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Bold concepts proposed could be enacted from the fall to 50 years from now

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Jack Barry wants to help bring a more lively atmosphere to Northern Illinois University’s campus.

Barry, president of the NIU Student Association, said university President Doug Baker has included the Student Association since the start of talks about the university’s master plan thesis, an exploration of ideas NIU leaders have developed to improve the university and its relationship with the city of DeKalb.

The Student Association will display blueprints for some of those ideas for students to observe from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. March 18 to 30 at the Holmes Student Center, 340 Carroll Ave, DeKalb.

“The Baker administration is going to try things,” Barry said. “I like his aggressive attitude on acting fast, trying to improve student life today.”

The goal of the master plan thesis is to make improvements now and lay the groundwork for the future, with an eye toward not only attracting students, but keeping them enrolled. One-third of students who entered NIU as freshmen last school year did not return as sophomores, NIU officials say.

Campus leaders, students and the city of DeKalb also met for five days in January to ask how NIU can better support student career success, another key university goal.

What the university has come up with so far has been bold.

Some ideas include making NIU a 10-minute walking campus, identify-

ing a campus spine or center, beautifying and accentuating campus waterways, adding bus lanes on Lucinda Avenue, upgrading sidewalks and lighting along College Avenue to designate it as a connection to downtown DeKalb, hosting concerts at the East Lagoon and demolishing old dormitories.

There are multiple ideas and timeframes from which the university is working. Some of the ideas may be implemented this fall, including a pilot program to add an electronic tram service that would take students around campus while riding on both sidewalks and streets. Other ideas could be implemented anywhere from five years from now to 50 years from now.

Under consideration University leaders listed nine ideas, some of which could potentially be implemented as soon as fall 2014.

1. 2,018 trees on campus 2. Food truck Friday 3. Tents and container kiosks along the heart or spine of campus 4. Jazz alleys 5. The Huskie tram pilot program 6. Student offices at Holmes Student Center for 30 days at the start of each fall 7. Community gardens on campus 8. Ice skating, concerts and receptions on East Lagoon 9. Upgraded College Avenue trees and lighting

DeKALB – Northern Illinois University is going to be part of a $320 million digital manufacturing lab that President Barack Obama announced Tuesday.

Obama, speaking at the White House, described a first-of-its-kind manufacturing hub that could transform American manufacturing through collaboration among industry, academic and governmental leaders, according to a Northern Illinois University news release. Being part of that partnership puts NIU on a Promod Vohra national stage, said Promod Vohra, dean of NIU’s College of Engineering and Engineering Technology.

“We are a part of one of the first consortiums to create a hub to streamline manufacturing,” Vohra said.

“NIU has been doing a lot of work in training, innovation and research, and that work is being recognized.”

University of Illinois-affiliated UI Labs will manage the hub on Chicago’s Goose Island.

“There isn’t a better place in the country to host a manufacturing site like this than northern Illinois,” Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon, said in a news release.

The digital lab will receive $70 million from the U.S. Department of Defense to tackle manufacturing challenges.

“Illinois is at the forefront of a high-tech manufacturing revolution that will make our state the center of high-tech job creation,” said Gov. Pat Quinn in a prepared statement. “This first-of-its-kind digital hub will make companies more competitive and stronger by providing them with the most cutting edge tools and technologies. It will be the birthplace for innovations that will change the world in which we live, work and play.”

Source: Re: Inventing NIU

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DeKalb County Spelling Bee will end in spell-off March 8

By LAWERENCE SYNETT lsynett@shawmedia.com MALTA – If a spell-off between two middle school students is anything like their first meeting, audience members can expect an epic battle.

The DeKalb County Spelling Bee ended without a winner Saturday after three-anda-half hours of competition that included 74 rounds, two breaks and two appeals.

The winner will now be decided during

a spell-off March 8 between Sycamore Middle School student Matthew Rogers and Keith Mokry, a student at Somonauk Middle School.

“They were getting words I couldn’t even begin to start spelling,” said Jim Cleven, principal at Sycamore Middle School who attended the spelling bee. “It was amazing to watch those two go back and forth. It’s a shame we have to have a loser.”

The county’s spelling bee wasn’t the only one nationally that ended last weekend with-

out a winner.

After more than 60 rounds of the Jackson County Spelling Bee in Missouri, two contestants remained and a spell-off will be scheduled.

Both duels have gained national attention through various media outlets, including The Rachel Maddow Show. To view her piece about the competitions, visit http://shawurl. com/10uk.

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Spelling Bee continues The two remaining contestants will face off when the DeKalb County Spelling Bee continues at 10 a.m. March 8 at the Regional Office of Education, 2500 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb.

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Business Networking International: 8 a.m. at 920 W. Prairie Drive, #M, Sycamore (Ecosteam).

Home-schoolers activities: 8:45 to 11:45 a.m. in Sycamore. All ages are welcome to participate in handson classes and field trips. Contact: Lisa at 815-748-0896 or gakers@ tbc.net.

Free Blood Pressure Clinic: 9 to 11 a.m. at Valley West Community Hospital, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sandwich.

No appointment necessary. 815-7863962 or www.valleywest.org.

WWII Combat Flyers breakfast: 9 a.m. at Sycamore Parkway Restaurant. Any capacity, any branch of the service during World War II welcome.

815-756-2157.

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

New Beginnings AA(C): 10 a.m. at 120 Main St., Kingston. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb. www.KishKiwanis. org; contact Amy Polzin at APolzin87@yahoo.com.

Exchange Club of DeKalb/Sycamore: Noon to 1 p.m. at Lincoln Inn, DeKalb. Guests are welcome. Call John Hughes at 815-991-5387.

“Newcomers” Group: Noon at Cafe 72, 682 Park Ave., Genoa. For information, call 815-784-2626.

Sycamore Rotary Club: Noon at Blumen Gardens, 403 Edward St., Sycamore.

24 Hour A Day Brown Bag AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at Newman Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum: 1 to 5 p.m. at 622 Park Ave. in Genoa. Call 815-784-5559 for appointments other days.

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

Consumer Advocacy Council of DeKalb County: 3:45 p.m. at Reality House, 631 S. First St. in DeKalb. All consumers of mental health services and the public welcome at CACDC meetings.

Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weighin, 5:30 p.m. meeting at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group; 815-756-5228; www.safepassagedv.org.

Came to Believe AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

Chess Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St., Sycamore. Free, open chess game play, all ages and skill levels are welcome. info@dekalbchess.com or visit www.DeKalbChess.com.

Northern Illinois Reiki Share: 6 to 7 p.m. at Center for Integrative BodyWork, 130 N. Fair St. in Sycamore.

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North Avenue Pass It On AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at North Ave. Baptist Church, 301 North Ave., Sycamore, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Cortland Lions Club: 7 p.m. at Lions Shelter House at Cortland Community Park. Visitors and prospective members are welcome.

815-756-4000.

Narcotics Anonymous: 7 to 8 p.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb. 815-964-5959. www.rragsna.org.

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators: 7 p.m. in the lower level conference room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Visitors are welcome at these free monthly meetings. Send email to dekalbscbwi@yahoo.com.

Sycamore Lions Club: 7 p.m. at MVP’s Regale Center, 124½ S. California St., Sycamore. For service-minded men and women. www. sycamorelions.org; contact Jerome Perez at Sycamorejerry@comcast. net or 815-501-0101.

Bingo Night: 7:15 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Club, 121 S. California St. 815-895-2679.

Kishwaukee Concert Band rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Huntley Middle School, South Seventh and Taylor streets in DeKalb. No auditions necessary; the band is open to wind or percussion instrumentalists age 18 and older. 815-899-4867 or 815825-2350.

Celebration Chorale practices: 8 p.m. Wednesdays at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St., DeKalb. Singers are invited. For more information, call Sally at 815-7396087.

Hopefuls AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

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Man tries to make ’em laugh VIEWS Jillian Duchnowski I hate winter. I hate snow, I hate ice. I hate scraping it off my car, and I’m really grateful that my neighbors shovel it off our shared sidewalk without expecting me to help.

My reaction, pre-coffee at 3 a.m., to the bitter cold weather recently made me unwittingly glare at a man who wished me and some travel companions a good morning. My friend Renee Messacar refers to this glare as my “Grumpy Cat” face; Grumpy Cat has made more and more appearances lately.

Mike Castle doesn’t have the same reaction to winter.

A Sandwich resident who will turn 54 April Fools’ Day, Castle takes joy in crafting fun outdoor scenes yearround, most recently sticking skis and a mannequin head into a five-foot pile of snow near his home. He dubbed her “Missy DeSlopeski,” and gave her a friend in a scarecrow seated next to the snowpile, along with a sign proclaiming “Welcome to freeze your butt off Sandwich.”

“I have a real crazy imagination, you know what I’m saying,” Castle said, after mailing me a photo of Missy. “I’m always thinking of something.

I keep the neighborhood laughing.”

He found most of the props to make Missy, and his other projects, at

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“Missy DeSlopeski” couldn’t make it to the Olympics. That’s how Sandwich resident Mike Castle, who created this scene recently on a five-foot snowpile in front of his home, describes it, anyway. area garage sales. He paid $3 for the ceiling fan he crafted into a windmill to display in his front yard in the 200 block of West First Street in Sandwich.

Before Missy, he had some dolls displayed on the snowpile as if they were sledding.

Castle has some crafty plans for St. Patrick’s Day, but he asked me not to share them with you. It’s a surprise.

Whatever it is, it won’t entail the snowpile. In the past week, the pile has melted to about a third of its prior stature. The “Grumpy Cat” inside me has a strong reaction to that: Good!

This winter, and its snow, has lasted long enough.

I do wish Castle the best of luck in his future decorative ventures, however. Sometimes, it’s really the little things that make us smile, and if we can all do a little something to bring a smile to someone’s face, why not?

No one really needs to see Grumpy Cat. • Jillian Duchnowski is the Daily Chronicle’s news editor. Reach her at 815-756-4841, ext. 2221, or email jduchnowski@shawmedia.com.

8 TODAY’S TALKER

Few Army women want combat jobs

By LOLITA C. BALDOR The Associated Press FORT EUSTIS, Va. – Only a small fraction of Army women said they’d like to move into one of the newly opening combat jobs, but those few who said they want a job that takes them right into the heart of battle, according to preliminary results from a survey of the service’s nearly 170,000 women.

That survey and others across the Army, publicly disclosed for the first time to The Associated Press, also revealed that soldiers of both genders are nervous about women entering combat jobs but say they are determined to do it fairly.

Men are worried about losing their jobs to women; women are worried they will be seen as getting jobs because of their gender and not their qualifications. Both are emphatic that the Army must not lower standards to accommodate women.

Less than 8 percent of Army women who responded to the survey said they wanted a combat job. Of those, an overwhelming number said they’d like to be a Night Stalker – a member of the elite special operations helicopter crews who perhaps are best known for flying the Navy SEALS into Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011.

Last year top Pentagon officials signed an order stated women must have the same opportunities as men in combat jobs and the services have been devising updated physical standards, training, education and other programs for thousands of jobs they must open Jan. 1, 2016. The services must open as many jobs to women as possible; if they decide to keep some closed, they must explain why.

The Army said that about 200,000 of its 1.1 million jobs are either direct combat or related jobs such as field artillery, combat engineers and so on.

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Female soldiers train on a firing range Sept. 18, 2012, while wearing new body armor at Fort Campbell, Ky. That’s about 20 percent of the force, although the direct-combat front-line fighters make up roughly half of that or about 9 percent.

Throughout last year, the Army emailed questionnaires to active duty, reserves and Army National Guard members to gauge soldiers’ views on the move to bring women into combat jobs. The results from the survey sent to women showed that just 2,238 – or 7.5 percent – of the 30,000 who responded said they would want one of the infantry, armor, artillery and combat engineer jobs.

Army officials also polled men and women on their concerns about the integration. And they asked senior female leaders to say whether they would have chosen combat jobs if they’d been given that chance 10 or 20 years ago.

All agreed the physical standards for the jobs should remain the same.

“The men don’t want to lower the standards because they see that as a perceived risk to their team,” David Brinkley, deputy chief of staff for operations at the Army’s Training and Doctrine Command, told the AP. “The women don’t want to lower the standards because they want the men to know they’re just as able as they are to

do the same task.”

Brinkley’s office at Fort Eustis is filled with charts, graphs and data the Army is using to methodically bring women into jobs that have been previously open only to men. The surveys are helping to shape the education and preparation that women, men and top leaders need to put in place to insure the integration goes smoothly.

The questionnaires, and the focus groups that followed them, showed that younger men and those who have served with women in the past two years are more open to the integration, while mid-level soldiers – particularly those in units such as infantry and armor that have not yet included women – were more hesitant.

And there were nagging stereotypes.

Male soldiers fretted that their unit’s readiness will be degraded because of what they term “women issues,” such as pregnancy and menstrual cycles.

Or they worried that women incapable of the physical demands would be brought in anyway.

Officers were concerned about sexual harassment and improper relationships. And the idea of integrated units bothered both military wives and husbands.

A story on page A6 of Tuesday’s Daily Chronicle about Two Sisters’ Emporium printed the wrong address for the business. The correct address is 215 W. State St., Sycamore.

A story on page A3 of Tuesday’s Daily Chronicle under the headline “Roselle man accused of videotaping Cortland girl” did not identify Brian J. Kruger in a photograph.

The Daily Chronicle regrets the errors.

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Cut out junk food advertisements in schools, government says The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – It’s not just about what America’s kids are getting in the lunch line.

The Obama administration is moving to phase out junk food advertising on football scoreboards and elsewhere on school grounds – part of a broad effort to combat child

obesity and create what Michelle Obama calls “a new norm” for today’s schoolchildren and future generations.

“This new approach to eating and activity is not just a fad,” Obama said Tuesday as she described the proposed rules at the White House.

Promotion of sugary drinks and junk foods around campuses during the school

day would be phased out under the Agriculture Department rules, which are intended to ensure that marketing is brought in line with health standards that already apply to food served by public schools.

That means a scoreboard at a high school football or basketball game eventually wouldn’t be allowed to adver-

tise Coca-Cola, for example, although it could advertise Diet Coke or Dasani water, also owned by Coca-Cola Co. Same with the front of a vending machine. Cups, posters and menu boards that promote foods that don’t meet federal standards would also be phased out.

Ninety-three percent of such marketing in schools

is related to beverages. And many soda companies already have started to transition their sales and advertising in schools from sugary sodas and sports drinks to other products they produce.

Companies are spending $149 million a year on marketing to kids in schools, according to the Agriculture Department.

LOCAL Ex-Sycamore man now faces federal charges

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By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A former Sycamore resident accused of intending to deliver marijuana in DeKalb County was indicted Tuesday on federal child pornography charges.

Michael Podolsky, 26, now of Elkader, Iowa, faces two counts of transmitting child pornography over the Internet and one count of possessing child pornography which crossed state lines, according to a U.S. Department of Justice news release.

Podolsky has a pending criminal case in DeKalb County for possession of between 10

and 30 grams of marijuana with the intent to deliver.

Of the federal charges, transporting child pornography carries a mandatory minimum sentence of five years and a maximum of 20 Michael years in prison.

Podolsky Possessing child pornography carries a maximum of 10 years in prison, the news release states.

Generally, when someone faces more serious federal charges while also having a pending local criminal case,

prosecutors dismiss the local charges because the federal charges carry more significant penalties, said Duke Harris, DeKalb County assistant state’s attorney.

If convicted of the federal charges, the sentence would be determined by a federal judge, guided by U.S. sentencing guidelines, the news release states. The marijuana charge is typically punishable by between one to three years in prison. Podolsky is next due in court on that charge March 20.

Podolsky was not in custody Tuesday in DeKalb County Jail, but would be sent to a federal lockup if arrested on a federal warrant, Harris said.

to implement an age-appropriate sexual assault and abuse awareness and prevention curriculum for students in pre-kindergarten through 12th grade. Known as Erin’s Law, the legislation gives victims a voice and will help prevent future incidents of sexual assault and abuse.

The presentation will be pro-

vided by Safe Passage. A limited amount of child care will be available for parents who need to bring young children.

The curriculum will be available for parents to view on the Genoa-Kingston schools website, www.gkschools.org, after the presentation, and will be shared with students in March.

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8LOCAL BRIEF G-K hosts ‘Erin’s Law’ presentation for parents GENOA – Genoa-Kingston School District 424 is hosting an informational meeting for parents on the Erin’s Law curriculum at 7 p.m. today in the Genoa-Kingston High School auditorium.

On Jan. 24, Gov. Pat Quinn signed a law requiring schools

Spelling coordinator surprised by number of rounds • SPELLING Continued from page A1 In DeKalb County, the contest included the pair competing head-to-head for 66 rounds, spelling words like “trepak,” “issei,” “weimaraner,” “hemerocallis,” “zeitgeber” and “tchotchke.”

The contest was almost decided Saturday after the 71st round when Rogers misspelled the word, “punctilio,” but the judges decided that the pronouncer didn’t give the correct pronunciation of the word after an appeal by the 13-year-old’s parents.

“It was really a surprise that it went on that long,” said Rogers, who won last year’s county spelling bee in 14 rounds. “My dad was praying every time before I spelled. There weren’t any words I didn’t know. I knew all of them.”

The Daily Chronicle sponsors an all-expenses-paid trip to National Harbor, Md., in May for the winner of the spelling bee to represent the county in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. DeKalb Regional Superintendent of Schools Amanda Christensen said the words that were used Saturday came from Merriam-Webster’s Spell It! study guide, which is used by Scripps.

The words that will be used during the spell-off come from the “additional” words list sent by Scripps.

“Considering this was only the second [spelling] bee I have coordinated, it was quite a surprise,” Christensen said. “These two individuals had so thoroughly prepared and studied those words, and were able to stand up to the pressure.”

Somonauk Middle School Principal Jay Streicher

7 plea agreements reached

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE – A 29-year-old DeKalb man who police said led a methamphetamine-cooking operation last year around DeKalb was sentenced Tuesday to seven years in prison, while six assistants received probation.

Thomas Wilkinson agreed to plead guilty to participation in methamphetamine manufacturing.

In exchange, prosecutors Thomas dropped all Wilkinson other charges against him, including a more serious charge of aggravated methamphetamine manufacturing that carried a possible prison term of between six and 30 years.

Wilkinson will receive cred-

it for the roughly four months he has served in jail while the case was pending.

Prosecutors said the defendants were participants in a methamphetamine ring centered at Travel Inn in DeKalb.

Some who were charged were accused of buying pseudoephedrine, an key ingredient for methamphetamine, court records show.

Six others accepted plea agreements Tuesday in connection with the methamphetamine conspiracy and were released from jail.

Malgorzata Dutkowska, 24, of DeKalb, could have faced between six and 30 years in prison if convicted of aggravated methamphetamine manufacturing, but was sentenced to three years’ probation on the condition she does not consume alcohol and that she receives a substance abuse evaluation.

The following men were

sentenced to 2½ years of probation with the same conditions: Keith Kifer, 48, of DeKalb; Michael Dumiak, 30, of DeKalb; Greg Hurst, 52, of DeKalb; Joseph Waldrop, 30, of DeKalb; and Carlos Tomas, 24, of Marion. All the men, with the exception of Hurst, pleaded guilty to possession of methamphetamine precursor. Hurst pleaded guilty to attempted possession of methamphetamine precursor.

Of those who were sentenced Tuesday, Tomas was the only defendant without a previous criminal history, said Duke Harris, DeKalb County Assistant State’s Attorney.

Charges remain pending against nine others accused in connection with the methamphetamine conspiracy.

Those who were sentenced to probation Tuesday will next appear in court May 1 to show they are complying with their substance abuse evaluations.

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With contestant Matthew Rogers of Sycamore Middle School watching, Somonauk Middle school student Keith Mokry spells a word during Saturday’s DeKalb County Spelling Bee. Tied after 74 rounds, Mokry and Rogers will compete March 8 in a spell-off to determine the winner. agreed.

“Who would have thought watching a spelling bee could be that intense,” he said. “I thought the pronouncer was actually making up words because I had never heard of some of them. They were

both so calm, cool and collected.”

The DeKalb County spelloff will be at 10 a.m. on March 8 at the DeKalb County Regional Office of Education, located at 2500 N. Annie Glidden Road.

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BY KERRY LESTER The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – Efforts are underway to consolidate four lawsuits challenging Illinois’ new pension reform law, a move that could ultimately impact how the Legislature chooses to act on other underfunded municipal retirement systems around the state.

In recent weeks, lawyers for the four groups of state retirees who filed class-action lawsuits have asked the state Supreme Court to allow them to present their cases as one. Their motions follow a January request by the Illinois attorney general to consolidate the cases for

the purposes of “just and efficient conduct.”

All four lawsuits share the common claim that the pension reform plan, passed in December, violates the state constitution, which says benefits may “not be diminished or impaired.” Because three of the cases were filed in Sangamon County Court and another in Cook County Circuit Court, the Illinois Supreme Court must choose a court in which to hear the case if the consolidation motion is granted.

John Myers, a Springfield-based attorney who represents the Retired State Employees Association in its lawsuit filed in January, told The Associated Press he

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feels there could be less of a bottleneck if the cases are consolidated in central Illinois’ Sangamon County versus the more populous Cook County.

“The Sangamon County Courts typically are quicker than Cook County. That’s the way it is,” Myers said.

While Myers said there isn’t a strategic advantage to consolidating the cases, he noted “consolidation does simplify things procedurally and avoids the risk of conflicting court decisions.”

The Legislature passed a measure to fix the worstin-the-nation pension crisis during a special session at the end of 2013. The state’s five public-retirement sys-

tems were $100 billion short of what was needed to meet the state’s obligations to workers and retirees at that time due to decades of lawmakers skipping or shorting payments to the systems, which siphoned away money from schools and social services.

The plan’s supporters said it will reduce the unfunded liability by about more than $20 billion and fully fund the pension systems by 2044.

Gov. Pat Quinn’s office last month estimated the plan will save the state about $145 billion over the next three decades.

Under the plan, annual cost-of-living increases for retirees will be reduced and the

retirement age for workers 45 and younger goes up, giving some workers the option of freezing their pension and participating in a 401(k)-style contribution plan.

It also puts some savings back into the pension funds and directs money from pension bond payments to the retirement systems after those bonds are paid off in 2019.

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

GOP: Look at Quinn’s anti-violence program

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BY JOHN O’CONNOR The Associated Press SPRINGFIELD – A Chicago violence prevention program ordered by Gov. Pat Quinn was so hastily organized and sloppily executed that state auditors questioned 40 percent of the expenditures claimed by service providers, a report released Tuesday said, prompting Republican lawmakers to call for a criminal investigation.

The Neighborhood Recovery Initiative, which was an-

DeKalb County Hannah R. Elliot, 20, of the 100 block of Grant Street, Creston, was charged Monday, Feb. 24, with unlawful possession of marijuana.

Kayleigh A. Trosper, 19, of the 900 block of Wolf Court, Rochelle, was charged Monday, Feb. 24, with unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

William C. Mulvaney, 31, of the 800 block of Elm Street, Sandwich, was charged Tuesday, Feb. 25, with possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia.

Cheryl L. Czajka, 19, of the 300 block of North Avenue, Sycamore, was charged Monday, Feb. 24, with unlawful possession of marijuana and unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia.

nounced by Quinn in October 2010 in the closing weeks of a tight election campaign, spent $55 million in the first two years, which were examined by Auditor General William Holland. The program aimed to reduce violence in two dozen Chicago neighborhoods through jobs for young people, parenting skills, school counseling and help for people getting out of prison.

But the now-defunct Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, which created the

project at Quinn’s behest, couldn’t produce the criteria it used to choose the targeted communities and failed to include seven neighborhoods that Chicago police consider to be the most crime-ridden, the audit found. And it relied on Chicago aldermen – not an open bidding process– to find community organizations to run the programs.

The audit “found pervasive deficiencies in IVPA’s planning, implementation, and management of the NRI program,” Holland wrote in

the report. “The NRI program was hastily implemented which limited the time IVPA had to adequately plan for and implement the program.”

A new agency has taken over the program and “these issues have since been resolved,” Quinn spokesman Grant Klinzman said.

Two organizations hired by the program to carry out its services closed and the Violence Prevention Authority was unable to account for their spending of $673,674, according to the audit.

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Continued from page A1 Bill Nicklas, NIU’s vice president of public safety and community relations, is one of the leaders involved in drafting a plan.

He said there is a meeting today with Veolia Transportation, the company that provides NIU’s bus services, about a planned pilot program to add electronic tram vehicles to campus.

“The tram would run through the heart of campus and will demonstrate an appeal of a more people-friendly conveyance from the west to east end of campus,” Nicklas said.

Sycamore Terry L. Dobson, 46, of Sycamore, was charged Saturday, Feb. 15, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Michael E. Cloud, 39, of Sycamore, was charged Sunday, Feb. 16, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Leaders will present their ideas to NIU’s Board of Trustees on March 27 to see how trustees want them to proceed with the plan, Nicklas said.

Ron Walters, a part-time consultant whom Baker hired shortly after he became NIU’s president, has helped formulate ideas for the master plan thesis.

A cold January day on campus led Walters to think of ideas such as having

warming stations at transit stops, closing Normal Street to vehicle traffic and revising the bus drop-off pattern.

“This is changing people’s thinking,” Walters said. “When you think about a plan, you think long-term, but you can also think about the campus as a stage for an upcoming production.”

The master plan thesis was formed after DeKalb approved its City Center plan and talked about partner-

ships with the university, Nicklas said.

The last time NIU came up with a master plan was in the 1980s, and this marks the first serious conceptual planning effort since, NIU spokesman Paul Palian said.

Palian said it’s encouraging that the university and city are acting in concert.

“There’s a collaborative effort,” he said. “That hasn’t always been the case.”

John Allen Wold, 80, formerly of DeKalb and Malta, Ill., passed away Feb. 14, 2014.

The memorial service will be Sunday, March 9, at English Congregational United Church of Christ, 301 Rhodes Ave., Big Rock. The visitation with family will be at 3 p.m., service at 4:30 p.m. with a light supper to follow.

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Lab to link companies with research

By DAVID MERCER The Associated Press CHAMPAIGN – The new public-private digital manufacturing lab planned for Chicago will mean 50 to 70 jobs for the city, a professor involved in the project said, but potentially far-reaching innovation for dozens of companies involved.

The new Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute that President Barack Obama announced Tuesday will be at Goose Island in Chicago, but the list of universities and companies involved in the public-private partnership is long. The 23 universities include the University of Illinois, Northwestern, the University of Chicago and Purdue. The more than 40 larger companies include Caterpillar Inc., Deere & Co., Boeing Co., General Electric Co. and Dow Chemical Co., plus there are dozens more smaller ones participating.

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small ones – that can put it to use to solve the kinds of problems they share.

One key piece will be gathering and trying to make sense of massive amounts of data generated by any manufacturing process – how long it takes, what’s involved in the process, how much a mistake can cost – that now may not be used at all.

He uses the example of an engine maker.

“If I have hundreds of parts that are flowing in from dozens of suppliers – if I get all the data, then I can start to ask all the questions like, ‘Which parts should go together in which combinations to make the best engine?’ ” King said.

“You assemble your engine faster [and] you have a higher quality product.”

SWD Inc. in the Chicago suburb of Addison is one of the small companies down the supply chain from major manufacturers that hopes to benefit.

The Goose Island facility will employ those 50 to 70 people, said William King, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of Illinois who will be the chief technical officer at the institute.

But the institute will also link together many existing assets, such as the National Supercomputing Center at the University of Illinois in Champaign.

The $320 million institute – $70 million from the U.S. Department of Defense and $250 million from other public and private sources – isn’t expected to directly create large numbers of new jobs, according to an FAQ about the project provided by the federal government, but to make manufacturers who work in defense and elsewhere more efficient and competitive.

King said the lab aims to become a link between the research capabilities of big universities and the businesses – including many dozens of

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PRINGFIELD – The four Republican candidates for Illinois governor disagree on whether

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bining the expertise of industry with our community colleges and universities, the digital lab can apply the latest technology to improve manufacturing machines and factories – making Illinois an epicenter of innovation.”

The lab will be an applied research institute. It will both develop and demonstrate digital manufacturing technologies and deploy and commercialize these technologies across key manufacturing industries.

• LAB Continued from page A1 U.S. Rep. Randy Hultgren, a Winfield Republican whose district includes part of DeKalb County, agreed with Quinn’s assessment.

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Not buying a politics game

More silliness from anti-gay folks “Discrimination,” he said, “is horrible.

It’s hurtful. It has no place in civilized society ....”

You would think that statement, delivered recently in the Kansas legislature, a noble sentiment no right-thinking person could argue with. But we are gathered here today to argue with it.

Because it turns out that when Republican legislator Charles Macheers said “discrimination,” he didn’t mean, well ... discrimination. Macheers sponsored a bill – passed overwhelmingly by the Kansas House but killed last week by the Senate in an attack of common sense – that sought to exempt any business or government employee from providing “any services, accommodations, advantages, facilities, goods or privileges” related to any “marriage, domestic partnership, civil union or similar arrangement” if doing so would conflict with the employee’s “sincerely held religious beliefs.”

In other words, if the customer seeking these services, et cetera, were gay.

You see, Macheers’ idea of fighting discrimination is to protect the right of alleged “Christians” to discriminate against gay men and lesbians. Apparently, Jim Crow is alive and well and serving in the Kansas legislature, and in the Arizona legislature, where lawmakers in both houses passed a similar measure.

The comparison to Jim Crow is not an idle one. Macheers’ babblespeak, his brazen attempt to paint the oppressors as the oppressed, is straight out of the white supremacist playbook of the 1960s, when

VIEWS Leonard Pitts opponents of the Civil Rights Act bewailed it as an incursion upon their sacred rights – by which they meant their sacred rights to discriminate. Moreover, a state governed by Macheers’ law, a state where you could be denied a haircut, a wedding cake, hotel accommodations or police services based on sexual orientation, would of necessity have to erect the kinds of signs this country has not seen for over two generations: “We Don’t Serve Homosexuals.”

“Straight Only.”

“No Gays Allowed.”

This was a hateful piece of legislation (there are rumblings it may be reintroduced in Kansas), but there was also something starkly ridiculous about it, some sense of the garage door being locked after the car has been stolen, the fence fixed after the cows have wandered off, some sense of fighting a battle already lost. Consider: The bulk of the country now supports gay rights.

Most young conservatives now support gay rights.

The federal courts now support gay rights – as seen in a recent string of decisions approving same-sex marriage.

Moreover, as Russia embarrasses itself with an anti-gay prohibition and Uganda appalls the world by imposing Draconian

punishments for the crime of existing while homosexual, Americans begin to realize this is great company not to be in.

So extremist bills such as those in Kansas and Arizona, promulgated by extremist people like Macheers, carry the unmistakable stink of desperation. One is reminded of how, as late as 1970, with the Civil Rights Movement won and its aims vindicated, the state of Mississippi banned a certain children’s TV show. Seems they could not abide the fact there was integration on “Sesame Street.”

They didn’t know then – as people like Macheers evidently don’t know now – that history had overtaken them and that they were just dead-enders standing before the onrushing freight train of change, holding up a stop sign. Such people always look spectacularly foolish in hindsight, their fears rendered cartoonish and buffoonish, their proclamations of noble cause silly and self-refuting. They are the last folks to “get it.”

So it is with Macheers, so will it be with the next politician who believes there is anything “moral” in denying people based on sexual orientation, who thinks change can be gainsaid. There’s a word for what happens to people who don’t have sense enough to get off the tracks when the train is coming through.

Splat.

• Leonard Pitts is a columnist for The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, Fla., 33132. Readers may contact him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com.

El Chapo’s arrest could lead to more violence

By JOSHUA KEATING Slate WASHINGTON – The arrest of the powerful and elusive Sinaloa Cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán will, for at least a short time, be a major notch in the belt for the government of Enrique Peña Nieto, who promised to reduce Mexico’s drug violence after the carnage that took place under his predecessor, Felipe Calderón, during whose tenure nearly 60,000 Mexicans lost their lives in drug-related violence.

Nieto has promised to focus more attention on the economic causes of drug violence rather than just breaking the cartels, but he still likely relishes the sight of men like Guzmán – or Zetas boss Miguel Ángel Treviño Morales, who was arrested last summer – in handcuffs.

The government also points to the murder rate, which had begun to level off in 2012 and now appears to be declining.

There are also visible improvements in places like Ciudad Juárez, the U.S. border city that was once ground zero for gang violence but is showing signs of improvement. Mexicans are now far less likely to report daily experiences with drug violence.

But the country is hardly out of the

woods. According to the government’s statistics, the 18 percent drop in murders in 2013 was accompanied by a 35 percent increase in kidnapping. And Molly Molloy, a research librarian and a specialist on Latin America and the U.S.-Mexico border at the New Mexico State University Library, argues that the declining murder rate is the result of the country’s statistical agencies classifying fewer killings as “intentional homicides,” coupled with the fact that “the epicenters of extreme violence have dispersed around the country, making it more difficult to know how many people are dying.” She argues that there’s no evidence to suggest the total number of murders has declined at all, although different regions have seen changes in the level of violence.

With street prices of cocaine, heroin and marijuana continuing to fall in the United States at the same time that the number of seizures is increasing, there also doesn’t seem to have been much of an impact on supply.

It also seems plausible that Guzmán’s capture could lead to an uptick in violence.

The Sinaloas have reached an extraordinary level of dominance, largely edging out their rivals for control of the smuggling corridors of Tijuana and Juárez. They are thought to control most of the Pacific coast and central Mexico as well as having assets

in every continent on Earth. According to a Bloomberg investigation last year, they supply “heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamine” in Chicago.

This dominance wasn’t easy to come by.

In particular, the battle with the Zetas for control of Juárez may have cost 10,000 lives between 2010 and 2013. If Juárez is more peaceful today, it’s likely partially because the Sinaloas have fewer serious rivals to fight with.

But with Guzmán now out of the picture – assuming the authorities can actually hold on to him this time – one of the world’s most lucrative criminal empires may be vulnerable to competition again, not to mention the likelihood of intracartel violence as rival leaders seek to maintain control over supply routes. And keep in mind, the Sinaloas actually have a reputation for being less brutally violent than their rivals the Zetas, or Michoacán’s Knights Templar.

Guzmán may be the biggest arrest yet in the eight years of the drug war. But putting famous men in handcuffs every few months hasn’t had much success as a strategy so far.

• Keating is a staff writer at Slate focusing on international news, social science and related topics.

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A local lawyer facing theft charges claims that DeKalb County prosecutors have hit him with more serious felony charges to get back at him for his political sympathies.

“It’s political retribution,” said K.O. Johnson, of Sycamore. “I supported the wrong guy in the last election.”

Sorry, but we’re not buying it.

Prosecutors accuse Johnson, who was licensed to practice law in Illinois in 1996, of withholding between $500 and $1,000 from a former employee’s paycheck but failing to invest it in her retirement fund in 2012, court records show. As with all criminal defendants, Johnson is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

In July 2013, he was charged with misdemeanor theft, a crime punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,500 fine. Johnson said that after he refused to make a plea deal with prosecutors, they slapped him with the more serious charge on Feb. 14.

He contends that DeKalb County State’s Attorney Richard Schmack has it in for him because Johnson apparently supported former State’s Attorney Clay Campbell, whom Schmack defeated in a 2012 campaign.

Although we have disagreed with some decisions Schmack has made in office, we do not believe he would use the power of his office to settle petty political vendettas. Rather, it appears Schmack and his assistants are doing their jobs much as taxpayers expect.

What’s more, Schmack has better reason to be mistrustful of Johnson, considering he was involved in a complaint that resulted in Johnson having his law license suspended for 18 months Feb. 7.

Schmack, who was a bankruptcy attorney in private practice before being elected state’s attorney, is named in two separate counts of a complaint against Johnson filed with the Illinois Attorney Registration and Discipline Commission.

In both counts, Johnson was accused of deceit and dishonesty in billing divorce clients for legal fees that he knew had been discharged through bankruptcy.

Schmack was the bankruptcy lawyer in both of those cases.

If anything, it seems Schmack’s office did Johnson a favor in not charging him first with a felony. As Schmack himself told reporter Andrea Azzo last week, “the facts supported a felony charge from the very beginning based on the dollar amount at issue.”

It’s not an uncommon tactic, however, for prosecutors to hold off on pressing the most serious charges they can in order to give themselves leverage in securing a plea bargain.

Prosecutors have to take a number of factors into consideration in criminal cases. Who the accused voted for in an election of almost two years ago is rarely one of them, and there’s nothing to suggest that is at play here.

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Support Obama’s push for climate change regulation Some of President Barack Obama’s unilateral actions may raise legitimate concerns, even for those who believe this Congress is noxiously unproductive. But his demand that cars and trucks use less fuel raises no such question. The president’s plan rests on a rock-solid legal foundation. It’s also the right thing to do while lawmakers dither on climate change.

Last week Obama said his administration would use the powers it has under various laws to press for tougher efficiency standards for heavy trucks. A relatively small number of these massive vehicles produce about a quarter of the transportation sector’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the White House. That doesn’t mean truckers are particular climate villains; the country depends on them to bring 70 percent of the nation’s freight tonnage to market, and big trailers use a lot of fuel. But if they can reduce fuel consumption and emissions at little or no cost, they should.

That’s where the Obama administration is stepping in. Many truck upgrades will pay for themselves over time in saved fuel. But truckers might be discouraged by the upfront investments required. Truck manufacturers might be reluctant to invest in fuel-saving technology without assurance that the market will recognize its value.

Neither group has to account for the environmental costs of excessive fuel use, absent government intervention of some kind. So the government has set standards that require efficiency improvements across the country’s heavy-truck fleet, and the president wants those standards toughened, with final rules coming in March.

As the Obama administration hashes out its regulations, flexibility will be needed. The government should set reasonable top-line efficiency goals without meddling in how manufacturers meet the mandates, whether by using new engine lubricants, producing better tires or making tractors and trailers more aerodynamic. That approach might not satisfy the electric-car or alternative-fuel lobbies, but it would result in efficiency upgrades at minimum cost. On the other hand, special tax credits for alternative-fuel vehicles and infrastructure, which the president also supports, waste taxpayer money.

In fact, the best approach to global warming would be for the government to tax carbon dioxide emissions commensurate with their harm and then get out of the way.

Until that changes, the president is right to use the anti-emissions weapons the law offers him, carefully but with determination.

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Cornerbacks Darqueze Dennard and Justin Gilbert could fit into the Bears’ draft plans. PAGE B2

SECTION B Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

CLASS 1A BOYS BASKETBALL REGIONAL PREVIEW

IC primed to put past heartbreak behind them

By ROSS JACOBSON rjacobson@shawmedia.com

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Knicks’ Felton arraigned on gun charges NEW YORK – New York Knicks point guard Raymond Felton was arraigned on two felony weapons possession charges in Manhattan Criminal Court on Tuesday, after his early morning arrest after a lawyer for his wife turned in a loaded semi-automatic handgun allegedly belonging to the basketball star to a police precinct, claiming she no longer wanted it in their home, authorities said.

Wearing a black sweatshirt with a peace sign and other symbols on it, Felton was seemingly upbeat as he appeared before Judge Diana Boyar, nodding affirmatively after he was ordered to stay away from his wife, Ariane Raymondo-Felton. He did not enter a plea, which is common for this stage in the case.

“Mr. Felton has no interest in having contact” with her, one of his lawyers, James Walden, told the judge. Court records show she filed for divorce from Felton last week.

Felton was released on $25,000 bail and was ushered into a black SUV after his arraignment. Under the terms of his bond, Felton can travel to games, bail bondsman Ira Judelson said.

Prosecutors said they were told Felton stored the Belgian-made FN Herstal model handgun in the home from August through February. A lawyer for Felton’s wife, a student at Fordham University School of Law, dropped off the weapon at a stationhouse on Manhattan’s upper West Side on Monday evening, shortly before tipoff of the Knicks game against the Dallas Mavericks at Madison Square Garden, police said.

– Wire report

For much of the first part of the season, Indian Creek coach Joe Piekarz preached consistency to his team.

The flashes and potential to be a very good Class 1A basketball team were there for the Timberwolves, however they weren’t showcased game to game. The trend continued through to the Little Ten Tournament, where the No.1 seed Timberwolves were bounced in the semifinals by Somonauk.

“That kind of turned it around for us. We said ‘It’s time to get things started’ and we all started jelling together,” Indian Creek guard Noah Holm said. “We’ve all just been playing a lot better basketball. The chemistry has gone up a lot more

throughout the season.”

Since the loss, Indian Creek (19-8) finished the season with six consecutive wins, four of which came against teams with a winning record. The Timberwolves will face Annawan at 6 p.m. today in the Class 1A Amboy Regional semifinals.

For much of the season, Indian Creek has spent adjusting to new roles and how teams defend their offense, which revolves around the inside duo of Garrison Govig and Garrett Post.

Although Piekarz said opponents have played a mix of zone and man defenses, the team has needed to adjust as defenses key inside. Players like Holm, Nick Baldwin, Stephen Muetze and Taylor Johnson have started to become threats on the offensive end.

“We’ll get open shots.

We’ve just got to hit them,” Holm said. “Teams are really focused on Garrett and Garrison. They are two of the top post players in the area.”

For much of Indian Creek’s past two years, it’s been a tale of close, but not quite there. Last season, Indian Creek battled Hinckley-Big Rock to the final minute of the Little Ten Tournament champinoship game, coming up just short.

They then lost to Erie in double overtime of their regional semifinal. This year, Indian Creek fell to Newark in a de facto Little Ten regular season title game, the Timberwolves’ only conference loss of the year while Newark went undefeated.

See INDIAN CREEK, page B4

Rob Winner file photo – rwinner@shawmedia.com

Rockford Christian’s Aaron Johnson (34) and Nolan Gazouski (22) pressure Indian Creek’s Garrett Post on his way to the basket Dec. 23 during their game at the Plano Christmas Classic. RC defeated IC, 36-35.

BOYS SWIMMING STATE PREVIEW

8WHAT TO WATCH Golf LPGA, HSBC Women’s Champions, first round, at Singapore, 9:30 p.m., TGC Men’s college basketball Georgia Tech at Notre Dame, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Rutgers at UCF, 6 p.m., ESPNU Michigan at Purdue, 6 p.m., BTN Butler at Villanova, 7 p.m., FS1 Nebraska at Illinois, 8 p.m., BTN California at Arizona, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Baylor at Texas, 9 p.m., ESPNU Stanford at Arizona St., 10 p.m., ESPNU Pro basketball New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m., ESPN Houston at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m., ESPN Pro hockey Boston at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m., NBCSN

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Daniel Hein swims the butterfly Tuesday during practice at Huntley Middle School.

Co-op relay team looking to continue momentum for team

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The start of every meet has yielded the same result for the DeKalb-Sycamore boys co-op swim team.

The 200-yard medley relay team of Daniel Hein, Holden

Mackey, Dylan Powers and Ryan Schultz has always led off with a win.

“I think starting off the meet with that relay, and the strength we have in that relay, really just sets the tone for the rest of the meet,” Hein said. “We just feed off

the energy that that relay starts the meet with.”

DeKalb-Sycamore will look to continue that momentum at the preliminaries of the IHSA state swim meet Friday in Evanston. Hein, Powers, Mackey and Jacob Bjork will swim in the 200

free relay while Hein (100 butterfly, 100 backstroke), Powers (100 butterfly), Schultz (100 breaststroke) and Bjork (100 breaststroke) also compete in individual events.

See SWIMMING, page B4

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Ex-NU football players contradict Colter

By SANDRA GUY sguy@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Two former Northwestern University football players who started as walk-ons and who had limited playing time testified Tuesday at a National Labor Relations Board hearing that they pursued demanding careers in engineering and pre-med.

They testified for the university in an effort to counter quarterback Kain Colter’s earlier testimony that he was unable to pursue his dream of becoming an orthopedic doctor because of the demanding football schedule.

In all, three former Northwestern football players testi-

fied that their coaches, including head coach Pat Fitzgerald, encouraged and helped them to earn their academic degrees, and that they had to learn to manage their time in order to play football and be successful in the classroom.

The hearing pits Colter and his player allies in the College Athletes Players Association who want to be ruled “employees” of the university – and thus eligible to form a union – against the university, which contends the football players are students first-and-foremost.

Hearing officer Joyce Hofstra declined to let lawyers for the football players ask one of the former players if he con-

sidered his playing and practicing time a full-time job – a key consideration in figuring whether the students are being paid for their services by being awarded athletic scholarships.

But the football players’ lawyers did get the former players to agree that they would have suffered consequences if they had violated team rules – part of their argument that coaches can treat players unfairly and players have no representation in those cases.

The former football players saw less playing time than did Colter, either because of injuries or their position on the team.

See UNIONS, page B2

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Northwestern wide receiver Jeremy Ebert (11) celebrates with offensive lineman Patrick Ward (70) after scoring a touchdown in a game against Rice Nov. 12, 2011, in Evanston.

SPORTS

Page B2 • Wednesday, February 26, 2014

8PREP SCHEDULE WEDNESDAY Boys Basketball Indian Creek vs. Annawan/LaMoille in Class 1A Amboy Regional semifinals, 6 p.m.

Boys Track Sycamore, Kaneland at quadrangular at Sycamore, 4 p.m.

THURSDAY Girls Track Sycamore hosts quadrangular, 4 p.m.

Kaneland at Wheaton Warrenville South Indoor, 4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY Boys Basketball Indian Creek (?) vs. TBD in Class 1A Amboy Regional finals, 7 p.m.

Morris at Sycamore, 7 p.m.

DeKalb at Kaneland, 7 p.m.

Girls Track Sycamore at Plainfield North Invite, 4:30 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS G-K boys basketball wins final regular-season game Genoa-Kingston boys baskeball won its final regular-season game of the year, finishing with an 81-68 win on the road against Rochelle.

The Cogs (17-9) were led by Sal Lopez’s 18 points. Tommy Hansen added 17 while Griffin McNeal recorded 12 and Eli Thurlby chipped in 11.

“We played another game without Tommy Lucca,” G-K coach Corey Jenkins said. “Our guys stepped up a little bit tonight without him. We have to have him for regionals.”

Jenkins expects Lucca to be ready for G-K’s first playoff game on Monday against Montini in the Class 3A Genoa-Kingston Regional quarterfinals.

Sycamore dominates LaSalle-Peru Sycamore defeated LaSalle-Peru, 70-32, in a Northern Illinois Big 12 crossover matchup.

Hiawatha boys basketball loses to Freeport Aquin Hiawatha lost to Freeport Aquin, 73-52, in the Class 1A Forreston Regional quarterfinals.

Senior Mike Mercado led the Hawks with 16 points in the loss.

Boys hoops supersectional tickets on sale at DeKalb Tickets for the IHSA Class 3A and 4A boys basketball supersectional games are on sale at the DeKalb High School Athletic Office.

The two games, which will be March 18 at the NIU Convocation Center, start at 6 p.m. for the 3A game with the 4A matchup starting at 8 p.m.

Tickets are $10 each and the athletic office is open from 7 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m.

Collins gets positive feedback upon return LOS ANGELES – Jason Collins has received support from everyone from his teammates to Billie Jean King since becoming the first openly gay athlete to play in one of the United States’ four major professional leagues.

Collins said Tuesday morning that he’s received phone calls, texts and emails, as well as messages on Facebook and Twitter, and has been spending time “just trying to thank everyone for their support.”

Smith leading drive to make opening day holiday NEW YORK – Ozzie Smith wants the federal government to make opening day of the major league baseball season a national holiday.

The Hall of Fame shortstop is leading a campaign to collect 100,000 signatures within 30 days under the We the People petitioning program, which would trigger a review by the Obama administration. The effort is being backed by Anheuser-Busch InBev’s Budweiser brand.

The 59-year-old Smith, known as the “Wizard of Oz” for his great glove, played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1982-96 after spending his first four big league seasons with San Diego.

He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 2002.

– Staff, wire reports

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BEARS

NBA

Cornerback could fit into Bears’ plans

By PATRICK FINLEY pfinley@suntimes.com When Darqueze Dennard and Justin Gilbert met at December’s College Football Awards, the Michigan State cornerback coined a nickname for the Oklahoma State star: “Pretty Boy.” “He makes fun of me because I always take ‘selfies’ on my phone,” Gilbert said.

Despite their needs elsewhere, the Bears could call either cornerback – by name or nickname – in the June NFL Draft.

It’s not a ridiculous notion.

The Bears traveled to scout Dennard during his senior season at Michigan State, sources told the Sun-Times.

They liked what they saw: the 5-foot-11, 199-pounder won the Jim Thorpe Award and was a unanimous first-team All-American, intercepting four passes and breaking up 10 more. He’s considered the best cover corner in the draft.

Dennard’s 4.51-second 40yard dash Tuesday at the NFL Combine was enough to impress the NFL Network’s Mike Mayock, who already had him pegged as a potential top-15 pick.

Gilbert, however, blew Dennard’s doors off Tuesday.

The 6-foot, 202-pounder ran an absurd 4.37-second 40-yard dash, the fastest of any cornerback and the fourth-fleetest of any player at Lucas Oil Stadium. His 20 bench-press reps were tied for third-best among corners.

Even if he lacks Dennard’s ball skills, Gilbert, who played press coverage almost three-quarters of his OSU snaps, is among the mostprized possessions in today’s NFL: a cornerback with size.

He said he and Dennard, who did not speak to media at the combine, both do “a pretty good job of playing the ball in the air.”

Gilbert led the Big 12 with seven interceptions last year.

“I think he’s a pretty complete player,” Gilbert said of Dennard. “He’s not as fast me.

Oklahoma State defensive back Justin Gilbert runs a drill Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

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Michigan State defensive back Darqueze Dennard runs a drill Tuesday at the NFL Scouting Combine in Indianapolis.

AP photo

I can tell you that.”

The Bears are desperate for defensive playmakers – general manager Phil Emery calls scoring on defense his most valued trait – but have long placed value on the cornerback grit.

It’s the identity of their defense.

“I know our players believe it – that generally the toughness of your team shows up in your corners,” Emery said.

“So we want tough physical tacklers, but also guys that have the athleticism and the

speed to get their hands on the ball.”

That sounds a lot like Charles Tillman, doesn’t it?

Emery reiterated that the free agent-to-be is “a big part of this,” and said the team has told Tillman they’d like him to return. Coach Marc Trestman called the 33-year-old “extremely important.”

But the two sides have yet to agree on his value.

The most obvious of Tillman’s suitors could be former Bears coach Lovie Smith, whose Buccaneers on Tuesday

were rumored to be shopping their own star corner, Darrelle Revis.

Were Tillman to leave, would the Bears dream of using the No. 14 pick on a cornerback, considering their gaping holes at defensive tackle, defensive end and safety?

Consider this: At Oklahoma State, Gilbert had six career kickoff returns for touchdowns.

Replacing Tillman and free agent-to-be Devin Hester at the same time: Now that would be worthy of a selfie.

Hossa, Handzus show no Olympics aftereffects

By MARK POTASH Of the Blackhawks’ 10 Olympians who particated in the Sochi Games, veteran forward Marian Hossa arguably bears the most watching.

Although Hossa is playing as well as he has in his five seasons with the Hawks, he’s still 35 – with 1,225 NHL games in 16 NHL seasons on him and a recent history of nagging injuries.

But Hossa and Slovakian teammate Michal Handzus showed little, if any, effect of the Olympic Games when they returned to the ice for practice Tuesday at Johnny’s West. ‘’I was surprised how well they skated, how much energy they had, so it was good to see them return,’’ Hawks’ coach Joel Quenneville said.

As it turned out, except for a couple of long plane flights the Olympics were a relative break for Hossa. Slovakia was a disappointing 0-3-1 in Sochi – a bummer for Hossa and Handzus for sure, but a bit of a bonus for the Hawks. Hossa has played four games in the past 18 days.

He played eight games with the Hawks in the same span last

year and 10 games in that span in 2011-12.

The biggest challenge seemed to be jet lag, and Hossa was over that when he hit the ice Tuesday. ‘’So far, I feel good. I felt normal,’’ Hossa said after practice. ‘’The time change is good now. I’ve been here a few days.

It’s nice to skate back and get Marian ready for the rest Hossa of the season.

Hossa, who scored two goals in the Olympic Games, has 24 goals and 50 points in 55 games with the Blackhawks this season. His plus-26 rating is tied for third in the NHL. Quenneville has managed Hossa’s ice time in practices and morning skates to maximize his performance – a plan that worked particularly well at the end of the recent road trip.

Quenneville said he will continue to give Hossa ‘’maintanence days’’ on a need basis. ‘’He feels good right now,’’ he said. But Quenneville indicated that all the Olympians will get the same consideration.

‘’If they need a day off, they’ll get it, because we prioritze games,’’ Quenneville said. ‘’But I don’t foresee a lot of practices between now and the rest of the season.’’

Although disappointed with his team’s performance in Sochi, Hossa made the most of the trip. ‘’Obviously, our team didn’t finish the way we wanted. We definitely weren’t satisfied with what we achieved there. But the overall experience was great,’’ Hossa said. ‘’I think everybody was a little worried [about] gong to Russia, but I think they did an excellent [job]. Everything went pretty smooth. The security and the villages, the stadiums, everything was top-notch. Even the food was great. So no complaints at all.’’

Handzus echoed that sentiment – to a degree, but couldn’t hide his disappointment when asked about the ‘’Olympic experience.’’ ‘’It was all right,’’ he said. ‘’Obviously, our team didn’t play very well. It wasn’t as much fun as you would have liked. ‘’The experience there was awesome to be in the Olympics.

I think everything they did over there was real nice. The rinks

were nice. The village was awesome. It was beautiful weather, too – better than [Chicago]. ‘’So the experience was pretty good, but obviously we go there for hockey and it wasn’t as much fun. We don’t really look at it as a positive thing.’’

Notes: With Olympians Hossa, Handzus and Michal Rozsival on the ice, the Blackhawks practiced with 15 players Tuesday. ‘’It ... got us up to three lines, which is progress,’’ Quenneville said. ‘’We did get better as we progressed over the last couple of days.’’

• Quenneville said ‘’one or two’’ of the remaining seven Olympians could skate today at practice. But the rest will not participate until Thursday’s morning skate in New York prior to facing the Rangers Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.

• Quenneville said goaltender Corey Crawford, who started 14 of 16 games before the break, will play ‘’the bulk of the games’’ in the 22-game stretch before the playoffs. ‘’Crow likes to play,’’ Quenneville said. ‘’He handles a big workload and doesn’t have a problem with it. But his play will dictate a lot of that as well.’’

Huma: Testimony about grades is irrelevant to status as employees • UNIONS Continued from page B1 The witnesses were Doug Bartels, an offensive lineman who earned bachelor’s and master’s degrees at Northwestern and is now studying to become a doctor at Rush University’s medical college; John Henry Pace, an engineer who helps design future Mustangs at Ford Motor Co., who was a long snapper on the football field, and Patrick “Pat” Ward, a structural engineer at Boeing Co. in St. Louis, who was a starting offensive tackle the last three years of his four-

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Today’s Games Golden State at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

New Orleans at Dallas, 7 p.m.

Cleveland at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

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

Detroit at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Utah, 8 p.m.

Brooklyn at Portland, 9 p.m.

Houston at L.A. Clippers, 9:30 p.m.

Monday’s Games Milwaukee 130, Philadelphia 110 Golden State 104, Detroit 96 Dallas 110, New York 108 L.A. Clippers 123, New Orleans 110 Utah 110, Boston 98

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 42 13 .764 Bulls 29 26 .527 Detroit 23 34 .404 Cleveland 22 35 .386 Milwaukee 11 45 .196 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 31 25 .554 Brooklyn 26 28 .481 New York 21 36 .368 Boston 19 39 .328 Philadelphia 15 42 .263 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 40 14 .741 Washington 28 28 .500 Charlotte 27 30 .474 Atlanta 26 29 .473 Orlando 17 41 .293

year football career from 20092012. Ward was the only one who had an athletic scholarship during his entire time at Northwestern. The other two were walk-ons who earned athletic scholarships during their time on the team.

All three had high grade point averages during college and said their coaches helped them overcome conflicts between playing football and taking the classes they needed to earn their degrees.

Those comments, too, conflicted with Colter’s testimony Feb. 18, in which Colter said his grueling schedule of 50-60 hours a week prevented him

from taking certain courses and that his academic advisor counseled him to stay away from more demanding classes such as chemistry during his freshman year so that he could ease into his demanding football role.

Bartels completed a master’s in liberal studies at Northwestern in 2012 after having earned a bachelor’s in biological anthropology in 2011. His undergraduate grade point average was 3.5.

Pace’s GPA was 3.15 and Ward’s was 3.94.

Colter said he expects to finish his final credit hours with a grade point average of 3.1 to 3.2.

The five days of testimony on the issue will go to the regional director of the NLRB, who is expected to rule within four to six weeks whether football players are employees of the university.

The ultimate decision could go to the full NLRB board in Washington, D.C., and on to a Court of Appeals, depending on the future rulings.

After the hearing ended Tuesday afternoon, Ramogi Huma, president of the National College Players Association, said testimony about players’ grades is irrelevant to their status as employees. Huma is a representative for the players.

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OTPts GF St. Louis 57 39 12 6 84 196 Blackhawks 60 35 11 14 84 207 Colorado 58 37 16 5 79 174 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 145 Dallas 58 27 21 10 64 164 Winnipeg 60 28 26 6 62 168 Nashville 59 25 24 10 60 146 Pacific Division GP W L OTPts GF Anaheim 60 41 14 5 87 196 San Jose 59 37 16 6 80 175 Los Angeles 59 31 22 6 68 139 Phoenix 58 27 21 10 64 163 Vancouver 60 27 24 9 63 146 Calgary 58 22 29 7 51 137 Edmonton 60 20 33 7 47 153 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OTPts GF Boston 57 37 16 4 78 176 Tampa Bay 58 33 20 5 71 168 Montreal 59 32 21 6 70 148 Toronto 60 32 22 6 70 178 Detroit 58 26 20 12 64 151 Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63 169 Florida 58 22 29 7 51 139 Buffalo 58 16 34 8 40 113 Metropolitan Division GP W L OTPts GF Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 186 N.Y. Rangers 59 32 24 3 67 155 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 162 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 170 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 171 Carolina 58 26 23 9 61 146 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 135 N.Y. Islanders 60 22 30 8 52 164

GA 135 163 153 147 164 175 180 GA 147 142 128 169 160 179 199

GA 125 145 142 182 163 191 183 174 GA 138 146 167 161 175 161 146 200

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Tuesday’s Results Buffalo 3, Carolina 2 Today’s Games Boston at Buffalo, 6:30 p.m.

Detroit at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Colorado, 9 p.m.

St. Louis at Vancouver, 9:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Blackhawks at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Columbus at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Toronto at N.Y. Islanders, 6 p.m.

San Jose at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Montreal at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Washington at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

Carolina at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Los Angeles at Calgary, 8:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL AP TOP 25 Today’s Games No. 3 Arizona vs. California, 8 p.m.

No. 8 Villanova vs. Butler, 7 p.m.

No. 12 Virginia vs. Miami, 6 p.m.

No. 15 Iowa St. vs. West Virginia, 7 p.m.

No. 16 Michigan at Purdue, 6 p.m.

No. 19 North Carolina at N.C. State, 7 p.m.

No. 24 Texas vs. Baylor, 8 p.m.

Thursday’s Games No. 7 Louisville vs. Temple, 8 p.m.

No. 10 Saint Louis vs. Duquesne, 7 p.m.

No. 17 Kentucky vs. Arkansas, 6 p.m.

No. 20 Iowa at Indiana, 8 p.m.

No. 21 Memphis at Houston, 8 p.m.

No. 22 Ohio St. at Penn St., 6 p.m.

Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 1 Florida vs. LSU, 3 p.m.

No. 2 Wichita St. vs. Missouri St., 3 p.m.

No. 4 Syracuse at No. 12 Virginia, 3 p.m.

No. 5 Kansas at Oklahoma St., 8 p.m.

No. 7 Louisville at No. 21 Memphis, 1 p.m.

No. 9 Creighton at Xavier, 4 p.m.

No. 10 Saint Louis at VCU, 5 p.m.

No. 11 Cincinnati vs. UConn at the XL Center, Hartford, Conn., 11 a.m.

No. 13 San Diego St. at Fresno St., 9:05 p.m.

No. 15 Iowa St. at Kansas St., 6 p.m.

No. 16 Michigan vs. Minnesota, 5 p.m.

No. 17 Kentucky at South Carolina, 5 p.m.

No. 18 Michigan St. vs. Illinois, 1 p.m.

No. 20 Iowa vs. Purdue, 7:15 p.m.

No. 23 SMU vs. UCF, 3 p.m.

No. 24 Texas at Oklahoma, 3 p.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 3 Arizona vs. Stanford, 7 p.m.

No. 8 Villanova vs. Marquette, 1 p.m.

No. 14 Wisconsin at Penn St., 11 a.m.

No. 22 Ohio St. at Indiana, 3 p.m.

No. 25 New Mexico at Nevada, 5:05 p.m.

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Toledo (23-4, 11-3 Mid-American Conference) at Northern Illinois (12-14, 6-8 MAC) WHEN: 7 p.m. today, Convocation Center RADIO: AM-1360 WLBK, FM 98.9 LAST MEETING: Toledo defeated NIU, 77-68, on Jan. 22 in Toledo.

SCOUTING THE ROCKETS: The Rockets have won five of their last six games after hitting a mid-season skid in conference.

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ing team in the MAC at 81 points a game and are led by Justin Brown (15 ppg) and Rian Pearson (14.1 ppg).

While Toledo is a perfect 13-0 at home, the Rockets are a more pedestrian 8-4 on the road.

OUTLOOK: The Huskies lost another close game in their last outing at Central Michigan as two late 3-point attempts wouldn’t go down.

Freshman Aaric Armstead is thriving as a starter, averaging 15.5 points and 6.8

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Four of DeKalb-Sycamore’s five swimmers were at the state meet last year • SWIMMING Continued from page B1 With the exception of Mackey, four of DeKalb-Sycamore’s five swimmers were at the state meet last year. For Hein, this year will be about redemption “It was a little disappointing.

No one on the team really dropped any time,” said Hein, who didn’t advance past Friday’s preliminary swims last year. “We just didn’t hit the taper at the right time. It was just different for us and we didn’t know how to handle it necessarily.”

Co-op coach Leah Eames said they are making a few changes to the schedule, hoping to shorten a day that starts in the morning and can last until 9 p.m. The experience of being there as a freshman should help Hein adjust to the unusual circumstances of the state meet.

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Timberwolves shooting for first regional title since ’11 • INDIAN CREEK Continued from page B1 But even though this year’s team has experienced much of the recent heartbreak, it’s not a focus heading into the postseason as the Timberwolves shoot for their first regional title since 2011.

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A ROUND OF APPS FOR THE NOMINEES

More recipes inspired by the movies on C2

Sandra Bullock in “Gravity”

THE HEALTHY OPTION: Chef Sarah Moulton was a little alarmed at the sight of poor Sandra Bullock floating around in space in bestpicture nominee “Gravity.” But the actress’ weightlessness made her think of souffles, which led to her recipe for Goat Cheese Phyllo Bites – the perfect “anti-gravity” – not “anti‘Gravity’ ” – treats for Oscar night.

CLOCKWISE FROM LEFT: Balsamic Marinated Mushrooms, Artichoke Caponata and Smoked Salmon Tartare AP photos

Celebrate Hollywood’s best with 10 bold, easy crostini toppers at your Oscars party

By ALISON LADMAN The Associated Press

A

n Oscar viewing party should be the culinary antithesis of a Super Bowl gathering.

Where the latter focuses on big, bold, messy flavors tied together with a whole lot of fat, the Academy Awards call for a more refined dining experience (even if both events are spent on the same couch in front of the same television).

So for our refined fare, we opted for a crostini party.

Smoked Salmon Tartare Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 12

8 ounces smoked salmon Zest and juice of 1 lime Zest and juice of 1 orange 1/2 English cucumber, seeded and finely diced 2 tablespoons chopped fresh chives 2 tablespoons chopped fresh cilantro 1/2 teaspoon ground coriander Salt and ground black pepper Place the salmon in the freezer for

Artichoke Caponata Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 12 2 tablespoons olive oil 1/4 cup finely chopped shallot 3 cloves garlic, minced 1 large red onion, chopped 3 stalks celery, diced 2 medium carrots, finely diced

10 minutes, or until very cold. Dice the salmon using a very sharp knife.

In a medium bowl, combine the citrus zests and juices, cucumber, chives, cilantro and coriander.

Mix gently but thoroughly, then mix in the salmon. Season with salt and black pepper.

Nutrition information per serving: 30 calories; 10 calories from fat (33 percent of total calories); 1 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 2 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 4 g protein; 150 mg sodium.

1/3 cup chopped green olives 2 tablespoons chopped capers 14-ounce can quartered artichoke hearts 2 tablespoons white balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons honey Zest and juice of 1/2 lemon 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano Salt and ground black pepper

We created 10 toppings that can be spooned, scooped or smeared onto whatever bases you like. Assemble the toppings, offer up an assortment of breads, crackers and crisps, then let guests help themselves while you focus on the awards (and the cocktails).

To make your party prep even easier, all of these toppings can be assembled up to a day ahead of time. Many of them take 30 minutes or less to assemble. The flavors will be better if you let the toppings come to room temperature for 30 minutes before serving.

Balsamic Marinated Mushrooms Start to finish: 2 hours (15 minutes active) Servings: 12 1 pound cremini or button mushrooms Salt and ground black pepper 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 tablespoons olive oil 2 tablespoons minced fresh rosemary 3 tablespoons balsamic vinegar Halve or quarter the mushrooms to be small bites. Heat a skillet over medium-high and add the mushrooms.

In a large skillet over medium-high, heat the olive oil. Add the shallot, garlic and onion, then saute until tender and beginning to brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the celery and carrots and cook for another 6 to 8 minutes.

Add the olives, capers, artichokes, vinegar, honey, lemon zest and juice and oregano. Lower the heat to medium and cook for another 5 minutes, stirring gently.

Season with salt and pepper. Serve warm

Shrimp Cocktail With Bloody Mary Sauce

THE PARTY STANDARD: Chef Elizabeth Karmel’s favorite thing about fancy parties? They almost always include a shrimp cocktail appetizer. She pairs her shrimp with a bloody mary cocktail sauce that is both pretty and reminiscent of the classic cocktail sipped by Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCaprio) in “The Wolf of Wall Street.”

Sprinkle with salt and pepper, then cook, stirring frequently, until they begin to release their moisture and brown, 4 to 5 minutes. Add the garlic, olive oil and rosemary, then cook for another 4 to 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the balsamic vinegar. Cover and let sit for 2 hours.

Nutrition information per serving: 35 calories; 20 calories from fat (57 percent of total calories); 2.5 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 2 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 1 g protein; 45 mg sodium.

or at room temperature.

Nutrition information per serving: 70 calories; 25 calories from fat (36 percent of total calories); 3 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 11 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 5 g sugar; 2 g protein; 350 mg sodium.

See APPS, page C2

Pink Champagne

THE CLASSIC COCKTAIL: 1957’s “An Affair to Remember” starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr and 1922’s “Blood and Sand” are inspiration for this Oscar night bubbly.

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No need for a party to have shrimp cocktail

By ELIZABETH KARMEL The Associated Press My favorite thing about fancy parties? They almost always include a shrimp cocktail appetizer – platters of giant, plump shrimp just waiting to be dunked into a piquant cocktail sauce.

But there’s no reason you have to wait for fancy parties to enjoy this treat.

All you need is an excuse.

And to me, there’s none better than an Oscar viewing party. Best yet, shrimp cocktail is easy to make and can be done in advance, and you don’t even have to cook the shrimp yourself (but it is better if you do).

The bloody mary cocktail sauce here is one of my favorites. The addition of vodka adds a spike of flavor and the rim of celery salt is both pretty and reminiscent of that classic cocktail.

Shrimp Cocktail With Bloody Mary Sauce Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 6 Kosher salt 2 lemons, quartered 2 pounds jumbo shell-on raw shrimp, thawed if frozen For the sauce: 1/2 cup ketchup 1/2 cup Heinz Chili Sauce Zest and juice of 1 small lemon Juice of 1/2 small lime 1 heaping tablespoon prepared white horseradish (or more to taste) 1 teaspoon pureed chipotle peppers in adobo (or more to taste) 2 tablespoons (1 ounce) vodka 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce Pinch garlic salt Celery salt, for serving Fill a large (6- to 8-quart) stockpot halfway with water, then add 2 tablespoons of salt. Bring to a boil. Add the lemons, then return the water to a boil. Add the shrimp, turn off the heat and cover the pot. Leave the shrimp in the water for 2 to 4 minutes, or until cooked through, pink and curled. The larger the shrimp, the

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Movie cocktails have us stirred

Goat Cheese Phyllo Bites

By MICHELLE LOCKE

Shrimp Cocktail With Bloody Mary Sauce

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longer they will take to cook.

Use a slotted spoon to transfer the shrimp to a large bowl. Add enough cold water to cover the shrimp, then stir to cool them.

When the shrimp are cool, peel and devein them, then pat them dry and transfer to a platter or plate. Refrigerate until ready to serve.

To make the sauce, in a medium non-reactive bowl, mix together the ketchup, chili sauce, lemon juice and zest, lime juice, horseradish, pureed chipotle, vodka, Worcestershire and garlic salt.

Taste and adjust seasonings. If you like a lot of horseradish and chipotle, you may want to add more. The sauce can be made and refrigerated in a glass jar up to one week in advance.

Sprinkle celery salt around the rim of a serving dish. Transfer the cocktail sauce to a serving bowl and place in the center of the serving dish. Arrange the chilled shrimp around the edges.

Nutrition information per serving: 230 calories; 25 calories from fat (11 percent of total calories); 3 g fat (0.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 230 mg cholesterol; 14 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 10 g sugar; 31 g protein; 1150 mg sodium.

• Elizabeth Karmel is a grilling and Southern foods expert and executive chef at Hill Country Barbecue Market restaurants in New York and Washington, as well as Hill Country Chicken in New York.

Mini soufflés light as air What to serve at this year’s Oscar party? I had no clear idea about the right dish until I glanced at a list of the movies in contention.

“Gravity” was the one that jumped out at me. Watching the trailer, I was a little alarmed at the sight of poor Sandra Bullock floating around in space. But I also was inspired by her weightlessness. It made me think of souffles, which are famously light thanks to all the whipped egg whites in them.

Thus, these “anti-gravity” – not “anti-‘Gravity’ ” – treats.

Still, a problem remained: How to turn a full-blown souffle into a tasty nibble for a party?

The solution: Make each one small enough to fit into a mini-phyllo shell. Happily, these days you should be able to find mini-phyllo shells in the freezer section of your local supermarket. Fill them and bake them and they’re good to go.

Even better, each of these little guys is fairly low in calories – no more than 15 calories a shell.

These little souffles are fairly indestructible. It’s hot melty cheese in a crispy shell.

Indeed, when the show is over, don’t be surprised if you walk away with an award for Best Appetizer at an Oscar Party.

EVERYDAY DINNERS Sara Moulton Goat Cheese Phyllo Bites Start to finish: 30 minutes (15 minutes active) Makes 45 bites 3 packages (each package contains 15 cups) phyllo pastry cups 1 1/2 tablespoons unsalted butter 1 1/2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1/2 cup 1 percent milk 4-ounce log soft goat cheese, crumbled 1 ounce finely grated Parmigiano-Reggiano 1 large egg, separated, plus 1 large egg white, at room temperature 1 1/2 teaspoons Dijon mustard Kosher salt and ground black pepper Pinch of cream of tartar 45 fresh dill, tarragon or miniature fresh basil sprigs or snipped chives Heat the oven to 375 degrees F. Arrange the phyllo cups on a rimmed baking sheet. Set aside.

In a medium saucepan over medium-low heat, melt the butter. Add the flour and whisk for 2 minutes.

Add the milk in a stream, whisk-

ing, and bring to a boil, whisking.

Simmer, stirring occasionally, for 3 minutes. Remove from the heat and stir in the goat cheese, half of the Parmigiano-Reggiano, the egg yolk, the mustard and salt and pepper, to taste, stirring until smooth.

Set aside.

In a large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat both egg whites until foamy. Add the cream of tartar and continue beating until they just hold stiff peaks. Stir a third of the whites into the sauce, then fold in the remaining whites, gently but thoroughly.

Spoon the mixture into the phyllo cups. Bake on the oven’s middle shelf until they are puffed and golden, about 15 minutes. Transfer to a platter, sprinkle the tops with the remaining cheese and some herbs, then serve immediately.

Nutrition information per bite: 30 calories; 15 calories from fat (50 percent of total calories); 2 g fat (0.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 3 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 0 g sugar; 1 g protein; 55 mg sodium.

• Sara Moulton was executive chef at Gourmet magazine for nearly 25 years, and spent a decade hosting several Food Network shows. She stars in public television’s “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” and has written three cookbooks, including “Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners.”

James Bond without his martini? “The Big Lebowski” dude without his White Russian? Unthinkable.

An old-time classic, the 1922 silent movie “Blood and Sand,” did make an impression on the bar scene, writes cocktail historian Erica Duecy in her book, “Storied Sips.” The movie helped make a star of Rudolph Valentino – also known as The Great Lover – and inspired the Blood and Sand cocktail, which first appears in the 1930 “Savoy Cocktail Book.”

And pink Champagne cocktails are the drink of choice in 1957’s “An Affair to Remember.” Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr quaff them during their shipboard romance, with the pink, or rose, Champagne symbolizing a carefree attitude.

Blood And Sand Ice 1 ounce blended Scotch whisky 1 ounce orange juice 1 ounce Cherry Heering (cherry liqueur) 1 ounce sweet vermouth Amarena cherry, to garnish Fill a coupe glass with ice to chill. In an ice-filled shaker, combine all ingredients except the cherry, then shake for about 15 seconds. Empty the ice from the glass and strain the cocktail into it. Garnish with the cherry.

Pink Champagne Start to finish: 10 minutes Servings: 1 1 sugar cube 3 dashes Angostura bitters 1 ounce brandy 5 ounces chilled Champagne or rose Champagne Orange twist, to garnish Place the sugar cube in a Champagne flute, then sprinkle the bitters onto it. Add the brandy and Champagne, then top with an orange twist.

Whether guests prefer snacks salty or sweet, creamy or hearty, apps have them covered • APPS Continued from page C1 Roasted Cauliflower Tapenade With Romano And Almonds Start to finish: 45 minutes Servings: 12 1 head cauliflower, cored and cut into chunks 5 tablespoons olive oil, divided Salt and ground black pepper 1/4 cup finely chopped cherry or Peppadew peppers 1/4 cup grated romano cheese 1/4 cup chopped toasted almonds Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil.

Working in batches in a food processor, pulse the cauliflower chunks to small pieces, about 1/4 inch.

Transfer the cauliflower to a medium bowl and toss with 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and a sprinkle each of salt and black pepper. Spread on the prepared baking sheet and bake until lightly browned, stirring once or twice, about 30 minutes. Return the cauliflower to the bowl and stir in the remaining olive oil, the chopped peppers, cheese and almonds. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Nutrition information per serving: 80 calories; 60 calories from fat (75 percent of total calories); 7 g fat (1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 3 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 2 g

protein; 120 mg sodium.

Cannelini And Celery Root Hummus With Fried Capers And Sage Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 12 4 tablespoons olive oil, divided 2 tablespoons capers, rinsed and patted dry 8 fresh sage leaves 2 cups diced celery root (also known as celeriac) 15-ounce can cannellini beans, drained and rinsed 2 tablespoons sherry vinegar Salt and ground black pepper 1/2 cup roasted red peppers, patted dry and cut into strips In a small skillet over mediumhigh, heat 2 tablespoons of the olive oil. Add the capers and fry for 3 to 4 minutes, or until crispy.

Transfer the capers to a plate, then add the sage leaves to the pan and fry for 1 to 2 minutes, or until crispy. Transfer the sage to the plate with the capers, then scrape any remaining oil from the skillet and drizzle over both.

Bring a medium saucepan of salted water to a boil. Add the celery root and simmer until tender. Drain well and transfer to a food processor. Add the beans and sherry vinegar and puree until smooth. Season with salt and black pepper.

Spoon into a serving dish, top with the roasted red peppers, fried capers and sage, then drizzle with the remaining olive oil.

Nutrition information per serving: 80 calories; 45 calories from

fat (56 percent of total calories); 5 g fat (0.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 0 mg cholesterol; 8 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 2 g protein; 105 mg sodium.

Butter-Roasted Radishes With Dill, Feta and Walnuts Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 12 2 tablespoons butter, melted 3 cups radishes, trimmed and quartered Salt and ground black pepper 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill 1/2 cup crumbled feta cheese 1/2 cup toasted chopped walnuts Heat the oven to 400 degrees F. In a medium bowl, toss together the butter and radishes until thoroughly coated. Spread on a rimmed baking sheet and sprinkle lightly with salt and black pepper.

Roast for 20 to 25 minutes, or until tender and lightly browned.

Spoon onto a serving plate and sprinkle with the dill, feta and walnuts. Serve warm or at room temperature.

Nutrition information per serving: 70 calories; 60 calories from fat (86 percent of total calories); 6 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 10 mg cholesterol; 2 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 2 g protein; 90 mg sodium.

Seared Maple Kielbasa With Raisins And Sunflower Seeds Start to finish: 15 minutes

Servings: 12 8 ounces kielbasa, finely diced 1/4 cup maple syrup Pinch of red pepper flakes 1/4 cup chopped golden raisins 2 tablespoons toasted sunflower seeds In a medium skillet over medium-high heat, sear the kielbasa until well browned, 6 to 8 minutes. Add the maple syrup and red pepper flakes and cook for an additional 3 minutes. Stir in the raisins and sunflower seeds.

Spoon into a serving dish.

Nutrition information per serving: 80 calories; 35 calories from fat (44 percent of total calories); 4 g fat (1.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 15 mg cholesterol; 8 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 6 g sugar; 3 g protein; 230 mg sodium.

Broiled Herb Ricotta Start to finish: 20 minutes Servings: 16 2 cups whole milk ricotta 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh oregano 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh thyme 2 tablespoons finely chopped scallions 1 egg, lightly beaten Salt and ground black pepper Heat the broiler.

In a medium bowl, stir together the ricotta, oregano, thyme, scallions and egg. Season with salt and pepper. Spread the mixture into a shallow oven-safe gratin dish. Broil for 5 minutes on the oven’s middle shelf (about 8 inches below the

heat), or until hot and golden.

Nutrition information per serving: 60 calories; 40 calories from fat (67 percent of total calories); 4.5 g fat (2.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 25 mg cholesterol; 1 g carbohydrate; 0 g fiber; 0 g sugar; 4 g protein; 60 mg sodium.

Pickled Onion And Kumquat Relish Over Goat Cheese Start to finish: 10 minutes, plus cooling Servings: 16 2 large red onions, diced 1/2 cup cider vinegar 1/3 cup maple syrup 1 teaspoon salt 1 tablespoon whole-grain mustard 2 sprigs fresh tarragon 1 cup chopped kumquats, seeds removed 8 ounces soft goat cheese

Soft-Boiled Eggs With Beet Greens And Apples Start to finish: 30 minutes Servings: 16 4 eggs 2 tablespoons cider vinegar 1 teaspoon olive oil Black truffle salt (found in specialty stores) 1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper 4 cups baby beet greens (or other baby green, such as kale) 1 large tart apple, cored and finely chopped

In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine the onion, vinegar, maple syrup, salt, mustard and tarragon. Bring to a simmer and cook for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat and discard the tarragon sprigs. Stir in the chopped kumquats and allow to cool. Place the goat cheese on a serving platter and spoon the relish over the top.

Place the eggs in a small saucepan and add enough water to cover by 1 inch. Bring to a boil, then cover, remove the pan from the heat and set aside for 9 minutes.

Drain the eggs and transfer them to a bowl of ice water to cool.

Once the eggs are cool, carefully peel them. Set aside.

In a medium bowl, whisk together the vinegar, olive oil, a hefty pinch of truffle salt and pepper. Add the beet greens and apple, then toss to coat.

Arrange on a serving plate. Cut the eggs into quarters and arrange over the top of the greens.

Finish with another sprinkle of truffle salt.

Nutrition information per serving: 80 calories; 30 calories from fat (38 percent of total calories); 3 g fat (2 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 5 mg cholesterol; 11 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 7 g sugar; 3 g protein; 180 mg sodium.

Nutrition information per serving: 30 calories; 10 calories from fat (33 percent of total calories); 1.5 g fat (0 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 45 mg cholesterol; 3 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 2 g sugar; 2 g protein; 70 mg sodium.

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8DEAN’S LIST Following is a list of local college students who were named to the Dean’s List for the fall semester.

Arizona State University Carli Campbell of Sandwich Aurora University Katelyn Bourdages of DeKalb Haley Christensen of Big Rock Danielle Clark of Kirkland Brianne Czajka of Sandwich Kelsey DeSchepper of Cortland Adriana Emiliano of Genoa Hayley Garcia of Maple Park Joshua Giles of Sandwich Elizabeth Gregory of Sycamore Emily Hanson of Genoa Danielle Hoag of Sandwich Allison Kinane of Maple Park Cassandra McKenzie of Big Rock Derek Morsch of Somonauk Emily Paull of Somonauk Andrew Phillips of Maple Park Gina Puffer of Maple Park Yuije Sansone of DeKalb Cody Sauber of Sycamore Kristina Tejeda of Sycamore Kelly Thielk of Sandwich Robert Thurlby of Genoa Jessica Tomisek of Kingston Vetime Toska of Sycamore Kristen Westbrook of Shabbona Erich Whaples of DeKalb Betsey Adams of DeKalb High Honors Kathryn Banbury of Maple Park Kelsey Bastian of Hinckley Katherine Blair of Big Rock Taylor Breunig of Sandwich Rebecca Campbell of Sandwich Rheanna Ciaglia of Somonauk Phoebe Cochrane of DeKalb Christi Coulter of Waterman Ariana Espino of Maple Park Tess Grimes of Sycamore Jessica Hankins of Somonauk Katie Hanson of Genoa Molly Harto of Sycamore Alex Hinton of Sandwich Brittany Ingold of Sandwich Michelle Jaeger of Waterman Eric James of Shabbona Megan Johnson of Leland Sarah Kasterin of DeKalb Nienke Kestens of Sandwich Jessica Key of Sandwich Kathryn Kotecki of Sandwich Nichole Mucha of Shabbona Donna Patch of Sycamore Sarah Paver of Big Rock Carolyn Sanders of Hinckley Sarah Schilling of Earlville Angela Scott of DeKalb Lyndsey Seierstad of Hinckley Jessica Singer of Sandwich

Nicole Snelling of Sandwich Annalese Svoboda of Somonauk Torianna Thompson of Sandwich Gage Windau of Genoa Carthage College Katherine Jones of Kirkland Sara Wuchte of DeKalb Morgan Kolar of Sycamore Clemson University Michael Harte of Somonauk Concordia University Bethany Sullivan of Kingston Cornell College Danielle Polewko of DeKalb Creighton University Mark Pfotenhauer of DeKalb Kelly Sullivan of DeKalb Drake University Nicole O’Connor of Sycamore Mary Stang of Sycamore (president’s list) Colton Warren of Sycamore Eastern Illinois University Beverly Lloyd of Sandwich Kevin Hogan of DeKalb Edgewood College Delaney McGuire of Leland Grinnell College Mary Adams of DeKalb Grove City College Anthony Ritchie of Big Rock Laurel Skorup of Sandwich Illinois College Jacob Dander of Genoa Lawrence Tech. University Dylan Schmidt of Sycamore Rochester Institute of Tech.

Steven Lalowski of Sycamore University of Dayton Elizabeth Bettag of Maple Park Karen Lehan of DeKalb Mitchell Loehmann of Big Rock Courtney Patrick of DeKalb William Randerson of Sandwich University of Dubuque Jacob Alstadt of Somonauk Kelli Gerace of DeKalb University of Illinois Erica Arends of Waterman Jacob Astin of Waterman Jeremy Crumpton of Lee Lauren Emerson of Sandwich Jordan Flewellyn of Lee Hannah Davison of DeKalb Sasha Ebrahimi of DeKalb Sarah Freriks of Hinckley Christina Garza of Sycamore Dominic Gentile of Sycamore Loren Goodrich of Shabbona

LEARNING Benjamin Hebel of Sandwich Samuel Ihm of DeKalb Jordan Krawczyk of Maple Park Tiffany Kuo of Sycamore Jacob Maas of Cortland Claire Mogren of Sycamore Jovana Nguyen of Cortland Jeanette Pescitelli of Sandwich Trevor Rice of Sycamore Sabrina Roberts of Genoa Scott Rogers of Sandwich Colleen Scanlon of Cortland Genevieve Scheele of DeKalb Hannah Stein of Sandwich Curtis Swartzendruber of Sycamore Raegan Tiggelaar of DeKalb Nikolas Van Winkle of DeKalb Joly Wu of DeKalb University of Iowa Emily Comer of Sycamore Rachel Hendron of Somonauk Dylan Jones of DeKalb Nicholas Lopez of Genoa Jordan Mattis of Malta Brittney Thorson of Sandwich University of Minn. Twin Cities Amanda Hamrick of Kirkland Samuel McRickard of Sycamore University of Nebraska-Lincoln Devin Moulton of Sycamore University of Wis.-Platteville Trevor Kahl of Cortland (chancelor’s list) Beth Klein of Hinckley Luke Pritchard of Sycamore Keriann Treml of Sycamore Larry Walton of Kirkland University of Wis.-Whitewater Cole Hefler of Sycamore Shelby Hicks of DeKalb David Jacob of Sycamore Brittany Ludes of Sycamore Jillian Markham of DeKalb Michaela Murphy of DeKalb Jaclyn Nguyen of DeKalb Franklin Petras of DeKalb Brandon Robinson of Sycamore Nicole Schroeder of Sycamore Cara Sisler of DeKalb Jenna Smith of DeKalb Western Kentucky University Sydney A. Cordes of DeKalb Wheaton College Lauren Gin of Sycamore Rachel Jobe of DeKalb Jacob Kvasnicka of DeKalb Anna Leston of DeKalb Mark Persson of Sycamore Laura Smith of Sandwich Winona State University Chelsea Danielsen of DeKalb

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Applications available for KC Achievement Awards Applications are now available for Kishwaukee College’s 2014-15 Achievement Awards. There are Achievement Awards available for students who excel academically; participate in student government, the student newspaper, or the forensics team; or are a student athlete while at Kishwaukee College.

Achievement Awards waive in-district tuition and registration and activity fees for the students who are selected to receive them.

All awards require the student file a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) before applying for the Achievement Awards.

Guidance offices of in-district high schools have received information and Achievement Award applications. The Achievement Awards have an application deadline of April 7.

Academic Achievement Awards are available to any in-district high school graduate who ranks in the top 25 percent of their graduating class. Interested high school seniors must submit an application, two letters of recommendation from high school teachers, provide a statement of educational goals and plans, and a copy of their seventh-semester high school transcript (followed by final

transcript after graduation).

Academic Achievement Award recipients are expected to enroll full-time at Kishwaukee College in Fall 2014 and earn a minimum GPA of 3.1 to retain the award for the Spring 2015 semester.

There also are applications available for Achievement Awards for students who indicate they plan to participate on the Forensics team, as a member of Student Government Association, or on The Kaleidoscope (student newspaper). Students receiving these awards must enroll full-time, receive a minimum GPA of 2.0, and participate in the activity for which they received the award.

There are Athletic Achievement Awards for student-athletes in the following sports: men’s baseball, men’s basketball, women’s basketball, women’s softball and women’s volleyball. To retain the award, recipients must enroll full-time, maintain a 2.0 GPA and actively participate in the sport for which the award was given.

For more information, call the Office of Financial Aid at 815-825-2086, ext. 2240, or email finaid@kishwaukeecollege.edu.

Sycamore fundraiser exceeds goal The eighth annual Sycamore School District Volleyball Charity Event for Special Olympics on Feb. 7 raised more than $4,600.

The goal was to raise more than last year’s total of $2,500, but through individual and business donations, tournament participant contributions, a 50/50 raffle, T-shirt sales, and 10 percent of the proceeds earned at Culver’s in Sycamore on Feb. 4, the event exceeded expectations.

The Sycamore district has been putting on a charity event since 2006. Starting in 2009, all proceeds raised at the event have been donated to Opportunity House/KSRA Special Olympics. What started out as a dodgeball tournament has transitioned into a volleyball tournament. Any district employee can play, and in the recent years student teams from the high school

have participated as well.

“Every year we try to make the event better by including more people and reaching more local businesses in order to help our local Special Olympians continue to do what they love

the most,” Shannon Vanatta, District 427 employee and Special Olympics coach, said in a news release.

For information about participating in next year’s event, contact Vanatta at shannonslp129@yahoo.com.

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Woman worries gentle friend has dark side Dear Abby: I’m incredibly fond of my friend “Russell.”

He is always supportive, considerate and kind to me.

However, I know that he is into S&M and this worries me, as I can’t reconcile the two different people – a gentle person with someone wanting to dominate and possibly hurt a woman in bed.

Should I be worried that Russell is hiding a dark side that will eventually come out and ruin our friendship? – Worried Friend in Australia Dear Worried: You and Russell must be very close friends if he is describing his sexual practices with you.

My experts tell me that acting out on aggressive fantasies does not necessarily mean a person IS aggressive.

As long as your relationship remains platonic, what he does in the bedroom shouldn’t affect it. But if

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips you’re considering taking your friendship with Russell to another level, it’s important that you talk further about this. If this isn’t something you’re interested in exploring – and it isn’t for everyone – then draw the line or move on.

Dear Abby: I’m a 14-year-old girl, and my mother just got home from rehab. I have been living with my grandmother for a year and a half.

I want to tell my mother my feelings, but I don’t want to hurt her. I love her, but I’m still not over what she has done. She is barely home. She has meetings, and she likes to stay with her boyfriend. I

think it’s too soon. She came home only a week ago. What do I do, Abby? – Confused Teen Dear Confused: You have my sympathy. I hope your mother’s rehabilitation will be successful. It’s good that she is going to meetings, and I agree with you that it’s too soon for her to be staying with her boyfriend.

However, she’s unlikely to accept hearing it from you or me, which is why you should talk to your grandmother about your feelings. Your mother might accept it if she hears from your grandmother that should there be any “bumps” in her relationship with this man – and there usually are a few – that they could jeopardize her sobriety.

Dear Abby: I have a 19-month-old son, “Nicky.”

He stays at my in-laws’

house most days while my husband and I work. Lately, I’ve noticed when I go to pick him up that Grandma and Grandpa like to give him “kiss attacks,” where they hold him “hostage” and give him several kisses.

Sometimes he lets them, and it’s not a problem. Other times he squirms, whines and tells them no. It’s painful to watch, especially when they respond with, “I know you’re not going to like this, but I’m going to do it anyway.”

I think this is a huge violation of my son’s boundaries. It teaches him he should just give in because nobody cares that he’s uncomfortable. My husband thinks Nicky is too young to understand, and that it’s not going to hurt him to have extra affection.

I’m an affectionate person who likes to hug and kiss my

son, too, but if he’s not in the mood, I let him be. Who is right? – Loving Mommy in Colorado Dear Loving Mommy: You are. Affection is something welcome. If you don’t want it, it’s not affection. The most significant issues in child development have to do with nurturing and building trust.

However well meant, holding a child “hostage” is more a display of power than affection.

If your in-laws stopped “attacking,” your son would be more likely to seek their affection when he wants it.

A better way to demonstrate their love for him would be to do something creative, like draw a picture showing their affection for him.

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Carpal tunnel pain’s non-surgical treatment Dear Dr. K: I have carpal tunnel syndrome. How can I relieve the discomfort without drugs or surgery?

Dear Reader: Carpal tunnel syndrome causes pain and discomfort in the wrist that can extend into the hand or forearm. It’s often caused by activities that require constant use of the wrists.

People who spend a lot of time at a computer keyboard, for example, pounding away at the keys, are more likely to experience it.

Carpal tunnel syndrome results from compression of the median nerve. This is a major nerve that extends from the spinal cord through the wrist and to the fingers.

In the wrist, the median nerve passes through a nar-

second and third fingers, because that’s where the nerve fibers lead.

Sleeping with your wrists in a flexed position can worsen pressure on the row channel called the carpal nerve. That’s because when tunnel. the wrist is flexed, the nerve The carpal tunnel is is more easily pinched inside made of stiff fibers and is the carpal tunnel. You may only slightly wider than the awaken with tingling and median nerve. As a result, if achiness in the wrist. repeated activity of the wrist As the condition proleads to inflammation and gresses, the muscles in the swelling of the tissue in the hand can begin to waste away wrist, the nerve can become and the nerve can become pinched and compressed. permanently damaged. This (I’ve put an illustration of this can lead to weakness and loss on my website.) of function and sensation, as Carpal tunnel syndrome well as pain. initially causes tingling, So don’t treat possible numbness and burning pain symptoms of carpal tunnel in the wrist. These symptoms syndrome as just an annoyare also felt in the thumb and ance: Let your doctor know

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about them. Non-drug and non-surgical treatments are most effective if used when symptoms first begin, before the nerve is damaged.

The first step is typically a splint that keeps the wrist in an open (unbent) position. This helps prevent compression of the median nerve, and can relieve mild to moderate discomfort and disability.

Wear the splint while sleeping. If you have constant pain, wear the splint during the day for four to six weeks, then decrease use of it over the next month. Because you’re trying to avoid drugs and surgery, you may even benefit from wearing a splint intermittently for years.

You can also work with an

occupational therapist (OT), who can teach you to use your hands in ways that will not aggravate your condition. An OT can also recommend adaptive equipment, such as gripping devices, or an ergonomically designed keyboard to use at home or at your office.

These non-surgical approaches usually provide relief. If they don’t, injections of inflammation-calming medicine into the carpal tunnel may help. If surgery is required, it’s pretty simple – not a major operation.

But non-surgical measures often are sufficient to fix the problem.

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Your family hating your cat is unacceptable Dr. Wallace: I have a cat, and I love her very much. I feel that she is a member of the family.

Whenever I come home from school, Jingles jumps up on my lap and licks my cheek. I know that she is glad to see me and is giving me a kiss.

My grandfather lives with us, and he hates cats. Whenever I talk to Jingles, he gets mad at me and yells, “That stupid cat doesn’t understand what you are saying, so keep quiet!” My dad agrees with my grandfather. He also hates cats. It’s a good thing that Mom is on my side.

Several times, Dad has tried

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace to get rid of Jingles, but Mom always comes to our rescue.

Do you think that Jingles is kissing me when she licks my face, and do you think it’s a waste of time to talk to her?

– Kim, Mobile, Ala. Kim: Of course, Jingles is glad to see you, and she shows it by jumping up on your lap and giving you a kiss on your cheek. Grandfather is misinformed when he says

8ASTROGRAPH

By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Concentrate your abilities on working toward a personal goal. Make good use of all the resources available to you, and don’t allow the pessimistic attitudes of others to dissuade you.

Be on the alert for opportunities, and take full advantage of them when they appear.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Be businesslike in your dealings.

Someone may be overly interested in your personal life. Keep them guessing about your private matters, and be careful not to reveal too much.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Preparation and organization will be key today. Someone may not be forthright regarding a touchy situation. If you wait until the last minute, you risk becoming overwhelmed by the issues at hand.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Make plans to have fun with friends, or arrange an outing with your lover. Deal with your responsibilities in advance so that no one will find fault with your actions.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Your clever ideas and innovative solutions will lead to a moneymaking venture. Determine exactly what you want to achieve and then work hard in service of your goals.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – It’s a good day to review paperwork and financial records. Make changes to improve your savings and investments. Reward yourself by spending a romantic evening with someone you love.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – You are in a romantic mood today. Don’t get carried away and offer untrue or frivolous declarations of your feelings. Your relationship will only be strengthened by your honesty and devotion.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – It’s time for a little pampering. You may decide to lift your spirits by getting together with your special someone, or perhaps even treating yourself to a new look or outfit.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – It is not necessary to seek approval from others for all of your plans. You can gain a new perspective and improve your outlook by exploring new locations or experiences for yourself.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Trying to please others will only cause you frustration. Although people may have your best interests at heart, focusing on your own goals will keep you on the sure path to success.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – With determination and selfdiscipline, one of your many hobbies could prove profitable. A close look at your various interests may reveal the opportunity for financial gain that you have been seeking.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Following your intuition will lead to inspiration. However, persistence, determination and dedication will be the necessary ingredients for positive results. Avoid negativity and doubt – they will only interfere with your dreams.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Changes are on the horizon. Make the effort to expand your knowledge and insights by joining a club, class or other activity that is interesting to you. New circumstances will also provide new friendships.

for you to stop talking to Jingles because she doesn’t understand what you are saying. Actually, she does. It’s not words, but the gentle tone of your voice, the pleasant look on your face and your friendly hand on her fur. Not only does she enjoy hearing you and being with you, but you also receive pleasure and enjoyment when talking to your wonderful pet.

Make sure your grandfather and your father read this column. They both are not required to love cats, but hating this wonderful furry family member is not acceptable!

8SUDOKU

Dr. Wallace: Whenever I’m faced with a difficult challenge, I really get upset if I can’t solve it. When I fail, I pound my fist on anything around me, scream and say bad things. What can I do to stay calm when I can’t solve all my problems? – Nameless, Sidney, Ohio.

Nameless: When something doesn’t go your way, let it go for a while. Take what Dr. Alan Monat calls a stress break. You need to defuse the emotional buildup, which causes you to scream, curse and pound your fist.

Instead of doing getting

upset, divert your attention away from the frustration.

When you come back to it later, says Dr. Monat, a professor of psychology at California State University, Hayward, you’ll be refreshed and have a much better perspective on how to solve it.

What should you do while you’re on your stress break?

Call a friend, take a shower, walk around the block, treat yourself to a favorite snack, exercise or read a column written for teens!

• Email Dr. Robert Wallace at rwallace@galesburg.net.

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Overtricks can be oh so tempting Denis Waitley, a founding member of the National Council on Self-Esteem, said, “Success is almost totally dependent upon drive and persistence. The extra energy required to make another effort or try another approach is the secret of winning.”

That is true, but sometimes, at the bridge table, trying for an extra trick can prove very expensive. Still, occasionally a defender can dangle a tempting carrot that leaves declarer thinking he has a no-cost shot at an overtrick.

In this deal, South is in three no-trump, and West leads the heart 10. How might West tempt declarer into an indiscretion?

South should open one notrump. Yes, the club holding of two honors doubleton is a minus, but the five-card suit is a compensating plus.

Declarer starts with seven top tricks: three hearts (given the opening lead), one diamond and three clubs. Obviously, he will attack clubs.

However, West can set a nasty trap for South.

Declarer takes the first trick in his hand and cashes the club king. West should play his five. Then, when South continues with the club queen, West should drop his eight. He is trying to make it look as though he started with J-8-5 and East with the 6-4-doubleton (and was starting a high-low with his six).

If declarer falls for the ruse, he will win the third trick with his queen and suddenly find that he cannot make the contract. Instead, South must overtake his club queen with dummy’s ace and continue with the club 10 to drive out West’s jack. Then declarer gets at least three hearts, one diamond and five clubs.

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8NIU FALL GRADUATES Following is a list of local college students who graduated from Northern Illinois University in December.

Abhilash Sajja of DeKalb, M.S. Adam Kiel of DeKalb, M.S. Alex Folz of DeKalb, B.S. Alicia Patterson of DeKalb, B.S. Amando Boncales of DeKalb, M.A. Amber Semmerling of Maple Park, B.S. Amy Johnson of DeKalb, MBA Ananth Vemuri of DeKalb, M.S. Andrea Laben of Cortland, M.S.Ed. Angel Ortiz of DeKalb, B.A. Anjana Chowdary Lavu of DeKalb, M.S. Anthony Osborne of DeKalb, B.S. Ashlee Panozzo of Sycamore, B.S. Ashley Ferrante of Kirkland, B.S. Barry Grossman of Kirkland, M.A. Benjamin Counts of Kingston, B.A. Bethany Hill of DeKalb, B.A. Bradley Tallon of DeKalb, B.A. Brett Russell of DeKalb, M.S. Brian Ohlinger of DeKalb, MBA Brittany Gerard of DeKalb, B.S. Brittney Lovett of DeKalb, M.S.Ed. Bryan Collins of DeKalb, B.S. Caitlin Acton of DeKalb, B.S. Camden Foster of Shabbona, B.S. Can Meng of DeKalb, M.P.H. Carrie Huff of Waterman, Master of Accounting Science Caryn Beutel of DeKalb, B.S. Cassandra Yagen of Sycamore, B.S. Cassidy Sablich of DeKalb, B.S. Chanisse Abraham of DeKalb, B.S. Chelsey Kloster of Sycamore, B.S. Christine Espe of Shabbona, M.S.Ed. Christine Robinson of Sycamore, B.A. Christine Carrier of Kingston, M.S. Christopher Kaiser of Sycamore, MBA Christopher Taylor of Sycamore, B.S. Chung Wah Kwan of DeKalb, B.S. Clarence Bell of DeKalb, B.S. Connor Legorreta of Cortland, B.S. Creon Creonopoulos of DeKalb, B.S. Cynthia Paralejas of Sycamore, EdD Dana Walker of Sycamore, B.S.Ed. David Rauch of Sycamore, MPA Denise Fenn of DeKalb, B.S. Diwa Malla of DeKalb, M.S. Ebony Cain of DeKalb, a B.G.S. Edward Siebert of DeKalb, B.M. Elizabeth Luchsinger of DeKalb, B.S. Elizabeth Schumacher of DeKalb,

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M.S.Ed. Raymond White of Hinckley, B.S. Rayshawna Thomas of DeKalb, B.S. Rebecca Weilbaker of Sycamore, B.S. Reginald Onate of DeKalb, B.S. Richard Connors of DeKalb, B.A. Robert Brue of DeKalb, MBA Robert Cyr of Sycamore, B.S. Ruth O’Donnell of Sycamore, B.A. Ryan Balentyne of Sycamore, B.S. Saima Newaz of DeKalb, M.S. Samantha Green of DeKalb, B.A. Samuel Hight of DeKalb, B.M. Sandeep Hari of DeKalb, M.S. Santosh Mahitha Chalasani of DeKalb, M.S. Sara Nolan of Shabbona, B.S.Ed. Sarah Nelson of DeKalb, B.S. Seyyedalireza Seyyedmousavi of DeKalb, M.S. Shaikh Omar of DeKalb, B.S. Shamika Johnson of DeKalb, B.A. Sharon Anderson of DeKalb, M.S.Ed. Shawna Mackeben of DeKalb, B.A. Shelley Hayes-Hueber of DeKalb, Ed.S. Shyam Teja Kona of DeKalb, M.S. Siva Raghava Kusuma Myla of DeKalb, M.S. Srikar Kompella of DeKalb, M.S. Steven Roberts of Sycamore, M.S. Steven Vande Voort of DeKalb, BFA Sunsea Shaw of DeKalb, M.S.Ed. Susan Kauffman of Waterman, B.S. Tabitha Jordan of DeKalb, B.A. Tamika Kyler of Sycamore, M.S.Ed. Tara McGarry of DeKalb, B.S. Taylor Wallin of DeKalb, B.S. Taylor Neal of Sycamore, B.A. Theresa Oostmeyer of Sycamore, B.A. Timothy Ehrhart of Waterman, B.S. Travis Flewelling of Sycamore, Ph.D. Ujval Kumar Taunk of DeKalb, M.S. Vanessa Cook of DeKalb, M.S.Ed. Veris Hawkins-Smith of Sycamore, M.S.Ed. William Kennebrew of DeKalb, B.S. Yashwanth kumar Vallapu Sampath of DeKalb, M.S. Yeshwanth Reddy of DeKalb, M.S. Yuan Zhou of DeKalb, B.S. Zachariah Anderson of DeKalb, B.A. Zhuomingna Li of DeKalb, M.S.

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Chad Anderson’s music classes at Woodbury Elementary School in Sandwich invited Justin Heinekamp’s Sandwich High School band students Jake Brown, Nicole Arnold, Blayre Reimann, Alex Roller, and Joseph Tassome to come to Woodbury and demonstrate their musical talent and introduce the students to the musical instruments they play.

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To celebrate the 100th day of school, students in Kim Mathis’ kindergarten class at Woodbury Elementary School in Sandwich had a special substitute, “Mrs. Hundred,” who taught the children how to count to 100 by ones, fives and tens.

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Find the Matching Parrots The tiny, green hanging parrots of Southeast Asia roost upside down at night like bats.

Skill: Observe similarities and differences in objects.

Standards ng Link: Reading sion. comprehension.

The a-MAZE-ing Hyacinth Macaw To find out how many inches long the Hyacinth Macaw can grow to be from head to tail, add up the numbers along the correct path.

Skills: Math. Find the sum of whole numbers.

1. Tiny, green parrots of Southeast Asia like to roost hanging _______ ______.

2. How many inches long can the blue Hyacinth Macaw grow to be? __________

or hundreds of years, parrots large and small have been kept as pets. Perhaps they were first captured for food or for their colorful feathers, but when it was discovered they could “talk,” they became pets rather than dinner.

There are more than 350 kinds of parrots. Some are only 3 inches long, while others

grow to be more than 3 feet long.

All parrots have short legs with two toes that point forward and two toes that point backward. This arrangement of toes makes it possible for parrots to grasp the fruits and nuts they like to eat. It also helps them to climb and even hang upside down.

Skills: Life Science: Recognize that different animals have different features that help them thrive in different places.

In ancient Rome, parrots were kept in silver cages and taught to say the above phrase.

Unscramble the letters to find out the phrase.

ANSWER: Hail Emperor!

The largest parrot is the blue Hyacinth Macaw. It lives in the tropical forests of South America.

Scientists believe that there are now less than 5,000 of these beautiful birds left in the wild.

Find the words in the puzzle. Thenn look for each word in this week’s Kid Scoop stories and activities.

Go on a treasure hunt on today’s Kid Scoop page pag with a family member. member Can C you find the answer to all of these questions?

3. On which continent does the blue Hyacinth Macaw live? ________ ________ Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Word Mimics

Some words mean the same or almost the same thing, such as mimic and copy. Look through the newspaper for words that mean the same or almost the same thing.

Standards Link: Reading: Vocabulary Development, recognize common synonyms.

Look through the newspaper for:

Why do parrots copy people?

Parrots are highly intelligent birds, and they like to play with people. Some parrots learn they can get attention when they copy, or mimic, human speech. Find at least 10 differences in the two pictures above.

Skill: Observe similarities and differences in objects.

3 words that describe parrots numbers that add up to the number of inches a Hyacinth Macaw can grow to be the letters that spell what parrots were taught to say in ancient Rome Skills: Reading: Identify words. Math: Calculate one and two digit sums.

4. How many different kinds of parrots are there? More than __________.

5. Parrots were first captured for their colorful ___________.

6. Parrots are intelligent animals.

7. Parrots can imitate human speech.

Kid Scoop Sponsored By 8. Parrots have short legs with five toes.

Imagine you can interview a parrot about life in the wild vs. life in captivity. What would they tell you?

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9. Hyacinth Macaws are not a threatened species.

Standards Link: Language Arts: Use nouns, adjectives and verbs correctly.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee for the Encore Credit Receivables Trust 2005-4, Plaintiff, vs.

Cindy A. Blanchard, Merritt W. Blanchard aka Merrit W. Blanchard, Jr., Neucort Lakes Homeowners Association, Unknown Owners, Generally, and NonRecord Claimants, Defendants.

11 CH 659 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 4/12/2012, the Sheriff of Dekalb County will on 03/27/2014 at the hour of 1 p.m. at the Dekalb County Courthouse, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 09-20-281-008 COMMON ADDRESS:172 E. Warbler Avenue, Cortland, IL 60112-4084 The improvement on the property consists of: single family residence.

Sale terms: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (2) two business or the following Tuesday. The property offered for sale is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

No refunds.

The judgment amount was at $293,102.25.

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, LLC, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 201-6679.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 16TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as trustee for the Encore Credit Receivables Trust 2005-4, Plaintiff, vs.

Cindy A. Blanchard, Merritt W. Blanchard aka Merrit W. Blanchard, Jr., Neucort Lakes Homeowners Association, Unknown Owners, Generally, and NonRecord Claimants, Defendants.

11 CH 659 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 4/12/2012, the Sheriff of Dekalb County will on 03/27/2014 at the hour of 1 p.m. at the Dekalb County Courthouse, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 190 IN NEUCORT LAKES UNIT THREE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 6, 2004 IN PLAT CABINET NO. 9, AT SLIDE NO. 92-D, AS DOCUMENT NO. 2004002345, AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED FEBRUARY 27, 2004 AS DOCUMENT 2004003592, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 09-20-281-008 COMMON ADDRESS:172 E. Warbler Avenue, Cortland, IL 60112-4084 The improvement on the property consists of: single family residence.

Sale terms: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (2) two business or the following Tuesday. The property offered for sale is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

No refunds.

The judgment amount was at $293,102.25.

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, LLC, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 201-6679.

I591234 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 19, 26 & March 5, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DeKALB COUNTY-SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION (FANNIE MAE), A CORPORATION ORGANIZED AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA PLAINTIFF VS LEAH R. STANTON A/K/A LEAH STANTON; SCOTT A. STANTON A/K/A SCOTT STANTON; PRAIRIE SPRINGS OF MALTA HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION; MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; DEFENDANTS 14 CH 27 751 PRAIRIE POND CIRCLE MALTA, IL 60150 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, PRAIRIE SPRINGS OF MALTA HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 8-19 ON THE FINAL PLAT NO. 1 OF PRAIRIE SPRINGS SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION

OF PART OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH RANGE 3 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MARCH 29, 2005 IN PLAT CABINET NO. 9 AT SLIDE NO. 144-D AS DOCUMENT NO. 2005005530, SITUATED IN THE VILLAGE OF MALTA, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 751 PRAIRIE POND CIRCLE, MALTA, IL 60150 and which said Mortgage was made by, LEAH R. STANTON A/K/A LEAH STANTON; SCOTT A. STANTON A/K/A SCOTT STANTON; Mortgagor (s), to M.E.R.S., INC. AS NOMINEE FOR HOME STATE MORTGAGE GROUP Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DEKALB County, Illinois, as Document No. 2006019045; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Maureen A. Josh DeKalb Cnty Circuit Clerk 133 W. State Street Sycamore, Illinois 60178 on or before March 21, 2014, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1318782 I591391 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 19, 26 & March 5, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EDWARD E. ZIRKLE, DECEASED. Case No. 14 P 15 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of EDWARD E. ZIRKLE of Kingston, Illinois whose date of death is January 12, 2014. Letters of Office were issued on February 5, 2014 to Sue Ann Podgorski, 33895 Rebecca Road, Kingston, IL 60145 whose attorney is Scott D. Becker, 213 West Main Street, Genoa, Illinois 60135.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at The DeKalb County Court House, 133 West State St., Sycamore, Illinois 60178, or with the representative, or both, on or before August 14, 2014 and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 284 of the Illinois Probate Act. Maureen A. Josh (Clerk of the Circuit Court) (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 12, 19 & 26, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS DATE: February 25, 2014 PROJECT: Boiler Replacement Work for Tyler Elementary School for DeKalb C.U.S.D. #428, DeKalb, Illinois LOCATION: Tyler Elementary School, 1021 Alden Circle, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 OWNER: DeKalb Community Unit School District #428, 901 South 4th Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 ARCHITECT: Richard L. Johnson Associates, Inc., 4703 Charles Street, Rockford, Illinois 61108, Tel: 815/ 398-1231, Fax: 815/ 398-1280 SCOPE: Bids will be received for a single contract for all Work.

PRE-BID MEETING: All prospective General Contractors are urged to attend a Pre-Bid meeting at 3:30 pm, Tuesday, March 4, 2014, at Tyler Elementary School, 1021 Alden Circle, DeKalb, Illinois 60115.

DATE DUE: Sealed bids will be received until 2:00 pm, Tuesday, March 18, 2014, at the Office of DeKalb #428 Unit Office, 901 South 4th Street, DeKalb, Illinois 60115 and will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time.

PRE-BID SITE VISIT: Contractors are required to survey the existing conditions prior to bidding.

ACCESS TO BIDDING DOCUMENTS: Bidding Documents are on file for reference at the following locations: Office of the Architect Rockford, IL NIBCA (N. Ill. Bldg. Contractors Assn) Rockford, IL Bidding Documents may be secured from the office of the Architect.

Plans and Specifications are

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Page B8 • Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Sp available for download at www.rljarch.com under "Bidders".

DEPOSIT REQUIRED: Bidders may secure up to two (2) sets of bidding documents by submitting a non-refundable check for $50.00 per set, or $60.00 per set if documents are to be mailed.

BID FORM: Bids shall be submitted in duplicate on forms issued by Architect.

BID SECURITY: Bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of at least 10% of the total amount of the base bid and all additive alternate bids. This may be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, bank draft or bid bond, payable to the Owner as a guarantee that should the bidder be awarded the Work, the bidder will enter into a contract with the Owner and will furnish the proper performance and payment bond within the time limit set by the Owner. Bid securities will be returned to all other bidders when the successful bidder files a proper performance and payment bond and the contract is executed by the Owner. If the successful bidder fails to file such contract and performance and payment bond, the amount of his bid security shall be forfeited to the Owner as liquidated damages.

WAGE RULES: Each craft, type of worker and mechanic needed to execute the Contract shall be paid the prevailing wage rate for the locality in which the work is performed, in accordance with all federal laws and laws of the State as well as local ordinances and regulations applicable to the work hereunder and having force of law.

PERFORMANCE BOND: A performance and payment bond for the full amount of the Contract will be required of the successful bidder.

All costs associated with the bond shall be included in the bid amount.

RIGHTS RESERVED BY OWNER: The Owner reserves the right to waive any irregularities and/or reject any or all bids when, in the opinion of the Owner, such action will serve the best interests of the Owner.

WITHDRAWAL OF BIDS: No bid may be withdrawn for a period of 60 days after the opening of bids without written consent of the Owner.

By order of DeKalb Community Unit School District 428

y g s DeKalb County for the General Primary Election being held on March 18, 2014.

The DeKalb County Administration Building (Lower Level) 110 E. Sycamore St. Sycamore, IL 60178 Available Dates: March 3 - March 15, 2014 Serving ALL County Precincts Mon., Wed., Fri. 9am-4:30pm Tuesday 12Noon-7pm Thursday 12Noon-7pm Saturday 9am-12Noon Northern Illinois University Holmes Student Center (Blackhawk Annex) Intersection of Lucinda and Normal DeKalb, IL 60115 Available Dates: March 3 - March 15, 2014 Serving ALL County Precincts Mon., Wed., Fri. 9am-4:30pm Tuesday 12Noon-7pm Thursday 12Noon-7pm Saturday 9am-12Noon Sandwich Fire Department 310 E. Railroad St. Sandwich, IL 60548 Available Dates: March 3 - March 15, 2014 Serving Precincts: Sandwich 01, 02, 03, 04, 05; Somonauk 01, 02; Paw Paw 01; Squaw Grove 01, 02; Clinton 01, 02; Victor 01; Shabbona, 01 Mon., Wed., Fri. 9am-4:30pm Tuesday 12Noon-7pm Thursday 12Noon-7pm Saturday 9am-12Noon Kirkland Village Hall 511 W. Main St. Kirkland, IL 60146 Available Dates: March 3 - March 15, 2014 Serving Precincts: Franklin 01, 02; Kingston 01, 02, 03; Genoa 01, 02, 03, 04; South Grove 01; Mayfield 01 Mon., Wed., Fri. Tuesday Thursday Saturday

9am-4:30pm 12Noon-7pm 12Noon-7pm 9am-12Noon

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 26, March 5 & 12, 2013.)

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All items must be paid with CASH ONLY. Items must be removed by 5pm March 8, 2014.

Not responsible for accidents.

Must be 18 yrs old or older.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 26 & March 5, 2014.)

Dated February 18, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 19, 26 & March 5, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 24, 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 QUALITY PLUMBING AND MAINTENANCE located at 13190 Williams Circle, Genoa, IL 60135.

Dated February 24, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 7, 2014, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and postoffice addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as: SPEED WRENCH GARAGE located at 807 E. Railroad St., Unit A, Sandwich, IL 60548.

Dated February 7, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 19, 26 & March 5, 2014.)

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 26, March 5 & 12, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 10, 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 RACHEL'S MASSAGE THERAPY STUDIO located at 127 S. Sacramento St., Sycamore, IL 60178.

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Dated February 10, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 12, 19 & 26, 2014.)

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Notice of Personal Property Sale SILENT BID SALE March 7, 2014, 12–2 pm

ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE The following are the times and locations of early voting sites in

B4 Dwight Bomar $420 G34 Ernie Hunt $395 G3 Terri Myers $468

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 25, 26 & 27, 2014.)

y y, nois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as SALUS PERSONAL SOLUTIONS located at 1266 Ryan Ct., DeKalb, IL 60115.

Public Notice is hereby given that on February 18, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illi-

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