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Additional charges for teacher in abuse case Judge also raises Andrew Arison’s bond to $3 million

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SYCAMORE – Prosecutors filed more serious sexual assault charges against a local substitute teacher already facing sexual abuse charges for allegedly having inappropriate contact with students, according to court documents released Monday.

Andrew J. Arison, 36, of the 1700 block of Maness Court in Sycamore, was charged Saturday in DeKalb County court with two counts of predatory criminal sexual assault of a Andrew J. child. The new Arison charges are typically punishable by six to 30 years in prison. DeKalb County Judge Bradley Waller increased his bond to $3 million Saturday.

Police said the new charges involve inappropriate contact with a third student in the early childhood learning program at Huntley Middle School in DeKalb. The incident occurred sometime during the 2013-14 school year, court records show. The inappropriate contact alleged in the case was more serious, and led police to file more serious charges, said Bob Redel, a detective lieutenant with the DeKalb Police Department.

Arison has been jailed since Thursday, when he was arrested and charged with three counts of aggravated

Michael Haji-Sheikh (left), a candidate for alderman in DeKalb’s 5th Ward, introduces himself to the crowd with fellow 5th Ward candidates Kate Noreiko (center) and Cameron Zelaya during the candidate forum Monday at Stagecoach Players Theater in DeKalb hosted by the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce.

Candidates make their case City Council aspirants disclose their ideas for DeKalb

By KATIE DAHLSTROM

Candidate for alderman in DeKalb’s 3rd Ward Michael Marquardt (right) answers a question about the preservation of the Oderkirk House while fellow candidate Stave Kapitan waits for his question during the candidate forum hosted by the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce.

kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Seven candidates vying for seats on the DeKalb City Council spoke Monday at the Stage Coach Theater where they agreed city leaders need to do more to attract residents and grow the city’s economy.

The candidates, who are running for four-year terms in the city’s 3rd, 5th and 7th wards, spoke during a forum hosted by the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce and local media.

While the candidates stressed the need for a thriving city with a constructive government they provided various means for creating one.

“I believe that in order to move DeKalb forward,” said 5th Ward candidate Kate Noreiko, 63, a retired human resources director. “To move it to the city we want it to be, we need to focus on the positive, to build on the positives in our city.”

Noreiko took the stage with Michael Haji-Sheikh and Cameron Zelaya. The three of them

are competing to represent the 5th ward. Candidates were given two minutes each for opening and closing statements, and fielded three questions apiece.

Haji-Sheikh, an associate engineering professor at NIU, said the solution to some of DeKalb’s growth challenges is in the miles of fiber-optic system laid throughout the coun-

ty. He said the city should create a larger fiber optic network using the money it will have left from its two tax-increment financing districts, a funding mechanism through which the city diverts property tax money into a special account that is used to rehabilitate blighted areas.

“I believe that the TIF money and all the money that we

can probably get towards that should be put towards taking that TIF district and building ... fiber and attracting new business,” said Haji-Sheikh, 55.

Zelaya repeatedly called attention to the area on Pearl Street and Lincoln Highway owned by ShoDeen Construction where nearly a dozen

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What’s next?

In DeKalb, parent support nights are being planned at some district schools, with details to come.

In Sycamore, police and district officials plan a meeting for parents at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday at Sycamore Middle School, where questions on the local connection to the Andrew Arison case will be welcome, along with topics including Internet safety and the role of school resource officers.

Source: DeKalb School District 428, Sycamore Police

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criminal sexual abuse. Police said he had inappropriate contact with two students while working as a substitute Wednesday at Huntley Middle School. In that case, a staff member at Huntley saw the contact and reported it, DeKalb School District 428 Superintendent Doug Moeller previously told the Daily Chronicle.

The next day, Arison substituted at Southeast Elementary School in Sycamore School District 427, Sycamore school officials have said. They said they were not aware of the earlier incident.

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GOP fundraiser in Chicago an early show of support for Kirk

By MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO – Illinois Republican leaders turned out Monday for an early fundraiser for U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk’s 2016 re-election campaign, a show of support that appeared aimed in part at trying to dissuade potential GOP primary challengers.

Gov. Bruce Rauner, a half-dozen members of the state’s congressional delegation and some of the party’s biggest Illinois donors were among the GOP faithful who appeared at a downtown Chicago club, some paying up to $15,000 a ticket. The event raised more than $200,000, Kirk said.

Kirk, elected in 2010 to the

vacant seat once held by President Barack Obama, is a top target of Democrats as they try to win back the Senate. Many also consider him to be among the most vulnerable, coming from a Democratic leaning state in a presidential election year. At least four Democratic members of Congress are contemplating a challenge to him.

But the fundraiser also was

a sign to donors and any Republican rivals that Kirk has no reservations about a campaign, despite his continuing recovery from a 2012 stroke that leaves him relying at times on a wheelchair or cane.

“If you’re looking at running against him, that’s the take away – the depth and scope of Kirk’s support,” said Tom Cross, a former GOP lead-

er in the Illinois House, who attended.

David Yepsen, director of the Paul Simon Public Policy Institute at Southern Illinois University, said it is “a little bit early” for an incumbent U.S. senator to be holding big fundraising events. But he said Kirk’s health has left questions whether he would run for a second term, and

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“He needs to send a clear signal and this does that,” Yepsen said. “One of the subtexts of this is Mark Kirk’s health. Is he up to the job? It’ll be there and he needs to address it.”

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It has taken several years, but the upstairs of the Marie Louise Olmstead Memorial Museum in Somonauk has finally solved a major problem: access for senior citizens and those with a disability who cannot climb stairs.

I first wrote a column about this eclectic museum hidden away on the second floor of the building at 105 S. Depot St. in downtown Somonauk in 2011, saying it is not only the finest museum in two counties, but also the oldest and having the largest numbers of artifacts.

One big drawback: The only access is via old wooden stairs with 21 steps, prohibiting most senior citizens and even some school groups from visiting. In fact, some of their older volunteers can’t even climb the stairs anymore.

But a local farmer, Don Riemensnider, has come to the rescue, providing the funds to buy the recently-vacated Nel ’s Catering business building next door, thus paving the way for the eventual installation of an elevator to the adjoining second floor and also allowing for the expansion of exhibit space into the second building, bringing hundreds more artifacts on public display for the first time.

It will also encourage other Somonauk area residents to add their personal collections and memorabilia to the museum’s inventory.

Visiting Riemensnider in his home on DeKalb Street recently, I learned of his lifelong love affair with Somonauk, having been born on a nearby farm just over

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Somonauk farmer Don Riemensnider stands in front of the Nel’s Catering building on South Depot Street that he bought for the museum, which adjoins it at the second-floor level. This will allow elevator access to the museum and an expansion of exhibit space over the years. the line in LaSalle County, going through a tough period when his father died and he had to take charge of the farm operation at age 15, and then of his success through both farming and investment in the downtown.

A family friend and museum board member, Margaret Hardekopf, had contacted me to share their good fortune regarding Riemensnider’ s donation.

Coincidentally, she and another board member, Jim Gerlick, also had my mother as a teacher in first grade,

at the same time I attended that Somonauk elementary school.

We all sat down in Riemensnider’s living room, joined by the museum board President Brad Meyer, so I could learn about this latest development. The museum had been moved from the home of its founder attorney, L.B. Olmstead, in 1947 when the collection got too voluminous for his house and outbuilding on the west side of town.

Somehow the bank building below it was sold but the

second floor remained the property of the museum, so that is how it ended up with no street access, except for the one stairwell.

When Olmstead died in 1951, a community nonprofit board took over its care and has continued to do so to this day.

Don has stepped forward to help the community more than once in his 91 years.

Some time ago the village library needed a home and he donated the property where his daughter once operated a children’s clothing store.

This was used for many years until the library decided to move into a new building, using some of the proceeds from the sale of his store building to finance the move.

Don’s latest act of generosity will allow so many more people to see the exhibits, ranging from Native American artifacts dating back hundreds of years, Colonial American and Civil War era objects, up through World War I and World War II. Now with the expansion even more artifacts can be included.

But as Gerlick and Meyer explained to me, fundraising for the renovation of the Nel’s Catering building and a new or used elevator has to take place before the museum can be fully utilized. They are counting on Somonauk-area folks to make this happen in the not-too-distant future.

• Barry Schrader can be reached via email at barry815@sbcglobal.net or at P.O. Box 851, DeKalb, IL, 60115. To view the 600 local names in the index of his latest book, ”Hybrid Corn & Purebred People Volume 2,” visit his website www.dekalbcountylife.com and click on NEW BOOK.

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Robert Durst faces murder charge after broadcast

By JANET MCCONNAUGHEY and BRIAN MELLEY The Associated Press NEW ORLEANS – Robert Durst couldn’t explain away the similarities between his handwriting and a letter he said “only the killer could have written” that alerted police to his friend’s shooting 15 years ago.

Confronted with new evidence by the makers of a documentary about his life, the troubled millionaire blinked, burped oddly, pulled his ear and briefly put his head in his hands before denying he was the killer.

Then he stepped away from

the tense interview and went to the bathroom, still wearing the live microphone that recorded what he said next.

“There it is. You’re caught!” Durst whispered to himself before running the tap water. “What the [heck] did I do? Killed them Robert Durst all, of course.”

That moment didn’t just make for a captivating finale to a six-part documentary on the eccentric life of an heir to a New York real estate fortune.

It also may have given police and prosecutors the evi-

dence they needed to close the long-cold case of a mobster’s daughter. Susan Berman was felled by a bullet to the back of her head as investigators prepared to find out what she knew about the disappearance of Durst’s wife in 1982.

Los Angeles prosecutors filed a first-degree charge against Durst on Monday that could trigger the death penalty.

In Louisiana, Durst was rebooked on charges of being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm, and possession of a weapon with a controlled dangerous substance – a small amount of marijuana.

Authorities didn’t immedi-

ately know whether prosecutors would try to keep Durst in Louisiana on those charges before he is sent to Los Angeles.

The charges came after two years of investigation and allege he lay in wait with a gun and murdered a witness, special circumstances that could carry a death sentence if prosecutors decide later to pursue it.

Durst, 71, who was arrested at a New Orleans hotel on the eve of Sunday’s final episode, agreed Monday to face trial for the murder of Berman, who had vouched for him in public after his wife vanished.

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Sycamore to revisit sober house plan

By ADAM POULISSE apoulisse@shawmedia.com

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DeKalb High School sophomore Anthony Jaques, 16, picks up a cone using the Talon MK2 Mod 0, a U.S. Army explosive ordinance disposal robot, Monday in the school parking lot. The Army Interactive Semi visited DeKalb High School on Monday and will stop today at Sycamore High School.

Army robot promotes STEM classes

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – The closest that Genaro Rodriguez had come to driving an Army-issue robot before Monday was handling a remote-control car.

But the two don’t really compare, said Rodriguez, a sophomore at DeKalb High School.

Rodriguez was one of dozens of students who drove a Talon robot with the help of a military unit that travels the country to engage students in the science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields.

“It’s really fun,” Rodriguez said after maneuvering the robot around a series of cones.

“It’s exciting to use the technology that the Army is using firsthand.”

The $180,000 robot stands about 2 feet high and has an arm with a claw that can lift objects weighing up to 25 pounds.

It comes equipped with four cameras that are useful to the person directing the robot from a control box that could be as far as a mile away, said Sgt.

Army Sgt. 1st Class Andrew Kelley, Ft. Knox, Kentucky, points out the cone to DeKalb High School sophomore Adrian Roscelli (right) while he manuevers the Talon MK2 Mod 0, a U.S. Army’s explosive ordinance disposal robot Monday in the DeKalb High School parking lot.

1st Class Nick Perample, with the Mission Support Battalion Mobile Exhibit Company based out of Fort Knox, Kentucky.

He said the traveling exhibit is meant to bridge the gap between what’s going on in the military and what students are learning in schools.

“It’s to connect America’s

people with America’s army,” Perample said.

For some of the students, the event was a glimpse at the possible ways they could use technology once they leave high school. Rodriguez saw it as a way to think about the careers he might pursue after graduation.

The robot can move at 5 mph when it’s laying fiber-optic cable or picking up improvised explosive devices in the field, Perample said. Monday, students drove the robot a little slower so they could pick up cones and slide them over other cones.

It’s all done through a control box that contains four screens and multiple joysticks.

“They should give me an Xbox controller to do it instead,” sophomore Anthony Jaques said.

A set of flippers from a pinball machine would have been better to Joe Neville, a teacher at DeKalb High School, who had his large engines class at the demonstration. He joked he was from a generation too early to feel comfortable with joysticks, but he still managed to negotiate the robot successfully.

“It was very user friendly,” Neville said. “It was neat to watch these kids use this technology. I’m always looking at how do machines help humans.

This is a great display.”

SYCAMORE – Sycamore city officials are willing to work with DeKalb County again on a contentious situation involving an all-male sober living home.

The County Board, after a letter addressed to city officials last week by County Administrator Gary Hanson, voted 4-3 Monday to reconsider using a residential home at 491 E. State St. for a sober living facility. The county, in a 5-2 vote, was denied a special use permit during a contentious City Council meeting March 3.

Third Ward Alderman Greg Taylor and 1st Ward Aldermn Alan Bauer changed their votes Monday to align with 2nd Ward Aldermen Chuck Stowe and Pete Paulsen in favor of re-examining the plan.

“It’s in the spirit of cooperation, so something can be put together and worked on,” Bauer said. “My opinion of this was not about the tax money as much as it was I’m honoring the wishes of the people who elected me.”

Bauer also motioned further the ordinance be postponed until an unknown date for both bodies to make an intergovernmental agreement. The motion passed on a 4-3 vote.

“There are no specifics to talk about so far,” Mayor Ken Mundy said, “but there are movements on both sides. Hindsight being perfect, we could have not untabled this ordinance earlier.”

First Ward Alderman Curt Lang, while present Monday, abstained from votes pertaining to the sober living home as he was absent from the original motion.

Fourth Ward Alderwoman Janice Tripp, 3rd Ward Alderman Steve Braser and 4th Ward Alderman Rick Kramer, who voted no to handing over taxable property before, maintained their positions on re-examining the project.

“This is only putting back on the table that location, so I don’t know why we would

What’s next?

Further discussions of a county sober living home in Sycamore will take place at a undecided later date, so an intergovernmental agreement can be worked on.

“There was a communication breakdown between the county and the city, and that’s something we need to rectify.”

Mark Pietrowski Jr. DeKalb County Board chairman

even consider that,” Braser told the council.

The county and city have long gone back-and-forth about the use of the property. The county, including Drug Court Judge Robbin Stuckert, has wanted the property because of its proximity to the courthouse, which rent-paying tenants would have to make regular appearances. However, city officials have said the county should look at property it already owns, and not take taxable property away from the city.

“We’ve put several new properties on the tax rolls that will more than make up for this,” Paulsen told the council.

County Board Chairman Mark Pietrowski, Jr., alongside Hanson, were at the meeting, and Pietrowski said he was “very pleased” with the council’s decision.

“There was a communication breakdown between the county and the city, and that’s something we need to rectify, and that’s why both sides need to come back together, and I’m very pleased they did that,” Pietrowski said. “It was a split decision, so we hope to work with those individuals who were in [disagreement] with it is as well to get them on board with this project.”

DeKalb County Animal Welfare League to consider ‘sanctuary for senior pets’

By ADAM POULISSE apoulisse@shawmedia.com GENOA – The DeKalb County Animal Welfare League wants to lend a helping hand – and a helping paw – to senior citizens and their elderly pets.

The league is proposing building a sanctuary for older dogs and cats at the DeKalb Animal Shelter, 16173 Base Line Road. The building would give senior citizens a way to stay connected with and visit their elderly pets after moving

What’s next?

The proposed senior animal facility project will go before the DeKalb County Planning and Zoning Committee on March 25.

to facilities not friendly to pets.

Basically, an “old folks home for dogs,” according to Roberta Shoaf, league president and shelter executive director.

“This would be a place where senior pets live concurrently with them in their facility,” she said. “When giving up pretty much everything to live in an assisted living facility, they won’t have to give up their pets.”

The facility was discussed at a small public hearing last week. Because the proposed 5,000 square-foot facility requires an amendment to the shelter’s special use permit, the project must go before the DeKalb County Planning and

Zoning Committee on March 25, then the County Board next month, Planning and Zoning Director Paul Miller said. “[Older] animals are not easy to adopt out or place in new homes,” he said. ‘It’s a place for animals to stay and owners a place to visit.”

Shoaf stressed that the project is only in the preliminary stages of discussion and planning, but said things should pick up once the shelter gets the necessary approval.

“At that point, we’re hoping

we will be poised to start a plan and have knowledge of what we’ll be doing,” Shoaf said.

“We’re in the early planning stages. We haven’t reached a full design, even.”

Diana King, program manager of the Senior Service Center in DeKalb, praised the concept.

“From knowing the folks that come here, I think it will be very beneficial,” she said. “I think just the comfort of knowing your pet is being cared for, and being able to see your pet,

will be huge.”

Ken McCormick of Kingston was at the Senior Center Monday afternoon. The 71-year-old Kingston resident and his 6-year-old Labrador retriever could both benefit from a facility for older pets, he said.

“A couple of times I’ve had to board him while I was in the hospital,” McCormick said. “It was quite expensive, but he means the world to me. He’s my only companion. It would be very important to get something like [the facility] going.”

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Donors had role in Congressman’s 2014 property deal

By JEFF HORWITZ and STEPHEN BRAUN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – A shell company linked to embattled Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock paid a political donor $300,000 last year for a commercial property in Peoria then took out a $600,000 mortgage for the property from a local bank run by other donors, Illinois state and county records show.

The newly disclosed arrangement comes after similar Schock real estate deals detailed by a recent Associated Press investigation into the Illinois Republican’s business transactions involving political contributors over the past decade.

The 2014 deal, which occurred after the congressman’s most recent financial report, raises new questions about Schock’s pattern of repeated reliance on campaign contributors. Political donors built, sold and financed a house owned by Schock in suburban Peoria. Donors also were involved in the sale and financing of a Peoria apartment complex in which Schock invests.

According to tax and county land records obtained by the Peoria Journal Star and reviewed by the AP, a company managed by Schock paid $300,000 in May to buy a commercial property owned by Jeff Green, a wealthy Peoria car dealer who has contributed at least $12,000 to the Illi-

nois Republican’s congressional campaigns and who still owns a larger land tract next to Schock’s. The lawmaker then signed a mortgage application with a local Peoria bank for $600,000 – twice the listed price of the property now owned by his Illinois company, Menards Peoria LLC. Its headquarters was listed as Schock’s home in Peoria.

Banks typically limit mortgage loans to less than the full value of a property. It was not immediately clear why Schock sought such a large loan, whether there were other components of the deal or how he was awarded a mortgage loan twice the size of his purchase price. Local records did not show the bank’s appraisal value for the property.

Schock’s stake in the deal was first disclosed by WMAQ, the NBC affiliate in Chicago, and Blue Nation Review, a liberal online publication.

A spokesman for Schock declined to comment about the 2014 deal. A spokesman at Heritage Bank in Peoria, which approved the $600,000 commercial mortgage, did not immediately respond to a telephone message left with a spokesman.

In the immediate months after buying the land parcel in May, according to campaign expenditure records, Schock’s re-election campaign paid Green and two of his auto dealerships more than $112,000 in unspecified transportation expenses.

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A photo shows a view of Chicago’s 110 story, 1,450-high foot Willis Tower. Blackstone announced Monday that it is buying the Willis Tower, once called the Sears Tower, from 233 South Wacker LLC for an undisclosed amount. The Willis Tower is the second-tallest office building in the U.S. It is the fifth-tallest office building in the world.

Blackstone to buy Chicago’s Willis Tower The ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK – Blackstone is buying Chicago’s Willis Tower, once called the Sears Tower, from 233 South Wacker LLC for an undisclosed amount.

The Willis Tower is 110 stories and the second-tallest office building in the U.S. It is the fifth-tallest office building in the world and was for many years the world’s tallest.

The Wall Street Journal put the purchase price at $1.3 billion, citing unnamed Blackstone executives. That would make it the highest price paid for an office tower outside New York, according to real estate information provider CoStar Group Inc. The Willis Tower’s Skydeck, located on the 103rd floor, is a popular tourist attraction. It provides 1.6 million visitors a year with views

of Chicago and the surrounding area including from the “Ledge,” glass cubes which extend from the building.

Jacob Werner, a managing director in Blackstone’s real estate group, said in a statement Monday that Blackstone sees “great potential in further improving both the building’s retail operations and the tourist experience for one of the most popular destinations for visitors to Chicago.”

Construction efforts for the tower started in 1970 and it was completed in 1973, according to the tower’s website. The Skydeck officially opened to the public in 1974 and underwent a multimillion-dollar renovation in 2000.

The tower was officially renamed the Willis Tower in 2009 after Willis North America, an insurance brokerage that is a tenant in the tower, bought the naming rights.

Emanuel dissects opponent in debate State to take peregrine falcon off threatened list

By SOPHIA TAREEN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel aggressively dissected his re-election challenger’s record and platform Monday in the first head-to-head televised debate before next month’s runoff election, but Cook County Commissioner Jesus Garcia came back at the former White House chief of staff with questions about the city’s financial problems and

violence.

The tone was snappy with the former White House chief of staff trying to highlight what Emanuel said is Garcia’s lack of experience, especially in managing the finances of the nation’s third most populous city.

Emanuel said Garcia’s plans – including calling for 1,000 more police officers – aren’t realistic because of the strain on the budget. Several times he criticized Garcia’s plan to call for a full review

of city spending before committing to new taxes or budget cuts.

Emanuel has worked hard to appeal to voters in minority neighborhoods, particularly around the schools issue.

Tense contract negotiations in 2012 led to the city’s first teachers’ strike in 25 years and the next year he pushed to close nearly 50 neighborhood schools. The vast majority of Chicago Public Schools students are black and Latino.

A report from the Illinois Endangered Species ProtecSPRINGFIELD – Illinois tion Board said 24 breeding officials are set to remove pairs of the falcon led to 47 the peregrine falcon from the offspring in 2012, up from one state’s threatened species list. pair making two birds in 1988.

The Springfield bureau of The peregrine falcon was Lee Enterprises newspapers once on the U.S. endangered reports the bird will be taken species list, as the use of the off the list in the coming weeks pesticide DDT in the mid-20th after action by a legislative century caused its population committee. The formal remov- to decline severely. al process has been going on DDT, which is now banned for more than three years, af- in agricultural uses, caused ter the bird has made a come- eggshells to thin and break back in the state. more easily, according to the

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Obama administration: 16.4M have gained health insurance

Continued from page A1 vacant homes wait to be demolished. Zelaya, 24, stood in support of ShoDeen’s original proposal to put a mixed-use development with commercial and residential uses there because he said it could draw more foot traffic to downtown DeKalb and attract young professionals.

“It’s just sad that we can’t create something or create something down there that reflects the pride that we have in our community,” Zelaya said. “The pride that should be had in downtown DeKalb ... it should be a centerpiece that should be on display.”

Third Ward candidates Steve Kapitan, a scan coordinator at Jewel-Osco in DeKalb, and Michael Marquardt, the office manager at Kishwaukee Country Club, both addressed city subsidies during their time at the forum.

“They really have to justify, a business that’s proposing a subsidy, has to justify it to the city for me to support it,” said Kapitan, 61. “And I think that’s the way it should go in terms of how we approach economic development in the city.”

Kapitan served in the 3rd Ward from 1995 to 2007 before being elected city clerk in 2009. He resigned from that position in 2012 after failing to comply with the state’s Open Meetings Act.

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DeKalb incumbent 7th Ward Alderwoman Monica O’Leary (right) finishes the forum with her closing statement as her opponent Craig Roman looks on during the candidate forum hosted by the DeKalb Chamber of Commerce on Monday at Stagecoach Players Theater in DeKalb. here as much as we need to work with them to help them stay here,” said Marquardt, For videos of the candidate forum, 46. visit Daily-Chronicle.com.

Seventh Ward incumbent Alderwoman Monica O’Leary, 49, and challenger Craig Roman, 40, used their The city is currently work- opening statements to explain ing with Bemis Toyota on an how they would be the voice incentive deal after aldermen the residents of their ward. balked at a request from dealO’Leary, a mechanic wrapership leaders for a $650,000 ping up her first term as alforgivable TIF loan to com- derman, said she feels as if plete corporate-mandated im- the city is dying. She said provements. after learning how city gov“I do not believe that we ernment works, she’s ready to need to pay people to stay speak for the residents.

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“We need to bring things here for the residents, for the students, for our children to do here in the city of DeKalb,” O’Leary said.

Roman, a sales director for an insurance company, called for more open and transparent government, saying that there is a communication breakdown that could be repaired to improve DeKalb.

“I want the office to be more responsive to you,” Roman said. “You should not have to wait two weeks to get a response from any alderman.”

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WASHINGTON – More than 16 million Americans have gained coverage since President Barack Obama’s health care law took effect five years ago, the administration said Monday.

But measuring a different way, an independent expert who took into account insurance losses during some of those years had a much lower estimate: 9.7 million.

The Department of Health and Human Services estimated that 16.4 million adults have gained health insurance since the law’s major coverage provisions began taking effect in 2010.

The lower independent estimate is based on a large daily survey called the Gallup-Healthways Well-Being Index.

There seems to be no dispute that Obama’s law has significantly reduced the number of uninsured Americans. The question is, by how much?

It will take time for authoritative statistics to emerge, particularly when the government and outside

experts are using different estimating methods.

The HHS estimate comes as the administration prepares to commemorate the fifth anniversary of the law’s signing Mar. 23, 2010.

The Affordable Care Act has been politically divisive from the start.

HHS Secretary Sylvia M. Burwell said it’s brought about “the largest reduction in the uninsured in four decades.”

Democrats hailed the law’s passage as the culmination of decades of effort to guarantee health coverage for all Americans, including people with health problems who previously could be turned away by insurance companies.

Republicans called it government overreach, and haven’t stopped trying to repeal or roll back what they dismiss as “Obamacare.”

That opposition has helped the GOP win control of Congress.

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Police: Parents of former students calling Kirk talks • ARISON “We’re getting phone political, Continued from page A1 calls from the parents of former students. social issues This case is going to go Continued from page A1 Kirk, 55, did address the health question at the fundraiser. In informal remarks as attendees finished their afternoon meals, he said he once contemplated campaigning by walking across the state. Alluding to how he now often uses a wheelchair, he said, “The walk across Illinois got junked.”

Speaking to reporters later, he added, “News of my political demise ... has been premature.”

At the fundraiser, Kirk sounded confident as he spoke about domestic and foreign affairs. The loudest applause came when he said Obama isn’t doing enough to go after the Islamic State group, also known as ISIS. “We need to be killing a lot more ISIS people at a faster rate,” he said.

Those attending the fundraiser said Kirk’s health could prove a political asset. Kirk went through months of intense physical and speech rehabilitation after his stroke, returning to work in Washington a year later.

“Those who are never going to support Mark Kirk are going to question his physical abilities,” said U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis, a Taylorville Republican, speaking in a hallway at the event. “Those who know Mark Kirk know this has made him stronger and a better senator.”

Speaking to reporters, Kirk suggested he was not worried about an intra-party challenge.

But he indicated he thought the general election against a Democratic nominee would be a different story.

It is, he said, “a race I expect to be a barn-burning race.”

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“We’ve been interviewing teachers, aides and school staff,” he said. “At this point, no victims have been identified in Sycamore.”

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Police arrested Arison on Thursday. In an interview with police after he was arrested, Arison admitted to the inappropriate contact, Redel has said.

Arison had worked as a substitute teacher in schools around the area since 2008, when he resigned as a teacher in Genoa-Kingston School District 424, records show.

Police continue to investigate Arison. Redel said police had conducted numerous interviews and think they’ve identified other children who may have been abused.

Redel said the investigation could take weeks and that Arison could face additional charges.

“We’re getting phone calls from the parents of former students,” Redel said. “This case is going to go on for a while.”

Police encouraged anyone concerned that their child may be a victim to call the DeKalb Police Department at 815-748-8400.

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Arison listed his only source of income as $1,200 a month from District 428. His assets include an $18,000 2015 Chevy Cruze and $90,000 in bank accounts and investments. Arison said he was single and didn’t have any children, according to court records.

Arison’s attorney, DeKalb County Public Defender Tom McCulloch, declined to comment on the charges Monday, but said his office “will investigate and file whatever bond motions are appropriate.”

The case is next due in court today.

The District 428 board is scheduled to meet at 6 p.m. today at the District Education Center, 901 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. After a closed session, the regular meeting will begin at 7 p.m. The board doesn’t plan to discuss the case at tonight’s meeting, said school board President Tracy Williams.

“This is an ongoing investigation,” he said. “There’s not a lot at this time that we can address.”

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Women’s Expo set for Thursday The Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce invites the public to join them for its sixth Lights, Camera, Action! Women’s Expo.

The vendor showcase will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Thursday, March 19, at the Party Lodge, 1312 E. Church St. in Sandwich.

This year’s expo will feature a variety of vend o r s e x h i b i t i n g w o men-centric products and services including skin care, jewelry, health care, candles, professional services and purses.

Admission is $3 and includes refreshments, entry in door prize drawings and a free swag bag for the first 100 attendees. Watch the Sandwich Chamber’s Facebook page for a $2 off admission coupon.

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John Pappas, owner of Ellwood Steak and Fish House in DeKalb, meets March 10 with Fawn Hansen, the restaurant’s general manager, in the 1879 Lounge – the bar area of the restaurant with a separate outdoor entrance. All of the wood finishings in the bar and restaurant area have been primed and hiring has begun online at ellwoodsteakandfishhouse.com.

DeKalb for the $4.2 million development. He has more than six years left to repay the city’s investment through sales and property tax revenues generated by the development.

As part of the agreement, he razed the former Small’s Furniture to make way for the 12,950-square-foot strip shopping center. American Mattress, the first tenant, opened in November. But sales tax revenue from American Mattress does not count toward reimbursing the city because it’s not listed as one of the designated uses in the contract between Pappas and the city,

according to the May 2013 development agreement.

After living in DeKalb for 35 years, Pappas said the restaurant was his way to give back to the community.

“I think the town lacks this type of a restaurant that’s really not available anywhere, and people do drive out of town for fine dining,” he said.

The restaurant will not only fill the void, but also will provide jobs for the community, Pappas said.

Fawn Hansen, the restaurant’s general manager, said she already has hired about 75 percent of the staff but still is

looking for bartenders, servers, bus persons and hosts.

“I’m very excited about it,” she said about filling the positions.

With menu choices that feature Mediterranean cuisine and traditional Midwestern steaks, Pappas said he expects “a great outcome” from his new business.

“There’s no doubt if we are going to be successful,” he said. “I just hope we are going to have enough room to handle the customers.”

The restaurant can be found online at http://ellwoodsteakandfishhouse.com.

Sycamore, DeKalb chambers to host annual community expo The Sycamore and DeKalb chambers of commerce will host a community expo from 4 to 7 p.m. March 26 at the Sycamore High School field house.

About 130 local business and organizations are scheduled to participate.

“It is a joint effort between Sycamore and DeKalb chambers and our goal is simply to promote the businesses and nonprofits of our two communities,” Rose Treml, executive director of the Sycamore Chamber of Commerce, said in a news release.

“The majority of the 130-plus businesses that participate in this event are small businesses. So, it is a great opportunity for you to meet the owners one on one,” Treml said in the release. “We are all told and reminded to try to shop local and to support Small Business Saturdays. This is the community’s chance to see what small local businesses we have in our county all in one place.”

The expo will include food samples from a variety of local

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Home & Business Expo had record attendance Spring has sprung here in Genoa. We hope you are all enjoying the beautiful weather we have been having.

Thank you to everyone that came out to our eighth annual Home & Business Expo on March 7 at Genoa-Kingston High School.

This year brought record attendance with more than 1,000 visitors. What an amazing display of our community’s businesses and organizations.

The gym was packed with more than 60 vendors, two jump houses, an exhibition area and members of the community. Anyone who visited the expo was able to get a real sense of what Genoa is all about and what our local businesses have to offer.

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Congratulations to the expo raffle winners. everyone that came to the Expo received a raffle ticket after visiting 15 booths or more. This year’s winners were: Cathy Kubasiak: Heartland Bank Basket Ray Controras: Chicago White Sox Basket donated

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Thank you Alan Browne Chevrolet, KishHealth Systems, NB&T, Resource Bank, Aramark, Crossroads Community Church, Genoa Township Park District, Genoa Fitness Center and the city of Genoa. A special thank you to the Genoa-Kingston High School and custodial staff for the use of their beautiful facility. We look forward to seeing you all next year at the 2016 Home & Business Expo.

Be sure to mark your calendars with more of the Genoa Area Chamber’s upcoming 2015 events; • June 10, Genoa Days King & Queen Scholarship • July 17, Genoa Area Chamber Golf Outing at The Oak Club Of Genoa • Aug. 15, Cruisin’ to Genoa Car Show • Sept. 13, Great Genoa Duck Race in Citizens Park For information on our events or if you would like to find out more about the Genoa Area Chamber of Commerce and what membership offers, visit www. genoaareachamber.com or stop by the chamber office at 111 N. Sycamore St. We are a genuine community that supports one another and encourages those around us. We are proud to work, live and play here in Genoa! Come grow with us!

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Pappas announced a plan to open the business, a combination of a bar and restaurant at 2219 Sycamore Road in DeKalb, in part of the new retail center he built on the former Small’s Furniture City site.

Pappas said he finished most of the construction including the kitchen and some of the interior over the past three months. Although he has yet to settle on an opening date, Pappas said he plans to open the steakhouse in late March or early April.

“We still have a lot of work ahead of us, but a month is plenty of time, and we are going to be ready for the challenge,” he said. “We can’t wait.”

The Ellwood Steak and Fish House takes up 4,200 square feet in the retail center, or about a third of the building.

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By BARBARA ORTUTAY The Associated Press NEW YORK – Facebook is trying to clarify what posts, images and other content it allows on its site and why.

In an update to its community standards page, the world’s largest online social network gave users more guidance on why, for example, it might take down a post that featured sexual violence and exploitation, hate speech, criminal activity or bullying.

It also explained why it not only bans terrorist and organized crime groups, but it also removes content supporting them.

The Menlo Park, California-based company said it isn’t changing how it regulates the content of posts, and that while some of the guidance for users is new, “it is consistent with how we’ve applied our standards in the past.”

In a blog post Monday, Facebook said it is a challenge to maintain one set of standards that meet the needs of its entire community. More than 80 percent of Facebook users are outside the U.S. and Canada.

“People from different backgrounds may have different ideas about what’s appropriate to share – a video posted as a joke by one person might be upsetting to someone else, but it may not violate our standard,” wrote Monika Bickert, head of global policy management, and Chris Sonderby, deputy general counsel, in the post.

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By CANDICE CHOI The Associated Press NEW YORK – Coca-Cola is working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggest its soda as a treat at a time when the world’s biggest beverage maker is being blamed for helping to fuel obesity rates.

In February, several of the experts wrote online posts for American Heart Month, with each including a minican of Coke or soda as a snack idea.

The pieces – which appeared on nutrition blogs and other sites including those of major newspapers – offer a window into the many ways food companies work behind the scenes to cast their products in a positive light, often with the help of third parties who are seen as trusted authorities.

Ben Sheidler, a Coca-Cola spokesman, compared the February posts to product placement deals a company might have with TV shows.

“We have a network of dietitians we work with,” said Sheidler, who declined to say how much the company pays

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This photo shows the Coca-Cola logo on the side of a delivery truck in Springfield. Coca-Cola, the world’s biggest beverage-maker, is working with fitness and nutrition experts who suggest its cola as a healthy treat. experts. “Every big brand works with bloggers or has paid talent.”

Other companies including Kellogg and General Mills have used strategies like providing continuing education classes for dietitians, funding

studies that burnish the nutritional images of their products and offering newsletters for health experts. PepsiCo Inc. has also worked with dietitians who suggest its Frito-Lay and Tostito chips in local TV segments on healthy

eating. Others use nutrition experts in sponsored content; the American Pistachio Growers has quoted a dietitian for the New England Patriots in a piece on healthy snacks and recipes and Nestle has quoted its own executive in a post

Ferguson flooded with record requests after Brown shooting

By JIM SALTER and DAVID A. LIEB The Associated Press FERGUSON, Mo. – Ferguson officials were inundated with thousands of open-records requests from media outlets and the public after the fatal shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer.

In response, the St. Louis suburb sought payments of thousands of dollars before even beginning to fulfill some of those requests, and Ferguson’s city attorney has defended that decision.

Some media outlets complained to the Missouri attorney general that Ferguson was violating the state’s Sunshine Law, which is intended to ensure public access to records at a reasonable cost.

The situation highlights the challenges local governments can face when they suddenly become the focus of intense public interest, and the growing threat of high costs to expanding openness at all levels of government – a cornerstone of Sunshine Week. The open government initiative is celebrating its

10th anniversary this week.

“I’m sure being in this kind of a spotlight can seem overwhelming to them,” said Jean Maneke, a Kansas City attorney who specializes in Sunshine Law issues. But she added: “The public has a right to ask questions about how its government works, and it’s in Ferguson’s best interest to be as transparent as it can.”

Brown, an unarmed black 18-year-old, was shot by Darren Wilson, who is white, AP file photo during an Aug. 9 confronta- Duane Merrells walks with an upside down American flag during a tion.

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By GILLIAN FLACCUS The Associated Press LAGUNA BEACH, Calif. – The starving sea lion pup was so tiny that it looked like a rock at the base of the seaside cliff until it struggled to raise its head as humans approached.

It bleated weakly as volunteer Brennan Slavik eased it into a crate for transport to a rescue center, where it peered from a child’s playpen with woeful eyes made enormous by an emaciated frame.

At almost a year, the pup weighed just 23 pounds – a third of what it should – and staff quietly took it to a private room, euthanized it and moved on.

It’s a scenario playing out daily in California this year as rescue centers struggle to keep up with hundreds of sick and starving sea lion pups washing up along the coast.

More than 1,650 pups have been rescued since January from beaches, but also from inside public restrooms, behind buildings and along railroad tracks.

Scientists aren’t sure what’s causing the crisis, but suspect that warmer waters from this winter’s mild El Nino weather pattern are impacting the sea lion birthing grounds along the Channel Islands off the Southern California coast.

The warm water is likely pushing prime sea lion foods – market squid, sardines and anchovies – further north, forcing the mothers to abandon their pups for up to eight days at a time in search of sustenance.

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For Coca-Cola Co., the public relations strategy with health experts in February focused on the theme of “Heart Health & Black History Month.” The effort yielded a radio segment and multiple online pieces.

One post refers to a “refreshing beverage option such as a mini can of Coca-Cola.” Another suggests “portion-controlled versions of your favorites, like Coca-Cola mini cans, packs of almonds or pre-portioned desserts for a meal.”

The focus on the smaller cans isn’t surprising. Sugary drinks have come under fire for fueling obesity rates and related ills, and the last time Coke’s annual U.S. soda volume increased was in 2002, according to the industry tracker Beverage Digest. More recently, the company is pushing its minicans as a guilt-free way to enjoy cola. The cans also fetch higher prices on a per ounce basis, so even if people are drinking less soda, Coke said it can grow sales.

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By BRADLEY KLAPPER The Associated Press

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Samuel, only his first name given, kicks a ball through the ruins of his family’s home as his father, Phillip, (back), picks through the debris Monday in Port Vila, Vanuatu, in the aftermath of Cyclone Pam.

U.N.: 24 dead in Vanuatu after storm tering in 37 evacuation centers on the main island of Efate and in the provinces of Torba and The Associated Press Penama. “Basic emergency WELLINGTON, New Zea- rations are being provided to land – The United Nations re- evacuees, including water, rice, ported Monday that 24 people tinned fish or meat, coffee, tea, are confirmed dead and 3,300 sugar, Milo, biscuits and other have been displaced by Cyclone items,” the report said.

Pam in the South Pacific archiMilitary aircraft from New pelago of Vanuatu.

Caledonia, Australia and New Radio and telephone com- Zealand have been conducting munications with outer islands aerial assessments of the damhave not yet been established age. two days after what the counThe latest report came as try’s president called a “mon- Vanuatu’s president rushed ster” storm, the U.N. Office for back to his country, which has the Coordination of Humani- repeatedly warned it is already tarian Affairs said. suffering devastating effects It said 3,300 people are shel- from climate change with coast-

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al areas being washed away.

Looking weary and redeyed, Baldwin Lonsdale told The Associated Press that Cyclone Pam destroyed or damaged 90 percent of the buildings in the capital alone. Lonsdale was interviewed in Sendai, in northeastern Japan, where he had been attending a U.N. disaster conference when the cyclone struck.

“This is a very devastating cyclone in Vanuatu. I term it as a monster, a monster,” he said.

“It’s a setback for the government and for the people of Vanuatu. After all the development that has taken place, all this development has been wiped

out.”

Lonsdale said because of a breakdown in communications infrastructure, even he could not reach his family. “We do not know if our families are safe or not. As the leader of the nation, my whole heart is for the people, the nation,” he said.

Officials in Vanuatu were struggling to determine the scale of devastation from the cyclone, which tore through the nation Saturday, packing winds of 168 miles an hour.

Bridges were down outside the capital, Port Vila, making travel by vehicle impossible even around the main island of Efate.

Putin reappears in joking mood after absence

By IRINA TITOVA The Associated Press ST. PETERSBURG, Russia – Looking fit and joking about all the fuss over his unexplained 10-day absence from public view, President Vladimir Putin reappeared Monday to quell the swirling speculation about the state of his health and his hold on power.

“It would be dull without gossip,” Putin said with a smile during a meeting with Kyrgyzstan’s president, Almazbek Atambayev, at St. Petersburg’s ornate Konstantin Palace.

Atambayev had just said that he wanted to put an end to the unpleasant gossip, describing how Putin had driven him around the palace’s park and thus “not only walks, but speeds around.”

Before Monday’s appearance, Putin was last seen in public March 5, when he hosted Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi. The Kremlin insisted that he continued to hold offi-

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Russian President Vladimir Putin smiles, during his meeting with Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev on Monday in the Konstantin Palace outside St. Petersburg, Russia. cial meetings and released photos and video of the meetings that were shown on national TV, but Russian media suggested the images had actually been shot much earlier.

Putin’s decision to abruptly postpone a trip to Kazakhstan planned for last week fueled speculation that he was unwell or isolated by a palace coup. A Swiss newspaper claimed that

Homegrown, gourmet pot on the rise in Mexico

By PETER ORSI The Associated Press MEXICO CITY – Once upon a time, Mexican marijuana was the gold standard for U.S. pot smokers. But in the new world of legal markets and gourmet weed, aficionados here are looking to the United States and Europe for the good stuff.

Instead of Acapulco Gold, Mexican smokers want strains like Liberty Haze and Moby Dick – either importing high-potency boutique pot from the United States, or growing it here in secret gardens that use techniques perfected abroad.

It’s a small but growing market in a country where marijuana is largely illegal, unlike the U.S. states of Colorado and Washington that have legalized recreational use, and others where medicinal pot is available.

A text message will bring a Mexico City dealer to the customer’s doorstep with a menu of high-end buds for sale at the swipe of a credit card through a smartphone reader. Hydroponic shops have sprung up that

supply equipment to those who want to cultivate potent strains in sophisticated home-grown operations. Some even are setting up pot cooperatives to share costs like high electrical bills and swap what they grow with each other.

“I know people who are architects, executives, lawyers ... who went to the United States or Europe,” said Antoine Robbe, the 35-year-old, Frenchborn proprietor of Hydrocultivos, one of the shops. “They say, ‘’Man, why don’t we have this in my country?’’ ” So far, reports of U.S.-grown marijuana making its way south have been only anecdotal but enough to raise concern, according to Alejandro Mohar, a Mexican physician and member of the U.N. International Narcotics Control Board.

A U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration official told NPR in December that Mexican cartel operatives were smuggling in high-end U.S. marijuana to sell to wealthy customers, however there’s no sign so far of a massive southward trade.

Putin had traveled to Switzerland, where it said his supposed girlfriend – former Olympic gold-winning rhythmic gymnast Alina Kabayeva – had given birth to their baby.

The Kremlin has denied all of these claims.

Putin’s spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, acerbically mocked the speculation when speaking to reporters: “So, have you seen

the president paralyzed and seized by the generals? He has just come back from Switzerland, where he attended the delivery.”

Asked if Putin’s condition required treatment by an osteopath, the spokesman retorted: “Yes, the osteopath was with the generals.”

In September 2012, Putin was in visible discomfort during an international summit in Vladivostok and spent little time on his feet. It was only weeks later – after he had spent more time than usual at his country residence and postponed a number of foreign trips – that Peskov explained that the president had pulled a muscle in his back.

The 62-year-old Russian leader has cultivated an image of vigor and athletic strength, frequently demonstrating his skills in judo, hockey, swimming and skiing. He is loath to be seen as weak, and this may be especially true at a time of such unease in Russia.

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LAUSANNE, Switzerland – Iranian diplomats twice confronted their American counterparts about an open letter from Republican senators who warned that any nuclear deal could expire the day President Barack Obama leaves office, U.S. officials said Monday.

The officials, noting the administration’s warnings when the letter first surfaced, said the GOP intervention was a new issue in the tense negotiations facing an end-of-month deadline for a framework agreement.

The letter came up in nuclear talks Sunday between senior U.S. and Iranian negotiators, the officials said, and the Iranians raised it again in discussions Monday led

by Secretary of State John Kerry and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif.

Zarif was quoted by Iranian state media after the meeting as saying the topics included the potential speed of a softening of U.S. economic sanctions and the new issue of the letter from the senators. “It is necessary that the stance of the U.S. administration be defined about this move,” he was quoted as saying.

Kerry and Zarif met for nearly five hours in Lausanne, the start of several planned days of discussions.

Most of the Iranians then departed for Brussels, where they were to meet with European negotiators.

In Brussels, EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said that “we are entering a crucial time, a crucial two weeks.” And German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier said that after “more than 10 years of negotiations, we should seize this opportunity.”

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U.S. Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz (from left), U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, Iran’s Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and the head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Ali Akbar Salehi pose for a photograph before resuming talks over Iran’s nuclear program Monday in Lausanne, Switzerland.

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“There are areas where we’ve made progress, areas where we have yet to make any progress,” British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond said. “But the fact that we’re all here talking shows the commitment on both sides to try to reach an agreement.”

In Lausanne, a senior U.S. official wouldn’t say how much time the sides spent talking about the letter drafted seven days ago by freshman Sen. Tom Cotton of Arkansas and signed by 46 other GOP senators. The Iranians have called the letter a propaganda ploy, and Zarif joked last week that some U.S. legislators didn’t understand their own Constitution.

In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the issue was a “distraction” but would not sidetrack the talks.

“Negotiations in our view, and I think most people’s view, are not about a letter that was ill-informed and ill-advised,” she told reporters. “We certainly anticipate that the focus of the discussions will remain on the issues at hand.”

In the end, the talks and a potential agreement depend on Iran showing the world that its nuclear program is exclusively peaceful, said the U.S. official, who briefed reporters in Lausanne only condition of anonymity.

The goal for a full agreement is the end of June.

Republicans argue that a deal would be insufficient and unenforceable, allowing Iran to eventually become a nuclear-armed state. To that end, they’ve delivered a series of proposals to undercut or block an agreement, including ones that would require Senate say-so on a deal and order new sanctions against Iran while negotiations are underway.

Thanks to personal electronic devices that deliver loud sounds directly into ear canals,¬ hearing loss is one of the fastest growing health problems in the U.S. for young people.

According to the Journal of Pediatrics, 12.5 percent of those between the ages of 6 and 19 suffer from hearing loss due to ear phones/buds turned to a high volume. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that exposure to sounds at 85 decibels can damage your hearing in less than eight hours. Most MP3 players with earbuds can reach 85 decibels of volume at only 70 percent of peak volume. When played at full volume MP3 players can typically create 100 decibels or more of volume which can cause permanent hearing damage in less than 15 minutes of listening.

In addition, earbuds exacerbate the danger of loud sounds because they are pushed directly into the ear

canal where sounds are not buffered by air.

Even most adults don’t realize how loud and damaging sounds can be when played through earbuds or earphones.

This can be especially dangerous for anyone that uses earbuds while operating loud equipment like a lawn mower.

Lawn mowers run around 91 decibels. In order to hear your music or audio book , you may not realize that you’ve turned the volume to 95 decibels or more.

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Obama leaves Dems weak candidates in 2016 The controversy over Hillary Clinton’s emails and her unconvincing news conference at the United Nations have gotten many Democrats and others thinking the unthinkable: Clinton may not be the Democrats’ 2016 nominee for president. And it has many asking the question – scary for Democrats – of who else could be.

It’s not a strong field. Vice President Joe Biden is 72 and has low poll ratings.

Elizabeth Warren inspires the Democratic left, but says she’s not running – perhaps for fear of exposure of her dubious claim, when seeking prestigious law school jobs, of Cherokee ancestry.

Others are even less likely. Bernie Sanders, age 73, is a self-described socialist. The interesting Jim Webb is out of sync with an increasingly leftist party. Martin O’Malley couldn’t get his lieutenant governor elected to succeed him in a 62 percent Obama state.

California Gov. Jerry Brown is 76 and turns 78 in 2016. Andrew Cuomo lives with a woman not his wife – not a problem in New York, but not helpful for a national candidate.

Democrats have a weak field in part because of their poor showing in recent statewide elections. And there’s another problem. The geographically clustered Obama coalition – blacks, Hispanics (in some states), gentry liberals – tends to elect officeholders with little incentive to compile records that would make them competitive in target states and capable of winning crossover votes.

That’s not just a problem facing contemporary Democrats. It has historic roots.

The Democratic Party has always been a collection of out-people, who are seen by themselves and others as not typically American. In the 19th century, that meant white Southerners and Catholic immigrants. Today, it means the Obama core groups.

VIEWS Michael Barone When these stick together, they can form powerful national majorities. When they come into conflict, the party can be a disorderly rabble.

From the Civil War to World War II, it was generally assumed that neither Southerners nor Catholics were viable presidential candidates. No Democratic nominee from 1864 to 1944 resided in a state that had slavery in 1860. The only Catholic nominee, the talented Al Smith, lost much of the Democratic base. The only Democrats elected president then were Protestant governors of New York and New Jersey.

That changed after World War II. Strong presidential candidates appeared from different parts of the Democratic coalition.

Each rose above stereotype. John Kennedy was an Irish Catholic with the demeanor of an English lord. Lyndon B. Johnson was a Texan who passed civil rights bills. Hubert Humphrey was an Upper Midwest progressive with a cheerful temperament.

Jimmy Carter hung a portrait of Martin Luther King Jr. in the Georgia Capitol.

Bill Clinton combined Arkansas roots with East Coast education and connections.

Both Carter and Clinton were nominated when Democrats feared that more openly liberal candidates were unelectable.

But over the last 20 years, when Democrats have won the popular vote in five of six presidential elections, Democratic primary voters have come to insist on liberal purity.

Democratic nominees, not just for president but for statewide office, are required not just to tolerate but to celebrate abortion. They must be willing if not eager to raise tax rates. They must back racial

quotas and preferences. They must mutter the catechism that global warming is the greatest threat facing mankind.

Such candidates have not fared well beyond Democrats’ demographic clusters, especially since voters have seen the handiwork of the Obama administration.

Republicans now hold majorities of governorships, Senate and House seats and control of state legislatures. Target states in presidential races have produced few if any Democratic officeholders competitive in presidential races.

That will undoubtedly change sooner or later. The Democratic Party, dating to the 1832 national convention engineered

by Martin Van Buren to nominate Andrew Jackson for a second term, is the oldest political party in the world. It has had fallow periods – some rather long – in the past, and has come back to win again.

But that doesn’t seem likely to help the Democrats in 2016 if Hillary Clinton should drop out or if her most recently revealed shenanigans – the boodle from foreign potentates, the $200,000 university speeches, the home-brew email system – should render her unelectable.

Democrats have been most successful when their national leaders pursued policies appealing to different parts of the party’s diverse coalitions. But President Barack Obama’s coalition and policies are almost entirely of the political left. That’s left his party with few, if any, candidates (except perhaps Clinton?) who can duplicate his electoral success.

• Michael Barone, senior political analyst at the Washington Examiner, is a resident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute, a Fox News Channel contributor and a co-author of The Almanac of American Politics.

Thomas repeatedly rejects the court’s precedents

By CASS R. SUNSTEIN Bloomberg View Supreme Court justices may be wise, obtuse, fair or political, but we don’t ordinarily think of them as eccentric. William Douglas, who was on the court in the middle of the 20th century, has long counted as the only unambiguously eccentric justice. But now, as an opinion on separation of powers issued last week makes clear, Justice Clarence Thomas has joined him.

A judge can be counted as eccentric if he holds positions that don’t fit with established law and that depart, frequently and significantly, from those that prevail within the court. A judge who is eccentric is not necessarily wrong, and eccentricity can be appealing. To many liberals, and especially to many law students, Justice Douglas seemed bold and admirably rebellious, in part because he was not bound by precedents.

As early as 1949, Douglas insisted that the “search for a static security – in the law or elsewhere – is misguided.” In his view, “security can only be achieved through constant change, through the wise discarding of old ideas that have outlived their usefulness, and through the adapting of others to current facts.” In his 36 years on the Court, he practiced what he preached.

Douglas believed the First Amendment forbids any regulation of sexually explicit speech, including the most obscene, and that it essentially obliterates the law of libel (at least when public issues are being discussed). A lifelong lover of nature, he famously argued that trees, streams and other inanimate objects should have standing to bring suit in federal court. He also insisted

on an expansive right of privacy, including “freedom to wander and to loaf” and broad “control over the development of one’s intellect, interests, tastes and personality.”

Justice Thomas is also a fan of liberty, but ideologically he stands at the opposite pole from Douglas, and he interprets the Constitution in a radically different way. More than any justice in history, he is an originalist, insisting that the Constitution’s provisions should be interpreted to mean what they meant at the time they were ratified.

Like Douglas, however, Thomas isn’t committed to respect for precedent; he believes the original meaning of the Constitution has priority over any judicial interpretation.

The results can be unquestionably eccentric. Last week, Thomas announced his view that Congress lacks the constitutional power to give administrative agencies (such as the Department of Health and Human Services and the Environmental Protection Agency) the authority to “formulate generally applicable rules of private conduct.” That’s radical stuff. It appears to suggest that HHS can’t issue binding rules to implement the Affordable Care Act and that EPA can’t issue the air quality rules that have defined its work for more than four decades.

And that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

Thomas has said the First Amendment broadly forbids regulation of commercial advertising and campaign contributions. He is the only member of the court who contends that the states may establish official religions (because the Constitution’s Establishment Clause applies only to the the federal government, and not to the states). He thinks that prisoners have no free speech rights and that the same is true of students (at least

while in school). He thinks that the Constitution flatly forbids public institutions from adopting affirmative action programs. In all of these areas, and many others, Thomas rejects earlier court rulings that contradict him.

Douglas was often likened to his colleague Justice Hugo Black, because they both tended to be left of center, and because they frequently agreed. But Black was generally more cautious and more respectful of precedent. Thomas is often paired with Justice Antonin Scalia, but Scalia, who has described himself as a “faint-hearted” originalist, is frequently willing to defer to precedents even if, in his view, they depart from the original understanding. To the extent that Thomas is this generation’s Douglas, Scalia can be regarded as its Black.

Justice Thomas’s many fans will no doubt abhor this analogy. They will correctly point out that, for Thomas, the original meaning of the Constitution is the lodestar; for Douglas, it was irrelevant. On this view, Douglas was essentially lawless, while Thomas is committed, above all, to fidelity to law. Maybe so.

Nevertheless, both justices count as outliers, repeatedly rejecting precedents in favor of their idiosyncratic understanding of the Constitution’s meaning. And no less than Douglas, Thomas usually interprets the Constitution in a way that fits well with his admirers’ political convictions. For all their differences, the court’s two eccentrics have a lot in common.

• Cass R. Sunstein, a Bloomberg View columnist, is director of the Harvard Law School’s program on behavioral economics and public policy.

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Transparency in government has always been important.

But these days, in Illinois, it’s vital.

The state’s fiscal problems have filtered down to local governments. Area and state elected officials are making tough decisions on what programs and services to fund, and which to eliminate.

There might be no more important time for the state’s citizens to be informed about the decision-making process at all levels of government so they might participate by monitoring official actions and offering comment and feedback to public officials.

This week, we celebrate that we live in a country where being able to freely ask for information about what our governments are doing is a right. This is Sunshine Week, a national initiative that aims to educate the public about the importance of open government and freedom of information. Participants include news media, civic groups, libraries, nonprofits, schools and others interested in the public’s right to know.

We as journalists are committed to playing a role in holding public officials accountable. It’s why we attend city council and school board meetings. It’s why we file Freedom of Information requests for documents about how taxpayer money is spent or that we believe will detail the inner workings of local governments.

But we cannot be alone in making sure the sun is bright when it’s over governments. Local residents can access many public documents. They can ask questions and demand answers from elected officials.

We also hope elected officials are partners committed to transparency. There is no need to take an adversarial position when it comes to openness – indeed, the public likely would embrace a politician who is consistently transparent. Officials can embrace laws about open meetings and records. They can not grumble when FOIA requests are submitted, and realize the effort and time it takes to comply is worth the public trust doing so builds.

We often need to force open the curtains of governmental entities in order to let in the light so we can see what is rightfully ours to view. We hope to one day be able to realistically envision a time when we don’t need a special week to remind citizens and elected officials that open government is a right in our country.

We aren’t there yet. But together, we can commit to letting the sun shine in, and hope for a brighter future.

ANOTHER VIEW

Today’s GOP could learn much from their icon Pretty much every Republican politician insists that the country should return to “the Reagan way.” Few have first-hand knowledge.

An exception is George P. Shultz, President Ronald Reagan’s longtime secretary of state and one of the Republican Party’s most distinguished senior members.

On the Opinion page in Sunday’s Washington Post, Shultz wrote the Reagan he knew would have behaved very differently than his party has on the issue of rising global temperatures. He argues that his former boss would not have ignored the scientific warnings and accumulating evidence regarding global temperature change, nor would he have embraced some complex liberal social-engineering scheme in response.

Rather, Reagan would have acted on the best conservative principles: prudence, practicality and a reverence for free enterprise.

Shultz does not attack global warming doubters, some of whom, such as Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, hold high positions in the Republican Congress. Instead, he suggests that even those who harbor doubts should accept that the cautious, conservative thing to do is hedge against risks.

Shultz doesn’t have to speculate about what Reagan would do. He saw what the president did when confronted with warnings about a thinning ozone layer: He acted, buying the nation an insurance policy it turned out to need, and he marshaled private businesses to help.

Shultz’s climate insurance policy would come in the form of more funding for energy research and a simple carbon tax, the honest free-marketer’s response to the risks associated with pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.

The goal, he rightly argues, should not be to unfairly tip the scales against the fossil fuels that have driven the economy so far for so long. Rather, it should be to finally put all energy sources on a level playing field, each paying the full costs of the energy it produces. Where it would be affordable to cut emissions, private businesses and consumers would do so. Where it wouldn’t be, they would hold off.

Shultz would rebate all the money the carbon tax raised directly back to Americans, a policy design that previous analyses have shown will leave the vast majority of U.S. households, including poorer ones, neutral or better off.

What Shultz doesn’t say, but is nevertheless true, is that if Republicans pressed Democrats to accept a carbon plan that refrains from picking winners and losers, a plan that eschews the ugly spectacle of politicians using environmental policy to pay off interest groups, they would likely win big.

If the GOP got behind a simple, market-based carbon strategy, it could demand an end to irrational energy subsidies and Environmental Protection Agency carbon mandates. Republicans would have serious policy leverage – if only they were willing to follow the Reagan way.

The Washington Post

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No. 8 Kishwaukee ready for nationals

By EDDIE CARIFIO ecarifio@shawmedia.com The way Robb Buss sees it, eight teams at the NJCAA Division II National Tournament will place.

The other eight will be just participants.

The Kishwaukee men’s basketball coach said he plans on his Kougars being in the first group.

“Half the teams place, half the teams are participants. And you never want to be a participant,” Buss said. “You want to be able to go down there and win and ultimately give yourself a chance to win the title if everything breaks the right way.

You want to win four games in a row and be national champs. But the key thing is you want to go down there and place.”

Up next NJCAA Division II Men’s Basketball Championship: Kishwaukee vs. Lansing Community College (Michigan), 1 p.m., Wednesday, Danville Area Community College, Danville The tournament begins today at Danville Area Community College, but two of the eight first-round games are Wednesday, including Kish’s – which is the last first-round game at 1 p.m. – against Lansing, Michigan (23-9).

If the No. 5 Kougars win, they will advance to Thursday’s quarterfinals against No. 4 Des Moines Area (Iowa) or Hesston (Kansas) at 8:30 p.m.

The semifinals are Friday and the

championship is at 7:30 p.m. Saturday.

“I think we got a pretty good matchup,” Buss said. “Whether we’ll be ready or not is another thing to conquer. But I think our matchup with Lansing is a good matchup for us, should work out for us. But we have to be prepared for a quality team.”

The Stars feature the fifth-best scoring offense in the country at 88.7 points a game. Freshman guard Javon Haines leads them with 19.5 points a game and five Stars have averaged double figures in scoring this year.

Mamadou Ba leads the team with Monica Synett – msynett@shawmedia.com 9.2 rebounds to go with 12 points a Kishwaukee’s Juwan Starks drives against Prairie State’s Capriest Gardner in the secgame.

See KISHWAUKEE, page B2

ond half Feb. 26 in Malta. The Kougars won, 89-75. Kishwaukee will play in the NJCAA Division II National Tournament later this week.

PREP SOFTBALL SEASON PREVIEW

BUILDING CONFIDENCE Hawks have only 1 travel player, look for their 3rd straight regional championship

Tigers too much for the Royals

By JAMES HIGH sports@daily-chronicle.com

By EDDIE CARIFIO

HINCKLEY – A brief surge of offense early in the second half could not make up for an early three-goal deficit as the Hinckley-Big Rock girls soccer team dropped its season opener to Herscher, 6-2.

“One of the positives is that we showed a lot of resilience in the second half,” Royals coach Paul Taeuber said. “We only have 13 players, and most of them are underclassmen. So getting them experience is good for growth, and it’s good to see them play through it.”

Herscher got off to an early start, scoring its first goal only five minutes into the nonconference match.

The Tigers (1-0) led 3-0 at halftime, and allowed only two H-BR shots on goal in the first half. In the second half, the Royals (0-1) showed some signs of life, with two breakaway goals by speedy sophomore forward Meghan Menzel.

But H-BR could not get the equalizer, and Herscher added three more goals, including one with only 11 seconds remaining that slipped right through the arms of goalkeeper Tanner Prellberg. Despite a tough loss, Taeuber was optimistic.

“Today was really about figuring out our personality and our grouping,” Taeuber said. “The switch we had in our formation in the second half may work out better in the future.”

The Royals are a young team this season, with only three seniors and no juniors.

ecarifio@shawmedia.com KIRKLAND – In this era of highly specialized, year-round traveling athletics, finding a high school softball team that’s not made up entirely of girls who play 12 months a year is a rarity.

The Hiawatha softball team has only one travelMore inside ing player – and she’s only been See season playing travel preview capsules ball for a few months. But that on page B2. hasn’t stopped the Hawks from winning two regionals in a row.

Hiawatha coach David Tamraz said he’s eyeing a third regional title in a row this season, since only two starters graduated of last year’s team that lost in the sectional semifinals.

“I feel much better than I did in past years,” Tamraz said. “I have some underclassmen that are going to make an improvement on the team. I have all my pitchers back this year. It’s pretty early to put any goals, but my goal is to [win] another regional.”

Only Madison Marshall is on a traveling team, and she hasn’t been for long. She said going up against teams – even other Class 1A teams – loaded with year-round players is more mental than anything.

“We see they’re good, so we have to build up the confidence that we’re going to play against them, we’re going to give them a good fight,” said Marshall, who plays shortstop and pitches for the Hawks, who went 7-11 last year.

Senior first baseman Alanna Sterling said it’s not like the Hawks come in inexperienced – they all have experience playing since they were younger. But many choose to play other sports as well. Sterling was part of the 2012 regional champion basketball team, and this year can go out as a regional champ all four years of high school.

See SOFTBALL, page B2

GIRLS SOCCER: HERSCHER 6, HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK 2

See ROYALS, page B2

More online Monica Synett – msynett@shawmedia.com

Hiawatha pitcher Madison Marshall warms up during softball practice Friday at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland. Marshall is the only Hawk to play on a travel team year-round. The Hawks are looking to win their third straight regional title.

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BEARS

Group effort in free agency

By ADAM L. JAHNS ajahns@suntimes.com

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Minnesota guard Vladimir Ducasse runs during an NFL organized training activity June 11 in Eden Prairie, Minn. The Bears signed Ducasse on Monday.

As the Saints’ scouting boss, Ryan Pace would recommend players to general manager Mickey Loomis.

But now, as the Bears’ general manager, the pitch and the pursuit start with Pace.

“It’s a little different,” Pace said. “It’s been all of us arm-in-arm through this whole process and we’ve got a lot of good people upstairs, so it’s kind of been a group effort. It’s been good. I feel like we’re still at the

Before signing Ducasse, a fiveyear veteran with 11 career starts between the Jets and Vikings, on Monday, the Bears had $15,456,038 in salary-cap space, according to the NFL players’ union.

Online But if Pace still plans to fill needs More coverage at ChicagoFootball.com. through free agency, so he can select the best players available in the draft, there still is work to do. beginning of it, too.”

“You’ll have about 10 to 15 goldPace has signed four players: out- en-ticket winners, and after that, side linebacker Pernell McPhee, safe- you have a much different look at ty Antrel Rolle, wide receiver Eddie See BEARS, page B2 Royal and guard Vladimir Ducasse.

2 SPORTS • Tuesday, March 17, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com LOCAL SCHEDULE TODAY Prep baseball Hiawatha at Byron, 4:30 p.m.

Prep softball Hiawatha at Ashton-Franklin, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer DeKalb at Belvidere N., 6 p.m.

Genoa-Kingston at Mendota, 4:30 p.m.

College baseball Northern Illinois at Chicago State, 3 p.m.

WEDNESDAY Prep baseball Sandwich at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.

Indian Creek at Genoa-Kingston, 4:30 p.m.

Prep softball Elgin at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.

Genoa-Kingston at Indian Creek, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer Hinckley-Big Rock at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.

SPORTS BRIEFS Hiawatha softball loses season opener at Byron The Hiawatha softball team started its season with a 13-1 nonconference loss Monday at Byron.

Alanna Sterling was 1 for 3 with and an RBI double.

Lauren Watson had a pair of singles for the Hawks (0-1).

Alexis Ross took the loss.

NIU men’s golf fifth in Talis Park Challenge The Northern Illinois men’s golf team finished in fifthplace Monday at the Talis Park Challenge in Naples, Florida, for its second top-five finish in its past three tournaments.

Senior Nick Huggins finished tied for 13th to pace the Huskies with a 1-under-par 212 after posting a 72 (1-over) in the final round. NIU closed the third round with a score of 297 (13-over) to finish the tournament with a threeround score of 869 (17-over), the Huskies’ lowest team score since the team shot an 853 in March 2012.

Cubs’ Lester allows 2 HRs in rough 3rd start PEORIA, Ariz. – Matt Kemp and Tommy Medica hit towering home runs off Jon Lester on a rough day for the new Cubs ace in the San Diego Padres’ 7-0 victory Monday.

Lester hadn’t allowed a run or walk in two starts and five innings.

He was charged with six runs and seven hits before leaving with one out in the fourth. He was scheduled to go four innings.

Rodon making bid for White Sox rotation SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. – The White Sox’s Carlos Rodon settled down after control issues in the first inning for the Sox in a 6-2 loss to the Diamondbacks On Monday.

Both pitchers are making bids for a spot in their teams’ rotation.

Rodon walked two and hit a batter in the first inning, leading to David Peralta’s two-run single.

Overall, the Sox’s left-hander gave up two runs on two hits with two walks and a strikeout in three innings.

– Staff, wire reports

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More talent needed for middle linebacker • BEARS Continued from page B1 free agency,” said ESPN NFL front-office analyst Andrew Brandt, a former vice president for the Packers. “It may move to the musical-chair phase of it, where people are just looking for a home.”

Here are five areas of need:

linebacker is deep, but that’s not the case in the middle. An experienced linebacker or two would help.

Linemen for a 3-4

two safeties, but Ron Parker’s five-year, $30 million deal with the Chiefs prevented that.

Rolle and Ryan Mundy, teammates with the Giants, form a solid tandem, but Brock Vereen (second season) and Anthony Walters (primarily a special-teamer) are the only reserves.

Depth and competition are needed, and there still are some safeties with starting experience available, including Dashon Goldson.

The same is true at cornerback, despite the returns of Tim Jennings, Kyle Fuller, Demontre Hurst and Al Louis-Jean.

The Bears’ defense will take shape when the players “hit the grass,” as coach John Fox says, but the unit still needs big bodies that fit a base 3-4 scheme.

Fox knows it, too. That’s why he paused last week when asked about 3-4 defensive ends.

More in the middle Veteran Jeremiah Ratliff, Jon Bostic and Christian Jones could flourish as inside whom Fox praised at the NFL linebackers in defensive coor- combine, and second-year dedinator Vic Fangio’s 3-4 system, fensive tackles Ego Ferguson but there isn’t much behind and Will Sutton are Fox’s startthem, especially if Khaseem ing point.

Greene can’t shake his strugDepth at DB More receivers gles.

The Bears looked at adding The competition at outside Eddie Royal is a nice start,

but it’s just a start.

Pace spoke of “ascending players” at receiver, which is another name for Marquess Wilson. But the Bears still need speed and depth.

A loaded draft class might turn out to be the best approach, but there still is a bevy of veterans available, including some who might be looking to keep their careers going with a oneyear deal.

Running with Matt The Bears have a modern-day workhorse in Matt Forte, but Pace and Fox come from teams that featured multiple backs. That likely means more running backs on the roster than just Forte and Ka’Deem Carey.

H-BR girls soccer coach says there will be growing pains • CONFIDENCE

“We will win and we will have success.”

Continued from page B1

Paul Taeuber, Hinckley-Big Rock girls soccer coach

Taeuber said there will be a lot of growing pains, but he also have success,” Taeuber said. finish at the end of the year – if The Royals are scheduled to expects to win.

“It comes in a variety of ways. we can see the growth, which play at 4:30 p.m. Wednesday at “We will win and we will Really it depends on where we you will see in a younger team.” Kaneland.

Kougars making first appearance at nationals since 2010 • KISHWAUKEE Continued from page B1 But only six players average more than 7 minutes a game, while the entire Kougars roster averages that much. Juwan Starks leads the scoring attack with 17.5 points a game and Andre Harris averages 14.4 points and 10.5 rebounds.

Yashua Trent leads the country in assists and steals and still averages 15.9 points a game.

Harris, a DeKalb graduate, said the team is ready for the grueling slate of games.

“We’ve been trying to get up and down, get our conditioning right,” Harris said.

“We don’t really have that much time to

takes can really get out of control quickly.

“It’s a big stage and guys are going to be a little tight,” he said. “It’s not easy playing on a floor we’ve never played on.

You come out, you give up a couple possessions offensively, you give up a couple possessions defensively, it’s tough. That clock starts running and all of a sudden your time runs out and you’ve got an ‘L’ on you.”

Harris said the team is ready.

“This is big, everyone is happy,” Harris Monica Synett file photo – msynett@shawmedia.com Kishwaukee’s Andre Harris shoots a jumper in said. “We had this chance last year and between two Prairie State defenders Feb. 26 in didn’t go. Now we have our chance, so this is pretty big.” the first half against Prairie State in Malta.

This is the third time the Kougars have prep for teams, so it’s just like AAU. Come won a region title, and it is the Kougars’ in, be ready to play.” first appearance at the national tournaBuss said the team needs to realize mis- ment since 2010.

Hiawatha defeated Alden-Hebron in regional title game last year • CONFIDENCE Continued from page B1 “I’d say we have a lot of solid players returning,” Sterling said. “We just have to work hard like we do every year. We have a pretty solid

outfield and a few really good batters.”

Tamraz said he expects the team to be solid defensively and strong on the mound with Marshall, Presley Fischer and sophomore Alexis Ross – who pitched the regional championship game for the Hawks, a

6-5 win over Alden-Hebron.

He said the team might have to work at manufacturing runs, but said there are a couple solid hitters such as Marshall, junior Lauren Watson and cleanup hitter and sophomore Hannah Corn.

Tamraz said the team is

able to stay competitive by focusing on the basics.

“I try to do it as basic as possible,” Tamraz said. “I don’t try to confuse them. But, the girls – it’s all them. I can only steer them in the right direction. These girls want to win. They want to learn.”

Season preview capsules DeKALB Coach: Jeff Davis (10th season) Last season: 27-7, lost to Barrington, 6-4, in Class 4A Jacobs Sectional final Top returners: Morgan Newport, jr., P/OF; Abby Taylor, jr., SS; Claire Koertner, sr., 2B; Tayler Garland, sr., 3B; Erin Karasewski, soph., LF Key newcomers: Jenna Levine, fr., P/1B; Skyler Hering, fr., C; J.C. Longevile, soph., OF/IF; Payton Montgomery, soph., OF; Mackenzie Riggs, soph., util.

Davis’ take: “I know we’re young, and I know we’re going to make some mistakes. We’ve got good pitching though and that’s big.”

The lowdown: Davis said the Barbs are going to be a different kind of team from what they’ve been in the past after losing five starters who won regionals in three of their four seasons. Instead of a big bopping club, DeKalb is going to be more pitching-oriented and speedier than in the past. Montgomery and Riggs are speedsters who will push the starters for time – starters who include a trio of seniors who have been buried behind talented players the past three years. Alexx Schiedecker (sr., OF), Kelsey Cooper (sr., 1B) and Katie Schneider (sr., C) will get the chance to play more. Hering is one of the freshmen who should make that interesting, pushing Schneider for time. Davis said Hering has a bigger bat, but Schneider is more solid defensively. And although Newport will pitch most of the time, Levine makes a quality No. 2 option when

Last season: 22-11, lost to Burlington Central, 6-5, in the Class 3A Burlington Central Regional final Top returners: Paige Kuefler, sr., C; Megan Cohrs, jr., 3B; Morgan Weber, soph., SS; Angie Morrow, sr., P; Morgan Sikon, sr., 2B Key newcomers: Rachel Cohrs, SYCAMORE Coach: Jill Carpenter (10th season) soph., OF/IF; Courtney Davis, jr., P/1B Goff’s take: “We’re just looking Last season: 10-22, lost to Burlingand seeing where we’re at. We exton Central, lost 12-0, in a Class 3A Burlington Central Regional semifinal pect there will be a lot of switching around this year. The lineup we go Top returners: Jordyn Schultz, with opening day may be totally sr., 3B; Baylie Petit, sr., C/IF; Brooke English, sr., 2B/SS; Rachel Reifsteck, different by the middle of the year.”

The lowdown: Goff, the athletic sr., P director at Kaneland, took over the Key newcomers: Izzy Odom, jr., coaching job in January. He said the P/IF; Kayley Aase, jr., 1B/3B; Cristen team’s battle cry is “Make it to June” Nottingham, jr., P; Nati Morey, jr., P – meaning win a regional and get to Carpenter’s take: “We look to be sectionals. The team features a solid competitive every game, and pitching will dictate everything. We have starter in Morrow, who is committed a good defense, and we need to hit in to Wisconsin for next year. He said some spots with timely hits in order the infield is solid, but the outfield lost all three starters from a year to be competitive.”

The lowdown: The Spartans have ago. four pitchers with Carpenter waiting GENOA-KINGSTON for one of them to step up. They all Coach: Mike Lauer (16th season) are inexperienced and Carpenter Last season: 16-6, lost to Kanesaid it will be interesting to see land, 1-0 , in a Class 3A Burlington who steps up. The team graduated Central Regional semifinal five starters from last year who Top returners: Baylie Ullmark, P; played since their freshman year, and Carpenter said that opened the Kendyl Strack, 3B/C; Dani Mathey, doors for some seniors who haven’t 2B/OF; Kelly Hensley, OF; Lexi Howie, SS seen the most playing time in their Key newcomer: Julie Segatto, careers to step up. Schultz and Petit C/1B/3B are the top hitters back from last Lauer’s take: “[We’re going to] try season. to improve even with the graduation loss of top hitter in school history, KANELAND Paige Keegan. We need to be better Coach: Peter Goff (first year) needed. Davis said he thought 20 wins would make for a pretty good season, but expects his young team to keep peaking toward the end of the year and make a run at another regional crown.

in all positions to compete in [Big Northern Conference] or for another chance at a regional title.”

The lowdown: In their first two years in Class 3A, the Cogs haven’t won a postseason game, although they came close last year. Their last sectional trip was in 2008, when they were a one-run loss to Morrison away from winning a 2A sectional.

HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK Coach: Steve Gibertini (first season) Last season: 3-15, lost to Newark, 19-2, in a Class 1A Newark Regional Semifinal Top returners: Kinzie Coppes, sr., P; Mary Kate Harrod, sr., C; Brianna Barker, sr., 3B/P; Sydney Adams, jr., 1B/3B; Olivia Summer, jr., util.

Key newcomer: Taylor Ray, sr., util.

Gibertini’s take: “So far we’re looking good. Being a first-year varsity coach, I came in here and knew a little about the team. I know these guys played with their hearts.

They didn’t win a lot of games last year, but they tried every game to the fullest and that’s why I wanted to coach this team and bring some of the fundamentals back to the Hinckley softball program.”

The lowdown: Gibertini said .500 is the goal this year for the team after a rough showing in 2014. Coppes will handle most of the pitching duties for the Royals this year.

Note: Indian Creek coach Alyx Gunderson could not be reached for comment.

WHAT TO WATCH NHL Buffalo at Boston, 6:30 p.m., NBCSN N.Y. Islanders at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m., CSN Men’s college basketball NCAA Tournament, Hampton vs. Manhattan, at Dayton, Ohio,

5:30 p.m., TRUTV NIT, first round, George Washington at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m., ESPN NIT, first round, N.C. Central at Miami (Fla.), 6 p.m., ESPN2 NIT, first round, Iona at Rhode Island, 6 p.m., ESPNU NIT, first round, Illinois at Ala-

bama, 8 p.m., ESPN NIT, first round, UTEP at Murray St., 8 p.m., ESPN2 NIT, first round, Montana at Texas A&M, 8 p.m., ESPNU NCAA Tournament, first round, BYU vs. Mississippi, at Dayton, Ohio, 8 p.m., TRUTV

NIT, first round, UC Davis at Stanford, 10 p.m., ESPN2 Men’s college lacrosse Colgate at Cornell, 6 p.m., FS1 Soccer UEFA Champions League, round of 16, second leg, Arsenal at Monaco, 2:30 p.m., FS1

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE d-Anaheim d-St. Louis Nashville Blackhawks Vancouver Calgary Minnesota Winnipeg

GP 71 69 71 68 68 69 69 69

W 44 44 43 41 39 38 38 34

L OT Pts 20 7 95 20 5 93 21 7 93 21 6 88 25 4 82 26 5 81 24 7 83 23 12 80

GF GA 208 195 214 170 203 173 198 157 193 184 205 181 196 173 191 186

Los Angeles San Jose Colorado Dallas Arizona Edmonton

68 69 69 70 69 70

33 34 32 32 21 19

22 27 26 28 40 39

185 172 193 193 184 193 218 229 145 230 164 239

13 8 11 10 8 12

79 76 75 74 50 50

EASTERN CONFERENCE GP d-N.Y. Rangers 68 d-Montreal 70 Tampa Bay 71 N.Y. Islanders 71 Pittsburgh 69 Detroit 68 Washington 71 Boston 69

W 44 43 43 43 39 38 38 36

L OT Pts 17 7 95 20 7 93 21 7 93 24 4 90 20 10 88 19 11 87 23 10 86 23 10 82

GF GA 207 158 184 157 230 184 221 199 196 173 200 183 209 175 184 175

Ottawa Florida Philadelphia New Jersey Columbus Carolina Toronto Buffalo

68 33 24 11 77 194 180 69 31 24 14 76 170 192 71 29 27 15 73 186 202 69 29 29 11 69 158 179 69 30 35 4 64 180 218 68 26 34 8 60 161 187 71 27 38 6 60 188 226 69 19 43 7 45 132 234 d-division leader Two points for a win, one point for OT loss Monday’s Results Washington 4, Buffalo 3, SO Tampa Bay 4, Montreal 2 Edmonton 4, Toronto 1 Arizona at Los Angeles (n) Today’s Games N.Y. Islanders at Blackhawks, 7:30 p.m.

Pittsburgh at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Buffalo at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Montreal at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at Nashville, 7 p.m.

San Jose at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.

St. Louis at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Philadelphia at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Blackhawks at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Columbus at Edmonton, 9 p.m.

Los Angeles at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE x-Atlanta d-Cleveland d-Toronto Bulls Washington Milwaukee Indiana Miami

W 52 43 40 40 39 34 30 30

L 14 26 27 28 28 32 36 36

Pct .788 .623 .597 .588 .582 .515 .455 .455

GB — 10½ 12½ 13 13½ 18 22 22

Boston Charlotte Brooklyn Detroit Orlando Philadelphia New York

30 29 27 23 21 15 13

36 36 38 43 47 52 53

.455 .446 .415 .348 .309 .224 .197

22 22½ 24½ 29 32 37½ 39

WESTERN CONFERENCE x-Golden State d-Memphis d-Portland Houston Dallas San Antonio L.A. Clippers Oklahoma City

W 52 47 44 44 43 41 42 37

L 13 20 21 22 25 24 25 30

Pct .800 .701 .677 .667 .632 .631 .627 .552

GB — 6 8 8½ 10½ 11 11 16

New Orleans 36 30 .545 16½ Phoenix 35 33 .515 18½ Utah 30 36 .455 22½ Denver 26 42 .382 27½ Sacramento 22 43 .338 30 L.A. Lakers 17 48 .262 35 Minnesota 14 52 .212 38½ d-division leader; x-clinched playoff spot Monday’s Results Washington 105, Portland 97 Toronto 117, Indiana 98 Boston 108, Philadelphia 89 Memphis 92, Denver 81 Brooklyn 122, Minnesota 106 Miami 106, Cleveland 92 Dallas 119, Oklahoma City 115 Utah 94, Charlotte 66 Atlanta at Sacramento (n) L.A. Lakers at Golden State (n) Today’s Games Memphis at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at New York, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Houston, 7 p.m.

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

Wednesday’s Games Indiana at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.

Brooklyn at Cleveland, 6 p.m.

Minnesota at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Portland at Miami, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Dallas, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

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

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

Washington at Utah, 9:30 p.m.

MLB SPRING TRAINING Monday’s Results San Diego 7, Cubs 0 Arizona 6, White Sox2 Boston 4, N.Y. Mets 3 Houston (ss) 2, Atlanta 2, tie Washington 2, Houston (ss) 1 St. Louis 1, Detroit 0 Baltimore 16, Philadelphia 4 Cincinnati 10, San Francisco 4 Kansas City 6, Cleveland 5 L.A. Dodgers 10, Oakland 5 L.A. Angels 5, Texas 3 Today’s Games Seattle vs. White Sox, 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City vs. Cubs, 3:05 p.m.

St. Louis vs. Miami (ss), 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta vs. Boston, 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Detroit, 12:05 p.m.

Houston vs. Pittsburgh, 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota vs. Baltimore, 12:05 p.m.

Miami (ss) vs. N.Y. Mets, 12:10 p.m.

San Diego (ss) vs. Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati vs. Cleveland, 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers vs. Texas, 3:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. San Francisco, 3:05 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. San Diego (ss), 3:05 p.m.

L.A. Angels vs. Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

Toronto vs. N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Cubs vs. L.A. Dodgers, 3:05 p.m.

White Sox vs. Cincinnati, 3:05 p.m.

Baltimore vs. Minnesota (ss), 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota (ss) vs. Boston, 12:05 p.m.

Washington vs. Miami, 12:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay vs. Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Milwaukee vs. Kansas City, 3:05 p.m.

Oakland vs. Seattle, 3:05 p.m.

San Diego vs. Colorado, 3:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees vs. Atlanta, 5:05 p.m.

Detroit vs. Pittsburgh, 5:05 p.m.

Arizona vs. Colorado, 9:10 p.m.

NCAA HOOPS MEN’S NIT Today’s First-Round Games George Washington at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

N.C. Central at Miami (Fla.), 6 p.m.

Iona at Rhode Island, 6 p.m.

Central Michigan at La. Tech, 6:30 p.m.

William & Mary at Tulsa, 7:15 p.m.

Illinois at Alabama, 8 p.m.

UTEP at Murray State, 8 p.m.

Montana at Texas A&M, 8 p.m.

UC Davis at Stanford, 10 p.m.

Wednesday’s First-Round Games Arizona State at UConn, 6 p.m.

Bucknell at Temple, 6 p.m.

Charleston Southern at Old Dominion, 6:15 p.m.

St. Francis (N.Y.) at Richmond, 6:30 p.m.

Illinois St. at Wisconsin-Green Bay, 7 p.m.

Vanderbilt at Saint Mary’s (Cal.), 8 p.m.

South Dakota St. at Colorado St., 9 p.m.

Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com • Section B • Tuesday, March 17, 2015 •

Looking forward

SPRINT CUP SERIES Auto Club 400 Race time: 2:30 p.m. Sunday Site: Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.

TV: FOX

NASCAR SPRINT CUP SERIES

2015 standings

Unclear who can stop Harvick

SPRINT CUP SERIES 1. Kevin Harvick .......................182 2. Joey Logano........................ 160 3. Martin Truex Jr. ...................155 4. Kasey Kahne ........................132 5. AJ Allmendinger ..................127 6. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ...............126 7. Jimmie Johnson...................124 8. Ryan Newman .....................123 9. Brad Keselowski.................. 116 10. Matt Kenseth......................113 11. Paul Menard........................ 112 12. Casey Mears .......................111 13. Denny Hamlin ................... 108 14. Aric Almirola ......................105 15. Clint Bowyer ...................... 101 15. Greg Biffle........................... 101 17. Kyle Larson.......................... 98 17. David Ragan ........................ 98 19. Jamie McMurray .................97 20. David Gilliland.................... 92 21. Carl Edwards....................... 88 21. Austin Dillon........................ 88 23. Danica Patrick .................... 86 24. Sam Hornish Jr....................79 25. Jeff Gordon ..........................77 26. Trevor Bayne ....................... 71 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ........... 70 27. Justin Allgaier..................... 70 29. Cole Whitt........................... 60 30. Brett Moffitt ....................... 56 31. Michael Annett ................... 54 32. Michael McDowell............. 44 33. Kurt Busch ...........................39 34. Alex Bowman ......................36 35. Brian Vickers .......................32 35. Tony Stewart.......................32 37. Josh Wise ............................ 30 38. Jeb Burton............................23 39. Bobby Labonte................... 20 40. Michael Waltrip ..................18 41. Reed Sorenson..................... 12 42. Matt DiBenedetto.................9

IN THE PITS Jenna Fryer

XFINITY SERIES Drive4Clots.com 300 Race time: 3 p.m. Saturday Site: Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.

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Upcoming Sprint Cup schedule Sunday: Auto Club 400, Auto Club Speedway, Fontana, Calif.

March 29: STP 500, Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Va. April 11: Duck Commander 500, Texas Motor Speedway, Fort Worth, Texas April 19: Food City 500, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn.

April 25: Toyota Owners 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Va. May 3: Geico 500, Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, Ala. May 9: NASCAR Sprint Cup May Kansas Race, Kansas Speedway, Kansas City, Kan. May 15: Sprint Showdown, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. May 16: NASCAR Sprint All-Star Race, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C. May 24: Coca-Cola 600, Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, N.C.

SPORTS 3

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – To the surprise of none, Kevin Harvick won at Phoenix.

Now in a zone not seen in NASCAR in several years, Harvick and crew chief Rodney Childers head to California amid a looming question: Can anyone stop the No. 4 team?

The only way Harvick was going to lose at Phoenix was if he or his Stewart-Haas Racing team made some sort of mistake that would derail the inevitable.

It didn’t happen, and he routed the field Sunday while grabbing his fourth consecutive win at the Arizona short track.

It’s part of a streak that dates to last season, when Harvick grabbed his first Sprint Cup championship. He’s won five of the past 10 races, two straight this season, and has seven consecutive top-two finishes.

His streak of top-two finishes is the longest since Hall of Famer Richard Petty did it during his 1975 championship season.

So now the No. 4 teams heads to California looking to sweep this three-race West Coast swing.

It’s left his competitors awe-struck at the chemistry that team has created in just more than one year. Harvick moved from Richard Childress Racing to SHR after the 2013 season, and he and Childers sent a message to the entire garage area that December in their first test together when they were head-and-shoulders better than the rest of the field.

“I remember the days when Jeff Gordon won 13 races in a year. I remember watching every week, it was incredible,” said Jamie McMurray, runner-up to Harvick at Phoenix.

“I think our sport is much tougher now to do that. I remember when the 4 car unloaded at the Charlotte test last year, first lap on the track he was literally the fastest car. For a year it’s been that way.”

There have been other streaks in recent memory that rival Harvick: Tony Stewart won five of 10 Chase races in 2011; Jimmie Johnson won four straight Chase races in 2007, a run that rivaled his four wins in five races in 2004, when he fell eight points shy of his first title; and Gordon in 1998, when he won 13 times and finished first or second in 15 of the final 19 events.

So drivers do indeed cycle to the top of the Sprint Cup Series, and only Johnson,

AP photo

Kevin Harvick poses with his wife, DeLana (left), and son, Keelan, after winning Sunday’s Sprint Cup race in Avondale, Ariz. The victory was his fourth straight at the Arizona short track and fifth in the series’ past 10 races dating to last season. with five consecutive titles, has been able to maintain his grip as the best in NASCAR for any considerable length of time.

But until SHR shifts into R&D mode to prepare Harvick for the season-ending 10race Chase for the championship, there’s no indication he can be stopped anytime soon.

If there was going to be a serious challenge, however, it likely would come from one of these drivers: Joey Logano: The Daytona 500 winner so far this season is the only driver able to keep pace with Harvick. He has top-10 finishes in all four races and has started on the front row three times. He knew it was going to be tough to keep up with Harvick at Phoenix, where he led 35 laps but finished eighth.

He’s pretty good at California – remember, he was racing for the win against Denny Hamlin in 2013 when their accident left Hamlin with a broken back – and Team Penske is thought to have the best setups for grip in the garage.

Brad Keselowski: The 2012 NASCAR champion was neck and neck with Harvick last year, and might have given Harvick a run for the title had he qualified for the championship round. His team has not shown the same muscle yet this season as Penske teammate Logano, but the No. 2 does not appear to be that far off.

Add in Keselowski’s relentless drive, and it’s hard to believe he won’t push the entire Penske organization to close the gap on Harvick.

Jeff Gordon: The four-time NASCAR champion is coming off one of his finest seasons in several years, and many believe he would have won the championship if he had not been eliminated from contention with Harvick’s win in Novem-

ber at Phoenix.

Set to retire at the end of the season, he’s made it clear he wants to go out on top. Although his results haven’t come yet through the first month of the season, he can’t be counted out. Plus, his Hendrick Motorsports team uses the same chassis and engine package that Harvick gets at SHR. Jimmie Johnson: Never count out the six-time champion or his crew chief Chad Knaus, who many believe are the model for Harvick and Childers.

Johnson is regarded as the most balanced, all-around driver in the field; like Gordon has the same chassis ad engine package as Harvick; and already has a win this season. That victory at Atlanta gives Knaus breathing room and time to make a plan for the Chase. The No. 48 team can take risks and have some fun the next few months, then turn attention to preparing for the final 10.

Kyle Busch: Obviously, Busch won’t stop Harvick this year. He’s sidelined with a broken right leg and broken left foot suffered in a Feb. 21 crash at Daytona.

But, if he were in the car, he’d be one of the guys to eventually challenge Harvick. Regarded as one of the fastest drivers in the field, Busch also is one of the only drivers who consistently has beaten Harvick in Xfinity Series competition over the years.

NASCAR’s 2015 rules have given the Cup cars an engine and aero package that is more similar to the Xfinity Series, which would give Busch a comfortable feel that could play to his advantage.

• Jenna Fryer is The Associated Press’ auto racing writer.

SPRINT CUP WINNERS 1. Kevin Harvick ...........................2 2. Jimmie Johnson....................... 1 2. Joey Logano............................. 1 XFINITY SERIES 1. Ty Dillon ................................157 2. Chris Buescher ....................143 3. Ryan Reed ............................135 4. Chase Elliott.........................132 4. Darrell Wallace Jr................132 6. Brendan Gaughan ...............122 7. Regan Smith......................... 121 8. Elliott Sadler ........................ 114 9. David Starr.......................... 106 10. Daniel Suarez.....................103 10. Jeremy Clements ..............103 12. Ross Chastain ..................... 98 13. Dakoda Armstrong..............97 14. Brian Scott ......................... 96 15. J.J. Yeley............................... 90

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Remember 2-1-1 to find low-cost services Dear Abby: We are writing in response to the question you printed (Jan. 13) about where to find affordable counseling. Your suggestions were helpful, but we want to share another one: 2-1-1 is an easy-to-remember telephone number that, where available, connects people to information about critical, free or low-cost health and human services in their community. 2-1-1 reaches about 270 million people (90 percent of the U.S. population), covering all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and Canada. It is a free, confidential resource.

Similar to dialing 9-1-1 for emergencies, calling 2-1-1 helps people seeking

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips training, employment, food pantries, shelter, assistance for aging parents, addiction prevention programs for teens, affordable housing options and support groups.

It provides a one-stop service for community referrals.

Abby, won’t you share this information with your readers? Everyone knows someone who needs help.

2-1-1 is there for them. – Staff

Of 2-1-1 Orange County, California Dear Staff: I’m pleased to

resource, which serves such a large portion of the population. Thank you for taking the time to offer it to my readers.

Dear Abby: I am 28 and engaged to marry a wonderful man, “Ryan.” Before I met him, I was involved in an affair with my married boss and was deeply in love with him. (I still am.)

We continued our affair even after I met Ryan, and now I think I’m pregnant. I told my boss and, naturally, he’s not happy about it.

I don’t know how to tell Ryan or if I even want to. I have always wanted to be a mother, and now I have the chance.

But I may end up doing it

alone in poor financial shape.

I also won’t have a home to live in once my old-fashioned mother finds out I’ve gotten myself pregnant before marriage. Any advice? – Scared

Stupid In New Jersey Dear Scared Stupid:Yes. Take a pregnancy test to determine if you really are pregnant. If it turns out that you are, then you must tell your fiancé everything. Even if Ryan walks away, the baby’s father will be legally responsible for child support.

It is important that you also tell your mother what’s going on.

She may not be thrilled to hear the news, but I doubt she will put you and her grandchild-to-be out on the street. A generation or two

ADVICE & PUZZLES 5 BRIDGE Phillip Alder

ago that might have happened, but no longer.

Dear Abby: I know if a girl breaks off the engagement, she’s supposed to return the ring to her ex-fiance. Does the situation of a wife filing for divorce fall under the same set of rules? I need a response soon.– Craig in

Houston Dear Craig: No. If the rings were given with the promise of marriage and the promise was fulfilled, she is not expected to return them.

To My Irish Readers : A very happy St. Patrick’s Day to you all. – Love Abby

With middle values, jump Treat stress fractures quickly to prevent further damage in a suit pass along this important

Dear Dr. K: What is a stress

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff

fracture?

Dear Reader: A patient of mine once asked me the same question, but with a twist: “In the emergency room they said I had a stress fracture. That’s ridiculous, right? I mean, they’re blaming stress for causing nearly every symptom these days. But how can stress cause a bone to break?”

It’s not emotional or mental “stress” that the word refers to in a stress fracture.

It is stress – unusual physical pressure – placed on a bone that causes it to break. And the break typically does not separate the two ends of the bone. The X-ray, CT scan or MRI scan often shows no abnormality in the shape of the bone. Instead, there is a hair-

line crack inside the bone.

In young people, stress fractures can result from overexertion or prolonged high-impact exercise, such as running or tennis. But they also occur in middle-aged or elderly people, especially women, with thinning bones.

These people may develop stress fractures even as a result of normal daily activities, such as walking.

In the feet, stress fractures most often occur in the metatarsal bones, the long bones leading to the toes. But they also can occur in other parts

of the body.

All fractures, including stress fractures, require immediate attention. An untreated fracture might not heal properly and could result in deformity, persistent pain or both.

One warning sign of a stress fracture is difficulty walking. Don’t be fooled, however. It’s sometimes possible to walk on a broken foot.

Check to see whether you have any pain or tenderness directly over the bone when you touch it lightly. Such focal pain may indicate a fracture, especially if it continues after you’ve rested briefly and followed the RICE (rest, ice, compression, elevation) regimen.

Other symptoms of a stress

fracture include bruising and possible redness and swelling. Whatever you do, don’t continue exercising if you have localized pain over a bone. You might break it completely.

If you suspect that you have a stress fracture, see your doctor. He or she may start by ordering an X-ray.

However, it can take two weeks for evidence of a stress fracture to appear on an X-ray, and some stress fractures never show up on one. Your doctor may have to diagnose the condition by feeling the area, or ordering other imaging tests such as a bone scan or an MRI. If you do have a stress fracture, your doctor will probably recommend rest. He or

• Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

she will likely also prescribe some type of immobilizing device, such as a special hardsoled shoe or a fracture boot.

Typically, stress fractures heal within four to six weeks.

The best way to prevent a stress fracture is to avoid sudden increases in activity or exercise. Instead, build up your exercise regimen gradually. Wear well-cushioned shoes to reduce the impact on your feet. Warm up before you exercise. Limber muscles allow better joint motion and flexibility, which in turn help cushion the impact on your bones.

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

Teens should have a little spending money of their own Dr. Wallace: My parents are not wealthy, but they are far from being poor. I’m 13, and I never have any money for anything. I’m too young to earn any money, and my parents refuse to give me money because they say 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. Maybe if you suggest that teenagers need a little money they might reconsider. I hope so. – Nameless, Garden Grove, California.

Nameless: Maybe when you show the following information to your parents, they might decide to allow

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace you to have a little spending money. Be sure they read the newspaper today.

International Communications Research conducted a survey and found that 84 percent of teens between 13 and 17 receive spending money from their parents as needed and the remaining 16 percent receive money from working.

Forty-one percent of the surveyed teens receive an allowance, and 80 percent of them said the allowance was

ASTROGRAPH

tied to completing 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: About a month ago, I learned that my cousin had an eating disorder. My aunt said she was suffering from bulimia and was going to get professional help.

Last weekend, my mother and I went to Charlotte to visit my aunt and cousin.

When I saw my cousin, I was really shocked. I thought she was going to be a walking skeleton, but she looked

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Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Follow through with the ideas and plans that you’ve been mulling over. Your instincts are good, and although there may be a few minor lingering issues in your personal life, it would be a mistake to let them impede your professional progress.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) –You will face problems with authority figures if you haven’t been playing by the rules. Diligently keeping all of your documents in order will relieve some pressure. Do what’s right.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Stay on top of your workload.

Someone from your past will help you remember your youthful and carefree self and the goals you aspired to.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Making promises you can’t keep will not lead to popularity. Overindulgence and extravagance will concern your peers. Get back on track before matters escalate and complaints are lodged.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Enroll in seminars, courses or groups that will stimulate your intellect and increase your skills. The information you learn and the friends you make will serve you well, both personally and professionally.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Expect headaches if you have overspent or been careless. Pare down your standard of living in order to free up cash for unexpected expenses. Put safety and responsibility first.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Passion and romance will figure prominently today. A special liaison with a loved one will strengthen your bond and be a source of pleasure and additional security.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Resolve to take on a new challenge.

Sticking to the same routine will lead to boredom and dissatisfaction. Choose an activity, pastime or hobby that interests you, and take the plunge.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Move forward with personal changes that promise to improve your status and outlook. Taking a leadership role will increase your confidence and lead to new opportunities.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You are in need of some down time. Struggles on the job or at home will take a toll on your health. Avoid group activities for now and treat yourself to some pampering.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Look for individuals who are in a position to help you reach your goals. Present your ideas and listen to the advice that’s offered. A reunion will bring about a prosperous encounter.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Don’t wait for someone to do things for you. You know what needs to be done and how to do it, so get moving. Being proactive will help you advance.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Others may expect you to act on their behalf. Don’t take on more than you can handle. Make it known in no uncertain terms that your own tasks take top priority.

pretty normal to me. She may have even gained a couple of pounds since I saw her last.

I didn’t want to ask a bunch of dumb questions, so I didn’t really ask her about the bulimia her mom had told my mom about. But she did tell me she was in therapy now and was hoping to overcome her eating disorder.

Now I’m unsure what to think. I thought people with eating disorders were extremely thin. Is this true?

– Gayle, Hammond, Louisiana.

Gayle: Many bulimics look perfectly normal or even slightly overweight. Unlike

anorexics, bulimics often gorge themselves on food, and then vomit or use a laxative to quickly eliminate the food from their body. This is referred to as bingeing and purging.

The only outward sight of bulimia is the damage that might occur from constant vomiting, such as swollen or red eyes or puffiness around the throat.

All eating disorders pose serious health risks. They are a form of addictive behavior, and most sufferers need psychological counseling to overcome them.

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

CROSSWORD

David Lloyd George, who was the British prime minister from 1916 to 1922 and is the only Welshman to have held that post, said, “Don’t be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can’t cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

To begin the week, we are looking at replying to partner’s takeout double. As I mentioned yesterday, many inexperienced players bid the suit that they prefer at a minimum level, regardless of hand strength.

But that is wrong. Don’t hope for a second chance to cross the chasm between partscore and game.

By an unpassed hand, a simple bid shows 0-8 points.

With 9-11 points (or a very suitable eight), it is right to jump in a suit – as South does in today’s deal. (With 12-plus points, South would start with a cue-bid of opener’s suit; here, two hearts. Also, a passed hand lowers these ranges by two points.)

Over South’s two-spade advance, North has an easy raise to four spades. However, even a well-bid contract may require careful handling. What should South do after West leads the club jack?

Declarer is missing three aces and is faced with a thirdround club loser. If South leads a trump at trick two, he should lose that club trick and go down one. Declarer must eradicate that club loser immediately by playing a diamond honor from the dummy at trick two.

Suppose West takes that trick and perseveres in clubs.

Declarer wins in the dummy and cashes the two diamond winners, discarding his last club. Then South draws trumps as quickly as possible.

6 COMICS • Tuesday, March 17, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com Pickles

Brian Crane Pearls Before Swine

For Better or For Worse

Non Sequitur

Stephan Pastis

Lynn Johnston Crankshaft

Tom Batiuk & Chuck Hayes

Wiley The Duplex

Glenn McCoy

Beetle Bailey

Mort Walker Blondie

Dean Young & Denis LeBrun

Frank & Ernest

Bob Thaves Dilbert

Scott Adams

Jim Meddick Zits Hi and Lois

Monty

Rose is Rose

Pat Brady & Don Wimmer Arlo & Janis

Soup to Nutz

The Family Circus

Rick Stromoski Big Nate

Bill Keane

The Argyle Sweater

Scott Hilburn

Stone Soup

Grizzwells

Jim Borgman JerryWalker Scott Brian &&Greg

Jimmy Johnson

Lincoln Peirce

Jan Eliot

Bill Schorr

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COOK – PART TIME Experience preferred.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY, FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE-BACKED 2006-B, CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-B Plaintiff, -v.EMMA K. BERNHAUSER N/K/A EMMA K. HENRY, et al, Defendant 14 CH 109 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 22, 2015, the Sheriff of DeKalb County will at 1:00 PM on April 23, 2015, at the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, front door entrance, Sycamore, IL, 60178, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 904 S. OAK CREEK DRIVE, Genoa, IL 60135 Property Index No. 03-30-306-017 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $221,354.00.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number C14-96477.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 10, 17, 24, 2015.)

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Publisher's Notice: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD tollfree at 1-800-669-9777. The tollfree telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Be sure to include a photo of your pet, home, auto or merchandise.

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RECORDED AUGUST 15, 1995 AS DOCUMENT NO. 95008157, IN BOOK Z OF PLATS, PAGE 68, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 904 S. OAK CREEK DRIVE, Genoa, IL 60135 Property Index No. 03-30-306-017 The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $221,354.00.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; the balance,

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630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833

1705 Longwood Dr., Sycamore, Il Independent Living 1 Bedroom, Income Based Laundry Facility Must be 62 years of age or older,or handicap/disabled, regardless of age.

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

Phone 815-899-9450 TDD 800-525-0857

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DeKalb Spacious 2BR $710 Incl heat/water, on-site lndry.

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com DeKalb - Large 3 BR upper, 1 BA Off street parking, W/D hook-up, section 8 ok. $850/mo $1500 sec dep. 815-739-6170

DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS Starting @ $432, 1BR; $599, 2 BR; $683, 3 BR.

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

University Village Apts.

722 N. Annie Glidden Rd. 815-758-7859

DeKalb 2BR, DR, Fresh Paint $595. ALSO 3BR, new kitchen, 1st floor, $700. No pets/smokers.

815-762-4730

Epoxy/Poly Injection Drain Tile Systems Window Well Systems Cracked Walls Leaky Basements

SYCAMORE ~ HUGE 3 BEDROOM Downstairs, totally remodeled.

Laundry, large backyard, $1000.

815-739-4536 SYCAMORE: NEWER 2BR Upper.

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

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815-748-5063

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

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DeKalb 3 Bedroom TH Full basement, C/A, 1.5 bath.

Large kitchen, garage, $900/mo.

815-758-5000

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR

Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $950.

No pets.

815-758-0123

DeKalb Downtown 2BR Available March 15. Call for details. 630-202-8836 Lv Msg

DeKalb 2BR, 2BA Brick Duplex

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1 & 2BR Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

DEKALB ~ 2 BEDROOM Clean, quiet, 1 bath, appliances included, available now.

815-758-6580 DEKALB: 2BR Apts.-$675/mo.

Includes Heat, water, garbage, Nice Neighborhood.

815-756-1424

Genoa Small 1BR $400/mo, no pets. FREE heat.

815-784-5828 Hinkley – 1 bedroom, $575/mo 815-751-1915 Kirkland 4-Flat, Nice 3BR Big yard, parking, water/garb paid.

W/D hookup, $790/mo + electric + sec, NO DOGS. 630-501-1080

Kirkland Upper 2 Bedroom

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

No pets/smoking. 779-774-3042 or 815-761-5574

Garage, full bsmt, all appl include W/D, no pets/smoking, $1,050.

1211 N. 1st St. 815-758-0600 DeKalb, 2 bedroom, quiet, cathedral ceilings, C/A, Appl, Garage, Bsmt, W/D hook-up, no pets/smkg $985/mo 815-901-1295

Sycamore/Electric Park Gardens 3BR, FR, sun porch, basement, attach gar, $995. No pets/smokers 815-762-4730

DeKalb Spacious 2000 Sq Ft 2BR 2 Unit, 223 Gurler St. Laundry, shared gar, pet friendly, no smkg. $1050/mo + util. 815-501-8343 Sycamore – 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath up ¾ main fl. 2 car gar, W/D, all appl, nice yard/deck, bsmt, $1200/mo. 847-922-3291

DeKalb ~ Near Downtown North 2nd St, 1200 + Sq Ft. Ideal for office or retail.

Call for details. Agent Owned.

815-756-2359 Or 815-758-6712

Sycamore (2) Spaces Available Office space, heat, A/C, garbage incl & commercial/retail unfinished.

Near Courthouse. 815-970-3253

Sycamore ~ Available 150 1500 sq. ft. *1 Month FREE Rent* 815-895-8526

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT. Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $770/mo.

Laing Mgmt.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sycamore 2BR, Garage, Private Patio, AC, Laundry, Storage. $750/mo. No pets.

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3-Unit Sycamore Historical District All Units Great Shape. Corner South Main. 107 E. High St. $265,000 o.b.o. 815-751-0361 Ken Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

Sy 60178, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 64 IN OAK CREEK ESTATES UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 30, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 25, TOWNSHIP 42 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF DEKALB COUNTY, FOR THE TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR FREMONT HOME LOAN TRUST MORTGAGE-BACKED 2006-B, CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-B Plaintiff, -v.EMMA K. BERNHAUSER N/K/A EMMA K. HENRY, et al, Defendant 14 CH 109 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on January 22, 2015, the Sheriff of DeKalb County will at 1:00 PM on April 23, 2015, at the DeKalb County Courthouse, at the DeKalb County Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, front door entrance, Sycamore, IL,

8 CLASSIFIED tion; ce, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours.

The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in AS IS condition.

The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g) (4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff s attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number C14-96477.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 10, 17, 24, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. James D. Read; Therese M. Read; James R. Read; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Janet E. Read; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Richard Kuhn, as Special Representative for Janet E. Read (deceased), DEFENDANTS 14 CH 00163 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: James D. Read Therese M. Read James R. Read Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Janet E. Read Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: LOT TWO (2) IN BLOCK ONE (1) OF SMITH'S ADDITION TO CORTLAND, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTH HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 17, 1966 IN PLAT BOOK "N", PAGE 89, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

• Tuesday, March 17, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com , COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 34 W. Amber Avenue Cortland, IL 60112 and which said Mortgage was made by: Janet E. Read executed the mortgage, however this individual is deceased and is not named as a defendant in this lawsuit the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for CitiMortgage, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2008000456; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Maureen A. Josh Clerk of the Circuit Court 133 W. State Street Sycamore, IL 60178 on or before April 16, 2015, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-11-40507 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

I649259 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 17, 24, 31, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE ANNUAL TOWN MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN

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Sealed Bid proposal for Bid #1 and Bid #2 to be turned in to the Cortland Township Road District office no later than Wednesday, April 1, 2015 by 12:00pm. If bids are mailed they should arrive in a sealed envelope; the outside of the envelope should be marked, Bid #1 New Cab and Chassis or Bid #2 New Dump Box, Snow Plow, Snow Wing, Hydraulic Accessories and Lighting Accessories.

Bids will be opened at 6:00pm at the Cortland Township Road District 14 S. Prairie St., Cortland, IL 60112.

Bis Specification sheets are available at the Cortland Township Road District Office at 14 S. Prairie St. Cortland, IL 60112. Phone number, 815-756-3237.

The bids should not include any taxes for which we are exempt.

The Bidder should note any specifications which they cannot meet.

Proposal submitted by: Gaylord Lockwood, Jr. Cortland Township Road Commissioner

For the transaction of the miscellaneous business of the said town; and after a Moderator having been elected, will proceed to hear and consider reports of officers, and decide on such measures as many, in pursuance of law, come before the meeting; and especially to consider and decide the following.

Meeting called to order by clerk Pledge of Allegiance Clerk requests nominations for Moderator Clerk gives Moderator Oath of Of fice Moderator takes charge off meet ing Motion to approve minutes of 2014 Annual Meeting Annual Financial Statements Response from the public-limited to 3 minutes Motion to hold next year Annual 2016 Annual Meeting Date April 12, 2016 at 6:30 pm Motion to adjourn (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 17, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Cortland Township Road District Bid #1 New Tandem Axle Cab and Chassis Bid #2 New Dump Box, Salt Spreader, Snow Plow, Snow Wing, Hydraulic Accessories and Lighting

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 17, 2015.)

PUBLIC NOTICE INVITATION TO BID Indian Creek Community Unit School District No. 425 is accepting bids for food products/dairy supplies. Bid specifications and instructions may be obtained in the Superintendent's office at 506 S. Shabbona Road, Shabbona, IL 60550 on or after March 20, 2015 from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m.

Bids are due by 4 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2015.

Budget Review & Public Meeting Monday April 13, 2015 Cortland Township Budget Cortland Township Road & Bridge District Budget Notice is hereby given that the tentative Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for Cortland Township and Cortland Township Road and Bridge District, County of Dekalb, State of Illinois, for the year beginning April 1, 2015 and ending March 31, 2016, is available for review Starting March 12, at the Cortland Township Hall, 14 S. Prairie

Dale Sanderson Mayfield Township Clerk

The winning bidder must provide all storage tanks as well as needed dispensing equipment to include electric gas pumps, and labor to install such at their cost. The doublewalled diesel tank must hold a minimum of 2000 gallons and the unleaded double-walled gasoline tank must hold a minimum of 500 gallons. Bids are due in the Superintendent's office at 506 S. Shabbona Road, Shabbona, IL on or before 4:00 p.m. on Monday, April 13, 2015. Contact the district office at 815/824-2197 to request an information sheet. The Board of Education reserves the right to reject any or all bids.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 17, 2015.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE Indian Creek C.U.S.D. #425 is accepting sealed bids for unleaded gasoline and diesel fuel for the 2015-2016 school year.

The Board of Education will give consideration to firm bids and/or fluctuating bids. Regarding fluctuating bids, only bids containing an explanation of that fluctuation will be considered. (In other words, if the bid is based on a certain amount over invoice, we need to know that amount.) Fluctuating bids also must indicate that they are based on a current base price and a specific markup. The bid should also indicate the willingness of the company to allow the Board of Educa-

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PUBLIC NOTICE

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 17, 2015.)

INVITATION TO BID

PUBLIC NOTICE

pany tion to inspect their books to verify base price.

Pamela Ottengheime Secretary Board of Education

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 17, 2015.)

MAYFIELD TOWNSHIP The Mayfield Township Board of Trustees will meet on the following dates and times for the fiscal year 2015-2016. All meetings are held at the Town Hall located at 26925 Church Road, Sycamore, IL 60178.

PUBLIC NOTICE ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS DATE: March 10, 2015 PROJECT: Paving Replacement and Track Replacement Work at Various Schools for DeKalb CUSD #428 DeKalb, Illinois LOCATIONS: Brooks Elementary School 3225 Sangamon Road DeKalb, Illinois 60115

Tyler Elementary School 1021 Alden Circle DeKalb, Illinois 60115

Lincoln Elementary School 220 East Sunset Place DeKalb, Illinois 60115

Huntley Middle School 1515 South Fourth St. DeKalb, Illinois 60115

Littlejohn Elementary School 1121 School Street DeKalb, Illinois 60115

DeKalb High School 501 Dresser Road DeKalb, Illinois 60115

OWNER: DeKalb Community Unit School District #428 901 South 4th Street DeKalb, Illinois 60115 ARCHITECT: Richard L. Johnson Associates, Inc. 4703 Charles Street Rockford, Illinois 61108 Tel: 815/ 398-1231 Fax: 815/ 398-1280 SCOPE: Bids will be received for two Base Bids. Bidders do not have to bid both Base Bids.

DATE DUE: Sealed bids will be received until 2:30 pm, Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at the School District Office of DeKalb CUSD #428 and will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time.

PRE-BID MEETING: All prospective Contractors are urged to attend a pre-bid meeting at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, March 17, 2015, at the School District Office of DeKalb CUSD #428.

April 13, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. May 11, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. June 8, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. July 13, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. August 10, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. September 14, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. October 12, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. November 9, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. December 14, 2015 at 7:00 P.M. January 11, 2016 at 7:00 P.M. February 8, 2016 at 7:00 P.M. March 14, 2016 at 7:00 P.M.

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MANDITORY PRE-BID SITE VISIT: Contractors are required to make a mandatory survey of the existing conditions prior to bidding.

ACCESS TO BIDDING DOCUMENTS: Bidding Documents are on file for reference at the following locations: Office of the Architect

Rockford, Illinois

Bidding Documents may be secured from the office of the Architect.

Plans and Specifications are available for download at www.rljarch.com under “Contractors”.

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

To the legal voters, residents of Cortland Township in the County of Dekalb and State of Illinois, that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will take place on Tuesday April 14, 2015 At the hour of 6:30 pm at the Cortland Township Hall 14 S. Prairie Street, Cortland Illinois 60112

ip , Street, Cortland, IL and the Budget Meeting will be held at the same address on Monday April 13, 2015 beginning at 6:15pm.

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

PERFORMANCE BOND: A performance and payment bond for the full amount of the Contract will be required of the successful bidder. All costs associated with the bond shall be included in the bid amount.

BID SECURITY: Bids shall be accompanied by a Bid Security of at least 10% of the total amount of the base bid and all additive alternate bids.

This may be in the form of a certified check, cashier's check, bank draft, or bid bond, payable to the Owner as a guarantee that the bidder will enter into a contract with the Owner and will furnish the proper performance and payment bond within the time limited by the Owner. If the successful bidder so files the contract and performance and payment bond, upon the execution of the contract by the Owner, the Bid Security will be returned to all bidders. If he/she fails to file such contract and performance and payment bond the amount of the Bid Security will be forfeited to the Owner as liquidated damages.

WAGE RULES: The general prevailing rate of wages in the locality in which the work is to be performed for each craft or type of worker or mechanic needed to execute the contract will adhere to all Federal Laws and Laws of the State, and to all local ordinances and regulations applicable to the work hereunder, and having force of law.

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

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

By order of DeKalb Community Unit School District 428 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, March 16, 17 & 18, 2015.)

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