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Illinois adds 237 laws to books One allows private firms to give hiring preference to veterans

By RHONDA GILLESPIE rgillespie@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Two hundred and thirty seven laws took effect today, including one from a bill sponsored by state Rep. Bob Pritchard, R-Hinckley, that allows private companies to give hiring preferences to veterans.

The Veterans Preference in Private Employment Act allows

private companies and employers to adopt hiring practices that show preference to those who’ve served in the military. It lays out the guidelines employers must follow.

“We need to be concerned about veterans getting jobs once they’re released from the service,” Pritchard said. “A number of companies were saying [they] couldn’t prefer veterans

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Rauner calls the new rules for police and other peace officers landmark legislation. The because that might be counted we’re allowing it for private Police and Community Relaas discrimination. And they businesses. tions Improvement Act outlaws wanted to do it legally. We’ve The state now has gone sev- excessive force tactics such as allowed veteran preference in en months without a budget in chokeholds, mandates detailed Illinois for public agencies, now place, but lawmakers passed reporting on such incidents as

Elections loom over state’s top ’16 issues

individuals dying while under arrest, requires law enforcement use of body cameras, and other provisions. Portions of the law went into effect in August and others take effect mid-year 2016 and in 2017. The reporting requirements start today.

“We are taking steps to strengthen the relationship

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The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – The elections hover over many issues facing Illinois in 2016, including the Republicans’ hold on a U.S. Senate seat, the size of Democrats’ majority in a gridlocked statehouse and whether the top prosecutor in Chicago survives angry fallout from a white police officer’s shooting of a black teenager 16 times.

Below, Associated Press reporters provide a guide to what the year holds:

ELECTION

The biggest campaign story is whether Republican U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk can hold on to his seat for a second term. Democratic turnout is strong in Illinois in presidential election years, and he is considered one of the most vulnerable incumbents as Democrats look to retake control of the U.S. Senate.

First, three Democrats will compete in the March 15 primary to challenge him: U.S. Rep. Tammy Duckworth, state Sen. Napoleon Harris and former prosecutor and Chicago Urban League CEO Andrea Zopp. Kirk faces two lesser-known GOP challengers in James Marter and Elizabeth Pahlke.

The March primary also features a hot race for Cook County State’s Attorney. Two challengers – Kim Foxx and Donna More – look to oust Anita Alvarez, who faces criticism for taking a year to bring murder charges against white Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke after he shot black teen Laquan McDonald.

In Springfield, Republicans – with financial backing from wealthy Gov. Bruce Rauner – will

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U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk R-Ill., speaks in his office June 9, 2014, in Chicago.

The fall election hovers over many issues facing Illinois in 2016, including the Republicans’ hold on his U.S. Senate seat.

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U.S. Army Spc. Alan Cugler, 20, hugs his sisters Trinity Ingalls (left), 13, and Katrina Ingalls (right), 11, at Sycamore Middle School after he surprised them March 12 after returning home from an 11-month tour of duty working security in Djibouti, Africa.

2015 IN PICTURES Not all of the biggest stories of the year correlate to the best photographs of the year.

The best photos capture a feeling, either in the subject or in the viewer, that connects them to stories in ways words sometimes fall short.

Every click of the shutter allows a photojournalist to let readers view the story through their eyes every day in print or online.

Enjoy looking at the best photographs of DeKalb County in 2015 as taken by the staff at the Daily Chronicle and check out more of the best in an online photo gallery at Daily-Chronicle.com.

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Sycamore junior Gina Butala is extricated from a vehicle by Sycamore firefighters during the Operation Prom mock crash May 14 in the Salem Lutheran Church parking lot next to Sycamore High School in Sycamore.

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Continued from page A1 look to chip away at Democrats’ big majorities in the House and Senate.

– Sara Burnett

LEGISLATURE

Illinois starts the new year without a state budget for a fiscal year that began six months ago. At a time when lawmakers should be thinking about next year’s spending plan, it’s likely little else will rise on the agenda.

Rauner, needing to fulfill campaign promises from a year ago, is demanding pro-business, anti-union changes to state law. Democrats, determined to maintain their hold over the state Legislature, object to Rauner’s agenda and want more revenue to help fix a multibillion dollar deficit.

Rauner and legislators recently agreed to try again to address the state’s $111 billion dollar pension shortfall, after the Illinois Supreme Court rejected their previous attempt.

Legislators also could return to a debate over “clean” energy – including the role of both coal and nuclear energy – and the jobs that can be produced.

– John O’Connor

and Ivan Moreno

CAMPUS

The University of Illinois is searching for stability after a year of turmoil from the chancellor’s office to the athletic department to the school’s bottom line.

The university is aiming to find a new chancellor for its flagship Urbana-Champaign campus before fall. Interim Chancellor Barbara Wilson took over after the resignation of Phyllis Wise ahead of a private email scandal.

The school also faced faculty anger and a lawsuit that’s since been settled over the retraction of a job offer to a professor over his anti-Israel Twitter messages, and accusations that football and women’s basketball coaches mistreated players.

The fired athletic director will have to replaced, while a new head football coach will be tested with a new two-year contract. Still proceeding is a lawsuit by seven former women’s basketball players alleging a racially hostile environment.

The lack of a state budget also stung: State funds make up about 11 percent of the $5.6 billion operating budget for the campuses in Urbana, Chicago and Springfield.

– David Mercer

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Despite fears, New Year revelry rolls kok, tens of thousands of people rang in the new year at the intersection with live music and a countdown.

Up to 5,000 police officers were in the area, with explosive ordnance disposal experts sweeping the area ahead of time.

By SYLVIE CORBET, KRISTEN GELINEAU and JON GAMBRELL The Associated Press On a New Year’s Eve haunted by fears of terrorism, a spectacular fire in one of Dubai’s tall towers captured the world’s attention. With few exceptions, the celebrations rolled on, and while fire still raged, the Dubai Media office declared on Twitter: “New Year celebrations in Dubai will continue as scheduled.”

As 2015 drew to a close, many people were bidding a weary and wary adieu to a year marred by attacks that left nations reeling and nerves rattled.

A look at how people around the welcomed the new year:

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES

In the megacity of Dubai, a fire broke out two hours before midnight in The Address hotel, in the area where a massive fireworks display was being prepared.

The five-star hotel is near the Burj Khalifa, the world’s tallest building. At least one person suffered a heart attack from the smoke and over-crowding during evacuation, and 14 suffered minor

MALAYSIA

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Revelers take souvenir selfies at the end of the five-minute video performance displayed on the Arc de Triomphe as part of New Year’s celebrations today on the Champs Elysees Avenue in Paris. injuries.

Organizers said the Burj Khalifa had been fitted with 400,000 LED lights and 1.6 tons of fireworks would be used in the display.

FRANCE

Hollande used his traditional New Year’s Eve speech to warn that the terrorist threat is still at its “highest level.”

“2015 has been a year of suffering and resistance,” he said. “Let’s make 2016 a year of courage and hope.”

Paris canceled its usual fireworks display in favor of a five-minute video performance at the Arc de Triomphe just before midnight, relayed on screens along the Champs Elysee, where people chanted.

The French are still recovering from the Nov. 13 attacks that left 130 people dead in Paris, and authorities prepared for a possible worstcase scenario on New Year’s Eve. About 60,000 police officers and troops were deployed across the country, and revel- THAILAND ers said that made them feel Less than six months after safer. a pipe bomb killed 20 people French President Francois at the Erawan Shrine in Bang-

Security was beefed up in Malaysia’s biggest city, Kuala Lumpur, where fireworks greeted the new year at a historic square and at the Petronas Twin Towers, one of the world’s tallest buildings.

PHILIPPINES

Concern in the Philippines on New Year’s Eve focused on the use of illegal fireworks, which last year injured more than 850 people. Shopping malls and cities organized fireworks displays to discourage people from lighting their own firecrackers.

JAPAN

New Year’s Eve is Japan’s biggest holiday, and millions of people crammed into trains to flee the cities for their hometowns to slurp down bowls of noodles, symbolizing longevity, while watching the annual “Red and White” song competition on television.

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For NIU students, violence ‘hit close to home’

By RHONDA GILLESPIE rgillespie@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – Protesters against gun violence and police shootings marched down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue on New Year’s Eve. Students from Northern Illinois University were part of the demonstration Thursday afternoon in memory of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier, a student at the school who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer Saturday. Bettie Jones, a 55-year-old neighbor of LeGrier, was accidentally shot Saturday.

Amirius Clinton, 21, an NIU political science major, said he first met LeGrier during the 2014-15 school year when the slain man was a freshman. Then during the 2015 fall semester, LeGrier joined the Black Male Initiative program on campus, where Clinton serves as the head of marketing.

“He came to BMI in search of brotherhood and guidance,” Clinton said.

Clinton, a junior, said he last saw LeGrier on Dec. 7 at a BMI meeting. Clinton demonstrated Thursday in

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Amirius Clinton, 21 (center with scarf), a junior at Northern Illinois Unverisity and a friend of Quintonio LeGrier, who was shot and killed by Chicago police last week, protests Thursday with the Rev. Michael Pfleger against gun violence in Chicago on Michigan Avenue. Activists are keeping up the pressure on Mayor Rahm Emanuel over fatal shootings by police and gun violence in the city. support of the family of a young man he said was trying to “better himself.”

“We took it upon ourselves to come out today because this hit close to home,” Clinton said of himself and

the dozens of fellow NIU students who marched. “We feel that we can do something to effect change in this city.”

WLS-TV reported that the Rev. Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church also was

part of the protest. He said the bloodshed in Chicago is unacceptable and “it’s got to stop.”

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Newly released Chicago emails reveal coordination after teen’s death The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – The Chicago mayor’s office, police and the body that investigates police shootings closely coordinated their response in the months after a white officer fatally shot a black teenager in 2014, emails released Thursday revealed.

The messages clearly indicate that advisers to Mayor Rahm Emanuel knew within months that the case could be politically explosive.

Thousands of emails were released in response to open-records requests from The Associated Press and other media regarding 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, who was killed in Octo-

ber 2014 after being shot 16 times. Few communications from Emanuel’s staff mention him directly – although several refer to him by the acronym “MRE.” A video of the officer shooting McDonald – which was not made public until more than a year later, on Nov. 24 – led to protests and repeated calls for Emanuel to resign. The officer has been charged with murder and pleaded not guilty this week at his arraignment.

Emanuel has denied ever seeing the video before its release, a contention many activists have said they do not believe.

The emails do not appear to contradict Emanuel’s

claim, though they show how City Hall grew increasingly concerned that the video could pose a major public-relations problem.

In early December 2014, Scott Ando, head of the Independent Police Review Authority – publicly touted by the mayor as uniquely independent in its probes of police shootings – singled out the case. He sent an email to the mayor’s deputy chief of staff, Janey Rountree, with a link to a website that raised questions about police accounts of the shooting.

Emanuel spokesman Adam Collins sent a flurry of emails about media inquiries into video of the shooting.

His subject line on a Dec. 10,

2014, email to fellow Emanuel staffers included the headline in one Chicago newspaper: “If Chicago police have video of teen shooting, let’s see it: advocates.”

The risk that a publicly released video could blow up not just locally but also nationally was made by lawyers from McDonald’s family, who reached out to the city about a settlement in early 2015, just over a month before Emanuel’s re-election.

Although none of the correspondence directly addressed Emanuel, in a letter March 6 – after the family’s lawyers saw the video – attorney Jeffrey J. Neslund told city lawyers that the footage would reflect badly

on the city.

He demanded $16 million.

The two sides eventually settled on $5 million, a deal approved by the City Council shortly after Emanuel won a second term.

On Thursday, protesters against gun violence and police shootings marched down Chicago’s Michigan Avenue on New Year’s Eve. Students from Northern Illinois University were part of the demonstration in memory of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier, a student at the school who was fatally shot by a Chicago police officer Saturday.

Bettie Jones, a 55-year-old neighbor of LeGrier, was accidentally shot Saturday.

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DeKalb 66 American Legion member Jerry Busby, of DeKalb, salutes the flag before the start of the DeKalb Memorial Day parade on Third St. in downtown DeKalb May 25. Busby is a Korean War veteran who served in the Army.

Zack Prater, a senior at DeKalb High School, practices MIG welding, or gas metal arc welding, in his Kishwaukee College dual credit course March 20.

An EF4 tornado left a path of wreckage through Fairdale April 10 in DeKalb County.

Seventeen houses were leveled off the foundations, 11 people were transported, and two women confirmed dead after the tornado hit Fairdale around 7:15 p.m.

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Midwest Museum of Natural History expands programming for the new year

By BRITTANY KEEPERMAN bkeeperman@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore will offer a plethora of new programming in the new year, in efforts to better connect with its patrons.

“Our largest audience is children,” Executive Director Cindy Khatri said. “We knew this was an area we wanted to strengthen.”

The museum already offers a variety of programming such as its Safari Sprouts program, which is aimed at preschoolers, but frequently children of all ages showed up to participate, Khatri said.

“When we were talking to parents, they said they didn’t find a lot of educational opportunities for kids drop-in classes throughout the week,” she said. “We really thought of just addressing what our community needs.”

One of the museum’s most popular programs is its dissection series, which generated a lot of interest from school-age children. A new program, Nature Sleuths,will also cater to older kids, ages 6 to 10. The program will be at 4 p.m. on the first and third Wednesday of the month and will include a variety of themes.

The new Collection Crafts program aims to engage 3- to 5-year-olds with a lesson and craft related to a different museum item each week.

On Thursdays, Animal Tales will take place. It is a story time and sensory activity aimed at infants to 3-year-olds.

Khatri said the hope is that patrons come to new activities and advance through the programs as they grow and learn.

Some programs will stay in place, such as the museum’s weekly snake feeding.

“Younger kids respond really well to crafts and table time and smaller themes –

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In this Daily Chronicle file photo, Cindy Khatri, executive director of the Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore, shows off her personal favorite reptile in the museum’s collection: Benji, a Uromastyx from Mali, at the museum on Feb. 4, 2015. The museum is starting new programming for 2016.

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The DeKalb County Coroner pronounced Brian Nord, 35, of Yorkville, dead at the scene of a truck rollover onto train tracks near Rt. 30 in unincorporated Waterman, west of Pine St. and east of Leland Rd March 30. The rollover occurred around 1:09 p.m. after a Hinckley Police Officer attempted to stop the allegedly stolen Chevy 2500 HD truck for dropping items on the train tracks in Hinckley.

Nord, increased the truck’s speed – instead of stopping – and rolled the truck onto the train tracks in Waterman. The Hinckley Police Officer that followed the driver was taken to Kishwaukee Hospital for stress-related symptoms.

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Some laws deal with health, safety Coroner identifies charred • NEW LAWS

Continued from page A1 between our law enforcement officers and the public they protect,” Rauner said. “As a society, we must ensure the safety of both the public and law enforcement. SB 1304 establishes new and important guidelines and training for police departments and their officers, while protecting the public by prohibiting officers from using excessive force.”

The governor’s office reports that the legislation is the first of its kind in the nation.

Other new laws: • The Powdered Caffeine Control and Education Act makes it illegal for anyone to sell, give away or offer free samples of powdered caffeine to anyone younger than the age of

18 in Illinois. (SB 9) • The sale or delivery of powdered alcohol is outlawed.

A person who violates the law could be charged with a Class A misdemeanor on the first offense, and a Class 4 felony for second or subsequent offenses.

(SB 67) • Eligibility for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (commonly known as food stamps) is changed so that households that include a blind, disabled or elderly individual could qualify for assistance with income at 200 percent over the federal poverty level.

Households without those individuals could qualify with income at 165 percent. (SB 1847) • Nursing home residents, in some instances, will now be able to install, at their expense, some electronic monitoring de-

vices in their room. (HB 2462) • All schools have to have carbon monoxide alarms or carbon monoxide detectors.

The devices have to be located within 20 feet of any equipment that could emit carbon monoxide. The detector or alarm has to be inspected annually. (HB 152) • The Down Syndrome Information and Awareness Act states the Illinois Department of Health must provide a clearinghouse of information about the condition to be made available to medical professionals and some expectant parents.

(HB 3158) • The Right to Try Act allows terminally ill patients to use some experimental, non-FDA approved drugs in treatment of their illness, under certain circumstances. (HB 1335).

body found on NIU campus

By BRETT ROWLAND browland@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The charred remains of a man’s body found Tuesday on Northern Illinois University property were identified as a 25-yearold former student.

Hasan Gill, 25, of DeKalb was pronounced dead at 11:02 a.m. Tuesday at the scene where the body was found near the 800 block of North First Street in DeKalb, according to a news release from DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller.

University officials said the body was found Tuesday morning by a person near a path behind the WNIJ-WNIU Broadcast Studios, 801 N. First St., DeKalb. Foul play was not suspected in the man’s death, NIU officials said.

The DeKalb County Coroner’s Office did an autopsy Wednesday, but the cause of death is pending further forensic testing.

Gill last was enrolled at NIU for the fall semester. For academic reasons, he wasn’t enrolled for the upcoming

spring semester, NIU spokesman Brad Hoey said.

Gill had been an undergraduate in the university’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences.

While NIU police and the DeKalb County Coroner’s Office continue to investigate the death, Hoey said it appears to have been a suicide.

“We are deeply saddened by the death of Hasan Gill,” Hoey said. “Our thoughts and prayers are with his family, friends and all who were close to him.”

LOCAL & STATE BRIEFS Police seek help after counterfeit cash spree

urban Chicago man has pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms whose serial numbers had SYCAMORE – DeKalb County been wiped off the weapons.

Crimestoppers has offered a Steven Riley of Hickory Hills en$1,000 reward for the public’s help capturing two women believe tered the plea in U.S. District Court in Chicago as part of an agreeto have used phony money at ment with federal prosecutors.

Sycamore stores.

Prosecutors said he sold a The women’s spree is said to have started Christmas Eve, when shotgun, two rifles and 40 rounds of assorted ammunition to an they reportedly went into three individual for $2,500 in 2014. The businesses in the town and used buyer was a confidential inforcounterfeit $100 bills as paymant working with federal agents. ment. Store video surveillance is Riley pleaded guilty Wednesday believed to have captured them. to one count of illegal possession One woman is described as of a firearm by a convicted felon. being 5-foot-2 to 5-8 with red He faces a maximum 10-year highlights on the tips of her hair.

The other is believed to be about prison sentence. U.S. District 5-5 and weighs about 140 pounds Judge Virginia Kendall set an April with a tattoo on her right forearm. 14 sentencing date.

Crime Stoppers reports that the Dept. of Corrections women were driving a vehicle believed to be a black mid-2000s boosts staffing SPRINGFIELD – An Illinois Chevrolet Malibu.

Anyone with information about Department of Corrections official this crime or the persons believed said the agency has increased the to be involved is asked to contact number of correctional officers, DeKalb County Crime Stoppers at helping drive down overtime 815-895-3272 or email crimestop- costs. Agency spokeswoman Nicole Wilson said the department pers@dekalbcounty.org. Callers has increased staffing by 468 cormay remain anonymous. rectional officers, after accounting for attrition through resignation, Hickory Hills man pleads retirements and dismissals. guilty to gun charge CHICAGO – A 24-year-old sub– Staff and wire reports

OBITUARIES DONALD L. JOHNSON

CORINNE LAVON

Born: May 5, 1932, in Superior, Wis. STOREY Died: Dec. 29, 2015, in Woodstock Born: Oct. 7, 1927, in DeKalb Died: Dec. 28, 2015, in Lake Zurich Donald L. Johnson, 83, of Pingree Grove, Corinne (Kasmar) Storey, 88 formerly of Branson years of age passed away the West, Missouri, and morning of Dec. 28, 2015, after a Cary, passed away short illness in Lake Zurich peacefully Tuesday afternoon, Dec. Corinne was born October 7, 29, 2015, at JourneyCare Hospice in 1927 in DeKalb, the daughter of Woodstock.

Hazle and Phillip Swanstrom.

He was born May 5, 1932 in SuShe was a member of St. Mary’s perior, Wisconsin, the son of Albert Church in DeKalb. and Fannie (Sauvola) Johnson. He Corinne is survived by her son, received a degree in Chemical Engi- Kevin Kasmar and his wife, Liane neering from Tri-State University in Langlo-Kasmar of Barrington; four Angola, IN and was drafted into the grandchildren; Caitlin, Emily, CamU.S. Navy serving from 1955 to 1957. eron and Tessa; three great-grandHe married Yolanda H. Hare at St. children, Connor, Lily and Fiona; Casimir Catholic Church in Chicago. her sister-in-law, Judi Swanstrom, Don worked for Kemper Insurance and three step-children; Stephen in Long Grove for 30 years as a fire (Karen) Storey, Kate Storey and protection engineer.

Diane (Gary Hill) Storey.

Surviving are his wife Yolanda; a She was preceded in death son, Scott (Shelley) Johnson of Fort by her parents, Hazle and Phillip Collins, Colorado; daughter, Tracy Swanstrom; her brother, Allyn (Michael) Linning of Crystal Lake; 4 Swanstrom; stepfather, John Saari; grandchildren, Alex, Spencer, Brina, her first husband of 42 years, and Brent; brother, Arnold (Donna) Raymond Kasmar of Rochelle and Johnson of Duluth, Minnesota. her second husband of 21 years, He was preceded in death by his Judd Storey of Sycamore. parents; two brothers, Archie and A memorial visitation will be held Armand Johnson; a sister, Arlene in from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, infancy.

Jan. 4, 2016, at the Unger-Horner A memorial Mass of Christian Funeral Home, 400 N. 6th St., Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m.

Rochelle.

Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016, at St. Charles Burial will follow immediately Borromeo Catholic Church, 297 E. after the visitation at St. Patrick Jefferson Ave, Hampshire with MonCemetery in Rochelle. Memorial is signor Thomas Dempsey officiating. to be established.

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Lawmakers need to prioritize in 2016

How racists talk about Tamir Rice A little time has passed since a grand jury in Cleveland refused to indict two white police officers responsible for the November 2014 death of 12-year-old Tamir Rice, who was black.

One minute this child was playing in a city park with an air pellet gun. Seconds later, after a police squad car swooped up next to him, he was on the ground – alone and mortally wounded.

After 13 months of waiting for any sign of justice, the reaction from too many white people to the grand jury decision has severed me from my will for diplomacy. I am a 58-year-old white woman, and I am sickened by how many people who look like me talk about race.

I’m no stranger to their way of thinking.

My father struggled with race until the day he died, but his fear of black people he never knew could not gain traction with me. By age 6, I knew he was wrong. Whenever he pounded the table and called them those awful names, I saw the faces of exactly half of my classmates. They were my friends.

As I wrote last year for The Atlantic, “it was not the natural order of things to be so young and know your father had no idea what he was talking about.” It framed our relationship for all of his days.

I share that story not to dishonor my father, whom I loved and miss to this day. I just want to make clear that I’m no neophyte when it comes to knowing what some white people believe about black people. Sometimes I think I’ve spent much of my career trying to make up for the harm the people I come from have inflicted on the lives of innocent strangers.

For as long as I’ve been a newspaper columnist – 13 years and counting – I’ve been on the receiving end of angry mail from white readers. One of their favorite cut-andpaste missives in emails and social media

VIEWS Connie Schultz posts criticizes and even mocks what they call “black English.” How they love to spew their racist rants about dialect. It makes them feel so shiny-white superior.

Their hate is couched in white English, which has nothing to do with accents. White English is a state of mind. It turns words into weapons to dehumanize an entire population of people, and it is bubbling up like pus in a dirty wound after Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty convinced a grand jury that the police were justified in killing a black child playing with an air gun.

White English casts Tamir Rice, for the first time in his short life, as an equal among men – rather than as a 12-year-old boy limited by the judgment of his years.

He “should have known better.” He should have “listened to the police,” as if there’s no reason to doubt their claim that they yelled three warnings to this child in less than two seconds.

White English repeats, over and over, that this child was “big for his age.”

He’s not 12-year-old Tamir; he’s “Mr. Rice.” Even in his grave, he grows. He is no longer 5 feet 7 inches tall.

He was 5 feet 9.

He was 5’11”.

He was 6 feet tall.

He was a man.

He was a menace.

He was a thug.

White English is the language of the Superior White Parents club, where perfect children raised by perfect parents now raise perfect children of their own who would

never jump around in a park and pretend to be shooting a toy gun. They know this because they have special powers that allow them to see what their perfect children are doing every minute of every day. If you dare suggest this is not possible, they will turn on you in a hot minute. How dare you question their parenting as they pick apart Tamir Rice’s mother?

White English has no words to acknowledge that Samaria Rice loved her son. That she banned toy guns from their home. That she didn’t know he had his friend’s air gun that day.

Two months ago, in an interview for Politico, Samaria Rice told me she watches the video of the last few moments of her son’s life – when he was still very much alive.

She studies it, over and over, searching for any sign of what he may have been thinking right before the bullet tore through him.

“He didn’t have a lot of suspicions about people,” she said. “I look at him in that video and I’m wondering: ‘What are you thinking right now? Do you know what’s about to happen to you?’”

She was certain there would be no indictments for those police officers, she told me. She was waiting for God to tell her what comes next.

Which is worse, having your hopes dashed or knowing you will never see justice from a system that insists your child had it coming?

He was a boy.

He was a boy.

He was a boy.

• Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. She is the author of two books, including “...and His Lovely Wife,” which chronicled the successful race of her husband, Sherrod Brown, for the U.S. Senate.

VIEWS

A few predictions to consider for 2016

By STEPHEN CARTER Bloomberg View Here are things I think will happen in 2016: Some are happy, some are sad, some are serious, some are whimsical. And to borrow from my friend Gregg Easterbrook, all predictions guaranteed, or your money back.

• No presidential candidate will make very much of recent Wall Street Journal reports that the Obama administration, while spying on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, also listened in on members of Congress and leaders of U.S. Jewish organizations. The story should be explosive, but it will remain too hot even for our politics.

• Democratic and Republican candidates for president will fight to outdo one another in their determination to destroy Islamic State, but the only actual promise any of them will make is not to put boots on the ground.

• Donald Trump will not be the Republican presidential nominee.

• Having reached peak coffee and passed peak cupcakes and peak meatballs and (evidently) peak kale, in 2016 we will find ourselves passing peak acai.

• As faith in government and other established institutions continues to fall, more people will be attracted to the idea of a currency that exists in large measure beyond government control. Thus Bitcoins finally will enjoy the price surge that advocates have been pre-

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• Critics will decry film quality as usual, and no movie released in 2016 will challenge box office records, but there still will be huge blockbusters. The “Independence Day” sequel/reboot will outdraw “Captain America: Civil War” and “Star Trek Beyond,” which will battle the surprisingly successful “BFG” for second place.

• Russia will increase the tempo of its territorial incursions in the Baltic nations, and the world will mumble in outrage but not actually do anything.

• The Republican Party will continue to behave as if anger is a policy.

• No important gun control measures will be passed.

• The Nobel committee will continue its now 22-year-old tradition of forgetting that great literature also is written in the U.S. • The concentration of refugees in the Balkans will strengthen nationalist regimes throughout Europe. As it becomes apparent that the refugees by and large aren’t out to cause trouble, however, business as usual will return.

• Across all the major sports, the championship drought in the nation’s capital will stretch into a 23rd year.

• Having learned there is no political price to be paid for tampering with the still-unpopular Affordable Care Act, Democrats and Republicans will join to repeal the “Cadillac

tax” – the single most sensible thing in the legislation.

• Voter turnout in the 2016 presidential election will be the lowest since the 1990s.

Rather than blaming the stridency and hostility of partisan activists, talking heads will blame the voters.

• The Chess Olympiad, the biennial team championship currently scheduled for 2016 in Baku, Azerbaijan, will be postponed. If the event is held after all, the U.S. team, which could potentially include three of the top 10 players in the world, will not finish first.

• Social conservatives will realize gay rights and same-sex marriage are here to stay and will move on to other issues. Social liberals will decide the occasional dissenting caterer does not, after all, amount to anything like the sort of massive resistance that necessitated the zero-tolerance crackdown during the Civil Rights Movement. (Sadly, this is one of my whimsical predictions.)

• There won’t be peace on Earth, the lion won’t lie down with the lamb, and TV will continue to bring the world’s horrors into our homes. Because we’re human, however, we’ll keep trying to find islands of contentment and joy and beauty in life. We also will remember, with Thoreau, that high up in the air is exactly where our castles should be.

• Stephen Carter is a Bloomberg View columnist and a law professor at Yale.

A slew of new state laws will go into effect today, the first day of 2016.

In the past, these lists of new state laws were known as things lawmakers found to be more important than pension reform. This year, the list is known as things lawmakers found more important than passing a state budget.

Undoutedly, some of the new laws are significant and meaningful. For example: • SB 1304, which requires more accountability of law enforcement and sets standards for the use of body cameras.

• SB 1846, which requires the state to establish a system to help communities missing adults with Alzheimer’s, dementia or other cognitive impairments.

• HB 2462, which allows residents of nursing homes or their representatives to use surveillance systems in their rooms at their own expense to combat abuse.

• HB 303, which makes severance agreements for public bodies eligible under the state’s Freedom of Information Act. However, some new laws for 2016 make you shake your head and ask out loud, “This is what the people we elect do instead of serious state work?”

For example: • SB 0681, which designates a number of new toxic weeds, including plant bush honeysuckle and giant hogweed.

• HB 1666, which establishes forklift license plates need not be visible at all times.

• HB 3788, which extends the time a car rental company can contest a toll violation.

• SB 1424, which lets garbage trucks use amber flashing or oscillating lights.

As we enter 2016, we implore lawmakers in Springfield to tackle the meaningful and not the mundane.

Atop the meaningful list is passing a state budget (this fiscal year’s and next), passing legal pension reform, establishing term limits for lawmakers and making Illinois more business friendly.

Next year is an election year, so we, the voters, need to hold lawmakers more accountable for the shenanigans in Springfield.

Otherwise, lawmakers will continue to pass needless legislation, such as HB 208, which makes pumpkin pie the official state pie as of Friday.

It’s going to be a sad day for apple pie lobbyists.

ANOTHER VIEW

‘Public’ records given that title for good reason It was disheartening last week to see three Wisconsin Supreme Court justices siding with secrecy over openness in an open records dispute between the New Richmond Wisconsin News and that city’s police department.

The court deadlocked 3-3 on whether personal information on accident or crime reports should be exempted from the Wisconsin Open Records Law. Recently appointed Justice Rebecca Bradley did not weigh in because she was not on the court when her fellow justices heard the arguments in the case, which now goes back to the appeals court.

This issue arose more than 20 years ago in Illinois when someone who got a parking ticket was upset his age, address, etc., were printed on the ticket in public view. Out of that came the 1994 Driver’s Privacy Protection Act that led to widespread confusion about what information truly is “personal.” To avoid possible controversy, some law enforcement agencies used that legislation as a license to redact so much information as to make police reports useless to anyone wishing to examine them, including the media.

Media outlets aren’t interested in someone’s driver’s license number or personal medical information. They are interested, and the public should be interested, in knowing who in their community interacted with the police or fire/rescue. For one thing, it’s the public’s money paying for these services. For another, secrecy invites corruption. Public officials simply could claim invasion of privacy to avoid public scrutiny if they get pulled over for a traffic violation or some other indiscretion.

The vast majority of traffic stops and accidents don’t involve public figures.

If a string of crimes is happening in your neighborhood, it’s important to know where and when these crimes occurred, who was victimized and what happened.

Sadly, this trend toward “privacy” easily can be used by those holding the records to keep from the public virtually anything they’d rather not disclose. If the public and press don’t object loudly, some government officials will push to keep even more of their records out of public view. Such behavior increases the levels of suspicion and distrust of those we elect and hire to serve us ... and rightfully so.

Those who’d rather not have the public informed when they run afoul of the law have another option: obey the law. Or, as one newspaper once noted on its masthead: “If you don’t want it printed, don’t let it happen.”

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

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WEATHER FRIDAY 7-DAY FORECAST

Happy New Year! A mix of sun and clouds will start the year along with a chilly afternoon. West winds around 10 to 20 mph will keep wind chills in the lower teens throughout the afternoon.

Quiet and seasonal conditions will be around through the weekend. Temperatures will gradually warm up next week with the next chance of flurries next Thursday.

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By EDDIE CARIFIO and JESSE SEVERSON sports@daily-chronicle.com

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hen it comes to memorable moments from 2015, Northern Illinois was responsible for many of them, ranging from an injury-plagued football team keeping a dominant streak alive (not to mention continuing a less than dominant one when it comes to bowl games) to a beloved mascot dying.

But a list of the top 10 moments in sports from 2015 has to begin with the always intense Sycamore-DeKalb football rivalry, won for the second straight year by the Barbs in a unique fashion.

What follows is a list of the top 10 happenings from the world of DeKalb County sports, as voted on by the sports staff of the Daily Chronicle:

1.

DeKalb football beats Sycamore on a last-second field goal by a freshman kicker

Trailing all game, Connor Tierney made a 30-yard field goal with 4.2 seconds left to give DeKalb a 31-28 win over Sycamore. The game was played on Saturday at DeKalb High after a Friday night storm wiped out the plans to play the annual throwdown at Huskie Stadium.

“I was trying to keep myself as calm as possible,” Tierney said after the game.

“I knew what I INSIDE: See the list of top had to do to get sports stories a positive result for my team. So I of the year did it.” on page B3.

Cole Tucker, who is the Daily Chronicle Offensive Football Player of the Year, had eight catches for 136 yards and three touchdowns, plus returned a kick 87 yards for a score.

The win was the third in a row for the Barbs, who wouldn’t lose again until the regular-season finale. The loss was the third in four games for the Spartans.

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NIU football backs into winning its sixth straight MAC title

Prospects of repeating as Mid-American Conference champion for the sixth straight year looked grim when the NIU football team lost its first conference game.

The Huskies lost on a rainy afternoon at Central Michigan, giving them their third straight loss and putting themselves behind the eight ball from the start. Then the Huskies rattled off six consecutive wins – including three after junior quarterback Drew Hare went down with a season-ending Achilles injury in the second quarter against Toledo.

However, control of their own destiny slipped through their fingers when Ohio came to DeKalb

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ABOVE: DeKalb freshman Connor Tierney (center) is praised by teammates after kicking the winning field goal to beat Sycamore, 31-28, during the annual matchup Sept.

19 at DeKalb High School. TOP LEFT: The DeKalb sideline celebrates after Tierney’s game-winning field goal. TOP RIGHT: Diesel retired in 2013 after nine years as Northern Illinois’ mascot. He died this year after attending the NIU home opener. and beat the Huskies, 26-21, in the season finale – meaning the Huskies had to wait a few days to find out who won between Western Michigan and Toledo.

Of course, former Huskie PJ Fleck helped coach the Broncos to a win over the Rockets – and Western Michigan’s first ever victory over a ranked team created a four-team tie atop the MAC

West and, just like the previous five years, it was the Huskies who went to Detroit.

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DeKalb football makes the quarterfinals of the playoffs for the first time since 1980

The Barbs have been making history the past couple of years, and this past season was no different.

In reaching the quarterfinals – a 49-14 loss to a Montini team that steamrolled its way to a state title – they did something they hadn’t done since 1980. Just making the playoffs was a feat in and of itself, as it was the third straight playoff appearance for the school, which, according the IHSA archives, is a first for the program.

COTTON BOWL : NO. 2 ALABAMA 38, NO. 3 MICHIGAN ST. 0

“If you told me at the beginning of this year we’d be playing in the quarterfinals against Montini, I’d have taken that any day of the week,” third-year coach Matt Weckler said after the loss. “It hurts right now because you lose 22, 23 members of your

See TOP 10, page B3

BEARS

Crimson Tide roll into title game Detroit’s Ngata

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas – Jake Coker played the game of his career, hooking up with Calvin Ridley for two touchdowns, as second-ranked Alabama aired it out to beat No. 3 Michigan State, 38-0, Thursday night and advance to the national championship game.

Alabama (13-1) will face No. 1 Clemson (14-0) on Jan. 11 in Glendale, Arizona, looking for its fourth national title in nine seasons under coach Nick Saban.

The Tide looked like a team with no weaknesses against overmatched Michigan State (122). Coker, the promising Florida State transfer who sat on the bench most of last season, was nearly perfect. The senior completed 25 for 30 for 286 yards. Ridley, a freshman, was brilliant, streaking by defenders on deep throws and outfighting them on jump balls. He caught eight passes for 138 yards.

Jonathan Allen and the ferocious Tide defensive front sacked Connor Cook four times and al-

‘haunts’ Slauson

National championship game Jan. 11 at Glendale, Ariz.

No. 1 Clemson (14-0) vs. No. 2 Alabama (13-1), 7:30 p.m., ESPN

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lowed the Spartans only one trip into the red zone, which ended with Cyrus Jones intercepting a pass at the goal line.

Jones added a high-stepping 57yard punt return touchdown for the Tide, which hardly even had to use Heisman Trophy winner Derrick Henry. The big tailback who has carried the Crimson Tide offense most of the season was mostly just a role player against a Spartans defense stacked to stop him. He ran for 75 yards and scored two touchdowns. The last made it 38-0 halfway through the fourth quarter. The celebration at that point was pretty tame on the Alabama sideline. Henry got AP photo a chest pump from a lineman and After scoring a touchdown against Michigan State, Alabama some pats on the helmet before taking a seat next to a fan to cool defensive back Cyrus Jones (5) celebrates with teammates in the second half of the Cotton Bowl on Thursday night in Aroff.

See COTTON BOWL, page B2

lington, Texas. The No. 2 Crimson Tide won, 38-0, to advance to the national championship game against No. 1 Clemson

LAKE FOREST – The mere thought of facing the Detroit Lions’ Haloti Ngata elicits a spike in Matt Slauson’s blood pressure, pulling him back to his first start in the NFL. “He still haunts me,” Slauson said Thursday. “A lot.”

He told the story in OctoMatt Slauson ber to a group of disadvantaged teenage boys at Foreman High School on Chicago’s North Side. Sitting in a circle of chairs in an upstairs classroom, they wanted to know whether an NFL offensive lineman with a tangled beard and tattoos up and down his arms ever got nervous.

He knew right where to begin.

It was the first “Monday Night Football” game of the 2010 season. New York City’s unrelenting rain storm had drenched the field and delaying the start time for an hour. The nerves were building.

Then there was the reality of the moment: This was the Jets’ first game in three years without Alan Faneca, the left guard Haloti Ngata who had won two Super Bowls and played in nine Pro Bowls and likely will be in the Hall of Fame.

“And they thought I was worthy to replace this guy,” Slauson told the boys. “I had serious doubts about what they were thinking.”

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2 SPORTS • Friday, January 1, 2016 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com LOCAL SCHEDULE SATURDAY Boys basketball Genoa-Kingston at Sycamore, 6 p.m.

Girls basketball Genoa-Kingston at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.

Prep wrestling Sycamore at Wauconda quad, 10 a.m.

Boys bowling DeKalb at Dixon invite, 9 a.m.

Men’s basketball Judson at Northern Illinois, 1 p.m.

Women’s basketball NIU at Akron, 4 p.m.

WHAT TO WATCH Pro baskeball New York at Bulls, 7 p.m., CSN College football Outback Bowl, Northwestern vs. Tennessee, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Fiesta Bowl, Notre Dame vs.

Ohio St., noon ESPN Citrus Bowl, Michigan vs.

Florida, noon, ABC Rose Bowl, Iowa vs. Stanford, 4 p.m., ESPN Sugar Bowl, Oklahoma St. vs.

Mississippi, 7:30 p.m., ESPN Pro hockey Montreal vs. Boston, at Gillette Stadium, noon, NBC Men’s basketball North Texas at Texas, 6 p.m., CSN+ Utah at Stanford, 8 p.m., ESPNU Rice at UTEP, 8 p.m., CSN+ UCLA at Washington, 10 p.m., FS1 Women’s basketball Florida St. at Louisville, 3 p.m., ESPNU

BEARS NOTES

Cutler shows remarkable patience

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com LAKE FOREST – Even Yoda would have to be impressed with Bears quarterback Jay Cutler’s patience this season.

Running a methodical, horizontal offense when dictated by the defense and lack of personnel on offense, Cutler has stayed within the system to avoid the Jay Cutler dreaded turnover, something he’s done at a career-low rate this season.

“We’ve been in some games in the fourth quarter where that’s kind of when you have to make plays and you’ve got to limit turnovers and stay in manageable third downs,” Cutler said Thursday. “So this, by and large, wasn’t that much different than some of the other things we’ve done this year.”

goal line, score through the goal line’ because that’s all they’re going to let us do. They’re not going to let us get 25 yards and More online 30 yards and we’re going to have these four-play drives and we’re Visit ChicagoFootball.com for the going to score a touchdown. It’s latest Bears and NFL news. going to be so hard to accomplish that. It was just constantCutler couldn’t pinpoint a ly just kept talking about, ‘OK, specific time his patience was you’ve got to be methodical. tested to the point he want- You have to be patient, take our ed to push the ball down the five, seven yards at a time.’ ” Potential swan song for Forte: field, and offensive coordinator Adam Gase lauded the way We’ve reached Week 17, which Cutler stayed patient Sunday will be Matt Forte’s 120th reguagainst Lovie Smith’s Bucca- lar-season game in a Bears uniform. He said he’ll enjoy the moneers defense.

“He had to stay on me last ment but won’t get too emotional.

“I [take it in] every game, week because he knew that we had to be patient,” Gase said. pretty much,” he said. “I enjoy “He kept telling a lot of our the game the same. It’s a priviguys, ‘Let’s take the five (yards), lege to be in the NFL. This Sunlet’s take the seven, let’s be able day won’t be any different.”

Forte reflected on his eight to run the ball.’ He knew that those shots are hard to come by seasons with the Bears.

“I’ve enjoyed my time here. with that defense. “… He kept talking about, Been blessed to play as long as ‘We have to score through the I have been here. … It’s been

ORANGE BOWL: NO. 1 CLEMSON 37 NO. 4 OKLAHOMA 17

Tigers heading to title game

SPORTS BRIEFS Ward powers Houston past FSU in Peach Bowl

ATLANTA – Greg Ward Jr. ran for two touchdowns and threw for another, leading No. 14 Houston past turnover-plagued and ninth-ranked Florida State, 38-24, in the Peach Bowl.

Ward threw for 238 yards and ran for 67 yards as Houston (13-1) scored the most points allowed by Florida State this season.

The Seminoles (10-3), who trailed 21-3 at halftime, tried to rally with two fourth-quarter TD passes by Sean Maguire. It wasn’t enough to overcome five turnovers.

Maguire, who was carted off the field with a lower left leg injury late in the first quarter, returned but threw four interceptions.

TCU’s Boykin apologizes on Twitter after arrest

SAN ANTONIO – Trevone Boykin’s brilliant college career has come to an abrupt and inglorious end even though TCU has one game left to play this season.

Boykin was arrested early Thursday and charged with felony assault of a police officer after the one-time Heisman Trophy contender slipped out of his team hotel past curfew, was allegedly heckled at a bar and ended up being subdued by authorities who said they had to threaten the quarterback with a Taser.

The 22-year-old Boykin was swiftly suspended for Saturday’s Alamo Bowl against No. 15 Oregon, and later apologized on Twitter.

“I have no excuses for my very poor decision, and I’m embarrassed about it,” Boykin wrote in a 216-word note posted as screen shot of a phone. “My teammates are my brothers. There’s nothing I wanted to do more than play one last game with my fellow seniors.”

The game would have been the last for Boykin, who shattered school passing records once held by Cincinnati Bengals quarterback Andy Dalton.

But he was no doubt hoping to give NFL scouts one final look at his skills as the 11thranked Horned Frogs wrapped up their season.

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fun. I look back at the time I first came in and got to play against legendary people like Brian Urlacher, Lance Briggs and Charles Tillman. A lot of those tough defenses we had, I got to play against them,” he said. “They’ve been able to help shape my career as a running back by playing against them and learning that way.

“I can only look back and smile the whole time.”

Long staying at tackle: Although he doesn’t know whether it’ll be the right or left side, Kyle Long said he knows he will be playing tackle in 2016.

“I’ll probably be blocking a lot of D-ends next year,” he said. “… Until I’m told otherwise, I’m going to keep working on my kick set and trying to set the edge out there.”

Injury update: WR Eddie Royal (illness), DL Jarvis Jenkins (ankle, illness), TE Zach Miller (toe) and C Hroniss Grasu (knee) did not practice Thursday.

By PAUL NEWBERRY The Associated Press AP photo

Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane (left) careens off Avalanche goalie Semyon Varlamov after Varlamov stopped his shot in overtime Thursday night in Denver. The Hawks won, 4-3.

BLACKHAWKS 4, AVALANCHE 3 (OT)

Power-play successes

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com DENVER – For the past four seasons, the Blackhawks have been at a loss to explain why their power play, laden with talented finishers, was so underwhelming – at best inconsistent, at worst flat-out awful. It never made any sense.

Well, this season, the Hawks’ power play has been outstanding. Consistently so, even. And they still can’t quite explain why.

“I don’t know,” said Jonathan Toews, who scored a power-play goal in overtime Thursday to give the Hawks a 4-3 victory over the Avalanche after they had squandered a twogoal lead, snapping nemesis Semyon Varlamov’s eight-game winning streak against them.

“I guess, in a way, a lot of it has to do with [Patrick Kane].”

Indeed, Kane and his linemates have done most of the heavy lifting on the power play, as they have all season overall.

Coach Joel Quenneville has kept his dynamic second line intact on the power play, and that top power-play unit – with Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook on the points – has scored 22 of the Hawks’ 29 power-play goals, including Kane’s in the second period. Kane has 12 of them, tied for the league lead with Carolina’s Justin Faulk. Artem Anisimov has three, Seabrook has three, Keith has three and Artemi Panarin has one.

But although the second unit, anchored by Toews, Andrew Shaw and Marian Hossa, who have six goals between them, hasn’t been quite as productive, it still has been effective at generating scoring chances and momentum. That seems to be what separates the Hawks’ current power play from recent ones – they have two viable units, with two effective net-front presences, thanks to the addition of Anisimov.

“It’s been very inconsistent over the years,” Kane said of the power play. “This year, I know

we’re having a pretty good season. I think the biggest thing is we’ve got two good units. If one power play’s hot, they’ll start.

And the other one wants to get out there and get a chance to cash in. That’s probably the biggest thing, a lot of depth. Good net-front guys, too.”

The proof is in the stats. The Hawks entered Thursday having scored on 23.3 percent of their power plays, the fourthbest rate in the league. In the past four seasons, the Hawks have been 20th, 10th, 19th and 26th in the league. The last time the Hawks had a reliable power play was in 2010-11, when they were fourth at 23.1 percent.

The power-play success has helped mask many of the Hawks’ offensive issues during the first half of the season, particularly the lack of depth scoring beyond the Kane line.

“If you’re struggling to score goals and you have that power play to rely on, it can come up huge and maybe get guys feeling it a bit more, too,” Kane said.

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. – So much for Clemsoning.

The Tigers are heading to the national championship game.

Deshaun Watson turned in another stellar two-way performance, running for one touchdown, passing for another and accounting for 332 yards to lead top-ranked Clemson to a 37-17 victory over Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl on Thursday.

Clemson (14-0) dominated the second half and shut down Oklahoma’s high-scoring offense, which had averaged 52 points in its past seven games.

The Sooners (11-2) actually came into the game as favorites, but the Tigers showed their perfect record was no fluke.

Until this season, the Tigers were known for such inexplicable disappointments that a term was coined for it – Clemsoning.

With one more win, they’ll be known as something else.

National champions.

“How ’bout them Tigers, baby?” coach Dabo Swinney screamed from the middle of the field, standing with a trophy full of oranges. “It was an awesome second half. It’s been 34 years since Clemson played for a national championship. It won’t be much longer.”

Alabama, Slauson will be nervous facing Ngata again Clemson in • BEARS title game Continued from page B1

Then came the opponent: On running plays, Slauson’s first assignment was Ngata. If he got past him, the next task was Ray Lewis, perhaps the one defender players have feared the most over the past two decades.

But Slauson wasn’t as worried about Lewis, because how could he get to the linebackers through Ngata? The five-time Pro Bowler stood 6-4 and upward of 350 pounds. He didn’t just move around on Baltimore’s 3-4 defensive line. To Slauson, he was the D-line.

“He’s faster than Ndamukong Suh, he’s stronger than Ndamukong Suh and just allaround better,” said Slauson, who played with Suh at Nebraska.

His nerves were palpable that day at Foreman High School. Boys oohed and ahhed

and squirmed in their seats at the names, guys like Lewis and Ngata and Ed Reed and Terrell Suggs, the defenders who dominated their Madden games and TV screens as kids. Facing them as a rookie was hard to comprehend.

But this was the chance an offensive lineman waits for, the kind they don’t just hand out in Saluson’s one-stoplight hometown of Sweet Home, Oregon. And just as he found a way back then to quell his nerves on a football field against those kids who called him fat and made a mockery of his stutter, he was going to have to do it here against 350 pounds.

The way he got through it, he told them, was by trusting the teammates around him. To his left was D’Brickashaw Ferguson. To his right was Nick Mangold. Down the line was Damien Woody. Those players now combine for 10 Pro Bowls.

When he joined them on

combo blocks, of which Ngata demands many, he felt their strength. The first few runs went places, and even though the Jets would lose 10-9, they’d run for 116 yards on 21 carries that night. He felt like he could play.

But he never forgot playing Ngata that day, and he won’t forget it this week as he prepares to play him again on Sunday when the Lions come to Soldier Field for the season finale. It’ll be the first time he’s played Ngata as a Bear, and, depending on the health of Hroniss Grasu, it could come at a new position at center.

He’ll be nervous again, but like he told the kids who gathered that day to learn how to manage their own fears, he prefers it that way. He told them he plays with nerves every single game.

“Nerves I think are good,” he said. “They let you know you’re alive. They let you know you care.”

• COTTON BOWL

Continued from page B1 He was done for the day as if it was a September game against one of those nonconference cupcakes.

The ’Bama fans were having fun, however, breaking out the “S-E-C!” chant and singing along to “Sweet Home Alabama” with that familiar “Roll Tide Roll!” AT&T Stadium in North Texas – where Alabama started its season by blowing out a Big Ten team (Wisconsin) – had turned into Tuscaloosa west.

The only team to make to the College Football Playoff each of its first two seasons will be playing in the final for the first time.

NFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE x-Green Bay x-Minnesota Detroit Bears y-Washington Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Dallas y-Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans y-Arizona x-Seattle St. Louis San Francisco

North W L T 10 5 0 10 5 0 6 9 0 6 9 0 East W L T 8 7 0 6 9 0 6 9 0 4 11 0 South W L T 14 1 0 8 7 0 6 9 0 6 9 0 West W L T 13 2 0 9 6 0 7 8 0 4 11 0

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PA 303 289 380 373

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PA 356 400 407 340

Pct .933 .533 .400 .400

PF 462 322 332 388

PA 298 325 379 459

Pct .867 .600 .467 .267

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE

East W L T Pct PF PA y-New England 12 3 0 .800 455 295 N.Y. Jets 10 5 0 .667 370 292 Buffalo 7 8 0 .467 357 342 Miami 5 10 0 .333 290 379 South W L T Pct PF PA Houston 8 7 0 .533 309 307 Indianapolis 7 8 0 .467 303 384 Jacksonville 5 10 0 .333 370 418 Tennessee 3 12 0 .200 275 393 North W L T Pct PF PA y-Cincinnati 11 4 0 .733 395 263 Pittsburgh 9 6 0 .600 395 307 Baltimore 5 10 0 .333 312 377 Cleveland 3 12 0 .200 266 404 West W L T Pct PF PA x-Denver 11 4 0 .733 328 276 x-Kansas City 10 5 0 .667 382 270 Oakland 7 8 0 .467 342 376 San Diego 4 11 0 .267 300 371 x-clinched playoff spot; y-clinched division Sunday’s Games Detroit at Bears, noon Jacksonville at Houston, noon Washington at Dallas, noon N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, noon New England at Miami, noon New Orleans at Atlanta, noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Pittsburgh at Cleveland, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, noon St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

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

Seattle at Arizona, 3:25 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 3:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 7:30 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Pts Dallas 39 28 8 3 59 St. Louis 40 23 13 4 50 Blackhawks 39 22 13 4 48 Minnesota 36 20 10 6 46 Nashville 38 18 13 7 43 Colorado 38 18 17 3 39 Winnipeg 37 17 18 2 36 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Los Angeles 37 24 11 2 50 Arizona 37 18 16 3 39 San Jose 36 18 16 2 38 Vancouver 38 14 15 9 37 Anaheim 36 15 15 6 36 Calgary 37 17 18 2 36 Edmonton 39 15 21 3 33

GF 137 100 108 98 101 109 99

GA 98 96 97 85 101 106 109

GF 102 104 100 93 68 97 97

GA 82 118 102 109 87 121 119

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 37 21 12 4 46 101 84 39 21 15 3 45 111 98 36 20 12 4 44 115 97 38 18 13 7 43 96 103 38 18 14 6 42 111 115 38 18 16 4 40 97 93 36 14 15 7 35 95 102 38 15 19 4 34 88 101 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 37 28 7 2 58 117 78 N.Y. Islanders 38 21 12 5 47 105 89 N.Y. Rangers 38 21 13 4 46 112 100 New Jersey 38 19 14 5 43 90 92 Pittsburgh 37 18 15 4 40 86 91 Philadelphia 36 15 14 7 37 78 100 Carolina 38 16 17 5 37 91 108 Columbus 39 14 22 3 31 98 123 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Florida Montreal Boston Detroit Ottawa Tampa Bay Toronto Buffalo

Thursday’s Results Blackhawks 4, Colorado 3 (OT) N.Y. Islanders 2, Buffalo 1 Pittsburgh 5, Detroit 2 Carolina 4, Washington 2 Minnesota 3, St. Louis 1 Dallas 5, Nashville 1 Los Angeles 4, Calgary 1 Anaheim 1, Edmonton 0 Arizona 4, Winnipeg 2 Today’s Games Montreal vs. Boston, noon Anaheim at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division W L Pct 21 9 .700 18 12 .600 18 14 .563 18 15 .545 13 21 .382 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 20 13 .606 Boston 18 14 .563 New York 15 18 .455 Brooklyn 9 23 .281 Philadelphia 3 31 .088 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 21 13 .618 Orlando 19 13 .594 Miami 18 13 .581 Charlotte 17 14 .548 Washington 14 16 .467 Cleveland Bulls Indiana Detroit Milwaukee

GB — 3 4 4½ 10 GB — 1½ 5 10½ 17½ GB — 1 1½ 2½ 5

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Southwest Division W L Pct 28 6 .824 19 13 .594 18 16 .529 16 18 .471 10 22 .313 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 23 10 .697 Utah 14 17 .452 Portland 14 21 .400 Denver 12 21 .364 Minnesota 12 21 .364 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 30 2 .938 L.A. Clippers 21 13 .618 Sacramento 12 20 .375 Phoenix 12 23 .343 L.A. Lakers 6 27 .182 San Antonio Dallas Memphis Houston New Orleans

GB — 8 10 12 17 GB — 8 10 11 11 GB — 10 18 19½ 24½

Thursday’s Results Milwaukee 120, Indiana 116 Detroit 115, Minnesota 90 Golden State 114, Houston 110 L.A. Clippers 95, New Orleans 89 Oklahoma City 110, Phoenix 106 Utah 109, Portland 96 Today’s Games New York at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL SCHEDULE THURSDAY’S RESULTS Peach Bowl Houston 38, Florida State 24 Orange Bowl (Playoff Semifinal) Clemson 37 vs. Oklahoma 17 Cotton Bowl Classic (Playoff Semifinal) Alabama 38, Michigan State 0 TODAY’S GAMES Outback Bowl Northwestern (10-2) vs. Tennessee (8-4), 11 a.m. (ESPN2) Citrus Bowl Michigan (9-3) vs. Florida (10-3), noon (ABC) Fiesta Bowl Notre Dame (10-2) vs. Ohio State (11-1), noon (ESPN) Rose Bowl Iowa (12-1) vs. Stanford (11-2), 4 p.m. (ESPN) Sugar Bowl Oklahoma State (10-2) vs. Mississippi (9-3), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN)

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NIU loses 55-7 in the Poinsettia Bowl to fellow Group of Five power Boise State

This one got ugly fast.

The Broncos jumped out to a 21-0 lead after the first quarter and never let their foot off the gas. In a battle between teams that each had more than 60 wins each since 2010 heading into the game, the Broncos set numerous Poinsettia Bowl records and outgained the Huskies 654-33 in total yards.

It also marked the fourth consecutive bowl loss for the Huskies and was their worst defeat since losing 70-21 to Toledo in 2007.

“We lost a game where they got after us up front,” NIU coach Rod Carey said. “We’re not used to that. But there was never any quit out of anybody on this team. There was no give up. They were fighting the entire time.”

The only thing that went the Huskies’ way was when junior Aregeros Turner, the MAC Special Teams Player of the Year, set a Poinsettia Bowl record with a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown in the second quarter.

The loss also meant the Huskies ended the year on a three-game losing streak – along with the season-finale defeat to Ohio and the lopsided loss to Bowling Green in the MAC Championship.

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sion through the 2017 season in 2012, when the Huskies made the quarterfinals of the MAC tournament.

Taking her place was Lisa Carlsen, who athletic director Sean Frazier hired after she had several highly successful seasons at Lewis University.

Carlsen, who is implementing a faster pace for the Huskies, is off to a strong start. The Huskies finished nonconference play with a 7-4 record and are on a three-game winning streak heading into the new year.

Edmonton Eskimos quarterback Jordan Lynch dives for a first down against the Calgary Stampeders during the first half of the Canadian Football League West final Nov. 22 in Edmonton, Alberta.

So although the Spartans made the playoffs for the seventh straight year, it was the first time in that stretch they lost in the first round.

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Brady Huffman signs with ISU, becoming the first G-K athlete to sign with a D-I program in 15 years

Huffman signed to play baseball at Illinois State in November, becoming the first Cog to sign with a D-I program out of high school since the 2000-01 Daily Chronicle file photo school year, when a couple of ABOVE: DeKalb kicker Connor Hoylet celebrates with the Crows Nest Crazies after the Barbs defeated Deerbaseball players signed. field, 38-27, in a Class 6A playoff game Nov. 7 in Deerfield. BELOW: Genoa-Kingston pitcher Brady Huffman Huffman is unlikely to be After a 1-3 start that signed a letter of intent to play for Illinois State on Nov. 12. the last one. Both basketball included a pair of games against two state finalists, star Tommy Lucca and volLynch plowed his way into the the Sycamore football team leyball standout Erika Hansel end zone on a 1-yard run to give qualifies for playoffs both have gotten offers from the Eskimos the lead for good.

The Spartans’ first game the NCAA’s highest level and “It’s been crazy – winning of the year was a 35-31 loss to could end up joining Huffman the Grey Cup in my first year Lincoln Way-West. The Warin making G-K history. with the team, then they had riors would make the Class 5A a parade in Edmonton for us, state championship game.

DeKalb-Sycamore co-op’s the (Edmonton) Oilers (of the Two weeks later, the SparLeman wins a state gymNHL) hosted us for a game, nastic title in the vault tans lost at Crete-Monee, 27-21, it’s all been sort of surreal,” Leman, a junior at DeKalb, in overtime. The Warriors Lynch said about the wild landed her Yurchenko layout went on to lose the 6A title week that followed. on the vault for a 9.825 to win game to Montini.

It was the sixth touchdown Jordan Lynch scores the the state title.

The next week was the of the season for Lynch, whose game-winning TD in the “It was amazing. I felt it heartbreaker to the Barbs CFL’s championship game. final score helped the Eskimos was really good in the air and – who reached the Class 6A win their first Grey Cup since Used primarily as a when I came down it was perquarterfinals.

2005. running quarterback in his Even with that 1-3 start, the fect,” Leman said at the meet. first year with the Edmonton were as iconic as Diesel NIU women’s basketball coach. Spartans circled the wagons She’s picked up the back Diesel dies after Eskimos, the former Heisman high-fiving a Huskie cheerBennett, who went 57-93 in half of the calender where she and made the playoffs. Their attending NIU football Trophy finalist from NIU made leader during the Orange five years with the Huskies, reward was a trip to Nazareth, left off, winning both the vault team’s home opener the most of his one carry in the Bowl against Florida State. also was awarded a 20-month which won the playoff opener, and the overall at a couple of For as many great players league’s championship game.

Diesel, the beloved Siberibuyout with her resignation – 38-6. The Roadrunners went big tournaments, with her who have come through the In the final minutes of the an husky who was a mascot worth more than $230,000. She on to beat Lincoln-Way West eyes set on the ultimate prize Grey Cup against Ottawa, NIU program, few moments for NIU for nine years, died had signed a contract extenfor the state title. of another state title. Or two. after battling lymphoma.

However, his death came the week after he made one final trip to Huskie Stadium to watch NIU defeat UNLV in the season opener.

“He loved being there with the fans. He loved NIU football,” said Tom Bonnevier, Diesel’s owner. “He was in his element on Saturday, just being with everybody. He just looked so happy. I couldn’t have wished for a better last day for him.”

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New year opportunity to set fresh course for the future Dear Readers: It’s 2016! A new year has arrived, bringing with it our chance for a new beginning.

Today is the day we have an opportunity to discard destructive old habits for healthy new ones, and with that in mind, I will share Dear Abby’s often-requested list of New Year’s Resolutions – which were adapted by my late mother, Pauline Phillips, from the original credo of Al-Anon: Just For Today: I will live through this day only. I will not brood about yesterday or obsess about tomorrow. I will not set far-reaching goals or try to overcome all of my problems at once.

I know that I can do something for 24 hours that would overwhelm me if I had to keep it up for a lifetime.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips Just For Today: I will be happy. I will not dwell on thoughts that depress me. If my mind fills with clouds, I will chase them away and fill it with sunshine.

Just For Today: I will accept what is. I will face reality. I will correct those things that I can correct and accept those I cannot.

Just For Today: I will improve my mind. I will read something that requires effort, thought and concentration. I will not be a mental loafer.

Just For Today: I will make a conscious effort to be agreeable. I will be kind and

courteous to those who cross my path, and I’ll not speak ill of others. I will improve my appearance, speak softly, and not interrupt when someone else is talking.

Just for today, I will refrain from improving anybody but myself.

Just For Today: I will do something positive to improve my health. If I’m a smoker, I’ll quit. If I am overweight, I will eat healthfully – if only just for today. And not only that, I will get off the couch and take a brisk walk, even if it’s only around the block.

Just For Today: I will gather the courage to do what is right and take responsibility for my own actions.

And now, dear readers, I would like to share an item that was sent to me by L.J.

Bhatia, a reader from New Delhi, India: Dear Abby: This year, no resolutions, only some guidelines. The Holy Vedas say, “Man has subjected himself to thousands of self-inflicted bondages. Wisdom comes to a man who lives according to the true eternal laws of nature.”

The prayer of St. Francis (of which there are several versions) contains a powerful message: Lord, make me an instrument of your peace; Where there is hatred, let me sow love; Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness,

light; And where there is sadness, joy.

O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console; To be understood, as to understand; To be loved, as to love; For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, And it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.

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Avoid dehydration by drinking right amount of fluids Dear Dr. K: I’m in my 80s.

At my last checkup, my doctor emphasized how important it is to stay hydrated.

Can you explain why?

Dear Reader: Drinking fluids is crucial to staying healthy and maintaining the function of every system in your body. That includes your heart, brain and muscles. Among other things, fluids carry nutrients to your cells. They flush urine and bowel movements, both of which contain body wastes, out of your body.

If you don’t drink enough fluids, you run the risk of dehydration. This happens when your body loses too much water – through sweating, for example. Warning signs include weakness, low blood pressure, dizziness, confusion or urine that’s

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff dark in color. Even minimal dehydration can reduce your physical and mental capabilities.

Your body is very good at keeping you from becoming dehydrated. When the fluid in your body starts to get low, your kidneys make less urine (assuming your kidneys are healthy). However, in hot weather your body sweats – and you can lose a lot of fluid that way. The reason your body sweats is that the evaporation of the sweat from your skin cools the body.

Older adults like you are at particular risk of becoming dehydrated. That’s espe-

cially true during summer when it’s hotter and people perspire more.

I spoke to my colleague Dr. Julian Seifter, a kidney specialist and associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School. He explained that older people don’t sense thirst as much as they did when they were younger. Or age may have weakened the ability of the kidneys to hang on to water.

In particular, your heart, brain and kidneys are more vulnerable to the low blood pressure that often accompanies dehydration.

But it’s not only older adults who run the risk of dehydration. And it’s not just a summertime problem.

Working outside, exercising or just enjoying the sun in any season can speed

up the loss of body water.

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And women who are pregnant and lactating require more fluids.

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• Drink before you get thirsty.

• Sneak in some extra fluids by eating water-rich foods such as salads and fruit.

It’s possible to take in too much water if you have certain health conditions.

These include kidney, liver or heart problems, as well as thyroid disease. You also may need to watch your fluid intake if you’re taking an NSAID drug, opiate pain medications or some antidepressants. Check with your doctor to make sure you’re getting the right amount.

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Moving away and living with grandmother the best solution Dr. Wallace: I’m a 16-yearold girl who has earned a bad reputation. I did a lot of things in the past I’m not proud of and I’m sorry for my “sins.” The problem is that all the kids at my school know about my past.

Girls avoid me like the plague and guys call me names or call me on the phone to ask me out for only one thing – sex.

I live with my mother who has been divorced twice and recently married her third husband. He seems all right, but he does have a drinking problem.

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace I would like to move out of this town and get a fresh start. My grandmother is aware of my troubled past and has encouraged me to move in with her. My mom also knows of my past and wants me to stay with her and overcome my bad reputation by standing up to those who speak out against me. I have completely changed my behavior, but

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my reputation still follows me and all this really makes me feel terrible.

Yes, I did lots of stupid stuff, but I learned my very painful lesson. Sex does not mean love. My only saving grace is that I did not become pregnant or pick up a sexually transmitted disease. I really want to leave this town and start fresh in another town.

Trust me, I have learned my lesson. If you advise me to go to my grandmother’s, I will. But if you tell me to stand up against my name callers, I’ll give all this a

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TODAY – He who hesitates is lost. You have to be willing to finish what you start. There will be plenty of opportunities for you, but if you spend all your time contemplating, you will fall short of your goal. Make things happen and don’t look back.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Pick and choose what’s doable and make a realistic plan. Don’t make fantastic promises or set impossible goals. Focus on financial gain, stress reduction and good health.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Think about what you have accomplished and what you have yet to achieve. Favorable changes can be initiated. Your status will experience a positive boost.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Look for a way to improve what you have to offer, and reconnect with people you have worked with in the past who may be able to help you get ahead now.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Take some time to go over your personal books and assess your financial situation. A couple of minor adjustments will lead to a savings plan that will buy you greater freedom.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Get together with loved ones to talk about plans for the upcoming year. The information you receive will help you choose your own strategy for a prosperous year.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – You’ll need a little downtime to mull over your past, present and future. Consider the people who have helped you out and those who have let you down.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Family get-togethers will be tiring and emotional. Sharing ideas, plans and aspirations for the upcoming year will result in opposition and interference. You are best off sticking close to home.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Consider what you like and what you are disappointed in when it comes to your looks and potential. Plan to make positive changes that will help improve your prospects.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Don’t let anyone lean on you.

Focus on your needs and how you can boost your energy, opportunities and finances. Learn to say no, and start the year off right.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Good fortune will result if you take the initiative and work hard. Nothing happens without effort, and counting on others will lead to disappointment.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Make your voice heard. Take part in a movement that will bring about change. Promise to live up to your beliefs and to confront what you feel is unfair or unjust.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – You should take a walk down memory lane and consider how events unfolded last year. Learn from your experience and make a point to strive to be better and do more.

little more thought. Be kind and answer my email. If you encourage me to move, I’ll wait until semester break so I won’t lose credits. I want to earn my high school diploma. – Nameless, Dothan,

Alabama Nameless: Reputations

can be ruined in a very short time. They can be mended, but it takes much longer. I’m happy for you that you have begun this process. Doing so requires a great deal of courage even when most people are pulling for you. But when your whole school seems to be

against you, the task can be formidable.

I don’t often recommend that a young person leave a parent and move away from home, but in your case I think this is best.

With Mom’s third husband having a drinking problem, I don’t think you’ll get the support you need at home.

When you do leave, just make sure you keep in close contact with your mother.

She needs you.

• Write to Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@galesburg. net.

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BRIDGE Phillip Alder

For the new year, the best of the old I hope all of my readers have a happy and healthy 2016. To start the year, let’s look at the winner of last year’s Keri Klinger Memorial Declarer Play of the Year award from the International Bridge Press Association.

The deal arose during the final of the World Open Pairs in Sanya, China. The declarer was Espen Lindqvist from Norway.

After West’s one-heart overcall and North’s two-diamond response, South’s four-club rebid was a splinter, probably with a void given that his partner’s single raise made a slam very unlikely.

Against five diamonds, West led the spade 10. When that held the trick, he continued with the spade queen.

What did declarer do?

Lindqvist won with his spade ace, ruffed a spade in the dummy, discarded the heart three on the club ace, ruffed a club with the diamond 10, and led his last spade. When West followed suit, South ruffed with the diamond queen. Then he ran the diamond nine, ruffed another club (to leave West with only hearts), and cashed his last two trumps, the ace and king.

Everyone was down to three cards. East had kept two hearts and the club king; dummy held the heart 10-six and club six; West retained the heart K-J-8; and South had the heart A-Q-9.

Now declarer led his heart queen and unblocked dummy’s 10. West took the trick but had to lead from his heart jack-eight into Lindqvist’s ace-nine.

That was a terrific performance, taking full benefit from West’s ill-advised overcall with a weak hand, opposite a passed partner, and vulnerable.

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Roush Trucking donates to Kish programs DAILY CHRONICLE MALTA – The Kishwaukee College CDL/Truck Driver Training Program received a donation of a semi truck cab from Roush Trucking Inc. of Esmond.

“This donation will provide us with another training vehicle for our students,” Joe Dahm, coordinator of the CDL/Truck Driver Training program, said in a news release. “I am very grateful to the Roush family for their generosity.”

The Roush family donated a 2005 International 9400i to the program. The vehicle has logged nearly a million miles of road time and has a cam shaft that needs some work.

The cam shaft enables another Kishwaukee College program – Diesel Power Technology (DPT) – to work on the truck and gain some real-world experience as well before the rig is put to use in the CDL program.

“We are very supportive of our local college and are glad we can help with this venture,” Walt Roush said in the release.

For the Roush family, donating to Kish is just another

connection to the college. Both Walt and Dan Roush are Kish alumni, as are their wives, Pat and Becky. Walt was a student at Kish in 1969, a year after the college opened its doors, and has a two-year agriculture degree. Dan earned a degree in diesel mechanics, as diesel power technology was known at the time. Dan’s wife, Becky, has a horticulture degree and Walt’s wife, Pat, has a clerical degree (now known as Office Systems).

Pat worked at the college as the secretary for Donald Higgs, director of Agriculture programs, and later for Rollie Bonneau in the early 1970s.

She and Walt met while at the college.

The ties to the college continued through the years with Walt’s children, Eric and Sara, having attended the college, with Sara Roush Quincer even teaching in the psychology department.

Walt also taught truck driving in a re-training program in the mid-1980s at the college to assist employees who had been laid off at the Swift Plant in Rochelle. Now their grandchildren attend the Early Childhood Center

other local companies. Both brothers purchased their own trucks and began a business partnership in the 1980s. By 1997, they had incorporated the business.

Roush Trucking Inc now has nine trucks and is a family affair. Walt, Dan, Eric and Sara’s husband, Jason, each own trucks and drive for the company, and they have an additional five company-owned trucks. Becky has managed the office side of the business, from dispatching to bookwork, for more than 30 years. Their company now is an interstate trucking firm, covering 48 states and Canada.

The family has always been supportive of the college that gave them a foundation and a shared history. Both Dan and Walt Roush have sat on departPhoto provided ment advisory committees for Roush Trucking Inc. of Esmond donated a 2005 International 9400i to the CDL/Truck Driver Training pro- diesel power technology, weldgram at Kishwaukee College. Pictured (from left) with the truck are Joe Dahm, coordinator of the CDL/Truck ing, and other related departDriver Training Program at the college; Marshall Hayes, director of the Kishwaukee College Foundation; ments. The recent donation is Michele Bolden, dean of Workforce Development and Continuing Education; Dan Roush and Walt Roush. in keeping with their commitment to providing excellent kee College alumni, the Roush- in the mid-1970s and made the located on campus. Dan and experiential education for es used the education they Esmond to Madison, WisconBecky’s daughter, Katie, is a local students. sin, run, delivering livestock current student who played on received at Kish and became “We are a very blessed successful entrepreneurs. to the Oscar Mayer processing family to work together and the Kougars volleyball team Dan Roush had bought a lo- plant. Walt Roush also had this fall. stay as close as we do,” Becky As is common for Kishwau- cal livestock hauling company been driving part-time for Roush said in the release.

St. Paul’s church plans Epiphany celebration

CHURCH BRIEFS Glad Tidings hosts weekend conference

Glad Tidings Assembly of God, 2325 N. First St. in DeKalb, will host a conference on the Holy Spirit with special guests Tim and Rochelle Enloe. These highly focused meetings will emphasize personally understanding, experiencing and ministering the Holy Spirit’s power.

The Enloes’ ministry includes anointed music and preaching of the Word followed by extended times of seeking God. Many experience physical healing and spiritual refreshing. Usually 90 to 100 percent of seekers receive the Baptism in the Holy Spirit.

Join church members at 6 p.m.

Saturday and at 10 a.m. and 6 p.m.

Sunday for this conference.

For information, call the church office at 815-758-4919 or visit www.enloeministries.org.

St. Paul’s hosts program on religious terrorism

Brian Wagner, instructor of philosophy and religious studies at Rock Valley College, will present a two-part lecture and discussion titled “Religious Terrorism: A Recipe for Disaster” on Jan. 3 and 10 at the Adult Sunday School Forum at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church.

While extremists dish out hatred and prejudice on the world, we begin to wonder what causes others to resort to such violence? What is the recipe for this dish of religious terrorism? How can a person maintain religious piety without resorting to extremism?

They will examine various ingredients for the religious extremism that often leads to violence.

Each session will be in the St. Paul’s Parish Hall beginning at 9:15 a.m. and ending at 10:15 a.m.

People of all faiths and beliefs are invited to attend, and are welcome to stay for the weekly service and celebration of Holy Communion immediately following at 10:30 a.m.

St. Paul’s is at 900 Normal Road in DeKalb. The church is handicapped accessible. For information, visit www.stpaulsdekalb.org.

Genoa church offers cooking classes for children Faith United Methodist Church in Genoa will offer a free cooking class for children in preschool through fifth grade.

Classes will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 6, 13 and 20.

Faith United Methodist Church is at 325 S. Stott St. in Genoa. The public is invited to all events.

For information or to RSVP, call 815-784-5143.

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any Pageant with the children of St. Paul’s together with othSt. Paul’s Episcopal Church er young guests, followed by a in DeKalb will celebrate Epiph- feast in the parish hall for all any with a family friendly ages. Kings cake will be served service at 6 p.m. Wednesday. for dessert, and there will be a Epiphany is the celebration piñata for the children, too. of the arrival of the wise men – All Christians are welcome the three kings – from the East to receive Holy Communion to visit the Christ child. This at St. Paul’s. The church, at remembrance begins a season 900 Normal Road in DeKalb, is of looking for where The Light handicapped accessible. of Christ is manifested in our For information, call the lives and in the world. This church at 815-756-4888 or visit service will include an Epiphwww.stpaulsdekalb.org.

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St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in DeKalb will celebrate Epiphany with a family friendly service at 6 p.m. Wednesday. The event will include a piñata for the children.

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Safe Passage clients and children enjoy holiday party

Genoa Legion post receives donation

DAILY CHRONICLE Spirits were high as a group of DeKalb County women planned and prepared a holiday feast, complete with gifts, to bring cheer to a group of Safe Passage clients.

Partygoers were treated to a full meal with all the trimmings. Andrea Dinorah Salcedo played the guitar as guests mingled and relaxed. As everyone finished their meals, they were given presents, distributed by one of Safe Passage’s most beloved volunteers, Gerri Zahnle, who was dressed as Mrs. Claus. Nearly 50 children enjoyed the event.

“The kids were all so excited but they quieted down as soon as I came in, then suddenly all wanted to talk at once,” Zahnle said in a news release. “Their wide eyes told it all.”

“My favorite part really is watching the kids open their gifts,” Nancy Proesel, second year chairwoman of the event, said in the release. “When you see little boys and girls get something they don’t think there’s any chance of getting but they do, they just come alive, it’s pure joy. It’s magical.”

“This is truly what the holidays are about, enjoying the company of family, and the kindness of your neighbors,” Mary Ellen Schaid, Safe Passage executive director, said in the release. “We’re incredibly grateful to have the annual sup-

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Volunteer Gerri Zahnle helped pass out gifts to children at the annual holiday party for Safe Passage clients. port of civic-minded and generous people.”

Safe Passage is DeKalb County’s Domestic Violence Agency and Sexual Assault Crisis Center. Safe Passage works to prevent, reduce and eradicate domestic and sexual violence from DeKalb County.

For information, call 815-756-5228 or visit safepassagedv.org.

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Ray Gentilcore, Post Commander of American Legion Post 337 in Genoa, received a donation on behalf of the American Legion from Lisa Franklin of St. John’s United Church of Christ – Harmony (Hampshire).

The church donated $1,139.59, which will be distributed by the American Legion to local veterans in need. The post thanks the members of St. John’s for caring about veterans during the holiday season.

KC Early Childhood Center accepting applications DAILY CHRONICLE The Early Childhood Center at Kishwaukee College is accepting applications for children for the spring semester.

The ECC provides early care and education for children between the ages of 2 and 5 in its two classrooms and outdoor learning environment. The ECC enrolls children of community members, as well as those of Kishwaukee College students and

employees. The ECC believes young children grow, learn and develop in an environment where they feel safe, secure, and loved, and a child’s first school experience sets the stage for all later learning.

The ECC has achieved Gold Circle of Quality rating in the ExceleRate Illinois Quality Rating and Improvement System administered by the Illinois Department of Human Services. The ECC also is nationally accredited by the National Accreditation Commission for Early Care and Education Pro-

grams. The ECC is licensed by the Department of Children and Family Services, a participant in the USDA’s Child Care Food Program, and a member of Community Coordinated Child Care (4-C). Childcare financial assistance for low-income families is accepted.

For information, call the Early Childhood Center at 815-825-2086, ext. 2150, or visit www.kishwaukeecollege.edu. An online application is available on the Kishwaukee College website.

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“Cheri Moyers made our home buying process enjoyable. She taught us so much about the ins and outs of purchasing a house. Kyle and I have enjoyed our home immensely. We truly appreciate everything she has done for us as a Realtor and as a friend. We wouldn’t be in this wonderful home if it wasn’t for her!”

- Kyle Kofoid & Emily Gilmore, Cortland

Phone 815-756-8505

LET US HELP YOU BUY A HOME! SPACIOUS CONTEMPORARY HOME

$219,500 • 4 bedrooms, 2.5 bathrooms • Open floor plan • Oak floors • Large deck and screened porch • New roof and gutters in 2010 Call Jerry Wahlstrom 815 757-7867

NEW ON MARKET!! $123,900

NEW ON MARKET!! $99,900

6+ ACRES

WOW! WOW! WOW!

• True 5-bedroom home in Sycamore • 3/5 baths, 2 fireplaces, full basement • 2-car garage, brick patio w/pergola • Fenced yard Call Nedra Ericson 815-739-9997

NEW ON MARKET!! $149,900

$399,000 • Over 2800 sq ft brick house on 6+ acres • Sycamore schools • 4 bedrooms, 2.5 baths • Large kitchen and family room fireplace • Horses allowed • Seller wants it sold!

Call Nedra Ericson 815-739-9997

• Charming 3BR-1.5BA brick ranch • Open living and dining rooms • Updated eat in kitchen with granite counter tops • Updated wood laminate throughout • Fenced backyard w/patio and shed

• 2BR-1BA 1.5 story • Enclosed front porch entry • Huge master bedroom • Newer deck overlooking deep lot • Oversized 2.5 car heated garage • Newer roof/siding/windows • Close to downtown

• 2BR-1BA ranch end-unit condo • Eat-in kitchen opens to a deck • Large living room with fireplace • Updated kitchen and flooring • Full basement • Attached 1 car garage

Call Nancy Edwards @ 815.739.1923

Call Nancy Edwards @ 815.739.1923

Call Travis Velazquez @ 815.762.8466

NEW ON MARKET!! $82,900

NEW NEW ON ON MARKET!!

MARKET!! $69,900 •

NEW PRICE!! $174,900

CHARMING RANCH HOME

REMODELED IN SHABBONA

GREAT GOLF COURSE CONDO

$245,000 • Ranch with Craftsman charm • 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • Schrock cherry cabinets, granite countertops • Huge basement • Large covered deck with pond view Call Jerry Wahlstrom 815 757-7867

$144,000 • Newly remodeled 3 bedroom, 2 bath • Bedroom, bath, laundry on 1st floor • New stainless steel appliances • New carpet, vinyl, neutral decorating • Oversized 2-car garage, new 8’ door Call Jerry Wahlstrom 815 757-7867

$207,000 • Golf course view from every room • Sunroom, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • Fireplace with gas logs • First floor laundry • Deck, 2-car garage Call Chuck Lindhart, Managing Broker 815 756-8505

• Move-In ready 2BR – 1BA home • Wood laminate floors throughout • Updated fully applianced kitchen • Newer windows, roof, furnace, central air • Fenced yard and detached 1.5 car garage

• Great winter rehab project!

• Charming 3BR – 1BA home • Built-ins, natural woodwork and trim throughout • Master on main floor • Full basement

• Spacious 4BR – 4BA home on over ¼ acre • Large, vaulted, knotty pine screened porch • Newer hardwood floors • Partially finished basement • Fenced backyard • Close to downtown and schools

Call Nancy Edwards @ 815.739.1923

Call Nancy Edwards @ 815.739.1923

Call Sue Englert @ 815.970.4513

NEW PRICE – SYCAMORE HOME

NEW PRICE!! $155,000

NEW PRICE!! $119,900

NEW PRICE!! $49,900

• 2BR – 2.5BA condo with loft • Open vaulted living area with fireplace • Fully applianced kitchen and separate dining • First floor laundry • Full basement ready to be finished includes a rough-in bath

• Charming 3BR-2BA cape cod on oversized wooded lot • Newer kitchen with Corian countertops and tile floor • Woodburning fireplace in living room • Hardwood under most of the carpet • Home Warranty included

• 2-3 bed 1 bath home with TONS of potential! • Hardwood floors throughout. Floor to ceiling fireplace. • Beautiful true to age woodwork with open staircase. • Large fenced back yard. • Convenient to shopping, dining, theaters, parks, schools, and more! Check out the LOW TAXES!

GOODBYE LANDLORD

MOVE-IN READY CONDO

$175,000 • 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths • Master suite w/full bath & walk-in closet • Overlooks golf course • Hillside lot with walk-out lower level • 1st floor laundry and pantry closet • Oversized 2-car garage Call 815 756-8505

$114,900 • 3 bedrooms • New 26x26 garage • Partially finished basement • New roof, new furnace • Central air Call Sharon Rhoades 815 739-6251

$169,000 • 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Over 2200 sq. ft.; full basement • Enclosed front porch and screened back porch • 3.5-car detached garage Call Nedra Ericson 815-739-9997

1.2 ACRES + STONE RANCH HOME

• 4-5 bedrooms, 3.5 baths • Finished look-out basement • 2 sets of appliances • 4 TV’s – surround sound • 4-car garage Call Nedra Ericson 815-739-9997

$200,000 • Over 1 acre lot in heart of DeKalb • Marvelous solid stone home • 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • Full basement Call Nedra Ericson 815-739-9997

$129,500 • 4 bedrooms, 2 baths • Includes all appliances & central air • Small town appeal, close to Kish College • Enclosed porch and large deck • Home warranty Call Sharon Rhoades 815 739-6251

MOVE-IN READY IN GENOA

CHARMING ENGLISH COTTAGE

DEKALB 2-UNIT

$45,000 • Older two-unit in need of some repairs • Very large lot • Close to downtown Call Jerry Wahlstrom 815 757-7867

$159,000 • Beautifully remodeled and updated • Cathedral ceiling in great room • 3+2 bedrooms, 3 full baths • Finished basement w/rec room & bath Call Jerry Wahlstrom 815 757-7867

CLOSE TO I-88

SELLER SAID SELL NOW

$125,000 • 2 bedrooms, 2 baths • Newer ranch townhome • Cathedral ceilings, hardwood floors • Full basement, pre-plumbed bath Call Jerry Wahlstrom 815 757-7867

Sharon Rhoades

Jerry Wahlstrom

Call Travis Velazquez @ 815.762.8466

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• (815) 895-2789

$169,000 • 4 bedrooms, 2 baths • Hardwood floors, crown moldings • Mostly original features • Updated electrical panel • Full deep basement Call Jerry Wahlstrom 815 757-7867

BUILD YOUR DREAM HOME

$25,000 • South DeKalb • Quiet, cul-de-sac street • Neighborhood of nice midsized homes Call Jerry Wahlstrom 815 757-7867

Harry Leffler

Chuck Lindhart Managing Broker

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Nedra Ericson

$169,900 • Sycamore schools • 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Home on half-acre country lot • Full basement • $5000 for updating/closing costs Call Nedra Ericson 815-739-9997

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Call Cheri Moyers/Jerry Carls @ 815.677.3134/815.751.8648

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Call Sue Englert @ 815.970.4513

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UPSCALE TOWNHOME!

to

...the lifestyle that before you never thought was affordable Floor plans that will maximize your home value up to 2000 sq. ft.

Kim Lancaste, BROKER/REALTOR

NEW PRICE

823 Amherst Dr., Sycamore $169,900

402 W. Navaho, Shabbona $99,500

2-3 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths Maple Hardwood Floors Stunning Master Suite Over 2000 Sq Ft of Living Space

3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath Eat-in Kitchen w/oak cabinets Hardwood Floors, Central Air Partially Finished Basement

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RANCH ON CORNER LOT

630 Karen Ave., DeKalb $144,900

Maintenance Free Exteriors!

3 Bedrooms, 2 Full Baths Open Floor Plan Family Room & Basement NICE YARD - Paver Patio

Dave Lukowicz, BROKER/REALTOR

BEAUTIFUL HOME ON 5 ACRES

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PRICE REDUCTION

424 N. 11th, Dekalb $99,000

311 John Street, Steward $139,900

3 Bedrooms, 1 Bath Eat-in Kitchen, Central Air Finished Bsmt, Fireplace Storage Sheds, 2-Car Garage

3 Bedrooms, 2 Bath Large Kitchen, Separate Dining Room Heated Floors, Wood Burning Stove Attached 2-car Garage plus 1-Car Detached Jocelyn Kerbel, BROKER/REALTOR

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Jayne Menne, BROKER/REALTOR

Freedom

5170 Sandwich Road, Sandwich $399,900

90’s

Laura Harmon, BROKER/REALTOR, CDPE

4 Bedrooms, 4 Baths Update Kitchen w/Stainless Steel Appliances Finished Basement, Out Building w/Heated Flrs Attached 2-car Garage

PRIDE OF OWNERSHIP SHOWS GREAT TOWNHOME RENTAL 3 BEDROOM DUPLEX FOR RENT!

PRE-OWNED HOMES

Lesa Clanin, BROKER/REALTOR

70’s

w/ garages in the

Vickie Foster, BROKER/REALTOR, GRI

1541 Stonefield Dr, Dekalb $1,250/month

637 Settlement Dr, Maple Park $289,900

3 Bedrooms, 2 Baths Eat-in Kitchen, All Appliances, W&D Central Air, Pet Friendly Near NIU, Attached 2-car Garage

5 Bedrooms, 3.5 Baths 3500 Square Feet Family Room, Media Room Patio w/Fire Pit, 3-Car Garage

CUTE BUNGALOW NEAR ELEMENTRY SCHOOL

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214 Chamberlain Dr., DeKalb $1200/Month 3 Bedrooms - 1.5 Baths All appliances Included Private Cul-de-sac Location Attached 2+ Car Garage

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Mario Gumino, BROKER/REALTOR

317 E. Sunset Place, Dekalb $1,300/month

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$

Angie Martillaro, LEASING AGENT

4 Bedrooms, 2 Baths Central Air, Dining Area Full Partially Finished Bsmt w/Bedroom & Bath, Detached 2-Car Garage, Pet Friendly

141 N. Viking Vie Street, Lee $110,000 New Roof, New Hot Water Heaters New Multi-Flow Septic System Appliances in all Units Maintenance Free Balcony, 3-Car Garage

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141 N Viking Vie Street, Lee $650/month 3 Bedrooms, 1.5 Baths All Appliances, Central Air Available Immediately No Pets Allowed

Aaron Schwartz, BROKER/REALTOR

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Pam Oleson, GRI, BROKER/REALTOR

Mike Mills, BROKER/REALTOR

Patrick Fitzpatrick, BROKER/REALTOR

Mary Short, BROKER/REALTOR, GRI, CRS

Annette Siwy, BROKER/REALTOR

Kristin Young, BROKER/REALTOR

Loren Korth, BROKER/REALTOR

1032 S. Seventh St., DeKalb www.SouthmoorEstates.com

DeKalb County Property Transactions

(815) 756-1299

August 10 - August 18, 2015

Date

Seller Full Name

to

Buyer Full Name

Type

at

Property Address

in

City

08/10/15

John A Pedersen & Kathy L

to

Larry D Ellis & Tia L

Residence

in

218 N Hadsall

at

Genoa

SALE PRICE $75,000.00

08/10/15

Lloyd E Daniels & Cathy A

to

Barb Squared, Llc

Residence

in

405 W Navaho St

at

Shabbona

$46,827.00

08/11/15

Tom Edwards & Twyla Properties Llc

to

Cole Pallet Propeties, Llc

Lot

in

1120 E Oak St

at

Dekalb

08/11/15

Hoover Street Capital Llc

to

Gladys Flores

Residence

in

960 Buckingham Ln

at

Sycamore

$116,000.00

$18,250.00

08/11/15

Joseph E Hawkins

to

Lane Nellinger

Residence

in

364 S Hadall St

at

Genoa

$105,500.00

08/11/15

Fedreal National Mtg Assoc

to

Virginia Burnquist

Residence

in

103 Haiwatha Dr

at

Kirkland

08/11/15

Dustin S Storm & Adriane N

to

Jeffrey Wells & Alexandra Seegers

Residence

in

830 Stevens Ave

at

Sycamore

$169,000.00

08/11/15

David M Trampel & Janet E

to

Aleksandar Kosoric & Erica M

Residence

in

1520 Mcallister Ct

at

Sycamore

$234,900.00

$75,000.00

08/11/15

David Araiza & Laura

to

Jeffery J Bode & Tracy L

Residence

in

132 Northgate Dr

at

Sycamore

$282,500.00

08/11/15

Thomas A Foster & Kimberly J

to

Dana P Brosso

Residence

in

113 E Sunset Pl

at

Dekalb

$158,500.00

08/11/15

Margaret M Shannon

to

Zachary R Sweers & Kali L

Residence

in

322 S Locust St

at

Sycamore

$210,000.00

08/11/15

Brandon Lindloff

to

Jose Salinas

Residence

in

1210 Quail Run

at

Dekalb

$145,000.00

08/11/15

Youssi Investment Llc

to

Silverthorne Development Co

Lot

in

807 Coventry Cr Ln

at

Sycamore

08/12/15

Christy Chavez Nka Christy Stout

to

Leonardo Garcia & Jo Ann Evanusich

Residence

in

111 Spring St

at

Genoa

08/12/15

Robert Albright & Kimberly

to

Joseph Goins & Rebecca

Residence

in

234 Maple St

at

Hinckley

$220,000.00

08/12/15

Eddie D Butler & Maria Shelby

to

William Valezano Jr & Gabrielle Salerno

Residence

in

2040 Bend Rd

at

Shabbona

$259,000.00

$26,900.00 $33,000.00

08/13/15

James Ryan Hibbett & Jessica L Reyman

to

Joseph W Huml & Rebecca J

Residence

in

1834 Park Ave

at

Sycamore

$180,000.00

08/13/15

Sean Kelly Custom Homes Inc

to

Patrick L Perez & Kristin D

Residence

in

1847 Constitution St

at

Sycamore

$443,043.00

08/13/15

Fish Properties Llc

to

Brandon J Law & Sondra S

Residence

in

924 Waterstone Way

at

Malta

$164,500.00

08/13/15

Steven M Bell & Danielle L

to

Donna Mogge

Residence

in

900 Shipmanb Pl

at

Dekalb

$112,500.00

08/13/15

Youssi Investment Llc

to

Silverthorne Devel Co

Lot

in

22340 Surrey St

at

Sycamore

08/13/15

Youssi Investment Llc

to

Silverthorne Devel Co

Lot

in

2355 Coventry Cr S

at

Sycamore

08/13/15

Raymond J Holtz Ii & Courtney N

to

Douglas J Suddeth

Residence

in

906 Grove St

at

Dekalb

08/13/15

Youssi Investments, Llc

to

Silverthorne Development Co

Lot

in

600 Brighton Way

at

Sycamore

$22,900.00 $25,900.00 $104,000.00 $22,900.00

08/13/15

Youssi Investments, Llc

to

Silverthorne Development Co

Lot

in

2332 Surrey St

at

Sycamore

$22,900.00

08/13/15

Youssi Investments, Llc

to

Silverthorne Development Co

Lot

in

804 Coventry Cr S

at

Sycamore

$25,900.00

08/14/15

Series C Of Ibt Holdings, Llc

to

Neil W Blacktone & Anne T Berg

Residence

in

1331, 1333, 1335 W 14th St at

08/14/15

Heartland Bank & Trust Co

to

Adr 34 Llc

Commercial

in

717 E Church St

at

Sandwich

$89,500.00

08/14/15

Robert Eames

to

Town Of Cortland

Lot

in

36 N Somonauk Rd

at

Cortland

$12,000.00

08/14/15

Shawn Carper & Tamatha

to

Joshua M Hawkins & Amy K

Residence

in

910 Autumn Ridge Rd

at

Sandwich

$190,000.00

Dekalb

$115,000.00

08/14/15

David Goldblum Revoc Tr Trustee & Lesley S Rigg-Goldblum Trustee Tr to

James Hibbett & Jessica Reyman

Residence

in

426 Northgate Dr

at

Sycamore

$277,000.00

08/14/15

Deborah Witmer

to

Brent D Hueber & Kyla B

Residence

in

332 Eli G Jewell Ct

at

Sycamore

$289,950.00

08/14/15

Wells Fargo Bank

to

Bradley Burns

Residence

in

1510 Pebblewood Dr

at

Sycamore

$108,500.00

08/14/15

Wells Fargo Bank

to

Paula Steimel

Residence

in

1518 Grand Dr Unit 4

at

Dekalb

$59,500.00

08/14/15

Lois Downing

to

Salvador Garcia

Residence

in

4071 State Rt 23

at

Leland

$228,000.00 $305,000.00

08/14/15

Home Town Group Trust

to

Jeffrey A Patton & Angela M

Apt Bldg

in

2319 Fairland Dr

at

Sycamore

08/14/15

Michael K Block & Donna M

to

Nathan W Dutton & Hadassah J Dutton

Lot

in

1203 War Admiral Dr

at

Genoa

08/17/15

Jesse Mayer

to

Scott N Darby & Kelly J

Residence

at

6480 Howison Rd

in

Somonauk

$235,000.00

$34,000.00

08/17/15

Home State Bank Trustee Tr 4339

to

Stefanie N Sullivan

Residence

at

627 Buckboard Ln

in

Sycamore

$150,000.00

08/17/15

Jason D Taylor & Mehgan

to

Alice O Fulk

Residence

at

824 Stevens Ave

in

Sycamore

$92,500.00

08/17/15

Frederick E Wehmeyer & Mary A

to

Jennifer A Royer

Residence

at

122 Ilehamwood Dr

in

Dekalb

08/17/15

Wendy M Barnes

to

Kristine Connors

Residence

at

415 E Sycamore St

in

Sycamore

$194,000.00 $131,500.00

08/18/15

Kristine E Connors

to

Anne M Edwards

Residence

at

2173 Autumn Ln

in

Dekalb

$110,000.00

08/18/15

Bradley R Burns

to

Richard Mccombs

Residence

at

608 E Pleasant Ave

in

Sandwich

$180,000.00

08/18/15

Patricia A Juneau Trust Trustee

to

Anthony R Cargola & Debra L

Residence

at

16411 Owens Rd

in

Hinckley

$325,000.00

08/18/15

Joshua J Juneau & Angela J

to

Kerry R Gardner

Residence

at

611 Belmont Ave

in

Hinckley

$101,000.00 $168,000.00

08/18/15

Keith R Rominski & Kara L

to

Armando Martinez & Arminda

Residence

at

727 Kensington Blvd

in

Dekalb

08/18/15

Kevin B Lovell Trs Tr & Melissa G Trs Tr

to

Zachary L Sheedy & Morgan K

Residence

at

27000 Schaefer Rd

in

Clare

$545,000.00

08/18/15

Robert M Fant Trustee Trust

to

Harold O Wright Jr

Residence

at

261 Larking Ave

in

Dekalb

$260,000.00

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Marguerite Elsenbroek, BROKER/REALTOR

www.SignatureRealEstatePro.com