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Guilty verdict in armed bank heist Chicago man faces from 21 to 75 years in prison for Nov. 2009 holdup

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – After more than four hours of deliberation Thursday, jurors found Eric Bernard guilty of armed robbery in the 2009 holdup of Associated Bank

Weary of winter, wonder why?

in DeKalb.

Bernard, 31, of Chicago, will have a sentencing hearing March 20. Prosecutors said Thursday that based on his criminal history, which includes prior felony convictions, he is eligible for an extended term and could face 21 to 75 years in prison.

“The defendant and his companion went into the bank, both armed with guns, both took money related to Associated Bank,” Assistant State’s Attorney Duke Harris told jurors in his closing argument Thursday.

The three-day trial resulted in the second conviction in the rob-

bery, in which $6,000 was stolen at gunpoint. Jurors also agreed that Bernard had used a gun during the robbery.

Michael King, 30, formerly of Chicago, was found guilty of armed robbery and sentenced to 23 years in prison by DeKalb County Presiding Judge Robbin

Stuckert in 2011.

The third person charged in connection with the robbery, Jasmen Cunningham, 26, of Chicago, was a key witness for the prosecution. In her testimony, Cunningham said she drove Bernard and

Eric Bernard of Chicago

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EXPERT: ODOR MADE KIDS SICK Changes to Cortland Elementary air monitoring plan urged

Cold, snow persist in Midwest, East

By SETH BORENSTEIN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Cold and snow keep battering the Midwest and East, and even Atlanta was temporarily paralyzed.

California has been bone dry.

Alaska set heat records.

The wild winter somehow became even more wicked Thursday morning when the national average temperature plunged to a brutal 11 degrees – the lowest temperature of a season of extremes A weather weary nation asks a simple question: Why? The answer is the jet stream, the river of air that dictates our weather. Normally, the jet stream stays in Canada or the northern U.S., going west to east in a somewhat straight line.

But this winter it has plunged south, creating high pressure ridges and low pressure troughs and taking cold polar air south and east and leaving warm, dry weather to the west.

“We are having an unusual jet stream that’s giving us crazy cold weather in the East and the ridiculously resilient ridge as it’s called in California,” said Weather Underground meteorology director Jeff Masters.

Q: Why is the jet stream doing this?

A: There are three different forces probably at work here, but scientists still need to do more research, said Derek Arndt, of the National Climatic Data Center in Asheville, N.C. One is just the random natural variability of daily weather. Another is a mid-length weather feature called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation – think of it as a cousin of El Nino – that warms the northern Pacific and helps push the jet stream south. And finally, a new and controversial theory is that a warmer Arctic region and shrinking summer sea ice from man-made global warming has shifted jet stream patterns, making it wavier and bringing more unpredictable weather.

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Geoffrey Bacci, with Aires Consulting, gives a presentation Thursday at DeKalb High School on the indoor air quality investigation of Cortland Elementary School.

BELOW: Lisa Williams (right) of Cortland gives her opinion during a presentation on the air quality investigation undertaken recently at Cortland Elementary School.

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – A consultant has suggested DeKalb School District 428 make some slight changes to Cortland Elementary School’s air monitoring plan in order to keep students and staff protected, a solution that did not please some Cortland Elementary School parents.

Geoff Bacci, a certified industrial hygienist from Aries Consulting, was hired to assess what happened Jan. 14 when 71 students and staff from CortGeoffrey land received mediBacci cal treatment after the odor of old trash from the nearby DeKalb County landfill run by Waste Management infiltrated the building’s ventilation system.

He presented his findings, conclusions and recommendations Thursday night at DeKalb High School to a group of more than 60 people.

Bacci said a single-point hy-

drogen sulfide monitor, which the school has near the front office, is appropriate for the school, but suggested the school institute some changes when monitoring for the foul-smelling and potentially harmful landfill gas, which was not detected Jan. 14.

He recommended the data be reviewed a health professional and the monitor be calibrated with a battery change monthly. Further, he said, the monitor should be serviced annually by a representative.

He urged the district to put strong written procedures in place to en-

sure these steps are being followed.

Bacci also suggested that buses should be staged on the west side of a turnaround in the parking lot rather than directly adjacent to the school in order to avoid diesel exhaust from getting into the school.

Finally, he recommended the school address air filtration issues in the building and continue monitoring for carbon monoxide.

Bacci explained that the patients treated for carbon monoxide exposure had levels from 1 percent to 8 percent, which Bacci said would not have caused anyone to become sick.

That was because of the smell.

“Clearly the odor was the reason why children felt sick. Carbon monoxide was something used as a criteria for treatment, but was not a precipitating event,” Bacci said.

“We can improve the air monitoring plan a bit and we can improve overall procedures.”

Bacci went on to detail the levels of hydrogen sulfide the school monitors, mentioning detectable levels were present in the school

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8 DAILY PLANNER Today Sexaholics Anonymous-DeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Twelve-step recovery program for Internet addiction. Call 815-508-0280. SA.org.

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

Coffee Club: 9 to 11 a.m. at Edward Jones, 1170 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore. To discuss current events and investing. Coffee and doughnuts will be served. www. edwardjones.com.

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

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

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

There is a Solution Too AA: 12:05 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb.

800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

DeKalb Women’s Club: 1 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church at Seventh and Franklin streets. For information, call Paula Bryner at 815-754-0661.

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

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

Sons of the American Legion Fish fry: 5 to 8 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. Cost is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $7 for children ages 6 to 12 and free for children younger than age 5.

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

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

Big Book Discussion AA(C): 7 p.m. at Newman Catholic Student Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb.

800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Hinckley Area Food Pantry: 8 to 9 a.m. at St. Paul’s United Church of Christ, 324 W. McKinley Ave. Food distribution is available.

Overeaters Anonymous Walkand-Talk meeting: 8 to 9 a.m. at The Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. www.oa.org; Call Marilyn at 815-751-4822.

NICE Food and Clothing Center: 8:30 to 11 a.m. Saturdays, by appointment other days, at 346 S. County Line Road in Lee. Serves southwest DeKalb County and southeast Lee County. 815-8242228.

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

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Plow drivers’ job tough one this year When I told family/friends I was moving to the Midwest, a friend sent me “A Texan Moves North.” It’s one of those crude/funny Internet things.

You can Google it.

After moving, this transplanted Texan is enchanted to see a pristine blanket of powdery white snow covering everything around his new home.

How beautiful.

On Day 2, “a city snowplow came along and accidentally covered up our driveway with compacted snow from the street. The driver smiled and waved. I waved back and shoveled it again.”

Within days, the guy has devolved into Jack Nicholson at the end of “The Shining,” and his only goal was to mortally wound the snowplow driver.

We’re all familiar with clearing compacted berms of snow, and occasionally people get nasty, but generally, they understand.

Still, given the severity of this winter, now seems like a good time to check up on the folks keeping local civilization functioning: snowplow drivers.

On Wednesday, Nathan Schwartz, DeKalb County engineer, and Mark Espy, assistant director of DeKalb’s public works department, took time to chat with me. Usually I develop a list of questions for interviews, but this time, I just wanted to know how drivers are holding up.

Given the circumstances, things are going remarkably well, both men said.

More on that in a moment.

THE FINE LINE Jason Akst The reason I was concerned is because of the circumstances.

According to the Minnesota Department of Transportation, fully equipped plow trucks weigh as much as 15 times more than an average car. A single-axle plow (one set of wheels in back) can weigh up to 50,000 pounds loaded. A tandem-axle plow (two sets of wheels in back) can weigh more than 70,000 pounds loaded. One mistake and a vehicle like that could plow through your house like a bowling ball through wet toilet paper.

That’s only the driving part. As Espy noted, the drivers who are plowing today are also fixing traffic signals and repairing water main breaks, like last weekend.

“In fact, it’s sometimes like a chess game,” he said, to determine what gets fixed in what order.

Then there’s the cleanup after the plowing. Espy said DeKalb has 122 culde-sacs and many municipal lots that must be cleared, resulting in removing thousands of cubic yards of snow.

Then there’s toll taken driving these trucks.

“It wears on you physically and mentally, drains you socially,” Espy said. “People have guests come to town and drivers [sometimes] can’t stay and

visit.”

Schwartz said when drivers get home after a long shift, they’re “wired for hours.”

“Really, you aren’t getting very much sleep and it makes for a potentially dangerous situation if you have to do that too many days in a row,” he said. “It can be physically tiring and mentally hard on them and their families.”

Snowplow drivers are unlike commercial pilots or truckers in that snowplows are considered emergency vehicles, Espy said. That means the drivers sometimes have to work longer.

“But we still try to keep in mind fatigue and hours of the day,” he said.

“If they get fatigued, [they] get out of the truck.”

Also, drivers have to be mindful of dwindling supplies of salt, and where and when to spread it.

In spite of all that, “Drivers are holding up very well especially for the number of hours and days they have worked in a row,” Schwartz said.

“I think the guys are performing exceptionally well,” Espy agreed.

• Jason Akst teaches journalism and public relations at Northern Illinois University. He also serves as a board member for the Northern Illinois Newspaper Association, www. ninaonline.org. You can reach him at jasondakst@gmail.com or follow him on Twitter (@jasonakst).

8 TODAY’S TALKER

Boehner: Immigration reform difficult to pass

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By DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Speaker John Boehner on Thursday all but ruled out passage of immigration legislation before this fall’s elections, saying it would be difficult for the Republican-led House to act on the issue that President Barack Obama has made a top domestic priority.

In his most pessimistic comments, Boehner blamed the stalemate on widespread skepticism that Obama would properly enforce any immigration reforms that Congress approved.

The GOP leader didn’t mention that his own members have balked at acting on the contentious issue, which could enrage core conservative voters in the midterm election year.

“The American people, including many of our members, don’t trust that the reform we’re talking about will be implemented as it was intended to be,” Boehner told reporters at his weekly news conference. “The president seems to change the health care law on a whim, whenever he likes. Now, he is running around the country telling everyone he’s going to keep acting on his own.”

Just last week, Boehner and other House Republican leaders had unveiled broad principles for immigration changes, including legal status for the estimated 11 million immigrants living here illegally, tougher border security and a shot at citizenship for children brought to the country illegally.

National Republicans see the failure to act on immigration as a political drag on the party after 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney captured just 27 percent of the Hispanic vote, and they are pressing for action to moderate the party’s image. The prin-

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference Thursday on Capitol Hill in Washington. Boehner said it will be difficult to pass immigration legislation this year, dimming prospects for one of President Barack Obama’s top domestic priorities. ciples endorsed last week were seen as a congressional jump-start for an issue that had been stalled since Senate passage of a comprehensive, bipartisan bill last June.

But conservatives rebuffed their leaders and questioned the wisdom of acting this year, equating legal status with amnesty and resisting giving Obama a long-sought legislative victory. Republicans also worry about primary challenges from the right and fear that new Hispanic citizens will add to the Democrats’ voter rolls.

Control of the Senate, Republicans say, is within reach, giving them hope for greater leverage in negotiations on immigration in 2015. But the year leading up to the presidential election could be a tough one for making progress since Republican candidates

tend to move right to shore up support ahead of the primaries.

The latest unraveling on immigration came quickly.

Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., who had advocated for action on immigration within his caucus, said this past weekend that passage of a bill was unlikely this year and cited distrust of Obama.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., who faces a primary challenge, said Tuesday that differences between the Senate and House were an “irresolvable conflict.”

On Thursday, shortly before House members left Washington, Boehner said, “Listen, there’s widespread doubt about whether this administration can be trusted to enforce our laws. And it’s going to be difficult to move any immigration legislation until that changes.”

The caption under the Hiawatha school demolition photo on page 3 of Wednesday’s Daily Chronicle incorrectly identified Sarah Willey. She is the superintendent of Hiawatha School District 426 in Kirkland.

The Daily Chronicle regrets the error.

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United States not the only country affected by wacky weather • WEATHER Continued from page A1 Q: Is it unusual for a weather pattern to last this long?

A: It doesn’t happen often, but it’s not that unusual either, said Bruce Terry, of the National Weather Service’s Weather Prediction Center in College Park, Md.

Q: So how cold was Thursday?

A: The national average temperature of 11 degrees is the coldest of this winter and will likely be the coldest of

the season, according to calculations by Weather Bell Analytics meteorologist Ryan Maue. It was computed from temperatures at 7 a.m. EST in the Lower 48 states.

The lowest was minus 34 in Montana and several areas were minus 20, according to the National Weather Service.

Q: Has this been a record winter?

A: No. Given the unusual heat in the West and the cold in the East, they almost balance each other, Masters and Arndt said. So when the final monthly statistics come out, January in the U.S. won’t be near record cold.

Q: Was this just a U.S. thing?

A: No. Parts of South America and Australia have had much warmer than normal weather. Parts of Europe have been cold and stormy, others record warm. For much of January, Greenland was 8 degrees warmer than normal.

Q: When will it end?

A: Soon enough. In Northern California, heavy rains are coming. A predicted eastern winter snowstorm this weekend is looking less mighty than it did a few days ago. It’s not soon enough for the meteorologists who predict it.

“I’m sick of it,” said the weather service’s Terry.

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A pedestrian walks in the snow Jan. 5 in the Center Square neighborhood in Albany, N.Y. America’s Midwest and East keep getting battered by cold and storms.

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Mayor discusses town history Reporting code violations now one click away

Council minutes offer glimpse of Sycamore

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com

By DEBBIE BEHRENDS dbehrends@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Mayor Ken Mundy started reading Town Board and City Council minutes before the city’s sesquicentennial in 2008 – and got hooked on the history.

Mundy presented some of Sycamore’s more notable firsts to a full house Thursday during a Sycamore History Museum brown-bag luncheon.

After being incorporated as a town Feb. 21, 1859, the city’s first election was conducted March 14, 1859, at the county courthouse to elect five trustees, an assessor, a constable and justice of the peace.

The trustees elected one of the five, Edward S. Mayo, as the first Town Board president for a one-year term.

“I love the language,” Mundy said.

The board instituted what it called a “poll tax” in April 1859. Mundy explained that the tax was established to raise money or labor for streets.

The special Saturday meeting set “the time of laboring on the highway at one day and a half, or $1 per day” assessed on all able-bodied men in the

8LOCAL BRIEF New polling locations announced SYCAMORE – DeKalb County Clerk Doug Johnson’s office is sending out updated voter information cards for voters who will have new polling locations for the March 18 primary and Nov. 4 general election.

DeKalb precinct Nos. 2 and 8 will vote at the Northern Illinois University Barsema Alumni Visitor Center, 231 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb.

Cortland precinct Nos. 1, 6, and 10 will vote at the Cortland Lions Den, 70 S. Llanos St. For more information, contact the elections department of the county clerk’s office, 110 E. Sycamore St., Sycamore, 815-895-7147 or online at dekalbcounty.org/ CoClerk.

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Sycamore Mayor Ken Mundy talks with Michelle Donahoe, executive director of the Sycamore History Museum, during a brown-bag luncheon Thursday at the Sycamore History Museum where he shared some of the community’s history. Mundy started researching the town board and City Council minutes from when the community was incorporated in 1858 for the city’s celebration of its sesquicentennial in 2008. community between the ages of 21 to 60. The purchasing power of the $1.50 tax in 1859 would be about equal to $45 today, according to the website www.MeasuringWorth. com.

Mundy found documentation of an area resident who set aside property for the “town pound.”

“Whatever stray animals that wandered into town were taken to the town pound. That might be cows, horses, dogs, whatever,” Mundy said.

The pound conducted an auction of those unclaimed animals every 10 days, with the poundmaster receiving a

percentage of the funds generated.

Livestock was more prevalent in town in the 1860s, but Mundy said cows were allowed to roam free during the day, November through May. The minutes also show that horses were not to be mated outdoors.

In 1861, the Town Board invited DeKalb residents to celebrate Independence Day with Sycamore residents.

“I couldn’t find out whether anyone attended from DeKalb,” Mundy said. “Even then, we were reaching out.”

He found the beginning of the community’s public water

supply in April 1876 when the town executed a contract with the Marsh Harvester Manufacturing Co. A tower, pumps, pipes and a boiler were to be installed near the plant, and the city could pay the company to pump water.

“Occasionally, our public works department still runs across pipes that have been in the ground for 80 or 90 years,” Mundy said.

History museum Executive Director Michelle Donahoe said the collection presented by Mundy ended at 1900 in preparation for the museum’s next exhibit, “General Dutton’s America.”

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to each of the fallen.

A memorial garden, adjacent to Cole Hall, is intended to be a place of peaceful reflection. It consists of a gently-curving walk set in a group of trees with a red granite reflection wall bearing the students’ names and a sculpture centerpiece. Benches are placed opposite the wall to encourage all to pause and remember, Palian said.

“NIU is committed to remembering and honoring the spirit of the cherished Huskies lost that day,” said NIU President Doug Baker, who is spending time with their families before the anniversary.

“The bells serve as a reminder of the ‘Forward, Together Forward’ spirit of our students and community as we reflect and honor those lost.”

Kelly Wesener Michael,

associate vice president for student affairs and dean of students, said it was a natural transition for the campus’ remembrance of the tragedy.

“A moment of reflection is a way in which NIU can continue its tradition of marking an unforgettable moment in its history, remembering the resiliency of our community and, most importantly, honoring those we lost,” Michael said.

The NIU Scholarship Office also plans to announce the winners of the Forward, Together Forward Scholarship on Feb. 14. The Forward, Together Forward Scholarship Endowment was created through the generosity of more than 1,770 donors to honor the memory and spirit of Dubowski, Garcia, Gehant, Mace and Parmenter.

Sycamore man NIU to mark Feb. 14, 2008 faces drug charges Plans moment of reflection, tolling of bells after police raid dbehrends@shawmedia.com DEKALB – Northern Illinois University will remember the lives of five students lost Feb. 14, 2008, with a moment of reflection and the tolling of five bells at 3:06 p.m. Feb. 14.

Although most of today’s students were not on campus the day the five – Gayle Dubowski, Catalina Garcia, Julianna Gehant, Ryanne Mace and Daniel Parmenter – were killed by a gunman in Cole Hall, NIU maintains a commitment to remember them every year, said spokesman Paul Palian.

The sixth annual remembrance will be more subdued than last year, when friends and families of the deceased laid wreaths and flowers next to five marble slabs dedicated

NATO trial asks question: Who’s a terrorist?

The ASSOCIATED PRESS CHICAGO – The question of when a planned protest becomes conspiracy to commit terrorism was the focus of closing arguments Thursday in the trial of three men accused of hatching a plan to throw Molotov cocktails at President Barack Obama’s campaign headquarters and

other Chicago sites during the 2012 NATO summit.

Prosecutor Tom Biesty argued two weeks of testimony from undercover police officers and wire recordings proved the three out-of-state activists conspired to attack the campaign office in Obama’s hometown, Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s home and police stations.

“Were they bumbling fools or were they cold, calculating terrorists? ... That is the question you have to answer,” he told jurors.

Brian Church, 22, of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.; Jared Chase, 29, of Keene, N.H.; and Brent Vincent Betterly, 25, of Oakland Park, Fla., pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to commit terrorism and other charges.

Jurors withdrew to begin deliberating Thursday evening.

If convicted, each defendant could face decades in prison.

Defense attorney Thomas Durkin later ridiculed the notion that what the three activists were caught on recordings discussing could possibly be compared to the acts of al Qaida or other known terrorist groups.

Some parents question school’s safety, others want it shut down • SCHOOL Continued from page A1 in Spring 2013. The levels had not reached that which would cause an alarm on the monitor to sound, but that did little to calm some parents.

A handful of other parents continued to question the safety of the school and whether officials would follow through with Bacci’s recommendation for more monitoring.

“These recommendations were already put to the district,” parent Lisa Williams said. “I mean, changing a battery? How do we know any of that’s been done ... . We know

DeKALB – Code enforcement and crime-free housing issues can now be anonymously reported through the city’s free iWatchDeKalb smartphone application.

City officials added the categories to the iWatch app in order to streamline the process and encourage residents to help keep their neighborhoods clean and safe.

The app, which was launched in April, is designed for users to anonymously send crime tips to the DeKalb police.

Crime Free Housing Coordinator Carl Leoni said his department has wanted to give people an option to submit tips about neglected properties and poorly maintained buildings since the city launched the app.

“I’m hoping people will realize property and maintenance issues are a problem and be proactive,” Leoni said. “I also hope others, instead of just being frustrated with their neighbors, will shoot us a text so we can go take care of it.”

Tipsters can now select “code enforcement violations” and “crime free

housing” when they want to report a problem. After selecting the category, users need to enter the address and give a short description of the situation before they submit the tip. The tipster also has the option to take a photo and to include it with the tip.

Once submitted, the appropriate person in the Crime Free Housing or Code Enforcement departments will review it and take action as appropriate.

City officials hope the application will sidestep the numerous steps and follow-ups sometimes required when residents reporting problems such as extremely tall grass and weeds, disabled vehicles, piles of garbage, peeling paint, shattered windows and sidewalks that are not shoveled.

“This allows them to remain anonymous and only take a minute out of their day to report something,” Community Relations officer Chad McNett said.

The application can be downloaded for free on a smartphone through the App Store on an iPhone or Google Play on an android phone or accessed through a computer at iwatchdekalb. com.

this machine is critical to those kids’ safety.”

Some parents renewed calls to close the school, which was built for $15 million and opened in 2009.

“There’s no conspiracy here,” school board President Tracy Williams said.

“There’s no one in that building, especially the staff, turning off an alarm to work in an unsafe environment.”

Williams added District 428 would follow Bacci’s suggestion to put in written protocol for the monthly and annual monitoring enhancements, adding district officials plan to stick within the 30-day timeline they originally set to put a plan in place.

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By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – A 37-yearold Sycamore man faces felony drug charges after police said they found crack cocaine, marijuana and prescription pills in the Sycamore apartment where he lived.

Hershel V. Gaiter Jr., of the 300 block of East High Street, Sycamore, was in DeKalb County Jail after DeKalb County Sheriff’s po- Hershel V. lice searched Gaiter Jr. a family member’s apartment at 5:30 a.m.

Thursday.

Police found a little more than a gram of crack-cocaine broken into individual rocks, more than two ounces of marijuana, and 35 Xanax and clonazepam pills inside the apartment, according to Sheriff’s Chief Deputy Gary Dumdie.

Police obtained the search warrant after they received an anonymous tip that Gai-

ter was selling drugs, Dumdie said. The Sycamore Police Department assisted in their investigation, he said.

When police entered the home Thursday morning, they found Gaiter and four other family members, including his 3-year-old child.

None of Gaiter’s family members were arrested, Dumdie said.

Gaiter is charged with possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver, possession of marijuana with intent to deliver, unlawful possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana and possession of cocaine.

If convicted of the most serious charge, possession of cocaine with intent to deliver, Gaiter could be sentenced to as many as 15 years in prison.

Dumdie added further charges could be filed against Gaiter as the investigation continues.

Gaiter’s bond will be set at a court hearing at 8:45 a.m. today.

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Guidelines aim to reduce women’s stroke risk

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press Just as heart attack symptoms may differ between men and women, so do stroke risks.

Now, the American Heart Association has issued its first guidelines for preventing strokes in women. They focus on birth control, pregnancy, depression and other risk factors that women face uniquely or more frequently than men do.

The advice applies to patients like Denise Miller, who suffered a stroke last year that fooled doctors at two northeast Ohio hospitals before it was finally diagnosed at the Cleveland Clinic. She was 36 and had no traditional risk factors.

“There was nothing to indicate I was going to have a stroke,” other than frequent migraines with aura – dizziness or altered senses such as tingling, ringing ears or sensitivity to light, Miller said.

These headaches are more common in women and the new guidelines issued Thursday flag them as a concern.

Miller recovered but has some lingering numbness and vision problems.

Each year, nearly 800,000 Americans have a new or recurrent stroke, which occurs when a blood vessel to the brain is blocked by a clot or bursts. Stroke is the third-leading cause of death for women and the fifth-leading cause for men. The key to surviving one and limiting disability is getting help fast,

8BRIEFS Police: Art thief among 3 held in violin heist

CHICAGO – State officials are expected to announce more details on a new Chicago center that’ll help start medical technology companies.

Gov. Pat Quinn and others are scheduled to speak Thursday afternoon about the so-called “bio-hub.” The Chicago Democrat mentioned it in his State of the State address last month.

The new center is expected to be completed later this year.

It’s modeled after 1871, a center at Chicago’s Merchandise Mart for digital startups. State officials estimate 1871 created about 800 jobs in the first year.

Officials have said the biotech center will encourage entrepreneurs and prospective investors in medical technology to seed new companies.

The state will provide grant money for the project. It’ll be a private-public partnership and run by a nonprofit organization.

MILWAUKEE – The mystery of what happened to a multimillion-dollar Stradivarius violin stolen in a stun gun attack was answered Thursday when Milwaukee police recovered the instrument and blamed the heist at least in part on an art thief who once stole a statue from a gallery and then tried to sell it back.

Three people have been arrested in the case, and Milwaukee police Chief Ed Flynn said there was no evidence of other “shadowy” figures from the art world behind the theft.

The violin, which police said appeared to be in good condition, was stolen late last month from a concert violinist who was shocked with a stun gun.

His attacker grabbed the violin and hopped into a waiting vehicle.

– Wire reports

Witness still faces armed robbery charges Continued from page A1 King to the bank the day before the robbery and also the day of the robbery “to look for an escape route.”

Cunningham said she had lied under oath at King’s trial when she denied knowing anything about the robbery. She and Bernard have a child together; armed robbery charges are still pending against Cunningham.

Harris told jurors that if Cunningham had provided the only evidence in the case, they should find Bernard not guilty. But experts also found Bernard’s DNA on a discarded wig that looked just like one that surveillance footage and witness testimony stated one of the suspects wore during the robbery. Found along with the wig was a gun.

“It’s all the other evidence in this case which makes Cunningham, an admitted liar, believable,” Harris said.

About an hour into their deliberation, jurors asked to review the bank surveillance video.

The video shows two armed men wearing sunglasses and one of them wearing a wig with fake dreadlocks.

They are shown walking into the bank, and later running out with a bag of money.

Bernard’s defense called its witnesses Thursday. Associated Bank employee Brian Fleming said he thought he was going to die Nov. 11, 2009, when two gunmen came into the DeKalb bank and stole more than $6,000.

Fleming said he thought he recognized one of the robbers, but that person was found not to be a suspect. Still, Fleming said he could not identify Bernard as one of the suspects who robbed the bank.

“When you go through something like this, you never want to relive it,” Fleming said.

and recognizing symptoms such as trouble speaking, weakness or numbness in one

arm, or drooping on one side of the face.

Stroke risk rises with age,

cal Center in Winston-Salem, N.C. She led the panel that wrote the guidelines, published in Stroke, a Heart Association journal.

Some highlights: BIRTH CONTROL PILLS: Women should be checked for high blood pressure before starting on oral contraceptives because the combination raises stroke risks. The risk is small but rises steeply in women ages 45 to 49. More than 10 million American women use birth control pills.

PREGNANCY: Strokes are uncommon during pregnancy but the risk is still higher, especially during the last three months and soon after delivery. The big worry is preeclampsia, dangerously high blood pressure that can cause a seizure and other problems.

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Quinn to detail new biotech center in Chicago

• VERDICT

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Denise Miller poses on her front porch Thursday in Southington, Ohio.

Miller suffered a stroke last year that fooled doctors at two Northeast Ohio hospitals before it was finally diagnosed at the Cleveland Clinic.

She was 36 and had no traditional risk factors.

and women tend to live longer than men. Women are more likely to be living alone when they have a stroke, to have poorer recovery, and to need institutional care after one.

Certain stroke risks are more common in women – migraine with aura, obesity, an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, and metabolic syndrome – a combo of problems including blood pressure, cholesterol and blood sugar.

General guidelines for stroke prevention currently focus on controlling blood pressure and diabetes, quitting smoking, more exercise and healthy diets.

The new ones add gender-specific advice, said Dr. Cheryl Bushnell, stroke chief at Wake Forest Baptist Medi-

“It’s hard to talk about it.”

Another defense witness was Bernard’s sister, Antoinette Harvey, who testified that Bernard was at her house in Calumet City the whole day of the robbery for a barbecue.

Under cross-examination

by Harris, Harvey acknowledged that she never told police about Bernard’s alibi.

Harvey said it was because police never asked.

DeKalb police Lt. Bob Redel, a rebuttal witness for the state, testified that he called Harvey on April 29, 2010, but never got the chance to tell Harvey that Bernard was a suspect in an armed robbery investigation.

“We never got to that point because she hung up the phone,” Redel said.

Bernard’s defense also called a witness to dispute the accuracy of testing that found that DNA on a discarded wig used in the robbery came from Bernard.

Karl Reich, a forensic scientist at an independent lab in Lombard, said that because the DNA evidence was tested by a machine past due for calibration, the results could have been wrong.

“When you do forensics, if the instrument is not properly calibrated, results will be inaccurate or false,” Reich said.

Witnesses for the prosecution said numerous tests were done to ensure the testing was accurate.

In his closing arguments, defense attorney Dan Transier said none of the witnesses at the bank could identify Bernard as a suspect because the robbers wore disguises.

That, along with what Transier called inaccurate DNA findings, was enough to find a verdict of not guilty, he argued.

“When you have unreliable evidence, you have a reasonable doubt,” Transier said.

WILLIAM ROBERT HOLSTINE Born: April 2, 1966 Died: Feb. 4, 2014 AURORA – After a decade of running races with determination, and a yearlong battle with cancer, Lt. Colonel William Robert Holstine, 47, of Aurora, Ill., crossed the finish line in this life Feb. 4, 2014, and entered into eternal life.

A devoted Christian, longtime soldier and passionate runner, Bill could identify with the words of the apostle Paul: “I have kept the faith; I have fought the good fight; I have finished the race.” (2 Timothy 4:7).

Born April 2, 1966, Bill spent most of his life in the Midwest, raised by loving grandparents, Bill and Peggy Martin. After graduation from Hinckley-Big Rock High School, he served two years in the U.S. Army before enrolling at Waubonsee Community College where he ran cross country and was the first student to achieve NJCAA academic All-American honors.

He transferred to Northern Illinois University where he participated in the ROTC program, graduated cum laude with a degree in finance, and was commissioned as a second lieutenant. In 2005, he earned his MBA from Olivet Nazarene University.

During college, Bill met Kimberly Beth Nall, who would become his devoted wife of 20 years. He and “Kimmie,” as he affectionately called her, married in 1993, and settled in Aurora, where they resided for the past two decades.

They were blessed with three children, Kaelie (15), Michael (13), and Patrick (10), of whom Bill was so proud.

Upon graduation, Bill embarked on a 25-year career as a financial adviser in the Chicagoland area, working for several prominent financial institutions before returning full-time to the Army in 2006. During his 29 years of honorable service, Bill advanced

through both the enlisted and officer ranks, serving on active duty and in the reserves. His favorite assignments included associate professor of military science at Wheaton College, a Joint Forces Command exercise and project manager for the Army Reserve Installation Management Directorate. He garnered numerous awards, including two Meritorious Service Medals, two Army Commendation Medals, two Bronze de Fleury Medals and a Joint Service Achievement Medal, and traveled to Honduras, Egypt, Kuwait, Germany and Korea. Bill will be posthumously awarded the Legion of Merit for his 29 years of dedicated service to the Army and his country.

Bill was able to combine both of his careers while teaching at Wheaton College. Teaching the senior finance class to cadets, he was inspired to author his book, “Faithful Stewardship – A Financial Planning Guide for the Christian Soldier,” to help new lieutenants lead their soldiers to make good financial decisions.

Bill had a passion for real estate as well. He started his first real estate company, Western Property Development, in DeKalb in 1995, but it was his desire to help others that led to his most recent venture, Monopoly I, LLC, a collaboration with his childhood friend in Joplin, Mo., which has grown to a “family” of 65 share members.

Bill began running in 2003, completing the Chicago Marathon that year and again in 2006 and 2010; Boston in 2006, during a Nor’easter that threatened to cancel the marathon for the first time in Boston’s history; and the Sunburst Marathon in South Bend, ind., where he crossed the finish line on the 50-yard line of his beloved Notre Dame Fighting Irish and accomplished his sub-three-hour goal. A competitive runner, he thrived on accumulating medals from numerous shorter races.

Bill will always be remembered for his love of life and devotion to his friends. He was well-known for his dancing ability, a talent that he often displayed and passed on to his sons. A longtime White Sox fan, he shared his love for the

South Siders with his children, taught them to play ball, and helped coach his boys’ baseball teams and his daughter’s softball team. After his cancer diagnosis, his daughter’s team presented the family with tickets to a Sox game Aug. 10, 2013, where he was honored on the field as “Hero of the Game.”

The visitation will take place from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at The Healy Chapel, 370 Division Drive, Sugar Grove, with the funeral at 1:30 p.m. Monday, Feb. 10, at Christ Community Church, 40W098 Galena Blvd., Aurora. Interment will immediately follow at Greenwood Cemetery, Hinckley.

Those who wish to remember Bill in a special way can contribute to Wounded Warrior Project.

For further information, call 630-466-1330 or visit www.healychapel.com to sign the online guestbook.

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BETTY J. WRIGHT Born: March 11, 1948, in Memphis, Tenn.

Died: Jan. 27, 2014, in Chicago, Ill. DeKALB – Betty Jean Wright, 65, of DeKalb, Ill., was called home by her Lord on Monday, Jan. 27, 2014.

Born March 11, 1948, in Memphis, Tenn., the daughter of T.C. and Willie Mae (Conlley) Wright, Betty was the oldest of four siblings, whom she nurtured and cared for throughout their childhood. She relocated to Chicago in 1963.

In June 1972, Betty married Charlie Frank White, who helped her in raising her children, Jerry, Bobby and Shawana.

During the majority of her young adulthood, she worked for the GTE Corp. in the wire division. After her division closed, she became a certified nursing assistant, working at various nursing homes and hospitals around the Chicagoland area.

In 2006, Betty moved to DeKalb and became a member of The

Rock Christian Church, under the leadership of her son, Pastor Jerry Wright, who baptized her. Betty proudly served as head usher, coordinator of the Kitchen Ministry and coordinator of Communion.

Betty was a strong, passionate and family-oriented woman. She enjoyed hosting family picnics, completing jigsaw puzzles, collecting magnets from different parts of the world and displaying family portraits. She was the anchor of the family.

Betty took on some of life’s most difficult challenges when her health began to decline.

She leaves to cherish her memory her daughter, Shawana of Chicago; sons, Bobby (Jenny) of Sedalia, Mo., and Jerry (Tracey) of DeKalb; brother, T.C. (Pamela); sister, Barbara; 16 grandchildren, Marcqus (Tawanna), Latatia, Jason (Jaclyn), Jeremy, Justin, Jawanza, Janay, Jeremiah, Janiya, LaTausha (Andre), Charles, Troy, Calvin, Christopher, Ashley and Raven; 14 great-grandchildren, Malcolm, Mariah, Malia, MaKayla, Orlando Jr., Jayden, Elijah, Andre Jr., Ashley, Kyriyon, Kobe, Joshua, Armand and Amayah; four nephews, Freddie, Freeman, T.C. and Timothy; five nieces, Sheba, Princess, Barbara, Angel and Dorothy; and a host of other family members and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; sister, Dorothy Thomas; and infant sons, Kenny and Demetrius.

The memorial service will be at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 9, at The Rock Christian Church, 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, with the Pastor Leroy Mitchell of New Hope Missionary Baptist Church, DeKalb, officiating. Her son, Pastor Jerry Wright will be the Eulogist. Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory.

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

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

DeKalb County Rogena D. Cairy, 41, of the 300 block of North Oak Street, Waterman, was arrested Tuesday, Feb. 4, on a warrant for theft.

DeKalb city Angelo Self, 22, of the 8500 block of South Jeffery BouleView a complete list of Daily Chronicle obituaries by clicking on the calendar dates

vard, Chicago, was charged Friday, Jan. 31, with possession of marijuana.

Adedamola A. Akisanya, 20, of the 800 block of Sprios Court, DeKalb, was charged Friday, Jan. 31, with possession of marijuana and underage drinking.

Drakar S. Cooper, 22, of the 8700 block of Quail Drive, Belvidere, was arrested Friday, Jan. 31, on an in-state warrant.

Michelle Dawn Seidelman, 20, of the 6400 block of South University Road, Shabbona, was charged Friday, Jan. 31, with retail theft.

Adel A. Alshehri, 25, of the 1300 block of West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, was charged Friday, Jan. 31, with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Theresa M. Hammond, 50, of the 10100 block of South Mayfield Road, Sycamore, was charged Friday, Jan. 31, with disruptive intoxication.

Ramone C. Huggard, 30, of the 1000 block of Knowlton Street, Rockford, was arrested Friday, Jan. 31, on an in-state warrant.

David W. Killingsworth, 50, of the 400 block of Best Avenue, DeKalb, was charged Friday,

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Jan. 31, with battery.

Marchawn L. Dabney, 22, of the 1000 block of Ridge Avenue, DeKalb, was charged Saturday, Feb. 1, with obstructing justice or identity and resisting, obstructing or disarming an officer.

Dionna C. Small, 22, of the 1000 block of Ridge Avenue, DeKalb, was charged Saturday, Feb. 1, with keeping a disorderly house.

Sycamore William R. Kline, 34, of Sycamore, was charged Monday, Feb. 3, with domestic battery.

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8SKETCH VIEW

Sochi proves Olympics need permanent site

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR insurance, or the meaning of a signed contract are too often disregarded. I am here to give a few To the Editor: common-sense tips to renting an There is a problem in our apartment or living on your own country. The corrupting influence for the first time. of money on our political system When you sign a contract and is making it impossible to get a you are 18 years old or older, you government that works for the are bound to all terms of that people. We have come to expect contract until it expires. that our elected officials will Most would think running your disappoint us, while catering to heat in the winter would also be more beneficial entities. common sense. Unfortunately We need to come together and this is not the case. When water fix this affront to our standing as freezes and expands in a pipe runindividual American citizens. We Wilde ning through your home, the pipe need to stop our politicians from Shannon Genoa bursts, causing water to run freely fundraising for a majority of their throughout your home damaging day, and do the people’s work. We Common sense not carpet, cabinets, drywall, etc. need a plan. always so common Trying to save money by The American Anti-Corruption To the Editor: shutting off your heat may end Act aims to put an end to our Common sense is defined as political conundrum, and is being good sense and sound judgment up costing you a lot more. Even supported by local Represent.Us in practical matters. Good sense if your pipes don’t freeze and burst, it takes at least 3 times as IL-16/17 District committees. and good judgement are not alThe act would essentially limit ways so common. Over the years much gas or electric to heat a space back up to a desired temdonations and the revolving-door I have found numerous young perature. If your pipes do burst, system, increase transparency, adults being sent off to college and empower voters, while with little or no common sense on you could be looking at a repair cost of more than $30,000. All strengthening the enforcement of how to live on their own. rental properties are covered by the rules. We are bringing this act Simple things like run your heat in the winter, get renter’s to the people. We are requiring insurance to repair the building,

Demand politicians serve people, not lobbyists

our representatives to support the act and work to remove this damaging corruption for good.

Large majorities of Americans want to see the amount of money influencing elections reduced, and anti-corruption laws in place. Please join us in restoring our Republic. We are a diverse and nonpartisan group, all are welcome.

You can find Represent.Us. on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ AntiCorruptionAct.

but not renter’s personal belongings. If the insurance companies find that the tenant was at fault due to neglect, the insurance company can hold the tenant liable.

Which brings me to my next common-sense tip. Get renter’s insurance. Renter’s insurance will cover all your personal belongings that are lost as well as reimbursement to stay in a hotel while your place is repaired. Renter’s insurance costs about $10 to $15 a month and is worth every penny in instances where your belongings are damaged or worse your home is damaged and rendered uninhabitable.

My tip for all who want to save money by not getting renter’s insurance or turning your heat off in minus 30 degree weather is to live under a bridge or in a cardboard box. You will not have to pay rent, heating bills, or renter’s insurance and you will not damage someone else’s property with your lack of common sense.

Jim Mason DeKalb

Hillary Clinton needs to reintroduce herself To help you understand why the term “lock step” is seldom used to describe Democrats, let me walk you through a typical political event in my home state of Ohio.

If you follow presidential politics, you may know Ohio by its nickname: The Battleground State You Gotta Win to Take the White House.

We answer to either name.

So, walk with me here in Ohio.

Here we are, approaching one of those fabled big tents into which organizers are herding, as best they can, rank-and-file Democrats. As with so many Democratic events, it’s a mixed crowd, from high-end donors who prefer their martinis to be shaken, never stirred, to union workers who buy whatever beer is on sale and raise their children to think that every lullaby was written by either Woody Guthrie or Pete Seeger. (Perhaps that was only my parents.)

A few Bruce Springsteen songs blast from sky-high amplifiers to kick up the mood before a local somebody in the Democratic Party steps onstage. Inevitably, we have to wait a few minutes for this speaker to stop messing with the microphone and filling the air with that head-splitting feedback sound. Typically, this goes on until a small child in the crowd slaps her hands over her ears and screams, “Make it stop!”

Finally, we settle down to a soft roar as the speaker signals an intention to address us.

Now, to mix it up a little, let’s imagine

VIEWS Connie Schultz this speaker telling everyone here – telling, not asking – whom we’re all going to vote for.

I laugh at the thought. This would never happen, because that’s not how we roll as Democrats. Regardless of your past successes or your current job title, you have to earn the support of the rank and file, every single time.

Which brings me to the current flurry of fundraising activity for Hillary Rodham Clinton.

As The Wall Street Journal reported earlier this week, some Democrats are starting to worry that the machine revving up for Clinton for President is peeling off donors who would have contributed to this year’s Senate races. This could threaten the Democrats’ majority in the Senate.

This fuels the worst narrative about Clinton: That she cares only about herself.

It also telegraphs a vibe of presumptive nomination, which is not going to fly here in Ohio. Most Democrats here are in no mood for a coronation – just like most of the country, I suspect.

This is not to suggest there isn’t a lot of enthusiasm for a Hillary Clinton presidency. There are plenty of Democrats who want Clinton to declare her candidacy yesterday.

Equally vocal are the over-my-dead-body Democrats who recoil at even the hint of another White House dynasty. They’re a smaller group, it seems, but they sure are loud.

There’s yet another group of Democrats, and these are the ones who have to be won over. They respect Clinton and may even feel a proprietary pride in her accomplishments as secretary of state, but the doubt lingers. They wonder whether their Hillary is still one of them.

Last month, Clinton admitted during a speech to the National Automobile Dealers Association that she has not driven a car since 1996. There are good security reasons for that, but it was a tone-deaf joke for any Democrat to make. Because it was Clinton, it rivaled hurricane coverage in scope.

I like Hillary Clinton, and I hope she runs. Later, after the midterm elections.

In the meantime, she could reacquaint herself with the voters she’s going to need to win, one town at a time.

My unsolicited advice: Hit the road, Hillary. Reintroduce yourself to the people who knew you when. Give them a chance to welcome you home.

• Connie Schultz is a Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and an essayist for Parade magazine. She is the author of two books, including “...and His Lovely Wife,” which chronicled the successful race of her husband, Sherrod Brown, for the U.S. Senate.

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As athletes converge on Sochi for the most expensive Olympics ever, an old idea is due for revival: Find the games a permanent home.

Russia has spent about $50 billion to build a ski resort from scratch in Sochi: not just trails and snow-making machines, but also roads, rail links, hotels, even a power plant. It’s a remarkable achievement, not least because the Winter Games are less than a third the size of the Summer Games, and London spent only about $14.5 billion in 2012.

It is clear by now not only that this bid should never have been accepted, but also that the selection process is irredeemably wasteful and corrupt.

President Vladimir Putin is hoping his investment will pay off over time, that Sochi will become a Russian Courchevel or Aspen, attracting skiers from around the world. Too many Olympic hosts have used this kind of wishful thinking to justify excessive costs; the projected benefits rarely if ever materialize.

Overspending on the Olympics can do real economic harm to national economies and has little impact on the quality of the competition. Montreal spent 30 years paying off its debt from hosting the 1976 Summer Olympics. Greece spent $16 billion on the 2004 games in Athens, piling up debts that contributed to the collapse of its economy six years later.

The selection process for the Olympics has become a perverse from of auction, in which contestants bid one another up before judges whose interest in putting on the biggest, most eye-catching show possible is utterly divorced from the economics involved. With each successive tale of financial woe, sports economists and athletes have called for a single, permanent venue for the Summer and Winter Games.

Olympia in Greece, which hosted the games for almost 12 centuries from 776 BC, is often proposed for the Summer Games. The Winter Games could take place in Japan or Switzerland. At these permanent locations, the investment in state-of-the-art facilities would make financial sense.

Another reason to find the games a permanent home is politics. Sochi has attracted controversy for Russia’s laws against promoting homosexuality.

The Beijing Games in 2008 were a concern for many because of China’s poor human-rights record.

The self-interest of the cities and countries wanting their turn in the Olympic sun has so far prevented change. To meet the criticism that grounding the games would favor one part of the world over others, maybe there could be five permanent venues, in Africa, Asia, Europe, and North and South America, and the games would rotate among them.

Which solution is used to end Olympics inflation, and the corruption it encourages, is less important.

What matters is that one is chosen – and that the selection merry-go-round is stopped.

Bloomberg View

8 ANOTHER VIEW

Keystone pipeline has merit The Obama administration’s dilemma about whether to approve building the Keystone XL oil pipeline is coming down to a simple choice: Does the president embrace pragmatism or symbolism?

In the wake of the U.S. State Department’s finding Jan. 31 that the 1,179-mile pipeline from west-central Canada to Nebraska is unlikely to alter climate change, President Barack Obama should embrace pragmatism and signal to the rest of his administration that he supports construction.

Doing so could help this proposal, already under federal study for five years, get through the eight federal agencies still examining it.

While each agency has its own role to fulfill, the State Department’s final environmental assessment found no major environmental objections, which includes the standard Obama himself mentioned in June: That he would back the project if this report showed it “does not significantly exacerbate the climate problem.”

As international news reports have noted, the assessment determined denying the project would have no impact on climate change because oil extraction in Alberta will continue. Producers will simply use other means – namely rail – to transport their product to markets.

In fact, the report even indicated using rail instead of the pipeline could increase greenhouse gas emissions by 25 percent or more.

The $5.4 billion pipeline will carry 830,000 barrels of oil a day from Alberta through Montana and South Dakota to Nebraska, where it would connect with existing pipelines to get oil to Texas and the Gulf Coast.

The project is expected to create 1,950 annual construction jobs in those states and contribute about $3.4 billion to the U.S. gross domestic product.

All those reasons are why Obama should back the pipeline. Rejecting it simply puts political symbolism misleadingly ahead of a sound policy.

As this board has noted previously, finding reasonable replacements to fossil fuels is a worthy and important search.

But it’s also a long and difficult one, which makes pragmatism today an essential component of this nation’s energy policies.

St. Cloud (Minn.) Times

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– U.S. Bill of Rights, First Amendment

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7-DAY FORECAST TODAY

High pressure will slide east today. This will turn the winds out of the southwest helping to warm the area into the upper teens. Clouds will increase overnight ahead of our next cold front. Snow is likely Saturday, but moisture will be lacking with this storm, so snowfall amounts will be in the 1- to 3-inch range. We will be back to cold and dry air early next week.

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TOMORROW

SUNDAY

Partly sunny, Becoming partly Light snow breezy and very sunny; warmer likely; 1-3 inches cold

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Mostly sunny and remaining cold

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Winds: NW 10-15 mph

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Winds: NW 5-10 mph

Winds: S 5-10 mph

Winds: W/SW 5-15 mph

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Sports

Blackhawks’ chemistry serving them well on current road trip, leading to their resurgence. PAGE B2

SECTION B Friday, February 7, 2014 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Ross Jacobson • rjacobson@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF

BOYS BASKETBALL: LITTLE TEN CONFERENCE TOURNAMENT

Bobcats take apart T’wolves in semis Olympic viewing: Off-ice issues jump to forefront A day before athletes begin filing in to Sochi’s Fisht Stadium for today’s opening ceremony, NBC already is being tested on how it will cover the two biggest nonsports issues of the Winter Olympics.

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned that terrorists flying in to Russia might try to smuggle explosives inside toothpaste tubes, spotlighting the ongoing security fears. And a prominent gay and lesbian rights organization said it would be watching NBC and its cable partners to see how much they talk about a widely criticized Russian law restricting gay-rights activities.

The terrorism warning was the lead story on the “CBS Evening News” on Wednesday and the second biggest story after the winter weather on NBC’s “Nightly News.”

The “Today” show Thursday illustrated the balance NBC is seeking between news and hype in an event that parent company Comcast Corp. paid $775 million for the rights to broadcast. The onscreen headline on the story anchor Matt Lauer introduced from Sochi read, “Let the Games Begin!” The smaller sub-headline read, “Competition starts amid new terror warning.”

– Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro hockey Blackhawks at Phoenix, 8 p.m., CSN The Hawks close out their six-game road trip against the Coyotes before the Olympic break.

They are 3-0-2 so far on the trip.

Also on TV...

Olympics Opening Ceremony, 6:30 p.m., NBC Women’s hockey, USA vs.

Finland (live), 2 a.m. (Saturday), NBCSN Women’s cross country, Skiathlon Gold Medal Final (live); Men’s speedskating, 5,000 Gold Medal final (live), 4:30 a.m. (Saturday), NBCSN Pro basketball Portland at Indiana, 6 p.m., ESPN Minnesota at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m., ESPN Men’s basketball Manhattan at Canisius, 6 p.m., ESPNU Seton Hall at Villanova, 6 p.m., FS1 Detroit at Valparaiso, 8 p.m., ESPNU DePaul at Creighton, 8 p.m., FS1 Golf PGA Tour, Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, second round, 2 p.m., TGC Men’s hockey Maine at Notre Dame, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN Boxing Middleweights, Norberto Gonzalez (20-2-0) vs. Roberto Garcia (33-3-0), 8 p.m., ESPN2

8KEEP UP ONLINE Follow us on Facebook and Twitter Want the latest from the area’s prep sports scene?

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Riding a wave of confidence, Indian Creek stunned by loss

By ANTHONY ZILIS sports@daily-chronicle.com SOMONAUK – The problems that ailed the Indian Creek boys basketball team early in the season vanished when Little Ten Conference season rolled around.

Their ball movement, senior Garrison Govig and Nick

Baldwin agree, was much-improved from their 5-7 start, and they won their first five games of their LTC slate.

That synergy landed them a top seed at the LTC tournament, which they hoped to win for the first time. On Thursday, that goal was dashed emphatically in a 66-44 loss to Somonauk.

More online For all your prep sports coverage – stories, features, scores, photos, videos and more – log on to Daily-Chronicle.com/dcpreps.

“I had no question that we were going to win,” Baldwin said. “I think we came into this tournament very confident. First game, we were very confident, and we were just

hitting shots. In the second game, we just panicked. Ball movement wasn’t as good, and the turnovers were piling up, and the overall confidence was just down for some reason.”

The Timberwolves (12-7) played with the confidence that has made them conference front-runners early on Thursday, taking a 20-13 lead in the first quarter after center Govig scored six points.

But the lead evaporated when Somonauk’s defensive pressure forced Indian Creek into six turnovers in the sec-

ond quarter to fall behind 30-27 at the half. The Timberwolves committed four more turnovers in the third quarter, when the wheels came off as the Bobcats reeled off a 25-9 quarter to lead by 19.

“We practiced against the pressure [Wednesday],” Govig said. “We just couldn’t handle it, we just turned the ball over.

We just have to be better. We have to take more time and survey the situation a little bit more.”

See LTC TOURNEY, page B3

NORTHERN ILLINOIS FOOTBALL RECRUITING

HUSKIES

RECRUITMENT

HOT SPOT

Illustration by Caleb West – cwest@shawmedia.com

Huskies taking advantage of fertile South Florida recruiting ground

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com

NIU football coach Rod Carey

When Joe Novak arrived at Northern Illinois before the 1996 season, he knew that in order to turn around the program, he would have to recruit the Chicago area well.

Novak did just that, bringing in players such as Ryan Diem, Michael Turner and Justin McCareins. Jerry Kill and Dave Doeren came in and did the same. Rod Carey holds the same philosophy, and his second recruiting class, which was announced Wednesday, contained nine prospects from the Land of Lincoln.

Illinois always should be NIU’s bread and butter, no matter

More online For all your Northern Illinois University sports coverage – including stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to HuskieWire.com. who is leading the Huskies’ charge.

However, part of NIU’s recent success on the field has been a result of taking advantage of the fertile recruiting ground in South Florida, and the Huskies did it again this year.

Current Huskies players who hail from South Florida include receivers Tommylee Lewis (Riviera Beach) and Angelo Sebastiano (Coconut Creek), as well as linebacker Jamaal Bass (Miramar). All three should be key contributors on next season’s team.

In the Class of 2014, five South Florida players signed with NIU – receivers

Christian Blake (Fort Lauderdale), David Senior (Fort Lauderdale) and Ezra Saffold (West Palm Beach), as well as defensive backs Deion Hallmon (Weston) and Albert Smalls (Miramar).

The Chicago area is NIU’s backbone when it comes to bringing in talent, but Carey said the Orange Bowl appearance in 2012 helped expand the Huskies brand nationally, as well.

“I think that that opened the door, not just down [in South Florida], but across the rest of the regions, including our own back door here,” he said. “That really opened the door for conversations that maybe we hadn’t had before with other people.”

And even with signature programs such as Florida, national champion Florida State and the University of Miami, not to mention a school such as Central Florida, which is coming off of a BCS bowl win, recruiting talent from Dade,

See HUSKIES, page B3

SOCHI OLYMPICS

No matter the problems, it’s good to be at Games First off, total love hugs for my Sun-Times brethren Rick Morrissey and Mark Lazerus, who will be bringing the 2014 Winter Games home to all of us in Chicago and wherever we might be.

Better you fellows than I. Just kidding.

I would VIEWS love to be Rick there with Telander you, but I sometimes drink from indoor faucets, so I’m not sure how long I’d survive. Still kidding.

I know you traveled, sleepless, for more than 24 hours, but they’ll have your beds ready soon. About that I am serious.

I’ve been to six Olympics, and Morrissey has been to several more, and there are certain things that always hold: accommodation screwups (my kingdom for a cot), transportation screw-ups (buses that drive aimlessly to wrong venues, even cities), technology screw-ups (don’t talk to me about my techno frazzles in London or the Rube Goldberg In-

AP photo

The Olympic Cauldron is lit during a test between the Bolshoy Ice Dome (top) and the Iceberg Skating Palace (foreground) early Thursday morning in Sochi, Russia, before the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics. ternet connection system in Sydney), viewing screw-ups (could you put us higher in the stadium, please? No? Thought so.)

That is what happens when the

wheel is reinvented every two years in a new place, summer and winter, as a sort of twisted offering to countries and cities willing to nearly bankrupt themselves for the glory of

sport.

Lazerus is on his maiden Olympics journey, and he’ll find, through the endless journalistic complaining that flows ceaselessly like (brown) water from an unplugged fire hydrant, that complaining is to the press corps as methane exhaust is to a cattle herd. That’s just how we roll.

But beyond the hardship and language mistakes and surveillance weariness and odd food dishes lies a joy that no journalist can deny.

These are the Olympics. These are the real deal. This is the extended competition that was started in summertime in ancient Greece nearly 3,000 years ago to show the gods that people cared and were thankful.

No matter how corrupt (bribes and kickbacks are said to be a third of the astounding $51 billion Russia spent on Sochi) or idealistic or inane, the Olympics are a platform striving to show humankind at its competitive best.

See TELANDER, page B4

SPORTS

Page B2 • Friday, February 7, 2014

8PREP SCHEDULE TODAY

Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct GB Indiana 38 10 .792 — Bulls 24 24 .500 14 Detroit 19 29 .396 19 Cleveland 16 33 .327 22½ Milwaukee 9 40 .184 29½ Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 26 23 .531 — Brooklyn 22 25 .468 3 New York 19 30 .388 7 Boston 17 33 .340 9½ Philadelphia 15 35 .300 11½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 35 13 .729 — Atlanta 25 23 .521 10 Washington 24 24 .500 11 Charlotte 22 28 .440 14 Orlando 14 37 .275 22½

Boys Basketball Hiawatha, Indian Creek, HinckleyBig Rock in Little Ten Tournament at Somonauk, TBA Kaneland at Rochelle, 7 p.m.

Burlington Central at GenoaKingston, 7:15 p.m.

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

SATURDAY Boys Basketball DeKalb at Galesburg, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Ottawa at Sycamore, 2:30 p.m.

Kaneland at LaSalle-Peru, 6 p.m.

Wrestling DeKalb at Class 3A DeKalb Regional, 9 a.m.

Sycamore at Class 2A Belvidere North Regional, 9 a.m.

Genoa-Kingston at Class 1A Alden-Hebron Regional, 10 a.m.

Boys Swimming DeKalb-Sycamore at Independent Conference Meet at Oswego East, 1 p.m.

8SPORTS SHORTS Class 3A, 4A girls hoops playoff seeds announced The Sycamore girls basketball team earned the top seed in the Class 3A Plano Regional when seedings were announced Thursday afternoon. Kaneland is the No. 3 seed and will take on second-seeded Plano in the regional semifinals.

Rochelle is seeded fourth while Sandwich is the fifth seed. The winner will play Sycamore in the semifinals.

Elsewhere in 3A, Genoa-Kingston is the fourth seed at its own regional, and will take on fifth-seeded Harvard in the playin game. The winner will take on top-seeded Rockford Lutheran.

In 4A, DeKalb is seeded second at Rockford Jefferson. Huntley, the team that knocked the Barbs out of the postseason last year, has only three losses and is the top seed.

DeKalb will take on third-seeded Belvidere North in the regional semifinals. The Barbs defeated the Blue Thunder in the DeKalb MLK Tournament this year. Rockford East is seeded fourth and Rockford Jefferson is the fifth seed.

The Class 3A and 4A postseasons begin the week of Feb. 17.

Dates and times will be announced Friday.

WESTERN CONFERENCE

AP photo

Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook (7) celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal in the third period of a game against the Edmonton Oilers on Jan. 12 at the United Center.

BLACKHAWKS

Bonding on the road again Team chemistry a big reason for Hawks’ recent resurgence

By MARK POTASH

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mpotash@suntimes.com GLENDALE, Ariz. – Asked what he did during the Blackhawks’ two-day break in Las Vegas last week, Brent Seabrook just smiled and shook his head – the universal sign for ‘”What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas,” apparently.

“There’s a lot to do in Vegas,” Seabrook said Thursday after the Hawks practiced at Jobing.com Arena in preparation for tonight’s game against the Phoenix Coyotes.

“Get away from the game a little bit and have a little break.

We’ve played a lot of games. The Blackhawks have done a good job of breaking it up and give back to us a little bit and have a little fun. I think it’s good.”

The Vegas trip isn’t the sole reason the Hawks have started to recapture their early season

at Phoenix, 8 p.m. today, CSN, AM-720 form through five games of the six-game “ice show” road trip.

But even coach Joel Quenneville acknowledged the side trip as a factor in the team’s resurgence that not coincidentally has occurred during a twoweek road trip.

“It’s good bonding for the guys [on the road],” Quenneville said. “It seems like you get that excitement on the bench and in the locker room.

The guys are together 24/7.

We’ve got a close-knit group here where spending a little extra time with one another, there are no distractions. Everybody’s focused in the right areas.

Back in California

67-32) since Quenneville became their coach in 2008. But they’ve been particularly good on the extended circus and iceshow trips – 13-1-4 over the past two seasons.

That’s arguably an indication of the special chemistry the Hawks have had in their Stanley Cup-winning seasons, when they’ve played their best at the most critical situations.

These guys play together well – whether the road trip takes them to the Honda Center, the Vegas Strip or the Dexter Lake Club.

“I don’t think it’s as much Vegas as it is being with the guys,” Seabrook said. “Being able to have a couple of days with nothing to do but have some fun, play some cards, have some beers – it’s good for our guys.

“Comaraderie is such a big thing in this game. The Hawks have done a good job – starting at Notre Dame this year, taking us to Vegas – of doing little things that bring guys together and allow us to have a little fun.”

HAWKS

Kane leaves Hawks to attend funeral

By MARK POTASH

NIU volleyball announces summer clinics, camps The Northern Illinois University volleyball team has announced dates for its 2014 summer camps and clinics.

New this year, Serve and Pass Clinics will be June 11 and July 9.

Players will work on both skills independently, then combine the skills in a variety of games and drills aimed at honing these techniques.

Specialty clinics will be June 8 and July 6 to focus on hitting, setting and libero play.

For individuals looking for a multi-day experience, all-skills camps will be offered June 8 to 10, June 11 to 13 and July 6 to 8 for players looking for a camp covering all aspects of volleyball.

For campers who have completed the all-skills camps at NIU and are looking for the full Huskie experience, the Elite Camp will be July 9 to 11 for individuals age 13 to 18.

For more information, go to www.niuhuskies.com/camps.

“I think that diversion [of] taking the group to Vegas certainly is a nice change of scenery. It’s healthy for [everybody].”

Heading into the trip, the Hawks were 4-3-5 in January. ‘’We were kind of wondering going into it how we were going to be,” Quenneville said.

The Hawks have responded by getting better every step of the way. They’re 3-0-2 on this trip, with three victories in their past four games.

In their 2-0 victory over the NHL-leading, but slumping, Anaheim Ducks on Wednesday night, the Hawks were at their championship finest – timely goals from Marian Hossa and Jonathan Toews, great goaltending from Corey Crawford and a playoff-level focus on critical penalty kills.

“That’s something that really wasn’t present for a while ... in January,” Toews said. “The last five games or so it’s really come back.”

The Hawks have been the best road team in the NHL (118-

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Bulls center Joakim Noah is guarded the Golden State Warriors’ Jermaine O’Neal (7) during the first half of Thursday night’s game in Oakland, Calif. The game ended too late for a story to be included in this edition. Log on to Daily-Chronicle.com for the game story.

GLENDALE, Ariz. – It will be “business as usual,” as captain Jonathan Toews put it, when the Blackhawks hit the ice without winger Patrick Kane against the Phoenix Coyotes tonight at Jobing. com Arena. But their hearts also will be with teammate Patrick Kane Patrick Kane, who will be in Buffalo, N.Y., for his grandfather’s funeral.

“I think moments like this make you realize there’s more to life than hockey, and [that] family’s far and away most important,” Toews said.

“It’s definitely important for him to go home and spend time with his family ... and we’ll be thinking of him [to-

day].”

Kane left the team after Wednesday night’s 2-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks to return to Buffalo for the funeral of Donald Kane, who died Monday at 87 in Buffalo.

“He’s our buddy and we just want him to be with his family,” said goaltender Corey Crawford, who will start again tonight. “It’s kind of hard to find something to say to him right now. He knows, though, that we’re very supportive of him. Anything he needs, we’re there for him.”

Brandon Saad is expected to move up and take Kane’s second-line spot with Michal Handzus and Kris Versteeg.

Brandon Pirri played on the third line in practice Thursday. The Hawks also could be without defensemen Johnny Oduya (lower body), who is doubtful, coach Joel Quenneville said.

SPRING TRAINING

Play Ball! D’backs kick off spring training

By BOB BAUM

Islanders trade 2 to Hawks for 4th-round pick

The Associated Press

UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The Blackhawks have acquired forwards Peter Regin and Pierre-Marc Bouchard from the New York Islanders for a fourth-round pick in this June’s NHL draft.

The Islanders made the deal Thursday night after losing for the sixth time in seven games.

The 29-year-old Bouchard was a disappointment with four goals and five assists in 28 games for the Islanders. A checking forward, Regin had two goals and five assists in 44 games for the Islanders.

– Staff, wire reports

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – Although much of the nation is buried in snow, glazed by ice or just plain shivering in the cold, it’s time to play ball in the desert.

Spring training officially began Thursday when Arizona Diamondbacks pitchers and catchers reported, with their first workout set for today.

On the other side of suburban Phoenix, in Glendale, Los Angeles Dodgers pitchers and catchers report Saturday.

Full-squad workouts for both teams begin next week.

The Diamondbacks and

Dodgers get an early start because they will open the MLB season with a two-game series March 22-23 in Australia.

The rest of the teams begin workouts next week at their spring training haunts in Arizona and Florida.

Arizona’s reporting date signals the beginning of preparation for a season that won’t end until the World Series eight months from now.

The Diamondbacks are coming off consecutive 81-81 seasons and face the prospect, like the rest of the NL West, of trying to compete with the cash- and pitching-rich Dodgers.

Arizona wanted to add a vet-

eran starter in the offseason and still might.

A person with knowledge of the situation said Thursday that the Diamondbacks were talking with representatives of Bronson Arroyo with the possibility of landing the 36-year-old right-hander. The person asked not to be identified because the talks had not been made public. The Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles also reportedly have interest in Arroyo.

If no changes are made, the Diamondbacks’ rotation is expected to include left-handers Patrick Corbin and Wade Miley and right-handers Trevor Cahill and Brandon McCarthy.

Young right-hander Randall

Delgado and top minor league prospect Archie Bradley could vie for the other rotation spot.

Diamondbacks players went through informal workouts in relatively chilly weather, at least by Arizona standards, Thursday. Temperatures were in the low 60s but were expected to rise to the high 70s over the weekend.

Kirk Gibson is entering his fourth season as manager and this week got an extension of his contract, which had been set to expire this year. He said the early start to spring training will mean a larger gap between the start of full-squad workouts and the beginning of spring games.

Southwest Division W L Pct GB San Antonio 36 14 .720 — Houston 33 17 .660 3 Dallas 29 21 .580 7 Memphis 26 22 .542 9 New Orleans 21 27 .438 14 Northwest Division W L Pct GB Oklahoma City 40 11 .784 — Portland 35 14 .714 4 Denver 24 23 .511 14 Minnesota 24 25 .490 15 Utah 16 32 .333 22½ Pacific Division W L Pct GB L.A. Clippers 34 18 .654 — Golden State 29 20 .592 3½ Phoenix 29 20 .592 3½ L.A. Lakers 17 32 .347 15½ Sacramento 17 32 .347 15½ Thursday’s Results Bulls at Golden State (n) Brooklyn 103, San Antonio 89 Today’s Games Oklahoma City at Orlando, 6 p.m.

Portland at Indiana, 6 p.m.

L.A. Lakers at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Cleveland at Washington, 6 p.m.

Sacramento at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

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

Utah at Dallas, 7:30 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 8:30 p.m.

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

Saturday’s Games San Antonio at Charlotte, 6 p.m.

Denver at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Houston at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Golden State at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Miami at Utah, 8 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts Blackhawks 59 35 10 14 84 St. Louis 56 38 12 6 82 Colorado 57 36 16 5 77 Minnesota 59 31 21 7 69 Dallas 57 26 21 10 62 Winnipeg 59 28 26 5 61 Nashville 58 25 23 10 60 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts Anaheim 59 40 14 5 85 San Jose 58 36 16 6 78 Los Angeles 58 30 22 6 66 Vancouver 59 27 23 9 63 Phoenix 56 26 20 10 62 Calgary 57 22 28 7 51 Edmonton 59 20 33 6 46

GF 207 192 169 145 162 165 144

GA 161 132 151 147 163 171 175

GF 191 172 137 145 160 136 152

GA 145 140 127 157 167 177 197

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 56 36 16 4 76 169 123 Tampa Bay 57 32 20 5 69 164 143 Montreal 58 31 21 6 68 144 141 Toronto 59 31 22 6 68 175 181 Detroit 57 26 19 12 64 149 159 Ottawa 58 26 21 11 63 167 184 Florida 57 22 28 7 51 138 178 Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 110 172 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 57 40 15 2 82 183 134 N.Y. Rangers 58 31 24 3 65 151 143 Philadelphia 58 29 23 6 64 160 166 Columbus 56 29 23 4 62 167 156 Washington 58 26 23 9 61 168 175 Carolina 55 25 21 9 59 138 153 New Jersey 57 23 21 13 59 133 142 N.Y. Islanders59 22 29 8 52 162 195 Two points for win, one point for OT loss Thursday’s Results Calgary 4, N.Y. Islanders 2 Edmonton 2, N.Y. Rangers 1 Philadelphia 3, Colorado 1 Washington 4, Winnipeg 2 Montreal 5, Vancouver 2 Ottawa 3, Buffalo 2 Toronto 4, Tampa Bay 1 Detroit 3, Florida 1 St. Louis 3, Boston 2 (OT) Minnesota 3, Nashville 2 (OT) Columbus at Los Angeles (n) Today’s Games Blackhawks at Phoenix, 8 p.m.

Edmonton at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

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

Florida at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Columbus at San Jose, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Calgary at Philadelphia, noon Winnipeg at St. Louis, 1 p.m.

Ottawa at Boston, 2 p.m.

Vancouver at Toronto, 5 p.m.

Montreal at Carolina, 5 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6 p.m.

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

New Jersey at Washington, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Phoenix at Dallas, 7 p.m.

MEN’S BASKETBALL AP TOP 25 Thursday’s Results No. 2 Arizona 67, Oregon 65 No. 7 Cincinnati 63, No. 22 Connecticut 58 No. 9 Michigan St. 82, Penn St. 67 Today’s Games No. 6 Villanova vs. Seton Hall, 6 p.m.

No. 12 Creighton vs. DePaul, 8:07 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 3 Florida vs. Alabama, 11 a.m.

No. 4 Wichita St. at Northern Iowa, 8 p.m.

No. 5 San Diego St. vs. Nevada, 9 p.m.

No. 7 Cincinnati at SMU, 6:30 p.m.

No. 8 Kansas vs. West Virginia, 3 p.m.

No. 10 Michigan at No. 17 Iowa, 1 p.m.

No. 11 Duke at Boston College, 5 p.m.

No. 13 Saint Louis at La Salle, 4 p.m.

No. 15 Texas at Kansas St., 12:30 p.m.

No. 16 Iowa St. vs. TCU, 3 p.m.

No. 18 Kentucky at Mississippi St., 12:30 p.m.

No. 19 Oklahoma St. at Texas Tech, 8:30 p.m.

No. 20 Virginia at Georgia Tech, 11 a.m.

No. 21 Oklahoma vs. Baylor, 6 p.m.

No. 23 Gonzaga at No. 24 Memphis, 8 p.m.

No. 25 Pittsburgh vs. Virginia Tech, 11 a.m.

Sunday’s Games No. 1 Syracuse vs. Clemson, 5 p.m.

No. 2 Arizona vs. Oregon St., 6 p.m.

No. 9 Michigan St. at Wisconsin, noon No. 12 Creighton vs. St. John’s at Madison Square Garden, 6 p.m.

No. 22 Connecticut at Central Florida, 5 p.m.

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By STEVE NITZ

A closer look at the girls basketball scene

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BAILEY GILBERT Sycamore, junior, guard Gilbert had 30 points for the Spartans in last week’s loss to DeKalb at the NIU Convocation Center.

WHAT TO WATCH FOR Indian Creek, Hinckley-Big Rock and Hiawatha in Class 1A regionals, Thursday-Friday Timberwolves and Royals are both top seeds at their respective sites.

DeKalb at Kaneland, 7 p.m. Thursday If the Barbs win out, they’ll have at least a share of the Northern Illinois Big 12 East crown.

Sycamore at Morris, 7 p.m. Thursday One of two conference games for the Spartans.

POWER RANKINGS 1. DeKalb (18-7, 7-1 N. Illinois Big 12 East) Barbs grab the top spot after win over Sycamore.

2. Sycamore (16-6, 7-1 NI Big 12 East) Spartans need DeKalb to lose to win conference title outright. It’s likely Sycamore and DeKalb will share the crown.

3. Hinckley-Big Rock (14-13, 6-2 Little Ten) Royals looking for eighth straight regional title.

4. Kaneland (10-13, 3-4 NI Big 12 East) Tough loss against Rochelle on Saturday.

5. Indian Creek (13-11, 2-3 LTC) Timberwolves go into the Class 1A Earlville Regional as the favorite.

6. Genoa-Kingston (6-16, 2-7 Big Northern East) Cogs close out regular season with Marengo, Richmond-Burton, Rockford East and Harvard.

7. Hiawatha (2-15, 0-9 LTC) No. 6 Hawks take on third-seeded hosts in the Rockford Christian Life Regional quarterfinals.

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snitz@shawmedia.com The DeKalb girls basketball team is getting hot at the right time.

The Barbs ran through a gantlet at the Montini Christmas Tournament in December, but the losses have been few and far between since. DeKalb has suffered only two defeats in 2014, and sits at 18-7 and 7-1 in Northern Illinois Big 12 East play heading into the final week of the regular season.

The 20-win mark is in sight, as is a fourth straight NI Big 12 East title. The Barbs will win at least a share of the conference crown should they win their final two league games against Morris and Kaneland. DeKalb will win the title outright if Sycamore loses one of its final two league games.

Then, the Barbs most likely are looking at a regional rematch with Huntley, the team that knocked them out of the postseason last year.

DeKalb coach Chris Davenport said the reason for the team’s recent success is having players such as junior guard Jasmine Malloy and senior forward Alexis Hammond step up and complement Brittney Patrick and Madelyne Johnson.

“Jasmine Malloy plays the second-most minutes on the team behind Patrick, and it’s really close,” Davenport said. “She doesn’t do a lot in the scoring column, but she does a lot of other things.”

Hammond didn’t get a lot of minutes last year, but Davenport said she’s coming into her own.

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DeKalb’s Jasmine Malloy goes up for a shot while being pressured by Sycamore’s Julia Moll during the second quarter Jan. 31 at the NIU Convocation Center in DeKalb. The Barbs won, 46-42.

“She’s a big part of what we do,” he said. “She’s a strong kid, works hard. Not a kid you’re going to see in the box score a lot, but she plays her role and she plays it well.”

H-BR ready for new tests There are some unfamiliar programs in the Class 1A Hinckley-Big Rock Regional, at least programs that are unfamiliar to

H-BR. The Royals didn’t get put in a regional with a bunch of other Little Ten Conference teams this year. Instead, the five-team field consists of Elgin Harvest Christian, the No. 2 seed, Elgin Academy, Crystal Lake Faith Lutheran and Mooseheart.

To Burks, having all the unfamiliar schools can be a two-way street.

Royals looking to keep dynasty alive Every year Greg Burks has been the girls basketball coach at Hinckley-Big Rock, the season has ended with the Royals hoisting a regional championship plaque.

The final two years of the Larry Peppers era ended in regional titles, as well. Overall, H-BR has won seven straight regional championships, and looks for its eighth next week. The Royals are the top seed in their own regional.

VIEWS Steve Nitz The run includes two Class 1A state titles and three sectional championships. H-BR is basically a Class 1A dynasty in the area.

Even without stalwarts such as Jenna Thorp, who now is at Northern Illinois, and Kaitlin

Phillips, who’s playing for Loras College, the wins still have come for the Royals.

“We’ve been so blessed. We’ve had such a great stretch of teams,” Burks said. “You go back to that 2007 season (when Burks was an assistant), we were a senior-dominated team the year before, and we came into that season pretty unsure of what we were going be, to be honest with you.”

That’s the team, with Thorp

FLORIDA STATE FOOTBALL

Sycamore Winston: Two more years at FSU girls sink Yorkville

By KAREEM COPELAND The Associated Press

DAILY CHRONICLE Bailey Gilbert had 15 points for the Sycamore girls basketball team in a 55-48 win over Yorkville on Thursday.

Taiya Hopkins added 14 points for the Spartans and Lauren Goff finished with 10.

Sycamore is 16-6 overall and 7-1 in the Northern Illinois Big 12 East. The Spartans have two games remaining in conference play and will earn at least a share of the conference title should they win both. If DeKalb, which also is 7-1, suffers another loss, Sycamore would win the league championship outright.

T’wolves suffer nonconference loss: Rockford Christian Life beat Indian Creek, 56-44. The Timberwolves fall to 13-11. Indian Creek was held to 13 points but was able to make it interesting with a strong second half.

Knights top Redskins: Caroline Heimerdinger scored 16 points for Kaneland in a 74-67 win over Morris. Kelly Wallner added 15 points for the Knights and Camri Conley added 11. Kaneland is 1113 and 3-4 in conference play.

LATE WEDNESDAY Cogs get win: Genoa-Kingston topped Marengo to improve to 6-16 and 2-7 in the Big Northern Conference East Division.

Julie Galauner led the Cogs with 14 points. Andrea Strohmaier finished with 13.

“I thought we played disciplined and had our best defensive effort of the night,” G-K coach Kyle Henkel said. “Hopefully, we can continue this the rest of the year.”

“It’s kind of like playing a new opponent on the schedule.

It’s something new and maybe you fix your focus and intensity level just because it’s an unknown,” he said. “At the same time, facing an unknown is kind of tough. Last two years, playing Newark and Indian Creek in the regional final, there’s no two teams we know better.”

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida State quarterback Jameis Winston said Seminoles coach Jimbo Fisher was on the money when he said that the Heisman winner might play two more years of college football.

Winston told The Associated Press on Thursday, that’s indeed his plan.

The redshirt freshman said he and Fisher – who said Wednesday while talking about the Seminoles recruiting class that the QB will be in Tallahassee two more years – have a good relationship, “so whatever he says most likely is true.”

“Obviously, I’m a big baseball person, so that’s an accurate statement because I plan on playing baseball next season anyway,” said

draft in May. NFL Media draft analyst Gil Brandt, who helped build the Super Bowl-winning Dallas Cowboys as vice president of player personnel from 1960 to 1989, has said Winston has a bright NFL future.

Because the 20 year old won’t be eligible until the 2015 NFL draft, Fisher said, “Everybody says, ‘Well he’s going to stay one (more) year and leave.’ ... I think it’ll be two.”

Winston said he’s not thinking that far ahead, but because he plans to play baseball next year, it would AP photo be difficult to also prepare Florida State’s Jameis Winston celebrates the Seminoles’ national for the NFL combine at the championship after defeating Auburn, 34-31, on Jan. 6 in Pasadena, same time.

Calif. Winston said Thursday that he plans to stay at FSU for at least “Obviously, I’m not even two more seasons. worried about the draft and Winston, who is expected to believe Winston would have stuff like that,” Winston be the Florida State’s closer been a high first-round pick, said Thursday. “I’m worried possibly No. 1 overall, if he about winning championthis season.

Many NFL draft experts was eligible for this year’s ships here at Florida State.”

Ole Miss releases player who signed with 2 schools The ASSOCIATED PRESS D.J. Law, the high school football prospect from Florida who submitted a signed National Letters of Intent to Utah and Mississippi, has been released from his obligation to Ole Miss.

Rebels coach Hugh Freeze said the school’s compliance department is cooperating with the National Letter of Intent office and is “completely certain no wrongdoing occurred by our coaching or compliance staff.”

A Utah spokeswoman said the school also was working with the NLI office.

Recruits attracted to winners • HUSKIES Continued from page B1 Broward and Palm Beach counties, there still are plenty of good prospects left over for the non-BCS programs.

“There’s players everywhere,” national recruiting analyst Tom Lemming told the Daily Chronicle.

“There’s so many good athletes, [the BCS schools] can only take so many. A lot of times they make big mistakes because there’s so many good [players].”

Hallmon, rated a three-star cornerback by both Rivals and 247sports, had the chance to stay in-state and play for the Seminoles or Golden Knights. He could have been part of Louisville’s emergence in the ACC or gone to the

Big Ten and played for Nebraska.

All of those schools were among Hallmon’s final choices. Instead, he visited NIU in December and had a good relationship with the coaching staff from the time receivers coach Thad Ward began recruiting him in the spring.

“Every year they compete,” Hallmon said. “It’s not like they’re going to have a bad record, they’re still going to fight and work hard. ... They’re prepared for big games.”

Blake said that seeing a team from the Mid-American Conference make the Orange Bowl opened his eyes. When the Huskies began recruiting him, he looked at the recent history and was impressed by the winning tradition. He committed in July.

“They rarely lose,” Blake said. “I’m a winning guy.”

as a freshman, that won the first of seven consecutive regional crowns. Players have come and gone, but regional champions haven’t.

Next week, the drive for No. 8 begins.

• Steve Nitz is a sports reporter for the Daily Chronicle.

He can be reached via e-mail at snitz@shawmedia.com and follow him on Twitter @SNitz_DDC.

T’wolves in 3rd-place game today • LTC TOURNEY Continued from page B1 The Bobcats (10-11), were just 3-3 in the opening part of the conference season, but took apart the conference leaders with ease in Thursday’s second half. Their lead ballooned to 26 in the fourth quarter before each team pulled their starters.

“They outexecuted us, they outhustled us, anything basketball-related, they did better than us tonight,” Indian Creek coach Joe Piekarz said. “I think we all are very surprised. I think it was one of those things where we had some adversity. When one guy’s struggling, we want other guys to step up and help pick him up. We just didn’t do that today. When one guy struggled, then the next guy struggled, then the next guy, and before you knew it, we couldn’t stop the train. We were just out of control.”

After finishing second to Hinckley-Big Rock in last year’s LTC tournament, the Timberwolves will have to wait another year for their first title as Indian Creek.

Shabbona and Waterman high schools combined in the 1990s.

Shabbona won the title in 1991.

The Timberwolves will have a chance to end the tournament on a high note when they play Paw Paw in the thirdplace game at 6:30 p.m. today.

“We were just playing as a team more (during early LTC games),” Govig said. “We felt like it was finally our time to finally get one, and we just got outworked, outhustled and everything tonight. We just have to be better going forward, there’s no doubt about it.”

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By ANGELA CHARLTON The Associated Press SOCHI, Russia – It’s designed to celebrate a millennium of Russian might and this country’s modern rebound, and kick off two weeks of extraordinary human endeavors and planetary sportsmanship.

But the ceremony opening the Sochi Olympics today, more than anything, will be about one man: Vladimir Putin.

He charmed and strongarmed his way to hosting the games at a summer beach resort that he envisioned as a winter paradise. He stared down terrorist threats and worldwide wrath at a scarcely veiled campaign against gays. He has shrugged off critiques that construction of the most costly games in Olympic history was both shoddy and corrupt.

Ballet, man-made snow and avant-garde art will make an appearance at Sochi’s opening ceremonies, though as with all past opening ceremonies, the details are under wraps. They can’t really compete with the cinematic splendor of the London Olympics or the pyrotechnic extravaganza of Beijing, but then again, the Winter Games usually are more low-key.

No matter. All Putin needs is an event that tells the world “Russia is back.”

It’s a message meant for millions around the world who will watch the show – and meant for his countrymen, too.

Russians will form the bulk of the spectators in Sochi for the Olympics, a people whose forebears endured centuries of oppression, a revolution that changed the world, a Soviet experiment that built rockets and nuclear missiles but struggled to feed its people. Russians who sometimes embrace Putin’s heavy hand because they fear uncertainty more than they crave freedom, and who, despite inhabiting the largest country in the world, feel insecure about their place in it.

They’re pinning especially high hopes on their athletes, once a force to be reckoned with

SOCHI, Russia – Things you’ll want to know about the 2014 Winter Olympics: SECURITY: It’s foremost on many minds as Olympic competition begins and thousands stream into the Black Sea resort city. The Russian government said it’s doing all it can to ensure safety, and Thursday a deputy prime minister went even further. “We can guarantee the safety of the people as well as any other government hosting a mass event,” Dmitry Kozak said.

TOOTHPASTE: It’s the latest item to fall under scrutiny after the U.S. Homeland Security Department warned airlines flying to Russia that terrorists might try to smuggle explosives on board hidden in toothpaste tubes. The threat was passed onto airlines that have direct flights to Russia, including some that originate in the United States, a law enforcement official speaking on the

condition of anonymity told The Associated Press.

SNOWBOARDING: It begins, but without marquee name Shaun White, the world’s most famous snowboarder. He pulled out of slopestyle, a new Olympic event, to concentrate on the halfpipe, where he’ll have a chance to win his third straight title next week.

After practice slopestyle runs, White said: “The potential risk of injury is a bit too much for me to gamble my other Olympics goals on.”

WORLD LEADERS: It’s a record, said the Sochi Olympics’ chief organizer: Sixty-five heads of state and government and international organizations will be attending Russia’s first Winter Games. Dmitry Chernyshenko said that’s more than any other Winter Olympics

and three times the number of leaders who attended the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver. Here’s who you won’t see, though: President Barack Obama, French President Francois Hollande, British Prime Minister David Cameron and German President Joachim Gauck.

OPENING APPROACHES: Tonight’s opening ceremony will showcase Russia to the world on its own terms – a storyline intended to impress the many nations in attendance and allow President Vladimir Putin to put forth the message he’s been trumpeting for months now: that his country successfully has combined its storied history with modern innovation and is ready for anything. The intended audience is as much Russians as it is the rest of the world.

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IOC President Thomas Bach (right) hands over the Olympic torch to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon as the torch relay arrives in Sochi, ahead of the Winter Olympics, Thursday in Russia. and the pride of the nation.

They were an embarrassment at the Vancouver Games in 2010, with only three gold medals and a string of doping busts.

This year, Russia has cleaned up its game and is presenting hundreds of skaters, skiers and other champions in the arenas on Sochi’s seashore and in the nearby Caucasus Mountains slopes of Krasnaya Polyana.

While the United States, Norway and Germany are seen as leading medal contenders, Russia will be pushing hard to bring home a bundle for the home crowd. Putin put on the pressure even as he tried to motivate them this week: “We are all counting on you.”

If there was any doubt, it was erased on the first evening of competition, as a booming crowd of Russian shouted “heroes” at world champion pairs Tatiana Volosozhar and Maxim Trankov as they, along with men’s skater Evgeni Plushenko, pushed Russia into the early lead in the new competition of team figure skating.

“It’s pressure, but this pressure helps us,” Volosozhar said. “They push us very hard,” Trankov added.

It was a night on which competition and the athletes finally took a back seat to thoughts about terrorism, but they remain not far from anyone’s mind.

A few hundred miles away lies Chechnya, the site of two wars in the past two decades.

And Dagestan, childhood home to the two brothers suspected in the Boston Marathon bombings and where militants regularly mount attacks. And Volgograd, where two suicide bombs killed 34 people in December.

A decade ago, extremists hid a bomb in a stadium in Chechnya during construction. Then when the Kremlin-backed Chechen president showed up for a ceremony, the bomb went off, killing him and several others.

Fear of terrorism have clouded the run-up, fueled Putin’s strict security agenda and brought U.S. warships to the region. And about 40,000 Russian security forces are working to prevent an attack on the games, and they stand watch in all corners of Sochi and its Olympic Park on the sea and built-from-scratch mountain ski resort.

• TELANDER

Continued from page B1 Winter Olympics are different from Summer Olympics, obviously. Many of the summer sports are ones that the average American, for instance, has dabbled in or at least experienced. Who hasn’t played basketball or sprinted or jumped over a hurdle of some kind or played volleyball or swum or wrestled (even if it was in the TV room with your brother) or run as far as you could until you nearly – or actually – hurled?

To see those summer champions is to recognize how much better those athletes are from the rest of us. It is to appreciate genius and the practice that hones genius to a diamond point.

The Winter Games are more of a curiosity than a display of democracy or meritocracy. That is, a whole lot of the world never has seen snow, let alone snow skis.

How many times have you, personally, strapped on speed

he find one of the many stray dogs over there and take it in for the duration. Use it for companionship and warmth and even as a pillow. (I hear there is a pillow shortage in Sochi, too.) But he’ll have little time for that because he and Lazerus will be enjoying the heck out of an odd foreign culture and the splendor of the contests they’ll be witnessing.

I remember traveling to Olympus during the 2004 Athens Summer Games and watching the first sporting events to take place in those ruins since ancient times. It was hot and the sun blazed down and there was no shade, but history nearly overwhelmed me. The whole world was watching, and we all were looking back at our earliest selves, marveling at us.

It’s good to be at the Games.

skates? Is there a luge run in your neighborhood? Mine, neither.

But the Winter Games are amazing in that we can intuitively recognize the fearlessness of ski jumpers, the endurance of cross-country skiers and the gracefulness of ice dancers without ever having tried any of those sports. We can see results of the single-minded pursuit of excellence and know that we have seen something as impressive as great art, great music, great drama.

The Winter Games started in 1924 in Chamonix, France, and although they have only been around for a fraction of the Olympics run, they have created sports heroes as great as any we have: Sonja Henie, Jean-Claude Killy, Franz Klammer, Eric Heiden, Bonnie Blair, Dan Jansen, Lindsey Vonn, and of course, the entire 1980 “Miracle on Ice” USA men’s hockey team.

I know Morrissey will be missing his beloved pooch, Brewster, while in Sochi, so I suggested before he left that

• Rick Telander is a Chicago Sun-Times sports columnist who can be reached at rtelander@suntimes.com.

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A group of CrossWind Community Church members in Genoa spent 10 days last month on a mission trip to Ghana, West Africa. Their mission was threefold: to offer medical treatment, instill confidence and spread God’s word. Pictured above is Melissa Freund surrounded by young girls at the medical clinic. Pictured below (left) is Ann Seisser of Genoa at a local Foursquare church in Ghana. Pictured below right is John Seisser with his soon-to-be adopted daughter, Vanessa.

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ealing souls, mending wounds and saving children in Ghana filled 10 days in January for a group of CrossWind Community Church members.

Eight people ventured on a mission trip to the coastal country in West Africa where they tried to have a positive impact and ultimately returned to Genoa forever changed.

“We don’t know how we impact their lives,” missionary and Genoa resident Ann Seisser said. “But I know being there and seeing how they just appreciate that you love and care for them makes me want to go back.”

The 10-day trip was organized by Global Solutions Outreach, an Indiana-based company run by native Ghanaian, Solomon Baddoo. Baddoo is a Crosswinds member and missionary Nate Feiden’s brother-inlaw.

Each person was responsible for raising $3,500 for the trip through fundraisers and other avenues.

“We stepped out in faith and God supplied,” missionary and Genoa resident Dan Dold said. “I feel like when we committed to going, things like a side job or other opportunities came up.”

Their mission in Ghana was three-fold: to offer medical treatment, instill confidence and spread God’s word.

Group members partnered with Timmy Global Health to set up free healthcare clinics for two

days where they took pulses, evaluated patients for malaria and other diseases, gave them free medical items and wrote prescriptions for patients to take to a nearby hospital to be filled for free. They also passed out water, toothbrushes, toothpaste and whatever else they had in their pockets.

Missy Freund, a massage therapist from Genoa, offered her services to some on the first day.

They helped 2,000 patients in those two days, more than six times the number they helped during their last trip.

The group also attended a leadership conference with pastors from Ghana. The goal was to teach pastors how to chip away at long-term problems in the area such as helping locals start small businesses.

Street ministry and handing out Bibles constituted the other portion of the trip. Freund and Seisser reunited with a woman they met last year when she was depressed and withdrawn. This year, her demeanor had entirely changed, they said. To further lift the woman’s spirits, the group gave her enough money to keep her fruit stand open for an entire year.

“We want to change their mindset that they can’t accomplish things,” Freund said. “We want to instill in them that they have the will and drive to do it.”

Children on the trip left the biggest impression on the group, the missionaries agreed.

“At the end of the day it kind of hurts because you don’t know what kind of home they’re going back to or even if they have a home,” Dold said.

“They have nothing and they give you everything,” Ann’s husband, John Seisser added.

Inspired by the altruism of the children, John and Ann decided to bring three sisters back with them to raise.

The couple has three grown children. They had planned to adopt and had been preparing, but the plans didn’t start to materialize until Ann’s trip to Ghana last year when she mentioned to Baddoo that she wanted to bring children home.

“It’s just something that happens to you there,” Ann said. “God always has a time and a season.”

Baddoo told Ann about a niece of his, then another niece. On the last trip, John and Ann learned there were three nieces, sisters, age 7, 10 and 11. The couple spent most of their recent trip with the three girls and their parents. While the couple left Ghana without the girls, they did so with a promise to return.

“It was very emotional to leave,” Ann said. “But they know we’ll be back.”

Though getting student visas and all the paperwork lined up has been a trying task, it’s something that John was able to figure out in a year. The couple also had to piece together $11,000 to bring the girls from Ghana, which John will do in March. Although the Seissers will raise the girls in Genoa, sending them to Cornerstone Christian Academy for school, they won’t fully adopt them in order to give them more opportunities to go to college as international students.

They hope once the girls are educated, they will return to Ghana to improve the country.

“I hope this will show people this is something you can do,” John said.

CHURCH BULLETIN

Page C2 • Friday, February 7, 2014 DEKALB Baptist Campus Ministry 449 Normal Road www.niu.edu/student_orgs/judson 815-756-2131 judson@niu.edu Pastors: Dwight and Rene Gorbold Bethlehem Lutheran (ELCA) 1915 N. First St. BethlehemDeKalb.org 815-758-3203 belcdekalb@comcast.net Pastor: Dan Wynard Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m.

Sunday; 10:30 a.m. coffee and fellowship; 10:45 Sunday school; 11 a.m. adult Sunday forum Highlight of the week: The Bible study, “Walking with Jesus,” will be held at 7 p.m. Monday. Martha’s Sisters continues their Thursday morning Bible Study with Pastor Dan at 10:30 a.m. Feb. 20. Food pantry open 3 to 5 p.m. Monday; 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Thursday.

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

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

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

Community of Christ 1200 S. Malta Road www.chicagomissioncenter.org 815-756-1963 roger@hintzsche.com Pastor: Roger Hintzsche Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Congregation Beth Shalom 820 Russell Road www.bethshalomdekalb.org 815-756-1010 info@bethshalomdekalb.org Rabbi: Maralee Gordon DeKalb Christian 1107 S. First St. www.forministry.com/USILCCACCDCC1 815-758-1833 tomndcc@aol.com Pastor: Tom J. Hughes Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school DeKalb Wesleyan 1115 S. Malta Road www.dekalbwesleyan.com 815-758-0673 Pastor: Dean Pierce Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday Evangelical Free 150 Bethany Road 815-756-8729 efreesd@comcast.net www.efreesd.com Pastor: Martin Jones, lead pastor; Paul Rogers, worship pastor; Gary Lisle, youth pastor; Terry Gin, children’s ministry director Worship schedule: 8:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. Sunday, 9:45 a.m. Sunday school First Baptist 349 S. Third St. www.fbcdekalb.org 815-758-3973 churchinfo@fbcdekalb.org Pastor: Bob Edwards Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; 10:45 a.m. Sunday school First Church of the Nazarene 1051 S. Fourth St. 815-758-1588 secretary@dekalbnaz.com Pastor: Todd Holden Worship schedule: 10:40 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school First Congregational 615 N. First St. www.uccdekalb.org 815-758-0691 congdek1@gmail.com Pastors: Joe Gastiger, Judy Harris The message: “Women’s Sunday” with Amy Powers Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday First Lutheran (ELCA) 324 N. Third St. www.firstlutherandekalb.org 815-758-0643 office@firstlutherandekalb.org Pastor: Janet Hunt Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday and 7 p.m. Wednesday; 10 a.m.

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

Sunday and 5:30 to 7:30 Wednes-

day; confirmation 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Sunday and 6 p.m. Wednesday; 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. youth group Highlight of the week: The Congregation Council will meet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The Women’s Bible Study – Prelude – will meet at 9 a.m. Thursday.

First United Methodist 321 Oak St. www.firstumc.net 815-756-6301 office@firstumc.net Pastors: Senior Pastor Jonathan Hutchison, Associate Pastor Brian Gilbert The message: “What’s a Christian – Serving,” based in scripture Matthew 25:36-40 Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday traditional service; 11:30 a.m. Sunday contemporary SHINE service; 10:20 a.m. children and youth Sunday school; 10:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; 8:45 a.m. Thursday Communion service Highlight of the week: Family Fun Night, a time of food, fun and fellowship for families with schoolaged or younger children, at 4 p.m.

Sunday, in the dining room. The main dish (soup or chili) will be provided. Bring a side dish to share.

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

Sunday Hillcrest Covenant 1515 N. First St. www.hillcovch.org 815-756-5508 hillcrestcovenantchurchdekalb@ gmail.com Pastor: Steve Larson, Associate Pastor Jennifer Zerby Worship schedule: 10:45 a.m. worship; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Enneagram workshop from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Feb. 22. The cost is $15 for the Enneagram test and for lunch. Call the office to make a reservation.

Immanuel Lutheran 511 Russell Road www.immanueldekalb.org 815-756-6669, 815-756-6675 office@godwithusilc.org Pastors: Marty Marks, Ray Krueger Worship schedule: 8 a.m. Sunday traditional worship; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school and adult Bible study; 10:30 a.m. contemporary worship Highlight of the week: “Hawaiian Holiday” luncheon with entertainment will be held from 11:45 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Sunday in the fellowship hall. Anticipate pork roast, Hawaiian chicken, Spam, sticky rice and a pineapple dessert. Sign up to bring a salad. A free-will donation will be taken to defray costs. Get to know other members and friends of Immanuel. There will be door prizes.

Sign up in the narthex or phone the church office.

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

Newman Catholic Student Center 512 Normal Road www.niunewman.org 815-787-7770 Pastor: Matthew McMorrow Worship schedule: 4:30 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:15 a.m. Sunday; 12:05 p.m. daily St. George Greek Orthodox 320 S. Second St. 815-758-5731 Pastor: John A. Artemas Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Orthos; 10 a.m. Sunday Divine Liturgy; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school St. Mary Parish 321 Pine St.

www.stmarydekalb.org 815-758-5432 Frparker@stmarydekalb.org Pastor: James Parker The message: “Through the power of God, we can be a light to the world by our loving concern for others.”

Worship schedule: 8 a.m., 4:30 p.m.

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

Sunday; 7 a.m. Monday through Friday Highlight of the week: All adult parishioners are welcome to join Fr. Parker for Soup and Cinema on Monday in the Ministry Center Cafeteria. Soup is served at 6 p.m. and is followed at 6:30 p.m. with the movie “Miracle of Marelino.” Call Annalisa McMaster for information at 815-7585432, ext. 110.

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

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

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

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

Trinity Lutheran (LCMC) 303 S. Seventh St. 815-756-7374 www.trinitydekalb.com Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; contemporary worship on second and fourth Sunday each month Unitarian Universalist Fellowship 158 N. Fourth St. www.uufdekalb.org 815-756-7089 uufdchurchoffice@aol.com Pastor: Linda Slabon The message: “Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the week: Greeters and Coffee Hour Hosts are needed.

Email Sharon Blake if you can help.

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

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

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

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

Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Christian Senior Ministries P.O. Box 479 815-895-6784 Worship schedule: This nondenominational outreach program serves seniors through Bible studies, personal visits and worship services: 3:30 p.m. today at Pine Acres, DeKalb; 3:30 p.m. Mondays at Lincolnshire Place, Sycamore; 5 p.m. Tuesdays at Lincoln Manor, Rochelle; 9:30 a.m. Wednesdays at Pine Acres, DeKalb; 10:15 a.m.

Wednesday at Pine Acres Alzheimer Unit, DeKalb; 2 p.m. Wednesday at Colonial House, DeKalb; 3 p.m.

Wednesdays at Heritage Woods,

DeKalb; 9:30 a.m. Thursdays at Grand Victorian, Sycamore; 10:30 a.m. Thursdays at Bethany Health Care, DeKalb; 2 p.m. Thursdays at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, DeKalb; 3 p.m. Thursdays at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb.

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

Kids Club; 11 a.m. fellowship Highlight of the week: All boards meeting following worship.

Fellowship Baptist 2425 Bethany Road www.fbcofdekalb.com 815-517-1569 Pastor: Kevin D. Spears Worship schedule: 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.

Sunday; 10 a.m. Sunday school; 7 p.m.

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

Sunday school; 1:10 p.m. Relief Society, Priesthood Mayfield Congregational 28405 Church Road www.mayfieldchurchucc.org 815-895-5548 Pastor: Martha Brunell The message: “Winged Light in Flyover Country” with reading from Isaiah 58:1-12; Matthew 5:13-20 Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school for children and adults Highlight of the Week: Refreshments provided by Ann and Ed Thompson.

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

Sunday; and 7:30 and 9:30 a.m.

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

Sunday Holy Eucharist; 8:45 a.m.

Sunday school Salem Lutheran (ELCA) 1145 DeKalb Ave. www.SalemSycamore.org 815-895-9171 salem@salemlutheransycamore.org Interim Pastor: Robert C. Kinnear Ministry staff: Carla Vanatta The message: “Let us continue to share

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Worship schedule: 5 p.m. Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Help keep the Salem Food Pantry stocked by donating money, food and personal care products. Members of Salem will renew their wedding vows during the worship services.

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

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

NEARBY Calvary Lutheran (LCMC) (Lee) 19 Perry Road, at County Line Road www.calluth.org 815-824-2825 calluthch1@aol.com Pastor: Craig Nelson Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:15 a.m. children’s Sunday school; 9:30 a.m. adult Sunday school; Noon new member class (lunch included) Highlight of the week: Soup Supper at 6 p.m. Ash Wednesday, March 5, followed by service at 7 p.m.

Services every Wednesday in Lent, March 5, 12, 26, April 2, 9. This year, Wednesday evening services will focus on five beautiful women used by God to powerfully impact faith life.

Cortland United Methodist 45 W. Chestnut Ave. www.cortlandumc.com 815-756-9088 bgilbert@firstumc.net Pastor: Brian Gilbert Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday Faith UMC (Genoa) 325 S. Stott St. www.genoafaithuc.com 815-784-5143 faithchurch@rocketmail.com Pastor: Melissa Meyers Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school First Congregational UCC (Malta) 210 S. Sprague St. 815-825-2451 Pastor: Robert L. Vaughn The message: “I Am Only” Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday Highlight of the Week: A PowerPoint presentation will be shown.

First Lutheran (NALC) (Kirkland) 510 W. South St. www.kirklandflc.org 815-522-3886 jo@kirklandflc.org Pastor: Carl L. M. Rasmussen Worship schedule: 5:30 p.m.

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

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

Malta United Methodist 210 E. Sprague St. www.gbgm-umc.org/maltaumc 815-825-2118 maltaumc@aol.com Pastor: Noah Panlilio Worship schedule: 9 a.m. Sunday at Malta UMC; 11 a.m. Sunday at Northwest Malta UMC Peace United Church of Christ (Genoa) 301 E. First St. 815-757-5917 PastorLauriAllen@gmail.com Pastor: Lauri Allen The message: “Shining Lights” Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday St. Catherine (Genoa) 340 S. Stott St. www.st-catherine-genoa.org 815-784-2355 stcatpast@frontier.com Pastor: Donald M. Ahles The message: “Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time” Worship schedule: 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. (Spanish) Saturday; 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 8:30 a.m.

Monday to Thursday Highlight of the week: Knights of Columbus Rosary at 6:30 p.m.

Monday. The public is welcome.

Blood drive from 8 a.m. to noon Feb. 23 in the Parish Hall.

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

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

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

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

Sunday contemporary worship.

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

Sunday; 10:30 a.m. Sunday school United Methodist (Waterman) 210 W. Garfield www.watermanumc.com 815-264-3991 watermanumc@gmail.com Pastor: Hyerncherl Paul Lee Worship schedule: 9:45 a.m. Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school United Presbyterian (Somonauk) 14030 Chicago Road www.somonaukupchurch.com 815-786-2703 Worship schedule: 9:30 a.m. Sunday; 10:45 a.m. Christian education.

Village Bible Church (Shabbona) Indian Creek Campus 209 N. Nokomis St. 815-824-2425 Pastor: Dave Haidle Worship schedule: 10 a.m. Sunday Waterman Bible Church 500 S. Birch St. 815-264-3908 www.watermanbible.org wbcheart@frontier.com Pastors: Pastor Craig Miller, Associate Pastor of Youth Mike Burkett Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m. Sunday; 9:30 a.m. Sunday school Waterman Presbyterian 250 N. Cedar St. www.watermanpres.com 815-264-3491 wpc_office@frontier.com Pastor: Roger Boekenhauer The message: “Jesus Continues to Teach” Worship schedule: 10:30 a.m.

Sunday; 9 a.m. Sunday school Highlight of the week: Congregational meeting Feb. 16.

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8BRIEFS Bake sale planned at St. Catherine’s in Genoa The fifth-grade religious education class of St. Catherine’s Church in Genoa is hosting a Bake Sale.

The sale will take place after the 8 a.m. and 10:30 a.m. Masses on Sunday. The church is located at 340 S. Stott St. All proceeds will benefit the Bob Hewlett Scholarship Fund.

St. George schedules Greek Night at Twin Tavern St. George Greek Orthodox Church sponsors a Greek Night at Twin Tavern, 1028 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, on the second Thursday of the month. The next Greek Night will be Feb. 13.

Food is served from 5 to 8 p.m. The parishioners of St. George offer their culinary talents for this popular fundraiser. The meal is a combination plate of authentic Greek food.

Carry-outs are available.

For information, call 815-756-9604.

‘Movie Bingo’ headed to St. Mary’s Sycamore Vicki Quade, co-creator of the hit comedy, “Late Nite Catechism,” brings to life a new comedy, “Movie Bingo: Good, Bad or Condemned?” The show is coming to St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Sycamore on Feb. 16.

In this interactive comedy, Quade uses her latest character, Mrs. Mary Margaret O’Brien, a former nun herself, to show the audience the difference in the movies they are watching.

The premise of “Movie Bing” is simple: Father Murphy has scheduled a lecture: Would You Take Jesus to the Movies? But Father Murphy isn’t here ... Mrs. O’Brien is! And it’s up to her to teach this class.

Using her love of movies and bingo, and a lot of Catholic humor, she engages the audience in actual games of bingo built around some of her favorite movies. Add to that a box of wacky prizes, fun bingo cards, and lessons on what it means to be Catholic.

“Movie Bingo” is extremely topical and changes with every performance.

The show will be held at 2 p.m. Feb. 16 at the Parish Activity Center, 244 Waterman St., in Sycamore. Tickets cost $20 in advance ($15 for seniors) and can be purchased at the parish or school office. Tickets cost $25 at the door the day of the event.

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Inspiration for film ‘Philomena’ doesn’t blame church for her ordeal

By NICOLE WINFIELD The Associated Press VATICAN CITY – The woman who inspired the Oscar-nominated film “Philomena,” about an Irish mother forced to give up her son for adoption, says she doesn’t blame the Vatican for her ordeal, despite a damning U.N. report essentially holding the Holy See responsible for such practices.

Philomena Lee spoke at a news conference Thursday after meeting briefly with Pope Francis and screening “Philomena” for Francis’ personal secretary at the Vatican a day earlier.

Lee was sent to a Catholic-run boarding house in Ireland after she got pregnant as a teenager in 1952, one of thousands of young Irish women essentially incarcerated in shame for having had an out-of-wedlock child in the staunchly Roman Catholic country.

Lee’s son was sent to the United States to be adopted when he was 3 and she never heard from him again.

On Wednesday, a U.N. human rights committee essentially held the Vatican responsible for such forced adoptions arranged

by Catholic-run institutions in Ireland, urging it to investigate and compensate victims. The recommendation was contained in a scathing report on the Vatican’s failure to protect children as a signatory to a U.N. treaty on children’s rights.

Lee, however, said she doesn’t blame the Vatican or anyone for what happened to her. She said that in meeting Francis she actually felt that her sins for having had a child were finally forgiven.

“You were made to feel so bad about having a baby out of wedlock,” she recalled. “I’ve carried the guilt inside for 50 years, without telling anybody.”

“So I had such a sense of relief that I had been forgiven,” she said.

Asked if the church should

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Philomena Lee and her daughter Jane Libberton arrive for a press conference in Rome, Thursday, after her meeting with Pope Francis a day earlier and the Oscar-nominated film based on her story of trying to find a son taken from her 50 years earlier. One of the main criticisms of the Vatican in a U.N. report on sex abuse was the Holy See’s failure to investigate the arbitrary placement of girls in church-run workhouses in Ireland, where their out-of-wedlock babies were taken from them and put up for adoption. ask her forgiveness, for having taken her son away from her, Lee said she initially was bitter about what had been done to her, and that she did “lose my religion a little bit.”

“But over the years, after such a long time – Anthony would be 62 this year – so how could I go through a whole of life holding a grudge? I’ve long since forgiven everything that did happen.”

“Philomena” tells the story of how Lee set out to try to find Anthony, who died before they met. The film, which stars Judi Dench as Lee, has been nomi-

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Lee, her daughter and an Irish organization, Adoption Rights Alliance, are pressing the Irish government to release the files of some 60,000 women whose children were put up for adoption in those years, in a bid to help mothers and children reunite.

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By ANN M. JOB For The Associated Press Already a commendable family vehicle with three rows of seats, the Dodge Durango gets even better for 2014 with improved fuel economy, an impressively easy touchscreen and voice control dashboard system and attractively updated interior and exterior.

There also are thoughtful details, such as a push button for the driver to remotely fold down the head restraints on the third-row seats, when the seats are unoccupied. And drivers freezing through this winter’s bitter cold will lust for the Durango’s quickly heating steering wheel. In the tester, it became nearly hot to the touch, not just lukewarm.

Also not to be missed: The Durango has best-in-class towing capability of 7,400 pounds with uplevel V-8. But even with a V-6, the Durango has more towing capacity – 6,200 pounds – than many other six-cylinder-powered SUVs. But with four out of five stars in federal government crash tests overall, the 2014 Durango lags behind some competitors, such as the 2014 Chevrolet Traverse and Ford Explorer, both of which earned the top score of five out of five stars.

Starting manufacturer’s suggested retail price, including destination charge, for the base, rear-wheel drive, 2014 Durango SXT is unchanged from last year at $30,790. The lowest starting retail price for a 2014 Durango SXT with allwheel drive is $33,190.

The SXT, SXT Plus, Limited and Citadel models of Durango come standard with a 290-horsepower V-6, while the Durango R/T has a standard, 360-horsepower, Hemi V-8.

Competitors include other mid-to-large-size SUVs with three rows of seats. But many competitors don’t offer V-8s and most are front-wheel drive, not rear-drive. The front-wheel drive, 2014 Chevrolet Traverse has a starting MSRP, including destination charge of $31,670 with 281-horsepower V-6, while the front-wheel drive, 2014 Ford Explorer has a starting retail price of $30,910 with 290-horsepower V-6.

The 2014 Durango, introduced during calendar 2013, already has won favor with buyers. U.S. sales rose 42.5 percent in calendar 2013, from 42,589 to 60,727. It’s easy to see why.

On the outside, the Durango’s unmistakable, bold Dodge grille is refined, and new headlights and light-emitting diode tail lamps add new flair.

Inside, the generous-sized and comfortable front seats sit behind a new, modern dashboard.

In upper trim levels, such as the Limited test vehicle, the optional UConnect Access system adds a sizable and eminently usable, 8.4-inch display screen in the middle of the Durango dashboard.

This display is noteworthy for its large, easy-to-read icons and fonts and understandable and well-arranged menus. Even better, there are

redundant, manual knobs and buttons for commonly used controls, such as turning the radio on and off and setting the interior temperature and fan speed. Also appreciated: The prominent “screen off” button just below the display, so a driver can eliminate the screen illumination when wanted, say, during nighttime travel. And Dodge did a great job grouping needed connections for phones and other accessories in one spot, at the base of the center console of the dashboard.

There, a powerpoint, a USB connection, an auxiliary input and more are all side by side and easy to reach above a roomy storage spot.

The ride inside the Durango was surprisingly quiet, and passengers conversed in regular tones – unless the 506-watt stereo system was on full blast.

The test Durango Limited had strong throttle response and good power from the 3.6-liter, double overhead cam V-6.

This is the same base engine that was in the Durango in 2013, and it moved the nearly 5,000-pound SUV swiftly and strongly, with plenty of acceleration for highway merges and passing. Torque came on easily and peaked at 260 footpounds at 4,800 rpm.

In combined city/highway travel, the test all-wheel drive Limited model averaged 19.2 mpg, which is a bit better than the federal government’s 19-mpg rating. Even better, the Durango’s top rating from the federal government of 18/25-mpg for a two-wheel drive model is much improved from the 16/23-mpg rating of a comparable, 2013 Durango. It’s also higher than the government’s 17/24-mpg rating for a front-drive, 2014 Traverse and front-wheel drive, 2014 Explorer.

With a 24.6-gallon gasoline tank, the test Durango could go nearly 500 miles on a single tank, at a cost of just over $80.

Note the tank size is more generous than that in many other SUVs. The Explorer’s gas tank holds just 18.6 gallons.

The 2014 Durango also has a capless filler, so drivers don’t need to worry about leaving a gas cap back at the gas station pump.

The Durango’s ride is remarkably composed for a vehicle that’s nearly 17 feet long.

The test Durango’s suspension absorbed most road bumps.

The ride, and body motions, were well managed. And while the Durango had a solid, strong feel about it, it did not handle ponderously, despite its size.

Note the Durango is 4.1 inches longer than the Explorer but 2.5 inches shorter, in overall length, than the Traverse.

The only thing that detracted from the drive experience was rear visibility. It is impossible to see what is close to the back of the Durango, and thick rear window pillars block side rear views. This makes backing up challenging, and while a rearview camera is standard on Limited and higher models, it is not available at all on the base SXT.

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Whirlwind romance deflates over race issues Dear Abby: I have been dating someone for about six months. We fell in love very quickly and spend almost every second together.

Our relationship has hit a rough patch ever since he found out that I have dated African-American men. He can’t seem to get over it, but he keeps saying he wants to try to make it work. He says cruel things sometimes when he gets mad, and it seems to be on his mind constantly.

I don’t know what to do or how to make this better. We fell in love, but it seems to be spoiled because of my past.

This isn’t a big deal to me.

I have always dated people I

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips thought were good people. He seems to view it as disgusting. I thought he was my soul mate because we connected so well on everything else, but I’m afraid he will never get past this issue and I may be wasting my time. What should I do? – Rocky Road in The South Dear Rocky Road: Give him a hug and let him go. You are the sum total of your experiences and your upbringing, and the same is true of your

boyfriend. He comes from a background of racial prejudice. When a person is raised that way, the mindset can be very difficult to change.

As much as you might want to, you can’t fix this man; only he can do that. And from your description of him, I don’t think he’s capable of that kind of growth.

Dear Abby: I’m writing to you in the hope that you will share something with your readers. When I travel, I stay in hotels and it never ceases to amaze me how inconsiderate my fellow travelers can be. Late at night, the drunken party animals carry on, often until the sun rises. Then

families with small children invade the halls, and the kids race up and down the halls screaming.

Behind every one of those closed hallway doors there may be a person who is trying to sleep. Fellow travelers, please be considerate! Walk softly and talk quietly in the halls.

And parents, please teach your children manners. This includes not playing noisily where people are trying to sleep. – Sleepless Near Seattle Dear Sleepless: I have experienced the same difficulties that you have while traveling.

Here’s how I deal with it: I pick up the phone and notify

the front desk or security if there are rowdy drunks keeping me awake after 10 p.m.

– and the same goes for neighbors who have the volume on their television sets turned up so high I can’t sleep. If the problem persists, I ask to be moved to a quieter room.

As for the screaming children chasing each other in the hallways – I have been known to poke my sleepy head out the door and ask them to please quiet down.

Maybe I have just been lucky, but they usually do.

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Breast enlargement in men is often reversible Dear Dr. K: I’m a man. Why are my breasts suddenly getting bigger?

Dear Reader: Everything that happens to a woman’s breasts can also happen to a man’s breasts, including cancer. Enlargement of a man’s breast is known as gynecomastia (guy-ni-co-MAST-ia).

It is usually harmless and is often reversible.

It’s an oversimplification, but basically a breast is filled with breast glands and fat.

Some men have prominent breasts because they are overweight. The extra fat has deposited not only around the belly but also inside the breasts. That’s not really gynecomastia – that’s just fat breasts.

True gynecomastia is caused by an enlargement of

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff the breast’s glandular tissues, not by excess fat. The glandular tissue is concentrated under the nipple, so the nipple area is enlarged more than the rest of the breast.

Gynecomastia actually is quite common in kids. About half of male babies have it, though it goes away. Then half (or more) of boys experience it at puberty. It is usually mild and short-lived.

It is less common in adulthood. But even then, the breast enlargement is usually mild and painless – although some men do complain of tenderness.

The most common causes of gynecomastia in adult men are liver disease and certain medications: • Liver disease. One of the liver’s many purposes is to break down estrogens. Estrogens are called the “female hormones” and androgens the “male hormones,” but the fact is that men’s bodies make some estrogens and women’s bodies make some androgens.

Liver disease, especially alcoholic cirrhosis, weakens a man’s ability to break down estrogens. As a result, estrogen levels in the blood often rise, which enlarges the breasts. If liver function improves, the breasts can return to their usual size.

• Medications. Certain drugs may cause breast enlargement. These include

some drugs used for heart disease and high blood pressure (spironolactone, digoxin, calcium channel blockers).

Some drugs that treat ulcers and heartburn (such as cimetidine) do it. Some drugs that treat prostate cancer or enlarged prostate (flutamide and finasteride) do it, because they reduce androgen levels.

Even the anti-anxiety drug diazepam can do it.

Finally, herbal remedies that contain phytoestrogens (plant-derived estrogens) can cause breast enlargement.

So can street drugs such as marijuana, amphetamines and heroin. Men who take or abuse male steroid hormones can also develop gynecomastia.

If a person stops taking the offending drug or medication,

the breasts will return to their normal size.

Less common causes of gynecomastia include testicular cancer, an overactive thyroid gland and testosterone levels that are declining with age.

These diverse disorders have two things in common: low androgen levels and high estrogen levels.

Breast enlargement in men is usually more worrisome than serious. Still, see your doctor to rule out a more dangerous cause. And if you feel a lump inside your breast, as contrasted with just soft swelling, definitely check with your doctor. Although it is rare, men can get breast cancer.

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Teens should have a little of spending money Dr. Wallace: My parents are not wealthy, but they are also not poor. I’m 13, and I never have any money for anything. I’m too young to earn any money, and my parents won’t give me money because they say that I don’t need any and that their parents didn’t give them any when they were young. Both of my parents were born in Korea. I know that you can’t make them give me money, but maybe they would if you suggest that teens need a little money. – Nicole, San Diego, Calif.

Nicole: Show this information to Mom and Dad and they might allow you to have a little spending money.

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’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace cations Research conducted a survey and found that 84 percent of teens between 13 and 17 receive spending money from their parents as needed. Forty-one percent of the surveyed teens receive an allowance, and 80 percent of them said the allowance was tied to household chores.

Is it possible that your parents would agree to this arrangement? Discuss this with Mom and Dad. I agree that teens should have a “little spending money.”

Dr. Wallace: When a person

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Don’t sit back in the year ahead – make things happen by focusing on what you do best. You will gain respect if you voice your opinion and take a position of leadership. If you show your worth, you will map out a direction that will lead to greater security.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Don’t expect others to see things your way. Patience and moderation will be required. A tricky situation can go either way. Don’t take chances when it comes to how you earn your living.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Stay calm, even if your principles are questioned. Avoid a confrontation that may put you out in front of others. Help those unable to help themselves.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Looking over your financial situation and personal papers will help you feel better about your future.

Free your life from encumbrances to ease stress and open doors.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Keep life simple, as adding expenses or responsibilities will lead to anxiety. Avoid excess by eliminating events and friendships that are geared toward indulgence.

Protect your assets and health.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Be careful what you say. A difference of opinion could alter your future and put you in a defensive position.

Listen, but refrain from getting involved in a no-win situation.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Don’t lend or borrow money or possessions. Feelings of obligation to get involved in someone else’s plan will not bring you closer to reaching your goal. Choose what’s best for you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Home-improvement projects or helping someone will cost more than you expect. Stick to the truth and say what’s on your mind. Honesty is the best policy.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Make a point to reconnect with old friends. Travel plans that entail business or educational pursuits will pay off. The connections you make along the way will be revealing.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Joint ventures and risky financial schemes must be avoided. Extravagance will result in additional worries and stress. Caution must be taken against minor health problems or injuries.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Aggressive behavior must be monitored carefully. There will be a fine line between being helpful and pushy. Listen to what’s being said and act accordingly. Let your intuition guide you.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Look before you leap. Mishaps are likely if you don’t take precautions. Keep your opinions to yourself and avoid getting involved in an unsavory dispute. Make love, not war.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Generosity will lead to uneasiness. You don’t have to give in to demands from people who are asking too much. Offer suggestions, solutions or physical help, not money.

passes out from drinking, is it better to let him sleep it off or to have him walk it off?

My boyfriend gets into a lot of chug-a-lug contests with his buddies, and he keeps drinking until he collapses.

I always let him sleep it off in my apartment. His sister thinks that his friends and I should encourage him to walk it off instead. She thinks it’s dangerous to let a drunken binge drinker sleep it off.

Do you have any information on this subject? Ken is really a sweet guy when he is not drinking. – Nameless, West Chicago, Ill. Nameless: Your boyfriend’s sister is correct. When a large amount of alcohol is

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consumed in a very short time (drinking a full bottle of vodka or other spirits in 10 minutes, chugging a large quantity of beer, etc.), the blood alcohol level rises rapidly and can cause the part of the brain that controls the breathing to slow or shut down.

This is known as alcohol poisoning and can cause the drinker to fall into a deep sleep, which can result in death. When a person passes out because of chugging alcohol, he or she should never be allowed to sleep it off. The person should be kept awake by any means possible and taken to the nearest medical facility.

Your boyfriend is highly

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competitive, but he could die while proving he’s the fastest “chug-a-lugger” in Illinois.

Your concern for his well-being needs to go beyond helping him walk off his next binge. I urge you and his sister to try to convince him to get help. Alcoholics Anonymous would be a great place to start. The number can be found in the white pages of your local telephone directory.

If you can’t convince him that he’s in serious trouble, stop seeing him.

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

He will answer as many letters as possible in this column.

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Pressure them into going too high Alfred Adler, an Austrian psychiatrist who died in 1937, said, “There is no such thing as talent. There is pressure.”

True, if you wish to be successful at the top level of anything, you must be able to handle the pressure. This applies even at the bridge table.

But there is another form of pressure in bridge – pre-emptive bids, which pressure the opponents by removing bidding space.

Look at the South hand.

After two passes, what would you open?

In the first two positions, one heart would be a popular choice. But after two passes, the dynamic changes. NorthSouth’s chances of making game have diminished. It is time to pressure West. Open three hearts! Or, if that is too rich for you, bid two hearts.

Now look at the full deal.

After a three-heart opening, West would make a takeout double and East would advance with three spades. This contract would go down after three rounds of hearts are played, but West would never pass with such a strong hand.

He would carry his side into deeper waters.

At the table, South opened one heart, West doubled, North responded one notrump, East passed, South rebid two hearts, and this ended the auction when West very cautiously passed.

The defense was excellent, though. West led the spade ace: three, six, queen. West, not fooled, continued with the spade king, and East dropped his nine, a suit-preference signal for diamonds (the higher-ranking of the other two side suits). West cashed his diamond ace, gave his partner a diamond ruff, got back on lead with the club ace, and gave East a second ruff for down one.

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Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.

SYCAMORE - 3 BR, 2 BA Townhouse w/ Garage. Just minutes from City of DeKalb and NIU. Clean townhouse with fresh paint and new carpet. Only $1080/mo. No pets.

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Appliances, gas heat, C/A, ceiling fans, garage, no pets/smoking. $735, avail now. 630-697-9102 DeKalb – 3BR / 1BA Lower Apt Washer/dryer hook-up $925 1st/lst/sec.

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DeKalb Newer 2BR Duplex Quiet neighborhood, appl, W/D. Walk-in-closets, no pets, $950/mo + 1st/last /sec. 815-739-4442

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SYCAMORE ~ 3BR, 2.5BA Fox Brier Townhouse available.

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In the Knolls $1250/mo 1st/lst/sec 815-739-6170

DeKalb ~ The Knolls Sub. 3BR, 1.5BA, D/W, W//D, 1 car garage, $995/mo + 1st , last sec.

Available Now. 815-751-3806 DeKALB, 3BR, 2BA, C/A, All Appls incl Dishwasher, Wash/Dryer. 1 car gar. $1000/mo + Sec Dep + Util.

Jerry (630) 441- 6250 Syc near North School 2BR, Gar, Bsmnt, Appl. No pets/smoking. $800/mo+1st/last/sec. Discount on first month's rent. 815-517-1018

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DeKalb - 3Bd 2Ba House 2C Gar, Fireplace, Basement 204 Hollister, $1250/mo Call Pittsley Realty (815)756-7768 DeKalb - Nice 3 BR home, hardwood floors, 1 ½ car garage, nice yard. $900/month. No smoking or pets. Avail Feb. 815-757-2064

DeKalb 271A Par Five Dr. 2BR TH, 2BA. Gas fireplace, large 1200 sq ft unfinished bsmt, W/D, 2 car gar, open view to golf course. $1150/mo or $1175/mo w/2 year lease. Lawn maintenance and snow removal incl, available Feb 1st, pets neg. 815-761-7467

DeKalb 3BR ~ New Carpet/Paint W/D, FR, garage, $785/mo.

4BR, $1200/mo. No pets/smoke Agent 815-766-2027

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Dekalb South 4th street, 2BR, kitchen, C/A, 1 flr., W/D, private driveway, quiet, $770/month 815-758-1518

DEKALB ~ 736 GARDEN Quaint, quiet 3BR,1BA, garage.

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Genoa: 2BR, 1BA, 1 car gar., W/D, fridge, stove, new appl., $825/mo. 1st+sec., pets OK w/add.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FOURTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS ERIC FOX, Petitioner vs KAREN MICHELLE FOX, Respondent NO. 05 D 117 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION Notice is hereby given to the Respondent, KAREN MICHELLE FOX, whose last known address was 339 Serenity Lane, DeKalb, IL, that the Petitioner, ERIC FOX, by and through his attorney, CARMEN LAW OFFICE, PC, has filed a Petition for Modification of Custody and Support in the Fourteenth Judicial Circuit Court, Henry County, Illinois under the above referenced caption. Following the required Publication Notice dates, a Modification of the Judgment dated 05/11/10 shall be entered unless you enter an Answer of Appearance.

CARMEN LAW OFFICE, PC /s/ Bruce L. Carmen Bruce L. Carmen, Attorney for Eric Fox Prepared by: Bruce L. Carmen CARMEN LAW OFFICE, PC 116 N. EAST STREET CAMBRIDGE, IL 61238 Telephone: 309-937-3339 Fax: 309-937-2830

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF KANESHA KIZER A Minor No. 13 JA 22, 12 JA 48

UNLESS YOU APPEAR at the above named hearing and show cause to the contrary, AN ORDER OR JUDGMENT BY DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE PETITION. January 22, 2014 /s/ Maureen A. Josh CLERK OF THE COURT (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 24, 31 & February 7, 2014.)

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 31 & February 7 & 14, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on January 7, 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 O'DELL TRANSPORT located at 1360 Prosser Dr., Sycamore, IL 60178.

Dated January 7, 2014

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that a public hearing will be held before the DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission at its regular meeting on Wednesday, February 26, 2014 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers of the DeKalb Municipal Building, 200 South Fourth Street, DeKalb, Illinois, to consider a request by Jeff and Marcia Newkirk, for a special use permit (SUP) for a proposed drive-thru associated with a 4,207 Square foot Culver's restaurant located at 1262 West Lincoln Highway.

The property is commonly described as 1262 West Lincoln Highway (P.I.N. 08-21-277-008) All interested persons are invited to appear and be heard at the time and place listed above.

Interested persons are also encouraged to submit written comments on this proposal to the City of DeKalb, Planning and Economic Development Division, 223 South Fourth Street, Suite A, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115 by 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, February 19, 2014.

Further information is available from the Planning and Economic Development Division, (815) 7482060.

Michael Welsh, Chair DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission City of DeKalb (Published in the Daily Chronicle February 7, 2014.)

NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU, ALL PUTATIVE FATHERS of Said Minor, respondents, and to all whom it may concern, that a Petition was filed under the Juvenile Court Act by the DeKalb County State's Attorney in the Circuit Court of DeKalb County, on May 20, 2013; and that in the courtroom usually occupied by Honorable Judge Ronald Matekaitis, a Status hearing shall be held upon said Petition on March 7, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. or as soon thereafter as this case may be heard, to have the minor declared to be a ward of the Court, and for other relief under the Juvenile Court Act. The Court has authority in this case to take from you the custody and guardianship of the above named minor and to terminate

Douglas DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on January 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 JAHNS FABWORKS located at 502 E. Kelset St, Malta, IL 60150.

Dated January 24, 2014

/s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, January 24, 31 & February 7, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on February 5, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as SUGAR CRAVE located at 215 W. Elm St. Suite 300, Sycamore, IL 60178.

Dated February 5, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, February 7, 14 & 21, 2014.)

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YEAR

$126,900 3 BEDROOMS/2 BATHS COMPLETE REMODEL

2180 AUTUMN LANE-DEKALB

422 S LOCUST-SYCAMORE

# UNITS SOLD TOTAL ANNUAL SALES VOLUME

2007

1039 UNITS SOLD

$214M

2008

705 UNITS SOLD

$141M

2009

684 UNITS SOLD

$113M

2010

678 UNITS SOLD

$105M

2011

772 UNITS SOLD

$97M

2012

946 UNITS SOLD

$121M

2013

1169 UNITS SOLD

$159M

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DeKalb County Property Transactions Date

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Raymond J Janssen & Ruth H Janssen Trustees Trusts to Harold E Husa & Florence A Trustees Trusts to Jeffrey L Bridge & Kathleen M Trustees Tr to Ted J Polichnowski, John C Polichnowski, to Inga R Polichnowski Secretary Of Housing & Urban Devel to Sheriff Of DeKalb County to Heartland Bank & Tr Co to Fish Properties, LLC to Carole L Mueller Trustee Tr to Alice Cotner Trust 200710 By Trustee Harry W Cotner to John Cison & Katarzyna to Sara L Martin, Heather A Waller & Melissa D Mortensen to Gateway Professional Center, Inc to Housing Continnuum, Inc to Ronald F Taylor & Janet W Trustees Trs to David L Munch & Joyce A Klein-Munch to JPMorgan Chase Bank to David E Vincent to Peter F Sprosty & Susan K to Janet E Roeber to Sheriff Of DeKalb County to Sheriff Of DeKalb County to Kathleen E Elzey Living Trust By Trustee Meggon Mckinley to Gary L Braun & Mary L to Secretary Of Housing & Urban Devel to Pamela Dixon-Silva to Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp By Atty to Chicago Title Land Tr Co Trs Tr Htn3150 to TCF National Bank to Scot M Golden & Lorraine F to Richard K Mcnutt Jr & Latoya to Frederico P Ribeiro & Ana P Dias to Reston Ponds Equities, LLC to Janeen K Vogeler to Meadow Ridge, LLC to Dennis Nickels Jr to Jodie C Anderson to John C Emerson to Federal National Mtg Assoc By Atty to David Tohtz & Barbara Tohtz Aka Wyzkiewicz to Treetop Estates, LLC to Jac B Flynn Revoc Living Tr & to Ruth A Flynn Revoc Living Tr Trustees Fidel Magana Jr to Federal Home Loan Mtg Corp By Atty to Robert N Lane & Maggie S to Donald C Tyrrell Jr Executor to Joseph C Hagan Living Tr & Z Diane Hagan Tr Trustees to Kay Hickey Trust By Trustees to Andrea L Cameron to Paul E Buesse & Pamela J Est By Guardian to

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2113 Frantum Rd., Sycamore 2BR, 2.5 BA $149,900 Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell, Melissa Mobile, 815-501-4011 Waterbury West Lane, Sycamore 2 BR, 2 BA $152,900+ Directions to Somerset Farm: Rt. 23 to Bethany E to Somerset Lane S Century 21 Elsner Realty, Linda Tillis, 815-751-3159

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Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell proudly announces the Top Agents in their Sycamore office for the month of December, 2013.

Top Producing Agent 2013

Dennis Maakestad 901 N. 1st St., DeKalb 815-756-1691

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Diane Hammon

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$173,900 • 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms • Wooded lot adjacent to nature trail • 26’ living room overlooks 2-tiered deck • Oak floors, six-panel doors Call McCabe Realtors: 815 756-8505 QUALITY AND LOCATION

$124,000 • 4 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Just painted • Newer mechanical systems • 3-car garage • Lots of parking space Call Harry Leffler: 815 751-0980 NESTLED IN THE WOODS

• Quality 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • All appliances • Full finished basement • 2-car garage • Large deck, great view • All for under $200,000 Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997 FIRST TIME AVAILABLE

$194,900 • Ranch town home in Garden of River Mist • End unit w/sun rm & look-out bsmt • Spacious rooms • 2 bedrooms, 2 baths • Eat-in kitchen; family room plus living room Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

$345,000 • Over 4,000 square feet • 4 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms • Sunroom, library, formal dining rm • Kitchen with island and indoor grill Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

$189,000 • Classic 4-bedroom colonial in the Knolls • Exceptional condition and care • Master bath w/whirlpool & double vanity • Great backyard w/deck and gazebo Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815-757-7867

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$69,000 • 2 bedrooms, 1.5 baths • Large rooms • First floor laundry • Enclosed front porch • Aluminum siding Call McCabe Realtors: 815 756-8505 COUNTRY HOME

$165,000 • 3 bedroom, 1.5 bath • Multi-level with basement • Located between Sycamore and Route 47, just south of Route 64 • Quality, move-in ready Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

$79,000 • Easy care wood laminate flooring • Close to pool and tennis courts • Great value Call Jerry Wahlstrom: 815 757-7867 RAMBLING BRICK RANCH

$249,900 • 4 bedrooms, 3.5 baths • Over 2700 sq ft • Family room with fireplace • Full basement Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

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$210,000 • End unit townhome • All appliances included • 1st year association fees paid by seller • Finished basement • Deck to view sunsets Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251

$212,000 • Immaculate 2 bedroom, 2 bath condo • Master suite with walk-in closet • First floor laundry • Sunroom and newer deck • Finished lower level Call McCabe Realtors: 815 756-8505

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EXCEPTIONAL OPPORTUNITY!

$115,000 • Price drop • 3 bedrooms, family room • Full basement, great yard • Updated with all appliances Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

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• Over 22,000 sq ft of retail/manufacturing building in Sycamore • Entrepreneur, investor, growing business, etc.

• Easily dividable and accessible • Brick, block, Butler Steel • Mechanical inspections for 2013 in place Call Nedra Ericson: 815-739-9997

Sharon Rhoades

Jerry Wahlstrom

$169,500 • 1800 sq ft • 2 fire places • Full basement • First-floor laundry Call Sharon Rhoades: 815 739-6251 HILLCREST RANCH

$119,900 – Very Well Maintained • 3 Bedrooms • Brick Fireplace in Living Room • Easy access to NIU Call Harlan Scott: 815-739-5420 A GREAT PLACE TO LIVE

$99,000 • 3-4 bedroom home • Enclosed front porch • Master bedroom on first floor • Newer roof • Newer furnace and A/C Call Harlan Scott: 815-739-5420 INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY

• Includes 3 Lots – 2.9 Acres • Large Warehouse – Easy Access to I-88 • Showroom - Workshop Area & Office • Route 38 Exposure • Zoned Heating & AC, Blacktop Parking Lot

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Coldwell Banker Honig-Bell welcomes their newest member, Laura Powell, to their #1 Real Estate Team I am a life-long resident of DeKalb County. I was raised in Sandwich, IL where I attended Sandwich High School; I am also a graduate of Kishwaukee College. I have three daughters and currently reside in Cortland, IL. My background includes seven years experience in the residential appraisal industry in the DeKalb, Kane, Kendall, Lee, LaSalle, Boone, Ogle and Winnebago County areas. I have worked closely with local lenders and real estate agencies. This experience gives me a unique grasp of market trends, which helps home sellers price their homes correctly and home buyers purchase at the right price.

What does it mean when I say, “Let me show you the way home?”

It means I don’t want to just find you a house you can live in that’s just ok or good enough enough. It means my goal is to help you find the house that meets every need, checks every want off your list, fits comfortably into your budget AND, when you walk in the door, you feel at home.

Why is that so important? Purchasing a home, whether you’re a first time buyer or you’re on your 10th home, is one of the biggest decisions you will make. This is the place you’ll be making some of your best memories. This is where you will bring your new baby home to, or host your first holiday dinner. This is where you feel safe and comfortable.

This is where you’ll celebrate a big promotion or finally retiring. This is where traditions will be born and memories will be made.

Anyone can find you a house. I’m here to get to know who you are, what you and your family need and to find you the house that you will call home.

Laura Powell can be reached at 815-757-7312. www.LauraPowellRealty.com

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DeKalb $199,500 1022 Fox Hollow. Approx 2,400 sq ft, 4br incl vaulted master w/Jacuzzi & walk-in closet, kit has oak cabinets & opens to fam rm w/fpl, full bsmt w/roughed-in bath.

MLS ID 07940330 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

DeKalb $174,900 116 Pooler Ave. Custom built home w/open staircase, liv rm w/fpl, possible 4h br/fam rm/media room on 1st floor. Andersen windows, deck in private backyard. MLS ID 08490894 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

DeKalb $154,000 235 1st St. Brick 2 unit near town & NIU now 100% occupied is great investment, each apartment has 3br & 1.5ba. Bsmt w/laundry, onsite parking. MLS ID 08467246 Brenda Henke 815-756-2557

DeKalb $139,900 241 Thornbrook Rd. On 120x242 lot near NIU & on the river! 2,100+ sq ft, hardwood in 3 of the 4br, liv w/fpl.

Rehabbed kit & main flr baths, 18x15 fam rm, fin bsmt w/ rec rm & 3rd full bath. MLS ID 07978766 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

DeKalb $139,900 310 S 10th St. 2 unit building plus separate ranch home w/1.5 car gar for a total of 3 rentals on 61x156 lot near NIU is great investment! $21,600 annual gross rents!

MLS ID 08382355 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

DeKalb $119,500 909 Sunnymeade Trl. Split-level w/sub-bsmt, hardwood flrs in all 3br, kit & vaulted liv & din rms. 25x10 fam rm & half bath on lower level, bsmt has rec rm, office & storage rm. MLS ID 08417894 Kelly Miller 815-756-2557

DeKalb $99,900 3236 Sonoma Ct. 1500+ sq ft end-unit in Wineberry!

Hardwood flrs in din rm & kit w/42” cherry cabinets, 3 bedrooms, 2.5 baths, partially fin bsmt. MLS ID 08524069 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

DeKalb $89,900 DeKalb $70,000 627 N 14th St. Great starter, new flooring thruout, 2br, liv/ 940 S 11th St. 3 bedroom 2 bath modular home in din combo, fam rm, bsmt, 2 car gar. MLS ID 08441288 Southmoore Estates. Bonus rm or 4th bedroom has separate entrance. Appliances stay. Deck, storage shed & 2 car garage. MLS ID 08522017 Ronda Ball 815-756-2557 Laura Powell 815-756-2557

Genoa $156,900 229 S Stott St. On 91x150 corner lot, updated windows & roof, wood laminate flring in kit & 23x16 fam rm that opens to 11x24 3-season rm. Fin bsmt has play rm, office, 4th bedroom & 3rd bath. MLS ID 08452024 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

Genoa $138,900 129 S Brown St. On 55x150 lot near town, 3br, 1.5ba, 16x19 liv rm, wood laminate flring in din rm & den, bsmt, gar w/attached carport. Incl warranty! MLS ID 08465620

Genoa $69,000 118 N Locust St. Great starter or investment on 72x140 lot near town, 3br (1 on main level), 2ba, bsmt, gar. MLS ID 08507790

Genoa $59,900 126 Prairie St. Great starter! Upstairs has 12x14 bedroom plus loft, 2ndbr on main flr, 2 car gar, 50x150 lot. MLS ID 08492899

Hampshire $289,900 1012 Prairieview Pkwy. In Hampshire Meadows, 2,169 sq ft, 3br incl 20x13 master, cathedral ceiling & fpl in liv rm, hardwood flr in kit & fam rm, bsmt, 3 car gar, lge deck. MLS ID 08445461 Megan Martin 815-784-4582

Kingston $187,500 31926 Glidden Rd. 3.8 acre mini-farm w/6 stall barn, outbldgs & pasture! 2br on main flr plus 3rdbr & sitting rm up, fam rm, enclosed porch, bsmt, 2 car gar. Updates incl windows, siding & roof! MLS ID 07978853 Judy Lacefield 815-784-4582

Kirkland $115,900 405/407 S 3rd St. 2 unit is great investment! Updated windows, insulation & roof. 1br apartment down & 2br up w/access to walk-up attic. Laundry in bsmt, 1 car gar.

Can also be lge single family home. MLS ID 08420472 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

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Hampshire $310,000 44W290 Plank Rd. Cape Cod on almost an acre! Hardwood thru 1st flr incl master suite. 2 bedrooms, 2nd bath up plus bonus rm above garage. 430 sq ft deck, bsmt.

MLS ID 08527342 815-756-2557 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

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Kirkland $115,900 405 S 3rd St. 3 bedrooms, 2 updated baths, currently 2 unit but could be easily converted to single family. New roof & windows 2003. MLS ID 08525888 Joline Suchy

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Kirkland $114,900 307 S 3rd St. On 221x173 lot in the heart of town, updates incl baths, 8 windows & some flooring! Original hardwood flrs & trim, 4br, 13x39 heated back porch, bsmt, room for 3 cars in garage. MLS ID 08452485 Ronda Ball 815-756-2557

Kirkland $65,000 311 W North St. Great starter on 50x132 lot, 1br, front rm could be 2nd bedroom, wood laminate flring in kit & liv/din combo, 20x15 deck, storage shed. MLS ID 08420551 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

Sycamore $219,890 228 Wilkins Rd. New 3br 2 bath ranch in Reston Ponds ready for immediate occupancy! Aristokraft kit cabinetry, vaulted ceils, full bsmt, drywalled garage. MLS ID 08403518 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

Sycamore $214,900 929 Scott Dr. Approx. 2100 sq ft home on 80x115 lot.

24x13 bonus rm over garage currently used as 4th bedroom, 2.5 baths, liv rm fpl. Part fin bsmt rec rm, office & workshop area. MLS ID 08503202 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

1326 Janet St, Sycamore $185,000 Peace Road to Freed East to Janet R house on left side before curve. White with green shutters -- Backs to open field in Maple Terrace, 1700+ sq ft home w/4th br, rec rm bonus area & bath in fin bsmt. 17x14 fam rm w/stone fpl. MLS ID 08504950 Katie Morsch 815-756-2557

Sycamore $178,900 925 Foxpointe Dr. 1-owner end-unit ranch townhouse, quick close, 1,475 sq ft, bedrooms are 12x16 & 12x13, 3ba, vaulted liv rm, hardwood flr in kit, fam rm & workshop in fin lower level. MLS ID 08440968 Brenda Henke 815-756-2557

Sycamore $120,000 975 Arvle Cir 975. End-unit ground flr condo near town, incl warranty, 1,368 sq ft, 2br, 2ba, kit has maple cabinets, granite counters & stainless appliances. Screened patio, 2 car gar. MLS ID 08477325 815-784-4582 The Brunett Team 815-756-2557

Sycamore $89,900 544 Center Ave. In the heart of town! New Pergo flring on main level, oak cabinets, vinyl siding plus recently updated furnace, air & roof! 3br (1 on main level), 2ba, bsmt, 2.5 car gar. MLS ID 08467853 Nancy Watson 815-756-2557

Sycamore $84,900 949 Constance Ln E. Foxpointe penthouse condo, 1,220 sq ft, 2br incl 14x14 master w/bath, hardwood flrs in kit & vaulted great rm w/corner fpl. MLS ID 08450213

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Sycamore $178,000 1626 Brickville Rd. Side-by-side ranch duplex on 60x178 lot is great investment, both units avail (currently leased), each has 2br & partly fin bsmt. Built-in storage attached to 2 car gar. MLS ID 08103300 Joline Suchy 815-784-4582

2113 Frantum Rd, Sycamore $149,900 Peace rd North of RT 64 to Frantum -- In Stonegate of Heron Creek with easy access to interstates! Liv rm granite surround fpl, 2.5 baths, 18x10 loft, 3rd br in bsmt, heated garage. MLS ID 08524078 Melissa Mobile 815-756-2557

Sycamore $129,900 1039 Commercial St. 3 bedroom home on 50x135 lot.

New carpet & paint thruout. 3 car garage, fenced back.

MLS ID 08527630 Joline Suchy

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