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Progress at former Small’s Furniture site

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DeKalb eyes city hall renovations Plan would consolidate city offices into municipal building

By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb leaders want to restructure municipal buildings so City Council chambers and the municipal courtroom are on the first floor.

That was a clear consensus after a free-wheeling conversation

Monday on possible renovations for the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St., and how city leaders could pay for it.

Presently, the room that doubles as council chambers and a local courtroom sits on City Hall’s second floor, while the public works and information technology departments are

What’s next City Council members could discuss DeKalb Municipal Building renovations again Nov. 11.

housed across the street at an annex at 223 S. Fourth St. The police

department will free up space on the municipal building’s first floor in the next month or so as the police department moves to its new facility at 700 W. Lincoln Highway.

Fifth Ward Alderman Ron Naylor emphasized that the annex building was originally supposed to be a short-term solution.

“It’s time that we take some time and seriously consider this and look at primarily staying at this one site,” Naylor said.

City Council members bandied about ideas for where various city offices could be housed, including moving the council

See RENOVATIONS, page A4

Ron Naylor, 5th Ward alderman, said annex building was supposed to be a shortterm solution.

Senate leaders closing in on debt limit deal

High-end dealers get targeted response

By DAVID ESPO The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Racing the clock, the Senate’s Democratic and Republican leaders closed in on a deal Monday night to avoid an economy-menacing Treasury default and end the two-week partial government shutdown.

“We’ve made tremendous progress,” Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid declared after an intense day of negotiations with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and other lawmakers.

“Perhaps tomorrow will be a bright day,” he said, suggesting agreement could be announced soon after weeks of stubborn gridlock.

McConnell also voiced optimism – although not as much as Reid, D-Nev., had – and the details under discussion generated little if any satisfaction among rebellious House conservatives.

Officials said that in the discussion to date, the $16.7 trillion federal debt limit would be raised enough to permit the Treasury to borrow normally until mid-February, if not a few weeks longer.

The government would reopen with enough money to operate until mid-January at levels set previously, and agencies would be given flexibility in adjusting to reduced funding levels imposed by across-the-board spending cuts.

Officials cautioned that those details could change, and there was even more uncertainty about other elements of a possible deal.

Under discussion was a one-year delay in a $63 fee imposed on companies by the health care law known as Obamacare for everyone covered by an employer-sponsored plan. By day’s end,

New DeKalb police unit’s focus is drug, street crimes

By NATHAN WOODSIDE nwoodside@shawmedia.com

DeKALB – When it comes to drug traffic, DeKalb isn’t considered a small town anymore.

Not long ago, users looking to score illegal narcotics would travel to Rockford or Chicago, both of which are about an equal distance from DeKalb, DeKalb police Cmdr.

John Petragallo said. But dealers are realizing there is a profitable delivery market in DeKalb.

“Customers don’t have to leave town as much as they used to,” Petragallo said. “We’re having people from more rural towns come into DeKalb now to purchase their drugs. To someone from a very small place, we’re a place to go.”

But DeKalb police have a new method for dealing with the highend drug distributors who bring See TARGET, page A4

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DeKalb police seized 22 kilograms of cocaine Sept.

21 from a pair of Arizona men who landed at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport. Most smuggling is done by car or by mail, but the seizure has police keeping a closer eye on local air traffic as well.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Women with Cancer Network: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. third Tuesday each month at The Cancer Center at Kishwaukee Community Hospital. Women with Cancer Network is an opportunity for women with similar experiences to give and receive support, and share information. Free. No registration required.

Visit www.kishhospital.org/programs or call 815-748-2958.

Cortland HEA: Afternoon unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Carol at 815-895-9668.

Open Closet: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb.

Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388.

Alzheimer’s/Dementia Support Group for Caregivers: 1 p.m. at DeKalb Adult Day Center, 126 S. Fourth St. Call Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Rockford at 815-484-1300.

Safe Passage Sexual Assault adults’ support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

Clinton HEA: Evening unit of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting time and location, call Pam at 815-264-3521.

ESL and GED Classes: 6 to 8 p.m. at Esperanza en Unidad (Hope in Unity), 2225 Gateway Drive, Suite A. To register and for information, call George Gutierrez at 815-970-3265.

Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C): 6 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 801 N. Sycamore St. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

Women’s “Rule No. 62 Group”: 6 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 6 to 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m. meeting at CrossWind Community Church in Genoa. 815-784-3480.

Better Off Sober AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Free Fit Club: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at International Montessori Academy, 1815 Mediterranean Drive, Sycamore. For information, call 815-901-4474 or 815-566-3580.

Homework Help Nights: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Neighbors’ House, Fifth and Pine streets, DeKalb.

Free help for DeKalb fourth- to 12th-graders. neighborshouse@ tbc.net or 815-787-0600.

Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday Night Fellowship Group(C): 7 p.m. at The Church of St. Mary, 244 Waterman St., Sycamore.

815-739-1950.

Bingo: 7 p.m. at Genoa Veteran’s Club, 311 S. Washington St. Must be 18 or older to play. www. genoavetshome.us; contact Cindy at crmcorn65@yahoo.com or 815751-1509.

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

Good Vibes Al-Anon group: 7 to 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb. Wheelchair accessible entrance is on North Third Street. Parking available in lot on northwest corner of Third and Pine streets. Call Mary Ann at 815-895-8119.

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

815-508-0280.

Prairie Echoes women’s chorus: 7:15 to 10 p.m. at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave., in Sycamore, corner of Peace Road and Route 64. (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road in DeKalb). 815-7615956; www.PrairieEchoes.com.

American Legion Post 654 of Waterman/Shabbona/Lee: 7:30 p.m. at Clinton Community Center, 160 W. Lincoln Highway, Waterman. Call Loren at 815-264-3366.

Sandwich Masonic Lodge Meteor Lodge 283: 7:30 p.m. at 301 E. Center St., Sandwich.

815-786-8203.

Smoky Mirror AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. 33930 N. State Road, Genoa, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m. at 1201 Twombly Road in DeKalb; www.rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

Program of Recovery AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Wednesday Business Networking International: 8 a.m. at 920 W. Prairie Drive, No. M, Sycamore (Ecosteam).

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Indian coastal residents say evacuations saved many lives The ASSOCIATED PRESS PODAMPETTA, India – Agya Amma’s house in this seaside village was flattened by the cyclone that roared in from the Bay of Bengal with torrential rains and winds topping 131 miles a hour. But the fact that she was still here Monday, surveying the pile of twisted wood and shredded thatch that had been her home, was proof that this was a different kind of disaster for India.

Unlike past storms that have lashed India’s eastern coast, Cyclone Phailin did not extract a heavy human toll, thanks to a massive and improbable evacuation effort that effectively moved nearly 1 million residents of one of India’s poorest regions out of the storm’s path and into government shelters.

By Monday, only 25 people had been reported killed, even though tens of thousands of homes were destroyed.

The successful evacuation effort was earning rare praise for a country known for large-scale disasters that have caused high death tolls. In 1999, a cyclone that struck the same coast killed about 10,000 people, while more than 6,000 were killed in June by flooding and mudslides in another Indian state, Uttarakhand.

“If we had stayed here, everyone in the village would be dead,” said Amma, a 55-year-old fisherwoman. “I consider myself lucky to be alive.”

Despite the comparatively low number of deaths, Phailin still dealt its share of misery, as hundreds of

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An Indian couple repair their home Monday at the cyclone ravaged Haripur village in Ganjam district, Orissa state, India. A mass government evacuation of nearly 1 million people spared India the widespread deaths many had feared from the powerful weekend Cyclone Phailin, which destroyed hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of crops and tens of thousands of homes. thousands of coastal residents found themselves huddling in shelters, their homes flattened and crops destroyed by the most powerful storm to hit India in more than a decade.

At least four days before the cyclone hit, police in the coastal states of Orissa and Andhra Pradesh began traveling through villages to warn residents of the coming storm and urge them to go to government shelters set up in schools and other concrete buildings.

While a few chose to ignore the warnings or stay home to guard their belongings, many had lived through the cyclone 14 years ago that killed 10,000.

By Friday, the day before the cyclone hit land, hundreds of thousands of people had moved inland. Amma and others from her tiny village of Podampetta walked a mile to the nearest shelter and spent two nights waiting out the storm.

Church, state refuse Rome funeral for Nazi ROME – What to do with the body of a Nazi war criminal no one wants?

Rome’s mayor, police chief and the pope’s right-hand man have all refused to grant former SS captain Erich Priebke a church funeral in the city where he participated in one of the worst massacres in German-occupied Italy. Now there’s the added question of where to bury him, since Rome, his adopted homeland of Argentina, and his hometown in Germany won’t take him.

Priebke spent nearly 50 years as a fugitive before being extradited to Italy from Argentina in 1995 to stand trial for the 1944 massacre at the Ardeatine Caves outside Rome, in which 335 civilians were killed. He died Friday at age 100 in the Rome home of his lawyer, Paolo Giachini, where he had been serving his life term under house arrest.

His death has raised a torrent of emotions over how best to lay to rest

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someone who perpetrated war crimes and denied the Holocaust that killed 6 million Jews. It has tested the church’s capacity for mercy and forgiveness and its need to prevent public scandal. There is a seemingly intractable conflict between respect for the dead and that owed to the millions of victims of the Holocaust.

Rome’s archdiocese said Monday it had told Erich Priebke Giachini to have the fuFormer SS neral at home “in strict captain privacy” and that Pope Francis’ vicar for Rome, Cardinal Agostino Vallini, had prohibited any Rome church from celebrating it.

But Giachini refused, pressing instead for a private church Mass. The archdiocese responded by reminding all Roman priests that they must abide

by Vallini’s decision.

Separately, Rome’s police chief and

the government prefect for the capital announced they would prohibit “any form of solemn or public celebration” for Priebke because of public security concerns. Rome Mayor Ignazio Marino said the city would accept neither a church funeral nor a burial for him.

It was a rebuke by both church and state that was greatly appreciated by Rome’s Jewish community, which has long resented having Priebke living in its midst, particularly after he was granted small freedoms from his house arrest like going to church.

“Any demonstration of honor – civil or religious – would be an intolerable affront to the memory of those who fell in the fight for freedom of Nazism and fascism,” said the head of Italy’s Jewish communities, Renzo Gattegna.

During his trial, Priebke admitted shooting two people and rounding up victims in retaliation for an attack by resistance fighters that killed 33 members of a Nazi military police unit. He insisted he was only following orders.

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Portly President Taft helped usher in modern obesity care The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Way before Weight Watchers, a president known for his girth was helping to usher in a modern approach to treating obesity.

Got a nagging doctor? The 27th president, William H. Taft did, way back in the early 1900s. A medical historian has analyzed letters between the two, complete with food diaries and daily weighins surely recognizable to many of today’s dieters.

Have a problem with yo-yo dieting and weight gain? Yep, Taft did, too.

Monday’s report offers a rare peek at the history of obesity, through the experiences of one of the first American public figures to struggle openly with weight – and how a doctor aided in an era when physician treatment of obesity was just emerging.

Taft’s “rise to political power coincid-

ed with this change in medical thinking, which led to the first celebrity weight loss patient,” said Deborah Levine, an assistant professor at Rhode Island’s Providence College. Her report, part of research for a book about the course of obesity in the U.S., appears Monday in the journal Annals of Internal Medicine.

Sports fans might recognize Taft as the latest addition to the Washington Nationals’ racing presidents. History buffs know he’s the only president-turned-Supreme Court chief justice. But he’s also remembered as the president whose weight, at times well over 300 pounds, made headlines.

Taft hired British dieting expert Nathaniel Yorke-Davies in 1905, four years before becoming president. Then 314 pounds, Taft was worried about heartburn and other health problems – he was famously fatigued, presumably from obesity-caused sleep apnea – and possibly

also about his career, Levine wrote.

The candid exchanges between doctor and patient highlight the ups and down of weight loss.

“I feel in excellent condition. I used to suffer from acidity of stomach, and I suppose that was due to overloading it,” Taft wrote at one point.

Dusting off those archives is important to remind people that obesity isn’t some scary new 21st-century problem, said Dr. Scott Kahan of George Washington University and the STOP Obesity Alliance.

Yes, obesity rates have surged to epidemic levels over the past few decades.

But waistlines actually began to expand in the mid-19th century, as food became easier to cultivate and distribute, Kahan said. Diet books and pamphlets began flourishing. Where women’s corsets offered some tightening, Levine says obesity belts were developed for men.

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Tour to visit ghosts, spirits at Sycamore hotel

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Home was too hard for Mary Whittemore to abandon, even in death.

Psychic medium Mark Dorsett said the spectral Sycamore resident loves her home, which is now the Jane Fargo Hotel on 355 W. State St. In the 1920s, the property the hotel was built on was the site of a mansion that belonged to Whittemore. She made a deal with hotel developers to continue living in the mansion while they built a hotel around it.

In the almost 80 years

since she’s been dead, Dorsett said she haunts the hotel by pulling pranks on people.

She’ll make things disappear, or call people on the phone and say nothing. Sometimes when people are alone, they can hear her humming.

“Especially if she thinks someone isn’t doing their job,” he said. “She will mess with them.”

Whittemore is one of several ghosts and spirits Dorsett plans to feature in his haunted tour of the Jane Fargo Hotel on Oct. 19 and 30. Dorsett said history buffs, paranormal enthusiasts and everyone else are invited to tag along

for evenings filled with dining and psychic communication with hotel’s “permanent” residents. Dorsett won’t be giving the tour alone, Deb Eineke will be there to provide her own psychic impressions.

Dorsett, who also is a minister for the Universal Life Church, said he has been able to see ghosts and spirits since he was three and has worked for 10 years as a medium, or someone who has an ability to communicate with ghosts and spirits. Ghosts are people who are stuck on Earth for emotional issues while spirits have “crossed over” into the

afterlife, he said.

“Some people are natural athletes and musicians,” he said. “I’m just a natural medium.”

He sees his job as giving a voice to those who no longer have one, such as John Mallonee, who died at the hotel in 1928. Not much historical information is available on Mallonee.

Dorsett said Mallonee, who was black, might have been pushed down a flight of stairs by a jealous, racist white man who saw he was making nice with his wife. Unlike Whittemore, Mallonee doesn’t know he’s a ghost and still thinks he

works at the hotel as a hotel porter or bellhop.

“In his mind, he’s still working so the kitchen staff get a lot of attention from him,” he said.

Not many hotel staff members believe the hotel is haunted, especially the banquet manager Courtney Weber, who has worked there since the 1970s, said Carrie Burt, guest service manager of the hotel. Some employees report odd happenings, but they tend to be small, subtle things, she said.

“We tend to tell people we’re haunted if you want us to be,” she said.

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DeKALB – Dwindling federal funding is making it harder for homebound senior citizens in DeKalb County to receive food through the local Meals on Wheels program.

With the federal sequester in March leading to budget cuts for social service programs and a government shutdown this month wiping out funding altogether, the Sycamore-based Voluntary Action Center’s Meals on Wheels program is relying on funding from local businesses, foundations, churches and social service agencies to keep the wheels turning.

The lack of federal funding handicaps the program that

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provides meals and in some cases, a rare opportunity for social interaction for seniors in the county. The lack of federal funding for the program is frustrating for Ellen Rogers, associate director of the center.

“It’s difficult to have it so much in the air when [Meals on Wheels has] been proven as a successful means of helping people remain in their home,” she said.

The program already eliminated Saturday service before

the government shutdown Oct. 1, when a dispute about funding for the federal Affordable Care Act left federal lawmakers at loggerheads on a new spending bill.

Rogers said the Voluntary Action Center may have to limit services to clients who are considered high-risk or have little support. Seniors in rural areas, some of them who live by themselves, may also not receive meals compared to people living in Genoa, Sycamore, DeKalb, Cortland and Sandwich.

The number of people on a waiting list for the program is also increasing as a result of decreased federal funding.

Rogers said about 30 people throughout the DeKalb County are on waiting lists.

n What: Haunted Evenings at Jane Fargo Hotel n When: 7 to 10 p.m. Saturday and 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Oct. 30. n Where: Jane Fargo Hotel, 355 W. State St., Sycamore Cost is $35 in advance or $40 at the door. Visit MediumMark. net or call 815-762-6948 for more information.

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“We’re not getting the money that we need and so that’s creating waiting lists,” said Ron Mullen, Meals on Wheels coordinator.

Meals on Wheels volunteers are not only looking to keep the program running through donations from local sources, but also by holding fundraising events such as golf outings.

There have been cutbacks in local revenue sources as well, however. Rogers said the DeKalb County Mental Health Board stopped funding the nutrition part of the program in July, which would have been $6,000.

The Voluntary Action Center receives about 9 percent of its funding from the federal Area Agency on Aging in Rockford.

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Park District posts planning draft online SYCAMORE – Residents can skim a draft of Sycamore Park District’s Vision 2020 plan, which was posted recently at SycamoreParkDistrict.com.

The Vision 2020 Plan, which includes goals and values for the district from 2014 to 2020, was developed through two community surveys and a 21-member citizens committee, according to a news release.

Next, park district leaders will conduct public hearings on the draft plan at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 22 at 435 Airport Road in Sycamore and 7 p.m. Nov. 21 at 940 E. State St. in Sycamore.

Bridge construction starts near Kingston KINGSTON – Five Points Road north of Route 72 is closed while crews replace the bridge, according to a news release from the DeKalb County Engineer Nathan Schwartz.

The contractor for the $2.5 million project is Copenhaver Construction of Gilberts. Those with questions or concerns can contact the county engineer at 1826 Barber Greene Road, in DeKalb, or by calling 815-7569513.

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Gov’t partly closed since Oct. 1 • BUDGET Continued from page A1 though, Republican opposition to the provision placed it in jeopardy – just as Democrats had earlier pushed back against the proposed repeal of a medical device tax contained in the health care law.

The two sides were also discussing a requirement that individuals seeking subsidies under the health care law to pay for coverage would be subject to stronger income verification measures.

The government has been partly closed since Oct. 1, and the Obama administration says the Treasury will run out of borrowing authority to fully pay the nation’s bills on Thursday.

The result has been a partisan showdown that polls show is alienating all sectors of the electorate except tea party supporters – and has been a big political loser for Republicans.

As a midweek deadline for raising the debt limit neared, the stock market turned positive on bullish predictions from the two longtime antagonists at the center of the talks, Reid and McConnell.

Although McConnell expressed optimism about an agreement, his words were not as strong as Reid’s. “We’ve made substantial progress, and we look forward to making more progress in the near future,” he said as the Senate adjourned for the evening.

At a mid-day visit to a charity not far from the White House, President Barack Obama blended optimism with a slap at Republicans.

“My hope is that a spirit of cooperation will move us forward over the next few hours,” he said. And yet, he added, “If we don’t start making some real progress both in the House and the Senate, and if Republicans aren’t willing to set aside some of their partisan concerns in order to do what’s right for the country, we stand a good chance of defaulting.”

Stock prices, which had risen strongly late last week on hopes of an agreement, were down at the start of the day but then pushed higher as the Senate leaders voiced optimism. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 64 points.

Reid and McConnell met twice before midafternoon, their sessions sandwiched around a White House announcement that Obama was calling them and the party leaders in the House for the second time in less than a week to discuss the economy-threatening crises. The meeting was subsequently postponed and it was not clear when it might be rescheduled.

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Police have detected increase in heroin, ecstasy activity • TARGET Continued from page A1 large quantities of contraband into the city, sell it to street-level dealers and leave town, Petragallo said. DeKalb police have formed the Targeted Response Unit, with four full-time officers assigned to investigate specific illegal activity full time.

Petragallo c r e d i t e d p o - Gene Lowery lice Chief Gene DeKalb police L o w e r y w i t h chief recognizing the need and creating the unit about a month ago. Before the team was formed, detectives were split between immediate-response calls and longterm investigations.

“We’ve never had officers dedicated to these problems,” Petragallo said. “In a month, the results that we’ve gotten

have been incredible. It’s only going to get better with the intelligence they develop.”

Twelve of 20 arrest warrants issued last week, largely through the work of this unit, were related to the sale of illegal narcotics. The unit is designed to methodically collect information and track local trends to operate in a more proactive, pre-emptive way.

“I think it fits a need that our department and our city has had for a long time,” DeKalb police Sgt. Steve Lekkas said. “We haven’t had a lot of time to focus solely on proactive investigations.”

Lekkas said the unit is using investigative information to track down criminals sooner.

“We’re already learning all sorts of new trends and new things that are going on in and around town, especially with some of the gang activity,” he said. “We’re able to stay one step ahead of them.”

The two most defined trends in drug activity the unit is seeing are increases in heroin and “molly” activity.

Molly is a powdered form of MDMA, known by the street name ecstasy.

“Years ago, those aren’t things we would have seen,” Petragallo said. “To be able to say there are people in DeKalb selling it locally, that’s a new trend.”

Molly is on the upswing among college-aged users because it’s relatively inexpensive compared with other narcotics, and considered a party drug.

“It’s an environment that is very target-rich for drug activity,” Lekkas said. “It’s almost perfect for dealers, because there’s a lot of people willing to try something new.”

Lekkas said police are seeing heroin use more among older city residents. The drug has been associated with more theft around DeKalb,

• RENOVATIONS Continued from page A1 chambers and courtroom to the annex and questioning whether it would be cheaper to build a new building rather than renovate existing facilities. Others suggested that city leaders move offices from the annex and sell the annex buildings.

Consultants estimated one option for renovating City Hall – including upgrades to the heating and cooling system, plumbing and fire protection system, among other things – would cost $3.7 million. City Council members also are exploring spending $7.5 million on renovations, with $5.5 million of that coming from tax increment

that it’s rare narcotics are shipped through the local airport, Lekkas said the incident has made police be more hawkish regarding aircraft there.

“It’s a lot easier to land a small plane somewhere like here than it is at O’Hare,” Lekkas said.

Lekkas added that police also are seeing more drugs enter the city by mail. He said police can be alerted to suspicious packages through several sources involved in the investigation of the drug trade and shipping process.

Lekkas said he looks forward to developing an enhanced crime intelligence team through the Targeted Response Unit. The entire design of the unit is focused on snuffing the rising trends patrolmen are seeing.

“With the intelligence that we’re gathering now,” Lekkas said, “we’re hearing of local dealers we didn’t know about.”

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One renovation option would cost $3.7M financing dollars and $2 million coming from increases to gasoline taxes, water bills or property taxes.

To raise just more than $2 million over 10 years, city leaders would need to increase the gasoline tax by 1.25 cents a gallon to 4.75 cents per gallon, city docDave Baker uments show.

6th Ward Other options alderman would be adding $5 a month to water bills or increasing property taxes so that the owner of a $150,000 home would pay $24.50 a year more.

Dave Baker, 6th Ward alderman, balked at raising property taxes and suggested

with offenders often scrapping metal taken from construction areas, dumps and abandoned properties.

“Years ago, our patrolmen would never see heroin,” Petragallo said. “They’d never see needles. It seems somewhat common now. If we stop someone scrapping metal, we’re very careful on our patdowns, because a lot of times we find that they are carrying needles.”

It’s not clear why, Petragallo said, but it could be that dealers are making the substance more readily available in DeKalb.

Drugs usually are smuggled into DeKalb by car, and sometimes by mail. However, police were faced with a new possibility last month when 22 kilograms of cocaine were found on a small plane at DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport. Two Arizona men have been charged in connection with that drug seizure.

Although police believe

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

any increases to the gas tax should go toward improving local roads. Meanwhile, Naylor suggested increasing the water rate rather than adding a flat charge to all users, regardless of water usage.

Fourth Ward Alderman Bob Snow preferred that city leaders avoid any of the proposed increases by simply doing improvements as funding allowed.

“We don’t have to do everything all at once,” Snow said.

Meanwhile, 1st Ward Alderman Dave Jacobson questioned if the $7.5 million estimate was accurate, suggesting that it cost more than building a new structure.

“I think that [$7.5 million] is fishy,” Jacobson said. “Something’s not right there.”

DeKalb City Delane C. Jackson, 40, of the 600 block of Gunderson Drive, Carol Stream, was charged Monday, Oct. 7, with retail theft.

Tyrese D. Jackson, 35, of the 2300 block of Eve’s Circle East, DeKalb, was charged Monday, Oct. 7, with retail theft.

Latara D. Smith, 22, of the 600 block of Lucinda Avenue, DeKalb, was charged Monday,

Oct. 7, with domestic battery.

Thomas R. Rabelo, 41, of the 700 block of South Fourth Street, DeKalb, was arrested Monday, Oct. 7, on a warrant for violation of drug court probation.

Kendall G. Barber, 22, of the 2000 block of South Clark Street, Chicago, was charged Monday, Oct. 7, with trespassing.

Megan L. Fries, 36, of the 300 block of Linden Place, DeKalb, was charged Monday, Oct. 7, with domestic battery.

Tracy D. Smith, 55, of the 200 block of South Fourth Street, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Oct. 8, with aggravated driving under the influence and driving without a license.

8OBITUARIES PAUL K. CRUM Paul K. Crum, 80, of Rochelle, Ill., passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013, in Florida.

Services are pending at Unger-Horner Funeral Home, 400 N. Sixth St., Rochelle, www. ungerhorner.com.

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WILLIAM EMIL KUSCHMAN Born: Jan. 10, 1924, in Rock Island, Ill. Died: Oct. 8, 2013, in Baraboo, Wis. BARABOO, Wis. – William Emil Kuschman, of Baraboo, Wis., died peacefully Oct. 8, 2013, at Artisan Assisted Living and Memory Care in Baraboo, Wis., with his three sons, Bill, Dave and Tom, by his side.

After an honorable discharge from the U.S. Army in 1944, Bill attended Augustana College in Rock Island, where he met and married Nancy Mae Nelson.

Bill’s career in education culminated in a teaching professorship (Ed.D.) at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. He earned his Ph.D. from Indiana University in Bloomington, Ind. Bill and his wife, Nancy, were some of the first property owners at Lake Redstone in rural LaValle, Wis., and enjoyed 20 years of retirement there before moving to Reedsburg, Wis. Bill was an avid writer and reader and had an incredible sense of humor. His kindness and generosity helped

many family members and friends.

Bill is survived by his children, William Charles (Ann) Kuschman of Baraboo, David Karl Kuschman of Reedsburg and Thomas Scott (Kathy) Kuschman of Sycamore; grandchildren, Jenny and Kelli Kuschman of Baraboo, and Haley and Joseph Kuschman of Sycamore; and sister, Frances Miest of Lexington, Ky. He was preceded in death by his wife, Nancy; and parents, Emil Henry and Frances (Fleuger) Kuschman.

William’s life will be celebrated with a memorial service at 6 p.m.

Thursday, Oct. 17, at Farber Funeral Home, Reedsburg. A visitation will be from 4 p.m. Thursday until the service at the funeral home. Burial will take place at a later date at OakLawn Cemetery, LaValle.

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MARYON G. MICHAEL Maryon G. Michael, 91, of Hinckley, Ill., passed away Saturday, Oct. 12, 2013.

Friends may visit from 2 p.m. until the hour of service at 6 p.m.

Friday, Oct. 18, at Nash-Nelson Memorial Chapel, 141 N. Maple St., Hinckley. A complete obituary will follow in a later edition. Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory; www.NelsonFuneralHomes.com or 815-286-3247.

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MARY MARIE SOHAN Born: Oct. 13, 1928, in Aurora, Ill. Died: Oct. 12, 2013, in Maple Park, Ill. MAPLE PARK – Mary Marie

Sohan, 84, of Maple Park, Ill., formerly of Sugar Grove, passed away Oct. 12, 2013, at her home, surrounded by her family.

Mary’s life was full of family and fun. She always had enough love in her heart for anyone and everyone, including those “best friends” who walked on four paws. Her pets became family the instant she laid eyes on them. She will forever be missed and never be forgotten.

She is survived by four children, Edwin M. (Marion) Stanton, of Darlington, Wis., Mike (Vickie) Stanton, of Sycamore, Nancy L. (Linne) Calkins, of Aurora and Nancy A. (Walter “Butch” Brucher Jr.) Stanton, of Benton, Wis.; seven grandchildlren, Renee (Terry) Douglas of Darlington, Vance E. (Kathy Reily) Stanton, Andrew J. (Dianne) Stanton and Casey Stanton, all of Darlington and Michelle (Michael) Fleming, of DeKalb, Sheila (Richard) Stanton-Swanson, of Wasco, and Jeneen Stading, of Hampshire; eleven great-grandchildren; one great-great-grandchild (with one on the way); and many nieces, nephews, cousins and a countryside of friends.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Edwin; parents, Morris J. and Helen M. Gordon; and two siblings, Donald J. Gordon and Helen G.Ogle.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 16, at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce St., Elburn A funeral to celebrate her life and faith will begin at 10:30 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 17, also at the funeral home. Interment will follow at Sugar Grove Cemetery, Merrill Road, Sugar Grove.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established in Mary’s name to benefit her favorite charities.

Checks can be made to the Mary

Sohan Memorial and mailed in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119. Tributes and memories also can be forwarded to the family at the same address conleycare. com, where her full life story can be found.

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ROBERT JOE UMLAUF Born: Sept. 5, 1960, in Glendale, Calif.

Died: Oct. 12, 2013, in Sandwich, Ill. SANDWICH – Robert Joe Umlauf, 53, of Sandwich, Ill., passed away Oct. 12, 2013, at his home.

He was born Sept. 5, 1960, in Glendale, Calif., to James Taylor and Judith Umlauf. He was employed by McCaslin’s Bakery for 22 years, and most recently at Gonnella Bakery in Aurora.

He is survived by his mother, Judith (Richard) Houghtby of Sandwich; father, James Taylor of Oshuawa, Ontario; spouse, Gail; stepchildren, David (Sheila) Walz of Streator and Stephanie (Adam) Thompson of Sheridan; five grandchildren; sisters, Leslie Taylor of Oshuawa and Kathy Morel-Neill of Mendota; brothers, Jamie Taylor of Oshuawa and John (Rebecca) Morel of Sandwich; and several nieces, nephews and cousins.

The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17, at Beverage Family Funeral Home in Sandwich. The funeral service will follow at 7 p.m.

Arrangements were handled by Beverage Family Funeral Home in Sandwich.

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SUSAN FERGUSON WALKER Born: Aug. 22, 1947, in Belvidere, Ill. Died: Sept. 30, 2013 ESMOND – Susan Ferguson Walker, 66, of Esmond, Ill., died Monday, Sept. 30, 2013.

Born Aug. 22, 1947, in Belvidere, to Richard and Clementine (Van der Schaegh) Ferguson. Sue grew up in Wheaton and graduated from Wheaton Central High School. She married Ronald Walker in 1970. She was a member of the Moose Lodge in Sycamore.

Survivors include her sons, Sam Walker of Champaign and Michael Nichols of Wisconsin; three sisters, Jean Ferguson, Anne Ferguson and Joan Young.

She was preceded in death by her parents and husband.

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at Esmond United Methodist Church, 675 Eychaner Road, Esmond. Interment will be private.

Arrangements by Olson Funeral & Cremation Services, Sycamore.

For information, call 815-8956589. To send a condolence or share a memory, visit olsonfh. com. Remembrances can be made to the Esmond United Methodist Church.

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Construction progressing at former Small’s site

By NATHAN WOODSIDE nwoodside@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Construction remains on track at the former site of Small’s Furniture on Sycamore Road in DeKalb.

According to property owner and developer John Pappas, the 12,950-square foot retail center will be completed by mid-November. He expects to begin moving in businesses 15 to 20 days after that.

The center’s main unit likely will host a high-end seafood restaurant, Pappas said. He declined to reveal what other businesses may be interested in locating to the site, but said he’s actively speaking to six or seven potential tenants.

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“We have not signed any leases as of right now, but that’s going to start happening in the next couple of weeks,” he said.

Work at the property has been moving at a blistering pace. Pappas had the old Small’s Furniture building demolished in June. Construction on the new building began immediately.

“We’ve had nice weather; we have good contractors we’re working

with,” Pappas said. “The management is pretty organized.”

While the total cost of the development is going to cost Pappas about $4.2 million, he is receiving help from DeKalb city coffers by way of $423,900 in tax increment financing money.

City leaders expect those funds to be replaced within seven years by sales and property tax revenues generated by the development.

Pappas said he doesn’t think he’ll have any trouble filling the development.

“We’ve got a great location, right across from Super Walmart,” he said.

“I think there is a need for this type of building at this particular location, and we’ll attract outside tenants from different communities.”

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The DeKalb and Sycamore chambers of commerce held a joint ribbon-cutting at the Kishwaukee Family YMCA to celebrate the grand opening of its Locker Room Renovation Project. Ambassadors and members toured the newly updated locker rooms and visited with the staff.

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Denise Weinmann, of RVG Milner/Carpenter Commercial Real Estate, recently earned the SIOR designation awarded by the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors to real estate brokers who meet specific high-level requirements in their field.

SIOR is a global professional organization that certifies commercial real estate service providers with the SIOR designation, based on achievement, knowledge, accountability and ethical standards.

To earn the designation, Weinmann completed SIOR’s stringent education requirements. She also was required to have produced minimum annual transaction volume, be endorsed by other SIOR members, and adhere to the SIOR Code of Ethics.

Weinmann, who also holds the CCIM professional designation, has more than 12 years of experience as a licensed real estate broker. She was awarded Realtor of the Year in 2006.

RVG Milner/Carpenter is a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm based in St. Charles, with a branch office in DeKalb.

MacNeille attends insurance academy

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The Sycamore Chamber of Commerce Ambassadors recently held a ribbon cutting at Bullfrogs & Butterflies Resale Shoppe. The shop carries gently used clothing, toys and children’s items sizes newborn up to 14/16. The store is located at 120 S. Maple St. in downtown Sycamore.

NAPA donates to Ben Gordon Center The Napa Autocare Centers of DeKalb County recently presented a check for $515 to the Ben Gordon Center.

Pictured (from left) are Tim King of DeKalb County Auto Parts, John Volkert of Barb City Automotive, Michael Flora of the Ben Gordon Center, Mike Slavens of Milex Auto Care and Jon Bockman of Bockman’s Autocare. The donation came from proceeds from NAPA Auto Care Centers’ many members who donated a percentage of their profits for one month.

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Sandwich Chamber welcomes new member

Pamela MacNeille, agent for Munson Insurance Agency in DeKalb, participated in Grinnell Mutual Reinsurance Company’s Commercial Lines Academy in September. MacNeille joined more than 20 agents from throughout the Midwest to learn more about Grinnell Mutual’s commercial products, services, and operations in Grinnell, Iowa.

“The Commercial Lines Academy is designed for Grinnell Mutual to build rapport with our independent agents and to introduce them to our commercial products,” regional marketing director Bill Gallagher said in a news release.

“We had a great group of agents attend this program and we hope this training session provided agents with new tools for serving commercial accounts.”

MacNeille has more than 20 years of professional experience, mostly in the area of commercial insurance. The Munson Insurance Agency has served DeKalb and the surrounding area since 1934. It is one of the original agencies in

the area and has been a family-owned business for four generations.

Adam Katz joins RVG Milner/Carpenter Adam Katz has joined the team of brokers RVG Milner/Carpenter.

Katz began his career in real estate in 2011 and is in the process of earning his CCIM designation, which affords professional recognition as an expert in commercial and investment real estate.

Before joining RVG Milner/Carpenter, Katz worked in the banking industry and started a real estate investment LLC that specialized in single- and multifamily unit acquisitions.

Katz received his undergraduate degree from the University of Iowa and his MBA from Northern Illinois University.

RVG Milner/Carpenter is a full-service commercial real estate brokerage firm based in St. Charles, with a branch office in DeKalb.

Oswalt named assistant prof at NIU Michael M. Oswalt has been named an assistant professor of law at Northern Illinois University College of Law, where he will teach in the areas of labor and employment law, beginning this semester.

Oswalt was most recently a law fellow for the Service Employees International Union in Washington, D.C., where he provided legal counsel to a variety of low wage worker organizing campaigns.

Before joining SEIU, Oswalt clerked for Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who was then a judge on the United States Second Circuit Court of Appeals.

Oswalt’s scholarly research focuses on the relationship between law and activism, particularly how legal and other regimes transform the possibilities for engagement in civic and institutional areas, including the workplace. His current project considers the impact of workplace culture on the frequency of National Labor Relations Board representation elections.

Oswalt received a J.D. and a Master of Theological Studies (2008) from Duke University and a B.A. in Psychology (2000) from Haverford College.

ATHENA Nominee

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HELEN UMBDENSTOCK Helen Umbdenstock owns Helen’s Hair Designs and Spa. Her ability to multi-task is unparalleled as evidenced by her successfully operating a business in the beauty industry for 32 years, attending NIU Theatre classes & helping with students and participating in a modeling career geared towards building self-esteem. Helen modeled for several years in many ads in newspapers as well as catalogs for Neimen Marcus, Saks and others. Because of her background Helen decided to help women who were larger in size and created a group for self esteem called the “Think Big Club”. Her voice over talents earned her two awards: “The Silver Microphone Award” and the “Windy City Voice Award”.

In 1989 Helen met Marilyn Miglin and together they worked with a staff of doctors at UIC Craniofacial Center until 2010, where Helen also volunteered as a Board member. She has further worked with cancer patients in a very private and personal way and is a cancer survivor herself. Helen is described as entrepreneurial and innovative, embodying wisdom, integrity and a spirit of service to her community. Helen has earned a reputation as a role model for her immeasurable acts of kindness for individuals with debilitating medical and emotional circumstances, leading them from trauma and tragedy toward hope, courage and beauty in their lives.

The ATHENA Award Reception will be held at 6 p.m. Thursday, October 24, 2013 in the Hopkins Park Terrace Room at the DeKalb Park District, DeKalb, IL The public is invited to attend - tickets are $25 each.

–––––––– 2013 ATHENA sponsors: ––––––––

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The Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce recently hosted a meet and greet for one of its newest members, Pozzi Chimney Sweep. The business offers chimney cleaning, chimney relining, masonry repair of chimneys, chimney caps and chimney waterproofing. For more information, visit pozzichimneysweep.com.

Pictured (from left) are Pat Voga, Justin Norquist, Janeen Henrichs, Stacy Skillin, Lanette Yingling, Rich Bryan, Giovani and Gary Pozzi, Tom Churchill, Laura Pozzi, Tricia Wagner, Norm Johnson and John Lux.

For more information contact the DeKalb Chamber office at 815-756-6306 Registration also available at dekalb.org

Opinions

Daily Chronicle • www.daily-chronicle.com • Page A7 • Tuesday, October 15, 2013

8 ANOTHER VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Now’s not time for lesson on overspending

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Why are local Congress reps standing firm?

To the Editor: Thank you for devoting six full paragraphs in your Oct. 9 article “Local congressmen standing firm” to a local voter’s story of her effort to have her voice heard by her elected representatives.

As has been made abundantly clear by both the title of your article and by nearly all of the recent polls on the government shutdown, the voice of the voters is not being heard in the halls of the Capitol.

This shutdown was strategically engineered for political effect. Air traffic controllers are still working, our congressmen couldn’t leave themselves stranded in Washington. The Pentagon’s war spending is still funded, but veterans appealing denial of disability benefits will have to wait because the Appeals Board will not issue any decisions during the shutdown.

Lastly, our National Parks are shut down, providing our members of Congress with photo ops berating Park Service employees for complying with the shutdown that the congressmen themselves are responsible for.

I know there are many parents reading the Chronicle who have

learned through hard experience to not give in to their children’s tantrums. Give in once to a screaming fit in a store and your child will try it again. Teach your child about asking the right way, about persuasion, about compromise and you’ve better equipped your child to live in the real world.

Apparently our two congressmen don’t live in the real world, if they believe the way to change public policy is to hold the nation hostage.

If you believe that Congress should be doing its job, please make your voice heard. The most effective way to do this is through persistent, personal communication. In the unlikely event you can actually meet face-to-face with your representative, you can have the best possible opportunity to be heard. Otherwise, phone calls and postcards are next best because they are so uniquely personal.

Be sure to give your name and city (to ensure they realize you’re in their district) and phone number if you would like a response.

Keep your message clear and concise whether over the phone or by mail. Share any personal story of how the shutdown is affecting you, that will make the greatest impact.

Finally, please be patient with

the staffer who answers the phone, they are likely working without pay. See the Oct. 9 article, or the Monday Opinions page for your representative’s contact information.

why try harder when you can get in on lower standards? If you’re white, your application could potentially be rejected in favor of a less qualified student, simply because you are not a minority.

I understand that in 1969, it was Jim Luebke a different time, but the long-term DeKalb effect of types of programs are to lower the ambitions of the very CHANCE program unfairly people they are trying to help. At lowers standards the same time, those of us that To the Editor: have the academics for admisI was upset to read through two sion but lack the funding watch recently published articles in the as student after student is given Daily Chronicle. “NIU’s CHANCE scholarships and free rides simply Program marks 45 years” and “Our because they are a minority. view: CHANCE program brings The sum result of 45 years of progress.” In the first article, I these types of programs is not found the following quote: greater integration, but a lagging “’The black students produced ambition on one side and a frustraa list of seven demands for the tion on the other. Left unchecked, president,’ Mitchell said. ‘One was this turns to a sense of entitlea request for a waiver of the usual ment and racism, the very things admissions standards for black the program was established to students who have the potential eradicate. to succeed in college but lack the The civil rights movement was test scores and high school rank about not judging someone based for consideration for traditional on their race or color of their skin, admission.’ ” yet NIU’s CHANCE program seems This statement seems to be to be based entirely upon race requesting a lower standard for a and skin color. The question must potential student based upon their be asked: Have we truly left the skin color. While the quote itself 1960s? may be accurate, that mentality doesn’t help anyone on either side Jason Pittenger of the issue. If you are a minority, DeKalb

What to do about America’s low-skill workforce Some bad news for America, not on the political front this time, but on what corporate executives call human resources.

It’s from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development’s report on adult skills, based on 166,000 interviews in 24 economically advanced countries in 2011 and 2012.

The verdict on the United States: “weak in literacy, very poor in numeracy, but only slightly below average in problem-solving in technology-rich environments.”

On literacy, just 12 percent of U.S. adults score at the top two levels, significantly lower than the 22 percent in largely monoethnic and culturally cohesive Japan and Finland. American average scores are below those in our Anglosphere cousins Australia, Canada and England and Northern Ireland.

One-sixth of Americans score at the bottom two levels, compared with 5 percent in Japan and Finland.

On numeracy the U.S. does even worse – only 8 percent at the top levels and onethird in the lowest.

Americans do better at problem solving in tech-rich environments, which economist Tyler Cowen in his new book “Average Is Over” says will be of great economic value in the future.

A third of Americans score at the top two levels, while a third score at the bottom or lack such skills altogether.

That puts us just below the average of the countries tested. Finland, the Netherlands, Australia and Canada are well ahead.

The OECD report finds a wider range

VIEWS Michael Barone of skills in the U.S. than in other countries surveyed. Americans with only high school educations perform worse than their counterparts in all but one other nation.

And the report found that socioeconomic background is more strongly correlated with skills proficiency in this country.

In addition, there is the uncomfortable finding that disproportionate percentages of blacks and Hispanics have low skills.

Fully half of the Americans with the lowest level of literacy are Hispanic (presumably reflecting some immigrants’ weak English) and another 20 percent are black.

This is probably true of other groups.

In his 2012 book “Coming Apart,” Charles Murray showed that the 30 percent of whites with the lowest education and income levels have low rates of family formation, little involvement in voluntary associations and high levels of substance abuse.

Most likely, those of any race or ethnic groups with divorced or single parents, or who are divorced or single parents themselves, tend to lag below national and international averages in literacy and numeracy.

Another disturbing finding of the OECD is that younger age cohorts in the U.S. do not seem to have skills as high as those in the cohort just below age 65.

All of this suggests that America’s economic future may not be as bright as its past – or that the current economic doldrums may turn out to be the new normal.

What to do? The OECD sensibly calls for better education and more adult skills training. In fact, many worthy attempts have been made and are being made to improve education around the country, and some have had positive results.

Even the Obama administration, despite its political debts to teacher unions, has pitched in to some extent.

In the meantime, the U.S. can do something about improving skill sets by changing its immigration laws to increase high-skill immigration.

Current immigration law has inadvertently resulted in a vast low-skill migration from Latin America and especially from Mexico. Unanticipated large numbers have used the family reunification provisions to enter legally, and large numbers have crossed the border illegally.

Congress can change that by cutting back on extended family reunification, improving border enforcement and requiring use of e-Verify or other status verification technology.

Making a concerted effort to attract high-skill immigrants should be a no-brainer for America.

• Michael Barone, senior political analyst for The Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

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The U.S. government’s record of excessive spending and ballooning deficits has put us in dire financial straits. Something has to be done.

But politicians shouldn’t use the debt-ceiling decision as a bargaining chip in their fight over government spending.

Raising the debt ceiling is a formality that allows government to pay the bills that Congress has already approved paying. To refuse to raise the limit is akin to letting the country bounce its checks. If it wants to control spending, Congress needs to say no before it makes the “purchase,” not when the bill is due.

To not pay those bills could have catastrophic impact on the global marketplace, economists believe.

Some politicians say that point of view is overstated.

If they won’t believe economic predictors, how about history?

The last time we edged this close to default, in 2011, the impact was serious, if not disastrous. For the first time ever, the U.S. credit rating was downgraded.

The stock market tanked. It cost us billions more to borrow money after that, and consumer confidence was badly shaken. And that’s how it looked when the crisis was, at the last minute, averted.

But all that, apparently, was not enough of a negative outcome to have Congress avoid another debt ceiling crisis. In fact, Congress decided to lump the conversations on government spending and budgeting and the debt ceiling and the Affordable Health Care Act all into one big debate. This is a legislative body that can’t find agreement on small points of contention. How on earth will it untangle this web? Even if the extension discussed on Thursday takes place, and the Oct. 17 debt-ceiling deadline is met, another debt-ceiling decision will be just around the corner.

If the government goes into default, strides made toward economic recovery will be reversed, and the world will view our government as grossly incompetent. And the U.S. government could actually default on its debts.

Is this debt ceiling crisis a threat of our own making?

It is.

Is the whole thing a little bizarre?

It is.

But is the threat real?

It absolutely is.

Congress should tackle reining in government spending – but not by refusing to act on the debt ceiling.

Telegraph Herald (Dubuque, Iowa)

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Iran must disarm without delay The Obama administration says it expects Iran’s new leadership to show its seriousness about striking a deal on its nuclear program by offering a response in Geneva this week to a proposal that the United States and its partners put forward this year.

That confidence-building plan calls for Iran to freeze its higher-level enrichment of uranium and accept more inspections in exchange for the easing of several second-order sanctions, including a ban on trading in gold. Several reports, including one in the Wall Street Journal, have said that Tehran may be preparing an offer that meets several of those terms, including the enrichment restriction.

If so, that would signal a major change in position

by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who has repeatedly rejected both interim and comprehensive offers to end the standoff over the nuclear program. But the Obama administration should not necessarily be prepared to accept an Iranian “yes” for an answer, even if it is unqualified. That is because Iran’s continued development of its nuclear infrastructure during the course of this year has torn some big holes in what was intended to be a temporary safety net.

A year ago, Iran’s growing stockpile of uranium enriched to 20 percent appeared to be the most dangerous piece of its nuclear infrastructure, because that material could be quickly converted to bombgrade. The enrichment takes place in an underground facility that has little plausible use other than for weapons production. A freeze or shutdown of that plant and the securing of the material already produced, if accepted by Tehran even six months ago, would have eased the threat that Iran could race to produce a bomb sometime soon.

Since then, however, Iran has begun installing a new generation of centrifuges at its largest enrichment plant, in Natanz.

Any accord with Iran, even an interim arrangement, must take these new facts into account.

No sanctions relief should be granted unless the advanced centrifuges and the Arak reactor are part of the deal.

All the difficulties with a preliminary accord might be addressed if it were folded into a larger framework that spells out how much of its nuclear program Iran is prepared to give up in exchange for full sanctions relief. That, in turn, invites the ultimate test of the new government: Is it willing to definitely abandon its drive for a nuclear weapon or only temporize?

The Washington Post

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

– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST

A cold front will move through by midday, bringing a few showers and a slight chance of a t-storm. The front will weaken as it moves through, so rainfall amounts are expected to be less than .25 of an inch. A chilly air mass will take over Wednesday through Friday with temperatures running 10 degrees below normal.

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La Salle 68/45 Streator 69/46

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Evanston 66/48 Chicago 67/47

Aurora 66/44

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Snow Aidan, Lincoln Elementary School Mail your weather drawings to: Geoff Wells, 1586 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL 60115

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Sports

Kaneland, Genoa-Kingston advance individuals to state boys golf tournament. PAGE B2

SECTION B Tuesday, October 15 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

MID-AMERICAN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL NOTES

Bahamas Bowl latest league tie-in

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com AP photo

World doping agency to probe Jamaica A year after Usain Bolt made history at the London Olympics and declared himself “a living legend,” a bombshell dropped largely unnoticed in The Gleaner, the Caribbean’s oldest newspaper: A former director of the Jamaica Anti-Doping Commission alleged the island didn’t drug-test its athletes for entire months before they dazzled at the Summer Games.

Statistics compiled by former JADCO Executive Director Renee Anne Shirley indicated a near-complete breakdown in the agency’s out-of-competition testing from January 2012 to the July opening of the Olympics.

In an interview with The Associated Press, JADCO chairman Herbert Elliott dismissed Shirley’s figures as lies and described her as “a bit demented” and “a Judas.”

But the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed to AP that there was, as Shirley asserted, “a significant gap of no testing” by JADCO as athletes trained for London – and that it would launch an “extraordinary” audit of the Jamaican agency.

What’s more, International Olympic Committee medical chiefs, WADA and Britain’s anti-doping agency, which also worked on London’s massive drug-testing program, told the AP that they were kept in the dark about Jamaican testing lapses that Shirley exposed in her August letter to The Gleaner.

Jamaican stars didn’t go completely untested before London.

– Wire report

Monday’s announcement of the Bahamas Bowl gives the Mid-American Conference five primary bowl agreements for next season.

The Bahamas Bowl will be played at Thomas A. Robinson Stadium in Nassau, Bahamas, from 2014 to 2019, and will feature a MAC and American Athletic Conference team in the inaugural game. The MAC will play Conference USA in 2015.

The MAC’s other primary agreements for next year are the GoDaddy.com Bowl in Mobile, Ala., and the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho, which are part of the current cycle, as well as the newly an-

Want to know more?

The Daily Chronicle’s Steve Nitz answers your NIU- and MAC-related questions. Look for a new installment of questions and answers each week at HuskieWire. com. Submit your questions to Steve on Twitter @SNitz_ DDC or at snitz@shawmedia.com. nounced Boca Raton Bowl and the Camellia Bowl in Montgomery, Ala., which was announced this past summer.

MAC commissioner Jon Steinbrecher said there will be two more bowl announcements

within the next couple of weeks, which would give the MAC bowl agreements with seven or eight different entities, while the conference will always have five primary bowl slots.

“It’s not a lot of fun, quite frankly, either from my office or more importantly for the coaches, student-athletes and teams, who have deserving records but you wonder if you’re going to get them placed or not,” Steinbrecher said Monday morning’s Mid-American Conference coaches teleconference. “So we just decided we were going to be very aggressive, and see if we could develop partnerships for other conferences, other organizations, other cities.”

See FOOTBALL, page B4

AP file photo

Sun Belt Conference Commissioner Karl Benson (left) talks with Mid-American Conference Commissioner Jon Steinbrecher during a news conference Aug. 19 in Montgomery, Ala. The MAC added another bowl tie-in for the league Monday. Steinbrecher said there will be two more bowl announcements in the next couple of weeks.

HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK CROSS COUNTRY

H-BR PROGRAM GROWING

8WHAT TO WATCH Canadian football Toronto at Hamilton (sameday tape), 11 p.m., NBCSN College football Louisiana-Lafayette at W. Kentucky, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Golf PGA of America, Grand Slam of Golf, first day, at Southampton, Bermuda, 3 p.m., TNT Pro baseball Playoffs, American League Championship Series, Game 3, Boston at Detroit, 2:30 p.m., Fox Playoffs, National League Championship Series, Game 4, St. Louis at Los Angeles, 7 p.m., TBS Pro hockey Blackhawks at Carolina, 6 p.m., CSN San Jose at St. Louis, 7 p.m., NBCSN Soccer Whiparound coverage, men’s national teams, World Cup qualifiers, teams TBA, at various sites, 1:30 p.m., ESPN2 Men’s national teams, World Cup qualifier, England vs.

Poland, at London, 2 p.m., FS1 Creighton at Michigan, 7 p.m., Big Ten Network

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Hinckley-Big Rock cross country coach Kristy Harrod (second from left) talks with her team which includes Audrey Harrod (from left), Kristen Clark, Katie Hoffman and Brandon Jakubiec during practice Sept. 30 in Hinckley.

Sport made oficial, but logistics still dependent on coaches, athletes

By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com

K

risten Clark never had any formal offseason coaching in preparation for the spring track season.

The Hinckley-Big Rock senior didn’t have the advantage of a cross country season, yet still managed to qualify for last year’s Class 1A state track meet in the 800-meter run.

That all changed for Clark this year as H-BR took the first steps toward establishing a cross country

More online For all your prep sports coverage – stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps.

program.

Freshman Audrey Harrod and seniors Clark, Katie Hoffman and

Brandon Jakubiec make up H-BR’s first team. Because five runners are needed to enter meets as a girls or boys team, H-BR’s runners compete as individuals.

“I was really happy with the administration and all they did to make this even possible,” Clark said.

“Because I am a senior, I was pretty pumped about my upcoming track season to have this offseason training.”

The idea for a cross country program came up last spring, but the last

hurdles weren’t cleared until August.

The biggest issue was cost and the school is not funding the team in its first year. While the athletes are paying for uniforms and meet entry fees, transportation was the most complex problem.

Without an available school bus, the school district and athletes’ parents signed legal forms to allow Kristi Harrod, the team’s coach, to drive the runners to and from meets.

See PROGRAM, page B4

BEARS ANALYSIS

Bears still need offensive weapons Week 6 was a bonus week for the Bears and their fans.

First, there was another win.

Then, a rare Sunday to sit back and catch up on what’s going on around the league.

There were some very entertaining games to watch, particularly the close look we got at the Packers in their 19-17 win over the Ravens and the instant classic between the Patriots and Saints.

I also discovered a surprising trend around the league that got me to thinking Sarah Nader – snader@shawmedia.com about one of the differences The Bears’ Brandon Marshall is tackled near the end zone during the between the Bears and other second quarter Thursday against the New York Giants at Soldier Field. contenders.

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush What do the Patriots’ Kenbrell Thompkins, New Orleans’ Kenny Stills and Khiry Robinson, Detroit’s Kris Durham and Joseph Fauria and Baltimore’s Tandon Doss all have in common?

They are all second-level prospects and role players who were being targeted and making huge plays at critical moments in games their contending teams were fighting

to win.

Thompkins is a 25-year-old undrafted rookie free agent out of Cincinnati while the Saints’ Stills was their fifthround pick out of Oklahoma this year and Robinson is an undrafted rookie free agent out of West Texas A&M. With 6:19 left in the third period, it wasn’t Pierre Thomas or Darren Sproles getting the ball at the 3-yard line in the biggest game of the year for either team so far. It was Robinson for the touchdown that put the Saints back in the game.

See ARKUSH, page B4

SPORTS

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8PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

CUBS

MLB

Renteria interviews for manager spot

Boys Soccer Sycamore at Morris, 4:30 p.m.

Rochelle at DeKalb, 6 p.m.

Kaneland at Yorkville, 6 p.m.

Indian Creek vs. Mendota in Class A Indian Creek Regional semifinals, 4 p.m.

Hinckley-Big Rock vs. Serena in Class A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional semifinals, 6:30 p.m.

Volleyball Sycamore at Yorkville, 6 p.m.

DeKalb at Kaneland, 6 p.m.

Mooseheart at Indian Creek, 6 p.m.

Genoa-Kingston at Marengo, 6 p.m.

Newark at Hiawatha, 6:45 p.m.

LaMoille at Hinckley-Big Rock, 7 p.m.

CHICAGO – A person familiar with the situation said the Cubs have interviewed San Diego Padres bench coach Rick Renteria for their manager’s job.

WEDNESDAY

By MARK LAZERUS

Boys Soccer Westminster Christian vs.

Genoa-Kingston in Class A Genoa-Kingston Regional semifinals, 4:15 p.m.

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8SPORTS SHORTS Sycamore grad earns Illinois PGA Award Former Sycamore High School graduate Dick Wagley was named the recipient of the 2013 Illinois PGA Golf Professional of teh Year Award, the highest annual honor bestowed by the Illinois PGA on a PGA Professional.

Wagley, 62, was born and raised in DeKalb and played golf, football and basketball at Sycamore.

He won the conference championship two times as a member of the golf team.

Wagley played golf at Northern Illinois for four seasons and graduated with a degree in education. He has been the head golf professional at Indian Hill Club in Winnetka for the past 31 years.

“It’s hard to describe the great honor of being named the 59th Illinois PGA Golf Professional of the Year,” Wagley said. “Looking at the list of the past honorees of the award is very humbling. Those names are the legends in the Illinois PGA.” Wagley will be honored at the Illinois PGA Special Awards Ceremony on Oct. 23 at Medinah County Club. The awards program begins at 8 p.m., preceded by a 7 p.m. dinner reception.

By ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press

Northern Illinois senior volleyball player Sarah Angelos was named the Mid-American Conference West Offensive Player of the Week.

Angelos had 16 kills and a .406 attack percentage along with three block assists in a 3-2 loss to Toledo.

The senior middle blocker recorded nine kills and had a .350 hitting percentage in a 3-0 win over Ball State.

Cubs ticket prices remain flat for 2014 CHICAGO – The price of a ticket to Cubs games at Wrigley Field next season will cost no more than they did this year.

Crain’s Chicago Business reports the Cubs also will designate fewer platinum and marquee-tiered games after the team had its lowest-attended season since 1998.

The price of a Cubs ticket will range from $8 for upper-deck reserved seats for games with little demand to $112 for marquee-game club box seats.

A 12 percent Chicago and Cook County amusement tax will be added to the price of each ticket.

Cubs officials say 21 games will be priced at the top of the Cubs’ tiered pricing structure, down from 26 last season.

Season-ticket holders who bought the Cubs’ “combo” plans for night and weekend games may see a price increase.

– Staff, wire reports

The person, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the confidential nature of the search, confirmed reports by several media outlets.

The interview took place in Southern California Monday.

The person also said the

Cubs will interview Tampa Bay bench coach Dave Martinez this week.

The Cubs fired Dale Sveum after going 127-197 the past two seasons while hoping to develop young players.

Renteria is known for his teaching ability and has

managed in San Diego’s and Miami’s minor league systems.

Martinez has spent the past six seasons as the Rays’ bench coach and could be a good fit with Cubs management because Tampa Bay relies heavily on statistical analysis.

BLACKHAWKS

Power play shows positive signs It’s tempting, when you have the precision of a Duncan Keith and the vision of a Marian Hossa and the skill of a Patrick Sharp and the power of a Brent Seabrook, to try to be too fancy. To try for the superstar play, the otherworldly pass, the ideal shot. To try to make the perfect play.

But in the chaotic world of the power play, the perfect play is usually the imperfect one – the deflection, the rebound, the funky bounce off a defender’s skate or the back boards. Style points don’t get you special teams points.

“It’s when you try to take it over as an individual and slow things down, and try to look for that perfect shot, that things often get blocked,” Blackhawks winger and power-play point man Patrick Sharp said. “The power play’s not successful because of one guy. It’s all five guys working together.”

And that, so far, has been the difference between the Hawks’ power play last year and this season’s version. While it’s pretty much the same five guys on each unit, they’re working together. They’re moving.

They’re creating. And more than anything else, they’re shooting – early, and as often as possible.

Through five games, the Hawks are 5 of 20 with the man-advantage, with a goal in four games – solid numbers

AP photo

The Blackhawks’ Patrick Kane (88), celebrates with teammates Jonathan Toews (19), Andrew Shaw (65), Patrick Sharp (10), and Duncan Keith (2), after scoring a goal during the second period Saturday against the Buffalo Sabres at the United Center. that become spectacular when compared with the past two seasons. It’s early, of course, but considering they were 16.6 percent during the season last year and 11.4 percent during the playoffs, it’s encouraging.

The Hawks pride themselves on being the best 5-on-5 team in hockey. And that was good enough to win the Stanley Cup last season. So imagine what a decent power play – let alone a great one – could do.

“It’s not the main focus of the team,” Sharp said. “Obviously, we won last year when our power play wasn’t very good. But you saw in the Buffalo game [on Saturday], I thought we outplayed them, but that power-play goal was the difference. It’s going to help

us.”

In the Buffalo game, Sharp set up Patrick Kane’s power-play goal with a beautiful cross-ice pass. That was one of the pretty ones, but even it was set up by better motion, by pulling defenders out of position, by creating passing and shooting lanes. That’s the biggest difference this season – the Hawks are not only taking more shots, they’re getting pucks through to the net, where Andrew Shaw and Bryan Bickell can try to tip, deflect or swat them in.

“We’re moving more and not standing still as much,” said Michal Rozsival, an occasional power-play point man, particularly when the Hawks are nursing a lead and don’t want to have a forward on the blue line.

“To get the shots through, you have to either shoot it quick before the lane closes, or you have to move and try to change the angle. Because all the penalty killers in the league right now are so good at taking away the line to the net.”

Rozsival also pointed out how much more effective the Hawks have been at entering the offensive zone with proper form, thereby making it easier to set up the power play structure and hold the zone. The Hawks have been working on all of these things – shooting more, shooting smarter, breakouts, entries and retrievals – at nearly every practice. And as Rozsival said, “We have been rewarded.”

Sharp said that the Hawks have added a couple of subtle wrinkles during all those practices, but didn’t want to share any state secrets. All he knows is it’s working. For now, at least.

“You know as well as anybody that there’s going to be peaks and valleys all season with the power play,” Sharp said. “But so far so good.”

Note: Sharp’s wife, Abby, gave birth to their second daughter, Sadie Ellen on Sunday. Sharp traveled with the team to Raleigh, N.C., for tonight’s game.

• Mark Lazerus covers for the Blackhawks for the Chicago Sun-Times. He can be reached at mlazerus@suntimes.com.

BULLS

Rose unfazed by fuss over missed game

By JOE COWLEY Chicago Sun-Times

Angelos earns MAC volleyball honors

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Derrick Rose has become well-versed in dealing with the mass panic surrounding his surgically repaired left knee.

Then again, 18 months of the same fire drill over and over again has made that possible.

So there he was yet again Monday, reassuring the media that Saturday’s missed game in Rio de Janeiro was a blip on the screen.

Maybe that’s why he spent an extra hour after practice shooting jumpers for all to see.

“Nervous, I can understand, but at the same time I have to worry about myself and worry about my health,” Rose said, when asked if he understood the hysteria. “I’m fine with [the continual questions]. That’s just something I’ve got to deal

with. Does it get irritating?

Sometimes, but I had the injury, and it’s something we all have to go through.”

He was just fine in the team’s first practice since returning from Brazil, going through the full workout, and on schedule to make his United Center debut Wednesday, when the Bulls host the Pistons.

“My knee is good,” Rose said. “I was never worried about it. I could have played but the front office made a decision to sit me out, so my health is number one.”

The latest wrinkle in the on-going knee saga, however, was how it happened.

Rose first said it happened sometime before the Friday practice, after he participated in the first two days of practice in Rio with no problems.

Coach Tom Thibodeau was

now pointing a finger at the long flight that could have triggered something.

“It was a combination of things,” Thibodeau said. “He had some soreness. And we flew all night going there. But he moved great [Monday] and he’s feeling real good.

“It’s soreness. We’re in training camp. This is an important time for us. We want everyone to work. But we also want to be smart. It was unusual with the travel involved. We played those two games and then we basically flew all night. And we had a lot of stuff going on during the day so guys couldn’t get off their feet like they normally would because of all the obligations they had with the league. We just wanted to make sure everything was good.”

When asked if Rose’s knee was exaggerated media panic,

Thibodeau smirked.

“That’s the reality of the way things are,” Thibodeau said. “You guys all do what you do, whatever it is that you do.”

As for Rose, he’s just glad that he will finally play in front of a UC crowd. The last time he was seen in a live game it was being helped off the floor April 28, 2012.

“I’ve been thinking about it a lot, especially at night in bed,” Rose said. “Thinking about all the games we played, thinking about what I could have done in those games differently, and I’m excited to get back on the court in the UC. It’s been a long time since I’ve been on that court.”

• Joe Cowley is a sports reporter for the Chicago SunTimes who can be reached at jcowley@suntimes.com.

PREP ROUNDUP

Genoa-Kingston, Kaneland send boys golfers to state

By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com Genoa-Kingston sophomore boys golfer Tommy Lucca shot a 77 at the Class 2A Freeport Sectional on Monday to qualify for the state meet this weekend.

Lucca finished in a tie for eighth place and became the second G-K golfer to advance to the state meet in the last two years after Emily Wakeley qualified in 2012 in Class 1A. Kaneland senior Matt Yonkovich also qualified for the 2A state meet by shooting a 78.

Indian Creek 11th: Indian Creek finished 11th as a team at the Class 1A Byron Sectional, shooting a 364.

Peyton Gatz led the Timber-

wolves with an 86 while Jake Weiseler shot 91. David Boehne shot a 92 and Drew Headley had a 95.

Barbs don’t move on: DeKalb sophomores Connor Hoyle and Ben Melms didn’t qualify for the Class 3A state meet after shooting 86 and 88, respectively, at the Class 3A Naperville Central Sectional.

“It was just a learning experience and you’re hoping it’s your day, but it wasn’t,” DeKalb coach John Cordes said. “As long as they learn from the experience, it will just make them that much hungrier and better next year.”

GIRLS GOLF Russell shoots 86: DeKalb sophomore Maggie Russell shot 86 at the Class 2A Rock-

ford Guilford Sectional, narrowly missing the qualifying cut of 84.

“She went on a run on her second nine. She had five pars out of six holes,” DeKalb coach Chuck Schramm said. “She was hitting a bunch of fairways and really confident in her chipping and making putts. She did a great job and just came up a tad short.”

Kaneland’s Tori Guyton also shot 86.

GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY Harrod takes 26th: Hinckley-Big Rock freshman Audrey Harrod finished 26th in the girls varsity race at Amboy with a time of 18:54.

Senior Katie Hoffman competed in the girls 2-mile open race.

SATURDAY’S LATE RESULTS GIRLS TENNIS Ye wins NI Big 12 title: Sycamore sophomore Angelina Ye won the No. 1 singles championship at the Northern Illinois Big 12 tournament on Saturday.

Ye defeated Kaneland’s Sammie Schrepferman in the final, 6-1, 6-0.

Sycamore’s Alexa Farris won the conference title at No. 2 singles, winning her championship match, 6-1, 6-2.

Kaneland’s Madi Jurcenko and Jelly Emmanouil won the title at No. 1 doubles while Colleen Landers and Stephanie Karolewicz won the No. 2 doubles championship.

The Knights won the team championship while Sycamore placed fourth overall.

LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 1, Boston 1 Saturday, Oct. 12: Detroit 1, Boston 0 Sunday, Oct. 13: Boston 6, Detroit 5 Today: Boston (Lackey 10-13) at Detroit (Verlander 13-12), 3:07 p.m.

Wednesday: Boston (Peavy 12-5) at Detroit (Fister 14-9), 7:07 p.m.

Thursday: Boston at Detroit, 7:07 p.m. x-Saturday: Detroit at Boston, 3:37 p.m. x-Sunday, Oct. 20: Detroit at Boston, 7:07 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE St. Louis 2, Los Angeles 1 Friday, Oct. 11: St. Louis 3, Los Angeles 2, 13 inn.

Saturday, Oct. 12: St. Louis 1, Los Angeles 0 Monday: Los Angeles 3, St. Louis 0 Today: St. Louis (Lynn 15-10) at Los Angeles, 7:07 p.m.

Wednesday: St. Louis at Los Angeles, 3:07 p.m. x-Friday: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 7:37 p.m. x-Saturday: Los Angeles at St. Louis, 7:37 p.m.

NFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE North L T Detroit 2 0 Bears 2 0 Green Bay 2 0 Minnesota 4 0 East W L T Philadelphia 3 3 0 Dallas 2 3 0 Washington 1 3 0 N.Y. Giants 0 6 0 South W L T New Orleans 5 1 0 Carolina 2 3 0 Atlanta 1 4 0 Tampa Bay 0 5 0 West W L T Seattle 5 1 0 San Francisco 4 2 0 St. Louis 3 3 0 Arizona 3 3 0 W 4 4 3 1

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PF 157 145 141 111

PA 94 118 154 127

AMERICAN CONFERENCE North L T Cincinnati 2 0 Baltimore 3 0 Cleveland 3 0 Pittsburgh 4 0 East W L T New England 5 1 0 Miami 3 2 0 N.Y. Jets 3 3 0 Buffalo 2 4 0 South W L T Indianapolis 4 2 0 Tennessee 3 3 0 Houston 2 4 0 Jacksonville 0 6 0 West W L T Kansas City 6 0 0 Denver 6 0 0 San Diego 3 3 0 Oakland 2 4 0 W 4 3 3 1

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PA 111 129 125 116

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PF PA 152 65 265 158 144 138 105 132

Monday’s Result San Diego 19, Indianapolis 9 Thursday’s Game Seattle at Arizona, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’ Game Bears at Washington, noon Tampa Bay at Atlanta, noon Dallas at Philadelphia, noon New England at N.Y. Jets, noon Buffalo at Miami, noon St. Louis at Carolina, noon Cincinnati at Detroit, noon San Diego at Jacksonville, noon San Francisco at Tennessee, 3:05 p.m.

Houston at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m.

Cleveland at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

Baltimore at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m.

Denver at Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.

Open: New Orleans, Oakland Monday, Oct. 21 Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 7:40 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts 5 5 0 0 10 4 4 0 0 8 6 3 1 2 8 5 3 1 1 7 6 3 3 0 6 4 2 2 0 4 5 2 3 0 4 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts San Jose 5 5 0 0 10 Anaheim 5 4 1 0 8 Calgary 5 3 0 2 8 Phoenix 6 4 2 0 8 Los Angeles 6 4 2 0 8 Vancouver 6 3 3 0 6 Edmonton 6 1 4 1 3 Colorado St. Louis Minnesota Blackhawks Winnipeg Dallas Nashville

GF 18 19 16 15 17 9 9

GA 4 7 13 13 16 11 15

GF 24 18 18 17 16 17 19

GA 7 12 17 17 14 20 29

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Toronto 6 5 1 0 10 23 15 Detroit 6 4 2 0 8 16 15 Montreal 5 3 2 0 6 17 10 Boston 5 3 2 0 6 12 8 Tampa Bay 5 3 2 0 6 18 14 Ottawa 5 1 2 2 4 11 16 Florida 6 2 4 0 4 13 24 Buffalo 7 0 6 1 1 7 18 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 5 4 1 0 8 20 13 Carolina 6 2 2 2 6 13 18 N.Y. Islanders 5 2 2 1 5 16 13 Columbus 4 2 2 0 4 11 10 Washington 6 2 4 0 4 17 22 New Jersey 6 0 3 3 3 11 21 N.Y. Rangers 5 1 4 0 2 9 25 Philadelphia 6 1 5 0 2 8 17 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Today’s Results Detroit 3, Boston 2 Washington 4, Edmonton 2 Minnesota 2, Buffalo 1 Tuesday’s Games Blackhawks at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 6 p.m.

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

Vancouver at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Edmonton at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Los Angeles at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Columbus at Detroit, 7 p.m.

San Jose at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Florida at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Colorado, 8 p.m.

Ottawa at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Washington, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

NBA PRESEASON Monday’s Results Brooklyn 127, Philadelphia 97 Orlando 102, Dallas 94 San Antonio at Denver (n) L.A. Clippers at Sacramento (n) Today’s Games Golden State vs. L.A. Lakers at Beijing, 6:30 a.m.

Miami at Washington, 6 p.m.

Charlotte vs. Cleveland at Canton, Ohio, 6 p.m.

Boston at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Denver at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Detroit at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Houston, 7 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.

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Looking forward

Tuesday, October 15, 2013 • Page B3

Sprint Cup leaders

NASCAR SPRINT CUP

Michael Waltrip Racing will field 2 full teams next season

SPRINT CUP SERIES Camping World RV Sales 500 Race time: Noon Sunday Site: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. TV: ESPN

Chase Standings 1. Matt Kenseth ....................2,225 2. Jimmie Johnson................ 2,221 3. Kevin Harvick....................2,196 4. Jeff Gordon........................2,189 5. Kyle Busch.........................2,188 6. Greg Biffle ......................... 2,167 7. Kurt Busch.........................2,166 8. Clint Bowyer.....................2,162 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ...........2,159 10. Carl Edwards...................2,158 11. Joey Logano.....................2,150 12. Ryan Newman................. 2,147 13. Kasey Kahne....................2,144 -----------------------------------------14. Brad Keselowski................874 15. Jamie McMurray ...............872 16. Martin Truex Jr. ................828 17. Paul Menard.......................825 18. Aric Almirola ......................796 19. Marcos Ambrose...............783 20. Jeff Burton ........................ 780 21. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ..........772 22. Juan Pablo Montoya.........772 23. Casey Mears......................634 24. Denny Hamlin................... 608 25. Tony Stewart.....................594 26. David Ragan ......................565 27. Mark Martin.......................554 28. Danica Patrick...................554 29. David Gilliland ...................534 30. Dave Blaney.......................472 31. Travis Kvapil.......................429 32. David Reutimann ............. 420 33. A J Allmendinger.............. 402 34. J.J. Yeley .............................401 35. Bobby Labonte..................363 36. David Stremme .................362 37. Timmy Hill...........................177 38. Michael McDowell............ 148 39. Michael Waltrip ................ 102 40. Scott Speed.........................99 41. Ken Schrader .......................92 42. Terry Labonte...................... 77 43. Boris Said .............................48 44. Ron Fellows ..........................31 45. Alex Kennedy .......................21 46. Justin Marks .........................14 47. Scott Riggs ........................... 11 48. Victor Gonzalez Jr. ............ 10 49. Brian Keselowski .................. 9 50. Tomy Drissi ........................... 8

By JENNA FRYER The Associated Press

NATIONWIDE SERIES O’Reilly Auto Parts Challenge Race time: 2:30 p.m. Nov. 2 Site: Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas TV: ESPN2

CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES Fred’s 250 Race time: 3 p.m. Saturday Site: Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. TV: FS1

Upcoming Sprint Cup schedule Oct. 27: Goody’s Headache Relief Shot 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va. Nov. 3: AAA Texas 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas Nov. 10: Advocare 500, Phoenix International Raceway, Avondale, Ariz.

Nov. 17: Ford Ecoboost 400, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Homestead, Fla. End of Season

8BRIEF Vickers to miss rest of season with blood clot CONCORD, N.C. – Brian Vickers will miss the rest of the NASCAR season because of a blood clot in his right calf.

The clot was found after a Monday examination.

– Wire report

CONCORD, N.C. – Michael Waltrip Racing will run only two full-time cars next season because of the loss of sponsor NAPA, part of the fallout from its attempts to manipulate a race to get Martin Truex Jr. into the Chase.

Truex, crew chief Chad Johnston and 15 percent of the workforce were notified Monday they are free to negotiate with other teams. Team co-owner Rob Kauffman said the cuts were across the organization and not limited to Truex’s team.

The car Truex drives will be repurposed into a research and development team next season. It will run a partial schedule beginning with the Daytona 500 with team co-owner Michael Waltrip behind the wheel depending on sponsorship, Waltrip said.

“Today was about doing what we had to do, not what we wanted to do,” Kauffman said. “It was important to let those whose jobs were affected know as early as possible, and a majority of those will remain with MWR through the end of the season.”

Truex has been talking to Furniture Row Racing about the seat being vacated by Kurt Busch. MWR is undecided if it will use Truex’s No. 56 on the third car next season, and how many races the car enters will be based on sponsorship.

Also, Ty Norris’ title position will change from general manager of MWR to executive director for business development. Norris has been on indefinite suspension from NASCAR for his role in the Richmond scandal.

“He will no longer be involved in competition and no longer be a spotter, and will focus strictly on the commercial side of the business,” Kauffman said. “He’s good at

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Michael Waltrip talks with other drivers during practice May 3 NASCAR Sprint Cup series auto race at Talladega Superspeedway in Talladega, Ala. The Associated Press has learned that Michael Waltrip Racing will run only two full-time cars next season because of the loss of sponsor NAPA. Team owners Michael Waltrip and Rob Kauffman on Monday, began telling employees of their decision. Those affected were told they are free to begin looking for a new job immediately. that and that’s the skill set that’s most helpful for the company. We have other folks on the competition side.”

The team had previously planned to use co-owner Waltrip in this week’s race at Talladega, and said it will decide later on its driver for the remaining four races.

MWR went into Richmond with driver Clint Bowyer ranked second in the Sprint Cup standings and Truex on the bubble of making the 12-driver Chase for the Sprint Cup championship. But in the closing laps, as it became apparent Ryan Newman was going to snag the final spot in the Chase field, MWR schemed to get Truex the final berth.

It began when Bowyer deliberately spun to bring out a caution, setting in motion a chain of events that led to a widespread NASCAR investigation.

NASCAR fined MWR $300,000, suspended Norris in-

definitely and replaced Truex in the Chase field with Newman, who was headed to the race win that would have given him the Chase berth before Bowyer’s spin.

In punishing MWR, NASCAR ruled that the only thing it could prove was that Norris intentionally called Vickers down pit road in the closing laps to adjust the finish.

NAPA, a longtime partner of Waltrip’s, then said it was pulling its multimillion-dollar sponsorship of Truex’s team with two years remaining on its contract because it “believes in fair play and does not condone actions such as those that led to the penalties assessed by NASCAR.” As part of the changes announced Monday, MWR said executive vice president of competition Scott Miller will continue as crew chief of the No. 55 team into the 2014 season. He’d been interim crew

chief since Rodney Childers was taken off the pit stand in August when he said he was moving to Stewart-Haas Racing next season.

Kauffman, who had been in Europe during the Richmond race and remained there for the two races that followed, returned after Bowyer sponsor 5-Hour Energy said it would return to the team in 2014. Kauffman temporarily relocated to North Carolina and began a review of MWR, which set in motion the organizational changes announced Monday.

“If you lose a third of a third of your revenue, you are going to have to reorganize your business and that’s what we’ve done,” Kauffman said.

“What we are trying to focus on is using this opportunity to not only survive, but use this reorganization to make us better. We made a mistake, we paid a heavy price and we are adjusting to a new reality.”

CHASE DRIVERS’ RESULTS FROM SUNDAY’S RACE 1. Matt Kenseth, Toyota (3rd) 2. Jimmie Johnson, Chevrolet, (4th) 3. Kevin Harvick, Chevrolet (6th) 4. Jeff Gordon, Chevrolet (7th) 5. Kyle Busch, Toyota (5th) 6. Greg Biffle, Ford (16th) 7. Kurt Busch, Chevrolet (14th) 8. Clint Bowyer, Toyota (11th) 9. Dale Earnhardt Jr., Chevrolet (15th) 10. Carl Edwards, Ford (10th) 11. Joey Logano, Ford (18th) 12. Ryan Newman, Chevrolet (35th) 13. Kasey Kahne, Chevrolet (8th)

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BEARS NOTES

Paea hopes to return soon

Bears return to practice with Bostic as a starter

VIEWS Tom Musick LAKE FOREST – Stephen Paea lingered on the field with Corey Wootton for about 10 minutes after the conclusion of Monday’s practice at Halas Hall.

As Wootton listened, Paea spoke and gestured forcefully with his hands.

Good hands, Paea said, were the secret to success on the interior of the defensive line. A glut of injuries recently had prompted the Bears to switch Wootton’s position from defensive end to defensive tackle, and Paea was eager to help his teammate with a crash course on the new role.

“Inside, the collision gets quicker than outside defensive end,” Paea said. “Outside, you’ve got more room to play with. …

“Everything you’ve got to do is quick. It’s not like [you take] three steps, then you make a move. You do that at the line of scrimmage, some guys will jump and hit you in the mouth. And some, they go back.

“It’s just all about repetitions.”

And recovery.

Paea, 25, has missed the past two games for the Bears because of turf toe, which sounds funny but feels anything but. He ran during a light

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The Bears’ Stephen Paea catches Cincinnati’s BenJarvus Green Ellis in the first quarter Sept. 8 at Soldier Field. practice Monday in hopes of returning Sunday against the Washington Redskins.

The Bears could use him, particularly after allowing New York Giants has-been Brandon Jacobs to romp for 106 yards and two touchdowns in Week 6. In Paea’s absence, the Bears’ defensive line has included Julius Peppers and Shea McClellin on the outside along with Wootton and Landon Cohen on the inside.

“He worked out here today, so we’re optimistic,” Bears coach Marc Trestman said.

“He’ll have the rest of the day off and [Tuesday off] and be ready to go.”

Not since last month in Detroit has Paea been ready to go.

The time in between has proved to be challenging for the 300-pound Tongan.

“First of all, it’s boring,” Paea said. “But at the same time, I can’t help my team [on the field], but I’m on the sidelines sponsoring the younger guys and trying to help them

out.”

Paea also has filled the downtime on the sidelines by taking copious notes.

“I was trying to write the plays down, trying to write the reps the younger guys were getting,” Paea said. “So, trying to be like a coach out there.”

Paea’s younger teammates appreciate his coach-like qualities. Rookie defensive tackle Zach Minter might have been an undrafted nobody to many Bears fans during training camp this summer, but Paea treated him like a somebody.

“When I first got here, he was one of the first people to really start to coach me, like a player taking a guy under his wing,” said Minter, who played at Montana State. “It was kind of cool to have that happen to me through Stephen.”

No wonder Minter could see Paea becoming a successful coach some day.

“Stephen definitely could be a coach,” Minter said. “He knows a lot about the game, knows a lot about the D-line,

and how plays work and how offenses run.”

Every shred of evidence seemed to support Minter’s belief.

How many 25-year-old players in the NFL make it a point to mentor undrafted rookies?

How many stay after practice to work with veterans changing positions? And how many injured starters spend their game days logging play calls and snap counts while offering advice from the sideline?

Yet Paea has his doubts.

“I don’t know about coaching,” Paea said.

It’s a subject Paea has spoken about with Michael Sinclair, the Bears’ assistant defensive line coach. Sinclair was a three-time Pro Bowl defensive end who registered 73½ sacks in his 11-year career, and he and Paea discussed the challenges of former players-turned-coaches expecting younger players to achieve the same level of success as they did.

To be honest, Paea said, that might drive him crazy.

“Yeah,” Paea said with a smile. “That’s why I’ve got to ball out and get out of football and spend time with the family.”

Play now. Coach now. Rest later.

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

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com LAKE FOREST – Marc Trestman called Monday a “bonus” practice for the Bears after three days off, and no one benefits more from any extra work than rookie Jon Bostic.

With D.J. Williams out for the season, Bostic now steps in as the starter at middle linebacker.

“It’s definitely a good time to help prepare, especially with the offense we’re going against,” Bostic said Monday. “[The Redskins] do a lot of good things on offense and they can do them differently.

Having extra days to prepare definitely helps.”

Bostic didn’t play a single defensive snap in the regular season until Thursday’s win over the Giants. He had one tackle in 21 snaps.

“He hasn’t spent a lot of time out there but he has played. He’s in the next-manup situation,” Trestman said.

“He doesn’t have the experience certainly that DJ has but he has speed and he’s an explosive young man. It’s just about working together with the guys and getting acclimated to the calls and the fits and things like that. I think we’ll do fine.”

In the preseason, Bostic had 13 tackles, two for a loss, a pick-six and two passes defensed. He has been a cog on the special-teams units during the regular season, where he

has three tackles.

“Of course, we’re going to miss D.J. a lot. He’s played some good ball for us,” cornerback Tim Jennings said.

“But I’m excited about Bostic.

I know he put on a show this preseason. I know a lot of guys are excited about Bostic, to see what he’s going to be doing.”

During his impressive summer, Bostic attracted plenty of media attention, but has taken a back seat to Williams since the regular season started. From here on out, though, the cameras will follow Bostic, and he is working to make sure they don’t catch a negative impact with Williams on injured reserve.

Injury update: The Bears don’t need to provide an injury report until Wednesday, but it was a good sign for Stephen Paea to be back participating after missing the past two games. Charles Tillman (knee), Martellus Bennett (knee) and James Anderson (back) did not practice Monday.

New Bear: Defensive lineman Tracy Robertson signed with the Bears’ practice squad.

He first entered the NFL in the summer of 2012 with the Texans and has also spent time with the Lions, Patriots and Dolphins. He had four tackles with the Dolphins this preseason and played in college with Robert Griffin III, the Bears’ opposing quarterback this Sunday.

Should Trestman roll the dice on rookies, other unused Bears threats?

• ARKUSH Continued from page B1 With 3:29 to play on third and 20 from the Pats’ 34 and trailing by six Drew Brees didn’t look to Jimmy Graham or Marques Colston, he found Stills on a jump ball n the end zone to take the lead.

And if you love football and you’re breathing, you know it was Thompkins that Brady targeted with 10 seconds to play to complete the miracle comeback.

In Cleveland, Calvin Johnson, Reggie Bush and Joique Bell were all available for Matt Stafford but it was Durham, a fourth-round former teammate of quarterback Matt Stafford out of Georgia in 2011 the Lions found on the waiver wire and Fauria, an undrafted rookie free agent out of UCLA who were the difference.

While the Ravens couldn’t seal the deal against the Packers, it was Doss, a 2011 fourth-round choice out of Indiana who kept them in the

game when the Packers took away Torrey Smith and Ray Rice.

Interesting, perhaps, but how does this relate to the Bears?

Since the season began, I’ve suggested to you that one of the limiting factors on Marc Trestman’s offense to date is his lack of weapons.

Take Brandon Marshall, Alshon Jeffery, Martellus Bennett and Matt Forte away from Jay Cutler, or just limit a few of them, and the Bears offense stalls. Take primary

targets away from other contending teams and they use other weapons to beat you.

This is neither a criticism or an indictment of Phil Emery and his scouting department. I believe, absolutely, you wait at least two years to analyze rookies and none of Emery’s have been here that long, and none of the other players I’ve mentioned were significant free-agent acquisitions.

There is cause to believe Emery picks Jeffery, Kyle Long and Jordan Mills will be

the best Bears draft choices since Matt Forte six drafts ago.

It is an indictment of the empty cupboards Emery and Trestman inherited when they arrived, and some evidence of the talent deficit they face when matching up with the best teams in the league.

It is something only time will heal.

But it does also beg two significant questions. Marquess Wilson, Joe Anderson and Michael Ford occupy the equivalent roster spots to the

above mentioned young difference makers, but they’re rarely on the field and, when they are, they’re almost never targeted.

Are they just not good enough? Or does Trestman need to roll the dice and give them a chance the way Belichick, Payton, Harbaugh and Schwartz have their kids?

• Hub Arkush covers the Bears for Shaw Media and HubArkush.com. Write to him at harkush@shawmedia. com.

NIU’s Sims’ status uncertain for week • FOOTBALL Continued from page B1

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Brandon Jakubiec (from left), Katie Hoffman, Kristen Clark and Audrey Harrod are seen during cross country practice Sept. 30 at Hinckley-Big Rock High School.

Royals looking forward to Class 1A postseason • PROGRAM Continued from page B1 Harrod, also the school’s softball coach, didn’t have any specific running background, but said she’s picked up a lot from other coaches.

With only four runners, she’s also able to fit the team’s schedule around her athletes.

“Sometimes we have a 6:15 practice in the morning and sometimes we have a 3:15 practice in the afternoon,” Harrod said. “You don’t know who’s going to what practice.

They are all very good kids and they let me know. Most of

our stuff is on the fly.”

Without a full team, H-BR has entered a variety of weekend invitationals, often running against larger schools.

The runners will compete as individuals in the postseason as well, running in the Class 1A Seneca Regional on Oct. 26.

“The three seniors have some personal goals and I think they have all met those,” Harrod said. “Doing something different, this also fits right into track season for them.”

For Clark, that goal originally was to finish a race, but now she’d eventually like to

break 21 minutes on a 3-mile course. That kind of time could put her in position to advance in postseason competitions.

“I’m really impressed with the way we’ve been able to go to the cross country meets,” Clark said. “We’re a real team. We go there, we know how to check in and run our races.”

Harrod said some things may change for next year’s team. She would like to see someone with more running knowledge and experience step in as the team’s coach, and the issue of transportation will likely have to be

figured out once again. The potential for co-ops with other local small schools in the Little Ten may also be discussed.

But considering the team was put together less than two months ago, Harrod was been happy with how the season has gone.

“It came on pretty quick.

We couldn’t ask for a more supportive or understanding administration,” Harrod said.

“They just made things happen for some kids who wanted it to happen. It was amazing.

It really was phenomenal.

They did it because there were kids who were interested.”

Steinbrecher said the two teams in the MAC Championship Game will be the only schools guaranteed bowl slots, which is the case now.

He said he hopes to have each game get a shot at the No. 1 selection from the conference, but the main plan will be to generate good matchups.

“Really, what’s critical is trying to manage the matchups. So if there are matchups that make sense from a geographic point of view, or simply a quality of matchup point of view, hopefully we have enough flexibility in the system to facilitate it,” Steinbrecher said. “It’s one thing to talk about it. The other thing is going to be trying to manage it and actually pull that off.”

CMU’s Davis expected back Saturday: Central Michigan was able to get a 26-23 upset win Saturday at Ohio without the help of junior wide receiver Titus Davis, who was a late scratch with a shoulder injury.

The Chippewas should have him back for Saturday’s game against Northern Illinois at Kelly-Shorts Stadium, as Central Michigan head coach Dan Enos said Davis is probable. The Wheaton-Warrenville South product has 29 catches for 518 yards and four touchdowns this season.

“Every time he gets his hands on the ball he’s a guy who can take it the distance,” Enos said. “He makes defenses play differently against us with the coverages and the

More online For all your Northern Illinois University sports coverage – including stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and much more – log on to HuskieWire. com. looks we get.”

NIU injury updates: NIU coach Rod Carey said cornerback Sean Evans left Saturday’s 27-20 win against Akron with a knee injury. Carey wasn’t sure on the severity of the injury.

Carey wasn’t certain about kicker Mathew Sims’ status for this week. Sims was a late scratch with an injury to his kicking leg Saturday, and Carey said he is day-to-day.

Huskies, Cardinals become bowl-eligible: Going to a bowl game is nothing new to NIU with how the program has come along. The Huskies earned their sixth win Saturday and look like a lock to go to their sixth straight bowl game after becoming bowl-eligible.

With Saturday’s 27-24 win against Kent State, Ball State also became bowl-eligible for the third straight year, improving to 6-1.

Cardinals coach Pete Lembo is hoping to get his program in the same territory such as NIU, where a bowl bid is expected.

“It’s great to be bowl-eligible,” he said. “One of the things we hoped to do when we got here was build a program that’s a consistent winner.”

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College teen should test wings before settling Dear Abby: I’m a 19-year-old girl in my third semester of college. My boyfriend, “Tom,” attends a community college nearby. Both of us live with our parents. I have had only three boyfriends in my life, and Tom was my high school sweetheart.

Tom just proposed. I immediately accepted, but now I’m second-guessing my decision.

We’re just starting our adult lives, and I’m still learning what that entails. I want to study abroad during college to enhance my experience of the world. Also, because neither of us has ever moved beyond our childhood homes, I think we should both have more exposure about the world beyond.

Everyone is supportive of us, including our parents. I will always be committed to Tom and I trust him completely, but I feel that by pre-

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips maturely locking ourselves in, we’re setting ourselves up for failure. Am I overreacting? – Fledgling Fiancee in Louisiana Dear Fiancee: Not at all. The points you have made in your letter are well-reasoned. You ARE very young to be making a permanent commitment, and you’re both entering a period of growth – and possible divergence in your level of life experience. Tom may have proposed because he was afraid if he didn’t, he might lose you now that you’re attending different schools.

Tell Tom you care for him deeply, but think you

jumped the gun. Make it clear that you would like to keep seeing him, but on a nonexclusive basis until you return from your studies abroad. I agree that by prematurely locking yourselves in, the odds of the relationship not lasting are high. Be sure Tom understands that you aren’t trying to end the relationship, only postponing the engagement.

Dear Abby: I was always a laid-back and easygoing person. But I was in a terrible car accident, and ever since I have suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder. I have received counseling and function pretty well as long as I remain in a calm environment.

My problem is that my husband’s family comes to visit each year for anywhere from four to eight days, and when they’re here my stress

level is very high. Their last three visits resulted in my getting migraine headaches, which I had never experienced before, as well as TMJ (pain in my jaw) and painful neuropathy, which the doctor explained was brought on by stress. It has lasted two months.

I like my in-laws, but I am unwilling to deal with more pain as a result of their visits.

My husband doesn’t want to send them to a hotel, which I understand. Therefore, I feel that since this is MY problem, I should move to a hotel during their visits. What do you think, Abby? – Pushed To The Limit Dear Pushed: Unless this is handled delicately – and by that I mean carefully explained to your husband’s family – it could cause hurt feelings. Surely your inlaws are aware of your car

accident. What they may not be aware of is the lingering damage it has caused. Your husband should explain this to his relatives and ask if they would mind staying elsewhere BECAUSE OF YOUR MEDICAL CONDITION. If you can tolerate their “tumult” on a limited basis, this might solve the problem.

If not, then I agree you should stay elsewhere so they can have a good time together.

However, this should happen with full disclosure and preferably no hard feelings.

If you can see any of them individually for a short time, you should make every effort so they won’t feel you are avoiding them for any other reason.

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What is the treatment?

Dear Reader: Lupus is an autoimmune disease. Your body’s immune system mistakenly attacks your body’s own tissues rather than protecting them from outside invaders.

Immune proteins called autoantibodies attack many different parts of the body.

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Other possible symptoms include: • Neurological symptoms, such as difficulty with memory and concentration, seizures and confusion; • Psychiatric symptoms, including the most dramatic psychiatric illness – psychosis –

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A family doctor or dermatologist should help Dr. Wallace: I’m 15 and, much to my horror, my face is starting to break out. I will admit that this past summer I ate a lot of junk food, especially french fries and anything chocolate. I’m a regular reader of your column, and I know you say junk foods are not the cause of complexion problems, but why did I start having problems after eating all this junk food? During the school year I try to eat nutritious meals most of the time.

If there is a big party though, I allow myself to enjoy a few extra goodies. – Nameless, Abingdon, Ill. Nameless: I receive an average of 20 inquiries a week from teens who are starting

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace to have complexion problems, hoping that something they can eliminate from their diet will end the problem. Your complexion problem would have started even if you were on a healthy diet, devoid of junk foods. Clogged pores and changes in body development are the main reasons for skin eruptions. No food, including chocolate and greasy junk food, causes complexion problems of any kind. This information comes directly from the American Academy

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Explore avenues that could lead to unfamiliar places in the coming year. Engage in events and activities that will open your mind to alternative beliefs, and do your best to discover new skills and talents. You’ve worked hard to achieve what you have, so make sure you nurture your success.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Your quick assessment of a situation and subsequent action will prove that you are capable of much more than you’ve been doing. Don’t hide your potential under a bushel. Good opportunities lie ahead.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Mull over your ideas, and don’t walk away until you have put your plans in motion. If you are determined, no one will stand between you and your destination.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Keeping things on track will not be easy. You’ll face interference if you try to avoid an emotional situation that needs to be addressed. Precise documentation will lead to a positive change.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Serious talks will help you clarify what you want to achieve and the best way to go about doing so. Don’t let what someone else does confuse you. Concentrate on your plans.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Someone may try to teach you a lesson. Listen, but don’t be afraid to make different changes based on what works best for you. Don Cupid has his eye on you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Your expressive way of sharing information will work to your advantage. A chance to engage in a profitable endeavor will also open up doors to worthwhile connections.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If you make personal changes and sort through your financial matters, you’ll come up with a winning solution. There are ways to adjust your budget while enhancing your life; you just have to find them.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Don’t wait around for others to take control of a situation that you know you can handle. The rewards will be unexpected and will come from an unusual source. Your instincts will lead you in the right direction.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Refuse to get involved in gossip or an unfair situation. Keep the peace at home and look for alternative ways to use your skills and increase your earnings.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Broaden you view by engaging in different cultural or philosophic events. A lifestyle change will motivate you to revisit something or someone from your past.

Put what you learn to good use.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Respond to an ultimatum with a plan that is difficult to refuse. Staying on top of whatever situation you face will ensure that you are rewarded for your troubles.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Talk is cheap, but it can help you wriggle out of a sticky situation. Don’t make a personal change without doing your research. False information could steer you in the wrong direction.

of Dermatology.

However, diet is important for your general health, and a nutritious, well-balanced diet can help skin be more vibrant. When complexion problems first start, you should see your family physician or a licensed dermatologist. Researchers have developed products that are highly effective in reducing or totally eliminating complexion problems.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 18 and dating a really cute guy, who is also really nice, so my parents like him, too. Whenever we go out, he must come into our house to pick me up and say hello to my parents. This is fine, but, unfortunately, my

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immature 11-year-old brother is always there and he is a real pest. He’s always making up riddles and jokes and wants to try them out on Rick. A few are actually funny, but others are not. Sometimes he asks stupid or embarrassing questions like, “Have you kissed my sister yet?”

I’ve asked my parents to lock my brother in his room until we leave the house, but they don’t see his antics as a serious problem like I do.

How can I get my brother to behave? My boyfriend thinks he is “cute” and doesn’t mind his immature behavior. – Nameless, Ft. Wayne, Ind. Nameless: Lighten up. Since your boyfriend isn’t bothered

by your brother’s behavior, then why should you let it bother you? I think you are blowing your brother’s behavior out of proportion.

Instead of being upset during his performance, just smile or laugh, like everybody else. We all need to smile and laugh more in these difficult times.

Who knows? Your brother may be a “jokester in training” and could become a real comedian in the future. If your brother has a few cute jokes, have him send me a couple. I’m always looking for fresh material.

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

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

That was tough; this is ‘impossible’ Henri-Frederic Amiel, a 17th-century Swiss philosopher and poet, said, “Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius.”

Yesterday’s deal was difficult; today’s requires genius.

But as you have been warned to look for something unusual, maybe you will see the winning play for South. He is in three no-trump after East has overcalled in hearts. West leads the heart jack and East encourages with his nine.

What should declarer do?

South’s negative double showed exactly four spades.

His second-round jump to three no-trump was a tad precipitate. He should have made a game-forcing two-heart cue-bid. Then, perhaps, NorthSouth would have reached five clubs, which would have been bulletproof with this layout. (Even four spades can be made!)

South starts with eight top tricks: four spades, one heart (given trick one), two diamonds and one club. Obviously, numerous more winners are available from the clubs.

And if East has the courtesy to hold the king for his overcall, South might take all 13 tricks.

However, note what happens if declarer makes the natural-looking play of winning the first trick, playing a spade to dummy’s king, and running the club 10 (or playing low to his jack). West produces the club king, then leads his second heart. East takes four tricks in that suit for down one.

To make his contract, South must duck (lose) the first trick! Yes, West may lead his second heart and East can win with his ace, but dummy’s 10 is still a stopper. And East has no entry card.

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