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Dodgeball supports Ben Gordon Center

By RENEE MESSACAR news@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Music blared from the DeKalb High School Field House on Saturday as men and women pelted each other with yellow balls during the Ben Gordon Center Foundation’s Dodgeball Tournament.

Twenty teams participated in the event, which raised money for mental health services to help local uninsured and underinsured people, said Michelle LaPage, the center’s development and marketing director. The teams were a mix-

ture of Northern Illinois University students, high school groups and business teams.

The number of entrants was down from previous years – which had been up to 45 teams – perhaps because of the event taking place during Veterans Day weekend, she said.

“Still, we are very happy with the turnout,” LaPage said.

“It’s a fun competition and something unique.”

She smiled as she watched a man drop to the ground to avoid a ball thrown at his head.

NIU ROTC students, who served as game referees, cir-

cled the court. They used the National Amateur Dodgeball Association standards for their rulings in the double elimination tournament.

Cheri Montavon of Sycamore stood nearby, smiling as her son ducked a ball while playing with KishHealth System Spartans, a group of Sycamore High School freshman boys.

“They are having a good time,” she said, gesturing to the players, “But I think the balls are too soft.”

Luke Ellis, with the Dstall Blue Ballers, redirects an oncoming ball wih the ball in his hand during a dodgeball tournament Saturday at DeKalb High School. The Ben Gordon Center Foundation held the annual tournament to raise money for mental health services to help local uninsured and underinsured people.

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See DODGEBALL, page A3

Typhoon survivors struggle

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SOLDIERS

Rescuers face obstacles in the eastern Philippines

By JIM GOMEZ The Associated Press

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CIVILIANS Monica Maschak - mmaschak@shawmedia.com

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Mike Emmer, 48, a veteran of the U.S. Army stands to post at the end of his hour-long shift Saturday in front of the DeKalb County Court House. Veterans took turns keeping vigil from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday.

Local veterans offer advice to soldiers leaving the military

By DEBBIE BEHRENDS

who served in Somalia and Iraq while in the Army from 1983 to 2006, suggested transitioning soldiers make sure they take the time to adjust. The 48-year-old Sycamore resident, who participated Saturday in a 24-hour vigil honoring veterans at the DeKalb County Courthouse, said not enough veterans use the services offered by the DeKalb County Veterans Assistance Commission.

The commission, which has offices at 2500 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb, serves as a hub of information, superintendent Tammy Anderson. The local commission started in 2006, but leaders have seen an increase in veterans seeking help, especially those from the Vietnam War.

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dbehrends@shawmedia.com Justin Wiltse served the U.S. Army as a wheeled-vehicle mechanic for more than six years.

Working part-time in the parts department at DeKalb Harley-Davidson, he’s finishing his military contract as a reservist. He’s also a computer science major at Northern Illinois University. If he has one piece of advice for new veterans transitioning to civilian life, it’s to take advantage of all the benefits military service provides.

“I decided I didn’t want to work on vehicles anymore,” Wiltse said. “I wanted to go to college.”

As DeKalb County residents recognize

Get information on services for veterans from: • DeKalb County Veterans Assistance Commission, 2500 N. Annie Glidden Road, 815-756-8129 • NIU Military Student Services, Room 409, Adams Hall, 815-753-0691 • NIU Off-Campus and Non-Traditional Student Services, Rooms 023J and 023K, Holmes Student Center, 815-753-9999 • Kishwaukee College, Counseling and Student Development, C2110, 815-825-2086, ext. 2480 Veterans Day today through multiple activities, some local veterans young and old shared advice for service men and women who are making the transition.

Retired Sgt. 1st Class Mike Emmer,

See VETERANS, page A3

TACLOBAN, Philippines – Rescuers faced blocked roads and damaged airports on Monday as they raced to deliver desperately needed tents, food and medicines to the typhoon-devastated eastern Philippines where thousands are believed dead.

Three days after the Typhoon Haiyan ravaged the region, the full scale of the disaster was only now becoming apparent. Authorities estimated that up to 10,000 people may have died. In the city of Tacloban, corpses hung from trees and were scattered on sidewalks.

Many were buried in flattened buildings.

“This area has been totally ravaged”, said Sebastien Sujobert, head of the International Committee of the Red Cross in Tacloban.

“Many lives were lost, a huge number of people are missing, and basic services such as drinking water and electricity have been cut off,” he said.

He said both the Philippine Red Cross and the ICRC offices in Tacloban had been damaged, forcing staff to relocate temporarily.

Haiyan hit the eastern seaboard of the Philippines on Friday and quickly barreled across its central islands, packing winds of 147 mph that gusted to 170 mph, and a storm surge of 20 feet.

See TYPHOON, page A5

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A resident looks at houses damaged by typhoon Haiyan on Sunday in Tacloban city, the Philippines. Haiyan, one of the most powerful typhoons ever recorded slammed into central Philippine provinces Friday leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead.

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Today Big Book Study AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Overeaters Anonymous: 10 a.m. at Senior Services Center, 330 Grove St. in DeKalb; 815-758-4718.

Free blood pressure clinic: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb. www.kishhospital. org/programs; 815-748-8962.

Sycamore Food Pantry: Noon to 4 p.m. at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. 815-895-9113. Winter coats are available October to February.

Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 3 to 5 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St. in DeKalb.

All are welcome.

New Hope Baptist Church Food Pantry: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the church, 1201 Twombly Road in DeKalb. 815-756-7706.

Kiwanis Club of DeKalb: 5:30 p.m. at the DeKalb Elks Lodge, 209 S. Annie Glidden Road. Contact Tarryn Thaden, club president, at tthaden@gmail.com; 815-751-4719; dekalbkiwanis.org.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5:45 p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meetings, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 13N535 French Road in Burlington.

847-833-6908.

12 & 12 AA(C): 6 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 1145 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group; 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

DeKalb Chess Club: 6 to 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Free, open chess game play, all ages and skill levels are welcome. Equipment is provided but attendees are welcome to bring their own. info@dekalbchess. com or visit www.DeKalbChess. com.

DeKalb Rotary Club: 6 p.m. at Ellwood House Museum. 815-7565677.

12 Step & 12 Traditions AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St. in DeKalb; www.firstumc.net.

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 66: 6:30 p.m. at 1204 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb.

Back to Basics AA(C): 7 p.m. at Union Congregational, 305 S. Gage St., Somonauk. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

DeKalb Festival Chorus: 7 to 9 p.m. rehearsals in Room 171, Northern Illinois University Music Building in DeKalb. dekalbfestivalchorus.org. Adults can schedule an audition; festivalchorus@gmail.com or 630-453-8006.

Sycamore Evening HEA: 7 p.m.

Part of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting location, call Margaret at 815-895-9290.

ADD/ADHD Support Group: 7:30 p.m. at 14 Health Services Drive in DeKalb. For diagnosed adults and parents of diagnosed children.

Registration required; contact Paul Legler at 815-758-8616 or CFC@ familyserviceagency.net.

Dustin Chapter 365, Order of the Eastern Star: 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb Masonic Temple at Fairview Drive and South Fourth Street.

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 241: 7:30 p.m. at the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport corporate hangars in DeKalb. 815756-7712. www.EAA241.org.

Expect A Miracle AA: 8 p.m. open meeting, United Methodist, Third and South streets, Kirkland, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

We Are Not Saints AA(C): 8 p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Tuesday Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary: 7 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb. Contact: Becky Beck Ryan, president, 815-758-3800.

Weekly Men’s Breakfast: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Cost for these men-only events is $4 for food and conversation, along with bottomless cups of coffee or tea.

Easy Does It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Oak Crest HEA: 9:30 a.m. at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, 2944 Greenwood Acres Drive. Part of the Homemakers Education Association. Call Mary Lu at 815-756-4390.

Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m. weigh-in, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. meetings at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

Yesterday’s Reader Poll results:

Today’s Reader Poll question:

How would you rate the quality of local roads?

Excellent: 3 percent Good: 23 percent Fair: 43 percent Poor: 31 percent Total votes: 423

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Sally Mullis is the manager at DeKalb Florist. saw something in wintertime. I do things like that. People may not know that can be done, and then we’re like ‘Oh yeah, we do that.’ Sometimes when I’m talking to people on the phone, the first thing we’ll talk about are the wreaths and I’ll say there are also grave blankets, and there’s a lot of people who really don’t know what those are, which I find kind of interesting.

So we explain how they’re made and how we put them together, and I think that goes from one person to another person.

Sahly: How do you put together a grave blanket?

Mullis: We make two different kinds.

We make the flat grave blanket. Basically it’s a base of chicken wire where we interweave the evergreens into

that, so it lays flat on the grave. There’s very little raise to it at all, and then we decorate it up with ribbons or pinecones or however the customer wants it decorated.

Then we also make mounded grave blankets. That’s been more prevalent in the past 8-9 years. It starts again with a base of chicken wire and strawed hay, intertwined in the center of it and rolled up, and then we put the evergreens into the center of it and all the way up. So when you look at it from the gravesite, it’s mounded. Some people like that, because when we get a lot of snow, it doesn’t get buried. It still gets buried to a certain extent, but it’s not completely buried like the flat ones will get when we get a heavy snow. You’ll still see that there’s something there.

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Sally Mullis Sally Mullis has been at DeKalb Florist “all her life.” Mullis, who grew up in the family-owned business she now runs, certainly keeps herself busy.

Part of that includes filling orders to lay wreaths and grave blankets created in her shop at gravesites in honor of Veterans Day. Mullis spent a few minutes with Daily Chronicle web producer John Sahly to talk about this process.

Sahly: So whose idea was it to lay flowers at the gravesites?

Mullis: Well, this particular one [in Maple Park] was a standing order – we have a lady who calls about three times a year and we do different things. One time we did wooden crosses and we’ve put silk flowers on it and laid it at the cemetery. Other times, like this situation, we did the wreath, and we had that put out there. ... But we do have other customers who call throughout the year and ask us to put things at the cemeteries in town. We do a lot at Fairview, and this particular cemetery in Maple Park we do, and then a lot in Malta.

Sahly: Does it mean anything extra to you because these are sites for a specific purpose?

Mullis: Well, a lot of the people that we do for Christmas, like when we take the wreaths out to the graves, we also make the grave blankets that we lay across the graves, they’re evergreens.

They’re repeat customers. They’re customers we have dealt with for years and years and years. And they’re either family members like moms or dads, and a lot of them we know.

Sahly: Is it done mostly through word-of-mouth?

Mullis: I think it really has. I’ve had some people come in over the years, and they’re out at a cemetery and they

Vol. 135 No. 267

E. State St. Franklin Township Board Annual Town Meeting: 6:30 p.m. at the Road District Building, Highway 72 and Ireene Road, Kirkland. Regular meeting follows at 7:30 p.m.

Genoa-Kingston School District 424 Board Committee of the Whole: 6:30 TODAY p.m. at Genoa-Kingston High School, 980 DeKalb City Council: 6 p.m. in room 212 Park Ave., Genoa. at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. DeKalb County Board Executive ComFourth St. mittee: 7 p.m. at Administration Building, Sycamore Township Board: 6 p.m.

110 E. Sycamore St. Sycamore. at the Sycamore Township Office, 545 Kingston Township Cemetery ComBrickville Road. mittee: 7 p.m. at the Kingston Township Cortland Township Board: 6:30 p.m.

Building, 301 Railroad St., Kingston. at the Cortland Township Building, 14 S. Kishwaukee College Board: 7 p.m. in Prairie St. Room B-201 at the college, 21193 Malta Cortland Town Board: 7 p.m. at CortRoad, Malta. land Town Hall, 59 S. Somonauk Road.

Malta Township Public Library Board: Genoa Township Board: 7 p.m. at the 7 p.m. at the library at 203 E. Adams St. Genoa Township office, 221 Railroad Ave. Sandwich District Library Board: 7 Kaneland School District 302 Board: p.m. at the library at 107 E. Center St., 7 p.m. at Kaneland High School, 47W326 Sandwich.

Keslinger Road, Maple Park.

Squaw Grove Township: 7 p.m. at Kirkland Community Fire District: 7 Hinckley Community Building, 120 Maple p.m. at 3891 Route 72.

St., Hinckley. Annual meeting April 10.

Village of Lee: 7 p.m. at the Fire Station Sycamore School District 427 Board: 7 at Lee Road and County Line/Viking Vie p.m. at North Elementary School.

Road, N.E. corner, in Lee. Park in the rear Afton Township Board: 7 p.m. at Elva of the building off County Line/Viking Vie. Hall, 16029 Walker Drive, DeKalb.

Mayfield Township Board of Trustees: Kirkland Public Library Board: 7:15 7 p.m. at the Town Hall, 26925 Church p.m. at the library, 513 W. Main St. Road, Sycamore.

Genoa-Kingston Fire Protection Sandwich City Council: 7 p.m. at the District Board of Trustees: 7:30 p.m. at Sandwich City Hall Annex, 128 E. Railroad Genoa-Kingston Station 1, 317 E. Railroad St. Ave., Genoa.

Sandwich Township: 7 p.m. at the Sandwich Plan Commission: 7:30 p.m.

Sandwich Township building, 201 W. at City Hall Annex Council Chambers, 128 Center St., Sandwich.

E. Railroad St. Sycamore Plan Commission: 7 p.m. at Waterman Village Board: 7:30 p.m. at the Sycamore Center, 308 W. State St. the Waterman Village Hall, 214 W. Adams Village of Hinckley Planning Commis- St. sion: 7 p.m. at 720 James St. WEDNESDAY Hinckley Public Library District Board: DeKalb County Watershed Steering 7:30 p.m. at the Hinckley Community Committee: 3 p.m. at Administration Building, 100 N. Maple St. Building’s Conference Room East, 110 E. TUESDAY Sycamore St., Sycamore.

Somonauk Village Board Planning and Maple Park & Countryside Fire ProtecZoning Commission: 4:30 p.m. at the tion District: 5 p.m. at 305 S. Countyline Somonauk Village Hall, 131 S. Depot St. Road.

Kishwaukee College Board: 5:30 p.m.

Hampshire Fire Protection District: 6 in Room C-2175 at the college, 21193 p.m. at 202 Washington Ave., Hampshire.

Malta Road, Malta.

Milan Township Board: 6 p.m. at Milan Sycamore Public Library Board: 5:30 Township garage, 14989 Shabbona Road, p.m. in the board room at the library, 103 Shabbona.

Somonauk Village Board: 6:30 p.m. at the Somonauk Village Hall, 131 S. Depot St. DeKalb County Board Economic Development Committee: 7 p.m. at the Legislative Center’s Freedom Room, 200 N. Main St., Sycamore.

DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission: 7 p.m. in council chambers at the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 S. Fourth St. DeKalb Public Library Board: 7 p.m. in the meeting room at 309 Oak St. Franklin Township Board: 7 p.m. at the Road District Building, Highway 72 and Ireene Road, Kirkland.

Malta Village Board: 7 p.m. at Malta Municipal Building, 115 S. Third St. Hinckley-Big Rock CUSD 429 Board of Education Committee of the Whole: 6:30 p.m. in the Hinckley-Big Rock High School Library, 700 E. Lincoln Highway, Hinckley.

Sandwich Community Fire Protection District: 7 p.m. at the Sandwich Community Fire Protection District station, 310 E. Railroad St., Sandwich.

Cortland Fire Protection District: 7:30 p.m. at Cortland Fire Station, 50 W. North St.

THURSDAY DeKalb Design Review Committee: 4:30-5:30 p.m. in the Large Conference Room at the DeKalb City Hall Annex, 223 S. Fourth St. Sandwich Park District: 6:30 p.m. at the Sandwich Park District Office Building, 1001 N. Latham St. DeKalb County Regional Planning Commission: 7 p.m. at Administration Building’s Conference Room East, 110 E. Sycamore Street, Sycamore.

DeKalb Park District Board: 7 p.m., following a study session at 6 p.m., at Hopkins Park, 1403 Sycamore Road.

Genoa Plan Commission: 7 p.m. at Genoa City Hall Council Chambers, 333 E. First St. Malta Plan Commission: 7 p.m. at 115 S. Third St. Shabbona Township Board: 7 p.m. at the township garage, 204 S. Pontiac St., Shabbona.

Paw Paw Township Board: 7 p.m. at Paw Paw Township Town Hall in Rollo, 2266 Suydam Road, Earlville.

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The Chicago Department of Business Affairs and Consumer Protection made the announcement. Officials say they department will increase the size of its special enforcement unit by 50 percent next year.

The unit conducts sting operations on problem businesses.

Last year the department confiscated more than 31,000 packs of illegal cigarettes.

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Egyptian Theatre hosts holiday art show

By ALEXANDRA ZIOLKO news@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Joan and Scott Cochrane left the artists sale Sunday at the Egyptian Theatre with a few pieces by Dale Osterle.

“They are really different, beautiful, kind of nature scenes,” Joan Cochrane said.

The art sale featured art from photography to ceramics. Cory McCrory, of Sandwich, featured delicate ceramic bowls and detailed bird ornaments. She also teaches pottery classes so people can get their “mud fix,” according to her website, home.comcast. net/~potteryhead.

Joyce Klein, of Sycamore,

displayed nature photographs of places from Yellowstone National Park to Rome. Her artwork exemplifies her love for nature and animals from all over the world.

“I loved Italy,” Klein said.

“I think it gives such a great opportunity for culture and some nature photographs that people don’t often think about

that you can find in Italy.”

Yellowstone, however, was her favorite place to photograph animals. She also featured photographs of flowers and mountains.

“I love my Mt. McKinley from Alaska, and then I love the winding road that I call ‘Journey,’ “ Klein said.

Klein’s website, joyceklein-

photography.com, also emphasized her passion for wildlife and nature by showing photos from Colorado, Montana, and Door County, Wis. Klein took some time to get to know fellow participants, too.

“To be with other artists is nice,” Klein said. “You get to share each other’s experienc-

es and see what they’re doing and get ideas.”

Most of the patrons left with artwork, including Shelly Crowley, who purchased an abstract etching by Dorothea Bilder.

“I like the color that she has on it,” Crowley said. “[The piece] will work in the room that I am redoing.”

Major DeKalb intersection to close for railroad work

By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The intersection of Routes 23 and 38 will be closed for up to a week starting today so Union Pacific Railroad crews can repair the at-grade railroad crossing there.

The roads will be closed for a block in each direction, according to a news release from the DeKalb Public Works Department.

Local traffic will be allowed on Route 38 east of Fifth

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Sgt. Sean Griffin (left) receives a rifle from retired Sgt. 1st Class Mike Emmer as Emmer’s shift ends and Griffin’s shift begins Saturday in front of the DeKalb County Court House.

Veterans Administration paperwork one of the primary ways commission helps • VETERANS Continued from page A1 “They are around retirement age, and we are seeing the effects of Agent Orange and the other stuff they were exposed to,” Anderson said.

She said one of the primary ways the commission helps is with Veterans Administration paperwork.

“The VA sends out gobs of paperwork, and people just get overwhelmed and decide they can’t deal with it,” Anderson said. “We help them with that paperwork.”

The commission also provides information about local veterans organizations such as the VFW and American Legion, rides to appointments and, occasionally, financial assistance for living

Voice your opinion Will you or have you attended any events in observance of Veterans Day? Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com. expenses.

Meanwhile, 22-year-old Sgt. Sean Griffin, who has been in the Army since 2008, encouraged new veterans to take advantage of educational benefits and to seek activities that will help them fit in with civilian communities.

“Be patient, because it’s a different lifestyle,” Griffin advised.

At Kishwaukee College, student counselor Chuck Walters advised veterans planning to attend college to start with the financial aid office.

“That piece seems to take

the longest,” Walters said. “It takes time to get all the paperwork in order.”

He also urged new students to visit with a student counselor to develop a plan for college. Kishwaukee College has a learning skills center available to help with tutoring, personal counseling and referral to other agencies.

As for Wiltse, his transition from soldier to civilian started before he left full-time duty with the Army’s Transition Assistance Program.

He’s also found helpful both the DeKalb County Veterans Assistance Commission and the Military Student Services on the NIU campus.

“TAP teaches you how to go from being a soldier to a civilian, about the benefits available, stuff like that,” Wiltse said.

Takla formed his team to celebrate his mother, other breast cancer survivors • DODGEBALL Continued from page A1 On the next court, six men in pink jerseys that said Team Hope sat on the ground.

They stretched over their straightened legs, on which they wore knee-high pink socks with the breast cancer ribbon. They sported pink sweat bands and sleeves of fake arm tattoos.

Danny Takla of Lake Zurich formed the team five years ago while a student at NIU to celebrate his mother and other breast cancer survivors.

“She beat it,” he said.

Although his mother was unable to attend Saturday’s tournament, she was looking forward to hearing about it and reviewing the photos, he said.

Takla, who since has graduated, participates each year and enjoys selecting the team uniform. Although the team didn’t win the tournament, it did take the best dressed award for the fourth year in a row.

Despite this being Noah Nordbrock’s eighth year participating, he had no real strategy, he said. The Sycamore man played with KishHealth System FitBits.

“We don’t practice before-

hand,” he said. “We come to have fun and support a great cause.”

The team came in third place this year.

Team Mannyline won the tournament, and the Village of Kingston came in second.

The event is “awesome,” said Josh Mills of Sycamore while taking a break with his family and team, Village of Kingston, between sets.

“It is a fun time for everybody,” Mills said. “It’s like we are back in gym class. It allows adults to act like kids.

We’ll all be sore tomorrow, but we are having a great time now, and it is for a good cause.”

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Street and west of Third Street and on Route 23 north of Locust Street and south of Grove Street, the release states.

Detour routes for truck traffic will direct vehicles driving north on Route 23 to take Fairview Avenue east to Peace Road, Peace Road north to Barber Greene Road, and then Barber Greene Road west to Route 23. Traffic going south on Route 23 will be directed to use the same route in reverse order.

The detour route for traf-

fic driving west on Route 38 will be south on Peace Road to Fairview Drive, west on Fairview Drive to Route 23, south on Route 23 to Harvestore Drive, west on Harvestore Drive to South First Street, north on South First Street to Fairview Drive, west on Fairview Drive to Annie Glidden Road, and then north on Annie Glidden Road to Route 38. Traffic going east on Route 38 will be directed to use the same route in reverse order.

Leaf collection continues DAILY CHRONICLE Programs to collect leaves in residential areas are underway in DeKalb and Sycamore.

Both cities are running leaf collection programs, with vehicles collecting loose leaves from curbsides.

DeKalb’s program will run through November, while Sycamore’s ends Nov. 27.

Crews will pick up leaves throughout DeKalb this week, starting with areas north of Lincoln Highway.

Sycamore will be divided

into into two sections, and city workers will pick up leaves alternating weekly between each section. The first section includes the south and central part of the city, an area outlined by Bethany Road, South Cross Street and State Street. Section two includes the area west of South Cross and the northern part of Sycamore.

Officials from both cities recommend residents rake their leaves to the edge of the curb – not into the street – for pickup. Residents should also try not to have

vehicles in the way of the leaves and to make sure the piles are free of sticks, grass clippings, animal waste and other debris that can clog vacuum tubes.

Leaves should not be raked near storm sewers, catch basins, culvert pipes or ditches to help prevent flooding.

For more information on each city’s leaf collection programs, contact the Sycamore Public Works Department at 815-895-3545 or the DeKalb Operations Division at 815-748-2040.

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8OBITUARIES ELIZABETH CUMMINGS Born: April 6, 1948, in Berwyn, Ill. Died: Nov. 8, 2013 SYCAMORE – Elizabeth Cummings, 65, of Sycamore, Ill., beloved sister and aunt, died at 4:15 p.m. Friday, Nov. 8, 2013.

Born April 6, 1948, in Berwyn, to Mack and Ann (Kominiak) Pawlas, Elizabeth was employed at Northern Illinois University in the department of teacher certification for many years.

She is survived by her sister, Barbara Eberhardt; brother, Michael Pawlas; nieces, Bonnie Talbot and Carrie (Brad) Staubus; nephew, Eric Eberhardt; and grandnieces and -nephews, Steven, Carter, Claire, Luke, and Andrew Staubus.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

There will be a private service at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be given to the March of Dimes.

Arrangements by Olson Funeral & Cremation Services, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore. For more information, visit www.olsonfh.com.

To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

ROSANNE KENNEDY Born: April 28, 1952 in DeKalb, Ill. Died: Nov. 8, 2013, in Hinsdale, Ill. MAPLE PARK – Rosanne Kennedy, 61, of Maple Park, Ill., passed from this life to eternal life Nov. 8, 2013, at RML Specialty Hospital in Hinsdale, surrounded by the love and prayers of her family.

Rosanne is survived by her mother, Rosemary Kennedy; brothers and sisters, Patrick (Mona) Kennedy, Mary Kennedy, Tim (Sally) Kennedy, Nora (Kim) Joiner, John (Debra) Kennedy, Dick (Gena Rice) Kennedy, Susan Kennedy and Jim (Katie) Kennedy; nieces and nephews, Nathan, Ian, Tom, Elizabeth, Joel, Kayla and Mitchell; an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins; and a countryside of friends in Maple Park, where she was a lifelong resident.

She was preceded in death by her father, Thomas Kennedy.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11, with a wake service at 7:30 p.m. at Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce St., Elburn.

A funeral Mass will be celebrated by the Rev. Dennis Morissy at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Nov. 12, at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Church, Maple Park, with a visitation from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at the church.

Interment will follow at St. Mary of the Assumption Catholic Cemetery in Maple Park.

Tributes and condolences can be forwarded to the “Kennedy Family” at P.O. Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119, or at www.conleycare.com, where her full life story can be found.

To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

‘n’cheese with hotdogs, but not necessarily in that order.

Survivors include his grandparents, Mick and Karen Mishler, of Cortland, Debbie Russell, of St. Louis, and Tom and Pam Burski, of DeKalb; three siblings, Marcela Sadie Ortiz, Maddox Ortiz and Peyton Sole Ortiz, of Elgin; one aunt, Amanda (Paul) Sileo, of St. Louis; and three uncles, Shaun (Beritzabet) Mishler, of DeKalb, Favio Ortiz, of Buffalo Grove and Steven (Amanda) Burski, of DeKalb.

Bryan was preceded in death by his grandfather, Richard Russell, of Carrollton, Ala. A memorial service will be at noon Saturday, Nov. 16, at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St., DeKalb, with the Rev. Jon Hutchison officiating. Visitation will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 16, until the time of service at the church.

Burial will be private.

In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the American Heart Association (honor.americanheart.org/ goto/BryanRussell) or the American Diabetes Association (main.diabetes.org/goto/BryanRussell).

Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb, IL, 60115; 815758-3841.

To sign the online guest book, visit www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

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Health law’s troubles give GOP a boost

By CHARLES BABINGTON The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The health care law’s seemingly endless problems are giving congressional Republicans a much-needed boost of energy, helping them to move past the government-shutdown debacle and focus on a theme for next year’s elections.

Republicans are back on offense, and more quickly than many had expected, after seeing their approval ratings plunge during last month’s partial shutdown and worrisome talk of a possible U.S. debt default.

They pillory administration officials at Capitol Hill hearings. They cite the millions of people getting dropped by insurers despite President Barack Obama’s promise that it wouldn’t happen. They harp on the program’s flawed enrollment process.

Now they’re relishing Obama’s apology to those who are losing health insurance plans he had repeatedly

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President Barack Obama speaks about the economy Friday at the Port of New Orleans. The president says he’ll do everything he can to help people coping with health insurance cancellations, but legally and practically his options appear limited. That means the latest political problem engulfing Obama’s health care overhaul is unlikely to be resolved quickly, cleanly or completely. said they could keep.

“If the president is truly sorry for breaking his promises to the American people, he’ll do more than just issue a halfhearted apology on TV,” Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said in a statement.

Republicans once pinned their health care criticisms

largely on computer glitches in the application and enrollment process. Today, they’re accusing Obama and congressional Democrats of much worse, including deceit and incompetence.

Conservative groups are pouring money into ad campaigns reminding voters that many Democrats had prom-

DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, Nov. 6, with domestic battery.

Briayan Estrada-Vazquez, 19, of the 1600 block of Kent Place, DeKalb, was arrested Thursday, Nov. 7, on an instate warrant.

Crystal A. Carrasquillo, 22, of the 2300 block of West Evergreen Avenue, Chicago, was charged Thursday, Nov. 7,

with disorderly conduct.

Demetrius M. Hall, 23, of the 1100 block of Varsity Blvd, DeKalb, was charged Thursday, Nov. 7, with keeping a disorderly house.

Deshawn M. Johnson, 26, of the 800 block of Regent Drive, DeKalb, was charged Thursday, Nov. 7, with criminal damage to property, domestic battery, aggravated domestic

ised Americans they could keep their current insurance policies if they wanted. In particular, Republicans hope these efforts will help them with women, who tend to vote Democratic and often make health care decisions for their families and inlaws.

In the 2014 elections, “this is going to be a big issue, and it’s not going away,” said Daniel Scarpinato of the National Republican Congressional Committee.

“Democrats who voted for Obamacare,” he said, “are pretty desperately running around with their hair on fire, trying to distance themselves, which they’re not going to be able to do.”

The White House said canceled policies can be replaced with better coverage, sometimes at lower prices. What the administration doesn’t emphasize is that better coverage often costs more, and those looking for new policies may not qualify for the tax subsidies available under the new law.

8POLICE REPORTS Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

DeKalb city Tina M. Losey, 46, of the 1000 block of Quail Run,

battery, resisting an officer, trespassing and unlawful restraint.

Northern Illinois University Leo Allen III, 20, of Chicago, was charged Thursday, Nov. 7, with battery.

Juliette G. Silva Kindl, 18, of Chicago, was charged Thursday, Nov. 7, with battery.

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JACKSONVILLE, N.C. – Bryan Andrew Russell, 6, recently of Camp Lejeune, Jacksonville, N.C., died in his sleep Saturday, Nov. 2, 2013.

He was born June 23, 2007, in DeKalb, and was the loving son of Melissa Burski (nee Mishler), wife of HM3 (FMF) Richard Burski, of Jacksonville; and Robert B Russell, husband of Ana B. Russell (nee Ortiz) of Elgin.

Bryan’s favorite color was blue and he loved to dress up in his costumes and attend school. While often the leader of the pack, he also was the comedian who enjoyed making everyone laugh. He had a way of embracing everyone and everything in his life with abandon, and he will forever be remembered for his love of family, pizza, and mac ORDER AHEAD

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Coventry Health Care is a Coordinated Care plan with a Medicare contract. Enrollment in our plan depends on contract renewal. Premium may change on January 1 of each year. You must continue to pay your Medicare Part B premium. A sales person will be present with information and applications. For accommodations of persons with special needs at neighborhood sales meetings call 1-855-824-1996 (TTY/TDD 711).

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Will Warsaw climate talks point way to new deal?

By KARL RITTER and MONIKA SCISLOWSKA The Associated Press WARSAW, Poland – Climate envoys from rich countries, emerging economies and low-lying nations at risk of being swamped by rising seas will meet in Poland for the next two weeks to lay the groundwork for a new global warming pact.

Although no major decisions are expected at the conference starting today in Warsaw’s National Stadium, the level of progress could be an indicator of the world’s chances of reaching a deal in 2015. That’s the new watershed year in the U.N.-led process after a 2009 summit in Copenhagen ended in discord.

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Resident walk past damaged houses Sunday in Tacloban city central Philippines. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. Haiyan, one of the most powerful storms on record, slammed into six central Philippine islands Friday, leaving a wide swath of destruction and scores of people dead.

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Typhoon inficted serious damage to at least six islands • TYPHOON Continued from page A1 It inflicted serious damage to at least six of the archipelago’s more than 7,000 islands, with Leyte, Samar and the northern part of Cebu appearing to bear the brunt of the storm. About 4 million people were affected by the

storm, the national disaster agency said.

Video from Eastern Samar province’s Guiuan township – the first area where the typhoon made landfall – showed a trail of devastation. Many houses were flattened and roads were strewn with debris and uprooted trees. The ABS-CBN video showed several bodies

on the street, covered with blankets.

“Even me, I have no house, I have no clothes. I don’t know how I will restart my life, I am so confused,” an unidentified woman said, crying. “I don’t know what happened to us. We are appealing for help. Whoever has a good heart, I appeal to you – please help Guiuan.”

Climate change is “very, very scary stuff. And evidence is accumulating weekly, monthly as to how dangerous this will be. So there is a huge urgency that we get on with this,” said Andrew Steer, the head of the World Resources Institute in Washington.

The urgency of the problem was underlined in a recent report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the U.N.-sponsored body that provides the scientific basis for the negotiations.

The IPCC said in September with more certainty than before that humans are warming the planet, mainly through carbon emissions from the burning of oil, coal and gas.

The United Nations said it was sending supplies but reaching the worst hit areas was a challenge.

“Reaching the worst affected areas is very difficult, with limited access due to the damage caused by the typhoon to infrastructure and communications,” said UNICEF Philippines Representative Tomoo Hozumi.

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TEMP COOK POSSIBLY PERMANENT For Delta Zeta Sorority in DeKalb, IL. Must be experienced in meal prep from scratch, budgeting, menu planning and ordering. You may email your resume: lklebusch@gmail.com.

Injection Molding Maintenance Technician

OTR DRIVER Needed pulling flatbed, experience preferred, gone two weeks at a time then home three days, paid on gross income of truck, drivers average $700-$1000 per week.

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INSIDE SALES DeKalb distributor looking to fill a full time position with a motivated individual to work in our fast paced sales environment.

Individual must possess great customer service skills on the phone, basic ability to read breakdowns and drawings, good memory and typing skills.

We offer a competitive salary and great benefits.

Send Resume To: SVI International, Inc. c/o Human Resources 155 Harvestore Drive DeKalb, IL 60115

SERVICE COORDINATOR PERSON

TEACHER FT - Must have completed ECE or Child Development Degree. Experience needed.

SUBSTITUTE - Must have H.S. Diploma and exp. a must.

Apply in Person: Land of Learning Child Care 1645 Bethany Rd. Sycamore www.landoflearning.org 815-899-8991

Must be able to multitask with people and technology. Need to be a service and detail oriented person.

Very customer friendly. Able to work with Word and Excel computer programs. Answer the phone & taking customer problems. Dispatching personnel. Any dispatch experience would be a plus. Willing to train.

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The Waterman Lions Club will hold its seventh annual Gobbler Gallop 5K walk/run through the scenic streets of Waterman on Nov. 23.

Gobbler Gallop on Nov. 23 The Waterman Lions Club will hold its seventh annual Gobbler Gallop 5K walk/run through the scenic streets of Waterman on Nov. 23.

The event begins at 9 a.m. at Waterman Elementary School. Packet pick-up and same-day registration begins at the school at 7:30 a.m. The pre-registration fee is $20 and all pre-registered participants will receive an official race T-shirt. Same-day registration

costs $25 and T-shirts will be given while supplies last.

Proceeds from the event will help fund various Waterman Lions Club projects and programs. Last year, there were 375 participants and funds were donated to the Waterman Boy Scouts, NICE and Waterman Lions Club scholarships, to name a few.

For more information, visit www.gobblergallop5k.com.

There will be monkey business Saturday at the Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 W. State St. in Sycamore.

At 2 p.m., the museum will present a one-hour lecture by Leila Porter titled, “Fungi, Fruit and Mental Maps: Investigating the Ranging Behavior of South American Monkeys.” During the lecture, there will be monkey-themed games and activities for children age 4 and older. Children can enjoy the activities with a museum educator while adults attend the lecture.

Porter is a professor in the anthropology department at Northern Illinois University.

Her talk will focus on her work with monkeys in the Bolivian rainforest.

“Bolivia has an enormous diversity of habitats, from the highlands of the Andes to the lowland rainforests in the Amazon basin,” she said in a news release. Her work has focused heavily on conservation efforts concerning threatened monkey species, particularly the rare Goeldi’s monkey.

Both the lecture and children’s activities are free with museum admission, $5 for children and seniors and $6 for adults. No registration is required.

For more information, visit www.mmnh.org.

Board breaking benefits family

Health fair planned at Kish for World Diabetes Day KishHealth System and DeKalb Clinic encourages those affected by diabetes to attend the third annual World Diabetes Day health fair from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday at Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb.

“The facts are serious,” Peggy Marchini, certified diabetes educator, said in a press release. “Diabetes is the leading cause of kidney failure and the major cause of heart disease and stroke. But what we want our patients and the community to know is that patients with diabetes can live a healthy, enjoyable life.”

The health fair features foot checks by DeKalb Clinic podiatrist, Dr. Pramond Patel, and a panel discussion with diabetes ex-

perts beginning at 6 p.m. There also will be information about carb counting, diabetes prevention, financial aid, food shopping and label reading and medication management.

Beginning at 4:30 p.m., a diabetes friendly dinner will be offered in the hospital cafeteria for $5 per person. Reservations are requested for dinner.

KishHealth System’s Diabetes Education Center works to empower people of all ages to appropriately self-manage their diabetes so they can benefit from lifelong good health.

KishHealth System Diabetes Education programs in DeKalb and Sandwich are both recognized by the American Diabetes Association.

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Leila Porter, pictured with a saddleback tamarin, will give a lecture on South American monkeys Nov. 16 at the Midwest Museum of Natural History.

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A board break-a-thon will be held Friday at Bill Cho’s United Tae Kwon Do to help the family of Tyler Neppl (center), 8, of Sycamore.

Bill Cho’s United Tae Kwon Do Center, 1598 DeKalb Ave. in Sycamore, will host a break-a-thon fundraiser on Friday to help the Neppl family with their medical bills.

Tyler Neppl, 8, of Sycamore was diagnosed as an infant with neurofibromatosis type 1, a genetic disorder that causes rapid tumor growth. The disorder affects about one in every 3,000 children, and has no cure.

Tyler currently has several tumors on his eyes, leg and brain. He is scheduled to begin a trial drug this fall in an effort to shrink or slow the tumors.

Despite Tyler’s difficulties, he is an energetic and upbeat child. The fundraiser will help his family defray medical costs. Participants are invited to learn to break boards and to break as many as they like, at $2 per board. There also will be pizza and raffles.

For more information, call 815-895-2008.

Donations also can be made to the Tyler Neppl Fund at National Bank & Trust Co. locations.

8BRIEFS Clinic in Sandwich plans open house

Presentation on physical education held at NIU

Fox Valley Older Adult Services invites all area seniors and their families to an open house scheduled from 9 to 11 a.m.

Thursday at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road in Sandwich.

The open house celebrates the partnership between KishHealth System and Fox Valley Older Adult Services and the opening of a new health care clinic. A catered breakfast and blood pressure screenings will be provided by KishHealth Physician Group with giveaways and information on different immunizations. From 5 to 7 p.m. the open house will continue with catered appetizers and beverages, activities and a blood pressure screening, and the Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce will host an official ribbon-cutting at 5:30 p.m.

KishHealth Physician Group recently opened the new location at FVOAS. On a rotating basis, physicians from other KishHealth locations in Sandwich and Plano will see patients at FVOAS from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Thursday. The clinic at FVOAS is similar to other KPG locations, with a nurse on staff and a pleasant waiting area and clinical space.

“We are delighted with this partnership with KishHealth System and the opportunity to work together to better serve the needs of area seniors,” Cindy Worsley, executive director of Fox Valley Older Adult Services, said in a news release.

Barrie Gordon, senior lecturer at Victoria University in Wellington, New Zealand, and visiting Fulbright Scholar, will present a talk titled “Teaching Personal and Social Responsibility through Physical Education: The New Zealand Experience” at 4 p.m. Thursday in Room 305 of the Holmes Student Center.

Light refreshments will be available starting at 3:30 p.m.

Gordon’s presentation will focus on three research projects completed within New Zealand secondary schools. His major area of interest is physical education pedagogy and in particular the use of physical education and sport as contexts for positive socialization.

Gordon is currently based at Northern Illinois University as a Fulbright Scholar where he is researching the TPSR model as applied in afterschool sportbased programs for underserved students.

This event is sponsored by the Northern Illinois University Collaborative on Early Adolescence.

For more information on the event, contact Paul Wright at pwright@niu.edu or 815-7532485.

posed their use in everything from aerial art to pizza delivery.

At 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Northern Illinois University STEM Outreach invites community members to learn more about drone technology at “Attack of the Drones?” This free event will take place at O’Leary’s Restaurant and Pub, 260 E. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. Food and drinks will be available for purchase from O’Leary’s.

David Gunkel, a professor of communications at NIU and author of “The Machine Question,” will discuss the social costs and benefits of unmanned systems.

Abul Azad, a professor of technology at NIU, will discuss the development history of drones, their various designs, the technologies involved in creating them, and their capabilities, possible uses and benefits.

This event is one of NIU’s monthly STEM Cafes, in which community members hear a brief, informal talk on cutting-edge research in science, technology, engineering and math and then get their questions answered by STEM experts.

For more information, visit www.niu.edu/stem or contact Judith Dymond at jdymond@ niu.edu or 815-753-4751.

‘Attack of the drones’ the subject of STEM Cafe

Pay-It-Forward House, Homestead team for sale

When most people hear the word drone, they think of covert military airstrikes, but proponents of autonomous systems see them becoming a part of everyday life. Experts have pro-

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

A portion of the cost of each

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Humane Society

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pie, cake or cheesecake sold will be returned the two organizations to help pay operating costs. If 500 or more pies are sold, the groups will receive 45 percent of the pre-tax price.

The two groups joined forces three years ago, making it easier to reach the 500-pie mark.

Pie orders are being taken through Thursday. Pies will be available for pickup from 5 to 6 p.m. Nov. 22 at either the Glidden Homestead or at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore.

There are 14 flavors of pie available. Order forms can be obtained by stopping by Pay-ItForward House, 719 Somonauk St. in Sycamore, from 11 a.m. until 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday or 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

Friday or Saturday. Order forl also can be requested by emailing info@payitforwardhouse. org or info@gliddenhomestead. org or by calling 815-762-4882 or 815-756-7904.

Knee pain workshop offered in Sycamore The public is welcome to attend an informational workshop about ending chronic knee pain at either noon or 6 p.m. Thursday in the Mitchel Lounge of Jane Fargo Hotel in downtown Sycamore.

The presentation will detail treatment options available to end knee pain and avoid knee replacements. The specific treatment being discussed has an 86 percent success rate, is non-surgical and FDA and Medicare approved.

A free lunch or dinner will be provided by the Mitchel Lounge.

Seating is limited so RSVP by today.

For information, call Sycamore Integrated Health at 815-8953354.

County Democrats set Paul Simon dinner The DeKalb County Democrats will host their Paul Simon Award Dinner on Thursday in the Hopkins Park Terrace Room, 1403 Sycamore Road, DeKalb.

The event will start with a cocktail hour at 5:30 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30 p.m.

and talks will start shortly after 7 p.m.

A Democratic keynote speaker will be featured at the event along with local elected officials and candidates.

Tickets for the event cost $50 each or $10 per student. Checks can be mailed to DeKalb County Democratic Party, P.O. Box 785, DeKalb, IL 60115, or by online payment at www.dekalbcountydemocrats.org.

For information, contact DeKalb County Democratic Chairman Mark Pietrowski Jr. at markpietrowski@gmail.com or 815-762-2054.

Salutes our Veterans

Pet of the Week

Marley

Hello, my name is Marley. I am a big Basset Hound boy. I am always up for someone to play with me and give me some attention. I have a bad tendency to play with people’s feet. Tails has been working with me that people’s feet are not a toy. However, with some more training and toys of my own I think I will get the gist that people’s feet are not for play. Tails has some advice to give any of my potential adopters so that they can easily be able to work through my rough play. Because I may scare children with my rough play it is recommended that I should not go home with children 12 years or younger. I am still a young puppy and have much to learn about the doggie world.

Visit our adorable adoptables at the shelter or view photos online at www.tailshumanesociety.org

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• 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Mondays in the Kishwaukee Hospital Roberts Conference Center, DeKalb.

815-748-8962 or visit www.kishhospital.org/programs.

• 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at Valley West Hospital, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sandwich. 815-786-3962 or www.valleywest.org.

• 9 to 11 a.m. Wednesdays at KishHealth System Family & Specialty Care in Genoa.

• 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays KishHealth System Family & Specialty Care in Waterman.

Food Drive: Daily until Thanksgiving at Sycamore Integrated Health, 920 W Prairie Dr., Sycamore. Collecting nonperishables for Feed’em Soup. Bring in a donation to be eligible to schedule a free consultation, exam and x-rays.

Mom’s Time Out: 9 a.m. to noon Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at South Prairie School, Sycamore.

This recreational program provides children with a safe and structured place to play and socialize with other children. For ages 18 months to 7. Cost for residents is $9, nonresidents cost $11 per day. Call the Sycamore Park District at 815895-3202.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: Noon to 6 p.m. at Holmes Student Center, 1425 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. www.RedCrossBlood.org or 800-RED CROSS. DeKalb Chess Club: 6 to 8 p.m. at First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Free, open chess game play, all ages and skill levels are welcome. Equipment is provided but attendees are welcome to bring their own. info@dekalbchess.com or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.

Bedtime Story Time: 6:30 p.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Participants can wear pajamas. Call Youth Services at 815-756-9568, ext.

250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

DeKalb County Veterans Assistance Commission: 7 p.m. at the Community Outreach Building, 2500 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. dcvac@dekalbcounty.org, 815-7568129, www.dekalbcounty.org/VAC/.

General Book Club: 7 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. “The World is a Carpet: Four Seasons in an Afghan Village,” by Anna Badkhen will be

discussed. Call 815-756-9568, ext.

270, or email teresai@dkpl.org.

Poppy Craft: 7 p.m. today and 4 p.m. Wednesday (bilingual) in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Call 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

Experimental Aircraft Association Chapter 241: 7:30 p.m. in the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport corporate hangers. www.EAA241. org. Contact: Rose Ellen May at 815375-1772. Everyone with an aviation interest, pilots and non-pilots alike, are invited to attend meetings, with refreshments at 6:30 p.m.

St. Charles Singles Club: 7:30 to 11 p.m. at Villa Olivia, 1401 W. Lake St. (Route 64), Bartlett. Singles age 40 and older from all towns are invited. Admission, $6 for members, $10 for visitors. A professional dance lesson begins at 6:30 p.m. for $3.

630-407-7424 or visit www.stcharlessinglesclub.com.

Tuesday Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary: 7 a.m. at Kishwaukee Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb. Contact: Becky Beck Ryan, president, 815758-3800.

Tales for Twos: 9:30 a.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Program lasts 20 to 25 minutes. Call 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

Resumes, Cover Letters and Job Search Techniques Workshop: 10 a.m. to noon at DeKalb IL workNet, 1701 E. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb.

Call Danita Sims at 815-901-0177, ext. 225.

Tissue Paper Turtle Craft: 10 a.m. today, 11 a.m. Wednesday and 10:30 a.m. Thursday (bilingual) in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

Magic Muffins – Discuss a Book: 6:30 p.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Book is “Flipped,” by Wendelin Van Draanen. Limit of 12 tweens (between the ages of 10 to 14). Email darcyt@dkpl.org or call 815-756-9568, ext. 250.

“Vietnam Again” by U.S. Army Veteran: 6:30 p.m. at DeKalb Public Library, main level near fireplace.

Presentation by a local Vietnam veterans. Sergeant Michael B.J. Farley of the 101st Airborne Division

of the U.S. Army will tell his story.

Free, open to the public. For more information, email edithc@dkpl.org or call 815-756-9568 ext. 260.

DeKalb Area Toastmasters: 7 p.m. Check the website calendar for meeting location. For adults who want to practice public and extemporaneous speaking, networking, leadership and mentoring. For more information about meetings, visit www.dekalbtoastmasters.org, or call Larry at 815-756-2867.

Kishwaukee Valley Barbershop Chorus rehearsals: 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb.

Contact: 815-895-5955 or 815-7563004. Male singers of all ages are invited to learn to sing in harmony.

Wednesday Master Networkers Chapter, Sycamore Business Network International: 8 to 9:30 a.m. at Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 W. State St., Sycamore. Offers an opportunity to share ideas, contacts and business referrals. New members and visitors are welcome.

Contact: Jon Bockman, president, at 815-793-1832.

Express Yourself – Mastering the Interview: 10 a.m. to noon at DeKalb IL workNet, 1701 E. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. Call Danita Sims at 815-901-0177, ext. 225.

Sycamore High School Class of 1944 reunion over coffee: 10 a.m. at Towne Square Restaurant, 351 N. Main St. in Sycamore.

Toddler Time: 10:30 a.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. No sign-up necessary and walkins are welcome. Contact Youth Services at 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb. www.KishKiwanis. org. Contact: Amy Polzin at APolzin87@yahoo.com.

Corn’s Journey Around the World: Noon at the Ellwood House Visitors Center, 509 N. First St., DeKalb. Presented by Walter Trevisan, International Corn Breeding Adviser. 815-756-8737 or email daaha.inc@gmail.com.

DeKalb Noon Lions Club: Noon in the Blackhawk East Cafeteria at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.

Members welcome all interested people.

Tilton Park Unit of HEA: 1 p.m. at

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1527 Huntington Road in DeKalb. Call Barb at 815-758-0729 for information about this unit, which is part of Homemakers Education Association.

American Red Cross Blood Drive: 2:45 to 6:45 p.m. at Clinton Rosette Middle School, 650 N. First St. in DeKalb. www.RedCrossBlood.org or 800-RED CROSS. Chess Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St., Sycamore. Free, open chess game play, all ages and skill levels are welcome. info@dekalbchess. com or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.

Paper Players Crafters: 6 to 8 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Ages 16 and older are welcome for scrapbooking and card-making fun. Create an 8x8 scrapbook layout and a new card. No experience is necessary; just bring a pair of scissors and adhesive. Sign up at www.dkpl.org/ events, or call 815-756-9568, ext.

220. Limit of 10 participants.

Fox Valley Bicycle and Ski Club: 7 p.m. at Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave. The club invites DeKalb County cyclists to attend its rides, programs and other events throughout the year. programs@fvbsc.org.

Kishwaukee Amateur Radio Club: 7 to 9 p.m. at Community of Christ Church, 1200 S. Malta Road, DeKalb. KARC meets the second Wednesday each month. www.kishclub.org/vetesting.html.

Order of the White Shrine of Jerusalem DeKalb Shrine 47: 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb Masonic Temple, Fairview Drive and Fourth Street.

Sycamore Lions Club: 7 p.m. at MVP’s Regale Center, 124 1/2 S. California St., for service-minded men and women interested in improving their community. Information can be found at www.sycamorelions.org or call Jerome at 815-501-0101.

Bingo nights: 7:15 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Club, 121 S. California St. Contact: Robert Fleetwood at 815-895-2679. Open to the public.

Thursday Bilingual Story Time: 10 a.m. in the Youth Services Department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. For children ages 0 to 5. Contact Youth Services at 815-756-9568, ext. 250, or email theresaw@dkpl.org.

Open Hands Preschool Fourth Annual “Vendor Night” Fundraiser: 5 to 8 p.m. at United Methodist Church of Waterman, 210 W. Garfield St., Waterman. This event

will be held in the basement of the church. Call Brianne Wackerlin at 815-970-1284 for information.

Stitch Niche Club: 5 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Learn how to crochet or share your favorite pastime.

Contact Emily at 815-756-9568, ext.

265, or email emilyg@dkpl.org.

Computer Class – MS Word Intro: 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Sign up online or at the Reference Desk or call 815-756-9568, ext. 220.

Wildcard – Annual Talent Show: 6:30 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Apples to Apples Game and Snoopy Thanksgiving Feast. This program is for DeKalb area teens only. For more information, call 815-756-9568, ext.

280, or email stever@dkpl.org.

Sycamore American Legion Post 99 member meeting: 7 to 8 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Memorial Home, 121 S. California St., Sycamore. For more information, call 815-895-2931, email janderson@parentpetroleum. com or visit www.sycamorevetsclub.org/americanlegion.htm.

DeKalb Area Garden Club: 7 p.m. in the Vista Room at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, DeKalb. Contact: Tom Riley at 815756-6686.

Friday Mission Accomplished? – Got a job? Now Keep the Job: 10 a.m. to noon at DeKalb IL workNet, 1701 E. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. Call Danita Sims at 815-901-0177, ext.

225.

Questions on trip to U.S. Capitol: 2 p.m. in meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Meet with Carder Travel and the Friends of the DKPL for information on the trip in April to Washington, D.C. 815-7569568, ext. 260, or email edithc@ dkpl.org.

Peace vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memorial Park at First Street and Lincoln Highway in DeKalb. The DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Peace Circle follows at 6 p.m.

815-758-0796.

Elburn Lions Club Bingo: Doors open at 5 p.m. at 500 Filmore St. Early Bird Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m., followed by the first of four progressive raffles. Regular Bingo games start at 7 p.m. and include two split the pot games. Food and drink are available for purchase. Proceeds go toward Elburn Lions Charities for

the sight and hearing impaired. 630365-6315.

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

Nooks and Crannies – The Library Tour: 6:30 in adult services department at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Come to a special after-hours library tour. No sign-up required. 815-756-9568, ext. 220, or email dkplref@dkpl.org.

DAWC activities and gallery viewings: 7 to 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St. in DeKalb. Contact: 815-758-1351 or dawc@niu.edu. All are invited to events; an entrance with an accessible lift is near the alley north of the building. Free parking is located at 415 N. 11th St., a half block south of the center.

Saturday Sycamore-DeKalb Alumnae Panhellenic: 11 a.m. in Rooms 1 and 2, downstairs at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb. Attend a program by Dr. Paul Nguyen, cardiologist, on women’s heart health. Bring a guest. Call Shirley at 815-758-4755 or Linda at 815-784-2049 by Wednesday.

Saturday Cinema: 2 p.m. in the meeting room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Film will be “Flipped,” PG. Bring a friend and enjoy the show with some popcorn and light refreshments. No registration to this free event.

Sunday Rockford Writers’ Guild: 1 to 3 p.m. at Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum, 411 Kent St., Rockford. DeKalb County writers are invited to meet with peers at monthly guild meetings. The guild schedule – complete with maps and directions is available at www.rockfordwritersguild.com; click on “Meetings and Events for Writers.”

Society for Creative Anachronism events: Visit www.carraigban. org or call 815-739-5788 or 815-9865403 for other information. Middle Ages-Renaissance history re-enactors and those interested in “stepping into the past” are welcome.

• Armored fighting practice: 4:30 p.m. behind Stevenson North at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.

8COMMUNITY SERVINGS DeKalb County Salvation Army food pantry: 9 a.m. to noon Monday to Thursday; 5 to 6:45 p.m. Thursday at Ninth and Grove streets in DeKalb. For DeKalb County residents only. Call 815-756-4308 or email gary_billings@usc.salvationarmy. org.

Sycamore Food Pantry: Noon to 7 p.m.

Monday at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. 815-895-9113.

Feed my Sheep Pantry: 3 to 5 p.m.

Monday and 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St. in DeKalb. 815-758-3203. All are welcome.

Feed’em Soup Community Project Free Community Meals: 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesdays at 122 S. First St., DeKalb. These meals are free to anyone in need. People wishing to volunteer can visit www.FeedEmSoup.org and fill out a short contact form to receive updates about volunteer needs. Groups wishing to volunteer or spearhead events, such as food drives, for Feed’em Soup Community Project, can send email to Info@ FeedemSoup.org.

Maple Park American Legion Fish and Chicken Fry: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday at 203 Main St., Maple Park. All-you-can-eat

cod, perch, shrimp, smelt, baked tilapia and chicken are available. Cost: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for children younger than 12. Carry outs cost $12.

Knights of Columbus All You Can Eat Fish Fry Buffet: 5 to 7 p.m. Friday at Knights of Columbus, 1336 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Cost is $10 for adults plus tax, $6 for children plus tax. Buffet includes: cod, walleye, shrimp, macaroni and cheese, soup, baked potato, French fries, coleslaw and salad bar. Dine-in only, sorry no carryouts.

815-758-4141.

Country Breakfast: 7 to 10:30 a.m.

8SUPPORT GROUPS Monday Big Book Study AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Overeaters Anonymous: 10 a.m. at Senior Services Center, 330 Grove St. in DeKalb; 815-758-4718.

Job & Career Support Group: 2 to 4 p.m. in the Sycamore Public Library board room, 103 E. State St. Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 5:45 p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meetings, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 13N535 French Road in Burlington.

847-833-6908.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group: 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.

12 & 12 AA(C): 6 p.m. at Sycamore Lutheran Church, 1145 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Group Hope: 6:30 to 8 p.m. in the private dining room at Rochelle Community Hospital. 815-398-9628.

“Journey” adult grief support group: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at DeKalb County Hospice, 2727 Sycamore Road, DeKalb. This free ongoing group is open to attendees of a previous group who feel the need for continued support for all losses – death of a spouse, parent, sibling, friend. Offered are grief education, validation and a connection with others on similar paths. Contact: Sue Rankin, DeKalb County Hospice, 815-756-3000. www.dekalbcountyhospice.org.

12 Step & 12 Traditions AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St. in DeKalb; www. firstumc.net.

Back to Basics AA(C): 7 p.m. at Union Congregational, 305 S. Gage St., Somonauk. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

ADD/ADHD adult support group: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at Family Service Agency, 14 Health Services Drive in DeKalb. For diagnosed adults and parents of diagnosed children; registration required – call Family Service Agency, 815-758-8616.

Expect A Miracle AA: 8 p.m. open meeting at United Methodist, Third and South streets, Kirkland. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

We Are Not Saints AA(C): 8 p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-

452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Tuesday Easy Does It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m. weigh-in, 10 a.m. meeting at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb.

Healing Expressions: 10 a.m. to noon at the Cancer Center at Kishwaukee Hospital, 10 Health Services Drive, DeKalb. Cancer patients, caregivers and family members can express feelings and thoughts about the cancer experience through structured visual art activities, guided imagery and writing. Registration is required; call 815-748-2958 or visit www.kishhospital.org/programs.

Men and Women Impacted by Cancer Networking Group: 10 to 11 a.m. in the Valley West Medical Office Building, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sandwich. Registration is required for this program and closes three days before the program date. A minimum number of participants also is required. Call 815-748-2958 or visit www.valleywest.org/programs.

Caring Through Food: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Cancer Center at Kishwaukee Hospital. Becky Sisler, registered dietitian, will teach tips, strategies and simple recipes that nourish and care for those with cancer. Caretakers and patients are welcome. This group is free and registration is required. For more information, visit www.kishhospital. org/programs or call 815-748-2958.

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

Genoa Taking Off Pounds Sensibly: 6 p.m. weigh-in and 6:30 p.m. meetings at CrossWind Community Church, 13100 Cherry Road. 815784-3480.

Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C): 6 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 801 N. Sycamore St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Women’s “Rule #62 Group”: 6 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. For information, call Kathy at 815-756-6655. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Better Off Sober AA(C): 6:30 p.m.

at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Grief Education and Support: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at Homebound Healthcare, 1625 Bethany Road, Sycamore. Meeting will include a dinner and dessert. 815-793-2815.

Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday Night Fellowship Group(C): 7 p.m. at The Church of St. Mary, 244 Waterman St. in Sycamore. 815-7391950.

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

Sexaholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb (behind church in brick building). 815-5080280.

Veterans Peer Support Group: 7 to 8 p.m. at Ben Gordon Center, 12 Health Services Drive in DeKalb; www.bengordoncenter.org. For information about the free group, call 815-756-4875 or 815-793-6972.

Smoky Mirror AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. 33930 N. State Road, Genoa, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

Program of Recovery AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Wednesday Caregiver Networking Group: 8 to 9 a.m. at the Kishwaukee Hospital Roberts Conference Center. The group is open to spouses and other caregivers of individuals with cancer. No registration required. www. kishhospital.org; 815-748-8962.

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

New Beginnings AA(C): 10 a.m. at 120 Main St., Kingston. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

24-Hour-A-Day Brown Bag AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at Newman Center, 521 Normal Road, DeKalb.

800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Saturday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 303 S. Seventh St. in DeKalb. The public is welcome at an all-you-can-eat full breakfast of pancakes, sausage, bacon, eggs, hash browns and biscuits and gravy. Donation is $7.

NICE pantry: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays and by appointment other days at 346 S. County Line Road in Lee. Contact: 815-8242228.

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

Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. Saturday at

Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. Hamburger or cheeseburger with chips are available or sandwich and buffet. The buffet includes potato salad, macaroni salad and beans. Proceeds help fund community projects and scholarships.

VFW breakfast: 7 to 11 a.m. Sunday at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. This all-you-can-eat breakfast costs $8 and is free for children younger than 6.

The menu includes scrambled eggs, french toast, hash browns, biscuits and gravy, chipped beef, fruit cocktail and coffee, milk and juice.

For information about Alcoholics Anonymous closed meetings, call 800-452-7990 or visit www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weighin, 6:30 p.m. meeting at Weight There is a Solution AA(C): 8 in, 5:30 p.m. meeting at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore p.m. at Kingston Friendship Center, Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb.

120 Main St. 800-452-7990; www.

Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb.

Grieving Parent Support Group: dekalbalanoclub.com.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence 7 p.m. in Room 10 of the Elburn ComDay PAA(C): 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area support group; 815-756-5228; munity Center, 525 N. Main St. Call Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, www.safepassagedv.org.

Conley Outreach at 630-365-2880 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoCame to Believe AA(C): 6 p.m. for directions and monthly topics. club.com. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m.

Saturday Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; at Fox Valley Community Center, www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

1406 Suydam Road. 800-452-7990; Overeaters Anonymous WalkNorth Avenue Pass It On AA(C): www.dekalbalanoclub.com. and-Talk meeting: 8 to 9 a.m. at 6:30 p.m. at North Ave. Baptist A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m.

The Federated Church, 612 W. State Church, 301 North Ave., Sycamore. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 33930 St. in Sycamore. www.oa.org; Con800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoN. State St., Genoa, 800-452-7990; tact: Marilyn at 815-751-4822. club.com. www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

It Is What It Is AA(C): 9 a.m. at Narcotics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at St. Catherine’s Church, 340 S. Stott United Church of Christ, 615 N. First Federated Church, 612 W. State St., St., Genoa. 800-452-7990; www.

St. in DeKalb; www.rragsna.org; Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

815-964-5959. dekalbalanoclub.com.

As Bill Sees It AA(C): 9:30 a.m.

Hopefuls AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Closed Discussion AA: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.

Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. dekalbalanoclub.com. www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Learning to Live Al-Anon group: Thursday Friday 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Newman Catholic Center annex, Normal Road Safe Passage Domestic Violence Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb: in DeKalb; llc904@hotmail.com. support group: 815-756-5228; 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. at Christ CommuNarcotics Anonymous: 10 to 11 www.safepassagedv.org. nity Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Higha.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 Back To Basics AA(C): 9:30 a.m. way, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery N. First St. in DeKalb; www.rragsna. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. program is for Internet addiction.

Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; Contact: 815-508-0280. SA.org. org; 815-964-5959. www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Pass It On AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at Back to Basics AA: 6:30 p.m. at Breastfeeding Group: 10 to 11:30 DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Cortland United Methodist Church, a.m. at Kishwaukee Hospital Roberts Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; 45 Chestnut Ave., Cortland. 800Conference Center, 1 Hospital Drive, www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.

DeKalb. Mothers and babies are There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05 com. welcome at this free, drop-in group. p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 AA Speaker Open Meeting: 8 www.kishhospital.org/programs; E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 815-748-8962. www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; Cancer Support Group: 10 to B.Y.O.B. Big Book – 12 & 12 www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

11:30 a.m. at Kishwaukee Hospital Discussion AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Saturday Night AA(C): 10 p.m. at Cancer Center, DeKalb. Learn more Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452about cancer from fellow patients, DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.

7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com. caregivers and trained staff in a safe dekalbalanoclub.com.

Sunday and encouraging environment at this Big Book Discussion AA(C): 7 free, drop-in group. www.kishhospip.m. at Newman Catholic Student 24 Hours a Day AA(C): 9:30 a.m. tal.org/programs; 815-748-2958.

Center, 521 Normal Road, DeKalb. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 4:30 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoTaylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; to 5:30 p.m. weigh-in and 5:30-6:30 club.com. www.dekalbalanoclub.com. p.m. meeting at Sycamore United Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Steps And Traditions AA(C): Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. Salem Lutheran Church, 1022 N. 6 p.m. at Masonic Hall, Route 23, Call Lydia Johnson, chapter leader, Main St., Sandwich. 800-452-7990; Genoa. 800-452-7990; www.

815-895-4618. www.dekalbalanoclub.com. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m.

County Line Group Big Book No Longer Hopeless AA(C): 7:30 at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. AA(C): 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; 121 N. Sycamore St., Maple Park.

E. Taylor, DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanowww.dekalbalanoclub.com.

One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at club.com.

Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church, One Day At A Time AA(C): 8 p.m.

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8ANOTHER VIEW

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Still hope for our coal

8VIEWS

An Illinois veteran remembers Iwo Jima

By MARK DePUE Director of Oral History Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum SPRINGFIELD – Lt. Warren Musch, now of Jacksonville, had a lot to consider as he waited his turn on Feb. 19, 1945, to land on the tiny volcanic island of Iwo Jima.

As he watched the Navy’s intense bombardment, his thoughts turned to his father’s farm near Virginia, Ill., and to his new bride, Haroldine. He thought about his fellow Marines, about the sulfuric sands of Iwo Jima, and the inherent dangers of landing on an island bristling with defensive works manned by an enemy bent on their destruction.

Most of all, he thought about his job as the 3rd Battalion’s Intelligence Section Officer, part of the 28th Regiment of the 6th Marine Division, and about the unit’s initial mission once on shore: To seize the high ground – the imposing heights of Mount Suribachi.

“I landed in the 13th wave, at one o’clock,” Musch recalled almost 67 years later. “I guess the best way to describe it was all hell broke loose because the Japanese had all their mortars, artillery, machine guns and everything zeroed in on the beaches, and were giving us all they had.”

Once on the beach, “I could reach out and touch a dead Marine with my left hand, another with my right hand. They had camouflage paint on their faces.

That’s when the shock really hit me. I was there in the midst of the real thing. ... As I started to raise up, a Japanese machine gun knocked that volcanic sand in my face, about six inches above my head.”

What Warren saw next spurred him to action. A landing craft took a direct hit just as the ramp slammed down to unload its precious cargo of Marines.

“I quickly decided the beach was no place to be and took off running, from shell hole to shell hole. It’s still a mystery how myself and my 18 men all arrived at the right place at the right time, designated spot, without anybody getting hit.”

On D-Day plus four, Musch watched as a small band of Marines raised a flag on Lt. Warren the top of Mount Suribachi.

Musch “Ships blew their whistles,” he said. “Everybody was hilarious. It was a great morale booster.”

But he thought little of it after that. He had a job to do in a very dangerous place.

Musch survived the bloody monthlong campaign at Iwo Jima, counting himself among the luckiest of men.

“My battalion had 70 percent casualties.

The other two battalions, one had 74, the other had 75 percent casualties.”

Of the Marines who landed on Iwo Jima, only three out of 10 survived without being killed or wounded. More than 6,800 Americans lost their lives during the campaign.

Next stop was Camp Tarawa on the big island of Hawaii, where Musch, now assigned to the Regimental Headquarters intel section, assisted in the plans for the invasion of Japan.

Codenamed “Operation Downfall,” the plan was comprehensive and ambitious, with the island of Kyushu designated as the target for the 6th Marine Division.

Overall, Musch said, the invasion of Kyushu in November would take 14 divisions,

three Marine and 11 Army divisions.

“I suddenly thought that, gee, with as many people involved and as bad as it was to fight the Japanese on Iwo Jima, this would be still closer to their homeland. It would be a more difficult situation forever, because they fought to the last man on Iwo. They would do so on Kyushu. … I started working on that, and quickly decided that, ‘Well, I survived Iwo, but I would not survive that operation.’”

The landings on Kyushu were just the first phase of Operation Downfall. Next, as Musch recalled, would come the landings “on the Tokyo Plain, 28 divisions involved, three Marine and 25 Army. Three million men involved in the operation, minimum, and at least a million casualties.” The projected Japanese death toll went into the millions.

Faced with all that, Warren has no doubts about the wisdom of President Harry Truman’s decision to drop atomic bombs on mainland Japan, first on Hiroshima, then on Nagasaki. As an intelligence officer, he knew better than most the terrible cost of invading Japan. Only an overwhelming show of force could have convinced the Japanese of the futility of their cause.

“The atomic bomb saved my life,” he said.

Musch was thrilled when he heard the news on Aug. 15 that the Japanese had surrendered.

“We ran out in the streets and celebrated,” he said. “Everybody was hooting and hollering and carrying on. And my job ended.”

It was time to hang up his combat dungarees, return to Haroldine and the family farm and get busy living life to the fullest.

A President Christie would spell tea party’s doom Mainstream Republicans are doing backflips over Chris Christie’s frolic to re-election as governor of New Jersey.

Here is a Republican who took on public employee unions, spoke out against abortion and gay marriage, and still scored a landslide win in a blue state. And he won Latinos’ and women’s votes, too.

Wounded by the government shutdown, Republicans looking toward the 2016 presidential election rejoice at their hero’s performance. And Christie is indeed a dream candidate – but only as long as they forget about their tea party nightmare. To the right-wingers, Christie is a supersize RINO (Republican in name only). It’s gonna be him or them.

The tea party’s ruling emotion is a desire to smite those who won’t bow to its high-def vision of righteousness. So Christie’s promise to work with others – including the radicals’ designated enemies – would amount to playing with the devil, would it not?

The Republican base has shown an amazing ability to force the party’s candidates into politically self-destructive stances. That’s its price for the nomination. If the tea partyers can’t force a candidate to renounce previous beliefs on their rack of purist ideology, no one will fear them.

You know what Machiavelli said about safer to be feared than loved. Republican analysts persist in calling Christie a conservative, marveling again and again at his popularity in a liberal state despite

VIEWS Froma Harrop his opposition to abortion and same-sex marriage. But that is because Christie has done little about either.

New Jersey remains one of the most liberal states on abortion – no waiting periods, no mandated parental approval, no limitations on publicly funded abortions. Had Christie pushed serious new restrictions, he would not have received a majority of the female vote, you can be sure. And his statements on abortion allow for several exceptions. Social conservatives can’t let Christie be Christie on this matter.

As for same-sex marriage, Christie recently declined to appeal a New Jersey court ruling allowing gays and lesbians to wed. Perhaps Christie deeply believes that this should not be. Well, so what if he does?

By the way, Christie supports gun control and a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants. And he accepts the science of global warming. Christie’s signature issue has been the fight with public employees over benefits. This has not endeared him to public employee unions and their supporters on the far left. But that leaves everyone else.

The outsize promises made to state and local workers have been a thorny issue

throughout blue America, dividing the liberal base and turning many a registered Democrat into an independent. But you don’t have to be a Republican to take this problem on. New York’s Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo, pushed through a passel of serious reforms. Democrats in deeply blue California, Massachusetts and Rhode Island have done likewise.

Christie has benefited from a personality the size of a hydroelectric plant. A beefy loud guy who kisses everyone can go far in Jersey. How a bear hug from someone other than a bear might register in Idaho remains to be seen.

But Christie’s finest hour was, of course, Superstorm Sandy and his crusade of comfort. The people will never forget how he blasted fellow Republicans for withholding aid for Sandy’s victims. He even urged donors to withhold money for the party. And he bonded with President Obama during the crisis, no apologies attached.

Can you hear the smashing of tea party china? Christie is everything the right-wingers can’t stand. If he becomes the face of the Republican Party, it’s all over for them. To the right, Christie is an existential threat.

• Froma Harrop is a member of the Providence Journal editorial board. She can still be followed on Twitter @FromaHarrop. She can be reached at fharrop@ gmail.com.

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The recent green light for FutureGen 2.0 indicates coal still has potential as an energy source.

For those people who believe coal must play a role in the nation’s energy future, the policies of the Obama administration have been discouraging.

It may not equal the “war on coal” rhetoric used by some coal proponents, but the administration doesn’t see the true potential of our region’s great natural resource as a fuel for the future. Solar, wind and other nonfossil sources of energy get the best seats at the table, while coal is relegated to backroom dining quarters.

We believe coal research and development will provide the keys for the clean use of our region’s fuel, perhaps through gasification, sequestration of emissions or scrubbing technologies far advanced of today’s standards. It is essential that we protect our environment if coal is to be widely used.

Will that happen? There is renewed reason for hope based on the news out of Springfield. A scaleddown version of the coal-powered FutureGen project planned for a site 60 miles west of Springfield just got a preliminary green light from the U.S. Department of Energy.

Known today as FutureGen 2.0, the project initially was planned as a larger and more costly development during the administration of President George W. Bush – which also pulled the plug on the project.

The original project would have built a new coalfired power plant in eastern Illinois, near Mattoon, with the emissions of carbon dioxide stored below ground. High costs were cited in ending the project, although some backers blamed political motives.

Although the most-recent report on the project said it should go forward, the final word on FutureGen 2.0 is expected later this year from the energy department. That means there is time for both people interested in the development of coal as a clean energy source for the future and those concerned about the economic vitality of southern Illinois to request congressional support for FutureGen 2.0.

Both of the FutureGen area’s congressmen, Republican John Shimkus of Collinsville and Democrat Bill Enyart of Belleville, are supporters of coal. It would be helpful to get the rest of the Illinois congressional delegation on the clean coal bandwagon – especially our senators, Republican Mark Kirk of Highland Park and Democrat Dick Durbin of Springfield. Let them know how you feel about the role of coal in our nation’s energy future. We think it represents an opportunity to ease some of the nation’s reliance on foreign energy sources and to continue supplying more than 40 percent of the nation’s electricity – cleanly and reliably for at least another 100 years.

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8 LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORY State Sen. Tim Bivins R-45, Dixon 629 N. Galena Ave. Dixon, IL 61021 Phone: 815-284-0045 Fax: 815-284-0207 Email: senatorbivins@grics.net State Sen. Dave Syverson R-35, Rockford 200 S. Wyman St. Suite 302 Rockford, IL 61101 Phone: 815-987-7555 Fax: 815-987-7563 Email: info@senatordavesyverson.com State Rep. Tom Demmer R-90, Dixon 1221 Currency Court Rochelle, IL 61068 Phone: 815-561-3690 Email: tom@tomdemmer.com Website: www.tomdemmer.com State Rep. Robert Pritchard R-70, Hinckley 2600 DeKalb Ave., Suite C Sycamore, IL 60178 815-748-3494 Fax: 815-748-4630 Email: Bob@PritchardStateRep.com Website: www.pritchardstaterep.com DeKalb County Board Chairman Jeffery L. Metzger, Sr. Legislative Center 200 N. Main St. Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: 815-895-7189 Fax: 815-895-7284 Email: jmetzger@dekalbcounty.org Website: www.dekalbcounty.org Gov. Pat Quinn D-Chicago 207 Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706

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7-DAY FORECAST

A cold front will swing through the region today, ushering in chilly air and providing a little bit of rain and snow.

The front will depart tonight and any snow shower that is leftover will gradually taper of through the night. Cold air will stick around for tomorrow, but drying conditions will take over.

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Sunrise today ................................ 6:40 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 4:38 p.m.

Moonrise today ........................... 1:22 p.m.

Moonset today .......................... 12:18 a.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 6:41 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 4:37 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow .................. 1:54 p.m.

Moonset tomorrow .................... 1:25 a.m.

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Joliet 41/22

La Salle 41/20

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Aurora 39/20

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Dixon 41/18

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Waukegan 40/22

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Sports

The Kaneland football team falls to Joliet Catholic, 45-8, in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs Saturday. PAGE B4

SECTION B Monday, November 11, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

CLASS 5A SECOND ROUND: SYCAMORE 33, NAZARETH 28

GETTING THE LAST STOP

VIEWS Ross Jacobson

Spartans ‘speechless’ after finally finishing win

Erica Benson – ebenson@shawmedia.com

Sycamore’s Ben Niemann (8) makes a tackle Saturday during Sycamore’s playoff game against Nazareth. The Spartans won, 33-28, and advanced to the Class 5A quarterfinals.

Spartans hold on for win, advances to Class 5A quarterinals

By DAN SANTAROMITA

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dsantaromita@shawmedia.com La GRANGE PARK – Ben Niemann doesn’t crave the spotlight, but he sure took it against Nazareth.

The Sycamore senior had two touchdowns, including a 57-yard reception a screen pass that ended up being the game-winner, in the Spartans’ 33-28 win Saturday afternoon at Nazareth in La Grange Park.

Sycamore (a two-seed) advanced to take on Lincoln-Way West (10-1 and a sixth seed) in the Class 5A quarterfinals this week.

“We knew going in that we were going to be able to get yardage off screens,” Niemann said. “It was a great feeling. It was a momentum changer.”

The big score gave Sycamore a 3321 lead with 5:19 left in the game and appeared to be the knockout blow in a game Nazareth coach Tim Racki likened to a boxing match. However, the Roadrunners (8-3) answered with a four-play scoring drive to cut the lead to 33-28 with 4:06 remaining and got

Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to check out video highlights from the game.

Up next Class 5A quarterfinal playoff, Lincoln-Way West at Sycamore, TBA

Erica Benson – ebenson@shawmedia.com

Sycamore’s Devin Mottet carries the ball against Nazareth in a Class 5A second round playoff game on Saturday in La Grange. Sycamore won, 33-28, and will play Lincoln-Way West in the quarterfinals. the ball back after a Sycamore threeand-out.

The Roadrunners took over on the Spartans’ 42-yard-line after a 6-yard punt, but Sycamore came up with the stop to hold on.

“It was a game of momentum and there was a lot of switches here and there,” Sycamore coach Joe Ryan said. “We scored just one last time before they did and we held on. That’s just two good teams going at it.”

The teams exchanged first-quarter touchdowns before Niemann’s first touchdown catch late in the second quarter. He snagged a 7-yard score on a fade route to give the Spartans (11-0) a 13-7 lead.

“I know it’s easy to say when you win, but he is the same no matter whether he is the star of the game or somebody else is the star of the game,” Ryan said. “Most of time he’s on the field he is the star of the game.”

Riley Hurley’s second 2-yard touchdown run gave Sycamore a 19-7 lead in the third quarter.

See STOP, page B4

La GRANGE PARK – Brett Weaver couldn’t come up with the words.

“Speechless man, I’m speechless,” Weaver said.

Michael Stinnett couldn’t describe it.

“It was the best feeling I’ve had,” Stinnett said. “I don’t even know, I’m speechless.”

Even Sycamore coach Joe Ryan was having trouble.

“I’m a little lost for words,” Ryan said.

But how exactly is anybody supposed to perfectly express how they’re feeling after a 33-28 Sycamore victory over Nazareth in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs wiped away the memory of last season’s heart-breaking second-round loss.

Just more than a year ago, Sycamore was speechless for vastly different reasons. They left Montini’s stadium stunned, not believing they had just let the three-time defending state champions off the hook once again in a 24-22 loss.

The game stayed with this group of players for 12 months. Anybody could mention “31 seconds” and the others would know exactly what they were referring to.

But this time around Sycamore finished.

There would be no Montini flashbacks and no lost fourth-quarter leads.

And the final blow came from the senior safeties, Stinnett and Ben Niemann, who combined to deliver a hardenough hit to knock the ball out of a Nazareth receiver’s hands on fourth down.

“He’s gotta drop that ball,” Stinnett said. “We have to finish and we did it.”

The senior class has never hesitated in saying they wanted to make history. Saturday they continued to do so. The Spartans’ 11th win tied a single-season school record and also gave them the most wins (25) over a three-year period in school history.

See JACOBSON, page B4

LIONS 21, BEARS 19

MORE PAIN AS CUTLER LEAVES GAME Lions feast on sitting Bear Learning experience in loss CHICAGO – You knew it, I knew it, and every fan watching the game at Soldier Field knew it.

Bears quarterback Jay Cutler was not 100 percent healthy Sunday. Nowhere close.

Guess who else knew it?

Hint: It’s the team that now stands alone in first place in the NFC North.

“We knew that his mobility probably wouldn’t be 100 percent,” Detroit Lions defensive tackle Nick Fairley said in a noisy visitors’ locker room after a 21-19 win against the Bears.

“But at the same time, Cutler’s a competitor.

He’s a strong guy. We just knew that no matter what, we couldn’t come in thinking that he was going to be a sitting duck, which he wasn’t.”

OK, then.

Maybe Cutler wasn’t a sitting duck, but he most definitely was a sitting Bear.

To say Cutler lacked mobility in the pocket would be like saying Kim Kardashian lacked the science scores to become an astronaut. Cut-

BEARS INSIDER Tom Musick ler made some nice passes, particularly early in the game, but his physical limitations were so blatant that much of the game turned into the Josh McCown Watch, waiting for the healthy backup to replace his injured colleague.

Perhaps nobody on the Lions’ sideline knows Cutler and McCown better than defensive lineman Israel Idonije, who spent nine seasons with the Bears before departing via free agency this summer. Idonije is smart enough to know that it’s tough to return ahead of schedule from a torn groin muscle, and he’s nice enough to speak honestly rather than mutter non-answers.

See MUSICK, page B6

I can’t escape the image of Ricky Ricardo greeting Bears coach Marc Trestman on his way to the locker room after the final gun of Sunday’s Bears-Lions game with, “Marcky, you got some ’splainin’ to do!”

But let’s clean up a few details first. The Lions beat the Bears, 21-19, in a game that may have set the quality of play in the NFL back several decades.

Certainly you can decide for yourselves whether the defenses were heroic or this was just a sloppily played game. I’m going with bad football.

In the end, the difference was the Bears’ defense getting torched on the ground for 145 yards on 26 carries, while Detroit held them to 38 yards on 20 carries.

Had it been left to the quarterbacks, both teams might have lost.

At least Jay Cutler has an excuse. He was hurt and shouldn’t have been on the field.

Whether the fact he did play is his fault or his

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush coach’s is open to debate. I’ll get to Trestman’s explanations in a moment.

But Matt Stafford was just awful, completing 18 of 35 passes for 219 yards with three touchdowns and an interception. While the numbers don’t sound all that bad, Stafford didn’t hit more than two or three receivers in stride all day.

Stafford was so bad the Bears almost pulled it out, or at least almost got it to overtime. But when you manage just 264 yards of offense in the first 58 minutes of a game before your opponent goes to its prevent defense to make it close, you almost always get beat.

See ARKUSH, page B7

Game summary

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Calvin Johnson had two touchdown receptions, and the Detroit Lions beat Jay Cutler and the Bears, 21-19, on Sunday in a key matchup of NFC North rivals. Cutler, returning from a groin injury, left the game because of an ankle injury before the Bears’ last drive, which resulted in a TD and a failed two-point conversion.

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SPORTS

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8PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys Bowling Sycamore at Oswego, 4:30 p.m.

TUESDAY Boys Bowling DeKalb at Sycamore, 4 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS NIU volleyball tops Eastern Michigan YPSILANTI, Mich. – The Northern Illinois University volleyball team capped its road schedule on a positive note Saturday at the EMU Convocation Center with a 3-1 win over the Eastern Michigan Eagles.

NIU (17-11, 9-5 Mid-American Conference) is now on a fivematch winning streak heading into the final weekend of the season, as they held EMU (1415, 4-10 MAC) to a .188 attack percentage and forced 24 attack errors.

“I’m really happy for our team,” NIU coach Ray Gooden said in a news release. “We knew it was going to be a battle against Eastern [Michigan] because they are so good at home.

We started off really strong with some good serving from Kayla [Zeno] and good transition from our team.”

Jenna Radtke paced the Huskies offense with 14 kills and a .444 attack percentage on the night, while Sarah Angelos (13) and Mary Grace Kelly (10) also finished in double-figure kills.

Mackenzie Roddy collected 21 digs and Schepler had 19 in the win.

NIU comes back to DeKalb for their final weekend of the regular season Friday when it hosts the Ball State Cardinals at 6 p.m.

NIU wrestling places five at Michigan State Open EAST LANSING, Mich. – The Northern Illinois University wrestling team faced some of the region’s best programs Saturday inside Jenison Fieldhouse, where the Huskies had five placewinners at the Michigan State Open.

Sophomore Andrew Morse took second place at 157 pounds, while freshman Jordan Northrup won the fresh/soph 133 bracket.

“The field of competition was outstanding and we had some guys perform very well,” NIU coach Ryan Ludwig said in a news release. “[Andrew] Morse, [Tyler] Argue and [Shawn] Scott really got after it and won some key matches today. I think we made strides as a team and the guys can feel it.”

Sophomore Tyler Argue found his way onto the podium with a third place finish at 141.

Taking fourth place at 197 pounds was Shawn Scott.

Despite dropping his first match of the day, Nick Harrison ran off four-straight wins in the wrestlebacks. In the fifth-place match, Harrison fell to Ohio State’s Nick Roberts to finish sixth.

– Staff reports

8WHAT TO WATCH Men’s college basketball Kent State at Temple, 6 p.m., ESPNU North Texas at Oklahoma, 7 p.m., FSN Mo.-Kansas City at Creighton, 7 p.m., FS1 Colorado State at Gonzaga, 8 p.m., ESPNU BYU at Stanford, 10 p.m., ESPN2 Western Kentucky at Wichita State, midnight (Tuesday), ESPN2 Akron at Saint Mary’s (Cal.), 2 a.m. (Tuesday), ESPN2 New Mexico St. at Hawaii, 4 a.m. (Tuesday), ESPN2 Pro basketball Cleveland at Bulls, 7 p.m., WGN Pro football Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:25 p.m., ESPN Tennis ATP World Tour Finals, championship, at London, 2 p.m., ESPN2

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BLACKHAWKS 5, EDMONTON 4

NFL

Hawks pushed, but find way to win

By MARK LAZERUS Chicago Sun-Times If the Blackhawks were getting ready to line up against a group of wobbly toddlers on skates, Joel Quenneville probably would call them a “dangerous team.” Like any coach in any sport, he’s wary of underestimating and overlooking an opponent, and so just about every team that crosses the Hawks’ path gets that label.

Even the Edmonton Oilers – sitting dead last in the Western Conference with four wins in 18 games, having surrendered the most goals allowed in the NHL, in general disarray.

Only this time, you know Quenneville meant it when he called them a “dangerous team” – twice – before the game.

“We seem to bring the best out of them,” he said.

And yes, once again, the lowly Oilers gave the Hawks all they could handle Sunday night at the United Center.

Marcus Kruger took a nice feed from Ben Smith and wrapped a shot around Devan Dubnyk’s right pads with 8:16 left in the third period for a 4-3 lead, Duncan Keith tacked on a power play goal a few minutes later, and the Hawks survived a shorthanded Edmonton goal with 88 seconds left in a 5-4 victory over the pesky Oilers.

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Blackhawks center Andrew Shaw scores a goal past Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk during the second period Sunday at the United Center.

It was the sixth time in their last nine games that the Hawks scored at least five goals. But it wasn’t easy by any means.

Both teams were coming off road games the previous night, and it showed in a sleepy, sloppy first period. It took the Hawks more than six minutes just to register a shot on goal, and even once they started firing away, Dubnyk – he of the 3.82 goals-against average and .878 save percentage – was up to the task.

Finally, Brandon Saad – who had one of his strongest games yet – whacked a deflected Brandon Pirri pass by Dubnyk from the slot to give the Hawks a 1-0 lead with 1:37 left in the first period.

The Oilers wasted little time getting the goal back, as Ryan Nugent-Hopkins fired a filthy wrist shot over Corey Crawford’s shoulder just 54 seconds into the second period to tie the game.

Edmonton had a chance to take the lead when Brent Seabrook pulled down noted Hawks-killer Sam Gagner on a breakaway, but Crawford steered Gagner wide on the ensuing penalty shot. Crawford is now 3-for-3 on penalty shots this season, and a remarkable 8-for-8 in his career.

But with Saad in the box for an elbow, Nail Yakupov one-timed a slap shot from the right side past Crawford to give the Oilers a 2-1 lead at 8:55 of the second. Barely a minute

later, the Oilers were inches away from making it 3-1, but Michal Rozsival swept a Ryan Smyth deflection of a Taylor Fedun shot off the goal line just in time to save a goal.

Saad then made up for his penalty by setting up Andrew Shaw’s fourth goal of the season with 2:42 left in the second, tying the game at 2.

Bryan Bickell gave the Hawks their first lead of the night early in the third when he tapped in a juicy Rozsival rebound, but Edmonton tied it right back up barely two minutes later on David Perron’s power play goal. The Hawks, who killed off all six Dallas power plays on Saturday night, were 0-for-2 on the PK in this one.

There was a scary moment after Kruger and Keith scored to make it 5-3, as Rozsival – while on the bench – was hit in the face with a puck off the stick of Perron. Rozsival was knocked off the bench and bloodied, and hurried back to the dressing room with his face covered by a towel.

Nick Schultz scored shorthanded to draw the Oilers to within 5-4 in the final two minutes, but the Hawks escaped with the win.

• Mark Lazerus covers the Blackhawks for Chicago SunTimes. He can be reached via email at mlazerus@shawmedia.com.

BULLS

Boozer-Rose dynamic brought up again

By JOE COWLEY Chicago Sun-Times It was a topic Carlos Boozer navigated carefully last season.

When Reggie Rose, the older brother/manager of Bulls standout Derrick Rose, ripped into the makeup of the team in February, there were rumors in the locker room that he was talking about Boozer without singling him out. There was also speculation that Derrick Rose didn’t care much for Boozer off the court. ‘‘We’re all good dudes, man,’’ Boozer told the SunTimes in dismissing that thought last season. ‘‘We don’t have any jerks on this team. ...

The thing is, we’re all friends off the court. We hang out off the court.’’

The Boozer-Rose dynamic was brought up again Sunday, but this time it was about their on-the-court chemistry and the notion that Boozer is a more effective player without Rose than with him. ‘‘Don’t let the stats fool you; don’t let people talk to you with their theories,’’ Boozer said. ‘‘We all benefit from having Derrick on the floor with us.’’

No one has benefitted more than Boozer through the Bulls’ first five games this season.

He is averaging a team-lead-

ing 18.2 points with Rose back.

He hasn’t averaged that many points in a season since he put up 19.5 in 2009-10 with the Utah Jazz. ‘‘I love playing with Derrick, man,’’ Boozer said. ‘‘We have fun. He puts so much pressure on himself, it makes it easier for the rest of us because he can do so much. Obviously, whoever we’re playing against, their entire defense is set up to try and stop Derrick or slow him down. We end up getting open shots.’’

Since arriving in Chicago as a free agent before the 201011 season, Boozer has insisted the only stats he concerns himself with are the standings. He has pointed out that the core of Luol Deng, Joakim Noah, Rose and himself have a regular-season winning percentage of 86 percent, and that’s the only number that matters to him.

It’s an argument coach Tom Thibodeau supported. ‘‘If you look at what they’ve done when they’ve played together, they’ve won at a very high level,’’ Thibodeau said. ‘‘It’s how the group functions together. You look at their winning percentage, and it’s very high.’’

The biggest difference in Boozer this season is that he came into training camp slimmed down and in better

shape. Another season in the offense also has given him a better understanding about when and where he will get his touches. ‘‘I worked on that all summer, just the spots that I’m going to get the ball at,’’ Boozer said. ‘‘I’ve got a lot of playmakers on this team. I think Luol might lead us in assists right now, or he’s up there. Joakim is up there and, obviously, D-Rose. ... So it’s fun to play with these guys.’’

No matter what some on the outside might think.

There has been a lot of talk about the Bulls’ chemistry since the regular season started.

Center Joakim Noah’s message Sunday was to be patient. ‘‘Like I said, everybody has something to say. It’s funny,’’ Noah said. ‘‘This isn’t math.

Just because he averages 25 points and this guy averages 12 points and this guy averages 20 points and 10 rebounds, that’s not how basketball works. You don’t add those together and that’s what we’re going to get.

It’s basketball. ‘‘I think our starting unit before this season had never played a game together, so I think we’re all learning. I think it’s going to get better every game. There’s no excuses. We’re being patient, we’re

working hard and we’re excited about [the game Monday against the Cleveland Cavaliers].’’

What Noah was more concerned about was playing catch-up with his conditioning after a strained groin cost him most of training camp. He said he’s almost there. ‘‘I’m getting back to 100 percent,’’ Noah said. ‘‘Preventative stuff – lifting weights, getting in the pool, just doing as much as I can to feel great.

I’m feeling better every day.’’

Irving-Rose showdown: Even though this is Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving’s third season in the league, he hasn’t played against Bulls star Derrick Rose.

Rose recently said he expected Irving to come right at him, but coach Tom Thibodeau said he wasn’t concerned about Rose forcing the action to teach him a lesson. ‘‘[Rose] knows he’s responsible for running the team,’’ Thibodeau said. ‘‘He’s a little further along than that. He has to make our team function well. And he understands that.’’

• Joe Cowley covers the Bulls for the Chicago SunTimes. He can be emailed at jcowley@suntimes.com.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Fired EMU coach regrets ‘inappropriate language’

By LARRY LAGE The Associated Press Former Eastern Michigan football coach Ron English expressed regret in an interview with The Associated Press for using “inappropriate language,” that included a homophobic slur during a film session with defensive backs last month.

“As a man who has coached 21 years, obviously, on this occasion and particular meeting, I lost my poise, got upset and used language that was inappropriate, particularly as it pertains to homosexual slurs. I regret that,” English told the AP in a telephone interview on Saturday, hours after the school released a statement explaining why he was fired the previous day.

“I apologize to the university for putting it in this position and tarnishing its reputation.

I look forward to continuing a career that has been marked

by molding men of integrity, passion, and intensity for 21 years.”

Eastern Michigan athletic director Heather Lyke, in a statement released by the school Saturday, said she received audio of English using “wholly inappropriate language” while addressing the Eagles.

“We hold our coaches and staff to high standards of professionalism and conduct and there is no place, particularly in a student environment, where this language is appropriate,” Lyke said. “The statements made by Coach English are absolutely unacceptable.

My decision to make a change in leadership of our football program was the culmination of a lot of factors including the comprehensive review of our program, the competitive performance and this tape.”

English was fired Friday with a 1-8 record this season and an 11-46 mark over five

years at the Mid-American Conference program. When the school made its decision, Lyke only said it was necessary to make a change in leadership of the football program.

With interim Stan Parrish, the Eagles beat Western Michigan 35-32 in overtime for their second win of the season at home with 2,177 people in attendance in Ypsilanti, Mich.

“Our primary interest is in the well-being and success of our student-athletes and this will continue to be our priority in every decision we make and every action we take,” Lyke said in her statement Saturday. “My focus moving forward is on the quality of our student-athletes’ experience as well as the search process for the next leader of our football program.

Eastern Michigan was struck by tragedy on Oct. 18 when Demarius Reed, a receiver from Chicago, was

found fatally shot at an apartment building.

English was hired before the 2009 season, and the former Michigan defensive coordinator went 2-22 in his first two years with the Eagles.

Eastern Michigan was 6-6 in 2011, falling one win short of bowl eligibility because two of its victories were against Football Championship Subdivision teams. After snapping a streak of 15 straight losing seasons, the Eagles were 2-10 last year and lost eight in a row this season before beating the Broncos.

During the skid, English said he lost his poise and got upset while reviewing film with the team’s defensive backs.

“I’ve never been around a place where so many good guys go bad,” English is heard saying during the address the school’s athletic director acquired. “It’s bad. It’s as bad as I’ve ever been around.”

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

North W L T 6 3 0 5 4 0 5 4 0 2 7 0 East W L T 5 5 0 5 5 0 3 6 0 3 6 0 South W L T 7 2 0 6 3 0 2 7 0 0 8 0 West W L T 9 1 0 6 3 0 5 4 0 4 6 0

Pct .667 .556 .556 .222

PF 238 259 245 220

PA 216 247 212 279

Pct .500 .500 .333 .333

PF 274 252 165 230

PA 258 244 243 287

Pct .778 .667 .222 .000

PF 265 214 186 124

PA 163 115 251 190

Pct .900 .667 .556 .400

PF 265 227 187 224

PA 159 155 198 234

AMERICAN CONFERENCE North W L T Pct PF 6 4 0 .600 234 4 5 0 .444 172 4 5 0 .444 188 3 6 0 .333 179 East W L T Pct PF New England 7 2 0 .778 234 N.Y. Jets 5 4 0 .556 169 Miami 4 4 0 .500 174 Buffalo 3 7 0 .300 199 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 6 3 0 .667 222 Tennessee 4 5 0 .444 200 Houston 2 7 0 .222 170 Jacksonville 1 8 0 .111 115 West W L T Pct PF Kansas City 9 0 0 1.000 215 Denver 8 1 0 .889 371 San Diego 4 5 0 .444 212 Oakland 3 6 0 .333 166 Thursday’s Result Minnesota 34, Washington 27 Sunday’s Result Detroit 21, Bears 19 Philadelphia 27, Green Bay 13 Jacksonville 29, Tennessee 27 Baltimore 20, Cincinnati 17, OT St. Louis 38, Indianapolis 8 Seattle 33, Atlanta 10 N.Y. Giants 24, Oakland 20 Pittsburgh 23, Buffalo 10 Carolina 10, San Francisco 9 Denver 28, San Diego 20 Arizona 27, Houston 24 New Orleans 49, Dallas 17 Open: Cleveland, Kansas City, N.Y. New England Today’s Game Miami at Tampa Bay, 7:40 p.m.

PA 186 197 189 218

Cincinnati Cleveland Baltimore Pittsburgh

PA 175 231 187 259 PA 193 196 248 291 PA 111 238 202 223

Jets,

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct 7 0 1.000 3 4 .429 2 3 .400 2 3 .400 2 3 .400 Atlantic Division W L Pct Philadelphia 4 3 .571 Toronto 3 4 .429 Boston 3 4 .429 New York 2 4 .333 Brooklyn 2 4 .333 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 4 3 .571 Atlanta 3 3 .500 Charlotte 3 3 .500 Orlando 3 4 .429 Washington 2 4 .333

GB — 4 4 4 4

Indiana Cleveland Milwaukee Detroit Bulls

GB — 1 1 1½ 1½ GB — ½ ½ 1 1½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 6 1 .857 Houston 4 3 .571 Dallas 4 3 .571 Memphis 3 3 .500 New Orleans 3 4 .429 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 5 1 .833 Minnesota 4 2 .667 Portland 4 2 .667 Denver 1 4 .200 Utah 0 7 .000 Pacific Division W L Pct Phoenix 5 2 .714 L.A. Clippers 4 3 .571 Golden State 4 3 .571 L.A. Lakers 3 4 .429 Sacramento 1 5 .167

GB — 2 2 2½ 3 GB — 1 1 3½ 5½ GB — 1 1 2 3½

Sunday’s Results San Antonio 120, New York 89 Oklahoma City 106, Washington 105, OT Phoenix 101, New Orleans 94 Minnesota at L.A. Lakers (n) Today’s Games Cleveland at Bulls, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Orlando at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 7 p.m.

Denver at Utah, 8 p.m.

Detroit at Portland, 9 p.m.

Minnesota at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Milwaukee at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Detroit at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

New Orleans at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Results Toronto 115, Utah 91 Indiana 96, Brooklyn 91 Cleveland 127, Philadelphia 125, 2OT Boston 111, Miami 110 Atlanta 104, Orlando 94 L.A. Clippers 107, Houston 94 Memphis 108, Golden State 90 Dallas 91, Milwaukee 83 Portland 96, Sacramento 85

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts 16 14 2 0 28 18 12 2 4 28 15 11 2 2 24 18 10 4 4 24 17 8 7 2 18 17 8 7 2 18 19 8 9 2 18 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 19 15 3 1 31 Phoenix 18 12 4 2 26 San Jose 17 10 2 5 25 Vancouver 20 11 7 2 24 Los Angeles 17 11 6 0 22 Calgary 17 6 9 2 14 Edmonton 19 4 13 2 10

Colorado Blackhawks St. Louis Minnesota Nashville Dallas Winnipeg

GF 54 66 52 48 37 46 50

GA 28 49 34 40 54 52 55

GF 66 60 63 54 50 47 48

GA 45 56 41 54 41 61 75

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Tampa Bay 16 12 4 0 24 54 39 Toronto 17 11 6 0 22 51 40 Detroit 18 9 5 4 22 45 48 Boston 16 10 5 1 21 45 30 Montreal 18 9 8 1 19 48 40 Ottawa 17 7 6 4 18 53 51 Florida 18 3 11 4 10 37 64 Buffalo 19 3 15 1 7 33 61 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 17 11 6 0 22 50 40 Washington 18 9 8 1 19 57 52 N.Y. Rangers 17 9 8 0 18 39 46 Carolina 17 6 7 4 16 32 48 New Jersey 17 5 7 5 15 35 44 N.Y. Islanders 18 6 9 3 15 51 60 Columbus 16 6 10 0 12 41 46 Philadelphia 16 5 10 1 11 26 44 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Sunday’s Results Blackhawks 5, Edmonton 4 Montreal 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 New Jersey 5, Nashville 0 N.Y. Rangers 4, Florida 3 Winnipeg 5, San Jose 4, SO Anaheim 3, Vancouver 1 Colorado 4, Washington 1 Today’s Games Tampa Bay at Boston, noon Saturday’s Results Blackhawks 5, Dallas 2 Minnesota 3, Carolina 2, SO Phoenix 4, Washington 3, SO Philadelphia 4, Edmonton 2 Ottawa 3, Florida 2 Boston 3, Toronto 1 Tampa Bay 3, Detroit 2, OT Columbus 5, N.Y. Islanders 2 St. Louis 2, Pittsburgh 1 Los Angeles 5, Vancouver 1

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CROSS COUNTRY: STATE FINALS

DeKalb’s Schrader finishes fourth in Class 2A state meet

By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com Kelsey Schrader couldn’t complain about the way she finished her high school country career at Saturday in Peoria.

Schrader, who took fourth place in the Class 2A race in 17:22, didn’t run her best time at the Detweiller Park state course or record her best finish, was able to look at the bigger picture.

“Finishing in the top five for my senior year and walking away with three all-state honors,” Schrader said, “I can’t really be disappointed with that.”

Schrader said the first mile of the race was faster than she has usually run this season, but she adjusted to it and felt good throughout the three-mile race.

“I was fighting back some tears because that’s the last state meet and everything,” Schrader said. “Especially with my family, we’ve been running with DeKalb cross country for like 10 years and this was the last race. I was just so proud to actually be able to run well at the state meet and show off DeKalb one last time.”

Sycamore senior Maggie Lalowski finished eighth in the race, 20 seconds behind Schrader at 17:42, setting a new personal record.

After finishing 10th at the regional and ninth at sectional, Lalowski kept improving as the competition got better.

“Going into it my coach had told me, ‘I see you around 30th place,’ ” Lalowski said.

“Going into it I wanted to get all-state. I was looking to beating out six or seven girls.

“At the second mile I had counted the girls that had passed me and I was sitting there and waiting for more to

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Kaneland’s Brianna Bower (left) and Victoria Clinton helped the Kaneland girls cross country team to a fifth-place team finish at Saturday’s Class 2A state meet at Detweiller Park in Peoria. pass me, but I thought maybe I can keep the spot.”

Lalowski also competed at state as a sophomore and finished 52nd in 2011.

“I went into the race thinking this was going to be my last cross country race, I better make it count,” Lalowski said. “I went with it and ran.”

Following a trend that’s been the norm over the past few state series, Kaneland turned in a strong performance at Saturday’s Class 2A state meet at Detweiller Park, finishing fifth as a team in Class 2A. “They seem to do that on a yearly basis now – they save their best races for their last,” Kaneland coach Doug Ecker said.

Kaneland totaled a 246 team score to tie Chatham Glenwood, but defeated the Titans by virtue of a faster sixth runner. It’s the program’s highest finish since the three-class system began in 2007. The 1989 team took fourth in Class A. Yorkville captured the team title with a 104.

The Knights’ Brianna

Bower capped a consistent sophomore season to lead the Knights with a 37th-place run in 18:33. The effort earned 24 points in the team score.

Aislinn Lodwig, who has only been training for the past five weeks because of an injury, was 54th in 18:59. Defending 2A individual champ Victoria Clinton was 76th in 19:12.

Kaneland finished eighth as a team in 2011 and sixth last season. Asked what has fueled the program’s progression, Ecker was succinct.

“Better kids, more dedicated kids,” he said.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Florida State takes firm hold of 2nd in BCS standings

By RALPH D. RUSSO

Huskies move up in latest BCS standings

The Associated Press

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Kaneland Isaac Swithers (23) carries the ball against Joliet Catholic on Saturday at Joliet Memorial Stadium in Joliet. Kaneland lost, 45-8.

CLASS 5A SECOND ROUND: JOLIET CATHOLIC 45, KANELAND 8

Turf is ‘kind of a nightmare’ Knights lose quarterback, offensive lineman during 1st half

By JAY SCHWAB jschwab@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Dealing with Michael Ivlow and Joliet Catholic was going to be difficult enough.

Doing so with multiple key injuries made Saturday night’s showdown between Kaneland and Joliet Catholic a one-sided affair, as the Hilltoppers battered the Knights, 45-8, in an IHSA Class 5A second-round football playoff game at Joliet Memorial Stadium.

Already playing without starting receiver Brandon Bishop – who was injured last week against Hampshire – the Knights lost three-year starting quarterback Drew David and offensive lineman/linebacker Sam Bower during the course of the first half. That doesn’t even take into account season-ending ACL injuries to star running back Jesse Balluff and starting lineman Zach Thielk earlier this season.

“Unfortunately, when it rained it poured with the injuries,” Kaneland coach Tom Fedderly said. “With Bishop not being able to play, and then Drew and Bower. “Hats off to [Joliet Catholic], they did a really nice job, but I can’t say enough about my seniors.

We love them, and I can’t say enough about them.”

With David in the game for the first quarter-plus, the Knights moved the ball into Joliet Catholic territory on

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Kaneland’s quarterback Drew David (left) is pursued in the backfield

by Joliet Catholic’s defensive lineman Xavier Hernandez on Saturday at Joliet Memorial Stadium in Joliet. three occasions. The results: a turnovers on downs, a punt and a missed field goal. Ivlow, meanwhile, had four rushing touchdowns in the first half as JCA led, 28-0, at the break.

That included TD runs of 80 and 67 yards. He ran for 218 of his 222 yards in the first half while teammate Nick Borgra rushed for 141 yards on the night as the Hilltoppers clicked in their patented double-wing offense.

“It’s funny because we’re

more of a running team, and we seem to have the big plays in our running game,” JCA coach Dan Sharp said. Senior Ty Carlson came on at quarterback to replace David, who Fedderly said suffered a rib injury while taking a hit after a run early in the second quarter. Carlson completed 10 of 18 passes and led the Knights on a drive that ended with a 3-yard Nate Dyer touchdown run in the fourth quarter, but by then, the running clock

was in effect.

“I feel like turf is kind of a nightmare for us,” Dyer said.

“That tends to be the playing field that we get hurt on. But that’s what we strived for all year, get the second man in and keep playing hard.”

Dyer said the Knights knew they faced a whopping challenge in a Joliet Catholic team that only has lost once this season, a one-point defeat to 7A playoff team St. Patrick.

“We expected them to be a tough team. We expected them to make plays,” Dyer said. “You get sealed off the edge. We made some plays, they made more plays.”

The loss bounces the Knights (9-2) from the 5A playoffs in the second round for the second straight season after consecutive state semifinal berths the two years prior.

Sharp was proud of his team’s play but felt badly about Kaneland going down without its leader for most of the night.

“He is one of the better athletes we’ve seen this year, just watching them on film and seeing them live last week,” Sharp said of David. “It was a shame that happened but that definitely I think took the wind out of their sails a little bit, losing a player of that caliber.”

Joliet Catholic didn’t complete a pass all night but out-rushed Kaneland, 391-88.

The Hilltoppers move on to a heavyweight quarterfinal next week at Montini.

Florida State took firm hold of second place in the BCS standings behind top-ranked Alabama and grabbed the inside track to the national championship game.

The Seminoles were second last week, but seemed likely to get passed by Oregon if the Ducks could have remained unbeaten.

Stanford, however, handed Oregon its first loss of the season Thursday night and Florida State benefited.

The Seminoles (.9619) are a solid second in the USA Today coaches’ poll and Harris poll, and second in the computer rankings that make up the final third of a BCS average.

Ohio State (.8926) is third in the polls but fourth in the computers. The Buckeyes are closer to fourth-place Stanford (.8689) than Florida State.

Unbeaten Baylor (.8618) is fifth, not far behind the Cardinal (.8689).

But Florida State and Alabama appear headed for a BCS championship game matchup if they can avoid being upset.

“Just win,” BCS analyst Jerry Palm of CBS.com said about Florida State. “They control their own destiny now. Just win.”

Florida State’s 51-14 victory against Clemson in the middle of October sent the Seminoles surging past Ohio State in the polls. The Buckeyes haven’t had a chance to change the momentum because they haven’t played ranked opponents since beating Wisconsin and Northwestern in back-to-back weeks in late September and early October.

“Ohio State never had a game where they could get some juice with the voters, get the voters’ attention.”

Palm said.

Palm said that it’s likely if Alabama or Florida State – or both – stumble it would be Ohio State or Baylor moving into the top two spots and not one-loss Stanford.

“The problem is Baylor and Ohio State are ahead of Stanford in the polls and eventually the BCS standings will reflect that,” he

With Northern Illinois football on a bye week, the Huskies moved up to No. 15 in the Bowl Championship Series standings.

Fresno State, which defeated Wyoming, 48-10, moved up to No. 14.

The Huskies were 18th in the BCS last week while Fresno State came in at No. 16.

Fresno State gained a good amount of ground on Northern Illinois in this week’s USA Today Coaches Poll.

The Bulldogs moved up to No. 14 in this week’s poll, while the Huskies dropped from No. 20 down to No. 21. Fresno has 646 points compared to 445 for the Huskies.

In the Harris Poll, another component of the BCS, NIU came in 18th while Fresno State was 13th.

NIU will have an opportunity to move up this week, with the Huskies taking on 9-1 Ball State on Wednesday. The Cardinals received 22 points in this week’s poll. The Bulldogs play 3-6 New Mexico Saturday evening.

Central Florida, which control its own destiny in the American Athletic Conference, moved up from No. 21 to No. 19 in the Coaches Poll after a victory against Houston. If NIU does not finish ahead of a champion from an automatic-qualifying conference, the Huskies would have to finish in the top 12 of the final BCS standings, instead of the top 16, in order to earn a BCS berth. UCF is ranked 19th in the Harris Poll.

NIU moved up to No. 20 in The Associated Press Poll, which is not a component of the BCS. – Steve Nitz,

snitz@shawmedia.com said.

Unbeaten Fresno State of the Mountain West moved up to No. 14. The Bulldogs need a top-12 finish to secure the so-called BCS buster bid as an automatic qualifier from a non-AQ conference. They also need to be the highest rated nonAQ champion.

Undefeated Northern Illinois of the Mid-American Conference is 15th and trying to be a BCS Buster for the second straight season.

Neither team can afford a loss, but Palm said attrition along should get Fresno State and NIU into final top12 if they can win out.

Sycamore finally picks up stop against Roadrunners • STOP Continued from page B1 Nazareth hit back quickly with a two-play, 84-yard scoring drive and regained the lead entering the fourth quar-

ter.

Hurley’s third touchdown came after a Nazareth fumble in its own territory and then Niemann’s big screen play gave the Spartans the crucial two-score lead.

Some flashbacks to last year’s second-round game against Montini, a game Sycamore lost in the final seconds, came up during Nazareth’s late comeback attempt. This one had a happier ending for

the Spartans.

“We didn’t want it to end like last year,” Niemann said.

“This is a different team than last year. We just played really well and were able to get a stop.”

Spartans reach quarterfinals for first time since 2009 • JACOBSON Continued from page B1 They became only the second team under Ryan to advance to the quarterfinals, matching the 2009 team.

And yet they’re not fin-

ished.

Unlike last year, Stinnett, Weaver and Ryan don’t have an entire offseason to try and explain their second-round game. According to team rules, they have less than 24 hours before their attention turns to Lincoln-Way West,

next week’s opponent.

And that’s exactly how they want it.

It’s another chance to do something that Sycamore has never done before. Another chance to ‘climb the mountain’ as Ryan told his team afterwards.

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PREP FOOTBALL – ROUND 2 SCOREBOARD SYCAMORE 33, NAZARETH 28 Sycamore Nazareth

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FIRST QUARTER N – Beauduy 5 run (Hillsman kick), 5:12.

S – Hurley 2 run (Maveus kick), 2:27.

SECOND QUARTER S – Niemann 7 pass from Mottet (kick blocked), 3:36.

THIRD QUARTER S – Hurley 2 run (kick missed), 7:17.

N – Love 33 run (Hillsman kick), 6:55.

N – Simmons 2 run (Hillsman kick), 2:03.

FOURTH QUARTER

S – Hurley 1 run (two-point failed), 8:27.

S – Niemann 57 pass from Mottet (Hurley pass from Poorten), 5:19.

N – Jackson 35 pass from C. Bartels (Hillsman kick), 4:06.

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Sycamore: Hooker 12-87, Mottet 20-62, Hurley 8-13. Totals: 40-162. Nazareth: Love 14-90, Kelly-Martin 8-77, Beauduy 9-37, Bakovich 4-14, Simmons 4-12, Citro 2-3, Masterson 1-minus 12. Totals: 42-221.

PASSING – Sycamore: Mottet 10-16-1-210. Nazareth: C. Bartels 4-9-0-76, J. Bartels 1-3-1-44, Beauduy 1-1-0-22. Totals: 6-13-1-142.

RECEIVING – Sycamore: Niemann 6-169, Poorten 2-17, Winters 1-14, Feuerbach 1-10. Nazareth: DiFusco 3-69, Jackson 2-57, Love 1-16.

Total Offense: Sycamore 351, Nazareth 292.

JOLIET CATHOLIC 45, KANELAND 8 Kaneland JCA

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FIRST QUARTER JCA – Ivlow 67 run (Bravo kick), 6:52 SECOND QUARTER JCA – Ivlow 80 run (Bravo kick), 4:58 JCA – Ivlow 24 run (Bravo kick), 2:22 JCA – Ivlow 15 run (Bravo kick), 1:06 THIRD QUARTER JCA – Borgra 42 run (Bravo kick), 6:17

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JCA – Bravo 23 ield goal, 4:00 JCA – Borgra 51 run (Bravo kick), 0:29 FOURTH QUARTER K – Dyer 3 run (Dyer catch from Carlson), 6:42 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING – Kaneland: David 7-24, Swithers 8-41, Nauert 2-0, Dyer 2-5, Carlson 7-18. Totals: 26-88. Joliet Catholic: Borgra 12-141, Witt 1-minus 4, Ivlow 12-222, Morrison 3-13, Pastore 3-8, Krizka 2-4, Voss 1-7. Totals: 34-391.

PASSING – Kaneland: David 6-13-0-62, Carlson 10-18-1-93.

Totals: 16-31-1-155. Joliet Catholic: Morrison 0-2-0-0, Earl 0-10-0. Totals: 0-3-0-0.

RECEIVING – Kaneland: Nauert 7-46, Pruett 5-54, Swithers 2-27, Slamans 2-28. Totals: 16-155. Joliet Catholic: None.

Total Offense: Kaneland 243, Joliet Catholic 391.

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Dogs running loose are not only ones at risk Dear Abby: My daughter “Jenny,” her husband, “Bob,” and their three dogs live with my husband and me in our home. We live on a fairly busy road. The dogs used to always be leashed when they were taken out. They have now made a habit of letting the dogs out without leashes.

This frightens me. Not only am I concerned about one of the dogs getting hit by a car, but also any legal ramifications if they cause damage to others. I have spoken to my daughter about it, but nothing has changed.

Abby, what can we do to make Jenny and Bob responsible for any damages incurred by their actions? One last note – one of their dogs WAS hit by a car and had a long, painful recovery with a very expensive vet bill. – Out Of Ideas in Connecticut Dear Out Of Ideas: You have a right to be concerned. Contact

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips your attorney and your insurance broker to find out what the fallout could be for you as homeowners because of your daughter and son-in-law’s laziness and carelessness.

Responsible dog owners keep their pets leashed so they won’t be hurt by running into traffic or biting a child or an adult they don’t recognize as a friend. If your daughter and S.I.L. can’t abide by your wishes and behave responsibly, they shouldn’t be living under your roof.

P.S. This isn’t just about the dogs and liability; it’s also about respect for you.

Dear Abby: A couple of years ago, my extended family found a fun, all-inclusive solution to the grumbling

(and expense) of preparing the holiday meal.

Each family is assigned a portion of the meal they are going to prepare. For fun, it has to be a recipe that has never been tried before so no one can fret that it isn’t made like Grandma used to make it.

The person holding the party coordinates kitchen time, but to be honest, everybody enjoys helping each other out, and the cooks spend most of their time chatting.

We have tried wonderful variations to the traditional turkey, enjoyed an awesome pie straight from the Renaissance, and learned that we will never again try oyster stuffing. Because the recipes are untried, no one feels bad if the dish isn’t perfect, and we have tried things we were surprised we liked.

Most important, we do it together and spend the day laughing, talking and catch-

ing up, and no one has to be a slave to the day. Hope this will give other people ideas. – Scott in Baltimore Dear Scott: So do I, because your family has captured the true spirit of the holiday season, which is too often lost because of the pressure people put on themselves to achieve perfection.

Dear Abby: My husband and his sister had a falling out after their parents died and haven’t spoken for a few years. My husband is very stubborn and holds grudges.

He is very ill now. I have asked him if he wants to tell his sister about his illness, and he says no. I’m not sure how much longer he has left.

I am thinking about going against his wishes and calling her in the hopes that they can make peace. Your thoughts? – Not Much Time Left

Dear Not Much Time Left: Depending upon how deep

the rift between them is, I do think you should make a confidential phone call and tell her it might be a good idea to call her brother. If she does, the conversation could be healing for both of them.

However, if she chooses to ignore the situation, the choice will have been hers, and no harm will have been done.

Dear Readers: Today, Veterans Day, I would like to thank not only all of you who have honorably served our country, but also those men and women who are on active duty for your service as well.

I salute each and every one of you. – Abby

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Food challenge is reliable way to allergy test Dear Dr. K: Last month I broke out in hives after eating oysters. I had a blood test, which came back negative for a shellfish allergy. Why does my doctor still want me to do a food challenge?

Dear Reader: Allergic reactions occur when your body’s immune system overreacts against a harmless substance – in your case, possibly, shellfish. Food allergies can cause a variety of symptoms that range from mild to life-threatening.

When a person is allergic to something, like oysters, it’s not to the whole oyster.

The body is reacting to a substance called an allergen.

This chemical is a part of the oyster, just one of many

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff substances that make it up.

When the oyster is digested, it is broken into tiny pieces in your stomach; those pieces include the allergen.

We don’t understand well why it is that the immune system of an allergic person reacts so violently when it sees a particular allergen.

The allergen can’t damage us, but the immune system regards it as a threat and starts attacking. It’s the “shrapnel” from the immune system attack that causes the symptoms we experience during an allergic reaction.

A skin-prick test is usually the first test used to diagnose a food allergy. The doctor begins by pricking the skin on your back or on the inside of your forearm with a needle.

He or she then places a small amount of the suspected allergen (or allergens) onto the pierced skin. If you are allergic to the substance being tested, within 15 minutes an itchy, swollen, red spot will develop on your back or forearm. Your immune system has spotted the allergen under your skin and started to attack it.

Less commonly, doctors use a blood test for diagnosis, as in your case. A small blood sample is analyzed to measure the levels of IgE antibodies to the food

being tested. (IgE is the type of antibody that causes most allergic reactions.) A certain level of IgE antibody in your blood indicates an allergy.

It would seem that a positive blood or skin test should be enough to diagnose a food allergy, or a negative test to rule one out. But it’s not that simple. Positive tests indicate that the IgE antibody is present in your blood, but the tests can’t confirm whether or not you will experience an allergic reaction when you eat the food.

That’s why the most reliable test is a food challenge: You eat small amounts of a suspected food until you begin to have an allergic reaction to it. If you are able to eat

a normal serving without an allergic reaction, your doctor can safely rule out an allergy to that food.

Food challenges can, by their nature, result in an allergic reaction. That’s why they should always be conducted by an experienced clinician in a medical facility equipped to treat a life-threatening allergic reaction. These are rare, but they happen. Fortunately, with the right medicines readily at hand, the reaction can be stopped.

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Mixed-religion marriage can be successful Dr. Wallace: Please answer my letter in your column.

Your answer will be extremely important for me. Both my boyfriend and I are 19.

We met at a mutual friend’s party and have been together ever since. We love each other very much and there is no doubt in my mind that we will be married in the near future.

However, our parents and some of our very close friends have been talking

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace to us about the fact that a “mixed” religion marriage is doomed to failure. We have both talked to our clergymen and neither of them – his rabbi nor my Baptist minister – was in favor of us marrying.

We are both positive that we were destined to meet and

8ASTROGRAPH

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Take hold of your life in the coming months. Take time to cultivate your inner talents and explore new possibilities. Delve into different cultures and incorporate innovations into your lifestyle.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Changes at home will inspire you to take on a new project. You may have to work on your presentation skills. Improvements to your methods will pay off handsomely.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Outsiders won’t see things the same way you do. Stick close to home and make significant changes that will improve your life and your surroundings. Don’t get angry; get moving.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Put your money on the line.

Indulge in a venture that could change the way you live and the people you associate with. Reach for the stars; they’re within your reach.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Learn from your mistakes. New avenues or ideas now may not pay off immediately, but given time you will find a way to make them do so.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Call up friends or make arrangements that favor love, romance or family fun. Entertaining your peers or a client will boost your professional and financial status.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Buckle down and make every move count. Watch out for pitfalls or traps that might land you in trouble. Keep a close watch over your possessions and avoid excess.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Get into the swing of things. Indulge in activities that allow you to show off. Romance is on the rise, and specials plans on your part will meet with a warm reception.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Make your daily round carefully.

Expect someone to lead you astray or put blame on you. Protect your position and your reputation. Honest communication will help you avoid trouble.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Enjoy getting out and taking part in activities and events that allow you to use your skills and display your talents. Networking will lead to an unusual but fruitful proposal.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t hem or haw when asked what you are up to. Keep your answers concise and your questions direct.

Dealing with home improvements can be costly. Cut your losses and don’t go over budget.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – A problem or confusion situation can be cleared up with honest and freewheeling communication.

Love is in the stars, as well as a great deal of small but positive change.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Complete whatever job you’ve been given without complaint. If you are feeling restless and want to make a change, find a way to alleviate impulsivity by staying physically active.

to fall in love. Both of us are very religious and want to remain faithful to our own religions. I do not see this as a major problem. Do you?

Please tell us your thoughts on our “mixed” marriage.

We appreciate your input. – Nameless, Miami Beach, Fla. Nameless: A “mixed” religion marriage can be successful if the partners thoroughly understand that an extra burden is added to the union. Before the

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marriage, it is imperative that all questions regarding future children should be discussed and a settlement agreed upon by both of you.

Typical questions include, “Would the children be raised in the Jewish faith, or Protestant faith?” or “Should the children attend a public or parochial school?”

I also would suggest that you both talk with other couples you know who have different religious backgrounds, but have successful

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marriages. Their input will be invaluable to you.

However, at the end of the day, and when the sun is setting in the west, “true love” is so dominant that it overcomes every possible negative situation.

• Although Dr. Robert Wallace is unable to reply to all letters individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at rwallace@galesburg. net.

8CROSSWORD

The best books of this year As we approach the holiday season, let’s look at some of the books published this year that might appeal to the bridge players on your gift list.

Some whodunits with a bridge theme have been written. The best so far, in my opinion, is “Death in Duplicate” by Carole Coplea (Master Point Press).

Two deaths occur during a duplicate at Kensington College in the Adirondacks, and the book covers the investigation. Today’s diagram shows the only bridge deal in the book.

If this layout occurred during, say, an 11-table duplicate, there would no doubt be 11 different auctions. Here, in particular, East’s double was bizarre after hearing her partner raise diamonds. Note that East would have made five diamonds if she had guessed spades correctly.

After West led a low heart, South, a student at the college, called for dummy’s 10, and East ruffed. She then cashed the spade ace: six, three, five.

East, not guessing that the three was West’s top spade spot, shifted to a diamond.

Declarer won with his ace and ran all of his trumps, bringing everyone down to three cards. North had the heart ace-queen-jack and South the spade queen-nine and heart three. But what could West keep? He was squeezed. Seeing the need to retain three hearts, West was forced to discard the spade king, hoping his partner had the queen. South now produced that card and claimed his contract for plus 550 and a top.

Master Point Press books are available from the publisher in printed and e-book editions.

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Chi 19 348 20-38 300 1-16 4-114 1-35 27-49-1 2-12 5-42.6 0-0 5-39 31:35

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BEARS PASSING J. Cutler J. McCown RUSHING M. Forte A. Jeffery M. Bush RECEIVING B. Marshall A. Jeffery M. Bennett M. Forte E. Bennett T. Fiammetta KICKING R. Gould PUNTING A. Podlesh KICKOFF RETURNS D. Hester PUNT RETURNS D. Hester DEFENSE C. Tillman J. Anderson M. Wright J. Bostic S. Paea I. Frey C. Conte D. Bass T. Jennings J. Peppers L. Cohen K. Greene C. Washington Z. Bowman

“We figured he wouldn’t be moving great, but he was pretty surgical back there. He was making a lot of throws.

He was making us pay.”

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– Alshon Jeffery on his touchdown that was overturned

Cutler’s comments revealing

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Here is Jay Cutler’s response to how he felt his ankle injury affected him. “I just didn’t feel like I made some of the throws I wanted to make. Couldn’t move around, couldn’t be as mobile. As the game went on, toward those last drives, I tried to step up, normally I want to run out of there, couldn’t do it. I missed the throw to Alshon [Jeffery]. It just kind of limited us.”

3 things that worked

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Lions M. Stafford RUSHING

3 quotes “It is nothing that we are not used to.

That guy is an incredible competitor and he wants to be out there leading us.”

– Robert Garza on Jay Cutler

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Hitting Jeffery on third down – Cutler found Jeffery four times on third down to gain the first down, with the Lions struggling to keep him contained. Overall, Jeffery had 67 receiving yards on third down.

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That was exactly how it looked from the press box. So the question is: Did Cutler admit that to his coaches, and whether he did or not, why didn’t the coaches see what

Kick coverage – The Bears’ special teams struggled last week in Green Bay and in Week 4 against the Lions, but the coverage units played well Sunday. Micheal Spurlock had four fair catches, with Adam Podlesh averaging 42.6 net yards a punt. Craig Steltz stopped Spurlock short of the 20-yard line on two kickoff returns.

Cutler and so many others did?

3

Asked what coach Marc Trestman’s trust and commitment meant to him, Cutler said, “It meant a lot. I just asked him at one point, ‘Do I look OK, and am I still getting it done?’ Because I felt really restricted in the pocket with what I was able to do. I knew Josh was ready to go and I just didn’t want to get to the point where I was hurting us more than I was helping us.”

If that’s how Cutler felt, isn’t it a given he was hurting more than helping?

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McCown’s drive – Josh McCown was more prepared to come in cold this time, but having to run the two-minute drill down by eight in the most important game of the year is not easy. McCown was 6 of 9 on the drive and threw a touchdown pass to Brandon Marshall to give the Bears a chance at the tie.

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3 things that didn’t work

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Running the football – The Bears certainly tried to establish the run – Matt Forte had 17 carries, but for only 33 yards. The 1.9-yard rushing average was the lowest of his career when having at least 17 carries, something he has done 43 times.

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Defense on first and final drives – The Bears’ defense held up well throughout the game against a prolific offense, except at the start and the finish. Three of Detroit’s five third-down conversions came on the first drive and the other two on the final drive, including Calvin Johnson’s touchdown.

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Keeping Cutler off the turf – The Lions had only two sacks, but that wasn’t the problem.

Detroit racked up 11 quarterback hits. It’s possible that one of those led to Cutler’s ankle injury, and it didn’t help that he wasn’t mobile enough to avoid some of the hits.

3 moments that mattered

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Cutler’s 32-yard touchdown throw to Marshall on the opening drive made a statement that he was ready to play at a high level. It put the Bears on the board first but can be a forgettable play because of his eventual ankle injury.

2

On the first play after Chris Conte’s crucial interception, Forte ran 9 yards for a touchdown, which would have been his longest run of the day and put the Bears up in the fourth quarter. Instead, a Matt Slauson holding penalty negated the score, and the Bears settled for a field goal – one of several squandered red-zone chances.

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The Bears had not allowed a third-down conversion since the first quarter but gave one up on third-and-3 from midfield with 4:05 left in the game when Johnson beat Charles Tillman over the middle for 14 yards. Johnson scored five plays later.

Now what?

Record: 5-4 What it means: The Bears are one game behind the Lions in the division, and also have lost the tiebreaker with Detroit.

Next: The defending Super Bowl champion Ravens come to town, but Baltimore is only 4-5 on the season after an overtime win over the Bengals on Sunday.

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DEFENSE NOT SATISFIED

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com CHICAGO – Back to the old Chicago formula, the Bears’ defense seemed on the verge of bailing out the offense in a much better effort for Mel Tucker’s unit. However, there was a “but” at the end of any positive the Bears’ defense created in Sunday’s 21-19 loss to the Lions.

“I don’t know. We’ll see about that when we watch the film,” defensive end Julius Peppers said. “Whatever it was, it wasn’t good enough.”

The defense held Matthew Stafford and the league’s second-ranked passing offense to a season-low 219 yards, but Detroit rumbled for 145 rushing yards.

Calvin Johnson caught only six of 17 passes thrown his way, but he had two touchdowns.

The third-down defense played great after the first drive, but the unit put up goose eggs with zero sacks and zero quarterback hits.

The defense held the Lions to seven points between their first and final drives, but the 14 points on those two drives sealed it.

“A loss is a loss, so we’ve got to bet back [to work],” linebacker Jon Bostic said. “Obviously, we didn’t do enough on our part to win this game.”

The defense played much better after allowing a 12-play, 85-yard scoring drive on the Lions’ first crack at it.

“That first drive – it’s unusual that a team can grind it out against us without us coming up with a big play or turnover,” safety Chris Conte said.

“They did a great job on that drive, we just kept on forcing them to grind it out, [and] for the most part, they were not able to do that.”

Conte made three key plays in the game after missing a tackle on Reggie Bush’s long run. He had a pass defended on a fourth-and-1 throw to Calvin Johnson, another one on a third-and-20 toss to Johnson in the end zone and the biggest play of all – an interception, returned 35 yards to the Lions’ 9-yard line.

Like the way the rest of the defense felt about its overall performance, though, Conte couldn’t be too thrilled with his second pick of the year. There was a “but” looming at the end of his pick. “[Stafford] put the ball up and I just went up and got it,” he said. “But I need to score on that, because I think we got a field goal out of that offensive drive. So I need to help out the offense and score there.”

At first glance, Conte had the best game on defense, a big positive be-

cause the Bears needed him to play better.

“There’s a lot of good things on the defensive side of the ball that we could take to the next game,” he said, “... but I think there’s always things you can take away from a game and learn from.”

Gutsy call backfires: Coach Marc Trestman has shown no problem going for it on fourth down, but Michael Bush was stopped for no gain on fourthand-1 from the Lions’ 27-yard line in the second quarter, leaving points on the board. “It’s early. We’re coming off a game where the Lions put up 500 yards and they went down the field on the first series and scored,” Trestman said. “So, that possession became critically important. The field position was such that, if we don’t get it they have to go the long field and we’ve eliminated a kickoff. So that was part of it.”

Lions’ locker room impressed with Cutler’s toughness • MUSICK Continued from page B1 What was Idonije’s take on Cutler?

“He’s a tough competitor,” Idonije said. “He’s not going to give you any tells as far as [an injury]. He conducted himself how he always is.

“But we knew that he was coming back early from a pretty

significant injury, so they were going to limit him as far as mobilitywise.”

What can a defense do against a quarterback who is limited?

“When you know a guy is limited, you’ve got to force him to move, put him in situations where he’s got to move,” Idonije said. “I’m not sure what happened. He got hit a couple times, and you saw him getting up and he was trying to loosen that

thing up. You could tell he was a little sore.”

As Idonije spoke, his words caught the attention of happy locker mate Ndamukong Suh, who already had completed his Israel Idonije media session and was preparing to leave the stadium.

“You talking about loosening something up?” Suh interrupted with a mischievous grin.

Idonije answered Suh’s question with a patient smile.

“He was trying to loosen up that groin after you hit him a couple times,” Idonije said.

Some how, at that particular moment, I doubted that the Bears’ locker room was quite as jubilant.

For what it’s worth, no-

body in the Lions’ locker room questioned Cutler’s toughness.

Instead, they shook their heads and marveled at how Cutler was able to stay in the game despite the fact he absorbed a slew of hits and appeared to be in significant pain.

“Cutler, he’s not going to show you that he’s hurt,” Fairley said. “He’s not going to show you that he’s down. Every time we hit him, he bounced back up.

It was like, [dang], ain’t this guy [injured], you know what I’m saying? He’s a strong individual, he’s a competitor, so we knew he was going to keep on bringing it every time.”

But a hobbled Cutler could bring the Bears only so far.

Which brings us to the firstplace Lions and their healthy outlook going forward.

“The energy is where it should be at this point in the

year,” Idonije said. “We know we’re a good team. We know we’re talented. Wins like the one two weeks ago, wins like this win, solidify that culture and that identity.”

The truth hurts.

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

McCown comes in for Cutler, leads Bears on late TD drive • ARKUSH Continued from page B1 It is impossible to say the Bears win this game if Josh McCown plays instead of Cutler.

But based on what we saw, and what we saw of McCown in the six quarters leading up to the game, it’s more than fair to suggest McCown would have given them a better chance.

Trestman, Cutler and every other Bear who spoke insisted Cutler’s groin was fine, but it was a sprained ankle suffered sometime in the second quarter that limited him.

The point they all missed is regardless of which injury was the problem, it was clear from the second quarter on Cutler was limiting the offense’s ability to succeed.

“His ankle injury was unrelated to his groin,” Trestman said. “He was rolled up on in the second quarter and they taped him up at halftime and said he was good to go. I thought he made some plays in the third quarter and the fourth quarter that showed he wanted to be in there.

“We talked about it on the sideline, and I didn’t want to take him out unless he felt he couldn’t do the job. I thought he had a very courageous performance throughout. And

then at the end I took him out because I knew he would have to run around in the twominute drill.

“I thought he stepped up and made some plays,” Trestman said. “When I look at the tape later and see what the tape shows I may come back tomorrow and say I made a mistake and I should have taken him out earlier.”

Trestman, Cutler, Brandon Marshall and McCown talked after the game about repeated conversations they had on the sidelines in which they were asking Cutler how he was. He said he could go, and he was asking them if they thought he was limiting the team, and they chose to reward his courage rather than his production.

Trestman has had an excellent debut season as a head coach in the NFL. No one is perfect, and we all have much to learn.

Hopefully, he will look back on the Lions game as the one in which he learned he will sometimes have to overrule a player’s toughness and desire with tough decisions, like sitting that player to give his team the best chance to win.

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