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By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Susan Lloyd likes to wear her cowboy hat to the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival.

Not only is the hat covered with pins she’s collected from the Pumpkin Festival over the years, it features a signature of festival founder Wally Thurow. Her oldest son, Bill, Pumpkin Festival scored Thurow’s autograph guide inside today about 12 years ago, much to her delight.

Lloyd, 71, moved to Syc- Can you help? amore in 1957 and started To make a donation attending the festival with for the Wally Thurow her children when it began tribute statue, email in 1962.

“I thought it was great mrpumpkinstatue@ because all the kids got in- gmail.com. volved and they enjoyed it,” she said.

Voice your That part of the festival hasn’t changed over the opinion decades, said Jerry MalHow many times massari, president of the Sycamore Pumpkin Festi- have you attended val committee. This year’s Sycamore’s Pumpkin festival begins today with a Festival? Vote online free pumpkin distribution at Daily-Chronicle. for children, with the open- com. ing ceremony – including the cutting of a giant cake – starting at 5 p.m. Wednesday on North Maple Street near the county courthouse in downtown Sycamore.

The festival still is all about providing Halloween-themed activities for children and their families.

“Wally Thurow’s idea from the beginning was giving kids a way to express themselves on Halloween instead of playing tricks,” said Ed Kuhn, a member of the member Sycamore Lions Club.

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Brandon Bong (right) of Grayslake chases a group through a section of the Amenti Haunted House inside the Egyptian Theatre on Friday in DeKalb. Friday was opening night for the haunted house which runs weekends through Nov. 2. Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to check a photo gallery from the haunted house.

Latest Amenti Haunted House thrills, chills at Egyptian Theatre Crowds experienced slight delays after the indoor fog machines set off the fire alarm.

While no one was harmed, the fire department did come and help clear out some of the fog trapped inside.

“It’s opening night,” said Heather Carr, membership and marketing director for the theater. “There’s bound to be a couple glitches.”

The haunted house is staffed entirely by volunteers, and there are about 50 of them there every night it’s open. Anyone older than 16 can volunteer to do everything from act in the haunted house to build sets, take tickets, do makeup and more.

Ron Pineda, a 26-year-old Sterling resident, has been playing a clown for the past four years.

“I like scaring people,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun.

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By ARCADIA KUST akust@shawmedia.com DeKALB – After being chased by a bloody butcher with a chain saw, feeling their way through narrow pitch-black corridors and being followed by a zombie, mother and daughter duo Alicia Jessup and Linda Conlon thought the Amenti Haunted House was a pretty fun experience.

“It was so dark in there, and then someone jumped out at you. I definitely screamed a few times.” said Jessup, a 56-year-old DeKalb resident.

Conlon, 32, is visiting from North Carolina and thought the room full of hanging toys was especially eerie.

“It was pretty awesome,” said Conlon. “I liked it.”

The Egyptian Theatre has been transformed into the Amenti Haunted House for the next three weekends, and boasts 20 dif-

Where: Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb When: 7 p.m. today and Sunday, Oct. 25 through 27 and Oct. 31 through Nov. 2 Tickets: Available for purchase online or at the door. $13 for general admission and $20 for priority pass. It is not recommended for children younger than 13.

ferent scenes on six different levels. It takes about 25 to 30 minutes to make it through the whole course.

Named after the Egyptian goddess who guards the world of the dead, this is the eighth year the theater has hosted the haunted house.

There was a line more than halfway down Second Street for Friday’s opening night.

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Health care law turns to social media in Illinois

By CARLA K. JOHNSON The Associated Press CHICAGO – Inside a command center at a Chicago marketing agency, a small team of social media experts hunkers down to monitor online chatter about President Barack Obama’s health care law, answer questions on Facebook from discouraged consumers and post information and advice on Twitter.

They are holding down the fort for a $33 million ad campaign planned for Get Covered Illinois, the new health insurance marketplace that’s a cornerstone of the law, also known as “Obamacare,” in what is arguably the biggest social media campaign

rolled out by the state of Illinois.

As the state-contracted agency pivots away from a full-force marketing barrage because of early technical problems with the law’s federal website, the social media team has assumed responsibility for educating consumers and tending to their frustrations in Obama’s home state.

“Application has been pending for days. #gettingimpatient,” read one incoming tweet last week, a few days before The Associated Press was given an exclusive peek inside the command center at FleishmanHillard.

“We’re making sure we’re listening and we’re supportive and we’re

there for them when they’re having difficulties,” said Meg Poulelis, 28, who leads the team and worked previously on social media accounts for Gatorade and Chevrolet.

Compared to other states, Illinois is in an unusual spot, with millions to spend on promotion but no control over fixing the federal site’s technical glitches.

Most of the other 35 states relying on Washington to run their marketplaces are led by Republicans who’ve been hostile to the law and have done nothing to promote it.

States promoting the law generally are running their own marketplaces.

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Social media experts at the marketing agency FleishmanHillard work Tuesday in a Chicago command center on the Get Covered Illinois marketing campaign.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Trinity Lutheran Church’s monthly all-you-can-eat Country Breakfast: 7 to 10:30 a.m. at 303 S. Seventh St. in DeKalb.

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

Hinckley Area Food Pantry: 8 to 9 a.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 324 W. McKinley Ave. Food distribution is available.

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

NICE Food and Clothing Center: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, by appointment other days, at 346 S. County Line Road in Lee. This nondenominational food pantry serves the southwest part of DeKalb County and the southeast area of Lee County. 815-8242228.

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

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Anti-drug prosecutor Javier Caraballo said that a decision is expected in November.

Panama is expecting a visit soon by North Korean diplomats who will press for the 35 crew members’ release from prison.

The crew members are accused of illegal possession of weapons, which carries a sentence of 12 years in prison.

Southern Ill. veteran, 91, gets honorary diploma ELKVILLE – Ninety-one-yearold Ernest Fager always wanted to finish high school. But World War II and a calculator got in the southern Illinois man’s way.

Only now can the Murphysboro resident say, “Mission accomplished.”

WSIL-TV reports that Elverado High School in Elkville surprised him Thursday night by awarding the Purple Heart recipient an honorary high school diploma.

Fager’s relatives had lured him to the school about 13 miles north of Carbondale on the ruse that he was attending a presentation of a possible donation to the food pantry where he volunteers.

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An Orchard in The Onion If the story about Jonamac Orchard had appeared in the Daily Chronicle, Kevin McArtor probably would have been pretty angry with me.

But it was in The Onion, so it was OK. “Haunted corn maze owner has another conversation with Zombie No. 2 about not touching,” was the headline. The made-up story talks about a supposed conversation between the “owner” of Jonamac Orchard and one of the zombies in the orchard’s haunted corn maze. You can read it online at TheOnion.com.

McArtor said he had no advance warning that his family business would be in the story, and he doesn’t know who wrote it.

“Apparently from what I’ve learned since then, they have freelance writers, and I’m assuming there’s one in the area that’s been out there or has some connection with us,” McArtor said.

The Onion is a satirical humor newspaper. Its writers make up stories in order to make people laugh. However, the great thing about The Onion is that the stories are usually have some basis in reality – hence the newspaper format.

You can tell when someone hasn’t heard of The Onion because they’ll mistake the stories for real reporting. The paper has fooled the likes of China’s People’s Daily newspaper, which reported an Onion story about North Korea’s Kim Jong-un being voted “sexiest man alive.” The Iranian state news agency fell for a story that said rural white Americans preferred Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to President Barack Obama. On the home front, ESPN sportscaster Steven A. Smith got all worked up about a story about him having “the sex argument” with a 9-year-old son he doesn’t have.

McArtor, however, has been an occasional reader of The Onion for years, so he got the joke. Perhaps coincidentally, the made-up news story was grounded in fact about the orchard’s corn maze.

“It was kind of funny that they have a great picture of a zombie, and this year one of our sets is called our ‘Zombie Quarantine Area,’ ” McArtor said.

Zombies are as hot now as vampires used to be, and the maze now includes a section populated by actors playing zombies, McArtor said. There’s a chain-link fence and a guard who opens the gate, and people have to escape while being menaced by the undead.

But not touched by them. That is one of the things they stress to the 40 to 50 actors who help haunt the orchard’s 10-acre corn maze before the start of each season, McArtor said.

“I’m pretty sure [the actors] don’t touch people,” McArtor said. “They get touched, certain people will try things.

We have more trouble with that.

“So it was kind of funny in that zombie piece … they took that tack with the article.”

Personally, I’m kind of jealous.

I’ve been reading The Onion since the 1990s and have several collections of their stories.

It’s great satire.

It was exciting to see a place I knew in one of my favorite lunchtime reads.

It’s also good free advertising for the 105-acre orchard at 19412 Shabbona Road in Malta that McArtor’s father,

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Today, Kevin runs the family business, along with his wife Denice, sons Max and Jake, his niece Jenna Spychal and her husband Mike. The haunted corn maze is open tonight from 6:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m., and Friday and Oct. 26.

The maze can be scary for people, and it’s not recommended for young children who might scare easily.

General admission is $10, $8 for those younger than 12.

The story in The Onion, though is totally made up, including the punchline at the end about “the wolfman.”

“I’m hoping nobody thinks we had to fire somebody for exposing themselves,” Kevin McArtor said.

Right. Again, totally made-up.

Hey, dummy: There are some news story topics that I’m just finished with.

Sports stories about how the NFL is so greedy and evil for having games on Thursdays, jokes about how bad Congress is (we elect these people, folks), anything containing the term “Obamacare,” and any story that wants me to relive the Cubs’ postseason collapse of 2003 are good examples.

Right up there on my list are these stories about how Americans are dumb.

You know these stories – The Associated Press had one this week. Some international group administers a test to random groups of people in countries around the world. They always seem to have the same end result, that Americans are dumb compared with people from Utopian states such as Japan, Finland, Belgium or South Korea.

The beginning might as well be, “Hey dummy, did you know you’re dumb? The Finns are way better readers than you.”

Spare. Me. Comparing the United States with Finland, Japan, Belgium or most of these other countries with small, mainly cohesive populations, is silly.

There are 5.7 million people in Finland. The U.S. absorbed that many people between 2007 and 2012.

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Japan’s a larger country, of about 127 million or so. They’re also famously xenophobic – their society is almost entirely comprised of Japanese and it’s near impossible to become a naturalized citizen. No one’s coming there to seek opportunities because that is not allowed, by and large. People don’t assimilate into that society, they are born into it.

There’s no country on earth quite like America, and the world knows it – that’s why people historically have come here in search of opportunity and still do today. When they get here, maybe they don’t arrive ready to score high marks on a reading test or a test of solving problems with technology.

But could such a dumb country could be the world’s No. 1 exporter of culture, the home of great technological innovators and the country where many of the world’s brightest come to get an education?

Do we need an educated workforce?

Of course we do. Complacency when it comes to public education is unacceptable, and the ability to better one’s lot depends in large part on their access to education.

I also have seen the funny bits on TV where they walk the streets and find people who say they support the Affordable Care Act but not “Obamacare” (see above). Not everyone is Albert Einstein or Walter Cronkite.

These tests, though, where they tell us Americans aren’t too bright and bring forward other banal conclusions, such as “those with college-educated parents did better than those whose parents did not complete high school,” seem like an opportunity for America-shaming.

I’ve read that story enough, thanks.

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Brenner, nun to Tijuana prison inmates, dies at 86 The ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN DIEGO – Antonia Brenner, an American nun who was raised in Beverly Hills and abandoned a life of privilege to live in a notorious Mexican prison, has died at the age of 86.

Brenner died Thursday at the Tijuana convent of Eudist Servants of the 11th Hour, which she founded, Sister Anne Marie Maxfield said.

Brenner had been ill with a weak heart and myasthenia gravis, a neuromuscular condition.

Brenner first visited La Mesa State Penitentiary in 1965 on a trip to provide medicine and supplies to hospitals in Tijuana, just across the U.S. border from San Diego.

She moved into the prison 12 years

later when she was 50, holding individual counseling sessions, leading pep rallies at the prison church, and doing countless small tasks for inmates over decades.

Known as “Prison Angel,” she lived in a cell with a view of the guard tower. Located at the end of the dark hallway, it barely had room for a cot, desk and folding chair.

She moved out in her final years as her health declined but remained a regular presence at the prison and a beloved figure among Tijuana’s powerful and powerless until she died.

Brenner was born Mary Clarke on Dec. 1, 1926, in Los Angeles, the second of three children.

Her father made a fortune selling office supplies to defense contractors

during World War II. The family lived in Beverly Hills and had an 11-bedroom, ocean-view summer home in Laguna Beach, south of Los Angeles.

Later, she moved to Ventura County, her last home before the prison.

After two failed marriages, Brenner immersed herself in charity work and was deeply influenced by a Los Angeles priest named Anthony Brouwers. When she became a nun in 1977 – 13 years after Brouwers died – she named herself Sister Antonia in his honor.

Brenner didn’t hesitate to intervene in thorny conflicts at the prison, which is marred by a history of violent clashes, including one in 2008 that left about two dozen inmates dead.

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Lehan Drugs Store hosting women’s Health Care Week

By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Barb Food Mart leaders hope local residents fill a pink bathtub display at Lehan Drugs store with toiletries.

Toothpaste, toothbrushes, paper towels, soap, shampoo and similar items are in high demand at Barb Food Mart, a food pantry started this summer at Huntley Middle School.

Pantry leaders can purchase $6 worth of food for $1 from the Northern Illinois Food Bank, but they rely on donations for toiletries, co-coordinator Sheryl Nakonechny said.

“Cortland School just did a drive and brought some of those things,” Nakonechny said. “They were gone in minutes.”

Lehan Drugs is hosting the drive as part of its 3rd Annual Women’s Health Care Week, which also features an Ugly/ Creative Bra Contest and a series of speakers from Monday through Thursday. Those who bring an item for Barb Food Mart will receive a 10 percent off coupon; those who donate two or more items will receive a coupon for a 25 percent discount at Lehan.

“It’s a win-win,” said Sally Smoltich, of Lehan Drugs.

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Co-coordinator for Barb City Food Mart Sheryl Nakonechny (left) and Lehan Drugs Store manager Terri Lehan Hettel stand by the pink bathtub in the entrance of the family drug store. Community members can bring nonperishable food items and hygiene products to Lehan Drugs to fill the tub. Contributed items will be donated to the Barb Food Mart – open every Thursday at Huntley Middle School.

“They help the food mart, and they get a coupon.”

For the bra contest, patrons can bring their ugliest or best decorated bra into the store at 1407 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. Everyone who participates will receive 50 percent off a bra, while the winner will receive a new bra free.

Presentations include a food demonstration from Jo Cessna, a healthy culinary instructor

from Kishwaukee Community Wellness, from 7 to 8 p.m. Monday, free noninvasive leg vein screenings from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday, free facials from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 4 to 6 p.m. Wednesday, and free bra fittings from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Thursday. All presentations are held at 1407 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb.

For more information, call Lehan Drugs at 815-758-0911.

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According to a report from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s office, Justin Bartlett, 22, of Crystal Lake, was driving south on Peace Road.

He had just gone around the curve on Peace Road when

the school bus pulled into the road from Freed Road, police said.

Bartlett swerved to his right, sending his 2007 Subaru Impreza into a ditch along the roadway around 7:15 a.m., police said. Bartlett was wearing a seatbelt and was not injured, according to police.

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Costumes highlight Kingston Halloween party

By ARCADIA KUST akust@shawmedia.com KINGSTON – Jamie Lauderdale has spent months creating one of the most unique Iron Man costumes you’ll ever see, and he’ll be showing it off at the annual Halloween party from 5 to 7 p.m. today at Kingston Elementary School.

Lauderdale, of Kingston, said he’s spent 10 months hand crafting his costume, which is made of paper.

“Halloween is my Christmas,” he said.

Lauderdale said he’s been

interested in building the Iron Man costume since he saw the movie. He made the outfit using pepakura, a kind of Japanese papercraft that analyzes a three-dimensional image and creates the proper paper shapes to be folded and fit together to recreate it. Think origami, only with multiple pieces.

Previously he has appeared as characters including a Storm Trooper, Boba Fett and Darth Maul from “Star Wars,” as well as the Predator.

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group responsible for the annual shindig, held at Kingston Elementary School, 100 School St. Held every year since 2002, the party features costume contests and lots of Halloween-themed fun and games.

Some of the activities include a bean bag toss into a pumpkin, throwing a hula-hoop over a headstone, and a cakewalk called the “Spook Walk.”

Face painting will be provided by local Girl Scout troops.

Admission is free, as are all games and activities, although it is requested that attendees bring a nonperishable food item and a sweet treat for the Spook Walk. All food items are donated to the Genoa Food Pantry.

The costume contest for children 3 and younger is at 5:30 p.m., ages 4 to 6 at 6 p.m.,

and 7- to 11-year-olds at 6:30 p.m.

“My favorite part of the party is watching the kids enjoy it and have fun,” said Taunya Fischer, Hand in Hand treasurer. “Halloween is my favorite holiday, and I love to see what all the kids are dressed up as.”

Hand in Hand, a nonprofit organization, also hosts an Easter egg hunt in the spring, puts out a biweekly neighbor-to-neighbor newsletter and provides a “sharing library” service for Kingston residents.

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By DAILY CHRONICLE SANDWICH – A man was killed Thursday evening after a lawn mower he was working on fell on him, DeKalb County Sheriff’s police said Friday.

Jamie L. Ii, 37, of Sandwich, was working on a large commercial mower at a site in the 3300 block of East Sandwich Road, north of Sandwich.

He was last seen at 5 p.m., and found beneath the machine about 9:30 p.m., Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Gary Dumdie said.

“He was apparently working by himself at the end of the day underneath the mower and it was up on jack stands and somehow the jack stands became dislodged and the mower fell on him,” Dumdie said.

Ii was working for Hanson Landscaping of Big Rock at the time, Dumdie said. Police do not suspect foul play, he said.

Ill. high court invalidates ‘Amazon tax’ The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Supreme Court threw out a state law Friday that taxes certain Internet sales, saying the so-called “Amazon tax” violated federal rules against “discriminatory taxes” on digital transactions.

The 6-1 ruling represented the first time a court had invalidated an Internet sales tax law among 18 states that have them.

It brought an immediate cry from traditional, storebased retailers for Congress to step into regulating taxes on web sales.

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ADDICTED TO NEW CARS Man from Decatur driving fifth new car in 2013 The ASSOCIATED PRESS DECATUR – Everybody likes that new car smell.

But Bill Davies not only likes it, he’s addicted to it.

And he doesn’t want it to drive away. Ever.

At the last count, and it’s difficult to keep up, he’s driving his fifth new car for 2013.

In 2012, he changed his ride twice (that he remembers), and he did it multiple times in 2011.

“How many vehicles have I had in the last four or five years?” the 65-year-old asks of himself. “Oh, probably, conservatively, about 15. How many in my lifetime? I’ve got no idea.”

He’s got a particularly soft spot for sports cars and Ford Mustangs, and Chevrolet Corvettes have figured prominently in his older motoring history. And he’s just agreed to pay $44,000 to acquire his latest ride – a 2013 burgundy Corvette projectile that was priced at more than $51,000 until Davies asked

the salesman nicely – and now he’s feeling pretty good about keeping this one around awhile.

“This was the car I was working towards, and I’ve got no inkling to change it,” says Davies, a retired restaurant manager who lived in Decatur for years before moving to Springfield. “This is what I want, but I am going to have to find something else that will go through the snow in the wintertime. You don’t want to use a Corvette in the winter.”

Decatur’s Earthmover Credit Union has been happy to go along for the ride and enable Davies’ new car addictions. Tony Longcor, a financial service representative, rattles off a list of deals they’ve financed for Davis going back in time to October 2011: Sept. 10, 2013, burgundy Corvette; June 17, 2013, black Ford Fusion Titanium model (top of the line); April 25, 2013, burgundy Ford Escape; April 2, 2013, blue Ford F-150 pickup; Feb. 4, 2013, silver

Hyundai Genesis coupe; Feb. 14, 2012, a white Ford Fusion; Jan. 20, 2012, red Ford Mustang; Dec. 13, 2011, dark blue Ford F-150; Oct. 31, 2011, red Ford Escape.

That is not the complete list for 2011. Financed elsewhere, we must also throw in a dark blue Camaro SS, a brown Dodge Ram pickup and a silver Chevrolet Malibu Davies bought for his wife, Theresa.

Wherever they’re being financed, however, Longcor points out this long list of mostly new and some slightly used vehicles represents a serious detour from the normal course of car ownership.

He explains that most clients keep their vehicles 2½ years or more before dreaming about an investment in new set of wheels.

But Longcor also says business is business, and he takes a pretty open-minded view of serial vehicular consumption and managed to say all the right things when Davies came in bemoaning

the slow lane attitude toward vigorous car swapping he’d encountered at other financial institutions.

“I just told him ‘It’s your money, you pay for the cars, why shouldn’t you trade them in every other month or whatever you want?’ ”Longcor said.

“And then Mr. Davies’ eyes just lit up and he said, ‘That’s exactly what I’m saying; you just hit the button with that answer.’ ” So, why does a man want to change his car as frequently as others switch out their wardrobe?

“I’ve worked hard all my life, and my cars have been a passion I like to reward and enjoy myself with, but sometimes I get bored,” Davies said.

“I bought that Ford Fusion Titanium model, for example, because it was the top-of-theline car, and I thought I’d like it because it had heated seats, all the bells and whistles. But I drove it for a little while and said to my wife, ‘I’m bored.’

She said ‘Yeah, I knew you would be.’ ”

Born: June 21, 1921, in Lynch, Neb. Died: Oct. 17, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Orville William Gifford, 92, of DeKalb, Ill., died Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, at home.

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He is survived by his children, David (Denise), Daniel (Theresa) and Colleen, all of DeKalb; grandchildren, Justin, Benjamin, Renee (Mike) Scheffers, Zachary (Jennifer) Johnson, Daniel and Eric (Jamie) Gifford; great-grandchildren, Hailey, Andrew, Connor, Cody and Elaina; sister, Velma Silva of Oregon; and several nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Ona Lee, in 2006; son,

Curtis, in 2009; his parents; and 11 brothers and sisters.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at Glad Tidings Assembly of God Church, 2325 N. First St., DeKalb, with the Rev. Michael Massey officiating.

Entombment will follow at Sunset Memorial Gardens, Rockford, with full military honors. Visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 20, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Orville W. Gifford Memorial Fund for KishHealth System Hospice, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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LARRY WESTERBECK Born: Oct. 11, 1940, in Burlington, Ill. Died: Oct. 9, 2013, in Mesa, Ariz.

MESA, Ariz. – Larry Westerbeck, of Mesa, Ariz., passed away Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013, at home.

Born Oct. 11, 1940, in Burlington, Ill., the son of Milton and Marie Westerbeck, he married Elaine Larson on July 2, 1960, in DeKalb.

Larry worked at Anaconda Wire and Cable Co. for 20 years and lived

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He is survived by his wife of 53 years, Elaine; children, Dale (Ann) Westerbeck and Bonnie (Rob) Boddy; and many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; and brother, Darrel Westerbeck.

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Obama’s Homeland Security We have your size! choice suggests priority shift The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Friday nominated the Pentagon’s former top lawyer to help craft the nation’s counterterrorism policy as secretary of homeland security, suggesting a shift from the department’s emphasis on immigration and border issues to a greater focus on security against possible attacks.

If confirmed by the Senate – and no organized opposition has been indicated – Jeh C. Johnson would replace Janet Napolitano, who left her post last month to become president of the University of California system. Johnson, whose first name is pronounced “Jay,” is now a lawyer in a private firm.

Obama said he was nominating Johnson because of his “deep understanding of the threats and challenges facing

the United States.” He credited Johnson with helping design and implement policies to dismantle the core of the al-Qaida terror organization overseas and to repeal the ban on openly gay service members in the U.S. military.

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The Homeland Security Department was created in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, which Johnson said occurred on his birthday.

He noted that he was in Manhattan on that fateful day when the World Trade Center was struck, and he said he was motivated to do something to help the country in response. But he left government service in 2012 and said he was settling back into private life and work at a law firm.

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But Democratic solidarity will face a tougher test during the broader budget talks following the reopening of the government and the increase of Treasury’s borrowing authority. While the prospect of a large-scale agreement is slim, Republicans will try to extract concessions from Obama on spending, deficit reduction and entitlement reform – all areas where Democratic lawmakers have worried the president is willing to give up too much.

“When things get serious, some of these negotiations are going to be awfully tough for people,” Jim Manley, former adviser to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., said of congressional Democrats.

Throughout the 16-day

shutdown and march toward the debt ceiling deadline, congressional Democrats lined up solidly behind Obama and his vow to not negotiate with Republicans. It was a hard-line stance that many in the party wished he had taken during previous fiscal fights.

Democratic unity was further bolstered by the fissures that emerged among Republicans and a burst of polling that showed the GOP was taking the brunt of the public’s blame for the shutdown. And in the end, every congressional Democrat voted for the deal that keeps the government open until Jan. 15, lifts the debt ceiling until Feb. 7, and opens two months of budget negotiations.

But if any agreement does emerge from those talks, it will likely require Obama to make concessions that could rankle his Democratic allies.

The biggest sticking point could be over reforms to federal benefit programs, which Democrats have refused to accept without accompanying increases in tax revenue – a nonstarter for GOP leaders.

The budget plan Obama outlined this year put Democrats on edge because it proposed bold changes to Medicare and Social Security.

Shutdown loss widened Republican-tea party rift The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – The Republicans’ clear defeat in the budget-debt brawl has widened the rift between the Grand Old Party and the blossoming tea party movement that helped revive it.

Implored by House Speaker John Boehner to unite and “fight another day” against President Barack Obama and Democrats, Republicans instead intensified attacks on one another, an ominous sign in advance of more difficult policy fights and the 2014 midterm elections.

The tea party movement spawned by the passage of

Obama’s health care overhaul three years ago put the GOP back in charge of the House and in hot pursuit of the law’s repeal.

The effort hit a wall this month in the budget and debt fight, but tea partyers promised to keep up the effort.

Whatever the future of the troubled law, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell vowed he would not permit another government shutdown.

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8BRIEFS Train strike clogs San Francisco-area highways OAKLAND, Calif. – San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit workers are on strike for the second time since July, scrambling the morning commute for hundreds of thousands of workers who were up before dawn to clog highways, swarm buses and shiver on ferry decks as they found alternative ways to the office.

Six months of on-again, offagain negotiations have brought agreement on key issues such as raises, health care and pensions. But there remained a snarl Friday: a package of work rules involving when schedules are posted, whether workers can file for overtime when they’ve been out sick, and how paychecks are delivered.

The labor details were meaningless to Marsha Smith, who watched the sun rise as she rode toward her office in a crowded bus. Like many commuters Friday, Smith left her house while the moon was still shone brightly to be sure to make it in on time.

“I am so tired. I am so frustrated and I’m so over it,” the court records supervisor said.

At the West Oakland BART station, a frazzled Tatiana Marriott raced to board a free charter bus to San Francisco shortly after 6 a.m. She had to be at work by 7 a.m.

“I probably should’ve gotten up a half-hour earlier,” said Marriott, 21, a seamstress, conceding that she would be late for work.

The Bay Area Rapid Transit system carries a ridership of 400,000 daily through tunnels under the bay and into the region’s urban core of San Francisco from four surrounding counties, relieving what would otherwise be congested bridges.

2 killers registered as felons after their escape ORLANDO, Fla. – Within days of strolling out of prison without a hitch, two convicted killers freed by bogus paperwork went to a jail about 300 miles away and registered as felons, records showed. They were even fingerprinted, photographed and filled out paperwork to apparently keep up the ruse.

Authorities are now searching for Joseph Jenkins and Charles Walker, who were mistakenly freed from a Panhandle prison within the past month. Both men were serving life in prison but were let go when authorities said forged documents duped the Corrections Department and court system and reduced their sentences to 15 years.

“We’re looking at the system’s breakdown, I’m not standing here to point the finger at any one at this time,” Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said Friday as he appealed to the public to help authorities find the men. He said he believed they were still in the central Florida area.

The release led prosecutors and prison officials to review their records to make sure no one else had been mistakenly freed. The corrections agency also changed its policy to require officials to verify all early releases with judges.

Prosecutor seeks maximum for Ohio DUI confessor COLUMBUS, Ohio – The Ohio man who confessed in a YouTube video that he killed a man while driving drunk knew he was prone to blackouts after heavy drinking but chose to drive the night of the accident anyway, a prosecutor said Friday.

A maximum sentence is being sought for defendant Matthew Cordle, Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said in a court filing. O’Brien has said he believes Cordle’s confession was sincere, but in addition to asking for the maximum, he wrote about how recent convictions of drunken drivers who killed people in accidents show a pattern of tough sentences.

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When the organizers of “Come and Take It San Antonio!” made plans for a dis-

By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN The Associated Press McALLEN, Texas – This is how to make another gun rally in gun-friendly Texas stand out: Tell everybody to bring their rifles and shotguns to the Alamo, the state’s most popular attrac-

play of long guns today, this setting seemed ideal but the event is now drawing attention for breaking a century-long tradition against public demonstrations at the shrine of Texas liberty, where Col. William Travis and 200 Texas defenders famously died in a siege with

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Such public displays have usually been relegated to an adjacent plaza.

Some are asking whether a pro-gun group has gone too far in extolling firearms rights, a feat considered near impossible in Texas. And whether a politician may

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“We certainly consider the Alamo our family cemetery,” said Lee Spencer White, president of the Alamo Defenders’ Descendants Association. “Our guys died there and we take it very seriously.”

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Saudi Arabia rejects seat on U.N. Security Council The ASSOCIATED PRESS UNITED NATIONS – Just hours after winning a coveted place on the U.N. Security Council for the first time, Saudi Arabia did a stunning about-face Friday and rejected the seat, denouncing the body for failing to resolve world conflicts such as the Syrian civil war.

The unprecedented move at the United Nations appeared largely directed at Saudi Arabia’s longtime ally, the United States, reflecting more than two years of frustration.

The oil giant and the world’s superpower are at odds over a number of Mideast issues, including how Washington has handled some of

the region’s crises, particularly in Egypt and Syria. It also comes as ties between the U.S. and Iran, the Saudis’ regional foe, appear to be improving somewhat.

T h e S a u d i s w e r e d i spleased that the U.S. backed off threats of military strikes against Syria in response to its alleged use of chemical weapons.

In Egypt, Washington has been critical of the military after it toppled President Mohammed Morsi, while Saudi Arabia has strongly backed the coup, giving billions of dollars to the new army-backed government.

Saudi Arabia’s reversal surprised U.N. diplomats and officials who had just welcomed the kingdom to a two-

Obama, Congress at odds over Iran sanctions relief The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – The Obama administration is weighing whether to offer Iran the chance to recoup billions of dollars in frozen overseas assets if it takes steps to scale back its nuclear program, U.S. officials and congressional aides said Friday. The proposal would face a skeptical Congress determined to make the end of Tehran’s uranium enrichment activity the condition for any sanctions relief.

The brainstorming comes after two days of nuclear negotiations between Iran and world powers ended this week in Geneva. The talks – the first since Iranian President Hassan Rouhani took office – ended on an upbeat note although it fell short of specific and concrete commitments by Iran to stop enriching uranium or ship out its stockpiles of higher-enriched uranium.

The proposal is one of several under consideration to spur negotiations to ensure Tehran can’t produce atomic weapons.

Enriching uranium can produce material for peaceful energy purposes or nuclear arms.

Under the plan being weighed, Iran would be able to access money from oil sales overseas that it currently can only barter with because of

U.S. and international sanctions. Senate aides put the total between $50 billion and $75 billion. It’s not clear what Iran would have to do in return to prompt the Obama administration to allow banks to release the money.

The premise behind providing Iran with cold cash is that opening and shutting such a valve would be far easier than beginning to take apart years of complicated, international financial and oil sanctions that would also be difficult to put back together if Iran failed to live up to the bargain. Finding a formula for sanctions relief is important if President Barack Obama is going to be able to offer the Iranians good reason to be open about their nuclear program before they reach the point of nuclear weapons capability. A nuclear-armed Iran could prompt a U.S. or Israeli military intervention.

“Iran will have to agree to meaningful, transparent and verifiable actions before we can seriously consider taking steps to ease sanctions,” White House spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said. Meehan and State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki declined to comment on specific types of sanctions relief, calling such questions “premature and speculative.”

Norwegian-Somali gunman ‘radicalized’ before mall attack The ASSOCIATED PRESS NAIROBI, Kenya – Quiet and respectful at the mosque as a boy, Hassan Abdi Dhuhulow later became angry and radicalized, people in the coastal town in Norway where he grew up said Friday of the Somali native – the first Westgate Mall attacker to be identified.

Security camera images show the 23-year-old and three other gunmen firing coldly on shoppers as they made their way along store aisles after

storming the upscale mall four weeks ago Saturday.

Until recently, investigators had referred to the attackers only by the colors of their shirts. However, two officials in Nairobi, one Western and one Kenyan, confirmed Friday that one of the gunmen had been identified as Dhuhulow.

The suspect’s 26-year-old sister, reached in the southern Norwegian town of Larvik, said his family was unaware of any role he may have played in the four-day siege that killed at least 67 people.

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Britain, Pakistan and other countries said they wanted explanations, particularly as Saudi Arabia’s U.N. Ambassador Abdallah Al-Mouallimi had told reporters after Thursday’s vote that his government took the election “very seriously” and saw it as “a reflection of a longstanding policy in support of moderation and in support of resolving disputes in peaceful means.”

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Saudi Arabia is rejecting its seat on the U.N. Security Council and said the 15-member body is incapable of resolving world conflicts. The move came just hours after the kingdom was elected as one of the Council’s 10 nonpermanent members. In a statement carried on Friday by the official Saudi Press Agency, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said the Council has failed in its duties toward Syria. pecially in ending the Syria conflict but also in failing to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and rid the region of

weapons of mass destruction.

“They should have thought of that before competing for the seat,” said Guatemala’s

U.N. Ambassador Gert Rosenthal, noting that the Saudis were lobbying for support right up until the vote.

Several diplomats were asking each other whether there was a split in the leadership of Saudi Arabia, where King Abdullah has the final word.

The Saudi statement was especially critical of the Security Council’s “inability to perform its duties” to end the 2½-year conflict in Syria, saying this has enabled President Bashar Assad’s regime “to kill its people and burn them with chemical weapons in front of the entire world and without any deterrent or punishment.” The Syrian regime denies using chemical weapons.

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Demographics change, along with the menu Editor’s Note: “America at the Tipping Point: The Changing Face of a Nation” is an occasional series examining the changing cultural mosaic of the U.S. and its historic shift to a majority-minority nation.

MIAMI – Salsa overtaking ketchup as America’s No. 1 condiment was just the start.

These days, tortillas outsell burger and hot dog buns; sales of tortilla chips trump potato chips; and tacos and burritos have become so ubiquitously “American,” most people don’t even consider them ethnic.

Welcome to the taste of American food in 2013.

As immigrant and minority populations rewrite American demographics, the nation’s collective menu is reflecting this flux, as it always has. And it goes beyond the mainstreaming of once-esoteric ethnic ingredients, something we’ve seen with everything from soy sauce to jalapenos.

This is a rewrite of the American menu at the macro level, an evolution of whole patterns of how people eat.

The difference this time? The biggest culinary voting bloc is Hispanic.

“When you think about pizza and spaghetti, it’s the same thing,” says Jim Kabbani, CEO of the Tortilla Industry Association. “People consider them American, not ethnic. It’s the same with tortillas.”

With Hispanics making up more than a quarter of the U.S. population today – and growing fast – experts say this change is dramatically flavoring the American culinary experience. Hispanic foods and beverages were an $8 billion market in the last year, according to consumer research firm Packaged Facts. By 2017, that number may reach $11 billion.

And that’s influencing how all Americans eat. Doritos, after all, are just tarted-up tortilla chips.

As the entire menu of the American diet gets rewritten,

the taste is getting spicier, with salsa and chipotle popping into the mainstream vernacular. And onto your dinner table: Marie Callender’s has grilled shrimp street tacos with chipotle ranch dressing; Whataburger has a fire-roasted blend of poblano peppers in its chicken fajita taco; and there’s tomatillo verde salsa in the baja shrimp stuffed quesadilla from El Pollo Loco.

From queso fresco to chorizo, traditional Hispanic foods – or even just the flavors of them – are making their way into our everyday diet, particularly among the millennials – those born between the early ’80s and the turn of the century.

Generation Y’s Hispanic community was born into an American culture but still holds onto its traditions, often eating white rice and seamlessly switching between English and Spanish.

“They are looking for products that are not necessarily big brands anymore,” says Michael Bellas, chairman of the Beverage Marketing Corporation. “They like brands that have character. They are looking for authenticity and purity, but they are also looking for new experiences.” For example, popular among the millennials and other generations on the West Coast is the Mexican soda Jarritos, which boasts real fruit flavors ranging from mango to guava. The company’s site showcases a collage of photos taken by Generation Y soda drinkers. Brightly colored sodas pop through their clear vintage-looking bottles. And the bottle caps share a simple message: “Que buenos son,” or “They’re so good.”

Another Hispanic beverage making ever more rounds in households across America is tequila.

In 2006, nearly 107 million of liters of tequila were exported to the U.S., a 23 percent increase over 2005, according to Judith Meza, representative of the Tequila Regulatory Council.

Florida U.S. Rep. Bill Young dies at 82 The ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Rep. Bill Young of Florida, the senior Republican in the U.S. House and a defense hawk who was influential on military spending during his 43 years in Washington, died Friday. He was 82.

His chief of staff, Harry Glenn, said in an email that Young died at 6:50 p.m. at Walter Reed Medical Center in Bethesda, Md., where he had been for nearly two weeks with back problems that stemmed from a 1970 small plane crash. The email included a statement from Young’s family, saying relatives were with Young when he died from complications related to a chronic injury.

On Oct. 9, from his hospital bed, Young announced that

his current 22nd term would be his last and he wouldn’t seek re-election in 2014.

The congressman was a longtime member of the House Appropriations Committee, where he focused on military spending. He and his wife frequently visited ailing service members at hospitals in the Washington area.

First elected to the House in 1970, Young was one of the strongest supporters in Congress of defense.

So he made headlines in 2012 when he said the United States should withdraw its forces from Afghanistan.

Young told The Associated Press at the time that “we’re killing kids who don’t need to die,” and reflected the growing weariness with a conflict that had dragged on for more than a decade.

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Social media launch muted and paid advertising on hold • SOCIAL MEDIA Continued from page A1 Months before the rollout of the law’s marketplaces, one for every state, Illinois officials envisioned a social media marketing push aimed at uninsured healthy young adults, a key demographic for the law’s success.

The campaign would use Twitter, Facebook and YouTube to convince young people to buy health insurance. It would be part of an ad blitz with TV, radio, billboards and other paid advertising.

Now, nearly three weeks after the launch, the social media campaign is underway, but it’s muted. Paid advertising is on hold. With technology problems plaguing the federal website, state officials decided there’s no reason to boost traffic now.

While most Republican-led states are taking a hands-off approach, Illinois sought federal grants that could be used for advertising. The $33 million campaign is funded entirely by those grants.

Get Covered Illinois’ social media launch – compared to some other Democrat-led states – got a late start. Kentucky’s campaign started tweeting May 15, Minnesota’s on May 10 and Washington state April 16.

Illinois went live with Twitter and Facebook on Oct. 1, the same day the federal healthcare.gov site launched – and then failed under a crush of users. Illinois relies on the federal government to run its insurance-shopping site because state lawmakers didn’t approve a state-run system.

Consumers understandably are seeking answers from Get Covered Illinois, said social media strategist Dave Kerpen of New York-based Likeable Media, who isn’t involved with the Illinois effort.

“Given people’s frustration

with the federal website, Get Covered Illinois has to be able to respond promptly and with great care to their customers,” Kerpen said.

They may have missed an opportunity with Chicago attorney Andrew DePaul, 58, who followed Get Covered Illinois on Twitter seeking information. He hopes to lower his family’s insurance costs, but the problems with the federal site have kept him from even seeing his options.

On Oct. 11, he was the one who tweeted to Get Covered Illinois about his frustration and included the hashtag: “#gettingimpatient.”

The social media team tweeted back to him more than three hours later: “Thanks for reaching out. To clarify, are you on the http://healthcare.gov site?”

DePaul replied “Yes” and then heard nothing else. That doesn’t bother him.

“I don’t expect the marketing campaign to troubleshoot the problems. I want their freaking website to work,” he said. “I’ve been a huge cheerleader for the Affordable Care Act and it’s been a great disappointment.”

On Facebook, the team is finessing questions about the federal site. A reply from Oct. 7: “We’re in contact with our fed partners who run healthcare.gov & they are working as quickly as possible to correct these issues. We will update you as soon as they update us, but let us know if you have questions we can help you with in the meantime!”

Kerpen said the team should make its answers more personable when possible.

“It’s the difference between ‘Thank you for your response. We’ll get back to you’ and ‘Thanks, I understand it’s so frustrating,’ ” Kerpen said.

“When used correctly you have the opportunity [with social media] to humanize an organization.”

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Residents from Illinois get involved in haunts • FRIGHTS Continued from page A1 “I like scaring people,” he said. “It’s a lot of fun.

“People see the mask [a bloody-mouthed clown mask], what they don’t see is me crying behind it because I’m laughing so hard.

Sometimes, I almost lose my composure. I can’t help it.”

In addition to acting, Pineda’s also helped build the sets for the house, and can attest to the fact that getting everything mapped out and built is a lot of work. This year’s construction began Oct. 5, but planning has been going on throughout the year.

DeKalb resident, Tracey Busby, is a nurse by trade, but has been volunteering to do makeup for the haunted house for the past five years.

Also involved in the Children’s Community Theatre of DeKalb, she said she spends a lot of time doing Internet research to make sure that she keeps up with new makeup techniques and changes in trends to make sure all the actors look extra-scary. However, she won’t go through the haunted house when it’s dark.

“I’ve been through it in the light, but there’s too many scary things that have happened to me while I’m here that I won’t do it,”

said.

“There was one time I was delivering water to an actor, and a little kid ran by.

I said to the woman next to me, ‘Where are his parents?’

But when we got to the next room, there were no kids, no parents and no one else had seen him,” she said.

Busby said she has seen other people who aren’t there, things that move and things that swing unexplained overhead.

The Egyptian Theatre is rumored to be haunted by Irv Kummerfeldt, co-founder of the Preservation of Egyptian Theatre Inc., who had a heart attack and died in the theatre’s auditorium.

Another ghost, dubbed

by the name “Bob,” has been seen throughout the building.

He is supposedly responsible for moving things, opening doors or tapping people on the shoulder while no one is there. The theater has even been investigated by paranormal groups that have recorded electronic voice phenomena and shadow figures in photos.

The haunted house is a major fundraiser for the theater, said Carr, and she hopes to have about 3,000 people attend during the three-weekend run.

“It’s grown every year and we hope that it will continue to do so,” she said.

Sycamore Pumpkin Festival began parade in 1962 • FEST Continued from page A1 Instead of soaping windows or egging houses, the children could be decorating pumpkins and displaying them on the courthouse lawn.

Thurow, affectionately called “Mr. Pumpkin,” used to display decorated pumpkins on his own lawn in the mid-1950s for Halloween, according to the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival website.

Halloween was his favorite holiday and, as a Sycamore Lions Club member, he suggested the club host a pumpkin-carving contest for the whole city.

While the festival still has a youthful focus, its changes are apparent to those who have been attending for decades.

Bill Lloyd, 51, remembers when he was about 8, the participants in the festival’s parade used to toss candy to spectators, which Malmas-

“Just having something like the Pumpkin Festival in your city generates thousands and thousands of dollars for businesses.”

Jerry Malmassari President of the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival committee sari said is not done now for safety. Lloyd said the parade seems to include more local politicians.

The parade was small when it began in 1962, with costumed children, a police car and a high school band marching through town, Malmassari said. Now the parade has more than 100 participants and at least 10 bands.

Kuhn said he doesn’t remember the festival having a carnival in the late 1970s, which was when he moved to Sycamore from Naperville.

His first festival experiences reminded him of his childhood in the 1950s.

“I thought it was like how I remembered growing up in Naperville,” he said. “…

Everybody knew everybody, and they would come downtown to meet friends.”

Kuhn joined the Sycamore Lions in the early 1980s.

Since then, more nonprofit vendors have started participating, with more than 30 on board for this year. With the vendors being nonprofits, the proceeds go right back into the community, he said.

But the festival also helps the local economy by enticing people to shop at stores or eat at restaurants.

“Just having something like the Pumpkin Festival in your city generates thousands and thousands of dollars for businesses,” Malmassari said.

This year’s festival will be the second without a vis-

it from Thurow, who died in 2012. Although he moved to Louisiana in the early 1980s, he always returned to Sycamore when the festival began, Malmassari said. He was well-known for wearing a black top hat and riding an penny farthing bicycle, with the large front wheel and a small one in back.

Now a Wally Thurow tribute committee has come together to keep his memory alive by raising funds to place a life-sized statue of Thurow in downtown Sycamore. About $21,000 of the $75,000 goal had been raised through August, tribute committee member Riley Oncken said.

Committee members plan to solicit donations at this year’s festival. To make a donation for the Wally Thurow tribute statue, email mrpumpkinstatue@gmail.com.

“It would give kids who never had the chance to meet Wally to stand by him or have their picture taken by his statue,” Malmassari said.

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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS | STANDING UP

Join the Fight: Get Involved

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pportunities to join national organizations in their fight against breast cancer can be found with the click of a mouse.

With mailing lists, online calendars and instant social media announcements, awareness-focused groups hoping to make a big difference in cancer prevention are more accessible than ever.

Individuals, companies and non-profit institutions plan and coordinate innovative studies and powerful events that have helped make major headway in the mission to find a cure.

WALKS AND RIDES Events like the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk the Avon Walk recruit thousands of participants who take steps – literally – to improve health and raise money to help fight breast cancer with research, information-sharing and access to mammograms.

Many similarly spirited bike-ride events are sprinkled throughout the country and allow cycling enthusiast the opportunity to pedal toward a great cause.

PROFESSIONAL SPORTS Pink football cleats, batting gloves and jersey patches have

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made their way into the professional sporting world, offering a sign of solidarity in finding a cure for breast cancer.

Major League Baseball’s “Going to Bat Against Breast Cancer” is held every Mother’s Day and features pink bats, wristbands, necklaces and ribbons.

The National Football

League’s “A Crucial Catch” is a partnership with the American Cancer Society focused on promoting the importance of annual screenings.

Games throughout October are comprised of players, coaches and referees wearing pink game apparel, on-field pink ribbon stencils, special game balls and pink coins.

LOCAL EVENTS Odds are, there are events on the schedule for your own back yard.

Reach out to local gyms, health experts and hospitals for information on event locations, times and ways to get involved. Local activists are

always looking for volunteers to help with planning, fundraising and on-site execution.

You may find that participating in a regional event instead of one with more national backing may help you feel more invested in your community and the people around you who may be facing breast cancer.

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8OUR VIEW: THUMBS UP/THUMBS DOWN

DeKalb Public Library benefits from donations Thumbs up: To two generous donors who gave large contributions this week to the DeKalb Public Library to help fund their current expansion project. Castle Bank contributed $120,000, and Barbara Yusunas of Sycamore donated $75,000 on behalf of her late sister, Helen Yusunas. “We were totally taken by surprise,” said library spokeswoman Edith Craig.

Nearly $1 million has now been raised for the project from donations alone.

Thumbs up: To cooperation.

DeKalb’s new mayor and

Northern Illinois University’s new president have both presented visions of greater collaboration between the city and the university, which can sometimes seem like an island within the larger community. Both Mayor John Rey and President Douglas Baker have expressed interest in bridging the gap between the two communities, and are taking steps to make those bridges a reality.

Thumbs up: To a fun homecoming game at Northern Illinois University with a

happy result. The paid attendance announced at the game was more than 23,000, many of whom were still there by the end of the game, stomping their feet and shouting as the NIU defense stopped Akron on its last drive. The cannon was missing because of the government shutdown, but otherwise it was a beautiful day and a great display of spirit by the NIU community past and present, as the Huskies extended their winning streak in DeKalb to a longestin-the-nation 23 games.

Thumbs up: For another

Pumpkin Festival coming to Sycamore. It’s the 52nd annual festival, and there are obvious signs of excitement, from the pumpkin flags flying outside houses and the big delivery of free pumpkins scheduled for today in downtown Sycamore. We’re ready for the big celebration.

Thumbs down: To a Social Security increase expected to be the skimpiest in almost 40 years. The Associated Press reported this week that the benefit increase for millions of Social Security recipients, disabled veterans and federal

retirees will be about 1.5 percent this year. Last year’s increase was only 1.7 percent.

Increases are based on the consumer price index, which doesn’t accurately reflect the things most likely to consume much of the budgets of senior citizens. It can be a struggle for people on fixed incomes to make ends meet, and back-toback years of paltry increases will not make it any easier.

Thumbs up: To DeKalb High School students, teachers and parents for promoting awareness about the dangers of distracted driving.

8SKETCH VIEW

Sponsored by State Farm, Celebrate My Drive rewards schools who gather the highest number of online pledges with monetary grants. One school will win a free concert with Kelly Clarkson, the first winner of “American Idol.” The online pledge period continues through Oct. 26 at celebratemydrive. com. We congratulate the local students who have been promoting this initiative and encourage DeKalb County residents to pledge online.

One pledge per email address is allowed each day.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Why did national parks close? Ask Republicans

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Hultgren alone in vote to continue shutdown

it was a big deal, but when my nieces came out this morning and all the decorations were gone, the To the Editor: looks on their faces were so sad.

Voters in the 14th Illinois Not only were our decorations Congressional District must be stolen, but those of our neighbors’ extremely proud of their Conwere also. Whoever you are, I gressman, Republican Randy hope karma catches up with Hultgren. people like you.

He was the only member of the The decorations weren’t worth a Donald Whisenhunt Illinois delegation in Congress, Sycamore whole lot (at least, ours weren’t), Republican or Democrat, to vote so I know the only reason they to continue the government shutMore than decorations stolen did it was to be ... I’ll let you fill in down and to push the country To the Editor: this part. into default. No one really knows I have to say to the thieves who I was young once and did stupid how serious default could be, but stole our Halloween decorations things, but I never stole. I don’t it cannot be good. early Thursday morning: You not know how people can live with Unfortunately, Sycamore is so far on the edge of the 14th District only stole our decorations but you themselves doing things like this. took our sense of security away! I hope someday something like that Hultgren pays us little this happens to whoever you are! attention. This makes one wonder You might not have thought if Hultgren will dare show his face at the Sycamore Pumpkin Fest parade.

All his supporters should review why they voted for him and wonder if he really has the overall good of America as his first goal in serving in public office.

And if any parent’s come across new decorations in their lawn or garage and are not sure where they came from, I’ve got a pretty good guess.

Not saying it’s kids that did it, but it just seems like someone pretty immature would be the ones to do this. I feel sorry for whoever did steal from us because you’re probably going to end up in jail someday.

So whoever you are, I hope you can live with the fact that you’re a thief and you took something from us we won’t ever get back ... our sense of security.

Brandon Stojan Sycamore

A nation’s love affair with zombies When I first heard folks discussing “The Walking Dead,” I thought they were talking about Congress. But no, it was zombies. The undead. Flesh-eating creatures.

Bodies that do harm.

The nation of Haiti embraced the zombie legend a long time ago. In fact, there’s an old Bela Lugosi movie about that called “White Zombie.” Apparently, in the voodoo culture, you can get a curse put on you and rise from the dead. Or something. This voodoo stuff is not easy to assess.

Way back in the late 1960s, a movie director named George Romero put out a film called “Night of the Living Dead.” I remember seeing it and thinking, “What the heck was that?”

Romero set his zombie hordes in Pittsburgh, and they ran around cannibalizing Pirates fans. Nobody was quite sure how these zombies came to be – something about a comet – but they were nasty. They were also slow. If you were in shape, you could taunt the zombies and run away. Of course, there’s always the “I tripped over something” factor, and so many zombie-taunters got their “just desserts,” so to speak.

Anyway, now we have a cable TV series that attracted more than 16 million viewers Sunday: “The Walking Dead.” Most of

VIEWS Bill O’Reilly the viewers were ages 18 to 49. Apparently, younger Americans love this zombie stuff.

Earlier this year, they flocked to see Brad Pitt fight the undead in “World War Z.” I missed the film, but heard it was so intense that Brad’s hair got mussed up on at least three occasions. Zombies generally have bad hair. In fact, their entire grooming routine is sorely lacking because they have no interest in anything other than eating the flesh of human beings.

No, you don’t have to be a lawyer to be a zombie.

During the years, horror movies have become increasingly graphic, and the zombie surge exploits that. Vampires only bite you on the neck. Zombies are buffet people. No limits on the intake. Also, various monsters such as The Wolfman and Frankenstein’s creature often had a soft side. Before Lon Chaney Jr. became a hungry wolf, he confessed to a nice gypsy woman that the whole thing was not his fault, and he regretted ever having to see a full moon. You almost felt sorry for Lon –

until, of course, he disassembled some guy walking through a mist-shrouded forest in the middle of nowhere.

Zombies could never show a soft side to a gypsy woman. They would eat her before any conversation could start. There is no reasoning with zombies. As our cliche-ridden society says: They are what they are!

But we Americans apparently like the zombie culture very much. Somehow, we identify with humans like Brad Pitt slaying as many zombies as possible. By the way, that’s legal. Zombies have no protections under the law. And liberal Americans do not object to using heavy weapons to kill the undead. Assault weapons are fine as long as you undergo a background check. But that policy can be waived if the zombies are actually rampaging through your house.

As a positive person, I am not on the zombie bandwagon. Too much angst. I believe that when you die you go either to heaven or hell – not to cable TV. But that’s just me. Millions of my fellow citizens obviously see it differently. To them I say: Boo! • Veteran TV news anchor Bill O’Reilly is host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” and author of many books, including the newly released “Killing Jesus.”

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You might think that House Republicans would have shown at least a touch of embarrassment after needlessly shutting much of the federal government for more than two weeks. Sadly, that proved not to be the case, as evidenced by Wednesday’s inquisition into the closure of national parks. The spectacle of a career government official being berated by Republican members of Congress for cuts in service that they had caused presented a nauseating coda to this dispiriting spectacle.

“What in the world are we doing here?” was the apt question from Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, D-Md., at Wednesday’s joint hearing of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and the Committee on Natural Resources. While their colleagues in the Senate were hammering out an agreement to end the shutdown and avoid default, House Republicans were hammering on National Park Services Director Jonathan B. Jarvis for doing his job.

Jarvis, who started his park service as a seasonal interpreter in 1976, likely had better things to do, given that nearly 87 percent of his agency was on furlough. Instead, he was subjected to a five-hour hearing in which he had to explain the obvious: No money equals no people equals no services.

Most disturbing were the insinuations by lawmakers that Jarvis’ decisions in closing the nation’s 401 parks, monuments and other sites were unnecessary and politically motivated to inflict the most pain.

“Drastic and unprecedented,” said oversight committee chairman Darrell Issa, R-Calif., while natural resources chairman Doc Hastings, R-Wash., said sites were not closed by the Clinton administration during the last shutdown.

Wrong. Denis P. Galvin, deputy director of the park service during the Reagan, Clinton and Bush administrations, said that shutdown plans – “done hastily, because you’re always hoping the closure won’t happen” – were in keeping with past practices.

In 1995 and 1996, he said, the Lincoln Memorial was closed, as were the Statue of Liberty, the Gateway Arch in St. Louis and other monuments around the country. Indeed, Washington Post accounts of those shutdowns detailed the frustration of tourists who found monuments and museums closed, campers evicted from national parks, the governor of Arizona ordering National Guard troops to the Grand Canyon in an attempt to keep it open and two teams of 7-year-old soccer players evicted from a national park in Washington. “The children pleaded. The parents pleaded. The coach pleaded. The answer? Closed,” read a Nov. 20, 1995, article.

No doubt there are differences in some restrictions, most notably the use this time of barriers, but there are new security sensibilities in a world after 9/11. The park service, largely because of Republican-imposed budget constraints, had lost staff and maintenance funds even before the shutdown. Republicans who suddenly developed such tender concern for the parks would do better to ensure that the government doesn’t close again – and that the agency charged with protecting America’s treasures has the resources it needs to serve the public.

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7-DAY FORECAST

A cold front will generate isolated showers across the area Saturday. Temperatures will remain below average with WSW winds. Weak high pressure will bring sunny skies Sunday. Monday through Friday, a series of disturbances will bring very cold air and a few chances of rain and sleet.

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DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Temperature High ............................................................. 52° Low .............................................................. 38° Normal high ............................................. 61° Normal low ............................................... 39° Record high .............................. 76° in 1994 Record low ................................ 21° in 1976

Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00” Month to date ....................................... 1.04” Normal month to date ....................... 1.69” Year to date ......................................... 29.72” Normal year to date ......................... 30.94”

Sunrise today ................................ 7:12 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 6:07 p.m.

Moonrise today ........................... 6:33 p.m.

Moonset today ............................. 7:50 a.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 7:13 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 6:05 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow .................. 7:11 p.m.

Moonset tomorrow .................... 8:52 a.m.

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The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index number, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 0-2 Low; 3-5 Moderate; 6-7 High; 8-10 Very High; 11+ Extreme.

Rockford 53/33

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Dixon 54/30

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Joliet 55/34

La Salle 56/36

Evanston 55/39 Chicago 56/38

Aurora 54/33

Streator 56/35

Source: National Allergy Bureau

Waukegan 54/34

Arlington Heights 55/36

DeKalb 53/36

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

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

Hammond 56/38 Gary 56/36 Kankakee 56/35

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On Oct. 19, 1961, heavy, wet snow fell on trees still in leaf in West Virginia.

The snow broke millions of branches, causing the worst forest disaster since the ires of 1953.

Peoria 56/35

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Sports

BEARS GAMEDAY

SECTION B

Hub Arkush, Kevin Fishbain and Tom Musick break down the Bears’ Week 7 matchup with the Redskins. PAGES B4-5

Saturday, October 19, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@daily-chronicle.com

WEEK 8 PREP FOOTBALL SCOREBOARD Harvard ........................................22 Rockford Christian Life.............. 35 Kaneland.......................................21 DeKalb............................................ 7 Genoa-Kingston...........................21 Hiawatha .......................................0 Sycamore .....................................31 Yorkville....................................... 14

Find late scores, stories and complete coverage of Friday’s games @ Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps YORKVILLE 14, DEKALB 7

SYCAMORE 31, KANELAND 21

Penalties, turnovers foil Barbs

By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

Sycamore quarterback Devin Mottet escapes the pocket after feeling the pressure from the Kaneland defensive line during the second quarter of the Spartans’ 31-21 victory Friday night in Sycamore.

Spartans snap streak Knights’ 35-game regular-season winning streak ends in Sycamore

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Kaneland’s 35game win-streak is no more.

Sycamore quarterback Devin Mottet left the game in the first half with an injury, but backup Nick Feuerbach passed for 124 yards, ran for 23 more and caught a 30-yard pass to help lead Sycamore to a 31-21 win.

“It’s a huge win,” Feuerbach said.

“It’s one step closer to what we want to do, and that’s win state.”

The Knights (7-1, 3-1 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) took the lead with 7:30 left in the first quarter when Isaac Swithers ran for a 5-yard touchdown to cap an opening drive that included 61 rushing yards.

More online Check out the highlights from the Kaneland at Sycamore football game at Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps.

In the second, Brett Weaver caught a drive-opening 30-yard pass early in the second quarter, and the Spartans drove to the 13-yard line.

They were forced to settle for a 30yard field goal by Tyler Maveus.

After Kaneland senior Dylan Nauert returned a kickoff to the Sycamore 44, the Knights added to their lead late in the second when Drew David rolled out and found Nate Dyer for a 9-yard touchdown pass.

Sycamore (8-0, 4-0 NI Big 12 East)

responded quickly.

Feuerbach grabbed a 30-yard pass on the next drive, then immediately moved to quarterback after Mottet left the game after the play with an apparent shoulder injury.

Three plays later, Feuerbach ran for a 30-yard touchdown with 3:15 left in the half.

Early in the second half, Feuerbach found Ben Niemann for a 31yard reception and Dion Hooker, returning from an injury, ran for an 11-yard touchdown to make the score 17-14.

Kaneland looked down and out on the next drive after a bad snap left them with a third-and-36 situation. But David found John Pruett for a 40-yard pass on the next play before Brandon

Bishop caught a 28-yard touchdown.

With 11:54 remaining, Jack Dargis picked off David at the 35-yard line, and the Spartans capitalized when Riley Hurley pounded in a 1-yard touchdown run to give Sycamore a 24-21 lead.

On fourth-and-2 late with just more than five minutes left, Feuerbach scrambled and found Colan Treml wide open for a 20-yard touchdown to give Sycamore a 31-21 lead with the PAT. Sycamore’s defense held strong.

Dargis and Josh Hunt sacked David in the waning minutes, and the Knights couldn’t get back on the board.

The Spartans remain undefeated, and would win the NI Big 12 East outright for the first time with a win at Yorkville.

YORKVILLE – Every time DeKalb gained momentum, a big play went the other way.

The Barbs weren’t able to move the football consistently on offense and were hurt by turnovers and penalties as they missed an opportunity to earn playoff eligibility for the first time in three seasons with a 14-7 loss to Yorkville on Friday night.

“We just really couldn’t get going,” DeKalb coach Matt Weckler said. “We didn’t block very well, we couldn’t get our footing and that neutralized our speed.”

Both defenses dominated from the opening kick as DeKalb (4-4, 1-3 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) turned the ball over on downs and then punted after three plays on its first two possessions.

Yorkville (5-3, 2-2) scored late in the first quarter on a 1-yard plunge

by Kyle Abney to take a 7-0 lead.

After the Yorkville score, the Barbs responded with an 11-play drive capped by a Jack Sauter 4-yard touchdown run to knot it at 7.

But the Foxes came right back and went up 14-7 with a 15-yard touchdown run, taking a seven-point lead into halftime.

That was all the scoring for the night as neither offense could sustain a long drive in the second half. DeKalb punted on its first possession of the second half, going three and out, then fumbled after two first downs had put the Barbs into Yorkville territory for only the third time all game.

“Our coaches did a great job of gameplanning and getting us in the right spots,” Yorkville coach Karl Hoinkes said. “The defense won this ballgame for us.”

Still trailing by seven late in the fourth quarter, DeKalb took over after a Yorkville missed field goal, gaining consecutive first downs before a bad snap resulted in another fumble.

Yorkville tried to run out the clock, but DeKalb’s defense forced a fumble that the Barbs recovered at their own 26. Sauter found Brown for 16 yards and then completed a pass to Tate for another 18 yards, crossing midfield. But on third down, Yorkville picked off a pass with 36 seconds left, icing the win.

The Barbs will host Rochelle next week with their playoff hopes on the line.

“The biggest thing is they have to put this behind them,” Weckler said.

“They have to go into Rochelle game with confidence.”

FOUR DOWNS: OUR VIEW OF FRIDAY NIGHT

1st down Friday night with the DC Preps Twitter feed 7:30 p.m.: Dion Hooker is dressed and ready to play. Huge for #Sycamore on both sides of the ball. Kick is imminent.

8:25 p.m.:

2nd & 3rd down

4th down Friday night’s stars OFFENSE:

The view from Genoa

Nick Feuerbach, Sycamore, senior, quarterback/wideout

Harvard 22 Genoa-Kingston 21 Erik Anderson for the Daily Chronicle

A field goal put #Sycamore on the board, but a 9-yard TD catch by Nate Dyer put #Kaneland up 14-3 with 5:28 left in the 1st half.

9:22 p.m.: After Feuerbach found Niemann for a 31-yard reception, Hooker ran for an 11 yard touchdown to put Sycamore up, 17-14 over #Kaneland. 9:03 Q3

10:14 p.m.: it will be do-or-die situations for DeKalb and Genoa-Kingston next week.

Barbs definitely with tougher challenge vs. Rochelle.

10:29 p.m.: Final: #Sycamore 31, #Kaneland 21. Kaneland’s 35-game win-streak is snapped.

Erik Anderson for the Daily Chronicle

TOP: Genoa-Kingston’s Jesse Blade (15) runs the ball during the first half of Friday night’s Big Northern Conference East Division game against Harvard in Genoa. LEFT: G-K’s Matt Wojdyla (20) fumbles the football while being tackled by Harvard’s Justin Nolen (2) after a failed field goal attempt at the end of the second quarter Friday. The Cogs lost, 22-21.

Feuerbach subbed in for injured QB Devin Mottet and ran for a touchdown and passed for a touchdown in Sycamore’s win over Kaneland.

DEFENSE: Rudy Lopez, DeKalb, junior, defensive back Lopez intercepted a pass early in the second half and had several passes defended in the Barbs’ 14-7 loss Friday night in Yorkville.

SPORTS

Page B2 • Saturday, October 19, 2013

8PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Volleyball Sycamore at Crystal Lake Central Doug Blundy Invite, 8:30 a.m.

DeKalb at Eastland tournament, 9 a.m.

Indian Creek at Durand tournament, TBA Hinckley-Big Rock, GenoaKingston at Plano tournament, TBA Boys Soccer Genoa-Kingston vs. Cristo Rey St. Martin in Class A GenoaKingston Regional finals, 11 a.m.

Boys Cross Country Genoa-Kingston at Big Northern Conference Meet at Walcamp Ministries-Kingston, 10 a.m.

DeKalb, Sycamore, Kaneland at NI Big 12 Conference meet at Morris, 10 a.m.

Girls Cross Country Genoa-Kingston at Big Northern Conference Meet at Walcamp Ministries-Kingston, 10 a.m.

DeKalb, Sycamore, Kaneland at NI Big 12 Conference meet at Morris, 10 a.m.

Boys Golf Kaneland, Genoa-Kingston at Class 2A state meet, Weibring Golf Club, Normal, TBA Girls Swimming DeKalb/Sycamore at IMSA triangular, 10 a.m.

Girls Tennis Kaneland at West Aurora Sectional, TBA DeKalb, Sycamore at St. Charles East Sectional, TBA

MONDAY Volleyball Keith Country Day at Hiawatha, 6:30 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS Bulls shut down injured Noah for a week CHICAGO – Bulls center Joakim Noah will be held out of all basketball-related activities for about a week in hopes that the rest will clear up his lingering groin strain.

“He still has a little bit of soreness,” coach Tom Thibodeau said Friday before the Bulls played the Indiana Pacers in a preseason game.

“We want to make sure he’s completely healed before we move on. We don’t want him to re-injure it. We want him to rehab and focus on getting healthy.”

Noah was injured early in training camp and missed the Bulls’ first three preseason games before playing 19 minutes Wednesday night against the Detroit Pistons. Afterward, he said he felt “great,” but the soreness in the groin returned Thursday.

Jackson St. says game vs. Grambling canceled JACKSON, Miss. – Grambling’s proud football program descended into further chaos Friday when the school canceled today’s game against Jackson State after disgruntled players refused to travel to Jackson.

Jackson State officials announced the cancellation Friday night. Athletic department spokesman Wesley Peterson told The Associated Press that Grambling officials contacted Jackson State to inform them of the decision.

Friday’s apparent player boycott was the latest in three days of upheaval for Grambling’s program – which rose to prominence under coach Eddie Robinson. Several media outlets have reported that players did not attend practice Wednesday and Thursday because of issues with program and school leadership.

Oregon to wear pink helmets vs. Washington EUGENE, Ore. – Secondranked Oregon again is making a bold fashion statement, but this time it’s for a good cause.

The Ducks will wear pink helmets, along with pink cleats, socks and gloves, when they play Washington Cougars tonight at Autzen Stadium.

– Wire reports

PRESEASON: BULLS 103, PACERS 98

Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com

WHITE SOX

Rose scores 32 in win Source: The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Derrick Rose scored 32 points, including eight in the final three minutes, and Luol Deng added 22 as the Bulls remained unbeaten this preseason with a 103-98 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Friday night.

Rose, who played 31 minutes, also had nine assists and was 9 for 15 from the field, including 4 for 7 from 3-point range, as the Bulls improved to 5-0.

Paul George led the Pacers (0-5) with 22 points.

The Bulls were without Jimmy Butler (left knee contusion) and Next Joakim Noah (right Preseason: vs. groin strain).

The schedule said it Milwaukee, 7 was a preseason game, p.m. Monday, WGN, AM-1000 but the atmosphere in the United Center definitely had a regular-season feel as the teams expected to compete for the Central Division title battled down the stretch. Both teams finished with mostly starters on the court, which usually isn’t the norm in the preseason.

Rose appeared done for the night when he went to the bench late in the third quarter after playing 26 minutes. He had averaged 21.8 points in three previous games as he returns after missing last season following major knee surgery.

AP photo But he returned with just more than 5 minutes left and led the Bulls to victo- Bulls guard Derrick Rose goes up for a shot over Indiana ry as the crowd of 21,783 cheered as if it Pacers guard George Hill during the first half of a preseason were a playoff game. game Friday at the United Center. The Bulls won, 103-98.

ON TV THIS WEEKEND

DeKalb alumnus helps puts Badgers in national rankings Shaw Media sports copy editor Kevin Murphy picks his top sporting events to watch on TV this weekend with a spotlight on local graduates:

College football: Iowa at Ohio State, 2:30 pm. today, ABC Former DeKalb football player and Iowa freshman running back LeShun Daniels Jr. is on the Hawkeyes’ roster.

College football: Indiana at Michigan, 2:30 p.m. today, BTN Marmion’s Ryan and Graham Glasgow, DeKalb natives, look to help the Wolverines bounce back from their first loss of the season.

MLB playoffs, ALCS, Game 6, Detroit at Boston, 7:37 p.m. today, FOX Hiawatha graduate Gene Lamont is the bench coach for the Tigers.

College football: Wisconsin at Illinois, 7 p.m. today BTN DeKalb junior running back Dre Brown, an Illinois recruit, will be attending the game.

Women’s volleyball: Michigan State at Wisconsin, 1 p.m.

Sunday, BTN DeKalb graduate and Wisconsin junior outside hitter Courtney Thomas has been one of the most versaile athletes for the Badgers. Thomas started the season as setter when freshman standout Lauren Carlini was injured.

Even in a loss at Penn State, Thomas recorded her ninth double-double of season with 14 digs and 11 kills, and had a career-high 19 kills at Ohio State last weekend.

’Murf’s ’Mote Kevin Murphy Wisconsin is one of only three teams in the country that will play six-straight matches against top-25 ranked teams in 2013. The Badgers are ranked 15th in the coaches’ poll.

“The better competition you play and the harder you work go hand in hand,” Thomas told the Daily Cardinal, one of the student newspapers in Madison.

Michigan State, ranked fifth, features former Northern Illinois player and Geneva graduate Lauren Wicinski, who has been a force for the Spartans.

Wicinski, who spent her first two years at NIU, has helped the Spartans to a 17-1 start to the the season. She recently surpassed the 2,000 career kills mark for the Spartans and is No. 2 all-time in kills for the program.

Wicinski is one of 30 candidates for volleyball’s Senior CLASS Award. To be eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be classified as an NCAA Division I senior and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence – community, classroom, character and competition.

The list will be trimmed to 10 finalists midseason, and fans will be allowed to cast their votes online.

MUST-SEE TV NFL: Bears at Redskins, noon Sunday, FOX Hopefully, the rest did the Bears some good.

The Bears will have their hands full trying to contain Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III. RG3’s numbers are down from his rookie season, but he also is coming back from major knee surgery. Griffin has completed 59.8 percent of his throws, which is down from 65.6 last year, and he’s matched his 2012 total of five interceptions.

SET THE DVR NHL, Toronto at Blackhawks, 6 p.m. today, WGN Sharpie to the rescue. In the Hawks’ 3-2 shootout win over Carolina on Tuesday, Patrick Sharp answered the call with a goal and the shootout winner.

But that didn’t help Thursday against St. Louis.

CATCH THE HIGHLIGHTS LATER College football: Florida State at Clemson, 7 p.m. today, ABC The showdown marks the first matchup of teams ranked in The Associated Press poll top five this season, and it’s only the fourth such matchup between ACC teams since FSU joined the league in 1992.

• Agree? Disagree? Is someone from the Daily Chronicle coverage area going to be on TV? Let Kevin Murphy know at kmurphy@shawmedia.com.

Sox land Cuban slugger AP source: Abreu agrees to 6-year, $68 million deal

By ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Cuban slugger Jose Abreu has agreed to a sixyear, $68 million contract with the White Sox, a person familiar with the situation said Friday.

The person spoke Friday on the condition of anonymity because the deal had not been announced and was pending a physical. Several media outlets earlier had reported the agreement.

The 6-foot-3, 250-pound Abreu could play first base or serve as the designated hitter. He batted .360 (9 for 25) with three home runs and nine RBIs in the World Base- Jose Abreu ball Classic in the spring, and he defected over the summer.

Abreu joins a team that went 63-99 after finishing second in the AL Central. The Sox believe they can turn things around quickly because of their pitching, but defense and hitting were huge problems for them this past season.

They ranked 29th in fielding percentage, and they didn’t get the job done at the plate, either.

A lack of speed and a drop in power added up to the Sox scoring the fewest runs in the AL. They batted only .249 and saw their home run total plummet to 148 after they ranked third in the majors with 211 the previous year.

With Adam Dunn signed through next season and Abreu in the mix, there might not be room for Paul Konerko. At 37 and with an expiring contract, he might have played his last season with the Sox – or any other team.

The six-time All-Star is coming off one of his worst seasons and said at the end of the year that he would take a month to decide if he’ll try to play next season. He wasn’t sure if the Sox even wanted him back after he hit .244 with only 12 homers and 54 RBIs while dealing with a back problem.

If this does signal the end with the Sox, it’s been quite a run.

Acquired from Cincinnati after the 1998 season, Konerko helped lead the Sox to a championship in 2005. He ranks second on the Sox’s list to Frank Thomas in homers and RBIs. Notes: The Sox outrighted left-handed pitcher David Purcey to Triple-A Charlotte on Friday.

He was 1-1 with a 2.13 ERA over 24 relief appearances with the Sox. The Sox’s 40-man roster is at 36.

8WEEKEND TV SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY’S SCHEDULE Pro hockey Toronto at Blackhawks, 6 p.m., WGN Columbus at Washington, 6 p.m., CSN Wolves at Milwaukee, 7 p.m., WCUU Pro baseball ALCS, Detroit at Boston, Game 6, 7:37 p.m., FOX College football Minnesota at Northwestern, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Purdue at Michigan St., 11 a.m., BTN Navy at Toledo, 11 a.m., ESPNEWS Georgia at Vanderbilt, 11 a.m., CBS South Carolina at Tennessee, 11 a.m., ESPN Southern Miss at East Carolina, Texas Tech at West Virginia, 11 a.m., FS1 Villanova at New Hampshire, 11 a.m., CSN Connecticut at Cincinnati, 11 a.m., ESPNU Iowa at Ohio St., 2:30 p.m., ABC Indiana at Michigan, 2:30 p.m., BTN

Auburn at Texas A&M, 2:30 p.m., CBS Oklahoma at Kansas, 2:30 p.m., ESPN UCLA at Stanford, 2:30 p.m., ESPN2 Maryland vs. Wake Forest, 2:30 p.m., ESPNU BYU at Houston, 2:30 p.m., ESPNEWS Arkansas at Alabama, 6 p.m., ESPN LSU at Mississippi, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Iowa St. at Baylor, 6 p.m., ESPNU USC at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m., NBC Wisconsin at Illinois, 7 p.m., BTN Florida St. at Clemson, 7:07 p.m., ABC Washington at Oregon, 9 p.m., FS1 Oregon St. at California, 9:30 p.m., ESPN2 Auto racing NASCAR, Truck Series, Fred’s 250, 3 p.m., FS1 American Le Mans Series, Petit Le Mans, 5:30 p.m., FS1 IRL, Indy Lights, Lefty’s Kids Club 100, 6 p.m., NBCSN (same-day tape) IRL, IndyCar, MAVTV 500, 7 p.m., NBCSN

Soccer Premier League, Liverpool at Newcastle, 6:40 a.m., NBCSN Premier League, Southampton at Manchester United, 8:55 a.m., NBCSN Premier League, Manchester City at West Ham, 11:30 a.m., NBC MLS, Seattle at Dallas, 1:30 p.m., NBC MLS, Toronto at Fire, 7:30 p.m., WPWR-50 Golf PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, third round, 4 p.m., TGC Boxing Champion Mike Alvarado (34-1-0) vs. Ruslan Provodnikov (22-2-0), for WBO junior welterweight title, 8:45 p.m., HBO SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE Pro football Bears at Washington, noon, FOX Cincinnati at Detroit, noon, CBS Cleveland at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m., CBS

Denver at Indianapolis, 7 p.m., NBC Pro baseball ALCS, Detroit at Boston, Game 7, 7:07 p.m., FOX (if necessary) Auto racing NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Camping World RV Sales 500, 1 p.m., ESPN Golf PGA Tour, Shriners Hospitals for Children Open, final round, 4 p.m., TGC Figure skating ISU, Grand Prix, 3 p.m., NBC Soccer Premier League, Tottenham at Aston Villa, 9:55 a.m., NBCSN Women’s, Illinois at Penn St., 11 a.m., BTN Women’s national teams, exhibition, United States at vs. Australia, 12:30 p.m., NBC MLS, San Jose at Los Angeles, 8 p.m., ESPN Women’s volleyball Michigan St. at Wisconsin, 1 p.m., BTN

MLB LEAGUE CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) AMERICAN LEAGUE Saturday, Oct. 12: Detroit 1, Boston 0 Sunday: Boston 6, Detroit 5 Tuesday: Boston 1, Detroit 0 Wednesday: Detroit 7, Boston 3 Thursday: Boston 4, Detroit 3, Red Sox lead series, 3-2 Today: Detroit (Scherzer 21-3) at Boston (Buchholz 12-1), 3:37 p.m. x-Sunday: Detroit (Verlander 13-12) at Boston (Lackey 10-13), 7:07 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE 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 Tuesday: St. Louis 4, Los Angeles 2 Wednesday: Los Angeles 6, St. Louis 4 Friday: St. Louis 9, Los Angeles 0, Cardinals win series, 4-2

NFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE North L T 2 0 2 0 2 0 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 6 1 0 San Francisco 4 2 0 St. Louis 3 3 0 Arizona 3 4 0 W 4 4 3 1

Detroit Bears Green Bay Minnesota

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PA 140 161 114 158

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PA 179 136 112 209

Pct .833 .400 .200 .000

PF 161 109 122 64

PA 103 68 134 101

Pct .857 .667 .500 .429

PF 191 145 141 133

PA 116 118 154 161

AMERICAN CONFERENCE Cincinnati Baltimore Cleveland Pittsburgh New England Miami N.Y. Jets Buffalo Indianapolis Tennessee Houston Jacksonville Kansas City Denver San Diego Oakland

North L T 2 0 3 0 3 0 4 0 East W L T 5 1 0 3 2 0 3 3 0 2 4 0 South W L T 4 2 0 3 3 0 2 4 0 0 6 0 West W L T 6 0 0 6 0 0 3 3 0 2 4 0 W 4 3 3 1

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PA 111 129 125 116

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PA 97 117 135 157

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Thursday’s Result Seattle 34, Arizona 22 Sunday’ Games 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’s Game Minnesota at N.Y. Giants, 7:40 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Colorado 7 6 1 0 12 St. Louis 7 5 1 1 11 Blackhawks 7 4 1 2 10 Winnipeg 8 4 4 0 8 Minnesota 8 3 3 2 8 Nashville 7 3 3 1 7 Dallas 6 3 3 0 6 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts San Jose 7 6 0 1 13 Anaheim 6 5 1 0 10 Vancouver 8 5 3 0 10 Los Angeles 8 5 3 0 10 Phoenix 7 4 2 1 9 Calgary 6 3 1 2 8 Edmonton 8 1 6 1 3

GF GA 23 10 27 19 20 18 21 22 18 20 14 20 15 17 GF GA 33 13 21 14 23 22 19 20 20 21 20 20 23 35

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Detroit 8 6 2 0 12 22 18 Toronto 8 6 2 0 12 29 19 Montreal 7 5 2 0 10 25 13 Tampa Bay 7 5 2 0 10 26 16 Boston 6 4 2 0 8 15 10 Ottawa 7 3 2 2 8 20 21 Florida 8 2 6 0 4 18 31 Buffalo 9 1 7 1 3 11 24 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 7 6 1 0 12 27 16 Carolina 8 3 2 3 9 18 23 N.Y. Islanders 7 3 2 2 8 22 19 N.Y. Rangers 6 2 4 0 4 11 25 Columbus 6 2 4 0 4 15 17 Washington 7 2 5 0 4 17 24 New Jersey 7 0 4 3 3 13 26 Philadelphia 8 1 7 0 2 11 24 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Friday’s Results Winnipeg 4, St. Louis 3 (SO) Phoenix at Anaheim (n) Today’s Games Toronto at Blackhawks, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Pittsburgh, noon Edmonton at Ottawa, 1 p.m.

Colorado at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Nashville at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Boston at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Florida, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

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

Columbus at Washington, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Calgary at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Dallas at Los Angeles, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Vancouver at Columbus, 5 p.m.

Nashville at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Anaheim, 7 p.m.

NBA PRESEASON Friday’s Results Bulls 103, Indiana 98 Golden State 115, L.A. Lakers 89 Memphis 97, Orlando 91 Portland at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s Games Washington vs. New Orleans, 6 p.m.

Dallas vs. Charlotte, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Denver vs. L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Memphis at Atlanta, 2 p.m.

Detroit at Orlando, 5 p.m.

Boston vs. Minnesota, 5 p.m.

Utah at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Portland, 8 p.m.

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Receiver found slain

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The Associated Press DETROIT – A 20-year-old Eastern Michigan football player from Chicago was found shot to death Friday in an off-campus apartment building in what authorities said was a homicide that could have been a robbery.

Police were investigating the slaying of junior receiver Demarius Reed, which came a day before a home game against Ohio University that will be played as scheduled.

Reed was shot Demarius Reed multiple times and personal items were taken, police said.

“The circumstances involving his death remain under investigation at this time by the Ypsilanti Police Department,” school President Susan Martin said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family and friends, and his teammates on the football team.”

She said Eastern Michigan public safety officials were in close contact with Ypsilanti police. Grief counselors met Friday with Reed’s teammates, other students and faculty. An afternoon forum was scheduled at the Student Center Auditorium to discuss the case with the campus community.

Reed’s body was found by his roommate about 7:15 a.m. in a hallway of the apartment building in Ypsilanti, about 35 miles southwest of Detroit.

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Reed went to Simeon Academy, perhaps best known as the high school of Bulls star Derrick Rose. Reed majored in communication, media and theater arts at the school.

The 5-foot-10-inch, 161-pound receiver played in six games this season, catching 15 passes for 181 yards and a touchdown.

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Bears’ rushing offense vs. Redskins’ rushing defense We have yet to see the Bears run the ball down any team’s throat – they are running at a 4.5-yards-a-carry pop, but are 23rd in the league with 24.3 carries a game. Matt Forte will find holes against a Redskins defense that is sixth-worst in the league. The Bears’ strength rushing over right guard (6.0 ypc) is the Redskins’ weakness (7.53 ypc allowed).

Edge: Bears

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Bears’ passing offense vs. Redskins’ passing defense We know the Redskins have a ballhawk in DeAngelo Hall, who picked off Jay Cutler four times in 2010. They also have a good pass rusher in Ryan Kerrigan, but opposing quarterbacks have a 105.0 rating against Washington with a completion percentage of 66.1. Cutler is coming off back-to-back efficient games, and that will continue Sunday.

Edge: Bears Redskins’ rushing offense vs. Bears’ rushing defense Having to play from behind with Robert Griffin III not at 100 percent, the Redskins gain 41.3 rushing yards fewer a game than last year. Still, they’re running 5.2 yards a carry and face a banged-up Bears defense that couldn’t stop Brandon Jacobs. Washington averages 9.58 yards a carry up the middle, which is where the Bears struggle with Henry Melton, Nate Collins and D.J. Williams out.

Edge: Redskins

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Bears defensive end David Bass stretches before the season opener against the Cincinnati Bengals on Sept. 8 at Soldier Field. The Bears snapped up Bass before the Oakland Raiders could sign him to their practice squad before the season. Now he’s the Bears’ No. 3 defensive end.

BEARS MIGHT HAVE FOUND GEM IN BASS Rookie DE makes his way onto NFL field out of D-II program

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ou can’t blame David Bass for planning a rookie season in Silver and Black. The Raiders cut him after the preseason, but told him to return the next day at 10 a.m. to sign his practice squad contract.

Oakland general manager Reggie McKenzie wasn’t the only one who saw the potential in Bass, who had 12 tackles and a sack in the preseason.

Phil Emery took notice, possibly when the Bears traveled to Oakland for Week 3 in the preseason. He kept Bass from getting to the Raiders’ practice squad, claiming him to the Bears’ 53-man roster.

“David has got a little more size than Cheta (Ozougwu). He’s a better point-of-attack player in our eyes,” Emery said Sept.

2. “We feel like he has a better opportunity to be a more all-around player, run and pass, and that again goes along with our roster philosophy.”

Fast forward to Week 6 of the regular season. With injuries depleting the Bears’ defensive line, Corey Wootton had to move to three-technique, making Bass the No. 3 defensive end.

He made two tackles in the win over the New York Giants, stopping Brandon Jacobs for gains of one yard and no gain on a night the Bears failed several times to bring down the Giants’ back.

Quite the leap for a seventhround pick from a Division II school, especially considering Bass was no more than 208

BEARS INSIDER Kevin Fishbain pounds coming out of high school.

“When he came on his official visit, he was a great looking athlete, but he was as skinny as a rail,” said Wes Bell, Bass’ defensive line coach at Missouri Western. “As soon as I saw him, I said this kid is going to be a 270-pound stud athlete. … If he does the right things, he’ll be special.”

Bass had 6½ sacks as a freshman, then eight in 2010. He led the conference with 14½ sacks in 2011 and had 11½ as a senior.

He started getting attention from NFL scouts after his AllAmerica junior year, and once he realized his dream of making the NFL, and then the Bears’ final roster, Bass still had plenty to prove. He knew the Bears took a chance.

“It was a great feeling, but I knew I had to come in here and work even harder. They had 90 guys in camp just like [Oakland] did. They had to make their cuts,” Bass said. “They hadn’t seen me on a day-to-day basis, that’s a big risk involved, so I had to go out every day and make them feel they made the right choice by bringing me in.”

Bass is focused on defensive coordinator Mel Tucker’s mantra of “do your job,” as he continues to see more action.

He played 13 snaps in his debut against New Orleans after being inactive for the first four weeks,

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Redskins’ passing offense vs. Bears’ passing defense The Redskins are fourth in the league, averaging 41.8 pass attempts a game, but have only six passing touchdowns. RG3’s completion percentage is 5.8 percent worse than last season, and he already has matched his pick total of five. The Bears’ pass rush has shown no signs of life, but Washington’s offensive line is not known for its pass blocking. The Bears’ opportunistic pass defense has the advantage.

Edge: Bears

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Sunday’s edge It’s not easy to win on the road, and if Washington can get its running game going, that will cause major problems for the Bears. However, this is not a good Redskins defense, and this year’s version of the Bears offense can keep up with anyone. One big advantage is the Bears’ red-zone defense, which has allowed only seven touchdowns on 17 trips.

Bears 27, Redskins 23

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as Bears visit Redskins LAKE FOREST – Forget the box scores. Stop studying the tape.

If you want the authentic scouting report on Jay Cutler and DeAngelo Hall, two major talents with double-major confidence, then James Anderson is your guy. The Bears’ eighth-year linebacker played alongside Hall at Deep Creek (Va.) High School and Virginia Tech, and now he plays with Cutler on the lakefront.

“Cutler’s crazy, bro,” Anderson said.

And Hall?

“D-Hall, he’ll stand his ground,” Anderson said. “He’s not real scared of much.”

Exactly.

No individual battle will be more intriguing than the cocky quarterback vs. the equally cocky defensive back when the Bears (4-2) visit the Washington Redskins (1-4) on Sunday at FedEx Field. Both Cutler and Hall were high first-round picks who believe they can make any play, at any time, no matter the odds.

This isn’t a chess match. This is high-stakes poker.

One of the two will Go Big, and the other will Go Home.

It’s difficult to imagine anything in between.

Almost exactly three years ago, in their last battle in the Heavyweight Ego division, Cutler bet everything and lost. He was intercepted by Hall, intercepted by Hall, intercepted by Hall and intercepted by Hall as the Redskins’ cornerback entered the NFL record book with four picks in a game.

Hall returned one of those interceptions – a one-handed catch in front of Johnny Knox – 92 yards for a touchdown to help lift the Red-

BEARS INSIDER Tom Musick skins to a 17-14 win over Cutler’s Bears.

“It’s kind of mind blowing,” Hall told reporters after the game. “I had my mom, my aunt, and my two cousins in the stands. The first ball went to my mom, the second ball went to my aunt, and the next thing you know everybody had a ball.”

Meanwhile, anyone who was in the Bears’ interview room after the game that day will remember Cutler’s disdain afterward. Asked whether he ever considered changing his strategy – say, you know, avoid throwing passes toward Hall’s side of the field – the quarterback scoffed and shook his head.

“No, not at all,” Cutler said. “I’ve played against him before. There’s no reason to shy away from him.

I mean, that’s hard for me to say throwing four picks to the guy, but I still think if we had to play him tomorrow, I’d go after him every time.”

None of this surprises anybody, including Cutler’s teammates.

Anderson is in his first season with the Bears, but it didn’t take long for him to realize that Cutler was crazy. The defining moment came on a play in which Cutler took off running, lowered his right shoulder and destroyed Pittsburgh Steelers safety Robert Golden rather than slide for the easy first down.

“I said, ‘Look, man, you can’t keep running over DBs,’ ” Anderson said. “ ‘We need you to play. So you’ve got to get down when you’re playing quarterback.’

“But Cutler has that same mentality (as Hall). He’s fearless, man. He’s a competitor. Whatever it takes to win. And you know whenever he gets on the field, regardless of what happens, he’ll give you all he’s got.”

So will Hall.

Bears receiver and special-teamer Eric Weems knows all about Hall’s ability. The duo played together for the Atlanta Falcons, where Hall entered the league as the No. 8 overall pick in 2004.

Now in his 10th season, Hall has 40 career interceptions, including one that he returned for a touchdown three weeks ago against the Detroit Lions.

“He’s a great corner,” Weems said. “He’s always been great. He’s one of those guys that’s liable to take an interception to the house at any minute. He’s very aggressive. He’s a guy that takes chances, and that’s a good attribute about him.

“When you take chances, you win some, you lose some. But with that being said, he’s won more than he’s lost.”

No argument here.

Why, then, would Cutler risk throwing toward Hall’s side of the field Sunday?

“Why not?” Weems said. “Sometimes, you’ve got to show someone you’re not scared to try him. You don’t want a person saying, ‘Oh, he doesn’t want to come my way.’

“Sometimes, you have to take chances. That’s the game of football, and that’s life itself. It’s all about taking chances.”

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

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Bears-Redskins is one of my favorite kind of matchups, mostly strengths against weaknesses both ways. The Bears are 11th in total offense, ninth in average gain per run, seventh in average gain per pass, fourth protecting the quarterback, 16th in third-down efficiency and third in points scored.

Washington’s defense is 27th in total defense, 23rd in yards per run allowed, 27th in yards per pass, sixth in quarterback sack percentage, 17th in third-down efficiency and 27th in points allowed.

efficiency and 20th in points per game.

The Bears are 20th in total defense, ninth in yards per run but 32nd in yards per pass, 31st sacking the quarterback, 27th in third-down efficiency and 26th in points allowed.

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If the game comes down to special teams, both clubs could be in trouble. But the Bears have a narrow edge.

The Bears are 24th returning punts, fourth returning kickoffs (skewed by huge game vs. Vikings), 29th covering punts and 27th covering kickoffs. The Redskins are 27th returning punts, The Redskins’ offense is ninth in to- 30th returning kickoffs, 32nd covering tal yards, second in yards per run, punts and 28th covering kickoffs.

18th in yards per pass, sixth protecting – Hub Arkush, harkush@shawmedial.com Robert Griffin III, 20th in third-down

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then 29 against the Giants.

“I just want to read my keys and make the plays I’m supposed to make,” Bass said. “I’m not going to say I want to go out there and have the game of my life, we need to play our positions and trust the guys around us.”

The way the season has gone healthwise on the defensive line, and the fact the Bears are desperate for a pass rush, we should see more of Bass, allowing fans and the organization to know more about the player the

Raiders let slip through their fingers.

And when hearing the way Bell describes his former pupil Bass as a player, and a man, Emery can be fortunate to have made the move.

“Off the field, he was probably one of the best kids I’ve ever been around,” Bell said.

“I told some scouts during the whole process, I’ve got two sons, a 9-year-old and a 5-year-old. If I can raise my boys and they turn out like David Bass, then I’m a successful father.”

Washington Redskins quarterback Robert Griffin III sits on the bench in the second half against the Dallas Cowboys on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.

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The Washington Redskins are 1-4, have one of the worst defenses in the NFL and, while they pile up yards on offense, they’re not particularly good at scoring points.

Like the Bears, they struggle with time of possession. But unlike the Bears, other than Robert Griffin III and Alfred Morris, they don’t have many players who scare you.

Perhaps none is the complete package, but Jay Cutler, Matt Forte, Brandon Marshall and Martellus Bennett all are players the opposition has to scheme for because they know they can beat them.

Griffin and Morris were those guys last year as rookies, but they haven’t been to date this year. Offensively for the ’Skins, that’s it.

Pierre Garcon is their leading receiver, but he’s really just an average wideout who drops too many balls. Santana Moss was one of those guys for a number of years, but these days he’s just another target. Leonard Hankerson, Jordan Reed, Josh Morgan, Logan Paulsen, Fred Davis ... OK, but most teams can handle them.

That group collectively has piled up some yardage, it just hasn’t had the igniter to allow them to make a difference. If RGIII and/or Morris suddenly become that guy/igniter again, as they were last year, then the Bears could have big problems on their hands.

Defensively, Brian Orakpo, Ryan Kerrigan and DeAngelo Hall at times will remind you of the Lance Briggs, Charles Tillman and Julius

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush Peppers we once knew. The last time these clubs met, Hall picked off Cutler four times. But, most of the time, they’ll remind you of the Bears defense we’ve come to know this year.

With just a few great players, they’ve been getting pushed all over the field and leaving the ’Skins needing to get into a shootout and have the ball last to win.

Worse than 1-4, the only loss the Redskins really were competitive in was to the Lions. The Eagles, Packers and Cowboys games were not as close as the scores indicate.

Washington’s one win was on the road, but beating Oakland anywhere is hardly something to build a season on.

Sunday’s game will be the first time the ’Skins have played at home since Sept. 22, against the Lions, and that was the one loss the Redskins were competitive in. In fact, they would have won were it not for a bushel full of mental errors, which is unusual for a Mike Shanahancoached team.

What the Bears have to worry about is whether Griffin finds himself and brings Morris along for the ride. Griffin was a Pro Bowl quarterback last year with a 102.4 passer rating, 20 touchdowns, five interceptions and 120 rushes for 815 yards.

Today, his passer rating is 21 percent lower at 80.4 and he’s on pace to rush for only 480 yards. He’s thrown only six touchdowns and has yet to score on the ground.

Of course, a great deal of the falloff is because of his rehab from the torn ACL he suffered in the ’Skins wild-card game last season.

He did look as explosive on the ground last week in Dallas as he has all season.

Perhaps Griffin’s woes have allowed defenses to take away Morris, who rushed for 1,613 yards and 13 touchdowns last year but is on pace for 1,200 yards and nine touchdowns this season.

The Bears’ biggest concern should be the ’Skins’ pass rush, which is seventh in the NFL right now with 16 sacks. Although the Bears have been good protecting Cutler, if the ’Skins force them to struggle, it could disrupt the flow of the offense and lead to turnovers like the last time these two met.

In addition to Orakpo and Kerrigan, the Bears guards will have to account for Barry Cofield, the Northwestern alum who’s having a big year on the nose.

That said, this appears to be a good matchup for the Bears. If both clubs play to their 2013 form, they should go to the bye at 5-2.

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Injuries change special teams

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com LAKE FOREST – The domino effect of Bears injuries will continue Sunday in Washington, when the Bears play the Redskins.

With Jon Bostic set for his first career NFL start at middle linebacker in place of D.J. Williams, the Bears promoted linebacker Jerry Franklin from the practice squad.

If Bostic has to fill in for Williams, someone has to take his reps on special teams.

“We’ve seen [Franklin] since the OTAs. He’s a young guy, he’s been working, active, and he’ll get some playing time, especially on special teams,” coach Marc Trestman said Friday.

Franklin appeared in three games for the Bears last season and assisted on two special

teams tackles. He had an interception and tackle for loss this preseason.

Although the focus will be on Bostic’s play at linebacker, all these injuries do trickle down to make an impact on special teams. “[The young players have] got to step up and understand their roles.

We’re moving some people Jon Bostic around,” Trestman said. “And the guys who have been around have to do theirs as well, and that includes Robbie (Gould) doing the kicking; Adam (Podlesh) has got to be great in his directional punting, all these things have to come together for us to do a good job.”

The Redskins’ special teams units have struggled, allowing

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Injury report: Cornerback Charles Tillman and tight end Martellus Bennett both are listed as questionable for Sunday’s game with knee injuries, but they are expected to play. Officially, both players were listed as “limited” in Friday’s walkthrough, but Trestman said, “Everybody worked today.”

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BOYS SOCCER: CLASS 1A HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK REGIONAL

H-BR shut out in championship

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Genoa-Kingston’s Tyeler L’Huillier (11) is tackled by Harvard’s Justin Nolen during the second quarter of the Cogs’s 22-21 loss Friday night in Genoa. The loss leaves the Cogs, who entered the game in a tie for first place in the Big Northern East with Harvard, a game down on the Hornets with one game remaining.

HINCKLEY – It wasn’t a case of the third time’s a charm for the Hinckley-Big Rock boys soccer team against rival Somonauk this year.

The past two seasons saw the second-seeded Royals fall to the top-seeded Bobcats twice during the regular season, then pull off the upset in the regional final – both times via the shutout.

However, in Friday night’s IHSA Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional championship match, the Bobcats were able to break through with a 2-0 victory over the Royals.

“Two years ago they just beat us and then we just found a way [in the postseason], but I honestly thought last year we had it the whole time,” said H-BR coach Paul Taeuber, who coached the Royals to his 100th career win a week ago. “Last season we peaked at the end of the year, we knew what we had, we got healthy and we took care of business. I was hoping for a little bit of that this year.”

Hinckley-Big Rock (15-7-1) had a few good chances in the opening 40 minutes as junior Eric Phillips had a partial breakaway midway through, but the Somonauk defense didn’t allow a good look. The Bobcats took the lead for good minutes later as junior Tommy Skupien fired a 30-yard free kick around the wall and just inside the right post.

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HARVARD 22, GENOA-KINGSTON 21

Comeback comes up short

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com GENOA – The Cogs never say die.

Unfortunately, things didn’t go their way down the stretch. Genoa-Kingston made play after play to hang with No. 9 Harvard, but lost, 22-21.

“I think we played well overall,” senior running back Sal Lopez said. “We were physically beating them the whole game. They got some big plays on us and that is what made us lose the game.”

Genoa-Kingston (4-4, 4-1 Big Northern Conference East) trailed 22-15 at the beginning of the fourth quarter.

The Cogs took over on their own 30-yard line. The running game, led by Lopez, continued to push against the Harvard (8-0, 5-0 BNC East) defensive line.

After 16 plays on the drive, the Cogs were on the 4-yard line. Lopez pounded the ball into the end zone and G-K trailed by one with 1:44 remaining. The Cogs converted three fourth downs on the drive.

The Cogs went for the two-point conversion.

Quarterback Griffin McNeal rolled right and threw toward Tyeler L’Huillier, but the pass was broken up.

G-K then tried an onside

kick that Eli Thurlby recovered to give the Cogs another chance.

On the next play, McNeal dropped back to pass, but was hit as he attempted to throw.

The ball was ruled a fumble and the Hornets recovered.

Harvard ran out the clock.

“I told them to keep their chins up; it is a four-quarter game,” G-K coach Travis Frederick said. “There is a lot more into it than just one play.”

McNeal ended the game with 155 yards passing and a touchdown. The score was a pass to Thurlby as time expired at the end of the first half. Lopez ended the game

with 86 yards on 25 carries and two rushing touchdowns.

“They were very physical yards. [Lopez] was definitely tired after that game,” Frederick said. “He is going to be sore tomorrow.”

The Cogs need a win next week against Marengo to become playoff-eligible. G-K has enough playoff points that a victory likely will get them in the postseason.

“I am very proud. They don’t back down and they are always game for anybody,” Frederick said. “We have a big one next week and our backs are against the walls.

We can’t hang over it going into Marengo.”

Oct. 11 quarterfinal Plano 4, Newark 3 Tuesday’s semifinals Somonauk 6, Plano 0 Hinckley-Big Rock 2, Serena 1 Friday’s championship Somonauk 2, Hinckley-Big Rock 0

• Somonauk advances to the Mendota Sectional in the Little Ten Conference tournament championship, but still came up short on the scoreboard. “We got beat on a free kick that really angered me because we didn’t play like we had talked about.”

The Royals still trailed by a goal at the half, but had three good chances in the opening 12 minutes of the second half. Somonauk keeper Danny Humes plucked away a nice cross from Jack Bullard, then denied Phillips after a good rush down the right sideline. Later, a Bullard free kick later was juggled and dropped by Humes, but no Royals player was in position for the rebound.

Somonauk (20-2) made it 2-0 in the 58th minute on a tally from Marcus Alstadt.

H-BR sophomore keeper Jason Bohannon made a great stop on a long, hard shot from Skupien, but after deflecting of the head of a Bobcat player, Alstadt was there for the rebound on the door step.

H-BR had opportunities in the final 10 minutes to close the disadvantage, but Phillips had a cross stopped and a one-timer go just wide, and a Bullard lead pass was just out of the reach of senior Tom Sanders from in close.

BOYS GOLF: CLASS 2A STATE TOURNAMENT

Lucca in a tie for 14th

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rjacobson@shawmedia.com Tommy Lucca wasn’t especially nervous heading into the first round of the Class 2A boys golf state tournament.

The Genoa-Kingston sophomore was just happy to qualify for his first state tournament after shooting 77 at the Freeport Sectional on Monday.

But a par on Lucca’s first hole helped him relax and he shot a 5-over-par 76, tying for 14th place heading into today’s final round at Weibring Golf Club at Illinois State University in Normal.

“It was good, there were some ups and downs,” Lucca said. “All in all, it was a pretty good round.”

Kaneland senior Matt Yonkovich shot a 78, tying for 23rd place.

Starting on the back nine, Lucca shot a 3-over 38 over his first nine holes. After a bogey on the par-5 second hole, Lucca recorded back-to-back birdies, his only two of the round.

Lucca missed his tee shot to the left of the green on the par3 fourth hole, but got a read on the line from watching a player in his group who had a similar chip. Lucca then chipped in for a birdie, moving him back to 2-over par.

“His short game has been awful good, today especially,” G-K coach Mike Lauer said.

“He really had the speed of the greens down; they were lightning. It seemed like Tommy had a good gauge on that.”

Lucca will tee off in todday’s second round at 10:18 a.m. on the first tee, and Yonkovich starts at the same time on the 10th tee.

Lucca is looking to become the first golf medalist in G-K history by finishing in the top 15.

“I’m a few back, so hopefully I’ll play good again and get somewhere near the top 15, top 10,” Lucca said.

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Two bracelets made

by Lisa Bernal and Jennifer Buchanan are mingled with others.

Bernal, of Arvada, Colo., and Buchanan, of Keystone, Colo., create jewelry featuring driftwood and semiprecious stones.

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By JENNIFER FORKER The Associated Press

ome jewelry makers take more than inspiration from nature; they incorporate found objects from trails and beaches in their work.

The result? Personal, one-of-akind pieces that impart a natural beauty.

Lisa Bernal, of Arvada, Colo., and her business partner, Jennifer Buchanan, of Keystone, Colo., have been making jewelry together for three years. First, they used leather and small stones. Their work now incorporates driftwood, tumbled smooth by nature.

“We were looking for fresh, unique connector pieces for the leather and the stones,” recalls Bernal.

They build pieces around the driftwood, incorporating semi-precious stones such as aquamarine and amazonite, and sell them at their online store, Elle Jay/ Natural Jewelry Design House, and at select Colorado stores.

“We try to do as little as possible” to the driftwood, says Bernal.

“The most we’ll do is add mineral oil to bring out the richness of the wood.”

Often, the shape of the driftwood dictates how it’ll be used.

“Each piece sort of wants to be something and then you just figure it out,” says Buchanan. “That’s why I love it. I think it’s fun to play with something and then it becomes this amazing work of art.”

Online www.ellejayjewelry.com www.interweavestore.com/bohemianinspired-jewelry http://loreleieurtojewelry.indiemade. com www.SunshineStatements.etsy.com The smooth stones, beach glass and pottery shards which jewelrymaker Karen Vesk of Erie, Pa., finds along the shores of Lake Erie impart similar clues.

“I kind of wait for them to speak to me after I get them back home,” she says.

Vesk also uses small shells and broken shell pieces that she collects on trips to Southern beaches.

Shell fragments have “an almost sculptural, abstract look to them,” she says.

The tricky part is preparing found objects for stringing – particularly the sea glass, Vesk says.

“It’s more breakable,” she says.

“If it shatters, it can go in your eye.”

She wears safety glasses when drilling holes with her Dremel drill press, taking it slowly. Vesk sells pre-drilled pieces along with her jewelry at her Etsy store, Sunshine Statements.

Still, she recommends using real beach glass rather than trying to tumble your own, as she once tried, or buying it at a crafts store.

“Real beach glass has a frosting to it,” Vesk says. “It has more of a glow of a gem. And that’s what’s so very desirable.”

Tumbled and artificial glass look like etched glass, she says.

Funny thing about that beach glass, too: It’s harder to find when the skies are blue. Vesk goes hunting when it’s stormy, which churns up the surf, kicking up glass and other treasures, such as hand-painted pottery shards from Lake Erie’s commercial heyday.

“Normal people are inside by the fireplace with a cup of hot cocoa or whatever they like, and I’m out on the beach,” says Vesk.

“I look for the windiest weather. I really enjoy it.”

Jewelry made from found natural objects is often asymmetrical – something Lorelei Eurto of New Hartford, N.Y., specializes in. In “Bohemian-Inspired Jewelry” (Interweave, 2012), she and co-author Erin Siegel, include 50 jewelry-making projects inspired by nature. They use a lot of leather cord, silk ribbon and handmade beads, and they recommend basic materials and tools, such as various pliers, for getting started.

Most folks can get by with basic jewelry-making skills, such as crimping, stringing and using jump rings, says Eurto, who sells her pieces online at Lorelei Eurto Jewelry.

When nature fashions your “beads,” these artists say, you have to take to the trails and shorelines frequently to replenish supplies.

“I have a hard time going to the park with my daughter now,” says Bernal. “It’s like a giant jewelry box.”

Karen Vesk made these earrings from surf-tumbled ceramic shards. Vesk, of Erie, Penn., hunts for beach glass and pottery shards at the Lake Erie shoreline. She visits Southern states’ beaches for small shells and shell fragments, which she says have “an almost sculptural, abstract look to them.”

This necklace is made from driftwood and tourmaline crystals.

Lisa Bernal, of Arvada, Colo., and Jennifer Buchanan, of Keystone, Colo., create jewelry featuring driftwood and semi-precious stones. Their jewelry is sold in several Colorado stores and online at Elle Jay/Natural Jewelry Design House.

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FAMILY TIME | Treat guests to a hair-raising Halloween Tip of the week Whether prepping for trick-ortreaters or hosting a party fit for Frankenstein, turning your home into a haunted house can be fun and easy.

With these tips, before you know it, your home will be transformed into the spookiest house on the block.

• Create terrifying tombstones.

Set the stage before trick-or-treaters even hit the front door. Use wood, cardboard or thick Styrofoam to create tombstones that you can put in your front yard. After cutting out the desired shape, use a matte gray spray paint to cover the surface, and then use black paint to write creative epitaphs such as “Dare to Disturb” or “Happy Haunting.”

• Get creative with pumpkins.

Everyone enjoys a good jack-o-lantern, but why not choose to think outside the box when decorating with pumpkins this year? Instead of carving, try spray painting or using your favorite Halloween candy to decorate pumpkins in fun, spooky patterns. Plus, this is a project that even the littlest witch can enjoy.

• Download a haunted playlist.

Nothing is quite as spooky as the sound of doors creaking or ghosts shrieking. Put together a haunted playlist that you can listen to while guests arrive, or stick speakers near an open window to entice the nearby trick-ortreaters to stop by for some candy.

• Serve spine-chilling treats.

Use your free time on Halloween to

make these simple but yummy treats designed to look like spiders. Serve them when guests arrive to kick-off the scary festivities.

Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkin Spiders 6 Servings 6 Reese’s Peanut Butter Pumpkins 1/4 cup Hershey’s Milk Chocolate Chips Large pretzel twists (2 -1/2 to 3 inches) 12 yellow Reese’s Pieces Candies Line tray or cookie sheet with wax paper. Remove wrappers from peanut butter pumpkins and place alongside each other on tray leaving 1 inch of space between each peanut butter pumpkin. For each spider, cut 8 matching curved sections from pretzels which will form the legs. Set aside remaining pretzels pieces.

8MILESTONES

Place milk chocolate chips in small microwave-safe bowl. Microwave at medium 30 seconds; stir. If necessary, microwave at medium an additional 10 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, until chips are melted and smooth when stirred. Transfer to small heavy duty plastic food storage bag.

Cut off one corner of bag about 1/4 inch from the tip.

Attach pretzel legs and yellow candy “eyes” to spider with melted chocolate; place dot of melted chocolate on each eye. Allow chocolate to set before moving spiders.

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Family movie night Looking for a good family-friendly Halloween movie? Here are our top five picks: 5. “Beetlejuice” Rated: PG Length: 92 minutes

8PRAIRIE FLOWERS Thanks for supporting Mayfield Church

40th anniversary Bob and Mary Snow of Genoa will celebrate their 40th wedding anniversary on Oct. 27.

They have two sons, Robert (Andrea) and David (Rachael); and five grandchildren, Nick, Haley, Natalie, Tyler and Kate.

To the Editor: For over 60 years, the faith family at Mayfield Church of rural Sycamore has hosted a fall and spring pancake breakfast.

We are grateful for the more than 300 friends and neighbors who joined us on Saturday, Oct. 12.

While our pancake breakfast is a fundraiser to support our church missions, we are delighted to provide a welcoming setting where those in attendance can enjoy fellowship with each other over a delicious meal.

It takes the combined effort of each one of our members – from our beloved children to our respected elders – and Mayfield Church’s many friends who volunteer each year to accomplish this.

We are grateful for the generosity of the community businesses who donated items and services for our door prizes.

Please think of these generous businesses when purchasing goods and services in our community.

Many thanks to: Jeff Clausen, Rosita’s Mexican Restaurant, Great Clips, Dana’s Day Spa, Ralph’s Full Service Car Wash and Detail Center, Midwest Museum of Natural History, Eggclusive Café, Tom & Jerry’s Restaurant – Sycamore, The Hillside Restaurant, Four Season’s Sports, The Barn and Sweet Dreams Desserts and Catering.

God’s blessings.

The members of Mayfield Church

Donation helps kids attend Camp Maple Leaf

Gottlieb-Hoffman Ben Hoffman and Kate Gottlieb were united in marriage on July 6, 2013, at St. James Farm in Warrenville. A grove of trees in the farm park served as an outdoor cathedral. Pastor Jamie Page of The Church in DeKalb officiated.

Ben is the son of Winifred and the late Kenneth Hoffman of rural Earlville. Kate is the daughter of Steve and Debbie Gottlieb of West Chicago.

Beth Gottlieb, sister of the bride, was maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Samantha Davis, friend of the bride; Lana Birky, friend of the bride; and Shawna Hoffman, sister-in-law of the bride. Aubrey and Rachel Gottlieb, nieces of the bride, were flower girls.

Ring bearer was Luke Gottlieb, nephew of the bride.

The groom was attended by his brother, Seth Hoffman, as best man. Also serving as groomsmen were Paul Hoffman, brother of the groom, and Mark Frechman and Chuck Roberson, friends of the groom. Oliver Hoffman, nephew of the groom, was ring bearer. Martha and Miriam Hoffman, sisters of the groom, were guest book hostesses and greeters.

The bride is a home school graduate and currently a senior at Northern Illinois University, studying child development. She also is a day care teacher at The Growing Place.

The groom is a 2007 graduate of Earlville High School. He also is a graduate of Indian Valley Community College and Northern Illinois University. He is an elementary school teacher at Cambridge Lakes Charter School near Elgin.

After a honeymoon in upper Michigan, the couple resides in DeKalb.

To the Editor: Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association would like to thank the Knights of Columbus DeKalb Council members for their generous donation to KSRA for the annual Camp Maple Leaf camp program.

Camp Maple Leaf is an integrated summer camp that has served the DeKalb, Sycamore and Genoa community for more than 30 years. Camp Maple Leaf provides children with or without disabilities, ages 4 and older, a fun and rewarding summer experience. Campers participate in group activities and come together for many whole camp activities. Older campers concentrate on life skills and vocational activities.

The funds will be used to offer scholarships to campers that would otherwise be unable to attend Camp Maple Leaf this summer. Thank you, Knights of Columbus!

Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association

8NEW ARRIVALS Massey Ted Massey and Ani Muradyan of Arlington, Va., announce the birth of a son, Robert Lewis Massey, born Sept. 11, 2013, at Portland Hospital for Women and Children in London, United Kingdom. He weighed 7 pounds, 9 ounces.

Grandparents are Bella Balasanyan and Atom Muradyan of Yerevan, Armenia; and Carolyn “Carrie” and the late James Massey of DeKalb.

Kuschel Matt and Kelly Kuschel of Genoa announce the birth of a daughter, Kenna Jo Kuschel, born Oct. 7, 2013, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces, and was welcomed home by Emma, 2.

Grandparents are Gerald and Joan Stoffregen of Genoa, Cindy Kuschel of Elgin and Mike and Pam Kuschel of St. Charles.

Great-grandparents are Helen Stoffregen of DeKalb, Margaret Kuschel of Sycamore and Ken Bartels of Plato Center.

Why we love it: A Tim Burton classic, this creepy but lovable movie is funny, odd and scary at times. The actors are fabulous, especially Michael Keaton as Beetlejuice. Fun fact: A cartoon was made after the movie came out. It’s fun watching, too – if you can find it.

4. “Wallace & Gromit: Curse of the Were-Rabbit” Rated: G Length: 85 minutes Why we love it: This is one the best whole-family Halloween movies. It’s cute, it’s funny and the spookiness is kid-friendly.

3. “The Nightmare Before Christmas” Rated: PG Length: 76 minutes Why we love it: Another Tim Burton film, this one the best of the bunch.

It’s fun just to watch, it’s funny and it’s about Halloween and Christmas.

2. “Monsters, Inc.” Rated: G Length: 92 minutes Why we love it: This is the best G movie about monsters out there, and it’s not only funny and cute, it’s a great and clever story that even adults love.

This is great for the whole family.

1. “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” Rated: G Length: 25 minutes Why we love it: How could anything else be No. 1? This classic is charming, has some great quotes (“I got a rock”) and is fun for the whole family.

Book report “The Halloween Tree,” by Ray Bradbury Ages: 10 to 12 Pages: 160 Synopsis: A fast-moving, eerie ... tale set on Halloween night. Eight costumed boys running to meet their friend Pipkin at the haunted house outside town encounter instead the huge and cadaverous Mr. Moundshroud. As Pipkin scrambles to join them, he is swept away by a dark Something, and Moundshroud leads the boys on the tail of a kite through time and space to search the past for their friend and the meaning of Halloween. After witnessing a funeral procession in ancient Egypt, cavemen discovering fire, Druid rites, the persecution of witches in the Dark Ages, and the gargoyles of Notre Dame, they catch up with the elusive Pipkin in the catacombs of Mexico, where each boy gives one year from the end of his life to save Pipkin’s. Enhanced by appropriately haunting black-and-white drawings. – Booklist

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A study published in JAMA Pediatrics reports that 14 percent of U.S. infants share a bed with other people, a rate that has nearly doubled since the 1990s. The American Academy of Pediatrics says infants should have their own bed to reduce the risk of SIDS.

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Master Gardener training starts in January; apply now Do you have a love for spending hours planting and tending to your backyard garden? Do you have a knack for teaching and enjoy sharing your knowledge with others?

If gardening is your passion, and you would like to be part of a team that contributes to keeping Illinois communities educated and beautiful, consider becoming a University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener.

There are nearly 3,400 Master Gardener volunteers in Illinois.

Each year, they reach thousands of people and are a valuable source to many schools, communities, youth programs and farmers markets.

They teach classes and workshops, answer telephone inquiries about home horticulture, guide planting and educational demonstrations in community and school gardens, represent the program at the county and state fair, and work with many community organizations to convey up-to-date, research-based gardening information.

To become a Master Gardener, you must apply and be accepted into your local county Extension program. Upon acceptance, volunteers take the Master Gardener Core Training. After completing the core course, Master Gardener

interns are required to volunteer a minimum of 60 hours over two years in their community. Certified Master Gardeners are those who have completed their classroom training and internship. To remain an active Master Gardener, you must complete 10 hours of continuing education and 30 hours of volunteer service each year.

Applications will be reviewed and interviews will be set up with Extension staff. Applicants must complete an application, interview, and screening by Dec. 13 to be eligible for 2014 training.

Master Gardener training for 2014 will be offered from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Wednesdays, Jan. 15 through April 2, at the Boone County University of Illinois Extension office in Belvidere.

In-person training costs $175 and includes the Master Gardener manual. An online option ($250) also is available.

For information, contact program coordinator Bethany Macarus at the University of Illinois Extension at 815-758-8194, visit http://web.extension.illinois. edu/mg/ or stop by the Extension office in the DeKalb County Farm Bureau building at 1350 W. Prairie Drive in Sycamore.

8BRIEFS Auction event supports senior programs

BSA Troop 2810 holds fundraiser at Culver’s

Family Service Agency Senior Services of DeKalb County will present its first pie auction fundraiser from 6 to 9 p.m. Nov. 21, at Hopkins Park in DeKalb.

The night of food, drinks and entertainment will be emceed by local radio host TD Ryan. The live auction, courtesy of Almburg Auctioneering Service, will feature pies donated by local celebrities and businesses. There also will be a silent auction and 50/50 raffle. Tickets cost $25 prior to the event and $30 at the door.

All funds raised will go directly toward Family Service Agency Senior Services of DeKalb County, which works to keep seniors independent and in their homes.

All of the programs offered are therapeutic and are designed to promote physical, mental and social fitness. Senior Services operates five senior centers throughout DeKalb County. All programs are at no charge to those served.

For tickets or sponsorship information, visit www.fsadekalbcounty.org or call 815-758-8616.

Boy Scout Troop 2810, chartered by Salem Lutheran Church in Sycamore, invites the community to Culver’s in Sycamore for a fundraiser from 5 to 8 p.m. Thursday.

Ten percent of sales during this time will go to the troop.

Participants can enjoy food and beverage while supporting BSA Troop 2810 and helping to support scouting in the community. For more information, contact Mary Shipman, fundraising chairwoman, at 815-761-3875.

Troop 2810 was created in 2010, and has grown quickly from five scouts to 42 active scouts in just three years. Any boy age 11 through 18 is invited to join; no past scouting experience or background is required.

Troop 2810 meets Mondays from 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church in Sycamore.

For more information, visit www.

Troop2810.org or contact Scoutmaster Terry Handel at 815-895-6953 or trailtoeagle@comcast.net.

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Tracking the peak fall foliage on the web Over the years, one question that gets asked every fall at the University of Illinois Extension is when the fall colors will peak in a particular area.

“Predicting peak fall color is very difficult,” horticulture educator Ron Wolford said in a news release. “Normally colors peak in northern Illinois around mid-October, but a few years ago we didn’t get peak color until late October. So peak color varies from year to year. The best fall color occurs when we have bright, sunny days and cool nights with sufficient rainfall.”

Wolford provided these websites to help in the search for the best fall color:

Learn all about the wonders of nature by taking a virtual walk through the woods with this website from U of I Extension. Learn tips to make your walk safe and fun.

The Foliage Network www.foliagenetwork.com

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Miracle of Fall

I Extension. The site has a listing of fall color updates for states across the United States. Another feature lists many major trees and shrubs with pictures of their fall color. You also can watch the changing leaves on foliage webcams.

www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/fallcolor

A Walk in the Woods

This is a comprehensive fall foliage website by U of

http://urbanext.illinois.edu/ woods/index.cfm

The Foliage Network collects real-time fall foliage information from their network of volunteer foliage spotters across the United States September through November. To volunteer as a foliage spotter, go to http:// bit.ly/fallspotter.

USDA Forest Service Fall Foliage Report

www.mortonarb.org/whats-inbloom.html

www.fs.fed.us/fallcolors/2012/ index.shtml

Ed Hedborn, plant record manager at the 1,700-acre Morton Arboretum, does weekly online fall color updates September through November.

The USDA Forest Service has links to fall color reports from many national forests in the United States. They also have a fall color hotline that is operational during September at 800-354-4595.

Morton Arboretum Fall Color Report

Morton Arboretum: Why Leaves Change Color www.mortonarb.org/whats-inbloom/why-leaves-change-colors. html

Ed Hedborn, Morton Arboretum’s color scout, provides an easy-to-understand explanation of why leaves change color.

Leafsnap: An Electronic Field Guide http://leafsnap.com/ This free mobile app uses visual recognition software to help identify tree species with photographs of their leaves. Use this app while on a fall walk.

State Fall Color Updates by Phone www.stormfax.com/foliage.htm Check out this complete listing of state fall color hotlines with the latest fall foliage information. There also are links to state fall color reports.

ATHENA Nominee

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KIM RODDICK VOLK Kim Roddick Volk is the Director of Behavioral Health Services with KishHealth System. She developed the Employee Assistance Program into what is now a comprehensive outpatient department, bringing needed services to the forefront of our community. She emphasized behavioral health treatment for children by expanding the child development clinic and enhancing local partnerships. Kim actively mentors her staff and local student interns with a caring and compassion rarely seen in others. Kim consistently advocates for resources to better our mental health environment, supporting individuals when they are most vulnerable. While many of us talk about work-life balance, Kim masters the art of this delicate balance. She is well respected for the culture of mutual respect and empowerment she fosters daily in her work.

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.

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Homestead, Pay-It-Forward House team up for pie sale The Glidden Homestead & Historical Center in DeKalb has partnered with PayIt-Forward House in Sycamore for a Market Day pie fundraiser.

Pie orders are being taken through Nov. 14. Pies will be available for pickup from 5 to

6 p.m. Nov. 22 at either the Glidden Homestead or at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore.

There are 14 flavors of pie available. Visit www.gliddenhomestead.org for details and an order form, or call 815-756-7904 to order by phone.

Planning is underway for the third year of Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of DeKalb’s Winter Farmers Market, which includes local artists and crafters. The market is seeking vendors for the events.

The first market will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 14. Other market dates this year are Feb. 1 and March 22.

“Last year we averaged 30 vendors and over 200 customers per market, we expect even larger markets this season,” market organizer Dan Kenney said in a news release.

In addition to a wide variety of items from local bakers, growers, crafters and artists; there is live music all day by local musicians, and fresh hot food. Also a big attraction is French pastries brought in by the Sisters of Fraternite Notre Dame to support their work with the homeless.

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Local crafters and growers are sought for the Winter Farmers Markets held at Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of DeKalb.

The Unitarian Universalist invites local growers, artists and crafters who would like to participate in this year’s market to contact event organizer Dan Kenney

Red Ribbon Week celebrates a drug-free lifestyle The Ben Gordon Center Prevention and Education team, in conjunction with the DeKalb County Partnership for a Substance Abuse Free Environment (DCP/SAFE), invites the community to take a visible stand against drugs by celebrating Red Ribbon Week from Wednesday through Oct. 31.

Red Ribbon Week raises awareness of drug use and the problems related to drugs, while encouraging parents, educators, business owners, and other community organizations to promote drug-free lifestyles.

This year’s celebration week will include a prescription take-back event from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. Oct. 26 at the new DeKalb Police Department, 700 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. In collaboration with local schools, DCP/SAFE partners and the city of DeKalb, red ribbons will be placed throughout the city.

“Red Ribbon Week encourages our entire community to adopt healthy, drug-free lifestyles,” Capri Smith, program manager for prevention and education at the Ben Gordon Center, said in

a news release. “The campaign brings together parents, schools and businesses as we look for innovative ways to keep kids and communities drug-free.”

The red ribbon symbolizes a commitment to reducing the demand for illicit drugs. In 1985, Drug Enforcement Administration Special Agent Enrique S. “Kiki” Camarena was killed by drug traffickers. Shortly after his death, people from his hometown of Calexico, Calif., began wearing red ribbons to remember him and commemorate his sacrifice.

Congress established Red Ribbon Week in 1988.

“Research shows that children are less likely to use alcohol and other drugs when parents and other role models are clear and consistent in their opposition to substance use and abuse,” Matt Miller, prevention specialist for the Ben Gordon Center Prevention and Education team, said in the release.

For more information, visit www. bengordoncenter.org/prevention/ or contact Capri Smith at 815-7568501, ext. 104.

Familiar visitors: Pesky fruit flies move indoors

By LEE REICH The Associated Press I suppose I should look upon fruit flies as old friends.

Our formal introduction took place in junior high school, in science lab. Now they visit regularly, every late summer and early fall.

Still, for old friends, they can be bothersome. No, they don’t bite, but I’d rather do without their flitting around any ripening fruit in the kitchen.

Egg-laying right on schedule As it turns out, fruit flies don’t really turn up this time of year; they just make their presence known. All summer they’ve been hanging around outdoors, attracted there, as they are indoors, to ripe and overripe fruits.

Cooling temperatures drive them indoors. An abundance of ripe and overripe apples, tomatoes, pears and other fruit, much of it now brought indoors, provides further enticement for their move.

It’s actually fruit flies’ larvae – small, white maggots – that are feeding on the fruits.

After feasting for five or six days, larvae are transformed into the all-too-familiar flies.

The females do more than just flit around for the few days they are alive; they fly up to six miles and keep busy laying eggs – up to 2,000 of them. The eggs hatch into maggots, which feed, become adults, and round the cycle goes, leading to skyrocketing populations of maggots and fruit flies.

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For the simplest fruit fly trap, just set out a glass of wine to which some dish detergent has been added and label the glass so no one drinks the liquid. After landing on this liquid for a drink, fruit flies become wetted and are unable to take off again.

Swat them To control fruit flies, start by regularly discarding overripe fruit. It also helps to clean kitchen sink drains, where bits of fruits or their juices may lodge.

You could, of course, bypass the whole problem by not having any ripe fruit indoors except in the refrigerator. We gardeners know, however, how cold deadens the flavors of garden-fresh fruits, and even ruins the flavors of some, such as tomatoes and bananas.

Fortunately, some simple devices can help in the war against fruit flies. There’s some primal satisfaction in just swatting at them with a rolled-up, wet facecloth, or you could go a little more high-tech and vacuum them up right out of the air. Both of these methods must, of

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Another trap capitalizes on fruit flies’ low intelligence: A funnel set spout down over the opening of an upright glass filled with bait provides easy entry but clever exit, too clever for fruit flies.

A number of commercial traps, such as the Contech “Fruit Fly Trap,” work on these same principles and are also effective.

Newly emerged fruit flies are attracted to light, a habit that can lead to their undoing. Shade all the windows in your kitchen except one, and leave only a crack of light coming through the bottom of that window. Put a baited dish near that opening, wait a while, then rush the dish,

with attendant flies, outdoors.

On the same theme, darken with paper or dark paint the upper third of a one-quart jar, then coat the inside of the jar with something sticky such as honey or vegetable oil. Invert the jar, raised off the counter with some small blocks of wood, over some bait. Flies will feed and then fly up toward the light, where they will be trapped.

The flies are attracted to yeasts that cause fermentation, so any piece of fruit, even yeast and water, are suitable bait. Or you can mix up a feed of mashed bananas and agar, just as I did when rearing fruit flies in junior high school science class.

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Easy ways to show off pumpkins for Halloween Bu LEANNE ITALIE The Associated Press NEW YORK – When is a pumpkin not a pumpkin? When it’s a jack-o-lantern, sure, but Halloween’s jolly orange elf can be so much more.

“For me, it’s like my favorite time of year when you see them out in the marketplace,” said Marcie McGoldrick, editorial director of holiday and crafts for Martha Stewart Living magazine.

Whether outside or at a party, pumpkins are an “icon of the season that people really try to transform every year,” she said. “It’s always fun to see what people do.”

Some ultra-easy ways to show off pumpkins:

Pumpkin bowling Decorate butternut squash like bowling pins and set them up on grass to entertain kids. Arm your

young guests with a smaller variety, sugar pumpkins, leaving the stems on for easy slinging down the “lane,” McGoldrick suggests. “The stems are really strong and make it easy for kids, and the pumpkins will still roll.” Another good kid game: pumpkin leap frog, she said.

Pumpkin coolers Cut a carving pumpkin open about a third down from the stem, or wide enough to accommodate wine, beer and soda. Clean and fill with ice. Insert a plastic or glass bowl to prevent leakage or softening as ice melts. Carve out toothy jags around the lip for effect. You can paint the pumpkin ghostly white or spooky black and adorn with store-bought webs crawling with faux spiders.

Pumpkin vases Rather than cut, scoop and fill with ice, how about cutting, scoop-

ing and poking in your favorite seasonal flowers? Try orange Chinese lantern flowers. Or go for scary flourishes like faux flies and snakes wending through wilty blood red roses. Fill with dirt and use a pumpkin as a planter that can go straight into the ground after a few days on Halloween duty. Arrange small pumpkins, colorful gourds, Indian corn and crunchy leaves in a windowbox.

Pumpkin candle holders Pumpkins are often set alight by votive candles, but try poking holes and turning them into candlesticks.

Especially festive later this year for American Jews who want to turn their pumpkins into nine-candle menorahs as Thanksgiving falls on the night for lighting Hanukkah’s second candle. Or cut out the stem and nestle a little tea candle in the crook of an uncut pumpkin. Find a tall, narrow one and add an inex-

pensive glass hurricane top to be lit by a votive candle.

Pumpkin bird feeders Why should humans have all the pumpkin fun? Create bird feeders by poking holes along the pumpkin’s sides for hanging with rope by a tree branch, or just leave one sitting on a fence post. Scoop and cut a wide hole or scoop, clean and cut smaller holes with perches. Any seed and any size would work. Live in deer country? They’d appreciate a pumpkin, too.

Pumpkin servers Cut, scoop, clean and brush insides with oil. Season and bake on a baking sheet as individual servers for soup. Or use them raw for crudites or candy. Punch bowl? Yes, with a regular bowl inside. McGoldrick said individual servings of stew might also be good in a seasoned, softened pumpkin bowl.

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This floral arrangement is placed in a pumpkin that is carved into a likeness of the animated character Jack Skellington from “The Nightmare Before Christmas.”

Add newspaper black and white to seasonal decor

By HOLLY RAMER The Associated Press What’s black and white and orange all over? Creative Halloween decorations made out of newspaper.

Black and white newsprint is a perfect starting point for spooky crafts.

A lightweight foam wreath form covered with newspaper roses looks elegant on its own, but can be dressed up with mini faux pumpkins, glittery berries, a swarm of spiders or bats, or any other embellishments. Making the flowers is inexpensive and fairly uncomplicated, but it’s not a quick process. So find a scary movie on TV and settle in for a lot of cutting, rolling and gluing.

Pairing newspaper with black and orange cardstock to make a decorative garland, on the other hand, is both easy and fast. Just use a paper punch to cut the paper into circles, and run them through the sewing machine to chain them together.

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Newspaper, with its black and white color scheme, can be the perfect starting point for Halloween crafts. Just add some orange accents and turn newspapers into easy garlands or more elaborate paper flowers to adorn a wreath.

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TODAY – Take part in events that will broaden your horizons and give you greater insight into the possibilities that are out there for you. You are on the verge of a breakthrough that can help you improve your life and simplify some of the stresses that have been weighing heavily on your mind.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Thinking about the past could lead to a reunion with old friends. Email someone you miss or make plans to travel to old, familiar places. New beginnings will rejuvenate you.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You will please and impress the people you encounter. Your polished and precise way of presenting yourself and your abilities will lead to an interesting turn of events.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Make positive changes to your living quarters using innovative ideas and doing the work yourself. Take pride in the way you look and make simple changes that can keep you up to date.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Make a personal and professional assessment and plan how you will improve your career and domestic situations.

If you pay attention and work hard, you’ll make some fascinating discoveries.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Don’t let anyone dictate what you can and cannot do. Voice your opinion and follow through with plans that will point in a rewarding direction.

Romance is highlighted.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You are in a good position at present. Don’t be afraid to negotiate to get what you want. You are in the driver’s seat, so take control and make your dreams come true.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Plan to have a good time. Engage in activities that are conducive to love and romance. Keep in mind that you don’t need to overdo it to have fun.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Emotions are on the rise, and dealing with personal matters or the problems of co-workers could be a tricky process. Be willing to compromise, and strive for equality.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Your actions will make a difference. You will receive rewards for your ability to find solutions and make things happen. A change of heart will lead to happiness.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Getting involved in an unusual group or situation will be enlightening. Express your thoughts and firm up a commitment. Now’s the time to branch out and go for the brass ring.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Double-check your motives and weigh the pros and cons of making a lifestyle change.

It may not be easy, but it will be rewarding. You cannot live a lie or ignore your needs.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – If you travel, you’ll discover people, places and activities that make you feel alive. A sudden change in your financial situation will encourage you to make personal improvements.

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Dad in jail loses contact with newborn’s mom Dear Abby: I am 20 years old and in jail. My ex-girlfriend recently had a baby. I left her during her pregnancy. We had been together for two years, but things just weren’t working.

I told her I still wanted to be in my daughter’s life after she had the baby, but she left and went to North Carolina.

After I was incarcerated, I lost contact with her. She said I can be a part of my daughter’s life only if we have a family and get back together.

I’m willing to do that, but I won’t be out of jail for five more months, and I have no way to contact her. How do I go about it, Abby? – Loves My Baby Girl Dear Loves: When your ex said what she did, she was using the baby to manipulate you into doing what she wanted. Because your relationship “wasn’t working,” I would caution you against having any more children with her.

When you are released, she may come after you for child support, or if she applies for benefits in North Carolina, the state may do that. That would be one way of pinpointing where she is. You could also search for her online.

However, if you can’t locate her any other way, you may have to hire a private detective when you can afford one.

except one are comfortable financially.

The exception is our brother “Jerry,” who is homeless.

He lives in a park and does odd jobs. He owes money for Dear Abby: I recently told old student loans and probamy mother that I am transbly back taxes, so he’s hesigender, male to female. She is tant about finding a “real” job supportive and urged me to and having to fill out a W-4 come out to my father. Abby, form. I believe he uses alcohol he doesn’t believe me! and marijuana, but not often.

I knew I was a girl at the I am the only family memage of 4, but kept it to myself ber who is in contact with until I was 16. How can I get him, and I give him money my father to believe me? occasionally. The others may And how do I get my friends not be aware of how bad his to understand when I come living situation is. I have no out to them? – Needs Help in room for him in my house Missouri because my adult daughter Dear Needs Help: It may take and grandson moved in.

We are not a close family, time for your father to accept although we have no animosthat you are transgender, or even to learn what that really ity. Should I send an email or means. Please remember that letter to my siblings about our brother? Should I ask for sugyou do not have to “sell” this gestions on how to help him? idea to your friends. As time How should it be worded? – passes, they will understand as you start living as a female Sensitive Sis in California and begin taking hormones.

Dear Sensitive Sis: The anAn organization called swer to both questions is yes.

PFLAG (Parents, Families and Your message doesn’t have Friends of Lesbians and Gays) to be long or fancy. If I were is a source of reliable informa- writing it, I would put it this tion and support for you, your way: “Are you aware that our friends and family members brother Jerry is homeless, who are interested in learning living in a park and surviving about these issues. You can on odd jobs? This is a disgrace find it online at pflag.org. to our family. Do you have Dear Abby: I have two sisters any suggestions about how to help our brother?” and three brothers, ranging People who live on the in age from 52 to 69. All of us

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streets (or in parks) usually have more problems than unpaid student loans and back taxes. There is often a significant mental health or substance abuse issue.

My suggestion would be to involve a social worker in steering your brother toward the help he needs to get his life back. If there is money involved, wouldn’t it be more wisely spent that way?

Dear Abby: I am a senior citizen and an above-the-knee amputee. I wear a full-leg prosthesis and use crutches.

I love being out and about, going to theaters, restaurants, outdoor markets, etc.

How should I respond to the many people who ask me what happened? Did I break my ankle, have knee surgery or what? I know telling them the truth would embarrass them.

Abby, please ask your readers to think twice before asking a stranger such a personal question. – Amputee in New Jersey Dear Amputee: OK, I’ll try.

Readers, I have advised many times that you not ask strangers personal questions, and this is yet another example.

Now that I have repeated that advice, I’ll offer some to you: Please do not worry about embarrassing the questioner. Feel free to tell the truth if you wish. It might

teach the person a needed lesson when he or she gets more information than was bargained for. However, if you don’t want to divulge, all you have to say is, “That’s very personal, and I’d prefer not to discuss it.”

Dear Abby: I’m getting married next year, and in my excitement, I asked four of my good friends to be my bridesmaids. As the date grows closer, I am realizing just how much a wedding really costs.

Would it be wrong for me to change my mind about having bridesmaids? The girls haven’t paid for anything yet or wasted any time during the planning process.

Please help me. I don’t want to hurt anyone’s feelings, but I can’t afford to have a wedding party. – Southern Belle Dear Southern Belle: Contact your good friends individually and explain the situation just as you have explained it to me. Once they understand that financial constraints prevent you from having the wedding you fantasized about, none of them should feel slighted that you need to scale back. Frankly, I commend you on your good judgment in recognizing this now.

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Length of PCL rehabilitation depends on sprain Dear Dr. K: I injured my PCL playing football. How long will my recovery take?

Dear Reader: Let’s start with some knee anatomy. The posterior cruciate ligament (PCL) and the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) are two tough bands of fibrous tissue. The ACL is injured more often than the PCL, which is why many people have heard of the ACL but not the PCL. The ACL and PCL connect the thighbone (femur) and the large bone of the lower leg (tibia) at the knee joint.

The ACL and PCL form an “X” pattern that stabilizes the knee against front-to-back and back-to-front forces. (I’ve put a detailed illustration of the knee joint on my website.)

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff A PCL injury is a sprain – a stretch or tear of the ligament. PCL sprains are classified as follows.

• Grade I: a mild injury that causes only microscopic tears in the ligament.

• Grade II (moderate): The PCL is partially torn, and the knee periodically gives out when you stand or walk.

• Grade III (severe): The PCL is either completely torn or is separated from the bone that it anchors. The knee is more unstable.

People get PCL injuries

when their knee is flexed (like when you are seated) and the large bone of the lower leg is hit hard. For example, a person might be seated in the front seat of a car. If the car is in an accident and the person’s lower leg smashes into the dashboard, that could cause the injury.

Usually, people with a sudden new PCL injury notice less of a problem with the knee than people with a new ACL injury, at least at first.

Treatment of all PCL sprains should begin with RICE: • Rest the joint.

• Ice the injured area to reduce swelling.

• Compress the swelling with an elastic bandage.

• Elevate the injured area.

Your doctor may also recommend a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAID), such as ibuprofen, to relieve mild pain or swelling.

Further treatment depends on the severity of your injury.

If you have a Grade I or Grade II sprain, your knee may be splinted in a straight-leg position, and you’ll begin an intense rehabilitation program.

Rehab gradually strengthens the muscles around the knee, supports the knee joint and helps protect the knee from re-injury.

If you have a Grade III sprain and the PCL has been pulled away from the bone, it may have to be surgically reattached with a screw.

If your PCL has torn completely, it can be surgically reconstructed. After surgery, you’ll wear a long-leg knee brace and gradually begin rehabilitation.

Full recovery can take from four months to a year.

How long your specific injury lasts will depend on the severity of your PCL injury and your rehabilitation program.

Probably the most important thing you can do are exercises to strengthen your quadriceps muscles – the muscles in the front of your thigh. The chances are good you will return to your pre-injury level of function.

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8TODAY’S WEEKEND PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Unfeeling 5 Orange Bowl city 10 Large fleet 16 Persona non — 21 — — unto itself 22 Gold brick 23 Scrapes the windshield 24 Young person 25 — Hari (Garbo role) 26 Physical condition 27 Urbana eleven 28 Cope with change 29 Go too far 31 Daisy — Yokum 33 Exorcist’s quarry 35 Wahine’s welcome 36 Laissez- — 37 Mountain lion 40 Iron pumper’s pride 41 Prod along 42 The rudiments 45 Agent’s take 46 College degrees 48 Familiar vow (2 wds.)

50 Cruet filler 52 Band member, often 54 Back the wrong horse 55 Promises to pay 57 Just barely win 58 Ohio Indians 59 Brief swims 60 101 and I-95 62 Knocks against 66 Blyth and Jillian 67 Instant 69 Drives away 71 Brew, as coffee 72 Bullhorn 74 Skipper’s OK 76 Textbook divisions 78 Mother rabbit 79 Weaving machine 80 Skunk 83 Lost in thought 85 Freighter hazards

88 Avoid cancellation 89 Disney site 90 Piled up 93 Nutritious legumes 95 Bartlett or Seckel 97 Apple rival 98 Get melodramatic 100 Hebrew T 101 Bird feeder visitor 106 Deadlocked 108 Ranges 110 The Great Caruso 112 Warn loudly 113 Valuable viol.

115 Stay afloat 116 Old masters 117 Kind of toast 118 Jarrett of NASCAR 120 Mermaids’ domains 122 Timber wolf 123 Dry red wine 124 Rags 128 Bad-mouth 129 Luau strings 130 — -de-sac 131 Blow away 132 Metal thread 133 Actress — Hagen 135 Plumbing problem 137 Take a sip 139 Novelist — Levin 140 Post of etiquette 142 Crumpet companion 144 Stubborn stains (2 wds.)

148 Kind of wave 150 Bit of broccoli 153 Concrete reinforcer 155 Was, to Ovid 156 Musical symbols 157 Hoity-toity (hyph.)

158 St. Teresa’s town 159 Cornell or Pound 160 Serpent Hercules fought 161 Charm 162 Beauty’s companion 163 Ride the updrafts

DOWN 1 Hunter’s garb 2 Many a Norwegian king 3 Behind schedule 4 Kind of fruit tree 5 More hazy 6 Exist naturally 7 Open-mouthed 8 Cleaning implement 9 Part of a list 10 Word of parting 11 Shinto or Zen (abbr.)

12 A thousand G’s 13 Etching fluid 14 Cygnus supergiant 15 Noted sci-fi writer 16 FBI agent (hyph.)

17 Unburdened

18 Not digital 19 Kansas capital 20 More Bohemian 30 Bank vaults 32 Nave neighbor 34 Norse Zeus 38 DI, twice 39 Light incense to 41 Invigorate (2 wds.)

42 Varsity (hyph.)

43 Transported 44 Prompting 46 Little — — 47 Part of PBA 49 Production 51 Ballpoint point 53 Swap-meet deals 54 Depict by drawing 56 Spotted 59 Destine for trouble

61 Take a spill 63 “M*A*S*H” extra 64 Utah ski locale 65 Trapshooting 67 Conductance unit 68 Natural gifts 69 Grant audience 70 Sault — Marie 73 Desperado’s fear 75 Rumormonger 77 Skulk around 81 Bauxite or galena 82 Cobbler’s tool 84 Atomizer 85 Trot and canter 86 Scope 87 Weaker, as an excuse 91 911 responder 92 Pixels 93 Imposed taxes

94 Book copier of old 95 Snapshots 96 Kind of system 99 Hauls off 102 Port near Kilauea 103 Perry’s secretary 104 Jostle 105 Raise spirits 107 Florentine poet 109 PC note (hyph.)

111 Secluded corner 114 Billy — Williams 117 Turns to slush 119 Storage container 121 Weathervane dir.

122 Leia Organa’s sib 123 Riverbank burrower 124 Jerk 125 In a breezy way 126 Bought and sold

127 Repress 130 Dark lines on Mars 134 Adventurer — Quatermain 136 Petal extract 137 Knee-to-ankle bone 138 “En garde” weapons 140 Joy Adamson’s pet 141 “Star Wars” guru 143 Sheik, usually 145 Ricelike pasta 146 Rhett’s hangout 147 Black hole, once 149 Olduvai loc.

151 Wheel part 152 Shoguns’ capital 154 Night before

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DEKALB

Sycamore

DOWNSIZING SALE

CERTIFIED NURSE ASSISTANT ACTIVITY ASSISTANT DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center has a full time position available for an Activity Assistant in our Alzheimer's Unit.

Will lead person centered activities with our elders.

Hours are 1:00pm – 9:15pm.

DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center has part time positions available for CNA's in our Alzheimer's Unit on the Day, Evening & Night shifts.

Apply at:

FULL TIME For Delta Zeta Sorority in DeKalb, IL. Must be experienced in meal prep from scratch, budgeting, menu planning and ordering. You may email your resume: lklebusch@gmail.com.

Retail

Prairie State Winery Is looking for retail sales/marketing team members. Qualified applicants have dynamic outgoing personalities, are motivated selfstarters and have good writing and light computer skills. Must be able to lift 40 pound cases of wine frequently and stand on your feet for several hours at a time. Must be able to work weekends and evenings as well as week days. PT hours to start with potential for FT. $12-$15 hour dep. on qual/exp.

Request job details & app. at: info@prairiestatewinery.com

Certified Cook, Paraprofessionals, Teachers: Sub. Art, MS/HS P.E./Health, HS Science, Apply online at:

indiancreekschools.org DELIVER the Verizon telephone books 18+ yrs w/insured vehicles to deliver in Dekalb, Sycamore, Rochelle areas. Also looking for Office Clerks & Loaders. Starts Oct 31st. Get paid within 72 hours upon completion. 800-979-7978 8 & 4:30 pm, M-F, Refer to job# 30128-a EOE

32 hours per week Westminster Presbyterian Church - DeKalb See website for job descriptions: www.westminsterdekalb.org Email: secretary@westminsterdekalb.org

PART TIME For local sorority, general maint & repairs, carpentry, etc.

You may email your resume: lklebusch@gmail.com

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MULTI-FAMILY GARAGE SALE FRI & SAT, OCT 18-19 8am-3pm

808 W Taylor ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING ANY MONEY

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Flat TV/Computer Monitor, Washer, Dryer, Shelves, Treadmill, LR Tables, 5x7 Rug, PhotoPoster Frames, Baby-Toddler Toys, Winter Coats, Dishes...etc

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NORMAN ROCKWELL PICTURES 15 pictures – $15 to $45 each.

847-515-8012

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

Sycamore. 815-895-5373.

Girl's Disney Princesses Two Wheel Bike, 12.5" Wheels, $18, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

LADIES SCHWINN TRAVELLER BIKE, 26” with basket, large seat. $35. 847-515-8012 Radio Flyer Red Scoot About Ride On Kids Toddler Bike w/Bell & Seat That Adjusts As Child Grows Best For 1-2 Year Old, $18, DeKalb.

815-739-1953 Trek 4300. Red. Alpha custom aluminum. Great cond. $275 630-764-9150 TRICYCLE - Radio Flyer Child Bike Red & Blue In Color, $22, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

CONTRACTORS WANTED

Storewide Sale 15% off

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

All Areas

401 N. MAIN ST. ELBURN

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

Early morning Monday through Saturday.

1 year contract.

Call 815-756-4841 x2468, or toll-free 877-688-4841

FRI. OCT. 18th 9-5 SAT. OCT. 19th 9-5

GENEVA

39W121 E Mallory Dr in south Mill Creek FRI 10/18 SAT 10/19

CARY SOMETHING SPECIAL ESTATE SALE Fri-Sat Oct 18 & 19 9-4

378 Oakmont See Pix & Details at www.somethingspecial estatesales.com

DEKALB RETIRED AND DOWNSIZING

9am-3pm & 9am-3pm

AMAZING FALL SALE! Nice entertainment center & other furniture, Halloween costumes, toys, artwork, exercise equip & weights, Weber gas grill & MUCH MUCH MORE! Free cider & donuts!

SYCAMORE ***ONE DAY ONLY*** ****MOVING SALE**** SAT. OCT. 19TH 1131 OXFORD CIRCLE 8AM-4PM

2886 Country Club Lane Friday and Saturday October 18 - 19, 2013 High Quality Furniture - Heritage House China Cabinet - Custom Slipcovered Sofa - Ethan Ellen Wingback Chair W/ Ottoman, Custom Host and Hostess Chairs, Grandfather Clock, End Tables Assorted Art and Pictures, & much more! (815)997-3010

2120 North First St. Corner of First & Dresser Rd. The Holiday's Are Coming and this is the Perfect Time To Stop By & Purchase: New Kids Toys, Happy Meal Toys & Collectible Sets, Arts & Craft Items, Household, Videos, Books, Dinosaur Posters, Art & MUCH, MUCH MORE!!

Everything must go!!!

Appliances, Pool Table, Furniture, Clothes, Decorations, Tools and much much more!

Please come and make an offer.......

SYCAMORE Garage Sale NW of Sycamore on Five Points Road Fri, Sat 8-5, Sun 8-Noon.

Furniture - lawn, dresser, desks, bench, antiques - dresser, music cabinet, walnut mirror, quartersawn oak tables, tools - Echo trimer, Delta scroll saw, hand tools, electronics - dvd player, dvd burner, vhs players, LCD monitors, WII, TRS Model 100 computers, misc cables, several sets of dishes.

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Exercise Bike

Reclines, good condition, $75.

815-498-3867

Bed Frame, King Good condition, $40 OBO 815-758-0915 Book Case. Brown. $20 OBO 815-758-0915

OLD ANTIQUE PLANK TABLE

8' X 32” Wooden Table, Chairs Available, $365. 815-761-8121 Table - Small Octagon. Mahogany 2 chairs, Glass top, 36” round.

Exc. Cond. $150. 630-232-1982

BASKET - Picnic Style Wooden Basket, New With Handle & Pie-Cake Wood Tray Insert, $15, Sycamore. 815-895-5373 BLENDER - Oster, White, 10 Speed Like New. $18. Sycamore.

815-895-5373 BOWLS - New Set Of 3 - Apple Design Ceramic Bowls, 1-Large, 1-Medium, 1-Small & Ceramic Apple Design Matching Pitcher, $20, Sycamore. 815-895-5373 Range Hood Broan, 30", under cabinet, white, non-ducted, 2-speed w/light. $10.

815-498-2773 after 5p Storm/Screen Units Andersen DH2852 Combination.

Set of 4, 62x27x32. Very small dent on each. $75 for all.

815-498-2773 after 5p Wine Entertainment Set, Napa 7-Piece New Hand Painted, Includes 4-12oz. Goblets, 9" Cheese Dome 2-pc. Set & Decanter, $20, Sycamore. 815-895-5373.

Gas Grill. Weber Genesis Gold.

Side burner & crossover ignition. $175. 630-485-9836 Lawn Mower. Professional Toro.

8HP. 32” cut. Bagger. $250 630-364-8787

BAND SAW

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

815-895-5373 Wire Welder. Hobart 187 Handler 230v. New, in box. $400 815-756-6264

Baby Toddler New Lady Bug Halloween Costume Dress Up Size Up To 24 Months, $10, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 BACKPACKS - Heavy Duty New Assorted Designs - Lifetime Warranty - $15 - Sycamore.

815-895-5373 BAG - New Fiskars Blue Canvas Zippered Bag w/Handle & Inside Compartments for Individual Storage. Great For Crafting, Scrapbooking or other $15, Sycamore 815-895-5373 CAGE - Dog Crate Kennel Cage Collapsible w/Removeable Tray For Small Dog, $22, Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

Cherished Teddies: Christmas & Others $2 to $4. 815-895-5732 Child Fairy Angel Fancy Halloween Dress Up Costume w/ Wings, Size Up To 24 Months, $8, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 Child Handmade Candy Corn Halloween Costume Dress Up w/ Body Piece & Hat, Fits Child Up To Age 5, $15, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 Child Shark Toddler Halloween Dress Up Costume Size 2T, $12, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 CLEATS - NFL New Black & White Reebok FGT Cleats w/Anti-Friction Lining, Size 10.5, $25. Sycamore.

815-895-5373 CLEATS SHOES - Boy's Men's Nike Cleats Shoes. Size 5.5, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

Costume - Thomas The Tank Engine & Friends Train Halloween Costume Play Dress Up Size 4-6, Costume Slips On Over Regular Clothes & Has Tie In Back, $8, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 Decorative Large Pine Cones & Red Ribbon – Bag Full. For Decorating Wreaths or Crafts $6. 815-895-5732 Disney Store Child Princess Tinkerbell Halloween Dress Up Costume With Wings & Headband Size 10/12, $30, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 Flintstone Dino Dinosaur Rubies Halloween Costume Dress Up, Child Size Small, $15, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 HANGERS - Huge Lot Of 250 Metal Hangers From Dry Cleaners, Organized In 10 Bundles Of 25 Each, $10, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

HELMET - Child Bike Helmet w/Blue Strap, White In Color & has picture of Kangaroo on front & says Kangaroo, $5, DeKalb. 815-739-1953 Lantern – Chicago North Western Railroad, Red Embossed C&NW Glass Globe, Frame & Pot in Excellent Condition. No Rust or Dents - $165. 815-899-3166

Old Navy Child Rooster Chicken Barn Yard Animal Toddler Costume Halloween Dress Up Size 2T, $15, 815-739-1953 Puppy Dog Toddler Child Halloween Dress Up Costume Size 12-24 Months, Warm One Piece Zip Up, $15, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

RIDE ON - Little Tikes Teal Coupe , Car Has Floor Board & Handle For Parent To Push Smaller Child & Floor Board Can Be Taken Out & Child Can Move The Car Around With Their Feet. Car Has Steering Wheel & A Beeping Horn, $25, DeKalb, 815-739-1953.

Scooby Doo Child One Piece Halloween Dress Up Costume Size Toddler, Warm and Very Well Made One Piece Zip Up Easy In And Out, $15, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

Thomas The Tank Train Engine & Friends Lot Of Buildings Including Sodor Mining Company, Sodor Coal Company, Sodor Engine Works, Coal Ramp, Thomas Round Table w/28 Pieces Of Various Interchangeable Track & 8 Trains. $55, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

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

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

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

Snow Plow Driver City of Genoa: Department of Public Works Temporary Position: Snow Plow Driver Part-time (On-Call) Type of Employment: Part-time CDL snow plow drivers (less than 40 hours/week) $17.50 per hour - overtime pay for hours worked in excess of 40 hours per week.

Contact: Department of Public Works Janice Melton Sewer, Streets & Forestry Supervisor (815) 784-2271 jmelton@genoa-il.com For more information visit: www.genoa-il.com

WANTED! I Buy Old Envelopes Stamps

!! !! !!! !! !!

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

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224

Collections 815-758-4004

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A-1 AUTO

AIR CONDITIONER - Large, 240 Volt AC, In Great Working Order, $140, Sycamore. 815-895-5373 Christmas Tree. Blue Spruce. 7.5 ft.

Hinged. White lights. Remote conrol. $350. 630-934-4040 SLED - Little Tikes Baby Infant Child Red Sled W/Back Support & Carrying /Pulling Rope, Like New, $20, DeKalb. 815-739-1953 Solar Cover for 21' above ground pool. Used 2 seasons. $10 Call 815-498-2773 after 5p

2005 Chevy Malibu 85,000 miles, good condition $4500 obo 815-895-7540 leave message

2007 FORD FOCUS SE Child Vanity & Pink Chair - Little Tikes Vanity Has White Lift Up Lid w/ "Mirror" Underneath That Child Can See Themselves In & Compartments Of Different Sizes For Storage.

Can Be Used As A Desk Also. $22, Sycamore. 815-895-5373.

FIRE TRUCK CAR - Child Little Tikes Red Fire Truck Ride In/On Car, Has Face In Front, Very Cute! $30, Sycamore. 815-895-5373 Fisher Price Toddler/Child Musical Laugh & Learn Smart Bounce & Spin Pony Ride On. Yellow/Tan Horse On Green Platform. Like New $20. Sycamore. 815-895-5373.

Metallic gray, 57K miles.

Automatic, PW & PL. Great condition & VERY CLEAN!

$10,500/obo Call 815-701-3301 for details

1999 FORD E-350 VAN 15 passenger, pw, pdl, a/c.

New brakes, good condition. $3000. 815-501-1378 LOOKING FOR A JOB? Find the job you want at:

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

We Pay The Best!

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

Little Tikes Family Play Kitchen, In New Condition, Good Size, Has Microwave, Oven, Stove, Faucet, Sink, Cabinet & Shelves With Doll Highchair Built In On One Side That Folds Up & Down. $30. 815-739-1953, DeKalb.

Radio Flyer Inchworm Bouncing Caterpillar Ride On, Has Red Hat & Red Seat & Green Body On Four Wheels, $15, Sycamore.

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CAMBRIDGE APARTMENTS 100 Sharon Drive Morris, IL 60450

PUBLIC AUCTION FARM LAND

1 Bedroom Apartment Income based electric only.

VILLAGE OF SOMONAUK, DEKALB COUNTY, IL

Must be 62 years of age or older, or handicap/disabled, regardless of age.

An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

Managed by Professional Property Mgt, LLC. Phone 815-416-0275

DWIGHT COUNTRY PLACE APARTMENTS 112 S. John Street Dwight, IL 60420

1 and 2 Bedroom Apartments Electric Only. Clean and Spacious.

Income based. Must be 62 years of age or older, or handicap/disabled, regardless of age.

An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

Managed by Professional Property Mgt, LLC. Please Call: 815-264-3492

Small bench model, $50.

815-895-5732 Conduit Bender 1/2", $20, Sycamore.

815-895-5373

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Washer & Dryer - Washer -1 yr old.

Dryer older but works perfectly 250. 630-666-9225

DEKALB

Sat Only 8-Noon

HANDY PERSON

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

Large Rooster & Pug Collection, Cartop Carrier, Household & Holiday Items

DEKALB BIG SALE Maintenance

Comforters starting from $35 & Up, Good Candles, Sheet Sets, Home décor Items, Clothing & Some Vintage Items

817 SHIPMAN PLACE

Education

Director of Campus Ministry / Christian Education Director

These Are Not Garage Sale Prices!

Household, Christmas, Glassware, Dining Rm Set, Pool Table & Much More!

FRI & SAT 8-?

DRIVER

TEMP COOK

Antique Dealers Welcome

EOE

EOE

Food Service

417 DOGWOOD LN.

Garage Sale

2600 North Annie Glidden Rd DeKalb, Illinois 60115

CDL Class B with air brake endorsement required. Overnight hours Sunday through Friday.

Job is labor intensive & must be able to do heavy lifting. Located West of Elgin. Salaried position.

Call 847-464-5458 for more details on application process.

552 Independence Ave.

2600 North Annie Glidden Rd DeKalb, Illinois 60115

DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center

Thurs, Fri & Sat. 8am - 4pm

CASH ONLY The Knolls Sub.

DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center

Apply at:

CDL DELIVERY DRIVER

SAT ONLY 9AM - 4PM

DRILL - Makita Drill w/ Battery, Charger & Case, $25, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 DRILL - Milwaukee 4' Right Angle Drill, $190, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 Drill Press: Delta, Bench Model $100 815-895-5732

153 Acres+/- Ogle County, IL November 13, 2013 Selling as 2 tracts of Elburn, Catlin, Plano, & Drummer soils.

Located in Section 28 & 33 of Flagg Township Farm being surveyed Located 2 miles west of Rochelle, IL at the end of Center Road, ½ mile south of Illinois Route 38 Contact us for a complete brochure with maps and details at 815-936-8978

David Klein, Auctioneer License #441.001928 www.soycapitalag.com

Jaret Wicker, Broker (800) 532-LAND (5263)

MONDAY NOVEMBER 11TH, 2013 STARTING @ 10:00 AM Governor Beveridge Hwy. , Somonauk Illinois 60552 Take Route 34 to Sycamore Street than North to farm Yard (Watch for signs off Route 34) Parcel # 1; 62 M.O.L. productive Acres, Unimproved Farmland as situated within the Southwest Quarter of section 28, Somonauk Township, DeKalb County Illinois on Governor Beveridge Hwy., Somonauk IL. The principal soils are Flanagan, Catlin and Drummer, Octagon and Saybrook. Roughly 1476’ of paved road frontage along Governor Beveridge Hwy., in Somonauk IL. Harris Bank Trust # 3150 Parcel # 2; 53 M.O.L. productive Acres, unimproved farmland as situated within the Southwest Quarter of Section 28, Somonauk Township, DeKalb County Illinois. The principal soils are Drummer, Flanagan, Catlin, Octagon and Saybrook. Roughly 524’ of paved road frontage along Governor Beveridge Hwy, in Somonauk IL.

JODIE ANDERSON, OWNER The Auction for both parcels will be held in Somonauk on the date of Sale.

The bidding on both parcels of Land shall be by the acre times the number surveyed acres subject to the most recent survey of 2010. No Structural improvements on either parcels, both parcels of land have been annexed in the village of Somonauk IL. Terms: $50,000.00 down on each parcel with the balance at closing, which shall be on or before December 11, 2013. Possession shall be given upon closing. Tennant shall retain the 2013 crop. Title will be evidence by a commitment for title Insurance, subject to usual conditions and exceptions in the amount of the selling price. Successful buyer or Buyers will be required to enter into a contract for Real Estate Purchase and submit the required down payment upon sellers’ acceptance of the final bid on each Parcel. No Contingencies, prospective buyers if necessary must have financing arranged prior to Sale date.

Announcements made day of sale shall supersede those written or advertised.

Sellers will cooperate with Buyer in a 1031 Exchange but will not extend closing. The property will be sold “As Is” The Sellers reserve the right to accept or reject any or all bids.

THE SALE SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING: A. Building lines, Easements and restriction of Record; B. Right of way for drainage ditches, drain tiles, feeders, laterals and underground pipes if any; C. Right of the Public, the state of Illinois and the Municipality in and to that part of the premises being used for Roads; D. Matters of Zoning and Traffic Flow Ordinance.

For further information regarding the Property and Auction call the Auctioneer herein listed.

Auctioneers: Chris Wegener, Somonauk Il 815-451-2820 Lic # 440.000267 Joe Wegener, Rochelle IL. 815-766-0756 Lic # 440.000375 go2wegenerauctions.com

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

DEKALB -- 511 S. 2nd Street $175,000 or rent for 1350/mo Call: 573-783-4662 HUGE GARAGE!

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

We are accepting applications for 1, 2, 3BR Waiting Lists

Near downtown, behind DeKalb Post Office. Large living room, dining room, study, enclosed front and back porches. W/D in basement, garage, storage space. $750/mo + gas & elect.

815-895-3238

* Low Security Deposit * Washer/Dryer on Site * Close to School & Stores

DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS

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

CORTLAND, Spacious 2 BR, W/D hookups, $750 or $775 w/garage.

Plus utilities and security. No pets.

Call Sue: 815-762-0781

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

Appl, laundry, no pets/smoking. $600/mo + lights. 815-895-5211

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM

BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $530 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

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

University Village Apts.

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

DeKalb 1-2 Bedroom Duplex

Full Bath, Huge Kitchen, Free Wi-Fi Driveway parking. A MUST SEE! 815-756-1777 Sorry no dog/smkg.

DeKalb 2BR, New Appliances & Carpet, Just Painted, Gas Heat, C/A. No Pets. Gar. Incl. $785/mo Avail 11/1 630-697-9102

Sycamore Quiet 1 Bedroom

DEKALB: 2BR Apts.-$750/m. Incl. heat, water, garb. & cable. W/D on premises. Nice Neighborhood.

Ready ASAP! 815-756-1424

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT.

GENOA LARGE 2 BEDROOM

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

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

A/C, W/D hook-up, no pets.

Available Nov 1st, $700/mo.

847-683-3442 GENOA, 2BD,newr bldg,avail now, nr shoppng,incl gar. Sec dep & 1 mo rent. $750 (815)784-2674.

Laing Mgmt.

Kirkland ~ 4 Flat, Nice 3BR

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

Big yard, prkg, water & garb paid.

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

Malta Quiet, Upper 2 Bedroom Appl, a/c, laundry, water/garbage includes + extra storage.

815-751-0480 Malta- Cozy 1 BD Upper, off street parking. Non-smoker. Utilities included in rent.

Malta- 2 BD ground floor W/D hook-ups 815-981-8117 Rochelle. Spacious 2BR Attached 1st Floor Ranch. Fresh paint, W/D hook-up. $535/mo,1 year lease.

815-751-4440

Sycamore - 2BR 1BA Apt Avail Now Updated Kitch & Bath, W/D in bldg 1611 Maness Ct. $625/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

$575/mo, heat included. Stove, refrig, water. No pets/smoking.

815-895-4756 or 815-562-3459

Sycamore Quiet 2 Bedroom $600/mo, Stove, refrig, water. No pets/smoking. 815-895-4756 or 815-562-3459

Sycamore. Large 1BR. Garage.

Pets OK. W/D hook-up. $600/mo.

TOWNSEND MANAGEMENT 815-787-7368 st

Sycamore: Twin Gables, 1 mo. half price, 950 sq. ft., quiet lifestyle, secured entrance, pet friendly. Call 815-899-7551

W/D, D/W, next to park & schools. $710/mo, you pay utilities.

NO DOGS. 815-970-4640 Check us out online

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Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com

Dekalb Spacious 2BR Duplex

718 N. 11th St., W/D, large yard, nr park, gas incl, $875/mo + sec.

Pet friendly. 815-501-8343

DeKalb - 2BR 1BA Apt Avail Now Updated Kitch & Bath, W/D in bldg 827 Charles, $600-$650/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

Near downtown, parking, laundry.

NO pets/smoking, agent owned.

815-756-2359 - 815-758-6712

DeKalb - 2BR 1BA Apts Avail Now Heat included, W/D in bldg 831 Kimberly, $500-$550 Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

DEKALB ~ QUIET 2BR, 1BA

DeKalb. 111 S. 9th 2BR 1000+ sq ft. Brand new everything! $800/mo+1st/last/sec. Call Bonnie: 815-756-6820 Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527 Daily-Chronicle.com

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PUBLIC NOTICE On Monday, October 28, 2013 beginning at 8:30 AM and ending at 4:30 PM, the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb (HACD) will open its Low Income Public Housing 1 bedroom waiting list to applicants that are income eligible AND qualify for 2 or more local preferences. Applications WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED if the applicant does not qualify for 2 or more local preferences.

One Bedroom units are available for HACD's living communities located at Golden Years Plaza in DeKalb and Civic Apartments in Sycamore.

Applicants will need an e-mail address to complete the on-line process. E-mail will be the primary means of communicating with applicants; therefore, applicants MUST monitor their email for waiting list updates as well as their standard mailing address.

DEKALB ~ 2 BEDROOM 1 car garage, $625 plus utilities.

1 dog OK. Big yard, lots of light.

Available now. 815-758-1641

SOUTH ELGIN -- 2 BR CONDO 401 South Collins 1 Bath, 2 Car Garage All Appliances No Smoking Some Pets $1150 Plus Deposit 847-922-5565 Sycamore - Luxury 2BR 2BA Condo Granite, SS, Fireplace, 2C Gar. Available NOW! 954 Arvle Circle Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

Applications will be accepted on-line at www.dekcohousing.com.

If you are a person with disabilities and require an accommodation to apply to our programs please contact the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb at 815.758.2692. If you do not have a computer, you may access the web site through any computer connection at the public library or at the Authority's main office.

Near NIU, no pets/smoking. $650/mo + security + references.

815-501-8671

DeKalb - 1BR Apt Avail NOW $450/mo, Includes heat & Internet.

W/D in building, 831 Kimberly Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

DEKALB 2 BR/1 BA condo in DeKalb near I88, shopping, NIU. All appliances, garage, central air. Small pets OK. $1050. 630-485-0508.

DeKalb: 3BR Townhome Basement. Newly remodeled options. $895-$1100/mo.

Townsend Management 815-787-7368

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

Effective Saturday, October 19.

The List is Being Closed Due to the Number of Applicants On Wait List and the Time It will Take to Fill the Units.

Within walking distance of downtown, parks and schools.

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

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815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

University Village Apartments Will Close Their 2 Bedroom Wait List For Applicants

SYCAMORE ~ 2BR, 1BA

SYCAMORE CLEAN 2BR,1BA

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

DeKalb—2 BR lower $720 + Deposit & Lease. Available now!

Stove, fridge, heat & water incl.

No pets/smoking. 815-298-0423 Available Immediatley! Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com

DeKalb - Spacious 2 Bedroom Upstairs Apt in Duplex

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Adorable home with 3 BDs (Main flr master w/full bath), 2 full BAs on beautiful corner lot. Kitchen w/bay window overlooking lrge deck & yard. Fin. Basement, Mahogany HW flrs, New Carpet and Fresh Paint, New Roof and Whole House Generator. Click on the QR code for more pictures or call for a private viewing. All this for $169,000.

Jane Mitchell, ABR, e-PRO, GRI, SFR Broker Associate - Century 21 Elsner 815-757-6633

Sycamore Rental!

Nice & Clean 3BR, 1 BA situated in a quiet neighborhood close to Southeast Elementary School.

Attached Garage, Basement, Huge yard! Priced to rent at $900/month!

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

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On Monday November 4, 2013, beginning at 8:30 AM, HACD will continue to accept applications from persons who are elderly or disabled ONLY. Applications WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED if the applicant is not elderly or disabled.

Local Preferences are: o Family Preference = one or more minor children in the household. Elderly (62) and/or disabled head, spouse or co-head qualify for this point. o Working Preference = head, spouse, or sole member of the household is employed 30 or more hours a week. Elderly (62) and/or disabled head or spouse qualifies for this point. o Residency Preference = applicant family resides or works (permanent non-temporary job) within the County of DeKalb Illinois. o Involuntary Displacement = applicant family has been displaced by a government action or natural disaster. o Rent Burden=applicant family is paying more than 50% of their family/household income for rent o DeKalb Continuum of Care=applicant/family is residing in Emergency Shelter, Transitional Shelter, Permanent Supportive housing or participating in homeless services at/in/through a participating DeKalb County Continuum of Care agency such as Hope Haven, Safe Passage, etc and have received a written letter of recommendation from said agency, not less than 30 days old at the time of interview.

Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb 310 N. 6th Street DeKalb, IL 60115 815-758-2692 THIS INSTITUTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER & EMPLOYER AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY HOUSING PROVIDER (Published in the Daily Chronicle October 12 & 19, 2013.)

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Images are for illustration purpose only and color may vary. See dealer for details. 3For qualified buyers; payment based on 1.99% APR for 72 months; $1,000 down payment due. 4Excludes tax, title, license and dealer fees. See dealer for details. 5Pre-owned vehicle must be returned within 5 days or 150 miles in the same condition as when purchased to receive a full refund.

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Fox Brier Townhouse available.

All appls, incl W/D, 1 car garage, balcony. $1100/mo Call Barry 815-757-9040

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

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815-757-1907 DeKalb - 2, 3 & 4BR Duplexes With attached 2 car garage.

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Call 815-758-8045 or Stop In: Eden's Garden Apts 2355 Williams Way, DeKalb DEKALB - Large 4 BR, 3BA 2 Story Duplex, Full basement, W/D, 2.5 Car Gar, 724 Grove St. Call Pittsley Realty 815-756-7768

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Clare-2 BR Ranch w/2 car att gar.

Nestled in the woods w/fp. 1 ½ bath. Propane heat, CAC, ¾ bsmt.

Kirkland School Dist, Appl, utilities are not incl. Non smkg. Asking $1,100 per month +deposit. Pets can be discussed. Serious inquires only. Call 815-522-3548 DEKALB - 2BR 1BA, Appliances, A/C Garage, Lawn Care - Snow Removal Included, No Smoking, No Pets, $850. 815-758-0591 DeKalb - 904 Market St., 2BR, 1BA, full basement, garage, W/D, no pets. $750/mo First/Last/Sec. 815-739-3784 DeKalb – 1, 2, 3 BR Homes. 611 N. 5th, 723 N. 6th, 1010 Davy, 1106 S. 2nd. 815-895-6357

DeKalb 4 Bedroom, 1 Bath on College Ave. Available Immed. $1200 + 1st, last security, no pets.

815-757-5079

DeKalb ~ Quiet Neighborhood 3BR, 1BA, appl, C/A, basement, W/D hook-up, $975/mo + 1st, last sec, no smkg. 815-901-1295 DeKalb. Large 4BR, 2BA home.

842 S. 1 st Street. Large yrd, bsmnt, W/D hook-ups. $1150/mo+utils.

815-758-4615 or 815-375-4615 Genoa - Available Nov. 1 3BR House with 2 Baths. $925/mo. + Security.

815-784-5108 GENOA HOUSE FOR RENT Genoa - 3 Bed, 1 Bath, 2 Car Garage, large yard, large detached storage shed.

Great neighborhood in Genoa. Very nice house with full basement. $1,050 per month plus $1,050 deposit. No pets. Call 224239-1622 for a showing

KINGSTON - INDOOR STORAGE BOATS, RV'S, CARS, CAMPERS. REASONABLE RATES. SECURE LOCATION IN KINGSTON. 815-751-4730 Sycamore. 22X29' Shop/Storage 9' overhead door. $400/mo. Heat & Electric incl.

J&A RE 815-970-0679

WINTER STORAGE RV's, Campers & Boats - Indoor & secure, West of Sycamore. Owner resides on property 815-825-2571

SANDWICH AIRPORT Unique office space 750 sq ft to 3000 sq ft from $600 also attached 4000 sq ft hangar available. Sandwich Airport 815-786-7411

Sycamore - 3BR 1.5BA House Large Yard, Garage, Quiet Street 421 Home Street, $975/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

DEKALB 2 BEDROOM, 1 BATH

DeKalb. Nice 2BR Ranch w/full basement. Location! $795+utils.

Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845

DEKALB 3 BEDROOM 2 full baths, Large 3-car garage, quiet residential area, close to school. All appliances, $1100/mo + security. No smoking, no pets.

1155 S. Fifth Street, call Swanson or Real Estate 815-378-8359 815-228-7019

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

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Dekalb: Large Ranch duplex w/ 3BD, 2BA, full basement & 2 car attached garage, lndry hookup, New interior. No pets/smoking. $1000/mo. 815-464-8646

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Exc cond/location. Garage, yard.

C/A, W/D, no smkg, $750/mo + 1st, last sec, ref. 815-761-7118

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

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: GABRIEL K. BULINSKI FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on December 2, 2013, at 9:00 A.M. at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Gabriel K. Bulinski will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from GABRIEL K. BULINSKI to GABRIEL K. LERMA pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Gabriel K. Bulinski 714 Tyler St Genoa, IL 60135 (Published in the Daily Chronicle October 12, 19 & 26, 2013.)

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Pos. Name Ht. NT Leterrius Walton (58) 6-5 DT Kelby Latta (98) 6-4 DE Louis Palmer (56) 6-2 DE Jeremy Gainer (21) 6-2 MLB Justin Cherocci (41) 6-0 SLB Shamari Benton (26) 6-0 ST Jarret Chapman (29) 6-0 DS Avery Cunningham (36) 6-0 CS Kavon Frazier (5) 6-0 FC Brandon Greer (35) 6-1 BC Jason Wilson (14) 6-0

Wt. 300 312 265 235 231 235 194 203 213 203 174

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DEFENSE

Schedule/Results 3-4 OVERALL, 2-1 MAC WEST

Huskies Starters OFFENSE Pos. QB TB FB WR WR TE LT LG C RG RT

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NIU’S FIVE STORYLINES TO WATCH 1. Tailbacks

4. Can NIU avoid the Mount Pleasant struggles?

Cameron Stingily will carry the load. James Spencer should see a few carries. The question is, will that be it?

Any chance the redshirt gets taken off of a guy like Jordan Huff. Running back depth will be something to keep an eye on until Akeem Daniels returns.

2. Can Lynch rebound?

Jordan Lynch had a subpar game against Akron last week, completing a season-low 46 percent of his passes.

The odds say he bounces back.

NIU tight end Desroy Maxwell

If the Huskies play the way they should, a win shouldn’t be a problem. However, NIU shouldn’t have lost to Central Michigan two years ago either. The Huskies left Kelly/ Shorts Stadium with a 48-41 defeat – NIU’s last Mid-American Conference loss. The Huskies haven’t won in Mount Pleasant since 2005.

3. Jimmie Ward

Aug. 31 at No. 17 Michigan L, 59-9 Sept. 7 vs. New Hampshire W, 24-21 Sept. 14 at UNLV L, 31-21 Sept. 21 vs. Toledo* L, 38-17 Sept. 28 at N.C. State L, 48-14 Oct. 5 at Miami (Ohio)* W, 21-9 Oct. 12 at Ohio* W, 26-23 Today vs. Northern Illinois* 2 p.m.

Nov. 6 at Ball State* 7 p.m.

Nov. 16 at Western Michigan* 11 a.m.

Nov. 23 vs. Massachusetts* Noon Nov. 29 vs. Eastern Michigan* TBA * - Mid-American Conference game

NIU’s senior safety is having a great year so far, with a nation-leading five interceptions. Earlier this week, Sports Illustrated named Ward to its midseason All-America team.

The Huskies defense has struggled at times this year, but Ward certainly hasn’t been the problem. He definitely will be a guy to keep an eye on the rest of the season.

5. Saylor Lavallii

Akron safety Anthony Holmes

Central Michigan’s sophomore tailback has filled in nicely for the injured Zurlon Tipton.

He’s averaging 5.1 yards a carry, and ran for 184 yards in last week’s win at Ohio.

– Steve Nitz, snitz@shawmedia.com

GAMEDAY PREVIEW

Carey looking for a bounce-back game from NIU’s offensive line Group has been one of team’s biggest strengths

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois leads the nation in fewest sacks allowed.

The Huskies are giving up only a half a sack a game. When it comes to tackles for loss, NIU is 10th in the nation, allowing only four a game heading into this week’s contest at Central Michigan.

All season, No. 23 NIU’s front five has gotten to the second level to pave the way for Jordan Lynch and Cameron Jordan Lynch Stingily.

It shouldn’t surprise anyone, given the Huskies have all five starters back from last year.

“I think the best part right now is everyone being on the same page and being able to adjust on the fly,” senior guard Jared Volk said.

“We’re a close group and we’re in film watching together every single day, especially the front five, and whenever we come off the field and notice something different that we see on film, we tell coach, we draw it up and we’re all on the same page.

“Just communication is our best part right now and that’s helping us get to the right spot at the right time.”

Some credit for the lack of sacks has to go to Lynch’s scrambling ability and being able to cre-

MAC standings WEST DIVISION MAC W L Ball State 3 0 Northern Illinois 2 0 Toledo 2 1 Central Michigan 2 1 Eastern Michigan 0 2 Western Michigan 0 3 EAST DIVISION MAC W L Bowling Green 3 0 Buffalo 2 0 Ohio 1 1 Massachusetts 1 1 Kent State 1 3 Miami (Ohio) 0 2 Akron 0 3

Relaunched HuskieWire app Overall W L 6 1 6 0 3 3 3 4 1 5 0 7 Overall W L 5 2 4 2 4 2 1 5 2 5 0 6 1 6

Today’s Games Navy at Toledo, 11 a.m.

Akron at Miami (Ohio), noon Ohio at Eastern Michigan, noon Ball State at Western Michigan, 1 p.m.

Northern Illinois at Central Michigan, 2 p.m.

Kent State at South Alabama, 2 p.m.

Massachusetts at Buffalo, 2:30 p.m.

ate plays for himself. Lynch said the chemistry on the offensive line has grown, and noted that this year he’s been staying in the pocket longer.

Lynch also blamed himself for the three sacks NIU has given up.

“I feel really comfortable back there in the pocket,” Lynch said. “... I think the three sacks are on me trying to scramble or doing something. So I feel really comfortable in the pocket.”

However, in last week’s win against Akron, NIU coach Rod Car-

Name (No.) Ht. Wt. Yr. Jordan Lynch (6) 6-0 216 Sr. Cameron Stingily (42) 6-1 244 Jr. Rob Sterling (47) 5-10 231 Jr. Da’Ron Brown (4) 6-0 194 Jr. Tommylee Lewis (10) 5-7 155 Jr. Luke Eakes (83) 6-3 250 Jr. Tyler Loos (75) 6-5 282 Jr. Jared Volk (77) 6-3 315 Sr. Andrew Ness (55) 6-3 286 So. Aidan Conlon (61) 6-3 287 So. Ryan Brown (78) 6-6 283 Jr.

DEFENSE

SPECIAL TEAMS Pos. Name Ht. Wt. Yr. PK Ron Coluzzi (17) 5-11 185 Fr. P Richie Hogan (13) 6-2 207 Sr. KR Courtney Williams (85) 6-1 212 Jr. PR Titus Davis (84) 6-2 190 Jr.

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Schedule/Results 6-0 OVERALL, 2-0 MAC WEST Aug. 31 at Iowa W, 30-27 Sept. 14 at Idaho W, 45-35 Sept. 21 vs. Eastern Illinois W, 43-39 Sept. 28 at Purdue W, 55-24 Oct. 5 at Kent State* W, 38-24 Oct. 12 vs. Akron* W, 27-20 Today at Central Michigan* 2 p.m.

Oct. 26 vs. Eastern Michigan* 2:30 p.m.

Nov. 2 at Massachusetts* 11 a.m.

Nov. 13 vs. Ball State* 7 p.m.

Nov. 20 at Toledo* 7 p.m.

Nov. 26 vs. Western Michigan* 6 p.m. * - Mid-American Conference game

Ross Jacobson and Steve Nitz face off

Ball State, Toledo NIU’s top threats in MAC West

Nitz: MAC play is underway and NIU has its first MAC West opponent of the year today, as the Huskies head to Central Michigan. NIU sits pretty at 2-0 in the conference, a half game behind MAC West leader Ball State, which is 3-0. Toledo and Central Michigan are tied for third at 2-1. NIU was picked to win the MAC West in the league’s preseason poll, and I was one of the voters who picked the Huskies.

With MAC play underway, do you still feel NIU is the favorite?

Jacobson: Nothing has changed for me. Until proven otherwise, NIU is the pick. The Huskies haven’t consistently played their best this season as evidenced by close games against Idaho, Eastern Illinois and Akron, but they have risen to the challenge for the more “marquee” games of Iowa and Purdue. NIU’s best is better than any other MAC team.

Ball State seems like the obvious challenger to NIU’s three-year MAC West throne, but the Cardinals have to come to Huskie Stadium in November and we know how big of a challenge it’s been for teams to win in DeKalb in recent years.

Nitz: I agree. However, Ball State is right there with the Huskies. Don’t forget about Toledo, either. The Rockets’ three losses have been against Missouri, Florida and Ball State. I

know Toledo already has a loss in conference, but the Rockets easily could be a factor in the MAC West at the end of the season. Luckily for them, they get NIU at the Glass Bowl.

Is the West Division a three-team race, or can a team such as Central Michigan cause some havoc?

Jacobson: No, plain and simple.

Central Michigan got a nice victory at Ohio last week, but the Chippewas haven’t scored more than 26 points in a game all season. NIU’s lowest output is 27. Rest easy NIU fans, P.J. Fleck’s Western Michigan squad won’t be making any noise either. It might not win a game this season.

NIU will determine the fate of the MAC West by its level of play and its health. We’ve seen injuries decimate the running back position, but Cameron Stingily has emerged and Jordan Lynch, an 1,800-yard rusher last year, still remains as an obvious threat. As long as NIU’s offensive line remains healthy and Jordan Lynch doesn’t miss any time, the division and the conference are NIU’s to lose.

Nitz: The Chippewas impressed me with their win in Athens, and maybe they can pull off one upset in conference play. However, I’m still calling the MAC West a three-team race. The Rockets still can win the division, should they win out.

If NIU were to beat Ball State on Nov. 13 and the Huskies, Cardinals and Rockets finish the season with one loss, Toledo most likely would win the division based on the strength-ofschedule tiebreaker. The Rockets get Bowling Green in a crossover while the East Division games for NIU and Ball State are ridiculously easy.

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ey wasn’t happy with the play of the line.

“I’ll say this, and this is as on O-line coach, and coach (Joe) Tripodi (NIU’s offensive line coach) will echo it on me, there wasn’t much we did good in that game last Saturday,” Carey said.

Left tackle Tyler Loos said the Zips pushed the Huskies around.

“We just need to be more physical. Akron kind of got after us a little bit,” he said. “This week we just need to play on their side of the line of scrimmage.”

Volk said Central Michigan’s big defensive line is going to be hard to push around – starting tackles Leterrius Walton and Kelby Latta both are listed at 300 pounds or more, and ends Jeremy Gainer and Louis Palmer are listed at 235 and 265, respectively.

“Something about Central Michigan is we haven’t won at Central Michigan since 2005,” Volk said.

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