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By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Officials with the city of DeKalb and Northern Illinois University want to see the John and Harrison street area redeveloped, but officials said private investors will need to launch those efforts.

Regardless of who will lead redevelopment, neighbors say they are tired of being left in the dark.

“We are putting our hand out and saying work with us,” said Misty Haji-Sheikh, who is leading the group Preserve Our Neighborhoods and also serves on the DeKalb County Board. “We want to be involved.”

Haji-Sheikh’s comments came during a news conference Wednesday that was held in response to a proposed public-private partnership to redevelop the area that never came to fruition.

The city, NIU, a sister company of Castle Bank, First State Bank, and local builder Steve Irving had contemplated a public-private partnership called “College Town Partners” that would buy properties from the west side of Harrison Street to the Kishwaukee River in order to redevelop the area.

The agreement called for NIU and DeKalb to contribute $250,000 each to the effort; total initial contributions would have been $1.35 million.

The neighborhood is comprised of older houses, most of which offer bedrooms for rent. Much of John Street

Lawerence Synett – lsynett@shawmedia.com

Preserve Our Neighborhoods leader Misty Haji-Sheikh points to map as she speaks during a news conference Wednesday at Fellowship Hall of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship in DeKalb.

Many rental houses and apartments line the streets of the area purposed for redevelopment in discussions between the city of DeKalb and Northern Illinois University.

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DeKALB – DeKalb park board members approved a two-year contract with Jason Mangum to become the DeKalb Park District’s new executive director at a special meeting Wednesday.

Magnum will start June 9 with an annual salary of $116,000.

Mangum has been the director of parks, recreation and cultural services for the past three years in Novi, Michigan, a town of about 59,000 outside of Detroit. His previous experience includes four years as the parks and recreation director in Show Low, Arizona, and two years as the recreation supervisor for Peoria, Arizona.

He holds a bachelor’s degree in speech, communication and rhetoric and a master’s degree in recreation from Arizona State University.

“When my wife and I visited DeKalb, we were impressed with the parks and the community and we felt we would be a good fit,” Mangum said, adding he also will bring his five school-aged children.

He said he is looking forward to hiring a superintendent of recreation, a position the board created in April, as well as reviewing capital projects such as Hopkins Pool and Lions Park. He also said he’s excited to work for a park district in Illinois.

“Illinois is kind of the

“When my wife and I visited DeKalb, we were impressed with the parks and the community and we felt we would be a good fit.”

Jason Mangum Incoming executive director of the DeKalb Park District

See DeKALB, page A7

Celebrated poet Maya Angelou, 86, dies NEW YORK – Maya Angelou’s story awed millions. A childhood victim of rape, she broke through silence and shame to tell her tale in one of the most widely read memoirs of the 20th century. A black woman born into poverty and segregation, she recited the most popular presidential inaugural poem in history.

“I’m not modest,” she told The Associated Press in 2013.

“I have no modesty. Modesty is a learned behavior. But I do pray for humility, because humility comes from the inside out.”

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woman and cultural pioneer, died Wednesday at her home in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. She was 86.

“She lived a life as a teacher, activist, artist and human being. She was a warrior for equality, tolerance and peace,” said her son, Guy B. Johnson.

Tall and regal, with a deep, majestic voice, she was unforgettable whether encountered in person, through sound or the printed word. She was an

actress, singer and dancer in the 1950s and 1960s and made a brave and sensational debut as an author in 1969 with “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” which became standard (and occasionally censored) reading and made Angelou one of the first black women to enjoy mainstream literary success.

“Caged Bird” was the start of a multipart autobiography that continued through the decades and captured a life of hopeless obscurity and triumphant, kaleidoscopic fame.

The world was watching in 1993 when she read her cautiously hopeful “On the Pulse of Morning” at President Bill Clinton’s first inauguration.

Her confident performance

openly delighted Clinton and made publishing history by making a poem a best-seller. For President George W. Bush, she read another poem, “Amazing Peace,” at the 2005 Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the White House.

Presidents honored her in return with a National Medal of Arts and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the country’s highest civilian honor. In 2013, she received an honorary National Book Award.

She called herself a poet, in love with the “sound of language,” ‘’the music in language,” as she explained to the AP in 2013. But she lived so

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President Barack Obama kisses author and poet Maya Angelou after awarding her the 2010 Medal of Freedom during a ceremony Feb. 15, 2011, in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Angelou, author of “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings,” died Wednesday, according to Wake Forest University.

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8DAILY PLANNER Today Sexaholics AnonymousDeKalb: 6:30 to 7:30 a.m. Fridays at Christ Community Church, 1600 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

This 12-step recovery program is for Internet addiction. Contact: 815-508-0280. SA.org.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

One Day At A Time AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

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

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

Overeaters Anonymous Walkand-Talk meeting: 8 to 9 a.m. at the Northern Illinois University Lagoon, meeting at the NIU Lincoln Highway parking lot. www.oa.org; Call Marilyn at 815-751-4822.

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

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Obama ups the ante on immigration The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama announced he was looking for ways to ease deportations without going through Congress, Republicans called it a case study in overreach, arguing that it’s Obama – not Republicans – who is undermining prospects for an immigration overhaul by proving he can’t be trusted to enforce the law.

Now as a narrow window opens in which Congress could act, Obama is turning the tables on Republicans. He’s holding off any executive actions on deportation in hopes that Republicans will bear all the blame if that window closes with President the nation’s immigration Barack system no closer to being Obama fixed.

It’s an election-year gambit with the potential to backfire: By asking for patience yet again from frustrated immigration activists, Obama is driving up expectations about actions he’ll take if the fight in Congress ultimately fails.

“It’s an audacious strategy,” Democratic pollster Celinda Lake said. “But it

has some downsides to it, too.”

Two months after Obama commissioned a review of how deportations in America can be more humane, the White House announced Tuesday that Obama had asked his homeland security secretary, Jeh Johnson, to hold off on releasing the results of that review until August. That’s when lawmakers leave Washington to focus on campaigning ahead of the November elections.

White House officials said the delay is intended to give the GOP as much breathing room as possible to maneuver now that most GOP primaries are over, freeing incumbent Republicans from concerns about chalJohn Boehner lenges from conservatives who oppose an immigraU.S. House tion overhaul. speaker Yet Obama’s allies also hope that by holding off on controversial steps to ease deportations, Democrats can keep the focus squarely on the failure of Republicans and House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, to bring immigration to a vote.

“Giving the Republicans space takes away their final excuse,” said Jim Wal-

lis, president of Christian social justice group Sojourners. “It’s all now focused on John Boehner.”

But Republicans dismissed the notion that Obama’s move makes it easier for Republicans to act on immigration, noting that Obama has only delayed – not removed – the threat that he’ll go over lawmakers’ heads if they don’t act by August.

“It’s completely inappropriate for the president to threaten Congress that he will unconstitutionally act on his own if Congress doesn’t produce a bill to his political liking within his own made-up timeframe,” House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., said.

And if lawmakers stall, Obama will be short on excuses not to take the aggressive executive action on deportations that activists long have demanded.

“Delaying reform may keep the spotlight on Republicans for now, but it ramps up the pressure on [Obama] to not only to take executive action, but to make it big and bold,” said Frank Sharry of the pro-immigrant group America’s Voice. “Otherwise, the president will undercut the historic opportunity presented by Republican inaction to once and for all cement the allegiances of immigrant voters in favor of Democrats.”

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Bernard Dargols poses during an interview May 8 with The Associated Press at his home in La Garenne-Colombes, outside Paris.

Frenchman joined D-Day forces to free France The ASSOCIATED PRESS PARIS – When he left Paris at age 18, the plan was to go to New York for a year and learn his father’s sewing machine trade. Six years later, Bernard Dargols found himself crossing the Channel in a U.S. Army uniform, sloshing ashore on Omaha Beach to a homeland that had persecuted his Jewish family.

Dargols’ journey from Paris to New York and back ended when he drove his Army jeep into a courtyard in the recently liberated French capital, striding upstairs into a darkened apartment and into the arms of his weeping mother. Until that moment, he hadn’t known whether she had survived the Nazi occupation.

“She hadn’t seen me in six years and I saw she was alive,” Dargols said in an interview ahead of the 70th anniversary of the D-Day invasion that helped defeat the Nazis.

Once back, he learned about the

cousins who had been taken away to concentration camps, and about his grandfather, who had managed to escape the French transit camp at Drancy.

He learned his father’s sewing machine shop had been seized.

“I had such a hatred of the German army,” he said.

Emotion overcomes him even now, at age 94, when he thinks back to the increasingly desperate letters from his family, describing Gestapo sweeps and the racial laws that robbed his father of his shop.

Today, Dargols avoids the company of Germans his own age.

Dargols does not get seasick. He has an uncanny recall of topography, numbers and names. He has an ironic sense of humor and is multilingual, thanks to his English-born mother and Yiddish from his father’s family. All of these qualities would serve the Allies well.

In New York, after France’s Vichy

government sided with the Germans, the French consulate in New York sent Dargols a draft summons. He ignored it.

Dargols was determined to fight – but certainly not with the Nazis.

He considered joining the resistance Free French forces, but had heard that leader Charles de Gaulle didn’t get along with the Americans and British. He considered the British but they only wanted sailors, and he wasn’t interested. Then his friends said they were sure the United States would soon jump into the war – so he got American citizenship and signed up for the U.S. Army.

And so on June 5, 1944, Dargols found himself in a boat as a staff sergeant for the U.S. Army, part of a small intelligence unit that also included Hans Namuth, a German-born photographer who defied his father by turning against the Nazis and emigrating to the United States. They landed in Normandy on June 8 – D-Day Plus 2.

8TODAY’S TALKER

Divorce, for some, means big parties and specialty cakes The ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK – Divorce, it seems, has turned into a party – special cakes and all.

Event planners, bakers, lawyers and academics note the rise of “divorce parties” over the last several years, many with cakes featuring weapon-wielding brides or gloomy black frosting on inverted tiers.

“I’ve taken to naming them freedom fests, as you aren’t celebrating the end of the marriage but the freedom you have chosen in your life,”

said Richard O’Malley, a New York-area event planner who organized one divorce blowout that cost a woman about $25,000.

Michal Ann Strahilevitz, a marketing professor at Golden Gate University in San Francisco, has been to a few such parties and sees them as part of a larger trend in celebrations.

“People are also celebrating ‘coming out’ to their parents or co-workers, and the birthdays of their pets.

Cancer survivors are celebrating relevant milestones of being cancer-free.

There has been an enormous increase in the variety of things that Americans celebrate,” she said.

So why not a divorce, asks Steve Wolf, who lives outside Austin, Texas.

He marked his amicable split with a party co-hosted by his ex that included a gluten-free cake she baked herself in lemon, a favorite flavor for both of them.

Wolf, the father of three boys, considers the end of his marriage a “conscious uncoupling.” Yes, like Gwyneth Paltrow. The party, he said, offered closure, especially important

because kids were involved.

“We wanted to do something that expressed the fact that we were doing the divorce not so much as an end of our relationship, but as us moving into things like co-parenting and co-business management,” said Wolf, whose former wife works for him in his special effects and stunt business serving the film industry.

“We cut the cake together like we did the wedding cake 10 years before.

When life gives you lemons, make lemon cake,” he joked, noting the sentiment she wrote in the icing.

8CORRECTIONS Articles about a crash Sunday that ran on page A3 of Monday’s and Wednesday’s editions of the Daily Chronicle contained incorrect information. Jody F. Stepnowski, 54, of Elgin, was a passenger in a sedan driving west on Route 64 about 9:30 a.m. Sunday when an SUV driving north on Malta Road failed to properly stop at the stop sign. The sedan collided with the SUV’s passenger side. Frank E. Stepnowski, 54, and Joseph F. Stepnowski, 22, both of Elgin, were passengers in the sedan.

The Daily Chronicle regrets the errors.

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8LOCAL BRIEF Registration for Sycamore An estimated 100 sales across town will take place garage sale ends soon June 12 to 14.

Residents can register by phone at 815-895-3456 or online at www.discoversyca-

SYCAMORE – There is less than a week left for Sycamore residents to sign up in the citywide garage sale.

Somonauk speller cut from Scripps spelling bee

more.com until Wednesday, June 4.

A program featuring sale listings will be available on www. discoversycamore.com as well as at the Sycamore Chamber

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of Commerce, 407 W State St., Suite 10.

Registration forms can be emailed to office@sycamorechamber.com.

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By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com WASHINGTON, D.C. – Keith Mokry won’t head to the semifinals for the Scripps National Spelling Bee, but he’s not letting that kill his buzz.

The 14-year-old Somonauk eighth-grader learned Wednesday afternoon he missed the semifinal cutoff by two points.

“I feel good,” Keith said. “I know I worked hard for this and it’s a cutthroat thing.

They’re cutting 280 kids down to 40.”

Spellers needed to earn 36 points to move into the semifinals. According to the spelling bee rules, 30 come from a computer-based spelling and vocabulary test and six were awarded for spelling two words correctly during oral rounds.

Keith spelled both words – cacophony and polymythy – correctly during the oral rounds.

“It was the computer test that got me,” Keith said, adding that was the part he was most nervous about heading into the competition.

Keith earned a spot at the nation’s largest spelling bee after winning a marathon 74-round regional spell-off.

Keith and Matthew Rogers, a Sycamore Middle School student who won the 2013 bee, went 66 rounds in February before the first match ended in a stalemate. Mokry won after six rounds in a rematch.

Keith was one of 281 spellers from across the country to travel to the Washington, D.C., area. He was sponsored by the Daily Chronicle.

Keith’s father, Bill Mokry, said although he would have liked to see his son go further, he’s proud of how far he came.

“He had a good run at it,” Bill Mokry said.

Keith said he plans to watch the finals and is excited about a tour of Washington, D.C., and the awards banquet.

Dog owner in bite incident comes forward

Northern Illinois University police Sgt. Joseph Przybyla puts on gloves before approaching Belinda James, who is acting as a displaced Chicago resident who is germaphobic, during the regional catastrophic incident training Wednesday at the Convocation Center in DeKalb.

Photos by Danielle Guerra dguerra@shawmedia.com Emergency response authorities from around the county and beyond participated in a six-hour regional catastrophic incident training exercises Wednesday at Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center led by the Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin Combined Statistical Areas Regional Catastrophic Planning Team.

The training simulated Chicago residents displaced by an explosion downtown.

DeKalb County Animal Control Warden Dan Berres (right) “catches” an aggressive dog with help from DeKalb County’s Director of Health Protection Greg Maurice during the regional catastrophic incident training Wednesday.

DeKALB – The 3-year-old pit bull that bit a Sycamore woman so severely she needed surgery has no documented history of aggressive behavior, DeKalb County Animal Control Warden Dan Berres said Wednesday.

The dog’s owner, whose name authorities did not release, is cooperating with police and DeKalb County Animal Control. He contacted DeKalb police Sunday morning when he saw messages on Facebook about the May 17 incident Katz Park in DeKalb.

“He seems to be a responsible owner,” Berres said.

The pit bull tested negative for rabies Tuesday after it received the required pulse bite examination. Authorities have not yet determined if they will pursue criminal charges against the owner.

Angela Rojas, 30, was at the baseball diamond converted into a dog park May 17 with her boyfriend, Max Hoover, and their 1-year-old cattle dog mixed breed, Mona. As Rojas tried to separate Mona and another dog when their play got too rough, a pit bull came from behind and bit Rojas’ left arm, Rojas said.

The owner left before police arrived because he did not think his dog was the one who bit Rojas, Berres said.

Animal control is still investigating to see whether the dog will be labeled as dangerous or vicious. A dangerous dog is one that acts in a man-

ner that could create serious physical injury or death. That classification would require the dog to be microchipped and muzzled when out in public, Berres said.

A vicious dog declaration can be made if the dog attacks someone without provocation and causes serious physical injury or death. If officials categorize the dog as vicious, a court hearing would be scheduled in front of a judge, who would then determine whether the dog should be euthanized or spend the rest of its life in a secured enclosure, Berres said.

Animal control officials will consult with the DeKalb County State’s Attorney’s Office throughout the investigation. Berres also said the dog’s owner plans to stay away from Katz Park.

“He’s horrified,” Berres said. “He feels bad.”

Meanwhile, Hoover said Rojas is taking rabies shots because the dog owner did not come forward before Saturday.

The first rabies shot Rojas received was one injection in her left arm plus 16 immunoglobulin injections around the wound near the surface of the skin, Hoover said. Rojas will receive more rabies shots Saturday and June 7.

She returned to work Tuesday and worked a full day Wednesday, but Hoover said his girlfriend is still shaken by the bite incident.

“She’s scared to go out with Mona around other dogs,” Hoover said. “I can’t blame

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SYCAMORE — Sycamore School District 427 will repave the parking lots at three elementary schools before the next academic year.

School board members approved a $213,000 bid Tuesday from Royer Asphalt Paving in DeKalb to repave the parking lots at Southeast Elementary, West Elementary and North Elementary schools.

The district will pay for the project using funds from the building site line item in the operating budget, said Kreg Wesley, district director of operations.

Work is scheduled to begin after July 1 and be complete before school begins, Wesley said.

The work will include removing sections of pavement, installing concrete curbs where necessary and, in some cases, bringing the pavement down to the gravel and then replacing the asphalt, he said.

Wesley said one of the most necessary sections in need is the bus loop at Southeast Elementary, 718 S. Locust St., Sycamore.

“You can see right away that it looks like pavement that’s failing,” Wesley said.

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DeKalb man wounded by police jailed rial Hospital to the DeKalb County Jail, authorities said.

DeKALB – A 23-yearHassan R. Coleman, old DeKalb man accused of the 1300 block of West of threatening police with L i n c o l n H i g h w a y , i s a pistol at a Suburban Es- charged with unlawful tates apartment building use of a weapon and agwas transferred Wednes- gravated assault to a poday from Rockford Memo- lice officer. He remained

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8POLICE REPORTS Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office and city police departments.

Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

DeKalb city Henry N. Oeser, 62, of the 100 block of Holly Street, DeKalb, was charged Monday, May 19, with domestic battery.

Deandra J. Stewart, 19, of the 1000 block of Dover Lane, Aurora, was charged Tuesday, May 20, with underage drinking.

Jonathan R. Maxwell, 28, of the 800 block of Crane Drive, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, May 20, with aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery.

Devonte L. Cager, 19, of the 100 block of Robert Court, Bartlett, was charged Tuesday, May 20, with domestic battery.

Demarcus D. Kimmons, 28, of the 800 block of Russell Road, DeKalb, was charged Tuesday, May 20, with criminal damage to property.

Sycamore Deborah Williams, 43, of DeKalb, was charged Sunday, May 25, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Sandwich Silvestre Reyes, 23, of the 500 block of Spruce Street, Aurora, was arrested Monday, May 19, on a warrant alleging aggravated driving under the influence.

Northern Illinois University Shabahyah M. Harris, 23, of the 1300 block of North Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb, was charged Friday, May 23, with driving under the influence of alcohol.

Autumn R. Bailey, 45, of the 2500 block of Laurel Lane, Sycamore, was charged Saturday, May 24, with driving under the influence.

Lashone E. McKay, 26, of the 7300 block of South Eberhart Avenue, Chicago, was charged Monday, May 26, with possession of marijuana.

in jail Wednesday unable to post 10 percent of his $100,000 bail, according to a DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office news release.

Police received a call about 1 p.m. Saturday about a man with a gun inside the complex on Twombly Road west of

Glidden Road. After Coleman pointed a gun at police, a DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputy shot him in the shoulder, police said.

Coleman was armed with both a shotgun and a handgun, police said.

If convicted of one of the

charges he faces, Coleman could be sentenced to probation or up to three years in prison. Both charges are Class 4 felonies.

The officer who shot Coleman has been placed on administrative leave as Illinois State Police investigate the incident.

Ill. Democrats cooperate with probe Legislative review to look at governor’s anti-violence program The ASSOCIATED PRESS SPRINGFIELD – In a potential election-year embarrassment for Gov. Pat Quinn, Illinois Democrats said Wednesday that they’ll continue cooperating with a legislative review of his $55 million anti-violence program, which a key Republican called a “shameless, useless waste of taxpayer dollars.”

The bipartisan Legislative Audit Commission will try to get people involved in planning and implementing the 2010 “Neighborhood Recovery Initiative” to answer questions after a three-hour appraisal Wednesday of Auditor General William Holland’s caustic review of the program.

The audit scorned the initiative, which sought to target violent crime in 23 Chicago neighborhoods, as hastily implemented and suffering from “pervasive” deficiencies.

Quinn’s critics have derided it as a political slush fund to drum up city votes before a tight 2010 election.

There were few answers Wednesday. Quinn administration sent to the hearing the director of a successor agency that inherited the program and is credited with bringing more professional standards to its operations.

The audit found the plan, hatched in August 2010 during a summer of intense violence,

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Champaign Republican. “... It is prudent to use taxpayer dollars to fight violence in Chicago and other cities. This isn’t it.”

The program was started by the Illinois Violence Prevention Authority, whose doors Quinn closed when shortcomings arose, folding the 11-employee agency into the Criminal Justice Information Authority. On the hot seat Wednesday was that agency’s

director, Jack Cutrone, whom commission co-chairman Rep. Frank Mautino said “had this disaster dumped on your lap.”

The Spring Valley Democrat said afterward that Barbara Shaw, former director of the Violence Prevention Authority, agreed to appear before the commission but couldn’t be ready by Wednesday. A message by The Associated Press left at Shaw’s Chicago home was not immediately returned.

doesn’t account for increased costs – a calculation some lawmakers have said could lead to thousands of layoffs of state employees.

Democratic Senate President John Cullerton has said it’s John likely legislators Cullerton will return after the election and approve either the tax increase extension or other revenue.

If they don’t, Illinois’ dismal financial situation will be even worse, Sen. Daniel Biss said Wednesday.

a major state energy provider.

A House committee voted unanimously Wednesday to approve House Speaker Michael Madigan’s nonbinding, bipartisan resolution. The request comes as government agencies are scheduled to require new standards for nuclear power plants this year.

The Chicago Democrat said nuclear power plants should be treated the same as other low-carbon energy suppliers.

He said possible plant closures would hurt job growth and reliable energy sources.

Exelon Corporation has said several of its nuclear power plants could be closed if their financial outlook doesn’t improve.

Environmental activists argue that Illinois should invest in renewable energy sources because nuclear power produces emissions.

8BRIEFS DeKALB – Students of an alternative high school in DeKalb will hold a fundraiser Saturday for a nonprofit skateboarding organization.

Students at Ombudsman DeKalb will host a bake sale, raffle, information table and ollie contest fundraiser for Skateistan from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at Small Town Skate Shop, 229 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb.

The students, who have dropped out or are at risk for dropping out of school, will raise funds for Skateistan, a nonprofit that connects youth and education through skateboarding in Afghanistan and Cambodia, according to a news release.

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budget, as Republicans ripped majority Democrats for spending beyond their means with a plan even Democrats acknowledge leaves “big unanswered questions” about the state’s finances.

A Senate committee debated the $37.5 billion budget approved by the House on Tuesday. But no votes were held as of early Wednesday evening because House Speaker Michael Madigan waited to send the bills to the Senate.

The spending plan was put together after House Democrats were unable to get enough support before the November election to make Illinois’ temporary income tax increase permanent.

Without that roughly $1.8 billion in revenue, the budget keeps spending for schools and most state agencies flat next year but

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President Barack Obama arrives Wednesday to deliver the commencement address to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point’s Class of 2014 in West Point, N.Y. In a broad defense of his foreign policy, the president declared that the U.S. remains the world’s most indispensable nation, even after a “long season of war,” but argued for restraint before embarking on more military adventures.

Obama lays out new postwar foreign policy The ASSOCIATED PRESS WEST POINT, N.Y. – Seeking to redefine America’s foreign policy for a post-war era, President Barack Obama on Wednesday declared that the United States remains the only nation with the capacity to lead on the world stage but argued it would be a mistake to channel that power into unrestrained military adventures.

Obama’s approach, outlined in a commencement address at the U.S. Military Academy, underscored his efforts to straddle the line between global isolation and intervention. Neither view, he said, “fully speaks to the demands of this moment.”

“It is absolutely true that in the 21st century, American isolation is not an option,” Obama said in remarks to more than 1,000 of the military’s newest officers. “But to say that we have an interest in

pursuing peace and freedom beyond our borders is not to say that every problem has a military solution.”

Obama has often struggled to articulate not only what should fill the space between intervention and isolation but also any success the administration has had in finding middle ground. His preferred tool kit, which includes economic sanctions, diplomatic negotiations and international coalition building, rarely generates quick fixes and is often more ambiguous than more easily explained military action.

The president’s strategy also has garnered mixed results. While diplomacy and sanctions have brought the U.S. and Iran closer to a nuclear accord than ever before, neither approach has stopped the bloodshed of Syria’s fouryear civil war or prevented Russia from annexing territory from Ukraine.

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been a drumbeat of criticism from Republicans and others who say the president has squandered America’s global leadership and emboldened international foes in Syria and Russia, as well as China.

The public’s approval of the president’s foreign policy has declined, even as his policies hew closely with Americans’ stated opposition to more military conflicts.

Obama’s speech Wednesday was part of concerted White House effort to answer critics and more clearly define his foreign policy philosophy.

He outlined plans to seek approval from Congress for $5 billion that could be used to help countries fighting terrorism, foreshadowed a more robust U.S. military program to train and equip vetted Syrian rebels and declared that seeking international consensus through the United Nations or NATO is an example of American leadership, not weakness.

LOS ANGELES – Elliot Rodger’s murderous rampage near Santa Barbara has tragically exposed the limitations of involuntary-commitment laws that allow authorities to temporarily confine people who are deemed a danger to themselves or others.

Three weeks before he stabbed and shot six people to death and then apparently took his own life, the 22-yearold sometime college student was questioned by sheriff’s deputies outside his apartment and was able to convince them he was calm, courteous and no threat to anyone. The officers had been sent by local health officials after Rodger’s family expressed concern about him.

“He just didn’t meet the criteria for any further intervention,” Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said on CBS’ “Face the Nation” on Sunday. “He was able to make a very convincing story that there was no problem, that he

wasn’t going to hurt himself or anyone else.”

Like many other states, California has a law intended to identify and confine dangerously unstable people before they can do harm. It allows authorities to hold people in a mental hospital for up to 72 hours for observation.

To trigger it, there must Elliott Rodger be evidence a person is suicidal, intent on hurting others or so “gravely disabled” as to be unable to care for himself.

Police and medical personnel make tens of thousands of such welfare checks in California annually. In the year that ended June 2012, nearly 126,000 people were placed on temporary mental health holds in California.

In Rodger’s case, it’s not clear whether the law was too porous, if deputies were inadequately trained or if they simply weren’t provided

enough information to ferret out how deeply troubled Rodger had become.

For example, Rodger’s mother knew at the time of the April 30 visit that her son had been posting bizarre videos on YouTube, yet police have said they were unaware of any such footage until after the rampage Friday.

Rodger had also been in therapy for years, and it’s not known what, if anything, authorities knew about his psychiatric care.

Ideally, officers making welfare checks should gather as much evidence as possible beforehand, including family statements and videos, said Risdon Slate, a professor of criminology at Florida Southern College who has trained law enforcement personnel to recognize the signs of mental illness.

But even if the deputies are well-trained, “a person with mental illness may be able to hold it together long enough” to avoid appearing suspicious, Slate said.

Syrian expats vote in presidential election The ASSOCIATED PRESS YARZE, Lebanon – Tens of thousands of supporters of Syrian President Bashar Assad voted Wednesday at embassies abroad, clogging entrances to the Lebanese capital for hours and clashing with soldiers overwhelmed by their sheer numbers a week before national elections widely expected to give him a third seven-year term.

But reflecting the schism within Syrian society, many of the estimated 2.5 million refugees were either excluded or abstained from the balloting, which they deem a mockery because of the ongo-

ing civil war.

Tuesday’s election is all but guaranteed to give the 49-yearold Syrian leader, whose family has ruled Syria for more than 40 years, a mandate to continue with his crushing of the armed rebellion.

Backed by his Iranian allies and the Lebanese militant Hezbollah group, Assad has in recent months gained the upper hand in the fighting, seizing key territory near the capital Damascus and the country’s center. On Wednesday, President Barack Obama said the U.S. will increase assistance to the Syrian opposition, opening the way for the likely training and possibly

equipping of moderate rebels.

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Partnership never brought before DeKalb aldermen, NIU trustees Mangum • REDEVELOPMENT one of five Continued from page A1 candidates also is in a flood plain, which places strict limits on what can be built there.

Partnership plans went as far as Castle Bank officials drafting a memorandum of understanding and an operation agreement detailing how much each party would need to invest. College Town Partners also was incorporated as a not-for-profit in December.

The partnership was never brought before DeKalb aldermen or NIU’s Board of Trustees or executed, however.

When Preserve Our Neighborhoods anonymously received the documents, it raised red flags for the group, which already has criticized ideas presented by NIU in its “Bold Ideas Thesis.”

“We feel very strongly that the fact that this document exists shows clear intent,” Haji-Sheikh said.

Since the arrival of new President Douglas Baker in 2013, NIU leaders have sought ways to increase the campus’ connectivity with downtown DeKalb.

NIU backed away from the partnership idea in April when officials realized their main effort would be mitigating flood concerns in the area by dredging the cam-

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Northern Illinois University student Helen Weincek speaks about the proposed changes in her neighborhood Wednesday while her dog, Missy, investigates. Weincek, a junior, has rented an apartment in the house at 512 College St. in DeKalb for the past two years. pus’ east lagoon, a task that would have cost well beyond the university’s contribution to the partnership and did not require their involvement in a public-private partnership.

However, if NIU does not dredge the lagoon and shrink the flood plain zone, it will be impossible to make any significant changes to the area.

City leaders said they were not involved in drafting the

partnership documents. Mayor John Rey said although he believes the area needs change, the city would be involved from the outside by fostering redevelopment rather than guiding it.

“The city can become a more viable player by staying outside,” Rey said.

The city has sought redevelopment in the area for several years. When city officials

updated the City Center Plan in July, they dubbed the area between First Street and the river “Communiversity Commons,” noting several areas of improvement.

The area is in a tax increment financing district, which is a special mechanism local governments can use to spur development in blighted areas. As development occurs and property values rise, in-

creased property tax revenue is diverted to a special account that can be used for improvements. Officials have said that the water mains in the area are some of the oldest in the city, for example.

Rey said the city could not be an investor in a project that receives TIF funding.

The city also would need to see a plan from a developer before committing any TIF dollars to the project. Rey said so far, no such ideas have surfaced, although he said he would not be surprised if they do.

“I would highly suspect there are private investors talking about redevelopment in that area,” Rey said.

Adam Chang, who owns two houses in the area, said he would prefer to see the city help locals rehabilitate their properties rather than have a developer come in to raze them.

“That’s the way we should recover the town,” Chang said “Not by tearing things down.”

Helen Weincek, a junior at NIU who has rented on College Avenue for two years, said she sees the disconnect between the university and downtown as well as the need to revamp some of the properties.

“I think they should touch it up a little,” Weincek said, “but keep it historic DeKalb.”

Angelou, who was writing poetry by age 9, also wrote music, plays, screenplays • ANGELOU Continued from page A1 many lives. She was a wonder to Toni Morrison, who marveled at Angelou’s freedom from inhibition, her willingness to celebrate her own achievements. She was a mentor to Oprah Winfrey, whom she befriended when Winfrey was still a local television reporter, and often appeared on her friend’s talk show program. She mastered several languages and published not

just poetry but advice books, cookbooks and children’s stories. She wrote music, plays and screenplays, received an Emmy nomination for her acting in “Roots,” and never lost her passion for dance, the art she considered closest to poetry.

“The line of the dancer: If you watch [Mikhail] Baryshnikov and you see that line, that’s what the poet tries for.

The poet tries for the line, the balance,” she told The Associated Press in 2008, shortly before her 80th birthday.

Her very name was a reinvention. Angelou was born Marguerite Johnson in St. Louis and raised in Stamps, Arkansas, and San Francisco, moving back and forth between her parents and her grandmother. She was smart and fresh to the point of danger, packed off by her family to California after sassing a white store clerk in Arkansas.

Other times, she didn’t speak at all: At age 7, she was raped by her mother’s boyfriend and didn’t talk for years. She learned by reading, and listen-

ing.

“I loved the poetry that was sung in the black church: ‘Go down, Moses, way down in Egypt’s land,’ ” she told the AP. “It just seemed to me the most wonderful way of talking. And ‘Deep River.’ Ooh! Even now it can catch me. And then I started reading, really reading, at about 7½, because a woman in my town took me to the library, a black school library. ... And I read every book, even if I didn’t understand it.”

At age 9, she was writing poetry. By 17, she was a single

mother. In her early 20s, she danced at a strip joint, ran a brothel, got married and then divorced. But by her mid-20s, she was performing at the Purple Onion in San Francisco, where she shared billing with another future star, Phyllis Diller. She also spent a few days with Billie Holiday, who was kind enough to sing a lullaby to Angelou’s son, surly enough to heckle her off the stage and astute enough to tell her: “You’re going to be famous. But it won’t be for singing.”

• DeKALB Continued from page A1 promised land for a parks and recreation professional,” Mangum said.

Mangum was among three finalists for the position who went through three rounds of interviews with park commissioners.

He was one of five selected by the search firm Hazard, Young, Attea and Associates based on criteria set by the board members.

“He’s a leader, but I think he’s also a really good listener,” Commissioner Keith Nyquist said.

“I think he’s going to do a good job of listening to the residents and the taxpayers. That’s something we really want.”

Board President Phil Young said he was impressed with Mangum’s résumé and his more than a decade of experience in the field.

The hire ends a period of more than a year in which the park district has operated without a permanent executive director. Former Executive Director Cindy Capek officially resigned in June, although her last day with the park district was May 24, 2013.

The park board hired the search firm in November. Interim Executive Director Ray Ochromowicz, who the board hired Jan. 29, likely will end his time with the park district June 6, Young said.

“I know some people have questioned the timeline, but that is the most important position in the park district in terms of staff,” Young said. “I think it was an appropriate timeline.”

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Partnership is needed for redevelopment

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Neighborhood group shines this context means to tear down and rebuild something else. light on hidden dealings

What is very disturbing about all of this is that the mindset is still there.

The major parties to the To the Editor: The city and NIU have not As a resident and rental proper- proposed agreement were two acknowledged that it is wrong to banks, a local contractor, the City ty owner in the Ellwood Historic tear apart the fabric of a historic of DeKalb and Northern Illinois Neighborhood, the change of neighborhood through commerUniversity. property use in our neighborhood cial change of use and redevelopI want to thank the Preserve is of extreme concern to me. The Our Neighborhoods group and its ment. Changes that benefit new Preserve Our Neighborhoods spokesperson, Misty Haji-Sheikh, investors with visions neither group held a news conference for shining a light on these previ- requested nor vetted by current Wednesday, which I attended. property owners and residents. ously hidden dealings.

The conference revealed Last summer the city leadership These were exchanges about documents with over 50 pages of rammed the “city center” plans which city leadership has not detail concerning the formation through council in an omnibus bill been forthright or transparent. of a for-profit corporation with without a second reading. It was It appears the city and NIU have explicit purposes of acquiring passed without good community quickly backpedaled since their most private homes and rental input or review. considerations were exposed properties on Harrison Street, City leadership has been promotyesterday. The mayor only admits John Street and parts of Locust ing that particular council approval that informal discussions were Street and College Avenue for as a basis and authority to press rental operations and redevelop- held, and NIU now denies any ment. The word redevelopment in interest in pursuing participation. actions for what have been dubbed

“Communiversity Commons.” Actions that would most likely level a historic neighborhood.

The City Council, our governmental policymaking body, needs to put the brakes on this type of runaway government. Council needs to direct the leadership to work with present stakeholders to preserve and improve a historic neighborhood which is well over 100 years old.

Preserve Our Neighborhoods is a proactive group of citizens with a solid list of concerns and solutions for a better neighborhood and a better city. Our city leadership will do well to listen to some of our local experts, who also happen to pay taxes and vote.

Jim Morel DeKalb

Is Hillary Clinton too old to be president?

Hillary Clinton’s age wouldn’t keep me from voting for her. She’ll be 69 on Election Day 2016. I voted for a 72-year-old by the name of John McCain in 2008.

Age was a legitimate issue to consider when McCain ran for president. (I wrote an article urging him to allay concerns about his age by pledging to serve one term and picking a reassuring running mate.

His campaign let me know my advice was considered, but he went a different way.)

It’s a legitimate issue to raise about Clinton, too – and the evidence of recent elections suggests it may well undermine her in 2016.

Americans have not often reached back a generation to choose a president.

They’ve chosen a president more than five years older than the previous one only four times, and Clinton is 14 years older than President Barack Obama. In the four elections with a significant age gap between the party nominees since the Cold War ended, the younger candidate has won every time.

In two of those elections, the age gap was big enough that exit polls asked about it. In 1996, Bob Dole, then 73, lost to a 50-year-old Bill Clinton. In 2008, McCain lost to Obama, who was 47 at the time.

Although Democrats went after the Republican’s age each time, the polls found that most voters didn’t care about the issue. In 1996, in polls asking whether Dole’s age affected his ability, 64 percent of voters said no. In 2008, the pollsters were more delicate, asking if the age of the candidates had been a factor in the ballot booth. That

VIEWS Ramesh Ponnuru time, 60 percent of voters said no.

The ones who did care about age, however, cared a lot. Of voters who thought Dole’s age affected him, 79 percent opposed him. McCain lost 66 percent of the voters who said age influenced their decisions.

A naive reading of the polls would suggest that age was what cost the Republicans both elections. The people who weren’t worried about age gave Dole 58 percent of their votes and McCain 55 percent.

Those numbers are misleading because some voters see age through a partisan filter. Some of the Democrats who said they opposed Dole because of his age, in other words, would have found a different reason to oppose him if he had been younger. And some of the Republicans who professed not to care about his age would have said that a 73-year-old Democrat was too old for the White House.

Two Stanford University professors, Herbert Abrams and Richard Brody, looked at the polling on Dole’s age throughout the 1996 race and attempted to control for such partisan sentiments. Their conclusion was “unequivocal”: Dole’s age did indeed hurt him.

An older candidate, or that candidate’s supporters, can try to dismiss concerns about age as mere bias. But the data suggests the limits of that strategy. In 1996, the

polls consistently showed that “the older the voter, the more likely he was to believe that Dole’s age would be an obstacle,” as Abrams and Brody wrote. Their theory: “Older Americans did indeed project on Dole their own experience with health and the problems of aging.”

One might have thought that the aging of the electorate would make it easier for an older candidate to win. It might actually have the opposite effect.

The main point of the professors’ paper is that voters and the media paid too little attention to the risks of a senior-citizen president. The majority who said Dole’s age didn’t matter “were simply unaware that the man they might vote for had a 20 percent chance of dying in office or, if they were, they didn’t care.”

Average out the voters’ views, though, and you get a pretty reasonable approach: Advanced age, especially when combined with known health issues, should be a mark against a candidate – but it shouldn’t overwhelm everything else.

And probabilities are just that. Dole picked Jack Kemp as his running mate in 1996 in part because of his vigorous image (he had been a football player). Kemp died in 2009, while Dole is still going strong.

• Ramesh Ponnuru, a Bloomberg View columnist, is a senior editor for National Review, where he has covered national politics for 18 years, a visiting fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and a resident fellow at the University of Chicago’s Institute of Politics.

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The neighborhood around Harrison and John streets in DeKalb is an area in distress right on the doorstep of Northern Illinois University.

It is an area with multiple properties in foreclosure, including several by First State Bank of DeKalb.

It is served by aging infrastructure, with some of the city’s oldest water mains and a tangle of overhead power lines. The houses are older, and are almost exclusively rentals, some advertising as many as nine rooms for rent.

Much of it also is in a flood plain, which in addition to causing problems with storm water, also limits new building there as well as what owners can get for their properties on the open market.

It also is an area with tremendous potential. The Kishwaukee River and NIU lagoon, now almost For the record completely invisible from the street, are wonderful Plans for a public-private natural features. Adding partnership as outlined in mixed-use development documents that surfaced along a public river walk, this week probably are for example, could make not the way to redevelop the area a community desthe area around Harrison tination, and enhance the and John streets. But that connectivity between the shouldn’t be taken to mean NIU campus and downtown that the project is not DeKalb, a stated goal both worth pursuing. of NIU President Doug Baker and DeKalb Mayor John Rey. Plans for a public-private partnership as outlined in documents that surfaced this week probably are not the way to do it. But that shouldn’t be taken to mean that the project is not worth pursuing. In fact, if anything is to happen in the area, NIU and DeKalb both will have to help.

NIU’s east lagoon, just across the river, would have to be dredged about 3 feet in order to move more of the area out of the flood plain. That’s an expensive project, but also a critical one.

The city cannot invest directly in a redevelopment project because if it did, it would not be able to contribute any tax increment financing funds, Rey said. The area in question is already part of a TIF district with several years of life remaining, which could enable the city to contribute by making loans or repairing infrastructure.

A reliable developer with an acceptable vision for remaking the area in a way that can boost the tax base and keep with the character of the community also is needed. Local banks will have to believe it can happen and be willing to make loans.

The residents group Preserve Our Neighborhoods, led by DeKalb County Board member Misty Haji-Sheikh, helped get the conversation started after announcing it had received copies of the partnership plan.

The group said it wants to be part of the process, and they should have ample opportunity to comment upon any plan – but first something has to be publicly proposed.

In casting the abandoned partnership plan as a shadowy conspiracy, however, it misses the point.

Attempts to spur investment to beautify and redevelop the area, as well as eliminate flooding issues, should be seen as a positive for all.

8 ANOTHER VIEW

The retreat continues You can’t fault President Barack Obama for inconsistency. After winning election in 2008, he reduced the U.S. military presence in Iraq to zero. After helping to topple Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi in 2011, he made sure no U.S. forces would remain. He has steadfastly stayed aloof, except rhetorically, from the conflict in Syria. And on Tuesday he promised to withdraw all U.S. forces from Afghanistan by the end of 2016.

The Afghan decision would be understandable had Obama’s previous choices proved out. But what’s remarkable is that the results also have been consistently bad. Iraq has slid into something close to civil war, with al-Qaida retaking territory that U.S. Marines once died to liberate. In Syria, al-Qaida has carved out safe zones that senior U.S. officials warn will be used as staging grounds for attacks against Europe and the United States. Libya is falling apart, with Islamists, secularists, military and other factions battling for control.

We hope Afghanistan can avoid that fate. But the last time the United States cut and ran from there, after the Soviet Union withdrew, the result was the Taliban takeover, al-Qaida’s safe havens and, eventually, the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, after which everyone said, well, we won’t make that mistake again.

“Ending wars.” “Nation-building at home.” The “pivot to Asia.” These are popular and attractive slogans, and they make a lot of sense in the abstract.

But they don’t necessarily bring peace to a dangerous world, and a president can’t always safely choose which dangers he would rather confront.

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DeKalb’s top doubles team of Micah Fagerstrom and Ravi Patel (right) prep for this weekends tennis state tournament. PAGE B3

SECTION B Thursday, May 29, 2014 Daily Chronicle

CLASS 4A DEKALB REGIONAL

Hop’s knuckleball baffles opposing batters DeKalb hurler ascends to staff ace with novelty pitch

By JAMES NOKES sports@daily-chronicle.com

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onversation between batter and catcher normally is limited on a high school baseball field.

But conventional baseball practices don’t apply to any aspect of DeKalb starting pitcher Austin Hop’s career.

With command of the knuckleball, a rotationless pitch rarely thrown that baffles batters, catchers and umpires with its unpredictable movement, Hop has ascended to

DeKalb pitcher Austin Hop

SOFTBALL: CLASS 3A BURLINGTON CENTRAL REGIONAL

Scoreboard Monday’s quarterfinal Larkin 4, Rockford Jefferson 0 Wednesday’s semifinal (1) Huntley 4, (4) Larkin 0 Today’s semifinal (2) Dundee-Crown vs. (3) DeKalb, 4 p.m.

Saturday’s championship (1) Huntley vs. Dundee-Crown or DeKalb, 11 a.m.

• Winner advances to the McHenry Sectional the No. 1 spot of the Barbs’ pitching staff.

Even though he only pitched in a few games on the freshman and sophomore teams the past two seasons and didn’t get a varsity start until the Northern Illinois Big 12 East season was underway, it’s the knuckleball, a

pitch he first discovered as a 10-yearold, that has kept batters talking.

When Hop (4-1, one save, 2.02 ERA) starts for the third-seeded Barbs (15-14) in today’s Class 4A DeKalb Regional semifinal against No. 2 Dundee-Crown at 4:30 p.m., senior catcher Patrick Aves is prepared to be chatty.

“The first game I caught Austin, I must have had three or four passed balls,” said Aves, who joked at first he thought it would be easier to catch Hop’s knuckleball with a much larger first baseman’s glove than his catcher’s glove. “I just couldn’t track the ball, it was moving so much. I’ve gradually got used to catching it, though. It’s the best knuckleball I’ve ever seen. Hitters will turn and ask me what the pitch was. They can’t believe he throws it for a strike.”

See BARBS, page B3

CLASS 3A HAMPSHIRE REGIONAL

Morrow outduels Ullmark Kaneland advances to championship game

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com BURLINGTON – Genoa-Kingston pitcher Baylie Ullmark held Kaneland in check for six innings.

Unfortunately for the Cogs, Knights pitcher Angie Morrow one-upped her counterpart in a Class 3A Burlington Central Regional semifinal, striking out 10 Cogs in a complete-game shutout.

With the 1-0 win, second-seeded Kaneland (20-11) advances to play top-seeded Burlington Central, where Morrow played her first two seasons before transferring to Kaneland, in the championship game at 10 a.m. Saturday. “[Morrow] had a good drop (ball) that probably really killed us. We kept swinging at junk,” said Ullmark, who was 0 for 1 with a sacrifice bunt and a hit-by-pitch as the Cogs’ cleanup hitter. “We just didn’t have our ‘A’ game like we we’re supposed to. It happens.”

Ullmark allowed only six hits. She walked two, struck out five and was able to get out of pressure situations for the third-seeded Cogs.

See KNIGHTS-COGS, page B3

Scoreboard Monday quarterfinal (5) Sycamore 8, (4) Hampshire 4 Tuesday’s semifinal (1) Burlington Central 12, (5) Sycamore 0 Wednesday’s semifinal (2) Kaneland 1, (3) Genoa-Kingston 0 Saturday’s championship (1) Burlington Central vs. (2) Kaneland, 10 a.m.

• Winner advances to the Marengo Sectional

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Sycamore catcher Nate Haacker tags out Genoa-Kingston baserunner Mikey Semmens before Semmens can tag home in the fifth inning of a Class 3A Hampshire Regional semifinal game Wednesday in Hampshire. The Spartans won, 7-0.

Sycamore skunks G-K Swanberg, Haacker lead the way

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com HAMPSHIRE – With the wind blowing in, the Sycamore baseball team knew it couldn’t rely on one big inning to beat Genoa-Kingston.

And, the Spartans played accordingly.

Sycamore scored in four of six innings and cruised to a 7-0 win over the Cogs on Wednesday af-

ternoon in the semifinals of the Class 3A Hampshire Regional. Michael Swanberg and Nate Haacker led the Spartans with three hits apiece.

“Hopefully, we can do that every game,” Haacker said. “We have been working hard these last couple of days in practice and that really helped. Our approach was to hit to right field.”

Mark Skelley, Swanberg,

Haacker and Cooper Vinz – the top four batters in the Spartans lineup – combined for nine of the 10 Sycamore hits. Spartans coach Jason Cavanaugh told his team to take the chances they were given.

“Offensively, we took advantage of a couple of opportunities,” Cavanaugh said. “And we also got some big two-out hits. Our top-ofthe-lineup guys really did a good job, and overall, I think it was a complete win for us.”

See SPARTANS-COGS, page B3

Scoreboard Monday’s quarterfinal (4) Genoa-Kingston 3, (5) Hampshire 1 Wednesday’s semifinal (1) Sycamore 7, (4) Genoa-Kingston 0 Today’s semifinal (2) Burlington Central vs. (3) Wheaton Academy, 4 p.m.

Saturday’s championship (1) Sycamore vs. Burlington Central or Wheaton Academy, noon • Winner advances to the Rochelle Sectional

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL: BLACKHAWKS 5, KINGS 4 (2OT)

Handzus’ goal keeps Hawks alive Hawks still trail best-of-7 series, 3-2

Game 6 at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

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By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Down to what could have been the last period in their last game, the Blackhawks refused to let their Stanley Cup defense die.

Michal Handzus scored 2:04 into the second overtime to give the Hawks a heart-pounding 5-4 victory over the Los Angeles Kings in AP photo Game 5 ofthe Western Conference Blackhawks center Michal Handzus (back) celebrates his game-winning goal with his final Wednesday night at the Unitteammates during the second overtime period in Game 5 of the Western Conference ed Center. It was a stunning confinal against the Los Angeles Kings on Wednesday night at the United Center. The Hawks clusion to arguably the game of the won, 5-4. postseason, capped by a breathless

overtime and a joyous UC celebration.

The Kings were playing for a trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The Hawks were playing for their playoff lives, having entered the third period down a goal and down to their last 20 minutes. But Ben Smith’s goal 77 seconds into the period set the stage for a tense and action-packed third period in which both Corey Crawford and Jonathan Quick – shaky all night – came up big time and again to send the game to overtime.

It was a perfect start for the Hawks. Drew Doughty took a tripping penalty 30 seconds in, and Brent Seabrook promptly put the Hawks up 1-0 with a blast from the point through an Andrew Shaw screen. Barely two minutes later, Kane stick-handled through the Kings defense, holding on to the puck just long enough for his teammates to catch up to him, then fired on Jonathan Quick. Johnny Oduya, trailing the play, pounced on the rebound and put it past Quick for a 2-0 lead.

The United Center was rocking, but holding two-goal leads hasn’t been the Hawks’ strong suit in these playoffs. And sure enough, for the fourth time, they squandered one.

See BLACKHAWKS, page B4

SPORTS

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8PREP SCHEDULE THURSDAY Baseball DeKalb vs. Dundee-Crown at Class 4A DeKalb Regional, 4:30 p.m.

Kaneland vs. Aurora Central Catholic at Class 3A Plano Regional, 4:30 p.m.

Boys Track Class 1A state preliminaries Boys Tennis State tournament in Arlington Heights

FRIDAY Girls Soccer Boylan Catholic vs. DeKalb in Class 2A Hampshire Sectional final, 6 p.m.

Boys Track Class 2A, 3A state preliminaries Boys Track Class 2A, 3A state preliminaries Boys Tennis State tournament in Arlington Heights

8WHAT TO WATCH NBA playoffs Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m., TNT The Spurs are flirting with another collapse.

In 2012, the Spurs won the first two games of the Western Conference final against the Thunder, then lost four straight and were bounced from the playoffs. This season, the Spurs opened the West final with two home-court blowouts of the Thunder before defensive wiz Serge Ibaka unexpectedly came back from a left calf strain.

With renewed confidence and energy, Oklahoma City’s youngsters beat the visiting Spurs easily the past two games to tie the series.

The Spurs host Game 5 in danger of falling behind 3-2. If they lose, they’ll travel to Oklahoma City on Saturday facing elimination.

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NHL playoffs Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, Game 6, 7 p.m., NBCSN Pro baseball Texas at Minnesota, noon, MLB Atlanta at Boston or N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 6 p.m., MLB Tennis French Open, third round, 4 a.m., ESPN2 Golf PGA Tour, The Memorial Tournament, first round, 1:30 p.m., TGC College Softball World Series Baylor vs. Florida, 11 a.m., ESPN Florida St. vs. Oregon, 1:30 p.m., ESPN Kentucky vs. Louisiana-Lafayette, 6 p.m., ESPN2 Oklahoma vs. Alabama, 8:30 p.m., ESPN2

8SPORTS SHORTS Cogs get six on All-BNC girls soccer team Six members of the GenoaKingston girls soccer team were named All-Big Northern Conference.

Junior forward/midfielders Nicole Hebel and Ashley Grimm were unanimous selections.

Junior fullback Katie McCluskey, senior fullback Allie Pfeiffer and freshman midfielder Maggie Bouque also were named to the team. Senior goalkeeper Alyssa Edwards earned an honorable mention spot.

Hebel and Grimm also were named to the Illinois High School Soccer Coaches Association all-sectional team.

Man U. and NFL team owner Glazer dies at 85 TAMPA, Fla. – Malcolm Glazer, a self-made billionaire who shunned the spotlight while leading the takeover of English soccer’s Manchester United and transforming the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers into Super Bowl champions, died Wednesday. He was 85.

The reclusive Palm Beach businessman had been in failing health since April 2006 when a pair of strokes left him with impaired speech and limited mobility in his right arm and leg.

– Staff, wire reports

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BEARS

NBA

Palmer trying to win job while helping teammates

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com LAKE FOREST – Backup quarterbacks tend to have that coaching trait. Just look at Bears quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh, who spent 11 seasons in the NFL, but started 19 games.

Or take last year’s backup Josh McCown, who rejoined the Bears in 2012 when, at the time, he was coaching high school football, and was lauded for the extra work he did with the offense last preseason.

Jordan Palmer has thrown 15 NFL passes in five seasons, and gets the first shot to be Jay Cutler’s backup in 2014.

How did he spend his offseason? Mentoring young quarterbacks, including Bears draft pick David Fales. Palmer has to balance that innate desire to coach with his own focus on winning the backup job. “(When) you’ve been in the league for as long as I have, your job is to help the young guys. I just did it in a different capacity,” Palmer said of his work with Fales, adding, “My job is to come in here and compete every day and take advantage of the reps I get.”

Palmer spoke with a group of reporters after the Bears’

[when you are] putting a lot of stuff in, guys start thinking and they play slower. So my goal is to have these guys playing fast, so any way that I can serve them and help, that’s what I’m going to do.”

In the preseason, Palmer will lead the second-team offense, which at times will include new receivers Josh Morgan and Josh Bellamy, as well as Chris Williams, Eric Weems and Terrence Toliver. Palmer knows he looks better when his receivers run the right routes and make plays in practice.

Palmer got to spend some time watching how McCown AP photo worked last season. But to help Bears quarterback Jordan Palmer (right) talks with rookie QB David prepare for this offseason, he Fales (center) as Jay Cutler looks on during organized team activities said he watched every rep from OTAs and minicamp last year Tuesday in Lake Forest.

– and he noticed that McCown teammates all are on the same practiced pretty well before he page with coach Marc Trest- had his impressive season. man’s offense.

In between working with “It’s huge because those are his receivers and the rest of the the guys that I’m going to be in quarterbacks, including his More online there with, so I want to give ev- mentee, Fales, Palmer knows Visit ChicagoFootball.com for the erybody who is going to be in he has work to do himself to the huddle with me – and ev- solidify the No. 2 quarterback latest Bears and NFL news. erybody who is going to be in job to make the roster, not an the huddle after me – an oppor- unfamiliar position. first organized training activi- tunity to get lined up right, run “I’m just trying to focus on ty and some extra post-practice the right play, make a play and every day and put together a work with the receivers Tues- be able to play fast,” he said. great offseason camp and evday. Palmer said he knows he “The biggest thing that these erything else will take care of benefits from making sure his guys do, any team, anywhere, itself,” he said.

PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday Oklahoma City 105, San Antonio 92, series tied 2-2 Wednesday Indiana 93, Miami 90, Heat lead series 3-2 Today Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

Friday Indiana at Miami, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

Sunday x-Miami at Indiana, 7:30 p.m.

Monday x-Oklahoma City at San Antonio, 8 p.m.

FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday, June 5 Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 8 Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 10 Western champion at Indiana or Miami, 8 p.m.

Thursday, June 12 Western champion at Indiana or Miami, 8 p.m.

Sunday, June 15 x-Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 17 x-Western champion at Indiana or Miami, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 20 x-Eastern champion at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

NHL PLAYOFFS CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Tuesday Montreal 7, N.Y. Rangers 4, Rangers lead series 3-2 Wednesday Blackhawks 5, Los Angeles 4 (2OT), Kings lead series 3-2 Today Montreal at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Friday Blackhawks at Los Angeles, 8 p.m.

Saturday x-N.Y. Rangers at Montreal, 7 p.m.

Sunday x-Los Angeles at Blackhawks, 7 p.m.

STANLEY CUP FINAL Wednesday TBD Saturday, June 7 TBD Monday, June 9 TBD Wednesday, June 11 TBD Friday, June 13

WHITE SOX 3, INDIANS 2

x-TBD

NBA PLAYOFFS: PACERS 93, HEAT 90

Monday, June 16 x-TBD

Sox sweep Cleveland Pacers

By ANDREW SELIGMAN

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The Associated Press CHICAGO – Moises Sierra drove in the winning run with a single in the ninth inning, and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Indians, 3-2, Wednesday night to complete a three-game sweep.

Sox’s pitcher Hector Noesi and Cleveland’s T.J. House each came through with dominant starts. The Indians’ Jason Giambi hit his 440th homer, but the Sox came away with their seventh win in 10 games.

The Indians had just scored a run in the top of the ninth off Ronald Belisario (33) when the Sox answered in the bottom half against Bry-

vs. San Diego, 7:10 p.m. Friday, CSN, AM-670 an Shaw (1-1).

Third baseman Mike Aviles bounced the throw to first on Tyler Flowers’ leadoff grounder. Pinch-runner Leury Garcia stole second and moved up on a flyball by Marcus Semien before Sierra won it with a single to right on a 3-2 pitch, getting mobbed at first base by teammates.

The Sox took a 2-1 lead in the eighth when Adam Dunn drove in Gordon Beckham with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly against Cody Allen, but

Belisario couldn’t hold it in the ninth.

Michael Brantley drove a leadoff single off the pitcher’s right hip, and the problems just mounted from there.

The Indians caught a break when Dunn overthrew second after fielding Jason Kipnis’ grounder to first.

With two out, Belisario intentionally walked Giambi before Brantley scored on Yan Gomes’ single, barely sliding in ahead of a strike from Sierra in right to tie it at 2.

The blown save was the third in six chances for Belisario.

The Indians took a 1-0 lead on Giambi’s solo homer off Noesi in the second.

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SAN FRANCISCO – The Cubs proved again Wednesday that they have at least been good at one thing besides mostly losing the past 50 years: breaking up no-hitters.

John Baker’s single with one out in the seventh against reliever Jeremy Affeldt accounted for one of two hits in the Cubs’ 5-0 loss to the San Francisco Giants.

Anthony Rizzo had the other in the eighth.

Baker’s ball cleared the right side of the infield to help the Cubs extend the longest streak in the majors without being no-hit. The

at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m. Friday, WGN, AM-720 last time it happened to them was 1965, when Sandy Koufax pitched a perfect game for the Dodgers.

“What’s the cliché? It’s a game of inches,” Baker said.

“I think the Chicago Cubs are proving beyond a shadow of a doubt that baseball’s a game of inches.”

Tim Lincecum tossed five no-hit innings before Giants manager Bruce Bochy pulled his starter after 96 pitches.

Five relievers kept the Cubs

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE

By MICHAEL MAROT The Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS – Paul George scored 31 of his 37 points in the second half Wednesday night and almost single-handedly kept the Indiana Pacers alive in the Eastern Conference final with a 93-90 victory over the Miami Heat.

The Pacers still trail 3-2 in the best-of-seven series. Game 6 will be Friday night in Miami.

It took a frantic effort just to extend the series, even with the foulplagued LeBron James held to only seven points in 23 minutes. Chris Bosh led the Heat with 20 points but missed a potential go-ahead 3-pointer in the closing seconds.

Indiana turned a 50-41 deficit into a 64-57 lead after three, then led by as many as 11 points in the fourth. But Miami’s last-ditch rally made it 91-90 with 16 seconds to go before Indiana held on.

Miami failed to clinch its fourth straight Eastern Conference title.

The Pacers played like a desperate team trying to save their season.

They chased shooters all over the floor, ran down loose balls, even put themselves in harm’s way. Lance Stephenson appeared to hurt his left shoulder in the third quarter after a hard fall and still finished the game.

But hard falls and tough plays were a theme all night for a team that had been roundly criticized for its lack of effort in Monday night’s loss.

“We just played. Our backs are against the wall right now so that’s all we can do,” George said. “We were in a position that if we lost this game, we’re going home so I think that was in the backs of everybody’s minds.”

Cubs avoid being no-hit The Associated Press

x-TBD

still alive

GIANTS 5, CUBS 0

By ANTONIO GONZALEZ

Wednesday, June 18

scoreless over the final four innings in an unconventional performance that included 10 baserunners – five walks, two hits, two errors and a hit batter.

Lincecum struck out five, walked four and hit a batter in another wild but effective start. George Kontos (1-0) retired four straight before Baker singled off Affeldt.

“We actually hit quite a few balls hard. Didn’t find any holes,” Cubs manager Rick Renteria said. “Then the last four innings we weren’t really able to do anything. I thought we put together some pretty good atbats. We just didn’t generate any runs.”

SYCAMORE SPEEDWAY POINTS STANDINGS SUPER LATE MODELS Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

11 Roger Markham Virgil 69 2.

28 Charlie Olson Kingston 51 3.

13 Jeff Kerley Elgin 48 4.

15 Jay Brendle Kirkland 62 5.

O2 Jim Klingel Aurora 59 6.

O3 Dan White Villa Park 50 7.

23x Danny Deutsch Marseilles 38 8.

14 Victor Benedetto Marengo 34 9.

615 Matt Fabrizius DeKalb 29 10.

O1 Greg Cantrell DeKalb 15 11.

OO Cliff Garcia DeKalb 13 12.

23 Brian Albus Big Rock 12 13.

33 Dan Fowler Elgin 7 LATE MODELS Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

10 Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb 69 2.

50d John Dietrich Carol Stream 66 3.

O2 Matt McCain Aurora 61 4.

54 Cory McKay St. Charles 58 5.

37 DJ Sparks Belvidere 52 6.

83 Mike Karels Pingree Grove 43 7.

59 Joe Sadoski Marengo 35 8.

55 Frank Stubitsch Virgil 23 9.

71 Austin Runge Lake Zurich 17 10.

52 Kyle Smith South Elgin 16 11.

80 Steve Cornett LITH 15

11.

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84 38 46

Danny Markham Marengo Rich Heilbrun Lee Greg Hancock Gilberts Ricky Weaver Elgin

SPECTATOR Place Car No. Name 1.

29 Mike Brancecum 2.

66j Joe Jackson Jr. 3.

33 Jeremy Colley 3.

92j Mallory Jackson 4.

56c Scott Vetter 4.

33a Danny Allen 4.

66xx Megan Decker

15 14 12 7

Town Points St. Charles 15 St. Charles 6 Aurora 2 St. Charles 2 Union 1 Cortland 1 Palatine 1

POWDER PUFF Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

73j Linda Sparks Belvidere 13 2.

10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich 12 3.

34c Starr Roach Genoa 8 4.

55r Rebecca Stubitsch Virgil 7 5.

42 Amy Memoli Carol Stream 5 COMPACT Place Car No. Name 1.

95 Tony Doherty 2.

56c Scott Vetter 3.

32c Johnny Lovett 4.

11x Mike Cunz 5.

4 Josh Sipes

Town Aurora Union DeKalb Cortland DeKalb

Points 18 10 8 6 5

SATURDAY’S RACE RESULTS SUPER LATE MODELS Race Car No. Name Town Fast Time 11 Roger Markham Maple Park Trophy Dash 13 Jeff Kerley Elgin Heat 1 O2 Jim Klingel Aurora Heat 2 28 Charlie Olson Kingston Feature 1st 13 Jeff Kerley Elgin 2nd 11 Roger Markham Maple Park 3rd 28 Charlie Olson Kingston 4th 133 Johnny Heath Kingston 5th O3 Dan White Villa Park 6th 15 Jay Brendle Kirkland 7th O2 Jim Klingel Aurora 8th O1 Greg Cantrell DeKalb 9th 14 Victor Benedetto Marengo 10th 23X Danny Deutsch Marseilles Race Heat 1 1st 2nd 3rd Race Heat 1

POWDER PUFF Name Mickee Runge Feature 10 Mickee Runge 73J Linda Sparks 7x Caitlyn Malony

Car No. 10

Car No. 95

COMPACT Name Tony Doherty

1st 2nd 3rd

Race Car No. Fast Time 10 Trophy Dash 10 Heat 1 59 Heat 2 80

Town Lake Zurich

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Rollover:

Lake Zurich Belvidere Lake Zurich

Race Heat 1

Town Aurora

95 17x 11x

1st 2nd 3rd

10 59 50 37 46 55 84 83 O2 80

Feature 1 Tony Doherty Tim Runge Mike Cunz

Aurora Lake Zurich Cortland

LATE MODELS Name Town Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb Joe Sadoski Marengo Steve Cornett LITH Feature Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb Joe Sadoski Marengo John Dietrich Carol Stream DJ Sparks Belvidere Danny Markham Marengo Frank Stubitsch Virgil Rich Heilbrun Lee Michael Karels Pingree Grove Matt McCain Aurora Steve Cornett LITH

SPECTATOR Car No. Name Town 29 Michael Brancecum St. Charles Feature 1 29 Michael Brancecum St. Charles 3 Jim Ehle Hampshire 33a Danny Allen

Central Division W L Pct Detroit 29 19 .604 White Sox 28 27 .509 Minnesota 24 26 .480 Kansas City 24 28 .462 Cleveland 24 30 .444 East Division W L Pct Toronto 32 22 .593 New York 28 24 .538 Baltimore 26 25 .510 Boston 23 29 .442 Tampa Bay 23 31 .426 West Division W L Pct Oakland 31 21 .596 Los Angeles 29 22 .569 Texas 27 26 .509 Seattle 25 26 .490 Houston 22 32 .407

GB — 4½ 6 7 8 GB — 3 4½ 8 9 GB — 1½ 4½ 5½ 10

Wednesday’s Results White Sox 3, Cleveland 2 Houston 9, Kansas City 3 Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 2 Boston 4, Atlanta 0 Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 3 Texas 1, Minnesota 0 N.Y. Yankees 7, St. Louis 4 Detroit at Oakland (n) L.A. Angels at Seattle (n) Today’s Games Texas (N.Martinez 1-1) at Minnesota (Deduno 1-3), 12:10 p.m.

Detroit (Porcello 7-2) at Oakland (J.Chavez 4-2), 2:35 p.m.

Kansas City (Shields 6-3) at Toronto (Dickey 5-4), 6:07 p.m.

Atlanta (Minor 2-3) at Boston (Peavy 1-2), 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore (U.Jimenez 2-6) at Houston (Peacock 1-4), 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (LeBlanc 0-0) at Seattle (Maurer 1-3), 9:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games San Diego at White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 6:05 p.m.

Texas at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 6:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 9:05 p.m.

Detroit at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct GB 32 22 .593 — 29 24 .547 2½ 23 29 .442 8 22 28 .440 8 19 32 .373 11½ East Division W L Pct GB Atlanta 28 24 .538 — Miami 28 25 .528 ½ Washington 25 27 .481 3 New York 24 28 .462 4 Philadelphia 23 27 .460 4 West Division W L Pct GB San Francisco 34 19 .642 — Los Angeles 29 24 .547 5 Colorado 28 25 .528 6 San Diego 24 29 .453 10 Arizona 21 33 .389 13½ Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cubs

Wednesday’s Results San Francisco 5, Cubs 0 N.Y. Mets 5, Pittsburgh 0 Philadelphia 6, Colorado 3 Miami 8, Washington 5 (10 inn.)

Boston 4, Atlanta 0 Milwaukee 8, Baltimore 3 N.Y. Yankees 7, St. Louis 4 San Diego at Arizona (n) Cincinnati at L.A. Dodgers (n) Thursday’s Games N.Y. Mets (Z.Wheeler 1-5) at Philadelphia (Buchanan 1-0), 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta (Minor 2-3) at Boston (Peavy 1-2), 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco (Vogelsong 3-2) at St. Louis (J.Garcia 1-0), 7:15 p.m.

Cincinnati (Cingrani 2-4) at Arizona (Collmenter 3-2), 8:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Cole 4-3) at L.A. Dodgers (Haren 5-3), 9:10 p.m.

Friday’s Games Cubs at Milwaukee, 7:10 p.m.

San Diego at White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Colorado at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m.

Texas at Washington, 6:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 7:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

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

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BASEBALL: CLASS 1A LENA-WINSLOW SECTIONAL

Indian Creek’s season ends, but future looks bright Regional champion Timberwolves losing only 1 senior

By ROB LAIRD sports@daily-chronicle.com LENA – OK, so the Indian Creek baseball team’s sectional debut didn’t go well. At all.

But if one took a snapshot of the left-field scoreboard, which showed the Timberwolves on the wrong end of a 14-0, six-inning drubbing at the hands of host Lena-Winslow, the bigger picture might be missed.

Time might show that Wednesday’s loss in a Class 1A Lena-Winslow Sectional semifinal was a starting

point, not a finish line.

“Obviously, today wasn’t what we wanted,” said Indian Creek coach Joe Piekarz, whose team captured the program’s first regional championship Saturday, “but if you look at the big picture, I really believe this team set the stage for future seasons.”

The Timberwolves (16-6) had only one senior on the roster – catcher Lane Rissman – and expect to return every other piece from their breakout season. Rissman, tasked with guiding his team’s young pitching staff, sees bright things on the horizon for his now former teammates.

“This season was really rewarding,” he said. “This year’s team really clicked and played well together. It’s nice to know I was here to help out and put my name on it so I can always look back on this.”

Scoreboard Wednesday’s semifinals Lena-Winslow 14, Indian Creek 0 (6 inn.)

Freeport Aquin 11, Christian Liberty Academy 8 Saturday’s championship Lena-Winslow vs. Freeport Aquin, 11 a.m.

• Winner advances to the Benedictine University Super-Sectional Wednesday’s loss didn’t start out all bad, and it seemed that maybe Rissman would have one more positive memory on which to reflect. The score was 1-0 Lena-Winslow after three innings, and Timberwolves starting pitcher Chris Pickwell was grinding along in his typical effective fashion, working his way out of jams to keep his team close.

But the game turned against Indian Creek in the fourth inning. Pickwell walked two of the first three batters of the frame, bringing up the heart of Lena-Winslow’s order with two on and only one out. The southpaw could have escaped again with minimal damage, but an error two batters later was followed by a popup to shallow left field that dropped behind the shortstop position.

Instead of being out of the inning, Pickwell faced a bases-loaded, oneout situation with two runs already in. A bases-clearing double by Lena-Winslow’s Ben Morst blew the game open and chased Pickwell with his team trailing 6-0.

“We had a simple motto this year: ‘Our pitchers throw strikes, and our defense plays defense,’” Piekarz said.

“Chris did what Chris always does,

he battled. Our defense just didn’t make the plays for him.”

The Timberwolves committed three errors in the game, leading to five unearned runs.

Offensively, the Timberwolves had no answer for Lena-Winslow lefty Sean Cory, who spun a four-hit shutout and held Indian Creek without an extra-base hit. “[Cory] did a nice job of mixing it up,” Piekarz said. “We battled. We made him work deep into the count.

He just had enough to finish us off.”

Freshman speedster Trevor Guerra had two of the Timberwolves’ four hits, legging out a pair of infield singles. Tim Sommerfeld gave Indian Creek its best chance at scoring, stealing second and third base after a first-inning single. Winston Simpson had the team’s other hit.

GENOA-KINGSTON

G-K rejects KRC invitation, plans to stay in BNC

By SHAW MEDIA

Monica Maschak file photo – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

DeKalb senior Ravi Patel returns a ball during tennis practice March 26 in DeKalb. Patel and doubles partner Micah Fagerstrom will be playing in the state tournament this weekend for the first time in their high school careers.

BOYS TENNIS STATE TOURNAMENT

DeKalb’s top duo ready Fagerstrom, Patel making 1st state tournament appearance

BY TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com The DeKalb boys tennis team will be sending two players to Arlington Heights for the state tournament this weekend.

The Barbs’ No. 1 doubles team of Micah Fagerstrom and Ravi Patel, both seniors, will be going to state for the first time in their high school careers.

“It feels fantastic,” Fagerstrom said. “I have waited my whole high school career to go to state in any sport. I thought it was going to be in basket-

ball, but I am glad it was in tennis.”

The senior duo owns a record of 18-4 this season. Fagerstrom and Patel went 9-0 in the Northern Illinois Big 12 Conference regular season.

DeKalb coach Brad Bjelk said this season is one to remember for Fagerstrom and Patel.

“I think it was a dream season for them,” Bjelk said.

“I think they accomplished all of their goals. They went undefeated in conference and they were extremely proud of that.”

In the conference tournament, the duo went 2-1 and

finished third overall. The team the Barbs lost to was La Salle-Peru’s top team.

The Cavaliers duo was the eventual conference champions.

The DeKalb duo also finished third in the Ottawa Sectional. Fagerstrom and Patel’s only loss was to the team from Mendota, which was the eventual champions. The La Salle-Peru team finished second in the sectional.

“We tried our best and it happens,” Patel said. “We did really well during the conference season and that is all that matters.”

Bjelk said when the duo lost, it was to good teams.

“During the season, they were the rock of the team,” Bjelk said. “I could always depend on them to at least

get me one win – striving for those team victories.”

The team has been so successful this season because of how well it plays together. Fagerstrom works well toward the net and Patel has success along the baseline.

“His game is really good.

He helps our team a lot. He is a good baseline player and I am a good net player. And, it just collaborates well,” Fagerstrom said. “We have had some great teamwork lately.

We have to finish out. We can’t let teams get in. We have to win every game possible.”

Patel said he is ready for the state tournament to begin.

“I am a little nervous but it is really exciting, as well,” he said. “Micah and I have really good teamwork. We know how we each play.”

A day after principals representing schools that will form the Kishwaukee River Conference announced they had contacted three schools with invitations to join, the group has received its first rejection letter.

Genoa-Kingston released a statement Wednesday morning, stating it had received an invitation to join the KRC, but that it was planning to remain in the Big Northern Conference. G-K was one of the three schools contacted along with Richmond-Burton and Johnsburg.

R-B principal Tom Lind and Johnsburg principal Kevin Shelton did not immediately respond to phone calls and emails regarding their schools’ response Wednesday.

“After careful considerations dating back to this past fall, Genoa-Kingston High School will stay in the Big Northern Conference,” G-K Principal Brett McPherson wrote in a statement issued by the school. “Our top priorities are the GK students and the GK community, and we feel the BNC is the best fit for them. We respect the decision of the 3 schools leaving the BNC and look forward to a continued positive relationship with those schools.”

As it stands, Woodstock,

Woodstock North, Harvard, Burlington Central and Marengo remain the five schools committed to joining the KRC starting in the fall of 2015. Conferences typically require a two-year notice that a school is leaving.

The Woodstock schools will be the smallest in the FVC next year when Johnsburg leaves to rejoin the BNC. They felt they were at a competitive disadvantage and searched for other options.

Burlington, Harvard and Marengo, citing consistent issues with long travel for competition, liked the idea of joining Woodstock and Woodstock North, even if the KRC starts as a five-team league. That would leave those schools with a glut of nonconference dates to fill, but they felt that was better than all the travel.

Harvard voted unanimously to join the conference at its May 21 meeting with athletic director Matt Rife, adding “there are other schools that have already expressed interest” along with acknowledging that the conference will need six members to have an automatic playoff bid in football.

The KRC members hope for at least one of the three of the invitees to become founding members of the KRC by Aug. 1. The letter in the email was signed by the principals of the five schools.

Knights score in 3rd Hop 3-0 in NI Big 12 East • KNIGHTS-COGS Continued from page B1 “My drop curve was working pretty well. I think my speed got them,” Ullmark said. “But, so did [Morrow]’s. She had that movement where we just couldn’t get a hold of it.”

Kaneland scored its only run on a weird play in the top of the third. With two outs and Morgan Weber on third, Lanie Callaghan on second and Lexi Roach at the plate, G-K catcher Paige Keegan saw Callaghan taking a big lead from second.

After a pitch from Ullmark, Keegan fired the ball toward second baseman Katie Thurlby. It looked like Callaghan would be out, but the throw was a little low and Thurlby couldn’t field it cleanly. Weber sprinted home ahead of Thurlby’s throw back to the plate.

“It was something Paige sees, she’s done that before and gotten people out, and it was a good throw, and we just didn’t catch the ball first,” G-K coach Mike Lauer said. “Would have been out of the inning. [Thurlby] just didn’t have the ball, so tough break.”

Morrow allowed only three hits, two by Kendyl Strack, including a double, and one from Thurlby.

The Cogs (16-12) had a runner on second with one out in the first, fourth and sixth innings, but couldn’t get the big hit.

With one out in the seventh, G-K’s Emma Jones hit a line drive that bounced in front of Knights right fielder Morgan Sikon. But the ball was hit hard enough that Sikon was able to throw Jones out at first.

“We couldn’t get a break. That ball Emma hit, if that’s a little bit left or right, that’s a run,” Lauer said.

“If it skips by, anything happens there, we’ve got a runner on third for sure, maybe even a run.”

“No one ever sees a knuckleball,” DeKalb coach Jake Continued from page B1 Howells said. “When he gets two strikes on a hitter they are Because Hop’s knuckleball forced into a decision because he routinely finds the strike zone will throw the knuckleball for a and he is accurate with his strike. He can locate his knuckfastball, hitters have to swing at leball and pitch ahead, which a pitch they would rather take. makes him very effective. With The knuckleball’s effectiveness runners in scoring position, led Hop to a 3-0 record in the NI hitters tend to get a little antsy.

Big 12 East, including wins over That plays right into Austin’s Yorkville and Morris, the teams hands. The more a hitter tries to that finished first and second, respectively, in conference play. hit a knuckleball hard, the more they struggle.”

Although he doesn’t have an Slotted as a middle reliever at overpowering fastball, Hop is the start of the season, Howable to keep batters off-balance ells recalled evaluating Hop’s and force them to swing at his knuckleball indoors at preseason pitch. He’s not a power pitcher – practices. It was a novelty pitch Hop has only 21 strikeouts in 35 Howells thought could earn Hop innings, but works quickly and said his greatest asset is an alert a few innings if the Barbs found DeKalb defense that makes plays. themselves in need of a pitcher.

But, Hop seized his chance “The best feeling is to get ahead of a hitter and then throw and today will start the most important game of his career. the knuckleball for a strike,” “No one would have probably Hop said. “When it’s a pitch they picked Austin to be our No. 1 [didn’t expect], they will just stand there with a blank look on starter,” Howells said. “That’s what is so cool about baseball. their face.”

The element of surprise when He had one opportunity he took advantage of. That led to another a batter sees a knuckleball for opportunity a little bigger. Eventhe first time and an overeager approach at the plate are critical tually, he became our ace and that’s an awesome thing.” elements to Hop’s success.

• BARBS

Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

Sycamore’s Jordan Wright hits the ball in the fourth inning of a Class 3A Hampshire Regional semifinal game against Genoa-Kingston on Wednesday in Hampshire. The Spartans won, 7-0.

Treml pitches shutout • SPARTANS-COGS Continued from page B1 The Spartans scored two runs in the first inning, when Swanberg and Haacker scored on an Austin Jacox fielder’s choice. The reason they came into score was because of a throwing error by G-K shortstop Andrew Caldwell.

“Unlike last game, we made errors and we made back-toback errors. Offensively, we hit the ball well,” G-K coach Anson Ellis said. “We had seven strikeouts, but we hit some nice line drives. Their team was errorless in the field until that last inning when it was basically out of reach.”

Down 3-0 in the top of the fifth inning, G-K had its best chance to score. With two

outs, Mikey Semmens singled.

Next, Jake Langford hit a ball to Swanberg at shortstop, but Swanberg overthrew Cooper Vinz at first base and Semmens tried to score. Semmens was thrown out at home and the inning ended.

Sycamore tacked on three insurance runs in the sixth inning before Colan Treml closed out his complete-game shutout. Treml earned the win after only allowing three hits and two walks. He struck out seven Cogs.

“I thought we played a complete game. Starting with the pitching, Colan did a great job of keeping batters off-balance,” Cavanaugh said. “Throwing strike one, throwing strike two, and as a result, he is not walking guys.”

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NHL PLAYOFFS: BLACKHAWKS 5, KINGS 4 (2OT)

FRENCH OPEN

Hawks do not make it look easy

Nothing doing: Serena, Venus out

By MARK POTASH mpotash@suntimes.com CHICAGO – Without a knockout punch, the reigning champion Blackhawks were forced to bob and weave for their playoff lives Wednesday night.

A team that even in the best of times can’t stand prosperity lost another early two-goal lead and ended up fighting for survival in overtime in Game 5 of the Western Conference final at the United Center.

Anyone who thought it was going to be easy when the Hawks opened leads of 2-0 and 3-1 hasn’t been watching this team closely. WhenMarian Gaborik, Dustin Brown and Tanner Pearson scored three unanswered goals to give the Kings a 4-3 lead in the second period, it marked the fourth time this postseason the Hawks had lost a twogoal lead – more than any team in the playoffs.

It was similar to Game 2, when the Hawks led 2-0 and were in control in the middle of the second period – only to have the Kings respond with six unanswered goals in a 6-2 loss that turned the series in the Kings’ favor.

With their playoff lives on the line, the Hawks got the fast start they wanted when Brent Seabrook and Johnny Oduya scored to give the Hawks a 2-0 lead just 3:40 into the game.

Seabrook’s power-play goal came off a shot from the point, with Andrew Shaw screening Jonathan Quick, just

73 seconds into the game. Drew Doughty was in the box for tripping Jonathan Toews to set up the power-play opportunity. It was the Hawks’ first power-play goal in nine chances – since Nick Leddy scored with 5:44 left in the first period of Game 2.

Oduya scored in front of the net off a rebound of a shot by Patrick Kane.

Buoyed by the sellout crowd of 21,871, the Hawks had the momentum they wanted for the home-ice victory they needed to give them a chance to rally from the 3-1 series deficit.

When Jarret Stoll scored in front of the net to cut the lead to 2-1, the Hawks needed only 67 seconds to respond, with Brandon Saad scoring on a rebound to give the Hawks a 3-1 lead with 8:54 left in the period.

But as was the case in Game 2 against the Kings at the United Center, the Hawks failed to capitalize on the momentum for an early knockout punch. Seconds after Jonathan Toews was stopped by Jonathan Quick from in close on a 3-on-2 break, Gaborik scored easily off a feed from Anze Kopitar to cut the Hawks’ lead to 3-2.

The Hawks still had the lead, but the loss of momentum, if not the dread of impending doom, was palpable in the United Center. Sure enough, the Hawks’ offense stalled and the Kings took the lead. Brown tied it at the 11:08 mark and Pearson gave the Kings a 4-3 lead two minutes later by beating Corey Crawford with the simplest of wrist shots.

By HOWARD FENDRICH

Wednesday in Paris

The Associated Press PARIS – Wind was whipping, rain was falling, and thick gray clouds overhead were foreboding as Serena Williams double-faulted, then raised her hands in despair and wailed, “I can’t serve!”

As if to prove the point, Williams double-faulted again moments later, before pushing a routine backhand wide to get broken at love.

Truth is, the French Open’s defending champion couldn’t do much properly on this particular afternoon, absorbing the most lopsided loss of her 288-match Grand Slam career.

Unable to figure out how to get herself going or counter her unheralded opponent’s aggressive game, Williams was beaten, 6-2, 6-2, Wednesday by 35th-ranked Garbine Muguruza of Spain in the second round.

“Nothing really worked,” said Williams, whose older sister Venus also lost. “I don’t know anything that actually worked.”

Ever since last week’s draw, there was talk about a possible all-Williams match in the third round, which would have been their first Grand Slam meeting since the 2009 Wimbledon final. So much for that: Exactly one minute before Serena’s match began on Court Suzanne Lenglen, the 29th-seeded Venus’ 2-6, 6-3, 6-4 defeat against 56th-ranked Anna Schmiedlova of Slovakia wrapped up in the main stadium.

“I felt like this was a match that I was most likely going to win,” Venus said. “I don’t know how Serena felt, but I’m sure she feels like that

AP photo

Serena Williams covers her face after missing a return during her second-round French Open loss against Garbine Muguruza on Wednesday in Paris. every time she goes on the court. So I think our expectation was to play in the next round.”

Instead of the 25th Williams vs.

Williams encounter on tour, it’ll be the 20-year-old Muguruza vs.

19-year-old Schmiedlova.

Serena’s exit came a day after a loss by No. 2 Li Na, the first time in the Open era, which began in 1968, that the top two women were gone before the third round at any major.

“Nobody’s safe,” summed up Patrick Mouratoglou, the coach who began working with Serena after the 2012 French Open.

“Usually when she’s in trouble, she always finds a way,” Mouratoglou said. “But she’s a human being, so today she couldn’t.”

PARIS – A look at the French Open on Wednesday: Men’s seeded winners: No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Roger Federer, No. 6 Tomas Berdych, No. 8 Milos Raonic, No. 10 John Isner, No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 17 Tommy Robredo, No. 18 Ernests Gulbis, No. 22 Jerzy Janowicz, No. 25 Marin Cilic, No. 27 Roberto Bautista Agut, No. 29 Gilles Simon, No. 31 Dmitry Tursunov.

Men’s seeded losers: No. 15 Mikhail Youzhny, No. 20 Alexandr Dolgopolov.

Women’s seeded winners: No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 7 Maria Sharapova, No. 8 Angelique Kerber, No. 9 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 14 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 18 Eugenie Bouchard, No. 19 Samantha Stosur, No. 31 Daniela Hantuchova.

Women’s seeded losers: No. 1 Serena Williams, No. 16 Sabine Lisicki (retired, injury), No. 12 Flavia Pennetta, No. 20 Alize Cornet, No. 29 Venus Williams, No. 32 Elena Vesnina.

Quote of the Day: “I’m going to go home and work five times as hard to make sure I never lose again.” – Serena Williams after her 6-2, 6-2 loss to Garbine Muguruza.

– The Associated Press The biggest beneficiary might be Maria Sharapova, who won the 2012 French Open, lost to Serena in last year’s final and potentially faced a quarterfinal against the American this time. Sharapova beat 42nd-ranked Tsvetana Pironkova, 7-5, 6-2, in a drizzle.

BLACKHAWKS

Fan alleges Crawford sprayed him in face

Game 6 is Friday night • BLACKHAWKS Continued from page B1 It started with Jarret Stoll scoring after Nick Leddy and Patrick Sharp were unable to clear a loose puck off the crease in front of Corey Crawford, cutting the lead to 2-1 at 9:49. But Brandon Saad, a beast all night on a line with Patrick Kane (three assists) and Andrew Shaw, made it 3-1 a little more than a minute later. The goal was the product of Kane forcing a turnover, and Saad setting up Shaw for a shot, then cleaning up the rebound.

But as has been the case for most of the postseason, the Hawks couldn’t put together a full 60 minutes. Marian Gaborik cut the lead to 3-2 a couple minutes later on an odd-man rush that immediately followed Quick making a brilliant stop on Jonathan Toews at the other end of the ice.

After the period, Crawford – who had given up 13 goals in the previous three games – was either masking an injury or simply showing his frustration with another rough period. He skated to the bench hunched over, then slammed his stick on the boards on his

way out. He returned after the intermission, but didn’t fare much better in the second, as the Kings turned up the pressure.

First, Dustin Brown scored at 11:08 after a Kris Versteeg turnover led to a great chance for Gaborik. Crawford stopped it, but couldn’t get to Brown’s rebound shot, which tied the game at 3-3 and earned Versteeg a permanent spot on the bench the rest of the game.

Exactly two minutes later, Tanner Pearson roofed a wrist shot over Crawford to give the Kings a 4-3 lead.

But 20 minutes from elimination, the Hawks were defiant to the end. Just 77 seconds into the third period, Smith scored to tie the game at 4-4, setting the stage for a tense, action-packed third period in which the Hawks dictated the pace and fired 16 shots on Quick. The Hawks had their chances to win it on a late power play, but Quick made back-to-back big stops on Kane and Bryan Bickell to preserve the tie and send the game to a breathless overtime that took just 26 minutes to play, and in which both goalies were spectacular.

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LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles police said they are investigating a battery report from a fan who said Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford sprayed water in his face during Game 4 of the Western Conference final against the Kings at Staples Center.

LAPD spokeswoman Rosario Herrera confirmed the investigation for The Associated Press on Wednesday, shortly before the Hawks faced the Kings in Game 5 at the United Center.

Crawford did not speak with the media after the team’s morning skate.

“I just heard about it on my way over,” coach Joel Quenneville said earlier Wednesday.

“First I heard of it. I’m not aware of the situation other than what you just said. I’m not worried about it right now.

I’m worrying about the game.”

The report alleges Crawford used a water bottle to spray the face of the heckling fan, who was thrown out of the arena and later filed the complaint with police. Crawford finished the game on the bench in the Hawks’ 5-2 loss.

Police had no further details, and could not say whether charges are likely.

The investigation first was reported by TMZ.

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maleficent Jolie’s a fun hero-villain in ‘Sleeping Beauty’ spin-off

By JOCELYN NOVECK

‘Maleficent’

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aybe it’s too soon to say the tide has shifted definitively.

But it’s certainly been a unique time for fairy-tale villains.

After hundreds of years of moral clarity, suddenly we’re getting a new look at these evil creatures, who are actually turning out to be complex beings, and not that bad at all. Really, they’ve just been misunderstood. (And, by the way, those charming princes? Highly overrated.)

The most obvious recent example is “Frozen,” the animated Disney blockbuster that showed us how the Snow Queen, long portrayed as an icy-hearted villain, was actually a tragic victim of circumstance, with a pure and loving heart. And now we have “Maleficent,” which tells us that one of the most evil characters in all of pop culture is equally vulnerable and misunderstood.

Plus, she’s gorgeous. Duh. She’s Angelina Jolie.

All this is a rather seismic development in fairytale-dom. There are numerous versions of “Sleeping Beauty,” stem-

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n PLOT: A vindictive fairy is driven to curse an

infant princess only to realize the child may be the only one who can restore peace. n RATING: PG for sequences of fantasy action and violence, including frightening images n RUNNING TIME: 1 hour, 37 minutes ming back even before Charles Perrault’s from 1697, but the fairy who casts an angry spell on the baby princess, dooming her to prick her finger, has always been, well, just nasty.

But now, 55 years after Disney introduced the character named Maleficent in its 1959 classic film– and colored her skin an eerie green – the studio is back with a live-action (not to mention 3D) Maleficent who’s more superheroine than evil fairy.

Think Maleficent by way of Lara Croft.

And though Maleficent is no longer green-skinned, it’s hard not to think of another green-skinned villainess who’s also been rehabilitated, by means of the durable Broadway hit “Wicked”: the witch Elphaba from “The Wizard of Oz,”

who, it turns out, we just didn’t know enough about.

And so it is in “Maleficent,” in which director Robert Stromberg and screenwriter Linda Woolverton take us back to the fairy’s youth to better understand her. She’s a plucky young thing with lovely wings and bright pink lipstick, which will turn blood-red when she becomes an adult (the fairy world clearly isn’t lacking for cosmetics.)

One day she meets a young man from that other, darker world, where humans live. The two form a strong bond. But the ugliest human emotions – jealousy and ambition – will intervene. Young Stefan will grow into the power-hungry older Stefan (the wild-eyed South African actor Sharlto Copley.) And his stunning betrayal of Maleficent will instantly harden her, turning her into the villainess we recognize.

Alas, the story’s still all about a guy, in the end. But we digress.

“Maleficent” is surely targeted to the same audience – young and female – which has so lovingly embraced “Frozen” and its appealing message of female solidarity and empowerment. But “Frozen” felt clever, charming and fresh. “Maleficent,” less so.

Part of this is due, paradoxically, to

Jolie’s star wattage. Don’t get us wrong: she’s the best thing about the movie, and always worth watching. But it blunts the effectiveness of the narrative if we can never quite believe Maleficent is bad.

That’s because we know she’s essentially good, and she seems to know that we know it; You can see it in the upturned wrinkle of her mouth.

And frankly, the other characters are simply not that interesting – Stefan, but also Elle Fanning’s Aurora, or “Sleeping Beauty.” The best scenes Aurora has, in fact, are when she’s a gurgling baby and then, adorably, a toddler, played by none other than 5-year-old Vivienne Jolie-Pitt.

(In the movie’s one laugh-out-loud moment, Maleficent tells Aurora: “I don’t like children.”)

But Fanning as Aurora is too boringly sweet – especially compared to the fabulous-in-every-way Maleficent, with her blazing lips, fashionable black headgear and exaggerated cheekbones, not to mention her way around a quip.

In the end, “Maleficent” is fun for its appealing visuals – especially in the forest – and for watching Jolie. But that’s not enough to make the whole film interesting. As the minutes tick by, you might even start feeling a bit like Sleeping Beauty herself comes to feel: Drowsy.

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Tickets: $15 to $25. 815-7862555. www.sandwichoperahouse.org.

String Recital: 4:30 p.m. June 1, Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road, DeKalb. Free recital by means do. Otherwise have a backyard R comedy starring Seth MacFarlane and violinist Mathias Tacke, featuring Victor Ryzhov, Ann Montzka and campout, with tents, a campfire, s’mores Charlize Theron; and “Maleficent,” a PG Thomas Cappaert. and more! fairy tale movie starring Angelina Jolie.

Sycamore Park District SumBoth look really fun. mer Concert Series: 7 p.m.

Finals countdown Thursdays, Good Tymes Shelter, Water works The NHL and NBA seasons are apSycamore Sports Complex, Airproaching critical point, as this weekend It’s not officially summer, but it is pool port Road. Free. Concert hotline: 815-895-3202. www.sycamorewill see the finals participants decided. season. If the weather cooperates this parkdistrict.com. Schedule: Check your TV listings for game times. weekend, head to the public pool for June 5 – Classical Blast! some fun in the sun. Or throw a waterJune 12 – Mandy Z & Rural Route fun party in your backyard. Break out the Tea time One slip-n-slide and the sprinkler, set up a June is National Ice Tea month, the June 19 –Lisa Rene Band kiddie pool, get some water balloons and perfect beverage to enjoy while you July 3 –Trio get some squirt guns and enjoy the day! kick off the hot season. Make some sun July 10 – The Neverly Brothers July 17 – Shindig! tea this weekend, and/or whip up some The great outdoors July 24 –Tropixplosion special ice tea. If you Google “ice tea July 31 – Billy Croft & the It’s also camping season, as well as recipes,” you’ll find plenty of options for At the movies 5-Alarm Great Outdoors Month and National fun creations.

Aug. 7 – Kids Fun Back to School The big movies opening this week are Camping Month. If you can get away Concert – 6 p.m. Jeanie B!, 7 for a camping trip this weekend, by all “A Million Ways to Die in the West,” an – More Content Now p.m. Istvan and his Imaginary Band New Orleans Jazz Party: 7 to 10 p.m. June 7, Faranda’s Banquet www.stagecoachers.com. org. 815-895-5762.

Ellwood-Nehring House, 417 N. STAGE Center, 302 Grove St., DeKalb.

“Through My Eyes,” paintings First St., DeKalb. Volunteer tour Stage Coach Players’ “Arsenic Featuring A Wing and A Prayer and drawings of Irish imguides will be on hand to share and Old Lace”: 7:30 p.m. Aug. 14 Stage Coach Players’ “12 Dixieland Orchestra. Cabaret migrant Louise Behal Price: the history of the historic home through 16, and Aug. 21 through Angry Jurors”: 7:30 p.m. June setting includes dance floor and Through May 31, The Art Box, of Perry and May Ellwood before 23, 2 p.m. Aug. 24, Stage Coach 5 through 7 and 12 through 14, cash bar. Doors open at 6:30 308 E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. they inherited the Isaac Ellwood Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb.

2 p.m. June 15, Stage Coach p.m. Tickets: $20 in advance; Gallery hours: 11 a.m. to 6 mansion. 815-756-4609. www. www.stagecoachers.com.

Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. $25 at the door. Information: p.m. Monday through Saturday. ellwoodhouse.org www.stagecoachers.com. www.justmakeithappen-dekalb.

Information: 815-758-0313 or Northern Illinois Arts & Crafts ART Beth Fowler Dance Company’s com. dan@dekalbgallery.com.

Show: May 31 and June 1, “Dancing Thru the Decades”: DeKalb Municipal Band conDeKalb Area Agricultural HeriDeKalb County Courthouse Spectacular: Group Exhibition: 7 p.m. June 6 and 7, 2 p.m. June certs: 8 p.m. Tuesdays, June tage Association Exhibit Gallawn, Sycamore. More than 60 Through May 30, DeKalb Area 7 and 8, Egyptian Theatre, 135 10 through Aug. 19, Dee Palmer lery: 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesdays artists and crafters will exhibit.

Women’s Center Galleries, 1021 N. Second St., DeKalb. Tickets: Band Shell, Hopkins Park, 1403 and Sundays, Labor Day through www.kval.us.

State St., DeKalb. Curated by $15 to $25. 815-758-1225. www.

Sycamore Road, DeKalb. No Memorial Day, or by appointSwing Dancing in DeKalb: 7 to Danielle Dobies, exhibit features egyptiantheatre.org. concert July 1. Free. www. ment, Nehring Gallery, 111 S. 10:30 p.m. June 3, O’Leary’s 13 emerging and professional Sycamore/Rochelle Performdekalbparkdistrict.com.

Second St., Suite 204, DeKalb.

Irish Pub & Grill (upstairs), 260 artists from Northern Illinois ing Arts Academy’s “Circus Kishwaukee Symphony OrchesFree. www.daaha.inc@gmail.

E. Lincoln Highway, DeKalb. No University, the Fox Valley and Circus”: 11 a.m. June 14, tra Summer Concert in the com. 815-756-8737. partner needed, casual dress, Chicago.

A diverse variety of Egyptian Theatre, 135 N. Second Park: June 26, Dee Palmer Band leather-soled shoes recommedia is used to create installaSt., DeKalb. Tickets: $18.50.

Shell, Hopkins Park, 1403 SycaCOMEDY mended. $5 admission tions addressing the spectacle 815-758-1225. www.egyptianmore Road, DeKalb. Free. www. (includes lesson at 7 p.m. at or spectator in art. Gallery theatre.org. kishorchestra.org. no additional charge). Water hours: 7 to 9 p.m. Fridays and by REGIONAL Dance Dimensions’ “Best of Egyptian Theatre Live Lunch Muprovided; food and beverages appointment. 815-758-1351.

Broadway”: 7 p.m. June 14, 2 sic Series: Noon to 1: 30 p.m.

Zanies Comedy Night Club – St. available for purchase. See “General Dutton’s America”: Sycp.m. June 15, Egyptian Theatre, Thursdays, June 12 to Aug. 21, Charles: Various dates at PheasBarbCitySwing.com for coming amore History Museum, 1730 N. 135 N. Second St., DeKalb. TickVan Buer Plaza (across from the ant Run Resort, 4050 E. Main St. dates and exceptions and look Main St., Sycamore. Exhibition ets: $10 to $16. 815-758-1225.

Visit www.stcharles.zanies.com theater), DeKalb. Free. Schedule: for the group on Facebook. explores the life and times of www.egyptiantheatre.org. for acts, prices and showtimes.

June 12 – Christopher Dobelman General Everell Dutton including Stage Coach Players’ “How to 630-584-6342.

June 19 – Mystical Whiskey MUSIC his role in the Civil War and how Succeed in Business Without June 26 – Stage Coach Players he shaped Sycamore when he EVENTS Really Trying”: 7:30 p.m. July “How to Succeed in Business returned. Admission: $5, free for 10 through 12 and 17 through PG-43: 8 p.m. May 31, Sandwich Without Really Trying” Ellwood-Nehring House Grand members and children younger 19, 2 p.m. July 13, Stage Coach Opera House, 140 E. Railroad St., July 3 – TBA Opening: 5:15 p.m. May 29, Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. than 14. www.sycamorehistory.

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Carlos Santana saving the world

By MESFIN FEKADU AP Music Writer NEW YORK – Try to speak with Carlos Santana about his new album and he’ll want to talk about another topic: changing the world.

The veteran musician says he is planning a concert aimed at encouraging and motivating the development of young black and Latino men in the wake of Trayvon Martin’s death and Donald Sterling’s racist comments.

He wants to hold the event next year in Florida and is working with Harry Belafonte.

“I’m not show biz and entertainment, I’m an activist,” he said. “I’m a person who with passion believes that we can change the world, we can transform hate and fear forever with the right songs and the right timing.”

Santana’s latest album, “Corazon,” debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 albums chart earlier this month. It features Juanes, Gloria Estefan and Miguel, and Santana said it wasn’t hard finding “Cinderella or Cinderfella” to guest on the songs, which he calls “glass slippers.”

“We said, ‘Hey man, this is going to be great at the Latin Grammys. We got to make an impact there,’” he recalled.

“And I go, ‘Latin Grammys, why stop there? Why don’t we go to the World Cup?’ Well guess what, we’re closing the World Cup with brother Wyclef (Jean)!”

In an interview with The Associated Press, Santana, 66, had advice for Jay Z, and talked about his tour with Rod Stewart.

AP: How does it feel to release another album?

Santana: I feel really, really honored to gain people’s trust. People opened their hearts and their wallets. ... It allows me to do more things with my brother Harry Belafonte and (activist) Dolores Huerta. ... And so we want to have a concert and bring Jamie Foxx and different kinds of artists, musicians of all colors and utilize this attention and this energy. ... Obviously (with) what happened with Donald Sterling and what’s happening with people throwing bananas at soccer stadiums, you know, we have a lot to heal.

AP: Who else do you want to invite to the concert?

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This April 25 photo shows Carlos Santana performing during the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival in New Orleans. Santana’s latest album, “Corazon,” debuted at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 albums chart earlier this month. It features Juanes, Gloria Estefan and Miguel, and Santana said it wasn’t hard finding “Cinderella or Cinderfella” to guest on the songs, which he calls “glass slippers.”

Santana: I’d like to bring (NBA Hall of Famer) Dr. J (Julius Erving) and (former NBA player and mayor of Sacramento) Kevin Johnson to San Quentin and talk to the brothers, black and brown, broadcast it in all the prisons and call the event ‘You Cannot Break My Spirit.’

AP: How did your tour with Rod Stewart come about?

Santana: I can say it the way Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock would say it, ‘Both of us love to play spiritual music to touch all hearts.’ That’s one thing. The rascal in me ... says, ‘We both love black music. We like to play black music for white people.’

AP: There are a number of collaborative tours this summer, from Kiss and Def Leppard to Beyonce and Jay Z. Who would you like to see hit the road together?

Santana: I’d like to see Metallica and Wayne Shorter and Herbie Hancock to broaden the wings. Metallica did

a thing with a symphony, so they’re capable, of course, of playing without volume or with volume. I just like to expand popularity with genius. ... I invite brothers like Jay Z who have the money to start bringing the African brothers back to the United States. Since 9/11, if your name is Idrissa Diop or if you have a Muslim name, they won’t let you in. But they let the Irish people in and they let the Canadian people in and people from Australia. Man, how come you don’t let the African people come in? ... If I had the money and the means that Jay Z has, I would bring African musicians. ... I’m going to invite them.

We’re going to create something like this in Las Vegas where we can coheadline, because these brothers need to be taken to schools in America so the brothers (here) can learn how to play the drums again. That’s the thing I have in common with Africa – I understand the drum ... it’s in my DNA.

Ensemble July 17 – TBA July 24 - Shattered Picks Aug. 7 – TBA Aug. 14 – TBA Aug. 21 – TBA 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 303815-0648.

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 815895-5955 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. 815-758-1833 or tomndcc@ aol.com.

8BRIEFS Big Read to bring magic and wizardry in October The DeKalb Public Library has received a grant of $15,000 to host The Big Read in DeKalb County for the eighth year in a row.

The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts, designed to revitalize the role of literature in American culture and to encourage citizens to read for pleasure and enlightenment. The Big Read is managed

by Arts Midwest.

The library is one of 77 nonprofit organizations in the nation to receive a grant to host a Big Read project and one of three organizations to have received it eight years in a row. The Big Read of DeKalb County will focus on “A Wizard of Earthsea” by Ursula K. Le Guin. Activities will take place throughout the month of October.

“The magic of this successful Big Read program here in DeKalb County proves that we are dedicated to literacy. Eight years is a long time and we are very proud,” Dee Coover, library executive director, said in a news release.

The Big Read provides communities nationwide with the opportunity to read, discuss and celebrate one of 36 selections from U.S. and world literature. The 77 selected organizations will receive Big Read grants to promote and carry out community-based reading programs featuring activities such as read-a- thons, book discussions, lectures, movie screenings and performing arts events. This grant is a matching grant, therefore, the library does have to raise the equal amount given in funding to support The Big Read program. Monetary donations are accepted, as well as donations in kind.

For more information about upcoming events, donations, how

to participate or other Big Read questions, contact edithc@dkpl. org or call 815-756-9568, ext.

260. The DeKalb Public Library is open seven days a week and is located at 309 Oak St. in DeKalb.

NIU group to visit Museum of Science and Industry Members of the Northern Illinois University Annuitants Association and their guests will visit Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry on June 24 to see the Omnimax film “D-Day: Normandy 1944.”

On June 6, 1944, the largest allied operation of World War II began in Normandy, France. Yet few know in detail exactly why and how, from the end of 1943 through August 1944, this region became the most important location in the world. Blending multiple cinematographic techniques, including animation, CGI and live-action images, “D-Day: Normandy 1944” brings this monumental event to the world’s largest screens for the first time. Exploring history, military strategy, science, technology and human values, the film will educate and appeal to all. Narrated by Tom Brokaw, “D-Day: Normandy 1944” pays tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.

The group will have scheduled times to visit two exhibits and free time to explore other exhibits of interest – such as Coleen Moore’s Fairy Castle, the Zephyr, The Great Train Story, Baby Chick factory, the Coal Mine and more.

The coach will leave DeKalb at 10 a.m. A box lunch is included as well as timed admissions to both exhibits. The group will return to DeKalb around 5:30 p.m.

To reserve a spot or for more information, contact Steven Johnson at sjohnso11@niu.edu or call Carder Travel at 815-7561547. Space is limited.

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Stage Coach Players present ‘12 Angry Jurors’ In Stage Coach Players’ next theater production, a 16-year-old boy has been tried for murder, both the prosecuting and defense attorneys have rested their cases, and now the real drama begins.

“Twelve Angry Jurors,” from the original teleplay “12 Angry Men,”

by Reginald Rose and adapted by Sherman L. Sergel, opens June 5 and runs through June 15.

Set in Philadelphia in 1976, it is the story of 12 people who deliberate the guilt or innocence of a teenage boy charged with the murder of his abusive father. If convicted, he will be sentenced to death. Unwilling to sentence the boy to death without at least discussing the case, one man stands alone against the overwhelming sentiment of all 11 other jurors that this was a simple open and shut murder case.

As deliberations continue, personal experiences, prejudices, racism, pure logic and emotional

will be those who will not be able to keep themselves from judging others, or a group of people, without knowing much about them,” he said in a news release.

The teleplay for “12 Angry Men” was originally produced in 1954 for the anthology series, Studio One. The teleplay won three Emmy Awards including Best Written Dramatic Material. It was subsequently made into a stage play the following year and the famous film version starring Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb and Ed Begley in 1957.

According to Ball, more than a dozen popular television shows have had episodes based on the story, Provided photo including “All In the Family,” “MatGinger Sommer, Mike Groark and Vince Virtue rehearse a scene from Stage Coach lock” and “The Simpsons.” “’The Simpsons’ star, Dan Players’ production of “12 Angry Jurors,” which opens June 5 and runs through June Castellaneta, NIU graduate and the 15 in DeKalb. voice of Homer Simpson even lent his dramatic voice to an audiobook opinion all come together to create a director Tim Ball says the play is as relevant today as it was 60 years ago. rendition of the play,” he said in the room full of 12 angry jurors. release.

“As long as humans exist, there Although written in the 1950s,

Film versions of the story have been produced in German, Indian and Russian.

A unique aspect of this stage play is that it can be adapted for 13 men or women or any combination of both. This Stage Coach version includes both men and women. Cast members are Sarah Jarocha, Sara Schuneman, Ginger Sommer, Mike Groark, Stephanie Johnson, Hayden Perkins, Vince Virtue, Steve Challgren, Chris Porterfield, Bob Cain, Darlene Hillman, Barb Kolb and John Davis.

“Twelve Angry Jurors” runs June 5 through 7 and 12 through 15 at Stage Coach Theatre, 126 S. Fifth St., DeKalb. Performances begin at 7:30 p.m. on weekdays and Saturdays, and 2 p.m. on Sunday. Reserved seat tickets cost $12 for adults and $10 for children older than 5. Tickets are available online at www.stagecoachers.com or by phone at the box office at 815-758-1940.

Sycamore High orchestra premieres student composition The Sycamore High School Symphony Orchestra recently had the honor of premiering a piece composed by one of their peers, senior Casey Bunge.

“Au Printempts,” French for “In The Springtime,” received its own special premiere by the SHS Symphony Orchestra at a recent spring concert.

“Musical composition has always been a passion of mine,” Bunge said in a news release. “I’ve been writing intensely since freshman year, and ‘Au Printemps’ is the best of many pieces I’ve written for personal enjoyment. At one point I figured I may as well present it to my orchestra conductor, Mr. Tonaki, for suggestions or comments. Much to my surprise, he offered to have the orchestra play it!”

Bunge’s interest in music began early in the general music classes at West Elementary School.

“In the fourth grade, my music teacher encouraged me to work on writing simple songs for the recorder that the rest of the class would play, which really ignited my love for music and composition,” he said in the release.

To date, Bunge has invested more than 4,000 hours of composing music and has written many pieces for string

friends perform his piece live and in public for the first time.

“The experience was unreal and one I won’t soon forget,” Bunge said in the release. “I’m very grateful to Mr. Tonaki and the fantastic Sycamore High School Orchestra for all that they’ve done, and I heartily thank Mr. Goodman for giving me an opportunity to enhance my skills through his course in music theory.

The music program at SHS is truly incredible and I count

myself very lucky to have had the opportunity to participate in it!”

Casey has committed to the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign majoring in mathematics and/or physics with a minor in music theory and composition. He also is one of 10 students awarded a scholarship and place on the 2014 All-State Academic Team, and is this year’s recipient of the SHS Band John Philip Sousa Award.

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Senior Casey Bunge takes a bow after the Sycamore High School Symphony Orchestra premiered his composition, “Au Printempts.” and full orchestra, as well as dozens of contemporary and non-classical songs. Bunge enjoys playing music, mainly the trombone in the high school band, jazz band and symphonic band and orchestra. He is currently learning the piano, and dabbles on the flute, trumpet and baritone.

He plans on teaching himself the violin this summer to aid in orchestral composition.

Most of the notes for “Au Printemps” were written down in four days; the version that the orchestra played was finished a few days after that.

Before the Symphonic

Orchestra performed the piece, Bunge explained its background and meaning to the audience: “As the title suggests, the piece is meant to illustrate springtime, spring being a time of rebirth or renewal. The piece was written around the idea that regardless of one’s circumstances, there’s always hope; because at some point, at some indeterminate time in the future, there can always come an occurrence or happening that inspires a rebirth or renewal in the appreciation of love, life or the world at large.

Dedicated to that hope for ‘someday’ is ‘Au Printemps.’”

“’Au Printemps’ represents Casey Bunge’s brilliance as an artist,” conductor Ken Tonaki said in the release. “It shows Casey’s ability to combine years of disciplined listening to great composers with his own creativity. He has written a piece that is unique and embodies his own personal spirit. It was an honor to collaborate and perform his piece.

Both myself and the members of the Sycamore High School Chamber Orchestra really enjoyed the experience.”

Bunge was overwhelmed and awed as he watched and listened to his peers and

8BRIEFS Photography students from the Northern Illinois University School of Art will be featured in an upcoming exhibition at Mad Art Gallery in St. Louis. This exhibition, “The Desire For…,” will run from June 3 through 21. A public reception will be held from 7 to 11 p.m. June 13.

As a part of the NIU Art Museum’s programming series, director of Mad Art Gallery and visual artist Carrie M. Becker came to NIU in March to deliver a lecture about her background and artistic practice. While at NIU, Becker also met with advanced photography students to evaluate their artwork and offer suggestions for how they might develop and improve as they move forward.

She was so impressed with the students’ work that she invited four of them to mount a group exhibition in her gallery.

The participating artists are Jennifer Knobloch, Elyse Sawka, Brianne Short and

Molly Whitman.

Mad Art Gallery is located at 2727 S. 12th St. in St. Louis. Information about the exhibition is available at www.madartgallery.org.

For more information, contact Carrie Becker at carrie@madartgallery.com or 314-7718230.

Registration for CCT summer theater camps still open Children’s Community Theatre summer theater camps will offer young actors the opportunity to “run away” and join the circus, while older campers will have the chance to cut Footloose! Registration for both camps is still open at WWW.CCTOnstage.com Beginner’s Imagination Camp will kick off June 9 and run weekdays through June 20.

This year’s theme of “Circus, Circus” will be woven into two weeks’ worth of programming teaching students how to sing, dance and act, as well as other aspects of

musical theater.

Camp sessions will be held from 9 a.m. until noon at St. John Lutheran Church in Sycamore, with a performance 7 p.m. June 20 in the auditorium of Sycamore High School. Cost for the two-week camp is $115 per student.

Advanced Imagination Camp will convene June 16, with auditions that day for a production of the Broadway version of “Footloose!” Over the next two weeks campers will work to perfect the show for three performances June 27 through 29 at Sycamore High School. Rehearsals and camp session will be held at St. John Lutheran Church. Lessons in vocals, dancing and acting, as well as stagecraft will be among the topics woven into this two-week race from audition to curtain. Cost for the program is $140.

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Couple in financial strain gets reader ideas Dear Abby: “Holding on in Arkansas” (Feb. 27) asked where to go for free counseling. You suggested she call her local mental health department for counseling options for her marriage and money issues. Another resource would be her local church.

Pastors often offer counseling to couples. Many churches also have support groups for parents to connect with each other. I have seen churches save marriages and get couples back on the right track emotionally and financially. – Passing It On in Tennessee Dear Passing It On: Your suggestion was mentioned by a number of other readers.

They, too, felt that solving her financial problems would lessen or eliminate the mari-

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips tal discord “Holding” and her husband are experiencing.

Read on: Dear Abby: One of the largest contributors to our national charitable network – United Way – offers many helpful services. The Consumer Credit Counseling Service may also be a resource, if credit cards are part of the problem.

If there is a choice between paying a bill or buying groceries, the bill should come first. There are many food pantries. The family can also apply for food stamps.

Asking for help can be difficult or embarrassing, but

knowing your kids won’t be hungry makes it worth it. – Been There, Done That, Too Dear Abby: “Holding” should contact her bank about refinancing her mortgage. If she can’t pay her electric bill, she should see if she qualifies for a reduced rate for her income level.

As for the kids, if they’re in school, they probably meet the criteria for the reducedcost lunch program. – Full Of Ideas in Washington Dear Abby: “Holding” should seek help from the school counselor. He/she can recommend mental health support within the family’s financial means, and connect them with additional community resources to lessen some of the stresses of daily life. With many families struggling in many ways,

encouraging this woman to seek out available help is crucial. – School CounselorIn-Training Dear Abby: Does her employer or her husband’s have an Employee Assistance Program? These services offer a wide range of help, including dealing with mental health and financial issues, and may be paid for as part of the employer’s contract with the EAP organization. – Just My Two Cents Dear Abby: If the woman’s county doesn’t have a mental health department, her region should have a department of public health. Or she could be guided by the school nurse at her children’s school. School nurses are often the first responders to families in crisis or in need of counseling. – New England Nurse

Dear Abby: It is human nature to want the best for one’s family, but a lot of the couples suffering this kind of stress have brought it on themselves.

There won’t be enough money for food and monthly bills if they are paying for new cars, a house they can’t afford, ordering takeout instead of cooking, subscribing to the deluxe cable TV package, going on expensive vacations and paying for activities the kids “have to do” just because their friends are.

Couples’ financial problems could be greatly improved if they would only make better choices. – Living Within My Means Down South • Write Dear Abby at www.

DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Corticosteroids reduce eczema inflammation Dear Dr. K: My 21-month-old daughter has eczema. Is there any way to treat this condition without steroids?

Dear Reader: Eczema, also called atopic dermatitis, is more than just dry skin. It is an inflammatory skin disease that often begins in infancy as an intensely itchy rash.

Scratching leads to further irritation. The injured skin becomes chronically inflamed and more vulnerable to infection.

Airborne allergens can make eczema worse. Reducing your daughter’s exposure to these triggers could improve her eczema and reduce her need for treatment: • Remove carpets and heavy draperies from her sleeping area.

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff • Wash her bedding frequently in hot water.

• Clean and vacuum frequently.

• Regularly bathe pets and keep them out of her bedroom.

• Avoid foods (such as milk, eggs, soy or wheat) if they trigger your daughter’s eczema.

Skin affected by eczema loses water easily. Keep your daughter’s skin hydrated by soaking it in warm (not hot) baths. Don’t use soaps and shampoos, which worsen dry skin, more than twice a week.

Gently pat (don’t rub) her skin dry with a soft towel.

Promptly and generously apply thick moisturizers with a low water content to lock in the moisture. Choose creams without fragrances, dyes or preservatives.

Antihistamines can help to control the ferocious itch, but they can cause drowsiness. Giving your daughter an antihistamine at bedtime may help relieve her itch and help her sleep during an uncomfortable flare-up.

If these measures don’t control your daughter’s eczema, her doctor will likely recommend a topical corticosteroid to apply to her skin.

Corticosteroid creams and ointments effectively reduce inflammation. They are one

of the most important types of medicines to be developed in the past 50 years. Eczema is just one of the many diseases and conditions that can be effectively treated by these medicines.

Corticosteroids often are called just “steroids” by doctors. But don’t be confused: These inflammation-fighting hormones are different from the “steroids” that body builders use.

Corticosteroid creams can gradually thin the skin and cause small blood vessels to break if used on the face. So use them with caution, and in low doses, on the face – as directed by your daughter’s doctor.

You may have heard that corticosteroids can stunt a

child’s growth and thin the bones. That’s an issue with corticosteroid pills (or injections), but not with corticosteroid creams and ointments – unless extraordinary amounts are used over much of the body.

As with any medicine, corticosteroids have both benefits and risks. You should discuss with your daughter’s doctor what the balance of benefits and risks is likely to be in her case, and I’m sure you’ll be able to find the right treatment. Fortunately, your daughter has available effective treatments that had not yet been developed two generations ago.

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While I disagree with her, cut her some slack Dr. Wallace: Christy is my best friend, and we are almost like twin sisters. For over a year now the two of us have gone to a movie on Friday night and for a snack afterwards. We always have a great time together and my boyfriend knows that every Friday is “girl’s night out,” so he plans a “guy’s night out” or a “family event” for himself. This works perfectly for us.

My problem is that last Friday was Christy’s 17th birthday and she knew I had planned “something.” My plan was dinner reservations (my treat) at a nice

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace restaurant where they would include a cupcake/candle and the waiters were going to sing Happy Birthday. I had a small gift for her and then we were to see our weekly movie. I thought she would enjoy this special treat, but it didn’t happen.

About half an hour before we were to meet she called my cell phone and left a message, “Hi Jenny, Corey called me 10 minutes ago and

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TODAY – Follow the vision you’ve been harboring. Channel your intensity and make full use of your concentration and energy in order to progress this year. You will be perceptive when it comes to finding valuable opportunities. Success will be yours if you persevere.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Use a little restraint in social situations. You should work hard to be more tactful and diplomatic.

You will appear foolish or insensitive if you try to be the life of every party.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – It’s a good time to refresh your surroundings. Let those affected by your decisions have a say. Don’t make any oral agreements without doing thorough research. Protect your savings.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – An unexpected partnership will provide you with a way to increase your income. Keep an open mind if someone offers to help you with your work. Expand a new concept of yours.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Don’t take any risks with your finances or career. You will encounter problems if your scheme backfires. Do your homework before making a move that could cost you.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – You will feel the need to experiment with new ideas and projects. Others may not be in agreement with your plans, but you will make gains if you let your imagination run free.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Examine an investment idea, but avoid getting involved in a joint venture. Your reputation will escalate if you are loyal and giving.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Someone close to you is unclear about your feelings. Speak your mind and say what is in your heart. It’s not fair to leave him or her guessing.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Your future will improve once you share your ideas with an influential person. Don’t be shy.

You will be obliged to back up your plans with facts, so be prepared.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Your self-confidence needs a boost. Spend time with children or close friends and engage in physical challenges that will get your motor running. Give yourself a chance to have some fun.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – You will lose respect if you allow others to take advantage of you. Don’t fall short because you put your needs last. Stand up for your beliefs.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – An old partner is likely to want to reconnect. Your charm and attractiveness will stir up some interest with new and old acquaintances. Plan to socialize.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Your career path is questionable.

If you don’t enjoy what you’re doing, consider what you do well and find a way to make it more engaging. Explore new possibilities.

invited me to go with him to a fraternity party and I said yes. I know you will understand since you know what a big crush I have on him.

Love ya!”

Well, I guess I really don’t understand because this made me pretty upset. I think she ought to have told this guy that she already had plans to celebrate her birthday with her best friend, and I’m sure you will agree.

But now I need your advice. Should I discuss the situation with her and tell her I thought she was rude to ditch our plans for a short-

8SUDOKU

notice date or should I just pretend that “I understand” because she is still my best friend? – Jenny, Miami, Florida Jenny: I find it odd that Corey waited so late to get a date for the frat party.

Christy should have told Corey, “Thanks, but I’ve already made plans to spend the evening with my best friend,” and asked him to call again.

Even though I disagree with the way Christy chose to spend her birthday, you have to cut her a little slack.

When someone she had a crush on called and invited

her to a fraternity party, it was difficult for her to say no. Blame her decision on the fact that she was surprised, and it caused her not to think clearly.

She is your closest friend, so ask her if she had a good time and if she plans on seeing Corey again. Then do your very best not to be “catty,” but continue enjoying a marvelous friendship.

Getting on her case could put a dent in the friendship you both share, and that is not necessary.

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

8CROSSWORD

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Work out declarer’s best strategy Jack Youngblood, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame who played for the Los Angeles Rams for 14 years, said, “I visualize things in my mind before I have to do them.

It is like having a mental workshop.”

The most skillful bridge players can get inside the minds of their opponents.

They can visualize exactly what that player would do from various holdings.

Today’s deal is an example of this. South is in three notrump. West leads the heart three and declarer calls for dummy’s five. What should East do?

The auction was straightforward. South did not like to open one no-trump without a heart stopper, but the bid gave as accurate a description of his hand as possible. Yes, he might have opened one diamond, planning to rebid one spade over a one-heart response, but partner would have had a much fuzzier picture of South’s hand. The only makable game here is four spades, which is tough to reach.

Let’s return to East’s predicament. If South has acedoubleton of hearts, East must put in his 10, finessing against partner (this week’s theme).

But if South has jack-doubleton, East must win with his king. Which is correct?

Get into South’s mind. If he had ace-doubleton, which heart would he have played from the board?

Right – the queen. He would have hoped the opening lead was away from the king and tried to take a second heart trick. When he does not do that, he cannot have the heart ace. So East should confidently put up his king, expecting to win the trick.

And five heart tricks later, the contract is down.

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SATURDAY, MAY 31ST, 2014 / 10:00 AM

Comfort Station and Lunch by Junk Yard Dogs AUCTIONEERS NOTE: This personal property is very clean and is the top of the line. Don’t miss out on the opportunities we will offer on this sale. Plan now on attending!!!

Household & Collectable: Mission style oak lighted TV entertainment center; 3 piece solid wood book case; 42” square coffee table w/ shelves (dark in color); Pair of matching occasional chairs (tan in color); 2 matching sofas tan (like new); Oak lighted glass front curio cabinet; Assorted area rugs including but not limited to 8’x11’ handmade India wool pile multi-color, 63”x47” area rug, 26”x8’ oriental type runner, Belgium made 100% viscose pile, Princeton series, 9.6x13.6 contemporary style w/ 2 different piles; 43”x70” Lexington formal dining table w/ 8 padded chairs (2 captains); Settee; Several occasional chairs; Office & computer desk; Locking 2 drawer wood file; Black office chairs; Flat screen TV’s; Toshiba 36” console TV; 4 drawer curved front chest w/ mural; Oak sewing table; Assorted lamps including floor & others; Metal office desk; 2 drawer file cabinet; Knee hole desk; Several shelving units & book cases; Some stereo equipment including stereo console; Bundy II Saxophone in case; Pictures including oil paintings, & wall decorations; Wall clocks; Large assortment of books; 2 wrought iron bar stools (counter height); White wood round table w/ 4 cushion back chairs; Assorted glassware including some collectable; Assorted linens & dry goods; Pair of matching club chairs w/ ottoman; Gray sofa; Matching sets of coffee & end tables; Sofa table; Glass top occasional tables; Thomasville love seat; Full sized iron bed; Slatted bench; 4 drawer antique walnut dresser w/ pulls & swivel mirror; 5 piece Stanley king size bedroom set including chest, dresser w/ mirror, 2 night stands & padded chocolate brown headboard; Full size bed; King size bed; Dresser w/ mirror & matching chest; Matching antique dresser & chest; Floral pattern Flexsteel sofa; Glider, swivel rocker recliner; Bible type table; Pair of bamboo folding chairs; Rattan furniture including couch, loveseat, chair & a half w/ pads, coffee & end tables (white); Bird cage & lawn ornaments; Assorted seasonal decorations; Card tables, chairs; Locking wood like cabinet; Flat top trunk; Thermos gas grill; Tasco 11TR (D=114mm, F=900mm) coated optics telescope w/ stand; Misc. toys including some board games; Pro Form 740CS quick speed tread mill (like new); Bean bag toss game; Harvard Air Hockey game 40x76 (like new); Seeburg Stereo Showcase Jukebox 41Wx53Tx24D (phonograph) model 55160 serial #254783; Usual garage type items including some hand & power tools; Brute walk behind self-propelled mower 6.75HP; 2 FS delite girls convertible bikes; 2-hand carved 1 piece wooden plane models (1 F9F Panther & F4U Corsair); Lionel 027 trains & related items (very nice); 14’ aluminum extension ladder; Walk behind fertilizer spreader; Small portable air compressor; Rubbermaid storage cabinet; Easy roller lawn cart; 10” Skill table saw; 5.75HP/16 gal. Shop Vac.; Golf clubs, bags, equipment & push carts; Outdoor patio furniture.

PERSONAL PROPERTY TERMS: Cash or Check w/ driver’s license I.D., VISA, Master Card, Discover or American Express. (No Buyers Premium) Electronic clerking system used. Announcements made the day of auction take precedence over all advertising. Not responsible for accidents or items after sold

ROBERT & CAROLINE MILLER Need Help Rebuilding, Repairing or Replanting?

Piano – upright, Kawai, 49”, $3000 312-479-0096

Having decided to move out of state, we will offer at Public Auction the following described clean line of Household items. This auction will be held on site at 3037 Wedgewood Dr., DeKalb IL 60115. From Rochelle go east on IL-38, continue approx. 15 miles, turn left/north onto John Huber Pkwy. approx. 2 miles, continue onto Bethany Rd., turn right/south onto Fairway Oaks Dr., turn right onto Wedgewood Dr. to sale site. Watch for Bearrows Real Estate& Auction signs. Call Auctioneer John Bearrows at 815-5625113 / 815-739-9150 or visit our web site at www.bearrows.com for further information & pictures.

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CAN'T GET ENOUGH BEARS NEWS?

GENEVA Huge multi family garage sale.

Eaglebrook Subdivision

Evenings needed.

Call: 630-357-7400

School Nurse

GENEVA - 1110 Brentwood Place Fri/Sat 9am - 4pm 15 year downsizing, lawn tools, snowblower, furniture, decor, Longaberger baskets, coach, women's plus size clothes, holiday decor, books, cds dvds, software, much much more

Conduit Bender 1/2", $20, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 Delta 12” Bench Planer. $25.00 815-508-2733 Hinckley

Oak, $350 and Oak matching China Cabinet, $325. Both in good condition. 815-761-8571

1831 W FORESTVIEW

Fri 5/30 8am to 5pm Sat 5/31 8am to 3pm COATS, PROM & HOMECOMING DRESSES, WOMEN & MEN'S CLOTHES & SHOES, AMERICAN GIRL DOLL, LAMP SHADES, WALLETS, CELL PHONE COVERS & MISC.

Mens & Womens Clothes Household Items Used DJ Equipment Kids Toys & much, much more.

Troy-Bilt 21" self-propelled rear wheel drive, variable speed.

Briggs & Stratton 7 hp engine.

Nice condition - hardly used. $150. 815-757-7867

Dining Room Table & Chairs

SATURDAY, MAY 31 8AM – 3PM

434 Red Wing Ln

off of Cherry Valley Rd. Victorian sofa, dressers, commodes, bed, chairs, sofa table, grandfather clock by Charles Sligh, buffet by Hooker, dining room table & chairs, lamps, first state duck prints, trunks, home décor, patio furniture, holiday, lionel train and much more, Number ½ hour before start.

Interior Wood Door - 36", golden solid oak, six panel style, right side hinges, Includes frame & privacy lock set installed Excellent Condition $75/OBO Sycamore. 815-762-0382

DINING ROOM SET Older 11 Piece Dining Room Set. $100. Call 815-508-0406 for details or photos.

DEKALB

Saturday, 5/31 & Sunday 6-1 11am - 4pm

Lawn Tractor - John Deere 214 48” deck, blower, push blade, weights, chains, Kohler engine, runs great $1,500/obo 815-761-3282 PLANT 6-foot live indoor plant. Free, but you must bring your own pot to repot. Call 815-508-0406 for details or photos.

DESK - 52" x 24" Steel Desk , Lt beige color, wood grain top w/ small left side return, Includes: chair & lamp. Great shape, $95 Sycamore. 815-762-0382

SYCAMORE

Some Antique furniture some collectible glassware, collectible toys & misc.

CLEANING POSITION - PT

EBM, Inc. in DeKalb is looking for 2 part time evening Janitor / Custodians.

Please call Kathy Rystof at 847-815-7106 for further information.

DeKalb

DeKalb 809 S. 1st St.

Lawn Sweeper – Craftsman Like New - $100 815-784-2857 LAWN TOOL CADDY plastic, on casters, holds 20+ tools, great shape, 40"x 40"x 20" $20/OBO, Sycamore 815-762-0382

Smaller with weights, $50.

815-761-8571

Friday & Saturday 9 AM – 4 PM

Moving Sale Saturday May 31 9am – 3pm Sunday June 1 10am - 2pm

Ladies Watch Rings (6) New, Colored Glass Insert, Silver Tone Case, Make Great Gifts! $7.50 each OBO. 815-762-0382

WEIGHT SET

Antique & Collectible Sale

THURS 4PM-7PM FRI & SAT 9AM-3PM

JANITOR / CUSTODIAN

SYCAMORE Multi Family Garage Sale 1325 Foxpointe Dr. Thursday and Friday 9-4 Canadian fishing supplies, designer clothing, gas stove, 75 gallon fish tank with stand, motorcycle seat, toys, and many household items.

DEKALB 2180 Autumn Ln Huge Sale Fri & Sat 8:30am-4pm.

Toddler toys, baby items (strollers, crib, glider chair, swings), comics, electronics, stuffed animals, records, cedar chest, computer desk, picture frames, kitchen items & misc items.

SNEAKERS Sneaux Black Boy's Men's Size 7 Everyday Shoes, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

AQUARIUM

Gas Fireplace Insert -Ventless 36” w/screen and logs, never used, excellent condition $400 815-344-4384

Collectibles, hot wheels, diecast, older YU-GI-OH, Pokemon cards, trading cards, records, old post cards, toys, books, household, quality clothes, toddler (girls) thru adult,

333 Knollwood Drive

Kingston

Potty Chair - Blue & White, Like New, Made By Summer, $15.

Sycamore, 815-895-5373.

465 Lincolnshire Dr.

& MUCH, MUCH MORE! CAT – LOST South DeKalb County. Large neutered male, mostly white with big brown patches and brown Maine Coon tail. May still have red collar. If seen, please call at 815-501-9724. Reward for safe return. We miss him.

Have you seen or know what happened to him?

Old Wood Milk Crates - Assorted Dairies & Dates, Good Condition, 4 left, $25 each, Sycamore.

815-762-0382 SIGNS - 10 Metal Beer Signs. $150 obo.

847-515-8012

Radio Flyer Red Scoot About Ride On Kids Toddler Bike w/Bell & Seat That Adjusts As Child Grows Best for 1-2 Year Old, $18, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 TRICYCLE - Radio Flyer Child Bike Tricycle. Red & Blue In Color, $22, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

FRI, MAY 30 8AM - 5PM SAT, MAY 31 8AM - 2PM

(3½ miles South of I88)

Beer lights & mirrors, bikes, collectibles, antiques, car polisher, HedgeHog. Large assortment!

Plastic Drum - White, 55 gal.

Great For Rain Barrel Project Sycamore. $25 OBO - Moving.

815-762-0382 SHELVING UNITS 10 Metal Shelving Units & Tool Stands - Light To Medium Duty, most on casters - Assorted Sizes Moving $10-$40 Each. Sycamore.

815-762-0382 STEP LADDERS - 5 wood step ladders, Type lll, 200 lb rating, very good condition, 4' to 6' high, $15 each, moving, Sycamore 815-762-0382 Wine Entertainment Set, Napa 7-Piece New Hand Painted, Includes 4-12 Oz. Goblets 9" Cheese Dome 2-Piece Set & Decanter, $20, Sycamore.

815-895-5373.

Girl's Disney Princesses Two Wheel Bike, 12.5" Wheels, $18. DeKalb, 815-739-1953

Good clothing, scrapbook supplies, humidifiers, furniture, knickknacks, rain barrel, chimneria, books, lots of miscellaneous.

Friday & Saturday, May 30 & 31 8am – 4pm

BAR CLAMPS - Old Carpenters Bar Clamps, Notched Wood Beam, Cast Iron Stops, Approx 4'-5' long, $25 each, moving, Sycamore 815-762-0382 Framed Art - Autographed Cartoon Cell - Hanna/Barbera - Characters On Parade" Documented, Mint Condition $400 - Moving Sycamore 815-762-0382

Child Disney Princess Tricycle With Storage Area In Back, $25, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

SYCAMORE

15246 S. Route 23

33678 Kingston Rd. Great opportunity for an outgoing enthusiastic, organized individual.

Responsibilities include greeting the public, directing inquiries, answering calls and scheduling reservations. Experience in MS Word, Outlook, Excel and Access.

Send resume with salary history to mwest@oakcrestdekalb.org or to: DeKalb Area Retirement Center 2944 Greenwood Acres Dr. DeKalb, IL 60115

DeKalb 1181 Mary Court Th, Fri, Sat 8 – 3

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PETROLEUM SALES / DELIVERY

Kids items, lots of household items, Holiday items, mini fridge, mini freezer, TV's, Daybed w/trundle, 50cc Scooter, Vintage car parts, chest of drawers, antiques, tools, DeKalb collectibles, Disney one of a kind, cookie jars, computer, network cables, kids clothes & lots more.

Priced to Sell!

1951stuff@gmail.com

DeKalb

HEAVY DUTY TRUCK TECHNICIAN Truck / Trailer Repair Center seeking experienced full-time Heavy Duty Truck Technician.

Successful applicant must be able to efficiently & accurately diagnose & repair all malfunction breakdowns. 5+ years experience in field, basic computer skills, Mack truck or additional OEM certifications preferred.

Valid drivers license, have own tools. Must be physically able to handle heavy parts, tools. We provide competitive wage, vacation, uniform, 401k, insurance.

Send resume to: AXLE & EQUIPMENT SALES CO 1049 Paramount Parkway Batavia, IL 60510

Multi-Family

REDGATE NEIGHBORHOOD HUGE SALE St. Charles, Redgate entrances: Crane & Greenwood, Rt 31 & Abbeywood, Red Gate & Chesapeake; May 30 & 31 8am-4pm Hi-End Items including: Furniture: unique & distressed, antique, glass & brass; Tools: hand, power, shop, table & mitre saws; Home decor: Longaberger baskets, silk flowers, housewares, candles, wrought iron; Handmade jewelry & crafts; Sports: hockey, golf, baseball, basketball; New & Used Clothing; Toys; Books; Store Fixtures

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Pay is determined by skill, ability and prior experience. We pay the highest in our market and we are the only residential carpenter contractor that provides FREE healthcare for the Employee, Employee + Spouse and Employee + Child (ren). An affordable premium contribution is required for complete family coverage. In addition we offer dental, vision and participation in the 401K Plan.

If interested in steady residential carpentry work and for immediate consideration and job assignment call 815-544-1699 and asked to be placed on the hiring list or email resume to: Humanresources@rdthiel.com You will get a return call from our field operations.

Excellent benefits Retention bonus Competitive salary

Wed, Thur, Fri May 28, 29, 30 8am – 5pm

ST CHARLES

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CONSTRUCTION CARPENTERS NEEDED! CCA Midwest, Inc. the largest Carpenter Contractor located in the Chicagoland area is presently seeking experienced residential Carpenter candidates for steady work in and around the towns of Joliet, Shorewood, Plainfield, Naperville, Aurora and Oswego.

Dynamic RN needed to assist with nursing administration in a skilled, long term care facility. Responsibilities include providing, planning, coordinating, and managing nursing care services, health education, and infection control monitoring.

DEKALB 110 MATTEK AVE

(815) 562-5113

361 W. Hwy. #38 • PO Box 420 • Rochelle, IL 61068 www.bearrows.com

AUCTIONEERS: JOHN BEARROWS, Rochelle, IL (815) 739-9150 • IL Lic. #440000243

JOSH HICKEY, Steward, IL (815) 739-1030 • IL Lic. #441001092

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$159,900 to own this 3 Bdrm, 1 1/2 Bath Country Home.

Kaneland schools. Quality Amish Kitchen Cabintry, all appliance stay, workshop/storage out building & a garage.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

FOR SALE – BRICK RANCH

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3 Bdrms, 2 full baths, Full Basement. Stone Fireplace in Great Room. Huge Garage, Fenced Yard.

All appliances stay. Northwest side of DeKalb. $155,000

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

CLASSIFIED

Page D2 • Thursday, May 29, 2014

vs.

ROBERT C. RISSMAN, SHARON K. RISSMAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

IN CHANCERY CASE NO. 13 CH 419 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE !!!!!!!!!!!

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

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

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

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

815-575-5153

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above entitled cause the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

(1) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Jeff Weber, Vice President, Waterman State Bank, 248 West Lincoln, Waterman, IL 60556, Telephone Number: (815) 264-3201.

(2) The common address and other common description, if any, of the real estate is: 255 W. Cleveland Street, Waterman, Illinois 60556.

(4) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: residential.

(5) The real estate may be inspected prior to sale by calling the contact referenced above in Paragraph (1).

(6) The time and place of the sale is July 10, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

(7) The terms of sale are: A. The sale shall be by public auction.

B. The sale shall be by open verbal bid.

C. The sale shall be conducted by the Sheriff of DeKalb County, or other duly authorized officer.

(8) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

79 Lincoln Mark V Cartier Centenial Immaculate $8800 815-508-2916

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.

DEKALB - 4 bedroom, 2bath, 2car garage, brick ranch w/ basement, near elem. middle, high schools and NIU. 815-758-1691

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY WATERMAN STATE BANK, Plaintiff,

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 15, 22, 29 & June 5, 2014.)

MOBILE HOME Countryside Estates, Sandwich 14 x 64' on lot 65 x 110' 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, new appliances and upgrades, garage, warranted home roof, beautiful wood panel interior, bright and spacious rooms, owner selling $29,900 815-498-2067

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-1, NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-1 Plaintiff, -v.JAMES F. FEYERHERM, et al Defendant 3 : 13 CV 50137 JUDGE FREDERICK J. KAPALA NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 1, 2013, Daniel Huntley, Special Commissioner appointed herein, will at 1:00 PM on June 19, 2014, at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 W State front door entrance, Sycamore, IL, 60178, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 804 NORTH 5TH STREET, Dekalb, IL 60115 Property Index No. 08-14-380032.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $112,894.90.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of auction payable to the Special Commissioner. The balance in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours, also payable to the Special Commissioner. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes

Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

The Knolls

Kingston Efficiency Unit

Hot new deluxe townhomes.

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439

Appl, $330/mo+sec, 1 yr lease.

No pets/smkg. 815-975-4601

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

Garage, C/A, Basement. Pets?

Starting at $645 Malta Quiet, Upper 2 Bedroom Appl, a/c, laundry, water/garbage included + extra storage.

815-751-0480

ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOM Remodeled, clean and quiet.

Available now. 815-758-6580 or 815-739-5806

Rochelle 1 Bedroom, 1 Bath A MUST SEE! 700 SQ FT Eat in kitchen w/deck. $525/mo Includes all utilities, except electric Bill @ 815-501-0913

815-757-1907 DeKalb-206 Gurler St.-Newer, 2 lg BR, 1.5BA, appl, CA, bsmt, W/D, patio, 1 car gar. $900 + util, 1st/lst/sec. No pets – 1 yr lease 815-758-8335

Sycamore 4 Bedroom, 3 Bath Great room, sun porch, all appl, garage, yard, nice neighborhood. $1000/mo + 1st, last sec, no smkg, avail 6/1. 815-895-4071 Sycamore-2 story, 3 BR, 1.5 BA 1 car garage, 1st/sec dep + all utilities. $950/mo No pets/smoking 815-739-6174

DEKALB - 4 Bedroom, 2 Bath on Lincoln Hwy, near downtown.

Large kitchen, family room and living room, Fenced yard, basement, Hardwood floors. No pets. $1200 per month. Duff Properties, LLC. duffpropertiesllc@gmail.com 815-827-3434 815-482-4155 DEKALB - Very nice 3 BR, 1 bath, large yard. Avail 6/15, pets ok. $1250/ mo + utilities, $1250 deposit. Agent owned. 815-739-1347

DeKalb 2BR, Hardwood Floors

Shabbona ~ Spacious 2BR

Basemen, W/D, large shed, $895.

ALSO 4BR, $1275. No pets/smoke.

815-762-4730 DeKalb 3 Bedroom, stove, fridge, dishwasher, central air, lg fenced yard, 2 ½ car garage, available June/July 815-758-0079

DeKalb 400 River Rd. 3BR,1BA

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

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

Laing Mgmt.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

THE FOSTER & BUICK LAW GROUP, LLC 2040 ABERDEEN COURT SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS 60178 PHONE: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 29, June 5 & 12, 2014.)

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2, 3BR

Newly painted, W/D hook-up.

No dogs, $635/mo + security.

847-738-2334

WATERMAN STATE BANK, Plaintiff, By: /s/ Timothy J. Conklin Timothy J. Conklin, One of Its Attorneys

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

630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833

sp pl no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number C14-95332.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C14-95332 Case Number: 3 : 13 CV 50137 TJSC#: 34-7423 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Sycamore Country Setting 2 bedroom,1 bath, clean, quiet, new carpet. 815-758-6580 Or call for personal showing

4 season room, frplc, hrdwd flrs.

Appl, W/D, bsmt, 1 car, $975/mo + utilities + $1000 sec, avail 7/1.

No pets/smoking. 815-748-4485 6 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Basement, Large lot, $1250/mo.

815-746-4646 ~ 815-375-4615

MALTA 4 BEDROOM 2 + car garage, large yard.

Pets neg, $1025/mo + 1st, last sec.

815-757-1045 SYCAMORE 3 BR / 2.5 BA July 1st.

Fence, basement, fireplace, pets ok, 2 car garage. $1800/mo 630-841-6868

SYCAMORE ROOM W/PRIVATE ENTRANCE

DEKALB – near downtown North 2nd Street, 800+ sq. ft. ideal for office, retail, salon, call for details, agent owned.

815-756-2359 or 815-758-6712

Sycamore E. State St. AVAILABLE NOW! DeKalb 1BR $550, 2BR $650

Hillcrest Place Apts.

220 E. Hillcrest. 815-758-0600 hillcrestplaceaptsdekalb.com DeKalb - Large 2 Bdrm, 2 bathstove, fridge, D/W, W/D, A/C, security entrance, quiet bldg, no dogs 815-758-0079

DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS

Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

Sycamore. 22X29' Shop/Storage 9' overhead door. $400/mo. Heat & Electric incl.

J&A RE 815-970-0679

Sycamore Newly Remodeled

Upper 3BR, $750 + gas & electric + dep, 1 year lease. No smkg/pets.

Agent Owned 630-204-6476

Sycamore – Small Studio Apt. walk to downtown, no pets, $475/mo. 815-751-5904

Starting @ $599, 2 Bedroom $683, 3 Bedroom Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.

University Village Apts.

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

DEKALB ~ 1 BEDROOM Available July/Aug. Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com

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

815-758-6580

DeKalb 1BR With Study Stove, fridge, heat included.

815-748-4085 DEKALB ~ 227 N. 1st Large 2BR, carport, A/C, laundry.

Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo.

J&A RE. 815-970-0679 DEKALB ADULT, QUIET, REFINED Building. 2 Bedroom Apt with homey environment. Car port. For mature living. Excellent Location!

No pets/smoking. Agent Owned.

815-758-6712

Sycamore Upper 2BR Duplex

1.5BA, W/D in common area.

No pets/smoking, $700/mo + 1st last security. 815-501-1378 Waterman – Large 2 Bedroom with Garage. Stove, refrigerator, washer, dryer, air, no pets/smoking. Call 815-264-3996

DeKalb: 2BR Townhome w/Study, C/A, W/D, Garage Townsend Management 815-787-7368

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.

No pets. a 815-758-0123 Sycamore – Woodgate Condo 2 bedroom penthouse, quiet living, pool at clubhouse, garage, available June, great for grad students, $830/mo. Reduced rate for longer lease, credit check req'd, call John 630-240-1973

SYCAMORE ~ DEKALB Off Coltonville, small 3BR Condo.

Water and garbage incl, $800/mo.

No pets.

815-758-0019

You Want It? We've Got It! DeKalb Large 2BR, Near NIU 2 bath, newly painted in nice area.

Laundry, prkg, pets OK, $640+sec.

Avail 6/1. Keith 312-286-4278

Classified has GREAT VARIETY!

877-264-2527 Daily-Chronicle.com

ptio any of the real estate is: 255 W. Cleveland Street, Waterman, Illinois 60556.

(3) The legal description of the real estate is: THE NORTH HALF OF LOT 19 AND ALL OF LOT 20 IN BLOCK 2 IN LAMB'S ADDITION TO THE VILLAGE OF WATERMAN, SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF DEKALB AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. (4) A description of the improvements on the real estate is: residential.

(5) The real estate may be inspected prior to sale by calling the contact referenced above in Paragraph (1).

(6) The time and place of the sale is July 10, 2014 at 1:00 p.m. at the DeKalb County Sheriff's Office, 150 N. Main Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

(7) The terms of sale are: A. The sale shall be by public auction.

B. The sale shall be by open verbal bid.

C. The sale shall be conducted by the Sheriff of DeKalb County, or other duly authorized officer.

(8) Title will be conveyed subject to all general real estate taxes which are a lien upon the real estate, but have not yet become due and payable, and special assessments, if any, and easements and restrictions of record.

WATERMAN STATE BANK, Plaintiff, By: /s/ Timothy J. Conklin Timothy J. Conklin, One of Its Attorneys THE FOSTER & BUICK LAW GROUP, LLC 2040 ABERDEEN COURT SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS 60178 PHONE: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 29, June 5 & 12, 2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY WATERMAN STATE BANK, Plaintiff, vs.

ROBERT C. RISSMAN, SHARON K. RISSMAN, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

IN CHANCERY CASE NO. 13 CH 419 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered by the Court in the above entitled cause the property hereinafter described or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said Judgment, will be sold to the highest bidder.

(1) The name, address and telephone number of the person to contact for information regarding the real estate is: Jeff Weber, Vice President, Waterman State Bank, 248 West Lincoln, Waterman, IL 60556, Telephone Number: (815) 264-3201.

(2) The common address and other common description, if any,

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS WESTERN DIVISION THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE TO JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, AS TRUSTEE FOR NOVASTAR MORTGAGE FUNDING TRUST, SERIES 2004-1, NOVASTAR HOME EQUITY LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2004-1 Plaintiff, -v.JAMES F. FEYERHERM, et al Defendant 3 : 13 CV 50137 JUDGE FREDERICK J. KAPALA NOTICE OF SPECIAL COMMISSIONER'S SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 1, 2013, Daniel Huntley, Special Commissioner appointed herein, will at 1:00 PM on June 19, 2014, at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 W State front door entrance, Sycamore, IL, 60178, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 51 IN L.C. MEAD SUBDIVISION A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 40 NORTH, RANGE 4 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 6, 1943 AS DOCUMENT NO. 180048 IN BOOK 'G' OF PLATS PAGE 89 SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 804 NORTH 5TH STREET, Dekalb, IL 60115 Property Index No. 08-14-380032.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

The judgment amount was $112,894.90.

Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of auction payable to the Special Commissioner. The balance in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours, also payable to the Special Commissioner. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765

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op ty ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information, contact Plaintiff's attorney: POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610, Chicago, IL 60606, (312) 263-0003. Please refer to file number C14-95332.

POTESTIVO & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 223 WEST JACKSON BLVD, STE 610 Chicago, IL 60606 (312) 263-0003 Attorney File No. C14-95332 Case Number: 3 : 13 CV 50137 TJSC#: 34-7423 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 15, 22, 29 & June 5, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB ESTATE OF MARION L. HEAL, DECEASED.

By: /s/ Jill M. Tritt One of her Attorneys The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC Attorneys at Law 2040 Aberdeen Court Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 15, 22 & 29, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF DEKALB ESTATE OF MARTHA SNIEGOCKI DECEASED. Case No. 14 P 51 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Martha Sniegocki, of the City of DeKalb and State of Illinois. Letters of office were issued on the 14th day of May, 2014, to Joanne F. Rouse, whose attorneys are The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC, 2040 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the DeKalb County Court House, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178, or with the representative, or both, no later than 4:30 p.m. on or before the 10th day of November, 2014, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Joanne F. Rouse, Executor By: /s/ Kevin E. Buick One of her Attorneys

Case No. 14 P 47 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of Marion L. Heal, of DeKalb, Illinois.

Letters of office were issued on the 7th day of May, 2014, to Lisa H. Nelson of 2707 Country Club Lane, DeKalb, Illinois, 60115, whose attorneys are The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC, 2040 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the DeKalb County Court House, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178, or with the representative, or both, no later than 4:30 p.m. on or before the 15th day of November, 2014, and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

Lisa H. Nelson, Executor

The Foster & Buick Law Group, LLC Attorneys at Law 2040 Aberdeen Court Sycamore, IL 60178 Phone: (815) 758-6616 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 22, 29 & June 5, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARY M. MEYER DECEASED NO. 14 P 56 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given to creditors of the death of Mary M. Meyer. Letters of

PUBLIC NOTICE Annual Financial Report for May 1, 2013 to April 30, 2014 Waterman Community Fire Protection District Balance on Hand - Checking Account - May 1, 2013

$15,429.85

DEPOSITS Ambulance and Fire Donations $7,845.12 DeKalb County Collector - Real Estate Taxes $140,842.72 DeKalb County Treasurer - 911 Pagers $1,750.00 Ambulance Fees $39,902.22 Foreign Fire Tax $2,177.73 Treasurer - State of Illinois - Replacement Property Taxes $5,421.39 Utica National Insurnace Company – Dividend $3,610.10 Waterman State Bank - Money Market Interest $987.16 Waterman State Bank - NOW Account Interest $11.54 TOTAL DEPOSITS

$202,547.98

EXPENSES 2013-14 Firemen and Trustee Payroll Air One Alert All - Fire Prevention Week Alexis Fire Equipment American Legion – Flag Andres Medical Billing Anthony Balance - TB Test Bill Weigel - Computer Maint Black Hawk Fire Fighters Assoc – dues Bound Tree - EMT Training Matl Caseys General Stores – Miscelaneous Cintas - Fire Ext Clidea Lave – Supplies Com Ed Communications 2000 – Radios Conserv FS Hintzsche Oil Casey's General Stores – Fuel Dave Lave – Supplies Dave Prusa – Supplies DeKalb Clinic - EMT shots DeKalb County Fireman's Death Benefit DeKalb County Health - EMT Shots Discover - State Convention Ed Bowman – Supplies Emergency Services Insurance Encompass Farmboy Services - Mow Lot Fireground Supplies Freiders Law Frontier Harland Clarke – Checks Hinckley Fire - ALS Runs Hinckley Floral IAFPD Dues Illini Security Illinois Department of Health - Amb License Illinois Fire Chiefs Association Dues Illinois Firefighter Assoc – dues Indian Oaks – Dinner Kish Health Family – Shots Kishwaukee Community Hospital - Amb Supplies Lea's - Water Fights Liberty Mutual - Workers Comp – 2014 MABAS Division VI – dues MC Peoduct - Eng 4 Water Valve Mediacom Midwest IT - computer services Mike's Auto - Amb Testing NFPA – dues Northern Illinois Ambulance Billing NICOR PMI - AMB Supplies Postmaster Priority Promotions – Shirts Randy Mapes – Supplies Ridge Ambulance Services - ALS Run Ryan Frieders - Family Picnic Shaw Suburban - Newspaper Reports Somonauk Fire - ALS Run Somonauk Fire - EMT Class Superior Diesel – Repairs Swiss Phone US Postal Service - PO Box Valley West Community Hospital - Amb Supplies Verizon Wireless Waterman Truck Fund – Supplies Weber & Associates - 2012 Reporting WSB - Box Rental

$41,157.33 $10,457.20 $396.25 $165,335.00 $25.00 $70.50 $30.00 $1,398.05 $100.00 $238.67 $376.88 $87.00 $251.78 $2,011.18 $600.00 $4,296.73 $404.66 $65.46 $87.39 $347.55 $223.55 $48.00 $579.00 $780.07 $212.11 $20,637.00 $734.51 $120.00 $736.73 $270.00 $609.06 $52.22 $1,700.00 $251.70 $750.00 $647.50 $50.00 $200.00 $190.00 $2,729.10 $240.00 $2,143.97 $139.00 $6,980.00 $300.00 $181.61 $590.19 $63.98 $108.00 $165.00 $1,788.32 $2,875.56 $300.59 $154.21 $570.00 $132.67 $1,925.00 $58.00 $501.72 $300.00 $1,800.00 $12,693.12 $1,943.29 $42.00 $10.95 $35.00 $393.22 $600.00 $40.00

TOTAL EXPENSES

$296,332.58

Balance on Hand - Checking Account May 1, 2013 $15,429.85 Money Market - Waterman State Bank May 1, 2013 $188,608.04 Total Cash on Hand May 1, 2013 $204,037.89 Receipts & Deposits $202,547.98 Total Cash on Hand and Deposits $406,585.87 Less Expenses $296,332.58 Total Cash on Hand April 30, 2014 $110,253.29 Less Money Market Waterman State Bank April 30, 2014 $93,595.20 Balance on Hand - Checking Account April 30, 2014 $16,658.09 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 29, 2014.)

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Daily Chronicle / daily-chronicle.com ry yer office were issued to Richard Meyer, whose address is 401 W. LaSalle Street, Somonauk, Illinois 60552, and Kathryn E. Meyer, whose address is 420 E. North Street, Somonauk, IL 60552, whose attorney of record is Charles E. Marshall, Post Office Box 488, 121 West DeKalb Street, Somonauk, Illinois 60552 and CDH Lawgroup, 2000 W. Galena Blvd, Suite 210, Aurora, IL 60506. Claims against the estate may be filed in the Circuit Clerk's Office, DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, or with the representative or both on or before the 29th day of November, 2014, or if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by Section 18-3 of the Probate Act of 1975, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that day is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed. The estate will be administered without Court supervision administration unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

Richard Meyer, Co-Executor for the Estate of Mary M. Meyer, Deceased.

Kathryn E. Meyer, Co-Executor for the Estate of Mary M. Meyer, Deceased.

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IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: ALLEGRA CHINWALLA and GRACE CHINWALLA FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on June 30, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Jean Domel Hop will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from ALLEGRA CHINWALLA to ALLEGRA DOMEL and GRACE CHINWALLA to GRACE DOMEL pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Jean Domel Hop 10205 Perry Rd DeKalb, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 15, 22 & 29, 2014.)

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(Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 29, June 5 & 12, 2014.)

PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT FOR PRE-K/EC CENTER LOCATED AT HUNTLEY MIDDLE SCHOOL

PUBLIC NOTICE

DeKalb School District 428 does hereby invite sealed bids for Playground Equipment and Installation for the Pre-K/EC Center located at Huntley Middle School in DeKalb, Illinois.

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

Bids will be received at DeKalb School District 428's Education Center, located at 901 South Fourth Street, DeKalb, Illinois, until 1:00 pm local time, June 11, 2014, at which time they will be publicly opened and read aloud.

Beginning Wednesday, May 28, 2014, those desiring to bid may obtain copies of the specifications and other bidding information by emailing Shannon Whitaker, Administrative Assistant of Facility Operations Services at shannon.whitaker.@dist428.org.

Bid security in the form of a certified check or cashier's check payable to the District, or a satisfactory bid bond, in the amount of ten percent (10%) of the bid total must be submitted with each bid.

PRE-BID MEETING: All prospective bidders are REQUIRED to attend a MANDATORY pre-bid meeting at 11:00 am on Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in the North Board Room of the Education Center located at 901 S. 4th Street; DeKalb, Illinois.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 27, 28 & 29, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Education of Genoa-Kingston CUSD #424 will have a public hearing on the Tentative 2013-2014 Amended Budget on June 30, 2014 at the Special Board of Education Meeting at 7:00 a.m. in the Genoa-Kingston High School Community Room.

The said Budget will be placed on public display on the District website at www.gkschools.org and at the District Office, 980 Park Avenue, Genoa, Illinois for 30 days prior to the Budget Hearing. The Amended Budget is planned for adoption at the June 30, 2014 Board of Education Special Meeting.

By the authority of the GenoaKingston CUSD #424 Board of Education.

Heather Edwards Secretary (Published in the Daily Chronicle May 29, 2014.)

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