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Accord reached on state pensions Legislative session to vote on new plan next week

By KERRY LESTER and SARA BURNETT The Associated Press

“It’s going to be a very difficult roll call [of votes].

Unions will be against the bill.”

State Rep. Michael Madigan Illinois Speaker of the House

CHICAGO – Under growing public pressure to act, the leaders of Illinois’ General Assembly announced Wednesday they’d reached an agreement on how to solve the state’s $100 billion pension problem and would begin trying to persuade other lawmakers to approve it in a special legislative session next week.

The deal was a significant breakthrough after months of negotiations and years of unheeded calls to shore up what’s considered the nation’s worst public pension shortfall. Without action, millions of dollars have been diverted from education and other programs and forced financial service companies to repeatedly lower the state’s credit rating.

But getting final approval for the deal in the full House and Senate is no sure thing: State employee unions are adamantly opposed to the curtailing of workers’ benefits, there’s a constitutional challenge on the horizon and many lawmakers are

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Director of Communications & Marketing at Northern Illinois University Brad Hoey unloads magnetic signs for each team’s locker room Wednesday during preparations for the IHSA Football Championships at Huskie Stadium.

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2013 IHSA FOOTBALL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEKEND IN DEKALB FRIDAY’S GAMES

SATURDAY’S GAMES

CLASS 1A Downs Tri-Valley (13-0) vs. Lena-Winslow (10-3), 10 a.m.

CLASS 2A Staunton (9-4) vs.

Sterling Newman Central Cathloic (12-1), 1 p.m.

CLASS 3A Stillman Valley (11-2) vs. St. Joseph-Ogden (11-2), 4 p.m.

CLASS 4A Geneseo (12-1) vs.

Rochester (12-1), 7 p.m.

CLASS 5A Montini (13-0) vs.

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CLASS 8A Naperville Central (10-3) vs. Loyola Academy (12-1), 7 p.m.

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INSIDE: All you need to know to enjoy state final weekend in DeKalb.

here’s only a day to go before the IHSA state football championships are held at Northern Illinois University’s Huskie Stadium for the first time.

Preparations, underway for months since the area was awarded the bid to host the championships in odd-numbered years through 2021, are in their final stages.

Community volunteers, tourism and business groups, football players and their fans all will play a part in making the games a memorable experience.

The two-day event, which will feature

DeKalb readies for IHSA football championships eight high school football championship games between schools big and small, is expected to draw tens of thousands of fans to the area, and it is hoped they also will provide a boost to the local economy.

What’s awaiting fans and players at the stadium? Who’s been working to make this event happen? And what games will football fans not want to miss?

All that and more is included in our special section on the IHSA state football championships inside today’s edition.

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County groups to serve community dinners

By FELIX SARVER

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Food Service Director Vickey Hagerman pulls a cooked turkey from a pan before deboning the bird Wednesday as cook Eva Trutwin watches at Barb City Manor Retirement Home in DeKalb.

DeKALB – Judy Greenwell is helping to host a Thanksgiving dinner service for anyone looking for a place to go this holiday.

Greenwell, the executive officer for the Kingston Friendship Center, 120 S. Main St., Kingston, has been chopping up vegetables and baking pies for a Thanksgiving dinner that’s expected to serve about 20 people at the center.

“There’s a need here in the

Free Thanksgiving dinners open to the public today n New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, 1201 Twombly Road, DeKalb, will serve from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. n The Kingston Friendship Center, 120 S. Main St., Kingston, will serve at 1 p.m. n Feed’em Soup, 122 S. First St., DeKalb, will serve from 4 to 6 p.m. community, and we wanted to open it up for people who have nowhere else to go,” she said.

“I know there’s a few people who live here alone, and I don’t know if they have a fam-

ily.”

The Kingston Friendship Center is one of several locations offering a Thanksgiving dinner today for anyone who is hungry and in need of

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Greenwell said at about 1 p.m. the center will offer a basic turkey dinner with two turkeys weighing 20 to 23 pounds. Mashed potatoes, pumpkin pies and green bean casserole also will be offered.

The dinner service will end at 3 p.m., she said.

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Keep It Simple AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

One Day Café AA(C): 6 p.m. at Waterman United Methodist Church, 210 W. Garfield St. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Sandwich Steppers AA(C): 7 p.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

A Friend Of Bill’s AA(C): 8 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 33930 N. State St., Genoa. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

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Friday Sexaholics AnonymousDeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction. Call 815-5080280. SA.org.

Weight Watchers: 8:30 a.m. weigh-in, 9 a.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

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

Story time: 10 a.m. at Barnes & Noble, 2439 Sycamore Road, DeKalb. Free. Open to the public.

Narcotics Anonymous: Noon at 512 Normal Road in DeKalb. www. rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb.

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Peace vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memorial Park at First Street and Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Peace Circle follows at 6 p.m. 815-758-0796.

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

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Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 1022 N. Main St., Sandwich. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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A Bible verse is written on the wall where chef Jeff Ansorge waits to serve lunch Nov. 14 at The Salvation Army Eastside Corp Community Center in St. Paul, Minn.

Chef gives up posh job to serve others The ASSOCIATED PRESS ST. PAUL, Minn. – Jeff Ansorge once commanded a staff of 17 and made around $80,000 a year as executive chef at a posh downtown Minneapolis restaurant where a 24-ounce dry aged porterhouse steak goes for $48. But he gave it all up to become the head cook of a Salvation Army soup kitchen, where the meals are free.

Now he brings his culinary skills to bear making salmon, ribs and stews for the poor and homeless who come to The Salvation Army Eastside Corps Community Center in St. Paul. For the Thanksgiving meal that was served Wednesday, Ansorge planned a traditional feast of turkey with stuffing, mashed potatoes and gravy, cranberry sauce and rolls, served on tables covered with white tablecloths.

“It is not your old-fashioned soup kitchen where you get a bowl of soup and a piece of bread and [are] sent on your way. He makes phenomenal meals that you would pay quite a bit of money to go to a restaurant and have,” Salvation Army Capt. John Joyner said of Ansorge, who left The Capital Grille to run the soup kitchen.

The clients agree.

“This is outstanding. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give him an 8-and-a-half, yep,” Donnie Richardson, 55, a homeless man

from St. Paul, said over a meal of chicken thighs, rice and mixed vegetables in the center’s white-walled gymnasium.

Ansorge, 40, says a spiritual awakening led him to his new job at the soup kitchen in October 2012, making just one-third of his previous salary.

“I went through a divorce. I was suffering from major depression for four years. And my priorities were all wrong,” Ansorge recalled while standing near the center’s pantry shelves. “I wanted the high-paying job. I wanted the big house. I wanted the cars. I wanted all that. And ultimately, none of that satisfied me.”

Ansorge started cooking when he was 16 at a mom-and-pop restaurant. He went to school in Rhode Island, earning degrees in culinary arts and food service management before joining The Capital Grille, where he spent 12 years.

Now Ansorge is lucky to get as many as three volunteers to help him in the soup kitchen. On a recent Thursday, Ansorge – a trim man with short gray hair – set up the tables, seasoned, seared and baked the chicken thighs, dished up meals and wiped down the tables afterward. Instead of a traditional white chef’s hat and uniform, he wears a dark blue T-shirt with the words “SHIELD CREW” in white with the red Salvation Army insignia, and blue jeans.

Raised Catholic, Ansorge – a former altar boy – said he drifted away from his faith in his 20s and 30s. Despite his prominent position at the restaurant, Ansorge said he was spiraling downward.

“My priorities were backwards. I had a big mortgage, I had car payments, I had credit card debts,” Ansorge said.

“And now I have none of that.”

He sent about 10 applications to mainly Christian nonprofits, hoping to make a change. He chose The Salvation Army because “it’s a nonprofit that works with people that need help.”

Joyner said The Salvation Army initially felt Ansorge was overqualified. But none of the other candidates seemed a good fit.

“His credentials are unbelievable.

He could easily be making two, three times what he makes working for us.

But he told us that he wanted to give back and he really wanted to do this,” Joyner said.

Susan Dunlop, chef and co-owner of Joan’s In The Park restaurant in St. Paul, worked with Ansorge for nearly three years at The Capital Grille. She said she’s not surprised by his decision.

“That’s his true passion. He wanted to do something where he was giving back to the community,” Dunlop said.

“It’s who he is. He needs to do that to be happy.”

Competition for holiday shoppers heats up the day after Thanksgiving known also Black Friday.

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO and MAE ANDERSON The Associated Press

SPEEDY DELIVERY NEW YORK – This holiday shopping season, it’s Amazon vs. everyone else.

The online giant has attracted customers from big store chains like Walmart and Best Buy with low prices and convenient shipping. Now, stores are fighting to get customers back during the busiest shopping period of the year.

Stores are doing things like matching the lower prices on Amazon.com and offering the same discounts in stores as on their websites. For its part, Amazon is giving customers the option to pick up items at physical locations and adding Sunday delivery.

The two sides are dueling over shoppers like Jessica Danielle, a speechwriter who plans to do the bulk of her Christmas shopping on Amazon.

“All the time spent going to brickand-mortar stores, is it worth my time?” said Danielle, 31, who lives in Washington, D.C. “I don’t think so.”

Here’s how the fight is playing out:

PRICE WAR One of Amazon’s biggest advantages is its low prices. It can charge less for everything from TVs to T-shirts because it doesn’t have the high costs of

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Shoppers enter a Best Buy on Saturday in New York. Despite signs that the economy is improving, big store chains like Walmart and Kohl’s don’t expect Americans to have much holiday shopping cheer unless they see bold, red signs that offer huge discounts. running physical locations.

Last year, some retailers offered to match the lower prices that customers find on websites like Amazon during the holiday season. And this year, more have made this a policy. Best Buy even is offering to refund the difference if a customer finds a lower price after they purchase something up until Christmas Eve. The strategy could eat into profits, but retailers hope sales will increase.

Staples is among retailers also offering the same discounts online and in stores during big shopping days like

Stores had long seen their physical locations as an albatross, but now they’re using them to their advantage.

Best Buy is among the retailers using their locations as distribution hubs from which they can ship goods that are ordered directly to customers’ homes. Walmart, for example, said items ordered online and shipped from stores usually are delivered in two days or less – quicker than having them shipped from warehouses across the country.

But Amazon.com Inc. is widening its distribution network to offer speedier delivery, too. Amazon added 8 million square feet of distribution centers and hired 70,000 people to work in them.

It also added 1,382 robots to its line to help get packages out the door. And it partnered with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver some packages on Sundays.

BACK IN STORES Other retailers are trying to get shoppers into stores. Gap Inc. has expanded its service that allows shoppers to reserve items online, and then pay and pick them up within 24 hours at many of its Banana Republic and Gap stores.

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8NATION BRIEF Obama helps hand out holiday fixings to needy WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama continued an annual family tradition by helping to pack bags of food and distribute them to the needy Thanksgiving eve.

Obama, his wife, Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha and his mother-in-law, Marian Robinson, dropped in on the Capital Area Food Bank, one of the largest serving the Washington area. They dropped bundles of sweet potatoes, onions, carrots and apples into reusable bags people held open as they walked by. They also handed out small white boxes stamped with the presidential seal that contain M&M’s candy.

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DeKalb police officers deliver tornado aid

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Tom Reilly was able to see up close the devastating effects of a tornado that tore through downstate Washington.

Reilly, a DeKalb police officer, traveled to the city Tuesday along with about 10 other volunteers and employees from the DeKalb and Sycamore police departments to drop off donations. The city – about 110 miles south of DeKalb – was hit by one of several tornadoes Nov. 17 that left one person dead and about 125 injured.

Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee and Michigan also were affected by the tornadoes.

Reilly was driving through the neighborhoods of Washington noting the destruction, and while houses were flattened, he saw several people were able to fly their U.S. flags among the rubble.

“You’d be driving through the neighborhood and come across a lone flag where the residents had decided to raise [it],” he said.

Reilly was part of a team who traveled to the area with three trailers and one DeKalb police truck packed to capacity with donations from

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Joni Watson and DeKalb police officer Jason Watson visit a destroyed neighborhood Tuesday in Washington.

DeKalb and neighboring communities. The Sycamore and DeKalb departments ran a donation drive gathering items needed for the victims of the tornado disaster. Close to $4,000 was collected in checks and gift cards, along with toiletries, bottled water, plastic shelving and other items.

“It was just heartwarming to watch the communi-

ty come together,” said Jill Caldwell, a dispatcher with DeKalb police.

Caldwell and some friends came up with the idea for the donation drive, and it grew to a wider effort between the police departments in Sycamore and DeKalb.

The team left the DeKalb Police Department in the morning in four vehicles and reached East Peoria around

noon, Reilly said. Before they left, they gave clothing donations to Feed’em Soup in DeKalb because those items no longer were needed, he said.

Once they arrived, volunteers from a church in the area, along with the personnel from the East Peoria Fire Department, helped them unload and distribute the donations. While there, Reilly and

Caldwell got to met two state troopers who survived the tornado that hit Washington.

“Watching them tell their stories, you could see they were re-living what they experienced,” Reilly said. “It was eye-opening. It made me grateful for what I had.”

During their meeting, Caldwell said the troopers told them to go down a block from the restaurant they were at to see more of the devastation. She said she saw that about 20 houses from a neighborhood were gone. A medicine cabinet was open with the medicine still inside, but the rest of the house had been ripped to shreds.

“I feel everyone felt a sense of somberness,” she said about meeting the people in Washington. “We were humbled we could be there, but it was heartbreaking because you’re staring at people’s whole lives lying in piles.”

Reilly said the attitudes of the people there were amazing. Many of them were humbled and grateful. He said it was rewarding to know the items they brought to them will go to good use.

“They’re definitely going to come through this,” he said. “They’re going to rebuild and be as strong as ever.”

Park employee appointed to role

By DEBBIE BEHRENDS dbehrends@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Scott deOliveira, who serves as the DeKalb Park District’s marketing coordinator and manager of the Hopkins Park Community Center, is wearing another hat.

DeOliveira will serve as the liaison between park district commissioners and the firm hired to search for a new executive director, Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates.

“We wanted to pick a primary contact person from the staff, and the most important job will be working with Hazard Young,” said board President Phil Young.

Commissioners appointed deOliveira to that role at their Monday meeting.

“The search firm requested that one person be designated as the point of contact,” deOliveira said.

The board plans a special meeting Tuesday with representatives of the search firm to coordinate a timeline for the search process, Young said.

Once a schedule is established, Young expects the search will take about 10 weeks.

“We are looking for input from the public as to their view of what the executive director should be,” Young said.

“More will be defined next week as far as the next steps on the process,” deOliveira said.

Lisa Small has been serving as the district’s interim executive director since the resignation of Cindy Capek in June.

Candidate petitions continue to be submitted in DeKalb County

By DAILY CHRONICLE news@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – DeKalb County Treasurer Christine Johnson filed the paperwork to seek re-election Wednesday in the third day of the weeklong candidate filing period.

So far, there are two contested races for the March 18 primary. Trent Taylor, of DeKalb, and Denise Ii, of Sandwich, are competing for the Democratic nomination

for DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder, while Samuel-Louis Bandy Jr. and Craig J. Genteman, both of DeKalb, are competing for the Republican nomination for a DeKalb County Board District 9 seat.

The filing period for most county and local offices, including County Board, sheriff, treasurer and precinct committeemen, ends at 5 p.m.

Monday. The only exception is filing for the regional superintendent race, which is from

• County Board District 4: Joseph Bassett of Sycamore.

• County Board District 5: Stephen Reid (I) of DeKalb • County Board District 7: Marjorie Askins of DeKalb • County Board District 9: Jim Luebke of DeKalb • County Board District 10: Frank O’Barski (I), DeKalb

Dec. 16 to 23.

Here are some candidates who had filed petitions as of 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to DeKalb County Clerk and Recorder Douglas Johnson. Incumbents are marked with (I).

DEMOCRATS • County Clerk and Recorder: Trent Taylor of DeKalb; Denise Ii of Sandwich • County Board District 3: Joshua Orr of Cortland

REPUBLICANS • County Clerk and Recorder: Douglas J. Johnson of Sycamore (I)

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Business health exchange delayed Will launch in November 2014 The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – The Obama administration is delaying yet another aspect of the health care law, putting off until next November the launch of an online portal to the health insurance marketplace for small businesses.

The move, announced Wednesday, was needed because repairs are still underway to the troubled HealthCare.gov website, which is the primary way for individuals to apply for insurance, and

that has priority, federal officials said.

In a conference call with reporters, administration officials said employers who want to buy marketplace plans for their workers now will need to go through an agent, broker or insurance company this year, instead of using the government website. The administration said the plan will still allow small businesses to buy coverage but avoid slowing technical repairs to the hobbled federal online site.

Under the law, most small businesses do not have to provide coverage. But firms with 50 or more employees face a mandate to offer insurance

or risk fines from the government in 2015.

The HealthCare.gov site, where individuals without employer-sponsored health care can shop for insurance, is now smoothly handling 25,000 users at the same time and is on track to meet its goal of handling 50,000 simultaneous users by Saturday, said administration spokeswoman Julie Bataille. “We have a lot of work left to do in the next few days,” she said.

The small business marketplace, also called SHOP, was supposed to provide employers a new way to shop for coverage. The website was to make comparison shopping easier while promoting com-

petition and keeping premiums down. The delay, which doesn’t affect states running their own marketplaces, was met with frustration.

“It’s disappointing that the online portion of the federal small business marketplace through Healthcare.gov will be delayed, and it’s important it get up and running as soon as possible,” said John Arensmeyer, CEO of Small Business Majority, an advocacy group that supports the health care law. “However, it doesn’t change the fact that the marketplace can offer the most competitive combination of price and quality for small businesses purchasing health insurance.”

Police: Alleged dealer caught again with pot a digital scale, a plastic container with marijuana and a Monster energy drink used as a stash for marijuana, court records show.

Bromby told police: “I sell a little weed to make a little money,” court records show.

Bromby was released on his own recognizance Oct. 25, the day after police said they found 74.1 grams, or about 2.6 ounces, of marijuana in his Douglas Hall dorm room.

Bromby was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to deliver it and possession of marijuana. If convicted of the most serious charge he faces, Bromby would be sentenced to up to five years in prison.

He remained in the DeKalb County Jail on Wednesday unable to post 10 percent of his $25,000 bail.

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A 19-year-old Northern Illinois University student who police said was caught with more than an ounce of marijuana twice in as many months is due in court Monday.

Philemon P. Bromby, of the 3000 block of West 85th Philemon Place, Chica- Bromby go, had little more than an ounce, or 30 grams, of marijuana Tuesday in an apartment in the 300 block of Wirtz Drive in DeKalb, court records show.

Northern Illinois University police found a prescription bottle with marijuana, a backpack with 350 baggies,

Winter Same-sex couple’s wedding parking makes history in Illinois Farmers in Illinois rules start complete fall harvest Sunday The ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO – In a short ceremony inside their Chicago apartment, two beaming brides made Illinois history Wednesday as they became the first gay couple to wed under the state’s new law legalizing same-sex marriage.

The law approved last week doesn’t go into effect until June, but one of the women – Vernita Gray – is terminally ill with cancer, so she and her partner of five years, Patricia Ewert, were granted an expe-

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – City public works officials are asking residents to be mindful of the seasonal parking restrictions that go into effect Sunday.

Residents will not be allowed to park on one side of the street where seasonal parking restriction signs To learn are through March 31, re- more gardless of The city whether it i s s n o w i n g . of DeKalb’s Parking will Public Works be restricted office has a to one side of map of where the street and residents can’t may alternate park. To view sides accord- the map, visit ing to the day cityofdekalb. of the week, com/PW/ said Pat Klein, Street/SnowadministraPlowing.htm. tive associate of street division at DeKalb Public Works.

“People get so used to parking however they want to, even when it’s Dec. 1,” she said. “Sometimes, I think Dec. 1 takes people by surprise. If it’s not snowing, they don’t think of it.”

That carelessness can cost residents. The city can issue a $75 ticket or tow a car parked in a restricted area. In some areas, parking is allowed except when there is a forecast for 2 inches or more of snow. Residents should not park in those areas until snow plows have cleared the street, according to a public works news release.

Common streets where officials find illegally parked cars include those near the student population of Northern Illinois University: Blackhawk Road, Hillcrest Drive, Ridge Drive, Russell Road, Crane Drive, Garden Road and Varsity Boulevard.

The city always encourages off-street parking to make it easier for plows, Klein said.

dited marriage license by a federal judge’s order.

The two made it official Wednesday in front of more than 20 friends at their highrise home on the city’s North Side. A Cook County judge officiated, and a close friend who deemed himself the “flower girl” tossed rose petals and the couple kissed several times.

They were pronounced wife and wife.

“This is the realization of a very long cherished dream for them both,” Camilla Tay-

lor, the head of the legal advocacy group Lambda Legal, which helped represent the couple, said before the wedding day.

When Illinois became the 16th state to legalize gay marriage earlier this month, it was bittersweet for the couple, in their mid-60s. They feared that Gray might not live until the law would allow them to wed. They filed a lawsuit, and a federal judge allowed the two women, in their mid-60s, to get an expedited marriage license.

DeKalb County Sheriff’s police will weigh the semitrailer to determine if it was within weight restrictions for the road, Dumdie said.

The clerk’s injuries were not serious enough for her to go to the emergency room, McDougall said.

Anyone with information on the incident should call DeKalb police at 815-748-8400.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Semitrailer overturns on Plank Road, spills load DeKALB – A semitrailer carrying crushed automobiles overturned about 12:30 p.m.

Wednesday when the driver went too fast around a curve on Plank Road, police said.

The accident caused some crushed automobiles on the trailer to spill onto the roadway, but no injuries or further accidents were reported, DeKalb County Sheriff Chief Deputy Gary Dumdie said. The incident happened near Moose Range Road, northeast of Sycamore.

The road was closed for about 5 hours, Dumdie said.

Westbound traffic was diverted north onto Moose Range to Whipple Road and then to Route 23. Eastbound traffic was diverted to Lindgren Road, east to Lukens Road then north to Plank Road.

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Woman robbed at gunpoint in DeKalb DeKALB – An office clerk at the University Heights apartments was robbed at gunpoint about 4 p.m. Wednesday, DeKalb police said.

A man wearing a mask hit a clerk inside the apartment office with the gun and demanded her purse, which she gave him, DeKalb police Lt. James McDougall said. The man ran out of the office and down the hallway of the apartment building at 1120 Varsity Blvd.

“Detectives are working on it,” McDougall said Wednesday evening. “No one is in custody at the moment.”

Man charged in theft from hospital room DeKALB – A 27-year-old Chicago man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly stealing items from a patient’s room at Kishwaukee Hospital.

Derrick Carr, of the 6000 block of South Langley Avenue, was charged with theft after police searched Carr and found items reported missing, according to a DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Carr is in DeKalb County Jail.

His bond is set at $1,500. His next court date is Friday.

– Andrea Azzo

flattened corn in the northwest part of the state,” the agency said in a statement.

The rain helped topsoil as the state recovered from last year’s drought. About 80 percent of topsoil had adequate or surplus moisture.

Federal officials have said they expect Illinois farmers to harvest about 2.11 billion bushels of corn this year. The state’s harvest record was set in 2008 when farmers collected 2.13 billion bushels. Fields are expected to yield on average about 180 bushels of corn an acre.

Soybean production is expected to reach 461 million bushels, or about 49 bushels an acre.

The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – Authorities said the fall harvest in Illinois has ended.

Farmers are working on fall tillage and applying fertilizer on their fields ahead of the spring, according to a reported in the (Springfield) State Journal-Register.

The National Agricultural Statistics Service said 98 percent of Illinois’ corn crop has been harvested, along with the state’s entire soybean crop.

The end of harvest came after a week that included high winds, rain and bitter temperatures.

“Recent wind damage

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Agreement likely will face constitutional challenge cent of the money saved annually through benefit cuts back into the pension funds beginning in 2016. It also will redirect the money the state currently uses for pension bond payments into the retirement funds once those bonds are paid off in 2019.

A spokesman for Cullerton, who sponsored a plan last spring that was backed by unions but would not save as much money, said the Chicago Democrat would “work members over the next couple of days to try and garner support for the package.”

Both the House and Senate have been called back to Springfield for a special session that begins Tuesday.

“At the end of the day he’s tried to compromise,” spokesman Ron Holmes said. “He’s come a long way from where he was a couple years ago.

But ultimately, he wants to get something done.”

House Republican leader Jim Durkin and Senate Republican leader Christine Radogno also signed off on the deal Wednesday. GOP senators later were updated via conference call.

“Our goal from the beginning was to have something that constituted meaningful reform and can pass,” said State Sen. Matt Murphy, a Palatine Republican who dialed in to the conference call from vacation. “I think that clears that bar.”

Lawmakers reached an impasse on competing plans at the end of the spring session.

Gov. Pat Quinn is making pension reform one of the main issues in his re-election bid, and even tried to halt lawmakers’ pay until the issue was resolved – a move a Cook County judge found unconstitutional this summer.

In a statement Wednesday, Quinn commended leaders and committee members, but stressed there’d be more work in the coming days.

A spokesman for the state’s largest employee union said his organization would oppose the deal, even before seeing the final details.

• PENSIONS Continued from page A1 already in the throes of 2014 re-election campaigns.

“It’s going to be a very difficult roll call [of votes].

Unions will be against the bill,” House Speaker Michael Madigan told reporters after the morning meeting in which the deal was reached.

Madigan told reporters that the proposed agreement would save the state an estimated $160 billion over 30 years.

Even before details of the deal became widely known, some lawmakers expressed resistance.

State Sen. Linda Holmes, a member of a special committee that had worked on a solution over the summer, said Senate President John Cullerton had called her to inform her of the deal. A staunch ally of unions, Holmes said she doesn’t plan to vote for it.

“He told me, ‘The leaders have come to an agreement, and you’re not going to like it,’” Holmes said.

The proposal includes pushing back workers’ retirement age on a sliding scale, a funding guarantee, a 401k-style option and reducing the employee contribution.

Madigan also said it would replace the current 3 percent annual compounded cost-ofliving increases, with retirees continuing to receive that rate up to a certain amount of annuity payments, based on years of employment.

The increase for any pension benefits beyond that amount would be equal to the inflation rate.

The previous proposal, which had been a sticking point in negotiations, would have cut the increase to half the inflation rate.

The funding guarantee allows retirement systems to sue Illinois if lawmakers don’t make the full contribution to the fund each year.

The plan also would require the state to put 10 per-

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‘We do go out of our way for the holidays’ • COMMUNITY Continued from page A1 Barb City Manor Retirement Home, 680 Haish Blvd., DeKalb, is expecting 55 to 60 people at its dinner service, said Vickey Hagerman, food service director for the home.

It’s fewer than last year, when about 75 people signed up, she said.

Reservations for the service have been closed since Monday, however.

Hagerman said the dinner service will offer homemade cranberry relish, fresh-baked croissants, turkey, cornbread stuffing, mashed potatoes, fresh butternut squash and other items. She said a refrigerator repair person donated about 500 pounds of butternut squash, 30 pounds of which will be used for Thanksgiving dinner.

She said she’s helped cook the food and host the service for the holiday as a way to make people who cannot be

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Cook Eva Trutwin picks up a sheet of apple pies to put in the oven Wednesday at Barb City Manor Retirement Center in DeKalb. with their family feel special.

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ey it is,” she said about the residents during the Thanksgiving service. “The food is

actually made from scratch, and we do go out of our way for the holidays,” she said.

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8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

What ‘thankful’ really means

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Spartan pride showed all football season To the Editor: Our hometown pride was evident in the support of the Sycamore Spartans football team.

Thousands of fans supported the team this season and hundreds traveled to the road playoff games.

It was heartwarming to see the community come together as the team racked up victories. Special thanks to all who made this an amazingly memorable season: The players, coaches, staff, students, parents, fans, community members, local businesses and media outlets. Without everyone’s support, we would not be Sycamore Strong.

We are a hometown and very proud of it. The Northern Illinois Big 12 East Division champions team’s last-minute Pumpkin-fest

parade entry, the WLBK-AM Pep Rally, ‘Go Spartans’ signs all over town, the semi-final game send off, police escorts and the season-end celebration sponsored by Sycamore Sports Boosters were all undeniable signs of the love the Sycamore community has for our kids.

A lady at church told me “ You tell those boys how proud we all are or them.” That sums it up for me. Thank you to the Sycamore Spartan Football team for representing our community so well this year.

As the Spartans marched into and out of the Montini game two-by-two, hand-in-hand, we witnessed a display of strength and team dedication that was unprecedented. Thank you to Coach Joe Ryan and the Sycamore School District for building a class act both on and off of the field. I

speak for many when I say “I’m proud to be a Spartan fan and parent.”

Kim Coovert Sycamore

Cameras not always appropriate in court

cused’s job, family, and community status. Equal justice requires that all interested parties in any legal procedure have a choice of whether or not they appear on camera.

With or without cameras, our criminal justice system is separate and unequal. According to Jimmy Carter’s Our Endangered Values, 76 percent of the people on death row are minorities, and minorities are disproportionately poor.

Equal justice under law requires that the poor, like the wealthy, have a choice of attorney. This can be accomplished by giving vouchers to those who can’t afford an attorney, or by direct payments to the provider, as is done for medical care.

To the Editor: Your view is that cameras should be allowed in court. My view is that circumstances alter cases. At present only the judge needs to approve cameras. But the accused, accuser, jury members, and witnesses should also have a choice, as their safety and welfare is at stake.

Two judges recently did not allow cameras in court because, they said, it could interfere with the defendants’ right to a fair trial. A “perp walk” on TV Rosemarie Slavenas also could adversely affect the ac- Sycamore

Dumb vs. dumber in education standards debate Last week, Arne Duncan, the secretary of education, picked just the right words to make an increasingly hot controversy even hotter.

Like many education officials in both parties, Duncan is a defender of the Common Core initiative to create uniform academic standards for K-12 education in all states. Resistance to it, he asserted, comes mainly from “white suburban moms” who don’t take kindly to hearing that their children aren’t meeting newly raised standards.

Duncan had to backtrack from the comment, of course, which also happens to be clearly false. Students aren’t yet being tested to determine whether they meet the standards, so poor test results couldn’t be generating a backlash. The contempt that the remark revealed is real enough, though. Proponents of the Common Core tend to view its critics as an ignorant mob.

Support for it is, in certain circles, a sign of one’s seriousness about education reform.

Yet the reform strategy it represents hasn’t been thought through well, and it seems unlikely to work. The debate that surrounds it is an extended exercise in missing the point.

The initiative’s critics advance an angry populism that is frequently misinformed. One can certainly imagine Duncan’s frustration at having to rebut Glenn Beck’s claim that the standards are leading to mandatory iris scans for school kids. Even less fantastic attacks on the standards are often overwrought.

Take the complaint that they downgrade the study of literature in favor of “informational texts.” Actually, they call for a split between fiction and nonfiction across the curriculum. The split starts at 50-50 in

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru elementary school and rises to 70 percent informational, 30 percent fictional by the end of high school. English class, in other words, can be entirely devoted to literature.

But supporters of the Common Core make their own misleading claims. They say that its adoption by states has been totally voluntary, even though state governments had a better shot at getting a share of federal money and relief from some regulations if they signed up for it. Supporters also say that the initiative isn’t a common curriculum, as though there were a hard and fast distinction between requiring all students to know specific things at a set time and requiring they be taught them in a certain order.

What these arguments obscure is that the case for having a “common core” in the first place is weak. High standards may be valuable, but why do they have to be common? It isn’t as though different state standards are a major problem in U.S. education. There’s more variation in achievement within states than between them. Common standards may make life a bit easier for students who move across state lines, but they also mean that we lose a chance for states to experiment.

Common Core supporters sometimes suggest that with a single set of standards, states could determine if they’re doing worse than their neighbors, and that this knowledge will make them eager to reform their schools. They said something similar

about the No Child Left Behind Act that Congress passed a decade ago: Parents would learn that schools were failing to make their kids “proficient” in English and math and would demand reform.

It didn’t work out that way. Many people got mad when the law labeled their schools failures. State and local officials responded by setting a lower bar for proficiency. In making his remark about white suburban moms, Duncan indicated that he thinks parents will have the same reaction this time. In which case, what good will the Common Core do?

For that matter, how common will that core really be? Classroom practice doesn’t always reflect the standards written in a state’s official documents. That’s one reason the rigor of state standards doesn’t correlate with student achievement. But ensuring uniformity in practice would require the kind of heavy-handed central governing body that supporters of the Common Core strenuously deny they want.

The real problem with the Common Core is not that it represents Big Brother in the classroom, but that it seems unlikely to do much to increase the amount of learning that students do. Perhaps that’s because there’s not much that can be done on the national level to make K-12 schooling better.

A lot of education reformers find it hard to admit that. And so the debate over the Common Core is a dismal cycle of elite disdain and populist outrage, each side feeding the other’s worst impulses.

• Ramesh Ponnuru is a Bloomberg View columnist, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a senior editor at National Review.

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On Thanksgiving, the word thankful will be thrown around plenty.

People will be thankful for food and family. They’ll be thankful for all the past year has brought them and all that the future holds. They’ll be thankful for the sales that begin Thursday night and run through the weekend.

They’ll even be thankful for football.

So maybe this holiday is the right time to analyze what thankful really means.

We’ll spare you Webster’s definition of the word, but stick with the word appreciate, with a sprinkling of gratitude.

In essence, it means to not only feel the appreciation and gratitude yourself, but also show it in an entirely selfless way. By selfless, we don’t mean showing up on Thanksgiving Day to volunteer at the For the record soup kitchen.

Volunteering during Being thankful means the holidays is important, taking what’s in front of charities need those holiday you, what’s really importcontributions to survive, ant and making it the clear but it’s not the endgame for priority. every individual.

That happens at home, whatever that word might mean to you, with the people you love.

It means taking what’s in front of you, what’s really important and making it the clear priority.

If that’s family or loved ones, spend the day with them. Look them in the eye. Smile. Make them feel the warmth you want them to feel, and do it without considering yourself.

The electronics can wait for Black Friday. Put down your smartphone or tablet or whatever you use to distract yourself while avoiding human interaction, and truly interact, at least for a day.

Work emails can wait. So can food photo updates on Facebook and Twitter.

Enjoy the people around you. Allow them to enjoy you.

It’s amazing what that type of sincere human interaction can do. It can make you happier. It can make you healthier. It can make you, well, thankful – for everything, including that fantasy football team or Facebook page you’re itching to check.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Iran nuclear agreement a needed first step The accord that would temporarily freeze much of Iran’s nuclear program in return for limited sanctions relief is an unavoidable step in a process that has a long way to go.

It is a six-month deal with the United States, Russia, China, France, the United Kingdom and Germany, world powers that must be willing to react appropriately if Iran breaks, or even bends, its promise.

Israel is furious. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu calls the interim agreement a “historic mistake.”

He should recognize it as a historic opportunity for keeping Israel’s mortal enemy, Iran, from building nuclear weapons without resorting to military action.

The benefits to both sides in concluding a workable, permanent agreement are such that it’s worth a temporary easing of sanctions.

For Iran’s part, it will enjoy billions of dollars in financial relief from economic sanctions while preserving most of its nuclear infrastructure during negotiations on a permanent agreement. Such concessions were the price of bringing Iran to the negotiating table, but during the new talks, the United States will maintain the core oil and banking sanctions that made Iran willing to talk.

To world leaders, the interim agreement won key concessions: Iran will discontinue enriching uranium beyond 5 percent and neutralize uranium enriched beyond that point; allow greater access to inspectors, including daily access at the Natanz and Fordo nuclear sites; and stop development of the Arak nuclear plant, which could produce plutonium for weapons.

Iran must believe that these things are worth giving up in exchange for sanction relief worth $7 billion. That money would be doled out over the course of the six months of talks on a permanent agreement, giving Iran incentive to keep working toward a deal.

The interim agreement does not dismantle important aspects of Iran’s nuclear capacity or potential. It does not even require Iran to give up its “right” to enrich uranium.

Those issues will be negotiated in the next six months. The deal sets limited goals for a limited time in return for limited relief. It offers breathing room with the hope that Iran will see it has more to gain from cooperating with the West than it does from building nuclear weapons.

If Iran does not uphold its end of the bargain, it will face tougher sanctions and a renewed threat of military action.

Again, this is a temporary deal. There is a risk in easing sanctions, but there is a bigger risk in going down the road to military action. The agreement is built on hope, and based on Iran’s history it is difficult to be optimistic. But it is worth trying.

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

– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

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7-DAY FORECAST

Another cold front will swing through early in the day. This will bring another round of chilly temperatures and shift the winds back out of the northwest by the afternoon. High pressure will slide east Friday through Sunday turning the winds out of the south. This will warm temperatures closer to normal along with dry conditions.

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Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ........ Trace Month to date ....................................... 1.75” Normal month to date ....................... 2.43” Year to date ......................................... 32.86” Normal year to date ......................... 34.56”

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Rockford 29/13

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Dixon 31/12

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Evanston 33/22 Chicago 31/18

Aurora 29/13

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Arlington Heights 30/17

DeKalb 31/14

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Streator 35/17

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Sunset tonight ............................. 4:25 p.m.

Moonrise today ............................ 1:57 a.m.

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The Kaneland boys basketball team overcomes a 10-point deicit to start the fourth quarter to claim a victory over Batavia in the Windmill Classic. PAGE B2

SECTION B Thursday, November 28, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL

Fleck: Lynch an ‘elite player’

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com

AP photo

Code Talker: Redskins name not derogatory A leader of the Navajo Code Talkers who appeared at a Washington Redskins home football game said Wednesday the team name is a symbol of loyalty and courage – not a slur as asserted by critics who want it changed.

Roy Hawthorne, 87, of Lupton, Ariz., was one of four Code Talkers honored for their service in World War II during the Monday night game against the San Francisco 49ers.

Hawthorne, vice president of the Navajo Code Talkers Association, said the group’s trip was paid for by the Redskins.

The four men met briefly with team owner Dan Snyder but did not discuss the name, Hawthorne said.

Still, he said he would endorse the name if asked, and the televised appearance in which three of the Indians wore Redskins jackets spoke for itself.

“We didn’t have that in mind but that is undoubtedly what we did do,” Hawthorne said when asked if he was intending to send a statement with the appearance. “My opinion is that’s a name that not only the team should keep, but that’s a name that’s American.”

– Wire report

DeKALB – P.J. Fleck got up to the podium and didn’t waste any time.

“Jordan Lynch is the best player in college football,” Western Michigan’s firstyear head coach said in his opening statement Tuesday after the Broncos’ 33-14 loss to Northern Illinois.

Fleck was part of the NIU staff that recruited Lynch out of Chicago’s Mt. Carmel High School. He said he was sold on him long before his Broncos took on the Huskies on Tuesday night.

After yet another dominant performance Tuesday

by Lynch, it was hard for Fleck or anyone else in the stadium not to be sold.

Lynch ran for 321 yards, Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com breaking the FBS single-game Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch follows his lineman in the record for a quarterback he first quarter of the Huskies’ 33-14 victory Tuesday over Western Mich- set over a month ago. Lynch ran for three touchdowns and igan at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.

threw for another.

“He’s an elite player.

From watching him live and just being around him, I really believe that, and I think that’s what the Heisman Trophy is all about – finding the best player in the country and finding the best player that makes everyone around him better,” said Fleck, who was an assistant coach while the Huskies staff was recruiting Lynch. “I don’t know what else to say about him but I will end it with that he deserves to be in New York City.”

Lynch has done all he can to earn a spot to the Heisman Trophy ceremony in New York. He’s now one of five FBS quarterbacks to run for 20 touchdowns and throw for another 20 in the same season. Lynch had 22 passing touchdowns and 20 rushing scores.

See LYNCH, page B3

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DAY Read our coverage of the championships at dailychronicle.com/state-football Fact of the Day: 1: Approximate number of hours to drive from Chicago to Huskie Stadium. DeKalb’s proximity to the Windy City was a key factor in NIU’s winning bid for the state championships.

LELAND G. STROMBOM THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT: SYCAMORE 53, HAMPSHIRE 42

DEFENSIVE TURNAROUND

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro football Green Bay at Detroit, 11:30 a.m., FOX Oakland at Dallas, 3:30 p.m., CBS Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m., NBC College football Mississippi at Mississippi State, 6:30 p.m., ESPN Texas Tech at Texas, 6:30 p.m., FS1 Men’s college basketball Old Spice Classic, first round, Purdue vs. Oklahoma State, at Orlando, Fla., 11 a.m., ESPN2 Old Spice Classic, first round, Butler vs. Washington State, at Orlando, Fla., 1 p.m., ESPN2 Wooden Legacy, first round, Marquette vs. Cal State-Fullerton, 3:30 p.m., ESPN2 Old Space Classic, first round, Memphis vs. Siena, at Orlando, Fla., 5:30 p.m., ESPN2 Old Spice Classic, first round, LSU vs. Saint Joseph’s, at Orlando, Fla., 7:30 p.m., ESPN2 Great Alaska Shootout, Pepperdine vs. Green Bay, 8:30 p.m., CBSSN Las Vegas Invitational, Northwestern vs. Missouri, 9:30 p.m., ESPNU Wooden Legacy, first round, Creighton vs. Arizona State, at Fullerton, Calif., 10 p.m., ESPN2

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Sycamore’s Mark Skelley drives toward the basket at Hampshire’s Brennen Woods attempts to make the steal Wednesday during the Spartans’ 53-42 victory in the Leland G. Strombom Thanksgiving Tournament in Sycamore.

Sycamore turns up defense in win over Hampshire

By ANTHONY ZILIS ports@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Sycamore basketball coach Andrew Stacy wants his team to pride itself on wearing opponents down this season, but in the first half of Wednesday’s Leland G. Strombom Tournament game against Hampshire, Stacy

thought the Spartans were sluggish.

That changed at the outset of the third quarter.

Devin Mottet scored six quick points, Cooper Vinz knocked down three 3-pointers, and the Spartans (2-0) held the Whip-Purs (0-2) to only five points in the third quarter in the 53-42 win.

“We came out kind of lackadaisical

to start, and coach told us that we had to turn it up defensively,” Mottet said. “I think that showed in the second half. It was just us getting together and saying we need to step it up.”

After a layup and an assist by Logan Wright helped give the Spartans an early 6-3 lead, Hampshire went on a 10-0 run. The Spartans were able to battle

back to trail 15-13 at the end of the first quarter.

Vinz scored five of his game-high 16 points in the second quarter, and the game was tied at 26, heading into halftime. Still, the Spartans knew they weren’t at their best.

See SYCAMORE, page B2

BEARS ANALYSIS

Eyes lie when it comes to blaming McClellin LAKE FOREST – Most of the expensive vehicles with tinted windows had exited the small parking lot in front of the Walter Payton Center on Wednesday afternoon.

A pickup truck with Idaho license plates lingered in its spot.

Inside the Bears’ practice bubble, the truck’s owner worked late on the day before Thanksgiving. Second-year defensive end Shea McClellin and a few of his teammates practiced plays at one-quarter speed.

On one play, McClellin

lined up at left defensive end and offered a slow-motion pursuit on a run to the opposite side. On another play, McClellin stayed outside and wrapped up a would-be quarterback who bootlegged in his direction.

“It helps you get your eyes better,” McClellin said. “It helps you see things easier than at full speed. That way, once you do go full speed, you’re able to do your job.”

When it comes to defensive end, sharp eyes are at least as important as quick feet or strong hands. It’s what

VIEWS Tom Musick McClellin said he needed to improve the most in his game, particularly after missing two weeks because of a hamstring injury.

“Definitely, right now, it’s my eyes,” said McClellin, who was the Bears’ first-round draft pick in 2012. “They’re definitely a little rusty coming back. It’s good that we did that work after practice

because I needed to get that work in.”

Perhaps all of us need to challenge our eyes.

I know I do.

I say this because my eyes told me McClellin was to blame for a 65-yard touchdown run by St. Louis Rams wide receiver Tavon Austin on the third play from scrimmage Sunday. The play set the tone in a 42-21 win by the Rams, who rushed for 258 yards against a Bears defense that delivered a powerful tribute to Swiss cheese.

It turns out that Austin’s

long run was not McClellin’s fault, at least not the way he and teammate David Bass explain it.

Long story short: Mike McNeill, a blocking tight end, lined up to the left in the Rams backfield, and Austin went in motion from right to left.

Quarterback Kellen Clemens took the snap and pitched the ball to Austin as he ran to the left.

At that point, McClellin’s first job was to defend against a dive by Austin.

See MUSICK, page B6

SPORTS

Page B2 • Thursday, November 28, 2013

8PREP SCHEDULE FRIDAY

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Boys Basketball Sycamore vs. Rockford Jefferson at Leland B. Strombom Holiday tournament, 8 p.m.

DeKalb at Rockford Boylan tournament vs. Rockford East, 2 p.m.

Indian Creek vs. IC Catholic at Westminster Christian tournament, 5:30 p.m.

Kaneland at Batavia Windmill Classic, 6:30 p.m.

Hiawatha at Ashton-Franklin Center tournament, TBA Hinckley-Big Rock at Oregon tournament, TBA Girls Basketball DeKalb vs. Naperville North at West Aurora in Warhawk tournament, 10 a.m.

Kaneland at Immaculate Conception tournament, TBA

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

8SPORTS SHORTS Bulls pull away in 4th for win over Pistons AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Taj Gibson had a career-high 23 points and the Bulls pulled away in the fourth quarter to beat the Detroit Pistons, 99-79, Wednesday night.

The Pistons stayed close for most of the game, but managed only seven points in the first 10 minutes of the fourth quarter. That allowed the Bulls to increase their lead to as many as 24 points as they ended a fourgame losing streak.

Luol Deng led the Bulls with 27 points. Rodney Stuckey finished with 25 off the bench for Detroit but no one else had more than 13. Josh Smith had 13 points and 11 rebounds and Andre Drummond had 10 points and 11 rebounds for the Pistons.

Twins agree to terms with RHP Nolasco MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota Twins entered the offseason with a desperate need for starting pitching, and they’re off to a pretty great start in addressing it.

Right-hander Ricky Nolasco and the Twins agreed to terms on a free-agent contract Wednesday, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press. The person requested anonymity because the team does not plan to announce a deal until Nolasco passes a physical.

Terms of the deal were not immediately available, but Yahoo! Sports reported that it was for four years and $49 million. That’s a hefty price for the Twins, who historically have been reluctant to hand out big-money deals to free agents.

Before Nolasco’s contract, the most the Twins had spent on a free agent who did not come through their system was the three-year, $21 million deal they gave Josh Willingham in 2011.

Nolasco’s Twitter account already has a Twins logo as its avatar, and this beleaguered team will no doubt be just as eager to welcome him into the fold.

– Wire reports

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Oakland at Dallas, 3:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Baltimore, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday’s games Bears at Minnesota, noon New England at Houston, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Jacksonville at Cleveland, noon Tampa Bay at Carolina, noon Arizona at Philadelphia, noon Miami at N.Y. Jets, noon St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

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

N.Y. Giants at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

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SATURDAY Boys Basketball Sycamore at Leland B. Strombom Holiday tournament, TBA Indian Creek at Westminster Christian tournament, TBA DeKalb at Rockford Boylan tournament vs. Rockford Guilford, 9 a.m.

DeKalb at Rockford Boylan tournament vs. Auburn, 5 p.m.

Kaneland at Batavia Windmill Classic, 6:30 p.m.

Hiawatha at Ashton-Franklin Center tournament, TBA Hinckley-Big Rock at Oregon tournament, TBA Girls Basketball DeKalb vs. Oswego at Waubonsie Valley in Warhawk tournament, 10 a.m.

Wrestling DeKalb at McHenry quad, 9 a.m.

Kaneland hosts quad vs. Burlington Central, Wheaton Warrenville South and Freeport, 10 a.m.

Boys Bowling Sycamore at Harlem tournament, 9 a.m.

Girls Bowling Sycamore at Plainfield Central tournament, 9 a.m.

DeKalb at Rock Island tounament, 9 a.m.

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Batavia’s Tyler Lovestrand guards Kaneland’s Drew David during the Knights’ 81-74 victory Wednesday at the Ken Peddy Windmill Classic in Batavia.

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Kaneland rallies to beat Batavia Sycamore wrestling defeats Hampshire in quadrangular

By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com BATAVIA – The Kaneland boys basketball team rallied to beat Batavia, 81-74, in overtime on Wednesday at the Windmill City Classic.

The Knights trailed by 10 points to start the fourth quarter before gaining traction late, and tied the game on a Drew David 3-pointer with about 12 seconds left in regulation. The game was tied at 70 going into OT but the Knights took control in the extra session.

John Pruett scored 21 points and Ty Carlson added 13 points for the Knights (1-0).

DeKalb falls: DeKalb fell to Rockford Boylan, 72-55.

H-BR loses: Hinckley-Big Rock lost its second game of the Oregon tournament with a 56-40 defeat to St. Bede. The Royals will play Saturday against a team to be determined.

WRESTLING Spartans win one of three: Sycamore wrestling went 1-2 in a quadrangular meet Wednesday, defeating Hampshire, 51-30, and losing to both Plano and LaSalle-Peru, by a score of 46-27.

Kyle Akins won all three of his matches by pin at 120 pounds as did Logan Mathey at 126 pounds. Austin Arm-

strong won by decision against Hampshire and recorded pins against LaSalle-Peru and Plano at 170 pounds.

Brian Johnston pinned his opponent against Hampshire and won by decision against Plano before a loss against LaSalle-Peru at 132 pounds while Tyler Barton (195) won his two matches by pin. Michael Beaudoin (160) won two of his three matches, including a 1-0 decision against LaSalle-Peru.

Jesus Renteria (138) and Andrew Larsen (145) each went 1-2 on the night.

DeKalb downs Oswego East: DeKalb defeated Oswego East, 48-21, in a dual meet.

GIRLS BASKETBALL Kaneland loses: Kaneland fell to Nazareth, 57-40. Ally VanBogaert scored 17 points to lead the Knights.

TUESDAY’S LATE RESULTS GIRLS BASKETBALL Sycamore tops Belvidere: Sycamore defeated Belvidere, 48-38, to take third place in the Burlington Central Tournament.

Bailey Gilbert led the Spartans with 27 points while Lauren Goff had nine.

DeKalb loses: DeKalb lost to West Aurora, 45-34.

H-BR falls to Rosary: Hinckley-Big Rock lost to Rosary, 44-35, dropping to 3-2 on the

season. The Royals were led by 12 points from Jacqueline Madden while Lauren Paver had eight in the loss.

The Royals play Marquette on Monday.

Kaneland dominates: Kaneland defeated Elmwood Park, 73-27, in the Immaculate Conception tournament. The Knights used a 16-1 second quarter to run away with the win.

VanBogaert led the way with 14 points while Kelly Wallner scored 10 and Vanessa Gould and Bailey Crimmins each had nine for the Knights (2-1).

BOYS BASKETBALL Indian Creek wins: Indian Creek defeated Faith Lutheran at the Westminster Christian Tournament, 59-30.

Garrett Post finished with 13 points and 11 rebounds.

Garrison Govig added 14 points and 10 rebounds for the Timberwolves (2-0).

Hiawatha loses: Hiawatha lost, 70-44, to Ashton- Franklin Center at the AFC Tournament. The Hawks (0-2) finish the tournament against Amboy on Friday.

MONDAY’S LATE RESULTS GIRLS BASKETBALL Barbs edge Minooka: DeKalb improved to 2-0 on the season with a 51-44 victory over Mi-

nooka. The Barbs were led by 17 points from sophomore guard Brittney Patrick while Maddy Johnson had 12 points and nine rebounds. Paige Wogen scored 10 points and pulled down seven rebounds for DeKalb.

BOYS BASKETBALL Hiawatha falls: Hiawatha lost to Polo, 72-36, in the Ashton-Franklin Center tournament. Allen Letteer scored eight points and grabbed 13 rebounds for the Hawks (0-1).

“I was happy. To be honest I was proud of how our kids hung in there,” Hiawatha coach Franz Schumacher said.

“It was a tough go. Their pressure defense really got to us, but we started out well. We’re going to be fine.”

BOYS BOWLING Sycamore downs Ottawa: Sycamore defeated Ottawa, 3,617-3,258, on Monday. Kyle Bonnell led the Spartans with a 672 series while Alex Burchard rolled a 642.

“We really bowled pretty good tonight,” Sycamore coach Aaron Williams said.

“We are really starting to bowl as a team and have some really positive leadership with our seniors.”

• Jared Birchfield contributed to this report.

Sycamore reels off 9-0 run to start 2nd half • SYCAMORE Continued from page B1 After going scoreless in the first half, Mottet took over early in the second half. The senior scored six points in the first 3:12 as the Spartans reeled off a 9-0 run, capped off by a steal that led to a layup.

The Whip-Purs didn’t score for the first 3:59 of the second quarter, and the Spartans took a 35-26 lead.

The Spartans were able to hold Ryan Cork, the focal point of Hampshire’s offense, without a field goal for the first twoand-a-half quarters, but the senior finally broke through when he hit a long three with 2:46 left in the third, the WhipPurs’ first field goal of the half.

But Vinz answered with two 3-pointers on the next two plays to give the Spartans a 4131 lead heading into the fourth, and he hit another early in the fourth to make the score 44-33.

After receiving only spot minutes last season, Vinz has led Sycamore in scoring in each of the first two games of the season.

Erik Anderson for Shaw Media

Sycamore’s Jacob Winters looks to pass the ball Wednesday during the first half against Hampshire during the Leland G. Strombom Thanksgiving Tournament in Sycamore.

“He put in a lot of work this offseason, he worked on his shot a lot,” Mottet said.

“He was one of the guys who showed up to open gym all the time and shot around, and he really worked, and he deserves what he’s doing. It’s hard work that’s paid off, and it’s helping the team a lot this year.”

After nine of Sycamore’s players began playing this week after football season ended, the Spartans are unbeaten in two games. They’ll play Jefferson, who beat Hampshire in the tournament’s opener, on Friday.

“We started executing so much better [in the second

“We started executing so much better [in the second half]. I think defense is what killed us in the first half. We started off so sluggish, letting people cut into the lane. But I think second half, we really started to hype up on defense and that’s really what got our offense going. It finally got us a little more jacked.”

Cooper Vinz Sycamore boys basketball player half]. I think defense is what killed us in the first half,” Vinz said. “We started off so sluggish, letting people cut into the lane. But I think second half, we really started to hype up on defense and that’s really what got our offense going. It finally got us a little more jacked.”

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Wednesday’s results Bulls 99, Detroit 79 Orlando 105, Philadelphia 94 Indiana 99, Charlotte 74 L.A. Lakers 99, Brooklyn 94 Memphis 100, Boston 93 Miami 95, Cleveland 84 Denver 117, Minnesota 110 Houston 113, Atlanta 84 Oklahoma City 94, San Antonio 88 Washington 100, Milwaukee 92, OT Dallas 103, Golden State 99 Phoenix 120, Portland 106 New York at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s games No games scheduled Friday’s Games San Antonio at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Milwaukee at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Miami at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Houston, 7 p.m.

Golden State at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

New Orleans at Philadelphia, 7 p.m.

Washington at Indiana, 7 p.m.

New York at Denver, 8 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 8 p.m.

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

Tuesday’s results Washington 116, L.A. Lakers 111 Brooklyn 102, Toronto 100 Orlando 109, Atlanta 92 Golden State 102, New Orleans 101

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Los Angeles at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Vancouver at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Nashville, 7 p.m.

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LYNCH’S TOP 5 CAREER RUSHING PERFORMANCES Western Michigan (Tuesday) 321 yards, 3 TDs on 27 carries Central Michigan (Oct. 19, 2013) 316 yards, 3 TDs on 32 carries Ball State (Oct. 6, 2012) 207 yards, 3 TDs on 29 carries Eastern Michigan (Sept. 21, 2013) 189 yards on 23 carries Toledo (Nov. 14, 2012) 162 carries on 30 carries

TOP NORTHERN ILLINOIS ALL-TIME SINGLE-GAME RUSHING TOTALS

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Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch scores one of his three touchdowns Tuesday during the Huskies’ 33-14 victory over Western Michigan at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb.

Lynch averaging 146.3 yards a game Lynch hits the 20-20 club

• LYNCH Continued from page B1

Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch joined four other quarterbacks to throw for 20 touchdowns and rush for another 20.

The others – Johnny Below is a list of quarterbacks to hit that mark.

Manziel (2012), Cam Newton (2010), Tim Tebow (2007) and Colin Kaepernick (2010), three of whom won the Heisman.

Numberswise, Lynch would be a lock to get to the ceremony. However, he’s going to have a lot of competition. Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston is the Heisman favorite, and Manziel, last year’s winner, is having another great year himself.

AJ McCarron of Alabama is looking to win his third national title, and Boston College running back Andre Williams, who leads the nation with 2,073 rushing yards, is also making a late run.

However, there will always be people who knock the fact Lynch plays in a nonAQ conference. Not that it matters to him.

“I don’t care what they

Player Team J. Lynch Northern Illinois J. Manziel Texas A&M C. Newton Auburn C. Kaepernick Nevada T. Tebow Florida

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say. I don’t pay any attention to them,” Lynch said. “It’s all about this team. That’s all I’m focused on.”

Through 12 games, Lynch is averaging 146.3 rushing yards, which would be the highest mark by a quarterback in NCAA history. Air Force’s Beau Morgan holds the record with an average of 135.8 in 1996, and he ran a triple-option offense.

Dec. 6 in the MAC Championship, Lynch has yet another chance to earn his trip to the Heisman Trophy cere-

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mony as the Huskies take on either Bowling Green or Buffalo on national TV. The past three games, NIU coach Rod Carey has said he deserves to be in the Heisman race. Tuesday was no different.

“I’ve said it and I sound like a broken record, but if he’s not in the Heisman conversation, I guess I don’t know what a Heisman is or should be,” Carey said. “Because to me, that’s exactly what it is, what you saw tonight.”

353 – Garrett Wolfe, vs. Ball State (2006) 325 – Garrett Wolfe, vs. Eastern Michigan (2004) 322 – LeShon Johnson vs.

Southern Illinois (1993) 321 – Jordan Lynch vs.

Western Michigan (2013) 316 – Jordan Lynch, vs.

Central Michigan (2013) 308 – Stacey Robinson vs.

Fresno State (1990) 306 – LeShon Johnson vs. Iowa (1993) 282 – Michael Turner, vs.

Western Illinois (2002) 281 – Stacey Robinson vs.

Cincinnati (1989) 281 – Michael Turner, vs.

Central Michigan (2000) 280 – Garrett Wolfe, vs. Ball State (2004) 277 – Garrett Wolfe, vs. Western Michigan (2005) 270 – Garrett Wolfe, vs. Akron (2005) 266 – Cameron Stingily, vs.

Kent State (2013) 263 – Garrett Wolfe vs. Buffalo (2006) 254 – Allen Ross vs. Ohio (1977) 252 – Darryl Richardson vs.

Ball State (1983) 252 – Adrian Davis vs. Kent State (2005) 251 – Charles Talley vs. Arkansas State (1995) 246 – Mark Kellar vs. Illinois State (1973)

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No. 3 Kentucky rips Eastern Michigan The ASSOCIATED PRESS LEXINGTON, Ky. – What pleased Aaron Harrison even more than a good night scoring was seeing Kentucky teammates such as Willie Cauley-Stein also thrive, particularly when the ball was lobbed in the air for easy dunks.

Both Wildcats had plenty of good examples to reflect on against Eastern Michigan.

Aaron Harrison scored 22 points, Cauley-Stein added 15, and third-ranked Kentucky earned its 500th Rupp Arena win by beating the Eagles 81-63 on Wednesday.

Two days after escaping Cleveland State with a late rally, the Wildcats (6-1) were more methodical in improving to 500-62 lifetime in the 37-year-old home named for legendary coach Adolph Rupp. Leading just 35-32 at halftime, Kentucky steadily built it to double digits with 12:52 left and led by as many as 21 with 2:39 remaining.

Kentucky controlled the glass, outrebounding the Eagles 52-33 including 19 offensive and scoring 23 second-chance points. The

Wildcats’ only blemish was 20 turnovers leading to 18 points for the Eagles.

Oral Roberts 63, Bowling Green 56: At Cancun, Mexico, Shawn Glover scored 27 points, including four free throws in the final 15 seconds, and Oral Roberts did what Bowling Green couldn’t, hitting shots down the stretch to rally for a win in the Cancun Challenge.

Bowling Green (2-4) was up 49-41 with 12 minutes left before Korey Billbury, who finished with 17 points, scored the last seven of his nine straight points, and Glover made two free throws to cap the 9-1 run that tied the game at 50.

Kent State 83, Youngstown State 79: At Kent, Ohio, Derek Jackson scored 15 points Wednesday and four teammates scored in double digits and Kent State beat Youngstown State.

Kris Brewer scored 14 points, K.K. Simmons 12 – all 3-pointers – Mark Henniger 11 and Darren Goodson 10, but Youngstown State (6-2) outshot Kent State (7-1) from the field 44.4 percent to 43.3 percent.

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Three games on the menu for Thanksgiving

POWER RANKINGS

How all 32 NFL teams stack up heading into Week 13, according to Hub Arkush: Bill Belichick Russell Wilson

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1. Seattle Seahawks

2. New Orleans Saints

3. New England Patriots

4. Carolina Panthers

They have the best record and appear to be getting healthy.

Unimpressive last week in Atlanta but can claim No. 1 on Monday night.

Extremely impressive win Sunday night and growing confidence on offense.

Off a bit in Miami but still the hottest team in the league.

Vernon Davis

Peyton Manning

The bye weeks are over, but Week 13 presents a new challenge for fantasy owners: Three Thursday games.

Ah, Thanksgiving. Nothing beats spending time with loved ones, enjoying a fine feast … and getting a jump on your fantasy opponent.

I’m not suggesting that Aunt Mildred’s discussions aren’t riveting, but it always is fun to have players going on Thanksgiving.

A closer look at Thursday’s games will help you determine which players can help your team and those who are likely to be … turkeys (ouch).

Tamba Hali

Andy Dalton

THANKSGIVING DAY FANTASY PREVIEW Packers at Lions, 11:30 a.m.

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5. Denver Broncos

6. San Francisco 49ers

7. Kansas City Chiefs

8. Cincinnati Bengals

Peyton Manning’s bad weather outing at New England cause for concern.

Defense is dominating again, receiver Michael Crabtree back this week.

Need to stop slide. Injuries to defensive linemen Justin Houston and Tamba Hali really hurt.

We’ll see if the week off gets Andy Dalton back on track.

Bruce Arians

Josh Gordy

Nate Burleson

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9. Arizona Cardinals

10. Indianapolis Colts

11. Detroit Lions

12. Philadelphia Eagles

It would appear Bruce Arians’ Coach of the Year Award was no fluke.

This has not been the same team since Reggie Wayne went down.

Too much talent to be this mediocre.

Don’t look now, but defense playing almost as well as Nick Foles.

13. Dallas Cowboys

23. New York Giants

Finally, Tony Romo wins one late. Will it be a spark?

They’re playing better, but Cowboys loss might’ve been the final nail.

14. Bears

Time to talk about next season I hate to be the one to ring the bell, folks, but it’s time for the Bears to be thinking about next year.

This year’s playoffs are still a very real possibility. Every game left on the schedule is winnable, and at a time when the Detroit Lions should have been wrapping up the NFC North, they’ve instead chosen to hang back and be sure they keep the Bears in the hunt.

The problem is that, with this defense, there also isn’t a game left on the schedule that isn’t loseable and, more to the point, even if the Bears make the playoffs, who do you see them being able to beat once they get there?

For three years now, we’ve questioned how long the championship window can stay open before the Bears need at least some revamping.

It stayed ajar a lot longer than some believed it could but it has now been slammed shut.

So where do we start?

I am happy with the coaching.

Marc Trestman may need to tinker with his staff but the most controver-

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush sial head coaching hire of 2013 has proven to be the right call. I like his chances to be very successful.

That is if he has the talent to work with, and that remains an open question.

Let’s forget all the free agency decisions to be made on current Bears for a second and figure out where the greatest needs are.

Jay Cutler and Josh McCown should and will be here at least one more year, so that question waits a season, regardless of how it works out.

The offensive line is nowhere near the top of the league, but Trestman has shown he can compete with it and there is some depth with Eben Britton and James Brown, so it can’t be a priority right now.

The Bears must find some depth at receiver and tight end. The cupboard

is bare behind Martellus Bennett, and Brandon Marshall’s and Alshon Jeffery’s ability to start every game has hidden an extremely shallow group at their position and a need for at least one more legitimate NFL receiver.

But depth comes after finding your front-line talent.

And the Bears have desperate needs for a disruptive, playmaking defensive tackle, safeties, a true pass– rushing defensive end and depth at cornerback and linebacker in addition to tight ends and wideouts.

Can they get all that done in one offseason?

The Bears finished the 2012 season 28th in offense, 29th passing and 16th in points scored. Eleven games into 2013, they are eighth in offense, seventh in passing and fourth in points scored.

In today’s NFL, these things can be fixed in one year if you get it right.

Which brings us to the most important question. If you believe in Trestman to get the coaching job done, is Phil Emery the guy to fix the talent deficit?

I am not as confortable saying yes

to Emery yet as I am with Trestman.

But, he is the guy who hired Trestman and fixed the offense overnight.

Emery’s drafting and free-agent acquisition strategies will spin off what he does with the exiting of contract veterans.

Robbie Gould, D.J. Williams, Tim Jennings and Charles Tillman should be re-signed after Cutler is franchised.

Gould is too good to let get away, and another one-year deal for Williams gives Emery the flexibility to focus on the defensive line and secondary.

Retaining Jennings and moving Tillman to safety fixes half the secondary, and creates flexibility for fixing the rest.

Veteran free agency can help, but how Emery drafts in 2014 will be the key to whether or not his team can contend again any time in the near future, and it’s going to have to be better than he’s done in his first two tries.

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

24. Cleveland Browns

Injuries, lack of talent or both, the worst run “D” in the NFL.

15. Green Bay Packers Nice of the Lions and Bears to wait for Aaron Rodgers, isn’t it?

16. Baltimore Ravens

Consecutive losses to Bengals and Steelers leave them buried in the AFC North again.

25. Buffalo Bills Is being the best 4-7 team in the league a good thing?

Failure from Bears’ 5-yard line two weeks ago really hurts now.

17. Miami Dolphins

BEARS NOTES

No predictions, but Peterson sees Bears’ flaws

26. Oakland Raiders

By KEVIN FISHBAIN

QB Matt McGloin is definitely worth a few more starts.

Had the Panthers practically in the boat, letting them off the hook.

18. San Diego Chargers Hangin’ 41 on Chiefs makes them a wild card contender again.

19. Pittsburgh Steelers

27. Washington Redskins Talk about a ride from the penthouse to the outhouse, RG III is more than car sick.

28. Tampa Bay Buccaneers

Has anyone noticed these guys are tied for AFC’s second wild card and have won past three and five of seven?

20. St. Louis Rams

Did I hear you saying that maybe Greg Schiano was right?

29. Minnesota Vikings Sorry Adrian Peterson, it may be time for a complete rebuild here.

Eighty points in past two games have folks paying attention.

21. New York Jets

30. Atlanta Falcons Talk about the lotto, what if Matt Ryan hadn’t gotten paid in August?

31. Jacksonville Jaguars

Is Matt Simms’ time right around the corner?

22. Tennessee Titans

They appear to be responding to Gus Bradley’s style.

Hard to believe a win Sunday in Indy puts them a game out of first in the AFC South.

32. Houston Texans Is this the job Bill Cowher or Jon Gruden has been waiting for?

kfishbain@shawmedia.com LAKE FOREST – When discussing his NFL-record 296 rushing yards in a game six years ago, Adrian Peterson recalled having some strawberry ice cream the night before.

What about this week, before he faces the league’s worst run defense, the Bears?

“I might just get a bowl or two,” he joked during a conference call Wednesday.

For a defense that got torched by Rams rookies Zac Stacy and Benny Cunningham, the league’s best back is not a welcome sight. Peterson recog-

nized this is a different Bears “D” than the one he faced in Week 2, but wouldn’t call his shot for Sunday.

“I don’t really want to sit here and make any predictions.

I just want to contribute and do whatever it takes to help my team win. If that’s 300 yards, perfect. If that’s 150, perfect,” he said. “Any way I can help my team get this ‘W’ this weekend, that’s pretty much all I’m worried about.”

Peterson has averaged 107.7 rushing yards a game in 11 career games against the Bears, which is the highest for any player. He had 100 yards on 26 carries in Week 2, but he hasn’t

faced a unit like this one, allowing 145.2 yards a game on the ground.

“It’s a good, solid defense, but any time you lose starters to injuries, it’s hard. Especially with a couple rookies in there who’ve been thrown Adrian into a position Peterson and now get their feet wet and try to take over,” Peterson said about the Bears. “… Of course they’re not the defense that we played earlier this season, but we’ve still got to go out and execute

and do things right to win this game.”

Both defensive coordinator Mel Tucker and coach Marc Trestman singled out Peterson’s competitiveness and will, things that set him apart from other backs.

“What impresses me the most, he’s a relentless competitor,” Tucker said. “Every time he gets the ball, he’s trying to take it the distance. He’s willing to take the tough yards. He’s always looking to fall forward.”

“I think – more than his run ability – is his will, his will and determination is so apparent on every single run,” Trestman said. “His passion for what he

does, his job. I don’t know if there’s anybody in the league who expresses that any better and that relentlessness and love of the game.”

Forte misses practice: Matt Forte sat out Wednesday’s practice with his slightly hyperextended right knee, but Trestman is optimistic he’ll get work in Thursday and be fine for Sunday’s game.

Quick hits: Jeremiah Ratliff and Stephen Paea were both limited in practice. Specialteamers Anthony Walters and Derrick Martin did not practice. … Kyle Long was reportedly fined $7,875 for his role in Sunday’s fracas in St. Louis.

This game not only features several intriguing fantasy matchups, it also is pivotal to the NFC North.

Aaron Rodgers is not going to play. But Matt Flynn came to the rescue last week against Minnesota, taking over for a struggling Scott Tolzien. It should be a good matchup for him. Flynn is likely on your league’s waiver wire, so grab him if you need a quarterback.

Flynn seemed to have a connection with Jarrett Boykin, who hauled in five receptions and a touchdown in the second half. The Lions’ defense is ranked No. 28 against the pass. Boykin, James Jones and Jordy Nelson are solid starts. Kicker Mason Crosby also is in for a good day. It might be tougher for Eddie Lacy – Detroit is No. 4 against the run – but I still like the talented rookie this week.

The Lions are among the league’s dumbest teams.

They also are one of the most talented. Calvin Johnson is an obvious start and Matthew Stafford should be productive against the Packers’ 18thranked defense. The Packers are equally mediocre against the run and the pass, so start Reggie Bush. Nate Burleson returned from “pizzagate” with 77 yards and a score.

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Two good, but not great, defenses face off in the night game. Weather was an issue last week in Baltimore, but early reports suggest fairly calm conditions Thursday night. If that holds, this is an OK matchup for both teams.

Ben Roethlisberger has averaged 22 fantasy points over the past four weeks.

He has been up and down, however. He might be looking at something around 15 points this week. The Steelers still drive fantasy owners crazy with their running-back rotation, but Le’Veon Bell clearly is the best option. This week, he’s probably looking at 10 to 14 points. Antonio Brown is a top-five fantasy receiver Raiders at Cowboys, 3:30 p.m. and an obvious play. After Brown, it gets dicey. Jerricho The late-afternoon game Cotchery had emerged during should be a bonanza for Tony Weeks 9, 10 and 11, but he went Romo and Dez Bryant. The without a reception against the Raiders are just good enough to keep this interesting, which Browns. Heath Miller is a lowend option at tight end. should lead to the Cowboys After lighting up the Bears having to continue to pass in Week 11, Ray Rice reverted for most of the game. The to his 2013 form against the Raiders’ defense ranks No. 8 Jets (16 carries for 30 yards). against the run, but a dismal Although the Jets are stout No. 25 against the pass. It against the run, it’s time to would be a surprise if Romo look at Rice as a No. 3 fantasy didn’t crest 300 yards and throw at least two touchdown back or flex option. In smaller leagues, he probably is not passes, probably more. Jason worth a roster spot.

Witten is also a must-start.

After kicker Justin Tucker Terrance Williams has and receiver Torrey Smith, disappeared, and all other the Ravens do not offer much Cowboys’ receivers would seem to be afterthoughts at this in this game. Jacoby Jones point. Although the Raiders are went off for 17 fantasy points against New York, but it was respectable against the run – his first touchdown since sticking with the idea that this Week 6. Given his recent will be a shootout – start DeMarco Murray and Dan Bailey. production, it’s hard to recomThe Cowboys actually have mend Joe Flacco. Call it a gut instinct: He scores 20-plus the weaker defense in this contest, ranking last in points points against Pittsburgh.

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Ex-Cub Lilly to make retirement decision

By JANIE McCAULEY The Associated Press

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McClellin understands why critics were upset after touchdown run • MUSICK Continued from page B1 To the surprise of everyone on the Bears’ defense – McClellin included – Austin wheeled 180 degrees and sprinted toward the right sideline.

“I’ve never seen something like that before, a fake sweep,” McClellin said. “And then they had a guy [McNeill] coming back. That’s not the D-end’s play, but we can help out on that a little bit.

We’ve just got to see the guy’s depth coming back at us. If he’s coming to block us, then we’ve got to be inside of him.”

Fellow defensive end David Bass shook his head at the blame game that followed.

“I actually had one of my friends call me, and they were like, ‘Yo, why didn’t Shea make that play?’ ” Bass said.

“I’m like, ‘That’s not his play.’

“It makes me mad when you’ve got people from the outside looking in, and it looks easy to them on TV. It looks slower. But when you’re on the field, it’s high speed.

“He did his job. He initially closed. He took dive, made sure it wasn’t a dive.

And then he reacted to the

pitch, and that’s what he was supposed to do. And then we have a corner setting the edge, we have safety coming up, fitting, [and] linebackers coming over the top.

“So, Shea initially did his job. But if you’re a spectator, you don’t know our scheme, our responsibility. You’re not going to always know whose play it is.”

Consider the Bears’ defensive assignments as one of your Facebook friends.

Relationship status: It’s complicated.

Bears defensive coordinator Mel Tucker spoke in his customary clichés Wednesday, emphasizing the need to correct mistakes without naming names. If he was thinking about anybody in particular – say, rookie linebackers Jon Bostic and Khaseem Greene, or embattled safety Chris Conte – he disguised his thoughts well.

“In order to play great defense, especially run defense, everyone needs to be exactly where they need to be on every play,” Tucker said. “It only takes one breakdown to cause a big play.”

For his part, McClellin understood why critics howled after Austin’s touchdown run. Most of us never make

it past high school football, if that. We are not invited to sit in during the Bears’ defensive meetings. We do not know everyone’s job on every play.

So we guess. And we blame the most obvious target.

On outside runs, right or wrong, that blame happens to fall on the defensive end.

“That’s just life as a D-end,” McClellin said.

Instead of festering, McClellin worked late. He would finish soon enough.

At the end of his work day, he hopped into his pickup truck. He will practice again Thursday before returning home to enjoy a Thanksgiving meal with his wife and his teenage brother, who is visiting from Idaho while his high school is on break.

Maybe then, he’ll be able to avoid outside scrutiny for a few quiet hours.

“Sometimes, it may look like we’re doing something totally wrong and we should have made the play,” Bass said. “But in reality, we did our job. That’s what we’re coached to do.”

Left-hander Ted Lilly is expected to decide in the next few weeks whether to retire or try to pitch again following a recent neck operation to relieve pressure on his spine.

Agent Larry O’Brien said Wednesday that Lilly had yet to make a final decision regarding his baseball future and would return from playing winter ball, then sit down and ponder what’s next.

“We have not confirmed anything yet about his retiring and we won’t be able to for a couple of weeks,” O’Brien said while noting the speculation that Lilly’s career is over.

“He’s going to come home and

re-evaluate.”

The lefty, who turns 38 in January, was designated for assignment by the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 25. He was limited to 13 starts the past two seasons for Los Angeles because of injuTed Lilly ry problems, going 0-2 with a 5.09 ERA in five 2013 starts.

After seeing a spine specialist this fall in Los Angeles and undergoing surgery to cauterize the nerve endings in the right side of his neck, O’Brien said his client experienced “some issues” while pitching at winter ball in Venezuela.

“They were locking up every time he threw and the next day he couldn’t move his neck,” O’Brien said.

A two-time All-Star, Lilly is 130-113 with a 4.14 ERA in parts of 15 major league seasons with 331 starts and 356 total appearances. He pitched for Montreal, Oakland, Toronto, the New York Yankees, Cubs and Dodgers.

The San Francisco Giants considered signing Lilly to a minor league contract in early August but assistant general manager Bobby Evans said “upon reviewing Ted Lilly’s medical history” they would hold off on the acquisition.

Lilly was a 23rd-round draft pick by the Dodgers in 1996.

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By BARRY WILNER The Associated Press The rematch has lost some of its luster with Kansas City dropping its last two games and Denver’s collapse in New England after beating the Chiefs.

Still, the AFC West showdown is far better than many other matchups this holiday week, and there remains plenty on the line.

Only three games involve two teams with winning marks: Denver (9-2)at Kansas City (9-2); Arizona (7-4) at Philadelphia (6-5); and the Monday nighter, with New Orleans (92) at Seattle (10-1), a matchup of the top two teams in the AP Pro32 and in the NFC. The Broncos handed the Chiefs their first loss two weeks ago – yep, they are meeting twice in three weeks in a scheduling quirk. Then San Diego torched what had been the league’s top defense when linebackers and sacks threats Tamba Hali and Justin Houston left with injuries.

Hali expects to play. Houston’s availability, just as critical for KC, is far less likely.

As it is in Denver, where folks are questioning Peyton Manning’s ability to win in the cold after his so-so performance at New England. Temperatures are not projected to dip below freezing at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday.

Also Sunday, it’s New England at Houston, Cincinnati at San Diego, Tennessee at Indianapolis, Tampa Bay at Carolina, Chicago at Minnesota, St. Louis at San Francisco, Miami at the New York Jets, the New York Giants at Washington, Jacksonville at Cleveland, and Atlanta vs.

Buffalo at Toronto.

The holiday week begins Thursday with Green Bay (5-5-1) at Detroit (6-5) and Oakland (4-7) at Dallas (6-5) in the traditional games. The night game has the AFC North rivalry of Pittsburgh (5-6) at Baltimore (5-6).

Bruce Arians, who won NFL Coach of the Year as an interim in Indianapolis filling in last year for Chuck Pagano, who was battling leukemia, battles the Eagles’ Chip Kelly.

New England (8-3) at Houston (2-9) It’s a December game, which means the Patriots are more dangerous than ever.

They’ve won 15 of their last 16 in the month, and they are getting healthier on offense, if not on defense. Their confidence should be soaring after rallying from a 24-0 hole at halftime to beat Denver last Sunday night.

Cincinnati (7-4) at San Diego (5-6) With the Broncos, Chiefs and Colts stumbling lately, the Bengals suddenly are in the mix for a first-round bye if they can surge to the AFC North title. The schedule isn’t daunting, but this week the Chargers come off an uplifting win at Kansas City and are in the wild-card chase.

Tennessee (5-6) at Indianapolis (7-4) The Titans have never won in Lucas Oil Stadium (0-5).

A first victory there would make it a race again in the AFC South. Indy, though, has gone 26 consecutive games without back-to-back losses.

Tampa Bay (3-8) at Carolina (8-3) Two streaking teams, with the Panthers establishing themselves as a title threat with seven straight wins.

Tampa Bay lost its first eight and now has won three in a row.

St. Louis (5-6) at San Francisco (7-4) The Rams are seeking their first three-game winning streak of 2013 and have no fear of the 49ers after beat-

ing and tying them last year, when San Francisco went to the Super Bowl. Rams rookie WR Tavon Austin had a 65yard TD run last week against the Bears for his fourth TD in a row from beyond midfield and sixth overall.

Miami (5-6) at New York Jets (5-6) Hard to believe one of these teams will be solidly in wild-card contention after they meet at the Meadowlands. New York’s wins and losses in alternating weeks ended with a defeat at Baltimore last Sunday, and rookie QB Geno Smith seems lost. It doesn’t help that other than RB Chris Ivory, he has virtually no skilled players at the skill positions.

New York Giants (4-7) at Washington (3-8) The NFL didn’t flex this game away from prime time, perhaps hoping one of these NFC East weaklings would have made a turnaround. The Giants were doing so with four consecutive victories following an 0-6 start, but they fell at home to Dallas last weekend.

Jacksonville (2-9) at Cleveland (4-7) Remember that almost-guaranteed top overall draft pick for Jacksonville next May? It is disappearing quickly as the Jags won two of their last three.

Atlanta (2-9) vs. Buffalo (4-7) at Toronto Remember how close the Falcons were to making the Super Bowl last season? One play.

Now, they are in strong contention to start off the draft next spring, a shocking collapse. Atlanta was the first NFC team eliminated from the playoff picture.

Bears (6-5) at Minnesota (2-8-1) The Bears have alternated wins and losses in each of the last seven weeks, and that should mean a victory in their last trip to the Metrodome before it is demolished. They have lost eight of their last 10 there.

Maybe the spotlight belongs on the kick returners: NFL career record setter Devin Hester for the Bears, rookie Cordarrelle Patterson for the Vikes.

Or maybe not: Vikings RB Adrian Peterson is 154 yards from 10,000 for his career, and the Bears’ banged-up defense is on track to give up more than 2,300 yards rushing. No, not on Sunday, despite how dangerous Peterson is, but for the entire season.

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Remembering Thanksgiving, both good and bad

By SCHUYLER DIXON The Associated Press ARLINGTON, Texas – The NFL played six games on Thanksgiving in 1920. The holiday tradition apparently didn’t settle in until 1934, the year the Detroit Lions were born.

Back then, the Lions were just looking for a way to take some attention from the Detroit Tigers, who were so popular that new owner George A. Richards thought he needed a diversion even though it was baseball’s offseason.

The game against the Bears was a big success, so the Lions have played on Thanksgiving ever since, save for a six-year gap during World War II. The Dallas Cowboys were invited to join them in 1966.

Every year since 1978, it’s been Lions and Cowboys on turkey day, with the night-time addition of a third game starting in 2006 thanks to the rise of the NFL Network – although the night game now is on NBC. Not to mention that there are now Thursday night games all season as the league expands its reach.

And there have been a few special moments – or not so special, depending on your point of view – along the way.

Longley to Pearson: This is No. 1 on the NFL’s list of Thanksgiving moments. Clint Longley, filling in for an injured Roger Staubach, threw a 50-yard touchdown pass to Drew Pearson with 28 seconds left in a 24-23 Dallas victory over Washington in 1974. That game as much as any other helped turn Cowboys-Redskins into one of football’s best rivalries.

They almost had a reprise last year when the Cowboys cut a 28-3 deficit to 35-28 in the fourth quarter, but Robert Griffin III led a drive that put

it away.

Say it ain’t so, Leon: Cowboys fans will never forget Leon Lett awkwardly sliding on the snow-covered turf of Texas Stadium in 1993, trying to cover up a ball he wasn’t supposed to touch after Dallas blocked a Miami field goal for an apparent victory. Lett’s move made it a live ball, and the Dolphins recovered at the 1. With a second chance, Pete Stoyanovich kicked a 19-yard field goal as time expired for a 16-14 win.

Toss that turned a game: Coin tosses were changed forever when referee Phil Luckett didn’t hear Jerome Bettis correctly on the flip for overtime in the 1998 game between Detroit and Pittsburgh. Players generally made the head/ tails call with the coin in the air, and Luckett thought he heard “heads.” The coin came up tails, and audio evidence backed Bettis’ claim that he said “tails,” although some said it sounded like Bettis changed his mind mid-word and said something resembling “heh-tails.” Regardless, Detroit got the ball and kicked the field goal for a 19-16 win.

Placing bounties: Long before Sean Payton was suspended for a season in the New Orleans bounty scandal, Dallas and Philadelphia engaged in a bounty war on Thanksgiving in 1989. The Cowboys were on their way to a 1-15 record under Jimmy Johnson when the first-year coach claimed after a 27-0 loss that the Eagles had put a $500 bounty on rookie quarterback Troy Aikman, and a $200 tag on former Eagles kicker Luis Zendejas.

Eagles coach Buddy Ryan said he didn’t know about any bounties. Johnson said he would have confronted Ryan on the field but that the Philadelphia coach “put his big, fat rear end in the dressing room.”

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Latest injury to Rose could be blow to Adidas, too

By ANDREW SELIGMAN The Associated Press CHICAGO – As he hobbled off the court again, Derrick Rose found himself in a familiar and painful spot.

The folks at Adidas might be wincing, too.

The sports apparel giant might have to find a backup plan after building its multimillion-dollar NBA marketing campaign around the Bulls’ superstar point guard, whose injured right knee will cost him the rest of the season that will stretch into June. Rose sat out last season following surgery on his left knee, and the Bulls are reliving a nightmare.

To some extent, so is Adidas.

The company that launched “The Return” campaign documenting Rose’s recovery last year from a torn anterior cruciate ligament and his rise from a rough South Side Chicago neighborhood to stardom for the hometown team could be taking a hit, too.

“He is their counterpoint to Nike and LeBron (James),” said Marc Ganis, president of SportsCorp, a Chicago-based consulting firm. “But to being out effectively two years in a row and doubts as to how fragile his body might be in the future has to give them great pause, both in the near term and the long term as to whether he will fade from the public consciousness by not being on the national and international stage. One year is acceptable. Two years, people are very quick to move on to others.”

Rose and the Bulls were counting on a return to the form that made him the NBA’s youngest MVP in 2011 and were eyeing at a run at James and the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference.

They can probably forget about that for now after Rose had surgery this week to repair a medial meniscus tear.

Rose has played in just 50 NBA games – 49 in the regular season – since he led the Bulls to the Eastern Conference finals during his MVP season. He was just working his way

NASCAR

NASCAR buys Iowa Speedway

By LUKE MEREDITH The Associated Press NEWTON, Iowa –NASCAR has bought the Iowa Speedway.

But that doesn’t mean that the track will be hosting a Sprint Cup any time soon – if ever.

NASCAR announced Wednesday that it had finalized the purchase the sevenyear-old track. It’s a move NASCAR said solidifies the future of the 0.875-mile tri-oval track in Newton. A purchase price wasn’t disclosed.

Featherlite Inc. founder Conrad Clement and his family purchased the track – which with temporary seating has held up to 60,000 fans for NASCAR Nationwide events – in 2011.

NASCAR will be the Iowa Speedway’s third owner since it opened in 2006.

“Iowa Speedway is a great entertainment facility with a very bright future,” said Eric Nyquist, NASCAR’s vice president of strategic development.

“The facility has the support of the region, it’s positioned well in the heart of the Midwest, and year in and year out it provides great short-track racing action for motorsports fans.

“NASCAR ownership will allow us to draw on the entire resources of our company. It also provides us with the opportunity to execute first-hand a number of entertainment ideas and engagement opportunities with fans.”

There has long been hope among racing fans that the Iowa Speedway – long a favorite of drivers for its bullring setup – might someday land a Cup event because of its success hosting Nationwide, Camping World Truck series and IndyCar races.

But NASCAR specifically noted in a release there are no plans to bring the Sprint Cup Series to Iowa in the immediate future.

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Bulls point guard Derrick Rose leaves the Moda Center on crutches Friday after he was injured in a game against the Portland Trail Blazers in Portland, Ore. Rose will be out for the rest of the year with a torn meniscus in his right knee. back from surgery after tearing his left ACL in the 2012 playoff opener when the injury to his right knee cropped up, another dagger for the Bulls and Adidas. That it happened in Portland, just a few miles from the company’s North American headquarters, was another twist.

Adidas America president Patrik Nilsson and Portland-based vice president of global basketball Lawrence Norman were sitting courtside and had an up-close view. Had they shed tears, would anyone have blamed them?

Rose signed a contract extension with the company in February

2012 that reportedly was worth $185 million to $260 million over 13 or 14 years. Two months later, he tore his ACL. Now, he’s on the mend again.

Adidas issued a statement wishing Rose well while pledging its support, and it’s not clear how the latest injury will impact the campaign.

“I can tell you that we’re focused on supporting Derrick through his recovery,” Adidas spokeswoman Madeline Breskin said. “Our plans remain unchanged at this time and we will update business plans, as needed.”

Ganis and Bob Dorfman, a sports marketing analyst at Baker Street

Advertising in San Francisco, said the company really has no choice but to go to a backup plan at least for now.

Either way, the company is in a tough spot.

When it comes to basketball shoe sales in the U.S., Nike has a stranglehold. The Swoosh is by far the leader at 92 percent with Adidas a distant second at 5.5 percent, according to research firm SportsOneSource.

On the plus side, the basketball shoe market is up 25 percent in general. Then again, Rose’s signature shoe didn’t fly off the shelves last year, generating $25 million.

“They really don’t have another marquee player in their stable,” SportsOneSource analyst Matt Powell said.

Click on the Adidas basketball website and it’s clear who’s No. 1. It’s Rose, who wears that uniform number.

Adidas also has Dwight Howard, but Superman’s popularity isn’t exactly soaring these days.

A messy split with Orlando that led to a trade to the Lakers and one brutal season in Los Angeles while recovering from back surgery were like Kryptonite to his image. Now, he’s in Houston after signing with the Rockets as a free agent.

Rose is just the latest high-profile Adidas player to suffer serious leg or foot injuries, including NFL stars Robert Griffin III and Frank Gore along with the NBA’s Tracy McGrady and Gilbert Arenas.

“It’s certainly possible, but I don’t think it’s an Adidas thing,” said Dr. Nicholas DiNubile, a former Philadelphia 76ers physician and a spokesman for the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. “I think it’s just the fact that the shoes are so good that you can stop on the dime and that allows you to maybe twist that knee a little quicker or land and have it shift a little quicker. I don’t think we’re at a point where we can definitively implicate.”

With Rose out again, where does Adidas turn at least for now?

A committee approach that also includes players such as John Wall, Ricky Rubio and Damian Lillard might be an option. Another possibility is going after Kevin Durant, whose Nike contract is coming up, or a college star such as Andrew Wiggins at Kansas. Dorfman also suggested focusing more on sponsoring leagues or teams instead of individuals.

How Adidas handles Rose is another issue.

“I’m not sure what you do with him,” Dorfman said. “You do your best to try to keep him in the public eye.”

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’TIS THE

SEASON December’s near, which means there are loads of holiday sights and sounds to enjoy. Here’s a list of local performances and events to help you plan.

Nov. 29 • “White Christmas” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

Nov. 30 • North Grove School’s Old Fashioned Christmas Open House: 2 to 5 p.m. at North Grove School, 26745 Brickville Road, Sycamore. www.northgroveschool.org.

• Ashley Lewis & Legacy Christmas Show: 8 p.m. at the Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St. in Sandwich. www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

Dec. 1 • Festival of Trees begins: Runs through Jan. 5 at Midwest Museum of Natural History, 425 W. State St. in Sycamore; www.mmnh.org.

• “A Christmas Story” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

Dec. 5 • Santa Comes to Town: Cookies, cocoa and caroling at 6 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in DeKalb; Santa arrives at 7 p.m.

Dec. 6 • “Polar Express” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

• Santa House: 5 to 7 p.m. on the lawn of the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

• Celebrate the Season: 5 to 8 p.m. in downtown Genoa. Santa will arrive in the Jingle Bell Parade and light the community tree before visiting with children at his house.

• Walk with Santa and Courthouse Tree lighting: Santa arrives at 6 p.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, walk continues to the DeKalb County Courthouse, corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore, for tree lighting. www.discoversycamore.com.

• Community Tree Lighting: 6:30 p.m. at Hinckley Community Building, 120 Maple St., Hinckley. Santa will arrive on a fire truck.

• Beth Fowler Dance Company’s “The Nutcracker”: 7 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in DeKalb; www.egyptiantheatre.org.

• Celebration Chorale Christmas Cantata: 7 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St. in DeKalb; 815-756-6301.

• Indian Valley Theatre’s “Miracle on 34th Street”: 7 p.m. at Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. www.indianvalleytheatre.com.

• Holiday Open House: 7 to 9 p.m. at the Ellwood House Museum, 509 N. First St. in DeKalb; www. ellwoodhouse.org.

Dec. 7 • Breakfast with Santa: 9 to 11 a.m. at the DeKalb Park District’s Hopkins Park Community Center, 1403 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. 815-756-8560.

• Sandwich Park District’s Festival of Trees: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Timber Creek Inn and Suites, Route 34 in Sandwich. www.sandwichparkdistrict.org.

• Carriage rides: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Public Library, North Third Street, and Van Buer Plaza, Second and Locust streets, in DeKalb • Visit with Santa: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Van Buer Plaza in downtown DeKalb.

• Santa House: 11 to 2 p.m. on the lawn of the

DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

• “Polar Express” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

• Holiday Open House: 1 to 3 p.m. at Sycamore History Museum, 1730 N. Main St. in Sycamore; www. sycamorehistory.org.

• Holiday Open House: 1 to 5 p.m. at the Ellwood House Museum, 509 N. First St. in DeKalb; www. ellwoodhouse.org.

• Celebration Chorale Christmas Cantata: 3 p.m. at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St. in DeKalb; 815-756-6301.

• Christmas Cantata: 6 p.m. at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. in Sycamore; 815-895-9113.

• Beth Fowler Dance Company’s “The Nutcracker”: 7 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in DeKalb; www.egyptiantheatre.org.

• Indian Valley Theatre’s “Miracle on 34th Street”: 7 p.m. at Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. www.indianvalleytheatre.com.

Dec. 8 • Sandwich Park District’s Festival of Trees: 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Timber Creek Inn and Suites, Route 34 in Sandwich. www.sandwichparkdistrict.org.

• “Polar Express” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

• Santa House: Noon to 2 p.m. on the lawn of the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

• 19th annual Christmas Tree Walk and Open House: 1 to 4:30 p.m. at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, 2944 Greenwood Acres Drive, DeKalb. 815-756-8461.

• Holiday Open House: 1 to 5 p.m. at the Ellwood House Museum, 509 N. First St. in DeKalb; www. ellwoodhouse.org.

• The 44th Annual Country Music Toy Drive: 1:30 to 5 p.m. at Feed’em Soup, 122 S. First St. in DeKalb.

• Indian Valley Theatre’s “Miracle on 34th Street”: 2 p.m. at Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. www.indianvalleytheatre.com.

• Beth Fowler Dance Company’s “The Nutcracker”: 2 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in DeKalb; www.egyptiantheatre.org.

• Northern Illinois University School of Music Holiday Concert: 3 p.m. in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building, 300 Lucinda Ave. in DeKalb; 815-753-1551.

• Gurler Heritage Holiday Sing: 4 to 5:30 p.m. at Gurler House, 205 Pine St., DeKalb. 815-758-4897.

• Christmas Cantata: 6 p.m. at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. in Sycamore; 815-895-9113.

• Carols and Candles: 7:30 p.m. at First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St., DeKalb; 815-758-0691.

Dec. 12 • Stage Coach Players’ “A Christmas Carol”: 7:30 p.m. at Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St. in DeKalb; www.stagecoachers.com.

Dec. 13 • Cookies with Santa: 3:30 to 7 p.m. at the Sycamore Park District clubhouse on the golf course off East State Street in Sycamore; www.sycamoreparkdistrict.com.

• Santa House: 5 to 7 p.m. on the lawn of the

DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

• Sycamore High School Madrigals dinner: 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St. in Sycamore; 815-899-8160, ext. 2173.

• Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops Concert: 7 p.m. at Boutell Memorial Concert Hall at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb; www. kishorchestra.org.

• Stage Coach Players’ “A Christmas Carol”: 7:30 p.m. at Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St. in DeKalb; www.stagecoachers.com.

Dec. 14 • Breakfast with Santa: 8:30 to noon, Cortland Community Park, 70 S. Llanos St., Cortland.

• Christmas in Kirkland: 9 to 11 a.m. at Alpine Bank, 306 W. Main St., Kirkland. Santa will arrive at 9 a.m. to visit with children. Horse-drawn wagon rides, music and refreshments.

• Cookies with Santa: 9 a.m. to noon at the Sycamore Park District clubhouse on the golf course off East State Street in Sycamore; www.sycamoreparkdistrict.com.

• Cookies with Santa: 10 a.m. to noon at the Genoa-Kingston Middle School, 941 W. Main St. in Genoa • Visit with Santa: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Van Buer Plaza in downtown DeKalb.

• Carriage rides: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Public Library, North Third Street, and Van Buer Plaza, Second and Locust streets, DeKalb.

• Santa House: 11 to 2 p.m. on the lawn of the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

• “Christmas Vacation” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

• Waterman Christmas House Walk and Carriage Rides: Noon to 4 p.m. in downtown Waterman, Route 30 and North Cedar Street. www.watermanil.com.

• “It’s A Wonderful Life” movie: 1 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in DeKalb; www. egyptiantheatre.org.

• Stage Coach Players’ “A Christmas Carol”: 2 and 7:30 p.m. at Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St. in DeKalb; www.stagecoachers.com.

• Sycamore/Rochelle Performing Arts Academy’s “Christmas Around the World”: 5:30 p.m. at the Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. in DeKalb; www.egyptiantheatre.org.

• DeKalb High School Madrigals dinner: 6 p.m. at DeKalb High School, 501 W. Dresser Road in DeKalb; 815-754-2120.

• Sycamore High School Madrigals dinner: 6:30 p.m. at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St. in Sycamore; 815-899-8160, ext. 2173.

Dec. 15 • “Christmas Vacation” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

• Santa House: Noon to 2 p.m. on the lawn of the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

• Stage Coach Players’ “A Christmas Carol”: 2 p.m. at Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St. in DeKalb; www.stagecoachers.com.

Dec. 18 • Greater Kishwaukee Area Concert Band holiday concert: 7 p.m. at Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. www. kishconcertband.org.

Dec. 19 • DeKalb County’s Largest Holiday Office Party: 5 to 8 p.m. at Fatty’s Pub and Grille, 1312 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb; www.fattyspub.com.

• A Visit From Santa: 7 p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St., Sycamore. www.sycamorelibrary.org.

Dec. 20 • “Elf” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

• Santa House: 5 to 7 p.m. on the lawn of the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

• DeKalb High School Madrigals dinner: 6 p.m. at Northern Illinois University’s Altgeld Hall in DeKalb; 815-754-2120.

Dec. 21 • “Elf” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

• Visit with Santa: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in Van Buer Plaza in downtown DeKalb.

• Carriage rides: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Public Library, North Third Street, and Van Buer Plaza, Second and Locust streets, in DeKalb.

• Santa House: 11 to 2 p.m. on the lawn of the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

• DeKalb High School Madrigals dinner: 6 p.m. at Northern Illinois University’s Altgeld Hall in DeKalb; 815-754-2120.

Dec. 22 • “Elf” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

• Santa House: Noon to 2 p.m. on the lawn of the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the corner of State and Main streets in Sycamore.

Dec. 23 • “Elf” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

Dec. 24 • “Elf” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

Dec. 26 • “Elf” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www.sycamorestatetheater.com.

Dec. 27 • “Home Alone” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www. sycamorestatetheater.com.

Dec. 28 • “Home Alone” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www. sycamorestatetheater.com.

Dec. 29 • “Home Alone” movie: 11 a.m. at Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore; www. sycamorestatetheater.com.

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things to do this weekend from director Spike Lee that stars Josh Brolin, Elizabeth Olsen and Samuel L. Jackson; “Black Nativity,” a PG musical starring Forest Whitaker, Angela Bassett, Jennifer Hudson and Mary J. Blige; and “Homefront,” an R thriller starring Jason Statham, James Franco, Winona Ryder and Kate Bosworth.

Everyone loves a parade On Thanksgiving Day, don’t forget to tune in to the unofficial kickoff to the holiday season – the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. It steps off at 9 a.m. local time on NBC.

Football matchups At the movies The big movies opening at theaters this week are “Frozen,” an animated PG film for the family; “Oldboy,” an R thriller

STAGE STAGE Beth Fowler Dance Company’s “The Nutcracker”: 7 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7, 2 p.m. Dec. 8, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $15 to $27; discounts available before Dec. 1. Tickets available www.egyptiantheatre.org or at the door.

IVT’s “Miracle on 34th Street”: 7 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7, 2 p.m. Dec. 8, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $12, adults; $10, students and seniors, at www.indianvalleytheatre.com or at the box office one hour before each performance.

Stage Coach Players’ “A Christmas Carol”: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 to 14, 2 p.m. Dec. 14 and 15, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. www.stagecoachers. com.

PR Productions’ “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever”: 7 p.m. Dec, 12, 13, 14 and 3 p.m.

Dec. 14, 15, Plano Christian Church, 9 Schomer Lane, Plano.

Free. Free-will offering taken.

Reservations: www.wewantpr. com.

ART ART Artwork by John Airo, Darick Maasen and Dan Kwarcinski: Through Nov. 30, The Ballroom Gallery & Studio, 134 1/2 Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

“Midwest Roots”: Through Jan. 6, The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Group exhibition of www.dekalbgallery. com artists. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through

Thanksgiving also is all about football, and there are three Thanksgiving Day matchups in the NFL. There also is college football action on Saturday and

Saturday. Phone: 815-758-0313.

Email: dan@dekalbgallery.com.

NIU School of Art Faculty Biennial: Through Feb. 15, NIU Art Museum, Altgeld Hall, College Avenue and Castle Drive, DeKalb.

Closing reception: 4:30 to 6 p.m.

Feb. 12. Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, noon to 4 p.m. Saturday. Closed for the Thanksgiving holiday weekend and Dec. 19 through Jan. 6 for winter recess. Information: www.niu.edu/artmuseum or 815-753-1936.

“Play: Stories, Mementos and Fun”: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesdays through Saturdays, Sycamore History Museum, 1730 N. Main St., Sycamore. Exhibition explores leisure moments and how we remember them through stories, objects and experiences.

Admission: $5 a person, free for members and children younger than 14. www.sycamorehistory. org. 815-895-5762.

DeKalb Area Agricultural Heritage Association Exhibit Gallery: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays and Sundays, Labor Day through Memorial Day, or by appointment, Nehring Gallery, 111 S. Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb.

Free. www.daaha.inc@gmail. com. 815-756-8737.

COMEDY

COMEDY Comedian Brian Regan: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 6, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $39.75 at www.Livenation. com, www.egyptiantheatre. org, 815-758-1225 or the Egyptian Theatre box office. www.

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Shopping deals Shop till you drop this Black Friday – there are plenty of deals to be had this year, and many places will be open starting on Thanksgiving, if you’re so inclined. And don’t forget about Small Business Saturday, a day designed to get people to shop locally. Look around for some deals you might have missed otherwise!

Ready, set, decorate To top off the weekend, make sure to welcome the Christmas season by getting your decorations all set. It’s also a good time to go tree shopping - check around for tree farms in your area.

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REGIONAL Zanies Comedy Night Club – St. Charles: Various dates at Pheasant Run Resort, 4050 E. Main St. Visit www.stcharles.zanies.com for acts, prices and showtimes.

630-584-6342.

EVENTS EVENTS Free holiday movies: 11 a.m., Sycamore State Street Theatre, 420 W. State St., Sycamore.

Bring a gift for Toys for Tots.

Schedule: • Nov. 29-30, Dec. 1: “White Christmas” • Dec. 6-8: “Polar Express” • Dec. 14-15: “Christmas Vacation” • Dec. 20-24, 26: “Elf” • Dec. 27-29: “Home Alone” “Rise of the Guardians”: 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Nov. 29, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Free movie sponsored

by DeKalb Evening Lions Club. www.egyptiantheatre.org.

Kishwaukee Valley Art League meeting: 7 p.m. Dec. 5, Unitarian Universalist Church, North Fourth and Locust streets, DeKalb. www.kval.us.

Holiday Shopping Fair at DAWC: 6 to 9 p.m. Dec. 6, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7, DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St., DeKalb. Admission: 50 cents, includes door prize drawing. Original art, handmade crafts, home-based businesses, homemade chili, other treats, live music, gift-wrapping and seated-chair back massage. In-

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formation: 815-758-1351 or dawc@niu.edu.

Gurler Heritage Holiday Sing: 4 to 5:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Gurler House, 205 Pine St., DeKalb.

Holiday storytelling, singing and Suzuki violinists. Free punch and cookies. Information: 815-7584897.

Laura Heine and Karen Tomko book signing: Noon to 3 p.m.

Dec. 14, Barnes & Noble, 2439 Sycamore Road, DeKalb. Authors to sign copies of “Rodney the Repo Reindeer.”

ALPHA: Friends of Antiquity Lecture Series: 7:30 p.m., Jack Arends Visual Arts Building, Room 102, NIU, DeKalb. Free.

815-787-6478. Schedule: • March 6: “The Long Lost Tomb of King Herod the Great at Herodium” • April 3: “When the Greeks Ruled: Egypt After Alexander the Great” Jack Hanna’s “Into the Wild” Live: 3 p.m. April 6, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $15 to $35.

Friends of the Egyptian Theatre member pre-sale begins at 9 a.m. Dec. 2. Tickets for general public on sale at 11 a.m. Dec. 5. www.egyptiantheatre.org.

MUSIC MUSIC Ashley Lewis and Legacy Christmas Show: 8 p.m. Nov. 30, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $15 to $25. 815-786-2555. www. sandwichoperahouse.org.

Avalon String Quartet: 8 p.m.

Dec. 3, Boutell Memorial Con-

Review: ‘Frozen’ gives royals a boost

By JESSICA HERNDON AP Film Writer Instead of the bygone damsels in distress – yes we’re talking about you Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty – the female royals of “Frozen,” Disney’s latest animated wonder, are feisty, forward and independent.

Strong female leads are fitting, as “Frozen” marks the first time a female has occupied the director’s chair in the 76 years of Disney animation features. Jennifer Lee, who wrote Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” as well as the screenplay for “Frozen,” co-directed the icy 3-D adventure with Disney veteran Chris Buck (“Tarzan”).

Inspired by the 19th century fairytale, “The Snow Queen,” by Hans Christian Andersen, “Frozen” marks another Disney film modernizing one of the Danish author’s stories. “The Little Mermaid” also adapted an Andersen fable.

Eight new songs, by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, work well when paired with the stunning visuals. But none really shine with classic tour de force like a “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” – and it’s been too long since we’ve had a big Disney-stimulated hit.

But the overall message more than makes up for the film’s pitfalls. Rich in magic, perils and family ties, “Frozen” encourages us to embrace our fears, overthrow our inhibitions and find the true meaning of love.

Set in the kingdom of Arendelle, sisters Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell) are best friends who love to play in the snow.

Luckily big sis Elsa can create ice and snow with her bare hands.

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Elsa the Snow Queen, voiced by Maia Mitchell, is pictured in a scene from the animated feature “Frozen.”

When Elsa accidently zaps her sister with her sorcery during playtime, Anna is almost killed.

Since their daughter can’t control her power, the king and queen send Elsa to her room and isolate her from her sister. But the girls are left alone when their parents die in a shipwreck.

Dauntless optimist Anna tries, for years, to get her sister to come out of her room. “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” Anna sings.

But Elsa, afraid of hurting her sister again, remains locked away.

That is until she turns 18 and is now fit to be queen.

On her sister’s coronation day, Anna is excited to finally have a house full of people. She even plans to keep her eyes peeled for the possible swoon-worthy suitor. Like clockwork, he comes in the form of the handsome Prince Hans of the Southern Isles (Santino Fontana).

Anna falls instantly and the two become engaged.

Anna’s impulsive behavior

enrages her big sister, which results in Elsa freezing the kingdom.

Disgusted with the continued lack of control over her sorcery, Elsa flees up the mountain and builds her own ice palace.

On a quest to bring her sister back, Anna teams with the uncouth, ice-selling Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), who has a lovable pet reindeer named Sven. Anna is able to convince Kristoff that if he helps her up the mountain, summer will return and he’ll be back in the ice business. She hooks him further when she saves them from a pack of wolves.

Soon we meet an adorable snowman named Olaf (Josh Gad) who offers cute and cuddly comic relief at just the right times. When they reach Elsa, Anna is unable to coax her into returning to the kingdom.

In a fit of rage, Elsa hits her sister with her powers once more and thus begins the race against time before Anna’s heart freezes over. Only the act of true love can thaw her.

The animation in “Frozen” is premium and the 3-D earmark adds to the pearly appeal of the ice and snow, but we are lacking in the sweeping romance we’ve grown accustomed to in a Disney princess movie.

Anna and Kristoff’s flirtation, while engaging, could stand to be a bit more rapturous. But when Kristoff teases Anna about getting engaged to Prince Hans just after they’d met, you can’t help but love him – and love him for her. Cheers to “Frozen” for that message: Finally a tale for gals about love as a journey and not just something meant to save the princess (or damsel) from her unfortunate circumstance.

cert Hall, Music Building, NIU, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Free.

815-753-1546.

Sandwich High School Madrigal Dinner: 7 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7, Sandwich High School, 515 Lyons Road, Sandwich. Tickets: $15, available now at the school; $18 at the door. Information: 815-786-2157.

Sycamore High School Madrigals Dinners: 6:30 p.m. Dec. 13 and 14, St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St., Sycamore.

Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets: $27, includes roast beef dinner.

Limited number of show-only seats available at reduced rate.

Reservations: 815-899-8160, ext. 2173, or www.syc427.org and click on “Online Box Office.”

Tickets on sale through Dec. 11.

Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday Pops Concert: 7 p.m. Dec. 13, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, seniors and students; $5 children younger than 12. www. kishorchestra.org.

DeKalb High School Madrigal Dinners: 6 p.m. Dec. 14 at DeKalb High School and Dec. 20 and 21 at NIU’s Altgeld Hall.

Tickets: $10 to $30; call Angel Smith at 815-754-2120 or go to the high school main office.

CSA Sinfonia reunion concert: 3 p.m. Dec. 22, Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb. Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts celebrates its 25th anniversary. Open to the public. Ticket prices to be announced. www.csa.niu.edu.

That’s Amore: The Dean Martin Story: 8 p.m. Jan. 11, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $15 to $25.

815-786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

Creole Stomp: 8 p.m. Jan. 25, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $15 to $25. 815-786-2555. www. sandwichoperahouse.org.

Gaelic Storm: 7:30 pm. Feb. 15, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $25 to $37 at 815-758-1225, www.egyptiantheatre.org or the Egyptian Theatre box office.

Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s ADM Young Artists Concerto Competition Winner Concert: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 22, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, seniors and students; $5 children younger than 12. www.kishorchestra.org.

William Yang: 7 p.m. March 8, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $15 to $25. 815-786-2555. www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Spring Concert: Shostakovich and Steel: 7:30

p.m. May 3, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, 550 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, seniors and students; $5 children younger than 12. www. kishorchestra.org.

ONGOING ONGOING Art Attack – School of Art in Sycamore: 215 W. Elm St. Classes for children and adults. www.sycamoreartattack.org or 815-899-9440.

Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts: NIU Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Classes in music, art and theater for children and adults. www.csa.niu.edu or 815753-1450.

Bread & Roses women’s choral group rehearsals: 5:45 to 8 p.m. Sundays, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. www.breadandroseschorus.org.

Indian Valley Community Band: 6 to 7:20 p.m. Mondays, Sandwich Middle School Band Room. Area musicians who enjoy playing for pleasure are invited; there are no auditions.

Open Mic: 8 p.m. Mondays, sign-in at 7:30 p.m., The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

Bands and singers perform for 12 minutes. 815-787-9547.

DeKalb Festival Chorus rehearsals: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays during the school year, NIU Music Building. www.dekalbfestivalchorus.org. Contact conductor Seth Houston at seth@sethhouston.com or 303815-0648.

Kishwaukee Barbershop Harmony Singers rehearsals: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Open to men of all ages. 815-895-5955 or 815899-8383.

Prairie Echoes Chorus rehearsal: 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road, DeKalb. Singing, food, friendship and fun.

Kishwaukee Concert Band rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Wednesdays, band room at Door 16 of Huntley Middle School, 1515 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. All-volunteer band for anyone age 18 or older who has played a wind or percussion instrument in the past. No auditions needed. 815-899-4867 or 815-825-2350.

Thursday Blues Nights: 8 p.m. first Thursday each month at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

“The Way” acoustic coffee house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. first Saturday each month, DeKalb Christian Church, 1107 S. First St. 815-758-1833 or tomndcc@ aol.com.

DeKalb High plans Madrigal Dinners The DeKalb High School Music Department is preparing for its 26th annual Madrigal Dinners.

This holiday event showcases the DeKalb High School Chamber Choir, an audition-only vocal ensemble of 26 singers directed by Travis Erikson. Outfitted in attire inspired

by Italian 15th century Renaissance garments constructed by Donna Xidis-Schultz and the DeKalb Theater Costumers, the choir will perform a variety of a cappella music ranging from traditional Christmas carols and chansons from the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Vocal and instrumental groups also performing include troubadours, pages, a brass ensemble, a string quartet and jesters to entertain.

Three Madrigal Dinners will be offered this year: Dec. 14 at DeKalb High School and Dec. 20 and 21 at

Northern Illinois University’s Altgeld Hall. Seating begins at 5:30 p.m. and the processional begins at 6 p.m.

Tickets for the Dec. 14 performance cost $20 for adults and students and $10 for a children’s meal for ages 10 and younger. This meal will be catered by Nat’s on Maple. A vegetarian meal is available upon request.

Tickets for the performances at Altgeld Hall cost $30 for adults and students and $12 for a children’s meal for ages 10 and younger. A vegetarian meal is available upon request.

Call Angel Smith at the DeKalb High School Music department at 815754-2120 to inquire about the menu and to order tickets before Dec. 11.

There will be gallery and balcony seating for both events on a firstcome, first-served basis. Cost is $5.

Sandwich High School to hold Madrigal Dinners The Sandwich High School Chorus Department will present its annual Madrigal Dinner on Dec. 6 and 7.

Shows for both evenings will begin at 7 p.m. at Sandwich High School, 515 Lyons Road. Tickets for the event can be purchased ahead of time for $15 each at the high school office, or at the door the evening of

the performance for $18 each.

The Madrigal singers perform an array of songs from the Renaissance Era that are commonly associated with Christmas. Audience members will travel back in time to enjoy a royal feast while the singers entertain.

For more information, call the school office at 815-786-2157.

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Avalon String Quartet to perform at NIU

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Artwork by local high school and college students will be featured at the next meeting of the Kishwaukee Valley Art League on Dec. 5. This painting is by Madeleine Alger, a senior at DeKalb High School.

Art students recognized The public is welcome to attend the next meeting of the Kishwaukee Valley Art League, titled the “Art of Giving,” at 7 p.m. Dec. 5 in the Unitarian Universalist Church at North Fourth and Locust streets in DeKalb.

The main feature of the evening will be the recognition of five gifted, local art students and the presentation of some of their works of art.

Carleine Straka, philanthropy chairwoman of the art league, approached the art departments at local schools and asked if they would nominate outstanding students to participate in the league’s “Art of Giving” program.

The following students were nominated: Emily Greer, oil painting, Kishwaukee College; Holly Baker, ceramics, DeKalb High School, junior; Madeline Alger, acrylic painting, DHS, senior; Cameron Kelley, abstract

surrealist in watercolor, pen & ink, photography, Sycamore High School, senior; Stefany Veldhuizen, impressionistic oil painting, SHS, junior.

Straka is an accomplished artist and has been involved with art and art leagues for many years. She currently works in pastel, oil pastel and watercolor.

“I feel there is a little bit of artist in everyone of us,” she said in a news release.

“Whether profound or subtle, we all have some desire to create something artistic or expressive. I feel it is very important to recognize, encourage and reward the emerging student artist.”

With this in mind, KVAL members are encouraged to donate art supplies, suitable for children of all ages which will be distributed to various local charities.

For more information about the art league, visit www.kval.us.

The Avalon String Quartet will continue its season with a performance at 8 p.m.

Dec. 3 in Boutell Memorial Concert Hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University. They will perform the Mozart String Quartet K 589 in Bb, Bartok’s String Quartet No. 3, and Schubert’s String Quartet in G Major D887.

The concert is free and open to the public. The Boutell Memorial Concert Hall is in the Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb.

The members of the Avalon Quartet are Blaise Magniere, first violin; Marie Wang, second violin; Anthony Devroye, viola; and Cheng-Hou Lee, cello.

The members of the Avalon Quartet teach applied lessons and coach chamber music, and are active in their performance career bringing attention to the NIU School of Music from the concert stage and in other outreach activities. They annually perform a number of concerts on campus and on a concert series produced by NIU at Symphony Center in Chicago.

The Avalon quartet was founded in 1995, held residencies at Northern Illinois University and the Hartt School, and prior to their appointment at NIU in 2007 was the

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The Avalon String Quartet will perform at Northern Illinois University on Dec. 3. faculty quartet-in-residence at the Indiana University-South Bend Raclin School of the Arts for four years.

The quartet garnered attention as prize winners in major competitions including the Grand Prize at the 1998 Fischoff Competition, First Prize in the 1999 Concert Artist Guild competition, and the highest prize awarded at the 2000 ARD Munich Competition. The quartet also received awards at the 1998 Banff and 1999 Melbourne competitions.

Their debut CD, “Dawn to Dusk,” was awarded the 2002 Chamber Music America/

WQXR Record Award.

The Avalon Quartet has performed in numerous major venues including Carnegie-Weill Recital Hall, New York’s Merkin Hall, the Gilmore Keyboard Festival, the Auditorium du Louvre in Paris, the Music Alp Festival in Seoul, Korea, London’s Wigmore Hall, Herculessal in Munich, and the Ravinia Festival.

For more information, contact Lynn Slater in the School of Music at 815-7531546.This concert will be livestreamed online at www.niu. edu/music. Click on “Live HD Webcasts!”

Indian Valley Community Band to play at Festival of Trees

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An ensemble from Indian Valley Community Band will entertain guests between 3:30 and 4:30 p.m. Dec. 7 at the Sandwich Park District’s annual Festival of Trees at Timber Creek Inn and Suites, Route 34 in Sandwich. The performance is open to the public and a variety of holiday music will be played. Everyone is invited. For more information, call Jean at 630-552-3875.

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Matt Johnson (Kris Kringle) and Jaden Frantzen (Susan Walker) practice a scene for Indian Valley Theatre’s production of “Miracle on 34th Street” to be staged at the Sandwich Opera House.

‘Miracle’ ushers in the holiday season at the Opera House Sometimes we all need a little reminder to believe at this time of year. What better way for all ages to embrace the season than with a visit to the Sandwich Opera House for Indian Valley Theatre’s production of “Miracle on 34th Street,” directed by Debbie Merkel of Sandwich.

In this classic Christmas tale, Doris Walker, Macy’s no-nonsense special events director, finds the actor hired to play Santa Claus intoxicated only moments before the start of the big Thanksgiving Day parade.

In a panic, Doris persuades a nice old man standing nearby to take his place. The kindly gentleman proves to be a sensation, and is quickly hired to be Macy’s official store Santa. Much to her dismay, Doris soon learns that her new hire claims to

be the real Santa. Despite her refusal to believe, many people begin to notice there is something very special about the old man, including her young daughter Susan.

What ensues is an exciting courtroom drama that quickly tests everyone’s belief in the magic and spirit of Christmas.

Performances of “Miracle on 34th Street” will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 6 and 7 and 2 p.m.

Dec. 8 at the Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets cost $12 for adults and $10 for students and seniors and are available online at www.indianvalleytheatre.com or at the box office one hour before each performance.

For more information, visit www.indianvalleytheatre.com, visit their Facebook page or send email to indianvalleytheatre@gmail.com.

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PR Productions offers free holiday show The Herdmans are visiting this Christmas season and funnier than ever in PR Productions’ presentation of the perennial holiday favorite, “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever.”

The show runs Dec. 12 through 15 at Plano Christian Church, 9 Schomer Lane in Plano. Show times are at 7 p.m. Dec.12, 13 and 14 and 3 p.m. Dec. 14 and 15.

The production is free to the public and is sponsored

by Plano Christian Church together with PR Productions. A free-will offering will be accepted. To make

seat reservations, visit www. wewantpr.com. Seats will be available at the door, based only on availability.

The Herdman kids – Ralph, Imogene, Claude, Ollie and Gladys – are “the worst kids in the whole history of the world!” They eat doughnuts that were bought for the firemen, write dirty words on the bathroom wall and put tadpoles in the church’s drinking fountain. So naturally, the whole town is horrified when they hear the Herdmans are starring in the annual Christmas pageant.

As predicted, disaster

strikes as rehearsals begin.

The Herdmans are initiating fights, saying bad words in church – they are even accused of starting a small fire.

When the big day arrives, the whole town shows up just to see what the Herdmans will do this time.

To everyone’s surprise, the Herdmans – experiencing the magic of the Christmas story for the first time – rise to the occasion, defy expectations, and make this year’s show the best Christmas pageant ever.

“I began in theater in this

production when I was a kid,” director Kris Pagoria said in a news release. “The show is laugh-out-loud funny, and then surprises you with tremendous heart.”

The cast includes 25 residents from Sandwich, Plano, Yorkville, Somonauk, Aurora, Sycamore and Millington.

Performances also will feature Christmas carols throughout, some presented as audience sing-along if desired, as well as pre-show and intermission entertainment by the Lamplight Singers.

Get your holiday shopping done all in one place this year at

Blumen Gardens Shopping is open to the public from 1pm to 5pm on Friday, November 29th

Come see these AMAZING vendors: Lia Sophia High Fashion Jewelry It Works! that crazy miraculous wrap thing!

Organo Gold Ganoderma-based products such as coffees, teas, lo�on etc.

Dove Chocolate Discoveries trendy chocolate bistro Thirty-One Trendy and customizable totes and bags Time Is Money Professional Cleaning and Organizing Perfectly Posh Natural spa and pampering products The Pampered Chef the premier direct seller of kitchen tools and food products Waldron Grove Alpacas felt tapestries, pain�ngs, clothing and accessories Naturally Green Trinkets & Things local business featuring natural body care, candles and jewelry made from recycled goods V3 weight loss, weight loss nutri�on and wellness Miche purses and bags with changeable covers Wildtree Simple, Natural and Healthy foods A Lil Bit of This and That locally handcra�ed jewelry Tupperware kitchen storage essen�als Scentsy Chemical free fragrances for your home and auto Tastefully Simple Easy to prepare foods from main dishes to desserts Olympia Chiroprac�c Chair massages Grace Adele designer purses and jewelry Gold Canyon Candles Variety of fes�ve scented jar and tea lite candles Mary Kay Direct seller of makeup and skin care

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Call 815-758-1940 or visit stagecoachers.com for tickets 126 S. Fifth Street, DeKalb, IL 60115

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Fake pregnancy lures man into relationship Dear Abby: A friend of mine faked a pregnancy to get a man to stay with her. Once he moved in, she told him she’d had a miscarriage. She even went so far as to name this so-called baby.

He now has the baby’s name tattooed on his arm!

She goes on Facebook and talks about how she misses her “little baby boy,” and counts every month as though it is his birthday.

Every time I read it I get a sick feeling.

I want to tell this man the truth. I know for a FACT she was not pregnant. I’m not sure how to go about this. If I

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips say something, I know I will end up the bad guy. Should I mind my own business or let this man know he’s living with a maniac? – Wants To Tell The Truth Dear Wants: Your friend may have told this lie so often that she has come to believe it herself. Or, she may be acting this out in order to hang onto the man. While I don’t think she is a maniac, I do think she may be unbalanced.

I agree the man has a right to know. Wouldn’t you want to be told if you were him?

The way to do it is face-toface. And be prepared for the friendship to end afterward.

Frankly, that may be for the best because the woman has more problems than you can cope with.

Dear Abby: My husband and I have recently moved and are now being bombarded with demands to see our home. I was brought up to believe that inviting yourself to anything, especially the privacy of someone’s home, is extremely rude.

I understand our family is

excited for us, and it is nice to be loved – but our home isn’t ready to be shown, and people won’t give up! Telling them about the remodeling mess and that we plan to have a housewarming party in the future when everyone can see our place has been ineffective.

The times I have been unable to avoid people who insisted on coming over, they were rude and judgmental about the moving mess.

Please advise me how to say “no” without offending those who are offending me. – Etiquette-Bound Homeowner in Kansas

Dear Homeowner: I’ll offer a tip. It is amazing what a person can get away with saying if it is done with a smile. All you have to do is smile and say, “Nope. NO ONE can see it until the unveiling.” And remember, it isn’t rude to stand your ground when someone is trying to encroach upon it.

Even family members.

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by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Slower heart rate normal if in good shape Dear Dr. K: Last time I went to the doctor, my heart rate was 55 beats per minute.

What could be causing my slow heartbeat? Is it dangerous?

Dear Reader: A normal heart rate at rest is between 60 and 100 beats per minute. A slow heart rate, of less than 60 beats per minute, is called bradycardia. You have just a slight bradycardia.

Bradycardia can be normal if you’re a well-conditioned athlete. A patient of mine bicycles 50 miles a week and has a resting heart rate of 50. Regular exercise improves the heart’s ability to pump blood efficiently. As a result, the heart doesn’t need to beat as often to supply the body’s needs.

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff But sometimes bradycardia is caused by an abnormal heart condition. To understand what can go wrong, you need to understand how the heart is supposed to work.

The heart is a fist-sized muscle. It has four chambers, each with walls of muscle.

Each chamber pumps when the muscle of the chamber gets an electrical signal to do so.

When everything is working properly, an electrical signal initiates a heartbeat.

This signal comes from the heart’s sinus node, located in

the right atrium (one of the two upper chambers of the heart, the atria).

From the sinus node, the signal travels through bundles of cells that carry the signals as if they were a copper wire. The signal first travels to the atrioventricular (A-V) node, located between the atria.

Then the signal travels through another bundle of cells (called the bundle of His) that is located between the ventricles (the heart’s lower chambers). From there, the signal travels to the muscular walls of the ventricles, which respond to the signal by pumping. (I’ve put an illustration of this process on my website.)

A problem in the sinus

node can cause bradycardia.

Or it can result when signals don’t properly pass through the A-V node and bundle of His. Bradycardia also can be a side effect of certain medications.

Treatment depends on what is causing the bradycardia. If your heartbeat is slow because you’re a healthy athlete, you probably don’t need treatment. Most people don’t need treatment unless they have bothersome symptoms.

When I see a patient with an unusually slow pulse at rest, I often have him walk up two flights of stairs. If his heart is healthy, the heart rate will jump in response to exercise.

Bradycardia can be caused by certain medicines (the most common of which are

beta-blockers), or by certain diseases (such as an underactive thyroid, or hypothyroidism).

Bradycardia resulting from certain cardiac arrhythmias can be treated with a permanent pacemaker. When implanted in the body, this device generates electrical impulses that regulate the heartbeat.

When it’s abnormal, a slow heart rate almost always has an effective treatment. But I’ll bet it’s not abnormal in you, just healthy.

• Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Visit www.

AskDoctorK.com to send questions and get additional information.

Your teacher’s decision was unprofessional Dr. Wallace: I know you are a former teacher and high school principal, so I’m hoping you can help me. I am a very good student. I have a relatively high IQ and my grade point average is 3.96. I understand that there is a lot of cheating going on at my high school.

Two weeks ago, our teacher gave us a homework assignment that was going to be graded. My teacher told me to put the wrong answers down for each question and to give these answers to anyone who asked me for them.

He said that he wanted to catch some of the cheaters.

Well, three of my best friends asked to see my homework and all three copied my “wrong” answers.

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace The next day the three were called into the vice principal’s office and were suspended from school for a week and a letter was put into their confidential files stating that they were caught cheating. The three were also given an F on the assignment.

To say that my friends are upset with me is an understatement. They refuse to talk to me and have told the whole school that I was a fink and got them suspended. The teacher is now sorry that he had me set up other students

8ASTROGRAPH

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Look for any opportunity to implement change into your life personally or professionally. Hone skills and invest in the things you really want to accomplish. Make decisions based on what will bring you peace of mind and less stress. Do not give in to emotional manipulation.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Professional decisions will lead to a better position. Don’t divulge personal information when dealing with emotional matters. Adaptability will put you ahead of any competition you face.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You will have difficulties with foreigners or while traveling or taking part in cultural events.

Concentrate on whatever job you’ve been given and refuse to let last-minute changes upset you.

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Working alongside someone you know you can count on will lead to greater success.

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to get caught for cheating.

Now when I get to school, I feel totally abandoned. I hate going to school knowing that everybody hates me. I keep telling myself that I did nothing wrong. I only did what the teacher asked me to do. Did I do anything wrong?

– Nameless, Somewhere in Indiana.

Nameless: Your teacher never should have asked you to be part of his sting operation to catch cheaters. While cheating is both wrong and a big headache for education, catching and punishing habitual culprits should never involve setting up innocent students as “bait.” The devastating consequences are easy to imagine.

You were doubly used.

8SUDOKU

Your teacher, in his zeal to catch the wrongdoers, gave no thought to the likely effect your participation would have on your friendships.

But your less-than-ethical friends were also using you.

The fact that they are ostracizing you now, rather than admitting their own guilt as cheaters, points to the shallowness of their friendship.

You must stop worrying about the loss of their friendship. Be proactive about making new friends. Get involved in school clubs and activities. This will give you the opportunity to meet other students and start building new relationships.

You did nothing wrong, and this will eventually blow over. My only suggestion is

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

that you re-examine your willingness to do what others ask you to do. I refer to both your friends and your teacher. Don’t allow yourself to be set up like this again!

Your teacher made a serious error when he used you to be part of his scam to identify students in his class who were cheating. He was unprofessional and should have been disciplined by his superiors. I hope this teacher and his superiors have a chance to read this column.

• 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

Good books return to the marketplace Happy Thanksgiving to my American readers.

Each year, several good bridge books are republished, and 2013 was no exception.

Four came from England: “Bridge for the Connoisseur”

by Hugh Kelsey, “The Rabbi and the Weaker Sex” by David Bird and Ron Klinger (originally titled “Kosher Bridge 2”), “Playing to Win at Bridge” by Ron Klinger (all Weidenfeld & Nicolson), and “Card Play Technique” by Victor Mollo and Nico Gardener (Master Point Press).

Kelsey discusses 58 interesting deals. The rabbi book is humorous and instructive.

Klinger gives 90 problems, moving from elementary to intermediate and on to advanced.

The Mollo and Gardener book covers all aspects of declarer play and defense, with quizzes at the end of each chapter. Originally published in 1955, this edition has been modernized by Mark Horton, editor of Bridge Magazine.

Here is a deal from this book. South is in three notrump. West leads a low spade and East puts up the queen.

What should declarer do?

South has seven top tricks: one spade (given the lead), three hearts, one diamond and two clubs. He can get the other winners from diamonds, but if that finesse is losing, East will return a spade. Here, as you can see, if South takes the first trick, he goes down, losing one diamond and four spades. But as long as declarer ducks the first trick, which the authors say requires willpower, the contract is safe.

East returns his second spade and West wins, but he has no entry. And if spades were 4-3, South would lose

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PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

WATERMAN STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

WILLIAM F. CROSS, MARCY L. CROSS, SHABBONA HARDWARE, INC., ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

IN CHANCERY CASE NO. 13 CH 412 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE is hereby given to Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, of the Complaint for Foreclosure filed in the above entitled case on the 8th day of November, 2013, and that they are named Defendants in the above entitled case, pursuant to the provisions of 735 ILCS 5/2-206, 735 ILCS 5/15-1218 and 735 ILCS 5/15-1502, and that the above entitled mortgage foreclosure which is now pending in said Court and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said Defendants is the 23rd day of December, 2013, and that the following information applies to said foreclosure proceeding: (i) The names of all Plaintiffs and the case number are identified above. (ii) The Court in which said action was brought is identified above.

CASTLE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

JEFFREY E. JOHNSON, T.L.I. INCORPORATED, PRIVATE EQUITY GROUP LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

CASE NO. 13 CH 423 PUBLICATION NOTICE NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is given to you, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Twenty Third Judicial Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Illinois, by the Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of certain Mortgage(s) recorded against the premises as follows to wit: LOT 7 IN JOHNSON INDUSTRIAL PARK, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 29, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 7, 1999 IN BOOK "Z" OF PLATS ON PAGE 426, AS DOCUMENT NO. 99006810, IN THE VILLAGE OF KINGSTON, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

COMMONLY KNOWN AS: LOT 7 JOHNSON INDUSTRIAL PARK, KINGSTON, IL 60145

(iv) A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: LOT 11 IN BLOCK 15 IN THE VILLAGE OF SHABBONA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "A" OF PLATS, PAGE 69, SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

and which said Mortgage was executed by JEFFREY E. JOHNSON and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2004003773.

That summons was duly issued out of the said Twenty Third Judicial Circuit Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

(vi) An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Names of mortgagors: William F. Cross and Marcy L. Cross Name of mortgagee: Waterman State Bank Date of mortgage: December 27, 2007 Date of recording: January 9, 2008 County where recorded: DeKalb County Recording document identification: 2008000432 /s/ Timothy J. Conklin Timothy J. Conklin, Attorney for the Plaintiff The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC 2040 Aberdeen Court

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(iii) The names of the title holders of record are: William F. Cross and Marcy L. Cross

(v) A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 210 West Comanche, Shabbona, DeKalb County, Illinois 60550

(8 ) mailto:jlewis@kleinstoddard.com

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, Defendants, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Twenty Third Judicial Circuit Court, at 133 West State Street, in the City of Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, on or before the 31ST day of December, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Dated: November 19, 2013 /s/ Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court JEFFREY L. LEWIS #06257559 Klein, Stoddard, Buck & Lewis, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-0380

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