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Downtown development planned Five-unit plaza proposed for former Sawyer Auto Imports site in DeKalb Jim Bibby, president of Rempe-Sharpe consulting engineers, said the site is chalDeKALB – A property own- lenging but important for er’s plans to build a five-unit redevelopment, particularly plaza at the former Sawyer because of its location in the Auto Imports site near Fifth downtown area. Prospective Street and Lincoln Highway tenants for the five-unit plaza will be up for another public include Dunkin’ Donuts, Subway and Marco’s Pizza. hearing in January.

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The plaza and patio would be built on a site of less than half an acre in the central business district, across the street from the McDonalds restaurant and to the west of Gordon’s Hardware, KJ’s Bar & Grill and North Central Cyclery.

Property owner Dipak Pa-

tel bought the Sawyer’s Auto Imports buildings three years ago and razed them in 2014 with the goal of bringing quick service restaurants such as Subway to the area.

Patel also owns the Subway franchise at 928 W. Lincoln Highway, near Northern Illinois University.

DeKalb Mayor John Rey said he was glad to see some development proposed for the east side of the downtown. The City Council in September agreed to spend up to $217,000 in tax increment financing proceeds to help renovate the outside of the Stage Coach Theater just a block away at

146 S. Fifth St. “I’m delighted to see a developer focused on bringing five businesses spaces,” he said. “I think that – especially with the enhancements being done to Stage Coach – it will just add a depth to the east end

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Lottery industry under scrutiny

NIU PRESIDENT HAS SOUGHT LEGAL REPRESENTATION IN CONNECTION WITH PROBE

Jackpot-fixing probe expands to more states The ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker listens to a report by the vice chairman of the Board of Trustees during its meeting Dec. 10 in Altgeld Hall.

NIU spending thousands on OEIG investigation of Baker

By RHONDA GILLESPIE rgillespie@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker has been under investigation by a state watchdog agency for months, and records show the university has paid tens of thousands of dollars to a Boston-based law firm to represent him.

According to documents obtained by the Daily Chronicle, law firm Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC billed the university for 142.4 hours of work and expenses totaling more than $85,000 from March through Sep-

On the Web To see documents related to the investigation of Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker, visit Daily-Chronicle.com. tember as they have worked on a defense.

The amount includes a $3,500 retainer fee for Raymond Cotton, a Harvard-educated member of the firm who is based out of Washington, D.C., and specializes in representing higher education executives, according to his online biography.

The investigation was initiated

by the state Office of Executive Inspector General Maggie Hickey.

“Yes, there is an investigation,” Baker said, adding that he could make no further comment on the matter.

Members of the NIU Board of Trustees have said the university has an obligation to defend Baker, although some have voiced concerns about the mounting legal bills. Meanwhile, the state agency conducting the probe of Baker is saying nothing about what it might be looking into and wouldn’t confirm an investigation is underway.

The executive inspector general’s office fields and, at its dis-

cretion, investigates complaints against employees of, and those doing business with, agencies under the governor’s purview, including state universities. Anyone can send a complaint to the office, but officials do not confirm or deny receipt of complaints or whether they lead to an investigation, a spokesman said.

Hickey’s office has investigated matters from prohibited political activity and using state records for personal gain by state employees, to ghost-payrolling and other types of fraud. In some cases, it can take

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DES MOINES, Iowa – The allegations read like a movie plot: A lottery industry insider installs undetectable software giving him advance knowledge of winning numbers, then enlists accomplices to play those numbers and collect the jackpots. And they secretly enrich themselves for years – until a misstep exposes them.

Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, has been convicted of fraud for fixing one jackpot in Des Moines, but prosecutors said his high-tech scheme extended far beyond Iowa. He’s accused of tampering with lottery drawings in four states over six years, and investigators are expanding their inquiry nationwide.

Investigators have asked states to review jackpots produced by the number-generators Tipton had access to, and whose winning numbers were specifically requested by the ticket buyer. They hope to talk with anyone aware of such payouts being collected by someone other than the person who ends up with the money, said Rob Sand, a state prosecutor in Des Moines who is leading the probe.

The inquiry is sending a chill through state governments that depend on public confidence in contests that generate $20 billion annually in lottery revenue.

“It would be pretty naive to believe they are the only four” jackpots involved, said now-retired Iowa deputy attorney general Thomas H. Miller, who oversaw the investigation for 2½ years. “If you find one cockroach, you have to assume there are 100 more you haven’t found.”

Thirty-seven states and U.S.

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Back to Basics AA (C) Time: 6:30 p.m. today Place: Cortland Methodist Church, 45 Chestnut St.

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As Bill Sees It AA (C) Time: 9:30 a.m. today Place: 312 E. Taylor St. Information: 800-452-7990 or www.dekalbalanoclub.com Learning to Live Al-Anon Time: 9:30 a.m. today Place: Newman Center, 512 Normal Road Information: 815-757-1958 Narcotics Anonymous Time: 10 a.m. today Place: United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. Information: 815-964-5959 or www.rragsna.org Community Christmas Dinner Time: Noon today Place: Crossview EFCA Church, 150 Bethany Road Information: 815-756-8729 or www.crossviewefca.com Crossview High School’s youth ministry will host a free holiday meal for community members who are in need or alone for the holidays. The event will feature live music and a traditional meal of turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, pie and more. Call to RSVP or schedule a ride.

‘The Buckinghams’ Time: 7:30 to 10:30 p.m. today Place: The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. Information: 815-758-1215 Chicago natives “The Buckinghams” will perform “The Joy of Christmas,” combining classic rock hits with beloved holiday songs.

Songs include “Kind of a Drag,” “Hey Baby, They’re Playing Our Song,” “Don’t You Care,” “White Christmas,” “Santa Claus is Coming to Town,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and more.

AA Speaker Open Meeting (C) Time: 8 p.m. today Place: 312 E. Taylor St. Information: 800-452-7990 or www.dekalbalanoclub.com Saturday Night Bargain Addict Time: 10 p.m. today Place: 312 E. Taylor St. Information: 800-452-7990 or www.dekalbalanoclub.com Elks Members and Guests Christmas Brunch Time: 9 a.m. to noon Sunday Place: DeKalb Elks Lodge 765, 209 Annie Glidden Road Cost: $13 adults, $6 children ages 5 to 10, children younger than 5 years old eat free Information: 815-756-6912 Price includes carved ham, roast beef, regular and western style scrambled eggs, bacon, sausage, potato casserole, mashed potatoes and gravy, green bean casserole and a sweets table.

24 Hours a Day AA (C) Time: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Place: 312 E. Taylor St. Information: 800-452-7990 or www.dekalbalanoclub.com Lightwire Theater: ‘A Very Electric Christmas’ Time: 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday Place: The Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St. Information: 815-758-1215 Follow the story of Max, a young bird, and his family, as they begin their journey south for the winter.

When Max gets blown off course and ends up at the North Pole, his adventure begins. Dancing toy soldiers, caroling worms and performing poinsettias, light up the stage.

World-renowned Lightwire Theater, electroluminescent dancers that perform in complete darkness, will tell Max’s tale, set to timeless holiday hits, including Nat King Cole, Mariah Carey and Tchaikovsky.

NAACP DeKalb County Chapter Time: 6 p.m. Sunday Place: New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, Twombly and Annie Glidden roads Society for Creative Anachronism Fighter’s Practice Time: 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday Place: Liberty Park, off Shipman Place Information: www.carraigban.org

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‘This is what Christmas should be’ The line was long outside The Salvation Army headquarters Tuesday in DeKalb, mostly parents waiting to collect toys for their children courtesy of the Marine Corps Reserve’s Toys for Tots program.

In all, more than 700 families from DeKalb County had signed up for the charity service, which was expected to help about 2,000 children have a few special things this season, Salvation Army Capt. Michelle Graham said. Inside, volunteers waited to guide them through rooms filled with donated books, toys, and clothing, all sorted by age group.

The volunteers that afternoon had followed many different paths to The Salvation Army building at 830 Grove St. that day. There were recent retirees and Marine Corps League members. Others had signed up through local service clubs such as DeKalb Rotary, or churches such as Sycamore’s Mayfield Congregational Church, still others through the DeKalb County CLEAN Slate drug court program. Some simply heard that help was needed and came of their own accord.

All of the people that I talked with agreed on one key point, however: Volunteering helped others, but in doing so, it made them feel good, too.

Barbara Damian of Sycamore was one of those there to help out. I first saw her escorting a Spanish-speaking woman through one of the rooms of donated goods, at one point telling her, “si, se puede.”

This was Damian’s second year helping with the Toys for Tots giveaway, and being bilingual makes her particularly helpful. It’s a skill she picked up through communicating with her mother-in-law, who only speaks Spanish.

EDITOR’S NOTE Eric Olson “I really wanted to come back, I not only had fun interacting with people, that’s the biggest thing, but it was just the gratification of doing something voluntarily,” she said. “This is what Christmas should be.”

The others at a table where volunteers at munching donated food during a short lunch break agreed.

At the next table over, Julie Cummings of DeKalb sat with some friends from the DeKalb County Clean Slate program.

Cummings graduated from the program in 2010. She comes now with the program’s alumni association because it’s therapeutic.

“It’s a good thing to do for other people,” Cummings said. “It’s giving back to the community, it fills my heart, and you need stuff like this after drug court.”

Richard Horowitz, who’s currently part of the drug court program, was seeing it himself for the first time. Horowitz called the experience “life-changing, game-changing,” and said it helped him to cope with some of the feelings he has this time of year.

It’s the second Christmas since his son was killed a month shy of his 18th birthday, he said.

“Doing this is huge,” Horowitz said.

“Seeing the joy in the people’s eyes, you can’t help but feel good.”

Organizers do take precautions to make sure that the items go to parents and children in need. The Salvation Army verifies people’s residency and

eligibility. Local Toys for Tots Coordinator Kathi Hogshead Davis keeps close track of the numbers of toys appropriate for each age group. She carries around spreadsheets showing how many toys she has for each age group, using that number to determine how many gifts parents can take for individual children.

They mark the UPC codes so parents can’t return the items.

It is about the children, after all, although it’s adults who meet at The Salvation Army.

I escorted a few people during my short time helping Tuesday. One woman was shopping for a 10-year-old girl, and kept apologizing for lingering over the items available as she looks for the right gift.

“Oh, don’t apologize, it’s fine,” I told her, my thoughts turning to my own daughters. I am grateful that I can afford gifts for my girls, just as I am grateful that a 10-year-old I might never meet will have something to call her own thanks to Toys for Tots, the Marine Corps League, and all those who donated time and toys to this effort.

After the shopping is over, volunteers from the Mayfield Congregational Church in Sycamore wrap the gifts, with cheery smiles to match cheery paper and bows. Then I lead the women out the door, sending them off with a “Merry Christmas.”

Like all the volunteers say, it feels good.

By MATTHEW PERRONE The Associated Press

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An open tanning bed is seen Dec. 9, 2011, in Sacramento, Calif. Federal health officials are proposing a ban on the use of tanning beds for anyone age 18 and younger, part of an ongoing effort to reduce skin cancers caused by the devices.

Dr. Mark Lebwohl, president of the American Academy of Dermatology. “It is long overdue and a historic victory in our fight to eradicate skin cancer that the FDA has come out with a proposal to restrict indoor tanning.”

Twenty three states already have laws banning minors from using indoor tanning equipment.

Last year the FDA required

tanning beds and sun lamps to carry new warnings advising that they should not be used by anyone younger than age 18.

The FDA has regulated tanning machines for over 30 years, but had previously taken little action to restrict their use.

“Despite available information about its adverse effects, many high-schoolers continue to use indoor tanning devices,” the FDA’s Dr.

Vasum Peiris told reporters.

“Now we’re taking further steps.”

The FDA would be able to seize machines and fine businesses that don’t follow the rules, once finalized, according to Peiris, who is a chief medical officer in the agency’s device center.

The Indoor Tanning Association said decisions about tanning should be left to parents, not the government.

“We are concerned that the proposed requirements will burden our members with additional unnecessary governmental costs in an already difficult economic climate,” states the group, which represents makers of tanning beds and related products.

Nearly 74,000 new cases of melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, are expected to be diagnosed this year, and the disease is expected to cause nearly 10,000 deaths, according to the American Cancer Society. While most cases are diagnosed in people in their 40s and 50s, the disease is linked to sun exposure at a young age.

Laid-off woman’s plea brings help for holiday

By BLAKE NICHOLSON The Associated Press BISMARCK, N.D. – When Elizabeth Garcia looked at the bare area under her Christmas tree and considered the bills that had been mounting since her last job layoff, she knew she had to do something to give her family a merry holiday. She turned to social media.

Garcia, 33, one of thousands of North Dakota residents to lose their jobs during oil’s current downturn, went public with her plight on Facebook. She offered to sell a camper she had bought earlier this year for $500 so that

she could give a real Christmas to her son, 8, and daughter, 5.

Although she got no offers for the camper, the replies brought her to tears. A store offered to let her pick out presents for her kids. People donated toys, store gift cards and grocery store cards.

“If you saw my Christmas tree right now, it is absolutely ridiculous how many presents are under there,” she said.

“If I wouldn’t have put the (Facebook) post up, I probably wouldn’t have been able to get my kids any presents at all.”

Garcia, a single divorced mother who moved to Watford

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FDA proposes tanning ban for minors WASHINGTON – Anyone younger than age of 18 would be barred from using indoor tanning equipment, under a federal proposal to help reduce skin cancer linked to the devices.

The Food and Drug Administration also wants to require tanning bed users to sign consent forms acknowledging the risks of the radiation-emitting devices. Tanning salons and other businesses would have to collect the forms from customers before their first tanning session and every six months thereafter.

Friday’s announcement comes after years of prodding by dermatologists and medical groups for bolder action on indoor tanning, citing rising rates of skin cancer among teens and people in their 20s, particularly women. The leading professional group for skin specialists applauded the news.

“Indoor tanning is the cigarette of this generation, it is so clearly carcinogenic,” said

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City in the western North Dakota oil patch from Colorado in 2012 to start a new life, was laid off last summer from her job with a company building a natural gas plant. She later was laid off from welding and carpentry jobs.

The North Dakota Petroleum Council estimates as many as 20,000 workers have lost their jobs in the current oil downturn.

“There’s a new norm,” Louis “Mac” McLeod, executive director of the Minot Area Homeless Coalition, said of people struggling and agencies like his working overtime to help them. “And

we don’t like the new norm.

But it is what it is.”

Garcia was hired by a local laundry, and she’s also selling homemade food to get by until she can find another oil field job. She hopes to make North Dakota her permanent home; she likes the schools and her kids are happy, she said.

And that was before the outpouring of support from her Facebook post. She has lived in many states, she said, and “I don’t think this would have happened anywhere else.”

“There are more warm people here than anywhere else I’ve ever lived,” Garcia said.

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Sycamore students collect dozens of toys Badminton tourney held at high school

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John Hensley, a retired Genoa-area train conductor, punches 6-year-old Mariana Osorio’s ticket to “The Polar Express” on Friday at Davenport Elementary School in Genoa. Hensley visits the school each year around the holidays before the classes watch the film “The Polar Express.”

Genoa first-graders ride on ‘The Polar Express’ School visited by retired conductor

By KATIE SMITH ksmith@shawmedia.com GENOA – Davenport Elementary School first-graders went on their own “Polar Express” adventure Friday, and even had their tickets to the magical train punched by a real conductor.

John Hensley, a retired train conductor from the Genoa area, has visited the school for the past seven years to secure the seats of all Davenport Elementary first-graders on the Polar Express, a fictional train from the 1985 children’s Christmas

book by Chris Van Allsburg.

Clad in fleece pajamas and slippers, students snuggled up with cups of hot cocoa to watch the book’s film adaptation featuring Tom Hanks.

The overall experience tends to help get the students excited for the holidays, firstgrade teacher Sandy Uecker said.

“They love reading the story and they love hearing that a real conductor is coming in,” she said. “We talk about how going on a train is a journey, and they do a writing about that and what their expedition would be.”

Already, students were whispering excitedly about their Christmas lists.

“I want a [toy] dog that can walk and crawl,” 6-year-old

Mariana Osorio said.

The day was nearly perfect, but there was one person whose appearance would have surpassed all the students’ expectations, 6-yearold Brady Mathey said.

“It would be cool for Christmas if Santa were here,” he said.

Once the children were settled and ready for the train to take off, Hensley supplied the classes with coloring books that included lessons about train safety. “[Hensley] comes in and he uses his antique punchers and he punches their tickets,” Uecker said. “I think just the fact that he’s been doing it for 30 years – they really respect that.”

SYCAMORE – High school students collected more than 100 toys for families in need with an end-of-the-semester badminton tournament Friday.

Senior Isabel Dobbel, vice president of Sycamore’s student council, said she wanted to do a toy drive similar to Toys for Tots last year, but the idea came about too late to be successful.

“This year, we decided to try the idea again,” she said.

“Around Thanksgiving was when it really sparked.”

The entry fee for the badminton tournament was a toy and more than 100 students signed up. Although badminton isn’t an official sport at Sycamore High School, it’s one of the more popular gym class games, Dobbel said.

“Everyone has fun doing it,” she said. “And they get really competitive.”

Social science teacher and student council adviser Andy Jordan said the game was a great way to engage students beyond those on student council.

“This was a student-led initiative to help families in the Sycamore community,” he said. “We found the way to get more kids involved was the activity. Badminton really

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Sycamore senior Natilee Morey (left) celebrates a point with fellow senior and teammate Jake Bjork during the badminton tournament and toy drive Friday in the Sycamore High School field house. The student council came up with the idea of the badminton tournament entry fee being a new unwrapped toy to donate. More than 100 students participated.

“This was a student-led initiative to help families in the Sycamore community. We found the way to get more kids involved was the activity. Badminton really sparked a buzz.”

dropped off the toys at Sycamore State Theater, a local Toys for Tots site, after the game.

“We’ve been doing Toys for Tots at the theater for about 10 years,” owner Daryl Hopper said. “So far this year, we’ve had about four of the big boxes go out.”

Toys for Tots is a nationwide drive by the Marine Corps Reserve. While local distribution took place earliAndy Jordan er this week, donations will Sycamore teacher be stored for next year, said Kathi Hogshead Davis, local Toys for Tots coordinator.

She said its not uncommon sparked a buzz.”

The game began Friday for gifts to keep coming in after final exams were over, after distribution day, especially when the giveaway hapwhich also was a plus.

“We looked at doing it right pens more than a week before after the finals so its kind of a Christmas.

“We’ll store them,” she fun, end-of-semester reward,” said, “and they will get used Jordan said.

S t u d e n t v o l u n t e e r s next year.”

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Dinner For Those In Need When: Wednesday, December 23rd • 4–8pm Where: Flippin Eggs (831 S. 4th St.) Who: For anyone in need of a warm, friendly meal.

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DeKalb is filled with warm, friendly faces but do you know behind those faces there are also people that don’t have enough money for a warm holiday meal, and too many people who are living at our local shelters, Hope Haven, Safe Passage, and the couple others? There are others as well who live on their own but due to circumstances don’t have family in the area and might be spending the season alone.

Well, it’s that exciting time of year again, time to celebrate the Holidays and help others as well. We will again be having our 10th annual complimentary dinner on Wednesday, December 23. To make this possible we are asking for donations of some wrapped gifts so that each attendee can be given something, as for some that might be their only holiday gift. Please note that a few hours of time volunteering to help is appreciated and no monetary donations will be accepted, though gift cards are sometimes helpful. Most importantly, if you know of anyone who would benefit from our dinner, please help us spread the word and invite them as helping as many people as we can this Holiday season is our goal. We wouldn’t have been able to make these events so joyous with out the help of our community. Any extra food and gifts go to local shelters. Thank you in advance!

Maria, Scott, Alexus, & Flippin Eggs Family

4 NEWS • Saturday, December 19, 2015 • Section A • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com POLICE REPORTS Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

DeKalb city Nora Abu-Kawod, 21, of the 900 block of Crane Drive, DeKalb, was charged Sunday, Dec. 13, with keeping a disorderly house.

Staphany Bermudez, 21, of the 900 block of crane drive, DeKalb, was charged Sunday, Dec. 13, with keeping a disorderly house.

Charles Magazine, 45, of the 400 block of North Eighth Street, DeKalb, was charged Sunday, Dec. 13, with domestic battery.

Mary K. Solomon, 27, of the 700 block of South First Street, DeKalb, was charged Sunday, Dec. 13, with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Nicole E. Schewe, 19, of the 1300 block of West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, was charged Sunday, Dec. 13, with possession of drug paraphernalia and driving without a license.

Roy J. Vanherik, 20, of the 500 block of South President Street, Wheaton, was charged Sunday, Dec. 13, with possession of marijuana.

Theresa K. Grecu, 47, of the 300 block of Park Avenue, Sycamore, was charged Monday, Dec. 14, with retail theft.

Thomas H. Kumro, 27, of the first block of Hathaway Crescent, Sugar Grove, was charged Monday, Dec. 14, with aggravated battery to a peace officer, resisting a peace officer.

Jermaine J. Redmond, 43, of the 1400 block of Sunflower Drive, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Dec. 15, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Christopher C. Bonner, 31, of the 800 block of Ridge Drive, DeKalb, was charged Monday, Dec. 15, with retail theft.

Kelley D. Robinson, 24, of the 700 block of North Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Dec. 15, with fighting within the city.

Latrice M. Sorrells, 24, of the 800 block of Crane Drive, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Dec. 15, with fighting within the city.

Jacee P. L. Foster, 26, of the first block of South Nina Street, Cortland, was charged Tuesday, Dec. 15, with retail theft.

Nicholas J. Sherlock, 21, of the 900 block of Crane Drive, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Dec. 15, with keeping a disorderly house.

Chicago cop’s attorney wants new venue The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – An attorney for a white Chicago policeman charged with murder in the shooting death of a black teenager said Friday he will seek a change of venue, arguing that comments Mayor Rahm Emanuel made jeopardize his client’s chances of a fair trial.

Jason Van Dyke appeared at a preliminary court hearing for the first time since a grand jury indicted him earlier this week. He faces six counts of first-degree murder and one of official misconduct in the 2014 shooting death of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. The judge scheduled his arraignment for Dec. 29.

Release of a video showing Van Dyke shooting McDonald 16 times has triggered persistent protests, forced the resignation of the city’s police chief and put the entire police department under a wide-ranging civil rights in-

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Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke (right) leaves the courtroom Friday after a hearing with his attorney, Daniel Herbert, at the Leighton Criminal Court Building in Chicago. vestigation by the U.S. Department of Justice. A few people confronted Van Dyke as he left the court Friday, shouting profanities and pounding on the black pickup truck in which he departed.

Defense attorney Dan Herbert told reporters at the

Rauner: Budget meeting productive

By IVAN MORENO The Associated Press CHICAGO – Gov. Bruce Rauner said Friday that the final meeting of the year with legislative leaders about the state budget impasse was productive, although House Speaker Michael Madigan did not attend.

The Republican governor commented Friday after the Democratic speaker missed the latest meeting Thursday because of what his spokesman said was a scheduling conflict.

“I was disappointed that he

couldn’t make it,” Rauner said after touring DeVry University’s Chicago campus.

The meeting was the third in as many weeks as Rauner and legislative leaders try to find agreement on a state spending plan. The state has been operating without one since July 1.

Aside from Madigan, the lawmakers invited to the meetings have been Democratic Senate President John Cullerton and GOP leaders Sen. Christine Radogno and Rep. Jim Durkin.

Rauner contends Madigan is

“not a big fan” of the meetings.

“He has not really wanted to have those,” Rauner said.

Madigan spokesman Steve Brown disputed Rauner’s assessment Friday, saying there was no basis for him to draw that conclusion.

Madigan participated in the two prior meetings, and Brown said the speaker makes every effort to attend.

Brown declined to say what Madigan’s scheduling conflict was Thursday, and the governor said it wasn’t explained to him, either.

Without offering many spe-

cifics, Rauner said Thursday’s meeting was productive and focused on term limits, redistricting and fixing the state’s $111 billion pension debt. Madigan has referred to those topics as “Republican campaign issues for November 2016” that have no place in budget talks.

But Republicans counter those changes are needed to end years of corruption.

Rauner says the next meeting will likely be the first week of January.

“We’re making progress.

This is just going to take persistence,” Rauner said.

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“At first we weren’t sure it was vandalism; we thought it was the wind,” Lynch said. “Then it happened three more times.”

Parts of the display have been knocked down and now the stable surrounding the scene has gone missing, she said.

The church has filed a report with the DeKalb police, who are working on pinpointing a time frame when the vandalism is taking place, and a motive for the person who could be behind it, DeKalb Police Cmdr. Bob Redel said.

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that come with being a police officer but also basic moral standards that bind our community together,” Emanuel said.

Community activists have called for the appointment of a special prosecutor, arguing that the 13 months it took Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez to announce charges has led to a lack of confidence in her handling of the case. Alvarez has responded that any investigation into a police shooting is “highly complex” and presents unique legal issues.

Van Dyke’s attorney said he didn’t think a special prosecutor was necessary but that if the venue is moved there might be a different prosecutor.

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Trestin Howell, Trestin 18, of the 900 Howell block of Shipman Place, DeKalb, is charged with theft and criminal sexual abuse, both of which are punishable by up to a year in the county jail. The criminal sexual abuse charge is a misdemeanor because the victim was not five years younger than Howell.

Police believe Howell had sexual contact with a minor Dec. 11, court records show. Howell is also charged with stealing a bottle of Grey Goose vodka from the home where the incident occurred. DeKalb County Judge Robert Pilmer released Howell on a $3,000 recognizance bond in court Friday.

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courthouse that he intends to seek a change of venue because of remarks Emanuel has made in several public appearances. He did not say when he would make the request.

“The mayor has continued to indict my client in the press

and before the City Council for the last couple of weeks,” Herbert told The Associated Press before the hearing. “So I imagine when I bring motion for change of venue, Exhibit A will be all the mayor’s comments.”

The mayor has faced calls to resign from protesters who accuse City Hall, the police and the state’s attorney of a cover-up because the city fought for months to keep the video from being released under the argument that doing so would hinder the investigation into the shooting. At the end of November, a judge ordered the city to make the images public.

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Properties along Lincoln Highway, Anne and Pearl streets will be demolished including 112, 120, 123, 124/126, 128, and 133 Pearl Street; 226, 234, and 242 Anne Street; and 186, 196, and 202 West Lincoln Highway.

Pearl Street will remain open but sidewalk closures are expected along West Lincoln Highway and Pearl Street, according to the release.

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Hundreds mourn Chicago firefighter The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Hundreds of mourners packed a chapel Friday morning for the funeral of a Chicago firefighter who died after falling down an elevator shaft while battling a warehouse fire.

Firefighter Daniel Capuano, 42, fell Monday as he searched for the fire’s source. He died hours later. The 15-year department veteran was a married father of three and was remembered at St. Rita High School as a hockey dad who loved his family and faith.

“He was a big guy who had even a bigger heart,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel said during the service. “He put his duty above danger.”

The mayor said Capuano’s life was defined by service, sacrifice and selflessness. He thanked Capuano’s wife, Julie, and their three children, Amanda, 16, Andrew, 13, and Nick 12.

“No one who wears the uniform of the Chicago Fire Department ever does so alone,”

Emanuel said. “Their family suits up with them and serves alongside them.”

Capuano’s fire helmet with “Tower Ladder 34” written on it sat on a table during the funeral. Firefighters lined up in cold weather to honor Capuano and a fire truck was covered with purple bunting and flowers.

Chicago Firefighters Union Local 2 President Tom Ryan called Capuano a hero.

“A hero to his department, a hero to his community, and most importantly, a hero to his family,” Ryan said.

Capuano will be buried in Holy Sepulchre Catholic Cemetery in Alsip.

Separately, Capuano’s wife filed a lawsuit Thursday in Cook County court against Anilroshi, the company that owns the warehouse on the city’s South Side.

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Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin (from left), D-Ill., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., talk to reporters Friday after the Senate gave sweeping approval to a yearend budget package in Washington, D.C. and a $680 billion tax package extending dozens of breaks touching all sectors of the economy, making several of them permanent and tossing the entire cost onto the deficit.

Republicans and Democrats joined to approve the spending bill on a resounding 316-113 vote in the House, a day after passing the tax bill. The unexpectedly large margin was a victory for new Speaker Paul Ryan, who saw a majority of

his GOP lawmakers back the legislation despite complaints by frustrated conservatives whose priorities were ignored.

Not long after, the Senate voted 65-33 to send the entire package to Obama’s desk, and lawmakers began rushing out the Capitol’s exits to catch flights back home with Congress adjourning until January.

On Capitol Hill, it was a harmonious conclusion to

Republicans and Democrats alike, proudly touted the accomplishments achieved since the new speaker was sworn in, including bipartisan bills on highways and education and a two-year budget and debt deal that paved the way for Friday’s spending and tax legislation.

“Truly historic,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., boasted on the Senate floor as he and Congress’ other top leaders of both parties took turns claiming credit for the holiday-season largesse.

Ryan himself told reporters he fielded a congratulatory call from Obama who thanked him for keeping government working and invited him to dinner at the White House in the new year.

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Obama welcomed the sprawling legislation, a rare compromise product of the divided government. It includes something for nearly everyone, from parents and teachers to Big Oil and small business, from 9/11 first responders to cybersecurity hawks and more.

“There’s some things in there that I don’t like, but that’s the nature of legislation and compromise, and I think the system worked,” the president said at his year-end news conference at the White House before traveling with his family on their annual vacation to Hawaii. “It was a good win.”

The legislation pairs two enormous bills: a $1.14 trillion government wide spending measure to fund every Cabinet agency through September,

a wild 2015 that was driven largely by tea party lawmakers pushing for showdowns with Obama on immigration, Planned Parenthood and the president’s health law. They never achieved their principal goals even with the Senate newly under GOP control, but along the way they forced out Ryan’s predecessor, John Boehner, and nearly shut down the Homeland Security Department.

On Friday several hardliners expressed disappointment over a year that ended with passage of a spending bill funding many of Obama’ priorities while excluding their own, including curbs on Syrian refugee resettlement in the U.S. “The product we’re delivering this year is awful,” groused GOP Rep. Dave Brat of Virginia.

Several of the GOP presidential candidates in the Senate were among those opposing the legislation, although Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida didn’t show up to vote. Sens.

Ted Cruz of Texas and Rand Paul of Kentucky voted “no.”

Yet few conservatives were complaining about Ryan himself, and many lawmakers,

ing the four-decade-old ban on exporting crude oil and the legislation’s failure to address Puerto Rico’s fiscal woes, which Ryan pledged to tackle next year instead.

But they boasted of using their leverage, veto threats from Obama and the GOP’s craving for the oil export ban to extract numerous concessions from Republicans, including five-year extensions of solar and wind tax credits, a top goal for Reid. And they blocked numerous policy “riders” Republicans sought on the environment and other issues.

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Obama vows active role in ’16 race

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama closed his nextto-last year in office with rare praise for congressional Republican leaders who helped orchestrate a bipartisan budget deal Friday, then vowed to work hard to beat the GOP and get a fellow Democrat elected to succeed him in the White House.

“I do want to thank Congress for ending the year on a high note,” Obama said in his annual year-end news conference. He singled out former House Speaker John Boehner for kick-starting the budget process shortly before leaving Congress and gave current Speaker Paul Ryan “kudos” for seeing the effort through.

The budget package, which staved off a government shutdown and extended tax cuts for families and businesses, was finalized shortly before Obama addressed reporters in the White House briefing room Friday afternoon. The president quickly signed the measure into law.

The fiscal agreement capped a year of milestones for the president – including a his-

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President Barack Obama waves as he leaves after a news conference Friday in the Brady Press Briefing room at the White House in Washington, D.C. toric Iranian nuclear accord, a sweeping Asia-Pacific trade pact and a global climate agreement – that have been overshadowed in recent weeks by deadly attacks in Paris and San Bernardino, California, heightening Americans’ fears of terrorism.

Obama was stopping in San Bernardino late Friday to meet with families of the 14 victims on his way to Hawaii for his annual two-week Christmas vacation in his home state. The

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Much of the president’s focus was on outlining plans for his final year in office. The race to succeed him is well underway and will consume even more of the public’s attention once primary voting begins in February.

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“I think I will have a Democratic successor,” Obama said.

“And I will campaign very hard to make that happen.”

Bowing to the realities of an election year, the president outlined a limited legislative agenda for next year. He called on lawmakers to find areas of common ground on issues including criminal justice reform and final passage of the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal, both of which have some Republican support.

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Democratic presidential race Va. district cancels school explodes after data breach over Islamic lesson anger The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – The Democratic race for president unexpectedly exploded with rancor Friday, as Hillary Clinton’s campaign accused rival Bernie Sanders of stealing millions of dollars worth of information about potential voters.

Sanders team, meanwhile, accused the Democratic Party of holding his White House bid hostage by temporarily barring it from accessing its own voter data. His campaign filed a lawsuit to get it back and aggressively tried to turn

the allegations into a political advantage.

“This information is really key to our campaign and our strategy,” said Clinton campaign manager Robby Bernie Mook. “We are p a r t i c u l a r l y Sanders disturbed right now that they are using the fact that they stole data as a reason to raise money for their campaign.”

The reaction to the data breach, the depth of which

was debated by all involved, tore open an ugly fault line between two camps that had so far engaged in a relatively civil campaign.

On the eve of the party’s next presidential debate, it also thrust into the open longstanding suspicions among Sanders and his supporters that the national party is unfairly working to support Clinton’s candidacy.

“Clearly, in this case, they are trying to help the Clinton campaign,” an enraged Sanders campaign manager Jeff Weaver said of the Democratic National Committee.

Feds: Gun buyer in Calif. massacre mused on Facebook about troubles The ASSOCIATED PRESS RIVERSIDE, Calif. – Less than a month before his friend carried out the San Bernardino terror attack, the man who authorities said bought the assault rifles used in the massacre wondered when the multiple lives he was leading would come crashing down.

“Involved in terrorist plots, drugs, anti-social behavior, marriage, might go to prison for fraud, etc,” Enrique Marquez Jr. told someone in a Facebook chat Nov. 5.

The posting, described in court documents, foreshadowed trouble he was facing before any bullets started flying.

Now Marquez stands accused of terrorism-related charges and other counts linked to the San Bernardino shootings.

Marquez, 24, was charged Thursday with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists in deadly plots with Syed Rizwan Farook in 2011 and 2012 that they never carried out.

The duo, who had become adherents to radicalized Islam ideology as neighbors in Riverside, wanted to maximize carnage by using pipe bombs and guns to kill innocent people at a campus cafeteria and those stuck in rush hour traffic, court documents said.

Those plans may never have come to light if not for the attack where Farook and his wife, Tashfeen Malik, used guns Marquez bought years ago to kill 14 people and wound 22 at a holiday meeting of Farook’s health department co-workers.

The FBI has labeled the shootings terrorism, making it the deadliest strike by

Islamic extremists on American soil since Sept. 11, 2001.

Marquez was charged with illegally purchasing the rifles that the shooters used in the slaughter and were found with hours later after dying in a gun battle with police.

In his initial court appearance, Marquez looked disheveled. His short hair flopped over his forehead, there was stubble on his face, and the pockets of his black pants were turned out. He appeared calm and showed no emotion as he gave one-word answers to the judge.

No plea was entered and he was ordered held until a bail hearing Monday in U.S. District Court. If convicted of all three counts, he could face up to 35 years in federal prison.

His public defender declined comment, although friends and family have described him as a good person who was easygoing and liked to party.

Marquez, a former licensed security guard, was working at a Riverside bar at the time of the shooting and is not alleged to have had a role in the attack.

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Attorney E. Martin Estrada, a former federal prosecutor in Los Angeles, said the admissibility of Marquez’s statements to the FBI will likely be challenged by defense lawyers, but if the statements are allowed in court, they give prosecutors a very strong case because of corroborating evidence.

“This wasn’t a conversation with an average Joe,” Estrada said. “This was a conversation with a person that was capable and had the capacity and the intent to commit mass murder. That’s pretty chilling.”

The affidavit said Marquez called 911 hours after the attack to say his neighbor had used his gun in the shooting, using an expletive to describe Farook.

By STEVE SZKOTAK The Associated Press STAUNTON, Va. – A rural Virginia school district canceled classes and a holiday concert after being flooded with angry messages over a school calligraphy lesson that involved copying a Muslim statement of faith in Arabic.

Some of the tens of thousands of emails and Facebook posts “posed a risk of harm to school officials” and threatened protests, Superintendent Eric Bond said in a message to parents and employees on Friday.

Augusta County Sheriff Randall D. Fisher said security has been assigned to Bond, the teacher who created the lesson and the school’s principal. The teacher is worried about herself and her family, Fisher said.

Anger over the lesson has escalated since a teacher at Riverheads High School gave students an assignment that involved practicing calligraphy and writing a statement in Arabic – the Shahada, a profession of faith recited in Muslims’ daily prayers. It is omnipresent in religious imagery, often appearing on the walls of mosques and in religious art, but also on the flags of groups such as the Islamic State.

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Northern Illinois University Trustee John Butler (right) gives a report during the trustee meeting Dec. 10 in Altgeld Hall.

Records show NIU officials viewed state inquiry as cause for concern in February • BAKER

Continued from page A1 years before the findings of investigations are made public.

Investigators determine whether complaints are founded or unfounded and can make recommendations on discipline – including firing – or if a former employee should be eligible for rehire.

The office also can refer the results of its investigations to state or federal authorities for prosecution.

Records show that NIU officials, including Trustee John Butler, viewed the state inquiry as cause for concern in February, when Baker moved to retain Cotton.

“The board believes that professional and practical reasons exist for you to retain counsel,” Butler, then the chairman of the board, wrote in a Feb. 27 memo to Baker.

“We want to be clear that we are approving financial support for representation only for the ongoing OEIG investigation.”

In March, the Auditor General’s office found that the university improperly reimbursed consultant Ron Walters for $31,945 for travel from his home in Washington, D.C., to NIU’s DeKalb campus.

Legal expenses mount

From the outset, NIU trustees expressed concern over the cost for Mintz Levin. Although the fee Baker and the law firm agreed to was redacted from documents, dividing the amount billed by the number of hours listed on the September invoice shows that lead attorney Cotton’s fee is likely $685 an hour.

Other members of the firm are working on the case, invoices show, with varying hourly fees.

Butler noted in his Feb. 27 memo that the university typically pays around $363 an hour to outside legal firms, “considerably less” than Mintz Levin’s fee.

“The board does not wish to deny you the ability to work with the attorney of your choice, however, we also believe it is prudent and responsible to limit the scope of representation,” Butler wrote.

NIU financial “The university is obli- nonpayment, documents indicate a state gated to indemnify its law allows payments to stop penalty if the General employees, particularly without Assembly fails to appropriate to its senior officers, “sufficient funds.” when they believe that Employee’s wife the representation is complained The scrutiny could be warranted, based on the the result of a series of comservices that they provid- plaints filed by the wife of a high-ranking employee cured the university.”

John Butler NIU trustee Butler went on to set a $50,000 limit on the fees the board would be willing to pay.

He added then that expenses of more than $19,999 would have to go out to bid.

At a May 28 Executive Committee meeting, trustees first approved paying up to $50,000 for Baker’s legal defense in what is believed to be the executive inspector general investigation. The authorized amount has continued to grow, and a purchase order dated Sept. 29 now authorizes spending up to $225,000.

The lawyers apparently have generated a mountain of paperwork – they have billed for almost $7,000 in copying fees, including a July invoice that charged $1,220 for color copying and an August bill that included $5,500 to print “OEIG documents from disk.”

Butler said Dec. 10 that NIU has a duty to pay to defend its leader.

“The university is obligated to indemnify its employees,” Butler said, “particularly its senior officers, when they believe that the representation is warranted, based on the services that they provided the university.”

By September, some financial documents authorizing payments to Mintz Levin included a disclaimer that the payment requests were exempt from some state procurement rules because they had to do with “contracts necessary to prepare for anticipated litigation, enforcement actions or investigations.”

NIU may not be paying the attorney’s bills lately because of the state budget impasse.

While the law firm’s contract indicated it would penalize for

rently on leave.

Sharon May, an NIU alumna and wife of Keith Jackson, a university controller on paid administrative leave, said she has sent more than a dozen complaints to the OEIG in an effort to blow the whistle on some practices.

“First off, I didn’t like the way they brought in [NIU President Doug] Baker. As soon as he started walking all over everybody, I didn’t like that,” May said. “I have filed numerous complaints. I don’t know what the OEIG is actually investigating.”

May’s husband, Jackson, has filed a civil rights lawsuit against NIU, which claims he fell out of favor with Baker when he refused to sign off on the way the university wanted to set up the hiring contract for former Chief Financial Officer Nancy Suttenfield. He is seeking his job back along with damages.

Jackson has been paid his $150,677 annual salary and benefits despite not having worked at NIU since May 2014. He will continue to be paid until February, officials have said.

Among other complaints May said she submitted was one about a forensic accounting company that NIU hired during the time her husband served as CFO. It may never be revealed what the OEIG is looking into, but trustees and others in the public are mindful of the expense NIU is incurring as a result of the inquiry.

“I share, with Trustee [Cherilyn] Murer, a sensitivity to the cost,” Butler said at the board’s Dec. 10 meeting.

“We are asking that the president use his judgment to determine what is necessary in exercising his legal rights in this matter.”

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NEW YORK – “Star Wars” fever spread through movie theaters around the globe Friday, even reaching the White House, as the franchise yet again began toppling box-office records with waves of lightsaber-wielding fans.

After a record $57 million from Thursday night showings in North America, and packed matinees Friday, the Walt Disney Co. projected that “Star Wars: The Force Awakens” will surpass $215 million on the weekend, besting the record domestic opening of “Jurassic World,” which debuted with $208.8 million in June.

Such an outcome would surprise few analysts, but the numbers were nevertheless eye-popping. “The Force Awakens” was heading toward a Thursday night-Friday total of more than $120 million domestically, said Dave Hollis, head of distribution for Disney. The previous one-day high was $91.1 million set by “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2” in 2011.

In such rarified territory, Disney has been cautious about overestimating the box-office force of J.J. Abrams’ seventh chapter in George Lucas’ space saga.

Based on the early response, many analysts have the film pegged for a weekend total closer to $250 million – far

above “Jurassic World.”

Disney’s biggest worry has been that moviegoers will be too daunted by sold-out shows and long lines. More than $100 million advance tickets (also a record) were sold ahead of the opening of “The Force Awakens,” much of those going toward Thursday and Friday shows. Saturday and Sunday will depend more on traditional walk-up business.

Hollis said exhibitors are continually adding more screenings to satisfy demand.

The international rollout for the film, made for about $200 million, has already brought in an estimated total of $72.7 million since opening in a handful of countries Wednesday.

Public hearing on matter set for Jan. 27 • PLAZA

Continued from page A1 of downtown.”

The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission got a first look at the plans Wednesday. The developer has asked for a special-use permit to add a drive-through for the proposed Dunkin’ Donuts. The placement caused

some concern because the alleyway by Fifth Street is so narrow.

The developer would widen it from 12 feet to 17 feet, which is more typical for urban streets, Bibby said.

“The pavement will be made five feet wider,” he said. “Which will be safe for two-way traffic.”

Zoning commission Chair-

man Christina Atherton said she was excited to see the proposal but wanted to see the alleyway issue resolved.

“We need more on this side of the city,” she said. “It will attract more businesses and people.”

A public hearing on the matter will continue during the Planning and Zoning Commission’s meeting Jan. 27.

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Continued from page A1 territories use random-number generators from the Iowa-based association, which administers games and distributes prizes for the lottery consortium. So far, Colorado, Wisconsin, and Oklahoma have confirmed paying jackpots valued at a total of $8 million allegedly linked to Tipton and associates.

Tipton, 52, was sentenced to 10 years but is free pending appeal after being convicted at trial of trying to claim a $16.5 million jackpot in Iowa. He’s also charged with criminal conduct and money launder-

ing involving the other three state lotteries. His brother, Tommy Tipton, and his best friend, Robert Rhodes, are under investigation as possible accomplices. Rhodes’ attorney did not respond to messages.

Tommy Tipton, who resigned his elected judicial position in Texas last month, did not return calls. Eddie Tipton’s attorney, Dean Stowers, said his client is innocent.

“There’s just absolutely no evidence whatsoever that he did anything to alter the proper operations of the computers that were used to pick those numbers, absolutely no evidence. It’s just all speculation,” Stowers said.

Prosecutors said Tipton

installed software known as a root kit that enabled him to manipulate numbers without a trace. What tripped him up, investigators said, was his decision to buy the winning ticket himself at a service station near the headquarters of the association, whose workers are prohibited from trying their luck.

Iowa got suspicious in 2012 after a New York lawyer representing a newly created trust tried to claim the $16.5 million Hot Lotto jackpot on behalf of a Belize-registered corporation, turning in the ticket hours before a one-year deadline. The trust eventually withdrew the claim rather than identify the ticket purchaser.

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Women are out-earning men in corporate finance

By SARAH SKIDMORE SELL The Associated Press Women may be badly outnumbered in the top ranks of corporate America, but at least they aren’t underpaid.

Compensation for female chief financial officers at S&P 500 companies last year outpaced that of their male counterparts, according to an analysis by executive compensation firm Equilar and the Associated Press. It follows a similar trend seen with female CEOs in recent years.

The median pay for female CFOs last year rose nearly 11 percent to $3.32 million. Male CFO pay rose 7 percent, to $3.3 million. This follows several years of steady gains for both sexes.

The gains, for both men and women, are in part a result of the expansion of the CFO role to include far more responsibility and visibility.

“The CFO is no longer a bean counter,” said Josh Crist, managing director at executive search firm Crist Kolder Associates.

Companies and shareholders became more focused on financial security and regula-

tion after the financial crisis, and corporate finance began to play a bigger role in company strategy, according to Gregg Passin, a compensation expert at consulting firm Mercer.

Ruth Porat, became one of the most powerful women on Wall Street while helping steer Morgan Stanley, one of the nation’s biggest investment banks, through the aftermath of the financial crisis. She topped the list of highest paid female CFOs with her $14.4 million pay package from Morgan Stanley for the 2014 fiscal year.

Google has since lured her away with a pay deal worth $70 million. Investors have warmly welcomed her arrival at Google, where she is expected to bring some financial discipline to what some consider their free-spending ways.

The increased responsibility and visibility has helped some women CFOs rise even further, to CEO. Indra Nooyi, CEO of PepsiCo and Lynn Good, CEO of Duke Energy are both former CFOs. “It’s a unique position that has the ability to contribute to day-to-day operations but also on long-term strategic planning,” Good said.

Mother Teresa to be made a saint

By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – Mother Teresa, the tiny, stooped nun who cared for the poorest of the poor in the slums of India and beyond, will be declared a saint next year after Pope Francis approved a miracle attributed to her intercession.

The Vatican on Friday set no date for the canonization, but it is widely believed that it will take place in the first week of September to coincide with the 19th anniversary of Mother Teresa’s death and during Francis’ Holy Year of Mercy.

“With her work, she was always the symbol of mercy, not just with words but with her actions,” said the superior general of Mother Teresa’s Missionaries of Charity, the Rev. Sebastian Vazhakala.

The Vatican said Francis approved a decree attribut-

ing a miracle to Mother Teresa’s intercession during an audience with the head of the Vatican’s saint-making office Thursday, his 79th birthday.

The miracle in question concerned the inexplicable cure of a Brazilian man suffering from a Mother viral brain inTeresa fection that resulted in multiple abscesses. By Dec. 9, 2008, he was in a coma and dying, suffering from an accumulation of fluid around the brain.

T h e R e v . B r i a n K o l odiejchuk, the postulator spearheading Mother Teresa’s canonization case, said in a statement Friday that 30 minutes after the man was due to undergo surgery, he sat up, awake and without pain. The surgery did not

take place and a day later the man was declared to be symptom-free.

The Vatican later attributed the cure to the fervent prayers to Mother Teresa’s intercession by the man’s wife, who at the time of his scheduled surgery was at her parish church praying alongside her pastor.

“This is fantastic news. We are very happy,” said Sunita Kumar, a spokeswoman for the Missionaries of Charity in the eastern city of Kolkata (earlier called Calcutta), where Mother Teresa lived and worked.

Born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on Aug. 26, 1910, in Skopje, Macedonia, Mother Teresa joined the Loreto order of nuns in 1928.

In 1946, while traveling by train from Calcutta to Darjeeling, she was inspired to found the Missionaries of Charity order.

The order was established four years later and has since opened more than 130 houses worldwide to provide comfort and care for the needy, sick and “poorest of the poor.”

Mother Teresa won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her work with Calcutta’s destitute and ill – work which continued even after she herself became sick.

“The poor give us much more than we give them,” Mother Teresa said in 1977.

“They’re such strong people, living day to day with no food. And they never curse, never complain.”

She died Sept. 5, 1997, at age 87.

At the time, her Missionaries of Charity order had nearly 4,000 nuns and ran roughly 600 orphanages, soup kitchens, homeless shelters and clinics around the world.

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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Founders’ aim was true with Second Amendment

To the Editor: In his letter of Dec. 16 titled, “Conditional clause of Second Amendment ignored,” John Rogalin claims that service in the militia is necessary for ownership of firearms.

“The days of a well regulated militia are well past; we no longer have minutemen who drop their plows, grab their rifles and head off to some previously specified location and then return to their field when danger has passed. We now have a defense system built around volunteer armed forces who serve in a duty status of on or off duty for specific time periods for a contracted number of years.”

It is here that he shows his misunderstanding of the founders’ intent based on the reality they faced.

The Founding Fathers trusted neither government nor standing armies. The militia at this time was every able-bodied man. In modern times we would now include women. It is quite clear that they wanted everyone to be armed should it become necessary not only to overthrow the government but its standing army, as they had just done in the Revolution.

I own firearms as my father and his father and his father did. There has never been a time when law-abiding citizens have been unable to acquire firearms. The Supreme Court has confirmed this right.

I too have grown weary of the

mass shootings caused by mental illness and radical Islam. By not attributing these tragedies to their actual cause and going after the guns used instead, we guarantee their repeat.

Robert Kauffman Waterman

Protecting funds to provide energy assistance To the Editor: The Illinois General Assembly just passed and the governor signed a bill that released nearly $3 billion of already-collected money sitting in dedicated funds.

Among these are utility ratepayer contributions to the Illinois Supplemental Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund (SLEAF), which supplements the federal LIHEAP program. These ratepayer contributions are collected through our utility bills and placed in a public trust for the exclusive purpose of aiding our state’s elderly, people with special needs, veterans, and poor pay the high cost of heat and electricity.

I commend the General Assembly and governor for finally releasing these funds as the winter months approach.

Despite this step forward, the bigger budget discussion continues, and these funds are still in danger.

These SLEAF funds are not general revenue funds, and should be off the table as Springfield considers solutions to the current fiscal year

and FY17 budgets.

These funds, combined with the federal funds, only satisfy a small fraction of the State’s overall need.

The Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity (DCEO) estimated that under current state and federal funding levels LIHEAP would only help 35 percent of the roughly 926,000 eligible households in Illinois this year.

The SLEAF fund also helps keep all ratepayers’ bills lower by reducing the “uncollectables” the utilities recover in everyone’s rates.

Given the escalating utility costs, the harsh Illinois winters our residents have had to endure in recent years, and the ongoing hardships due to the budget stalemate and slow economic recovery, these funds are needed more than ever.

Challenging fiscal decisions must be made; however, any budget solutions cannot include consideration of redirecting these much-needed funds into the general revenue fund, or reallocating any portion of these funds. It is imperative that the Illinois SLEAF, which aids our most vulnerable residents, be protected.

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A city-owned Chicago casino is a bad idea

To the Editor: Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants a city-owned casino in Chicago to help pay for public pensions for po-

lice and firefighters. While the idea might sound good on paper, Forbes published an article counting the ways a city-owned Chicago casino is a very bad idea.

The Forbes article concludes by saying, ”More casinos will not mean substantially more tax revenue. But a government-owned casino would mean more government corruption.

That’s the nature of Chicago.”

There are no city-owned casinos anywhere in the United States. Casino revenues are falling nationwide and in Illinois, where 21,695 video gambling machines have been installed in 5,158 neighborhood casinos.

A new study found there is no safe level of gambling, even at relatively low levels of losses. Electronic gaming machines (slot and video gambling machines) were the most strongly associated with problem gambling in every country in the study.

The city of Chicago and the state of Illinois cannot solve their revenue problems by legalizing a city-owned casino. The resulting increases in addiction, bankruptcy, crime, and corruption would be borne by all residents, whether you gamble or not.

It’s time for residents to contact their Legislators and Gov. Bruce Rauner to tell them “no more gambling.”

Anita Bedell

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Pretend answers on terrorism I wish I were as confident as many politicians and news commentators.

They know what America should do about ISIS and terrorism.

Donald Trump, who said he can feel terrorism “like I feel a good location ... I have an instinct for this kind of thing,” said he would “bomb the [expletive]” out of ISIS strongholds, ban Muslim immigration and shutter American mosques.

America should “stop pussy-footing around!” according to Fox News host Jeanine Pirro. “Bomb them. Keep bombing them. Bomb them again and again.

And I don’t care how long it takes!”

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, agrees. If he’s elected, he said, “We will utterly destroy them. We will carpet bomb them into oblivion.”

Cruz is at least skeptical about nation-building and sending in American soldiers, but Hillary Clinton and some of Cruz’s fellow Republicans are not. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, says there’s “no middle ground” because “radical terrorists want to kill us, because we let women drive, because we let girls go to school!”

This is reckless. There probably is, the Cato Institute’s Ted Galen Carpenter puts it, “a jihadist somewhere who is so unhinged that he would want to slaughter Americans simply because of a virulent hatred of Western culture. But even the bipartisan commission that investigated the 9/11 attacks conceded that the primary driving force for Islamist terrorism was anger at U.S.-led foreign policy in the Middle East.”

In other words, terrorists don’t come here because we let girls attend school

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VIEWS John Stossel but mainly because we meddle in their countries.

Osama bin Laden said he attacked the World Trade Center because our forces are “too near to Mecca” and “occupy our countries.”

A University of Chicago study concluded the central objective of 95 percent of terrorist incidents was to compel a Western state to withdraw from territory the terrorists view as theirs. It’s not just to make a religious point.

Even Iraq War proponent Paul Wolfowitz admitted that America’s presence in the Middle East was “a huge recruiting device for al-Qaida.”

Now Hillary Clinton and Marco Rubio want to do more of that? We will create new terrorists while killing current ones (plus innocent people). I don’t see how that makes us safer.

Commentator Mark Steyn said letting in immigrants without somehow screening out radical Muslims “will cost you your world and everything you love.” He wrote an article titled “The Barbarians Are Inside, and There Are No Gates.”

Well, I worry about those immigrants, too, but there are more than 2 million Muslims in the U.S. already and have been for decades. Terrorist incidents are rare (so far). Even if we include the horrible attack on the World Trade Center, many more Americans die riding bikes, swim-

ming or driving.

When there is terrorism, most has been committed by non-Muslims. In 2012 alone, non-Muslim mass shootings caused “twice as many fatalities as from Muslim-American terrorism in all 11 years since 9/11,” said Charles Kurzman, writing for the Triangle Center on Terrorism and National Security. Kurzman’s researchers report that Islamic terrorism “doesn’t even count for 1 percent” of 180,000 murders in the U.S. since 9/11.

Of course, that could change tomorrow.

But even then, there’s no guarantee that keeping desperate Syrian refugees out of America will make much difference.

On my TV show, Steyn pointed out that there are many authoritarians among Muslims, so libertarians like me should worry about that. I do worry about that, but I still don’t think he or the current crop of loud politicians have answers.

Most not only want to undo America’s tradition of immigration but also increase military interventions. These are not actions with good track records.

Every subset of the U.S. population brings benefits and risks. It’s much easier to talk about banning less familiar ones, like newcomers. But until we can reliably tell the innocent from the guilty, I side with Keith, a viewer who in response to my question about security versus liberty tweeted, “If there’s a choice to be made, liberty needs to win.”

• John Stossel is host of “Stossel” on Fox News and author of “No, They Can’t! Why Government Fails -- But Individuals Succeed.”

Thumbs-up: To arriving at a compromise. On Thursday, negotiators from Kaneland School District 302 board and the district’s teachers association reached a tentative agreement on a four-year contract. Teachers had been working without a contract since the start of the school year. We hope the agreement will bring labor peace and also be fiscally responsible for taxpayers.

Thumbs-down: To the loss of a local manufacturer.

A blaze that started at the Gord Industrial Plastics building Wednesday in Sandwich kept burning well into Thursday. There were 30 employees at the business, whose shop was destroyed in the blaze, and two employees were taken to the hospital as a result. We’re sad to see a local business damaged by fire and hope that the owners will be able to rebuild and recover.

Thumbs-up: To teaching children about volunteering. Students at DeKalb’s Littlejohn Elementary School learned about volunteerism Thursday, with older students going to help in places including Barb City Manor, Barb Food Mart, and Children’s Learning Center. Younger students heard presentations from representatives of community organizations including TAILS Humane Society, Meals on Wheels and the DeKalb County Community Gardens. It’s a good thing for children to learn about the opportunities for them to use their energy and idealism to benefit the community in which they live. Kudos to the children and the educators and the community organizations that made it possible.

Thumbs-down: To the creeping menace of Asian carp. In the past six years, federal agencies have spent $300 million on measures to keep the fish known for jumping out of the water when boats go by from reaching Lake Michigan, Since then, federal agencies have spent the money on stopgap measures, including placing electric barriers on one likely route, a shipping canal that leads to Lake Michigan. The carp can grow to weigh more than 20 pounds and if they reached the Great Lakes, would compete with other fish. So far, the states have been unable to agree on a means of keeping the carp out, and the fish is now about 80 miles from Lake Michigan.

Thumbs-down: To extended road closures. Coltonville Road in Sycamore will remain closed to through traffic until sometime in spring, DeKalb County officials said this week. County officials said a delay in acquiring steel I-beams and then weather troubles made it impossible for the contractor to meet its target completion date for the work. Residents who used the road on a daily basis are understandably annoyed.

It’s odd that the mild start to the winter didn’t give contractors the opportunity to pour concrete, but it’s important that if the bridge is going to be fixed, it be fixed right the first time.

Thumbs-up: To a winning work of art. Leyla Nora Puskar, a junior art and design education major from Sycamore, submitted the winning design for Northern Illinois University President Doug Baker’s 2015 Holiday Card Contest. Puskar’s design, “The Gift of NIU,” depicting a Huskie pulling the ribbon off a present, was selected to adorn the university’s official holiday card this year. For submitting the winning entry, Puskar received a $500 prize. We’re pleased to see a local artist finding success and hope that we see more work from her in the future.

ANOTHER VIEW

Secession vote not harmless Kidding aside – on this topic that’s a struggle – the Texas Republican Party’s flirtation with a referendum on secession is not the laughing matter it appears on the surface to be.

The reassurances of saner party delegates who voted the idea down this month are not reassuring. Their successful dismissal of the proposal doesn’t erase that it was considered.

Secession is fun for Texans to joke about. The bumper stickers are cute. But the party committee that approved it for consideration by a 7-4 vote wasn’t joking.

And lost in all the joking and reassurances is that secession is just another word for treason. That, fellow Texans, is not hyperbole. Treason against the United States of America is punishable by death. And even in Texas, land of the death penalty, that’s no laughing matter.

The ballot language under consideration by the Texas Republican executive committee said this: “If the Federal Government continues to disregard the Constitution and the sovereignty of the State of Texas, the State of Texas should reassert its prior status as an independent nation.” Yes or no.

The member who proposed it said it was meant only to gauge opinion – to “take a thermometer of how Texans feel.” This thermometer reading, she said, would have been harmless.

OK, let’s give that a try: “In our opinion – only our opinion, mind you – we should secede, which, last time, caused the federal government to respond militarily.”

Sorry, but this is not harmless opinion.

The prefacing remark – “if the Federal Government continues to disregard the Constitution and the sovereignty of the State of Texas” – is the opinionated part of this intended gauge of mere opinion. The “continues to” part is what we in this business mean by the question “When did you stop beating your wife?” It presupposes guilt. Texas Republicans have been told repetitively enough, through all the years of the Obama administration, that the U.S. government violates the Constitution and Texas sovereignty. Texas’ Republican officials have spent a lot of tax money suing the government repeatedly on that premise, without measurable dissent from the taxpaying Texas GOP base.

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

Corpus Christi (Texas) Caller-Times

WEATHER WEEKEND 7-DAY FORECAST

It will be a chilly, but sunny start to the weekend as high pressure builds across the southern half of the state. Westerly winds will keep wind chill values in the mid-20s throughout the day. It will be breezy and very mild on Sunday with periods of showers developing in the evening and into Monday morning.

Temperatures will remain on the mild side through Christmas.

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NORTHERN ILLINOIS WRESTLING

MORNING KICKOFF

Steve Bleise shining for Huskies

By JESSE SEVERSON jseverson@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Coming to Northern Illinois after his final two wrestling seasons in high school, Steve Bleise forgot what it felt like to lose a match – going a combined 94-1 as a junior and a senior.

Now Bleise has emerged as a top 20 grappler in the nation for the Huskies as a freshman

after undergoing bumps and bruises – and the inevitable losses – as a redshirt last year.

“It was one of the biggest things I had to get used to,” Bleise said of losing matches. “My senior year, I didn’t have any other kids that wrestled me at all – that pushed me through the year. Coming in here, first day you’re wrestling kids who are multiple state champs and are well-re-

ROME – At 7-foot-6, 15-year-old Robert Bobroczkyi already is taller than New York Knicks sensation Kristaps Porzingis – or any other current NBA player.

He’s got a nice shooting touch and solid passing skills, too.

So it’s no wonder that Bobroczkyi is generating buzz among youth league scouts in Europe.

What the Romanian lacks, though, are any traces at all of muscle on his 184-pound frame. He runs awkwardly, and tires easily.

That’s why the Rome academy where Bobroczkyi is based – the same youth club that produced Brooklyn Nets player Andrea Bargnani – has decided to dedicate this season exclusively to fitness and strength.

This being Italy, the recipe is simple: pasta, pasta and more pasta.

Following an individual nutrition plan created for him by specialists at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, Bobroczkyi is eating more than 2 pounds of pasta a day.

“We’re not interested in basketball right now.

The top priority is his health,” Stellazzurra Basketball Academy general manager Giacomo Rossi said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.

“For someone with his physical stature, the usual practice sessions are just not enough. He needs individual attention.”

Having helped Stellazzurra to the under-15 national title in Italy last season, Bobroczkyi is sitting out this season and playing in only select tournaments.

– Wire report

WHAT TO WATCH Pro basketball Bulls at N.Y. Knicks, 6:30 p.m., WGN Charlotte at Washington, 6 p.m., NBA Pro hockey Blackhawks at Buffalo, noon, WGN Pro football N.Y. Jets at Dallas, 7:25 p.m., NFL

• See the rest of the schedule on page B2

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your own team, when winter rolls around, you go from losing every day to maybe beating that guy most of the time.”

Bleise (11-3) won his first 11 matches of the season – including three victories over top 15 opponents – and is ranked No. 17 by Wrestling Report. Wrestling down at 141 pounds this year, which Bleise said gives him a strength advantage, he

has three wins via pins and two from major decisions.

“He’s going out and getting into his offense,” NIU coach Ryan Ludwig said. “He’s not afraid to attack. He’s not waiting to see what the other guy does. He’s going after his plan and instilling his will right away. He’s a fearless competitor.”

See BLEISE, page B4

BOYS BASKETBALL: DEKALB 62, MORRIS 37

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7-6 teen focusing on health over hoops

spected. Getting beat in practice for the first time in who knows how long, it’s a different feeling.

“I knew it was going to be tough. You see yourself getting better and Steve Bleise b e t t e r . G u y s that you were having trouble with, even on

Snow, DeKalb dominate early

By EDDIE CARIFIO ecarifio@shawmedia.com

Photos by Danielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com

DeKalb’s Luke Davis makes a basket in the second quarter while being pressured by Morris’ Jackson Shannon on Friday in DeKalb. DeKalb beat Morris, 64-37.

DeKALB – Having to hold their last practice in a dance studio didn’t stop the players on the DeKalb boys basketball team from scoring 31 of the first 38 points Friday en route to a 62-37 win against Morris.

The Barbs (6-2 overall, 4-0 Northern Illinois Big 12 East) scored the first 10 points, led 19-5 after one and were up 48-11 in the third when coach Al Biancalana removed his starters from the game.

Biancalana has said all year his players show remarkable poise and maturity, as exemplified by how they responded to their schedules being thrown off a little 24 hours before their game against Morris (4-5, 0-3).

“We had a little gym snafu and we didn’t have a court to practice on, so we had a our practice in a dance studio,” Biancalana said. “For our guys to lock in for an hour and a half, to go through our scouting reports in a dance studio, then come out and play the way they did in the first quarter says a lot about the type of kids we have on our team.”

Michael Pollack scored 17 points for the Barbs, including making his first four 3-pointers. Nick Snow was second on the team with 10 points – six of those coming on putbacks for the 6-foot, 2-inch forward.

“I always work hard at attacking the offensive glass because we’re always going to miss shots,” Snow said. “If I’m there to put them back in, that helps the team.”

The Barbs didn’t miss many shots in the first half – shooting 50 percent from the floor as they built a 3611 lead at the break. The defense held Morris to only 5 of 14 shooting in the first half and 14 of 39 shooting in the game.

“We jump into the ball on defense,” Snow said.

“We boxed out well and didn’t let their shooters get hot – that was important too.”

Biancalana said he was glad to see Snow bounce back after a slow stretch last week.

“Nick had a rough weekend last weekend and he knew it,” Biancalana said. “He worked really hard this week to play probably the best first half I’ve seen him play. Again, that’s maturity. He knew what he did wrong and he worked hard to correct his mistakes.”

Luke Davis had seven points and a game-high six rebounds, but there was also a 20-second stretch in the first quarter when the 6-foot-8 senior center had two assists and a steal. Joey Sauser made both of his 3-point attempts and finished with eight points.

Jordan Miracle led Morris with nine points, while Tyler Spiezio had six rebounds. In all, Morris committed 16 turnovers that led to nine DeKalb points.

See BARBS, page B2

Unpressured, DeKalb’s Cole Tucker scores in the first half of the game against Morris.

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Bears must take advantage of Vikings’ banged-up ‘D’ There is a perception among Bears fans, some members of the media and more than a few Bears players that the Week 8 meeting with the Vikings after their bye week was a game the Bears should have won.

It is false.

That last meeting was a game in which the Bears were less bad than the Vikings, but one in which the Vikings outgained the Bears, were better on third down, outrushed the Bears, 147-97 – a common theme in almost every Bears game this year – and made the plays they needed to win while the Bears didn’t.

That 132 of the Vikings’ 327 yards of offense came in the final five minutes is irrelevant. That was part of the game, wasn’t it?

Did the Bears fail to make the plays they needed to, or was it just the Vikings’ dumb luck?

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush

Next up at Minnesota, noon Sunday, FOX, AM-780, 105.9-FM

The Vikings added a 65-yard punt return touchdown against the Bears’ middling special teams, and had Vikings offensive coordinator Norv Turner not inexplicably taken the ball out of Adrian Peterson’s hands in the second half, giving him the ball only seven times for

35 yards after he’d racked up 68 yards on 13 carries in the first, who knows how close the game would have been?

The question now is, are the Vikings a good football team?

After racing out to a 7-2 start, Minnesota has lost two straight and three of its past four, those losses all to NFC elite, Arizona, Seattle and Green Bay. The Vikings hold the NFC’s sixth and final seed in the playoffs. Can they hang on?

The Bears do not match up well with linebackers Shea McClellin, Christian Jones, Jonathan Anderson and Adrian Amos all struggling against the run and Peterson coming after them.

But they can gain an edge up front where only center Joe Berger has been consistently solid.

Left tackle Matt Kalil, drafted to be a franchise player, has been wildly inconsistent, guards Brandon Fusco and Mike Harris are just guys and rookie T.J. Clemmings eventually might be a good one at right tackle, but he has a long way to go.

Defensively, the key to this game will be the play of lineman Eddie Goldman, Mitch Unrein, Jarvis Jenkins, Bruce Gaston and Will Sutton.

If they can clog the line of scrimmage, they won’t stop Peterson, but limit him and they’ll have a chance.

Vikings quarterback Teddy Bridgewater has been beyond mediocre in his sophomore campaign, throwing for 189 yards a game with only nine touchdowns and eight interceptions through 13 games.

See ARKUSH, page B3

2 SPORTS • Saturday, December 19, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com LOCAL SCHEDULE TODAY Men’s basketball Florida International at Northern Illinois, 2 p.m.

Women’s basketball Drake at Northern Illinois, 4:30 p.m.

Prep boys basketball DeKalb at West Aurora, 6 p.m.

Sycamore at Marengo tournament, vs. Richmond Burton, noon Prep girls basketball Kaneland at Ottawa tournament, TBA Genoa-Kingston at Pecatonica tourney, TBA Prep wrestling DeKalb at Hinsdale Central invite, 9 a.m.

Sycamore at Glenbrook South tourney, 9:30 a.m.

Geneva, West Chicago at Kaneland, 10 a.m.

Genoa-Kingston at Plano tourney, 9:30 a.m.

Prep girls bowling DeKalb hosts DeKalb Holiday Invite, 8:15 a.m.

Sycamore at Lockport invite, 9 a.m.

Kaneland at Lisle tourney, 10 a.m.

Prep boys bowling DeKalb at Freeport invite, noon Prep swimming DeKalb at York invite, noon College wrestling Northern Illinois at Grand Canyon, TBD

SPORTS BRIEFS Hawks’ Kruger out about 4 months after surgery

BUFFALO, N.Y. – Marcus Kruger hasn’t scored a goal in 33 games this season. Has only one assist. But Kruger has carved out a niche for himself as the Blackhawks’ top penalty-killer and the anchor of its defensive-minded fourth line – a niche that now becomes a hole for the next four months.

Kruger underwent surgery Friday to repair a dislocated left wrist suffered when he crashed into the boards during Thursday’s victory over the Edmonton Oilers.

Team doctor Michael Terry said the 25-year-old Swede should “return to hockey activities in approximately four months.” That puts Kruger’s return right around the start of the playoffs.

The Hawks recalled Phillip Danault, who has only played in six games with the AHL’s Rockford IceHogs after undergoing offseason hip surgery, to take Kruger’s roster spot. Danault, the 26th overall pick in the 2011 draft, is a 22-year-old center who appeared in two games with the Hawks last season. He had 13 goals and 25 assists in 70 games last season for Rockford, and the organization has projected him as a Kruger-type player.

Day’s wife suffering from concussion symptoms CLEVELAND – The wife of PGA champion Jason Day is suffering from concussion symptoms after NBA star LeBron James crashed into her during a Cavaliers game.

Day’s agent, Bud Martin, issued a statement Friday morning saying Ellie Day “is resting comfortably and appreciates all of those who have reached out and are concerned about her.” He added she has “no hard feelings” toward James and quotes her as saying, “He was just doing his job. Go Cavs.”

Ellie Day was carried from Quicken Loans Arena on a backboard, placed on a stretcher with her head immobilized and taken to MetroHealth Medical Center on Thursday night. She was released early Friday morning.

Notre Dame freshman WR suspended from team SOUTH BEND, Ind. – Notre Dame freshman wide receiver Jalen Guyton has been suspended from all football-related activities.

University spokesman Michael Bertsch said Guyton, who had not played this season, has been suspended pending the resolution of a private university process. Bertsch said he could not comment further.

The eighth-ranked Fighting Irish (10-2) play No. 7 Ohio State (11-1) in the Fiesta Bowl on Jan. 1.

Guyton is a 6-0, 200-pound receiver from Allen, Texas.

– Wire reports

BOYS BASKETBALL: HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK 54, LAMOILLE 53

H-BR grinds out win in double OT “You go out there and make stops and just play basketball, and keep playing basketball. You have to take it one possession at a time and keep fighting.”

By JOHN BUTKUS sports@daily-chronicle.com HINCKLEY – Defense ultimately wins basketball games as the Hinckley-Big Rock boys proved Friday against LaMoille in a 54-53 win in double overtime.

Jacob Morsch scored 27 to lead the Royals, but it was the defense that stole the show.

Hinckley-Big Rock coach Bill Sambrookes said basketball strategy during the regulation period is one thing, but when games are decided in overtime, X’s and O’s almost take a backseat to pure determination and fight from the players on the floor.

“I told the guys these four minute overtimes are just cuts.” Sambrookes said. “You go out there and make stops and

Bill Sambrookes Hinckley-Big Rock coach just play basketball, and keep playing basketball. You have to take it one possession at a time and keep fighting.”

H-BR (2-8 overall, 1-2 Little Ten Conference) opened up the game playing a full-court press against the Lions, who were noticeably challenged by the Royals defense – turning the ball over and taking shots that were less than ideal. However, that early Royal success did not keep the Lions out of contention at any point. The biggest lead

the Royals held at any point of the game was seven.

The Lions also showed the Royals that they could play defense as well, following H-BR’s lead and eventually switching to a press early. That defense put the pressure on the Royals offense and caused them to mistreat the ball in multiple situations throughout the game.

“LaMoille has a real nice team, and they challenged us tonight.” Sambrookes said.

“Their press defense caused us

to make a lot of silly turnovers.

It’s something we’ve worked hard on all year long, but it caught us again tonight.”

The down-to-the-wire thriller wasn’t just a defensive showcase, however, guard Jacob Morsch had the hot hand for the Royals that helped keep his team in the game.

“The 3-ball wasn’t going in for me tonight, so I just had to be aggressive and take the ball and drive in the lane,” Morsch said. “The whole team just fought all game to stay in it.”

Chris Taylor who added 16 points for the Royals. LaMoille’s top scorers were Josh Gross and Alan Stemberger who scored 19 and 12 points, respectively.

Hinckley-Big Rock will play in the Plano Holiday Tournament starting on Tuesday.

LOCAL ROUNDUP

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Sunday’s Games Bears at Minnesota, noon Atlanta at Jacksonville, noon Houston at Indianapolis, noon Carolina at N.Y. Giants, noon Tennessee at New England, noon Buffalo at Washington, noon Kansas City at Baltimore, noon Cleveland at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.

Green Bay at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

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

Cincinnati at San Francisco, 3:25 p.m.

Denver at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m.

Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s Game Detroit at New Orleans, 7:30 p.m.

Kish men, women lose; H-BR girls with big win

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Dallas St. Louis Minnesota Chicago Blackhawks Colorado Winnipeg

LATE THURSDAY JUCO BASKETBALL Kish men fall late against Triton: Ar-

mon Williams missed a late shot as the Kougars lost 91-90 at home.

The Kougars trailed by 14 early but led by as much as five late in the second half. Bryson Butler led the Kougars with 19 points and nine assists. Austin Patterson added 18 and Malcolm Reed 17 for Kishwaukee.

Kish women lose on road: The Kougars lost big at Parkalnd, 108-55.

Ne”kya Reaves led the Kougars with 20 points, including six 3-pointers. Jaria Hicks had 10 points and 11 rebounds for Kishwaukee, which shot 27.3 percent from the field.

PREP BASKETBALL H-BR tops Paw Paw: The Royals

road a big second half to a 63-47 win.

Annie Kossman scored 15, Julia Hanacek 14 and Meghan Menzel 13 for the Royals.

“Our game plan was to slow the game down and try to use our size to our advantage but even though Paw Paw was undersized, their interior play was strong,” coach Doug Brewington said. “Our center and forwards got into early foul trouble, so we were forced to play five guards and it turned out to be a blessing in disguise.

Having a quicker lineup in, we went to a full court press and exploded for 23 points in third 3rd quarter after only putting up 21 in the first half.”

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GA 83 79 70 78 83 89 97

GF 81 85 83 85 86 87 56

GA 66 87 105 97 102 100 76

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DeKalb’s Michael Pollack shoots a three-pointer over Morris’ Jordan Miracle in the first quarter of the game Friday in DeKalb. DeKalb beat Morris, 64-37.

Snow: Barbs are doing better on the defensive end, offense coming around • BARBS

Continued from page B1 That number could have been even higher, but the Barbs went through a second-quarter stretch when they produced five layup attempts off of steals, but missed all of them.

Biancalana said that’s something that he can’t just write off.

“It’s not a fluke because it keeps happening to us,” Biancalana said. “Some of our football guys don’t have their legs yet, so

there’s not that explosiveness they should have. You make layups with your eyes, and we still have some guys that put their heads down when they go up for layups.

We have some guys trying to avoid contact instead of playing through contact. That’s something we have to continually work on in practice.”

Snow said that overall, the Barbs are doing better on the defensive end but the offense is coming around “Our defensive pressure is great, we just kept that up,” Snow said. “The offense comes, but defense comes first.”

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 33 20 10 3 43 101 76 31 18 9 4 40 102 82 32 16 9 7 39 82 83 33 17 11 5 39 102 97 33 17 12 4 38 88 76 33 16 14 3 35 81 78 33 14 16 3 31 77 86 30 10 13 7 27 72 86 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 31 23 6 2 48 96 67 N.Y. Rangers 34 19 11 4 42 98 84 N.Y. Islanders 33 18 10 5 41 91 79 New Jersey 32 16 12 4 36 77 80 Philadelphia 32 14 12 6 34 68 86 Pittsburgh 31 15 13 3 33 70 80 Carolina 32 12 15 5 29 77 98 Columbus 34 12 19 3 27 83 105 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Montreal Boston Detroit Ottawa Florida Tampa Bay Buffalo Toronto

Friday’s Results Vancouver 4, Detroit 3, SO Boston 6, Pittsburgh 2 Washington 5, Tampa Bay 3 Florida 2, Carolina 0 Ottawa 4, San Jose 2 Winnipeg 5, N.Y. Rangers 2 Today’s Games Blackhawks at Buffalo, noon Calgary at St. Louis, 2 p.m.

Los Angeles at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Carolina at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Dallas, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at Colorado, 9 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Vancouver at Florida, 3 p.m.

New Jersey at Boston, 4 p.m.

Ottawa at Tampa Bay, 4 p.m.

Calgary at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Blackhawks, 6 p.m.

WHAT TO WATCH TODAY’S LINEUP Pro basketball Charlotte at Washington, 6 p.m., NBA Bulls at N.Y. Knicks, 6:30 p.m., WGN Pro hockey Blackhawks at Buffalo, noon, WGN Pro football N.Y. Jets at Dallas, 7:25 p.m., NFL Men’s basketball Utah vs. Duke, at New York, 11 a.m., ESPN Villanova at Virginia, 11 a.m., ESPN2 W. Kentucky at Louisville, 11 a.m., ESPNU Wichita St. at Seton Hall, 11 a.m., FOX Auburn at Xavier, 11 a.m., FS1 UNC-Asheville at Georgetown, 11 a.m., FSN Georgia Tech at Georgia, 11 a.m., SEC Michigan St. at Northeastern, 11:30 a.m., NBCSN North Carolina vs. UCLA, at Brooklyn, N.Y., noon, CBS Indiana vs. Notre Dame, at Indianapolis, 1 p.m., ESPN2 Northwestern at DePaul, 1 p.m., FS1 Creighton at Oklahoma, 1 p.m., ESPNU Oral Roberts at LSU, 1 p.m., SEC Ohio St. vs. Kentucky, at Brooklyn, N.Y., 2:30 p.m., CBS Cincinnati at VCU, 3 p.m.,

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

NBA CBSSN Tulane at Mississippi St., 3 p.m., SEC Purdue vs. Butler, at Indianapolis, 4 p.m., BTN FAU vs. Florida St., at Sunrise, Fla., 4 p.m., FSN NC State at Missouri, 5 p.m., SEC Princeton vs. Maryland, at Baltimore, 6 p.m., BTN N. Iowa vs. Iowa St., at Des Moines, Iowa, 6 p.m., ESPNU Oklahoma St. vs. Florida, at Sunrise, Fla., 7 p.m., FS1 Rider at Providence, 7 p.m., FSN Wofford at Vanderbilt, 7 p.m., SEC Baylor at Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPNU UNLV at Arizona, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2 Tennessee vs. Gonzaga, at Seattle, 10 p.m., ESPNU Texas at Stanford, 10:30 p.m., ESPN2 College football Celebration Bowl, North Carolina A&T vs. Alcorn St., at Atlanta, 11 a.m., ABC New Mexico Bowl, Arizona vs.

New Mexico, at Albuquerque, N.M., 1 p.m., ESPN Las Vegas Bowl, BYU vs. Utah, at Las Vegas, 2:30 p.m., ABC NCAA Division II, championship, Shepherd vs. NW Missouri St., at Kansas City, Kan., 3 p.m., ESPN2 NCAA FCS, semifinal, Sam Houston St. at Jacksonville St.,

3 p.m., ESPNU Camellia Bowl, Ohio vs. Appalachian St., at Montgomery, Ala., 4:30 p.m., ESPN Cure Bowl, San Jose St. vs.

Georgia St., at Orlando, Fla., 6 p.m., CBSSN New Orleans Bowl, Arkansas St. vs. Louisiana Tech, at New Orleans, 8 p.m., ESPN Auto racing FIA Formula E Championship, qualifying, at Punta del Este, Uruguay (taped), 11:30 a.m., FS2 FIA Formula E Championship, at Punta del Este, Uruguay, 12:30 p.m., FS2 College volleyball Women, NCAA Division I Tournament, championship, Nebraska vs. Texas, at Omaha, Neb., 6:30 p.m., ESPN2 MMA UFC Fight Night, prelims, at Orlando, Fla., 4 p.m., FS1 UFC Fight Night, Rafael dos Anjos vs. Donald Cerrone; Junior Dos Santos vs. Alistair Overeem, at Orlando, Fla., 7 p.m., FOX Boxing Luis Ortiz vs. Bryant Jennings, for Ortiz’s interim WBA World heavyweight title; Nicholas Walters vs. Jason Sosa, junior lightweights, at Verona, N.Y., 9:15 p.m., HBO Soccer Bundesliga, Bayern Munich at Hanover 96, 8:30 a.m., FS1 Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund

at Koln, 8:30 a.m., FS2 Premier League, Sunderland at Chelsea, 9 a.m., NBCSN Premier League, Norwich City at Manchester United, 9 a.m., USA Premier League, Aston Villa at Newcastle United, 11:30 a.m., NBC SUNDAY’S LINEUP Pro football Bears at Minnesota, noon, FOX Houston at Indianapolis, noon, CBS Broncos at Pittsburgh, 3:25 p.m., CBS Arizona at Philadelphia, 7:20 p.m., NBC Pro hockey San Jose at Blackhawks, 6 p.m., CSN Men’s basketball Pittsburgh vs. Davidson, at New York, 11 a.m., ESPNU NJIT at St. John’s, 11 a.m., FS1 Samford at Nebraska, 6 p.m., BTN Soccer FIFA Club World Cup, final, River Plate vs. FC Barcelona, at Yokohama, Japan, 4:30 a.m., FS1 Premier League, Liverpool at Watford, 7:25 a.m., NBCSN Bundesliga, F.S.V. Mainz at Hertha BSC Berlin, 8:30 a.m., FS1 Premier League, West Ham United at Swansea City, 10 a.m., NBCSN Bundesliga, SV Barmstadt 98 at Borussia Mönchengladbach, 10:20 a.m., FS2

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Central Division W L Pct 17 7 .708 16 9 .640 15 9 .625 16 12 .571 10 17 .370 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 17 11 .607 Boston 14 13 .519 New York 13 14 .481 Brooklyn 7 19 .269 Philadelphia 1 27 .036 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 15 10 .600 Charlotte 15 10 .600 Orlando 15 11 .577 Atlanta 16 12 .571 Washington 10 14 .417 Cleveland Indiana Bulls Detroit Milwaukee

GB — 1½ 2 3 8½ GB — 2½ 3½ 9 16 GB — — ½ ½ 4½

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Southwest Division W L Pct 23 5 .821 15 12 .556 14 14 .500 13 14 .481 7 18 .280 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 17 9 .654 Utah 11 14 .440 Denver 11 15 .423 Portland 11 17 .393 Minnesota 10 16 .385 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 25 1 .962 L.A. Clippers 16 11 .593 Phoenix 11 16 .407 Sacramento 10 16 .385 L.A. Lakers 4 22 .154 San Antonio Dallas Memphis Houston New Orleans

Thursday’s Results Charlotte 109, Toronto 99, OT Cleveland 104, Oklahoma City 100 Houston 107, L.A. Lakers 87 Friday’s Results Indiana 104, Brooklyn 97 New York 107, Philadelphia 97 Orlando 102, Portland 94 Atlanta 109, Boston 101 Detroit 147, Chicago 144,4OT Minnesota 99, Sacramento 95 San Antonio 115, L.A. Clippers 107 Toronto 108, Miami 94 Dallas 97, Memphis 88 Utah 97, Denver 88 Milwaukee at Golden State (n) New Orleans at Phoenix (n) Today’s games L.A. Lakers at Oklahoma City, 4 p.m.

Charlotte at Washington, 6 p.m.

Chicago at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Indiana at Memphis, 7 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Games Portland at Miami, noon Minnesota at Brooklyn, noon Philadelphia at Cleveland, 2:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Phoenix, 4 p.m.

Sacramento at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Atlanta at Orlando, 5 p.m.

New Orleans at Denver, 7 p.m.

GB — 7½ 9 9½ 14½ GB — 5½ 6 7 7 GB — 9½ 14½ 15 21

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SPORTS 3

BLACKHAWKS ANALYSIS

It’s OK to have mixed feelings about Hawks star

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com BUFFALO, N.Y. – Spoiler alert: Patrick Kane is going to be cheered here Saturday.

Western New York’s favorite son will be embraced as always, cheered for his exploits on the ice, forgiven for his transgressions – real and perceived, proven and alleged – off the ice. He arguably is the greatest athlete ever to come out of the city, in the discussion with Bob Lanier, Warren Spahn and Rob Gronkowski.

Just like he’s been cheered in Chicago – the city’s most exciting athlete, a three-time champion who reinvigorated a franchise and a fan base.

Just like he’s been lauded and praised in newspapers and on websites and on TV sets across North America over the past few months

– the Hart Trophy front-runner after a history-making 26-game point streak that captivated the hockey world and earned the Blackhawks SportsCenter-opening status on a regular basis at the height of football season.

What Kane has done on the ice in the first few months of the season is remarkable, and entirely praise-worthy. Completely on its own. Not because of the threemonth investigation into a sexual assault allegation against him in his hometown of Hamburg, New York – one that resulted in no charges, and with an unusually dismissive district attorney Frank Sedita all but mocking the case and calling it a farce. Not despite it, either.

This isn’t some heroic story about overcoming adversity and succeeding in the face of obstacles and odds. To claim that it is dimin-

ishes the seriousness of the allegation, and does a gross disservice to victims of sexual assault, many of whom might think twice about reporting their own experiences after witnessing the sideshow and the public shaming that occurred during the Kane case. Kane’s reputation wasn’t the only one dragged through the mud.

Patrick Kane The two can be separated – Kane and the Kane case. The two must be separated.

It’s unfair to Kane to forever attach his name to a case that the legal system decided amounted to nothing. But it’s unfair to fans to expect blind loyalty and total forgiveness, too.

It’s OK that so many fans – in Chicago, in Buffalo, and around the league – have stood by their

man. It’s OK that some fans have been turned off from the Hawks by the callous way the situation was handled in September. It’s OK that so many fans feel conflicted by the whole thing, sensitive to the seriousness of the situation, but still in love with a team that has given them so much joy and so much fun over the years.

Saturday’s game in Buffalo was circled the moment the allegation surfaced in early August. But the narrative has changed. Kane was not charged. Kane hasn’t missed a day. And Kane is lighting up the NHL at a pace that hasn’t been seen in years. It’s OK to celebrate that like much of Chicago has, like much of Buffalo surely will. And it’s OK to be torn about that, too.

“When you have to talk about it every day, it gets a little taxing,” Kane said the other day. “But I’m excited just to play hockey now.”

A couple months ago, he could have said the same thing about a serious, potentially life-altering investigation. But this week, he was talking about a franchise-record point streak, an impressive, potentially career-defining run of dominance. The narrative has changed. The investigation is over.

The future for Kane is as bright as ever. If you can move on as so many fans have, great, enjoy it.

Kane’s run has been nothing short of phenomenal and wildly entertaining.

But if you can’t move on, if you can’t get past a distressing and disturbing summer, that’s all right, too. Kane has changed the narrative by talent and sheer force of will. But it’s up to each individual fan to decide whether to buy in.

And there’s no right answer. No wrong one, either.

‘Concussion’ needed less agenda and more football

By NATE ATKINS natkins@chicagofootball.com I knew what Ka’Deem Carey’s response would be, but I still had to ask.

“So I saw ‘Concussion last night,” I said.

“Oh, it came out last night?” Carey replied.

No, I told him, just a screening. But will he see it when it is?

“Yeah,” he said. “I’m going to see that right away.”

Of course he is. He needs to know. That’s why he did what he did against San Francisco on his first play back from his latest concussion, the one from the Denver game that kept him under league protocol and out of action for more than a week. It was a kickoff return, and he was a blocker, and as soon as he found the closest defender, he went for a shot right to the head.

Nothing happened, which was good. It gave him what he needed to know.

AP photo That’s why a movie like Dr. Bennet Omalu (left) and actor Will Smith pose together Monday at the cast photo call for the film “Concussion” at The Crosby Street Hotel “Concussion” matters. It in New York. addresses a conversation we have to have these days about story stretched into a battle football can leave lasting incol to requiring neurologists player safety and the game of ing was a football movie, but of good vs. evil, and it was juries to the brain – but their on the sidelines to flagging football, one that has so many it turned out to be more of a business movie. Dr. Bennett clear from the moment the advocacy could have been hits that put players at the of us, like Carey, attached Omalu (Will Smith) knows ushers handed us stickers more productive by operating most risk. to the sport and needing to nothing about football when that read “#SaveThePlayers” in the gray.

But mostly, the film could know the risks. It’s what had which side they want viewers For starters, they could have used more football – not me so interested in the movie he discovers CTE, a disorder linked to depression and to join. have recognized the ways the just the bone-crushing hits six years after I gave up my aggression in the brains of The heads behind “ConNFL eventually did change, that feed the agenda but the own high school football cadead football players, recussion” aren’t wrong for the 39 safety-related rule parts people love and want to reer due to concussions. using a movie to try to vocal- changes that range from insave.

And what I expected to see search the NFL threatens in Wednesday’s early screen- and tries to silence. It’s a true ize an important truth – that stituting a concussion protoThose parts live all around

us. They’re in Hasan Muhammad-Rogers, the Richards quarterback who survived a drive-by shooting by catching the bullet in his abs and then used a full-ride football scholarship to Illinois State as his vehicle out of the violence.

They’re in the players at Phillips High School, Chicago’s first-ever public school state champions who come from broken homes and homeless shelters, who carry their pads through drug-infested streets to play a game that teaches them that it is possible to win at something in this life.

They’re in any high school football team where 11 players perform 11 different jobs to reach one goal, where every day is a lesson in how the rest of life will work.

Only by understanding what we have to lose can we figure out a way to save it.

“Concussion” does this superbly when it comes to mental health, but it should have done the same for the game that brings it into question.

That’s the only way to reach the heart of the debate.

But despite my reservations about the slant of the film, it’s one I recommend football players of all ages see because it can inform.

Eventually, when the game is as safe as we can make it but still a violent sport, football will be a risk people will have to decide if they want.

But first, they need to know.

Bears better at pass rushing than Vikings

Callahan doubtful, Jeffery, McPhee questionable

• ARKUSH

LAKE FOREST – Bryce Callahan (quad) did not practice Friday and is doubtful for Sunday’s game in Minnesota.

John Fox did say that all players will travel for the game.

Alshon Jeffery (calf, illness) returned to practice in a limited fashion. He’s questionable, along with Pernell McPhee (knee), Tracy Porter (ankle), Will Sutton (knee) and Zach Miller (rib). McPhee is expected to return to game action after missing last week’s loss to Washington.

Sherrick McManis cleared the concussion protocol and was limited in practice. He also is questionable. Demontre Hurst could play the nickel corner spot if McManis is not able to play against the Vikings.

“He was a guy we liked as coaches the whole season – camp, he’s been on and off the roster as far as 53, but he’s been with the team the whole season,” Fox said of Hurst.

“He’s a dependable, accountable guy that … he’ll probably get more of an opportunity moving forward.”

In Minnesota, the Vikings will be without two of their top defensive players on Sunday.

Linebacker Anthony Barr (groin/hand), who has 61 tackles, seven QB hits and three forced fumbles will not play for the second game in a row.

Safety Harrison Smith (knee/

Continued from page B1 Surprisingly, the Bears are a better pass rushing and pass protecting team than Minnesota, with the Vikings 28th in quarterback sack percentage allowed and 16th sacking QBs, while the Bears are 12th rushing the passer and eighth protecting QB Jay Cutler.

When pressured, Bridgewater consistently breaks down.

The best way to protect Cutler on Sunday will be to run the football against a Vikings defense that is 20th in the league stopping the running game.

With linebacker Anthony Barr and safety Harrison Smith ruled out of this game with injuries, and defensive end Everson Griffen and defensive tackle Linval Joseph likely to go but to be playing hurt, the run game is the Bears’ best option to exploit Minnesota’s ninth-ranked scoring defense and keep Peterson on the sideline.

This is an easy game plan to prepare. Whether the Bears can execute it after their big flops at home the past two weeks will be interesting to see.

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

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com

More online Visit ChicagoFootball.com for the latest Bears and NFL news.

McCaskey speaks: Bears chairman George McCaskey has not seen the movie “Concussion” yet, but is in support of something that promotes player safety.

“The important part is that any attention on player health and safety is a good thing,” he said Friday. “The NFL’s made changes in recent years, rules changes, research is being funded, we need to improve the science, we need to improve the equipment and we need to improve the rules, need to improve the rules enforcement and we think that the changes that we’re making in the NFL will filter down to all levels, college, high school, youth and in all other states.”

He also said that he and his mother, Virginia, are pleased with the direction of the team, but of course would prefer H. Rick Bamman – hbamman@shawmedia.com more victories.

Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery warms up during pregame activities before the game against Wash“I said at the time she’s been ington on Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago. very supportive of the changes that we made,” he said. “She hand) also will be sidelined. end Scott Crichton (concus- der) were limited in practice likes the progress she’s seen.

Friday and are questionable. She, like everyone else here, Smith has 56 tackles, five QB sion) also were ruled out.

Defensive tackle Linval Griffen leads the team with 8.5 including John and Ryan, hits and two passes defensed.

Wide receiver Charles Joseph (foot) and defensive sacks. Joseph has seven tack- would like to see more W’s. But Johnson (ankle) and defensive end Everson Griffen (shoul- les for loss. we’re moving forward.”

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WHITE SOX

Nate Jones gets $8M, 3-year deal from Sox The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – Reliever Nate Jones and the White Sox have agreed to a complicated $8 million, three-year contract, a deal that could increase to $22.55 million over six seasons if his elbow stays healthy and three options are exercised.

In addition, if Jones is the Sox’s closer over the six seasons and finishes games regularly, he would earn $26.3 million.

A right-hander who turns 30 next month, Jones gets $900,000 next year, $1.9 million in 2017 and $3.95 million in 2018.

The Sox have options at the major league minimum for 2019, $3.75 million for 2020 and $4.25 million for 2021, but if Jones does not need another Tommy John surgery by the end of the 2018 season, the option prices would increase to $4.65 million for 2019 and $5.15 million for 2020, and 2021 would become a mutual option for $6 million. If a club option is declined, he would get a $1.25 million buyout.

He also has salary escalators if he is a closer, based on games finished. His salaries in 2017 and ‘18 would go up by $100,000 each for 30 and each additional five through 50 in the immediately preceding season. For 2019, his salary would go up by $100,000 apiece for 30 and each additional five

Bleise was named team’s Redshirt of the Year • BLEISE

Continued from page B1 Bleise, who went 19-8 in the open tournament circuit as a redshirt last season and was named the team’s Redshirt of the Year, won the Michigan State Open in November with wins over No. 13 Danny Sabatello (Purdue) and No. 14 Zach Horan (Central Michigan). However, when Bleise faced Horan in a rematch on Dec. 3, the Central Michigan senior pinned him late in the first period.

It was his third straight loss after falling in the final two matches at the Lindenwood Open on Nov. 24.

“Steve was a little bit beatup and we made the decision to wrestle anyway,” Ludwig said. “I think you need to go through some of those peaks and valleys to be ready in March. He’s got a high wrestling IQ. He’s a student of the sport. He’s always watching film and getting extra workouts in. He understands the nature of the sport. He has situational awareness.”

Ludwig is plenty familiar with Bleise’s high school pedigree. Both graduated from Chelsea High School in Michigan and each of them won a prep state championship in wrestling. Ludwig said the two shared a same coach – the hard-nosed Mike

MEN’S BASKETBALL: FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL AT NIU

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White Sox reliever Nate Jones pitches during the seventh inning in the second game of a doubleheader against the Detroit Tigers Sept. 21 in Detroit. through 50 in 2018, and $125,000 each for 55 and 60. And for 2020 and ‘21, his salaries would increase by $125,000 each for 30, 35, 40 and 45 in the immediately preceding season; $150,000 apiece for 50 and 55; and $200,000 for 60.

Jones had a $660,000 salary this year, when he returned from Tommy John surgery in August and went 2-2 with a

3.32 ERA in 19 appearances. He averaged 12.79 strikeouts per nine innings with a 4.5 strikeout-to-walk ratio while holding opponents to a .188 average.

Jones is 14-7 with a 3.52 ERA in 156 appearances over four seasons. He was eligible for salary arbitration and would have been eligible for free agency after the 2017 World Series.

Tipoff: 2 p.m. today, Convocation Center, DeKalb Media: 1360-AM, 98.9-FM Records: Panthers 4-6; Huskies 7-2 Last game: The Huskies lost at Ohio State 67-54; The Panthers lost 94-72 at North Florida Who to watch: Marin Maric scored a career-high 17 against the Buckeyes and grabbed nine rebounds in the loss. ... Adrian Diaz leads the Panthers with 16.1 points and 9.1 rebounds a game. He also gets 4.1 blocks a game best in the country.

The lowdown: The Panthers lead the alltime series 5-3, but the Huskies won the last meeting, 98-92 in overtime in Miami in 1999. ... The Panthers average 5.9 blocks a game, 21st in the country. ... Diaz and NIU’s Michael Orris were teammates at Kansas State in 201213. ... The Panthers play in Conference USA.

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Young.

“He’s just a tough old boy,” Ludwig laughed about Young. “He’ll make you tough. A lot of his training is to get you tougher and mentally tough. I knew (Bleise) was prepared for hard work.”

Bleise remembers the workouts Young put him through, describing them like a kind of boot camp – carrying 40-pound bags up hills or having to run the four miles back to Young’s house.

“We did workouts where I thought I was literally going to breakdown and cry,” Bleise laughed. “It was rough. It was meant to get me ready for college.”

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: DRAKE AT NIU Tipoff: 4:30 p.m. today, Convocation Center, DeKalb Media: 1360-AM, 98.9FM Records: Bulldogs 7-2, Huskies 4-4 Last game: The Huskies lost 89-62 at Wisconsin; the Bulldogs lost 86-61 to Green Bay Who to watch: Cassidy Glenn has averaged 9 points a game over the last five contests off the bench, as well as five rebounds. ...

Lizzy Wendell, the Missouri Valley Conference’s preseason player of the year, is averaging 18.9 points a game and is shooting 44 percent from the floor.

The lowdown: The Huskies are 0-4 all time against the Bulldogs, including a loss in DeKalb in 1985 at Chick Evans Fieldhouse. It was the last time the two teams played. ... The Huskies are 2-0 at home this year and 11-4 in its past 15 home games. ...

Drake has lost two straight. ... Sycamore grad Maddie Johnson was on the Drake roster, but announced via Twitter earlier this month that she would be leaving the team effective at the end of the semester, which was Friday, and would not be on the roster for Drake against the Huskies.

– Staff report

ILLINOIS FOOTBALL

Illinois’ Tim Banks out as co-defensive coordinator CHAMPAIGN – Illinois coach Bill Cubit on Friday confirmed a sweeping series of changes to his staff, including the departure of co-defensive coordinator Tim Banks.

Cubit said co-defensive coordinator Mike Phair will run the unit himself next season.

Cubit also said his son, Ryan Cubit, has been promoted from quarterbacks coach to offensive coordinator. Bill Cubit had been the coordinator before becoming interim head coach when Tim Beckman was fired in August.

“Ryan was basically the offensive coordinator this past season as we worked very closely on the offensive game plan during the week,” said Bill Cubit, whose team finished 5-7 in his first season as coach. “Mike brought a high level of energy and expertise to this staff and I was very impressed while watching him operate.”

Cubit said he wanted Banks

to come back and remain a co-coordinator, but with more “input” from Phair.

“I tried to mesh it a little and (Banks) wasn’t comfortable,” Cubit said.

The defenses in Banks’ first three seasons at Illinois were among the worst in the Big Ten, but Illinois improved this year. Phair joined the staff for the 2015 season. Cubit did not say where Banks was going after four years with the Illini.

Illinois also confirmed it has added two new assistants.

Former Illini quarterback Jeff Hecklinski was named tight ends coach and special teams coordinator, replacing Alex Golesh, who left for a job at Iowa State. Hecklinski was an assistant at Colorado State-Pueblo this year after spending four seasons at Michigan.

Former Illinois offensive line coach A.J. Ricker returns to that job after two years at Missouri. He replaces Tom Brattan, who was fired after two seasons.

Nathan Scheelhaase will be

the running backs coach on a permanent basis after handling the job this season as an interim assistant after Beckman’s exit.

Beckman was fired a week before the season opener after an investigation by a law firm hired by the school found he interfered in medical decisions and pressured players to play hurt. He has denied wrongdoing.

Cubit became the permanent coach in November, but was given only a two-year contract while the school searches for a new athletic director and chancellor. Most new coaches get longer deals considered important to demonstrate stability for recruiting, and Cubit said he expects other teams to use that against him in recruiting.

But coaches are regularly fired or leave early before those longer deals run their course, he said.

“You’re kidding yourself – you don’t get five years any more in the college game,” he said. “We’re all on hot seats.”

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The season is a great excuse to let your festive flag fly, so to speak, and few things say “festive” like decor that’s got some glitz, glitter or gilding.

“My go-to holiday look each season?

Winter wonderland meets glamour,” says New York designer Genevieve Gorder.

She uses metallic and glittery spray paint to add personalized flair. If you’re on a budget or are fairly crafty, this is a good option.

Jazz up stuff you already have like terra cotta pots, tea light holders, candlesticks, picture frames and serving trays.

Valspar has a line of paints that stick to most materials, and come in both opaque and translucent finishes. (www.valspar.

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If you gather bare branches on a walk or buy some from a garden center, find instructions for glittering them up at www.momtastic.com.

After painting them, spray with adhesive, and then dip them in both glitter and clear crystalline sprinkles. The sprinkles add an icy extra touch.

If you’re tight on work space (glittering is a messy business), consider glitter in a tube. Jo-Ann craft stores have Stickles, glitter glue that comes in a bunch of colors and is easy to dab or swab. (www.

joann.com)

Making a tabletop holiday village is easy and inexpensive.

Got some plastic toy animals lying around? Give them a coat of metallic paint.

A stack of newspapers or old magazines? Transform them with a few folds into trees, and spray them with glitter paint.

You can build a few houses out of chipboard, paint and powdered glitter, and create your tableau; it’s a fun project to do with kids or friends. Martha Stewart has instructions online. (www.mar-

thastewart.com)

Z Gallerie offers boxes of gold or silver acrylic “ice gems” that look like ice cubes. In a clear vase, they’d be a great base for white painted branches or

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“My go-to holiday look each season? Winter wonderland meets glamour.”

GENEVIEVE GORDER, New York designer

greenery. Or scatter them along a faux fur runner with some tiny twinkle lights.

The retailer also has a series of silver-plated ceramic penguins, and sexy starburst ornaments with a retro vibe.

(www.zgallerie.com)

Paper poinsettia balls from Joss & Main in a dramatic midnight hue and edged in golden glitter bring baroque elan to the mantel.

Filigree-wrapped balls and mini tiara ornaments add royal style. (www.jos-

sandmain.com)

For those looking to decorate outside the traditional red/green or blue/white realm, Target’s got a collection of glittery faux bottlebrush trees in colors like copper, orchid, turquoise, purple and mocha. Seasonal greetings stenciled in metallic sequins bring sparkle to the sofa on throw pillows. (www.target.com) Dress the base of the Christmas tree with an organza skirt dusted with glitter from Kohl’s.

Zazzle has a snazzy one in shimmery lemon yellow. Sparkly ruffles give a little kick to a tree skirt at Brylane Home.

(www.kohls.com; www.zazzle.com; www. brylanehome.com)

You can set the holiday table with subtle shine using Sandy Chilewich’s brass or silver Drift placemats, which have an angular, geometric design inspired by woodblock prints.

Add a few slim white, copper or silver glass trees from CB2 for a tablescape that’s minimalist yet merry. (www.chile-

wich.com; www.cb2.com)

Bring the bling outdoors, too, with large-scale decorations. Wayfair has a set of sparkly, lighted gift boxes.

Frontgate’s gold, silver or red ornaments come with fiber-optic and LED lights. (www.wayfair.com; www.front-

gate.com)

ABOVE AND BELOW: Designer and television personality Genevieve Gorder suggests embellishing items you may have around the house, like trays and votive holders and picture frames, with glitter and metallic spray paint.

RIGHT: Joss and Main ball ornaments are banded in glittering filigree, a chic and elegant addition to the tree.

ABOVE: Z Gallerie’s acrylic “ice gems” look like ice cubes, and would be a cool base in a clear vessel with greenery or bare branches.

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FAMILY TIME | Make new house feel like home to family pets Tip of the week

an outdoor pet fountain so pets always have access to fresh water, and a pet door to allow your dog or cat to easily come and go from your backyard.

Moving into a new home is exciting – for the humans in the family. It can be less comfortable for pets who need time to adjust to a new environment, learn their way around and discover the best nap spots in their new home.

As a loving pet parent, you want every member of your family to be as happy and comfortable as possible. Here are some tips to make your home more welcoming to your four-legged family members:

Cosmetic concerns

Convenient dining

Your furry friend will need his own space for meals – unless you don’t mind him begging at the table when you eat! Make sure he has a bowl that is appropriate for his size and always clean it between meals.

Vets recommend feeding pets only once or twice a day, so you’ll want to stow away bowls when they’re not in use. Many homes can be customized with a pet friendly feature – pet dish drawers that allow you to conceal feeding dishes when they’re not needed, and slide the drawer open when it’s meal time. It’s a great way to keep your pet’s dining area near yours but also out of the way.

Hang-out space

Dogs and cats spend a lot of their day napping and relaxing, so be sure to provide a variety of spaces for your pet to just hang out – with you or on his

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own. Pet-friendly spots include window seats and hideaway cubbies where pets can nap in peace.

Sunrooms are also great for both pets and their humans to enjoy the feeling of al-fresco dining while remaining securely inside. Sun-worshipping pets can also catch some rays while hanging out.

Helpful grooming stations

While many dogs enjoy a bath now and then, the process can be messy at home. Including a pet wash station with a hand-held hose in the mudroom ensures you’ll be able to clean up your dirty pup before he drags dirt through the house. Make sure you outfit your

PRAIRIE FLOWERS Thankful for caring people

To the Editor: While my husband and I were shopping at Hy-Vee on Tuesday, Dec. 8, I experienced a medical issue. I cannot say thank you enough to those who assisted us – from the woman behind us in the checkout lane, to our cashier and the store manager, to the Sycamore Police and Fire Department personnel – you were all wonderful!!

We are so lucky to have such caring people and professional first responders in our community!

Susan Willey DeKalb

Singers and orchestra a delight

To the Editor: My husband and I attended the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra holiday concert Dec. 11 at Northern Illinois University. We didn’t know anyone playing in the orchestra, we just went to enjoy some holiday music.

At intermission, we were delighted by the surprise guest singers, the madrigals from DeKalb High School. Those young singers were such a delight and did such a fabulous job! I just wanted to commend the students as well as the KSO for inviting them to sing. We enjoyed it so very much!

Julie Rhule Malta

Cookie sale a success

To the Editor: The members of First Congregational United Church of Christ thank the members of the community who participated in the Cookie Sale hosted by the church on Saturday, Dec. 12. The doors opened at 9 a.m. and by 10:45 a.m. all 5,000 individual items had been sold for a total of $2,600. Net proceeds will be sent to VAC-Meals on Wheels.

We will host another Cookie Bake next year with even more goodies.

Please plan to join us and help support a valuable service program in our community.

Hillary Joy Janice Blickhan

Event co-chairwomen

Thanks for supporting Education Foundation

To the Editor: The generosity of numerous donors to the Somonauk Education Foundation’s 12th dinner/auction has made it possible to award teachers’ grants to enhance and extend the quality of academic and extra-curricular opportunities available to Somonauk students, and provide scholarships to

graduating seniors. Visit www.

SomonaukEducationFoundation. com or like Somonauk Education Foundation on Facebook to learn about additional projects we support and updates for this year’s events.

The Somonauk Education Foundation would like to extend a huge thank you to the following donors: Diamond Sponsors: Kish Health Systems (Valley West Community Hospital); Gold Sponsors: C.A.W. Auto Inc., Heartland Bank & Trust, PMA Financial Network Inc., Resource Bank, Richard Underwood, Robinson Roofing & Sheet Metal Inc., Rosati’s Pizza & Catering; Silver Sponsors: Community Disposal, Feltes Insurance-Kevin Feltes, First Insurance Group, First National Bank, Henrich Lawn Care Inc., Huber Plumbing & Heating Partners, Leland Farmers Co., Mike and Connie Hamer, National Bank & Trust, State Farm-Bob Wright; Bronze Sponsors: Charles & Mary Gunier, Jim’s Automotive, Kapper Physical Therapy, Kay & McCullum Orthodontics, Michael A. Maroscia, DDS, Turner-Eighner Funeral Home, Wilkinson Excavating Inc.; Friends: Amber Seng, Arends Hogan Walker LLC, Arneson Tire Center, Art’s Food Market, Bacaba, Betty Westbrook, Bud’s Citgo, Casey’s General Store Inc., Chicago White Sox, Connie Payton, Craig Elliott, Curves, Doug’s Hair Studio for Men, Fox Valley Older Adult Services, Finge Hair Salon, Greg & Karyn Grandgeorge, Gwen Fox, Heartland Bank & Trust, Hodges, Loizzi, Eisenhammer, Roddick & Kohn LLP, Idle Hour Lanes, Indian Oaks Country Club, Indian Valley Vocational Center, Jimmy John’s, JRW Elementary School, Jumer’s Casino & Hotel, Kane County Cougars, Karen Rogers, Karol Grandgeorge, Kathy Douglas, Linda Hickey, Lisa Lee, Margaret Hardekopf, Marlene Knecht, Mary Jane Turney, Midwest Dental, O’Neil Glass & Mirror, Purcell Ace Hardware, Rhonda Morphey, Roger & Bonnie Rankin, Rosati’s Pizza & Catering, SAYSO Soccer, Shirt Shop, Somonauk High School, Somonauk Insurance /Rex Agency, Somonauk Middle School, Sue Cromwell, Sue Dolder, Sybaris Pool & Suites, The Chateau Hotel, The Office Works Inc., The Sandwich Fair Association Inc., Tim Kranz, Tim Ulrich, TJ & Jodi Banning, Toft Touch Soaps, Village Courtyard, Vitality Salon, Wilcoxson & Associates Ltd., YMCA West Branch and several anonymous donors throughout the year.

Thank you to everyone who helps the Foundation to be a success.

Charlotte Tyrrell

Somonauk Education Foundation chairwoman Sheridan

wash station with an ample supply of soft, absorbent towels, dog shampoo and all the grooming tools you’ll need to keep your pup looking great.

Safe and happy outdoors

Many pets enjoy a good romp outdoors, and you want your companion to be able to safely play in his outdoor environment.

Start by adding a fence if you don’t already have one. Choose one with vertical slats or rails close enough together that a pet can’t slip through, and high enough that he or she can’t jump over it. Next, be sure your pet has plenty of shady spots where he can hide, nap or just chill. Consider adding

Unless you have a rare hairless breed, you probably deal with pet hair daily.

As you’re decorating your new home, remember choosing carpeting close in color to your pet’s coat will make shed hair less visible. You should also keep in mind the size of your dog as you’re choosing hard flooring. Sturdy laminates will hold up better if you have large dogs in the house, while smaller dogs and cats may have trouble getting traction on vinyl or hardwood floors.

“When you’re buying a home, it’s important that you consider every member of the family, and pets are a huge part of our families,” said Kevin Clayton, chief executive officer of Clayton home manufacturer. “Choosing to include pet-friendly features enhances not only a pet’s home life, but creates a better functioning environment for the homeowners too.”

Visit claytonhomes.com to learn more about the pet features available in your area.

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Family movie night

“In the Heart of the Sea” Rated: PG-13 Length: 122 minutes Synopsis: In the winter of 1820, the

New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville’s Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. “In the Heart of the Sea” reveals the encounter’s harrowing aftermath, as the ship’s surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive, braving storms, starvation, panic and despair.

Book report

“Year in Sports 2016” Ages: 8 to 12 Pages: 192 Synopsis: For sports fans everywhere, the 2016 edition of Year in Sports features full-color action photographs throughout, completely updated facts and stats, and a colorful interior design. Featuring info about all of the top athletes, championships, and legends from the major and secondary sports.

Did you know?

A recent study found that eating as a family is healthier than eating alone for children. Canadian researchers found that 14- and 15-year-olds who ate alone were more likely to have higher body mass indexes and other cardiovascular risk factors than those that ate with their families.

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Scouts get creative at cooking challenge

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Boy Scout Troop 2810, chartered out of Salem Lutheran Church in Sycamore, recently had its annual cooking competition campout at Marengo Ridge. The Scouts were given three challenges. For breakfast, each patrol could only use one utensil to prepare their meal. Lunch’s challenge was to cook over an open fire. For dinner, no one could use a propane stove to cook their meal. In addition, there was a secret ingredient for each meal which was a cucumber for breakfast, ramen noodles for lunch and apples for dinner. The Scouts became creative with pizzas, shish kabobs, stews and pies. This competition builds teamwork, creativity and teaches cooking skills to the young men. When the Scouts weren’t cooking, they were enjoying the hiking trails in the area and working on their camping skills.

Daurer earns Eagle Scout rank SYCAMORE – Jack Daurer, a member of Boy Scout Troop 16, chartered at Federated Church in Sycamore, and a junior at Genoa-Kingston High School, was recently awarded the Eagle rank, the highest award achievable in Boy Scouts. Jack is the son of Jeff and Angie Daurer.

Daurer has been Jack involved in scouting since he was 11 years old Daurer and joined Troop 16 in 2010. He has served as assistant patrol leader, patrol leader, senior patrol leader, and as a patrol leader for a National Jamboree Patrol. In addition

to his many activities, campouts, and service to the community, he attended Tesomas Summer Camp twice and Tomahawk Scout Ranch three times.

He experienced high adventure trips to the 2013 National Jamboree and the Current River Trip in 2014. He has earned 33 merit badges and said his favorite badge was Wilderness Survival because all of the scouts had a really great time doing it together.

Daurer’s Eagle project benefitted the Midwest Museum of Natural History in Sycamore. He refurnished the back deck which included building benches and flower boxes from recycled solid oak pallets from DeKalb Mechanical.

To achieve the Eagle rank, each scout must earn a minimum of 21 merit badges, remain active in their troop, live by the principles of the Scout Oath and Scout Law, complete a service project, and participate in an Eagle Board of Review with all requirements being completed before their 18th birthday.

Daurer was awarded Eagle at a formal ceremony along with seven other scouts who also achieved the rank at Federated Church in Sycamore.

Daurer participates in baseball and football at G-K High School. He plans on creating his own business while still in high school and using the profits to fund his college education.

Two county histories on sale for holidays The DeKalb County Historical-Genealogical Society has produced two major local histories in the past 10 years and copies of those two books are still on sale.

The society has placed the books “Acres of Change – A History of DeKalb County from 1963 to 2012” and “Rural School Journeys – Histories of One-Room Schools in DeKalb County” at several locations for sale.

The 304-page coffee-table-size “School Journeys” book contains stories of 160 rural schools and their teachers, including personal anecdotes from country school teachers and their students from a past era. It includes photos of many of those schools, all but three of which no longer exist in their original location or have been converted to other uses.

“Acres of Change,” also a 304-page coffee-table-size book, was the result of more than 20 contributors who worked for three years to produce an updated history of the county,

following the 1963 publication of “From Oxen to Jets.”

Both books include hundreds of photos to help tell the stories and many statistics and facts never before collected in one volume have been included.

The books are on sale at the Joiner History Room, which is upstairs in the Sycamore Library; at Sycamore Antiques, 320 W. State St. in Sycamore; and the law offices of Klein-Stoddard-Buck & Lewis at 2045 Aberdeen Court in Sycamore.

The “Acres” book also is on sale at Lehan Drugs in DeKalb, Sycamore Museum, Genoa Museum and Oak Crest Gift Shop in DeKalb, plus a few other museums around the county.

Price for the “School Journeys” book is $29.95 plus tax and the “Acres” book costs $39.95 plus tax.

For more information on how to obtain the books, call Terry Martin at 815-756-4030.

Kiwanis gives holiday cheer The Kiwanis Club of Sycamore recently provided holiday cheer for local families. Through a partnership with the Sycamore Farm & Fleet store, donations of toys were provided for distribution to 4-C families. In addition, six gift cards to Farm & Fleet were provided to 4-C from the Sycamore club. Pictured (from left) are Kiwanis member Barb Bollander, Farm & Fleet Manger Dave Pasch, Kiwanis member Nancy Higdon and 4-C Executive Director Susan Peterson. Kiwanis is a global service organization that strives to “Improve the World - One Child and One Community at a Time.” The Kiwanis of Sycamore meets at 6 p.m. the first and third Tuesdays of the month at Sorrento’s, 50W187 Route 64 in Maple Park. Guests are welcome.

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Acinum winemaker waiting for best results

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On Dec. 16, the Genoa Lions Club hosted its annual Christmas Party, a time to celebrate good cheer and good work for the community. With a $300 donation from the Lions of Illinois Foundation, the club’s annual Adopt-A-Family for Christmas Program is underway. Lion Greg Cravatta and his wife, Mary, purchased Christmas presents for a family with six children younger than 12. Special thanks to Sherri Hanson of the local food pantry for finding the deserving family this season. The Genoa Lions thanks the community for its support and wish everyone a very merry Christmas.

Northern Rehab delivers donations to SUMC

Winemakers seem to always be waiting for something in their line of work.

It’s a list that goes on interminably: whether it’s bud break, flowering, the whims of Mother Nature, the right time to harvest, cold soak, barrel age or bottle age, waiting is part of the process.

Added to Fabrizio Pedrolli’s list of things to wait on is the fourmonth pause as Fabrizio the grapes that Pedrolli will become the Acinum Amarone della Valpolicella are dried before they are pressed.

He’s naturally eager to further explore the harvest, but Pedrolli, the co-founder, owner and chairman of Vias Imports, said he doesn’t mind, because it’s a wait “to produce the best results.”

The three Italian Acinum wines in this week’s column do just that.

Winemaker spotlight

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Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists hosted a community drive to collect winter coats and accessories for the Sycamore United Methodist Church Coat Ministry. Pictured (from left) are SUMC Coat Chairwoman Mary Ann Warman, Northern Rehab Director of Community Relations Deb Loitz and SUMC volunteer Jim Fisher.

Food Pantry, visit www.sycamoreumc.org or call 815-8959113.

Northern Rehab extends its gratitude to all of the community members who donated

winter items in support of the SUMC Coat Ministry.

For information about Northern Rehab, call 815-7568524 or visit www.northernrehabpt.com.

Upon being opened, the Acinum Amarone della Valpolicella 2012 ($55) was like an old friend.

The nose is sensual, with beautiful dried rose and red fruits. Silky texture yields to pretty raspberry and flavors that are almost floral they are so delicate.

Pedrolli and winemaker Enrico Paternoster have dialed back extraction and bold flavors and the result is remarkable.

“Our philosophy is to produce wines of great balance and elegance, as opposed to wines with power and concentration,” Pedrolli said. “We strive to give the consumer the best drinkable experience, whether they prefer to drink them alone or accompanied

UNCORKED James Nokes with food.”

Dried grapes aren’t allowed to be processed until Dec. 1. As the grapes begin to dehydrate, the first month is critical. Ideal weather will help prevent mold from forming as they dry in a Verona cellar.

Grown in the volcanic, deep clay filled soils of Negrar, the grapes used for the Amarone – 70 percent Corvina Veronese, 20 percent Rondinella and 10 percent Molinara – come from vineyards planted at 1,320 feet.

“This type of soil and a high altitude are two important factors in developing wines of great structure, elegance and balance with many different aromatic sensations,” Pedrolli said.

A natural pairing with the Acinum Soave Classico 2013 ($11) was scallops. Slightly floral, with ginger, honey and a touch of iron-like minerality, its origins are from vineyards with volcanic and calcareous soils.

“This wine comes from the vineyards located in Monteforte d’Alpone, the oldest, original ‘classic’ Soave zone,” Pedrolli said. “Here the soil, of ancient origin, was once covered by the sea and the hills. Nearby, there were small volcanoes that constantly spewed lava onto the seabed. This special terroir gives the wines a wonderful aromatic complexity and the presence of elegant mineral notes, and a long-lasting finish.”

Step outside the box on New Year’s Eve and open the Acinum Prosecco Extra Dry

($11) with crisp green apple snap on a fresh, zingy frame.

Use it to celebrate or with a cheese spread; it was sublime with a buttery triple cream cheese. It would be a great appetizer or celebratory wine.

But the real celebration is the quality and affordability of Acinum wines.

What to buy

Vinas del Vero La Miranda Secastilla Garnacha Blanca 2013 ($15): From a vintage with the

latest – and one of the lengthiest – harvests in Spain’s Somontano region, comes an intriguing, food-friendly wine. It’s pale yellow in the glass with honeydew melon on the nose, and grapefruit and Meyer lemon flavors. The texture is nestled comfortably between snappy and creamy, which is very appealing. Look for a future feature story on the winery.

Franciscan Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013 ($28): The

price is right for a big holiday family gathering. Cab lovers will notice the mocha, currant and Oakville dust with soft, well-integrated tannins.

• James Nokes writes a bi-weekly wine column for the Daily Chronicle. He’s been tasting, touring and collecting in the wine world for several years. Contact him at news@ daily-chronicle.com.

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Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists recently hosted a community drive to collect winter coats and accessories for the Sycamore United Methodist Church Coat Ministry.

More than 100 coats and numerous hats, gloves, scarves and boots were delivered.

“We are so grateful for the donations of so many warm coats,” Mary Ann Warman, SUMC coat chairwoman, said in a news release. “The need for coats and winter gear is always increasing, and we appreciate these donations Northern Rehab brings us every year.”

The SUMC Coat Ministry is open from noon to 4 p.m. every Monday during Food Pantry hours at the church, 160 Johnson Ave. in Sycamore.

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As Huskies, we take pride in all our victories, both on and off the field. We are honored that our athletics program has been recently named the winner of the NCAA award for diversity and inclusion. And that our athletes consistently graduate at higher rates than their peers at other institutions.

In fact, victory in the classroom represents a very special source of pride, as it reflects our commitment to student success, in life and in their careers.

Proof of our efforts is our recent repeat championship in the vital arena of the classroom. For the second year in a row, an NIU professor has earned the distinction of being named Illinois Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for Advancement and Support of Education.

Dr. Brianno Coller was honored this year for his unique ability and tireless efforts to engage his students and make engineering exciting and fun, a year after Dr. Dan Gebo was honored for inspiring generations of anthropologists for more than twenty-five years. Both Dr. Coller and Dr. Gebo epitomize our philosophy of putting our students at the heart of all we do.

WE’RE PROUD OF ALL HUSKIE VICTORIES, AND WE TAKE SPECIAL PRIDE IN BEING THE HOME OF BACK-TO-BACK CHAMPIONS IN TEACHING IN ILLINOIS.

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By EUGENIA LAST Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – You can and should bring about change this year. Don’t sit idle in a situation that doesn’t allow you to reach your full potential. Do your best to exhaust all your options and take advantage of any and every opportunity. Your happiness is your responsibility.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Good fortune will be yours if you honor your promises and help others.

Remain balanced and fair in all your dealings. Spend less and take it easy in order to reduce stress.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Plan your actions strategically. Impulse will lead to unpredictable situations.

Consider how you feel about the people in your life and make adjustments to your manner of living.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You are in a good position to bring about change, so stop thinking about what you want to do, and make it happen.

Don’t let a personal relationship hold you back.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – An unexpected opportunity will leave you with a difficult choice. Look at the long-term effects in order to make your decision easier. It’s time to put your desires first.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Take a trip or reunite with people you haven’t seen for a while. If you share your adventures, someone will make a valid suggestion that will help you jump-start a new project or professional cycle.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Discuss personal money matters with the people in your life who influence your financial position. Creative accounting will help you provide for the future and improve your mental health.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Listen, think and analyze before you venture to make a comment. Assumptions will be your downfall. Concentrate on personal improvements, not trying to persuade others to change.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – There will be too many unknowns for you to make a certain decision. Check out every situation before you decide to take a risk. Stick close to home and avoid travel dilemmas.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Not everyone will agree with what you do, but as long as you are happy, keep moving forward. Challenge, adventure and personal change will do you good.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Check out an offer, but don’t be too quick to sign up. Listen carefully to what partners say. Something will stand out that will help you decipher what’s true and what isn’t.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Your high energy level is best used properly.

Don’t let idle time lead to a disgruntled argument. Getting rid of or donating unused or unwanted items will make you feel good.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Your creative imagination will help you turn a random idea into something substantial. If you delve into a project that excites you, the results will be satisfying. Romance is highlighted.

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Pressure of picking gifts turns party into a chore Dear Abby: I am an administrative assistant. Part of my job is to make the arrangements for our department Christmas party. Every year, we go out in a group of about 15 people. I no longer wish to attend these events. Group settings make me nervous.

In addition, we all have to buy gender-neutral gifts to exchange.

I have tried to talk with my boss about it, but he doesn’t seem to understand. We have bi-monthly staff meetings, and after everyone is done with business, we always have discussion time for things other than work. Most of us have lunch together every day and talk then. We also have group birthday celebrations four times a year.

I get a sick feeling every time I think about going to this party, and then the headache of trying to choose a gift that won’t be made fun of. (I am not good at it.) Last year I called in sick so I wouldn’t have to attend. I have tried taking a personal day off, but then my boss gets mad at me. Should I be forced to go to this? – Not A Gift Picker In St. Paul Dear Not A Gift Picker: No,

you shouldn’t. Because you find these functions to be onerous, consider putting in a short appearance at the Christmas

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips party and then “rushing off” because you have a “schedule conflict.” As to your gift selection problem, at this time of year most people are inundated with catalogs with all sorts of offerings. Open a few, select any item in your price range and order it. Or consider a gift card. Problem solved.

Dear Abby: Is it OK to hang up the phone on someone who’s making you angry on a personal call? I’m referring to adult conversations, not children calling each other.

For instance, when I’m talking to my husband, my mother or a friend and the conversation has deteriorated to an argument or become unbearable and insufferable, can I just hang up the phone?

Or must I first blurt out, “I’m hanging up the phone now”?

Are there rules for hanging up the phone angry? Do manners require that phone calls must end by mutual agreement? Please, Abby, give us your permission to “cut off the crazies.” – Sick Of It In

Michigan Dear Sick Of It: I do not think it is constructive to slam

the phone down. If a caller becomes abusive, you could say, “I can’t listen to this,” or, “We’ll talk later when you’re not upset,” before putting the phone down. However, if these ugly conversations happen often, you might be wise to consider screening your calls before answering.

Dear Abby: I’m a 14-yearold girl and I have a boy best friend who also is 14. I liked him the moment I met him, which was exactly a year ago.

He says it’s the same for him.

We established that we both liked each other months ago, but we’re still only friends.

The reason is his parents have a rule that he can’t have a girlfriend or go on dates until he’s 16. He’s the only one I want, but we have to wait until he can ask me out.

For now we are best friends, but it’s hard not to want to hold his hand and kiss him and stuff like that.

He doesn’t like his parents’ rule just as much as I don’t, and he totally doesn’t want to wait, but he will. It’s also very hard to not tell him how much my feelings have grown, because I’m afraid he will react strangely if I tell him I think I might love him. What should I do? – Teen In California Dear Teen: If your intuition is telling you not to be the first

to say, “I love you,” then listen to it and you may be pleasantly surprised one day to hear him say it to you first. As to the fact that his parents are strict, you really don’t have much choice other than to respect their rules.

That said, younger teens aren’t usually restricted from having any social contact at all. Before they start dating one-on-one, they usually get together in groups for movies, sporting events, school dances, etc. This should give the two of you opportunities to see each other outside of school. While this may not be the answer you’re looking for, it may be an acceptable compromise for the time being.

Dear Abby: I work in the retail industry at a high-end furniture store. We specialize in custom furniture from top manufacturers. We have been in business for many years and have many repeat customers.

My question is about customer service. Our hours of operation are normal, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. But we often have customers who arrive at 5:45 p.m. or later to see sales associates and order their furniture. Because our furniture is custom, the process can take up to an hour. Some associates have stayed as late as 8 p.m.

to work with a customer who walks in without an appointment.

When is it appropriate to let the customer know we are closing and they should come back at another time for their consultation? We try to work with everyone, but in my opinion, it’s rude to assume we are obligated to stay and cater to them when it is our time to go home to our families. – Wait-

ing Till The Last Minute Dear Waiting: You’re not

wrong. I agree it’s rude to assume that people will stay hours after closing time, but if there are no hard and fast rules in your store, sales personnel may be stuck. It’s one thing if the sale is being finished, but to start the process just before closing time is an imposition. Some stores stop processing orders before the official closing time, which nips the problem in the bud.

As to whether you are “obligated” to accommodate high-end customers, this is something you should discuss with your employer. Some businesses are willing to cater to buyers of high-end merchandise, and yours may be one of them.

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

Relieve constipation with exercise, more fiber in diet Dear Dr. K: There are so many laxatives on the market. Which one should I take for my constipation?

Dear Reader: Anyone suffering from constipation should start by boosting fiber and fluid intake. That may do the trick, and you may not need a laxative.

If you are age 50 or younger, the target is 38 grams of fiber a day for men and 25 grams a day for women. For men and women older than 50, aim for 30 and 21 grams a day, respectively.

Whole-grain foods, brans, fruits and vegetables are good sources of fiber. When introducing fiber to your diet (or fiber supplements as I discuss below) do so gradually. Too much too fast can cause gas, cramping and bloating.

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff Drink lots of water or other liquids. It’s important to get enough exercise, which also promotes regularity. The way I explain it to my patients is that when you exercise, you “joggle the stuff in your intestines around and loosen it up.” (I don’t believe that this has been scientifically established – perhaps because most scientists have better things to do.)

If these measures fail, laxatives can help ease the passage of stool through the bowel. Following is a list of different types of oral laxatives, along with a few

examples of each. They work in a variety of ways; you can see which type best fits your needs.

Bulk-Forming Agents: These fiber-based products take a day or so to work. They are very effective and safe to take indefinitely, every day. Take them with plenty of liquid.

The most widely used are: • wheat dextrin (Benefiber) • bran (in food and supplements) • calcium polycarbophil (FiberCon) • methylcellulose (Citrucel) • psyllium (Metamucil) Stool Softeners combine with feces to soften the consistency of stool: • Docusate (Colace, Surfak) is generally safe for long-term use.

• Mineral oil should not

be used every day because it reduces absorption of fat-soluble vitamins.

Osmotic Agents promote secretion of water into the colon. They are reasonably safe, even for long-term use.

The most widely used is polyethylene glycol (Miralax), which has been shown to help children with functional constipation.

Saline Laxatives attract and retain water in the intestines.

This increases pressure and release of stool. The most widely used are various preparations of magnesium (milk of magnesia, Epsom salt).

Stimulant Laxatives act directly on the intestine to promote more vigorous contractions of the colon. They also increase secretion of water

in the intestine. They’re best used for occasional constipation, not on a daily basis: • bisacodyl (Dulcolax, Correctol) • casanthranol (Peri-Colace) • cascara (Naturalax) • castor oil (Purge) • senna (Ex-Lax, Senokot)

Chloride-Channel Agonists

cause additional fluid to be secreted into the intestine, making it easier to pass stool.

This prescription medication – called lubiprostone (Amitiza) – is intended for adults with persistent severe constipation who have not responded to other therapies.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

WEEKEND PUZZLE ACROSS 1. Gaiters 6. Ready to swing (2 wds.)

11. A bad thing to jump 15. 10 to 1, e.g.

20. Oil or vinegar holder 21. Steal or fix eggs 22. Bit of holly 24. Horse – 25. Bill tack-on 26. Davis of “Evening Shade” 27. Comic-strip queen 28. Office furnishings 29. “The Real Slim Shady” rapper 31. “Fatha” of jazz 33. Singles 34. Ms. Lauder 35. “... we come a- – ...”

37. Crowning point 39. Endorser’s need 41. Fabric meas.

42. Rounded handles 43. Q-tip 44. Zest 46. Get word of 50. Mama bear, in Baja 51. Polite cough 52. Free ticket 53. Lose brightness 57. Weighs anchor 59. Race by, as clouds 60. Popeye’s pal 61. Use a spatula 62. UCLA athletes 63. Tubular pasta 64. Candy-stripers 65. Retainer 66. – lily 67. Playing-card spots 68. Jennifer of “Selena” 69. Rococo 72. Sharpen a cheddar 73. Pleads humbly 74. Less polluted 75. Zinfandel or merlot 76. Reddish-purple plants

79. Bagpipers’ garb 80. Gave comfort 84. Roll tightly 85. Imposing residence 86. Fringe benefit 87. SFO posting 88. Extra helping 91. Regions 92. Fabricated 93. Deflect a blow 95. MD employer 96. Swindles 97. Peril at sea 98. Jamaican music 99. Fifi’s friend 101. Nut holders 102. Travel choice 103. Perfumed pouches 104. Cartoonist – Kelly 105. Night flyers 106. Dandelion, to many 107. Tilly or Ryan 108. What the suspicious smell (2 wds.)

109. Barbecue pit need 111. Mr. Lugosi 112. Addresses the moon 114. California fort 117. AOL note 118. Mongolian desert 119. Yule trees (2 wds.)

124. Thin material 126. Shepard or Ladd 128. Darling, in Dijon 130. Kind of skiing 131. In-box filler 132. Hawaii’s – Loa 134. Enoch or Eve 136. Eucalyptus muncher 137. Ms. Zellweger 138. Crept 139. Nerve, in combos 140. Bygone anesthetic 141. Clink glasses 142. Movie-lot locales 143. Stood wide open 144. – Island Red

DOWN 1. Metal fastener 2. – donna 3. German imports 4. High-school kids 5. Lightning flash 6. GI mail drop 7. Electronics giant 8. Sinks 9. Breezing through 10. You, formerly 11. Cubs org.

12. Poise 13. Ms. Cara of “Fame”” 14. Lo-cal 15. Gerbil or chipmunk 16. Chest-beaters 17. Crotchety 18. Peeved 19. Dromedary pit

stops 23. Service station fixtures (2 wds.)

30. Nonadults 32. Was a lumberjack 36. Deficit 38. Engine part 40. Catch sight of 43. Feng – 44. Morticia’s mate 45. – the wall 46. Wheel cover 47. Cause to steam?

48. Talisman 49. Muddy the waters 51. Doesn’t hesitate 52. Halloween quaff 54. A, in code 55. Cut calories 56. Touche provoker

58. – – shoestring 59. Dainty swallows 60. Wetnaps, e.g.

63. Changes direction 64. Major artery 67. Ring out 68. Slow times 69. Sound piggish 70. TLC providers 71. Opposite of “paleo” 73. Ptarmigan 74. Heaps 75. Got threadbare 77. Pilot’s sighting 78. Wimple sporter 79. “Lola” band 80. Grant, as land 81. – -than-life 82. Misprints 83. Least humid

85. Battery units 86. Grow tiresome 88. Bernard – of CNN 89. Avenging Mrs. Peel 90. Spring 91. Belly dance clackers 92. Motel staffer 93. Delt neighbor 94. – Khan 96. It may be Orange or Rose (2 wds.)

97. Earth, poetically 98. Roomy sleeve 100. And so forth 101. Glamorous wraps 102. Curio 103. Works as a tailor 106. Dew glistener 107. “Tartuffe” author

110. Diner fare 111. Baby’s headgear 112. Flat broke (2 wds.)

113. Passenger train car 114. In plain view 115. Star-crossed lover 116. Goddess of the hunt 118. Dial 119. Cleveland exurb 120. Bubbles 121. Oregon neighbor 122. Miffed 123. Narrow squeak 125. Rumors, perhaps 127. Aberdeen kids 129. Install a door 133. Come-ons 135. Nonverbal OK

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Pickles

Brian Crane Pearls Before Swine

For Better or For Worse

Non Sequitur

COMICS 7 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

Jim Meddick Zits Hi and Lois

Monty

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

Jim Borgman JerryWalker Scott Brian &&Greg

Jimmy Johnson

Lincoln Peirce

Frazz

Jef Mallett

Grizzwells

Bill Schorr

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DEKALB ~ 2BR APT IN HOME

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GE Refrigerator, bisque, 18.2cf.

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ACCOUNTANT - FT

Lions of Illinois Foundation The ideal candidate will be proficient in Accounts payable, Accounts receivable, preparing entries for general ledger accounts and balancing bank statements. Candidate requires a bachelors degree in Accounting. Non-for-profit accounting experience strongly preferred.

Investments background a plus.

Apply in person between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. at 2254 Oakland Drive, Sycamore No Phone calls please.

Auto

Ford-Certified Diesel Specialists

Please send resume and a copy of your STARS Certifications to: paul.mills@ zimmermanford.com ZIMMERMAN FORD, St Charles

CHURCH SECRETARY

Small church in Big Rock. 15 hrs per week, mornings, Mon-Fri. Good computer & people skills necessary.

Send resume, employment history & 2 references to: Mail: Rev. Bill Riegle English Congregation UCC PO Box 156 Big Rock, IL 60511 Fax: 630-556-3001 Email: revriegs@gmail.com

OUTBOUND CALL AGENT Multiple openings available Part-Time, Mon-Thur, $9/hr

Apply at:

1628 DeKalb Ave/Sycamore

or call (815) 895-8963

Therapeutic Recreation Program Coordinator SALARY RANGE: Pay range is $32,000 - $34,000/year - plus benefits. Applicants can find complete job description and application on the KSRA website: www.kishsra.org.

Please send application and resume to Julie Eggleston, KSRA Executive Director, Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association, 1403 Sycamore, DeKalb, IL. 60115

I Buy Old Envelopes Stamps 815-758-4004

Nikon D90 SLR Camera Excellent Cond. Shutter Count 8310 body only, $385 AF'S Nikon 18'105MM F/3.5'5.6 auto focus zoom lens w/ UV filter, lens cap, excellent condition $145 815-522-2522

WOOD BURNING STOVE

Cast iron, made in New York from J. C. Penny, 26”Hx12”W, sell for $150 815-286-3502

Delta Compound Miter Saw 12” mounted on kick stand, excellent condition - $175, Call 9a-9p 815-378-0331

Stained Glass Windows 2 leaded stained glass windows, wood frames solid, 27 x 18 and 43 x 27 amberglass $150 for pair obo 815-827-3692 before 9pm

Hammond Organ with Bench Model M-Z with Hammond Rhythm II External Box. $175 OBO (815) 718-0315

CLASSICS WANTED

Restored or Unrestored

Cars

Vintage Motorcycles

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

$$ Top $$ all makes, Etc.

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.

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!!

815-575-5153

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $770/mo.

Laing Mgmt.

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 2 BEDROOM Den, new kitchen and bath, $680.

3 bedroom, newer kitchen, $695.

No pets/smokers. 815-762-4730

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

Need Help Rebuilding, Repairing or Replanting?

DeKalb Spacious 1-2BR

Check out the

$740, all utilities incl. No pets/smoking. 815-756-1777

in today's Classified

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR

Sycamore E. State St.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 SYCAMORE - 3 BR 1 Bath Apt. 319 E Ottawa St. Carport, Laundry on Site, Yard $850/mo + Utilities.

Amanda 815-790-3587

1705 Longwood Dr., Sycamore, IL. Independent Living 1 Bedroom Apts Available Rental assistance may be available Must be 62 years of age and older; or disabled, regardless of age Professionally Managed by PPM, LLC. This Institution Is An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

Please Call Phone 815-899-9450 TDD 800-525-0857

Waterman Garden Apt. Community 215 East Duffy Rd.

Community Room, Laundry Facility

Sycamore – 1BR, off street parking close to downtown, no pet/smkg, utilities & security dep. $490/mo.

815-762-7200 lv. msg

Professionally Managed by PPM, LLC. This Institution Is An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

Phone 815-264-3492 TDD 800-525-0857

#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 Pets OK, Main Flr 1-2BR, With basement, W/D, 2 car garage.

No smoking, some util incl, $695.

Please text.

630-880-1666

SYCAMORE ~ WILD ST.

Family rm w/frplc, cathedral ceiling, skylight that opens onto deck.

2 car over-sized heated garage plus shed with overhead storage.

Full basement, W/D. 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, all new carpet. Quiet Sycamore location. Move right in. $1075/mo. 815-739-9937 or 815-739-6622

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

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

PUBLIC NOTICE Daily Chronicle Classified It works.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN RE THE PARENTAGE OF: MARIA RODRIGUEZ, Petitioner,

ONE OF A KIND BUILT WITH QUALITY ON A LAKE HOME, SYCAMORE

vs.

BERNARDINO MEZA, Respondent.

Case No. 15 F 213

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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

1 PLUS ACRE IN THE HEART OF DEKALB RING

Ladies, yellow gold red garnet ring. Looks like a flower, lost in DeKalb area. 815-756-7135

REWARD! DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST!

3/5 Bedrms, 3.5 bathrms, Finished Look out Basement, 4 car garage, tech savvy home, Grand floor plan, Appliances, TV's, Etc. included

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

SYCAMORE 5+ BEDROOM HOME

Call to advertise 800-589-8237

ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DEKALB COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT www.dekalbcountyhealthdepartment.org Click on the Employment & Internships link.

Equal Opportunity Employer

You are invited to submit comments in writing on these applications to Colette A. Fried, Assistant Vice President, Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago, 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60604.

The comment period will not end before December 19, 2015. The Board's procedures for processing applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. Part 262. Procedures for processing protested applications may be found at 12 C.F.R. 262.25. To obtain a copy of the Federal Reserve Board's procedures, or if you need more information about how to submit your comments on the applications, contact Alicia Williams, Vice President of Community Development and Policy Studies, at (312) 3225910; to request a copy of an application, contact Colette A. Fried at (312) 322-6846. The Federal Reserve will consider your comments and any request for a public meeting or formal hearing on the applications if they are received in writing by the Reserve Bank on or before the last day of the comment period.

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc. November 19, 2015 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, November 19, December 4 & 19, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

NOW, THEREFORE, unless you file your answer or otherwise make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before 12/30/15, AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU.

Public Notice is hereby given that on December 9, 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: D.C. DESIGNS located at 408 Forest Dr., Kirkland, IL 60146.

Dated December 9, 2015 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 12, 19 & 26, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 11, 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: EX LIBRIS DIGITAL CONSULTING located at 34366 Jefferson Rd., Genoa, IL 60135.

Dated December 11, 2015 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 12, 19 & 26, 2015)

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The requisite affidavit(s) having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO THE RESPONDENT IN THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that said action has been commenced in said Court by the Petitioner, naming you as Respondent therein praying for an Order/Custody Judgment to enter in favor of Petitioner, awarding the Petitioner sole care, custody and control with regard to the Parties' minor children and for other relief; that summons has been issued out of this Court against you as provided by law, and, that this action is still pending and undetermined in said Court.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the Seal of Said Court on 11/19/15.

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

As part of this transaction, First Midwest Bank, Itasca, Illinois also intends to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to merge with The National Bank & Trust Company of Sycamore, Sycamore, Illinois (“NB&T”) and thereby establish as branches the current NB&T locations. The Federal Reserve considers a number of factors in deciding whether to approve these applications, including the record of performance of the banks we own in helping to meet local credit needs.

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PLANT YOUR ROOTS IN SYCAMORE

CORTLAND 2BR, 1½ BA Central A/C, nice yard, garage.

Washer/dryer hook-up, $900/mo.

815-761-5944

Independent Living 1 Bedroom Available Must be 62 years of age or older or disabled, regardless of age

New stove, carpet, full bath.

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Sycamore Quiet Upper & Lower 2BR, 1BA, W/D, no pets/smoking. $700/mo + 1st, last security.

815-501-1378

SYCAMORE - modern upper 1 bedroom downtown new appliances washer dryer off street parking $675 plus utilities. 815-566-7747

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

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

No pets.

815-758-0123

AVAILABLE NOW!

Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-236-4051 ~ 815-923-2521

2BR, 2BA APT.

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1 & 2BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

At Your Service Directory

Sycamore River Edge Upper Condo 2 Bed, 2 Bath, 1 Car, $1050/mo.

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

Sycamore Meadows Apartments

DEKALB Location! Restaurant w/fixtures, etc. Parking. Call Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845

Will BUY UR USED

Mackie Powered P.A. System.

Subs and mains. $800.

Call for details. (815) 762-0365

6.5' Christmas Tree – Like New Condition,, flame resistant, easy to put up & store - $25.

Call anytime 815-762-4730

Rochelle 1 & 2 Bedroom

Remodeled, 1 bath, clean & quiet.

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

Stone Prairie

CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

1.5 bath, appl, W/D, 2 car garage.

No smoking, $1100/mo + sec.

815-970-0110

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

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DEKALB 2 BEDROOM TH

DeKalb, Efficiency Apt, So. 3rd . St off st. parking, nice neighborhood $500/mo, utilities included.

No pets. Paul 815-748-4228

First Midwest Bancorp, Inc., Itasca, Illinois, intends to apply to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to acquire another bank holding company, NI Bancshares Corporation, Sycamore, Illinois. We intend to acquire control of The National Bank & Trust Company of Sycamore, Sycamore, Illinois.

(Seal of the Court)

Solid Solid Stone Ranch Home Over 2400 sq. ft. Full basement, 2 car garage.

One of a Kind in DeKalb.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

3300+ sq. ft. with a Great Floor Plan.

Outstanding Features, 2 Fireplaces, 3+ garage, Grand outside Patio.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

Marissa R. Hanson SERRANO LOW & HANSON Attorneys at Law 431 Williamsburg Avenue Geneva, Illinois 60134 (630) 844-8781 ARDC 6299962 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 5, 12 & 19, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR MERGER OF BANK HOLDING CO S

Advertise in print and online for one low price.

Call your classified advertising representative today!

800-589-8237

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Guaranteed Free Estimates DeKalb & Surrounding Areas

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Area Open Houses Dec 18 - Dec 20, 2015

PRIME COUNTRY

real estate Day/Time

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

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328 Dunkery Drive Sycamore 3 2.0 $199,900 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Maria Pena-Graham, 815-757-3529

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2219 Dean St Sycamore 3 3.0 $277,000 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Nancy Watson, 815-757-5470

Other Areas

Sycamore Waterbury West Lane Sycamore 2 2 From $199,400 Directions to Somerset Farm: Rt. 23 to Bethany E to Somerset Lane S Century 21 Elsner Realty, Linda Tillis, 815-751-3159

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167 N McLaren Sycamore 2 Elm Street Realtors, Sue Englert, 815.970.4513

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2162 Waterbury Ln W Sycamore 2 2 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Linda Tillis, 815-751-3159

$155,000

Sun

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112 Railroad Ave West Kingston 2 1 Signature Real Estate Pro., Vickie Foster, 815-751-5199

Sun

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196 E Lark Ave Cortland 3 2.5 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Jane Mitchell, 815-757-6633

$67,900 $169,900

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Movie: ››› “Holiday in Handcuffs” (2007) Melissa Joan Hart.

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(VH1) Black Ink Crew: Chicago ’ Love & Hip Hop “The Crown” ’ CrazySexyCool: The TLC Story TLC’s unprecedented fame. ’ Behind the Music Remastered ’ Behind the Music LL Cool J. ’ Behind the Music Ludacris. (CC) Love & Hip Hop Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang “Percy Jackson-Lightning Thief” (WTBS) (3:30) Movie: ››› “The Dark Knight Rises” (2012) Christian Bale.

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