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DeKalb Chamber Leadership Academy graduates 9th class

Ex-DeKalb coach adapting to new role with NIU

Debbie Whitman

Choices in education Home schooling an increasingly popular option

Modest growth in labor force DeKalb development official: ‘Our employers are optimistic’

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Imtihaan Hardy, 5, of Sycamore points to a cluster of trees while his mother, Qiana Hardy, looks on during a scavenger hunt Monday at Potawatomi Woods Forest Preserve in Kirkland. The Hardy family and three other home-school families gathered for a nature walk at the forest preserve.

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com DeKALB – By the time Michael Jaros was 4 years old, he was reading at a firstgrade level.

He learned the alphabet at 18 months and was reading when he was three.

His father, George, had not planned to home-school his exceptionally bright son, but he feared he wouldn’t fit in a public school setting. He would have to be at a grade level fit for his capabilities.

“You couldn’t really put

a kid with fourth-graders in school because they would tower over him,” George Jaros said.

The schools also wouldn’t allow him to advance more than one grade level, so his father settled on home schooling as a way to give Michael the freedom to learn at his own pace and in a more comfortable environment.

Home schooling is becoming a popular choice for parents who want their children to have an education public schools can’t offer, said Jaros, one of the founders of the

DeKalb County Home Educators.

The DeKalb County Home Educators began last summer with two families and more than 20 families have joined since, he said.

According to a National Center for Education Statistics study, an estimated 1.5 million students were homeschooled in 2007. The number increased from 1.1 million in 2003 and 850,000 in 1999.

Families have different reasons for home schooling

See HOME-SCHOOLED, page A5

‘‘ ’’ What I want for [Saige] to experience in life is a lifelong love of learning.

Patty Ruback

Co-founder of the DeKalb County Home Educators

Voice your opinion Would you consider home schooling your children? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com.

DeKALB – DeKalb County saw an increase in the labor force, employed workers and unemployed workers between May 2012 and May 2013.

According to monthly figures released by the Illinois Department of Employment Security, the unemployment rate in DeKalb County remained virtually unchanged year-over-year, increasing by one-tenth of a percentage point to 8.3 percent in May 2013.

“The data is encouraging because it’s showing that long-term trend of a slowly improving economy,” IDES spokesman Greg Rivara said.

Compared with the national picture, DeKalb County and Illinois as a whole both still have unemployment rates above the national rate of 7.6 percent.

Month-to-month, the situation seems to be improving.

The local unemployment rate in 2013 peaked at 9.9 percent in February, at the same time the county’s labor force peaked at 59,767. The labor force declined month-to-month before increasing again to 59,360 people in May. Norm Walzer, a senior research fellow at Northern Illinois University’s Center for Governmental Studies, said the increase of about 600 workers in the labor force between April and May was good, but he noted the volatility that can occur month to month.

“On the whole, employment is relatively stable or increasing slightly. Our employers are optimistic. They tell us business is good.”

Paul Borek Executive director of the DeKalb County Economic Development Corp.

See UNEMPLOYMENT, page A5

Ariz. officials recover firefighters’ bodies

By FELICIA FONSECA and HANNAH DREIER The Associated Press PRESCOTT, Ariz. – With no way out, the 19 elite firefighters did what they were trained to do when trapped by a wildfire: They unfurled their foil-lined, heat-resistant tarps and rushed to cover themselves on the ground.

But that last, desperate line of defense couldn’t save the “Hotshot” crew from the flames that swept over them.

All 19 men died, marking the nation’s biggest loss of firefighters in a wildfire in 80 years.

The tragedy Sunday evening all but wiped out the 20-member Granite Mountain Hotshots, a unit based at Prescott, authorities said Monday as the last of the bodies were retrieved from the mountain in the town of Yarnell. Only one member survived, and that was because he was moving the unit’s truck at the time.

The deaths plunged the two small towns into mourning as the wildfire continued to threaten one of them, Yarnell.

Arizona’s governor called it “as dark a day as I can remember” and ordered flags flown at half-staff. In a heart-

breaking sight, a long line of white vans carried the bodies to Phoenix for autopsies.

“I know that it is unbearable for many of you, but it also is unbearable for me.

I know the pain that everyone is trying to overcome and deal with today,” said Gov. Jan Brewer, her voice catching several times as she addressed reporters and residents at Prescott High School in the town of 40,000.

The lightning-sparked fire – which spread to 13 square miles by Monday morning – destroyed about 50 homes and threatened 250 others in and around Yarnell, a town of

700 people in the mountains about 85 miles northwest of Phoenix, the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Department said.

About 200 more firefighters joined the battle Monday, bringing the total to 400.

Among them were several other Hotshot teams, elite groups of firefighters sent in from around the country to battle the nation’s fiercest wildfires.

Residents huddled in shelters and restaurants, watching their homes burn on TV as flames lit up the night sky in the forest above the town.

See FIREFIGHTERS, page A5

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Toby Schultz pauses after laying flowers at the gate of the Granite Mountain Hotshot Crew fire station Monday in Prescott, Ariz. An outof-control blaze overtook the elite group of firefighters trained to battle the fiercest wildfires, killing 19 members Sunday as they tried to protect themselves from the flames under fire-resistant shields.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary: 7 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive, DeKalb. Call Becky Beck Ryan at 815-758-3800.

Kirkland Chamber of Commerce: 7:30 a.m. at Kirkland Family Restaurant, 507 W. Main St. New members are welcome.

Weekly Men’s Breakfast: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Cost is $4 for food, conversation and bottomless cups of coffee or tea.

Easy Does It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m. weigh-in, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. meetings at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

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.

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. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Reiki Share for healing: 6 to 8:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Contact Joan Watson-Protano at 815-739-4329 or bjoanwatson@hotmail.com.

Sycamore Kiwanis: 6 p.m. at Mitchel Lounge, 355 W. State St. 815-899-8740; 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.

Women’s “Rule #62 Group”: 6 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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.

Green Party: 6:30 p.m. at American National Bank, Sycamore and Bethany roads, DeKalb. Meetings are open to all. Call John at 815593-0105.

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 Veteran’s Club, 311 S. Washington St. Must be 18 or older to play. www.genoavetshome.us; Cindy at crmcorn65@ yahoo.com or 815-751-1509.

Fellowship group AA(C): 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St., Sycamore. 800-4527990; 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.

Northern Illinois Walleye Club: 7 p.m. at Pizza Pros, 1205 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. For information, call Terry Parkhouse at 815-895-6864 or 815-901-6265.

Sexaholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb (behind church in brick building).

815-508-0280.

Willard Aves Post 1010 American Legion: 7 to 8 p.m. at the Kingston Friendship Center, 120 S. Main St. Email Daniel W. Gallagher at genoadanny@aol.com.

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.

Prairie Dames HEA: 7:30 p.m.

Part of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting location, call Kay at 815-756-4085 or Ellen at 630-262-9093.

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.

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

Yesterday’s most-viewed stories:

1. Quinn says pension debt growing at slower pace 2. Momentous Supreme Court term ends with flourish 3. Letter: Study bends facts on public sector pay

1. DeKalb resident officer settling in to multiple roles 2. Sycamore man sentenced to 35 years for rape 3. Letter: Study bends facts on public sector pay

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8GUEST VIEW

Lifelong learning opportunities at NIU

By JEROME A. SMITH editorial@daily-chronicle.com After another record-breaking term this spring, the Lifelong Learning Institute prepares for what appears to be a stellar array of offerings for the summer session.

As a retiree, I’ve really enjoyed LLI as a way of keeping my mind active, while making new friends and learning new things “just for the fun of it.”

LLI is totally member-driven and receives administrative support from Northern Illinois University’s External Programming Office.

On tap this summer are five study groups on a wide array of different topics. Each group will run for four weeks, starting July 9, 10 or 11, with two each on Tuesday and Wednesday, and one on Thursday.

On Tuesday mornings, long-time LLI convener Dick Dowen will host “The Meaning of Gettysburg,” an examination of how some of the richest farmland in America became a massive killing ground during the Civil War in 1863. This will be another in a number of Civil War groups convened by Dowen, a professor and chairman emeritus of NIU’s Department of Finance.

Tuesday afternoons will feature “The Learning Mystique,” hosted as the fifth annual summer film festival by movie aficionado Brad Pietens. The retired former NIU external programs director says the four films shown “will explore the dynamics of learning

through different perspectives, challenging basic ideas about teaching and learning.” The quartet of movies are “Dead Poets Society,” “Stand and Deliver,” “Finding Forrester” and “Half Nelson.”

“Food for Thought: Three Vegetables and Chocolate” is the title of the study group convening Wednesday mornings by retired nurse and relative LLI newcomer Gail Venteau. She will engage four speakers – a trio on ways to cook and enjoy vegetables and one speaker who will explain “yummy ways to prepare chocolate.”

On Wednesday afternoons, a number of local medical professionals will be featured as Venteau and veteran LLI convener Jan Modloff spotlight “Medications and Medical Issues.” Pharmacists Ann and Tim Lehan will speak about the typical medicinal profile of a person older than 55. Psychiatrist Tom Kirts will explain how the brain changes with age and the signs, symptoms and medications for dementia, and photochemist James Dillon will discuss what aging people can do to slow the deterioration of vision.

Summer’s final LLI offering will feature longtime convener Sue Stelling, who will accompany class members on Thursday afternoons for four local tours in a class called “Something Old, Something New.” Sites to be visited include Kishwaukee College’s new and remodeled buildings, the new addition to the DeKalb County Courthouse, the new residence hall at NIU, and a tour of

two facilities with “across the street” locales, the Sycamore Police Department and the DeKalb County Community’s Foundation’s Depot.

LLI is open to anyone older than 50 with a sense of curiosity and love of learning. There is no homework, no exams and no attendance requirements.

There are four terms each year: winter, spring, summer and fall. This past spring, more than 125 people took part.

Most classes are held in NIU’s Holmes Student Center.

Especially exciting that in addition to being a class “student,” LLI provides the chance for members to become conveners, who often are retired educators, or simply folks like me, who want to share their background or interests with others.

To register or for more information, visit the Lifelong Learning Institute website at www.lli.niu.edu. LLI also is on Facebook at Northern Illinois University Lifelong Learning, and the office can be reached at 815-753-5200.

Come join us. This summer will provide a great way to introduce yourself as a newcomer or a wonderful opportunity to spend a few mornings or an afternoon with LLI friends.

• Smith is a longtime DeKalb resident who worked in the area for 40 years. Now retired, he remains involved in many campus activities including Lifelong Learning Institute and development and hospitality efforts for this fall’s IHSA football championships.

8 TODAY’S TALKER

Obama defends intelligence-gathering methods The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting that all nations spy on each other as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to still be at Moscow’s international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a statement he acknowledged sounded odd, told reporters in Moscow that Snowden would have to stop leaking U.S. secrets if he wanted asylum in Russia – and he added that Snowden seemed unwilling to stop publishing leaks of classified material. At the same time, Putin said that he had no plans to turn over Snowden to the United States.

A statement purportedly by Snowden and posted Monday on the Wikileaks website criticized Obama for “using citizenship as a weapon. The statement could not be independently authenticated as being from Snowden himself.

Wikileaks is the anti-secrecy group that has adopted Snowden and his cause.

Obama, in an African news confer-

Barack Obama

Edward Snowden

Vladimir Putin

ence with Tanzanian President Jakaya Kikwete, said the U.S. would provide allies with information about new reports the National Security Agency had bugged EU offices in Washington, New York and Brussels.

“We should stipulate that every intelligence service – not just ours, but every European intelligence service, every Asian intelligence service, wherever there’s an intelligence service – here’s one thing that they’re going to be doing: They’re going to be trying to understand the world better, and what’s going on in world capitals around the world,” he said. “If that weren’t the case, then there’d be no use for an intelligence service.”

The latest issue concerns allegations of U.S. spying on European officials in the German news weekly Der Spiegel.

French President Francois Hollande on Monday demanded the U.S. immedi-

ately stop any such eavesdropping and suggested the widening controversy could jeopardize next week’s opening of trans-Atlantic trade talks between the United States and Europe.

“We cannot accept this kind of behavior from partners and allies,” Hollande said on French television.

German government spokesman Steffen Seibert told reporters in Berlin, “Eavesdropping on friends is unacceptable.”

Even before the latest disclosures, talks at the upcoming free-trade sessions were expected to be fragile, with disagreements surfacing over which items should be covered or excluded from an agreement. The United States has said there should be no exceptions.

But France has called for exempting certain cultural products, and other Europeans do not appear eager to give up longtime agricultural subsidies.

Obama said the Europeans “are some of the closest allies that we have in the world.” But, “I guarantee you that in European capitals, there are people who are interested in, if not what I had for breakfast, at least what my talking points might be should I end up meeting with their leaders. That’s how intelligence services operate.”

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Police officers testify in Fla. neighborhood watch trial The ASSOCIATED PRESS SANFORD, Fla. – Jurors in the George Zimmerman trial Monday listened to a series of police interviews with detectives growing more pointed in their questioning of the neighborhood watch volunteer’s account of how he came to fatally shoot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

Prosecutors played audio and video tapes of the interviews that Zimmerman had with Sanford Police investigators Doris Singleton and Chris Serino in the hours and days after he fatally shot the Miami teen.

In an early interview, just hours after the Feb. 26, 2012, shooting, Singleton recounted that Zimmerman noticed a cross she was wearing and said: “In Catholic religion, it’s always wrong to kill someone.”

Singleton said she responded, “If

what you’re telling me is true, I don’t think that what God meant was that you couldn’t save your own life.”

But in an interview several days later, Singleton and Serino suggest Zimmerman was running after Martin before the confrontation. They also ask the neighborhood watch volunteer why he didn’t explain to Martin why he was following him. The officers insinuate Martin may have been “creeped out” by being followed.

“Do you think he was scared?” Singleton said to Zimmerman in one video interview.

Under cross-examination, though, Serino said Zimmerman seemed straightforward in his answers and didn’t show any anger when talking about Martin. Serino said the increasingly pointed questioning was a tactic known as a “challenge interview” where detectives try to break some-

one’s story to make sure they’re telling the truth.

Zimmerman has said he fatally shot the teen in self-defense because the Miami-area black teenager was banging his head into the concrete sidewalk behind the townhomes in a gated community.

Zimmerman, 29, could get life in prison if convicted of second-degree murder. The state argued during its opening statement Zimmerman profiled and followed Martin in his truck and called a police dispatch number before he and the teen got into a fight. He has denied the confrontation had anything to do with race, as Martin’s family and their supporters have claimed.

In his first interview at the police station, Zimmerman said he saw Martin walking through his neighborhood on a dark, rainy night while Zimmerman was driving to the grocery store.

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George Zimmerman arrives Monday for the 16th day of his trial in Seminole circuit court in Sanford, Fla. Zimmerman has been charged with second-degree murder for the 2012 shooting death of Trayvon Martin.

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Every little bit helps Big Brothers Big Sisters Monsanto Fund grant to support school outreach program in Sycamore and DeKalb

By FELIX SARVER

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Courtney Denison (left), director of Big Brothers Big Sisters and Matt Peeples, Monsanto’s Waterman site manager, display the $6,000 check the Family Service Agency received from a Monsanto Fund grant Monday in DeKalb. The grant will help the Big Brothers Big Sisters program serve more schools in the DeKalb and Sycamore area.

DeKALB – Misiker Mandefro wanted to mentor children and help them achieve their dreams.

So he decided to volunteer his time with the Family Service Agency’s Big Brother Big Sisters program. Mandefro, an operations supervisor at Monsanto’s Waterman Seed Technology Center, was drawn to the prospect of being a good role model for children in need of one.

“It’s just their mission,” Mandefro said of Big Brothers Big Sisters. “What they’re trying to do and helping the kids

To help or contact Big Brothers Big Sisters, visit their Facebook at http://shawurl.com/nyb or call the Family Service Agency at 815-7588616. in the community.”

On Monday, Mandefro and several other Monsanto employees helped the Big Brothers Big Sisters program by presenting a check worth $6,000 from the Monsanto Fund. The grant is part of Monsanto’s U.S. Site Grant program to support critical needs in communities where Monsanto employees work.

“We each have families, and being supportive of the [Family Service Agency] really inspired us to give back to the community,” said Matt Peeples, Monsanto’s Waterman site manager.

The gift will help the Big Brothers Big Sisters program reach out to five schools in the DeKalb and Sycamore area.

Courtney Denison, director of Big Brothers Big Sisters, said they plan to serve West Elementary School and North Grove Elementary School in Sycamore. They also plan to service Jefferson Elementary School and Founders Elementary School in DeKalb, and a fifth school will be named lat-

er, Denison said.

Denison said it was great to receive support and understanding from the community. The $6,000 was the amount she had asked for from the Monsanto Fund, and she was thrilled when she received a call telling her the grant had been approved.

“It’s truly amazing when you can get a phone call explaining how important the program is,” Denison said.

The Big Brothers Big Sisters program always is in need of volunteers, she said.

The program provides children with one-on-one relationships to help them feel safe and better about themselves.

Sycamore OKs permit for $2.73B broadcasting deal new rectory at area church to widen Tribune’s reach

By RYAN NAKASHIMA

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A new rectory will be one of the many recent construction projects at the Church of St. Mary.

On Monday, the Sycamore City Council unanimously approved a special-use permit for the Church of St. Mary to construct a rectory. A rectory is typically a living space for pastors or rectors. The building would comply with city building requirements that include setbacks and off-street parking.

The ranch-style rectory has been planned for the lot at the northwest corner of Waterman and California streets in Sycamore. The size of the

rectory will be between 2,500 to 3,500 square feet, but no design plans have been set, said Sycamore City Manager Brian Gregory.

“The finishing touches haven’t been put on the final plans,” Gregory said.

A perspective rendering of the rectory was made available.

The Church Ken Mundy of St. Mary is currently engaged in a threephase expansion project for its school and church. The project began May 31 with the opening ceremony for the construction of the $2.2 million Faith Formation Center. The next two

phases will include the construction of a gym, cafeteria and infrastructure connecting the church with the school.

The rectory may not be built until the church has completed other construction projects.

“I believe they’re goal is not to begin that until they’re far along with their education wing,” Sycamore Mayor Ken Mundy said.

Two meetings from the Sycamore Planning Commission were held to ensure the public input on the rectory plans, Gregory said. The second meeting was held before the City Council met Monday, where the special use permit for the rectory was favorably recommended to the City Council, he said.

2 charged with burglarizing cars DAILY CHRONICLE news@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Police found two men with items from burglarized vehicles after a Sycamore-area resident reported seeing them trying to break into a car, police said.

Kaleb D. Hamby, 18, of the first block of West Prairiefield Avenue in Cortland, and Skylar Brown, 19, of the 900 block of 11th Street in Rochelle, each were charged with three counts of burglary and a sin-

Kaleb D. Hamby

Skylar Brown

gle count of attempted burglary, authorities said.

Sycamore police received a 911 call about 12:55 a.m.

Saturday from the concerned resident, according to a news

release from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office. Sycamore police stopped Hamby and Brown, and after searching them discovered several items taken from vehicles that were parked on Brickville Road and Easy Street in Sycamore.

Brown remained in DeKalb County jail Monday unable to post 10 percent of his $30,000 bond, while Hamby had posted $500 bail. Brown is due in court July 10. Hamby is due in court July 18.

DeKalb attorney charged with theft

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A DeKalb lawyer is expected to appear in court Tuesday for allegedly stealing from a former employee’s retirement fund.

Kevin O. Johnson, 47, of the 1600 block of Maness Court, Sycamore, was charged Monday with misdemeanor theft. Johnson also is facing unrelated ethics charges before the Illinois Attorney Registration and Disciplinary Commission.

On Monday, Johnson was charged with taking money out of the paycheck for a for-

mer employee but failing to put it in her retirement fund, DeKalb police Lt. Robert Redel said. Court documents indicate the amount was less than $500.

Johnson operated the Law Office of K.O. Johnson at 901 N. First St. in Kevin O. DeKalb.

Johnson The ethics complaint alleges Johnson billed two divorce clients for attorneys fees knowing that part of the fees had been discharged through the clients’ bank-

ruptcy proceedings and he could not collect them.

The ethics complaint also alleges Johnson interfered with his own bankruptcy proceedings by asking his clients to ignore communication from the bankruptcy trustee.

He also improperly asked clients to send him payments directly when those payments were part of the bankruptcy estate and should have been sent to the bankruptcy trustee, the complaint alleges.

Johnson has denied the allegations in the ethics case, and no final decision has been reached.

Sycamore man sentenced to 35 years for rape DAILY CHRONICLE news@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – A 44-year-old Sycamore man was sentenced to 35 years in prison for repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl, whom he impregnated.

A jury deliberated for about 90 minutes in February before convicting Mark A. Tate, of the 1200 block of Commercial Street in Sycamore, for sex

abuse between Sept. 2, 2009, and May 31, 2010.

“A sentence of this length sends the right message when it comes to conduct as repugMark nant as this,” Tate DeKalb County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack said Monday. “...

The judge was right to impose a sentence exceeding the minimum, as we had requested, despite the defendant’s lack of a known serious criminal history.”

DeKalb County Presiding Judge Robbin Stuckert issued the sentence Friday. Tate will not be eligible for parole until he’s served at least 28 years in prison, at which time he would be 72 years old.

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Tribune Co. on Monday announced a deal to buy Local TV and its 19 TV stations for $2.73 billion. The acquisition makes the media conglomerate the nation’s No. 1 local TV broadcaster and broadens its reach to nearly half the country, or more than 50 million households.

The deal is the latest in a wave of consolidation sweeping the industry as TV station owners gird for battle in contentious fee negotiations with cable and satellite TV companies – fights that have caused dozens of blackouts in cities across the nation in recent years.

With a combined 42 TV stations – including 14 in the top 20 markets – Tribune will

have greater leverage in fee disputes with cable and satellite distributors.

The increased leverage is one reason Tribune’s deal follows on a string of big purchases. Last month, Gannett Co. announced a $1.5 billion purchase of Belo Corp. and its 20 TV stations. Sinclair Broadcasting Group Inc. also has been on a buying spree.

This year alone, the company has agreed to acquire or is in the midst of closing the acquisition of 46 TV stations from various groups for nearly $1 billion.

Media General Inc. and New Young Broadcasting Holding Co. also announced plans last month to combine into a company that will operate 30 TV stations in 27 markets including San Francisco, Nashville, Tenn., and Richmond, Va. That came af-

ter Media General sold all its newspapers last year to focus on broadcasting.

Tribune Co. President and CEO Peter Liguori told analysts on a conference call that in addition to greater bargaining clout, more stations will help the company maximize its national and local advertising sales and give it more outlets to distribute its video and digital content.

“Our investment thesis is simple. Scale matters,” Liguori said.

The deal comes six months after Tribune emerged from a four-year excursion through bankruptcy court. It filed for Chapter 11 protection from creditors in late 2008 after a buyout orchestrated by Chicago real estate mogul Sam Zell a year earlier. The deal left Tribune burdened with debt.

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Ill. ends year with $6B debt Effects of April revenue windfall not expected to last

By KERRY LESTER The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Illinois finished the fiscal year with a smaller-than-projected backlog of unpaid bills thanks to a spring influx in unanticipated tax revenue, but those gains will be short-lived because of the state’s unresolved pension problem, the comptroller warned Monday.

In fact, a $1.3 billion April windfall in unexpected revenue from residents’ sales of assets before new tax laws

took effect will be erased within weeks, ensuring that vendors who provide some of the state’s most important services will continue to endure long waits to get paid, Republican Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka said in a statement.

“Make no mistake, the ‘April surprise’ is history,” she said.

Judy Baar Illinois end- Topinka ed the fiscal year Sunday $6.1 billion in debt, and that figure is expected to grow to $7.5 billion

by August and $9 billion by December, Topinka’s office estimated.

Topinka said putting the

surprise revenue toward unpaid bills allowed the state to end the fiscal year in a better shape than it otherwise would have, but it doesn’t change the overall fiscal picture.

“That windfall allowed us to aggressively pay down bills and provide some relief to vendors, but it did nothing to address the state’s systemic budget problems,” she said.

Saddled with an unfunded pension liability that stands at about $100 billion, Illinois for several years has been delaying the payment of billions of dollars in bills for months at a time. This has caused schools, hospitals and social service agencies to borrow money, cut jobs and services and take on personal debt.

Gov. Pat Quinn has given lawmakers a July 9 deadline to agree to a plan to deal with the pension mess, which was caused by decades of lawmakers skipping or shorting payments to state retirement funds. But members of a committee tasked with finding a solution have said that timeline is unlikely.

“Despite years of hand-wringing about state finances, nothing has changed,” Topinka said.

“We continue to force businesses, hospitals, schools and service agencies to wait months on end for promised payment from the state. It is unconscionable and further highlights the importance of keeping spending flat and restoring our fiscal integrity.”

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

West Dundee, was charged Sunday, June 30, with driving under the influence and driving on an expired driver’s license.

Dustin Clark, 36, of the 300 block of West Comanche Avenue, Shabbona, was charged Sunday, June 30, with domestic battery.

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Michael Z. Wixom, 33, of the 3200 block of Wineberry Drive, DeKalb, was arrested Sunday, June 30, on a failure-to-appear warrant alleging domestic battery.

Rebekah J. Tate, 29, of Sycamore, was charged Sunday, June 30, with domestic battery Angel E. Cisneros, 19, of DeKalb, was arrested Tuesday, June 25, on a warrant for residential burglary.

DeKalb County William J. Burton, 54, of the 800 block of the Ridge Drive, DeKalb, was charged Sunday, June 30, with driving under the influence.

Christena M. Gibson, 26, of the 600 block of Edwards Avenue,

House Diocese releases report on sex abuse Documents show priests paid to leave and Vatican aware of scandal Dems seek path to reform

By M.L. JOHNSON

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Immigration bill faces tough battle

By DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Hispanics, blacks, Asians and women who together stand as the majority in the House Democratic caucus publicly disparage Republicans’ piecemeal approach to immigration and their pointed omission of any legalization path for the 11 million immigrants living here unlawfully.

Privately and pragmatically, Democrats recognize that the GOP’s strategy may be their only route available to a historic policy change.

“House Democrats want to get this done,” said Rep. Joaquin Castro, D-Texas, a second-generation Mexican-American. “We want to get immigration reform done in 2013 and it’s on Republicans now who run the show in the House of Representatives to figure out how to work with us to get this done.”

Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, who controls the agenda in the Republican-led House, has said flatly that lawmakers will not consider the bipartisan, Senate-passed bill with the promise of U.S. citizenship for millions and bilRep. Al lions of dollars Green in new spendD-Texas ing for border security. That leaves Democrats with few options in their quest for the most sweeping immigration changes in a generation and a chance to deliver President Barack Obama’s top domestic priority.

The question of process and strategy is nettlesome for Democrats, but the single-issue bills pushed by Republicans represent the most expedient path to negotiations with the Democratic-controlled Senate and a chance for final, comprehensive legislation.

Publicly, Democrats are adamant.

“Piecemeal is no deal.

Piecemeal is a deal-breaker,” said Rep. Al Green, D-Texas.

MILWAUKEE – As more victims of clergy sex abuse came forward, then-Milwaukee Archbishop Timothy Dolan developed a plan to pay some abusers to leave the priesthood after writing to Vatican officials with increasing frustration and concern, warning them about the potential for scandal if they did not defrock problem priests, according to documents released Monday.

Dolan’s correspondence with Vatican officials and priests accused of sexual abuse was included in about 6,000 pages of documents the Archdiocese of Milwaukee released Monday as part of a deal reached in federal bankruptcy court with clergy sex abuse victims suing it for fraud.

Victims say the archdiocese transferred problem priests to new churches without warning parishioners and covered up priests’ crimes for decades.

The documents have drawn attention in part because of the involvement of Dolan, who is now cardinal of the Archdiocese of New York and the nation’s most prominent Roman Catholic official by virtue of his position as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. The records provide new details on his plan to pay some abusers to leave the priesthood and the transfer of nearly $57 million for cemetery care into a trust as the archdiocese prepared to file for bankruptcy.

Victims and their attorneys accused Dolan of bank-

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The Rev. Timothy Dolan (right) bows his head behind retired Archbishop Rembert Weakland (left) as he enters the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee to be installed Aug. 28, 2002, as the 10th Archbishop of the Milwaukee Archdiocese. The Archdiocese of Milwaukee released thousands of pages of documents related to clergy sex abuse Monday. ruptcy fraud, pointing to a June 2007 letter in which he told a Vatican office that moving the money into a

trust would provide “an improved protection of these funds from any legal claim and liability.”

Church law requires bishops to seek Vatican approval for any property sale or asset transfer in the millions of dollars. Dolan wrote in the letter that the transfer had been approved by archdiocese’s finance council and college of consultors.

A Vatican office approved the transfer within a month.

Jeff Anderson, an attorney for many victims, compared that to the long lag in responses to defrock abusive priests.

“These documents show that if they want to move money to protect it from survivors they can act quick as a fox,” Anderson said. “If they want to protect kids, if they have full knowledge of kids in peril, they keep it secret while the Vatican drags its feet and children are kept at peril.”

In a statement, Dolan called any suggestion he was trying to shield money from victims an “old and discredited” attack.

Jerry Topczewski, chief of staff for current Archbishop Jerome Listecki, said the money was always set aside in a separate fund for cemetery care and moving it to a trust just formalized that.

Peter Isely, Midwest director for the Survivors Network of those Abused by Priests, said he would ask the U.S. attorney’s office in Milwaukee to look into the possibility of bankruptcy fraud. However, Marquette University law professor Ralph Anzivino, a bankruptcy specialist, said no criminal charges could be filed unless the bankruptcy judge determined the transfer amounts to fraud.

Daley pushes campaign cash ban during session

By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Former White House chief of staff Bill Daley, who is considering running for Illinois governor, called Monday for a ban on campaign contributions while the Legislature is in session, saying the current rules are too lax and are one reason lawmakers can’t agree how to fix Illinois’ pension system.

The Chicago Democrat called for tighter restrictions a day after announcing he

had raised about $800,000 since he formed a 2014 exploratory committee last month – a quick burst that signals he’s serious about running.

Daley said fundraising while lawmakers are meeting affects the Bill Daley political process and has kept legislators from pushing forward with a plan to address Illinois’ roughly $100 billion unfunded pension liability, job cre-

ation and education.

“The legislators and the statewide elected officials should be looking at these issues not based upon what fundraiser they’re running to that night and who’s giving them money,” he said.

Without mentioning specific people, interest groups or unions, Daley cited data compiled by his committee that showed the state’s six constitutional officers raised more than $2 million for the approximately four-month session that ended in May. Among the six are the gover-

nor, treasurer and attorney general – three of Daley’s possible rivals for governor, if he decides to run.

State law currently says that no office holders, including members of the General Assembly or executive branch, can fundraise in Sangamon County while the Legislature is in session. The laws were made in 1998 after an era when it was common in Springfield to hold breakfast fundraisers before morning committee hearings, according to campaign finance expert Kent Redfield.

8STATE BRIEFS 3 men arrested with help of tracking devices DES PLAINES – Three Chicago men have learned about the risks of robbing an electronics store: Sometimes the things in those stores are equipped with tracking devices that help police track down those who steal them.

The local newspaper reported that the men were in court Sunday where they were formally charged with felony armed robbery and ordered by a judge be held each on $250,000 bail.

Police say the men are

suspected in an armed robbery Thursday of a Radio Shack in Des Plaines. In a report, police allege the men made off with cell phones and other electronics valued at more than $32,000 as well as cash. They were arrested later that day with the help of the tracking devices.

Rockford College renamed Rockford University ROCKFORD – Rockford College is now officially named Rockford University.

The change took effect Mon-

day. WNIJ radio reported that administrators think the name change will better reflect the school’s mission.

Chicago police: Homicide, shooting numbers fall CHICAGO – Chicago police say the city has seen a significant drop in the number of homicides and shootings during the first six months of 2013.

The department said Monday that there have been 184 homicides this year, 29 percent fewer than the 260 homicides

during the same period in 2012.

The number is the lowest for the time period since 1965, police say. Chicago saw 500 homicides total in 2012.

Police also said there have been 843 shootings in the first six months of the year, down 25 percent from the 1,117 shootings during the same time period last year.

Lincoln Park Zoo starts $15M in improvements CHICAGO – Lincoln Park Zoo is starting construction this sum-

mer on a new primate habitat, train ride and other projects.

The zoo said most of the work will be on 2.2 acres of the west-central part of the zoo. It is a $15 million project.

The primate habitat will spotlight Japanese macaques or snow monkeys. It will contain a variety of trees, a hot spring and feeders shaped like Japanese lanterns.

The zoo also plans on adding new restrooms and a larger food area.

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Plano James J. Pugh, 27, of the 300 block of West Church Street, Sandwich, was arrested Saturday, June 29, for two warrants and charged with battery.

8OBITUARIES KENT C. MACKLIN Born: Aug. 27, 1949, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: June 28, 2013, in Steward, Ill. STEWARD – Kent Clifford Macklin, 63, of Steward, Ill., passed away Friday, June 28, 2013, at home.

He was born Aug. 27, 1949, in DeKalb, the son of Clifford and Clarice (Oleson) Macklin of Steward.

He was a lifelong resident of Steward. Growing up, he was a member of the Steward Boy Scout Troop and active in First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lee. He graduated from Rochelle Township High School in 1967 and participated in farming operations as an adult.

His interests were in electronics, trains and gardening.

His family and friends will remember him as a kind, thoughtful, intelligent person who lived a life of multiple disabilities with grace, humor, and dignity.

He is survived by his sister and brother-in-law, Kathleen and Thomas Johnson, and niece, Clare Johnson, all of Texas; and many cousins.

Kent was preceded in death by his parents and beloved dog, Sandy.

Kent’s family thanks the many caring people who made his life easier.

Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, July 3, at First Evangelical Lutheran Church of Lee, 240 W. Hardanger Gate in Lee. The Rev. Christopher Heller will officiate. Visitation will be from 10 a.m. Wednesday until the time of services at the church.

Donations in memory of Kent can be made to Tails Humane Society, 2250 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL 60115; or the ALS Association Greater Chicago Chapter, 220 W. Huron St., Suite 4003, Chicago, IL 60654.

Arrangements were completed by Jacobson Funeral Home in Shabbona.

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MARY JEAN MCCABE Mary Jean McCabe, 90, of Williams Bay, Wis., and formerly of DeKalb, Ill., died Monday, July 1, 2013, at Aurora Lakeland Medical Center in Elkhorn, Wis. Arrangements are pending at Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb; 815-758-3841.

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Home-school children (from left) Saige Ruback, 5, Michael Jaros, 6, and Javier Pfeifer, 5, react to a harvestman, or daddy longlegs, during a nature walk Monday at Potawatomi Woods Forest Preserve in Kirkland.

Home-school groups collaborate to create social experiences for kids • HOME-SCHOOLED Continued from page A1 their children. Some want the freedom to offer religious instruction. Others are concerned about the state of public schools.

Patty Ruback, co-founder of the DeKalb County Home Educators, said she decided to home-school her 5-year-old daughter, Saige, because she didn’t feel Saige was emotionally ready for preschool.

Ruback didn’t want to push her daughter into an uncomfortable situation and dampen her budding learning career.

“What I want for her to experience in life is a lifelong love of learning,” Ruback said.

Illinois is a home-school friendly state, Jaros said.

Home-schooled children are not required to register with the state and there are no testing requirements. Every couple of years, lawmakers try to make state registration and testing a requirement, he said. That goes against the idea of home schooling altogether.

“That’s an ongoing battle to keep our freedoms and educate our kids the way we

feel is best, without having to answer to our government,” Jaros said.

Michael Jaros, now 6, is still being home-schooled.

One fear most parents face when thinking about home schooling is socialization.

Jaros said his parents, who were teachers themselves, argued Michael wouldn’t have friends if he was home all the time.

Although the socialization Michael receives through home schooling is different from what is offered in public schools, it is not inferior, Jaros said. His son knows how to interact with children of different ages and even adults because he is around them all the time. Children who are taught outside the public school system are not kept at home, he said.

Through the DeKalb County Home Educators group, families and their children collaborate on a variety of educational activities. They’ll take nature trips and visit educational festivities.

Jaros’ wife, Julie, a former high school science teacher, holds sessions on scientific topics for children in the group. Another teacher in the family may know Spanish and teach children Spanish,

he said.

Jaros works from home and his wife is a homemaker.

They made the decision to forgo the paychecks she was getting from her job as a teacher to educate Michael and their other son, 3-year-old Sam. He said he realizes it can be difficult for some families, especially single-parent families, to home-school their children.

Ruback said the costs of home schooling can vary depending on the family’s curriculum. She spends about $300 to $500 a year but cuts down on costs by using the library and online educational materials.

Although he doesn’t send his two sons to a public school, Jaros said he sees the need for a public-school system and is aware of the struggles the system faces.

Ruback doesn’t know whether her daughter will someday go to a traditional school instead of being homeschooled. For now, she enjoys it. The flexibility and self-directed nature of their curriculum allows the family to explore whatever may interest them.

“We basically take advantage of learning in life,” Ruback said.

New companies have moved into the county • UNEMPLOYMENT Continued from page A1 Paul Borek, the executive director of the DeKalb County Economic Development Corp., said he’s heard good things from local employers.

“On the whole, employment is relatively stable or increasing slightly,” Borek said. “Our employers are optimistic. They tell us business is good.”

Borek said the DCEDC is helping local companies partner with Northern Illinois University and Kishwaukee College to develop educational programs students can take to make them better job candidates.

“Employers have identified a variety of occupations and skills they need in the future, and they have pledged to work with educators to help recruit and train people in promising careers in manufacturing and industry,” Borek said.

Borek said some new companies have come into

DeKalb County. Triumph Truss & Steel Co., a Huntley-based steel company, acquired a building in Kirkland earlier this year and plans to hire 10 workers at that location. North Star Packing, a Minnesota-based firm, plans to hire 10 to 20 workers at one of its new locations in DeKalb.

Borek said North Star leased the space at 180 Harvester Drive in 2012, but it only began operations within the past couple of months.

In May, the Chicago metro area, which includes DeKalb County, saw its unemployment rate rise year over year from 8.8 percent to 9.3 percent. During the same time frame, the region has seen an additional 60,400 jobs become available.

Statewide, the unemployment rate fell from 9.3 to 9.1 percent this month, while the national unemployment rate stayed roughly the same, going from 7.5 to 7.6 percent during the same time period.

Seasonally unadjusted jobless rate in DeKalb County June: 9.1 percent July: 8.6 percent August: 7.8 percent September: 6.9 percent October: 7.4 percent November: 7.3 percent December: 7.7 percent January: 9.6 percent February: 9.9 percent March: 8.9 percent April: 8.6 percent May: 8.3 percent

Seasonally unadjusted jobless rate in DeKalb County and nearby counties for May DeKalb County: 8.3 percent Boone County: 9.1 percent Kane County: 8.7 percent Kendall County: 8.5 percent LaSalle County: 9.7 percent Lee County: 8 percent McHenry County: 8.2 percent Ogle County: 9.5 percent Winnebago County: 10.1 percent

It was unclear exactly how the firefighters became trapped, and state officials were investigating.

Brewer said the blaze “exploded into a firestorm” that overran the crew.

Prescott City Councilman Len Scamardo said the wind changed directions and brought 40 mph to 50 mph gusts that caused the firefighters to become trapped around 3 p.m. Sunday. The blaze grew from 200 acres to about 2,000 in a matter of hours.

Southwest incident team leader Clay Templin said the crew and its commanders were following safety protocols, and it appears the fire’s erratic nature simply overwhelmed them.

The Hotshot team had spent recent weeks fighting fires in New Mexico and Prescott before being called to Yarnell, entering the smoky wilderness over the weekend with backpacks, chainsaws and other heavy gear to remove brush and trees as a heat wave across the Southwest sent temperatures into the triple digits.

Prescott Fire Chief Dan Freijo said he feared the worst when he received a call Sunday afternoon from someone assigned to the fire.

“All he said was ‘We might have bad news. The entire Hotshot crew deployed their shelters,’ ” Fraijo said.

“When we talk about deploying the shelters, that’s an automatic fear, absolutely.

That’s a last-ditch effort to save yourself when you deploy your shelter.”

Arizona Forestry Division spokesman Mike Reichling said all 19 victims had deployed their emergency shelters as they were trained to do.

When there is no way out, firefighters are supposed to step into them, lie face down

List of ‘Hotshot’ crew members killed in Ariz. fire PRESCOTT, Ariz. – The city of Prescott has released the names of the 19 firefighters who were killed in a wildfire. Fourteen of the victims were in their 20s.

• Andrew Ashcraft, 29 • Kevin Woyjeck, 21 • Anthony Rose, 23 • Eric Marsh, 43 • Christopher MacKenzie, 30 • Robert Caldwell, 23 • Clayton Whitted , 28 • Scott Norris, 28 • Dustin Deford, 24 • Sean Misner, 26 • Garret Zuppiger, 27 • Travis Carter, 31 • Grant McKee, 21 • Travis Turbyfill, 27 • Jesse Steed, 36 • Wade Parker, 22 • Joe Thurston, 32 • William Warneke, 25 • John Percin, 24 on the ground and pull the fire-resistant fabric completely over themselves. The shelter is designed to reflect heat and trap cool breathable air inside for a few minutes while a wildfire burns over a person.

But its success depends on firefighters being in a cleared area away from fuels and not in the direct path of a raging inferno of heat and hot gases.

The glue holding the layers of the shelter together begins to come apart at about 500 degrees, well above the 300 degrees that would almost immediately kill a person.

“It’ll protect you, but only for a short amount of time.

If the fire quickly burns over you, you’ll probably survive that,” said Prescott Fire Capt. Jeff Knotek. But “if it burns intensely for any amount of time while you’re in that thing, there’s nothing that’s going to save you from that.”

Autopsies were scheduled

to determine exactly how the firefighters died.

President Barack Obama offered his administration’s help in investigating the tragedy and predicted it will force government leaders to answer broader questions about how they handle increasingly destructive and deadly wildfires.

“We are heartbroken about what happened,” he said while on a visit to Africa.

The U.S. has 110 Hotshot crews, according to the U.S. Forest Service website. They typically have about 20 members each and go through specialized training.

Many of those killed were graduates of Prescott High, including 28-year-old Clayton Whitted, who as a firefighter would work out on the same campus where he played football for the Prescott Badgers from 2000 to 2004.

The school’s football coach, Lou Beneitone, said Whitted was the type of athlete who “worked his fanny off.”

“He wasn’t a big kid, and many times in the game, he was overpowered by big men, and he still got after it. He knew, ‘This man in front of me is a lot bigger and stronger than me,’ but he’d try it and he’d smile trying it,” Beneitone said.

He and Whitted had talked a few months ago about how this year’s fire season could be a “rough one.”

“I shook his hand, gave him a hug, and said, ‘Be safe out there,’” Beneitone recalled. “He said, ‘I will, Coach.’”

Hundreds of people were evacuated from the Yarnell area. In addition to the flames, downed power lines and exploding propane tanks continued to threaten what was left of the town, said fire information officer Steve Skurja.

“It’s a very hazardous situation right now,” Skurja said.

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Sycamore merchants set food drive, specials When school is out for the summer, children who rely on school breakfasts and lunches may worry about their next meal. The Merchants of Downtown Sycamore are hosting the second annual Out of School Food Drive from July 9 through 14 to help build a better community by fighting hunger today.

Eleven businesses in downtown Sycamore will collect food and necessities that appeal to children.

Suggested items include peanut butter, canned fruit, soup, baby food, diapers, cereal and canned meals such as Spaghettios, but any food donations will be appreciated.

Monetary donations also will be

accepted. Donations will be given to the Sycamore Food Pantry.

Some businesses will offer something special for customers who make food donations. Riccardi’s will offer a free minicone; Made Just for You will take 10 percent off the price of food or drink mixes and will use donations to build a castle in the

front window, temperatures permitting; STOMP shoes will offer $20 off a $100 Red Wing purchase; Sweet Earth will take $5 off a $20 purchase; Bullfrogs and Butterflies Children’s Resale Shoppe and Christian Connection will each take 10 percent off an entire purchase; D & D Jewelers will take 25 percent off the price of a

Skagen Watch; the Midwest Museum of Natural History will offer a 10 percent discount on any gift shop purchase and The Garden Market will take 1 percent off for each food item brought in, up to 40 percent off.

Other participating businesses include Prairie on State Winery and Paulsen’s Appliances.

DeKalb Leadership Academy graduates ninth class tics), Mary Jo McAdams (NB&T), Bruce McCord (Sonoco Alloyd), Heather Ferguson (Kishwaukee College), Laura Nesbitt (MorningStar Media Group), Eric Olson (Daily Chronicle), Brian Oster (OC Imageworks), Kathleen Patterson (Castle Bank), Christina Severson (Provident Direct), and Matthew Wray (Frontier Communications).

Course topics include conflict management and negotiating skills, personal leadership styles, public speaking, leveraging technology in business, area government, nonprofits, education and health care agencies work, and local employment.

The chamber is accepting applications for its 10th leadership class. The nine-month Leadership Academy will begin meeting in September.Visit www.dekalb.org to submit or download an application or call the chamber at 815-7566306 to obtain an application form.

Letters of recommendation also are available on the website. Deadline for receiving completed applicaThe DeKalb Chamber of Commerce graduated its ninth Leadership Academy class. tions is Aug. 3.

The ninth class of the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce’s Leadership Academy was honored June 12 with a luncheon and graduation ceremony in the Cafe 900 Conference Center at University Plaza.

Maximizing employee potential and encouraging active participation in business and the community are among the goals of the Leadership Academy.

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8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Betrayed by their comrades-in-arms

8VIEWS

Court can’t redefine nature of marriage

By DONALD WUERL Special to The Washington Post This is a significant moment in our public conversation on marriage. By ruling a key part of the Defense of Marriage Act unconstitutional and choosing not to rule on the question of same-sex marriage in California, the Supreme Court essentially declared the federal government may not set parameters for the definition of marriage but, instead, must leave that power to the states.

This means the important debate about the meaning of marriage is destined to continue. Some have framed this debate in terms of “equality.” That rings with a certain American appeal. Everyone wants to be treated equally, with the love and respect due all people. But focusing on “marriage equality” gets the question wrong.

Equality requires treating like cases alike.

We need to determine whether we have “like cases” at all. If we want to address the principle of equality correctly, we need to get to the truth of marriage first.

Arguing the law, for equality’s sake, should recognize two men or two women

as “married” presumes these pairs are the same as one man and one woman and marriage is simply a committed relationship of any adults. All of this raises the question: What is the nature of marriage?

Marriage is the word used in many translations across human history to signify the permanent, faithful and fruitful union of one man and one woman. It is the only institution that brings a man and a woman together in a partnership for life directed toward their mutual support and the generation and education of children.

This is a human community that predates government. Its meaning is something to be recognized and protected, not reconstructed. Its simplicity is compelling. Its significance, both personal and public, is immeasurable.

Marriage goes to the nature of the human person. Even if individual men and women are unable to have children for some reason, still it is the nature of man and woman to complement each other in such a way that is fruitful and capable of children. Two persons of the same sex, on the other hand, can never have children by the very nature of such a union.

No matter what a court, legislator, president or voter may claim to the contrary, the essence of marriage cannot be redefined. Its meaning is intrinsic, grounded in human nature and discoverable by human reason with or without the aid of faith.

A culture based on the truth of marriage affirms that men and women are equally important, that they have equal dignity but are not the same. The recognition of the difference between a man and a woman is neither discrimination nor bigotry. It is a statement of reality, of fact.

What the court has determined demonstrates the limits of civil legislation. We all recognize the word “marriage” is being used in many different ways. All civil government can do is address the legal consequences of any specific union it has chosen to call marriage.

Far from settling the debate over the meaning of marriage, the Supreme Court decisions have simply reminded all of us that there is a great difference between what a law can decree and what God has created.

• Cardinal Donald Wuerl is archbishop of Washington.

Young turn against big government in U.K. A trip to London provides an occasion to compare and contrast British politics and attitudes with those in America.

Both have, in different ways, divided government. In the United States, the Democratic president has been frustrated by the Republican House of Representatives and is likely but not certain to be until January 2017.

Britain’s ruling coalition has been occasionally strained by disagreements between the dominant Conservatives and the junior Liberal Democrats, but seems likely to survive until the general election May 2015.

In America, the big-spending policies of the Obama administration have been followed by sluggish economic growth, persistently high unemployment and low workforce participation.

The British coalition’s cuts in what Americans call discretionary spending have been followed by roughly zero economic growth but relatively low unemployment and relatively high workforce participation.

In neither country is any party confident of winning the next presidential or general election. In both countries young voters may be critical in determining who wins.

Young voters in both countries hold libertarian views on cultural issues. They tend to favor same-sex marriage and legalized marijuana, while the elderly tend to be strongly opposed. But there is an apparent difference on economic issues.

Americans younger than 30 tend to support big government policies more than their elders. They’re likely to tell pollsters government should do more to solve problems – a position rejected by most American voters over the past 30 years.

This Millennial Generation was also far more likely to support Barack Obama, who won 66 percent of their votes in 2008 and 60

VIEWS Michael Barone percent in 2012. Obama carried older voters by only 1 percent in 2008 and lost them to Mitt Romney in 2012.

Young Brits seem to take a different view. In British Social Attitudes surveys, they reject the policy of government-paid residential care for the elderly and express approval for big companies.

They were born into a Britain where Margaret Thatcher’s Conservatives privatized state industries and sold public housing units to tenants. They evidently dislike paying high taxes to support the currently scandal-plagued National Health Services (“ring-fenced” or spared from spending cuts, by the coalition government).

And they seem to heartily support the coalition’s cuts in welfare spending. They may have a hard time finding jobs, and they resent those who are sponging off the government for life.

Conservatives have hopes of winning more Millennial votes in 2015. The most popular political figure among the young is London’s Conservative and libertarian Mayor Boris Johnson.

And the coalition government has pushed legalization of same-sex marriage through both houses of Parliament.

This has caused some backlash among older Conservative Party members and voters. It may explain why the United Kingdom Independence Party, known mainly for its opposition to British membership in the European Union, has been showing increased strength in recent polls and local elections.

Are there lessons here for America’s

Republicans, who some say are doomed because of high support for Barack Obama among Hispanics and (the twice as numerous) Millennials?

Perhaps. The proprietors of Obamacare are sounding panicked about the possibility that many Millennials will not sign up for insurance on the health exchanges.

The reason for panic is health insurance won’t be a good deal for the young.

Obamacare requires the relatively poor young pay for the greater medical needs of the relatively rich old.

The penalty for remaining uninsured is tiny compared to the cost of insurance premiums. And Obamacare guarantees you can buy health insurance when you get sick or pregnant.

Republicans face problems with the young on cultural issues. Most Republican officeholders and voters oppose same-sex marriage.

But at least for a time, that issue was removed from national politics and sent to the states by two Supreme Court decisions.

Legalizing same-sex marriage in many states will require referendums. That tends to make the issue far less partisan. If Republicans want to appeal to Millennials, they should frame this as a matter of conscience not politics, and show respect for the strong feelings on both sides.

Young Americans, like young Brits, want to choose their future. Republicans should argue their policies enable them to do so.

• 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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They are supposed to serve and protect each other, too.

But that’s not the picture emerging from the U.S. military when it comes to how its leaders deal with accusations of sexual assault.

The Pentagon estimates more than a quarter of the approximately 200,000 women serving in the military will be sexually assaulted during their careers.

But only a fraction of assailants will be prosecuted. In the 2011 fiscal year, there were 3,192 reports of military sexual assault; 1,518 were reviewed for possible disciplinary action, 989 were disciplined, and 48 were administratively discharged, according to the Defense Department.

Allegations of sexual assault must be made to a soldier’s commander, not an independent prosecutor.

Advocates for change – including U.S. Sen. Kirsten For the record Gillibrand, D-New York, who introduced legislation The military has demonthat would have an outside strated it can’t handle prosecutor handle military prosecuting accusations rape cases – say victims of rape by one of its own. fear reporting an assault to It’s time to break the chain a commanding officer will of command, and allow lead to the loss of a job or independent prosecutors damaged reputation. handle military sexual Leaders from every branch of the military op- assault cases. posed the legislation, which was derailed.

“Reducing command responsibility could adversely affect the ability of the commander to enforce professional standards and, ultimately, to accomplish the mission,” Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey said earlier this month during a Senate committee hearing.

Those commanders have another mission too: making sure their troops, who volunteer for the often dangerous job of keeping our country secure, are safe when among their fellow soldiers.

This past month has offered civilians a glimpse of the military’s culture when it comes to sexual assault. The lieutenant colonel who ran the Air Force’s Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office was charged with sexual assault, and the Army sergeant in charge of sexual assault prevention at Fort Hood came under investigation for the same thing.

Those are the high-profile cases. The statistics provided by the Pentagon don’t show the women and men behind those figures, or tell their stories.

Kati Beck, of Marengo, is one of those numbers.

She said she was raped twice during her seven years in the Air Force. You can read more about her experiences at the Daily Chronicle website, Daily-Chronicle.com.

She’s at a point where she wants to talk about her experience, so others in the same situation know they’re not alone.

Our country needs to show these men and women that they are not alone, and to stand behind those who put themselves on the line for all of us.

The military has demonstrated it can’t handle prosecuting accusations of rape by one of its own. It’s time to break the chain of command, and allow independent prosecutors handle military sexual assault cases.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Home finance overhaul needs Few tasks facing Congress are more necessary than housing finance reform. The Fannie Mae-Freddie Mac debacle cost taxpayers tens of billions of dollars and left the mortgage market in government-controlled limbo. Yet few tasks are more thankless: Fixing the system whereby home loans get packaged into bonds and resold to investors is highly technical and heavily lobbied. There are many ways for lawmakers to get it wrong economically but not so many ways to get it right politically.

So here’s the first thing to note about the new reform legislation from Sens. Mark Warner, D-Va., and Bob Corker, R-Tenn.: It’s good someone’s willing to try.

Both senators, and their six co-sponsors from both parties, know the country can’t return to the Fannie-Freddie model, which disastrously privatized profits and socialized risks. Also, the recent housing upturn has started to produce profits for Fannie and Freddie, and hence for the government. The time to start unwinding and replacing them is now – before Congress develops an irreversible dependence on this deceptively easy source of cash.

In an obvious bow to political reality, the bill’s authors offer a form of government intervention intended to bolster liquidity as Fannie and Freddie did – but with the risks to the public and private sectors better defined and shifted toward the latter.

The problem will be deciding how much government charges for this service and whether that fee is sufficient to account for risk and protect taxpayers.

The proposal’s heavy capital requirements compensate, but over time the new corporation would come under heavy pressure to reduce its fees or relax its standards, or both, in the name of promoting homeownership or some other worthy cause.

A system like the one Messrs. Warner and Corker propose could succeed only if it includes abundant checks and balances against that danger. For now it’s enough to say that their bill is a serious proposal for a serious issue.

The Washington Post

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST

An area of low pressure will back into central Illinois from the Tennessee Valley today bringing periods of clouds and showers. There will be some sun, but it will also be cooler in the low 70s. Periods of showers and storms are in store under partly sunny skies Wednesday.

On the Fourth of July, high pressure will start building in with more sunshine and highs in the 80s.

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REGIONAL CITIES

REGIONAL WEATHER

DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Temperature High ............................................................. 78° Low .............................................................. 55° Normal high ............................................. 83° Normal low ............................................... 63° Record high .............................. 96° in 1970 Record low ................................ 46° in 1988

Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00” Month to date ....................................... 0.00” Normal month to date ....................... 0.12” Year to date ......................................... 22.35” Normal year to date ......................... 17.39”

Sunrise today ................................ 5:24 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 8:34 p.m.

Moonrise today ............................ 1:30 a.m.

Moonset today ............................ 3:45 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 5:24 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 8:34 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow ................... 2:05 a.m.

Moonset tomorrow ................... 4:43 p.m.

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Lake Geneva 72/52 Rockford 75/56

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Dixon 74/54

Joliet 70/57

La Salle 72/57 Streator 71/57

Source: National Allergy Bureau

Evanston 69/59 Chicago 73/59

Aurora 71/56

POLLEN INDEX

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Waukegan 69/56

Arlington Heights 71/58

DeKalb 73/58

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Hammond 69/60 Gary 69/60 Kankakee 72/60

Peoria 74/58

Watseka 72/60

Pontiac 72/58

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Sports

Point guard Chris Paul will remain with the Los Angeles Clippers after agreeing to a ive-year contract Monday. PAGE B3

SECTION B Tuesday, July 2, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

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Olympic talks progress for NHL, Bettman NEW YORK – There is still no deal to send NHL players to next year’s Olympics. But all signs point in that direction, and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says “things are moving along.”

Bettman, union leader Donald Fehr and International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel met for more than five hours Monday at league headquarters to work on a deal that would allow NHL players to compete in Sochi.

This would be the fifth Olympics for the NHL. Not everything has been agreed to and the various sides need to meet internally to sign off on any pact. Still, Bettman called Monday’s session a “constructive meeting,” adding there are still “some I’s to dot and T’s to cross.”

But, he added: “I think it’s fair to say that we’re not quite ready to announce it’s done.”

Fasel was headed to the airport after the meeting and planned to get together with various international groups beginning today. Fehr will brief the players during multiday union executive board meetings next week.

“We had a very constructive meeting,” Fasel said. “I am very happy and pleased. I have to go back also to my federation and to other national federations, especially back to the IOC, to make a report. I am confident that we will have a solution at the end.”

When pressed for a timeline to get a deal done, Bettman responded with an emphatic, “Soon. Very soon.”

“We’re on a compact schedule,” Bettman added. “Everybody is working very hard and we seem to be pulling the oars in the same direction.”

The biggest challenge the NHL faces every time the Olympics come is the need to stop the hockey season for several weeks in order for its players to go.

– The Associated Press

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro baseball Cubs at Oakland, 9:05 p.m., CSN The Cubs travel to Oakland for the first time in franchise history to start a three-game series on the west coast.

Also on TV...

Pro baseball San Francisco at Cincinnati, 6 p.m., MLBN Baltimore at White Sox, 6:10 p.m., WCIU Tennis The Wimbledon Championships, women’s quarterfinals, 6 a.m., ESPN2 The Wimbledon Championships, women’s quarterfinals, 7 a.m., ESPN Women’s basketball WNBA, Seattle at Sky, 7 p.m., ESPN2

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Chicago sports fans live charmed life CHICAGO – As Chicago sports fans, it’s easy to grumble. It’s easy to nitpick.

It’s easy to scan the baseball standings and wonder what life is like in other, happier sports cities.

Does the sun shine brighter in the Sunshine State? If everything is bigger in Texas, how big must their smiles be?

Does your GPS system know the way to San Jose?

But the truth is that we’re lucky.

Really lucky.

Sure, the Cubs are about as exciting to watch as a highway construction project. Instead of orange cones, Theo Epstein and his front-office staff have

VIEWS Tom Musick lined up veterans on shortterm deals until younger reinforcements are ready.

And, yeah, the White Sox are kind of like that room in your house that somehow becomes more of a mess with each passing day. You would clean it up if you had two weeks and a bulldozer, but it’s easier to close the door and pretend it doesn’t exist.

But we really are lucky.

Less than a week ago, millions of sports fans filled

the streets of downtown and packed Grant Park for the Blackhawks’ Stanley Cup championship parade and rally. Three years before that, millions lined Michigan Avenue for the same purpose.

Since 2010, do you know how many U.S. cities have celebrated more major professional sports championships than Chicago? Here’s a hint: It’s less than one.

See your lawn? The grass is greener than all but three cities – Miami, San Francisco, and Los Angeles – which have matched Chicago with two titles during the decade.

See MUSICK, page B2

Shaw Media photo

Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews raises the Stanley Cup above his head as the double-decker bus travels down Columbus Friday.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Back on the court

Rob Winner - rwinner@shawmedia.com

Northern Illinois University women’s basketball assistant coach Debbie Whitman gives instructions as Jenna Thorp (right) prepares to take part in a drill during practice at Victor E. Court inside the Convocation Center on the NIU campus Thursday in DeKalb. Whitman is a former DeKalb High School girls basketball coach.

Former DeKalb coach Whitman makes transition as new NIU assistant

By LUKE SRODULSKI lsrodulski@shawmedia.com DeKALB – For Debbie Whitman, timing is everything.

After making a name for herself as DeKalb’s girls varsity basketball coach, the Northern Illinois alumna realized that she wanted to take the next step into the college ranks, and it hasn’t taken long to make her way up.

After a year as an assistant at Division III North Central

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College, she came back home as the Director of Basketball Operations at her alma mater last summer. Just one year later, she was elevated to as-

sistant coach, a completely new role.

“I’m coaching now, on the court. That is the biggest change for me,” Whitman said. “The second thing would be recruiting. I can go on the road now, and I can look at the players that we’re trying to bring in.”

In just three years, she has gone from coaching at a high school to a Division I university, and she hasn’t had to go far to do it. Whitman has become a regular in the commu-

nity, which she believes is a big reason why she has made such a fast ascent.

“Experience came into play,” she said. “Coach Bennett says that she heard a lot about me from the community. I never knew that until I got here, so I think that in a way, the community has helped me get this job.”

It definitely goes beyond that. Whitman was a part of the NIU program from 1990 to 1993, an era that saw two NCAA Tournament appear-

ances and a WNIT berth. She also has past ties with head coach Kathi Bennett, having grown up with her brother, Tony Bennett, and attending camps run by her father, Dick Bennett. Both have been highly successful coaches on the Division I level.

Still, it’s not just Whitman’s relationship with the program that has put her in this position. It’s also her hunger to teach.

See WHITMAN, page B3

WIMBLEDON

Williams upset by Lisicki, winning streak ends

By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press LONDON – For 34 matches over 4½ months, on hard, clay or grass courts, Serena Williams was unbeaten – and, in the minds of many, unbeatable.

So it was apt, somehow, that the longest winning streak in women’s tennis since 2000 would end at this memorably unpredictable edition of Wimbledon, where up is down, where seedings and pedigree mean nothing whatsoever, where even five-time champion Williams looked lost at the start and, most surprisingly of all, the finish of her fourthround match.

Stumbling on the Centre Court grass a couple of times while her game slumped in crunch time, the No. 1-ranked and No. 1-seeded Williams dropped the last four games to bow out, 6-2, 1-6, 6-4, Monday against 23rd-seeded Sabine Lisicki of Germany.

“Didn’t play the big points good enough,” said Williams, who had won three of the past four Grand Slam titles, including Wimble-

don a year ago and the French Open less than a month ago. “I didn’t do what I do best.”

Oddly passive down the stretch, Williams essentially let Lisicki to do what she does best: dictate points quickly with a big serve, powerful returns and pinpoint groundstrokes. If that sounds familiar, could be because it’s the formula Williams uses to dominate her sport. Except on this breezy afternoon, Lisicki compiled a 10-7 edge in aces, a 35-25 lead in winners, and broke Williams five times.

“Come on, guys, let’s get with it. She’s excellent,” a composed Williams said at her news conference after blowing leads of 3-0 and 4-2 in the third set. “She’s not a pushover.”

Especially at Wimbledon. Her game is built for grass. Lisicki is a mediocre 16-15 at the other three Grand Slam tournaments and 17-4 at the All England Club. She reached AP photo the semifinals at Wimbledon in 2011, and is into her fourth quarterfinal, coincidentally Serena Williams follows through on a return during her Women’s singles beating the reigning French Open champion match against Sabine Lisicki of Germany on Monday at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships in Wimbledon, England. every time.

SPORTS

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8SPORTS SHORTS Local softball league plays over weekend The DeKalb / Sycamore Church Softball League played its full weekend slate of games.

Sycamore 1st Baptist defeated Evangelical Free, 16-6, as Bruce Miller got the complete-game victory. Sycamore Methodist edged CrossWind Community, 15-14, in a back-and-forth affair that saw Rick Hoyt get the win.

Harvest Bible Chapel defeated Westminster Presbyterian, 10-5, behind strong pitching from Aaron Leheay. Westminster rebounded with a win in their second game of the day, beating Evangelical Free, 10-5, behidn the pitching of Katie Thurlby.

Bethel Assembly recorded a 14-run sixth inning to run away with a 21-9 win over Christ Community. Immanuel Lutheran edged Hope Community, 7-4.

James twins each earn national rowing titles DeKalb natives Grant and Ross James each earned national rowing championships last week at Mercer Lake in West Windsor, N.J. A total of 16 crews earned titles at the event.

In August, the twins narrowly missed a bronze medal in the men’s eight race at the London Olympics.

NIU women’s soccer 2013 schedule released The 2013 Northern Illinois women’s soccer schedule features the first night match at the NIU Soccer and Track & Field Complex. On Sept. 15, the Huskies will host Western Illinois at 7 p.m.

NIU, which finished 8-9-2 last season, opens its season at home against Eastern Illinois Sept. 25 at 1 p.m. The Huskies have 19 matches, including an Aug. 30 trip to Purdue.

Ineligible player costs Ethiopia qualifying win JOHANNESBURG – Ethiopia had three points taken away by FIFA on Monday in World Cup qualifying for fielding an ineligible player in a game against Botswana.

FIFA said Ethiopia forfeited its 2-1 win in Botswana on June 8 because Minyahile Beyene played in that game when he was suspended for receiving two yellow cards in earlier qualifiers. FIFA has awarded the match to Botswana 3-0.

The sanction means Ethiopia is only two points ahead of South Africa and three ahead of Botswana. Ethiopia is not guaranteed a place in Africa’s final playoffs for the World Cup going into the final round of Group A games in September.

Gerrans hangs on for Tour stage victory Australian sprinter Simon Gerrans held off a late charge

by Peter Sagan to win Monday’s hilly third stage of the Tour de France by less than half a wheel.

Gerrans looked to have the finish line in sight with about 100 meters to go, but Sagan had a late sprint and almost caught him. But Gerrans dug deep to clinch his second career Tour stage win. Spaniard Jose Joaquin Rojas finished third.

Jan Bakelants, the winner of Sunday’s second stage, kept the yellow jersey.

Glendale City Council to vote on Coyotes lease GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Phoenix Coyotes’ four-year bid for stability will finally come to a close soon.

With Tuesday night’s Glendale City Council meeting, the Coyotes will find out if the city will approve an arena lease agreement with Renaissance Sports & Entertainment, which has an agreement in place to buy the franchise from the NHL. Should the council approve the 15-year, $225 million deal for Jobing.com Arena, the path will be cleared for the Coyotes to stay in Arizona.

– Staff, wire reports

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MLB

Bulls let go of top assistant coach

By ANDREW SELIGMAN Associated Press DEERFIELD – Bulls general manager Gar Forman insisted it was his call to let Tom Thibodeau’s top assistant go and downplayed the idea there’s friction with the coach.

The Bulls announced Monday that they were not renewing Ron Adams’ contract for next season, raising a few eyebrows.

“The decision was made by me because I felt it was the best decision for the Bulls going forward,” Forman said.

Why was it the best decision? Forman wouldn’t say.

Adams rejoined the Bulls in 2010 after serving as an assistant with Oklahoma City after a five-year run in Chicago from 2003 to 2008. The way this move came down was unusual because head coaches generally set their staff, yet it was the general manager pulling the plug in this case.

“Here’s what I don’t want to get into,” Forman said.

“We make tens if not hundreds of decisions every year.

I don’t think we want to evaluate every decision, who’s on board. We communicate about every decision, and at

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Bulls draft picks Erik Murphy (left) and Tony Snell meet in the hallway at the Berto Center on Monday in Deerfield after changing into their new uniforms for the first time. The Bulls selected Snell with the 20th pick out of New Mexico, and Murphy with the 49th pick out of Florida. the end of the day, I’ve got to make the decisions I feel are best for this organization moving forward. We’ll unite and we’ll move forward. Tom makes the decisions on the floor. He’s our head coach. I think he’s as good a coach as there is in the NBA. He does a great job.

“Do I agree with absolutely every decision he makes?” he continued. “We’ll commu-

nicate, probably not. But at the end of the day, I’m going to support the decisions he makes and I think he’s going to support decisions that I make. As long as once they’re made, we unite and move forward because the goal is to continue to get this team better and to compete for a championship.”

Thibodeau praised Forman and his staff after the draft on

Thursday night, and they’re locked in for four more years after agreeing to an extension last fall. But that didn’t come without a bump or two. Thibodeau waited until later in the season to sign the deal, saying some legal issues needed to be ironed out.

Throw in Derrick Rose’s season-long recovery from a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee and there was no shortage of side stories as the Bulls clawed their way to 45 wins and a second-round playoff loss to the champion Miami Heat.

Now, this.

Forman found himself answering questions about an assistant coach on the day the Bulls introduced first-round draft pick Tony Snell of New Mexico and second-rounder Erik Murphy of Florida. Thibodeau was not available to reporters to discuss the Adams move, though he said in a team statement: “Ron is a great friend, an outstanding coach and I will miss him.”

Forman said he and his coach “have a very good working relationship.” He also said the GM has “final say” over assistants and that the rest of the coaching staff remains in place.

MLB ROUNDUP

AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 44 38 .537 Detroit 43 38 .531 Kansas City 38 41 .481 Minnesota 36 43 .456 White Sox 32 47 .405 East Division W L Pct Boston 50 34 .595 Baltimore 47 36 .566 New York 43 39 .524 Tampa Bay 43 39 .524 Toronto 41 41 .500 West Division W L Pct Texas 48 34 .585 Oakland 48 35 .578 Los Angeles 39 43 .476 Seattle 35 47 .427 Houston 30 52 .366

GB — ½ 4½ 6½ 10½ GB — 2½ 6 6 8 GB — ½ 9 13 18

Monday’s Results Toronto 8, Detroit 3 N.Y. Yankees 10, Minnesota 4 Tampa Bay at Houston, (n) Today’s Games Baltimore (Hammel 7-4) at White Sox (Joh.Danks 1-5), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Fister 6-5) at Toronto (Wang 1-1), 6:07 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 1-0) at Boston (Lackey 5-5), 6:10 p.m.

Seattle (J.Saunders 5-8) at Texas (Grimm 7-5), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 6-5) at Kansas City (Mendoza 2-4), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (P.Hughes 3-7) at Minnesota (Deduno 4-2), 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Price 1-4) at Houston (Bedard 3-3), 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 10-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-4), 9:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Baltimore at White Sox, 6:10 p.m.

Detroit at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

San Diego at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Seattle at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

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

N.Y. Yankees at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

St. Louis at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Results Cleveland 4, White Sox 0 Boston 5, Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 1 Kansas City 9, Minnesota 8 L.A. Angels 3, Houston 1 Texas 3, Cincinnati 2 Oakland 7, St. Louis 5 Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees 2

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Streaking Blue Jays drop Detroit at home The ASSOCIATED PRESS R.A. Dickey threw a faster floater, and that meant trouble for the Detroit Tigers.

The knuckleballer won again, Jose Reyes and Mark DeRosa homered and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the slumping Tigers, 8-3, on Monday for their seventh straight home win.

The Blue Jays delighted a sellout crowd of 45,766 on Canada Day with their 11th victory in 13 games at Rogers Centre.

Coming off his two-hit shutout against Tampa Bay, Dickey (8-8) was sharp and won for the third time in four starts. The knuckleballer allowed two runs and six hits in seven innings, striking out four and walking one.

“Just another great outing,” Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. “Second one in a row. I see more bite on his knuckleball than we’ve seen in the past a little bit.”

Plagued by back and neck soreness early in the season, Dickey has put those issues behind him and found increased velocity as a result.

“It’s been kind of a tough go getting it back,” Dickey said of his velocity. “I threw a knuckleball 81 miles an hour today, I threw a lot at 80 miles an hour, I threw an 85 mile an hour fastball. All those velocities are tops for the year.”

Nationals 10, Brewers 5: Bryce Harper homered on his first swing since coming off the disabled list and his Washington teammates quickly joined in, beating the slumping Milwaukee.

After missing 31 games with bursitis in his left knee – the most lingering fallout

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Toronto Blue Jays starter R.A. Dickey pitches during first inning Monday against the Detroit Tigers in Toronto. from his collision with the Dodger Stadium wall – Harper energized the Nationals and sparked their second rout in two days.

After toying with .500 for the entire month of June, Washington moved two games above the break-even mark for the first time since late May. Jayson Werth had five RBIs. Marlins 4, Padres 0: Jose Fernandez struck out 10 and allowed only two hits in a career-high eight innings, and the Mi-

ami Marlins matched a season high with their third consecutive victory by beating the San Diego Padres 4-0 Monday night.

Jeff Mathis delivered the big hit for the second game in a row, raising his batting average to .154.

He hit a three-run double in the sixth, when the Marlins scored four unearned runs off Jason Marquis.

Mathis’ ninth-inning grand slam beat the Padres on Sunday.

Chicago has captured PITTSBURGH PIRATES three titles since 2000 Pirates own best • MUSICK Continued from page B1 Let’s turn back the clock even further, all the way to 2000, when gas cost less than $2 a gallon and hanging chads were a dime a dozen. If you started tracking title winners since the day “Y2K” was exposed as a fluke, Chicago still would be a city of champions.

Unless you’re from Cleveland, you might enjoy this list of sports titles since 2000.

Top tier: Los Angeles (8), Boston (7), New York (4), Miami (4) Considering how passé most Southern California sports fans seem to be, it’s amusing that Los Angeles leads the millennium in championships. The Lakers have won five titles, while the Kings, Angels and Ducks have chipped in with one apiece.

If you’re looking for the most well rounded modern sports city, that would be Boston, which has celebrated championships in the NFL (3), MLB (2), NBA (1) and NHL (1).

Second tier: Chicago (3), Pittsburgh (3), Detroit (3), San Antonio (3) Not bad, right? The Hawks’ two Stanley Cup titles, com-

bined with the White Sox World Series title in 2005, means Chicago is tied for fifth place in a narrow race for 21st century championships. The San Antonio Spurs whiffed on a chance to push their oneteam town up the list, while – this is crazy to write – the Pittsburgh Pirates might have a better shot than the Detroit Tigers to win this year’s World Series.

Third tier: Baltimore (2), San Francisco (2), St. Louis (2), Tampa (2), New Jersey (2) A mere eight days ago, Chicago was part of the two-title group.

The next city to become three-time winners could be San Francisco, where the 49ers are looking to throw a Super Bowl party much like the Giants enjoyed World Series parties in 2010 and 2012.

Baltimore could have another title shot with the Ravens or Orioles, while the St. Louis Cardinals – this is crazy to write – are almost as good as the Pirates.

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

record in baseball

By CHRIS ADAMSKI The Associated Press PITTSBURGH – As the owner of the locker just to the right of the main entrance to the common area of the Pittsburgh Pirates clubhouse, Garrett Jones arguably has the best panoramic view among his teammates as he sits at his stall.

Since first establishing himself as a major-league regular with Pittsburgh three years ago, the players he sees when he surveys the clubhouse has changed dramatically.

So have the results.

The Pirates are the toast of baseball, owners of the majors’ best record at their precise midpoint of their season (51-30).

Should they maintain that pace over the next three months, they would win 102 games just three seasons after the desultory 2010 Pirates lost 105.

Of course, they could win more than 102, as well, and it likely won’t be long before they officially guarantee a winning season – their first since 1992.

But it goes beyond num-

bers and historical roadblocks for this team. Jones believes, in addition to the new faces he encounters, there’s also a new attitude.

“There’s absolutely been a huge difference in confidence,” he said before a 2-1 Pittsburgh victory over the Milwaukee Brewers extended its winning streak to nine games Sunday. “When you’re losing, you kind of get caught up in it and it gets ingrained in your head and sometimes it’s tough to get it out. Now, everything and everybody is positive. We just focus on, ‘We’re going to win, we can win, we will win.’ We just had to change that mind-set around and be confident in ourselves.

“And it’s shown on the field.”

Has it ever. The Pirates hold a two-game lead over the St. Louis Cardinals not only in the National League Central, but also in the race for the best record in baseball. Saturday, they became the first team to reach 50 wins – doing it before July 1 for the first time in the 127-year history of the franchise.

Central Division W L Pct GB Pittsburgh 51 30 .630 — St. Louis 49 32 .605 2 Cincinnati 47 36 .566 5 Cubs 35 45 .438 15½ Milwaukee 32 49 .395 19 East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 48 34 .585 — Washington 42 40 .512 6 Philadelphia 39 44 .470 9½ New York 33 45 .423 13 Miami 30 51 .370 17½ West Division W L Pct GB Arizona 42 39 .519 — Colorado 41 42 .494 2 San Diego 40 43 .482 3 San Francisco 39 43 .476 3½ Los Angeles 38 43 .469 4 Monday’s Results Washington 10, Milwaukee 5 Miami 4, San Diego 0 Cincinnati 8, San Francisco 1, 6 innings Arizona at N.Y. Mets, (n) Today’s Games Cubs (Feldman 7-6) at Oakland (Griffin 6-6), 9:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 5-9) at Washington (Strasburg 4-6), 6:05 p.m.

Philadelphia (Pettibone 3-3) at Pittsburgh (Locke 7-1), 6:05 p.m.

Arizona (Corbin 9-0) at N.Y. Mets (Hefner 2-6), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Koehler 1-5) at Atlanta (Medlen 5-7), 6:10 p.m.

San Diego (Erlin 1-0) at Boston (Lackey 5-5), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Lincecum 4-8) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 4-6), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 6-5) at Colorado (Oswalt 0-2), 7:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 10-2) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 1-4), 9:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Cubs at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Washington, 5:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Arizona at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Miami at Atlanta, 6:10 p.m.

San Diego at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco at Cincinnati, 6:10 p.m.

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

St. Louis at L.A. Angels, 9:05 p.m.

Sunday’s Results Cubs 7, Seattle 6 Miami 6, San Diego 2 Washington 13, N.Y. Mets 2 Atlanta 6, Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 2, Milwaukee 1, 14 innings Texas 3, Cincinnati 2 Oakland 7, St. Louis 5 L.A. Dodgers 6, Philadelphia 1 San Francisco 5, Colorado 2

A-Rod set for first minor league game TAMPA, Fla. – New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez is set to play Tuesday night in his first minor league game on a rehabilitation assignment. And this time, all sides agree he’s ready to go.

Rodriguez said he felt fine and was eager to get on the field for Class A Charleston.

“Awesome,” he said Monday at the Yankees’ spring training complex.

“I’m really excited.”

Rodriguez said he didn’t have a timetable for rejoining the Yankees, a team in desperate need of hitters. He was on a conference call with team officials earlier in the day.

Last week, Rodriguez posted on Twitter that his hip surgeon had cleared him to play in rehab games. That upset Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, who said Rodriguez hadn’t been OKed by team doctors.

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COLLEGE SPORTS

Paul agrees to remain a Clipper ACC officially adds Rockets, Hawks pitch Howard

By BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press Chris Paul’s answer was brief, just like his time on the free agent market.

“I’M IN!!!” he wrote Monday on Twitter.

He will be staying with the Clippers, the longtime losers he helped turned into a division champion in just two seasons.

Dwight Howard will need more time to think.

Free agency opened Monday in the NBA with the focus on the pair of Los Angeles All-Stars, though Paul took himself off the market only hours after shopping season started.

Agent Leon Rose confirmed Paul’s return, which had been expected after the Clippers signed Doc Rivers as their new coach. The Clippers can pay the two-time Olympic gold medalist around $108 million for five years.

Howard can make even more by staying with the Lakers, but that won’t stop him from looking elsewhere.

He met with the Houston Rockets early Monday, the Dallas Mavericks and Atlanta Hawks also are interested, and the Lakers have said repeatedly they want to keep him.

The Rockets got the first crack at persuading him to leave. With Hall of Famers Hakeem Olajuwon and Clyde

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In this Feb. 27 file photo, Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul plays against the Charlotte Bobcats in Los Angeles. Paul is staying with the Clippers. The All-Star point guard agreed to a new deal on the first day free agency opened, agent Leon Rose confirmed.

Drexler joining its contingent, Houston pitched Howard on joining All-Star James Harden.

Rockets general manager Daryl Morey wrote on Twitter that it was a great meeting with Howard and that having Olajuwon and Drexler there “made it obvious how (Howard and Harden) could be the next [great] big/wing combo.”

Hawks general manager Danny Ferry and new coach Mike Budenholzer were visiting Howard later Monday, trying to convince him to join his hometown team.

And he’ll meet today with the Lakers’ delegation. His first – perhaps only – season in Los Angeles was a disappointment and he acknowl-

edged being unhappy at times. But the Lakers want to keep the former Defensive Player of the Year, believing the extra year and about $30 million more they can give him will provide a huge advantage.

Steve Nash, who like Howard had a difficult first season in Los Angeles, tweeted Monday that he was flying from New York to Los Angeles to help the Lakers make their pitch. “(Dwight Howard) we’re coming for you,” he wrote.

“You’re going to love the statue we build for you outside Staples in 20yrs!”

Contracts can’t be signed until July 10, after the next season’s salary cap has been

set.

The Hawks also were expected to meet with their unrestricted free agents, Josh Smith and Kyle Korver, on their trip to Los Angeles, a person with knowledge of the plans told The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity because Monday’s meetings have not been officially announced.

There is plenty of interest in Smith, a versatile forward, and Deron Williams announced the Nets’ interest in Korver by posting a picture of the sharp shooter in a Brooklyn uniform on social media.

The Knicks are hoping Andrea Bargnani relocates his outside shot after agreeing to a deal with Toronto to acquire the No. 1 overall pick in the 2006 draft. The Raptors will receive Knicks reserves Steve Novak, Marcus Camby and Quentin Richardson, who will be signed-andtraded. The Knicks are also sending the Raptors a 2016 first-round pick and two second-round picks, according to a person with knowledge of the details.

Bargnani averaged a career-best 21.4 points just three seasons ago, but finished with his worst scoring and shooting numbers last season since he posted career worsts of 10.2 points and 38.6 percent shooting in 2007-08.

Other top players that are available include Denver’s Andre Iguodala and Philadelphia’s Andrew Bynum – both part of the four-way trade that sent Howard from Orlando to Los Angeles.

3 new members

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press NEW YORK – The Atlantic Coast Conference is now a 15team league – and it might just stay that way for a while.

After Commissioner John Swofford welcomed Pittsburgh, Syracuse and Notre Dame to the ACC at a news conference at the NASDAQ stock exchange in Manhattan, he said that further expansion isn’t on the agenda.

“It’s not a topic of conversation for us right now,” he said. “I would not anticipate it being in the future, but we’ll see. I don’t predict the future much anymore, I’ve learned better. But it’s not something that’s on the table for discussion in our league right now.”

Swofford was joined at the news conference by Florida State football coach Jimbo Fisher, Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer, Notre Dame basketball coach Mike Brey, Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim and former Pittsburgh great and now Arizona Cardinals star receiver Larry Fitzgerald. The group then took part in a closing bell ceremony at the stock market.

The ACC even brought the mascots to Times Square for an event it dubbed #ACCtakeNYC on Twitter. The fuzzy crew of costumed characters was bouncing around Manhattan on Sunday, posting pic-

tures on Twitter from various tourist attractions.

The ACC does have one more lineup change scheduled for next year, when Maryland leaves for the Big Ten and Louisville joins.

The Cardinals were picked to replace the Terrapins ahead of Cincinnati and Connecticut. Both of those schools lobbied the ACC to be next out of the Big East and both remain in the newly renamed American Athletic Conference.

If the ACC ever does decide to go to 17 members – 16 for football as Notre Dame will remain an independent in its flagship sport – Cincinnati and Connecticut would make geographic sense and fit in perfectly with what is shaping up to be the most formidable basketball conference in the country. Syracuse and Pittsburgh have been perennial top-20 basketball programs in recent years, and Louisville is the defending NCAA champion.

“From an athletic perspective, I think it’s more than fair to say this is the strongest collection of basketball programs that has ever been assembled in one conference,” Swofford said. “And our potential from a football standpoint is truly unlimited.”

On the football side, Louisville is coming off one of its most successful seasons, capped by a victory against Florida in the Sugar Bowl.

Whitman’s coaching mindset starts with defense • WHITMAN Continued from page B1 Her previous job as director of basketball operations didn’t allow her to coach the players, but it was a step that she needed to take if she ever wanted the opportunity in the future. Now Whitman has it, and Bennett says that she is ready.

“She’s got tremendous energy,” Bennett said. “She

loves the game of basketball, and you can see it every day at workouts with the players. She loves to coach, so I feel like having her in a coaching role just made us better.”

As a part of one of the last successful NIU teams, Bennett says that Whitman knows what it takes to bring the program to new heights.

Her status as a former player commands respect from the current team, and this role al-

lows her to teach them firsthand.

And like Bennett, Whitman’s philosophy starts with defense, a mindset that she says is crucial to developing a winning program.

“There’s no doubt that she’s a defensive coach, and the interesting part is so am I,” Whitman said. “I followed her dad, her brother, their defensive system. That’s what I put in at DeKalb and that’s how we were success-

ful.”

Ultimately, it comes down to her love of the area and the school. Many coaches would see a mid-major program like NIU as a building block to new heights, but Whitman is happy right where she is.

“This position right here is exactly where I want to be,” she said. “I don’t want to be anywhere else. I want to be an assistant here at Northern and help turn the program around.”

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WIMBLEDON

LPGA

Stephens lone U.S. player remaining

Park has rare chance at history

By HOWARD FENDRICH The Associated Press LONDON – Without a doubt, Grand Slam tournaments bring out the best in Sloane Stephens, the last American singles player still around at the All England Club.

Take a look at what she’s done this season.

After her career-best run to the Australian Open semifinals in January, and before her second-week appearances at the French Open in June and at Wimbledon – where the 17th-seeded Stephens reached the quarterfinals with a three-set victory Monday – she went through quite a rough patch: a four-month stretch in which she failed to win more than two consecutive matches at any tournament.

“It was a bad time,” Stephens said.

How did she turn it around?

“Just knowing that I am a good tennis player. I’m Top-20 in the world for a reason. I didn’t, like, all of a sudden, snap my fingers and I got good,” Stephens said. “I put in a lot of work. [It] took a lot of sweat [and], like, ‘bad hair’ days, all that other stuff, to get to where I was. I realize that I just couldn’t let that go to waste. I had to get back to work.”

At Roland Garros last month, she reached the fourth round before losing to 2012 champion Maria Sharapova. At Wimbledon today, Stephens will take on 15th-seeded Marion Bartoli, the 2007 runner-up, with a chance to reach her second major semifinal of the year – and of her nascent career.

“Everyone asks, like, ‘Why do you only play well in the Slams?’ ... I mean, I don’t know,” the 20-year-old Stephens said. “It just happens.”

Playing at Wimbledon for the second time, Stephens got through the fourth round Monday by beating 19-year-old Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 4-6, 7-5, 6-1.

Stephens wrapped up her 2-hour, 4-minute victory on Court 18 shortly after defending champion Serena Williams’ 34-match winning streak ended with a 6-2, 1-6, 6-4 loss to Sabine Lisicki on Centre Court.

For the first time in 101 years, no men representing the U.S. even made it to Wimbledon’s third round, and Williams and Stephens were the only women from the country in the fourth round.

Williams was asked who she thinks will win Wimbledon now that she’s out.

“Sloane has a really good chance of Sloane winning. She has a Stephens great draw. I think she can take it,” said Williams, who lost to Stephens in the Australian Open quarterfinals.

“It would be really nice to see her win.”

Earlier this year, Stephens found herself in a bit of a brouhaha over less-than-flattering comments she made to a reporter about Williams.

Young as she is, and even though she has yet to win a title on tour, Stephens already knows what it feels like to play in the latter rounds at Grand Slam tournaments. Wimbledon is her ninth major, while Puig was only in her second, and that might have made a difference Monday.

“Sloane’s been in this situation many times before, so she has a little bit more experience in this type of stage than I do,” Puig said.

By RACHEL COHEN The Associated Press SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. – Inbee Park hoped to win a Grand Slam.

A career Grand Slam, that is. The single-season variety was just too outlandish.

Yet she’ll head to St. Andrews next month for the Women’s British Open with a chance to become the first player to go 4 for 4 in majors – whatever that may be called, now that there are five majors in a year.

“Whether I do it or not, I’m just a very lucky person,” Park said Sunday after winning the U.S. Women’s Open for the second time.

Park’s four-shot victory at windy Sebonack would seem to bode well for Scotland, though the world’s top-ranked player has won in pretty much every situation this season on the way to six titles, including all three majors and three straight tournaments overall.

Park talked Sunday about how calm she felt, and Annika Sorenstam could only marvel.

Sorenstam was the last player to try to win the year’s first three majors, in 2005, and she didn’t come close at the U.S. Women’s Open.

“I was NOT calm,” she said with a laugh.

“I know the pressure you can feel, the expectations,” Sorenstam added. “She’s handled it beautifully. Nothing seems to faze her.”

Brad Beecher, Park’s longtime caddie, said he’s never seen her angry or emotional on the course.

“I think it’s because I feel the happiest when I’m at the golf course,” Park said. “I feel calm when I’m on the golf course. I think I’m just a much better person when I’m on the golf course. Yeah, outside the golf course, I feel the pressure and I feel what everybody else is feeling. But on the golf course, it’s just the golf ball and clubs. And when I have that, it just puts a lot of pressure off of me.”

She’ll head home to South Korea for a rare visit before the British. Park knows she won’t get much time to herself there, but she wants to share her success with the fans who wake up in the middle of the night to watch her play.

St. Andrews, the birthplace of golf, seems only appropriate as the spot for where Park could make history, Sorenstam said.

Park will just have to keep not thinking about that on the course.

Atlantic Coast Conference commissioner John Swofford (from left) Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim, NASDAQ head of listings Bob McCooey and Virginia Tech football coach Frank Beamer, far right, react during the ringing of the closing bell on Monday.

SOCCER: CONFEDERATIONS CUP

FIFA president calls Confed Cup a success

By ROB HARRIS The Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO – FIFA President Sepp Blatter on Monday called the Confederations Cup a success despite clashes between police and protesters near some matches.

While host nation Brazil was defeating Spain 3-0 in Sunday’s final of the 2014 World Cup warm-up tournament, police officers were unleashing tear gas canisters and stun grenades outside Rio de Janeiro’s Maracana Stadium.

Blatter said he was “not going to discuss” police actions to repel protests outside some of the stadiums the last two weeks.

“Thanks to all those who have helped to make this competition such a success despite ... of all this unrest and protests,” Blatter said.

“I am happy to come to the conclusion now, with the sporting results and also – with at least the impression that – the social unrest is now resting. I don’t know how long but it is now resting.”

Many of Brazil’s anti-government protesters were angered at the lack of investment in public services compared with the billions of dollars being spent on next year’s World Cup. “Football is connecting people in the stadia and connecting people outside the stadia and ... I am sure that we

will have a wonderful World Cup next year,” Blatter said at a news conference.

“When you have next year the World Cup, or you have the Olympic Games here [in 2016], you can never make everybody happy. We tried to make everyone happy.”

The Brazilian government believes the tournament was not marred by the disorder, although Maracana Stadium workers and FIFA volunteers appeared affected by the tear gas wafting into the venue Sunday, “I am quite sure no one was bothered because of the protests,” Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo said through a translator. “Of course, there were some acts of violence but we just faced these challenges. ...

The problems are still there, we never try to hide this.

“We are not a perfect country. We are still a country with many unbalances, differences between the regions and these demonstrations did not happen by chance.”

Jose Maria Marin, president of the local organizing committee and the Brazilian soccer confederation, condemned violent acts by some protesters.

“Any peaceful demonstration must be respected. ... It is part of democracy,” Marin said. “I will not accept robbery and violence and mobs.

Nobody wants this kind of thing.”

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Winless Keselowski still on outside

Looking forward

2013 standings

IN THE PITS Jenna Fryer

SPRINT CUP SERIES Coke Zero 400 Race time: 6:30 p.m.

Saturday Site: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. TV: TNT

NATIONWIDE SERIES Subway Firecracker 250 Race time: 6:30 p.m. Friday Site: Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Fla. TV: ESPN

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Upcoming Sprint Cup schedule Saturday: 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.

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Tony Stewart’s defense of his 2005 championship doesn’t look so bad on paper, and it sure seemed to be soaring during his laborious celebratory fence-climb following his July win at Daytona.

It was his second win of the 2006 season, and it pushed him to fifth in the championship standings. Little did he know that hot summer night atop the flag stand would be his crowning achievement of the year.

Disastrous finishes in the next two races dropped Stewart to 11th in the standings with only seven races to recover. It was too big of a hole and Stewart stunningly became the first defending NASCAR champion to miss the cut for the Chase for the championship in what was then a 10-driver field.

In true Stewart fashion, he didn’t go out with a whimper: Stewart won three of the 10 Chase races, but wasn’t eligible to challenge Jimmie Johnson in what became the first of Johnson’s five consecutive Sprint Cup titles.

Now here we are, seven years later, and another defending champion is in a similar hole.

Brad Keselowski heads into Saturday night’s race at Daytona ranked 13th in the standings and winless this year. He’s got nine races left to claim a berth in the 12-driver field, and is among a handful of elite drivers jockeying for the final few spots in the Chase: Keselowski: BK had three wins at this point last season but finds himself on the outside looking in after Sunday’s disappointment at Kentucky, where he had hoped to repeat last year’s victory. His problems Sunday started 48 laps in the race – so early that Keselowski said “there is no reason to drive like an animal” – when Kurt Busch

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Brad Keselowski prepares for qualifying at the NASCAR Sprint Cup series Coca-Cola 600 on May 23. drove on the apron, then shot back up the track into traffic and into Keselowski.

It created a messy accident that stopped the race for nearly 20 minutes and it dropped Keselowski four spots in the standings to 13th. To earn a Chase berth, he either needs to be ranked inside the top 10 in points, or needs wins to be eligible to claim one of two wild card spots.

Crew chief Paul Wolfe knew the ramifications the moment Busch hit the No. 2 Ford.

“We were just holding onto the top 10 there, and we were one bad race away from falling out,” he said after the race.

There is an upside to Keselowski’s situation. He is only 14 points behind 10thplace driver Joey Logano, his Penske Racing teammate.

That’s not bad considering the No. 2 team has been docked 31 points this year in a pair of NASCAR penalties. If Keselowski still had those points he’d be ranked eighth.

But he doesn’t have those points and has two months to make up the difference.

“We have struggled before as a team and we have worked through that and put our-

selves in position to be champions,” Wolfe said. “I think in the past we have not been shy of doing some different strategies to make things happen and over the next few weeks if we are not getting the finishes where we need to be then we will need to look at that over the last month closing into the Chase.”

Busch: The 2004 champion is in the second year of trying to resurrect a career that fell apart when his anger issues cost him his job at Penske Racing. He’s doing it now with Furniture Row Racing, a single-car team that’s not supposed to challenge for a Chase berth.

But Busch is in decent shape at 14th in the standings and only 16 points out of 10th.

He’s gotten there behind four finishes of seventh or better in the last six races, including Sunday, when he managed to come back from the early incident on the apron to finish sixth. All told, Busch has seven top-10 finishes this season and has climbed from six spots in the standings in three races.

“We came through when we needed to and had another good points day,” Busch

said. “We’re creeping up in the points and need to avoid major slips in the next nine races.”

Stewart: The three-time champion won at Dover last month and that victory is enough to make him eligible for a wild-card spot.

But his situation is shaky because he’s tied with Aric Almirola for 16th in the standings and he could find himself locked out. It’s a real possibility considering Martin Truex Jr. and Greg Biffle, who have one win each, aren’t securely inside the top 10 and Kasey Kahne is 11th with just one victory.

Working against Stewart is that he really hasn’t been running all that well this season.

The No. 14 team had only one top-10 finish before Memorial Day. He was seventh at Charlotte and won at Dover for his first back-to-back top-10s all year. He carried the momentum into Pocono and Michigan with a pair of top-fives and he’d suddenly climbed from 21st in the standings to 10th.

SPRINT CUP SERIES 1. Jimmie Johnson ...................610 2. Carl Edwards........................572 3. Clint Bowyer ........................569 4. Kevin Harvick.......................544 5. Matt Kenseth.......................528 6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ............... 512 7. Kyle Busch........................... 500 8. Martin Truex Jr................... 490 9. Greg Biffle ........................... 489 10. Joey Logano.......................479 11. Kasey Kahne .......................478 12. Jeff Gordon.........................477 -----------------------------------------13. Brad Keselowski................465 14. Kurt Busch..........................463 15. Paul Menard.......................459 16. Tony Stewart .....................457 16. Aric Almirola ......................457 18. Ryan Newman .................. 448 19. Jamie McMurray ...............437 20. Ricky Stenhouse Jr...........433 21. Jeff Burton ..........................428 22. Marcos Ambrose ...............411 23. Juan Pablo Montoya.........399 24. Casey Mears......................360 25. Denny Hamlin....................329 26. Mark Martin....................... 314 27. Danica Patrick ....................313 28. David Gilliland ...................298 29. David Ragan .....................294 30. Bobby Labonte .................257 31. Dave Blaney .......................249 32. David Reutimann ..............249 33. David Stremme .................236 34. J.J. Yeley .............................225 35. Travis Kvapil ......................207 36. A J Allmendinger...............180 37. Michael McDowell..............89 38. Timmy Hill............................80 39. Scott Speed ......................... 75 40. Michael Waltrip ..................63 41. Ken Schrader .......................54 42. Terry Labonte...................... 52 43. Boris Said .............................26 SPRINT CUP’S TOP 15 FINISHERS FROM SUNDAY’S RACE (Start position in parentheses) 1. (16) Matt Kenseth 2. (23) Jamie McMurray 3. (15) Clint Bowyer 4. (11) Joey Logano 5. (4) Kyle Busch 6. (27) Kurt Busch 7. (19) Martin Truex Jr. 8. (12) Jeff Gordon 9. (3) Jimmie Johnson 10. (22) Kevin Harvick 11. (21) Kasey Kahne 12. (1) Dale Earnhardt Jr. 13. (5) Marcos Ambrose 14. (7) Ryan Newman 15. (18) Aric Almirola

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Husband should try being good lover himself Dear Abby: I’ll bet you’ve gotten a ton of mail about “Mike in Missouri” (March 15), who was worried about his wife’s declining sex drive.

While your point about hormone levels is a good one, it could be something simpler than that.

I am a wife who would love to have sex more often, but I’m TIRED! I work full-time and do most of the household chores. I also do most of the cooking.

When my husband heads up to the bedroom at 10 o’clock and gives me that “come hither look,” I’m not in the mood for sex. I’m thinking about the two loads of laundry and the sink full of dishes that still need to be done.

Or I’m trying to remember whether I signed that permission slip for our daughter and making a mental note about picking up my prescriptions

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips on the way to a client meeting in the morning.

Speaking of prescriptions, is Mike’s wife perhaps on birth control pills? Those can decrease a woman’s sex drive.

I took a particular pill for a year before realizing how much it killed my desire. My doctor changed the prescription. Although there’s a big difference, I’m still too tired to do much about it most days.

However, my husband has figured out I have more energy in the mornings, so his timing is better on those “come hither looks.” Now if I could only get him to help out more with the chores ... – G. in Dayton, Ohio Dear G.: Thank you for shar-

ing. And you’re right – readers wasted no time flooding my office with comments on this topic: Dear Abby: After conversations with women of all ages, I have concluded that more often than not, it is the husband who has caused the wife’s sex drive to diminish, not hormones or other physical problems.

Ask Mike how he treats his wife on a daily basis; whether he has habits or hygiene that are off-putting; whether he indulges in pornography; whether he has taken care of his health and appearance. After 17 years, is he a good lover?

Many women are as dissatisfied with their sex lives as their complaining husbands are. Anyone who wants to have a satisfying sex partner needs to BE one. – Over 50 And Still Interested

Dear Abby: A woman’s sex drive is a complex issue that in my experience has nothing to do with her hormone levels. A decline can occur at any age even though she has no obvious medical issues.

The most common causes are stress, unresolved and deeply buried sexual issues, concern about body image, empty nest syndrome, distraction with family problems, worry over work or finances, and the side effects of medications such as antidepressants. – San Diego Gynecologist Dear Abby: When sex was mind-blowing for me was when I felt the most loved by my husband. The way he treats me has changed over the years, and lately I’m so turned off that I can no longer physically respond to him.

Often, a woman loses interest in sex because her partner makes her feel like he has lost

interest in HER. At the beginning of a relationship, both people do special things for each other to show their affection. These are the things women need.

To continue feeling loved, each woman has different emotional needs that can stay the same or evolve as life’s circumstances change.

The bottom line is, if men want their wives to want them physically, they need to learn what their wives want emotionally – and then do a lot of it. Pay attention to her, communicate, make her a priority. I’m amazed that so many men don’t understand how enormous the payoff would be if they made the effort to make their wives feel they are still special. – Outta Here Soon

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Full recovery from stroke possible early on Dear Dr. K: My father just had a lacunar stroke. I’ve never even heard of this. What can you tell me about it?

Dear Reader: The most common kind of strokes, called ischemic (iss-KEEmick) strokes, occur when an artery supplying oxygen-rich blood to a part of the brain is blocked. This leads to the death of some brain cells.

Many strokes are caused by blockages of the largest arteries in the brain.

A lacunar stroke involves smaller arteries deep in the brain that branch off the large arteries. Because the arteries are smaller, the amount of brain tissue they feed is smaller than the amount fed by the large arteries. Still,

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff lacunar strokes can cause significant disability. (I’ve put an illustration of the areas of the brain affected by lacunar stroke on my website.)

The smaller arteries deep in the brain are vulnerable because they branch directly off of a high-pressure main artery. As a result, high blood pressure can directly damage the walls of these arteries.

High blood pressure also can damage the walls of larger arteries and help stimulate the growth of plaques of atherosclerosis, which can block

blood flow.

The symptoms of lacunar stroke vary depending on the part of the brain that is deprived of its blood supply.

Symptoms may affect the ability to feel things, to move, to see, to speak, and one’s balance and coordination. If a person has multiple lacunar strokes, this can affect emotional behavior and lead to dementia.

Full recovery is possible with early treatment. Ideally, doctors would be able to administer a clot-dissolving medication within three hours after symptoms start.

If blood supply is interrupted for longer, there may be more brain damage. In this case, symptoms may last for many

weeks or months, requiring physical rehabilitation. There may be permanent disability.

The first person I ever cared for after a lacunar stroke just noticed that his writing hand was suddenly clumsy. Fortunately, there were no other symptoms, and the clumsiness gradually improved with physical therapy.

What probably happens when people recover from the symptoms of a stroke is that some new brain cells grow to take the places of some of the cells that were killed. We used to think that this couldn’t happen, but now research has showed us that it can. Probably more important, other brain cells that are sitting around with

not enough to do learn to take on the jobs of the brain cells that were killed by the stroke.

Your father must control his risk factors to prevent another stroke. He will probably need to take a daily aspirin or other blood-thinning medication. He should control his blood pressure and heart disease with lifestyle changes and medication. Exercising regularly, eating plenty of fruits and vegetables, and avoiding saturated fats and cholesterol will help. If he smokes, he should quit. If he has diabetes, he should control his blood sugar.

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Sniffing gasoline is a dangerous experience Dr. Wallace: A group of guys I hang around with are starting to get involved in getting high by sniffing gasoline. We are all 14. They buy a gallon of gasoline.

Then they pour it onto towels and loosely wrap the towels around their heads and breathe in the fumes. They are trying to get me to sniff with them. They keep telling me that it’s safe, but I have my doubts. Do you have any information on gasoline sniffing? – Nameless, Miami, Fla. Nameless: Common sense should alert you to the fact

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace that sniffing gasoline can be a dangerous experience.

According to the National Council on Drug Prevention, gasoline sniffing can cause severe headaches, abdominal cramps, periods of disorientation, and it can also damage the brain, nervous system, liver and kidneys.

In some cases, the gasoline sniffer has died from an overdose of fumes. Make a

8ASTROGRAPH

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – You could develop some new social interests in the year ahead that could provide you with some helpful commercial contacts. However, you should allow these relationships to season before requesting favors.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Don’t be disturbed by negative outward appearances. You’re in a cycle where a number of pleasant surprises are likely to be waiting in the wings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Circumstances that are having a good effect on your prestige and reputation continue to operate.

Now is the time to go after an important, enviable objective.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You have a marvelous way of handling things that will benefit everyone with whom you’re involved, as well as reward yourself. It’ll be second nature.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Situations in which you share a common interest with a partner or group will prove especially lucky. Make the most of this favorable tide.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Group arrangements should work out quite well, provided each person involved plays his or her assigned role without deviation or improvisation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – You stand a very good chance of earning much more than usual for your expertise and/or talent. There is no need to be modest or to underprice what you have to offer.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Instead of seeing yourself as a mere participant, don’t hesitate to take a much more active managerial role in a project. You may be just what the doctor ordered.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Success in your endeavors is a strong possibility, provided you use your initiative and your imagination. Don’t back away from obstacles; think your way around them.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Take steps to reinforce the bond between you and the one you love. Do anything and everything you can to make this relationship more harmonious.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Spend some quality time on situations or projects that could improve your financial situation.

Your chances for gain look good.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – With your popularity ascending, those who already find you appealing will be even more strongly attracted to you. Mingle with people you want to impress.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Try to work on an ambitious pursuit in ways that won’t be obvious to your competitors.

By the time they become aware of your objective, you’ll have already executed it.

concerted effort to find some new friends!

Dr. Wallace: Please, please answer this question in your column. My future marriage depends on it. Kevin is a Catholic and I’m a Protestant. We are both 19 and plan to get married in four months, but everyone, even his priest and my minister, are not positive we should get married to each other.

Dr. Wallace, we love each other and want to spend the rest of our lives together. It just so happens that he wants to remain Catholic and I want to remain a Baptist. I

8SUDOKU

don’t understand why it is wrong for us to marry, but can it be a successful marriage? – Mindy, Kerrville, Tex. Mindy: When those of different religious philosophies or ethnic backgrounds decide to marry, the couple needs to be aware of the unique problems that can arise in this type of marriage. First, it would be a good idea to talk with a few couples who have a similar difference in religious backgrounds, and who have successful happy marriages.

Next, discuss things

together with clerical leaders of both religions. Finally, make sure all the possible conflicts that could arise are discussed and mutually agreed upon. As examples, would the children be reared Catholic or Protestant?

Should the children attend private or public school? Etc. Yes, it is possible for you and Kevin to have a wonderfully successful and lasting marriage if you truly love each other.

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

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Need two tricks, go for two tricks Herbert Beerbohm Tree, an English actor and theater manager who died in 1917, said, “A committee should consist of three men, two of whom are absent.”

So, a male bridge declarer is a committee. In this deal, how should the committee play in three no-trump after West leads the heart jack?

Most authorities recommend not using Stayman when responder has 4-3-3-3 distribution with a four-card major. And that will be right most of the time. However, when there is a 4-4 fit and opener has 4-4-3-2 distribution, the suit in which the partnership has only five cards could prove to be a fatal weakness.

(Note that in this deal four spades has no chance, but if West had a second spade, it would be makable.)

South starts with eight top tricks: one spade, three hearts, two diamonds and two clubs. His order of business is to collect a second spade trick.

And there is a guaranteed line of play. After taking the first trick, declarer should cash his spade ace. Here, the queen drops from West, so South continues with a spade to dummy’s jack. But if the ace collects only low cards, declarer still plays another spade and must eventually establish that second winner.

Note that initially playing a spade to the 10 is fatal here.

The tempting finesse must be deleted from the agenda.

Finally, here is another question: Suppose South needs three spade tricks.

What should he do?

Now it is correct to play low to the 10 on the first round. And if it loses to the queen or king, South next cashes his ace. He has a paltry 37 percent chance of success.

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815-739-8065 Treadmill: Weslo Sport 350 Treadmill, Call for email picture $40.00 630-273-2605

Chest-of-Drawers 5 Drawers, Dark Wood $20 815-991-5721 evenings Double Bed -head/foot board, frame, dark wood (no carving) 4'8”wideX6'6”long $100.00 815-756-1095

Hutch/China Cabinet

Medium color, good cond, $250.

Round Dining Room Table with leaf, no chairs, $60.

815-766-1052

Air Conditioner - 10,000 BTU, Frigidaire, with remote, like new $100. Air conditioner, Amana, 6000 BTU, $50. 815-758-4602 BOWLS - New Set Of 3 Apple Design Ceramic Bowls (1-large, 1medium, 1-small) & Ceramic Apple Design Pitcher, $20, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

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

Microwave: Emerson, 700 Watts, 6 Months Old $30 815-508-3553

LAWN MOWER - TORO 22”, self propelled, electric start.

Mulcher, $275. 630-232-1982

SNEAKERS - Mens Boys Sneaux Black Sneakers Size 7 Everyday Shoes, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953

FLAG POLES (4)

Ab Doer good condition, owner's manual, $25 815-901-5503

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

Leather Jacket. Black. Men's Small.

Zips. Good condition. $75.

815-756-6828 Michael Jordon #23 1986-87 Hardwood Authentic Classic Jersey, X-Large. $50 815-508-3553

FABRIC CART - Large Orange Heavy Duty Fabric Cart On Wheels With Long Pull Handle, Great For Transporting Items, Laundry Or Storage, New, $15, Sycamore.

815-895-5373

Dell A940, works great with manuals, $40. 815-758-5523

Porch Lights, 3 Matching Antique Bronze Color with Glass Globe $20.00/For All 630-273-2605

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

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

815-895-5373 Ceiling Fan 52” w/Deluxe Light Kit. New in Box. $30 815-508-3553

Humidifier: Bemis Waterwick, 1 yr old, 5 gal. $30 815-508-3553

Malibu Pilates Pro Chair

Sells & Supports Caterpillar Building Construction Products to enduser, with special emphasis on the agriculture market segments in our Western IL. counties.

Develops new accounts, provide & quote pricing, finance options, demonstrations of the products and delivery of the product when purchased.

1-2 years Heavy Equipment experience preferred.

Please apply online at: www.pattencat.com

Longaberger Santa pottery. Set of 4 mugs & 4 plates. Never used. $50 Call 815-756-5465

Printer/ Scanner/ Fax Canon MF4150 all manuals/disc

JOIN THE 4-C TEAM! Child Care Assistance Program Specialist Full Time

TODDLER BIKE - Radio Flyer Red Scoot About Ride On Kids Toddler Bike With Bell & Seat That Adjusts As Child Grows Best For 1& 2 Year Olds Has Four Wheels & Sits Close To Ground For Stability , $18, DeKalb. 815-739-1953

Weed Eater: Stihl Model FS76, Old but runs good. $50 815-508-3553

18' x 4' inflatable, good condition. $65 815-766-1052

CANOE - Sears Fiberglass 16' and 2 seat Canoe in good condition. 2 seats pads and 4 oars included.

Asking $350. Must pick up in Huntley. Call 847-970-2559 CLEATS - Boys Mens Adidas Cleats Shoes Size 6, $5, DeKalb 815-739-1953 CLEATS – Diadora - Boys, Mens Size 8, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 CLEATS – Nike - Boys Size 5.5, $5, DeKalb 815-739-1953 Golf Club Set – Complete, includes bag. Used very little. $65 Call 815-756-5465 Golf Clubs - Men's Rams, Right Handed, Set Includes: #1, 3 & 5 Woods, #3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 & 9 Lightning 500 Irons & Golf Bag (Blue & White), $45, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

SHOES – Adidas - Boys/Mens Everyday Shoes, Size 7.5, $5 DeKalb. 815-739-1953

Beanie Babies Collection 80 pcs. lg & sm. All tagged.

Princess Diana (boxed), plus others. 4 covered containers. $45.00. Sandwich area 815-786-3283/ 309-238-4265 Little Tikes – Durable, Green 3Seater Alligator Teeter Totter/Rocker, 1-3 Children Can Ride At One Time, $30. 815-739-1953, DeKalb.

POWER WHEELS Ford Raptor $150 firm 815-991-5721 evenings Thomas The Train Take And Play Play Sets Lot Of 5 Including Misty Island Mining Trackmaster, Thomas Roundhouse Turntable Station, Sodor Rescue Station, Sodor Airport & Other With Some Accessories & Lots Of Various Shapes & Sizes Interlocking Train Track That Works & Is Compatible With All Play Sets, All Genuine Thomas The Train, (No Trains Included), $55, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

2002 Chevy Blazer. 2 Door, 4WD, ZR2 Pkg, Sunroof, Red w/black interior. Excellent condition. Runs great. $4950.

815-784-8448

LeBra custom front cover for C5 (1997-2004) Corvette. Black. $50 Call 815-756-5465

TRUCK TIRES off Chevy S-10.

3 Uniroyal, 1 BF Goodrich.

Good tread still. $50 for all 4.

Call 815-748-4911 or e-mail TeamDAGR@gmail.com

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224 !! !! !!! !! !!

Tool Box & Rolling Cart Craftsman, 6 Drawer. $50 815-508-3553 WET DRY VAC - 16 Gallon Craftsman Wet Dry Vac With Attachments, $45. Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

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

ARTIST'S EASEL: Wooden frame, 3 legged, $22.50.

815-756-8182

B'B Q GRILL

Aussie, 6 burner with cover, works great! $250/obo 630-417-8600 BAG - New Fiskars Blue Canvas Zippered Bag w/Handle & Inside Compartments For Individual Storage, Great For Crafting, Scrapbooking Or Other, $15, Sycamore. 815-895-5373

Porch overlooks Crystal Lake, may have boat. Newly remodeled. Excellent location, good schools, No pets. $1,495/mo. 630-655-2888 Cell 630-899-8899 De Kalb - 2BR Upper Clean and Quiet living style, off-street parking. No Pets/Smoking. References & Deposit. 815-756-7879

A-1 AUTO

DeKalb 2BR's Sept 1 Quiet Lifestyle $685

418 N. 1st St.

815-758-0600

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DeKalb - Large Quiet 2BR

Newly remodeled, near NIU. Parking/heat/water incl, W/D, C/A. 815-238-0118 DEKALB 2 Bedroom. No smoking. $650 + utilities. Agent owned 815-766-2027 DeKalb 803 Pleasant Large 3BR. Private bsmnt, entrance, parking.

Completely remodeled. $775/mo+utils. 815-758-1112 DEKALB : STUDIO- Quiet, roomy, ideal for grad. student; $450/mo., includes basic cable, water, garbage; 151 W. Lincoln Hwy; Sec. Dep. No pets or smoking.

Avail August 1st.

815-787-3519 or 815-739-1711 DEKALB Clean 2 BR, lower.Direct TV, internet, incl. No pets/smoking. $680/mo. 1st., last, security reqd.

815-791-3721

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2 & 3BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

DeKalb Spacious Lower 2BR In quiet neighborhood, nice yard, laundry, garage avail, util not incl. $750, avail 8/1. 815-751-2937

DeKalb Studio & 1 Bedroom

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!! * 815-575-5153 *

We Pay The Best!

For Junk Cars, Trucks and Vans No Title, No Problem. Same Day Pick-Up. 630-817-3577

WANTED TO BUY Class A or Class C Motorhome.

Need badly, will accept fixer-upper, will pay cash. 847-704-0181

Available June 1st or sooner.

Clean, quiet residential building. $425-$550/mo. 815-758-6580

DEKALB ~ 2 BEDROOM

Available now, variety of locations.

Appliances, clean and quiet.

815-758-6580

DeKalb ~ Pardridge Place Modern 2BR, LR, A/C, D/W, lndry.

Near I-88, $670 + 1st, last sec.

Available Aug 1st. 815-751-3806

DeKalb ~ Quiet 2BR, 1BA

2000 Ford Taurus, 178,000 miles, runs good, good tires, clean. $2000 obo 815-901-6275.

SYCAMORE - 1BR 2 Story plus basement, good for small family, $575+util No Smoking No pets 815-566-7747 Sycamore – 1 BR Apt, New carpet, large deck, W/D available. $575 + utilities. 1st/lst/sec No pets. Available July 1st 815-895-7854 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

Sycamore 2BR - Mature Lifestyle Nice, quiet & sunny. Off St parking.

No smoking/dogs. On-site laundry.

Available 8/1. 815-501-1872 Sycamore nice 2 BR 1 BA no smoking, Laundry in bldg. $625/mo+utilities, 1st, last & sec.

Available 8/1. 815-895-5210

SYCAMORE UPPER 2BR

1 bath, clean and quiet.

Off-St parking, no dogs, $625/mo + utilities. 815-793-2664

SYCAMORE ~ 2BR DUPLEX Lower unit, 1BA, off St. parking.

Walk to downtown, no pets/smkg. $710/mo incl util. 815-757-2340

CORTLAND ~ 3BD, 2BR townhome, 2 car garage, fireplace, appliances incl., close to park, $1100/month + utilities. Call Keri 815-739-4042

Creston Spacious, Very Nice TH Only 10 minutes west of DeKalb.

Newer 2BR with C/A, appl, W/D option, deck, basement, large lawn, front door parking, etc. No dogs. Small town living at its best. $700 dep. $700/mo incl water & garbage. References and good credit req. 815-761-9237

KINGSTON: Lg. 3 BD, 2 BA House w/ Garage for rent. $1200/month.

Call 815-739-4899 Lake Holiday Waterfront 3BR

W/D hook-up, fireplace, pets OK, 1 car garage. $1250/mo.

773-510-3643 ~ 815-509-7975

SYCAMORE ~ 4BR, 2BA Near schools, new flrs, fresh paint, bsmt & garage, no dogs/smoking. $1100/mo + util. 630-450-5372 Sycamore. Woodgate.

3BR, 1BA. Like new. Attchd 2 car garage. No smoking/pets. Avail 7/12. $1200/mo+utils. 1St, last, sec. 815-739-5250

- DeKalb Furnished Room Student or employed male. $350 incl utilities, need references 815-758-7994 SYCAMORE ROOM Available immediately.

Utilities included. $75/Wk. 630-426-9806

Call Us!!!

We have some Great Deals!!!

Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845

SYCAMORE – Commercial property for rent: built to suit.

Please contact Jim at 708-269-2357 or email JoannaLaris@hotmail.com Sycamore Downtown Storefront 2000 Sq. Ft. Restaurant or General Retail. Available 7/1.

Ask for Rod 815-501-4902

Sycamore: 2 BR, 1 BA, C/A, DW, W/D, garage, FP, deck, pool, No pets/smoking. $700/mo + util.

1st, last & sec. 815-751-6363

PUBLIC NOTICE

CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage.

No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439

Large wooded lot on Crystal Lake. May have boat.

Premier location. Children welcome. No pets. $1,495/mo.

630-655-2888 Cell 630-899-8899

DeKalb 3 Bedroom

Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D hook-up.

NO PETS. $755/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250

Stove, fridge, D/W, C/A, garage, fenced yard, available August.

815-758-0079

Hinckley. Clean and Ready. 2 bedroom, $750 plus deposit. Andrea 630-251-0172 Hablo Espanol

DeKalb – Nice 3BR Ranch. Tilton Park. $1250/mo+utils. Location!

Adolph Miller RE. 815-756-7845

Rochelle 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath

DeKalb-3 BR home with C/A, 2 ½ car garage, nice yard. $850/month plus utilities. 1st month & security 815-757-2064 DeKalb. 4 lrg BR, 2.5 BA. Finished bsmnt. 2 car garage. $1400/mo.

630-750-4893 DEKALB: 3BR, 2BA, 2 car gar., w/storage & basement, no pets/smoking $1100/mo.+sec. & utils., 815-758-1843

2 Apts. and Antique Store with Inventory. Genoa, IL $89,900 847-836-1164

HAMPSHIRE: 2BR Home, 1BA, New flooring, large deck, firepit, double lot, oversized 2 car garage.

Rent w/ option to buy. $1200/mo.

First, last & security required.

815-757-5079.

Sycamore Townhome Heron Creek. 2BR, 2BA, bsmnt, garage, all appls. $1200/mo.

Townsend Management 815-787-7368

Crystal Lake 3-4BR 1.5BA Cape Cod House

A MUST SEE! 700 Sq. Ft. Eat in kitchen incl deck. $450/mo + utilities. Bill @ 815-501-0913

Genoa- 2 story house washer/dryer/stove/fridge incl.

Avail July 1st. $950/month + deposit 815-784-5108

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR

FOR RENT IN DEKALB 3 BR, 1 BA, half duplex close to downtown with off street parking. $750/month plus security, electric & water. (815)761-8311 GENEVA - Large upper 2BR in historic district of Geneva. Living room, dining room, sunroom, fireplace, washer/dryer. No dogs. No smoking. $1,050/mo. 630-640-9688

DEKALB: 3BR, 2BA, util room w/ W/D, C/A, gas stove & refrig, off st. prkng for 2, water & sewer incl., near NIU $950/mo., avail 7/1 630-638-0664

Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $950.

No pets.

815-758-0123

DeKalb: Nicely remodeled vintage home in quiet, historic DeKalb neighborhood. First floor of duplex with 2 bedrooms plus study and 1 bath. $950 per month plus security deposit, No pets or smoking. Call Roger at 815-761-7176.

1997 Seibring Convertible 52K miles, runs great! Must see!

Good tires. $3800/obo.

815-825-2910

Laing Mgmt.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

DeKalb-Efficiency apartment $430mo, 1st, lst, sec. Off street parking, near downtown.

815-758-2533 DeKalb. Near NIU. 3BR. Garage.

Deck & beautiful fenced yard. A/C. W/D. All utils incl. Hardwood flrs. $1275/mo plus first/ last /sec. $500. Available August 1st 630-205-0629

Available now. Remodeled, clean and quiet, $550/mo.

815-758-6580 ~ 815-901-3346

leather, sunroof, good tires and brakes, good cond. $3400/obo.

815-757-5790 or 815-286-3863

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

Dekalb: Knolls, 1200 sq ft ranch, 3BR, 2BA, all appl., C/A, bsmnt, lndry hookup, 2 car attch. gar No pets/ smoke $1000/mo. 815-464-8646

ROCHELLE ~ 2 BEDROOM

1994 Lexus GS 300 ~ 120K mi.

2BR, 2BA APT.

Near downtown, parking, laundry.

NO pets/smoking, agent owned.

815-756-2359 - 815-758-6712

HINCKLEY 2BR, 1.5BA

MUST SELL

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SYCAMORE – 1BR apt, 2 BR house, commercial office & garage for rent. $450-$800. Call 815-895-2013

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

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Drill - Makita w/Battery, Charger & Case, $25, Sycamore.

815-895-5373.

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

815-895-5373 Industrial Heavy Duty Bench Vise, Call for email picture, $150. Call 630-273-2605 Milwaukee Sawzall, Like New, Metal Case & Extra Blades $50 815-508-3553 Scaffolding: 2 6Ft Sections, 650lb Capacity, Call for email picture, $125.00 630-273-2605

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SHANE H. WAGNAAR and DONNA M. WAGNAAR, Plaintiffs, and MARIE JEAN a/k/a MIRIAM E. WAGNAAR, A Minor, and UNKNOWN MOTHER and UNKNOWN FATHER and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN Defendants.

NO. 13 AD 11 NOTICE OF ADOPTION IN THE MATTER for the adoption of Marie Jean a/k/a Miriam E. Wagnaar, a female child TO: Unknown Mother and Unknown Father and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN. Take notice that a Petition was filed in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Illinois for the adoption of a female child named Marie Jean a/k/a Miriam E. Wagnaar. Now therefore, unless you, Unknown Mother and Unknown Father and ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, file your Answer to the Petition in the action, or otherwise file your Appearance therein, in the said Circuit Court of DeKalb County, in the City of Sycamore, Illinois, on or before 1st day of August 2013, a default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Petition.

Dated: June 19, 2013 /s/ Maureen A. Josh Circuit Clerk of DeKalb County Sycamore, Illinois Attorney Registration

FOR SALE 5.83 ACRES OF COUNTRY LIVING 12 MIN. FROM TOWN

2000 Nissan Altima GLE 215K miles, fully loaded, good condition/well maintained $2800/OBO 815-517-0430

2005 Corolla LE 1 owner, well maintained, new Bridgestone tires, no rust, 160K mi, $6000/firm. 815-751-0164 2006 Chevy Aveo LS, Auto, air cond, silver, 91,000 mi, recent timing belt, new tires. $4300 815-757-2750

2010 Hyundai Elantra 4D Sycamore, IL. $12,500. Very good condition. 31,250 miles.

Steve 815-991-9420

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DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

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Autumn Creek Management 2BR, 2BA, W/D, DW in Cortland.AVAILABLE NOW! Call Susan 815-756-1988 or George 847-912-0504 Breaking News available 24/7 at Daily-Chronicle.com

Shabbona 2 Bedroom Duplex 2 bath, full basement, 1 car gar.

No pets/smoking. $775/mo + sec.

Avail 7/1 815-766-0762

Shabbona Deluxe 2BR

New paint & carpet, garage & appl incl, on-site laundry, no dogs. $585/mo + sec. 815-751-7724

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

Marvelous quality home with 5BR, 3.5BA, 3 car garage, full basement. Horses allowed.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

CLASSIFIED

Page B8 • Tuesday, July 2, 2013 ey gist No. 00331007 KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK, & LEWIS, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite A, Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: 815-748-0380; Fax: 815-748-4030 jbuck@kleinstoddard.com dg 20130114 (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 25, July 2, 9, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTYSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO BANK OF AMERICA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTIFICATEHOLDERS OF BEAR STERNS ASSET BACKED SECURITIES I LLC, ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-FS1 PLAINTIFF VS MICHAEL STONE A/K/A MICHAEL E. STONE; JULIE STONE A/K/A JULIE D. STONE A/K/A JULIE E. STONE; THE NATIONAL BANK & TRUST COMPANY; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; THE KNOLLS AT PRAIRIE CREEK P.U.D. PHASE SEVEN ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 702 PLUM STREET DEKALB, IL 60115 13CH 233 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, THE KNOLLS AT PRAIRIE CREEK P.U.D. PHASE SEVEN ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 235 IN THE KNOLLS AT PRAIRIE CREEK P.U.D., PHASE 7, A PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT IN PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 30, 2001, IN BOOK "Z" OF PLATS, PAGE 621, AS DOCUMENT NO. 2001004750, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 702 PLUM STREET DEKALB, IL 60115 and which said Mortgage was made by, MICHAEL STONE A/K/A MICHAEL E. STONE; JULIE STONE A/K/A JULIE D. STONE A/K/A JULIE E. STONE; Mortgagor (s), to M.E.R.S., INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIELDSTONE MORTGAGE COMPANY nominee for Fieldst Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DEKALB County, Illinois, as Document No. 2006022869; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Maureen A. Josh DeKalb Cnty Circuit Clerk 133 W. State Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178 on or before July 25, 2013, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1215467 I544251 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 25, July 2, 9, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTYSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS CHAMPION MORTGAGE A/K/A CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY PLAINTIFF VS STATE OF ILLINOIS; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MONICA A. MACCABE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; DANIEL MACCABE; PETE MACCABE; WILLIAM BUTCHER, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF MONICA A. MCCABE A/K/A MONICA MACCABE, DECEASED; DEFENDANTS 1819 MARGARET LANE DEKALB, IL 60115 13CH 44 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF MONICA A. MACCABE, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 7 IN BLOCK 2 IN FOURTH ADDITION TO NORTH CREST SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF A PART OF PARCEL A OF THE ELLWOOD FARM PLAT ON SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AS PER PLAT RECORDED IN THE RECORDER'S OFFICE OF DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS, ON JUNE 15, 1966, AS DOCUMENT NO. 333404, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DEKALB AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 1819 MARGARET LANE DEKALB, IL 60115 and which said Mortgage was made by, MONICA A. MACCABE A/K/A MONICA MACCABE DECEASED; Mortgagor (s), to GRAYSTONE TOWER BANK Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DEKALB County, Illinois, as Document No. 2011007035; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Maureen A. Josh DeKalb Cnty Circuit Clerk 133 W. State Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178 on or before July 25, 2013, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1300820 I544282 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 25, July 2, 9, 2013.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS 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

ilding. received after the time specified will be returned unopened. Sealed bids must be identified on the outside of the envelope as to the bidder's identity and the project for which the bid is submitted.

Bidders may obtain copies of the documents from the Architect, Donald C. Whitmore, 901 North First Street, Suite 4, DeKalb, Illinois, or at the Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum, 119 West Comanche Ave., Shabbona, Illinois. Note the hours that the museum is open. A limit of four (4) sets of documents is set for each Bidder. Subcontractors and suppliers must deal directly with the Prime Bidder for sets of documents. No plan deposit is required.

Proposals must be accompanied by a bid guarantee which shall be not less than five percent (5%) of the sum total of the Base Bid and Alternate #1 Bid. Bid guarantee may be a certified check, bank draft, or bid bond issued by a surety company.

Prevailing Wages for Public Works Projects, as determined by the Village of Shabbona and the Illinois Department of Labor, shall be paid to all workers on the project.

The successful bidder will be required to furnish and pay for a satisfactory performance and payment bond(s) in the full amount of the Contract payable to the ShabbonaLee-Rollo Historical Museum issued by a surety company authorized to do business in the State of Illinois and acceptable to the ShabbonaLee-Rollo Historical Museum.

CLAIM NOTICE 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)

PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID The Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum of Shabbona, Illinois, will receive sealed bids for the construction of a single-story addition to their building at 119 West Comanche Avenue, Shabbona, Illinois. The work includes preparatory demolition work, the construction of the addition including concrete foundations, masonry walls, a wood floor system and a wood roof system. The existing building is to be remodeled to accommodate an accessible toilet, plumbing, mechanical and electrical work, including a new service. Site work, a walk and an asphalt driveway/ parking area are also included.

Some items, such as site preparation, excavation work and painting will be done by others and are excluded from the contract.

The project is substantially funded by a State of Illinois Public Museum Capital Grant as administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.

A single lump sum Base Bid proposal will be received for All the Base Bid Work required. An Alternate Bid will be received for inclusion of LED light fixtures.

The bid documents may be examined at the Museum, 119 West Comanche Ave., Shabbona, Illinois, and at the office of the Architect, Donald C. Whitmore, 901 North First Street, Suite 4, DeKalb, Illinois. Note that the Museum is open: Tuesdays, Thursdays from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. and Saturdays from 9:00 a.m. to noon.

Bids will be received at Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum, 119 West Comanche Ave., Shabbona, Illinois, 60550, on July 16th, between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon and received later at the Village of Shabbona Maintenance Building, 206 S. Blackhawk, Shabbona, Illinois, 60550, between the hours of 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m. Bids will be publicly opened and read aloud at 2:00 p.m. at the Village of Shabbona Maintenance Building. Bids

(Published in the Daily Chronicle July 2, 5, 11, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on June 21, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: CRYSTAL LANDSCAPE located at 1120 HOLMES PL., DEKALB, IL 60115.

Dated June 21, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle June 25, July 2, 9, 2013)

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Bidders shall not include any retail sales tax in their proposals.

The Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum encourages "minority" business firms to submit bids on the project and successful Contract Bidders to utilize minority businesses as sub-contractors for supplies, services, and construction.

Bids shall be valid for a period of forty-five (45) days from the date of opening. No bid shall be withdrawn during that period without the consent of the Shabbona-LeeRollo Historical Museum.

The Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum intends to award the Contract to the responsible/qualified

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spon qualifie bidder submitting the lowest Base Bid and/or Base Bid and Alternate combination. However, the Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum reserves the right to reject any and all bids, to waive any informalities in the bidding, and to accept the Bid Proposal(s) which, in its opinion, best serves its interest.

June 20, 2013 Nancy Pardridge President Shabbona-Lee-Rollo Historical Museum, Inc.

Public Notice is hereby given that on June 21, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as:

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STATE OF ILLINOIS COUNTY OF DEKALB LEGALS

AT YOUR YOUR SERVICE LEGAL NOTICE GENOA TOWNSHIP PARK DISTRICT STATEMENT OF RECEIPTS AND EXPENDITURES for the period May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013

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ALL FUNDS

Begining Fund Balance May 1, 2012

RECEIPTS Property Taxes 571,924.43 Pers Prop Replacement Taxes Interest Income Building Rental Swimming Pool All Recreation Programs Fitness Center Concessions Bond Proceeds Community Grants Total Receipts Total Funds Available

DISBURSMENTS American Express Blue Cross/ Blue Shield Camille's of Canton Inc Cardmember Service Citizen's First National Bank City of Genoa Direct Energy Services LLC Frontier Genoa-Kingston CUSD#424 Heartland Bank & Trust Hintzche Oil, Inc. Homer Industries LLC IPS Incorporated Kansas State Bank Kishwaukee Special Recreation Klose Associates Martenson Turf Products, Inc. Nicor Gas Ogorek & Associates, LTD PDRMA Sams Club/GECF Speer Financial, Inc. Team Reil Inc The Law Offices of Chapman & C Tobinson's Ace Hardware WK Landscape Service, Inc Wolff & Jeske LLC SubTotal Disbursemnts Under $4,000.00 Total Disbursments Salaries Ending Fund Balance April 30, 2013

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51,124.16 1,049.25 5,025.00 63,377.78 153,476.87 262,015.53 11,135.93 97,037.00 401,500.00 1,617,665.95 1,834,529.05 16,241.71 9,567.76 4,478.17 16,944.64 39,561.25 37,718.72 13,956.28 5,561.03 7,265.08 370,634.19 6,721.89 4,390.00 21,899.36 34,983.94 19,248.00 5,655.50 5,554.40 4,463.91 8,146.00 14,973.88 8,025.16 4,500.00 19,210.00 4,000.00 5,568.48 7,463.00 8,732.50 705,464.85 8,307.00 713,771.85 532,651.89 588,105.31

The following is a summary of gross salaries of employees of the Genoa Township Park District for the fiscal year May 1, 2012 through April 30, 2013.

Under $500: Ana Pruteano, Anson S. Ellis, Ashley P. Penland, Brandyn M. Morton, Brittany C. Delcourt, Carly E. Ruehl, Catherine A. Pivonka, Christopher S. Barthel, Courtney P. Seisser, Cynthia M. French, Debbie M. Dwyer, Gabrielle C. Galauner, Jamie N. Lauer, Jeanelle M. Strohmaier, Jessica A. Lamz, Jill A. Farris, Joseph J. Lautenbach, Kyle Pacey, Margaret C. Burnham, Michelle M. Dawidziak-Herrmann, Michelle M. Harbecke, Nicole H. Crozier, Samanta L. Swindell, Taylor M. Peters, Victoria R. Voornis $500 to $2,999: Alanna C. Carroll, Alexander D. Stratton, Alexandra M. Barkey, Allison G. Kempski, Allison M. Bitner, Anthony M. Mazza, Ariel T. Rylko, Bret C. Lucca, Briana M. Vintika, Brittany R. Tarpey, Cassandra M. Barkey, Cathleen J. Smith, Christine M. Spena, Courtney Rood, Danielle R. Thomas, David J. Garza, Dawn BarefootLynch, Deanna L. Bennefield, Elizabeth C. Rapp, Elizabeth C. Turnquist, Emily M. Eischen, Gage T. Windau, Gretchen A. Freise, Hannah N. Hill, Harmony R. Casares, Jacob G. Langford, Jared D. Herbert, Jennifer L. Yuchasz, Jennifer M. Carter, Joseph P. Iscra, Justin R. Arana, Kathy L. Jurs-Nelson, Katie L. Bosio, Kaylee M. Malloy, Lauren A. McKinney, Lindsay D. Decker, Lorelle M. LaCasse, Margaret A. Springer, Mark Ber, Maryann E. Gallagher, Max A. Seisser V, Michael E. Hensley, Michael J. Dreska, Mindy M. Manka, Monique A. Muntner, Nicholas J. Barthel, Nicole M. Gudall, Raymond E. Baert, Raymond G. Bieberitz, Rebecca M. Weil, Rhonda S. Carrol, Sean P. McIntyre, Shelby Martin, Tia L. Jackson, Tori R. Allen, Vanessa J. Garza

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$20,000 to $60,499: Amanda L. Dudash, Douglas C. Kenney, Holly A. Ber, Kristi L. Dunn, Paul Bafia, Thomas Mammoser, Toni L. Barkey I affirm the above is a true represenation of the finances of the Genoa Township Park District and accurate to the best of my knowledge.

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