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Court date starts legal process in student’s death

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SYCAMORE – The 20-year-old Naperville man who police said planned the fraternity party where a 19-year-old pledge died stood quietly between his attorney and uncle in court Friday.

Steven A. Libert’s first court appearance on a felony hazing charge related to David Bogenberger’s death was largely routine: Judge Robbin Stuckert read the charges and gave him permission to travel to Wisconsin to help his mother move.

The short hearing marked the beginning of the legal process for the 22 Northern Illinois University students charged with hazing.

Five face felony charges; 17 were charged with misdemeanors.

Also appearing in court Friday afternoon were Omar Salameh, 21, of DeKalb, the fraternity’s pledge adviser, and James P. Harvey, 21, of DeKalb, the fraternity’s vice president.

Fraternity President

Alexander M. Jandick, 21, of Naperville, is next due in court Feb. 11, and court records did not indicate a court date for fraternity Secretary Patrick W. Merrill, 19, of DeKalb.

The five could face a maximum sentence of one to three years in prison, or could be sentenced to probation if convicted of the felony hazing charges.

The charges stem from an unsanctioned “parents night” party that the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, also known as the Pikes, hosted Nov. 1 for freshman Bogenberger and 18 other pledges, police said.

The event was not registered with the national fraternity organization or with NIU officials, authorities said.

Bogenberger and the other pledges drank vodka and other liquor from plastic cups for about two hours while playing a game in which they were asked a series of questions related to their assigned “moms” and “dads,” authorities said.

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Madigan eases stance on Ill. pension reform

By JOHN O’CONNOR The Associated Press

SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Pat Quinn announced what could be a significant advance on pension reform, saying Friday that the powerful House speaker was willing to forgo the dicey issue of some retirement costs for teachers in order to fix the worst-inthe-nation pension defi cit.

A spokesman for House

Speaker Michael Madigan confirmed the agreement, markedly raising Quinn’s hopes of getting a pension deal before the current General Assembly finishes its work Wednesday.

The Democratic governor told reporters after a meeting with Republicans in Wheaton that he will meet with legislative leaders today to try to reach a deal on closing a $96 billion funding gap.

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Suzy Changnon (left) and Jen Conley, mothers of clarinet player Ben Changnon and alto sax player Nelle Conley, hang up a banner Thursday showing the Dekalb High School marching band competing in New Orleans on Monday.

DeKalb band members celebrate Sugar Bowl achievements

By CURTIS CLEGG

cclegg@shawmedia.com DeKALB – To the members of the DeKalb High School marching band, performing at a band competition in New Orleans on Monday felt like a spring day.

“The weather was great.

It was about 60 or 70 when we were down there,” said junior Michael Verbic, 16.

Band director Steve Lundin thinks the weather might have been partly responsible for the band’s remarkable success at a competition Monday.

“Part of it was the weather because we had been spending the last six weeks practicing in the terrible cold, so for us it was perfect marching band weather,” Lundin said.

The DHS marching band competed against 11 other marching bands at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome and won best marching, best overall effect, best color guard, best in their class and best overall band performance two days before a multiband performance at halftime of the Sugar Bowl.

The overall band performance award, known informally as the “grand champi-

on” award, earned the band another honor it did not expect when its bus departed DeKalb.

“It was a big surprise that we did the flag during the pregame [show],” said sophomore Sean Holly, 15.

The band members were given their awards during a New Year’s Eve ceremony for all of the competing band members, but the March-

ing Barbs did not find out until the next day that they would be holding a 40-yardlong American flag during the performance of the national anthem for Wednesday night’s game between Louisville and Florida.

“We prepared for that after we won the grand champion,” said senior Claire Spahn, one of the band’s three drum majors. “That

morning we were given 15 or 20 minutes to run through it, and to get to our spots and open it up. We did that for three times and that was it.

We made mistakes during those three times but when we actually did it, I could see how proud everyone was to be there, and I didn’t see any mistakes.”

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Computer Class –excel i: 9:30 to 11 a.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Sign up online or at the Reference Desk or call 815-756-9568, ext. 220.

Learning to Live al-anon group: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Newman Catholic Center annex, Normal Road in DeKalb; llc904@hotmail.com. narcotics anonymous: 10 to 11 a.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb; www.rragsna. org; 815-964-5959.

Computer Class – excel i: 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Sign up online or at the Reference Desk or call 815-756-9568, ext. 220.

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

Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. The public is invited for lunch. group Hope: Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road in DeKalb. This free support and discussion meeting is for NIU students and DeKalb community residents. Community facilitators are sought to volunteer to help others.

Contact Dr. Charles Smith at 815398-9628 or visit www.grouphope. org or www.dbsalliance.org.

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

Public family-style dinner: 5 p.m. and 6:15 p.m. seatings at Kingston United Methodist Church, 121 W. First St. Dessert is included.

Donations are $8 for adults and $3.50 for children. aa Speaker open meeting: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. any Lengths aa(C): 10 p.m. at Bargain Addict, 109 N. Seventh St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

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Society for Creative anachronism armored fighting practice: 4:30 p.m. behind Stevenson North at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. For Middle Ages-Renaissance history re-enactors. Visit www.carraigban.org or call 815739-5788 or 815-986-5403.

Bread & roses women’s chorus practice: 5:45 to 8 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb.

For information, call Patty Rieman at 815-758-4897 or visit www. breadandroseschorus.org. deKalb County illinois naaCP adult Chapter: 6 to 7 p.m. at New Hope Church at Twombly and Annie Glidden roads in DeKalb. Attendees discuss political, educational, social and economic equality to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Contact: Kevin Chambliss at tiger39217@yahoo.com or 815-5017583.

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ediTor’S noTe Eric Olson because you wouldn’t have had time to wait for an ambulance,’ ” Irons-Welch said. “I was in bad shape.”

Like most people who aren’t seeking attention, Armenta seemed surprised that Irons-Welch came back to say thank you and that later a reporter called her on the phone.

“I didn’t expect anything I just got back to work and went home and told my parents about it,” Armenta said. “I thought that was the end of it. I didn’t expect her to come back and say thank you or anything.“ Irons-Welch still has an upper respiratory infection, but she made her doctor let her out Wednesday after spending all of New Year’s Day in the hospital. She was determined to share her story and remind people that for all the bad things we hear about, there’s a lot of good done every day, too.

“I’m just so sick of the bad stuff,” she said. “I want some people to hear something good, and I think this is something really good.”

Can’t argue with her there. Just goes to show: When we’re good to each other, it’s good for all of us.

••• Eat the rich?: I’m not sure when the solution to our country’s budget problems became taxing rich people more.

As though there’s this vast resource of wealth that’s somehow not part of our country’s economy and somehow not under the control of the government.

As though government, if it took and redistributed more of Americans’ income, would spend it better.

Uh ... no.

The only time governments are truly prudent money managers is when they’re forced. Usually they’re the ones that don’t borrow excessively, don’t count on annual increases in the amount of taxes they collect, and can’t print their own money and run up deficits in the trillions.

I’ve yet to see any problems solved in the long term by increasing taxes. They tried that in Springfield when Gov. Pat Quinn and state Democrats rammed a 66 percent income tax increase down our throats in 2011.

What did that solve? Nothing. All that extra cash was gobbled up by unfunded pension obligations that continue to grow and soon will probably reach $100 billion.

How about this new plan to tax the rich people in America, those with household incomes of $450,000 or more a year? We get some more of their money and that’ll solve things, right?

No. The deficit will continue to grow because so many of our representatives can’t bear to change the way government spends our money.

Last time I checked, the government hasn’t opened many factories, started many technology companies, or opened any delis that make great roast beef sandwiches with just the right amount of horseradish.

Who does that? Those darn rich people, or people who are willing to take a risk in hopes of becoming rich, or at least financially secure.

It’s not unreasonable to ask a small tax increase of people with means, I suppose. But can’t we cut spending, please, too? It got out of hand about $10 trillion ago.

••• I’m not ready: A classmate of mine in high school died over the weekend.

It was terrible news, and even though we weren’t too close, I felt sad for him and his family.

Like me, he was in his mid-30s. He died of a heart attack. I’m not ready for my contemporaries to be dying of such things.

I learned of it through Facebook, through friends communicating with others who were Lake Park High School alums. We don’t live in the same town, and it’s doubtful I would have seen an obituary for him otherwise.

Then I got an invite to his funeral service. Through Facebook. With his account.

I know this is the new way of the world. I embrace it in many ways But it just seemed eerie to have a man inviting me to his own funeral among the trivial tidbits of living, photos of new guitars and dogs, and passing remarks about TV shows and the NFL playoffs.

Don’t know if I’m ready for that, either. Not that I was consulted.

••• On the bright side: I won’t leave you all on a downer. I’m a Monty Python fan. I always look on the bright side.

The DeKalb Park District is going to work to buy the 41-acre Kiwanis Park property from Dekalb School District 428 so that it remains green space.

Jordan Lynch plans to return for another season as the quarterback at NIU; the Bears have parted ways with Lovie Smith; and the Cubs have not been eliminated from playoff contention yet. They might even play hockey this year.

Meanwhile, we’re a year closer to the 2014 pullout of U.S. forces from Afghanistan, and the final episodes of “Breaking Bad” will air in about six months or so.

That’s better, isn’t it?

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Pakistani girl shot by Taliban leaves UK hospital The aSSoCiaTed PreSS LONDON – Three months after she was shot in the head for daring to say girls should be able to get an education, a 15-year-old Pakistani hugged her nurses and smiled as she walked out of a Birmingham hospital.

In images released Friday by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Malala Yousufzai waved to a guard and smiled shyly as she cautiously strode down the hospital corridor talking to nurses.

“She is quite well and happy on returning home – as we all are,” Malala’s father, Ziauddin, told The Associated Press.

Malala, who was released Thursday, will live with her parents and two brothers in Britain while she continues to receive treatment. She will be admitted again in the next month for another round of surgery to rebuild her skull.

Experts have been optimistic that Malala, who was airlifted from Pakistan in October to receive specialized medical care, has a good chance of re-

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Life-saving story is told Dora Irons-Welch was determined that her story be told.

So determined, in fact, that my office was the second place she went after she was discharged from Kishwaukee Community Hospital on Wednesday.

Her first stop was Velasquez Mufflers and Brakes in DeKalb, to thank the people she says saved her life on New Year’s Eve. Irons-Welch, 53, of Cortland, took her Chevy Impala to the auto repair Kleady armenta shop at 1331 Sycamore Road on Monday for an oil change and some brake work.

“As I sat there for about 15, 20 minutes, I could feel myself getting short of breath,” IronsWelch said. “So I told the receptionist, ‘I need to go dora to the doctor, I’m having irons-Welch an asthma attack.’ ” The receptionist, Kleady Armenta, gave Irons-Welch her keys, but then saw that she didn’t get far in trying to leave.

“She was still in the parking lot, and her doors were open and her car was running,” said Armenta, who graduated from DeKalb High School in June. “She looked really bad, so I went out there to see if she needed an ambulance or something.”

When Armenta got to the car, she could tell her customer was in bad shape. Some of her family members have asthma, and Armenta decided the best thing to do was to take Irons-Welch to the hospital herself.

She got two of the shop mechanics, Julio Miranda and Jose Garcia, to help move Irons-Welch into the passenger seat, and drove to the hospital.

Once she got there, it was slightly awkward. Armenta said she parked the car in front of the hospital and gave the keys to the valet. Hospital staff took Irons-Welch away in a wheelchair, leaving Armenta to try to check her in.

“I didn’t know her name, they were asking me for her birthdate, I was like, ‘I don’t know her,’ ” Armenta said. “I looked in her wallet for her ID and everything because I didn’t know.”

When she finally had her faculties about her, Irons-Welch said she was a little bit worried about her belongings.

She had gifts for family members in the car and a significant amount of cash in her purse, all of it left in the care of a stranger.

All of it was returned to her untouched. And as for that ride to the hospital?

“After I was able to be myself, the doctor said, ‘You know, if she hadn’t brought you here, you wouldn’t have made it

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malala Yousufzai waves goodbye as she is discharged Friday from Queen elizabeth Hospital, in Birmingham, england, to continue her rehabilitation at her family’s temporary home in the area. The teenage Pakistani girl shot in the head by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education was released from the hospital after impressing doctors with her strength. covery because the brains of teenagers are still growing and can better adapt after trauma.

“Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery,” said Dr. Dave Rosser, the medical director for University Hospitals Birmingham. “Following discussions with Malala and her medi-

cal team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers.”

The Taliban targeted Malala because of her relentless objection to the group’s regressive interpretation of Islam that limits girls’ access to education. She was shot while returning home from school in Pakistan’s scenic Swat Valley on Oct. 9.

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TAILS volunteers Lindsay Stager (front) and Jillian Gray put away items Friday from a recent pet food donation in a hallway with multiple dog crates in it. The crates in the hallway are just one way TAILS finds space to house more dogs when they take on large quantities at once, such as the 282 dogs from Oklahoma shelters that arrived in October.

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DeKALB – TAILS Humane Society is seeking temporary and permanent homes for dogs as its leaders continue their push to save as many animals as possible from overcrowded shelters in Oklahoma.

After TAILS brought 282 dogs and puppies from Oklahoma shelters in October, only 12 remain for adoption, six of which are ready for a home today, executive director Beth Drake said. But the shelter is expecting to welcome 70 more puppies next week and needs foster homes to care for the various litters for about two weeks.

Drake said the northern Illinois region has a strong demand for dogs – shown by the shelter’s ability to place 127 of the 282 Oklahoma dogs over two days at adoption drives in Schaumburg and Elmhurst.

But the only way to accept the dogs that Oklahoma shelters desperately need to unload is by finding foster homes.

Drake said puppies cannot stay at the TAILS shelter at 2250

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James Bond scopes out what is going on in the back of TAILS from his kennel window during the evening walking, feeding and cleaning period on Friday. The Labrador/hound mix is one of 12 dogs still at TAILS from the 282 that came from Oklahoma in October.

Barber Greene Road in DeKalb because of their higher risk of contracting disease, and adult dogs cannot stay long because out-of-state animals cannot displace local ones.

“The more foster homes we have, the more animals we can save from Oklahoma,” she said.

“One more home means one more litter saved. That’s not to make it sound more dramatic –

that’s the God’s honest truth.”

For those interested in serving as foster parents, Drake said litters generally include about five puppies. The shelter provides the crate, blanket, food and all other costs, with the foster family only needing to care for the animals and provide transportation to and from TAILS. People can find more infor-

about 8:50 a.m.

Genoa-Kingston, Sycamore, Kirkland, Maple Park, DeKalb and Hampshire fire departments responded to the fire.

The fire, which was called in by the family who lived there, took less than 30 minutes to extinguish, Dumdie said. No one was hurt.

Dumdie said the cause was still under investigation Friday morning, but the fire appeared to have started near the back wall.

Officials believed the house would still be inhabitable as there was only minor smoke damage.

mation about the foster program at www.tailshumanesociety.org.

The humane society’s participation with Oklahoma shelters increased during the fall after TAILS received $79,000 in grants from the Petco Foundation to purchase a new van and cover medical, transportation and food costs for more animals.

Drake said TAILS’ help is needed because those shelters are overrun from the lack of spaying and neutering in the state. She said it is frustrating to know highly adoptable dogs and puppies are euthanized because TAILS does not have enough foster homes or space to get them adopted.

“We can only take 40 to 60 at a time, which is a drop in the bucket,” she said. “They are just the nicest dogs and we know they would get adopted, but we just need to get them here.”

Outgoing state Sen. Christine Johnson, R-Shabbona, says it’s possible she could again seek her old position as DeKalb County treasurer.

“That is a possibility,” she said. “There have been a number of people who talked to me about that.”

On Dec. 21, County Board Chairman Jeff Metzger said Treasurer Mark Todd was resigning to pursue a job in Hawaii.

His resignation will be effective Feb. 8, and Metzger Christine has 60 days Johnson from then to appoint somebody. State statutes require the appointment to go to someone of the same political party. Both Todd and Johnson are Republicans.

Johnson was treasurer from 1994 until the time of her appointment to the Senate in February 2011.

Metzger, a Sandwich Republican, said no formal discussions on who would replace Todd have taken place, but he expects to sit down with DeKalb County Republican Chairman Steve Kuhn soon.

Metzger, who served on the board during some of Johnson’s tenure as treasurer, said he was impressed with her previous service.

“She was a very good treasurer,” he said. “I have not gotten anything formal from anyone yet ... but I would like to move fairly quickly on this.”

Johnson said she is contemplating a number of postlegislature options, but she is planning on sticking around in DeKalb County.

“I have some irons in the fire right now, and my husband and I are evaluating

Christine Johnson bio • Northern Illinois University bachelor of arts degree in journalism and public relations • Elected five terms as the DeKalb County treasurer (1994-Feb. 2011) • Past president, treasurer, secretary and legislative committee chair of the Illinois County Treasurers’ Association

the pros and cons of each of those,” Johnson said.

Johnson’s last day representing the 35th Senate district in the Illinois Senate is Tuesday. She said serving in the Senate was a rewarding experience. As a state legislator, Johnson said she was expected to cover and address a wide variety of topics.

“You can work on worker’s comp issues, caustic chemicals, licensing for barbers – you’re all over the board on different topics,” Johnson said. “That’s a particular challenge for any legislator to be on top of for the day.”

Johnson was appointed in 2011 to serve out the remaining term of state Sen. Brad Burzynski, who had held the seat since 1993. Burzynski stepped down in February of that year because he said he wanted to spend more time with his family.

Democratic lawmakers redrew the state’s legislative districts in 2011, pitting a number of Republican incumbents against each other, including Johnson and state Sen. Dave Syverson, RRockford. Syverson defeated Johnson in the March primary.

Johnson pointed to her work with various education committees and councils as achievements. In particular, she noted her role on the Illinois P-20 Council, a group that examined ways to reform education in the state.

KINGSTON – Six fire departments responded to a house fire Friday morning on the corner of Five Points and Aldrich roads.

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8OBITUARIES

JODINE MARIE ‘JODI’ GAMBLE

Jodine Marie “Jodi” Gamble, of Cortland, Ill., born May 10, 1965, in Santa Rosa, Calif., died Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, in Cortland.

A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St., DeKalb.

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PAUL ALFRED KOEPPEN SR.

Born: Dec. 5, 1960, in Arlington Heights, Ill. Died: Jan. 3, 2013, in Genoa, Ill.

GENOA – Paul Alfred Koeppen Sr., 52, of Genoa, Ill., was at home with his family on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, when he was welcomed into the Lord’s hands after a long battle with cancer.

Born Dec. 5, 1960, in Arlington Heights, to Kenneth and Jacqueline (Steil) Koeppen, Paul married Karen Sue Drendel on Aug. 17, 1985, in Huntley.

Paul was a hardworking farmer and truck driver, hauling heavy equipment. He was self-employed and started Koeppen Heavy Hauling of Genoa. He attended Forest View High School and McHenry County College, where he earned his associate degree. Paul attended church regularly at St. Catherine of Genoa Catholic Church of Genoa with his family and attended Trinity Lutheran Church in Genoa. He was an active participant of many activities with his children, including soccer, baseball, 4-H, camping and horseback riding, and he loved watching NASCAR. Paul is survived by his wife, Karen; children, Paul Jr., Suzanne, Maria and Charles, still at home; parents, Kenneth and Jacqueline Koeppen of Mount Prospect; and brothers, Michael (Aileen) Koeppen, Timothy (Lynn) Koeppen, Kenneth (Britt) Koeppen, Steven Koeppen and Peter (Holly) Koeppen.

He was preceded in death by his grandparents, Alfred and Bertha Steil and Ben and Evelyn Koeppen.

Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 8, at St. Catherine of Genoa Catholic Church, 340 S. Stott St., Genoa.

The Rev. Donald Ahles and the Rev Jeremy Heilman will co-officiate.

The visitation will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. Monday, Jan. 7, at Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., Cooper Quiram Chapel, 202 E. Main St., Genoa.

Memorials can be made to the Prostate Cancer Foundation, 1250 Fourth St., Santa Monica, CA 90401, or to the family for a memorial to be established at a later date.

Arrangements by Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd. To share a memory or condolence, visit www.

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DELBERT LEE LAWSON

Born: Oct. 4, 1922, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: Dec. 31, 2012, in Monroe, Mich.

DeKALB – Delbert Lee Lawson, 90, of DeKalb, Ill., went to be with his Lord on Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, in the emergency room of Mercy Memorial Hospital in Monroe, Mich.

Born Oct. 4, 1922, in DeKalb, the son of Myrtle and Ernest Lee Lawson, Delbert married Martha Beebe of Sycamore on May 30, 1948, at First Baptist Church of DeKalb.

Del was a real estate broker with his own agency, The King’s Realty.

Del grew up in DeKalb and lived most of his life in Illinois. In 2005, he moved to Monroe to live with his daughter and family. He was a 50-year member of First Baptist Church in DeKalb, and later a member of First Baptist Church of Sycamore. Del graduated from DeKalb High School and attended Northern Illinois University, where he played football. He also attended Moody Bible Institute in Chicago. He loved sports, especially the Cubs. Del served in the U.S. Marine Corps in World War II. Del loved life, the Bible, Christian music and was passionate about his faith in Jesus Christ. He was ac-

tive in Redeemer Fellowship Church and Raisinville Baptist Church of Monroe.

The family is grateful for all who loved and cared for Del. Del is survived by two daughters, Linda (John) Piippo of Monroe and Lora Sue (Grady) Hauser of South Elgin; four grandsons, Daniel and wife Allie Piippo of Ypsilanti, Mich., Joshua Piippo of Monroe, Colson and wife Sarah Hauser of Batavia and Graham Hauser of Washington, D.C.; his sister, Charlotte Cunz of Pasadena, Calif.; and his brother, Ivan, and wife Barbara Lawson of DeKalb. He dearly loved his many nieces and nephews and their children.

Del was preceded in death by his wife, Martha Lawson (2002); two daughters, Victoria Anne Lawson (1989) and Donna Lee Lawson (1958); and a grandson, David Michael Piippo (1985).

Funeral services will be held at noon Saturday, Jan. 12, at First Baptist Church of Sycamore, 530 W. State St. The visitation will be from 10 a.m. to noon prior to the service. Pastor Bill Badal will officiate. Burial will follow at Fairview Park Cemetery in DeKalb.

Memorial gifts can be given to First Baptist Church of Sycamore, 530 W. State St., Sycamore, IL 60178. Gifts will be designated for two of Del’s favorite ministries: We Care Pregnancy Center (DeKalb) and Network of Nations (Sycamore).

Arrangements made by Rupp Funeral Home, Monroe.

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LUIS SILVA JR.

Born: Sept. 9, 1961, in Rock Falls, Ill. Died: Jan. 2, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. MALTA – Luis Silva Jr., 51, of Malta, Ill., died peacefully Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2013, surrounded by his loving family.

He is survived by his wife, Pamela; and four daughters, Katie, Ahna, Ava and Lilly, all of Malta.

Luis was the owner of Silva’s Custom Trim in Malta. He loved spending time with his family and many nieces and nephews.

A visitation to honor his memory will be from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, with a service at 3 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church with Pastor Christina Vosteen officiating.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Luis Silva Jr. Memorial Fund.

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MARTHA ELLA WATTS

Born: Dec. 1, 1926, in Pocahontas, Ark. Died: Jan. 3, 2013, in Lena, Ill. LENA – Martha Ella Watts, 86, of Lena, Ill., and formerly of DeKalb, died Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, at The Lena Living Center, with her family by her side.

She was born Dec. 1, 1926, in Pocahontas, Ark., one of five daughters born to Irvin and Birdie Morris. Martha was a member of the Freeport Church of Christ and loved teaching the word of God and serving others.

Survivors include her son, Rodger (Diane) Watts of Lena; and two grandchildren, Brianna (Chase) Hendley of Haslet, Texas, and Tyler (Carissa) Watts of Alamosa, Colo.

Martha was preceded in death by her parents; husband, James Watts; three brothers and four sisters.

The visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m.

Sunday, Jan. 6, at Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb.

The funeral service will be at 10 a.m.

Monday, Jan. 7, at the funeral home.

Burial will follow services at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Sycamore Church of Christ.

Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home. To send an online condolence, visit www.

RonanMooreFinch.com; 815-758-3841.

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This photo taken April 4, 2004, in Illinois shows a river otter. Since the river otter was reintroduced to Illinois waterways in 1997, its numbers have increased to the point that a trapping season has been established. At least 500 otters have been caught so far in Illinois’ first river otter trapping season since 1929, and authorities say the prime weeks are still ahead.

500 otters trapped so far The ASSOcIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – At least 500 otters have been caught so far in Illinois’ first river otter trapping season since 1929, and authorities say the prime weeks are still ahead.

Bob Bluett of the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said 500 trapped otters have been registered with the season less than half over. Illinois’ season began in November, and it closes state-

wide March 31.

“A harvest of 2,000 statewide would put us in good shape,” Mike Gragert, president of the Illinois Trappers Association, told The (Springfield) State Journal-Register.

“I think we’ll harvest that many, but it depends on the weather.”

Trappers are required to check their traps once a day, and experts say they may pull their sets if the weather gets bad.

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Trappers report that they’re finding an abundance of otters, according to Carroll Williams, vice president of the Illinois Trappers Association.

“I’ve talked to several trappers who are having a successful season,” Williams said. “I’ve talked to one guy who has caught three, one guy who caught five (the limit for a season), and I’ve got two.”

Revenue falls in Dec. at older Walgreens stores The ASSOcIATED PRESS DEERFIELD – An important Walgreen revenue measurement slid more than analysts expected in December, even though prescription counts continued to recover for the nation’s largest drugstore chain since the resolution of a contract dispute.

The Deerfield company said Friday revenue from stores open at least a year dropped 6.1 percent last month as a shift toward generic drugs and a calendar quirk hurt the company’s sales. Pharmacy revenue tumbled 8.9 percent, while revenue from the front end, or rest of the store fell, 2.3 percent.

Revenue from stores open at least a year is considered a key indicator of retailer health because it leaves out results from locations that have opened or closed in the last year.

Analysts expected, on average, an overall decrease of 5.2 percent, according to Thomson Reuters. They expected a slightly larger than reported drop of 9 percent drop in pharmacy revenue coupled with a gain of less than 1 percent from the front end.

Walgreen runs more than 8,000 drugstores.

Walgreen said a calendar shift that added one Sunday and Monday to last month while taking away a Thursday

and Friday, compared to December 2011, affected results.

Drugstores typically get more business during weekdays when customers are more likely to see a doctor and then fill a prescription.

The company said customer traffic fell 4 percent in stores open at least a year.

Generic drugs also squeezed pharmacy revenue again. The introduction of generic equivalents to popular brand-name drugs like the cholesterol fighter Lipitor has hurt drugstores because generics cost less than their brand-name counterparts. But these generics also boost profitability because they come with a wider margin between

the cost for the pharmacy to purchase the drugs and the reimbursement it receives.

Walgreen said prescriptions filled at its established stores fell 2.3 percent last month, but they were flat when adjusted for the calendar shift. A drop in prescriptions filled at Walgreen stores has eased steadily since the middle of last year.

A contract dispute with pharmacy benefits manager Express Scripts Holding Co. hurt Walgreen’s revenue last year. It didn’t fill prescriptions for Express Scripts for the first eight and a half months of the year, and Express Scripts customers went to other drugstores.

in Rockford, was arrested Tuesday, Jan. 1, on a failureto-appear warrant for reckless driving.

Eric A. Petruchuis, 40, of the 1000 block of South Fifth Street in DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Jan. 1, with aggravated battery.

Austin B. Johnsen, 18, of the 800 block of Woodlawn Drive in DeKalb, was charged Thursday, Jan. 3, with domestic battery.

Shataja T. Johnson, 23, of the 900 block of Crane Drive in DeKalb, was charged Thursday,

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Anthony D. James, 24, of the 900 block of Crane Drive in DeKalb, was charged Thursday, Jan. 3, with retail theft.

DeShawn D. Wooten, 19, of the 100 block of Heatherfield Lane in DeKalb, was charged Thursday, Jan. 3, with possession of marijuana.

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Chevrolet Sonic helps car industry shake off rust the associated Press

DETROIT – When the word reached the Orion Assembly Plant, it spread along the assembly line like news of a death or natural disaster: General Motors, the biggest automaker in the world, had filed for bankruptcy protection.

On that grim day in 2009, Chevrolet and Pontiac sedans kept rolling down the line. And 1,700 worried workers stayed at their stations even as GM announced it would close the plant in a desperate bid to survive.

“The unknown was the scariest part,” recalled Gerald Lang, who had worked at Orion for two years. “We really had no clue what was going to happen.”

There was something else that the workers didn’t know: They were witnessing the opening act of one of the greatest recovery stories in American business.

Nearly four years later,

Chevrolets are still moving down the assembly line. Lang and his co-workers now build the Sonic, the best-selling subcompact car in the nation. It’s a vehicle no one thought could be made profitably in the U.S., by a company that few people thought would last.

But GM has not only survived, it has earned $16 billion in profits in the past three years.

Detroit’s comeback is the work of many: President George W. Bush, who authorized the first bailout loans; President Barack Obama, who made more loans; workers who took lower wages and focused more on quality to compete with foreign rivals; and executives and designers who developed better cars.

There were victims: shareholders, auto-parts makers and other suppliers who went out of business, and taxpayers who will never get all their money back.

But there is no denying that American carmakers have made a remarkable recovery.

Nearly 790,000 people now have jobs building cars, trucks and parts, up 27 percent from 2009.

The story of the Sonic shows how they got there.

The collapse of the industry in 2008 nearly put GM and Chrysler out of business and cost Ford billions of dollars.

As GM and Chrysler careened toward bankruptcy, President Bush stepped in, loaning them $17.4 billion. But sales remained in a free fall.

Orion Township’s chief executive, Matt Gibb, got a call from Ed Montgomery, President Obama’s auto-recovery czar, telling him the plant, the township’s largest employer, was on a secret list of GM factories to be closed.

GM, meanwhile, was drowning, even with loans from the government. On June 1, 2009, it became the largest American industrial company ever to file for

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a Buick Verano moves along the line april 25, 2012, at the orion assembly plant in orion township, Mich. nearly four years after GM filed for bankruptcy protection, the automaker is building the Verano and the sonic, the best-selling subcompact car in the nation.

Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. As lawyers for GM and its creditors fought in court over scraps of the company, Orion’s second chance emerged.

In exchange for its $50 billion bailout, GM agreed to build a tiny car known as the Sonic at one of the U.S. plants it was closing. It chose the Orion factory. But the plant had to shut down for more than a year to be

revamped.

There was another obstacle.

GM and the United Auto Workers had to figure out how to cut labor costs at the plant.

GM couldn’t make money building the Sonic at Orion without an immediate influx of lower-wage workers. So the union and GM came up with an unprecedented solution: 40 percent of Orion workers would

be paid in a new, lower wage structure, as opposed to a maximum of 25 percent at other factories.

Early in 2010, Americans began returning to car dealerships. Sales were nowhere near pre-recession levels, but they were enough for GM to celebrate its first quarterly profit in three years.

As winter ended, GM delivered on its promise to invest at Orion. Crates of robot arms, carts and conveyor parts arrived, filling what had been a vast open space just a few months earlier.

The first Sonic, a white hatchback, rolled out of the factory in August 2011.

GM is confident the Sonic will soon turn a profit, largely because workers at Orion keep finding ways to cut costs. A team in the body shop recently suggested a small fix in the plant’s machinery. It reduces the amount of steel going to the scrap heap.

8STATE BRIEFS U.S. Marshals say second escapee caught in suburb

CHICAGO – Federal officials say the second of two bank robbers who escaped a federal jail in downtown Chicago has been arrested.

U.S. Marshals Service spokeswoman Belkis Cantor says Kenneth Conley was captured Friday in the suburb of Palos Hills.

Conley fled the Metropolitan Correctional Center last month with Joseph “Jose” Banks, apparently by smashing a hole in a wall at the bottom of a narrow cell window and scaling down about 20 stories using knotted bed sheets.

Banks was arrested without incident two days later at a Chicago home.

Firm wins some relief from birth control mandate

CHICAGO – A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily blocked the U.S. government from requiring an Illinois for-profit company to provide its workers with health insurance that covers birth control.

Judge Amy St. Eve granted a preliminary injunction Thursday to the Oak Brook-based company, Triune Health Group.

The company’s claim is one of dozens of similar lawsuits filed across the country. Mandatory coverage for contraception has been among the most controversial parts of President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Dad who posted photo of bound girl gets probation

CHICAGO – A Chicago man accused of binding his 22-monthold daughter with tape and posting a picture on Facebook has been sentenced to 18 months of probation.

A Cook County judge on Friday also ordered 22-year-old Andre Curry to attend parenting classes and submit to periodic drug testing.

Curry posted the picture with a caption that read, “This is wut happens wen my baby hits me back.”

He was convicted in November of aggravated domestic battery and aggravated battery. He’d faced up to seven years in prison but received probation because he has no prior criminal record.

Ulta Beauty says holiday sales up 23 percent

BOLINGBROOK – Ulta Beauty said Friday that its overall holiday sales increased 23.2 percent over the prior year as shoppers bought more high-end skincare and cosmetics. Another closelywatched retail revenue metric rose just over 7 percent.

It also reaffirmed its fiscal fourth-quarter outlook that it first announced in November, but that was at the low end of market expectations. Its shares fell 5 percent in midday trading.

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Congress OKs $9.7 billion in Sandy flood aid

By ANDREW MIGA The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The new Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by superstorm Sandy, two days after New Jersey’s governor and other Northeast Republicans upbraided Speaker John Boehner for killing a broader package for state and local governments in the storm’s path.

The bill replenishes the National Flood Insurance Program that was due to run out of money next week with the pending Sandy-related claims as well as 5,000 unresolved claims from other floods.

“It’s a small down payment on the larger aid we need,” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, DN.Y. The legislation cleared the Senate by a voice vote following passage by the House, 354-67.

The government already has spent about $2 billion on the emergency response to the late October storm, one of the

worst ever in the Northeast.

It slammed the Atlantic coastline from North Carolina to Maine, with the worst damage occurring in New York City and its suburbs, New Jersey and Connecticut. The storm is blamed for 140 deaths.

Boehner has promised a vote Jan. 15 on a broader, $51 billion package of aid, which would bring the total to the more than $60 billion requested by President Barack Obama. Senate leaders have promised a vote the following week.

The Senate passed a $60.4 billion bill a week ago but House Republicans, complaining that it was laden with pork projects unrelated to the storm, cut it by more than half. Boehner canceled a New Year’s Day vote on it after nearly two-thirds of House Republicans voted against the “fiscal cliff” package of tax and spending increases.

The White House praised Friday’s vote helping homeowners, renters and businesses, and urged Congress to act quickly on the remainder of

Obama’s request.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued a joint statement also imploring Congress to move hastily on the rest of the money.

“We are trusting Congress to act accordingly on January 15th,” they said.

It was a more temperate response than was heard earlier in the week, when a livid Christie blistered House Republicans and Boehner himself for holding up the aid and other GOP figures from the region, as well as Democrats, cried “betrayal.”

All of the “no” votes in the House were cast by Republicans, who said other government programs should have been cut to pay for the measure. As with past natural disasters, the Sandy aid proposals do not provide for offsetting spending cuts, meaning the aid comes at the cost of higher deficits.

The bill gives more authority to the National Flood Insurance Program to borrow money from the U.S. Treasury

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Crews work Thursday to replace the superstorm Sandy destroyed boardwalk in Seaside Heights, N.J. Congress on Friday rushed out $9.7 billion to help pay flood insurance claims to 115,000 people and businesses afflicted by Sandy. The bill replenishes the National Flood Insurance Program that was due to run out of money next week with the pending Sandy-related claims as well as 5,000 unresolved claims from other floods. to pay claims. Premiums average about $625 per year and residential claims under the program average nearly $30,000.

Rep. Tim Huelskamp, RKan., a fiscal conservative who voted against the flood bill, said he was among those with concerns it would add

to huge budget deficits. “We have to talk seriously about offsets,” Huelskamp said. “We can’t take $60 billion off budget, that’s my problem with it.”

The Club For Growth, a conservative group, urged lawmakers to oppose the flood insurance bill. “Congress

should not allow the federal government to be involved in the flood insurance industry in the first place, let alone expand the national flood insurance program’s authority,” the group said in a statement.

Among those with a pending flood insurance claim is Philip Rock in New Jersey. Rock has gotten $8,000 in flood insurance payments so far on a house he rents out in Toms River that was destroyed. He expects to receive much more from his $220,000 insurance policy but can’t level the house until he knows the final payout.

“We don’t want to demolish the house and have them say, ‘We have to go around and take more pictures,’” Rock said.

The Federal Emergency Management Agency had warned that the flood insurance program would run out of money next week if Congress didn’t provide additional borrowing authority. Congress created the FEMA-run program in 1968 because few private insurers cover flood damage.

House to convene Sunday • PENSION

“What the speaker told the governor is we’ve got to pass a pension bill,” Brown said. “If setting aside the cost shift for now means passing other things, let’s pass other things.”

Neither Quinn nor Brown discussed what potential details leaders would address.

Decades of inattention to saving up for state workers’ retirement plans, including years where legislatures and governors skipped payments, means the state’s five pension accounts are short $96 billion.

Various plans floated in the last year have included bumped-up contributions and less-generous returns for current employees, which causes constitutionality questions for Democratic Senate President John Cullerton.

But the GOP has been hung up on what lawmakers call the “cost shift.”

Currently, the state pays for the employers’ portion of teachers’ pensions, and

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DeKalb sophomore trumpet player Owen Smith carries several bags into the band room Thursday after returning from the marching band’s trip to New Orleans to play at the Sugar Bowl.

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The pregame performance was televised, while the halftime performance was not.

“We walked out and the seats were packed to the brink, and we were there to do the national anthem,” Holly said.

“When it got to the part where we shook the flag, the crowd went wild.”

Three hours after the end of the game, the band members were back on their buses for the long ride back to DeKalb.

Through text messages, phone calls and social media, parents of the band members back in DeKalb stayed in touch with their children and prepared a homecoming for the band.

“What a sight for them to see coming around the corner: All us moms and dads holding signs, balloons, cheering for them as they return home!” wrote Dawn Campbell on the

The concession by Madigan would set aside, for now, Democrats’ plan to shift the employer portion of teachers’ retirement funds to local school districts, an issue that had stalled reform because Republicans say it would lead to increased local property taxes.

Quinn said Madigan suggested “that we would still keep working on that issue, we’d pay attention to that issue, but it was of such paramount importance that we act now, to begin the process of pension reform, that he was willing to take that particular issue off the table.”

Madigan spokesman Steve Brown confirmed the conversation and said the goal is to adopt a resolution early next week, before Wednesday’s adjournment of the current General Assembly. Quinn set the date as a deadline.

Democrats have said that cost should be shifted to the employers – school boards.

Republicans have balked, claiming that would force local boards to raise property taxes.

Emerging from a discussion of the issue Friday with Quinn, GOP legislators and DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, Rep. Darlene Senger said with the cost shift out of the picture, “this is moving in a really significant direction.”

“Now we’re talking about, ‘Let’s stick with the real issue and the real issue is getting our pensions sustainable for the long term for everyone,’ ” the Naperville Republican said.

The House convenes Sunday with plans to work until Wednesday morning. The Senate adjourned abruptly Thursday night but Cullerton, D-Chicago, cautioned senators to be ready for a call to return Tuesday if action is needed on any legislation.

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Sophia Varcados (left) tries to spot her daughter, Zoe Markle (right), in an overhead photo of the marching band competing in New Orleans. band’s Facebook page, which was used to coordinate the homecoming.

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Thursday, the buses returned to the high school to find the school’s driveway lined with cars, luminarias and strings of Christmas lights. As the band members got off the bus, they were greeted by dozens of parents and community members with balloons, signs and Barbs flags. Their sup-

porters braved the 15-degree temperatures to welcome the band home.

“It was very exciting to watch the kids and to have the honor of seeing the kids win the championship,” said Sherine Elsawa, mother of freshman band member Kareem Elkwae, 15, and a chaperone on the trip. “I think this is something that the kids will talk about the rest of their lives.”

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DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller ruled Bogenberger’s death accidental.

Miller said the cause was “cardiac arrhythmia, with alcohol intoxication as a significant condition contributing to death.”

Several other pledges told authorities they got sick or passed out because of heavy drinking, police said.

Libert’s attorney, Joshua Dieden, extended condolences to Bogenberger’s family and said his death also was difficult for Libert, who considered Bogenberger a friend.

“With all that said, I don’t believe the state will be able

Continued from page A1 The moms were fraternity members’ girlfriends or members of various sororities, while the dads were upperclassmen in the fraternity.

Police have said that the women at the party were not charged because they weren’t the ones who provided the alcohol or encouraged the drinking.

Bogenberger, a 2012 Palatine High School graduate, was found dead in a bunk bed in the fraternity house about 10 a.m. the next morning. His blood-alcohol level was 0.351

to show this tragic occurrence was the result of criminal conduct,” Dieden said.

The Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity, along with 31 student members, also is facing university-based charges that could affect the fraternity’s permanent status as a registered student organization, Northern Illinois University officials have said. The students face various sanctions, with penalties possibly rising to expulsion from the university.

DeKalb County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack, through his office manager, declined to comment on the case.

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8OUR VIEW: THUMBS UP, THUMBS DOWN

8SKETCH VIEW

Huskies fans welcome back NIU football

Happy Holidays to Saudi Arabia, others

With Christmas now in the rear view mirror, it is perplexing that some farleft bloggers are still bemoaning the fact that Newsweek magazine proclaimed that folks who respect the traditions of the Christmas holiday “won” the battle against secular progressives who want to diminish the birth of Jesus in the public square.

Because of that ongoing angst, and because I am still in the Christmas spirit, I offer some travel tips to the anti-Christmas crew in preparation for this December. If you don’t like Christmas, book your trip now.

North Korea: According to reporting

by ForeignPolicy.com, that feisty little country does not permit the celebration of Christmas, and anyone caught worshiping Jesus can be tortured or executed. Sounds like Rhode Island.

Right now, there are about 70,000 Christians in North Korean labor camps decking the halls with rocks and concrete 10 hours a day.

The North Korean leader, Kim Jongun, even threatened “unexpected consequences” if the South Korean government allowed lights on trees within view of the border. Kim calls that a provocation and a mean form of “psychological warfare.”

VIEWS Bill O’Reilly Saudi Arabia: All non-Muslim religious activities are banned in public, so unless Santa puts a prayer rug in his sleigh and heads directly for Mecca, he is persona non grata in this nation. The Saudis even have a religious police force that runs around checking to see who has been naughty and nice in the Islamic context.

According to Foreign Policy, several dozen Christmas trees imported from Holland were seized by Saudi authorities, hacked to pieces and sent back to the Netherlands. So there. No Christmas for you!

Cuba: Fidel Castro banned the holiday in 1969, saying Cubans were needed to harvest sugar cane on Dec. 25, and don’t even think about Christmas dinner. That ban lasted three decades until the Pope told Comrade Fidel to knock it off. Most Cubans are Catholic and didn’t really appreciate the government calling Santa a symbol of “consumerism” and “mental colonization.”

When asked what exactly the “colonization” deal meant, Santa replied: “Ho, ho, ho.”

Today the Communist government does not decorate buildings (there is little private property in Cuba) but does allow Cubans to put up Christmas stuff inside.

However, the Cuban air force is likely to fire on any reindeer intruding on the country’s air space.

Cuba, Saudi Arabia and North Korea give American secular progressives three good options by which to avoid Christmas in 2013. Also, there are no public displays of yuletide in Antarctica because there are no buildings. The country of Mali does not have much Christmas stuff going on, but watch out for al-Qaida. Finally, Bikini Island in the Pacific remains largely uninhabited, so there’s not much about Jesus on display.

Finally, I hope there is calm this year, especially in December. As Yoko Ono is fond of saying, let’s give peace a chance (and, by extension, drop the whining about Christmas).

If you can’t do that, Fidel and Kim will be happy to see you.

Thumbs up: To Illinois U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, who climbed the Capitol steps Thursday on the first day of the 113th Congress. Kirk, a Republican, suffered a debilitating stroke almost a year ago and completed intensive rehabilitation while keeping constituents updated through video messages. The 45 steps in front of the Capitol were perhaps the least difficult of his rehabilitation, but there are plenty of new challenges awaiting him (and other senators) in the New Year. We wish him the best.

Thumbs up: To the Marching Barbs, who were the grand champions of a marching band competition Monday in New Orleans. Their championship earned them the privilege of participating in the pregame ceremony at the Sugar Bowl on Wednesday; they already were scheduled to perform with 11 other marching bands in the halftime show. The DeKalb High School marching band parents and supporters showed their pride with signs and a warm welcome home Thursday night. We join them in congratulating the 93 students who represented their school and community so well.

Thumbs down: To poor appearances. The Indian Creek School Board’s decision to hold a meeting at 8 a.m. the day after Christmas to approve a generous extension to its superintendent’s contract raised eyebrows among some district residents, and rightly so.

The lack of explanation and board members’ silence on the issue does not help to dispel the appearance of something fishy going on, nor does the district office’s refusal to say who has filed petitions to run in the school board election. There may be very good reasons for both the extension and the timing of the meeting; if so, district residents deserve to know them.

Thumbs up: To the the dozens of Huskies fans who waited in subfreezing weather Wednesday to welcome the Northern Illinois University football team back to town after their historic run to the Orange Bowl in Miami. The fans lined the Convocation Center drive as the players’ buses approached and even the DeKalb Fire Department made an appearance.

It was great to see such community support for the team.

Thumbs up: To lawmakers in Washington striking a deal to avert the “fiscal cliff.” Although the compromise reached was hardly a comprehensive solution to our nation’s debt problems, at least lawmakers were able to reach some kind of budget agreement to prevent the sweeping tax increases and spending cuts likely to force our economy into recession that were to begin Tuesday. More remains to be done, but if this is only a first step, it’s a positive.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

• Veteran TV news anchor Bill O’Reilly is host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” and author of the book “Pinheads and Patriots: Where You Stand in the Age of Obama.”

Two rogue state Supreme Courts

Colleges should shoulder some loan risk

Late last month saw two jaw-dropping decisions by state Supreme Courts. Iowa’s high court held that competent employees could be fired if they were so attractive they posed a threat to a business owner’s marriage.

Here in California, our Sacramento supremes overturned a lower-court ruling and held that one group of individuals has the exclusive right to protest on supermarkets’ private property: union members.

In her majority ruling, Justice Joyce L. Kennard said that state laws providing specific rights to union pickets are justifiable because of “the state’s interest in promoting collective bargaining to resolve labor disputes,” allowing California to “single out labor-related speech for particular protection or regulation.”

But as veterans of California’s battles between unions and supermarkets know, these pickets are often not about “promoting collective bargaining” by informing shoppers of a labor dispute. They’re often calculated efforts to drive away shoppers by hassling and intimidating them, thus adding pressure on the business owner to settle.

Beyond that, we think dissenting Justice Ming W. Chin is correct in predicting federal courts will be cold to Kennard’s decision.

“It is far from clear to me,” Chin wrote, “that the high court would permit California to discriminate in this way between labor-related speech and all other speech.”

That doubt informed the view of the ruling the California Supreme Court overturned. It was also the view of U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in 2004, when it ruled that “under California law, union organizers have no right to distribute literature on a stand-alone grocery store’s private property.”

Given that the case the state Supreme Court ruled on involved pickets at a Ralphs, the parallels could hardly be stronger.

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By ANDRES PINTER

For the Washington Post

Recently student loans have emerged as the most ubiquitous of consumer debts, and the unemployment rate among recent college graduates remains persistently high.

All finger-pointing aside as to the underlying causes, these two economic birds could be killed by borrowing one stone from the world of syndicated lending, where interests are often properly aligned.

When a bank agrees to make a loan of a certain size, it often seeks to sell down some of that risk across a lending syndicate. Although the bank – known at this point as the underwriter or syndicator – could sell down the entire loan, at the end of the process it frequently retains a token piece as a sign of faith in the borrower’s credit. The blessing of the underwriters makes the world of big lending spin fairly smoothly.

Consider, then, if colleges were to share with lending institutions and the government some of the credit risk of student borrowing. Much like the way syndicators hold a piece of a loan, colleges should hold pieces of their students’ loans. By doing so, the college would provide its explicit faith in the borrower’s credit and in the likelihood that the loan will eventually be repaid.

Here’s how it would work: A student at X University applies for a loan. Lending institutions perform the perfunctory un-

derwriting with one exception. X University reviews copies of the credit application and must consent before the loan is approved. When the loan is funded, the university would pitch in 2 to 5 percent of the cash lent to the student, not only as a symbolic gesture, but also giving it skin in the game.

Yes, there would be complications. Some educational institutions couldn’t afford to get into the lending business. Institutions short on funds could apply for exemptions, and their credit risk could be reduced to 1 percent or less of each loan. If a cash investment in the loan is not possible, colleges could at least be required to act as backstops to the lenders, should the underlying lender not be repaid in full.

This leads to the second economic problem: High unemployment among recent college graduates. Frankly, many graduates leaving our higher learning institutions these days seem woefully unqualified for the post-Great Recession era. An arrangement in which colleges have a monetary interest in whether graduates repay loans in full would light a fire of sorts under the feet of complacent deans.

Training students to be employable with tangible, marketable skills would become a much higher priority. Colleges would have the incentive to prevent ill-prepared graduates from defaulting on loans.

University officials would be forced to rethink the importance of real-world technical job skills in their curriculum and in

on-campus student employment services.

Shunning a liberal arts education for a more technical one is nothing new. But a greater abundance of and concentration on technical skills would dovetail well with the acute need for more specialized job skills in the modern global economy. This lending mechanism would not necessarily decrease the amount of student debt in the future, but it would improve the odds that such debt is ultimately repaid.

U.S. higher education must evolve beyond Physics for Poets and Rocks for Jocks. I am the direct result of a generation that extolled the value of a liberal arts degree, and it took an MBA in finance for me to ultimately find a reliably fruitful, productive place in the modern economy.

Although broad liberal arts educations may create incredibly interesting, wellrounded cocktail-party guests, those individuals may not be the most employable in 2012 and beyond.

Banks and big business have been understandably vilified of late, but commonplace business principles such as aligning of interests, skin in the game and emphasis on tangible job skills have clear societal importance. In this and other respects, academia and government should get up to speed with the for-profit world.

• Andres Pinter is a managing director of Ernst & Young Capital Advisors and mentors technology start-up companies through Microsoft’s Accelerator program.

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8MORNING KICKOFF

kANELAND BOYS AND gIRLS BASkETBALL DOuBLEHEADER

Kaneland boys beat Yorkville, girls fall

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McIlroy says he may skip 2016 Rio Olympics

LONDON – Rory McIlroy may skip the 2016 Olympics because of a problem over which country to represent.

The No. 1-ranked player from Northern Ireland is eligible to compete for either Britain or Ireland when golf returns to the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He said he may miss the games to avoid having to choose between the two.

“I just think being from where we’re from, we’re placed in a very difficult position,” the 23year-old McIlroy said in a BBC documentary. “I feel Northern Irish and obviously being from Northern Ireland you have a connection to Ireland and a connection to the U.K.” McIlroy stirred controversy last year when he said in a British newspaper interview that he felt “more British than Irish.”

He then posted a clarification on Twitter saying he grew up “a proud product of Irish golf” and had not made a decision on the Olympics.

“If I could and there was a Northern Irish team I’d play for Northern Ireland,” he said in the BBC program. “It’s a tough one, whatever decision I make – whether it’s play for Ireland, play for Britain or not play at all, maybe, just because I don’t want to upset too many people.

“It’s definitely an option. I either play for one side or the other or I don’t play. Those are the three options that I have and I’m still considering them very carefully.”

McIlroy, who has twice represented Ireland at the World Cup, was asked whether he regretted saying last year that he felt more British.

“It was a moment, I don’t want to say of weakness, but of frustration with it all,” he said.

“People tune in to watch me play on TV and feel like they are connected to me in some way.

I don’t want to repay them for their support by doing something that they wouldn’t want me to do.

“When I do make a decision, it’s going to be one that I’ve thought long and hard about, and one I feel comfortable with.”

– Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH

Pro football Wildcard game, Bengals at Texans, 3:30 p.m., NBC Wildcard game, Vikings at Packers, 7 p.m., NBC men’s college basketball Pittsburgh at Rutgers, 10 a.m., ESPN2 NC State at Boston College, 3 p.m., ESPN2 Lehigh at VCU, 4 p.m., NBCSN California at Southern Cal., 10 p.m., FSN

See a full listing of the weekend schedule on B2.

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kaneland’s John Pruett (5) drives with the ball Friday during their game against Yorkville.

kaneland’s Emma Bradford goes up for a shot Friday during their 39-26 loss to Yorkville.

Pruett adds scoring depth in Knights’ win

Knights’ offense continues to struggle

By JAY SCHWAB

jschwab@shawmedia.com MAPLE PARK – Thomas Williams’ offseason transfer created a sizable void in the scoring department for the Kaneland boys basketball team.

Senior Matt Limbrunner has emerged as a quality interior option, but he needs help. Junior forward

John Pruett appears ready to provide some.

Pruett converted all six of his field goal attempts and scored a gamehigh 14 points on Friday to help lead the Knights past Yorkville, 51-30, for a Northern Illinois Big 12 East triumph.

See kANELAND BOYS, page B4

By JAY SCHWAB

jschwab@shawmedia.com MAPLE PARK – The Kaneland girls basketball program turned the corner last season with a defensive mindset, but that doesn’t mean the Knights can thrive with an offense in hibernation.

Shooting woes continued to plague Kaneland on Friday as the Knights

scored only seven points in the second half of a 39-26 Northern Illinois Big 12 East loss against Yorkville.

The Knights have struggled mightily to score against the better teams in the conference. Kaneland produced a combined 39 points in a pair of losses to rival DeKalb in December.

See kANELAND gIRLS, page B4

SYCAmORE BOYS AND gIRLS BASkETBALL DOuBLEHEADER

Down to the final minutes

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Sycamore’s kyle Buzzard (22) is fouled by morris’ Jason matteson (not pictured) in the first quarter Friday in Sycamore. morris defeated Sycamore, 41-39.

Sycamore boys fall to Morris late, girls dominate early

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SYCAMORE – Ben Niemann thought he had an open putback as time was about to expire with the Sycamore boys basketball team down by two points in Friday’s game against Morris.

Niemann rebounded a miss

by forward Devin Mottet, and as he was about to shoot, he felt a hand hit the back of his head, knocking him off-balance.

“I tried to jump and put it back for a quick putback, and I thought I got fouled,” Niemann said. “I got slapped in the back of the head.”

If the shot had gone in, it

might not have mattered that the Redskins scored 34 points in the second half after the Spartans (9-6, 2-2 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) held them to seven in the first half.

But the shot hit the backboard and fell to the ground, and the Spartans lost their second conference game,

41-39, to Morris.

“We shouldn’t have been in that position in the first place,” Niemann said. “You can say, ‘Yeah, we got fouled,’ but if we would have just taken care of business during the game, it wouldn’t have been an issue.”

See SYCAmORE, page B3

BuLLS 96, HEAT 89

Boozer, Bulls dominate the boards to defeat Heat

By STEVEN WINE

The Associated Press MIAMI – Carlos Boozer scored 27 points and the Chicago Bulls dominated on the boards to become only the third visiting team to win in Miami this season, beating the Heat 96-89 Friday night.

Chicago outrebounded Miami 48-28. The Bulls had 19 offensive rebounds to four for the Heat.

The Eastern Conference-

leading Heat fell to 15-3 at home. Their other home losses came against the Knicks and Warriors.

Miami’s LeBron James scored 30 points, extending his streaks of scoring at least 20 points to 31 consecutive games this season, and 52 games in a row overall when including last year’s playoff run. He has scored at least 25 in eight consecutive games The first meeting between the teams this sea-

son was a bruiser, and the Bulls repeatedly outfought and outfoxed Miami on the boards. The Heat had won four games this season when outrebounded by 15 or more, but this time the disparity beat them.

Boozer collected one offensive rebound in a sitting position after the ball rolled between his legs, which led to two more second-chance points for Chicago.

The Bulls’ final offensive

rebound helped seal the win.

Jimmy Butler grabbed it and fed Boozer for a layup with 46 seconds left to put them up 93-86.

Chicago had 20 secondchance points to seven for Miami.

Boozer and Joakim Noah had 12 rebounds apiece, and Taj Gibson added nine in 17 minutes. James led the Heat with six.

Boozer went 12 for 17 after scoring a season-high 31

points Wednesday at Orlando.

Noah, back after missing one game with flu-like symptoms, had 13 points and set the tone with his physical play.

While the Heat were often on their heels, they kept coming back. A jarring foul by Kirk Hinrich near the sideline staggered James and he collapsed on the Bulls bench, then was helped to his feet by coach Tom Thibodeau.

Seconds later, James sank a 3.

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8UPCOMING PREPS SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY

Boys Basketball Burlington Central at Kaneland, 5:30 p.m.

Sycamore at Rock Falls, 8:30 p.m.

G-K at Indian Creek, 6:45 p.m.

(Hoopapalozza IV) Girls Basketball Burlington Central at Kaneland, 4 p.m.

H-BR at Seneca, 6 p.m.

Sycamore at Hampshire, 2:30 p.m.

G-K at Indian Creek, 5 p.m. (Hoopapalooza IV) DeKalb at Montini, 4:30 p.m.

Wrestling DeKalb at Rolling Meadows quad Sycamore, Kaneland at 38th Sycamore Invitational, 9 a.m.

Girls Bowling Sycamore hosts Matt Clark Bowling Invite, 9 a.m. w/ DeKalb

mONDAY

Boys Basketball Hiawatha at Milledgeville, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Newark at Hiawatha, 6:45 p.m.

LaMoille at H-BR, 7 p.m.

Boys Swimming DeKalb hosts meet, 5 p.m.

Boys Bowling DeKalb at Streator Tournament, 1 p.m.

Girls Bowling Kaneland at Huntley, 4:30 p.m.

TuESDAY

Boys Basketball Harvard at Hiawatha, 7:15 p.m.

Dixon at DeKalb, 7 p.m.

H-BR at G-K, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Hiawatha at Harvard, 7:15 p.m.

Indian Creek at Mooseheart, 5:30 p.m.

Rochelle at Kaneland, 7 p.m.

G-K at Rockford Christian, 7 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS Buss tweets engagement to Jackson, shows off ring

LOS ANGELES – Known for getting rings, Phil Jackson finally has given one as well.

The retired coach, who won 11 NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers and Chicago Bulls, is engaged to longtime girlfriend and Lakers executive Jeanie Buss.

Buss posted a picture Thursday night on her official Twitter account of her left hand with a diamond ring on her finger.

Buss later confirmed the engagement to ESPN.com, saying she received the ring at Christmas and she’s “beyond happy.”

The 67-year-old Jackson and 51-year-old Buss have been dating since 1999.

Criminal probe expected after racist soccer chants

MILAN – A public prosecutor is set to open a criminal inquiry after an exhibition match between AC Milan and lower division club Pro Patria was abandoned after racist chanting by fans.

The prosecutor in the northern town of Busto Arsizio is likely to pursue charges of inciting racial hatred against Pro Patria fans who abused Milan’s black players, local media reported Friday.

One 20-year-old fan was cited by police after acknowledging involvement in the chants, and five more have been identified. Police were examining video footage to identify the others involved.

Messi aims for historic 4th world player award

GENEVA – Lionel Messi can break another soccer record on Monday by being selected the world’s best player for an unprecedented fourth time.

The Barcelona and Argentina forward, who scored 91 goals in 2012, is the favorite to win the FIFA Ballon d’Or prize ahead of club teammate Andres Iniesta and his great rival Cristiano Ronaldo of Real Madrid, who complete the three-man shortlist in Zurich.

–Wire reports

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NFL

Source: Reid agrees to 5-year deal to lead Chiefs

By DAVE SKRETTA

The Associated Press

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Andy Reid pulled up to Arrowhead Stadium in a black SUV on Friday, stepped out of it wearing a dark suit and red tie, and walked briskly toward the doors of the Kansas City Chiefs’ home.

All that was left was to make his hiring official.

The longtime Eagles coach has agreed to a five-year deal to become coach of the Chiefs, two people familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. The people spoke Andy Reid on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the terms of the contract.

The people also said that Reid has already begun assembling a staff.

Reid’s agreement was finalized shortly after the Chiefs announced they had parted ways with general manager Scott Pioli after four tumultuous seasons in Kansas City.

It’s expected that Reid will pursue longtime Packers personnel man John Dorsey or former Browns GM Tom Heckert – or perhaps both of them – to

work with him in the front office.

Reid inherits a team that went 2-14, matching the worst record in franchise history.

But he’ll also have the No. 1 pick in the NFL draft, and with five players voted to the Pro Bowl this season, Kansas City has building blocks in place to make a quick turnaround.

“Overall the job is still attractive,” Chiefs chairman Clark Hunt told the AP earlier this week. “The franchise remains very well respected.”

Hunt promised to be thorough and efficient in finding a replacement for Romeo Crennel, who was fired Monday after his first full season. The Chiefs interviewed Atlanta assistants Dirk Koetter and Keith Armstrong on Tuesday before flying to Philadelphia to meet with Reid.

Nine hours of negotiations on Wednesday went well enough that Reid called off interviews in Arizona and San Diego, and the two sides continued working out details on Thursday.

When news broke that Pioli was out, Reid’s agreement quickly followed.

Reid arrived in Kansas City aboard a chartered jet Friday afternoon and drove with Hunt and other Chiefs officials to Arrowhead Stadium. He later vis-

ited the team’s training complex while the final details on his contract were being worked out.

The fresh start afforded by the Chiefs should be welcomed

by Reid, who endured a difficult season on the field and an even more trying time away from it. Reid’s oldest son, Garrett, died during training camp after a long battle with drug addiction, and then the Eagles – expected to contend for a division championship – struggled to a 4-12 finish.

Reid was fired on Monday, the same day the Chiefs parted with Crennel.

Long considered one of the NFL’s bright offensive minds, Reid had a record of 130-93-1 in 14 seasons in Philadelphia. He took a team that was 3-13 the year before his arrival and, in only two years, finished 11-5 and second in the NFC East. That began a stretch of five straight years in which Reid won at least 11 games, including one trip to the Super Bowl.

During his tenure, the Eagles made nine playoff appearances while Kansas City made three, and won 10 playoff games – Kansas City hasn’t won any since 1993. Meanwhile, the Chiefs went through five head coaches and are now on their third in three years.

NFL

Eagles to interview Arians, Bradley

PHILADELPHIA – While Andy Reid has found a new home, the Philadelphia Eagles’ search to replace him could take some time.

The Eagles were granted permission Friday to interview Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians and Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley for their coaching vacancy.

Team officials already met with three candidates and plan to interview Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy in Denver on Sunday.

Oregon coach Chip Kelly was on Philadelphia’s list, but a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press he’s nearing a deal with Cleveland and the Eagles are “heading in another direction.”

That person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team isn’t discussing its negotiations publicly, said the Eagles planned to interview several other candidates regardless of any conversations with Kelly.

Reid, who was fired Monday after a 4-12 season, has agreed to a five-year deal with the Kansas City Chiefs, according to people familiar with those negotiations.

– Wire report

Source: Browns reportedly close to deal with Kelly

By TOm WiThERS

The Associated Press

CLEVELAND – A person familiar with the negotiations says the Cleveland Browns are close to a deal with Oregon’s Chip Kelly to become their next coach.

The Browns interviewed Kelly on Friday and the Ducks coach was supposed to meet with Philadelphia. However, a person familiar with the interviews says the Eagles are Chip Kelly “heading in another direction” because Kelly is nearing a deal with Cleveland.

That person, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team isn’t discussing its negotiations publicly, said the Eagles planned to interview several

other candidates regardless of any conversations with Kelly.

The Eagles were granted permission Friday to interview Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians and Seahawks defensive coordinator Gus Bradley and are scheduled to meet with Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy on Sunday.

Following Oregon’s win over Kansas State in the Fiesta Bowl on Thursday night, the 49year-old Kelly said he wanted to get the interview process over “quickly.”

He turned down an offer from Tampa Bay last year to return for his fourth season at Oregon, where he is 46-7. He has boosted the school’s national profile with a high-powered offense capable of turning any game into a track meet.

“It’s more a fact-finding mission, finding out if it fits or doesn’t fit,” Kelly said after the Ducks beat No. 7 Kansas State 35-17. “I’ve been in one inter-

view in my life for the National Football League, and that was a year ago. I don’t really have any preconceived notions about it.

I think that’s what this deal is all about for me. It’s not going to affect us in terms of we’re not on the road [recruiting]. I’ll get an opportunity if people do call, see where they are.

“I want to get it wrapped up quickly and figure out where I’m going to be.”

Kelly has been at the top of the Browns’ list of candidates since the team fired Pat Shurmur, who went 9-23 in two seasons. Cleveland owner Jimmy Haslam and CEO Joe Banner have been conducting interviews in Arizona all week, searching for the team’s sixth coach since 1999.

The Browns have declined comment on any interviews.

Cardinals defensive coordinator Ray Horton confirmed he interviewed with Cleveland earlier this week. The Browns have

reportedly met with former Arizona coach Ken Whisenhunt, Syracuse coach Doug Marrone and Penn State’s Bill O’Brien, who removed himself from any consideration on Thursday night and intends to stay at the school.

Kelly doesn’t have any NFL coaching experience, but aspects of his up-tempo offense are already being used by some teams.

Kelly wouldn’t say if he was leaning one way or another following the Ducks’ bowl win.

“I said I’ll always listen, and that’s what I’ll do,” he said. “I know that people want to talk to me because of our players. The success of our football program has always been about our guys. It’s an honor for someone to say they’d want to talk to me about maybe moving on to go coach in the National Football League. But it’s because of what those guys do. I’ll listen, and we’ll see.”

Pete Carroll, Mike Shanahan meet in playoffs

By Tim BOOTh

The Associated Press RENTON, Wash. – Chapter 5 of Pete Carroll’s book “Win Forever” is all about the decision he made in 1995 that eventually landed him a gig as the defensive coordinator in San Francisco and helped frame his coaching philosophies moving forward.

The chapter is titled, “The 49ers Way.” It was one phone call away from having nothing to do with San Francisco and all about Carroll joining up with Mike Shanahan in Denver.

“I thought I was going with Mike. I was really thrilled, after

getting bounced with the Jets that somebody called,” Carroll recalled this week.

Once nearly co-workers in Denver, Carroll and Shanahan will reconnect on Sunday when the Redskins host the Seahawks on the opening weekend of the NFC playoffs.

While most of the attention has fallen on the two rookie quarterbacks – Washington’s Robert Griffin III and Seattle’s Russell Wilson – the coaches involved in this playoff matchup are respected for their abilities to be different and innovative on the offensive side (Shanahan) or on the defensive side (Carroll).

Their outward personas might be drastically different, but their ability to scheme and coach seems to be without question.

“I think you’ve got to be yourself and that’s what Pete has done. He’s been himself,” Shanahan said. “Everyone knows the type of job he did at Southern Cal. He’s a guy that is very enthusiastic in everything he does and a good friend.”

Each in his third season with his team, Carroll and Shanahan put together regular seasons that will be remembered for the risks they were willing to take in regards to their quarterbacks. For Shanahan, it was

giving up a bounty to move up in the draft to select Griffin, then retooling his entire offensive system to fit what his new franchise QB could do best. The result was one of the finest seasons ever by a rookie quarterback.

Not to be outdone, Carroll took a chance by throwing his third-round selection into the middle of a three-way quarterback competition that included free-agent signing Matt Flynn.

Wilson became the clear winner and because Carroll had made it a competition, the decision to go with the rookie didn’t become an issue in the locker room.

Dakar Rally, stage 2, at Pisco, Peru (delayed tape), 1:30 a.m., NBCSN College football GoDaddy.com Bowl, Kent St. vs. Arkansas St., at Mobile, Ala., 8 p.m., ESPN Golf PGA Tour, Tournament of Champions, third round, at Kapalua, Hawaii, 2 p.m., NBC PGA Tour, Tournament of Champions, third round, at Kapalua, Hawaii, 5 p.m., TGC men’s college basketball Syracuse at South Florida, 11 a.m., ESPN3

Iowa at Michigan, 11 a.m., BTN Temple at Kansas, 3:30, CBS Florida at Yale, 4:30 p.m., NBCSN Northwestern at Minnesota, 6 p.m., BTN Tulsa at SMU, 7 p.m., FSN Oregon at Oregon St., 9 p.m., FSN Pro football Wildcard game, Colts at Ravens, noon, CBS Wildcard game, Seahawks at Redskins, 3:30 p.m., FOX Women’s college basketball Oklahoma St. at Baylor, 4:30 p.m., FSN

8WEEKEND TV SPORTS SCHEDULE TODAY Auto racing Dakar Rally, stage 1, Lima to Pisco, Peru (delayed tape), 1:30 a.m., NBCSN College football Compass Bowl, Pittsburgh vs.

Mississippi, at Birmingham, Ala., noon, ESPN NCAA, FCS, playoffs, championship, North Dakota St. vs. Sam Houston St., at Frisco, Texas, noon, ESPN2 Golf PGA Tour, Tournament of Champions, second round, at Kapalua, Hawaii, 4:30 p.m., TGC Prep basketball Simeon (Ill.) vs. Montverde

(Fla.), at Wheeling, W.Va., 5 p.m., ESPN2 Prep football All-American Bowl, at San Antonio, noon, NBC Soccer FA Cup, third round, West Ham vs. Manchester United, at London, 11 a.m., FOX Women’s college basketball Oklahoma at Texas, 12:30 p.m., FSN National coverage, Purdue at Nebraska, 1 p.m., CBS National coverage, Notre Dame at UConn., 3 p.m., CBS SuNDAY Auto racing

PLAYOFF GLANCE WiLD-CARD PLAYOFFS

Today Cincinnati at Houston, 3:30 p.m., NBC Minnesota at Green Bay, 7 p.m., NBC Sunday Indianapolis at Baltimore, noon (CBS) Seattle at Washington, 3:30 p.m. (FOX)

DiViSiONAL PLAYOFFS

Jan. 12 Baltimore, Indianapolis or Cincinnati at Denver, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) Washington, Seattle or Green Bay at San Francisco, 7 p.m. (FOX) Sunday, Jan. 13 Washington, Seattle or Minnesota at Atlanta, noon (FOX) Baltimore, Indianapolis or Houston at New England, 3:30 p.m. (CBS)

CONFERENCE ChAmPiONShiPS AFC, TBA, CBS NFC, TBA, FOX

Jan. 20

PRO BOWL

Jan. 27 At Honolulu AFC vs. NFC, 7 p.m., NBC

SuPER BOWL

Feb. 3 At New Orleans AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 6 p.m., CBS

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB d-Miami 22 9 .710 — d-New York 22 10 .688 ½ Atlanta 20 11 .645 2 d-Bulls 18 13 .581 4 Indiana 19 14 .576 4 Brooklyn 18 15 .545 5 Milwaukee 16 15 .516 6 Boston 15 17 .469 7½ Philadelphia 15 19 .441 8½ Orlando 12 20 . 3 7 5 10½ Detroit 13 22 .371 11 Toronto 12 21 .364 11 Charlotte 8 24 . 2 5 0 14½ Cleveland 8 26 . 2 3 5 15½ Washington 4 27 .129 18 WESTERN CONFERENCE W L Pct GB d-Oklahoma City 25 7 .781 — d-L.A. Clippers 25 8 .758 ½ d-San Antonio 26 9 .743 ½ Golden State 22 10 .688 3 Memphis 20 10 .667 4 Houston 19 14 .576 6½ Portland 17 15 .531 8 Denver 18 16 .529 8 Minnesota 15 14 .517 8½ Utah 17 17 .500 9 L.A. Lakers 15 16 .484 9½ Dallas 13 20 . 3 9 4 12½ Sacramento 13 20 . 3 9 4 12½ Phoenix 12 22 .353 14 New Orleans 7 25 .219 18 d-division leader Thursday's Games New York 100, San Antonio 83 Minnesota 101, Denver 97 Friday's Games Cleveland 106, Charlotte 104 Sacramento 105, Toronto 96 Brooklyn 115, Washington 113,2OT Detroit 85, Atlanta 84 Portland 86, Memphis 84 Oklahoma City 109, Philadelphia 85 Boston 94, Indiana 75 Bulls 96, Miami 89 Houston 115, Milwaukee 101 Utah 87, Phoenix 80 L.A. Lakers at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s Games Boston at Atlanta, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Indiana, 6 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Houston at Cleveland, 6:30 p.m.

Sacramento at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Utah at Denver, 8 p.m.

Golden State at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday's Games Oklahoma City at Toronto, noon Washington at Miami, 5 p.m.

Charlotte at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at Phoenix, 7 p.m.

Denver at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.

TRANSACTIONS PROS BASEBALL American League BALITMORE ORIOLES – Claimed C Luis Martinez off waivers from Texas.

CLEVELAND INDIANS – Agreed to terms with RHP Brett Myers on a one-year contract.

TEXAS RANGERS – Announced C Eli Whiteside cleared waivers and was assigned outright to Round Rock (PCL).

TORONTO BLUE JAYS – Claimed RHP Chad Beck off waivers from Pittsburgh.

National League PITTSBURGH PIRATES – Named Carlos Garcia manager of Altoona (EL), Frank Kremblas manager of Bradenton (FSL), Michael Ryan manager of West Virginia (SAL), Dave Turgeon manager of Jamestown (NYP), Milver Reyes manager of the GCL Pirates and Keoni De Renne of the Dominican Summer League team.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NEW ORLEANS HORNETS – Waived F Dominic McGuire.

FOOTBALL National Football League CHICAGO BEARS – Signed WR Brittan Golden to a reserve/future contract.

HOUSTON TEXANS – Placed LB Tim Dobbins on injured reserve. Signed LB Cameron Collins from the practice squad.

KANSAS CITY CHIEFS – Announced general manager Scott Pioli and the team have "mutually parted ways."

NEW YORK GIANTS – Signed OT Matt McCants, OT Levy Adcock, G Stephen Goodwin, TE Larry Donnell, DE Matt Broha, CB Laron Scott, QB Curtis Painter, LB Jake Muasau, WR Brandon Collins, CB Trumaine McBride, WR Kevin Hardy, G Michael Jasper, DT Bobby Skinner to reservefuture contracts.

PHILADELPHIA EAGLES – Named CB Chris Hawkins.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS – Restored CB Cedric Griffin to the 53-man roster.

HOCKEY American Hockey League GRAND RAPIDS GRIFFINS – Announced RW Willie Coetzee was assigned to the team from Toledo (ECHL) and RW Andrej Nestrasil and D Gleason Fournier were assigned to Toledo.

SOCCER Major League Soccer COLORADO RAPIDS – Re-signed G Steward Ceus.

NEW YORK RED BULLS – Terminated the contract of MF Victor Palsson.

COLLEGE FIU – Named Ron Turner football coach.

FLORIDA – Announced TE Jordan Reed will enter the NFL draft.

GEORGIA – Announced LB Jarvis Jones will enter the NFL draft.

LSU – Announced S Eric Reid will enter the NFL draft.

SOUTHERN MISS – Named Marcus Arroyo offensive coordinator/outside receivers coach, David Duggan defensive coordinator/linebackers coach, Pete Perot offensive line coach, John Simon running back coach, Andrew Thacker safeties coach and John Wozniak inside wide receivers/special teams coach. Retained Steve Buckley as recruiting coordinator.

UTAH STATE – Named Kevin McGiven offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach.

WISCONSIN – Announced C Travis Frederick will enter the NFL draft.

SPORTS

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Saturday, January 5, 2013 • Page B3

Girls put away Morris early

PREP ROUNDUP

DeKalb girls basketball pounces on Rochelle

• SYCAMORE Continued from page B1

Niemann scored eight points in the first half and Mottet added six, and the Spartans led, 20-7, at the half.

The Spartans led, 30-17, with just more than four minutes left in the third quarter when 6-foot-6 Morris forward Ben Ortiz made his first shot of the game. Ortiz would score 12 of his 14 points in the fourth quarter, including Morris’ (8-5, 2-2 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) last 10.

“We came out flat defensively [in the second half],” Mottet said. “We strayed away from what we did in the first half. Our intensity was high, we had great help defense. In the second half, we were just a step slow.”

Coach Andrew Stacy was visibly upset after the loss, but he wasn’t disappointed in his team’s effort.

“Our effort was outstanding,” Stacy said. “I’m just disappointed that we weren’t rewarded for our effort. Credit Morris, they made plays when we couldn’t down the stretch.”

Sycamore girls beat Morris

The Sycamore girls basketball team hadn’t played in 18 days heading into Friday’s game against Morris, and coach Brett Goff was worried the layoff was a little too long.

Eighteen first-half points from Bailey Gilbert, along with a 41-18 lead heading into halftime, eased his anxiety. The Spartans went on to win, 6747.

“We hadn’t played in 18 days, so I was a little suspect with that,” Goff said. “Our offense looked very good tonight.”

The break had its benefits. With his young team beginning to grasp varsity basketball, Goff and his staff implemented a new offense, which was efficient early.

Gilbert scored 12 consecutive Sycamore points in the first quarter to give the Spartans a 14-5 lead, and two Paige Wogen three-pointers gave Sycamore (6-6, 1-3 NI Big 12 East) a 22-10 lead at the end of the first.

“I thought [the new offense] helped a lot,” Gilbert said. “It’s hard to stay as sharp as we want to for that long

By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com

The DeKalb girls basketball team used a 23-5 blitz in the first half and held on in the second half with a 40-33 win over Rochelle on Friday night.

Brittney Patrick scored 11 points and pulled down five rebounds while Courtney Patrick had 10 rebounds and four assists. Maddy Johnson had eight points and seven rebounds for the Barbs.

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Sycamore’s Bailey Gilbert puts up her third field goal in the first quarter Friday against Morris in Sycamore. Sycamore defeated Morris, 67-47.

“We hadn’t played in 18 days, so I was a little suspect with that.

Our offense looked very good tonight.”

Brett Goff

Sycamore girls basketball coach of a time, but we came out well in our first game and really got a good lead.”

After taking a 23-point lead into halftime, Sycamore scored just two points in the first five minutes of the second half. But Morris (4-10, 0-4 NI Big 12 East) scored only five points during that time, and the Spartans coasted to the win.

With their first conference win under their belts, Goff thinks the Spartans’ season is looking up. But he also thinks his team needs to step up defensively.

“It’s always nice to get a conference win,” Goff said. “I feel good. Our offense was clicking tonight … We need to get better defensively quickly.”

WRESTLING Sycamore dominates Morris: The Spartans got

a nice tune-up for their invitational tournament today with a 61-7 win over Morris.

Sycamore lost only two matches in the meet, and Bruce Hansen, Kyle Akins, Andrew Larsen, Austin Culton, Ren Swick and Devin Knights all won by fall.

Dylan Foster and Jake Davis both won by technical fall.

BOYS BASKETBALL H-BR defeats Eastland:

Rob Winner – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Sycamore’s David Compher goes to the basket before being called for a charging foul in the second quarter Friday in Sycamore. Morris defeated Sycamore, 41-39.

The Royals won their first game of 2013 with a 62-47 win over Eastland. Bernie Conley led Hinckley-Big Rock with 17 points while Zach Michels had a double-double of 16 points and 10 rebounds.

The Royals are 12-3 on the year and play Genoa-Kingston on the road next Tuesday.

BCS CHAMPIONSHIP

TJ Jones follows father’s footsteps to title game The ASSOCIATED PRESS FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – TJ Jones is the second player from his family to play for a national championship with Notre Dame.

He wishes the other one was still here to share the experience with him, as he and the top-ranked Fighting Irish prepare to play No. 2 Alabama for the BCS championship on Monday night in Miami.

Jones’ father, Andre, was a defensive end on the last Fighting Irish team to win the national title in 1988. He died in June 2011 of a brain aneurysm. He TJ Jones was 42.

“I don’t know if it’s helped the healing process. There’s a lot of things I wish I could have talked about [with him] to kind of figure out how to deal with things,” TJ Jones said Friday. “The mindset to take in certain situations. It’s definitely helped me reminisce a lot about what we used to talk about and the times we used to have. But as far as healing, that’s only time I guess.”

Andre Jones played for coach Lou Holtz from 198791. He played in 42 games and started four in ‘88, then a total of 18 in 1989 and ‘90.

He had a short professional football career. He was drafted by the Pittsburgh Steelers, and spent time with the Detroit Lions and in the Canadian Football League. Later, Jones was an executive for a sports management company in Atlanta.

He left behind a wife, Michelle, and five children.

TJ, a junior receiver who is second on the team in catches and yards receiving, said his father wasn’t one to display mementos of his football career.

“He had his Notre Dame stuff in his closet and in his bathroom,” he said. “He used to wear his rings around all the time. But he was more into art, so we had delicate paint-

ing on the walls and artsy stuff, rather than Notre Dame stuff.”

TJ and his father used to have long phone conversations. His father was his biggest fan and toughest critic.

Not being able to share some of the highlights of this season with him has been especially tough for TJ. “The game-winning catch against Stanford was definitely one of them,” TJ said. “We always talked about making a game-winning catch, having a game-winning catch in any game is what you grow up practicing, whether it’s in the street or flag football.

“And definitely after we won the USC game knowing we were going to the national championship. That’s something I wish I could have called him and just talked for hours about what we were going to do. How crazy it was that we were both going to be in the national championship.

Really just celebrate those moments with him.”

He misses his father, for sure, but he said Andre Jones isn’t totally gone.

“I feel he’s here with me every day,” TJ said. “I feel he’s watching over me. He’s watching over Notre Dame and my family as well. I never feel lost.

I don’t feel like there’s a void in my life. I know I miss him and I can’t talk to him, but at the same time I don’t have an empty feeling that he’s gone.”

Some of his father’s old teammates, Ricky Watters, Reggie Brooks, Pat Terrell and Rocket Ismail, TJ’s godfather, have been sure to keep in touch with Jones.

“All those guys who I have normally talked to, they’ve reached out just to kind of say, ‘What’s up?’ – give me a little advice about how to handle this game,” he said.

Andre Jones taught his son many lessons, but TJ said what sticks with him most is to appreciate the gifts life gives you.

“Never to get too full of yourself,” he said. “To always

give praise to the lord for the blessing you’ve been given. Because as soon as you’ve given them, they can be taken away.

And you never know what tomorrow will bring. When you live in the present give praise and be thankful for what you have.”

WHAT’S IN A NAME?: Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart shared a secret to the defense.

The Crimson Tide is known as a 3-4 team with three down linemen and big, versatile linebackers, but that label is partly about recruiting the type of players Alabama wants. Coach Nick Saban has said ‘Bama only lines up with a three-man front about 20 percent of the time.

So why stick with the label?

“We’re not in 3-4 as much as people think, but that’s what we recruit to,” Smart said. “We do that for a lot of reasons: It gives you ability to recruit more linebackers, more skilled players. We have to line up in both. In today’s day and age, offenses force you to.”

He said it also allows the Tide to have outside linebackers big enough to grow into defensive linemen, where they often line up.

“It’s more about that, and we still think it’s the best defense to be in for two-back offenses,” Smart said.

He pointed to NFL teams like the Texans, the Ravens and the Patriots who are 3-4 teams that play both.

Alabama has six linebackers as starters or second-teamers that are listed as 243-plus pounds, including the 6-foot-3, 262-pound Xzavier Dickson.

Two similarly huge linebackers – Dont’a Hightower and Courtney Upshaw – were among the NFL’s top 35 draft picks last year.

GOOD SEATS: Yes, some tickets are still available to the Notre Dame-Alabama matchup that will decide the national championship on Monday night.

Available to the deep-pocketed, that is.

As of Friday afternoon, about 3,000 tickets to the BCS title game were available for purchase on the online site StubHub. None were cheaper than $899.

And that’s in the upper deck of Sun Life Stadium – in the 30th row of the upper deck, to be precise. Nothing in the lower bowl was available for less than $1,000 per seat.

Want four seats, together, in the corner of the lower bowl?

They can be yours for the low, low price of $40,000 (plus $15 processing, of course). And according to some South Florida tourism experts, more than 50,000 Notre Dame and Alabama fans will be in the South Florida area this weekend – just for the experience of being near the game, and with no chance of getting tickets.

“They’ve been traveling with us all year,” Notre Dame offensive lineman Zack Martin said. “It’s crazy to see.”

ANOTHER LONG SEASON: Say this much for Chuck Martin: When someone hires the Notre Dame offensive coordinator for a season, he tends to make that season last as long as possible.

When Martin was coaching at Division II’s Grand Valley State – first as an assistant, then the head coach – he was part of six trips to the national title game in nine years, winning the crown in four of those seasons.

And now in his third season at Notre Dame, Martin is again coaching in the final game: The top-ranked Fighting Irish play No. 2 Alabama for the BCS national title on Monday night.

“It doesn’t feel any different,” Martin said. “I know everybody says, ‘Well, it’s a bigger stage,’ and it’s not. It’s a football game and it’s a national championship game, and fortunately for me it’s seven times in 12 years we’ve gotten to go try to win it all. It’s been a good time – more fun than we should be allowed to have, actually.”

Monday night’s key matchups

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – No. 1 Notre Dame allows 10.3 points per game, best in the nation. No. 2 Alabama allows 10.7. So the BCS championship should be a defensive struggle, right? First to 12 wins.

Well, maybe. Those offenses are pretty good, too.

A look at some of the key matchups in Monday night’s BCS championship game in Miami.

Alabama center Barrett Jones vs. Notre Dame nose guard Louis Nix III.

Jones is a two-time All-American who will be starting his third national championship game. Nix is a 326-pound run stuffer, a magnet for double-teams and a big reason the Fighting Irish have allowed only two rushing touchdowns.

When Pittsburgh ran the ball well in the first half against Notre Dame, Nix was on the sideline with the flu. In the second half, when Nix came in, Pitt’s running game was not nearly as effective. How much help Jones needs with Nix will go a long way toward determining whether the Irish can hold up against an Alabama running game that averages 5.6 yards per carry.

Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert vs. Alabama cornerbacks Dee Milliner and Deion Belue.

Eifert is an All-American and the leading receiver for the Fighting Irish with 44 catches for 624 yards. He is the type of tight end that is all the rage in the NFL right now. Huge (6-foot-6, 250 pounds) but with the speed and agility to get down the field and make big plays.

Alabama’s safeties, specifically Robert Lester, are better equipped size-wise to match up with Eifert, but the Notre Dame loves to get

their big target matched up against a cornerback and have him outmuscle the smaller player.

Alabama running backs Eddie Lacy and T.J. Yeldon vs. Notre Dame inside linebackers Manti Te’o and Dan Fox.

It’s not just about stopping the run. Te’o, Fox and that Notre Dame front seven have been so good in run defense, allowing 3.2 yards per carry, it’s allowed defensive coordinator Bob Diaco to play his safeties deep to protect inexperienced cornerbacks. If the linebackers need help containing Alabama’s two 1,000-yard rushers, that leaves cornerbacks KeiVarae Russell and Bennett Jackson exposed.

Notre Dame left tackle Zack Martin and left guard Chris Watt vs. Alabama defensive ends Damion Square and Quinton Dial and strong side linebacker Adrian Hubbard.

The Fighting Irish like to run left. A lot. The Fighting Irish coaches make no secret that Martin has been their best lineman. That should keep Square, a solid 286-pound senior, busy. Of course one of the keys to Alabama’s defensive success is its depth. Martin and Watt won’t get any breaks.

Notre Dame quarterback Everett Golson vs. Alabama coach Nick Saban and defensive coordinator Kirby Smart.

Golson will be making his 13th career start. He has come a long way this season, but he’s still relatively inexperienced and learning on the job. Saban and Smart are masters of mixing coverage and pressures and making quarterbacks generally miserable as they try to figure out what’s coming. A confused quarterback is a mistakeprone quarterback and the Fighting Irish cannot afford Golson to regress in the biggest game of the season.

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Pruett shows aggressive side, sparks Knights’ second-half advantage

• KANELAND BOYS Continued from page B1 “John is kind of a kid who’s still trying to find himself as far as what he is as a player,” Kaneland coach Brian Johnson said. “I think he’s extremely athletic. He’s a little reserved – he doesn’t want to take too many shots because he’s feeling like he’s hogging the ball.

“Every day we tell him he needs to look to score more, and tonight he was a little more aggressive, and definitely made a difference in the fourth quarter, defensively on the top of our zone and then offensively taking it to the hole and finding the open spot.”

Pruett, a 6-foot-2 forward, notched a few nifty finishes on the night. He knifed into the lane and came down hard after a drive that put Kaneland up, 31-22, in the third quarter, and started the fourth quarter by converting

on a back-door cut off a Drew David bounce pass for a 39-28 Knights advantage.

“He’s pretty much an allaround player,” David said.

“People have to play him a little bit closer because he can hit shots, and if they play him closer, he’s able to get to the bucket, and he can finish really well. That’s what makes him a good player.”

Pruett also went 2 of 3 from the line and grabbed six rebounds, tying Limbrunner for team high. Pruett was matter-of-fact about his ability to generate points around the rim.

“As we got into our offense, we got easy buckets,” Pruett said. “It’s just what the gameplan was, I guess.”

That’s the ideal approach no matter who the opponent is, but Johnson thought the Knights (7-6, 3-1 NI Big 12 East) were especially adept at breaking down the Foxes’ trapping defense.

“Any time you can get

into the paint, it puts pressure on the defense,” Johnson said. “They have to help, and hopefully you make the right decision, and I thought in the second half we did.”

The Foxes (8-6, 2-2), who won all three meetings against the Knights last season, were within 22-20 at halftime, but Pruett started the second half with a three-point play, and the Knights began to pull away despite a lukewarm showing on the glass.

“We were bigger than them, and we can’t really say that much this year, but it didn’t matter because they definitely outrebounded us,” Johnson said.

Limbrunner and junior Ty Carlson (10 points apiece) joined Pruett in double figures for the Knights, who return to action today against Burlington Central.

The game was Kaneland’s first action since a fourthplace finish at the Plano Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com Christmas Classic.

Kaneland’s Matt Limbrunner goes up for a shot Friday during their game against Yorkville.

Second-half misfires seal Kaneland’s fate • KANELAND GIRLS Continued from page B1

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Kaneland’s Ashley Prost tries to get past a pair of Yorkville defenders Friday during the Knights’ 39-26 loss.

“I think that we all know what we have to do, it’s just a matter of doing it,” Kaneland senior forward Ashley Prost said. “ ... I mean, [Yorkville] is a good team, but it’s been happening over and over again, so we should be fixing it.”

From airballs to shots that lipped out to nearly every sort of miss in between, the Knights misfired throughout a second half in which they went 3 for 21 from the floor and made no trips to the foul line. Kaneland trailed 22-19 at halftime but tumbled out of contention after Emma Bradford’s driving basket accounted for the Knights’ only score of the third quarter.

“To me, if you’re giving up 30-some points to the opposition, you should be winning those games,” Kaneland coach

Ernie Colombe said. “We’ve got to find ways to score. It’s frustrating because we missed some layups.”

Kaneland (9-6, 2-3 NI Big 12 East) only shot two free throws in the game, which preceded the Kaneland-Yorkville boys game as part of a well-attended doubleheader.

“I think one of the big stats is we only got to the line twice,” Colombe said. “We talk about getting to the line all the time. Obviously that shows we’re not aggressive enough.”

The Knights return several key players from a team last year that advanced to a 3A sectional championship, making their recent struggles all the tougher to digest. Yorkville was one of Kaneland’s postseason victims last year in a hotly contested regional final.

The Foxes (10-3, 3-1 NI Big 12 East) were eager for a mea-

sure of revenge in the teams’ first meeting since.

“It was nice to have Kaneland as the first game back [from a holiday layoff] to give us some motivation in practice for the last two weeks,” Yorkville coach Luke Engelhardt said.

Engelhardt instructed his Foxes to pay special defensive attention to Kaneland outside shooter Allyson O’Herron (two first half 3-pointers) and Prost but otherwise felt thankful that the Knights missed their share of decent looks.

O’Herron and Bradford both had six points to pace the Knights, who are avoiding infighting despite the scoring shortfall, Prost said.

“We get along really well – it’s just, something’s got to change,” Prost said. “We have to get through it. We’re just going to go on to the next game and try to fix it.”

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TOP: This Dec. 21, 2005, photo shows Garrett Marsh, 12, airboarding down the slope near Snowmass Village, Colo. Visitors to winter recreation destinations enjoy activities like airboarding, snowkiting and skijoring as alternatives to more traditional snow sports such as skiing or snowboarding. ABOVE LEFT: This April 2010 photo provided by Brenter Snowbike shows Floran Schwarzenbacher riding a snowbike at Arapahoe Basin Ski Area in Colorado. ABOVE RIGHT: This Dec. 26 photo shows bumper cars on ice at Howelsen Ice Arena in Steamboat Springs, Colo.

WINTER THRILLS

New sports to experience on snowy terrain

By KAREN SCHWARTZ The Associated Press

After nearly 50 years of living in the Rocky Mountains, I thought I knew how to enjoy the winter. I’ve gone skiing, skating, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, tobogganing, sleigh riding, dogsledding and more.

But until this winter, I’d never heard of bumper cars on a skating rink. And it wasn’t until recently that I had my first chance to carve turns down a ski hill on a snowbike.

It’s part of a trend to provide visitors to ski resorts and other snowy destinations with a wider variety of choices, said Troy Hawks, managing editor of the National Ski Areas Association Journal.

“What we’re seeing is a larger swath of the family – you’ve got the grandkids all the way to the grandparents – and all of them have their idea of how they want to spend their day,” he said.

Some activities are more

popular in certain regions, and some aren’t well advertised, so for a different spin on a snowdestination vacation, here are some things to look for:

AIR BAGS These massive, inflatable air bags are placed at the bottom of jumps to allow skiers and boarders to try flips and spins. Nail the landing on your feet and you ride off down the hill. Fail, and you have a soft landing; www. bagjump.com or www.bigairbag. com .

www.airboard.com has a partial list of rental locations.

some of which can be shared among buddies.

BUMPER CARS ON ICE

SKIJORING

Just what it sounds like, these are turning up at skating rinks from coast to coast. The battery-operated “cars” are large rubber tubes with molded seats that can hold one adult or an adult and small child. Controlled by two joysticks, they are easy to steer or spin as they bump along on wheels with tiny cleats. Most rinks have age, height or weight restrictions.

From the Norwegian word meaning “ski driving,” skijoring is still primarily the stuff of winter carnivals and cowboy competitions. But some places, like the adult-only Triple Creek Ranch in Darby, Mont., offer guests the chance to see what it’s like to be pulled on Alpine skis behind a horse. Other resorts, like Eden Mountain Lodge in Eden Mills, Vt., and Devil’s Thumb Ranch in Tabernash, Colo., work with experienced skiers and their own dogs to learn what it’s like to go mushing on Nordic skis.

AIRBOARDS

FIRST TRACKS

A high-tech spin on winter tubing, these snow body boards are inflatable sleds with molded plastic runners on the bottom and handles on the top. The sleds can reach speeds of 60 mph or more (nearly 100 kilometers per hour), and users steer by shifting their body weight. They’re offered at some ski areas (though banned at others) as well as through some private operators;

The opportunity for intermediate and advanced skiers to take the first runs in the morning before the slopes open to the public is an option at more resorts. Some, like Northstar in California, require skiers to stay with a guide; others, like Aspen, Colo., include a gourmet breakfast. Steamboat Springs, Colo., has been experimenting with multiple day First Track passes,

ICE CASTLES These massive ice castles are formed by thousands and thousands of icicles. A series of pathways take visitors through ice columns, tunnels, caverns and archways. Introduced last year in Silverthorne, Colo., the castles were being built this win-

ter in Steamboat Springs, Colo., and at the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minn.

SNOWBIKES Bicycles that ride on skis, rather than wheels, have been around in various forms for decades, but now they have the blessing of some ski resorts, which rent the bikes and offer instruction. Smaller skis clip to your ski boots, helping with balance and maneuvering.

The bikes can be taken on the chairlifts to access a variety of terrain; www.snowbike.info .

SNOWKITING Snowkiting or kite boarding is a cousin to ocean kite surfing. For the winter version, an experienced, fearless skier or snowboarder is harnessed to a kite and uses wind power to propel themselves around.

An extreme sport, it requires strength and an understanding of wind patterns. Lessons are recommended.

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Design your own comfortable and stylish bedding

By KIM COOK

The Associated Press

There are stores full of exquisite bedding. But fancy sheets, duvets and mattresses can sometimes fall short of our wish lists, in style, price, comfort or all three.

What if you could make your own?

You don’t need to be a professional designer, or even much of a sewer, to create one-of-a-kind bedding that looks as nice as the stuff of dreams.

First, your existing bedding can be embellished with sew-on or ironon appliqués, available in craft and stitchery supply stores.

Writer and crafter Kim Ray offers suggestions on the website Doityourself.com. Trim the edges of sheets with flowers or butterflies for a feminine touch. Monogrammed initials give a smart, tailored and custom look. Ray also recommends edging a sheet with lace, making simple ruffles out of rayon seam binding, and embellishing coverlets with flowers made of various-size buttons. www.doityourself.com Allison Hepworth of Austin, Texas, chronicles her efforts to creatively and affordably decorate her “cookie-cutter” home on her blog, House of Hepworth. When shopping for a bedding ensemble for her daughter’s room, she found what she liked at PB Teen but didn’t want to spend $400. Instead, she bought a couple of basic sheet sets from Wal-Mart, cut one up to make a pretty pink band on the sheets, and used heat bonding to attach a contrasting grosgrain ribbon trim on comforter and sham. Her

final cost was under $70.

“I rarely sew and couldn’t make a dress if my life depended on it,” Hepworth says. “I can, however, sew bedding sets and curtains, because it only involves a straight line and patience.”

If you’d rather have someone else put your bedding together, check out Inmod’s Design Studio. The online option page lets you pick a pattern from a selection of nature and graphic themes. You then move on to fabric choices – cotton, linen/ cotton blend or Dupioni silk, then embroidery colors. You’re given the opportunity to see your final design in a virtual room before purchasing. www.inmod.com Got specific colors in mind? You can customize duvets and sheet sets in any color combination at www. custom-bedding.com.

If you want to really get custom, you can make your own mattress.

Former Manhattan interior designer Lynne Cimino started having back problems and found that the marketplace had options, but pricey ones. Working out of her Marbletown, N.Y., home, she came up with a no-sew buckwheat mattress that’s similar to a Japanese futon.

Sections of cotton canvas are filled with the hulls, then twisted and tied in sections for a customsize finished product that looks like a big billowy cloud. Since the hulls have no nutritional value, she says, pests aren’t a problem. The hulls are virtually non-flammable so no harsh retardants are needed, nor is buckwheat typically farmed with pesticides. The cotton covers are machine-washable. You buy

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this publicity image provided by OpenyoureyesBedding.com shows former interior designer lynn Cimino’s creation of the twist mattress – components include cotton covers and buckwheat hulls that you self-assemble by filling the covers with the hulls and twisting and tying. fully customizable, the mattresses are similar to Japanese futons. both elements separately and do the assembling yourself. www.openyoureyesbedding.com.

Nest Bedding of Albany, Calif., offers a range of DIY mattress components including natural latex

cores, vegan or cotton and wool covers, kapok and wool comfort layers and toppers. www.nestbedding.com.

8BRIEfS Webinars help small farm community

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this image taken on feb. 1, 2008, shows trees that were taken down by the weight of snow and ice near New Market, Va. Don’t be in a rush to repair or replace snow-or ice-covered trees, as most will spring back after a thaw, like these weighted-down trees that did not suffer any lasting damage.

Tips for protecting trees and shrubs from wind, snow and ice storms

By DeAN fOsDICK

The Associated Press

Even the sturdiest-looking trees can be brought down by high winds, heavy snow and ice, but there are ways you can limit the damage.

Here are some storm-proofing suggestions that will pay off over time, starting with determining which trees in your landscape are the most vulnerable.

“I’m a great believer in stormproofing or preparing for anything that will have the most impact on your lifestyle,” said Mark Chisholm, a third-generation arborist from Howell, N.J., and spokesman for Stihl Inc., a manufacturer of outdoor power tools.

“Try to prep your house and yard if you have the time,” he said.

“Clear rain gutters so water will flow. Remove loose lawn furniture from decks. Stabilize trees around the house by cabling or tying them down, especially those that you know have structural flaws.”

Additional tips: • Get to know an arborist or tree-care professional – now. “When

a storm hits, you’ll likely be prioritized as an existing customer,” said Chisholm, who works with the power industry clearing debris left behind by severe weather, including Hurricane Sandy in October.

• Get a pre-storm assessment to identify trouble spots. Decaying and leaning trees should be pruned, staked or removed, especially those threatening dwellings or utility lines.

• Think safety during cleanup.

“The stuff on the ground won’t hurt you unless downed power lines are involved,” Chisholm said. “It’s what’s overhead that’s dangerous.

Stress fractures or dead and broken limbs can come crashing down and do serious harm.”

• Be especially careful when working with chainsaws. “If a tree is on the ground, try to cut it up without harming yourself in the process,” said Kim Gabel with University of Florida Extension in Key West. “If a badly damaged tree is still standing, it’s not recommended that a layman climb a ladder to take care of it. Get professional help.”

• Patience can be a money-saver

when dealing with ice or snow loads on trees. “Wait until it melts and the weight is removed to see what kind of damage was done,” Chisholm said.

“Trees are resilient and are capable of bouncing back.”

• Plant native trees rather than exotics. Some varieties fare better than others in storms, especially trees with conical branching, those with strong branch connections and trees that are small when mature, according to the Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety.

• There is strength in numbers.

“Trees planted in groups survive better in high winds,” Chisholm said. “They can’t bend as readily to the point of failure. They also help dampen the (wind) force.”

• Learn how to assess damage.

“If you have a tree that has lost a couple of branches of significant size but the trunk is mostly intact, that’s still a keeper,” said Hank Stelzer, a state forestry specialist with University of Missouri Extension. “If you lose the top of a tree from ice or a windstorm and if half or a quarter of the trunk is gone, that’s a no-brainer. It should go.”

The Small Farm Webinar Series by the University of Illinois Extension is a weekly online educational series for the small farm community and provides practical knowledge on emerging topics which advance local food production in Illinois. This series of online events is aimed at providing small farm producers with a look at how leading practices in production, management and marketing enable operations to improve profitability and sustainability.

Webinars on strawberry production (Jan. 17), wildlife damage control (Jan. 31), seed saving (Feb. 21) and beneficial insects (March 14) will all be offered for viewing at the DeKalb County Extension office, 1350 W. Prairie Drive in Sycamore.

Call 815-758-8194 to register.

All of the webinars can be viewed at home. To register to view them on a home computer, visit http:// extension.illinois.edu/go/smallfarmswebinar.

The schedule of topics is: Jan. 10, raising broiler turkeys on small farms; Jan. 17, strawberry production; Jan. 24, water sanitation for small farms produce; Jan. 31, wildlife damage control; Feb. 5, growing and marketing unique vegetables; Feb. 7, basics of fruit insect management; Feb. 14, intro to farm financial management; Feb. 21, seed saving; Feb. 28, managing crop rotations in high tunnels; March

7, farm to school sales; March 14, beneficial insects; March 21, weed control in pastures; and March 28, crop budgeting practices.

Seminar teaches how to put small acreage to work Putting a few extra acres to work can bring in additional income, provide an opportunity to experiment with a new enterprise or develop an interest or hobby for its educational or entertainment value. How to get started is the question. University of Illinois Extension is sponsoring a series of workshops on a variety of topics to help people who have a few acres learn ways they that they can put them to use.

Putting Small Acres to Work workshops will be offered between Jan. 26 and March 16 at locations throughout Illinois. Topics will include vegetable production, sheep and goats, timber management, high tunnel production, food preservation, making money from woodlands, pond management, bees, and cut flower and herb production.

The first workshop will be held Jan. 26 at Kishwaukee College in Malta.

Each workshop costs $30 per person or $40 per couple, which includes lunch and materials. Details and registration are available online at http://web.extension.illinois.edu/ smallfarm/psaw.cfm or by contacting Cavanaugh-Grant at 217-9685512 or cvnghgrn@illinois.edu.

8NEW ARRIVALS Swedberg Nathan and Jacey Swedberg of Naperville announce the birth of a son, Henry Douglass Swedberg, born Nov. 26, 2012, at Cadence Health in Winfield. He weighed 11 pounds, 2 ounces, and was welcomed home by big sister, Liberty.

Grandparents are Carol and Dan Wilson of DeKalb, Wayne and Cheri Vaupel of Williamston, Mich., and Myrna Swedberg of DeKalb.

Peska Scott and Katie Peska of Sycamore announce the birth of a son, Tyler Scott Peska, born Dec. 12, 2012, at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, DeKalb. He weighed 7 pounds, 7 ounces, and was wel-

comed home by Julia James, 4, and Brady Frederick, 2.

Grandparents are Kristie Finley of Rockton and Fred and Sharon Peska of Orangeville.

Dorothy Reed of Platteville, Wis., is a great-grandmother.

Bohne Robert Bohne and Katie Todd of Genoa announce the birth of a son, Case Matthew Bohne, born Dec. 13, 2012, at Central DuPage Hospital, Winfield. He weighed 8 pounds, 7 ounces, and was welcomed home by Owen, 7.

Grandparents are Brian and Annette Todd of Kingston and Robert and Mary Bohne of Genoa.

Great-grandparents are Ann Lasiowski of Hampshire and Geraldine Todd of Streamwood.

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It’s that time again – Girl Scout cookie time.

Girl Scouts began taking cookie orders today and will continue taking orders until Jan. 27, with delivery in mid-February. If you are not approached by a Girl Scout and would like to place an order, you can email cookies4you@girlscoutsni.org, and your request will be passed on to a local Girl Scout.

Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois, the council that includes Girl Scout troops in DeKalb County, was chosen as one of only six councils across the nation to pilot two variet-

ies of Girl Scout Snack Bars during the 2013 Girl Scout Cookie Program.

Tagalongs Snack Bars feature rolled oats, cereal flakes and chocolaty granola combined with peanut butter chips. Double Dutch Snack Bars are made of rolled oats, cereal flakes and granola, sprinkled with dark chocolate chips and a chocolaty drizzle. Local Girl Scouts will offer bars by the box, with five bars per box.

The local council also is participating in the Girl Scouts Super Six program, in which scouts will offer only the six top-selling varieties of

cookies, instead of the full menu of eight. Removing the least-popular varieties from the offering provides a much easier inventory experience for cookie volunteers.

The cookie lineup includes Do-SiDos, a crunchy oatmeal cookie with peanut butter; Samoas, a vanilla cookie covered in caramel, coconut and chocolaty coating; Tagalongs, a cookie topped with peanut butter and chocolate; Thin Mints, a thin wafer made with natural peppermint and covered with a chocolaty coating; Trefoils, a shortbread cookie; and Savannah Smiles, a

crisp lemon wedge cookie. Cookies cost $4 a box; the new snack bars cost $5 a box.

Proceeds from the Girl Scout Cookie Program support Girl Scout programs, camp scholarships, volunteer training, membership assistance and outreach programs.

Each troop receives a portion of the proceeds for troop activities. The Girl Scout Cookie Program is one of the few youth-oriented programs in the country providing its participants the ability to decide how to direct the proceeds generated through their business activity.

BSA Troop 2810 members travel to Boundary Waters Three scouts and five adult leaders from Boy Scouts of America Troop 2810 in Sycamore traveled to the Boundary Waters between Minnesota and Canada for a six-day, 45-mile trek.

Canoeing, fishing, lightweight cooking, map and compass use, bear safety, knots and other scouting skills were a part of the experience.

The close-knit group included Scoutmaster Terry Handel, his wife, Connie Handel, and their son, Life Scout Alex Handel; Assistant Scoutmaster Marc Shipman; Life Scout Brandon Nelson and his dad, Ken Nelson; and Star Rank Jack Richardson and his father, Mike Richardson.

This was the first Boundary Waters and high adventure experience for several of these adventurers, but it was the fourth time Terry Handel and the second time Shipman had trekked to the Boundary Waters.

After six full days of viewing beautiful scenery, the adventurers from Troop 2810 returned from a life-changing experience with many stories to tell.

High-adventure expeditions are one of the most popular events for scouts age 14 and older. They grow individually and together as a team by using all of their education learned from completing a variety of merit badges. They are chal-

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troop 2810 scouts and leaders enjoyed a high adventure trip to the Boundary Waters. Pictured (from left) are Connie Handel, Alex Handel, terry Handel, Ken Nelson, Marc shipman, Mike Richardson, Brandon Nelson and Jack Richardson. lenged both physically and mentally, and have a unique and distinct experience that will stay with them for their lifetime.

Oak Crest offers cash prizes in contest for middle schoolers

DeKalb Area Retirement Center-Oak Crest is sponsoring an essay contest for students in the sixth, seventh and eighth grades.

The topic for the 2013 essay contest is “What’s for Lunch?” Writers should consider the choices they make, whether those choices are good or bad and why the ability to tell the difference matters to the writer and their future.

Organization, sentence structure, grammar, spelling and punctuation will be considered, as will original content and neatness.

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Essays should be between 750 and 1,000 words in length. The entry period opens Jan. 14 and ends Feb. 8.

Prizes for the contest are donated by The National Bank & Trust Co. First prize is $75, second prize is $50 and third prize is $25.

Essays can be turned in at the main office at Oak Crest. Each essay should be presented in an envelope with the student’s name, grade and school printed on the outside of the envelope.

For more information, call 815-756-8461 and ask to speak to Joan Launer.

January 5 Game Day for Kids DeKalb Public Library, DeKalb A variety of board and card games will be available in the Youth Services Department throughout the day to enjoy. Visit the library with a friend and select a game (or games) to play. Try out Magic Muffin Kitchen Domination, on, the board game created by DeKalb area tweens. ns.

Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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January 5 Kashmir Otto’s Niteclub & Underground, DeKalb Kashmir, a Led Zeppelin Tribute Band, takes the stage at 9 p.m. This band will amaze with it’s uncanny portrayal of the classic group. This is a 21 and over show.

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lockard travelers recently visited Branson, Mo., to see the spectacular Christmas shows. those attending were Merle Wiltfang, sandra Polk, sharon stefani, Joannn irving, Margaret Oleson, Daisy Russell, Dorothy lockard, shirley Combs, Karen Buck, sharon ebel, Carolyn and Dale McBride, sharon Brown, sally scott, Debra Oleson, Ruth Bodda, Jan Cich, Mary Hiatt, Ruby Jensen, Norma Wildenradt, Janet Roinas, lorraine Wiltfang, Audrey Bowden, Gary scott, Billie thomas, Dean and Connie Holliday, Norman Bodda, Marsha and Jerry Halverson, Joanne and Paul erickson, Mary Clark, Georgia liscomb and Mary Weishaar. Call Dorothy lockard at 815-384-5325 about other trips planned for 2013.

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL

Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Trial and error has taught you lots of valuable shortcuts that you’re likely to use in the year ahead. Certain objectives that you previously had difficulty achieving can now be done with relative ease.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – If you want to assert yourself, it’s important that you do so without being aggressive. Be tactful and considerate, but also firm.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You’re a quick study and capable of learning much from other people as well as from books. It behooves you to closely observe the habits of people you admire.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – It could be one of those times when the people you know could be just as important as the things you know.

Hanging out with certain associates could prove to be extremely helpful.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – What makes you so successful is your cooperative spirit. Anyone whom you assist or go out of your way for will feel impelled to respond equivalently.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – The best way to enhance your feelings of self-worth is to busy your heart, head and hands with lots of productive activities. Make everything you do count.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – There is likely to be an additional facet to your personality that makes you even more appealing and fascinating to people. When you sense it, use it, but do so responsibly.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Give top priority to anything you can do to make things happier in the household, especially if someone is feeling down in the dumps.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – If you’re in charge of a social gathering, it behooves you to limit the participants to a few choice pals. It’s likely to be more fun if there aren’t too many people involved.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – There is a strong possibility that you could derive profit through an involvement with a close relative or a friend of the family. Chances are you won’t have to ask to be included.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Your gift of persuasion is one of your strongest assets, so if you have a special idea or product that you’re trying to sell or promote, make your pitch now. You won’t find a better time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Lucky you, because one of your greatest benefits is likely to come through the good auspices of another and not from anything you do on your own.

Good people help other good people.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Someone you recently met and liked is as eager to get to know you better as you are to know him or her.

However, this person is really shy, so it’s going to be up to you to make the first move.

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Son discovers secret ‘friend’ in his dad’s texts

Dear Abby: I’m the youngest of three children and I’ll be graduating from high school in the spring. My parents always seemed happy with each other. They were obviously in love, and they told my brothers and me they would never get divorced. Although they had arguments, they always made up, and it never seemed to be serious.

For the last few months, my dad has been acting weird.

He spends a lot of time talking to and texting “a friend” on the phone. The problem is, although the friend has a male name (“George”) in his contacts, the person has a female voice. I didn’t think anything about it until recently, when I turned on Dad’s phone to play a game and it was open to a series of text messages between him and this “friend.”

What I saw made it clear that something is up. Mom knows nothing about it.

I love my father, but I don’t think I can handle this. I can’t believe he’d do this to our family, especially since all of us are going through a really hard time lately.

I don’t know what to do.

I don’t want to tell anyone because I don’t want our family to fall apart. But I can’t stay quiet. What should I do?

– Blindsided in Jersey Dear Blindsided: I agree that

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips you can’t keep quiet about this. What you saw was, of course, shocking – and the person you should talk to about it is your father. Sometimes when people are going through a really tough time, they do things they wouldn’t ordinarily do. Your mother may – or may not – have an inkling that something is going on.

Ask your father if the text means he plans to leave the family. Then give him a deadline to come clean with your mother, and let him know that if he doesn’t, you will.

You have my sympathy.

Dear Abby: My husband was sober for 14 years. He started drinking again two years ago.

He’s on probation and drinking is a clear violation of his probation. His liver enzymes are elevated, and I can’t seem to find the right words to get his attention. I have thought about contacting his probation officer, but then he will be incarcerated.

Abby, I am watching the man I love drink himself to death and I’m afraid for him.

Should I tell his probation officer or just watch him

self-destruct? – Scared And Confused in Michigan Dear Scared: The reason you can’t get your husband’s attention is because of the alcohol. He isn’t thinking straight. As I am sure you realize, one of the hallmarks of addiction is denial. No one helps an alcoholic by enabling the person to continue drinking, and your husband definitely needs help.

While it may not be easy, talk to the probation officer so your husband can be incarcerated, dry out and become rational again. I know it is a painful choice, but watching him die of liver disease would be worse.

Dear Abby: I spent the afternoon running errands. As I left the shopping center, I saw a young couple with a baby and a toddler holding a sign requesting help with food, as the husband had just been laid off. I drove past, then considered the children and circled back.

I had no cash with me, so I stopped and offered them our family’s dinner – a jar of premium spaghetti sauce, a pound of fresh ground beef, a box of dried spaghetti, fruit cups that my children usually take to school for treats, and some canned soups I occasionally have for lunch.

Imagine my surprise

when the couple declined my generosity. Instead, the man strongly suggested that I should go to a nearby ATM and withdraw cash to donate to them because they preferred to select their own groceries and pay their phone bills. What are your thoughts on this? – Genuinely Puzzled in Austin, Texas Dear Puzzled: What happened is a shame. Some families are truly in need and should be guided to a shelter so they can receive help getting back on their feet.

However, in some cities you see the same people on the same streets for long periods of time. They have staked out their “turf,” and because the money they are given is taxfree, some of them are doing quite well. In your case, the couple you saw holding the sign may have been professional panhandlers, and the children may have been “borrowed.”

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been separated for a year and I have filed for divorce. We have reached an agreement about everything except one thing: our tortoise.

This may seem strange, but Herbert has always been our “child.” I think of him as my kid, and I believe my husband when he says he loves him that much, too. We got Her-

bert as a baby that fit into the palm of my hand. Herbert is now 9, very large and lives in the backyard in a “doghouse” structure.

The problem is, my husband still wants to see Herbert. He agrees that he will visit only when I am not at home. I don’t distrust him or worry he will try to take Herbert, but I just don’t want him here.

I know that if Herbert is mine legally, I won’t have to let anyone see him. Once our divorce is final, I want nothing more to do with my husband and he knows that.

But it’s like telling someone he could never see his kid again. I’d really like to know your thoughts. – Nicole in Sanford, Fla. Dear Nicole: Because you can’t split Herbert in half, why not consider shared custody? If your husband can provide a safe place for the tortoise to stay while he’s with “Daddy,” you could work out an agreement so that you could exchange your “kid” at a neutral place – such as your veterinarian’s office – and you wouldn’t have to see your husband and vice versa.

• Write Dear Abby at www.

DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Taking growth hormone can produce side effects Dear Dr. K: I’m a 77-year-old man. I’ve read about the effects of growth hormone, and they sound great. Is there a downside?

Dear Reader: I’ve also seen the many “anti-aging” claims associated with growth hormone, and I understand their appeal. Like most people, I want to live a long time, but I don’t want to grow old.

But does growth hormone (GH) work? And is it safe?

Those are both complicated questions to answer, but here goes.

GH is a protein produced by the pituitary gland in the brain. It gets its name from the fact that it is important in stimulating growth during childhood. Children born

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff with a growth hormone deficiency are destined to be very short, unless they are treated with growth hormone early in life.

What about using GH in aging adults? First of all, there is absolutely no evidence that taking GH supplements will lengthen a person’s life.

However, it does appear to have some beneficial effects.

GH promotes an increase in muscle mass and a decrease in body fat. As men age, GH levels fall. During the same

time span, muscle mass declines and body fat increases.

And so (the theory goes), the way to arrest these effects of aging is to inject GH. To evaluate the safety and effectiveness of GH in healthy older people, a team of researchers reviewed 31 high-quality studies. Together, these studies evaluated 220 people who received GH and 227 people who did not. Twothirds of the subjects were men and their average age was 69. The dosage of GH varied, as did the duration of therapy.

As compared to the subjects who did not get GH, the treated individuals gained an average of 4.6 pounds of lean body mass and shed a similar amount of body fat.

There was a slight drop in total cholesterol levels, but no significant changes in LDL (“bad”) cholesterol, HDL (“good”) cholesterol, triglycerides, aerobic capacity, bone density, or fasting blood sugar and insulin levels. So far, so good.

Now comes the bad news.

People who used GH experienced a high rate of side effects. These included fluid retention, joint pain, breast enlargement and carpal tunnel syndrome.

A bigger concern is cancer.

In laboratory studies, GH promotes the multiplication of cancer cells. Some epidemiological studies have found that people with naturally high levels of GH had higher

rates of cancer. These studies by no means prove that taking GH supplements would raise a person’s risk of cancer, but it’s plausible that they might.

So I don’t recommend taking GH supplements to help fight the ravages of time, although new evidence could cause me to change my mind.

But that doesn’t mean you have to sit back and let Father Time peck away at you.

Instead, use the time-tested combination of diet and exercise. You’ll reduce your risk of many chronic illnesses and – it’s true – slow the ticking of the clock.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

8TODAY’S WEEKEND PUZZLE ACROSS

1 Goes underground 6 Flips pages 11 Dutch export 16 Full of pep 21 Florida horse town 22 Own up to 23 Wading bird 24 Quebec school 25 Red Sea republic 26 Beauty pageant prize 27 Muezzin’s deity 28 Decides, as a jury 29 Amusing story 31 — nous 33 Retro art style 35 Homer Simpson’s dad 36 Michelangelo’s chapel 37 Homophone of bowls 38 “I came,” to Caesar 39 Warmonger of myth 40 Help-wanted abbr.

41 Dealt with it 42 Posed a threat 44 Later 47 Deck out 48 — St. Laurent 49 Consecrate 53 Uh-uhs 54 Thrash about 55 Struts along 56 Homer epic 57 Dressy accessory 58 Piano pieces 59 Cushions 60 Weather grp.

61 Drink slowly 62 Show rainbow-like colors 64 Luigi’s dollar, once 65 Gourmet mushrooms 66 Bedroom slipper 67 Sombrero go-withs 68 Duke or count 69 Pasture plaints 70 Speculate

71 Pass near Pikes Peak 72 Vocal interpretation 74 April 15 org.

75 Large chunks 78 Herbal soothers 79 NE state 80 Patella 84 Holds gently 85 Clump 86 Take a stroll 87 Fries or slaw (2 wds.)

88 Santa — winds 89 Underhand throws 90 Slowly vanish 91 Made cow sounds 92 Bout ender 93 Variety of sugar 95 — majeste 96 Spiral or coil 97 Caught red-handed 98 Moralize 99 Word of contempt 100 Treasures 101 “Angie Baby” singer 102 Chewing gum bases 104 Nuisances 105 TV knob 106 In that case (2 wds.)

109 Meadow murmurs 110 Ocean crosser 111 Bread baker 115 Even as we speak 116 Not fem.

117 Magazine stands 118 Good-looking 119 Orchard 121 Texas river 123 “No problem!” (2 wds.)

125 Mme. Curie 126 Horrible bosses 127 Degrade 128 Wed impulsively 129 Change a bill 130 Hen’s lack 131 Oar propeller 132 U-Haul competitor 133 Monterrey moola

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10 Mr. Kubrick 11 Transmission parts 12 Give a wolfish look 13 WWW find 14 Makes numb 15 Minerva, in Greece 16 Operator’s number 17 RN posting 18 Totally opposite

19 Annapolis frosh 20 “Oui” and “ja” 30 Musician Yoko — 32 Actor — Danson 34 Shrill insects 37 Mr. Yeltsin 38 Plunging necklines 39 Turmoils 41 Jalopy 42 Baseball honorees 43 “Paint the Sky With Stars” singer 44 Those opposed 45 Laissez- — 46 His and hers 47 Baldwin and others 48 The Force was with him 50 Publish 51 Young and Simon

52 Hunts and pecks 54 Road flare 55 Block off 56 “Sorry!”

58 Govt. agencies 59 Dappled 60 Flashy sign 63 Smears 64 Hubble component 65 Maine — (large cat) 66 Ruminated 68 Turf 69 Luxury fur 70 Avarice 72 Umps 73 Enameled metal 74 Kind of fund 75 Cut too short 76 The L in LEM

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FINANCE DIRECTOR Working for a 24 member elected Board, under the general supervision of the County Administrator, this challenging & rewarding position seeks a person with excellent financial, administrative, organizational, and communication skills.

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Garage, laundry, a/c, new carpet.

Clean & quiet. No pets. $750/mo.

J&A RE 815-970-0679 Sycamore: Clean 2BR,1BA, full size washer/dryer, dishwasher, garbage disposal, next to park and school. $695/mo. You pay utilities.

No dogs. 815-970-4640 Eric SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper.

CA. DW. W/D on Site.

Off-Street Parking. $695 Incl. Water & Garbage.

J&A Real Estate 815-970-0679

Sycamore E. State St.

DEKALB 2BR, 1.5BA TH

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Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

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$550/mo, includes stove, refrig, water. No pets/smoking.

815-895-4756 or 815-562-3459

SYCAMORE STUDIO

Enclave Sub. 2 car attached garage. $885/mo+sec dep.

630-654-9756

SYCAMORE - 3 bedroom 1 bath condo for rent. Available February 1st. $1200 per month plus utilities.

Smokers and pets welcome. 1st and deposit due at signing, call 269-436-4488 day or night.

Garage, laundry, a/c, clean and quiet. $450/mo. J&A RE. 815-970-0679

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SYCAMORE 2 BR, 2 bath. 1 or 2 car gar, quartz granite cntrs, SS appl, FP. From $950-$1350. Non-Smoking.

1 MONTH FREE RENT! Call Sharon Sperling, Century 21 Elsner 815-793-3030

SYCAMORE 3BR, 2.5BA

Fox Brier Townhouse available. $1150/mo + utilities, pets?

Barry 815-757-9040

SYCAMORE ~ MCCLAREN CT.

Spacious 3 Bedroom Condo.

2BA, W/D, deck, fireplace, garage. $1200/mo. 815-751-2189 Sycamore, 1506 E. Stonehenge Dr., 3 Bedroom, 1.5 Bathroom Condo. Appliances inside.

Call 815-756-1412 for more info.

Sycamore. Spacious 2BR, 2BA condo. SS appls, granite countertops, W/D, frplc, deck, garage. Pet? $975/mo+utils. 815-764-9487

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DEKALB 4 BEDROOM, 2 BATH

Hot new deluxe townhomes.

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

Starting at $645

815-757-1907

GENOA ~ 2BR DUPLEX

Rent $725/mo + sec & references.

Includes 1.5 car garage.

Available now. 815-985-0225

CORTLAND: RURAL RANCH E Perry Rd. 3 BR, 1.5 Bath, Wood Floors, 2 Car Attached Garage.

Unfinished Basement. $800/Mo + Utilities. 1st & Last Mo. rent. No Pets 815-499-9733

water storage tank, new 8" water mains, and replacement of existing undersized water mains with 8" mains. The total amount of CDBG funds to be requested is $400,000.

The amount of CDBG funds proposed to be used for activities that will benefit low-and-moderate-income persons is $278,400. The Village of Lee also proposes to expend an estimated $150,000 in non-CDBG funds on the project.

These non-CDBG-funds will be derived from a DCEO Special Appropriation Bond Fund grant and Village of Lee funds totaling approximately $150,000.

Partial finished basement, 2 car garage, new carpet/appliances.

Call for showing. 815-758-6580

The Knolls

∂∂∂Dekalb Updated 3BR,∂∂∂ stove, fridge, dishwasher, a/c, new carpet, garage, large yard 815-758-0079 DeKalb. 3BR, Dining Rm, Fam Rm, bsmnt, garage. Near parks, Post Office, downtown. $875/mo.

815-762-4730 Near Kish College/NIU 3BR, 1.5BA DR, bsmt, W/D, NEW INTERIOR. 3 car garage, no smoke. $1195.

815-762-4730

The Village of Lee will hold a public hearing on January 14, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. in the Lee Fire Station to provide interested parties an opportunity to express their views on the proposed federally funded CDBG project. Persons with disabilities or non-English speaking persons who wish to attend the public hearing and need assistance should contact Richard Boris, 120 S. Skole Gate, Lee IL, 815/5014565 not later than January 13, 2013. Every effort will be made to make reasonable accommodations for these persons.

Sycamore: 2BR ranch (updated), all appl. including W/D, great neighborhood, NO pets, $785/mo. plus security 630-746-2462

DeKalb Clean, Quiet Room Close to NIU, $360/mo, utilities included. 630-750-4893 SYCAMORE ROOM Available immediately. Utilities included. $95/Wk. 815-751-1800

DEKALB - 3 bedroom, 1 bath, attached garage, fenced yard, $1000 per month. 815-748-1090 DeKalb - 4 BR, 517 S. 6th C/A, dishwasher, W/D, 2 car, deck, near Sweet park.

(815) 895-6357.

Information related to this project will be available for review prior to the public hearing as of January 5, 2013 at the residence of the Lee Village Clerk located at 331 Erickson Gate in Lee by prior appointment which can be obtained by calling 815/824-2252. Interested citizens are invited to provide comments regarding these issues either at the public hearing or by prior written statement. Written comments should be submitted to Richard Boris, 120 S. Skole Gate, Lee, IL no later than 5:00 p.m. on January 15, 2013 in order to ensure placement of such comments in the official record of the public hearing proceedings. A plan to minimize displacement and provide assistance to those displaced has been prepared by the Village of Lee and is also available to the public.

This project will result in no displacement of any persons or businesses. For additional information concerning the proposed project, please contact Richard Boris, 815/501-4565 or write to Mr. Boris at 120 S. Skole Gate, Lee, IL.

GENEVA, ELGIN, OFFICE / WAREHOUSE, 1500 sf.

10x12 overhead door.

For sale/lease, $1200/mo.

Dearborn, 630-894-1277 ext 11

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF AUDREY BERGER DECEASED.

K&J

Richard Boris, Village President Village of Lee January 5, 2013

NO. 12 P 154 CLAIM NOTICE (INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION) NOTICE is given of the death of Audrey Berger of DeKalb, Illinois.

Letters of office were issued on the 26th day of December, 2012, to Russell E. Burns, 1500 E. Lincoln Highway, Suite 1, DeKalb, Illinois 60115.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVII 5/28-4 of the probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4)

★★★

/s/ Maureen Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court PREPARED BY: Russell E. Burns 1500 E. Lincoln Highway, Suite 1 DeKalb, IL 60115 (815) 754-5410

★★★

(Published in the Daily Chronicle January 5, 2013).

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE SIXTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: Patricia Ann Polaski-Bill FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on February 11, 2013, at 9:30 A.M., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Patricia Ann Polaski-Bill will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from Patricia Ann Polaski-Bill to Patricia Ann Polaski 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.

Patricia Ann Polaski-Bill 2115 Frantum Rd Sycamore, IL 60178 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 29, 2012; January 5 & 12, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 29, 2012; January 5, 12, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING On or before February 15th, 2013, the Village of Lee intends to apply to the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity for a grant from the State Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program. This program is funded by Title 1 of the federal Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended.

These funds are to be used for a community development project that will include the following activities: construction of an elevated te st tank 8" te

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real estate

= Developments

Address

City

Bed Bath

Price

Sun

9-5

1-3

Address

City

1032 S. 7th St. DeKalb Southmoor Estates, Office Staff, 815-756-1299

From $70s

$177,500 1238 Omega Circle DeKalb 3 3 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Melissa Mobile, 815-501-4011

By Appt

By Appt.

RECEIPTS:

SPECIAL $313,860.61 $7,131.37

TOTAL RECEIPTS

$87,469.73

$348,049.66

DISBURSEMENTS: COMPENSATION - NET PAY OVER $25,000 PERRY JUNGELS

$26,840.08

COMPENSATION - NET PAY UNDER $25,000 KAREN KUPPLER, KATRINA MOYER $21,153.53 GEORGE BULLARD, STEVE NAVALANY LINDA HERRMANN, JIM BROZ, STAN ROCHUSH RENY PERISH, DEL WILLIAMS, ROGER WURTZ LEILA JONES, LORI EBERLY OTHER VENDORS UNDER $2,500

Bed Bath

Price

Sycamore

DeKalb Daily

Day/Time

TOWN

PROPERTY TAX $78,236.65 REPLACEMENT TAX $4,202.55 REIMBURSEMENT – TOIRMA $1,040.00 INTEREST $409.14 GRAVE SALES $1,500.00 VILLAGE OF HINCKLEY – REIMBURSEMENT RENTAL INCOME MISCELLANEOUS $3,581.39

$7,916.02

$1,167.06 $10,200.00 $9,001.58 $5,189.04

$16,242.61

$38,044.03

VULCAN $57,352.02; NORTHLAND CAPITOL $39,442.54; SICALCO LTD $25,294.05; AURORA BLACKTOP $16,555.15; ABT $16,464.50; CONSERVE FS $12,428.10; DENNIS THORP $10,164.00; AMERICAN ROAD MAINTENANCE $9,657.36; UNITED STATES TREASURY $8,885.64; NILES EXCAVATING $8,080.00; COM ED $8,040.26; TOIRMA $7,939.00; PERRY JUNGELS $7,645.21; NORTHERN FENCE $6,796.00; SUBURBAN LAWN $6,442.00; DEKALB COUNTY TREASURER $5,891.40; HINCKLEY CONCRETE $5,498.33; PRIME TACK $5,330.80; NICOR $4,492.54; SUPERIOR DIESEL $3,837.33; GARY TREES $3,400.00; PATTEN $3,101.15; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE $3,061.05; PAM JUNGELS $3,000.00; HI VIZ $2,967.00; TERI LOREK $2,770.00; TRAVELER'S INSURANCE $2,638.00;

Area Open Houses - January 4 - 10, 2013

Day/Time

SQUAW GROVE TOWNSHIP ANNUAL SUPERVISOR'S REPORT YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2012

Call to advertise 800-589-8237

Waterbury West Lane Sycamore Starting at $135,000 Directions to Somerset Farm: Rt. 23 to Bethany E to Somerset Lane S Century 21 Elsner Realty, Linda Tillis, 815-751-3159 Reston Ponds Sycamore 3-4 2-3 Starting $219,950 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Keith & Jean Brunett, 630-209-6357

TOTAL VENDORS OVER $2,500

$25,298.19

$261,875.24

TOTAL DISBURSEMENTS:

$81,207.82

$316,161.88

BEGINNING BALANCE - APRIL 1, 2011 $96,839.41 RECEIPTS $87,469.73

$497,736.16 $348,049.66

SUMMARY STATEMENT

TRANSFER IN $81,207.82

$316,161.88

ENDING BALANCE - MARCH 31, 2012 $103,101.32

DISBURSEMENTS TRANSFERS OUT

$529,623.94

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 5, 2013.)

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