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Bells honor NIU shooting victims Moment of reflection less structured than in years past

By ANDREA AZZO

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aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Six years ago, DeKalb Fire Battalion Chief James Zarek was in an ambulance carrying a Northern Illinois University student who had been shot to the hospital.

Gayle Dubowski died Feb. 14, 2008, along with four other students who were shot in Cole Hall: Catalina Garcia, Julianna Gehant, Ryanne Mace and Daniel Parmenter.

Zarek was among dozens who gathered Friday for the sixth anniversary of the campus shooting to honor the victims in the Forward Together Forward Memorial Garden. Zarek called the moment humbling.

“It’s important to remember what happened, to remember the sacrifice

Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to view a photo gallery of a ceremony to remember the sixth anniversary of the Northern Illinois University shooting and video of the ceremony.

that they made for their community here and to always, always keep that in our memory,” Zarek said.

“Whether you’re here or not isn’t as big a deal as keeping it in your heart and keeping it in your memories.”

Bells rang five times across campus at 3:06 p.m., the time of the shooting. The moment of reflection was less structured than the formal wreath ceremony NIU officials organized in past years as the campus moves from healing to remembrance.

Former NIU student Steven Kazmierczak, 27, entered NIU’s Cole Hall six years ago and opened fire, also injuring 16 others before turning the gun on himself. Most of the students who were on campus that day have graduated, but many students know what took place.

NIU senior Patty Fernandez, a corporate communications major, had a class in Cole Hall after it reopened in January 2012 with a new auditorium and the NIU Anthropology Museum.

“This is something that affected the whole campus,” Fernandez said, her voice choking with emotion as tears pooled in her eyes.

Fernandez was touched that so many people gathered Friday to honor the victims.

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Larry Gehant, uncle of victim Julianna Gehant, hugs Northern Illinois University Associate Vice President of Student Affairs Kelly Wesener-Michael during a moment of reflection on the sixth anniversary of the campus shooting Friday at the Forward Together Forward Memorial Garden. Families, students and community members gathered for the ringing of five bells in honor of the five students who lost their lives.

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First Institute Remedial Assessment Specialist Patricia Braksick oversees Willis Yurs, 41, of DeKalb as he works on an online tutoring program Friday at Illinois WorkNet Center in DeKalb. When Yurs started the tutoring program, he tested at a 4.6 grade level. Now, after four months, he tests at a 12.9 grade level according to the Test of Adult Basic Education. Yurs hopes to complete his schooling to be a truck driver and get a job this month.

Criminal record difficult to overcome when searching for jobs

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com

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eKALB – Brandon Clanin knows his criminal record is keeping him from having the career he wants.

Clanin, of DeKalb, was released from prison in 2009 and completed

a year of parole. He said he’s not the same person he was when he was convicted of burglary and residential burglary for incidents that happened in May 2005, when he was 28 years old.

Now 36, he started a home computer-repair business called Computer Problems in 2010, has an associate degree in computer

technology from the University of Phoenix, and is working with a local employment center to obtain grants to further his education. He said he just wants employers to give him a chance after many have turned him down because of his record.

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CHICAGO – In his pitch to become Illinois governor, state Treasurer Dan Rutherford boasts of his cheap travel and lodging practices as part of a frugal conservatism that will serve taxpayers if he becomes the state’s next chief executive.

But a pattern of sharing hotel rooms and a Chicago studio apartment with a subordinate on his government staff has become an issue in the Republican’s primary campaign, raising questions about his adherence to common work- Dan place management Rutherford practices and the line between government duties and political campaigning.

Since taking office in 2011, Rutherford has shared a hotel room with his executive assistant, Joshua Lanning, at least ten nights while traveling on official business. The two also stayed together dozens of times in the Chicago apartment paid for with campaign funds.

The treasurer billed Illinois taxpayers for the hotels, but reimbursed the state last year for five nights after an internal review determined the travel should have been covered by campaign funds. In an Associated Press interview this month, Rutherford said he shared a room with Lanning only twice on state business, but public records and his office later confirmed it happened more often.

The shared-room issue has arisen at the same time Rutherford, 58, is defending himself against a federal lawsuit claiming he sexually harassed a different employee and forced him to do political work on government time.

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

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

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

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

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

Last Saturday is open meeting.

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AA Speaker Open Meeting: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

Sunday 24 Hours a Day AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Genoa American Legion Riders: 11 a.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St., Genoa. 815-784-5967.

Rockford Writers’ Guild: 1 to 3 p.m. at Tinker Swiss Cottage Museum, 411 Kent St., Rockford. DeKalb County writers are invited to meet with peers at monthly meetings. Visit www. rockfordwritersguild.com; click on “Meetings and Events for Writers” for map and schedule.

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

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

Bread & Roses women’s chorus practice: 5:45 to 8 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb. For information, call Patty Rieman at 815-758-4897 or visit www.breadandroseschorus.org.

DeKalb County Illinois NAACP Adult Chapter: 6 to 7 p.m. at New Hope Church at Twombly and Annie Glidden roads in DeKalb.

Attendees discuss political, educational, social and economic equality to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Contact: Kevin Chambliss at tiger39217@ yahoo.com or 815-501-7583.

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

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

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

Monday Big Book Study AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb.

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Overeaters Anonymous: 10 a.m. at Senior Services Center, 330 Grove St. in DeKalb; 815-7584718.

Free blood pressure clinic: 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb. www.kishhospital.org/programs; 815-748-8962.

Sycamore Food Pantry: Noon to 4 p.m. at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. 815-895-9113. Winter coats are available October to February.

Group for Caregivers: 1 p.m. at DeKalb Adult Day Center, 126 S. Fourth St. Contact: Alzheimer’s Association of Greater Rockford, 815-484-1300.

DeKalb Daytime HEA: 1:30 p.m. at a member’s home. Part of the Homemakers Education Association. For meeting location and other information, call Urla at 815-758-1509.

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Manhood is not out of style What does manhood mean today?

That was the question posed by an Associated Press story that appeared in Thursday’s Daily Chronicle.

One response might be that if you have to ask, you’ll never know.

But the story went ahead with asking anyway. One of its sources – possibly the genesis for the story, or at least a person who asked the question earlier, was writer and non-man Ann Friedman. The story quoted a piece by Friedman titled “What Does Manhood Mean in 2013?” online at nymag.com, in which she writes: “Ultimately, confusion about modern masculinity is a good thing: It means we’re working past the outmoded definition.”

Since when is manhood a concept that is out of style? I guess Friedman means the 1950s “Leave It to Beaver” version of manhood, in which the man earns money to support the family, then comes home and reads the afternoon paper and smokes his pipe in the living room while his wife fixes dinner.

Personally, I think it’s too bad for families that both parents often are forced to work outside the home even if one of them would rather stay home with their children. But do changing times that mean the definition of manhood is outdated? Are men really confused?

No, most of us aren’t confused, thanks. We just don’t lobby for ourselves all that much because its not necessary.

As a consequence, when an NFL Draft prospect announces he’s gay and people share bigoted views, the term “man’s man” becomes a negative descriptor. An NFL locker room is ap-

EDITOR’S NOTE Eric Olson parently a “man’s man” kind of place which would never accept a gay player.

Gives you the feeling that people think of a “man’s man” as an intolerant caveman, someone we’d be better off without. Think again, social justice crusader.

A “man’s man” is a cool guy. He’s a guy you want around.

A man’s man can catch and clean a fish. He can change a tire and he won’t complain if his clothes and hands get dirty. He can build and fix things, whether it’s the middle of summer or the dead of winter. You can borrow his Sawzall.

If he’s on a date, a man’s man buys dinner. If he’s married, he’s faithful to his wife. He takes out the trash.

He watches football, drinks beer, knows off-color jokes. He knows when to keep his mouth shut. He doesn’t whine.

He might not have seen Jimmy Kimmel and Adam Carolla’s TV comedy show “The Man Show,” but if you showed it to him, he’d be amused. Call him a “metrosexual” and he would not be.

Or maybe none of that stuff applies. What’s it to ya? A man’s man does not need to seek your approval or conform to a definition some columnist thought up.

Can a man stay home and take care of his kids while his wife goes out to work? Sure. He can be a nurse, he can teach school, he can be … the most

interesting man in the world.

As Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said about obscenity – something with which a man’s man might be familiar – in the case of manhood, you know it when you see it. Or when you don’t.

No, manhood hasn’t gone away, and there’s no reason for men to have to feel bad about thinking what we think and feeling the way we do – even if we don’t share those feelings that often.

As John Wayne, one of the greatest examples of a “man’s man” ever, said in the 1949 film “She Wore a Yellow Ribbon,” “Never apologize. It’s a sign of weakness.”

Unless you have to apologize, of course. Like to your wife, or your mom, or your boss. Then it’s probably a good idea.

Of course, women can do most or all of the same things that men can. That’s great for society. People shouldn’t be told they can’t do something they enjoy and are good at just because of their gender; too bad for the Taliban if they don’t agree.

A man, after all, doesn’t feel threatened by women, or gay NFL players or movies about gay cowboys. The smart ones even realize when they can learn something from them.

Also, at least 70 percent of us wish we didn’t have to turn the lights off in the basement every night. Seriously, there’s nothing to be afraid of down there.

• Eric Olson is editor of the Daily Chronicle. Reach him at 815-756-4841 ext. 2257, email eolson@shawmedia. com, or follow him on Twitter @ DC_Editor.

8 TODAY’S TALKER

Pope’s marriage recipe: ‘Please, thanks, sorry’

By NICOLE WINFIELD

The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – A top administrator at the Illinois Department of Natural Resources said Friday he was forced to resign last week because of his doctor-ordered participation in professional fishing tournaments while on sick leave.

Travis Loyd said he did nothing wrong and fishing was part of his recovery from a chronic illness that threatened his life if he didn’t reduce stress. IDNR would only say that Loyd violated rules under the federal Family and Medical Leave Act.

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Pope Francis greets faithful as he leaves St. Peter’s Square on Friday at the Vatican . Pope Francis met a group of engaged couples on Valentine’s Day. Originally the audience was due to be held inside a Vatican auditorium. But the response from soon-towed couples to Francis’ invitation for a Valentine’s Day date was so great – Vatican officials said 25,000 people from 30 countries showed up – that the event was held in the piazza on a per-

fect, sunny afternoon after weeks of rain.

Francis joked that we all make mistakes and that no one is perfect: “The perfect family doesn’t exist, nor the perfect husband nor wife. Let’s not even talk about the perfect mother-inlaw!”

IDNR official resigns after fishing on sick leave

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The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis offered some Valentine’s Day advice Friday for a lasting marriage, telling 25,000 lovebirds that the recipe for success lies in saying three simple words: “Please, thanks and sorry.”

Francis told fiancés gathered in St. Peter’s Square for a special papal date that expressions of courtesy, gratitude and contrition go a long way toward conserving and enhancing love over time.

“Never finish the day without making peace!” he begged them. “Because if you end the day without making peace, what you have inside becomes hard and cold and it becomes harder to make peace the following day.”

Francis has on several occasions met with young couples to give them advice before embarking on marriage.

The need for such church counseling, both before and after the wedding, is a theme he’s expected to elaborate on at a major Vatican meeting on the family in October.

Francis has often lamented how many marriages end in divorce and has blamed such failed relationships on today’s prevailing “provisional culture” that makes people unwilling to make lifelong commitments.

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Loyd, the former deputy director in charge of mines and minerals, said he faced additional strain last year as lawmakers, bureaucrats and interest groups wrangled over Travis Loyd writing rules governing hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, or “fracking.”

As a result, he took 44 days off work during the summer months under the federal medical-leave law, and with his doctor’s encouragement, participated

in several pro fishing tournaments.

The 42-year-old from Kinmundy in south-central Illinois said his boss knew and approved of his pro bass fishing career on the FLW Outdoors Inc., tour – the major leagues of professional fishing.

“It was a political hit on me,” Loyd said, claiming media reports about the issue embarrassed Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration in an election year.

IDNR spokesman Chris McCloud said Loyd resigned from his $92,000-a-year job Feb. 8 after the agency learned about “a violation of FMLA policies.” He would

not say which policy was in question. Quinn’s office referred questions to IDNR. “All state employees are required to follow the rules that govern state employee benefit time,” McCloud said. “While the agency was aware of Mr. Loyd’s professional fishing career, state policies define how medical leave can be used.”

Loyd said the agency claims he violated an IDNR policy that prohibits taking medical leave “for the purpose of seeking or taking employment elsewhere or operating a private business.”

McCloud would not confirm that.

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8STATE BRIEF Coleman’s brother resigns from Illinois prison job CHESTER – The Illinois Department of Corrections said the brother of a convicted murderer has resigned his job as a state prison guard.

Corrections Department spokesman Tom Shaer told the Belleville News-Democrat that 35-year-old Brad Coleman of Chester has resigned. Coleman is the brother of Christopher Coleman, who is serving a life sentence for strangling his wife and children.

Brad Coleman had applied for a disability award claiming post-traumatic stress disorder.

Brad Coleman said constant worrying about his brother caused him to have PTSD. – Wire report

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8OBITUARIES LOU ANN BENSON Born: Aug. 8, 1930, in Oak Park, Ill. Died: Feb. 14, 2014, in DeKalb, Ill. SHABBONA – Born Aug. 8, 1930, in Oak Park, Ill., to Frank P. Whyte and Florence (Teets) Whyte, Lou Ann Benson, 83, of Shabbona, passed away peacefully Feb. 14, 2014, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb, surrounded by her loving family.

She attended primary and secondary school in Oak Park and Cornell College in Mt. Vernon, Iowa, graduating in the Class of 1952 with a degree in elementary education. Her first teaching job was in Morris, where she met her future husband, Harley Benson from Rollo.

They married June 30, 1956, in Oak Park, and moved to Shabbona where Lou Ann taught at Shabbona Elementary School for 20 years, While in Shabbona, she and Harley also owned and operated the Dog N Suds drive in restaurant along with Eileen and Malvern Bland in the 1960s. She recently moved to Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center.

Lou Ann loved spending time with family and friends, including her group of “knitting ladies” who met bi-monthly for more than 50 years.

Attending her two grandchildren’s sporting events and having family gatherings at her Shabbona home were important to her.

As an active member of Shabbona United Church of Christ for more than 50 years, she served as a Sunday school teacher, youth group leader and on numerous boards. She enjoyed helping with the Shabbona, Lee Rollo Historical Society, volunteering at the Shabbona Nursing Home as well as at the local school and helping children with their reading skills.

She is survived by her loving daughters, Jean of DeKalb, Barb (Paul) Salvatore of Sycamore and Joan of DeKalb; two grandchildren, Kristen Salvatore of Madison, Wis., and David Salvatore of Chicago; sister, Carol (Edgar) Hajic of DeKalb; sister-in-law, Arlene Benson of San Diego; one niece; and three nephews.

Lou Ann was preceded in death by her husband, Harley (1998); parents; and half-sister, Beth Whyte Corin (1996).

A memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at Shabbona United Church of Christ with the Rev. James Allen officiating. Friends may call from 9:30 a.m. Monday until the time of services at the church.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial is being established.

Arrangements were completed

by Jacobson Funeral Home in Shabbona.

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ULLMAN D. ‘BUTCH’ BURRIGHT Born: Aug. 2, 1922, in Rochelle, Ill. Died: Feb. 13, 2014, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – Ullman David “Butch” Burright, 91, of DeKalb, Ill., died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb.

Born Aug. 2, 1922, in Rochelle, the son of Charles and Viola Marie (Hardesty) Burright, Butch married Martha Myllyniemi on July 23, 1944, in DeKalb.

He was a member of Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in DeKalb. Butch was a veteran of the U.S. Army during World War II; for his service he received a Purple Heart. He was a member of VFW Post 3878 in Rochelle and American Legion Post 66 DeKalb, and served on the honor guard for many years. Butch also was active in DeKalb Area Alano Club.

He worked at DeKalb Cyclone Fence and for Milk Consumers, retiring from Muller Pinehurst Dairy. He also was a chef, working part-time at Kishwaukee Country Club and Fargo Hotel in Sycamore.

He also worked as a meat cutter at Inboden’s Meat Market in DeKalb.

He is survived by his son, Ronald (Kathy) Burright of DeKalb; grandchildren, Pat (Carla) Burright of Fremont, Calif., Matt Burright of DeKalb, Debbi (Rick) Kohler of Sycamore, Erik (Wendy) Gilbert of Rochelle, and Aaron (Julie) Gilbert of Cary; 13 great-grandchildren; and his sister, Helen Piefer of Joplin, Mo. He was preceded in death by his wife, Martha; daughter, Karen

Gilbert; parents; and four brothers, William, Robert, Orville and Eugene.

The funeral service will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St., DeKalb, with the Rev. Dan Wynard officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb, with full military honors

by American Legion, AmVets and VFW. The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Ullman D. “Butch” Burright Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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JOHN A. DUNN Born: Jan. 9, 1929, in Rockford, Ill. Died: Feb. 13, 2014, Sycamore, Ill. SYCAMORE – John Albert Dunn, 85, Sycamore, Ill., died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at Lincolnshire Place, Sycamore.

He was the advertising manager at Wurlitzer Company for many years.

The family thanks the doctors and staff at Lincolnshire Place for all their wonderful care of John.

He is survived by his wife, Donna; three sons, Craig (Jamie) Dunn, Jim (Paula) Dunn and Gary (Renate) Tucker; four granddaughters; two grandsons; and brother, Howard (Charlotte) Dunn.

By John’s wishes, there will be no services. Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the John A. Dunn Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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GLADYS M. LIDDICK Born: Oct. 16, 1933, in Herrin, Ill. Died: Feb. 13, 2014, in DeKalb, Ill. WATERMAN – Gladys Marie Liddick, 80, of Waterman, Ill., passed away Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb.

Born Oct. 16, 1933, in Herrin, the daughter of Leslie and Nellie (McClure) Poff, Gladys married Kenneth I. Liddick on Aug. 15, 1953, at First United Methodist Church, DeKalb.

A 1952 graduate of Bridgeport High School, Gladys worked 20 years as a secretary at the DeKalb Ag Waterman Plant. She was a member of Waterman United Methodist Church and the Red Hat Society.

She is survived by her husband, Ken; children, Cynthia (Martin) Voss of Glen Ellyn and Karen (Craig) House of Royal Palm Beach, Fla.; grandchildren, Ryan, Dustin and Jacquelyn Voss, Colin Fagan and Kendall House; several nieces and nephews; and two sisters-in-law, Ruby Poff of DeKalb and Marilyn (Jerry) Martinson of Hinckley.

She was preceded in death by her parents; and brothers, Cletus and James Poff.

The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Waterman United Methodist Church, 210 W. Garfield St., with the Rev. Paul Lee officiating. Burial of cremated remains will be at a later date at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb.

Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory. The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Gladys M. Liddick Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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CAMERON D. LUPTON

LOCAL having served in Afghanistan. He was a 2004 graduate of DeKalb High School. He was a member of Northern Fishing Club. His hobbies were playing basketball, video games, fishing, playing golf and drawing.

He is survived by his father, Carl; stepmother, Char; sister, Victoria Lupton (Gabino) Vargas; stepsister, Tonya Lyle (Andy) Glaister of Redmond, Wash.; stepbrother, Timothy (Roan) Lyle of Fort Thomas, Ky.; grandparents, Bob and Ozelle Sutton of Amarillo; many aunts and uncles, including Rex and Donna Lupton of Shabbona; and many cousins, including Jason (Katie) Lupton and Eric (Ashley) Lupton, both of DeKalb.

He was preceded in death by his mother, Crystal Sutton Lupton, and grandparents, Don and Janice Lupton.

The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, with Pastor Kevin Spears of Fellowship Baptist Church, DeKalb, officiating.

Burial of cremated remains will be at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb, with full military honors by American Legion, AmVets and VFW. Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory. The visitation will be from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 22 at Anderson Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Cameron D. Lupton Memorial Fund for Wounded Warriors and Salvation Army, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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MARGARET A. MASON Born: Dec. 19, 1926, in Hampshire, Ill. Died: Feb. 13, 2014, in DeKalb, Ill. SYCAMORE – Margaret Ailene Mason, 87, of Sycamore, Ill., died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb.

Born Dec. 19, 1926, in Hampshire, the daughter of Robert Lee and Margaret Logan (Byers) Venable, Margaret married Earnest Milton “Bill” Mason on Sept. 16, 1945, in Blaine.

Margaret worked as a clerk at Henderson’s Department Store in Sycamore and Eagle Food Store in DeKalb. She was a member of First Baptist Church of DeKalb for more than 50 years and was active in many church activities.

She is survived by her husband, Bill; sons, Rob (Debra) Mason of Hinckley and Steve (Beverly) Mason of Villages, Fla.; grandchildren, Barbara McNelis, Timothy Mason, Jason Beckmann, Erin Beckmann, Corinne Mason and Holly Mason; great-grandchildren, Johnny and Sarah McNelis and Addilyn Mason; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her daughter, Linda Beckmann; son, James Mason; sister, Charlotte (George) Riggs; and brothers, Philip (Lora) Venable and Robert (Vergie) Venable.

The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Feb. 17, at First Baptist Church, 349 S. Third St., DeKalb, with the Rev. Bob Edwards officiating. Burial of cremated remains will be at a later date at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb.

Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Margaret A. Mason Memorial Fund for First Baptist Church, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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Born: Oct. 15, 1985, in Amarillo, Texas Died: Jan. 28, 2014, in DeKalb, Ill.

CLARENCE A. MASSIER

MALTA – Cameron Dean Lupton, 28, of Malta, Ill., died Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014, in DeKalb.

Born Oct. 15, 1985, in Amarillo, Texas, the son of Carl D. and Crystal D. (Sutton) Lupton, Cameron was a retired U.S. Army veteran,

DeKALB – Clarence Adam Massier, 91, of DeKalb, Ill., passed peacefully Feb. 14, 2014, at home.

He was born May 23, 1922, in

Born: May 23, 1922, in Dundee, Ill. Died: Feb. 14, 2014, in DeKalb, Ill.

Dundee, the son of Adam and Elnora (Kilb) Massier.

Clarence was a Purple Heart recipient and veteran of World War II. He had a long career in sales starting with Commercial Body in DeKalb and retired from Grumman Allied Industrial.

He was the beloved husband of Marie, married 67 years; loving father of five children, Jim (Carol) Massier, Greg (Judy) Massier, Nancy (Ron) Shoger, Chuck (Barb) Massier and Laurie (Mark) Patterson; Surviving him are nine grandchildren, Mark Massier, Nichole (Christian) Krueger, Randi Shoger, Greg Shoger, Damon Massier, Derek Massier, Sam Patterson, Alaryce Patterson and Aliza Patterson; two great-grandchildren, Addison and Alexander Krueger; and several nieces and nephews.

The celebration of his life will be at 5 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 16, at Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, with the Rev. James Parker of St. Mary Catholic Church officiating. The visitation will be held at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, until the time of the memorial service at the funeral home. Cremation will take place at Finch Crematory and burial will be at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the family in care of the funeral home to be established at a later date.

Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb. To send an online condolence visit, www. ronanmoorefinch.com; 815-7583841.

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GEORGE A. YOCHEM Born: Aug. 4, 1933, in Chicago, Ill. Died: Feb. 13, 2014,in Sycamore, Ill. DeKALB – George Andrew Yochem, 80, of DeKalb, Ill., passed away peacefully Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014, at Kindred Hospital, Sycamore.

Born Aug. 4, 1933, in Chicago, the son of George W. and Mary (Adamovich) Yochem, George married Marilyn Joan Blomberg on Nov. 28, 1953, in Chicago.

George was a veteran of the U.S. Army, having served during the Korean conflict. He married his high school sweetheart right out of high school, and then George left for the war. The couple celebrated 60 years of marriage in 2013.

He worked for Turner-Cooper Tools for about 30 years, retiring as plant manager and engineer.

He started there as a tool-anddie maker, then helped design and oversee the building of three Olympic torches.

George’s hobbies included golfing, wood-working and fishing.

In his younger years, he played softball, and bowled with the Elks.

He loved Door County, Wis., and vacationed there every year.

Everywhere, he made close friends, especially fellow patients at Kish Hospital Rehab, who were like family to him.

He is survived by his wife, Marilyn; children, James (Jennifer) Yochem of DeKalb and Debbie (Martin Pearson) Prellwitz of Sycamore; grandchildren, Matt (Krissi) Prellwitz, Ryan Prellwitz, Benjamin (Bridget) Yochem and Katie Yochem; sister, Nancy Neal of Carlsbad, Calif.; one niece; and one nephew.

He was preceded in death by his parents.

The funeral service will be at 1:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 20, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, with the Rev. Dr. Janet Hunt of First Lutheran Church, DeKalb, officiating. Burial will follow at Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb, with full military honors by American Legion, AmVets and VFW. The visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Anderson Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the George A. Yochem Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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DeKalb warns residents about pipes freezing

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb officials are suggesting residents leave a faucet running at a trickle in their homes to prevent water service lines from freezing and cutting off water service to their homes.

The frostline in the soil is now deep enough to cause water lines that run from the larger water mains to residents’ homes to freeze, according to DeKalb Public Works Director T.J. Moore.

“We have had almost a dozen instances in DeKalb where the water service lines have frozen,” Moore said.

Moore suggested people

who have concerns about water lines freezing, such as those without basements or who have experienced frozen lines before, should consider leaving a faucet running at a trickle.

He also advised if residents do decide to let their water run, they should keep it running consistently because turning it off could cause the water service line to freeze quickly.

The Water Division of DeKalb’s Public Works Department will assist residents in restoring service during normal business hours. Residents without water are advised to call 815-7482050.

8-year prison sentence for DeKalb armed robbery

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A 20-yearold DeKalb man will serve eight years in prison after he pleaded guilty to armed robbery as part of a negotiated agreement.

James D. Black, of the James D. 1100 block of Black South Sixth Street, DeKalb, admitted Thursday to robbing two victims about 1:30 a.m. Oct. 20, 2012, in the 900 block of Ridge Drive in DeKalb, court records show.

As part of the agreement, prosecutors dropped a charge alleging Black was armed

with a Raven P-25 semi-automatic handgun during the robbery, as well as less serious charges alleging forgery in August 2012 and aggravated battery in January 2011.

In October 2012, Black and 23-year-old Darius Fizer of DeKalb threatened to shoot the victims and took money, cellphones, cigarettes and Hennessy liquor from them, police said. Fizer was armed with brass knuckles, court records show.

After police officers received descriptions of the suspects, they found Fizer and Black with the victims’ possessions at the 7-Eleven on Annie Glidden Road later that morning.

Fizer was also sentenced to eight years in prison March 27.

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

DeKalb city Marcell L. Milam, 39, of the 900 block of Fotis Drive, DeKalb, was charged Thursday, Feb. 13, with possession of marijuana.

Domonique L. Herron, 26, of the 2500 block of North First Street, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 11, with aggravated domestic battery.

Demetrius M. Hall, 23, of the 1100 block of Varsity Boulevard, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 11, with keeping a disorderly house.

Michael Anderson, 18, of the 1000 block of West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 11, with retail theft.

Jordan A. Rivera, 21, of the 800 block of Ridge Drive, DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, Feb. 12, with keeping a disorderly house.

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Evyn D. Walker, 21, of the 8600 block of Bangor Drive, Tinley Park, was charged Thursday, Jan. 13, with retail theft.

Dahrell A. Ranger, 23, of the 3800 block of Louise Street, Skokie, was charged Thursday, Jan. 13, with keeping a disorderly house.

Diana L. Sanderson, 21, of the 800 block of West Hillcrest Drive, DeKalb, was charged Thursday, Jan. 13, with keeping a disorderly house.

Northern Illinois University Lanell Craft, 30, of the first block of West 110th Street, Chicago, was charged Wednesday, Jan. 12, with criminal trespass to property.

Joshua W. Goddard, 19, of the 300 block of Furlong Street, Oswego, was charged Thursday, Jan. 13, with possession of drug paraphernalia and alcohol.

Darryl P. Barthelemy, 23, of the first block of Graymoor Lane, Olympia Fields, was charged Thursday, Jan. 13, with disorderly conduct, criminal trespass to property and assault.

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Gov’t lets banks, marijuana sellers do business

By PETE YOST The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration on Friday gave banks a road map for conducting transactions with legal marijuana sellers so these new businesses can stash away savings, make payroll and pay taxes like any other enterprise. It’s not clear banks will get on board.

Guidance issued by the Justice and Treasury departments is the latest step by the federal government toward enabling a legalized marijuana industry to operate in states that approve it. The intent is to make banks feel more comfortable working with marijuana businesses that are licensed and regulated.

Others have a keen interest, too, in a regulated financial pipeline for an industry that is just emerging from the underground. Marijuana businesses that can’t use banks may have too much cash they can’t safely put away, leaving them vulnerable to criminals.

And governments that allow marijuana sales want a channel to receive taxes.

But a leading financial ser-

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Alli Bertucci (from left), Patrick Bean and Ali Regan shop for marijuana Friday inside the retail store at 3D Cannabis Center in Denver. The marijuana industry breathed a sigh of relief Friday after federal banking regulators issued long-awaited permission for them to access basic banking services. vices trade group immediately expressed misgivings and others, too, said the guidelines don’t go far enough in protecting banks.

“After a series of red lights, we expected this guidance to be a yellow one,” said Don Childears, president and CEO of the Colorado Bankers Association. “This isn’t close to that. At best, this amounts to ‘serve these customers at your own risk’ and it emphasizes all of the risks. This light is red.”

Washington and Colorado in 2012 became the first states to approve recreational use of marijuana. A group is hoping to make Alaska the third state in the nation to do so.

Currently, processing money from marijuana sales puts federally insured banks at risk of drug racketeering charges, so they’ve refused to open accounts for marijuana-related businesses.

Friday’s move was designed to let financial institutions serve such business-

es while ensuring that they know their customers’ legitimacy and remain obligated to report possible criminal activity, said the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network, or FinCEN. But in response, the American Bankers Association said “guidance or regulation doesn’t alter the underlying challenge for banks. As it stands, possession or distribution of marijuana violates federal law, and banks that provide support for those activities face the risk of prosecution and assorted sanctions.”

The group said banks will only be comfortable serving marijuana businesses if federal prohibitions on the drug are changed in law.

Denny Eliason, a lobbyist for the Washington Bankers Association, said it will take some time before banks decide whether to take advantage of the guidance. He called it a good first step, but said it sets forth a complicated process for the banks to follow – for example, by filing suspicious activity reports designated “marijuana limited” in the case of business that seem to

be complying with the rules, and “marijuana priority” for those acting questionably.

“They’ll have to have a real awareness of the activities of their customers,” he said.

State banking regulators in Colorado and Washington appear to believe that mainly small and medium-sized banks will be interested in handling financial transactions with legal marijuana stores, not the big ones, a FinCEN official said, speaking only on the condition of anonymity to talk about internal deliberations.

“This is a decision that each financial institution needs to make on its own,” the official said. “We feel quite comfortable that we have acted within the scope of our authority” and therefore don’t expect legal challenges to the new procedures.

FinCEN writes the rules that U.S. financial institutions must follow to help protect the system from money laundering and the financing of terrorism. The office said it expects financial institutions to perform thorough customer due diligence on marijuana businesses and file reports that will be valuable to law enforcement.

8NATION BRIEF Big, runaway snowball slams into college dorm PORTLAND, Ore. – Two math majors at Reed College lost control of a massive snowball that rolled into a dorm, knocking in part of a bedroom wall.

There were no injuries, but college spokesman Kevin Myers said Friday it will cost $2,000 to $3,000 to repair the building.

The incident happened Feb. 8 after a rare trio of snowstorms in Portland.

Students started building the giant snowball on a campus quad near the dorm. Urged by a crowd, the math majors tried to make the snowball as big as possible by rolling it down the sidewalk that goes past the dorm. But it got away.

Nobody weighed the snowball, but a maintenance worker who sliced it up for removal estimated it to weigh 800 pounds or more, Myers said.

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Airlines scrap record number of flights

By SCOTT MAYEROWITZ The Associated Press

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NEW YORK – The relentless snow and ice storms this winter have led to the highest number of flight cancellations in more than 25 years, according to an analysis by The Associated Press.

U.S. airlines have canceled more than 75,000 domestic flights since Dec. 1, including more than 14,000 this week.

That’s 5.5 percent of the 1.37 million flights scheduled during that period, according calculations based on information provided by flight tracking site FlightAware.

It’s the highest total number and highest percent of cancellations since at least the winter of

1987 to 1988, when the Department of Transportation first started collecting cancellation data.

The nation’s air traffic system was still recovering Friday from the latest bout of bad weather. Flights were taking off again but thousands of passengers weren’t.

“This year is off to a brutal start for airlines and travelers,” says FlightAware CEO Daniel Baker. “Not only is each storm causing tens of thousands of cancellations, but there’s been a lot of them.”

And February still has two weeks left.

Mother Nature isn’t entirely to blame. A mix of cost-cutting measures and new government regulations has made

airlines more likely to cancel flights and leave fliers scrambling to get to their destination.

There were days this week where more than 70 percent of flights were canceled in Baltimore, Philadelphia, Washington D.C. and Charlotte, N.C. Even typically warm – or at least warmer – weather cities were not immune. The world’s busiest airport, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, was paralyzed Wednesday by ice and snow.

Bradley Voight, 25, was one of those passengers trapped in Atlanta after his Spirit Airlines flight to Ft. Lauderdale, Fla., on Wednesday was canceled. After a night sleeping in the airport, he eventually got home late Thursday.

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The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The overturning of Virginia’s gay marriage ban places the legal fight over same-sex unions increasingly in the hands of federal appeals courts shaped

by President Barack Obama’s two election victories.

It’s no accident that Virginia has become a key testing ground for federal judges’ willingness to embrace same-sex marriage after last year’s strongly worded pro-gay rights ruling by the Supreme Court. Judges appointed by Democratic presidents have a 10-5 edge over Republicans on the Richmond-based 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, formerly among the nation’s most conservative appeals courts.

Nationally, three other federal appeals courts will soon take up the right of same-sex couples to marry, too, in Ohio, Colorado and California.

The San Francisco-based 9th circuit is dominated by judges appointed by Democratic presidents. The Denver-based court, home of the 10th circuit, has shifted from a Republican advantage to an even split between the parties, while the 6th circuit, based in Cincinnati, remains relatively unchanged in favor of Republicans during Obama’s tenure.

U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen’s ruling Thurs-

day, that same-sex couples in Virginia have the same constitutional right to marry as heterosexuals, represented the strongest advance in the South for advocates of gay marriage. She put her own ruling on hold while it is being appealed.

Jon Davidson of the gay rights group Lambda Legal said the “very dramatic” shift in the 4th circuit under Obama was an important reason behind the decision to sue for marriage rights in Virginia, which also twice voted for Obama.

Judges’ party affiliation is not a perfect predictor of outcomes, even on charged political issues. Republican-appointed judges in California and Kentucky have written opinions strongly in favor of same-sex marriage. An Obama-appointed judge on the 10th circuit provided the decisive vote in a family-owned company’s religious objection challenge to covering contraception under the health care law. And most notably, Chief Justice John Roberts, a GOP appointee, joined with the court’s Democrats to uphold the health care law.

Still, one consequence of Obama’s two elections has been a change in the composition of the courts.

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Legal experts on the left and right agree that who fills court seats matters.

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Panel finds crimes against humanity in N. Korea

By MATTHEW PENNINGTON The Associated Press WASHINGTON – A U.N. panel has found that crimes against humanity have been committed in North Korea and will call for an international criminal investigation, The Associated Press has learned.

The report, to be released Monday, is the most authoritative account yet of rights violations by North Korean authorities, and it is bound to infuriate the country’s unpredictable leader. But justice remains a distant prospect, not least as North Korea’s ally, China, would be likely to block any referral to the International Criminal Court.

The commission, which conducted a yearlong investigation, has found evidence of an array of crimes, including “extermination,” crimes against humanity against starving populations and a

widespread campaign of abductions of individuals in South Korea and Japan.

Its report does not examine in detail individual responsibility for crimes but recommends steps toward accountability. It could also build international pressure on North Korea, whose dire rights record has drawn less censure at the U.N. than its nuclear and missile programs have. North Korea’s hereditary regime has shrugged off years of continuous outside pressure, including tough U.N. and U.S. sanctions directed at its weapons programs.

An outline of the report’s conclusions was provided to the AP by an individual familiar with its contents who was not authorized to divulge the information before its formal release and who spoke on the condition of anonymity. A U.S. official, speaking anonymously for the same reason, confirmed the main conclusions.

The three-member commission, led by retired Australian judge Michael Kirby, was set up by the U.N.’s top human rights body in March in the most serious international attempt yet to probe evidence of systematic and grave rights violations in the reclusive, authoritarian state, which is notorious for its political prisons camps, repression and famine that claimed hundreds of thousands of lives in the 1990s.

The report concludes that the testimony and other information it received, “create reasonable grounds ... to merit a criminal investigation by a competent national or international organ of justice.”

A spokesman for North Korea’s U.N. Mission in New York who refused to give his name told the AP: “We totally reject the unfounded findings of the Commission of Inquiry regarding crimes against humanity. We will never accept

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Jin hye Jo wipes a tear as she testifies Oct. 30 during a hearing of the United Nations mandated Commission of Inquiry about the human rights situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, in Washington. that.”

David Hawk, a former U.N. human rights official

and a leading researcher on North Korean prison camps, said that legal scholars, hu-

man rights attorneys and nongovernment groups have previously concluded crimes against humanity have been committed but that this would be the first time experts authorized by U.N. member states have made that determination. Hawk testified before the commission but has not seen its report.

The commission, which conducted public hearings with more than 80 victims and other witnesses in Seoul, Tokyo, London and Washington but was not allowed into North Korea, recommends that the U.N. Security Council refer its findings to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

There are several procedural hurdles to the commission’s report even being referred to the council, and ultimately, permanent council members that have veto power, such as China, are unlikely to support any referral to the court.

Obama says immigration, minimum wage top agenda

By CHARLES BABINGTON The Associated Press

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A local villager carries a sickle Wednesday as a measure of safety as he ventures near the spot where a tiger attacked and killed a young man recently at Maniawala, India.

Indian villages fear tiger on the prowl

By TIM SULLIVAN The Associated Press MANIWALA, India – She lies in wait while her victims are collecting firewood, or taking cattle to graze, or working in the fields. She has grabbed people in broad daylight, carrying them away silently into the forests or the sugarcane fields.

By the time the victims are found, often little is left but a pair of shoes, unspeakable gore and a ring of drying blood.

Over seven weeks she has traveled, almost unseen, for more than 120 miles. She has crossed villages, small towns and at least one highway.

A killer is stalking the villages of north India. She has killed at least nine people, all of them poor villagers living on the fringes of one of the world’s last wild tiger habitats. They

are people who cannot afford a day off work, people who have no indoor plumbing and must use the fields as their toilets.

They are people who know little about India’s recent successes in tiger conservation.

But with the sudden appearance of one tiger, they look at an animal so beloved to outsiders and see only a monster.

“She has turned into a man-eater,” said Vijay Pal Singh, whose neighbor, a 22-year-old farm laborer named Shiv Kumar Singh, was killed as he worked at the edge of a sugarcane field in January. In an area where nearly everyone works outside, this means life has been completely upended.

“People are afraid to go into the fields,” Vijay Pal Singh said.

“Everything has changed.”

While hunters are brought in to kill man-eating tigers ev-

ery year or so in India, it has been decades since a tiger killed as many people as this one, or stayed on the run so long.

“She won’t stop now. She’ll keep killing,” said Samar Jeet Singh, a hunter with an aristocratic pedigree, a curled-up moustache and a high-powered heirloom rifle. For almost a month he has been tracking the female tiger, most recently through the forests and dried riverbeds near where she made her last kill, cutting down an elderly buffalo herder last week. Searchers found just part of one arm and one leg. The tiger left the buffalos unharmed.

When he finds her, he said, he will shoot her dead.

“The time for tranquilizing is over, the time for caging is over,” he said. “Now she must be killed.”

For generations, few in these villages even thought about tigers.

The encroachment of towns, widespread poaching and incompetent wildlife programs had devastated India’s tiger populations, forcing them into ever-smaller enclaves. Corbett National Park, one of India’s premier tiger reserves, is barely 25 miles away, but while the villagers around here are used to living with wildlife – the forests and fields shelter leopards, monkeys, foxes, bears and wild boars – tigers were extremely rare.

The past decade, however, has seen improvements in tiger conservation and growth in the tiger populations. If that is good news in many ways, it has also increased the chances of encounters between tigers and people.

CAMBRIDGE, Md. – President Barack Obama said Friday that top priorities for Congress should be increasing the minimum wage and overhauling the immigration system, while acknowledging that election year politics could complicate the effort.

Obama and Vice President Joe Biden delivered pep talks to a House Democratic retreat on Maryland’s Easte r n S h o r e , Barack Obama less than nine months before the lawmakers face re-election amid widespread voter disapproval of Congress.

The president and vice president called for sweeping changes to immigration laws, but Republican leaders have all but ruled out passage before the midterm election.

Obama urged the Democratic crowd to keep working on the issue and insisted some Republicans want a deal.

“But they’re worried, and they’re scared about the political blowback. And look, everybody here is an elected official and we can all appreciate the maneuverings that take place, particularly in an election year,” Obama said.

While Democrats are largely united on immigration, there are sharp divisions between the White House and some lawmakers over trade. Obama made no mention in his public remarks of his request for Congress to grant him fasttrack authority to move trade agreements with Asia and Europe. Democratic leaders have staunchly opposed that step.

Biden did address the Democratic opposition during a private ques-

tion-and-answer session with lawmakers. The vice president’s office said Biden made the case for why trade negotiations serve U.S. economic and strategic interests. But a Democratic aide said Biden also acknowledged that lawmakers don’t plan to act now to give Obama the leeway he’s seeking.

The Democrats’ hard line comes just days before trade issues dominate a North American Leaders Summit in Mexico, where Obama will meet with Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto.

A key topic will be progress on the Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, which are designed to expand trade among 12 countries in the Americas, the Pacific and Asia. The agreement has been seen as a vehicle to update the 20-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement among the U.S., Canada and Mexico.

Biden was more partisan than the president in his public remarks, suggesting the Republican Party is too fractured to be effective.

He urged the Democrats not to focus “on the few things we do have problems with” and argued that Americans back them on issues including raising the minimum wage, expanding early childhood education, immigration reform, gay marriage and even health care.

“Let’s go out and make every single effort not just to defend but to aggressively push our agenda,” Biden said. “They are with us.”

And for any lawmaker who might not be feeling so confident, Biden said, “I can imagine our prospects being viewed by the press and everyone else as being a whole hell of a lot brighter by the time we turn to September than now.”

Southwest warmed by record heat

By TERRY TANG The Associated Press PHOENIX – With much of the Northeast gripped by snow and ice storms, the Southwest is riding a record heat wave that sent people to beaches and golf courses in droves Friday.

People in Phoenix and Southern California were sunning themselves in 80-degree weather, with forecasters predicting more of the same through the weekend.

Both areas are known for warm weather, but the National Weather Service said the temperatures are uncharacteristically hot for this time of year. The heat is the result of a high-pressure system off the coast of Southern California.

In the Phoenix area, the many Midwestern retirees and visitors who flock to the desert each winter were thrilled about the 80-degree days – and

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A little girl enjoys the warm weather Friday in the Venice Beach area of Los Angeles. not being in the miserable cold back home.

In the Southwest, the weather service says several cities in Arizona may break February records during the President’s Day weekend.

Phoenix is expected to reach

87 today and 85 Sunday. Both would be new highs for those dates.

In Tucson, the mercury is expected to hit 89. In southwest Arizona, Yuma hit 90 Friday and is expected to reach 91 today.

Happy 85th Birthday!

Ronald “Red” Jackson

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Probation officers give clients advice on how to think positively • CONVICTIONS Continued from page A1 “I feel a felony background automatically eliminates me from a good job that involves brain work,” Clanin said. “I regret the foolish choices I was making. When I was going through bad times growing up, I didn’t have a good perspective on who I am or what I wanted to do.”

Robert Brame, a criminology professor at the University of South Carolina, led a January study published in the Crime and Delinquency journal, which showed 49 percent of black men and 40 percent of white men have been arrested by the time they turn 23. These arrests can hurt their ability to find work, go to school and participate fully in their communities.

Brame has also done research that shows the older someone’s criminal history is, the less predictive it is of future behavior.

“If you’re going to use it to screen people, if the rationale behind that is people might commit crimes in the future,” Brame said, “our research shows the older the criminal history is, the less valid it is to exclude people.”

Unlike some states, Illinois does allow convicted felons the right to vote, or to serve on a jury, once they have served their sentence.

Convicted felons, with the exception of some people convicted of drug crimes, are eligible to receive federal student aid for college.

The expansion of the Affordable Care Act this year even gave more recently released prisoners access to Medicaid.

However, those searching for jobs find many employers are not willing to give them a chance, and make no distinction if a felony conviction came 2 years or 10 years ago.

Tax credits of up to $1,500 an employee are available to employers who hire felons, and the Illinois WorkNet Center, 1701 E Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, works with people who have criminal records.

Sharon Dillon is the director of client services at the Illinois WorkNet Center.

She estimated 10 percent to 20 percent of the center’s clients have a criminal past.

“We’re facing a lot of employers that aren’t willing to hire anyone with a felony, no matter how long it’s been,” Dillon said. “The majority will say it depends on what it was, and they look at the charge.”

Willis Yurs has two pending felony theft charges and has applied for more than 60 jobs since April.

The 41-year-old DeKalb resident is also taking part in the county’s drug court and DUI programs, and once completed, those charges will be dropped and expunged from his record.

He is also enrolled in the truck-driving program at Kishwaukee College, and will receive his CDL on Tuesday.

“As soon as I get to the background check the interview is over,” Yurs said. “I’m trying to do all the right things, and look forward to a better life after graduating the programs and getting my CDL.” Northern Illinois University, DeKalb County’s largest employer, requires pre-employment criminal background investigations for a litany of jobs, including volunteer security positions.

On its website, NIU states criminal background checks are “considered only to the extent that the information is relevant to the job responsibilities, qualifications, fitness, and/or suitability of the employee for the position.”

DeKalb resident Terry

Miller said he hasn’t had much trouble landing a job despite his record. Miller received court supervision in January 2012 for misdemeanor possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Court supervision is a type of non-reporting probation in which a conviction isn’t entered on the person’s record if they complete the sentence without any problems.

Miller, who is working

to become a certified welder with the help of the Illinois WorkNet Center, said there is a difference in how people with drug problems are perceived in Illinois as compared with Idaho, where he used to live.

“In Idaho, it was totally different,” he said. “Their goal is to help you rehab.

[Their view is] the person needs help more than anything. There’s a blurred line between what you call a

criminal here versus there.”

Margi Gilmour, director of DeKalb County Court Services, said probation officers also try to help their clients become productive members of the community. They work with offenders who were convicted of felonies that didn’t result in prison sentences or misdemeanors while the offenders are still completing their sentences.

Although they aren’t employment counselors,

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probation officers give their clients advice on how to turn their thinking from negative to positive thoughts, Gilmour said.

“If we look overall and try to get them to be productive members of the community, that’s a positive thing for everybody,” Gilmour said.

• Daily Chronicle Web Editor Lawerence Synett contributed to this report.

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8OUR VIEW: THUMBS UP/THUMBS DOWN

NIU students helpful on the day of service Thumbs up: To the Northern Illinois University students participating in the university’s Sophomore Days of Service. About 15 to 20 students helped Feed ’Em Soup on Sunday, and other volunteer opportunities included homeless shelter Hope Haven, Campus Child Care Center, the DeKalb Public Library, Barb Food Mart and Heritage Woods of DeKalb. In its second year, the program tries to help students who are developing their identities and career paths acquire leadership skills. What an excellent way to help these older students connect with the community beyond campus.

Thumbs down: To fiscal mismanagement. Members of Cortland’s town board concurred this week with a decision to remove town Treasurer Mark Davenport after Mayor Russ Stokes revealed that town bills had been neglected to the point that the town had received a shut-off notice from ComEd, had allowed some of its insurance coverage to lapse, had failed to make unemployment payments to the state and had not filed needed budget paperwork with DeKalb County authorities. Davenport drew a $49,000-a-year salary as treasurer. If the demands of the job were too much for him,

he should have resigned. The town has hired a professional accounting firm to handle its budget and bill payments, and although town officials said there are no longer any outstanding bills, the episode remains a disappointment.

Thumbs up: To success for local girls on the hardwood.

On Thursday, the Indian Creek girls basketball team won the school’s first regional title since 1998 with a 51-31 victory against LaMoille. The girls from Hinckley-Big Rock continued the Royals’ tradition of postseason success by winning their eighth consecutive regional title with a 62-35 win against Harvest

Christian Academy. And the DeKalb girls basketball team clinched a share of the program’s fourth consecutive Northern Illinois Big 12 East Division title with a 52-39 win against Kaneland. All three teams will have postseason games Tuesday, and we wish them, and all of our local teams, good luck.

Thumbs up: To retired DeKalb County Judge Kurt Klein, who dressed as Abraham Lincoln, complete with fake beard, to read to fourth-graders at South Prairie Elementary School on Tuesday in Sycamore. Klein read a book donated by the Illinois Judges Association

that details Lincoln’s early life, his work as an attorney and his election as our nation’s 16th president. The class plans to visit Lincoln sites in Springfield later in the school year, so we imagine Klein’s presentation was a welcome prelude to lessons yet to come. Thanks for giving back to your community, Judge Klein.

Thumbs up: To NIU senior Kyle Krause, the first winner of the NIU School of Music Concerto Competition to win with his own composition.

The competition’s purpose is to highlight musicians, and Krause, who is studying piano performance and com-

8SKETCH VIEW

position, said his goal is to be a pianist, but his passion is writing new music. Success in pursuing one’s passion deserves a thumbs-up.

Thumbs up: To celebrating love, commitment and long-lasting marriage.

DeKalb County Senior Service providers sponsored a “Celebration of Love” breakfast Thursday at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall in Sycamore.

The event was attended by more than 60 couples married 50 years or longer who shared stories of how they met, their first dates and what makes a successful marriage. What a perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day.

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR End big business of prisons, law enforcement To the Editor: A devastating condition of gross injustice exists among us, but it is hidden without much notice – so this is a wake up call to all of us. Criminal law enforcement, especially on laws regarding illegal drugs, and imprisonment have become big business in our country.

Court sentencing is zealous, especially, again, disproportionate for blacks, who make up a disproportionately large percentage of our prison population. So much for the War on Drugs, which began in the 1980s.

America has the largest rate of imprisonment of any major industrial country, efforts at rehabilitation are a joke, and recidivism is too high. Private investors see profits in building more prisons, leasing them to the state, and then waiting for the courts to fill them up!

To add to the misery, former offenders have lost rights such as employment, access to public housing, jury duty, and voting to name only a few. This condition hurts all of us and flies in the face of progress and justice.

States should repeal unjust and outdated felon disenfranchisement laws. For more, we strongly recommend a reading of Michelle Alexander’s New York Times Best Seller, “The New Jim Crow,” and visit a website such as www.dailykos.com/ campaigns. Fortunately, a small political movement is building to reduce mandatory minimums for federal drug charges and give judges more discretion in sentencing. Offenders who have served their time ask: “When have we paid our debt?”

Clinton Jesser DeKalb

Lolly Voss DeKalb

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Faith in U.S.: Still ‘one nation, under God’ We used to characterize the Soviet Union as a godless, evil empire. Like many societies based on communism or socialism, the Soviets saw fit to minimize the importance of God and, in many cases, wreaked unimaginable persecution on religious people.

Why is faith in God anathema to such states? It’s because they need to remove any authority other than themselves as the arbiter of right and wrong.

Interestingly, last year Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized Euro-Atlantic countries, including the United States, of becoming godless and moving away from Christian values. Some may bristle at such an accusation, but when you consider that many Americans are hesitant even to mention God or Jesus in public, there may be some validity to his claim. We also casually have tossed out many of the principles espoused in the Bible and have concluded that there’s no authority greater than man himself.

The separation clause of the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution is inappropriately applied to a host of situations that involve religion. By reinterpreting the law to mean separation of God and state, as opposed to the original intent of keeping the church from having undue influence over state affairs and keeping government from ruling the church, secular progressives have succeeded de facto in redefining part of the Constitution.

Such success, however, can only be lasting if “we the people” continue to yield our values and beliefs in order to get along.

A number of years ago, some lawyers approached me to advise that we could not hang our “Think Big” banners in public schools. They claimed the “G” stood for God, and this would be tantamount to government endorsement of religion, which would be contrary to the First Amendment. I countered that the First Amend-

VIEWS Ben S. Carson ment also forbids government suppression of religious expression and suggested we pursue this argument at the U.S. Supreme Court.

This may have seemed like a bold and reckless statement, but it wasn’t. I knew I would be going to the Supreme Court the next week to receive the Jefferson award and figured I would bring up this issue while I was there. And I did.

Justice Sandra Day O’Connor said we were nowhere near violating the First Amendment and that of course we could put up our banners in a public school without constitutional infringement. In this case, I did not back down in the face of bogus accusations, and we prevailed. We all must have the courage to fight for our beliefs, just as our predecessors fought for our future.

While there is no question that our Judeo-Christian values have taken a hit in recent years, we have not yet reached the point of a totally godless government that sets itself up as the supreme authority and giver of rights. As a nation, we must decide definitively whether we believe in God and godly principles. We must decide whether we revere the Bible and what it means when our elected officials take their oaths of office with one hand upon it.

If we do nothing, we allow by default the elimination of God as a central figure in our culture.

As secular progressives try to remove all vestiges of God from our society, let us remember the godly principles of loving our fellow man, caring about our neighborhoods, developing our God-given talents to the utmost so that we become valuable

to the people around us, and maintaining high principles that govern our lives. Our Judeo-Christian values led this nation to the pinnacle of the world in record time. If we embrace them, they will keep us there.

While we Americans are giving a cold shoulder to our religious heritage, the Russians are warming to religion. The Russians seem to be gaining prestige and influence throughout the world as we are losing ours. I wonder whether there is a correlation.

There are many well-documented stories about God’s intervention on behalf of our country during the War of Independence, but one of my favorites involves the Constitutional Convention in 1787. The delegates could not reach consensus on how the Constitution should be written, and the rancor threatened to destroy the fledgling union.

Benjamin Franklin, who was 81 years old, stood before the entire assembly and reminded them of their frequent prayers during the war against Great Britain. At his suggestion, they knelt and prayed – and then went on to put together a 16-page document known as the Constitution of the United States, one of the most admired documents in history. From that point forward, congressional sessions were started with prayer.

Second Chronicles 7:14 says, “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves and pray, and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sins and will heal their land.”

These instructions are clear, and secular progressives will shun them. They may control much of the media, but we should not allow them to control our beliefs.

• Ben S. Carson is professor emeritus of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University.

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Sam helps with big step forward for gay athletes It is extremely encouraging to see people in all walks of life send congratulatory messages to University of Missouri football player Michael Sam after he courageously revealed Sunday night that he’s gay.

This outpouring of support from teammates, coaches, fans, celebrities and politicians shows that much of America has progressed on this social issue.

Sam’s announcement is a watershed moment in the march toward equal rights for gay and lesbian Americans. He is poised to become the first openly gay player in one of the nation’s great pastimes, the NFL. However, the national blitz of mostly positive attention for Sam can’t block out some ugly realities. Open prejudice still exists against gay athletes in football and other major sports.

Intolerance manifests itself in other arenas, too; witness attempts in state legislatures to prevent same-sex couples from having their marriages recognized. The most important next step for Americans to watch regarding Sam will arrive at the NFL draft in May. That’s when we’ll find out whether some evolution on gay athletes has occurred in the workplaces of the older, too-often-bigoted NFL officials who will decide which team will draft him.

In a chilling article Sunday, Sports Illustrated gave anonymity to NFL officials, all of whom predicted various troubles for Sam. He would lose money by being picked lower in the draft, meaning coming out was “not a smart move” for him. He would “chemically imbalance an NFL locker room and meeting room,” becoming a big distraction for his team. These NFL officials need to examine what happened at MU this year: The entire team knew about Sam’s orientation, yet the Tigers went on to have an extremely successful season. Maybe the young men and women who play sports these days have a different, more enlightened take on this matter. So do some college coaches. As University of Kansas basketball coach Bill Self said Monday, “I don’t think anybody should ever have to live or hide behind who they are or how they feel.”

Michael Sam finds himself in a unique situation, given the mega-attention that the NFL receives. And that makes his story extra compelling. Sam – and the other gay men who will follow him into the league – should have the opportunity to open people’s eyes while playing on the biggest stage for sports in America.

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

– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

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7-DAY FORECAST

Low pressure will spread clouds and eventually snow by late afternoon through the evening hours. Snowfall amounts will range from 1-2 inches before the storm exits after midnight.

Sunday looks pleasant as high pressure builds across the Great Lakes. Another round of snow Monday possibly mixed with sleet before it warms up Tuesday.

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Is manmade snow just like the real thing?

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A: No. Manmade snow is made of tiny grains of ice rather than lakes.

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Northern Illinois men’s basketball looks to move to .500 with win against Akron. PAGE B2

SECTION B Saturday, February 15, 2014 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8WHAT TO WATCH NBA All-Star Saturday, 7 p.m., TNT The best of the NBA are showing off their individual skills tonight during the Shooting Stars Competition, Skills Challenge, Three Point Contest, and Slam Dunk Contest.

Also on TV...

Men’s basketball Florida at Kentucky, 8 p.m., ESPNU Maryland at Duke, 5 p.m., ESPN Virginia Commonwealth at St. Louis, 1 p.m., ESPN2 Houston at Cincinatti, 2 p.m., ESPNU Iowa at Penn State, 12 p.m., ESPNU Virginia at Clemson, 11 a.m., ESPN2 Memphis at Connecticut, 11 a.m., ESPN Ohio State at Illinois, 7 p.m., BTN Pittsburgh at North Carolina, 12 p.m., CBS St. Joseph at LaSalle, 10 a.m., ESPNU Oklahoma at Oklahoma St., 1 p.m., ESPN UCF at South Florida, 12:30 p.m., ESPNews DePaul at Providence, 1 p.m.

Fox Sports Net Xavier at Marquette, 3 p.m.

Fox Sports1 Tennessee at Missouri, 3 p.m., ESPN2 Indiana at Purdue, 3 p.m., ESPN UNLV at Utah State, 3:05 p.m., CBS Sports Network LSU at Arkansas, 4:00 p.m., ESPNU Georgia St. at Troy, 5 p.m., ESPN2 Nevada at NewMexico, 5:05 p.m., CBS Sports Network Kansas State at Baylor, 6 p.m., ESPNU Brigham Young at St. Mary, 7 p.m., ESPN2 Northern Iowa at Missouri State, 8 p.m., ESPNU San Francisco at Santa Clara, 10 p.m., ESPNU Women’s basketball Minnesota at Northwestern, 1 p.m., BTN Women’s gymnastics Michigan at Nebraska, 11 a.m., BTN Men’s gymnastics Minnesota/Nebraska at Iowa, 1 p.m., BTN Ohio State at Michigan State, 5:30 p.m., BTN

BOYS BASKETBALL: MORRIS 50, DeKALB 47

BARBS FALL SHORT

GIRLS BASKETBALL: KANELAND 40, SYCAMORE 35

Kaneland dashes Sycamore’s title hopes Spartans’ 5-game win streak stopped

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com

were down one with the ball with 10 seconds left, but they turned the ball over before Morris hit two free throws.

DeKalb missed a halfcourt shot and a 3-pointer with time running out, ending their longest winning streak of the season.

A few weeks ago, the Barbs’ conference title hopes were non-existent, but with a win on Friday, the previously unthinkable could have become much more realistic.

After the loss put them

MAPLE PARK – To earn a share of the Northern Illinois Big 12 East title, all the Sycamore girls basketball team needed was a win at Kaneland.

But the Knights were not ready to back down Friday on senior night.

The Knights only trailed once in the game and with the pressure on late in the fourth quarter, Kaneland sank six consecutive free throws to seal a 40-35 win. Senior Caroline Heimerdinger led all scorers with 14 points, including 9 points in the fourth quarter. “[We played] really well. I was really happy,” Heimerdinger said. “We definitely just tried to take it to them and keep up the pressure. We all did really well all around with great movement and everything.”

Sycamore’s (19-7, 8-2 NI Big 12 East) only lead came midway through the first quarter after a Julia Moll layup made the score 6-4. The Knights regained the lead but the Spartans kept the game within reach and Kaneland led 17-13 at the break.

Kaneland (13-14, 5-5) pushed the lead out to eight toward the end of the third quarter. A Bailey Gilbert triple sparked a Spartan 6-0 run to close out the quarter. It was Gilbert’s first field goal of the game.

“I think we played great. We held Bailey Gilbert to where we wanted to,” Kaneland senior Kelly Wallner said. “Our defense was amazing and I really think we came out with energy and played great.”

Wallner finished with 14 rebounds. Sycamore only grabbed a handful of offensive rebounds and was outrebounded, 29-15, overall.

“We have been working on rebounding a lot in practice.

We did a ton of rebounding drills,” Kaneland coach Ernie Colombe said. “Earlier in the season, we were struggling tipping the ball and trying to get rebounds. But our kids have been going up stronger.”

Sycamore coach Brett Goff said that his team had a

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DeKalb’s Rudy Lopez Jr. shoots the ball in the second quarter against Morris on Friday. DeKalb lost, 47-50. Go to Daily-Chronicle.com to check out video highlights and a photo gallery from the game.

Five-game winning streak comes to an end

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Just a few weeks ago, the DeKalb boys basketball team was riding a three-game losing streak to start the Northern Illinois Big 12 East season, and the young Barbs looked like they might need another year to contend with the conference’s best.

Now, they’re right up with the conference’s premier teams.

While they couldn’t extend their five-game winning streak in a 50-47 loss to Morris on Friday, the Barbs hung right with the conference leaders on Friday and even had a chance to take the lead.

“We played well, but we should have beaten that team,” junior Rudy Lopez said. “[The progression] shows. We were on a losing streak for awhile, then we got on this five-game winning streak … We’ve played good defense, we’ve run the offense really well. But obviously we didn’t get the victory.”

Even though they had a chance to beat Morris (155, 6-1 Northern Illinois Big 12 East), coach Dave Rohlman didn’t think the Barbs played up to the standard

DeKalb’s Luke Davis takes the ball to the hoop in the third quarter against Morris on Friday. they’ve set over the last few weeks.

The Barbs (11-14, 3-4 NI Big 12 East) have stormed through the latter part of the conference schedule, beating Kaneland and Sycamore, which is otherwise undefeated in the conference, before topping Galesburg on Sunday. But after Dre Brown scored the first eight DeKalb points to give the Barbs an 8-2 lead on Friday, Rohlman didn’t think the Barbs passed the ball inside nearly enough, and Morris went on a 14-3 run.

“We did not throw the

ball to [center] Luke Davis in the first half at all,” Rohlman said. “That’s obviously a conscious effort every game, and I didn’t think our offense functioned from inside-out. Early on, we made the extra pass, and Dre Brown gets four baskets early in the first quarter. We were sharing the basketball, but the ball is designed to go inside, and I just didn’t think we got it inside.”

Lopez scored a gamehigh 16 points, driving to the basket several times to score when the DeKalb offense stalled. The Barbs

WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING

Sox look for quick turnaround with young talent Golf PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, third round, 7 p.m., TGC Auto racing NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Sprint Unlimited practice, 7 p.m., FS1 WINTER OLYMPICS Men’s hockey: USA vs.

Russia, 7 a.m., NBCSN (Live) Women’s hockey: Switzerland vs Russia, 7:30 a.m., MSNBC (Live) Men’s skeleton: Runs 3 and 4 (Live) 10 a.m. NBCSN Men’s hockey: Sweden vs Latvia, 12 p.m.

Men’s hockey Switzerland vs. Czech Republic, 12 p.m., USA Women’s short-track: 15K 3 p.m., NBC Men’s speedskating: 15K, 8 p.m., NBC Women’s Alpine skiing: Super-G, 8 p.m., NBC

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN Chicago Sun-Times GLENDALE, Ariz. – While lowering the bar on expectations for 2014 by stripping away expensive contracts for proven veterans Jake Peavy, Alex Rios and Matt Thornton, the White Sox managed to raise their fan-approval rating a notch by outlining a believable plan for the future and following through on it with the acquisition of young, unproven players like Jose Abreu, Avisail Garcia, Adam Eaton and Matt Davidson.

It doesn’t hurt that, unlike the Cubs, the Sox aren’t asking fans to wait what seems like forever to be good again.

And it never hurts to have a World Series title in the not-too-distant memory. Although it has been nine years already, hasn’t it?

Do the Sox have even a re-

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White Sox manager Robin Ventura speaks during the baseball team’s SoxFest fan convention in Chicago. mote chance to be a contender this year?

General manager Rick Hahn is restructuring with contender status in mind for 2015 or ’16, but he and manager Robin Ventura -

and why wouldn’t they - are quick to say that contending now isn’t out of the question.

Not with an ace like Chris Sale, a solid No. 2 starter like Jose Quintana and enough good pitching behind them to

complete a staff that can win.

That said, there are so many unknowns with the aforementioned rookies and even Garcia – not to mention legitimate concerns at catcher – on the field that no one is expected to be a playoff team.

They lost 99 games last season, and some in atrocious fashion, so sniffing the .500 mark would be considered success.

But this is baseball, where crazier things have happened, so no one scoffs at Ventura when he says, “Is someone going to pick us to win our division? Probably not, just because of the age and the guys that we have. Does that mean we can’t? No.’’ This spring training, which gets under way Saturday for the Sox, may go a longer way toward most recent Sox camps toward determining if they’ll have a chance at being buyers rather than

sellers at the trade deadline in late July.

“We start 2014 with the goal like all other 30 clubs, to win the whole thing,’’ Hahn said. “And if we’re in a position to do that, we’ll find additions come the deadline as the needs arise.’’

Many things on that long “if” list Hahn speaks of will begin to take shape already in camp. Here is a sample: *John Danks. 2012 Opening Day starter must be better than 2013 – his first full season following shoulder surgery – when he had 4.75 ERA with career-high 1.8 homers allowed per nine innings. On plus side, his 1.8 walks per nine innings were career low. *The other two starters.

Right-handers Erik Johnson, a rookie, and Felipe Paulino,

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8PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Boys Basketball North Boone at Indian Creek, 6:45 p.m.

Hillcrest at Kaneland, 7:30 p.m.

Girls Bowling DeKalb, Kaneland, Sycamore at Freeport Sectional, 12:30 p.m.

Wrestling DeKalb at Class 3A Barrington Sectional, TBA Sycamore, Kaneland at Class 2A Pontiac Sectional, TBA Genoa-Kingston at Class 1A Byron Sectional, TBA

MONDAY Boys Basketball Hinckley-Big Rock at Somonauk, 7 p.m.

TUESDAY Boys Basketball Indian Creek at Illinois Math and Science Academy High School, 6:45 p.m.

Ottawa at Sycamore, 7 p.m.

St. Charles North at Kaneland, 7 p.m.

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

8SPORTS SHORTS

Sycamore grad inducted into Hall of Fame

Ben Herrmann, a Sycamore High School graduate, was one of nine former student-athletes inducted into the Milwaukee School of Engineering Athletics Hall of Fame last Saturday.

Herrmann was a three-time all-conference performer for the MSOE men’s soccer team. He was a two-time team captain and ,as a freshman, was named to the All-Lake Michigan Conference Team and the LMC All-Rookie Team.

He was then named to All-LMC Honorable Mention as a sophomore before another All-LMC Team award as a junior.

Herrmann finished his career with 26 points, scoring eight goals and assisting on 10 others.

Report finds Incognito harassment to be true NEW YORK – An NFL ordered-investigation found Jonathan Martin was subjected to “a pattern of harassment” that included racist slurs and vicious sexual taunts about his mother and sister by three Miami Dolphin teammates.

The report said Richie Incognito, who the Dolphins suspended in November, offensive linemen John Jerry and Mike Pouncey harassed Martin, as well as another offensive lineman and an assistant trainer. Lawyer Ted Wells released his report Friday.

Former Packer Sharper under investigation LOS ANGELES – Prosecutors say former NFL safety Darren Sharper, who has been charged with raping and drugging women in California, is under investigation in connection with five more rapes and 11 druggings in other states.

Sharper appeared in Los Angeles Superior Court on Friday but his arraignment was postponed until Feb. 20 at the request of his lawyers.

Prosecutors immediately filed a motion to raise his bail to $10 million and outlined details of other alleged assaults and druggings in Las Vegas, Tempe, Ariz., and New Orleans.

Sharper has not been charged in the other jurisdictions and remains under investigation.

Returns show Goodell made $44.2 M in 2012 NEW YORK – NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell made $44.2 million in 2012, according to tax returns the league has submitted.

Goodell earned $35.1 million in salary, bonus and pension compensation.

Based on IRS reporting guidelines, his total 2012 compensation includes a $5 million incentive payment and a $4.1 million pension payment from the 2011 lockout year that was paid in 2012.

– Staff, Wire reports

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BOYS BASKETBALL: RICHMOND-BURTON 66, GENOA-KINGSTON 65

OLYMPICS

Lucca’s 33 points not enough in loss

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com GENOA – Brandon Creason wasn’t going to let Tommy Lucca beat his team.

Richmond-Burton’s coach had watched the Genoa-Kingston sophomore dominate the fourth quarter, so with Creason’s team up three points in the closing seconds of Friday’s Big Northern East contest, Creason had his team foul Lucca instead of letting him attempt a game-tying 3-pointer.

Lucca hit both free throws.

After the Rockets’ Joe St. Pierre missed his two freethrow attempts on the ensuing possession, Lucca had one more chance with three seconds left, but his desperation

attempt was no good, as the Rockets held on for a 66-65 win.

Richmond-Burton (17-6, 8-1 Big Northern East) remained in control of the conference.

The Cogs fall to 14-9 and 6-4 in league play.

Lucca still finished the game with 33 points – 17 in the fourth quarter.

“As on fire as he was we didn’t want to give him the opportunity to make the shot,” Creason said of his team’s late foul on Lucca, which came with under 10 seconds remaining. “He’s a ton. I wish he was a senior.”

With 31 seconds left, Lucca tied the game at 63 with a 3-pointer, but Richmond-Burton took a three-point lead when St. Pierre hit a layup,

was fouled and hit the free throw.

That makes back-to-back 30-point games for Lucca, who had 31 against Marengo on Tuesday. Tommy Hansen had 11 for the Cogs and Sal Lopez finished with nine.

“I felt that we had to push the tempo, get easy buckets and get more teammates involved,” Lucca said of the fourth-quarter effort.

The game was called very tight, as Richmond-Burton shot 30 free throws, converting 26. G-K was 17 of 24 from the line. Both Sal Lopez and Griffin McNeal fouled out for G-K, while the Rockets lost St. Pierre for an extended period of time in the second half due to foul trouble. Both teams

were in the double bonus early in the fourth quarter.

G-K had some success pressing the Rockets, who turned the ball over 15 times.

Cogs coach Corey Jenkins likes his team’s depth, and was comfortable rotating guys in with the way the game was called.

“We’ve got to find our identity again defensively. I think we lost it during Christmas and the week after,” Jenkins said. “We started pressing Marengo in the second half, and we loved our effort. Our effort was much better. We wanted to control the tempo of tonight’s game and made the decision as a coaching staff, let’s press them and find ourselves again.”

NIU MEN’S BASKETBALL

Huskies ‘zipping’ into Akron Northern Illinois (11-12, 5-6 Mid-American Conference) at Akron (16-8, 8-3) WHEN: 6 p.m., James A. Rhodes Arena, Akron, Ohio RADIO: AM-1360 WLBK, FM 98.9 LAST MEETING: Akron defeated NIU, 68-53, on Jan. 12, 2013 SCOUTING THE ZIPS: Akron has been the king of the MAC in recent years. The Zips have played in the MAC Tournament championship game the past seven years – the second-longest streak in the country after Gonzaga (West Coast Conference). Akron earned NCAA Tournament berths in 2009, 2011 and 2013.

The Zips are led by senior forward Demetrius Treadwell, who averages 14.1 points per game. Senior forward Quincy Diggs is averaging 12.3 points.

Another senior forward, Nick Harney, who’s averaging 8.9 points, is suspended indefinitely for conduct detrimental to the team.

OUTLOOK: NIU has won four out of its last five games and is in the fight to host a first-round MAC Tournament game.

The 88 points the Huskies scored against Central Michigan on Wednesday were their most against a Division I team since dropping 99 against Chicago State in 2010. NIU’s 25-point margin of victory is the highest for NIU in a MAC game since beating Eastern Michigan by 33 in 2006.

DeKalb High grad Jordan Threloff is averaging 11.1 points over his last seven games.

– Steve Nitz, snitz@shawmedia.com, @SNitz_DDC

At Sochi, Russia Through Thursday (38 of 98 events) Nation G S B United States 4 3 6 Norway 4 3 6 Netherlands 4 3 5 Russia 2 5 5 Germany 7 2 1 Canada 4 4 2 Sweden 0 5 2 Switzerland 5 1 1 Austria 1 4 0 Belarus 3 0 1 France 2 0 2 Slovenia 1 1 2 China 2 2 0 Czech Republic 0 2 1 Italy 0 2 1 Japan 0 2 1 Poland 2 0 0 Latvia 0 0 2 Britain 1 0 1 South Korea 1 0 1 Slovakia 1 0 0 Australia 0 1 0 Finland 0 1 0 Ukraine 0 0 1

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NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 40 12 .769 – Bulls 27 25 .519 13 Detroit 22 30 .423 18 Cleveland 20 33 .377 20½ Milwaukee 9 43 .173 31 Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 28 24 .538 – Brooklyn 24 27 .471 3½ New York 20 32 .385 8 Boston 19 35 .352 10 Philadelphia 15 39 .278 14 Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 37 14 .725 – Atlanta 25 26 .490 12 Washington 25 27 .481 12½ Charlotte 23 30 .434 15 Orlando 16 38 .296 22½

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 38 15 .717 Houston 36 17 .679 Dallas 32 22 .593 Memphis 29 23 .558 New Orleans 23 29 .442 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 42 12 .778 Portland 36 17 .679 Minnesota 25 28 .472 Denver 24 27 .471 Utah 19 33 .365 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 37 18 .673 Phoenix 30 21 .588 Golden State 31 22 .585 L.A. Lakers 18 34 .346 Sacramento 18 35 .340

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Northern Illinois’ Darrell Bowie shoots for two in the first half against Central Michigan on Wednesday. The Huskies won, 88-63.

OLYMPIC WOMEN’S SKELETON

Today’s Schedule No games scheduled Sunday’s Game All-Star Game, East vs. West, 7 p.m.

NHL

Yarnold wins skeleton gold; Pikus-Pace gets silver

By TIM REYNOLDS The Associated Press KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia – Britain’s Lizzy Yarnold won the season’s first race on a technicality.

The season’s last race, there was no argument.

Yarnold won the Olympic women’s skeleton gold medal Friday night, a victory that puts the 25-year-old unquestionably atop her sport, probably for years to come. Her four-run time was 0.97 seconds faster than silver medalist Noelle Pikus-Pace of Eagle Mountain, Utah, who entered retirement by exorcising the memory of letting a medal slip away in Vancouver four years ago.

“It won’t sink in for a few more days, but I’m over the moon,” Yarnold said, as a full moon illuminated part of the Russian night sky.

“I’m so proud. I put in all the work for five years and it all worked out.”

Yarnold, who also won the World Cup overall title this season, claimed Britain’s first gold at the Sochi Games.

Her time was 3 minutes, 52.89 seconds, and the final trip down the track was a mere formality, given that she already had a 0.78-second edge over Pikus-Pace and only needed to avoid a giant mistake.

It didn’t happen. The fourth run was like all the others – flawless.

She grabbed a British flag, hopped near the finish line, embraced teammate Shelley Rudman and seemed to just never stop smiling.

“Lizzy’s been a beautiful bubble of confidence in every one of her races,” said Amy Williams, the 2010 skeleton gold medalist from Britain.

“I’m so proud of her that we kept the medal in Great Britain and wrote ourselves into the history books.”

Pikus-Pace insisted that this time, she’ll retire happy.

Simply being in the Olympic race was victory enough; Pikus-Pace revealed after-

MEDALS TABLE

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 Blackhawks 60 35 11 14 84 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47

GF 196 207 174 145 164 168 146

GA 135 163 153 147 164 175 180

GF 196 175 139 163 146 137 153

GA 147 142 128 169 160 179 199

EASTERN CONFERENCE

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Lizzy Yarnold of Great Britain celebrates her gold medal win during the women’s skeleton competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. ward that she was dealing with concussion-like symptoms for several days before the race and minimized her training time on the advice of doctors.

“I felt fine and safe sliding but my vision has been going in and out of being able to focus, which slows my reaction time,” Pikus-Pace said.

“It has been an extremely difficult week but my family, coaches, and prayers of many allowed me to come out and compete the best I can given the situation.”

Elena Nikitina of Russia won the bronze, another 0.44 seconds off the pace and just 0.04 seconds ahead of Katie Uhlaender of Breckenridge, Colo., who took fourth for her top Olympic finish.

And afterward, Uhlaender wasn’t lamenting coming so close. Instead, she picked up Pikus-Pace’s daughter Lacee, gave her an embrace and sang her teammate’s praises.

“I couldn’t be more proud of her,” Uhlaender said.

“This is a great last race for us both. Noelle finished fourth last time and now she’s on the podium and I couldn’t be happier for her.”

The Lizzy-vs.-Noelle rivalry was back and forth all season, starting with the World Cup opener in Calgary, where Pikus-Pace crossed the line first and was originally announced as the winner. But Yarnold was awarded the victory after race officials said the American used too much tape on the handle of her sled.

That decision played a huge role in deciding the World Cup title.

From there, Pikus-Pace set her sights on closing out her sliding career with an Olympic medal – which is really the only thing that lured her from retirement two years ago, especially since a trip to the podium in Vancouver was lost when she made a mistake in Curve 2 of her final run at the 2010 Olympics.

“This is a dream come true for myself and my family,” Pikus-Pace said. “Absolutely unbelievable. I stood up there at the start knowing this was my race and I knew I was just going to go for it.”

When she crossed the line Friday night, knowing hardware was hers, she flashed a megawatt smile.

Retirement, she said, would be about spending time with her family. She couldn’t wait to get started, hopping over the track wall to join her husband and children for hugs and kisses – her first, ever, as an Olympic medalist.

Then she waved to fans.

Waving goodbye, essentially.

Yarnold, she’s basically just saying hello.

She announced herself as the next big thing in skeleton two winters ago, winning two of her first four World Cup races.

A year ago, she vaulted to No. 4 in the World Cup rankings, and inconsistency kept her from rising even higher.

This season, she figured it all out. World Cup champion.

Olympic champion. And her top rival is retiring.

Yarnold covered her face, almost in disbelief, on the flower podium afterward.

Pikus-Pace wept softly through her smile and was the last to leave the stand, seeming almost unsure where to go next.

Then she figured it out.

She’s going home.

Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 57 37 16 4 78 176 125 Tampa Bay 58 33 20 5 71 168 145 Montreal 59 32 21 6 70 148 142 Toronto 60 32 22 6 70 178 182 Detroit 58 26 20 12 64 151 163 Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63 169 191 Florida 58 22 29 7 51 139 183 Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 110 172 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 186 138 N.Y. Rangers 59 32 24 3 67 155 146 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 162 167 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 170 161 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 171 175 Carolina 57 26 22 9 61 144 158 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 135 146 N.Y. Islanders60 22 30 8 52 164 200 Two points for win, one point for OT loss Olympic Break Play resumes Tuesday, Feb. 25

MEN’S BASKETBALL AP TOP 25 Friday’s Games No. 2 Arizona at Arizona State, 8 p.m.

No. 13 Louisville at Temple, 6 p.m.

No. 23 SMU at Rutgers, 6 p.m.

Today’s Games No. 1 Syracuse vs. N.C. State, 2 p.m.

No. 3 Florida at No. 14 Kentucky, 8 p.m.

No. 5 San Diego State vs. Air Force, 7:05 p.m.

No. 7 Kansas vs. TCU, 3 p.m.

No. 8 Duke vs. Maryland, 5 p.m.

No. 10 Cincinnati vs. Houston, 2 p.m.

No. 11 Iowa State vs. Texas Tech, 12:45 p.m.

No. 12 Saint Louis vs. VCU, 1 p.m.

No. 16 Iowa at Penn State, noon No. 17 Virginia at Clemson, 11 a.m.

No. 19 Texas vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m.

No. 20 Memphis vs. No. 24 UConn at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 11 a.m.

No. 22 Ohio State at Illinois, 7 p.m.

No. 25 Pittsburgh at North Carolina, noon Sunday’s Games No. 4 Wichita State at Evansville, 4 p.m.

No. 6 Villanova at No. 18 Creighton, 4:07 p.m.

No. 9 Michigan State vs. Nebraska, 2 p.m.

No. 13 Louisville vs. Rutgers, 5 p.m.

No. 15 Michigan vs. No. 21 Wisconsin, noon No. 23 SMU at Temple, 1 p.m.

No. 23 SMU at Temple, noon

SPORTS

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NASCAR

Sycamore upends Rochelle Stewart returns to racing, undaunted by injury layoff

By DAILY CHRONICLE STAFF sports@daily-chronicle.com

Sycamore boys basketball put on a dominating performance at home in an 89-48 victory over Rochelle in Northern Illinois Big 12 East play.

The Spartans featured a balanced attack, led by 12 points from Nick Feuerbach and 11 points from Cooper Vinz, the only two Spartans in double figures. Devin Mottet and Ben Niemann each had nine points for Sycamore, which led 48-15 at the half.

In total, 15 different Spartan players scored on the night.

“It was very nice to come back and play with good energy two nights in a row,” Indian Creek coach Joe Piekarz said.

Reece Bode led the Bobcats with 24 points.

Kaneland tops Yorkville: Kaneland defeated Yorkville, 63-55, in a Northern Illinois Big 12 East game.

The Knights (13-7, 4-3 NI Big 12 East) were led by Tyler Carlson’s 18 points, including three 3-pointers.

Dylan Vaca chipped in 10 while Cole Carlson, Drew David and John Pruett each contributed nine.

The Knights were 30 of 38 from the free-throw line.

Indian Creek tips Somonauk: Indian Creek exacted some revenge on Somonauk in a 79-72 victory at home in Little Ten Conference play.

The Bobcats had beaten the Timberwolves (15-8, 6-1) in the semifinals of the Little Ten Tournament last week.

Noah Holm, Garrett Post and Garrison Govig each had 17 points to lead the Timberwolves while Stephen Muetze chipped in with 10.

Post also grabbed 17 rebounds.

WRESTLING Four Spartans in semis: Four Sycamore wrestlers advanced to the semifinals at the Class 2A Pontiac Sectional on Friday. Kyle Akins (120 pounds), Austin Armstrong (170), Chris Malone (182) and Devin Knight (285) all made it through unscathed.

Joining them in the semifinals is Kaneland’s Justin Diddell (285).

Three Barbs to semis: DeKalb’s Matt Macarus (152

pounds), Alex Roach (285) and Ulises Jacobo (106) advanced through to the semifinals at the Class 3A Barrington Sectional.

Brenden McGee, Jackson Montgomery, Brad Green and Leif Williams are still alive and will go through wrestlebacks to try to make state.

GIRLS BASKETBALL G-K downs Harvard: Genoa-Kingston defeated Harvard, 56-24, on the road in a Big Northern Conference East matchup.

Tori Bennett led the way for the Cogs (7-19, 3-9 BNC East) while Jesi Nay had 11 points in the win.

G-K will play Harvard in the Class 3A Freeport Regional quarterfinals on Monday.

“I hope we can come out Monday and respond and put together four more good quarters,” G-K coach Kyle Henkel said.

THURSDAY’S LATE RESULTS GIRLS BASKETBALL Sycamore tops Morris: Sycamore defeated Morris, 51-41, on the road in a Northern Illinois Big 12 East matchup.

Sox getting ready for upcoming season • SOX Continued from page B1 who missed most of 2012 and all of 2013 following elbow surgery and also underwent minor shoulder surgery in September, are the top candidates for those spots.

Abreu: Prized Cuban free agent. How will he adapt to major-league pitching?

Eaton and Davidson: They seem to have bright futures but the Diamondbacks aren’t los-

ing sleep over losing either one.

Closer: Key role is up for grabs.

Defense: The best in 2012 (fielding-percentage wise) freefell to the worst in 2013. A good spring cleaning could set the tone for 2014.

Behind the mask: If Rule 5 pick Adrian Nieto doesn’t make the cut, he and Hector Gimenez at least must push more out of Tyler Flowers and Josh Phegley.

Fuel for the fire: Under Ventura, Sox had no swagger, no

edge and not much personality in ‘13. They need one to take shape before they break camp.

NOTES: Pitchers and catchers report to camp Saturday, but several position players are expected early, including Abreu who has been here a while. The first full squad workout is Thursday. ... The Sox announced 10 spring training TV broadcasts (nine on Comcast Sports Net, one on Channel 9) starting March 14 vs. Cleveland.

Rohlman: ‘This isn’t going to define us’ • DEKALB Continued from page B1 three games behind Morris and Sycamore, the Barbs will have to settle for merely peaking at the right time as they finish out the final four

games of the season.

“This isn’t going to define us,” Rohlman said. “We’re playing very well and we’ve made great strides forward.

This is a little setback, I don’t think this is a monster setback, and we’ll get after it tomorrow and Monday in prac-

tice, then we have Yorkville on Tuesday. That’s what we talked about, is being ready for Tuesday night, and we’ll take the things that we didn’t do well here and make sure to improve them before the playoffs.”

Sycamore can’t escape shooting woes • KANELAND Continued from page B1 tough time scoring on the offensive end.

“We just came out a little flat,” Goff said. “But, defensively, we played pretty well, we just had a hard time putting the ball in the basket.”

The shooting woes continued for Sycamore in the fourth quarter as the Spartans went 4 for 14 from the field.

Kaneland’s final nine points came from the free-throw line to close out the contest.

Wallner finished with nine points to go along with her 14 rebounds. Amber Winquist Bailey and Marina Schaefer each scored 4 points apiece.

Nine Knights recorded points in the game.

“It was a huge game. It was great to beat them with regionals coming up. Everyone now knows that we can beat them,” Wallner said. “And, as

a senior, beating them on our last game on this floor was awesome. Great win for us.”

For Sycamore, Gilbert finished with nine points.

Moll led the Spartans with 10 points, four rebounds, and three assists. Taiya Hopkins scored nine points and pulled down five rebounds.

“We will bounce back,” Goff said. “I am confident that we will bounce back and be ready to play on Wednesday night.”

By JENNA FRYER The Associated Press DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – Tony Stewart is 20 pounds lighter and has a titanium rod in his surgically repaired right leg.

As far as he’s concerned, those are the only major changes since he broke two bones in his leg in an August sprint-car crash. So when the green flag drops Saturday night at Daytona International Speedway for his first race since the accident, Stewart believes it will be the same old “Smoke” behind the wheel.

If he had any doubts – and he’s insisted he doesn’t – they were alleviated by 24 smooth laps in the first of two Friday night practice sessions for the exhibition Sprint Unlimited.

All told, Stewart ran 50 laps – 125 miles – around Daytona.

“There’s zero percentage of pain in the car. That was nice,” Stewart said. “I thought we would have some kind of ache or pain, but it was like putting on an old pair of shoes again.”

Stewart, who does not have a backup driver at Daytona, has not raced in more than six months. It’s an unheard of amount of time off for a driver who makes his money racing in NASCAR yet crisscrossed the country cramming 50 or more weeknight events into his yearround schedule.

So he found himself clock-watching Friday afternoon, anxious to put his firesuit back on and head into the garage for the first time this season. A notorious late-arriver to his car, Stewart showed up to the garage stall for the No. 14 Chevrolet almost 20 minutes early. He was in his seat, buckled in and helmet on, with almost 10 minutes to just sit and think about his first few laps.

“Every five minutes, I was looking at the clock. That’s a long time to be staring at the clock,” said Stewart, who

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Driver Tony Stewart adjusts the rear view mirror in his car before going out on the track to practice for the NASCAR Sprint Unlimited race at Daytona International Speedway on Friday in Daytona Beach, Fla. Stewart has not raced in more than six months since he broke two bones in his leg in an August 2013 sprint-car crash. joked he told new crew chief Chad Johnston not to expect to see him at the car so early moving forward. “That’s not going to be a habit.”

Fans above his garage stall cheered Stewart’s arrival, and he was greeted by a sizeable media contingent at the car. Standing quietly in front of the car was his father, Nelson, who said the scene “almost reminds me of when he ran the (Indianapolis) 500 for the first time.”

It was a mundane day of practice, but Stewart didn’t mind the attention.

“Today in the big picture was just another practice day, but obviously it was a little bigger than normal,” he admitted.

So relieved at how smooth it went, the old Stewart quickly returned as he felt the tug from nearby dirt track Volusia Speedway Park.

“If I didn’t think that Greg Zipadelli would absolutely kill me, I would probably want to go race at Volusia tonight. It felt that good,” he said. “I don’t think Zippy would be the only guy – I think the entire organization would probably duct tape me to the flag pole on the front stretch just so I couldn’t go.”

Instead, walking with a slight limp, he headed inside

his team hauler to “do what I always do – eat some animal crackers and have a Coke.”

Stewart’s layoff was certainly difficult, enhanced by the pain from his broken leg. He had two surgeries for the breaks, then a third to treat an infection. He was flat on his back, confined to the first-floor bedroom of his longtime business manager’s house, where he was forced to lay with his leg elevated above his heart. When there was Stewart-Haas Racing business to address, team personnel did it at his bedside.

Stewart required an ambulance to get to his doctor appointments, and when he finally was able to get out of bed, he needed a wheelchair to get around.

And when Stewart – a driver SHR vice president of competition Zipadelli referred to as “Superman” in the days after his accident.

Nobody was comfortable seeing the three-time NASCAR champion so restricted. Many wondered if he’d ever be the same.

Not Stewart.

“Right off the bat, the surgeon, the therapists, they’ve all said, ‘You’re going to have 100-percent recovery,’” Stewart said. “With that, from Day 1, it took the doubt out.”

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All-Star weekend has something for all

By GORDON WITTENMYER Chicago Sun-Times MESA, Ariz. – One hundred sixty-six days.

Get your tickets now if you’re a Jeff Samardzija fan, and get a good look at the Cubs’ Opening Day starter while you can. Because even he knows his Cubs career is on the clock as spring training opens. And he knows the 166 days until the trading deadline might be even a little optimistic in terms of how much time he has left in a Cubs uniform.

“All I can do is increase my value as much as possible, and I think in the end it’s going to help the organization no matter what,” he said Friday as the Cubs held their first official workouts of the spring.

“Either it helps the organization by keeping me here and proving to them that I’m that guy, or I increase my value and it helps them get prospects in return.” Samardzija, 29, avoided arbitration a week ago when he agreed to a oneyear, $5.345 million deal. And he has another year of arbitration eligibility left.

But after 16 months of stalemate on terms of a potential long-term contract, he was shopped over the winter, and – barring a sudden reversal of his status – is poised to be traded before his trade value drops dramatically after the July 31 nonwaiver deadline.

“Both sides are justified.

It’s not like anyone is asking for some outlandish concept,” said Samardzija, whose inability to reach agreement has more to do with his confidence in his rising value as a potential frontline starter and a skepticism over how committed the organization is to ending this rebuilding pro-

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Cubs pitcher Jeff Samardzija throws during the team’s first spring training baseball Friday in Mesa, Ariz. cess anytime soon.

Complicating the situation is a history with the thirdyear front office that includes cutting his salary in 2012 and freezing it in 2013, along with a club policy against no-trade clauses (providing even less incentive for compromising for the purpose of staying where he wants to be).

Samardzija, who maintains good relationships with front office bosses, talked again Friday about the “tough” task of separating the business end of the game from the “emotional attachment” he has for the team that drafted the northwest Indiana native out of Notre Dame in 2006. He talked about “how bad I want to be here,” adding, “The more this process goes along, though, the more I realize that it is a business and that attachment only goes so far.”

It leaves him in the same category as newcomer Jason Hammel, this year’s Scott Feldman/Paul Maholm-like flip candidate in the starting rotation.

“I knew I was going to get

that question,” Hammel said with a smile on his first day of media interviews after signing a one-year, $6 million deal.

For now, both pitchers say the same thing: that they plan to concentrate on their pitching and hope still be Cubs at the end of the season.

“All I can do is my job to the fullest and keep being wanted,” Samardzija said.

But the reality of Cubs’ lengthy, underfunded rebuilding process is that the front office will likely be compelled to trade 40 percent of its starting rotation for third consecutive year to bolster the pitching pipeline in the farm system.

I think that comes down to where we’re at as a team,” Samardzija said.

“We come out and we get hot as a team, I think you’re going to hear the dialogue change.

“But it’s all speculation, and you’ve got to start playing on the field before you get a better answer, a better feel for that. ... Sometimes you’re just a product of the situation.

I think that’s where I’m at.”

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By BRIAN MAHONEY The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS – The NBA’s All-Star weekend is a working trip for Damian Lillard, set to become the busiest All-Star ever.

For Carmelo Anthony, it’s a chance to get away from work.

The league’s midseason event has something for everyone, along with the belief that its All-Star weekend is second to none in sports. It starts Friday afternoon with the announcement of the finalists and direction electees to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame, and finishes up with the game Sunday night at the recently renamed Smoothie King Center.

“The NBA, we have the best All-Star, No. 1 because it obviously lasts the entire

weekend. We do a great job of celebrating our legends, I think we do that better than anybody else,” Hall of Famer and TNT analyst Charles Barkley said. “It’s the greatest thing the NBA does well.”

The last All-Star weekend in New Orleans, in 2008, was a particularly good one, with Dwight Howard donning a Superman cape to win the slam dunk contest and LeBron James winning the game’s MVP award after helping the Eastern Conference hold on to beat the West.

Lillard has a chance to be the star of this weekend, since he’ll be involved in everything. The Portland guard, last season’s Rookie of the Year, will become the first player to compete in five events. A firsttime All-Star selection, he’ll also take part in the Rising Stars Challenge for rookies and second-year players, will

defend his title in the Skills Challenge, and is entered in the dunk and 3-point contests.

“It’s obviously something that nobody has done before and I was presented with the opportunity, and they’re all events that I feel like I’m capable of competing in, so I figured, ‘Why not make history?’ ” Lillard said in an interview with the Trail Blazers’ website.

Anthony will start for the East, a chance to pick up a victory in a season where his New York Knicks have had far too few. He was asked if it he would be able to enjoy himself with so much misery around him in New York.

“It’s going to be tough to kind of get into everything that’s going on, but once I get down there, see friends, see family, kind of not think about this for a couple of days, maybe it’ll change,” he said.

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Features editor Inger Koch • ikoch@shawmedia.com

baby talk More talking, longer sentences help babies’ brains

By LAURAN NEERGAARD

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he sooner you start explaining the world to your baby, the better.

That doesn’t mean flash cards for tots, or merely pointing out objects: “Here’s an orange. That’s a bowl.”

New research shows that both how much and how well parents talk with babies and toddlers help to tune the youngsters’ brains in ways that build crucial language and vocabulary skills – a key to fighting the infamous word gap that puts poor children at a disadvantage at an even younger age than once thought.

The idea is to connect words and meaning, so the brain becomes primed to learn through context: “Let’s put the orange in this bowl with the banana and the apple and the grapes.”

“You’re building intelligence through language,” is how Stanford University psychology professor Anne Fernald explains it.

“It’s making nets of meaning that then will help the child learn new words.”

And forget dumbed-down baby talk: Longer, more complex sentences are better.

“The advice I give mothers is to have conversations with your babies,” said Erika Hoff, a psychology professor at Florida Atlantic University. “Children can hear lots of talk that goes over their head in terms of the meaning, and they still benefit from it.”

The research, presented Thursday and Friday at a meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, comes amid a growing push for universal preschool, to help disadvantaged youngsters catch up.

But it also begs the question of whether children from low-income, less educated families need earlier intervention, such as

preschool that starts at age 3 instead of 4, or higher quality day care or even some sort of “Let’s talk” campaign aimed at new parents to stress talking, singing and reading with tots even before they can respond. That can be difficult for parents working multiple jobs, or who may not read well or who simply don’t know why it’s important.

Scientists have long known that before they start kindergarten, children from middle-class or affluent families have heard millions more words than youngsters from low-income families, leaving the poorer children with smaller vocabularies and less ready to succeed academically. Fernald said by some measures, 5-year-olds from lowincome families can lag two years behind their peers in tests of language development, an achievement gap that’s difficult to overcome.

Brain scans support the link, said Dr. Kimberly Noble of Columbia University Medical Center. Early experiences shape the connections that children’s brains form, and kids from higher socioeconomic backgrounds devote more “neural real estate” to brain regions involved in language development, she found.

How early does the word gap appear?

Around age 18 months, Stanford’s Fernald discovered when she compared how children mentally process the language they hear. Lower-income kids in her study achieved at age 2 the level of proficiency that more affluent kids had reached six months earlier.

To understand why language processing is so important, consider this sentence: “The kitty’s on the bench.” If the youngster knows the word “kitty,” and his brain recognizes it quickly enough, then he has can figure out “bench” means by the context. But if he’s slow to recognize “kitty,” then “bench”

flies by before he has a chance to learn it.

Next, Fernald tucked recorders into T-shirts of low-income toddlers in Spanishspeaking households to determine what they heard all day – and found remarkable differences in what’s called child-directed speech. That’s when children are spoken to directly, in contrast to television or conversations they overhear.

One child heard more than 12,000 words of child-directed speech in a day, while another heard a mere 670 words, she found.

The youngsters who received more childdirected speech processed language more efficiently and learned words more quickly, she reported.

But it’s not just quantity of speech that matters – it’s quality, Hoff cautioned. She studied bilingual families and found that whatever the language, children fare better when they learn it from a native speaker. In other words, if mom and dad speak Spanish but aren’t fluent in English, it’s better for the child to have a solid grounding in Spanish at home and then learn English later in school.

Next, scientists are testing whether programs that teach parents better ways to talk to tots really do any good. Fernald said preliminary results from one of the first – a program called Habla Conmigo, Spanish for Talk With Me, that enrolls low-income, Spanish-speaking mothers in San Jose, Calif. – are promising.

Fernald analyzed the first 32 families of the 120 the program will enroll. Mothers who underwent the eight-week training are talking more with their toddlers, using higher-quality language, than a control group of parents – and by their second birthday, the children have bigger vocabularies and process language faster, she said Thursday.

Tips for talking to babies and toddlers Research shows that both how much and how well parents talk to babies and toddlers influences development of language and vocabulary skills crucial to later school achievement. Here are some tips: • The sooner you start talking with babies, the better. Their brains are absorbing vital information well before they’re able to respond.

• The high-pitched, sing-song tone that many people take with babies does get their attention. But don’t dumb it down: Use rich, varied language and longer sentences, said Erika Hoff of Florida Atlantic University.

• Don’t just label things, make connections.

“The dog is wagging his tail” isn’t as effective as, “Look how fluffy that dog’s tail is. It’s much fatter than the cat’s skinny tail.”

• What matters most is speech directed to babies and toddlers, not what they overhear, said Anne Fernald of Stanford University.

• Turn off the TV. “Television does not help the brain learn language,” said Dr. Kimberly Noble of Columbia University Medical Center. Babies and toddlers especially require personal interaction to learn.

• Reading a book for 10 minutes a day adds up fast, Fernald noted. If mom or dad isn’t a good reader, just talk about the pictures.

• Fit conversation into everyday activities. Instead of turning on music while fixing lunch, talk about the bowl of fruit on the table.

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FAMILY TIME | Start early for good oral health habits

Tip of the week You may wonder whether it’s important to take care of your child’s first teeth, which will fall out in early childhood. However, healthy adult teeth start with healthy teeth during childhood. That’s why starting infants off with good oral care can help protect their teeth for decades to come.

A baby’s 20 primary teeth are already present in the jaw at birth. Baby teeth that begin coming through the gums around 6 months help set the stage for future smiles by keeping space in the jaw for adult teeth. The American Dental Association recommends that

parents take children to a dentist no later than their first birthday and then at intervals recommended by their dentist.

To help ensure you are well prepared to provide your little one a lifetime of good dental health, the experts at Ameritas offer this information about the leading oral health concerns for youngsters: • Cavities. Early childhood caries (cavities) is the No. 1 chronic disease affecting young children. It is five times more common than asthma and seven times more common than hay fever. Tooth pain keeps many children home from school or distracts them from learning.

• Consumption of sugary foods, soda, juice or energy drinks increases the risk for tooth decay and gum disease, so minimizing these items is an important aspect of dental health. It’s also important to always brush teeth twice daily for two minutes and floss once a day.

• Another option to protect children’s

teeth is sealants, which act as barriers to cavity-prone areas. They are applied to the chewing surfaces of the molars after the teeth erupt and are completely above the gum. Both primary and permanent teeth can benefit from sealants.

• Sports injuries. Mouth guards can help protect children from a dental emergency. They should be worn whenever children participate in sports and recreational activities.

Mouth guards cushion blows that can otherwise cause broken teeth, injuries to the lips and face, and even jaw fractures. Mouth guards are available at many retail stores or may be custommade by a dentist.

• Jaw and bite problems. Malocclusion, or bad bite, is a condition in which the teeth are crowded, crooked, out of alignment or the jaws don’t meet properly. This may become particularly noticeable between ages 6 and 12, when a child’s permanent teeth are developing.

– Family Features/Ameritas

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been devised by David Wiesner, a cat named Mr. Wuffles doesn’t care about toy mice or toy goldfish. He’s much more interested in playing with a little spaceship full of actual aliens – but the ship wasn’t designed for this kind of rough treatment. Between motion sickness and damaged equipment, the aliens are in deep trouble. When the space visitors dodge the cat and take shelter behind the radiator to repair the damage, they make a host of insect friends. The result? A humorous exploration of cooperation between aliens and insects, and of the universal nature of communication involving symbols, “cave” paintings, and gestures of friendship. – Clarion Books

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Alexander Glover and Cassandra ChulickGlover were married on Aug. 24, 2013, at St. Paul’s Catholic Newman Center on the campus of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where the couple met. The wedding was officiated by Father Tim Renz. The reception followed at the Overture Center for the Performing Arts in Madison.

Cassandra’s sister, Caroline Chulick of New York, was the maid of honor. Bridesmaids were Brianna Feller of New York, Brittney Stretsbery of Washington D.C., Katie Manning of Chicago, and Barb Wahlstrom of Chicago, friends of the bride.

Alexander’s brother, Greg Glover of Chicago, was the best man. Groomsmen were Dennis Glover of Racine, Wis., and Ed Glover of St. Louis, brothers of the groom, John Toldt of Brookfield, Wis., and John Wynne of Milwaukee, friends of the groom. The vocalist was Emily Myre of Chicago, friend of the bride.

Cassandra graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a dual major in political science and sociology in 2009. She is employed

by Globe University as an academic/student services coordinator.

Alexander graduated from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in management informations systems in 2010. He is employed

by General Electric as an IT architect.

The couple honeymooned in Hawaii before returning to Milwaukee where they will reside.

Jessica L. Novak and Michael L. Madsen were married in a double-ring ceremony Oct. 19, 2013, at Fox River Lutheran Church in Sheridan.

The daughter of John and Sunny Stufflebeam of Serena, the bride is a 1997 graduate of Serena High School. She earned her bachelor’s degree in social work in 2002 and her master’s degree in social work in 2004, both from Aurora University. She is a licensed clinical therapist and certified alcohol and drug counselor (LCSW, CADC) employed at Centennial Counseling Center.

The son of Lee and Blanche Madsen of Hinckley, the groom is a 1996 graduate of Hinckley-Big Rock High School. He is a truck driver, employed at J.B. Hunt Transport.

Matron of honor was Karen Trofimchuk of Monee, a friend of the bride.

Beth Aussem of Ottawa, Jaime Biagioni of Sheridan, Amy Figenbaum of Wedron and Angie Nimke of Ottawa were bridesmaids.

Emma Benson of Earlville was a junior bridesmaid.

Best man was Joel Badal of Hinckley, a friend of the groom.

Jacob Benson of Earlville, Ron Benson of Earlville, Mike Jendrzejczyk of Yorkville and Tyler Madsen of Yorkville were groomsmen.

Flower girl was Hannah Benson of Earlville.

The reception was held at the Knights of Columbus hall in Ottawa, and the newlyweds spent their honeymoon in Galena.

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Thanks to those keeping the community safe

Noah and Annie Pardilla-Crittenden of Sycamore announce the birth of a son, Avett Pardilla-Crittenden, born Jan. 22, 2014, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb. He weighed 7 pounds, 1.6 ounces.

Grandparents are Roger and Debra Hodgkinson of Genoa, the late John Crittenden of Sycamore and Jimmy and Cieltio Pardilla of North Chicago.

Great-grandparents are the late Bud and Peggy Griswold, Jane Brackett of North Carolina, the late J.H. Crittenden, the late Constancia Lagaspi and Ambrosia Legaspi, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pardilla Sr.

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To the Editor: Winter in DeKalb County has been bitter cold with extreme conditions. On many occasions the high has been far below zero.

In December of 2013, the average high was 27 degrees and the low was 11. From Jan. 1 until Jan. 25, 2014, the average high has been 21 degrees with the average low being 4 degrees. We have battled not just now temperatures, but high winds, snow and ice.

Numerous services deserve to be recognized for their service and commitment to keeping the citizens of our county safe.

The city municipalities, DeKalb County Highway Department, and our local townships have all done a remarkable job of keeping our roads clear, salted and safe at all hours of the day. Our local

John Wagner, a member of the Sandwich Fair board of directors, was one of six individuals recognized with the Friend of Illinois County Fairs volunteer award at the 104th annual convention of the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs.

Wagner has been involved with the fair for 65 years. He began working for the Sandwich Fair in 1948, at age 7, stocking shelves and helping his father wherever he was needed. He began showing livestock at the fair at the same time.

In the late 1960s, Wagner became a superintendent, and he joined the fair board in 1972. He assisted his father, the superintendent of the horticultural building, and took over the superintendent position when his

John Wagner father passed away.

Today, Wagner oversees almost all of the east end of the 182-acre Sandwich Fairgrounds, including the Home Arts Building, First

Aid, Collections, photography, arts and crafts displays, Antique Machinery, and the Horticultural Building.

Wagner believes in maintaining a family atmosphere, and his family believes in volunteer service to the fair and to their community. His wife, children and grandchildren all work at the fair. Wagner relies on teams of married couples to keep the operations stable and dependable.

Wagner has been active throughout his career with the Illinois Association of Agricultural Fairs, zone meetings and national conventions. He is always ready to share his knowledge, volunteer his time and is known as a friend of the fair industry far and wide. He has a passion for antiques and was featured on “American Pickers.”

Snacks can be part of healthy diet Many people take in as much as 25 percent of their daily calories from between-meal snacks. This isn’t a problem if snack choices are healthy and not treated as “additional” calories, but part of our daily caloric needs.

Marilyn Csernus, University of Illinois Extension nutrition and wellness educator and registered dietitian and certified diabetes educator, will present “Healthy Snacking” at the DeKalb County Extension office, 1350 W. Prairie Drive in Sycamore, at 1:30 p.m. Feb. 27. Learn how to be snack savvy by

choosing healthier snack options and appropriate portion sizes for snacks. Recipes and a healthy snack will be provided.

The fee for this program is $5. Registration is preferred by Feb. 25. For more information or to register, visit web.extension. illinois.edu/bdo or call the DeKalb County Extension office at 815-758-8194.

If you need a reasonable accommodation to participate in this program, call the DeKalb County Extension office at 815-7588194.

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law enforcement has been quick to assist and respond to roadside emergencies.

School district officials have been proactive at making decisions about whether or not to have school, recess and afterschool activities. They have done a great job of communicating and keeping families informed. We owe a lot of thanks to our bus drivers who drive thousands of children to and from school and activities on a daily basis, and continue to keep them safe in these harsh conditions.

It is comforting to see people come together. Thank you to all of these services for continuing to work so hard to keep our county and citizens safe.

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NIU offers arts camps for teens this summer Dance, visual arts, theater and instrumental jazz are on the summer camp agenda at Northern Illinois University this summer.

These six-day residential camps for junior and senior high school students are scheduled in July. Campers work with faculty, alumni and students and gain a greater appreciation for the life of an artist.

Dance Camp is scheduled for July 12 to 18. Serious dancers hone existing talents and gain new skills in the creative world of dance. Campers enjoy daily classes in classical ballet and modern dance. Other classes are jazz, contemporary, Pilates, yoga, repertoire, composition and improvisation. Campers dance an average of seven hours each day in this intensive and rewarding program. Judy Chitwood, director of the dance program for the School of Theatre and Dance, is camp director.

Also scheduled for July 12 to 18 is Theatre Arts Camp Senior, an intensive program for those who have completed grades 9 to 12. Spend the week in rehearsals, classes, individual coaching sessions and theater games. Campers have many workshop choices, including auditioning, acting, musical theater, stage combat, make-up, and lighting and set design. Camp director is Nathan Wyman, long-time assistant camp director and theater faculty member of Judson College in Kansas City.

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Northern Illinois University will offer six-day residential arts camps for junior and senior high school students in July. Camp topics include dance, visual arts, theater and instrumental jazz.

Three camps are scheduled for July 20 to 25.

Theater Arts Camp Junior is for theater buffs who have completed grades 6, 7 or 8. Campers enjoy daily rehearsals, classes, individ-

ual coaching sessions, and theater games. Campers have many workshop choices, including auditioning, acting, musical theater, stage combat, make-up and lighting and set design. Camp director is

Nathan Wyman.

NIU Jazz Camp is for instrumentalists in grades 8 through 12 who want to take their jazz playing to the next level. Campers rehearse and perform in a big band, combo

or the Latin Jazz Combo. Master classes, concerts, jazz theory, improvisation, jam sessions, sectionals and optional private lessons are part of the daily curriculum.

The camp is under the direction of Geof Bradfield, a saxophonist and member of the jazz studies faculty at NIU. Visual Arts Camp, for artists in grades 8 to 12, is an exciting and diverse creative art experience.

Campers enjoy two daily in-depth studio sessions in their choice of a wide variety of two-dimensional and three-dimensional classes. The day also includes talks by professional artists and open studio time. This camp is directed by Lynn Stockton, NIU alumna and award-winning art teacher at Jefferson High School in Rockford.

Campers sleep and eat in Gilbert Hall, a residence hall that is very close to the Music and Art Buildings. Campers enjoy a variety of evening recreational activities that include bowling, basketball, movies and talent shows.

Northern Illinois University camp scholarships are available; applications are due by May 1. An early bird discount is available until June 2.

These popular camps fill quickly, so early registration is advised. For more information, call 815-753-1450.

More information about the camps, scholarships and forms are all available on the web at www.artscamps. niu.edu.

Evening of Chocolate supports Safe Passage Safe Passage invites the community to its Evening of Chocolate fundraising event from 7 to 10 p.m. Feb. 22 at Faranda’s Banquet Center, 302 Grove St. in DeKalb.

It is an evening to delight the chocolate lover in everyone, while supporting the mission of Safe Passage to break the cycle of violence.

For decades, Safe Passage has worked continually to assist those in DeKalb County whose lives are affected by domestic violence or sexual assault.

Evening of Chocolate includes a light buffet meal as well as all the delicious chocolate desserts guests care to sample. There also will be a cash bar. This year will feature Dan Klefstad, WNIJ’s Morning Edition host. There will be musical performances by Zachary Harris and Emily Lanxer. The silent auction will offer something for everyone, including the American Girl Doll of the Year, Zanie’s Comedy Club tickets, water park tickets, an Xbox One, and a Micro-

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Move to a new home? Tips for getting to know the garden

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By DEAN FOSDICK Americans are a restless bunch. They change locations with a frequency that would tire a migrating songbird.

But there is more to moving day than unpacking boxes; there’s also learning to care for that garden inherited with the new home.

If you were thinking ahead, you asked for an inventory of the plants and accessories that came with the house.

“There’s no problem with asking owners for a list of landscape items and for an explanation about the plantings,” said Shirley French, an agent with the Woodstock, Va., office of Funkhouser Real Estate Group. “Usually, the owners are more than happy to give you a list. In fact, if they know the purchasers are interested, that will make for good feelings on both sides.”

Gardening priorities are determined mostly by the seasons. You won’t be mowing the lawn in February, although you might be combing the seed catalogs.

But where to start with a newly purchased property?

Michael Becker, president of Estate Gardeners Inc. in Omaha, Neb., suggests that putting safety first.

“Check out the dangers,” said Becker, a spokesman for Planet, the Professional Landcare Network that certifies green industry professionals.

“Are the retaining walls stable? Are any trees leaning or diseased with dead branches?

“Assess the hardscape,” Becker said. “Is anything heaving, creating tripping hazards? Examine the drainage around the house.

More often than not, it isn’t correct and may be damaging the structure. Bring in some

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In this Oct. 8, 2011, photo, new property owners temporarily added some whimsical yard art to the entry while moving their goods into the carport and house in Langley, Wash. There’s more to relocating than unpacking boxes after moving day. Many landscape designers suggest you deal with safety issues first – leaning or diseased trees, uneven walkways or litter that harbors garden pests. professionals to help sort things out.”

As for plantings, be patient with the perennials.

“Go through the seasonal changes,” Becker said.

“Learn what things look like in your yard. Determine if it’s aesthetically what you want, or if it’s so high-maintenance you won’t have the time to care for it. Most perennials need pruning and deadheading.”

Other things to consider when dealing with an unfamiliar landscape: • Make note of the average frost dates. Do soil tests. Map the yard for sun and shade.

“If you live in the city and all you have is a porch or a patio to work with, where is all that water going to go that you’ll be putting on plants?” asked Josh Kane, president and head designer at Kane Landscapes Inc. in Sterling, Va. “Also, where do you get the water? You’ll have to figure out how to care for everything.”

• Water fixtures. “Look for care instructions when dealing with special features,” Kane said. “A lot of people get put off or are scared of things like koi ponds, pools and fountains that require startups, maintenance and attention during the seasons.”

• Don’t try to do everything the first year. Mulching will keep the weeds down. Composting will improve the soil.

Bringing in some annuals for window boxes, hanging baskets or containers will provide instant color. “Nothing gives you as much impact in a garden as planting annuals,” Kane said.

• Anticipate. Avoid planting trees or shrubs near sewer or water lines, to prevent root damage. Study the plat map for restrictions that could prevent expansions or additions. “A lot of people might want to build a big outdoor room or pool and find they can’t do it because of an easement on the property,”

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Designers: Pink is back for spring home decor

BY KIM COOK The Associated Press This spring, pinks are popping up all over home decor – the softer versions soothing and nurturing, the bright ones bouncy and vivacious.

Warm pink light can be flattering, so designers have long employed tricks like painting lampshade interiors in those hues or switching regular bulbs for soft pink ones.

“Pink’s such a fun color to play around with. I see it two ways – dusty, light and classic, or vibrant, ‘statement’ and sharp,” says Boston-based designer Taniya Nayak.

“The former adds subtle whispers of elegance, while the latter turns up the volume in a space.”

Eddie Ross, East Coast editor for Better Homes & Gardens, is another fan.

“Pink is back, and it’s all grown up. Paired with stronger hues like navy, chocolate or gray, pink looks sophisticated and surprising,” he says.

Ross suggests several ways to incorporate the color for different effects: “When you cover a sofa or chair in a light pink, it acts like a neutral. Swap out throw pillows for a completely different look. Light pink bedding looks great with just about any skin tone. Light pink linen mats in simple white frames with black and white photos look crisp.”

His favorite pink paint shades include Devine Color’s Devine Poodle – “great on dining room chairs in a lustrous high gloss”; Benjamin Moore’s subtle Affinity Proposal for walls; Farrow & Ball’s Blushes – “a strong pink that would be stunning on a ceiling paired with cream and gray.”

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Adding in a few pink accessories freshens a great room or living room for spring.

Universe Quartz Pink are two others to consider. Sherwin-Williams’ Spun Sugar and Malted Milk are as tasty-looking as their names, as are Peach Parfait and Fruit Shake from Benjamin-Moore.

CB2’s Vapor chair is Lucite-tinged pink; acrylic’s a strong trend in furniture this season, so this piece gives extra style bang for the buck. And the retailer’s City Slicker table resembles a big chunk of neon pink bubblegum; a fun piece like this is a great way to play with the color.

San Francisco designer Tineke Triggs adds a deep pink desk to a home office, or a crushed berry

ceiling to a bedroom. She pairs them with other bold colors like crisp white and egg yolk, or soft tans and grays.

Combine pink accessories with contemporary pieces, or add a hit of surprise in a roomful of rustic, traditional or industrial elements.

Pink looks great next to reflective and textured materials such as mirrors, metallics and velvets, but also alongside linen, burlap, weathered pine, rattan.

And don’t be afraid to shop the kids’ furniture stores: Pottery Barn Kids has a pretty pink Moroccan floor pouf and a smart pink metal side table that would add punch to

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West Elm’s spring collection includes some interesting geometric-printed, crewel-stitched or handblocked throw pillows in guava and bergamot.

Lamps Plus stocks some pink lighting that includes Robert Abbey’s rectangular Schiaparelli Pink

ceramic table lamp with a Lucite base, and OVO’s glass lamp in elegant fuchsia.

Crate & Barrel’s Clara chair is covered in a gentle watercolor floral that brings springy gardens to mind. Aaron Probyn’s porcelain dinnerware collection in a dreamy blush, also at the retailer, is pretty without being precious.

Homegoods has well-priced pieces like an elegant, damask-printed accent chair with nail-head trim, and a chic, crocodile-embossed ceramic vase, as well as storage boxes and hand-carved picture frames in shades of pink.

Food for thought: Tips for group cooking on vacation “They cooked all of our meals, did all of our grocery shopping, got all of our booze.

Everything,” she said.

There were snacks during the day, bartenders at night, a team of cooks in the kitchen and even servers.

“It was like having a restaurant in our villa,” she

By KAREN SCHWARTZ The Associated Press FORT COLLINS, Colo. – It can be a recipe for disaster: renting a vacation house with friends without talking about meal planning.

There are obvious topics, like allergies, budgeting, finicky kids and the division of labor.

And then there are those unappetizing issues, like what to do if one participant is a reluctant – or rotten – cook.

“I don’t do anything domestically ever,” said David Lando, a financial adviser in Washington, D.C. So when his large family gathers for their annual vacation at a house in upstate New York, everyone picks a night to cook – except Lando.

When it’s his turn, he gets takeout.

“The last couple of years the grocery store near our place has run a special on (prepared) lobster,” he said.

“It works out so well that it’s hard to argue about it.”

Not every group trip goes so smoothly, however.

Alyson Stoakley, of suburban Richmond, Va., used to be an event planner, so when she and her husband went to Wintergreen Resort with four other couples, she took charge of divvying up the cooking and cleaning for the weekend.

She asked for volunteers for appetizers, dinners and breakfasts. (Lunches were eaten out.) The problems began immediately.

There were too many volunteers for the dinners, and two of them were complete opposites: One was known for quick and easy comfort food, the other for making fabulous health-conscious meals from scratch.

Stoakley made the assignments in the order people responded, and so ended up dining on Stouffer’s lasagna, Texas toast and romaine lettuce from a bag.

And the gourmet cook?

She made Saturday’s breakfast, cooking two egg casseroles, one with sausage and one with vegetables.

As it turned out, that plentiful meal not only gave people a choice, but the leftovers saved them on Sunday when that meal’s chef realized she had only bagels, having forgotten the eggs and left the bacon unrefrigerated in her shopping bag all weekend.

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A sample cooking chart for a vacation rental house shared by a group of friends or relatives is pictured. ic goofs, by taking it all in stride, “We really had a good weekend,” Stoakley said. “It didn’t ruin the friendships and we all made it through.”

To help things go smoothly, consider these tips: • Pick one person as the coordinator who can find out what staples the vacation rental provides, compile shopping lists, collect money or make dinner reservations.

Consider rewarding the coordinator with a pass on cooking or cleaning.

• Plan how duties will be shared. Is a person responsible for an entire day’s meals, a single meal, or just part of a meal? Decide who will clean up.

• Discuss allergies and dietary restrictions. A peanut allergy, for example, might also mean no peanut oil, which can be found in a variety of foods from pesto to chocolate. Depending on your crowd, chefs may be perfectly willing to accommodate vegetarians, vegans, paleos and others – or they may find it a great imposition. Either way, best to hash it out in advance.

• If you, or yours, are picky eaters, bring your own food and make sure others know it’s not up for grabs.

• Figure out how to manage shopping and expenses.

Will it be done jointly or is each individual responsible for his or her own ingredients?

“You have to be laid back and go with the flow,” Stoakley said. “It’s just for a short period of time. It’s not forever.”

Then again, if coordinating cooking seems daunting, a private chef might be the answer.

That’s what Maureen Bee of Fort Collins enjoyed when she and her family vacationed in Acapulco, Mexico with five other families.

said.

At the end of the trip, the group calculated in the gratuity and split the bill.

To find a private cook, check with your rental company or call caterers at your destination. Many chefs also maintain websites.

Prices vary with the

menu and location, but a full service dinner prepared by a caterer hired through CaboVillas.com would start at $35 per person. Breakfasts begin at $15 and lunch $25, said Julie Byrd, spokeswoman for company, which handles rentals in Mexico’s Baja Peninsula.

Still, for Lando, who is so averse to cooking that he eats out as a matter of course, it’s a real pleasure to savor the home-cooked meals that come with his summer getaway.

And the icing on the cake?

“The real treat is being able to have dinner with my whole family,” he said.

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TODAY – You will be lucky in business and insightful about finding solutions to other people’s problems.

You’ll gain access to secret information that will help you get ahead.

The organizations you get involved with will give you a chance to effectively use your networking skills.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Gambling will lead to misfortune.

Financial limitations are apparent if you aren’t careful with your cash. Hard work will be required to maintain your position; don’t trust any risky schemes.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Focus on children, creative projects or getting out and socializing. An older relative may be a burden. Offer help, but don’t let anyone take you for granted.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Don’t become too chummy with a colleague. You will be disappointed if this person doesn’t respond in the way you hoped. Expect delays with travel and communications.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Take on creative projects that you may have been afraid to attempt in the past.

It’s time to move forward with your dreams, hopes and wishes.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – If you limit yourself, you will have regrets later on. Don’t take what others say too seriously, and keep a steady watch on events transpiring in your work and home lives – things could get away from you if you aren’t careful.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Don’t be shy; take part in activities that are happening in your community. Don’t address matters that require legal, financial or medical input until you have more information.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Work by yourself and at your own speed.

Someone influential may try to hold you back. Do whatever it takes to complete your planned endeavors.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You will want to express yourself today, so don’t hold back. It would be best to say what’s on your mind and let others respond in whatever way they see fit.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Problems while traveling or dealing with authority figures can be expected.

Make sure your documents are up to date before you venture out. Someone may have a hidden agenda.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You can make a difference if you get involved in an organization that helps the underprivileged. You are likely to meet someone special who shares your concerns. Together, you will make a contribution.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Watch what you say. Someone may use your words against you. Emotional matters will surface if you try to skirt issues. Be honest and don’t let anyone limit your freedom.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Get involved in talks that challenge you mentally. You will learn from a good debate. You have much to offer and much to gain if you just speak up and share your ideas.

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Journals are a last link to deceased sister’s life Dear Abby: My sister died suddenly. She hadn’t been ill, and it was a shock. Although she tried hard to have a relationship with me over the years, I had trouble relating to her and we weren’t close.

I am sorry to say that I never took the time to get to know her. I’m left now with many questions about the sister I always had, but never really knew.

As her next of kin, I’m responsible for packing up her things, and I came across several journals. I would like to read them because I feel they would help me to understand her better, but I also feel it might be disrespectful to go through something of hers that was so personal.

What do you think? Would it be wrong to read them? I wish I had her here to talk to instead of journals to snoop through. – Regretful in Oakland Dear Regretful: I’m sorry for your loss, and your regrets.

Because you would like to know your sibling, I think you should read her journals.

While it’s sad that you have to make her acquaintance in this way, it would be better than never having known her at all.

Dear Abby: I love my wife, but I find it difficult to take

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips her to any function where there will be many people. She doesn’t comprehend most conversations. She acts like she’s listening, but if prompted for a reply, it’s obvious she wasn’t.

While she doesn’t seem to care, I find it embarrassing.

People tend to shy away from her, leaving her by herself.

Because of this, we don’t often get invited back. At Christmas, when I received my invitation to the annual office party, I sent my regrets.

If I try to talk to my wife about this issue, she gets defensive and accuses me of picking on her. Advice? – The North 40 in Virginia Dear North 40: It would be interesting to know if your wife’s problem is an inability to comprehend English well, a hearing problem or a social anxiety disorder. Of course, we’ll never know unless you’re able to have an honest conversation with her about it and explain how it affects you. If there is a solution, your wife will have to want to find it.

As to functions having to do with business, if she’s un-

comfortable in that environment, then you should attend without her.

Dear Abby: I’m a secretary who happens to make really good coffee. An employee who works in the building likes my coffee and has made himself comfortable at my desk in the morning before he starts work and afterward, before his second job.

I am not comfortable with this. He plants himself at my desk, and I find myself having to work around him. He has become a fixture in my office and I need it to stop. How can I go about this without hurting his feelings? – Not His Barista Dear Not: From where I sit, it looks like the man may have a crush on you. Because you want less of his company, tell him you need to get to work – or get your work finished – and that his presence at your desk is distracting.

Tell him you’re flattered that he likes your coffee and he’s welcome to a cup, but he needs to drink it elsewhere.

If you say it pleasantly, his feelings shouldn’t be hurt.

Dear Abby: My husband and I have been married for three years. I trust him with my whole heart. He is the sweetest man I know. Lately, I have been wanting to know

more about his brother. My husband hasn’t said much about him other than he was murdered in prison about 10 years ago.

I’m not saying that he and his family are lying, but I did some research on the Web and came across multiple websites about my husband’s brother. Yes, he was in prison, but I’m not sure he was actually murdered there.

Some details are better left unsaid.

I know, of course, that you can’t believe everything you read on the Internet, but there is more than one Google page with a lot of information.

I want to talk to my husband and find out what really happened and try to get to know his brother, but I’m scared he will get angry and even shut me out, and I don’t want that to happen. Please give me some advice on what to do. I just want some straight answers – no more sweeping it under the carpet.

– In The Dark in Ohio Dear In The Dark: There is always a risk when someone goes poking around the family closet and starts rattling the skeletons. I suggest you be frank with your husband. Tell him you were curious about his brother, went on the Internet, found some surprising

information and would like some honest answers. If you trust him with your whole heart, then his response will tell you all you need to know.

Dear Abby: My husband goes into a tirade if anyone has a taste of food or a bread roll before a meal is properly served.

He goes off on everyone – even a child who has had to wait because the meal is late or they just love light rolls.

We have great respect for your answers. He threatened to write you, so I called his bluff. What do you think about this? – Losing My Appetite in Virginia Dear Losing: I think your husband appears to be excessively controlling. For him to expect hungry people to sit at a table with food and not partake of it is unrealistic, unless it’s a formal dinner party.

Children should be taught proper table manners, but to force a hungry child to sit at a table with bread on it for fear of a tirade is, in my opinion, abusive.

People sometimes overreact the way your husband does because they have low blood sugar. Could this be his problem?

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Colon cancer is result of both behavior and genes Dear Dr. K: During a screening colonoscopy, my doctor found a polyp in my colon. Does this mean I have cancer?

Dear Reader: Colon polyps are common, non-cancerous growths of tissue inside the colon, or large intestine. Some of them are benign. However, other colon polyps can progress into colon cancer.

These are called adenomatous polyps.

Overall, only a small percentage of adenomas progress to cancer, but it’s not currently possible to accurately predict which ones will do so. So generally they are removed.

Adenomatous polyps progress to cancer as the result of changes in certain genes inside the cells of the polyp.

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff (I’ve put an illustration of how a polyp can turn into cancer on my website.) Every human cell has certain genes that, when turned on, can cause the cell to start multiplying uncontrollably. Fortunately, those “oncogenes” are generally turned off.

Our cells also have certain tumor-suppressor genes that stop a cell from multiplying uncontrollably. Also fortunately, those genes generally are turned on.

A colonoscopy is designed to find growths on the colon wall before they have a chance to turn into cancer.

During this screening test, your doctor inspects your colon with a colonoscope – a thin, lighted, flexible tube fitted with a video camera.

A colonoscope can also grab and snip off any small polyps it encounters. (If a polyp is larger, surgery may be required to remove it.)

If a polyp is not removed, it will continue to grow larger and possibly become cancerous. The larger the polyp, the greater the chance it contains cancerous cells. However, it usually takes several years for a polyp to change to a cancer.

People with one adenomatous polyp are at greater risk for developing others.

In fact, it is not unusual for more than one adenomatous polyp to be discovered during

a single colonoscopy. So if you had an adenomatous polyp, you were probably advised to get another colonoscopy in two to five years.

How soon you need to return depends largely on the size of the polyps found in the first exam. If no adenomatous polyps are found, generally a repeat colonoscopy is recommended in seven to 10 years.

In the meantime, certain steps may help lower your risk of colon cancer: • Eat less meat. Eat minimal red meat – especially processed or cured meats.

• Follow a healthy diet.

Increase your consumption of fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

• Maintain a healthy weight. Extra fat, especially

around the waist, increases your chances of developing colon cancer.

• Don’t smoke. Smoking increases the risk of colon cancer.

You may sense a contradiction. I said that colon cancer is the result of certain genetic changes – but I also said that it is caused by behavior (eating red meat, smoking, becoming overweight). So which is it?

It’s both. The behaviors affect the genes. They produce mutations in the genes, causing them to be inappropriately turned on and off. You should do everything you can to minimize your risk for this cancer.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

8TODAY’S WEEKEND PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Panache 6 Lofty abode 11 Delhi nannies 16 Sumptuous repast 21 Walk a bicycle 22 Senator in space 23 Lake rental 24 Baseball’s — Banks 25 Expound at length 26 Adversary 27 Saturn’s features 28 Hits the books 29 Turnpike pull-off (2 wds.)

31 Port in a storm 33 Inform, sometimes 35 Down with a cold 36 Political thaw 37 Tempts 38 Mandala builder 39 Not in harbor 40 Caviar, actually 41 Join the interstate 42 Bunch of flowers 44 Drab, as colors 47 Mary — (ill-fated ship) 48 Candle lover 49 Soothed 53 “If — — a Hammer” 54 Finicky 55 Leaves before opening 56 Bar sing-along 57 — chi ch’uan 58 Anwar of Egypt 59 Scoundrels 60 The Moon 61 Store-bought hair 62 Objects 64 Golf scores 65 Tumults 66 Comic-strip hyena 67 Bratty kids 68 Potter’s oven 69 Freud contemporary 70 Small towns 71 Badges and such

72 Explorer’s job 74 Tripod part 75 Gets frizzy 78 Great dog?

79 Bay 80 Portentous 84 Be compliant 85 Turpentine source 86 Marseilles Ms. 87 1990’s dance craze 88 San Francisco hill 89 Electrical units 90 “You said it!”

91 Green sculptures 92 Rights-movement word 93 Argentine cowboys 95 Bleaters 96 Carried on about 97 Opera voice 98 Bring into accord 99 Desert nomads’ garb 100 Dens or burrows 101 Penny pincher 102 Parched (hyph.)

104 Forum speech 105 Drag race participant 106 Fabulous diamond 109 Belief prefix 110 Long suit 111 Wool yarn 115 Thurman of “Henry & June” 116 Leaf/stem angle 117 Dauntless 118 Extremely variable 119 Swamp critter 121 Proof of ownership 123 Provide capital 125 — renewal 126 January, to Juan 127 Happen next 128 Metamorphic rock 129 Loses some 130 Above the horizon 131 Faked out the goalie 132 Used a keyboard 133 Buying frenzy

DOWN 1 Excalibur 2 A crowd, maybe 3 Brewer’s supply 4 Made a sign 5 Beatles’ “— Rigby” 6 See eye-to-eye 7 Essay byline 8 Give it the gas 9 Pressed for time (3 wds.)

10 Blow up a picture 11 Surveyor’s units 12 Foremost 13 Ms. Jillian 14 Nonsense 15 Flavorful seed 16 It’s older than the dinosaur 17 Prior to

18 Writer — Nin 19 Move crabwise 20 Physicist Nikola — 30 AAA suggestion 32 Plunging neckline 34 Roomy sleeves 37 It’s the — I could do 38 Zillions 39 Auel heroine 41 Geologic formations 42 Drowses off 43 Mystique 44 Raga instrument 45 Pat Morita show 46 Worms and minnows 47 Guys 48 Flood residues 50 Berth preference

51 Just scraping by 52 Painter of ballerinas 54 White-water peril 55 Hull huggers 56 — fu 58 Oodles 59 Tranquil 60 Ding-a- — (airhead) 63 With aloof disdain 64 Utter shrilly 65 View from an oasis 66 German pistol 68 Welles’ “Citizen —” 69 Fast-talk 70 Early VCRs 72 Provides staff 73 Rheinland city 74 Added brandy 75 Chain dance

76 WWII craft (hyph.)

77 Disprove a point 78 Softens the light 80 Slowly vanishes 81 Chops down 82 Pool resources 83 Repair-bill item 85 Mythical bird 86 Fr. ladies 87 Connoisseur 89 Disappointed cry (2 wds.)

90 “Hi-yo Silver, —!”

91 Farr of “M*A*S*H” 94 Mince 95 Spanish river 96 In a despicable way 97 Landing field 99 “Sweet” girl of song

100 Crop yield 101 Plunders 103 Cut, perhaps 104 Mauna — 105 Army off.

106 More gargantuan 107 Yemeni neighbor 108 Gourmet appetizers 110 Let loose 111 Impressed 112 It flowed past Ostia 113 Overjoy 114 No rocket scientist 116 “East of Eden” brother 117 Down in the dumps 118 Show of hands 120 Vein contents 122 “My, my!”

124 Skip stones

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DEKALB Sycamore Rd. at Barber Greene Rd. (Northland Shopping Center) • 815-756-2592

Saturday, February 15, 2014 “I love this snow!!”

Photo by: Shari

Upload your photos on My Photos – DeKalb County’s community photo post!

Photos on My Photos are eligible to appear in print in Daily Chronicle Classified.

Go to Daily-Chronicle.com/myphotos

WANTED CDL DRIVERS Seeking CDL-B drivers. Experience in Roll-off, portable toilets, or sweeping not mandatory. Apply @ www.khoving.com or in person @ 2351 Powis Rd, West Chicago, IL

AUTO TECHNICIAN

Needed for ASE Certified friendly neighborhood shop. Great working environment and good hours Mon.- Fri. 8am-5pm. No weekends or overtime. ASE Certification preferred. Must have own tools and be self motivated.

Call today to set up interview.

Farm Operations Monsanto Waterman Research 8350 Minnegan Rd., Waterman, IL. (near Dekalb) Farm Operations position open for candidate well qualified in the safe operation & maintenance of agricultural equipment and knowledgeable in row crop agriculture.

Applicants must possess or have ability to attain Pesticide App License. Flexible hours. Must be at least 21 and pass pre-employment drug test.

Apply in person at above address M-F 8-4:30pm.

EOE/AA Employer M/F/D/V

DRIVERS – PART TIME

630-232-4488

South Elgin company has 3 part time positions to fill. Minimum of 2 days per week, same day return trip. Non-CDL Class C license required.

Apply at: Clesen Brothers, 1050 Center Dr, South Elgin, IL or call 847-695-1500, ask for Dave or Erik

Ask for Ron

BLUMEN GARDENS OPENINGS Spring Will Be Here Soon!

Positions open for the following: Rental Booking Agent / Inventory Processor Garden Center Sales Position Landscape Construction & Maintenance (work begins 3/15) Garden Center Grounds Crew (work begins 3/15) Detail-oriented. Strong customer service skills. Ability to multi-task.

Email resume to: info@blumengardens.com Blumen Gardens 403 Edward Street, Sycamore 815-895-3737

Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: Email: classified@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: www.daily-chronicle.com

Research Monsanto Waterman Research is seeking individuals for spring and summer field work. Multiple positions are available including but not limited to: Corn Breeding, Entomology and Pathology. No experience is necessary; training provided. Working weekends and overtime may be required.

Pay is competitive.

Apply in person at 8350 Minnegan Road, Waterman, IL 60556, M-F 8-4:30.

EOE/AA Employer M/F/D/V.

needed to work in busy Genoa Physical Therapy clinic. M, F 11:00-6:30 pm. Multi-tasking, self-direction and ability to work in a fast-paced environment is a must. Friendly and outgoing personality pref'd. Duties include scheduling, billing, assisting physical therapists in patient care. Previous exp. a plus, but willing to train the right person.

Please mail your resume to: HR Dept., 3266 Resource Parkway, DeKalb, IL 60115 or fax to: 815-756-1841 Get Bears news on Twitter by following @bears_insider

ACI Midwest is an equal opportunity employer.

DRIVER: must be 21+, have valid DL w/ clean record, lift 50+ daily, pass drug, bkgrd, & FBI tests. Apply: SHS, 551 Spartan Trail, Sycamore

NEWSPAPER DELIVERY

Please submit resume and work history to: dstamper@acicirculation.com or call 630-594-7918

Wood Burning Stove Sun Oak cast iron, pot belly wood burning stove 38” high 16” wide 815-286-3502 8am-8pm.

Earn up to $1000 A Month!

Looking for Contractors to deliver newspapers early mornings 7 days per week.

Routes now available in DeKalb County.

Please Call 815-526-4434 Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

LOVESEAT Green & White Plaid, Excellent Condition - $40. 815-784-2857

WOULD SAVING 50-90% On your Prescription Drugs interest you? Go to medfreedom.net Then visit http://tonyp.bidformymeds.com and see how much you can save.

If it rains on your sale, we will run your ad again the next week for FREE!

Call 800-589-8237 or email:

classified@shawsuburban.com

TRAIN SET Model train set or electric train set for my Grandson! 815-901-5683

WANTED!

CAT – LOST South DeKalb County. Large neutered male, mostly white with big brown patches and brown Maine Coon tail. May still have red collar. If seen, please call at 815-501-9724. Reward for safe return. We miss him.

Have you seen or know what happened to him?

KITTEN - LOST Grey and white kitten with tiger stripe back. Extra large paws.

Neutered and front declaw.

Name is Momo, lost 1/25 on Cynthia Pl, DeKalb.

Call 815-757-7257 LOST Set of keys – remote with 2 keys Lost in or around Walmart (DeKalb) Reward if found.

Please call 815-756-2013

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

Old Envelopes Stamps Collections

SNOW BLOWER - MTD yard machine snowblower, 5.5 horsepower, 22" clearance, compact 2 stage.

Works great! $90. 847-489-0254 LOOKING FOR A JOB?

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Cradle Wooden w/ Rockers, Refinished, Notated: 1863 AH Mack $100. 815-756-8823

815-758-4004 Do you have a News Tip or Story Idea?

Call 815-756-4841 Daily Chronicle

FOR SALE – TOWNHOME EASY LIVING Snow & Ice Removal All Done

Shirley Temple Doll: Still in Original Box, 18” tall $75 815-895-4770

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Residential door hardware 6 bed/bath door knobs, 3 hall closet door knobs, 2 dummyknobs, 10 bi-fold door pulls, 30 removal pin door hinges 3 - 1/2”, 5/8” round.

12 removal pin door hinges 4” 5/8” round, 4 exterior door knobs w/ deadbolts all polished brass/hardware included asking $50 815-508-0406

Ranch Townhome with English Basement 2BR, 2BA, Large Kitchen, Formal Dining Rm + Living Rm + Sun Rm.

Shelving: grocery store shelving, approx. 20ft long, very strong, $200 Call Steve 815-970-3055

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

Printer Hewlett-Packard Desk-jet 1010 series - like new w/ink $20 815-748-3276

Commercial Properties

FOR SALE – ALL BRICK HOME

JOB FAIR

Social Services Avancer & Genesis Works LLC In House Job Fair Wednesday 2/19 11a-1p 350 Sycamore Road Genoa, IL 60135 Full time and part time positions available working with Developmentally Disabled Individuals

$50/ea/obo. 815-761-9331

Dog Kennel - Large, enclosed, plastic, wire door & vents 26"H x 35"W x 19"w. $35. 224-402-1637

Find the job you want at:

ILLINOIS CONCEALED CARRY Illinois Concealed Carry Classes, Maple Park www.pureamerican.us

SNOWBLOWERS (2) SNAPPER

I Buy

Wedding Set - size 7.

Diamond one small on each side, Band-four small $400 815-762-5760

Distribution Assistant Wanted Will assist in all aspects of the daily distribution of the newspaper, including delivery of open routes, ride alongs with Independent Contractors and assisting with service issues. Overnight and early morning hours available. Flexible days and hours available, $12/hr to start plus mileage reimbursement.

STEREO - Fisher stereo with speakers, 5 CD changer, radio, cassette and cabinet. $75. 224-402-1637 TV - 20" TVs with built in DVD player. Older, box style TV. Works great!

Great for kids bedroom. $15 Call 224-402-1637

Entertainment Center: oak, 2 glass doors, 80” long, 24” deep, 815-991-5586

Our Great Garage Sale Guarantee!

Call Kelly at: 815-739-9101 or email: kellyscustomservices@ comcast.net

Contact the Better Business Bureau www.chicago.bbb.org - or Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov

Receptionist/Physical Therapy Aide

CLEANING PERSON PT to FT position needed for Kelly's Custom Services located in Sycamore. 8am-?. Must have valid Drivers License and cell phone. No exp. necessary. Will train right person.

TOOL BOXES Found 2 small plastic tool boxes on 2/12/14 at Hill & Whitfield in Geneva. Call 630-421-0633

ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING ANY MONEY

Thursday, February 20, 2014 1-4pm Seeking customer-focused applicants to provide community-based services to individuals with physical, intellectual disabilities and behavioral health issues.

Positions available in Aurora, Tri-Cities & Elgin.

Direct Service Person (DSP) -

DAILY CHRONICLE CLASSIFIED

Aurora, Elgin & Tri-Cities (FT & PT) DSP - House Manager - Aurora & Elgin (FT) Case Manager QIDP - Aurora, Elgin & Tri-Cities (FT)

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Association for Individual Development

Sycamore-Lease Fox Point Retail Center 1170 DeKalb Ave. 1,260 sf, $15/sf/yr or 6,400 sf, $10/sf/yr

DeKalb - Lease 2179 Syc. Road Across from Lowes 1380-3100 sf Retail/Office $1,000/mo./unit Ruthanne Trunda, CCIM 815-739-1849 Ralph Crafton 815-757-5546

Contact Elizabeth at 630-966-4028 to schedule an interview. Applications must be completed online at www.the-association.org before scheduling an interview.

309 W. New Indian Trail Court, Aurora, IL 60506

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Deep, Deep Yard with this 3 Bedroom Home.

Huge Garage. Estate Sale at $98,000

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

www.hoffman-realty.com

Commercial Brokerage

PRIME COUNTRY

= Open House

real estate

= Developments

Area Open Houses - February 14-20, 2014 Day/Time

Address

City

Bed Bath

Price

DeKalb 9-5

1032 S. 7th St. DeKalb From Southmoor Estates, Office Staff, 815-756-1299

Sun

1-3

162 Joanne Ln DeKalb 3 1 $95,000 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Dennis Maakestad, 815-756-1691

1-3

$70s

1-3

City

Bed Bath

Price

By Appt.

Waterbury West Lane Sycamore 2 2 $152,900+ Directions to Somerset Farm: Rt. 23 to Bethany E to Somerset Lane S Century 21 Elsner Realty, Linda Tillis, 815-751-3159

Sun

135 Sabin St Sycamore 4 2 $159,900 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Katie Morsch, 815-739-6694

2-4

1360 Omega Circle DeKalb 3 2 $169,900 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Sue Elsner, 815-756-1691

By Appt.

Sun

Address

Sycamore

Daily

Sun

Day/Time

206 Laurel Ln DeKalb 3 2.5 $189,900 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Carol Boesche, 815-756-1691

Reston Ponds Sycamore 3-4 2-3 Starting $219,950 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Keith & Jean Brunett, 630-209-6357

Other Areas Sun

1-3

1303 Secretariat Dr. Genoa 3 2 $269,900 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Kelly Miller, 815-766-1513

CLASSIFIED

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SYCAMORE Immediate Occupancy

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT.

2007 FORD FOCUS SE Metallic gray, 57K miles.

Automatic/power windows and lock. Great condition and very clean!

Reduced $9000 For More Details Call

815-701-3301

In peaceful Ellen Oaks Beautiful brick/cedar 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA ranch on 1/2 acre lot w/ mature trees, remodeled 2008, hdwd, carpet, ceramic flrs, furn, A/C, deck, quality counters & SS appl. w/1st flr laundry, FP, full bsmt, 2 1/2 car gar., Syc school Dist.

Price - $218,000.

815-739-1734 or 815-895-4480

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

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

Laing Mgmt.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

Loaded with extras, ps, pdl, heavy duty tow pkg, leather int, spacious backseat, upgraded tires, 230K freeway miles. Bluebook $6400, sell for $5500. 815-549-1205

SYCAMORE - 2 Bedrooms, 1-1/2 Bath, hardwood, DW, Washer & Dryer, basement storage. $875 @ 202 S. Maple. 630-443-9072

2004 Cadillac SRX - Exc. Cond., Luxury Ed., New Tires, AWD, 107k Mi. $9,995 815-751-9006

Wheels - 2 – Ansen Sprint, G.M. pattern, 14 x 10, alum. slot $55. 815-757-2329

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I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs

Sycamore 1 Bedroom DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Dec/Jan. Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224 !! !! !!! !! !!

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH

Attorney Dean M. Frieders / 6282902 FRIEDERS LAW, LLC dean@frieders.com

AVAILABLE NOW! Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com DEKALB - 2BR 1BA Apt Avail Now Updated Kitch & Bath, W/D in bldg 830 Greenbrier $600/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768 DEKALB - downtown upper front apartment. 2 bedrooms, cute, clean and quiet. Energy efficient furnace and central air, new appliances $600 per month plus utilities 630-327-7147

DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS Starting @ $599, 2 Bedroom $683, 3 Bedroom Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.

University Village Apts.

722 N. Annie Glidden Rd. 815-758-7859 DEKALB 1 BEDBROOM Clean, upper, $525/mo + 1st, last security. No pets/smoking.

815-791-3721

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM With study, stove, fridge, heat incl. 815-748-4085 DEKALB 2BR, 1.5BA DUPLEX

DeKalb Newer 2BR Duplex

For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans with or without titles.

630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833

DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location!

No pets/smoking. Agent Owned.

815-758-6712 Quiet neighborhood, appl, W/D. Walk-in-closets, no pets, $950/mo + 1st/last /sec. 815-739-4442

DeKalb Newer 2BR Duplex Quiet neighborhood, appl, W/D. Walk-in-closets, no pets, $950/mo + 1st/last /sec. 815-739-4442

DEKALB QUIET 2 BEDROOM

1 bath, parking, laundry.

NO pets/smoking, Agent Owned.

815-756-2359 - 815-758-6712

Sycamore Studio w/Garage.

A/C. Laundry. Clean & Quiet. $450/mo. J & A RE 815-970-0679 SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper.

CA. DW. W/D on Site. Off-Street Prkg. No pets. $695 Incl. Water & Garbage. J&A RE 815-970-0679

CORTLAND 3BR, 2BA TH Fireplace, 2 car gar, all appl incl W/D, $1200/mo + sec. For more info call Anthony 630-730-8070 DEKALB 2 BR 1.5 BA condo near I-88, shopping, NIU. All appliances, garage, central air. Small pets OK. $925. 630-485-0508 DeKalb TH, 2 BR, 1.5 BA, 2 Car garage. $950/mo. + 1 mo. sec. dep. Call: 815-501-1660

DeKalb/Summit Enclave 2BR 1.5BA, W/D, garage, no pets, no smoking, $950/mo + sec dep.

630-654-9756 SYCAMORE - 3 BR, 2 BA Townhouse w/ Garage. Just minutes from City of DeKalb and NIU. Clean townhouse with fresh paint and new carpet. Only $1080/mo. No pets.

Leave message at 630-452-9080.

Sycamore 600 Peace Rd., 3 BR, 2.5 BA, $1,100/mo. + 1 mo. sec. deposit. Call: 815-501-1660

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.

No pets.

815-758-0123

DeKalb 3BR, 2BA, C/A, All Appls incl Dishwasher, Wash/Dryer, 1 car gar. $1000/mo + sec dep + util.

Jerry (630) 441- 6250

DeKalb ~ The Knolls Sub. 3BR, 1.5BA, D/W, W//D, 1 car garage, $995/mo + 1st , last sec.

Available Now. 815-751-3806 Sycamore – 1 Lg BD, appliances, & W/D, $550/mo. + sec. & utilities.

No pets/smoking. 815-895-6747 leave message

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2, 3BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

815-739-5589~815-758-6439 DeKalb quite 1BR upper $675 all utilities included, no smoking, 1st month & security. Avail March 1.

815-757-4276 or 815-757-4277

DEKALB, NEW DELUXE 2BD APTS Laundry in units. Free water, NO PETS, Appliances. Ready NOW. $1025/month.

815-757-5546 DeKalb: 1BR upper, appl., C/A, water incl., no pets or smoking, $490/mo. 815-393-4438

GENOA DELUXE 2 BEDROOM 1 bath, remodeled, appl. Counrty setting, close to downtown Genoa.

815-784-4606 ~ 815-901-3346 KIRKLAND, 1, 2 & 3 Bedroom apts $425- $550- $625. Tenants pay all utils. A few 2 & 3 Bd w/ WD hook-up. 1St, last & Sec. No Pets.

1 year Lease . Re/Max Classic (815) 784-2800

DeKalb ~ 4BR On College 1.5 bath, no pets. $1200/mo + 1st, last security. Available NOW! 815-757-5079 GENOA - FARM HOUSE FOR RENT 4 bedroom, 1 bath, rural Genoa.

815-970-0884 for information!

HINCKLEY 3BR,1BA Appl, W/D, $1000/mo + sec.

630-707-0466 Sycamore 3BR, 2BA, updated, stove, fridge, dishwasher, W/D, A/C garage, available March 815-758-0079

SYCAMORE

Finished Basement.

Available Immediately.

All utilities + laundry. $600.

815-501-8842

Sycamore-DeKalb Ave Store, Office 2070 sq. ft.

815-895-6960

DeKalb Approx 800 Sq Ft Downtown on Lincoln Hwy. Contact Bill @ 630-202-8836

You Want It? We've Got It! Classified has GREAT VARIETY!

877-264-2527 Daily-Chronicle.com

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS AMERICAN MIDWEST BANK, as successor to AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF DEKALB COUNTY, Plaintiff, vs.

RIVERMIST UNIT 5, LLC, JOHN PAPPAS, PETER IATRIDES, BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, PRESCOTT OEHLBERG, AMIE OEHLBERG, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants.

NO. 14 CH 20 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE

BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given, all Non-Record Claimants, Unknown Tenants and all Unknown Owners, Defendants in the above-entitled cause, that the above-entitled Mortgage Foreclosure action was filed on January 24, 2014 and is now pending.

1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above.

2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above.

3. The names of the titleholders of record is Rivermist Unit 5, LLC 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: LOT 294 IN BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST UNIT 4, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 2, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 IN PLAT CABINET 9, SLIDE NO. 163-D, AS DOCUMENT NO. 2005019391, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: 447 Rutland Road, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Names of Mortgagors: Rivermist Unit 5, LLC b. Name of Mortgagee: American Midwest Bank, as successor in interest to American National Bank of DeKalb County c. Date of Mortgage: June 24, 2011 d. Date of Recording: July 6, 2011 e. County Where Recorded: DeKalb County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 2011007014 NOW, THEREFORE, unless all Non-Record Claimants, Unknown Tenants, Unknown Owners, and Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Twenty Third Judicial Circuit, DeKalb County, Illinois, held in the Courthouse, in the City of Sycamore, 133 W. State Street, on or before April 23, 2014, default may be entered against each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure. /s/ Maureen A. Josh Circuit Clerk

SYCAMORE 2211 Coltonville Rd. 2 Acres, Wooded Lot

3Bd/2.5Ba, Zned RC-2, Outbldg & Livestock possible, DeKalb schls.

Matt Hoffman 815-501-3351 Hoffman Realty www.hoffman-realty.com

PUBLIC NOTICE

PIN: 08-02-324-008 Dekalb South 4th street, 2BR, kitchen, C/A, 1 flr., W/D, private driveway, quiet, $770/month 815-758-1518

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS City of DeKalb vs.

Milojka Miskin, Tim Dunlop, DeKalb County, National City Bank d/b/a PNC Bank, Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 1, 8 & 15, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: ASHE WEISSHAUT DELVALLE-

CLAUDIO FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on April 8, 2014, 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, Ashe Weisshaut DelValle-Claudio will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from ASHE WEISSHAUT DELVALLECLAUDIO to VANSTROM-ASHE DRACUL pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Ashe Weisshaut DelValle-Claudio 1325 W. Lincoln Hwy Apt A108 DeKalb, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 15, 22 & March 1, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: PHILIP ANDRE GREENER FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on March 24, 2014, 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, Philip Andre' Greener will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from PHILIP ANDRE GREENER to OMTATSAT TRIMURTI VAIKUNTHA pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Philip A. Greener 409 Parkside Dr. Sycamore, IL 60178 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 8, 15 & 22, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Paul and Alysa Radtke want to build an addition to the back of an existing outbuilding on their property located at 15490 Plank Road in unincorporated Sycamore Township. However, the proposed 17' x 24' addition would be set back only 13'6" from the south property line, the same as the existing building, rather than being set back at least 20 feet as required in the A-1, Agricultural District. In order to allow the outbuilding addition, a Variation must be granted from the minimum setback requirement.

Before a Variation can be granted, a public hearing must be held before the DeKalb County Hearing Officer.

Paul and Alysa Radtke are requesting such a Variation from the DeKalb County Zoning Ordinance for the property located at 15490 Plank Road. A public hearing will be held by the DeKalb County Hearing Officer on Thursday, March 6, 2014, at 2:00 p.m. in the DeKalb County Administration Building, Conference Room East, 110 East Sycamore Street, Sycamore, IL 60178. All interested persons are encouraged to attend and be heard, as this will be the only opportunity for public input on the application. The application for the Variation, Petition SY-14-02, is available for inspection at the DeKalb County Planning Department, 110 E. Sycamore Street, Sycamore, IL, (815) 895-7188.

The subject property is zoned A1, Agricultural District, and is legally described as follows: Commencing at a point marking the Northeast corner of Assessor's Lot 17 as shown in Assessor's Plats on Page 16 in the Office of the County Recorder of DeKalb County, Illinois; thence South 04 degrees 36 minutes West along the East line of said Assessor's Lot 17, a distance of 283.50 feet to an iron stake; thence North 70 degrees 44

Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com gr minutes West 426.80 feet to an iron stake set in the center line of the Sycamore-Burlington Road (Plank Road); thence South 34 degrees 23 minutes West along the center line of said road 271.00 feet to an iron stake for a Place of Beginning; thence Southeasterly, at an angle of 85 degrees 16 minutes 30 seconds measured clockwise from the last described course, 228.00 feet to an iron stake; thence Southwesterly, at an angle of 90 degrees 56 minutes 30 seconds measured counterclockwise from the last described course, 190.30 feet to an iron stake; thence Northwesterly at an angle of 89 degrees 03 minutes 30 seconds measured counterclockwise from the last described course, 243.00 feet to an iron stake in the center line of said road; thence Northeasterly along the center line of said road, at an angle of 85 degrees 16 minutes 30 seconds measured counterclockwise from the last described course, 191.05 feet to the Place of Beginning, all situated and being in the Southwest Quarter of Section15, Township 41 North, Range 5 East of the Third Principal Meridian, in DeKalb County, Illinois.

P.I.N. 06-15-300-004 The requested Variation is from Section 4.02.E.2 of the DeKalb County Zoning Ordinance in order to allow a building to be 13'6" from a rear lot line in lieu of the minimum required setback of 20 feet.

Paul R. Miller DeKalb County Planning, Zoning and Building Dept.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 15, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 6, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as BEETS AND BEATS FARM located at 127 W. High St., Sycamore, IL 60178.

Dated February 6, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 8, 15 & 22, 2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS AMERICAN MIDWEST BANK, as successor to AMERICAN NATIONAL BANK OF DEKALB COUNTY, Plaintiff, vs.

RIVERMIST UNIT 5, LLC, JOHN PAPPAS, PETER IATRIDES, BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST HOME OWNERS ASSOCIATION, NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS and UNKNOWN OWNERS Defendants.

No. 14 CH 19 NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE BY PUBLICATION The requisite Affidavit for Publication having been filed, notice is hereby given, all Non-Record Claimants, Unknown Tenants and all Unknown Owners, Defendants in the above-entitled cause, that the above-entitled Mortgage Foreclosure action was filed on January 24, 2014 and is now pending.

1. The names of all Plaintiffs and the Case Number are identified above.

2. The Court in which this action was brought is identified above.

3. The names of the titleholders of record is Rivermist Unit 5, LLC 4. A legal description of the real estate sufficient to identify it with reasonable certainty is as follows: Legal Description PARCEL 1: THAT PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 11, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT A SOUTHEAST CORNER OF LOT 1015 OF THE BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST UNIT 3, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SAID SECTION 2, SAID POINT ALSO BEING ON THE NORTHWESTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF BETHANY ROAD; THENCE SOUTH 24 DEGREES 19 MINUTES 10 SECONDS WEST, 208.36 FEET, ALONG SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE SOUTHWESTERLY, ALONG SAID NORTHWESTERLY LINE, ALONG A CURVE WHOSE CENTER LIES NORTHWESTERLY AND HAS A RADIUS OF 825.00 FEET, 569.39 FEET, ARC, (CHORD BEARING SOUTH 44 DEGREES 05 MINUTES 29 SECONDS WEST, 558.16 FEET, CHORD), TO THE NORTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF ABANDONED CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD; THENCE NORTH 60 DEGREES 11 MINUTES 35 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 420.39 FEET, TO THE SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SAID SECTION 2; THENCE NORTH 89 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 07 SECONDS WEST, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER, 204.91 FEET, TO THE SOUTH RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID ABANDONED CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE, ST. PAUL AND PACIFIC RAILROAD; THENCE SOUTH 60 DEGREES 14 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, 485.30 FEET, TO A POINT ON CURVE ON THE NORTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF SAID BETHANY ROAD; THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE, ALONG A CURVE WHOSE CENTER LIES NORTHERLY AND HAS A RADIUS OF 800.00 FEET, 205.95 FEET, ARC, (CHORD BEARING SOUTH 81 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 57 SECONDS WEST, 205.38 FEET, CHORD), TO A BEND IN SAID NORTHERLY LINE; THENCE NORTH 74 DEGREES 52 MINUTES 32 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID NORTHERLY LINE, 1033.02 FEET, TO THE EASTERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY OF SANGAMON ROAD; THENCE NORTH 0 -36'-26" EAST, ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE, 387.75 FEET, TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE, ALONG A CURVE WHOSE CENTER LIES EASTERLY AND HAS A RADIUS OF 365.00 FEET, 184.76 FEET, ARC, (CHORD BEARING NORTH 15 DEGREES 06 MINUTES 30 SECONDS EAST, 182.79 FEET, CHORD); THENCE NORTH 29 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE OF SANGAMON ROAD, 23.97 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE, SAID POINT ALSO BEING A SOUTHERLY LINE OF THE BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST UNIT 4, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SAID SECTION 2; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTH LINE, ALONG A CURVE WHOSE CENTER LIES SOUTHERLY, AND HAS A RADIUS OF 10.00 FEET, 15.71 FEET, ARC, (CHORD BEARING NORTH 74 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST, 14.14 FEET, CHORD), TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF CUTLER DRIVE; THENCE SOUTH 60 DEGREES 23 MINUTES 26 SECONDS EAST, ALONG CUTLER DRIVE, 236.00 FEET, TO THE EASTERLY LINE OF COMSTOCK AVENUE; THENCE NORTH 29 DEGREES 36 MINUTES 34 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE, 347.23 FEET, TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE ON A CURVE WHOSE CENTER LIES NORTHWESTERLY AND HAS A RADIUS OF 921.00 FEET, 76.99 FEET, ARC, (CHORD BEARING NORTH 27 DEGREES 12 MINUTES 53 SECONDS EAST, 76.97 FEET, CHORD); THENCE NORTHEASTERLY, ALONG SAID EASTERLY LINE, ALONG A CURVE WHOSE CENTER LIES SOUTHERLY AND HAS A RADIUS OF 10.00 FEET, 15.25 FEET, ARC, (CHORD BEARING NORTH 68 DEGREES 29 MINUTES 47 SECONDS EAST, 13.81 FEET, CHORD), TO THE SOUTHERLY RIGHT-OF-WAY LINE OF LARKING AVENUE; THENCE SOUTH 67 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 39 SECONDS EAST, ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE, 105.02 FEET, TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE, ALONG A CURVE WHOSE CENTER LIES NORTHERLY AND HAS A RADIUS OF 333.00 FEET, 125.58 FEET, ARC, (CHORD BEARING SOUTH 78 DEGREES 37 MINUTES 53 SECONDS EAST, 124.84 FEET, CHORD); THENCE SOUTH 89 DEGREES 26 MINUTES 07 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE, 287.54 FEET TO A POINT OF CURVE; THENCE EASTERLY, ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE, ALONG A CURVE WHOSE CENTER LIES NORTHERLY AND HAS A RADIUS OF 1233.00 FEET, 644.15 FEET ARC, (CHORD BEARING NORTH 75 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 54 SECONDS EAST, 636.85 FEET) TO THE WESTERLY LINE OF AFORESAID BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST UNIT 3; THENCE SOUTH 21 DEGREES 46 MINUTES 16 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE, 283.01 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 11 DEGREES 35 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID SOUTHERLY LINE, 94.83 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 34 MINUTES 30 SECONDS WEST ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE, 189.38 FEET; THENCE SOUTH 80 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 50 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WESTERLY LINE, 79.36 FEET, MORE OR LESS, TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALL IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: LOTS 188, 189, 190, 191, 258, 260, 263, 267, 286, 294, 299, 300, 304 AND 312 IN BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST UNIT 4, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF SECTION 2, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 IN PLAT CABINET 9, SLIDE NO. 163-D, AS DOCUMENT NO. 2005019391, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 3: LOT 1 IN THE BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST COMMERCIAL P.U.D., BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 25, 1998 AS DOCUMENT NO. 908014352, IN BOOK "Z" OF PLATS, PAGE 371, AND AS AMENDED BY AMENDED PLAT OF BRIDGES OF RIVERMIST COMMERCIAL P.U.D. RECORDED SEPTEMBER 21, 1998 AS DOCUMENT 98016132, IN BOOK "Z" OF PLATS, PAGE 377, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 08-02-373-001, 08-02-377-001, 08-11-100-045, 0802-370- 004, 08-02-370-003, 08-02-370-002, 08-02-370-001, 08-02-351-022, 08-02-351-020, 08-02-351-017, 08-02-351013, 08-02-324-004, 08-02-354-001, 08-02-354-012, 08-02354-008, 08-02-323-005, 08-02-426-002 5. A common address or description of the location of the real estate is as follows: no physical address, no physical address, no physical address, 3289 Comstock Ave., 3297 Comstock Ave., 3301 Comstock Ave., 3323 Comstock Ave., 3345 Comstock Ave., 3389 Comstock Ave., 341 Comstock Ave., 512 Quinlan Ave., 456 Quinlan Ave., 3428 Comstock Ave., 3416 Comstock Ave., 447 Billings Dr., 441 Billings Dr., Rich Rd. 6. An identification of the Mortgage sought to be foreclosed is as follows: a. Names of Mortgagors: Rivermist Unit 5, LLC b. Name of Mortgagee: American Midwest Bank, as successor in interest to American National Bank of DeKalb County c. Date of Mortgage: January 10, 2011 d. Date of Recording: January 24, 2011 e. County Where Recorded: DeKalb County, Illinois f. Recording Document Identification: 2011001012 NOW, THEREFORE, unless all Non-Record Claimants, Unknown Tenants, Unknown Owners, and Defendants, file your answer to the Complaint for Foreclosure in this cause or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Circuit Court of the Twenty Third Judicial Circuit, DeKalb County, Illinois, held in the Courthouse, in the City of Sycamore, 133 W. State Street, on or before April 24, 2014, default may be entered against each of you at any time after that day and a Judgment for Foreclosure may be entered in accordance with the prayer of the Complaint for Foreclosure. /s/ Maureen A. Josh Circuit Clerk Prepared By: Katharine M. Peterson 1985 DeKalb Ave. Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 787-2360 Katharine.Peterson@americanmidwestbank.com ARDC # 6309903 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 1, 8 & 15, 2014.)

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