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University Village vote on hold DeKalb’s Planning and Zoning Commission wants more time with rezoning request

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Niki Cox, a University Village resident, voices her disapproval Wednesday for Security Properties’ (company officials at right) interest in purchasing the low-income housing community and to make improvements to the property during a DeKalb Planning and Zoning Commission public hearing about University Village at the DeKalb Municipal Building.

DeKALB – The city’s Planning and Zoning Commission wants more time to consider a zoning change that is the linchpin of a Seatlle company’s plan to buy and renovate University Village, city’s largest apartment complex.

After a four-hour meeting Wednesday, the commission voted 5-1 to postpone a vote on the rezoning request until April 29. Commissioner Adam Katz voted against the extension. He said he already had made up his mind, but declined to share how he planned to vote on the request. Commissioner Deborah Nier didn’t attend the

meeting.

Seattle-based Security Properties plans to buy the 534-unit apartment complex at 722 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb and undertake an $18 million renovation project.

Security Properties plans to finance the project using low-income housing tax credits, tax-exempt bonds, Illinois Housing Development Authority Trust Funds and federal Housing and Urban Development pilot program financing, according to city documents.

The underwriting assumes the company will spend about $27,000 a unit with total construction costs of more than $18 million.

The deal hinges on the

city rezoning the property to planned unit development from multifamily residential. The zoning change would allow the owners to maintain the existing number of units and parking spaces, which current city code would not allow.

Without the zoning change, Security Properties can’t get financing for the project, said Bryon Gongaware, managing director for the company. He emphasized that the project would substantially improve the property and living conditions for residents while addressing key concerns about safety.

The rehab work could start this year and would take 18 to 20 months to complete. The

work would be done with tenants in place. Residents would be relocated to vacant apartments during the day while the work is done. Construction is expected to take about four days for each unit.

The proposed project includes kitchen, bathroom and other interior renovations along with replacing doors, fixtures and appliances. The project includes adding two playgrounds, replacing the pool with a splash pad and upgrading the doors, entrances and siding on the property. The city further wants the company to address a number of fire safety, health and security and city

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Shooting video still being kept from public Chicago officials cite ongoing investigation

By DON BABWIN and MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO – Months after a teenager was shot 16 times by a Chicago police officer, the city is still refusing to release the dash-cam video of the fatal shooting and didn’t even show it to aldermen Wednesday before they approved a $5 million settlement with the family.

The October 2014 shooting death of Laquon McDonald hasn’t generated the same kind of national attention as other recent high-profile confrontations involving officers.

After some, in such places as South Carolina, Oklahoma and Arizona, video was released that quickly went viral.

In approving a settlement even before McDonald’s family filed a lawsuit, some members of the Chicago City Council disagreed on whether releasing the video could spark the kind of angry protests seen elsewhere. While Danny Solis said making it public could “fan the flames,” fellow Alderman Howard Brookins said fear of demonstrations or riots shouldn’t drive the decision.

“I need this to stop, [and] if you don’t show the video and this continues to happen then we’re still heading down that path,” he said.

Authorities say McDonald was wielding a knife and refused to drop it when officers followed him for several blocks. Another officer who responded to a call for backup fired the fatal shots. That officer, who hasn’t been identified, has been stripped of his police powers and put on desk duty, but no decision has been made on whether he’ll face criminal charges.

Although the city’s attorney had cited the video in arguing for approval of the

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Christy Gerbitz, director of operations at Oaken Acres Wildlife Center in Sycamore, uses a syringe Thursday to feed a 3-week-old raccoon special raccoon baby formula. Oaken Acres received the raccoon after it was abandoned by its mother in someone’s boat while it was stored for the winter. Gerbitz said on average Oaken Acres takes in about 500 animals a year, with a rush in spring after animals give birth.

Rehab and release Oaken Acres has been helping injured wildlife for 31 years

By ADAM POULISSE apoulisse@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – There’s an injured baby raptor on the rural outskirts of the city.

But fear not, these aren’t the clever girls from the 1993 movie “Jurassic Park,” these are the owls and other birds of prey at Oaken Acres Wildlife Rehabilitation Center, which has nursed injured wildlife back to health for 31 years.

Christy Gerbitz, director of operations, is in charge of caring for the animals in enclosures resembling their natural habitat outside, then taken inside the facility for proper medical treatment.

“These are outdoor enclosures where they’re conditioned back to life before re-

lease,” Gerbitz said. “I tend to a lot of their health issues, get them healthy, then get them back outside as close to their native habitat so they can start to develop their wild assets.”

Oaken Acres has a baby owl, two baby raccoons, an adult northern flicker with a broken wing and several squirrels orphaned by last week’s tornado.

It’s just the beginning: May through July is the prime time for baby animals being born in the wild, and a busy time for Oaken Acres.

Mostly, Oaken Acres sees injured animals brought in by A 2-week-old great horned owl opens its mouth Thursday for the owl the public, Gerbitz said. puppet that Christy Gerbitz, uses to feed it pieces of rat. Oaken Acres “We’ll do 500 animals this received the owl Wednesday after hikers found it in Oregon, Illinois.

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The young bird is fed by puppet with the feeder under a sheet so the bird doesn’t imprint on humans and can be released back to the wild.

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Tanzania Development Support Spring Water Walk 2015 Time: 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday Place: NIU, MLK Commons Information: 815-739-3111 During the Tanzania Development Support’s 6th Annual Water Walk, participants will walk around NIU’s MLK Commons carrying jugs of water to represent the hardship undertaken by many Tanzanians, especially women and girls. They carry their heavy containers of dirty and contaminated water on their heads or strapped to their back and walk along the roadside for many miles to their homes. All of the money raised will be used by Tanzania Development Support to support educational improvements.

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DeKalb County Democratic Party Time: 6:30 p.m. Thursday Place: Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of DeKalb, 158 N. Fourth St. Information: 815-762-2054, www.dekalbcountydemocrats.org or markpietrowski@gmail.com Women Living Sober Time: 6:30 p.m. Thursday Place: First Congregational United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. Closed Discussion AA (C) Time: 8 p.m. Thursday Place: 312 E. Taylor St. Information: 800-452-7990 or www.dekalbalanoclub.com

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Gov. Bruce Rauner participates in ceremonies honoring President Abraham Lincoln Feb. 12 at the Lincoln tomb within Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield. it’s a place like this,” writes Goodheart, who is director for Washington College’s Center for the American Experience in Maryland.

In an email Wednesday to The Associated Press, Goodheart clarified that his essay was intended only to express his “personal disappointment” in the aesthetics of the tomb, not to question its importance as a historic site, criticize its caretakers or suggest that public funding should be curtailed.

The hours and days the Lincoln tomb is open have been reduced, and it’s staffed by fewer employees since

state lawmakers last year cut $1.1 million funding for sites in the Springfield area.

On Tuesday – the 150th anniversary of John Wilkes Booth’s shooting of Lincoln, although the president was pronounced dead the next day – Joan Boatz and a group of former bridge club friends found the tomb’s iron door locked, despite a sign saying the site should be open at that time. Chris Wills, spokesman for the Historic Preservation Agency, said the correct times when the site is open are posted on its website.

Pam VanAlstine, president of the Lincoln Monument As-

sociation, said she’s deeply concerned about what more cuts might mean for the Lincoln site.

“We’re all scared to death,” said VanAlstine, who also serves as a volunteer tour guide. “We don’t know how things are going to be run.”

She and other supporters of how Lincoln’s final resting place is presented to the public said the National Geographic portrayal was unfair.

“The author of the piece is certainly entitled to feel underwhelmed by the tomb’s interior, but I think it’s safe to say he’s in the minority,” Wills said.

‘Entopreneurs’ feed growing appetite for insects “The biggest job that we have to do is to try to get more people to try our foods.”

By TERENCE CHEA The Associated Press

Monica Martinez Owner of Don Bugito PreHispanic Snackeria

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Genevieve Gladson Rainville turns over meal worms as they bake in an oven Feb. 18 in San Francisco. vor them.

“Insects are viewed as what ruins food – a roach in your soup, a fly in your salad.

That’s the biggest obstacle – the ick factor,” said Daniella Martin, the “Girl Meets Bug” blogger and author of “Edible: An Adventure into the World of Eating Insects and the Last Great Hope to Save the Planet.”

Inside San Francisco’s La Cocina, a commercial kitchen for food entrepreneurs, Monica Martinez empties

hundreds of live mealworms, each about 2 inches long, into a plastic container. She uses chopsticks to pull out dead ones before pouring the squirming critters on a tray and sliding them into an oven.

Martinez started Don Bugito PreHispanic Snackeria to entice American consumers with treats inspired by popular snacks in her native Mexico. Among her specialties are spicy superworms and chocolate-covered, salted

crickets.

“The idea is to offer another type of protein into the food market,” said Martinez, an artist and industrial designer who launched Don Bugito as a street food project in 2011. “The biggest job that we have to do is to try to get more people to try our foods.”

Don Bugito snacks are sold online or at a La Cocina kiosk in San Francisco’s Ferry Building, where retail workers recently offered free samples of chocolate-covered crickets and spicy superworms.

“No,” said a young boy when asked to try one.

But more adventurous eaters gave them a try.

Seattle CEO to cut his pay so every worker earns $70,000 The ASSOCIATED PRESS SEATTLE – For some companies, Seattle’s new $15 minimum wage law isn’t doing enough to help workers.

The CEO of Gravity Payments, a Seattle-based company that processes credit-card payments, told his employees this week that he was cutting his roughly $1 million salary and using company profits so they would each earn a base salary of $70,000, to be phased in over three years.

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SAN FRANCISCO – They hop. They crawl. They squirm. And they could be coming to a dinner plate near you.

An increasing number of “entopreneurs” are launching businesses to feed a growing appetite for crickets, mealworms and other edible insects.

These upstarts are trying to persuade more Americans to eat bugs, which can be produced with less land, food and water than other sources of animal protein.

The United Nations has been promoting edible insects as a way to improve nutrition, reduce greenhouse-gas emissions and create jobs in insect production. At least 2 billion people worldwide already eat insects as part of their diet, according to the 2013 report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization.

But it could be a tough sell for Westerners who are more likely to squash bugs than sa-

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SPRINGFIELD – Caretakers of Abraham Lincoln’s tomb are on the defensive over an unflattering critique in National Geographic magazine and looming budget cuts that could threaten management of the historic site, even as they commemorate the 150th anniversary of the U.S. Civil War president’s assassination.

For the state that calls itself the “Land of Lincoln,” the timing of a ceremony Wednesday in Springfield to mark his death is awkward because Illinois faces a financial crisis and Gov. Bruce Rauner has proposed eliminating the state Historic Preservation Agency that manages sites including the tomb as it currently exists. He would roll the agency into another department.

What’s more, the popular tourist site was pilloried in this month’s issue of National Geographic magazine as having “all the historical character of an office lobby.”

Recounting the route of Lincoln’s funeral train to Springfield for burial, historian Adam Goodheart describes the tomb as “a disappointment” and reconstructed in “incongruous Art Deco style.”

“It’s strange to think that there is a place where Lincoln still physically exists in the world, let alone that

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ment surprised everyone at a company meeting, Seattle TV station KING reported.

He said his pay cut is worth it to make the company’s more than 100 employees happy and to build loyalty.

“I think this is just what everyone deserves,” Price told workers.

Earlier this month, Seattle’s minimum wage law went into effect, which will eventually raise base hourly pay to $15. It’s phased in more quickly for big companies than small ones: Large busi-

nesses and national chains had to raise their minimum wage to at least $11 an hour when the law took effect April 1, while smaller businesses now must pay at least $10.

Washington state already has the nation’s highest minimum wage at $9.47 an hour.

People in the Seattle area rallied Wednesday for wage increases as part of national protests. Drivers for Uber and Lyft – the app-based car-hailing services – planned to gather in the Pioneer Square

neighborhood, while airport workers were expected to rally at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport.

For Gravity Payments employee Alyssa O’Neal, who will more than double her salary once the company’s policy is implemented, says she will use the extra money to buy a house for her young family.

“House, absolutely. I have this goal of being a 21-yearold homeowner, and I’m going to reach that now, and I’m stoked,” O’Neal said.

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Event aims to connect schools, businesses

By DARIA SOKOLOVA dsokolova@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Charles Kaiser has not had difficulty attracting candidates for entry-level positions at National Bank & Trust Co. in Sycamore of late, but he wanted to know more about how Northern Illinois University and Kishwaukee College could help him find even more.

At an event hosted by the DeKalb County Economic Development Corp., Kaiser and others heard from leaders at NIU and Kishwaukee College about their various programs and resources that can help connect students with local businesses.

“With the economy the way it is and the opportunities for jobs out there, it was good to know what support local universities can give to us in the business world for both internships and for permanent jobs going forward,” said Kaiser, senior vice president at NB&T. “There was a lot more available there that I was not aware of,” he said. “So it was

Kishwaukee College and NIU leaders spoke about some of the means available for hiring students and programs such as The Center for Business Development and Continuing Education at Kishwaukee College; and Springboard, NIU’s resource that connects businesses with services throughout the northern Illinois region Thomas Choice, Kishwaukee College’s president, said the event was mutually beneficial. Workers at local businesses often take courses and use resources at the local schools, while students can gain employment at local businesses.

“We, to some extent, serve as a pipeline for their employDanielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com ees and we train people ...

Northern Illinois University Director of Community Affairs Jennifer Groce speaks to countywide business and that attracts students, as owners at the DeKalb County Economic Development Corp. luncheon Wednesday about the workforce re- well,” Choice said. source that NIU contributes to the county at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau.

“It’s a way to get out more information about our credgood to have exposure to that advantages that DeKalb Coun- and the college and engage it programs and some of the ty has based on its active part- businesses in activities that classes and certificates and information.”

DCEDC Executive Direc- nerships with the schools. can help them expand, recruit degrees that we offer,” he said.

“Our purpose for conven- employees and create new “But that really is what we tor Paul Borek said the event aimed to promote some of the ing this business round-table products to enhance the econ- ought to be doing. We ought to be trying to be the communiresources at NIU and Kish- discussion is to promote the omy,” Borek said. waukee College and highlight resources and the university During the event, several ty’s college.”

Among NIU’s programs and assets available to recruiters were College of Engineering and Engineering Technology, business management programs, accounting programs, information technology programs, while Kishwaukee College leaders put emphasis on such resources as the career and conference centers.

Jennifer Groce, NIU’s director of communiversity initiatives, said NIU wanted to enhance some of the existing partnerships and make local businesses aware of several programs that help to connect students with internships and jobs.

“I think this just creates an additional opportunity for our students to have meaningful connections with the business community and that just creates an enhanced opportunity for learning and for experiential opportunities,” she said.

“So I think this is just a great continued opportunity for our students to learn that they have a vibrant opportunity for being part of a really intensive learning community here in the DeKalb area.”

DeKalb County Board chairman proposes disaster recovery task force

By LINDSEY CLARK news@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – DeKalb County Board Chairman Mark Pietrowski Jr. made two proposals designed to help county government aid in the rebuilding effort after the Fairdale tornado at the board’s Wednesday meeting.

Pietrowski, a Democrat from District 3, raised two issues regarding the EF4 tornado that hit parts of Rochelle and Fairdale on April 9 – first

bringing up the concept of developing a disaster recovery task force to be discussed for May’s board meeting.

The task force would consist of Pietrowski, business leaders, government leaders, local elected officials and community members. The United Way and the DeKalb County Community Foundation also will play a role in the task force, which will focus on being the main place of contact for tornado victims and those involved with rebuilding

Fairdale.

The organization would be a nonprofit and would include “anybody that’s really connected to being a resource for those folks,” Pietrowski said.

He proposed keeping the task force intact even after Fairdale is rebuilt.

“That’s something that we can have in place when something like this happens … and in the future, too,” Pietrowski said, “so it’s not going to be necessarily specifically just for Fairdale, but for anything

else.”

Pietrowski also asked that the county committees that normally charge review fees along with other requirements to waive the ones that might apply to rebuilding efforts in Fairdale, and that it be put on the various committee agendas for May. “[It’s] so that we don’t put another burden on those people that are dealing with trying to work with insurance companies and everything else,” Pietrowski said. “We just want

to make it as seamless as possible, so they can help them in any way to rebuild and not have them worried about paying building permits or anything like that.”

He took ample time to thank all those involved with the Fairdale rebuilding efforts within the past week.

“Pictures are one thing, but when you’re actually on the ground there, walking around there around that small community of about 150 people … that’s just indescribable, what

the devastation was like,” Pietrowski told the board.

Board member Misty Haji-Sheikh pointed out a new link on the County Board website’s homepage that directs those interested in finding out how they can help to rebuild Fairdale by volunteering, donating money or turning in lost items.

As of now, there will continue to be restricted access to Fairdale throughout the process of cleanup and rebuilding efforts.

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

DeKalb city Kevin J. Jones, 25, of the 700 block of North 13th Street, DeKalb, was charged Saturday, April 11, with possession of drug paraphernalia.

Rachel L. Cano, 35, of the 200 block of South Eighth Street, DeKalb, was charged Friday, April 10, with battery.

Peyton G. Ates, 22, of the 1100

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block of West Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, was charged Friday, April 10, with endangering life of a child.

Maxwell A. Springer, 23, of the 900 block of Joann Drive, Wilmington, was charged Thursday, April 9, with domestic battery.

Jeff A. Smith, 50, of the 500 block of East Taylor Street, DeKalb, was charged Thursday, April 9, with possession of a controlled substance and theft.

Dominic S. Scaduto, 19, of the 700 block of Warwick Lane, Lake Zurich, was charged Friday, April 10, with underage drinking.

Randy P. McCall, 53, of the 300 block of West Sunset Place, DeKalb, was charged Friday,

April 10, with domestic battery.

Deja S. Lahshay-Hill, 19, of the 3100 block of West 79th Place, Merrillville, Indiana, was charged Friday, April 10, with possession of marijuana.

Dorothy M. Cloud, 29, of the 100 block of West Benson Avenue, Cortland, was charged Saturday, April 11, with battery and battery causing bodily harm.

Northern Illinois University Rynlander Williams, 21, of the 12400 block of South Eggleston Avenue, Chicago, was charged Tuesday, April 14, with driving with a suspended licence and obstructing a peace officer.

galado of St. Mary Catholic Church officiating, and with full military honors by DeKalb American Legion, AmVets and VFW Honor Guard.

Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory. Visitation will be from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m., Saturday, at Anderson Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, memorials can be made to the Gerald V. McDowell Memorial Fund, sent to the McDowell Family in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 South Fourth Street, DeKalb, IL 60115.

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(LDS).

He is survived by his wife of Born: Oct. 11, 1935; in Salineville, almost 68 years, Elfriede; as well as OH his sons, Paul (Sharon) of Sycamore, Died: April 13, 2015; in DeKalb, IL Illinois and David (Renee) of Carpentersville, Illinois; and a daughter, Gerald V. Rebecca Kunz (Jay) of Seaside, McDowell, age 79, California; 13 grand-children and 8 of DeKalb, died great grandchildren.

Monday, April 13, He was preceded in death by his 2015, at Kishwaufather; brother, Leo; and sister, kee Hospital.

Luzia, who died during World War II; Born October 11, his mother; as well as his younger 1935, in Salineville, sister, Monika Behling of Atlanta, Ohio, the son of Georgia.

Edgar and Edna A viewing will be held at the Burke (Montgomery) Tubbs Funeral Home in Freeport, McDowell.

Illinois, on Friday, April 17, 2015, Jerry married Susan Sawyer on from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. On Saturday, September 17, 2004, at St. Mary April 18th, there will be a viewing Catholic Church, DeKalb.

PAUL NEUMAN Sgt. Major McDowell retired from Born: Feb. 17, 1927; in Heiligenthal, from 10:00 a.m. to 10:40 a.m., at the Church of Jesus Christ of the United States Army as an MP East Prussia, Germany and served three tours during the Died: April 10, 2015; in Sycamore, IL Latter-day Saints, 1716 S. Forest Rd., Freeport, Illinois. The funeral service Vietnam War. His military career took him to many interesting places Paul Neuman, age 88, formerly of will follow at 11:00 a.m., with Bishop Jeff Sands officiating. around the world, including GerFreeport, passed away at his home In lieu of flowers, a memorial has many, Okinawa and numerous U.S. in Sycamore, on Friday April 10, been established in his name for the cities. He later worked in security 2015, after a brief illness.

LDS Humanitarian Fund. management in Louisiana.

He was born February 17, 1927, in The family wishes to thank Dr. Jerry was a member of the Heiligenthal, East Prussia, Germany Thornton, Dr. Olea, the nurses at DeKalb Elks. He enjoyed fishing and to Robert Neumann and Martha watching NCAA basketball, reading, Berg. He married Elfriede Danklefsen Kishwaukee Hospital and the wonderful staff at Bethany Rehab for traveling and spending time at the on May 25, 1947, in Koldenbuettel their kindness and excellent care. pool with his family.

Germany. They immigrated to the He is survived by his wife, Susan; United States in 1950, and settled in son, Kim (Anna) Schwab; daughters, Chicago.

Valerie Sawyer, Susan (David) Riebe He was drafted into the Marine and Molly (Allen) Nicholson; six Corps during the Korean conflict, grandchildren; one great-grandand after his honorable discharge, child; sister, Mildred; a special went to night school under the GI sister- and brother-in-law, Paul Bill, and was trained to become a www.legacy.com/ and Kathy Hanson of Marquette tool and die maker. He worked for a Daily-Chronicle Heights, Illinois; and several nieces number of tool and die companies and nephews. in Chicago, before moving his family View a complete list of Daily Chronicle obituaries He was preceded in death by his to Freeport in 1963. He continued in by clicking on the calendar dates first wife, Anne; son, Rick; parents; a his trade until he retired in 1989, and sister; and a brother. after many active years, he and his Send flowers, gifts The memorial service will be held wife moved to Sycamore in 2013, to and charitable contributions at 10:00 a.m., Saturday, April 18, be closer to family.

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General admission tickets for Practice Night will now be a minimum $5 donation, and $5 of every $20 pit pass also will be donated.

Assistant Promoter Brett Gerace said Saturday’s races will be from 4 to 9 p.m. at the speedway at 50W086 Route 64 outside Maple Park, and will have beer and limited concessions available.

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Fight for $15 protests expand for workers

Clinton faces promise, risk of being seen as 3rd Obama term

By CANDICE CHOI The Associated Press NEW YORK – The Fight for $15 campaign to win higher pay and a union for fast-food workers is expanding to represent a variety of low-wage workers and become more of a social justice movement.

In New York City on Wednesday, more than 100 chanting protesters gathered outside a McDonald’s about noon, prompting the store to lock its doors to prevent the crowd from streaming in.

Demonstrators laid on the sidewalk outside to stage a “die-in,” which became popular during the “Black Lives Matter” protests after recent police shootings of black men.

Several wore sweatshirts that said “I Can’t Breathe,” a nod to the last words of a black man in New York City who died after he was put in a police chokehold.

Timothy Roach, a 21-yearold Wendy’s worker from Mil-

By LISA LERER and KEN THOMAS The Assocciated Press NORWALK, Iowa – Hillary Rodham Clinton came to Iowa to give voters an intimate glance of who she’d be as president. What they got instead was a glimpse into the complicated relationship between the current inhabitant of the White House and the woman who hopes to follow in his path.

On a two-day swing through Iowa, the opening act of her 2016 campaign, Clinton embraced two of the most politically fraught planks of PresiHillary dent Barack Rodham Obama’s legaClinton cy: the health care law and the push for an immigration overhaul. But even as she cast herself as continuing the Obama administration’s domestic policies, Clinton carefully drew a subtle contrast between her leadership and that of the president.

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Fast food worker Qiana Shields chants Wednesday during a demonstration outside a Burger King restaurant calling for the federal minimum wage to be raised to $15 in College Park, Ga. waukee, said the police brutality black men face is linked to the lack of economic opportunity they’re given. He said the protests were necessary to send a message to companies.

“If they don’t see that it matters to us, then it won’t matter to them,” Roach said.

Organizers said demonstrations were planned for more than 230 U.S. cities and college

campuses, as well as dozens of cities overseas. Among those who joined the latest day of protests were airport workers, Walmart workers and adjunct professors.

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Relations Committee. “That change occurred when they saw how many senators were going to vote for this, and only when that occurred.”

Whether it was compromise or capitulation, it was the legislative process in action – something that Washington hasn’t seen much of in the past few years.

The agreement helps Obama keep alive his hopes for a legacy-building nuclear deal. And it spares him – for now – from the embarrassment of Congress overriding a veto, which is where lawmakers’ efforts to weigh in on the Iran negotiations appeared to be heading.

The U.S. and its negotiating partners – Britain, France, Germany, Russia and China

– reached a framework agreement April 2 with Iran and have until June 30 to finalize an accord that aims to curb Iran’s nuclear program in exchange for relief from U.S. and international sanctions.

Obama argued that Corker’s original legislation risked endangering a potential deal and leaving the U.S. to blame.

The president had pledged to veto Corker’s proposal that would give Congress 60 days to review any final nuclear accord. That original proposal also would have required the president to certify that Iran was not directly supporting or carrying out terrorism against the U.S. or Americans anywhere in the world, a tall order that the administration staunchly opposed.

done,” she told small business owners, sitting between cardboard fruit cartons at a produce company warehouse in Norwalk. “We have to start breaking down the divisions that have paralyzed our politics.”

The round table with small business owners reflected the pull-and-tug that Clinton will face as she attempts to extend Democrats’ control over the White House to three straight terms, should she win the nomination.

It won’t be easy: Historically, Americans have rewarded change after a party controls the presidency for two straight terms – Republicans Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush were the only presidents to maintain control for three terms during the past half-century.

Her success will depend, at least in part, on how she walks the fine line between praising Obama enough to maintain the support of his loyal coalition, particularly the black and millennial voters who overwhelmingly backed his candidacy, and putting enough distance to woo independents frustrated with Washington partisanship.

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Republicans and Democrats talked to each other.

President Barack Obama and several members of his administration conversed with lawmakers, too. As a result, a Senate committee unanimously backed legislation to give Congress a say in the Iran nuclear talks. In the biggest surprise of all, the White House said Obama would sign the measure if it passed the full Congress.

For a capital city long stalled in gridlock, with the priorities of Republicans and

Democrats rarely overlapping, it was a rare burst of bipartisanship – even if neither side wanted to admit it.

It took Obama spokesman Josh Earnest 45 minutes of questions from reporters before he acknowledged Tuesday that the president would sign the new Iran legislation. Even then he said the White House wasn’t “particularly thrilled” with the outcome.

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Gerbitz: Take precautions when Church bells, kind acts mark 2 encountering an injured animal years since Boston bombings • ANIMALS Continued from page A1 year,” she said. “Half will be birds and will be in May. Some of those little ones need care every 15 minutes of the day.

That’s why we need all hands on deck.”

One issue Gerbitz said she sees with injured baby animals handed over to Oaken Acres is that they’ve been imprinted on by the people who cared for them. Hence, why Gerbitz currently feeds the center’s owl with an owl hand puppet.

When coming across wild animals, Gerbitz said precautions should be taken – don’t engage the animal immediately, watch and listen, assess the surroundings, then protect yourself and the animal.

“The best way to capture it is to put a box over the animal and slide a lid underneath it,” Gerbitz said.

Amilee Maher of Cortland interned for a year at Oaken Acres before become a staff member. She said she hopes to one day finish her degree at

Kishwaukee College and pursue a career in veterinary medicine.

It’s a joyous experience when the Oaken Acres staff nurses a wounded animal back to health, she said. Most of the animal releases Maher has been part of have been raccoons taken to a nearby forest preserve.

“You just open the cages and see them cautiously peak their heads out,” Maher said.

“They’ll run and climb up trees. It’s really exciting to see they adapted so well from outdoor enclosures to climb trees.”

Founder Kathy Stelford said Oaken Acres has grown from receiving 20 animals and $80 in donations a year to taking in 500 animals a year and enough donations to support that, Stelford said.

In 2007, Stelford published her book, “Every Life Matters: Inspiring Stories of Wildlife Rescues and Releases,” which chronicles the lives of some of the animals that have gone through Oaken Acres.

“Sometimes, you get very attached,” Stelford said. “You

spend hours daily with certain animals in very serious condition. Even when it’s hard, you know the reason you do it is to release them back in the wild so they can live a normal life.

They’re all special, but some tug at your heartstrings.”

Stelford recalled a time about 20 years ago when a fox, dubbed Georgie Girl, was hit by a car and had stainless steel pins in both of its hind legs that eventually was nursed back to full health and released.

“No one thought she would make it,” Stelford said. “It was wonderful to see her run off.”

Animals that don’t recover are usually euthanized, and it’s merciful when it does happen.

“Wildlife rehabilitation has one of the highest mortality rates of all the animal welfare jobs, because wild animals are not capturable unless they’re in very critical condition,” Gerbitz said. “We celebrate our victories from the mountaintop because with every victory we have, there’s a number of losses we’ve endured, so those victories are made all the more sweeter.”

By PHILIP MARCELO The Associated Press BOSTON – With a moment of silence, the tolling of church bells and a call for kindness, Boston marked the second anniversary of the marathon bombings Wednesday, the emotions clearly still raw from the devastating attack during one of this city’s most cherished events.

On Boylston Street, people openly wept and hugged as church bells tolled at 2:49 p.m., the time the first bomb went off at the race’s finish line April 15, 2013.

“It still feels like yesterday, to be honest,” said Aleksander Jonca, a Boston resident who ran the marathon in 2013 and plans to run this year’s on April 20. “Two years later I feel like we’re still struggling to find the words to describe what hap-

• VIDEO Continued from page A1 settlement, Mayor Rahm Emanuel explained Wednesday that police and the FBI are withholding it because it is “central to their investigation.” In a statement, city officials said they were “confident this video will be released at the appropriate time when their investigation is complete.”

But pending investigations haven’t prevented other law enforcement departments from releasing video of contentious and, in many cases, deadly recent encounters involving officers.

Police in North Charleston, South Carolina, released dashcam video that showed an officer making a routine traffic stop and the suspect running away. That video was released only after a witness’ cellphone video went viral showing the officer later shooting the suspect in the back. The officer has been charged with murder.

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week after video recorded on a sunglass camera was released to the public showing an officer tackling a suspect before a shot rang out.

And on Wednesday, dramatic dash-cam video was made public of a Marana, Arizona, police officer plowing his cruiser into a rifle-toting robbery suspect at high speed.

The officer has been cleared of criminal wrongdoing.

Even in Chicago, where the department has been dogged by a reputation for police brutality, security video from a tavern helped convict an off-duty police officer who was could be seen in 2007 pummeling a female bartender – an incident that many have speculated wouldn’t have resulted in charges if not for the video.

Craig Futterman, a University of Chicago law professor who has studied the city’s police department, said videos like the one showing McDonald’s death must be released if the department ever hopes to shed its reputation for excessive force, particularly in black neighborhoods.

“Regaining the trust of the community, particularly the

black community, starts with honesty and hiding a potential execution is the kind of thing that destroys trust,” Futterman said.

Policies regarding requests for such video vary sharply from state to state, said Dan Bevarly, interim director of the Missouri-based National Freedom of Information Coalition. In North Carolina, for example, many departments deem body-cam footage “training video” for other officers to watch. As a result, they can claim that an exemption from the state’s FOIA law and refuse to release it.

Video of a fatal police shooting taken from a stun gun’s camera is an important piece of evidence in the pending homicide case against a Pennsylvania police officer, and so far the prosecutor has declined to release it to the public.

And even in states that appear to lean toward opening records, police departments can keep video private, including in Florida, which has claimed about 1,000 exemptions, a total far higher than the number claimed in other states, Beverly said.

At the Old South Church near the finish line, hundreds gathered for an interfaith service with Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders who focused on healing.

“We turn now to acknowledge that life goes on,” said the Rev. Demetrios Tonias, dean of the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Cathedral in Boston. “Living goes on. Our prayers go on. Our grief goes on. But so, too, does our resiliency go on.”

Earlier Wednesday, Mayor Marty Walsh, Gov. Charlie Baker and bombing survivors unveiled commemorative banners marking the blast sites on Boylston Street with the plaintive wail of bagpipes in the background.

The orange banners, which were hung up on light posts, bear a white heart with a road receding into the distance and the word “Boston.”

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pened that day.”

Large crowds formed at the two roadside spots where the bombs detonated, killing three people and injuring 260 others.

Runners wearing Boston Marathon gear and bystanders with “Boston Strong” shirts fixed their eyes on the commemorative banners that had been revealed in a silent ceremony hours earlier.

More than 100 blue and yellow balloons – the marathon’s colors – were released into a cloudless sky as the church bells faded.

“As a mom, I still haven’t moved on,” said Liz Norden, a Stoneham resident whose two adult sons – J.P. and Paul – each lost a leg in the attack.

“I know my boys have moved on. But it’s hard. I see them put on a leg every day. It’s still raw.”

code concerns and add bus stations for residents at locations on Annie Gladden Road and Russell Road.

After closing the public hearing, Planning and Zoning Commission Chairman Michael Welsh said he didn’t think there was a consensus on the the commission and wanted to hold off on voting until the commission members were well rested.

During the meeting, the commission heard from city staff, representatives from Security Properties, tenants living in the complex and a several local property owners.

The University Village Tenants Association backed Security Properties plan.

“This will help our resi-

dents to continue working with the nonprofits in the community and bringing resources to the residents as well as building our relationships within the community,” association representative Tiara Huggins told the commission.

“We’re in favor of new management as well as new owners. We strongly feel that Security Properties and Evergreen Management are here to improve on our living situation as well as the image University Village currently has.”

Several local property owners urged the commission to deny the rezoning request.

They said they wanted a level playing field. Jim Mason of Mason Properties said the seven variances the commission would need to approve to allow the proposed zoning change was unfair to other property owners.

“This issue of seven variances is a sock in the face to the city of DeKalb,” Mason said. “If the Planning Commission and City Council waive these rights, you’ll have a hard time telling anybody ‘no’ in the future.”

Welsh said that his main concern with the request was the density of the project, which calls for almost 18 units an acre. The city’s Unified Developments set the maximum at 12 units an acre.

Commission members also asked questions about the company’s plan for parking and how the apartment complex would look in 20 or 30 years.

The commission said it will vote on the issue at a meeting April 29. The commission usually meets at 6 p.m. at the City Council Chambers, 200 S. Fourth St., DeKalb.

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By COURTLAND MILLOY The Washington Post A police officer, carrying pepper spray and a gun, sees a young man trying to break into a school. The suspect begins to flee but then turns and runs toward the officer while wielding a large screwdriver.

Shoot or don’t shoot? Hint: Don’t waste time with the spray.

The scenario was part of a computer-simulated “use of force” training exercise run by the Law Enforcement Legal Defense Fund, a police advocacy organization based in Alexandria, Va. I was invited to take a virtual walk in a police officer’s shoes last week, having recently written columns about police conduct that the LELDF thought one-sided and unfair.

“We’re hoping to show individuals who might not have a background in law enforcement that when they see something on TV or have a bad experience with a police officer that there is usually more to it, especially when it comes to the use of force,” said Bryan Patterson, a retired Fairfax County (Va.) police officer and a use-of-force instructor for the LELDF. “We want the community to know that we are all working for the same thing – a safe, civil soci-

ety.”

Patterson began the simulated shooting exercise with a summary of relevant U.S. Supreme Court rulings.

His primer on police powers amounted to essential information that ought to be taught in every high school. Some police officers could also benefit from a refresher course.

Perhaps most significant is the 1989 Graham v. Connor decision, which provided the legal basis for the findings that the use of force was justified in the fatal police shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, and the choking death of Eric Garner in New York.

The court’s opinion reads, in part, that “the ‘reasonableness’ of a particular use of force must be judged from the perspective of a reasonable officer on the scene, rather than with the 20/20 vision of hindsight.” And, “the calculus of reasonableness must embody allowance for the fact that police officers are often forced to make split-second judgments – in circumstances that are tense, uncertain, and rapidly evolving – about the amount of force that is necessary in a particular situation.”

That’s a lot of leeway given to police.

Patterson also explained Terry v. Ohio, the 1968 ruling authorizing the controversial “stop and frisk” procedures.

“If there is a reasonable suspicion to believe that criminal activity is afoot, has already happened or is about to happen, then we can detain you for 20 to 30 minutes,” Patterson said. “We can make you stay put, ask you questions without reading your Miranda rights, and move you from one place to another for safety reasons, handcuff you and pat you down.”

He also gave an overview of Tennessee v. Garner, decided in 1985, which held that police in pursuit of a fleeing suspect may not use deadly force to prevent escape unless “the officer has probable cause to believe that the suspect poses a significant threat of death or serious physical injury to the officer or others.”

I asked Ronald T. Hosko, a former FBI investigator and president of LELDF, what he thought about the police shooting in North Charleston, South Carolina, last week.

After being stopped for a broken taillight, the driver got out of the car and tried to run away.

The officer began to chase the man on foot but stopped, drew his gun and shot the man in the

back several times.

The shooting was caught on a cellphone camera, and the traffic stop was recorded by the cruiser’s dashboard cam.

“We are missing a piece of the story and don’t know what happened in that gap between the cellphone video and the car cam,” Hosko said. “But it’s going to be a struggle to explain it.”

I was reluctant to kill the young man in the simulated attack. So I used the pepper spray and kept the gun ready in case that didn’t work. Apparently, I misjudged how quickly the young man could close a 20-foot gap between us – in approximately 1.5 seconds. The pepper spray probably would not have stopped him, Patterson said, and there was no time left to fire the gun.

“Now you have a screwdriver planted in your neck,” he said.

Point taken, but did the situation really have to come down to him or me? Wasn’t there some nonlethal way to end it?

“As long as there are criminals, there will be a need for police to use force, sometimes deadly force,” Patterson said.

“It’s never pretty. The question is whether it’s reasonable.”

• Courtland Milloy is a columnist for The Washington Post.

Elizabeth Warren wrong about Social Security Social Security has a long-term funding gap that just keeps growing. Neither political party has a plan to pay for the promises we’ve already made to people contributing to the system. But Democrats are bringing a new idea to the table: make even more promises.

Almost all Senate Democrats have lined up behind a proposal by Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and Joe Manchin of West Virginia to expand benefits for current retirees. Liberals are exulting that Warren has shifted the politics of Social Security to the left: Where once we were debating cutbacks to the program, now we’re debating benefit increases. Too bad that also means the debate is shifting further away from fiscal reality.

Social Security is becoming a worse deal for each generation. Those now joining the workforce are expected to pay more into the system than they get out of it. Warren’s plan is to shower more money on the current generation of retirees, but without increasing the deficit over the next 10 years.

That means, in all likelihood, raising taxes on current workers while also increasing the program’s long-run fiscal deficit.

The strongest argument in favor of expanding benefits is that Social Security should keep all senior citizens out of poverty, and doesn’t. That fact, however, is really a remarkable indictment of the way the program is currently structured. As my

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru American Enterprise Institute colleague Andrew Biggs has pointed out, the program substantially reduces work, saving and even birth rates without accomplishing this key social goal.

Social Security has always been a combination of forced savings and redistribution. The forced savings is overt, and helps cement political support for the program: It’s the basis for the idea that retirees are “just getting back what they put in,” which has been a fiction for most of the program’s history. The redistribution is hidden, disguised in part by the program’s universality: The formula for setting payments is progressive, but it is complicated, and even Warren Buffett can draw benefits.

Liberals seeking to expand Social Security want to keep this structure. They hope to make it better at alleviating poverty by raising benefit levels for everyone, even people who don’t need it. The AFL-CIO’s executive council put it this way in a 2012 statement: “Social Security retirement benefits must be increased across the board, which would be especially meaningful for low-income seniors.” That’s a good way to help the neediest at the largest possible

cost.

It would be better, as Biggs proposes, to shift gradually to a new system that separates the two functions of Social Security. People joining the workforce now should be promised a flat universal retirement benefit set at a level that keeps all seniors out of poverty. At the same time, they should be given the opportunity and incentive to save so that they have retirement funds beyond that subsistence-level benefit. They should be auto-enrolled in retirement savings accounts that would include an option to invest in index funds, with the mix of investments shifting from stocks to bonds as workers approached retirement.

That would do better than the current program at preventing destitution because of the basic benefit. It would make for a more predictable stream of retirement income because it would dispense with complicated benefit formulas. And it would reduce Social Security’s negative economic effects because it would no longer discourage work and saving.

It would also reduce Social Security’s unfunded liability – assuming, of course, that anyone still cares about that.

• Ramesh Ponnuru, a Bloomberg View columnist, is a senior editor for National Review and a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.

Americans love to root for underdogs.

When underdogs prevail, their accomplishments are greatly celebrated.

Could that be one reason Abraham Lincoln, who died of an assassin’s bullet 150 years ago, became so honored and beloved?

During Lincoln’s presidency from 1861 to 1865, he was commander in chief during a Civil War that threatened to tear the nation apart.

But his leadership saved the Union.

He signed the Emancipation Proclamation and later pushed for passage of a constitutional amendment to outlaw slavery.

(Had he lived to complete his second term, the cause of civil rights for blacks might have advanced in a more timely fashion.)

Both monumental accomplishments were brought about by a man who could be considered the ultimate underdog to reach the White House.

Lincoln had few natural advantages possessed by contemporary leaders of his time.

He was born in 1809 to a poor family in backwoods Kentucky. His mother died when he was 9. He got precious little formal education; he accumulated only about a year of schooling.

Moving to Indiana and then Illinois with his family, Lincoln became partner in a store in New Salem; it failed soon afterward, saddling Lincoln with debt.

For the record As a young man with ambitions, he learned surveyMonuments across the ing and studied law entirely nation honor his memoon his own in New Salem, ry.

Hundreds of schools but he became depressed bear his name, along when a special friend of his, with communities, roads, Ann Rutledge, took ill and parks, currency, and even died. vehicles.

He became a lawyer, Abraham Lincoln became moved to Springfield, and one of the most revered enjoyed early political success, winning four terms in figures in American history. the Illinois Legislature and one term in the U.S. House, but defeats also accumulated, culminating in his loss to Stephen Douglas for the U.S. Senate in 1858.

Lincoln and his wife, Mary Todd, had four children, but two of them would die in his lifetime.

Bouts of depression would dog Lincoln throughout his life.

As his political and professional star rose, people took note of his homely, tall, awkward appearance (hardly anybody stood 6-foot-4 in those days) and wondered how someone so odd looking, even ugly by some accounts, could make anything of his life.

In the 1860 contest for the Republican nomination for president, few gave him a chance of winning it.

After he did, and after a split Democratic Party basically handed him the election, Lincoln continued to struggle as an underdog.

Eleven Southern states left the Union, formed the Confederacy, and raised armies to defend themselves, so convinced were they that Lincoln’s presidency would harm their slaveholding interests.

Lincoln, who had never wielded executive authority before, was faced with an unprecedented challenge of a first-time president running the government while trying to put down a rebellion.

Many of his contemporaries were certain that Lincoln was not up to the task.

In fact, Secretary of State William Seward offered to run the government for Lincoln, so unsure was he of the president’s abilities.

Southern antipathy toward Lincoln grew to hysterical levels. He was called terrible names – uncouth, uneducated, a buffoon, a crude story teller, even a gorilla.

As the Civil War dragged out into its third year, many gave Lincoln little chance of re-election against a stalwart Lincoln critic and handsome former Union general, George McClellan.

In the dark days of August 1864, Lincoln himself believed he was on the ropes and wouldn’t win a second term.

And then, underdog Lincoln mounted the “fourth-quarter comeback” of all time.

The captures of Atlanta and Mobile boosted Lincoln’s chances. Additional success on the battlefield, attended by adroit political maneuverings on Lincoln’s behalf, brought Lincoln a second term in November, followed by a Civil War triumph 5 months later.

Lincoln, the ultimate underdog, had again achieved victory.

Only days later, assassin John Wilkes Booth cruelly ended Lincoln’s life with a bullet to the brain.

The tragic manner of his death magnified Lincoln’s accomplishments in life.

He overcame great disadvantages to achieve great things.

Monuments across the nation honor his memory.

Hundreds of schools bear his name, along with communities, roads, parks, currency, and even vehicles.

Lincoln became one of the most revered figures in American history.

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Hooker signs with ISU Sycamore senior track star Hooker to compete for Redbirds

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Wednesday was a big day for one of the best track athletes in the area and Illinois.

Sycamore senior Dion Hooker signed his National Letter of Intent Monica Synett – msynett@shawmedia.com to attend and run college track at IlDion Hooker sets an Illinois State flag on the table Wednesday before signing his let- linois State University. Hooker, who ter of intent with the school for track and field at Sycamore High School in Sycamore. was the IHSA Class 2A state cham-

PLAYOFFS: BLACKHAWKS 4, PREDATORS 3 (2OT)

pion in the 200-meter dash in 2013, signed with a Division I school that competes in the Missouri Valley Conference.

“It feels great to finally get it over with,” Hooker said. “I felt more comfortable at Illinois State and I like what they had to offer.”

Sycamore coach Pete Piccony is excited to see what Hooker can do at the next level.

“As teachers, we love it when kids go to college. If they can get their college paid for, even better,” Piccony said. “I think it is a good fit for him. I am familiar with the school so I think it will be a good for him.”

Hooker is known for his speed on both the track and the football field.

Hooker holds the Sycamore school

See TRACK, page B4

GIRLS SOCCER: SYCAMORE 4, DeKALB 0

QUICK START

Vermette benched for Game 1

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Viktor Stalberg knows a little something about what Antoine Vermette is going through right now. Stalberg, now a winger for the Predators, spent his share of time in Joel Quenneville’s doghouse, benched for the first two games of the second round of the playoffs in 2013, then again for the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final.

“It’s a tough situation to be in, but you can’t make it about yourself,” Stalberg said before Wednesday’s playoff opener against his old Blackhawks teammates. “It’s about winning games, and I think that’s what they’re looking to do. If Joel thinks that that’s their best lineup, that’s what he’s going to go with.”

And right now, Quenneville thinks the Hawks’ best lineup doesn’t include Vermette – the most sought-after forward in the league at the trade deadline, a guy for whom the Hawks gave up their first-round draft pick this spring, along with defenseman Klas Dahlbeck. With Patrick Kane back in the lineup for Game 1, Vermette is the odd-man out.

Quenneville said it was “performance-based.” Vermette, who was used as a wing more than as a center, his natural position, had three assists in 19 games since joining the Hawks.

Quenneville said Vermette is handling it as well as could be expected.

“He was understanding of the situation, and we know depth is going to be important going forward,” Quenneville said. “Commend him for having the right attitude in a tough situation.”

See BLACKHAWKS, page B2

First-round schedule Wednesday: Blackhawks 4, Nashville 3 (2OT), Hawks lead series, 1-0 Friday: @ Nashville, 8:30 p.m.

(NBCSN, CSN) Sunday: vs. Nashville, 2 p.m. (NBC) April 21: vs. Nashville, 8:30 p.m.

(NBCSN, CSN) *April 23: @ Nashville, TBA (CSN) *April 25: vs. Nashville, 2 p.m. (NBC) *April 27: @ Nashville, TBD (CSN) * if necessary

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ABOVE: Sycamore’s Ella Holland battles for possession against DeKalb’s Maddie Hill in the first half Wednesday at Sycamore High School in Sycamore. Sycamore shut out DeKalb, 4-0. BELOW: DeKalb goalkeeper Lauren Haglestein blocks a shot in the first half against Sycamore.

Holland sparks Spartans as they knock off Barbs

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com SYCAMORE – Last year, the Sycamore girls soccer team played to a pair of scoreless ties against DeKalb.

Two minutes into this season’s first match, a player who was in middle school this time last year, made the breakthrough for the Spartans in the Northern Illinois Big 12 East matchup.

Sycamore freshman Ella Holland scored a brilliant goal to break the early deadlock in the rivalry match as Sycamore earned a 4-0 victory over the Barbs on Wednesday afternoon.

Alexis DiVita and Emma Stice also scored first-half goals to put the Spartans in control. Stice added the Spartans’ fourth early in the second half.

“They are one of our rivals,

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for Sycamore (6-3, 4-0 NI Big 12 East) in the second minute on a great individual effort.

After Alyssa Hemmerich attempted a cross that was intercepted by DeKalb’s Riley Bauling, the ball fell to Holland, who carried it about 25 and it was great to put a few goals had possession most of the time, yards and stuck the ball across goal on them,” Holland said. “I thought and it was great to knock the ball from outside the box to give the we did a great job moving the ball around.”

The freshman opened the scoring around and attacking. I thought we See SOCCER, page B4

NORTHERN ILLINOIS WOMEN’S GOLF

Gautier settling in at the No. 1 spot Sophomore from France looks to lead Huskies at MAC Championship

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Northern Illinois sophomore golfer Lena Gautier approaches her shot.

eKALB – It wasn’t the most convenient welcome to America for Lena Gautier.

As the French native flew across the Atlantic to join the Northern Illinois women’s golf team as a 17-yearold freshman in January 2014, her timing couldn’t have been worse.

After flying into New York City with fellow French golfer Raphael Denais – who was joining the Huskies’ men’s golf team – snow caused a two-day delay, leaving them stuck

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“We were just trying to peacefully get to NIU,” said Gautier, who is now

a sophomore. “It was stressful because you don’t know where to go.”

By the time they reached DeKalb, the city was undergoing an extreme cold spell – “the whole town was shut down because it was so cold,” Northern Illinois coach Kim Kester said.

“That was kind of a surprise,” Gautier said of the harsh cold. “I was having my doubts when I found out a Huskie was their mascot. My dad said, ‘It has to be cold there to be a Huskie.’ ”

See GAUTIER, page B3

2 SPORTS • Thursday, April 16, 2015 • Section B • Daily Chronicle / Daily-Chronicle.com LOCAL SCHEDULE TODAY Prep baseball Sycamore at Yorkville, 4:30 p.m.

Morris at Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.

Rockford Christian at Genoa-Kingston, 4:30 p.m.

Hinckley-Big Rock at Aurora Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Indian Creek at Serena, 4:30 p.m.

Hiawatha at LaMoille, 4:30 p.m.

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

Kaneland at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.

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

Hinckley-Big Rock at Aurora Christian, 4:30 p.m.

Indian Creek at Serena, 4:30 p.m.

Hiawatha at LaMoille, 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer Indian Creek at DePue, 4:30 p.m.

Boys tennis Rochelle at DeKalb, 4:30 p.m.

College track and field NIU at Mt. SAC relays, all day

SPORTS BRIEF Bulls relocating Jordan statue during construction CHICAGO – The Bulls are temporarily relocating the Michael Jordan statue outside the United Center.

The Bulls said the statue will be moved from the east side of the arena to the southeast corner today – weather permitting – to prepare for construction of an office building.

The pedestal that lists Jordan’s accolades will remain and be protected during construction. The body will be placed on a temporary base in the new spot and will be moved back to its original spot once construction is complete.

The Jordan statue is a popular tourist attraction.

– Wire report

WHAT TO WATCH College baseball Vanderbilt at South Carolina, 6:30 p.m., ESPNU College softball Baylor at Oklahoma, 8 p.m., ESPN2 Golf European PGA Tour, Shenzhen (China) International, first round (same-day tape), 5 a.m., TGC PGA Tour, The Heritage, first round, at Hilton Head Island, S.C., 2 p.m., TGC LPGA, LOTTE Championship, second round, at Kapolei, Hawaii, 6 p.m., TGC Lacrosse Women’s, Rutgers at Ohio State, 6 p.m., BTN MLB Milwaukee at St. Louis or Kansas City at Minnesota, 12:30 p.m. or noon, MLB Miami at N.Y. Mets or Philadelphia at Washington, 6 p.m., MLB Arizona at San Francisco, 9 p.m., MLB NHL playoffs Conference quarterfinals, Game 1, Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m., NBCSN Conference quarterfinals, Game 1, Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m., CNBC Conference quarterfinals, Game 1, Minnesota at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m., NBCSN Conference quarterfinals, Game 1, Winnipeg at Anaheim, 9 p.m., CNBC Soccer UEFA Europa League, quarterfinals, first leg, Napoli at Wolfsburg, 2 p.m., FS1 WNBA Draft, at Uncasville, Conn., 6 p.m., ESPN2

BULLS 91, HAWKS 85

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BULLS CLINCH NO. 3 SEED Injuries a big concern heading into playoffs

By JOE COWLEY jcowley@suntimes.com

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CHICAGO – It wasn’t easy.

Very little seems to be with this Bulls team this season.

But thanks to 45 points from the bench in the 91-85 win over the Atlanta Hawks, the Bulls captured the No. 3 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs and will host Milwaukee on Saturday in the first game of the best-of-seven series.

They will do so with a list of question marks.

First, and maybe the most serious, Taj Gibson was forced to leave the game in the third quarter when a left shoulder strain that had been bothering him again showed itself.

Then there was the mysterious case of Derrick Rose, who was supposed to be using the regular-season finale against Atlanta as one last tune-up game before the high intensity of postseason basketball kicked in. Rose, who had Feb. 27 surgery on his right knee, had played the previous four games, and was looking to get a fifth game under his belt.

But after a less-than-stellar first half in which Rose was 1 for 3 from the field and had four turnovers and one assist in 10 minutes, he sat the entire second half with knee soreness.

“We just wanted to play it safe,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. “He would have preferred to have played some, but I just wanted to make sure that the guys that are nicked up get some rest now.”

Not exactly the plan for Rose, who had his coach and teammates excited about how he had looked the two previous games going into the finale.

“Steady improvement,” Thibodeau said of where Rose was earlier in the day. “Physically, he’s feeling good. Mentally, he’s in a good place. I

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NHL PLAYOFFS FIRST ROUND

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The Bulls’ Derrick Rose drives on Atlanta’s Jeff Teague during the first half Wednesday night at the United Center. Rose played only 10 minutes because of knee soreness. think the more that he’s out there, the better it is because it’s him developing chemistry with his teammates as well and understanding what we’re looking for in different situations. The only way you can get that is by being out there. He’s been through enough of these now where I think he has a good understanding of what he has to do.”

The good news for Rose is he will at least have some practice time to once again continue getting reacquainted with his teammates in the starting lineup, with the Bulls off until Saturday. The bad news is it’s practice.

Playoff basketball is a whole

different animal.

Thibodeau knows Rose isn’t close to 100 percent, but just his presence will have to do.

“That’s why we wanted him to come back whenever he felt good enough to do so because of what he does for everyone else,” Thibodeau said. “It makes the game easier. When you have a guy like that who commands so much attention, it opens up opportunities for other players. He has the responsibility to run the team. And when he’s double-teamed, hit the open man, keep the ball moving, get the ball up the floor quickly.

And he’s done that.

“And when you look at what Pau [Gasol] has done, it’s the

same. You’re talking about a primary scorer who makes others better. And Jimmy [Butler] is doing that as well.”

The Bulls already were without Joakim Noah (left hamstring/knee) and Kirk Hinrich (left knee) going into the Hawks game, but both were expected to be ready for Game 1.

As usual, however, it’s always about Rose with this team.

“I think when you’ve gone through what he’s gone through, it’s just building that trust again,” Thibodeau said.

“I think he’s finally gotten to a point where he feels good, and I think he trusts his body. That’s all a plus for him.”

Best-of-7, x-if necessary (Through April 25) Thursday’s Results Blackhawks 4, Nashville 3, 2OT, Hawks leads series 1-0 Montreal 4, Ottawa 3, Montreal leads series 1-0 N.Y. Islanders 4, Washington 1, N.Y. Islanders leads series 1-0 Calgary at Vancouver (n) Today’s Games Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.

Winnipeg at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Blackhawks at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.

Ottawa at Montreal, 6 p.m.

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

Calgary at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Detroit at Tampa Bay, 2 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 2 p.m.

Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Winnipeg at Anaheim, 9:30 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Nashville at Blackhawks, 2 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 11 a.m.

Montreal at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Monday’s Games N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Anaheim at Winnipeg, 8 p.m.

Tuesday’s Games Nashville at Blackhawks, 8:30 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Detroit, 6 p.m.

Washington at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30 p.m.

Vancouver at Calgary, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Montreal at Ottawa, 6 p.m.

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

St. Louis at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.

Anaheim at Winnipeg, 8:30 p.m.

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CUBS 5, REDS 0

INDIANS 4, WHITE SOX 2

Ventura defends decision in loss to Indians on Wednesday

By DARYL VAN SCHOUWEN dvanschouwen@suntimes.com CLEVELAND – White Sox manager Robin Ventura will be second-guessed for asking Adam Eaton to bunt with two strikes and two runners in the ninth inning of the White Sox’s maddening 4-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Wednesday. Fair enough. Eaton fouled off three fastballs from Cody Allen and struck out, giving the Indians closer a free out.

Eaton would have spared his manager a good deal of criticism had he gotten the bunt down and Melky Cabrera and Jose Abreu, arguably the Sox’s two best hitters, pushed the tying runs across.

But that’s the thing with these Sox. Based on their performance over the first eight games, asking them to execute just about anything has been a big ask. If they’re not running into outs on the bases, they’re giving them away on the field – the latter being the case in Wednesday’s loss – or not executing other things like Eaton’s bunt.

The Sox’s bullpen has shown signs of late of being a quality bunch. The same can be said of their starting pitching, and the lineup as constructed should be productive.

It’s those things that win or lose close baseball games in between that haven’t been

good.

“A lot of miscues that lead to runs,” Ventura said, “and they end up biting you at the end.”

Ventura, who likes the bunt as much as any manager, defended his decision to have Eaton lay one down after Allen Robin Ventura had walked pinch-hitter Emilio Bonificacio and hit Micah Johnson on the toe to give the Sox life. After Eaton, Cabrera hit a bullet to shortstop Jose Ramirez but beat out a double play, and Abreu struck out to end the game.

“You expect him to get that down,” Ventura said. “Even in the past, he’s done it with two strikes. He’s comfortable doing it. You just have to be able to get it down and get it over to the third baseman and move everybody up.

“When you’ve got Melky and Jose coming up next, and with [Adam] LaRoche back there, you want to get those guys in scoring position as quick as you can and make them have to pitch to those guys.”

Those guys didn’t come through. But Eaton, who is batting .118, was upset with himself.

“You have to produce,” Eaton said. “That’s how good

times win ballgames, and when we don’t do it, we don’t expect to win.”

We have to do a better job.”

The Sox (3-5), who head to Detroit for a weekend series after an off day today, know they have to be better in a stacked division.

“With the team we have that’s going to be key, just execute,’’ Eaton said. “When we have an out, get it. When we have a play to be made, when a bunt needs to get down, it needs to get down. It’s when you don’t do that you’re not going to win games. That was the story today.’’

As was the defense. The Sox committed their seventh error but had two scorer’s rulings prevent the number from reaching three for the game.

Geovany Soto picked up a bunt and skipped a throw into center field for an error, a play that factored into the Indians’ first (unearned) run against John Danks.

Johnson couldn’t get a handle on Jerry Sanders’ bouncer toward second that went for an infield hit and couldn’t glove Abreu’s throw from first after Danks’ caught Mike Aviles breaking for second, and Conor Gillaspie couldn’t barehand Carlos Santana’s slow roller. And J.B. Shuck couldn’t glove Michael Bourn’s hooking liner in right field.

Wood pitches gem, Ramirez hurt in victory

By GORDON WITTENMYER gwittenmyer@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Travis Wood pitched into the eighth inning as the Cubs beat the Cincinnati Reds, 5-0, to retake first place in the National League Central.

But he still couldn’t keep the bullpen from suffering another loss.

Less than a week after Justin Grimm (elbow) went on the disabled list, right-hander Neil Ramirez left Wednesday’s game after appearing to hurt his arm on the third pitch he threw in the ninth inning.

The severity of his injury was not immediately clear. The Cubs had been carrying an extra relief pitcher since lefty Zac Rosscup was added Tuesday when infielder Tommy La Stella (rib cage) was placed on the DL. The injuries haven’t prevented the Cubs from getting off to their best start in years, winning Wednesday for the fourth time in five games.

Anthony Rizzo, who finished second in the league with 32 homers last year, hit his first of the year Wednesday, a two-run shot in the first. The Cubs added two more in the second off ex-Cub Jason Marquis.

And a sacrifice fly by Miguel Montero in the fourth drove home Dexter Fowler for a 5-0 lead.

Wood (1-1) gave up just three hits and two walks, and struck out seven. He took a two-hitter into the eighth before Brayan Pena led off with a single. When Zack Cozart followed with a walk, Wood was done.

Vermette’s banishment not expected to last long, if other forwards struggle • BLACKHAWKS Continued from page B1 Hawks general manager Stan Bowman, whose big deadline acquisitions – Vermette and defenseman Kimmo Timonen – haven’t yet paid off, downplayed the situation, and

said the Hawks are in it for the long haul this spring. He thinks both players will play key roles. “[Vermette is] all about winning and all about being part of the team,” Bowman said.

“We’re about to start Game 1 of hopefully a long playoff run.

There’s a lot of focus, maybe

too much focus, on Game 1 and the lineups. A lot of things change over the course of a playoff run, whether it’s certain players’ play, or injuries, or matchups, or situations. So I think it’s really too early to get too detailed on that. Antoine’s got a great approach; he’s excited to help whenever he’s called

upon and do his best.”

Vermette’s banishment doesn’t figure to last long, and the moment the Hawks have an off night, or if another forward struggles, Quenneville – who always has an itchy trigger finger when it comes to his lineup – likely will give him another chance.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L 5 3 4 3 5 4 3 6 2 6 East Division W L Atlanta 6 3 New York 6 3 Miami 3 6 Philadelphia 3 6 Washington 3 6 West Division W L Colorado 6 2 Los Angeles 5 3 San Diego 6 4 Arizona 4 5 San Francisco 3 6

Cubs St. Louis Cincinnati Pittsburgh Milwaukee

Pct .625 .571 .556 .333 .250

GB — ½ ½ 2½ 3

Pct .667 .667 .333 .333 .333

GB — — 3 3 3

Pct .750 .625 .600 .444 .333

GB — 1 1 2½ 3½

Wednesday’s Results Cubs 5, Cincinnati 0 Miami 6, Atlanta 2 Washington 10, Boston 5 Detroit 1, Pittsburgh 0 N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 1 St. Louis 4, Milwaukee 2 San Diego 3, Arizona 2 Seattle at L.A. Dodgers (n) Colorado at San Francisco (n) Today’s Games Milwaukee at St. Louis, 12:45 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Friday’s Games San Diego at Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

Milwaukee at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Miami at N.Y. Mets, 6:10 p.m.

Cincinnati at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Colorado at L.A. Dodgers, 9:10 p.m.

Arizona at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

Tuesday’s Results Cincinnati 3, Cubs 2 Boston 8, Washington 7 Detroit 2, Pittsburgh 0 Miami 8, Atlanta 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Philadelphia 5 San Diego 5, Arizona 1 L.A. Dodgers 6, Seattle 5 Colorado 4, San Francisco 1

AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit Kansas City White Sox Cleveland Minnesota Boston Baltimore Tampa Bay Toronto New York Oakland Houston Los Angeles Texas Seattle

Central Division W L 8 1 7 1 3 5 3 5 2 6 East Division W L 6 3 5 4 5 4 5 4 3 6 West Division W L 5 5 4 5 4 5 4 6 3 5

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GB — ½ ½ 1 1

Wednesday’s Results Cleveland 4, White Sox 2 Washington 10, Boston 5 L.A. Angels 10, Texas 2 Detroit 1, Pittsburgh 0 Baltimore 7, N.Y. Yankees 5 Toronto 12, Tampa Bay 7 Minnesota 3, Kansas City 1 Houston 6, Oakland 1 Seattle at L.A. Dodgers (n) Thursday’s Games Kansas City at Minnesota, 12:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Friday’s Games White Sox at Detroit, 12:08 p.m.

Atlanta at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Baltimore at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Tampa Bay, 6:10 p.m.

Cleveland at Minnesota, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Oakland at Kansas City, 7:10 p.m.

Texas at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Tuesday’s Results White Sox 4, Cleveland 1 Boston 8, Washington 7 Detroit 2, Pittsburgh 0 Baltimore 4, N.Y. Yankees 3 Tampa Bay 3, Toronto 2 Texas 8, L.A. Angels 2 Oakland 4, Houston 0 L.A. Dodgers 6, Seattle 5

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SPORTS 3

COLLEGE FOOTBALL

Loyola Academy’s LeRoy is NIU’s 1st commit for ’16

By JON STYF jstyf@shawmedia.com

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Former New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez listens Wednesday as the guilty verdict is read during his murder trial at the Bristol County Superior Court in Fall River, Mass. Hernandez was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting death of Odin Lloyd in June 2013.

He faces a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole.

NFL

Hernandez convicted, sentenced to life

By MICHELLE R. SMITH The Associated Press FALL RIVER, Mass. – Former New England Patriots star Aaron Hernandez was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison Wednesday for a deadly late-night shooting, sealing the downfall of an athlete who once had a $40 million contract and a standout career ahead of him.

Hernandez, 25, who had been considered one of the top tight ends in professional football, shook his head, pursed his lips and sat down after the jury forewoman pronounced him guilty in the slaying of Odin Lloyd, a 27-year-old landscaper and amateur weekend football player who was dating the sister of Hernandez’s fiancée.

Hernandez’s mother, Terri, and his fiancée, Shayanna Jenkins, cried and gasped

when they heard the verdict.

Hernandez, his eyes red, mouthed to them: “Be strong.

Be strong.”

Lloyd’s mother also cried.

Jurors deliberated for 36 hours over seven days before rendering their decision, which also included convictions on weapons charges.

“The jury found that he was just a man who committed a brutal murder,” District Attorney Thomas Quinn said after the verdict. “The fact that he was a professional athlete meant nothing in the end.”

Lloyd was shot six times early June 17, 2013, in a deserted industrial park near Hernandez’s home in North Attleborough. The motive has never been explained.

Police almost immediately zeroed in on the former Pro Bowl athlete because they found in Lloyd’s pocket the key to a car the NFL player

had rented. Within hours of Hernandez’s arrest, the Patriots cut him from the team. The team declined to comment on the verdict.

Prosecutors presented a wealth of evidence that Hernandez was with Lloyd at the time he was killed, including home security video from Hernandez’s mansion, witness testimony and cellphone records that tracked Lloyd’s movements.

Hernandez’s lawyer, James Sultan, acknowledged for the first time during closing arguments that Hernandez was there when Lloyd was killed.

But the attorney pinned the shooting on two of Hernandez’s friends, Ernest Wallace and Carlos Ortiz, saying his client was a “23-year-old kid” who witnessed a shocking crime and did not know what to do. Wallace and Ortiz will stand trial later.

Ben LeRoy wasn’t looking to have a long recruiting process. The Loyola Academy defensive lineman simply wanted to find the right place for him.

Just more than a week ago, he decided that place would be Northern Illinois, becoming the first football commitment of next year’s recruit- Ben LeRoy ing class.

After the commitment, LeRoy was back at NIU for the school’s spring game Saturday.

“I liked the coaches,” LeRoy said. “I liked the players.

I liked the program. Everything was great.”

LeRoy first visited NIU on March 30 for the Huskies’ junior day.

He was there with his mother and the coaching staff took him aside, into NIU coach Rod Carey’s office, and gave him the scholarship offer.

That was the only offer LeRoy has received, although the 6-foot-3, 260-pounder also visited Ball State.

He called defensive line coach Brett Dierson to commit April 4 and then called Carey on April 6.

“They said they were fired up and happy to have me,” LeRoy said.

After the commitment, Carey tweeted “Fired up to get a new member of the Huskie Family from our own back yard! #THW16 #Commit2NIU” For LeRoy, it didn’t matter who else offered or what else happened. He got the offer he wanted and grabbed it.

“I knew going into it I wanted to have a pretty short recruiting process,” LeRoy said. “I want to put energy

Prosecutors have suggested Lloyd may have been killed because he knew too much about Hernandez’s alleged involvement in a 2012 drive-by shooting in Boston that killed two.

But they were not allowed to tell the jury that because the judge said it was speculation.

As a result, they never offered jurors a motive beyond saying Hernandez appeared angry with Lloyd at a nightclub two nights before the killing.

In the 2012 case, Hernandez is accused of gunning down a pair of men over a spilled drink at a nightclub.

All 12 jurors and three alternates spoke to reporters Wednesday, saying they were shocked by the defense admission that Hernandez was at the scene of the killing – an acknowledgement that they said helped confirm that he was guilty.

NIU ROUNDUP

Baseball’s late rally comes up short against Bradley

By DAILY CHRONICLE sports@daily-chronicle.com A furious ninth inning rally fell short for the Northern Illinois baseball team in a 12-11 loss to Bradley in a nonconference game Wednesday at McKinzie Field in DeKalb.

The Huskies (14-22) scored three runs in the final inning and had runners on second and third base before Bradley secured the last out.

Carl Russell went 3 for 5 with five RBIs, Micah McCulloch was 4 for 5 with three runs and Jason Gasser went 3 for 6 for the Huskies, who open a se-

ries Friday at Toledo.

coach Mark Montgomery said in a news release. “Marshawn MEN’S BASKETBALL is capable of scoring in bunchHuskies nab four-star recruit: es and has the potential to be an The Northern Illinois men’s impact player at NIU.” basketball team announced it signed Marshawn Wilson, who WOMEN’S TENNIS was a finalist for Minnesota’s Youel earns weekly honor Mr. Basketball. again: For the fourth time this The 6-foot-2 combo guard season, Northern Illinois tenaveraged 26 points, 10.1 re- nis player Nelle Youel was bounds, 2.2 assists and 1.5 named the Mid-American steals per game and was a Conference Singles Player of four-star recruit according to the Week. Youel, who has won ESPN.com. the award nine times during “Adding Marshawn gives us her time with the Huskies, more depth, more athleticism improved to 18-0 overall in sinand an instant offense-type gles on the season with wins scorer,” Northern Illinois over Ball State and Western

Michigan. The senior owns the school’s all-time record for career singles wins and doubles wins.

WOMEN’S TRACK AND FIELD Bigby honored by MAC: After winning the heptathlon at the Chicagoland Championships, Latesha Bigby was named the Mid-American Conference West Women’s Field Athlete of the Week. Bigby broke a school record in the competition with 5,110 points. She finished in the top three of all seven events – including a first-place finish in the 100-meter hurdles, 200 and the 800.

Scott Walstrom – NIU Media Services

Northern Illinois sophomore golfer Lena Gautier swings through a shot earlier this season.

NIU soph has more support this season • GAUTIER

NIU FOOTBALL

Continued from page B1

West Aurora long snapper Sak ready for competition

Now that Gautier has settled into her role on the Huskies, she leads the team with an average score of 77.25 in the 20 rounds she’s played this season heading into the Mid-American Conference Championship on April 24.

While Kester said Gautier’s game is well-rounded, she was at her best at the Diane Thomason Invitational in Iowa.

In dreadful weather conditions, Gautier stormed back in the final stretch to end the three-round tournament with a 10-over-par 226 – giving her a tie for first place. However, the lack of a visible leaderboard meant Gautier had no idea what place she was in during her comeback. “[Kester] came up and hugged me and she never hugs anyone,” Gautier laughed. “I figured that was a good sign.”

“I was watching the whole time on live scoring so I was pretty much glued to my phone,” Kester said. “I saw her gradually moving up the leaderboard. I knew she had a chance with about five holes to go.”

While she hadn’t played in the type of cold that Illinois has at its worse, her time spent playing in Scotland,

By JON STYF jstyf@shawmedia.com Long snapping isn’t like other positions on a football field. And it’s not like other positions when you’re looking to get recruited.

West Aurora’s Hayden Sak might have been ranked as the top player at his position in state, but he was the one reaching out to every football program he could find before committing and signing with Northern Illinois last month. On Wednesday, Sak was part of a signing ceremony at his school celebrating the opportunity.

“I had to call, email nonstop to basically every D-I school you can think of,” Sak said.

Sak, a senior, said he will join NIU’s football program this summer as a preferred walk-on, with a scholarship waiting in January. If he earns a starting spot this summer, however, Sak said he will start receiving his athletic scholarship in August.

With former long snapper Brian Mayer graduated, redshirt junior Bobby Ramlet is the only long snapper currently listed on NIU’s roster.

The 6-foot-3, 250-pounder

Photo from West Aurora Athletics (@WAHSBlackhawks) on Twitter

Hayden Sak (left) and West Aurora teammate Rashaud Jefferies (Dubuque) sign during a ceremony Wednesday at their school. had an offer from Utah State and some smaller schools and had talked about preferred walk-on roles with Cal-Berkeley, Louisville, Michigan State, TCU and Wisconsin.

“I had the best chance to start as a freshman, close to home,” Sak said of his commitment. “I loved the coaching staff. They’re on the rise. They won MAC, have gone to seven straight bowl games and … they gave me money.”

Sak, who also played left

tackle at West Aurora, said that he first long snapped a football in seventh grade on the advice of his dad, who told him that it would be a valuable skill.

His sophomore year, Sak got serious about long snapping, working with former NIU long snapper Nolan Owen, the first long snapper to get a scholarship at the school under former coach Joe Novak.

“He’s the one who got me where I am skillwise,” Sak

said.

Sak said he benefitted from Chris Rubio ranking him as the top long-snapping prospect in Illinois and 14th in the country.

As for learning to long snap properly, it was more complicated than you think.

Essentially there are three key areas that move: Hands, feet and chest.

“We do a lot of form drills, the whole process of snapping the ball in slow motion,” Sak said. “If you can do it in slow motion, you can time up all the pieces. That’s where you get consistent.”

There’s also the decision on what to do after the snap, with some programs wanting the snapper to block and others wanting him to run downfield and tackle on punts.

Because of the vulnerable position long snappers are in with their head down, rules don’t allow him to be hit until his head comes up. Then, he’s fair game.

“It’s not a really called penalty,” Sak said. “I got it called on me once or twice this year.

It’s just a precaution because you’re in a vulnerable position.”

England and Wales has allowed her to be accustomed to windy conditions.

Before coming to DeKalb, Gautier had played in a handful of tournaments in America – albeit, in places like Florida. It was during a tournament in Florida that she first came on the radar of Kester.

“Lena was one of our first recruits,” Kester said. “I got hired late at NIU, so we were kind of behind the ball in recruiting. You always want to look local but there’s a lot of talent overseas.”

Gautier had looked at places like Ole Miss and Kentucky before signing with the Huskies. There was homesickness – like many incoming freshmen – for Gautier, whose family lives outside of Paris. The seven-hour difference between Illinois and Paris means any communication with her family and friends must be carefully planned.

However, now in her second year with the Huskies, the French golfer is getting more and more comfortable.

“I had a lot of support,” she said. “I was homesick for a little while but I made so many friends here that wasn’t as bad. I wasn’t expecting people to be so open-minded and just accepting you in and being super friendly.”

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PREP ROUNDUP

Sycamore softball crushes Rochelle on Wednesday

By DAILY CHRONICLE sports@daily-chronicle.com Taylor Aasen drove in three runs to help Sycamore softball knock off Rochelle, 111, in six innings in a Northern Illinois Big 12 crossover game Wednesday.

Rachel Reifsteck (4-0) allowed four hits and an earned run in the compete game win, plus added two hits and an RBI. Aasen had two hits for the Spartans (9-2) and Brooke English added two hits.

“We did a nice job of answering Rochelle in the bottom of the first and keeping the pressure on in the second,” coach Jill Carpenter said. “We coasted a little in the middle of that game but came on strong in the end which was better

late than never. I thought Rachel did really well hitting spots today and it was good to see our defense clean things up from the day before.”

G-K tops Plano: Kendyl Strack pitched a complete game and added a home run as Genoa-Kingston beat Plano, 4-2, in a nonconference game.

Baylie Ullmark had an RBI double in the win for the Cogs (9-2).

GIRLS SOCCER H-BR overcomes own goal: The Hinckley-Big Rock girls soccer team scored all their goals in a second half for a 3-1 home nonconference win against Rochelle, picking up the win despite falling behind 1-0 in the first half on an own goal.

Hannah Mueller, Megan Menzel and Avery Debernardi each had a goal for the Royals (2-7).

The GK offense banged out 13 hits. Griffin McNeal was 3 for 4 with an RBI, Mikey Semmens was 2 for 4 with a triple and an RBI and Andrew Caldwell was BASEBALL 2-4 with a run scored for the DeKalb beats LaSalle-Peru: Cogs (5-4-1).

DeKalb beat La Salle-Peru, 9-4, H-BR loses to Alden-Hebron: in a Northern Illinois Big 12 Hinckley-Big Rock lost, 9-0, crossover game. at home to Alden-Hebron in a IC falls to Westmont: The In- nonconference game. dian Creek baseball team fell Dutch Schneeman took the 10-0 to Westmont. loss and had a hit for the RoyThe Timberwolves fall to als, as did Jacob Morsch.

7-3 on the year.

Cogs beat Plano: GeLATE TUESDAY noa-Kingston posted a 6-5 non- TRACK AND FIELD conference victory with a win McNanna, Harrod win for over the Reapers. Tyler Smith H-BR: The Hinckley-Big Rock pitched five innings, giving up track team competed Tuesday only two earned runs while at a five-team meet in Sandstriking out four. Tommy wich, with Zach McNanna and Hansen picked up the two-in- Audrey Harrod taking first in ning save giving up no hits. a total of three events.

Team standings were not available.

McNanna won the 110-meter hurdles in 17.7 seconds, and won the 300 hurdles with a time of 43.9. Harrod won the 800 in 2:20.3 and was second in the 1,600 in 5:33.8 – the fastest mark in the event for a freshman or sophomore in school history.

Courtney Carls was second in the triple jump (32 feet, 5 inches) and Julia Sanchez was third in the discus (78-5).

ney Adams added three hits and Angela Uptegrove drove in three to give the Royals their first conference win of the season.

BASEBALL Morris 9, Kaneland 1: At Morris, Austin Wheatley drove in the lone run in the third inning for the Knights (5-6, 1-1 Northern Illinois Big 12 East).

Matthew O’Sullivan struck out three over four innings of work in the loss for Kaneland.

GIRLS SOCCER SOFTBALL Kaneland 1, Morris 0: KaneH-BR tops Hiawatha: Kenzie Coppes picked up the win as Hinckley-Big Rock bounced back with a 15-12 home win against Hiawatha in a Little Ten Conference game.

Coppes went 4 for 5 at the plate and drove in five runs. Syd-

land shut out Morris, 1-0, to improve to 7-2 and 2-1 in Northern Illinois Big 12 East play. Lauren Ortiz’s unassisted goal in the second half was the difference for the visiting Knights.

DeKalb’s best chance came in 18th minute • SOCCER Continued from page B1

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Sycamore’s Alyssa Maillefer hugs Emma Stice on Wednesday after Stice’s goal in the first half against DeKalb at Sycamore High School in Sycamore. Stice finished with two goals. Sycamore shut out DeKalb, 4-0.

Twelve minutes later, the Spartans added a second goal when DeVita received a pass from Callahan Carl and ripped a shot from about 25 yards out. The ball flew over DeKalb goalkeeper Lauren Haglestein to double the Sycamore lead.

“It was just a solid wellstruck ball into the net,” Sycamore coach Dave Lichamer said. “Any keeper would have a hard time with those. Holland’s was a laser for crying out loud on the right side. It was beautifully struck. Really happy to see that.”

DeKalb’s best chance of the first half came in the 18th minute when a Natalie Vaughn-Low free kick from the left side of the box curled over the face of goal, but no DeKalb player could get on the end of the pass.

“I saw us go up against a very talented team and play some quality soccer at some really good moments.”

PJ Hamilton DeKalb girls soccer coach Stice gave the Spartans their third first-half goal when a bouncing ball in the box fell to the sophomore after shots by Holland and Alyssa Maillefer were blocked.

“I saw us go up against a very talented team and play some quality soccer at some really good moments,” DeKalb coach PJ Hamilton said. “But yet again, a few breakdowns led to the difference in the game.”

Stice’s second goal came six minutes into the second half when a cross from Jenee Carl-

son was pounced on by Stice and slotted into the back of the net.

The Barbs (4-4, 1-2) had a chance with 15 minutes left when Spartans goalkeeper Amanda Cook made a double save on shots by Leah Fassig and Hanna Hickey.

“The positive is we talked about what character that we have,” Hamilton said. “We can be a team that folds or we can be a team that responds, and when we look at the 17 players that we brought to tonight’s match, there wasn’t a single player that gave up.”

Sycamore outshot the Barbs, 18-4, with 14 Spartan shots finding the frame. DeKalb had two shots on target. Haglestein made 10 saves. Cook earned the clean sheet in net for her two saves.

“I think since the beginning of the year, we have grown a lot and we are able to connect a lot more passes,” Holland said.

Hooker won Class 2A state 200 title in 2013 • TRACK Continued from page B1 record for the 100 (10.63 seconds), which he set in his junior year.

At the 2013 state meet, Hooker ran a time 22.23 in the 200 to win the state title. He also finished sixth in the 100.

In last year’s state meet, the then-junior ran a better time in the 200 by 0.10 seconds, but ended up fourth.

Entering this season with his next destination already decided, Hooker plans to do better this season.

“There is a lot less to worry about now. Just focus on track and do the best I can now,” Hooker said.

One aspect that Piccony likes about Hooker, outside of his work ethic, is that he is such a versatile athlete. Everyone knows that Hooker is fast and excels at the 100 and 200, as well as being apart of a 4x100 relay team that reached state in 2014.

“I think he is a well-rounded athlete,” the coach said. “I think he could run anything from an 800 on down to the 100, and I think he can be successful. The collegiate events open up for him. I think he is such a versatile kid that he is not a one-trick pony. He can fit anywhere and that is good for any coach that would like to have him.”

Outside of running track at the next level, Hooker wanted to attend a school that he felt comfortable at and a place where he could excel on the track team.

“I really wanted to go to a school that had a big school feel, but when you go there, the campus doesn’t feel as big as it actually is,” Hooker said.

“I just felt really comfortable there and I liked it.”

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NIU class on ‘Game of Thrones’ covers both history and television

By ADAM POULISSE apoulisse@shawmedia.com

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t’s the spring semester at Northern Illinois University, but 20 students are learning the most important lesson in all of Westeros: Winter is coming.

The University Honors Program at NIU this semester launched “Game of Thrones, Television and Medieval History,” inspired by the insanely popular HBO show based on the book series by George R. R. Martin.

The seminar can be taken for honors credit. The class is mostly comprised of juniors and seniors, and one freshman, said Valerie Garver, one of the two professors.

“The students are really good,” she said. “They are very smart students that are able to make intelligent connections. Some have a strong interest in medieval history.”

“Game of Thrones” began in 2011 and has been a juggernaut of a pop culture icon ever since. Before the fifth season even debuted on Sunday, pulling in eight million viewers, the show had been renewed through six seasons

“There are a lot of television shows out there, but this show breaks through the clutter.”

NIU Professor Jeff Chown into 2016. It’s already one of the longestrunning and most-watched shows ever for HBO, surpassing hits such as “The Sopranos” and “Sex and the City.”

The show’s complex storylines feature many, many different characters vying for control in a mythical world where bloodlines are everything and dragons fly. It has inspired shirts, toys and discussion among its rabid fans.

Jennifer Wegmann-Gabb, a postbaccalaureate art history major at NIU and “Game of Thrones” fan, helped create the class by introducing Garver to Jeff Chown, who taught a class Wegmann-Gabb took about the TV show “Mad Men.” “It’s really nice as a student you can give a suggestion or put two people

together and watch them work their magic,” Wegmann-Gabb said. “It makes an impact on your learning experience.

For me personally, I’m going into grad school to teach at the college level.

Seeing how a class is created from idea to completion gives me ideas for when I’m able to create my own classes and coursework.”

Chown, the seminar’s other professor, said he was a fan of Martin’s universe since he read the books.

“There are a lot of television shows out there, but this show breaks through the clutter,” Chown said. “It unnerves you. In the first season, your main character is killed off. After that, you don’t know what’s going to happen.

That’s a little unnerving, but it’s also exciting. We’re tense about what’s going to happen.”

The class syllabus includes weekly readings, watching episodes of “Game of Thrones” in order through their first four seasons, and presentations on the show and how it relates to modern cable technology, history and current events.

“There was tremendous demand.

I think the class filled up in about an

Peter Dinklage as Tyrion Lannister in “Game of Thrones.” hour,” Chown said. “We’ll be offering it again next spring.”

From an educational standpoint, Chown said, “Game of Thrones” features many key themes that relate to today, despite being set in mythological times, such as sexuality and sexual violence, politics, and the treatment of people with disabilities.

The show also pulls from several pieces of history, including medieval times and the War of the Roses. Despite the fantasy elements, Garver praised the realism of the show.

“It represents aspects of the Middle Ages much more realistically than other media depictions that purport to be more accurate,” she said. “It stands out because it comments on the human condition in a way that seems real to people. It’s a really good example of a piece of modern culture that draws on how the past impacts the present.”

Alex Weier, a junior accounting major, got hooked on “Game of Thrones” before enrolling in the class. He said it’s the “fantasy show for people who don’t like fantasy.” He said he enjoys that the show represents different historical periods and religions.

“It’s a lot more in-depth than you realize,” Weier said. “The themes of the show are reality-based themes, where good doesn’t always beat evil. It keeps you on your toes.”

Kit Harington (left), Liam Cunningham and Stephen Dillane appear in “Game of Thrones.”

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Stroke of spring Saturday is National Golf Day, a day designed to get people on the links and to appreciate the game. If the weather is decent by you, why not head to a course and play a round? It’s the perfect way to welcome spring.

Give it a spin

At the movies

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The big movies opening this week are “Paul Blart: Mall Cop 2,” a PG sequel, starring Kevin James; “Unfriended,” an R-rated horror movie; “Child 44,” an R-rated thriller; “Monkey Kingdom,” a G-rated documentary narrated by Tina Fey; and “True Story,” an R-rated drama-mystery starring James Franco and Jonah Hill.

Check it out National Library Week comes to a close Saturday, and many libraries will be having special events through then. Check with the library for information, or just head to the library

Tuesday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturdays. Free. www. niu.edu/anthro_museum.

“A Journey: Two Views”: Through April 17, Kishwaukee College Art AUDITIONS Gallery, Malta. Dual exhibition of works by Janette Maley and IVT’s “Snoopy”: 1 to 4 p.m. May 3 Arthur Hand offers an intimate and 7 to 9 p.m. May 4, Sandwich glimpse into breast cancer.

Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Gallery hours: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Sandwich. Auditioners should Monday through Thursday. Inforbe prepared to sing a cappella mation: 815-825-2086, ext. 5610. at the audition; come prepared “Disegni Della Figura” figure with music, no accompaniment drawings by Louis Mustari: will be provided. Performances Through April 29, The Art Box, will be July 17-19. Information: 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. ivtmatthew@gmail.com or 888Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.

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Monday through Saturday.

Information: 815-758-0313, EVENTS dan@dekalbgallery.com or www. dekalbgallery.com.

ALPHA: Friends of Antiquity “Curated by DeKalb: 50 Years of lecture: 7:30 p.m. April 16, Jack the Anthropology Museum”: Arends Visual Arts Building, Room Through May, Cole Hall, Northern 102, NIU, DeKalb. Discussion of Illinois University, DeKalb. ancient coins. Free. Information: 815-787-6478.

Museum hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

AUDITIONS

Record Store Day also is Saturday.

This is a time to visit your local gem, the record store, and support them and buy a few records. And feel free to play some records on this day and listen to music at its finest.

Playoffs?

The NBA playoffs begin Saturday, and there will be a handful of games then and on Sunday. The NHL playoffs also just kicked off, so there’s plenty of high-stakes action. Also on TV this weekend are MLB and MLS games.

Check your TV listings or the Internet for schedules.

“Rocky Horror Picture Show”: 8 p.m. April 24, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb.

Featuring the shadow cast of “A Powerful and Irrational Mouthwash.” For mature audiences.

Doors open at 7 p.m. $10. www. egyptiantheatre.org.

State Youth Stepping Championships: 5:30 p.m. April 25, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Twelve step dancing teams will compete. Doors open at 4:30 p.m. Advance tickets: $22, available by calling Egyptian Theatre at 815-758-1215. Tickets at door: $32 for adults; $22 for children younger than 12.

EVENTS

MUSIC MUSIC NIU Jazz Ensemble: 8 p.m. April 16, Duke Ellington Ballroom, Holmes Student Center, NIU. Free. Guest artist is NIU alumnus Marquis Hill.

Information: 815-753-0643.

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Kishwaukee Brass Quintet: 7 p.m. April 16, Vista Room, Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, 2944 Greenwood Acres Drive, DeKalb. Free; open to the public. Seating opens at 6:40 p.m.

Cor Cantiamo: 7 p.m. April 18, Boutell Memorial Concert Hall, Music Building, NIU, DeKalb.

An evening of choral music and dance featuring the music of composer James Whitbourn. Free; open to the public.

A•c Rock: 8 p.m. April 18, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. A cappella quartet sings classic rock favorites from the 1950s and later. Tickets: $20. www.sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

NIU Steelband: 3 p.m. April 19, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 26555 Brickville Road, Sycamore. Concert is a fundraiser for Kishwaukee Hospital Cardiopulmonary

Rehabilitation. Tickets: $20, available at the door.

Tumbleweed – Eagles Tribute: 8 p.m. May 2, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $25. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815786-2555.

Rick Springfield: 7 p.m. May 15, NIU Convocation Center, 1525 W. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. Doors open at 6 p.m. Tickets: $25-$45 at the Convocation Center box office, Ticketmaster.com or 800745-3000. www.niuconvo.com.

Tropixplosion: 7 p.m. May 16, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Caribbean flavor. Tickets: $20. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815-786-2555.

Jo Dee Messina: 7:30 p.m. May 23, Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. Special guest Destination Unknown. Tickets available at www.egyptiantheatre.org or 815-758-1225. Cost: $29.50, $39.50 and $65.

Shania Twain & Cher Tribute: 8 p.m. June 6, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $35. www. sandwichoperahouse.org or 815786-2555.

ONGOING ONGOING Northern Illinois University Community School of the Arts: NIU Music Building, 400 Lucinda Ave., DeKalb. Classes in music, art and theater for children and adults. www.csa.niu.edu or 815753-1450.

Bread & Roses women’s choral group rehearsals: 5:45 to 8 p.m.

Sundays, Westminster Presbyterian Church, Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. www.breadandroseschorus.org.

Indian Valley Community Band: 6 to 7:20 p.m. Mondays, Sandwich Middle School band room. Area musicians who enjoy playing for fun invited; no auditions.

DeKalb Festival Chorus rehearsals: 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. Mondays during the school year, NIU Music Building. www.dekalbfestivalchorus.org. Contact conductor Seth Houston at

seth@sethhouston.com or call 303-815-0648.

Kishwaukee Barbershop Harmony Singers rehearsals: 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays, First Congregational Church, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. Open to men of all ages.

Contacts: Dave at 815-895-5955 or Ed at 815-756-3004.

Prairie Echoes Chorus rehearsal: 7:30 to 10 p.m. Tuesdays, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road, DeKalb. Singing, food, friendship and fun.

Kishwaukee Concert Band rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesdays, band room at Door 16 of Huntley Middle School, 1515 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. All-volunteer band for anyone age 18 or older who has played a wind or percussion instrument in the past. No auditions needed. 815-899-4867 or 815-825-2350.

“The Way” acoustic coffee house: 6 to 8:30 p.m. first Saturday each month, DeKalb Christian Church, 1107 S. First St. 815-7581833 or tomndcc@aol.com.

STAGE STAGE NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s Senior Showcase Festival: 7:30 p.m. April 16-18, 2 p.m.

April 19, Holmes Student Center Diversions Lounge, NIU, DeKalb.

Free. www.niu.edu/theatre or 815-753-1600.

Stage Coach Players’ “A Night of Readers Theater”: 7:30 p.m.

April 18, Stage Coach Theater, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. Performance will include three comedy skits written by Firesign Theatre.

Free; donations accepted.

Information: www.stagecoachers.com.

IVT’s “The Wizard of Oz”: 7 p.m.

April 23-25, 1 p.m. April 25, Sandwich Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., Sandwich. Tickets: $12-$14. www.indianvalleytheatre.com.

NIU School of Theatre and Dance’s Spring 2015 Dance Concert: 7:30 p.m. April 23-25, 2 p.m. April 26, Huntley Middle School auditorium, 1515 S. Fourth St., DeKalb. Tickets: $8-$16. www.niu.edu/theatre or 815-7531600.

BRIEFS NIU Annuitants to see Cubs at Wrigley Field Space remains for the Northern Illinois University Annuitants Association Aug. 21 trip to Wrigley Field to see the Chicago Cubs take on the Atlanta Braves. The group will depart DeKalb at noon for the 3:05 p.m. game in Chicago. Cost of the trip is $74 a person.

For information, call Carder Travel at 815-756-1547.

DeKalb writer’s show to premiere in Chicago .30-30 Productions will present the world premiere of “How to Field Dress in Lilly Pulitzer,” the one-woman show written and performed by Cora Vasseur of DeKalb, at 8 p.m. April 29 at the Gorilla Tango Theatre in Chicago.

The show tells the tale of a Northerner’s love-hate relationship with the Republic of Texas coming to a boil when she falls for a Texan and battles Southern belles, culture shock, and her identity crisis. Stemming from strong Chicago roots but growing up in rural Illinois, most of the material was inspired by Vasseur coming from two worlds and resisting identifying as a “country girl.”

A graduate of Second City’s Comedy Writing Program, Vasseur wrote, directed and produced sketch comedy and comedic songs around Chicago. A fan of Garrison Keillor, David Sedaris and Jeanne Robertson, she enjoys sharing her stories at live events.

For tickets and information, visit www.gorillatango.com or call 773-598-4549.

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The Indian Valley Community Band will present its spring concert on April 26.

Community band prepares for concert Indian Valley Community Band is gearing up for its 29th annual Spring Concert at 2 p.m. April 26 at the Opera House in Sandwich, 140 E. Railroad St. This is a free concert and no tickets are needed, but donations will be accepted at the door and will go to the Sandwich Opera House.

Built in the 1890s, the opera house is on the National Register of

Historic Places. Extensive renovations have been done in the past to restore the building, but the structure is in need of numerous repairs.

Indian Valley Community Band is an all-volunteer band that includes the musical talents of more than 30 members from Sandwich, Plano, Somonauk, Sheridan, Yorkville, Newark, Sugar Grove, Montgomery and Hinckley.

Jazz Ensemble performs at Grand Victorian

NIU Annuitants celebrate end of semester Northern Illinois University Annuitants Association will celebrate the end of the spring semester with a coffee hour on May 15 at the Vista Room, Oak Crest, 2944 Greenwood Acres Drive, DeKalb.

The event will be from 9:30 to 11 a.m. Come and celebrate and enjoy each other’s company. Refreshments provided compliments of Oak Crest.

For information, visit www.niu. edu/annuitants.

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The Sycamore High School Jazz Ensemble was invited to perform at the Grand Victorian in Sycamore. Directed by Scott Mertens, the group performed works by Cole Porter, Miles Davis, Duke Ellington, Glenn Miller’s crowd-pleaser “In The Mood” and other tunes. The band will perform next at the annual Jazz Night at 7 p.m. May 4, in the Sycamore High School auditorium. Admission is free and all are invited to attend. For information, visit www.sycamoremusicboosters.com and follow Sycamore Music Boosters on Facebook and Twitter.

Under the direction of Richard Hart, IVCB will perform a variety of music, suitable for all ages, including highlights from “Jersey Boys” (“Walk Like a Man,” “Big Girls Don’t Cry,” “Rag Doll,” “December 1963” and “Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You”), show tunes from the musical “The Music Man” (“Seventy-Six Trombones” and “Till There was You”), rousing John Philip Sousa marches

and more. The program also will include a sing-along, with familiar songs such as “Yankee Doodle Dandy,” “When Irish Eyes are Smiling” and “Red River Valley.” Concertgoers will be treated to a punch and cookie reception after the program.

For information, contact any band member or president John Cofer at 630-677-7263 or visit their Facebook page.

NIU Art Museum presents appropriation lecture The slide lecture “The Afterlife of Appropriation,” is the next program in Northern Illinois University Art Museum’s spring educational series.

It will be presented by Sarah Evans, assistant professor of contemporary art history at NIU, from 5 to 6 p.m.

April 22 in Altgeld Hall, Room 315, on NIU’s campus.

The lecture will examine themes of appropriation in contemporary Eastern and Western art practice including the work of Yasumasa Morimura, a contemporary Japanese appropriation artist, who inserts his own image into the portraits of other artists. Appropriation art is characterized by this reuse and reference to borrowed images recontextualizing them into new works of art.

Morimura’s work is held in the major collections of the J. Paul Getty Museum, Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and the Whitney Museum.

This program is offered in conjunction with the exhibition “Traditions Transfigured: The Noh Masks of Bidou Yamaguchi,” a national traveling exhibition organized by the University Art Museum at California State University Long Beach in conjunction with Dr. Kendall H. Brown, on display now at the NIU Art Museum.

The event is free and open to the public.

Individuals who wish to learn about this and other upcoming events may visit www.niu.edu/artmuseum or call 815-753-1936.

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Cor Cantiamo to give choral concert at NIU Cor Cantiamo will present “Luminosity,” featuring the music of James Whitbourn, at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the Northern Illinois University Music Building in DeKalb.

Cor Cantiamo is a touring chamber choir in residence at NIU, founded by Eric A. Johnson, with the mission to perform and promote contemporary choral music and foster new composers for the art form. Since its founding in the spring of 2009, the choir has emerged as an energetic and accomplished vocal ensemble, receiving accolades for its performances.

Grammy-nominated British composer James Whitbourn has been recognized

by Tom Manoff of National Public Radio for his ability

to “expand the experience of classical music beyond the edges of the traditional map of classical styles.”

Additional repertoire will highlight exciting new compositional voices of American composers Jake Runestad, Abbie Betinis and Timothy Takach.

The centerpiece of the evening will be “Luminosity,” a 30-minute work for chamber choir, organ, viola, percussion and dancers.

Guest artists featured in the concert will include NIU School of Music faculty and the critically acclaimed Chelonia Dance, directed by Chris Johnson.

Admission is free and the concert is open to the public.

For information about Cor Cantiamo, visit www.corcantiamo.org.

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Cor Cantiamo, a touring chamber choir in residence at Northern Illinois University, will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Boutell Memorial Concert Hall in the NIU Music Building.

Brass Birthday Bash

Comedic skits staged in DeKalb

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The Kishwaukee Brass Quintet will present a free community concert at 7 p.m. today in the Vista Room at Oak Crest DeKalb Area Retirement Center, 2944 Greenwood Acres Drive in DeKalb. The program will feature a variety of styles, including brass quintet classics and New Orleans jazz. Just Make It Happen Inc., a nonprofit group, along with a gift from the Mary E. Stevens Concert and Lecture Fund, is making the program available to Oak Crest residents and the public. Seating opens at 6:40 p.m.

Actors from Stage Coach Players will present “A Night of Readers Theater” at 7:30 p.m.

Saturday. The performance will include three comedy skits written by Firesign Theatre.

This performance is free and open to the public, but the content is adult-oriented. Donations will be accepted.

This Stage Coach “Readers Theater” performance is taken from classic bits of Firesign Theatre material, whose actors are still performing 40-plus years after recording many comedy/ satire albums from the late ’60s through the early 2000s.

The four original members all were astrological ‘fire’ signs – and it’s also a knock-off of the classic “Fireside Chats” of President Franklin D.Roosevelt.

Much of their humor satirizes politics, classic works such as

Sherlock Holmes and everyday human silliness. They employ a stream of consciousness style and play on words, intermingled with sound effects, to create a fast-paced, intense form of oddball hilarity.

The performing actors include Denny Boynton, Bob Cain, John Davis, Aaron George, D’Ann Hamilton, Mike Mattingly, Brian Maxfield, Hayden Perkins, Taylor Roose, Bob White and Kara Wilkins. Sound effects will be managed by Abbey Lippert and director Barbara Andree.

No tickets are needed. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. for a 7:30 p.m. curtain. There will be a 50/50 raffle, and concessions available for purchase.

Stage Coach Theater is located at 126 S. Fifth St. in DeKalb. For information, visit www.stagecoachers.com.

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Girl’s embarrassment signals time for shaving lesson Dear Abby: My husband and I are having a disagreement about one of our daughters (we have three). Our 8-year-old is very hairy. It is noticeable, and she doesn’t like wearing shorts, skirts or dresses because of it. Her classmates tease her about it.

I want to teach her how to shave her legs or show her how to use hair remover. Her father is angry I want to “do this” to his little girl.

I was a hairy child as well, and I was teased about my hairy legs and my unibrow, which my parents wouldn’t let me shave or pluck. I remember how painful it was, how upset it made me and how different I felt from my classmates because of it. I told

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips myself as a child that when I grew up, I’d never let my daughter go through the same torment. I still feel that way.

Should we wait a few more years, or should I buy the products I need and teach her what she’ll be doing for the rest of her life? – Hairy Situa-

tion In Arizona Dear H.S.: Your husband may mean well, but he may not realize what being the object of ridicule can do to a little girl’s self-esteem. You’re that child’s mother, and you know what to do – so do it.

Sometimes girls have to stick together, and this is one of them.

Dear Abby: After 26 years of marriage, I recently left my husband. We live only a few blocks away from each other, so we run into each other often at the store, the gas station, everywhere.

My problem is more about running into some of the women he cheated on me with. One of them always ends up at the same shopping center or restaurant I happen to be at. She thinks I don’t know who she is.

At first I didn’t want to say anything to her, but now it really has gotten to me. What can I tell her the next time she meets up with me? I want

to keep myself from yelling at her. Please help me. – Can’t

Find The Words In Houston Dear Can’t: You don’t know whether the woman your ex cheated with is stable or some kind of wing nut. Sometimes it’s safer not to be able to “find the words” rather than pick a fight.

My advice is to avoid her as much as possible.

Dear Abby: I recently took a long international flight.

The man sitting next to me coughed during the eighthour flight without once covering his mouth.

What is a polite way to tell someone to cover his/her mouth when coughing? Two days into my trip, I developed a fever and a bad cough, so it

seems he passed his illness on to me. – Feverish Flier Dear Flier: Your seat partner showed an extreme lack of consideration not only for you, but also for other passengers seated in his immediate vicinity – and it’s very possible he infected others besides you. It is not impolite to ask people who cough and sneeze to please cover their mouths so you won’t catch what they have, and that’s what you should have done right away, or ask to change your seat if an unoccupied one was available.

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

‘Tight’ blood sugar control might not be best course Dear Dr. K: I have Type 2 diabetes. For years, my doctor emphasized the importance of tight blood sugar control.

But I recently read that tight control might not make sense for everyone. Why not?

Dear Reader: Millions of people with diabetes, and their doctors, are asking the same question. It’s a confusing and controversial area. I’ll do my best to put it in context and to explain my own views.

People with Type 2 diabetes have high levels of blood sugar if they don’t take medication that lowers their blood sugar level. Some medicines that successfully lower blood sugar – particularly insulin and sulfonylurea drugs – can be too successful, however:

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff They can drop sugar levels too low. This can produce confused thinking, sleepiness, falls and fractures, loss of consciousness and even death.

So the goal in treating diabetes is to lower high blood sugar levels to normal, but not to below normal. Getting the levels down to normal is called “tight control” of blood sugar.

There are two ways of measuring blood sugar. You can measure the sugar level at the moment you sample the blood, or you can estimate what the average sugar level has been

over the past two to three months using a test called hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c). Most doctors urge their diabetic patients to aim for an HbA1c of 7 percent or less. This is considered tight control.

Aiming for tight blood sugar control makes sense for almost all patients when they are first diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. In large part, because often it can be achieved with diet and exercise alone.

Diet and exercise sometimes can lower blood sugar levels to normal – without the risk of dropping them too low.

Several studies over the past decade have indicated using medicines to achieve tight control in older ill patients may lead to worse health

than shooting for somewhat less than tight control. Tight control may be too much of a good thing. A more modest goal (targeting an HbA1c level between 7 percent and 8.9 percent, for example) might make more sense.

A recent study of 1,288 people age 65 or older found about two-thirds of people in relatively poor health had achieved an average HbA1c of 7 percent or less over the 10-year study period.

That sounds like good news: Controlling blood sugar helps prevent long-term health problems. But the authors of the study argue that for the sicker patients, the long-term benefit would likely be outweighed by the

short-term risks of periodically causing dangerously low blood sugar. Their study did not directly demonstrate such health risks; it was not designed to do so.

If you are taking insulin or sulfonylurea drugs, particularly if you have several other diseases besides diabetes, talk to your doctor. You might benefit from more frequent home blood sugar testing to detect low blood sugar. If the testing reveals your blood sugar sometimes gets below normal, maybe it’s better to reduce the dose of medicine a bit.

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

As a group, teens donate most time for worthy causes Dr. Wallace: I’m a 75-yearold grandmother, and I recently fell and broke my hip. While I was in the hospital, I was wondering how my 77-year-old husband was going to take care of me. He has a very hard time cooking, and he can barely boil water for his tea.

I could not believe it when I was released from the hospital and arrived home to see my two granddaughters, ages 16 and 15, had solved the problem even before it started. Their plan is their mom drives them over about half an hour before school, and the three of them tidy the house and make breakfast for Grandma and Grandpa, and set out the food for Grandpa to microwave for our lunch. Then after school, these three angels prepare

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace supper and run any errands we might need.

I have read a lot of negative reports about today’s teens, and I’m sure it’s all true, but I never read much about the wonderful teens who donate their time doing good deeds for others. My granddaughters fall into this category.

Dr. Wallace, will you help an old sick granny feel a lot better by letting the world know how much I appreciate my wonderful granddaughters? It’s time we read about the good teens. – Granny,

Seattle Granny: I agree. It’s always

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enjoyable to hear nice news about teens. We often hear what’s bad about the younger generation, but there is far more that’s good about them.

Too bad so much of it is overlooked.

Thanks for taking the time to help rectify the situation.

Most teens are wonderful citizens who spend much of their time helping others. In fact, teens, as a group, donate the most time volunteering for worthy causes.

Dr. Wallace: I’ve been dating Mike for more than two months. He’s a handsome guy, and a lot of girls would really like to be dating him.

My problem is he tells me he loves me, but he swears at me a lot and has nicknamed me “Stupid.” I do not appreciate this, especially when he

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TODAY – Choose your options with care. You have many impressive skills, but don’t take on too much or you will get stressed out and fall short of your expectations. Do your research and head in the direction that offers not only the highest benefits, but the greatest satisfaction as well.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Get your priorities in order when dealing with your duties, responsibilities and favored projects. Don’t get sidetracked by trivial matters when you have more important issues to contend with.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – An infatuation will cause confusion. Make sure that you deal with your responsibilities before you head out for some fun. Colleagues will be resentful if you leave work undone.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Find an organization that inspires you and get involved. Helping others will give you a feeling of contentment, and you will meet people who share your beliefs and values.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Stubbornness will be your downfall. Your day will run more smoothly if you let someone else take the lead, for a change. Be a team player.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Don’t wait for someone else to create an opportunity for you. Put your plans in motion. A partnership or contract will elicit work and rewards. It is up to you to make things happen.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Your prospects will improve if you make a personal or financial change. Take time out for socializing and romance if you want to improve your love life.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – A person from your past will come to mind or get in touch with you. Jealousy is apparent.

Someone who loves you will feel threatened by one of your friendships.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You will get astounding results if you make health and diet changes. A creative idea will prove lucrative if you join forces with the right business partner.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Have faith in your capabilities. You are the best judge of what you feel comfortable doing. Don’t be disheartened if someone doesn’t agree with your choices.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Don’t approach today expecting others to do what you want. Keep your ideas to yourself and move along at your own pace. The results you get will turn heads.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Positive change is possible. You have the ability to turn a negative into a positive. Use past mistakes as lessons to improve your future.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You have extra energy, so put more effort into whatever job you are given. You will make an impression that will keep your name in the running for a promotion.

calls me that in front of other people. When we’re out with friends or at a party, he calls out, “Hey, Stupid, tell Dave where we went last night.” I have asked him to show me more respect, but he never changes. I’m not so sure he loves me at all. Should I believe what he says or the way he acts toward me? – Maria,

El Paso, Texas Maria: A very wise person once said, “Actions speak much louder than words.”

The sooner you dump Mike, the better. Don’t wait. Today is a good day to tell him, “Adios.”

Dr. Wallace: My very dear grandmother is a huge anti-smoking person and keeps warning me and my friends about the evils of tobacco use.

I’m aware of all of the evils

caused by smoking except one because I’m not sure it is an evil.

I am rather short for my age, and I hope to grow to a normal height. My grandmother keeps telling me smoking will stunt my growth as a teen. I don’t smoke, and I am not planning to ever smoke, but I’d like to know if smoking really stunts one’s growth as a teen. – Anita,

Burlington, Vermont.

Anita: Your grandmother needs to continue spreading the word to teens about the evils of smoking. However, stunting a teen’s growth isn’t one of these evils. If it were, we would have many more teens avoiding cigarettes.

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

CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

You must get out of partner’s way Michael Showalter, a comedian, actor, writer and director, said, “I am a big proponent of writing a great outline. That way you can avoid hitting a roadblock. There is no worse feeling than writing yourself into a corner, but if you’ve figured it all out in the outline, then you won’t have that problem.”

We have a roadblock in bridge – it is featured in this deal, where third hand must decide whether to play high or low at trick one, which is our theme this week.

South is in three no-trump.

West leads his fourth-highest heart to dummy’s singleton king. What should happen after that?

South starts with seven top tricks: three spades, one heart (the first trick), one diamond and two clubs. He will take the diamond finesse for his contract. If it wins, he will collect two overtricks. If the finesse loses, perhaps hearts will be 4-4 or the defenders will err.

When West leads a low heart, which promises at least one honor in the suit, and dummy’s king wins the first trick, East must play his queen. This serves two purposes: It tells partner about the queen and jack, allowing him to underlead the ace on the next round; and it unblocks the suit. Declarer will take the losing diamond finesse, whereupon the defenders can run four heart tricks – but only if East unblocked the queen at trick one.

There are two other points. From the Rule of Eleven, East knows South has only one heart above the six, so playing the queen cannot cost. And no, the queen cannot be a singleton ... unless South opened one no-trump with six hearts in his hand.

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Frank & Ernest

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The Argyle Sweater

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Kenmore side-by-side fridge, white, 33" across, makes ice, just doesn't dispense it, $225; GE glass top electric range, white, works great, $175; Bosch Stainless Steel dishwasher, $175. 815-793-4300. Immediate pick up!

DRIVER / WAREHOUSE Part Time Class D license required.

Sycamore area.

Call 815-899-7180 Driver

Swine Wean Pig Driver CDL not required but beneficial.

Flexible hours necessary. Able to lift 50 lbs, able to pass DOT physical requirements. Able to bend & squat for a limited amount of time. Must be at least 21 to be covered by vehicle insurance. Email letter of interest or resume to: kimp@bethanyswine.com

DENTAL HYGIENIST

Automotive Parts Counterperson RARE OPPORTUNITY! Alan Browne Chevrolet is growing and growing fast!

Saturdays & more. Top quality dental office in Sycamore seeks licensed Hygienist.

Collins Dental Group Sycamore Send resume to Kelly: kbuhk@collinsdentalgroup.com

Business has been booming and we are looking for an Automotive Parts Counterperson with a positive attitude. Full time/Part time. GM experience is a plus, but will train the right person.

Call 815-784-2511 to set up an appointment interview.

Ask for Jim.

CUSTOMER SERVICE REPRESENTATIVE South 4th Street Mega-Grande Laundromat opening soon.

Seeking experienced customer service representative.

Bilingual preferred. Apply at

Mason Properties: 120 N. Annie Glidden Rd. DeKalb IL or send resumes to: masonproperties2013@ gmail.com

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SAT & SUN April 18 & 19 10AM - 5PM 2285 Tara Drive Randall Rd. & Rt. 20

High end estate sale, mid century furniture, Moreno/Venetian mirrors, furniture, Waterford crystal Copenhagen china, oriental rugs, jewelry, silver.

Kathy's Estate Sales 847-363-4814

is growing & looking for help!

Looking for Cashiers with potential for management as well as Delivery Drivers!

Must be able to work days, nights and weekends.

Please apply in person at 1670 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore.

Sales

EXPERIENCED SALES INDIVIDUALS NEEDED

Young Female Senior in wheelchair needs upbeat, patient helper/PA to assist with housekeeping, daily living, errand and clutter.

20 hrs./wk. Car required. No Smoking. Lucy: 815-758-3873

Contact the Better Business Bureau www.chicago.bbb.org - or Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov

1478 Farmstead Lane in Devonaire Farms

POOL TABLE - 8 foot Slate top with all accessories including cover.

In excellent condition, you move. $400 OBO, Call 815-751-0244

720 Cedar Lane 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath on a Large Lot. Freshly Painted, 2 Car Garage.

$175,000 Michael Cirone 3 Roses Realty 815-690-2843

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

Sycamore, 1525 Tesla Ct. 4 BR, 5 BA, 1.7 Acres, $459,000 815-762-0729

or

815-814-1224 !! !! !!! !! !!

WANTED Washer & Dryer 815-748-7693 Dekalb

A-1 AUTO

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

WANTED! I Buy Old Envelopes Stamps 815-758-4004

Will BUY UR USED

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA d/b/a RURAL HOUSING SERVICE a/k/a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Plaintiff, v.

CHARLES G. ROSE, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH M. JANUSEK, UNKNOWN HEIRS and LEGATEES of JOSEPH M. JANUSEK, ERIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, CITY OF SANDWICH and UNKNOWN OWNERS & NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants.

CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000 “don't wait.... call 2day”!!

Case No. 14 CH 252 NOTICE OF SALE

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Friday & Saturday 8–2

4 Plush Cushioned Lawn Chairs aluminum frames, stored indoors $50. 815-827-3692 before 9pm

Moving Sale Everything must go!

Cocktail/Coffee Table - Iron and glass, approx. 35 1/2 x 51 Paid $600 new, selling for only $185. Call 815-895-3315

2005 Honda Accord EXL Exc condition, 161,000 mi. $6,500 815-786-2249

1995 2630 Jayco 5th Wheel, 1 slide out, 18' awing, sleeps 6, stored inside, $6000 815-784-5532

Honda Cruiser 750 CC,

April 17 & 18 Friday, 8am - 5pm Saturday 8am-12pm?

1713 Sunrise Dr.

We need people that are serious about working and making money. We also have management opportunities available for the proven sales person.

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EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Immediate Full-Time Position Large Social Service Agency is hiring a full-time Permanent Executive Administrative Assistant. Must have the following skill set: A competency in advanced Microsoft, strong communication, interpersonal and organizational skills along with attention to detail and human resource experience all aspects of the position. A minimum of five years of office experience with supervisory skills and bilingual skills preferred. Salary based on experience.

Apply by submitting a cover letter and resume to:

Community Coordinated Child Care Attn: Susan Petersen 155 N. Third St., Suite 300, DeKalb, IL 60115

REPORTER DEKALB Daily Chronicle, a 9,000 circulation six-day-a-week newspaper owned by Shaw Media that covers DeKalb County, IL, is seeking a reporter to join our team as we forge ahead with the practice of 21st century journalism.

The Daily Chronicle is an award-winning newspaper that tries to serve its community and do more than some might expect from a publication its size. DeKalb is about an hour west of Chicago, and is home to Northern Illinois University.

We're seeking a person who understands that today's reporters cover stories and connect with their audience through more than just the written word. This reporter will be comfortable if they are asked to shoot video or still photos from a scene. The successful candidate will also understand and embrace the idea that newspapers are part of the 24-hour news cycle, and that immediacy is important to our online audience.

Ideal candidates will be willing to take on a broad range of assignments, from spot news and government meeting coverage to features, and must tell stories that show readers how the events and people portrayed are relevant to their lives. Our reporters are expected to generate their own story ideas and develop sources on their beat, as well as take assignments from the news editor.

At least a year of professional experience preferred, but recent graduates with outstanding internship experience are encouraged to apply. Solid knowledge of AP Style and grammar required, as is ability to write clear, concise copy. Must have a valid drivers license, dependable transportation & proof of insurance. Experience with the Web and multimedia is a plus.

Shaw Media offers a competitive salary, a comprehensive benefit package.

Interested candidates are invited to send their resume with five clips to:

EditorialRecruitment@shawmedia.com For all Shaw Media career opportunities, visit: www.shawmedia.com

Dekalb, Garage Sale, Eden's Garden at 2311 Eve's Circle East, Saturday, Apr 18, 8 AM - 3 PM & Sunday, Apr 19, 9 AM 1PM. Snowblower, lawnmower, clothes, furniture, kitchen items, baby items plus much more.

MALTA HUGE MOVING SALE Friday & Saturday, April 17 & 18, 9-4.

Sunday, April 19, 9-2.

1037 Misty Landing Prairie Springs subdivision.

Downsizing--Everything must go.

Furniture, shelves, office chairs, lamps, pictures, kitchenwares, collectables, and much more. All in Good to Excellent condition.

50 -75% off all items remaining on Sunday.

SYCAMORE 1144 Somonauk St. April 17-18 Precor EFX 5.19 Elliptical, HealthRide S300i Treadmill, Breville Espresso Machine, Amana Washer / Dryer, Bissel Rug Cleaner, Futon, FugiFilm Digital Cameras, Gardening Tools, Yellow Toy Mini Cooper, Various Children's Toys/Items.

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

WINTER COATS (2)

Ladies, Eddie Bauer Parka with hood, blue/green, size small, 30”L, goose down. Paid over $400, sell for $150. Bromleigh ladies dress coat, light brown, 100% pure wool, small size, very good condition! $100 815-756-6828

STEP LADDER 10 foot Werner aluminum step ladder. 300 load capacity. Type 1A, extra heavy duty. $100.

815-508-3553

MOWER Craftsman rear wheel drive mower.

6.5HP Briggs & Stratton, bag, electric start. $200.

815-508-3553 Toro 21” Personal Pace Self-Propelled 6.0 H.P. Rear Bagger. Excellent Condition. $150. Call 815-756-7145.

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1979 CHEVY CORVETTE COUPE Black on black, clean, T-tops, automatic, 83,000 miles, $10,999. 815-751-4881

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Pictures increase attention to your ad!

HAY FOR SALE Large bales, Grass and light Alfalfa, 1st and 2nd cuttings, $4/bale. 630-313-0251

Air Compressor – Air Pro, Model IRFB5020-WK, 5 hp, 20 gallon, 125 psi, Like new, Asking $200, Call 815-786-8405 Craftsman Power Washer 6.5 hp, 2400 psi with quick start, Like new, Asking $225.

Call 815-786-8405

Dozens of European Auto Magazines! 1980's-1990's A few of New Zealand Issue! $60. Call before 9pm 815-827-3692

LEATHER COAT Green Bay Packers green & black leather coat XL, NFL Official License. $100. 815-508-3553

Look & Life Magazines from 1930's – 1960's, Approx. 50 total, $1 each.

815-756-1028 afternoons

DRYER ~ ELECTRIC G. E. white, used, not abused. $150.

815-508-3553

NEW Wayne 12 volt standby sump pump Model ESP-15 $100/OBO. 815-748-7693

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RESTORATIVE NURSE DeKalb Area Retirement Center seeks an RN who will be responsible for all aspects of managing care and services provided through our Restorative Department.

The successful candidate will be a Registered Nurse with a current License in the State of Illinois, a minimum of two years working with geriatric populations, solid clinical skills and knowledge of regulatory compliance & Continuing Care Community operations.

To apply, please submit your resume by Fax: 815-756-6515, e-mail: mwest@oakcrestdekalb.org Or apply in person at:

DeKalb Area Retirement Center 2944 Greenwood Acres Dr, DeKalb, IL 60115

by April 24, 2015

Commonly known as: 119 N. Elm Street, Sandwich, IL 60548 Pin No.: 19-25-386-011

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

Call to advertise 800-589-8237

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.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judg$1

1 BEDROOM Downtown Sycamore All Upgrades + Fitness Center LAUNDRY in Units!

815-757-5546 Belvidere ~ Lindenwood Apts 2BR, 1BA, clean, quiet, remodeled.

Country setting, close to parks and shopping. C/A , balcony, prvt deck. $675/mo 815-547-5732 BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $530 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

(815) 562-6425 www.whiteoakapartments.net Now accepting Visa, M/C, Discover

Cortland 1200 sf. 2 Bedroom washer & dryer hookup, $760/mo.+utilities & security dep.

With Garage $775/mo. no pets.

Sue 815-762-0781

DeKalb Studio, 1 & 2BR Quiet life-style. On-site laundry.

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com DeKalb – 116 Orchard Ln. Rent or rent w/option to Buy. 3-4 BR, fenced yard, garage- completely remodeled. $1250/mo + Security 815-739-6170

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

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

WE PAY THE BEST! For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans with or without titles.

630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833 NEW PRICE! TAKE ME HOME COUNTRY ROADS. TO THE PLACE I WANT TO CALL HOME.

Or place your ad online daily-chronicle.com/ placeanad

*ESTATE AUCTION* IN ORDER TO SETTLE THE ESTATE OF RALP D. SCHWIRIAN, THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL BE SOLD AT PUBLIC AUCTION TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER WITH OUT RESERVE LOCATED AT 317 HEATHERFIELD LANE, DEKALB, ILLINOIS. WATCH FOR ALMBURG AUCTION SIGNS AT DRESSER AND WILDFLOWER ROADS, AT THE ENTRANCE TO DEKALB, HIGH SCHOOL.

4/5 BEDROOM HOME ON 3/4 ACRE LOT. SYCAMORE SCHOOLS.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

SATURDAY, APRIL 18TH STARTING AT 10:30 A.M. FURNITURE * YARD AND GARDEN TOOLS * APPLIANCES * HOUSEHOLD SMITH BROTHERS SOFA, LIKE BRAND NEW!; 42” SHARP FLAT SCREEN TELEVISION; PIONEER TUNER, CD, CASSETTE PLAYER, VERY NICE; SEVERAL VHS AND CD’S; LA Z BOY RECLINER; POWER LIFT CHAIR-RECLINER; HAIER 5CU.FT. CHEST FREEZER; WHIRLPOOL GAS DRYER AND MATCHING WHIRLPOOL TOP LOAD WASHER, LIKE NEW; HORIZON ELLIPTICAL; TRACER SX WHEEL CHAIR; ARACHNID ELECTRONIC DART BOARD; WEBER 3 BURNER GAS GRILL; NEW ALUMINUM SCAFFOLDING PLANK AND SCAFFOLDING; YARDMAN SELF PROPELLED 22” MOWER, LIKE NEW; TORO POWERLITE SNOWBLOWER; 10GAL SHOP VAC; HAND TRUCK; LOTS OF LONG HANDLED YARD AND GARDEN TOOLS; CEMENT YARD FIGURINES; LOTS OF GREAT HAND AND POWER TOOLS; ROLLER TOOL BOX; SHELVES; HARDWARE ITEMS; 5 PIECE MATCHING LUGGAGE SET; OLYMPUS 35MM CAMERA; QUEEN SIZE BEDS AND NICE MATTRESSES; DROP LEAF DINETTE TABLE W/ 2 CHAIRS; SEVERAL FLOOR AND TABLE LAMPS, SIDE TABLES; LOTS OF NICE KITCHEN APPLIANCES; OFFICE SUPPLIES AND EQUIPMENT; SAMTRON COMPUTER; LOTS OF DISH AND GLASSWARE, TOWELS, LINENS KNICKKNACKS; DOLLS AND BEANIES. AUCTIONEERS NOTE: THIS AUCTION WILL BE HELD OUTSIDE ON THE FARM SO COME DRESSED FOR THE WEATHER. BRING YOUR TRUCKS, TRAILERS AND A BUDDY AND JOIN US FOR THIS NICE ESTATE AUCTION. PATRIOT DOGS LUNCH ON SITE. TERMS: CASH, CHECK , CREDIT CARDS; ON SALE DAY, NOTHING REMOVED UNTIL SETTLED FOR, NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS INJURY OR THEFT. PICTURES ON WEB SITE WWW.ALMBURGAUCTIONS.COM MALTA, ILLINOIS. STEVE AND ANDREW ALMBURG. 815-739-3703

ESTATE OF RALPH D. SCHWIRIAN All our auctions with pictures are advertised worldwide @ www.almburgauctions.com

Appraisals Real Estate Liquidators 815-825-2727 Malta, IL

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Shaw Media is a Drug Free Employer.

Pre-employment background check and drug screen required. This posting may not include all duties of position.

Equal Opportunity Employer.

Huge Moving Sale tons of auto parts, tools, mig welder, sand blaster, drill press, band saw, shop equipt. Household items, bo flex elipitical .. all must go !

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 19, 2015, the DeKalb County Sheriff will, at 1:00 P.M. on May 14, 2015, at the DeKalb County Public Safety Building, located at 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois, sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE SOUTH 60 FEET OF LOT 6 AND THE NORTH 6 FEET OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 26, FULLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANDWICH, ACCORDING TOE THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK “A” OF PLATS, PAGE 6-1/2 ON JULY 1ST, 1857, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS.

2,700 miles. 1 owner $4,650/obo 815-895-8222

BB GUN

Walther BB gun pistol. CO2 21 shot clip, extra CO2 & BBs. $75.

815-508-3553 Thompson Center 50 Caliber Flint Lock Rifle. Excellent Condition!

Many extra supplies to go with it. $350.00. 616-886-0363

ngl ily judg ment amount was $117,162.29.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within thirty (30) days. 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. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

For information contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Scott D. Becker, 213 West Main Street, Genoa, Illinois 60135.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 16, 23 & 30, 2015.)

815-814-1964

DEKALB

Work 5 hours per day and you can make $1,000 per week or more. Each sale is paid on a commission structure of $22.00 to $25.00 per order and two orders per hour is average.

Please contact Kathy Ryan at 847-630-9345 or kathyryan100@sbcglobal.net

Kona Africa Bike 3 – Black, excellent condition, $350 cash no texts or emails, Bike is in Rockford IL 815-315-7406

NetBook Travel Package - HP mini 110 series, black swirl finish, 10.1” LCD, Intel Atom Dual Core 1.6 GHz, 2GB ram (2X stock), 160 GB HD, WIFI, Integrated WebCam, Win XP Home SP3, also makes a sweet little Linux system.

Charger & THREE good working battery packs - 1 standard and 2 extended capacity. Padded carrying case. Excellent condition - $150.

815-825-2443

ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING ANY MONEY

GOLF CLUBS ~ 3 SETS

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Tour Edge Irons, 4 - sand wedge, $100. Adams Hybrids 4 - sand wedge, $150.

MacGregor Full Set and Golf Bag, $225. 815-754-4155

Columbia 2 Child Carrier Canvas & folds for storage, carry your groceries as well! $75/OBO. Call before 9pm 815-827-3692

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer

Cherry Baby Cradle, 36 “x 19” includes hand made doll & decorative bedding, $300 815-757-5959

GENOA OPEN HOUSE SUN, APRIL 19 11AM - 2PM

!! !! !!! !! !!

Golf Clubs & Sets

4.0 cu ft, black and silver.

Top freezer, excellent condition! $90/obo.

815-236-8270

LOVE, Sports, Music. Adoring, Financially Secure Family longs for 1st baby. ! Expenses paid !

1- 866-757-5199

DeKalb

KITTENS

Will be ready for loving home on April 17. 3 blonde and white and 2 calico. Can reserve before 4/17.

815-498-9128

Kids Sets, Mens & Womans Sets Drivers, 3, 5, 7, 9, Woods, Hybrids; Wilson Ping, Nike, Odyssey Putters, Sets $50-$150, Golf Balls - $5. 815-762-5113

GPS & Cable Modem Garmin Nuvi 255 GPS Navigator and Linksys cable modem with USB & ethernet connect, Both like new, in original boxes - $10 each or $15 both. 815-756-6516

! ADOPTION ! At-Home Mom

Sales individuals with experience needed to sell home delivery service of the local newspaper at a substantial discount.

We also offer bonuses and incentives for performance.

Refrigerator Magic Chef

FILE CABINETS - 2 Four Drawer All-Steel, good condition. $50 Call 815-751-0244

Psychic Reader - Palm, Tarot, $10 Special, 1 question free over phone 815-501-3975 DeKalb, IL Readings By Sarha

Restaurant

Sycamore Tom & Jerry's and Catering by Diann

Reconditioned and Guaranteed Washers, Dryers, Stoves, Refrigerators and Freezers.

Good Selection. Low Prices.

Assured Appliance, 121 N. Emmett St, Genoa 847-293-0047

Steel Wagon Wheels -Good Condition, one 48” $40 & three 30” $25 each. Call anytime 815-756-2301

DEKALB – 4 BDRM HOME ½ Block from Lincoln Grade School.

Finished Basement, All Appliances, Great Yard

Upper $150's. Ready to be Sold.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

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DeKalb Updated 1 & 2BR Quiet lifestyle, C/A, laundry.

Avail August. 815-758-0079 DEKALB ~ 2 BEDROOM Clean, quiet, 1 bath, appliances included, available now.

815-758-6580

DeKalb/Sycamore 1 Bedroom $560/mo, electric incl + 1st, last sec, no pets/smkg. 815-739-9055

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

DEKALB - TOWNHOME - END UNIT For Rent - 3 BR, 2 1/2 BA, Basement, 2 Car Gar, W/D, Vaulted Ceilings w/ Fans $1250/mo. 630-217-7061

DeKalb/The Knolls Sub 2BR TH 2 full bath, appl, W/D, 2 car gar. $950 + sec. www.rentdekalb.com 815-758-5588

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $950.

No pets.

815-758-0123

DeKalb 2BR, 2BA Brick Duplex

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

1211 N. 1st St. 815-758-0600

DEKALB ~ 3 BEDROOM

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

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $770/mo.

Laing Mgmt.

Dining room, enclosed porch, walk out basement, redecorated, $875.

No pets/smoke. 815-762-4730 Genoa- Small 2BR House for rent Available May 1 $725/mo + deposit. 815-784-5108 Lake Holiday 3BR, 2BA New Paint Appl, C/A, W/D, 2 car gar, fenced yard, shed, no smoking. $1250 +1st last security. 708-826-7555

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sycamore 2BR Upper, Garage, AC, Laundry, Storage. $725/mo.

No pets.

J & A RE 815-970-0679 Sycamore Country, Roomy 2BR Upper, 1 car garage, W/D, C/A, no pets/smoking, $750/mo + security.

815-335-3218

Sycamore Quiet Lower 2BR 1 bath, W/D, no pets/smoking. $700/mo + 1st, last security.

815-501-1378 Sycamore- 2 BD small upper apt Offstreet parking & laundry. $575/mo plus $750 deposit & utilities. 815-825-2374

You Want It? We've Got It!

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

Call for details. Agent Owned.

815-756-2359 Or 815-758-6712

SYCAMORE 1000 SQ FT Dance/Exercise Studio.

Great parking, great location!

815-895-8526 Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up? Share It With Everyone by Placing a HAPPY AD!

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS UNITED STATES OF AMERICA d/b/a RURAL HOUSING SERVICE a/k/a UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, Plaintiff, v.

CHARLES G. ROSE, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH M. JANUSEK, UNKNOWN HEIRS and LEGATEES of JOSEPH M. JANUSEK, ERIN CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC, CITY OF SANDWICH and UNKNOWN OWNERS & NONRECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants.

Case No. 14 CH 252 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on March 19, 2015, the DeKalb County Sheriff will, at 1:00 P.M. on May 14, 2015, at the DeKalb County Public Safety Building, located at 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois, sell at public auction, to the highest bidder, for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THE SOUTH 60 FEET OF LOT 6 AND THE NORTH 6 FEET OF LOT 7 IN BLOCK 26, FULLER'S ADDITION TO THE CITY OF SANDWICH, ACCORDING TOE THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK “A” OF PLATS, PAGE 6-1/2 ON JULY 1ST, 1857, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 119 N. Elm Street, Sandwich, IL 60548 Pin No.: 19-25-386-011 The real estate is improved with a single family residence. The judgment amount was $117,162.29.

Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds; the balance, by certified funds, is due within thirty (30) days. 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 re-

quantity course to Plaintiff. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

For information contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Scott D. Becker, 213 West Main Street, Genoa, Illinois 60135.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, April 16, 23 & 30, 2015.)

STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT SYCAMORE, DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS CARRINGTON MORTGAGE SERVICES, LLC, Plaintiff, vs.

BARBARA J. PARISOT AKA BARBARA PARISOT, Defendant.

CASE NO. 15-CH-14 PROPERTY ADDRESS: 402 W. BENHAN STREET KIRKLAND, IL 60146 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Barbara J. Parisot aka Barbara Parisot, Defendant, this case has been commenced in this Court against you and others, asking for foreclosure of the Mortgage held by the Plaintiff on the property located at 402 W. Benhan Street, Kirkland, IL 60146, more particularly described as: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 2 IN MARKOVITS ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF KIRKLAND, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "B" OF PLATS, PAGE 124 ON APRIL 18, 1894, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Permanent Index Number: 0126260004 Commonly known as: 402 W. Benhan Street, Kirkland, IL 60146 UNLESS YOU FILE your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this cause in the Office of the Clerk of this Court at the DEKALB County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 on or before MAY 11, 2015, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT FOR FORECLOSURE. CLERK OF THE COURT THIS COMMUNICATION IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. HEAVNER, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Attorneys at Law P.O. Box 740 6252

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Nationstar Mortgage LLC PLAINTIFF Vs. Michael W. Kisluk; Michael W. Kisluk, as trustee under the provisions of a private Trust Agreement, known as Michael W. Kisluk Trust No. 98 dated September 11, 1998; Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.; Unknown beneficiaries of the Michael W. Kisluk Trust No. 98 dated September 11, 1998; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 15 CH 00055 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown beneficiaries of the Michael W. Kisluk Trust No. 98 dated September 11, 1998 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 5 IN BLOCK 1 IN ANDREW PETERSON'S ADDITION TO DEKALB, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 25, 1893, IN BOOK "B" OF PLATS, PAGE 119, SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 133 Gurler Street Dekalb, IL 60115 and which said Mortgage was made by: Michael W. Kisluk Michael W. Kisluk, as trustee under the provisions of a private Trust Agreement, known as Michael W. Kisluk Trust No. 98 dated September 11, 1998 the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2007000478; 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 May 11, 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. 14-14-20324 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

I651945 (Published in the Daily Chronicle April 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE Invitation to Bid City of Sycamore Public Works is seeking bids for the purchase of the following new equipment.

One (1) 41,000lb GVWR Single Axle Cab & Chassis Specifications may be obtained from Sycamore Public Works, 475 North Cross, Sycamore, Illinois 60178 or City of Sycamore's website cityofsycamore.com.

Op g tance Combined Application.

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing will be held by: DeKalb County Government.

On: May 04, 2015 Time: 6:35 pm Where: Legislative Center-Confer ence Room East 200 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 I. For the purpose of considering a project for which financial assistance is being sought from the Illinois Department of Transportation for State of Illinois public transportation operating assistance grants from the FY 16 Section 5311 and Downstate Operating Assistance Program, pursuant to the Illinois Department of Transportation's general authority to make such grants, and which is generally described as follows: A. Description of Project: Application is being made for federal and state financial assistance funds for demand response public transportation services in the non-urbanized areas of DeKalb County, Illinois.The hours of operation will be Monday through Friday, 7:00 am to 11:00 pm.

C. Environment: This project is being implemented to minimize environmental impact.

Fred Busse Director Public Works

II. At the hearing DeKalb County Government will afford an opportunity for interested persons or agencies to be heard with respect to the social, economic and environmental aspects of the project. Interested persons may submit orally or in writing, evidence and recommendations with respect to said project.

LOOKING FOR DBE'S Curran Contracting Company is seeking IDOT approved DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for the 04/24/15 IDOT letting.

Plans and Specs are available at www.dot.state.il.us or email estimating@ currancontracting.com (815) 455-5100 (Published in the Kane County Chronicle and the Daily Chronicle on April 15, 16, 17, 18, 21, 22, 2015) KC417

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