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Capacity drives electricity prices Costs will increase, decrease Sunday depending on place of residence ritory in central and southern Illinois will see a decrease from about 4.8 to about 4.6 cents a kiloDeKALB – Electricity costs watt-hour. will increase or decrease Sunday Officials said the reason bedepending on where in Illinois hind ComEd’s prices are an inyou live, driven largely by capac- crease in the cost to reserve the ity issues in northern Illinois. power supply in case of higher ComEd’s electricity rates will demand and the harsh winter. increase from 5.5 to 7.596 cents a “Think of those hot summer kilowatt-hour starting Sunday, days when everybody’s cranking but those living in Ameren’s ter- up their air conditioning,” said

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Jim Chilsen, spokesman for the Citizens Utility Board. “Demand goes through the roof. The power grid has to have the capacity to meet demand on those days.”

The Illinois Power Agency buys power on behalf of both ComEd and Ameren, so neither company sets its own rates.

Chilsen said it’s actually more beneficial for the IPA to determine costs rather than having

for-profit companies do so. The IPA was established in 2007.

“IPA is a step in the right direction,” Chilsen said. “The previous system had ComEd and Ameren in charge of buying power, which led to a lot of big problems.”

Meanwhile, Ameren’s costs are decreasing, because they don’t face the same high demand issue, Chilsen said. Costs also are

expected to decline because of the IPA’s hedging strategies. A large portion of current year purchases were made in past years when prices were lower, Ameren spokeswoman Marcelyn Love said.

DeKalb County residents should expect to pay higher bills because the increase in capacity

Know more For more information on electricity rates, visit www.citizensutilityboard. org.

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Veterans Affairs’ Shinseki resigns

EYEING INDUSTRIAL JOBS

Secretary takes blame for vets’ health care troubles

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press

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DeKalb County Economic Development Corp. luncheon attendees watch as Hong Pham, an Ideal Industries Inc. employee, attaches handles to screwdrivers in the Pratt-Read section during a tour Thursday of the Sycamore plant.

DeKalb County leaders talk manufacturing growth

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Jim James poses a challenge to his employees daily: Think of ways to put Ideal Industries out of business.

“We are continuously looking at things that would put us out of business,” said James, the CEO of Sycamore-based Ideal Industries.

“We look at our products and say, ‘If I wanted to put us out of business, what would I do?’ ” The strategy appears to have worked for Ideal, of which James has been the CEO since 2008. He succeeded David Juday, a member of the family that founded the company in 1916.

Remaining a competitive manufacturer for nearly a century has required Ideal Industries to stay flexible and adapt to the changes brought on by more technology and outsourcing. Ideal employs about 335 people; in 2007, DeKalb County had 4,752 manufacturing jobs overall.

Those workers help produce the many goods created by local firms, some of which are profiled in today’s special section, “Made In DeKalb County.”

Overall, manufacturing jobs comprise the largest private, for-profit business sector and the largest driver of gross domestic product in the county, Paul Borek, executive director of the DeKalb

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County Economic Development Corp., said.

Although manufacturing still dominates the private, for-profit sector, the number of manufacturing jobs has decreased in the county as it has across the country as manufacturers adopt more technology.

But those are the types of jobs the DCEDC wants to attract, as those jobs tend to be better paying than other job sectors.

“We work with local companies to identify needs and opportunities and connect them with resources to support their expansion, to support their improvements

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WASHINGTON – Beset by growing evidence of patient delays and cover-ups, embattled Veterans Affairs Secretary Eric Shinseki resigned from President Barack Obama’s Cabinet on Friday, taking the blame for what he decried as a “lack of integrity” in the sprawling health care system for the nation’s military veterans.

Obama, under mounting pressure to act from fellow Democrats who are worried about political fallout in the fall elections, praised Eric Shinseki the retired fourstar general and said he accepted his resignation with “considerable regret.” But the president, too, focused on increasingly troubling allegations of treatment delays and preventable deaths at veterans hospitals around the country.

Emerging from an Oval Office meeting with Shinseki, a stonefaced Obama said the secretary himself acknowledged he had become a distraction as the administration moves to address the VA’s troubles, and the president agreed with him.

“We don’t have time for distractions,” Obama said. “We need to fix the problem.”

One of Shinseki’s last acts as secretary was to hand the president an internal accounting that underscored just how big the problems have become. It showed that in some cases, VA schedulers have been pressured to fake information for reports to make waiting times for medical appointments look more favorable.

“It is totally unacceptable,” Obama said. “Our vets deserve the best. They’ve earned it.”

The president appointed Sloan Gibson, the No. 2 at the Veterans Affairs Department, as temporary secretary as the search for a permanent successor began.

Obama also asked Rob Nabors, a top White House aide who has been dispatched to the VA to oversee a broad review, to stay for the time being.

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8DAILY PLANNER Today

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; Contact: 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. This nondenominational food pantry serves the southwest part of DeKalb County and the southeast area of Lee County. 815-824-2228.

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

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

Learning to Live Al-Anon group: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Newman Catholic Center annex, Normal Road in DeKalb; llc904@hotmail.com.

Narcotics Anonymous: 10 to 11 a.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St. in DeKalb; www.rragsna. org; 815-964-5959.

Knights’ Saturday Burgers and More: 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at DeKalb Knights of Columbus Club: 1336 E. Lincoln Highway. Open to the public.

Burger buffet: Noon to 2 p.m. at Genoa Veterans Home, 311 S. Washington St. The public is invited for lunch.

Group Hope: Noon to 1:30 p.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road in DeKalb. This free support and discussion meeting is for NIU students and DeKalb community residents. Community facilitators are sought to volunteer to help others. Contact Dr. Charles Smith, 815-398-9628 or visit www. grouphope.org or www.dbsalliance. org.

Lightning games: 1:30 p.m. at Genoa Veteran’s Club, 311 S. Washington St.; www.genoavetshome. us or contact Cindy at crmcorn65@ yahoo.com or 815-751-1509.

Back to Basics AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at Cortland Methodist Church, 45 Chestnut St., Cortland. Last Saturday is open meeting. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

AA Speaker Open Meeting: 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Saturday Night AA(C): 10 p.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Sunday 24 Hours a Day AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

Sandwich Swings!: 4 to 6 p.m. at Plano American Legion Post 395, 510 E. Dearborn St., Plano. Singles Welcome. Casual dress. Cash bar available. Admission costs $5 a person. 815-570-9004.

Society for Creative Anachronism Fighter’s Practice: 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the East Lagoon located on the corner of Castle Drive and College Avenue on NIU Campus, DeKalb. Visit www.carraigban.org/ or call 815-739-5788 or 815-986-5403 for other information.

Middle Ages-Renaissance history re-enactors and those interested in “stepping into the past” are welcome.

Bread & Roses women’s chorus practice: 5:45 to 8 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 830 N. Annie Glidden Road in DeKalb.

For information, call Patty Rieman at 815-758-4897 or visit www. breadandroseschorus.org.

DeKalb County Illinois NAACP Adult Chapter: 6 to 7 p.m. at New Hope Church at Twombly and Annie Glidden roads in DeKalb. Attendees discuss political, educational, social and economic equality to eliminate racial hatred and racial discrimination. Contact: Kevin Chambliss at tiger39217@yahoo.com or 815-5017583.

Steps And Traditions AA(C): 6 p.m. at Masonic Hall, Route 23, Genoa. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

No Longer Hopeless AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor, DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Any Lengths AA(C): 8 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

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8WHAT’S HAPPENING AT DAILY-CHRONICLE.COM? Yesterday’s Reader Poll results:

Today’s Reader Poll question:

Which is your favorite part of the Ellwood House?

Would you drive to Chicago to visit the “Star Wars” creator George Lucas’ cultural arts museum if he builds it there?

I’ve never visited: 37 percent The local history: 27 percent The interior decorating: 18 percent The playhouse: 11 percent The gardens: 7 percent

• Yes, multiple times • Probably once • Only if someone makes me • No

Total votes: 194

Picking up the pieces at Taxco he got a call that someone was breaking into his restaurant.

His heart pounding, he searched frantically for his clothes. He got another call, telling him someone had used a truck to break in. He thought someone had used the truck to knock out the window and rob the place.

When Romero made it the three blocks from his home to Taxco Restaurant at 223 W. State St. in Sycamore, he couldn’t believe the scene: There were firefighters and police, and a truck had crashed halfway through one of the restaurant’s windows, leaving a trail of destruction.

Romero, 44, has worked at the restaurant since it opened in downtown Sycamore almost 22 years ago. He said his first reaction was he was Jesus glad it happened about 6 Romero a.m. on a Sunday, so no one was hurt.

The restaurant didn’t look as though it was open Friday afternoon – much of the area is cordoned off with yellow tape and construction barricades. But Romero was able to reopen for business around 3 p.m.

The section of the restaurant that the truck destroyed has been stabilized with temporary support braces and walled off from the restaurant’s cantina area.

It’s the part where visitors to downtown Sycamore regularly see Lilia Leon and Cecilia Mendoza making tortillas in the window, just as Lilia’s mother used to make in Mexico.

It was the original part of the restaurant, which has since expanded to include more space.

The relief that no one was injured later gave way to the reality that the restaurant that Romero has worked to build over the past two decades was seriously damaged.

“It was a little emotional to see something that I worked so hard on, it took 22 years to be the way it is now, and see the original building destroyed, it was a little sad,” Romero said.

It also began what will be a long process of planning temporary and permanent repairs, planning health and building code inspections, and accounting for lost inventory.

The sounds of saws and hammers intruded at times on my phone conversation Friday with Romero.

“We’ve been working around the clock to clean up the restaurant as well as everything outside,” Romero said.

EDITOR’S NOTE Eric Olson “We’re building a temporary entrance in the middle of the building, and there’s going to be a partial wall that’s going to have access for people who live upstairs.”

A catastrophic accident such as the one that happened Sunday can be enough to put a restaurateur out of business. It also can hurt employees, who lose out on pay they might have been counting on with almost no notice.

Romero said that won’t be the case for Taxco. His employees clocked in to help with the cleanup – he said he wanted to make sure they could earn some money while the restaurant is closed.

In the past year or so, Romero said he’s spent thousands on remodeling, including a new awning, new façade and new windows, and he plans to put the place back together much as it was.

But it won’t happen overnight. After the crash, the restaurant had to dispose of much of its inventory. Many of the 400 or so bottles of tequila or other alcohol with pour-tops had to be removed, along with napkins, straws, and much of the food.

“We’ve been working around the clock with all my staff, because we have to throw away a lot of food,” Romero said. “We are making everything fresh.”

There’s never a good time to have your business damaged, but the timing couldn’t be worse this time. Not only is the business marking 22 years in operation in downtown Sycamore on Sunday, but this past week also was Romero’s 20th wedding anniversary, he said. He had plans – and canceled them.

But the place means a lot to Romero. He said he eats there daily with his family. He’s been working there since his uncle Efraim Salgado first opened the restaurant in 1992, and he’s been the sole owner for years.

The place means a lot to a lot of people in the community, too. After the crash, Romero said friends, neighbors and loyal customers all offered to help with pickup trucks, with Dumpsters, or in cleaning up the mess. The city inspectors, police, and firefighters have all been very helpful, too, Romero said.

The story was one of the most-viewed pieces online at Daily-Chronicle.com this week, and the reaction of most people when they read it was probably, “Oh, no.”

“We’re not going anywhere,” Romero said. “I can not think of any better town to raise my family and have a business.

We’re surrounded by a beautiful community and great neighbors.”

Text pressure: I don’t know how many sentences I’ve written in newspapers over my career, but it’s a lot.

By my conservative estimate, this is probably the third time I’ve ever used an exclamation point!

It is not necessary, unless something is actually being yelled. Likewise, I am about to break my personal printed emoticon barrier right now : ).

News writers don’t use these kinds of devices, but text-messagers and emailers and social media commenters do all the time.

If you do not use them in those media, it seems like people start to think you’re weird, or angry at them. Oh, if only they understood how the poor exclamation point is being abused these days.

It’s as though if you simply write “thanks,” or “sure,” or “sounds great,” you’re seen as ungrateful or insincere, but if you stick an exclamation point at the end of those sentiments, and maybe follow it up with a whole bunch of emojis (those are the little pictures, usually of weird yellow faces) this somehow makes it clear you mean it, and that you’re a real person with feelings and not some robot.

I mean it. That’s why I wrote it.

As far as I know, no one’s written any kind of style manual on this kind of communication. But you know that when you get a message from someone who says “It was so great to see you this weekend!! I’m glad you didn’t hurt yourself with that chainsaw!!!” followed by a bunch of smiley faces and other symbols, it almost seems rude to simply respond “You guys too. Let’s do it again soon.”

You’re kind of supposed to match exclamation points with exclamation points, right?

As one person on Twitter put it, “I hate texting people who don’t use smileys. I feel like I’m texting Kristen Stewart.”

Sigh. I guess maybe I’d better try to improve some of my textual emoting, but I promise not to do it in this space any more.

Thanks for reading!!!

• Eric Olson is editor of the Daily Chronicle. Reach him at 815-756-4841 ext.

2257, email eolson@shawmedia.com, or follow him on Twitter @DC_Editor.

8TODAY’S TALKER

George Lucas museum Chicago’s next big attraction? host a star-studded party to celebrate after their California wedding. In a statement welcoming Chicago’s bid, Lucas even called it his “second home.”

By JASON KEYSER The Associated Press CHICAGO – Mayor Rahm Emanuel is using everything but Jedi mind tricks to persuade “Star Wars” creator George Lucas to put his planned museum of art and movie memorabilia in Chicago.

Lucas has been talking to San Francisco about a location. At first blush, the West Coast bid seems obvious. It’s Lucas’ hometown. It’s a premier center of technology and innovation, and it’s closer to the nation’s movie-making heartland. San Francisco Mayor Edwin Lee on Thursday sent Lucas a letter offering the museum a spot on the city’s scenic waterfront.

Emanuel, a former White House chief of staff, is known for going after big amenities that can burnish Chicago’s global reputation (he’s currently pushing for President Barack Obama’s presidential library), and he sees himself as the city’s salesman-in-chief.

But what can Chicago offer in the war for the Lucas Cultural Arts Museum? Here are five things to know about Chicago’s bid:

Hey, Chewie. Meet da Bears The city is offering up a slice of real estate along the Lake Michigan shorefront and near other big attractions

This may or may not be the city you’re looking for

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Football fans tailgate Jan. 23, 2011, in a parking lot south of Soldier Field before a Bears game in Chicago. Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is trying to persuade “Star Wars” creator George Lucas to put his planned museum of art and movie memorabilia in Chicago and is offering up a slice of real estate along the Lake Michigan shorefront. such as the Shedd Aquarium.

The site is currently a parking lot south of Soldier Field, meaning fans dressed up as Chewbacca and Darth Vader might have to cross paths with rowdy Bears tailgaters.

Is Emanuel being played?

All good negotiators know you need to play one side against another. And assertions by local news outlets that Chicago is or was a front-runner may have helped wrest a better deal out of San Francisco, which rejected Lucas’ first choice of a location near the Golden Gate Bridge. Lee has

acknowledged his city wasn’t a shoo-in but said he wouldn’t easily give up the fight.

Either way, Emanuel stands to gain, if only from the publicity that comes with contending for big-time attractions and events.

The second city is Lucas’ ‘second home’ Lucas feels an affinity for Chicago, where he has spent a lot of time, since his wife, prominent businesswoman Mellody Hobson, is from the city. Chicago closed down Promontory Point on the lakefront so the couple could

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What Chicagoans say Some of Chicago’s most important civic leaders are behind the push to bring the museum. Emanuel has enlisted a task force with the likes of architect Jeanne Gang and Walter Massey, president of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. But not everyone is so keen. Northwestern University English professor Bill Savage, in a column this week for Crain’s Chicago Business, suggested the museum would be a glorified holding tank for movie props better suited to Las Vegas.

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Law enforcement trains for trouble at NIU Drill was the first full-scale exercise

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For video from the active shooter training drill at Northern Illinois University, visit Daily-Chronicle.com.

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois University police Sgt. Jason Wright said he is always training, so he was physically and emotionally prepared for the university’s full-scale active shooter training Friday.

Wright was an NIU police officer during the Feb. 14, 2008, campus shooting in which five people were killed and 21injured before the gunman took his own life. Friday’s simulation staged seven deaths and 14 injuries, for a total of 21 “shooting victims.”

“You train, you train, you train,” Wright said, “so when something happens, you’re as prepared as you can possibly be.”

With the full-scale training exercise at Lincoln Hall dormitory, NIU became the first in DeKalb County to receive a certificate for completing the Illinois Law Enforcement Alarm System’s Agency Preparedness Program. State police, DeKalb County Sheriff’s deputies, and Sycamore and DeKalb police participated in the simulation, with FBI officers on hand observing.

There were about 90 first

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An Illinois State Police tactical unit enters Lincoln Hall on Friday during active-shooter training at Northern Illinois University. responders and more than 200 total participants in the simulation, said NIU police Chief Tom Phillips.

The simulation involved four shooters who were each in the dormitory to give all the participants the opportunity to utilize their training, Phillips said.

Phillips focused on the fact that so many local police officials worked together.

“This was about bringing that team together and moving forward as a community,” Phillips said.

NIU police Cmdr. Don Rodman agreed. He was an NIU police officer in 2008 and responded to the shooting by

tending to the wounded in the medical triage.

Rodman coordinated with volunteers and first responders during the simulation. He said he wasn’t worried about it bringing up bad memories.

“We want to make sure we’re improving as individuals, as police officers in the department and as law enforcement in general,” he said. “We can put ourselves in the situation and take away points to always get better.”

NIU has done active-shooter training simulations in the past, but Friday’s was the first full-scale exercise and involved more people.

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tactical response team went into Lincoln Hall. Emergency medical technicians put “wounded” actors on stretchers and into ambulances.

Katie Roley played a wounded person. Roley, a health educator at DeKalb County Health Department, still had red stains on her shirt after the exercise.

Roley also chewed on a blood packet that gushed a red substance similar to blood out of her mouth. When rescuers found her, they put a tag on her and told her she didn’t survive.

Wright’s role in the simulation was to respond to the media during a mock news conference. In 2008, he helped clear Cole Hall.

Wright said he remembers that day any time he hears the phrase active shooter, but he said he has adjusted fairly well since then, because the police department trains with so many simulations.

“We’ve practiced it so much so you have an opportunity to grieve,” Wright said.

“I was fine doing the things I needed to do.”

jduchnowski@shawmedia.com ST. CHARLES – Derrick J. Buttrum bought a bottle of rum for two underage siblings who crashed their car, killing one of them, after leaving his bonfire, authorities said.

Buttrum, 25, who is listed in police Derrick J. r e c o r d s a s Buttrum living in the 1900 block of Oxbow Lane in Marengo, hosted a bonfire for a handful of people at his home in the 44w200 block of Route 20 outside Hampshire, authorities said.

Tyrus Taylor, 19, of the 1100 block of Market Street in DeKalb, paid Buttrum for the liquor, and both he and his sister, 20-year-old Tiffany

Taylor, drank it and left early April 12, authorities said.

Tyrus Taylor was driving west on Plank Road toward Moose Range Road near Sycamore about 3:40 a.m. April 12 when his 1994 Honda Accord rolled and crashed into a utility pole, authorities said.

Tiffany Taylor was thrown from the vehicle and died at the scene, authorities said.

Tyrus Taylor was charged with reckless homicide and aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol. If convicted of aggravated driving under the influence, he could face between three and 14 years in prison. He posted $4,600 bail May 23 and is due in court Tuesday.

Buttrum turned himself in on two felony charges of delivery of alcohol to a minor May 22. He posted $3,000 bail and is next due in Kane County court Wednesday.

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Genoa-Kingston school hosts Medieval Faire

By DOUG OLESON doleson@shawmedia.com GENOA – Jose Garcia may have summed up Genoa-Kingston Middle School’s Medieval Faire best.

“It’s all about having fun and teamwork,” the sixth-grader said.

But then his classmate, Ludyka Mercado, may have topped him.

“Only if you win, is it fun,” she said.

Unfortunately for them, their team, the Medieval Minions, finished fourth in the school’s 11th annual faire Friday. The all-day event ends a monthlong interdisciplinary literacy study of the Middle Ages.

In the morning, each of the six sixth-grade classes – or kingdoms – hosted an activity.

In Karley Lynch’s class, for instance, students pretended to be Michelangelo painting the

8OBITUARIES THOMAS RICHARD ‘DICK’ HUNT Thomas Richard “Dick” Hunt, 81, of Waterman, Illinois, passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014, at his home. A complete obituary will follow at a later date. Arrangements by Nelson Funeral Homes & Crematory; 815-264-3362 or www.

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

DeKalb County Joseph R. Hannon, 19, of the 19300 block of Hahn Road, DeKalb, was arrested Thursday, May 29, on a DeKalb County warrant for failure to appear in court on allegations of trespassing.

Rashi L. Gant, 20, of the first block of West 110th Street, Chicago, was charged Thursday, May 29, unlawful possession of marijuana.

Northern Illinois University Sean B. Thomas, 45, of the 1600 block of Mayflower Drive, DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, May 28, with battery.

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Kalvin Zimmerman (left) and Dylan Wylde try to stay up in the three-legged race Friday during the Medieval Faire at Genoa-Kingston Middle School.

Team Shadow Dragons won the Faire.

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Sistine Chapel in Vatican City by laying on their backs and painting a picture. Another class played “Ring Around the Rosie” outside while some students dressed in black to emulate the Black Plague and show how easily it spread.

“This is a highlight for the teachers as much for the kids,” sixth-grade teacher Ruth Ollie said.

The afternoon was filled with games in a tournamentlike setting in the gym, including the three-legged race, scooter races, and jousting with noodles.

The grand finale, which drew the most chants, was the tug-of-war.

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in the semifinals, the Shadow Dragons rallied to win – again.

The Flaming Phoenix’s were next, followed by the Medieval Minions, the Treacherous Gladiators, the GKMS Warriors and the Green Gargoyles.

Dragons coach Clayton Johnsen said the faire is an endof-the-school-year tradition that students look forward to every year.

“You even see some seventh-graders here wearing

By KATRINA J.E. MILTON kmilton@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Police officers weren’t standing on the Dunkin’ Donuts roof Friday investigating a crime.

They weren’t taking a doughnut break, either.

Rather, volunteers and police officers from Northern Illinois University, the city of DeKalb, and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office stood on the roof of the store at Annie Glidden Road and Lincoln Highway to raise money for Special Olympics. They collected money from patrons in two-hour shifts from 5 a.m. until 2 p.m.

“We’re here today to help out the children with Special Olympics,” DeKalb police officer Phillip Brown said. “I met some of the children at a conference, and they touched my heart. I wanted to help.”

Dubbed Cop on the Rooftop, the fundraiser was held at 175 Dunkin’ Donuts locations throughout Illinois to help raise funds for Special Olympics Illinois. They also spread awareness for the Law

their shirts from last year,” he said.

“I heard about it from the older grades; it’s a lot of fun,” sixth-grader Alexis Shirley said. “I just finished the threelegged race and it is fun.”

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Volunteers and police officers from Northern Illinois University, the city of DeKalb and the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Office helped raise money Friday for Special Olympics by standing on the rooftop of the DeKalb Dunkin’ Donuts during the Cop on a Rooftop event.

Enforcement Torch Run, Special Olympics’ largest fundraiser, which is June 11. The relay will begin at 3 p.m. at the DeKalb County Courthouse in Sycamore.

On Friday, customers received a free doughnut with any size donation. Items such

as raffle tickets, T-shirts and hats were given away for larger donations. Illinois started the Cop on a Rooftop event 12 years ago, and other states followed suit. The DeKalb Dunkin’ Donuts was built in August. In past years, the event was in Sycamore.

Miguel Bautista, the general manager of the DeKalb Dunkin’ Donuts, said hosting the fundraiser attracted customers.

“They’re definitely getting the attention of people and bringing them into the store,” Bautista said. “It’s a positive thing; it’s attracting people because they’re curious.”

NIU education majors Kate Brown and Dezirae Ninow attended the event to make donations.

“I am co-president of Best Buddies, an organization on campus that works with individuals with disabilities,” Ninow said. “Through the group, I’ve become their mentor and friend.”

Aurora Macias-Contreras from Creston was driving and stopped at the store when she saw the police officers on the roof.

“I was going to go the other way, but I decided to stop today,” Macias-Contreras said.

“The event today is helping make a difference in other people’s lives, and I think that we need to start here at home.”

8STATE BRIEF Gambling expansion plan to be revisited

call the measure for a vote until he resolved lingering issues and had key support.

SPRINGFIELD – Plans to exState Rep. Bob Rita, a Blue pand gambling in Illinois were Island Democrat, said disput on hold Friday when the backer of legislation proposing putes over revenue sharing new casinos said he wouldn’t remained, and that he had

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yet to garner the full backing of Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Gov. Pat Quinn, the horse racing industry and local communities. He said the timing simply “was not right,” a decision that comes as law-

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Rita said he’d hold hearings over the summer and bring it back in the fall.

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Ill. Legislature approves ‘incomplete’ 2015 budget The ASSOCIATED PRESS

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Then-Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton listens Nov. 28, 2012, as President Barack Obama speaks in the Cabinet Room at the White House in Washington. The White House confirmed that Hillary Clinton had lunch with President Obama Thursday.

Report: Clinton defends response to Benghazi The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Hillary Rodham Clinton dismisses her critics and defends her handling of the deadly 2012 terrorist attack in Benghazi, Libya, in her new book, offering fellow Democrats a guide for how to talk about the fraught issue through the 2016 presidential race.

The former secretary of state’s “Hard Choices” is a rebuke to Republicans who have seized upon the Sept. 11, 2012, terrorist attack that killed U.S. Ambassador Chris Stevens and three other Americans.

Should Clinton run for president in 2016, her four years as secretary of state and the Benghazi attack in particular are certain to be the subject of driving criticism from Republicans. She’s already trying to blunt the issue.

Republicans have accused the Obama administration of stonewalling congressional investigators and misleading the public about the nature of the attack in the weeks before the

presidential election. Republicans used the attack to try to undermine President Barack Obama’s re-election and, now, to tarnish the still-uncertain Clinton bid to replace him in early 2017.

“Those who exploit this tragedy over and over as a political tool minimize the sacrifice of those who served our country,” Clinton writes in a 34-page chapter, obtained by Politico.

Clinton spokesman Nick Merrill said that “until the book is released, there’s nothing to say. And once it’s released, it will speak for itself.”

The book comes out June 10.

The former first lady and senator from New York is the leading potential Democratic presidential candidate if she decides to run again, as well as a favorite Republican target.

Clinton writes that she takes responsibility for the deaths, but adds that there has been “a regrettable amount of misinformation, speculation and flat-out deceit” by some in politics and the media.

“I will not be a part of a political slugfest on the backs of dead Americans. It’s just plain wrong, and it’s unworthy of our great country,” Clinton writes. “Those who insist on politicizing the tragedy will have to do so without me.”

Clinton’s book also offers something of a playbook for her supporters to defend her as she weighs a presidential bid.

On Friday, her top advisers met for an hour with 33 friendly Democratic strategists, allies and foreign policy academics who work in Washington’s vast think-tank network.

Clinton counselor Philippe Reines led the session and former National Security Council spokesman Tommy Vietor, who is helping Clinton’s team during the book launch, joined the discussion about how to frame Benghazi.

Multiple independent, bipartisan and GOP-led investigations have faulted the State Department for inadequate security in Benghazi, leading to four demotions. No attacker has been arrested.

SPRINGFIELD – The Illinois Legislature wound down its spring session Friday after sending Gov. Pat Quinn a state budget that majority Democrats acknowledge postpones tough decisions about whether to slash spending or find new sources of revenue – including possibly making Illinois’ temporary tax increase permanent – until after the November election.

Senate Democrats approved the approximately $35.7 billion 2015 spending plan, which the House passed earlier in the week, with no GOP support.

Democratic Sen. Dan Kotowski, a Senate budget negotiator, described the plan as “incomplete” but the best lawmakers could do this session. He said legislators will have to either find additional funds in the next year or cut at least $4.4 billion in expenses – an amount some lawmakers say could lead to thousands of layoffs, closing facilities and slashing programs.

“I’m not trying, nor is anybody trying, to hide from the fact that we face challenges,” Kotowski said. “We’ll need to

have options on the table ... to either fill this hole or wreak havoc.”

Republicans called the plan irresponsible and warned the Legislature is headed toward a repeat of 2011.

That’s when Democrats returned to Springfield after the fall election and voted to increase Illinois’ income tax by 67 percent with the help of so-called “lame duck” legislators who were finishing out their term after not being re-elected.

“We can see what’s coming like having the other team’s playbook,” said Sen. Dale Righter of Mattoon. “We can see this team is in the same situation that they were four years ago and they are going to run the same play.”

The House adjourned for the spring session late Friday and the Senate was expected to do the same early today, capping a five-month stretch at the Capitol in which the fall election loomed large.

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Drug helps breast cancer patients stay fertile

By MARILYNN MARCHIONE The Associated Press CHICAGO – Doctors may have found a way to help young breast cancer patients avoid infertility caused by chemotherapy. Giving a drug to shut down the ovaries temporarily seems to boost the odds they will work after treatment ends, and it might even improve survival, a study found.

“They’re really exciting findings” that could help thousands of women each year in the United States alone, said the study’s leader, Dr. Halle Moore of the Cleveland Clinic.

“This has implications far beyond breast cancer,” for young women with other types of tumors, too, added Dr. Clifford Hudis, breast cancer chief at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City.

He is president of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, which featured the study at its annual conference Friday

in Chicago. More than 30,000 cancer specialists from around the world are attending.

Chemotherapy often causes premature ovarian failure, or early menopause. Doctors think that active ovaries are more susceptible to chemo damage, and that making them go dormant and stopping a woman’s monthly cycles might help shield them from harm.

“It’s basically a temporary menopause to prevent permanent menopause,” Moore explained.

The study involved 257 women around the world younger than 50 with breast cancers whose growth is not fueled by estrogen. They all had standard chemo and half also had monthly shots of goserelin, a drug to lower estrogen and temporarily put the ovaries at rest. Its main side effects are menopause symptoms – hot flashes and vaginal dryness.

Doctors then tracked the

women to see how the treatments affected fertility.

After two years, full results were available on 135 participants. Only 8 percent of those given the shots became menopausal versus 22 percent of the others who didn’t get them.

There were 22 pregnancies in the drug group versus 12 in the other one. That’s encouraging, but firm comparisons can’t really be made because not all women may have been trying to conceive, and other factors such as a partner’s fertility play a role.

Still, “the difference was enough that in spite of all the limitations in the study, we were pretty convincingly able to see an effect,” Moore said.

The benefits go beyond preserving fertility, said Dr. Kathy Albain, a breast cancer specialist at Chicago’s Loyola University and one of the study leaders.

“Some women don’t care about having children” after breast cancer, but would like

to avoid “being jolted into early menopause” by chemo treatment, she said.

Surprisingly, doctors also saw better survival among women given goserelin. About four years after treatment, 92 percent of them were alive versus 82 percent of the others.

Again, an encouraging result, but the study was too small to determine whether ovarian suppression truly affects survival.

The National Institutes of Health sponsored the study and researchers originally aimed to enroll 400 women but had to scale back because of government budget cuts.

“The findings are quite provocative,” said one independent expert, Dr. Sharon Giordano, a breast cancer specialist at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. “Using goserelin is an option I would discuss with selected patients” but it doesn’t guarantee fertility preservation.

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25 years later, no fading of Tiananmen wounds The ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING – Some went missing. Some lost their freedom.

Some can’t escape the images inside their head, or the guilt they feel for surviving.

The June 4, 1989, military crackdown to end weeks-long student protests is a key moment in the history of Communist-ruled China for the outside world. Within China, it is all but erased. Even personal acts of memory are considered subversive.

While China’s economy, society and cities have transformed in the past 25 years, the demonstrators and their supporters are keen to remind the

world that other things haven’t changed – that China’s political masters are still suppressing dissent and freedom of expression.

They call for the Communist Party to stop hiding what happened on that bloody night in which an untold number of people were killed. Some cling to their democratic fight.

“I am the captain of a sunk ship,” Wu’er Kaixi, who was a 21-year-old protest leader, said in an interview conducted in English. “I will always question of myself, ‘Why didn’t I die?’ I believe, for the rest of my life. ... I will try my best to remember the guilt and try to realize the dreams of those

who died that night.”

In 1989, as a hunger striker, Wu’er rose to prominence when in hospital clothing he harangued then-Premier Li Peng during a televised meeting with protesters. Just more than two weeks later he witnessed “the atrocity, the killing” that he still finds difficult to talk about today.

After the crackdown, he escaped. His last glimpse of China was a fading shore from a boat that smuggled him out of the country on a cloudy summer’s night.

Now 46, Wu’er has spent longer in exile in the United States and on the self-governing island of Taiwan than in

his homeland China. He is an investment banker in Taipei, husband to a Taiwanese and father of two sons, aged 19 and 16.

“I still consider myself as a democracy activist, an active dissident. It just unfortunately doesn’t pay, so I have to find another way to support the family,” said Wu’er, one of the most-wanted student protest leaders, by Internet video phone from his Taipei home.

He wore a T-shirt emblazoned with “Free LXB” – a reference to Liu Xiaobo, the activist and Nobel Peace laureate who is serving an 11-year sentence in China on subversion charges.

Wu’er’s most despairing

time in the years after 1989 came on the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown. China had won admiration for the Beijing Olympics the previous year. It was gearing up for its first global fair – the Shanghai Expo – and many were touting it as the economic engine to help pull the world out of the global financial crisis.

“I felt like the world was betraying the idea of democracy ... giving in to China,” he said.

“But we the Chinese democracy activists want to carry on our own mission, to finish the unfinished business.”

In the past five years, he has tried four times to go home to see his ailing parents, kneel

before them and beg for their forgiveness for their suffering - even if he must do it within the walls of a prison. But like many other dissidents, he is not only wanted for arrest, but prevented from returning. His parents have been denied permission to visit him.

“Not being able to see the parents, being able to step back on the country that you care so much about, that is painful and that is harsh and unjust,” he said. “But my parents that I haven’t seen so much have also brought me up to be a person who does the right thing. And I know what I have done in 1989 was the right thing, the right thing to do.”

House backs state medical marijuana laws

By ANDREW TAYLOR The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Libertarian-minded and moderate Republicans joined forces early Friday morning with Democrats in an early morning House vote to block the federal government from interfering with states that permit the use of medical marijuana.

The unusual coalition produced a surprising 219-189 vote in the GOP-controlled House that reflects more permissive public attitudes toward medical pot use. It ran counter to the drug’s official classification as holding “no currently accepted medical use” and a “high potential for abuse.”

Friday’s vote came as the House debated a bill funding the Justice Department’s budget. Forty-nine Republicans joined all but 17 Democrats who voted in approving a provision to block the Justice Department from interfering with state laws permitting the “use, distribution, possession or cultivation of medical marijuana.”

The amendment by conservative GOP Rep. Dana Rohrabacher of California – the first state to legalize medical marijuana – came as almost half the states have legalized marijuana for medical uses, such as improving the appetites of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy. Other states permit the use of a nonpsychoactive marijuana extract to treat ep-

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An observer on a Japan Coast Guard Gulfstream aircraft takes photos out of a window while searching April 1 for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Southern Indian Ocean.

Searcher ‘cautiously optimistic’ Malaysia plane will be found Q: Have you at this point ruled out the pings as coming from the black boxes?

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few days of the endlessly perplexing hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, much debate and confusion has swirled around what was once dubbed the most promising lead in the search: a series of underwater signals, or “pings,” picked up by sound-detecting equipment scouring the remote Indian Ocean in early April.

At the time, officials said they were consistent with a plane’s black boxes. But an underwater sub that spent weeks scouring the seabed in the area near where the signals were detected found nothing, and the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, which is helping head up the search, this week ruled the area out as the plane’s final resting place.

The search is now on hold for two months while new, specialized equipment can be brought in to scan a 430 mile by 50 mile arc of ocean that was largely identified by an analysis of hourly transmissions, or “handshakes,” between the plane and a satellite. The seventh and final handshake involved a logon request consistent with a plane powering up its satellite communication equipment after a power interruption – leading investigators to believe the plane had nearly exhausted its fuel supply.

With the origin of the underwater pings now in doubt and the search stalled, what do the officials heading up the hunt for Flight 370 have to say?

Here, Martin Dolan, chief commissioner of the Australian Transport Safety Bureau, answers some of the most pressing questions:

those signals to try and understand them because if it wasn’t from the ULB – the underwater locator beacon – we don’t know what it was. And we’d really like to understand that. And until we can understand it, we don’t think we can confidently say that the detections were ruled out. What we can say is we’ve searched the area associated with them thoroughly and the aircraft is not there.”

Q: If the pings turn out not to be from the black box, what else could they be from?

A: “At this stage, we don’t

SAINTE-MERE-EGLISE, France – Andree Auvray, nine months pregnant, was hiding from German bombings in a Normandy ditch with her husband one night in June 1944 when their dogs started barking. The shadows of three soldiers appeared.

“We both came out to see what was going on,” she recalls. She initially thought the men were the Nazi occupiers who had upended life in her quiet farming village.

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Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., told opponents that “this train has already left the station.” While almost 4 out of 5 Republicans opposed the amendment, it picked up GOP supporters from libertarians like Justin Amash, R-Mich., and Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and moderates such as

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“And then I said ‘No, it’s not the Germans!’

The soldiers were Americans. D-Day had begun.

Auvray relives that wrenching time with clarity and a growing sense of urgency.

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acoustic characteristics that were consistent with underwater locator beacons and ... given that we were chasing black boxes with underwater locator beacons, it was a very credible detection – and it was the only credible detection we had. So those sorts of leads you’ve got to pursue until you can eliminate them, which is what we’re doing.”

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Q: Do doubts over the pings cast doubt over the wider search area, since the pings corroborated the satellite analysis?

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know. We’re still analyzing the signals, but the experts that will be coordinating that work in fact are devoting most of their time to the reanalysis of the satellite data so we can confirm the search area.”

all the experts agree – is that the arc associated with the seventh handshake is where the aircraft ran out of fuel. We’re very confident that the aircraft will be found very close to that arc. The question we’re now trying to review is ... where on that arc is it most likely to be?

At the time we were looking and we got those detections, the best assessment of the experts was that was the area [where] we should be looking.

So all we’re doing now – and we would have done it anyway – is to revalidate the data and analysis and then, having done that, to review where the search area should be. It may move, it may stay in that area Q: Are you still confident that that we’ve been looking in and the plane is somewhere along the if so, we’ve eliminated at least arc defined by the seventh hand- one small part of that area.” shake between the plane and the Dolan adds that it will take satellite? another two to three weeks beA: “We are very confident fore the experts finish re-anathat it’s close to that arc.” lyzing the satellite data.

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Management, construction, finance and insurance among high-paying job sectors

Residents can research rates • ELECTRICITY Continued from page A1

• JOBS Continued from page A1 training and education,” Borek said. “We also market DeKalb County to site selectors and industrial [real estate agents] to attract new companies to DeKalb County.”

Northern Illinois University and KishHealth System are large public and nonprofit employers, respectively, but within the private sector, the number of retail and health and social services jobs are growing, Borek said. The median pay for retail and health and social services jobs is much lower than the median pay for manufacturing jobs, according to a December 2010 study by Northern Illinois University’s Center for Governmental Studies.

Other high-paying job sectors are management, construction, finance and insurance, but those sectors had fewer jobs locally.

Within manufacturing, technology is the biggest driving force behind the changes in the industry, James said.

Advances such as computer numeric-controlled machinery and 3D printing have changed the skills they look for in employees. Rather than looking for someone who can craft products, the company now has to look for someone who can run the computer-aided design program used on a 3D printer, for instance.

In many cases, James said, hiring now is more about passion and drive than a manufac-

costs, which are factored into the electricity rate, will likely affect companies that have aggregation contracts with municipalities, Chilsen said.

Sycamore officials will vote on entering into a contract during the City Council meeting Monday. City documents show the city will have 24 hours to accept one of the bids, or all bids can be rejected, and the aggregated load will be re-bid in the summer after ComEd’s rate is established.

Sycamore’s agreement likely will be on par with that of DeKalb, where electricity

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DeKalb County Economic Development Corp. luncheon attendees, including DeKalb Mayor John Rey (right center), listen to Steve Matuszewski (right) talk about the metal fusing process as he shows them the finished product during a tour Thursday of the Sycamore plant. turing background.

“We’re not waiting for the world to train our people,” James said. “We are going to train them.”

J. Walter Becker founded Ideal Industries in 1916 and moved to Sycamore in 1923.

The company started out making dresser stones with the idea that every product should be worth more than the price paid for it. Now the company produces more than 6,000 products. While it is mostly known for products in the wire and nuts category, those products account for only a portion of the company’s sales.

“Our product line has grown substantially,” James said.

James explained 90 percent of Ideal products are made in the United States. The other

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customers can expect rates to increase 55 percent July 1 through the city’s electrical aggregation agreement, which was signed in March.

Dave Hoover, consultant for Northern Illinois Municipal Electric Collaborative, said the price of natural gas largely dictates electricity pricing, and natural gas rates have been going up as well.

“Perhaps the reason for that is the economy is improving,” Hoover said.

Sycamore’s current electrical supply contract is with First Energy, which delivers power at a fixed rate for electricity of 4.81 cents a kilowatt hour. The contract will expire in August. Since the program was implemented, participat-

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DeKalb officials entered into an agreement March 24 with Homefield Energy with rates at 7.237 cents a kilowatt hour for the first two years and 6.927 cents in the third year compared to the current rate of 4.64 cents. The new agreement takes effect July 1.

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Despite the decrease in jobs, productivity and revenue have increased in manufacturing.

In the past four years, 22 manufacturers have either moved to DeKalb County or expanded their operations, Borek said.

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Gibson is the son of an Army Air Corpsman who served in World War II and grandson of a World War I

Army infantryman.

Republicans in Congress said the shake-up wasn’t enough to solve problems at an agency that has been struggling to keep up with a huge demand for its services – about 9 million enrolled now compared to 8 million in 2008.

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8OUR VIEW: THUMBS-UP, THUMBS-DOWN

Teen’s pop tab collecting ought to be applauded

Brigham, Dailey were great men I was saddened to see a news story online Tuesday at Daily-Chronicle.com about the passing of Robert Brigham on Sunday. I was doubly saddened Wednesday morning when I looked for his obit and saw below it one for Richard “Daddio” Dailey, who died that same Sunday.

In the DeKalb I grew up and lived in, these men were largerthan-life giants.

I became aware of Doc Brigham when I attended junior high at the so-called Lab School with his son, Bobby.

When I was in high school, I worked for Daddio busing tables and washing dishes at Kishwaukee Country Club.

There are a million stories about Daddio. They’re the stuff of legend. I’ll share just one.

A woman diner complained about having money stolen, and Daddio knew just where to look. Unlit cigar stub stuck in the corner of his mouth, he marched a protesting employee outside to the front porch,

usual cast of area scribes and hacks. When Brigham entered the room, he greeted the ChicaBill go guys with nods and hellos.

Wesselhoff But when he came to me, he greeted me by name, shook my and when the suspect feigned hand and asked how I’d been. innocence, held him over the It made me feel like a million railing by his ankles and shook bucks. As Brigham continued him until the money started to work his way to the podium, falling from his pockets. Daddio I spied envy in the eyes of the returned the shamed thief to big shots who were wondering his feet unhurt and fired him just who in the world I was. on the spot.

When we moved to DeKalb Later I drank at Daddio’s in the mid-1960s, one of the bar. Even later, I’d see him first places my dad took me working in the gear locker was to an NIU football game. at Evans Field House. “Billy, Glidden Field, where NorthBilly, Billy. How ya doin’?” he’d ern had played forever, was rattle off in a machine gun-like a wooden-bleacher affair that burst that was his style. The air stood where the Art Building is around him simply crackled today. Brigham Field at Huskie with excitement.

Stadium was only beginning It was one of life’s pleasures on a farm field where Jesse to count these men as friends.

Glidden once told me she had I don’t recall the occasion, plowed behind a mule as a but I once was at a Northern youngster.

Illinois University news conBob Brigham led the change ference atop Holmes Student of all that. More than anyone, Center that drew all of the Chi- his efforts and dedication put cago TV bigshots, as well as the NIU on the athletic map.

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Bob was born in 1924.

Daddio in 1933. My dad in 1929.

I knew my father had been a Marine, but until I read their obits I didn’t know that Daddio had been in the 82nd Airborne or that Bob had served on the submarine USS Wahoo. That’s pretty big-time stuff. These were strong, tough men from the Depression era.

Still, at times Bob and Daddio seemed as much like a father to me as my own dad was.

Behind them all, as is often the case, was a good woman, too.

Patti, Gert and Bobby, and all family members, you have my deepest sympathies. These were great men.

• Bill Wesselhoff worked for the Daily Chronicle from 1982 to 1997 as Sycamore beat reporter, assistant sports editor and sports editor. He is now editor of The Periscope in Kings Bay, Georgia.

Conservatives won’t win elections without compromise More discussion on the topic of pragmatism and politics is critical. If conservatives decide to take their marbles and go home rather than fight to the bitter end because they feel their principles have been compromised, they will needlessly subject future generations to untold misery.

Voting for someone who agrees with you 90 percent of the time is far superior to voting for someone who disagrees with you 100 percent of the time. This is exactly what will happen if people refuse to exercise their civic duty and boycott elections because they feel betrayed. Personally, I am not supportive of abortion at all, but I can support people who feel differently if, in the gigantic scheme of things, they can help put an end to the murder of innocent babies. This is especially true of those who are personally inclined to save and protect life.

Perhaps an illustration is in order: Two armies are engaged in a war. Let’s call the good army that is trying to defend an entire society the red army and the bad army that is trying to invade and pillage society the blue army. The blue army occupies a superior strategic position and is composed of slightly more troops, putting the red army at a distinct disadvantage. Some in the red army feel that they are right and, therefore, should simply march directly into battle with the blue army because right

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Fortunately, some members of the red army are wise and have a better plan. They send a battalion of troops to the base of the mountain occupied by the blue army to distract them while the vast majority of red troops approach the mountain from the backside. They descend upon the blue army by surprise, completely vanquishing them and winning the war. The decoy red battalion may have sustained some casualties, but in the long run, the war was won, and the entire society was saved.

I hope this illustration is useful in helping some to understand that achieving a critical mass of conservatives and RINOs (Republicans in Name Only, as some call them) in office will ensure that we can get non-activist Supreme Court and federal judges in place who respect the U.S. Constitution.

It is essential to achieve a critical mass of individuals in the U.S. House and Senate who can join with a president in upholding the Constitution. These representatives must believe in personal responsibility and creating a business-friendly environment, understand the balance between abundant fossil-fuel

development and environmental safety, and yearn to elevate the government-dependent 47 percent rather than make them more dependent. They also must be totally pro-life and believe that the rule of law can undo a host of damaging regulations and restore the value system that made this nation great.

In the long run, with the help of God, we will be in a position to save millions of babies who otherwise would be slaughtered.

With this kind of responsible empowerment, energizing a sluggish economy, bringing stability to a leaderless planet and facilitating innovation will not be that difficult. To sit helplessly by and pray for deliverance when the tools to achieve victory are in our hands is not useful. God helps those who help themselves.

Conservatives and those who share their values are the last bastion between freedom and tyranny. If the secular liberals, who are very clever, succeed in dividing us during the next two national elections, America as we know it will be gone. We can stop this, but we must work together. I disagree with those who think it is going to take decades to undo the damage that already has been done. Americans are exceptional and extremely resilient. We cannot allow ourselves to be defined by those who wish to fundamentally change our society.

I am convinced that Americans with common sense will soon regain power. It is essential that we not use the opportunity to exact revenge upon the liberals. Rather, we must govern by the Constitution in a way that is fair for all. It is not reasonable to have favorites and to enforce laws selectively. Most importantly, it is not the place of our government to rule the people; the government must always remember that it is in place to serve the people.

I believe that when people who were being manipulated by the secular liberals, including the media, have an opportunity to see how much better off they are when the proper relationship between the people and the government is restored, they will adopt a different attitude.

This will empower them and the entire nation.

Now is the time to rise above partisan politics and recognize the incredible blessings God has bestowed upon our nation. It is time to elevate common sense, decency, honesty and compassion to their proper positions.

Rather than simply repeating the words, we must actually achieve “one nation under God, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all.”

• Ben S. Carson is professor emeritus of neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins University.

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Thumbs-up: To perseverance. Zoe Vicich, 14, has been collecting pop tabs for four years to donate to Ronald McDonald House Charities so families have a comfortable place to go when their children are in the hospital.

Zoe’s goal is to collect 1 million pop tabs. So far, the count is at 62,000. A lot of kids would have given up the cause after a year or two, but not Zoe. She says if more people get involved, she can get there. To help Zoe in her quest, email her at zobovic@aol.com.

Thumbs-down: To Medicaid fraud. Illinoisans are familiar with the jokes about dead people voting here, but it turns out that they’re receiving Medicaid subsidies as well. An auditor’s report released Thursday showed that the Illinois Medicaid program had paid out $12.3 million for medical care for 2,850 dead people, including at least one who died in the 1980s. State officials say much of the money can be recovered, but this is a troubling example of how susceptible entitlement programs are to fraud. If something so simplistic can flourish so long, what other fraudulent practices are continuing unchecked?

Thumbs-up: To Keith Mokry, the 14-year-old Somonauk eighth-grader who represented DeKalb County this week in the Scripps National Spelling Bee. He didn’t make it to the semifinals, but just getting to the Washington, D.C.-area for the nation’s largest spelling bee was an accomplishment. At the regional level, Mokry and Sycamore Middle School student Matthew Rogers were pitted against each other in a marathon spell-off that attracted national media attention. We congradulate Mokry on his perseverance and his good attitude. “I feel good,” Keith told Daily Chronicle reporter Katie Dahlstrom after learning he missed the national semifinals cutoff by two points. “I know I worked hard for this, and it’s a cutthroat thing. They’re cutting 280 kids down to 40.”

Thumbs-down: To packing the ballot. Illinois could have as many as seven statewide referendum questions on the ballot in November. Some could effect actual change, including proposals to amend the state constitution to implement redistricting reform and limit lawmakers terms to 8 years. But four “advisory” questions that will have no practical effect are also being pushed.

Critics say these advisory questions are actually aimed at mobilizing the Democrat voter base. Regardless of their intent, if politicians want to effect change, they do not need a meaningless public survey. Make it part of your platform, win election, and do it.

Thumbs-up: To sharing history. It was difficult for Shirley Hamilton-Nehring to donate her historic home to the Ellwood House Association in 2012. “It’s kind of painful,” she said Thursday, when the house was opened for public tours for the first time. But Hamilton Nehring’s donation of the house once owned by the Ellwood family, historic DeKalb royalty, expands the offerings of the Ellwood House Museum, which includes other buildings on the Ellwood estate. “It’s a significant addition of history to the community,” Mayor John Rey said.

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China spies to aid its companies Pretty hypocritical – that’s how some commentators are characterizing the U.S. government’s decision to indict five Chinese military officials for hacking into U.S. companies’ computer systems to steal economic secrets.

The critics argue that the far-ranging National Security Agency spying, as revealed by Edward Snowden, shows that the United States has its own hands dirty and lacks the moral standing to lecture China on cyberprowling.

To which the answer is this: The indictment by the U.S. Justice Department was fully justified. The scale of economic theft being carried out by China’s military hackers amply warrants a frank and robust U.S. response.

And while the Snowden revelations did raise civil liberties concerns about some national security-related spying by our country, when it comes to cyberenabled economic theft, there is no moral equivalence between our country and China.

The Pentagon doesn’t have 120,000 computer specialists in the Washington, D.C., area and elsewhere doing nothing but hacking into the databases of foreign companies, then distributing the corporate information to U.S. firms. But that’s precisely what China’s military does to unfairly aid companies in its own country.

Indeed, it does so on a colossal scale, all as part of a coordinated, state-sanctioned strategy.

“By any measure, it’s the largest theft in human history,” notes P.W. Singer, a technology expert at the Brookings Institution. “The scale of the IP theft is massive.” The theft costs U.S. companies more than $100 billion a year.

“They’re not paying for the R&D, but they’re getting the benefits of the R&D,” Singer says.

Take the example of SolarWorld, our country’s largest manufacturer of solar panels. To succeed, the company depends on its own initiative and its own research, spending heavily on research and development. It obeys global trade rules. In short, it’s an honest company operating responsibly in the marketplace. But China took a different approach to developing its solar panel sector.

No one expects the Chinese officials to be hauled into court in Pennsylvania, where the indictment was filed.

Instead, the aim is something else: to begin a process by which the United States builds broad support, in the corporate world and international community, to push back against China’s irresponsible behavior to the extent possible.

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7-DAY FORECAST TODAY

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Mostly sunny and very warm

P. sunny and humid; isolated t-storm

P. sunny and humid; few t-storms

P. sunny and humid; isolated t-storms

P. sunny and cooler; isolated t-storms

P. sunny and cool, few showers

Mostly sunny and pleasant

High pressure will deliver one more beautiful day as surface winds continue to shift out of the southeast. Humidity levels will gradually increase along with temperatures as they soar into the mid80s. Moisture will surge north from the Gulf resulting in very warm and humid conditions Sunday through Tuesday.

A front will linger across the area with thunderstorms.

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DeKalb through 4 p.m. yesterday

Temperature High ............................................................. 81° Low .............................................................. 54° Normal high ............................................. 75° Normal low ............................................... 54° Record high .............................. 93° in 2006 Record low ................................ 37° in 1990

Precipitation 24 hours through 4 p.m. yest. ......... 0.00” Month to date ....................................... 2.51” Normal month to date ....................... 4.41” Year to date ............................................ 8.94” Normal year to date ......................... 12.97”

Sunrise today ................................ 5:23 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 8:23 p.m.

Moonrise today ............................ 8:01 a.m.

Moonset today .......................... 10:40 p.m.

Sunrise tomorrow ........................ 5:22 a.m.

Sunset tomorrow ........................ 8:24 p.m.

Moonrise tomorrow ................... 8:55 a.m.

Moonset tomorrow ................. 11:17 p.m.

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Rockford 86/59

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Dixon 84/60

Joliet 86/59

La Salle 85/62 Streator 86/61

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Evanston 75/59 Chicago 84/60

Aurora 86/58

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Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.

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DeKalb 84/59

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Peoria 86/64

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WEATHER HISTORY On May 31, 1985, a swarm of tornadoes raced from eastern Ohio into western Pennsylvania. In 1889, the 90-foot-high Conemaugh Dam collapsed, causing the Great Johnstown Flood.

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The Blackhawks beat the Kings, 4-3, in Game 6 of the Western Conference final. PAGE B2

SECTION B Saturday, May 31, 2014 Daily Chronicle

IHSA BOYS STATE TRACK AND FIELD MEET

Spartans’ Hooker has shot at 3 titles Sycamore to have six finalists today

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com CHARLESTON – Leaning back and Oohing with the rest of the crowd, Sycamore junior sprinter Dion Hooker reacted to an opponent’s good news Friday without looking like an opponent.

The defending Class 2A boys

track and field state champion in the 200 meters, Hooker advanced from the preliminaries to today’s finals at Eastern Illinois’ O’Brien Stadium.

He’ll be joined by a field that includes Galesburg sophomore Josh Eiker, who set a new state record in 21.28 seconds moments after Hooker won his heat in 21.94.

Hooker marveled at the announcement of Eiker’s feat like anyone else, and later took to joking with his Spartans teammates. For him, it’s natural.

“When people are having a good

time around you, it helps you relax a little bit and you don’t worry about it as much,” Hooker said. “But when it gets down to the meet, it’s all business.”

Rest assured Hooker will be dialed in today. He has the chance at a trio of state titles after also winning his heat in the 100 (10.88) and competing alongside Austin Sebby, AnthoClark Brooks for Shaw Media ny Deutsch and Logan Schneider on Passing Rich Central’s Franklin Hunt, Carbondale’s Tayvonne Landry runs to a seca 4x100 relay that captured its heat ond place finish behind Sycamore’s Dion Hooker in the 200-meter dash in the Class in 42.64.

See TRACK, page B4

2A state and track and field meet preliminaries Friday at Eastern Illinois University’s O’Brien Stadium in Charleston. Both Hooker and Landry qualified for today’s final.

CLASS 2A HAMPSHIRE SECTIONAL: ROCKFORD BOYLAN 3, DeKALB 0

‘OUR BEST EFFORT’

BASEBALL: CLASS 3A PLANO REGIONAL: KANELAND 12, AURORA CENTRAL CATHOLIC 0

Knights move into title game Holubecki, Henne team up for no-hitter

By CHRIS WALKER sports@daily-chronicle.com

Photos by Monica Maschak – mmaschak@shawmedia.com

ABOVE: DeKalb’s Izzy Hayes collides with her opponent in the first half Friday of the Class 2A Hampshire Sectional final against Rockford Boylan in Hampshire. DeKalb lost, 3-0. BELOW: DeKalb’s Izzy Pizano redirects the ball in the first half.

Barbs appearing in first sectional title game, fall in final

By TRAVIS ZUELLIG sports@daily-chronicle.com HAMPSHIRE – In the DeKalb girls soccer team’s first sectional final in program history, the Barbs left everything out on the field.

Unfortunately for DeKalb, it just wasn’t enough.

Rockford Boylan scored two goals in the first half, and tacked on its third and final goal in the second half to beat the Barbs, 3-0, in the Class 2A Hampshire Sectional final.

“Overall, we gave it our best effort,” DeKalb goalkeeper Maddie Frye said. “Things didn’t go our way, as you can tell from the score,

Scoreboard Class 2A Hampshire Sectional Today’s semifinals Rockford Boylan 9, Marian Central 0 DeKalb 1, Rosary 0 Friday’s final Rockford Boylan 3, DeKalb 0

PLANO – The Kaneland baseball team wasted little time in jumping on Aurora Central Catholic during Friday’s Class 3A Plano Regional semifinal.

The Knights scored four times in the first inning without hitting the ball out of the infield and cruised to a 12-0 victory over ACC. Anthony Holubecki and Nick Henne combined to no-hit Anthony the Chargers.

“It feels great,” Holubecki Holubecki said. “We really just had to be patient and didn’t have to work much there in the [bottom of the] first inning and we got paid anyway. That was a great feeling to start.”

A couple of walks and a hit batter loaded the bases with Knights in the first inning. Dan Hammermeister drove in the first run with a groundout.

The Knights added two runs on an error by Aurora Central starting pitcher Anthony Bruss and then another on a double steal.

Kaneland wouldn’t need any more runs as Holubecki was able to silence the bats of the Chargers during his four innings on the hill.

“When you limit their chances, it takes care of a lot of things,” Knights coach Brian Aversa said. “Any time

See BASEBALL, page B4

Scoreboard Class 3A Plano Regional Wednesday’s semifinal St. Francis 7, Sandwich 1 Friday’s semifinal Kaneland 12, Aurora Central Catholic 0 (5 inn.)

Today’s final St. Francis vs. Kaneland, 10 a.m.

but we played tremendous. Leading up to this point, we have never gotten this far. I am just darn proud of the girls and everything.”

See SOCCER, page B4

Former NIU AD Brigham was ultimate Huskie From a 21st century viewpoint, Bob Brigham’s Northern Illinois University athletics résumé soars off any chart.

Brigham was the all-time, ultimate Huskie. That oldschool term “favorite son” doesn’t do him justice. Neither does “blood in the bricks.” We’re talking human here, not a deity, so maybe “fixture”, Bob Brigham “legend”, or “icon” suffice. Brigham’s death Sunday at age 90 is cause for serious reflection for every Northern Illinois alum and fan. Where would the present-day Huskies program be without his drive, determination and –most of all – vision? After all, this was the man for all NIU sports seasons.

Elevating Huskies football into the University Division (now NCAA FBS) in 1969. Leading the program into the

Mid-American Conference in 1973. Upgrading facilities. Scheduling the school’s first Big Ten Conference football opponent (Wisconsin) in 1971. Envisioning the first marquee Huskies football game at Soldier Field (Miami, Florida) in 1987, although it never came to fruition. Understanding the key role of TV in college sports. Helping create the Athletics Hall of Fame in 1978. Pioneering institutional NCAA compliance.

Whenever I look at NIU’s vintage Victor E. Huskie logo from the Baby Boom era –commonly known as the “boxing Huskie” – I literally see “Dr. Bob” in every Cardinal and Black role: Student-athlete, assistant coach, head coach, athletic director, academician and special assistant to the president.

Loyal. Resolute. Visionary. Dedicated. Bulldog tenacious. Battle-tested. Examine that Huskie again. In the “ready” position. Standing firmly on

KORCEK’S CORNER

his haunches. Eyes alert. Proudly wearing his “NIU” sweater.

Are we describing Robert J. Brigham or Victor E. Huskie? The answer is both.

Retired Capital (Wisconsin) Times sports editor and DeKalb native Joe Hart aptly called Brigham part of the late 1960s Northern Illinois “Holy Trinity,” along with former AD George “Chick” Evans and sports information director Bud Nangle during the aforementioned transition to the Division I ranks.

Right on, Joe. People inform me I’m “biased.”

Brigham’s NIU story began in 1946 after serving in the U.S. Navy in the

Pacific theater as a submariner in World War II. Footballwise, it was an inauspicious start for the future NIU AD and Hall of Famer. Evans, the man synonymous with everything Huskies for 39 years, cut Brigham from the football team as a freshman.

The pattern was set for the next half century. Brigham got knocked down, fought back, persevered and prospered.

Earning varsity letters in football and wrestling, Brigham became a starter and developed into one of the greatest blocking backs in Northern Illinois history as a member of the famed “Pony Backfield” with rifle-armed quarterback Don Fortunato (free agent with the NFL’s Chicago Cardinals in 1949) and halfback Floyd Hunsberger (NIU’s first “major-college” honorable mention All-America pick in 1948).

Brigham established the school’s

single-game (242 yards vs. Washburn in 1948), single-season (786 yards in 1948) and career (1,221 yards in 1947-49) rushing records. His NIU single-game rushing standard stood for 25 years until all-century fullback Mark Kellar broke it in 1973.

Nangle, who doubled as NIU’s SID and sports editor of the Daily Chronicle in 1948, constantly used to talk about Brigham’s historic performance in the 30-26 victory at Washburn for decades. Nangle passed away in 2006.

“It was one of the most courageous individual performances I’ve ever seen – anywhere,” recalled Nangle, who spent two decades on the sports staffs of the Daily Chronicle, Chicago Daily News and Toledo Blade. “Bob played with a serious knee injury and wouldn’t come out of that game. That was vintage Bob Brigham.”

See KORCEK, page B3

SPORTS

Page B2 • Saturday, May 31, 2014

8PREP SCHEDULE TODAY Baseball Kaneland vs. St. Francis in Class 3A Plano Regional final, 10 a.m.

Sycamore vs. Burlington Central in Class 3A Hampshire Regional final, noon Softball DeKalb vs. Huntley in Class 4A Huntley Regional final, 10 a.m.

Burlington Central vs. Kaneland in Class 3A Burlington Central Regional final, 10 a.m.

Boys Track Class 1A, 2A, 3A state finals, Charleston

8SPORTS SHORTS Cogs’ Keegan, Ullmark earn first-team All-BNC honors Genoa-Kingston softball players, catcher Paige Keegan and pitcher/first baseman Baylie Ullmark were named to the AllBig Northern East first team.

Second baseman Dani Mathey and third baseman Kendyl Strack earned honorable mention honors.

The Cogs also earned the BNC East’s sportsmanship award.

Delle Donne’s 28 points helps Sky rout Sun ROSEMONT– Elena Delle Donne scored a season-high 28 points and the Chicago Sky just missed a franchise record for points, beating the Connecticut Sun, 10182, on Friday night.

The Eastern Conference-leading Sky (5-1) beat the Sun (1-5) for the second time in nine days.

Jessica Breland added a career-high 18 points and added 10 rebounds, six assists and five blocks. Sky guard Allie Quigley tied a career-high with 15 points off the bench, and Courtney Vandersloot had a team-record 13 assists.

Casey surges, McIlroy falls back after 78 at Memorial DUBLIN, Ohio – Paul Casey expected to be chasing someone at the Memorial on Friday, figuring it would be Rory McIlroy.

After two holes, Casey had the lead to himself at Muirfield Village. He went on to another 6-under-par 66 to build a threeshot lead over Masters champion Bubba Watson, with McIlroy falling nine shots behind.

Casey was at 12-under 132.

McIlroy opened with a 63 and was 15 shots worse Friday. He didn’t blame a sore left knee as much as his inability to hit fairways.

Johnson shoots 9-under 62, leads ShopRite LPGA Classic GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Jennifer Johnson matched the course record with a 9-under-par 62 Friday to take the first-round lead in the ShopRite LPGA Classic on the Bay Course at Stockton Seaview Hotel and Golf Club.

Haru Nomura had a bogey-free 63, and Christina Kim opened with a 64.

Keselowski wins pole at Dover with record lap DOVER, Del. – Brad Keselowski turned a track-record lap of 164.444 mph to win the pole at Dover International Speedway.

Keselowski won his second pole of the season Friday on the mile track and fifth of his career.

Kyle Busch starts second, and Joey Logano, eight-time Dover winner Jimmie Johnson and rookie Kyle Larson round out the top five for Sunday’s race.

– Staff, wire reports

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WESTERN CONFERENCE FINAL: BLACKHAWKS 4, KINGS 3 – SERIES TIED AT 3

NBA

Hawks get Game 7 at home

By GREG BEACHAM The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – Patrick Kane scored the tiebreaking goal with 3:45 to play, and the Blackhawks forced a decisive seventh game in the Western Conference finals with a 4-3 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Friday night.

Kane scored two goals and set up Duncan Keith’s tying goal with 8:26 left in regulation for the defending Stanley Cup champion Hawks, who avoided elimination for the second straight game.

The Hawks blew a lead entering the third period on goals by Drew Doughty and Alec Martinez, but won it with a brilliant effort by the enigmatic Kane.

After Kane made the pass to set up Keith’s tying goal, he ripped a long shot through traffic in front of Jonathan Quick for the winner.

MILWAUKEE – Just wake up the Cubs when the new clubhouse and batting cages are done. They’re tired of all the politics, snafus, false starts and broken promises over Wrigley Field renovations.

Maybe by then their fiveyear baseball nightmare will be over, too.

Until then, no more talk about new bullpens and clubhouses until a shovel is in the ground, please.

“They told us again that we were going to get approved, and it didn’t get approved, so I know a lot of guys are not happy about that,” said first baseman Anthony Rizzo, one of two Cubs signed beyond 2016. “It’s kind of a shame because we get excited about it. Give them credit that they’re working their tails off. But again it got shut down, and it was kind of a bummer because we all thought it was

NBA FINAL (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday Miami at San Antonio or Oklahoma City, 8 p.m.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Next at Milwaukee, 3:10 p.m. today, CSN, AM-720 going to happen.

“Now it’s just kind of wait and see like everybody else.”

Rizzo, who, like shortstop Starlin Castro, is signed through 2019, said he follows the renovation saga.

But the way he sounded Friday, before the Cubs’ 11-5 loss to first-place Milwaukee, he and teammates might be done with that.

“What’s going to be nice about the new renovations is we’re going to have all the topnotch stuff,” he said. “The new clubhouse is going to be the best in the game. …

“It’s just [we get] kind of sick of hearing it’s going to be done, and just want to see it get done.”

The latest broken promise

involved ownership’s video-accompanied media blitz last week that vowed to move forward with a broader, more expansive – and expensive – plan that would include a new clubhouse and batting cages by the start of 2016.

That included business president Crane Kenney’s assertion that the city was on board with the new plans, and that it would be ready to present to the landmark commission next week – until the mayor put the brakes on the timeline because of newly added alterations to the bricks and ivy.

Kenney has been on a personal public relations campaign across Chicago airwaves late in the week to spread the renovation gospel in the wake of the latest stutter-step.

“I’ve only been here for a few years, and guys before me have heard it before, [that] changes were going to happen,” Rizzo said, “and I don’t know what’s going on.”

Pitcher Carlos Villanueva, who relieved hard-hit starter Travis Wood in Friday’s third, said one of the reasons he signed before last season was the promise that the Cubs would have a new clubhouse for the start of 2014.

“At least I got to see the spring training one, which was really nice,” he said.

Jeff Samardzija said he’s been hearing the promises for three years. Now he’s expected to be traded this summer without seeing much more out of the project than some cool slide shows.

Said Villanueva: “We can only dream right now.”

“Obviously it’s not my job to do it,” Rizzo said. “Obviously we all want it. But when guys are promised things that are going to happen and they don’t happen, they’re not happy about it. When it gets done it’s going to be great. Now it’s just kind of, ‘OK, when it gets done it gets done.’ ”

Sox’s starting rotation begins to build momentum For the Sun-Times CHICAGO – The Chris Sale-Clayton Kershaw showdown scheduled for Monday night would have been fun.

Two of the game’s best pitchers facing off in one of the game’s most iconic venues had a chance to be one of the early highlights of the season.

That said, White Sox starting pitching besides Sale these days hasn’t been tough to watch – even if the marquee matchup was canceled when the Sox pushed their ace’s next start up a day to Sunday.

The Sox were able to do it af-

Next vs. San Diego, 1:10 p.m. today, WGN, AM-670 ter Sale threw only 40 pitches in his rain-shortened outing Tuesday, seizing a chance to get him another home start and keep him on his usual four days of rest.

“Whenever they need me or my name is called, I’m going out there. It just so happens to be Sunday, which for me makes sense because I only threw three innings,” Sale said. “So go out there on regu-

lar rest and get it going, try to find a groove.”

That’s what the Sox rotation has found. Before Friday’s 4-1 loss the San Diego Padres, White Sox starters had a 2.14 ERA and had been holding opponents to a .187 average over the last nine games.

On Friday, John Danks threw seven innings and allowed two runs, including a Cameron Maybin solo home run, but more than continued the rotation’s momentum.

Danks was part of building that, thanks to Friday and the eight scoreless innings he threw May 24 against the Yankees.

“I know he went through the surgery and everything, but just locating and putting it in a spot that was tough to hit, I think that was as good as he’s been,” Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “I know he’s made some adjustments. He’s excited about it and that’s all stuff that goes into it, when you start making adjustments.”

The Sox have also had to make adjustments but the rotation has managed to improve. Though that certainly has been helped by Sale, who has thrown nine scoreless innings and struck out 14 since returning from the disabled list, it isn’t all on him.

TENNIS

In a flash, Federer takes over at French Open

By CHRIS LEHOURITES The Associated Press PARIS – In what seemed like a flash, and in what surely felt like a flash of pain for his opponent, Roger Federer went from vulnerable to commanding.

It was that quick.

Federer lost a second-set tiebreaker Friday to Dmitry Tursunov, and that surely did not bode well for the 17-time Grand Slam champion. Then Tursunov felt a split second of discomfort in his left hip.

And that was it.

Federer was back on track at the French Open, on his way to a 7-5, 6-7 (7), 6-2, 6-4 victory and into the second week of a major tournament yet again.

“Everything that was out of his control, like moving defense, that’s when it got difficult,” said Federer, who advanced to the fourth round

PLAYOFFS

Blackhawks right wing Patrick Kane celebrates his goal Friday against the Los Angeles Kings during the second period of Game 6 of the Western Conference final in Los Angeles.

PADRES 4, WHITE SOX 1

By BRIAN SANDALOW

Wednesday Indiana 93, Miami 90 Thursday San Antonio 117, Oklahoma City 89, Spurs lead series 3-2 Friday Miami 117, Indiana 92, Miami wins Today San Antonio at Oklahoma City, 7:30 p.m.

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

Players still await renovations at Wrigley Field gwittenmyer@suntimes.com

CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary)

series 4-2

BREWERS 11, CUBS 5

By GORDON WITTENMYER

PLAYOFFS

at Roland Garros for the 10th straight year. “Clearly, on the clay, it’s difficult to hit three great shots in a row. So I tried to extend the rallies, but serve nice and stay aggressive throughout. And I think that was a bit too much for his hip, or whatever it was.”

It was something of an escape for Federer, who lost a set for the first time at this year’s tournament.

Then again, Novak Djokovic also lost a set Friday before advancing with a 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (2), 6-4 win over 25th-seeded Marin Cilic.

With eight-time champion Rafael Nadal and 2013 finalist David Ferrer perfect through their opening two matches, the pressure is on the others to keep their level high.

“It wasn’t easy because once you start being passive, you lose kind of the confidence to step in,” Djokovic said of his

win. “That’s what happened maybe in the end of the third and a little bit of the fourth.”

Of course, that’s nothing compared to the women’s tournament, where third-seeded Agnieszka Radwanska followed defending champion Serena Williams and Li Na out of the tournament.

That leaves Simona Halep, who plays today, as the highest-seeded player in the draw at No. 4.

It also leaves 2012 French Open champion Maria Sharapova as the favorite after her 6-0, 6-0 rout Friday.

The woman who beat Williams, Garbine Muguruza of Spain, also advanced to the fourth round.

Federer and Djokovic, however, were expected to win, and they did. Tursunov, with an 0-4 record against Federer heading into the match, wasn’t, and he didn’t.

Friday in Paris PARIS – A look at the French Open on Friday: Men’s seeded winners: No. 2 Novak Djokovic, No. 4 Roger Federer, No. 5 Tomas Berdych, No. 8 Milos Raonic, No. 10 John Isner, No. 13 Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, No. 18 Ernests Gulbis.

Men’s seeded losers: No. 17 Tommy Robredo, No. 22 Jerzy Janowicz, No. 25 Marin Cilic, No. 29 Gilles Simon, No. 31 Dmitry Tursunov.

Women’s seeded winners: No. 7 Maria Sharapova, No. 8 Angelique Kerber, No. 14 Carla Suarez Navarro, No. 18 Eugenie Bouchard, No. 19 Samantha Stosur.

Women’s seeded losers: No. 3 Agnieszka Radwanska, No. 9 Dominika Cibulkova, No. 31 Daniela Hantuchova.

Stat of the Day: 1 – Number of service breaks in Isner’s 7-6 (13), 7-6 (3), 6-7 (5), 7-5 victory over Robredo. Isner saved all 13 break points he faced and converted 1 of 6 that he earned.

– The Associated Press

CONFERENCE FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Wednesday Blackhawks 5, Los Angeles 4 (2OT) Thursday N.Y. Rangers 1, Montreal 0, Rangers wins series 4-2 Friday Blackhawks 4, Los Angeles, 3, series tied at 3 Sunday 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 x-TBD Monday, June 16 x-TBD Wednesday, June 18 x-TBD

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct Detroit 30 20 .600 White Sox 28 28 .500 Kansas City 26 28 .481 Minnesota 25 27 .481 Cleveland 25 30 .455 East Division W L Pct Toronto 32 24 .571 New York 28 25 .528 Baltimore 26 27 .491 Boston 25 29 .463 Tampa Bay 23 32 .418 West Division W L Pct Oakland 32 22 .593 Los Angeles 30 23 .566 Texas 28 27 .509 Seattle 26 27 .491 Houston 24 32 .429

GB — 5 6 6 7½ GB — 2½ 4½ 6 8½ GB — 1½ 4½ 5½ 9

Friday’s Results San Diego 4, White Sox 1 Cleveland 5, Colorado 2 Minnesota 6, N.Y. Yankees 1 Washington 9, Texas 2 Kansas City 6, Toronto 1 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2, 10 inn.

Houston 2, Baltimore 1 L.A. Angels at Oakland (n) Detroit at Seattle (n) Today’s Games San Diego (T.Ross 5-4) at White Sox (Rienzo 4-1), 1:10 p.m.

Texas at Washington, 11:05 a.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Colorado at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 3:10 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 6:15 p.m.

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

Detroit at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games San Diego at White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Colorado at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.

Minnesota at N.Y. Yankees, 12:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Toronto, 12:07 p.m.

Tampa Bay at Boston, 12:35 p.m.

Texas at Washington, 12:35 p.m.

Baltimore at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Detroit at Seattle, 3:10 p.m.

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 33 22 .600 St. Louis 29 26 .527 Pittsburgh 24 29 .453 Cincinnati 23 29 .442 Cubs 19 33 .365 East Division W L Pct Atlanta 29 25 .537 Miami 28 26 .519 Washington 26 27 .491 New York 25 28 .472 Philadelphia 23 28 .451 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 36 19 .655 Los Angeles 29 26 .527 Colorado 28 26 .519 San Diego 25 30 .455 Arizona 23 33 .411

GB — 4 8 8½ 12½ GB — 1 2½ 3½ 4½ GB — 7 7½ 11 13½

Friday’s Results San Diego 4, White Sox 1 Milwaukee 11, Cubs 5 Cleveland 5, Colorado 2 Washington 9, Texas 2 Atlanta 3, Miami 2 San Francisco 9, St. Louis 4 N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia (n) Cincinnati at Arizona (n) Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers (n) Today’s Games San Diego (T.Ross 5-4) at White Sox (Rienzo 4-1), 1:10 p.m.

Cubs (Hammel 5-3) at Milwaukee (W.Peralta 4-4), 3:10 p.m.

Texas at Washington, 11:05 a.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.

Colorado at Cleveland, 2:05 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 2:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 3:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 6:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Games Cubs at Milwaukee, 1:10 p.m.

San Diego at White Sox, 1:10 p.m.

Colorado at Cleveland, 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Miami, 12:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 12:35 p.m.

Texas at Washington, 12:35 p.m.

San Francisco at St. Louis, 1:15 p.m.

Cincinnati at Arizona, 3:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at L.A. Dodgers, 7:05 p.m.

SPORTS

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Saturday, May 31, 2014 • Page B3

BEARS

Bears’ offense enjoying continuity for 2014

By ARTHUR ARKUSH aarkush@chicagofootball.com With apologies to Earl Bennett – who reportedly refused a pay cut that would have kept the 2013 offense intact – the Bears still are enjoying unprecedented continuity on the league’s No. 2 scoring unit last year.

Nowhere is that continuity more impressive than along the offensive line, where after years of instability, the Bears were one of three teams in the NFL to have the same starting combination up front for all 16 games. They expect to return the same starting five for the first time since 2007, the year after their last Super Bowl appearance.

In a league of attrition and turnover, the rarity of Chicago’s O-line staying healthy in 2013, then general manager Phil Emery managing to re-sign 40 percent of the group in the offseason, isn’t lost on sixth-year veteran left guard Matt Slauson.

“This is exciting,” said Slauson, who, ironically, discussed continuity at Tuesday’s first Organized Team Activity immediately after fielding questions about his surprising absence. (Slauson is rehabbing from offseason shoulder surgery, as reported by the Chicago Tribune, but told reporters he expects to be ready by training camp.)

“This is the first time in my career where all five guys have stayed the same. … Hopefully, we can build off all the progress we made last

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AP file photo

Bears running back Matt Forte (right) celebrates a 5-yard touchdown run with guard Matt Slauson (left) and wide receiver Marquess Wilson during the second half against the Green Bay Packers on Dec. 29 at Soldier Field. year.”

Slauson added that having key backups like Eben Britton and Taylor Boggs is “huge.”

The newness of cohesion isn’t exclusive to just Slauson. Running back Matt Forte echoed his blocker’s sentiments on the luxury of already established chemistry helping in sustaining the offense’s success.

“I think that’s the first time that’s ever happened in my career,

so it’s pretty cool to see everybody, the exact same offense come back, the whole starting offense be there,” Forte said. “The camaraderie of it just makes us play that much better together.”

The return of the offensive personnel is certainly by design. Emery has so radically reshaped the defense that it can be easy to gloss over his diligence in keeping the offensive core intact with multiple re-signings, including Slauson, Jay

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Cutler, Brandon Marshall and Roberto Garza, to name a few.

Although Slauson, Forte and others have said the focus remains on continued improvement, it’s natural to wonder if coach Marc Trestman has any concerns about complacency setting in.

“I don’t want to say there’s a comfort level, but there’s not a complacent level with how we’re handling things,” said Trestman at the conclusion of Chicago’s rookie

Kaneland junior Ben Barnes advanced from Friday’s preliminaries to today’s Class 2A boys track and field state finals at Eastern Illinois. He’ll compete in the long jump and as part of the Knights’ 4x200-meter relay as the team looks to challenge three-time defending champion Cahokia for a spot atop the podium. Barnes, who also was in the triple jump prelims, discussed his conditioning as part of this week’s Weekend Chit-chat with Shaw Media sports reporter Kevin Druley.

He also addressed the team’s confidence and outlook for the finals. Here’s an edited transcript:

Busy day for you. What do you take away from it?

Didn’t do my best in triple, but long, I just feel like I can go farther even though finals worked out. … I’ve just got to focus on 4x2[00] tomorrow and long jump.

minicamp. “… But there certainly is a sense of confidence, a sense that we’ve got a chance to be a very good offense, particularly because those are the guys that have been together, but they’re not taking anything for granted.”

The Bears have the makings of one of the best offenses in the league. They also have enough room for improvement that complacency shouldn’t be an option. Their offense ranked eighth overall a season ago, but just 16th rushing and 19th in goal-to-go situations.

Those are areas Slauson thinks are likely to see improvement because of the unity up front, as well as the strides he expects from Kyle Long and Jordan Mills, now entering their second seasons.

“Offensive line play isn’t necessarily about being extremely athletic or extremely strong – it’s about knowing how to work with the guy next to you,” he said. “We have the ability to pick up where we left off.

We just have to make sure we do it because this offense has so much potential.”

Weekend Chit-chat with KANELAND JUMPER BEN BARNES

How did you get into jumping?

I don’t know. It was just in middle school, they just had anyone do anything.

And I thought I might as well try long jump, because I like to jump and I don’t like [running] long distance. So I assumed that I’d try long jump and my speed helped a lot because I’m fast on the runway.

Were you born and raised going to Kaneland schools?

You guys are so well-conditioned and used to multiple events, but what’s the key to maintaining everything?

I was born and raised in Kaneland. It’s a great foundation, great to grow up in.

Just staying focused for your next event. Don’t let anything get you down if you still have more events. Your team’s always there for you.

Pretty much just not sitting around on your butt all day and always be warmed up.

Obviously, you guys are very confident and wanting to go after Cahokia, but how much have you talked about that as a team?

We talk about it a lot, that the … biggest thing for us to get up there is the sup-

port from everyone. Even if they’re alternates, just coming out and cheering us on, giving us that extra push just to go faster and getting focused and prepared. Going to bed early, eating right and just getting our minds set on we could do something amazing down here.

With as many teammates as you have down here, does that give this a home-away-from home setting?

Yeah, it’s good to see that we have a lot of people, because no one likes being alone. … So it’s nice to see your teammates everywhere, running around just to support everyone. Whether it’s pole vault running from the other side to the finish line for our races, it’s just great to see our team all come together.

You played basketball and golf before track. Any overlap with skills there?

Basketball gets me ready to condition for track. … I just started [golf]. I’ve been playing a lot. … I was playing when I was younger, but not on a team or anything, just for fun. And then I’m not playing football anymore, so I might as well do something in the fall to keep me busy.

It’s just a fun sport, it’s a good hobby to pick up.

Brigham pursued serious TV exposure • KORCEK Continued from page B1 Fast forward 20 years (and past many significant accomplishments as an NIU assistant football coach and head wrestling coach) when Brigham was named AD and chairman of the physical education department on Sept. 1, 1968.

For two consecutive summers, Brigham and Nangle appeared before chairman Furman Bisher, the sports editor of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, and the classification committee of the Football Writers Association of America – the media-based group that then decided NCAA University Division status. On June 30, 1969, Northern Illinois joined Idaho, Pacific, and San Diego State at the elite level of college football.

I worked for Bud as a student assistant that summer. Both men were ecstatic at their alma mater’s accomplishment. Then the man who rushed for 242 yards vs.

Washburn (think about it) boldly asked Wisconsin for a football game.

“While ‘Chick’ opened the door, so to speak, Bob is the one who took the program

through it,” Nangle said years later. “One of his most enduring accomplishments was convincing [then-Wisconsin AD] Elroy Hirsch to play the Huskies in football [in 1971]. That got NIU into the so-called ‘big-time’ in football significance.”

Brigham followed suit and scheduled such “major-major” opponents as Iowa, West Virginia, Miami (Florida), Minnesota, Nebraska, Kansas State and Northwestern. Scheduling the big boys was one thing, beating them was another.

During his tenure as AD, Northern Illinois football went 0-12-1 vs. the Big Ten. Brigham also pursued serious TV exposure. With deregulation in 1984, the Huskies season-opener appeared live on WLS-TV in Chicago, along with the Lee Corso coaches show every Sunday. In 1985 and 1986, SportsVision in Chicago carried five NIU games apiece. The TV age clicked “on.”

On Sept. 17, 1988, head coach Jerry Pettibone’s Huskies outlasted Wisconsin, 19-17, for NIU’s first victory vs. the Big Ten – one that CBS-TV’s Brent Musburger acknowledged on “The NFL Today” pregame the next day. Trainer

(and NIU grad) Wayne Vaupel noticed Brigham in the hallway outside of the visitor’s locker room at Camp Randall Stadium after the historic victory.

“Get Dr. Brigham in here to lead us in the Huskie Fight Song,” Pettibone insisted.

Soon, crouched in front of the entire team, Brigham counted “one, two, three ...” and the NIU postgame celebration was on. One of the toughest men ever to don a Huskies uniform had tears in his eyes.

“I’ll never forget that day,” Pettibone said earlier this week. “Dr. Bob was so happy.”

I’m proud to have been one of Brigham’s NIU hires. I can still hear him now.

“Korchek,” Brigham would say, using the Slovak pronunciation of my surname, “the Huskies are going right to the top!”

They have, Bob, they have.

• Mike Korcek is a 1970 graduate of NIU, and was the school’s head sports information director from 1984-2006. His historical perspective on NIU athletics appears periodically in the Daily Chronicle. Write to him at sports@daily-chronicle.com.

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Kaneland sends 16 entries to finals • TRACK Continued from page B1 Sycamore brings six finalists into today’s meet, with Evan Short (shot put), Schneider (110 hurdles) and Adam Millburg (3,200) rounding out the field.

Schneider joined track for the first time this spring after years of cajoling from coaches.

“Not too bad,” he said before addressing his progression after a memorable football career: “Just my form was getting better, and I was getting in better shape every week, so my times started getting better, too.”

Kaneland advanced 16 entries to the finals, three more than Cahokia, who the Knights

hope to unseat as three-time defending 2A team champs.

Knights senior Nate Dyer, who also advanced in the discus, recorded the top 2A preliminary effort in the shot put with a put of 56 feet, 9 inches.

Short’s mark of 52-01.25 ¼ was tops in his heat and fifthbest in 2A. Kaneland won its heats in all four relays.

“We’re going to do what we’re going to do. It’s a track meet. State. No one knows,” Knights senior sprinter/hurdler Dylan Nauert said. “Come out on top? Middle of the pack?

It’s a dogfight, you know. All the events we qualified in, we’re going to do the best we can and see where it takes us.”

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er Mitchell Uszcienski was not able to clear the starting height of 6-0 and failed to advance to the finals.

In Class 3A, Misha Ryzhov will represent DeKalb in today’s 3,200 final.

The Barbs endured a few close calls in the prelims, including both sprint relays. The 4x100 missed the finals cut by .12 seconds. In the 4x200, a spirited run from anchor Drew Paszotta nearly helped the Barbs overcome a shaky baton exchange earlier in the race.

“I was just trying to catch him, trying to get into finals for tomorrow,” Paszotta said. “It was close.”

DeKalb finished third in its heat (1:28.54), but out of the finals.

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DeKalb’s Maddie Frye makes a save in the second half Friday of the Class 2A Hampshire Sectional final against Rockford Boylan. DeKalb lost, 3-0.

Barbs throw everything at Boylan • SOCCER Continued from page B1

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you have a pitcher striking out a bunch, the defense doesn’t have to make a lot of plays, which is awesome.”

The Knights broke the game open in the bottom of the third, scoring five times to take a 10-0 lead.

Ty Carlson and Nick Stratman delivered run-scoring hits in the inning.

ACC (19-16) couldn’t do much against Holubecki. The Chargers didn’t fare any better against Henne in the top of the fifth.

“They outplayed us and they’re a good team,” Chargers coach Sean Bieterman said.

“Their kid is a heck of a pitcher and they seemed to really rally behind him.”

Despite the loss, the Chargers had plenty to be pleased with this spring.

“This group of seniors has won 46 games the last two years,” Bieterman said.

“If you know anything about where this program has been before, that’s a huge accomplishment.”

The Knights (16-15) have a quick turnaround, as they’ll play St. Francis at 10 a.m. today for the regional title.

The Kaneland-ACC game was pushed from Thursday to Friday to accommodate ACC’s Thursday graduation.

“We’ve only won one [regional championship] in school history,” Holubecki said. “That was 2011 and they took it all the way to the state championship. Anything can happen.”

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over the bar.

Frye was busy throughout and finished with nine saves.

Boylan outshot DeKalb 21-5.

Beaty said that despite the loss, this season will be a stepping stone for greater things for the DeKalb girls soccer program.

“Hopefully, everyone can make it to this point and beyond this point,” Beaty said.

“Just really excited about how far we came this year.”

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Barbs coach Phil Rouse said that his team left everything on the field and a few early mistakes cost DeKalb (14-4-4).

“One-hundred percent effort and heart. Just had a few small mistakes in the first half that led to an early goal and we didn’t seem to recover after that,” Rouse said.

Boylan came out firing in the first half, and the Barbs were under countless pressure.

DeKalb handled the pressure until Lauren Campbell made the breakthrough and fired a shot from the right side of the box to the far post to give the Titans a 1-0 lead.

Less than two minutes later, Taylor Howe scored Boylan’s second goal and the Barbs were in a hole.

“We knew coming in that they were going to be a tough team,” DeKalb’s Morgan Beaty said. “You always know that with the private schools that it is going to be a tough contest.

We just had to fight and not go down easy.”

After halftime, DeKalb began to throw bodies forward and tried to create some chances. Boylan countered by scoring its third goal midway through the half off of a corner

kick.

“When you have nothing left to lose, you throw everything at them. There is no consolation prize,” Rouse said. “It is still a loss and you still go home after this. Our mentality was to leave everything on the field.”

The Barbs had a few chances toward the end of the game, but the closest they came to scoring was on a Beaty shot from distance, which sailed

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t takes more than a squeaky toy and a camera to capture memorable pet portraits.

Professional pet photographers in the increasingly competitive business quiz owners about their dogs’ personalities, find the ideal setting and use favorite toys to bring out the best in the animals they shoot, knowing that portraits will outlive the pets themselves.

“I spend time getting them to trust me so I can reach into their soul,” said Rachael Hale McKenna of New Zealand, who just released her 15th book, “The Dogs of New York.”

Twenty years ago, most people didn’t think to put their pet in a family photo or on the annual Christmas card. Today, both are likely to be built around a beloved animal. And the older a pet gets, the more people think

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about professional portraits.

McKenna and two other well-known pet photographers live continents apart and all specialize in candid photos of dogs in their favorite places, not in a studio. They spend time with people and pets before the session starts, and they know the importance of immortalizing aging animals.

Jenna Leigh Teti of Jersey City, New Jersey, offers a package for very old or terminally ill dogs.

“It’s an important shoot for me, a special thing to capture for someone,” she said. “And it’s happening more frequently.”

To catch the quirks that bring photos to life, Teti and Los Angeles-area photographer Lori Fusaro send letters

before an appointment. Teti asks clients to pick out a celebrity their dog resembles for clues about their relationship.

A bulldog owner named Tony Soprano, the mafia boss on the HBO series.

The owner of a small mixed breed cited Cary Grant, “because he really knew how to charm the ladies with his dance moves.”

Teti’s methods have created lasting memories for Zarina Mak and her a pair of rescue mutts.

“You know when you look at the photo that these dogs are family members and not just discarded dogs,” said Mak, who had the pooches photographed twice and plans more as they age.

Photo sessions usually take an hour or so, the photographers said, and their prices vary, from $175 to $500.

Fusaro has come up with some goto spots: an outdoor dog heads to a

hiking trail; a couch potato gets a sofa; and an active pooch frolics on a beach.

She never heads out without a squeaky toy, animal calls and her “secret weapon,” a coach’s whistle.

“It only works once” to get pooches’ attention, Fusaro said.

In front of the camera, some dogs are timid and some are hams, McKenna said, but her secret for a successful shoot with any canine personality is patience.

“Never force an animal to do anything,” McKenna said. “If an animal doesn’t want to do it, you are not going to get the image you are after anyway.”

There’s not much forcing to get Mak’s two mutts to mug. She snaps them frequently on her cellphone, but Teti was able to capture something deeper without intruding.

“I could never get the true joy of them on the cellphone,” Mak said.

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FAMILY TIME | The best budget-friendly baby gear buys

Tip of the week From a car seat and crib to diapers and daycare, little ones come with big expenses. In fact, American parents spend an average of $14,000 on their baby’s first year. But you can buy the best for your baby without spending a bundle. Use this go-to guide to gear up for less.

• Smart savings strategies. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed in the baby superstore and fill up your cart with products you may not need or use.

Instead, think “less is more.” These money-saving tips from Sandra Gordon, author of “Consumer Reports Best Baby Products,” “Save a Bundle: 50+ Ways to Save Big on Baby Gear” and the forthcoming “Save Dollars on Diapers,” can help you stretch your new-baby budget and buy right.

• Shop store brands. While breast milk is best, store-brand infant formula is a great option for moms who want to formula feed or supplement breast

milk with formula. Infant formula is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration. Consequently, store-brand formulas are nutritionally comparable to name-brand formulas, yet cost up to 50 percent less. Store-brand formula saves parents up to $600 a year.

• Think neutral. If you’re planning on having more children, register or buy gender-neutral-colored products so you’ll feel comfortable using that product again for your next baby. This year, purple is the new pink or blue. You can never go wrong with lime green, red, orange, yellow, silver, black or green.

• Try reusable diapers. Today’s cloth diapers are almost as easy to use as disposables. They’re better for your budget – and not to mention the environment – saving you loads of cash by the time your baby is potty trained.

• Buy multitasking products. It pays to buy gear that does more than one thing or that can be repurposed later. Opt for a diaper pail that can be converted to a trash can, a plastic “grass” baby bottle drying rack that can also dry your delicate wine glasses, a baby blanket that’s also a nursing cover and a play mat, and a play yard that functions as a mobile changing table and a travel crib. These days, you can even use your cell phone as a baby monitor. The list goes on.

• Get a free breast pump. As a result of the Affordable Care Act, as many as 80 percent of health insur-

ance companies are now covering the cost of a double electric breast pump.

Insurance companies don’t have to provide a premium model for free, but they know it gives moms the best shot at breast feeding success.

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Family movie night “Million Dollar Arm” Rated: PG Length: 124 minutes Synopsis: A sports agent stages an unconventional recruitment strategy to get talented Indian cricket players to play Major League Baseball.

Violence/scary rating: 2 Sexual-content rating: 2 Profanity rating: 2 Drugs/alcohol rating: 2 Family Time rating: 2. A good film for the whole family.

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ers, styles and periods, all brought to life through full-color photographs of 40 masterpieces, as well as charming original illustrations. The book highlights Leonardo da Vinci, Claude Monet, Diego Velasquez, Vincent van Gogh, Salvador Dali, Mary Cassatt and Andy Warhol, providing information on their life, inspirations, influences, technique and a full-color photo of one of their signature works of art. It also includes an overview of various styles and periods (Renaissance, Impressionism, Cubism, etc.), instruction on how to view and appreciate art, and information on the color wheel and other tools artists employ. Fun art projects throughout, such as Can You Find It?, Q-tip pointillism, making a stainedglass window with tissue paper, and Spatter Paint like Pollock, allow kids to learn about painting techniques and explore their own artistic abilities. Also includes five masterpiece paintings to color. – Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers

Book report “A Child’s Introduction to Art: The World’s Greatest Paintings and Sculptures,” by Meredith Hamilton and Heather Alexander Ages: 9 to 12 Pages: 96 Synopsis: “A Child’s Introduction to Art” introduces kids ages 9 through 12 to the art world’s most famous paint-

Safety tips for toddlers Because your child is moving around more, he will come across more dangers as well. Dangerous situations can happen quickly, so keep a close eye on your child. Here are a few tips to help keep your growing toddler safe: • Do NOT leave your toddler near or around water (for example, bathtubs,

pools, ponds, lakes, whirlpools, or the ocean) without someone watching her.

Fence off backyard pools. Drowning is the leading cause of injury and death among this age group.

• Block off stairs with a small gate or fence. Lock doors to dangerous places such as the garage or basement.

• Ensure that your home is toddler-proof by placing plug covers on all unused electrical outlets.

• Keep kitchen appliances, irons and heaters out of reach of your toddler.

Turn pot handles toward the back of the stove.

• Keep sharp objects such as scissors, knives and pens in a safe place.

• Lock up medicines, household cleaners and poisons.

• Do NOT leave your toddler alone in any vehicle (that means a car, truck, or van) even for a few moments.

• Store any guns in a safe place out of his reach.

• Keep your child’s car seat rear-facing as long as possible. Your child should remain in a rear-facing car seat until she reaches the top height or weight limit allowed by the car seat’s manufacturer. Once your child outgrows the rear-facing car seat, she is ready to travel in a forward-facing car seat with a harness.

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8PRAIRIE FLOWER Thank for supporting N.I.C.E. To the Editor: On Sunday, May 4, more than 150 walkers enjoyed the afternoon walk from the Indian Creek High School parking lot into Shabbona State Park for the 12th annual 5K Walk/Run for N.I.C.E. The Neighbors In Christ Ecumenical Food and Clothing Center and the 15 churches represented through N.I.C.E. would like to thank all those who participated or donated to the success of the event. A sincere thanks to the Indian Creek Middle School Student Council, students and staff, Shabbona Fire Department Emergency team, the DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department, and Shabbona State Park for their

support and assistance that day.

We would like to sincerely thank the following local businesses who were sponsors for the walk: First State Bank, Shabbona and Waterman; Gehant Bank, West Brooklyn; Hintzsche Fertilizer & Chemical; Monsanto Co., Waterman; Pioneer State Bank, Earlville and Paw Paw; Resource Bank, Shabbona; Screwball T-Shirts, Waterman; West Brooklin Farmers Co-op and Winfield, Jim Challand, Shabbona.

Again, thank you for your support and generosity for this important once-ayear fundraiser for our local food and clothing pantry in Lee. Sandy Rueff Waterman

8BRIEFS Summer walking tours return in Sycamore The Sycamore History Museum, as part of the ongoing Historical Walking Tours of Sycamore’s Historic District, will offer guided walking tours during the summer.

On the first Sunday of the month, the tour will feature Somonauk Street, and on June 15 there will be a tour of Main Street led by noted local historian Steve Bigolin. The group will leave from the southeast corner of the Sycamore Farmers Market at 1 p.m. and will last about 90 minutes. Cost of the tour is $5 per person, and handouts with information on highlighted locations will be provided.

Bigolin has led historic district tours of Somonauk and Main streets, as well as numerous local cemetery tours.

Bigolin is a master tour guide with a huge store of knowledge of DeKalb County history.

Tours will be offered on the first and third Sunday of the month. For details, visit www.sycamorehistory.org or call 815-895-5762.

Explore stained glass windows at Ellwood House Children of all ages are invited to participate in a special tour of color, light and pattern at the Ellwood House Museum, 509 N. First St. in DeKalb at 4 p.m. June 12. The tour will explore the magnificent stained glass windows of both the Ellwood mansion and the newly acquired Ellwood-Nehring House.

Visitors will learn about the history of stained glass, see colorful examples inside two of DeKalb’s grandest homes, and color their own stained glass designs on wax paper to take home. The cost is $5 per person, and the program will last one hour. Parents, grandparents and guardians of participants are also welcome to register for $5.

Advanced registration is required.

For more information or to register, contact Scott Tews at 815-756-4609 or tews@ellwoodhouse.org.

This tour is the second of five summer

events offered through Ellwood Explorers, the museum’s youth education program. Ellwood Explorers is partially funded by the Cy Miller Foundation. For a complete schedule of events, visit www.ellwoodhouse.org.

KishHealth, Health Department partner for smokefree county KishHealth System is partnering with the DeKalb County Health Department for a smokefree DeKalb County.

The DeKalb County Housing Authority recently initiated a smokefree policy, which begins June 1, for all properties under their operation and ownership.

The health department, with funding from the We Choose Health Grant, is working with area building managers and tenants to promote a smokefree environment, to coordinate smoking cessation resources, and to provide examples of best practices to address this issue.

This smokefree initiative is dedicated to preventing secondhand smoke exposure in multi-unit buildings. Up to 65 percent of air can be exchanged between units through tiny cracks and crevices, involuntarily exposing individuals to secondhand smoke from adjacent units. Going smokefree in multi-unit buildings benefits landlords, property owners and tenants of all ages.

Resources are available to help DeKalb County residents quit smoking.

The Illinois Tobacco Quitline offers trained respiratory therapists to counsel and guide people through the quitting process at no charge. They are available from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m., seven days a week. Call toll-free at 866-7848937. KishHealth System offers local smoking cessation classes. For more information and to register, visit www. kishprograms.org.

For more information about Smokefree DeKalb County, call the DeKalb County Health Department at 815-7482435 or visit http://www.dekalbcounty.org/Health/healthpro/smokefree/ smokefree.html.

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Back Country Roads brought in the crowd for the Band Together fundraiser.

Opportunity House, KSRA Band Together for Special Olympics Band Together, a fundraiser sponsored by Opportunity House and Kishwaukee Special Recreation Association raised more than $23,000 for Special Olympics. This was a record amount for the fundraiser and the greatest amount for any one event in Opportunity House’s 50-year history.

Held at Blumen Gardens on May 9, local band Back Country Roads performed throughout the evening to an enthusiastic crowd. Lead singers Cortney Alber and Opportunity House employee Kyle Miller put on a stellar concert.

This event was a success in a large part to Presenting Sponsor KishHealth System; Gold Medal Sponsors Blumen Gardens, Douglas C. & Lynn M. Roberts Family Foundation, and Steve and Mary Ann Steinbis; Silver Medal Sponsor NB&T; and Bronze Medal Sponsors American Midwest Bank, Castle Bank, Anderson Funeral Home, Rose Law and The Suter Company.

More than 100 individuals with disabilities participate in eight different Special Olympic sports each year through Opportunity House/KSRA. Without fundraisers and support from the community, the fees associated with Special Olympics would be cost prohibitive for many participants.

Opportunity House is grateful for those who supported the annual Band Together fundraiser through sponsorships, ticket sales, monetary and food donations, donations of auction and raffle items, and volunteering to help run the event. A special “thank you” goes out to Back Country Roads for drawing in the crowd.

Opportunity House has been helping persons with disabilities in DeKalb County work, live in homes of their choice, and enjoy community life for more than 50 years. For more information, or to make a donation, visit www.ohinc.org.

DeKalb library sets summer programs Steve Roman, DeKalb Public Library’s award-winning teen librarian, is at it again. With the help of the library’s tween coordinator, Darcy Tatlock, Roman is bringing DKPL new and exciting programs this summer.

Geektopia is a program held the third Saturday every month from 1 to 5 p.m. beginning June 21. To become a citizen of Geektopia, there are few requirements. It is for anyone who likes science fiction, fantasy, horror stories and movies. It is for Whovians, Trekkers, aspiring Jedis and anyone who reads manga and graphic novels. Every month the library will explore an aspect of geek culture, learn about its history, have a lively discussion, and watch a movie related to that month’s topic. This program is open to ages 10 to adult – youth, teens and families are welcome. There is no sign-up for this free event.

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other new program to be held on the first Saturday of every month from 1 to 5 p.m. beginning June 7. Adventure @ Your Library is a tabletop role-playing game program for area teens. Teens will take part in a game of teamwork and collaborative storytelling where decisions make the difference between defeat and victory. There are only a limited number of spots available, therefore registration is necessary on the library’s website, www.dkpl.org.

Heroes @ Your Library will be every other month on the second Thursday from 6:30 to 8 p.m. beginning July 17. Heroes @ Your Library is the award-winning graphic novel discussion group for area teens. Every meeting there is a discussion on a particular graphic novel, the history and context of the comic, and the question considered is: What makes a hero? There is no registration to this free program.

Finally, the fourth Saturday of each month from 2 to 4 p.m., beginning June 28, The Magic Muffin Magazine program will take place. Area tweens (ages 10 to 14) can create their own magazine. They can either bring in already started stories, poems, comic strips, drawings, jokes and news articles or start something new.

The library will provide laptops to work on submissions during the program. After the program contributions will be added to a layout and printed for library patrons to take home and enjoy.

For any information on these programs, email Steve Roman at stever@dkpl.org or email Darcy for more information on the Magic Muffin activity at darcyt@dkpl. org. The DeKalb Public Library is open seven days a week. Visit www.dkpl.org or like them on Facebook for other library news and events.

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Patience important for gardeners in June

By BARBARA LINDHOLM

HOW DOES YOUR GARDEN GROW?

University of Illinois Extension Master Gardener It is often said that patience is a virtue. This spring, patience has not only been a virtue but a necessity as well.

Many self-sowing annuals, perennials, shrubs and trees have been reluctant to begin their growing season. As I prepare this article in late May, many plants are still just beginning to appear.

Woody plant care In June, both trees and shrubs will appreciate a layer of mulch. Mulching will conserve soil moisture, retard weed growth, moderate soil temperature and enhance the overall appearance of your garden beds.

Rugosa and shrub roses need a spring application of fertilizer. All other roses will be ready for a second application of a well-balanced fertilizer after their initial bloom period.

Annual and perennial care As many annual and perennial plants are already in the ground by June, let’s consider after planting care. Here are some tips.

• Mulching your garden beds with a 2- to 3-inch layer of mulch is recommended.

• To develop strong root

systems, deep, infrequent watering is preferred over frequent light watering. Early morning watering is recommended.

• Annuals and perennials do not require large or frequent amounts of fertilizer.

• For annuals, an initial fertilizing in the spring at planting time will probably be sufficient. If plants appear to have poor growth, nutrients may be missing in the soil. If this occurs, a second application may be used 6 to 8 weeks after planting. Perennial plants should have a successful growing season with an application of a balanced fertilize such as 10-10-10 once a year.

• Deadhead both annuals and perennials for greater flower production.

Lawn care Healthy turf grass may be mowed at 2 to 3 inches.

If stress situations such as drought, disease or insects occur, do not remove more than one-third of the turf at one time.

Seed bare areas if needed.

Do not fertilize your lawn in the hot weather. It is better to wait until fall.

Water early in the day to prevent disease problems.

Fruit, vegetable and herb care Harvest raspberries.

Early June is pumpkin planting time. Large pumpkins may take as much as 100 days to develop.

June is the time to pinch top growth on herbs to

better result.

Even though there will be some plant loss in our 2014 gardens, please be patient before giving up on your plants. Enjoy each day in your garden as you discover that many of your favorite plants are returning, and like many of us, are just running a little late.

encourage branching and stop flowering. Many herbs are now ready to be used for cooking.

June tip As simple as it sounds, the main thing to remember when you are planting or replanting annuals, perennials, shrubs or trees is that your first consideration should be “right plant for the right place.” Many plants fail in their first year because they are planted in the wrong location. Before planting, take time to study the site to determine if your plant will be successful there. Learn as much as you can about your plant before putting it in the ground. A little time spent researching before planting will almost always yield a

• The Master Gardeners are available to answer your gardening questions from 9 a.m. to noon Monday through Friday at the University of Illinois Extension DeKalb County office in the Farm Bureau Center for Agricultur, 350 W. Prairie Drive in Sycamore. Call 815-758-8194 or email DeKalb_mg@extension.uiuc.edu. Walk-ins are welcome.

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“We thank the city for their continued generosity,” said Cindy Worsley, executive director. She said the funds will be used toward the roof repair project at the Fox Valley Community Center located at 1406 Suydam Road in Sandwich.

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Countertops get creative

By DIANA MARSZALEK The Associated Press

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Chef Charles “Moose” Brooks poses in the Feed’em Soup kitchen in DeKalb.

Feed’em Soup introduces Chef Moose, summer series Feed’em Soup Community Project has a new chef in the kitchen. Chef Charles “Moose” Brooks brings a rare blend of flavors to the organization whose mission is to feed those struggling with food insecurity.

Brooks was born and raised in Chicago and learned to cook at an early age. His parents hail from Jamaica and Louisiana respectively giving Chef Moose an early education in Jamaican and Cajun cuisine.

While growing up in Chicago, Brooks added Chicago-style barbecue and the art of smoking meat to his repertoire.

Professionally, Chef Moose has worked in a variety of kitchens over the past 25 years further expanding his culinary abilities. This includes Northern Illinois University’s Convocation Center where he has had the opportunity to cook for a variety of celebrities such as Bob Dylan, B.B. King, Jay-Z and many others.

Both Chef Moose’s experience and diverse flavors are a welcome addition at DeKalb’s Feed’em Soup Community Project, a nonprofit that’s mission is to provide a restaurant-quality meal to anyone regardless of ability to pay, and especially those in the community who struggle with food insecurity.

“We are kind of a hybrid these days” Executive Director Derek Gibbs said in a news release. “Three days a week we provide a ‘donatewhat-you-can’ meal service for both those who need it and those who are able to donate, and a couple of other days a week we have a food event or restaurant-style fundraiser where 100 percent of the proceeds helps pay the rent, utilities, insurance, and other operating expenses.”

Chef Moose has been vital

to the fundraising efforts and has helped the organization pull itself closer to being out of a $10,000 deficit in the budget created this past winter when harsh temperatures hindered fundraising efforts and drove utilities sky high.

Having a professional chef has allowed the organization to separate itself from the image of a soup kitchen. The group prides itself on not only providing meals, but giving those down on their luck the feeling of a night out.

This summer, Chef Moose will serve four drive-thru dinners featuring some of his signature dishes such as Jamaican jerk chicken and barbecue pulled pork smoked on site for eight hours or more. Tickets to each dinner

cost $8, or get a season pass for all four for $30. All of the proceeds raised will be used to keep the lights on, food hot and doors open for those that need a good meal.

The schedule follows: • June 3 – Jerk chicken dinner, red beans and rice, fresh greens salad • June 24 – Italian beef, pasta aalad, fresh greens salad • July 15 – Barbecue pulled cork, Cajun potato salad, fresh greens salad • Aug. 5 – Sausage and chicken jambalaya, bread, fresh greens salad Pick-up is from 4 to 7 p.m. at 122 S. First St. in downtown DeKalb. Tickets must be paid for in advance and can be ordered now at www.FeedEmSoup.org.

The concrete countertops in Eleanor Zuckerman’s San Francisco kitchen are hand-crafted works of art.

Custom-designed by Fu-Tun Cheng of the Berkeley, California-based Cheng Concrete, they feature colors like brick, flowing lines and pictures of nautilus shells.

“With concrete there is a lot of room for creativity, to say nothing of color,” says Zuckerman, a retired psychologist. “It gives you flexibility.”

Homeowners looking to spice up their kitchens can install a variety of countertops that go beyond the traditional laminate and tile. Today’s options include concrete and butcher-block-style wood, and a range of custom-designed colors and shapes. IceStone countertops use recycled glass from broken bottles.

“So many different materials are used in countertops these days,” says Tony Izzo, Curtis Lumber’s corporate kitchen and bath manager in Albany, New York. Until about 25 years ago, he says, roughly 90 percent of countertops in U.S. homes were laminate, and the rest tile.

Then DuPont’s Corian hit the market, followed by granite and quartz, which are current favorites, he says. Today, just half of countertops are laminate, Izzo says.

The burgeoning interest in alternative countertops is the natural extension of that trend. And they are becoming more affordable.

“Slowly, over the years, the market has really grown,” says Mike Heidebrink, president of Cheng Concrete. When the company opened in 2002, it catered mostly to wellheeled dot-commers willing to spend more to bring an artisan’s touch to their kitchens.

Today, Heidebrink says, Cheng also serves a growing number of skilled do-it-yourselfers who want to shape, mold and install countertops themselves. They can choose the color and lines of their countertops, he says.

Once installed and sealed, he says, concrete countertops are as durable as limestone and marble.

“They can have that for $10 a square foot,” he says.

Nils Wessell in Brooklyn, New York, says the do-it-yourself movement also is fueling his businesses, in a different way.

“This DIY interest in cooking leads to people wanting a suitable surface to chop up meat on,” says Wessell, whose company, Brooklyn Butcher Blocks, makes wooden countertops with enough thickness and durability to be used as cutting boards. Clients include barbecue restaurants as well as home cooks.

While Wessell says his handmade countertops are more expensive than factory-made ones, he can make “a sizeable countertop for about a grand,” he says.

Of course, no countertop is perfect. Concrete can stain, so it must be sealed properly.

Wooden countertops take a beating from knives, although Wessell says they can be easily maintained with semi-regular sanding.

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GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – An uncertain future will require you to broaden your options regarding your work and personal life. There is no need to remain in a situation that is stifling or unrewarding.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – Put some space between you and anything that is creating stress. Indulge in things that make you happy.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Invite some friends over to your house. Take time to enjoy one another’s company in an open and pleasant setting.

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VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – A beneficial partnership could come your way as the result of a short trip. Your plans will be met with enthusiasm and some constructive criticism will give you a new outlook.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Expect to face a difference of opinion at home.

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SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – You can overcome any barriers. Don’t allow insecurity to slow down your progress. You have what it takes to be successful, so pick up the pace.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – You may be called on to fulfill a promise that you have yet to honor.

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CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Someone is feeling let down. Show more affection, and you will get the same in return. It’s important to see both sides of a situation if you want to resolve issues.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Concentrate on taking better care of your health, and you will replace lethargy and exhaustion with enthusiasm and accomplishment.

Overindulgence will cause uncertainty. Balance is required.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – It will be easy to coax others into helping you out. You can increase your chances of success by airing your ideas to a larger group of people.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Stop complaining and start doing. Accept any differences you have with others and keep moving forward. The only person you can improve is you, so leave your grievances at home.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – You’ll be stressed over inconsequential matters. If you share your thoughts with a good friend, the suggestions offered will help you find solutions to your problems.

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Refusal to drink makes woman feel out of step Dear Abby: I’m 20 years old. My boyfriend and I don’t drink. Almost every person my age does, and it’s starting to get to me. I’d love to have friends besides my boyfriend I can hang out with, but I find that I only connect with him because everyone else always wants to go out and party. He is an introvert, so the seclusion doesn’t bother him. I, on the other hand, am greatly bothered by it.

I have always been ahead of the curve in terms of people my age. I have more in common with 30-year-olds than people in college. Unfortunately, I would feel weird spending time with 30-yearolds, and I’m sure they’d feel the same about spending time with me. Most of my spare time is spent with my family.

They just seem to get me.

How can I find people my age who think the way I do?

I don’t want to be the kind of girl who only spends time with her boyfriend. I would appreciate other relationships. – Liz in New Jersey Dear Liz: I agree that it’s time to expand your circle of acquaintances. That’s why I’m advising you to join a gym or some other physical activity group and start meeting

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips people who are involved in physical fitness. None of the ones I know want to spend their time drinking and partying because they are more interested in eating and living healthfully. I’m sure if you try it, you will meet others who think the way you do.

Dear Abby: I am 15, and all of my friends my age and a grade lower have their belly buttons pierced. I have been asking my mom for a very long time and she doesn’t have a problem with it, but my dad does. He won’t let me get it done because he doesn’t want me looking like trash at this age.

I don’t want it to impress boys; I want it for my own beauty and to look good with a cute jewel to go with my summer outfits or bathing suits. They said to ask you if you think it’s wrong to have a belly button pierced at the age of 15. Is it wrong? – Kylie in Washington Dear Kylie: I don’t think that having a belly button pierced is a question of right

or wrong. I suspect that your father’s objection – and I’m not sure I disagree with him – is that he would prefer you make an impression by attracting attention in some other way. I’m suggesting you hold off for now and have it done when you’re older – providing you haven’t changed your mind by then.

Dear Abby: My husband, “Mike,” and I are young newlyweds and adjusting to our new life quite well. However, while we both come from deeply religious families, we are both nonbelievers, which has caused some strife within the family.

Mike has several nieces and nephews (ages 4 to 9) who have asked us repeatedly why we don’t go to church with them, since the whole family attends together. Their mother has made it clear that they do not want the children knowing there is another option besides Christianity, and I understand, since their faith is so important to them.

But I don’t want to lie to the kids or ignore their questions.

Is there a tactful way to answer their questions without stepping on toes? – Never On Sunday Dear Never: You could re-

spond by saying, “Your uncle and I have other plans.” And if the kids ask what they are, tell them what you plan to do that day. If they ask why you don’t come to church like they do, tell them that because they are children they need to learn about their religion.

When they are adults, they can choose to go – or not.

While I respect your inlaws’ desire to practice their faith, I think it is unrealistic to try to keep children in the dark because as soon as they hit school – unless they are home-schooled or in a churchrun school – they are going to meet other kids who worship differently or not at all.

Dear Abby: I am a male victim of domestic violence.

I was traumatized for five years at the hands of my ex.

I suffered through name-calling, physical and sexual abuse. Once, when she was upset, she hit me with her car and dragged me across our parking lot.

I tried several times to leave only to find that in my community there was no help for men in situations like mine. There are women’s shelters everywhere, but none that cater to men and their children. I ended up having to

return home, and things just got worse.

I finally left with the shirt on my back and a few belongings. Because I couldn’t find help, I slept on the street.

I am now a survivor and attending school to become a social worker. I have been trying to raise awareness of men as abuse victims, but it’s an uphill battle. Why? – Empowered in Central Wisconsin Dear Empowered: It’s probably because of outdated gender stereotypes and lack of awareness by the law enforcement in your community that women as well as men can be psychopaths. When your wife ran you down in the parking lot, she should have wound up behind bars, assuming the police were called.

While female-on-male domestic violence is reported less often than male-on-female violence, it does happen, as anyone who reads my column regularly knows. Men who need help should call the Domestic Abuse Helpline for Men and Women – the tollfree number is 888-743-5754 – because help is available.

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‘Prehypertension’ can develop into hypertension Dear Dr. K: My doctor says I have prehypertension. If it’s “pre,” then I don’t need to worry about it, right?

Dear Reader: Prehypertension is a blood pressure reading of 120-139/80-89 mm Hg. That’s the gray zone between normal blood pressure (below 120/80) and hypertension, or high blood pressure (above 140/90). We know that hypertension is dangerous. It increases your risk of heart disease, stroke, kidney disease and impaired vision.

Doctors first coined the term “prehypertension” because they found evidence that having prehypertension puts you at higher than average risk for developing hypertension later on. Having prehypertension meant, at a minimum, two things. First, it

The researchers broke down the participants into two groups: • Low-range prehypertension: Blood pressure between 120/80 and 129/84.

• High-range prehypertenwas even more important sion: Blood pressure between for you than for the average 130/85 and 139/89. person to make the lifestyle People with high-range changes that reduced your prehypertension had a 95 risk of getting hypertension. percent higher stroke risk Second, it meant your blood compared with people with pressure needed to be meanormal blood pressure. Those sured more frequently. in the low range had a 44 perNow, new studies reveal that prehypertension also pos- cent higher stroke risk.

This study only adds to the es health risks of its own. It evidence that we should take may independently increase prehypertension seriously. your risk of having a stroke.

How seriously? So far, doctors For example, researchers analyzed 19 high-quality stud- don’t recommend that people with prehypertension take ies that focused on the links between prehypertension and medications. Blood pressure drugs lower blood pressure, stroke. The studies included more than 750,000 people who but they can also cause harmful side effects. In the prehywere followed for 36 years.

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff

pertension range, benefits and risks seem to cancel each other out.

Instead, people with prehypertension should focus on lifestyle changes: low-salt diets, healthy weight and regular exercise. These can lower your blood pressure to the normal range without having to take medications.

After the concept of “prehypertension” began to appear in the media, a patient of mine asked me a question.

“Why do you doctors keep lowering the threshold of things I should worry about?

Why do you keep dropping the level of blood pressure, or of cholesterol, that you call ‘high’? Are the drug companies pushing you to prescribe more drugs, so they make more money?”

Well, that’s an under-

standable concern. Of course the drug companies would like to sell more drugs. And, unfortunately, some doctor “thought leaders” are paid a lot of money by drug companies, and then talk to other doctors about the virtues of medications.

For the record, I don’t take any money from drug companies. And I have not seen scientific evidence showing a benefit from treating prehypertension with medications.

But that could change as new research is published. In any event, I’ll recommend medications for something only when I think there’s solid scientific evidence that you will benefit – and that the benefit will exceed the risk.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

8TODAY’S WEEKEND PUZZLE ACROSS 1 Cast a ballot 6 Perimeters 11 City in New York 16 “— the raven . . .”

21 Popped up 22 Stirring 23 Rain forest parrot 24 Loan-sharking 25 Dangerous woman 26 Take delight in 27 Ad 28 Fable guru 29 Dawn goddess 30 Gauzy fabric 32 Play possum 34 Aloha token 36 One of ten 37 Type of appeal 39 Some singles 41 Go formal 43 Joins hands 45 Woodwind instruments 47 Officer wannabe 49 Mall stand 51 Learned one 54 Overzealous 55 Firm up 56 Rara — 60 Kind of gallery 61 Thief’s need 62 Kind of threat 64 Festive night 65 Range sizes 66 Ancient Scots 67 Coffee source 68 Big Bird pal 70 Basketball hoop 71 Team cheer 73 Cigar-smoking George 74 Rusted away 75 Ms. Lanchester 77 Genie’s abode 78 City conduits 79 Refuge abroad 80 Tucker of music 82 Move crabwise 83 Rock band Pink —

84 Shaggy flowers 87 Ring-shaped cake 88 Cops, to a felon 89 Job opening 93 Steel girders (hyph.)

94 Dizzy 95 Price-fixing group 97 Stretchy bandage 98 Vicar’s residence 99 Epics 100 Lop off branches 101 Unqualified 103 PC button 104 Easy-care fabric 106 Ducklike birds 107 Kind of cracker 108 Mets’ former ballpark 110 Fourth-down option 111 Gone amok 112 Keeps digging 113 Genghis Khan followers 115 Great destruction 116 Antlered animal 117 Complete debacle 120 Pantyhose color 122 Stockpile 124 Like khaki 128 HMO staffers 129 Kiel conjunction 131 Third dimension 133 Made beef jerky 135 Ms. Merkel 136 Flawless 138 From the beginning (2 wds.)

140 Check for fraud 142 “— vincit amor” 144 Pageant crown 145 Cabinet post 146 Shorthand pro 147 Formation flyers 148 Western 149 Disgorge 150 Cuts back on 151 Moderated

DOWN 1 Bouquet holders 2 Sky hunter 3 Weightlifter’s pride 4 Language suffix 5 Slight damage 6 Previous 7 — on (ponders) 8 Mallet 9 Be very frugal 10 Part of SASE 11 Called strikes 12 Bull’s-eye locale 13 PC screen images 14 Trippet 15 Wanted GI 16 Bobwhites 17 Function 18 Deposes 19 Crowd in

20 Media excesses 31 WWII craft (hyph.)

33 A funny Murphy 35 Pierre’s school 38 Pioneer Daniel — 40 Meager 42 Coils of yarn 44 FBI acronym 46 Type of wine 48 “Sesame Street” topic 50 Pandora’s boxful 51 Tire in the trunk 52 — B. DeMille 53 Does damage 54 Short summary 55 Unisex garb 57 Peddles 58 Leafy vines 59 Far from posh 61 Terra —

62 Captain Nemo creator 63 Demolition — 66 Earnestly hopes 67 Muscular 69 Lines on a map 72 Radius companions 73 No-goodnik 74 Overact 76 Cartographer’s book 78 Objects to 79 Raise spirits 81 Readied the bow 82 Where Khartoum is 83 Terrarium plants 84 Small coins 85 Disconcert 86 Therefore

87 Intolerant person 88 — couture 90 Machine-shop tool 91 Barracuda habitat 92 Payment details 94 Red gem 95 Hunker down 96 Enticements 99 Wind-driven spray 100 Walt Kelly strip 102 Sealed a package 105 Protective garment 106 Feel envious 107 Crystal-filled rock 109 Happy sighs 111 Affinity 112 Crunchy snacks 114 Telescope lens 115 — rancheros

116 Kind of biology 117 Corn-chip name 118 Gandhi setting 119 What a standee would like (2 wds.)

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Moving Sale Saturday May 31 9am – 3pm Sunday June 1 10am - 2pm 33678 Kingston Rd. 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.

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

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

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ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF NURSING 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.

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(3½ miles South of I88) Friday & Saturday, May 30 & 31 8am – 4pm Beer lights & mirrors, bikes, collectibles, antiques, car polisher, HedgeHog. Large assortment!

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

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DEKALB 1102 N 14th St May 30 & 31 8am - 4pm Furniture, Toys, Home Decor, clothing, and much more.

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

GENEVA Huge multi family garage sale.

Eaglebrook Subdivision

HEADBOARD Full-sized brass headboard, $50.

Call 815-508-0406 for details or photos.

Kitchen/Dining Room Set Round Wood Varnished Kitchen Table Set, 4 High Back & Padded Seat Chairs, $45.

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REAL ESTATE OFFERED AT 6:00 PM. FOLLOWED BY PERSONAL PROPERTY. WEED EATER RIDING LAWN TRACTOR W/ MOWER DECK, 18H.P.; BOLENS 30” CUT SNOWBLOWER; TORO RECYCLER LAWN MOWER, LIKE NEW! YARDMAN 6H.P. 21” CUT MOWER; WEBER GENESIS 5100 GAS GRILL; LUX-AIR UPRIGHT 5H.P. AIR COMPRESSOR; SEVERAL LADDERS MISC. HAND TOOLS; FLOOR JACK, JACK STANDS, SHOP VAC; WHEEL BARROW; LOTS OF YARD AND GARDEN TOOLS; SINGER 7182 COMMERCIAL BLIND STITCH SEWING MACHINE; MAYTAG OVERSIZE WASHER; KENMORE ELECTRIC DRYER; LOTS OF NICE FURNITURE INCLUDING SOFA; OAK END AND COFFEE TABLES; OAK PEDESTAL DINNING TABLE W/ 4 MATCHING OAK CHAIRS; 4 OAK SWIVEL COUNTER CHAIRS; KING -SIZE BED; DOUBLE BED; TWIN BED; GLIDER ROCKER; SEVERAL LAMPS; KENMORE VACUUM W/ POWER HEAD; LOTS OF DISHWARE, KITCHENWARE, GLASSWARE; AND MANY OTHER USEFUL HOUSEHOLD & HOUSEWARES ITEMS TO NUMEROUS TO MENTION. TERMS ON PERSONAL PROPERTY: CASH, CHECK, CREDIT CARDS, NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ACCIDENTS, INJURY OR THEFT. ALL ITEMS SETTLED FOR ON SALE DAY. COME OUT AND JOIN US AT THE 1ST EARLY EVENING AUCTION OF THE SUMMER. PATRIOT DOGS LUNCH ON SITE. ALMBURG AUCTIONEERING INC. 815-825-2727, MALTA, IL ANDREW & STEVE

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White, Kenmore with top freezer.

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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 Six original Hummel Wine Glasses.

The goblet is of gold plated hand cut crystal. Stem is porcelain gigure made by famous Hummel plant.

Six different figures. $200.00 Call 815-895-2877

919 St. Andrews Circle Sat 7-4; Sunday 10-2 Tools, riding lawnmower, toys, games, Barbies, glassware, silver, furniture, granite, vintage items, linen, electronics, collectibles, sporting goods, household items, etc, etc, etc.

Family room, “country cottage” couch, coffee table, chair, sm. table & love seat complete set $400 815-895-4659

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Designer clothing, maternity wear, household appliances, yard tools, office electronics, children's clothing.

Huge Garage Sale

Full Propane Tank $30 630-365-5888

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

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

WEIGHT SET Smaller with weights, $50.

815-761-8571 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

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.

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

Briggs & Stratton 7 hp engine.

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

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

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

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

50 Gallon Aquarium w/ wrought iron stand & new filter; Extra large dog cage - $50 each.

815-827-3703 AKC BLACK LABRADOR 9 week Champ sired. OFA + CERF guaranteed. (quality labs for 34 years) $750.

847-224-4351

AQUARIUM 55 gallon with hardwood stand. $100 815-520-4721

Ball Python Docile with aquarium, $75.

815-520-4721 Kittens: (2) Black healthy Friendly short hair kittens. FREE to good home only Ron 815-825-2526

AIR CONDITIONER Large, 240 Volt AC, In Great Working Order, $140, Sycamore.

815-895-5373.

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Off Coltonville, small 3BR Condo.

Water and garbage incl, $800/mo.

No pets.

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The Knolls Hot new deluxe townhomes.

2 & 3 Bedrooms.

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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

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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

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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

REHABBED 4 Bdrm, 2 Bath. All appliances stay.

DeKalb Schools, Big Country Kitchen, 2 Car garage.

Open House June 1 -- 1 PM to 3 PM 14608 S. First St. DeKalb

$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.

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Sycamore E. State St. AVAILABLE NOW! Newly remodeled 2 Bedroom CALL FOR DETAILS 815-245-6098 ~ 815-923-2521

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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 Basemen, W/D, large shed, $895.

ALSO 4BR, $1275. No pets/smoke.

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pa y pe dent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Article XXVIII 5/28-4 of probate Act (755 ILCS 5/28-4).

pr torney within ten days after it has been filed.

/s/ Maureen Josh (Clerk of the Circuit Court)

/S/ Maureen Josh CIRCUIT CLERK OF DEKALB COUNTY, SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS

DeKalb 400 River Rd. 3BR,1BA 4 season room, frplc, hrdwd flrs.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RONALD JACKSON, JR., DECEASED.

PUBLIC NOTICE

NO: 14 P 50 CLAIM NOTICE INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DE KALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS

NOTICE is given of the death of Ronald Jackson, Jr., of DeKalb, Illinois. Letters of office were issued on May 14, 2014, to Sherrie Bourdages, Independent Executor of 9075 Elva Road, DeKalb, Illinois, whose attorney is Russell E. Burns, 1500 E. Lincoln Highway, Suite 1-B, DeKalb, Illinois 60115.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178, or with the representative, or both, within 6 months from the date of first publication of this notice and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to the attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates indepen-

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PREPARED BY: Russell E. Burns 1500 E. Lincoln Highway Suite 1-B DeKalb, IL 60115 (815)754-5410

IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE WESLEY D. DVORAK, DECEASED. CASE NO. 14 P 58 CLAIM NOTICE NOTICE IS GIVEN of the death of Wesley D. Dvorak of DeKalb County, Illinois. Letters of Office as Executor were issued to Ronald G. Klein on May 28, 2014, whose attorneys are KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK & LEWIS, LLC, Attorneys at Law, 2045 Aberdeen Court, Sycamore, IL 60178.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the representative, or both, within six months from the date of issuance of Letters of Office 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 at-

DATED: May 29, 2014

Ronald G. Klein Attorney for the Estate of Wesley D. Dvorak KLEIN, STODDARD, BUCK LEWIS, LLC 2045 Aberdeen Court, Suite A Sycamore, IL 60178 (815) 748-0380

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(Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 31, June 7 & 14, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES R. PYLE, Deceased Case No. 2013 P 57 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: CREDITORS, CLAIMANTS AND UNKNOWN HEIRS 1. Notice is given of the death of James R. Pyle who died on March 26, 2013 a resident of Sugar Grove, Illinois.

2. The Executor for the estate and her address is: Krista Carls, 40 E. Church Street, Sandwich, Illinois 60548.

3. The attorney for the estate and his/her address is: Krista Carls P.C., 40 E. Church Street, Sandwich, Illinois 60548.

4. Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Clerk of the Court of DeKalb County, 133

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ty West State Street, Sycamore, IL 60178, or with the Representative, or both by November 30, 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 attorney within 10 days after it has been filed.

5. On April 22, 2013, an Order Appointing the Representative was entered.

6. The estate will be administered without Court supervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervision administration by filing a petition to terminate under Section 28-4 of the Probate Act (Ill. Rev. Stat. Ch. 110 1/2, Par. 28-4).

Dated this 28th of May, 2014. /s/ Krista Carls Attorney KRISTA CARLS Krista Carls P.C. 40 E. Church Street Sandwich, Illinois 60548 Telephone 815-756-8000 Telefax: 815-786-8200 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 31, June 7 & 14, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Invitation to Bid City of Sycamore Public Works is seeking bids for the purchase of the following new equipment.

One (1) 41,000lb GVWR Single Axle Cab & Chassis Specifications for the above may be obtained from the Sycamore Public Works at 475 North Cross,

Sycamore, Illinois 60178.

Bids will be accepted until 10:00 a.m. June 10, 2014. Bids may be mailed or delivered to the Sycamore City Clerk's Office at 308 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois 60178. Bids will be opened at 10:00 a.m. June 10, 2014, in the Sycamore Council Chambers.

Fred Busse Director Public Works (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 31, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

(8 ) City of DeKalb reserves the right to reject any and/or all bids and to waive any technicalities in the bid process and to accept any bid which may be deemed in the best interest of the City of DeKalb. Bid awards are dependent on final budget approval by the City Council and allocation of funds. The City of DeKalb also reserves the right to alter any approved plan.

City of DeKalb, IL Mark Espy Assistant Director of Public Works Operations (815) 748-2040 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 31, 2014.)

REQUEST FOR BID The City of DeKalb will accept sealed bids in accordance with the bid specifications as prescribed by the City of DeKalb for the following: Emerald Ash Borer Insecticidal Treatments Sealed bids will be received in the City Clerk's Office at 200 South Fourth St. until June 9, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. All bids will be publicly opened immediately thereafter.

Bid submittal shall be complete and submitted on forms furnished by the City of DeKalb. Bid packets are available at www.cityofdekalb.com , or the City Clerk's office between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Monday through Friday.

All persons interested in submitting a bid, or having questions regarding the bid process, may contact Mark Espy, Assistant Director of Public Works Operations, City of DeKalb at (815) 748-2040. The

PUBLIC NOTICE LOOKING FOR DBE'S! Curran Contracting Company is seeking IDOT approved DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for the 06/13/2014 IDOT letting!

Plans & Specs are available at www.dot.state.il.us or email estimating@ currancontracting.com (815) 455-5100 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 29, 30, 31, June 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 & 10, 2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on May 29, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as BALLAS DISPOSAL located at 304 S. Wells, Sandwich, IL 60548.

Dated May 29, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, May 31, June 7 & 14, 2014.)

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2007 INFINITI G35, 3742A .................................... $26,9994

2013 GMC SIERRA 2500HD DENALI, 4383A ............ $48,9904

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2008 CADILLAC CTS SEDAN 1SA, 3527Q................. $18,690

2012 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500 LT, 3633A................ $28,9904

2011 HYUNDAI SONATA, 4130C ............................. $14,9904

2012 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD LT, 4529A ........... $39,9904

2014 CHEVROLET IMPALA, 4492P........................... $24,9994

2012 CHEVY SILVERADO 2500HD LT, 4321A ........... $40,9904

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2013 CHRYSLER 200, 4326 ................................... $14,990

2008 CHEVY AVALANCHE, 4438A ........................... $12,9904

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2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE, 4244P ........................... $19,999

2008 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500, 4357C.................... $12,9904

2013 CHEVY CRUZE, 4072A .................................. $18,9994

2005 GMC SIERRA 1500, 4191A ............................ $11,9904

2014 CHEVROLET CRUZE, 4242P ........................... $19,7904

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500, 3929B...................... $3,9904

2011 FORD FUSION, 3752A................................... $13,9994

2004 CHEVY SILVERADO 1500, 3548K...................... $6,9904

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(815) 748-0930 1 With approved credit; payment based on 2.99% for 72 months; $1,000 due at signing. 2Includes all applicable rebates. Excludes tax, title, license and doc fees. 3With approved credit; on select models; 0% in lieu of rebates. 4Excludes tax, title, license and doc fees. 5Pre-owned vehicles must be returned within 5 days or 150 miles in the same condition as when purchased to receive a full refund. adno=0280136