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By BRETT ROWLAND browland@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois University student leaders – along with local community and faith leaders – are helping to promote a peace march today in Chicago after the deaths of NIU student Quintonio LeGrier and former NIU student Joseph Graves.

Local groups including NIU’s Black Male Initiative, the Beloved Community organization and others encouraged NIU students, faculty and community members to join St. Sabina Church’s Call to Action Peace March from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on the Magnificent Mile.

“The NIU community is deeply saddened by the recent loss of both Quintonio and Joseph,” NIU student and organizer Randiss Hopkins said in an email to the Daily Chronicle. “Yesterday, I reached out to student leaders at NIU asking them to help me coordinate an effort to bring our students and organizations together for this important cause. I was truly blown away by the immediate response.

“Many of our students are from Chicago, and I think we all understand that this could have been any one of us. To witness so many students come together for such

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Crews continue their search-and-rescue efforts April 10 in the aftermath of the EF4 tornado April 9 that left a path of wreckage through Fairdale in DeKalb County. Seventeen houses were leveled off the foundations, 11 people were taken to the hospital and two women died after the tornado hit Fairdale around 7:15 p.m. For a photo gallery of the Top 10 Stories of 2015, visit Daily-Chronicle.com.

STAFF PICKS AFTERMATH OF FAIRDALE TORNADO AS NO.1 STORY

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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel responds to a question during a news conference about new police procedures Wednesday in Chicago.

Chicago mayor: Police reforms aim to make force last option

By SARA BURNETT and MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO – Mayor Rahm Emanuel said Wednesday that Chicago police must be better trained to distinguish between when they can use a gun and when they should use a gun, after a series of shootings by officers sparked protests and complaints that police are too quick to fire their weapons.

Emanuel announced changes in police training and department policies on use of force during a news conference, pledging “nothing less than complete and total reform.” Reforms, he said, will include doubling the number of stun guns available to officers – from 700 to 1,400 – as he works to

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DeKalb County’s great rebuilding story is the Daily Chronicle news staff’s pick for the No. 1 story of 2015.

The EF-4 tornado that tore through the rural hamlet in the northwest corner of DeKalb County packed 180 to 200 mph winds, levINSIDE: See the eling homes to their list of top news foundations, stories of the scattering year on page A4. debris for miles, and destroying most of the existing infrastructure. The estimated property damage was $7.9 million, an estimated $2.8 million of which were uninsured losses.

The torndao also took the lives of two women who had been neighbors and friends: Jackie Klosa, 69, and Geraldine Schultz, 67.

In the aftermath, a special organization called the DeKalb County Long Term Recovery Corp. was formed to assist residents in navigating the permitting process and tring to put their homes and their lives back together. County officials agreed to make zoning changes and other adjustments to fast-track the rebuilding process.

Many charity organizations volunteered time, money and materials to help, first with the cleanup and the immediate needs of displaced residents, and later with donated time, materials and funds to help with the rebuilding.

In September, five months after the tornado, the Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary Club and Rotary International donated a tornado siren to the town.

A few days later, the first home to be rebuilt in Fairdale arrived. It belonged to Irene Clay, an 87-year-old widow who had lived in Fairdale since 1955. Clay succumbed to lung cancer the

Fairdale resident Rick Geist takes a break April 13 from clearing debris in his backyard to answer his cell phone. Geist and his wife, Dawn, survived the April 9 tornado that left their home on Route 72 uninhabitable by bunkering in their basement with their three Australian shepherds. day after her new modular home was delivered, and sadly, never saw the inside.

The rebuilding effort continues today. In all, officials expect 57 of the 66 homes that once stood in Fairdale to once again be inhabited.

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KishHealth joins Northwestern

A state regulatory board in November approved plans for Northwestern Memorial HealthCare to acquire KishHealth System, including its local hospitals, Kishwaukee Hospital and Valley West Hospital. The deal was finalized in December.

There was no sale price in the deal for the county’s largest private employer to join the larger Northwestern system.

Some police, local officials and community members voiced concerns about the lack of mental health services in the community,

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KishHealth System President and CEO Kevin Poorten speaks to the Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board before they approved Chicago-based Northwestern Memorial HealthCare’s acquisition of KishHealth System during a meeting Nov. 17 at Bolingbrook Golf Club in Bolingbrook.

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Cosby charged with sex assault

By MARYCLAIRE DALE The Associated Press ELKINS PARK, Pa. – Bill Cosby was arrested in the twilight of his life and career Wednesday and charged with a decade-old sex crime after a barrage of accusations from dozens of women made a mockery of his image as TV’s wise and understanding Dr. Cliff Huxtable.

Holding a cane, the 78-yearold comedian walked slowly and unsteadily into court on the arms of his lawyers to answer charges he drugged and sexually assaulted a woman less than half his age at his suburban Philadelphia home in 2004. He had no comment as he was released on $1 million bail.

The case marks the first time Cosby has been charged with sexual misconduct despite years of lurid allegations and sets the stage for perhaps the biggest Hollywood celebrity trial of the mobile-news era.

“Make no mistake: We intend to mount a vigorous defense against this unjustified charge, and we expect that Mr. Cosby will be exonerated

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Bill Cosby arrives at court to face a felony charge of aggravated indecent assault Wednesday in Elkins Park, Pa. Cosby was charged Wednesday with drugging and sexually assaulting a woman at his home 12 years ago. by a court of law,” his attorney Monique Pressley said in a statement.

The decision to prosecute came just days before Pennsylvania’s 12-year statute of limitations for bringing charges was set to run out. It represents an about-face by the district attorney’s office, which under a previous DA declined to charge Cosby in 2005 when the woman first told police that the comic put his hands down her pants.

The former “Cosby Show” star and breaker of racial bar-

riers was charged with aggravated indecent assault, punishable by five to 10 years in prison and a $25,000 fine. He did not have to enter a plea.

Prosecutors accused Cosby of plying former Temple University employee Andrea Constand with pills and wine, then penetrating her with his fingers without her consent while she was drifting in and out of consciousness, unable to resist or cry out.

She was “frozen, paralyzed, unable to move,” Montgomery County District At-

torney-elect Kevin Steele said.

In court papers, prosecutors said the drugs were the cold medicine Benadryl or some other, unidentified substance.

Steele noted that Cosby has admitted giving quaaludes to women he wanted to have sex with.

Cosby acknowledged under oath a decade ago that he had sexual contact with Constand but said it was consensual.

Wearing a black-andwhite hooded sweater, Cosby tripped on a curb as he made his way into court. Inside, he seemed to have trouble seeing the paperwork and finding the place to sign, and his lawyers helped him hold the pen.

But he seemed at ease, laughing and chatting with his attorneys.

When the judge said, “Good luck to you, sir,” he shouted: “Thank you!”

Prosecutors reopened the case over the summer as damaging testimony was unsealed in Constand’s related civil lawsuit against Cosby and as dozens of other women came forward with similar accusations that destroyed his goodguy image as America’s Dad.

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Officials: ‘Affluenza’ teen remains in Mexico

By E. EDUARDO CASTILLO and MICHAEL GRACZYK The Associated Press MEXICO CITY – The Texas teenager known for using an “affluenza” defense in a fatal drunken-driving accident likely won’t return to the U.S. anytime soon because of a Mexican judge’s decision to delay his deportation Wednesday, but a Mexico immigration official said his mother was being flown to Los Angeles.

Richard Hunter, chief deputy for the U.S. Marshals Service in South Texas, said during a news conference in Houston that a three-day court injunction granted to Ethan Couch will likely take at least two weeks to resolve.

Later in the day, however, the teen’s mother, Tonya Couch, was put on a plane to be flown from Guadalajara to Los An-

geles, an official with Mexico’s National Immigration Institute told The Associated Press. The official said she would be turned over to U.S. marshals.

The official, who was not authorized to discuss the case and spoke on condition of anonymity, said the woman was sent to the United States because immigration authorities did not receive a judge’s injunction like the one that temporarily blocked her son’s deportation.

Ethan Couch was transported late Wednesday to Mexico City, the official said. The decision to move Couch was made because the Mexico City facility for detaining migrants is larger and better equipped to hold someone for days or weeks. The official would not say if he was being moved by air or ground.

Authorities believe the 18-year-old Couch, who was sentenced only to pro-

bation for the 2013 wreck in Texas, fled to Mexico with his mother in November as prosecutors investigated whether he had violated his probation. Both were taken into custody Monday after authorities said a phone call for pizza led to their capture in the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.

The ruling earlier Wednesday by the Mexican court gives a judge three days to decide whether the younger Couch has grounds to challenge his deportation based on arguments that kicking him out of the country would violate his rights.

Hunter said the legal maneuver basically takes the decision out of an immigration agent’s hands and asks a higher authority to make the deportation decision.

He said such cases can often take anywhere from two weeks to several months, depending on the priorities of the local courts.

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an urgent matter is very empowering.”

The Faith Community of Saint Sabina, along with partners Purpose Over Pain and the BRAVE Youth Leaders, plan to meet at Tribune Plaza, 435 N. Michigan Ave., march north to the Water Tower, 835 N. Michigan Ave. and return.

The march will serve as a way to “remember all of those killed and shot in 2015” and a call to break the cycle of vio-

lence in 2016, according to a post on St. Sabina’s website.

Quintonio LeGrier, a sophomore engineering major at NIU, was shot multiple times Saturday by police responding to a call about a domestic disturbance at the residence he shared with his father, Antonio LeGrier. Police said 55-year-old Bettie Jones, a a mother of five who lived downstairs, was accidentally hit by gunfire during the incident.

Relatives of both shooting victims have questioned

why police opened fire and if the situation could have been handled another way.

On Monday, Antonio LeGrier filed a lawsuit against the city, saying his son was never a threat and that officers used excessive force.

Earlier this month, 19-year-old Joseph Graves, a former NIU student, was shot and killed in Chicago.

Local groups called for attendees to wear clothing representative of NIU and other local student groups.

Hopkins, who is majoring

in jazz performance with a minor in community leadership and civic engagement, helped rally his fellow students for the event from Mexico, where he is taking part in an internship program.

“I believe it is of great importance that our NIU and DeKalb community take part in this Peace March, as a unified presence can speak volumes,” he said. “Much louder than we may think.”

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Continued from page A1 restore public trust in Chicago’s 12,000-officer force and in his administration.

“Our police officers have a very difficult and dangerous job. They put their lives on the line so the rest of us can be safe. And like all of us, they are human and they make mistakes,” the mayor said. “Our job is to reduce the chances of mistakes.”

Emanuel pledged training to make police encounters with citizens “less

confrontational and more conversational.” And he said “force can be the last option, not the first choice.”

“Just because you train that you can use force doesn’t mean you should,” he said. “And helping officers (make) that distinction – and the training that goes with it – is essential.”

Every patrol car will be equipped with a stun gun by June 1, Emanuel said, though he didn’t mention cost or how the cash-strapped city will foot the bill. Tasers can cost between $500 and $1,000, potentially putting the price tag for the new stun guns at around $700,000.

Interim Police Superintendent John

Escalante said the city looked at 15 police departments, including New York, Seattle, Cincinnati and Cleveland as it developed its policy changes.

Emanuel and Chicago police have been under heavy scrutiny since the city, under court order, released a squad car video last month showing white officer Jason Van Dyke shooting black 17-year-old Laquan McDonald 16 times in 2014. McDonald, armed with a knife, is seen veering away from Van Dyke in the video before the veteran officer starts firing.

Van Dyke, who faces six first-degree murder counts, pleaded not guilty to the charges Tuesday.

The release of the video set off weeks of demonstrations, forced the resignation of Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy and has led to an ongoing wide-ranging civil rights investigation of the entire Chicago Police Department by the U.S. Department of Justice. Protesters also have called for Emanuel to resign.

Ted Pearson, one of the leaders of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression, noted that Emanuel made leadership changes after the release of the McDonald video and gave a speech before the City Council in which he apologized, appearing at times to be near tears.

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DeKALB – Officials remained quiet on the investigation surrounding a man’s body found Tuesday near the main campus of Northern Illinois University.

An autopsy was performed Wednesday morning, but the identification and cause of death have not been released from the coroner, NIU spokesman Brad Hoey said.

DeKalb County Coroner Dennis Miller couldn’t be immediately be reached for comment Wednesday afternoon.

The body was found around 10 a.m. Tuesday on university property, on a path behind the WNIJ-WNIU Broadcast Studios, 801 N. First St., DeKalb. Officials said that foul play is not suspected in the man’s death.

By KATIE SMITH ksmith@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – The Sycamore Park District’s Board of Commissioners has approved a $2,450,000 property tax levy that will take effect Jan. 1.

The Sycamore Park Board discussed progress on the park district’s Action 2020 plans and took a final vote on the proposed property tax levy at a meeting Dec. 22.

“Really, for an existing homeowner the change in existing tax levy is extremely small,” Park District Board President Ted Strack said.

The levy distributes most of its money to general and recreational funds, park district documents show.

The new levy collects about $43,000 more than the previous year, Park District Executive Director Dan Gibble said.

“The funds we levy pay for day to day operation of the district, and some will let us issue bonds early in 2017 for the projects of Action 2020,”

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Gibble said in an email.

Action 2020 projects include plans for a Sycamore community center, dog park, sled hill, trail connections, splash pad, sports complex and golf course irrigation.

Taxpayers won’t see more than a 0.8 percent increase in their property tax bill because of the tax cap, Park District Superintendent of Finance Jackie Hienbuecher said. She said she couldn’t provide an estimate for how much an individual homeowner’s property tax bill would change as a result of the levy.

The only other “new dollars” the Park District could receive would be in new property brought onto the tax rolls in the last year, which creates growth in the district’s overall equalized assessed value, Gibble said.

“That does not increase other property owners’ taxes, it just means there is new property that has come onto the tax roll, and that is assessed taxes like everyone else – only this is the first

time they pay property taxes to the park district, city, and school district, etc,” he said in an email.

The plan levies about $1,200,000 to the General Corporate Fund, and $500,000 to the Recreation Fund, documents show.

Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of the levy. Commissioners Ann Tucker and Daryl Graves were absent.

In addition to the small tax increase, Sycamore residents can expect cheaper rates for season golf passes in 2016, Strack said.

“We did roll those back,” he said. “One of the things we saw happening as we raised rates over the years is the number of season passes had dropped significantly.”

The 2016 golf season passes will cost Sycamore residents between $239 and $599.

The district hopes the more affordable rates, which were not immediately available, will encourage Sycamore residents to buy season passes next year.

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Rose Brotcke will share with visitors Thursday her family’s extensive history in DeKalb County, including stories of her grandfather and middleweight boxing world champion, “Cyclone” Johnny Thompson. The Sycamore History Museum will host a question-and-answer session with Brotcke, whose family arrived in Sycamore in the 1830s, according to a news release. Brotcke will share stories and childhood memories at noon Jan. 7 in the Freight Room of the DeKalb County Community Foundation, 475 DeKalb Avenue, Sycamore. Brotcke grew up in a farm on Lovell Road and attended one-room schoolhouses including Pleasant Hill School and Lovell’s Crossing, according to a news release.

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DeKALB – Hunters can complete their safety training by attending a program hosted by the DeKalb Police Department and Illinois Department of Natural Resources Feb. 18, 23 and 25.

The 10-hour course is will cover firearms safety, hunter ethics, wildlife management, first aid, survival techniques, state regulations, basic archery, muzzle loading and game identification, with an overall emphasis on gun safety, according to a news release.

Under Illinois law, anyone born after Jan. 1, 1980, must complete the course before receiving their first hunting license.

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Resident Tiara Huggins welcomes Security Properties and Evergreen Properties to DeKalb during a meeting for University Village residents and other community members to learn more about a potential $14 million project to renovate the low-income and section 8 housing community Jan. 7 at Westminster Presbyterian Church in DeKalb.

Here are the Top 10 stories considered the most important of the year by people who voted online at Daily-Chronicle.com: 1. Fairdale tornado kills 2, destroys several homes on April 9 2. Northwestern Memorial HealthCare acquires KishHealth System 3. Substitute teacher Andrew Arison accused of abusing 12 students 4. DeKalb County board approves $35 million bond sale to expand jail 5. 22 ex-fraternity members sentenced in David Bogenberger’s alcohol-poisoning death 6. Illinois’ budget crisis affects multiple nonprofits, NIU, Kishwaukee College 7. University Village rezoned 8. Sycamore Wendy’s burns in January, building not demolished until mid-July 9. Tom Zucker, longtime leader of Voluntary Action Center, dies 10. IHSA football championships return to Huskie Stadium in DeKalb

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DeKalb’s University Village rezoned

After a months-long approval process, DeKalb City Council members in September approved rezoning University Village, clearing the way for a $21 million renovation of the 32-acre, 534-unit housing complex

by Seattle-based Security Properties. The rezoning will allow the development to be rebuilt exactly as it is in the event it is severely damaged.

There was a fair amount of public pushback on the plan, but ultimately the company’s willingness to spend money to rehab the complex carried the day.

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Teacher charged with molesting students

In March, substitute teacher Andrew Arison of Sycamore was arrested and eventually accused of aggravated criminal sexual abuse against 12 children, all of them students at an early childhood education program in DeKalb District 428.

Arison had been a teacher at schools in DeKalb, Sycamore, and elsewhere around the area, sparking outrage and concern among some parents.

In response, school officials and police in DeKalb and Sycamore held community meetings to try to

explain to parents what had happened and ease their fears. Arison has pleaded not guilty and his case is pending in DeKalb County Court.

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State budget crisis leads to tough times

The State of Illinois’ new fiscal year began July 1, and since then the state has operated without a budget.

Appropriations were made for schools and some other purposes, but local nonprofit organizations and institutions such as Northern Illinois University went without.

As a result, some local assistance programs for seniors and others with disabilities were closed or reduced, low-income college students did not receive Monetary Award Program grants, even lottery winners weren’t paid.

Illinois enters 2016 without a budget in place, but the

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Fraternity members sentenced in NIU pledge’s 2012 death

Two-and-a-half years after Pi Kappa Alpha pledge David Bogenberger died of alcohol poisoning, the 22 fraternity members present at the unsanctioned hazing ritual where he died were fined and sentenced to community service – but no jail time. Bogenberger’s father, Gary Bogenberger, had angry words at their sentencing in May. “You planned an event that was abusive, humiliating, degrading and endangering for David and his fellow pledges.

“You didn’t care one iota for David’s or the other pledges’ well-being, but rather only for your own self-gratification in seeing David demeaned and incapacitated to the point of death.”

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The DeKalb County Board in July approved a $35 million borrowing plan to finance expansion and renovations at the county jail. The county will use fee revenue from Waste Management’s expanded landfill in Cortland Township to repay the bonds, along with about $5 million in uncommitted county farm sales tax funds that will become available once the DeKalb County Courthouse expansion project bonds are paid in 2029. The jail expansion is slated to start in 2016.

“This is a culmination of, I can’t tell you how many years of work, of how many meetings I’ve been in,” County Administrator Gary Hanson said when the plan was approved. “This is a good night for the county.”

After a national trend, crime in several of the county’s most populated areas, including DeKalb, Sycamore and Genoa, showed hit new lows, law enforcement agencies said this year. In DeKalb, police reported violent crimes in 2014 were at their lowest level in 10 years. In Sycamore, violent crime hit a 25-year low.

Genoa showed an 18 percent year-over-year decline in violent crime.

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Tribe’s bingo plan resurfaces

Years after it was first proposed, representatives of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation returned to DeKalb County officials in August with a plan to bring a 24-hour electronic bingo hall to 129 acres the tribe owns near Shabbona.

The tribe must get the federal government to declare the land held in trust for it to bring as many as 800 bingo machines to the area. The tribe said it would NIU consultant pay the county the greater of improperly paid $800,000 or 2.5 percent of the The Illinois Audi- gambling profits annually if the tor General’s office found in center opens. This plan has surMarch that Northern Illinois faced before and it’s not clear University had improperly re- when or if it will progress.

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he explored the world through travel and was always willing to try new things. He loved music and playing his guitar. Blaine was an avid Chicago sports fan with favorite teams being the Bears, the Blackhawks, and the White Sox. He was a devoted husband and very loved brother and uncle.

The family will be receiving guests from 9am until time of memorial service at 11am at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main St. (Lake-Cook Rd.), Barrington IL 60010.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be given to Esophageal Cancer Awareness Society or American Cancer Society.

For further information, please contact Davenport Family Funeral Home at (847)381-3411. Online condolences can be given at www. davenportfamily.com.

in Angola, IN and was drafted into the US Navy serving from 1955 to 1957. He married Yolanda H. Hare at St. Casimir Catholic Church in Chicago. Don worked for Kemper Insurance in Long Grove, IL for 30 yrs. as a fire protection engineer.

Surviving are his wife Yolanda; a son, Scott (Shelley) Johnson of Fort Collins, Colorado; daughter, Tracy (Michael) Lining of Crystal Lake; 4 grandchildren, Alex, Spencer, Brina, and Brent; brother, Arnold (Donna) Johnson of Duluth, MN. He was preceded in death by his parents; two brothers, Archie and Armand Johnson; a sister, Arlene in infancy.

A Memorial Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am Saturday, Jan. 2, 2016 at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church, 297 E. Jefferson Ave, Hampshire with Msgr. Thomas Dempsey officiating.

Memorial visitation will be held prior to mass on Sat. at the church from 10 to 11 am. Cremation Burial DONALD L. JOHNSON will be in the Crystal Lake MemoriBorn: May 5, 1932, in Superior, Wis. al Park at a later date.

Died: Dec.02, 2015, Woodstock In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in his name may be Donald L. Johnson, 83, of Pingree directed to the St. Vincent DePaul Grove, formerly of Branson, Society, the Burlington-Hampshire Mo., and Cary, Ill., passed away peacefully Tuesday afternoon, Dec. Food Pantry or to the charity of 2, 2015, at JourneyCare Hospice in your choice.

Woodstock.

The Fredrick Funeral Home in He was born May 5, 1932, in Hampshire is assisting the family.

Superior, Wis., the son of Albert Info (847)683-2711. and Fannie (Sauvola) Johnson. He received a degree in Chemical Engineering from Tri-State University

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She is often remembered Born: Nov. 5, 1925, in DeKalb with a roaring laugh, drinking beer Pine St DeKalb with Father Dean Died: Dec. 27, 2015; in Crystal Lake Russell officiating. Burial will be in the kitchen. immediately following the mass at She legally adopted her own Betty Lou Fairview Park Cemetery in DeKalb. younger sister, Ruth Mark (Kopp), Frederick, age 90, Visitation will be held on Saturday, while barely a young adult, of Crystal Lake, January 2, 2016 at 9:30am until allowing her to finish high school passed away the time of service at the church. in DeKalb: who preceded her in peacefully in her ALICE FREY (KOPP) Memorials can be made to the death. home on Dec. 27, Born: Oct. 29, 1934, in Berwyn family to be established at a later Also preceding her in death at 2015.

Died: Dec 19, 2015, in DeKalb date. too early an age due to compliShe was born on Nov. 5, 1925 To send an online condolence cations in child birth, was her in DeKalb, IL to Bert and Esther Alice Frey passed away on Dec. please visit: www.ronanmooremother, Mary Elizabeth (Foster) Griswold.

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Crystal Lake. away and is at peace from a long dinner, a good debate, and a glass Throughout her lifetime, Betty battle with cancer, Tuesday, Dec. of wine. No one walked through touched many lives and will be 29, 2015, in Barrington. the door at their stately home on deeply missed by everyone that Blaine is survived by his wife, VIRGINIA (MARION) 2nd street across from Huntley knew her. There was no limitation Park without being offered food Tammy (nee Strahs) Hood; his HERTLE to the love Betty extended to brothers, Bruce (Michele) Hood, and beverage.

Born: Aug. 7, 1924, in Chicago her children, grandchildren and Scott (Jenny) Hood, and Chris To her daughter, Mary Elizabeth Died: Dec. 29, 2015, in Mendota great-grandchildren.

(Penny) Hood; his sister-in-law, (Frey) Higgins, she was a doting She is survived by her three Robin Pappenfus; his nieces and mother and homemaker. Alice was Virginia (Marion) Hertle 91, of children, Roger (Sherri) Frederick, her longtime Girl Scout Leader nephews, Ashley Hood, Jessica Linda (Richard) Scobee and David who ran the Day Camp in Hopkins Mendota, IL died Tuesday, Decem- Hood, Mindy Hood, Jennifer ber 29, 2015 at Heritage Manor in (Linda) Frederick; grandchildren, Hood-Cyran (Shawn), Kathleen Park. Nicknamed “Sparky” at camp Mendota, IL. Brian (Daenon) Scobee, Melissa (Jon) Harnish, Anthony Pappenfus, she was quick to figure out how She was born August 7, 1924 in (Anthony) Petersen, Michael (Kel- to help neighborhood children Lindsay Pappenfus, and Zachary Chicago, IL and was the daughter ly) Frederick, Jill (Brian) Friedman, and harbored a great love of Girl DeBree.

Christine Scobee, Laura Frederick; Scouting, in part because she was of William A. and Marion L. (LawHe is preceded in death by his rence) McDermott. step-granddaughters, Kelli (Mifather, Leroy Blaine Hood and prevented from joining as a child.

Virginia was a member of St. chael) Clayton, and Leann Croft, During Maryís school years, Alice mother, Romona Beatrice Hood.

Mary Catholic Church. She gradugreat-grandchildren, Cole, Jase, managed Montgomery Wards Blaine was a sportsman and felt ated from DeKalb Township High Piper, Madelynn, Jack, Cameron, Womenís Department and later bemost at peace in the outdoors. His School and lived most of her life in Ava, Sean, Reese, Maeve; 8 step came the Manager of Honey Girl in deep love of nature and wildlife DeKalb and Malta before moving great-grandchildren, and brother downtown DeKalb for over twenty was shared by his brothers and to Mendota.

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spending it already has done so far means that there is a significant budget hole yet to close.

imbursed consultant Ron Walters for almost $32,000 in travel expenses incurred traveling from his home in Washington State to the campus in DeKalb.

The audit said that expenses are not reimbursable under the law. Walters, however, has yet to repay the money, which was paid to him under an agreement with the school.

“From his perspective, I believe he feels this isn’t appropriate,” Alan Phillips, NIU’s vice president of administration and finance, said in July.

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Can Republicans win the next presidential election without getting more Hispanic votes?

It’s a question that has obsessed the party since 2012. It’s also the wrong question.

Mitt Romney won only 27 percent of Hispanics’ votes when he lost in 2012, to President Barack Obama’s 71 percent. Romney’s defeat convinced a lot of Republicans they had to court Hispanics by passing legislation offering citizenship, or at least legal status, to most illegal immigrants. So said a lot of big Republican donors, who tended to favor that kind of immigration reform to begin with. The “autopsy” prepared for the Republican National Committee echoed this conclusion. Even Donald Trump said Romney had lost by alienating Hispanics.

Opponents of the so-called reform pointed out numerous defects in the strategy.

Republicans who favored some form of legal status, such as 2008 presidential nominee John McCain, also had done poorly among Hispanics. The critics warned that support for such policies might drive turnout lower among white working-class voters who otherwise favored Republicans.

The biggest defect of the strategy turned out to be that it was incapable of being implemented. Conservative opposition ran too strong. The Republican House refused to pass the legislation. Marco Rubio, one of its sponsors in the Senate, turned against it.

The presidential candidate who has topped the polls of Republicans for months, Trump, has been saying he will deport all illegal immigrants (and then take many of them back, but not many people have picked up on that). Sen. Ted Cruz, who comes second in polling averages, now says he never will offer legal status to illegal immigrants.

Even Cruz, however, says to win in 2016, Republicans need to get 40 percent of Hispanics’ votes – the same magic number other Republicans cite. Evidently he believes he can win Hispanics who either them-

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru selves oppose legalization or who favor it but consider other issues more important.

Hispanic voters are not as crucial to Republicans as conventional wisdom has it. Romney still would have lost the election if he had won 40 percent of Hispanics. He would have lost, for that matter, if he had won a majority of these voters, something Republicans never have done. To win, Romney would have had to do a bit better than even Obama did among Hispanics.

It would make a real difference, on the other hand, if Republicans increased their share of white voters by only a few percentage points. RealClearPolitics has an interactive tool that allows for simulating different election scenarios for 2016. It suggests Republicans would win the popular vote and Electoral College if they took 3.3 percent more than Romney from whites – even if everything else about the party’s performance stays the same.

So maybe Republicans should just hunt for new white supporters? No mainstream voice has advocated that strategy, even if it sometimes feels as though it’s one the party has fallen into. A Republican surge among white voters and only white voters is more realistic than a Hispanic landslide for Republicans, but it’s still far-fetched.

Romney performed very well among whites, for one thing. What would help Republicans improve on his showing without affecting nonwhite voters? Taking a harder line than Romney on immigration might not boost white support: Most white voters are open to a path to citizenship. There’s no reason to think Romney’s dismal share of Hispanic and Asian voters represents a floor for Republicans.

The most plausible winning formula for Republicans in 2016 would involve their performing at least somewhat better among all racial groups. In the RealClearPolitics tool, input the average turnout rates for each group over the last three elections.

Then assume that Republicans get 9 percent from black voters, 32 percent from Hispanics and 35 percent from Asians and others – all numbers lower than the percentages George W. Bush won in 2004. In that case, Republicans would need to do only two points better among whites to score their biggest electoral win since 1988, carrying Colorado, Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia.

I’m not predicting anything like this will happen. Reality won’t be as neat as an electoral model, with voters from each racial group moving in sync across state lines.

What this simulation suggests, rather, are four points. First: Republicans do not absolutely have to get 40 percent of the Hispanic vote to win. Second: Republicans have no good reason to obsess about Hispanic voters to the exclusion of black and Asian voters. Third: If Republicans end up winning, it probably will be because they improved in all racial groups, albeit unevenly, which is what they did in elections from 1996 through 2004.

Fourth: Instead of thinking about voters in racial categories at all, Republicans probably should make the case their agenda would turn out better than the Democratic one for most people – and make that case to voters of all races. The question Republicans should be asking themselves is not how to do better with this or that racial group, but how to make that basic case.

• Ramesh Ponnuru, a Bloomberg View columnist, is a senior editor for National Review, where he has covered national politics for 18 years, and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

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Journalists are in peril now more than ever Jason Rezaian, the Washington Post journalist imprisoned in Iran, now has been held longer than any U.S. correspondent jailed anywhere abroad in at least the past quarter-century, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

On Wednesday, he spent his 527th day in captivity, deprived not only of freedom but also of any semblance of justice. Although his trial ended Aug. 10, neither Mr. Rezaian nor his lawyer has yet been informed of a verdict or sentence against him.

In continuing to hold him, Iran openly violates its own laws, not to mention basic standards of human rights.

Unfortunately, such arbitrary and cruel treatment is not unusual for journalists in the world’s unfree countries.

According to the CPJ, 199 were in prison Dec. 1 because of their work in 28 countries. Rezaian was one of 19 jailed in Iran

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alone. At least 70 other media workers were killed in 2015, including 47 who were singled out for murder in order to silence them.

The first death recorded by the CPJ was of José Moisés Sánchez Cerezo, of La Unión in Medellín de Bravo, Mexico, who was kidnapped Jan. 2 and decapitated after reporting on local corruption. The most recent came Sunday, when Syrian journalist and filmmaker Naji Jerf, who had documented atrocities by the regime of Bashar Assad and the Islamic State, was assassinated in a Turkish town near the Syrian border.

Syria, not surprisingly, was the deadliest country in the world for journalists for the fourth consecutive year, with 13 killed. Second, shockingly, was France, where nine died, including eight from the satirical journal Charlie Hebdo when it was attacked by al-Qaida in Jan-

uary. Overall, more than 40 percent of the journalists’ deaths documented by the CPJ were attributed to jihadist groups, but journalists also were killed in places where the Islamic State and al-Qaida have no presence, including Brazil, Ghana, South Sudan and Poland. Two, Adam Ward and Alison Parker of WDBJ-TV in Roanoke, Virginia, were American.

The leading jailers of journalists identified by the CPJ were grimly familiar: China, Egypt, Eritrea and Turkey were at the top of the list, along with Iran. A quarter of those imprisoned globally are held by the regime of Xi Jinping – a record 49, according to the CPJ, but the worst deterioration in press freedom, it said, occurred in Egypt, which nearly doubled its number of jailed journalists in 2015, from 12 to 23. Imprisoned journalists in Turkey also doubled, to 14, as President

Recep Tayyip Erdogan sought to intimidate opponents before an election.

Autocratic regimes single out journalists because they almost always get away with it. The State Department, like other Western government agencies, issues protests when reporters are jailed, but rarely takes action. That’s been true even in cases like that of Khadija Ismayilova, an Azerbaijani journalist who works for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, an outlet sponsored by the U.S. government.

In Rezaian’s case, President Barack Obama’s administration did not seek his release as part of the nuclear accord reached this summer. The lack of consequences surely has contributed to Rezaian’s record confinement – which, unlike the nuclear deal, President Obama should not want for a legacy.

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Procrastinate means to delay or postpone action, or to put off doing something.

Our Editorial Board once nominated then-Gov. Pat Quinn as Procrastinator of the Year for putting off his 2014 budget address for five weeks. His delay until after the primary election that year appeared to be politically motivated and drew our attention.

But Quinn’s speech postponement is nothing compared to the political dawdling we’ve seen this year.

A strong contender for individual Procrastinator of the Year has to be Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who delayed for months the release of an October 2014 video that shows a white Chicago police officer shooting a black teenager 16 times.

Emanuel, who won re-election earlier this year, claims politics had nothing to do with his efforts to keep the public from viewing the video of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s death.

After a judge ordered the video to be released last month, the public saw the police department’s version of events did not correspond with images on the video.

The public fallout afterward has been intense.

The controversy continues after the weekend shooting deaths by Chicago police of a 19-year-old Northern Illinois University student and a 55-year-old Chicago woman.

In the group category, the leading candidates for Procrastinators of the Year have to be Illinois’ statewide leaders: Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton, both Democrats who control their chambers, and Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno and House Minority Leader Jim Durkin, both Republicans.

Since the start of the fiscal year July 1, the state of Illinois has been forced to operate without a full-fledged budget because state leaders have been unwilling to compromise on a spending plan that deals with Illinois’ extreme financial difficulties.

Unaddressed by the Legislature and governor are chronic imbalances in state revenue and spending, not to mention the need for a legislative solution to the employee pension system, which is underfunded to the tune of $111 billion, after the Illinois Supreme Court earlier this year rejected a 2013 overhaul.

It’s not that the House and Senate failed to approve spending bills for 2015-16. They did, but Rauner chose to veto most of them, except for the education budget, because of the large gap between revenue and spending.

The governor insists his “Turnaround Agenda” of structural changes to government be approved first before negotiations turn to raising taxes to close the gap.

So the state entered the fiscal year without a budget, and that’s where things remain in this game of political chicken – despite the financial fallout to social service agencies, employees, taxpayers and students who depend on various state services.

Only late in the year did Rauner, Madigan, Cullerton, Radogno and Durkin meet to discuss the budget; they hadn’t done so since May. Voters don’t elect leaders to dally, stall, drag their feet and excel at the art of delay. Voters elect leaders to confront problems and reach solutions.

On the vital public issues of our time, Illinoisans deserve more action and less procrastination in 2016.

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Hall completes résumé for Cheap Trick

Cheap Trick has sold more than 20 million albums, has worked with some of the biggest producers in the music industry, has been successful for more than four decades and has a day in its honor in Illinois.

Those are impressive credentials for any band, but there was something missing from the résumé: Hallof-Fame status.

That came Dec. 17, when the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland announced “America’s greatest pop rock garage band” will be inducted April 8 at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, a week after Cheap Trick Day in Illinois, which has been celebrated since 2008.

Cheap Trick has been eligible for the hall since 2002, but was nominated for the first time in October.

Music critics have credited the band with perfecting the power pop that influenced grunge and other contemporary rock, which made it all the more surprising Cheap Trick has waited this long for Hall of Fame recognition.

However, it’s not about recognition for Rockford’s favorite quartet; the guys love to play. How else would you explain one of the busiest tour schedules in the business?

“We owe it to our fans for keeping us working and relevant. Onward to 2016!” frontman and guitarist Rick Nielsen told Register Star reporter Georgette Braun.

We fans are grateful for all the music Cheap Trick has played over the years. We eagerly await the release of the next album, “Bang Zoom Crazy Hello,” and the celebration of the group’s induction into the rock hall.

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ecarifio@shawmedia.com DeKALB – With three of its top wrestlers sidelined with injuries – two possible for an extended period of time – the Barbs came away with a fourth-place finish at the Don Flavin Wrestling Invitational.

The Barbs (17-4) won their first four matches in the meet, opening bracket play Wednesday with a 40-38 win against Pewaukee (Wisconsin).

They suffered their first loss in the semifinals against Glenbard West, 37-30. They lost the final match to Moline, 37-27.

Prospect knocked off Glenbard West, 41-24, for the title.

“I think we did a nice job, but I know we’re capable of a lot more,” coach Mike Pater said. “I think the kids wrestled really hard to take fourth place. I’m really proud of them.

But we definitely need to close the gap on some of these elite teams.”

The Barbs were locked in a battle with the Maroons until later in the match, when Andrew Hatton was pinned at 120 and DeKalb – which led, 19-18 – fell behind, 27-19. Brenden McGee followed with a 14-4 win at 126 in which he had only four points after two pe-

riods by trying to get the pin, but switched strategies and got five takedowns in the final period for the win and four sure points.

But wins at the next two matches secured the victory for Moline, including one at 138 over Izaiah Webb, who led early and had the match tied at 4 after two before a 13-4 loss.

Pater also pointed to a 5-4 loss by Christian Komitas at 113 – a match in which he got a reversal at the first period Danielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com buzzer and had tied in the final minute – as ones the Barbs DeKalb’s Christian Komitas tries to pin Pewaukee’s Rece Czerniejewski during their 113-pound match Wednesday need to start winning.

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leaving Huskies

Named Rutgers’ defensive coordinator

By JESSE SEVERSON

at the Don Flavin Invitational in DeKalb. Komitas pinned him later in the match.

CHUCK DAYTON HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT: DeKALB 41, GENEVA 39

REDEMPTION

jseverson@shawmedia.com Jay Niemann is headed to the Big Ten. Niemann will join the Rutgers football staff as the defensive coordinator and linebackers coach, the former Northern Illinois coach said on Wednesday.

“We’re excited about it and the opportunity, but it was my decision and my decision alone,” said Niemann, who coached with the Huskies since the 2011 season and joins the Scarlet Knights under new coach Chris Ash. “It was really hard to leave NIU considering the success we’ve had with all the MAC West championships and the three MAC championships and the relationships that I’ve built here. It’s been an incredible ride.”

Ash, who came to Rutgers after being the co-defensive coordinator for Ohio State, played for Niemann while the two were at Drake. Niemann coached the Bulldogs from 1989 to ‘96 and Ash played defensive back for Drake from 1992 through ‘95.

“I’ve known Chris for 20 years and it’s important to be comfortable with somebody you’re working with,” Niemann said.

Niemann said the decision process occurred mostly in the past few days and he’ll fly to New Jersey to sign a contract on Tuesday. He also said that NIU coach Rod Carey and athletic director Sean Frazier talked to him on the phone, asking him to stay.

“I’m really happy for Coach Niemann and his family,” Northern Illinois coach Rod Carey said in a statement. “This is a tremendous opportunity for him to move to Rutgers to be the defensive coordinator. It’s one that is well-deserved for him and his family.

“Jay was the consummate professional here. He did a fantastic job coordinating our defense the last five years and will be missed. It’s a bittersweet thing.

We’re super happy for him, but we’re also losing a fine football coach. We’ll move to fill the position immediately.”

Niemann will join a Rutgers team that went 4-8 last season and was 12th out of 14 teams in the conference in team defense – allowing 34.9 points a game.

See NIEMANN, page B3

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DeKalb players celebrate the teams’ 41-39 win Wednesday against Geneva in the championship game of the Chuck Dayton Holiday Tournament at DeKalb.

Davis’ block, Pollack’s jumper complete DeKalb’s comeback for tourney title

By EDDIE CARIFIO ecarifio@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The DeKalb boys basketball team conquered two monsters from its past when a last-ditch, three-quarter-court 3-point attempt

by Geneva fell short.

Not only did the Barbs exact some revenge on a Vikings team that eliminated them in a regional semifinal last year, but they also won the Chuck Dayton Holiday Tournament for the first time since 2009 by holding on for a 41-39 come-

back win Wednesday.

“That’s the main part – since we lost to them last year and it ended our season,” said Luke Davis, whose block in the final minute set up Michael Pollack’s running jumper in the paint with 1.9 seconds left. “It was a little bit of redeeming our teammates, and it feels good to do it with our teammates from last year coming back to watch us doing it for them.”

Geneva (10-3) led throughout the contest, building a 31-24 lead with 3:58 left in the third quarter. But the

DeKalb defense kicked in, with Joey Sauser coming up with a steal and a layup with 2:31 left in the third to cut the lead to two. Davis then scored six straight to give the Barbs (10-3) their first lead of the game.

“Joey Sauser got that steal on that run and jump, and that really ignited us. It got us emotional,” DeKalb coach Al Biancalana said.

“We’re a much better team when we’re emotional.”

Geneva ended up back on top with 1:56 left in the game when Brandon Schleicher put back his

own miss for a 39-37 lead, but it was the last points the Vikings would score. Ahmed Gadim’s first points of the game tied it back up with 1:25 left, then Davis got his block down the other end, pulling away the rebound.

“That’s what we praise. We praise defense,” Davis said. “I see myself as a defensive player first.

That block was everything.”

Biancalana said he was impressed with the toughness his team

See DAYTON, page B2

Daily Chronicle file photo

Northern Illinois defensive coordinator and safeties coach Jay Niemann will be new Rutgers defensive coordinator, making the jump to the Big Ten after being at NIU since 2011.

BLACKHAWKS

Panarin adapting to life America, NHL

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com PHOENIX – Let’s start by dispensing with the notion that Artemi Panarin is some wideeyed, overwhelmed kid wandering the streets of Chicago, alone and confused.

He’s a grown man, 24 years old, self-sufficient, with a rapAP photo idly improving understanding The Blackhawks’ Artemi Panarin (72) celebrates his goal against the of English. He has friends in Arizona Coyotes with Artem Anisimov (15) during the first period Tues- town, he buys his own groceries, and he even spent Christday in Glendale, Ariz.

mas break catching up with some friends in Miami.

“He’s good,” said Panarin’s closest friend and former teammate/chaperone, Viktor Tikhonov. “Even while I was there, he was already kind of doing everything independently. He’s a grown-up guy. He can handle himself anywhere.

I think probably without me, he’ll learn English a little faster, too. It’s one less Russian to talk to.”

That said, Tikhonov’s de-

parture – he was claimed off waivers by the Arizona Coyotes on Dec. 6 – was a tough blow for Panarin. The two were all but a package deal, linemates in the KHL before signing with the Hawks. Tikhonov was Panarin’s guide to America, his liaison to his new teammates and his interpreter with the press.

That social crutch is no longer there for Panarin. It hurt, but it wasn’t a crippling blow to the blossoming rookie.

“My real life didn’t change, but I was a little bit upset,” Panarin said through his new interpreter, Stan Stiopkin. “My best friend left.”

The two still are frequently in touch, though the Hawks’ travel woes Monday night – they didn’t get into Phoenix until after 1 a.m. – prevented them from getting dinner together.

Panarin still has a countryman to lean on, though.

See HAWKS, page B3

2 SPORTS • Thursday, December 31, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com LOCAL SCHEDULE SATURDAY Men’s baksetball Judson at Northern Illinois, 1 p.m.

Women’s basketball Northern Illinois at Akron, 4 p.m.

Boys basketball Genoa-Kingston at Sycamore, 6 p.m.

Girls basketball Genoa-Kingston at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.

Prep wrestling Sycamore at Wauconda quad, 10 a.m.

Boys bowling DeKalb at Dixon invite, 9 a.m.

WHAT TO WATCH College football Peach Bowl, Houston vs.

Florida State, at Atlanta, 11 a.m., ESPN College football Playoffs, semifinal, Orange Bowl, Clemson vs. Oklahoma, at Miami Gardens, Fla., 3 p.m., ESPN College Football Playoffs, semifinal, Cotton Bowl, Alabama vs. Michigan State, at Arlington, Texas, 7 p.m., ESPN Pro hockey Winter Classic Alumni Game, Montreal vs. Boston, at Gillette Stadium, Foxborough, Mass., 2:30 p.m., NBCSN Blackhawks at Colorado, 7 p.m., CSN Men’s basketball Xavier at Villanova, 11 a.m., FS1 Creighton at St. John’s, 1 p.m., FS1 Drake at Wichita State, 1 p.m., ESPNU Providence at Butler, 1:30 p.m, CBSSN BYU at Saint Mary’s, 10 p.m., ESPNU Women’s basketball Michigan State at Ohio State, 11 a.m., BTN

SPORTS BRIEFS IC boys basketball takes 19th at Plano Classic The Indian Creek boys basketball team had five players reach double figures in a 77-53 win Wednesday to take 19th place in the 24-team Plano Christmas Classic.

Kevin Jordal and Trevor Guerra each scored 16 points, Charles Schmitt had 14, Drew Headley 13 and Nolan Golvig 11 for the Timberwovles.

Schmitt also had 10 rebounds, Headley made 3 of 5 from 3-point territory. Guerra had eight assists.

Hinckley-Big Rock lost the 23rd-place game, 50-27, to Somonauk. The Royals shot 30 percent form the floor in the game and made 10 percent of their 3-pointers.

Jacob Morsch and Jack Warner each scored six to lead the Royals, while three different players had a team-high four rebounds.

IC girls basketball beats Marquette The Timberwolves held fast at the line late for a 48-44 win in a semifinal at the Amboy tournament.

The Timberwolves will play for the title at 2:30 p.m. today.

Prescott, Mississippi State top N.C. State CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Dak Prescott closed out his college career in impressive fashion, throwing for a Belk Bowl-record 380 yards and four touchdowns in Mississippi State’s 51-28 victory over North Carolina State on Wednesday.

Selected the game MVP, Prescott completed 25 of 42 passes and ran for 47 yards to become the fourth player in FBS history to throw for 9,000 yards and run for 2,500 yards.

Prescott threw two touchdown passes to Brandon Holloway in the second half to break it open for the Bulldogs (9-4).

– Staff reports

PLANO CHRISTMAS CLASSIC: OTTAWA 71, GENOA-KINGSTON 63

Lucca’s 42 not enough for G-K

By BRENT MESKE sports@daily-chronicle.com PLANO – Despite 42 points from Tommy Lucca, the Genoa-Kingston basketball team lost, 71-63, Wednesday to Ottawa in the fifth-place game of the Plano Christmas Classic.

The game went to overtime tied at 61, but a 3-pointer from junior forward McKe Tucker put the game out of reach with less than a minute remaining, extending the lead to 68-63.

Ottawa coach Mark Cooper said the team had trouble guarding Lucca, but his team’s depth was the difference in the game.

“We had more of second and third options,” he said. “Tommy had to do it creatively for himself. We had other guys

make some big plays for us.”

The Pirates had two players, senior forward Isaac Gassman and senior center Keating Rombach, score more than 20 in the game. They tallied 27 and 22 respectively.

With 1:27 remaining in regulation, Lucca converted a three-point play to tie the score at 56.

Foley came down with a rebound with 57.6 seconds remaining in regulation to give the Cogs the ball and the chance to win with the game tied. It would go to extras as neither team could find the basket in the final minute of the game.

Rombach opened the scoring in overtime, converting the and-one to give Ottawa a 59-56 lead. Lucca came back down and hit a free throw to cut the

lead to two.

Jenkins said his team made more mistakes down the stretch.

After a Gassman travel, Lucca followed with a layup to tie the game at 61. Gassman followed back with four points to put Ottawa up 65-61.

Cogs coach Corey Jenkins called Lucca and Gassman special players.

“For a while they were just trading baskets with each other,” he said. “They’ll be playing at the next level somewhere.”

Jenkins said he was proud of his team’s effort against the Class 4A Ottawa team.

“A game like this will only help us in the long run come regional time,” he said. “I thought that was a fun game to watch as a fan, you saw two good teams

PLANO CHRISTMAS CLASSIC: AURORA CHRISTIAN 63, KANELAND 57

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL: NORTHERN ILLINOIS 68, CHICAGO STATE 50

Huskies roll past Chicago St.

Knights fall to Eagles

By DAILY CHRONICLE sports@daily-chronicle.com

By BRENT MESKE sports@daily-chronicle.com PLANO – After controlling the game in the second and third quarters, the Kaneland boys basketball team fell to Aurora Christian, 63-57, Wednesday in the seventh-place game of the Plano Christmas Classic.

Senior guard/forward Ryan David paced Kaneland with 20 points.

The Eagles were led by senior forward RD Lutze, who finished with 27 points after converting seven of his nine 3-point attempts. “[Lutze] is a great shooter,” Aurora Christian coach Pat McNamara said. “He can really get it. The guys really look for him.”

Aurora Christian got two 3-pointers from junior Tanner Dissell and one from Lutze to tie the score at 44 with 1:50 remaining in the third quarter.

McNamara came through 35 seconds later with a 3 of his own to give the Eagles the 47-44 lead.

They would take a 48-44 lead into the final quarter.

Aurora Christian continued to build on its lead, which grew to 57-48 with 4:12 remaining in the game. The Eagles called a timeout with 2:44 remaining after the Knights narrowed the lead to 59-52.

Kaneland coach Joe Conroy said his team couldn’t regain momentum after a quick start to the second half from the Eagles.

“They really had a desire to put the ball in the basket and be very physical,” he said. “They did a good job of knowing what our personnel was and adjusting to that.”

Kaneland continued to cut the lead down to 59-56 with 1:41 remaining, forcing an Aurora Christian timeout. The Eagles held on to take seventh place in the tournament.

Conroy said the team needs to work on transition defense going forward.

“We just aren’t doing what we need to do on the defensive side of the ball,” he said. “I’m concerned in our ability to shut people down.”

go after each other.”

Genoa-Kingston opened the tournament with a 60-24 win against Forreston. Senior forward Brady Huffman led the team with 12 points, adding three rebounds, while Lucca added 11 points and five rebounds.

The Cogs then beat St. Bede, 70-54. Junior guard Zach Miller led the team with 23 points.

Huffman added 19 points and five rebounds. Lucca led the team with seven rebounds and five assists.

Genoa-Kingston’s first loss in the tournament was a 2-0 forfeit loss to No. 1 LaSalle-Peru when weather kept the team from traveling Monday.

The Cogs return to regular-season play at 6 p.m. Saturday at Sycamore.

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DeKalb’s Luke Davis (right) tries to get a shot up past Geneva’s Dominic Navigato (25) during the championship game of the Chuck Dayton Tournament on Wednesday in DeKalb.

Pollack scores 14 points, named tournament MVP • DAYTON Continued from page B1 showed to come away with the blocked shot – also grabbed by Davis after a fight for possession.

“It was a scramble, and we came up with the ball,” Biancalana said. “We showed some toughness in that scrum. That was huge.”

The Barbs had to try a couple of times to set up their final play between Geneva fouls and timeouts, and then it ended up being broken anyway when the Vikings made it so Pollack couldn’t pass to Tucker as the play was designed to do.

“He refused Luke’s ball screen and went on a straight-line drive and made a shot,” Biancalana said. “That’s what good players do. They make

shots.”

DeKalb shot 36 percent in the first half and just 37.8 percent for the game. After the Vikings shot 62.5 percent in the first half, they made just 31.8 percent of their second-half shots.

Jordan Vedder led the Vikings with 13 points.

Pollack had a game-high 14 and was named the tournament’s MVP. Davis added 10 points, nine rebounds and four blocks. Tucker had seven points and five assists as the Barbs claimed their first Dayton title since 2009 and sixth overall. The Barbs lost the title game to St. Charles East last season.

“I really wanted to win this because we haven’t won it in so long,” Pollack said. “Last year we came up just short in that championship. It’s a great feeling. I just love it.”

Overcoming a 10-point deficit in the first quarter Wednesday, the Northern Illinois women’s basketball team picked up its third consecutive win to finish nonconference play with a 7-4 record after defeating Chicago State, 68-50.

Junior Ally Lehman finished one assist shy of a triple-double with 11 points, 21 rebounds and nine assists.

The Huskies had five players reach double digits on the scoreboard, and were led by Mikayla Voigt’s 13 points. Jazmine Harris and Courtney Woods each had 12 points, while Kelly Smith rounded out the group with 10 points.

“It took us awhile to get going and to really understand and get comfortable with their zone (defense). I’m not going to say I wasn’t panicking, but I figured it might take us a little bit to figure it out because it’s not your traditional 1-2-2 zone. I knew it would take us a while to find the gaps and what the areas for success were,” coach Lisa Carlsen said.

“Once we got a better understanding, we did a great job of sharing the basketball and we created better shots.”

Voigt led the Huskies in the first half with eight points, going 2 for 4 behind the 3-point line, and 3 for 7 from the field.

Lehman got the Huskies rolling after halftime, fueling NIU’s 19-3 run with the Huskies first nine points.

NIU would outscore Chicago State in the third quarter, 25-10, as four Huskies – Harris, Lehman, Smith and Voigt – all entered the fourth quarter with 10 points.

NIU continued to put its foot on the accelerator in the fourth quarter as it maintained a 20-point lead and went on to lead by 21 with 2:14 left in the game.

Lehman tied her career mark for rebounds in the third quarter and became the first Huskie to pull down 20 rebounds in a game since Ebony Ellis in 2008 against Wagner.

Finishing the game with 21 boards, Lehman became the eighth player in NIU history to record the feat. She was six boards shy of tying the all-time mark of 27 rebounds set by Patty Delp on Jan. 26, 1980, against Carroll.

McGee, Park go unbeaten • BARBS Continued from page B1 “We had some close matches that got away from us,” Pater said. “The match at 113, we had a close match at 38 – it was close for a while and we let it get away from us at the end. Those matches are key matches that we have to win.”

McGee was one of two Barbs to go perfect in the tournament – Caleb Park went 6-0 at 145 as Danielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com well.

DeKalb’s Brenden McGee wrestles Pewaukee’s Eric Halverson during a “Brenden has looked really 126-pound match Wednesday at the Don Flavin Invitational in DeKalb. good,” Pater said. “He’s opening

it up on his feet. I’m really proud of him. He’s doing a nice job.”

The Barbs were without Parker Stratton, Ulises Jacobo and James Corralejo for the tournament. Stratton’s wrist is in a cast and is likely to miss a big chunk of the year, while Pater said Corralejo might be gone for the season.

He did say Jacobo should be back next week.

“We got a lot of seniors hurt,” McGee said. “But we’ve got our lower level guys stepping up.

They’re working hard in the room and doing the best they can. It’s respectable.”

NFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE x-Green Bay x-Minnesota Detroit Bears

W 10 10 6 6

y-Washington Philadelphia N.Y. Giants Dallas

W 8 6 6 4

y-Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

W 14 8 6 6

y-Arizona x-Seattle St. Louis San Francisco

W 13 9 7 4

North L T 5 0 5 0 9 0 9 0 East L T 7 0 9 0 9 0 11 0 South L T 1 0 7 0 9 0 9 0 West L T 2 0 6 0 8 0 11 0

Pct .667 .667 .400 .400

PF 355 345 334 315

PA 303 289 380 373

Pct .533 .400 .400 .267

PF 354 342 390 252

PA 356 400 407 340

Pct .933 .533 .400 .400

PF 462 322 332 388

PA 298 325 379 459

Pct .867 .600 .467 .267

PF 483 387 264 219

PA 277 271 311 371

AMERICAN CONFERENCE y-New England N.Y. Jets Buffalo Miami

W 12 10 7 5

Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Tennessee

W 8 7 5 3

y-Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 11 9 5 3

x-Denver x-Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 11 10 7 4

East L T 3 0 5 0 8 0 10 0 South L T 7 0 8 0 10 0 12 0 North L T 4 0 6 0 10 0 12 0 West L T 4 0 5 0 8 0 11 0

Pct .800 .667 .467 .333

PF 455 370 357 290

PA 295 292 342 379

Pct .533 .467 .333 .200

PF 309 303 370 275

PA 307 384 418 393

Pct .733 .600 .333 .200

PF 395 395 312 266

PA 263 307 377 404

Pct .733 .667 .467 .267

PF 328 382 342 300

PA 276 270 376 371

x-clinched playoff spot y-clinched division

Monday’s Result Denver 20, Cincinnati 17, OT Sunday’s Games Detroit at Bears, 1 p.m.

Jacksonville at Houston, 1 p.m.

Washington at Dallas, 1 p.m.

N.Y. Jets at Buffalo, 1 p.m.

New England at Miami, 1 p.m.

New Orleans at Atlanta, 1 p.m.

Baltimore at Cincinnati, 1 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cleveland, 1 p.m.

Tennessee at Indianapolis, 1 p.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Giants, 1 p.m.

St. Louis at San Francisco, 4:25 p.m.

San Diego at Denver, 4:25 p.m.

Seattle at Arizona, 4:25 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 4:25 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Carolina, 4:25 p.m.

Minnesota at Green Bay, 8:30 p.m.

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

Central Division GP W L OT Pts 38 27 8 3 57 39 23 12 4 50 38 21 13 4 46 35 19 10 6 44 37 18 12 7 43 37 18 17 2 38 36 17 17 2 36 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts 36 23 11 2 48 36 17 16 3 37 38 14 15 9 37 35 17 16 2 36 36 17 17 2 36 35 14 15 6 34 38 15 20 3 33

GF 132 99 104 95 100 106 97

GA 97 93 94 84 96 102 105

GF 98 100 93 96 96 67 97

GA 81 116 109 100 117 87 118

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts Florida 37 21 12 4 46 Montreal 39 21 15 3 45 Boston 36 20 12 4 44 Detroit 37 18 12 7 43 Ottawa 38 18 14 6 42 Tampa Bay 38 18 16 4 40 Toronto 36 14 15 7 35 Buffalo 37 15 18 4 34 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts Washington 36 28 6 2 58 N.Y. Rangers 38 21 13 4 46 N.Y. Islanders 37 20 12 5 45 New Jersey 38 19 14 5 43 Pittsburgh 36 17 15 4 38 Philadelphia 35 15 13 7 37 Carolina 37 15 17 5 35 Columbus 39 14 22 3 31

GF 101 111 115 94 111 97 95 87

GA 84 98 97 98 115 93 102 99

GF 115 112 103 90 81 76 87 98

GA 74 100 88 92 89 96 106 123

Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Wednesday’s Results Toronto 3, Pittsburgh 2, SO Washington 5, Buffalo 2 New Jersey 3, Ottawa 0 N.Y. Rangers 5, Tampa Bay 2 Philadelphia at San Jose (n) Today’s Games Blackhawks at Colorado, 7 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Buffalo, 5 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Washington at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Nashville at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Anaheim at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Winnipeg at Arizona, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Games Montreal vs. Boston at Foxborough, Mass., noon Anaheim at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division W L Pct 21 9 .700 18 12 .600 18 13 .581 17 15 .531 12 21 .364 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 20 13 .606 Boston 18 14 .563 New York 15 18 .455 Brooklyn 9 23 .281 Philadelphia 2 31 .061 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 21 13 .618 Orlando 19 13 .594 Miami 18 13 .581 Charlotte 17 14 .548 Washington 14 16 .467 Cleveland Bulls Indiana Detroit Milwaukee

GB — 3 3½ 5 10½ GB — 1½ 5 10½ 18 GB — 1 1½ 2½ 5

WESTERN CONFERENCE

Southwest Division W L Pct 28 6 .824 19 13 .594 18 16 .529 16 17 .485 10 21 .323 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 22 10 .688 Utah 13 17 .433 Portland 13 20 .394 Denver 12 20 .375 Minnesota 12 20 .375 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 29 2 .935 L.A. Clippers 20 13 .606 Sacramento 12 19 .387 Phoenix 12 22 .353 L.A. Lakers 6 27 .182 San Antonio Dallas Memphis Houston New Orleans

Wednesday’s Results Bulls 102, Indiana 100, OT Orlando 100, Brooklyn 93 L.A. Clippers 122, Charlotte 117 Toronto 94, Washington 91 L.A. Lakers 112, Boston 104 Minnesota 94, Utah 80 San Antonio 112, Phoenix 79 Dallas 114, Golden State 91 Philadelphia at Sacramento (n) Denver at Portland (n) Today’s Games Milwaukee at Indiana, 5 p.m.

Minnesota at Detroit, 5 p.m.

Golden State at Houston, 6 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.

Friday’s Games New York at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Washington, 6 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Dallas at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

GB — 8 10 11½ 16½ GB — 8 9½ 10 10 GB — 10 17 18½ 24

Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com • Section B • Thursday, December 31, 2015 •

SPORTS 3

COLLEGE FOOTBALL SEMIFINALS ORANGE BOWL

COTTON BOWL

No. 4 Oklahoma (11-1) vs. No. 1 Clemson (13-0)

No. 3 Michigan State (12-1) vs. No. 2 Alabama (12-1)

Where: Miami Gardens, Florida When: Today, 3 p.m. (ESPN) Line: Oklahoma by 4.

Series record: Tied 2-2.

What’s at stake: Clemson is seeking its first national title since 1981 and trying to become the first team in FBS history to finish 15-0. None of that happens unless the Tigers can get past Oklahoma, a team they routed, 40-6, last season in the Russell Athletic Bowl. The Sooners are perhaps the hottest team in the country – averaging 52 points over their past seven games – and eager to show just how far they’ve come since their last bowl appearance.

Key matchup: Oklahoma WR Sterling Shepard vs. Clemson CB Mackensie Alexander. Last year, these two got into quite a verbal tussle during pregame warmups before the bowl. Alexander got the best of things on the field, holding Shepard to one reception. In better health and having toned down his trash-talking, Shepard is looking to bounce back against one of the nation’s top cornerbacks.

Players to watch: Oklahoma – QB Baker Mayfield. A former walk-on, the swaggering transfer from Texas Tech won the starting job after sitting out a season and turned in some staggering numbers: 68.6 completions, 3,389 yards, 35 touchdowns and just five interceptions. He reminds some of former Texas A&M star Johnny Manziel with the ability to improvise and bail out plays with his legs. Clemson – QB Deshaun Watson. The other half of this much-anticipated quarterback duel, Watson was a Heisman Trophy finalist who did it all for the Tigers. He completed 69.5 percent of his throws for 3,512 yards and 30 touchdowns, with just 11 picks. He also is the Tigers’ second-leading rusher with 887 yards, averaging 5.4 yards a carry, and leads the team with 11 TDs. Facts and figures: Oklahoma has averaged 52 points a game since losing to Texas in the Red River Showdown. ... Dabo Swinney went 19-15 in his first three seasons as Clemson’s coach, but he’s 55-11 since then. ... The Sooners have won seven Associated Press national championships, the most recent in 2000. Only Alabama (nine) and Notre Dame (eight) have won more. ... Samaje Perine is Oklahoma’s top rusher with 1,291 yards and 15, while Wayne Gallman leads Clemson on the ground with 1,332 yards and 10 TDs. ... Clemson suspended three players for violating team rules, including speedy WR Deon Cain, who led the team with an average of 17.1 yards a catch. Still, the Tigers have eight other players with double-figure receptions. ... Clemson K Greg Huegel missed five extra points.

– The Associated Press

Where: Arlington, Texas When: Today, 7 p.m. (ESPN) Line: Alabama by 10.

Series record: Alabama 1-0.

What’s at stake: A trip to Arizona to play for the national championship Jan. 11. Alabama is trying to erase the memory of last season’s College Football Playoff semifinal loss to Ohio State.

The Tide was about a 10-point favorite in that game against the Big Ten champions, as well.

Michigan State is looking for its third straight major bowl victory after winning the Rose and Cotton to end the past two seasons.

Key matchup: Michigan State NT Malik McDowell vs. Alabama C Ryan Kelly. McDowell is a sophomore and the only player on the Michigan State roster who was a consensus five-star recruit. He does not have a typical nose tackle build at 6-foot-6 and 275 pounds, but he is quick off the ball and powerful. Kelly was the Remington Award winner as the best center in the nation and a second-team AP All-American. The Crimson Tide wants to run big TB Derrick Henry between the tackles. How successful Alabama is will depend a lot on how Kelly handles McDowell.

Players to watch: Michigan State – QB Connor Cook. An All-Big Ten pick and the Johnny Unitas Golden Arm Award winner as the top senior quarterback in the nation, Cook has passed for 2,921 yards and 24 touchdowns this season. He also missed the Ohio State game in November with a late-season right shoulder injury. He says it’s 100 percent. Alabama – The Crimson Tide defensive linemen. All 11 of them that rotate in and out of the game. All-America DE A’Shawn Robinson might be the best of the bunch. Or maybe it is DE Jarran Reed? Or DE Jonathan Allen? Or NTs Darren Lake and Da’Ron Payne? Or pass-rush specialists Tim Williams and Ryan Anderson?

Facts and figures: The Alabama offensive line won the first Joe Moore Award, given to the top line in the country ... Michigan State is 7-1 in its last eight games against teams ranked in the AP top 10, including 6-1 since 2013 and 3-0 this season. ... Alabama is 20-7 against the AP top-10 since 2007, when Nick Saban took over as coach. ... Since 2010, Saban leads all FBS coaches with 70 victories. Michigan State’s Mark Dantonio is third with 65. ... Spartans WR Aaron Burbridge was named the Big Ten’s receiver of the year.

He had 1,219 yards receiving on 80 catches with seven touchdowns. ... Alabama freshman Calvin Ridley leads the Tide with 75 catches for 893 yards.

– The Associated Press

Panarin leads NHL rookies in assists, points • BLACKHAWKS Continued from page B1 These days, Panarin is almost always sitting next to fellow Russian Artem Anisimov in the dressing room, the two chatting away in their native tongue. But there are frequent, if brief, interactions with his English-speaking teammates, too.

In nearly every city the Hawks travel to, Patrick Kane is asked about playing alongside Panarin. And Kane, who said he often has lengthy “conversations” with Panarin, will sometimes start playfully chirping his protégé.

In Calgary last month, Kane pointed at him through the throng of reporters and said, “You no good! You no play good!” Panarin laughed and shot back in Russian.

He might not speak the language well. But he understands more and more every day.

“If people talk not so fast, and don’t use slang, I understand,” Panarin said.

Of course, during a fiery in-

termission speech by the quicktalking, jargon-heavy Joel Quenneville, Panarin’s eyes glaze over a bit. That’s when he leans to his right and asks for a little help.

“Artem, he helps me through it,” Panarin said, smiling.

On the ice, Panarin’s game has translated beautifully. He leads all rookies with 21 assists and 32 points, the clear front-runner for the Calder Trophy as the league’s top first-year player. He’s enjoyed instant chemistry with Kane from the first drop of the puck, and with Anisimov doing all the dirty work for his two flashy wingers, the line has carried the Hawks through most of the season.

Panarin even looks like Kane on the ice – the small stature, the dirty-blond mop of hair, the daring puck-handling, the endless creativity.

As Kane put it, they’re both fluent in “the language of hockey.”

“We play practically the same kind of game – the same style and skill set,” Panarin said. “This is why it’s easy to understand each other.”

“He’s a real good kid in a lot of ways. He enjoys being around [his teammates]. He’s adapted well to the city, and I think he’s continuing to get better in the language, and adapting daily to the culture.”

Joel Quenneville Blackhawks coach

So sure, Panarin misses his buddy, Tikhonov. But he doesn’t need him, either. In three short months, Panarin has already proved he can handle himself – on and off the ice.

“He’s a real good kid in a lot of ways,” Quenneville said.

“He enjoys being around [his teammates]. He’s adapted well to the city, and I think he’s continuing to get better in the language, and adapting daily to the culture. Being one of the teammates hasn’t been an issue.

He’s been a real part of the team right from the outset.”

Sons Ben, Nick play in Big Ten with Iowa • HUSKIES Continued from page B1 While Niemann enjoyed an enormous amount of success during his tenure, his time at NIU ended on a sour note in the 55-7 loss to Boise State in the Poinsettia Bowl. The Broncos set several bowl records and had 654 yards of total offense in a dominating win.

During the regular season, however, the Huskies were seventh in the Mid-American Conference in scoring defense (27.6) and 10th in yards allowed a game (418.4). He coached a defensive backs corps that was tied for fourth in the nation with 22 interceptions.

Rutgers, which played its

first season in the Big Ten in 2014, will host Iowa in the fourth week of the season – which will be of special significance to Niemann. The coach will have his two sons, Ben and Nick, playing for the Hawkeyes next season.

Ben has played for Iowa since 2014 and Nick, who was a standout senior for Sycamore this season, will be headed to Iowa City in 2016.

“Right now, we’re trying to enjoy the moment,” Niemann said in regard to whether there was any talk in the family about the game against his two sons next season. Niemann also said it helped make the move to Rutgers knowing that Nick was graduating from Sycamore this year.

Iowa (12-1 overall) will play

Stanford in the Rose Bowl on Friday.

In joining the Big Ten, Niemann already has experience beating teams from the conference. In his five years at Northern Illinois, the Huskies went 3-2 against Big Ten schools – with wins over Iowa, Purdue and Northwestern.

He said those wins help realize it’s not a drastic change from going from Group of 5 defensive coordinator to Power 5 defensive coordinator.

“With the Big Ten teams, to think that we could beat Iowa, Northwestern, beat Kansas, beat Purdue, it goes to show that they have maybe a better financial backing, but when it comes down to it, coaching is coaching and playing is playing,” he said.

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Receiver Alshon Jeffery warms up before the Bears’ game against Washington on Dec. 13 at Soldier Field.

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Bears should put franchise tag on Jeffery Will Sunday be the final appearance in a Bears uniform for Matt Forte and the last on the Bears’ sideline for Alshon Jeffery?

The eventual answers to those two questions are not at all clear, and nobody but general manager Ryan Pace and coach John Fox can really even guess at the parameters of the decision.

With his move to the injured reserve list Wednesday, Jeffery finished his 2015 season having played in only nine games with 54 catches for 807 yards, a 14.9 average, a long of 50 and four touchdowns.

It is almost certain he would have exceeded those numbers if not for the games he played hurt in of the nine he was able to play at all.

The Bears drafted Kevin White with the seventh overall pick in the draft in the hopes Jeffery could step up to a No. 1 receiver spot with the departure of Brandon Marshall and White could be a No. 2 immediately with the ability to eventually become a No. 1.

Unfortunately, White

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush suffered the stress fracture in his shin that cost him his first year. But the Bears do know now that when healthy Jeffery can be a No. 1 receiver.

He already has two Pro Bowls under his belt, and his 2015 numbers project over a 16-game season to 78 catches for 1,162 yards, 14.9-yard average and six touchdowns.

With Jeffery, the Bears really have no dilemma at all.

The price to sign him to a long-term deal is in the neighborhood of the five-year, $70 million, $35 million guaranteed that Demaryius Thomas received this past summer.

Dez Bryant got slightly more.

There is no way the Bears can spend that kind of money on a player who might play only nine games a year.

There is also absolutely no apparent rationale for allowing him to leave without getting anything in return, so they will be obligated

to hang a franchise tag on Jeffery, which will cost them about $14 million in 2016 and give him another year to try to earn the long-term, more lucrative deal.

Anything else would make no sense at all.

Forte presents a much greater puzzle.

He is a 30-year-old running back with eight NFL seasons of wear on his tires. Those guys rarely get paid.

But he also most likely would be heading for his third Pro Bowl next month had he not been forced to share his position with Jeremy Langford this season.

Langford is a tantalizing prospect but nowhere close to having proved he can become Matt Forte, and he won’t get a chance to prove it until Forte is gone.

There are no clear answers to the Forte dilemma, but keeping him at the right price just might be the best one.

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

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WHITE SOX ANALYSIS

Sox need to add outfielder Going on

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By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN dvanschouwen@suntimes.com The White Sox are in the mix, perhaps at the forefront even, for a big-name freeagent outfielder.

As well they should be.

It wouldn’t make sense to add significantly to the lineup as they have with Todd Frazier at third base, Brett Lawrie at second base and Alex Avila and Dioner Navarro at catcher and stop there, would it?

Plug in Yoenis Cespedes or Alex Gordon in right or left field, and now you have a lineup that will make opposing pitchers wince just a little.

The Sox thought they did something similar last winter when they won the offseason only to lose 86 games during the regular season. The prevailing wisdom was that chairman Jerry Reinsdorf wouldn’t open his wallet again and get burned back-toback years, but the Sox almost always kind of go for it. And with the Cubs sweeping the city away, this is no time to go halfway and settle for a “pretty good” offseason. Not with a solid core of Chris Sale, Jose Abreu, Jose Quintana, Adam Eaton, David Robertson, Carlos Rodon and Frazier to build around.

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When outfielder Jason Heyward signed a $184 million deal with the Cubs, it was assumed Cespedes, Gordon, Justin Upton and Dexter Fowler would follow in a wave of freeagent outfielder signings. The fact that most of the free-agent outfielders remain unsigned could mean their prices have dropped somewhat and could fall in line with what the Sox, whose payroll sits around $115 million now (they shed Adam LaRoche’s $13 million and John Danks’ $15.75 million after 2016), are willing to part with.

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Kansas City Royals Salvador Perez douses Alex Gordon after a doubleheader against the Tampa Bay Rays on July 7 in Kansas City, Mo. The White Sox could be looking into adding Gordon to its roster.

The surprisingly slow-developing outfield market has added intrigue for the Sox, who said they weren’t done adding after Frazier was acquired from the Reds in a trade, though general manager Rick Hahn said it could take some financial creativity.

One national report has the Sox and Orioles as the front-runners for Cespedes, who, because he was traded from the Tigers to the Mets last July, won’t cost the Sox a draft pick (their No. 10 overall pick is protected). Signing Gordon, Upton or Fowler, among others, would cost the Sox the 28th pick in the draft, which they received as compensation when the Giants signed Jeff Samardzija.

There is a lot to like about Cespedes, 30, who averaged 27 homers and 92 RBI over his first four seasons since defecting from Cuba. While best suited for left field, Cespedes has played 110 games in center but hasn’t played right in the majors. He is an above-average defender and plays with a high energy level and a competitiveness that make him a fan favorite.

Gordon, arguably the best

defensive left fielder in baseball, has played only three games in right. He strikes out less and walks more than Cespedes and Upton but hits fewer homers and, at 32, would be a bigger risk for a long-term deal. He said he’s not closing the door on returning to the Royals, for whom he has played his entire career.

Upton, 28, hasn’t been linked to the Sox as much as Cespedes or Gordon. He has averaged 27 homers and 84 RBI over the last three seasons and, like Gordon, is a three-time All-Star.

Any big-ticket addition could mean a trade involving right fielder Avisail Garcia, 24, who batted .257 with 13 homers and 59 RBI while striking out 141 times and walking 36 times in his first full season.

It might also mean moving Melky Cabrera from left field to right and giving him more at-bats at designated hitter.

There are moving parts to any scenario, but the Sox showed early on their desire to improve a lackluster offense when they nontendered catcher Tyler Flowers.

They still have one more bold move to make.

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Kevin Doyle, Molesley on “Downton Abbey”

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The men of “Downton” (well, some of them): (from left) Brendan Coyle as Bates, Hugh Bonneville as Lord Grantham, Allen Leech as Tom Branson and Kevin Doyle as Molesley. The popular series’s last season begins airing Sunday.

‘Downton’ funk The end of ‘Abbey’s’ road draws nigh

By KAREN HELLER The Washington Post

Secrets of “Downton Abbey” stars revealed!

Carson swears! Branson bolts Boston!

Mrs. Hughes rocks sequined sneaks! Lord Grantham confesses to killing the hound!

Dinner scenes detested! Molesley, footman of a thousand mopes and sighs, smiles!

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bbeyites, it’s beginning to look a lot like Downton. The sixth and final season of the PBS “Masterpiece” juggernaut debuts Sunday to remedy post-holiday doldrums and agitate any latent Anglophilia that the 300th broadcast of “Love Actually” failed to excite.

A passel of “Downton” stars flew stateside to launch the beginning of the end of Masterpiece’s wildly popular series, averaging almost 13 million besotted fans each week. The manor’s newest sweethearts, Jim Carter (Carson the butler, blessed with owl-like eyebrows) and Phyllis Logan (housekeeper Mrs. Hughes) shared coffee at midtown Manhattan’s swank Lambs Club restaurant.

In the Season 5 finale, which aired last March, Hughes accepted Carson’s proposal with the immortal words, “Of course, I’ll marry you, you old booby. I thought you’d never ask.”

The old booby believes this was his doing.

Series creator “Julian Fellowes would probably deny this, but I wrote a note to him at the end of Series One saying, ‘You do know Carson and Hughes are going to have to get married,’” says Carter, 67. (In real life, he is married to Imelda Staunton, who played pink-suited Harry Potter tyrant Dolores Jane Umbridge.)

The romance “seemed quite evident early on, but it eked out at the pace of a glacier. Nice that downstairs got to have a love affair, especially an older pair,” says Logan, 59. “Unlike American shows, where every character is told what their arc is, we are told nothing. We only know it when our script comes through the post.

We’re kept in the dark like mushrooms and fed ...”

Logan starts to utter a very un-Hughesian term for fertilizer but stops herself. (Carter does not when dissing a rude fan.)

Fetching and sparkling down to her slip-on shoes, the Scottish actress says, “I think I would kill myself if I went about looking like Mrs. Hughes.” She dons a dour wig for the role, little makeup and, during the initial season, one vintage dress that disintegrated from constant wear. “I’ve had my day of being the young in-

genue, the romantic young lead or whatever,” she says.

“I’m a character actress nowadays. Bring it on, say I.” The pair are adored sweethearts in Britain, their fan base dubbed “Chelsies” for Charles (Carson’s rarely spoken first name) and Elsie (Hughes).

Though their characters are proper and reserved, the actors have no trouble dissing or sharing. Many of Watch it them tired, as did viewers, of the perpetual misfortunes of “Downton Abbey” the original star-crossed down- airs at 8 p.m. Sundays, stairs lovers, Anna and Bates. beginning Jan. 3, on PBS. He’s in prison. She’s in prison.

Now ... oh, who cares?

To a person, the cast loathed the dinner scenes – hot lights, shuttered windows, stinking fish, endless closeups and reaction shots, three days to shoot three pages of script to create three minutes of finished film.

“I will not miss them. They’re horrendous,” says Allen Leech, 34, who plays Branson, the Irish former chauffeur who decamped to Boston but – spoiler alert! – returns this season to “Downton.”

Over a beer, Leech reveals that Matthew – rest in peace, dear Matthew – was supposed to marry Sybil – ditto, sylph-like Sybil – who instead married his character and brought him upstairs to live a life of tweeds and dinner jackets. Then she died of eclampsia after the birth of their child.

“I had no idea I would marry her. I was literally hired to just come and drive Maggie Smith around,” Leech says. During the first season, he almost hit the entire crew before performing a hand-brake turn in a 1910 Renault worth $750,000.

As for the unfortunately named yellow lab, Isis (after the Egyptian goddess), Hugh Bonneville, 52, who plays Lord Grantham, confesses, “I suggested killing off the dog. I was very fond of the dog, but in story terms, it was really quite old.” The series begins in 1912 and finishes in 1925.

Plus, it allowed Grantham to openly grieve in the way that only a British aristo can for a noble hound and not, for instance, for one daughter marrying the help or another having a child out of wedlock.

Elizabeth McGovern, 54, the principal cast’s lone American, plays his wife, which permitted her to wear beautiful togs but do little else. “I would often feel, over the course of the years, this feeling of being strangled.

I didn’t have a voice as Cora,” says the actress, whose first professional role was in the 1980 film “Ordinary People.” “Nothing she said really mattered to anyone.

She wasn’t in control of her own destiny.”

Lady Grantham never speaks bluntly, like her moth-

er-in-law or eldest daughter, Mary. McGovern’s release from such propriety was her rock band, Sadie and the Hotheads, “a real tonic. My personal way of escaping.”

In Britain, most series run three years and, like “Downton,” for nine episodes each season. Six years is rare. Over time, long-running television shows tend to smooth rough edges, create romance where little smolders, and transform sworn adversaries into eternal besties.

“Downton” is no exception. Mrs. Crawley and the Dowager Countess, who exchanged zingers over class and manners, became friends. (Though nothing has stopped the countess, played by the formidable Smith, from delivering such priceless quips as “What is a weekend?” and “I have plenty of friends I don’t like.”)

Even Thomas Barrow – nasty, duplicitous, blackmailing Thomas – did good turns last season. What’s next? Squabbling sisters Lady Mary and Lady Edith growing to like one another?

Kevin Doyle grows philosophical discussing his role as poor, put-upon Molesley. The character initially was written to appear only in a few episodes as butler to Matthew and Isobel Crawley.

“Not everyone can be happy,” says Doyle, 55.

“There’s this fascination that people have for happy endings all the time. It doesn’t always work out.” He arrived at the restaurant with takeout fruit salad, which seems so Molesley. (Bonneville feasted on pasta with crab.)

“Molesley and his parents knew that he had a brain.

He wanted to use it, teach or something like that but, because of family circumstances, he couldn’t,” the actor says. Molesley is his first servant.

“I play a lot of dark characters,” says Doyle, who seems charming and sunny. “I’m normally cast as serial killers.”

Does Molesley learn to stop moping and have a happy ending? His story is “really lovely,” Doyle says, with an alluring smile. “It isn’t what you expect. It was grand. I’m really pleased with him.”

The series occupied the cast’s lives for six months of every one of the last six years, unlike anything they’d experienced before. But the actors appear relieved to be free from period costumes and three-day dinner scenes.

“I’m incredibly grateful that it’s brought so much pleasure. And I’m quietly pleased that it’s come in sort of the autumn of my career, rather than early on,” Carter says. “The kids, if it’s the biggest thing they do, it could be a bit disorienting.”

Logan, his on-screen sweetheart and off-screen chum, laughs, “Oh, yes, it could be all downhill from here.”

Possibly, but what a hill.

2 A&E CALENDAR • Thursday, December 31, 2015 • Section C • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com More football follows on Saturday with the Taxslayer, AutoZone Liberty, Valero Alamo and Motel 6 Cactus bowls.

New you After the excess of the holiday season, calorie amnesia comes to an end. Jan. 1 to 7 is Diet Resolution Week so you’re out of excuses. Time to throw yourself into a new diet and exercise routine, shed a few pounds and live healthier.

At the movies

S 5 THING TO DO EKEND E W S I TH ART ART “Under the Starry Night” exhibition: Through today, The Art Box, 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday.

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

COMEDY COMEDY Brian Regan: 8 to 10:30 p.m. Jan. 15, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $43.

Doors open one hour before the show. The show is not suitable for young children. Information: 815758-1215 or egyptiantheatre.org.

EVENTS EVENTS “Clue”: 8 p.m. Jan. 29, Egyptian Theatre, 35 N. Second St., DeKalb. Movie features the live

Head to the movies for some over-the-top fun with “Daddy’s Home,” rated PG-13. “Daddy’s Home” follows a mild-mannered radlo executive (Will Ferrell) who strives to become the best stepdad to his wife’s two children, but complications ensue when their freewheeling and freeloading real father (Mark Wahlberg) arrives, forcing them to compete for the affection of the kids.

Go bowling

Hey sports fans! College football will be going strong this weekend with the University of lowa matching up against Stanford In the Rose Bowl Jan. 1. Also on Friday are the Sugar Bowl, Fiesta Bowl, Outback Bowl and Buffalo Wild Wings Cltrus Bowl.

shadow cast of “Irrational Masters” performing along. Tickets: $10. www.egyptiantheatre.org or 815-758-1215.

Monster Truck Nationals: 6:30 p.m. Feb. 6, NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb Tickets: $17 to $35 at www.ticketmaster.com, www. monstertrucknationals.com or 800-745-3000.

MUSIC

MUSIC .

Southern Drawl Band: 8 p.m. Jan. 30, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www.sandwichoperahouse. org or 815-786-2555.

Jane Austen Fundraiser: 2 p.m.

Feb. 7, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich.

Tickets: $10. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

“Alexis Cole Sings Disney Love Songs”: 8 p.m. Feb. 13, Sandwich

Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815786-2555.

Gaelic Storm: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 13, Egyptian Theatre, 35 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: $30 to $65. www.egyptiantheatre.org or 815-758-1215.

The Prairie Brass Band: 8 p.m.

Feb. 20, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich.

Tickets: $25. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

“Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s Arthur D. Montzka Memorial Concert”: 7:30 p.m. Feb. 27, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb.

Free pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, seniors 62 and older; $10, students; $5, children younger than 12. Season tickets available. Information: 815-7563728 or www.kishorchestra.org.

Food for thought 2016 has been declared by the United Nations as the Year of Pulses so this weekend is the right time to give them a try. Pulses you ask? Pulses also are known as grain legumes such as dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas and lentils.

Need to read Happy birthday to the father of high fantasy fiction: Jan. 3 is J.R.R. Tolkien Day. Celebrate the author of “The Hobbit” and “The Lord of the Rings” by reading or rereading these monumental classics, playing one of the many online video games or even building your own fantasy world with “Lord of the Rings” Legos.

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Special Consensus Bluegrass Band: 8 p.m. March 5, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815786-2555.

“Dakota Swings Bobby Darin”: 8 p.m. March 19, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $30. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815786-2555.

“Ericson Holt – Blues & Soul”: 8 p.m. April 9, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815786-2555.

“Baby Boomer Comedy Show”: 8 p.m. April 23, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815786-2555.

“Kishwaukee Symphony Orchestra’s The Majesty of Mahler”:

7:30 p.m. May 7, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb. Free pre-concert lecture at 6:30 p.m. in the Recital Hall. Tickets: $15, adults; $10, seniors 62 and older; $10, students; $5, children younger than 12. Season tickets available.

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

Kuba and Rebecca: 8 p.m. May 7, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www.sandwichoperahouse. org or 815-786-2555.

“Mod Rod Stewart & The Piano Man”: 8 p.m. June 4, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $30. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815786-2555.

STAGE

STAGE

Stage Coach Players’ Black Box Production “Cradle and All”:

7:30 p.m. Jan. 28 to 30, 2 p.m.

Jan. 31, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. Black Box productions are experimental and a chance new directors to make their debut. Be advised there will be adult language and situations.

Tickets: $5 at the door. www. stagecoachers.com.

Jane Austen Fundraiser: 2 p.m.

Feb. 7, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich.

Tickets: $10. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

Stage Coach Players’ “Mary Poppins”: 7:30 p.m. March 10 to 12 and 17 to 19, 2 p.m. March 12, 13, 19 and 20, Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. Tickets: $12 to $15 at www.stagecoachers.com.

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

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

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

Kishwaukee Barbershop Harmony Singers rehearsals: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Open to men of all ages. Contacts: Dave at 815895-5955 or Ed at 815-756-3004.

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

“The Way” acoustic coffee house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. first Saturday each month, DeKalb Christian Church, 1107 S. First St. 815-7581833 or tomndcc@aol.com.

Registration open for spring programs at NIU Community School of the Arts DAILY CHRONICLE Northern Illinois University Community School spring art and music programs for children and adults of all ages begin in mid-January, with registrations due Jan. 11. The CSA offers year-round art and music programming, employing more than 50 teachers and serving more than 400 participating students from 50-plus surrounding towns.

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Stage Coach Players received a $7,000 grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation. Pictured (from left) are Amie Carey, DCCF board member, and Susan Johnson, chairwoman of the renovation project at Stage Coach Theater.

Stage Coach receives grant from foundation DAILY CHRONICLE Stage Coach Players received a $7,000 grant from the DeKalb County Community Foundation. The grant will be used to further enhance the renovations being made to the group’s building at 126 S. Fifth St., that was built in 1951.

“As those who have renovated property would know, there are always surprises in any project,” Greg Anderson, chairman of the fundraising committee, said in a news re-

lease. “Consequently, the list of unexpected expenses continues to add to the total cost of the project.”

Stage Coach Players is a local community theater group that will be celebrating its 70th season next year. Its primary mission is to bring high quality, live stage productions to the area and to provide education to all ages about theater-craft and the importance of theater to a thriving community.

For information, visit stagecoachers.com.

BRIEF Kish College gallery seeks works for show

MALTA – The Kishwaukee College Art Gallery is requesting submissions of original artwork for the first Invitational Kishwaukee College Alumni Art Exhibition.

The show will be from Feb. 15 to April 14 in the Art Gallery on campus. Steven Hoover, Art Gallery director, is asking interested Kish alumni to contact him by email at steven.hoover@kishwaukeecollege.edu before Feb. 1.

Anyone who took an art class at

Kishwaukee College is welcome to submit work to be included in the show, Hoover said in a news release.

Each alumnus responding should include the following information in the email: artist name, contact information and up to five pieces of artwork (include image, title of work, medium and dimensions).

Contact Hoover for more information.

– Daily Chronicle

Financial aid is available for students age 18 or younger who want to pursue their study of the arts and who demonstrate financial need. Applications are available online and at the CSA office. The deadline to submit an application for need-based scholarships for spring 2016 is Jan. 7.

Music classes for young children

Prelude is a group music class with singing, dancing, and rhythm and music games for toddlers ages 1 to 3. It is taught by Laurie Rodriguez and meets Saturdays from 10 to 10:30 a.m. Development group music class is for children ages 3 to 5 and builds on the activities of the Prelude Class, with some demonstrations of music instruments. The class meets on Saturdays from 10:35 to 11:05 a.m. Early registration is recommended for these popular classes that begin on Jan. 16 and meet for 12 weeks.

Guitar Basics and Intermediate Guitar is taught by talented guitarist and long-time teacher Quentin Dover on Wednesday evenings. Guitar Basics meets from 6 to 6:55 p.m. and Intermediate Guitar meets from 7 to 7:55 p.m. Both classes are for ages 13 to adult, begin Feb. 3 and meet for 12 weeks.

Jaina Krueger teaches group piano classes for ages 13 to adult on Monday evenings starting Jan. 25. Square One Piano: Group Basics Class meets from 6:15 to 7:10 p.m. and is for beginners. Piano Forte: Building Piano Skills meets from 7:15 to 8:10 p.m. and is for intermediate players.

Art Express for kids

Art Express is for ages 4 to 12 and meets on six Saturdays from 1 to 3 p.m. beginning Feb. 6. Students learn about art and the world as they create original arts and crafts. Taught by NIU art education students supervised by an NIU School of Art instructor, the curriculum is new every semester and the classes are organized by age and limited in size.

Music ensembles

Musicians enjoy an ensemble experience as a way to share a love of music with others. The community school offers several ensembles, some for young musicians and some for older children and adults. Every ensemble performs in concert in the NIU music building at the end of each semester.

CSA Symphonette is a string orchesMusic-related classes for tra for ages 8 to 16 that rehearses on older children and adults Group Guitar for Kids provides chil- Tuesdays from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Directed dren ages 8 to 12 with an introduction to by Linc Smelser, this group plays lively and challenging music and performs in guitar playing through a fun, song-oriented approach to learning. Exposure to concert twice during the year. The first 2016 Symphonette rehearsal on Feb. 2. fundamentals of music such as scales, CSA Sinfonia is directed by Linc chords, rhythm, melody, harmony and Smelser. This full youth orchestra, for playing technique allows students to begin building their own toolbox of mu- musicians age 14 to 20, meets from 7:30 sical skills, which can lead to confident to 9:45 p.m. Wednesdays beginning Jan. 6. CSA Sinfonia plays a wide variety of and comfortable playing. Taught by music and performs in concert three Aerie Bernard, this class meets from 6 to 6:55 p.m. Wednesdays starting Feb. 3. times during the year. Please call to ask Qi Gong (or Chi-Kung) is a precursor about openings; this is an audition-only ensemble. of Tai Chi. Students learn 24 postures divided into three sets. These exercises CSA Chamber Music can be done at one time during the day Director Linc Smelser coaches or interspersed amid practice sessions chamber ensembles; call 753-1450 for or rehearsals to renew energy and more information or to arrange an release tension. Qi Gong also enables audition. greater relaxation and concentration NIUkulele Ensemble is fun for beginwhen practiced immediately before a performance. Eric Schroeder leads this ning and intermediate ukulele players ages 9 to adult, directed by CSA guitar class for ages 12 to adult, meeting from teacher Eric Schroeder. Beginners 5 to 6 p.m. on six Thursdays starting Jan. 28. receive instruction and intermediate

players are given more complicated parts to play. All types of ukuleles are welcome, and everyone must have an instrument. The group meets from 7:30 to 8:25 p.m. Mondays beginning Jan. 25.

CSA Guitar Ensemble meets Wednesdays from 8 to 8:55 p.m. Directed by Quentin Dover and designed for beginning and intermediate guitar players age 14 to adult, the group works on ensemble skills, building confidence and skill on the instrument. The first rehearsal is Feb. 10.

CSA Steelband is a great way for people to become familiar with the unique sound of the steelpan. Directed by Yuko Asada, CSA Steelband welcomes members age 14 to adult. No previous experience on the instrument is needed, but it is recommended that students be able to read music.

The steelpan family ranges from soprano to bass and each student chooses an instrument. The group rehearses from 6:30 to 7:25 p.m. Mondays beginning Jan. 25, playing many types of music including calypso, classical, rock and rhythm and blues.

CSA Children’s Choir directed

by Mary Lynn Doherty rehearses on Wednesdays beginning Jan. 20 from 4:45 to 6:15 p.m. Placement auditions are on Jan. 13, call the office at 815-753-1450 to arrange an audition time. Welcoming children ages 7 to 15, the choir rehearses challenging and varied repertoire from all over the world and performs in concert in fall and spring. Children develop sight-reading and musicianship skills and learn to work together.

Music lessons

Traditional private music lessons are taught on a weekly basis and are available on all instruments. Music lessons using the Suzuki approach (combining private and group lessons) for young children are taught on violin, cello, piano and guitar.

Students attend private lessons weekly in the NIU Music Building. Participating students are invited to perform in recitals at the end of each semester. Lessons begin the week of Jan. 18.

The NIU Community School of the Arts is sponsored by the College of Visual and Performing Arts at NIU. More information, including the scholarship application form and the registration form, can be found online at www.niu. edu/extprograms/csa/index.shtml or call 815-753-1450, or visit the Community School office located in Music Building Room 132.

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Mom eschews habit of baby teething on friend’s fingers Dear Abby: A friend I really like has been extremely helpful baby-sitting my 4-monthold son every once in a while.

The problem is, she informed me she rubs his gums and lets him chew on her fingers. I find this gross and strange. Clean fingers or not, I’d prefer she not do this.

She only has him a couple of hours at a time, and he has teething toys.

Am I overreacting? If not, how do I politely inform my friend I’d rather she not put her fingers in my baby’s mouth? I can’t think of a way to explain it that wouldn’t offend her. – Off Limits In Idaho Dear Off Limits: What your

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips friend is doing is neither gross nor strange. She was probably trying to soothe your teething baby who was showing signs of discomfort.

Her fingers might have been more comfortable to chew on than the hard toy.

However, you are the parent and if you prefer no more fingers in your baby’s mouth, you should tell that to your friend and she shouldn’t take offense.

Dear Abby: I often have thought about cooking food

and taking it to neighbors when they experience a death in the family or a new baby, etc.

I know when my parents passed away, kind relatives and neighbors brought us so much food we didn’t know what to do with it all.

But it was greatly appreciated and helped us more than they could ever know.

My problem is I tend to overthink this and then not follow through. (What if they don’t eat meat? What if they’re on special diets?

What if they already have a lot of food or are allergic to something?) How can I offer something useful without knowing their eating habits?

I have considered giving a restaurant gift card, but that doesn’t seem as personal.

It seems years ago people never put so much thought into making a dish and taking it to the neighbors. Can you give me some insight? –

Wants To Help In Michigan Dear Wants To Help: I don’t think you are overthinking at all. The questions in your mind are intelligent ones. That’s why you should pick up the phone and tell the families you intend to bring them a gift of food, but before you do, you would like to know if they have any dietary restrictions.

(Perhaps they already have a freezer full of cakes, pies

and cookies and would enjoy something more solid – like a casserole?) I am sure your thoughtfulness would be appreciated if you called to offer your condolences and asked what they could use.

Confidential To My Readers: A word to the wise: If you plan to toast the New Year tonight, please appoint a designated driver. And on this night especially, designated drivers should remember to drive defensively. To one and all, a happy, healthy New Year! – Love, Abby • Write Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Invest in the right pillow to protect your neck while asleep Dear Dr. K: I tend to have

a lot of neck pain. Would it help to buy a special pillow, or make any other adjustments to the way I sleep?

Dear Reader: As with so many things, an ounce of prevention might be worth a pound of cure when it comes to neck pain.

And how you sleep at night can make a big difference.

Two sleeping positions are easiest on the neck: on your side or on your back.

Whichever you prefer, choose an appropriate pillow.

If you sleep on your back, choose a rounded pillow to support the natural curve of your neck, with a flatter pillow cushioning your head.

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff You can achieve this by tucking a small neck roll into the pillowcase of a flatter, softer pillow. Or, use a special pillow that has a built-in neck support with an indentation for the head to rest in.

If you sleep on your side, use a pillow that is higher under your neck than your head. This will help to keep your spine straight.

Sleeping on your stomach is tough on your spine because the back is arched and your neck turned to the side.

Preferred sleeping positions

often are set early in life and can be tough to change. (Not to mention we often wake up in a different position from the one we used to fall asleep.)

Still, it’s worth trying to start the night sleeping on your back or side in a well-supported, healthy position.

Feather pillows tend to easily conform to the shape of the neck. They will collapse over time, however, and should be replaced every year or so.

Memory foam pillows come both in traditional shapes, and in what I call a double hump shape to support your neck.

Both types of pillows generally do a better job of

conforming to the contour of your head and neck than older types of pillows (such as feather pillows or regular foam pillows).

Manufacturers of memory foam pillows claim they help promote proper spinal alignment. Avoid using too high or stiff a pillow. This keeps the neck flexed overnight and can result in morning pain and stiffness.

But we sleep not only in beds. Sometimes we sleep while riding in a plane, train or car. And who hasn’t dozed off while watching TV? In any of these circumstances, a horseshoe-shaped pillow can help.

It will support your neck

and prevent your head from dropping to one side if you doze.

If the pillow is too large behind the neck, however, it will force your head forward.

We spend a third of our lives asleep in bed. Plus, the evidence is growing good quality sleep each night brings many health benefits.

For those reasons, I think it is worth investing in beds and pillows that give you the best quality sleep – including protecting your neck.

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

Friend has changed, so it’s time to sever the relationship Dr. Wallace: A girl I’ve known for a really long time was my very best friend. For all of the years I’ve known her she was very sweet and kind.

But now things have changed. She is rude and bossy and is trying to control my life.

She gets upset with me over the smallest things.

Besides all this, she has been telling lies about me to some of my other friends. Whenever I ask her about this problem, she denies it. She even has started ignoring me when we are at school, but when we’re on our way home from school she is sweet as can be.

I just can’t understand this. What should I do? I was hoping she would revert back to the “good old days,” but so far, she hasn’t and

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace I’m not sure she will. Help. –

Disappointed, Santa Fe, New Mexico Disappointed: It’s time to sever the “very best friend” relationship with this girl.

She no longer is a best friend. There could be many reasons why her personality has changed, but don’t hang around with her just to find out what they are.

Don’t bother telling her you’ll be spending less time with her – just do it. Actively cultivate other friendships and pretty much stop worrying about what she is up to. You needn’t rule her out of your life completely, but when you do see her, it more

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likely will be on your own terms.

Dr. Wallace: About two weeks ago, a close friend of mine and I went out for a pizza after a basketball game.

When it came time to pay for her share, she said she’d forgotten her money and would pay me later. Luckily, I had some extra money, but she still hasn’t paid me.

A couple of days ago, she played the same game again, but this time I didn’t have enough money to pay for her share.

When that happened, she started crying, so the manager said he would give us the pizza “on the house,” and I didn’t have to pay either.

But the whole thing made me very embarrassed.

When I told my dad what happened, he and I returned to the pizza place, thanked

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TODAY – Jump into action. This is the year to negotiate your way

to the top. Don’t waste time bickering with someone who is negative and meddling. Broaden your circle to include positive, upbeat people striving to reach a similar standard of living.

Believe and invest in yourself.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – You will have greater insight into what you want to do next year. Summon the people you want to share ideas with and make plans for the future.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Put a stop to whatever or whoever has been dragging you down. New and exciting opportunities are within reach, but first you will have to clear the clutter standing in your way.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – It’s a good time to embrace change.

Holding on to the past or clinging to something that isn’t feasible or realistic is fruitless. Look forward and adopt new ideas and plans that fit into current trends.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Start your New Year’s resolutions immediately. Putting a budget in place or setting up a health regimen that will ensure you are at your best will make you feel good and look fabulous.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Consider who is an asset and who isn’t. Weed out the people who are always taking and never giving back. Insist on doing what’s best for you as you head into the new year.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Don’t go overboard ringing in the new year. Problems will erupt if you are indulgent or insist on spending time with people looking for trouble. Choose your friends and lovers carefully.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Make a couple of personal changes and you will be happy with the results and the compliments you receive. A relationship with someone will take a positive turn.

Plan to have some fun.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Let go of anything that isn’t working for you. Attend a celebration that offers a chance to mingle with people you want to collaborate with next year.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Question anything that doesn’t sit right with you. Stop allowing people to put unrealistic demands on you. Get out and socialize with people who share your interests, concerns and ambitions.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Don’t overdo it. A small gathering or a relaxing evening with someone you love will help you ease into the new year gracefully and without trepidation.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Plan a get-together with the people you share common interests with. An unusual beginning to the new year will unfold as you discuss ideas regarding lifestyle changes. Share your creative imagination.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – You’ll be tempted to overdo it. Problems while traveling or with regard to your physical well-being are likely. Personal relationships will be tested. Don’t start the year off on the wrong foot.

the manager and paid for the pizza.

I know my friend will not pay me back for the first time, and she also thinks she got a free pizza this time.

Do you think I should tell her my dad paid for the pizza and she owes me for her share of both pizzas, or should I just forget about it and chalk it up to experience?

I do not plan to go out for food with her any more unless I know she has the money. – Kelly, Springfield,

Massachusetts Kelly: Tell your friend

your father paid for the last pizza, but she still owes you for the first pizza. Then ask her when she’s planning to pay you back, and make sure she does.

Dr. Wallace: My friend Mindy and I both like the

same boy. We decided to flip a coin to see who would be the one to pursue him since it would be silly for both of us to go after him.

We flipped and I called heads and the coin came up tails, so I let Mindy go after him.

This all started last week and, so far, she hasn’t caught him. How long do you think it’s fair to let her go after him before I get to have a turn to pursue him? –Nameless,

Wheeling, West Virginia Nameless: You lost fair

and square, so I think Mindy should have a full 30 days to land her prize. Then it’s your turn, that is, unless Zach, Josh or Matt has caught your eye by that time.

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

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ADVICE & PUZZLES 3 BRIDGE Phillip Alder

An opponent is unhappy to help John Galsworthy, an English dramatist and playwright who died in 1933, said, “A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.”

At the bridge table, you must be a man or woman of thought before becoming a man or woman of action. And if the thought process precedes accurate card-play, your opponents will be unhappy.

In this deal, how should South make his opponents unhappy? He is in three notrump, and West leads the diamond queen.

South starts with eight top tricks: one spade, one heart, two diamonds and four clubs.

A player of action would win the first or second diamond trick, cross to dummy by leading a low club to the 10, and take a major-suit finesse.

Declarer would win the next diamond, return to dummy with a club to the queen, and take the other major-suit finesse ... and here go down one.

Yes, that would be unlucky, but North would be unhappy with that line. South should win the first trick and, strangely, cash his other high diamond.

If East discards, declarer should take his four club tricks, ending on the board, and decide which way to turn.

When East follows suit, though, South next cashes three club tricks, leaving a winner on the board, then exits with his last diamond.

If East wins the third diamond, South can still take both major-suit finesses; he hasn’t lost anything.

Here, though, West may cash three tricks in the suit, but must then unhappily lead away from one of his kings, conceding a ninth trick to declarer.

4 COMICS • Thursday, December 31, 2015 • Section C • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com Pickles

Brian Crane Pearls Before Swine

For Better or For Worse

Non Sequitur

Stephan Pastis

Lynn Johnston Crankshaft

Tom Batiuk & Chuck Hayes

Wiley The Duplex

Glenn McCoy

Beetle Bailey

Mort Walker Blondie

Dean Young & Denis LeBrun

Frank & Ernest

Bob Thaves Dilbert

Scott Adams

Monty

Jim Meddick Zits Hi and Lois

Rose is Rose

Pat Brady & Don Wimmer Arlo & Janis

Soup to Nutz

The Family Circus

Rick Stromoski Big Nate

Bill Keane

The Argyle Sweater

Scott Hilburn

Jim Borgman JerryWalker Scott Brian &&Greg

Jimmy Johnson

Lincoln Peirce

Frazz

Jef Mallett

Grizzwells

Bill Schorr

“Almost Time For A Cat Nap”

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

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE ILLINOIS Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

Linda I. Koos; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

14 CH 186 110 Joanne Lane, Dekalb, IL 60115 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause on September 17, 2015, the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office will on January 28, 2016, at the hour of 1:00PM at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: Lot 3 in Block 9 in John W. Tilton's First Addition to Tilton's Park, being a subdivision of a part of Section 14, Township 40 North, Range 04, East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded April 29, 1954, in Book "I" of Plats, Page 25, as Document No. 270186, situated in DeKalb County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 110 Joanne Lane, Dekalb, IL 60115 Parcel Number(s): 08-14-179-013 The real estate is improved with a Single Family Residence.

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

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

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

Phone number: 312-651-6700.

Attorney file number: 14-031555.

Ellen C. Morris MANLEY DEAS KOCHALSKI LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff One East Wacker, Suite 1250 Chicago, IL 60601

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE ILLINOIS Bank of America, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

Linda I. Koos; Unknown Owners Non-Record Claimants and Defendants.

14 CH 186 110 Joanne Lane, Dekalb, IL 60115 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTYSYCAMORE, ILLINOIS CHAMPION MORTGAGE COMPANY PLAINTIFF VS WENDY LEXVOLD-COPPERT; TIM LEXVOLD; TOM LEXVOLD; MARGO BURKE; CHRISTINE LEXVOLDTRIZULNY; BRIAN LEXVOLD; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JAMES M LEXVOLD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; DEFENDANTS 15 CH 236 9329 IL ROUTE 72 KINGSTON, IL 60145 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JAMES M LEXVOLD, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE IN THE COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS, TO WIT: THAT PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS, LYING NORTH OF THE CENTERLINE OF STATE ROUTE 72, AND SOUTH OF THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT OF WAY LINE OF THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY (EXCEPTING THE EASTERLY 66 FEET THERE) (AND ALSO EXCEPTING THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED PROPERTY: PROPERTY: COMMENCING IN THE CENTER OF THE ROAD ON THE WEST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 21 AND RUNNING THENCE EAST 10 RODS; THENCE NORTH PARALLEL TO THE HALF SECTION LINE 26.16 RODS, MORE OR LESS TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THE CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, AND ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY; THENCE WESTERLY ALONG THE SOUTH LINE OF SAID RIGHT OF WAY TO THE WEST LINE OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 21; THENCE SOUTH ON SAID LINE 26.32 RODS, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING) (AND ALSO EXCEPTING THE EAST 1 ACRE OF THE WEST 2 1/2 ACRES OF THE NORTH 5 ACRES OF THE SOUTH 14 ACRES OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ALSO KNOWN AS LOT "B" OF SAID QUARTER SECTION, RECORDED IN BOOK "G" OF PLATS, PAGE 19, IN DEKALB COUNTY RECORDER'S OFFICE. Commonly known as: 9329 IL ROUTE 72 KINGSTON, IL 60145 and which said Mortgage was made by, JAMES M LEXVOLD (DECEASED); Mortgagor (s), to GENERATION MORTGAGE COMPANY Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DEKALB County, Illinois, as Document No. 2009005013; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Maureen A. Josh DeKalb Cnty Circuit Clerk 133 W. State Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178 on or before January 25, 2016, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1506687 I679799 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 24, 31, 2015 January 7, 2016)

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x Unknown Heirs and Legatees 1. Notice is given of the death of James A. Evers, who died on July 11, 2015 a resident of Genoa, Illinois.

2. The Representative for the estate and his/her address is: Joseph R. Evers 2702 Sterling Court Elgin, IL 60124 3. The attorney for the estate and his/her address is: Attorney Jack C. Slingerland 114 West State Street Sycamore, IL 60178 4. Claims against the estate may be filed on or before June 29, 2016. Claims against the estate may be filed with the Clerk of the Circuit Court, 133 W. State St., Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the Representative, or both. Any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On December 2, 2015, an Order Admitting the Will to Probate and/or Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. Within 42 days after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to require proof of the validity of the Will by testimony or witness to the Will in open Court, or other evidence, as provided under section 6-21 of the Probate Act (IL Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 ½, Par. 6-21).

7. Within 6 months after the effective date of the original Order Admitting the Will to Probate, you may file a petition with the Court to contest the validity of the Will as provided under Section 8-1 of the Probate Act (Ill Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 ½, Par. 8-1).

8. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 100 ½, Par. 38-4).

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 24 & 31, 2015 & January 7, 2016.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS LEGAL NOTICE FOR A NAME CHANGE (ADULT) IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: SHANIECKA SHANTELLE PRICE FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on January 29, 2016 at 9:00 a.m., at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Shaniecka Shantelle Price will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from SHANIECKA SHANTELLE PRICE to NINA ELAINE PRICE pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any person interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Shaniecka Shantelle Price 1400 Twombly Road, Apt 1801 DeKalb, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 17, 24 & 31, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 17, 2015 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office address of all of the persons owning, conducting, and transacting the business known as: THE CZI GROUP located at 3230 Sycamore Rd. #129, DeKalb, IL 60115 Dated December 17, 2015 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, December 24, 31, 2015 & January 7, 2016)

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Movie: ››› “This Is the End” (2013) Jonah Hill Movie: “On the Twelfth Day of Christmas” (2015, Romance) Robin Movie: “Family for Christmas” (2015) Lacey Chabert, Tyron Leitso. A The Middle “The The Middle Movie: “Christmas Land” (2015, Romance) After inheriting a tree farm, a Movie: ››› “The Most Wonderful (HALL) Dunne. Maggie tries to help Mitch recapture his holiday spirit. (CC) wish leaves a woman magically married to her college beau. (CC) Scratch” “Thanksgiving” woman plans to sell it. (CC) Time of the Year” (2008) (HGTV) Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life Caribbean Life American Pickers (CC) (DVS) American Pickers (CC) (DVS) (HIST) American Pickers ’ (CC) American Pickers ’ (CC) American Pickers ’ (CC) (:03) American Pickers ’ (CC) (:01) American Pickers ’ (CC) (12:01) American Pickers ’ (4:30) Movie: ›› “Sister Act 2: Back in the Habit” (1993, Musical Movie: ›› “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail” (2009, Comedy) Tyler (:02) Movie: › “Tyler Perry’s Temptation” (2013) Jurnee Smollett-Bell. (:02) Movie: ›› “Tyler Perry’s Madea Goes to Jail” (2009) Tyler Perry, (LIFE) Comedy) Whoopi Goldberg, Kathy Najimy, Barnard Hughes. (CC) Perry, Derek Luke. Madea raises hell behind bars. (CC) A handsome billionaire leads a married woman astray. (CC) Derek Luke. Madea raises hell behind bars. (CC) Lockup Lockup Lockup Lockup Lockup A Special Edition of Hardball (N) Lockup (MSNBC) The Last Word Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness Ridiculousness (MTV) Alvinnn!!! and Alvinnn!!! and Alvinnn!!! and SpongeBob Friends (CC) Friends (CC) (NICK) TeenNick Top 10 (N) ’ (CC) Movie: › “Zookeeper” (2011, Comedy) Kevin James, Leslie Bibb. Premiere. ’ (CC) (:33) Friends ’ (12:06) Friends Fresh Prince Cops Domestic Cops ’ (CC) Cops “Coast to Cops A suspect Cops ’ (CC) Cops “Coast to Cops “Coast to Cops “Coast to Cops ’ (CC) Cops Screams. Cops “Coast to Cops Traffic Cops “Coast to Cops ’ (CC) Cops ’ (CC) Cops ’ (CC) (SPIKE) Coast” (CC) hides a shotgun.

Coast” (CC) Coast” (CC) Coast” (CC) Coast” (CC) Coast” (CC) disturbance. ’ ’ (CC) stop. ’ (CC) The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight The Twilight WWE SmackDown! (N) ’ (CC) (SYFY) Zone “Static” Zone ’ (CC) Zone “Dust” ’ Zone ’ (CC) Zone ’ (CC) Zone ’ (CC) Zone ’ (CC) Zone ’ (CC) Zone ’ (CC) Zone ’ (CC) Zone ’ (CC) Zone ’ (CC) (4:30) “Horse (:45) Movie: ›››› “Duck Soup” (1933, Comedy) Movie: ›››› “The Thin Man” (1934, Comedy-Dra- (:45) Movie: ››› “After the Thin Man” (1936) William Powell. Married (:45) Movie: ››› “Another Thin Man” (1939) William Powell, Myrna “Shadow of the (TCM) Thin Man” (CC) Feathers” (CC) Groucho Marx, Harpo Marx, Chico Marx. (CC) ma) William Powell, Myrna Loy. (CC) (DVS) sleuths search for their cousin’s missing husband. (CC) (DVS) Loy. A murderer strikes at an exclusive Long Island estate. (CC) (TLC) Dateline: Real Life Mysteries ’ Dateline: Real Life Mysteries ’ Dateline: Real Life Mysteries ’ Dateline on TLC ’ (CC) Dateline: Real Life Mysteries ’ Dateline: Real Life Mysteries ’ Dateline: Real Life Mysteries ’ Dateline on TLC ’ (CC) (TNT) (3:30) Movie: ››› “The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers” Movie: ››› “The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King” (2003, Fantasy) Elijah Wood, Ian McKellen, Liv Tyler. (CC) (DVS) Movie: ›› “The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor” (2008) Andy Griffith Andy Griffith Facts of Life Facts of Life Facts of Life Facts of Life Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens King of Queens Old Christine Old Christine (TVL) NCIS “Crescent City: Part II” A NCIS “Page Not Found” McGee’s Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family Modern Family NCIS Parsons’ view of the team NCIS “Past, Present and Future” (USA) copycat of the Privileged Killer.

“The Big Game” (CC) (DVS) (CC) (DVS) (CC) (DVS) “Three Dinners” “iSpy” ’ Tony is determined to find Ziva. girlfriend asks for help. ’ “The Help” ’ “The Feud” ’ changes. ’ (CC) (DVS) (VH1) (4:00) Movie: ››› “The Goonies” (1985) ’ Movie: ››› “Breakfast Club” (1985) Emilio Estevez, Molly Ringwald. ’ (CC) Movie: ›› “Sixteen Candles” (1984) Molly Ringwald. ’ (CC) Movie: ›› “Rock Star” (2001, Drama) Mark Wahlberg. ’ (CC) 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls Big Bang Big Bang 2 Broke Girls 2 Broke Girls Conan J.J. Abrams; John Boyega. 2 Broke Girls Conan J.J. Abrams; John Boyega. Cougar Town (WTBS) (4:30) Movie: › “New Year’s Eve” (2011) Halle Berry. (CC) PREMIUM 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 (:45) Sisters: Sex On// “Zentai”; Movie ›› “The Divergent Series: Insurgent” (2015) Shailene Woodley.

Sex On// ’ (CC) (4:15) Movie ›› “The Divergent (:15) Movie ›› “Disturbia” (2007, Suspense) Shia LaBeouf.

A troubled Movie ››› “John Wick” (2014, Action) Keanu (HBO) HBO First Look Series: Insurgent” (2015) ‘PG-13’ youth suspects his neighbor is a serial killer. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) Fugitives Tris and Four search for allies and answers. (CC) “Poly.” ’ Reeves, Michael Nyqvist, Alfie Allen. ’ ‘R’ (CC) (4:15) Movie ›› “Annabelle” (5:55) Movie ›› “Dracula Untold” (2014, Adventure) Movie ››› “Lucy” (2014) Scarlett Johansson.

A Movie ›› “A Walk Among the Tombstones” (2014) Liam Neeson. A PI Movie ›› “Jupiter Ascending” (2015) Channing Tatum. An ordinary (MAX) (2014) Annabelle Wallis. ‘R’ (CC) Luke Evans, Sarah Gadon. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) synthetic drug gives a woman extraordinary powers. hunts the men who murdered a drug lord’s wife. ’ ‘R’ (CC) woman learns of her extraordinary destiny. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) (:35) Jermaine Fowler: Give ’Em (:35) Katt Williams: Kattpacalypse (:35) “Spring Movie ›› “What If” (2013, Romance-Comedy) Daniel (:45) Movie ›› “Need for Speed” (2014, Action) Aaron Paul, Dominic Cooper, Imogen Movie ››› “Spring Breakers” (2012, Comedy) (SHOW) Breakers” ‘R’ Hell Kid The comic performs. ’ Katt Williams performs. ’ (CC) Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) Poots. A street-car racer wants revenge on a treacherous rival. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) James Franco, Vanessa Hudgens. ’ ‘R’ (CC) (:05) Movie ›› “Last Vegas” (2013) Michael Douglas. Four aging pals Movie ››› “Snowpiercer” (2013, Science Fiction) Chris Evans. Survi- (:10) Movie ›› “Waterworld” (1995, Science Fiction) Kevin Costner, Dennis Hopper, Movie ››› “Twelve Monkeys” (1995, Science Fic(TMC) go to Las Vegas to relive their glory days. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) vors of a second ice age live aboard a supertrain. ’ ‘R’ (CC) Jeanne Tripplehorn. A loner navigates a future world. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) tion) Bruce Willis, Madeleine Stowe. ’ ‘R’ (CC) ^ WBBM

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