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DeKalb officials review TIF funds

By BRITTANY KEEPERMAN bkeeperman@shawmedia.com DeKALB – In the remaining few years before the expiration of DeKalb’s two tax-increment financing districts, officials said they are going to keep their eyes toward projects that fit into the city’s strategic plan.

The city has been in the process of creating a 10-year strategic plan. Projects on agenda in the draft plan in-

clude creating community space downtown and establishing an arts district. The city also could receive funding through Frontier Communications’ America’s Best Communities contest. First prize is $3 million.

‘Many of the items in there relate to the TIF,” City Manager Anne Marie Gaura said.

“I think you will also see an impact from the [America’s Best Communities’] grant.”

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districts are a way of setting aside property taxes to pay for improvements. The amount of sales tax local governments receive from property owners in a given area is frozen, often for 23 years.

As the owners’ property tax payments increase over time, the amount over the set value, called the increment, is diverted into a separate fund.

DeKalb has two special taxing districts, called the Central Area TIF and TIF

No. 2. The Central Area TIF will expire in 2022, and TIF 2 expires in 2018. In previous years, the city has transferred money out of TIF to be used in the general fund, but with those districts set to expire, the city has to work to phase out its reliance on those dollars.

Previous TIF projects have also included projects related to the DeKalb Taylor Municipal Airport and street repairs in the TIF areas, so the city

will need to come up with a way to pay for those projects once funding disappears.

“Our goal going into next year is to put together a true five-year capital improvement plan,” Gaura said. “The water study laid the foundation for that. We need to take that and apply it to water, streets, fleet, equipment and TIF.” In fiscal 2016, the city has allocated about $1 million to street improvements in the

Central Area TIF district, said Jennifer Diedrich, the city’s economic development coordinator.

Money also has been allocated to DeKalb School District 428 and the municipal airport. The city also plans to make improvements to the municipal building and pay for the mechanicals of the building and complete more housing rehab grants.

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With temperatures possibly reaching 60 degrees today, the National Weather Service has reported temperatures about 10 degrees above average this month. Municipalities are saving money on salt but residents will go without a white Christmas this year.

Green Christmas expected in DeKalb County

Forecast calls for above-average temperatures to continue

By KATIE SMITH ksmith@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The focus of some of the world’s most popular Christmas songs is the very thing DeKalb seems to be missing this holiday season: snow.

Temperatures in the Chicago area this winter have been about 11 degrees higher than the historical average, National Weather Service meteorologist Mike Bardou said. It’s not an indication DeKalb won’t see any snow, but the El Niño

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WASHINGTON – Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump labeled Democrat Hillary Clinton “disgusting” for using the restroom during a commercial break at the last Democratic debate and used crude language to describe her primary loss to now-President Barack Obama in 2008.

“She was favored to win and she got schlonged, she lost,” he said Monday night, using a slang word for male genitalia.

Trump, who has ramped up his criticism of Clinton in recent weeks, also mocked Clinton for returning late to Saturday’s debate after a commercial break because she’d been using the bathroom.

“What happened to her? I’m watching the debate, and she disappeared. Where did she Hillary go?!” Trump said at the rally at Clinton the DeltaPlex Arena in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

“I know where she went. It’s disgusting, I don’t want to talk about it,” he added. “No, it’s too disgusting. Don’t say it, it’s disgusting.”

This isn’t the first time Donald Trump has used what could be Trump interpreted as gendered language to criticize Clinton. He has repeatedly described her as lacking the strength and stamina to be president and invoked the image of her putting on a pantsuit before heading to work.

But the latest remarks appear to have hit a new nerve. After declining to comment Monday evening, Clinton spokeswoman Jennifer Palmieri took to Twitter to label the language “degrading.”

“We are not responding to Trump, but everyone who understands the humiliation this degrading language inflicts on all women should,” Palmieri said on Twitter, concluding with the hashtag “imwithher.”

The latest rift between Clinton and Trump began during Saturday evening’s debate.

Clinton claimed the Islamic State group had used videos of Trump’s comments about Muslims to recruit militants.

“They are going to people showing videos of Donald Trump insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists,” she said.

There was no evidence to back the claim, and Trump quickly called Clinton a liar and demanded an apology.

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U.S. weather is upside-down

By GENE JOHNSON The Associated Press SEATTLE – A weather pattern partly linked with El Niño has turned winter upside-down across the U.S. during a week of heavy holiday travel, bringing springlike warmth to the Northeast, a risk of tornadoes in the South and so much snow across the West that even skiing slopes have been overwhelmed.

In a reversal of a typical Christmas, forecasters expect New York to be in the mid-60s on the holiday – several degrees higher than Los Angeles.

The mild conditions have helped golf courses in New England do brisk business, but the pattern comes at a steep cost for ski resorts that have closed and for backcountry skiers who confront avalanche risks.

And many Americans complain that it just doesn’t feel like the holidays without a chill in the air.

“It’s been a great snow season so far from the Rockies to the higher elevations in the Cascades and the northern Sierras, and it’s been the total opposite on the East

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Leon Perkins, 3, leans forward to take a bite of snow as he plays with his brother Conner (left) 2, and his father, Erin, on Tuesday at Snoqualmie Pass, Wash.

Coast,” ,said Bob Oravec, lead forecaster with the National Weather Service.

Big parts of the county are basking in above-average temperatures, especially east of the Mississippi and across the Northern Plains. Record warmth was expected on Christmas Eve along the East Coast, Oravec said.

He laid the credit – or blame – with a strong El Niño pattern, the warming of surface waters in the Pacific Ocean near the equator.

That’s helped drive warm air

west to east across the Lower 48 and kept colder air from the Arctic at bay, he said.

In the Pacific Northwest and California, the effects of El Niño haven’t really hit yet.

They’re typically seen in January through March, and the heavy rains and snows in the region are probably not linked to the phenomenon, Washington State Climatologist Nick Bond said.

The winter in the Pacific Northwest is still predicted to be drier than normal, so the series of storms that dumped

feet of snow in the Cascades this month and piled the snowpack back above normal, were helpful, he said.

Come summer, farmers and salmon alike will rely on that melting snow.

In Washington, authorities have closed the state’s main east-west route, Interstate 90, over the Cascade Mountains repeatedly this week due to heavy snows and avalanche danger. Officials closed a sledding hill near Snoqualmie Pass on Tuesday because the storm kept the state Transportation Department from plowing the parking lot. On Sunday, a heavy storm closed Oregon’s Mount Ashland Ski Area when it knocked out power.

California is in its driest four-year span on record, and experts anticipate a possible fifth year of drought. Weather forecasters say a strong El Niño weather system could drench the state, but one good, wet winter won’t be enough to rehydrate the parched land.

A fresh round of chilly rain was expected to hit San Francisco late this week.

The same system was expected to drop about 4 feet of snow in the Sierra Nevada.

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Man jailed after ‘Star Wars’ spoiler threat The ASSOCIATED PRESS HELENA, Mont. – A Montana man is charged with threatening to shoot a boy for sharing information about a subplot of the new “Star Wars” movie during an online conversation.

Arthur Charles Roy, of Helena, was charged with felony assault with a weapon Monday during an appearance in Lewis and Clark County Justice Court. He remains jailed with his bail set at $10,000.

Roy, 18, became angry Thursday

when he learned details about “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” from a Facebook friend, prosecutors said.

Roy sent the friend a picture of himself with a gun and threatened to come to the victim’s school to shoot him, court records said. Roy reportedly said the gun was a Colt 1911 with a “hair trigger.”

The friend called a school resource officer Thursday afternoon to report the threat.

Helena’s alternative high school was locked down Friday morning after stu-

dents said they were afraid Roy might follow through with his threat. Police arrested Roy on Friday afternoon. He declined to answer questions on the advice of his attorney, court records said.

Roy’s mother asked why her son was being arrested since it was only a BB gun in the photo, charging documents said.

Chris Abbott, Roy’s public defender in an ongoing separate case, wasn’t immediately available to comment Tuesday. It’s not clear whether Abbott has been assigned to this case.

Final curtain coming down on giant Hollywood junkyard

By JOHN ROGERS

One of the giant mechanical sharks that starred in the movie “Jaws” is seen last month at Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking, also known as U Pick Parts, in the Sun Valley section of Los Angeles.

The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – It’s not just a junkyard – or even a really big junkyard – but a living, breathing monument to Los Angeles pop culture. And now it’s headed for the dustbin of history itself.

For 54 years, Aadlen Brothers Auto Wrecking, in a moonscaped, god-forsaken-looking section of the San Fernando Valley, has collected far more than thousands of burned-out, smashed-up, rusted automobiles on its sprawling dirt and asphalt lot.

It’s also taken in just about every type of movie and TV prop imaginable while serving as the site of more than 200 Hollywood film shoots.

The last surviving “Bruce” the shark, made from the mold for the 1975 Steven Spielberg film “Jaws,” resides there, swimming ominously near an entrance. With its huge mouth agape, it appears ready to devour anyone foolish enough to try to sneak off the lot with, say, a pilfered power train from a ‘32 Ford.

Nearby is the giant boom box Usher danced on for the 1997 video “My Way.” It’s actually a 53-foot-long big-rig trailer painted to look like the ‘80s-era music machine. But viewed from a nearby freeway, it appears eerily authentic.

Now everything must go, says Nathan Adlen, owner of this hybrid junkyard-Hollywood backlot that’s been in his

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family since 1961, when this part of the valley was mainly a warren of sand-and-gravel quarries and garbage dumps.

By New Year’s Eve, he promises, it will be 26 acres of bare land surrounded largely by warehouses and car-repair places as he contemplates what to do next with the property.

“You need to make money to survive, and it’s gotten harder to make money in the junk business,” the affable 60-yearold says as he walks past thousands of automobiles piled four and five high, each destined for the giant car-crushing machine that will noisily squash them into scrap metal.

The Chinese aren’t buying that scrap like they once did, he explains, causing the price to plummet while his minimum-wage and insurance costs continue to rise.

More than 200 movies, TV shows, commercials, video games and music videos have been filmed at Aadlen Brothers

over the years.

But Adlen says that Hollywood cash isn’t enough these days to subsidize a business that for decades was also the go-to place for seemingly every shade-tree mechanic in the San Fernando Valley looking to dress up his ride with a cheap turbocharger, a shiny grill or chrome wheels pulled off everything from wrecked Rolls-Royces to VW bugs.

“My father and I, we would roam around that place forever,” recalls Tommy Gelinas, curator of the San Fernando Valley Relics Museum, who customized his first car, a 1968 Dodge Dart, with used parts from Aadlen Brothers.

“But it wasn’t just a junkyard,” Gelinas continues. “It was an adventure because there was so much stuff, old cars, movie memorabilia.”

The yard began showing up in films in 1967, when a scene shot at its trailer office made it into the movie “In Cold Blood.”

“It’s only six seconds in the movie,” Adlen recalls with a chuckle, but those seconds were enough to make the company’s founding Adlen brothers realize they had a future in show business. (After starting the business, Adlen’s father and uncle added the extra A to the name to get it listed first in the phone book.)

Over the years, the lot has appeared briefly in “The Hangover,” ‘’The Fall Guy,” ‘’The A-Team,” ‘’Brooklyn NineNine” and countless other shows. Just last month a “Supergirl” episode had the Girl of Steel battling the villain Reactron near the car-crushing machine.

Soon there will be nothing left to film.

The “RoboCop 3” car has already headed out the door, followed by two of the armored vehicles from the film “Universal Soldier.” (Up close, they look more like giant trash trucks.)

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By KATIE SMITH ksmith@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – The Park District Board of Commissioners met Tuesday with an engineering and architecture company to review possible site plans for the city’s community center.

Architectural Manager Caius Jennison of Farnsworth Group presented sketches of possible site and floor plans for the district’s Action 2020 projects, which include a recreation campus, community center, dog park and splash pad. The plan also calls for expanding the district’s trail system and main sports complex and a new irrigation system for the Sycamore Golf Club.

The Action 2020 plans will cost about $13 million. Voters approved a property tax referendum in November that will allow the taxing body to issue about $9 million in bonds for the project.

Officials also have identified $3 million in potential grant funding. The Leaf a Legacy campaign’s goal is to raise the final $1 million from private donors.

The community center would include a 24-hour fitness facility where members will be given key cards to access to the the park district’s gym, which could help set Sycamore apart from other communities, park board President Tim Strack said.

“Part of this is about perception and a marketing message,” Strack said. “How are we different? This is a difference.”

Both potential designs included a gym, outdoor class-

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Edith Craig, Communications Manager at the DeKalb Public Library, leads a tour around the new non-fiction stacks on the second floor of the new addition to the DeKalb Public Library on Monday, Dec. 21, 2015. will give us artifacts with photos,” she said. “For example, for an activity like storytime, they will submit a picture of the staff member reading to children, plus the book that they were reading.”

A key focus of the project has been accessibility and technology, so important aspects of those new features will make it into the capsule as well, Richter said. For example, library materials automatically will be sorted mechanically upon return. The machine analyzes the material based on a radio-frequency identification

tag. Those tags will make it into the capsule.

The historic Haish Memorial Library building, built in 1930, is under renovation.

Work is expected to conclude in late July which is when the dedication ceremony and grand opening will take place.

The project is funded in part by an $11.6 million grant from the Illinois State Library.

The library has received $7 million worth of installments, but experienced some issues stemming from the state budget impasse. In response, officials raised its

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Dee Coover: ‘People have been wowed’ DeKALB – Library patrons in year 2091 will get a glimpse of daily life at the DeKalb Library when they open a time capsule 75 years from now.

At the grand opening of the fully renovated DeKalb Public Library, officials will place the time capsule behind its plaque in the new lobby. The $25.3 million expansion project kicked off in July 2014, and when it is complete in August, the library will have nearly tripled its size, with the public areas fully ADA compliant.

The expansion, which houses the lobby, meeting rooms and children’s and adult materials area, will reopen to the public on Jan. 18.

But anyone interested is welcome to a sneak preview.

Library officials have given about 15 tours since its closing Dec. 7 and will continue to give tours through Jan. 17, Dee Coover, director of the library, said.

“People have been wowed,” Coover said.

Library board member Susan Richter said that she hoped the time capsule would convey to future patrons how important the library is to people’s day-today lives.

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tax levy by $500,000 to pay interest on private loans it will need to continue construction until funding is allocated.

The city of DeKalb also has given $2 million worth of tax-increment financing funds. Other funding means have included loans, bonds and fundraising.

Patrons at a recent tour said they were impressed by the progress.

“It’s gorgeous,” said Nancy Castle, a retired Northern Illinois University faculty member. “It’s hard to believe that our community has something this progressive.”

rooms, patio, splash pad, sled hill, parking lot and a threeto five-acre dog park.

Commissioners seemed most concerned about the outdoor area and ability to expand the parking lot in future years, which Jennison said he would take into consideration as he continues work on the project’s design.

He added he felt the tentative plans allowed enough room for reasonable future growth.

It is important the park district stay committed to its budget as it proceeds with Action 2020 plans, and hope that money for any additional services or expansions will be available farther down the road, Park District Executive Director Dan Gibble said.

“My experience has been: you build something within a budget, you honor your commitment to your taxpayers,” Gibble said, “and if you start bursting at the seams – if you have to ask them for additional support in the future to expand or to grow – you often times have much stronger support than if you just build willy-nilly the first time.”

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NIU trustees OK plan not to increase tuition

By RHONDA GILLESPIE rgillespie@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois University will hold the line on undergraduate tuition for the 2017-18 school year, while raising fees student and graduate tuition rates nominally.

The Board of Trustees approved at its Dec. 10 meeting NIU President Doug Baker’s recommendation to hold fiscal 2017 tuition rates for undergrads (2017 academic year) at the same level as 2016. The board also approved plans to charge graduate students $11 more a credit hour for tuition.

The move was aimed at maintain-

ing affordability, Baker said, even as NIU faces increased expenses. The university, like all of the other public higher education institutions, also is bracing for cuts in general aid it receives from the state. Gov. Bruce Rauner has proposed cutting aid to the school by 31 percent, a reduction of more than $29 million.

“We have great revenue pressures,” Baker said. “We’re trying to manage that on the expense side, and we’re working hard to increase our enrollment on the revenue side.”

This school year and for 2016-17, undergrtaduate students who are Illinois residents enrolling at NIU for the

first time are charged a flat $4,733 tuition rate for 12 or more credit hours, according to costs provided by the university. That cost will remain. For graduate students, the cost is $5,929.

But starting fall 2017, while the rate won’t change for undergraduates, tuition for graduate students would be about $132 more for a semester with 12 or more credit hours.

Room and board costs aren’t expected to change.

With the $10 fee increase, starting with the 2017-18 academic year, student fees will be about $2,425. Waivers for such things as as student medical insurance could cut the charge to

$1,384.

Baker said the university faces wanting to do things such as give raises to staff, but, at the same time, hold the line on the cost for students to attend NIU. He added that uncertainty with state funding adds to the school’s financial dilemma. The state has operated without a budget since July 1 so NIU and other schools don’t know how much state aid they will get, or when.

“Affordability is so important,” he said. “We don’t know what’s going to come out of this legislative session.”

Trustee John Butler asked at the board meeting for a profile of NIU stu-

Chicago celebrity chef Mindy Segal will be making marijuana sweets

By CARYN ROUSSEAU The Associated Press CHICAGO – When Mindy Segal decided she wanted to work with marijuana, the James Beard award-winning pastry chef knew she could do so much better than that tired cliche – the brownie.

Instead, she’ll tap her understanding of transforming sugar into tempting treats to launch a line of chocolate brittles, granola bites, eventually even a hot chocolate – and all of them laced with butter infused with cannabis oil.

In the process, she’ll become one of the first celebrity chefs to lend her name and brand to the budding edible marijuana industry.

Segal, who owns Chicago’s Mindy’s Hot Chocolate restaurant and authored the cookbook “Cookie Love,” is partnering with Cresco Labs with hopes to produce the sweets for distribution in Illinois in February. The company also is in discussions to distribute the products in other states where marijuana is legal for medical or recreational use, including Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada and Washington.

Medical marijuana became available for sale in Illinois last month and it is one of 23 states in the U.S. where it is now legal. Marijuana is legal for recreational use in Alaska, Colorado, Washington and Oregon.

The goal with this new project, Segal said, is an extension of what she calls her core value as a chef: making people happy.

“We’re going to come up with recipes that are portioned and dosed properly,” Segal said. “So we’re healing, and that’s the whole idea that we’re healing, making people have appetites, not have pain.”

Segal wants the final product to have a “no-taste taste.” She’s experimenting with three different flavors of brittle,

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Chef Mindy Segal walks the red carpet during the 2015 James Beard Awards on May 4 at Lyric Opera of Chicago in Chicago. including one that blends salted toffee, smoked almonds with dark chocolate, and possibly graham crackers and caramelized marshmallows. She said she sees working with marijuana as a professional challenge.

“I’m trying to elevate the industry,” she said. “I’m applying what I know against what I don’t know and that’s how I’m approaching this. And that’s how I approach my work as chef.”

Here’s how Segal explains her latest venture in an interview with The Associated Press: AP: What attracted you to using medical marijuana as an ingredient? Where did you get your inspiration?

Segal: I wanted to do something that

made a difference. I wanted to do something that would take me to sort of like this new frontier. I wanted to take the things I’ve learned in the 30 years in this industry and go into an industry that would challenge me. When you’re a chef or you’re a person who is in constant pursuit of excellence, I want to constantly be challenged. I want to constantly pursue excellence.

AP: How are you legally able to make these items in Illinois?

Segal: I am working in a lab in Joliet that is licensed to cultivate and grow marijuana and to produce edibles. I am not doing it in my restaurant. I’m not selling this product in my restaurant.

They’re going to be sold in licensed dispensaries all over Illinois. We plan on going to other states, as other states have medical marijuana legalized and legal for recreational, too. We would license the product to licensed operators in those states. We’re designing a product line that can be licensed to other people.

AP: Who do you see as the customer for these items?

Segal: I make a great chocolate chip cookie and my customer for a chocolate chip cookie is anyone who likes a chocolate chip cookie. So obviously I’m hoping my product will entice everybody and anybody who has the right to purchase the product or is interested in edibles. I’m thinking that my product is going to attract people who are knowledgeable and enjoy food and want to enjoy the experience and not just the effects of it.

AP: Where do you see the future of the edible marijuana industry going?

Segal: I see this being a new frontier for chefs like me. There is no turning back. There are going to be more people more talented than me, as talented as me, who are going to get into this industry. I’m excited to see where it’s going.

Born: Dec. 12, 1932; in Aurora, IL Died: Dec. 21, 2015; in DeKalb, IL Paul J. Hoffman, 83, of Rockford, formerly of Aurora, passed away Monday, December 21, 2015, in DeKalb, IL. He was born December 12, 1932, in Aurora, IL. Paul was an avid woodcarver, and enjoyed fishing, the outdoors and getting together with his family. He was a U.S. Army veteran.

Survivors include his former wife, Gala Kujnisch; three children, Denise (Robert) Hoffman-Clark,

STATE BRIEFS Lawyers: Mom threatens Illinois AG, FTC oppose cop who shot her son hospital merger CHICAGO – Attorneys for a Chicago police officer who fatally shot a man are asking a judge to sanction his mother for making what they say are threats against the officer and his children.

Officer George Hernandez shot 25-year-old Ronald Johnson III in the back as he fled police in 2014. Cook County’s top prosecutor said she won’t file charges against the officer.

In a Dec. 10 motion, Hernandez’s attorneys say Johnson’s mother, Dorothy Holmes, surreptitiously photographed Hernandez and posted the photo on social media with the word “murderer.”

She also made comments about Hernandez’s children during a protest, stating, “What goes around comes around.”

CHICAGO – A proposed merger of two of the largest hospital systems in the Chicago area faces increasing opposition.

Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and the Federal Trade Commission on Monday sought to block the merger of Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University HealthSystem in U.S. District Court in Chicago. They are seeking a preliminary injunction to delay the merger until the FTC can complete a full antitrust review.

The FTC issued an administrative complaint Friday alleging a merger would raise prices by reducing competition in the suburban Chicago North Shore area.

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dents, which would detail the number of credit hours the typical student takes.

“I guess what I’m looking for is, do we have any data that we use to determine whether our pricing strategies are competitive,” Butler said. “Are they helping us to recruit students?”

Baker said a “fairly small” number of NIU students take fewer than 12 credit hours, with the majority of enrollment classified as full time.

He said 80 percent of students receive some form of financial aid, including merit scholarships, needbased grants, and federally backed student loans.

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People gather for a protest Tuesday outside the Waller County courthouse in Hempstead, Texas, after a grand jury on Monday decided that no felony crime was committed by sheriff’s officers or jailers in the death of Sandra Bland.

Prosecutor: Grand jury will consider ‘other issues’ in Bland’s death

By MICHAEL GRACZYK The Associated Press HEMPSTEAD, Texas – A grand jury decided that neither sheriff’s officials nor jailers committed a crime in the treatment of a black woman who died in a Texas county jail last summer, but it has not yet determined whether the state trooper who arrested her should face charges, a prosecutor said.

Prosecutor Darrell Jordan said Monday that the Waller County grand jury will return in January to consider “other issues” and warned there could be indictments. Unresolved issues include possible charges against the trooper who arrested 28-year-old Sandra Bland.

While Texas grand juries typically decide on felony charges, Jordan wouldn’t rule out misdemeanor charges related to the case.

“All charges are under consideration,” he said, declining to elaborate.

The Chicago-area woman was pulled over July 10 for making an improper lane change. Dashcam video showed the traffic stop quickly became confrontational, with trooper Brian Encinia at one point holding a stun gun and yelling at Bland, “I will light you up!” after she refused to get out of her car.

LAS VEGAS – Prosecutors on Tuesday charged a homeless woman with murder, child abuse and hit-andrun after police said she intentionally plowed a car carrying her young daughter through crowds of pedestrians on the Las Vegas Strip.

Additional charges were expected against Lakeisha Nicole Holloway, 24, as investigators interview witnesses and review video and physical evidence from the Sunday night crash.

“This is an ongoing investigation,” said Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson, who earlier predicted “a great number” of charges would be filed. “I’ve

personally seen the videos from a variety of angles, and I’m appalled at the callousness of this defendant’s conduct and what appears to be an intentional act.”

Casino and street surveillance video Lakeisha cited by the prosecutor Nicole has not been Holloway made public, and Wolfson said prosecutors don’t plan to present it in court Wednesday, when Holloway is expected to make her first appearance before a judge.

Authorities say Holloway repeatedly swerved onto a sidewalk packed with tourists in front of the Paris Las

Vegas and Planet Hollywood casino-hotels. A modest, makeshift memorial stood at the site on Tuesday.

Joseph Abood, one of Holloway’s public defense attorneys, said his client plans to plead not guilty.

“We can all agree this is a shocking and tragic event,” Abood said. “We have great sympathy for the family of Jessica Valenzuela and all the other people who were injured.”

Valenzuela, 32, of Buckeye, Arizona, was killed and at least 35 people from California, Colorado, Florida, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington state, Mexico and Quebec, Canada, were injured.

Three were still in critical condition, and five others remained hospitalized.

Holloway was on suicide watch in jail, where she is being held without bail. Abood said he and another public defender, Scott Coffee, were collecting information and didn’t know whether Holloway’s mental health would emerge as a defense.

Holloway was charged with felony child abuse and neglect because police say her 3-year-old daughter was with her in the vehicle. The child wasn’t hurt and was in the custody of the county’s child protective services agency.

County spokesman Erik Pappa said the agency tries to place children with relatives before seeking a foster family. He said he couldn’t provide further information about the case.

Department of Public Safety Director Steve McCraw has said Encinia – who in June completed a yearlong probationary stint as a new trooper and has been on administrative duty since Bland’s death – violated internal policies of professionalism and courtesy.

Bland was taken in handcuffs to the county jail in nearby Hempstead, about 50 miles northwest of Houston, and remained there when she couldn’t raise about $500 for bail. She was discovered dead three days later, hanging from a cell partition with a plastic garbage bag used as a ligature around her neck.

Her arrest and death came amid heightened national scrutiny of police and their dealings with black suspects, especially those killed by officers or who died in police custody.

Bland’s relatives, along with supporters fueled by social media postings, questioned a medical examiner’s finding that Bland killed herself.

In the days after Bland died, county authorities released video from the jail to dispel rumors and conspiracy theories that she was dead before she arrived at the jail or was killed while in custody. County officials said they themselves received death threats.

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Meteorologists predicted Sycamore has been able earlier this year the cycle to put off spending about of warming sea surface $30,000 on salt and labor temperatures in the Pacifbecause of the warm weathic Ocean, referred to as El er, the city’s Public Works Niño, meant the Midwest Director Fred Busse said. would likely experience a The city has the rights to buy mild winter.

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“It’s not necessarily the Anything that goes unused unexpected, but it’s not will be stored and used next something we see very ofyear. ten,” Bardou said. “The outStill, it’s too early in the look for the rest of the winter season to begin celebrating a has pretty good chance of dry winter, Busse said. With being warmer than normal.” November’s winter storm, Although Hauman’s aunt, the DeKalb area isn’t too far Angie Collins, didn’t seem off from its average snowfall. to mind the weather, she “In December we’ve gotthought a light dusting might ten an average of 14 inches boost her family’s holiday of snow, and this year we’ve spirit. gotten 11 inches,” he said.

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Mundy said. “ ... That’s not a reason to “It’s not just in terms of become complacent in terms salt, but it’s wear and tear of not having any snow.”

mostly still in his chair then walking deliberately with his head down as he left the courtroom. He talked quietly with his military attorney before and after the hearing.

The next pretrial hearing was scheduled for Jan. 12 before Army Judge Col. Jeffery R. Nance, who will preside over future hearings.

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prison.

Bergdahl deferred entering a plea and did not decide whether he wants to face a court-martial with a jury or one with just a judge. He said little beyond answering “yes” and “no” to questions about whether he understood his rights and the court proceedings.

He appeared demure, sitting

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Prayers aren’t enough for gun victims

By BILL PRESS bill@billpress.com On Nov. 19, less than a week after the terrorist attacks in Paris, my wife, Carol, and I were scheduled to leave for a Thanksgiving vacation in Madrid. “No, no, don’t go,” advised friends and family. Europe isn’t safe.

It’s too dangerous.

Are they kidding? The most dangerous place in the world today is the United States.

Think about it: A first-grade classroom. A college campus. A Navy office building. A movie theater. A shopping center. A church.

A women’s health clinic. And now a center for the developmentally disabled. All sites of mass shootings.

The latest, San Bernardino, California, on Dec. 2, where 14 people were killed, 17 more wounded, at an office holiday party. According to Shootingtracker.com, that made the 354th mass shooting – defined as four or more dead or wounded – in 334 days since Jan. 1, more than one a day. That’s on top of the 89 people killed by gun violence every day.

And those mass shootings have occurred all over the country, in 220 cities in 47 states. Is nowhere in America safe?

So once again we have to ask: What will it take? How many innocent people have to be killed? How many families destroyed? How many communities shattered? Before politicians have the guts to stand up to the NRA and adopt some tough, but common-sense, gun safety measures?

As President Barack Obama noted in comments to CBS News immediately after news of the California shootings broke, “we

have a pattern now of mass shootings in this country that has no parallel anywhere else in the world.” No other civilized nation on earth suffers from that same kind of repeated, senseless domestic terrorism. Why? Because no other civilized nation offers the same easy access to guns.

Every one of those shootings was different: different motives, targets and gunmen.

But they all had one thing in common: guns, most often multiple guns, in the hands of people who should never have been able to buy a gun in the first place. But they were able to buy almost any kind of weapon they wanted because our gun laws are so weak.

For starters, there’s no nationwide ban on assault weapons, and most states do not require background checks for guns bought at gun shows from private individuals or for online gun sales.

Imagine: Even people placed on the “no-fly list” because they’re suspected of terrorism can walk into a gun store today and legally walk out with a gun.

In a perfect world, what would follow news of the San Bernardino shooting would be a determination on the part of Congress to adopt new, common-sense, gun-safety measures, such as universal background checks, supported by 93 percent of the American people. Instead, we got the usual dribble of pious political pronouncements. U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan , R-Wis., called for a moment of silence before lighting the Capitol Christmas tree, while countless members of Congress tweeted out how they were keeping victims and families of San Bernardino in their “thoughts and prayers.”

What nonsense. Thanks to Igor Volsky of Think Progress for poking holes in such a phony display of concern. When Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., tweeted “The senseless loss of innocent life in #San Bernardino defies explanation. Our thoughts are w/ the victims & their families,” Volsky tweeted back: “NRA dumped $922K into McConnell’s re-elect bid, so when it comes to preventing gun violence all u get is this tweet.”

Sure, prayers are fine. But prayers aren’t enough. And prayers are no substitute for action: a point made dramatically by U.S. Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill., on Oct. 1. When news broke of a shooting on the campus of a community college in Roseburg, Oregon, then-Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, asked the House to observe a moment of silence – at the end of which Schakowsky shouted out: “Now, let’s do something!”

May that cry again echo through the Capitol building, this time with better results.

Congress can’t continue to dance around or deny the real problem. We don’t need more moments of silence, more thoughts and prayers, more blabber about more money for mental health, or more praise of law enforcement officers. They’re all important. But what we really need is action.

Until we end the easy access to guns, no place in the United States is safe.

• Bill Press is host of a nationally-syndicated radio show, the host of “Full Court Press” on Current TV and the author of a new book, “The Obama Hate Machine,” which is available in bookstores now.

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By JENNIFER RUBIN The Washington Post Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., arguably the funniest man in the Senate and the GOP presidential field, exited the race Monday. He recognized reality, namely that “We’ve come to a point now where I just don’t see how we grow the campaign without getting on the main stage.” A number of things may follow from his exit: 1. The other “kiddie table” debate participants should exit as well. They have had plenty of time to make their cases, but have failed to do so. Their departures would help the electorate focus on the serious choice before them.

2. If they do not exit, there should nevertheless be no second-tier debates. Without Graham, these debates will be

utterly unwatchable. At any rate, there is nothing to be gained from giving noncompetitive candidates free air time.

3. Graham says he has “no intention of endorsing anyone now.” Nevertheless, he and others who drop out should maintain their criticism of Donald Trump, warning the party of his toxicity and mocking (appropriately) his ignorance.

4. Graham donors looking for a new candidate should look for another strong-on-defense candidate. The obvious contenders are New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Jeb Bush and Sen. Marco Rubio.

5. This also frees up Graham supporters such as Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, to back someone else. A substantial contingent of hawkish Senate Republicans could play a critical role if they get behind a single candidate.

6. In the Senate, Graham can play a critical role in focusing on issues including defense spending, the National Security Agency and other issues that will require presidential candidates to define their views.

7. If a GOP president is elected, Graham would be a valuable Cabinet member, most especially as defense secretary.

As a longtime active-duty and reserve member of the Air Force and a key participant in most every major foreign policy decision in the past decade or so, he’d be a strong pick. (Right-wingers who have never liked Graham would be delighted, I imagine, for him to leave the Senate.)

8. With fellow South Carolinian Graham out of the race, this also frees up South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley. The Republican may choose to formally endorse or more subtly

share her state political operation with one candidate. As a governor, she is most likely to favor either Bush or Christie.

9. Graham will continue to act as a strong voice of opposition to the Obama-Clinton-Kerry foreign policy. Be it on debacles such as the Iran deal or the growing chaos in Afghanistan, he can highlight the disastrous consequences of a policy that amounts to retrenchment and appeasement.

10. He can remain a voice of sanity on immigration and on the GOP’s ability to survive and grow in an electorate that bears little resemblance to the country that deep-red-state Republicans and talk-radio barkers imagine it to be.

• Jennifer Rubin writes the Right Turn blog for The Post, offering reported opinion from a conservative perspective.

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For many people, the Christmas and New Year’s holidays are times to have a cup of cheer – often one that includes alcohol.

It’s up to you whether a few glasses of spiked eggnog or celebratory champagne leads to unsolicited declarations of love and appreciation. But if you’re planning to leave home to celebrate with a few holiday drinks, leave the driving to someone else.

Even sober drivers should be particularly careful to watch out for the other guy on the roads at this time of year – with so many people traveling to see family members, the number of alcohol-impaired drivers on the roads is likely to be higher than normal. Some refer to the period between Thanksgiving and New Year’s as “DUI season.”

As the Illinois Department of Transportation and state law enforcement will tell you, drunken driving ruins the holidays.

Last year, seven people were killed in six fatal crashes during the extended Christmas weekend, which began at 6 p.m. Dec. 24 and continued through midnight Dec. 28. Of those, two died in crashes involving a driver who had been drinking, according to an IDOT news release. This year will feature a long holiday weekend, with Dec. 25 falling on a Friday.

December has been declared Impaired Driving Prevention Month in Illinois, and police around the state have been looking for violators. That includes locally, where state and local police held a roadside checkpoint last weekend in Sycamore.

Police said they plan more enforcement activities around the state through the first weekend in January, with New Year’s Eve and its customary emphasis on imbibing looming large.

This year, celebrate safely, by using a designated driver, a cab or ride-sharing service, or finding other means of getting home after the party ends.

Don’t ruin the holiday cheer by being arrested for driving under the influence or worse, hurting or killing someone.

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Stop Iran now Iran is following through on the nuclear deal it struck with a U.S.-led coalition in an utterly predictable way: It is racing to fulfill those parts of the accord that will allow it to collect $100 billion in frozen funds and end sanctions on its oil exports and banking system, while expanding its belligerent and illegal activities in other areas – and daring the West to respond.

Unfortunately, the Obama administration’s response to these provocations has also been familiar.

It is doing its best to downplay them – and thereby encouraging Tehran to press for still-greater advantage.

We’ve pointed out how the regime of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has unjustly sentenced Post correspondent Jason Rezaian to prison and arrested two businessmen with U.S. citizenship or residence since signing the nuclear accord. There have been no penalties for those outrageous violations of human rights. Now a United Nations panel has determined that Iran testfired a nuclear-capable missile Oct. 10 with a range of at least 600 miles, in violation of a U.N. resolution that prohibits such launches. Moreover, it appears likely that a second missile launch occurred Nov. 21, also in violation of Security Council Resolution 1929.

The U.S. response? “We are now actively considering the appropriate consequences to that launch in October,” State Department official Stephen Mull testified at a Senate committee hearing Thursday. In other words, there have so far been none – other than a speech by the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations blaming the Security Council for the lack of action.

It’s not hard to guess the reasons for this fecklessness. President Barack Obama is reluctant to do anything that might derail the nuclear deal before Iran carries out its commitments, including uninstalling thousands of centrifuges and diluting or removing tons of enriched uranium. The same logic prompted him to tolerate Iran’s malign interventions in Syria, Yemen and elsewhere, along with the arrest of Rezaian, while the pact was under negotiation.

U.S. officials argue that Iran’s nonnuclear violations make it all the more important that the nuclear deal be implemented. But that ignores the clear connections between the missile launches and Tehran’s ambitions to become a nuclear power. The only practical military purpose of the missiles the regime is testing is to carry atomic warheads. While missile launches are not prohibited by the nuclear pact itself, the separate resolution banning them remains in effect until the deal is implemented, after which a new resolution takes effect that calls on Iran not to develop the missiles for eight years.

By flouting the U.N. resolutions, Iran is clearly testing the will of the United States and its allies to enforce the overall regime limiting its nuclear ambitions. If there is no serious response, it will press the boundaries in other areas – such as the inspection regime. It will take maximum advantage of Obama’s fear of undoing a legacy achievement, unless and until its bluff is called. That’s why the administration would be wise to take firm action now in response to the missile tests rather than trying to sweep them under the carpet.

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MORNING KICKOFF

MEN’S BASKETBALL: NIU 85, ROOSEVELT 52

New promotion courts Latino fans to MMA

Maric, Huskies surge late in first half

LOS ANGELES — In the cage under the disco ball at Hollywood’s Florentine Gardens, a featherweight from Minnesota nicknamed “Sexy Mexy” puts an arm triangle choke on his opponent, thrilling several hundred fans who paid about $10 to get in.

On television, this mixed martial arts action reaches about 40 million homes with all the professional polish of a UFC telecast. But a Combate Americas show is accompanied by something unusual in the MMA world: Spanish-language cage announcements and broadcast commentary, some of it from a former professional wrestler.

Latino sports fans are the primary reason pro boxing still exists in the U.S., according to no less of an authority than boxing promoter Bob Arum. No current MMA company is making a bigger effort to convert those Latino fans than Combate Americas, the brainchild of UFC co-creator Campbell McLaren.

Once little more than a reality show with big dreams, Combate Americas will grow next year with six events and an array of prominent corporate partnerships.

McLaren believes the Latino market is ready to embrace his growing sport.

“Hispanic fans may have heard of the UFC, but they might not know what it is,” McLaren said. “No one has brought along this audience. No one has said, ‘We welcome you, whether you know about this sport or not.’ We present an environment where the announcers very purposely explain what’s going on. They’re not talking down to the audience. They don’t assume you know something.”

By JAMES HIGH sports@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – The Huskies got excellent play from their bench and an outstanding performance from center Marin Maric and defeated the Roosevelt Lakers 85-52 to remain unbeaten at home this season.

The Lakers were shooting well, hitting their first three 3-pointers, and were able to hang with the Huskies for a good part of the first half. But 12 first-half points by Marin Maric and some late help off the bench by Andrew Zelis padded the Huskie lead to 4729 at the half. Maric scored nine of the Huskies’ first 12 points, and even hit his first 3-pointer of the year en route to a season-high 22-point performance.

“I thought our first five minutes we came out with

great mindset,” Huskies coach Mark Montgomery said. “Our second wave just didn’t kick in, but when we put another rotation in, that’s when we really got going.”

In the second half, the Huskies slowly but surely pulled away from the Lakers. Zelis added five more second-half points, and Laytwan Porter added five more as well.

“Zelis really did give us a boost,” Montgomery said. “He was able to score off the bench and grab a few rebounds and that was good.”

Overall, the Huskies shot 57.6 percent from the field in the first half, and 51.6 percent for the game.

With the win, the Huskies improve to 9-2 on the season Mary Beth Nolan For Shaw Media and will next travel to Chicago Northern Illinois coach Mark Montgomery (center) and the bench celebrate a Huskies’ 3-pointer in the first to take on UIC on Tuesday. half Tuesday against Roosevelt in DeKalb.

NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL

– Wire report

WHAT TO WATCH College football Poinsettia Bowl, Northern Illinois vs. Boise State, 3:30 p.m., ESPN GoDaddy Bowl, Bowling Green vs. Georgia Southern, 7 p.m., ESPN Pro basketball Houston at Orlando, 6 p.m., NBA Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

College basketball Central Connecticut State at UConn, 11:30 a.m., ESPNU Diamond Head Classic, 1:30 p.m., 3:30 p.m., ESPNU; 8 p.m., 10:30 p.m., ESPN2 Missouri at Illinois, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Bryant at Michigan, 6 p.m., BTN Utah Valley at Louisville, 6 p.m., ESPNU Northern Colorado at Mississippi State, 7 p.m., SEC Las Vegas Classic, 7:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m., FS1 Green Bay at Wisconsin, 8 p.m., BTN Pepperdine at Portland, 8 p.m., ESPNU

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Northern Illinois running back Joel Bouagnon (28) rushes during the first half of the Mid-American Conference championship.

One last test for Huskies

Set to battle fellow Group of 5 power Boise St.

By JESSE SEVERSON jseverson@shawmedia.com

Poinsettia Bowl NIU (8-5, 6-3 MAC) vs. Boise State (8-4, 5-3 MWC), 3:30 p.m. today, ESPN, AM-560, AM-1360, 98.9-FM

One of the two most successful college football teams will add yet another victory to its resume.

Despite having down years compared to recent seasons, Northern Illinois and Boise State will clash in the Poinsettia Bowl at 3:30 p.m. Wednesday in a contest featuring a pair of teams that have combined for 128 wins since 2010.

“We expect a physical game,” Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey said. “Both teams like to run the ball, both teams are dynamic on offense and very good on defense, just what you would expect from a Boise State team.”

The Huskies (8-5 overall) and Broncos (8-4 overall) have created a reputation of being dominating Group of 5 teams, with Boise State having a stretch in which it went 50-3 from 2008-11.

While Boise State’s run of successful seasons dates back

longer than Northern Illinois – the Broncos are playing in their 14th consecutive bowl and have had a winning record in every year since 1998 – second-year coach Bryan Harsin had strong praise for the Huskies.

“The focus is about trying to prepare ourselves to play a very good football team, a team that’s been to six straight conference games,” he said. “I know Northern Illinois, and watching

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BULLS

No mo’ Jo: Injury to sideline Noah for 2 weeks

By JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com On a roster void of energy on far too many nights, losing Joakim Noah would seemingly be a hit that the Bulls couldn’t take right now.

Well, those hits just keep on coming.

Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg revealed on Tuesday that they will likely be without Noah for

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“Jo had an MRI [Tuesday] morning,’’ Hoiberg said. “It’s a sprained shoulder. He’s obviBulls at Oklaously very sore. That shoulder homa City, 1:30 p.m. Friday, ABC, popped out of joint for a brief second. He’s going to be sore AM-1000 and stiff. So it’s rehabbing for at least two weeks, as he be- the next couple weeks and gins a rehabilitation program then re-evaluating from there.

“The initial diagnosis is a for a left shoulder sprain he sprain and the initial recovsuffered in the third quarter ery is two weeks of rehab. And of the 105-102 loss to Brooklyn. then he’ll be re-evaluated and

we’ll kind of go from there.

That’s what I’ve been told.’’

Asked if it could be sooner or later, Hoiberg said, “Don’t know. Maybe in two, maybe four. I just don’t know yet.’’

Either way, it felt like a punch to the gut for a team already gasping for air.

“It’s always huge when you lose a player like Jo, just the energy he brings,’’ teammate Derrick Rose said. “It’s

devastating. Even though people talk about his scoring [issues], his presence on the floor means a lot to this team.’’

Not for a while it won’t.

What that means come Christmas Day in Oklahoma City is once again Hoiberg tinkering with different lineups and rotations, trying to find something that has staying power for a squad in the midst

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2 SPORTS • Wednesday, December 23, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com LOCAL SCHEDULE TODAY Boys basketball Sycamore at Marengo tournament, TBA Plano tournament – Hinckley-Big Rock vs. No. 12 Chicago Hope, 9 a.m.; Streator vs. No. 13 Indian Creek, 10:30 a.m.; Foreston vs. No. 9 Genoa-Kingston, 12:30 p.m.

Girls basketball Sycamore at Oswego East tournament, vs. Downers Grove South, 1 pm.

Kaneland at Ottawa tournament, TBA

SPORTS BRIEFS Kicker Stein leads Akron past Utah State BOISE, Idaho – When Akron placekicker Robert Stein lost his scholarship after his freshman year, he didn’t quit.

Instead, he fought his way back to the top of the depth chart without the free ride.

And after Stein made three field goals and earned MVP honors in leading Akron to a 23-21 victory over Utah State in the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl on Tuesday, coach Terry Bowden was delighted Stein stuck it out.

Stein endeared himself to Bowden for his sacrifice — he also became the school’s all-time scoring leader with a 46-yard field goal with 8:15 remaining in the fourth quarter that proved to be the difference. He finished his career with 268 points.

Akron (8-5) finished with eight wins for the first time since moving up to FBS in 1987. The record came four years to the day after the school hired coach Terry Bowden.

Leake agrees to $80M, 5-year deal with Cards ST. LOUIS – Minutes after his contract with the St. Louis Cardinals was announced, Mike Leake was looking ahead to rivalry games against the Chicago Cubs.

“Honestly,” he said Tuesday, “I wouldn’t mind taking them down.”

Leake and the Cardinals agreed to an $80 million, five-year contract, a move the Cardinals hopes boosts their chances to win a fourth straight NL Central title.

“When we make decisions, it is about performance,” general manager John Mozeliak said. “We heard nothing but positives.”

NFL reminds teams no foreign objects on field CHARLOTTE, N.C. – At the end of the day a frustrated Ron Rivera didn’t have a choice whether Carolina players could continue to bring baseball bats on the field before games.

The NFL made sure Tuesday that Rivera and other coaches were clear on the rules.

League spokesman Greg Aiello said in an email to The Associated Press that the NFL sent a memo all 32 teams reminding them that “no foreign objects unrelated to the uniform or playing equipment are permitted on the playing field and sidelines on game day (which includes the pre-game period, during the game, and postgame on the field).”

The Panthers baseball bat, which they say is a motivational prop, has garnered much attention in the fallout after the Panthers-New York Giants game on Sunday due mainly to incidents involving wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. and Panthers cornerback Josh Norman.

Rivera said earlier Tuesday that the Panthers had not done anything wrong and was asked if that was the case, why he made the decision.

The coach said, “because I’m going to hear it if I don’t.

That’s the truth of the matter.”

– Wire reports

PREP ROUNDUP

NFL

Sycamore knocks off No. 1 seed Oswego East mins each scored 13 as the Knights topped Ottawa 59-57 to advance to the title game of the Tayia Hopkins hit a layup Ottawa tournament. with nine seconds left and the Jenni Weber added 12 Sycamore defense held Oswe- for the Knights, who play go East without a shot until Yorkville for the title tonight. the buzzer sounded, giving the BOYS BASKETBALL Spartans a 38-37 win on TuesSycamore tops CLS: The Sparday. tans took care of Crystal Lake Oswego East was the No. 1 seed and host school in the South 50-33 at the E.G. Nichols tournament, and coach Brett tournament in Marengo.

No stats were available Goff said they feature two from the game. Sycamore will NCAA Division I caliber playplay in the fifth-place game toers, both over 6 feet tall.

It was the second strong de- day.

GYMNASTICS fensive effort in a row for the DeKalb-Sycamore wins at Spartans, who surrendered just four second-half points in Oswego: The Barbs took first the opening round of the tour- at the tournament, finishing nament Monday. with a 144.925 to best 10 other “Oswego East is a very tal- teams. ented team led by a couple of Aleah Leman won the vault Division I players,” Goff said. and the all-around. Madison “We had to run a completely Hickey won the floor exeropposite game plan as we did cise and Lauren Leman won (Monday), but we executed the uneven bars. Hickey took well. It was a good win.” a second place on the uneven Goff said the team used perimeter defense on Monday, bars and a third on the vault but packed the inside in hopes and all-around. Aleah Leman of slowing down Oswego East. was second in the floor exerHopkins scored 10, while cise and third on the bars.

The Barbs topped Lake Lauren Goff led the Spartans Park (143.175) and Glenbard (6-3) with 12 points.

Kaneland holds off Ottawa: West (140.9) – which had beatCami Conley and Bailey Crim- en the Barbs earlier this year.

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By SIMMI BUTTAR The Associated Press NEW YORK — The undefeated Carolina Panthers led the NFL with 10 players selected for the Pro Bowl on Tuesday.

The Panthers are two wins away from a perfect regular season. Quarterback Cam Newton was picked for the third time, and five of his teammates were first-time selections, including cornerback

Josh Norman and linebacker Thomas Davis.

“It’s truly an honor to be selected to the Pro Bowl,” Davis said. “All the hard work and dedication I’ve put into the game has paid off. I’m extremely excited and I couldn’t be more thankful to the fans who took their time to vote me in, as well as my fellow players and coaches.”

No Bears were named to the team.

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Bulls center Joakim Noah runs down the court Monday with an apparently injured left shoulder during the second half.

Hoiberg: I don’t read articles, social media • BULLS

Continued from page B1 of a three-game losing streak and now sitting at 15-11.

Bigger picture beyond the Thunder game is Hoiberg making sure that this team is insulated from growing negativity.

He’s already taken care of that department in his own world.

“Well look, we’re in an era right now where social media is such a big part of our society, and you know, you have two choices,’’ Hoiberg said. “My choice was to get rid of it. I don’t look at any of it, I don’t look at any of the articles you guys write. I don’t watch the news, I don’t watch SportsCenter. I watch the news until it gets to sports. It’s something you have to tune it out.

“We have a job to do and we’re trying to do it to the best of our abilities, but yeah, for players right now – I talked about it [Tuesday]. I don’t know if I could have played in today’s

era with social media the way it is. It would have drove me absolutely into the ground. You talk about tuning stuff out, you talk about tuning the negativity out.’’

Hoiberg did reveal that after an informal team meeting about the Jimmy Butler comments on Monday morning, the team again had a Kumbaya talk session while they were watching film on Tuesday.

“We’ve had two days in the film room where we’ve done a lot of talking,’’ Hoiberg said.

“We had a very good film session [Tuesday] and aired some things out in that room. It’s about everybody getting on the same page. It’s doing your job out there. That’s what it’s all about right now. It’s about getting things right.

“You can’t worry about what’s being said out there in the public. You have to find a way to get it done with the guys you’re putting on the floor and going to battle with every day.”

Broncos not afraid to air it out with freshman QB se State (63) since 2010, Carey praised the Broncos for the lonContinued from page B1 gevity of their success.

“They have been doing it those guys, and how they have for a longer period of time, and prepared, and what they have they have been to more – back done over the years. We’re look- then, BCS Bowls and last year ing forward to the competition New Years Six Bowls,” he said. and looking forward to going “They are the benchmark in the out there and playing.” group of five, there is no doubt, The Broncos, who earned a and you have to give credit win in the Fiesta Bowl last year, where credit is due. They’ve lost four games in the regular sea- done a great job.” son for the second time in three A closer look at the Poinsetyears – but it was only the sec- tia Bowl, which will be the first ond time since 2001. Boise State meeting between the two teams: lose two of its final three games Players to Watch of the season, losing at home to Brett Rypien, freshman, quarNew Mexico and Air Force, both terback – The Mountain West of which came by seven points.

Conference Freshman of the The Huskies are guaran- Year, Rypien throws for 297.3 teed to have single-digit wins yards per game and has 17 for the first time since 2009, touchdowns and seven interwhen they went 7-6. However, ceptions for the Broncos. Boise even in a down year in which State hasn’t been afraid to air they lost starting quarterback it out with the freshman, who Drew Hare with a season-end- went 40 for 74 with 503 yards in ing Achilles injury, the Huskies the loss to New Mexico. still went to the MAC ChampiThomas Sperbeck, junior, wide onship for the sixth consecutive receiver – The 6-foot, 175-pound season.

Sperbeck has been the Broncos While Northern Illinois still major target on the outside this has more wins (65) than Boi- season. A first team all-Moun-

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tain West receiver, he had 82 catches for 1,334 yards (111.2 per game) and eight touchdowns.

He’s the only player on the team that has more than 550 receiving yards. The 1,334 receiving yards are a single-season record for Boise State.

Jeremy McNichols, sophomore, running back – Boise State’s main

sive linemen Andrew Ness and Aidan Conlon will be making their 58th start for the Huskies, giving them 14 starts per season since their freshman year.

70 – The Broncos have been solid in the first and third quarters of games. They’ve outscored their opponents 11040 (70-point differential) in the third and 118-47 (71) in the first quarter.

114 – Boise State ran a season-high 114 plays in its 31-24 loss to New Mexico in regulation. Northern Illinois got off 91 plays in three separate games – in wins over Ball State, Eastern Michigan and Buffalo.

running back has numbers that are similar to Northern Illinois’ feature back Joel Bouagnon. The Huskie junior back has 1,269 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns, while McNichols, who made first team all-MWC, had 1,244 rushing yards and 18 touchdowns - but did so in one fewer game. McNichols averagQuotable es 113.1 yards per game, com“It’s a business trip. We want pared to Bouagnon’s 97.6. to get a win. We haven’t had a By the Numbers win [in a bowl game] since my 3.4 – Boise State allows 3.44 freshman year. We definiteyards per rush on defense, ly see that we need to get this which is the 12th best mark in win. We need to take care of the the nation. small things in order for us to 43 – The two defenses have come out on top.” – Northern Ilcombined for 43 interceptions linois senior cornerback Paris this season. Boise State is tied for Logan third most in the nation (22), while Prediction Northern Illinois (21) is fifth.

Boise State 31, Northern Il56 – Northern Illinois offen- linois 24

QUARTERBACKS (6) Tom Brady, New England Cam Newton, Carolina Carson Palmer, Arizona Aaron Rodgers, Green Bay Ben Roethlisberger, Pittsburgh Russell Wilson, Seattle WIDE RECEIVERS (8) Odell Beckham, Jr., New York Giants Antonio Brown, Pittsburgh Larry Fitzgerald, Arizona A.J. Green, Cincinnati DeAndre Hopkins, Houston Calvin Johnson, Detroit Julio Jones, Atlanta Brandon Marshall, New York Jets RUNNING BACKS (6) Devonta Freeman, Atlanta Todd Gurley, St. Louis Doug Martin, Tampa Bay LeSean McCoy, Buffalo Adrian Peterson, Minnesota Jonathan Stewart, Carolina FULLBACKS (2) Marcel Reece, Oakland Mike Tolbert, Carolina TIGHT ENDS (4) Tyler Eifert, Cincinnati Rob Gronkowski, New England Travis Kelce, Kansas City Greg Olsen, Carolina TACKLES (6) Jason Peters, Philadelphia Tyron Smith, Dallas Joe Staley, San Francisco Joe Thomas, Cleveland Andrew Whitworth, Cincinnati Trent Williams, Washington GUARDS (6) David DeCastro, Pittsburgh Mike Iupati, Arizona Zack Martin, Dallas Josh Sitton, Green Bay Trai Turner, Carolina Marshal Yanda, Baltimore CENTERS (4) Travis Frederick, Dallas Ryan Kalil, Carolina Alex Mack, Cleveland Mike Pouncey, Miami DEFENSIVE ENDS (6) Ezekiel Ansah, Detroit Michael Bennett, Seattle Chandler Jones, New England Khalil Mack, Oakland J.J. Watt, Houston Muhammad Wilkerson, New York Jets INSIDE/MIDDLE LINEBACKERS (4) NaVorro Bowman, San Francisco Luke Kuechly, Carolina Clay Matthews, Green Bay Bobby Wagner, Seattle CORNERBACKS (8) * Malcolm Butler, New England Chris Harris, Jr., Denver * Josh Norman, Carolina * Marcus Peters, Kansas City Patrick Peterson, Arizona Darrelle Revis, New York Jets Richard Sherman, Seattle Aqib Talib, Denver INTERIOR LINEMEN (6) Geno Atkins, Cincinnati Calais Campbell, Arizona Fletcher Cox, Philadelphia Aaron Donald, St. Louis Gerald McCoy, Tampa Bay Kawann Short, Carolina FREE SAFETIES (3) Tyrann Mathieu, Arizona Reggie Nelson, Cincinnati Earl Thomas, Seattle OUTSIDE LINEBACKERS (6) Jamie Collins, New England Thomas Davis, Carolina Tamba Hali, Kansas City Justin Houston, Kansas City Von Miller, Denver DeMarcus Ware, Denver STRONG SAFETIES (3) Eric Berry, Kansas City Kam Chancellor, Seattle PUNTERS (2) Sam Koch, Baltimore Johnny Hekker, St. Louis RETURN SPECIALISTS (2) Tyler Lockett, Seattle Darren Sproles, Philadelphia PLACEKICKERS (2) Dan Bailey, Dallas Stephen Gostkowski, New England SPECIAL TEAMERS (2) Justin Bethel, Arizona Matthew Slater, New England

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Dallas St. Louis Blackhawks Minnesota Nashville Colorado Winnipeg Los Angeles Vancouver San Jose Arizona Calgary Edmonton Anaheim

Central Division GP W L OT Pts 34 25 7 2 52 36 21 11 4 46 35 20 11 4 44 32 17 9 6 40 34 17 11 6 40 35 17 17 1 35 33 15 16 2 32 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts 32 20 10 2 42 36 13 14 9 35 33 16 15 2 34 32 15 15 2 32 33 15 16 2 32 35 15 18 2 32 33 12 15 6 30

GF 120 92 96 89 90 99 91

GA 88 85 83 79 86 97 100

GF 81 91 88 87 87 91 62

GA 71 103 91 102 112 106 85

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA 35 20 12 3 43 104 87 33 19 10 4 42 104 85 33 17 9 7 41 86 85 34 18 12 4 40 93 80 34 17 12 5 39 104 102 35 17 15 3 37 87 82 34 14 16 4 32 79 89 32 12 13 7 31 84 90 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Washington 33 25 6 2 52 105 71 N.Y. Rangers 36 20 12 4 44 104 93 N.Y. Islanders 35 19 11 5 43 96 82 New Jersey 34 16 13 5 37 79 84 Philadelphia 34 15 12 7 37 74 92 Pittsburgh 33 16 14 3 35 76 84 Carolina 34 13 16 5 31 80 101 Columbus 36 13 20 3 29 88 112 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Montreal Boston Detroit Florida Ottawa Tampa Bay Buffalo Toronto

Tuesday’s Results Blackhawks at Dallas (n) St. Louis 2, Boston 0 N.Y. Rangers 3, Anaheim 2, OT Vancouver 2, Tampa Bay 1 New Jersey at Detroit (n) Ottawa at Florida (n) Montreal at Minnesota (n) Winnipeg at Calgary (n) Toronto at Arizona (n) San Jose at Los Angeles (n) Today’s Games No games scheduled

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division W L Pct 18 7 .720 16 11 .593 17 12 .586 15 11 .577 11 18 .379 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 18 12 .600 Boston 15 13 .536 New York 14 15 .483 Brooklyn 8 20 .286 Philadelphia 1 29 .033 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 18 12 .600 Miami 16 11 .593 Orlando 16 12 .571 Charlotte 15 12 .556 Washington 12 14 .462 Cleveland Indiana Detroit Bulls Milwaukee

WESTERN CONFERENCE

FOURTH AND SHORT

By JESSE SEVERSON jseverson@shawmedia.com

1 – Bringing back Graham After redshirt freshman quarterback Ryan Graham went down with a left leg injury in the second half of the season finale loss to Ohio, things looked grim for the Huskies, who had to start true freshman walk-on Tommy Fiedler in the MAC Championship. Graham had been solid after taking over for Drew Hare at Toledo and gave NIU fans hope. In the week leading up to the Poinsettia Bowl, Graham was back with the first string when the Huskies did team drills, so anticipate him making the start against Boise State.

ern Illinois sophomore cornerback Shawun Lurry. Sperbeck is averaging 111 receiving yards per game and he set the Boise State single-season record for most receiving yards (1,334). Lurry, on the other hand, has spent the past few weeks collecting all-American accolades from various outlets around the country. More than likely, Lurry won’t be the only one to cover Sperbeck, but when those two are lined up across from each other, make sure to keep an eye on it.

3 – Getting rush game going

The first half of the Mid-American Conference Championship loss to Bowling Green was a nightmare for the Northern Illinois offense. The Huskies failed to get anything going and was shutout in a half 2 – Matchup on the outside for the first time all season. In the entire Probably the most entertaining matchup game, the Huskies finished with 107 rushof the game will be Boise State junior wide ing yards and their leading rusher Joel receiver Thomas Sperbeck against North- Bouagnon was held to 57 yards. If North-

ern Illinois wants to have success against Boise State, it needs to get the run game going – which could be easier said than done against the Broncos, who are 12th in the country in rush defense.

4 – What a win means, what a loss means

A win over Boise State could help salvage a season that has been a roller coaster ride. It is bad enough to lose the conference championship, but at least splitting the MAC Championship-bowl game combination leaves some sense of accomplishment for the Huskie players, coaches and fans.

A loss to the Broncos, who are 8-point favorites, means the Huskies will have a pair of three-game losing streaks – including one heading into the offseason. It’s hard to properly judge this season because the Huskies are playing with their third-string quarterback, but 9-5 sure feels a lot better than 8-6.

GB — 3 3 3½ 9 GB — 2 3½ 9 17 GB — ½ 1 1½ 4

Southwest Division W L Pct GB 24 5 .828 — 15 13 .536 8½ 16 14 .533 8½ 15 14 .517 9 8 19 .296 15 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 19 9 .679 — Utah 12 14 .462 6 Denver 11 16 .407 7½ Minnesota 11 17 .393 8 Portland 11 19 .367 9 Pacific Division W L Pct GB Golden State 26 1 .963 — L.A. Clippers 16 13 .552 11 Phoenix 12 18 .400 15½ Sacramento 11 17 .393 15½ L.A. Lakers 4 23 .148 22 Monday’s Results Memphis 104, Philadelphia 90 Toronto 103, Dallas 99 Detroit 93, Miami 92 L.A. Lakers at Denver (n) Today’s Games New York at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Houston at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Washington, 6 p.m.

Boston at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Portland at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Philadelphia at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Atlanta, 7 p.m.

Denver at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

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

Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

San Antonio Dallas Memphis Houston New Orleans

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SPORTS 3

2016 SUMMER OLYMPICS

Brazil AG alleges bribes

By STEPHEN WADE and MAURICIO SAVARESE The Associated Press

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In this file photo, FIFA President Sepp Blatter is greeted by UEFA President Michel Platini (right) after Blatter’s re-election as president at the Hallenstadion in Zurich, Switzerland. Blatter and Platini have been banned for eight years, the FIFA ethics committee said Monday.

FIFA

World Cup votes sparked probes that downed Blatter

By ROB HARRIS The Associated Press LONDON – After five years of tumult, the far-reaching fallout from FIFA’s decision to send the World Cup to Russia and Qatar has brought down another two voters – Sepp Blatter and Michel Platini – but not the hosts themselves.

No FIFA executive has been directly punished over how and why they voted in December 2010. And investigators have failed to unearth anything that warrants stripping Russia and Qatar of soccer’s showpiece tournaments in 2018 and 2022, respectively.

But the vote had a big part to play in the eight-year bans handed out Monday to FIFA President Blatter and Platini, a FIFA vice president and head of European soccer’s rul-

ing body, UEFA. The punishments given

by FIFA’s ethics committee stemmed from financial inquiries that were sparked by suspicions about the 2010 vote, when two host countries were selected concurrently for the first time.

For Blatter, Monday’s verdicts also contained a bitter irony.

Blatter himself had initiated the phase in the investigation that ultimately led to him being exiled by FIFA’s ethics judge from the organization he had run for 17 years.

Facing a fresh wave of pressure and suspicion around FIFA in November 2014, Blatter lodged a criminal complaint with Swiss authorities, authorizing them to receive the full secret World Cup bidding investigation he claims to have never seen.

“If we had anything to hide, we would hardly be taking this matter to the Office of the Attorney General ... (it) shows that FIFA is not opposed to transparency,” Blatter said at the time with typical bravado.

It’s a decision Blatter will be regretting, even if he had little control over a move requested by FIFA judge Hans-Joachim Eckert.

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Under the Brazilian system, the prosecutor is largely an investigator and it’s up to the court – in this case Brazil’s Supreme Court – to accept a case.

In the 190-page report, Janot says that Cunha “treated the lower house as a center for trading bribes for bills.”

The report alleges that Cunha guided legislation approved in 2012 that gave tax exemptions to all Olympic-related construction works, and exempted import taxes on some foreign goods needed for the Olympics.

The Brazilian government’s executive branch estimated the tax breaks amounted to 3.8 billion reals ($1 billion).

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In documents obtained by The Associated Press, Attorney General Rodrigo Janot accuses Eduardo Cunha, speaker of the lower house in Brazil’s two-chamber legislature, of receiving 1.9 million Brazilian reals ($475,000) from the construction company OAS to craft legislation favorable for the company.

Cunha has called the alle-

gations “ridiculous” in comments to local media, while OAS refused to comment.

The investigation is the first linking corruption to the billions being spent on Olympic building projects.

OAS is involved with building the BMX, mountain bike and canoeing venues at Deodoro in northern Rio, the second-largest cluster of Olympic venues.

The constructor is also involved in work on high-speed bus lanes, the 8 billion reals ($2 billion) renovation of Rio’s port, and projects to clean the polluted waters in Barra da Tijuca, the area where the main Olympic Park is being built.

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL

YEAR IN REVIEW

Stanford’s McCaffrey wins AP player of the year

Sports deaths in 2015 include Banks

By RALPH D. RUSSO The Associated Press Stanford running back Christian McCaffrey is The Associated Press college football player of the year, becoming the first non-Heisman Trophy winner to earn the honor in six years.

McCaffrey was the runner-up for the Heisman Trophy to Derrick Henry, but received 29 of 60 votes from the AP Top 25 media panel to edge the Alabama running back.

Henry received 16 votes and Clemson quarterback Deshaun Watson was third with 11. Navy quarterback Keenan Reynolds and Oklahoma quarterback Baker Mayfield each received two votes.

The last time the AP player of the year was not the Heisman winner was 2009.

That season Nebraska defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh was the AP voter’s choice while the Heisman went to Alabama running back Mark Ingram. It is the fifth time overall that the Heisman winner and AP player of the year went to different players.

McCaffrey is the first Stanford player to win the award since it was first handed out in 1998 and the first running back to win it since one of his football heroes, Southern California’s Reggie Bush, did it in 2005.

“This award is a testament to all the efforts and support of my teammates, coaches, staff and the entire Stanford football program,” McCaffrey said in a statement to the AP on Tuesday.

The 200-pound sophomore was a revelation this season and, like Bush, displayed an ability to dominate games in various ways.

He ran for 1,847 yards (second-most in the nation behind Henry) and eight touchdowns, caught a team-best 41 passes for 540 yards and four scores and averaged 28.9 yards per kickoff return with another score. He also threw two touchdown passes.

“What is Christian McCaffrey? The answer is football player,” Stanford coach David Shaw said in a recent interview. “It’s not running back. It’s not receiver. It’s not returner. It’s football player.

What do you need for him to do?”

Add it all up and McCaffrey set the NCAA record for all-purpose yards with 3,496 this season, breaking the mark of 3,250 set by Oklahoma State’s Barry Sanders in 1988.

McCaffrey played two more games than Sanders though he had fewer total touches when he passed the record.

“You can say he had the best year in the history of college football,” Shaw said.

McCaffrey, who is the son of former Stanford and NFL receiver Ed McCaffrey, can also kick and punt though he admits without much consistency. “(In high school) I had one 60-yard punt and I had one negative-3-yard punt,” he said.

Shaw said he is confident McCaffrey could hold his own on defense if necessary.

“One day we needed some guys to flip over and be on the scout team,” Shaw said. “And he flipped over and jumped over at corner. And the back pedal was natural. The plant and dive was natural. The flipping the hips to run deep was natural. He could be phenomenal at that position, too.”

McCaffrey led the Cardinal (11-2) to a Pac-12 championship and their third Rose Bowl appearance in the last four years.

Stanford will play Iowa on Jan. 1 in Pasadena, California.

His record-breaking season will make him one of the favorites to win the Heisman heading into the 2016 season.

By FRED LIEF The Associated Press The loss column is where to look in the standings. Those are the ones that can never be made up.

And losses, of a different kind, hit Philadelphia in 2015 with the deaths of two 76ers centers – backboard-busting Darryl Dawkins and Moses Malone, who gave basketball a math lesson with his playoff sweep prediction of “Fo’, Fo’, Fo’” that fell just short.

Joining them was Dolph Schayes, the Syracuse Nationals center who briefly played for and coached Philadelphia in its Wilt Chamberlain days.

There were losses in baseball of Joaquin Andujar, Dean Chance, Darryl Hamilton, Tommy Hanson, Bill Monbouquette, Al Rosen. In hockey, the bespectacled Islander coach Al Arbour and the great Canadiens winger Dickie Moore.

Losses of boxing champions Gene Fullmer and Bob Foster. And in football of Ken Stabler, the left-handed quarterback of the renegade Raiders, and Garo Yepremian, whose slapstick field-goal attempt lives on in Super Bowl lore.

Losses of those who cut a path for black players to follow: Minnie Minoso (baseball), Earl Lloyd (basketball), Pete Brown, Calvin Peete, Charlie Sifford (golf); and Mal Whitfield (track).

And those while on the job: IndyCar driver Justin Wilson, struck by debris at Pocono and gone the next day at 37.

Below, other losses, lives that soared across the games:

ERNIE BANKS

Lots of players are in the

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“Belsnickle” is a German name said by some to be taken from the words “belzen,” meaning “to wallop,” and “Nickel,” a form of the name Nikolas. Others say the name is from “pelz,” the German word for fur. Modern tradition prefers the more friendly idea of an old man dressed in fur and rags who gave toys to good children.

He visited children at their homes and asked them if they had been good all year. Of course they said “yes,” so he gave them all gifts. The Belsnickle figure represents a poor man who wanted food or money. He was usually made with a bent back, large face and long beard. Many were shown with their hands hidden in the rags as if they were cold. Those images disappeared in 1862 when Thomas Nast created the fat, smiling Santa for Harper’s Weekly. Today, most Santas look like the one from the 1930s Coca-Cola ads. Early Belsnickles did not wear red, so figures with green, gray dark blue coats are the oldest and probably the most expensive. But be careful, very good reproductions are still being made. They are originally sold as modern copies, but after going to a house sale, the history is lost and they may fool an unwary collector. This Pennsylvania German folk art Belsnickle was sold a few years ago

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Chicago Cubs’ Ernie Banks, the two-time MVP who never lost his boundless enthusiasm for baseball despite years of playing on losing Cubs teams, died Friday, Jan. 23, 2015. He was 83.

Hall of Fame. But how many bring a credo, a way of life, with them? “It’s a great day for baseball. Let’s play two.”

Ernie Banks wouldn’t have it any other way.

He came up in the old Negro Leagues, a skinny shortstop with a whip-fast swing and sinewy wrists, playing his way into the hearts of Chicago baseball fans.

At a time when the National League could point to the mighty Willie Mays, Hank Aaron and Frank Robinson, Banks stood beside them as noble peer. He died at 83.

He played 19 seasons and hit 512 homers. And he did it for the Cubs, who for more than a century have crafted the art of frustration and defeat.

Banks never made it to the postseason but he did make the All-Star team 11 times and was MVP in 1958 and 1959. He was a Gold Glove shortstop before switching to first base.

But the stats, in all their in-

1960s. It’s 40 inches by 22 1/2 inches and folds down for storage. There are two cues, the balls, and the triangle to set them. The original tab on the underside reads “The Burrowes Corporation, Model 408, Pool/Billiard Tables, Portland Maine.” It’s in great condition. Is this of any value?

A: E.T. Burrowes was founded in Portland, Maine, in 1873. The company made wire screens for doors and windows, folding card tables, cedar chests, billiard and pool tables, and parts for automobiles. In an 1892 ad, the company claimed it was the world’s largest maker of wire window and door screens. A 1903 ad listed Burrowes combination billiard and pool tables that could be set on top of a dining room or library table. Legs could be added to stand the pool table on the floor. Prices ranged from $6 to $15 for small tables and $25 to $75 and up for larger versions. By 1906 the company was advertising spare wheels, rims and other items for automobiles. Your table might sell for $50 to $150 at auction.

This Belsnickle, the old man now remodeled into the modern Santa Claus, was made in the late 1800s of molded plaster, or as experts say, chalkware. The-22 inch-high figure sold for $18,400. *** Q: I am 67 years old and when I was 10, I was given Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse marionettes.

Rarely used, they are in excellent condition. Is there any value to my puppets?

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disputable evidence, don’t account for why there is a statue of “Mr. Cub” outside Wrigley Field or his No. 14 flies on the left-field foul pole.

Banks spoke to the transcendent joys of sports. He always found time to chat with fans. He never was ejected from a game and never argued with umpires. Why stoop to such pettiness when it’s a privilege to play baseball?

He once said the “riches of the game are in the thrills, not the money.” The thrill he wanted most eluded him: hitting three homers in the last game of the World Series at Wrigley. But, as Hall of Famer Al Kaline reminds, Cubs fans had ample compensation.

“They never got to see a World Series,” he said. “But they can always say they got to see the great Ernie Banks.”

FRANK GIFFORD

His was the golden life.

The USC All-American with chiseled looks who became the face of the great New

This Belsnickle, the old man now remodeled into the modern Santa Claus, was made in the late 1800s of molded plaster, or as experts say, chalkware. The22 inch-high figure sold for $18,400.

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by Pelham Puppets from 1953 to the early 1970s. They were made with composition, and later plastic, heads, hands and feet, wooden segmented arms and legs and cloth clothing.

They are about 10 inches high and sell today for $25 to $50 each, or about $200 for both Mickey and Minnie with original boxes. Mickey and Minnie marionettes were also made in the 1950s by Peter Puppet Playthings.

They were composition and wood with cotton and felt clothing, about 12 inches high, and are worth about $50 each. The “holy grails” of Mickey and Minnie Mouse marionettes were made in the 1930s by Hestwood Marionette Studio of Glendale, California.

Mickey, Minnie and Pluto were made of wood, composition and cloth and came in fabric drawstring bags. They are rare and sell today from $600 to $4,000 each, depending on character and condition. *** Q: I have a set of Patty Berg original Wilson golf clubs for ladies. There are the woods and also the irons, all in good condition. Do they have any

York Giant teams of the 1950s and ’60s and then rode another wave of celebrity in the “Monday Night Football” booth and as husband of TV host Kathie Lee Gifford.

Frank Gifford often said his life was divided into three parts, and each was a blueprint in elegant living. Not everyone at Yankee Stadium shares a locker with Mickey Mantle.

Gifford – a running back, defensive back, wide receiver and special teams player – played in five NFL title games and was the league’s MVP in 1956. Giants co-owner John Mara called him “the ultimate Giant.”

In 1960, a pulverizing hit by the Eagles’ Chuck Bednarik (who also died this year, at 89) left Gifford with a head injury so severe he didn’t return to football until 1962. In 1964, Gifford was back in the Pro Bowl.

For many, though, Gifford was the calm at the center of the rollicking storm of “Monday Night Football.” On one side of Gifford was Howard Cosell, all bombast and grandiloquence, a raging Jeremiah in a network blazer. On the other was Don Meredith, ladling out country corn as if accompanied by the banjo soundtrack of “Deliverance.”

It was left to Gifford to return everyone to Planet Football.

“Third and long, two receivers split wide.”

Gifford died at his Connecticut home at 84. Months later, his family said he showed signs of degenerative brain disease. (Two of Bednarik’s daughters said their father had dementia, tied to football injuries.) The Gifford family took comfort in knowing Frank Gifford “might be

monetary value?

A: Patty Berg (1918-2006) played golf as a pro from 1940 to 1962.

She won more major golf tournaments than any other female player.

Wilson made several different sets of Patty Berg golf clubs. Collectors want old clubs with wooden handles, not relatively new used clubs. Some of the old clubs sell for thousands of dollars, but more common modern clubs are difficult to sell. Take advantage of a free listing for your group to announce events or to find antique shows, national meetings and other events. Go to the Calendar at Kovels. com to find, publicize and plan your antiquing trips. *** Q: I have a Dick Tracy wristband AM radio. The radio is 2 inches by 2 3/4 inches and snaps onto the vinyl strap, which is 1 1/4 inches wide. The radio has three knobs: On, Off, and one to dial the station. It’s marked “Design Patent Pending.” Is it worth anything?

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A: Elevator cages are too large to attract many collectors, but they sell at auctions occasionally. A fancy 19th-century brass cage sold for over $1,900 last year.

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DEAN SMITH

If college basketball had a Mount Rushmore, a place in the mountainside would be carved for Dean Smith.

He was the soul of basketball at North Carolina. He led the Tar Heels to 11 Final Fours, won national titles in 1982 and 1993, gave the sport its clock-draining Four Corners offense, earned an Olympic title in 1976 and coached some of the game’s best.

Among them was Michael Jordan, who said he loved Smith for always being there when he needed him.

Roy Williams, the current Tar Heels coach, lauded Smith as the “perfect picture of what a college coach should have been.” Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski said Smith helped “mold men of integrity, honor and purpose.”

Smith died at 83, his basketball roots going back to Kansas, where played on a Jayhawks team coached by Phog Allen that won the 1952 NCAA title. Smith would go on to surpass Adolph Rupp for the most coaching victories in men’s Division I (879 in 36 seasons). Krzyzewski now has the record.

Off the court, Smith left a different imprint. He was among the first to recruit black athletes in the South, helped integrate a Chapel Hill restaurant and, in his way, spurred the civil-rights movement.

“Basketball,” President Barack Obama said in connection with Smith, “can tell us a lot more about who you are than a jump shot alone ever could.”

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Payback for cheating husband isn’t worth the price Dear Abby: I found out a few months ago that my husband, “Hal,” the father of my children, has had affairs with five different women. I left, and we are now being divorced.

I desperately wanted revenge, so I have been secretly seeing Hal’s good friend “Ron,” whom he “forbade” me from contacting after I told him his infidelity and disrespect gave me permission to act on the attraction I had for Ron. It’s just a friends-with-benefits situation and I am having fun, so I don’t really consider it to be revenge.

Hal has spent the last five months begging me to forgive him and work on our marriage, but I no longer love him and I certainly don’t trust

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips him. I told him I would “work on” forgiving him, so now he calls, says he still loves me and flirts.

The last woman Hal cheated on me with is his current girlfriend. He told me that if I ever want to hook up, I should make sure to use code words when leaving messages because she might see my calls and text messages. He also told me that he is not interested in a longterm relationship with her.

I slept with Hal recently to have leverage. I was contemplating sending her

the proof as payback for how she treated me some months back, although I don’t want her boyfriend back. I am now questioning if this is the right thing to do. Should I just leave it alone? – Payback Some-

where in the USA Dear Payback: Yes, do it

for everyone’s sake -- including your own. This cycle of revenge is doing no one any good.

Dear Abby: Before we had kids, my wife and I would occasionally go out with groups of friends or to social functions, but it was difficult to get her to go home.

She always liked closing the place down, and if we left early I felt like I was dragging her away.

For the first five years after

our children were born we didn’t get out much. My wife is now starting to go out with friends from work – a mixed group of single and married guys and gals. She has invited me to come along, but sitters are expensive and I’m not friendly with her co-workers.

She stays out with them until 3 to 4 a.m. once a month. I think that’s ridiculously late when you have a husband and children at home.

When she’s not here, I can’t sleep and I worry that something is wrong. She rarely calls to check in unless I ask her to. Overall I trust her, but with her drinking heavily and many single guys around, I don’t feel comfortable with the situation. I don’t know what to do. – Lonely Dad in Arizona

Dear Lonely Dad: I have it on good authority that last call for serving alcohol in Arizona is 2 a.m. Could your wife be drinking so heavily that she needs the time to sober up in order to drive home? If that’s the case, she may be a binge drinker, which isn’t healthy.

The implications of your letter are serious, so you should sit down with her and have a discussion about the amount she imbibes on her nights out. You shouldn’t have to worry about her, so out of respect for your feelings, she should routinely let you know how long she’ll be after the bars/clubs close.

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

High-dose flu shot offers better protection for seniors Dear Dr. K: I’ve heard that there is a high-dose flu shot.

Does it protect better than a regular flu shot? Should I ask my doctor about it?

Dear Reader: The high-dose flu vaccine, known as Fluzone, is approved for adults ages 65 and older. It may provide better flu protection for older adults than the standard flu vaccine, which is less effective in older adults than in younger adults.

Both the high-dose and standard flu vaccines target three different strains of the flu virus, selected from the most common strains predicted to be circulating that year. In both vaccines, the viruses are inactivated, or killed, so they cannot cause the flu, even in people with weakened immune

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff systems.

Both vaccines can cause mild symptoms of arm pain, redness, muscle aches or lowgrade fever. Most people have minimal to no symptoms. But the high-dose vaccine may slightly increase side effects.

The big difference is that the high-dose vaccine contains four times the dose of immune-stimulating antigens as the regular flu shot. This provokes the body to mount a greater immune (antibody) response.

A study published in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at the effective-

ness of the high-dose vaccine, compared to the regular flu vaccine, in older adults.

Researchers randomly divided nearly 32,000 adults, ages 65 or older, into two groups. One group received standard flu shots. The other group got high-dose flu shots.

Those who got the high-dose shots were 24 percent less likely to develop flu than those who got the standard shots. The researchers estimate the highdose flu shot provides seniors with the same level of protection younger adults receive from the standard flu shot.

An annual flu shot can help older adults avoid flu complications such as pneumonia. The flu shot is even more crucial for older adults who are at higher risk for

serious complications because of existing health conditions.

Getting the shot each year can help prevent hospitalization or death from flu complications.

The study I discussed earlier does not tell us whether Fluzone reduces serious complications of flu. But it does suggest the higher dose helps the body mount a stronger defense.

One of the problems with any of the types of flu vaccine currently available is that different flu viruses circulate each year. Thus, the vaccine is a little different each year. It takes months to make enough vaccine to be ready for flu season, and that means the vaccine makers need to guess correctly which flu strains will be circulating months in the future. Those guesses are not

always perfect.

In recent years, medical research has identified what are called broadly neutralizing antibodies that attack most strains of the flu virus. Many research teams are pursuing ways that these antibodies might be exploited to give better protection against the flu than current, imperfect vaccines.

Though the high-dose flu shot may provide better protection, any flu shot is better than none. For best results, get the shot early in the flu season, which runs from October to May.

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

Not being aggressive or tough doesn’t mean you’re a coward Dr, Wallace: I’m 12 years old and I guess you could call me a coward, because I’m not tough or aggressive. I don’t like disagreements and fights, and I’m sometimes told I don’t look very strong because I have a slight build. Because of all this, some guys started picking on me. They started by calling me names and then using me for a punching bag.

They don’t beat me up, but they punch me on the arm, slap me across the head and pull my ear. I’ve learned just to keep quiet because there are 10 of these guys and if I don’t keep my mouth shut, they only make things worse.

I’m also afraid they are in some kind of a gang.

Last week, a couple of these thugs asked me if I had

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace any money and threatened to beat me up if I didn’t give it to them. So I didn’t get any lunch that day. Now I’m afraid they are going to take my lunch money every day, and I don’t know what to do. I can’t hide from them, and they told me that if I told anyone they would “punch my lights out.”

Now I’m scared and don’t know what to do. I hate even going to school, but I don’t have a choice. What can I do?

Please help me. – Nameless,

Garden Grove, California Nameless: As a high school administrator, I had many

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concerns, but bullying, intimidation and extortion topped my list. Never, never, never should such behavior go unreported; it rips at the very fabric of the educational process. No student should ever have to go to school with this kind of fear that you are facing every day. Punks like these are petty criminals and require immediate humbling.

Tell your parents what’s going on immediately! They need to know. Next, make an appointment tomorrow to speak with your principal.

Cut out your question and my answer and let your principal read it. Then fill in all the details and ask that this despicable behavior be stopped.

If for any reason you can’t get a meeting with your prin-

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By EUGENIA LAST Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Communication and travel are highlighted this year.

Don’t let the actions of others blindside you. It’s important to follow your own path and stick to what you know and do best.

Your patience and understanding will draw favors in return.

Focus on long-term and accumulative effects.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Socializing and networking will lead to false pretenses. Promises made will not be honored. You are best off relying on your own efforts to make things happen and get what you want.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You’ll have plenty to do and lots to celebrate. Getting involved in activities that are geared toward children, friends and relatives or taking part in festivities in your community will bring you joy.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You may want to overdo it and spend more than you should, but it will be the little things you do that will actually make the difference. Romance is encouraged.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Tension is mounting, and tempers are short. Be careful how you approach subjects that affect loved ones. A relationship may be touch-and-go.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Get in the spirit of the season.

Don’t fret if you haven’t completed your to-do list. Your time and attention will bring the highest rewards. Love is in the stars.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – You need to slow down. Take a deep breath and refuse to make last-minute decisions based on worries about what others want or expect. Being thoughtful and kind is the best gift you can give.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Offering your help to those less fortunate will be eye-opening and will give you a better sense of what life is all about. Your kindness will impress someone you love.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Make sure your motives are clear if you lend a helping hand to someone in need. You can’t take on the weight of the world. Offer suggestions, but don’t pay for someone else’s mistake.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You’ll want to please everyone, and with a little effort you can. Simple but thoughtful offerings are favored and will make a difference when it comes to how others perceive you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Expect the unpredictable. Nothing will go according to plan. Don’t get angry, just go with the flow and do your best to get things done on time.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Be creative about how you help others. What you do to improve your family dynamic or to help out in your community will have more impact than a monetary gesture.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – You’ll be moving fast and ready to take on whatever challenge comes your way. Your ability to maneuver through crowds and unfamiliar territory will help you finish what you start.

cipal, have your parents call the school and set up a meeting with all of you present. I repeat: This should happen immediately. I’m certain the principal will take swift action to end the incidence of criminal extortion and threatened violence on his campus.

However, if you continue to receive threats from any of those thugs or any other students, have your parents take the problem to the district superintendent of schools. Ninety-nine percent of all problems are effectively solved at this level.

The final step, if needed, is the local board of education, where your problem can and will be heard. Call the district office for the time and location of the next board meeting.

Just because you don’t like to fight and don’t consider yourself tough doesn’t mean that you are a coward.

Cowards run and hide, and that’s not you. You are going to speak up and ask for help, and that takes courage.

I have total faith that the bullying will stop when you alone, or with your parents, meet with your principal to discuss and eliminate the problem. I know the administrators in your school district detest bullying and act swiftly to eliminate it when it occurs.

I speak from experience as I used to be an administrator in the Garden Grove School District.

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@galesburg.net.

CROSSWORD

ADVICE & PUZZLES 5 BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Three losers quickly seem to become four Martha Beck, a life coach, said, “It takes about four days of virtuous living to create a little weight loss. That also happens to be the time required to get used to eating less. In other words, if you can get past day three of a fitness regimen, things improve.”

In a contract of four of a major, having only three tricks to lose is fine; if you are faced with four, you must work out how to shake that extra loser.

In today’s deal, South is in four hearts. He wins the first trick with his club ace and cashes the heart ace, being shocked to see West discard a diamond. How should declarer continue?

That South hand was a tad strong to open two no-trump with its eight probable winners.

So South opened two clubs and rebid two no-trump.

With the bad trump break, South has five losers in his hand: one spade, one heart, two diamonds and one club.

But that will not be a problem if he can take 10 tricks.

How is that possible?

Declarer has four sidesuit winners, so he needs six trump tricks, three tops and three ruffs.

He can get those if he is careful. At trick three, he should duck a spade, the key play.

Suppose the defenders shift to diamonds. South wins, plays a spade to dummy’s ace, ruffs a spade, cashes the club king, and ruffs his last club on the board. Then he leads another spade. What does East do?

If he discards, South gets his third low ruff. If East ruffs in, South discards one of his diamond losers, effectively making the defense take two of its winners in one trick.

6 COMICS • Wednesday, December 23, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com Pickles

Brian Crane Pearls Before Swine

For Better or For Worse

Non Sequitur

Stephan Pastis

Lynn Johnston Crankshaft

Tom Batiuk & Chuck Hayes

Wiley The Duplex

Glenn McCoy

Beetle Bailey

Mort Walker Blondie

Dean Young & Denis LeBrun

Frank & Ernest

Bob Thaves Dilbert

Scott Adams

Monty

Jim Meddick Zits Hi and Lois

Rose is Rose

Pat Brady & Don Wimmer Arlo & Janis

Soup to Nutz

The Family Circus

Rick Stromoski Big Nate

Bill Keane

The Argyle Sweater

Scott Hilburn

Brian &&Greg Jim Borgman JerryWalker Scott

Jimmy Johnson

Lincoln Peirce

Frazz

Jef Mallett

Grizzwells

Bill Schorr

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE ILLINOIS LoanDepot.com, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Heath W. Knotts; Community Contacts, Inc., an Illinois not-forprofit corporation; PNC Bank, N.A., s/b/m to National City Bank; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

15CH 82 219 North State Street, Genoa, IL 60135 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on August 13, 2015, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office will on January 14, 2016, at the hour of 1:00PM at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 219 North State Street, Genoa, IL 60135 Parcel Number(s): 0319328009 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250.

Phone number: 312-651-6700.

Attorney file number: 15-003553.

Ellen C. Morris MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE ILLINOIS Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Ryan Marino; Fairview South Townhomes of Dekalb Association Defendants.

15 CH 96 341 Manning Drive, Dekalb, IL 60115 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 10, 2015, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office will on January 14, 2016, at the hour of 1:00PM at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 341 Manning Drive, Dekalb, IL 60115 Parcel Number(s): 08-34-228-044 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250.

Phone number: 312-651-6700.

Attorney file number: 15-010104.

Ellen C. Morris MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6308804 I677884 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 9, 16, 23, 2015)

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The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is given to you, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NON RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Twenty Second Judicial Circuit Court of McHenry County, Illinois, by the Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a Mortgage(s) recorded certain against the premises as follows to wit: PARCEL 1: THE EAST HALF OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, EXCEPT THE SOUTH 42 FEET THEREOF, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS PIN: 06-08-200-002 and 06-08-200-006 PARCEL 2: THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 06-32-300-002-0000 PARCEL 3: THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS PIN: 06-32-400-001 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: FARM PARCELS, MULTIPLE McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS and which said Mortgage was executed by COSMAN FAMILY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, LP and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document No. 2014R0016379.

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NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, Defendants, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Twenty-Second Judicial Circuit Court, at 2200 North Seminary Avenue in the City of Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, on or before the 19TH of day of January, 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Dated: December 7, 2015 /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court Prepared by: JEFFREY L. LEWIS Klein, Stoddard, Buck & Lewis, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-0380 mailto: jlewis@kleinstoddard.com (Published in the Northwest Herald, December 16, 23, 30, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS NEW PENN FINANCIAL LLC. D/B/A SHELLPOINT MORTGAGE SERVICING, Plaintiff(s), vs.

MARIA F RIESTRA, VILLAGE OF KINGSTON AND ROBERTO VAZQUEZ, UNKNOWN TENANTS, OWNERS AND UNKNOWN NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s).

15 CH 246 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you: MARIA F RIESTRA, ROBERTO NONRECORD VAZQUEZ, CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN TENANTS UNKNOWN OWNERS, and Defendants in the above entitled suit, that said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Chancery Division, by the said Plaintiff, against you and other Defendants, praying for

8 CLASSIFIED s, pray g foreclosure of a certain Real Estate Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 2 IN BLOCK 1 IN J.Y. STUART'S FOURTH ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF KINGSTON PER THE PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK "C" OF PLATS 14, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS (EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE NORTH 15 FEET).

Tax Number: 02-22-306-001-0000 commonly known as 216 W RAILROAD ST KINGSTON IL 60145; and which said Real Estate Mortgage was made by MARIA F RIESTRA, and recorded in the Office of the DeKalb County Recorder as Document Number 0534205023 AND RE-RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 2014002870; that Summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said named Defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, located at 133 WEST STATE STREET, SYCAMORE, IL 60178, on or before the January 8, 2016, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

LAW OFFICES OF IRA T. NEVEL, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff Ira T. Nevel - ARDC #06185808 Brian D. Nevel - ARDC #6309777 175 North Franklin St. Suite 201 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 357-1125 Pleadings@nevellaw.com BB # 13-03939 I677930 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE ILLINOIS LoanDepot.com, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Heath W. Knotts; Community Contacts, Inc., an Illinois not-forprofit corporation; PNC Bank, N.A., s/b/m to National City Bank; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

15CH 82 219 North State Street, Genoa, IL 60135 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on August 13, 2015, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office will on January 14, 2016, at the hour of 1:00PM at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: A part of Lot 2 in Block 5 of Samuel Stephen's Addition to the Village of Genoa (now City), bounded as follows: Commencing at the Southeast Corner of Lot 1 of said Block 5 and running thence East parallel to the South line of said Block 5 to State Street, thence South on the West line of State Street 60 feet, thence West parallel with South line of said Block 5, 125 feet, thence North parallel to State Street, 60 feet to South line of said Lot 1 of said Block 5, thence East on South line of said Lot 1 to the place of beginning, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 219 North State Street, Genoa, IL 60135 Parcel Number(s): 0319328009 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" The sale is further condition. subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250.

Phone number: 312-651-6700.

Attorney file number: 15-003553.

Ellen C. Morris MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6308804 I677883 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE ILLINOIS Nationstar Mortgage LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

Ryan Marino; Fairview South Townhomes of Dekalb Association Defendants.

15 CH 96 341 Manning Drive, Dekalb, IL 60115 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 10, 2015, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office will on January 14, 2016, at the hour of 1:00PM at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Parcel 1 Lot 2 in Fairview South Resubdivision of Lot 207, a Subdivision of

• Wednesday, December 23, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com 07, Lot 207 and part of Common Area Lot 200 of Fairview South Phase Two, in the City of Dekalb, according to the plat thereof recorded April 16, 2003, as Document No. 2003010336, in Plat Cabinet 9, at Slide 57-C, in Dekalb County, Illinois.

Parcel 2 A Non-Exclusive easement for ingress and egress for benefit of Parcel 1 as set forth in the Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions for Fairview South Townhomes of Dekalb recorded December 31, 2001 as document 2001023727, as created by warranty Deed dated June 20, 2003 and recorded June 24, 2003 as Document Number 2003017587. Situated in the City of Dekalb, County of Dekalb, in the State of Illinois.

Commonly known as 341 Manning Drive, Dekalb, IL 60115 Parcel Number(s): 08-34-228-044 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

Sale terms: Bidders must present, at the time of sale, a cashier's or certified check for 10% of the successful bid amount. The balance of the successful bid shall be paid within 24 hours, by similar funds. The subject property is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the Court. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than the mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g) (1) and (g)(4).

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski LLC, One East Wacker, Suite 1250, One East Wacker, Suite 1250.

Phone number: 312-651-6700.

Attorney file number: 15-010104.

Ellen C. Morris MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601 Telephone: 312-651-6700 Fax: 614-220-5613 Attorney. No.: 6308804 I677884 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS LEGAL NOTICE FOR A NAME CHANGE (MINOR) IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: CLARISSA JOY MARTIN ON BEHALF OF: AMELIA JOY MARTIN A MINOR PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on February 5, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Clarissa Joy Martin will file a petition requesting that the minor's name be changed from AMELIA JOY MARTIN to ROSALINA AMELIA JOY MARTIN pursuant to 735 ILCS 5/21-101 et seq. Any person interested in said request for change of a minor's name may appear at saidtime and place, if they so desire.

Dated December 23, 2015 at DeKalb, Illinois.

Clarissa Martin, Petitioner 503 Union St. Earlville, IL 60518 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 23, 30, 2015 & January 6, 2016.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS LEGAL NOTICE FOR A NAME CHANGE (ADULT) IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: Justine Andrea Bugaoisan FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on January 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Justine Andrea Bugaoisan will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from JUSTINE ANDREA BUGAOISAN to JUSTINE ANDREA BUGAOISAN pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided.

Any person interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Justine Andrea Bugaoisan 1360 Omega Circle Drive DeKalb, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 16, 23 & 30, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. No.15 SC 587 Notice is given you, Jacek Wietecha, Defendant, that this cause has been commenced against you in this Court asking for $600 and other relief. Unless you file your response or otherwise file your appearance in this cause in the office of the Circuit Clerk of DeKalb County, Courthouse, DeKalb, Illinois, on or before the nineteenth day of January, 2016, a default judgement and other relief may be granted as prayed for by, Kevin Sifft, the Plaintiff.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 16, 23 & 30, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 18, 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 per-

pos pe sons owning, conducting, and transacting the business known as: ROSEWOOD SELECT located at 701 Nancy Court, Sycamore, IL 60178.

Dated December 18, 2015 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 23, 30, 2015 & January 6, 2016)

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PUBLIC NOTICE Annual Treasurer's Report City of DeKalb Fiscal Year Ending June 30, 2015 REVENUE SUMMARY: Property Tax 14386627, Sales Tax 12096268, Income Tax 4515729, Utility Tax 2557384, Restaurant & Bar Tax 1856308, Local Use Tax 918867, Other Tax 2690838, Licenses & Permits 764665, Grants 11701338, Charges for Services 9989292, Fines 1005578, Interest Income 1671248, Bond Proceeds 776775, Motor Fuel Tax Allotment 1078801, Employee Contributions 2677380, Employer Contributions 8915866, Net Appreciation in Fair Value of Assets 1445927, Interfund Transfers 6893152, Miscellaneous 3112002. TOTAL REVENUES: $89,054,045.38 EXPENDITURE SUMMARY: 11th Street Express Printing 3997, 3M Library Systems 10043, 4-C: Community Coordinated 15397, Ace Relocation Systems Inc 2820, AFSCME Council 31 23382, AHC Advisors Inc 22644, Airgas USA LLC 12062, Albert S. 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Sharpe 9400, Traffic Analysis & Design Inc 75840, Traffic Control & Protection 17421, Treasurer State of Illinois 567640, True North Consultants Inc 10093, Trugreen 36567, Tsys 18511, UL LLC 2519, Uniform Den East Inc 24860, Union Pacific Railroad Co 4824, United States Geological 7450, United States Marshall Service 2807, United States Post Office 27580, University of Illinois 2700, US Bank Equipment 14168, US Bank National Association 28464, US Treasury 242650, Valentine Plumbing & Sewer 21677, Value Line Publishing 4900, Vantagepoint Transfer Agent 34020, Verizon Long Distance 5294, Verizon Wireless 72869, Viking Chemical Company 32742, Village of Romeoville 3755, Virgil Cook & Son Inc 6088, Voluntary Action Center 3550826, Wagner Aggregate Inc 4640, Wall & Associates 36321, Warren R. Lubbers 79618, Waste Management 1905602, Weaver Construction 13940, West Side Tractor Sales 9007, William A. Thompson 56406, William E. Feithen Jr 100934, William J. Kalal 80661, William S. Usilton 41076, World Book Inc 2718, WS Darley & Co 2742, Yvette M. Dulohery 44619, Zoll 6500, All other disbursements not exceeding 2500: 546909. TOTAL EXPENDITURES: $60,472,879.10.

COMPENSATION SUMMARY: Under $25,000.00: Julie Abraham, Frank Adamkiewicz, Walter Antos, Linley Aspatore, Dawn Awe, Michael Awopileda, David Baker, Franklin Beasley, Stephen Bigolin, Toscha Bradford, Martha Brown, Trevor Burdick, Juanita Burke, Jillian Caldwell, Benjamin Changnon, Elizabeth Chellappa, Vincent Cioni, Linda Colletti, Raymond Coover, William Robert Davis, Michael Defauw, Andrew Dirienzo, Maureen Erickson, Robert Ewing, Marissa Fairbanks, Pamela Faivre, William Finucane, Ryan Fisher, Jeff Flanigan, Steven Flattum, Hillary Fowler, Jennifer Freeman, Rory Gallagher, Keith Garner, Nicholas Garvey, Amber Gates, Daniel Gerace, Emily Getzelman, Kathleen Gregory, James Grunwald, Elizabeth Hallaron, Carol Halsey, Judy Harris, Samantha Hathaway, Susan Hauman, Samuel Hawkins, Lisa Hellebrand, Raynaldo Hernandez, Jared Heyn, Shelby Ann Hicks, Susan Hopper, Kevin Howard, Elizabeth Hyink, Jessica Hyink, Christopher Jackson, David Jacobson, William Johnson, Cori Johnson-Woods, Veodies Jones Jr, Logan Kein, Joshua Kinder, Theodore Kitsios, Katelyn Joy Kozinski, Melanie Kozinski, Daniel Kramer, Keller Kurth, Charles Lanning, Kristen Lash, Harold Lave, Marlene Lave, Ellen Lindgren, Michael Lundgren, Lara Lyles, Jennilyn Magallon, Michael Marquardt, Mary Ann Martin, Megan Martin, Jennifer Mascenic-Johnson, Jennifer McGee, Larry Morland, Norman Morrall, Ronald Naylor, Katherine Noreiko, Monica O'Leary, Adrienne Oziah, Rachel Pacey, Michael Page, Shirley Pavelich, Katlyn Payne, Nicole Peele, Elizabeth Peerboom, Sherre Perkins, Inge Peterson, Brandy Pfeifer, Patricia Pumfrey, Suzanne Pupino, Saroja Ramanathan, John Rey, James Rhoades, Joanne Rouse, Jodi Sapita, Judith Schneider, Sam Schneider, Shelley Sester, Kimberly Smith, Robert Snow, Eugene Spitzmesser, Steven Spradling, Rose Stramaglia, Michael Strunk, Michael Stuckert, Roger Swedberg, Marcia Sweigert, Darcy Tatlock, Carolyn Tatman, Jeanine Thurmaier, Emily Tipps, Spencer Tritt, Benjamin Varda, Cheryl Wallace, James Webster, Raymond West, Shaniqua Williams, Karen Woodworth - Roman, Diane Wright, Kristin Young. $25,000.00 to $49,999.99: Robert Aspatore, Linda Besler, Fred James Busby, Edith Craig, Sally Defauw, Jason Goodwin, Tammey Higgins, Susan Hopper, Joshua McCarthy, Matthew McCue, Beatrice O'Connell, Kristine Ohman, Carri Parker, Steven Roman, Heike Schulze, Jaclyn Spartz, Lauren Stott, Sonny Streit, Diane Tolhurst, Roger Votaw, Geoffrey Wells, Jeremiah Wilson. $50,000.00 to $74,999.99: Patricia Adamkiewicz, Todd Adamson, Carrie Becker, Donna Biarnesen, Christopher Brantley, Trevor Chilton, Patrick Cicogna, Heide Clark, Christian Dagenais, Brian Dickson, Ellen Divita, Jessica Duehning, Joseph Fisher, Jason Fore, Daniel Franklin, Mary Jo Harms, Brenda Hart, Brittany Hedin, Edward Hernandez, Patricia Hiland, Matthew Holuj, Patricia Hoppenstedt, Teresa Iversen, Linda Jacobson, Patricia Klein, Matthew Klotz, Cindy Kreutziger, Rita Ward Larson, Latoya Marz, Christopher McMeen, Adam Miller, Robert Miller, Habideen Olaniran, Kevin Palazzola, Andrew Raih, David Reynolds, Mary Hernandez Riippi, Ruth Scott, James Sietsema, Jamie Smirz, Patrick Smith, Dale Swineheart, Joseph Verkler, Theresa Winterbauer, Gary Wisdom, Sean Woyna, Jim Young, Donald Zuniga. $75,000.00 to $99,999.99: Jeffrey Ackland, Jeremy Alexander, Michael Anderson, Michelle Anderson, Brian Andrus, Allison Benthusen, Curt Biarnesen, William Jeff Birtell, Eric Blanken, Joshua Boldt, Brian Bollow, Phillip Brown, Michael Callahan, Eric Christensen, Michael Cicchetti, Thomas Conley, Dorothy Coover, Steve Cruz, David Delille, Anthony Densberger, Jennifer Diedrich, Douglas Eaton, Patrick Eriksen, Rodolfo Espiritu, Joseph Espy, Elizabeth Fabro, Gary Freeman, Sean Freeman, Aaron Gates, Brett Gautcher, Geoffrey Guzinski, Derek Hiland, Jose Jaques, Theodore Jouris, Colin Juraska, Jonathan Jursich, Adam Karolus, Travis Karr, Jacob Keck, Christopher Krupa, Kent Louie Larson, Traci Lemay, Carl Leoni, Aaron Lockhart, John Loechel, Mark Lovell, Johnn Lucius, William Lynch, Chad McNett, Kristopher Mecca, Noah Millard, James Morton, Paul Mott, Mark Nachman, Rodger Neumann, Mario Nonnenmann, Jonathon Ormond, Jason Pavlak, James Pearre, Jordan Poulos, Zakary Prielipp, Sadie Pristave, Mark Pumfrey, James Kenton Quist, Daniel Raih, Reda Reese, Thomas Reilly, Lance Reinbolz, Angel Reyes, Richard Reynolds, Steven Riippi, Steve Rodriguez, Andrew Romano, Scott Rongey, James Ruhl, Tanner Sabin, Timothy Shipman, Harlan Siddall, Bryan Soderstrom, Michael Stewart, Timothy Stiker, Todd Michael Stoffa, Christopher Sullivan, Kelly Sullivan, Michael Taylor, Robert Terry, Gregory Thornton, Jared Thorp, Jason Watson, Danny Wells, Todd Wells, Joseph Wempe, Mark Wilcox, Ryan Wilkens, Jeffrey Winters, Ted Woodin, Christopher Ziola. $100,000.00 to $124,999.99: Matthew Anderson, Michael Bauling, Jared Burke, James Carani, Thomas Cleveland, Jonathan Costliow, Anthony Cox, Keith Ehrke, Mark Espy, Bryan Faivre, Scott Farrell, Donald Faulhaber, Kevin Ferrigan, Keith Fritz, Barton Gilmore, Thomas Guthrie, James Haacker, Catherine Haley, Wesley Hoadley, Lisa Holiday, Timothy Howieson, Gregory Hoyle, Burton Johnson, Jeffrey Jossendal, Tony Kwasniewski, John Laskowski, Stylianos Lekkas, Keunte Mallett, James McDougall, Jeffrey McMaster, Penny Meier, Timothy Morey, Thomas Ernest Murphy, Thomas Petit, Robert Redel, Wade Schneck, Tracy Smith, Mark Tehan, Michael Thomas, Jeffrey Weese, Craig Woodruff, James Zarek. $125,000.00 and over: Anne Marie Gaura, Eric Hicks, Ted Kozinski, Jason Leverton, Eugene Lowery, Thomas Moore, John. TOTAL COMPENSATION: $19,088,121.56 SUMMARY STATEMENT OF CONDITION

Revenues Expenditures Excess of Revenues Over (Under) Expenditures Transfer In Transfers Out Bond Proceeds Other Net Increase (Decrease) in Fund Balance Previous Year Fund Balance Other Current Year Ending Fund Balance

General Fund 33,077,442 31,655,599

Special Revenue 13,617,395 10,262,548

Debt Service

Capital Project 1,401,045 1,006,302

Enterprise 10,612,883 7,619,817

Internal Service 6,990,862 7,059,397

0 2.972.914

Fiduciary 5,176,233 5,626,492

Library 10,497,010 2,537,513

1,421,843

3,354,847

(2,972,914)

394,743

2,993,066

(68,535)

(460,259)

7,959,497

2,211,897 (2,557,439) 0 520

10,694 (2,274,927) 0 0

2,976,655 0 776,775 (776,775)

456,103 (1,202,370) 0 6,400

350,000 0 0 0

0 0 0 0

45,000 0 0 0

1,076,821

1,090,614

3,751

(345,124)

3,026,769

281,465

(460,259)

7,959,497

6,057,599 1,086,833

11,634,122 0

0 0

318,342 597,822

53,920,184 (36,275)

1,483,451 0

53,771,489 0

11,403,295 (7,597,480)

8,221,253

12,724,736

3,751

571,040

56,910,678

1,764,916

53,311,230

11,765,312

828,274 (798,987) 0 4,326

The foregoing to the best of my knowledge, is a true and correct statement of the City of DeKalb's revenues, expenditures, and compensation for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2015.

Cathy H. Haley Treasurer City of DeKalb

(Published December 23, 30, 2015.)

(Publishedininthe theDaily DailyChronicle, Chronicle, December 2015.)

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Brush off kitchen disasters

By SARA MOULTON The Associated Press If you’re planning to entertain at home this holiday season, you’d be wise to bear in mind the words of Julia Child: “Never apologize. Never Explain.”

Because something is going to go wrong. Something always does. But that doesn’t mean you need to tell the world. Her philosophy was simple. Embrace the disaster, do what you can to fix it, but tell nobody. Just serve it as is and chances are good no one will notice or care. Did your soufflé fall? Call it a pudding cake instead. Are your cookies overcooked? Crumble them over ice cream.

Which is to say, there’s almost no kitchen mistake that can’t be fixed so long as you stay calm and keep an open mind.

The roast is overcooked (or cold)

This one is easy. Start by heating some of whatever gravy you have on hand. If it appears there might not be enough, stretch it by adding a little beef or chicken broth (or, in a pinch, water). Slice the meat thin, arrange it in overlapping slices on the serving plates (do all of this out of view in the kitchen), then pour a liberal helping of hot gravy on every serving.

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The sauce looks greasy

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The gravy is lumpy

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This is because the fat and other liquids are starting to separate. Just return the sauce to the pot over low heat and whisk in a little water.

It should become emulsified and smooth again in no time.

Pour the gravy through a mesh strainer and discard the lumps.

Alternatively, portion the gravy into a blender in batches and puree until smooth. But when working with hot liquids, never fill a blender more than a third full.

Lumpy mashed potatoes

Leave them be and call them “rustic” or “smashed” potatoes.

Continuing to mash the potatoes will risk overworking them and can make them gluey.

The green vegetables are overcooked

Pop the vegetables into the food processor and pulse until they are finely chopped. Now mix them into the mashed potatoes, rebranding the dish as “Brussels sprouts potato mash.” And by the way, that example is particularly delicious if you happened to toss some bacon in with the overcooked Brussels sprouts.

Or, if the meal could use a first course, turn the veggies into a soup. In a blender, combine the overcooked vegetables with some milk, broth or water, a little garlic and some cheese, then purée until smooth.

You also could stir in a spoonful or two of mashed potatoes for thickening, then garnish the soup with toasted seeds or nuts. You’re a genius.

The rolls burned on the bottom

Perform a taste test. Using a serrated knife, slice the bottom off one of the rolls, then taste what’s left. If it tastes burned, toss them.

If it tastes fine, slice the bottoms off all of the rolls, arrange them in a single layer in a basket, bottoms up, and spread softened butter on the cut sides. Serve them hot and call them hot buttered rolls.

The pie falls apart or the crust crumbles

Spoon it into wine glasses in alternating layers with a bit of ice cream or whipped cream and call it a pie trifle.

By J.M. HIRSCH • The Associated Press

t’s the malleability of Christmas dinner that can make it so challenging to plan. Which is to say, choice can be intimidating.

At Thanksgiving, it’s about the turkey. Valentine’s Day demands chocolate. Easter? Ham or lamb. And Fourth of July is all burgers and dogs all the time. But Christmas doesn’t enjoy a similar food association that presets the menu as happens with so many other holidays. All of which tends to leave us scrambling.

When I was a kid, my mother often did ham. Not because we loved it or it felt special, but because my mother is vegan and it was easy for her to cook.

When I was a teenager, we switched to mountains of shrimp with butter. Also easy. After I got married, we started eating Italian because pasta and meatballs is a quick and easy meal to assemble in the midst of the gifting and visiting chaos.

It wasn’t until a couple of years ago I finally settled on something that not only was easy, but also felt celebratory. A massive beef roast. Not earth shattering, of course. But for some reason it took nearly 40 years for me to reach this point. Tender and juicy, a roast feels indulgent. And when treated right, it can pack tons of flavor.

But it also is utterly simple to prepare.

So I’m sharing my Christmas beef roast recipe, which gets intense savory flavors from a rub of fresh rosemary and cracked peppercorns. All you need to do is rub it on the meat, pop it in the oven, then head back to the festivities. This recipe even makes its own side dish – butter-roasted potatoes that bathe in the juices of the meat.

Rosemary-Pepper Roast Beef With Butter Potatoes Start to finish: 2 hours 15 minutes (15 minutes active) Servings: 10

2 pounds new or other small potatoes 1/4 cup (1/2 stick) butter, melted 2 tablespoons black or mixed peppercorns 1 tablespoon kosher salt 1/4 cup fresh rosemary leaves 1/4 cup olive oil 4- to 5-pound top sirloin roast (also called top butt or spoon roast), trimmed and tied 1/2 cup white wine 1 tablespoon lemon juice Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a 9-by-14-inch metal (stovetop-safe) roasting pan, combine the potatoes and melted butter. Toss to coat, then arrange in a single layer.

Set aside.

In a mini food processor or blender, combine the peppercorns, salt and rosemary. Process until well chopped, but not puréed. Transfer to a small bowl and stir in the olive oil. Slather the mixture thickly over

the entire roast. Set the roast over the potatoes, then cover with foil and roast for 20 minutes. Remove the foil and continue roasting for another 45 minutes. Reduce the oven to 350 degrees F. and roast for another 45 minutes, or until the meat reaches 120 degrees F. at the center.

Use tongs to transfer the roast to a serving platter. Cover with foil, then with several kitchen towels to stay warm.

Set the roasting pan with the potatoes over 1 or 2 burners on medium heat on the stovetop. Add the wine and cook, stirring gently, until any browned bits from the bottom of the pan are released and the sauce thickens, about 3 minutes. Stir in the lemon juice. Slice the roast thinly, then serve with the potatoes. Spoon the pan sauce over the potatoes.

Nutrition information per serving: 440 calories; 170 calories from fat (39 percent of total calories); 19 g fat (7 g saturated; 0.5 g trans fats); 150 mg cholesterol; 720 mg sodium; 17 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 49 g protein.

Sweet potatoes move out of the oven

By SARA MOULTON The Associated Press One of the biggest challenges of producing a holiday meal is figuring out how to cook all of the various dishes and land them all on the table at the same thrilling moment.

It’s not easy, especially when there’s a big roast of some kind hogging the oven for hours.

The part that annoys me most? It forces my glazed sweet potatoes, which require 45 minutes in the oven, to sit on the sidelines. Well, not anymore. You can cook these delicious glazed sweet potatoes on top of the stove in about 10 minutes flat.

The recipe’s most time-consuming step is peeling and slicing the potatoes, although you certainly can do that ahead of time, then park them on the counter until you’re 10 minutes from dinnertime.

Happily, this method works equally well with carrots and butternut squash. It’s a sure-fire way to conjure up a stress-free – and mouth-watering – side dish for your roast, turkey or ham.

Skillet-Glazed Spicy Sweet Potatoes Start to finish: 35 minutes Servings: 4

1 teaspoon ground cumin

1 teaspoon smoked paprika 1/2 teaspoon cayenne Kosher salt 1½ pounds sweet potatoes, peeled, halved or quartered lengthwise, and sliced crosswise 1/3 inch thick 2 tablespoons butter, cut into pieces 1 tablespoon brown sugar 2 teaspoons lemon juice In a 12-inch skillet over medium-high, whisk together 1½ cups water, the cumin, paprika, cayenne and about 1 teaspoon of salt. Add the potatoes, then cover the skillet and bring the liquid to a boil. When it boils, reduce the heat to a simmer and cook the potatoes, covered, for 3 to 5 minutes. Remove the lid and prick the potatoes with a paring knife. If they are almost tender, remove the lid and increase the temperature so that the liquid boils. If they are not almost tender, cover the potatoes and cook, covered, for another minute or so, then remove the lid.

Boil the liquid until it only comes up the side of the skillet about 1/4 inch. Add the butter, brown sugar and lemon juice, then simmer, stirring gently, until the liquid is reduced to a glaze. Season with salt and serve immediately.

Nutrition information per serving: 210 calories; 50 calories from fat (24 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (3.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 580 mg sodium; 38 g carbohydrate; 6 g fiber; 11 g sugar; 3 g protein.

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