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Residents await relocation details County to hold meeting Oct. 15 on plan to buy Evergreen Village trailers in flood plain

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park resident Nicasio Cambel is eager to learn more at a community meeting Oct. 15 about DeKalb County’s plans to relocate him and his neighbors.

Cambel, 26, bought his home for about $5,000 and hopes he will get the same price for it from county officials as part of a plan to close the 130-unit trailer park and restore it

to open space in the next year. The mobile home park, which is located in a flood plain off Route 64 near Sycamore, long has been plagued by floodwaters.

“Hopefully they get more in detail about it,” Cambel said. “It’s kind of stressing for me. ... We’re just trying to wait for the payout so we can move.”

The public meeting will be at 7 p.m. at the Sycamore High School auditorium. Attendees will learn about the general relocation process,

available rent subsidies and moving expenses, said Paul Miller, DeKalb County planning, zoning and building director.

“We’re making progress,” he said. “It’s a slow process because it’s a complicated process and there are federal and state rules that have to be followed.”

Although the project involves working with each tenant individually and tailoring relocation grants to their situation, the public meeting will not address specific cases for

If you go What: Community meeting on Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park relocation When: 7 p.m. Oct. 15 Where: Auditorium of Sycamore High School, 555 Spartan Trail, Sycamore

each resident.

“This public meeting is not to tell ‘Resident A’ what they qualify for,” Miller said.

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Residents are not obligated to accept the places the county finds for them and can receive a rent subsidy if they choose to live elsewhere.

Miller said he hopes residents can be moved before the end of this year, but that may not happen.

He expects the bulk of the relocation efforts to begin next year and does not expect families with schoolage children to move until the current school year ends.

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Lawmakers must get paid, judge tells Quinn

By SARA BURNETT and SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

Community Relations Officer Chad McNett chats Thursday with students before the DeKalb homecoming parade. The group is participating in the Celebrate My Drive initiative, which encourages students to be safe drivers.

DeKalb High School could win grant or concert with ‘Celebrate My Drive’

By JASON AKST news@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – DeKalb High School junior Maddy Johnson figures the dangers of adjusting music and texting while driving are bigger than most people realize.

“I would say music is another big thing too,” Johnson said of the growing trend of handheld devices connecting with car speakers to play music. “You’re really involved with the phone even if you’re not texting.

You’re still looking down, trying to change what song it is.”

Johnson and 34 other students are

How to help

More inside

Log on to celebratemydrive.com and commit to safe driving daily from Oct. 18 to 26.

Jason Akst offers a personal experience on distracted teen driving in his weekly column on PAGE A2.

Voice your opinion

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Which do you think is most distracting for drivers? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com.

Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to view a photo gallery of DeKalb members of Celebrate My Drive promoting the cause.

participating in a State Farm Insurance initiative called Celebrate My Drive, which is designed to spread

awareness about teen driving safety. Nearly anyone older than 14 can help.

About 2,800 U.S. and Canadian high schools are competing for 90 $25,000 grants and 10 $100,000 grants.

The grand prize is a hometown concert by Grammy Award-winning singer Kelly Clarkson.

The numbers suggest that young drivers can be more susceptible to the dangers of distracted driving than those in older age groups.

Drivers ages 18 to 20 years old reported the highest level of “phone involvement” (13 percent) in a crash or near-crash in a national survey on distracted driving, according to

CHICAGO – A judge ruled Thursday that Gov. Pat Quinn’s decision to halt legislators’ pay over the state’s unprecedented pension crisis is unconstitutional and ordered the state to immediately reinstate their salaries, but confusion lingered about whether lawmakers would actually get paid.

Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka, whose office is responsible for issuing paychecks to lawmakers, said after the ruling that she instructed her staff to begin doing so immediately and that lawmakers with direct deposit would get paid by today. But Quinn said he planned to appeal to a higher court, filed a stay Thursday afternoon and his attorneys were due in court early today on the issue.

“The reason I suspended legislative paychecks in the first place – and refused to accept my own – is because Illinois taxpayers can’t afford an endless cycle of promises, excuses, delays and inertia on the most critical challenge of our time,” Quinn said in a statement. “Nobody in Springfield should get paid until the pension reform job gets done.”

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Neil Cohen issued his eight-page decision in a lawsuit brought by Chicago Democrats, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton. Cohen said Quinn did not have the power to withhold pay while lawmakers were serving their current terms and ordered Topinka to restore salaries with interest.

Lawmakers have missed two monthly paychecks and were set to miss a third next week. “[The] Illinois Constitution grants the governor authority to reduce items of appropriation,” Cohen wrote. “The governor cannot, however, exercise his authority in a manner which violates another constitutional provision.”

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. The public is invited for lunch.

Group Hope: Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road in DeKalb. This free support and discussion meeting is for NIU students and DeKalb community residents. Community facilitators are sought to volunteer to help others. Contact Dr. Charles Smith, 815-398-9628 or visit www. grouphope.org or www.dbsalliance. org.

Lightning games: 1:30 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Club, 311 S. Washington St.; www.genoavetshome. us or contact Cindy at crmcorn65@ yahoo.com or 815-751-1509.

Back to Basics AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at Cortland Methodist Church, 45 Chestnut St., Cortland. Last Saturday is open meeting. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

AA Speaker Open Meeting: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Saturday Night AA(C): 10 p.m. at 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. Cruz ends talkathon, Senate heads toward vote 2. Quinn releases some insurance rates for Illinois 3. Health insurance marketplace branded ‘Get Covered Illinois’

1. DeKalb teenagers reported missing 2. Police uncover Sycamore man’s violent recordings 3. Police: DeKalb man found with child porn

Yesterday’s Reader Poll results:

Today’s Reader Poll question:

Which community has the best fireworks display?

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Which do you think is most distracting for drivers?

DeKalb Fourth of July fireworks: 61 percent Kirkland Fourth of July fireworks: 24 percent Maple Park Fun Fest: 7 percent Sycamore fall fireworks: 5 percent Waterman Summerfest: 3 percent

• Cellular phones • Music • Talking with passengers • GPS or other devices

Total votes: 301

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Beware of ‘phone involvement’ I was heading home on Sycamore Road a while back. The weather was fine but traffic was heavy. I was in the right-hand lane near Jewel-Osco.

Initially, the two young people in the car next to me obviously enjoying a cheerful conversation made me smile.

Then I realized there were three people in the conversation, not two: the driver, the passenger, and whoever the driver was texting.

The driver had both hands on the wheel, at 11 and 1. In between, her thumbs were conjuring the ubiquitous modern-day communication miracle.

I got scared because there was nowhere for me to escape if she caused a crash. Traffic was too heavy.

She avoided rear-ending the car in front of her by a hair’s breadth, slamming on the brakes so hard that her phone flew out of her hands and landed on the dash.

Barely a second after recovering from the shock of almost causing a crash, she retrieved her phone and started texting AGAIN! The only words that come to mind are from the fabulous humor writer Dave Barry, who often wrote, “I am not making this up.”

But this week, I got a chance to write a story for the Daily Chronicle about a national teen safe driving competition State Farm Insurance is holding to bring increased attention to the national plague that is distracted

THE FINE LINE Jason Akst driving.

It’s called Celebrate My Drive.

The idea is to get people to log on to the competition website – celebratemydrive.com – support a school (in this case, DeKalb High School), and electronically commit, once a day, every day between Oct. 18 and Oct. 26, to drive as safely as you can.

The more pledges a school receives, the better chance it has of winning one of 90 grants worth $25,000 each from State Farm. There are also 10 grants of $100,000 each, and the grand prize is a $100,000 grant plus a hometown concert from singer Kelly Clarkson.

The competition is designed to be fun because as State Farm says, “Research shows that sharing and celebrating positive teen driver safety messages with today’s young drivers is more powerful than scaring them with the possibility of negative outcomes.”

My inner cynic realizes that our insurance company is shelling out $3.25 million to fund this raffle, which led me to wonder how our premiums are really spent, but I shook that off.

The really good part is that the folks I talked to for this story aren’t involved just for a shot at money and a concert, though winning would be

sweet.

They were involved because they realize distracted driving, which also includes wearing ear buds, driving with music too loud and connecting devices to cars to play music, is a serious problem. Two DeKalb juniors said if anything, the problem of texting while driving is worse than it seems.

That’s scary because it seems pretty bad.

In researching the story, I found two compelling bits of data. One is that the National Safety Council says that this year alone, more than 750,000 crashes involving drivers using cellphones and texting have happened.

The other is a 2012 National Highway Traffic Safety Administration study of distracted driving. Young drivers 18 to 20 years old reported the highest level of “phone involvement” (13 percent) in a crash or near-crash.

Eight percent were sending a text or email, 3 percent were reading a text or email, and 2 percent said they were talking on a cellphone.

You’ve heard this before in public service announcements, but if the message is important enough, sometimes it must be repeated.

Focus on driving while driving.

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

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Government on brink of a shutdown?

The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Moving closer to the brink of a government shutdown, House Republicans vowed Thursday they won’t simply accept the stopgap legislation that is likely to remain after Senate Democrats strip away a plan to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care law.

A sense of confusion settled over the House, both over how to avoid a shutdown and how to handle even more important legislation to increase the government’s borrowing ability to avert a default on U.S. obligations. Short of votes, House leaders shelved a vote that had been expected this weekend on the debt limit measure and gave frustrated GOP lawmakers few clues about what they plan to do to avoid a shutdown.

The chaos sets the stage for weekend drama on Capitol Hill, with the Senate planning to send the fractious House a straightforward bill today to keep the government operating through Nov. 15 rather than partly closing down at midnight Monday.

Speaker John Boehner of Ohio and several rank-and-file Republicans said the House simply won’t accept a “clean” spending measure, even though that’s been the norm in Congress on dozens of occasions since the 1995-96 government closures that bruised Republicans and strengthened the hand of Democratic President Bill Clinton.

“I don’t see that happening,” Boehner said. Still, he declared that “I have no interest in a government shutdown” and he doesn’t expect one to occur on Tuesday.

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With four days to go before the federal government is schedule to run out of money, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev. (left) looks at a countdown clock during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday, where Senate Democratic leaders blamed conservative Republicans for holding up a stopgap spending bill to keep the government running.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid of Nevada said the Democratic-led chamber will not relent.

“The Senate will never pass a bill that guts the Affordable Care Act,” Reid declared.

A partial government shutdown would keep hundreds of thousands of federal workers off the job, close national parks and generate damaging headlines for whichever side the public held responsible.

Washington faces two deadlines: The Oct. 1 start of the new budget year and a mid-October date – now estimated for the 17th – when the government

can no longer borrow money to pay its bills on time and in full.

The first deadline requires Congress to pass a spending bill to allow agencies to stay open. The mid-month deadline requires Congress to increase the government’s $16.7 trillion borrowing cap to avoid a first-ever default on its payments, which include interest obligations, Social Security benefits, payments to thousands of contractors large and small, and salaries for the military.

The standoff just four days before the end of the fiscal year increased the possibility of a shutdown, with no signs of compromise.

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U.S. farmers facing labor shortages in the fields

By GOSIA WOZNIACKA The Associated Press FRESNO, Calif. – With the harvest in full swing on the West Coast, farmers in California and other states say they can’t find enough people to pick high value crops such as grapes, peppers, apples and pears.

In some cases, workers have walked off fields in the middle of harvest, lured by offers of better pay or easier work else-

where.

The shortage and competition for workers means labor expenses have climbed, harvests are getting delayed and less fruit and vegetable products are being picked, prompting some growers to say their income is suffering. Experts say, however, the shortage is not expected to affect prices for consumers.

But farmworkers, whose incomes are some of the lowest in the nation, have benefited,

their wages jumping in California to $2 to $3 over the $8 hourly minimum wage and even more for those working piece rate.

The shortage – driven by a struggling U.S. economy, more jobs in Mexico, and bigger hurdles to illegal border crossings – has led some farmers to offer unusual incentives: they’re buying meals for their workers, paying for transportation to and from fields, even giving bonuses to those who stay for the whole season.

And a few have stationed foremen near their crews to prevent other farmers from wooing away their workers.

“In the past, we were overrun with farmworkers. But not anymore,” said labor contractor Jesus Mateo, whose crews saw a 20 percent pay increase.

“Employers have to do something to attract them. The fastest workers can now earn more than $1,000 per week.”

A California Farm Bureau Federation member survey be-

ing conducted this year thus far has found about half of farmers are experiencing shortages, said bureau manager Rayne Pegg. Many of the growers say their workforce has decreased by up to one-third.

In some cases, farmers are being paid below market prices, because their produce is past its prime, having stayed on the branch or vine for too long.

Hardest hit are small farmers, who can’t afford to pay more for labor, Pegg said.

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Missing DeKalb teens found safe

By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The two DeKalb teenagers reported missing Monday were found safe Thursday morning in South Elgin, police said.

Sean Staats, 16, and Mikayla Anne Dick, 15, ran away about 8 p.m. Monday because their parents did not approve of their relationship, Dick’s mother, Jennifer, said. The couple dated previously and recently reconciled. Both left home with minimal cash and personal items, police said.

About 2 a.m. Tuesday, Staats sent his father a text message to say they were together and weren’t planning to return home because their parents didn’t support their relationship. After their case was publicized Wednesday, police received two reports that teens matching their description were seen walking

Sean Staats

Mikayla Anne Dick

along the Great Western Trail near Wasco or St. Charles, DeKalb police said.

By midday Thursday, DeKalb police were making arrangements to reunite the teens with their families.

Meanwhile, Jennifer Dick thanked friends, neighbors and others, including people she knows through the AYSO youth soccer league, for forming search parties and helping spread the word about the missing teens.

“I’m eternally grateful to all of them for all that they have done,” Jennifer Dick said.

Community can help DHS • DRIVING Continued from page A1 an April 2012 report from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.

Eight percent were sending a text or email, 3 percent were reading a text or email, and 2 percent said they were talking on a cellphone.

But starting Oct. 18, participants commit to driving safely to help DeKalb High School win the competition. By logging on to celebratemydrive. com and registering to support DeKalb High School, anyone 14 and older can participate.

Participants need a valid email address and must enter their date of birth for confirmation.

Participants can log on and commit to safe driving once per day, each day, through Oct. 26. The more safe driving commitments made for DeKalb High School, the better the chance at winning $100,000 and hosting the concert.

Mark Sykes, DeKalb’s driver education teacher, and Tricia Maxwell, a DeKalb High School parent, are working with the students to promote the program and rally the community around safe driving.

“Teens are inundated with a lot more distractions than we were when I was a teen,” Sykes said. “With texting now available, more accidents have occurred and more lives have been lost due to distracted driving.”

He noted that distractions also include listening to music with ear buds, or even just having the volume too loud.

“I would say any electronic devices [can contribute to distraction] because it goes far beyond texting,” Sykes said.

“Drinking and driving is still

the No. 1 killer in American roadways, but statistics are showing that electronic devices are gaining, so that’s an area that we have to put a lot of focus on.”

For Maxwell, the issue hits close to home.

“I have a 16-year-old son who became a driver this year,” she said. “Safe teen driving is very important to me.”

As part of the program, Sykes meets with students to plan strategies for getting people involved, making presentations, and distributing marketing items like T-shirts, buttons and wrist bands.

“Remember, we want to suck the kids in, but then be ready to communicate with them,” he told the group on Monday.

Meanwhile, Maxwell helps with marketing and community outreach, but said the program is very student-directed.

For example, Maxwell said, students decided to create a video. High school teacher Sara Jennings is helping edit it. Students want to present the video at a talent show next week and then upload it to YouTube.

Even if DeKalb High School doesn’t win, Maxwell said, the program is still good for students because they’re gaining experience in public speaking, community service and meeting new people.

But in the end, it’s still about safe driving.

“It’s about actually pledging for safe driving, not just, ‘Oh, like we can win some money for the school, or we can win a concert,’ ” junior Robert Searls said. “We actually want more safe drivers around in our area and everywhere.”

Topinka: Quinn veto a bad precedent • QUINN Continued from page A1 However, Quinn said the issue was about more than his constitutional authority and has declined to pick up his own paycheck from Topinka’s office.

Topinka, a Republican, called Quinn’s veto a bad precedent and said the whole situation was “game playing.”

“That’s, again, not the way you want to run a state,” she said. “That’s government by blackmail.”

Illinois’ public pension systems are the worst-funded of any state in the nation, largely because legislators for years did

not make their full annual payments.

This year, that payment is about $6 billion – almost one-fifth of the state’s general fund budget and an amount that has led to substantial cuts in areas such as education and public safety. Yet lawmakers have been unable to come up with a fix.

After they adjourned the most recent legislative session without reaching an agreement, Quinn called on them get the job done and threatened unnamed “consequences” if they didn’t do so.

In June, legislators voted to form a bipartisan conference committee to try to hammer out a deal.

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Tractor bursts into flames on Plank Road SYCAMORE – A mechanical failure caused a tractor traveling on Plank Road to catch fire Thursday afternoon, creating a plume of smoke that could be seen for miles.

At about 1 p.m., Richard Westlake, a farmer from rural Sycamore, was pulling a trailer filled with corn with his John Deere tractor when he heard a loud banging noise and saw smoke, said Sycamore Assistant Fire Chief Art Zern.

After Westlake stopped and exited the tractor, the gas tank ruptured and the tractor was soon engulfed in flames.

Zern said he saw the smoke from the scene of a car accident at Annie Glidden Road

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and Route 64.

Nobody was injured in the blaze.

DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office deputies responded about 1:15 p.m. and closed down a section of Plank Road near Gerry Lane for about an hour while Sycamore firefighters put the fire out, said Gary Dumdie, DeKalb County Sheriff Chief Deputy.

Zern said the fire might have been caused by a mechanical failure such as a fuel leak.

He said the tractor was totally destroyed, with up to $10,000 in damage.

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County Community Spelling Bee, presented by DeKalb/ Sycamore Altrusa International and the Daily Chronicle, will be Oct. 17 at St. Mary’s Church Activity Center, 322 Waterman St. in Sycamore.

Refreshments will be served at 6 p.m., with a practice round at 6:30 p.m. and the competitive bee at 7 p.m.

The public is invited to come cheer for its favorite team.

Proceeds will support local literacy programs through Altrusa, the Daily Chronicle’s Newspapers in Education program and the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

Community spelling bee set for Oct. 17

Cooking for Kids’ Sake seeks young chefs

SYCAMORE – The DeKalb

SYCAMORE – Big Brothers

Big Sisters of DeKalb is seeking chefs for its first Cooking for Kids’ Sake fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Nov. 2.

Community members will be able to sample food prepared by local youth chefs from three divisions: middle school, high school and family.

Each cook is responsible for buying ingredients for the recipes they serve.

All funds from the evening will support the mentoring program.

Tickets are $25 for adults and $10 for children ages 10 and younger.

For information about the event or to sign up as a chef, call 815-758-8616.

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Antiques, memorabilia up for sale Estate sale in Sycamore features local items dating to 1800s

By CHRIS BURROWS cburrows@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Lifelong DeKalb County residents Barbara and Carl Wallin had an insatiable thirst for learning about the county, but each went about it in their own way.

During his lifetime, Carl Wallin enjoyed exploring the county on foot. Barb Wallin, on the other hand, engrossed herself in historical groups and in buying pieces of local history.

After the couple died, their children were amazed by what they discovered in their former Sycamore home: Collectibles, books and antiques dating back to the 1800s.

“A lot of the stuff we hadn’t even seen,” said the late couple’s son, Jim Wallin of Sycamore. “There was stuff boxed up in the bedrooms, the basement and up in the attic.”

With no room in their own homes for their parents’ former treasures, Jim Wallin, his brother Jerry Wallin and his sister Judy Maxwell decided to let the public in on the Wallins’ collection of prized pieces. An estate sale at the late Wallins’ former home, at 2211 Coltonville Road, runs daily from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. through Sunday.

Barbara and Carl Wallin both were born in DeKalb in 1922 and graduated from DeKalb High School – where they met each other – in 1940.

Carl Wallin served in World War II, where he received five battle stars as a sergeant. Barbara Wallin was a charter member of both the DeKalb and Sycamore historical societies and active with the Ellwood House Museum and several other groups. She worked at Northern Illinois University for some time, and he spent years working for Wurlitzer and General Electric.

“They were wonderful parents,” said Maxwell, a Sugar Grove resident. “They were

Photos by Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Sycamore resident Bob Stanbery looks over items that once belonged to the late Barbara (Groves) Wallin and Carl Wallin during an estate sale Thursday morning in Sycamore.

If you go What: Estate sale of Barbara and Carl Wallin When: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily through Sunday Where: 2211 Coltonville Road, Sycamore

Boxing gloves that belonged to Carl Wallin are seen next to boxing magazines at an estate sale in Sycamore. very concerned about DeKalb and its well-being – very involved that way.”

Barbara Wallin died Nov. 24, 2011, at age 89, and Carl Wallin, 91, died Aug. 1.

Their story lives on in the antiques that they left behind.

“My mother went to lots and lots of auctions and estate sales for over 60 years,” Maxwell said. “She collected vine-

gar cruets, old bells, printing plates. She had a great appreciation of things that were old.”

The site of the late couple’s home once was home to Electric Park Corners, from 1904 to the late 1920s. The park housed a baseball diamond and dancing pavilion and anchored a historical electric train line that once connected DeKalb and Sycamore. That history

fascinated Barbara Wallin.

“She wanted to know as much about Electric Park Corners as she could,” Jim Wallin said. “She wanted to know the history of everything in DeKalb County.”

Kathy Loos, the owner of Kathy’s Estate Sales, of Burlington, is managing the sale.

Buyers can expect to find books, barbed wire and other antiques from the 1800s, vintage tools and glassware and even a Honda scooter from the 1960s.

“It’s a wonderful collection all in one location,” she said. “I have seen a lot over the years ... but not so many things in one place.”

8LOCAL BRIEF Illini Swine farmhand still in hospital Thursday

from Illini Swine, 11469 Base Line Road outside Kingston, about two hours after his coworkers found him unconscious Monday 15 feet down a manhole, authorities said.

DeKalb County Sheriff Chief Deputy Gary Dumdie said the employee went into the man-

KINGSTON – The 47-year-old farmhand rescued from a manhole at a swine farm Monday remained in serious condition Thursday at OSF Saint Anthony Medical Center in Rockford.

The farmhand was airlifted

hole to do maintenance on a manure pit at the swine farm, which is east of Pleasant Hill Road south of Kingston.

Two other men went to check on him after no one had heard from him for a while and found him unconscious about 6 p.m. The other

workers remained with him as emergency crews assembled, Dumdie said.

Officials with the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s North Aurora Area Office are investigating the incident.

– Daily Chronicle

8OBITUARIES MARY JANE WILSON Born: Sept. 29, 1919, in Urbana, Ill. Died: Sept. 25, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DIXON – Jane Wilson, 93, formerly of Dixon, Ill., passed away surrounded by her loving family Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, while living at Pine Acres Rehab and Living Center in DeKalb.

She was born Sept. 29, 1919, in Urbana, to Leonard and Noma (Carlton) Drake and raised in Benton. She moved from Benton to Dixon, looking for work, which she found at the Freeman Shoe Company.

She married Olin “John” Wilson on Sept. 20, 1939, in Clinton, Iowa. Their life together was shortened when Olin passed away Sept. 27, 1962, at age 42.

After Olin’s death, Jane lived in an apartment complex which she had built, and managed and maintained the premises on her own.

Jane worked at many of the ladies’ clothing stores in downtown Dixon from the 1960s through 1980s. She also worked at many of the restaurants in the area. After her retirement she continued to find new interests to keep herself occupied such as crocheting, knitting, needlepoint and ceramics. Even before she retired she would enjoy playing some golf. As for family members, they all have many crocheted afghans to remind them of her handy work. One afghan that no one knew about was found in her closet with her great-granddaughter’s name on it for the day she gets married.

Jane was an amazing woman in many ways and also because of all the things she accomplished on her own for all those years without Olin at her side.

She is survived by her daugh-

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• EVERGREEN Continued from page A1 About 40 of the households in the mobile home park include school-age children, Miller said. Although the county is obligated to find residents new homes that are decent, safe and sanitary, it is not required to find them a place in the same school district.

Officials from Land Acquisitions Inc., the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and the county will be at the meeting. If residents want to ask questions after the meeting, there will be an opportunity to do so, he said. There will be Spanish language interpreters in attendance.

In May, the DeKalb County Board approved a $5.6 million plan to close the mobile home park and restore it to open space. The Illinois Emergency

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8OUR VIEW

Too much local government in Illinois The U.S. Census Bureau this week released a final count of local governments operating in states around the country, and as usual, Illinois was No. 1.

Census counted 6,963 units of local government operating in Illinois as of June 30, 2012, far and away the most of any state in the country.

That’s a lot of elected officials and bureaucrats with underfunded government employee pensions.

The count includes 102 county governments, 2,729 municipal and township governments, 905 school districts, and 3,227 “special district governments,” such as the DeKalb Sanitary District, along with a plethora of other special purpose governments, including mosquito

abatement districts, cemetery maintenance districts, drainage districts, park districts, housing authorities, joint water and sewer commissions, drainage commissions, and on and on and on and on.

It is ridiculous. Illinois has 26 percent more units of government than Texas, the state with the next-highest total at 5,147.

Texas also has roughly double the population of Illinois and more than four times the land area.

So what if Illinois has a whole bunch of little governments out there “governing,” one might ask.

For one, it costs money. So many of these governments have some well-salaried bureaucrat – or a whole adminis-

trative team – running them.

There are probably about 900 school district superintendents in our state making six figures and in line to collect generous pension benefits the public can’t afford after retiring in their 50s – we have about $100 billion in unfunded pension obligations. Meanwhile, a state such as Florida – with a larger land area and 7 million more people – manages to get by with only 95 school governments.

Illinois has 1,431 townships, many of which have elected township supervisors, highway commissioners, assessors and assorted other employees who work in publicly funded buildings.

The other part of this problem is that with so many

For the record Illinois has 1,431 townships, many of which have elected township supervisors, highway commissioners, assessors and assorted other employees who work in publicly funded buildings. Efforts have been made to consolidate the number of governments in Illinois, with scant results. governments collecting and spending public funds, it is virtually impossible for a citizen to keep track of what all of them are doing. Many of them are less than transparent in their operations, and many of the services they offer are duplicative.

Efforts have been made

to consolidate the number of governments in Illinois, with scant results. The numbers cry out for streamlining government – even with a 25 percent reduction in local government, our state would still have the most in the country.

But talk about eliminating one – the largely superfluous townships are a frequent target – and the people who work for them produce a long list of reasons why we absolutely cannot live without their vital services.

Although we do need some of the services these micro-governments provide, the rest of the country proves that they can be provided without the twisted tangle of government agencies that leave Illinoisans overtaxed and unable to effec-

8SKETCH VIEW

tively monitor how their money is spent.

What’s needed is decisive action to address this issue.

Legislators have begun taking baby steps toward allowing voters to determine how much government they have, using areas such as Evanston Township as test cases, but bolder, statewide action is needed.

Voters should have the power to consolidate and close unnecessary governments by popular vote. School district consolidation should be encouraged in areas where unit districts are not the norm.

Our system needs to be simplified and streamlined. In Illinois, citizens are being over governed, and overtaxed to pay for it.

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Obama’s spending is out of control

Let’s ban the book-banners instead “We substituted good grammar for intellect; we switched habits to simulate maturity; we rearranged lies and called it truth, seeing in the new pattern of an old idea the Revelation and the World.” – Toni Morrison, “The Bluest Eye” Regular readers know how proud I am to be born and raised in Ohio, but sometimes our esteemed state leaders make me feel as if I’m living in Texas, without the great barbecue.

Just days before libraries and bookstores across the country celebrated this year’s Banned Books Week, the president of the Ohio Board of Education declared that “The Bluest Eye,” by Toni Morrison, should be banned from every school in the state.

“I don’t want my grandchildren reading it, and I don’t want anyone else’s children reading it,” board President Debe Terhar said at a board meeting Sept. 10. “It should not be used in any school for any Ohio K-12 child. If you want to use it in college somewhere, that’s fine.”

Terhar failed to quote a single passage from Morrison’s first novel to illustrate why she thinks it is “totally inappropriate.” She just said it would be wrong for the school board to “even be associated with it.”

From “The Bluest Eye”: You looked

at them and wondered why they were so ugly; you looked closely and could not find the source. Then you realized that it came from conviction, their conviction. It was as though some mysterious all-knowing master had given each one a cloak of ugliness to wear, and they had each accepted it without question.

The 1970 novel tells the story of Pecola, a young black girl growing up in the 1940s in Morrison’s hometown, Lorain, Ohio. Other children mock Pecola for her dark skin, curly hair and brown eyes. Her festering

country were talking about what happened to those girls in Steubenville and Cleveland, but Ohio’s school board president thinks our children can’t handle a class discussion about the make-believe world of “The Bluest Eye.” self-loathing fuels a longing for the blue Has Terhar never experienced the ineyes she believes would make her lovable ternal explosion of discovery triggered by and save her from an unbearable life. someone else’s story?

Steadily, Pecola’s world unravels.

Morrison responded to Terhar’s comHer parents’ marriage is violent and in ments in an interview with WCMH-TV, shambles. Her mother is lame and distant.

Columbus’ NBC affiliate.

Her father is a raging, abusive man who “The book was published in the early eventually rapes and impregnates her. ’70s, and it’s been banned so much and so The novel is an uncomfortable book many places that I’m told I’m No. 14 on that challenges us to consider the brutality the list of 100 banned books,” she said. “I of racism, domestic violence and cultural resent it. I mean, if it’s Texas or North Cardefinitions of beauty. “The Bluest Eye” is olina, as it has been in all sorts of states. also a glorious introduction to the works of But to be a girl from Ohio, writing about Morrison, who has since won the Pulitzer Ohio, having been born in Lorain, Ohio, Prize and the Nobel Prize in literature, as and actually relating as an Ohio person, to well as the Presidential Medal of Freedom. have the Ohio – what, Board of Education?

Ohio has seen some horrific and highly – is ironic at the least.” publicized crimes against young women An Ohio Board of Education spokesman in recent months. In March, two highsaid the board isn’t banning any book. Terschool football players in Steubenville har issued a statement supposedly intendwere convicted of raping a 16-year-old girl. ed to clarify what she meant.

She was so intoxicated at the time of the “The comments I made reflected my attacks that she only discovered what had concern about the graphic passages conhappened to her after cellphone photos and tained in a specific text. I do not personally crude text messages began circulating. believe these passages are suitable for Again, from “The Bluest Eye”: We school-age children. Nothing more and mistook violence for passion, indolence nothing less should be inferred. In particufor leisure, and thought recklessness was lar, no disparagement was meant towards freedom. the celebrated career of Ohio author Toni Less than two months after the Steuben- Morrison.” ville trial, three young women in Cleveland From “The Bluest Eye”: The change was escaped a boarded-up home where they had adjustment without improvement. been tortured and raped by Ariel Castro for more than a decade.

• Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winOne of those rapes resulted in the birth ning columnist and an essayist for Parade of a child. magazine. She is the author of two books, These stories were the made-in-Ohio including “...and His Lovely Wife,” which news blazing across my state and around chronicled the successful race of her husthe world. Kids in every high school in the band, Sherrod Brown, for the U.S. Senate.

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To the Editor: Well, well, well! I told you folks back in 2008 a storm was coming if you elected Barack Obama, and I was right. Hope and change, what a scam.

In 35 states, Obama is paying more in welfare than unemployment pays in their states. In Hawaii if a person uses all the programs available they are eligible for up to $29.50 an hour for 40 hours a week.

Why should anybody work? It’s called buying the voter, duh.

George W. Bush’s last total budget was $1.4 trillion.

Obama’s first budget was $2.7 trillion, and $1.2 trillion immediately went to Obama’s friends, unions, liberal universities, environmental worker groups (i.e. global warming) and worthless “green” technologies like Solyndra.

How did Obama get all this money? Sen. Harry Reid and Rep. Nancy Pelosi never passed any budgets, and many of you still voted Democrat again the second time around!

Obama has burned through $8 trillion in 4½ years, which is close to the total deficit accrued from 1776 to 2008.

Wonder why Obama and Reid refuse to pass a budget?

Answer: No line item to audit, therefore no accountability.

They are robbing us and future generations. No problem.

Democrats don’t care about anything but themselves and their own behavior.

Our IRS is suppressing tax-exempted status, the tea party, Patriot Party and many more. Fascism is alive and well in the U.S. today. Fining people for not buying Obama’s health insurance is another form of fascism. If you look at all the taxes and fines associated with the law you can only draw one conclusion: Obamacare is government coercion of the citizens of this country.

NSA surveillance is a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment to our Constitution. More fascist abuse by the regime in D.C. Wonder where this country is headed? Watch Atlas Shrugged I and II on DVD, based on the novel by Ayn Rand.

If I am still around, I will explain in future editorials how Democrats and the president are actively using socialism, communism and fascism in their administrative agenda as they govern the U.S. today.

Jim Mason Genoa

8 ANOTHER VIEW

War’s ugly side shown Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman got it right: War is hell.

There’s not much gallant or noble about it. It’s blood and body parts and wailing.

“Collateral damage” is the sanitized way to describe the suffering of innocent bystanders.

On Sunday, 78 civilians died in the most horrific attack yet on Pakistan’s Christian minority. A pair of suicide bombers blew themselves up amid hundreds of worshippers at the historic All Saints Church in Peshawar. The Jundullah arm of the Taliban claimed responsibility, saying they would continue to target non-Muslims until the United States stops drone attacks on Taliban forces in Pakistan’s remote tribal region.

The U.S. has carried out several hundred drone attacks against militants and their allies near the Afghan border.

The latest came on the same day as the church attack, when missiles hit two compounds in the North Waziristan tribal area.

Six suspected militants died. The church bombing injured 141 people, including 37 children.

The death count included 34 women and seven children.

One of the problems of the nasty business of warfare is that it can be hard to tell who the innocent ones are. But it’s certain that those who died at All Saints Church didn’t go around killing people.

Paris (Tenn.) Post-Intelligencer

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– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST TODAY

Get ready for a taste of summer today as southerly winds boost temperatures into the low 80s along with comfortable humidity values. Winds could gust up to 25 mph at times. Saturday will be warm and breezy with summerlike temperatures. A cold front moves through overnight with showers and thunderstorms with rapid clearing Sunday.

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Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00” Month to date ....................................... 0.77” Normal month to date ....................... 2.84” Year to date ......................................... 28.45” Normal year to date ......................... 28.84”

Sunrise today ................................ 6:48 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 6:43 p.m.

Moonrise today ................................... none Moonset today ............................ 2:26 p.m.

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Sunset tomorrow ........................ 6:42 p.m.

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Rockford 80/57

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Dixon 82/55

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Joliet 81/54

La Salle 84/58

Evanston 76/62 Chicago 79/59

Aurora 80/53

Streator 84/57

Source: National Allergy Bureau

Waukegan 76/55

Arlington Heights 78/59

DeKalb 80/56

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Hammond 78/57 Gary 78/55 Kankakee 82/55

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Sports

Genoa-Kingston is playing its best golf of the season, plus more notes in this week’s golf insider. PAGE B2

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8MORNING KICKOFF

Selig says he will retire after the 2014 season NEW YORK – Bud Selig said Thursday he plans to retire as baseball commissioner in January 2015 after a term of more than 22 years marked by robust growth in attendance and revenue along with a canceled World Series and a drug scandal.

The 79-year-old Selig said in 2003 that he would retire in 2006 but repeatedly has accepted new contracts.

Some owners – even his wife – have been skeptical in the past that he really would do it, but this marked the first time he issued a formal statement that he intends to step down from the sport’s top job.

“I look forward to continuing its extraordinary growth and addressing several significant issues during the remainder of my term,” he said.

Selig said he soon will announce a transition plan that will include a reorganization of central baseball management.

He said he will leave Jan. 24, 2015, which would mark the second-longest term for a baseball commissioner behind Kenesaw Mountain Landis, who served from November 1920 to November 1944.

Selig’s tenure included splitting each league into three divisions instead of two, adding wild cards and additional rounds of playoffs, expansion to Arizona and Tampa Bay, instituting instant replay, starting the World Baseball Classic, launching the Major League Baseball Network and centralizing the sport’s digital rights under MLB.com.

“The game has grown under him tremendously. He’s made every effort to try to clean the game up,” New York Yankees manager Joe Girardi said. “He’s left his mark on the game.

There’s no doubt about it.”

Selig bought the Seattle Pilots in bankruptcy court in 1970 and moved the team to Milwaukee.

– Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro baseball Cubs at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m., CSN The Cubs will try to play spoiler against their NL Central Division rivals in the last three-game series of the season.

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SECTION B Friday, September 27, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Northwestern game a boon for NIU Do we have things to discuss. Northern Illinois-Northwestern football in 2014. Jerry Kill. Pam Oliver. College basketball magazines. Birthday trivia.

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Topic No. 1: What rational person wouldn’t want to schedule “Chicago’s Big Ten team?” You want media exposure in Chicago? Simple solution. Play (and beat) Northwestern in Cook County. This week’s announcement about the Sept. 6, 2014, matchup in Evanston was the lead sports story most of the day on WGN-AM radio.

Can’t beat those type of 50,000-watt props on NU’s flagship outlet.

All 225,000 NIU alums had to love the Chicago Tribune’s “Main Event” comment on the game. “There has

KORCEK’S CORNER Mike Korcek been debate about which university has the best football program in Illinois,” the Trib commented, “...all we know for sure is it doesn’t wear Orange.” Ba-doom.

First-year Northern Illinois athletics director Sean Frazier made the phone call that his predecessor wouldn’t. Astute Northwestern AD (and ex-Huskie boss) Jim Phillips took notes at the last meeting of the two schools in 2005 when the Wildcats outlasted the DeKalb visitors, 38-37, before one of the largest

Ryan Field nonconference crowds (35,114) in the past decade.

With Northwestern not in session that early in September, Phillips needs to fill seats and sell tickets. Recent NU nonconference opponents such as Towson, South Dakota, Maine or Rice didn’t draw or excite North Shore fandom as the Huskies should. Sure, in some ways, it’s a risk bringing in an up-and-coming local mid-major with seven bowl appearances in the past 10 years. Give Phillips and coach Pat Fitzgerald credit.

For NIU, so was scheduling FCS Eastern Illinois. Look what happened. Classic comeback victory before a sellout crowd at Huskie Stadium. What better advertisement

for NIU football?

Frazier hit the nail directly on the head about football scheduling problems, i.e., avoiding good teams and in-state rivals.

“Declining attendance at college football games is a national trend and scheduling has been identified as a prime factor in the decline,” he said in NIU’s announcement release.

NIU vs. NU in 2014 shouldn’t have that fan indifference problem.

Heck, if Frazier finally can schmooze a Big Ten Conference football program into Huskie Stadium, many of us would endorse him as the AD of the Decade.

See KORCEK, page B2

DEKALB DEF. YORKVILLE, 25-18, 25-21

Barbs make statement

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

DeKalb senior outside hitter Courtney Bemis hits the ball past two blockers in the second game against Yorkville on Thursday in DeKalb. The Barbs won, 25-18, 25-21.

Bemis, Hammond pace Barbs to 4-0 record in NI Big 12 East

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Courtney Bemis leaped in the air on match point of Thursday’s win over Yorkville, connecting with the ball at the apex of her jump as her 6-foot-3 frame rose high above her defender.

The Foxes had no chance as the ball came crashing to the ground, like it did on eight

of Bemis’ other hits, and the DeKalb volleyball team won, 25-18, 25-21, largely thanks to Bemis’ breathtaking athleticism.

Although the Miami (Ohio) commit is far from the finished product she wants to be, Barbs coach Ben Fisher saw confidence and focus from the senior Thursday that might put her over the top.

“This is one of the better matches she played,” Fisher

More online For all your prep sports coverage – stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps. said. “You could tell she came ready to play and focused tonight. I was happy to see that.

If you ask her, I’m sure she would say that she can play better. … She did enough for us to win. She did well tonight.”

Of course, Bemis is far from the only weapon the Barbs have, and several were on display during a first game in which they coasted to victory, bursting out to a 17-8 lead before clinching the game behind three late kills from senior Alexis Ham-

mond, who had five on the night.

Yorkville held strong in the second game, taking a 2019 lead before two kills from senior setter Madison Lord and two more from Bemis gave DeKalb (10-2, 4-0 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) the win.

The Foxes (12-6, 2-2 NI Big 12 East) lost several seniors

See BARBS, page B3

BEARS ANALYSIS

Long focused and ready for challenge of blocking Suh According to Detroit Lions receiver Calvin Johnson, all of the turmoil that follows Ndamukong Suh wherever he goes is just media hype, a figment of all our imaginations.

“We don’t get caught up in that, that’s all in the media,” Johnson said.

“When we come to work, all that stuff, all that noise doesn’t even make it through the doors, so I don’t even know what all is going on with Suh, so we’re all good here.”

All righty then Cal, let me lay a few facts on you. Here are your buddy’s accomplishments to date: 2010: $7,500 fine for a late hit on Jake Delhomme. $15,000 fine for a violent shot to the back of Jay Cutler.

2011: $20,000 fine for a late hit on Andy Dalton. Voted dirtiest player in the NFL in Sporting News poll of NFL players.

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush Two-game suspension and two game checks ($164,500) for intentionally stomping on the arm of Packers center Evan Dietrich-Smith.

2012: $30,000 fine for intentionally kicking Matt Schaub in the groin.

2013: $100,000 fine, the largest fine in NFL history for a player’s actions on the field for blocking Vikings Center John Sullivan below the waist. The next week Suh was accused by Cardinals tackle Eric Winston of throwing an elbow at his head.

See ARKUSH, page B3

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Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III (left) is grabbed from behind by Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh in the fourth quarter Sunday in Washington.

Blocking Suh on Sundaywill be a big test for Bears lineman Kyle Long.

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8PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Football Burlington Central at GenoaKingston, 7 p.m.

Hiawatha at Ottawa Marquette, 7 p.m.

Sycamore at Ottawa, 7:30 p.m.

DeKalb at Streator, 7:30 p.m.

Rochelle at Kaneland, 7:30 p.m.

Boys Golf DeKalb at Yorkville, 4 p.m.

Volleyball Rockford Christian Life at Indian Creek, 6:30 p.m.

Girls Golf Hinckley-Big Rock vs. Sandwich at Indian Oaks, 4 p.m.

SATURDAY Boys Soccer DeKalb at Huntley, 10 a.m.

Plano at Genoa-Kingston, 11 a.m.

Hinckley-Big Rock at Byron, 11:30 a.m.

Rockford Christian Life at Indian Creek, 1 p.m.

Boys Golf Kaneland, Genoa-Kingston at Genoa-Kingston Fran Noyes Invite, 8 a.m.

Hinckley-Big Rock at Mendota Stableford Tourney at Mendota CC, 8:30 a.m.

DeKalb, Sycamore at Sterling Invite, 9 a.m.

Boys Cross Country Sycamore at Sterling Rock River Run at Woodlawn Academy, 9 a.m.

DeKalb, Kaneland at Aurora Central Catholic Charger Classic, 9 a.m.

Volleyball Genoa-Kingston at Harvard tournament, 8:30 a.m.

Girls Cross Country DeKalb at Aurora Central Catholic Charger Classic, 9 a.m.

Kaneland, Sycamore at Sterling Rock River Run at Woodlawn Academy, 9 a.m.

Girls Tennis DeKalb, Kaneland at Rochelle Invite, 8:30 a.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS Sycamore Fury to hold basketball tryouts The Sycamore Fury girls basketball program will hold tryouts Sunday, Oct. 6 at Sycamore High School’s main gym.

Tryouts for fifth- and sixth-graders are from 5-6 p.m., and seventh- and eighth-grade tryouts will follow from 6-7 p.m. There will be a brief meeting for coaches and parents before each tryout session.

In addition, there is a parent information meeting at 6 p.m.

Tuesday at Sycamore Middle School to learn more about the Fury program.

Dodgers fan killed after game in San Francisco SAN FRANCISCO – The Los Angeles Dodgers say the 24-year-old man who was fatally stabbed during a postgame confrontation in San Francisco was the son of one of the team’s security guards.

Spokesman Jared Kaufer said Thursday that Jonathan Denver’s father worked security at Dodger Stadium.

San Francisco police say Denver was walking with his father, brother and two other people not far from the San Francisco Giants’ ballpark Wednesday night when their group exchanged words with some Giants fans who were leaving a nightclub. The exchange turned physical and Denver was stabbed to death.

Electronic Arts settles with college athletes Video game-maker Electronic Arts and the Collegiate Licensing Company have settled all lawsuits brought against the companies by former and current college athletes over the unauthorized use of the players’ images and likenesses in video games and other merchandise.

The NCAA is not part of the settlements, which includes the O’Bannon case.

Earlier Thursday, EA Sports announced it wouldn’t make a college football video game next year because of the ongoing legal issues.

– Staff, wire reports

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Insider A closer look at the prep golf scene

SPOTLIGHT ON TAYLOR PRELLBERG Hinckley-Big Rock, junior In a 410-419 win against Indian Creek at Indian Oaks on Wednesday, Hinckley-Big Rock claimed the Little Ten title as Prellberg fired off a 95.

Five Royals all posted lower scores on their inward nine, a testament to the course management and patience coach Greg Jourdan preaches.

“Taylor had control of her game,” Jourdan said.

“She showed maturity with her game management.”

WHAT TO WATCH Dekalb at Yorkville, 4 p.m. at Blackberry Oaks The top seed at the Northern Illinois Big 12 East Tournament is at stake.

The Barbs (4-0) and Foxes (3-1) can get the inside track on a conference title that Kaneland has had a stranglehold on the last two seasons.

POWER RANKINGS 1. Matt Yonkovich, sr., Kaneland 2. Brody Kuhar, sr. Kaneland 3. Jacob Cook, jr., DeKalb 4. Austin Freeman, fr., DeKalb 5. Nick Adamczyk, so., Genoa-Kingston 6. Stephen Cannell, sr., Kaneland 7. Ben Melms, so., DeKalb 8. Ryan Aurand, sr., Sycamore 9. Tommy Lucca, so., Genoa-Kingston 10. Jesse Denton, jr., Kaneland

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GOLF NOTEBOOK

Adamczyk, Lucca leading G-K boys

By JAMES NOKES sports@daily-chronicle.com Westlake Golf Club is a straight forward track that can yield low scores.

The duo of Nick Adamczyk and Tommy Lucca took full advantage in a 158-159 win on Monday against Winnebago.

Adamczyk shot an even-par 35 and Lucca was 2-over 37 for the Cogs (8-8, 5-7 Big Northern). The stroke total was the Cogs’ lowest of the season and brought them back to .500 overall.

“The last week and a half I’ve been very pleased with our play,” G-K coach

Mike Lauer said. “We are showing the ability to overcome a bad hole. We got out and just play the whole round.”

Barbs on track: DeKalb is in first place in the Northern Illinois Big 12 East and posted a third-place finish at the Freeport Invitational last Saturday.

The results are “pretty much in line” with what Barbs’ coach John Cordes expected.

“I think we are right where we should be,” Cordes said. “A few players might have exceeded the expectations we had. But we have a group that just goes out and finds ways to score.”

Golfers need to find swing, but also grind out scores Players want to feel comfortable in their swings.

It’s a challenge to bring the teaching points from a lesson, practice or previous round and apply it to the shot at hand.

The ability to commit to those lessons without thinking about them.

With a repeatable swing that feels natural and produces a consistent result is the key to post-season success.

“I like where we’ve been the last week,” G-K coach Mike Lauer said.

“I hope we get our swings grooved by regionals. We can’t get out there and be thinking about our swing. We have to go out and be confident. I think that’s the most important thing.”

As important as it is for a golfer to own their swing, it’s also vital to be able to escape trouble. Conference tourna-

VIEWS James Nokes ments, regionals and sectional success can hinge on a player’s ability to scramble for a score after an errant shot.

“I don’t know if we have grooved our swings yet,” DeKalb coach John Cordes said. “I think a couple of guys are battling still. What we’ve shown though is the ability to scratch and claw for every score. We continue to find a way to do the little things right to post a score.”

• James Nokes is a contributor to the Daily Chronicle. He can be reached via email at sports@daily-chronicle.com.

PREP ROUNDUP

DeKalb soccer rolls past Rochelle, 6-0 DAILY CHRONICLE The DeKalb boys soccer team remained undefeated in the Northern Illinois Big 12 East with a 6-0 win over Rochelle on Thursday.

Akim Suraji and Trevor Freeland each scored two goals and Eric Ngum and Deven Hill each had one. Sean Woodford had three assists, Dylan Hottsmith recorded two and Misha Ryzhov had one for DeKalb (8-1, 3-0 NI Big 12 East).

“The first half we had some individual moments where we were able to capitalize on some of our individual talent,” DeKalb coach Brent McIntosh said. “In the second half, we played much better as a team.”

G-K runs past Marengo: Genoa-Kingston defeated Marengo, 5-1, in a Big Northern Conference match at home. Juan Lechuga had a hat trick andWilliam Crozier and Juan DaSilva also scored for the Cogs. Tommy

Hansen, Erik Tomlinson and Uriel Ortega had assists for G-K (7-5, 4-2 BNC East).

“I thought we really bounced back well from Tuesday’s loss,” G-K coach Randy Tate said.

Indian Creek tops Hiawatha: Indian Creek scored four second-half goals to defeat Hiawatha, 5-2. Trevor Guerra had two goals and Gavin Eberly had two goals and an assist. Jake Dodd had the final goal for the Timberwolves (2-10).

Kaneland ties: Kaneland played Yorkville to a scoreless tie in a NI Big 12 East match.

The Knights are 4-4-3 on the year and 1-1-1 in conference.

VOLLEYBALL Knights top Rochelle: Kaneland defeated Rochelle, 25-20, 25-18.

The Knights were led by Jenny Lubic’s 22 assists. Ellie Dunn had 12 kills and 15 digs and Vanessa Gould had six kills and two blocks. Riley Han-

nula chipped in with five kills.

Indian Creek wins second straight: Indian Creek defeated Leland-Earlville, 25-14, 26-24, to win back-to-back Little Ten Conference games.

Emma Goodrich led the Timberwolves with 10 kills and Josie Diehl had six kills. Rebecca Boehne recorded three aces and seven assists and Hannah Mathews had three aces and 12 assists. Kayla Kauffman chipped in with eight digs and three kills for Indian Creek (4-7, 3-1 LTC).

“I think we’re starting to play with a little more confidence,” Indian Creek coach Stephanie Crutcher said.

Royals down Hiawatha: Hinckley-Big Rock defeated Hiawatha, 25-19, 25-17, in a LTC match.

Karrigan Cowan led the Royals with nine aces while Lauren Paver had nine kills and Jacqueline Madden recorded five kills. Caitlyn Flan-

igan led H-BR, which is 2-2 in conference, with seven digs.

GIRLS SWIMMING DeKalb-Sycamore dominates: DeKalb-Sycamore defeated Sterling, 111-57, in a dual.

Jensen Keck (200-yard freestyle, 100 breaststroke), Bailey Flemming (50 free, 500 free) and Colette LeBlanc (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke) each won two events while Alexa Miller was first in the 100 free.

The co-op swept all three relays, as well. Kylie Olson, Flemming, Miller and Kayleigh Kozlowski combined to win the 200 medley while Olson, Flemming, Miller and Keck won the 200 free. Olson, Miller, Cook and Keck were victorious in the 400 free relay for DeKalb-Sycamore (6-0).

“It was just a solid meet. The girls looked pretty tired today, but they got in and raced and got the job done,” co-op coach Leah Eames said.

Korcek: Kill should be judged by coaching record • KORCEK Continued from page B1 Topic No. 2: Minneapolis Star-Tribune sports columnist Jim Souhan ignited a firestorm in the Twin Cities for recently calling for Jerry Kill’s removal as head football coach at Minnesota for health reasons. As many of you know, coach Kill has overcome cancer yet lives every day beset with epilepsy and occasional seizures.

As a result of the tumult created by the Souhan column, Kill will not discuss his health with the media.

A respected journalist, Souhan has drawn heavy criticism from not only readers, but the publisher of his own newspaper. Some of Souhan’s comments on Kill: “How can a school continue to employ a football coach who has had four seizures during or after the 16 home games he has coached at the school (Minnesota), along with an unknown number of seizures away from the public eye?

His latest epileptic seizure, suffered on Saturday (Sept. 14), evokes sympathy for him and his family. He appears to be a good man earnestly trying to elevate a woeful program

while searching for ways to manage his disease.

“Even those who admire him can’t believe that he should keep coaching major college football after his latest episode.

Either the stress of the job is further damaging his health, or his health was in such disrepair that he shouldn’t have been hired to coach in the Big Ten in the first place.

“Kill’s case is sad.” Souhan continued. “He did good work his entire life to reach a position that his system can no longer handle.”

Okay, coaching at Southern Illinois, or even at NIU, is not the national fish bowl that is the Big Ten and Minnesota. Yes, I despaired and my heart sank a few years ago watching one of Kill’s sideline seizures on YouTube. Souhan makes some points, but since when do sportswriters practice medicine? Where’s the quotes from a specialist (from Mayo Clinic, maybe?) on Kill’s condition? And, quite frankly, isn’t Kill’s health his business or his family’s?

I don’t know what Souhan wrote about Kill’s predecessor at Minnesota (Tom Brewster with a 15-30 record in 2007-10) when the Gophers resembled a

Three Stooges short. In his third season up north, Kill stands 4-0 and 13-16 overall, plus led Minnesota to a bowl game last season. To most, that’s progress and that’s how Kill and his program should be judged.

In an August interview with the Star-Tribune, Kill did acknowledge his health situation.

“You can’t be the head football coach and miss half of a game,” Kill said. “I mean, I’m not stupid. I realize that. If I was doing those things, the university wouldn’t have to fire me. I’d walk away if I didn’t think I could do it.”

There’s your answer, Mr. Souhan.

Topic No. 3: First, it was Chandler Harnish and his errant pass in warm-ups, then the Ohio State Marching Band last Sunday. Fox Sports sideline reporter Pam Oliver really needs a bodyguard at her NFL assignments – or at least hazardous duty pay.

Prior to last week’s Green Bay-Cincinnati game, Oliver almost got run down by two members of the OSU band as it left the field while she did a pre-game report. Somebody (Oliver, her crew, the camera man) needs to be more aware of her surroundings. Earlier

this summer, Harnish accidentally hit Oliver in the face with a pass on the sideline.

Topic No. 4: I know the NCAA has moved up the start of pre-season basketball practice. But it’s still September and there must be four or five college basketball magazines already on the stands. The Sporting News one arrived first prior to Labor Day. No wonder SIDs go nuts and become columnists.

Topic No. 5: How’s this for the ultimate Huskie trivia?

Two 1960s all-time Northern Illinois greats attended last Saturday’s home opener – quarterback George Bork and baseball pitcher Fritz Peterson. Not only were both originally from Mount Prospect, they went to the same grammar school, the same high school, and – honest – share the same birthdate.

Fearless Korcek Prediction: Northern Illinois 35, Purdue 28.

• Mike Korcek is a former NIU sports information director. His historical perspective on NIU athletics appears periodically in the Daily Chronicle. Write to him at sports@daily-chronicle.com.

AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct 93 66 .585 89 70 .560 84 75 .528 66 93 .415 62 97 .390 East Division W L Pct x-Boston 96 63 .604 Tampa Bay 90 69 .566 Baltimore 83 76 .522 New York 82 77 .516 Toronto 72 87 .453 West Division W L Pct x-Oakland 94 65 .591 Texas 88 71 .553 Los Angeles 78 81 .491 Seattle 70 89 .440 Houston 51 108 .321 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division

GB — 4 9 27 31

x-Detroit Cleveland Kansas City Minnesota Chicago

Tampa Bay Cleveland Texas

WILD CARD W L 90 69 89 70 88 71

GB — 6 13 14 24 GB — 6 16 24 43

Pct WCGB .566 — .560 — .553 1

Thursday’s Results Kansas City 3, White Sox 2 Tampa Bay 4, N.Y. Yankees 0 Baltimore 3, Toronto 2 Texas 6, L.A. Angels 5 Cleveland 6, Minnesota 5 Today’s Games Kansas City (Shields 12-9) at White Sox (Sale 11-13), 7:10 p.m.

Boston (Buchholz 11-1) at Baltimore (Feldman 5-5), 6:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay (Hellickson 12-9) at Toronto (Dickey 13-13), 6:07 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 13-8) at Miami (Koehler 4-10), 6:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (C.Wilson 17-7) at Texas (Ogando 7-4), 7:05 p.m.

Cleveland (Kluber 10-5) at Minnesota (P.Hernandez 3-2), 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Undecided) at Houston (Oberholtzer 4-4), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Colon 17-6) at Seattle (F.Hernandez 12-9), 9:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Results Cleveland 7, White Sox 2 L.A. Angels 3, Oakland 1 Tampa Bay 8, N.Y. Yankees 3 Baltimore 9, Toronto 5 Texas 7, Houston 3 Detroit 1, Minnesota 0 Boston 15, Colorado 5 Seattle 6, Kansas City 0

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct z-St. Louis 94 65 .591 z-Pittsburgh 91 68 .572 z-Cincinnati 90 69 .566 Milwaukee 72 87 .453 Cubs 66 93 .415 East Division W L Pct x-Atlanta 94 65 .591 Washington 84 75 .528 New York 73 86 .459 Philadelphia 72 87 .453 Miami 59 100 .371 West Division W L Pct x-Los Angeles 91 67 .576 Arizona 80 79 .503 San Diego 75 84 .472 San Francisco 73 85 .462 Colorado 72 87 .453 z-clinched playoff berth x-clinched division

GB — 3 4 22 28 GB — 10 21 22 35 GB — 11½ 16½ 18 19½

WILD CARD W L Pct WCGB z-Pittsburgh 91 68 .572 — z-Cincinnati 90 69 .566 — z-clinched playoff berth Thursday’s Results San Diego 3, Arizona 2 (11 inn.)

Milwaukee 4, N.Y. Mets 2 Atlanta 7, Philadelphia 1 L.A. Dodgers at San Francisco (n) Today’s Games Cubs (T.Wood 9-11) at St. Louis (Lynn 14-10), 7:15 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 13-8) at Miami (Koehler 4-10), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 11-10) at N.Y. Mets (C.Torres 4-5), 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (A.J.Burnett 9-11) at Cincinnati (H.Bailey 11-11), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Cl.Lee 14-7) at Atlanta (Medlen 14-12), 6:30 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 7-9) at Arizona (Corbin 14-7), 8:40 p.m.

Colorado (McHugh 0-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Kershaw 15-9), 9:10 p.m.

San Diego (B.Smith 1-2) at San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-6), 9:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Results Cubs 4, Pittsburgh 2 N.Y. Mets 1, Cincinnati 0 St. Louis 4, Washington 1 Milwaukee 4, Atlanta 0 Miami 3, Philadelphia 2 Boston 15, Colorado 5 San Diego 12, Arizona 2 San Francisco 6, L.A. Dodgers 4

NFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE Bears Detroit Green Bay Minnesota

W 3 2 1 0

Dallas Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Washington

W 2 1 0 0

New Orleans Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay

W 3 1 1 0

Seattle St. Louis San Francisco Arizona

W 3 1 1 1

North L T Pct PF PA 0 0 1.000 95 74 1 0 .667 82 69 2 0 .333 96 88 3 0 .000 81 96 East L T Pct PF PA 1 0 .667 83 55 2 0 .333 79 86 3 0 .000 54 115 3 0 .000 67 98 South L T Pct PF PA 0 0 1.000 70 38 2 0 .333 68 36 2 0 .333 71 74 3 0 .000 34 57 West L T Pct PF PA 0 0 1.000 86 27 2 0 .333 58 86 2 0 .333 44 84 2 0 .333 56 79

AMERICAN CONFERENCE Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh

W 2 2 1 0

New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo

W 3 3 2 1

Houston Indianapolis Tennessee Jacksonville

W 2 2 2 0

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 3 3 1 1

North L T 1 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 East L T 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 South L T 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 0 West L T 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0

Pct .667 .667 .333 .000

PF 75 71 47 42

PA 64 64 64 76

Pct 1.000 1.000 .667 .333

PF 59 74 55 65

PA 34 53 50 73

Pct .667 .667 .667 .000

PF 70 68 60 28

PA 82 48 56 92

Pct 1.000 1.000 .333 .333

PF 127 71 57 78

PA 71 34 67 81

Thursday’s Result San Francisco at St. Louis (n) Sunday’s Games Bears at Detroit, noon N.Y. Giants at Kansas City, noon Seattle at Houston, noon Baltimore at Buffalo, noon Arizona at Tampa Bay, noon Indianapolis at Jacksonville, noon Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon Pittsburgh vs. Minnesota at London, noon N.Y. Jets at Tennessee, 3:05 p.m.

Washington at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

Dallas at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Denver, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.

Open: Carolina, Green Bay Monday’s Game Miami at New Orleans, 7:40 p.m.

NHL PRESEASON Thursday’s Results New Jersey 4, Philadelphia 1 Carolina 2, Columbus 1 Montreal 3, Ottawa 1 Tampa Bay 3, Florida 2, OT Boston 3, Winnipeg 2, OT Dallas 5, Colorado 1 N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver (n) Today’s Games Buffalo at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m.

Nashville at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Dallas vs. Edmonton at Oklahoma City, OK, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg vs. Boston at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers vs. Los Angeles at Las Vegas, NV, 9:30 p.m.

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SYCAMORE VOLLEYBALL

Spartans fall in 3 games

By MARK JOHNSON mjohnson@shawmedia.com

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Bears running back Matt Forte (22) goes in for a touchdown over Pittsburgh Steelers free safety Ryan Clark (25) in the first quarter of Sunday night’s game in Pittsburgh.

BEARS NOTES

O-line has zero false starts

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com LAKE FOREST – Two years ago, in a nightmare performance at Ford Field, the Bears’ offensive line committed nine false start penalties. It came in their only loss to the Lions in the teams’ past 10 meetings.

After committing eight false starts in the preseason, the Bears have a clean sheet through three games – zero false starts. They are one of four teams (Panthers, Colts, Steelers) without that brutal 5-yard presnap penalty.

Through three games last season, the Bears had six false starts.

This clearly is a different unit up front, and quarterback Jay Cutler can go into Detroit on Sunday with a more comfortable mentality.

“I don’t know what [offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer] does in their meetings, but those guys are focused,” Cutler said Thursday. “You’ve got three really good veterans

on the left side and then the two young guys, they just don’t want to mess up. They don’t want to be the ones that set us back five or 10 (yards) – and they’re conscious of that.”

Coach Marc Trestman has hammered in the emphasis on avoiding presnap penalties, and Cutler has seen the improvement since the offseason.

“As many presnap penalties in training camp and OTAs, they’ve done a great job of locking in and being focused and knowing whenever we’re going to change up the snap count, knowing whenever we’re going to have a couple of plays and they’ve got to listen up,” Trestman said. “They’ve been really good.”

Roberto Garza, the captain and veteran on the offensive line, said the Bears need to maintain their mantra of “poise in the noise” at Ford Field.

“We have the speakers out here (Thursday), worked with the counts. Just trying to be on the same page,” he said. “Coach Trestman creates a chaos envi-

ronment in practice. So when we step on the field, it’s not that big a change. Obviously, it’s going to be loud in there. It’s a division game, so we have to be ready for adversity.”

Keeping an eye on Suh: The Bears’ offense is well aware of the challenges Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh can cause.

“A lot of people have tried (to slow Suh). It’s not easy,” Trestman said.

Suh has only eight tackles this season, but Pro Football Focus has credited him with 17 quarterback hurries.

Injury update: Charles Tillman (knee/groin) missed Thursday’s practice, along with Sherrick McManis (quad).

Cornerback Zack Bowman (knee) practiced in full. Last week, Tillman missed Wednesday and Thursday practices before a limited session Friday, and Trestman said the team is optimistic for something similar this week, but will see where Tillman is at in the morning.

MORRIS – After winning a tight first game against Morris on Thursday, Sycamore couldn’t close the deal in a three-game road loss.

The Redskins prevailed 24-26, 28-26, 25-15, and they had every bit as difficult a time in the first two games as the scores indicate. Morris led 24-22 in the first game before Sycamore reeled off four consecutive points to stun them, and in the second, Morris failed on three different opportunities to put the Spartans away before capitalizing on a fourth.

A four-point service run

by Austin Thompson gave the Redskins a 12-7 lead in the third game, and they never looked back. Syc-

amore failed to generate points on six of its final seven trips to the service line as the Morris lead remained comfortable.

“We cleaned up our mistakes, and that was what we kept telling them in one and two is that we were losing ourselves,” Morris coach Jackie Litwiller said. “(Morris assistant) coach (Josh Williamson) said, ‘I think if we clean up our mistakes, we’ll [win by] seven points.’

He was pretty close.”

Sycamore maintained small leads early in the first game, with a three-point service run by Taya Torkelson giving Morris its first lead at 13-12.

Some back-and-forth play produced a 22-22 score, from which a JoAnna Nowicki sideout kill and a Torkelson

ace put Morris on the brink of victory. Mattie Hayes’ kill returned the serve to Sycamore, and Hayes then served up an ace in between points made possible by a hitting error and a carry by Morris.

Game 2 was similarly close throughout, with Sycamore leading 23-21 when an errant serve gave the Redskins an opening.

Nowicki served Morris to a 24-23 edge, at which point six successive sideouts kept the Spartans alive and the Redskins from trailing. Kailyn Korte finally served up the winning point, providing a kill from the back row on it.

“The first game, I and everybody wasn’t on top of our game. As a team, we didn’t play fully,” Torkelson said.

Fairley also tough matchup inside • ARKUSH Continued from page B1 There are a lot of talented folks in the media but who could make up a record like that? Besides all of which, how it affects the Lions is their problem.

But how it affects a somewhat high-strung and emotional rookie guard on the Bears offensive line is a question everybody is asking this week as the 3-0 Bears prepare to take on the 2-1 Lions for first place in the NFC North.

Kyle Long and Suh will not be a 1-on-1 matchup all afternoon Sunday, but they’re going to see an awful lot of each other.

“Suh is obviously a great player, a physical player, someone who prides himself on playing a very aggressive style of football,” Long said. “He’s just a tremendous player.”

When I asked Long specifically how he was preparing

for the possibility Suh would do something intended to get in his head or off his game, Long replied, “We’re just so concerned with what we’re going to do offensively, it’s less of worrying about what’s going to happen when and more about what we’re going to do if we see this or if we see that and less about responding to them.”

Long has been mature beyond his years from the day he got to Chicago and has been on guard all week long not to create any bulletin board material for the Lions.

Suh, on the other hand, told the Detroit media on Wednesday, “We’ll see how well prepared [Long] is to block me when we play on Sunday. It’s not anything of my concern. I’ll just look forward to digest whoever I have in front of me.”

I’m not sure how much tape Suh’s watched this week, but Long could be a little bigger meal than he’s used to?

If Long was aware of Suh’s comments, he wasn’t biting.

“You know they play their style of football and we play our style,” Long said.

“It’ll be a good opportunity for us to battle a little adversity, be mentally tough and be ready to play.

“There’s such a microscope on Suh, people don’t realize the guy opposite him (Nick Fairley) is a tremendous player as well and just as disruptive in his own right. They’re different types of players but obviously exceptional talents.”

The shame of it all is, if not for Suh’s demeanor, he and Fairley probably would be recognized as the best tackle tandem in the league.

And that’s the only thing Long is planning on responding to Sunday.

• Hub Arkush covers the Bears for Shaw Media and HubArkush.com.

Write to him at harkush@shawmedia.com.

Barbs possess ‘a lot of firepower’ • BARBS Continued from page B1 but they still boast an impressive record, and they still have first-team all-conference hitter Jordan Albarran, who gave the DeKalb defense fits all game.

Courtney Wagner had three blocks on the night, Morgan Newport had three aces and Nicole Schladt recorded 14 digs as the Barbs made a statement against a team that beat them twice last year.

“I think this was kind of an opener to show we are kind of ready to play this year,” Hammond said. “We stayed focused in our game, and I think that’s what helped us win. We knew the second game they were ready to come back. They did good. This is some of the best competition we’ve played so far.”

If they win Tuesday against Morris, the Barbs will have swept through all five NI Big 12 East teams during the first half of their conference slate. That type of start would be remi-

niscent of the 2010 and 2011 DeKalb teams that lost just one game combined on their way to two outright conference championships.

Although Bemis and Hammond stopped short of comparing this year’s team to those groups, they’ve shown that similar dominance might be on the horizon.

“We do have a lot of firepower on this team,” Bemis said. “We know we have good potential here, so we’ve just got to work hard and get to where we can be.”

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White Sox pitcher Andrew Rienzo pitched six-plus innings and allowed three runs, two earned and four hits in a 3-2 loss to Kansas City on Thursday.

KANSAS CITY ROYALS 3, WHITE SOX 2

White Sox lose 3rd straight THE ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Jeremy Guthrie pitched seven strong innings, and David Lough hit a two-run homer to lead the Kansas City Royals to a 3-2 victory over the White Sox on Thursday night.

One day after being eliminated from the postseason, the Royals earned their 84th win,

their most since 1993.

Paul Konerko and Adam Dunn hit solo homers for the Sox, who have lost 21 of their 27. The Sox are 35 games under .500 (62-97) for the first time since ending the 1970 season 56-106 and must win once in this series to avoid finishing with 100 losses, which would be the fourth-most in franchise history.

Sox starter Andre Rienzo

(2-3) pitched six-plus innings and allowed three runs, two earned and four hits.

Trailing 1-0 in the fourth inning, Lough hit a two-run homer, snapping a streak of 21 scoreless innings for the Royals.

Dunn tied the score in the sixth with a home run to right.

It was his 33rd of the season and it was measured at 442 feet.

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creature COMFORTS Churches honor St. Francis with pet blessings

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t. Paul’s Episcopal Church is offering a gift to the community: pet blessings.

On Oct. 6, the DeKalb-

based church is inviting not only churchgoers but everyone to bring along any animals or pets they wish to have blessed. The Rev. Stacy Walker-Frontjes said the pet blessing ceremony is Christian in nature but the whole community is welcome.

“We’re just recognizing the spiritual connection people have through their pets and also the importance of pets in family life,” she said.

But St. Paul’s isn’t the only church in the area offering blessings for pets. Several other churches

St. Mary Catholic Church in DeKalb will have are holding their own ceremonies as part of Feast its pet blessing at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 5. Father Jim Day of St. Francis of Assisi, which is on Oct. 4.

Parker may officiate the ceremony, said Linda Pets are typically blessed on this day because of Gile, administrative assistant for the church.

St. Francis’s love for animals.

Just as with other churches, The Newman Catholic all animals are welcome. In one Student Center in DeKalb will Upcoming pet blessings case, an iguana was brought to hold its pet blessing at 1:15 p.m. be blessed at church, Gile said.

Oct. 13 on the front lawn of the “[Pets] are a great comfort church, said Cheryl Lehman, • St. Mary Catholic Church, 321 Pine for people and for sick people director of religious education St., DeKalb, 9:45 a.m. Oct. 5, 815-758and elderly people,” she said. and youth minister for the 5432 “People just love animals. They church.

• Peace United Church of Christ, 301 give the gift of joy and comfort.”

All pets are welcome and E. First St., Genoa, 10:30 a.m. Oct. 5, Walker-Frontjes said St. Lehman said it’s an event not to 815-757-5917 Paul’s pet ceremony, which is be missed by animal lovers. She • St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 the fifth one thus far, will take said dog and cat treats will be Normal Road, DeKalb, 1 p.m. Oct. 6, place at 1 p.m. at the front yard available for people who bring 815-756-4888 of the church if the weather is their pets.

• Newman Catholic Student Center, good. TAILS Humane Society Lehman said she thinks 512 Normal Road, DeKalb, 1:15 p.m. Oct. plans to bring its pet of the the pet blessing is mainly for 13, 815-787-7770 week to be blessed at the cerchildren as they are taught to emony, she said. be thankful for everything in There will be prayers, readtheir lives and pets play a role ings from the Book of Genesis in the Bible and in them. a short homily. Prayers will be customized for “It’s a fantastic way to bring God into their each pet. She said if people want to bring pictures, lives through their pets,” she said. especially of deceased pets, they can.

Usually 40 to 50 people bring their animals, “If someone’s animal dies, that is a real loss to which can be dogs, cats, hamsters or rabbits. Deathem and we should support them in their grief,” con Jim Dombek will officiate the ceremony that she said. includes songs and readings from the Bible.

CHURCH BULLETIN

Page C2 • Friday, September 27, 2013 DEKALB Baptist Campus Ministry 449 Normal Road www.niu.edu/student_orgs/judson 815-756-2131 judson@niu.edu Pastors: Dwight and Rene Gorbold Bethlehem Lutheran (ELCA) 1915 N. First St. BethlehemDeKalb.org 815-758-3203 belcdekalb@comcast.net Pastor: Dan Wynard Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday; 10:30 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 Sunday school; 11 a.m. adult Sunday forum Highlight of the week: Beginning Monday, attend a new Bible study, “Walking with Jesus,” from 7 to 8 p.m.

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

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

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

Community of Christ 1200 S. Malta Road www.chicagomissioncenter.org 815-756-1963 roger@hintzsche.com Pastor: Roger Hintzsche Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Congregation Beth Shalom 820 Russell Road www.bethshalomdekalb.org 815-756-1010 info@bethshalomdekalb.org Rabbi: Maralee Gordon DeKalb Christian 1107 S. First St. www.forministry.com/USILCCACCDCC1 815-758-1833 tomndcc@aol.com Pastor: Tom J. Hughes Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school DeKalb Wesleyan 1115 S. Malta Road www.dekalbwesleyan.com 815-758-0673 Pastor: Dean Pierce Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evangelical Free 150 Bethany Road 815-756-8729 efreesd@comcast.net www.efreesd.com Pastor: Martin Jones, lead pastor; Paul Rogers, worship pastor; Gary Lisle, youth pastor; Terry Gin, children’s ministry director Worship schedule: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school First Baptist 349 S. Third St. www.fbcdekalb.org 815-758-3973 churchinfo@fbcdekalb.org Pastor: Bob Edwards The message: “This Land Is Our Land,” with reading from Jeremiah 1:1-18.

Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; 10:45 a.m. Sunday school First Church of the Nazarene 1051 S. Fourth St. 815-758-1588 secretary@dekalbnaz.com Pastor: Todd Holden Worship schedule: 10:40 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school First Congregational 615 N. First St. www.uccdekalb.org 815-758-0691 congdek1@gmail.com Pastors: Joe Gastiger, Judy Harris The message: “Keep Calm and Carry On” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday First Lutheran (ELCA) 324 N. Third St. www.firstlutherandekalb.org 815-758-0643 office@firstlutherandekalb.org Pastor: Janet Hunt Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m. Sunday coffee fellowship; CrossWalk activities 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday and 5:30 to 7:30

Wednesday; confirmation 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday and 6 p.m.

Wednesday; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. youth group Highlight of the week: The Rite of Confirmation will be observed. Those being confirmed include: Ryan Burright, Hannah Clark, Travis deOliveira, Morgan Karolus, J.C. Longeville, Ashlee Mecklenburg, Meghan Riel and Joe Young. They will be honored at a reception following worship.

First United Methodist 321 Oak St. www.firstumc.net 815-756-6301 office@firstumc.net Pastors: Senior Pastor Jonathan Hutchison, Associate Pastor Brian Gilbert The message: Reading from Luke 16:19-31 Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 11:30 a.m. Sunday contemporary SHINE service; 10:20 a.m. children and youth Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 8:45 a.m. Thursday Communion service Highlight of the week: Donations are being received on Saturday from 10 to 11:30 a.m. for the Attic Treasures room of the Holiday Bazaar. Household items, books, seasonal décor and more will be accepted. Sorry no clothes, furniture or computer items.

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

Wednesday Kids A.L.I.V.E. Highlight of the week: All children grades K-5 are invited to Kids A.L.I.V.E. at 6 p.m. Wednesdays for games, music, Bible lessons and small group time.

Immanuel Lutheran 511 Russell Road www.immanueldekalb.org 815-756-6669, 815-756-6675 office@godwithusilc.org Pastors: Marty Marks, Ray Krueger Worship schedule: 8 a.m. Sunday traditional worship; 9:15 a.m.

Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship Highlight of the week: Youth (grades 7-12) are invited to attend the first youth group activity of the new school year on Sunday following the 10:30 a.m. worship service (approx. 11:45 a.m.). Meet at the college lounge for hamburgers and hot dogs. After lunch, head to the Frisbee golf course and finish at Pastor Marty’s house for ice cream.

Sign up on the youth bulletin board in the narthex. Friends welcome to attend.

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

Newman Catholic Student Center 512 Normal Road www.niunewman.org 815-787-7770 Pastor: Matthew McMorrow Worship schedule: 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 12:05 p.m. daily St. George Greek Orthodox 320 S. Second St. 815-758-5731 Pastor: John A. Artemas Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Orthos; 10 a.m. Sunday Divine Liturgy; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school

St. Mary Parish 321 Pine St. www.stmarydekalb.org 815-758-5432 Frparker@stmarydekalb.org Pastor: James Parker The message: “Self-sufficiency must never blind us to the needs of others.”

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

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

Sunday; 8 a.m. Monday; Tuesday through Friday Highlight of the week: The annual blessing of your family pets will be at 9:45 a.m. Oct. 5 outside the side entrance of the church. Support the Heifer International bake sale on Oct. 6, which supports world hunger relief.

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

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

Highlight of the week: Open Closet hours are 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday The Rock Christian Church 300 E. Taylor St. http://therockchristianchurch.com 815-758-3700 Pastor: Jerry Wright Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sundays.

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

Trinity Lutheran (LCMC) 303 S. Seventh St. 815-756-7374 www.trinitydekalb.com Pastor: Todd Peterson Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday; contemporary worship on second and fourth Sunday each month Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 158 N. Fourth St. www.uufdekalb.org 815-756-7089 uufdchurchoffice@aol.com Pastor: Linda Slabon The message: “Oh the Places You’ll Go!” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Long-range planning coffee chat after the service Oct. 13. Congregational “dot voting” to straw poll and establish preferences regarding goals Oct. 20.

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

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

Domingo (Sunday) Vineyard Christian Fellowship Haish Gymnasium, 303 S. Ninth St. www.vineyarddekalb.org 815-748-8463 Pastor: Joe Holda Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Westminster Presbyterian 830 N. Annie Glidden Road www.westminsterdekalb.org 815-756-2905 secretary@westminsterdekalb.org Pastor: Blake Richter Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. adult Sunday school

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

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

Wednesdays at Heritage Woods,

DeKalb; 9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Grand Victorian, Sycamore; 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at Bethany Health Care, DeKalb; 2 p.m. Thursdays at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, DeKalb; 3 p.m. Thursdays at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb.

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

Kids Club; 11 a.m. fellowship Highlight of the week: September Love Offering DeKalb County CROP Hunger Walk. Pastor Dennis will lead a brief, 30-minute seminar titled, “Before You Die,” in the Youth Room.

Fellowship Baptist 2425 Bethany Road www.fbcofdekalb.com 815-517-1569 Pastor: Kevin D. Spears Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday school FBC of Sycamore 530 W. State St. www.fbcnewsong.com 815-895-3116 fbcnewsong@gmail.com Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 10:30 a.m. with signer for hearing impaired and 5 p.m. contemporary services Grace Life Church 425 W. State St. www.gracelifeinchrist.org 815-757-3570 Pastor: Stephen J. Moll Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Harvest Time Fellowship 203 S. Sacramento St. 815-899-2529 Pastor: Michael Schumaker Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Thursday prayer Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 675 Fox Ave. www.mormon.org 815-895-2277 jrbentley1208@gmail.com Bishop: John Bentley Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Sacrament meeting; 10:20 a.m.

Sunday school; 11:10 a.m. Priesthood, Relief Society Mayfield Congregational 28405 Church Road www.mayfieldchurchucc.org 815-895-5548 Pastor: Martha Brunell The message: “By What Light?,” with reading from Jeremiah 32:13a, 6-15 Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school for children and adults Highlight of the Week: Hospitality provided by Linda Tillis and Marlo Huey.

North Avenue Missionary Baptist 301 North Ave. 815-895-4871 Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school St. John’s Lutheran (Missouri Synod) 26555 Brickville Road www.stjohnsycamore.org 815-895-4477 office@stjohnsycamore.org Pastors: Robert W. Weinhold, Marvin Metzger Worship schedule: 6 p.m. Saturday; 8 and 10:30 a.m. service Sunday; 9:20 a.m. adult Bible classes; St. Mary’s Sycamore 322 Waterman St. www.stmarysycamore.com 815-895-3275 Churchofstmary@stmarysycamore.com Pastor: Paul M. Lipinski Worship schedule: 7:30 a.m. daily; 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

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

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

Sunday Holy Eucharist; 8:45 a.m.

Sunday school

Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com Salem Lutheran (ELCA) 1145 DeKalb Ave. www.SalemSycamore.org 815-895-9171 salem@salemlutheransycamore.org Interim Pastor: Robert C. Kinnear Ministry staff: Carla Vanatta Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Help stock Salem’s Food Pantry with gifts of money, food and personal care or paper products.

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

Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Bible study Sycamore United Methodist 160 Johnson Ave. www.sycamoreumc.org 815-895-9113 sumc@sycamoreumc.org Pastor: GaHyung Kim, Harlene Harden Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday school

NEARBY Calvary Lutheran (LCMC) (Lee) 19 Perry Road, at County Line Road www.calluth.org 815-824-2825 calluthch1@aol.com Pastor: Craig Nelson Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; Noon new member class Cortland United Methodist 45 W. Chestnut Ave. www.cortlandumc.com 815-756-9088 bgilbert@firstumc.net Pastor: Brian Gilbert Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Faith UMC (Genoa) 325 S. Stott St. www.genoafaithuc.com 815-784-5143 faithchurch@rocketmail.com Pastor: Daniel F. Diss Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school First Congregational UCC (Malta) 210 S. Sprague St. 815-825-2451 Pastor: Robert L. Vaughn The message: “We Never Noticed” Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the Week: A PowerPoint presentation will be shown.

First Lutheran (NALC) (Kirkland) 510 W. South St. www.kirklandflc.org 815-522-3886 jo@kirklandflc.org Pastor: Carl L. M. Rasmussen Worship schedule: 5:30 p.m.

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

Sunday; 8 a.m. small group Bible study; 9 a.m. adult Bible study; 9 a.m. Sunday school; 5 p.m.

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

Malta United Methodist 210 E. Sprague St. www.gbgm-umc.org/maltaumc 815-825-2118 maltaumc@aol.com Pastor: Noah Panlilio Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday at Malta UMC; 11 a.m. Sunday at Northwest Malta UMC Peace United Church of Christ (Genoa) 301 E. First St. 815-757-5917 PastorLauriAllen@gmail.com Pastor: Lauri Allen The message: “Where Do You Call Home?”

Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Blessing of the Animals at 10:30 a.m. Oct. 5 on the front steps.

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

Monday to Thursday Highlight of the week: Blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday in the Parish Hall. Knights of Columbus breakfast fundraiser from 7:30 to 11 a.m. Sunday. Eucharistic adoration from 9 a.m. to noon Tuesday.

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

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

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

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

Sunday contemporary worship.

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

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

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

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The CROP Hunger Walk brings together many people. At right, Northern Illinois University students Nicolette Riscossa and Laura Lopez are relatively new to the walk. At left, Henry and Eva Leonard can remember their first walk experience 44 years ago in 1969.

CROP Hunger Walk is Oct. 20 Fundraising for the annual DeKalb County CROP Hunger Walk kicked off on Sept.

17. The fundraising will culminate with a walk at 2 p.m.

Oct. 20.

The walk location alternates between churches in DeKalb and Sycamore; this year’s host is St. Peter’s Episcopal Church with assistance from Federated Church in Sycamore. Walkers should gather at 2 p.m. at St. Peter’s, 208 Somonauk St. in Sycamore.

The Rally Night to start the fundraising was attended by 15 church groups and organizations, who will be joined by

other groups to reach a goal of raising $32,000. CROP Hunger Walks were the first events to use the walk concept as a fundraising effort, and are considered the “granddaddy of charity walks.” Symbolically, the walk recognizes the distance people throughout the world must walk to gather water and food.

For more information or to join the DeKalb County CROP Hunger Walk, contact Jean Evans or Jerry Lane at walkcoordinators@yahoo. com. Donors also can give online at www.crophungerwalk. org/dekalbil.

Shabbona United Church of Christ Diaconate Board is sponsoring a drive-through dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m.

October 4 at 104 E. Navaho St. in Shabbona.

Tickets cost $10 each for either a two pork-chop dinner, a pork chop and chicken combo or half a chicken. The meal will be catered by 5-B’s Bar-B-Q. Tickets are available by calling the church office at 815824-2359.

Community brunch on Saturday open to all Welcome Café & Community Kitchen will hold its first Saturday morning brunch this week from 10 a.m. to noon at the Unitarian Universalist of DeKalb, 158 N. Fourth St. The meal will be catered by Terri Mann-Lamb, head chef and owner of Sunn Flower Catering of DeKalb.

Welcome Café & Community Kitchen is a local nonprofit established to decrease the food gap in DeKalb County by providing a welcoming environment for people to enjoy a healthy meal, and establishing an incubator kitchen for small locally owned businesses that promote sustainable practices.

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The Welcome Café also provides education, job training and assistance with finding a job.

Everyone is encouraged to attend. Meals are available to all, either for a donation or for helping to serve the meal or clean up following the meal.

For more information, contact Dan Kenney at 815-793-0950 or dkenney53@hotmail.com.

are a blend of instruction, insight and artistic expression that appeals to all age groups.

DeKalb Foursquare Church is located at Second and Grove streets. For more information, call 815-756-9521.

For more information about Cicoff, visit www.cicoff.com.

‘Cicoff’ to perform at Foursquare church

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

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

Using his skills in physical theater, storytelling, juggling and comedy to support his compelling Biblical messagge, Chris Zurcher, also known as Cicoff, will perform at DeKalb Foursquare Church at 10:30 a.m. Sunday.

His high-energy presentations

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815-756-2359 - 815-758-6712 DeKalb. 111 S. 9th 2BR 1000+ sq ft. Brand new everything! $800/mo+1st/last/sec. Call Bonnie: 815-756-6820 DeKalb: Clean, Quiet 1BR upper All appls, water incl. C/A. No pets/smoking. $490/mo.

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GENOA Deluxe 2BR, clean, quiet, large apt. Full appliances, balconies. 815-901-3346

GENOA ~ 1 BEDROOM Kingston: 12x20 efficiency unit $315/mo.+security, appl. furnished, 815-975-4601

Malta 2 Bedroom Duplex Appliances, W/D hook-up, no pets. $650/mo. 815-562-7368

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DeKalb 1BR, Quiet established neighborhood. 611 N. 5th. New kitchen w/ dishwasher, main floor W/D, front porch. 1-car garage. $625/mo. 815-895-6357

Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.

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DEKALB 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Available Now. Quiet, residential area, walk to downtown. Appl incl.

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SANDWICH 1-2 BEDROOM Garage, $675/mo + utilities + dep + lease. No pets/smoking.

815-786-2513

St. Charles In Town 2BR 1 bath, appliances, $1100/mo + security. 630-365-4441 Waterman: 3BR, 1.5BA, 1 car gar., no bsmnt, no pets, realtor owned, $900/mo., 815-739-9582 ask for Linda

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Cortland. 2BR. Clean. All appls, 1.5BA, A/C. Laundry hook-up.

2 story. Incl appls. 1 car garage. $775/mo. 630-556-3330 DEKALB - 2, 3 & 4 BR duplexes with attached 2 car garage.

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Call 815-758-8048 or stop in : Eden's Garden Apts 2355 Williams Way, DeKalb Dekalb: Knolls, 1200 sq ft ranch, 3BR, 2BA, new paint & floors, all appl., C/A, bsmnt, lndry hookup, 2 car attchd gar No pets/smoke $1000/mo. 815-464-8646

Utility room w/W/D, C/A, gas stove & refrig. Off St. parking for 2, water & sewer incl, near NIU. $950/mo.

630-638-0664 DeKalb 3 BR, large kitchen.

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DeKalb ~ Quiet Neighborhood 3BR, 1BA, appl, C/A, basement, W/D hook-up, $975/mo + 1st, last sec, no smkg. 815-901-1295

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Friday, October 4th 8:30 am – 4:00 pm

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Contemplative Outreach Chicago will offer “An Introduction to Centering Prayer” from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 5 at First Congregational United Church of Christ in DeKalb.

This workshop is a chance to learn about silent, contemplative prayer and to share this prayer in an ecumenical setting. The workshop has a suggested fee of $25, with scholarships available.

For more information or to register, call Molly Lovelock at 815-520-0811, or First Congregational Church at 815-7580691.

Only $500/mo + utilities. Also a 2BR $650/mo + utilities. No pets.

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Kingston church sets monthly supper

This month, the meat will be pork roast.

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

STARTING AT 11:30 AM Real Estate Being Offered at Auction is a Residential Lot improved with a well maintained two bedroom split level ranch style home with many features and amenities too numerous to list. A MUST SEE FOR YOURSELF KIND OF PROPERTY. This home features cathedral ceilings, two family rooms, two fireplaces, one on each level, raised hearth, skylights with shades and expansive windows providing plenty of light and a spectacular view. Access from main level onto deck the width of the home, overlooking the lake. The lower level has walk out to the patio area with access to stairs to the lake and existing boat deck. Other features include bathrooms on each level, a hot tub room, large pantry closet for storage and a laundry/sewing room. The 2 car detached garage also includes a heated shop area with overhead access door, Other amenities include tasteful and mature landscaping, an alarm system, and yard shed. The appliances will stay and include the side by side refrigerator, gas stove, dishwasher and laundry machines. The home has central air and a natural gas forced air furnace. This description does not do the property justice! The home has terrific potential and now is your chance to own property on the lake!

TERMS: $10,000.00 down day of sale with balance at closing on or before November 22, 2013.

Possession will be given upon closing. The closing shall be in the usual manner. Title commitment and agreement to purchase contract will be available for inspection prior to sale. Prospective buyers should have any necessary financing arranged prior to sale day. NO CURRENT HOME SALE CONTINGENCIES. The property will be sold in “as is” condition without warranties expressed or implied.

Sellers reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids. Announcements made day of sale shall supersede advertising. A survey will be provided to the successful bidder. THE SALE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: The Rules & Regulations and By-laws of the Lake Holiday Property Owners Associations aka (LHPOA). Both documents can be viewed and found on line at www. lakeholiday.us, or by contacting the office of (LHPOA) at 1-815-498-2216. The successful bidder will have to be APPROVED by the (LHPOA). INSPECTION OF THE HOME BY APPOINTMENT ONLY BY CONTACTING THE AUCTIONEERS HEREIN LISTED

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Woman questions her boyfriend’s support Dear Abby: I am the mother of a 4-year-old daughter and pregnant with my second child.

My boyfriend and I live in a nice house and have a comfortable lifestyle. We each pay our own bills, and I pay half the mortgage that is in his name.

I am extremely unhappy at my job. The job itself isn’t the problem; it’s the management team and its effect on office morale. They treat us employees like dirt, thus everyone is always fighting with each other. I try to stay out of it, but I am unhappy to the core there. I want to find another job after my maternity leave, but I’m afraid my soon-to-befiance won’t be willing to pick up the slack financially while I’m temporarily unemployed.

Isn’t this the normal giveand-take that “married” cou-

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips ples go through? Shouldn’t I expect him to help me if I’m going through a rough patch?

Are my expectations unreasonable? – Expecting And Depressed in Texas Dear Expecting: I assume that you have discussed this with your boyfriend and he wasn’t receptive. Your expectations wouldn’t be unreasonable if you WERE married or at least engaged. But you’re not. While you and I think he should help you financially over this rough patch, he may feel no obligation to do so. If that’s the case, your not-quite-fiance appears to be treating you like a roommate-with-benefits.

Because you are not on the

title of the house you pay half the mortgage on, there is no guarantee you will ever have anything to show for your contribution.

In light of that, of course he should be supportive emotionally and financially if you leave your job. Expecting him to step up to the plate is not unreasonable. But whether he agrees with you and me is another matter. Please find out before you invest any more money or he impregnates you again.

Dear Abby: My husband and I are well into a relaxed retirement. His successful, middle-aged son “Rory” has developed the habit of stopping by unannounced occasionally on his way home from work. This would be fine except that it falls in the middle of the dinner hour.

Although we ask Rory to join

us, he prefers to just stand over us and talk about his day while we eat. This wasn’t his childhood home, so it’s not a matter of an extended familiarity with this residence.

I have asked his father to speak to him about it, and while he agrees that his son’s actions are rude, he refused to say anything. My husband is mild-mannered and seems to be happy that Rory takes the time to see him. To me, it looks like this is the most convenient time for Rory to get the occasional parent visit out of the way while not considering our feelings.

Because I have had a good long-term relationship with my stepson, I took him aside and politely explained that these dinner interruptions are discourteous. Rory blew up at me! I was astonished to see a mature man I respected act in

such a childish manner. Now I’m the culprit in a family rift, while my husband remains mute. Should I have focused on digestion and held my tongue?

– Disappointed Stepmom Dear Stepmom: Because your husband refused to say anything and won’t back you up, it appears the answer is yes.

While some people consider the dinner hour to be sacred, not everyone does, and your stepson’s visits were only occasional. Your request might have been better received had you told Rory that his hovering makes you nervous, and if he didn’t care to share the food you had prepared, you’d appreciate it if he would at least sit at the table with you for everyone’s comfort.

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Repairing hemorrhoids in the doctor’s office Dear Dr. K: I’ve suffered with bleeding hemorrhoids for many years and lifestyle changes haven’t helped. My doctor suggested surgery. Is this risky?

Dear Reader: Hemorrhoids are swollen veins in the anus.

Many people have both internal and external hemorrhoids.

Internal hemorrhoids are located inside the anus, but can sometimes push out through the opening of the anus. External hemorrhoids are located at the rim of the anus. Both types can cause bleeding, itching and discomfort.

The lifestyle changes you’ve probably tried include increasing your fiber intake, taking warm sitz baths, drinking plenty of water, and applying ice packs or petro-

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff leum jelly to your anal area.

You’re also likely to have tried over-the-counter hemorrhoid creams, ointments and suppositories.

If none of these have worked, it might indeed be time to consider surgical repair. My Harvard Medical School colleague, Dr. William Kormos, recently talked about surgical treatments for hemorrhoids in the Harvard Men’s Health Watch. Here is what he discussed: Some procedures can be done in a doctor’s office, but only on internal hemorrhoids.

One such procedure is really “low tech”: rubber band ligation (RBL). In RBL, the doctor places a small band around an internal hemorrhoid to cut off its blood supply. Ligation can cause minor pain.

Another office-based technique is infrared photocoagulation (IPC). IPC uses infrared light to heat and scar the hemorrhoid. IPC causes less pain than RBL, but it may be less effective for severe hemorrhoids.

The final office-based treatment is sclerotherapy.

The doctor injects an irritating chemical solution into the hemorrhoid or surrounding area. This solution triggers a reaction that causes the hemorrhoid to shrink.

When office-based treat-

ments don’t work, hemorrhoids may have to be surgically removed in an operating room. This is called hemorrhoidectomy. The surgery is effective for both internal and external hemorrhoids. However, there often is pain following the surgery, which can be controlled by medication. Sometimes there is some bleeding following the operation, but this is usually a minor problem. On unusual occasions, the pain as the surgery heals can cause temporary difficulty in urinating.

A final surgical option is hemorrhoid stapling. In this procedure, a special device staples and removes hemorrhoid tissue. Used only for internal hemorrhoids, stapling is less painful than hemor-

rhoidectomy and appears to be almost as effective.

We don’t really know why hemorrhoids develop. The veins that turn into hemorrhoids are the blood vessels through which blood returns from the anus and nearby area to the heart. When the flow of blood is partially blocked, the veins swell up.

Conditions that cause such blockage are numerous: pregnancy, tumors in the pelvis (such as large fibroid tumors of the uterus), chronic constipation or just prolonged sitting. That last is another good reason for people with desk jobs to get up several times an hour and walk around.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

My ex-boyfriend wants to remain close friends Dr. Wallace: My boyfriend and I dated for about four months, but I ended the relationship because I didn’t love him and knew I never would.

He was disappointed when he received the news but said he understood how I felt.

He understood fully that we would never ever date again, but he said that it would be important to him to remain close friends. I told him it would be better for both of us if we didn’t see each other again. He then asked me to think about it for a week or so before making my final decision.

I’m still not going to change my mind, but I’d like

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace your thoughts about a couple remaining close friends after ending a relationship. – Nameless, DeKalb, Ill. Nameless: When a couple breaks up, both parties are better off going their separate ways. There are wounds that have to heal. A friendship might be possible down the road, but probably not until both of you are in new relationships.

Dr. Wallace: My parents were divorced several years

8ASTROGRAPH

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Follow your heart and don’t be afraid to do things differently in the year ahead. Expect to face obstacles, and prepare to make life-altering choices. Concentrate on work and stabilizing your position while the trends favor you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Don’t fold under pressure. Make decisions for the right reason. You’ll get the most out of your day and avoid complaints if you try to do the best job possible.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You’ll have a clear picture of what you want to see unfold today. Rely on your intuition and your keen eye to guide you through any uncertainties you face.

You’ve got the right idea.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Cast your fate to the wind.

Pursue an adventure that will take your mind off your worries.

Getting perspective on a confusing situation will help you see the light.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – It’s not a good time to second-guess yourself. Decide what needs to be done and do it.

It’s the time for action, not talking. An important relationship will require careful nurturing.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You’ll see the need to bring about change, but it may not be as easy you think. Additional responsibilities will become apparent and must be dealt with first. Avoid high-pressure situations.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Plan a celebration. Delve into a creative interest or spend time with children or loved ones.

Personal improvements will pay off.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Do what you can on your own in a work involvement. Avoid depending on others, and you’ll be free of disappointment. Strive for perfection by doing things the way that works best for you.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – It’s a good day to spend time with friends or people who inspire and motivate you. An interesting proposal will come from an unusual source. Consider your options.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Revisit old ideas and peers, and you will gain insight into an opportunity. With a bit of fine-tuning, you can get your place in good shape and host an event.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Take some time out; pampering will do you good and give you a chance to let some information sink in, allowing you to make the most opportune choice.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Stay on top of what’s happening at home and at work. Your reputation must be protected, and your decisions must be based on accurate information. Have your facts and figures ready.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Play the game strategically. Whether you are involved in a personal or professional situation that requires hands-on input, you must be cautious, attentive and well-informed.

ago. They thought it best that I live with my father. I love my father very, very much.

He is a super dad. I really don’t know where my mother is and haven’t heard from her in over a year.

About 10 months ago, my father started dating a lady who works with him.

It turned serious, so serious that I now have a stepmother. She is a nice lady, and I like her, and I like her two children, ages 2 and 4. They are well-behaved children.

My problem is that whenever my dad and stepmother want to go out on weekends, I’m stuck as their babysitter.

I’m not asked if I could watch

8SUDOKU

the children. I’m told, “You are going to watch the children.” That means that I can’t go out with my friends or my boyfriend the nights my stepmother and my dad decide they’re going out. It’s no big deal, but I’m also not paid for caring for the children.

I think a babysitter should be called in on the nights I have something planned.

There are many good babysitters in our neighborhood, but my stepmother says she’s “not comfortable leaving the children with a stranger.”

I’m not a happy 16-yearold camper! Your opinion, please. – Sarah, Denver, Colo.

Sarah: I’m on your side.

You have a right to your life and shouldn’t be treated as live-in help. Your stepmother should interview at least three possible sitters and select one to care for her children when she and your father are out. The person selected should provide references and be certified in child safety by the American Red Cross. You should only care for the children when you don’t have plans for that evening. When you do care for the children, you should be paid the going rate for excellent babysitters.

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

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

The wrong slam and the best defense Anne Tyler said, “People always call it luck when you’ve acted more sensibly than they have.”

That is often true, but there can still be matters out of your control. Take today’s deal, for example. Look at only the North-South hands. In which contract would you choose to play?

When the deal was originally played, the bidding went as shown. North-South were using two-over-one game-forcing. On the third round, South broke a golden rule of Blackwood by using the convention with two fast losers in both unbid suits, with no guarantee that partner had a first- or second-round control in those suits. South should have bid four spades. Then, North probably would have passed, although with controls in both hearts and clubs, there would have been a good case for his using Blackwood.

Six diamonds and six spades are both excellent contracts, apparently losing only one club trick. However, at the table, against six diamonds, West led the club jack. East won with her king and realized that, unless West had a slow trump trick like jack-fourth, there was only one way to defeat the slam – shift to a spade. West happily ruffed and South unhappily wrote minus 100 on her scoresheet.

Then North pointed out that six spades was making.

Against that slam, East’s best lead is a low club! If North carelessly plays low from the board, West wins and gives his partner a diamond ruff.

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CX-5 is hot-selling Mazda crossover SUV distance above the pavement, helps set the CX-5 apart. Simply, there are plenty of crossover SUVs with a more plush, more isolated-from-the-road ride, and they have quieter interiors, too, than the CX-5.

But this Mazda is agile, fun

By ANN M. JOB For The Associated Press In its first year, the Mazda CX-5 crossover sport utility vehicle won over auto critics with its driver-pleasing handling, comfortable interior and sporty looks.

Now in its second model year, the five-passenger CX-5 promises to garner more compliments, thanks to a more powerful, but still fuel-efficient, engine that puts zoomzoom into the compact SUV. New for 2014, the 2.5-liter, double overhead cam, SkyActiv-G four cylinder has a larger displacement than the original 2-liter four cylinder and generates 184 horsepower, an increase of 29 over last year’s sole engine.

Its horsepower is higher than the four cylinder in the 2014 Toyota RAV4 and even one of the turbo engines offered in the 2014 Ford Escape SUV. The new Mazda engine also delivers 185 foot-pounds of torque at 3,250 rpm, which compares with 150 footpounds of torque at 4,000 rpm in the CX-5’s smaller engine and the RAV4’s 172 footpounds at 4,100 rpm.

The intriguing part is that federal government fuel economy ratings for the frontwheel drive CX-5 with the more powerful engine still are near the top of the non-hybrid, gasoline-powered, compact crossover class: 25 miles per gallon in city driving and 32 mpg on the highway.

Add some new features for 2014 and the fact the CX-5 is a recommended buy of Consumer Reports magazine, and it’s no wonder the CX-5 is Mazda’s second best-selling vehicle in America. In fact, the 54,388 U.S. sales so far this calendar year are more than double the CX-5 sales from last year at this time.

The CX-5 still offers a sixspeed manual, though it is only with the smaller, 2-liter

and relatively spunky, particularly for drivers who prefer a sporty car ride.

The CX-5 interior isn’t as stylized as those of some other vehicles, such as the Ford Escape. But it’s handsome and functional.

The CX-5 seats, leather-trimmed in the test vehicle, were supportive on lengthy drives, and back-seat legroom of 39.3 inches was unexpectedly generous.

Towing capacity is 2,000 pounds.

AP photo

2014 CX-5 compact sport utility vehicle engine that remains in the lineup.

All told, the 2014 CX-5 remains an affordable and noteworthy choice for smaller SUV shoppers.

Starting manufacturer’s suggested retail price, including destination charge, is $22,190 for a base, 2014 CX-5 Sport with front-wheel drive and six-speed manual transmission.

The lowest starting retail price for a base, 2014 CX-5 Sport with six-speed automatic transmission is $23,590, or $1,400 more.

The lowest starting MSRP, including destination charge, for a 2014 CX-5 with all-wheel drive is $24,840. The only transmission available with all-wheel drive is the sixspeed automatic.

All base models, which are Sport trim, have the base, 155-horsepower, 2-liter four cylinder.

The test CX-5 was a top-ofthe-line Grand Touring model with all-wheel drive, plus the optional technology package that added a TomTom navigation system, high-intensity-discharge headlamps and advanced keyless entry, among other things. As a result, the test vehicle’s window sticker price was just over $32,000.

Drivers can notice quickly the difference between the smaller four cylinder and

the new one in the CX-5. The higher-powered CX-5 accelerates more eagerly and moves in sprightly fashion, due in part to the vehicle’s impressive low weight that Mazda engineers carefully honed.

Power in the CX-5 came on smoothly and steadily through the automatic transmission. While there were some straining sounds from the four cylinder when the SUV was pressed to pass other vehicles on long, uphill highway stretches in mountain country, the performance was far better than what comes from the smaller engine.

Fuel economy was a surprising 25.5 mpg, which is just below the combined city/highway mileage of 26 mpg estimated by the federal government. This translated into a travel range of 390 miles in the all-wheel drive model, which had a 15.3-gallon fuel tank. Regular unleaded gasoline is all that’s needed.

The test CX-5 was stable in curves and corners, with little body lean exhibited. The driver became increasingly confident in making sharp maneuvers, since the SUV rode like it was kept tightly connected to the road and responsive to steering inputs.

The engaging experience for the driver, who, like other SUV drivers, sits a good

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CAT - LOST Smoke is grey with bronze eyes, and maroon paws. He is declawed in the front. He was last seen wearing a sparkly red collar with a white border, and a pink tag with my phone number. He also has a spot on his right upper leg where a patch of hair is growing back in.

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Tools, tool boxes, air compressor, wheels & tires, diecast cars, magazines, & assorted household.

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NO STROLLERS! THURS, FRI, SAT, SUN 9AM - 5PM

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1999 Volkswagen Golf TDI 280K mi. Gray. Good condition.

Runs great! $3500 OBO 920-539-7778

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Kittens. Ready to go on October 8th to special caring owners.

Litter Trained Call 815-498-9128

We Pay The Best!

Great for a bad back, like new! $200/obo 815-909-8905

Bed Frame, King Good condition, $45.

815-758-0915 Bed – Twin size, Maple $50. 815-333-5236 evenings

Need Help Rebuilding, Repairing or Replanting?

Kitchen/Dining Room Set - Round table, 4 padded chairs & 2 leafs, 42”, heavy duty, vanished - $55.

815-522-6607

Any size or condition.

Call Toll Free 1-800-660-8938

Friday 8:30am - 4pm Saturday 8:30am – 1pm

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Off of Airport Rd.

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

Sycamore 725 Cambridge Place 9-4

16038 Quigley Rd.

Waterman

September 26, 27, & 28 Thursday & Friday (8-5), Saturday (8-12)

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SYCAMORE

SAT, SEPT 28 8-2

733 Haish Blvd

Malta

DOLLS, BOOKS, XMAS DECORATIONS

HUGE SALE Down-Sizing After 30 Years.

Hand Tools, Lawn Tools, Lawn Furniture, TVs, VCRs, Furniture, Sporting Goods & More!

Garage Sale featuring dolls collection, Books and Christmas Decorations. Some other miscellaneous items as well.

DEKALB

Physical Therapy Aide/Receptionist

GENEVA

Off Plank Rd.

Friday 8:30-4 Saturday 8:30-3

Furniture, refrigerator, holiday decor, knick knacks, children & adult clothing, books, and much more.

EVERYTHING MUST GO.

1-2 Yrs HR Exp. Or 2-5 Yrs Office Exp. Apply at: www.kishwaukeecollege.edu click on Employment.

Food & Maps Available.

BARGAINS!

27508 Devine Way

159 W. Pine Ave

1145 FOX HOLLOW DR. HR OFFICE ASST. - PT

Garage Sales SAT, SEP 28 8AM - 3PM

Fri, Sat & Sun 7:30am – 3pm

VINTAGE SALE

THURS, 8-4; FRI, 8-4 & SAT, 8-12

Looking for our 2 lost cats, a father and daughter look alike. Beautiful long hair orange tabbies both have 4 white paws, white chest, and tummy. Beith Rd and Meredith Rd, could be in Maple Park or Virgil, or anywhere. If you have see either one, please call or text 630-7095471. Large reward if found.

Town-Wide

DESK - Beautiful Rolltop Oak Desk Completely refinished 5 drawers/1 door (all lock) Cubbies inside rolltop. $1,100. 815-825-2275

Sycamore

One of several houses on Kummer Ct having garage sale.

LAST SALE THIS SEASON!

CAT – LOST South DeKalb County Area I'm lost, have you seen me? I was near Howison, McGirr and Perry, but could be anywhere.

Large neutered male, mostly white with brown Was wearing a red collar. If you see me, please call my people at 815-501-9724. $500 FOR SAFE RETURN! We miss our big boy.Thank you.

Thurs, Fri, Sat 8:30am-4:30pm 848 Kensington Blvd

& next door at

To apply call Eden's Garden Apts: 815-758-8045 or stop in at: 2355 Williams Way in DeKalb.

Dekalb

Antiques, Primitives, Vintage THURS-SUN 10-4

Lifelong residents & involvement in Dekalb & Sycamore Historical Socities.

Experience in minor plumbing, electrical & HVAC. Repairs as well as painting & apartment maintenance required. Must have valid drivers license.

RETAIL GROCERY STORE ASSISTANT MANAGER

SYCAMORE LARGE ESTATE OF BARBARA & CARL GROVES WALLIN

1989 Cadillac DeVille Sedan brown, well kept, looks great, runs great, must see! $3700 815-762-3383

www.HuskieWire.com All NIU Sports... All The Time

1967 Correct Craft Mustang I/B. 16 ft. 289 V8. 4 barrel, new carb, 600cfn. Holly dominator. New timing chain. Intake manifold, water pump. Mallory electronic ignition.

Excellent for skiing & pleasure.

Looks & runs great. $4500 OBO. 815-784-5216 or 815-721-3915

BASKET - Picnic Style Wooden Basket, New With Handle & Pie-Cake Wood Tray Insert, $15, Sycamore. 815-895-5373 Boy's Men's Nike Cleats Shoes Size 5.5, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

CLEATS - NFL New Black & White Reebok FGT Cleats w/Anti-Friction Lining, Size 10.5, $25. Sycamore.

815-895-5373 Dog Crate Kennel Cage Collapsible w/Removeable Tray For Small Dog, $22, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

HELMET Child Bike Helmet w/Blue Strap, White In Color & Has A Picture Of A Kangaroo On Front & Says Kangaroo, $5, DeKalb.

815-739-1953.

Huge Lot Of 250 Metal Hangers From Dry Cleaners, Organized In 10 Bundles Of 25 Each, $10, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

POTTY CHAIR - Blue & White, Like New, Made By Summer. $15.

Sycamore. 815-895-5373.

SHOES - Boy's Men's Diadora Cleats Shoes, Size 8, $5, DeKalb.

815-739-1953 SHOES - Boy's/Men's Adidas Everyday Shoes Size 7.5, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953 SHOES - Boys/Men's Adidas Cleats Shoes, Size 6, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953 SNEAKERS - Men's Boy's Sneaux Black Sneakers Size 7 Everyday Shoes, $5 DeKalb. 815-739-1953 Toddler Bed - Step 2, Childrens Red Fire Engine Truck Bed, Fits Crib Size Mattress (Not Included), In Excellent Condition w/ Great Detail Including Light Up Top, Has High Sides, So No Need For Side Rails Or Worry About Child Falling Out, $75, DeKalb 815-739-1953

GUITAR ~ YAMAHA

6 string, accoustic, excellent condition! $300/obo 815-909-8905 Daily Chronicle Classified It works.

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DeKalb Studio 2nd Floor

DEKALB: 2BR, 1.5BA, C/A, off st. parking, no pets/smoking,1 year lease. $625/mo+1st, last, sec & utils. Refs req. 815-508-0308

Newly painted, quiet area. Pets OK. $400/mo + sec. 312-286-4278

DEKALB ~ 1 BEDROOM

Sycamore 2Bed, 2Bath, Deck, 1Car, Stainless Appliances, Granite Counters, Gorgeous! Lovely Area Close to Schools. $1025/Month Call 847-347-0514

1 bath, available immediately.

Clean, quiet residential building.

815-758-6580

SHABBONA OPEN HOUSE SUN, September 29th 1PM - 3PM

515 West Cherokee Randy Holle R. E. 815-762-5743

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005W4, Plaintiff, vs.

Nathan Dexter, Lisa Dexter, United States of America for the benefit of the Internal Revenue Service,Unknown Owners, Generally, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

12 CH 650 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 03/14/2013, the Sheriff of Dekalb County will on 10/24/2013 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Courthouse 133 West State Street Sycamore, IL 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 08-23-427-014 COMMON ADDRESS:205 Dodge Ave, Dekalb, IL 60115 The improvement on the property consists of: single family residence.

Sale terms: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (2) two business or the following Tuesday. The property offered for sale is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

No refunds.

The judgment amount was at $127,480.37.

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, LLC, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 201-6679.

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DeKalb 1 & 2BR Starting $605 Includes Heat, Water, Garbage

Hillcrest Place Apts.

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.

No pets.

815-758-0123

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com DEKALB - 1144 S 5th St. Private 1BR, 1BA House. Pets OK. A/C, W/D. $550/mo. 1st + deposit.

Avail now, 847-845-4021

DEKALB ~ 1 BEDROOM APT $575 With Discount on Electric.

Laundry facil on site, sml pet OK. 815-970-5262

Sycamore: TH for rent or sale, 2BR w/loft, 2.5BA, full bsmnt, all appl., new carpet, fireplace, 2 car gar., $1350/mo. 815-899-5057

DeKalb - 3 BR, 1 BA, A/C, Stove, Fridge, W+D hookup, small pet, no smoking. 1st/last/sec. $775 815-756-6959 DEKALB - Spacious 2 bedroom upstairs apartment in duplex near downtown behind DeKalb Post Office. Large living room, dining room, study, enclosed front & back porches. Washer / dryer in basement. Garage.

Storage space. $750 a month + gas/electricity. 815-895-3238

Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: DEKALB ~ QUIET 2BR, 1BA

Near downtown, parking, laundry.

NO pets/smoking, agent owned.

815-756-2359 - 815-758-6712

Starting @ $599, 2 Bedroom $683, 3 Bedroom Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.

University Village Apts.

722 N. Annie Glidden Rd. 815-758-7859

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM

Heat & Water included, near downtown. $490. 815-757-7867

DeKalb. 111 S. 9 2BR 1000+ sq ft. Brand new everything! $800/mo+1st/last/sec. Call Bonnie: 815-756-6820 DEKALB: 2BR Apts.-$625-$725 Nice Neighborhood. Some Util.

Included. Available this month!

815-756-1424 DeKalb: Clean, Quiet 1BR upper All appls, water incl. C/A. No pets/smoking. $490/mo.

815-393-4438 Lv msg.

GENOA ~ 1 BEDROOM No pets, $445/mo + sec dep.

Agent Owned 815-766-1513

DEKALB 1-2 BEDROOM New appl, heat incl, $585. Quiet Studio, near NIU, $495, util incl.

No pets/smoke. 815-762-4730

DeKalb 1BR Basement Apt. Off-St parking, quiet area.

Partly furn, $700/mo + util incl.

No pets/smkg. 815-793-5011 DEKALB 2BR, $650 1st Floor, near park, NIU and downtown.

ALSO 1BR $585, no pets/smoke.

815-762-4730

DEKALB 2BR,1BA

Downtown. Excellent conditon.

Move in special. $675/mo.

630-778-8023 DeKalb – 929 Greenbriar 2 & 3 BR, C/A, DW, W/D, 1 car garage. Available Now. 815-895-6357 DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location!

No pets/smoking. Agent Owned.

815-758-6712

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT.

th

DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS

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

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

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

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

Email: classified@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: www.daily-chronicle.com

The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes.

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

Starting at $645

815-757-1907 2 BED/2 BATH DUPLEX FOR RENT 2bed / 2bath plus den, washer/dryer, dishwasher, garage. $875 Pets OK. Avail now. Casey 630-631-8200 Cortland. 2BR. Clean. All appls, 1.5BA, A/C. Laundry hook-up.

2 story. Incl appls. 1 car garage. $775/mo. 630-556-3330 Breaking News available 24/7 at Daily-Chronicle.com

$315/mo.+security, appl. furnished, 815-975-4601

Sycamore 2BR $775/mn (no pet disc.) 1st flr, off-st prkng, pets, quiet, strg, W/D. New carpet, flr. 630651-8301, mgalli@gallinet.net

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

Available Now. Quiet, residential area, walk to downtown. Appl incl.

815-758-6580

Rochelle 3BR, 1BA, 2.5 Car Gar. Fenced back yard, part fin bsmt, W/D hook-up, C/A, $775/mo. + dep. No pets. 815-751-6419

DeKalb 2BR, Den, Family Room with fireplace, D/W, garage with work shop. Bsmt. $995, no pets/smoke. 815-762-4730

DEKALB 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH

DeKALB

SYCAMORE 2BR DUPLEX Updated, washer/dryer, large yard, garage. $750/mo + security.

630-479-4577

Custom Built 4BR, 2.5BA Beautiful Oak Woodwork Throughout! Four Season Room & Hot tub.

Quiet Cul de Sac location.

Remodeled Country Home. DeKalb Schools. ½ Acre. 4 BR. USDA Rural Financing Program.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

“Priced to Sell!”

CALL Marilyn Yamber 815-758-7368 Yamber Real Estate & Property Management

W/D, D/W, next to park & schools. $725/mo, you pay utilities.

NO DOGS. 815-970-4640

PRICE REDUCED SELLER SAID, GET IT SOLD!

Sycamore Quiet 1 Bedroom $600/mo, heat included. Stove, refrig, water. No pets/smoking.

815-895-4756 or 815-562-3459

SYCAMORE ~ 2BR, 1BA Kirkland ~ 4 Flat, Nice 3BR Big yard, prkg, water & garb paid.

W/D hookup, $750/mo + electric + sec, no dogs. 630-359-3474

Malta 2 Bedroom Duplex Appliances, W/D hook-up, no pets. $650/mo. 815-562-7368

Within walking distance of downtown, parks and schools.

1st/last/sec. 630-854-6161

Sycamore ~ Large, Quiet 1BR

1st floor, 208 W. Sycamore St. Heat furnished, no pets, Coin W/D. $610/mo. 815-973-8290 Sycamore: 1BR w/den, 950 sq ft., 1.5BA, secured entrance building, C/A, all appl., lndry on site, pets OK, $740/mo. 815-899-7551

Waterman Upper 1 Bedroom

Only $500/mo + utilities. Also a 2BR $650/mo + utilities. No pets.

815-970-3282

Rochelle 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath A MUST SEE! 700 SQ FT Eat in kitchen incl deck. $450/mo + utilities. Bill @ 815-501-0913

EXCELLENT OPPORTUNITY FOR A GROWING BUSINESS ENTREPRENEUR – INVESTOR Over 22,000 sq. ft. -- 2 Phase Building - zoning M2 Sycamore

All appliances. Move-in ready townhome. Fireplace.

Great Location. 2BR, 2 Full Baths.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

DEKALB 2.5BR, 2.5BA Townhome 2 car garage. Near Brooks Elm School, Avail Oct 5th . $1150/mo.

630-776-7234

GENOA 1000 SQ FT. IN TOWN, OVERHEAD DOOR, FORMER DANCE STUDIO, $375/MO. OFFICE OR ELECTRICAL 847-721-4940

MOVE IN SPECIAL 1ST MONTH FREE 2200 square foot light industrial/commercial space for rent. Office space size varies 14X14 foot overhead door. Easy access to I-88. $1,100/month Contact: Dan 815-754-6484

DeKalb 2 BR Lower, $720.

Stove, fridge, heat & water incl.

No pets/smoking. 815-298-0423

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $530 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

(815) 562-6425 www.whiteoakapartments.net Now accepting Visa, M/C, Discover

Chamberlain Park Apts 201-205 W. 2nd St., Genoa, Il 60135 815-899-9450

We are accepting applications for 1, 2, 3BR With Lists Low Security Deposit Washer/Dryer on Site Close to School & Stores

Managed by P.P.M. L.L.C of IL. “This institution is an Equal Opportuntiy Provider and Employer”

Cute, Cozy Upper 1 Bedroom Sycamore, hrdwd flrs, lovely yard.

Appl, laundry, no pets/smoking. $600/mo + lights. 815-895-5211 De Kalb - 2BR Upper Clean and Quiet living style, off-street parking. No Pets/Smoking. References & Deposit. 815-756-7879 Don't See What You're Looking For Today?

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DEKALB - 2BR 1BA, Appliances, A/C Garage, Lawn Care - Snow Removal Included, No Smoking, No Pets, $850. 815-758-0591

Laing Mgmt.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, September 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

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DeKalb. Nice 2BR Ranch w/full basement. Location! $800+utils.

Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845

CORTLAND 3 BEDROOM 2 full bath, appl, full bsmt, fenced back yard, 2 car gar, $1200/mo.

Available 10/15. 815-761-6663

100% HOME LOAN, MUST QUALIFY

SYCAMORE CLEAN 2BR,1BA

Kingston: 12x20 efficiency unit

DEKALB - 2, 3 & 4 BR duplexes with attached 2 car garage.

1 mo security & 1st mo rent.

Move in before winter!

Call 815-758-8048 or stop in : Eden's Garden Apts 2355 Williams Way, DeKalb

Clare - 2BR 1.5 BA Ranch w/2 car att. gar. Nestled in the woods, FP, propane heat w/CA, 3/4 bsmt. Off of a gravel road. Clare PO, Kirkland School Dist. Appl. supp. Util not incl. Asking $1200/mo. + dep.

Serious inquires only.

815-522-3548.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

DeKalb Large Upper 2BR Available October 15.

815-748-5054

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DEKALB 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH

Utility room w/W/D, C/A, gas stove & refrig. Off St. parking for 2, water & sewer incl, near NIU. $950/mo.

630-638-0664 DeKalb 3 BR, large kitchen.

Stove, Fridge, DW, AC. Fenced Yard. Garage.

815-758-0079

PUBLIC NOTICE

Sycamore. 22X29' Shop/Storage 9' overhead door. $400/mo. Heat & Electric incl.

J&A RE 815-970-0679

DEKALB 3-4 Bedroom Ranch Style, basement, garage, all appliances, NO Smoking, No Pets, $1200. 815-758-0591

DeKalb ~ Quiet Neighborhood

3BR, 1BA, appl, C/A, basement, W/D hook-up, $975/mo + 1st, last sec, no smkg. 815-901-1295

PUBLIC NOTICE DeKalb. 1317 Market St. 4BR 2BA, bsmnt, large deck. Lease required. $1125/mo+1st & sec dep.

Call Bonnie: 815-756-6820

DeKalb. 3BR, 1BA Ranch House.

Available now. $900/mo+utils.

Call Barry 815-757-9040 Malta Near Kish College & NIU 3BR, 1.5BA, new kit & baths. 2 + car, $1175, no pets. ALSO 4BR/ DeKalb, $1200. 815-762-4730 Maple Park: 2 or 3 BR in country. $1100 mo. No pets. Remodeled, 2 1/2 car garage, includes soft water, lawn mowing & snow removal.

1st/last/sec. 815-895-9224.

SANDWICH 1-2 BEDROOM

Garage, $675/mo + utilities + dep + lease. No pets/smoking.

815-786-2513 Waterman: 3BR, 1.5BA, 1 car gar., no bsmnt, no pets, realtor owned, $900/mo., 815-739-9582 ask for Linda

SYCAMORE ROOM

Available immediately.

Utilities included, $95/wk.

630-650-1180

DeKalb (3) BR's Avail, Near NIU $375/ea/mo + 1st/last/sec + util.

W/D, cable and Internet.

630-926-1174 ~ 630-527-9188

DeKalb- Frontage on South 4th Street or side street, 600 to 3,000 sq. ft. May remodel to suit. $.50 to $.75 per sq. ft./mo.815-758-1518

CLEAN HEATED STORAGE SPACE. Sycamore location.

Call 815-739-9237

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005W4, Plaintiff, vs.

Nathan Dexter, Lisa Dexter, United States of America for the benefit of the Internal Revenue Service,Unknown Owners, Generally, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

12 CH 650 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 03/14/2013, the Sheriff of Dekalb County will on 10/24/2013 at the hour of 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Courthouse 133 West State Street Sycamore, IL 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 16 IN BLOCK 1 OF MARTIN DODGE ADDITION TO DEKALB, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "D" OF PLATS, PAGE 35, ON MAY 13TH 1909, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, COUNTY OF DEKALB AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 08-23-427-014 COMMON ADDRESS:205 Dodge Ave, Dekalb, IL 60115 The improvement on the property consists of: single family residence.

Sale terms: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (2) two business or the following Tuesday. The property offered for sale is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

No refunds.

The judgment amount was at $127,480.37.

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, LLC, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 201-6679.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF VS SUSAN CSISZER A/K/A SUSAN M. CSISZER A/K/A SUE CSISZER; SUSAN M. CSISZER, AS TRUSTEE OF THE SUSAN M. CSISZER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED 11/23/07; CENTRUE BANK; UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE SUSAN M. CSISZER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED 11/23/07; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 13 CH 316 120 SOUTH GAGE STREET SOMONAUK, IL 60552 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, UNKNOWN BENEFICIARIES OF THE SUSAN M. CSISZER REVOCABLE LIVING TRUST DATED 11/23/07; 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: THAT PART OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 7 IN THE VILLAGE OF SOMONAUK, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID LOT; THENCE WEST 5 RODS; THENCE SOUTH 3 RODS; THENCE EAST 5 RODS; THENCE NORTH TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 120 SOUTH GAGE STREET, SOMONAUK, IL 60552 and which said Mortgage was made by, SUSAN CSISZER A/K/A SUSAN M. CSISZER A/K/A SUE CSISZER; Mortgagor (s), to WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DEKALB County, Illinois, as Document No. 2005022781; 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 October 14, 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 1312828 I560934 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, September 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

vs.

JOSE RODRIGUEZ Defendant CASE NO. 13 D 152 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit(s) having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the plaintiff(s), naming you as defendant(s) therein and praying For Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage, and for other relief; that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court.

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before October 13, 2013, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of said Court on September 10, 2013.

WITNESS, September 10, 2013 /s/ Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court Christian Rodriguez 833 Ridge Dr. #519 DeKalb, IL 60115 815-582-9121 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, September 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DE KALB ESTATE OF OLIVE RUTH COOK, DECEASED. Case No. 13 P 121 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of OLIVE RUTH COOK, of DeKalb, Illinois. Letters of Administration were issued on the 11th day of September, 2013, to Gerald J. Cook, 526 Ball Avenue, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, whose attorneys are The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC, 2040 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the DeKalb County Court House, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178, or with the representative, or both, no later than 4:30 p.m. on or before the 19th day of March, 2014, 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.

2040 Aberdeen Court Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle September 20, 27 & October 4, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,NATIONAL ASSOCATION,SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BANK ONE,N.A.; Plaintiff, vs.

CHRISTINE M GOULD; CONRAD R ENBURG; MARIE ENBURG A/K/A MARIE ENDBURG; CAPITAL ONE BANK; Defendants.

13CH 236 The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, CONRAD R ENBURG, MARIE ENBURG, AND CHRISTINE M GOULD, Defendant (s) in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Illinois by the Plaintiff(s) against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, towit: LOTS 5,6,7,8 AND 9 IN WHITE'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF SHABBONA GROVE,BEING ON THE NORTH EAST QUARTER OF SECTION 35, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 3, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "A" OF PLATS, PAGE 43, SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY,ILLINOIS. SAID PROPERTY IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 4540 SHABBONA GROVE DR, SHABBONA IL 60550 PERMANENT TAX NO.: 13-35202-016 and which said Mortgage was made by CHRISTINE M COULD, CONRAD R ENBURG, Mortgagor (s), to BANK ONE N.A. as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois as Document No. 2003012249. And for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the said Circuit Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant(s), file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court for DeKalb County, Illinois located at 110 E. Sycamore Street, Sycamore, Il 60178, in DeKalb County, Illinois, on or before the October 15, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said

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Circuit Court Clerk, DeKalb County, Illinois KROPIK, PAPUGA & SHAW Attorneys for Plaintiff 120 South LaSalle Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 Telephone: 312/236-6405 I560866 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, September 13, 20 & 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF AUDIT REPORT OF AFTON TOWNSHIP Afton Township hereby provides public notice that an audit of its funds for the period April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013 has been made, and that a report of such audit dated August 26, 2013, performed by Echols & Associates, PC, has been filed with the LaSalle County Clerk, in accordance with 30 ILCS 15/0.01 et seq. The full report of the audit is available for public inspection by contacting Township Supervisor Randall Bourdages at (815)739-0010 or via email aftonsupervisor@hotmail.com (Published in the Daily Chronicle, September 27, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF AVAILABILITY OF AUDIT REPORT OF AFTON-PIERCE MULTI-TOWNSHIP ASSESSMENT DISTRICT Afton-Pierce Multi-Township Assessment District hereby provides public notice that an audit of its funds for the period April 1, 2012 through March 31, 2013 has been made, and that a report of such audit dated August 26, 2013, performed by Echols & Associates, PC, has been filed with the LaSalle County Clerk, in accordance with 30 ILCS 15/0.01 et seq. The full report of the audit is available for public inspection by contacting Township Supervisor Randall Bourdages at (815)739-0010 or aftonsupervisor@hotmail.email com (Published in the Daily Chronicle, September 27, 2013.)

y Ordinance 11-59 regarding the Library's request for a waiver of setback and landscaping buffer requirements for the proposed parking lot on the southeast corner of the intersection of Oak Street and 2nd Street.

The subject parcels are legally described as: PARCEL 1 (ZONED RC-1) LOTS 4 AND 5 IN BLOCK 3 OF LEWIS HUNTLEY'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF DEKALB, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS PARCELS 2 & 3 (ZONED RC-1) LOTS 6, 7 AND 8 IN BLOCK 2 OF LEWIS HUNTLEY'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE (NOW CITY) OF DEKALB, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "A" OF PLATS, PAGE 8 1/4 ON JUNE 9, 1855 IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS PARCELS 4 & 5 (ZONED LC) LOTS "A" AND "B" IN THE RESUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 IN BLOCK "B" OF THE ORIGINAL TOWN(NOW CITY) OF DEKALB, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS PARCEL 8 THAT PART OF THIRD STREET LYING NORTHERLY OF THE NORTH LINE OF OAK STREET AND SOUTHERLY OF THE WESTERLY EXTENSION OF THE NORTH LINE OF LOT 4 IN BLOCK 3 OF LEWIS HUNTLEY'S ADDITION ALL IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. All interested persons are invited to appear and be heard at the time and place listed above. Interested persons are also encouraged to submit written comments on this proposal to the City of DeKalb, Planning and Economic Development Division, 223 South Fourth Street, Suite A, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115 by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, October 9, 2013.

Further information is available from the Planning and Economic Development Division, (815) 7482060.

Michael Welsh, Chair DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission City of DeKalb (Published in the Daily Chronicle September 27, 2013.)

Dated September 19, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, September 20, 27 & October 4, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on September 19, 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 FAIVRE-MARTIN-HUNT located at 815 S. Second St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

Dated September 19, 2013 /s/ John Acardo DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, September 20, 27 & October 4, 2013.)

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Sycamore $169,900 552 Clayton Cir 1. End-unit townhouse, approx. 1,600 sq ft, master bedroom has full bath, main flr 4th bedroom, open kit/din/liv rm arrangement w/fpl, stainless appliances, bsmt has roughed-in bath, 2 car gar. MLS ID 08428974 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

Sycamore $149,000 922 Somonauk St. New features incl windows, furnace, air & siding plus updated roof! Hardwood flrs thruout, 3br, 26x13 liv rm, bsmt fam rm w/fpl. Handicap accessible. MLS ID 08331329 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

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The Sycamore football team runs toward its student section with the Castle Challenge trophy after defeating DeKalb on Sept. 10, 2010, at Huskie Stadium on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. After each win, the Spartans sing the school fight song, a tradition coach Joe Ryan acquired from a former opponent in the former Western Sun Conference a few years ago.

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fter each win, Sycamore goes over to the student section and sings the school’s fight song in front of its rowdy fans.

Spartans coach Joe Ryan got the idea after seeing former Western Sun Conference foe Geneva use the routine a few years ago.

“I thought that was really cool,” he said. “I kind of stole it from them.”

The song – “Hail to the Sycamore Spartans” is on the wall in Sycamore’s gym and in the student handbooks. Ryan said he thinks the tradition he started helps reinforce the song.

Ryan wants his team to enjoy the victories, and Sycamore has piled up a number of them in recent years.

Last week, Sycamore beat Geneseo at home to improve to 4-0 on the season. In fact, every one of the area’s five teams got a win in Week 4. It’s the first time the feat has happened since at least 1996, which is as far as the records on IHSA.org go back.

But for Sycamore, once Monday rolls around, it’s about getting ready

Online exclusive Check out this week’s “3-Point Stance,” the Daily Chronicle’s weekly video segment exclusively about the local prep football scene, where sports editor Ross Jacobson discusses tonight’s Hiawatha at Ottawa Marquette game with Hawks quarterback Mike Mercado, in addition to Steve Nitz and Jacobson breaking down the other games being played this weekend, online at Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps.

for the next opponent. This week, the Spartans head to the Illinois River to face Ottawa.

After any game, win or loss, Hiawatha coach Sean Donnelly tells his players to take it in until the next

morning. After a Friday night contest, the Hawks are watching film at 8 a.m.

Saturday. Hiawatha gets an extra day to enjoy a Saturday afternoon win, such as this past week’s victory over Westminster Christian, until Monday, when the team watches film after school.

DeKalb sends film to its players via Hudl on Saturdays. Barbs coach Matt Weckler said the players will watch it over the weekend, and wants the previous game to be out of the players’ minds by Saturday night.

“Once that game’s over, the next game’s the most important,” Weckler said.

Sometimes, looking ahead to the next contest is easier said than done.

There can be some overconfidence.

“There’s a point where you want confidence and there’s a point where you have too much confidence. And you think you can do no wrong,” Donnelly said. “We’ve had teams here in the past where they get a couple wins and they think they can do whatever they want and not put in a lot of the hard work. It comes back to bite them.”

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STEPPING IN AND UP: Hiawatha junior running back Michael Speer (above) is having a breakout season while filling in for injured starters.

PREP FOOTBALL 2 IMPRESSIONS, SURPRISES: Daily Chronicle sports editor Ross Jacobson and sports reporter Steve Nitz discuss their impressions and surprises from the first half of the season. PREP FOOTBALL 2 WEEK 5 GAMEDAY PREVIEWS: An in-depth breakdown of tonight’s five games, including scouting reports and keys to victory.

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WEEK 5 SCHEDULE BURLINGTON CENTRAL AT GENOA-KINGSTON 7 p.m. today QUICK HIT: The Cogs are atop the Big Northern East standings with a 2-0 record.

HIAWATHA AT OTTAWA MARQUETTE 7 p.m. today QUICK HIT: The Crusaders, ranked 11th in this week’s Class 2A poll, have outscored their opponents 169-35 this season.

SYCAMORE AT OTTAWA 7:30 p.m. today QUICK HIT: The Pirates gave up seven TDs to DeKalb on the Barbs’ first seven possessions last week.

DEKALB AT STREATOR 7:30 p.m. today

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Impressions, surprises from season’s 1st half Daily Chronicle sports editor Ross Jacobson and sports reporter Steve Nitz spend their days covering the area’s sports scene. Occasionally, they give their viewpoints on those local sports. In this installment of their Take 2 column, they discuss the biggest surprises up to this point in the season.

Jacobson: Steve, last week our area teams went 5-0, a clean sweep. I looked back at IHSA data through the 1996 season and couldn’t find a week when Hiawatha, Kaneland, Sycamore, DeKalb and Genoa-Kingston all won. It’s safe to say that was historic, and most of the games weren’t even close. Every team won by at least double digits, and Hiawatha’s 40-27 victory over Westminster Christian

was the smallest margin of victory.

All our local teams stand at .500 or above, but which has been the most impressive through four weeks?

Nitz: You could make a case for Kaneland, but I’m going to go with Sycamore because of the schedule the Spartans have played. The win at Lincoln-Way West in Week 1 was impressive, not to mention the shutout against a solid Geneseo team this past week. After giving up 26 points to DeKalb in Week 3, Sycamore’s defense did a good job responding against the Maple Leafs. This team has the chance to do some good things this season.

Jacobson: I will make the case for Kaneland, which now has extended its regular-season winning streak to 32

TAKE 2 Ross Jacobson and Steve Nitz face off games, dating to the end of the 2009 season. Every time out, Kaneland gets its opponents’ best shot and the Knights haven’t flinched.

Their closest game to date was a 20-point win over Brooks in Week 1 and they dominated then-No. 10 Sterling, 48-7, on the road in Week 3. Their average margin of victory is a healthy 33 points a game.

The schedule gets a bit tougher this week as the Knights play host to Rochelle. But Kaneland has

shown so far it is serious about making up for last year’s second-round playoff exit.

With that, what has been the biggest surprise of the season so far?

Nitz: I’m not sure I can consider any of our teams as being a surprise. We expected Kaneland and Sycamore to be real good, and I’m not surprised to see where DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston and Hiawatha are at considering the schedules they’ve played.

I like what Sycamore

quarterback Devin Mottet has done this season. Granted, he was a second-team all-area selection last year, but his 7-0 touchdown-to-interception ratio is extremely impressive, as is Mottet’s nearly 67 percent completion percentage. He’s also a big factor in the Spartans’ running game, placing sixth in the area in rushing yards with 259, and has four touchdowns.

I’m not exactly sure how surprising Mottet’s play has been, but that’s what I’m going with. What’s your opinion?

Jacobson: Mottet’s two-minute drill against Montini last year was one of the most impressive drives in a pressure situation that I’ve seen from a high school quarterback, so I expected him to be even better this year. However,

the 250-plus rushing yards through four games I did not see coming.

Although we both thought DeKalb would be improved this season, I didn’t expect the Barbs to be as explosive offensively as they have been early in the season. The players have said coach Matt Weckler’s scheme is complex, but they seem to have picked it up pretty well.

Right now, the Barbs are averaging 35 points a game and have scored at least 25 points in every game thus far. You could argue their schedule has something to do with that, but DeKalb also posted the most points against Sycamore’s defense this season.

The Barbs’ offense could get even better as the season progresses.

Donnelly: Hawks good at staying focused • WINNING Continued PREP FOOTBALL 1 This year’s Hiawatha squad is 3-1 and has a legitimate shot at being in the playoffs for the first time since 1987. Donnelly said his team hasn’t had much of a problem putting wins behind it.

“They’ve really done a good job of realizing they have only nine weeks to prove how good they are,” he said.

“They’ve been very good of making sure they stay focused and on task.”

Although coaches never want to see a team celebrate a victory too long, Ryan said he thinks it’s important to celebrate them, even if it is for a little bit.

“You have to work really hard to win and you need to enjoy them,” Ryan said.

“Sometimes it’s easier said than done, and it’s easier said than done for a coach.”

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Hiawatha junior running back Michael Speer wasn’t expected to be a major contributor on offense this season for the Hawks. But after early season injuries and a slow start, Speer has run for 245 yards and two touchdowns in his past three games and is seventh among area rushing leaders with 253 total yards.

WEEK 5: HIAWATHA AT OTTAWA MARQUETTE

HAWKS’ SPEER STEPS IN, UP After a slow start, junior tailback shoots to 7th among area rushing leaders

By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com KIRKLAND – Michael Speer could count on one hand the number of varsity carries he had in 2012.

The Hiawatha junior running back spent a lot of time as a running back for the junior varsity last year, but was a backup to Dakotah Quimby and Nick Doolittle, getting only three carries in varsity games.

With Doolittle returning and quarterback Mike Mercado also getting a large share of the carries, Speer wasn’t expected to be a major

contributor on offense. But just minutes into the second quarter of Hiawatha’s Week 1 game against Mooseheart, Doolittle left with an injury and Speer was forced into action.

“I didn’t know what we were going to get out of him,” Hiawatha coach Sean Donnelly said of Speer.

Speer ran for only eight yards in Hiawatha’s 45-6 loss that week. He was hesitant, stringing too many runs outside instead of hitting the hole opened by the Hawks’ offensive line.

“When I was just put in the game for the first time

running I was kind of a little cautious about how I do play it right, don’t drop the ball and looking all over,” Speer said.

Speer and the coaching staff went back and looked at the tape the next week.

His teammates, including Doolittle, helped him through the learning process and the next Friday against North Shore Country Day produced dramatically different results.

“Something clicked in him,” Donnelly said. “He started trusting. He’s been running with a purpose since the second quarter of Week 2.”

In the three games since his debut, Speer has run for 245 yards and two touchdowns. He’s averaging 4.6 yards a carry and is seventh in the area in rushing.

Speer’s play is only one of the reasons for Hiawatha’s three-game winning streak.

The Hawks have been hurt by other injuries, including starters Allen Letterer and Ben Watson, but their depth has come through.

During the winning streak, Hiawatha has averaged 33 points a game. The Hawks scored 30-plus points only once last season, and Mercado credited Speer’s quick

development as a big boost.

“He’s got that no-fear mentality and he’s not afraid to get hit,” Mercado said. “It’s incredible.”

Donnelly is hoping his team will be fully healthy later in the season as the Hawks search for their first playoff berth since 1987. But so far they’ve been helped by former backups like Speer.

“I trust my linemen now and I know they can block, what they need to do so I can get where I need to go,” Speer said. “I’ve just become a lot more comfortable and I feel like I can handle the situation.”

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CONFERENCE STANDINGS

WEEK 5 PREVIEW CAPSULES Burlington Central (1-3, 1-1 Big Northern East) at Genoa-Kingston (2-2, 2-0 BNC East) Game time: 7 p.m. today Last meeting: Burlington Central 26, Genoa-Kingston 14, in Week 5 of 2012 season Scouting the Rockets: Like G-K, Burlington Central struggled to a 0-2 start before improving in conference play. After shutting out Rockford Christian, the Rockets narrowly fell to Big Northern East title favorite Harvard last week, 17-13. They allowed only 57 yards in the second half but were hurt by a late interception. The defense has been stellar as of late, so it’s up to the offense to eliminate costly turnovers.

What’s at stake: Conference standings.

At this point, teams are just trying to get a leg up on their local foes and build momentum. G-K leads the conference with a 2-0 mark, though Harvard and North Boone both sit undefeated at 1-0. A win is crucial to get the Cogs above .500 going into a tough matchup against 4-0 Winnebago.

– Luke Srodulski, sports@daily-chronicle.com

Hiawatha (3-1, 3-1 Northeastern Athletic) at Ottawa Marquette (4-0, 4-0 NAC) Game time: 7 p.m. today Location: Marquette Academy, 1000 Paul St., Ottawa Last meeting: Marquette 42, Hiawatha 7, in Week 1 of the 2012 season Scouting the Crusaders: A big, physical team with a loaded roster is the only undefeated team in the Northeastern Athletic Conference. The first-place Crusaders have outscored opponents 169-35, behind a stout 4-4 defense that crashes hard upfield and a potent Wing-T offense.

Quarterback Patrick Killelea is the decision-maker and fullback Jacob Martin (eight TDs) and running backs Cole Lindhout and Tyler Verona provide a challenging mix of running-game options.

scratched and clawed our way through the Lincoln Ave., Streator Scouting the Bulldogs: It’s been a strugfirst half of the season.”

Chronicle staff picks – James Nokes, sports@daily-chronicle.com gle for Streator the past three seasons, and this year has been no different. From 2010 ROSS JACOBSON (17-2) to 2012, the Bulldogs won a total of one Sycamore (4-0, 1-0 Northern Burlington Central game, and Streator is off to a 0-4 start this Illinois Big 12 East) at Ottawa Ottawa Marquette season, having given up a combined 119 Sycamore (1-3, 1-0 NI Big 12 West) points to East Peoria, Bartonville LimeDeKalb stone, Ottawa and Kaneland. The Bulldogs Game time: 7:30 p.m. today Kaneland had only 76 yards of total offense in a 42-0 Location: Ottawa High School, 211 E. STEVE NITZ (15-4) loss at home to Kaneland last week.

Main St., Ottawa Genoa-Kingston It’s Streator’s swan song in the NI Big 12, Last meeting: Ottawa 10, Sycamore 6, in Ottawa Marquette as the Bulldogs will join the Interstate Eight Week 5 of 2012 season Sycamore next year.

Scouting the Pirates: Last weekend DeKalb What’s at stake: With a tough NI Big 12 against DeKalb, the Ottawa defense was Kaneland East slate coming up, this is a game DeKalb in shambles, allowing touchdowns on the has to have if it is going to be competing JAMES NOKES (16-3) Barbs’ first seven possessions of the game. in the playoffs. After tonight’s game, the Burlington Central Ben Niemann, Dion Hooker, Devin Barbs get Kaneland, Morris, Yorkville and Ottawa Marquette Mottett and the Sycamore offense might Rochelle, who are a combined 13-3.

Sycamore have an absolute field day one week after – Steve Nitz, snitz@shawmedia.com DeKalb Dre Brown and Jack Sauter shredded the Kaneland Ottawa defense for a combined 331 rushing Rochelle (4-0) at Kaneland (4-0) ANTHONY ZILIS (15-4) yards.

Offensively, the Pirates put up a fight Genoa-Kingston Game time: 7:30 p.m. today in the second and third quarters against Ottawa Marquette Last meeting: Kaneland 34, Rochelle 6, in DeKalb. Quarterback Carter Krause was Sycamore Week 5 of 2012 season DeKalb forced to chuck the ball after DeKalb took a Scouting the Hubs: Rochelle has made Rochelle 23-0 lead early in the second quarter, and quick work of its overmatched opponents his 10-for-23 passing day would have been through the first four weeks, averaging 56 much better if not for a number of drops by points a game. However, the Hubs haven’t “Marquette is very good, big, strong and Ottawa receivers. faced a team with a winning record. fast,” Hiawatha coach Sean Donnelly said.

What’s at stake: For Sycamore, an Rochelle running backs Tommy Sprowl, “They just come at you. They keep reloadundefeated record heading into the meat Marquez Felix and Evan White all will get ing bodies.” of the NI Big 12 East season. The Spartans touches in the Hubs’ running-oriented What’s at stake: A win would secure first play Morris next week, which will serve as attack. It’s hard to tell much about Rochelle place in the NAC for the Hawks. However, a warmup for games against Rochelle and as the Hubs have started 4-0 each of the a roster depleted by injuries will be taxed Kaneland. If Sycamore was upset by the past three seasons, but went only 2-3 in the further. Chris Schuck, Ben Watson, Bart Pirates, it would be a crushing disappointNI Big 12 East.

Hall and Nick Doolittle are out for tonight’s ment not only for the Spartans, but for fans What’s at stake: A likely playoff berth is wanting to see unbeaten teams go at it game. on the line for both Rochelle and Kaneland, down the stretch in the NI Big 12 East.

“We feel good about the position we are although neither team will worry too much – Anthony Zilis, sports@daily-chronicle.com if they come away with a loss. in,” Donnelly said. “But we are beat up physically. If we can go into their field and Kaneland’s 32-game regular-season pull out a win it would be sweet. We’ve DeKalb (2-2, 0-1 NI Big 12 East) at winning streak remains intact after a 42-0 overcome so much this season to put Streator (0-4, 0-1 NI Big 12 West) victory over Streator last week, and the ourself in a position to play for first place.

Knights will look to continue their domiWe’ve used some smoke and mirrors, Game time: 7:30 p.m. today nance in the conference.

Location: Streator High School, 202 W. – Ross Jacobson, rjacobson@shawmedia.com but I’m proud with how we’ve fought,

ILLINOIS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL POLLS CLASS 7A School W-L Pts. Prv. 1. Mt. Carmel (9) 4-0 99 1 2. Lake Zurich (1) 4-0 90 2 3. Lincoln-Way East 4-0 74 3 4. W.W. South 4-0 66 5 5. Edwardsville 4-0 58 4 6. St. Rita 4-0 48 6 7. Glenbard West 3-1 46 7 8. Belleville West 4-0 20 8 9. Wheaton North 3-1 17 10 10. Benet 4-0 14 NR Others receiving votes: Glenbard North 5, Batavia 4, Fenwick 4, Downers North 2, Schaumburg 2, St. Charles East 1

CLASS 6A School W-L Pts. Prv. 1. Rockford Boylan (3) 4-0 105 3 2. Rock Island (6) 4-0 100 2 3. Richards (3) 4-0 95 4 4. Lake Forest 4-0 71 6 5. Crete-Monee 3-1 65 1 6. Normal West 4-0 58 8 7. Providence 2-2 51 5 8. Grayslake North 4-0 35 9 9. Marmion 4-0 34 NR 10. Normal Community 3-1 9 10 (tie) Lincoln Way North4-0 9 NR Others receiving votes: Oak Lawn 8, Oak Forest 6, Thornton 5, De La Salle 4, Quincy 2, East St. Louis 2, Bloomington 1

CLASS 5A School W-L Pts Prv. 1. Montini (15) 4-0 150 1 2. Joliet Catholic 4-0 133 2 3. Kaneland 4-0 118 3 4. Sycamore 4-0 101 4 5. Sacred Heart-Grifin 3-1 84 5 6. Washington 4-0 61 7 7. Glenwood 4-0 53 8 8. Normal University 4-0 47 9 9. Highland 4-0 26 10 10. Marian Central 3-1 15 6 Others receiving votes: Lincoln-Way West 14, Centralia 8, St. Francis 7, Rich Central 3, Peoria Central 2, Glenbard South 1, St. Viator 1, Limestone 1

CLASS 4A School W-L Pts. Prv. 1. Rochester (14) 4-0 140 1 2. R. Island Alleman 3-1 109 4 3. Columbia 4-0 96 5 4. Rochelle 4-0 80 9 5. Mahomet-Seymour 4-0 74 8 6. Jacksonville 3-1 66 7 7. Geneseo 3-1 60 3 8. Evergreen Park 4-0 59 10 9. Rockford Lutheran 3-1 39 2 10. Bishop McNamara 2-2 19 6 Others receiving votes: Quincy Notre Dame 14, Harvard 11, Breese Mater Dei 2, Olney East Richland 1

CLASS 3A School W-L Pts. Prv. 1. Aurora Christian (11) 4-0 126 1 2. Wilmington 4-0 103 3 3. Carterville (1) 4-0 87 4 4. Williamsville (1) 4-0 77 5 5. Mt. Carmel 4-0 74 6 6. Winnebago 4-0 61 10 7. Tolono Unity 3-1 59 2 8. Stillman Valley 4-0 56 7 9. Greenville 4-0 33 8 10. Monticello 4-0 20 NR Others receiving votes: ErieProphetstown 6, St. Joseph-Ogden 4, Seneca 3, Sherrard 3, IC Catholic 3

Sycamore Kaneland Rochelle Yorkville Morris DeKalb

Conf. Overall W L W L OW 1 0 4 0 24 0 0 4 0 22 0 0 4 0 20 0 0 3 1 19 0 0 2 2 25 0 1 2 2 22

PS 155 162 212 88 76 141

PA 67 28 34 60 98 121

PS 119 118 74 117 54 55 54

PA 121 43 60 102 98 171 101

Big Northern East Conf. Overall W L W L OW Genoa-Kingston 2 0 2 2 18 Harvard 1 0 4 0 11 North Boone 1 0 2 2 12 Richmond-Burton 1 1 2 2 15 Burlington Central 1 1 1 3 18 Rockford Christian 0 2 0 4 20 Marengo 0 2 0 4 18

Northeastern Athletic Conf. Overall W L W L OW PS Ottawa Marquette 4 0 4 0 16 169 Hiawatha 3 1 3 1 17 104 Mooseheart 3 1 3 1 17 159 Rockford Christian Life 3 1 3 1 17 126 C. Hope Academy 2 2 2 2 18 77 Luther North 2 2 2 2 18 88 Alden-Hebron 2 2 2 2 18 82 N. Shore Country Day 1 3 1 3 19 24 Christian Liberty Acad. 0 4 0 4 20 12 Westminster Christian 0 4 0 4 20 77 Key: OW – Opponents’ wins; PS – Points Scored; PA – Points Allowed

PA 35 80 41 60 56 95 99 127 142 183

AREA STAT LEADERS Rushing Name Att. Yds. Avg. Dre Brown, DeKalb 73 532 7.2 Jack Sauter, DeKalb 71 424 5.9 Sal Lopez, G-K 79 410 5.1 Jesse Balluff, Kaneland 36 273 7.5 Dion Hooker, Sycamore 54 270 5.0 Devin Mottet, Sycamore 46 259 5.6 Michael Speer, Hiawatha 54 253 4.6 Riley Hurley, Sycamore 34 209 6.1 Nate Dyer, Kaneland 29 189 6.5 Mike Mercado, Hiawatha 34 179 5.2 Drew David, Kaneland 25 170 6.8 Jesse Bade, G-K 34 128 3.7 Tyeler LHuillier, G-K 13 105 8.0 Eriq Torrey, DeKalb 16 95 5.9 Eli Thurlby, G-K 20 89 4.4

TDs 8 5 8 5 2 4 2 5 4 6 2 2 1 1 0

Passing Name Comp.-Att.-INT Drew David, Kaneland 61-96-5 Devin Mottet, Sycamore 30-45-0 Griffin McNeal, G-K 42-78-3 Mike Mercado, Hiawatha24-52-5 Jack Sauter, DeKalb 31-59-4

Yds. TDs 884 7 734 7 511 5 464 6 322 2

Receiving

Here are the preseason rankings of Illinois high school football teams in each class, according to an Associated Press panel of sportswriters: CLASS 8A School W-L Pts. Prv. 1. Loyola (10) 4-0 100 1 2. Bolingbrook 4-0 88 2 3. Naperville Central 4-0 82 3 4. Marist 3-1 63 4t 5. Home.-Flossmoor 4-0 59 5t 6. O’Fallon 3-1 33 6 7. Neuqua Valley 3-1 32 7 8. O. Park River Forest 4-0 31 8 9. Hinsdale Central 4-0 26 9 10. Waubonsie Valley 3-1 20 10 Others receiving votes: Niles Notre Dame 8, Glenbrook South 3, Barrington 3, Stevenson 1, Niles West 1

Northern Illinois Big 12 East

CLASS 2A School W-L Pts. Prv. 1. Maroa-Forsyth (13) 4-0 139 1 2. Mercer County 4-0 122 2 3. Eastland-P. City (1) 4-0 104 3 4. Clifton Central 4-0 89 4 (tie) Rockridge 4-0 89 5 6. Chester 4-0 50 6 7. Sterling Newman 3-1 46 8t 8. C. Gordo-Bement 4-0 40 8t 9. Elmwood-Brimield 4-0 36 10 10. Downs Tri-Valley 4-0 22 NR Others receiving votes: Ottawa Marquette 11, Auburn 8, Bismarck-Henning 6, Carthage 5, Farmington 2, Knoxville 1

CLASS 1A School W-L Pts. Prv. 1. Stockton (11) 4-0 145 1 2. Casey-Westield (2) 4-0 126 2 3. Forreston (1) 4-0 119 3 4. Camp Point Central 4-0 98 4 5. Stark County (1) 4-0 92 5 6. Carrollton 4-0 75 6 7. Jamaica-Salt Fork 4-0 59 7 8. Fisher 4-0 41 8 9. Argenta-Oreana 3-1 29 9 10. Brown County 4-0 12 NR Others receiving votes: Lena-Winslow 7, Leo 7, Aquin 6, Mooseheart 4, East Dubuque 4, Arthur-Lovington 1

Name Rec. Ben Niemann, Sycamore 16 Brandon Bishop, Kaneland 14 Allen Letterer, Hiawatha 6 John Pruett, Kaneland 14 Dylan Nauert, Kaneland 12 Alex Flores, Hiawatha 5 Alec Kozak, Sycamore 4 Connor Fedderly, Kaneland 10 Jesse Bade, G-K 8 Tyeler LHuillier, G-K 13 Drew Paszotta, DeKalb 11 Mike Kuhn, G-K 5 Jake Winters, Sycamore 5 Rudy Lopez, DeKalb 10

Yds. 428 256 204 178 152 119 119 118 117 110 110 107 98 97

Avg. 26.7 18.2 34.0 12.7 12.6 23.8 29.7 11.8 14.6 8.4 10.0 21.4 19.6 9.7

TDs 4 2 4 3 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 2 1

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