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3M expansion project still on schedule Completion set for August 2016

By BRITTANY KEEPERMAN bkeeperman@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Builders say 3M’s $40 million expansion project is on schedule to be complete in August 2016, and officials say they are confident the tax abatement program that made it possible was a good move.

St. Paul, Minnesota-based 3M broke ground on its expansion project in September after DeKalb County taxing bodies agreed to tax incentives that will save the company about $4 million over 10 years.

The DeKalb Public Library, School District 428, the DeKalb Park District and the DeKalb County Board approved the deal along with the city of DeKalb.

“To host an expansion of a prime business in our community is a testament to the assets we offer in terms of infrastructure and workforce availability,” DeKalb Mayor John Rey John Rey said.

The expansion project will create an interconnected campus in DeKalb’s Park 88 off Peace Road.

The company plans to exit its two buildings at Barber Greene Road and Wirsing Parkway, and employees will move to the Park 88 facilities when construction is complete.

The company hasn’t announced major job creation with the project and currently employs a total of 538 individuals. Clayco, with offices in St. Louis and Chicago, is the construction company on

“The market right now across the greater Chicagoland area is the strongest it’s been in 50 years. The economy is good. Companies are expanding. Confidence is there.”

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Chris Zobel CBRE managing director the expansion project.

“It’s going very well,” said John Bunce, project director with Clayco.

Bunce added that the project was on schedule and will be complete in August 2016, which is when 3M is expected to move in. ”Concrete foundations are complete, and site utility work is nearing completion,” he said, “with concrete wall panel and structural steel work to start soon.”

Although the project is certainly extensive, it’s nothing Clayco is unaccustomed to, he said.

“This is the third and largest building we have built in DeKalb for 3M,” he said.

The contractor also built the other two Park 88 buildings that 3M occupies.

CBRE acts as the leasing agent for the privately owned buildings that 3M will exit. It’s a good time for them to be available, said Chris Zobel, managing director at CBRE. “The market right now

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A rendering of the 3M distribution center is seen posted in front of the building site Tuesday while crews work on moving dirt behind it along Macom Drive in DeKalb.

The building that once was home to Tommy O’s restaurant was demolished Wednesday at 107 S. Sacramento St. in Sycamore. The building’s previous owners had received a $5,000 facade improvement grant from the city in October 2014, but the new owners opted to demolish the building.

Former Tommy O’s site demolished

Sycamore trying to recoup funds granted in 2014 to renovate

By KATIE SMITH ksmith@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – The building that once was home to Tommy O’s restaurant was demolished Wednesday, and now city officials want to recoup grant funds the city spent to improve the structure last On the Web year.

City Council To see members unania video mously approved from the a $5,000 facade grant in October demolition 2014 to be put toof the former Tommy ward fresh paint and new winO’s restaurant, visit Daily-Chronicle.com. dows and doors for the building at 107 S. Sacramento St. Tommy O’s restaurant, the building’s last tenant, left the building in 2014.

Under the rules of the city’s facade grant improvement program, the building’s owners must maintain improvements for at least five years, or they are required to repay the grant money, City Manager Brian Gregory said.

A demolition permit for the 16,000-square-foot building was granted Nov. 19, city documents show.

“We do have a protection-of-work clause in our facade grant program,” Gregory said. “We’re going to work with the applicants to try to recoup those funds.”

A worker uses a chop saw to cut up pieces of metal for recycling Wednesday at the site of the former Tommy O’s restaurant in Sycamore.

But whom the city will seek compensation from was not immediately clear Wednesday.

The grant was initially awarded to Janis and David Baie, owners of Salon Suites of Sycamore at 127 S. Sacramento St., the building next door.

At the time, the Baies had a contract to buy the building at 107 S. Sacramento, Gregory said.

The Baies followed through with their improvement plans, but never

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It’s unfortunate that the plan for the building wasn’t carried out. But change of ownership for the building happens, and could happen any time.”

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Madigan: Illinois income tax should be restored to 5 percent

By JOHN O’CONNOR and IVAN MORENO The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – House Speaker Michael Madigan said Wednesday that “a good place to begin” in mending a multibillion-dollar spending hole would be to return the state income tax to 5 percent, its level during a temporary hike that expired in January with then-Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner’s blessing.

Although Madigan has made no secret of his support

for higher taxes during the months-long fiscal standoff, his response to an audience question after a luncheon speech to a packed City Club of Chicago gathering represented his first mention of a specific number.

“Let me avoid creating a headline for tomorrow’s newspaper and say that a good place to begin ... would be the level we were at before the income tax expired,” the speaker said.

“Starting there, you can go in whatever direction you want to go.”

He did not elaborate.

Madigan and the Democrats who hold supermajorities in both the House and Senate have been in a standoff with the conservative businessman governor over the state budget, which should have taken effect July 1.

Democrats want to catch up to the deficit with a tax increase and spending cuts.

Rauner counters the problems are deeper and is demanding far-reaching changes to make operating business cheaper.

His plan would curb union power by crimping prevailing wage rates and collective bargaining and limit payouts in workers’ compensation and liability lawsuits.

A spokeswoman for the governor did Michael not respond to a Madigan request for comment. But the GOP leader of the Senate, Christine Radogno of Lemont, called it “outrageous”

to suggest higher taxes with “no reforms to change the way we do business.”

Rauner’s victory over former Democratic Gov. Pat Quinn last year dashed Democrats’ hopes to extend the fouryear, 67 percent temporary increase imposed under Quinn.

The rate went from 3 percent to 5 percent – producing $7 billion a year – but the 2011 law required it to roll back to 3.75 percent without action to extend it.

Madigan continues to label as “extreme” Rauner’s pro-

posed changes and has repeatedly called for the governor to operate “in moderation.”

Three stopgap budget plans lawmakers have been able to put together with Rauner – including one Monday that released $3 billion, mostly in already-collected tax revenue – were possible, Madigan said, because of “one little difference: The governor was not demanding changes in workers’ compensation, collective bargaining, [or the] prevailing wage.”

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Family seeks Cuban hotel fee The ASSOCIATED PRESS TAMPA, Fla. – The family of the late gangster Meyer Lansky is hoping to be compensated for a Havana casino hotel seized after Cuba’s 1959 revolution, now that the U.S. and Cuba have begun trying to resolve billions in dollars in claims for the confiscation of American properties by the island’s socialist government.

Lansky’s family sees an opportunity to reclaim the Habana Riviera or its cash equivalent.

“The hotel was taken from

my grandfather forcefully,” said Lansky’s 60-year-old grandson, Gary Rapoport, of Tampa. “Cuba owes my family money.”

When the Havana hotel opened in 1957, it was the largest casino hotel in Cuba and boasted air conditioning when that amenity was still a rarity. It became kind of a base for Lansky, considered one of the most significant mob figures of the 20th century.

The Hyman Roth character in “The Godfather Part II” was based on Lansky and he was a figure in the HBO series

“Boardwalk Empire.”

Rapoport said his grandfather never recouped his investment in the project.

It cost an estimated $8 million to build the Habana Riviera in the 1950s. It still is operated as a state-run hotel.

“We never filed a claim with the government or hired an attorney earlier because we didn’t think the door for negotiating would ever actually open,” Rapoport said. “Now it is open.”

Whether the family ever can be compensated is unclear. Rapoport said his family

can prove ownership through financial records.

An initial list American properties and business nationalized in Cuba was completed on July 6, 1972. The U.S. government’s Foreign Claims Settlement Commission accepted claims again from 2005 through 2006, but not since then.

In an email to The Tampa Tribune, the State Department said the commission “is not presently authorized to accept additional claims by U.S. nationals for property seized by Cuba.”

Supreme Court torn over Texas affirmative

By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press

Rein was calling on Texas to take steps that would “reduce its educational quality.” Justice Clarence Thomas, an affirmative action opponent who has said he felt stigmatized by racial preferences, was customarily silent during the arguments.

Texas says the “top 10” program alone is not enough and that the school needs the freedom to fill out incoming classes as it sees fit. Gregory Garre said on behalf of the university that minority enrollment plummeted at top public universities in California and Michigan after they ended the consideration of race.

“Now is not the time and this is not the case to roll back student-body diversity in America,” Garre said.

Justice Samuel Alito said the university is engaging in “terrible stereotyping” by suggesting there is something “deficient about the African-American students and the Hispanic students who are admitted under the top 10 percent plan.”

Twelve years ago, the justices reaffirmed the consideration of race in the quest for diversity on campus. Their decision set a goal of doing away with such programs in 25 years.

“When do you think your program will be done?” Roberts asked Garre, who would not provide a date.

The court first heard Fisher’s case in 2012; the case ended inconclusively with a tepid decision that ordered a lower court review. The federal appeals court in New Orleans has twice upheld the Texas admissions program and rejected Fisher’s appeal.

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WASHINGTON – Torn as ever over race, the Supreme Court on Wednesday weighed whether it’s time to end the use of race in college admissions nationwide or at least at the University of Texas.

With liberal and conservative justices starkly divided, the justice who almost certainly will dictate the outcome suggested that the court may need still more information to make a decision in a Texas case already on its second trip through the Supreme Court.

“We’re just arguing the same case,” Justice Anthony Kennedy said, recalling arguments first held in 2012 in the case of Abigail Fisher. “It’s as if nothing has happened.”

Kennedy said additional hearings may be needed to produce information that “we should know but we don’t know” about how minority students are admitted and what classes they take to determine whether the use of race is necessary to increase diversity at the University of Texas.

Fisher has been out of college since 2012, but the justices’ renewed interest in her case appeared to be a sign that the court’s conservative majority is poised to cut back, or even end, affirmative action in higher education.

Their skepticism about it was on display during more than 90 minutes in a packed courtroom.

“What unique perspective does a minority student bring to a physics class?” Chief Justice John Roberts asked at one point, challenging a part of

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Members of the American Federation of Teachers rally in support of affirmative action outside of the Supreme Court in Washington, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2015, as the court hears oral arguments in the Fisher v. University of Texas at Austin affirmative action case. (AP Texas’ argument that says its program is needed to increase diversity at the classroom level.

Justice Antonin Scalia suggested it’s possible that some black students would benefit from being at a “slower-track school,” instead of Texas’ flagship campus in Austin, where some are “being pushed ahead in classes that are too fast for them.”

But it was not clear from the arguments whether Kennedy would go as far as his conservative colleagues to deal a blow to race as a factor in college admissions.

Potentially complicating the outcome, Justice Elena Kagan is sitting out the case because she worked on it at an earlier stage at the Justice Department, before joining the court. Her absence creates the possibility of a 4-4 split.

That would resolve the case in Texas’ favor, but say nothing about the issue nationally.

By HILLEL ITALIE The Associated Press NEW YORK – German Chancellor Angela Merkel has been named Time’s Person of the Year, praised Wednesday by the magazine for her leadership on everything from Syrian refugees to the Greek debt crisis. Time also cited Merkel’s strong response to “Vladimir Putin’s creeping theft of Ukraine” and on its cover called her “Chancellor of the Free World.”

“Not once or twice but three times there has been reason to wonder this year whether Europe could continue to exist, not culturally or geographically but as a historic experiment in ambitious statecraft,” Time editor Nancy Gibbs wrote.

“You can agree with her or not,

Angela Merkel German chancellor and chairwoman of the Christian Democrats but she is not taking the easy road.

“Leaders are tested only when people don’t want to follow. For asking more of her country than most politicians

The other three liberal justices appeared solidly in favor of the Texas program.

The arguments focused on whether the university has compelling reasons to consider race among other factors when it evaluates applicants for about one-quarter of its freshman class. Most students are admitted to the university through a plan that guarantees slots to Texans who graduate in the top 10 percent of their high school classes.

Fisher says the “top 10” program works well to bring in Hispanic and African-American students, without considering race. Bert Rein, representing Fisher, said the university can take other steps to diversify its student body without explicit reference to race, including reducing its reliance on standardized test scores.

But Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has said she benefited from affirmative action, said

would dare, for standing firm against tyranny as well as expedience and for providing steadfast moral leadership in a world where it is in short supply, Angela Merkel is TIME’s Person of the Year.”

Merkel, 61, is just the fourth woman since 1927 to be chosen and the first since opposition leader Corazon C. Aquino of the Philippines in 1986. She is the first German since Willy Brandt, the West German chancellor named in 1970 for “seeking to bring about a fresh relationship between East and West” during the Cold War. In 1999, Time picked the German-born Albert Einstein as Person of the Century.

Wednesday’s news came in as Merkel’s spokesman Steffen Seibert was leading a government press conference in the

German capital, while Merkel herself was at an event in Leipzig. When asked about it by The Associated Press, Seibert said he had only just received word on his phone himself.

“I’m sure the chancellor will regard this as an encouragement for her political work, for a good future for Germany as well as for Europe,” Seibert said.

Not everyone welcomed Merkel’s selection. She has been criticized for demanding unduly harsh terms for Greece as the country struggled to pay its debts and remain on the euro. Maria Dimopoulou, a public sector worker in Greece, said that Merkel “may be woman of the year for Europe and the world in general but for Greece she is disaster of the year and all of the past years.”

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Pettengells’ punishment Festival of Trees on display likely to be decided Jan. 5

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By KATIE SMITH ksmith@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The DeKalb County Merit Commission expects to reach a final decision Jan. 5 regarding the discipline of two sheriff’s deputies who it found violated departmental policy during a fatal police chase.

After hearing testimony in hearings that spanned two months, the commission unanimously recommended Monday that Deputy Meagan Pettengell and Sgt. Ryan Pettengell should face discipline for their roles in a March 30 police chase that ended in a Kingston man’s death.

Commissioners found that Meagan Pettengell violated mobile video and audio procedures and failed to use good judgment when it came to the safety of others, and her husband, Sgt. Ryan Pettengell, did not adequately supervise the situation.

The commission now must decide a proper punishment

for the two employees, merit commission attorney John Kelly said.

“The evidence at this portion of the hearing will be somewhat limited,” Kelly said.

The verdict came after three hours of closed-session deliberations. Both sides presented closing arguments Monday.

The next phase of the disciplinary process will begin at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 5. DeKalb County Sheriff Roger Scott and the Pettengells’ representatives will argue a case for appropriate penalties for the violations before the penalties are handed down.

Scott has recommended Meagan Pettengell be fired and that Ryan Pettengell, her supervisor that evening, be suspended for 60 days without pay. Both have been suspended without pay since June 23.

During this phase of the process, both sides’ lawyers can submit evidence supporting what they believe a fitting punishment might look like.

“Based on my experience, I expect the sheriff will introduce the disciplinary history of both the deputy and the sergeant,” Kelly said.

Similarly, the Pettengells’ attorneys likely will submit any paperwork commending the employees for their work within the department, Kelly said.

The officers’ attorneys, Laura Scarry and Jim DeAno, were not immediately available for comment.

Scott said he has no plans to consider making any revisions or clarifications to the department’s pursuit policy until he receives a written copy of the merit commission’s findings on Monday.

The official findings likely will be presented for approval at the Jan. 5 meeting, Kelly said.

“I am going to do my best to have the findings and decision written prior to the Jan 5 meeting date so that at that meeting the commission can approve those,” Kelly said.

Local governments relieved, eager to receive missing state revenue Road work, street repairs to get funds

By RHONDA GILLESPIE rgillespie@shawmedia.com DeKALB – With $582 million appropriated in Springfield this week for the Illinois Motor Fuel Tax Fund, local municipalities can solidify funding plans for road work and street repair and maintenance.

Lacking a composite budget plan, lawmakers have begun to introduce standalone appropriations bills to help fund some local entities. On Monday, Senate Bill 2039 cleared the General Assembly. It authorizes the state to distribute motor fuel tax revenue to counties, cities and townships.

Before then, the state collected the taxes but could not legally distribute them without a budget.

In fiscal 2015, DeKalb County governments collected more than $4.2 million combined, and they expect to receive more in this fiscal year, which began July 1. The money is divvied up based on population.

“We are very pleased that the Legislature down in Springfield has gone ahead and released these funds, despite not having a budget in place,” said Nathan Schwartz, DeKalb County engineer. “It’s a really big deal for the county. ... We have 19 townships in DeKalb County, and each township has a road district that relies on motor fuel tax for their construction.”

The Illinois Department of Transportation distributes the motor fuel tax money. By law, the funds must be spent on street maintenance and operations.

Like other county municipalities, the city of Sycamore has been using reserve funds to fix sidewalks, salt streets and pave roads.

City Manager Brian Gregory said fairly good weather so far has helped the fiscal situation. But not knowing when the city would receive the $500,000 it expects from its

What they’re missing Below are the total state motor fuel tax payouts that local municipalities received in fiscal 2015, the last fiscal year for which Illinois had a state budget.

Cortland DeKalb Genoa Hinckley Kingston Kirkland Lee Malta Sandwich Shabbona Somonauk Sycamore Waterman

$100,657 $1,037,932 $122,416 $48,796 $27,439 $41,111 $7,944 $27,439 $174,937 $21,805 $44,624 $412,980 $35,501

• Total for municipalities: $2,103,586 • DeKalb County: $1,194,258 • 19 townships: $935,083 • Total for all of the DeKalb County area: $4,232,928.63

Source: Illinois Department of Transportation share of fuel tax revenue in fiscal 2016 makes planning ahead a bit unnerving.

“When there is uncertainty, it makes it more difficult to start to plan,” Gregory said.

Both state Sen. Dave Syverson, R-Rockford, and state Rep. Bob Pritchard, R-Hinckley, supported the legislation.

“I didn’t get a lot of pushback from counties and Dave municipalities Syverson because they’ve been very judicious in their funding,” said Pritchard, whose 70th District includes much of Bob DeKalb County.

Pritchard “They’ve cut back when they’ve needed to cut back. I know they appreciate that [motor fuel tax] funding. It gives them more confidence as they look at their full

fiscal year.”

IDOT officials have not said when funds actually would be disbursed, but local leaders such as Gregory feel more assured that with the legislation passed, the money will come.

After the county, the city of DeKalb gets the second-largest local motor fuel tax payout.

DeKalb anticipates getting a little more than $1 million for this fiscal year, which ends June 30.

But after not receiving any payout since June, DeKalb City Engineer John Laskowski said the public works department has had to be careful.

“It was making us just more cautious of taking on any more long-term projects because we didn’t know if the money [from the state] was going to be there,” Laskowski said.

DeKalb Finance Director Cathy Haley said July and August payouts alone would have brought DeKalb almost $220,000.

SB2039 first passed in the Senate, 49-7, in August. Syverson, whose 35th District includes part of DeKalb County, didn’t support the legislation then.

But the amended bill passed in the House, 107-1, Dec. 2, the Senate approved the changed legislation, 53-0, on Monday, and Gov. Bruce Rauner signed it into law the same day.

The bill not only makes appropriations for the motor fuel tax fund distribution, but it also pays for programs including lottery winnings, services for veterans, women’s health, domestic violence and low-income energy assistance.

It also authorizes spending within state agencies, including the Secretary of State, the Department of Children and Family Services and the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity.

The governor in June vetoed the inclusive budget plan Democrats passed because it included a $4 billion deficit.

Pritchard has said he doesn’t like to “piecemeal” a budget, but he voted in favor of this bill.

“I’m sorry we had to do this kind of budgeting,” Pritchard said.

SYCAMORE – Students at Sycamore’s North Elementary School have been studying the history of Native Americans in social studies, learning to weave in art class and now are showing off what they’ve learned at the Midwest Museum of Natural History.

The museum, located at 425 W. State St., Sycamore, is hosting its annual Festival of Trees this month, and fifth-graders at North Elementary were one group who decided to join in this year. Their holiday tree is decorated with their woven creations and handmade ornaments with facts about Native American tribes.

“One of our school goals is to create more community partnerships,” said Jennifer Parsons, a fifth-grade language arts and social studies teacher at North. “I thought it was a perfect way to display our weaving, and it was a good topic for the natural history museum.”

A total of 22 community groups, businesses and organizations are participating in the festival, which runs through December. Trees are set up throughout the museum, and members of the public are invited to vote for their favorites.

The festival acts as a fundraiser for the museum.

Although this was North’s first foray at the Festival of

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Trees, Sycamore High School students have been longtime participants.

“This is our fifth tree,” said Dawn Cavanaugh, chairman of the Sycamore High School art department. “We come up with a theme, and ask the students to create an ornament and help decorate if they are free.”

The theme of Sycamore High School’s tree is Bob Ross, iconic creator and host of TV’s “The Joy of Painting,” an instructional show that aired in the 1980s and ’90s on PBS. “We talked to all the classes and showed them ‘The Joy of Painting,’ and they just loved it,” Cavanaugh said. “We used cookie cutters to cut out the clay tree ornaments, and the kids glazed them. … I had a

student use an actual painting canvas to create the tree skirt.”

The festival is a good way for businesses to promote their upcoming events and get their names out there, as well.

The Sycamore State Theatre’s tree was decked out in “Star Wars” paraphernalia, and many trees were adorned with business cards and coupons. Bethany Animal Hospital had staff decorate clay ornaments and placed stuffed cats and dogs throughout their spruce.

“It’s kind of about getting out in the community,” said Ashley Rodriguez, director of marketing at Bethany Animal Hospital. “It’s having fun and getting different people involved every year.”

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Emanuel apologizes for teen’s death, pledges reform CHICAGO – Mayor Rahm Emanuel, known for keeping vise-like control over Chicago and his own political image, finds himself in the weakest position of his long public career as he struggles to respond to a police scandal, claims of cover-ups at City Hall and calls for his resignation.

But the former White House chief of staff has said repeatedly that he will not step down.

The nation’s third-largest city has no process for a mayor to be recalled, though a state lawmaker from Chicago introduced a proposal Wednesday to allow for it. And most of the cries for Emanuel to resign have come from grassroots activists and residents, not from the city’s political powerbrokers. The next election – should he seek another term – isn’t until 2019.

On Wednesday, the mayor used a special meeting of the Chicago City Council to try to

calm the firestorm, apologizing for the fatal shooting of a black teen by a white officer and promising “complete and total” reform.

“I take responsibility for what happened because it happened on my watch. And if we’re going to fix it, I want you to understand it’s my responsibility with you,” Emanuel said during a sometimes-emotional speech that lasted nearly 45 minutes.

“But if we’re also going to begin the healing process, the first step in that journey is my step.

And I’m sorry.”

The remarks were Emanuel’s lengthiest and seemingly most heartfelt since the public got its first look last month at the squad car video that showed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald veering away from officer Jason Van Dyke before Van Dyke began shooting, hitting McDonald 16 times. Van Dyke is charged with first-degree murder.

Critics have repeatedly accused Emanuel of keeping the footage under wraps until after

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DeKALB – DeKalb County Crime Stoppers is seeking information about a stolen Sycamore vehicle and a burglary to another vehicle at Kishwaukee Community College.

Police said a maroon 2003 Subaru Outback was stolen between 9:30 p.m. Tuesday and 6:45 a.m. Wednesday from the 400 block of Edward Street, Sycamore, according to a news release.

Police also are asking for information regarding a burglary to a silver 4x4 Jeep, from which bank cards, cash and a car cellphone charger were reported missing.

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SPRINGFIELD – A Chicago lawmaker plans to try again next spring to drop criminal penalties for possession of small amounts of marijuana.

Democratic Rep. Kelly Cassidy plans to announce her proposal Thursday in Chicago.

The General Assembly endorsed a Cassidy-sponsored plan last spring to impose fines for possession of marijuana.

Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner used his power to rewrite legislation to lower the amount of pot allowed and impose higher fines.

The Legislature took no action to overturn the veto.

A statement from Cassidy on Wednesday said her new proposal would include provisions that Rauner and lawmakers “agreed to earlier this year.”

Rauner lowered the amount of marijuana allowed to 10 grams from 15 grams in Cassidy’s plan and impose fines of $100 to $200 instead of $55 to $125.

Medical marijuana taxes total $57K in 1st month

CHICAGO – Illinois officials said the state’s first medical marijuana patients have bought nearly $801,000 worth of cannabis during the program’s first month.

Program director Joseph Wright announced the figures Wednesday. The numbers indicate Illinois has collected roughly $56,550 in taxes from wholesale sales of medical marijuana during the month.

Marijuana wholesalers pay a 7 percent tax to the state.

Wright said licensed dispensaries have served 1,713 unique patients. That’s nearly half the 3,600 patients who have been approved for the program.

Legal marijuana sales began Nov. 9 in Illinois. There are now 16 licensed dispensaries operating in Illinois.

The first month’s dispensary sales figures indicate that the retail price per gram on average was roughly $14 to $15.

Deadline ahead for health insurance marketplace

CHICAGO – Less than a week remains for Illinois consumers to buy private health insurance for coverage starting Jan. 1 on the marketplace created

by President Barack Obama’s health care law.

Tuesday is an important enrollment deadline. Consumers who want their coverage to start at the first of the year need to choose a health plan by that date.

Earlier this week, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin joined other officials in urging uninsured Dick Durbin Illinois residents to enroll and others who buy marketplace coverage to re-enroll. Enrollment runs through the end of January. Signing up after Tuesday means coverage starts in February.

As of Saturday, more than 97,000 consumers in Illinois have selected a marketplace health plan.

Illinois is one of 38 states that use the federal health insurance marketplace.

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Lamon Reccord is taken into custody Wednesday by Chicago police officers during a march in Chicago calling for Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to resign. Reccord was later released at the scene after protesters blocked the vehicle where he was being held. he won a tougher-than-expected spring election for a second term. The mayor has denied the claim and acknowledged Wednesday that he should have pressed for prosecutors to wrap up their investigation sooner so

Chicago fights release of 2013 police shooting video

By MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO – The city of Chicago kept up its fight Wednesday to stem the release of a 2013 fatal police shooting video despite pledges of greater transparency in the wake of the release of another police shooting and a newly announced U.S. Department of Justice investigation into law enforcement.

The family of Cedrick Chatman sued the city after the black 17-year-old, who was a suspect in a car theft, was killed by a white officer on Jan. 7, 2013. At a Wednesday hearing in the civil case, a federal judge said he’d decide Jan. 14 whether to order the city to release the footage of Chatman’s shooting death.

After the hearing, a family lawyer criticized Mayor Rahm Emanuel, saying he had the power to order the video’s release himself. “(His) new take is that he wants transparency, he wants change,” Chatman family lawyer Brian Coffman said. “If Mr. Emanuel wants change ... he should ... call us and say,

“If Mr. Emanuel wants change ... he should ... call us and say, ‘You know what? We’re not going to fight this anymore.’ ” Brian Coffman Chatman family lawyer ‘You know what? We’re not going to fight this anymore.’ ” Also Wednesday, Emanuel spoke at a special City Council meeting about the crisis that’s dogged him and the police department after the Oct. 20, 2014, fatal shooting of black teenager Laquan McDonald by white Officer Jason Van Dyke. The city released a squad-car video of the McDonald shooting on Nov. 24 – but only after a state judge ordered them to.

In the Chatman case, city lawyers have stuck to similar arguments they used in opposing the McDonald video’s release: It could prejudice would-be jurors if the case

goes to trial. City attorneys didn’t comment after the hearing.

The Independent Police Review Authority, which investigates police shootings, cleared the officer of wrongdoing. The Cook County state’s attorney office has said it saw the authority report and chose not to pursue charges.

Officials have said Chatman appeared to reach for something before getting out of a car and that officers believed it was a gun; it turned out to be a small box, the prosecutor’s office said. Video from several building security cameras show Chatman running with nothing in his hand as two white officers chased him and one fatally shot him, according to Coffman, who has seen it.

Court filings allege that the IPRA cleared the officer only after an investigator who opposed that finding, Lorenzo Davis, was fired.

An IPRA spokesman declined comment Wednesday.

But Davis’ lawyer, Torreya Hamilton, said the release of the video will corroborate Davis’ allegations.

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NORMAL – Lawyers for a central Illinois hotel are denying wrongdoing in response to a lawsuit brought by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission alleging that management failed to stop racist comments and conduct toward at least one black employee.

The Bloomington Pantagraph reported Wednesday that papers filed in U.S. District Court in Peoria show attorneys are asking that the complaint be dismissed.

Commission officials have said a preliminary investigation showed an employee at Bloomington-Normal Marriott Hotel and Conference Center was subjected to racial slurs and comments about slavery, among other things.

The hotel is owned by Missouri-based John Q. Hammons Hotel Management. A spokeswoman has said protocols in place ensure adherence to federal employment policies.

The complaint doesn’t name individuals.

The lawsuit seeks compensation. The next hearing is Jan. 8.

– Wire reports

the video could be made public.

But his contrition did little to ease the anger in the streets.

Hours after the speech, protesters overflowed an intersection in front of City Hall, then marched through the financial

district and blocked a major intersection for a short time as police directed traffic around them. Officers guarded the doors to the Chicago Board of Trade as demonstrators approached.

Outside City Hall, retired schoolteacher Audrey Davis carried a sign reading, “Mayor Emanuel is morally corrupt!”

Calling the speech “politically expedient,” Davis said, “I don’t want to hear anything from him except, ‘I tender my resignation.’”

Davis, who is black, said she fears for her 25-year-old grandson when he comes home from college.

“Each time he comes home, my heart is in my throat in case he meets up with a racist cop,” Davis said. “We shouldn’t have to live like this.”

Since the video emerged, Emanuel has scrambled to contain the crisis. He fired his police superintendent after days of insisting the chief had his support. He also reversed course on whether the U.S. Justice De-

partment should launch a civil-rights investigation, saying he would welcome it only after presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats endorsed the idea.

In news conferences, he has appeared worn down, fumbling answers to reporters’ questions or avoiding them entirely by walking away, with cameras rolling. On Wednesday, Democratic state Rep. La Shawn Ford filed legislation outlining a lengthy process for a city special election.

“I don’t think I’ve ever seen him grapple with anything quite like this,” said longtime ally and adviser David Axelrod, who also served with Emanuel in the Obama White House.

Axelrod said Emanuel worked on the speech all weekend, with input from him and others. But he said the speech alone isn’t what matters.

“You don’t earn trust back with one speech,” Axelrod said.

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By THOMAS BEAUMONT and JULIE BYKOWICZ The Associated Press MANCHESTER, N.H. – Even campaigning half as much as his rivals, Donald Trump is drowning them out in an echo chamber of insults and charged pronouncements that have taken over the presidential campaign.

Frustrated GOP candidates trekking across Iowa, New Hampshire and South Carolina are struggling to be heard.

All the while, some Republican officials worry the intense Trump focus is letting Democratic front-runner Hillary

Clinton escape serious scrutiny as she works to strengthen her case to general election voters in the 2016 contest.

“He’s playing you like a fine Stradivarius violin,” former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush told reporters who mobbed him after a campaign stop in New Hampshire this week – to get his reaction to Trump’s remarks. “This is what he does. He’s an expert at this. He’s phenomenal at garnering attention.”

Perhaps no one is more frustrated than Bush, the former Florida governor once thought the likely nominee but now fighting for relevance as Trump leads most Republican polls.

Bush spoke at length during his campaign stops about his strategy to stop the Islamic State, which he said President Barack Obama and Clinton, as secretary of state, had foolishly dismissed.

Yet the first question he faced from vot- Donald ers at a Tuesday Trump night stop in southern New Hampshire had nothing to do with his policies.

“I’m going to say two words, probably the last two words you want to hear right now,” said Tim Chrysostom, one of 125 in

attendance. “Donald Trump.”

“What about him?” Bush replied curtly.

With Trump’s call to ban Muslims from entering the United States, just the latest example of his provocative statements, the billionaire busiJeb Bush nessman has found a way to dominate the conversation even when he’s not in the room.

On Wednesday, Bush touted a plan to return more power to states. Ohio Gov. John Kasich addressed national security in

New York. And retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson outlined his plan to reshape the U.S. health care system.

Each made hardly a ripple in the race.

Trump’s newest comments on Muslims, however, got attention.

“I’m doing good for the Muslims,” he declared in an interview to be aired Wednesday night on CNN. “Many Muslim friends of mine are in agreement with me.”

Tens of millions of dollars in campaign spending aren’t helping Trump’s adversaries break through.

Trump spent $5.6 million

through the end of September.

The rest of the GOP field spent more than $76 million over the same period.

Bush and his supporters alone have invested some $32 million in television and radio commercials. Trump? About $300,000.

Even Trump’s critics, like New Hampshire Republican national committeeman Steve Duprey, admires the real estate mogul’s ability to dominate the conversation with such a modest investment of time and money.

“No one can deny he’s running a brilliant campaign,” Duprey said.

FBI: California shooters Officer testifies in his own radicalized 2 years ago defense at Freddie Gray trial

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The Associated Press BALTIMORE – Officer William Porter was poised and calm as he testified in his own defense Wednesday, telling jurors that he didn’t call an ambulance for Freddie Gray because Gray was alert, appeared uninjured and didn’t complain of any pain or wounds in the back of a police van.

Instead, Gray only said “yes” when Porter offered to get him medical aid, the officer testified. Porter said he suggested to the van driver, Officer Caesar Goodson, that

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Lilly Bumpus, a 3-year-old former cancer patient who received her post-cancer treatment Tuesday at the Inland Regional Center – the site of last week’s shooting rampage that killed 14 people – pays her respects at a makeshift memorial for the shooting victims in San Bernardino, Calif. radicalize towards martyrdom and jihad as early as 2013,” said Comey, using an acronym for the Islamic State. “And so that’s really before ISIL became the global jihad leader that it is.”

The latest disclosure also suggests that the government’s vetting process failed to detect Malik’s radicalization when she applied for the visa, though Comey said he didn’t know enough to say whether weaknesses in the visa process enabled her to enter the U.S. “After this hearing today, every American will be asking the question, how did this woman come in on a fiancée visa?” said Sen. Chuck Schumer, a New York Democrat and member of the committee.

Malik came to the United States in July 2014 from Pakistan after being approved for a K-1, or fiancée visa, and married Farook the following month. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has said the Obama administration is now reviewing the program. He did

not say what changes were being considered.

Malik’s father, reached in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, condemned his daughter’s actions and said he is “very, very sad. ...

I am in such pain that I cannot even describe it.”

The father, Gulzar Ahmed Malik, has been a resident in the kingdom since the early 1980s, the Saudi Interior Ministry says. His daughter was from Pakistan but traveled to Saudi Arabia.

A former classmate, Afsheen Butt, said Malik showed drastic changes after a trip to Saudi Arabia in late 2008 or early 2009.

Last week’s shooting attack at a holiday party killed 14 people and left 21 injured. Former neighbor Enrique Marquez bought the two rifles used in the attack, officials said.

One law enforcement official briefed on the investigation said Marquez has told investigators he and Farook planned an attack in the U.S. in 2012 but abandoned the idea.

able to support himself with his legs.

The fourth stop is crucial in Porter’s case because prosecutors say Gray was already injured by the time he arrived there, and that Porter’s failure to call a medic contributed to Gray’s death. Defense attorneys say Gray was injured later in the ride.

“Freddie Gray wasn’t injured at stop four or five, it’s that simple,” Porter said. “Had he been injured, I would have called a medic.”

Prosecutors also said that by not buckling Gray into a seat belt during that stop, Porter was criminally negligent.

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Investigators also are looking at whether the husband accused in the shootings was planning an attack in 2012 but abandoned those plans, according to two people familiar with the investigation who were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity.

One week into its investigation, the FBI now believes that Syed Rizwan Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, embraced radical Islamic ideology even before they had begun their online relationship and that Malik held extremist views before she arrived in the U.S. last year, Comey told the Senate Judiciary Committee.

Though the FBI believes the pair was inspired in part by Islamic State ideology – Malik pledged allegiance to the group’s leader in a Facebook post around the time of last week’s massacre – agents still are looking for other motivations and sources of radicalization, especially because the couple’s interest in extremism predates the terror group’s emergence as a household name.

“ISIL inspiration may well have been part of this, but these two killers were starting to

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NATION BRIEF Rewrite of U.S. education law passes Congress

WASHINGTON – Those federally mandated math and reading tests will continue, but a sweeping rewrite of the nation’s education law will now give states – not the U.S. government – authority to decide how to use the results in evaluating teachers and schools.

The Senate on Wednesday voted overwhelmingly, 85-12, to approve legislation rewriting the landmark No Child Left Behind education law of 2002. On Thursday, President Barack Obama will sign it into law.

One key feature of No Child remains: Public school students will still take the federally required statewide reading and math exams. But the new law encourages states to limit the time students spend on testing, and it will diminish the high stakes for underperforming schools.

Republican Sen. Lamar Alexander of Tennessee, who leads the Senate Education Committee, called the legislation a “Christmas present” for 50 million children across the country. Alexander was a chief author of the bill along with Democratic Sen. Patty Murray of Washington – and in the House, Education Committee Chairman John Kline, R-Minn., and ranking Democrat Bobby Scott of Virginia.

“You’ll see states taking the opportunity to serve kids better, meaning it’s not just a conversation about labeling schools but also a conversation about when a school’s not doing right by kids,” Chris Minnich, executive director of the Council of Chief State School Officers, said in an interview.

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Crews work on the foundation of the new 3M distribution center Tuesday next to the existing building in Park 88 on Fairview Drive in DeKalb.

DeKalb County Economic Development Corp. to try to attract potential business • 3M EXPANSION

Continued from page A1 across the greater Chicagoland area is the strongest it’s been in 50 years,” Zobel said.

“The economy is good. Companies are expanding. Confidence is there.”

Zobel declined to comment on whether the 3M buildings had generated any interest.

He didn’t give a timeline for signing a new tenant, but said typically an agent could expect to see new tenant interest about six months before a site becomes available.

“Demand is outpacing supply,” he said. “We’re seeing it across all types of companies – manufacturing, distribution, etc.”

The DeKalb County Economic Development Corp. and the city of DeKalb will make an effort to attract potential business to the warehouses, Rey said.

An Ozinga worker cleans a cement chute while working Tuesday at the 3M distribution center construction site in Park 88.

“It will take a combined effort on the part of community development,” he said.

“The Barber Greene Road [3M] facility was retrofitted for warehousing, but much of that will be relocated or removed and it will return to an industrial site, which should be attractive to an industrial firm looking for expansion.”

“It will return to an industrial site, which should be attractive to an industrial firm looking for expansion.”

John Rey DeKalb mayor

WASHINGTON – In a steady escalation of the fight against Islamic State militants, the U.S. military stands ready to send more American personnel and attack helicopters to Iraq, especially to help retake a key city seized by the extremists, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Wednesday.

In recent days, Iraqi forces advanced on Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar province, retaking a military operations center and a neighborhood on the outskirts of the city in western Iraq.

“The United States is prepared to assist the Iraqi army with additional unique capabilities to help them finish the job, including attack helicopters and accompanying advisers” if circumstances dictate the extra assistance, and if requested by Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi, Carter told the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Carter outlined the steps as the Obama administration faces criticism from both Republicans and Democrats about its strategy to defeat the IS militants, reflecting a nation’s growing fears about the threat of terrorism. It was the first time that Carter has testified before the committee since IS claimed responsibility for bombing a Russian airliner, attacks in Beirut and Paris, and the deadly shooting in San Bernardino, California,

by a self-radicalized couple.

Carter said that during the past several months, the U.S.-led coalition fighting IS in Iraq and Syria has provided specialized training and equipment, including combat engineering assistance such as bulldozing, and munitions such as AT-4 shoulder-fired missiles to stop truck bombs, to the Iraqi army and counterterrorism service units entering Ramadi neighborhoods from multiple directions.

He predicted tough fighting ahead, but said the Iraqi forces have shown resilience when faced with counterattacks from IS. Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., chairman of the committee, advocated for more U.S. troops to be sent to stem IS momentum. “There are 20,000 to 30,000 of them. They are not giants. Somebody is going to have to convince me that air power alone” is going to do the job, McCain said.

McCain acknowledged tactical progress, but said “we are not winning this war” and “time is not on our side.”

At the current pace, he said U.S. commanders estimate that IS will still control Mosul in Iraq at the end of next year.

In Syria, IS will not be destroyed until Raqqa, the capital of their so-called caliphate, is recaptured, he said. “But there’s still no ground force that is both willing and able to retake Raqqa, nor is there a realistic prospect of one emerging soon,” McCain said.

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Continued from page A1 closed on the sale, he said.

The property later was sold to Illinois Community Credit Union, which decided to demolish it, Gregory said.

Sycamore Mayor Ken Mundy has since spoken with Gregory and suggested revising the facade grant stipulations, Mundy said.

“Clearly the intention for the building was not to be torn down at that time,” Mundy said. “We’re going to review the signing documents, the applications and so forth that go along with the grant and tighten it up a bit.”

The current program guidelines allow either a property owner or a business owner in a leased unit to apply for the city’s Downtown Improvement Program, city documents show.

The property owner must sign the application form and grant consent for the tenant to perform the proposed renovations and pursue public funding.

It could now fall to the owner of the building at the time the grant was awarded to repay the funds, but Gregory said the identity of the previous owners was not immediately available.

“It’s unfortunate that the plan for the building wasn’t carried out,” Mundy said.

“But change of ownership for the building happens, and could happen any time.”

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Candle-lighting event to remember lost children

To the Editor: Losing a child, no matter what age, is a heartache that mothers, fathers, families and friends carry silently year in and year out. The pain and grief can be especially difficult during the holidays when families often gather together to share and make memories. At 6:15 p.m.

Sunday, bereaved parents and their families can find comfort and support through the Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting ceremony.

The ceremony will take place in the Hopkins Park Terrace Room, 1403 Sycamore Road in DeKalb, and is sponsored by KishHealth System Hospice and organized by local bereaved parents.

Bereaved parents, families and their friends are invited to join us

as we remember and honor our beloved children, and recognize our loss and grief through songs, readings and stories.

Jen Conley, KishHealth System Hospice music therapist and harpist, will provide music during the ceremony.

At 7 p.m., there will be a time of reflection and remembrance as each bereaved parent/family is invited to light a candle for their child. This time of candle lighting is meant to coincide with candle-lighting ceremonies by Compassionate Friends groups all over the world who will also light candles at 7 p.m. in their own time zones. Refreshments will follow the ceremony.

Parents are invited to bring a photo of their child to display on a remembrance table during the evening. For more information, please call Erin Mitchell,

KishHealth System Hospice, at 815-756-3000.

Diane DeMers and Dave Ballantine

Bereaved parents and DeKalb residents

Celebration Chorale concert rings in holidays

To the Editor: If you did not attend the Celebration Chorale concert over the weekend, you missed a wonderful, entertaining program.

The theme was “Fear Not,” and so appropriate for these troubled times. For this Christmas concert, rehearsals began in September every week until the performance in December.

I don’t know how many members have ever had voice lessons or formal training, but together they sound wonderful.

A single snowflake has a beauty of its own, but when

snowflakes stick together, what a beautiful winter scene they produce. That is what I think when I hear the voices blending in the chorale concert.

Hats off, also, to the director, Christine Monteiro, who selects the music that will be presented.

I confess to having tears in my eyes during the rendition as I thought of the dedication of all concerned to commit their time and efforts for so many weeks to give us such a delightful program.

A Patriotic Cantata will be presented June 24, 25 and 26 at Boutell Memorial Music Hall on the NIU Campus. Don’t miss it.

Bless each and every one of you.

May your Christmas be as merry as you have made ours.

Mil Misic DeKalb

Gun control quandary amid shootings Another set of atrocities, this time in San Bernardino, has Americans wondering whether anything can be done to lower the body count. Many angry voices on the left have been saying that we could reduce the bloodshed if not for the National Rifle Association and its sympathizers.

But they overestimate what gun control can achieve and underestimate the extent to which their own partisan emotion is an obstacle to progress.

Sen. Chris Murphy, D-Connecticut, illustrated the growing rancor of the debate. After the Newtown massacre in 2012, he tweeted his appreciation of the “thoughts, prayers, and words of support” from his colleagues in Congress.

Now he has had it with such sentiments.

Wednesday night he tweeted, “Your ‘thoughts’ should be about steps to take to stop this carnage. Your ‘prayers’ should be for forgiveness if you do nothing – again.”

You can see what he’s getting at. Saying that your “thoughts and prayers” are with the victims of a mass murder is a hollow gesture if you are refraining from taking obvious and practical steps that would make future massacres less likely.

But have gun controllers, including Murphy, actually identified such steps?

It is not a self-evident truth that the main gun-control proposals that have been advanced in recent years, from a renewed ban on assault weapons to expanded background checks to restrictions on gun buying for people on the nofly list, would have appreciably reduced murder rates; or prevented Newtown.

The assault-weapons ban in particular is a symbolic gesture: It prohibits some guns and allows others that are just as dangerous. The Justice Department’s most recent review found no evidence that the ban had any effect on crime rates. And of course Murphy was commenting too early to know whether

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru any of these proposals were relevant to Wednesday’s shootings in San Bernardino.

Much of the debate over gun regulation founders on this basic truth: The proposals that have mainstream support are unlikely to achieve dramatic results, and more ambitious proposals are both practically and politically hopeless.

It’s a point that proponents of tighter regulation often evade. While the killers in San Bernardino were still being hunted down, Slate urged Americans to re-evaluate “what liberty truly means.”

The right to own guns is a “newly invented” liberty, wrote Mark Joseph Stern: The Supreme Court embraced it only in 2008. He continued: “Mothers, daughters, brothers, fathers, sisters, husbands, and wives are being slaughtered every day by guns. Their blood is being shed in the name of liberty.”

It’s a preposterous remark, but only because it takes a typical mistake of the gun debate too far: treating constitutional principle and moral indignation as though they settled everything important. Maybe the Supreme Court’s decision was flawed as a matter of constitutional law, but the evidence that it has made our streets less safe is nonexistent.

Murder rates have kept dropping since it came out.

Probably it’s true that we would have a lower murder rate if we had fewer guns, as the regulators always say. But what follows from that proposition?

Americans have hundreds of millions of guns. We are not going to get rid of them.

That’s not because the National Rifle Association or the gunmakers’ lobby or a contested conception of liberty stand in

the way. It’s because of the overwhelming opinion of the public – 72 percent oppose a ban on guns – and the practical impossibility of confiscation.

I’m not a gun nut: I believe there is a right to own guns, but it’s not absolute. Nor am I counseling fatalism. My colleagues at National Review have suggested three reforms: “We might move to prosecute anybody who has reasonable cause to believe that he is availing a dangerous person of a firearm.

“We might insist that to have knowledge that a person represents a grave and imminent threat to others is to have a legal responsibility to inform the authorities. We might look to reform our lax treatment and commitment laws, which leave too many at-risk individuals on the street, suffering from hallucinations and delusions over which, without medication, they may have little control.”

These ideas seem to me to be a more promising anti-violence agenda. But if politicians and activists take them up, they should not exaggerate the difference they would make or treat skeptics as the enemies of decency.

And they should not disguise the modesty of the good their proposals would achieve behind the drama of a grand battle against the wicked. Sen. Murphy is right that we should be thinking about what we can do to prevent mass shootings. But the existing agenda he and his allies are pushing is a distraction from that goal, and their posturing against their political enemies undermines it.

Like too many in the gun debate he is engaged in an empty ritual, an incantation, a prayer that we know will not be answered.

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

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THE FIRST

AMENDMENT

If the high-speed chase involving DeKalb County Sheriff’s Deputy Meagan Pettengell and domestic violence suspect Jeffrey Nissen on March 30 didn’t violate the department’s pursuit policy, then Sheriff Roger Scott should write a better one.

Dashboard camera video taken around 1 a.m. March 30 from Pettengell’s squad car makes it clear that it was a dangerous chase, and not just for Pettengell and Nissen, who eventually lost control of his vehicle and suffered fatal injuries. Any innocent people who happened to cross paths with the two easily could have been killed as well.

The dashcam video shows Pettengell’s vehicle reached 111 mph on Base Line Road, a rural road with no streetlights. After her husband, Sgt. Ryan Pettengell, told her to break off the pursuit, she kept following Nissen at speeds near or above 100 mph, but with her emergency lights off.

The video also shows her slowing down to 85 mph as she blows through the stop sign at Base Line and Glidden roads.

Turning off the lights and sirens is enough to constitute breaking off a pursuit, according to the DeKalb County Merit Commission. If such dangerous driving conforms with the department’s policy, then the policy needs to be stronger and clearer.

At a disciplinary hearing this week, Pettengell – who was 12 weeks pregnant at the time of the chase – didn’t seem to recognize the danger of what happened. “… I know that what I was doing was safe for me,” she testified. “… I would not have done anything to jeopardize my life or the life of my child.

I don’t think that what I did put Nissen’s life in jeopardy. I think it was his own decisions that he made that put him in the situation that he was in.”

That lack of judgment is why the merit commission should accept Scott’s recommendation to fire her.

In less than three years

with the patrol division, Meagan Pettengell has been disciplined at least once before for failure to follow procedure while behind the wheel.

She has said she considers it safe to blow through stop signs at more than 80 mph and speed through intersections at 100 mph without her lights and sirens.

She is wrong. The merit commissioners – Gene Lane, Kim Green and Todd Walker – should not wait for time and circumstance to bear that out again.

The crash on March 30 did not have to happen. It was Nissen, a 25-year-old with a troubled past, who instigated it. He chose to take off in a car while intoxicated, he chose not to stop for police and flee as fast as he could until he lost control and crashed about six miles after the chase began, just east of Malta Road.

It could be said that his choices sealed his fate.

But anyone who happened to be crossing the intersection of Glidden and Base Line when Pettengell’s vehicle passed through probably would have been killed, too.

Had she slowed down, Nissen might have slowed down, too.

He might not have crashed.

He might not have died.

The merit commission found this week that Meagan Pettengell violated mobile video and audio procedures and failed to use appropriate judgment when it came to the safety of others.

The commission also found that Ryan Pettengell should have done a better job supervising her. Scott has recommended Ryan Pettengell be suspended for two months without pay.

We depend on police to keep us safe, and that includes not only catching bad guys, but doing so in ways that don’t unnecessarily endanger the innocent – or even the bad guys. Reckless driving is dangerous no matter who does it. The commissioners should acknowledge this fact and hold Meagan Pettengell accountable.

ANOTHER VIEW

It should be OK to leave a 13-year-old at home What is the minimum age where it is acceptable to leave a child home alone?

The answers might vary, but if the question were posed on the TV game show “Family Feud,” chances are age 13 would be among the most popular responses. But if you leave your 13-year-old at home alone in Illinois, you run the risk of facing criminal charges for neglect.

That’s because state law dictates that “any minor under the age of 14 years whose parent or other person responsible for the minor’s welfare leaves the minor without supervision for an unreasonable period of time without regard for the mental or physical health, safety or welfare of that minor” is guilty of neglect.

It’s the strictest law of its kind in the nation. Only a handful of other states have a minimum age for leaving children home alone. Three states list 12 as the minimum age for leaving children home alone, while three states set the minimum age at 8. Kansas lists the minimum age at 6. At least 30 states have no minimum age for when a child can be left home alone.

Now, protecting children is among our top societal priorities, and any law that strengthens this pursuit should be

applauded. But in this case, the law goes overboard to the point it doesn’t make any sense.

By the time a child turns 13 and has proven themselves to be responsible, not only are they old enough to look after themselves for a few hours, they also are capable of keeping an eye on their younger siblings. Scores of children who just reached their teen years have made baby-sitting their first real job, and in turn, they have become even more responsible.

There also is a dollar-andcents issue at work here. Getting someone 14 or older from outside the home to watch after children generally means you have to pay them, and financial limitations often make it difficult to do so.

This can restrict a parent or guardian’s ability to work a job and provide for the family, and at the very least, make it hard to go shopping or enjoy dinner and a movie without having the kids around.

Legislators in Springfield need a reality check and need to alter or repeal this law. It’s common for young people to watch after themselves and others, and common sense tells us they should be allowed to do so in Illinois without fear of reprisal.

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MORNING KICKOFF

Seeking answers after loss

By JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com AP photo

IOC VP: Brazil crisis will inevitably affect games

LAUSANNE, Switzerland –The political and economic turmoil in Brazil will “inevitably” affect next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, a senior IOC official said Wednesday, as Brazilian organizers declared that preparations remain fully on track for the games despite the grim financial situation.

With the opening ceremony less than eight months away, Brazil is dealing with severe recession, impeachment proceedings against President Dilma Rousseff (above) and a massive corruption scandal involving state-run oil company Petrobras.

“They have political and economic difficulties,” IOC vice president Craig Reedie said.

“Inevitably, they will affect the games. There are challenges. I think they and we will have to get through it.”

Reedie spoke after Rio organizers made their latest progress report to the International Olympic Committee executive board. The Brazilians outlined the progress they have made in venue construction over the past year, saying most of the facilities are now ready for South America’s first Olympics.

Brazil’s economy was booming when Rio was awarded the games in 2009, but the country is now in its worst recession since the 1930s. The real has lost a third of its value this year, gross domestic product has tumbled, inflation is nearing 10 percent, and unemployment has soared to nearly 8 percent.

On top of that, Brazil is mired in a spiraling kickback scandal centered on Petrobras, and Rousseff – whose popularity rating has sunk to about 10 percent – is facing impeachment proceedings based on allegations of fiscal irregularities by her government.

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes, who has emerged as a central figure in the Olympic project, spoke to the IOC board by video conference from Brazil and briefed the members about the economic problems and the impeachment process. “’He gave a number of reassurances that the general public still supports the games, by a high percentage,” said Christophe Dubi, the IOC’s executive director of the Olympic Games. “He provided reassurance that every effort will be made to make sure these game are organized without any major impact coming from the current economic situation.”

Rio organizers are trying to cut $530 million, or almost 30 percent, from their operating budget of $1.9 billion.

Rio officials said most of the cuts involve “behind-thescenes” facilities.

– Wire report

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BOSTON – Fred Hoiberg is searching.

Searching for consistency with a new starting lineup, searching for this team to grab an identity, searching for a pulse.

The first-year Bulls coach found none of it in Boston.

Despite a career-high 36 points from Jimmy Butler on Wednesday, the Bulls

dropped their third-straight game, losing to the Celtics, 105-100, at the TD Garden.

With the loss, the Bulls dropped to 11-8 on the season. But more than just the suddenly fading record, it’s the way they’ve been losing.

Very little life, inconsistent defense, clunky offense. Pick a culprit.

The glaring one against the Celtics?

Yet another slow start to a fourth quarter in which they

were outscored 12-2, and left trying to claw their way back in it.

“They came out and threw the first punch in the fourth quarter and got us on our heels a little bit,” Hoiberg said. “We got back into it, but that was it. It was the start of the fourth.”

That wasn’t only it, however.

Lost in all the bad defense is the real head-scratcher: Why won’t this team run of-

fensively? Sure, it comes at times, but the Hoiberg offense was supposed to be a game of thrust. Instead, it’s more of an inconsistent, half-hearted effort that leaves outsiders asking are these guys really buying into the system?

“I really don’t know,” guard Derrick Rose said, AP photo when asked why they don’t seem to push the ball up the The Bulls’ Derrick Rose shoots against court on a more consistent the Boston Celtics’ Amir Johnson (left)

See BULLS, page B2

during the first quarter Wednesday in Boston. The Bulls lost, 105-100.

DAILY CHRONICLE GIRLS GOLFER OF THE YEAR

Monica Synett – msynett@shawmedia.com

DeKalb’s Maggie Russell is the 2015 Daily Chronicle Girls Golfer of the Year.

REWARDING JOURNEY Daily Chronicle All-Area Girls Golf Team Golfer of the Year Maggie Russell, sr., DeKalb First team Emma Carpenter, fresh., DeKalb: She averaged a 43.5 this year, took second at the regional and in the top 20 at sectional, just one stroke away from a trip to state. She was second in the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament.

Erin Lyons, sr., Hinckley-Big Rock: Capped her season with a berth in the Class A Nazareth Sectional after averaging a 47 this year, taking third at the Woodstock North Regional. She was a four-year letter winner and golf and made the Daily Chronicle All-Area first team last year.

Katherine Nolan, jr., Indian Creek: She averaged a 47.9 this year, which coach Keith Haaf said was the lowest in his six year of coaching the Timberwolves. She ended her prep career in the Class A Woodstock North Regional, missing out on a sectional bid.

Sophie Peters, jr., Hinckley-Big Rock: She took sixth at the Class A Woodstock North Regional, finishing the year with a 48 average. She made it through to sectional but couldn’t make state. She earned her third golf letter and was on the Daily Chronicle All-Area first team for the second straight year.

Sarah Howes, sr., Genoa-Kingston: She averaged a 50.1 on the year and qualified for the Class A Nazareth Sectional, her second straight sectional bid to close her prep career.

DeKalb’s Russell finishes her prep career by earning 3rd straight award

By EDDIE CARIFIO ecarifio@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Maggie Russell was the winner of a junior varsity tournament to start the year, finished in the top of a couple of other tournaments and regularly carded a top-4 score for her team.

That’s just what the DeKalb senior did for the boys team this year.

Since DeKalb doesn’t have a girls golf team – as it hasn’t for all four of her years – Russell split her time between the boys team and playing with freshman Emma Carpenter as solo entrants in girls tournaments, reaching the sectional tournament and earning the Daily Chronicle Girls Golfer of the Year award for the third straight season.

“From my freshman year, being a little freshman so nervous

to go out for the boys golf team, being the only girl to show up for the boys tryouts, I gained a lot of new friends,” Russell said. “All the guys are like my brothers. We just joke around at practice and it’s really fun.”

She said the addition of Carpenter to the mix was fun. Both finished in the top five of the Class 2A Galesburg Regional Tournament, with Russell taking fourth.

She took 25th at the Normal Sectional, shooting a 91 and missing a trip to state by three strokes.

Russell averaged a 42.2 stokes per nine holes on the year and took fourth in the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference Tournament.

“I think she started out real strong, she was hitting the ball real solid,” DeKalb coach John Cordes said. “At sectional she was right there going into the last nine holes. I wasn’t at that tour-

nament, but if it was like the boys tournament, the last five holes got super windy. ... I’m really happy for her and what she accomplished this year.”

Russell said she learned a lot from the sectional trip, although she ends her career without going to state.

“I definitely left a few shots out on the course, but I gave it my best run and did the best I could,” Russell said. “It gives me a lot of experience for the future.”

Russell said she’s still weighing college options, and Cordes said she definitely made a mark on her high school program. “(She added to the program) the belief that girls can play at that level, not only a solid game but on par with what the boys are doing,” Cordes said. “She proved to herself she’s capable, and that’s going to help her next year.”

Bears need to boost their talent level at receiver LAKE FOREST – There will be much speculation over the next few days as to whether Martellus Bennett has taken his last snap as a Bear, but for at least the next few minutes, I’d prefer to deal with what we know for sure.

For all of the excitement about the improved play and demeanor of Jay Cutler and great coaching prowess of Adam Gase, a Bears offense that has hovered around mediocre all season could now be in trouble the rest of

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush the season.

As of this moment, the Bears offense ranks 19th in the NFL, tied for 11th rushing, 20th passing, most importantly 24th in points scored and most disappointingly 27th in the red zone.

So what is all the excitement about?

I think it’s about what

could have been, perhaps even what should have been.

I blew it getting ready for the 49ers game as I was overly encouraged by the belief the Bears would have Matt Forte, Jeremy Langford, Alshon Jeffery and Bennett all relatively healthy together for one of the only times all season.

It is really difficult, if not impossible, to win in the NFL with just one wide receiver, even if it is a Pro Bowler like Jeffery.

The 49ers had a great

game plan taking away Jeffery with tough bracket coverage – he had only four catches on 12 targets – matching their solid run stuffers on the nose and at linebacker with the Bears running game and daring Cutler to find another receiver with which to beat them.

The Bears earned a draw if not better with the ground game, but that additional threat in the passing game just isn’t there.

John Fox was asked how tough it’s been without

Eddie Royal, and he readily acknowledged the problem.

“We haven’t been able to keep our same wide-receiver group together for some time,” he said. “Obviously, he’s a guy we thought highly of to go out and sign him in free agency.”

Fox also shared his frustration with not having his prized rookie, Kevin White, on the field.

“Any time you take a guy with the seventh pick overall in the draft, you usually have

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NFL

Girls basketball Genoa-Kingston at Marengo, 7 p.m.

Hinckley-Big Rock at LaMoille, 7 p.m.

Hiawatha at Newark, 6:45 p.m.

Prep wrestling Morris at DeKalb, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Sycamore, 6:30 p.m.

Kaneland at Yorkville, 6:30 p.m.

Boys bowling Rochelle at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.

Girls bowling Morris at Sycamore, 4 p.m.

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

SPORTS BRIEF DeKalb-Sycamore swimmers win opener Daniel Hein won the 100yard butterfly and Jacob Bjork had a pair of first-place finishes as the DeKalb-Sycamore co-op boys swim team opened its season with a 47-42 home win against La Salle-Peru/Ottawa co-op Wednesday.

Hein finished the 100-yard butterfly in 50.79 and was second in the 100 breaststroke (1:02.81) – which Bjork won in 1:01.91. Bjork also won the 100 free in 49.70 Nathan Braun won the 200 free (1:59.50), Austin Bockman won the 500 free (5:06.64), and Tyler Schultz was not only first in the 200 individual medley (2:11.77), but was second to Bockman in the 500 free (5:21.37).

“The boys came out very strong and had some great swims,” coach Melanie Chambers said. “We were very pleased with the times they put up today. The boys are looking forward to the season and are very excited to be competing.”

– Staff report

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AMERICAN CONFERENCE

WHAT TO WATCH NBA L.A. Clippers at Bulls, 7 p.m., TNT New York at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m., TNT College basketball Iowa at Iowa St., 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 Troy at Seton Hall, 7 p.m., FS1 Colllege football College Football Awards, at Atlanta, 6 p.m., ESPN Golf PGA Tour, Franklin Templeton Shootout, first round, at Naples, Fla., 11:30 a.m., GOLF Asian Tour, Thailand Golf Championship, second round, at Chonburi, Thailand, 8 p.m., GOLF Ladies European Tour, Omega Dubai Masters, third round, at Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 4 a.m.

(Friday), GOLF NFL Minnesota at Arizona, 7:25 p.m., NFL Soccer FIFA Club World Cup, quarterfinal playoff, Sanfrecce Hiroshima vs. Auckand City, at Yokohama, Japan, 4:30 a.m., FS1 UEFA Europa League, Liverpool at FC Sion, noon, FS1 UEFA Europa League, PAOK at Borussia Dortmund, noon, FS2 UEFA Europa League, AS Monaco at Tottenham, 2 p.m., FS1 UEFA Europa League, Besiktas JK at Sporting CP, 2 p.m., FS2 Women, International friendly, United States vs.

Trinidad & Tobago, at San Antonio, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2 Women’s college basketball Louisville at Kentucky, 6 p.m., SEC Florida at Wisconsin, 7 p.m., BTN Oral Roberts at Arkansas, 8 p.m., SEC

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Blackhawks left wing Dennis Rasmussen (from left), celebrates his first NHL goal with teammates Andrew Shaw and Trevor van Riemsdyk during the first period against the Nashville Predators on Tuesday at the United Center. The Hawks won, 4-1.

BLACKHAWKS

Big chances for minor-leaguers

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com

For players in the American Hockey League, the NHL can be just an injury away, just a few goals away, just a trade away.

It can also be 3,094 miles away. And it can feel every bit of it.

“When I first started out in Worcester (Massachusetts) with San Jose, we were all the way on the opposite coast,” Brandon Mashinter said. “You felt that isolation. There are still people watching you, but not quite as many. That made it pretty hard.”

Not impossible, but hard.

Mashinter was called up by the Sharks twice during the 201011 season, including one time when he played three games in three nights, got the call, flew all the way across the country, and made it four games in four nights, the adrenaline and excitement carrying him through the ordeal.

But for players in the Blackhawks organization, the distance between Rockford and

Chicago has never seemed so small. Ten players have appeared in games for both the Hawks and the IceHogs this season, with four of them making their NHL debuts. Dennis Rasmussen is the latest to get a chance, scoring a goal Tuesday on the first shot of his NHL career.

Plenty of prospects had been knocking on the door, and the Hawks’ offseason salary-cap purge flung that door wide open. And it’s making life in the AHL more competitive – and more fun – for Hawks prospects.

“When players are in the American League, all they want to do is get to the NHL,” Hawks general manager Stan Bowman said. “And if they feel they have no hope, and there’s really only one guy that’s going to go up every time, some of the other guys can lose a little bit of excitement. You want to let them all know that if you play well, you have a chance.”

Bowman pointed to Mashinter as a call-up few expected, but one that was well earned. Mash-

inter, better known for his fists than his wrists, had four goals and three assists in his first 12 games with Rockford.

“It’s definitely exciting down there,” Mashinter said. “[The Hawks] are still deep, but with how well Rockford players are playing, you feel like you’ve got to give them a chance. And it’s working well for Chicago. Half the team started in Rockford.”

Mashinter believes geography plays a role, and is glad that West Coast teams such as San Jose have moved their affiliates closer to home. With Rockford so close – and with the Chicago Wolves and Milwaukee Admirals in the same division – Hawks brass get to see the prospects in person on a regular basis. That fuels prospects to play even harder, knowing every shift could be the one that catches the attention of the front office.

It’s no coincidence the IceHogs are in first place in the AHL’s Central Division.

“We have a really good mood and spirit on the team,” Rasmussen said. “It feels like a lot

of players are knocking on the door to get the chance up here, and that’s good. We help each other to develop because we’re working so hard every day.”

Joel Quenneville is notoriously impatient with young players, and expects them to play at an NHL level immediately. And with so many fringe players to choose from, he’s been able to mix and match prospects, trying different players in different roles. And he’s not done yet.

Mark McNeill has been knocking on that door for years.

Phil Danault is back from offseason hip surgery. Even former Hawks winger Jeremy Morin is back in Rockford, with 13 points in 20 games.

For Hawks prospects, the NHL is closer than ever. It’s just a matter of who makes the most of it when it’s their turn.

“We’ve had different guys coming in and out, and we’ve still got some guys down there that we know are going to play at some point,” Quenneville said. “Organizationally, it’s nice to have a lot of options.”

BOXING

IBF takes heavyweight belt from Fury The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD, New Jersey – The IBF stripped British boxer Tyson Fury of its world heavyweight belt because he was breaking rules by meeting Wladimir Klitschko in a rematch in his next fight.

Fury was supposed to meet the IBF’s No. 1 contender, Vyacheslav Glazkov, in a mandatory defense, but couldn’t because he was contractually obligated to meet Klitschko.

The International Boxing Federation said in a statement Wednesday that the contract it received for the Klitschko-Fury bout Nov. 28 didn’t have a provision for a rematch, and if it had been aware of one, then it would have allowed a rematch only after a mandatory defense. If Klitschko and Fury

for an immediate rematch.

The IBF said Fury’s lawyers asked it to exercise discretion regarding the rules, but the IBF wasn’t willing to, and vacated the title Tuesday.

Fury was the mandatory challenger of the WBA and WBO, and the IBF said it reminded him two days after his title win that the mandatory defense of its heavyweight belt was next in line.

The rematch “interferes” with the mandatory defense, the IBF said, so the title was declared vacant.

It ordered Glazkov and No. 4 contender Charles Martin on AP photo Tuesday to negotiate a fight for Heavyweight world boxing champion Tyson Fury had been stripped of one the vacant title. Martin’s proof his belts by the IBF for not facing the mandatory challenger. moter requested a purse bid, had not agreed to that, the IBF Fury took the IBF, WBA and the IBF scheduled it Dec. 18. said, then it would not have and WBO titles from KlitscFury remains the WBA and sanctioned the title fight. hko, who exercised his option WBO champion.

Hoiberg tried to shake things up by starting Gibson • BULLS

Continued from page B1 basis. “I don’t think it has anything to do with fighting the system or anything. It’s just that we’ve got to get used to running that way.”

Hoiberg didn’t have an answer, either.

“Well, it’s a good question,” Hoiberg said.

Then again, allowing 30 points in the fourth doesn’t exactly help the cause.

Hoiberg did try changing things up a bit, starting Taj Gib-

son over Nikola Mirotic, but was still searching for a combination that works late in the game, both offensively and defensively.

“Yeah, we’re just trying to figure it out,” Rose said. “Seeing the lineup, seeing who’s out there at the time – at certain times. Just trying to figure it all out though.”

The one player who seems to have a grasp of what’s going on? The same man who labeled his team as “soft” earlier in the day.

Butler appointed himself the

team leader early on in training camp, and following the loss spoke like a guy that had no problem pointing fingers.

“There’s no excuses for the way we’re playing,” Butler said. “[The margin of error is] very small because the people we have on this team are good at a lot of things and then bad at some things. So you gotta learn to cover those things up. When you make a mistake, another team will capitalize on that.”

Butler also said that he didn’t want a breather in the fourth, and didn’t like the deci-

sion Hoiberg made to pull him for a quick rest. The two spoke about it after the game.

“I wanted to play because that’s when we give up those leads,” Butler said. “Nothing against my teammates, but I think if I’m out there and I get their energy going the right way, now take me out and let me rest. But the energy is flowing.

“I understand what he’s trying to do. I’m not mad at him for that. But we have to win games if we want to find ourselves in the postseason.”

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Today’s Game Minnesota at Arizona, 7:25 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Washington at Bears, noon Detroit at St. Louis, noon San Diego at Kansas City, noon Buffalo at Philadelphia, noon San Francisco at Cleveland, noon New Orleans at Tampa Bay, noon Tennessee at N.Y. Jets, noon Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, noon Indianapolis at Jacksonville, noon Atlanta at Carolina, noon Seattle at Baltimore, noon Oakland at Denver, 3:05 p.m.

Dallas at Green Bay, 3:25 p.m.

New England at Houston, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game N.Y. Giants at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division GP W L OT Pts 28 21 5 2 44 28 16 8 4 36 28 15 9 4 34 26 14 7 5 33 28 14 9 5 33 28 13 13 2 28 28 12 15 1 25 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Los Angeles 27 18 8 1 37 San Jose 28 14 13 1 29 Vancouver 29 10 11 8 28 Arizona 28 13 14 1 27 Anaheim 28 11 12 5 27 Edmonton 29 12 15 2 26 Calgary 27 11 14 2 24 Dallas St. Louis Blackhawks Minnesota Nashville Winnipeg Colorado

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EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 29 19 7 3 41 95 66 28 15 8 5 35 73 72 28 15 8 5 35 90 83 27 15 9 3 33 88 76 28 13 11 4 30 71 70 28 13 12 3 29 66 65 28 11 14 3 25 67 78 28 10 13 5 25 64 76 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 26 19 5 2 40 82 57 N.Y. Rangers 28 18 7 3 39 80 58 N.Y. Islanders 29 16 8 5 37 82 70 New Jersey 28 14 10 4 32 71 69 Pittsburgh 26 14 10 2 30 61 62 Philadelphia 28 11 11 6 28 57 78 Carolina 28 10 14 4 24 64 87 Columbus 29 11 16 2 24 68 84 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Montreal Detroit Ottawa Boston Florida Tampa Bay Buffalo Toronto

Wednesday’s Results Boston 3, Montreal 1 Edmonton 4, San Jose 3 (OT) Pittsburgh at Colorado (n) N.Y. Rangers at Vancouver (n) Today’s Games Blackhawks at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Montreal at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Buffalo at Calgary, 8 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division W L Pct Cleveland 14 7 .667 Indiana 12 8 .600 Bulls 11 8 .579 Detroit 12 11 .522 Milwaukee 9 14 .391 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 14 9 .609 Boston 13 9 .591 New York 10 13 .435 Brooklyn 6 15 .286 Philadelphia 1 21 .045 Southeast Division W L Pct Charlotte 13 8 .619 Atlanta 14 9 .609 Miami 12 8 .600 Orlando 12 10 .545 Washington 9 11 .450

GB — 1½ 2 3 6 GB — ½ 4 7 12½ GB — — ½ 1½ 3½

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division W L Pct GB 18 5 .783 — 13 10 .565 5 13 10 .565 5 11 12 .478 7 5 16 .238 12 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Golden State 23 0 1.000 — L.A. Clippers 13 9 .591 9½ Phoenix 10 13 .435 13 Sacramento 8 15 .348 15 L.A. Lakers 3 19 .136 19½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 23 0 1.000 — L.A. Clippers 12 9 .571 10 Phoenix 9 13 .409 13½ Sacramento 8 15 .348 15 L.A. Lakers 3 18 .143 19 Wednesday’s Results Boston 105, Bulls 100 Houston 109, Washington 103 Charlotte 99, Miami 81 Toronto 97, San Antonio 94 Memphis 93, Detroit 92 Minnesota 123, L.A. Lakers 122, OT L.A. Clippers 109, Milwaukee 95 Utah 106, New York 85 Phoenix 107, Orlando 104 Atlanta 98, Dallas 95 Today’s Games Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Chicago, 7 p.m.

Atlanta at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

New York at Sacramento, 9:30 p.m.

San Antonio Memphis Dallas Houston New Orleans

COLLEGE FOOTBALL BOWL GLANCE Saturday, Dec. 19 Celebration Bowl NC A&T (9-2) vs. Alcorn State (9-3), 11 a.m., at Atlanta New Mexico Bowl Arizona (6-6) vs. New Mexico (7-5), 1 p.m., ESPN, at Albuquerque Las Vegas Bowl BYU (9-3) vs. Utah (9-3), 2:30 p.m., ABC Camelia Bowl Ohio (8-4) vs. Appalachian State (9-2), 4:30 p.m., ESPN, at Montgomery, Ala. Cure Bowl San Jose State (5-7) vs. Georgia State (6-6), 6 p.m., CBSSN, at Orlando, Fla.

Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com • Section B • Thursday, December 10, 2015 •

BEARS VS. WASHINGTON, NOON SUNDAY, FOX, AM-780, FM-105.9

Gruden, Cousins ready for battle

Former Bears punter thriving

Tress Way has continued to be steady as a punter for Washington two years after he lost out to Pat O’Donnell in a Bears training camp battle.

“We brought him in and worked him out [last year] and he’s punted extremely well for us,” Gruden said. “Last year was an exceptional year for him.

Actually, the team voted him as one of the team captains this year, which is unheard-of for a second-year punter. So we’re really excited about Tress, and we have another young kicker, too, in [Dustin] Hopkins. We feel like we’ve got the special teams positions locked down for a number of years with those two young kids.”

Bears special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers has also been impressed with Way. “Strong-legged guy, left-footed guy. He’s done a good job directionally,” he said. “He’s obviously a young player still trying to kind of hone in on his craft.

He’s got a little bit of position flex; he’s kicked off at times.

He’s done a good job as a holder.

His tape’s impressive.”

Struggles away from home

Something will have to give Sunday, when a team that is 1-5 at home hosts a team that is 0-5 on the road.

Washington’s road woes seem easier to diagnose, at least to Cousins. He points to two halftime leads and the teams they’ve faced on the road, which include the Patriots and Panthers, who are a combined 22-2.

“We’ll just keep rolling and understand that when you beat yourself with turnovers or penalties, you’re going to have a hard time winning, whether you’re in the friendly confines of your home stadium or on the road,” Cousins said.

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Bears receiver Eddie Royal and Marc Mariani take positions before a kickoff Oct. 4 at Soldier Field.

NOTES

Royal back at practice Rolle, McPhee,Wilson missed the session

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com LAKE FOREST – Eddie Royal participated in Bears practice for the first time in 40 days. He was limited with a knee injury.

“It feels great just to be on the field again, in the huddle again,” he said. “[I was] missing being out there, missing competing, being one of the guys. It’s different standing on the sideline than it is in the huddle. Just to have that feeling again, it was great.”

Royal has missed the past five games with the injury, which he suffered in the Week 8 loss to the Vikings.

He has 26 catches for 171 yards and one touchdown this season.

“Obviously he’s a guy we thought highly of to go out and sign him in free agency,” John Fox said. “He started the season in pretty good shape and you know then he’s been banged up with the knee sprain, but he actually looked pretty good today in practice.”

If Royal can return Sunday, which he did not rule

out, the Bears still might not have their full arsenal of receivers, as Marquess Wilson (foot) missed practice Wednesday. Royal would help an offense that has lost two close games in his absence.

“It’s been tough. I can’t lie to you about that,” he said.

“Seeing all the close games that we’ve been in, wishing I could be out there, making a play or two, fighting with the guys, just competing. ...

I just want to work my butt off to try to get out there and help the guys get a win.”

Antrel Rolle (knee) and Pernell McPhee (knee) did not practice.

Rolle said on 670 The Score on Tuesday that he expects to be “good to go” for Sunday’s game against Washington.

Zach Miller (ribs), Sam Acho (shoulder), Shea McClellin (ankle) and Tracy Porter (ankle) were all limited.

More on Bennett to injured reserve: Fox said Wednesday that Martellus Bennett fractured his rib against Denver and tried to play through it against the 49ers before

being placed on injured reserve Tuesday.

“The only real way to fix him is to let it rest and heal,” he said. “Playing football is not real conducive to healing ribs so we determined to IR him was best for us and him moving forward.”

A few reunions: The most notable former Bear on Washington, Stephen Paea, is not expected to play because of a toe injury, but there are others who spent some time in Chicago – punter Tress Way, returner Rashad Ross and inside linebacker Mason Foster.

Foster, who led the Bears in tackles this preseason, started for the first time on Monday in place of the injured Perry Riley and has impressed Washington’s staff.

“He learned the system quickly. Was really good on special teams, which was very beneficial to us because your linebacker has to do that,” head coach Jay Gruden said. “He got his first start and he played extremely well. Plays hard, physical player and we’re lucky as heck to have him.”

Continued from page B1 high expectations,” he said last week. “Unfortunately, he’s one of those rookies that hasn’t gotten the opportunity yet. He had a setback, sometimes setbacks are setups for better things to come. We’ll see where that goes day-today.”

Royal echoed the difficulties of scoring points without a fully loaded arsenal at wideout.

“I give Jay and Adam Gase and all of those guys a

NEW YORK – The bowl system has finally snapped after years of being stretched thin.

Three teams with losing records will be among the 80 playing in a record 40 bowl games over the next month and two teams from the same conference will play each other in a bowl.

This offseason, a task force will study the bowl system, intent on making changes to prevent that from happening again. The NCAA has largely removed itself from the bowl business, allowing conferences, communities and television networks to create postseason games. The NCAA is not looking to take control of the bowls, but everyone agrees adjustments are needed.

“The members are going to have to figure out, what’s the purpose of bowl games?”

NCAA President Mark Emmert told reporters Wednesday at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum. “Is it a reward for a successful season or is it just another game that we’re going to provide an opportunity for?”

Ten years ago a bit less than 50 percent of the FBS earned a postseason bid. This season, 63 percent of 127 FBS teams will play in bowls, including new games in Florida and Arizona.

The new NCAA football oversight committee was forced to tweak a safety net policy to allow 5-7 teams to be bowl-eligible based on their Academic Progress Rates.

That let the Big Ten fill its contracted bowl spots with Nebraska and Minnesota, although the new Arizona Bowl

in Tucson ended having to match Mountain West rivals.

Colorado State and Nevada, who play in different divisions and didn’t meet this season, will play Dec. 29. That angered Mountain West Commissioner Craig Thompson.

“Clearly, the system is broken,” Thompson said in a statement.

Big 12 Commissioner Bob Bowlsby leads the football oversight committee and said the goal of the task force is not specifically to cut bowl games.

“I think the fact is we do have too many bowl games and we have more bowl games waiting in the wings,” Bowlsby said. “But you can’t fault the communities from going and ahead and doing something if they want to.

We’re going to have to do a deep dive on it and figure it out.”

Figuring it out won’t be easy. There are some clear disagreements among major players.

ACC Commissioner John Swofford said athletic directors in his conference would prefer teams be at least 7-5 to be bowl eligible. Currently, the minimum requirement for bowl eligibility is six victories and a .500 record.

“For the Southeastern Conference, the opportunity for 6-6 teams to participate is important,” SEC Commissioner Greg Sankey said.

As many established bowls made deals with Power Five conferences in recent years, Group of Five conferences such as the Mountain West, American Athletic Conference and Mid-American Conference have worked to create bowls to provide postseason opportunities for their members.

Gould’s confidence still high

By ARTHUR ARKUSH aarkush@chicagofootball.com LAKE FOREST – Robbie Gould hasn’t been in this situation often.

Only twice in the first 10 years of Gould’s career had he missed multiple field goals in the same game.

But after Gould’s second such game of 2015 on Sunday, when he pulled a 36-yarder wide left, which would’ve given Chicago a 23-20 win, he said it’s not time to panic – just practice more.

“Sometimes you just got to go out and do some things on your own to start fixing some things,” said Gould, who for the first time in his career said he kicked “30 balls” on his own the day after the game.

Paired with extra film study, it’s helped Gould identify some technical issues with his approach he’s adjusted.

“There’s just some things that, swing-wise, I’m wrapping around the ball a little

bit. I got to get down through the line a little bit more, technical things that I need to get fixed and I’ve worked really hard at it this week.”

Unlike in Week 9 in San Diego, the first two-miss outing by Gould this season, the Bears weren’t able to overcome the kicker’s mistakes against the 49ers. He said feeling like he let his teammates down has been the hardest part this week, but the outpouring of support from teammates and coaches, old and new, has been comforting.

“I think the most disappointing thing is letting down my teammates when they needed me the most,” Gould said Wednesday. “…. It’s just something I know how to rebound and glad I have great teammates, great coaches, great owners and organization that have been very supportive since Sunday.”

Gould understands fans and media might wonder whether the 34-year-old and franchise scoring leader’s

struggles might be the beginning of his demise. He just feels there’s plenty of evidence that says otherwise.

“Look at my track record.

I started out the season on a pretty good streak, got to the bye week and probably haven’t been as strong as I had been in the beginning of the season,” he said.

After his least productive year as a pro in 2014, Gould was perhaps the Bears’ most consistent player in the first half of the season while converting his first 17 tries. However, his first miss, a 51-yarder late in the third quarter of Week 8, proved costly in a game the Vikings would win by a field goal.

“I wouldn’t say his skill has trended downward,” special teams coordinator Jeff Rodgers said. “Time will tell on everything as it relates to the entire season. He’s had a lot of good games, and he’s hit a lot of good kicks. Hopefully, it was a bad day and we’ll see moving forward.”

White a project coming out of West Virginia • ARKUSH

Changes coming after bowl system hits record 40 games The Associated Press

By NATE ATKINS LAKE FOREST – Chicago and Washington will enter Sunday’s game at Soldier Field both at 5-7 but in completely different states of the playoff push.

That’s because Washington plays in the wild world that is the NFC East, where a 4-8 Dallas squad sits only a game out of first place. That first place is split three ways between Washington, Philadelphia and New York, all at 5-7.

And so coming off a heartbreaking 19-16 loss on the final play to Dallas and sitting two games below .500, both Jay Gruden and Kirk Cousins feel they’re engineering a playoff run.

“It is wild,” Gruden said on a conference call. “We’ve all had our ups and downs. All four of the teams have been a little inconsistent, had some injuries, but we still have been in a lot of close games and lost some close ones, won some close ones, and it’s going to be a dog fight until the bitter end. That’s for sure.”

The playoff push continues against a Bears team that had its playoff hopes dashed last week with a 26-20 overtime loss to San Francisco. Rather than sit at .500 and in a thick NFC wild-card race, the Bears are all but out of the NFC North race.

And yet both teams have had pretty similar seasons to date.

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

By RALPH D. RUSSO

natkins@chicagofootball.com

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lot of credit for what they’ve been able to do with the injuries that we’ve had,” he said. “It’s kind of unique to me. I don’t know if it is to the league, but for so many guys to be up and down each week, working with a different group of guys and they’ve been able to handle that in a great way.”

No, injuries are no excuse and every team has them.

But I’m not making excuses here, just coming around to the reality that we’re probably not going to know how good this offense really can be until next year.

Marquess Wilson, Marc Mariani, Josh Bellamy and Cameron Meredith are all fine young men, they’re just not dependable NFL receivers.

Now, even if Royal makes it back and White can give it a go, Bennett is gone.

Remember, a healthy Kevin White coming out of West Virginia was still an NFL project with a ton to learn and unlikely to make an immediate impact.

Bennett has been one of the league’s more productive tight ends in the passing game, and Gase has raved about his run blocking.

While it will be good to get a closer look and a wider view of Zach Miller, Bennett will be missed in both the air and ground games.

This much we know for sure: the Bears’ Christmas wish list is longer than we thought.

This team needs to find more talent at both wide receiver and tight end this coming offseason for the offense to take off.

• Chicago Football editor Hub Arkush can be reached at harkush@chicagofootball.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

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Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds pitches the ball against Memphis on Nov. 7 in Memphis, Tenn. On Saturday, Reynolds hopes to become the first quarterback to go 4-0 as a starter in the Army-Navy series.

Navy’s Reynolds looks for 4-game sweep over Army

By DAVID GINSBURG The Associated Press ANNAPOLIS, Md. – When Keenan Reynolds first faced Army, the Navy quarterback couldn’t help getting caught up in the enormity of the historic rivalry.

“That was a pretty nerve-racking game. When I think about it, I get nervous again,” Reynolds recalled this week. “I was thinking, one or two plays either way and we lose that game.”

Reynolds ran for an 8-yard touchdown with 4:41 left to give the Midshipmen the lead in a 17-13 victory.

“That’s something that will stick with me forever,” he said.

The 2012 season marked the beginning of Reynolds’ sensational, record-setting college career. On Saturday, the talented senior hopes to add another milestone to his impressive list of accomplishments: first quarterback to go 4-0 as a starter in the Army-Navy series.

“That would be pretty awesome,” Reynolds said. “But it’s not going to happen by just showing up.”

No. 21 Navy (9-2) is an overwhelming favorite to beat Army (2-9) for the 14th consecutive season. A victory would enable the Midship-

men to claim the Commander-In-Chief’s Trophy, awarded annually to the military academy with the best record in games between Army, Navy and Air Force.

“That’s the No. 1 priority,” Reynolds said.

He intends to play this one with a far more relaxed attitude than in his initial encounter with the Black Knights.

“I’m going to enjoy all the little things about the game – coming out for warmups, going to midfield for the coin toss, that type of stuff,” Reynolds said.

No matter what happens Saturday, Reynolds will be remembered as one of the finest quarterbacks in Naval Academy history. His 83 rushing touchdowns are the most ever among Football Bowl Subdivision schools, and his 4,279 yards rushing tops the school’s career list. He can throw, too – Reynolds needs only 36 yards passing to become the first Navy quarterback to rush and pass for 1,000 yards in two separate seasons.

Reynolds operates coach Ken Niumatalolo’s triple-option attack with near-flawless efficiency. When it comes to drawing up a game-plan to beat Navy, nothing is more important than stopping Reynolds.

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WHITE SOX

Sox trade for 3B Lawrie

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN

dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

Cubs more flexible in ongoing search for center fielder

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The Oakland Athletics’ Brett Lawrie is in action Oct. 2 in Seattle. The Athletics traded the third baseman, as the club had been expected to try to do during baseball’s winter meetings, sending him to the White Sox on Wednesday for right-hander J.B. Wendelken and minor league left-hander Zack Erwin.

Peavy trade that brought Avisail Garcia to the Sox. Lawrie also will provide flexibility, having started 40 games at second base last season to go with 106 starts at third.

Defensively, Lawrie dives for balls and will jump into the stands for foul balls and was regarded as a plus defender in his first four seasons with the Blue Jays.

However, his performance has been up and down through his five major league seasons – he committed 18 errors in 109 games at third base last season after making two in 63 games the previous year.

He has battled through a number of injuries already in his short career, including

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The White Sox will get a little bit of this and a little of that in third baseman Brett Lawrie, an energetic 25-year-old third baseman who can hit for some power and field with some flash.

Acquired Wednesday night for two good-but-not-great minor league pitchers, Lawrie batted .260 with a .299 on-base percentage and .407 slugging percentage with 16 homers and 29 doubles over 602 plate appearances with the A’s last season.

He was a key piece in the Blue Jays’ trade for third baseman Josh Donaldson last year.

“We feel this will improve us offensively as well as defensively,” general manager Rick Hahn said Wednesday night, Day 3 of the Winter Meetings at the Opryland Hotel. “He brings a nice level of energy and excitement and intensity to the way he plays, that we feel will help the club.”

“He certainly leaves a lot on the field. We’ve seen that intensity with the way he attacks defensively and offensively.

Sometimes it’s got him in a little hot water and altercations with others, but we don’t see anything wrong with adding guys with some fire and a little edge to him.

The big plus in the deal for the Sox is that they didn’t part with any premium prospects.

The A’s get left-hander Zachary Erwin, a fourth-round draft pick in June who went 2-2 with a 1.34 ERA with Advanced Rookie Great Falls and Class A Kannapolis in 2015, his first professional season, and right-hander J.B. Wendelken, 22, who pitched to a 3.20 ERA over 59 innings with between AA Birmingham and AAA Charlotte.

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oblique, finger and ankle problems.

Those may have contributed to his inconsistencies in the field.

“He regressed a little defensively for whatever reason last year, but we see a fair amount of defensive upside to him,” Hahn said.

Hahn said Lawrie’s age, upside, acquisition and contract control were all appealing to the Sox. Lawrie will be under team contract control for two years, projecting to make about $4 million next season through the arbitration process.

He was the No. 16 overall pick in the 2008 draft, being selected by the Milwaukee Brewers.

The Brewers traded him to the Blue Jays in 2010 for righthander Shaun Marcum.

“I’m excited to be in a new group, seeing how things are done with the Chicago White Sox,” said Lawrie, who will be reunited with former Jays teammates Melky Cabrera and Dioner Navarro, the latter signed last week to help bolster the Sox’ offense from the catching position.

Hahn said he expects to address more needs to improve the lineup, saying “It’s on to the next one,” after closing the deal.

“We’re pleased with the improvements we’ve made but we hope to continue. There’s still payroll room to improve the club.”

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The Cubs’ wide-ranging search for an Opening Day center fielder might not seem any closer to a conclusion than it looked a month ago.

But even as general manager Jed Hoyer said Wednesday that he didn’t expect any more moves by the club before they leave the winter meetings today, the team appeared to be in better position of strength to fill that priority than it was before a boost from the business department in recent weeks and the signing of free agent hitter Ben Zobrist Tuesday night.

Hoyer said team officials regrouped after Tuesday night’s tandem moves that included a trade of second baseman Starlin Castro to the Yankees to free up the position and $38 million of flexibility to, in turn, sign the versatile Zobrist to his four-year, $56 million deal.

“In some ways that [combination of moves] we made was an important step for our offseason,” Hoyer said. “It kind of gives us some flexibility now to move in a couple different directions. That was an important one to help define our team.”

Almost as important was a meeting with business operations since the general managers meetings last month that resulted in at least a slight bump in the baseball budget, both Hoyer and team president Theo Epstein

suggested this week without providing specifics.

A source said some of the increase came out of the $12 million windfall from the Cubs’ unanticipated playoff run (including $2 million toward free agent pitcher John Lackey’s $7 million signing bonus).

It hasn’t meant a sudden leap back into baseball’s big-spender neighborhood (the rest of Lackey’s bonus was pushed into 2017), but it has kept them in range of a favorably structured deal for a top free agent outfielder such as Jason Heyward or Alex Gordon.

Being able to land Zobrist – the longtime favorite of Cubs manager Joe Maddon who can play seven positions and bat near the top of the order – only increased the Cubs’ ability to consider more possibilities as fit for the outfield upgrade they seek.

In fact, heavily pursued Zobrist left money on the table from at least two teams to take the Cubs’ offer (the Nationals were believed to be the high bidder at $60 million).

“There were some other really good offers out there,” said Zobrist, 34, who finished last season with the World Series-champion Royals.

“But in the end the deal that I signed was exactly where I wanted to be as far as money goes and the fact that it was the cubs and the allure of not only playing in Wrigley but winning a championship in Chicago; it outdid a lot of the dollar-amount figures in my mind.”

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The Buckinghams, including original band members Carl Giammarese (left) and Nick Fortuna, will perform at DeKalb’s Egyptian Theatre on Dec. 19.

In 50 years, many things have changed. It’s more difficult to travel WHAT: The Buckinghams “The Joy of Christmas” and music venues are different, while the medium for sharing music has WHERE: Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., ick Fortuna and Carl GiamDeKalb shifted to Internet streaming and marese have been playing WHEN: 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 19 YouTube as opposed to radio, Giammusic together in their TICKETS: $25 to $65 marese said. band The Buckinghams for INFORMATION: egyptiantheatre.org “The one thing that hasn’t changed the past 50 years and will bring their is live performing,” he said. “People sounds of the ’60s to the Egyptian Coming to Town’ to ‘I’ll Be Home for don’t connect with radio as much Theatre on Saturday, Dec. 19.

Christmas,’ but we’ll also do original anymore, whereas back in the day we “It’s a high-energy show,” lead Christmas songs that I wrote that are used to depend on it. … So much is difsinger and guitarist Giammarese on our Christmas album.” ferent, but so much is still the same. said. “It’s nostalgic. Our music and The Buckinghams have a We are still performing. The audience fan base go back to the late 60s. … is a little older, but then, so are we.”

Our songs bring them back to certain horn-driven sound that stays true to Chicago, band members said. Their Another thing that has changed times in their lives.” over the years is the music, in a way, The show will incorporate all of the No. 1 song, “Kind of a Drag” gave Buckingham hits that fans have come them national attention. The band has bass guitarist Fortuna said. played nationwide and performed on “The band has definitely matured to expect and also will include a few The Ed Sullivan Show and with bands musically,” he said. “We’ve been Christmas tunes, he added. such as The Beach Boys, Sonny and playing for 50 years. If you don’t get “It’s our own take on the standards,” he said. “From ‘Santa Claus is Cher and The Who. better, you quit.”

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Fortuna, 69, has been playing professionally since he was 18 and said it’s the only thing that he knows.

“I’ve done other things in my life as sort of a venture on the side,” he said.

“But I’m a musician.”

In the 1970s, The Buckinghams broke up. During that time Fortuna played rhythm and blues nightclubs and even worked nightclub security during what he called “the disco situation.”

“For about three years it was pretty bad,” he said. “But then it came back in the early ’80s and it came back really strong.”

Fans can expect a night of original, Christmas, ballad and tribute songs at the DeKalb show.

“We have 50 years worth of music,” Fortuna said. “We could probably play all night if we wanted to.”

Tickets available for skating, gymnastics show at 800-745-3000. Groups of eight or more people can take advantage of a group Olympic champions Meryl Davis and discount of $5 per ticket.

Charlie White will headline the Colgate The cast will feature the most decoSkating & Gymnastics Spectacular rated dance team in U.S. figure skating along with 10-time world gymnastics history, 2014 Olympic champions and champion Simone Biles at the Northern two-time world champions Davis and Illinois University Convocation Center. White.

The show begins at 7 p.m. WednesFigure skaters scheduled to appear Photo provided day. Doors open at 6 p.m. also include: World champion and U.S. Gymnast Simone Biles highlights Select tickets are on sale for $15 and champion Kimmie Meissner, five-time the Colgate Skating & Gymnastics can be purchased at the Convocation U.S. champions Naomi Lang and Peter Spectacular on Wednesday at the Center box office, all Ticketmaster Tchernyshev, U.S. champion Ryan NIU Convocation Center. outlets, Ticketmaster.com or by phone Bradley, two-time U.S. bronze medalists

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Kim Navarro and Brent Bommentre and U.S. national competitor Carly Donowick.

In addition to Biles, the 2015 allaround world champion, gymnastics stars coming to DeKalb include: 2012 U.S. all-around champion and 2014 U.S. high bar champion John Orozco, 2015 World Gymnastics Team member and four-time rings U.S. champion Brandon Wynn, 2013 world silver medalist (FX) and four-time U.S. champion (threetime FX and one-time VT) Jake Dalton, and 2015 Pan American champion

(team) and 2015 Pan American bronze medalist (HB) Paul Ruggeri.

An Olympic “dream team” will host the show in DeKalb: Olympic figure skating champion Kristi Yamaguchi, three-time U.S. champion Michael Weiss and Olympic gymnastics champions Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner.

Hollywood Records recording artist and popular actress Olivia Holt and MAX will perform live.

For information about the show, or to view the event seating chart, call 815752-6800 or email convocenter@niu.edu.

2 A&E CALENDAR • Thursday, December 10, 2015 • Section C • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com ART ART “Under the Starry Night,” exhibition: Through Dec. 31, The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

Information: www.dekalbgallery.com or 815-758-0313.

COMEDY COMEDY Brian Regan: 8 to 10:30 p.m. Friday, Jan. 15, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $43. Doors open one hour before the show. The show is not suitable for young children. Information: 815-758-1215 or egyptiantheatre.org.

EVENTS EVENTS Colgate Skating & Gymnastics Spectacular: 7 p.m. Dec. 16, NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Tickets: $28 to $78 at www. ticketmaster.com, www.niuconvo.com or 815-752-6800.

“White Christmas” movie: 7:30 p.m.

Dec. 18, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $7, adults; $5, seniors and students. Information: egyptiantheatre.org or 815-758-1225.

Monster Truck Nationals: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6, NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb Tickets: $17 to $35 at www.ticketmaster.com, www.

MonsterTruckNationals.com or 800745-3000.

MUSIC MUSIC “Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Winter Wonderland”: 7 p.m. Friday, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, seniors 62 and older; $10, students; $5, children younger than 12.

Season tickets available. Information: 815-756-3728 or www.kishorchestra. org.

“Rocky Mountain Christmas Starring Jim Curry”: 3 p.m. Sunday, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $30. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

Kishwaukee Concert Band Holiday Concert: 3 p.m. Sunday, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, NIU Music Building, DeKalb.

The Buckinghams – “The Joy of Christmas”: 7:30 p.m. Dec. 19, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $25-$60. Information: egyptiantheatre. org or 815-758-1225 Southern Drawl Band: 8 p.m. Jan. 30, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

Jane Austen Fundraiser: 2 p.m. Feb. 7, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $10. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

“Alexis Cole Sings Disney Love Songs”: 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

The Prairie Brass Band: 8 p.m. Feb. 20, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

“Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Arthur D. Montzka Memorial Concert”: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb. Free pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, seniors 62 and older; $10, students; $5, children younger than 12. Season tickets available.

Information: 815-756-3728 or www. kishorchestra.org.

STAGE STAGE Lightwire Theater’s “A Very Electric Christmas”: 4 p.m. Dec. 20, Egyptian Theatre, 35 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets at www.egyptiantheatre.org.

ONGOING ONGOING 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 815-7531450.

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

DeKalb Festival Chorus rehearsals: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays during the school year, NIU Music Building. www. dekalbfestivalchorus.org. Contact Connie McCleary at cmccleary12@ comcast.net.

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. Contacts: Dave at 815-8955955 or Ed at 815-756-3004.

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.

“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.

Lights show mixes Hawks, holidays Display draws crowds to home in Campton Hills

By AL LAGATTOLLA alagattolla@shawmedia.com CAMPTON HILLS – Brian Larsen said he roots for most Chicago sports teams, but when it comes to the Chicago Blackhawks, he is a “big, big fan.”

After attending this year’s celebration in Chicago after the team’s Stanley Cup championship, Larsen decided to work in a tribute to the Blackhawks as part of his annual Larsen Christmas Lights Show at his home at 42W891 Beith Road in Campton Hills. Larsen’s shows run from 5 p.m. to midnight On the web on weekends and from 5 to 10:30 Visit dailyp.m. Mondays chronicle.com to through Thursview a video of the days.

Larsen Christmas The tribute Lights tribute lasts about five to the Chicago minutes and feaBlackhawks. tures four songs, ending with “Chelsea Dagger,” which is the song played after the Blackhawks score. The video is viewable at www.youtube.com/ user/larsenlights, by searching “Larsen Christmas Lights Show” on Facebook and in the online version of this story.

It is not unusual for Larsen to receive attention for his annual show at his home. In 2013, Larsen won his segment of ABC-TV’s “The Great

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The Larsen Christmas Lights Show takes place throughout the Christmas season at 42W891 Beith Road in Campton Hills.

Christmas Light Fight.” Many cars typically will stop and park in the area to check out the show, which can be heard on a vehicle radio through an FM station.

But he said he is especially enjoying the buzz over the Blackhawks display. He said WGN-TV’s morning news was to include broadcasts from his house, and he already has been featured on NBC Chicago and CLTV, as well as radio station 95.5FM, known as BIG 95.5.

“I didn’t expect it to take off like it did,” Larsen said.

The Hawks’ display features names of the team’s players, flashing logos and lights and a fog horn.

It also features flashing lights in his

driveway, which Larsen said you can “drive right over,” as they are dug in the ground and covered. He said his display includes about one million lights. He said he had help setting up the Hawks display, and that took more than 80 hours.

The light show also features Christmas music, but if he sees a lot of cars waiting to get near the display, Larsen will switch to a “heavy traffic flow” version that is shorter.

For those coming specifically for the Hawks’ display, Larsen said “I open with that. It plays once at the front of every show.”

Campton Hills Police Chief Dan Hoffman said Dec. 4 that all has gone smoothly with Larsen’s dis-

play this year.

“I have not received one complaint yet, which is an anomaly,” Hoffman said, adding, “it’s been a source of frustration over the years.”

Hoffman said Larsen has worked to get people to use the parking lot set up near his home. There also are many street signs instructing drivers where they can’t park. Those who ignore them can be ticketed, and Hoffman said tickets had been written in previous years. Hoffman said he appeals for visitors to be considerate for the neighbors who live in the area, as well as normal traffic and emergency vehicle traffic.

BRIEFS KSO to present Holiday Pops concert scheduled for Dec. 11

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The Kishwaukee Valley Art League presented its annual Art of Giving to local art students on Dec. 3. Pictured (from left) are recipients Morgan Hicks of DeKalb High School, Anna Gosciejew and Joel Dodson of Sycamore High School, Maeve Wallace of DHS, and Courtney Willee and Bryce Parker of Kishwaukee College.

KVAL awards local art students DAILY CHRONICLE The Kishwaukee Valley Art League presented its annual Art of Giving awards at its monthly meeting on Dec. 3.

Presentations were given by the students, and a certificate and gift were given to six exceptional art students from DeKalb High School, Sycamore High School and Kishwaukee College. Each of the recipients were nominated for the award by their

teachers for outstanding work and creativity in different mediums.

KVAL visitors and members enjoyed presentations by each of the recipients who shared their work on display that evening.

KVAL is committed to promoting local artists and dedicated to the development of upcoming artists in the Kishwaukee Valley area.

Visit them at www.kval.us and www.facebook. com/kval.us.

St. Charles North grad in ‘The Voice’ finale District 303 alum saved by last-minute votes from viewers

By CHARLES MENCHACA cmenchaca@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – A St. Charles School District 303 grad on Tuesday was saved by the public to advance to the upcoming finale of NBC’s “The Voice” Season 9 singing competition.

Jeffery Austin was revealed to be the fourth and final contestant to make the finale in the closing seconds of the show’s Tuesday broadcast.

“Is this life?! From one chair to the Finale. Thank you doesn’t cut it. Love you all so much!,” Austin tweeted Tuesday night after the show ended.

No Doubt singer and “Voice” coach Gwen Stefani was the only one of four coaches to turn around her chair during the show’s blind auditions earlier this year to select Austin for her team.

Austin was one of three people who sang Tuesday to stay in the competition after it was revealed they were up for elimination. Austin performed singer Foy Vance’s song “Make It Rain.”

Austin, who graduated from St. Charles North High School in 2009, is the only member of Stefani’s

team to make the finals.

The other remaining singer on the team, Braiden Sunshine, was eliminated Tuesday.

Maroon 5 singer and “Voice” coach Adam Levine had one of his artists, Jordan Smith, make the finals. Country singer and “Voice” coach Blake Shelton has two artists in the finals – Barrett Baber and Emily Ann Roberts.

Austin and the three other finalists will perform starting at 7 p.m. Monday in the first part of the show’s finale. The second part of the finale, during which the winner of the show will be announced, will air Tuesday.

The winner of the show will receive a recording contract.

The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, now in its 39th season, plans to delight concert-goers once again with its annual “Holiday Pops Concert: Winter Wonderland” at 7 p.m. Friday in the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb.

The KSO will play music of the holiday season, including contemporary and familiar traditional music and a sing-along of holiday favorites. Conductor Linc Smelser invites the children from the audience on stage for an interactive performance of Haydn’s “Toy Symphony,” making this concert a perfect introduction to live orchestral music.

Ensembles, including the NIU Suzuki Strings program, the Kishwaukee Brass Quintet and the DeKalb High School Madrigals, will perform before and after the concert and during intermission in the concert hall lobby. Refreshments will be served afterward. This concert is supported in part by the George E. and Betty B. Dutton Foundation.

Tickets are available at the door 30 minutes before the concert begins. All seats are general admission. Individual ticket prices are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors age 62 and older and a special discounted price of $5 for students with a school ID card and for children younger than 12.

To learn about the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, visit www.kishorchestra.org or the KSO’s Facebook page.

IVT schedules auditions for ‘Sex Please We’re Sixty’ production

Auditions for Indian Valley Theatre’s next show, “Sex Please We’re Sixty!” by Michael and Susan Parker, will be from 7 to 9 p.m. today and Friday at the Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St. in Sandwich.

Auditions will be cold readings from the script. Auditions for this comedy are open to the public, adults only, and IVT membership is not required to audition.

Casting is for two males and four females.

For questions or information, email Matt Johnson at ivtmatthew@gmail.com, email indianvalleytheatre@gmail.com or call IVT at 888-365-8889.

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Kishwaukee Concert Band set to play holiday concert DAILY CHRONICLE The Kishwaukee Concert Band will present a Holiday Concert at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Boutell Memorial Hall in the Northern Illinois University Music Building.

Gene Vandenbosch is the director for the concert, which is sponsored

by Millie Sulaver in memory of her sister, Joan. Denny Vaupel will be

the guest conductor, and the vocalists will be Jay and Christine Monteiro.

The concert will open with the “Yuletide Tapestry” arrangement

by Gary Parks. This is a medley of four well-known Christmas favorites.

“Celtic Carol” will have toes tapping as the percussion section is featured.

“Veni, Veni” was recorded by Mannheim Steamroller and is variations of “O Come, O Come, Emmanuel.”

“Baby, It’s Cold Outside” will be sung by Jay and Chris Monteiro, who met in college when they were members of the NIU Madrigal Singers.

They have been making music together ever since. They are both members of Jazz in Progress – Jay in the saxophone section, and Christine in the trumpet section. Other selections include “Chanukah is Here,” music from “Polar Express” and “Do You

Hear What I Hear?”.

In honor of Charlie Brown’s 50th year, guest director Denny Vaupel will lead the band in “Christmas Time is Here” from “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”

Monteiro will sing “Cantique de Noel” or “O, Holy Night,” and the concert will close with “Auld Lang Syne.”

In case of bad weather, tune to local radio stations for updates.

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Teen’s serious relationship draws fire from boy’s mom Dear Abby: I’m 13 and in what I think is a serious relationship with “Josh.” The problem is his mom thinks I’m “mentally abusing” him.

I have never done anything to Josh to make her think that. She and I have had our disagreements and have not spoken for periods of time before, but nothing like this has ever happened.

I’m pretty sure I love Josh, and I don’t want to lose him because of what his mom thinks of me. What should I do? – Puzzled In Indiana Dear Puzzled: You didn’t mention how old Josh is and how he feels about all the attention you’re giving him, but I can offer a couple of suggestions. The first is to slow down.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips Take a step back so Josh can have some breathing room.

The second is to try to make a friend rather than an enemy of Josh’s mother, who might be worried about a 13-year-old girl who seems fixated on her son.

Dear Abby: I remarried when my son, “Kevin,” was 5.

He’s now 20. My husband has always tried to be a good dad to him even though Kevin was challenging at times.

Kevin is now in the military. Before he left, he adopted a dog, “Leisel,” that’s a year old. Kevin will be deployed

overseas for three years and wants us to take her. We have a dog and cat, a big yard and three teenage daughters who want Leisel, but my husband says no. He says it was a mistake to get the dog in the first place, and Kevin needs to learn a lesson and do the hard thing and give her up.

I agree it was a mistake, and I really don’t want another dog, but I’m willing to do it for my son. Lots of parents get “stuck” with their kids’ pets. They roll their eyes and just do it. Who is right? – Willing To Do It In

West Virginia Dear Willing: You are. This

is no time to teach your son a lesson. With the international situation heating up as it seems to be, there’s no telling

where your son could wind up being stationed. Let him go with peace of mind knowing his pet will be well cared for until he returns.

Dear Abby: You probably wonder why I think this is a problem, but it is for me. I’m a single male, almost 77, who can easily pass for 50 or 55. The problem is friends, acquaintances and some strangers (in their 40s, 50s and 60s) think because I look so much younger than my age, I should be able to perform the same physical tasks they do, which I can’t. I have the same aches and pains as anyone else my age.

I’m flattered I look younger, but how do I explain because I look 50 to 55 doesn’t mean I necessarily feel that way. I

know, I know. Some people probably wish they had my problem. – Young/Old In

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff “good” bacteria called Lactobacilli. If the bacteria are carried from the rectum to the vagina, they can enter the urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder) and infect the bladder.

Some women inherit a condition that makes it easier for the bad bacteria to stick to the lining of the urethra. That, in turn, makes it easier for the bacteria to cause an infection of the urethra and bladder. That’s why a tendency to have recurrent UTIs tends to run in the family.

Risk factors for UTI vary

with age. Before menopause, the most common risk factors are sexual intercourse and use of spermicides. Sex can push bacteria up the urethra and into the bladder. And spermicides may kill off beneficial good bacteria in the vagina, making it easier for the bad bacteria to multiply.

After menopause, the numbers of protective Lactobacilli in the vagina naturally decline. It also becomes more difficult to empty the bladder completely. Both of these factors increase the likelihood of getting UTIs after entering menopause.

The most reliable way to prevent recurrences is to take a low dose of an antibiotic used to treat UTIs. There’s some room

to experiment here. If you have frequent UTIs, ask your doctor about the following strategies and which one might work best for you: • take a low dose daily for six months or longer; • take a dose only after you have sex, particularly if the recurrent UTIs tend to follow having sex; • keep a supply of antibiotics in the medicine cabinet, and take them at the very first symptoms of a UTI to shorten the duration of symptoms.

If you would like to avoid taking antibiotics, there are two “natural” alternatives.

Probiotic vaginal suppositories containing Lactobacilli

for you. There are plenty of people half your age who also have physical problems that prevent them from performing certain tasks – including bad backs, bad knees, rotator cuff injuries and more. Because someone looks great doesn’t necessarily mean the person is 100 percent. If you are asked to do something beyond your ability, be honest about it and say no.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

have had promising results in premenopausal women like you.

What about cranberry juice?

The evidence it can reduce the number of recurrent UTIs is weak. Furthermore, you have to drink 8 ounces of it a day for six months to a year. There is a lot of sugar (and calories) in that much cranberry juice.

It might require some experimentation with different alternatives, but you should be able to find a treatment that reduces the frequency and severity of your recurrent UTIs. • Write Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

Brother hanging out with ‘druggies’ needs parental guidance Dr. Wallace: I’m 15 and live with a 16-year-old brother and my mother. Our parents are divorced and my dad has remarried, but he still sees us regularly and takes care of our financial support.

My brother is basically a good kid, but I’m worried because he recently has started hanging around with a group of “druggies” at school. I told him I wish he would find other friends, but he said they are good guys and he has never been pressured to do drugs.

Last night, I was doing the laundry for my mom because she wasn’t feeling well. As I was putting my brother’s jeans in the washer I found some marijuana cigarettes and some little white pills. When I asked my brother about this, he told me the stuff wasn’t his, but he was holding them for his friend who is on probation for selling

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace marijuana. He begged me not to tell our parents because he didn’t want to get them worried. I told him I’d think it over before telling our parents, but he had to get rid of the stuff immediately. Did I do the right thing, or should I have told our parents immediately? – Name-

less, Elkhart, Indiana Nameless: Your brother may

or may not be using pot or pills, but even if he’s only holding them for someone else, he’s into the game too deeply with his druggie friends. If he’s not doing drugs now, it’s only a matter of time.

Both Mom and Dad should be told immediately you found drugs in your brother’s cloth-

HOROSCOPE

ing. He needs parental guidance now. If they don’t step in until his drug use and, in all likelihood, other behavior problems have become obvious, straightening him out will be a lot more difficult. Tell them now and nip this problem in the bud.

Dr. Wallace: I’m a 15-yearold girl and live near my high school, where I’m in the 10th grade. I like school so far, and all my friends go to my school except for my boyfriend. He attends a different high school, and it happens to be very near to where my dad works. Now my boyfriend wants me to transfer there so we can spend more time together. I’m not sure this is possible, but I’d like to know what you think.

Should I stay where I am or try to get a transfer? – Hannah,

Anaheim, California Hannah: Stay put. It would

not be in your best interest to

SUDOKU

By EUGENIA LAST

Newspaper Enterprise Association TODAY – Help bring about changes that will raise your standard of living and professional clout. Strive for perfection, consistency and reliability. If you stick to the truth and live up to your promises, success will follow. Remain focused and live within your means.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Don’t let uncertainty get you down. Exaggeration will make you look bad. Stick to facts and be open about your motives. No one can fault you for being honest.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Look at the big picture and the trends that are forming. Prepare to head into the upcoming year ready to take on whatever comes your way. Preparation and clear vision will be your saving graces.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Gravitate to where the action is. Your involvement in the hustle and bustle that take place this time of year will encourage you to take on more responsibility.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Limitations will set in if you have taken on too much. Don’t make promises you cannot keep. Steer clear of indulgent people or deals that are too good to be true.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Don’t stop short of your goals.

Unfinished business will leave you feeling anxious and unable to enjoy the festive season. Don’t say anything if you don’t have something nice or positive to share.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Take note of what transpired this year. There is a lesson you can learn and information you can apply that will help you take advantage of similar circumstances. A romantic encounter is encouraged.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – You’ll end up being a scapegoat if you aren’t careful. Don’t claim to be able to do something you can’t. It’s important to be upfront about your feelings and abilities.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Enjoy life, live in the moment and put friends and family first. Do a little shopping and engage in talks that lead you down memory lane. Romance is in the stars.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Discipline and hard work along with compassion and generosity will put you in a prime position.

Network with colleagues and pay close attention to any upcoming job openings.

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LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – A last-minute change of plans can be expected. Don’t let others’ actions ruin your plans. Attend an event or activity even if you have to go alone.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – It’s a good time to make personal changes that will update your appearance and give your morale a boost. Romance is in the stars. Don’t be shy; share your intentions with someone special.

attend a different high school just to be closer to a boyfriend.

And I seriously doubt you would be permitted to attend a different high school just because your father works nearby.

Switching high schools is no easy task. Students must attend schools where they reside, period. It would require a special hearing to allow you to attend the high school attended by your boyfriend. At this hearing, your request probably would be denied.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 20, divorced and the mother of a 1-year-old daughter. I have a full-time job as a secretary for a pediatrician, and my salary allows my daughter and me to have our own apartment. It is not too far from my mother’s home, and she is a wonderful baby sitter for my little Lacey. (She won’t allow me to pay her, so

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

California Dear Young/Old: I have news

Urinary tract infections are more likely after menopause Dear Dr. K: I’m in my 30s and fairly healthy. However, I keep getting urinary tract infections.

My husband and I want to know what I can do to prevent them.

Dear Reader: Many women know well the symptoms of a urinary tract infection (UTI).

You might feel a frequent urge to urinate, yet pass little urine when you go. It might hurt when you urinate. Your urine might be cloudy, blood-tinged and strong-smelling. Furthermore, many women have a tendency to get repeated UTIs. UTIs usually are caused by bacteria that live in the gut and are present on the skin around the rectum. There, these “bad” bacteria compete for food with

ADVICE & PUZZLES 3

I find really great gifts for her to surprise her now and then.)

My mother thinks Lacey needs a male role model in her life, and she keeps telling me I need to find a husband who can be a father to her. I keep telling Mom the only role model my daughter needs is a good, moral mother and that’s what I am.

Do you agree? – Lacey’s Mom,

Des Moines, Iowa Mom: Your mother means

well, but her pressuring you to find a husband is misguided. To marry just to give your daughter a male role model would be a big mistake. Most single mothers do quite well raising children on their own. It’s certainly better for the child than growing up in the cauldron of an unhappy marriage.

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

CROSSWORD

A bimonthly mag from down under Australian Bridge (australianbridge.com) is edited and published six times a year by Brad Coles.

It has the usual blend of tournament reports, amusing and instructive articles, quizzes, and a bidding panel with a readers’ competition.

In this problem provided

by Ron Klinger, what should West lead against six spades?

No peeking at the other three hands!

In the auction, North used Stayman, then made a four-club splinter bid. This showed four-card spade support, a singleton (or void) in clubs, and at least game-forcing values. South, with nothing wasted in clubs, rolled out Roman Key Card Blackwood. North’s five clubs indicated one key card. Five diamonds asked for the spade queen.

Five no-trump showed it and denied a red-suit king.

It is tempting to lead the club ace to get a look at the dummy and decide where to try to win a second trick.

However, unless that trick is a ruff, usually you should try immediately to establish a trick that you can cash when in with your ace.

The chance that partner has a void in a red suit is surely zero.

So, where might you build up a winner? The best chance is to find partner with the heart queen.

Bruce Neill, who has represented Australia in seven world championships, did lead a low heart, the only start to defeat the slam.

Declarer drew trumps and discarded his heart losers on dummy’s diamonds, but then had to lose two club tricks.

Be aggressive against small slams, cautious against grand slams.

4 COMICS • Thursday, December 10, 2015 • Section C • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com Pickles

Brian Crane Pearls Before Swine

For Better or For Worse

Non Sequitur

Stephan Pastis

Lynn Johnston Crankshaft

Tom Batiuk & Chuck Hayes

Wiley The Duplex

Glenn McCoy

Beetle Bailey

Mort Walker Blondie

Dean Young & Denis LeBrun

Frank & Ernest

Bob Thaves Dilbert

Scott Adams

Monty

Jim Meddick Zits Hi and Lois

Rose is Rose

Pat Brady & Don Wimmer Arlo & Janis

Soup to Nutz

The Family Circus

Rick Stromoski Big Nate

Bill Keane

The Argyle Sweater

Scott Hilburn

Brian &&Greg Jim Borgman JerryWalker Scott

Jimmy Johnson

Lincoln Peirce

Frazz

Jef Mallett

Grizzwells

Bill Schorr

“Polar Lights” Photo by: Sara

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2015 • SECTION C

HAMPSHIRE HUGE ANTIQUE & COLLECTIBLE BARN SALE FRI, SAT, SUN DEC 11, 12, 13 10AM - 3PM Branch Operations Specialist Raymond James Sycamore office is seeking a Branch Operations Specialist to provide clerical support and professionally represent the firm when greeting clients. Requirements: HS diploma or equivalent; minimum of 1 year experience.

To apply, visit: raymondjames.com/careers.

See job ID 1503705

BUSINESS OFFICE ASSISTANT Full Time

Not-for-Profit Retirement Community has a responsible position available for an individual with significant related Computer, Bookkeeping, Secretarial and Customer service skills and experience. Must be highly organized, thorough and enjoy working with people in a positive environment.

Please submit resume including salary history to DeKalb Area Retirement Center 2944 Greenwood Acres Dr. DeKalb, IL 60115 or email: mwest@oakcrestdekalb.org

by Friday, December 18.

COOKS – PT/FT

Lunches, Nights and Weekend hours available.

Apply in person HINKS BAR & GRILL 123 S. California St. Sycamore, IL. email: l.henke25@gmail.com

14N380 Brier Hill Rd. Parking Available on Property

Farm Equipment, Primitive Tools, Horse Tack, Beer Signs & So Much More!

Hosted By Trunk2Treasures Waterman 230 South Elm Thurs., Fri. & Sat. Dec. 10th, 11th & 12th 10:00 am – 5:00 pm FOR SALE: Antique Bed, Round Oak Table, 6 Chairs, Rocker, Wardrobe, Treadle Sewing Machine. Table w/2 chairs, Trundle Bed, Wash Stand, Trunks, Clocks, Shelves, Book Cases, Dressers, Small Furniture Pieces & much Household Goods.

CASH ONLY

Disney Princesses Sparkling Lights & Sounds Vanity New In Box, Includes Vanity, Stool, Comb, 2 Barrettes, 1 Pair of Pretend Earrings and 1 Shampoo Bottle, Vanity Has Gems On It That Lights Up & Makes A Magical Princess Sound & Drawer That Pulls Out For Storage & A Mirror That Your Princess Can Admire Herself In, $40 (was $80), DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

DOLL SET NEW American Girl Bitty Baby Doll Set w/ Doll, Book & Star, Includes Deluxe 15 Piece Layette Collection; Dress, Cardigan, Pants, Tights, Shoes, Rattle, Bottle, Bib & Hangers All In a Satin Storage Suitcase.

All new & in original packaging $150 for all, 815-739-1953

FURNITURE

For 18” dolls or especially American Girl. 2 benches, $23/ea rocking chair, $16. All in great condition! 815-761-7429 Large Little Tikes picnic table teal and golden yellow in color with two cup holders, $25.

815-739-1953 Lego/Duplo/Tabletop table in good condition. Table has a Lego/Duplo blocks table top for building.

When not using as a Lego table you can put the cover on and use as a drawing/art/misc. table. Also comes with two chairs. This was made by Tot Tutors and is in the shape of a square, $40, DeKalb.

815-739-1953.

Radio Town & Country Red Wagon front, rear & side boards are removable, old good condition $40. Call 815-761-7466 Toddler size Step 2 all in one kitchen set with attached microwave, oven, stove, sink, dishwasher & refrigerator. Comes w/ original attached phone,play dishes and play food. In like new condition and good size, $40, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

WANTED – 6” double or triple wall pipe for wood stove, Call 815-748-7693

Open Interviews Every Thursday from 12PM-4PM 975 S. Caron Road, Rochelle, Illinois 61068.

815-561-8166

Nutrition Education Worker

University of Illinois Extension DeKalb County seeking FT Community Worker to deliver Illinois Nutrition Education Program. Using set curriculum, plan, prepare and teach nutrition lessons and cooking skills to SNAP-Ed eligible audiences. High School diploma or equiv. Relevant experience preferred.

Submit online Application and Exam Request form for EXT-COMM WRKR-SYCAMORE (DEKALB) at https://jobs.illinois.edu by 12/17/15.

University of Illinois is an AA/EOE.

Radiological Technologist/ Part Time

Graduate of an accredited school of radiologic technology Must be licensed by IEMA ARRT registered Experience preferred

Kishwaukee Medical Associates 954 W. State Street Sycamore, IL 60178 Send Resume or Apply in Person

WANTED!

I Buy Old Envelopes Stamps 815-758-4004 Pillow case style dolls 18” w/ long dress & bonnet.

Some Christmas material $20 ea. 815-895-5732

Kenwood 640W maximum power 4/3/2 channel power amplifier model KAC-8401 & Earthquake sub woofer $250, DeKalb 815-739-1953

Domestic/ Import Cars: Mercedes, Porsche, Corvette, Ferrari's, Jaguars, Muscle Cars, Mustang, Mopars

$$ Top $$ all makes, Etc.

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1998 Ford Escort ZX2 Sport

Coupe, LOW MILES, 73K, sunroof, A/C, 5-Disc CD, black, $2,700.

815-730-7148

2005 Toyota Corolla S

New Tires, Great condition, Runs excellent. Power windows & locks, CD changer, only 99k miles. $6900 OBO. Call 815-766-0242

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Publisher's Notice: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD tollfree at 1-800-669-9777. The tollfree telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

!!!!!!!!

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!!

Chimney Brushes - Three, New 8” x 8” square, value $20 each, sell for $10 each 815-748-7693 Dekalb

815-575-5153 !! !! !!! !! !!

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTYSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PLAINTIFF VS SCOTT ZAVER A/K/A SCOTT R ZAVER; LVNV FUNDING, LLC; DEFENDANTS 12 CH 675 99 NORTH ASPEN DRIVE CORTLAND, IL 60112 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on June 19, 2014, DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF in DEKALB County, Illinois, will on January 14, 2016, in 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, at 1:00PM, sell at public auction and sale to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of DEKALB, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: TAX NO. 09-20-354-004 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 99 NORTH ASPEN DRIVE CORTLAND, IL 60112 Description of Improvements: WHITE VINYL SIDED TWO STORY SINGLE FAMILY WITH AN ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE The Judgment amount was $318,310.22.

Sale Terms: This is an \"AS IS\" sale for \"CASH\". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate, water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title

Bookcase - Walnut 4'wide, 6'high, 14”deep Storage area w/doors below. Good Cond. $65 815-895-0222 HUTCH-SOLID MAPLE 51” wide. 3 drawers, 2 Doors, with 2 shelf plate rack. $400. 815-756-6253

Nordic Ware Cast Bundt Pan Asking $15 815-895-5732 SMALL CROCKS $7-$12 815-895-5732

Heavy Duty Wheelbarrow large capacity, good condition, $35. 815-761-7466

SCOOTER

(10) Old Farm Windows, wood frames, $15 each or 2 for $25. 815-748-7693 Dust Collector - Just in time for Christmas, like new – only used twice, 1H.P. 3450 RPM $150. 815-761-7466 Sno-way Snowplow Hydraulic Oil 3 quarts, $10 per qt.

815-748-7693 Dekalb

Suncast golf organizer with shelves for extra storage. It has large area on left to hold two golf bags and shelves on right for other storage. $25, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

You Want It? We've Got It!

Be sure to include a photo of your pet, home, auto or merchandise.

Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up?

Rochelle 1 & 2 Bedroom

Remodeled, 1 bath, clean & quiet.

Available now. 815-758-6580 or 815-739-5806

SYCAMORE CLEAN DUPLEX 3 BEDROOMS 1623 Maness Ct. 1 car garage, 3 Bedrooms, full basement. Washer dryer, dishwasher, Stove and fridge $1,200 a month rent with a security deposit of $1,200.

Single family Call Mike at 773-420-6638 Sycamore River Edge Upper Condo 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Car, $1050/mo.

View it at: tv-realty.com (815) 378-7962

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR

Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $950.

No pets.

815-758-0123

CORTLAND, 2BR, 1½ BA, Central A/C, Nice Yard, Garage, washer/dryer hook-up, $850/mo. 815-761-5944

Shabbona Spacious 2BR

1st floor , newly painted, appl, A/C, W/D if needed, $650/mo, no dogs.

847-738-2334

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT.

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $770/mo.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

#582-1**Paw Paw** 4 br, 1.5ba farmhouse, W/D h,u's, c/a, Est. 1600 sq. ft., Tenant pays electric, Pets @ p.m.'s discretion $1195/mo Heat Included tcpm.com 815-786-2404

DeKalb 2BR, DR, Basement

Garage, $880. ALSO 3BR, 1.5BA, basement, 24x32 garage, $1180.

No pets/smokers. 815-762-4730 DeKalb, 3BR/2BA attached garage, sun porch, large yard, appliances included. No smoking/pets. $975/mo. 815-751-7149

DeKalb, contractor office / storage space for rent, great space for small contractor. $300/mo. 815-751-5224

DeKalb, 1888 State St Professional Office Space Available, different sizes, furniture included; 815-756-1198

BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb Studios, 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $415 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

(815) 562-6425 www.whiteoakapartments.net Now accepting Visa, M/C, Discover DeKalb – 1 BR for 1- 2 people.

857 Ellwood. Upper level. $475/mo.

815-758-4615 or 815-375-4615 DEKALB 2 BEDROOM Den, new kitchen and bath, $680.

3 bedroom, newer kitchen, $695.

No pets/smokers. 815-762-4730

Sycamore E. State St. AVAILABLE NOW!

Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-236-4051 ~ 815-923-2521 Sycamore Quiet Upper & Lower 2BR, 1BA, W/D, no pets/smoking. $700/mo + 1st, last security.

815-501-1378

Sycamore Upstairs 2BR, 1BA 2900 DeKalb Ave. Laundry, non-smoking, all utilities except electrical, Avail. Immediately $725/mo. 815-758-2911

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1 & 2BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439 DeKalb, Efficiency Apt, So. 3rd . St off st. parking, nice neighborhood $500/mo, utilities included.

No pets. Paul 815-748-4228

Cortland 3 Bedroom TH 2000 sq ft, 2 bath, large master.

New stainless steel appliances, basement, 2 car garage. Lawn and snow maintenance included, $1100/mo.

815-895-2605

DEKALB 2 BEDROOM TH

DEKALB: Sunny, Clean 3rd Floor 1BR, Like Living in a Tree House!

Laundry, garage, yard, pets neg.

Husky bus route, no smoking. $600/mo + util, 1st mo & sec dep.

Avail 1/16. Mary 815-991-2095 Get Bears news on Twitter by following @bears_insider

PLANT YOUR ROOTS IN SYCAMORE

1.5 bath, appl, W/D, 2 car garage.

No smoking, $1250/mo + sec.

815-970-0110 DeKalb Beautiful 3BR, 3Baths, Full basement, 2 car. $1425+utils.

Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845

WE'VE GOT IT!

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527 www.Daily-Chronicle.com

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTYSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA, N.A., PLAINTIFF VS SCOTT ZAVER A/K/A SCOTT R ZAVER; LVNV FUNDING, LLC; DEFENDANTS 12 CH 675 99 NORTH ASPEN DRIVE CORTLAND, IL 60112 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE ACT ***THIS DOCUMENT IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT ON A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE*** PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered by said Court in the above entitled cause on June 19, 2014, DEKALB COUNTY SHERIFF in DEKALB County, Illinois, will on January 14, 2016, in 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, at 1:00PM, sell at public auction and sale to

SYCAMORE 5+ BEDROOM HOME

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Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

*PUBLIC AUCTION* THE FOLLOWING ITEMS FROM THE OLD DEKALB PUBLIC LIBRARY WILL BE SOLD AT AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AT NO RESERVE. LOCATED AT THE LIBRARY, 309 OAK STREET, DEKALB, ILLINOIS. (THE ORIGINAL 1930 FURNITURE WILL BE USED IN THE NEW BUILDING SO IT IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE).

SATURDAY DECEMBER 12TH STARTING AT 10:00 A.M.

APPROX. 19 WOODEN TABLES AND COMPUTER TABLES; 8 FOLDING TABLES; 67 WOODEN, PLASTIC WICKER, OFFICE AND OTHER TYPES OF GREAT CHAIRS; ALL SIZES AND HEIGHTS OF BOOKSHELVES, WOODEN, METAL AND A COMBINATION. DESKS; FILE CABINETS; WHEELED CARTS; MINI FRIDGE; DEWEY RUG; ALPHABET RUGS; LOCKING CABINETS; EASELS; GLASS TOP TABLES; BOOK CARTS; AND MANY MORE ITEMS USED IN THE EVERYDAY OPERATION OF THE DEKALB LIBRARY. ALL OF THESE ITEMS ARE IN LARGE QUANTITY. BRING YOUR TRUCKS AND TRAILERS. LOTS OF GREAT USABLE FURNISHINGS AND FIXTURES ALL SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. IF YOU HAVE A CHURCH, SCHOOL OR OTHER COMMUNITY BUILDING, COME AND SEE WHAT IS TO BE SOLD. BRING YOUR TAPE MEASURE AND A FRIEND AND JOIN US IN GETTING SOME OUTSTANDING BUYS ON THIS QUALITY FURNITURE….

AND YOU WILL BE HELPING YOUR PUBLIC LIBRARY TOO!!

PRE-VIEW ON FRIDAY DECEMBER 11TH FROM 9-5 P.M. THE AUCTION WILL BE HELD INSIDE. TERMS: CHECK, CASH, CREDIT CARDS W/3% CONVENIENCE FEE. 10% BUYERS PREMIUM ON ALL ITEMS SOLD. ALL ITEMS MUST BE REMOVED SAME DAY AS AUCTION. NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS, INJURY OR THEFT.

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Classified has GREAT VARIETY!

Appraisals Real Estate Liquidators

877-264-2527

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HINCKLEY 2BR, 1.5BA

Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D. NO PETS. $775/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250

Laing Mgmt.

Sandwich. 2BR. Newly remodeled.

New Flooring, Patios. Landscaped.

Large kitchen. New appliances.

12X10 outbldg.

Price Reduced, 815-538-3515

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Motorized Elite ES, brand new. $2000/obo 815-748-3525

To place an ad, call 877-264-2527 Daily Chronicle Classified

Cars

Vintage Motorcycles

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

Metal hanger lot from dry cleaners in groups of 25 for a total of 175, $10, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

Buying? Selling?

Renting? Hiring?

Restored or Unrestored

MOST CASH

Material Handler

BUILDING 1 Ryder, Rochelle, IL. - Looking for All Shifts FT & PT-On Call Material handler must have forklift experience.

Receive and pull orders correctly Be able to look for damaged product Complete basic housekeeping tasks around the warehouse

CLASSICS WANTED

CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

Hotpoint Electric Range self cleaning, light in oven, timer & clock, clean $75. 815-761-7466

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quality quantity and without recourse to plaintiff.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\\\service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel. No. (312) 372-2060. Please refer to file #PA1224926 Plaintiff's attorney is not required to provide additional information other than that set forth in this notice of sale.

I677574 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 3, 10, 17, 2015)

A Super Down to Earth Solid Home.

3 Bedrms, 1-1/2 bathrm, full basement.

Big rooms and lots of storage, huge 3.5 car garage with wood burning heater. A man cave.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

ONE OF A KIND BUILT WITH QUALITY ON A LAKE HOME, SYCAMORE

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pub the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate mentioned in said Judgment, situated in the County of DEKALB, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment: LOT 19 IN WOODLAND ACRES SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK \"R\" OF PLATS, PAGE 83, ON APRIL 14, 1978 AS DOCUMENT NO. 411028, SITUATED IN CORTLAND TOWNSHIP, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. TAX NO. 09-20-354-004 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 99 NORTH ASPEN DRIVE CORTLAND, IL 60112 Description of Improvements: WHITE VINYL SIDED TWO STORY FAMILY WITH AN SINGLE ATTACHED TWO CAR GARAGE The Judgment amount was $318,310.22.

Sale Terms: This is an \"AS IS\" sale for \"CASH\". The successful bidder must deposit 25% down by certified funds; balance, by certified funds, within 24 hours. NO REFUNDS. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate,

agai , water bills, etc., and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the bid amount, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DYAS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For Information: Visit our website at http:\\\\service.atty-pierce.com.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY A. CORK, Deceased Case No. 15 P 140 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: Creditors and Claimants 1. Notice is given of the death of Mary A. Cork, who died on November 9, 2015 a resident of Sandwich, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate and his/her address is: Robert V. Cork 1202 Kramer Lane Sandwich, IL 60548 3. The attorney for the estate and his/her address is: Thomas C. Rydell, Scheflow & Rydell

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4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 11, 2016. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 133 W. State St., Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the Representatice, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

8. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless as interested party terminates independent supervision administered by filing a petition to terminate under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 ½, Par. 28-4). /s/ Robert V. Cork Independent Admin (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 10, 17 & 24, 2015.)

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5. On December 9, 2015, an Order Admitting the Will to Probate and/or Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. Within 42 days after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court ro require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witnes to the Will in open Court, or other evidence, as provided under section 6-21 of the Probate Act (IL Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 ½, Par. 6-21).

7. Within 6 months after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Section 8-1 of the Probate Act (Ill Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 ½, Par. 8-1).

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS LEGAL NOTICE FOR A NAME CHANGE (ADULT) IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: CASSANDRA ELIZABETH DUPRE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on January 22, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Cassandra Elizabeth Dupre will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from CASSANDRA ELIZABETH DUPRE to CAMRON ELI WINGER th in

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(Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 10, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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WINGER pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any person interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Cassandra Elizabeth Dupre 3239 Wineberry Drive DeKalb, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 10, 17 & 24, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS FOR BID RELEASE 1 DEKALB COUNTY JAIL EXPANSION SYCAMORE, IL Gilbane Building Company, the Construction Manager for the DeKalb County Jail Expansion, is receiving bids for the Release 1 Bid Packages. The bid documents will be distributed to pre-qualified bidders on or about Friday, December 11, 2015. A Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Friday, December 18, 2015 at 9:30 a.m. local time at DeKalb County Legislative Center -Gathertorium at 200 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178. Sealed bids are due Wednesday, January 13, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. local time, at DeKalb County Legislative Center Finance Office at 200 North Main Street, Second Floor, Sycamore, IL 60178.

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LEGAL NOTICE FOR A NAME CHANGE (ADULT) IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: ZACHARY THOMAS GSCHWIND FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on January 22, 216 at 9:00 a.m., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Zachary Thomas Gschwind will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from ZACHARY THOMAS GSCHWIND to ZACHARY THOMAS WITKOWSKI pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any person interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Zachary Thomas Gschwind 8608 S. Rood Road Kingston, IL 60145 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 3, 10 & 17, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

/s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 10, 17 & 24, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on November 30, 2015 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office address of all of the persons owning, conducting, and transacting the business known as: NINA'S TACOS SHOP located at 2422 Chestnut St., Sycamore, IL 60178.

Dated November 30, 2015 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 3, 10 & 17, 2015)

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