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Grady sues NIU in federal court Fired police chief claims unequal treatment in civil rights lawsuit

By JILLIAN DUCHNOWSKI jduchnowski@shawmedia.com Fired Northern Illinois University Police Chief Donald Grady has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the university and top administrators seeking to be reinstated with back pay and a public apology.

Grady, who is black, alleges

he was fired without being given a fair hearing. He also claims he was treated differently from the white NIU employees implicated in the “coffee fund” scandal.

“If you look at the comparative treatment of those who are being disciplined, some are getting due process and some are not getting due pro-

cess,” Grady’s attorney, Michael Fox, said.

“We’re going to court. We’re going to get our due process.”

Grady filed Donald Grady the lawsuit Wednesday, a year to the date of his firing, and two days after

On the Net To read former NIU Police Chief Donald Grady’s civil rights lawsuit, go to Daily-Chronicle.com.

NIU officials placed Deputy Police Chief Darren Mitchell on paid leave pending an outside investigation.

Grady was placed on paid leave in 2009 after the editor of NIU’s student newspaper said Grady harangued him for three hours about the paper’s coverage of a questionable police hire. Grady was reinstated a month later after a performance review.

NIU spokesman Paul Palian said he could not comment on pending litigation.

Grady, who made $205,000 a year as chief, was celebrated for how he handled the 2008 campus shooting but had a reputation for not working well with other area police agencies. He served as NIU’s police chief for about 11½ years.

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Icy streets, robust winds could greet residents

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

Dan Cliffe, of DeKalb, plays Double Joker Poker on a video gambling machine Thursday at Sullivan’s in DeKalb.

DeKalb County businesses, towns cash in with gambling

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com Frank Schuchard bet $20 on a game of Kitty Glitter and within minutes hopped off his bar stool with $57.

The $37 profit excluded, it’s a common scene at video gambling machines in bars across DeKalb County, according to figures from the Illinois Gaming Board. More than $30 million was wagered at video gambling terminals across DeKalb County in 2013, with about $120,000 reaching bank accounts of local governments.

As of December, DeKalb County was home to 151 terminals. State law allows licensed liquor-serving establishments, licensed truck stops, and licensed fraternal and veterans establishments to host up to five licensed terminals. There are more than 14,000 terminals operating across Illinois, generating money for state and local government as well as establishments where alcohol is served and gaming terminal operators.

DeKALB – DeKalb County residents could see icy roads and strong winds this morning, although both could improve by tonight, said Northern Illinois University meteorologist Gilbert Sebenste.

Winds will gust as high as 40 mph with a morning windchill around zero, though there will be plenty of sunshine, Sebenste said. The high temperature will be 31 degrees, according to the National Weather Service.

“Winter is not going to loosen its icy grip on us any time soon,” Sebenste said.

Thursday’s weather caused flooding in areas where catch basins were covered with snow. By 7 a.m. Thursday, the area picked up 1 inch of rain and nine-tenths of an inch of snow in DeKalb, Sebenste said. By Thursday night, the area was expected to receive about 1.5 inches of rainfall.

Kishwaukee College delayed classes until 10 a.m. Thursday after ice formed from melting snow clogged the exterior drainage systems and water backed up in the parking lots, said Rob Galick, the college’s vice president of finance and administration.

Mark Espy, DeKalb Public Works assistant director, said crews spent the day Thursday removing snow from the catch basins.

Their work today will depend on whether the worst of the area weather hits DeKalb County or is focused to the east.

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Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

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Dave Storm of DeKalb attempts to clear the thick ice covering the sidewalk bordering Lincoln Highway before the next drop in temperature Thursday. “I’m waiting for the rain to start working with me,” Storm said.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m.

Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction.

Contact: 815-508-0280. SA.org.

Weight Watchers: 8:30 a.m. weigh in, 9 a.m. meeting Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

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

Story time: 10 a.m. at Barnes & Noble, 2439 Sycamore Road in DeKalb. Free readings are open to the public.

Narcotics Anonymous: Noon at 512 Normal Road in DeKalb; www. rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

ACBL Duplicate Bridge: 12:30 p.m. at Wildwood North Recreation Center, 1 Birch St. in Sandwich. 815-498-4405.

Maple Park American Legion Fish and Chicken Fry: 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. 203 Main St., Maple Park. All-you-can-eat cod, perch, shrimp, smelt, baked tilapia and chicken are available. Cost: $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $8 for children younger than 12. Carry outs cost $12.

Elburn Lions Club Bingo: Doors open at 5 p.m. at 500 Filmore St. Early Bird Bingo starts at 6:30 p.m., followed by the first of four progressive raffles. Regular Bingo games start at 7 p.m. and include two split the pot games. Food and drink are available for purchase. 630-365-6315. Bingo license B-04001.

Peace vigil: 5 to 6 p.m. at Memorial Park at First Street and Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. DeKalb Interfaith Network for Peace and Justice Peace Circle follows at 6 p.m. 815-758-0796.

Troop support rally: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at First Street and Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, across the street from Memorial Park.

B.Y.O.B. Big Book – 12 & 12 Discussion AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Big Book Discussion AA(C): 7 p.m. at Newman Catholic Student Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Friday night activities and gallery hours: 7 to 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Women’s Center, 1021 State St. All are welcome; programs vary each week. 815-758-1351.

Fox Valley AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Salem Lutheran Church, 1022 N. Main St., Sandwich, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

County Line Group Big Book AA(C): 8 p.m. at St. Mary’s Church, 121 N. Sycamore St., Maple Park, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

One Day At A Time AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

There is a Solution AA(C): 8 p.m. at Kingston Friendship Center, 120 Main St. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Day PAA(C): 9 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Saturday Malta Lions Club Pancake Breakfast: 6:30 to 11 a.m.at the New Malta Elementary School on Route 38. $6 for adults, $4 for children age 5 to 12 and free for preschool and younger. Carry-outs are available. Proceeds to benefit Malta Lions Club Scholarship Fund.

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

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

NICE Food and Clothing Center: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, by appointment other days, at 346 S. County Line Road in Lee. This nondenominational food pantry serves the southwest part of DeKalb County and the southeast area of Lee County. 815-824-2228.

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

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Flu season: Younger adults hit hardest

By MIKE STOBBE The Associated Press ATLANTA – Flu season seems to be winding down, and it’s been an odd one.

It hasn’t been as bad as last year and the vaccine worked a little better. And it has been a fairly mild one for the elderly – traditionally the most vulnerable group.

But it’s been a different story for young and middle-age adults, who have been hit harder than expected because of a surge in swine flu.

Most flu seasons, only one-third of the people who land in the hospital with the flu are adults ages 18 through 64. This winter, they have accounted for two-thirds, most of them adults who were obese or had another ailment.

The numbers “are painful reminders that flu can be serious for anyone, not just infants and the very old,” said Dr. Tom Frieden, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The CDC released new information Thursday about the flu season, which started about mid-December, a bit earlier than usual, and apparently peaked by mid-January. Last winter, it started even earlier.

For weeks, flu has been waning in some parts of the country, although health officials said there’s still a lot of flu virus going around and flu season is capable of getting a second wind.

One way the CDC measures the flu’s severity is by rates of hospitalizations for flu and its complications. Overall, they have been only half what they were last winter despite the higher

The Associated Press WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will propose an election-year budget that would drop reductions he had previously embraced in federal benefits, officials disclosed Thursday.

He also will ask Congress to approve about $56 billion in new or expanded programs, stepping back from aggressive efforts to tackle long-term government deficits and debt.

Obama is scrapping his previous offer to trim cost-of-living increases in Social Security and other benefit programs. That idea had been a central component of his long-term debt-reduction strategy, even though it was considered odious by many Democrats.

The decision amounts to a White House acknowledgement that Obama has been unable to conclude a “grand budget bargain” with GOP leaders, even by proposing a benefit reduction embraced by Republicans and opposed by many in his own party. But it is also a testament to the recently diminished importance of government red ink as a driving political issue amid falling deficits and public exhaustion over threats of federal shutdowns and defaults.

Officials said that some potential spending reductions included in last year’s Obama budget had been de-

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Vials of flu vaccine are shown Jan. 10, 2013 in Philadelphia. rates in younger adults.

Health officials said that’s because the flu strain that is making most people sick this winter is swine flu, or H1N1. That kind first showed up in 2009 and caused a global pandemic that was particularly dangerous to younger adults.

Since then, the virus has been around each winter but mostly has been a backstage presence. Experts said the virus hasn’t mutated. It’s simply encountering a lot of younger adults who never were infected before and haven’t been vaccinated, said CDC flu expert Dr. Joseph Bresee.

The annual flu vaccine is modified each year, and swine flu is now includ-

ed in the mix of seasonal strains. Working-age adults have the lowest vaccination rates, CDC officials noted.

Among infectious diseases, flu is considered one of the nation’s leading killers. On average, about 24,000 Americans die each flu season, according to the CDC. The agency doesn’t keep an exact count of flu deaths. But health officials estimate that 60 percent of flu deaths this season have been in people ages 25 to 64, similar to the numbers from 2009-10.

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Obama budget to drop benefit cost-of-living trims

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signed to initiate negotiations with Republicans over how to reduce future deficits and the nation’s debt. But Republicans never accepted Obama’s calls for higher tax revenue to go along with the cuts. The new budget for fiscal 2015 is to be released March 4.

“The president was willing to step forward and put on the table a concrete proposal,” White House spokesman Josh Earnest said. “Unfortunately, Republicans refused to even consider the possibility of raising some revenue by closing some loopholes that benefit only the wealthy and the well-connected.”

Republicans promptly portrayed the White House move as abandoning any commitment to fiscal discipline.

“The one and only idea the president has to offer is even more job-destroying tax hikes, and that non-starter won’t do anything to save the entitlement programs that are critical to so many Americans,” said Brendan Buck, a spokesman for House Speaker John Boehner. “With three years left in office, it seems the president is already throwing in the towel.”

Obama’s proposal embraces the new, more modest approach to fiscal policy reflected in a recent bipartisan congressional budget agreement. It retains the spending levels agreed to in that budget, but it shifts some specifics. It also proposes closing so-far-unspecified tax loopholes to pay for $56

billion in what the White House calls an “Opportunity, Growth, and Security Initiative.” That additional spending would be split evenly between military and domestic programs.

Among those new programs would be proposals to help achieve universal pre-school education, expanded job training programs and a new “Race to the Top” initiative helping states cut energy costs.

The budget also proposes an expansion of the Earned Income Tax Credit, a tax benefit for lower-income workers. The proposal aims to benefit workers without children.

The budget envisions passage of an overhaul of immigration laws, a step that congressional budget analysts said would contribute further to deficit reduction.

As such, the budget serves as a reflection of the White House’s aspirations for this year and can serve as a campaigning blueprint for Democrats.

Immigration is a long shot to be accomplished this year, and many of the spending proposals, though theoretically paid for, would face stiff opposition in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives.

While Earnest and other officials said that trims in benefit cost-of-living adjustments remain on the table should Republicans choose to bargain, Democrats cheered the decision to keep them out of the budget.

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Number of United States farms declines, farmers getting older

By MARY CLARE JALONICK The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The number of U.S. farms is declining even as the value of their crops and livestock has increased over the past five years, a government census of American agriculture released Thursday says.

The survey, taken every five years, shows there were a total of 2.1 million farms in the United States in 2012, down a little more than 4 percent from 2007. That follows a long-term trend of declining numbers of farms.

Also, farmers are getting older – the average age was 58.3 years. But Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack points to a bright spot: a small rise in the number of farmers between 25 and 34 years old.

Vilsack said the boost in the number of younger farmers is partly because of increased

interest and government support for locally grown foods and a thriving export market.

Many younger farmers work at smaller operations, where the boom in the farm economy and a rising consumer interest in where food is grown have helped them.

That boom has been good to all of farm country: According to the survey, the market values of crops, livestock and total agricultural products were all at record highs. Farms in the United States sold almost $395 billion in products in 2012, 33 percent higher than in 2007.

Still, farmers are aging. According to the census, a third of farmers were older than 65 in 2012.

“The reality is, over time those folks won’t be able to continue farming, and the question for all of us is, if they don’t, who will?” Vilsack said after the report was released.

Vilsack has made the re-

vitalization of rural America a priority at USDA. As people have moved to suburbs and cities, many communities have increasing poverty and fewer young people to take over family farms. He has also argued that the dwindling population has led to less political clout – made evident by a recent threeyear congressional struggle to enact a new farm bill. President Barack Obama signed the bill, which provides farm subsidies and food stamps, into law earlier this month.

“My question is not just who is going to farm, but who is going to defend them?” Vilsack said.

The amount of farmland in the United States also shrunk over the time period, from 922 million to 915 million acres.

At the same time, farms grew larger – the average farm grew from 418 to 434 acres.

Vilsack said he is most concerned about the survival of

middle-sized farms, which declined in the past five years. The number of larger and smaller farms held mostly steady.

He said he believes that decline partly came from a lapse in disaster assistance while Congress haggled over the farm bill, drought in many states and rising feed costs.

Ideally, he said, many of the younger farmers who are working on smaller farms will eventually grow their operations.

One area of growth for agriculture is farms that are minority-operated. The number of farms operated by Hispanics, African Americans, American Indians and Asians all grew between 2007 and 2012, and the number of Hispanics who were principal operators of farms grew by 21 percent.

Still, farm country remains overwhelmingly white – 92 percent of farms are operated by whites, while less than 64 per-

cent of the general population is white and the minority population is growing.

Similarly, only 14 percent of farms are operated by women, and more than 90 percent of those were smaller farms.

The survey also found: • Most U.S. farms are small: 75 percent had sales of less than $50,000 in 2012.

• Agricultural sales per farm averaged $187,000 in 2012, an increase of $52,000 – or 39 percent – over 2007.

• New England, Texas, Florida and many states in the Mountain West saw increases in the number of farms and some saw an increase in farmland. Many Midwestern, Southern and Mid-Atlantic states saw decreases. Vilsack said much of the growth in those states comes from an increase in specialty crops, mostly fruits and vegetables, that are increasingly popular with consumers.

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Evergreen Village deal eagerly awaited at park

By DEBBIE BEHRENDS dbehrends@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Although he paid about $30,000 for his mobile home 10 years ago, Felipe Teddy knows he won’t get anywhere near that much when he sells it.

Teddy’s family is one of about 118 still paying lot rent in Sycamore’s flood-prone Evergreen Village Mobile Home Park. All of them are waiting while a purchase price is negotiated between DeKalb County officials and park owner Frank Santoro.

County officials made a $1.6 million offer to purchase the property at 955 E. State St. in 2013, but Santoro was not satisfied with the appraisal or the county’s offer. The roughly 19-acre park is in a flood plain beside the Kishwaukee River, and has flooded repeatedly in the past six years.

“This isn’t as bad as other areas of the park,” said Teddy,

whose home is near a small pond in the park. “I just don’t know what’s going to happen, though. We’re looking for another place, so we’re ready to move.”

Officials have been trying to relocate the residents and restore the area to open space.

Paul Miller, county planning, zoning and building director, said the county received grants totaling $5.6 million from the Illinois Emergency Management Agency and Federal Emergency Management Agency.

Before the county can move forward with relocation plans for the residents, however, they must buy the property, which includes 33 acres of farmland and about 6 acres of railroad right-of-way near it.

DeKalb County Administrator Gary Hanson said the county has to own the property before making offers to individual residents.

DeKalb man formally denies child sex charges

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A 27-yearold DeKalb man accused of sexually assaulting a 6-yearold family member over the past three years formally pleaded not guilty Thursday.

Robert Aldape, of the 700 block of Kimberly Drive, was arraigned on 52 counts of predatory criminal sexual assault and seven counts of possession of child pornography.

He is accused of engaging in sexual contact with the family member since she was 3 years old, said Assistant State’s Attorney Phil Montgomery. Aldape has admitted to raping the child on multiple occasions, including at his home, Montgomery said.

The sexual assault charges against Aldape involve one al-

leged victim.

D.J. Tegeler, Aldape’s attorney, said his client has a right to a jury trial and maintains his innocence.

“As in any case, it’s an allegation the State has made that they have to prove beRobert yond a reasonAldape able doubt,” Tegeler said. “I’ve not seen all the evidence at this point, but at this point, the intention is to plead not guilty.”

Aldape faces between six and 30 years in prison for each count of which he is convicted. If convicted, Aldape also would be required to register as a sex offender for life.

He is next due in court March 24.

8LOCAL BRIEFS Property tax deferral available for seniors SYCAMORE – DeKalb County Treasurer Christine Johnson reminds taxpayers that the March 3 deadline for application for the Senior Citizens Real Estate Tax Deferral Program is rapidly approaching. Under this program, seniors who qualify can apply to defer the property taxes on their personal residences for this tax year.

Requirements for participation in the program include: a person must be 65 or older, must not have a total household income of more than $55,000; the property must be used exclusively for residential purposes; there must not be a lien against the property for unpaid real estate taxes; the taxpayer must have owned and occupied the property, or other qualifying property, as a residence for at least the past three years; and the taxpayer must show sufficient evidence that the property is insured against fire or casualty loss for at least the amount of taxes which have been deferred.

Interested seniors are urged to contact Johnson’s office at 815-895-7112 for an application or more information. Applications must be submitted to the DeKalb County Treasurer’s office

by March 3 to be considered for this year’s deferral program.

Kishwaukee College seeks trustee applicants MALTA – Kishwaukee College District 523 is seeking individuals to fulfill an unexpired trustee term since the resignation of a board member. State statute requires that the position be filled within 60 days.

A new trustee will be appointed April 8 to serve the remainder of the term that expires in

April 2015. Candidates must be at least 18 years of age, a United States citizen, and a resident of the district for at least one year.

Interested parties should submit an application, found on the college’s website at www. kishwaukeecollege.edu/go/vacant_seat. The application, a resume and letter of interest must be received by 3 p.m. March 7. They may be submitted in person, electronically to cindy. mccluskey@kishwaukeecollege. edu, or by U.S. mail to Cindy McCluskey, executive assistant to the board, Kishwaukee College, Room C2170, 21193 Malta Road, Malta, IL 60150.

Applicants selected for an interview will need to be available at 5 p.m. March 18. More information is available by calling McCluskey or college President Tom Choice at 815-825-2086, ext. 2010.

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Lawmakers want to ban smoking on Ill. campuses SPRINGFIELD – A proposal to ban smoking on public college campuses is advancing in the Illinois Legislature.

The Springfield bureau of Lee Enterprises newspapers reports the measure passed out of a House committee Wednesday by a 9-3 vote. The state Senate approved the measure last year. It would ban smoking on all properties belonging to state-supported colleges and universities starting July 1.

A local lawmaker said it will complicate the lives of state employees who smoke.

“Are they going to take a break and drive around the block to get their satiation?” asked state Rep. Robert Pritchard of Hinckley.

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“If we don’t own the land and started relocated residents, other people could come back into the park,” Hanson said.

Santoro said the county’s appraisal was lower than what the land was worth in 2007. He said he rejected both the appraisal and the county’s offer because it was too low, and because officials refused to show him their appraisal.

“It kinda drove me nuts, they wouldn’t show it to me,” Santoro said. “This is the taxpayers’ money they are using to buy the property.”

Santoro said he contracted with CohnReznick LLP of Chicago to get his own appraisal.

He declined to disclose the final appraisal amount because he is still in negotiations with the county.

“I don’t know how long it will be for the next step,” Santoro said.

Hanson said the county has received a counter offer

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Felipe Teddy, an Evergreen Village resident, tries to start a car Thursday in his driveway. Teddy wants to make sure the car works in case the area floods again this spring. from Santoro. He declined to disclose the amount of the counter offer.

Time is running out for the process to move forward, Hanson said.

“The grant was for a threeyear period that expires June 30, 2015. The land acquisition has to happen soon because

we need time to relocate residents,” Hanson said.

“The safety of the residents is the bigger issue.

“Every day we’re not moving forward is a day of danger; we’re very aware of that,” Hanson said.

In the meantime, residents such as Teddy and Shirley

Zierke, who live near the park entrance, are in limbo.

“I’ve been fortunate that I haven’t had any water in my house,” said Zierke, an 18year resident of the park. “I wish they would buy us out so we can get out, though.

“I’m worried this year. I wish it would stop raining.”

DeKalb parks considers fiscal ’15 budget

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb Park District tentatively approved a $7.3 million budget for fiscal 2015, which starts March 1.

Park district leaders project they will collect $7,081,451 in revenue next fiscal year and spend $7,315,324. The $230,000 difference will come from funds the district saved to be carried over from the current fiscal year in order to complete Americans with Disabilities Act improvements, Assistant Director Lisa Small said.

At the end of fiscal 2015, the district is projected to have $3.4 million in its fund balance.

The tentative budget in-

cludes funding for bigger maintenance projects. The district expects to spend $240,000 on ADA projects across its facilities; $235,000 on trucks, lawn mowers and lawn grooming tools; $125,000 Phil Young, on building Park Board maintenance; president $136,000 in paving projects; and $75,000 on playgrounds.

Revenues are budgeted about $200,000 less than this year and expenditures are projected to decrease about $300,000, which Small tied to a grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources the district had last fiscal year.

What’s next Park Board commissioners will take final action on the budget March 13. The budget will be available for the public to view on the DeKalb Park District’s website, www.dekalbparkdistrict.com.

Park Board President Phil Young said the budget is based on the assumption the district won’t see any increase in tax dollars.

“We’re looking at where the economy is at and where it’s going and what people want from the park district,” Young said.

The budget is silent on any funding for Hopkins Pool, which the Pool Consideration

Committee and Park Board members are still discussing.

If the district wanted to make changes to the 39-year-old facility, it would need to issue bonds for the project, Small said.

“Just because it’s not in the budget doesn’t mean we’re not capable,” Young said. “I think we’re in a good spot and by the end of the year, we will have an idea of where we’re going with the pool.”

Bonds for the Sports and Recreation Center will be paid off in 2019.

The park district is also waiting to hear about several grants, one of which would allow for the bandshell in Hopkins Park to be rebuilt, increase parking and redirect the drive into the park.

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8OBITUARIES MARK BRADLEY PATTERSON Born: Sept. 27, 1959, in Oak Park, Ill. Died: Feb. 18, 2014, in Sycamore, Ill.

Illinois Republican gubernatorial candidate businessman Bruce Rauner participates in a Republican gubernatorial candidate debate Tuesday in Springfield.

Rauner can’t shake questions about child’s Chicago school

By JOHN O’CONNOR and SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – As he campaigns to be Illinois’ next governor, billionaire businessman Bruce Rauner of Winnetka cannot shake questions about his daughter’s admission to an elite Chicago public school where he later made a hefty donation – a sensitive issue in a state with a history of political clout and scandal.

On the campaign trail, Rauner’s GOP primary opponents have characterized the school admittance as an example of him using his influence and getting special treatment for family. But Rauner, a longtime school reform advocate who has given millions to Chicago schools, rejects those claims, saying his family didn’t ask for a special favor and followed administrative procedure to get his daughter admitted. The venture capitalist portrays himself as a political outsider who’ll fight against such special interests.

Yet the issue arose again this week when Rauner changed his story on his personal involvement – namely on whether he had spoken about his daughter to U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan, who was then Chicago Public Schools CEO. At a candidate forum in Springfield with Treasurer Dan Rutherford and state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard, Rauner said he didn’t remember the details of conversations with Duncan and apologized to a reporter for misleading him on the question.

Here’s a breakdown of the known facts:

THE ISSUE One of Rauner’s six children initially was rejected in 2008 by Chicago’s prestigious Walter Payton College Prep.

Rauner said his family appealed on her behalf through a principals’ discretionary process, something he says other parents do routinely.

The daughter, now in college,

had straight A’s and top-notch test scores but missed school because of illness and had a marred attendance record, he said. She later gained admission for that year. CPS policy states that principals of selective high schools can use discretion for up to 5 percent of incoming freshmen.

Rauner’s involvement with the admissions process through the appeals list was first reported by the Chicago Tribune in 2010.

THE DONATION In December 2009, the Rauner Family Foundation gave a $250,000 donation to Payton Prep Initiative for Education, which the Sun-Times first reported in January and Rauner’s campaign later confirmed. The initiative raises money for the school with a parent-run organization.

Students must have a Chicago address if they want to enroll in CPS schools. Rauner, a director at the Chicago Public Education Fund, lives in Winnetka but bought property in Chicago in August 2008. His campaign said the family had planned to move to Chicago earlier.

The donation came more than a year after the daughter’s enrollment, which Rauner has pointed out. Rauner’s spokesman Mike Schrimpf told The Associated Press that the contribution “had absolutely nothing to do with her admission.”

THE EDUCATION SECRETARY Rauner has changed his stance on whether he talked with Duncan about the admission of his daughter. When asked in September 2013 by the (Springfield) State Journal-Register if he talked to Duncan about the admission, he said: “I did not.”

However, months later he told Chicago news outlets, including WBBM-TV, that he had talked to Duncan.

“There’s nothing to apologize for that. There’s nothing wrong with it. I would do it again and again,” he told the station.

On Tuesday evening –

during a candidate debate in Springfield – he went back over his answer to a columnist from the State Journal-Register.

“I apologize. I may have misunderstood your question,” he said. “Arne Duncan and I would talk regularly, because I’m very involved and have been for 25 years in school reform in Chicago ... Frankly, my wife and I, we have some disagreement about who talked to who when. I don’t really recall. I talked to Arne all the time. I don’t really recall talking to him about this much.”

Rauner’s spokesman told the AP on Thursday that Rauner spoke to Duncan only about the “process for the discretionary pool.”

A spokeswoman for the U.S. Education Department declined to comment Thursday.

THE CAMPAIGN With Rauner by far out fundraising the other Republican candidates and blanketing the airwaves with ads, his Republican rivals and Gov. Pat Quinn, who’s seeking re-election, have zeroed in on the image of Rauner using his money to buy influence.

Quinn has referred to Rauner – without using his name – as a “big talker” with “big money” who doesn’t have a proven record. It is Rauner’s first time running for public office.

Dillard and Brady have brought up the school issue.

“I worry ... what Chicago child was not let into Walter Payton High School that had that advantage that Bruce Rauner’s daughter or anybody else’s daughter might have after going to such a great high school,” Dillard said last month. “I’d like to know who didn’t get in because his suburban daughter got in.”

Rauner has rebutted the claims by saying he’s under attack because he’s a leading candidate and his daughter earned her admission.

“The reality is that neither my wife nor I asked for special favors,” he said Tuesday.

Ex-U.S. congressman to reappear in Zimbabwe court

By GILLIAN GOTORA The ASSOCIATED PRESS HARARE, Zimbabwe – The lawyer for former U.S. Rep. Mel Reynolds said Thursday his client needed more time to understand the “essential elements” of the charges he faces after he failed to enter a plea on charges of violating immigration law.

Reynolds pleaded innocent Wednesday to the charges of possessing pornography.

Lawyer Arthur Gurira asked the court Thursday for more time to explain to Reynolds the extent of the other charge he faces.

Magistrate Tendai Mahwe questioned the request.

“Why is this taking long?

Why don’t you make a plea so we can finish this case?” Mahwe asked Gurira.

A calm and composed Reynolds sat in the dock listening intently to the exchange between his lawyer and the magistrate.

“Ordinarily my attitude would be that we plead and get it out of the way,” Reynold’s lawyer Gurira told reporters.

However, he added: “I have to be patient and diligent enough to fully explain the nature of the allegations to my client so that he can understand the es-

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sential elements so that if he pleads, he will fully understand what he is pleading to.”

The state alleges that Reynolds had images of naked men and women on his iPhone 4S. In court documents, investigating officer George Garauzive said he discovered the photos when asked by immigration officials who arrested Reynolds to go through his phone.

Reynolds faces possible deportation for violating immigration laws and a fine for possession of pornography, Gurira said.

He will reappear in court today.

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DeKALB – Mark Bradley Patterson, 54, of DeKalb, Ill., died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at Kindred Hospital in Sycamore.

Born Sept. 27, 1959, in Oak Park, the son of Dale and Elizabeth “Betty” (Kanaby) Patterson, Mark graduated from DeKalb High School in 1977.

He married Laurie Massier on Sept. 20, 1986, at St. Mary Catholic Church in DeKalb. He was an independent insurance adjuster for many years.

Survivors include his wife, Laurie; mother, Betty Patterson; three children, Sam, Alaryce and Aliza Patterson; brother, Jeffrey (Cindie) Patterson; and sister, Elizabeth (Ralph) Nolte.

He was preceded in death by his father, Dale Patterson.

The funeral service will be at 5 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at RonanMoore-Finch Funeral Home, 310 Oak St., DeKalb, with the Rev. James Parker officiating. The visitation will be from 3:30 p.m. Saturday, until the time of service at the funeral home.

Cremation will take place at Finch Crematory.

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

Arrangements were entrusted to Ronan-Moore Finch Funeral Home.

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C. MAXINE WILLEY Born: Aug. 19, 1927, in Grand Detour, Ill. Died: Feb. 19, 2014, in DeKalb, Ill. DeKALB – C. Maxine Willey, 86, of DeKalb, Ill., died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at Bethany Healthcare & Rehabilitation Center, DeKalb.

She was born Aug. 19, 1927, in Grand Detour, to Frank A. and Lydia Pearl (Byrd) Schoenholz.

After graduating from DeKalb High School in 1944, she attended Northern Illinois State Teachers College

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for one year. She was married to G. Roger Willey on Feb. 19, 1950, in Dixon.

While raising her young family, she decided to work toward the completion of her bachelor’s degree.

At the time, older students were an oddity on campus, but she persevered. After graduating from Northern Illinois University, she taught special education in Oregon and Mt. Morris for 20 years. She also volunteered as an adult literacy tutor for many years into retirement. She was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in DeKalb where she served on the congregation council and on various committees. Reading and spending time with her family were her greatest pleasures.

She is survived by two daughters, Barbara (Darrel) Henson of DeKalb and Laura LeRoy of Casa Grande, Ariz.; two sons, Jeff (Susan) Willey, and Jim Willey, of DeKalb; six grandchildren, Dana (William) Dunaway, Parkville, Mo.; Melinda (Dan Heckelsberg) Henson, of Aurora; Kristina (Kurt) Oland, of DeKalb; Brian (Sarah) Willey, of O’Fallon, Mo.; Scott (Rebecca) Willey, of Joliet; Jayce Willey, of DeKalb; and nine great-grandchildren, Grant, Kyle, Natalie and Mallory Dunaway, Everett Heckelsberg, Luke and Amelia Oland, Ariea Willey, and Zachary Willey, as well as another great-grandson due in June. She also is survived by her sister-in-law, Erma Schoenholz; brother-in-law, David (Kay) Willey; and several beloved nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; husband, in 1992; son, Mark Roger; sister, Marvel Heagy; brother, Elliott (Bud) Schoenholz; and an infant great-granddaughter, Madeline Leah Dunaway.

A memorial service will be Sunday, Feb. 23, at Trinity Lutheran Church, 303 S. Seventh St., DeKalb, with the Rev. Janet Hunt officiating. The visitation will be at 3 p.m. with the service to follow at 4 p.m.

Memorials can be made in Maxine’s name to Trinity Lutheran Church, Love INC or Lutheran World Relief.

Arrangements by Olson Funeral and Cremation Services Ltd., Quiram Sycamore Chapel, 1245 Somonauk St., Sycamore. To leave a memory or condolence, visit www.olsonfh.com.

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FRED B. ‘FRITZ’ WILLRETT JR. Born: Feb. 8, 1938, in Madison, S.D. Died: Feb. 18, 2014, in DeKalb, Ill. MALTA – Fredrick Benjamin “Fritz” Willrett Jr., 76, of Malta, Ill., died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at Kishwaukee Hospital, DeKalb, after a fall at his home.

Born Feb. 8, 1938, in Madison, S.D., the son of Fredrick B. and Lillian J. (Haggard) Willrett, Fritz had significant health problems as a young child; in 1940, the family returned to Illinois, where Fritz enjoyed the companionship of his cousins.

Fritz went to Malta schools and graduated from Malta High School in 1957. While in high school, he showed cattle, once at the Chicago International Livestock Exposition.

He remained at the “home place” and farmed for many years. Fritz really enjoyed raising sheep and custom wind-rowing hay. He enjoyed his garden and fruit trees.

He is survived by numerous cousins and a loving community.

He was preceded in death by his father in 1980 and his mother in 1999; and grandparents.

The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at Malta United Methodist Church, South Third and Sprague streets, Malta, with the Rev. Dr. Noah R. Panlilio officiating. Burial will follow at Malta Cemetery, Malta. The visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 22, at the church.

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

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Friday, February 21, 2014 • Page A5

Democrats see chances for gains in governor races

By KEN THOMAS and STEVE PEOPLES The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Democrats, facing fewer opportunities to pick up seats in the Senate and House, see a more fertile playing field in the three dozen governors’ races across the country this year.

As a bonus, there’s even the potential of scoring an early knockout against a potential 2016 Republican presidential contender or two.

In campaigns with broad presidential implications, Democrats see encouraging signs in their fight against Republicans’ hold of 29 of the nation’s 50 governor’s mansions. Republicans will have a large map to defend – the GOP controls 22 of the 36

seats up for election, including six in states that Obama carried twice: Ohio, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Florida, Wisconsin and Maine.

Part of the strategy aims to undercut a group of prominent Republican governors first elected in 2010 who have presided over improving economies and billed themselves as reformers in contrast to the dysfunction in Congress. Democrats have sought to tarnish New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, who was re-elected last year, as he deals with home state scandals and hope to extend the scrutiny to Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker and Ohio Gov. John Kasich. All three are potential contenders for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.

Kiev protest violence kills scores of people

By JIM HEINTZ and YURAS KARMANAU The Associated Press KIEV, Ukraine – Protesters advanced on police lines in the heart of the Ukrainian capital Thursday, prompting government snipers to shoot back and kill scores of people in the country’s deadliest day since the breakup of the Soviet Union a quarter-century ago.

The European Union imposed sanctions on those deemed responsible for the violence and three EU foreign ministers held a long day of talks in Kiev with both embattled President Viktor Yanukovych and leaders of the protests seeking his ouster.

But it’s increasingly unclear whether either side has the will or ability to compromise.

Yanukovych and the opposition protesters are locked in a battle over the identity of Ukraine, a nation of 46 million that has divided loyalties between Russia and the West.

Parts of the country – mostly in its western cities – are in open revolt against Yanukovych’s central government, while many in eastern Ukraine back the president and favor strong ties with Russia, their former Soviet ruler.

Protesters across the country are also upset over corruption in Ukraine, the lack of democratic rights and the country’s ailing economy, which just barely avoided bankruptcy with a $15 billion aid infusion from Russia.

The clashes in central Kiev

may have only hardened protesters to continue their push for Yanukovych’s resignation and early presidential and parliamentary elections. Despite the violence, people streamed toward the square Thursday afternoon as other protesters hurled wood, refuse and tires on barricades.

“The price of freedom is too high, but Ukrainians are paying it,” said Viktor Danilyuk, a 30-year-old protester. “We have no choice, the government isn’t hearing us.”

At least 101 people have died this week in the clashes in Kiev, according to protesters and Ukrainian authorities, a sharp reversal in three months of mostly peaceful protests.

Now neither side appears willing to compromise.

Thursday was the deadliest day yet at the sprawling protest camp on Kiev’s Independence Square, also called the Maidan. Snipers were seen shooting at protesters there – and video footage showed at least one sniper wearing a Ukraine riot police uniform.

One of the wounded, volunteer medic Olesya Zhukovskaya, sent out a brief Twitter message – “I’m dying” – after she was shot in the neck. Dr. Oleh Musiy, the medical coordinator for the protesters, said she was in serious condition after undergoing surgery.

Musiy told The Associated Press that at least 70 protesters were killed Thursday and more than 500 were wounded in the clashes – and that the death toll could rise further.

8NATION BRIEF Guantanamo prisoner sentence could be 15 years FORT MEADE, Md. – A Guantanamo Bay prisoner pleaded guilty Thursday to war crime charges in a pretrial deal aimed at limiting his sentence to 15 years for helping plan the suicide bombing of an oil tanker off Yemen in 2002 that killed a crewman and wounded a dozen others.

A military judge accepted the plea deal and found Ahmed al-Darbi of Saudi Arabia guilty of the five charges against him, including terrorism, attacking civilians and hazarding a vessel for complicity in the al-Qaida attack on the French-flagged MV Limburg. Under the deal, the sentence could be capped if he cooperates with authorities.

The deal was widely expect-

ed to give him time to testify against Abd al-Rahim al-Nashiri, who also faces terror charges in the tanker bombing and for allegedly orchestrating the 2000 al-Qaida attack on the USS Cole in the Yemeni port of Aden that killed 17 sailors and wounded 37.

Al-Darbi is a relative by marriage to one of the Sept. 11 hijackers who crashed a plane into the Pentagon. He’s been at the prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, since August 2002; the attack actually took place two months later. But prosecutors said he was an al-Qaida operative who attended the group’s training camps and helped arrange the bombing by, among other things, buying small boats intended to be used to attack the tanker.

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New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie speaks Feb. 11 in Chicago. Democrats, facing fewer opportunities to pick up seats in the Senate and House, see a more fertile playing field in the three dozen governors’ races across the country this year.

“The myth of Republican governors as reformers is dead,” said Vermont Gov. Pe-

ter Shumlin, who leads the Democratic Governors Association.

President Barack Obama’s allies jumped on the release of thousands of emails this week involving former aides to Walker. The emails appeared to mix official and campaign business while Walker was serving as a county executive and running for governor in 2010.

The approach drew comparisons to their focus on investigations involving Christie, including emails indicating that former aides and allies participated in a decision to shutter access lanes to the George Washington Bridge as political payback.

Despite the ongoing homestate scandal, Christie plans to maintain an aggressive national travel schedule as the top fundraiser for Republican governors. But he was expect-

ed to keep a low profile this weekend as governors gather in Washington, D.C., for the annual National Governors Association meeting.

Walker is facing voters for the third time in four years.

He escaped a recall election in 2012, when Democrats and unions sought revenge after a bitter fight over collective bargaining rights for state workers.

In the investigation involving his former aides, Walker was never charged with any wrongdoing. The probe closed last year with convictions against six of his former aides and associates. A second investigation is ongoing and reportedly looking into fundraising and other activities by Walker’s campaign and conservative groups.

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Lawsuit alleges NIU officials were retaliating against Grady • LAWSUIT Continued from page A1 In November 2012, Grady and Lt. Kartik Ramakrishnan were swiftly placed on paid leave – and ultimately fired – after a judge ruled the department purposefully mishandled evidence in a rape case against an NIU police officer, while most of the eight defendents implicated in an investigation into off-

the-books scrap metal recycling operation retained their jobs.

Ramakrishnan successfully appealed his termination and ultimately settled the matter with university officials out of court. In December, he agreed to resign Nov. 30, 2014, after remaining on paid leave throughout the year, as well as receiving a $25,000 payment for career counseling.

Meanwhile, university of-

ficials responded to Grady’s discipline “in a manner substantially more aggressive, onerous, and injurious than for Caucasian employees charged with far more serious misconduct,” the lawsuit alleges.

The lawsuit also alleges NIU officials were retaliating against Grady, who the lawsuit characterizes as a whistleblower, for disclosing information about the coffee fund investigation and other investigations on illegal

activity by NIU employees and administrative units to DeKalb County State’s Attorney Clay Campbell and other law enforcement agencies.

But NIU Vice President of Public Safety and Community Relations Bill Nicklas previously said the FBI, along with the state police and the U.S. Department of Education, were interested in Grady and the reporting of crime statistics during his tenure, among other things.

The FBI and other authorities spent a day searching the NIU police department in March under a broad warrant that emcompassed years of records and specifically named Grady and former NIU Chief of Operations Eddie Williams.

Grady’s federal lawsuit names the NIU Board of Trustees, Nicklas, NIU Vice President and General Counsel Jerry D. Blakemore and other NIU staff members.

Twenty-five percent of a terminal’s income goes to the state • GAMBLING

Spending cash for government

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Twenty-five percent of a terminal’s income goes to the state, five percent is funneled to the municipality where the terminal is located, and three-fourths of a percent is directed to the gaming company that operates the network for the terminals.

Officials in DeKalb, Sandwich and Sycamore, the municipalities that saw the most video gambling play in 2013, have various ideas about where the extra revenue should go. In DeKalb, people spent $7.7 million on games, in Sandwich $6.5 million and Sycamore $3.3 million. As a result, DeKalb earned about $32,000, Sandwich $25,000 and Sycamore $14,000.

Rudy Espiritu, assistant city manager for DeKalb, explained the money video gambling generated for the city goes into the general operating fund, where it will be

Kitty Glitter is one of many different types of games available to players around DeKalb County.

Schuchard, a daily player, hits one of a series of buttons on the machine in hopes of stopping the revolving columns of icons on the screen in an order that awards him extra turns, bonuses, and best of all, cash.

“The trick is to take the money and run,” he said as he tried his luck at one of five machines at Cub and Spank’s in Sycamore.

If the numbers are any proof, most people don’t follow Schuchard’s advice.

Gambling machines in DeKalb County took about $2.44 million from gamblers last year.

On the Net For more statistics and video from a local video gambling establishment, go to Daily-Chronicle.com. used to reach a reserve fund goal set by the City Council.

In Sycamore, the money will go toward sidewalk repairs, City Manager Brian Gregory said.

Sandwich will decide where the money will go once budget discussions start, Mayor Rick Olson said.

“It’s good that the revenue is staying here,” Olson said.

“I think more importantly it cleans everything up above the cast of some illegal activity.”

Bars also benefit The remaining 69.25 percent is evenly split between the establishment where

the terminal is located and the terminal operator. The terminals are generating an ever-growing amount of revenue for the state, which took in $9.6 million in January.

Bar owners said it’s more than just the terminal income that boosts their billfolds.

Five machines at Sullivan’s Tavern in DeKalb went live June 1. In December alone, they saw $213,000 in play. Owner Earl Sullivan said the bar stools in front of the machines are most coveted Thursday afternoons and Friday nights, but some people come in for a gambling fix in the morning, too.

The machines also draw new customers, which generates other revenue.

“We’ve seen different people come in that we’ve never seen before,” Sullivan said. “They come in and play,

maybe get some food, get a drink.”

Despite only having 1,500 residents, Waterman saw about $2.4 million in play in 2013. Kingston has a population of 1,100, but terminals there saw about $2.3 million wagered.

Not all communities across the county were on board with video gambling when it went live in 2012. The first machines in Maple Park and Somonauk both began operation in November.

Although Schuchard and the rest of the people who park themselves in front of a terminal play millions of dollars every year, the maximum prize is $500 on the minimum $2 bet.

“You might say, ‘I’ll win something, I’ll come out with that,’ but you’re not going to win,” Schuchard said.

That is, before he won.

Busse hopes temps drop slowly so water won’t freeze • WEATHER Continued from page A1 Still, drivers need to be careful, Espy said.

“Whenever you get snowbanks full of snow, you could have perfectly dry roads then find a patch of ice near a snow bank,” Espy said.

Fred Busse, Sycamore Public Works director, said flooding Thursday was localized in urban areas where water couldn’t get into catch basins.

He hopes the temperatures drop slowly enough to give the water a chance to go down before it freezes on the street.

“We’re ready to address and respond to calls as they come in,” Busse said.

DeKalb County Engineer Nathan Schwartz said his crews spent Thursday morning pushing slush off the roads and unplugging catch basins. Crews have worked many hours so far this winter, so they will only be out if the road conditions require it, Schwartz said.

“Right now, I can’t say what time we’ll go out,” he said Thursday. “Like any forecast, it’s always dependent on Mother Nature.”

According to the National Weather Service, Saturday’s weather will be mostly sunny with a high of 31 degrees. Sunday will be partly sunny with a high of 22 degrees.

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Anybody about ready for spring?

Don’t wish away a single day of your life, my mother used to say.

This was her usual response whenever one of her children yearned aloud for an entire season to end already.

Winter, for example.

This winter, I’d like to address right now, please.

My mother has been gone for 15 years, but in this weather, I’m hearing her admonishment as if she were standing right next to me, brushing the hair from my cheeks as she always did before mentioning how unfortunate it is that I always feel the need to hide my face. She wasn’t big on self-pity, hers or anyone she’d raised, and I feel her disapproval.

“But here’s the thing,” I’d tell her if I could.

I just spent another morning wielding our snow shovel like a pickax to locate the stairs on our front porch and then tumbled down them anyway. Fortunately, I had about 2 feet of snow to cushion my fall. In the seconds it took me to remember my name, I imagined my mother darting away from the window, her fist pressed against her mouth so she wouldn’t laugh as I walked in the door and threw my boots halfway across the dining room.

My mother was a beehived little thing, barely 4 feet 11 inches tall in her thick-soled sneakers, which she always credited for the bounce in her step. One look at my crimson face and she would have gone into action.

Leaping onto the kitchen stepstool with the

VIEWS Connie Schultz flourish of a wizard at the top of his game, she would have whipped open the blinds, pointed out the window and celebrated as a gift from God the summit of snow obliterating her view.

I know there are people with real problems in this world. I know, too, that I sound like a sniveling snot of a girl when I say this relentless onslaught of snow and frigid air is doing things to me.

One morning this week, I stood on the front porch in my nightgown and puff coat as I waved a bowl of hot oatmeal and yelled to my husband, “If you don’t stop shoveling that snow, I’m giving your breakfast to the dog.”

What I meant was, “Honey, please stop doing exactly what the local TV people warn can kill any guy older than 40.”

I grew up in Ohio’s snow belt, so you’d think I’d be used to this seasonal entrapment. A good half of our family Easter photos show my sisters and me clutching our bonnets with white-gloved hands as we stomped for warmth in our chukka boots.

We were raised to appreciate winter, too.

My mother loved it because this was the only time of year she didn’t have to use the church bulletin to fan herself in the choir loft.

“I was born hot,” she’d say, often loudly.

You could tell a lot about a person by the way he or she responded to such an unsolicited declaration from your mother.

Dad banned Mrs. Rose’s husband from our house for nearly a year. For example.

My mother’s approach to any disadvantage in her life was to pity those who’d never had the opportunity to discover the other side of adversity. This joy for misery kicked into high gear around week 42 of winter.

“Everyone knows you can’t really appreciate spring without winter,” she liked to say. “All those poor people in Florida – I feel sorry for them.”

When I was about 10, I challenged her on this by bringing up Uncle Willard, who had left us long ago for sunny California and had a habit of sticking a picture of his winter garden in his Christmas card.

“Uncle Willard never has snow,” I said.

“He doesn’t seem to miss it.”

“Every family has to have one,” she’d say, shaking her head.

To this day, I have no idea what she meant, but right now, I appreciate the smile it brings to my chapped, wind-burned face.

• 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.

8 VIEWS

Sex isn’t the political killer it used to be

By MARGARET CARLSON Bloomberg News

WASHINGTON – Traffic is the new sex.

Stick with me. Sen. David Vitter, who recently announced that he is running for governor of Louisiana in 2015, is ahead in a recent poll. You may recall Vitter’s apology in 2007 after his phone number surfaced during an investigation of the prostitution ring run by the notorious “D.C. Madam,” Deborah Jeane Palfrey, who later committed suicide. The details of his dalliances involved infant wear. He said he committed “a very serious sin in my past for which I am, of course, completely responsible.”

His lead in the polls is in keeping with other comebacks by officials caught in sexual scandals. After his own prostitution scandal, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer got a TV show and ran a creditable race for New York City comptroller.

Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford survived trying to cover up his infidelity with a tall tale about hiking the Appalachian Trail and returned to Congress. Bill Clinton, who was impeached for his transgressions, left office with a 68 percent approval rating, and his wife is the leading candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination.

Compare that with the fate of politicians involved in traffic scandals.

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is the

subject of multiple investigations for the epic gridlock on the George Washington Bridge. His nonbest friend from high school, David Wildstein, whom he appointed to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is singing like a bird. Kentucky Sen. Paul Rand is pursuing questions about how federal funds for Superstorm Sandy were spent, and several mayors are anxious to tell him.

Even Christie’s idol, Bruce Springsteen, mocked him on late-night TV. Just 35 percent of Americans see the governor favorably, down from 52 percent in a Gallup poll in June.

He’s gone from a 32-point net positive rating last summer to a 5-point net negative now. Before Bridgegate, he topped many of the polls about potential Republican presidential candidates. A Washington Post/ABC poll puts him in third place now, with the support of just 13 percent of Republicans, behind Rep. Paul Ryan and former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush.

Republican Gov. Nathan Deal of Georgia also has seen voters tap the brakes over his traffic record. Deal was a shoo-in for re-election in his Republican-leaning state until “Snowjam ’14” (it’s never good for a catastrophe to get a name) created a crushing traffic jam on the interstate.

Deal was missing in action as the snow began to pile up, and he initially blamed poor weather forecasting for the failure to clear roads or stagger closings so that

everyone wasn’t hitting the freeway at the same time.

The overnight crisis – a baby was born on the Interstate, people were trapped overnight in their cars while their children slept at school – attracted national attention. On NBC, Al Roker scolded Deal for calling the storm a surprise when all he needed to do was turn on the TV to find out it was headed his way. Late-night host Jay Leno joked, “Drivers were stranded, traffic was at a standstill for 12 hours, and everyone was asking the same question: ‘What did we do to ... Chris Christie?’ ” Now it’s the people of Georgia who are ticked off at Deal, who was lunching with the mayor of Atlanta when both should have been glued to the Weather Channel.

A survey showed 1 out of 3 people blamed Deal, not Mother Nature, for the traffic nightmare. In a statewide poll, 57 percent of Republicans rated Deal poor to fair.

According to Public Policy Polling, while Deal still holds a lead over his likely opponents who haven’t yet begun to advertise, including State Sen. Jason Carter (yes, grandson of Jimmy), only 36 percent of voters approve of Deal and 41 percent disapprove, a terrible place for an incumbent to be.

He would have been better off having lunch with a hooker. Just ask Sen. Vitter.

• Margaret Carlson is a Bloomberg View columnist.

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Troubles at the Northern Illinois University police department continue to prove both embarrassing and expensive.

First, there is the money paid to former Lt. Kartik Ramakrishnan not to work for the department any longer. Under the terms of a settlement with the university, Ramakrishnan is receiving his $92,000 salary for a year, and was paid $25,000 for career counseling.

Ramakrishnan had successfully appealed his firing from the department on the grounds that he had already been disciplined for mishandling evidence in a rape case against former NIU officer Andrew Rifkin. His former boss, Chief Donald Grady, also lost his job in the wake of the Rifkin case.

As of this week, NIU also will be paying Deputy Police Chief Darren Mitchell not to come to work.

Mitchell, who earns a salary of about $140,000 a year, has been implicated in something that apparently requires an investigation by Illinois State Police. Mitchell served as interim chief before Tom Phillips was hired as chief in August.

If there is a bright side to the situation, it is that much of the problems still making news are from before Phillips became chief.

Hopefully, the state police will not need any of the materials seized by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in their sweeping search of the department early in 2013. Nothing has come of that search, the warrant for which named Grady and former Executive Vice President Eddie Williams.

Speaking of Grady, he has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against NIU, alleging he was unfairly terminated from his $205,000-a-year position. Grady claims that he was railroaded out of the department in retaliation for investigating the “coffee fund” and other internal matters, discriminated against because he is black, and that his rights to due process were violated.

We’ve said before that NIU officials’ decision to remove Grady in light of the Rifkin matter and his failure “to appropriately supervise” the department seemed the proper move, and if Grady has to be paid to go away as Ramakrishnan has, that’s for the best.

But the costs of removing high-salaried people both temporarily and permanently are starting to mount and it is growing tiresome.

No doubt the bad publicity also is growing tiresome for the rank-and-file officers, who obviously should not be judged based on the actions of current and former superiors.

All of us would like to see an end to the controversy at the NIU police department. We hope the state police can conclude their investigation quickly, appropriate steps will be taken as a result and the department can truly start to move on.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

N. Korea camps rival those of Hitler, Stalin North Korea’s four main political prison camps are known only as No. 14, No. 15, No. 16 and No. 25.

All are modern-day gulags. According to a new report from the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea, the population of the camps, now about 80,000 to 120,000 people, may have declined somewhat because of releases from a fifth camp, but also because the remaining prisoners are being exterminated.

The commission said “deaths on a massive scale occur in the ordinary course of events” and “the camps have the objective of gradually eliminating the camp population by working many prisoners to death.” The deaths are from “starvation, neglect, arduous forced labor, disease and executions.”

The exterminations, and many other human rights atrocities, have been documented in chilling depth by the U.N. commission, which worked from outside the country and was not allowed to visit.

The chairman, Michael Kirby, a retired Australian jurist, has laid before the world a text that compares in significance to “The Gulag Archipelago,” Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s seminal work on the Soviet labor camps, on which the decades-old North Korean system was based.

The commission found that the Pyongyang regime is carrying out “crimes against humanity,” specifically: “extermination, murder, enslavement, torture, imprisonment, rape, forced abortions and other sexual violence, persecution on political, religious, racial and gender grounds, the forcible transfer of populations, the enforced disappearance of persons and the inhumane act of knowingly causing prolonged starvation.”

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WEATHER

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7-DAY FORECAST

A few lurries to start the day, but sunshine will break out by the afternoon along with gusty winds. Winds could gust up to 30 mph out of the southwest.

Highs will be near normal for this time of year. Colder air will gradually work its way south through the weekend with nothing more than a few lurries late Friday night. Arctic air will return Wednesday.

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Aurora 34/16 Joliet 36/21

La Salle 38/21

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Arlington Heights 37/21

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Sports

MAC QBs Jordan Lynch (left) and Keith Wenning train together for this week’s NFL Scouting Combine. PAGE B3

SECTION B Friday, February 21, 2014 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8WHAT TO WATCH

GIRLS BASKETBALL: HARVEST CHRISTIAN ACADEMY SECTIONAL FINAL

Royals bring home sectional title Patrick Sharp

By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com AP photo

Olympic men’s hockey U.S. vs. Canada, 10:45 a.m., NBCSN The newest chapter in the U.S.-Canada men’s hockey rivalry takes place today at the Bolshoy Ice Dome today in the Olympic semifinals.

The winner will advance to Sunday’s final against today’s Sweden-Finland winner with a prize that’s nearly as beautiful as a gold medal: a victory over their biggest rivals. For more, see Page B4.

Also on TV...

Pro basketball Denver at Bulls, 7 p.m., ESPN Boston at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m., ESPN Men’s basketball Mercer at Florida Gulf Coast, 5 p.m., ESPNU VCU at Massachusetts, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Iona at Rider, 7 p.m., ESPNU Detroit at Wright St., 9 p.m., ESPNU Golf PGA Tour, WGC, Accenture Match Play Championship, third-round matches, 1 p.m., TGC Auto racing NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Daytona 500 practice, 10:30 a.m., FS1 NASCAR, Nationwide Series, DRIVE4COPD 300 qualifying, noon, ESPN2 NASCAR, Sprint Cup, Daytona 500 practice, 1:30 p.m., FS1 NASCAR, Truck Series, NextEra Energy Resources 250, 3 p.m., FS1 NASCAR, Truck Series, NextEra Energy Resources 250, 6:30 p.m., FS1 Men’s hockey Penn St. at Michigan, 5:30 p.m., BTN Boston University at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., NBCSN Michigan St. at Wisconsin, 8 p.m., BTN Boxing Lightweights, Chris Rudd (12-1-0) vs. Yakubu Amidu (19-4-2), 8 p.m., ESPN2 Super lightweights, Amir Imam (12-0-0) vs. Jared Robinson (14-0-0); lightweights, Angelo Santana (14-1-0) vs.

Hank Lundy (23-3-1), 9:45 p.m., SHOW WINTER OLYMPICS Men’s hockey: Sweden vs.

Finland, semifinal, 5:30 a.m., NBCSN (Live) Women’s biathlon: 4x6K relay gold medal final (Live); Women’s freestyle skiing: cross gold medal final, 8:30 a.m., NBCSN Women’s freestyle skiing: cross gold medal final; Women’s biathlon: 4x6K relay gold medal final, 2 p.m., NBC Men’s curling: gold medal final, Sweden vs. Canada, 4 p.m., CNBC Men’s hockey: Game of the day, 4 p.m., NBCSN Women’s alpine skiing: Slalom gold medal final; Men’s short track: 500 gold medal final and 5,000 relay gold medal final; Women’s short track: 1,000 gold medal final; Men’s speedskating: team pursuit semifinals, 7 p.m., NBC Women’s speedskating: team pursuit quarterfinals, 11:30 p.m., NBC Men’s and women’s snowboarding: parallel slalom competitions, 2 a.m. (Saturday), NBCSN Women’s cross-country: 30K freestyle gold medal final (Live); Men’s and women’s snowboarding: parallel slalom gold medal finals, 3:30 a.m. (Saturday), NBCSN

ELGIN – Hinckley-Big Rock’s group of three seniors was only freshmen when the Royals won their last sectional championship, cutting down the nets on their home court in 2011.

On Thursday, they continued the growing list of accomplishments for H-BR girls basketball by raising their own sectional plaque with a 55-31 victory over Luther North in the Class 1A Harvest Christian Sectional final.

Both teams seemed caught up in the pressure of a sectional final, committing several unforced turnovers in the first quarter. After Luther North took a 4-3 lead, H-BR ran off 10 consecutive points that included a layup from Jacqueline Madden off a feed from Andrea Binkley and a 3-pointer from Lexi Gonzalez.

A Lauren Paver putback just before the first quarter buzzer stretched H-BR’s lead to 15-6.

But the transition offense that has been so lethal throughout the postseason went cold in the second quarter. Luther

period that saw the Royals go scoreless. In that same period, Luther North managed enough Tuesday’s semifinals offense to get back into the game Luther North 44, Christian Liberty and cut H-BR’s lead to 21-18 at Academy 43 halftime.

Hinckley-Big Rock 65, Morgan A strong third quarter was Park Academy 42 the difference for Hinckley-Big Thursday’s final Rock in Tuesday’s sectional Hinckley-Big Rock 55, Luther semifinal and it once again North 31 proved to be a difference in favor of the Royals. Paver started • Hinckley-Big Rock advances the quarter with a layup, plus to the DeKalb Super-Sectional the foul, to spark a 13-2 run.

Luther North never was North took advantage of its size close after that. inside and forced H-BR into The Royals pulled away in tough shots during a six-minute the fourth as Paver and Madden

Scoreboard

racked up multiple steals and a Karrigan Cowan jumper from the baseline put H-BR’s lead at 20 with less than three minutes left.

Paver led the Royals with 19 points, seven rebounds and five steals. Madden added 10 points and five steals while Cowan had eight points and eight rebounds off the bench.

The championship comes one year after the Royals lost to Annawan, 64-44, in last season’s sectional final.

The Royals (18-13) will play in the Class 1A DeKalb Super-Sectional on Monday.

MEN’S HOOPS: NIU 61, E. MICHIGAN 59 (20T)

ST. CHARLES NORTH SECTIONAL

Threloff tips in winner

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

DeKalb-Sycamore co-op swimmer Daniel Hein leads in the 100 yard butterfly event against Elgin on Jan. 30 in DeKalb. The medley relay team of Ryan Schultz, Dylan Powers, Holden Mackey and Hein heads into Saturday’s St. Charles North Sectional with much higher expectations than just a year ago.

Saving some for state Co-op’s medley relay not fully tapered with big meets in mind

By ROSS JACOBSON

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rjacobson@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Only a few weeks into this year’s swim season, Ryan Schultz and his medley relay teammates could sense that the relay could be something special.

In one of their first invitationals, the DeKalb-Sycamore swimming co-op almost equaled its season-best time from last year when Schultz, Dylan Powers, Daniel Hein and Marc Dubrick – who now is running cross country and track at Missouri – qualified for the state meet and finished 24th.

“We didn’t even think it was that good of a race at the time,” Schultz said.

“So we were like, ‘We know now that we have something to build off of.’ ” Now the relay, which has seen sophomore Holden Mackey take the place of Dubrick, heads into Saturday’s St. Charles North Sectional with much higher expectations than just a year ago.

Coach Leah Eames said all four are physically stronger and swimming

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Eames always likes to change lineups during the season, but made it a point to keep the medley relay together more often, especially during the bigger meets.

“They’re used to the relay transitions, they’re used to seeing how people swim and they’re used to feeding off of each other,” Eames said. “I wanted to give them as much practice as possible.

From Day 1 this season, that was one of the end-of-the-season goals was to have that relay go far.”

Another season together also has fostered a better atmosphere, not only as a relay, but as a team in general.

“We’re all really close. All summer we trained together and we’re all a lot closer than we were,” Powers said.

“This year we’re far closer than we’ve ever been, especially the varsity, all of the top varsity guys are all really close.

These are like my brothers now.”

Although all four were fully tapered for the sectional meet last year, that won’t be the case heading into Saturday.

Even though Eames always cautions against looking too far ahead because of the unpredictability with sectionals, the team is more confident that more swimmers will be able to qualify through to state while their training continues for an additional week, allowing swimmers to peak at state.

The relay broke the pool record at Huntley Middle School in DeKalb on senior night Jan. 31 and never lost a race during the regular season. It’s a streak the group hopes to keep in tact.

“We’re definitely excited about that.

We don’t want to lose so we’re going to see how long we can keep that going, sectionals and even our prelim heat at state,” Schultz said. “We’re just going to go for it. It’s definitely good to have that momentum going.”

DeKALB – For Northern Illinois men’s basketball, the first half of Thursday night’s contest against Eastern Michigan probably brought back erie memories of the Huskies’ game against the Eagles in Ypsilanti, Mich., back in January 2013.

That evening, the Huskies scored four points in the first half and set multiple records for offensive futility, including Next worst field goal percentage in at Central a half, as NIU Michigan, went just 1 for 1 p.m. Sunday, 31 before halfAM-1360 time.

Thursday’s first half was another rough, low-scoring affair, as the Huskies and Eagles combined for 32 first-half points. However, it took double overtime to decide the outcome, and NIU pulled out a 61-59 victory thanks on a Jordan Threloff tip in with 0.8 seconds left.

Threloff led the Huskies with 27 points and 18 rebounds. Aaric Armstead added 13 points and 10 rebounds.

NIU shot just 5 for 28 (17.9 percent) in the first half while Eastern Michigan was just 4 of 23 (17.4 percent). Neither team made a 3-point basket in the first, and the first three wasn’t converted until NIU’s Travon Baker converted one with 10:50 remaining in the game.

See HUSKIES, page B4

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GYMNASTICS STATE FINALS

Morreale, Whisenhunt competing together at state Morreale’s time away proves quite beneficial

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com

Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com

DeKalb’s Alison Morreale competes on the floor exercise during the Wheaton Warrenville South Gymnastics Sectional on Feb. 11 in Warrenville.

The life of an elite gymnast can be stressful – day after day, year after year, high school season flows into club season and back again, leaving little time for respite.

Last year, Alison Morreale felt the toll the grind takes, so the junior on the DeKalb-Syc-

amore co-op gymnastics team decided to leave the sport after last season ended.

But after five months off, she decided to jump back in for the high school season, and heading into today and Saturday’s state meet, where she and senior Meredith Whisenhunt qualified in the all-around, she feels reinvigorated.

“My mindset is totally different,” Morreale said.

“Sometimes, I don’t think we even have enough time in practice. Just how well I’ve been doing this year from that break, I can’t wait until

next year, when I’ve actually been working out the whole year. … I think if I didn’t take that break, I wouldn’t be in that mindset I’m in now, it would have kept dragging on.

In some ways, it was good.”

After a slow start to the season, Morreale is as good as ever. But that didn’t mean the path to her first state meet was simple – it almost ended before it started.

The day before regionals, she twisted her knee in practice, and she thought she was done.

See GYMNASTICS, page B4

SPORTS

Page B2 • Friday, February 21, 2014

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

Hiawatha at Leland, 6:45 p.m.

Rochelle at DeKalb, 7 p.m.

Yorkville at Sycamore, 7 p.m.

Kaneland at Morris, 7 p.m.

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

Genoa-Kingston at Rockford Christian, 7:15 p.m.

Girls Basketball Sycamore vs. Kaneland in Class 3A Plano Regional finals, 7 p.m.

SATURDAY Boys Basketball Sycamore at Kaneland, 6 p.m.

Harvard at Genoa-Kingston, 7 p.m.

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

DeKalb at Ottawa, 7 p.m.

Boys Swimming DeKalb/Sycamore at St. Charles North Sectional, TBA

8SPORTS SHORTS Sycamore’s Akins advances in state wrestling tourney Sycamore senior Kyle Akins continued his quest for a second straight wrestling state championship with a win by technical fall in the preliminary round of the Class 2A state tournament at 120 pounds.

Akins will face Vernon Hills senior Jordan Reich today in the quarterfinals.

Sycamore junior Chris Malone also won his preliminary match by a 17-3 decision to advance to the quarterfinals, where he will face Crystal Lake Central’s Michael Zelasco.

Sycamore’s Austin Armstrong lost a 1-0 decision in his preliminary match. He will go through wrestlebacks. Kaneland senior Justin Diddell also lost his preliminary match.

In Class 3A, DeKalb’s Ulises Jacobo, Brad Green, Jackson Montgomery and Matt Macarus also lost their first preliminary matches.

Eight N.J. wrestlers out of meet after lynching photo TRENTON, N.J. – Eight New Jersey high school wrestlers were scratched from a state tournament days after a photo surfaced of team members apparently simulating a lynching were intending to show school spirit, their attorney said Thursday.

In a prepared statement, Scott Wilhelm said the Philipsburg High School students didn’t think what they were doing could be seen as insensitive and they were sorry for offending anyone. The boys sat at a table while the statement was read, but didn’t comment.

The photo features seven of the wrestlers apparently simulating a lynching of a black wrestling dummy in a rival team’s shirt.

“We did not intend to disparage anyone,” the boys’ lawyer said. “We are truly sorry for any harm we may have caused.”

BULLS

NBA

Noah sounds, looks like a star

By JOE COWLEY

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – After two wrecks during Speedweeks, Matt Kenseth finally made it unscathed to the finish line.

“It makes up a little bit for the rest of the week – the rest of the week I haven’t been very coordinated,” Kenseth said.

Kenseth led two times for 31 of the 60 laps.

The second race ended after press time Thursday night.

AP source: Pacers send Granger to 76ers for Turner INDIANAPOLIS – The Indiana Pacers pulled off one more, bold move before Thursday’s trade deadline.

Less than three weeks after signing Andrew Bynum, Indiana agreed to a trade that will send Danny Granger and a second-round draft pick in 2014 to Philadelphia in exchange for former first-round pick Evan Turner and forward-center Lavoy Allen, a person with knowledge of the details told The Associated Press. The person requested anonymity because the deal was still pending league approval.

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jcowley@suntimes.com There is a certain vagueness in labeling NBA players these days.

He’s a superstar. This guy is elite. That guy is a franchise player.

“What do those all really even mean?” Bulls forward Taj Gibson said on the topic. “I mean before you call a player a superstar, you have to look at what he brings. You’re talking about a lot of things for a superstar. You’re talking basketball stuff, off-the-court stuff, recognition. A lot of players think they’re superstars because of the recognition, but I’ve seen those so-called superstars shy away from the big shot. Is that a superstar?’’

And that’s where Joakim Noah comes in.

The perception of the Bulls before this season started was they had their star player in Derrick Rose, surrounding him with a handful of good to very good pieces and role players.

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If the model of a championship team was having a “Big Three,” however, they were two short in that department.

Now, maybe not so much.

Thanks to Noah’s continued development, the Bulls realistically can boast they have two stars on the roster heading into the summer.

“I’ve never Joakim Noah seen Joakim shy away from anything,’’ Gibson continued. “He’s not afraid of the last shot, he’s not scared to guard the best player, he’s not scared of the big night.

“You look at big men around the league, and how many of them can say they can have a triple-double on any

given night? He does a lot of things that 7-footers can’t do.

You have to give him that respect.”

The league has, making Noah a back-to-back All-Star.

If the Bulls continue playing at the high level they have been, the case can even be made that Noah deserves MVP votes.

After all, when Rose went down to a season-ending right knee injury Nov. 22, and then Luol Deng was traded to the Cavaliers in early January, the Bulls basically were left for dead. Another NBA team forced to tank.

Yes, the addition of point guard D.J. Augustin was huge, but it was Noah who stepped up his game, not only his offense, but his rebounding and play-making, evident by the 12.5 points, 11.3 rebounds and 6.8 assists a game in February.

“Joakim has gone to a completely different level,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. “It’s not just his defense and passing and screening. He’s scoring

now, he’s playing a complete game. That’s given us a big boost.

“He’s going to make the right plays, he’s going to hit the open man, he’s going to get you some easy scores. Jo can hurt you a lot of different ways.”

Noah’s perception of how far he’s come? Irrelevant.

Maybe he’ll address that at the end of the season. For now, all he cares about is four straight wins and the Bulls being back in the argument as a contender in the East – farfetched or not.

“I have no regrets and I’m proud of this team,” Noah said.

“It’s been a [heck] of a turnaround, definitely. But we’re not satisfied with being three games over .500. Just like Thibs says all the time: things change quick in this league. Right now, it’s four in a row and Denver is next. Now we have to keep going, stay focused.”

So has Noah reached star level?

Whatever that even means, he sure sounds like one.

WHITE SOX SPRING TRAINING

PK’s top job: avoid repeat of ’13

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN dvanschouwen@suntimes.com GLENDALE, Ariz. – Paul Konerko can only hope that his last year is nothing like last year.

“Last year was a tough year for everybody,” Konerko said of the Sox’s 63-99 season. “A lot of guys had tough individual years, but overall the whole team was in the worst situation I’ve been in in the minor leagues or major leagues since I started playing professionally.”

In his role as a part-time player and full-time counselor and consultant for teammates, Konerko said it’s on him to keep the team from returning to that deep, dark place.

“That’s the No. 1 thing for me is doing everything I can day in and day out to make sure the team, everybody stays on track, where we just can’t go to where we went to last year,’’ he said. “You’re going to have bad years. ... It was one of those situations where it was nobody’s fault and everybody’s fault. There were no problems or anything like that, but the early part of the season, we just went to a place that there was no coming back from mentally.’’

Konerko was the center of attention at his final first full squad workout of spring train-

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White Sox captain Paul Konerko waves to fans after last year’s regular-season finale Sept. 29 at U.S. Cellular Field. ing. Whereas most players showed up at least a day early, there was no need for Konerko, who turns 38 on March 5, to get extra work. Forty days in the Arizona sun will be enough.

“I’ve been here about a half hour, hour, and there will probably be some moments where you’re a little bit sad about something you’re not going to get to do again, but spring training is not going to be one of them,’’ he said.

Much has been made of Konerko’s role as a mentor. He took a substantial pay cut (his salary is $2.5 million this sea-

son) to basically be the designated hitter against left-handed pitching and spell Cuban free agent Jose Abreu at first base.

It’s night and day different from being an everyday player.

“That’s something that’s made over time. (I’m) 20 years into this professionally,” said Konerko, the Sox No. 2 home run hitter and RBI guy of all time. “That’s something that just doesn’t happen overnight.

The main thing goes back to when you make the decision to come back, is accepting the role that you’re in and know-

ing I’m going to put no less energy into what I’m going to do this year than I would any other year. The job description is a little different. Just knowing what the job description is, there are going to be some times when the most important thing to do that day is to come in and not to go out there and play and drive in guys, it’s going to be to come in and kind of rally the troops for a bit and get them up and going for a game.

“It’s not real yet, maybe that last week or two. I don’t know how much you can work on that.”

During the offseason, Konerko invited 25-year-old center fielder Adam Eaton to his home in the Phoenix area to hit. Eaton said he’s been there about a half dozen times.

“Oh my gosh, what doesn’t he bring to the clubhouse?’’ Eaton said. “I think leadership, dedication, a guy that knows the ups and downs and ins and outs of major league baseball, knows how to prepare, knows how to get other guys prepared.

I think it’s something special and I’m very blessed and gifted for him to come back in my first year here. I’m going to soak it up like a sponge and hopefully learn as much as I can. I wish I had more time with him but it is what it is and I’m excited for the opportunity.”

CUBS SPRING TRAINING

Epstein: I have faith in business plan

By GORDON WITTENMYER

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gwittenmyer@suntimes.com MESA, Ariz. – A day after Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts offered little rationale for why the Cubs are operating like a small-market club and no timeline for when that will change, his top baseball man expressed faith in the business plan and pledged to see the process through until the Cubs win a World Series.

But not even Theo Epstein is claiming his baseball plan can be achieved by waiting until the kids get here to start spending on big-league players.

“We’re not saying that you can build a championship team through the minor league system alone,” he said Thursday. “That would be extremely challenging, if not impossible.”

Is there a fear that if the business plan doesn’t come together quicker, there won’t be a strong enough support system at the big-league level for the Javy Baezes and Kris Bryants?

“That’s something we talk about all the time,” Epstein said. “We need to make sure that when the next wave of prospects comes up, they don’t take too much of a burden.

We hope to have strong play-

ers around them, hopefully an impact player or two around them on the club so that they can break in the right way.

You don’t want your prospects breaking in carrying too much responsibility. You don’t want them hitting in the middle of the order. You don’t want them having to carry a club or playing an instrumental role on the club.

“That’s important and t h a t ’ s s o m e - Theo Epstein thing that we’ve thought about, and we’re going to have to act on it.”

With payroll levels at a 10year low and no new revenues on the near horizon, that could take more creativity than he might have imagined even a year ago.

But Epstein has kept aside some payroll flexibility to roll into next winter, and he sounds more optimistic than bitter about the long-range vision.

No matter how long that range might be forced to stretch.

“I have faith that our situation is going to change,” Epstein said. “As the team plays better, and most significantly when the TV deal happens, we’re going to be in a position

to hopefully overpower the other teams in our division financially. And if we have a strong enough foundation built up by then, it could be really special and really sustainable.

“We’re trying to take advantage of this period in the meantime to build up as strong as possible foundation that we can.”

Epstein wouldn’t put a timeline on the projected financial boost anymore than Ricketts would a day earlier.

Full value of a potential new local TV package won’t be realized until 2020 when the Cubs can offer all their games to one outlet, but the hope of the business side is to strike a deal far enough in advance that might include an up-front shot of revenue into the coffers.

Until then, the Cubs have gone from the top of the National League Central in financial power to the bottom, with Pittsburgh, in less than five years of Ricketts ownership – in large part because of a debt-loaded franchise purchase structure required by ex-owner Sam Zell.

And delays in realizing new revenues have pushed back the baseball timeline as well – that and the loss of more than $150 million in anticipated Wrigley-renovation money from the city that went up in the smoke

from mayor Rahm Emanuel’s ears after the Ricketts family was linked to a planned Super PAC attack on the mayor’s pal President Obama in 2012.

Epstein, who’s in the third year of a five-year contract, wouldn’t talk about specifics regarding his budgets or his expectations when he took the job.

But he enjoys the player-development side of the business, and with up to seven prospects on every top-100 list that comes out these days he says the morale among scouts and instructors is “off the charts.”

“I’m not disappointed in the least bit,” he said. “We know we have something special brewing here. ... We really believe in our young players, we believe in ownership, we believe in our business side, we believe in what the Cubs are becoming.

“So we all want to be here to see it through and make sure that leads to a World Series.”

And if it takes longer than the term of his contract?

“It doesn’t matter how long it takes. It matters that we get it right,” he said. “I’m not planning on going anywhere. I would never even think about leaving until we win the World Series, until we have an organization that sustains success.”

EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 41 13 .759 Bulls 28 25 .528 Detroit 22 32 .407 Cleveland 22 33 .400 Milwaukee 10 43 .189 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 29 25 .537 Brooklyn 25 27 .481 New York 21 33 .389 Boston 19 36 .345 Philadelphia 15 40 .273 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 38 14 .731 Washington 26 28 .481 Atlanta 25 28 .472 Charlotte 25 30 .455 Orlando 16 40 .286

GB — 12½ 19 19½ 30½ GB — 3 8 10½ 14½ GB — 13 13½ 14½ 24

WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 40 15 .727 Houston 37 17 .685 Dallas 32 23 .582 Memphis 30 23 .566 New Orleans 23 30 .434 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 43 12 .782 Portland 36 18 .667 Minnesota 26 28 .481 Denver 24 28 .462 Utah 19 34 .358 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 37 19 .661 Phoenix 32 21 .604 Golden State 32 22 .593 L.A. Lakers 18 36 .333 Sacramento 18 36 .333

GB — 2½ 8 9 16 GB — 6½ 16½ 17½ 23 GB — 3½ 4 18 18

Thursday’s Results Miami at Oklahoma City (n) Denver at Milwaukee (n) Houston at Golden State (n) Today’s Games Denver at Bulls, 7 p.m.

New York at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

New Orleans at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

L.A. Clippers at Memphis, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Utah at Portland, 9 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games New Orleans at Washington, 6 p.m.

Memphis at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Dallas at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

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

Indiana at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Utah, 8 p.m.

Boston at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Results Bulls 94, Toronto 92 Cleveland 101, Orlando 93 Charlotte 116, Detroit 98 Washington 114, Atlanta 97 Minnesota 104, Indiana 91 New York 98, New Orleans 91 Phoenix 100, Boston 94 Brooklyn 105, Utah 99 San Antonio 111, Portland 109 Golden State 101, Sacramento 92 Houston 134, L.A. Lakers 108

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

GF 196 207 174 145 164 168 146

GA 135 163 153 147 164 175 180

GF 196 175 139 163 146 137 153

GA 147 142 128 169 160 179 199

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

U.S. GM: No sight in right eye after hit by puck

NASHVILLE, Tenn.

(AP) – David Poile might not see again out of his right eye after taking a puck to the face. That’s not stopping the general manager of the U.S. hockey team and the Nashville Predators as he returns to work.

“I’m not trying to be a hero or anything else,” Poile said Thursday. “This is not a good situation.

MEN’S BASKETBALL AP TOP 25 Thursday’s Results No. 5 Duke at North Carolina (n) No. 13 Michigan St. 94, Purdue 79 No. 21 UConn at Temple (n) No. 22 Memphis 64 Rutgers 59 No. 25 Gonzaga at BYU (n) Today’s Schedule No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 1 Syracuse at No. 5 Duke, 5 p.m.

No. 2 Florida at Mississippi, 11 a.m.

No. 3 Wichita St. vs. Drake, 7 p.m.

No. 4 Arizona at Colorado, 8 p.m.

No. 6 San Diego St. at New Mexico, 9:05 p.m.

No. 7 Cincinnati vs. No. 11 Louisville, 11 a.m.

No. 8 Kansas vs. No. 19 Texas, 6:30 p.m.

No. 9 Villanova vs. St. John’s at Wells Fargo Center, 12:30 p.m.

No. 10 Saint Louis vs. George Washington, 7 p.m.

No. 14 Virginia vs. Notre Dame, 1 p.m.

No. 15 Iowa vs. No. 16 Wisconsin, 11 a.m.

No. 17 Iowa St. at TCU, 3 p.m.

No. 18 Kentucky vs. LSU, 3 p.m.

No. 22 Memphis vs. Temple, 8:30 p.m.

No. 23 UCLA at Stanford, 5 p.m.

No. 24 Ohio St. vs. Minnesota, 5 p.m.

No. 25 Gonzaga at San Diego, 11 p.m.

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NFL SCOUTING COMBINE

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NFL SCOUTING COMBINE

MAC QB rivals push for better draft spots Duo trying to measure up to each other, QBs from bigger schools

By MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS – Jordan Lynch and Keith Wenning already have forgotten about their college rivalry.

Today, the two quarterbacks find themselves working toward the same goal and pushing one another as training partners and friends.

Wenning wants to show NFL scouts he can make a smooth transition from Mid-American Conference star to the NFL, just like Ben Roethlisberger and Chad Pennington did before him.

Lynch is trying to prove yet again that his smallish size won’t be a detriment in a league that still tends to reward bigger bodies and bigger arms.

This week, they’ll begin to find out just how close they are

to making it in the NFL. “I’m not going to measure in well, but I’m a football player,” Lynch said recently as he prepared for the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

Nobody knows that better than Wenning, who spent the past two seasons trying to help Ball State keep up with Lynch and Northern Illinois.

NFL scouts view their college days through a whole different prism. Although the MAC has become a proven training ground for solid NFL quarterbacks in the past 15 years, players often get downgraded because of the level of competition.

That might not be the same case with these two.

Long before they came to Indy for precombine workouts at St. Vincent Sports Performance, they already were chasing the same goals – bowl

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Former Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch (left) and former Ball State quarterback Keith Wenning find themselves working toward the same goal this week at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis and pushing one another as training partners and friends. bids and conference championships. Back then, Lynch had the upper hand. He led NIU to the past two league title games and the first BCS bowl bid for a MAC school, things he hasn’t let Wenning forget.

“We got all that out of the way the first day,” Lynch said

with a chuckle when asked if he reminded Wenning of what happened during their college days. “There was smack talk going on at first, but that’s over now.”

Instead, they’re focused on getting ready for the NFL draft.

During the next week, league

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scouts and team executives will be watching every move Wenning, Lynch and more than 300 other players make as they try to separate themselves in the pecking order.

The first group of players arrived in town Thursday.

Workouts begin Saturday at Lucas Oil Stadium, and Wenning, Lynch and the rest of this year’s quarterback class are scheduled to do drill work Sunday.

Neither Wenning nor Lynch come into this week with first-round projections.

Teams looking for a new franchise quarterback are more likely to look at the big-name, big-school guys such as Johnny Manziel, Blake Bortles or Teddy Bridgewater.

But Lynch and Wenning are intriguing options.

At NIU, Lynch was a Heisman Trophy finalist who kept turning heads nationally with his gaudy running and passing numbers. He finished his career with more than 4,300 yards rushing and 100

combined touchdowns, but at 6-foot and 216 pounds and having played in mostly a spread offense, he doesn’t exactly look the part of NFL quarterback and some contend he would be better served playing running back.

Wenning appears to have a more traditional NFL résumé.

Listed at 6-3 and 220 pounds, the Ohio native is a more ideal size, was a four-year starter at Ball State and played in a more conventional college offense than Lynch. He left as the Cardinals’ career passing leader and was the only Bowl Subdivision quarterback to throw for 299 or more yards 10 times in 2013.

The only real question now is who will go first on draft weekend?

“I believe in myself and my abilities and what I can bring to an NFL team, so I believe I have the skills that it takes at the next level,” Wenning said.

“You’d like to go as early as you can, and if you get a chance that’s all you can ask for.”

BEARS

Plan shifts to improving defense Bears discuss LB

plans at combine

Bears use offense’s turnaround as inspiration for ‘D’

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com INDIANAPOLIS – Bears coach Marc Trestman set the bar for the defense, and it’s high. The Bears want to see a similar turnaround on defense this season that they saw on offense last season.

He told reporters Thursday at the NFL Scouting Combine that during a recent staff meeting, he looked at the roster from this point last year and noticed a similarity.

“There were 10 players on the offensive side of the ball that were not on the roster this time of the year and who significantly impacted our football team in the season,” Trestman said. “I just note that because this is a process that we’re going through, filtering through our team, filtering through the free agents and building our team through the draft.”

It’s a lofty expectation. The Bears went from 28th in the league in total offense in Lovie Smith’s last year to eighth under Trestman, and second in points. But the defense was the worst in franchise history.

Trestman and Emery used their media availability to discuss the changes made on defense (Shea McClellin to linebacker, new assistants helping a more versatile scheme) and what’s to come through free agency and the draft.

Last offseason, though, the Bears had the money to bring in Martellus Bennett and Jermon Bushrod, and aside from rookies Kyle Long and Jordan

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Bears linebacker Lance Briggs surveys the Green Bay Packers’ offense before a play in the regular-season finale Dec. 29, 2013, at Soldier Field. Bears brass is looking to improve the defense next season and is in Indianapolis for the combine looking for help for Briggs.

Mills, had a pretty veteran group. The defense will get younger.

“We’re going to be involved in a drafting process here that there’s going to be a lot of young players, they’re all going to be young players and they’re all, for the most part, not all, but for the most part, it’s going to be a defensive-oriented draft in terms of where we’re going,” Trestman said.

Last offseason, Trestman implemented an offensive system. The Bears brought in some new players, and combined with the returning corps, put together a potent unit. The goal is to do the same on defense.

“Last year there were 10 guys on offense we didn’t

know we were going to have, but we were putting in a system of offensive football together to accommodate who we had at that time, and that’s exactly the same process we have to go through defensively,” he said.

As of this point, only two players from 2013, however, are certain to return to their same position: cornerback Tim Jennings and linebacker Lance Briggs. The offense from 2012 to 2013 had six players stay in the same spot.

“We need to get our whole team better. Obviously, we want to get our defense better. That’s our goal and that’s what we’ll work to,” Emery said. “What that turns out to be, numberswise, that’s a lit-

tle theory. Obviously, I love that Marc’s putting pressure on me. That’s a good thing because we have a great relationship – we have a lot of fun together. We want to win championships.”

If the offense continues to ascend and the Bears can make marked improvements on defense, they’ll be a playoff contender, and that upheaval begins at the combine when the staff is scouting future Bears and figuring out how to attack free agency.

“We know we can do it,” Trestman said. “We left Halas Hall believing that this would be something we’re going to go through defensively, just like we did offensively last year, and it’s exciting.”

Locker room culture in spotlight

By DAVE CAMPBELL The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS – This could be as good a time as there ever has been for an openly gay player in the NFL. The league will be watching.

In the wake of the bullying scandal in Miami, executives from teams around the league gathered for the annual scouting combine spoke Thursday about being on guard to ensure their locker rooms are respectful and tolerant – especially with Michael Sam expected to soon become the first openly gay player in NFL history.

Predictably, the executives said a culture of respect already was in place with their clubs before Richie Incognito, the Dolphins offensive lineman who led the extreme hazing detailed last week in an NFL-ordered report, became an infamous name. But although there haven’t been

act with more tolerance than some of the Dolphins staff did.

The move is designed to limit a team’s liability if another Miami-like situation were to emerge with another club.

Vikings general manager Rick Spielman confirmed that change, first reported by ESPN. “I think because it’s so much in light right now, that you have to monitor the locker room,” Spielman said. “It’ll be interesting to see once we get down to the owners meetings in March. I’m sure that’ll be a subject that’ll be talked about.”

The NFL recently reminded AP photo teams of laws against asking Miami Dolphins coach Joe Philbin draft prospects about their answers a question during a news sexuality and the guidelines conference Thursday at the NFL for interviewing players this Scouting Combine in Indianapolis. week in Indianapolis. A year many major signs of response ago, three players complained to the scandal, some tangible they were asked inappropriate signs of change have emerged. questions they believe were Teams have begun to in- intended to seek details about clude language in coaches’ con- their sexuality.

Dolphins coach Joe Philtracts that forces assistants to

bin, drawing an overflow crowd of reporters in his first appearance since the report came out, forcefully reiterated his responsibility for all that happens to his team and promised a “better workplace.”

“I have to do a better job. I’m going to look at every way – the way we educate, the way we communicate, the way we talk to one another,” Philbin said. “I’m going to look at every avenue.”

Reaction from the other 31 teams to the bullying report was far more muted, but everyone must deal with the questions about Sam, the Missouri defensive end projected to be drafted in the middle rounds.

Talking about harmony is easy in the offseason, of course, but maintaining an atmosphere of respect and tolerance is another story once dozens of players are thrown together.

Clearly, though, this issue will be scrutinized this year, with Sam entering the league.

INDIANAPOLIS – The 2014 NFL Scouting Combine kicked off Thursday with the Bears batting leadoff.

In a strange way the combine resembles a football flea market with hundreds of media members gathered to comingle with the front offices and coaching staffs of all 32 teams and the 300-plus top NFL prospects coming out of college.

For the first two days there actually are no prospect workouts – players are occupied with physicals and team and media interviews – while a different head coach or general Phil Emery manager is brought into the media area every 15 minutes for the gang to have at them.

On the original schedule, Bears coach Marc Trestman was set to go first at 10 a.m. and Bears general manager Phil Emery was up fourth at 11.

No longer a rookie, Trestman confidently took control of the room, was clear and concise in what he was willing to share and deft at avoiding questions to which he still is seeking answers.

Trestman acknowledged the big job this offseason and in this draft is on defense, and the master plan still is a work in progress.

It seems the one unit where they have a plan are the linebackers “Lance Briggs is going to be our Will linebacker,” Trestman said. “Who’s going to be our Mike and our Sam, we’re going to move guys around and we’ll see where we’ll go. D.J. Williams is a free agent, we don’t know where that’s going. We expect Jon Bostic to be both a Mike and compete at the Sam linebacker, and Shea (McClellin) knows he’s going to be a linebacker, we’re going to work with him at the Sam to start, but he knows he’s going to work at both the Sam and the Mike.”

Although that’s not exactly a completed project, defensive line and the secondary are far less settled.

Trestman and Emery were adamant in their praise of free-agents Charles Tillman, Corey Wootton and Roberto Garza, stating all three “know the Bears want them back,” but they both refused to speculate what the price tags might be or if the Bears had any willingness to meet them.

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush “We believe Roberto (Garza) should finish his career in Chicago,” Trestman said.

“He does so much in our community, and he’s such a leader in our locker room.

Hopefully, it’s going to work out best for Roberto, No. 1 because he deserves that respect, and hopefully it’ll work out for the Bears.”

During his time in the spotlight, Emery refused to hint at Marc Trestman whether Julius Peppers will be back or become a cap casualty, but he did confirm the Bears will not be changing the type of defensive linemen they seek.

“We’ll predominantly use a one-gap front. We’re going to be a 40 front, but there’ll be flexibility in that front, so you can see us in a wide variety of alignments, but the base of it will be a 40 front.”

This is a significant admission, as it makes Missouri’s Kony Ealy (a true 4-3 pass rushing end) and Florida State’s Timmy Jernigan (a pure three technique) more likely Bears first-round targets than Notre Dame’s Louis Nix and Stephon Tuitt or Minnesota’s RaShede Hageman, all first-round targets but better suited for 3-4 and two-gap sets.

Although forced to concede the McClellin pick had not worked out as planed so far, Emery did offer a glimpse of his drafting philosophy while refusing to quit on his first No. 1 pick.

“Generally, we’ll take calculated risks like we did with Shea,” Emery said, “but when we swing, we’re going to swing on the high side of athleticism, and that’s why we’re still excited about his ability to contribute on a high level.”

Both Trestman and Emery said fixing the defense “is a process” perhaps a dozen times each. So what we really learned is what the Bears do or don’t do in free agency will provide a lot more clues to the draft than this combine will.

• Hub Arkush covers the Bears and the NFL for Shaw Media and HubArkush.com.

Write to him at harkush@shawmedia.com.

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY: CANADA 3, UNITED STATES 2 (OT)

Heartbreaking loss for American women’s team

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com SOCHI, Russia – As Canada’s players leapt into each other’s arms, Team USA’s players fell into each other’s arms. And as the giddy Canadians hugged, the gutted Americans huddled around their leader, Julie Chu, a veteran of four Olympics now.

And three silver medals now.

“There’s nothing to be ashamed of today,” Chu told them. “Be proud of the way we played. Be proud of the team we are.”

Proud? Absolutely. But devastated, too.

Less than four minutes from ending Canada’s stranglehold on gold in women’s hockey,

Team USA let a two-goal lead slip away, and lost 3-2 in overtime on Marie-Philip Poulin’s golden goal, her second of the game. It was Canada’s fourth straight gold medal.

“We trained our whole lives to win a gold medal here,” Buffalo Grove’s Megan Bozek said. “We didn’t train for a silver. We trained for a gold.”

And they were agonizingly close. Had they just held on to a 2-0 lead in the final minutes of the third period. Had Kelli Stack’s 150-foot shot at an empty net been an inch to the right and not thunked off the post, moments before Poulin tied it up. Had a seemingly harmless goalie pad tap by Jocelyne Lamoureux not been called a

slash, negating an entire U.S. power play in overtime.

It was that close.

After the U.S. won four straight in a pre-Olympics exhibition series, and after Canada won two one-goal thrillers in Sochi, this much is clear: While the gap between North America and the rest of the world is massive, the gap between Canada and the U.S. is nonexistent.

Led by goals by Megan Duggan and Alex Carpenter, the Americans led 2-0 late in the third. In fact, they outright dominated for most of the first 55 minutes.

“Fifty-five of 60, though,” said star forward Hilary Knight.

“It’s heartbreaking. You go four years, and you think you’ve got

the game in the bag, and something happens.”

Something like a goal by Brianne Jenner with 3:26 to play. Something like Stack’s oh-so-close empty-net attempt.

Something like Poulin reprising her starring role from the 2010 gold-medal game, when she scored both goals in a 2-0 win over the U.S. It was a thrilling game. One that can only boost women’s hockey’s profile and one that, someday, the Americans involved will be able to remember with the pride Chu talked about.

Someday.

AP photo “It hurts,” said Palos Heights’ Kendall Coyne, her eyes red and American Michelle Picard (front) skates back to the bench after Canher chin quivering. “It’s tough ada scored in overtime to win the women’s gold medal ice hockey game, 3-2, Thursday in Sochi, Russia. to swallow right now.”

MEN’S HOCKEY: U.S. VS. CANADA, 10:45 A.M. TODAY, NBCSN, AM-670

OLYMPICS ROUNDUP

Rivalry hits Olympic semis

Canada hockey win breaks string of firsts

By GREG BEACHAM

Medals table

The Associated Press SOCHI, Russia – The U.S.-Canada hockey rivalry starts from childhood, particularly for players who grow up near the border. Although they’re often pals and teammates in the NHL, their friendships evaporate if they’re ever lucky enough to face off at the Olympics.

“There’s a lot of animosity, a lot of feelings like there’s something to prove between both teams,” Canada forward Jonathan Toews said.

The rivalry gets its latest chapter at the Bolshoy Ice Dome today in the Olympic men’s hockey semifinals. It’s got plenty in common with Sweden’s rivalry with Finland, which continues in the other semifinal in Sochi shortly before the Americans face the Canadians.

Each game is a rematch of a gold-medal match from one of the past two Olympics. The winners will advance to Sunday with a prize that’s nearly as beautiful as a gold medal: a victory over their biggest rivals.

“Growing up, it’s always the team you have to beat to win a championship,” U.S. defenseman Kevin Shattenkirk said. “We’re used to it now.

We know we’re always going to have to play Canada if we want to accomplish our goal.”

With 24 American and Canadian players returning from the Vancouver Olympics’ decisive game, which famously ended with Sidney Crosby’s overtime goal, there’s no shortage of motivation. There’s also a wealth of mutual respect between North America’s hockey pow-

Meredith Whisenhunt leaps from one bar to the next during practice Feb. 6 at the Energym.

Whisenhunt and teammate Alison Morreale will be competing in the state finals today and Saturday.

By DAVID PACE

AP photo

United States forward T.J. Oshie congratulates United States goalie Jonathan Quick after the U.S. defeated Russia, 3-2, in a shootout Saturday in Sochi, Russia. ers, who have both gone unbeaten through four games in Sochi.

“It’s a team that you want to be able to beat to say that you played through the best,” U.S. forward Patrick Kane said.

“You’ve got to respect them, but at the same time, we have a chance to prove we’re in the same sentence with Canada.”

The U.S. hasn’t won a men’s hockey medal outside of North America since 1972, while Canada hasn’t done it since 1994.

Canada has won two of the last three Olympic golds, but the Americans are in an ideal position for that breakthrough win and a chance to win their first hockey gold medals since the Miracle on Ice in 1980.

They’ve had the most impressive run in the Sochi tournament, getting consistent offense from four lines led by Phil Kessel, who has five of the Americans’ 19 goals. They also earned the tournament’s most memorable victory when

NIU escapes with victory • HUSKIES Continued from page B1

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Duo shooting for top 10, 15 • GYMNASTICS Continued from page B1 But she came back with a limited routine and qualified for sectionals, where she added in a few more skills to earn an at-large bid to the state meet and will compete in the all-around, vault and beam.

Both she and Whisenhunt will add skills this weekend, which Andy Morreale, the co-op’s coach and Alison’s father, said can make them quiet contenders.

“I think they’re so good across the board that they’re going to sneak up on some people,” he said. “I think they’re definitely top 10 or 15.

Once you get into there, it’s whoever hits that day.”

While Alison progressively worked her way back to being the gymnast she was last year, Whisenhunt has improved

T.J. Oshie shot – and shot, and shot, and shot – to stardom in a shootout victory over Russia.

But nobody is playing defense like the Canadians, who have yielded just three goals in four games – admittedly against some relatively unintimidating opponents. Goalie Carey Price has been solid for Canada, while Jonathan Quick has been equally good for the Americans.

“It’s what it’s all about, Canada-U.S.A.,” said Toews, Kane’s teammate in Chicago.

“It’s become even a bigger rivalry than Canada-Russia. ... It doesn’t get any better than that, playing for your country and going against the United States.

There are millions of kids that grow up dreaming of this situation. We have a chance of making a dream come true.”

Nearly everybody on the ice will have a valuable NHL teammate or lifelong friend in the other uniform, but that

leaps and bounds throughout the season, winning regionals before qualifying for state in the same events as Morreale.

“She’s improved everywhere – floor, vault, bars, beam,” Alison Morreale said.

“The fact that we both made it together this year, it was incredible.”

After helping convince Alison Morreale to rejoin the team before the season, Whisenhunt is thankful she gets to compete at state with a friend, whom she’s competed alongside for several years at the club and high school levels.

“I told her she needed to do it because we needed her scores for the team and I knew if she worked really hard, she could place individually, as well,” Whisenhunt said. “It’s really nice to have a friend who’s there with you at all the same levels, and getting to go to with her is going to be awesome.”

The Eagles looked like they were going to head into halftime with a two-point lead, but an Armstead layup at the buzzer off of a missed 3-pointer by Travon Baker made it a 16-16 game as the teams went into the locker room.

The Eagles started strong in the second, jumping out to a fivepoint lead in the first five minutes. Eastern would jump out to a 33-24 lead near the midway point, but the Huskies went on a 12-3 run, with Armstead tying the game at 36 on a layup with 6:42 remaining.

NIU took a 47-46 lead on a Threloff layup with 17 seconds left in regulation, but Da’Shonte Riley tied the contest at the freethrow line with eight seconds left, hitting his first attempt and missing his second to send the game into OT. With four seconds left in the first overtime, an Eastern Michigan foul put Armstead at the line with four seconds left. He converted the second of his two attempts, which sent the game into double overtime.

In double OT, Threloff’s game-winning tip game two seconds after Darrell Bowie hit one of two free throws. He missed his second, and NIU got the rebound, giving the Huskies one final possession.

Through Monday (81 of 98 events) Nation G S B Tot United States 8 6 11 25 Russia 7 9 7 23 Netherlands 6 7 9 22 Norway 10 4 7 21 Canada 7 9 4 20 Germany 8 4 4 16 France 4 4 7 15 Sweden 2 6 4 12 Switzerland 6 3 2 11 Austria 2 6 2 10 Czech Republic 2 4 2 8 Japan 1 4 3 8 Italy 0 2 6 8 Slovenia 2 1 4 7 Belarus 5 0 1 6 China 3 2 1 6 South Korea 2 2 1 5 Poland 4 0 0 4 Finland 1 3 0 4 Britain 1 0 2 3 Australia 0 2 1 3 Latvia 0 1 2 3 Slovakia 1 0 0 1 Croatia 0 1 0 1 Kazakhstan 0 0 1 1 Ukraine 0 0 1 1 only makes the competition more visceral. Shattenkirk and U.S. center David Backes will go against Alex Pietrangelo and Jay Bouwmeester, their top defensive pairing back home with the St. Louis Blues.

“We had that conversation before we left,” Backes said.

“We’re going to wear our country’s colors and play as hard as we can for our countries. We’ll figure out those relationships when we get back to our respective teams. Maybe it takes a cold beverage and someone has to buy dinner, but we’ll smooth that out after.”

The Associated Press SOCHI, Russia – Canada won its fourth straight women’s Olympic hockey title, breaking Thursday’s pattern of first-time winners on the slopes and ice of the Sochi Games.

Elsewhere, it was a day of firsts.

France swept the podium in the men’s skicross, claiming all three medals in a Winter Games event for the first time; Adelina Sotnikova gave Russia its first Olympic gold in women’s figure skating; Canada won its first gold medal in women’s curling; and Maddie Bowman of the U.S. won gold in the debut of women’s halfpipe skiing.

Also, perennial Winter Games power Norway won the Nordic combined team competition – and its games-leading 10th gold medal.

On Day 14 of the Sochi Olympics, a Ukrainian skier withdrew from competitions in response to the deaths of dozens of anti-government protesters in her country.

“I don’t want to participate when in my country people die,” Bogdana Matsotska told The Associated Press.

Figure skating: The 17-yearold Sotnikova’s victory dropped defending champion Yuna Kim into second place. Julia Lipnitskaia, the Russian sensation with the

weight of a nation on her 15-year-old shoulders, again fell during her routine and ended up fifth. Carolina Kostner of Italy took bronze. The Russians have won three figure skating gold medals at the Sochi Olympics: team, pairs and women’s. Only the women’s was a surprise.

Freestyle: The 20-year-old Bowman edged silver-medalist Marie Martinod of France in ski halfpipe, while Ayana Onozuka of Japan took the bronze. Bowman put together a pair of athletic runs that produced the two highest scores in the finals. In the men’s skicross, Jean Frederic Chapuis won the gold to lead the French 1-2-3 finish.

Arnaud Bovolenta won silver and Jonathan Midol captured bronze.

Nordic combined: Norway finished third in the ski jumping and had to start the 20-kilometer race behind. But cross-country ski specialist Mangus Moan made up the deficit on the first leg and Norway outdueled Germany and defending champion Austria in the relay. Germany, which had the lead after the ski jump, took silver and Austria got the bronze.

Curling: Canada’s 6-3 gold medal victory in women’s Olympic curling came at the expense of Sweden, which had beaten the Canadians for the title in Vancouver four years ago. Britain won the bronze by beating Switzerland, 6-5.

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SECTION C Friday, February 21, 2014 Daily Chronicle

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Stewards of

NATURE Mayfield planting a prairie to help monarch migration

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com

W

hen millions of monarch butterflies migrate between Canada and Mexico as part

of their annual journey next year, they will have a place to rest their weary wings in rural Sycamore.

Mayfield Congregational Church received a $750 grant from Abbey of the Art’s Earth Monastery Project to develop a way station for migratory monarchs.

Mayfield’s monarch way station will be filled with milkweed and nectar-rich flowers crucial for monarch reproduction and migration, which have been declining in the past decade.

“Hopefully we can be an important part of re-establishing a very important piece of the whole monarch story,” said Mayfield’s pastor, the Rev. Dr. Martha Brunell.

According to the University of Kansas educational group, Monarch Watch, milkweed and nectar-producing flowers are disappearing.

The decline leaves monarchs with fewer places to lay their eggs and fuel up for their migration and has resulted in the lowest recorded amounts of monarchs reaching Mexico since record-keeping started in 1993.

The World Wildlife Fund recorded monarchs covered 1.65 acres in the pine and fir forests west of Mexico City this year, compared to 2.93 acres last year. At their peak in 1996, monarchs covered 44.5 acres.

Monarchs are measured by the area they cover because they bunch together on trees.

The way station will be planted with shrubs and native prairie plants, especially milkweed, on a small L-shaped strip of land next to the parsonage beside the church at 28405 Church Road.

Brunell said planting will start as soon as the ground thaws. She anticipates it will take two to three years to fully establish the way station.

“We are always aware of the land around us,” Brunell said. “This is another step in the life of a people that have always tried to listen.”

The monarch way station is part of the thread of justice and providing shelter and safety running through the church’s history. During the 19th century, Mayfield served as a stop on

the underground railroad.

Brunell believes the project comes at a time when the church’s 130-member congregation contains a number of people with some level of environmental expertise, such as University of Illinois Extension Environmental and Energy Stewardship Educator Peggy Doty.

“We need to do our part as stewards to get the monarch population back,” Doty said. “To have the place that you count on for your spiritual well-being get behind it is incredible. They understand the spirituality of nature and the earth.”

Doty said the black and orange butterflies could stop at the Mayfield monarch way station at any point in their journey to or from Mexico, where they would decide to either lay their eggs or carry on. Most of the butterflies, which also are a Christian symbol of the resurrection, would arrive in mid-to-late-summer, she believes.

The way station will serve not only the monarchs, but the members of the church and general public. Brunell would like the space to become a place for quiet meditation and education as well as a place to encourage way stations throughout DeKalb County.

“I think we’re looking at sharing it with other peoples in terms of being a seed project where people might get inspiration or ideas, but also as being a place where people might come to see this use of the land this faith commitment,” Brunell said.

CHURCH BULLETIN

Page C2 • Friday, February 21, 2014 DEKALB Baptist Campus Ministry 449 Normal Road www.niu.edu/student_orgs/judson 815-756-2131 judson@niu.edu Pastors: Dwight and Rene Gorbold Bethlehem Lutheran (ELCA) 1915 N. First St. BethlehemDeKalb.org 815-758-3203 belcdekalb@comcast.net Pastor: Dan Wynard Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday; 10:30 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 Sunday school; 11 a.m. adult Sunday forum Highlight of the week: The Bible study, “Walking with Jesus,” will be held at 7 p.m. Monday. Martha’s Sisters continues their Thursday morning Bible Study with Pastor Dan at 10:30 a.m. Food pantry open 3 to 5 p.m. Monday; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday.

Cathedral of Praise 1126 S. First St. www.dekalbcop.org 815-758-6557 ericwyzard@dekalbcop.org Pastor: Eric Wyzard Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Bible study Wednesday.

Christ Community Church (DeKalb Campus) 1600 E. Lincoln Highway www.ccclife.org 815-787-6161 Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 and 11 a.m. Sunday Church of Christ, Scientist 220 N. Third St. 815-787-3792 jocelyn.green2@frontier.com Pastors: King James Bible, “Science and Health With Key to the Scriptures” by Mary Baker Eddy The message: “Mind” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. church and Sunday school services; 7:30 p.m.

Wednesday testimony meetings Highlight of the week: The Christian Science Reading Room is open noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays, 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Wednesdays and 10 a.m. to noon Saturdays. The public is welcome to come in and browse.

Community of Christ 1200 S. Malta Road www.chicagomissioncenter.org 815-756-1963 roger@hintzsche.com Pastor: Roger Hintzsche Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Congregation Beth Shalom 820 Russell Road www.bethshalomdekalb.org 815-756-1010 info@bethshalomdekalb.org Rabbi: Maralee Gordon DeKalb Christian 1107 S. First St. www.forministry.com/USILCCACCDCC1 815-758-1833 tomndcc@aol.com Pastor: Tom J. Hughes Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school DeKalb Wesleyan 1115 S. Malta Road www.dekalbwesleyan.com 815-758-0673 Pastor: Dean Pierce Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evangelical Free 150 Bethany Road 815-756-8729 efreesd@comcast.net www.efreesd.com Pastor: Martin Jones, lead pastor; Paul Rogers, worship pastor; Gary Lisle, youth pastor; Terry Gin, children’s ministry director Worship schedule: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school First Baptist 349 S. Third St. www.fbcdekalb.org 815-758-3973 churchinfo@fbcdekalb.org Pastor: Bob Edwards Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; 10:45 a.m. Sunday school First Church of the Nazarene 1051 S. Fourth St. 815-758-1588 secretary@dekalbnaz.com Pastor: Todd Holden Worship schedule: 10:40 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school First Congregational 615 N. First St. www.uccdekalb.org 815-758-0691 congdek1@gmail.com Pastors: Joe Gastiger, Judy Harris The message: “Jesus’ Method of Direct Action.”

Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Chapel Communion at 9 a.m. Wednesday.

Centering Prayer at 5 p.m. March 2.

Annual Pancake Breakfast at 11:15 a.m. $7 for adults, $5 for children age 5 to 12 and free for children younger than 5. All proceeds will be

donated to Tanzania Development Support toward the purchase of windows for their library.

First Lutheran (ELCA) 324 N. Third St. www.firstlutherandekalb.org 815-758-0643 office@firstlutherandekalb.org Pastor: Janet Hunt Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m.

Sunday coffee fellowship; CrossWalk activities 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

Sunday and 5:30 to 7:30 Wednesday; confirmation 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday and 6 p.m. Wednesday; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. youth group First United Methodist 321 Oak St. www.firstumc.net 815-756-6301 office@firstumc.net Pastors: Senior Pastor Jonathan Hutchison, Associate Pastor Brian Gilbert The message: “What’s a Christian – Connecting,” based on Matthew 28:18-20 Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 11:30 a.m. Sunday contemporary SHINE service; 7 p.m. fourth Sunday each month REAL Community Worship; 10:20 a.m. children and youth Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 8:45 a.m. Thursday Communion service Highlight of the week: REAL Community Meal and Worship is a new ministry held the fourth Sunday each month. Dinner is served family style at your table beginning at 6 p.m. Come for the meal and, if you like, stay for worship at 7 p.m.

Foursquare Church 210 Grove St. 815-756-9521 Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 7:30 a.m. weekday Bible study; TBA Sunday Bible study Glad Tidings Assembly of God 2325 N. First St. 815-758-4919 Pastor: W. Michael Massey Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: All ages family night is 6:30 p.m. Wednesdays Grace Free Lutheran 1121 S. First St. www.gracefreelutherandekalb.org 815-758-2531 Pastor: Michael Hodge Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Harvest Bible Chapel 2215 Bethany Road www.harvestdekalb.org 815-756-9020 Pastor: Jason Draper Worship schedule: 9 and 11 a.m.

Sunday Hillcrest Covenant 1515 N. First St. www.hillcovch.org 815-756-5508 hillcrestcovenantchurchdekalb@ gmail.com Pastor: Steve Larson, Associate Pastor Jennifer Zerby Worship schedule: 10:45 a.m. worship; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Hymn Sing at 6 p.m. Sunday.

Immanuel Lutheran 511 Russell Road www.immanueldekalb.org 815-756-6669, 815-756-6675 office@godwithusilc.org Pastors: Marty Marks, Ray Krueger Worship schedule: 8 a.m. Sunday traditional worship; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship Highlight of the week: Book Club will meet Monday to discuss “The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox,”

by Maggie O’Farrell. The next selection will be “Me Before You,”

by Jojo Moyes on March 31.

Kishwaukee Bible Church 355 N. Cross St. (Cornerstone Christian Academy) www.kishwaukeebiblechurch.org 815-754-4566 Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday New Hope Missionary Baptist 1201 Twombly Road www.newhopeofdekalb.org 815-756-7906 newhope@tbc.net Pastors: Leroy A. Mitchell, G. Joseph Mitchell Worship schedule: 7:30 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Wednesday, Bible study is at 6:30 p.m. and Youth Ministry is at 6 p.m.

Newman Catholic Student Center 512 Normal Road www.niunewman.org 815-787-7770 Pastor: Matthew McMorrow Worship schedule: 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 12:05 p.m. daily St. George Greek Orthodox 320 S. Second St. 815-758-5731 Pastor: John A. Artemas Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Orthos; 10 a.m. Sunday Divine

Liturgy; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school St. Mary Parish 321 Pine St. www.stmarydekalb.org 815-758-5432 Frparker@stmarydekalb.org Pastor: James Parker The message: “Offer no resistance to one who persecutes you.”

Worship schedule: 7 a.m., 4:30 p.m.

Saturday; 8 a.m., 9:30 a.m., 11 a.m.

Sunday; 7 a.m. Monday to Friday Highlight of the week: Volunteers are needed to help prepare special occasion meals in the parish. Men and women who enjoy cooking are encouraged to share their talents. Call the parish office or email mail@stmarydekalb.org.

St. Paul’s Episcopal 900 Normal Road www.stpaulsdekalb.org 815-756-4888 parishoffice@stpaulsdekalb.org Rector: Stacy Walker-Frontjes Worship schedule: 8 a.m., 10:30 a.m.

Sunday Seventh-day Adventist 300 E. Taylor St. 815-758-1388 Pastor: Leonardo Oliveira Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Saturday; Sabbath school 9:30 a.m.

Highlight of the week: Open Closet hours are 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesday and 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday The Rock Christian Church 300 E. Taylor St. http://therockchristianchurch.com 815-758-3700 Pastor: Jerry Wright Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sundays.

Highlight of the week: For a ride to this growing, Bible-believing, nondenominational church, call 815-758-3700 or 815-748-5611.

Trinity Lutheran (LCMC) 303 S. Seventh St. 815-756-7374 www.trinitydekalb.com Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; contemporary worship on second and fourth Sunday each month Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 158 N. Fourth St. www.uufdekalb.org 815-756-7089 uufdchurchoffice@aol.com Pastor: Linda Slabon The message: “Following in His Footsteps” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Farmers’ market with arts and crafts 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 22. Support local farmers and artisans. Great shopping opportunities. Live music, hot food, coffee, tea and chocolate.

United Pentecostal Church 1120 S. Seventh St. www.dekalbupc.com 815-901-0699 Pastor: Greg W. Davis and Maurice McDavid, assistant pastor Worship schedule: 10 a.m., 2 p.m.

(Spanish) and 6 p.m. Sundays; 6 p.m. Saturday (Spanish) Victory Baptist 1930 Sycamore Road VBC-DeKalb.org 815-756-6212 Victorlane5@frontier.com Pastor: Ngum Eric Mangek Worship schedule: 10:45 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Vida Nueva/New Life 316 N. Sixth St. vndekalb@frontier.com 815-787-7711 Pastor: Rodrigo Azofeifa Worship schedule: 12:30 p.m.

Domingo (Sunday) Vineyard Christian Fellowship Haish Gymnasium, 303 S. Ninth St. www.vineyarddekalb.org 815-748-8463 Pastor: Joe Holda Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Westminster Presbyterian 830 N. Annie Glidden Road www.westminsterdekalb.org 815-756-2905 secretary@westminsterdekalb.org Pastor: Blake Richter The message: “Always Striving” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. adult Sunday school Highlight of the week: Chancel Choir at 10 a.m. worship.

SYCAMORE Bethel Assembly of God 131 W. Elm St. www.bethelofsycamore.org 815-895-4740 Pastor: William Mills Worship schedule: 8 and 10:30 a.m.

Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Christian Senior Ministries P.O. Box 479 815-895-6784 Worship schedule: This nondenominational outreach program serves seniors through Bible studies, personal visits and worship services: 3:30 p.m. Mondays at Lincolnshire Place, Sycamore; 5 p.m. Tuesdays at Lincoln Manor, Rochelle; 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays

at Pine Acres, DeKalb; 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday at Pine Acres Alzheimer Unit, DeKalb; 3 p.m. Wednesdays at Heritage Woods, DeKalb; 9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Grand Victorian, Sycamore; 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at Bethany Health Care, DeKalb; 2 p.m.

Thursdays at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, DeKalb; 3 p.m.

Thursdays at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb.

Church of Christ 109 Swanson Road www.sycamorechurchofchrist.com 815-895-9148 sycamorecoc@comcast.net Evangelist: Phillip Vermillion Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Church of Christ (Edgebrook Lane) 2315 Edgebook Lane www.sycamorechurch.com 815-895-3320 info@sycamorechurch.com Preacher: Al Diestelkamp Worship schedule: 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Sunday Federated Church 612 W. State St. www.sycamorefederatedchurch.org 815-895-2706 info@sycamorefederatedchurch.org Pastor: Dennis Johnson Worship Schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday with nursery child care; 10:15 a.m.

Kids Club; 11 a.m. fellowship Fellowship Baptist 2425 Bethany Road www.fbcofdekalb.com 815-517-1569 Pastor: Kevin D. Spears Worship schedule: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday school; 7 p.m. Wednesday prayer and Bible study FBC of Sycamore 530 W. State St. www.fbcnewsong.com 815-895-3116 fbcnewsong@gmail.com Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 10:30 a.m. with signer for hearing impaired and 5 p.m. contemporary services Grace Life Church 425 W. State St. www.gracelifeinchrist.org 815-757-3570 Pastor: Stephen J. Moll Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Harvest Time Fellowship 203 S. Sacramento St. 815-899-2529 Pastor: Michael Schumaker Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 7 p.m. Thursday prayer Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 675 Fox Ave. www.mormon.org 815-895-2277 jrbentley1208@gmail.com Bishop: John Bentley Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday Sacrament meeting; 12:20 p.m.

Sunday school; 1:10 p.m. Relief Society, Priesthood Mayfield Congregational 28405 Church Road www.mayfieldchurchucc.org 815-895-5548 Pastor: Martha Brunell The message: “Linked In,” with readings from Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18; Matthew 5:38-48 Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school for children and adults Highlight of the Week: Hospitality provided by Mary Kay Knudsen.

North Avenue Missionary Baptist 301 North Ave. 815-895-4871 Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:30 a.m. Sunday school St. John’s Lutheran (Missouri Synod) 26555 Brickville Road www.stjohnsycamore.org 815-895-4477 office@stjohnsycamore.org Pastors: Robert W. Weinhold, Marvin Metzger Worship schedule: 6 p.m. Saturday; 8 and 10:30 a.m. service Sunday; 9:20 a.m. adult Bible classes; St. Mary’s Sycamore 322 Waterman St. www.stmarysycamore.com 815-895-3275 Churchofstmary@stmarysycamore.com Pastor: Paul M. Lipinski Worship schedule: 7:30 a.m. daily; 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 11 a.m.

Sunday St. Peter’s Episcopal 218 Somonauk St. www.sycamorestpeters.org 815-895-2227 office@sycamorestpeters.org Clergy: David Hedges Worship schedule: 7:30 and 10 a.m.

Sunday Holy Eucharist; 8:45 a.m.

Sunday school Salem Lutheran (ELCA) 1145 DeKalb Ave. www.SalemSycamore.org 815-895-9171 salem@salemlutheransycamore.org

Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com Interim Pastor: Robert C. Kinnear Ministry staff: Carla Vanatta The message: “Jesus calls us to unreserved love for our enemies.”

Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Help keep the Salem Food Pantry stocked by donating money, food and personal care products. “Making Sense of the Scripture” Bible study will be at 9:15 a.m. in Chapel Lounge.

Grief Support Group will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday.

Sycamore Baptist Church 302 Somonauk Street www.sbcsycamore.org 815-895-2577 sycamorebap@yahoo.com Interim Pastor: Art Aviles Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Bible study Sycamore United Methodist 160 Johnson Ave. www.sycamoreumc.org 815-895-9113 sumc@sycamoreumc.org Pastor: GaHyung Kim, Harlene Harden Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8:30 a.m. and 10 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday school

NEARBY Calvary Lutheran (LCMC) (Lee) 19 Perry Road, at County Line Road www.calluth.org 815-824-2825 calluthch1@aol.com Pastor: Craig Nelson Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; Noon new member class Cortland United Methodist 45 W. Chestnut Ave. www.cortlandumc.com 815-756-9088 bgilbert@firstumc.net Pastor: Brian Gilbert Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Faith UMC (Genoa) 325 S. Stott St. www.genoafaithuc.com 815-784-5143 faithchurch@rocketmail.com Pastor: Melissa Meyers Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school First Congregational UCC (Malta) 210 S. Sprague St. 815-825-2451 Pastor: Robert L. Vaughn The message: “All My Children” Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday First Lutheran (NALC) (Kirkland) 510 W. South St. www.kirklandflc.org 815-522-3886 jo@kirklandflc.org Pastor: Carl L. M. Rasmussen Worship schedule: 5:30 p.m.

Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. children’s sermon First Evangelical Lutheran (Lee) 240 W. Hardanger Gate www.flcinlee.com 815-824-2356 Interim Pastor: Chris Heller Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 10 a.m. fellowship time First United Methodist (Hinckley) 801 N. Sycamore St. 815-286-7102 hinckleyumc@frontier.com Pastor: Laura Crites Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school First United Methodist (Kirkland) 300 W. South St. www.kirklandumc.org 815-522-3546 office@kirklandumc.org Pastor: Kyeong-Ah Woo Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school Hope Anglican Church (Elburn) Meeting at Community Congregational, 100 E. Shannon St. www.hopeanglican.org 630-802-4424 Pastor: David Kletzing Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Sunday Holy Communion, nursery Immanuel Lutheran (Hinckley) 12760 Lee Road www.immanuel-hinckley.org 262-825-7501 office@immanuel-hinckley.org Pastor: Christopher Navurskis Worship schedule: 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. adult Bible study; 9 a.m.

Sunday school; 5 p.m. Saturday Kingston United Methodist 121 E. First St. 815-784-2010 Pastor: Jackie Wills Worship schedule: 11 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. youth group and Upper Room Bible study; 10:15 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. prayer circle; 6:30 p.m. Gospel of John Bible study Highlight of the week: Communion is served on the first and third Sundays. All are welcome to the table.

Malta United Methodist 210 E. Sprague St.

www.gbgm-umc.org/maltaumc 815-825-2118 maltaumc@aol.com Pastor: Noah Panlilio Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday at Malta UMC; 11 a.m. Sunday at Northwest Malta UMC Peace United Church of Christ (Genoa) 301 E. First St. 815-757-5917 PastorLauriAllen@gmail.com Pastor: Lauri Allen The message: “Following in His Footsteps” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday St. Catherine (Genoa) 340 S. Stott St. www.st-catherine-genoa.org 815-784-2355 stcatpast@frontier.com Pastor: Donald M. Ahles The message: “Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time” Worship schedule: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Spanish) Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 8:30 a.m.

Monday to Thursday Highlight of the week: Blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Sunday in the parish hall. Eucharistic Adoration from 9 a.m. to noon March 4.

St. James (Lee) 221 W. Kirke Gate 815-824-2053 stjames@heartlandcable.com Pastor: Bonaventure Okoro Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 9 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Tuesday to Friday; with confession from 4:15 to 4:45 p.m. Saturday and 8:15 to 8:45 a.m. Sunday.

St. John’s Lutheran (Creston) 126 E. South St. stjohns.worthyofpraise.org 815-384-3720 Pastor: Ronald Larson Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday with fellowship following, 10:30 a.m. Sunday school St. Paul’s UCC (Hinckley) 324 W. McKinley Ave. 815-286-3391 stpaulshinckley@gmail.com Pastor: Kris Delmore Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Salem Evangelical Lutheran (Sandwich) 1022 N. Main St. 815-786-9308 Pastor: Wayne Derber The message: “Revenge is a Dish Best Served Cold and by a Kahn” Worship schedule: 8 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 10:30 a.m. contemporary service; 9:15 a.m.

Sunday education hour for all ages Highlight of the Week: Following worship and fellowship time all will enjoy a bunco event.

Trinity Lutheran (Genoa) 33930 N. State Road www.tlcgenoa.org 815-784-2522 trinity@tlcgenoa.com Pastor: Senior Pastor Jeremy Heilman Worship schedule: 5:30 p.m. Saturday blended worship; 8 a.m. Sunday traditional worship; 10:30 a.m.

Sunday contemporary worship United Church of Christ (Shabbona) 104 E. Navaho Ave., Box 241 815-824-2359 office.shabbonachurch@gmail.com www.shabbonachurch.org Pastor: Jim Allen Worship schedule: 8 a.m. Sunday assisted living service; 9:30 a.m.

Sunday; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school United Methodist (Waterman) 210 W. Garfield www.watermanumc.com 815-264-3991 watermanumc@gmail.com Pastor: Hyerncherl Paul Lee Worship schedule: 9:45 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school United Presbyterian (Somonauk) 14030 Chicago Road www.somonaukupchurch.com 815-786-2703 Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; 10:45 a.m. Christian education Village Bible Church (Shabbona) Indian Creek Campus 209 N. Nokomis St. 815-824-2425 Pastor: Dave Haidle Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Waterman Bible Church 500 S. Birch St. 815-264-3908 www.watermanbible.org wbcheart@frontier.com Pastors: Pastor Craig Miller Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Waterman Presbyterian 250 N. Cedar St. www.watermanpres.com 815-264-3491 wpc_office@frontier.com Pastor: Roger Boekenhauer The message: “Jesus Continues to Teach” Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Joint worship at WUMC March 5.

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8BRIEFS Creston church plans Shrove Tuesday dinner

Millbrook church sets bluegrass event

St. John’s Lutheran Church, 126 E. South St. in Creston, will celebrate Shrove Tuesday with a Mardi Gras-style dinner from 5 to 7 p.m. March 4.

The meal will include jambalaya, red beans and rice, pralines and other New Orleans specialties. Entertainment will be provided by the Rochelle High School Jazz Band.

For more information, call the church at 815-384-3720.

The Millbrook United Methodist Church, 8360 Fox River Road in Millbrook, invites bluegrass musicians and those who enjoy music to come to a jam session on Saturday.

Doors open at 5 p.m. and the music starts at 6 p.m. and finishes at 9 p.m.

This monthly event, held in the fall and spring, gives both novices and experienced bluegrass players the chance to show their skills. Musicians can sign up and do some solo work or join in with other groups and play along.

Admission is free. Food and refreshments are available for a donation. For more information, call Pastor Kent at 815-786-4106.

Millbrook is located 5 miles south of Plano.

CII annual dinner is March 29 in Sycamore Child Initiative International will host its annual Dinner and Movie event at 5:30 p.m.

March 29 at Bethel Assemblies of God Church, 131 W. Elm St., Sycamore.

The event will include an all-American breakfast meal served by a group of volunteers. Attendees will have an opportunity to meet with leaders of CII, learn about its mission and how to become involved in its efforts to assist children. Display tables will be set up that further describe CII’s efforts around northern Illinois, as well as the world.

After the dinner, there will be a presentation about CII’s mission trip last summer.

Tickets cost $15 per person and are available only until March 20. Visit www.ciintl.org to purchase tickets.

CII is a nonprofit, faith-based public charity in Belvidere that is dedicated to making a positive impact in the lives of children. The organization helps children in northern Illinois and as far away as Grand Prairie, Texas. Internationally, CII helps children at several locations in Uganda with its own schools and orphanages run by leaders in the local community.

CII takes a holistic approach in its mission by gathering local volunteers with an understanding of the community to assist children. Kids are able to receive education, food, shelter and necessary medical treatment.

For more information, visit www.ciintl.org.

Welcome Café Brunch open to all The Welcome Café & Community Kitchen will host a community meal at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of DeKalb, 158 N. Fourth St., DeKalb, from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Chef Terri Mann-Lamb, owner of Sunn Flower Gourmet & Catering will sponsor and prepare the meal. The menu will include farm fresh local egg casserole and French toast bake, featuring bread from Monika’s Organic Bakery.

The meal is pay-what-youcan and all are welcome.

Sunn Flower Gourmet & Catering also will donate a percentage of profits from its annual Spring/Easter Cookie Sale. For more information, call MannLamb at 815-761-4545 or find the Facebook page.

The Heartland Bloodmobile will be at the church from 9 a.m. to noon taking blood donations. The winter weather has cut down on donations, so the Heartland Blood Bank needs help with meeting the present demands.

For more information, call 815-793-0950 or find Welcome Café on Facebook.

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Shabbona pastor to be ordained Shabbona United Church of Christ, in covenant with the Prairie Association of the United Church of Christ, will celebrate the ordination of Pastor Jim Allen at 3 p.m. Sunday. The public is invited.

Allen came to Shabbona almost nine years ago as a licensed minister. In January, the Prairie Association approved him to be ordained and installed as the 33rd Minister of Word and Sacrament in the 137-year history of the church.

Allen grew up near Monroe, Wis., the son of Ken and Lucille Allen. He married

Pastor Jim Allen his wife, Carol, more than 40 years ago while serving in

the USAF in Colorado. The Allens raised four children and now have 10 grandchildren.

Allen is a graduate of Mercer University in Atlanta with a bachelor’s degree in economics. During his 30-year career in fiber optics and networking, Allen also completed an MBA from the University of Notre Dame.

After a call to the ministry, Allen became a licensed minister on April 24, 2005, at Shabbona UCC. Since then, Allen has completed the requirements for ordination including a Masters of Divinity degree from North-

ern Seminary and a unit of Clinical Pastoral Education at BroMenn Hospital in Normal, Ill. In addition to remaining pastor in Shabbona, Allen plans to continue his doctoral studies.

The Ordination Service and Supper are open to the public. The Shabbona choir, muscians, actors and puppets will be on hand to celebrate.

Shabbona United Church of Christ is located at 104 E. Navaho, Shabbona. If possible, RSVP by calling the church office at 815-824-2359.

For more information, visit www.shabbonachurch. com.

FUMC plans community meal, worship First United Methodist Church of DeKalb, 321 Oak St., invites the public to its R.E.A.L. community meal and worship on the fourth Sunday of every month.

According to organizer Vicki Boone, hosts and guests sit together at family-sized tables and enjoy conversation as well as a substantial meal.

The free meal is served at 6 p.m. at the church. Diners are invited to a worship service following the meal at 7 p.m. in the church sanctuary.

“The church offers these R.E.A.L. meals so that we can build relationships with people of the community in need of hope, friendship, or a helping hand, while also helping to meet some of their physical needs,” Boone said in a news release.

R.E.A.L., which stands for Relevant, Engaging, Authentic, Loving, represents what a church is at its best. For those who choose to attend the worship service, it is an opportunity to continue to make new connections in a safe, loving environment.

The list of those partnering to make this ministry possible includes not only First United Methodist Church members, but also community, university and church groups such as the Boy Scouts, Northern Illinois University Dietetics students, and a team from the Mayfield

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First United Methodist Church of DeKalb has started a R.E.A.L. community meal and worship on the fourth Sunday of every month. Herb Buhr is pictured at the first meal, which was held Jan. 26.

Congregational Church, who have volunteered to fund, cook and serve the meal in June.

The worship service, conducted by Pastor Kim

Chapman, features a casual, candle-lit service, with a praise band, where all are welcome. This month, the meal and service will be held on Feb. 23.

There is no registration required, and all are invited to attend. For more information or to volunteer to help, call the church office at 815756-6301.

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Woman hides at work to avoid her in-laws Dear Abby: I have been married to a wonderful man for 17 years and we have two children. My life should be perfect, and it is – until it’s time to visit my in-laws.

We don’t see them more than a few times a year, but I’ve taken to pleading work as an excuse not to see them on holidays or special occasions if I can avoid it. I have even spent Christmas at home alone because I can’t stand how verbally abusive my inlaws are.

My mother-in-law admits to being mean and nasty. She says she doesn’t care because she “hates people.” They are now pressuring my husband to move nearer to them. The thought makes me sick.

My life could have been so different if these relatives

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips were nice, normal people. I wanted us to be friends. I’m a kind person, but I have never been good enough for them.

I would never dream of saying some of the things they have said to me. They’re upper middle class and I’m “trash.” I never thought when I married my husband that his family would enjoy making me miserable.

The Easter holidays are coming and I don’t know what to do. I’m afraid one day the buildup of anger will make me explode. How can I make their verbal abuse stop?

I’m sick of being the brunt of

jokes and sarcastic comments. – “Outlaw” in Arizona Dear “Outlaw”: If your husband is “wonderful,” why has he tolerated his parents’ treating you this way for 17 years? He should have insisted from the beginning of your marriage that you be treated with respect. I can’t believe the two of you would expose your children to this multiple times a year.

You can’t “make” your inlaws stop their verbal abuse, but your husband might be able to if he locates his spine and puts his foot down. There should be no more talk of moving close to these toxic people, nor should there be any more visits to them until they either change their attitudes or learn to watch their mouths. If your husband feels he must go, then

he should go alone, and you should stop making excuses for your absence.

Dear Abby: My husband is an alcoholic who attends AA meetings. Last night he forgot to sign out of his email and I saw he has been corresponding with a woman he met at the meetings. In her message she confided her problems finding a man. His reply was that she has been picking the wrong men, that he cares and that they need to talk face-toface.

I wish I had never seen the email. Because of it, I can’t eat or sleep, worrying about what might possibly be going on. I don’t want to confront him because he has a nasty temper, yet I feel I must do something. But what? – Lost in Nowhere, Montana

Dear Lost: Instead of “confronting” your husband, simply ask him if he has become this woman’s AA sponsor.

It might explain why she is confiding in him, and why he suggested they meet face-toface to talk, which could be entirely innocent. Does he have a history of cheating on you?

If something is going on, it would be better for your emotional health to know what you are dealing with. And if your husband responds with verbal or physical abuse because of his “nasty temper,” you should insist on marriage counseling or get out of there for your own safety.

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Non-drug options for erectile dysfunction Dear Dr. K: Is acupuncture an effective treatment for erectile dysfunction?

Dear Reader: During an erection, arteries supplying blood widen, and veins leading blood away from the penis clamp down. As a result, more blood is inside the penis, causing it to swell and become firm. It sounds simple, but getting to an erection requires extraordinary orchestration of blood vessels, nerves, hormones and, of course, the psyche. (I’ve put an illustration of this process on my website.)

A hitch in any one of these elements can prevent an erection from happening. Sildenafil (Viagra) and similar drugs have revolutionized the treatment of erectile dysfunction (ED). ED is trouble

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff achieving or maintaining an erection. These drugs provide effective and safe treatment for about 70 percent of men with ED. But that still leaves a lot of men with ED who don’t respond to these pills. Other men do not want to use medication, or they can’t use ED drugs because of side effects or other medical conditions.

One non-drug treatment used for ED is acupuncture, the ancient Chinese practice in which a practitioner inserts hair-thin needles into specific sites along the body’s “meridians.” According to

traditional beliefs, the body’s Qi (pronounced “chee”), or vital force, flows along these meridians. By stimulating specific acupoints, the practitioner aims to restore the proper flow of energy in the body. In treating ED, the acupuncture needles are placed in the wall of the abdomen.

Western scientists have a different explanation. They speculate that the needles stimulate the release of endorphins, the body’s natural painkillers. Other theories claim the needles release neurotransmitters, chemicals that carry messages between nerve endings.

Unfortunately, there just hasn’t been enough good research to determine if acupuncture is useful for ED. But there are other non-drug options. Ask your doctor about

penile injections, urethral suppositories or a vacuum pump.

And don’t neglect lifestyle changes that can preserve or improve erectile function.

These changes include smoking cessation, weight control, regular exercise and moderate alcohol use. Smoking causes disease of the arteries that supply blood to the penis.

Being overweight and not exercising regularly increases your risk of diabetes.

Diabetes, in turn, damages the nerves that control the blood vessel changes that lead to an erection. Excessive use of alcohol also damages these nerves.

There are more studies of acupuncture as a treatment for chronic pain. Some scientists point to studies that compare acupuncture to “sham

acupuncture,” in which the needles are deliberately not placed properly. Such studies sometimes find that both real and sham acupuncture relieve pain. This suggests to them that acupuncture may work by causing a placebo effect.

Whether this is true or not, what matters to patients is that their condition has been improved. Some of my patients have had good relief of their pain.

As for acupuncture to treat erectile dysfunction, if you’d like to give it a try, go ahead. Be sure to seek out an experienced acupuncturist. And remember that it can be time-consuming and expensive. But in experienced hands, it is safe.

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You are not an employee; you’re a daughter Dr. Wallace: I’m 14 and I’m given a $5 a week allowance.

For that, I’ve got to do all of my chores. Ever since this allowance has been in force, I have always done all of my chores on time. I also must say that my chores are done very well.

I now want to buy a special dress for a semi-formal, girl-ask-boy dance at our school. I have already invited the boy, and he said yes. The dress I want costs $75, and I have $50 saved.

I want my parents to pay my allowance five weeks in advance so I can buy this dress. My dad doesn’t like

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace that idea, because he considers me to be an employee, and he thinks it is poor business to pay an employee for work that is not completed.

I’d like your opinion, please. My parents always read your column, and if you agree with me they might change their minds. Please hurry with your answer because I really want this dress.

– Worried, Bettendorf, Iowa.

Worried: You are not an

8ASTROGRAPH

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Your popularity and reputation continue to grow. Others are drawn to your sincerity and enthusiasm. As a result, you will be involved in many diverse and interesting events. Your experience, participation and accomplishments will combine to make this an exciting and fulfilling year.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You need a challenge. Explore new and complex subjects in order to quench your thirst for knowledge.

Take advantage of any free time to read and expand your outlook.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Be careful what you wish for. Trying to emulate a phony lifestyle will not bring good results and can be costly. Be proud that you are a responsible individual who works hard.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Someone close to you may be feeling neglected. Spend time nurturing important relationships.

Plan a trip or attend an event that helps bring you closer to the people you love most.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Maintain your position in the workplace by emphasizing your talents and ideas to your superiors.

Doing so will help to dispel criticism from an opposing quarter.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Dedicate time to your family. Sharing hobbies, playing games or enjoying other entertainments will bring you closer together. Happy memories are what build strong bonds and encourage togetherness.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Remain calm and patient in your dealings with moody individuals. Take steps to ensure that slight differences of opinion don’t get blown out of proportion. A positive attitude will bring stellar results.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – You’ll be upset if things don’t go your way. Seeking advice from trusted relatives may help you to gain a new perspective. Don’t be afraid to admit you have a problem.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Financial matters take precedence.

Ignore the pleas of those who want to borrow from you. Keeping accurate records of investments and expenditures is essential to good money management.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Unreasonable accusations or unfounded jealousy will cause tension between you and someone you love. You can avoid unpleasant situations by keeping your thoughts and emotions in check.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Stay clear of those who try to involve you in their private affairs. You have much to lose and little to gain if you take sides.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Don’t go over your budget. Spend time acquainting yourself with community events and local activities. You may be hesitant at first, but your social life will benefit if you participate.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Someone is withholding information. You will be able to learn all the details if you maintain your focus and ask pertinent questions. Increased career commitments will keep you busy.

employee; you are your parents’ daughter! Since your “chore” record is excellent, your parents must trust you to do all of your chores for the next five weeks. I’m positive Mom and Dad will agree.

Dr. Wallace: My ex-boyfriend admitted that he had an addiction to cocaine.

That’s the reason he is now my ex. Near the end of our relationship, he kept telling me he was going to quit using cocaine, but he couldn’t. So that’s why I told him goodbye and encouraged him to seek help in overcoming his addiction. He said he would, but we have been apart over four

8SUDOKU

months and he still is a user.

We still talk on the phone occasionally, but I will never revive our relationship.

I recently turned 21, and on occasion I have a small glass of wine with dinner when I am in a nice restaurant with my new boyfriend.

Last week I told this to my ex and he said that I’m on my way to becoming addicted to alcohol. I know that this isn’t going to happen, but it made me wonder how many people in the U.S. are addicted to alcohol compared to the number of cocaine addicts.

Can you tell me? – Marsha, Denver, Colo.

Marsha: According to a report by the United States Jaycees, about 4 million Americans are addicted to cocaine, and 12 million Americans are considered to be alcoholics. These are both shocking statistics. That means 16 million Americans cannot control their lives and live in constant confusion and turmoil. I’m sure your “wine at dinner” won’t escalate to an alcohol addiction, but always remember that every alcoholic started out having a first alcoholic drink.

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

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Lady luck was at another table Timothy Zahn, a science fiction writer, said, “For a change, Lady Luck seemed to be smiling on me. Then again, maybe the fickle wench was just lulling me into a false sense of security while she reached for a rock.”

Some bridge players are superstitious, thinking Lady Luck controls the outcome of deals. But good players know that normally she has no influence over the final result. Occasionally, though, everything looks like smooth sailing, when suddenly a nasty storm blows up.

What should happen in today’s deal? South is in three no-trump, and West leads his fourth-highest spade.

In the auction, I like North’s jump to three no-trump. If South has a club honor, the chance of five or six club tricks is high. Along with the spade ace and South’s known values, surely three no-trump will roll home. It is just Lady Luck’s perversity that South has only two low clubs.

East wins the first trick with his spade king, then should return his remaining spade. Yes, here, a red-suit shift would work even better, but East should try to get the spade ace off the board.

South will win with his spade queen and run the club eight. Now comes the key play – East must not take the trick.

If East wins, declarer captures the next trick and drives out the club ace, while dummy still has the spade ace as an entry.

But if East calmly allows South’s club eight to win, East will take the second club and shift to, probably, the diamond jack. Now dummy’s club suit is useless and the contract goes down one or two.

Afterward, no doubt South will complain that he was unlucky.

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NEWSPAPER DELIVERY

AUTO TECHNICIAN

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Looking for Contractors to deliver newspapers early mornings 7 days per week.

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Needed for ASE Certified friendly neighborhood shop. Great working environment and good hours Mon.- Fri. 8am-5pm. No weekends or overtime. ASE Certification preferred. Must have own tools and be self motivated.

Call today to set up interview.

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I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs

SIMPLICITY RIDING LAWN TRACTOR 6 years old. Minimal hours. Last used 2 years ago. Maintenance preformed yearly by local dealer. 42 inch deck 20 HP. $1000 or best offer. 815-762-2365

Porcelain Dolls -- "Matthew" and “Heather” from Ashton Drake Galleries -- $50.00 each. Still in original boxes. 815-895-6096.

1990 & Newer

630-232-4488 Ask for Ron DRIVER

Cassette Tapes - 135 Mostly Country Music & Storage Cases - $20. 815-264-3562

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

SNOWBLOWERS (2) SNAPPER

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

CDL DELIVERY DRIVER CDL Class B with air brake endorsement required. Overnight hours Sunday through Friday.

Salaried position.

Call 847-464-5458 for more details on application process.

DEKALB, NEW DELUXE 2BD APTS DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Available Dec/Jan. Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $530 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

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Laundry in units. Free water, NO PETS, Appliances. Ready NOW. $1025/month.

815-757-5546 DeKalb: 1BR upper, appl., C/A, water incl., no pets or smoking, $490/mo. 815-393-4438

GENOA DELUXE 2 BEDROOM 1 bath, remodeled, appl. Counrty setting, close to downtown Genoa.

815-784-4606 ~ 815-901-3346

JANITORIAL & PALLET SORTERS DEKALB AREA Leading Janitorial company is interviewing for General Cleaners & Pallet Sorters in the DeKalb area. PT, M-F, 4-8pm & 12:304:30PM, $8.60/hr. For more info call: 800-543-8034 & dial Ext. 411. Leave your name & phone # after the message or apply at www.dsicorporation.com Retail

CAT – LOST South DeKalb County. Large neutered male, mostly white with big brown patches and brown Maine Coon tail. May still have red collar. If seen, please call at 815-501-9724. Reward for safe return. We miss him.

Have you seen or know what happened to him?

LOST Set of keys – remote with 2 keys Lost in or around Walmart (DeKalb) Reward if found.

Please call 815-756-2013

SALES ASSOCIATE Now accepting applications for full & part time Sales Associate at: BATTERIES PLUS 1565 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore

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WE PAY THE BEST! For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans with or without titles.

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Harley Davidson Screaming Eagle Slip On Mufflers - EPA stamped.

Off of 2011 Ultra Classic Limited.

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Receptionist/Physical Therapy Aide needed to work in busy Genoa Physical Therapy clinic. M, F 11:00-6:30 pm. Multi-tasking, self-direction and ability to work in a fast-paced environment is a must. Friendly and outgoing personality pref'd. Duties include scheduling, billing, assisting physical therapists in patient care. Previous exp. a plus, but willing to train the right person.

Please mail your resume to: HR Dept., 3266 Resource Parkway, DeKalb, IL 60115 or fax to: 815-756-1841

Framed Art - Autographed Cartoon Cell – Hanna/Barbera - Characters On Parade" Documented, Mint Condition $400 - Moving Sycamore 815-762-0382 Shirley Temple Doll: Still in Original Box, 18” tall $75 815-895-4770

2007 FORD FOCUS SE Metallic gray, 57K miles.

Automatic/power windows and lock. Great condition and very clean!

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Publisher's Notice: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD tollfree at 1-800-669-9777. The tollfree telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Sears Electronic Graduate SR3000 Electric Portable Typewriter, with extra ink cartridges, & correction spools, exc. cond., collectors item, $40 815-909-8905

DUMBBELLS - Pair of Bowflex SelectTech 552 Adjustable Dumbbells. Like New. $275 Call Chad: 815-739-3946

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Young Female Senior in wheelchair needs upbeat, patient, super organized helper to assist with housekeeping, daily living, errand and clutter. 25 hrs./wk. Car required. Lucy: 815-758-3873

Dining Room Set - Solid oak, Richardson Bros. 68"x40" table w/four 11" self-storing leaves expanding to 102". 8 chairs (4 w/arms and 4 w/o arms). China hutch w/ 3 interior lights. Excellent condition. Purchased new for $5000. Moving, must sell. Table & chairs: $300. Hutch: $300.

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CASEY'S EXPANSION

Loaded with extras, ps, pdl, heavy duty tow pkg, leather int, spacious backseat, upgraded tires, 230K freeway miles. Bluebook $6400, sell for $5500. 815-549-1205

Factory GTO Wheels off 2005, 17 x 8, alum. 5 spoke $300 OBO. 815-757-2329 Wheels - 2 – Ansen Sprint, G.M. pattern, 14 x 10, alum. slot $55. 815-757-2329

A-1 AUTO

815-758-7859 DEKALB 1 BEDBROOM Clean, upper, $525/mo + 1st, last security. No pets/smoking.

815-791-3721

In peaceful Ellen Oaks Beautiful brick/cedar 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA ranch on 1/2 acre lot w/ mature trees, remodeled 2008, hdwd, carpet, ceramic flrs, furn, A/C, deck, quality counters & SS appl. w/1st flr laundry, FP, full bsmt, 2 1/2 car gar., Syc school Dist.

Price - $218,000.

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815-575-5153 Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: Email: classified@shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: www.daily-chronicle.com

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM With study, stove, fridge, heat incl. 815-748-4085

DeKalb/Syc/Cortland. Office/Shop/ Warehouse. Price & Size vary!

Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845

Sandwich 3 Room - 5 Room Office Suites on Route 34 from $500/mo - Accountants, Lawyers, Insurance Agents, R. E. Agents, Contractors, Small Business Owners. Call for additional info. 815-786-7411

DEKALB 2 BEDROOM

PUBLIC NOTICE Downtown on Lincoln Hwy. Contact Bill @ 630-202-8836

Appliances, gas heat, C/A, ceiling fans, garage, no pets/smoking. $735, avail now. 630-697-9102

DEKALB 2BR, 1.5BA DUPLEX

DeKalb Newer 2BR Duplex Quiet neighborhood, appl, W/D. Walk-in-closets, no pets, $950/mo + 1st/last /sec. 815-739-4442

CORTLAND 3BR, 2BA TH Fireplace, 2 car gar, all appl incl W/D, $1200/mo + sec. For more info call Anthony 630-730-8070 DEKALB 2 BR 1.5 BA condo near I-88, shopping, NIU. All appliances, garage, central air. Small pets OK. $925. 630-485-0508 DeKalb TH, 2 BR, 1.5 BA, 2 Car garage. Near Wal-Mart $950/mo. + 1 mo. sec. dep. Call: 815-501-1660

DEKALB QUIET 2 BEDROOM

1 bath, parking, laundry.

NO pets/smoking, Agent Owned.

815-756-2359 - 815-758-6712

DEKALB ~ 1515 STONEFIELD 3BR Townhome, 2 full bath, W/D. 2 car garage, $1100/mo.

815-228-6252

DeKalb/Summit Enclave 2BR

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2, 3BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

815-739-5589~815-758-6439

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FOR SALE COUNTRY HOME & TRANQUILITY

1.5BA, W/D, garage, no pets, no smoking, $925/mo + sec dep.

414-364-1659 SYCAMORE - 3 BR, 2 BA Townhouse w/ Garage. Just minutes from City of DeKalb and NIU. Clean townhouse with fresh paint and new carpet. Only $1080/mo. No pets.

Leave message at 630-452-9080.

Location: South of Rte 64 Between Sycamore & Rte 47.

3 Bedrms, 1 1/2 Baths. Custom Kitchen.

Just enough land to have a garden-chickens-rabbits?

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS ERIC FOX, Petitioner vs KAREN MICHELLE FOX, Respondent NO. 05 D 117 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given to the Respondent, KAREN MICHELLE FOX, whose last known address was 339 Serenity Lane, DeKalb, IL, that the Petitioner, ERIC FOX, by and through his attorney, CARMEN LAW OFFICE, PC, has filed a Petition for Modification of Custody and Support in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Henry County, Illinois under the above referenced caption. Following the required Publication Notice dates, a Modification of the Judgment dated 05/11/10 shall be entered unless you enter an Answer of Appearance.

CARMEN LAW OFFICE, PC /s/ Bruce L. Carmen Bruce L. Carmen, Attorney for Eric Fox Prepared by: Bruce L. Carmen CARMEN LAW OFFICE, PC 116 N. EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE, IL 61238 Telephone: 309-937-3339 Fax: 309-937-2830 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 7, 14 & 21, 2014.)

Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.

No pets.

815-758-0123

PUBLIC NOTICE

DeKalb 3BR, 2BA, C/A, All Appls incl Dishwasher, Wash/Dryer, 1 car gar. $1000/mo + sec dep + util.

Jerry (630) 441- 6250

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PUBLIC NOTICE

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR

DEKALB - 3 BR DUPLEX Non smoking unit on S. 4th in DeKalb. W/D in unit. 2 car garage. F/L/S $900 mo + util.

Avail immediately. 815-751-4730

DeKalb ~ The Knolls Sub. 3BR, 1.5BA, D/W, W//D, 1 car garage, $975/mo + 1st , last sec.

Available Now. 815-751-3806 Sycamore – 1 Lg BD, appliances, & W/D, $550/mo. + sec. & utilities.

No pets/smoking. 815-895-6747 leave message Find. Buy. Sell.

All in one place... HERE! Everyday in Daily Chronicle Classified

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 5, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as SUGAR CRAVE located at 215 W. Elm St. Suite 300, Sycamore, IL 60178.

Dated February 5, 2014

SYCAMORE - 2 BEDROOM

SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper.

CA. DW. W/D on Site. Off-Street Prkg. No pets. $695 Incl. Water & Garbage. J&A RE 815-970-0679

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21, 2014.)

Sycamore-DeKalb Ave Store, Office 2070 sq. ft.

815-895-6960

DeKalb Approx 800 Sq Ft

Sycamore 1 Bedroom

PUBLIC NOTICE

Curran Contracting Company is seeking IDOT approved DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for the 02/28/2014 IDOT letting!

Plans & Specs are available at www.dot.state.il.us or email estimating@ currancontracting.com (815) 455-5100

Laing Mgmt.

Wood style floors, laundry on site.

A/C, off St. parking, cats? $545/mo. 815-756-2064

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 21, 2014.)

LOOKING FOR DBE'S!

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

1-1/2 bath, hardwood, D/W, W/D, basement storage, $875/mo.

202 S. Maple. 630-443-9072

phy pa tion to the tower structure is being proposed. The registration is being updated to reflect the existing lighting system currently located on this tower. This application may be by going to viewed www.fcc.gov/asr/applications and entering Application Number A0893548. Interested persons may raise potential environmental impact concerns associated with this application by filing a Request for Further Environmental Review with the FCC ("Requests"). Requests can be filed online and instructions for filing such Requests can be found at www.fcc.gov/asr/environmentalrequest. Requests can also be sent to: FCC Requests for Environmental Review, Attn: Ramon Williams, 445 12th Street SW, Washington DC 20554. Requests should also be sent to CTI Towers Assets I, LLC, Attn: Compliance Manager, 38 Pond Street, Suite 305, Franklin, MA 02038. All Requests must be received within 30 days of the date of this notice.

Sycamore 3BR, 2BA, updated, stove, fridge, dishwasher, W/D, A/C garage, available March 815-758-0079

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM Clean, quiet, 1 bath, appliances included, available March 1st.

815-758-6580

CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!!

Casey's General Store

2BR, 2BA APT.

Quiet neighborhood, appl, W/D. Walk-in-closets, no pets, $950/mo + 1st/last /sec. 815-739-4442

Will BUY UR USED

Due to recent expansion in your area, Casey's is looking for friendly, energetic individuals to fill a variety of positions including: Cashiers / Donut Makers / Pizza Makers.

24 hour stores needing to fill all shifts.

825 County Line Rd., Attn: Deb Maple Park, IL 60151 or apply online at: www.caseys.com EOE

Stone Prairie

Starting @ $599, 2 Bedroom $683, 3 Bedroom

DeKalb Newer 2BR Duplex

MOST CASH

Pick up applications at any Casey's.

Send application to:

SYCAMORE Immediate Occupancy

Shabbona ~ Spacious 2BR Newly painted, W/D hook-up.

No dogs, $640/mo + security.

847-738-2334

DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS

DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location!

No pets/smoking. Agent Owned.

815-758-6712

2003 Infiniti QX4 $10200 low miles 78000 fully loaded Gold w tan interior one owner. 630-251-3998

JOIN A WINNING TEAM

Free fountain drinks Friendly, home-town work environment No experience necessary Paid training

DEKALB - downtown upper front apartment. 2 bedrooms, cute, clean and quiet. Energy efficient furnace and central air, new appliances $600 per month plus utilities 630-327-7147

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2001 CHEVY TAHOE Shelving: grocery store shelving, approx. 20ft long, very strong, $200 Call Steve 815-970-3055

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Avail 4/1. 815-739-3740

ANTENNA STRUCTURE REGISTRATION PUBLIC NOTICE CTI Towers Assets I, LLC ("CTI") owns and operates an existing guyed telecommunications tower located at 2295 Coltonville Road, Sycamore, DeKalb County, IL (41° 58'38.1"N/88°43'47.30"W). The tower is registered with the Federal Communications Commission ("FCC") (ASR# 1032918). Per FAA regulations, this tower facility is currently lit. The current FCC registration lists the existing tower as being lit with a med-intensity white strobe.

The actual lighting type is a red incandescent beacon. CTI has filed an application with the FCC to modify its existing registration to reflect the actual lighting style. This modification is subject to the FCC's Environmental Notification process.

No physical expansion or modifica-

/s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 7, 14 & 21, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 13, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as YOUR HOME GOURMET located at 362 N. Cardinal Street, Cortland, IL 60112.

Dated February 13, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 14, 21 & 28, 2014.)

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1032 S. 7th St. DeKalb From $70s Southmoor Estates, Office Staff, 815-756-1299

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142 Joanne Lane DeKalb 3 1 $115,000 McCabe Realtors, Nedra Ericson, 815-739-9997

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335 Miller Ave DeKalb 3 2 $134,900 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Carol Boesche, 815-756-1691

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265 Rolfe Road DeKalb 4 2.5 $199,900 McCabe Realtors, Jerry Wahlstrom, 815-757-7867

813 Stevens Ave Sycamore 4 1.5 $139,000 Century 21 Elsner Realty, Peggy Ireton, 815-756-1691

$149,900

1784 JOSEPH SIXBURY, SYCAMORE - $264,900

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• Quality 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • All appliances • Full finished basement • 2-car garage • Large deck, great view • All for under $200,000 Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997 COUNTRY HOME

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$64,500 • 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Large rooms • First floor laundry • Enclosed front porch • Aluminum siding Call McCabe Realtors: 815 756-8505

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$99,000 • 3-4 bedroom home • Enclosed front porch • Master bedroom on first floor • Newer roof • Newer furnace and A/C Call Harlan Scott: 815-739-5420

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$58,000 • 3 Bedrooms, 2 full baths • Replaced Thermopane windows • Updated Kitchen • Enclosed Front Porch Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867 GOLF COURSE AREA CONDO

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$345,000 • Over 4,000 square feet • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Library, sunroom, dining room • Family room with fireplace Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

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Cortland $159,900 228 N Aspen Dr. Woodland Acres split-level, hardwood & ceramic flring, Pella windows, 23x13 master br w/bath & walk-in closet, lower level has 23x20 fam rm, 1/2 bath & 4th bedroom or office. Heated gar. MLS ID 08539046 Julie Fabrizius 815-756-2557

DeKalb $259,000 469 Billings Dr. Custom JC Farley home in Bridges of Rivermist, 2,150 sq ft, 3br incl luxury master, vaulted 23x17 fam rm w/fpl, hardwood in kit & din rm, 42 inch maple cabinets, granite counters, bsmt. MLS ID 08485104 Julie Fabrizius 815-756-2557

DeKalb $219,900 2075 Patriot Dr. 2,000+ sq ft, 3br (master has bath & huge walk-in closet), kit opens to fam rm w/fpl, main flr office, all appliances, bsmt. MLS ID 08261675

DeKalb $150,000 2582 Pleasant St. On 135x150 lot min from I-88, recently updated windows, siding & roof! Fin lookout lower level w/33x12 fam rm w/updated carpet & beam ceiling, 16x12 3rd bedroom & full bath. MLS ID 08420163 Laura Boyer 815-756-2557

DeKalb $129,900 268 Bent Grass Cir B. Wynstone Village townhouse, open flr plan w/1,580 sq ft, 9 ft ceilings, 3br incl vaulted 19x14 master w/bath, 2nd flr laundry, oak cabinetry & wood flr in kit, bsmt. MLS ID 08530479 Ronda Ball 815-756-2557

DeKalb $125,000 180 Tilton Park Dr. In Tilton Park, recent updates incl windows, siding & roof! Wood laminate flring in all 3br, kit & liv rm. 14x21 fam rm, all appliances, extra deep garage, fenced back yard. MLS ID 08484320 Ronda Ball 815-756-2557

Genoa $239,000 12335 Pine Dr. On 1 acre in Pine Ridge, 2,338 sq ft, updates incl carpet, maple hardwood flr in master br & roof! Stainless appliances in kit, 4th bedroom in fin bsmt, oversize 2 car gar. Incl Warranty! MLS ID 08532857 Crystl Lindgren 815-784-4582

Genoa $179,000 204 Winding Trl. Near park in Riverbend Subdv, 1,986 sq ft, 4br, 2.5ba, wood laminate flr in din rm & fam rm w/fpl, 13x20 kit w/slate flr, bsmt has roughed-in bath, deck w/ pergola. MLS ID 08538115 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

Genoa $114,900 115 E Hill St. Great starter near town, incl warranty, 3br incl main flr master, 2ba, hardwood flrs in liv & din rms, enclosed front porch, bsmt, gar, deck, patio. MLS ID 08481800 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

Kingston $184,900 29861 Corson Dr. On 120x150 lot on private road next to park & Kishwaukee River! 3br, 2ba, 23x18 kit w/beam ceiling, 24x20 fam rm w/stone fpl & wood cath ceiling, partly fin bsmt, 2 car gar, gazebo. MLS ID 08380506 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

Kingston $150,000 301 S Main St. On 75x135 corner lot, 2,135 sq ft, new carpet, windows & doors! 4br incl main flr master, 2ba, lge liv & din rms plus 16x12 fam rm. Bsmt, 2+ car gar.

MLS ID 08531355 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

Kingston $132,875 Kirkland $105,000 32732 Five Points Rd. Private 9 acres w/3br 2ba ranch 304 S Eighth St. In Colonial Estates, fin bsmt has 15x13 that needs work, nice outbuildings. MLS ID 08480939 family rm & 3rd bedroom. 2 baths, oak cabinets, appliances stay, 2 car garage. MLS ID 08464826

Sycamore $205,900 1602 Bailey Rd. Adjacent to park in Reston Ponds, 2,119 sq ft, 9 ft ceilings, 3br incl 17x13 master w/bath, hardwood flrs in kit/fam rm arrangement, 36 & 42 inch cabinets, bsmt, deck, brick paver patio. MLS ID 08535118 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $188,500 149 Swanson Rd. On 100x168 lot backing to open field, recent updates incl carpet, tile, cabinets, counters, furnaces & roof! 2,000+ sq ft, 4br, 2ba, 24x20 fam rm addition w/fpl & beam ceiling, bsmt rec rm. MLS ID 08416923 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

Sycamore $159,900 135 Sabin St. Rehabbed home near town! 4br (2 down & 2 up), 2ba, refin hardwood flr & fpl in liv/din arrangement, raised panel cabinets, imported granite, bsmt, concrete porch off 2.5 car gar. MLS ID 08532906 Katie Morsch 815-756-2557

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DeKalb $204,900 564 Katherine Cir. End-unit ranch townhouse in Gardens of Rivermist, 1,600+ sq ft, 2br, 2ba, vaulted liv rm w/ fpl, crown molding in din rm & kit w/hardwood flr. Full English bsmt. MLS ID 08270230 815-756-2557 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

DeKalb $180,000 634 Grange Ct. On 3/4 acre cul-de-sac lot in Devonaire Farms. 2400+ sq ft home w/4br, pantry & island in fully applianced kit, 1st flr den. New Feldco windows. Oversized concrete patio & pool. MLS ID 08301029 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

DeKalb $165,900 221 North Bridge Rd. Recently updated! 3br, 2ba, 16x20 kit w/wood laminate flr, main flr laundry, fam rm & work rm in bsmt, extra deep garage. MLS ID 08358482

DeKalb $110,000 924 Sunnymeade Trl. In Hillcrest backing to open area, new windows, countertops, electric, furnace & air plus updated roof! Hardwood in all 3br & 13x29 liv/din combo, 12x23 fam rm w/fpl opens to screened porch. MLS ID 08451471 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

DeKalb $96,000 918 S 11th St. One of the largest models in Southmoore, 3 bedrooms, 2 full baths, 12x14 kit w/center island.

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Genoa $324,500 1008 N Oakview Ln. On over half acre in Genoa Woods, 4br (master has luxury bath & sitting area), loft, hardwood flrs in liv/din arrangement & fam rm w/fpl. Island & granite counters in kit, bsmt, screened porch. MLS ID 08415818 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

Genoa $99,900 210 N Hadsall St. Great starter on 50x150 lot, updated carpet, 2br incl 11x26 master w/hardwood flr, office, ceramic flr in kit, bsmt, 1 car attached gar plus 3 car detached gar w/office area. MLS ID 08441626 Ronda Ball 815-756-2557

Kingston $314,900 9340 Eric Cir. On 1.1 acre, approx 2,700 sq ft, 4br, 3 full & 2 half baths, hardwood flrs w/inlaid pattern in din rm & kit w/stainless appliances that opens to fam rm w/fpl. Rec rm & play rm in bsmt. MLS ID 08400657 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

Kingston $285,000 29855 Oak Meadow Dr. 1+ acres, Sycamore Schools, upstairs has 4br plus 24x23 bonus rm/5thbr, 3.5ba, 9 ft ceilings & hardwood flrs on main level, office, Pella windows, 42 inch maple cabinets, lookout bsmt. MLS ID 08539053 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

Sycamore $264,900 1784 Joseph Sixbury St. 1-owner home in Heron Creek, 2,900+ sq ft, 4br incl 14x18 master, 27x15 kit w/42” cherry cabinets, Corian counters, island, top-of-the-line appliances, 2 pantries & ceramic flr. 18x17 deck. MLS ID 08512813 815-756-2557 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

Sycamore $241,950 1813 Thurow St. Overlooking the pond in Reston Ponds, vaulted ceilings, arched doorways, 3br, 2ba, fam rm fpl, oak cabinets & stainless appliances in kit, 4-season rm, bsmt. MLS ID 08533774 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

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Sycamore $149,900 1744 Brookhill Ln. In Woodgate pool & clubhouse community, 2,014 sq ft, 4br incl 10x27 master suite, vaulted fam rm w/fpl, partly fin bsmt, oversize garage. Needs some TLC. MLS ID 08537558 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

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Sycamore $139,900 605 Edward St. Updated windows, hardwood flrs in all 3br, wood laminate flr & crown molding in din rm & liv rm w/fpl. Rec rm & half bath in bsmt, patio w/pergola.

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Sycamore $129,900 122 McLaren Dr. End-unit townhouse in McLaren Manor, 3br, 2ba, 26x14 liv rm w/fpl, kit has bayed eating area, garage. MLS ID 08452232 Melissa Mobile

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