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Higher ed cut larger than expected Rauner’s budget would affect all aspects of NIU

By DARIA SOKOLOVA dsokolova@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois University officials are considering reducing staff, restructuring academic programs and pursuing more grants after Gov. Bruce Rauner’s budget proposal included

a 31 percent cut in NIU’s state funding.

In his first budget address to the Illinois General Assembly on Wednesday, Rauner called for $6 billion in overall cuts for the fiscal year that starts July 1. Among them is a $387 million cut in higher education funding, including a $29 million reduction in state funding for NIU. The funding reduction represents about 6.8 percent of the university’s $425 million budget for the 201415 school year. NIU received about $93 million in state funding this school year.

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the university wouldn’t have final appropriation numbers until May, and ultimately, the reduction could be less than Rauner’s original proposal.

“We have done some work in anticipating what impact state funding would have on the university, but what the governor recommended is much higher than what we anticipated,” Phillips said.

State Rep. Robert Pritchard, a Hinckley Republican whose 70th District includes NIU, said the proposed budget should be an opening to a conversation about revenue reduction and

For more reaction to the state budget, see page A4.

“Reductions of this magnitude affect all aspects of the university,” NIU’s Chief Financial Officer Alan Phillips said.

NIU officials had braced for a 20 percent reduction in state appropriations, which along with tuition are a major source of funding, Phillips said. He cautioned that

mandates.

“A 30 percent cut isn’t possible without some relief in mandates and other costs that the university has to pay,” he said.

Meanwhile, State Sen. Dave Syverson, a Rockford Republican whose 35th District also includes NIU, said the proposed cuts are the result of 12 years of failed leadership from former Democratic governors Rod Blagojevich and Pat Quinn.

“Gov. Rauner has laid out a plan that meets the reality of the financial condition our

state is in,” Syverson said in a news release. “While painful, it has focused on supporting our state’s core services. But this is just the beginning of the process.”

During town hall meetings in January, NIU President Douglas Baker and Provost Lisa Freeman mapped out a yearlong process to determine how current programs could be trimmed, merged and enhanced.

In the coming months, employees will be able to take a

See BUDGET, page A6

Record low temperatures hit DeKalb Thursday’s cold weather was most frigid in region

By ADAM POULISSE apoulisse@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The warmest temperature DeKalb reached Thursday – 2 degrees – is a record low for the date, meteorologist said.

By Thursday afternoon, temperatures were all in the single digits around the area, Northern Illinois University meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste said, and 3 degrees in Chicago, Rockford and Rochelle, and 5 in Peru and South Peru.

“We are the coldest temperature in the state right now,” Sebenste said Thursday afternoon. “We have more snow cover than just about everyone else. It’s reflecting the light and not allowing the ground to warm up.”

The previous record low-maximum temperature for DeKalb – which is how warm temperatures reach for a day without actually getting warm – was 9 degrees set in 2006, according to David Beachler, meteorologist at the National Weather Service in Chicago.

DeKalb County area schools held classes Thursday, although Chicago Public Schools and several suburban schools did not.

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“We are the coldest temperature in the state right now. We have more snow cover than just about everyone else. It’s reflecting the light and not allowing the ground to warm up.”

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Genoa Chamber President Michael Cirone gives the closing remarks at the annual Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday at the Genoa Veterans Home. Cirone was presented this year’s Dave Tobinson Award.

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Northern Illinois University meteorologist of DeKalb County canceled its Senior Luncheons and Meals on Wheels programs Thursday, but expected to be open today.

The cold temperatures didn’t inspire parents to keep their children home from school in the northern part of the county, at least. At Genoa-Kingston School District 424, absentees were only about 2 percent, Superintendent Joe Burgess said.

“There were no mass absences,” he said. “I had no reports from principals regarding attendance. It was a pretty normal day.”

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Patricia Przybylo, of DeKalb, waits for a bus Thursday morning in below-zero temperatures near Gideon Court Apartments. Just before 6:30 a.m., the National Weather Service registered a low temperature of minus 8 degrees, surpassing the previous record of minus 7 recorded Feb. 19, 1936.

Custom Aluminum announces expansion plans at Genoa Chamber of Commerce’s dinner Award recipients

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com GENOA – Receiving one of the Genoa Chamber of Commerce’s most prestigious awards was an honor for Michael Cirone, but it didn’t compare to another announcement he heard Thursday.

During the Genoa Chamber of Commerce’s Annual Meeting, City Administrator Joe Misurelli announced that Custom Aluminum plans to add a 37,500-square-foot expansion to the company’s facility at 312 Eureka St. “I’m just a small speck in the big picture,” Cirone said.

“To have that happen, it’s an amazing push in the right direction, which is what we’re all striving for. It’s to make it a better community.”

Misurelli delivered the news to a crowd of more than 100 people who gathered at the Genoa Veterans Home for the 57th annual meeting. He said the company, which has been in Genoa since 2006, is going to add aluminum extrusion to

Excellence Awards: Prairie State Winery, Crumpets and the city of Genoa Ambassador Award: Custom Aluminum Outstanding Chamber Ambassador: Jennifer Rhoads Dave Tobinson Award: Michael Cirone

Genoa Mayor Mark Vicary (left) and City Administrator Joe Misurelli update the guests on news about the city at the annual Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce meeting Thursday at the Genoa Veterans Home. the services already offered at its plant. The plant, Misurelli estimated, is about 400,000 square feet. He said the company has not asked for any incentives from the city.

The news came after the annual award presentation, which includes awards for outstanding business and chamber members.

Cirone, who also took over the reins as the chamber

president during the meeting, received the Dave Tobinson award. Named for the former owner of Tobinson’s Ace Hardware, the award annually recognizes someone who has worked hard for the chamber, said Dave Tobinson’s daughter, Carolyn Tobinson.

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Happy belated birthday, Gov. Rauner Think what you will about Gov. Bruce Rauner.

The guy campaigned on certain ideas, won big, hit the ground running, and Wednesday, proposed a state budget based on those ideas.

And Wednesday was his birthday. Even his political foes are impressed with his speed.

It’s refreshing when a politician follows through on campaign promises. Sort of like the outside air this week is “refreshing.”

By now, you’ve read about Rauner’s “honest,” “turnaround” budget proposal.

Some areas gain (473 more prison guards, 60 positions filled at the Department of Juvenile Justice, about $300 million more in aid for schools, fully funded Monetary Assistance Program and community colleges), but the big feature is $6 billion in spending cuts.

Think chainsaw, not scalpel. Here are some highlights: • Income taxes the state sends to local governments would be cut in half (from 8 percent to 4 percent). That would save the state about $600 million a year, reports Crain’s Chicago Business, but would put the hurt on local governments.

the normal retirement age THE FINE LINE would be 67; and overtime would not be counted in Jason pension benefits.” Rauner Akst said this plan is constitutional because “earned benefits” are • The state’s Medicaid not cut. program would lose $1.5 Here are a few impressions billion and would include rate so far. I hope to investigate and reductions for hospitals and write more on all this later, as nursing homes. the budget process plays out.

• Postsecondary education 1. Government would be takes a body-blow 31.5 perbetter if politicians eased off cent cut. At Northern Illinois on the doomsday speechifying.

University, that means a $29.2 Rauner calling his budget million drop in state appropri- “our last best chance to get our ations to NIU’s $426 million house in order” would make budget, or a change to $63.8 Charles Dickens blush. million from $93.1 million.

2. If the governor wants to NIU President Doug Baker ban contributions to political correctly and calmly notes that campaigns and causes, fabuRauner’s proposal Wednesday lous. I’m all for that, as long as is just the beginning of a long corporate giving is banned the process. same as union giving would • The big kahuna is penbe. sions. Even as the most recent 3. It’s hard to listen to a pension “reform” attempt the multimillionaire sermonize General Assembly passed a about public-sector employyear ago is being challenged ees getting overly generous in the court, Rauner’s new benefits and the state as a version goes further. whole failing to live within its Again, as Crain’s reports, means in one breath, and in the new version would freeze the next, hiring a budget direcall benefits as of July 1. It tor famous for Reaganomics would also move workers to in a no-bid process that pays a new plan “in which cost-of$30,000 a month. living hikes would be cut from 4. Although Rauner earlier the current 3 percent a year to alluded to being willing to conthe lesser of 3 percent or half sider new sources of revenue, of inflation, noncompounding; that allusion was an illusion:

his budget calls for no new revenue. I’m particularly interested in learning more about corporate and tax loopholes Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel and others said Rauner could pursue, as well as a surcharge on millionaires that House Speaker Mike Madigan favors.

5. Although Democrats hold supermajorities in both houses, and although pension plan lawsuits will go against Rauner, unions and state workers will eventually have to live with weaker pensions, perhaps dramatically weaker pensions.

6. Part of Rauner’s budget counts on $2.2 billion in savings by changing pension benefits. Madigan calls that reliance “reckless” because unions will fight tooth and nail to prevent its implementation.

That’s a large chicken to count before it hatches.

• Jason Akst teaches journalism and public relations at Northern Illinois University.

He also serves as a board member for the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association. Learn more about NINA at http:// ninaonline.org. You can reach him at jasondakst@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter @ JasonAkst.

Sugary drinks are out; coffee, eggs are in

By MARY CLARE JALONICK The Associated Press WASHINGTON – An extra cup or two of coffee may be OK after all. More eggs, too. But you definitely need to drink less sugary soda. And, as always, don’t forget your vegetables.

Recommendations Thursday from a government advisory committee call for an environmentally friendly diet lower in red and processed meats. But the panel would reverse previous guidance on limiting dietary cholesterol.

And it said the caffeine in a few cups of coffee could actually be good for you.

The committee also is backing off stricter limits on salt, although it said Americans still get much too much. It’s recom-

mending the first real limits on added sugar, saying that’s especially a problem for young people.

The Agriculture and Health and Human Services departments will take those recommendations into account in writing final 2015 dietary guidelines by the end of the year. The guidelines affect nutritional patterns throughout the country – from federally subsidized school lunches to food package labels to your doctor’s advice.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said “it is by no means over” with the release of the report. The government will take comments on the advice before distilling it – and possibly changing it – into final guidelines for consumers.

Even with the changes, the report sticks to the basic mes-

sage of the previous guidelines in 2010: Eat more fruits and vegetables and whole grains; eat less saturated fats, salt and sugar.

of total calories.

The panel doesn’t give a specific recommendation for how much cholesterol – or eggs – a person may eat.

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The report said dietary cholesterol now is “not considered a nutrient of concern for overconsumption.” This follows increasing medical research showing the amount of cholesterol in your bloodstream is more complicated than once thought.

The committee said available evidence “shows no appreciable relationship” between heart disease and how much dietary cholesterol you eat, but it still recommends eating less saturated fat. As in previous years, the report advises limiting saturated fats to 10 percent

Added sugars should be around 200 calories a day – about the amount in one 16-ounce sugary drink, says the advisory committee, which is made up of doctors and nutritionists.

The recommendation is part of a larger push in recent years to help consumers isolate added sugars from naturally occurring ones like those in fruit and milk. Added sugars generally add empty calories to the diet.

Americans now get about 13 percent of their calories from added sugar, or 268 calories a day, the committee said.

‘Superbug’ outbreak not threat to LA County public health

By ALICIA CHANG The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – A “superbug” outbreak suspected in the deaths of two Los Angeles hospital patients is raising disturbing questions about the design of a hard-to-clean medical instrument used on more than half a million people in the U.S. every year.

At least seven people – two of whom died – have been infected with a potentially lethal, antibiotic-resistant strain of bacteria after undergoing endoscopic procedures at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center between October and January. More than 170 other patients may also have been exposed, university officials said.

The infections may have been transmitted through at least two contaminated endoscopes that were used to diagnose and treat pancreatic and bile-duct problems. The instruments were found to have “embedded” infections even though they had been

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A “superbug” outbreak suspected in the deaths of two patients at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles has raised questions about the adequacy of the procedures for disinfecting a medical instrument used on more than a half-million people in the U.S. every year. sterilized according to manufacturer instructions, said Dr. Robert Cherry, UCLA Health System’s chief medical and quality officer. Five other devices were cleared.

Hospital officials said they immediately removed contaminated medical devices blamed for the outbreak and adopted more stringent sterilization techniques.

At a news conference Thursday afternoon, health officials sought to reassure the public that there is no broad danger.

“This outbreak is not a threat to public health,” said Dr. Benjamin Schwartz, deputy director of acute communicable disease control and prevention for the LA County Department of Public Health.

Infections of carbapenem-resistant Enterobacteriaceae, have been reported at hospitals around the country, and some have been linked to a type the endoscopes at UCLA. The duodenoscope is a thin, flexible fiber-optic tube that is inserted down the throat to enable a doctor to examine an organ. It typically has a light and a miniature camera.

Doctors first discovered the problem in mid-December when a patient underwent an endoscopic procedure and developed an infection that couldn’t be treated with antibiotics.

An investigation was launched and doctors employed high-tech techniques to find other cases – a process that took several weeks, said Dr. Zachary Rubin, medical director of clinical epidemiology and infection prevention.

It was determined that CRE infections had been passed on from one “source case” patient between Oct. 3 and Jan. 28, Rubin said.

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Jail Solutions Committee considering tax hikes “Jails are filling up with their own inmates, and we’ll be the new kid on the block at that point.

If we’re looking at all the negatives, this is a positive.”

By ADAM POULISSE apoulisse@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – The Jail Solutions Committee met for the first time Thursday night, and brainstormed on how to financially handle the expansion of the jail to house more inmates, including sales and property tax increases.

The 11-member committee – two members were absent – had a rigorous discussion for its first meeting, which lasted two hours and focused almost entirely on ways to control costs for the project, which could be funded to at least $23 million with the money generated by the landfill.

A sales tax has already been voted down twice.

“Nobody wants their taxes raised,” committee Chairman and Kirkland Republican from District 1 Tracy Jones said.

Nursing home bonds – which are a property tax, Jones said – that will be paid off in 2016, could be reallocated to add about $650,000 in funding for the expansion. That

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would also rely on voters’ approval, Jones said.

“The idea is to retire the bonds and reissue them for the jail,” he said.

In 2012, DeKalb County Board members approved a plan to expand the jail to 163 beds with extra space left unfinished in the addition for future improvements. The committee was formed to generate ideas to bring the project to life. Blueprints of several layouts for the expansion were

shown to the committee.

With most of Thursday’s conversation centered on the project’s funding – or at least where to obtain it – committee member and County Sheriff Roger Scott said having the expanded jail space could house other county’s inmates, and help produce revenue.

“Jails are filling up with their own inmates, and we’ll be the new kid on the block at that point,” Scott told the committee. “If we’re looking at all the negatives, this is a positive.”

Another idea, brought to the board during public comment, was possible raising bail bonds to 15 percent. Committee member Riley Oncken showed support for the idea.

“In theory, you’re penalizing criminals in order to raise revenue,” Oncken said.

The committee set its next meeting for March 17, where County Administrator Gary Hanson will provide specifics on possibly polling county residents for their input on possible referendums and solutions.

Marijuana, gun found in footwear, according to police

By DARIA SOKOLOVA dsokolova@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A DeKalb man accused of having both a revolver and about an ounce of marijuana in a car that police pulled over is expected to appear Monday in DeKalb County Circuit Court.

According to court records, Aaron J, Kel- Aaron J. ley, 20, of the Kelley 1100 block of West Lincoln Highway, was a passenger in

a 2002 blue Chrysler Sebring that was stopped because of an expired registration about 3:25 p.m. Wednesday.

Kelley stated that he had some marijuana in his pocket when he was asked to step out of the vehicle, court records show. Police found a clear bag containing two .45 caliber cartridges, an unloaded .45 caliber Ruger revolver in Kelley’s boot and two bags containing 27.32 grams of marijuana in a shoe on the floor in front of the front passenger seat, court records show.

Kelley was charged with armed violence, aggravated

unlawful use of a weapon, unlawful possession of marijuana, unlawful possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of a firearm without a firearm owners identification card and unlawful possession of ammunition without a FOID card.

If convicted of the most serious charge he faces, armed violence, Kelley faces between six and 30 years in prison.

Kelley remained in DeKalb County Jail on Thursday unable to post 10 percent of his $100,000 bond.

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“Alan” played by Alex Bacceschi, a junior, rides “Hal Carter” played by Andrew McComb, a senior, like a lawnmower Wednesday during a scene from Sycamore High School’s dress rehearsal of the play “Picnic” by William Inge. The play opened Thursday night and has performances at 7 p.m. tonight and Saturday. There is an understudy show at 2 p.m. Saturday.

“Madge,” played by senior Alexis DeVita, closes the screen door while talking to her mother “Flo Owens,” played by junior Lauren Brazeau, during a scene from Sycamore High School’s dress rehearsal of the play “Picnic.” “Picnic” takes place in the adjoining yards of two middle-aged widows on Labor Day weekend in a small town in Kansas. Hal Carter, a young man who is trying to discover his place in the world, upsets the simple path one of the women has laid out for her two daughters.

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Kincaid, 32, said after reviewing the ward map, he noticed he DeKALB – Write-in candidate Leon Kincaid decided to drop out was on the wrong side of the of the race for DeKalb’s 7th Ward boundary for 7th Ward. He lives in City Council seat after he realized a dorm in Northern Illinois University’s Grant Towers. He consulted he didn’t live within the ward

an attorney and decided to withdraw from the race, he said.

The 7th Ward race will still be competitive, with incumbent Monica O’Leary facing challenger Craig Roman.

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Chester Gould honored in documentary Polarpalooza features Woodstock natives remember Dick Tracy creator

By JAMI KUNZER jkunzer@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Yes, Woodstock has its groundhog, but it also has its Gould.

The city has declared Sunday to be Chester Gould Day in honor of a documentary airing on WTTW-Channel 11 that day about the late Chester Gould, who originated the world-renowned Dick Tracy comic strip.

The strip features a squarejawed, yellow-hatted police detective portrayed both on paper and in several films, including 1990’s “Dick Tracy” starring Warren Beatty.

Born in Pawnee, Oklahoma, Gould and his family moved to Woodstock in 1936 and settled on a farm east of town in what now is Bull Valley. Gould lived in town for 50 years, until his death at age 84 in 1985, and is buried in Woodstock’s Oakland Cemetery, his gravestone etched with a likeness of Dick Tracy.

Intrigued and inspired by Gould’s accomplishments, Woodstock resident Tom Firak and his sons, Steve and John, began working on a documentary about him in 2007. Almost eight years later, that documentary has become “Chester Gould: An American Original.”

The show will air at 3 p.m.

Sunday on Channel 11 and is expected to air several times after that. Featuring interviews with Gould’s family, including daughter Jean O’Connell, writers who took over the strip when Gould retired in 1977 and others, the 56-minute documentary is a biographical

How to watch n WHAT: “Chester Gould: An

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“I’ve been a fan of Dick Tracy since I read comics in the newspaper,” said Steve Firak, who, along with his brother, was a film student at Columbia College in Chicago when the project began. He now owns Ahoj Productions.

“There was something about Dick Tracy that attracted me. My parents and grandparents could relate, too. It was kind of a bonding thing, with Dick Tracy running so long. ... I’ve been a Woodstockian for years. I know Groundhog Days is a big thing around here, but Dick Tracy is a huge piece of history for this city and also for American culture, Americana.”

First distributed in 1931 by the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, the strip appeared on the front page of the New York Daily News for 45 years. It’s the sixth oldest comic strip in America today.

Housed in Woodstock’s historic Old Courthouse for more than 17 years beginning in 1991, a Chester Gould-Dick Tracy Museum now exists solely online at www.dictracymuseum.com. A room of original artwork, photography and memorabilia, including Gould’s drawing board and

chair, it drew thousands of visitors from throughout the country before it closed.

Gould actually created the concept of Crime Stoppers in his strip, which led to the popular Crime Stoppers Club for Woodstock boys in the 1950s.

Years later, a police officer in New Mexico received Gould’s permission to use the term “CrimeStoppers” for a citizen-run law enforcement program that soon spread to hundreds of communities.

Written today by Joe Staton and Mike Curtis, the Dick Tracy strip lives on, owned by Tribune Media Services.

“It’s not like it’s forgotten about completely,” Steve Firak said. “Dick Tracy is a huge part of the art community and also pop culture. The man behind it is what’s important. This is our endeavor to have people know about the struggles it took and how hard of a worker he was and what a family man he was.”

The documentary tells of Gould’s move to Chicago in 1921 with a portfolio and $50 in his pocket.

For 10 years, he sent strip suggestions to the Chicago Tribune. All were rejected until Dick Tracy, originally called “Plain Clothes Tracy.” Gould

“Your ‘Plain Clothes Tracy’ has possibilities,” the comic strip creator recalled in an interview taped before his death and featured in the documentary.

“I broke out in a cold sweat.

I got the chills,” he said at the time. “I just went all to pieces.”

Steve Firak said the documentary is the beginning of efforts to create more of a perspective piece on the impact Gould’s creation had on the world of comic strips.

“This one is really more about his life and how he might have been influenced by artists before him and really about his family and how things developed,” he said.

“We’re actually going to try for fundraising for what I would call an artistic perspective version of Chester Gould and Dick Tracy.”

The goal is to create a feature-length film about Dick Tracy’s place in culture, he said, adding they intend to use fundraising site Indiegogo. com for the future project.

As for Woodstock’s role, it’s just another piece of history for the city to celebrate.

“We’re having a lot of fun with the strip, and I think Chester would be very pleased,” said Terry Wilcockson, grant writer for the city of Woodstock.

winter fun for families

By KATRINA J.E. MILTON kmilton@shawmedia.com Snow and cold temperatures need not mean an end to having fun outside.

The DeKalb Park District is presenting a new event, Polarpalooza, which focuses on fun outdoor activities that families can do together during the winter. The event will be held at Lions Park and River Heights Golf Course from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday. A free shuttle will be available for transportation between the golf course and Lions Park.

“We want to bring people out to the park, not just when it’s warm and sunny in the summer, but also in the winter,” said Amy Doll, the district’s superintendent of recreation and facilities.

“We have so much to offer year-round, and hopefully, this new event will let people know that there are fun outdoor activities they can do during the winter.”

At River Heights, activities will include a dog sledding demonstration and an REI cross country ski school.

At Lions Park, families can work on winter crafts together, go on a bird-watching hike, borrow snow shoes and participate in a snow-shoeing scavenger hunt or take part in the snowman-building competition.

The Lions Park ice rink will be open and ice skates

come tax hike, he and other Republicans are leaving the door open to new revenue in some form as they try to close a more Gov. Bruce than $6 billion Rauner budget hole next year.

“I think he’s prepared to negotiate,” said Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine, the GOP’s ranking member on the Senate appropriations committee.

The plan Rauner laid out Wednesday recommended balancing the budget entirely by slashing spending, including

a $1.5 billion cut to Medicaid and a new pension plan he says could save $2.2 billion. Other cuts would hit mental health and addiction treatment and after-school programs.

Some of that was intended to set a tone, as Rauner scolded legislators for years of “bad decisions” and spending money Illinois can’t afford. But Rauner’s budget team also noted a tax increase wasn’t on the table anyway because the governor is obligated to present a balanced budget based only on revenue currently available.

The governor’s budget office indicated Wednesday that

Rauner remains determined to overhaul the tax code and implement a new tax on services – both issues he campaigned on last year. The former private equity investor said during the campaign that he would be open to closing some corporate tax “loopholes,” such as a sales tax exemption on racehorses.

House Speaker Michael Madigan was among those calling for a blend of tax cuts and revenue, again pitching a new tax on incomes over $1 million. That plan would require voter approval to amend the state constitution, which imposes a flat income tax.

Gibbs; five grandchildren, Katlyn PATRICK M. CADY Nelson, Alyssa Nelson, Tyler Crowell, Trinity Howard and Andrew Gibbs; Patrick M. Cady, 49, of Sycamore one great-grandson, Kyran Smith; died Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2015 at Two siblings, Marge (Durwin) Sanders Kishwaukee Hospital. and David (Peggy) Nelson; many Arrangements are pending at the nieces and nephews; especially Eric Butala Funeral Home and Crematory and Becky Nelson, and a countryside in Sycamore. For info go to www.

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He is preceded in death by his 895-2833. parents, Eric and Marion Nelson; and his wife, Julie Nelson.

Visitation will be from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m., Sunday, February 22, 2015, at KENNETH E. NELSON Conley Funeral Home, 116 W. Pierce Born: April 15, 1951; in Aurora, IL St., Elburn, IL. A funeral service to Died: Feb. 17, 2015; in Geneva, IL celebrate his life will be Monday, Kenneth E. “Ken: Nelson, age 63, of February 23, at 10:30 a.m., with a visitation from 9:30 to 10:15 a.m., Maple Park, passed away, Tuesday, February 17, 2015, at Delnor Hospital at Grace Lutheran Church, 5N600 Hansen Rd., Lily Lake, IL. Rev. Ernst in Geneva.

He was born April 15, 1951 in Aurora, Rex, pastor of the church, will officiate the son of Eric G. and Marion E. (Geh- with interment at Blackberry Township Cemetery, Elburn, IL. rke) Nelson.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has He is survived by two children, Dan (Trina) Nelson and Kathy (Ryan) been established in Ken’s name.

Checks may be made to the “Kenneth Nelson Memorial” and mailed in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119. Tributes may also forwarded to the same address or on www.conleycare.com

She was preceded in death by her Fiance, Ralph Steffey; her parents, Wayne and Jeanne Littlejohn; grandparents, and several aunts and uncles.

Memorial Service will be held at The Kings Mansion Church, 200 East Street, Kingston IL. 60145. Time of service will be at 2:00 p.m. Rev. Mathew W. Littlejohn officiating. A luncheon will follow services at the Church.

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By SARA BURNETT and KERRY LESTER The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Gov. Bruce Rauner’s first shot at an Illinois budget didn’t involve new taxes, but residents could still be asked to open their wallets in the future as part of an ultimate solution to the state’s budget crisis.

Top Democrats who control the Illinois Legislature say they’ll continue to push for a tax increase to avoid some of the huge cuts Rauner proposed Wednesday. Although Rauner has opposed restoring the state’s now-expired in-

OBITUARIES

SHERRI PATTON Sherri Patton, 55, from Benton Illinois, died February 12, 2015. Sherri was born and raised in Northern, IL. She devoted her life to taking care of other people at home and for a career as a Certified Nursing Assistant.

Sherri is survived by her three children, Amy (Jeremy) Patton, Tonya Patton, and Dale (Samantha)Patton; and ten grandchildren, Brian, Chance, Sierra, Travis, Danika, Destiny, Emily, Dawn, Tristian, and Dominic. Two brothers, Mathew (Vicki) Littlejohn, and James (Sarah) Littlejohn; two sisters, Nina (Larry) Wylde, Debbie (Ron) Williams; and several nieces and nephews.

POLICE REPORTS Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments.

Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

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Malik Goodloe, 19, of the 3500 block of 83rd Street, Woodridge, was charged Friday, Feb. 13, with possession of alcohol as a minor.

Garrett D. Wilson, 24, of the 2200 block of Highland Avenue, Lombard, was charged Friday, Feb. 13, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Candace C. Cody, 22, of the 27600 block of Route 23, Sycamore, was charged Friday, Feb. 13, with possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of marijuana and retail theft.

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Clint C. Coleman, 27, of the

500 block of North Strack Street, Cortland, was charged Thursday, Feb.19, with driving under the influence and driving in the wrong lane.

Justin T. Meyers, 20, of the first block of Tilton Park Road, DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, Feb. 18, with speeding and driving without a valid license.

Charles A. Williams, 26, of the 2400 block of Benson Road, Earlville, was charged Wednesday, Feb. 18, with domestic battery.

JANICE G. PINK Janice G. Pink, 65, of DeKalb died Wednesday, February 18, 2015 at Kishwaukee Hospital.

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will be available to rent. Open skating will be from 3:45 to 4:15 p.m. and glow skating with glow-in-the-dark sticks and jewelry will be held from 5 to 6 p.m. The Northern Illinois University Figure Skating Club and the NIU Ice Hockey Club will offer free demonstrations, workshops and clinics at the rink.

J.C. Weems, the captain of the NIU D3 hockey team and the president of the NIU Sport Club Council, served on the event’s planning board.

“We wanted to offer winter activities to help people stay fit and active while they see what DeKalb has to offer in the wintertime,” Weems said.

“I hope that by giving kids a hockey stick in their hands and a pair of skates, they will see what skills it takes to be a hockey player. We all start somewhere, and I hope that the event will spark their interest.”

The event will not only feature outdoor activities.

Food, including a chili bar by Fatty’s Catering Group, will be sold indoors at the River Heights Golf Course. Free hot chocolate and s’mores kits will be offered and families can roast marshmallows and warm up in front of the bonfire in Lions Park.

Designating monuments, Obama touts conservation as U.S. ideal

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CHICAGO – Designating the country’s newest national monuments, President Barack Obama said Thursday that protecting places of natural beauty and historic significance is a truly American ideal.

Obama used the powers of the presidency to designate the Pullman National Monument in his hometown. The historic South Side neighborhood is where African-American railroad workers won a significant labor agreement in the 1930s that Obama said led to such protections as the 40-hour work week.

“So this site is at the heart of what would become America’s labor movement,” he said.

Pullman workers also played a role in the rise of the black middle class.

Obama began his career as a community organizer nearby and said returning to designate the monument “brings back a lot of good memories.”

Before leaving Washington, Obama signed a proclamation in the Oval Office designating the Browns Canyon National Monument in Colorado, a 21,000-acre site along the Arkansas River popular for whitewater rafting. In Chicago, he also announced designation of the Honouliuli National Monument in Hawaii, the site of an internment camp where Japanese-American citizens and prisoners of war were held during World War II. “Conservation is a truly American ideal,” Obama said.

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Wal-Mart President and Chief Executive Officer Doug McMillon speaks during an interview Tuesday in Bentonville, Ark. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is spending $1 billion to change how it pays and trains hourly staff in a move it hopes will help reshape the image that it only offers dead-end jobs.

Half-million of Wal-Mart’s workers to get pay raises

By ANNE D’INNOCENZIO The Associated Press BENTONVILLE, Ark. – Wal-Mart Stores Inc. is hoping its decision to boost workers’ paychecks will help it boost its bottom line.

The nation’s largest private employer announced on Thursday that it’s giving a raise to about half-million U.S. workers as part of a $1 billion investment that includes changes that Wal-Mart said are aimed at giving workers more opportunities for advancement and more consistent schedules.

The changes come as the company has faced increased pressure to pay its hourly employees more. But Wal-Mart, which has been criticized for its messy stores and poor customer service, says it’s also focusing on recruiting and retaining better workers so that it can improve its business.

The company has struggled with disappointing sales for most of the past two years, even though it posted better-than-expected results during the most recent holiday season. Wal-Mart hopes that taking better care of its workers will lead to better-run stores, more satisfied customers and an increase in sales and profits.

“What’s driving us is we want to create a great store experience for customers and do that by investing in our own people,” Doug McMillon, WalMart’s CEO, told The Associated Press during an interview two days ahead of the wage announcement at the company’s headquarters in Bentonville, Arkansas. “A better store experience results in happier customers, resulting in stronger sales.”

Wal-Mart’s changes indicate that it is moving beyond relying on its hallmark everyday low prices to make it stand out in an increasingly crowded and competitive retail landscape and moving toward investing in its workers.

The company previously had cut back on staffing in stores two years ago in an effort to be more efficient.

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But the advances and retreats on reform have been so frequent over the years that many thousands of immigrants who are already eligible for protection have given

But their patience is wearing thin.

Armendariz and her husband came to Tucson a decade ago with a son and daughter, meaning to stay just long enough to earn some cash and head home to the Mexican state of Sonora. Instead, they overstayed their visas and settled down. Those children are now 21 and 13, joined by two American citizen siblings: a 3-year-old boy and a one-month-old girl.

Like so many other immigrants, this family has “mixed status,” and the mother, father and two oldest children didn’t qualify for protection under Obama’s Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, nearly three years ago.

stores. Wal-Mart’s U.S. business, which accounts for 60 percent of its annual net sales of $482 billion, had declines or little growth for eight straight quarters before the latest holiday period. And an annual survey by the American Customer Satisfaction Index, which polled 70,000 customers, found that Wal-Mart’s customer satisfaction fell to the lowest level since 2007.

“The stores are understaffed,” said Anthony Rodriguez, who has been pulled to do different jobs from being a bike assembler to sales floor associate at the Wal-Mart Rosemead, California, because of low staffing. “Often, there is nobody in a department. A lot of customers get upset.”

McMillon, whose first job at Wal-Mart was an hourly position loading trucks during college, acknowledged that some measures the company took to cut staff and other moves to increase productivity may have gone “too far.” But he said Wal-Mart has learned from its mistakes.

“We want to make it really clear that working at WalMart is a great opportunity,” he said. “Time will tell what the significance of the decisions will be.”

In focusing on investing in workers, Wal-Mart follows other big retailers that have announced plans to increase pay recently as the national debate over raising the federal minimum wage has reached a crescendo. Swedish home furnishings retailer Ikea this year gave thousands of workers at its U.S. division a 17 percent average raise to $10.76 an hour. And clothing chain Gap Inc. raised its minimum hourly wage to $9 last year and to $10 this year.

But Wal-Mart’s changes are likely to have a bigger impact because it employs 1.3 million U.S. workers. Among the changes, Wal-Mart is raising entry level wages to at least $9 an hour in April and to at least $10 an hour by February of next year. That includes the fewer than 6,000 workers who make the federal minimum wage.

With the changes, the average full-time wage at Wal-Mart stores will be $13 an hour, up from $12.85. For part-time workers, the hourly wage will be $10, up from $9.48.

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Luis Posada Carriles talks to a reporter in Miami, Florida. Cuba’s government has made clear that it has no intention of turning over U.S. fugitive Joanne Chesimard, who fled to Cuba after carrying out attacks in the United States, since Carriles, the man it accuses of orchestrating crime in Barbados, has been living quietly in Miami.

Cuba sees Obama promise as healing of historic wound

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN The Associated Press HAVANA – A year after he took office, President Ronald Reagan placed Cuba on a list of state sponsors of terror for backing leftist guerrilla groups in Central and South America.

Cuba remained on the list as the Soviet Union fell, Fidel Castro stopped aiding insurgents and the global focus on terrorism turned to the Mideast. For outside observers, Cuba’s place on the list was a Cold War relic that showed the power of the communist government’s enemies in Congress. For Cuba, it became the most potent symbol of what many here call five decades of bullying by the superpower to the north.

Now, as the two countries move to end a half-century of acrimony, President Barack Obama has made clear that he will take Cuba off the terror list, saying in a televised address on his new Cuba policy late last year that “at a time when we are focused on threats from al Qaeda to ISIL, a nation that meets our conditions and renounces the use of terrorism should not face this sanction.”

Cuba’s top diplomat for U.S. affairs heads to Washington next week for a second round of talks on restoring ties. Cubans ranging from President Raul Castro to ordinary citizens describe their country’s removal from the list as one of the most important elements of that detente, one that could help heal a great injustice. In Cuban eyes, they are the victims of terror, not the U.S. For Cubans, the worst act of aggression against the island since its 1959 revolution occurred when 73 people aboard a Cuban passenger flight from Barbados to Havana died in a 1976 bombing blamed on exiles with ties to U.S.-backed anti-Castro groups. Both of the men accused of masterminding the crime took shelter in Florida, where one, Luis Posada Carriles, lives quietly to this day.

“This is a small country and everybody knows somebody who knows someone who was on that plane,” said Juan Carlos Cremata, a film and theater director who was 13 when his father, a 41-year-old airline dispatcher, was killed in what Cubans call “the Crime of Barbados.”

“The U.S. is going to show that it’s an intelligent country because the most absurd, the most stupid thing in the world, is to put Cuba on a list of terrorist nations,” Cremata said.

Removal from the U.S. list could provide Cuba protection against lawsuits inside the United States because inclusion on it strips countries of important immunities that U.S. courts normally grant to foreign governments.

With Cuba and the U.S. moving to tighten trade ties, protecting Cuba and any U.S. corporate partners from lawsuits by people claiming to have been harmed by the Castro government could prove essential.

“From the Cuban point of view, resolving this problem of the list also resolves this type of concern,” said Jesus Arboleya, an international relations professor at the University of Havana who served as Cuban consul in Washington from 1979 to 1982. “It isn’t convenient for anyone that they call Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism.”

While removal from the terror list would have no direct impact on U.S. sanctions against Cuba, it could also make it easier for international banks to justify doing business with Cuba, said Robert L. Muse, an attorney specializing in U.S. laws on Cuba.

The bank that handled transactions for Cuba’s interests section in the U.S. closed its account last year, leaving its diplomats dealing almost exclusively in cash. The ability to reopen a U.S. bank account is one of Cuba’s most urgent demands in the negotiations to reopen embassies. While that decision falls to individual banks, removal from the terror list will make it easier.

“Its continuing presence on the list harms U.S. national interests because it prevents a rapprochement,” Muse said.

“Cuba should be taken off the list because it doesn’t belong.”

The other countries on the list are Iran, Sudan and Syria. Removing Cuba requires Obama to send Congress a report certifying that the island hasn’t supported international terrorism for the past six months. Forty-five days later, Cuba will be taken off unless the House and Senate pass a joint resolution to block the move.

Wind will not be a factor during the weekend • TEMPERATURES Continued from page A1 For the rest of the month, temperatures will stay below freezing. Overnight temperatures could reach minus 10, while low-lying areas south of DeKalb, such as Kingston, could see temperatures as low as minus 15, Sebenste said.

Looking ahead to the weekend, the wind will be light and produce no wind chill factor, Sebenste said.

He said it will reach 16 degrees Friday with a light dusting of snow, making roads a little slick. Then temperatures

will increase to 29 degrees Saturday.

“That’s going to feel like Miami,” Sebenste said. “But don’t get used to it. Once Saturday night hits, temperatures will fall to the single digits, with lows Monday morning ranging from 10- to 15-below without the wind chill.”

For warmer weather, we’ll have to wait until the first week of March, where temperatures could reach the 40s or 50s, Sebenste said, but even a few blasts of arctic air could trickle through.

“February is a wash,” Sebenste added. “It’s going to be brutally cold the rest of the month.”

WASHINGTON – Democrats on Thursday assailed former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obama’s love of country, and urged the potential field of Republican presidential candidates to rebuke him for his comments.

Giuliani said at a New York City event on Wednesday night, “I know this is a horrible thing to say, but I do not believe that the president loves America.”

“He doesn’t love you. And he doesn’t love me. He wasn’t brought up the way you were brought up and I was brought up through love of this country,” said Giuliani, who sought the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. His comments were reported by Politico and the New York Daily News.

Democratic National Committee chair Debbie Wasserman Schultz said it’s time for Republican leaders to “stop this nonsense.”

Several likely GOP candidates declined to get involved Thursday. Giuliani, mean-

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Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani speaks in New York. Democrats on Thursday assailed Giuliani for questioning President Barack Obama’s love of country, and urged the potential field of Republican presidential candidates to rebuke his comments. while, softened his remarks somewhat in an interview, saying he didn’t mean to question the president’s patriotism.

His comments at the dinner brought to mind a familiar conservative criticism during Obama’s 2008 and 2012 campaigns that he wasn’t proud enough of the United States. During his presidency, a smaller segment falsely claimed that Obama was not

born in the United States but rather in his father’s native Kenya.

White House spokesman Eric Schultz said Giuliani “test drove this line of attack during his fleeting 2007 run for the presidency.” Asked whether the comments were appropriate, Schultz said he would leave it to those at the event to make that assessment.

The private dinner was

attended by Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who is considering a 2016 campaign. Giuliani said that “with all our flaws we’re the most exceptional country in the world. I’m looking for a presidential candidate who can express that, do that and carry it out.”

“And if it’s you, Scott, I’ll endorse you,” Giuliani said, addressing Walker. “And if it’s somebody else, I’ll support somebody else.”

Walker, asked about the comments in an interview with CNBC, did not directly address whether he agreed with the former mayor.

“The mayor can speak for himself. I’m not going to comment on whether – what the president thinks or not.

He can speak for himself as well,” Walker said. “I’ll tell you, I love America, and I think there are plenty of people, Democrat, Republican, independent, everywhere in between, who love this country.”

Democrats said the incident reflected poorly on Walker, who has generated early presidential buzz among Republican activists in Iowa, the nation’s first 2016 contest.

Facing threat, senator shoulders matters of war

By LAURIE KELLMAN and ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Two years ago, Sen. Bob Corker wondered aloud whether the standstill Senate was worth a grown man’s time.

Now the combination of Republicans’ political fortunes in November’s elections and brutal terrorism overseas have put the two-term Tennessee lawmaker in the limelight. He heads the Foreign Relations Committee and is in charge of the weightiest question to ever face mem- Sen. Bob bers of Con- Corker gress: whether to authorize war.

“I think all of us want to be productive in life. It was like watching paint dry,” Corker, 62, said of his first eight years in the polarized Senate. “Yes, I do find myself in this second term in a very different place.

I’m very glad I ran for re-election.”

Less than two months into the new, Republican-led Congress, Corker is shouldering

closely watched global and political challenges. He is the face of the Senate’s response to President Barack Obama’s formal request to Congress for a new authorization for the use of force against Islamic State militants. And Corker is certain to play an outsized role in the congressional response to negotiations involving the U.S., Western powers and Iran over its nuclear program.

As early as next week, Corker will gavel open Senate hearings on U.S. military intervention – a proxy, in some ways, for the broader debate over the nation’s role in overseas conflicts in the post-Sept.

11 age of terrorism.

The affable shopping center builder and former mayor of Chattanooga also carries a hefty share of his party’s drive to show the nation and the world that the new GOP majority can govern. The Republican Party’s hopes in the 2016 presidential race depend in part on substantiating that campaign promise.

There’s no tougher or more visible test of the party’s lawmaking acumen than Obama’s draft war powers request, which landed on Capitol Hill with a thud.

The U.S. military has waged an extensive campaign against the extremists for months, deploying more than 2,700 U.S. troops to train and assist Iraqi security forces and conducting airstrikes against targets in Iraq and Syria. Obama wants new authority to use against the Islamic State group, which has sparked international outrage with video of their beheading of hostages and burning of a Jordanian pilot.

Saying he was determined to avoid another long ground war in the Middle East, Obama submitted a use-of-force proposal last week that would expire after three years and bar the sustained commitment of American ground forces. The fight would be unbounded by national borders.

Obama’s request is a starting point for the war debate.

Corker will steer hearings on the parameters of any military action, from limits on time to its geography, and try to produce legislation that gives Obama the authorization. The full Senate would then consider the measure, with the outcome unclear because of passionate disagreements over its terms.

Conservatives generally want broad authorities for the president, with no limits on troops. Other lawmakers want the new war powers narrowly defined to allow the president to train and equip local forces and conduct airstrikes, but not launch a ground combat mission. The 2016 presidential and congressional races loom, and anyone hoping to win an election that year is acutely aware of the political repercussions of any vote for or against war.

Corker’s Democratic predecessor, Bob Menendez of New Jersey, said Corker’s challenge is “finding the balance of getting [Republicans] to move from the perspective of no limitations to some reasonable limitations and from Democrats who want to see very significant limitations to more reasonable limitations.”

The gravity of the issue, and his outsized role, isn’t lost on Corker. He said he’ll conduct three or four weeks of hearings in stages, from educating the public about the nature of the threat to finding any common ground between Obama’s request and the array of variations sought by Corker’s colleagues.

Genoa officials discuss new projects, expansions • GENOA Continued from page A1 economic development initiative launched last fall.

McArtor said the group will present its findings to the Genoa City Council on Monday and make action plans from there.

Misurelli and Mayor Mark Vicary discussed the city’s continued fight for an Amtrak stop, but they also spoke about the developments in the past year in Genoa. They pointed to the Lloyd Landscape Center and Old Barn Salvage, which converted a former junkyard at 662 W. Park Ave. before opening in

July.

They highlighted the expansion of the Genoa Public Library 232 W. Main St., which is set to open in March.

Other improvements include Prairie State Winery expanding in the former Victoria’s Crossing, 222 W. Main St., and Cademon Brewing Co. opening in December. Corner

Grill expanded at 137 W. Main St. Latsis Bakery opened at 401 W. Main St. Finally, Las Reynas gifts opened at 316 W. Main St., they said.

“This doesn’t happen by itself,” Vicary said. “This is when everyone pulls on the same end of the rope. We all work together. We can all make a difference.”

NIU looks ahead at upcoming fiscal year, enrollment numbers • BUDGET

make recommendations in the fall. By spring 2016, uniContinued from page A1 versity leaders will use those recommendations to prepare survey that will determine the budget for the fiscal year the criteria used to review that starts July 1, 2016. programs. Then, a task force NIU’s spring enrollment will be formed to review data numbers showed enrollment submitted by programs and has declined by about 2.6 per-

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cent when compared to spring semester 2014, bringing the total enrollment to about 19,000, Freeman had said.

NIU psychology sophomore Rachel Lindsay, who said she pays close to $20,000 in tuition a year, worried that cutting staff might give the

school a bad name.

“It’s going to make it seem like: ‘Why aren’t we getting that money? What did we do wrong to not get that money?’ “ she said. “It will probably look like that to the person who is not completely educated on what happened.”

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OUR VIEW

Council needs to hold themselves to a higher standard

Hit the road, Hillary Clinton In my wildest dreams, I would never suggest campaign strategy to Hillary Clinton, but in my wakeful hours, my temples pulse with ideas.

For a while, I’ve thought it best to keep my thoughts to myself, but that was before I started seeing all kinds of advice coming from people who never wait to be asked. Not surprisingly, most of them are men, and – get this – they’re complaining that Hillary has too many men working for her. I love that.

This strategy in male pundit-land makes sense when you think about it. If Hillary Clinton is indeed the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, a lot of guys are going to vie for honorary girlfriend status this time around to make up for all the sexism and misogyny masquerading as wise white men talking in 2008. Even the fellas at Fox News have surely figured out that if there’s one thing women have learned in the past eight years, it’s the thrill of rapid response.

How I wish only the men at Fox News had been a problem back then, but never mind. If I start naming names, I’m going to forget my vows to forgive, and that’s no way to begin the Lenten season.

There’s no point in talking about Hillary-anything without addressing the issue that, based on my social media feeds, is best-

VIEWS Connie Schultz cast as “Hillary? Again?”

I confess to finding this attitude a bit confounding because we’ve yet to elect a female president. No matter what else America’s No. 1 overachiever has done, she still hasn’t led the country from the White House.

Save your sarcasm about her ’90s co-presidency for those who think a timid wife is a marital asset. My family hasn’t seen one of those women in at least 100 years, to state the obvious.

As for stories about who’s working for Hillary, it’s important to remember who cares about staffing. People who hope to be staff care, definitely. Donors care, sometimes. Activists care, too, especially those on the left, because most liberals are eternal optimists looking for reasons to be disappointed.

Most Americans couldn’t care less who’s doing a presidential candidate’s polling or picking soundtracks for campaign ads. They care about the issues that directly affect their lives. Let’s try that coverage for a change.

A CNN/ORC poll released Wednesday showed that when asked whether seven possible presidential candidates better

represent the future or the past, 50 percent of Americans picked Clinton as evoking the future.

That was more than any other candidate.

By fascinating contrast, 64 percent of Americans said Bush Wannabe No. 3 – let’s call him Jeb – represents the past.

The gender breakdown on Clinton was interesting.

Fifty-three percent of men said she’s a throwback, but 55 percent of women saw her as representing the future. I love that statistic because it illustrates what women already know: We’re not a monolithic group.

Oh, my, this campaign is going to drive some men into hibernation for the duration – which, by the way, would be a swell name for a country music cover band. I further suggest that the opening number be that Merle Haggard song about when women could cook and still would. I love belting that out at the top of my lungs when I make my chicken piccata.

So, you may remember I started this column with the suggestion that I have an idea or two for Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

I understand saying that out loud likely provokes a blown-tire sigh from whoever is currently in charge of the next big idea. I can hear him from here: “The last thing we need is unsolicited advice from some outsider.”

Please, by all means, finish

that sentence: “... from the great battleground state of Ohio.”

That’s can’t-win-without-Ohio, to you.

In 2008, Clinton won the Ohio presidential primary. It pains me to say this, but I don’t think it was because all those white working-class guys suddenly decided they were feminists.

They need to see her early and often. That goes double for all those women who haven’t yet wrapped their minds around the possibility of a female president in their lifetime.

Come to the Buckeye State, Hillary. Go to Kansas and Michigan, too, and to other places full of regular Americans who need to know they’re on your mind.

Hold town halls, and take questions that aren’t screened.

Meet with editors at small and regional news organizations now, before your every quote is a response to someone else’s attack.

I hear the mumbling: “She’s got a lot of nerve.”

Let’s hope so.

• Connie Schultz (con.schultz@yahoo.com) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and an essayist for Parade magazine.

She is the author of two books, including “...and His Lovely Wife,” which chronicled the successful race of her husband, Sherrod Brown, for the U.S. Senate.

VIEWS

Why Wal-Mart is raising everyday low wages

By MEGAN MCARDLE Bloomberg Views

By April, Wal-Mart workers will no longer be making minimum wage.

The retail colossus, which has seen sales struggle a bit recently, finally had a sunnier quarter. Apparently it’s so giddy that it is announcing a major wage increase for many of its retail workers: a minimum of $9

by April, and an increase to $10 by next February. Wal-Mart also is responding to complaints about scheduling, saying schedules will be published well in advance, and some workers will be able to have fixed shifts.

I’m sure we’re all very happy for the workers getting the wages. But we may also be a little puzzled about why this is happening after such a long and enthusiastic history of ignoring labor activists. This is going to cost Wal-Mart quite a bit of money, and it is cutting forecasts accordingly. Investors are unhappy. So why is the company doing this?

One possibility is that the OUR Walmart campaign has really been hurting the company’s bottom line, and it has no choice but to offer higher wages, lest it be faced with yet another series of Black Friday demonstrations. I’m pretty skeptical of this theory. The Black Friday protests didn’t really seem to go anywhere: They mobilized relatively few workers, didn’t seem to bother customers and, as the years wore on, even the media started to get bored. I’ve no

doubt that the labor activists will claim this as a victory for their tactics, but I doubt this played more than a modest role.

Another possibility is that this is more of a dramatic gesture than a major concession.

State and local governments are moving to aggressively raise minimum wages, often even higher than $9 an hour, so what does Wal-Mart lose by setting a floor below that?

Again, this may be a contributing factor, but it’s not a huge contributing factor, because Wal-Mart’s core is in conservative states.

So here’s a third possibility: Unlike many of the people who write about WalMart, Wal-Mart understands how efficiency wages work. It is treating its workers better because this will enable the company to get better workers.

Wal-Mart’s business model is, as my old entrepreneurship professor used to say, “Big Stores in Small Towns.” Its core value proposition is, as the slogan goes, “everyday low prices.” Its core demographic is the lower middle class. For a long time, this was a recipe for rapid growth. But the heartland is pretty much full of Wal-Marts, the lower middle class is struggling harder and spending less, and there’s more competition on the “low price” front than there used to be.

So as a New York Times story notes, WalMart’s business model has evolved: “Doug McMillon, the company’s chief executive, has also introduced a host of new strategies, including a shift in investment from brick-

and-mortar stores to e-commerce, a focus on improving its fresh foods and groceries business, and an overhaul of inventory and stocking methods after complaints of shortages at its 4,400 stores across the United States. Wal-Mart is also looking to build smaller, neighborhood stores to make up for sluggish sales at its supercenters.”

What a lot of these changes have in common is that you need good workers to execute them well. (Terrible things happen in the grocery business unless you have an absolutely passionate commitment to rooting out expired meat and past-it produce.)

Keeping stock on the shelves doesn’t sound hard until you try to get resentful teenagers to actually do so. And so forth.

One way to get a more dedicated and experienced workforce is to pay workers more. They’ll stay longer, and they’ll be eager to keep that job. Wal-Mart had clearly previously concluded that it didn’t need a dedicated and experienced workforce composed of people who were eager to keep their jobs. Now the company seems to have changed its mind.

A company’s labor model is its business model, and Wal-Mart is no exception. If WalMart is making a radical shift in one, it’s likely that you can expect at least a modest change in the other.

• Megan McArdle is a Bloomberg View columnist who writes on economics, business and public policy.

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The city of DeKalb should have sought a better deal with the U.S. Department of Justice.

The agreement, in which the city agreed to remove online job applications that discriminated against people with disabilities from its website and hiring process and redesign its website by June 11, is generally good.

Why such things were ever posted on the city’s official site is perplexing, but those who did it apparently no longer work at city hall, making it immaterial now.

The city’s settlement with the feds failed in one important aspect, however: It did not allow the city enough time to seek competitive bids for a vendor to redesign the website.

As a result, instead of awarding an important contract to a local firm, the city is going to send more than $50,000 in local public funds out of DeKalb and into the coffers of a Kansas-based company, CivicPlus, to do the work.

When the council makes decisions such as these, it makes all the talk about “shopping local” and helping small businesses sound like lip service.

It may be true that four months is not a lot of time to build a municipal website, although not all the local web designers who spoke to reporter Katie Dahlstrom earlier this week agreed with that.

However, even hiring a local contractor without seeking bids would be problematic. Rather than complaining that the money was leaving the community, those who didn’t receive the contract could complain some kind of corruption or favoritism was in play.

What was really needed for this project was a competitive bidding and vetting process. If CivicPlus turned out to be the lowest-priced, most qualified vendor, then so be it.

Instead, with the city making a do-or-die deal, CivicPlus gets to tack on a $5,500 “rush charge.”

Critics should respect that this is a project that needs to be done right. A community’s website is an important tool not only for providing public access to information, but also for advertising the community to outsiders.

In the digital age, the appearance and accessibility of a community’s website is every bit as important as that of city hall.

The job is too important to entrust to students, interns, or a contractor who will not be able to meet exacting standards.

It should be noted that the City of DeKalb does have a track record of understanding that and making lots of information publicly available – the city had the highest score of any local government in a transparency audit conducted last year.

If CivicPlus does a good job with the city’s website, that’s important. But as have others who have spoken up, we take issue with the idea that our community lacked people qualified to do the job for their fellow citizens, and that our local government decided to seek out a vendor from another state instead.

In the end, the City Council and staff put themselves in that position.

ANOTHER VIEW

Safer, more efficient energy transit plan is necessary America, and the world for that matter, uses lots of energy. The energy source used more than any other in the United State is oil – at 36 percent of the energy consumed in this country.

In the American energy portfolio, natural gas is next at 27 percent, coal at 19 percent, renewable energy at 10 percent, and nuclear at 8 percent, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

The oil is produced – pulled from underground rock and reservoirs – wherever those reserves are. Before being used, oil must be refined. To get from production area to refinery, obviously, it must be transported.

In the United States, 70 percent of crude oil is shipped by pipeline, the safest and most efficient of all methods of oil transportation.

Twenty-three percent is shipped on tankers and barges over water, while 4 percent is trucked, and only 3 percent, amazingly, is shipped by rail, according to James Conca writing in an April 2014 Forbes column.

Amid a North American energy boom and a lack of pipeline capacity, Conca reported, oil shipping by rail has sharply increased.

“The trains are getting bigger and towing more and more tanker cars,” Conca wrote. “From 1975 to 2012, trains were shorter and spills were rare and small, with about half of those years having no spills above a few gallons. Then came 2013, in which more crude oil was spilled in U.S. rail incidents than was spilled in the previous 37 years.”

With Monday’s train derailment, Montgomery, West Virginia, now joins the list of places – Lac Megantic, Quebec; Lynchburg Virginia; Pickens County, Alabama; among others – that have seen dramatic and dangerous oil tanker fires involving the volatile Bakken crude.

Considering the increase in oil transport, the CSX Corp. and other railroads need to do a much better job – obviously – on safety. Shorter trains, upgraded tank cars, lower speeds, and better track maintenance are among improvements railroads can and should make even before greater pressure from regulators and lawmakers begin.

In the bigger picture, however, the nation needs to develop a long-term, cohesive and realistic national energy strategy – something that has been talked about since the 1973 energy crisis but never fully developed. That strategy needs to encourage rapid development of an integrated network of modern, safe and more efficient underground pipelines to carry the energy we rely on.

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WEATHER FRIDAY 7-DAY FORECAST

A weak system moving by to the north will bring light snow and flurries to the region today. Snow will accumulate a coating in a few spots. It will remain cold with cloudy skies. A storm moving by to our south will bring a bit of snow to the area to start the weekend. Very cold temperatures for Sunday and Monday.

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Dixon 21/19

In what month has the temperature not reached 100 F in the U.S.?

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Joliet 21/19

La Salle 22/20

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Streator 22/21

Peoria 26/24

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Hammond 20/19 Gary 21/20 Kankakee 20/19

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Ready to ‘prove himself’ again Former Northern Illinois receiver looks to make splash in Indy

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com INDIANAPOLIS – Northern Illinois’ leading receiver the past two seasons plans to give the Huskies a draft pick in back-to-back years for the first time since 2001-’02.

Da’Ron Da’Ron Brown adBrown dressed the media at the NFL Scouting Combine on Thursday as NIU’s lone representative in Indianapolis after Jordan Lynch and Jimmie Ward in 2014. He will work out for teams Sat-

my foot and be out of my break as quick as possible, not give the defender a chance to react to my movements.”

Brown had only 17 catches in 2012 Online before leading the team with 752 receiving yards and nine touchdowns in Visit ChicagoFootball.com for coverage 2013 and then 1,003 receiving yards and six scores in 2014. He became the sevof the Bears and the rest of the NFL. enth Huskies receiver to amass 1,000 receiving yards in a season. urday, and his focus will be on his Those big numbers as a senior route running. came without the Heisman Tophy “Specifically, I think I should finalist Lynch, but Brown said the Monica Synett file photo – msynett@shawmedia.com work on improving sinking my hips transition to a new quarterback not Northern Illinois receiver Da’Ron Brown scores a touchdown Oct. 18 in the second and coming out of my breaks more an issue. smoothly,” Brown said. “This transiquarter against Miami (Ohio) at Huskie Stadium in DeKalb. Brown is in Indianapolis tioning part of it, being able to plant this week for the NFL Scouting Combine.

See NFL, page B4

NORTHERN ILLINOIS TRACK

GIRLS BOWLING

DOMINO EFFECT

Spartans look to cut down on mistakes

Freshman breaking multiple records at high clip for Huskies

Sycamore will be at state meet today in Rockford

By JESSE SEVERSON jseverson@shawmedia.com

D

eKALB – Apparently no school record is safe around Northern Illinois distance runner Kelsey Hildreth.

At Notre Dame’s Meyo Invitational earlier this month, Hildreth continually hit her splits to finish the 5,000-meter race in 16 minutes, 39.83 seconds – breaking Anlicja Czajka’s decade-old school record by more than 30 seconds.

But there was little pomp and circumstance from Hildreth after breaking her fourth school record.

“I was rooming with her that night and I was like, ‘So were you going for the school record? What was your goal?’ ” fellow Huskies distance runner Jamie Burr said. “And she just said, ‘You know, I kind of just wanted to break 17 [minutes].’ Very casual about it.”

Not bad for a freshman running in the 5,000 for the first time.

The school records began to fall like dominoes at the hands – or rather, the feet – of Hildreth during cross country season. She grabbed the 5,000 record (17:20) in September and a month later took over the top 6,000 time (20:33) by more than 14 seconds.

During the indoor track and field season, she took down the 3,000 record (9:41.78) before inevitably grabbing the 5,000 record at the Meyo Invitational.

“We knew she was going to be good, we just didn’t know she would be this good her freshman year,” Northern Illinois assistant track and field coach Ashley Lucas said.

The accolades have poured in for Hildreth in her first collegiate season.

There was the Mid-American Conference track athlete of the week award she earned after the Meyo Invitational.

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com

When the Sycamore girls bowling team started its season, the Spartans had two goals for the winter. The first was to win the Northern Illinois Big 12, but Sycamore finished second in the conference. The other goal was to make it to state.

“I would suggest that the second goal was probably much bigger than our first goal,” Spartan coach Andy Hampton said. “And the fact that we have reached this level is a testament to the dedication that these girls have had all yearlong.”

Sycamore finished fourth at Don Carter Lanes in Rockford at the Rockford Guilford Sectional on Saturday in dramatic fashion.

The Spartans had to fight back in the final game to clinch fourth place and a spot in the IHSA state tournament in Rockford.

The action will start today at The Cherry Bowl. Twenty-four teams will compete after finishing in the top four in six different sectionals.

“It feels fantastic, better than I thought it would feel,” Hampton said. “I thought we bowled pretty well at times, but at times Saturday, we didn’t bowl so well. It was a whirlwind of emotions the [last] 20 or 30 minutes because we were one of the first teams done.”

That final game saw the Spartans down by 16 pins with plenty of teams vying for a spot in Rockford.

See SPARTANS, page B4

See TRACK, page B4

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Northern Illinois freshman distance runner Kelsey Hildreth practices Wednesday in the Chessick Center in DeKalb. The Byron alumna is breaking multiple school records in cross country and track.

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GIRLS GYMNASTICS

Co-op aims for podium at state

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com

The DeKalb-Sycamore co-op girls gymnastics team put itself in a very nice position after the IHSA Glenbard North Sectional on Feb. 10.

With Alison Morreale, Aleah Leman and Katelyn Neslon qualifying individually for state, the Barbs had to wait until its name was announced for an at-large bid for the IHSA state final tournament.

The co-op advanced as an at-large team for the state meet that starts Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com today at Palatine High School. The DeKalb-Sycamore co-op’s Aleah Leman competes on the uneven bars during the IHSA Barbs scored a 144.600 as a team to finish second at the sectional. DeKalb Glenbard North Sectional on Feb. 10 in Carol Stream.

was one of eight teams to advance, with many individual gymnasts competing at state.

“It is a huge accomplishment. It creates some good momentum for the program,” Barbs coach Andrew Morreale said. “I think they have a great chance to bring home some hardware at the state meet.”

The duo of Morreale and Leman has been leading the Barbs all season long. At the sectional, the pair finished in the top three in the allaround. Leman finished second with 37.9250, while Alison Morreale had 37.1750. That is how close they have been this season.

“We did really well in section-

als,” Morreale said. “We had a rough warm-up, but when it came time for competition, we really buckled down and got our stuff done, and it paid off.”

The senior’s best finish at the sectional was her second-place finish on the balance beam. Leman won the vault with a 9.6750 mark, with Morreale finishing fifth on the vault.

Another notable standout for the Barbs will be Nelson.

The sophomore finished fifth at the sectional on the floor exercise, and was DeKalb’s third automatic advancer.

See GYMNASTICS, page B4

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LOCAL SCHEDULE TODAY Prep girls bowling IHSA State Championship, The Cherry Bowl, Rockford Prep wrestling Class 3A, 2A State Championships, State Farm Center, Champaign Prep girls gymnastics IHSA State Championship, Palatine Prep girls basketball Class 3A Sycamore Sectional: Sycamore vs. Burlington Central, 7 p.m.

Prep boys basketball Morris at DeKalb, 7 p.m.; Kaneland at Yorkville, 7 p.m.; Genoa-Kingston at Burlington Central, 7 p.m.; Indian Creek at Serena, 6:45 p.m.; Somonauk at Hinckley-Big Rock, 7 p.m.; Earlville at Hiawatha, 6:45 p.m.

College softball Northern Illinois at Troy Invitational: vs. Evansville, 11 a.m., at Troy, 5:30 p.m.

College baseball NIU at Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

Men’s golf NIU at Bayou City Collegiate Championship College wrestling Buffalo at NIU, 7 p.m.

Women’s gymnastics NIU at Southeast Mo., 6:30 p.m.

Women’s tennis NIU vs. SEMO, 2 p.m.

WHAT TO WATCH Auto racing NASCAR, Sprint Cup, practice for Daytona 500, 10 a.m., FS1; 1 p.m., FS1 NASCAR, XFINITY Series, practice for Alert Today Florida 300, 11:30 a.m., FS1; 2:30 p.m., FS1 College hockey Minnesota at Penn State, 5:40 p.m., BTN Michigan State at Wisconsin, 8 p.m., BTN Golf PGA Tour, Northern Trust Open, second round, at Los Angeles, 4 p.m., TGC Men’s basketball Cleveland St. at Green Bay, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Hartford at Albany, 6 p.m., ESPNU Iona at Marist, 8 p.m., ESPNU Pro basketball Bulls at Detroit, 6:30 p.m., CSN+ Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m., ESPN San Antonio at Golden State, 9:30 p.m., ESPN Pro hockey Colorado at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m., CSN

SPORTS BRIEFS Cubs to wear patches with Banks’ No. 14

CHICAGO – Cubs players will wear patches with Ernie Banks’ No. 14 this season.

The Cubs announced Thursday the patches will be worn on both home and away jerseys in honor of the most beloved player in team history. Banks died last month at age 83.

The Cubs also said Banks will be remembered during a pregame ceremony before the season opener April 5 at Wrigley Field. Fans attending that game will receive a commemorative pin in honor of the Hall of Famer.

The team said other tributes will be held throughout the season. Banks played for the Cubs his entire 19-year career.

He was a 14-time All-Star, twotime National League Most Valuable Player and finished his career with 512 home runs.

White Sox announce TV deal with WPWR

The White Sox are scheduled for two national TV games, June 6 vs. Detroit on FOX and June 22 at Minnesota on ESPN. Additional games maybe added. Comcast will televise 106 White Sox games, WGN will do 35 and WPWR-TV/My50 begins its first season as a Sox broadcast partner with 20 games.

– Wire reports

All begins with running hard to first VIEWS Rick Morrissey MESA, Ariz. – Joe Maddon can turn the most basic professional requirement into a rousing cause. One minute you’re listening to him talk about running to first base, the next you’re applying “Braveheart” war paint to your face.

Now, you might have been under the impression that running hard to first base was as elementary as, oh, I don’t know, running hard to first base. How literal of you.

The new Cubs manager has thought a lot about the subject, has pondered it as a philosopher might ponder death, and he sees all sorts of deeper meaning in the 90-foot journey from home plate to first base.

He met with the media Thursday, the reporting day for pitchers and catchers, and was asked about his Respect 90 philosophy, something he had spoken about in job interviews.

And away he went, touching on heart, the youth of America, Ernie Banks, a spring training game as Rays manager and probably a few subliminal messages I missed.

“I always talked about if you could get a baseball player to run hard to first base and if he respects that 90 feet, that will permeate the rest of his game in a positive way,” he said.

“I think it’s that simple – i.e., why (Pittsburgh center fielder) Andrew McCutchen became my favorite player a couple of years ago. We were

AP file photo

Cubs manager Joe Maddon greets the fans during opening night of the annual Cubs Convention in 2015 in Chicago. playing in Port Charlotte (Florida) at 10 o’clock at night. In the ninth inning with two outs, he hits a routine groundball to shortstop and beats it out.

Now what does that say to the rest of the Pirate organization?

That was a beautiful moment. I went up to Clint (Hurdle, Pittsburgh’s manager) right after the game. I was effusive. I could not believe I just saw that.

“It doesn’t take talent to run hard or play hard. It just takes want-to in a sense. We’re going to pull that out of our guys. I really have a hard time understanding why you have to pull it out. Part of that Respect 90 is just respect in general, just respecting the game.”

You wonder in what ways the infield-fly rule speaks to Maddon’s soul.

Anyway, he’s right about one good thing leading to another in a chain reaction of good. You can say his bar doesn’t look particularly high,

that running hard to first base should be like showing up for work on time. But here’s the thing: Plenty of people have a hard time showing up for work on time.

How will Maddon deal with Cubs players who amble or stroll to first base? He won’t.

He wants the players to police themselves.

“You’ve got your lead bulls on the same page, and when they are, if somebody strays a little bit, the appropriate guys in the clubhouse take care of that,” he said. “I should be the last guy always to intervene if this is running properly.”

It’s clear that Maddon has spent a lot of time not just thinking about many topics but thinking about how to say them. He said he’s “anti-rules.”

Why? “Integrity has no need of rules,” he said.

If someday a book on leadership comes out bearing his

name, it won’t be a surprise.

Maddon is known for the motivational lengths he’ll go to – bringing a penguin into the clubhouse to remind players to chill out, hiring DJs and bands to liven things up, having players dress to a specific theme for road trips, etc. But if he can make fabulously wealthy ballplayers want to run hard without anything more than a speech, more power to him. It isn’t always easy.

“What baseball players, what athletes have to understand … this is a pretty cool thing to be involved in,” he said. “And that would be major-league baseball or major-league football or major-league basketball. You work your entire life from the time you’re 6 or 7 years of age to get to this particular moment in your life, and then you’re going to treat it that way? You’re not going to respect that or respect Mr. Banks, who just passed away, or the guys who had come here before you? When you don’t do that, you show total lack of respect regarding what had happened before you.”

You get the feeling that Cubs players will run through walls for him.

But not before stepping on first base.

“It’s going to start right there for us,” Maddon said.

“We do that, we’re going to be on our way. And I’m going to really convince our guys of that one simple thought.”

• Rick Morrissey is a Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist.

Write to him at rmorrissey@ suntimes.com.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE

Central Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Nashville 58 39 13 6 84 177 137 St. Louis 57 37 16 4 78 179 141 Blackhawks 58 35 18 5 75 174 134 Winnipeg 60 30 20 10 70 166 162 Minnesota 57 29 21 7 65 158 154 Dallas 58 27 23 8 62 181 185 Colorado 58 24 23 11 59 150 165 Pacific Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Anaheim 58 35 16 7 77 170 164 Vancouver 57 33 21 3 69 163 151 Calgary 58 32 22 4 68 168 150 San Jose 60 30 22 8 68 170 172 Los Angeles 57 27 18 12 66 159 151 Arizona 58 20 31 7 47 131 194 Edmonton 59 17 32 10 44 139 199

EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA Montreal 58 37 16 5 79 154 130 Tampa Bay 60 36 18 6 78 195 160 Detroit 56 32 14 10 74 163 143 Boston 57 28 20 9 65 150 149 Florida 57 26 19 12 64 141 157 Ottawa 56 23 23 10 56 159 160 Toronto 58 23 30 5 51 162 178 Buffalo 58 17 37 4 38 108 197 Metropolitan Division

GP W L OT Pts GF GA N.Y. Islanders 59 39 19 1 79 193 165 N.Y. Rangers 56 34 16 6 74 178 141 Washington 59 32 17 10 74 176 147 Pittsburgh 58 32 17 9 73 163 146 Philadelphia 58 24 23 11 59 155 170 Columbus 56 26 27 3 55 149 173 New Jersey 57 22 26 9 53 126 155 Carolina 56 20 29 7 47 127 154 Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Thursday’s Results Vancouver 5, N.Y. Rangers 4, SO Buffalo 3, Philadelphia 2, SO Florida 3, Montreal 2, SO N.Y. Islanders 5, Nashville 2 Columbus 2, Pittsburgh 1 Washington 5, Winnipeg 1 San Jose 5, Dallas 2 Today’s Games Colorado at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m.

Vancouver at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Carolina, 6 p.m.

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

Boston at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Minnesota at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Washington, 11:30 a.m.

Nashville at Philadelphia, noon Winnipeg at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Florida at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Carolina at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Anaheim at Edmonton, 6 p.m.

Pittsburgh at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Arizona, 7 p.m.

Los Angeles vs. San Jose at Santa Clara, Calif., 9 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

WHITE SOX

Sox eager for ‘grind’ to start

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN dvanschouwen@suntimes.com

AP file photo

The Bulls’ Mike Dunleavy (left) is guarded by the Nuggets’ Wilson Chandler on Nov. 25 in Denver. Dunleavy, the subject of trade rumors, was not dealt before Thursday’s NBA trade deadline.

BULLS

Dunleavy stays put Bulls stand pat as trade deadline passes

By JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com CHICAGO – It was a good day for Mike Dunleavy.

The veteran small forward’s right ankle held up, and more importantly, he wasn’t pulled out of practice as the Thursday NBA trade deadline was winding down.

Not that many Bulls players were worried about a change of address coming.

“It’s good not to get pulled out of practice,” Dunleavy said with a smirk, when asked about what trade deadline days are like in the Association. “We’re ready for the second half.”

That’s exactly why the Bulls didn’t pull the trigger on a move.

A count could be done on one hand on how many times this season coach Tom Thibodeau has had the entire roster healthy and able to practice, and with Thursday the latest, the hope is that the key addition for this franchise will be health.

“I think so,” Dunleavy said, when asked if there were currently enough pieces on the roster for a run. “Everybody getting things on the same page and getting into a flow.

I thought we had a good fourgame stretch to finish the

first half of the season. Quite honestly, it would’ve been nice to keep playing because we had a good rhythm. At the same time, physically I think guys need a little break. So [the All-Star Break] was good and hopefully we can pick up where we left off.”

They will do so with Jimmy Butler (right shoulder) expected back in the starting lineup today in Detroit, and Kirk Hinrich (turf toe) expected back to his bench role.

And while VP of basketball operations John Paxson and general manager Gar Forman were involved in several rumors the 48 hours leading up to the deadline, nothing serious seemed to surface.

“Yeah, we feel good about our team,” Thibodeau said.

“I’m sure John and Gar [were] talking to people. This time of the year every team is in contact with everybody, and that’s sort of the nature of the business. In our case, we’ve got good players so people are going to call us too. We feel good about the people that are here.”

Thibodeau said the usual protocol between the front office and himself in the past had been that if something was materializing they would run it by him. It never reached that step this time around.

“Yeah, that’s their thing,” Thibodeau said about staying out of the trade rumors. “[The front office’s] job is to see what’s going on in the league and if they think it’s something that’s interesting, they’ll talk to me about it. But I don’t want to hear about their daily conversations with everybody in the league.”

Thibodeau wouldn’t mind staying away from conversations involving team trainers, as well. Those haven’t ended well very often this season, evident by the fact that the projected starting five have only played 16 games together.

Game No. 17 could be on the horizon in Detroit.

“That’s huge,” Dunleavy said of building continuity.

“At the same time, injuries happen. There’s nothing you can do about it. If a guy goes down, the next guy has to step up.’’

The bigger question now facing this roster is with 28 regular-season games left, was there enough time to get that continuity playoff ready?

“I don’t see why not,” Dunleavy said. “It’s really the only option we have right now. We believe we can do it in that amount of time.

“We just have to grow a little bit more and stay healthy and sharpen things up.”

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Nobody wants to hear “All In” around here, not on the day pitchers and catchers report to the most eagerly anticipated White Sox spring training since 2011.

That was the year the Sox brought back A.J. Pierzynski and Paul Konerko, signed slugger Adam Dunn to a four-year, $56 million contract and seemingly had all the right pieces spread over a $128 million payroll, still the largest in club history.

“All in” was the motto and “all out” was the reality after an 11-22 start set the tone for a 79-83 season, 2005 World Series champion manager Ozzie Guillen’s last.

The Sox’s plan for 2015 looks – repeat, looks – like a good one.

With Jose Abreu playing like an MVP and Chris Sale pitching like a Cy Young winner in 2014, it was time to speed up an overhaul that began at the 2013 trade deadline. Enter free agents Adam LaRoche ($25 million, two years) and Melky Cabrera ($42 million, three years) to the lineup, Jeff Samardzija ($9.8 million for one year) to the starting rotation and David Robertson ($46 million, four years) to the bullpen, and enter the Sox on everyone’s list of contenders in the AL Central despite finishing 73-89 season.

Nothing invigorates a team more than a front office committed to winning, and the 64 players making their way to major league camp shouldn’t doubt chairman Jerry Reinsdorf’s desire to win a second title. Longterm, pricey deals for closers are loaded with risk – more than a smart GM like Rick Hahn and the dollar-wise chairman have cared to take in the past – and the commitment to Robertson tells players the ball is in their court. In other words, as vice president Ken Williams said last week, it’s time to grind.

Starting today.

“One of the things you try to impart on the team when you get down to spring training is throw out whatever anybody is saying about you,” Williams said. “Because it’s a grind. It’s a 162-game grind, and that’s the way we’ve got to look at it.

It’s going to be a competitive division.”

Central Division

W L Pct GB Bulls 34 20 .630 — Cleveland 33 22 .600 1½ Milwaukee 30 23 .566 3½ Detroit 21 33 .389 13 Indiana 21 33 .389 13 Atlantic Division

W L Pct GB Toronto 36 17 .679 — Brooklyn 21 31 .404 14½ Boston 20 31 .392 15 Philadelphia 12 41 .226 24 New York 10 43 .189 26 Southeast Division

W L Pct GB Atlanta 43 11 .796 — Washington 33 21 .611 10 Charlotte 22 30 .423 20 Miami 22 30 .423 20 Orlando 17 39 .304 27

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division

W L Pct GB Memphis 39 14 .736 — Houston 36 17 .679 3 Dallas 36 20 .643 4½ San Antonio 34 19 .642 5 New Orleans 27 26 .509 12 Northwest Division

W L Pct GB Portland 36 17 .679 — Oklahoma City 29 25 .537 7½ Denver 20 33 .377 16 Utah 19 34 .358 17 Minnesota 11 42 .208 25 Pacific Division

W L Pct GB Golden State 42 9 .824 — L.A. Clippers 35 19 .648 8½ Phoenix 29 25 .537 14½ Sacramento 18 34 .346 24½ L.A. Lakers 13 40 .245 30

Thursday’s Results Oklahoma City 104, Dallas 89 San Antonio at L.A. Clippers (n) Today’s Games Bulls at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Indiana at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Toronto at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

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

Phoenix at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 7 p.m.

Houston at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Portland at Utah, 8 p.m.

Boston at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

San Antonio at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games Oklahoma City at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Houston, 7 p.m.

Sacramento at L.A. Clippers, 9 p.m.

NCAA BASKETBALL MEN’S TOP 25 SCHEDULE

Thursday’s Results No. 3 Gonzaga at Pacific (n) No. 7 Arizona 87, Southern Cal 57 No. 9 Utah at Oregon St (n) No. 16 Maryland 69, Nebraska 65 No. 21 SMU 67, Temple 58 Today’s Schedule No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 1 Kentucky vs. Auburn, 6 p.m.

No. 3 Gonzaga at Saint Mary’s, 9 p.m.

No. 4 Duke vs. Clemson, 3 p.m.

No. 5 Wisconsin vs. Minnesota, 11 a.m.

No. 6 Villanova at Marquette, 1:30 p.m.

No. 7 Arizona vs. UCLA, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Kansas vs. TCU, 3 p.m.

No. 10 Notre Dame at Boston College, 3 p.m.

No. 11 Northern Iowa vs. Bradley, 3 p.m.

No. 12 Louisville vs. Miami, 1 p.m.

No. 14 Iowa St. at Texas, 1 p.m.

No. 15 North Carolina vs. Georgia Tech, 11 a.m.

No. 17 Oklahoma at Texas Tech, 11 a.m.

No. 18 Arkansas at Mississippi St., 3 p.m.

No. 19 Butler at Xavier, 1 p.m.

No. 20 Baylor vs. Kansas St., noon No. 22 Oklahoma St. vs. No. 23 West Virginia, 1 p.m.

No. 25 VCU vs. UMass, 11 a.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 2 Virginia vs. Florida St., 5:30 p.m.

No. 9 Utah at Oregon, 2 p.m.

No. 13 Wichita St. vs. Evansville, 3 p.m.

No. 24 Ohio St. at Michigan, noon

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PREP ROUNDUP

Six local wrestlers win their first-round match Logan Mathey (132) both lost their first round match at the double-elimination state Kaneland’s Austin Parks meet. handed Hubbard senior wrestler Brandon Pettis BOYS BASKETBALL his second loss Friday at Seeds for regional tournathe Class 2A wrestling state ment announced: The IHSA tournament announced the seeding for Pettis only had one loss the boys basketball regional coming into the tournament. tournaments on Thursday.

Parks improved to 26-6 on DeKalb, which can sethe season with a first round cure a conference title with victory over Pettis (39-2), a win over Morris today, beating him, 9-6, on Thurs- will be the No. 4 seed in the day night. The 182-pound- five-team Class 4A Geneva er was one of six local area Regional. wrestlers to win their first In the Class 3A Burlinground match at the State ton Regional, Kaneland is Farm Center in Champaign. the No. 3 seed, Genoa-KingsSycamore’s Chris Malone ton is the No. 4 seed and Syc(182) and Kaneland’s George amore will be the No. 5 seed Strang (145), Riley Vanik in the six-team regional.

(160) and Colin Gussman In the Class 1A Hin(170) all won their matches kley-Big Rock Regional, the at the 2A tournament, while host school will be the top DeKalb’s Brad Green (138) seed while Indian Creek is won his first round match at the No. 4 seed and Hiawatha the Class 3A tournament. is the No. 6 seed in the sevDeKalb’s Jackson Mont- en-team Alden-Hebron Regomery (132) and Sycamore’s gional.

By DAILY CHRONICLE

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Colorado State quarterback Garrett Grayson throws against New Mexico in the third quarter of Colorado State’s 58-20 victory Nov. 22 in Fort Collins, Colo. Grayson could be an option for the Bears in the NFL Draft.

NFL SCOUTING COMBINE

THE WAITING GAME

Bears need to draft a quarterback, just not right away

INDIANAPOLIS – Bears general manager Ryan Pace is on the record as saying he believes the way you attack the quarterback position is in waves, drafting them and signing as many free agents as you have to until you strike gold.

He also made reference Wednesday at the NFL Scouting Combine to the old Ron Wolfe school of thought about drafting one every year.

Of course, regardless of whether the quarterback you win with is Jay Cutler or other contestants soon to be identified, the first question is whether or not you’ve finally found the coach or coaches who can develop one.

We’ve heard a ton about Vic Fangio and the Bears’ new 3-4 defense, but what should we expect of new offensive coordinator Adam Gase, whose No. 1 priority has to be to finally fix the Bears at the game’s most important position?

His last boss, John Elway, spoke about Gase on Thursday.

“He’s a young guy that really works hard and did a lot of things blending what we did as well as what Peyton (Manning) was used to doing

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush and working with Peyton. They had a great relationship, and so Adam really did a great, great job with us.”

Now that Manning’s worked for him, who will be Gase’s next pupils?

What if Jameis Winston or Marcus Mariota fell to them at No. 7 in the NFL Draft?

Winston won’t, but Mariota could.

If the Heisman Trophy winner Mariota falls in the draft, it will be because of questions about how his game will transfer from the Oregon offense to a pro style scheme.

“I guess you could say it’s a little bit of motivation,” Mariota said about those who doubt him.

“There’s a purpose of why I’m here and why I’m standing in front of you and that’s because I love the game, I want to be part of this game, I want to be part of this game for a long time. My motivation isn’t to prove anybody wrong. My

motivation is to make a dream come true for me.”

Mariota seems like a fine young man, but the majority of my sources are telling me he isn’t worth the risk in the top 10 or 15 picks of this draft, and the Bears cannot afford to blow the No. 7 pick.

Brett Hundley of UCLA will probably be the third quarterback off the board and should be there when the Bears pick in the second round. Interestingly, it seems like he might have a Chicago connection of sorts too.

“I love Donovan (McNabb) to death. I talk to him, even to this day. He has helped me out through this journey and this process. He’s a smooth quarterback and he’s unique at what he does, and I think that’s the same thing that I bring while playing football.”

Unfortunately, there are enough questions about Hundley’s game that he isn’t worth the risk in the second round, either.

It’s possible, if Baylor’s Bryce Petty is your cup of tea, the Bears could grab him in the third round. But with him trying to transition from the most

gimmicky offense of all, that’s a pick you’d hate to waste too.

So, before I go, here’s a plan and a name for you that might make the most sense. The Bears have to get pass rushers, safeties and a wide receiver who can play right now and that would be the best use of their early round picks.

It is possible the Browns would give the Bears the 12th and 19th picks in the first round to come up and get Mariota.

There will be very good pass rushers, wideouts and safeties available in those spots.

The QB who intrigues me the most is Garrett Grayson out of Colorado State. I’d hate to use a high second rounder on him, but I doubt he’ll be there when the Bears come back around in the third.

Predicting these picks, especially when you’re planning trades, is akin to winning the lotto, but I suspect a lot of Bears fans would be happy campers if that plan came through.

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

Brown worked with multiple QBs during NIU career • NFL

Continued from page B1 “It really wasn’t that hard of a transition because Drew Hare, he was always there as well, so I got reps with Drew Hare as well,” he said. “It wasn’t like I was just sitting passing with Jordan every day. I did my reps with Jordan, I did my reps with Drew Hare, [Matt] McIntosh, all the quarterbacks. I worked with all the quarterbacks so it wasn’t that hard of a transition.”

Brown was asked about a

favorite memory from his time in DeKalb, and he immediately responded, “winning the [Mid-American Conference] championship.” When pressed for a more personal accomplishment, Brown paused and repeated himself: “Winning the MAC championship.”

The former Morgan Park High School quarterback measured at 6-feet, 205 pounds with 32-inch arms and 101/4-inch hands.

He reflected back on his time in the Chicago Public League, when he set school records for rushing yards for a

quarterback.

“From my Morgan Park days, I just enjoyed the moments of being a quarterback,” he said. “Being able to control the game, being a leader of the team. That leadership role, when you touch the ball every time, you’ve got to be prepared to be the leader of a team and control the success of a team.”

CPS is not known for its football prowess, and Brown compared the experience there to playing in the MAC, and will try to use that “prove yourself” mindset yet again leading up to the draft.

“I don’t really believe [playing in the Chicago Public League] is a challenge, but I believe sometimes players might be overlooked for their talents,” he said. “The more you work, I believe you can get in that spotlight to shine and get an opportunity to show yourself.”

Despite his career on offense, Brown’s first experience in football came on defense, because of a certain Bear.

“When I first started playing football, I was a linebacker,” he said, “so I grew up watching [Brian] Urlacher.”

Coach says Hildreth is better at the longer races • TRACK

Continued from page B1 She, along with teammate Meghan Heuer, became the first runners in program history to earn All-MAC and All-Region honors during cross country.

But for Hildreth, who can hold her running pace almost to a robotic degree, the broken records have become simply collateral damage toward a bigger, more vague goal.

“The records aren’t really a goal, I just find out about them after it happens,” she said. “I just want to keep getting (personal bests) and keep getting points for my team.”

“She just wants to run fast,” Lucas said. “That’s her goal right now, just to run fast. If she breaks a record in the process, great.”

Hildreth, who Lucas said runs better in longer races, already has her sights set for the outdoor track and field season to attempt the 10,000 – an event she has never run.

“I want to give it a try,” she said. “In the races I’ve done, the longer the better, but I

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Sycamore’s Baylee Ricker bowls against Kaneland on Jan. 20 at Four Seasons in Sycamore. Sycamore won, 3,039-2,176. Sycamore will compete in the state tournament today.

Spartans come out firing in sixth game at sectional • SPARTANS

Continued from page B1 With Sycamore in fifth place at the time, Kelly Drake and Alexis Kolberg picked up 50 total pins in their final frames.

Entering that sixth game, Hampton asked the girls if they wanted to go home after three months of work.

The Spartans finished strong.

“Well, you are going to have to go get it because they are not going to hand it to us,” the coach said. “They all got fired up and came out and started well in the sixth game.”

Sycamore finished quicker than other teams and there was some nerves building up in the squad.

The Spartans over took Harlem by 10 pins to finish fourth. Guilford and Dixon, who finished third and sixth respectively, were within

Co-op looks to contend for a top finish at meet • GYMNASTICS

Continued from page B1

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Northern Illinois University freshman distance runner Kelsey Hildreth wants to attempt the 10,000-meter run. Hildreth has never run that event in track. don’t know how long my limit is.”

But the origin of Hildreth’s record-breaking career can be traced back to simply accepting an offer from a friend.

Midway through her time at Byron High School, a friend asked her if she wanted to tag

along during a run.

Hildreth thought it was fun.

In the two years that afterward, she won the state meet in the 2-mile as a senior and was the runner-up in the mile and was second place at the state cross country meet.

By the time college recruiters came asking for her services, it was too late.

She had decided to stay in the area and run for Northern Illinois.

“She was one of those diamonds in the rough,” Lucas said.

100 pins of one other.

Baylee Ricker finished with a team-high 1,196 series for the Spartans.

The junior also had a high-game of 246 in the fifth game. Kolberg bowled an 1,111, while Drake finished with 1,070. Amanda Mastro also passed a 1,000 pins.

With state starting today, the Spartans will want to keep the mistakes to a minimum.

Hampton said the team is practicing this week on converting spares, especially the 10 pin. Limiting mistakes will give the Spartans a shot to bowl well in Rockford.

The 12 teams with the highest total pin count for two rounds will advance to the third and fourth rounds Saturday.

The 30 individuals who are not a part of a team with the highest total pin count after two rounds will also advance to the third and fourth rounds Saturday.

The Barbs will head into the state meet as one of the top teams, and Nitsa Matarangas and Emily Jovanovich will also compete for the Barbs.

The top three gymnasts in each competition make the podium, and the coach is expecting the Barbs to compete for that.

“I think that it is anybody’s ballgame,” Morreale said. “Coming out of the sectionals, we are the fourth overall ranked team, and the top three make the podium. And all the scores are pretty tight. I think it comes down to who can do a good job [today].”

This will be the final meet of Alison Morreale’s prep career. The senior went to state last year and performance to build on last year’s meet.

“I think we are going to do amazing. The girls and I have been talking about this for the past couple of days and all we want to do is go out there, have some fun, do what we know how to do, and whatever happens, happens.”

Alison Morreale DeKalb-Sycamore co-op senior gymnast

“I think we are going to do amazing,” Morreale said.

“The girls and I have been talking about this for the past couple of days and all we want to do is go out there, have some fun, do what we know how to do, and whatever happens, happens.”

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Husband’s medical records reveal STD history Dear Abby: I recently started working at the hospital where my husband receives his primary care. One afternoon, out of curiosity, I accessed his medical records. In his file it was noted he is high risk for STDs. In fact, he was treated for two different ones some years back.

I have been tested for STDs during all my annual physicals, and the results were always negative. I think it’s because we often go for weeks without any sexual contact.

What should I do with this information? How do I talk to him about it without letting him know I’m aware of his medical history? – Concerned In Massachusetts Dear Concerned: Unless

you claim to be clairvoyant, I don’t see how you can discuss

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips this without admitting you accessed his medical records, which is against the law. Be prepared for him to be irate, because the best defense is a strong offense. You are lucky your husband hasn’t given you an STD. By all means talk with him about this, if only to find out whether you have sex so infrequently because he’s having relations with other people.

Now that you know what has been going on, you have some serious thinking to do about staying in this marriage.

Dear Abby: I had an abusive boyfriend who, I realized

later, had abused his wife and children. After we broke up, my close friend and neighbor asked me if I’d mind if she went out with him. I initially said no, but after thinking about it, I thought how could she? She knew how he had treated me, pushing, shoving and isolating me from my friends.

I had words with her about it, and she said she wasn’t there, so she didn’t know if it really happened. What kind of a woman wouldn’t support me?

He is over there often, and I live right next door. I am furious with her. Do I have a right to be? – Alice In New Mexico Dear Alice: Your friend must be desperate for male companionship or incredibly naive in failing to recognize that

what happened to you (and the man’s former wife) won’t also happen to her. Please don’t waste your time being angry.

You are lucky to be rid of your abuser and should be grateful you realized he was one before he caused you physical harm.

Dear Abby: A woman I know has a husband who is deployed. I would like to send her a card offering support and love, to tell her how thankful I am for both of their sacrifices in the service of our country.

Can you assist with wording and other ideas on how I can be supportive? She lives far away, so this will all be long distance. I don’t want to come across wrong or say something that could offend.

I ran across an article the other day on what not to say to

military wives, and I’m afraid I may have committed a faux pas and don’t want to do it again. – Civilian In Iowa Dear Civilian: If you think you “may” have committed a breach of etiquette, pick up the phone, call the woman and offer an apology. Explain that you read an article about what not to say to military wives, and hope you didn’t offend her.

Offer to stay in touch – if that’s what she would like – so you can let her know she and her husband are in your thoughts, and let her suggest other ways you might be helpful even though you are geographically distant.

• Write Dear Abby at www.

dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Lingering cough can be attacked on many fronts Dear Dr. K: I had a chest cold. I feel better, but I’m still coughing a lot. This has been going on for more than three weeks. Why am I still coughing?

Dear Reader: Most likely, you had bronchitis, an inflammation of the lining of the bronchial tubes. Bronchitis is usually caused by an infection – viral or bacterial.

The bronchial tubes are air passages connecting the lungs to the windpipe. Bronchitis usually starts with an upper respiratory illness that spreads from the nose and throat down into the airways.

(I’ve put an illustration showing how bronchitis affects the airways on my website, www. askdoctork.com.)

Your immune system often is able to wipe out the

ASK DR. K Dr. Anthony Komaroff infection in about five to 10 days. However, for several different reasons, symptoms may persist – as they have with you.

Though your body usually fights off the initial respiratory infection promptly, your bronchial tubes can remain inflamed and sensitive for several weeks, causing you to continue coughing. The inflammation also can create spasm or irritability of the bronchial tubes: They intermittently tighten up suddenly, causing coughing. This can produce other symptoms as well:

• a tight feeling in your chest • wheezing • shortness of breath when you exert yourself • mild fatigue To treat your irritable bronchial tubes, your doctor might prescribe an inhaler of what is called a bronchodilator medicine. Albuterol is one commonly prescribed.

Bronchodilators are used by people with asthma to ease breathing during an asthma attack.

If this does not control the cough, you also might need a corticosteroid inhaler. Corticosteroids can help to reduce inflammation of the airways.

In rare cases, you might need to take an oral corticosteroid, such as prednisone, for several days.

Another cause of a persistent cough after bronchitis is sinus inflammation, leading to post-nasal drip.

Junk from inflamed sinuses drops down into the back of the throat. The throat has sensitive areas that when stimulated cause a person to cough. Post-nasal drip can stimulate them. An overthe-counter saline spray can help to remove mucus and irritants from your nose. It also will help to moisturize your nasal passages.

A persistent cough also can be caused by thick mucus in the bronchial tubes. Try drinking plenty of fluids to make the mucus thin, watery and easy to cough up. Warm, moist air also can loosen mucus. Try using a vaporizer or humidifier; standing in or

near a hot shower; or drinking hot tea or soup.

In some cases, a person continues to cough for weeks after bronchitis because of a stubborn infection. Most cases of bronchitis are caused by viruses. But bronchitis also can be caused by bacteria, which might not yet be eliminated by your immune system. If your doctor suspects a bacterial infection, he or she might prescribe an antibiotic.

There’s usually a fixable reason for a persistent cough after bronchitis. If the home remedies I’ve recommended don’t work, talk to your doctor.

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

Don’t hesitate to apologize after an argument Dr. Wallace: My boyfriend and I have not communicated since we had a huge argument last Saturday night. It all started because I thought he was flirting with another girl when I went to the powder room to put on some makeup. I saw him and this girl laughing together. When this girl saw me coming, she split the scene. When I asked him why he was laughing with another girl, he told me it was none of my business. I said it was my business and that triggered the argument.

I have now found out the

What’s your advice? – Vicky,

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace

Chicago Vicky: It really doesn’t mat-

girl was his older sister’s best friend, and he’s known her for more than five years. I want to apologize to my boyfriend, but my grandmother says he’s the one who should apologize first because guys should be gentlemen, and a gentleman would never allow a girl to apologize first. She also said Tyler should have just told me who the girl was.

ASTROGRAPH

ter who apologizes first after an argument. What’s important is rekindling the relationship. In this case, it sounds as if you both were partially at fault, but I suggest you be first to say, “I’m sorry.”

If your boyfriend had written to me, I’d have given him the same advice. Somebody has to take that courageous first step to begin the healing.

Dr. Wallace: Please settle this family debate between my mother and me. I have a

SUDOKU

By EUGENIA LAST

Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Networking and promotion will bring you rewards this year. The time and effort you put into increasing your stature in the workplace and community will ensure that you keep the momentum going. Love will play a role in the success you achieve.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Your warmth and compassion will be an asset to a benevolent or charitable cause. Assisting elderly people or ailing family members will intensify your sympathetic nature and understanding.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – An opportunity to make money or raise your earning potential is within reach. Keep track of your expenditures and leave enough leeway in your budget for an unexpected home repair or medical bill.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Be a participant. Once you get involved in community affairs, you will be surprised at the number of interesting people you meet and how full your social calendar will become.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – If you have been exaggerating or spreading rumors, you will be accused of meddling. Keep busy doing something that is beneficial to you and those around you.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Get involved in things you enjoy doing. You will meet someone who will prompt you to think differently or will spark your imagination. A chance to travel will lead to a rewarding experience.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Mixing financial and emotional issues can be costly. If your generosity is eating into your savings account, curb your spending. It makes more sense to offer suggestions or hands-on help.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – A partnership will be on shaky ground if you don’t make an effort to share your thoughts. Schedule time to discuss your plans for the future or to re-establish responsibilities.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Impress your superiors by putting in more effort at work. Prove how seriously you take your position by presenting your ideas for a more efficient workplace. Success will follow assertiveness.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Cultural differences and philosophies will intrigue you. There is plenty of knowledge available on the Internet. Don’t limit yourself to the same old routines and ideas; broaden your horizons.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Don’t get upset about things you cannot change. Traffic woes or unanticipated weather changes are unpleasant, but emotional outbursts will not help you get along with others or mend a negative situation.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Someone you consider a casual acquaintance may have a more romantic motive in mind. Be honest about your feelings. If handled properly, you will end up with a lifelong friendship.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Financial gains lie ahead. An opportunity to change your profession should be considered. A minor health ailment should be checked out before it escalates into something serious.

mild case of acne. My mother says it’s because I eat a lot of greasy junk food – french fries, hamburgers, etc. I’m well aware that eating properly is the way to go. That isn’t the issue. But I say what I eat has nothing whatsoever to do with the purity of my complexion. I know this for a fact.

Maybe if you print the facts on diet and complexion she will stop nagging me. – Nameless, Talladega,

California dermatologist, many people eat chocolate, french fries, cola drinks, chips, candy, ice cream, pizza and hundreds of other similar foods. That’s not good nutritionally, Dr. Lauber said, but these foods do not cause or add to a complexion problem.

There is no evidence, he added, of any link between acne and foods except one: High iodine found in shellfish and some table salts may aggravate existing acne.

Jeffery Lauber, a Southern

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

Alabama Nameless: According to Dr.

CROSSWORD

ADVICE & PUZZLES 5 BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Exceptions exist to reliable rule A.C. Benson, an English author who was the 28th Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and whose father was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1882 to 1896, said, “Very often a change of self is needed more than a change of scene.”

In yesterday’s deal, declarer needed to finesse in clubs three times through his righthand opponent. But since he had no other dummy entry left, that required, on the first round, leading the lowest club in the dummy that could win the trick.

That is a reliable rule, but when a double finesse (two finesses in the same suit) is involved, a different approach might be needed. In this deal, West starts the defense against four spades with the club king and another club. After South ruffs at trick two, how should he continue?

South’s jump to game is reasonable, given the big trump fit.

Declarer has five potential losers: two hearts, two diamonds and one club. He has only eight top tricks: seven spades and one heart. So, to make his contract, South needs to find East with at least one heart honor and the diamond ace. But that might require leading three times from the dummy: to take two heart finesses and to lead toward the diamond king. With only two trump entries, care is required.

Declarer should cash his spade king, lead a spade to dummy’s queen and play a low heart to his jack, not run the 10 or nine.

West wins and leads the club queen. South ruffs, crosses to dummy’s spade ace, and runs the heart 10. When that wins, declarer can play a diamond toward his king to get home.

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"THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W14-1149 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Bank of America N.A.; Plaintiff, VS. Santos D. Diaz; Rosa E. Diaz; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Defendants.

14 CH 122 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Roger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illinois, will on March 26, 2015, at the hour of 01:00 PM at DeKalb County Sheriff`s Office, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 , sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: C/K/A: 312 Preserve Drive, Genoa, IL 60135 PIN: 02-25-204-007 The person to contact regarding

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Sycamore Studio w/Garage.

A/C. Laundry. Clean & Quiet. No pets/smoking. $450/mo. J & A RE 815-970-0679 SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper.

CA. DW. W/D on Site. Off-Street Prkg. No pets/smoking. $695 Incl.

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815-757-5546

HEATER - Universal Brand Four Burner Infrared Heater, Model 48-IR, 44,000 BTU/HR, Operates Approximately 11 Hours On A 20 lb. Propane Tank, $99 815-756-8089 DeKalb

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Kirkland Upper 2 Bedroom

Harley Davidson SAE60 oil $3.50 per quart 815-748-7693

Little Tikes Cozy Coupe Child Ride On/In Car, Clean Condition, $17.

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Sycamore – (2 Units) 1 upper $850, 1 lower $900, electric, gas & water included., 815-739-7665 Brad.

$575/mo + utilities, 1st & security.

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DOLL SET NEW American Girl Bitty Baby Doll Set w/ Doll, Book & Star, Includes Deluxe 15 Piece Layette Collection; Dress, Cardigan, Pants, Tights, Shoes. Rattle, Bottle, Bib & Hangers All In a Satin Storage Suitcase.

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815-975-4601

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Mens Cabelas Boots "Snowrunners", Size 12-M, New, Never Worn, 8”, Lace Up, Tan, w/ Black Rubber soles & accents.

List For $80, Selling For $40.

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877-264-2527

Sullivan's Foods in Rochelle, IL, is opening a new ACE HARDWARE within the Grocery store. This is an exciting opportunity for an individual with previous hardware and retail management experience. If you like and are knowledgeable about home projects, enjoy working with the public, and have past management experience, this is the job for you! This is a full-time benefit eligible position that offers a great work environment. Must be able to lift 50 pounds. Pay pending experience.

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Chicago Cable Company Baby Grand Piano $400/obo.

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US Proof Sets 1973,1974,1975,1976 & 1977 $60 For All, Sycamore, 815-762-0382 After 3pm

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Oak Entertainment Center 59” wide x 52” tall x 22” deep Opening for TV is 36” x 34”, has lots of storage, Excellent Condition $125. 815-895-6096 leave msg.

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TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W14-1149 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Bank of America N.A.; Plaintiff, VS. Santos D. Diaz; Rosa E. Diaz; Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; Defendants.

14 CH 122 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Roger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illinois, will on March 26, 2015, at the hour of 01:00 PM at DeKalb County Sheriff`s Office, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 , sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: C/K/A: 312 Preserve Drive, Genoa, IL 60135 PIN: 02-25-204-007 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W141149. The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: SFH. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-572-7823 W14-1149 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com I645137 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20, 27, 2015)

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Professionally Managed by PPM, LLC. This Institution Is An Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.

Phone 815-264-3492 TDD 800-525-0857

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Avail. March 815-758-0079 Genoa, Small House, Furnished, very clean, quiet, large 1 BR,1 BA $695/mo + utilities. + security.

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815-762-4730

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Available May 1st. 815-895-8526

DeKalb - Eden's Garden Family Living Affordable 2, 3, 4 Bedroom TownHome/Duplex, 815-758-8045 9am.- 5pm. call for appt.

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815-758-5000

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No pets.

815-758-0123

PUBLIC NOTICE

in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Roger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illinois, will on March 26, 2015, at the hour of 01:00 PM at DeKalb County Sheriff`s Office, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 , sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: LOT 149 OF RIVERBEND ADDITION TO GENOA, UNIT 2, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 25 AND PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 1, 2004 IN PLAT CABINET NUMBER 9 AT SLIDE NUMBER 112-D AS DOCUMENT NO. 2004013333, SITUATED IN THE TOWN OF GENOA, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. C/K/A: 312 Preserve Drive, Genoa, IL 60135 PIN: 02-25-204-007 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W141149. The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours. The property is improved by: SFH. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-572-7823 W14-1149 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com I645137 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20, 27, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

make your appearance in said action in this Court, by filing the same in the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court on or before March 12, 2015 AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF. DATED: FEBRUARY 12, 2015, DEKALB, ILLINOIS, DEKALB COUNTY CLERK OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT.

LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 4 IN

RACHAS; ALCHEMY LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES IN-

was sold on November 5, 2012 for general taxes of the year 2011.

This is NOTICE of the filing of the Petition for Tax Deed on the following described property:

Heather Ottenfield, Attorney for Petitioner (312) 251-1333

AND B NONRECORD period of redemption will expire• BROS. AND GALT'S SUBDI- TERESTED; Daily ChronicleMARTIN / Daily-Chronicle.com • Section • Friday,The February 20, 2015 June 17, 2015.

VISION OF PART OF SECTION 26, CLAIMANTS.

KIRSTEN R. BECKER, ATTORNEY AT LAW, 921 LEWIS STREET, DEKALB, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE

TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Property Index Number 08-26153-022

On June 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 200 the Petitioner intends to make application for an order on the petition that a Tax Deed be issued. The real estate was sold on November 5, 2012 for general taxes of the year 2011.

The period of redemption will expire June 17, 2015.

Heather Ottenfield, Attorney for Petitioner (312) 251-1333

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

CERT. #2011-00276

Estate of BEVERLY T. STADE

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 18, 19 & 20, 2015.)

Case No. 15 P 15 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of BEVERLY T. STADE. Letters of Office were issued to Debra Stade-Self, whose address is 50 W. 80 Ramm Rd., Maple Park IL 60151, as Independent Executor.

James Davidson is attorney of record. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, or with the representative, or both, on or before August 19, 2015, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

Executor for the state of Beverly T. Stade, deceased /s/ James Davidson for Debra Stade-Self, Independent Executor /s/ Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court Prepared by: JAMES DAVIDSON Attorney at Law 134 West State Street Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 899-9171

PUBLIC NOTICE TAX DEED NO. 15-TX-2 FILED February 17, 2015 TAKE NOTICE TO: DOUG JOHNSON, DEKALB COUNTY CLERK; MS INVESTMENT GROUP INC.; LESLIE EARL ALLEN; LINDA RAE ALLEN; OCCUPANT; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; MIDWEST TULSA PROPERTY INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. This is NOTICE of the filing of the Petition for Tax Deed on the following described property: THE SOUTH HALF OF LOT 3 IN BLOCK 8 IN THE VILLAGE OF LEE, BEING A PART OF THE SOUTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN THE BOOK ”A” OF PLATS, PAGE 65 ON APRIL 2, 1873 IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Property Index Number 13-06332-004 On June 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 200 the Petitioner intends to make application for an order on the petition that a Tax Deed be issued. The real estate was sold on November 5, 2012 for general taxes of the year 2011.

The period of redemption will expire June 17, 2015.

THE NORTH HALF OF LOTS 5 AND 6 AND THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTH HALF OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 12 IN THE VILLAGE OF LEE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK “A” OF PLATS, PAGE 65 ON APRIL 2, 1873 IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DEKALB, STATE OF ILLINOIS. Property Index Number 13-06337-007 On June 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., Courtroom 200 the Petitioner intends to make application for an order on the petition that a Tax Deed be issued. The real estate was sold on November 5, 2012 for general taxes of the year 2011.

The period of redemption will expire June 17, 2015.

Heather Ottenfield, Attorney for Petitioner (312) 251-1333 CERT. #2011-00507 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 18, 19 & 20, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAX DEED NO. 15-TX-4 FILED February 17, 2015 TAKE NOTICE TO: DOUG JOHNSON, DEKALB COUNTY CLERK; U.S. BANK NA; SARA KERNER; JEFFREY KERNER; RUSSELL E. BARNS; TRUSTEE U/T/A DATED OCTOBER 4, 1985, A/K/A TRUST NUMBER 101; OCCUPANT; MARGARET FRANZEN; CYNTHIA WEGENER; AMERICAN BANK & TRUST COMPANY, NA; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.;UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. This is NOTICE of the filing of the Petition for Tax Deed on the following described property: THAT PART OF THE NORTWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER; THENCE WESTERLY, ALONG THE NORTH SAID LINE OF SAID NORTHWEST QUARTER, 1250.00 FEET FOR A POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE CONTINUING WESTERLY, ALONG SAID NORTH LINE, 495.00 FEET; THENCE SOUTHERLY, AT RIGHT ANGLE TO SAID NORTH LINE, 440.00 FEET; THENCE WESTERLY, AT RIGHT ANGLE TO THE LAST DESCRIBED COURSE, PARALLEL TO SAID NORTH LINE, 495.00 FEET; THECE NORTHERLY, AT RIGT ANGLE TO BEGINNING, ALL IN CLINTON TOWNSHIP, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Property Index Number 14-14100-005

CERT. #2011-00519 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 18, 19 & 20, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE TAX DEED NO. 15-TX-5 FILED February 17, 2015 TAKE NOTICE TO: DOUG JOHNSON, DEKALB COUNTY CLERK; U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL-NORTHERN DISTRICT; STEVEN NAVALANY, JR.; PATRICIA A. NAVALANY; COLLECTION PROFESSIONALS INC.; VOICESTREAM GSM 1 OPERATING COMPANY LLC; OCCUPANT; DOROTHY EBELING; GARY WINCKLER; LYNN S. NAVALANY; UNDERDOG TRUCKING, INC.; UNDERDOG TRANSPORT INC.;DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, AS INDENTURE TRUSTEE FOR BENEFIT OF THE NOTEHOLDER UNDER THE AMENDED & RESTATED INDENTURE, DATED 5/6/2010; ULYSSES ASSET SUB II LLC AS SUCCESSOR TO T6 UNISON SITE MANAGEMENT LLC; RESOURCE BANK, N.A.; CCTMO LLC; T-MOBILE USA TOWER LLC; RECOURCE BANK NA AS TRUSTEE U/T/A DATED 4/21/1999 AS TRUST NO. 99-905; ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE; ATTORNEY GENERAL OF ILLINOIS; INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE; U.S. ATTORNEY GENERAL; CONSERV FS; UNKNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES INTERESTED; AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS. This is NOTICE of the filing of the Petition for Tax Deed on the following described property: THAT PART OF THE EAST ½ OF THE SOUTHEAST ¼ OF SECTION 13, AND PART OF THE EAST ½ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OD SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 38 NORTH; RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE INTERSECTION OF THE EAST LINE OF SAID SECTION 13 WITH THE CENTER LNE OF JERICO ROAD; TEHNCE SOUTH 83 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 58 SECONDS WEST ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF JERICO ROAD, 437.12 FEET FOR THE POINT OF BEGINNING; THENCE SOUTH 1 DEGREE 10 MINUTES 18 SECONDS WEST 540.58 FEET; THENCE NORTH 88 DEGREES 49 MINUTES 42 SECONDS WEST, 901.50 FEET TO THE WEST LINE OF THE EAST ½ OF THE NORTHEAST ¼ OF SAID SECTION 24; THENCE NORTH 1 DEGREE 10 MINUTES 18 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID WEST LINE 425.81 FEET TO THE CENTER LINE OF JERICO ROAD; THENCE NORTH 83 DEGREES 54 MINUTES 58 SECONDS EAST ALONG SAID CENTER LINE, 908.78 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING; IN THE TOWNSHIP OF SQUAW GROVE, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Property Index Number 15-24200-008

Deed be issued. The real estate was sold on November 5, 2012 for

general taxes of the year 2011.

9 CLASSIFIED The period of redemption will expire June 17, 2015.

Heather Ottenfield, Attorney for Petitioner (312) 251-1333 CERT. #2011-00540

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 18, 19 & 20, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: MARGO SUTORIUS FOR CHANGE OF NAME

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on March 27, 2015, 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, Margo Danielle Sutorius will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from MARGO DANIELLE SUTORIUS to MARGO DANIELLE MILANO pursuant tot eh statute is 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.

Kirsten Becker, Attorney 921 Lewis Street DeKalb, Illinois 60115

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 13, 20 & 27, 2015.)

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LECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMASycamore, Woodgate Condo, Heather Ottenfield, 4 BR, Finished basement, SS appl. TION OBTAINED WILL BE USED IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE Attorney for Petitioner FOR THAT PURPOSE" PUBLIC NOTICE W/D, garage, pool/clubhouse, TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT (312) 251-1333 W14-1149 $1200/mo. 815-751-2937 COUNTY, ILLINOIS, DEKALB IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF TAX DEED NO. 15-TX-1 PATRICK FINNIGAN, Plaintiff, KELLY Cert. #2011-00505 FILED February 17, 2015 FINNIGAN, Defendant Case No. 14 THE 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT Daily Chronicle Classified D 270 PUBLICATION NOTICE The DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS 877-264-2527 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, affidavit having been duly requisite TAKE NOTICE CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX COUNTY DEPARTMENT, February 18, 19 & 20, 2015.) herein, NOTICE IS HEREBY filed Appl, bsmt, W/D hook-up, gar, no CHANCERY DIVISION GIVEN TO ALL DEFENDANTS IN TO: DOUG JOHNSON, DEKALB pets/smkg. $800/mo + dep & ref.

Bank of America N.A.; Plaintiff, THE ABOVE ENTITLED ACTION, that COUNTY CLERK; BRUCE W. Available Now. 815-758-6439 VS. PUBLIC NOTICE said action has been commenced LEONARD; OCCUPANT; FELECIA D. Diaz; Rosa E. Diaz; Santos DeKalb ~ 2BR Brick Duplex in said Court by the plaintiff, nam- COLLINS; CAROLYN COLLINS; Secretary of Housing and Urban TAX DEED NO. 15-TX-3 Garage, full bsmt, all appl include ing you as defendant therein and JONATHAN MILLER; ALLEN R. FILED February 17, 2015 praying For Judgment of Dissolu- COLLINS; GENI L. COLLINS; UNW/D, no pets/smoking, $1100/mo. Development; Defendants.

14 CH 122 tion of Marriage and for relief; that KNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES IN1211 N. 1st St. 815-758-0600 TAKE NOTICE summons has been issued out of TERESTED; AND NONRECORD NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE On June 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., this Court against you as provided CLAIMANTS. OF REAL ESTATE by law, and, that this action is still On June 19, 2015 at 9:00 a.m., TO: DOUG JOHNSON, DEKALB Courtroom 200 the Petitioner inMORTGAGE FORECLOSURE COUNTY CLERK; OAK PARK INtends to make application for an Courtroom 200 the Petitioner inThis is NOTICE of the filing of the pending and undetermined in said CORTLAND - HOUSE FOR RENT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that VESTMENTS INC.; KIMBERLY to make application for an tends on the petition that a Tax order NOW, THEREFORE, unless Court.

Petition for Tax Deed on the follow3 Bedroom 2.5 baths Pets ok. pursuant to a judgment heretofore MCELLIGOTT; OCCUPANT; RUBY Deed be issued. The real estate order on the petition that a Tax Deck. patio fully fenced yard. entered by the said court occurred you file your answer or otherwise ing described property: make your appearance in said acRACHAS; ALCHEMY LLC; UN- was sold on November 5, 2012 for Deed be issued. The real estate $1600 mo. 815-761-8018 in the above entitled cause, Sheriff tion in this Court, by filing the same LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 4 IN KNOWN OWNERS OR PARTIES IN- general taxes of the year 2011. was sold on November 5, 2012 for Roger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illi- in the office of the Clerk of the Cir- MARTIN BROS. AND GALT'S SUBDI- TERESTED; AND NONRECORD The period of redemption will expire general taxes of the year 2011.

DEKALB - 3 BR, 1 BATH HOUSE 3 Bedroom 1 bath Tilton Park nois, will on March 26, 2015, at cuit Court on or before March 12, VISION OF PART OF SECTION 26, CLAIMANTS. The period of redemption will expire June 17, 2015.

Daily Chronicle Classified home, newer appliances. pets neg. the hour of 01:00 PM at DeKalb 2015 AN ORDER OF DEFAULT MAY TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 June 17, 2015. and online at: County Sheriff`s Office, 150 North BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU. IN EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL $1000, avail 3/1.

This is NOTICE of the filing of the Heather Ottenfield, Call 815-739-4178 Attorney for Petitioner Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 , TESTIMONY WHEREOF. DATED: MERIDIAN, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLI- Petition for Tax Deed on the followHeather Ottenfield, www.Daily-Chronicle.com (312) 251-1333 ing described property: Attorney for Petitioner sell at public auction to the highest FEBRUARY 12, 2015, DEKALB, NOIS. (312) 251-1333 bidder for cash, all and singular, ILLINOIS, DEKALB COUNTY CLERK Property Index Number 08-26THE NORTH HALF OF LOTS 5 AND OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL 153-022 CERT. #2011-00519 FRIDAY EVENINGtheFEBRUARY estate2015 following described real20, AND THE WEST HALF OF THE CIRCUIT COURT. #2011-00540 in the said judgment 5:00 5:30 6:00mentioned, 6:30 7:00 7:30On June 19,8:00 8:306NORTH 9:00 9:30 (Published 10:00 10:30 CERT.11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 2015 at 9:00 a.m., in the Daily Chronicle, HALF OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK County of atDeKalb, Comics UnCBS 2 News at (:35) Late Show With David LetterCBS 2 News at CBS situated Evening in the CBS 2 News Entertainment Undercover Boss Todd Pedersen Hawaii Five-0 A serial arsonist Blue Bloods A distraught man (:37) The Late Late Show (N) ’ KIRSTEN R. BECKER, Courtroom 200 the Petitioner in- 12 IN THE VILLAGE OF LEE, AC- February 18, 19 & 20, 2015.)

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By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Briana Tobin sat in a pew at the Newman Catholic Student Center this week surrounded by hundreds of people she’d never worshipped with before.

One by one, they approached the altar to have ashes applied to their foreheads as an outward sign that they should remember to repent and believe in God. For Tobin, a 20-yearold missionary at Newman, the day was full of potential.

“I hope to see opening of hearts and realizing for everyone, they are loved,” Tobin said. “Because I think this time makes you think about it, and God’s mercy and his love for us.”

Thousands of DeKalb County residents visited area churches Wednesday to mark Ash Wednesday, the start of the 40-day Lenten season leading to Easter.

At the Newman Center, the Rev. Matthew McMorrow said more than 1,200 people attended one of the four Masses offered Wednesday. The day is paramount to the faithful, he said, because it invites people to reflect on their lives. His favorite part is watching the people decide to come closer to God. “And to look at themselves and do some introspection and decide they need to work and things,” McMorrow said. “And the hope that

Scholarship fund taking applications Applications are being accepted for the Lois L. Callahan Scholarship through the DeKalb County Community Foundation.

The scholarship was established by Lois L. Callahan, a longtime teacher in the Kaneland School District and a member of the Gen. John Stark Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution in Sycamore for more than 40 years.

The chapter is awarding the scholarship on Callahan’s behalf. The fund was established to support educational expenses of any students graduating from a DeKalb County high school or from Kaneland High School. The student must advise that they will major in one or more of the following curriculums at the college of their choice: elementary education, nursing, pre-medicine or veterinary medicine.

The graduating senior must be entering as a freshman student and have maintained a 3.0 grade point average in high school and scored 26 or better on the ACT test (or equivalent).

To apply, contact the guidance office at Kaneland or a DeKalb County high school.

The deadline is March 1.

Indian Creek benefit planned The Indian Creek Community Concern for Children will present the 32nd annual People-for-People Auction on March 8 at Indian Creek Middle School, 425 S. Elm St., Waterman.

Doors open at 11 a.m., and the auction will begin at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be available from the Indian Creek Music Boosters starting at noon.

For information, contact Susan Kauffman at 815-7611122 or susan.kauffman@ mchsi.com.

Watch the school’s web page, http://indiancreekschools.org/ichs/ parentorg/ccc/auction.htm for a listing of items being donated.

All proceeds from the auction go toward programs and items for the K-12 students in Indian Creek School District 425.

from Palm Sunday 2014. Newman sends the palms away to a company that burns them to get the ash to the proper consistency, McMorrow said.

During his sermon, Trowbridge spoke to the 300-or-so people gathered there about the importance of bringing clarity to their lives during Lent. The season is meant to mimic the 40 days that Jesus Christ spent wandering in the desert. So, Christians give up something for 40 days to draw closer to God. Trowbridge encouraged people to look at what they could do without for 40 days and to be honest with themselves.

“I mean the fourth plateful of french fries at New Hall, as delicious as it is, is probably not the way to go,” Trowbridge said.

Meanwhile, down the street at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, a sign in the front lawn pointed passersby inside the church to receive their ashes.

For the past five years, the church has hosted ashes on the go. Normally, a pastor stands on the street to mark the foreheads of people walking by. But Thursday, as temperatures plummeted, the Rev. Stacy Walker-Frontjes said it was too cold to stand outside.

Katie Dahlstrom – kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com About a dozen people who The Rev. Jeremy Trowbridge spreads ashes across 5-year-old Nolan Tobin’s forehead during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Newman couldn’t make it to the worship Catholic Student Center in DeKalb. The church sees more than 1,200 people during its services on Ash Wednesday. service later that night came into the church, Walker-Frontjes said.

“As long as we get one,” she said.

During the 4:30 p.m. Mass, the parishioners’ foreheads with ashes, we have of getting better and being “That’s OK.” Rev. Jeremy Trowbridge marked which were made from the palms faithful.”

Genoa-Kingston opens kindergarten registration

North Grove gives back

Registration for Genoa-Kingston kindergarten students for the 2015-16 school year will be March 3 through 6 at Davenport Grade School, 123 W. First St., Genoa.

Children who are age 5 as of Sept. 1 are eligible to enroll for kindergarten.

No appointment is necessary. However, parents should bring an original, certified copy of their child’s birth certificate to registration and two proofs of residency. Residency require-

North Grove Elementary in Sycamore recently hosted its Open House – Night of Giving. Parents and students donated items to the DeKalb County Animal Shelter and Salem Lutheran Church Food Pantry.

Families visited classrooms to see artwork displays, participated in a scavenger hunt, designed T-shirts and decorated bags for the Meals on Wheels program, which are then used to deliver meals to those in need. Families also could stop by the library to listen to community readers George McCaskey of the Chicago Bears and the Sycamore Spartan mascot.

ments can be found online at www.gkschools.org.

Medical, vaccination, vision and dental records are required before the first day of school.

Fees will be collected in August, before the start of school. Every new registrant will receive a kindergarten readiness bag.

Hours of registration are 8:30 a.m. until 3:30 p.m., with extended hours until 6 p.m. on March 3. If these dates are inconvenient, call 815-7842448.

Foursquare Church hosts concert

Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich celebrates National FFA Week The Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich FFA in Somonauk is celebrating National FFA Week this week.

This year’s theme is Go All Out! and it embraces more than 80 years of FFA traditions while looking forward to the organization’s future.

More than half a million members will participate in National FFA Week activities at local, state and national levels. These members have a passion for agriculture.

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FFA Week in 1947, the week of George Washington’s birthday is FFA Week, and runs from Saturday to Saturday. FFA Week gives FFA members an opportunity to educate the public about agriculture.

During the week, chapters conduct a variety of activities to help others in their school and community learn about FFA and agricultural education. The Somonauk-Leland-Sandwich FFA will celebrate National

FFA Week by participating in the following activities: Petting zoo, Drive Your Tractor to School Day, school assembly, community breakfast, scavenger hunt, Ag Olympics and FFA party.

Today’s FFA members are the innovators and leaders of tomorrow.

Through agricultural and hands-on learning, they are preparing for more than 300 career opportunities in the food, fiber and natural resources industry.

Jeff and Sue Duffield, progressive and inspirational musicians, will give a concert at 10 a.m. Sunday at DeKalb Foursquare Church, Second and Grove streets. For more than 37 years, they have been arranging music for noted artists such as Anita Bryant, the Brooklyn Tabernacle Choir, John Schneider (of Dukes of Hazzard), Jimmy Fortune of the Statler Brothers, Doug Oldham and John Starnes. The public in invited to attend.

CHURCH BRIEFS Lent series continues at Immanuel Lutheran

“Receive Justification” is the second sermon in the “Parables of Lent” series at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Feb. 25 at Immanuel Lutheran Church and Student Center in DeKalb.

The Rev. Jeremy Heilman of Trinity Lutheran Church, Genoa, will deliver the sermon based on Luke 18: 9-14. The tax collector who repents goes home justified, while the proud Pharisee does not. We, too, who repent are justified through Christ.

The Junior Confirmation/Youth Group will host the dinner beginning at 5:15 p.m. before the evening service. A freewill offering will be accepted.

BIRTHDAY CLUB Beloved Community Potluck Dinner planned

The second Beloved Community Potluck Dinner for faith communities and interested organizations will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Sunday at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb.

This is a potluck dinner.

Organizers are asking for the following information: • Number of attendees • Whether you can bring a dish or two to pass, what the dish is and how many people it will serve.

Provide the information on Facebook at the Beloved Community of DeKalb County page or contact Judy Neumann at jng45@aol.com or 815-762-

5051 or Tammie Shered at tammieshered500@gmail.com or 815-793-4644.

at 815-784-5143.

Genoa church to host baked potato supper

First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St., DeKalb, invites all interested community members to participate in a series of Taize meditative prayer sessions during the Lenten season.

These gatherings will take place in the church’s Rolfing Chapel at 7 p.m. March 6, 13, 20 and 27.

Taize is a form of worship characterized by brief hymns and periods of silence accompanied by psalms and other reflective readings.

For information, call the church at 815-758-0691.

Faith United Methodist Church will host a baked potato dinner from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Saturday.

The menu will include a salad and dessert bar. Proceeds will support the youth group mission trip to Philadelphia.

Carry-outs will be available.

Cost is $5 for adults, $2.50 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children age 5 and younger.

Tickets can be bought that evening.

Faith United Methodist Church is at 325 S. Stott St., Genoa.

For information, call Kira Lyle

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740 Amherst Drive, Sycamore $159,000

$162,500 • 3 bedrooms, 2 baths • New kitchen • New roof, furnace, & central air • Over 2000 sq. ft.

• Fenced yard Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

$149,500 • New roof and furnace • First floor family room & laundry • 2 fireplaces • Basement with bath Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

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$129,900 • Live in one unit, rent the second • Tenant helps pay for the property • Great investment!

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$82,900 • 3-bedroom ranch home • 2-car garage • Large eat-in kitchen • First-floor laundry • Convenient location Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

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$95,000 • 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Newer roof, furnace, and water heater • Brick and vinyl exterior • 3-car garage • Fenced yard Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

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• 5 bedrooms, first-floor master suite • 1.52 acres of land • 3-car garage • Heated pool, storage shed, insulated dog house Call or text Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

This 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 car garage, ranch home is well maintained and ready for you! This charming home features a living room, eating area, kitchen and plenty of storage in the partial basement. All appliances included and exterior boasts a beautiful brick patio, shed and plenty of mature trees. The lovely addition adds a family room and bonus room which makes this ranch home larger than it appears, call today!!!

This charming 2 Bedroom, 1.5 Bath duplex features partially finished basement with rough-in. Kitchen features all appliances, open to eating area and sliding glass door opens to large deck. The partially finished basement features additional space that is roughed-in and studded to be finished. Master Bedroom boasts vaulted ceilings and his and hers closets. This home is ready for you to move in, call today!

10607 Phillip Drive, Huntley $157,000

415 Elizabeth Street, Maple Park $124,900

BUYER WALKED...MAKE OFFER!Come take a look at what you’ve been wanting! 4 BR, 3.5 Baths with riverfront, breathtaking views and tons of space for entertaining! Neutral paint and inviting layout will not disappoint. Family room boasts WBFP, HWF, and sliding patio doors that lead to deck. Large backyard overlooks river and open fields. Professional landscaping surrounds this beautiful home.

Short sale approved at $115,000, quick close! This charming 3 bedroom, 2 bath home features a nice living room that leads into the eat in kitchen. The eat in kitchen boasts sliding glass door to the nice deck. First floor master and two additional bedrooms and a bath upstairs. The full basement is ready for your finishing touches, call today for a private showing!

241 Thornbrook Road, DeKalb $133,000

711 Cottonwood Circle, Genoa $115,000

Move in ready 4BR, 1.5 Bath, 2 Car Garage home located on a tree lined cul-de-sac. This home features brand new carpet, fully applianced kitchen w/breakfast bar, thermo pane windows, central air, & crawl storage. Enjoy the beautifully landscaped full fenced backyard from the privacy of the screened porch and concrete patio. Close to NIU. Not a short sale, quick close possible.

This 3 bedroom, 1 bath home has space galore! The Open living room and dining room lead to the spacious kitchen.

There are 3 bedrooms upstairs with a large, newly remodeled bathroom. This home boasts a larger screened in front porch and a spacious mudroom. Shed is included and there is plenty of parking, come see this today!

411 Gayle Avenue, DeKalb $109,995

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$175,000 • 4-5 bedroom, 2 bathroom spacious home • ¾-acre lot • Sycamore schools • All appliances stay • Move-in ready Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

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Cortland $185,000 89 N Juniper St. 2400+ sq ft home w/4 bedrooms, ceramic tile in kit, baths & 3 season rm. Updates since 2008 incl windows, furnace & roof. Full bsmt, 200 amp electric. MLS ID 08670700 Mark J. Southwood 815-756-2557

Cortland $129,000 234 W Ellen Ave. 1-owner split-level, updated carpeting thruout, fam rm & 4th bedroom on lower level, office in sub-bsmt. MLS ID 08786937 Julie Fabrizius

DeKalb $270,000 990 N 1st St. Fully rented 4 unit, each w/2 bedrooms, bath, liv/dining combo, kit & laundry. Private parking lot - great investment! MLS ID 08729421

241 Heatherfield Ln, DeKalb $195,000 N. First St to Dresser Rd to Daniel Dr to Heatherfield Ln -- Over 1800 sq ft, open flr plan ranch w/3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, liv rm fpl, hardwood flrs, 19x14 fam rm in part fin bsmt. Brick paver patio & garden shed in fenced backyard. MLS ID 08824830 815-756-2557 Jack Connerton 815-756-2557

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DeKalb $184,900 1515 Crayton Cir. New carpet & flooring plus 2 yr old roof! Main flr master bedroom, 3 more bedrooms plus bonus rm up, wood laminate flr in kit, fam rm fpl, bsmt.

MLS ID 08798250 Linda Smith 815-756-2557

DeKalb $169,900 1390 Schade Ln. Tri-level in The Knolls, lower level 4th bedroom plus 15x20 fam rm w/fpl. New since 2011 incl furnace/air, tear off roof, more! MLS ID 08815126 Nancy Watson

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DeKalb $159,900 1234 Scenic Rd. In Overlook Point close to I-88! 3 bedrooms, 2.5ba, bay window in kit next to fam rm. Fin bsmt rec rm, office/4th br, workshop & storage. MLS ID 08833912 Brenda Henke 815-756-2557

DeKalb $149,900 605 S 4th St. 3 story Victorian on 66x165 lot, original woodwork, doors, stain glass & fpl! Approx 3,100 sq ft, 6br, 3ba, 24x16 kit, bsmt. MLS ID 08720486 Linda Smith

DeKalb $134,750 619 Leonard Ave. On 80x150 lot, mostly brick ranch w/ hardwood flrs thruout (ceramic tile in 10x17 updated kitchen), 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, liv rm fpl. Garage MLS ID 08769639 815-756-2557 Diane Hammon 815-756-2557

DeKalb $119,900 830 Shipman Pl. Brick ranch w/newly fin hardwood flrs in all 3 bedrooms & hallway. Fpl plus new carpet in liv rm. Stone fpl in fin bsmt rec rm. New since 2009 incl furnace/air, roof, windows, more! MLS ID 08695143 Julie Fabrizius 815-756-2557

DeKalb $104,995 411 Gayle Ave. Near NIU, quick close OK, new carpet, windows, central air & kit w/stainless appliances!

Screened porch, 4th bedroom & fam rm on lower level.

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1582 Deer Path Ln, Franklin Grove $329,900 N State St/Daysville Rd to Old Mill Rd to Deer Path Ln -- 5.8 acres next to Franklin Creek State natural area, custom 2,800 sq ft home, 1st flr master suite, vaulted fam rm w/stone fpl, 4-season rm, 3 car gar, 61x42 4-stall barn, pastures for horses. MLS ID 08610374 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

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Genoa $179,000 312 Preserve Dr. On corner 82x120 lot in Riverbend, 4 bedrooms (3 w/walk-in closets), granite counters in kit & baths, 1st flr laundry, part fin bsmt. MLS ID 08838228 Joline Suchy

133 N Stott St, Genoa $149,400 Off Route 72 -- On 50x150 lot, open flr plan, 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, updated 17x10 kitchen. 2 wood decks, fenced yard, 3 car garage. MLS ID 08748660

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Genoa $139,900 32658 Genoa Rd. On 1+ acre in country yet near town, new furnace, air & plumbing! Hardwood flrs in all 3br & liv rm, bsmt. MLS ID 08588072

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Huntley $149,900 10607 Philip Dr. On 65x166 lot, 3br, addition has 20x15 fam rm & bonus rm both w/wood laminate flr! All appliances, partial bsmt, brick patio. MLS ID 08702238

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4162 State Rte 72 Rd, Kirkland $159,000 West of town -- On 1.65 acres! Hardwood flrs, 11x12 sun room, upstairs rec rm could be 5th bedroom. 2 barns & detached garage. MLS ID 08751576

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Sycamore $589,000 2212 Coltonville Rd. 6 unit built in 2007 in great location near Rte 23 is great investment! Each condo unit has 2br, liv-din combo, laundry and all appliances. Separate utilities. MLS ID 08787936 Kathy Hammes 815-756-2557

Sycamore $575,000 27645 Hunters Ln. Custom home on 2.44 wooded acres.

Hardwood flrs, fin bsmt 4th & 5th bedrooms, fam rm w/2nd fpl & wet bar, rec rm & 3rd full bath. 18x22 heated shop, 3 car garage. MLS ID 08831499 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

2325 Pioneer Way, Sycamore $246,300 Route 23 to Northgate to Pioneer Way -- New home, over 2000 sq ft, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, hardwood flrs, full bsmt w/rough-in bath. Includes warranties! MLS ID 08800387 Katie Morsch 815-756-2557

Sycamore $239,000 958 Hamilton Dr. New construction approx. 1958 sq ft home w/3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, breakfast bar in kit than opens to liv rm w/vaulted ceiling. Full bsmt. Incl builder’s one yr home warranty! MLS ID 08623718 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

Sycamore $169,900 838 Croatian Ct. Krpan built end-unit ranch townhouse w/hardwood flrs from foyer to 18x12 kitchen. Liv rm gas fpl & skylights, 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, bsmt. Incl home warranty! MLS ID 08790907 Brenda Henke 815-756-2557

Sycamore $154,900 740 Amherst Dr. End-unit townhouse in North Grove Crossings, 1,470 sq ft, 3br (master has bath & walk-in closet), stainless appliances in kit, bsmt, private patio.

MLS ID 08829847 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

Sycamore $149,500 532 Clayton Cir. End-unit townhouse in Stonegate of Heron Creek. Hardwood flrs in din rm & kit plus 10x10 den/4th bedroom. 2.5 baths, tile-surround gas fpl, full bsmt, wrap around deck. MLS ID 08838979 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $118,750 353 Chauncey St. Bungalow on 2 parcels, hardwood flrs, 2 bedrooms & remodeled full bath up. Updated kit, bsmt plumbed for bath. 2 car garage. MLS ID 08835731 Diane Hammon

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Sycamore $239,000 28308 Lukens Rd. On 1+ acre backing to 40 acres of woods! Hardwood flrs in din rm & fam rm w/vaulted ceiling, fpl in kit, 3rd & 4th bedrooms & bath in bsmt, inground pool, 24x26 shed w/overhead door. MLS ID 08797571 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

Sycamore $234,900 2329 Luther Lowell Ln. In Heron Creek, hardwood flrs from foyer thru to din rm, great rm w/fpl, office/3rd bedroom & 19x13 kit w/island. Pella windows, 32x10 screened porch, deep pour bsmt. MLS ID 08817533 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $99,900 468 S Peace Rd 3. Townhouse-style condo in Fox Briar, $2,500 credit at closing! New furnace, 2 big bedrooms incl 18x15 master w/bath & walk-in closet. Center island in kit, fam rm & half bath on lower level. MLS ID 08785560 815-756-2557 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

Sycamore $99,500 1546 Timberwood Ct 1546. 3 bedroom 1.5 bath condo in Woodgate, no outdoor maintenance! New kit cabs, wood laminate flrs, finished basement. Garage. MLS ID 08741634 Linda Smith 815-756-2557

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