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Expecting better days in Sycamore

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Rose Treml sees a light at the end of the tunnel for Sycamore.

When the executive director of the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce looked back on the past year, she said the outlook for the economy in the city – and DeKalb County – is prosperous because of the strong public-private rela-

City, business leaders optimistic about economy in 2014 tionships and leadership.

“Our businesses have a natural resilience,” she said.

“They can get through things because of our community.”

Treml isn’t the only one who is seeing a brighter future for Sycamore as it continues to recover from the Great Recession. Sycamore Mayor

Ken Mundy said the increasing number of housing permits for single-family homes is another sign of progress.

The city had issued 25 permits on the year as of October and has since issued three more.

Mundy said homebuilding in the area has been at its steadiest pace since 2008.

“That’s one of the good signals,” he said. “That coupled with slowly increasing sales tax revenues. Those are some positive points toward the new year.”

He said he hopes next year the city will see more growth in businesses and strengthened ties in the communi-

ty. Outside of annual events such as the Sycamore Pumpkin Festival, city officials strengthened their relationship with businesses this year through new events such as Made in Sycamore and local business tours with City Council members.

“These are just wonderful

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Kirkland using TIF funds to renovate former grocery store

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IRKLAND – Rather than wait for economic development, the Kirkland Village Board is putting tax increment financing dollars to work.

After numerous complaints from residents, the board purchased the empty building that

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once housed a grocery store on Main Street. An ad hoc committee is working toward getting the building cleaned out, renovated and then rented or sold.

Village President Les Bellah talked about the history of the building, and getting the community involved in its revitalization.

“The store was once owned by former Village President Fred

things,” he said. “The reason they’re so good is you see a lot of young families with

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ABOVE: Kirkland Village President Les Bellah looks around Dec. 19 in what was once the butcher shop inside the former Kirkland Super Market. The village has purchased the building, which was vacant for a couple of years, and plans to redevelop it using tax increment financing. TOP: The former Kirkland Super Market is seen on Main Street. It has been purchased by the village.

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Manni,” Bellah said. Manni sold it, and the buyers seemed to pass it around among family members, Bellah said. The business declined to the point where residents disliked shopping there, he said.

Finally, the owners walked away and the bank repossessed the building, leaving it empty for about two years. Bellah said the bank tried to auction the building, but it

didn’t sell. When the price tag was set at $90,000, Bellah and the board instructed attorney Scott Puma to offer $50,000 from the village’s general fund. The bank agreed and the village now owns the 6,500-squarefoot building.

“This was a no-brainer,” Bellah said.

WASHINGTON – More than 1 million Americans are bracing for a harrowing, post-Christmas jolt as extended federal unemployment benefits come to a sudden halt this weekend, with potentially significant implications for the recovering U.S. economy.

A tense political battle likely looms when Congress reconvenes in the new, midterm election year.

N u d g i n g At a Congress glance along, a vacationing PresFor families ident Barack Obama called dependent on two senators cash assisp r o p o s i n g tance, the end a n e x t e n - of the federal sion to offer government’s his support. “emergency F r o m H a - unemployment waii, Obama compensation” pledged Fri- will mean day to push some difficult Congress to belt-tightening move quickly as enrollees next year to lose their avaddress the erage monthly “urgent eco- stipend of nomic priori- $1,166. ty,” the White House said.

For families dependent on cash assistance, the end of the federal government’s “emergency unemployment compensation” will mean some difficult belt-tightening as enrollees lose their average monthly stipend of $1,166.

Jobless rates could drop, but analysts say the economy may suffer with less money for consumers to spend on everything from clothes to cars.

Having let the “emergency” program expire as part of a budget deal, it’s unclear if Congress has the appetite to start it anew.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today

Weight Watchers: 7:15 a.m. weigh-in, 7:45 a.m. and 9 a.m. meetings Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

Overeaters Anonymous Walk-and-Talk meeting: 8 to 9 a.m. at The Federated Church, 612 W. State St. in Sycamore. www. oa.org; Contact: Marilyn at 815751-4822.

NICE Food and Clothing Center: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, by appointment other days, at 346 S. County Line Road in Lee. This nondenominational food pantry serves the southwest part of DeKalb County and the southeast area of Lee County. 815-8242228.

It Is What It Is AA(C): 9 a.m. at St. Catherine’s Church, 340 S. Stott St., Genoa, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

Learning to Live Al-Anon group: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Newman Catholic Center annex, Normal Road in DeKalb; llc904@ hotmail.com.

Narcotics Anonymous: 10 to 11 a.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb; www. rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

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

Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. The public is invited for lunch.

Group Hope: Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road in DeKalb. This free support and discussion meeting is for NIU students and DeKalb community residents. Community facilitators are sought to volunteer to help others. Contact Dr. Charles Smith, 815-398-9628 or visit www.grouphope.org or www.dbsalliance.org.

Lightning games: 1:30 p.m. at Genoa Veteran’s Club, 311 S. Washington St.; www.genoavetshome.us or contact Cindy at crmcorn65@yahoo.com or 815751-1509.

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

Last Saturday is open meeting.

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

AA Speaker Open Meeting: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Saturday Night AA(C): 10 p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Sunday Monthly Breakfast: 8 to 11 a.m. at the Sycamore Vet’s Club, 121 S. California St., Sycamore.

Open to the public. Menu includes omelets, eggs to order, sausage, bacon, potatoes, pancakes, french toast, biscuits and gravy, toast, juice, coffee and milk. $7 for adults and $4 for children younger than 12.

24 Hours a Day AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Memories of DeKalb Ag: 2 to 4 p.m. at Nehring Gallery, Suite 204, 111 S. Second St., DeKalb. Free admission and open to all. www. dekalbalumni.org.

Society for Creative Anachronism armored fighting practice: 4:30 p.m. behind Stevenson North at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. For Middle Ages-Renaissance history re-enactors. Visit www.carraigban.org or call 815739-5788 or 815-986-5403.

Bread & Roses women’s chorus practice: 5:45 to 8 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb. For information, call Patty Rieman at 815-7584897 or visit www.breadandroseschorus.org.

Steps And Traditions AA(C): 6 p.m. at Masonic Hall, Route 23, Genoa. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

No Longer Hopeless AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor, DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

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

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Rutherford a candidate with plan When it comes to the way forward for the state of Illinois, Dan Rutherford is a pragmatist.

Rutherford, the state’s treasurer and one of four Republicans vying to become the party nominee to take on Gov. Pat Quinn in November, has some concrete proposals and promises for leading the state.

He cites his record cutting the budget of the state treasurer’s office as evidence of fiscal discipline.

He said he wants to review state programs to see if they create more benefit than the expense they incur.

He has a three-point plan for making Illinois more business-friendly.

But on some issues where the easy way might just be to tell voters what they want to hear, Rutherford takes a more practical stance.

He’s emphatic that he wants the 67 percent income tax increase to partially expire as scheduled in 2015, but said if plans for pension reform are thrown out in court, the state could become insolvent without the extra billions it brings in.

On how he would get along as governor with the state House and Senate solidly controlled by Democrats, Rutherford said he will work with the two leaders rather than antagonize and try to force them into things the way former Gov. Rod Blagojevich did.

“I think what Illinois is looking for right now is a governor who’s going to actually be able to help lead,” Rutherford said. “There’s going to be some hard things, tough decisions I’m going to have to make as the governor.”

Rutherford and I had a 40-minute conversation last week at the Daily Chronicle offices.

He’s a rational thinker who says job creation would be his administration’s top priority. He has a plan to make state government more responsive to the concerns of people and small business owners.

And he said his commitment to appealing to groups outside the traditional GOP base is part of the reason he’s the only Republican in the race who’s won an election for statewide office.

On jobs, Rutherford said there are three things he could do as governor without any help from the legislature: He would be chief marketing officer for Illinois; he would appoint state agency directors who pledge to do everything in their power to create or retain jobs, and his Lieutenant Gover-

EDITOR’S NOTE Eric Olson nor, business lawyer Steve Kim, would be the director of the Governor’s Office of Job Creation and Retention.

The job of the “lite guv” would be to work with state agency directors to resolve problems of burdensome regulations, delays with inspections or computer issues that cost businesses in time and monetary penalties.

“The lieutenant governor will be the ombudsman,” Rutherford said.

“That office will be the one to [help people] to navigate the bureaucracy.”

Rutherford’s not the outsider, and he’s not the big-money candidate in the race – although he ticks off a litany of failed big-money gubernatorial candidates such as Ron Gidwitz, Jim Oberweis and Andy McKenna in making the point that money isn’t everything.

Rutherford said his willingness to meet with people of color, people of different faiths, and other groups has helped him before and can help him again in the general election.

He pointed out that he won 22 percent of the vote in the city of Chicago in his successful 2010 bid for treasurer while Republican gubernatorial nominee Bill Brady received only 18 percent.

“I went into communities that Republicans generally don’t go into,” he said. “Sikhs, Polish, Jewish, gay and lesbian, Latinos, black churches. … I know that’s how I got 22 percent in Chicago, I know it is, and it also allows people to look at me and say, ‘OK.’ ” Inclusiveness is key in a statewide politician. And I would point out that Rutherford knows where DeKalb is, something local voters should appreciate.

Rutherford doesn’t vote on proposed laws as treasurer, but his stance on some of the key issues of 2013 include: • Medical marijuana – No. The Food and Drug Administration says it’s a step toward encouraging drug use.

• 70 mph maximum speed limit – Yes. • Same-sex marriage – No, although he also points out he was the only Republican state senator to vote yes on civil unions in 2010. Marriage has a religious connotation, though, he said.

Overall: Rutherford isn’t promising

to shock the system in Springfield or promising things he can’t deliver. He’s an experienced public servant who has seen how government works up close and understands the serious challenges it faces.

The question is whether that will be sexy enough to win a four-way primary race and then unseat an incumbent governor in a financially ailing but heavily Democratic state. In many voters’ minds, the state has become synonymous with mismanagement, and a practical approach, although it might be reasonable, might be less appealing.

Just so it’s clear: I’m not endorsing a candidate here, just telling you about some time that I spent with one.

There’s an open invitation for any of the Republican gubernatorial nominees – or Gov. Quinn – to stop by our newsroom. If you know where DeKalb is and want to reach me, my contact info is at the bottom of this column.

O’Reilly’s last hurrah: Today’s edition will be the last to include a column from Bill O’Reilly. The lord of the “NoSpin Zone” has decided to discontinue his newspaper column.

I looked forward to O’Reilly’s weekly columns – whether you agreed with them, they certainly provoked thought and conversation, and really, that’s all you can ask for from a columnist.

He’s probably a bit too hard on today’s “urchins” though. I think he must have written at least 10 different versions of the “what’s wrong with kids today,” column since I started.

We’ll be experimenting with a couple of other columnists in his stead in 2014, including self-identifying libertarian John Stossel and best-selling author Dr. Benjamin S. Carson.

Happy New Year: I was talking this over with News Editor Jillian Duchnowski this week, and we both agreed that 2014 would be better than 2013, hopefully in the Daily Chronicle as well as just in general.

It’s not a slam-dunk certainty the way 2002 had to be better, but it feels as though good times are on the horizon.

Anyway, that’s what I’m going with, and I wish the same for all of you in the year to come.

• Eric Olson is the editor of the Daily Chronicle. Reach him at 815-7564841, ext. 2257, email eolson@shawmedia.com, or follow him on Twitter @DC_Editor.

8 TODAY’S TALKER

India gold tax affects bridal budgets

By KAY JOHNSON The Associated Press MUMBAI, India – With India’s wedding season in full swing, the glass sales counters in Mumbai’s famed Zhaveri gold bazaars are crowded with customers eyeing elaborate headpieces, nose rings and necklaces. No one does jewelry quite like an Indian bride, who by tradition wears all the gold she can stand up in and her family can afford.

These days, though, even the most ambitious bridal budgets don’t bring the bling like they used to, thanks to hikes in import duties and a rise in local gold prices that have shoppers like Rajanikant Mehta grumbling.

Mehta, who owns a factory outside the capital, had planned to spend about 100,000 rupees ($1,800) on a necklace for the woman marrying his son late this month, but he’s unhappy about what he’s getting for his money.

Gold prices in India, which imports nearly all its gold, have risen 50 percent over the past three years to about 87,000 rupees, or about $1,400, an ounce.

Thanks to the new tax and weaker rupee, that’s about a 20 percent premium over the world market price, hovering just under $1,200 an ounce.

“The price of gold should be lower,” Mehta com-

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An Indian salesman writes details of gold jewelry at a shop in Mumbai, India. plained. “This is a globalized world. If the prices are similar to the prices elsewhere, then the purchase of gold will increase.”

More gold-buying, though, is exactly what the Indian government is trying to stop by raising import du-

ties three times this year to 10 percent on gold bullion – up from 2 percent in January – and 15 percent on gold jewelry.

Gold is India’s second-biggest import behind oil, and purchases have soared in recent years as rising incomes

from a decade of economic growth sent Indian consumers on a buying streak.

The problem is that the greater buying of the precious metal has dealt a blow to India’s economy by increasing the flow of money out of country compared to inflows. As a result, the current account deficit rose to a historic high of 4.8 percent of India’s gross domestic product in the fiscal year that ended in March.

That in turn has helped weaken the rupee by about 10 percent this year, making many products more expensive by raising the cost of oil, priced in dollars, and other raw materials.

But in trying to discourage gold-buying, India is taking on a passion that dates back thousands of years and is deeply entwined in Indian culture. In some Hindu legends, Brahma, the god who created the universe, was born from a gold egg.

The goddess Lakshmi is portrayed with a golden complexion and gold coins flowing from her hands. It’s considered good luck to give gold, especially to a bride.

Still, the tax measures appear to have worked, with gold imports down 32 percent in the July-September quarter and India on track to lose its status as the world’s No. 1 consumer of gold to China this year.

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Yellow Checker Star Cab Company CEO Bill Shranko confirmed Friday that Gerardo Gamboa had been paid by the poker player, who authorities are not identifying. The cab company also honored the driver’s good deed by naming him employee of the year, awarding him $1,000 and giving him a gift certificate to a Las Vegas steakhouse.

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Parenting class offers hope to mothers in jail

By ANDREA AZZO

Rhonda Keller, a parenting instructor, listens Dec. 17 to inmates’ celebrations and regrets from the past week at the DeKalb County Jail.

aazzo@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Every Tuesday, Rhonda Keller drives from her teaching job in Huntley to the DeKalb County Jail in Sycamore to teach a special group of students: incarcerated mothers.

Keller is the instructor of a weekly parenting class for women jailed on pending charges. The class is part of Companions Journeying Together, an organization which works with incarcerated men and women and offers a variety of programs designed to build healthy relationships.

“I teach to an invisible audience of children who I never get to meet,” Keller said. “I want them to have a successful and fair chance at life.”

That starts with working with the parents. Inmates

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may choose to participate in the 10-week program and receive a certificate once they finish. Some of the students in the class have attended for more than 10 weeks.

Keller teaches the women values such as honesty, generosity and appropriate discipline.

For the holidays, six inmates in the class made

Christmas cards for their children with poems inside that included messages of love. The inmates also took turns around the table to share their appreciations and

regrets of the week.

“Even though these are your circumstances today, this is only temporary,” Keller told the class. “You have the majority of your life ahead of you.

“It’s a big world. There are so many good things in it. Be persistent, and get to it.”

The class also gives inmates books to give to their children along with taped recordings of the mothers reading the books to the children as part of a program called Aunt Mary’s Storybook Project.

Kellie Kelly, a theological student at Meadville Lombard Theological School, helps Keller as part of a community ministry class that requires her to volunteer for a nonprofit social service.

Kelly chose to volunteer at the jail’s parenting class because she said she has been

interested in prison ministry.

“Our attitude is all parents make mistakes, regardless of whether we’ve had hard lives bringing us [to jail],” she said. “Nobody teaches us how to be better parents.”

Kelly admits she was a little scared before she met the women, but once she did, she was welcomed openly.

“The best part is seeing the women full of hope and finding a way to make jail a positive experience,” Kelly said.

Keller’s goal is to make sure the mothers have positive experiences outside of jail for the sake of their children.

“The children are not prisoners,” she said. “They’re free, and they need this.”

Companions Journeying Together receives its funding from private donations. To donate, visit www.cjtinc.org.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Kishwaukee orchestra building endowment fund SYCAMORE – The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra is accepting donations to build its endowment.

The Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra, now in its 37th concert season, is funded by grants, contributions, and fundraising, with lesser support from ticket sales and advertising, according to a news release.

The Douglas C. & Lynn M. Roberts Family Foundation has agreed to match the first $20,000 in contributions to the KSO Endowment Fund. The endowment has surpassed $130,000, excluding matching funds, toward its goal of $200,000.

For inquiries about planned gifts and other contributions to the KSO Endowment Fund, contact Dan Templin, DeKalb County Community Foundation, at 815-748-5383 or dan@ dekalbccf.org.

Contributions to the Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra Endowment Fund can be made via the DeKalb County Community Foundation, 475 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore, or at www.kishorchestra.org.

Mental Health Board seeking candidates The DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board is seeking candidates for a board position open Wednesday.

Board members plan, fund, and monitor mental health, developmental disability, and substance abuse services at 15 agencies in DeKalb County, according to a news release.

These efforts are supported by a property tax fund, which was created by a referendum.

The board meets monthly, although board members are encouraged to volunteer to serve on a committee that meets separately about once a month, the release states.

Members must be residents of DeKalb County, and may not be employees or board members of any DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board-funded agencies.

Those interested should submit a letter to Jane Dargatz, President, DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board, 2500 N. Annie Glidden Road, Suite B, DeKalb, IL, 601156. For more information, call Sandra Belman, executive director, at 815-899-4960 or email sbelman@dekalbcounty.org.

Sycamore firefighters urge care for hydrants SYCAMORE – Sycamore firefighters are reminding residents to pay special attention to fire hydrants when shoveling snow and ice.

They encourage residents to adopt a hydrant near their home and be sure to clear two or three feet around it, as well as a small path from the hydrant to the street, according to a news release.

This could save firefighters valuable time locating and using a hydrant if a nearby structure is on fire.

The Sycamore Fire Department invites volunteer organizations to participate in the “Adopt a Hydrant Program” as well.

This is a great way for organizations to volunteer for community service.

For information, contact Assistant Chief Art Zern at 815895-4514.

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

DeKalb Kevin D. Timm, 35, of the 900 block of West Hillcrest Drive, DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, Dec. 18, with domestic battery.

Autumn J. Larry, 23, of the 500 block of South Seventh Street, DeKalb, was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 18, on an in-state warrant.

Christopher D. Thompson, 40, of the 500 block of South Seventh Street, DeKalb, was arrested Wednesday, Dec. 18, on an in-state warrant.

Rashi L. Gant, 20, of the first block of West 110th Street, Chicago, was charged Thursday, Dec. 19, with delivery and possession of 30 grams or less of marijuana.

Armani T. Davenport, 18, of the 1600 block of North Vine Street, Chicago, was arrested Thursday, Dec. 19, on an in-state warrant.

Dominique M. Brooks, 28, of the 800 block of Edgebrook Drive, DeKalb, was charged Friday, Dec. 20, with trespass to land.

Jeramie M. Coleman, 26, of the 700 block of Delius Street, Aurora, was charged Friday, Dec. 20, with trespass to land.

Demetrius M. Hall, 23, of the 1100 block of Varsity Boulevard, DeKalb, was charged Friday, Dec. 20, with trespass to land.

Ravon T. Poe, 22, of the 800 block of Pappas Drive, DeKalb, was arrested Friday, Dec. 20, on an in-state warrant.

Everette JT Young, 23, of the 800 block of Edgebrook Drive, DeKalb, was arrested Friday, Dec. 20, on an in-state warrant.

Lakeisha M. Winters, 22, of the 800 block of West Hillcrest Drive, DeKalb, was arrested Friday, Dec. 20, on an in-state warrant.

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Retired teachers sue Ill. over pension law

By SARA BURNETT The Associated Press CHICAGO – A group of Illinois school administrators and retired teachers filed a class-action lawsuit Friday seeking to have the new law aimed at eliminating Illinois’ worst-in-the-nation pension shortfall thrown out, a long-anticipated move that is expected to delay implementation of the sweeping measure.

Lawyers for the eight plaintiffs filed the lawsuit in Cook County Circuit Court on behalf of administrators and retired teachers who are not members of labor unions. It argues the pension bill approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Pat Quinn earlier this month violates a clause of the state constitution that says pension benefits may not be cut.

It also asks the court to void the law, which is scheduled to take effect June 1.

“That guarantee, perhaps more so than anything else in the Illinois Constitution, was used by countless families across Illinois to plan careers, retirements and financial futures,” the 12page lawsuit says. “Many of them know that constitutional guarantee by heart.”

The suit names as defendants Quinn, Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka and the board of the Teachers’ Retirement System, the pension system for educators and school administrators. The Illinois Education Association and Illinois Federation of Teach-

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Gov. Pat Quinn speaks during an interview Tuesday in Chicago. A class-action lawsuit argues the pension bill approved by the Legislature and signed by Quinn violates a clause of the state constitution. ers, as well as other public-employee unions, have said they also plan to sue on behalf of their members.

Those lawsuits are expected early next year.

Quinn spokeswoman Brooke Anderson said Friday the administration expected the lawsuit, just as it expects the “landmark reform” will be upheld.

“We believe the new law is as constitutionally sound as it is urgently needed to resolve the state’s pension crisis,” Anderson said in emailed statement. “We’ll defend the interests of taxpayers.”

Illinois’ five public retirement systems are $100 billion short of

meeting the state’s obligations to workers and retirees. The law’s supporters say it’ll reduce the unfunded liability by about $21 billion and fully fund the pension systems by 2044. They also estimate it will save the state about $160 billion over the next 30 years.

The plan reduces the annual cost-of-living increases for retirees and raises the retirement age for workers 45 and younger. It also puts some savings back into the pension funds and directs money from pension bond payments to the retirement systems after those bonds are paid off in 2019.

The state’s pension crisis is

the result of decades of lawmakers skipping or shorting payments. As the unfunded liability grew, so did the state’s annual payments. In 2013, they reached about $6 billion – or one-fifth of the general funds budget – and siphoned money from schools, social services and other areas.

The shortfall also caused major credit rating agencies to downgrade Illinois to the lowest credit rating of any state.

Still, for years lawmakers in the Democrat-controlled Legislature failed to come up with a deal to solve the state’s pension woes.

In late November, after months of meetings of a bipartisan conference committee, the Democrat and Republican leaders of the House and Senate emerged from closed-door negotiations and said they had reached an agreement.

Less than a week later, the Legislature approved the plan during a special session.

Quinn and other supporters of the law say it was critical to getting Illinois back on solid financial footing. To bolster their legal case, they included an unusual three-page preamble laying out the state’s bleak financial picture.

Lawmakers also included two components they say were intended to improve the plan’s odds of surviving a legal challenge: a 1 percent decrease in employee contributions and a funding guarantee, which allows the systems to sue the state if lawmakers don’t make the payments.

8OBITUARIES MAXINE R. BAILEY Born: July 29, 1958, in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Died: Dec. 24, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. SYCAMORE – Maxine R. Bailey, 55, of Sycamore, Ill., died Tuesday, Dec. 24, 2013, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb.

Born July 29, 1958, in Fort Leonard Wood, Mo., the daughter of Charlie and Mary (Williams) Starks, she married Jimmy Lee Bailey on Aug. 1, 1987, at New Hope Missionary Church in DeKalb.

Maxine was the assistant director for housing and dining services at Northern Illinois University for 27 years. She was a member of the New Hope Missionary Church and served as a trustee. She was a Delta Sigma Theta Sorority sister.

Survivors include her husband, Jimmy Lee Bailey; two daughters, Deborah Bailey and Kenisha Bailey, all of Sycamore; one grandchild, Kenya Dent; parents, Charlie and Mary Starks of Wilmington, N.C.; three sisters, Karen Starks of Hoffman Estates, Michelle Starks of Wilmington and Deborah Starks of Forest Park; and numerous nieces, nephews and dear friends.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Olivia Bailey.

Her funeral service will begin at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at New Hope Missionary Church, 1201 Twombly Road, DeKalb, with the Rev. Leroy Mitchell officiating. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery.

The visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday at the church.

Memorials can be made to New Hope Missionary Church in care of Butala Funeral Home and Crematory, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178.

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FLOYD A. ‘SONNY’ BOCKLUND Born: June 21, 1931, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: Dec. 23, 2013, in DeKalb ROCHELLE – Floyd Andrew “Sonny” Bocklund, 82, of Rochelle, Ill., formerly of DeKalb, passed away peacefully Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, at Kishwaukee Hospital, surrounded by his loving family.

Also known as “Stubby,” he was born June 21, 1931, in DeKalb, the son of Carl and Eva (Listy) Bocklund. He was a 1948 graduate of View a complete list of Daily Chronicle obituaries by clicking on the calendar dates

DeKalb Township High School. He actively served with the 129th Infantry of the 44th Division of the United States Army from 1952 to 1953 in California.

Stubby was employed by Commonwealth Edison for 33 years.

He started as a lineman, then became a crew leader. During his final years at ComEd, he was promoted to area foreman for Genoa, Marengo and Harvard, retiring in 1990.

He married the love of his life, JoNell Hayes, on Jan. 19, 1952. Stubby and JoNell lived in DeKalb until when they moved to Rochelle; both Stubby and JoNell were excited to have neighbors nearby for the first time. Stubby took great care of JoNell during her terminal bout with cancer in 1995 and ‘96. After JoNell’s passing, the neighbors became like Stubby’s family.

An outdoorsman to the core, Stubby was an avid hunter and fisherman who enjoyed camping with family and friends for more than 50 years.

He is survived by his children, Belinda (Ron) Taylor-Grimm of DeKalb, Brett (Helene) Bocklund of Battle Creek, Mich., and Brenda (Tommy) Damron of Port Hueneme, Calif.; grandchildren, Michael Poff, Melissa Rourke, Dylan Taylor, Brandon and Brian Bocklund, TJ Gilkerson, Andrew Damron and Stephanie Stollings; great-grandchildren, Alyssa, Kinnedy and Mason Poff, Cain Hillman, Lyla Grace, Conner Mintz and Emily Stollings; siblings, Beverly Morrison of California, Betty “Pete” Bernahl of Sycamore, Carl “Unk” (June) Bocklund of Cortland, Bobby (Edie) Bocklund of Monroe, Wis., and Dale (Bonita) Bocklund of Joplin, Mo.; countless nieces, nephews, great-nieces and -nephews, cousins; and many great friends.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Carl and Eva; wife, JoNell, in 1996; son, Bryan; daughter, Betty Jo; sisters, Doris, Mildred, Julia and Janet; and brother, Arnold.

Immense gratitude goes to his neighbors and their children, whom Stubby called his grandkids, Marvin and Sheila Quinn and Morgan and Skyler, and Mike and Jeri Wethington and Cori and Amy. The family also thanks Stubby’s wait staff and friends at The Sunrise and The Butterfly restaurants in Rochelle, and gives a special mention to his beloved dog, Pal.

The funeral service will be at noon Monday, Dec. 30, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, with the Rev. Ray Krueger, Immanuel Lutheran Church, DeKalb, officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb, with full military honors by the DeKalb County Honor Guard.

The visitation will be from 2 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 29, and from 11 a.m. to noon Monday at Anderson Funeral Home.

Memorials can be made to the Floyd Andrew Bocklund Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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VICTOR J. GRAFF Born: Oct. 28, 1948, in Elgin, Ill. Died: Dec. 22, 2013, in Genoa, Ill. GENOA – Victor J. Graff, 65, of Genoa, Ill., died peacefully at home Sunday, Dec. 22, 2013, after a long battle with cancer.

He was born Oct. 28, 1948, in Elgin, to Julius and Margaret (Kollwelter) Graff.

He lived in Genoa the past 20 years and was a member of the Evangelical Free Church of Sycamore-DeKalb.

He was the past president of the board for Cornerstone Christian Academy for eight years. He owned and operated Captain Vic’s Fish and Seafood Market in Sycamore for five years. He loved fishing and spending time with his family.

He went on to heaven before his wife of 29 years, Yvonne (Bricker); two sons, Vic Jr. and Ryan; two daughters, Rachel (Dave) Blocker and Rebecca; mother, Margaret; three sisters, Eileen (Bob) Palmer, Judy Crawford and Mary (Bill) Westerman; brother, Ken; three grandchildren, Breann, Nicholas and Renee; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his father, Julius; sister-in-law, Judy; and brother-in-law, Bill.

His visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Dec. 27, at Butala Funeral Home and Crematory in Sycamore. His funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 28, at the Evangelical Free Church of Sycamore-DeKalb, 150 Bethany Road, DeKalb, with the Rev. Martin Jones officiating.

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MELANIE HATCH Born: Oct. 1, 1989, in DeKalb, Ill. Died: Dec. 25, 2013, in Maple Park MAPLE PARK – Melanie Hatch, 24, opened an eternal gift on Christmas Day after valiantly fighting her cancer with an amazing strength and unmatched dignity since she was only five months old.

Truly home for Christmas, Melanie was surrounded by the love and prayers of her family that will never forget her courage and the fact that although cancer had broken her body, it never came close to breaking her spirit.

She is survived by her loving and dedicated parents, Steve and Loretta Hatch; two devoted siblings, Ryan (Cheryl) Hatch and Larissa (Steve) Alcorn; one maternal grandmother, Pauline Faber; aunts and uncles, Char (Mike) Johnson, Guy (Diane) Faber, Sheila (Elwood) Lange, Pierre (Kathy) Hatch and Pam Van Den Bosch; eight cousins, Renee and Keith Johnson, Renee Garcia, Autumn, Travis and Warren Lange, Carmella Hatch and Natalie Hatch; and thousands of people the world over that have come to love and respect Melanie not only for her valiant fight, but her determined spirit and a never-ending love for others.

She was preceded in death by her paternal grandparents, Ansley and Catherine Hatch; maternal grandfather, Lawrence “Tuffy” Faber; and two uncles, Warren Hatch and Lenny Faber.

The visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 30, at Westridge Community Church, 3300 Encounter Lane, Elgin. A funeral to celebrate her life and faith will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, after a brief visitation from 10 to 10:45 a.m., also at the church. The Rev. Darren Sloniger, founding pastor of the church, will officiate with private family interment to follow cremation at a later date.

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Tributes also can be forwarded to the same address or at www.conleycare.com where her amazing full life story can be found.

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JEAN MARILYN FACKLER ROBERTSON Born: Jan. 22, 1926, in Fort Wayne, Ind. Died: Dec. 23, 2013, in Dallas, Texas DALLAS – Jean Marilyn Fackler Robertson, 87, passed away Monday, Dec. 23, 2013, from complications of a severe stroke in Dallas, Texas.

She was born Jan. 22, 1926, in Fort Wayne, Ind., where she lived until 1960. With Harold, her husband of 40 years, who passed in 1989, Jean and their children lived in several different cities as a result of her husband’s work at General Electric. They started in Milwaukee, then moved to Danville, then Dallas, then DeKalb, and finally ending up in Erie, Pa. She lived in Erie from 1979 until 2009, when she moved back to Dallas to be near family members.

She was a devoted mother, wife and homemaker for her entire life.

Jean was active in church and community affairs. In recent years, she was known for her vitality and energy, played golf into her 80s and had a routine of daily walks even after her move into a retirement community. Being always cheerful and friendly, she will be remembered by her family and friends for her kindness and generosity.

Jean is survived by her three children, Dwight Robertson, Daryl Robertson and Sheryl Robertson; three daughters-in-law, Colleen Robertson, Darleen Robertson and Lori Anderson; and five grandchildren, Dwight Robertson Jr. (Drew), Holly Robertson, Brennan Robertson, Daryl Robertson II (Deuce) and Cameron Robertson.

The family expects to hold a memorial service during the July 4,

2014, holiday weekend at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Erie.

Donations in her memory should be made to the American Heart Association, 8150 N. Central Expressway, Dallas, TX 75206 or the Alzheimer’s Association, Greater Dallas Chapter Office at 4144 N. Central Expressway, Suite 750, Dallas, TX 75204.

Online condolences can be made at www.Sparkman-Hillcrest.com.

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CHARLES T. STOLL Born: Jan. 21, 1939, in Browntown, Wis. Died: Dec. 26, 2013, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Charles T. Stoll, 74, of DeKalb, Ill., died Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013, at Kishwaukee Hospital in DeKalb.

Born Jan. 21, 1939, in Browntown, Wis., the son of Charles and Mary (Miller) Stoll Sr., he was united in marriage to Belva (Sorn) Moore on Nov. 15, 1969, in Freeport.

He was employed at Self Help Enterprises as a bus driver for many years until his retirement.

Surviving are a son, Steve Friedly of Mexico; three daughters, Laurie (Walter) Denning of Rock Falls, Sandy (Willard) Weerts of DeKalb and Sue (Sam) Sodaro of Rock Falls; two brothers, Nathan (Irene) Stoll of Waunakee, Wis., and Roger (Donna) Stoll of Belleville, Wis;, sister-in-law, Rose Stoll of Carlsbad, Calif.; ten grandchildren; and six-great grandchildren.

He was preceded in death by his wife, Belva, on Aug. 30, 2010; parents; brother; and a grandson.

The visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31, at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. in the funeral home with Pastor Paul Sheley officiating. Cremation will follow the services and private burial will be at Coloma Township Cemetery, Rock Falls.

A memorial has been established in his memory.

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Intake center becomes focus of Ill. crowding

By JOHN O’CONNOR The Associated Press

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Karen Gibbs walks through a labyrinth of icy broken trees and downed power lines Thursday to her home on Maplehurst Drive in Belgrade, Maine.

Residents still without power growing frustrated

By COREY WILLIAMS and DAVID EGGERT The Associated Press EAST LANSING, Mich.

– Staring at a sixth day without power in a house as cold as a refrigerator, a frustrated John Johnson finally was able to borrow a generator from a neighbor Friday.

He “never in a million years” thought his tree-lined city neighborhood near Michigan State University would be without electricity this long. But it could be Sunday or even the middle of next week before the power is back after a weekend ice storm that tore off tree limbs and snuffed out lights from Michigan to Maine and into Canada over the Christmas holiday.

“Hopefully, I make it through without any frozen pipes until the [utility] gets in here,” said Johnson, 63, as he tried setting up the generator to warm up the house above 40 degrees before giving it back to his neighbor.

Michigan bore the brunt of the storm as nearly 600,000

homes and businesses lost power, and as of Friday afternoon, about 60,000 customers remained in the dark. Maine reported almost 12,000 outages and in eastern Canada, nearly 62,000 still hadn’t had their power restored, including 33,000 in Toronto.

Tens of thousands of Michigan residents like Johnson are the unlucky ones still waiting. Some have abandoned their homes to stay elsewhere. Others are riding it out, either by choice – not wanting to leave pets or unattended houses – or because they have nowhere else to go.

Their Christmas plans were ruined or inconvenienced, and now their frustration is boiling over. They know the storm was bad and appreciate the around-theclock efforts of line crews, but in East Lansing, for instance, residents are questioning the response by the local municipal utility.

“Where’s the money going? The money we pay in power bills, the money that they spend to cut these trees

down to keep the power lines open doesn’t seem to really be working, in my mind,” said Jon Irvin, 35.

Irvin drove an hour north to Mount Pleasant on Sunday to buy a $500 generator after he couldn’t find any in the Lansing area. It powers his furnace and a few lights.

“We couldn’t really afford it but we did it anyway,” he said. “Every day, it’s been a better and better purchase.”

Anger also was building in Surry, Maine, where one Bangor Hydro customer approached a line crew and then made a threatening phone call Thursday after learning the crew wasn’t working on the circuit necessary to restore his power. The utility temporarily had the crew leave the area until police investigated. No charges will be filed against the man, state police said.

In Lansing, Mich., police were investigating at least two burglaries at homes where the occupants left after their power went out, according to news reports.

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The debate over prison crowding has reached a fever pitch in recent years.

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Police file on Newtown yields chilling portrait

By JOHN CHRISTOFFERSEN The Associated Press NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Connecticut police released thousands of pages Friday from their investigation into the Newtown massacre, providing the most detailed and disturbing picture yet of the rampage and Adam Lanza’s fascination with murder, while also depicting school employees’ brave and clear-headed attempts to protect the children.

Included in the file were photographs of the home the 20-year-old Lanza shared with his mother. They show numerous rounds of ammunition, gun magazines, shot-up paper targets, gun cases, shooting earplugs and a gun safe with a rifle in it.

A former teacher of Lanza’s was quoted as telling investigators that Lanza exhibited anti-social behavior, rarely interacted with other students and obsessed in writings “about battles, destruction and war.”

“In all my years of experience, I have known [redacted] grade boys to talk about things like this, but Adam’s level of violence was disturbing,” the teacher told investigators. “Adam’s

Military sex assault reports up

By LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The number of reported sexual assaults across the military shot up by more than 50 percent this year, an increase that defense officials say may suggest that victims are becoming more willing to come forward after a tumultuous year of scandals that shined a spotlight on the crimes and put pressure on the military to take aggressive action.

A string of high-profile assaults and arrests triggered outrage in Congress and set off months of debate over how to change the military justice system, while military leaders launched a series of new programs intended to beef up accountability and encourage victims to come forward.

According to early data obtained by The Associated Press, there were more than 5,000 reports of sexual assault filed during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, compared to the 3,374 in 2012. Of those 2013 reports, about 10 percent involved incidents that occurred before the victim got into the military, up from just 4 percent only a year ago.

That increase, officials said, suggests that confidence in the system is growing and that victims are more willing to come forward.

Asked about the preliminary data, defense officials were cautious in their conclusions. But they said surveys, focus groups and repeated meetings with service members throughout the year suggest that the number of actual incidents – from unwanted sexual contact and harassment to violent assaults – has remained largely steady.

“Given the multiple data points, we assess that this is more reporting,” said Col. Alan R. Metzler, deputy director of the Pentagon’s sexual assault prevention and response office.

He also noted that more victims are agreeing to make official complaints, rather than simply seeking medical care without filing formal accusations.

The military has long struggled to get victims to report sexual harassment and assault in a stern military culture that emphasizes rank, loyalty and toughness.

Too often, victims have complained that they were afraid to report assaults to ranking officers, or that their initial complaints were rebuffed or ignored.

As a result, the crime has been vastly underreported – a fact that became evident when officials announced earlier this year that an anonymous survey had revealed that about 26,000 service members reported some type of unwanted sexual contact or sexual assault.

creative writing was so graphic that it could not be shared.”

The documents’ release marks the end of the investigation into the Dec. 14, 2012, shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School that left 20 first-graders and six educators dead.

Lanza went to the school after killing his mother, Nancy, inside their home.

He committed suicide with a handgun as police arrived at the school.

The documents also fill in more details about how the shooting unfolded and how staff members looked out for the youngsters.

Teachers heard janitor Rick Thorne try to get Lanza to leave the school. One teacher, who was hiding in a closet in the math lab, heard Thorne yell, “Put the gun down!” An aide said she heard gunfire, and Thorne told her to close her door. Thorne survived.

Teacher Kaitlin Roig told police she heard “rapid-fire shooting” outside of the school, near her classroom. She rushed her students into the classroom’s bathroom, pulled a rolling storage unit in front of the bathroom door as a barricade and then closed and locked the door.

She heard a voice say, “Oh, please,

no. Please, no.” Eventually, police officers slid their badges under the bathroom door. Roig refused to come out and told them that if they were truly police, they should be able to get the key to the door – which they did.

Others weren’t so lucky.

Police Lt. Christopher Vanghele said he and another officer found what appeared to be about 15 bodies, mostly children, packed in another bathroom “like sardines.” So many people had tried to cram inside the bathroom that the door couldn’t be closed, and the shooter gunned them all down, Vanghele surmised.

The paperwork, photos and videos were heavily blacked out to protect the names of children and to withhold some of the more grisly details of the crime.

In a letter accompanying the files, Reuben F. Bradford, commissioner of the state Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection, wrote that much of the report was disturbing but that it also showed teachers trying to protect their children, law enforcement officials putting themselves in harm’s way and dispatchers working calmly and efficiently.

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A makeshift memorial with crosses for the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre stands outside a home Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn., the one-year anniversary of the shootings.

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“The process is extremely cumbersome, but I think it’s necessary.”

Dick Cochran

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Owner of a home where a renter was charged with making meth

MEMPHIS, Tenn. – A tall man and a slender woman wiggled into their white hazardous materials suits, putting on protective masks and gloves before venturing into the dark, two-story home where police say a methamphetamine lab recently exploded.

Gary Siebenschuh and a helper used a yellow photo ionization detector to measure for meth residue, maneuvering around debris and a hole in the roof caused by the Nov. 6 fire that injured a young child. They took wipe samples of walls, ducts, window sills and other parts of the home, later sending them to a lab to be analyzed.

“The process is extremely cumbersome, but I think it’s necessary,” said Dick Cochran, owner of the Memphis home where a renter was charged with making meth and causing the fire and explosion. He hired Siebenschuh to inspect the property.

“You don’t know how bad a house can be contaminated,” Cochran said.

Tens of thousands of houses have been used as meth labs the last decade, and a cottage industry is develop-

maneuver around scattered debris and a burned-out shell of a second floor and attic.

“You do testing in the front end so we can find out how much meth is there,” said Siebenschuh, whose company, G7 Environmental Services, also does testing for asbestos, mold and other contaminates.

“Then the homeowner hires a contractor, and then he cleans it up.”

Despite laws requiring landlords to disclose if meth had been made on a property, experts say such disclosures often don’t happen and there are many people living in contaminated homes nationwide.

Exposure to meth residue can cause respiratory problems, and health officials say meth homes pose a threat to public safety. For example, squatters may enter abandoned homes, and children play around them.

In the past decade, tens of thousands of homes have been used to cook meth, according to federal data. About 25 states have laws related to meth cleanup. Some states, such as Indiana, Kentucky and Tennessee, place meth homes on quarantine lists.

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However, there is little oversight of the growing industry in most states, opening the door for potential malfeasance. And some homeowners are often reluctant to pay thousands of dollars to make a property safe, so many houses simply don’t get cleaned for years, exposing residents and sometimes even neighbors to harmful chemicals.

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About $250K in TIF funds available to rehab building • KIRKLAND Continued from page A1 Village trustee John Pierce serves on the committee as the liaison with the Village Board.

Public works employee Dale Miller is the chairman. Other committee members are Emily Harvel, Wayne Johnson and Jamie Bellah, who is the village president’s daughter-inlaw.

Pierce said the next step is to clean out the fixtures – shelves, coolers and other equipment – left behind.

“We’ve talked about getting an auctioneer in here to auction off the shelves and coolers,” Pierce said.

Once that is complete, Pierce said the committee can get some professional assistance to prioritize what needs to be done to bring the building up to code.

“It looks pretty bad, but the building appears to be structurally sound,” Pierce said.

Although TIF funds cannot be used to purchase property, Bellah said the village has

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Kirkland Village Board Trustee John Pierce (left) and Village President Les Bellah discuss the former Kirkland Super Market on Dec. 19. about $250,000 available in TIF funds to rehabilitate the building.

Included in Kirkland’s TIF district is the downtown busi-

ness district. Bellah said TIF funds have been used for a variety of projects around the community, but the most visible are the sidewalk and lighting

improvements to Main Street.

TIF districts are a special mechanism local governments can use to spur development in blighted areas. As develop-

ment occurs and property values rise, increased property tax revenue is diverted to a special account that can be used for improvements for 23 years.

Bellah said only four years remain for the community’s TIF district.

“If the money isn’t spent, we have to rebate it to the property owners, but if it’s earmarked for a project, we can use it,” Bellah said.

Neither Pierce nor Bellah had an estimate of when the project might be complete.

“We can’t go so fast that we’ll screw it up,” Bellah said.

By the time the building is ready to be occupied again, Bellah hopes to have a tenant. He said he will actively recruit a convenience store.

Although he said he wasn’t aware of any other community purchasing a building to renovate, Bellah said it was empty for so long that he believed the board needed to do something.

“There may be someone in DeKalb County looking for this,” Bellah said. “We can’t wait for economic development. We’re being proactive.”

Another 1.9 million people expected to exhaust state benefits before June • UNEMPLOYMENT Continued from page A1 An estimated 1.3 million people will be cut off when the federally funded unemployment payments end today.

About 214,000 Californians will lose their payments, a figure expected to rise to more than a half-million by June, the Labor Department said.

In the past 12 months, Californians received $4.5 billion in federal jobless benefits, much of it plowed back into the local economy.

More than 127,000 New Yorkers also will be cut off this weekend. In New Jersey,

11th among states in population, 90,000 people will immediately lose out.

Started under President George W. Bush, the benefits were designed as a cushion for the millions of U.S. citizens who lost their jobs in a recession and failed to find new ones while receiving state jobless benefits, which in most states expire after six months.

Another 1.9 million people across the country are expected to exhaust their state benefits before the end of June.

But Obama has no quick fix.

He hailed this month’s two-year budget agreement as a breakthrough of bipartisan cooperation while his

administration works with Democratic allies in the House and Senate to revive an extension of jobless benefits for those unemployed more than six months.

The Obama administration says those payments have kept 11.4 million people out of poverty and benefited almost 17 million children.

The cost of them since 2008 has totaled $225 billion.

At the depth of the recession, laid-off workers could qualify for up to 99 weeks of benefits, including the initial 26 weeks provided by states.

The most recent extension allowed a total of up to 73 weeks, depending on the state.

Restoring up to 47 extra

weeks of benefits through 2014 would cost $19 billion, according to the Congressional Budget office.

House Democrats led by Reps. Sander Levin of Michigan and Chris Van Hollen of Maryland sought to include an extension through March by offsetting the costs with potential farm bill savings.

They were rebuffed.

Senate Democrats and some Republicans plan another push in 2014. Sens. Jack Reed, D-R.I., and Dean Heller, R-Nev., have introduced a bill offering a similar threemonth extension, and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., has promised to bring it up. But as with much in Congress, an extension is no

sure thing.

In phone calls Friday, Obama told Reed and Heller he was glad they were working together to address the problem. “It defies economic sense, precedent and our values,” Obama economic adviser Gene Sperling said in a statement.

House Speaker John Boehner spoke with Obama about an extension earlier this month. Boehner and said his caucus would consider the possibility “as long as it’s paid for and as long as there are other efforts that will help get our economy moving once again.”

He said White House has yet to introduce a plan that meets his standards.

Expansion of Suter Co.’s location also a highlight • SYCAMORE Continued from page A1 children and they’re downtown learning about the community but not having to spend a lot of money.”

Besides hoping for jobs in the area, Mundy said he wants to see more people stop commuting to Sycamore and find a way to live there.

“It’s a life-changer for people who can do that,” he said.

Sycamore City Manager Brian Gregory said some of the highlights of local businesses was the expansion of Suter Co.’s location on May Street and the construction of Casey’s gas station and convenience store on Peace Road on the city’s north side. The station has been open since October.

Another was the street maintenance program.

Sycamore entered its sixth year running a summer street maintenance program and will soon complete the expansion of Bethany Road to three lanes between Peace and Somonauk roads.

“We’ve continued our commitment to infrastructure,” he said.

Treml said she thinks the prosperity the city and the county are seeing will continue into 2014. Although the national economy is sluggish, Sycamore and the county has managed to be luckier.

“I go back to good leadership in our local [and] county government and business leaders,” she said.

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8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Thumbs up to Goodfellows

Teenagers growing up at warp speed Note to readers: Bill O’Reilly is on vacation. This column originally appeared in December 2012.

Back in the 1950s, “Little Joe Cartwright” starred in a movie called “I Was a Teenage Werewolf.” That’s right, after seeing a full moon, Michael Landon ran around a public high school foaming at the mouth and pretty much out of control. Since there was little difference between his behavior and that of the normal students, he got away with it for two semesters.

As I watched the film, I remember thinking that it was going to be tough for Landon to get into college with that on his resume.

But then the 1960s happened, so that was that.

This brings me to the present. My life these days is largely confronting political and social madness on television and then going home to deal with teenage drama from an almost-14-year-old girl.

I vaguely remember being 14, because I was ensconced in a Catholic high school that gave out homework assignments like they were M&M’s. Believe me, I had plenty of angst. But nobody paid much attention to it.

Like today, many teenagers back then brooded full time. Check out James Dean, an outstandingly cloudy guy. But now

VIEWS Bill O’Reilly teens have two things that embolden their disenchantment: the Internet and permissive parents.

Earlier this week, I was encouraging my urchins to speed it up because the bus was coming.

“I can’t go faster ’cause you’re staring at me,” the teen wailed.

“I’m not staring at you. I just came into the room.”

“But I can see you!”

You get the idea. My daughter also did not want to wear anything that covered her legs – even though it was 39 degrees outside.

She wanted to wear shorts. At that point, I started wishing she’d turn into a werewolf.

At least the fur would keep her warm.

But it is the Internet that is truly changing the teenage dynamic in America.

It used to be that teenagers would hang out together and swap stories of woe. I remember seeing Billy Joel and his crew at stores on Levittown Parkway.

They were just slouching around the same as my guys were. Just being with other

teenagers was comforting, but we actually had to leave our houses to do that. Now, teens can gang-brood from their rooms on the Net. Because nearly every awful occurrence is highlighted on various Facebook pages, teenagers now find it easier to justify their own craziness. “How can you criticize me for getting a C when Shelley got all F’s and crashed her dad’s car?” That kind of thing.

Nothing is private anymore. Teenagers are subjected to (and some participate in) incredibly destructive behavior online.

And parents have few options. Even if you ban home computers, handheld devices are all over the place. You’d have to put a full-time bodyguard on the child in order to provide complete protection.

In the end, all parents can do is try their best to impose a sense of responsibility on their kids. But don’t expect any appreciation, and be watchful at all times. Kids today are growing up at warp speed; the machines march them into adulthood way before they’re ready.

Even with fangs, Landon had it easier.

• Veteran TV news anchor Bill O’Reilly is host of the Fox News show “The O’Reilly Factor” and author of many books, including the newly released “Killing Jesus.”

8VIEWS

Understanding super-sized myths about obesity

By DEBORAH COHEN The Washington Post The obesity epidemic is among the most critical health issues facing the United States.

Although it has generated a lot of attention and calls for solutions, it also has served up a super-sized portion of myths and misunderstandings.

1. If you’re obese, you can blame your genes.

As obesity rates have soared, some researchers have focused on individuals’ genetic predisposition for gaining weight. Yet, between 1980 and 2000, the number of Americans who are obese has doubled – too quickly for genetic factors to be responsible.

So why do we eat more than we need? The simple answer: Because we can. At home and at restaurants, a dollar puts more calories on our plates than ever before. Before World War II, the average family spent as much as 25 percent of its total income on food – in 2011, it was 9.8 percent.

And people eat out now more than in the past.

In 1966, the average family spent 31 percent of its food budget dining away from home – in 2011, it was 49 percent. Because restaurant meals usually have more calories than what we prepare at home, people who eat out more frequently have higher rates of obesity than those who eat out less.

2. If you’re obese, you lack self-control.

According to a 2006 study,

“research on restrained eating has proven that in most circumstances dieting is not a feasible strategy.” In other words: People won’t lose weight by trying to eat less because they can’t easily control themselves. Unfortunately, this puritanical view of personal resolve plays down how our surroundings and mental state determine what we eat.

Research shows that if we are overwhelmed with too much information or preoccupied, we have a tendency to surrender to poor dietary choices. Our world has become so rich in temptation that we can be led to consume too much in ways we can’t understand.

Even the most vigilant may not be up to the task of controlling their impulses.

3. Lack of access to fresh fruits and vegetables is responsible for the obesity epidemic.

The Obama administration’s Healthy Food Financing Initiative is meant to help low-income communities that lack access to fresh food. Although the Department of Agriculture estimates that fewer than 5 percent of Americans live in these “food deserts,” about 65 percent of the nation’s population is overweight or obese.

For most of us, obesity is not related to access to more nutritious foods, but rather to the choices we make in convenience stores and supermarkets where junk-food marketing dominates.

Obesity is usually the consequence of eating too much junk

food and consuming portions that are too large. People may head to the produce section of their grocery store with the best intentions, only to be confronted by candy at the cash register and chips and soda at the end of aisles. Approximately 30 percent of all supermarket sales are from such end-of-aisle locations.

4. The problem is not that we eat too much, but that we are too sedentary.

First lady Michelle Obama’s “Let’s Move” campaign is based on the idea that if kids exercised more, childhood obesity rates would decline. But according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there was no significant decrease in physical activity levels as obesity rates climbed in the 1980s and 1990s. In fact, although a drop in work-related physical activity may account for up to 100 fewer calories burned, leisure physical activity appears to have increased, and Americans keep tipping the scales.

There is compelling evidence that the increase in calories consumed explains the rise in obesity. The National Health and Nutrition Examination found that people consume, on average, more than 500 more calories per day now than they did in the late 1970s, before obesity rates accelerated. That’s like having a Christmas dinner twice a week or more.

5. We can conquer obesity through better education about diet and nutrition.

According to a physicians’ health study, 44 percent of male doctors are overweight. A study by the University of Maryland School of Nursing found that 55 percent of nurses surveyed were overweight or obese. If people who provide health care cannot control their weight, why would nutrition education alone make a difference for others?

Even with more information about food, extra-large portions and sophisticated marketing messages undermine our ability to limit how much we consume.

Consider Americans’ alcohol consumption: Only licensed establishments can sell spirits to people older than 21, and no alcohol can be sold in vending machines. Yet there are very few standards or regulations to protect Americans from overeating.

If Americans did not live in a world filled with buffets, cheap fast food, soft drinks with corn syrup, and too many foods with excess fat, salt and sugar, the incidence of obesity, heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes probably would plummet.

Education can help, but what’s really needed is regulation – for example, limits on marketing that caters to our addiction to sugar and fat.

• Cohen is a senior natural scientist at the Rand Corp. and the author of the forthcoming book “A Big Fat Crisis: The Hidden Forces Behind the Obesity Epidemic and How We Can End It.”

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Thumbs up: To the Goodfellows, who not only distributed gifts Tuesday to about 900 local children but are expanding their efforts to Genoa. Genoa volunteers Pat and Georgeann Felvey, who are working with Genoa residents Bart Lawson and Katie Appleby, have shadowed the organizers all season in preparation for a Goodfellows kickoff in their community in 2014. We wish them well in expanding this worthwhile effort to spread Christmas cheer to those in need.

Thumbs up: To local firefighters and police who worked on Christmas Day. The DeKalb firefighters prepared a holiday meal at their three stations and took it to the new DeKalb police station to share. Meanwhile, at least one Sycamore firefighter celebrated Christmas with his family early; the children wrote Santa a letter requesting an early delivery on Christmas Eve because Dad had to work the next day. We appreciate the sacrifices our first-responders make, as well as their families who still find ways to make the holidays special.

Thumbs up: To another season at the community ice rink in Genoa. Volunteers worked last weekend to set up the rink in the 100 block of North Genoa Street. The Genoa-Kingston Fire Department filled the 50-by-100 foot rink with water, and pennants will fly near the rink when the ice is safe for skating. Folks can borrow skates for free at Heartland Bank, 327 W. Main St., Genoa. For information, visit genoamainstreet.com or call 815-7846961.

Thumbs down: To Gov. Pat Quinn’s “do as I say, not as I do” attitude on term limits for elected officials. Although he pushed for limits with an intiative he called “Eight is Enough” in the 1990s, now that he’s running for his second full term as governor, it’s a different story. Quinn said there would have to be a constitutional amendment passed before he would limit himself.

“I believe in term limits, but when they’re passed. ... I think that’s the only fair way to go,” Quinn told AP this week. If the governor believes term limits are good for government, why not apply them to himself whether they’re the law or not? To whom is that “not fair”?

Thumbs up: To Maple Park police, who met their goal by collecting more than $63,000 for the Law Enforcement Torch Run For Special Olympics – the most of any law enforcement agency in the state. The seven officers of the Maple Park force were helped by Colleen MacRunnels, an Elburn resident who helped the Illinois Department of Corrections with its Torch Run fundraising when she worked for that agency. Police Chief Mike Acosta said next year’s goal would be to raise the largest amount in state history – which would require raising another $13,000. Great work by those who helped raise money to benefit athletes who participate in Special Olympics.

Thumbs up: To one man’s mission to prevent cold feet. When Tom McNamara of Crystal Lake retired from teaching, he traded his house for an RV he drives around the country, delivering clean, dry socks to the homeless. “All our other organizations do a great job, but they get jackets, hats, scarves, gloves; we forget socks,” McNamara said. “You hand them a pair of socks and they are jumping for joy.”

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Modest 15 cents a gallon A major federal program is on desperate financial footing. It’s too important and popular to cut drastically.

But a combination of changing social patterns, technological innovation and bad policy design has thrown its accounts far out of balance, and it has begun to eat into general spending that should go to other national priorities.

The program is the federal Highway Trust Fund, which pays about half the yearly tab to build and maintain the nation’s roads, bridges and rails. At the moment, the loudest advocate for fixing it responsibly is a liberal Democrat, Rep. Earl Blumenauer of Oregon.

This month, Blumenauer proposed two bills meant to refill the fund based on the simple, unassailable principle that those who use the roads should pay for them. The measures are backed by a broad coalition of business and labor groups, and they are sensible. That and $3.40 will buy you a gallon of gasoline.

Traditionally, Congress filled the fund with revenue from the federal gasoline tax. Because the amount of gasoline used corresponded with wear and tear of the roads, lawmakers saw a natural fit, and Republicans and Democrats repeatedly raised the tax as needs arose.

Until 1993, that is – the last time Congress raised the 18.4 cent-a-gallon tax.

Since then, inflation has cut away about a third of the value of the revenue that the gas tax generates.

Americans also are driving more fuel-efficient cars.

The combination of congressional inaction and changing consumer habits has depleted the fund, which will be broke in a couple of years. Lawmakers will have to address that problem when they reauthorize transportation policy next year.

One Blumenauer bill would raise the tax by a modest 15 cents over the next three years, and then index it to inflation. That would raise about $170 billion over a decade, he reckons. If anything, the hike should be higher.

In addition to raising transportation revenue, a higher gas tax would combat many negative effects of gasoline consumption, such as greenhouse gas emissions and illness-inducing air pollution.

Still, in the era of the hybrid vehicle, a gas tax will become decreasingly useful.

So Blumenauer’s second bill would promote a more controversial way to pay for transportation infrastructure: taxes on the number of miles people drive.

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7-DAY FORECAST

Temperatures will turn milder on Saturday as southwest winds will gust past 20 mph throughout the day. Sunshine will mix with some clouds. But, dry weather is expected across the area.

Temperatures could actually approach 50 degrees in southern parts of the area.

A big temperature drop is expected by early next week.

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Rather cloudy, snow showers; colder

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Rockford 40/24

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Dixon 40/24

What major U.S. city has the most days with subzero (F) temperatures?

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La Salle 46/23

Evanston 46/29 Chicago 46/30

Aurora 46/24

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Arlington Heights 42/27

DeKalb 44/24

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Fairbanks, Alaska.

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Lake Geneva 35/22

Streator 49/27

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Sunset tonight ............................. 4:31 p.m.

Moonrise today ............................ 2:56 a.m.

Moonset today ............................ 1:23 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 7:22 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 4:32 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow ................... 4:03 a.m.

Moonset tomorrow ................... 2:11 p.m.

Kenosha 36/24

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Peoria 49/26

Watseka 49/30

Pontiac 49/29

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SECTION B Saturday, December 28, 2013 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

8 Genoa-Kingston soccer takes fourth at state

After losing their two starting forwards from a year ago, the Cogs made a surprise run to the state finals for the first time in program history.

Genoa-Kingston relied on an improved defense and took home the first sectional and supersectional titles for G-K soccer.

7 Chessick Practice Center debuts

NIU football will no longer have to rent out the DeKalb rec center for bowl practices moving forward. In October, the long-awaited Chessick Practice Center opened for practices and will be used by all NIU athletic teams. The facility also served as a warm-up field for high school teams at the football state championships on Thanksgiving weekend.

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Syracuse rallies past Minnesota HOUSTON – Terrel Hunt scrambled 12 yards for a touchdown with 1:14 remaining to lift Syracuse to a 21-17 win over Minnesota in the Texas Bowl on Friday night.

Brisly Estime set up Hunt’s touchdown with a 70-yard punt return. Estime would have scored if not for a tackle by punter Peter Mortell. It was the second-longest punt return in Texas Bowl history.

Syracuse (7-6) led 14-3 entering the fourth quarter before Mitch Leidner threw two touchdown passes and a 2-point conversion to put the Golden Gophers up 17-14.

After the Orange regained the lead, Minnesota attempted two long passes to the end zone on the final plays. The first slipped through the arms of Drew Wolitarsky and the final Hail Mary as time expired was knocked down near the end zone.

Minnesota (8-5) got a boost to start the second half when coach Jerry Kill returned to the sideline for the first time since Sept. 28 before Syracuse rallied for the victory.

Hunt finished with 188 yards passing and 74 rushing with two scores.

he past year in DeKalb County sports gave us another series of unforgettable finishes and exhilirating games. Numerous champions were crowned at the conference and regional level while three individuals became Illinois state champions.

A solid case can be even made that both high school and Northern Illinois football have never been better than they were in 2013.

Here are our top 10 moments from the past calendar year:

DeKalb, Genoa-Kingston break football playoff droughts Both teams had missed the postseason in 2011 and 2012, but each had a chance to end the droughts entering Week 9 with a 4-4 record. The Cogs and Barbs both came through with wins to get into the playoffs for the first time in three years.

9 Sean Frazier hired as new NIU athletic director

Jeff Compher left for East Carolina, but NIU looks to have made a solid hire in Sean Frazier. Already Frazier has made changes to the football gameday atmosphere, future nonconference schedules and improvements in the town-gown relations.

6 Sycamore wrestling places three on medal stand

A trio of Sycamore wrestlers made the podium at the individual state championships last winter. Kyle Akins became the second Spartan to win an individual championship, capturing the title at 113 pounds. Austin Culton, now at NIU, took second place at 145 pounds while Jake Davis finished third at 195 pounds.

5 Jasmine Brown, Dion Hooker win track state titles

Both Brown and Hooker were favorites to win a state championship after getting to the state finals the year before. DeKalb’s Brown, now at Western Illinois, was dominant all season in the triple jump and won with a mark of 39 feet, 11.75 inches. She also took third in the long jump.

Sycamore’s Hooker, then a sophomore, ran 22.23 in the 200-meter dash to win and also took sixth in the 100. He’ll be favored to repeat and could possibly be in position to double up.

See TOP 10, page B8

CHUCK DAYTON TOURNAMENT

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com eKALB – The DeKalb boys basketball team’s crunch-time lineup during Friday’s Chuck Dayton Tournament finale Friday consisted of three sophomores, two juniors and just one player who was in the varsity rotation last season.

So, it wasn’t surprising that the Barbs were inconsistent and squandered a few big leads.

But in the end, the young DeKalb team closed out the Maple Leafs in a 73-69 overtime win, in which four Barbs scored in double digits.

“We just fell apart, but we picked it up,” junior Jace Kitchen said. “We hung onto it, and that’s all that matters, that we got the win. … From the first game, you can tell the difference with how we work together, because we’ve figured out what we’re strong with, who should be doing what and what our personnel should be, so it’s good to know where kids are strong.”

Three players on the floor during the last few minutes of regulation and most of overtime played on the freshman team last season, when coach Dave Rohlman decided against moving the trio of Luke Davis III, Michael Pollack and Ethan Conroy to the sophomore team.

The learning process has been steep this season, but the Barbs showed just how much they’ve progressed by closing out Geneseo (6-8) by virtue of a 7-1 run to start the overtime period. Davis scored 15 points in the win and was named to the all-tournament team. Kitchen led the Barbs (5-9) with 21, while Rudy Lopez added 15 and Pollack scored 10.

“We’re making progress,” Rohlman said. “I try to remember at times when I get frustrated that we have guys that don’t have any [varsity] minutes.”

D

Military Bowl – Marshall 31, Maryland 20: At Annapolis,

Md., Rakeem Cato threw for 337 yards and three touchdowns, and Marshall used two fourth-quarter scores to rally past Maryland.

The Thundering Herd (10-4) trailed, 20-17, before Cato brought them back. After directing a 63-yard march to put Marshall up 24-20 with 12:05 left, Cato clinched it with an 8-yard touchdown throw to Gator Hoskins with 3:42 to play.

Cato completed 28 of 44 passes – with no interceptions – to help Marshall reach double digits in wins for the first time since 2002. The Thundering Herd came in averaging 43 points a game, but its underappreciated defense played a huge role in this one.

Maryland (7-6) scored only one touchdown after halftime, and A.J. Leggett followed Cato’s final TD pass with an interception to set off a celebration among the huge gathering of Marshall fans among the crowd of 30,163. e – Wire reports

8WHAT TO WATCH

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

DeKalb’s Jace Kitchen attempts two points Friday in the third quarter of a Chuck Dayton Tournament game against Geneseo. The Barbs won, 73-69.

Women’s hockey United States vs. Canada, 3 p.m., NBCSN The United States takes on archrival Canada in St. Paul, Minn., in an Olympic exhibition game. The last meeting between these teams Dec. 20 included a brawl in the final seconds that resulted in 10 fighting majors.

See the weekend TV schedule on page B2.

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BOYS BASKETBALL: PLANO CHRISTMAS CLASSIC: SANDWICH 78, HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK 70 (3OT)

Phillips sets tournament record in loss to Indians

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com PLANO – Going into its consolation semifinal game against Sandwich, Hinckley-Big Rock junior Eric Phillips had no idea what was going unfold.

Phillips poured in a Plano Christmas Classic single-game record 44 points in a triple overtime thriller that saw the Royals fall to Sandwich, 78-70.

It was actually the second time the record was broken Friday, as Mendota’s James Carroll dropped 42 points in a win over Forreston earlier in the day. One of the previous two record-holders was Kaneland graduate, former Northern Illinois wide receiver and current Western Michigan

football coach P.J. Fleck, who had 40 points against Sandwich in the late 1990s.

“I was just in a groove. They were feeding me the ball and calling plays for me so I was just trying to do whatever I could to get the win,” said Phillips, who knocked down seven 3-pointers.

H-BR head coach Bill Sambrookes said that Phillips was going to heat up sooner rather than later.

“Eric has been struggling but he found his touch today. I kept telling him, ‘you are going to start getting on fire and your touch is going to come’ and he got it today,” Sambrookes said.

“He was getting to the basket and feeling it from the outside.”

Phillips scored 19 points in the first half, added two more 3-pointers in the

third quarter, and finished regulation with 33 points. He poured in seven more in the first overtime period and four points in the third overtime.

“I think it is one of the best individual performances this school has ever seen from a boys basketball player,” Sambrookes said.

H-BR led for most of the first half, but the Indians took over in the second. A resilient Royals team came back after trailing by seven after a Sandwich 17-3 run opened the second half. A couple of turnovers from both sides late saw the game go to overtime.

The first overtime period concluded when Philips’ 3-pointer at the buzzer was blocked.

In the second overtime, H-BR trailed by two with 20 seconds re-

maining.

Phillips launched a 3 from deep but missed the rim completely. Fortunately for the Royals, Tyler Runge caught the airball and tied the game with a putback as time expired.

“I thought is was over right then.

But luckily Tyler pulled through for us,” Phillips said.

In the final overtime period, H-BR was outscored 15-7 and the Sandwich’s final eight points came from the freethrow line.

Dutch Schneeman finished in double figures for the Royals with 10 points and Jacob Ryan chipped in with five.

The Royals will face Little Ten rival Indian Creek for 19th place at 1:30 p.m. Monday. The T’wolves lost, 65-49, to Streator on Friday night.

SPORTS

Page B2 • Saturday, December 28, 2013

8PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys Basketball

Kaneland vs. Geneva at United Center, 2 p.m.

Marengo at Genoa-Kingston, 7:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Indian Creek at Woodstock, 1:15 p.m.

Rockford Boylan at DeKalb, 2:30 p.m.

MONDAY Boys Basketball

Milledgeville at Hiawatha, 6:45 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Hiawatha at Alden-Hebron, 6:45 p.m.

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

TUESDAY Boys Basketball

Genoa-Kingston at Sycamore, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball

Hiawatha at Christian Liberty, 6:45 p.m.

DeKalb at Morris, 7 p.m.

Sycamore at Rochelle, 7 p.m.

Yorkville at Kaneland, 7 p.m.

Richmond-Burton at Genoa-Kingston, 7:15 p.m.

Boys Swimming

Oswego East at DeKalb-Sycamore, 5 p.m.

Boys Bowling

Ottawa at DeKalb, 4 p.m.

Girls Bowling

Ottaw at DeKalb, 4 p.m.

Kaneland at Sycamore, 4 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Girls Basketball

Mooseheart at Indian Creek, 6:45 p.m.

Wrestling

Auburn at Genoa-Kingston, 5:30 p.m.

Girls Bowling

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DeKALB WRESTLING

NFL

Low weights come through for Barbs wrestlers at Flavin

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – After breezing through its first two duals with victories against Grayslake North (52-12) and Stagg (48-12) at the Don Flavin Tournament Friday, the DeKalb wrestling team hit a snag, falling behind by 18 points to a Batavia team that was 1-1 in DeKalb’s four-team pool up to that point.

But the deficit didn’t turn out to be an issue.

With their lightest wrestlers coming up last, the Barbs won the last 10 matches for a 48-17 win after Batavia was docked a point for unsportsmanlike conduct.

“It’s no secret, that’s kind of the meat of our lineup there,” DeKalb coach Mike Pater said.

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“Any time you’re down 18-0, it makes you nervous. … We count on those guys to win week-in, and week-out. Just because they’re young doesn’t mean they can’t be leaders and come up and score big points for our team.”

DeKalb’s lineup from 106 pounds to 145 went 21-0 in the three duals on Friday, led by sophomore 120-pounder Brenden McGee’s three pins. Brad Green notched two pins and

a technical fall at 138 pounds, and 126-pounder Parker Stratton and 132-pounder Jackson Montgomery had two pins on the day.

The best part of the Barbs lineup is loaded with young talent. Stratton, McGee, 113-pounder Ulises Jacobo and 106-pounder Alex Ireck are all sophomores. Green, a senior, and Montgomery, a junior, are the veterans of the group.

The key to the young wrestlers’ dominance early on, Stratton said, was an increase in the amount of wrestlers who found their way to the weight room in the offseason.

“We had so many kids, at least 20, in the weight room this summer,” Stratton said, adding that only six or seven would show up to lift the year before. “That helped us all get

bigger and stronger, and all of us grew a lot, too.”

The Barbs lost just 10 of 52 matches on the day.

DeKalb will face Waubonsie Valley in the quarterfinals on Saturday at 11 a.m., and the Barbs will try to come away with the title for the first time in Pater’s six seasons as head coach. At the very least, they’ll try to better last year’s fifthplace finish, while they’ve already made it further than 2011’s 11th place showing.

“We gave a good effort today,” Green said. “It’s not the hardest tournament in the state, but there are definitely some good teams here, and we’d really like to win/ ... I think we can do it if we wrestle to the best of our ability.”

GIRLS BASKETBALL: DEKALB 42, PLAINFIELD EAST 18

Zone defense leads Barbs to win

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com LOMBARD – Chris Davenport describes himself as a man-to-man defense type of coach.

DeKalb’s second-year coach said his team last season was one of the best defensive teams he’s been a part of behind a man-to-man scheme.

This year, however, the Barbs have been better when playing in a zone defense. At the Montini Christmas Tournament Friday morning, that was the case once again, as the Barbs used a first-half zone to hold Plainfield East to just two points before halftime in a 42-18 win.

“I think in our zone we don’t get as tired and our energy’s more in the zone, and we talk a lot more in the zone,” Barbs junior Jasmine Malloy said. “So that helps us a lot.”

DeKalb improved to 8-5 and will play St. Joseph in the fifth-place consolation game at 9:45 a.m. Saturday. The Barbs were able to rebound after losing their first two games of the tournament to Neuqua Valley and Proviso West.

Davenport said his team’s size plays a factor in the zone success, with a player like 6-1 forward Madelyne Johnson who can do a number of things for his team’s defense.

“Maybe our length, we can

go big with it. We can go small and spread it out and try to trap on it,” Davenport said of the zone defense. “I think they’re just more comfortable.”

Sophomore guard Brittney Patrick led the Barbs with 11 points in Friday’s victory.

Malloy added six while Johnson and Alexis Hammond each finished with five. Every single one of DeKalb’s nine players was on the scoresheet.

“It’s good. It’s good that everybody gets to play. We need some confidence,” Davenport said. “Yesterday we lost a basketball game we should have never lost (38-35 to Proviso West). That was probably the roughest day of coaching that

I’ve had in quite awhile, was yesterday. To come out and win today is good, but to have everybody contribute is even better.”

DeKalb went to the manto-man defense in the second half and had some struggles.

Davenport still wants his team to learn to play that type of system.

“We’ve got to be able to play it, and right now we’re struggling in it,” Davenport said. “That’s why we went to it late when the game was obviously in hand, to work on it.

We’ve got to work on it more.

We’ve become more of a zonebased team which is not us and not me.”

Kaneland at LaSalle-Peru, 4 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORT No Jeffery; Marshall, Forte in Pro Bowl Apparently, Alshon Jeffery needed to do more to be selected to the Pro Bowl.

It’s hard to imagine how Jeffery could have done more.

After all, the Bears’ second-year wide receiver has caught 86 passes for 1,341 yards and seven touchdowns this season. And he has one more game to go, Sunday, against the Green Bay Packers.

Only two Bears players were selected to the 2014 Pro Bowl, which had its roster revealed Friday night. Matt Forte and Brandon Marshall will represent the Bears on Jan. 26 at Aloha Stadium in Hawaii.

• Forte: Second career Pro Bowl 2013 stats: 1,229 rushing yards, 7 TDs, 547 receiving yards, 2 TDs • Marshall: Fifth career Pro Bowl 2013 stats: 94 catches, 1,221 receiving yards, 11 TDs

SIU’s Hinson to miss game after son-in-law’s death CARBONDALE – Southern Illinois coach Barry Hinson will miss the Salukis’ road game against Miami (Ohio) on Sunday after the death of his son-inlaw.

Niles Thomason, husband of Hinson’s daughter Tiffany, died unexpectedly while visiting family Wednesday in Carbondale. The Jackson County coroner’s office said Friday the 31-year-old Thomason, who lived in Colorado, died of natural causes.

Hinson made headlines last week for his animated news conference in which he called his players “a bunch of mama’s boys” after a loss at Murray State. He publicly apologized for singling out a player for criticism in his comments.

– Staff, wire reports

PREP ROUNDUP

Sycamore advances to Oswego East championship The Sycamore girls basketball team advanced to the championship of the Oswego East Tournament with a 51-35 win over Proviso East on Friday. Tip-off for today’s championship game is 2:30 p.m.

Bailey Gilbert led Sycamore (9-3) with 23 points while Lauren Goff finished with nine.

“Played our best game of the season and had contributions from a variety of people,” Sycamore coach Brett Goff said.

T’wolves move on to final: Indian Creek defeated Paw Paw, 50-23, at the Amboy

Tournament. The Timberwolves will play for the championship Saturday at 7:30 p.m.

Josie Diehl finished with 16 points and 13 rebounds for the T’wolves. Samantha Mosley had a double-double as well, finishing with 10 points and 10 rebounds.

Knights win at Dixon: Kaneland beat Freeport Aquin, 45-28, at the Dixon Holiday Tournament. Kelly Wallner, Amber Winquist Bailey and Camri Conley each had nine points for the Knights (7-7). Ally VanBogaert added eight.

BOYS BASKETBALL Spartans top Round Lake:

Cogs.

Sycamore beat Round Lake, 89-40, at the E.C. Nichols Tournament in Marengo. The Spartans will play Wauconda for fifth place on Saturday at 4:30 p.m.

BOYS SWIMMING Hein, Schultz earn first-place finishes for co-op: DeKalb se-

Genoa-Kingston finished 1-3 at the Hampshire Dual Tournament, getting its lone win over Roosevelt. The Cogs lost to East Aurora, Dundee-Crown and Hampshire.

Nick Cotham and Brent Dehmlow each went 4-1 for the

niors Ryan Schultz and Daniel Hein each took first place at the Boylan Invite, which was run as a pentathlon (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke, 50 freestyle, 100 breaststroke, 100 freestyle).

Scoring was seperated by class. Hein took first in the sophomore group while Schultz was first among seniors.

DeKalb-Sycamore sophomore Jacob Bjork was second, while Dylan Powers finished second in the junior class.

WGN AHL, Wolves at Lake Erie, noon, WCUU Soccer Premier League, West Bromwich at West Ham, 6:40 a.m., NBCSN Premier League, Manchester United at Norwich, 8:55 a.m., NBCSN Premier League, Sunderland at Cardiff City, 11:30 a.m., NBC Winter sports Olympic trials, speed skating, at Kearns, Utah, 2 p.m., NBC Olympic trials, women’s hockey, United States vs. Canada, at St. Paul, Minn., 3 p.m., NBCSN Women’s college basketball Illinois at Georgia, 3 p.m., CSN SUNDAY’S SCHEDULE Men’s college basketball Canisius at Notre Dame, 4 p.m., ESPNU Chicago St. at Creighton, 4 p.m.

FS1 Tulsa at Maryland, 6 p.m., ESPNU Georgia Tech at Charlotte, 6 p.m., FS1

Pro football Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon, CBS Detroit at Minnesota, noon, Fox TBA, 3:25 p.m., CBS Packers at Bears, 3:25 p.m., Fox Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:30 p.m., NBC Pro hockey AHL, Wolves vs. Charlotte, 4 p.m., WCUU Soccer Premier League, Arsenal at Newcastle, 7:25 a.m., NBCSN Premier League, Liverpool at Chelsea, 9:55 a.m., NBCSN Winter sports Olympic trials, ski jumping and Nordic combined, at Park City, Utah, 12:30 p.m., NBC Olympic trials, speed skating, at Kearns, Utah, 2 p.m., NBC Women’s college basketball Boston College at Providence, 2 p.m., FS1 SMU at Louisville, 2 p.m., ESPNU Cincinnati at UConn, 4 p.m., ESPN

WRESTLING Cogs win one at Hampshire:

8WEEKEND TV SPORTSWATCH TODAY’S SCHEDULE College football Pinstripe Bowl, Rutgers vs. Notre Dame, at Bronx, N.Y., 11 a.m., ESPN Belk Bowl, Cincinnati vs. North Carolina, at Charlotte, N.C., 2:20 p.m., ESPN Russell Athletic Bowl, Miami (Fla.) vs. Louisville, at Orlando, Fla., 5:45 p.m., ESPN Buffalo Wild Wings Bowl, Michigan vs. Kansas St., at Tempe, Ariz., 9:15 p.m., ESPN Men’s college basketball Nebraska at Cincinnati, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Jackson State at Memphis, 11 a.m., ESPNU FIU at Georgetown, 11 a.m., FS1 Illinois-Chicago vs. Illinois at the United Center, 1 p.m., BTN Villanova at Syracuse, 1 p.m., CBS E. Michigan at Duke, 1 p.m., ESPN2 Prairie View A&M at Wisconsin, 1 p.m., ESPNU Samford at Marquette, 1 p.m.,

WPWR St. John’s vs. Columbia, at Brooklyn, N.Y., 1:30 p.m., FS1 Louisville at Kentucky, 3 p.m., CBS Akron at South Carolina, 3 p.m., ESPNU New Orleans at Michigan State, 3:15 p.m., BTN Wake Forest at Xavier, 4 p.m., FS1 Providence at UMass, 5 p.m., ESPNU Holy Cross at Michigan, 5:30 p.m., BTN Old Dominion at Richmond, 5:30 p.m., NBCSN Missouri at NC State, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Santa Clara at Gonzaga, 7 p.m., ESPNU Texas A&M-Corpus Christi at Minnesota, 7:30 p.m., BTN Alabama at UCLA, 9 p.m., ESPN2 Pro basketball Dallas at Bulls, 7 p.m., CSN Pro hockey Blackhawks at St. Louis, 7 p.m.,

NATIONAL CONFERENCE North W L T 8 7 0 7 7 1 7 8 0 4 10 1 East W L T Philadelphia 9 6 0 Dallas 8 7 0 N.Y. Giants 6 9 0 Washington 3 12 0 South W L T x-Carolina 11 4 0 New Orleans 10 5 0 Atlanta 4 11 0 Tampa Bay 4 11 0 West W L T x-Seattle 12 3 0 x-San Francisco11 4 0 Arizona 10 5 0 St. Louis 7 8 0 Bears Green Bay Detroit Minnesota

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Sunday’s Games Green Bay at Bears, 3:25 p.m.

Houston at Tennessee, noon Detroit at Minnesota, noon Carolina at Atlanta, noon Cleveland at Pittsburgh, noon Washington at N.Y. Giants, noon Baltimore at Cincinnati, noon Jacksonville at Indianapolis, noon N.Y. Jets at Miami, noon Denver at Oakland, 3:25 p.m.

Kansas City at San Diego, 3:25 p.m.

St. Louis at Seattle, 3:25 p.m.

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

Tampa Bay at New Orleans, 3:25 p.m.

Buffalo at New England, 3:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

End of regular season

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 23 5 .821 — Detroit 14 17 .452 10½ Bulls 11 16 .407 11½ Cleveland 10 18 .357 13 Milwaukee 6 23 .207 17½ Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 12 15 .444 — Boston 12 17 .414 1 Brooklyn 10 19 .345 3 New York 9 20 .310 4 Philadelphia 8 20 .286 4½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 22 6 .786 — Atlanta 16 13 .552 6½ Charlotte 14 16 .467 9 Washington 12 14 .462 9 Orlando 9 20 .310 13½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 23 7 .767 — Houston 20 11 .645 3½ Dallas 16 13 .552 6½ New Orleans 13 14 .481 8½ Memphis 12 16 .429 10 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Portland 24 5 .828 — Oklahoma City 24 5 .828 — Denver 14 14 .500 9½ Minnesota 14 15 .483 10 Utah 9 23 .281 16½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 20 11 .645 — Phoenix 17 10 .630 1 Golden State 17 13 .567 2½ L.A. Lakers 13 17 .433 6½ Sacramento 8 19 .296 10 Thursday’s Results Atlanta 127, Cleveland 125 (2OT) Houston 100, Memphis 92 San Antonio 116, Dallas 107 L.A. Clippers at Portland, n Friday’s Results Orlando 109, Detroit 92 Oklahoma City 89, Charlotte 85 Toronto 95, New York 83 Brooklyn 104, Milwaukee 93 Minnesota 120, Washington 98 New Orleans 105, Denver 89 Utah 105, L.A. Lakers 103 Miami at Sacramento (n) Phoenix at Golden State (n) Wednesday’s Results Bulls 95, Brooklyn 78 Oklahoma City 123, New York 94 Miami 101, L.A. Lakers 95 Houston 111, San Antonio 98 Golden State 105, L.A. Clippers 103

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division Blackhawks St. Louis Colorado Minnesota Dallas Winnipeg Nashville

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Pacific Division Anaheim Los Angeles San Jose Vancouver Phoenix Calgary Edmonton

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L OT 7 5 9 4 8 6 11 6 10 7 17 6 24 3

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 38 26 10 2 54 111 77 Tampa Bay 37 23 11 3 49 106 87 Montreal 38 22 13 3 47 96 84 Detroit 39 17 13 9 43 99 108 Toronto 40 19 16 5 43 110 116 Ottawa 40 15 18 7 37 111 131 Florida 38 14 19 5 33 88 123 Buffalo 38 10 24 4 24 69 109 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 40 28 11 1 57 125 91 Washington 38 20 14 4 44 120 114 Philadelphia 37 17 16 4 38 93 104 Columbus 38 17 17 4 38 103 107 N.Y. Rangers 39 18 19 2 38 90 105 New Jersey 39 15 16 8 38 93 101 Carolina 38 14 15 9 37 89 109 N.Y. Islanders 38 11 20 7 29 96 129

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Wednesday’s Schedule No games scheduled Thursday’s Schedule No games scheduled Friday’s Results Blackhawks 7, Colorado 2 Columbus 2, New Jersey 1, SO Toronto 4, Buffalo 3, SO Boston 5, Ottawa 0 Washington 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 Pittsburgh 4, Carolina 3, OT Winnipeg 6, Minnesota 4 Nashville at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Edmonton at Calgary, 9 p.m.

San Jose at Phoenix, 9 p.m.

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PREPS

Saturday, December 28, 2013 • Page B3

BOYS BASKETBALL: KANELAND 52, GENOA-KINGSTON 40

Knights bounce back Kaneland coach Brian Johnson was pleased with how is team came out Friday after its loss to Newark on Thursday.

“I am really happy with how we responded after [Thursday],” Johnson said. “Yesterday was a tough loss for us so we wanted to do some big things here but we needed to come back and play strong, and the boys responded really well.”

G-K (8-3) struggled offensively after halftime, going 4-for-22 from the field, with its first field goal not coming until 1:25 left in the third quarter. The Cogs also turned the ball over nine times in the second half.

“We are not valuing the possession at all right now, so we are struggling offensively,” G-K coach Corey Jenkins said.

“The last two games here, it has just been turnover city. We are just not valuing the possession.

We were getting good looks ear-

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com PLANO – After dropping its first game of the Plano Christmas Classic, Kaneland looking to bounce back against Genoa-Kingston Friday afternoon.

Trailing by three at halftime, the Knights jumped out to a 7-0 run to start the third quarter and never relinquished the lead in a 52-40 victory over the Cogs.

“I thought we came out flat in the first half but in the second half, I thought we picked it up,” Kaneland’s Tyler Carlson said. “Every game we are trying to get out to fast starts and try and put ourselves in a good position to win the game.”

Carlson led the Knights (5-3) with 15 points and 12 rebounds. Eleven of Carlson’s 15 points came in the second half with nine coming in the fourth quarter.

ly in the season and right now, we are not getting good looks.

Your percentage isn’t going to be high with the quality of shots that we are getting.”

Kaneland dominated the glass, outrebounding the Cogs 40-22. Johnson said it was a team effort on defense.

“We contested shots and we wanted to make sure that we got a hand in the shooter’s face,” Carlson said.

John Pruett also finished with a double-double for the Knights with 12 points and 13 rebounds. Drew David was also in double figures with 12 points, including three 3-pointers. Kaneland will play Mendota at 2 p.m. today.

For G-K, Tommy Lucca led the way with 13 points. Griffin McNeal chipped in with 10 points and seven rebounds.

The Cogs play Forreston at 10:30 a.m. today.

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DeKalb’s Luke Davis (right) stretches for the hoop Friday in the third quarter of a Chuck Dayton Tournament game against Geneseo in DeKalb. The Barbs won, 73-69.

Barbs unhappy with up and down play • BARBS Continued from page B1 Still, the Barbs were unhappy with their up and down play. DeKalb led 17-3 early behind six points from Davis, but the Maple Leafs came back to tie the game at 29 before DeKalb went into the half with a 31-29 lead.

The Barbs have dealt with issues coming out of halftime this season, but that wasn’t the case in the third quarter, when Kitchen scored five and the Barbs took a 48-38 lead.

Once again, Geneseo came back, using a 9-4 run over the last 3:27 of regulation. Still, the Barbs were able to pull out the win in overtime, when they sank 6 of 8 free throws.

“That game should have been nowhere near as close as that, but we let it all slip away in the second quarter,” Davis said. “We just regrouped and got back together during halftime, and we finished strong. I’m happy with the outcome.”

DeKalb finishes the tournament at 3-2, good for fifth place. Just as importantly, the

young team showed progress and gained varsity experience.

With just a few returners, the Barbs hope the five-game, seven-day tournament is a springboard heading into the second half of the season.

“Every one of these kids is continuing to learn what their role is, and we as a coaching staff need to learn what their roles are,” Rohlman said. “I thought the kids played pretty hard at times. We just kind of panicked there for a little while. … It’s learn by fire I guess.”

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Bears’ passing success boiled down

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com The Bears’ historic success through the air this season can boil down to everyone’s favorite high school subject.

Science.

“There’s a science to it,” Brandon Marshall said Sept. 8, after we saw the debut of the Marc Trestman offense in the Bears’ win over the Bengals. “On that corner route, if I’m supposed to be at a [7-yard split] and I’m at a [6-yard split], I’m going to get coached up on it. … Everything’s a science.”

Before last week’s game in Philadelphia, Marshall returned to the subject of science, which has helped Alshon Jeffery and him to be the top receiving duo in Bears history. Marshall discussed learning from Trestman where – precisely – he was supposed to be on one of Jay Cutler’s interceptions in Cleveland.

“Those are the things that media don’t see or other people don’t really understand, but that’s the science of our football,” he told reporters. “One little thing could ruin a game or potentially our season.”

Wide receivers coach Mike Groh explained what Marshall means when he calls the offense a science.

“It’s just trying to be precise and very technical in what we’re doing,” Groh said Friday. “We’re just trying to make sure we’re analyzing all the movements and where our feet and our hands and our eyes are.”

For Earl Bennett, this offense has made things easier for him on the field. He missed practice this week for family reasons and is questionable for Sunday’s game, but he spoke about it last week.

“By having everything exact, you don’t have to think as much,” he said. “You know what to expect, you know what to run, you know – depending on the coverage – what you’ve got to do to run your route, and it allows you to play fast.”

The precision of the routes facilitates things for the quarterbacks. Cutler’s completion percentage of 63.1 is his highest since 2007. Josh McCown has completed 66.5 percent of his passes, well above his career average.

“I think we’re very specific,” Groh said about what sets the Bears’ route running apart. “We try not to leave a lot of room for improvisation because it’s dictated on the rhythm of the quarterback and him knowing where everybody’s going to be and then where they’re supposed to be when they’re supposed to be there.”

“When you’re running, you’re like ‘5 yards this, if the ’backer does that, I’ve got X, Y, Z.’ ” Bennett said, describing the in-route thought process. “It just allows you to play fast because you know where you need to be and the quarterback is expecting you to be there.”

Pay attention to precision in science class, kids,

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especially future wide receivers.

The Bears are 128 gross passing yards and 73 net yards gained away from franchise records. The 30 passing touchdowns and collective 96.5 passer rating are both team records.

“We try to take all the guesswork out of it and be very specific with what we teach, so everybody knows where everybody is supposed to be,” Groh said.

“When you’re a yard or two off, then we point it out, because that’s not where the quarterback expects you to be. At this level, it’s a very fine line between a completion and an incompletion. We’re trying to make it a higher percentage that we’ll get a completion.”

Bennett called it “one of the best systems that I’ve played in since I’ve been playing, and I love it.” If the Bears make the playoffs, most of the thanks will go to the offense, and the science and precision that come with it.

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Bears’ rushing offense vs. Packers’ rushing defense Matt Forte rushed 13 times for 83 yards (6.4-yard average) after halftime against the Packers in Week 9. Even Michael Bush had a couple of nice runs to help churn the clock. Green Bay is 26th against the run and allows 4.6 yards a carry. After the debacle in Philadelphia, look for the Bears to get the ground game going Sunday against A.J. Hawk, B.J. Raji and company.

Edge: Bears Bears’ passing offense vs. Packers’ passing defense Going against the Packers: No Clay Matthews, 28 passing touchdowns allowed and an opposing passer rating of 95.5. Also, having to contend with Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery. On the side of Green Bay, though, is the fact that Jay Cutler has thrown nine touchdowns and 16 interceptions against the Packers in eight games, good for a rating of 61.5. Still, he never played against them with this offense.

Edge: Bears

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Packers’ rushing offense vs. Bears’ rushing defense Whether or not Eddie Lacy is at 100 percent doesn’t mean a whole lot against the Bears’ run defense, or whatever that is that tries to defend the run. Remember, James Starks had a 32-yard touchdown run in Week 9. So if it’s Starks, John Kuhn or Lacy, chances are someone in Green and Gold will run wild against the league’s worst run defense. Maybe a healthier Lance Briggs helps, but not enough.

Edge: Packers Packers’ passing offense vs. Bears’ passing defense Aaron Rodgers may show a little rust early, but that’s probably the only advantage the Bears will have. He is the best quarterback in the game and could even get Randall Cobb back in the lineup. Bears cornerbacks Tim Jennings and Zack Bowman have played well, but the Bears will need a pass rush and solid safety play, two things that have not been very good this season.

Edge: Packers

“It’s tough, this has been on our back the whole season. You know this is a business and I don’t know what the future might bring. This may be my last practice here. We had a great practice, so I’m hoping that it’ll carry over to the game and we can win the game and I can break the record.” Those were the words of Devin Hester on Friday, and Hester referred to the fact that he and 12 other Bears Week 1 starters are free

agents after the season, and that he is currently tied with Deion Sanders for the NFL record for total returns for touchdowns.

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Speaking about the possibility of breaking the record Sunday, Hester said, “It would mean a lot. This is where I started, this is where I was born. All my records and yards have come with this organization, and it would be sad

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Bears running back Matt Forte is hit during a run by Green Bay Packers free safety M.D. Jennings (left) and strong safety Morgan Burnett (right) on Nov. 4 in Green Bay.

to go somewhere else and break the record.”

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Hester made it clear he would like to remain a Bear. “Oh, yeah, most definitely. I’ve spent eight years here and this town, the coaches, the fans, everybody has opened their arms and made me feel at home, so I really want to retire as a Bear.”

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around him is a huge mistake.

As for the interception and sacks issue, Rodgers has thrown four interceptions and been sacked 18 times in 251 attempts. Matt Flynn, Scott Tolzein and Seneca Wallace have thrown 10 interceptions and been sacked 24 times in 280 attempts.

The story of this game may very well turn out to be the Bears’ 32ndranked run defense vs. Eddie Lacy and James Starks.

With Flynn at QB, the Bears would have packed seven, eight or even nine in the box. Lacy is dynamic at getting to the second level but not a huge threat to outrun anyone in the secondary or go all the way.

With A-Rod playing, the Bears cannot afford to stack the box, and Lacy and Starks become that much more dangerous.

Defensively, the Packers have been a huge disappointment this year. After their best outing of the year against Atlanta in Lambeau Field three weeks ago, Dallas and Pittsburgh have scorched them the past two weeks.

They had no answers for the Steelers’ Le’Veon Bell last week, and Matt Forte should have a big day.

B.J. Raji and Ryan Pickett have been ineffective up front, and the loss of Johnny Jolly for the season with a

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LAKE FOREST – Hey, you.

Yeah, you.

You need tickets?

How many do you need? You need two? You need four?

Check these out. These are the tickets you want. These will put you in the first row of Section 107, right behind the visitors’ bench, for the biggest game of the season.

You know the Bears are playing the Packers, right?

You know the winner clinches the NFC North, right?

All it will cost you is $2,700 a ticket.

So, do we have a deal or what?

“That’s a lot for a deciding-factor game,” Bears running back Michael Bush said with a smile Thursday.

“Whoever sells the ticket for that money is going to be happy.”

No kidding.

Consider the latest secondary-market ticket prices to see the winnertake-all matchup, not to mention one of the greatest rivalries in sports. The Bears and Packers will meet with the division title on the line Sunday at Soldier Field, and anyone who is searching for a ticket to the sold-out game should be willing to spend big money.

Here is the latest data as of this week from TiqIQ, an event ticket search engine.

• Average price: $427.09.

• Lowest price available: $198.

• Most expensive ticket: $2,700.

All of these figures are well above the Bears’ averages in each category, and the prices likely will climb higher now that the Packers have announced that superstar quarterback Aaron Rodgers will return from a sevengame injury absence.

Let’s be honest, though.

It’s excessive to pay almost $3,000 to see a sporting event that you can watch on TV. Even if that ticket is in the front row. Even if that game is the biggest yet.

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Sunday’s edge If the Bears are to win, they need to treat this like the Cowboys game: Get a couple of stops, and score every possession. That’s asking a lot against a defense that has always played well against Cutler and an offense that gets Rodgers back and has Lacy, who can dominate this abysmal Bears run defense. This one will have to fall on Cutler and maybe Devin Hester, which isn’t too comforting.

Fishbain’s pick: Packers 31, Bears 23

Bears wide receiver Alshon Jeffery catches a 46-yard touchdown over Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook on Dec. 1 in Minneapolis. Jeffery is one of the receivers who has had a breakout season.

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neck injury has been huge, as he was playing the best football of his career.

With linebacker Clay Matthews out after reinjuring his thumb, rookie Andy Mulumba and converted defensive end Mike Neal will get most of his reps, and they and Nick Perry will be expected to provide pressure on Jay Cutler.

A.J. Hawk and Brad Jones at the inside linebacker spots are nowhere near as stout as they need to be against the run.

Tramon Williams and Sam Shields have been inconsistent at best on the corners, making the occasional big play but struggling in coverage often.

That matchup with Brandon Marshall and Alshon Jeffery is a potentially big edge for the Bears.

Morgan Burnett and M.D. Jennings are serviceable safeties, but Burnett has failed to make the leap to perennial Pro Bowler the Packers envisioned.

The mistake going into Philadelphia was the perception the Eagles’ defense is as bad as the Bears’, and it never was. Green Bay’s on the other hand just might be.

What this very well could come back to is Cutler’s and Rodgers’ ability to swap paint, and points on offense, and which defense comes up with just a handful of third-down stops to make the difference.

A pretty penny (times almost 300,000)

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Devin Hester’s last act?

Reports from late last week were that Aaron Rodgers was never close to being medically cleared for the Packers’ game against the Pittsburgh Steelers.

On Tuesday of this week, Rodgers did not receive medical clearance to play and Wednesday, according to the Packers’ official injury report, he was limited in practice.

On Thursday, he was announced as Green Bay’s starter Sunday afternoon against the Bears.

We’re talking about the best quarterback in the game today and one of the best ever. With A-Rod at the wheel, the Packers are capable of beating you with the pass or the run, and Jordy Nelson, James Jones, Jarrett Boykin and perhaps even Andrew Quarless all become weapons you have to scheme for.

If Randall Cobb is a late addition off the injured reserve list, Rodgers becomes even more dangerous.

But all of that assumes Rodgers is 100 percent, there is no rust for him to scrape off and he stays healthy for 60 minutes.

Is he ready, or is this akin to the Bears rushing Jay Cutler back for the Lions game?

The Packers are top five or top 10 in almost every offensive category regardless of who the quarterback is, except avoiding interceptions and allowing quarterback sacks.

Those gaudy stats are inclusive of the seven games (2-4-1) Rodgers has missed since getting hurt against the Bears. Underrating the players

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Whoever pays those types of prices is crazy, right?

“It’s their passion, man,” Bears long-snapper and elder sage Patrick Mannelly said. “People chase their passion. That’s what they do. It’s their right and it’s what they want to do, so I don’t look down on it at all. But I just wouldn’t do it.”

Neither would most of the Bears.

A hypothetical haggling session with Mannelly, 38, proved to be tough.

After he said Pearl Jam was his favorite band, I tried to push him for how much he would spend for a coveted ticket on the secondary market.

Let’s say they’re playing the Metro. The place fits only 1,000 people or so.

“What’s the [face value] ticket price, hypothetically?” Mannelly said.

Let’s say $250.

“I’d pay $300 to $350,” Mannelly said. “I’d pay maybe $100 more, go a little bit above.

“I do love it, music and sports, but I value money too much.”

Other players were reluctant to fork over what some fans will spend this weekend.

Bears running back Michael Ford said he has “never spent anything on a ticket,” although he doesn’t expect that good fortune to last forever.

“I guess if I was an older cat, I probably would pay a pretty penny to watch Barry Sanders,” Ford said. “I probably would pay a pretty penny to watch Michael Jordan.”

As for now?

“LeBron James right now,” Ford said. “I probably would want to go watch that.”

OK, let’s talk business.

Courtside seat: $250.

“Yeah, I’d do $250.” $500?

“Yeah.” $750?

“Nah.” Bush also started off as a tough customer when discussing top-dollar ticket prices. But once the conversation turned to golf – Bush is a selfproclaimed golf junkie – the 29-yearold running back was willing to open his mind, if not his wallet.

Let’s say it’s the Masters. And it’s Sunday. And you need a ticket.

“See, now you hit the spot,” Bush said. “I don’t know how much I would pay. I still can’t see myself doing $3,000. That’s a lot.”

Bush paused.

He remembered spending four figures to watch welterweight boxing champion Floyd Mayweather earlier this year in Las Vegas.

“The most I’ve ever paid for something was going to the Mayweather fight,” Bush said. “And you know what? That might have been $3,000.

“Granted, I was only seven rows back, so it was worth it. I’d never been to one.

“Maybe this is a Mayweather fight to other fans. I could see why they want to do it.”

Who needs Vegas?

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Slauson hopes 1-year deal isn’t end of Bears stint on whether the Bears beat Green Bay on Sunday and how they fare if they reach the playoffs.

When Slauson signed a 1-year deal with the Bears in March after four years with the New York Jets, he effectively placed a bet on himself. If the 6-foot-5, 315-pound lineman from Nebraska enjoyed a good season, he might be able to sign a lucrative contract after the 2013 campaign. If he stumbled, however, nothing was guaranteed regarding his NFL future.

Slauson’s gamble has paid off for himself and the Bears as he has started 15 games at left guard and helped to solidify an offensive line that long had struggled.

Here’s our conversation with the fifth-year veteran about his season and his future.

TM: How would you grade your season with one game to go?

LAKE FOREST – Quick: Name a pending free agent for the Bears.

If you’re like most people – myself included – you probably first thought of playmakers such as Jay Cutler or Devin Hester or Charles Tillman. Maybe you mentioned a defensive lineman such as Henry Melton Matt Slauson or Corey Wootton.

Perhaps another veteran such as Tim Jennings or Josh McCown crossed your mind.

Regardless, you probably didn’t think of Matt Slauson.

But Slauson, 27, might represent one of the Bears’ most important free-agent decisions whenever the offseason begins. That could be as soon as Monday or as late as a few weeks from now, depending

MS: I’ll feel a lot better after we win on Sunday. (smiles) But I feel like collectively, as a group, we’ve made significant strides. We’ve got to continue to do that and have our best game on Sunday afternoon.

TM: When you signed a one-year deal to come here, did you have an idea as to what would be in store?

Why did you pick the Bears?

MS: You know, I wanted to go a place where I would have a chance to start and showcase my abilities.

I didn’t want to go to a place and be a backup. The opportunity here allowed me to do that, and the great thing about the Bears is that every year, they are in it until the end.

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pretty lucrative deal in free agency, and unfortunately the new CBA didn’t allow that to happen. So I had to shift my mindset from getting picked up in free agency on a long-term deal to now I have to go to a team, prove myself, and hopefully sign an extension. My agent said the track record of the Bears is they like doing things like this. If you look at Roberto [Garza], it was the same exact deal.

TM: Do you feel comfortable here?

MS: Yeah, absolutely. I would love to stay here for a long time.

TM: Just like this season.

MS: Yeah, exactly. And I know

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the more success that our team has, ultimately, the more success I will have.

TM: How many teams were in the hunt for you as a free agent?

MS: Probably four.

TM: Were they all 1-year deals?

MS: Yeah. Every situation was pretty much the same. But this one, I liked better for my personal situation. Plus my wife [Cami] is from Gurnee, so for her, this is like coming home.

TM: Where did you meet her?

MS: She went to school in Nebraska, so I met her there.

TM: Had you ever been in a position where you were playing on a 1-year deal?

MS: Never. I kind of thought I was in a position last year to sign a

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DALLAS COWBOYS

Kicker Gould signs new 4-year contract first to get an extension.

“It’s pretty special to be able to sit up here and talk to everybody about continuing your career as a Bear and I know there are a lot of guys who might not be able to do that this season and it’s unfortunate because we have a lot of great guys in the locker room and I’m just happy that we were able to get something done and I’m excited to remain a Bear,” he said.

According to multiple reports, Gould signed the richest contract for a kicker in NFL history. The four-year deal is worth $15 million with more than $9 million in guaranteed money.

The most accurate kicker in Bears history, Gould has converted 234 of 272 field goals in his career. His rate of 86 percent is third-best in NFL history.

This season, Gould has made 26 of 29 field goals. He has missed two extra points in 321 attempts in his nine years with the Bears. Emery added that Gould is 90 percent in his career kicking field goals when the Bears are trailing.

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com LAKE FOREST – The Bears re-signed kicker Robbie Gould to a four-year deal, general manager Phil Emery announced Friday.

Gould’s contract was expiring and he now will be with the Bears through 2017.

Emery said in training camp there would be no contract extensions during the season because of the Bears’ salary cap situation, but they had some space left this week, and Gould’s agent Brian Mackler contacted Emery on Monday to start negotiations. The contract was signed Friday.

“I really love the organization. I really love the city.

I love being a Chicago Bear. I enjoy putting the uniform on every Sunday or Monday night or Thursday night or whenever we’re playing,” Gould said.

“It means a lot. It means a lot to be in one jersey. It means a lot to continue your career in one jersey. There are not a lot of players in the National Football League that can say they finished their career all

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The Bears announced Friday they signed kicker Robbie Gould to a four-year contract extension. with one team or scored 1,000 points with one team. It’s just unheard of.

“So I think in the end we reached a deal that was very beneficial for both of us and I think it makes a lot of sense for us together and collectively because I think we have an opportunity here to do something down the road that could be very special.”

Gould was one of many Bears veterans in the final year of his contract, and the

Romo has surgery, out for finale

By SCHUYLER DIXON The Associated Press IRVING, Texas – Tony Romo’s season is over, and the Dallas Cowboys will have to win without their star quarterback in a third straight playoffs-or-bust finale.

Coach Jason Garrett said Romo had back surgery Friday, and Kyle Orton will start when Dallas faces Philadel-

phia on Sunday night with the NFC East title and a postseason berth on the line.

Garrett said Romo underwent treatment all week in hopes of playing after injuring his back in a season-saving 24-23 victory against Washington. The winning touchdown came after the injury on Romo’s fourth-down pass to DeMarco Murray in the final 2 minutes.

Romo hurt himself when he tripped over his foot while trying to escape pressure earlier in the fourth quarter.

Romo lost the past two winner-take-all finales – to the New York Giants two years ago and Washington last season. He also lost to the Eagles in the same situation in 2008 and now will miss a chance to improve his 1-6 record in elimination games.

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By GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press LAS VEGAS – The last time Anderson Silva clowned around in the octagon, Chris Weidman dropped him on his back and took away his UFC middleweight title.

Although Silva is serious about getting his belt back in the main event at UFC 168 tonight, the Brazilian won’t say whether he’ll drop the carefree style that has defined his career.

At UFC 162 in July, Silva (33-5) was pretending to be hurt when Weidman (10-0) actually cold-cocked him for a stunning victory. The result upended the MMA hierarchy, catapulting Long Island’s Weidman to stardom and ending Silva’s near seven-year title reign.

“Maybe I have the chance to change things,” Silva said at his gym in Torrance, Calif., this month.

Silva believes he can reverse the result in the rematch, but he won’t swear off the taunting and goofiness that has become his signature alongside his unmatched striking abilities. In fact, Silva doesn’t even see his style as anything less than serious.

“When I go inside the ropes for a fight, I don’t joke,” said the fighter known for standing with hands on hips and chin protruding, daring opponents to hit him.

“I train hard mentally for this fight,” Silva added. “I watched the last fight, and I see my technique, and I talk to my friends and coach. I don’t train too much. My mental [approach], I change. It was bad.”

The 38-year-old Silva’s attempt to right a late-career mistake is the most intriguing aspect of the UFC’s traditional year-end show at the MGM Grand Garden, but it’s hardly the only attraction on a stacked pay-per-view card.

Bantamweight champion Ronda Rousey will be nothing but serious when she returns to the cage after a 10-month absence for a rematch with Miesha Tate, her despised rival.

Veteran heavyweights Josh Barnett and Travis Browne also meet on the main card.

While Rousey (7-0) is one of the UFC’s biggest stars, she already beat Tate (13-4) with her signature armbar in the Strikeforce promotion last year. All eyes in Vegas will be focused on Silva, an even bigger star who put his career at a crossroads with his loss to Weidman, a formidable wrestler who proved his striking skills with that left hook to Silva’s head.

Yet Ed Soares, Silva’s longtime manager, doesn’t expect Silva to fight stiffly or formally in the rematch.

“Why would he change? He wouldn’t change,” Soares said.

“It’s him. It’s like asking Kobe not to shoot a certain way.”

Under normal circumstances, the method of Weidman’s victory – a second-round knockout of a long-reigning champ – would have cemented the Hofstra alumnus as a major star. And while Weidman has grown in stature, Silva’s silly mistake got even more attention than the man who forced it.

Yet Silva isn’t among those discounting Weidman’s achievement and expecting Silva to resume his spot on top of the middleweight division.

“Chris is the champion, and people need to respect that,” Silva said. “He’s a good man.

Has a great family. He’s a great champion.”

Silva trained at his gym in an industrial corner of Torrance. Although tucked into a quiet office park behind a refinery next to auto body shops and a telescope manufacturer, Silva’s American home base can be spotted by the Bentley out front next to the big photos of himself.

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PINSTRIPE BOWL: RUTGERS VS. NOTRE DAME, 11 A.M. SATURDAY, ESPN

Motivation no issue Notre Dame, Rutgers eager to win finale

By LaMOND POPE Sun-Times News Group NEW YORK – Quarterback Tommy Rees remembers being blown away while walking on the field at Yankee Stadium for Notre Dame’s game against Army in 2010.

He also remembers having Yankees star Derek Jeter’s locker.

“That completely blew me away as well,” Rees said.

Rees was a freshman and was making his second start for the Irish.

“As an 18-year-old kid, barely 190 pounds, coming out here, it was an awesome experience because we won the game,” Rees said.

Now a senior, Rees wants to duplicate the result at the same venue in his final start for Notre Dame on Saturday against Rutgers in the Pinstripe Bowl.

“That’s the mindset heading into this,” Rees said. “When you head into a bowl game, the only thing you ever really remember is how the game ends up. That’s the mentality we’ve had, and that’s how we are going to be prepared heading into the game.”

There’s no championship on the line, but both teams said there are reasons to be motivated.

“You hear, ‘It’s not a BCS game?’ ” Irish coach Brian Kelly said. “[Rutgers] Coach [Kyle Flood] and I, we’re competitors. Any game you put in front of us, we want to win the game.

It doesn’t matter about the venue. We love the venue, we love the bowl, we love what’s happened for our kids this week, but we’re competitive. [It’s like] the old phrase: A game worth playing is a game worth winning. That’s where we start this.”

Notre Dame (8-4) will look to avoid finishing 8-5 for the third time

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Quarterback Tommy Rees, who started in the 2010 Pinstripe Bowl, returns to Yankee Stadium on Saturday to play his final game for Notre Dame (8-4) against Rutgers (6-6) in the Pinstripe Bowl. in four seasons.

“We’ve seen eight wins in our program,” Kelly said. “We’ve seen eight; we’ve seen 12. Nine is one that definitely looks better for us as a group.”

The Scarlet Knights (6-6) want to avoid a losing record, and their

overtime loss last season to Virginia Tech in the Russell Athletic Bowl lingers.

“We remember what it was like to lose a bowl game against a good program in overtime,” Flood said.

“It’s not a good feeling in that locker room for the team.”

It’s not a good feeling for the seniors who are going to walk out of that door for the last time.

“Those memories are burned in our minds. They’ve worked this bowl prep like a football team that is trying to make sure that doesn’t happen again.”

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Heisman Trophy finalist Jordan Lynch, a quarterback at Northern Illinois, poses with the 2013 Heisman Trophy on Dec. 13 during an informal media availability in New York.

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4 NIU loses in Orange Bowl

A month of buildup and anticipation finally culminated with the Jan. 1 matchup between NIU and Florida State. The Huskies hung with the Seminoles for almost three quarters as NIU executed a perfect onside kick in the second half and was driving with a chance to tie the game.

However, Florida State pulled away in the fourth quarter and the Huskies were left with a 31-10 loss in their first BCS bowl game appearance.

3 State football finals come to DeKalb

After securing the bid for the state championships in odd-numbered years through 2021, NIU hosted its first weekend of eight football games over Thanksgiving. The venue shift from Champaign was welcomed by solid attendance each day, both of which topped the 2012 attendance numbers from Champaign.

Players, coaches and fans came away impressed with DeKalb’s first attempt at playing host and said it was a good change of pace.

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Sycamore goes 12-1, reaches state semifinals

Expectations were high for a team that brought back a majority of its starters from the 2012 playoff team. The Spartans lived up to the hype, bursting out of the gate with seven consecutive wins and then defeating rival

Kaneland, 31-21, at home in Week 8 to end the Knights’ conference dominance.

They finished the regular season at 9-0, pulled out close playoff wins over Nazareth and Lincoln-Way West before falling to Montini in the state semifinals in Class 5A and ending the season with a 12-1 record. By almost any measure, it was the best season in school history.

Lynch finishes third in Heisman voting 1 Jordan From the first snap against Iowa, Lynch showed he was out to best last year’s record-breaking season. The senior quarterback was a much-improved passer in 2013, but continued to be most dangerous with his feet, twice breaking the single-game rushing record for a quarterback and surpassing his own season-long mark from a year ago.

Although NIU’s perfect season and BCS hopes came crashing down with a loss in the Mid-American Conference Championship game, Lynch was still invited to New York for the Heisman ceremony and ended up finishing third. It was the highest finish ever for a Huskie and for any player from the MAC.

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ABOVE: A model walks the runway during the Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall 2013 fashion show during Fashion Week in New York. TOP RIGHT: A model wears a creation for Missoni women’s Spring-Summer 2014 collection during Milan Fashion Week. RIGHT: A model wears a creation for Max Mara women’s Spring-Summer 2014 collection during Milan Fashion Week. Orchid is growing on us: A version of the purple hue is Pantone Inc.’s color of the year for 2014.

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By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL The Associated Press

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rchid is growing on us: A version of the purple hue is Pantone Inc.’s color of the year for 2014.

It follows this year’s pick of emerald green.

Officially known as Radiant Orchid, the tropical shade is a color-wheel contrast to green, said Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute, but it’s not the red that would have been a more obvious choice. “It’s a little different, it’s a little off the beaten path, and it’s not a primary color,” she explains. “It’s an invitation to innovation. The purple family offers (an) opportunity to do creative things.”

And, she said, that’s what pop culture wants right now. “People associate purple with creativity and originality – and those are very valued today. We see words like that being used to describe technologies and products that are seen

as innovative and with an approach you haven’t tried before.”

Pantone sets color standards for commercial use by design industries.

Eiseman expects people will take to it quickly because it’s a flattering color for many skin tones and complementary neutral colors, but it will also look like something people haven’t seen in a while. That should work in an economy that’s uncertain – not totally up, not fully down. “This is an opportunity to look at what you’ve already got in your closet and add to it. It will feel like the right amount of change.”

The runways and red carpet have already had a few orchid moments, and Eiseman notes it’s a color that first lady Michelle Obama often wears. Even menswear has seen hints of it, with Salvatore Ferragamo and Ermengildo Zegna incorporating it into ties and trims.

Pantone’s pick for color of the year will, in theory, have a strong presence in fashion, beauty, home design and consumer products.

“It’s very relevant for spring, but I think even going into next fall it can be very pretty,” said Colleen Sherin, senior fashion director of upscale department store Saks Fifth Avenue.

“In ready-to-wear, it mixes with other tones like chocolate browns, and burgundy or Bordeaux makes for a deeper, richer tonal story.”

Sherin has invested the retailer’s resources in orchid, and an orchidcolored Gucci handbag has already been photographed for a Saks ad. It will translate just as well into lip color and eye shadow, and in home furnishings, she said. “I would love it in velvet. It would look so luxurious.”

It’s a paint color and could be used in upholstery, and she can imagine it on the table, too. “We’re seeing more of these infused desserts and cocktails, and I can see them embellished with orchid flowers.”

Eiseman said the sign of success in her world is when she sees a color on a coffee maker, and one in orchid is already in the works.

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FAMILY TIME | Fire safety tips to protect your family Tip of the Week With colder temperatures forecast across the country, activities are moving indoors, and families are preparing to celebrate time-honored traditions and new beginnings.

A hazard that usually is the furthest from one’s mind – fire – is one of the easiest home risks to address. More fires and fire deaths occur during the winter than during any other time of year.

Before your company arrives this year, perform a three-step home fire safety check to ensure your family and friends aren’t at risk.

• Smoke alarms. Six in 10 homeowners have left their smoke alarms without a working battery, according to a recent survey from Kidde, putting their families at great risk. Failing to replace batteries when alerted by a smoke alarm’s low battery chirp could have tragic results.

The National Fire Protection Association cites missing or disconnected batteries as the main reason smoke alarms fail to operate in residential fires. Two-thirds of all home fire deaths occur in homes with either no smoke alarm or no working alarm.

• Cooking. While cooking is the leading

cause of home fires and injuries, only 25 percent of U.S. households have a kitchen fire extinguisher on hand to help contain or extinguish a small fire. With countless family meals to be prepared during the winter months, having a fire extinguisher within reach is a must.

To select a fire extinguisher for your kitchen, look for a unit listed to meet the UL 711A standard, which indicates the unit has been tested on the oils that are used every day to cook meat and vegetables.

• Escape plan. With extra decorations filling rooms and many guests visiting your home throughout the winter, it’s critical to have and practice a fire escape plan with your family. When placing decorations, never block exits and always know at least two ways out of your home. To ensure you are ready for the most difficult fire situation, practice your escape plan during the day and at night.

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Rated: G Directed by: Jules Bass Jr. and Arthur Rankin Starring: Jackie Vernon, Billy De Wolfe • “Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer” (2000)

Rated: PG Directed by: Phil Roman Starring: Elmo Shropshire, Michele Lee • “How the Grinch Stole Christmas” (1966)

Rated: G Directed by: Chuck Jones Starring: Boris Karloff • “Jack Frost” (1979)

Rated: G Directed by: Jules Bass Jr. and Arthur Rankin Starring: Debra Clinger, Dave Garroway • “Mickey’s Christmas Carol” (1983)

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Directed by: Robert Zemeckis Starring: Tom Hanks, Eddie Deezen • “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” (1964)

Rated: G Directed by: Kizo Nagashima, Larry Roemer Starring: Billie Mae Richards, Burl Ives • “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town” (1970)

Rated: G Directed by: Jules Bass Jr. and Arthur Rankin Starring: Fred Astaire, Mickey Rooney, Keenan Wynn • “The Year Without a Santa Claus” (1974)

Rated: G Directed by: Jules Bass Jr. and Arthur Rankin Starring: Mickey Rooney, Shirley Booth

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50th anniversary Chuck and Diane Johnson of DeKalb will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary on Dec. 28, 2013. The former Diane Johnson and Charles Johnson were married at Bethlehem Lutheran Church on Dec. 28, 1963.

Besides celebrating with their six children; their spouses and 15 grandchildren, they will take a six-week inside passage trip to and from Alaska in July to honor the occasion.

8NEW ARRIVALS PERIAN

Lamphere-Askelson Faivre-Busser Annie Mary Faivre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Faivre of DeKalb, and Benjamin Jordan Busser, son of Karen Busser and the late Paul Busser Jr. of Byron, were married on Sept. 7, 2013, at First Lutheran Church in DeKalb. Pastor Janet Hunt officiated the ceremony.

The bride wore an A-line French lace dress with a cathedral vale. Their colors were Red and Black in honor of where they met, Northern Illinois University. The matron of honor was Heidi (Faivre) Peterson, sister of the Bride and the best man was Brett Runyard, friend of the groom.

The bride graduated from DeKalb High School in 2005 and received two Bachelor degrees from Northern Illinois University. She currently works as a teacher at Hononegah High School in Rockton.

The groom graduated from Byron High School in 2005 and works as a mechanic at the nuclear power plant in Byron.

The couple will reside in Oregon.

Zachary Lamphere of DeKalb, proposed to Christina Askelson of DeKalb at 9:30 a.m. Friday, June 7, 2013, in her office. By 10:30 a.m. that same morning, they were married. They were married at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore.

A 2005 graduate of DeKalb High School, Christina works in the office of DeKalb County Circuit Clerk, Maureen Josh, at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore. A 2007 graduate of DeKalb High School, Zachary works for the family business, Lamphere’s Furniture in Aurora.

A reception was held Saturday, Sept. 7, at the home of Mary and Dave Lamphere, DeKalb. The couple resides in DeKalb.

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Greg and Melissa Perian of Kirkland announce the birth of a son, Lucas William Perian, born Oct. 9, 2013, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb.

He weighed 8 pounds, 5 ounces, and was welcomed home

by Hallie, 19 months.

Grandparents are Marlin and Ann Anderson of Malta and Bill and Deb Perian of DeKalb.

HARKNESS Todd and Orfa Harkness of DeKalb announce the birth of a son, Diesel Adrian Harkness, born Nov. 6, 2013, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb. He weighed 7 pounds, 15 ounces, and was welcomed home by Sahara Elizabeth Harkness.

Grandparents are Duane and Pat Harkness of Waterman, and Jose Juan and Bertha Dávila of Mexico.

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8PRAIRIE FLOWER “Acres” of thanks To the Editor: On behalf of the DeKalb County Historical-Genealogical Society, and the committee that worked for more than three years to produce the recently-released county history book, “Acres of Change,” I would like to thank the numerous organizations, businesses, and individuals responsible for the endeavor. This venture has taken more than three years from the concept to fruition, and it would not have been possible without the generous support of the many donors.

The DeKalb County Community Foundation, DeKalb County Historical-Genealogical Society, and the Douglas C. & Lynn M. Roberts Family Foundation provided grants.

Gold sponsors included Castle Bank N.A.; Hintzsche; Ideal Industries Inc.; Yvonne Johnson; In honor of Joiner History Room, DeKalb County Archives; Ken Spears Construction Inc.; KishHealth System; Ronald G. Klein; Lehan Drugs; Martin, Goodrich, & Waddell Inc.;

Terry & Sherrie (Tuntland) Martin; Dr. John W. & Jane D. Ovitz; State Representative Robert Pritchard; Resource Bank, N.A.; The National Bank & Trust Company; and Helen (Lyons) Traglia.

Silver sponsors included Forge Resources Group/DeKalb Forge; In memory of Elroy E. “Al” Golden; Debra & Roger Hopkins; Katz Family Foundation; Ray & Carol Larson; John & Marge Rey; Kay & Barry Schrader; and Sally Stevens.

Donors also included many Friends of DCHGS. In-Kind Donations included Blackhawk Moving & Storage Inc.; Klein, Stoddard, Buck & Lewis LLC; Nelson Multimedia Inc.; and Shaw Media.

A group of about 25 volunteer authors met monthly over the duration of the project. We were fortunate to have received the leadership and expertise of our editor, Kate Schott. I would like to thank the authors, volunteers, photographers and the proofreaders for the extensive amount of effort on the successful endeavor.

Terry Martin Book Committee chairperson

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On Dec. 11, the Genoa Lions had their annual Christmas party – a time to celebrate good cheer and good work for our community.

The event was held at WalCamp in Kingston, hosted by Pastor Steve Geske, Ranelle Palmer, Judy Beach and other volunteers.

The Lions appreciate the effort made by WalCamp and donated an additional $250 to help with sponsoring their summer programs.

The check was presented to Executive Director Pastor Geske by Lion President Jeff Baker. In addition to this donation this season, the Genoa Lions provided free cider and cocoa at Genoa’s Celebrate the Season Downtown on Dec. 6, and purchased Christmas presents for a family with three elementary students from the Genoa-Kingston School System. The Genoa Lions would like to thank their community for its support and wish everyone a very merry Christmas.

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During the month of November, Northern Rehab Physical Therapy Specialists’ men decided to grow beards to help raise awareness for men’s health. Thus the “NovemBeard” contest began for the best beard grown over the 30 day period. People within the community watched the progress throughout November and recently voted via social media and ballots in the offices for the best beard. Northern Rehab is pleased to announce Physical Therapist Todd Vanatta is the 2013 NovemBeard winner. Pictured here, Todd received a trophy, certificate and bragging rights. Additionally, Northern Rehab has made a donation in Todd’s name to Zerocancer.org, a men’s health organization working to end prostate cancer. Northern Rehab extends thanks to the community for their support of our men at Northern Rehab and helping us to acknowledge the importance of men’s health.

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A welcome return to balance this year in wine Buzzwords come and go in the wine industry.

Trends in winemaking can be as fickle as the stock market or the latest fashion trends. But 2013 ushered back in a philosophy, a paradigm shift that fascinated me. It was utterly welcome that winemakers started to again show restraint in their technique. They searched for balance, a word that came up in interview-after-interview.

The result might seem simplistic, but in 2013, in the wide array of wines which I sampled from across the globe, one characteristic stood out: balance.

Winemaker Spotlight Early morning sun trickled through my living room blinds as I

UNCORKED James Nokes reached out to Adam Mason via Skype. The Mulderbosch winemaker was wrapping up his day in South Africa. Yet, the theme of our interview centered around the same topic as other winemakers.

“We are all looking for balance,” Mason said. “Whether it be in wine or in life. We search for balance in all that we do.”

That search has gratefully seeped into the minds of winemakers across the globe.

In a wine that can be gregarious, Grenache, Tuck Beckstoffer spoke about balance. His Melee 2011 Gre-

nache was the finest interpretation of the varietal I’ve ever had. He was able to rein in the characteristics of Grenache because he let the fruit from the vineyard tell the story in the bottle.

It’s a practice I hope more winemakers embrace. Technology has allowed winemakers to almost eliminate vintage variation. But when the product of the vineyard is allowed to truly speak, spectacular wines are crafted because it’s an organic process. The final product in the bottle is what Mother Nature intended us to enjoy.

Winemakers in the Santa Rita Hills, Calif., have carved out a reputation based on letting the vintage tell a story. Spectacularly balanced wines are the result. Alma Rosa,

Babcock and Longoria stand out as examples. They are just a few of the wineries on my Christmas and New Years wine trip which is ongoing while I write this piece.

Look for stories of my experiences from the trip in upcoming weeks.

Wine 101 Set a wine resolution for 2014.

Mine is to travel to wine regions that I haven’t visited and find winemakers who will take extraordinary chances to make spectacular products.

From my early December visit to New York to discover wines from the Finger Lakes, a region with which I was totally unfamiliar, to my current trip through Santa Barbara and the Santa Rita Hills, there are

so many producers taking risks and expanding their profession.

This spring I need to push the envelope and visit Trey Busch in Walla Walla, Wash. It’s a place I have never been and a region making amazing wines.

When we met at the Heart Full of Soul fundraiser in November, his outstanding wines furthered my desire to make it to Washington.

Great wines are being made across the world.

Get out and discover them.

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

Tax temptations grow in city cycling

By JASON KEYSER The Associated Press

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In this July 4, 2008 image from video provided by David Wilson, Bill Lennon (left) and his sisters Diane (center left) Peggy (center right) and Janet (right) who were a household name to millions during their heyday on the Lawrence Welk show, sing the The Star-Spangled Banner with unidentified family members on the family ranch near Branson, Mo. The Lennons are one of four families living in the Branson area that documentary filmmakers David Wilson and A.J. Schnack followed over five years to produce “We Always Lie to Strangers,” a middle America, flag-waving, family-friendly celebration of musical variety shows and early-bird dinner specials. The documentary will be distributed nationally in 2014.

Documentary goes behind the music in Branson, Mo.

By ALAN SCHER ZAGIER The Associated Press ST. LOUIS – Documentary filmmakers A.J. Schnack and David Wilson knew it would be easy to make fun of Branson, middle America’s flag-waving, family-friendly celebration of musical variety shows and early-bird dinner specials.

But the Midwest natives felt a stronger obligation to dig beneath the surface and portray local performers and town leaders as more than aw-shucks Ozark folk.

The result is “We Always Lie to Strangers,” a new film that unspools a nuanced story of how the southwest Missouri resort is dealing with the aftermath of an economic recession, an aging audience and performance troupes whose gay cast members live a version of “don’t ask, don’t tell” among their conservative Christian neighbors.

“We wanted to present stories that go beyond the facade,” said Wilson, who grew up in and still lives in the college town of Columbia. “We knew there was something there beyond the stereotype.”

Tourism boosters across Missouri held their breath. A critical look at the place that refers to itself as “the live music show

capital of the world” could have serious ramifications in a town of just more than 10,000 residents that supports 50 theaters and 100 shows with combined total of nearly 65,000 seats – more than Broadway.

“We were very, very nervous about the final product,” said Missouri tourism director Katie Steele Danner, a former Branson resident who attended the festival screening.

Penetrating the city’s fiercely guarded barrier, which provided the movie’s title, took five years and hundreds of hours of footage. The film follows four story arcs: The Presley family, whose country jubilee opened a half-century ago and paved the way for the dozens of theaters to follow; the Lennon siblings, proud California liberals who followed Lawrence Welk to town after starring on his TV show as children; the struggling Magnificent Variety Show, whose cast members must pass out discount coupons to disinterested tourists while hoping their late paychecks don’t bounce; and performer Chip Holderman, a single father whose “lifestyle” clashes with his ex-wife’s new husband.

The filmmakers initially thought they would chronicle alternative youth culture in a town with few outward signs of rebel-

lion or dissent. Instead, they were drawn to a version of Branson that doesn’t appear in glossy tourism brochures: rural homeless, illiterate hotel workers and variety show co-owner Tamra Tinoco singing “Johnny B. Goode” to an unsuspecting audience while simultaneously writing a backstage note to her employees that “paychecks will be here tomorrow. Wait another day.”

The documentary will be distributed nationally in 2014. It kicked off the annual St. Louis International Film Festival in November.

Dan Lennon, whose singing sisters were a household name during their Welk heyday, said the film is a “realistic portrayal of our community. It’s not an ideal one.”

After decades as the butt of jokes, realism has cache in Branson. Whether it was a televised visit by “The Beverly Hillbillies” to the Silver Dollar City theme park or the recurring jabs by “The Simpsons” – whose “Ode to Branson” intones, “They took Nick at Nite and made it a town” – Branson has been comedic low-hanging fruit from the start.

“If you wanted to make fun of Branson, Missouri, it’d be like shooting fish in a barrel,” Bill Lennon said.

CHICAGO – Early blasts of snow, ice and below-zero temperatures haven’t stopped a surprising number of Chicago cyclists from spinning through the slush this winter, thanks in part to a city so serious about accommodating them that it deploys mini-snow plows to clear bike lanes.

The snow-clearing operation is just the latest attention city leaders have lavished on cycling, from a growing web of bike lanes to the nation’s second largest shared network of grab-and-go bicycles stationed all over town. But it also spotlights questions that have been raised here, a city wrestling with deep financial problems, and across the country.

Who is paying for all this bicycle upkeep? And shouldn’t bicyclists be kicking in themselves?

A city councilwoman’s recent proposal to institute a $25 annual cycling tax set off a lively debate that even-

tually sputtered out after the city responded with a collective “Say what?” A number of gruff voices spoke in favor, feeding off motorists’ antagonism toward what they deride as stop sign-running freeloaders. Bike-friendly bloggers retorted that maybe pedestrians ought to be charged a shoe tax to use the sidewalks.

“There’d be special bike cops pulling people over? Or cameras? What do you do (to enforce this)?” asked Mike Salvatore, owner of Heritage Bicycles, a new Chicago hangout that neatly blends a lively cafe with a custom bike-building workshop in a 19th-century building.

Chicago is by no means the only place across the U.S. tempted to see bicyclists as a possible new source of revenue, only to run into questions of fairness and enforceability.

That is testing the vision of city leaders who are transforming urban expanses with bike lanes and other amenities in a quest for relevance, vitality and livability – with never enough funds.

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Be true to your heart in the coming months. If you aim high, you will strive to be your best. An audacious approach to self-promotion will generate interest, sending you to the forefront of your field. Don’t let personal problems distract you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – This will be an emotional period when secrets will surface. Avoid allowing impulsive reactions to ruin your plans.

Talk matters over until you find a way to proceed. Freedom and equality are not negotiable.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – You need to stay active. Experimentation, love and self-improvement should be on the agenda. Inviting friends over will lead to a closer bond with the people who are most important to you.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You’ll have an innovative concept that may lead to prosperity. Examine your options and make time to gather what you will require to proceed. Avoid excess and excessive people.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Domestic issues will shake your confidence.

Have a night out and make new friends. Love is in the air and communicating openly will lead to an opportunity.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Plan to travel or meet up with someone special. Examining family history will provide insight into the lifestyle you desire. Be open about your feelings, but accepting of how others respond.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – If you’re thinking of someone from your past, you should make contact with him or her. Plans to reunite may lead to answers. A current partnership will transform.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Adhere to your plans regardless of added responsibilities. Taking challenges in stride will enhance your reputation and improve your self-esteem, paving the way for you to pursue new endeavors.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t be evasive about your feelings. Clear the air so that you can make changes and move in a better direction. Don’t allow someone else’s responsibilities to weigh you down.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Make an effort to help others. You will impress someone you want to get to know better. Don’t be discouraged by silly rules or general negativity. Concentrate on what you can contribute.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Diplomacy will allow you to make your point without aggravation. Search for insights that will help you make a decision about your professional future or geographical location. Love is possible, but personal changes are required.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Learn through experience. Travel and research will help you make a decision.

Your flirtation with an alternative lifestyle will point you in a new direction.

Be honest about what you want.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Prepare for the upcoming year. Changing your direction or appearance may lead to new partnerships and opportunities. Enjoy yourself without spending a lot. Simplify your life and don’t miss out on romance.

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Teen won’t leave abusive home despite pleas Dear Abby: Last week, my best friend, “Lana,” tried to kill herself. I’m not sure anyone else knows. Her brother beats her, and her mom yells at her for being “ungrateful” when she asks to spend a night elsewhere. My family has offered several times to let Lana live with us, as have her grandparents. After this week, I have begged her to.

She still refuses.

Her plan is to move in with her boyfriend when she turns 18 in a few months.

He’s a good guy, but I don’t think it will be good for her. I know they always say to tell an adult about a situation like this one, but Lana claims she’s not strong enough to actually leave before then – and she kept a secret of mine almost as big.

I’m scared and don’t know what to do. I love Lana and I know doing the wrong thing could end up with her dead. – Terrified Bff In Tennessee Dear Terrified: If Lana tried to kill herself because of what’s happening at home, she can no longer remain there. Talk to her again.

Moving in with her boyfriend is not the answer. It could be jumping from the frying pan into the fire. If she lives with him under these circumstances, she will be emotionally and financially dependent,

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips and it’s not a healthy way to start a relationship.

Point out that if she lives with her grandparents – who understand how dysfunctional her home life has been – or your family, she will be in a safe place while she considers her options about finding a job or getting more education.

Once she’s independent, she will be in a stronger position to make wise decisions about her future.

Dear Abby: My boyfriend lost the “love of his life” to cancer two years ago. He talks about her and their life together endlessly. He says he wants to build a new life with me, but he constantly criticizes me because “she would handle the situation better.”

Abby, the woman was a physician from a wealthy family. I’m a blue-collar worker who single-parented two children. My parents passed away 20 years ago. Is there any hope for a future with him? Can I ever feel comfortable being who I am – not the ghost he wants me to be? – Blue-Collar Lover Dear Lover: As long as your boyfriend continues to com-

pare you unfavorably with his lost love, the answer is no. Have you told him how it makes you feel when he does it? If you haven’t, speak up!

And when you do, suggest he find a grief support group, where he can talk and talk until he works through his loss better than he has. Until he does, you’ll never be happy.

Competing with a ghost is a fight you can’t win.

Dear Abby: I’m a college student who has never had a boyfriend. I have been on a few dates with a guy I’ll call “Richard,” and while he’s nice, I don’t see this going anywhere.

On the other hand, I don’t want to break it off just yet because it’s nice having that kind of attention for once. But is it leading him on?

He likes me a lot more than I like him, but he knows I’m going to transfer next semester. What should I do? – Confused Dater in Des Moines Dear Confused Dater: You should be honest with Richard. Tell him you like him as a friend and remind him that your plan is to transfer next semester. That way, if he wants to continue seeing you, he’ll know the score and you won’t have led him on.

Dear Abby: For 17 years I have been using the same hairstylist, “Marietta,” be-

cause she does great cuts and color. She’s married to my cousin “Gil,” but not for long.

They’re divorcing.

Gil’s mother suggested I should find a different stylist, but when I did, I had horrible results. I returned to Marietta and it took her several appointments to correct my color.

Some family members are now furious with me for getting my hair done by someone who is soon to be a relative’s ex. I look at it as a business. I like what Marietta does for me. We never discuss the divorce. Family is now demanding an apology, and I don’t think I owe one. I haven’t been close to any of these people in years.

Must I say I’m sorry to distant family and discontinue Marietta’s services?

Or should I say nothing and continue my professional relationship with her? My roots are beginning to show again, so please answer quickly. – Snipped in California Dear Snipped: Tell Gil’s mother to stay out of your hair. You tried leaving Marietta; it was a disaster – and you plan on using her until the day you curl up and dye.

Dear Abby: I am the mother of three grown children.

I have a good marriage, a successful career and a close

relationship with my two younger children.

My problem involves my oldest daughter. She has been emotionally unstable and verbally abusive to me since her 20s. I have reached my limit of patience with her. We had a terrible fight three weeks ago, and she hasn’t spoken to me since.

Abby, these have been the most peaceful weeks I have had in a long time. Am I a terrible mother? Is there such a thing as separating from a child? I am tired of always being the peacemaker with no effort on her part. What do you suggest? – Peacemaker in Kentucky Dear Peacemaker: Refusing to be abused by an adult child does not make you a terrible parent. I don’t know what caused the fight between you and your daughter. If you caused it, then you owe it to both of you to offer an apology.

If she caused it, then put your white flag away and enjoy the respite because sooner or later she’ll be back. (Probably when she needs something.) Only she can fix what’s wrong with her, but you can reduce your level of stress if you keep your distance.

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DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Variety of home remedies can help heal ‘pink eye’ Dear Dr. K: My daughter’s eye is red. Does she have conjunctivitis? If so, what’s the best way to treat it? Is there any way to prevent it?

Dear Reader: It could be conjunctivitis, but it also could be several other conditions. If her eye has one bright red area, but she doesn’t have discomfort, it could be that a tiny blood vessel has burst. It may sound bad, but it’s a simple and common condition that will slowly go away. But if the eye is extremely painful, it could be conditions that actually threaten her vision, including iritis and glaucoma. She should seek immediate medical care.

And it could well be

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff conjunctivitis. Also known as pink eye, it is redness and swelling of the conjunctiva, the tissue covering the “whites” of the eyes and the inside of the eyelids. Conjunctivitis usually causes a thick, green-yellow discharge that makes the eyelashes stick together, particularly at night.

It may also be accompanied by pain, discomfort, itchy, watery eyes and sensitivity to light.

Pink eye is usually caused by a bacterial or viral infection. Whichever it is, it is highly contagious.

If you suspect your daughter has conjunctivitis, make an appointment with her pediatrician. If your daughter has conjunctivitis caused by a bacterial infection, the doctor will prescribe an antibiotic ointment or eye drops. If no bacterial infection is present, he or she may also prescribe antibiotics to prevent one from occurring.

If the conjunctivitis is caused by a virus, it probably is a virus called adenovirus, for which antiviral treatment does not yet exist. So treatment will be drops that help relieve the symptoms. Your doctor probably will recommend that you follow up with an eye doctor (ophthalmologist).

You can do several things

at home to help your daughter feel better. For example: • Use an over-the-counter saline solution to wash discharge and irritants out of the eye.

• Apply cool or warm compresses several times a day.

You can do this by holding a wet washcloth over the closed eye for five to 10 minutes.

Make sure you clean the washcloth in hot, soapy water before using it again.

• Clean the eye carefully with warm water and cotton balls to remove any discharge.

• Try to keep her from scratching or rubbing the eye.

While caring for your child, make sure that you wash your hands before and after applying any medication

or touching your child’s eyes.

And wash all towels, washcloths, sheets and pillowcases that your child has used in hot, soapy water.

You can help prevent future episodes of conjunctivitis by teaching your child to wash her hands regularly and to not touch her eyes.

What about school?

Because conjunctivitis is so contagious, you should keep your child out of school until at least 24 hours after treatment has started. The school may have its own rules on this, so check with the school nurse before sending your child back to class.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to send questions and get additional information.

8TODAY’S WEEKEND PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Heeded the alarm (2 wds.)

6 Joyful shout 11 Embankment 16 Latin dance music 21 Rodeo venue 22 Nostalgic fashion 23 Hacking 24 Legal documents 25 Allen and Flintstone 26 “Lusitania” sinker (hyph.)

27 Tree with pods 28 Mercator’s tome 29 Adjust slightly (hyph.)

31 Tribal emblem 33 Mucky 35 Chef’s term (2 wds.)

36 Nabbing 37 Turns up 38 Two tablets, maybe 39 Gross 40 Like a bairn 41 Ethical 42 Border state 44 Show host 47 Negative sort 48 Big black dogs 49 Most washed out 53 Big party 54 Tenet 55 Family member 56 Sparkling 57 Meyers of “Kate & Allie” 58 View from Giza 59 RN assistants 60 Whetstone 61 Fizzle 62 Scatters 64 CARQUEST rival 65 Corduroy ridges 66 Stoop down 67 Convertible couch (2 wds.)

68 Summer hangout 69 Raucous laughs

70 Socially inept 71 Dispose of 72 Cartoon dwelling 74 Newlywed title 75 Jeweler’s weight 78 Follett and Howard 79 Salad veggie 80 Gave a leg up 84 “— — no idea!”

85 Prince Charles’ sister 86 Stag attender 87 Frat bash (2 wds.)

88 Shinto or Zen (abbr.)

89 Roquefort hue 90 Sheet candy 91 “Nutcracker” garb 92 Mongkut portrayer 93 Space traveler 95 Light-bulb unit 96 Award for bravery 97 Float ingredient 98 Cling 99 Prejudice 100 Promo tapes 101 Pharaoh’s textile 102 Holiday quaffs 104 Skyrockets 105 Boot liner 106 Luxury fur 109 Soldiers in gray 110 Ouija alternative 111 Dry up 115 GP group 116 Nessie’s hideout 117 Stogie 118 Tiny crack 119 Skilled force 121 After-swim need 123 Waits patiently 125 Rocky Mountain range 126 Curved moldings 127 On the left, at sea 128 Wildlife refuges 129 Acts worried 130 Brain messenger 131 Coral ridges 132 “Crazy Legs” Hirsch 133 Hagar’s pooch

DOWN 1 Large fishhooks 2 Sen. Hatch 3 — Marie of pop 4 Beneath the waves 5 Diversion 6 Squeezed dry 7 Goddess of youth 8 Prefix meaning “ear” 9 Work by Handel 10 Washington’s river 11 Adds brandy 12 Reason to cram 13 “Old” London theatre 14 Bewitches 15 Self-absorption 16 Move in the breeze 17 “But is it —?”

18 Fragrant flower

19 Hunt down 20 Mineral analysis 30 One, to Conchita 32 Util. bill 34 Investigates anew 37 Urban dwelling 38 Mortgage, e.g.

39 “— cost you” 41 Mike of “Wayne’s World” 42 FedEx trucks 43 Appellation 44 Hoople’s mutterings 45 Racer — Andretti 46 Precipice 47 Uttered loudly 48 Moon goddess 50 Fluffy quilt 51 Malodorous critter 52 Lingerie item

54 Looked the joint over 55 It may be upset (2 wds.)

56 Swabbies 58 Old length measure 59 Vietnam neighbor 60 Price increase 63 Electrical unit 64 We, in Le Havre 65 Exercise power 66 — nova 68 Johnnycake 69 Team of oxen 70 Plummets 72 What’s cooking 73 Wrestler — Hogan 74 Ski slope bump 75 About, datewise 76 In the lead 77 Kramden or Bellamy

78 Patella site 80 Alpha followers 81 Shop for clothes (2 wds.)

82 Debussy music 83 Poet — Thomas 85 Fast, for a conductor 86 Gym pads 87 Praise 89 Village 90 Cote sounds 91 Lure 94 Search for 95 Disguise items 96 Plaque, perhaps 97 Pizza style 99 “Road” star (2 wds.)

100 Like denim 101 Thrashes or lashes

103 Honey source 104 Rip 105 Honor society letter 106 Little Richard’s hometown 107 Sketch 108 Auto-safety advocate 110 Slants 111 Full of back talk 112 Lombardi of coaching 113 Calculator key 114 Minimum 116 — -majeste 117 Witty Bennett — 118 Damsel rescuer 120 Step on the gas 122 Misfortune 124 SSW or NE

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TRAVEL

Lack of customers dooms many Cuban businesses The ASSOCIATED PRESS

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This photo shows the 1948 Ford Greased Lightning from the movie “Grease” displayed at the Dezer Collection Museum in North Miami, Fla. More than 1,000 cars are on display at the 250,000-square-foot museum which features American Classics, military and electric cars, bicycles, and cars featured in movies.

Miami museum has 1,200 cars, bikes one-of-a-kind vehicles.

“We are a bit of a hidden gem,” Kornblatt said.

Jorge Ivan Vergara Salazar, who came from Colombia to Miami on a family vacation, recently visited the museum and said he was surprised to find so many rare cars under one roof.

“Everything that you see in television, like James Bond and Indiana Jones, those are all marvelous things. You get astonished by the things that are here in America,” Salazar, 49, said in Spanish while touring the museum.

Real estate developer Michael Dezer, 72, started his massive collection as a teenager and has one of the largest Vespa scooter collections in the world.

“I knew it was original before I showed up,” said AJ Palmgren, a self-proclaimed “Knight Rider” historian who traveled from Des Moines, Iowa, to Florida for a family

By SUZETTE LABOY The Associated Press NORTH MIAMI, Fla. – The classic cars lined up against an empty, vintage gas station along a busy street in North Miami attract visitors to a much larger space right behind it.

More than 1,000 cars are on display at the 250,000-squarefoot Miami Auto Museum at The Dezer Collection that includes American classics, military and electric cars, bicycles and more. The museum is so large that if every passenger on three 747 airplanes were given just one item from the museum, they could all bike, drive or pedal their way out, said curator Myles Kornblatt.

There are eight galleries spread throughout two large buildings in a part of Miami not known to showcase collectibles, much less $25 million to $30 million worth of

vacation. He made sure to stop at the museum on this trip because the television series about the talking, crime-fighting car has been his passion since the day it first aired Sept. 26, 1982.

“It’s very familiar. I’ve studied all of the remaining surviving original cars,” he said while standing next to KITT, the black Pontiac Trans Am that was featured in the popular 1980s television series.

The museum houses the largest collection of micro cars on display, including a Velorex made in Czechoslovakia. Some are so small that they could barely accommodate one person, yet many were known for carrying two or three.

There’s also a Duesenberg Model X from 1927, a sedan car with a rear windshield to shield the backseat passengers. It is just one of five known to still exist.

IT’S NOT ABOUT

Among the most popular galleries at the museum is the Hollywood Cars of the Stars exhibit, which showcases cars, submarines, airplanes and more that were featured in movies, including the BMW motorcycle from “Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade,” and the Mitsubishi Eclipse from the “Fast and the Furious” film in 2001, which was the first car the late Paul Walker drove in the film series.

The Batboat used in the Batman television series that aired during the 1960s was signed by the builder, George Barris, and the Batmobile (also a Barris creation) is also on display.

The museum also houses the largest collection of everything James Bond, including the Aston Martin sports car he drove in 1964’s “Goldfinger” and a massive glass enclosure filled with rows of books, toy cars and figurines.

HAVANA – The dented metal pizza trays are packed away, so too the old blender that never worked when it was needed. Gone is the sweet smell of rising dough that infused Julio Cesar Hidalgo’s Havana apartment when he and his girlfriend were in business for themselves, churning out cheesy pies for hungry costumers.

Two years on the front lines of Cuba’s experiment with limited free market capitalism has left Hidalgo broke, out of work and facing a possible crushing fine. But the 33-year-old known for his wide smile and sunny disposition says the biggest loss is harder to define.

“I feel frustrated and let down,” Hidalgo said, slumped in a rocking chair one recent December afternoon, shrugging his shoulders as he described the pizzeria’s collapse. “The business didn’t turn out as I had hoped.”

The Associated Press recently checked in with nine small business owners whose fortunes it first reported on in 2011 as they set up shop amid the excitement of President Raul Castro’s surprising embrace of some free enterprise.

Among them were restaurant and cafeteria owners, a seamstress and taekwondo instructor, a vendor of bootleg DVDs and a woman renting her rooms out to wellheeled tourists.

Their fates tell a story of divided fortunes.

Of the six ventures that relied on revenue from cashstrapped islanders, four are now out of business, their owners in more dire financial straits than when they started. But the three enterprises that cater to well-

heeled foreigners, and to the minority of well-paid Cubans who work for foreign businesses, are still going and in some cases thriving.

While the sample size is small, the numbers point to a basic problem that economists who follow Cuba have noted from the start: There simply isn’t enough money to support a thriving private sector on an island where salaries average $20 a month.

“Clearly, there is a macroeconomic environment that does not favor the private sector or the expansion of demand that the private sector requires,” said Pavel Vidal, a former Cuban Central Bank economist.

Vidal has long called on Communist authorities to adopt a huge stimulus package or more aggressively seek capital from foreign investors. Now a professor at Colombia’s Javeriana University, he says one has only to look at the trends since 2011 to see the private sector economy is nearly tapped out. After a surge of enthusiasm, the number of islanders working for themselves has stalled for the past two years at about 444,000 – or 9 percent of the workforce.

Even in developed countries where entrepreneurs have access to capital, loans and a wide pool of paying customers, startups are risky ventures.

According to the U.S. Small Business Administration, about half of all new establishments in America close within five years, and two-thirds are gone within a decade. The failure rate of Cuban entrepreneurs followed by AP was 44 percent in less than two years, and worse if one considers only those that relied primarily on Cuban customers.

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CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE Local consumer finance company has opportunity for Customer Service Representative. Applicant needs strong communication skills, detail oriented, excellent work environment. Job duties would include: collections, loan applications, loan processing & cashiering. Salary Dependant on work experience. EOE. Send resume to: Customer Service, PO Box 292 Sycamore, IL 60178

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DeKalb 1 & 2BR Starting $540

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DeKalb - 1BR Apt Avail NOW $500/mo, Includes heat & Internet.

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Sycamore - 2BR 1BA Apt Avail Now Updated Kitch & Bath, W/D in bldg 1611 Maness Ct. $625/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

DEKALB - 2BR 1BA Apt Avail Now Updated Kitch & Bath, W/D in bldg 830 Greenbrier $600/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

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DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS

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DeKalb 1BR, w/study stove, fridge, heat included.

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2007 FORD FOCUS SE Metallic gray, 57K miles.

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Becherer Farm, approx 80 acres.

76.6 tillable acres with 2 story farm house and ranch house. $1,725,600. 859-630-5920

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847-683-3442

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Within walking distance of downtown, parks and schools.

1st/last/sec. 630-854-6161

Sycamore - Luxury 2BR 2BA Condo Granite, SS, Fireplace, 2C Gar. Available NOW! 954 Arvle Circle Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768

CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX

SYCAMORE 3BR, FR, $995 2BR $950, 2BR, $850.

Apts $600-$795. Betsy Smith 815-751-1025 ~ 815-895-2488

Dekalb: University Plaza, 1BR shared BA, for spring session, call Paige 815-715-8111 Plano House Rental to Share For Working Lady. Private bath and kitchen privileges + parking.

630-234-0497

Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage.

No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439 2 lrg BR, 2 lrg BA, W/D, 2 car gar. $1100/mo + $1000 deposit.

No pets/smoking 847-373-0602

Sycamore. 1000 SF shop with 600 SF office. Full bath. Heat, A/C. 9 ft OH Door. $600/mo.

J & A RE 815-970-0679

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1 bath, W/D, 1.5 car garage.

Pets OK, $900/mo + security.

815-970-1321 DeKalb - 3Bd 2Ba House 2C Gar, Fireplace, Basement 204 Hollister, $1250/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768 DEKALB 3 BEDROOM, 1 BATH Newly Remodeled Ranch. All appl, bsmt,1.5 car garage, $1150/mo + security.

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on College Ave. Available Immed. $1200 + 1st, last security, no pets.

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Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D. NO PETS. $755/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250

MALTA 1 Mo Rent FREE! 2 bedroom duplex, appliances, W/D hook-up, no pets, $595/mo.

815-562-7368

BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $530 Recently updated!

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DEKALB for Rent 3BR Apt upstaris $750 5 BD House $1100/mo.

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Fox Brier Townhouse available.

All appliances include W/D. 1 car garage, balcony. $1100/mo.

Barry 815-757-9040

DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location!

No pets/smoking. Agent Owned.

815-758-6712

'97 Ford 1-Ton E-350 Club Wagon 23k w/OEM Replacement V10 6.8L 183k on Odometer, 4-Speed Auto, Red/Gray, 7-Pass, 4 Captain Chairs Chateau Pkg, Loaded, Salt Free, Must See. $4k obo 815-766-1591

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WINTER STORAGE RV's, Campers & Boats - Indoor & secure, West of Sycamore. Owner resides on property 815-825-2571

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Seeking a happy, friendly, outgoing individual with good sales abilities, great communication skills and computer experience to assist in leasing a 200 unit apartment community in DeKalb, IL. Pleasant work environment with excellent pay, benefits plus bonus potential.

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Dekalb: Tilton Park Area Lovely remodeled 2BR, 1BA, w/den, A/C, all appl., deck, fenced in yard, 2 car gar., avail 2/1, no smoking, pets neg., $800/mo. 630-675-4485

On Monday, January 6, 2014 beginning at 8:30 AM, the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb (HACD) will open its Low Income Public Housing 1, 2, and 3 bedroom waiting lists. Applicants must be income eligible AND qualify for 2 or more local preferences. Applications WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED if the applicant does not qualify for 2 or more local preferences.

Rochelle Large Upper 3BR

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

Beautiful 3BR, 2.5 BA End Unit Townhome, Full Basement, 2nd floor laundry, Private master bath w/walk-in closet. $1200/month.

CALL Marilyn Yamber 815-758-7368 Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

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Additionally, the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb (HACD) will open its Housing Choice Voucher Waiting List to individuals and families that are either Elderly (over the age of 62), have a DISABLED ADULT within the household or individuals or families that have been involuntarily displaced by a government action or natural disaster.

Applications will be accepted on-line at www.dekcohousing.com.

If you are a person with disabilities and require an accommodation to apply to our programs please contact the Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb at 815.758.2692. If you do not have a computer, you may access the web site through any computer connection at the public library or at the Authority's main office.

Applicants will need an e-mail address to complete the on-line process. E-mail will be the primary means of communicating with applicants; therefore, applicants MUST monitor their email for waiting list updates as well as their standard mailing address.

At this time there is no end date Local Preferences are:

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o Family Preference = one or more minor children in the household. Elderly (62) and/or disabled head, spouse or co-head qualify for this point. o Working Preference = head, spouse, or sole member of the household is employed 30 or more hours a week. Elderly (62) and/or disabled head or spouse qualifies for this point. o Residency Preference = applicant family resides or works (permanent non-temporary job) within the County of DeKalb Illinois. o Involuntary Displacement = applicant family has been displaced by a government action or natural disaster. o Rent Burden = applicant family is paying more than 50% of their family/household income for rent o DeKalb Continuum of Care = applicant/family is residing in Emergency Shelter, Transitional Shelter, Permanent Supportive housing or participating in homeless services at/in/through a participating DeKalb County Continuum of Care agency such as Hope Haven, Safe Passage, etc and have received a written letter of recommendation from said agency, not less than 30 days old at the time of interview.

Housing Authority of the County of DeKalb 310 N. 6th Street DeKalb, IL 60115 815-758-2692 THIS INSTITUTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY PROVIDER & EMPLOYER (Published in the Daily Chronicle December 28 & January 4, 2014.)

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(815) 748-0930 1 Price includes all applicable rebates. Excludes tax, title, license and dealer fees. Images are for illustration purpose only and color may vary. See dealer for details. 2Close end lease for 2014 CHEVROLET Cruze LS w/Automatic Transmission (stock #3462) with an MSRP of $19,505. $1,000 due at signing (after all offers). 39 monthly payments total $7,7761.00. Close end lease for 2014 CHEVROLET Traverse LS FWD (stock #3711) with an MSRP of $32,220. $2,000 due at signing (after all offers). 39 monthly payments total $11,232. Low-mileage lease for well-qualified lessees. No security deposit required. Tax, title, license, dealer fees and optional equipment extra. Option to purchase at lease end for an amount to be determined at lease signing. Lessor must approve lease. Take delivery by 1-2-2014. Mileage charge of $0.25/mile over 10,000 miles/year. Lessee pays for maintenance, repair and excess wear. Not available with other offers. See dealer for details. 3Must show proof of ownership and trade in a 1999 model year or newer vehicle. Not available with leases and some other offers. Take delivery by 1/2/14. Residency restrictions apply. See dealer for details. 4There are some limitations to the expense deduction, including vehicle eligibility. 5Pre-owned vehicle must be returned within 5 days or 150 miles in the same condition as when purchased to receive a full refund. 6Excludes tax, title, license and dealer fees. See dealer for details.

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Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com County, Illinois by said plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: PARCEL 1: LOT 23 in Sycamore Prairie Business Park Unit No.. 2, Being a subdivision of part of sections 5 and, Township 40 North, Range 5, Ease of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded June 13, 1996, in Book "Z" of Plats, Page 163, as Document No.: 96008492, in DeKalb County, Illinois.

PARCEL 2: Unit number four in 1730 Afton Road Condominium, ad delineated on a plat of survey of the following described tract of land: Lot 24 in Sycamore Prairie Business Park Unit No. 2, being a subdivision of part of sections 5 and 6, Township 40 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian, According to the plat thereof recorded June 13, 1996, in Book "Z" of Plats, Page 163, as Document No. 96008492, in DeKalb County, Illinois, which plat of survey is attached as Exhibit "A" to the of Condominium Declaration recorded February 21, 2007, as Document No.; 200700382, as amended from time to time, together with its undivided percentage interest in the common elements.

P.I.N.: 09-06-427-004 and 0906-427-018. Commonly known as: 955 West Prairie Drive & 1730 Afton Road, Suite D, Sycamore, IL 60176 and which said Mortgage was made by COR Property Acquisitions, LLC, Mortgagor, to Fifth Third Bank, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois as Document No. 2012000619, and the present owner of the property is (the above mentioned mortgagor), and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

Now, therefore, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, 133 W. State Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, on or before January 24, 2014 default may be entered and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

IN CHANCERY CASE NO. 13 CH 436 NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION NOTICE is hereby given to Beth Kay White, Unknown Owners, and Non-Record Claimants, of the Complaint for Foreclosure filed in the above entitled case on the 3rd day of December, 2013, and that they are named Defendants in the above entitled case, pursuant to the provisions of 735 ILCS 5/2-206, 735 ILCS 5/15-1218 and 735 ILCS 5/15-1502, and that the above entitled mortgage foreclosure which is now pending in said court and the day on or after which a default may be entered against said Defendants is the 27th day of January, 2014, and that the following information applies to said foreclosure proceeding:

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 21, 28, 2013 & January 4, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY WATERMAN STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

BETH KAY WHITE, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS,

OWNER: DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 901 South 4th Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 ARCHITECT: Richard L. Johnson Associates, Inc., 4703 Charles Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, Tel: 815/ 398-1231, Fax: 815/ 398-1280

DATE DUE: Sealed bids will be received until 2:00pm, Thursday, January 30, 2014, at the Office of DeKalb #428 Unit Office, 901 South 4th Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 and will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time.

(i) The names of all Plaintiffs and the case number are identified above. (ii) The Court in which said action was brought is identified above.

PRE-BID SITE VISIT: Contractors are required to survey the existing conditions prior to bidding.

(iii) The name of the title holder of record is: Beth K. White

ACCESS TO BIDDING DOCUMENTS: Bidding Documents are on file for reference at the following locations: Office of the Architect Rockford, IL NIBCA (N. Ill. Bldg. Contractors Assn) Rockford, IL Bidding Documents may be secured from the office of the Architect.

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(iv) A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: LOT 2 IN BLOCK 1 IN THE ORIGINAL VILLAGE OF WATERMAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "A" OF PLATS, PAGE 63, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DEKALB, IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. (v) A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 235 North Elm Street, Waterman, Illinois 60556 (vi) An identification of the mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: Name of mortgagor: Beth K. White Name of mortgagee: Waterman State Bank Date of mortgage: October 7, 2005 Date of recording: October 19, 2005 County where recorded: DeKalb County Recording document identification: 2005020877 /s/ Timothy J. Conklin Timothy J. Conklin, Attorney for the Plaintiff THE FOSTER & BUICK LAW GROUP, LLC 2040 ABERDEEN COURT SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS 60178 PHONE: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle December 28, 2013, January 4 & 11, 2014.)

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RIGHTS RESERVED BY OWNER: The Owner reserves the right to waive any irregularities and/or reject any or all bids when, in the opinion of the Owner, such action will serve the best interests of the Owner.

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SCOPE: Bids will be received for a single contract for all Work.

PRE-BID MEETING: All prospective General Contractors are urged to attend a pre-bid meeting at 3:30pm, Tuesday, January 7, 2014, at Tyler Elementary School, 1021 Alden Crl., DeKalb, Illinois 60115.

Dated, Sycamore, Illinois, December 20, 2013, 2013.

MAUREEN A. JOSH, Clerk

Tyler ry School, 1021 Alden Crl., DeKalb, Illinois 60115

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DEPOSIT REQUIRED: Bidders may secure up to two (2) sets of bidding documents by submitting a non-refundable check for $50.00 per set, or $60.00 per set if documents are to be mailed.

BID FORM: Bids shall be submitted in duplicate on forms issued by Architect.

BID SECURITY: Bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of at least 10% of the total amount of the base bid and all additive alternate bids. This may be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, bank draft or bid bond, payable to the Owner as a guarantee that should the bidder be awarded the Work, the bidder will enter into a contract with the Owner and will furnish the proper performance and payment bond within the time limit set by the Owner. Bid securities will be returned to all other bidders when the successful bidder files a proper performance and payment bond and the contract is executed by the Owner. If the successful bidder fails to file such contract and performance and payment bond, the amount of his bid security shall be forfeited to the Owner as liquidated damages.

Each craft, type of worker and mechanic needed to execute the Contract shall be paid the prevailing wage rate for the locality in which the work is performed, in accordance with all federal laws and laws of the State as well as local ordinances and regulations applicable to the work hereunder and having force of law.

PERFORMANCE BOND: A perfor-

WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS: No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the opening of bids without written consent of the Owner.

By order of DeKalb Community Unit School District 428

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 26, 27 & 28, 2013.)

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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 17, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as 20/20 TILE located at 2331 Laurel Ln. Sycamore, Il. 60178.

Dated December 17, 2013 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 28, 2013 & January 4, 11, 2014.)

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ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 19, 2013 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as DIEKMAN ELECTRIC located at 189 W. Christopher Ave, Cortland, IL 60112.

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