to federal officials.
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DeKalb church hosts Zumba fitness party Free classes are held Thursdays, Fridays in lobby By DAVID THOMAS dthomas@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Myisha Hill wants to help people to get fit in a fun way, which is why she’s offering free Zumba classes at her church this summer. The 31-year-old mother of three admits that the lobby of the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb is an unusual place to hold a Zumba class. The classes will be held early Thursday evenings and Friday afternoons. “I felt it was time we offered something in the community that inspired people to get fit,” Hill said. “Not everyone can always afford to pay the [Kishwaukee Family YMCA] or pay a gym to go take a Zumba class, so why
“I felt it was time we offered something in the community that inspired people to get it.” Myisha Hill Zumba itness instructor not get DeKalb County moving and do it at the church?” The Rev. George “Joe” Mitchell said the church tries to a take holistic approach in its ministry. In addition to taking care of the soul, a person should also care for his or her mind and body, he said, and that how’s the prospect of Zumba at the church was raised. “She’s certified in Zumba, and we couldn’t think of a bet-
ter place to offer free Zumba classes than at the church,” Mitchell said. Hill said she was certified to teach Zumba, a dance fitness program, in 2011 at Formula Fitness Club in Chicago. “Why not Zumba?” Hill added. “It’s a total fitness dance party.” While he prefers to exercise through weightlifting and playing basketball, Mitchell said he might try Zumba within the next couple of weeks. Hill said the classes will run on Thursdays and Fridays until Aug. 9, when she begins preparing for her fall classwork at Northern Illinois University. Her major is general studies, but she hopes to go to graduate school for occupational therapy.
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Myisha Hill leads a group of women Thursday in a free Zumba class at the New Hope Missionary Baptist Church in DeKalb. The classes are held Thursdays and Fridays through Aug. 9 in the lobby of the church.
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Global clients tour DeKalb facility DAILY CHRONICLE CST Storage welcomed more than 300 visitors from around the world to its facility at 345 Harvestore Drive in DeKalb for its annual customer open house May 16. CST Storage’s DeKalb facility manufactures glassfused-to-steel porcelain enamel-coated storage tanks for water, wastewater, industrial liquid, digester and
agricultural use under the brand names Harvestore, Aquastore and Slurrystore. More than 275,000 CST Storage tanks and covers are operating in 125 countries. “This was a great event because it offered our customers a firsthand look at our facility and our state-ofthe-art manufacturing process,” vice president of operations Steve Allen said in a news release. “It provided
an excellent opportunity for us to demonstrate the quality and detail that goes into the tanks we manufacture. It was also a great opportunity for us to meet our customers from around the globe.” CST dealers and customers were treated to breakfast and facility tours with 15 stops to learn the process of building the tanks. Subjects included welding, glass coat application, glass fusing, as-
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membership to the American Physical Therapy Association and the Illinois Physical Therapy Association. Northern Rehab honored physical therapist Tim Dunlop for his 35 years of membership and Rob Larkins for his 10 years of membership.
8LOCAL BRIEFS Open Air announces new manager, product line Jennifer Pearce, a 10-year veteran in the powersports industry, has joined the Open Air Powersports dealership in Sycamore as its general manager. Pearce has extensive sales, service and parts experience in the motorcycle and all-terrain vehicle retail industry and is Jennifer an avid motor- Pearce cyclist. “I am thrilled to join the Open Air team,” Pearce said in a news release. “Now with the two big brands of Kawasaki and Yamaha, plus KYMCO scooters, we have a very strong customer offering for on- and off-road vehicles, repair service, parts and accessories.” Open Air Powersports, a full-service dealership at 1330 E. State St., recently expanded to carry Yamaha’s brand of motorcycles, snowmobiles, ATVs, side-by-side and scooter vehicles in addition to Kawasa-
Ullmark cited for great customer service skills Jamie Ullmark, an American Family Insurance agent in Genoa, has been recognized for providing outstanding customer experience under the American Star Excellence in Customer Experience Certification. She joins other American Family agents who have demonstrated the highest level of commitment to outstanding customer service. Ullmark has been an agent for American Family since June 1986. Her office is located at 119 W. Main St. “When choosing an insurance agent, consumers can rely on the American Star Excellence in Customer Experience Certification to help them identify agents with a proven dedication to meeting customer needs,” Dan Schultz, American
Kristin Christian attends therapy specialists event Kristin Christian, physical therapist at Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists, recently served as delegate to the Illinois Physical Therapy Association Annual Assembly of Delegates Meeting. Delegates have opportunities to strengthen and advance the ethical and professional practice of physical therapy in Illinois. This annual meeting includes honoring milestones for
KishHealth named ‘great place to work’ KishHealth System has been included in the annual “100 Great Places to Work in Healthcare” list published by Becker’s Hospital Review and Becker’s ASC Review. The hospitals, health systems, ambulatory surgery centers and physician groups included in this list offer robust benefit packages, positive work environments, excellent employee recognition programs and opportunities for professional development and continuing education. The Becker’s Hospital Review and Becker’s ASC Review editorial teams accepted nominations for the 2013 list and selected recipients based on nominations and thorough editorial research.
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The DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau is pleased to welcome the annual MS Bike: Tour de Farms event back to DeKalb County. More than 2,000 bike riders will pedal through DeKalb County this weekend to raise money for the Multiple Sclerosis Society. The funds support research and provide programs to people with multiple sclerosis and their families. This annual event generates approximately $320,000 in revenue for DeKalb County businesses. The DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau has been working with the MS event coordinators since July of last year to help ensure another successful event. We blocked more than 400 hotel rooms, booked private parties at restaurants, provided visitor guides, coupon books and maps to assist with the event. The start and finish of the race is at the Northern Illinois University Convocation Center. Our thanks to the staff at the Convo for their expert coordination for the event, the city of DeKalb, area hotels, participants, and the volunteers that help along the bike routes and at the main tent at the Convo. It does take a lot of cooperation to bring such revenue-producing events to DeKalb County. The event kickoff is Friday from 6 to 8 p.m. During that time riders and teams check in and have a certified safety check conducted on their bicycles. Many of the teams decorate their tent at the tent village and meet some of the top fundraisers and the MS staff. Riders have six route options. All riders start at 7 a.m. on both Saturday and Sunday. Registration opens at 5 a.m. To sign up to bike and/or volunteer, visit www.nationalmssociety.org.
IHSA Destination DeKalb countdown We are 163 days out from hosting our first IHSA state football championships in DeKalb County. The IHSA Destination DeKalb Host Committee kicked off its fundraising campaign last month. The football championship is expected to generate approximately $800,000 based on estimates that have been published in Champaign County newspapers. The IHSA state football championships will be held at Huskie Stadium every other year beginning with 2013 through 2021. In even-numbered years the champion-
DCVCB VIEW Debbie Armstrong
About the annual Tour de Farms n Event kicks off 6-8 p.m. Friday, with check in and safety check of bicycles n Race starts at 7 a.m. Saturday and Sunday; registration opens at 5 a.m. n Start and finish of the race will be at the Northern Illinois Convocation Center n Riders have six route options. For more information or to sign up, visit www.nationalmssociety. org. ships will be hosted by the Champaign County CVB and played at Memorial Stadium. There are multiple ways to get involved. Show your community spirit and volunteer to help welcome the 32,000 visitors expected from Nov. 29 to 30. We are recruiting at least 200 volunteers to help with ticket taking, ushering and parking. We know that our community members are eager to show visitors that DeKalb County is a great place to live and play. Our local volunteers will be critical to making the event successful. So, help us get the word out. Please talk to your friends and mark your calendars. For more information on how to volunteer or to become a sponsor, visit www.ihsadestinationdekalb.com.
New Shopping and Dining video Check out our new Shopping & Dining video that was just added to our YouTube channel. You can find it at www.dekalbcountycvb.com. We’re positive that this new marketing tool will enable us to entice more visitors to discover the unique shops and dining scene in DeKalb County. All retail shops and restaurants are encouraged to add our link to their retail sites and social media pages. The more we share, the more visitors we attract. Remember to “Like Us” on Facebook and check our updated Calendar of Events at www.dekalbcountycvb.com. Until next time, safe travels everyone.
• Debbie Armstrong is executive director of the DeKalb County Convention & Visitors Bureau.
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Money doesn’t grow on trees, but fuel might
National Security Agency surveillance is not illegal “Gentlemen do not read each other’s mail.” That’s what Secretary of State Henry Stimson said to explain why he shut down the government’s cryptanalysis operations in 1929. Edward Snowden, who leaked National Security Agency surveillance projects to Britain’s Guardian, evidently feels the same way. “I can’t in good conscience allow the U.S. government,” he explained, less succinctly than Stimson, “to destroy privacy, Internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world with this massive surveillance machine they’re secretly building.” Some questions about this episode remain. How did a 29-year-old high school dropout get a $122,000 job with an NSA contractor? How did his job give him access to material including, he says, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Agency Court documents? And why did he flee to China’s Special Autonomous Region of Hong Kong and make his revelations just before the Sunnylands summit, where President Barack Obama was preparing to complain to Xi Jinping about China’s cyberwarfare attacks? Oh, and now that he has checked out of his Hong Kong hotel, where has he gone? All tantalizing questions. But some other questions that many are asking have clear answers. Is the NSA surveillance of telephone records illegal? No, it has been authorized by the FISA Court under the FISA Act provisions passed by (a Democratic) Congress in 2008. The NSA is not entitled to listen to the contents of specific phone calls. It has to go back to the FISA Court for permission to do that. Under the Supreme Court’s 1979 Smith v. Maryland decision, the government can collect evidence of phone numbers called, just
VIEWS Michael Barone as the government can read the addresses on the outside of an envelope. Snowden presented no evidence that the NSA is abusing its powers by accessing the private information of those with obnoxious opinions. There is, so far anyway, no evidence of the kind of political targeting committed by the Internal Revenue Service. Instead the NSA is looking for patterns of unusual behavior that might indicate calls to and from terrorists. This data mining relies on the use of algorithms sifting through Big Data, much like the data mining of Google and the Obama campaign. Snowden also exposed the NSA’s Prism program, which does surveil the contents of messages – but only of those of suspected terrorists in foreign countries. During George W. Bush’s administration, many journalists and Democrats assailed this as “domestic wiretapping.” But the only time people here are surveiled is when they are in contact with terrorism suspects in foreign countries. The right of the government to invade people’s privacy outside the United States is, or should not be, in question. You might think, as Henry Stimson did in 1929, that it’s ungentlemanly. But as secretary of war between 1940 and 1946, Stimson was grateful for the code-breaking programs that enabled the United States and Britain to decrypt secret Japanese and German messages. That code-breaking, as historians have recounted, though not until long after the war, undoubtedly saved the lives of tens of thousands of Allied service members.
“The Constitution and U.S. laws,” as former Attorney General Michael Mukasey wrote in The Wall Street Journal, “are not a treaty with the universe; they protect U.S. citizens.” It is an interesting development that Obama has continued and, Snowden asserts, strengthened programs at least some of which he denounced as a U.S. senator and presidential candidate. As Bush expected, Obama’s views were evidently changed by the harrowing contents of the intelligence reports he receives each morning. There are people out there determined to harm us, and not just because they can’t bear Bush’s Texas drawl. The Pew Research/Washington Post poll conducted June 7 to 9 found that by a 56 to 41 percent margin Americans found it “acceptable” that the “NSA has been getting secret court orders to track calls of millions of Americans to investigate terrorism.” That’s similar to the margin in a 2006 Pew poll on NSA “secretly listening in on phone calls and reading emails without court approval.” Those numbers are in line with changes in opinion over the last two decades. With increased computer use, technology is seen as empowering individuals rather than Big Brother. And with an increased threat of terrorist attack, government surveillance is seen as protecting individuals. In these circumstances most Americans seem willing to accept NSA surveillance programs that, if ungentlemanly, are not illegal.
• Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.
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Liberals should lead entitlement reform By FRED HIATT The Washington Post If liberals succeed in blocking any serious entitlement reform during the Obama presidency, as seems increasingly likely, they will have handed conservatives a gift. One number explains why: 2.7 percent. That is the share of the national economy that, according to Congressional Budget Office projections, government will spend on nondefense discretionary programs 10 years from now. By comparison, this year the country will spend about 4 percent of its gross domestic product on these programs – a percentage that has held constant over the past half-century. Nondefense discretionary spending is pretty much everything the government does once it has paid for the military, Social Security and health programs. It’s Head Start, PBS, national parks, President Obama’s dream of universal pre-K education, Meals on Wheels, Pell grants to help poor high school graduates go to college, Alzheimer’s research, solar power experiments, subsidies for high-speed rail, drug safety – the list is almost endless. We are on a path to reduce by one-third the share of the economy devoted to active government, to investments in the future, to education and science. What could make the right wing happier? This spending is projected to decrease in part because Congress won’t raise enough revenue. Most Republicans oppose any tax increases. Democrats will support tax hikes on the wealthy, as they did at the beginning of this year, and they claim – as do some Re-
publicans – to support “closing loopholes.” In practice, though, the largest exemptions are tax deductions that voters treasure – like those for mortgage interest and charitable giving – and so neither party wants to touch them. One of the biggest “loopholes” is the deduction for state and local taxes, which benefits blue states most. That helps explain why an across-the-board limit on deductions that Obama has sensibly proposed, year after year, has died a quick and unremarked death in Congress, year after year. But there’s another reason for the squeeze on liberal-favored programs: the inexorable growth in entitlement spending as health care costs grow and the population ages. Mandatory spending will reach 14 percent of GDP by 2022, compared with an average of 10.2 percent over the past 40 years. Social Security, Medicare and the other major health care programs will account for more than half of all federal spending 10 years from now, CBO said. That takes into account the recent good news of slower-than-expected growth in health care costs, and it assumes Medicare cuts that are unlikely to be implemented. The guts of these programs have to be preserved, as liberals rightly argue. Social Security keeps the elderly out of poverty. Medicare ensures that they get health care, and Medicaid and Obamacare should come close to extending that promise to all Americans. But while federal programs aimed at the young and the poor – and at investments in the future – are slated to dwindle, the entitlement programs are on track to give ever richer benefits to a growing older generation, some of whom don’t need all that much help. Social Security, for example, is designed
not just to provide a floor for all seniors but to give each succeeding generation more generous benefits than the one before. That’s a nice idea but one the country can no longer afford, at least not without robbing the future. That’s why Obama proposed changes to the Social Security cost-of-living index, designed to protect the vulnerable. His party rebelled. “Tell the President,” Rep. Ed Markey said in a fundraising letter for his Massachusetts Senate campaign. “No Social Security cuts. No exceptions.” The liberal Center for American Progress denounced the president’s modest entitlement reforms as “enormous concessions without any promise whatsoever from the president’s political adversaries that they will reciprocate.” CAP argues that the country faces many problems as or more important than the fiscal deficit, and I agree. Income and wealth inequality, slow economic growth, persistent joblessness, crumbling infrastructure, terrible inner-city schools – these all cry out for creative policy. But they all will also be hard to address as long as government resources tilt more and more toward the older, often better-off generation. The rational progressive policy would be to support entitlement reform while there is a progressive in the White House to ensure the most vulnerable recipients are not harmed. Otherwise, liberals can pat themselves on the back for “saving Social Security” as less and less money flows to other programs that they prize. Small-government conservatives won’t have to do anything but stand aside and applaud.
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Gasoline prices shot up around Memorial Day and have stayed around $4 a gallon ever since. So, what else is new? The summer driving season always increases demand. That puts upward pressure on prices. And it always seems like a bad storm or a refinery breakdown can be blamed for those wallet-emptying price hikes. So, what else is new? Here’s something new from researchers at the University of Illinois’ Energy Biosciences Institute: Black locust trees may someday help power our For the record vehicles. Huh? As is the case with That’s the surprising gist switchgrass, miscanthus, of a news release issued this and prairie cord grass, week by the university. black locust research won’t It seems that researchers help reduce fuel pump have been looking for the best prices anytime soon. type of short-rotation woody Hey, what else is new? plant species that could be But we’re glad that harvested for biomass, which researchers in Illinois are other researchers then would working hard to provide learn how to convert to hope for our energy future. ethanol. After various woody crops were evaluated, the black locust tree came out the winner. It demonstrated a higher yield and a faster harvest time than other woody plant species, researchers said. Tree lovers and arborists might not want to read the description of how researchers manipulated the black locusts. From their standpoint, it isn’t pretty. Researchers planted the trees, but 2 years later, the plants were coppiced – cut back from a single stem just a few inches above the ground. That’s nothing new to most gardeners and homeowners, who’ve had to do something similar to volunteer maples and other trees that grow where they’re not wanted. Just like weedy trees in a yard, the black locusts began to regrow. They grew multiple stems from the base and also sent up new shoots from the underground root system. By essentially transforming the trees into bushes, then harvesting that growth after several years, researchers found that black locusts produced the best yield of woody plant material, outpacing the next best tree by nearly three times. What’s next? Black locust seeds from eight states and three countries were ordered, planted in greenhouses over the winter, then planted outside. Their growth rates and yields will be studied for the next several years. If researchers can find the best species of black locust, and then standardize the production process, they will have another proven source of biomass to study for possible ethanol production. We stress “possible,” because making alcohol from woody plants is a “very tough thing to do,” according to Gary Kling, a U of I crop sciences expert. But Kling is optimistic: “Our plan is to be able to take anything we grow and convert it into a drop-in fuel.” As is the case with switchgrass, miscanthus, and prairie cord grass, black locust research won’t help reduce fuel pump prices anytime soon. Hey, what else is new? But we’re glad that researchers in Illinois are working hard to provide hope for our energy future.
8 ANOTHER VIEW
Tackling climate change The International Energy Agency last week warned that global carbon dioxide emissions in 2012 were the highest ever. Yet international climate negotiations have floundered. Many Americans and their representatives in Congress still doubt climate change is a problem worth addressing. And as the developing world advances, its peoples are polluting more to obtain higher standards of living. Forget for a moment the ideal or rational response; what’s the bare minimum global leaders could do? The IEA had some useful, if modest, suggestions. An energy-gobbling world emitted 31.6 gigatons of carbon dioxide in 2012, the result of extracting and burning vast amounts of coal, oil and natural gas. Last month, the world reached another milestone that scientists and policymakers said they wanted to avoid – CO2 concentrations in the atmosphere that exceeded 400 parts per million. Scientists reckon that the last time concentrations were that high, the Earth was far warmer. Retrofitting buildings and constructing better ones could reduce emissions. More-efficient cars would help, too. These sorts of investments would also save consumers money over time. Phasing out the dirtiest coal-burning power plants would cut greenhouse emissions and other pollutants. So, too, would inexpensively reducing emissions of methane – itself a greenhouse gas – during oil and natural gas production. And, of course, countries should stop encouraging fossil fuel use by artificially lowering prices for the stuff, a problem here that’s much worse in other countries. Washington’s policymakers should think about doing more than just the bare minimum. The Washington Post
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Sunrise today ................................ 5:19 a.m. Sunset tonight ............................. 8:33 p.m. Moonrise today ........................... 3:13 p.m. Moonset today ............................. 1:31 a.m. Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 5:19 a.m. Sunset tomorrow ........................ 8:33 p.m. Moonrise tomorrow .................. 4:22 p.m. Moonset tomorrow .................... 2:06 a.m.
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AIR QUALITY TODAY
Rockford 75/47
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Dixon 77/47
Joliet 74/50
La Salle 75/51 Streator 76/50
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Evanston 68/51 Chicago 72/53
Aurora 75/47
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The Kaneland boys basketball team picked up a win over Batavia in the Geneva Summer League on Monday night. PAGE B2
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8MORNING KICKOFF
STANLEY CUP FINAL: GAME 3: BRUINS 2, BLACKHAWKS 0, BRUINS LEADS SERIES, 2-1
Rask up to the task Bruins goaltender shuts out Hawks
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Former NFL star Johnson released from jail FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – A contrite Chad Johnson apologized Monday for disrespecting a judge when the former NFL star slapped his attorney on the backside in court last week and was released from jail after only a week instead of 30 days. Broward County Circuit Judge Kathleen McHugh accepted Johnson’s apology and cut back his jail term for a probation violation to the seven days he had already served since the rear-swatting. Johnson, a flamboyant wide receiver formerly known as Chad Ochocinco, said in court that he’d had time to think about why his flippant attitude was wrong – especially in a domestic violence case. “I just wanted to apologize for disrespecting the court last time,” said Johnson, wearing a tan jail jumpsuit with his hands shackled at the waist. “I apologize. I did have time to reflect on the mistakes I made in this courtroom.” Johnson walked out of jail shortly after 4 p.m. and was met by his attorney, Adam Swickle, and sports agent Drew Rosenhaus. Johnson told reporters he was thankful to McHugh because she was the first person to get him to slow down and think about the path his life was taking. “No one has been able to do it, not even my parents,” he said. “I thank her. Everything she did was justified.” Asked if he hoped to latch on with an NFL team, Johnson said, “I just have to say my next move, my best move.” McHugh noted that in a previous hearing, Johnson put his arm around a female prosecutor’s shoulders, prompting her to tell him twice not to touch her. The judge also pointed out that when Johnson head-butted his thenwife, Evelyn Lozada of the reality TV show “Basketball Wives,” she suffered a three-inch gash on her head that required eight stitches. The judge called those injuries horrific. – Wire report
8WHAT TO WATCH College baseball World Series, Game 7, North Carolina vs. LSU, at Omaha, Neb., 2 p.m., ESPN World Series, Game 8, UCLA vs. North Carolina State, at Omaha, Neb., 7 p.m., ESPN Pro baseball Regional coverage, L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees or Baltimore at Detroit, 6 p.m., MLB White Sox at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m., WCIU Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m., CSN Pro basketball NBA playoffs, finals, Game 6, San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m., ABC Soccer Men’s national teams, World Cup qualifier, Honduras vs. U.S., at Salt Lake City, 7:30 p.m., ESPN
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By JIMMY GOLEN The Associated Press BOSTON – Tuukka Rask shut out the Blackhawks in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup finals Monday night and got enough help from the Bruins’ offense to do it without another exhausting overtime. After playing four extra periods in the first two games, the Bruins made an early night of it with second-period goals by Daniel Paille and AP photo Patrice Bergeron to win 2-0 Blackhawks center Andrew Shaw (65) collides with Boston goalie Tu- and take a 2-1 lead in the Stanukka Rask during the first period Monday in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup ley Cup finals. Rask stopped 28 shots for Finals in Boston.
More inside Viktor Stalberg returns for the Blackhawks. This and more from the Stanley Cup Final. See PAGE B2. his third shutout of the 2013 playoffs. Corey Crawford made 33 saves for the Hawks. Game 4 is Wednesday night in Boston before the matchup of Original Six teams returns to Chicago for a fifth game. The teams split the first two games there, with the Hawks winning Game 1 in triple-overtime and the Bruins
stealing home-ice advantage on Paille’s goal in the first OT of the second game. But this time the intrigue came before the opening faceoff instead of after the end of regulation. Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara and Hawks forward Marian Hossa were both injured during warmups. But while Chara needed just some stitches after his collision with teammate Milan Lucic, Hossa was a late scratch with an unspecified injury.
See HAWKS, page B2
HIGH SCHOOL CONFERENCE ALIGNMENT
A DIFFERENT LOOK
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DeKalb’s Dylan Hottsmith (left) outpaces Sycamore defenders Dylan Foster (2) and Michael Stinnett (7) during the first quarter of the annual DeKalb-Sycamore football game at Huskie Stadium on Sept. 7, 2012.
Northern Illinois Big 12 facing the possibility of two five-team divisions By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com The Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference began competition during the 2010-11 school year. Four years later, the league’s landscape will look a lot different. Dixon and Streator, both members of the West Division, are heading to different leagues after this school year. Dixon will join the Big Northern Conference, while Streator accepted an invitation to join to the Interstate Eight back in February. Sycamore athletic director Chauncey Carrick told the Daily Chronicle the league has talked to a number of schools, but that everyone seems to be happy where they’re at right now. Carrick said the league hasn’t set a limit on its number of teams. It’s
More online For all your prep sports coverage – stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to Daily-Chronicle.com/ dcpreps. more concerned with finding community-based programs similar to the conference’s 10 schools still committed to the NI Big 12. He did say the conference wants to stay at an even number. “We would like to get as many teams as we can that are like our current membership. I don’t think there’s a number on that. It could be 12, it
could be 20,” Carrick said. “We’re not going to limit that. We like schools that are like us. We like schools that are like a Sycamore, a DeKalb, a Rochelle. Things that we have in common. “Schools that are based in communities. Sometimes we’re the focal point of those communities. We’re not just a high school, we’re a community organization so to speak.” The NI Big 12 isn’t the only conference that’s dealt with change recently. For example, the Suburban Christian Conference recently lost seven of its schools to the Metro Suburban, and the remaining five members are joining the Chicago Catholic League in football and boys soccer. Carrick said that it’s a long shot for the NI Big 12 to expand by the time Dixon and Streator are gone. If the
conference is not able to find two new schools by then, it would be aligned with two five-team divisions. Rochelle would move to the West Division with old NCIC rivals Geneseo, LaSalle-Peru, Ottawa and Sterling while DeKalb, Kaneland, Morris, Sycamore and Yorkville remained in the East. When it comes to football, Carrick said the league has asked the IHSA for a temporary waiver asking for the champion of each division to be awarded an automatic bid to the state playoffs (champions of leagues with six teams get the automatic bid). In reality, the champion of each division should have no problem qualifying based on the strength of the conference’s programs in recent years.
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NBA PLAYOFFS: GAME 6: HEAT AT MIAMI, 8 P.M., TODAY, ABC
Scouting, development paying off for Spurs By JON KRAWCZYNSKI The Associated Press SAN ANTONIO – The Spurs have long been the NBA’s gold standard when it comes to drafting and development, preferring to roll up their sleeves and scour the globe to find the right players to slot into well-defined roles in San Antonio. They have more international players on their roster than any other team in the NBA, and even their American players don’t come
More inside Tickets prices going up for final games. This and more from the NBA Finals. See PAGE B3. straight from America to the league. It’s the hard way to build a roster, requiring patience, discipline and investment that few teams are able to muster these days. And it’s paying off in a big way for them in the NBA Finals.
There is Danny Green, who was cut three times and spent a summer in Slovenia, drilling every 3-pointer in sight and running away with the finals MVP award. There is Gary Neal, who was undrafted out of Towson University and spent three years kicking around Turkey, Spain and Italy before being discovered by the Spurs, scoring 24 points in a Game 3 victory that put them back in control.
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The San Antonio Spurs’ Tim Duncan (left) embraces Danny Green during the second half at Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Miami Heat on Sunday in San Antonio.
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MLB ROUNDUP
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Jasmine Brown earns All-American honors
FINALS (Best-of-7)
Former DeKalb athlete Jasmine Brown took third in Championship Division of the triple jump at the New Balance Nationals Outdoor meet in Greensboro, N.C., this past weekend. Brown, who won a Class 3A state title in the triple jump this past spring and will compete at Western Illinois next year, jumped a personal-best 40 feet, 6 inches. By finishing in the top six, Brown earned All-American honors. The winner, Keturah Orji from Budd Lake, N.J., had a mark of 43-9, the third-highest recorded high school mark in history.
Thursday, June 6 San Antonio 92, Miami 88 Sunday, June 9 Miami 103, San Antonio 84 Tuesday San Antonio 113, Miami 77 Thursday Miami 109, San Antonio 93 Sunday San Antonio 114, Miami 104, Spurs lead series 3-2 Today San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m. Thursday x-San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m. x-if necessary
NHL FINALS (Best-of-7) Wednesday Blackhawks 4, Boston 3 (3OT), Saturday Boston 2, Blackhawks 1, OT Monday Boston 2, Blackhawks 0, Boston leads series, 2-1 Wednesday Blackhawks at Boston, 7 p.m. Saturday Boston at Blackhawks, 7 p.m. Monday x-Blackhawks at Boston, 7 p.m. Wednesday, June 26 x-Boston at Blackhawks, 8 p.m. x-if necessary
NIU football recruit makes verbal commitment Northern Illinois has landed a three-star quarterback, according to Rivals.com. Wichita, Kan., quarterback Landon Root committed to NIU over the weekend. The prospect also had offers from Tulsa and Harvard. Rivals has the 6-3, 202-pound Root rated as the No. 19 dual threat quarterback prospect in the Class of 2014. Jordan Lynch will be gone after the upcoming season, and the Huskies have four other underclassmen QBs on their roster – sophomore Matt McIntosh, redshirt-freshmen Drew Hare and Matt Williams and true freshman Nick Cieslak. NIU currently has three other commits for the Class of 2014 – linebacker Robbie Odeneal Jr. (Kankakee), tight end Denzel Tolliver (Hillside) and offensive lineman Jacob Maxwell (Greendale, Wis.).
AP source: Ex Okla. State QB Lunt joining Illinois CHAMPAIGN – Former Oklahoma State starting quarterback Wes Lunt will return to his home state and transfer to Illinois, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized by Lunt to discuss the decision. Lunt is from Rochester and started five games last fall as a freshman for the Cowboys but was sidelined by an injury. He was the first true freshman to open the season as the starting quarterback at Oklahoma State since at least 1950. The highly regarded Lunt will have to sit out this fall under NCAA transfer rules, but when he’s available in 2014 could be an instant upgrade for a struggling Illinois program and coach Tim Beckman, who is headed into his second season in Champaign. The 6-4, 215-pound Lunt is a pocket passer and was 81-131 for 1,108 yards – 184.7 yards a game – and threw for six touchdowns this past fall. Lunt went to Oklahoma State after leading Rochester High School to two state championships. Over his past two seasons he threw for more than 7,000 yards and 65 touchdowns while throwing just eight interceptions.
Prince will head back to the U.S., play for the Sky Epiphanny Prince will head back to the Sky a little sooner than expected. Prince will return to the U.S. this week after Russia didn’t advance past the opening round of the EuroBasket women’s tournament. The Russian national team finished last in its pool, winning one game. Prince scored 13 points in the team’s lone victory Monday against Italy, but the Russians lost the tiebreaker to advance when Spain beat Sweden. The New York native, who was averaging 20.7 points for the Sky before leaving to join the Russian national team earlier this month, missed three WNBA games. They went 1-2 without her. – Staff, wire reports
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LEFT: Houston Astros’ Jason Castro (out of frame) is safe at second base as the White Sox’s Alexei Ramirez misses the tag in the third inning Monday in Houston. The White Sox won, 4-2. RIGHT: Cubs starting pitcher Travis Wood throws during the first inning against the St. Louis Cardinals on Monday in St. Louis. The Cubs lost, 5-2. Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to read more about the Cubs and White Sox games.
PREP BOYS BASKETBALL
Pruett, Kaneland top Batavia in summer league play By KEVIN SHEPKE editorial@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Batavia boys basketball coach Jim Nazos put it simply. “Every time we take the court, we’re going to get better,” he said, “and that’s all we’re trying to do right now.” After losing 11 seniors from last year’s squad, that’s all the soon-to-be second-year Bulldogs coach can focus on at this point in the offseason. But being able to showcase his young team in Geneva Summer League play, Nazos has found just the recipe to give his varsity newcomers the experience they need moving forward. “This is a great tournament
for us to be in because there’s a lot of area schools and very good programs,” Nazos said. “You’re not going to come here and play bad teams. With that said, we’re not going to measure ourselves on wins and losses but just focus on progress and getting better.” Batavia ended the night Monday at Geneva with a 50-37 loss to Kaneland, which moved the Bulldogs’ record to 1-3 in the summer league so far. “We’ve been pretty strong so far and our seniors are playing well in their roles and leading how they should,” Nazos said. “There’s also a few guys who were in the background last year and are doing well now. I can’t tell from our first five to our second and third
five because I think everybody is doing well. It’s also too early to tell that.” On the flip-side with the Knights, coach Brian Johnson is looking at some new players for varsity, but already has some valuable experience returning for this year’s team. “We’ve got three to four guys coming back who we hope their leadership will carry us through the summer and will roll right into the season,” Johnson said. “We’ve had our up and down moments but when it’s been going well, it’s great.” Drew David, who will be a four-year starter at point guard, leads the group of veterans. John Pruett as well as Ty Carlson are two other return-
ees who Kaneland is hoping will provide leadership. “I’m really happy with what those guys have been doing,” Johnson said. “This kind of a tournament gives the veteran guys and especially the younger guys the chance to play some tough competition against schools in the area, which is great.” The Knights (2-1 summer league) found themselves down 29-26 at halftime against Batavia despite a 13-point performance from Pruett in the first half, but they changed things dramatically in the second half thanks to an 11-0 scoring run to finish the final 5:14. Pruett finished with a game-high 18 points.
BLACKHAWKS NOTES
Hawks’ Stalberg running out of chances By TOM MUSICK tmusick@shawmedia.com BOSTON – Viktor Stalberg is getting a second chance. It’s unlikely that he’ll receive a third one. The Blackhawks’ speedy but streaky forward made his Stanley Cup Final debut Monday after watching the first two games as a healthy scratch. Stalberg failed to respond to his first two-game benching during the second round against the Detroit Red Wings. “I think we need some speed from him,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville told reporters after the morning skate. “I think we need energy.” Some production on offense wouldn’t hurt, either.
After scoring nine goals with 14 assists in 47 regular-season games, Stalberg entered Monday with no goals and three assists in 15 playoff games. His playing time dropped as he struggled, and he averaged only 1.4 shots a game. The Hawks routinely have preached the importance of playing to one’s strengths. In Stalberg’s case, that means relying on his terrific speed to generate scoring chances. “Using it the right way, he’s a threat, gives us some speed on all lines,” Quenneville said. “It gives him something at least to contend with.” Stalberg’s turbulent postseason could wind up costing him millions. The 27-year-old forward is due to become an
unrestricted free agent this summer, but the Hawks and other teams might hesitate to guarantee big money to a player who struggled so badly in the playoffs that he was removed twice from the lineup. Nothing personal: Brandon Bollig returned to his longtime role as a healthy scratch after playing the first two games of the series. Bollig registered three shots on goal and posted a minus-1 rating while averaging more than 11 minutes of ice time in the series. But he failed to clear the puck out of the Hawks’ zone in Game 2, which led to the Bruins’ game-winning goal. Quenneville defended Bollig’s performance but said it was Stalberg’s turn to play.
“I think Bollig gave us a couple real strong games,” Quenneville said. “You can talk about the last play [in Game 2]. “Certainly, you like the predictability of his game. I thought he did a nice job.” Hit parade: By the time the playoffs are finished, Bryan Bickell might end up leading the Hawks in hits as well as goals. Bickell entered Game 3 with 68 hits, which edged out Brent Seabrook (66) for the most on the team. Andrew Shaw was third on the Hawks with 62 hits. A steep drop exists until the next trio of Hawks’ hitters, which includes Patrick Sharp (39), Michal Rozsival (37) and Michal Handzus (35).
Hossa is late-game scratch for Blackhawks • HAWKS Continued from page B1 Hossa, who has three game-winning goals in the playoffs this year, was tied for the team lead with 15 playoff points and was third on the Hawks with 17 goals during the regular season. It was a loss the Hawks couldn’t afford. Not with Rask stopping everything that came his way. The Bruins’ goalie, who was a backup to Conn Smythe-winner Tim Thomas in the team’s 2011 Stanley Cup run, didn’t face as difficult a test as in the first period of Game 2, when the Hawks sent 19 shots at him but managed just one goal. But he stymied them all game and got some help from the post on Bryan Bickell’s shot with 42 seconds left in the game. The puck caromed off the
right post and the goal light flickered on briefly, but play continued for another 30 seconds before the whistle blew and the game degenerated into fisticuffs. Chara was on top of Viktor Stalberg, pounding away, and Andrew Shaw got the better of Brad Marchand. By the time it was all sorted out, the benches were a little emptier but the scoring column for the Blackhawks was still blank. After a scoreless first period, the Bruins made it 1-0 when Paille slapped in the puck at 2:13 of the second, falling to one knee for extra power. It stayed that way until late in the second, when the Bruins picked up their first power plays of the game on two nearly identical plays, with a Bruin racing to the net and a Hawk undercutting his skates and sending him crashing into the
left post. Boston set up their offense during the 11-second two-man advantage, and just five seconds after it expired – but before Dave Bolland was able to get back into the play – Jaromir Jagr slid one across the middle, past Lucic in the center to Bergeron on the other side for the easy one-timer. It was Jagr’s 197th career playoff point in 199 games, moving him into sole possession of fifth place on the NHL’s all-time postseason points list. Notes: Jagr had been tied with Paul Coffey on the career postseason scoring list. ... Two of Jagr’s playoff points came on goals scored against the Hawks when they were swept by Penguins in 1992 final. ... Boston’s Gregory Campbell, who broke his leg blocking a shot in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals, attended
the game. ... The Bruins have killed off 27 straight penalties in the playoffs. ... Boston’s David Krejci entered the game tied with the Hawks’ Andrew Sharp for the most goals in the postseason with nine. The Bruins center entered the game leading all scorers with 23 points. ... The Bruins are attempting to win a Cup for the second time in three seasons for the third time in their history. They also did it in 1939 and ’41 and again in 1970 and ’72. ... Bruins won their seventh straight home playoff game. ... The Blackhawks fell to 3-5 on the road in the postseason. ... Ben Smith, who played just one game this regular season and none in the playoffs, replaced Hossa in the lineup. ... Stalberg replaced Brandon Bollig in the lineup for the Hawks.
Central Division W L Pct Detroit 39 29 .574 Kansas City 34 34 .500 Cleveland 34 35 .493 Minnesota 30 36 .455 White Sox 29 38 .433 East Division W L Pct Boston 42 29 .592 Baltimore 40 31 .563 New York 38 31 .551 Tampa Bay 36 33 .522 Toronto 33 36 .478 West Division W L Pct Oakland 42 30 .583 Texas 39 31 .557 Seattle 31 39 .443 Los Angeles 30 39 .435 Houston 26 45 .366
GB — 5 5½ 8 9½ GB — 2 3 5 8 GB — 2 10 10½ 15½
Monday’s Games White Sox 4, Houston 2 Kansas City 2, Cleveland 1 Toronto 2, Colorado 0 Detroit 5, Baltimore 1 Texas 8, Oakland 7 Seattle at L.A. Angels (n) Today’s Games White Sox (Axelrod 3-4) at Minnesota (Pelfrey 3-6), 7:10 p.m. Tampa Bay (Archer 1-2) at Boston (Aceves 3-1), 12:05 p.m., 1st game Kansas City (E.Santana 5-5) at Cleveland (U.Jimenez 5-4), 6:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-2) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 3-5), 6:05 p.m. Colorado (Francis 2-4) at Toronto (Rogers 2-2), 6:07 p.m. Baltimore (Britton 0-1) at Detroit (Verlander 8-4), 6:08 p.m. Tampa Bay (Odorizzi 0-0) at Boston (Doubront 4-3), 6:10 p.m., 2nd game Oakland (J.Parker 5-6) at Texas (Darvish 7-2), 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee (Figaro 1-0) at Houston (Lyles 3-1), 7:10 p.m. Seattle (Bonderman 1-1) at L.A. Angels (Blanton 1-10), 9:05 p.m. Wednesday’s Games White Sox at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m. Baltimore at Detroit, 12:08 p.m. Kansas City at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m. Colorado at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:10 p.m. Oakland at Texas, 7:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 7:10 p.m. Seattle at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct St. Louis 45 25 .643 Cincinnati 43 28 .606 Pittsburgh 41 29 .586 Cubs 28 40 .412 Milwaukee 28 40 .412 East Division W L Pct Atlanta 41 28 .594 Washington 34 35 .493 Philadelphia 34 37 .479 New York 25 39 .391 Miami 21 47 .309 West Division W L Pct Arizona 37 32 .536 Colorado 37 34 .521 San Francisco 35 33 .515 San Diego 35 34 .507 Los Angeles 29 39 .426
GB — 2½ 4 16 16 GB — 7 8 13½ 19½ GB — 1 1½ 2 7½
Today’s Games St. Louis 5, Cubs 2 Philadelphia 5, Washington 4 Toronto 2, Colorado 0 Cincinnati 4, Pittsburgh 1 N.Y. Mets at Atlanta (n) Miami at Arizona (n) San Diego at San Francisco (n) Today’s Games Cubs (Samardzija 3-7) at St. Louis (Wainwright 10-3), 7:15 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Harvey 5-1) at Atlanta (A.Wood 0-0), 12:10 p.m., 1st game L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 6-2) at N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 3-5), 6:05 p.m. Washington (Detwiler 2-4) at Philadelphia (Lee 8-2), 6:05 p.m. Colorado (Francis 2-4) at Toronto (Rogers 2-2), 6:07 p.m. N.Y. Mets (Wheeler 0-0) at Atlanta (Maholm 7-5), 6:10 p.m., 2nd game Pittsburgh (Morton 0-1) at Cincinnati (Latos 6-0), 6:10 p.m. Milwaukee (Figaro 1-0) at Houston (Lyles 3-1), 7:10 p.m. Miami (Eovaldi 0-0) at Arizona (Delgado 0-0), 8:40 p.m. San Diego (Cashner 5-3) at San Francisco (M.Cain 5-3), 9:15 p.m. Wednesday’s Games Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m. Miami at Arizona, 2:40 p.m. San Diego at San Francisco, 2:45 p.m. L.A. Dodgers at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m. Washington at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. Colorado at Toronto, 6:07 p.m. N.Y. Mets at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m. Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m. Milwaukee at Houston, 7:10 p.m.
Swisher out of lineup CLEVELAND – Slumping Indians first baseman Nick Swisher received a cortisone shot in his sore left shoulder Monday and will be sidelined for Cleveland’s next three games. Manager Terry Francona said Swisher received the injection after an MRI taken Sunday revealed no structural damage. Francona said Swisher will be “down for a couple of days” and is not likely to play during the Indians’ threegame series against Kansas City. – Wire report
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Former Penn State players offer support for lawsuit By GENARO C. ARMAS The Associated Press STATE COLLEGE, Pa. – About 325 former Penn State players and coaches have signed a statement supporting the lawsuit filed by the family of former coach Joe Paterno and other former players seeking to overturn NCAA sanctions against the football program for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal. Former player Brian Masella released the letter Monday in support of the lawsuit, which was also filed last month by some coaches, trustees and faculty. Jack-
sonville Jaguars linebacker Paul Posluszny, and former NFL quarterbacks Kerry Collins and Todd Blackledge are among the notable names who signed on to the statement. Masella said he and a few other former players organized the statement on their own after some of the plaintiffs explained their position in a letter to former players and sought their support. He stressed the statement had no connection to the official football alumni group, the Football Letterman’s Club – which has roughly 1,100 members – though some individual members have signed on their own.
The former players in the statement said they stood with the others in the case in demanding “fairness, due process, truth, and a just outcome. Everyone – Sandusky’s victims, Penn Staters, and the public at large – deserves to know the complete truth.” As in the lawsuit, the former players in the statement took issue with the NCAA basing its strict sanctions on what they called the flawed report by former FBI director Louis Freeh on the scandal for the school. Freeh concluded that Paterno and three former school officials concealed allegations against Sandusky, a retired
defensive coordinator found guilty in June 2012 on dozens of criminal counts covering allegations on and off campus. Sandusky, 69, was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison. Paterno died in January 2012. Freeh’s report was released in July 2012, and the NCAA issued its sanctions less than two weeks later. The landmark penalties included a four-year bowl ban and steep scholarship cuts. Paterno’s family and the school officials have firmly denied there was a cover-up. The family earlier this year commissioned a critique which called Freeh’s report a “rush to injustice.”
Family attorney Wick Sollers praised the former players for a “powerful statement of support ... The purpose of the litigation is to have the issues reviewed in a forum where due process and facts matter.” The lawsuit filed several weeks ago argues the NCAA sidestepped its own rules with uncharacteristic speed in levying sanctions, and sought to raise fresh questions about Freeh’s report. “In speaking with a couple former players, we wanted to do something to support the [others] involved in the lawsuit,” Masella, a 1975 graduate who played tight end and
punter, said in a phone interview. “We had to start somewhere. It basically started to snowball.” When asked, Masella also said their actions don’t take away from the full support that former players have for coach Bill O’Brien and the current team. They backed O’Brien “100 percent,” and wanted what was best for the current players in hoping to reverse the sanctions, he said. The NCAA has not filed a response yet to the lawsuit. NCAA president Mark Emmert – named as a defendant – declined comment on individual cases last month.
NBA FINALS NOTEBOOK
MEN’S SOCCER: U.S. VS. HONDURAS
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Versatile Fabian Johnson helping American squad
the 2006 series for the Dallas Mavericks. There was just one fourpoint play in last year’s finals, coming when Derek Fisher converted for Oklahoma City while getting fouled by Miami’s Mario Chalmers in Game 3. Besides Allen, Stackhouse, Howard and Fisher, the other NBA players with a four-point play in a Finals game are Andrew Toney, Scott Wedman, Toni Kukoc, Hersey Hawkins, Glen Rice, Reggie Miller, Manu Ginobili, Paul Pierce and Kobe Bryant.
By TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press MIAMI – With the final week of the NBA season now here, ticket prices are going into overdrive. The online ticket resale site StubHub showed just about 3,000 tickets were available for purchase on the secondary markets in Miami for Game 6 of the NBA Finals between the Heat and the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night. Standing-room only prices were bottoming out at $185. For an actual seat, the lowest price was $199. The cheapest seat in the lower bowl of the arena was going for $475. And for courtside seats, the average price for what was available was about $23,000 – apiece. Somehow, they were far below the highest asking price. There even was a pair of seats, 25 rows from the court, listed for $80,000 apiece. During the season, those same seats might be available for around $100 each. If Miami wins tonight and forces a winner-take-all Game 7 on Thursday night, supply and demand clearly kick into effect. There’s already much less inventory available for purchase online for Game 7, with the lowest in-the-door price being $385, or more than double what it is for Game 6.
ALLEN FOR 8 Ray Allen for 3, that happens on a regular basis. After all, the Miami Heat guard is the NBA’s all-time leader in shots
BEEN DONE BEFORE
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Miami Heat shooting guard Ray Allen warms up before the start of Game 2 of the NBA Finals against San Antonio Spurs on June 3 in Miami. made from beyond the arc. Allen – or anyone else, really – for 4, that’s still rare. So then, Allen for 8? Allen became the 13th player in NBA Finals history to make a four-point play when he connected on a 3-pointer while getting fouled in Game 5 of the series at San Antonio on Sunday night. That came when he got fouled by Tony Parker. And for good measure, he did it again later in the game,
making another 3-pointer while getting fouled by the Spurs’ Danny Green, who broke Allen’s record for most overall 3-pointers in a Finals. There have been two fourpoint plays in the same Finals game before – with the Heat also involved in those – but never two by the same player. Jerry Stackhouse (fouled by Dwyane Wade) and Josh Howard (fouled by Antoine Walker) both had them in Game 2 of
Three teams have gone into Game 6 of the NBA Finals on their home court down 3-2 in the series, and wound up winning the championship. The Los Angeles Lakers (coached then by current Heat President Pat Riley) did it against Detroit in 1988. The Houston Rockets did it in 1994 against the New York Knicks (the Knicks were also coached by Riley). And the Lakers did it again in 2010, toppling the Boston Celtics. “This is the reason that you play 82 games, to get homecourt,” Heat forward Chris Bosh said. “And we have to defend home-court.”
COMMISH SOAKS IT UP Commissioner David Stern opened his last NBA Finals with a news conference before Game 1 in which he expressed hesitancy to do much reflecting on his three decades in charge, or presiding over his last championship series.
Duncan has chance to claim his fifth title • SPURS Continued from page B1 There is Boris Diaw, the once-promising Frenchman who was on his way out of the league before the Spurs brought him in, playing surprisingly stingy defense on LeBron James and finding Manu Ginobili cutting to the basket for easy buckets in a Game 5 win that moved the Spurs one victory away from the franchise’s fifth title. How do they find these guys? General manager RC Buford has assembled an unparalleled scouting staff and worked with Gregg Popovich to establish a system and culture over the past 15-plus seasons that allows them to identify the exact attributes that will allow a player to succeed in San Antonio. “Our management staff, RC does a great job with his scouts showing us who is out there, who is available,” Popovich said earlier this season. “And we all sit down and decide who we want to bring in. Once we bring them in, we do take a lot of time trying to develop them.” It takes communication. It takes trust. It takes commitment to do what the Spurs do. It also takes a willingness to think outside the normal parameters of team building, to consider players that don’t fit the prototypical mold.
“When you look at a basketball player and you’re trying to evaluate someone, in my opinion you’ve got to look past the typical biases and preconceived notions on what an NBA player is and should look like or should be; what their pedigree or path should be and really get down to the guy’s talent and character and work ethic,” said forward Matt Bonner, who played in Italy and was acquired in a trade from Toronto. “Is this person going to make our team better and can he play? I think when you do that you can get a more accurate portrayal of a player and what their value potentially could be.” The commitment to drafting and developing came early for Buford and Popovich. Situated in small-market San Antonio, they knew they couldn’t afford to throw millions at the free agent market every summer to fill holes in their roster. They certainly got lucky getting the No. 1 pick in 1997 when Tim Duncan was available, but their moves to surround him with a championship-caliber supporting cast all came the hard way. Game 6 is tonight in Miami, where Duncan will have a chance to win his fifth title 14 years after his first. Along the way he has gone from the focal point to a supporting role, all thanks to the system the Spurs have in place. “I think development is a big part of that,” Buford said.
“The better prepared you can be to fill in the holes behind that success of an aging group, the smoother the transition might be.” Tony Parker was the 28th pick out of France in 2001. And despite being well known and coveted thanks to his stellar international play for Argentina, Ginobili fell to the second round in 1999 and didn’t come to the NBA for another three seasons. “Ginobili, that was a pick that a lot of people knew was going to be good,” Timberwolves president of basketball operations Flip Saunders said. “It’s just at the time, a lot of people didn’t want to wait for him.” The Spurs were willing to wait, and it’s paid off handsomely with the left-hander helping them win three titles and then registering 24 points and 10 assists in their Game 5 victory over Miami. He has also helped other foreign players like Tiago Splitter and Nando De Colo make the transition to the United States. “The first years I started to feel like a guide to the new guys, it felt great, because I needed that at the beginning,” Ginobili said. “Being sort of an icon or staple player on this team feels really good. I’m very lucky. And at the same time, it’s great to have so many international players that went through some of the things you went through.” Assistant coach Chad
Forcier also deserves plenty of credit. He worked hard with Green to smooth out his jumper and has spent countless hours with many of the projects the Spurs have taken on over the years. The long and winding road that many of these players have taken to get here comes through in the hunger they show on the court. “Just dealing with the reality that I wasn’t going to get drafted, that’s like a crossroad for a lot of guys coming out of college,” Neal said. “You realize you’re not going to get drafted and there’s a great chance that you might not become an NBA player. You kind of have to make your mind up that you want to continue on professionally and take the European route and take it seriously.” When they arrive in San Antonio, they see a lot of other players just like them. A bond is formed and a support system is fostered. “I think there’s a lot of guys with the Spurs who didn’t have the easy way, one-anddone in college and then bam, you have a career,” Bonner said. “A lot of guys on our team have had to go through the journey of maybe all four years of college, maybe the D-league, maybe overseas. I think that builds character and it makes you appreciate playing in the NBA and playing for an organization like the Spurs that much more.”
The ASSOCIATED PRESS SANDY, Utah – Nothing defines Fabian Johnson better than versatility. It is one reason why the German-American was such a coveted addition to the U.S. national team in 2011. Johnson can shift between midfield and left back with ease. No matter where he plays on the field, he takes to the position like it is his natural one. “It’s not tough,” Johnson said. “It’s just a different role that I have to play. I’ve played it a lot of times, so it won’t make any difference to the team or to me.” Johnson’s versatility could be valuable once again when the United States takes on Honduras in a 2014 World Cup qualifying match tonight at the home of Real Salt Lake of MLS. Honduras is the only team to beat the Americans in their hexagonal group this year and will certainly give them a stiff challenge in the rematch. The United States leads the group with 10 points off three wins, a draw and the loss at Honduras. The Hondurans are fourth with seven points. U.S. coach Jurgen Klinsmann has not said who will start or where, but Johnson is expected to drop into the backfield from midfield, where he played against Panama. The juggling comes out of necessity to fill the hole left by DaMarcus Beasley this week. Beasley will be unavailable while serving a one-game suspension for yellow card accumulation. For Johnson, it is no big deal to switch. Left back is his club position, so it will
be like slipping on a familiar pair of pants. “I’m used to left back,” Johnson said. “I played the whole season there with Hoffenheim. It wouldn’t be a [big] difference to me if I were to start there or the midfield. I just try to do my best at every position I play.” Moving Johnson is not the only anticipated change. Graham Zusi and Jermaine Jones are expected to return to the starting lineup after both players missed the 2-0 victory over Panama last week. Still, taking Johnson out of midfield is a tough call. He has been a steadying force in the middle for the U.S. during the qualifying matches. And his defensive aggressiveness will be an asset against a formidable Honduras midfield. Johnson is adaptable enough to make life equally tough from the left back position. His willingness to tackle any role makes everything easier for the entire back line and goalkeeper Tim Howard to do their jobs. “Versatility is good,” Howard said. “Sometimes, it can be a curse as well in terms of not being able to solidify a position. Our guys seem to do it. Just being natural athletes back there leads to that versatility.” Klinsmann repeatedly singled out Johnson on Monday as an example of the mentality he wants in his players. His willingness to accept and understand his role, then flourish in it, is a quality Klinsmann sees as a key to success. “Every coach see qualities and strengths in players differently,” Klinsmann said.
Sycamore AD likes schools in NI Big 12 • CONFERENCE Continued from page B1 “The automatic bid thing’s really not that big of deal anymore, to be honest,” Sycamore football coach Joe Ryan said. “You’re fortunate enough to win our five-team league, you’re going to have plenty of wins to get into the playoffs.” Carrick said one reason for aligning into two divisions, rather than having one 10-team conference like the NIC-10 or Northeastern Athletic, is giving the conference a chance for more playoff teams. Instead of nine games within the conference with one 10-team conference, the five-team divisions will
still allow for nonconference games. “From a scheduling standpoint [a 10-team league is] the easiest way to go,” Ryan said. “But going the easiest way isn’t always the best way for the conference.” Each team will play two crossovers, and will have to find three nonconference teams. Carrick said that while the league is looking to expand, the format that will be in place for 2014-15 could be a long-term solution as well. “I know that the schools that we currently have like being together,” he said. “We’re going to make the best we can out of it and move on.”
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SPRINT CUP SERIES Toyota/Save Mart 350 Race time: 2 p.m. Sunday Site: Sonoma Raceway at Sears Point, Sonoma, Calif. TV: TNT
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jason Leffler, like every other racer, understood the risks of his profession. It’s a conversation he had with his longtime girlfriend when his NASCAR prospects dried up and a return to the sprint car circuit was the only way he could compete on a regular basis. It wasn’t a glamorous life, and it certainly wasn’t going to make him rich. But it was a chance to race and, man, did Leffler love racing. “We’d talked a lot about these cars and the dangers involved and Jason accepted it because he said all the time, ‘I’d rather my son see me live a happy life then see me sitting in a job I hate being miserable,’ ” Julianna Patterson told The Associated Press on Monday. “Jason was amazing. He was ornery. His life was Charlie, racing, family and friends. In that order. But Charlie was the most important. Charlie was his entire world.” That was evident long before Leffler’s death in an accident at a dirt track in New Jersey on Wednesday. The 37-year-old divorced father’s Twitter feed and Instagram account were a loving tribute to 5-year-old Charlie Dean, his only child. There were photos of the first day of school, the two eating ice cream together, playing on the floor, hanging out at a race track, wearing matching sunglasses and, last month, Charlie’s kindergarten graduation. “Everybody knows how racers are, it’s all they focus on,” Leffler’s older brother, Chris, told AP. “But fatherhood really changed him, that’s for sure. It was all about Charlie. Jason took Charlie wherever he could, tried to show him everything. He really grew as an adult after Charlie was born because all his best intentions were for Charlie. He wasn’t worried so much for himself anymore.” Although Leffler spent a decade racing in NASCAR, he
NATIONWIDE SERIES Johnsville Sausage 200 Race time: 4 p.m. Saturday Site: Road America, Elkhart Lake, Wis. TV: ESPN
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Upcoming Sprint Cup schedule Sunday: Toyota/Save Mart 350, Sonoma, Calif. June 29: Quaker State 400, Sparta, Ky. July 6: Coke Zero 400 powered by Coca-Cola, Daytona Beach, Fla. July 14: New Hampshire 300, Loudon, N.H. July 28: Crown Royal Presents The Your Hero’s Name Here 400 at The Brickyard, Indianapolis Aug. 4: GoBowling.com 400, Long Pond, Pa. Aug. 11: Cheez-It 355 at the Glen, Watkins Glen, N.Y. Aug. 18: Pure Michigan 400, Brooklyn, Mich. Aug. 24: Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol, Tenn. Sept. 1: Advocare 500, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga. Sept. 7: Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Va. Sept. 15: Geico 400, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet
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A Jason Leffler sticker is seen on Carl Edwards’ car after qualifying, Friday, for Sunday’s Quicken Loans 400 at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Mich. The death of NASCAR driver Leffler at a dirt-track race near Philadelphia earlier this week has brought more attention to small, local tracks, where some big names like Tony Stewart still show up to race on occasion. wasn’t a star and he certainly wasn’t a household name. But he was extremely popular among his peers and everyone knew about his love for Charlie. It was plain to see Sunday, as Greg Biffle held his own daughter in Victory Lane at Michigan, lamenting how Leffler didn’t get to spend Father’s Day with his son, and after Kasey Kahne climbed from his burning car he spoke not of the cut tire that cost him a win, but of the friend he lost. “Jason Leffler was a good buddy of mine and it’s neat to see how the racing world and the fans and his friends and everybody has supported him for the last four or five days,” Kahne said. “That showed the person and the racer that he was.” Far more important than a racer was Leffler’s job as father. On Monday, Leffler’s girlfriend, brother and representatives at Spire Sports discussed his financial situation to clear up growing misconceptions and rumors about the estate he left behind for Charlie. His former sister-in-law told Sporting News on Friday that Leffler did not have life insurance when he died. But it’s not that simple and some believe that was a deliberate attempt to solicit donations to an account that had been established for both Charlie and Leffler’s ex-wife. “It’s insane that someone
would bring this up, would bring up life insurance, within a day of this happening. We haven’t even had the funeral yet,” Patterson said. “Jason would never have left Charlie with nothing. Never. To suggest otherwise is not true and it’s evil. “I remember he went into Charlie’s room one night before bed and said to him, ‘Everything I do is for you,’ and Charlie hugged him and said, ‘You almost made me cry, Dad.’ Those two loved each other more than anything in the entire world.” The reality is that disability and life insurance for race car drivers are expensive and difficult to get – usually issued only by Lloyds of London – and the premiums are substantial. Leffler’s last full Nationwide season was in 2011, and he’d run just 12 NASCAR races in 2012. He didn’t have deep resources to buy insurance anymore; the night he was killed, the winner was guaranteed just $7,000. So perhaps Leffler didn’t think life insurance was the best investment for Charlie Dean’s future. But Leffler still invested specifically with his son in mind, his loved ones say, and took steps to ensure his son would be cared for before his death and in the event of his death. He had disability insurance and other policies, and funds established for Charlie.
2013 standings SPRINT CUP SERIES 1. Jimmie Johnson ...................538 2. Carl Edwards........................507 3. Clint Bowyer ....................... 489 4. Kevin Harvick.......................476 5. Matt Kenseth.......................456 6. Kyle Busch............................452 7. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ...............447 8. Greg Biffle ............................443 9. Brad Keselowski................. 430 10. Tony Stewart..................... 417 11. Paul Menard........................ 415 12. Kasey Kahne.......................407 -----------------------------------------13. Martin Truex Jr. ................ 405 14. Joey Logano ...................... 405 15. Aric Almirola ..................... 404 16. Jeff Gordon.........................398 17. Jeff Burton ..........................390 18. Ryan Newman ...................389 19. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ..........389 20. Kurt Busch .........................384 21. Jamie McMurray................375 22. Juan Pablo Montoya......... 361 23. Marcos Ambrose ..............342 24. Mark Martin....................... 314 25. Casey Mears......................305 26. Denny Hamlin....................299 27. Danica Patrick ...................277 28. David Ragan ......................265 29. David Gilliland .................. 261 30. Bobby Labonte .................256 31. Dave Blaney .......................245 32. David Reutimann .............. 214 33. J.J. Yeley ............................. 213 34. David Stremme ................ 209 35. Travis Kvapil ...................... 178 36. A J Allmendinger............... 158 37. Michael McDowell..............83 38. Timmy Hill............................80 39. Scott Speed ......................... 75 40. Michael Waltrip ..................63 41. Terry Labonte ...................... 52 42. Ken Schrader.......................39 43. Scott Riggs ........................ 10 44. Brian Keselowski .................. 4 45. Jason Leffler .......................... 1
“He absolutely bent over backward to do whatever was best for Charlie,” said Chris Leffler, executor of the drivers’ will. “He probably could have held on to a lot more in the divorce. But he sacrificed, did without, and has done whatever necessary to make sure Charlie is taken care of. I’ve seen a little bit of what’s been insinuated and it’s disappointing.” Although Leffler made sure Charlie was provided for, The Charlie Dean Leffler Discretionary Trust was announced Saturday with three trustees. It was created in part because the racing community and fans often contribute regardless of need – more than $650,000 was raised for two-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dan Wheldon’s family following his 2011 death – and to ensure any money donated went solely to Charlie’s needs. Leffler, Charlie and Patterson had planned to move into a new apartment this weekend, and Charlie had been so excited for his new bed and the flags that were going to be hung in his new room. He’d only in the last year begun to understand his father’s place in the racing world, and at Christmas when he was given Jimmie Johnson and Kasey Kahne trading cards, Charlie only wanted cards of his dad. He’d recently learned how to Google his father, Patterson said, and once even asked Leffler for his autograph. They lived together as a little family for two years, baking cookies and making every color of Jell-O possible, taking long walks with Charlie’s compass and binoculars and playing sprint cars on the floor. “All Jason would want now is for Charlie to know who his dad was, to be cared for and to know how much he loved his little dude,” Patterson said. “He wasn’t irresponsible, he wasn’t careless and he wasn’t reckless. He took every step possible because Charlie was his world.”
SPRINT CUP’S TOP 15 FINISHERS FROM SUNDAY’S RACE (Start position in parentheses) 1. (19) Greg Biffle, 2. (21) Kevin Harvick 3. (13) Martin Truex Jr. 4. (9) Kyle Busch 5. (14) Tony Stewart 6. (8) Matt Kenseth 7. (27) Clint Bowyer 8. (1) Carl Edwards 9. (6) Joey Logano 10. (18) Jeff Burton 11. (7) Austin Dillon 12. (16) Brad Keselowski 13. (37) Danica Patrick 14. (4) Paul Menard 15. (25) Trevor Bayne
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Jew striving for orthodox life wants support Dear Abby: I have been with my fiance for four years. He is 32, I’m 23. He is Catholic and I am Jewish. When I met him, I wasn’t particularly religious, but since planning a trip to Israel and after studying under a rabbi, I have become more religious. I now keep kosher and try to be as close to Orthodox as I can. I eventually want an Orthodox Jewish home and for my children to be raised Jewish. But every time I try to discuss this with him, he nods his head and says in a sarcastic tone, “Uh-huh.” I don’t think he understands how serious I am about becoming Orthodox, even though I live the lifestyle now. How can I ensure that he will live and raise our children in an Orthodox Jewish way before I walk down
DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips the aisle and it is too late? – Keeping Kosher in New York Dear Keeping Kosher: Your fiance is behaving as if he thinks you are going through a phase rather than making an actual commitment to becoming Orthodox Jewish. If he had any interest in raising his children in the Jewish faith, he would have shown it by asking questions and trying to learn more about what that would entail. I won’t mince words with you: The only guarantee I can offer that your children will be raised Orthodox Jewish would be for you to marry a man who feels similarly.
Dear Abby: My wife is the best thing that ever happened to me. After 34 years together – 28 of them married – she is still the love of my life. How can I express this to her? I have done the usual things over the years: candy, flowers, presents. I give cards, but I am not a wordsmith. I love her so much I don’t know if it is even possible to express it with words or gifts, but still I try. Do you have any suggestions on how I can convey my love to this wonderful woman who I call my wife? – Speechless in Ohio Dear Speechless: You don’t have to be a wordsmith to say “I love you” when she awakens in the morning and repeat it as she goes to sleep each night. Flowers, candy and presents are demonstra-
tions of your love, but just as meaningful can be something as simple as holding her hand when you walk together and turning up the thermostat when she’s chilly – even if you aren’t. Dear Abby: May I vent about something? It really irritates me when people write to you and blame a bad childhood on how they turned out. I didn’t have the best childhood. I was molested by my mom’s second husband, was on my own at 15, and pregnant at 16 and again at 17. I wasn’t on welfare when I had my kids – I have worked and supported them by myself from day one. Don’t get me wrong: I’m not bragging. But I had a tough time growing up. Now, at 33, I have two beautiful daughters who turned out well. I also have
a good job and a fiance who loves us all. We are who we make ourselves become. It doesn’t always have to turn into a tragedy. I get so tired of hearing about people who kill, people who are strung out on drugs, and people in general who blame everything on when they were kids and how bad they had it. – Doing Just Fine in Texas Dear Doing Just Fine: You are entitled to vent; that’s what I’m here for. I commend you for your determination, resilience and resourcefulness in dealing with the challenges you faced while growing up, and for passing those traits on to your daughters.
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Chelation therapy and risk of heart disease Dear Dr. K: I have heart disease. Will chelation therapy help reduce my risk of a heart attack? Dear Reader: That’s a timely question, because a recent study of chelation therapy has generated a lot of interest and debate. Chelation therapy is used to eliminate metals or other toxins from your body. During the procedure, chemicals are infused into your bloodstream. When these chemicals find unwanted substances as they travel through your blood, they attach themselves to them and carry them out of the body in your urine. For people with toxic levels of lead or mercury, chelation therapy is an FDA-approved method to help with their removal
ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff from the body. Its use for heart disease is more controversial. Here’s the idea: Heart disease results when your blood vessels are narrowed by atherosclerotic plaques that limit blood flow. These plaques are largely made up of fat, cholesterol and calcium. Chelation with a chemical called EDTA pulls calcium out of atherosclerotic plaques – or so the thinking goes. This is supposed to shrink plaques and make artery walls healthier. Thus, the risk of heart attack, stroke and other problems related to blood vessel diseases
should decrease. For decades, chelation practitioners have claimed that the procedure works. But results of a recently published study didn’t support the positive claims. The study included 1,708 adults age 50 and older who had a previous heart attack. Half of the patients got 40 infusions of EDTA solution along with high doses of vitamin and mineral supplements. Half got a placebo (saltwater) solution. People were chosen for the chelation therapy group and the placebo group by a random process. The researchers followed the patients for about 4.5 years. Twenty-six percent of people in the chelation group had heart attack, stroke or
hospitalization for chest pain or heart bypass surgery. That was compared with 30 percent of patients in the placebo group. Statistical testing showed that the slightly lower rate of heart problems in the chelation group could have occurred by chance. More troubling was the fact that many people who were assigned to have chelation therapy never actually received the therapy. Nearly 20 percent dropped out of the study before completing the therapy. So drawing conclusions about the value of chelation therapy from this study is difficult. There are more established ways to prevent heart attacks, stroke and premature death. For example: • Get active
• Eat better • Don’t smoke • Control cholesterol • Manage blood pressure • Lose weight • Reduce blood sugar If you already have atherosclerosis, you should be taking a statin drug and a daily aspirin. If you take these steps, I think the current evidence says that you’re unlikely to get any extra benefit from chelation therapy. In contrast to that inconclusive evidence, the evidence on each of these lifestyle changes and medications is conclusive: They all definitely protect you from heart disease, strokes and premature death.
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Fight only when all peaceful efforts have failed Dr. Wallace: I’ve been reading your column for quite some time, and I agree with you 95 percent of the time, but when I disagree, we are miles apart. You advocate violence when a student is confronted by a bully. I believe in nonviolence 100 percent. Never do l think that physical violence is the best way to solve a problem. When we all learn how to turn the other cheek, we will have a much better world. – Rose, Salt Lake City, Utah Rose: I, too, am a proponent of nonviolence and be-
’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace lieve every peaceful method should be exhausted in dealing with bullies. But what’s crucial is that the victim stands his or her ground. Bullies are the scourges of schoolyards. They love to threaten, extort, assault and punish as long as the victim remains passive. In many cases, the victim is afraid to ask for help from teachers,
8ASTROGRAPH By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association
TODAY – In the year ahead, you could have an unusually strong attraction to many new interests and activities. This new, refurbished outlook will liberate you from old, negative attitudes and add excitement to your life. GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Anyone who teams up with you to handle a bold, imaginative endeavor will be considered lucky. You’ll provide the needed know-how for success. CANCER (June 21-July 22) – The welfare of others is likely to be your prime concern. However, even though this is a noble effort, you’ll derive some fringe benefits from your selflessness. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – You’re presently in a cycle where you could realize more than a few hopes and desires. However, nothing will be simply handed to you, you’ll have to work hard for your rewards. VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Who you know and what you know will prove of immeasurable help in a complicated undertaking. You’ll need to utilize both to achieve maximum results. LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – You have a knack for improving upon the ideas of others. You should have ample raw material to draw from at present, and you’ll be able make some impressive achievements. SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Joint ventures look to be especially promising. You’ll be in a position to successfully help further something initiated by another, and you’ll come out ahead in the process. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Friends will find you to be refreshingly honest. Because you’ll compliment only those who deserve praise, what you say will have impact. CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You’re in a very good achievement cycle, so don’t waste your valuable time on insignificant objectives. Go after only the biggest game. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – That wheel of fortune seems to be spinning in your direction. What it can do for you first needs to be recognized and then taken advantage of, so be alert. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Some fortunate developments might occur that won’t be orchestrated by you, yet will produce advantages as if you had personally designed them. ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If you have something that needs to be worked out, avoid discussing it with the multitude, which would only prove confusing. Select a confidant who keeps his or her head on straight. TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Instead of asking someone to take care of an issue that could affect your security, do it yourself. You’ll handle things better on your own.
administrators and even parents for fear that the bully will retaliate. As long as a bully can get away with it, the reign of terror will continue. Good administrators will tell the teaching staff to be on the alert for incidents of bullying and will take swift action to see that it is eliminated immediately. But even when the staff is on guard to spot bullies, some incidents escape their attention. Students who are being harassed should tell school personnel and their parents. This is usually enough to end the harassment.
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Unfortunately, not all administrators consider bullying a serious problem; some refuse to believe bullies attend their school even when they are contacted by parents and students. And some parents, for whatever reason, fail to take their child’s trouble seriously, leaving the victim utterly alone. That’s when the victim must take matters into his or her own hands and, if words don’t work, fight back. Bullies enjoy seeing the fear they instill in their victims, but they usually
don’t enjoy fighting. Once the bully finds out his victim will defend himself, the bullying stops. Even if the bully wins the fight and the victim winds up with a fat lip, the wound will heal much faster than the emotional pain of doing nothing, which can last for years. But, again, I stress that fisticuffs are the last resort and should be used only when all peaceful efforts have failed. I say this as a former high school principal.
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BRIDGE Phillip Alder
Keeping a trump as a late entry Iveta Radicova, a former prime minister of Slovakia, said, “In some countries, we have had the right to vote for less than 100 years, so the entry of women into political leadership has caused a tsunami.” That sounds melodramatic; surely it is nothing more than a very choppy sea. This week we are looking at the handling of trump suits. In today’s deal, South is in four hearts. West leads the club king. When East encourages enthusiastically with his nine, West continues with the club queen and his last club. East wins with his ace and shifts to the diamond 10. How should South steer from there? On the second round of the auction, North bid what he thought would be the best contract. Yes, here three notrump is easy, but it is never easy to reach that contract with assurance when holding an eight-card major-suit fit. If South just assumes everything will be favorable, he will draw trumps, take his spade king, play a spade to the ace, and cash the spade queen. Here, though, he will lose one diamond and three clubs to sink without a trace. Although South is a slight favorite to gain five spade tricks, he needs only four. He should draw only two rounds of trumps, leaving an honor on the board, cash his spade king, play a spade to dummy’s ace, and ruff a spade in his hand. Then he can lead a trump to the dummy and cash the last two spades, discarding his diamond losers. South sails his ship triumphantly into port. Think through the play when the dummy comes down, not later.
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Essick Air Humidifier- Model # 4D7800. Whole House: 2700 sq ft. 13 GPD Output. Call: (815) 787-0515
Collectibles
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Shirley Temple Doll: Still in Original Box, 18” tall $75 815-895-4770 WHEATIES BOX COLLECTION 122 boxes. Not selling individuals boxes. 847-515-8012
BIKES - Vintage Schwinn Bikes. Womans Green Varsity $100 and Mens Brown Suburban. $150 Both in great shape for age. Chicago made. 815-786-4861
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Plus 2 ottomans, $185/all. 847-833-8948 Entertainment Center Oak w/glass doors. $50 815-899-5346 10am-6pm Floral Couch – Nice Condition $50 815-899-5346 10am-6pm
Friday, June 21, 8:00-3:00 Saturday, June 22, 8:00-Noon
1031, 1032 & 1038 Towne Avenue Dorm fridge, daybed, twin sleeper sofa, desks, 6 dining chairs, side chairs, 2 baker's racks, side & end tables, mirrors, framed pictures, bedding, linens, baskets & floral, lamps, girls vanity, Bow Flex, Nordic track, TVs, dresser, bookshelves, lateral file cabinets, glassware, bread machines, Christmas, girls bike, kitchenware, lawn furniture, garden tools, Thomasville armoire & headboard, books, magazines, antique china, area rugs and much more!
Shabbona 2 Bedroom Duplex
W/D, hrdwd flrs, seasonal screened in porch, no smoking, pets OK. $800/mo + sec. 224-238-8587
2 bath, full basement, 1 car gar. No pets/smoking. $775/mo + sec. Avail 7/1 815-766-0762
DeKalb 7th & Pleasant
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Large 3BR, private basement, entrance and parking, avail NOW. 815-758-1112
DeKalb Exc for Grad Students
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New paint & carpet, garage & appl incl, on-site laundry, no dogs. $585/mo + sec. 815-751-7724
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2BR, 2BA APT.
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DeKalb Studio & 1 Bedroom
Available June 1st or sooner. Clean, quiet residential building. $425-$550/mo. 815-758-6580
DeKalb. Spacious 1BR. Stove, fridge, M/W, D/W, A/C, Garage. Quiet lifestyle. 815-758-0079
Malta: waterfront property for sale, downsize to affordable living, 1230 sq. ft. ranch, 3BR, 1.5BA, $153K, 815-825-2730
LAST CHANCE 1993 Corvette 350 LTI 71,000 miles, New Tires, Loaded. Must See! $10,500 obo 815-762-3884
Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center. Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.
GENOA - Downtown GENOA 2 Bedroom apt. $575 Month plus utilities. No pets/smoking 630-205-1621
2000 Mercury Mountaineer
Premier Edition with all available accessories including CD changer & sunroof. Very clean and only 130,000 miles. Everything works. New tires! I'll show you the CarFax! $4900. Call Mike 815-761-7867
Futon bed, 1 year old, new $700 will sell for $200 815-761-6679 LOVE SEAT - navy blue, like new. $100. Best Time to Call: Anytime. 815-762-5746 Table: tinted glass, living room $150 OBO 815-505-3308~815-517-1144
Unique Dressing Table Walnut Full length wrap around beveled mirror- glass top shelf + 8 drawers. Excellent Cond. $150.00 Sandwich 815-786-3283 or 309-238-4265
10 Small Blue Moon Beer glasses. No chips, faded marks or cracks. Like new! $3 each Sycamore 815786-4861
2 Apts. Store inventory antique's 105 Emmett Genoa, IL $98,500 847-836-1164
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 Lower unit, 1BA, off St. parking. Walk to downtown, no pets/smkg. $710/mo incl util. 815-757-2340
Sycamore 3BR, 1BA $700/mo + sec + heat & electric. No smkg/pets. 630-816-9352
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3 BR, 1.5 BA, 1-car attached garage. Avail. July 1st. Great Location. (815) 748-3977
DeKalb 3 Bedroom Stove, fridge, D/W, C/A, garage, fenced yard, available August. 815-758-0079
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2 bedroom, large yards. $615/mo+utilities Licensed Broker. 847-293-2369 WATERMAN: 2400sq/ft 4bdr 2.5 BA newer house, 2 car garage, basement, backyrd. Start July 1. $1590 10 mins from DeKalb. 847-338-5588
CASE NO. 13 P 71 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Joanne P. Schepler of DeKalb County, illinois. Letters of Office as Executor were issued to Lori S. Hampton on May 15, 2013, whose attorneys are KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 2045 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, IL 60178. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the representative, or both, within six months from the date of issuance of Letters of Office and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: May 31, 2013 /s/ Maureen Josh CIRCUIT CLERK OF DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS James A. Stoddard Attorney for the Estate of Joanne R. Schepler KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite A Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-0380 (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 4, 11, 18, 2013)
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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOANNE R. SCHEPLER, DECEASED.
Lake Holiday Waterfront 3BR
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Engine Hoist: Larin, 2 Ton, Used Once. $135 obo 815-757-2329
CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage. No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439
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Starting at $645
Malta: quiet, upper 2BR, A/C, appl. furnished, lndry, water/garbage incl. extra storage, NO PETS 815-751-0480
1999 Chevrolet Trailblazer
SYCAMORE ROOM Available immediately. Utilities included. $75/Wk. 630-426-9806
2 & 3 Bedrooms. Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?
DEKALB HOUSE FOR RENT 4-5 BDRM -1 1/2 BATH-GARAGEFENCED YARD- QUIET AREA PET FRIENDLY -$1250.00 CALL 815-970-0362
105,000 miles. Loaded. Good condition. Asking $4,000. Call Kay anytime at 815-756-7672.
Engine Hoist – Lorin 2 Ton – Used Once $135obo 815-757-2329
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Waterman – 3-4 Bed, 2 Bath 2+ car garage, upgrades, move-in ready. Asking $135,000 815-264-7927
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CASE NO. 13 P 84
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS
CLAIM NOTICE
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELAINE B. ROMMEL, DECEASED. NO: 13 P 83 CLAIM NOTICE (INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION) NOTICE is given of the death of Elaine B. Rommel of DeKalb, Illinois. Letters of office were issued on the 12th day of June, 2013, to Virginia R. Cassidy, Independent Executor of 212 Laurel Lane, DeKalb, Illinois, whose attorney is Russell E. Burns, 1500 E. Lincoln Highway, Suite 1-B, DeKalb, Illinois 60115. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of the probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4). /s/ Maureen Josh (Clerk of the Circuit Court) PREPARED BY: Russell E. Burns 1500 E. Lincoln Highway Suite 1-B DeKalb, IL 60115 (815)754-5410 (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 18, 25, July 2, 2013)
PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARGARET A. GILBERT, DECEASED.
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NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Margaret A. Gilbert of DeKalb County, Illinois. Letters of Office as Executor were issued to Martha Davenport on June 13, 2013, whose attorneys are KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 2045 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, IL 60178. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the representative, or both, within six months from the date of issuance of Letters of Office and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within ten days after it has been filed. DATED: June 14, 2013 /S/ Maureen Josh CIRCUIT CLERK OF DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Ronald G. Klein Attorney for the Estate of Margaret A. Gilbert KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite A Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-0380 (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 18, 25, July 2, 2013)
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AT YOUR YOUR SERVICE Parcel #: 18-32-427-003
Cert #: 2009-00787
Said Property was sold on 10/25/2010 for Delinquent Real Estate Taxes and/or Special Assessments for the year 2009 and/or prior years. The period of Redemption will expire on 10/24/2013. On 11/26/2013 at 9:00 a.m., the Petitioner will make an application to such Court in said County for an Order for the issuance of a Tax Deed. John Zajicek D/B/A Z Financial Petitioner
(Published in the Daily Chronicle June 18, 19, 20, 2013 and Valley Life June 18, 25, 2013 and July 2, 2013 )
PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE
Public Notice is hereby given that on June 7, 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:
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DAISY SOAP GARDEN located at 1222 JENNY DR., APT. SYCAMORE, IL 60178
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Dated June 7, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder
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(Published in the Daily Chronicle June 11, 18, 25, 2013)
PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE
ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE
Take Notice Susan K Cunz, Doggone Good Pet Supplies, Platinum Assets, LLC C/O Frances L. Alexander as R.A., DeKalb County Clerk, Persons in occupancy or actual possession of said property and Unknown Owners or parties of interest in said land or lots.
Public Notice is hereby given that on June 7, 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:
A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed with the Circuit Clerk of DEKALB County, Illinois as Case Number 13TX31
located at 311 W. ALDEN PLACE, #6, DEKALB, IL 60115
Property Located at: 723 W. Church Street, Sandwich, IL
/s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder
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Dated June 7, 2013
(Published in the Daily Chronicle June 11, 18, 25, 2013)
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