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By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – People ask general manager Shawna Johnson every day when she will open Hobnobbers Food and Spirits in Sycamore.

Her answer: The owners are aiming to open Hobnobbers by the end of this month. They need to finish installing the custom bar, repaint the walls and pass a final inspection by the DeKalb County Health Department before they can open at 2030 Baron Drive.

“I’d rather be open than doing this,” Johnson said.

Hobnobbers is located at the

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former Mugzzies Pizzeria & Restaurant, which closed Dec. 31 after a dispute between Mugzzies owner Nick Tsiftilis and his father, building owner Pete Tsiftilis over past due rent and other costs.

Pete Tsiftilis still owns the building, and Mike Crawford became the owner of Hobnobbers on Feb. 1. Nick Tsiftilis is no longer involved with the business.

Crawford said his sportsthemed establishment will keep some of the staples Mugzzies had, such as the recipes for pizza and beer nuggets. However, they also wanted to change the look of the restaurant to make it completely fresh for customers, he said.

Hobnobbers will have 15 TVs that range in size from 42 inches to 65 inches. An iPad will control the entire sound system.

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Jake Rundle (left), 8, and Kyleigh Allen, 11, both of Sycamore, took part in the entertainment with performer Jim “Spoon Man” Cruise during the summer reading kickoff event Saturday at Sycamore Public Library.

Summer reading programs begin to blossom at libraries across DeKalb County

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com

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eKALB – Emami Brinkman plans to take about 10 minivacations this summer.

That is, the 14-year-old Sycamore resident plans to escape into 10 books as she participates in the summer reading program at the Sycamore Public Library.

Libraries across DeKalb County are kicking off their summer-long reading programs for children, teens and adults that will encourage them to jump into new books by offering prizes for their accomplishments.

In Sycamore and Sandwich, libraries will offer science-themed programs.

Brinkman won the grand prize of a two-foot-wide turtle stuffed animal last year after reading more than 20 young adult books. This summer, she plans read at least 10 adult books, including part of the “Game of Thrones” series.

“I always read, but during the summer it’s hard with all the other things I have going on,” Brinkman said. “The summer reading program keeps me on track and keeps me reading with the same intensity during the school year.”

Evelyn Lorence, the head of youth and teen services at the Sycamore Public Library said Sycamore’s program is divided into three levels, with the third pushing readers outside of the lines of their books. The program runs through July 31; readers can sign up at any time.

The first and second levels require students read for five hours a level. In the third level, called “read, discover, create,” readers will have to either create or discover something from a book they read. For instance, a partici-

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Carpenter Jeremy Liebhaber puts supports under the bar that he is building Tuesday at the future Hobnobbers Food and Spirits in Sycamore.

Friendly fire strike kills 5 U.S. troops The ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL, Afghanistan – Five American troops with a special operations unit were killed by a U.S. airstrike called in to help them after they were ambushed by the Taliban in southern Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday.

The deaths, in one of the deadliest friendly fire incidents in nearly 14 years of war, were a fresh reminder that the conflict is nowhere near over for some U.S. troops, who will keep fighting for at least two more years.

Pentagon spokesman Rear Adm. John Kirby said the five

American troops were killed Monday “during a security operation in southern Afghanistan.”

“Investigators are looking into the likelihood that friendly fire was the cause. Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of these fallen,” Kirby said in a statement.

In Washington, U.S. defense officials said the five Americans were with a special operations unit that they did not identify.

Earlier, officials had said all five were special operations-qualified troops, but later an official

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Mokena man among those killed in incident The family of a 19-year-old soldier from Mokena confirmed Tuesday that he was among the five troops killed during a friendly-fire incident in Afghanistan.

Aaron Toppen, a 2013 graduate of Aaron Lincoln-Way East Toppen High School, was “an incredible human being,” said his uncle, Stephen White, former chief

judge of Will County. “He went for all the right reasons. His family had the ‘Military Mom’ flag in the yard. They are very proud of him.”

A family spokeswoman Jennie Swartz told The Associated Press that Army officials informed the family that Toppen was among those killed Monday. She said Army officials came to his mother’s home overnight in Mokena, which is about 60 miles southeast of DeKalb.

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Reading a book on sharks could end with a trip to an aquarium.

“We are really trying to engage them,” Lorence said. “We, of course, want them reading, but we want them getting hands on.”

The DeKalb, Genoa and Somonauk public libraries will use the Illinois Reading Enrichment and Development program’s 2014 animal theme, “Paws to Read.”

The DeKalb program starts Monday and will run through Aug. 10, said teen librarian Steve Roman.

He hopes this year will draw as many, if not more, than the 1,110

children who participated last year.

He said curbing summer reading loss – the decline in children’s reading development – lies at the core of the summer reading program. Low-income students lose more than two months of reading achievement over the summer, while their middle-class peers make slight gains, according to the National Summer Learning Association.

“Reading helps not only to maintain those skills, but to improve those skills over the summer,” Roman said.

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[The summer reading program] gives the opportunity to read something you would enjoy or discover something new or a new author you might not have thought you would like.”

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New Beginnings AA(C): 10 a.m. at 120 Main St., Kingston. 800452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub. com.

Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb. www.KishKiwanis.org; contact Amy Polzin at APolzin87@yahoo. com.

Exchange Club of DeKalb/Sycamore: Noon to 1 p.m. at Lincoln Inn, DeKalb. Guests are welcome.

Call John Hughes at 815-991-5387.

Sycamore Rotary Club: Noon at Blumen Gardens, 403 Edward St., Sycamore 24 Hour A Day Brown Bag AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at Newman Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Kishwaukee Valley Heritage Museum: 1 to 5 p.m. at 622 Park Ave. in Genoa. Call 815-784-5559 for appointments other days.

DeKalb County Housing Action Coalition: 1:30 p.m. at Canterbury Place Apartments in DeKalb.

For concerned advocates for affordable housing in the county.

Contact Theresa Komitas at troff@cci-hci.org.

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.

Weight Watchers: 5 p.m. weigh-in, 5:30 p.m. meeting at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road, (near Aldi) DeKalb.

Safe Passage Domestic Violence support group; 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

Came to Believe AA(C): 6 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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American Legion Post 66: 7:30 p.m. at American Legion Hall, 1204 S. Fourth St. in DeKalb.

Kishwaukee Concert Band rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Huntley Middle School, South Seventh and Taylor streets in DeKalb.

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Calif. tenure laws struck down

By LINDA DEUTSCH The Associated Press LOS ANGELES – A judge struck down tenure and other job protections for California’s public school teachers as unconstitutional Tuesday, saying such laws harm students – especially poor and minority ones – by saddling them with bad teachers who are almost impossible to fire.

In a landmark decision that could influence the gathering debate over tenure across the country, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Rolf Treu cited the historic case of Brown v. Board of Education in ruling that students have a fundamental right to equal education.

Siding with the nine students who brought the lawsuit, he ruled that California’s laws on hiring and firing in schools have resulted in “a significant number of grossly ineffective teachers currently active in California classrooms.”

He agreed, too, that a dispropor-

tionate share of these teachers are in schools that have mostly minority and low-income students.

The judge stayed the ruling pending appeals. The case involves 6 million students from kindergarten through 12th grade.

The California Attorney General’s office said it is considering its legal options, while the California Teachers Association, the state’s biggest teachers union with 325,000 members, vowed an appeal.

“Circumventing the legislative process to strip teachers of their professional rights hurts our students and our schools,” the union said.

Teachers have long argued that tenure prevents administrators from firing teachers on a whim. They contend also that the system preserves academic freedom and helps attract talented teachers to a profession that doesn’t pay well.

Other states have been paying close attention to how the case plays out in the nation’s most populous state.

“It’s powerful,” said Theodore Boutrous Jr., the students’ attorney.

“It’s a landmark decision that can change the face of education in California and nationally.”

He added: “This is going to be a huge template for what’s wrong with education.”

In striking down several laws regarding tenure, seniority and other protections, the judge said the evidence at the trial showed the harm inflicted on students by incompetent teachers.

“The evidence is compelling,” he said. “Indeed, it shocks the conscience.”

The judge cited an expert’s finding that a single year with a grossly ineffective teacher costs a classroom full of students $1.4 million in lifetime earnings.

The lawsuit contended that incompetent teachers are so heavily protected by tenure laws that they are almost impossible to fire. The plaintiffs also charged that schools in poor neighborhoods are used as dumping grounds for the bad teachers.

Ill. town rebuilding, but no end in sight Washington still has way to go after Nov. tornado

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The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON, Ill. – At an intersection in the middle of Washington, a quick listen usually tells Ben Davidson the town is bouncing back from November’s destructive tornado.

“Just stop and be quiet. You’ll hear all the nail guns, the saws going. It’s pretty neat,” said Davidson, a pastor at Bethany Community Church.

Nearly seven months after the tornado gashed a path through Washington that’s visible as a diagonal scar on Google maps, people point to any number of signs of progress – once-massive debris piles are nearly gone, the bare wood of houses under construction is visible up and down that slash of land and, as Davidson notes, the sounds of construction abound.

But there clearly is a lot to do. So how long does it take to put a town back together?

“My flip answer is going to be, it depends,” said Gavin Smith, executive director of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Coastal Hazards Center of Excellence at the University of North Carolina.

The factors range from those that people likely think of right away, Smith said – the extent of the damage and the resources available – to those they might not, like what sort of changes a town wants to incorporate since it has the chance and whether the damage included key infrastructure like schools.

The short answer, though, is the work won’t be done any time soon. While Washington’s schools were spared, the

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Construction workers’ vehicles line a street May 28 in a section of Washington, Ill., where homes are being rebuilt. Much of the neighborhood was destroyed by a tornado that tore through the small town in November.

Nov. 17 tornado destroyed or severely damaged more than 1,000 homes. Three people died, two during or immediately after the tornado and one weeks later.

Mayor Gary Manier now looks for comparisons in other towns torn apart by tornadoes, part of what he calls “that new fraternity you belong to” – Joplin, Missouri, in 2011; Moore, Oklahoma, last year.

Harrisburg, Illinois, is another reluctant member. The town of about 9,000 in the southern part of the state was battered on Feb. 29, 2012. It happened at night, when people were in their homes, and six died.

But the level of property destruction wasn’t as great in Harrisburg. The process of rebuilding is just now about finished, said Roy Adams, whose con-

struction company used $2.6 million in federal grants to rebuild or repair 45 homes lived in mainly by the town’s poorer residents.

“The housing I’ve done in the past I usually complete in about 14 months,” he said about other post-disaster jobs.

“Since this was about four times bigger than anything I’ve done, I thought we did pretty well.”

In Washington, the mayor tracks progress in building permits and completed work. Of 1,108 homes destroyed or badly damaged, “well over” 600 have been issued building permits, Manier said.

But construction, after a long winter, is much slower. Manier said he knows a handful of families who have moved in after complete rebuilds.

Police: Victim of Ore. shooting was 14-year-old The ASSOCIATED PRESS TROUTDALE, Ore. – A teen gunman armed with a rifle shot and killed a student Tuesday and injured a teacher before he likely killed himself at a high school in a quiet Columbia River town in Oregon, authorities said.

After the shooting stopped, police spotted the suspect slumped on a toilet in a bathroom at Reynolds High School but couldn’t see what was happening with him.

Officers used a robot with a camera to investigate and discovered the suspect was dead and that he had likely killed himself, Troutdale police spokesman Sgt. Carey Kaer said.

The victim was identified a 14-yearold freshman Emilio Hoffman, who was “loved by all,” police Chief Scott Anderson said at a Tuesday news conference.

He said Emilio was found in the boys’ locker room.

Authorities have tentatively identified the gunman but his name is being withheld until his family is notified, Anderson said.

The teacher’s injuries weren’t life-threatening, and he was treated at the scene. He was identified as Todd Ris-

Two people comfort each other Tuesday as they await word about the safety of students after a shooting at Reynolds High School in Troutdale, Ore. AP photo

pler, a 50-year-old physical education instructor and former track coach and quarterback at the school.

Anderson said Rispler went to the office and initiated the school lockdown procedure.

The attack panicked students after a lockdown was ordered and they were told to go quietly to their classrooms.

Freshman Morgan Rose, 15, said she hunkered down in a locker room with

another student and two teachers.

“It was scary in the moment. Now knowing everything’s OK, I’m better,” she said.

Freshman Daniel DeLong, 15, said after the shooting that he saw a physical education teacher at the school with a bloodied shirt. He said he was texting friends to make sure they were all OK. “It just, like, happened so fast, you know?” he said.

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Group spreads science through music Hopkins Park gets visit from STEM Outreach

By JESSI HAISH news@daily-chronicle.com DeKALB – Connor Lowe found himself asking “how” about many musical instruments Tuesday night at Hopkins Park.

STEM Outreach, which works to increase science, technology, engineering and mathematics literacy in the community, held a Science of Music event Tuesday in the Hopkins Park shelter house as part of its summer series.

The public was welcome to listen to musicians as well as try their hand at some scientific and unique instruments, including electronic music.

Lowe, 10, of DeKalb, spent

time playing on a PVC pipe organ, and he was surprised by the different sounds and notes it could make.

“I think he needed a little stimulation and this seemed like fun,” said his grandmother, Louise Lowe, of DeKalb. “Now I can’t get him to stay away from [the organ.]”

STEM Outreach associate Jeremy Benson demonstrated a musical Tesla coil, which used high voltages to generate sounds that could be used to make music. He said he loves to see children get excited about science at STEM events.

“It’s great when they are actually getting engaged,” Benson said. “It’s important to get them involved and show them how math and science are relevant to their lives. We can show them how math and science are in music.”

Alexis Lamb, Northern Illinois University student, performed with Arcomusical, a group which plays music on

“It’s great when [the kids] are actually getting engaged.”

Jeremy Benson STEM Outreach associate berimbaus, or musical bows.

“I like the simplicity of the instrument,” Lamb said. “Because it is simplistic, it is rewarding to see what you can do with it and make of it.”

Greg Beyer, associate professor for the NIU School of Music and a member of Arcomusical, told the audience that the sounds the berimbau makes are an “expression of human happiness.”

After the group performed a song, he asked the children the first word that came to their minds after hearing the music. The group collectively answered.

“Wow!”

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Scarlett Bryant, 9, of Cortland, plays on the drum visualizer during the Bright Futures festival of light and sound Tuesday at Hopkins Park. With every beat on the drums, an image would appear on the screen (far right).

Forest preserve reminding Charges upgraded in Facebook residents of pet leash rules death-threat case in Sycamore

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By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb County Forest Preserve officials are reminding residents to keep their dogs on leashes in area forest preserves during the grassland bird and waterfowl nesting season.

The forest preserve has three off-leash areas for dogs – at Afton Forest Preserve South Prairie, Merritt Prairie and Potawatomi Woods – but from April 1 to July 15, dogs must be leashed in all areas to protect nesting birds.

“Over the years, the amount of dog-walking has increased, so we’ve been getting more complaints and more problems,” said Terry Hannan, DeKalb County Forest Preserve superintendent.

Although Hannan said more people have been bitten in DeKalb County’s forest preserves during the past few years, Greg Maurice,

director of health protection at the DeKalb County Health Department, said he hasn’t received many reports. Maurice supervises DeKalb County Animal Control, which documents and follows cases of dog bites.

The health department has written a couple of off-leash tickets to people at the county’s 17 forest preserves during the past few years, but no verified dog bites at county forest preserves have ever come into the health department’s office, Maurice said.

Health department officials patrol forest preserves once or twice a week looking for possible violations, Maurice said. The few citations they’ve written have been for people letting their dogs roam off-leash.

“If they are saying they’ve been bit, they’re not reporting it,” Maurice said. “We don’t have any records of that.”

Letting a dog run off-leash

poses a risk for the dog to run into another dog or person they may not get along with, Maurice said.

Off-leash dogs can disrupt birds even without having direct contact, Hannan said. A dog’s scent causes defensive reactions in wildlife, draining the wild animal’s energy and putting it at risk for malnutrition and being attacked by predators.

Afton Forest Preserve has more than 170 species of birds, such as meadowlarks, bobolinks, song sparrows and woodpeckers.

Bald eagles have also been seen in DeKalb County, and the rare grassland short-eared owl was seen in Afton Forest Preserve this spring, Hannan said.

Overall, Hannan wants to make sure all visitors at forest preserves are protected.

“We’re just trying to protect the park visitors and protect wildlife,” he said.

renewed the contract on an annual basis. Under the new contract, approved Monday, the council will have the option to terminate the contract so long as it provides 30-days written notice.

ping a more serious charge of aggravated battery of a police officer. He was sentenced to two years of probation and five months in jail.

Steger was arrested about 5:30 p.m. Oct. 23, when police said he became combative with an officer who was investigating a report of a possible order of protection violation. The incident occurred near D&D Jewelers, in the 300 block of West State Street.

A trial was scheduled to begin Monday, but Steger accepted the plea agreement instead. If convicted of aggravated battery to a police officer, he could have faced probation or up to seven years in prison.

8LOCAL BRIEFS DeKalb retains Frieders as city’s attorney DeKALB – Dean Frieders will continue providing legal services to the city of DeKalb indefinitely after aldermen approved an indefinite contract with his legal firm.

The city will pay Frieders $17,340 a month – $208,080 annually – for legal services such as drafting agreements, representing the city in litigation, prosecuting ordinance violations and others matters. The rate is the same as in Frieders’ previous contract.

Frieders has provided legal services for the city since fall 2011 after the city decided to outsource its legal department.

The City Council previously

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Plea agreement reached in stun gun incident SYCAMORE – The 57-year-old man Sycamore police subdued with a stun gun in October will report to DeKalb County Jail on July 9 after accepting a plea agreement this week.

Robert Steger, of the 1300 block of Blueridge Parkway in Algonquin, pleaded guilty to resisting a peace officer in exchange for prosecutors drop-

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jduchnowski@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Prosecutors have filed more serious charges against the 18-yearold Sycamore man accused of threatening on Facebook to kill his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend.

Kavoisia D. Thomas, who also goes by Kvo, was charged with intimidation, on top of electronic harassment, assault and disorderly conduct, according to court records. The most serious charge, intimidation, typically is punishable with probation or up to five years in prison.

Thomas remained in

DeKalb County Jail on Tuesday morning, unable to post 10 percent of his $50,000 bond. He is next due in court Thursday.

If he posts bail, county officials will monitor him through GPS. The couple’s relationKavoisia D. ship ended Thomas June 1, but the 17-year-old from Sycamore told Thomas a few days later they could get back together if he got a job and went to counseling, she said in a petition for an order of protection.

Shortly after midnight

Friday, Thomas posted on Facebook that he planned to kill her, and when others told him to calm down, he posted on Facebook that he was on his way to her home to kill her before committing suicide, court records show.

When he arrived at the girl’s home, Thomas sent her a text message threatening to break windows in the home if she didn’t come outside.

Later Friday morning, Thomas told Sycamore police he probably wouldn’t have killed the girl if she refused to continue their relationship, but that he would kill himself and another of her ex-boyfriends if released from jail, court records show.

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DeKalb, NIU reach deal on emergency services DAILY CHRONICLE DeKALB – A new fire protection and ambulance service agreement between DeKalb and Northern Illinois University will net the city a ladder truck and a significant bump in revenue over the next five years.

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By AL LAGATTOLLA alagattolla@shawmedia.com MAPLE PARK – By next week, Maple Park police Chief Mike Acosta expects to have a clearer picture about what happened the night 14-year-old Parker Wolfsmith died after he was hit by a train.

Acosta said the thought is that Wolfsmith “had the tendency to stay close to the trains when they came by. He liked doing that.”

He said it doesn’t appear that it was a case where the teen was taking a “selfie” – a self-portrait using a smartphone or similar device – near the train.

“I think we’re pretty close to closing it out,” Acosta said. “We just want to verify it by looking at the video.”

The incident took place about 9:30 p.m. May 31 at the North Liberty Street railroad crossing in Maple Park. Acosta said he plans to view the video from the train June 18 with a representative from Union Pacific.

Visitation services took place Friday for Wolfsmith. According to Wolfsmith’s obituary, a memorial has been established in his name. Checks may be made to the “Parker Wolfsmith Memorial” and mailed in care of P.O. Box 66, Elburn, IL 60119.

Tributes may be forwarded to the same address or on the Web at www.conleycare.com.

ment aldermen approved Monday, NIU will pay the city $604,982 in the first year of the contract beginning July 1, with annual increases and a scheduled lump payment, NIU will pay the city $831,714 in the fifth year.

By the fifth year, the city will see a 43 percent increase from NIU’s current contribu-

tion of $581,713.

The increase will bring the university’s costs closer to the city’s cost for providing services. According to information provided by Fire Chief Eric Hicks, the university generates 16.3 percent of emergency fire department responses while providing 6 percent of the fire depart-

ment’s budget.

NIU also will pay the city $275,000 in the next 30 days toward the purchase of a used aerial ladder truck that staff expects will cost $550,000. To pay its share, the city will finance the truck for no more than 10 years.

The city’s current ladder truck is 25 years old and was

purchased in part to service the university’s high-rise residence halls.

“This is a win-win for the university and the city because it allows us to purchase a ladder truck much earlier than we would be able to afford it absent this contribution,” City Manager Anne Marie Gaura said.

was charged Wednesday, May 28, with aggravated domestic battery and domestic battery.

John J. Patterson, 39, of the 2400 block of Alpha Court West, DeKalb, was charged Wednesday, May 28, with disruptive intoxication.

Cameron S. Hunter, 21, of the 1700 block of Pearl Street, Belvidere, was charged Thursday, May 29, with trespass to land.

Dimitrius L. Puckett, 19, of the 800 block of West Hillcrest Drive, DeKalb, was charged Thursday, May 29, with trespass to land.

Bethany E. James, 25, of the 1300 block of Monomy Street, Aurora, was charged Thursday, May 29, with battery and retail theft.

Damen A. Garcia, 34, of the 800 block of 163rd Street, Calumet

City, was charged Friday, May 30, with possession of marijuana.

Pedro Martinez, 30, of the 200 block of Maplewood Avenue, DeKalb, was charged Friday, May 30, with obstructing of justice or identity.

Kelsie J. Haptonstall, 20, of the 700 block of Grove Street, DeKalb, was charged Saturday, May 31, with underage drinking.

Nativa R. Johnson, 29, of the

800 block of Ridge Drive, DeKalb, was charged Saturday, May 31, with domestic battery.

Araceli Franco-Garnica, 24, of the 600 block of Girard Street, DeKalb, was charged Saturday, May 31, with retail theft.

Joseph W. Hill, 58, of the 8700 block of Keeler Avenue, Skokie, was charged Saturday, May 31, with disorderly conduct and public indecency.

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

DeKalb city Erica K. Ensign, 41, of the 300 block of Gurler Street, DeKalb,

DeKalb changes city liquor license process

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – New liquor licenses in the city of DeKalb will have to be approved by the DeKalb City Council.

During their meeting Monday, aldermen shifted the authority to approve new liquor

licensees from the mayor, who also serves as the liquor commissioner, to the full City Council.

The ordinance change passed 4-1 with 2nd Ward Alderman Bill Finucane opposing. First Ward Alderman David Jacobson, 6th Ward Alderman Dave Baker and 3rd

Ward Alderwoman Kristen Lash were absent.

“I’d like to just voice the viewpoint that we eliminated the liquor commission several years ago to speed up the process and this could just, in turn, slow that process back down,” Finucane said.

After the meeting, Rey said

he will make a recommendation on new applications to the council, but believes the entire council should be able to weigh in on new applications.

The mayor will continue to review, approve or deny liquor license renewal and special event permits.

8OBITUARIES MARIA (HONGISTO) McMILLION Born: Aug. 4, 1962, in Wakefield, Michigan Died: June 9, 2014, in DeKalb, Illinois DeKALB – Maria Ann (Hongisto) McMillion, 51, of DeKalb, Illinois, died peacefully, surrounded by family, Monday, June 9, 2014, at Kishwaukee Hospital, after a courageous 11-month battle with cancer.

Born Aug. 4, 1962, in Wakefield, Michigan, the daughter of Robert and Marilyn (Saari) Hongisto, she shared the love of her parents with her older brother Nick. Maria married Robert McMillion on April 27, 1985, and soon gave birth to their son Patrick, closely followed by their daughter Christine. Maria was born to be a great mother and all of her energy targeted their growth, love and development into the unbelievable young adults they are today.

A graduate of DeKalb High School and Northern Illinois University, Maria was the librarian at Littlejohn Elementary School for more than 20 years and also owned McMillion’s Spotlite grocery and meat market with her husband.

Countless children experienced her passion listening to the stories she read to them at the library and the “penny” candy she patiently counted out for them at the store.

Countless teachers appreciated

8STATE BRIEF Change could affect elections into 2015 CHICAGO – A new law overhauling two of Chicago’s pension systems is already November election fodder for Gov. Pat Quinn’s Republican challenger, but the issue could also ripple into Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s 2015 re-election bid.

Quinn, a Chicago Democrat, signed the plan into law Monday.

Addressing municipal employee and laborer pensions, the law seeks to eliminate the $9.4 billion shortfall in those funds by cutting benefits and increasing contributions.

But two key questions persist: How Chicago will make up needed revenues, and whether the law is constitutional – something that could affect how other Illinois municipalities solve their pension problems.

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her scheduling patience and laminating skills. Maria also enjoyed listening to the Harambee Percussion Ensemble produced by the students and especially enjoyed performing in the staff percussion production.

Maria loved to travel, especially with her kids, and had the opportunity to spend time in Europe with her daughter, backpack in New Mexico with her son, daughter and husband, and enjoy several trips across the United States visiting multiple national parks, including landing on a glacier in a helicopter and dogsledding in Alaska.

While she relished travel, she was always most comfortable curled up on the couch with “Teeny” or “Paddy” watching cooking, decorating or reality shows. She enjoyed decorating and utilized her art education degree from NIU to make an extremely loving and comfortable home.

At times, Maria was painfully shy, but she developed long-lasting friendships extending decades that still continue today.

Maria also was actively involved in Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church in DeKalb, serving on multiple committees, including vice president of the church council.

She enjoyed creating the electronic bulletin board, as well, for the church and actively did that until shortly before her death.

She is survived by her husband, Rob; son, Patrick (Bridget); daughter, Christine; mother and father, Marilyn and Bob Hongisto; and brother, Nick (Diane) Hongisto.

A memorial celebration of her life will take place at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 14, at Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St., DeKalb. Cremation is by Anderson Funeral Home Crematory, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers and gifts, the family has requested donations in memorial to KishHealth System Cancer Center, 10 Health Services Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115.

For information, visit www.

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OLIVIA MESA Born: Dec. 9, 1955, in Elk Grove Village, Illinois Died: June 10, 2014, in Sycamore, Illinois SYCAMORE – Olivia Garza Mesa, 58, of Sycamore, Illinois, died Tuesday, June 10, 2014, at Kindred Hospital, Sycamore.

Born Dec. 9, 1955, in Elk Grove Village, the daughter of Thomas and Virginia (Garza) Mesa, Olivia worked as a preschool teacher at Children’s Learning Center for more than 30 years. She always put other people first. Regardless of her own health, she always worried first about her family. Olivia also loved to shop.

She is survived by her parents of Sycamore; sister, Hilda (Todd) Adee of Malta; brother, Robert (Lin-

da Jo Bolster) Mesa of Davenport, Iowa; nieces, Amber (Corey) Graber and Storey Adee; nephew, Ross Adee; and many, many friends.

She was preceded in death by a sister; and niece, Kelly Adee.

The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. Friday, June 13, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb. Burial will follow at Malta Cemetery, Malta.

The visitation will be from noon to 2 p.m. Friday at Anderson Funeral Home.

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

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Continued from page A1 Children from birth to 12 can participate in one of four children’s reading clubs depending on their reading skill level.

Each level has a different reading goal to meet during the summer to be entered into a prize drawing.

For the first time, the library also will offer a separate program for teenagers ages 13 to 17. Teens will need to read four books to have a shot at winning a Kindle Fire.

“It was just about time,” Roman said about offering a teen program. “We decided we had the opportunity to do so and teens like to have something of their own.”

On Monday, the Genoa Public Library program will kick off with a petting zoo, Director Jen Barton said.

Special animal-themed events will fill the rest of the program, including a visit from Charley Bejna, an Addison-native who completed The Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race as a musher.

Summer reading programs give readers a chance to dive into a book for their own pleasure rather than because the material is required by a class, Barton said. When the only goal is to read for

said their exact affiliation was unclear and one or more may have been a conventional soldier working with the special operations unit.

The deaths occurred during a joint operation of Afghan and NATO forces in the Arghandab district of southern Zabul province ahead of Saturday’s presidential runoff election, said provincial police chief Gen. Ghulam Sakhi Rooghlawanay. After the operation was over, the troops came under attack from the Taliban and called in air support, he said.

“Unfortunately, five NATO soldiers and one Afghan army officer were killed mistakenly by NATO

airstrike,” Rooghlawanay said.

There was no way to independently confirm Rooghlawanay’s comments. The coalition and NATO headquarters in Brussels both declined to comment.

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In April 2004, former National Football League player Pat Tillman was killed by coalition fire while serving in an Army Ranger unit in one of the most highly publicized cases.

Relatives identified two of the five American troops killed Monday: • One of those killed was 19-year-old Aaron Toppen of Mokena, Illinois.

• The other was Justin Helton, 25, in Beaver, Ohio.

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At the kickoff event Saturday for the summer reading program, entertainer Jim “Spoon Man” Cruise performs at the Sycamore Public Library. Chance Butz, 7, volunteered to take part in one of the portions of the show.

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8SKETCH VIEW

Housing pace hurting area

NRA backtracks from making sense A few days ago, the NRA inadvertently said something reasonable.

This, in response to a series of protests in Texas. It seems advocates of the right to carry firearms openly have taken to showing up en masse at public places – coffee shops, museums, restaurants, etc. – toting shotguns and assault rifles. So say you’re snapping photos at Dealey Plaza, and up sidles some guy with an AK slung over his shoulder.

That sudden dryness of mouth and tightness of sphincter you feel is not reassurance.

“This is terrifying,” a visitor from Washington state told the Dallas Morning News. “We have guns in our house, but we don’t walk around with them. ... This is shocking.”

The NRA seemed to agree. In an unsigned online editorial, it stated the obvious, calling the practice of bringing long guns into public places “dubious,” “scary” and “downright weird.”

Days later, having come, well ... under fire, from Texas gun groups, the NRA was in retreat, apologizing and blaming this rare lapse of lucidity on a staff member who apparently failed to drink his full allotment of Kool-Aid. The organization assured its followers that it still supports the right of all people to bring all guns into all places.

One gets the sense, when people argue for these “guns everywhere” policies, that they see themselves as restoring some fron-

VIEWS Leonard Pitts tier spirit lost in the passage of centuries. A few weeks back, former Sen. Rick Santorum contended on “Face the Nation” that “gun crimes were not very prevalent” in the Old West because everyone was armed.

But they weren’t. In his book, “Gunfight: The Battle Over the Right to Bear Arms in America,” UCLA professor of constitutional law Adam Winkler reveals that gun control in the Old West was actually quite strict. In Dodge City, you were required to turn in your guns when you got to town.

The iconic Gunfight at the OK Corral was ignited when Wyatt and Virgil Earp tried to enforce a similar ordinance in Tombstone, Arizona. So the idea that everyone in the Old West was packing is a relic of TV and movie westerns, but it is not history.

And while the modern gun rights movement is usually regarded as a conservative construction, Winkler writes that it was actually born of liberal extremism. It seems that in 1967, a heavily armed group of Black Panthers showed up and walked brazenly into the California statehouse – there were no metal detectors – as a group of children were readying for a picnic with the new governor, Ronald Reagan.

The Panthers saw this as an exercise of their constitutional rights. Reagan and

other conservative Republicans saw it as a threat and crafted laws to stop it from happening again. The future president said, “There’s no reason why on the street today a citizen should be carrying loaded weapons.”

The point being that what conservatives seem to regard as a mission of restoration isn’t. This idea that everyone in Chipotle should be armed is neither some holdover from the Old West nor some time-honored value inextricable from conservatism. No, it is wholly new. And wholly mad.

While some gun rights advocates must know this, they can’t say it in a movement where any deviation from orthodoxy is regarded as heresy.

We saw that a few months ago when Guns & Ammo magazine disappeared a columnist who wrote that gun owners should accept some form of regulation. We see it again with this NRA staffer who has been disavowed and presumably sent off to be re-educated.

This self-reinforcing groupthink stifles any meaningful debate on America’s gun problem and speaks volumes about the mind of the gun rights movement. It will fight for you to take an AK into McDonalds.

But you are not allowed to question whether you should.

• Leonard Pitts is a columnist for The Miami Herald, 1 Herald Plaza, Miami, FL 33132. Readers may contact him via email at lpitts@miamiherald.com.

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Obama administration’s destructive media war

By ALBERT R. HUNT Bloomberg News WASHINGTON – Few presidential candidates enjoyed better press than Barack Obama in 2008. He reciprocated by promising unprecedented “openness in government” and a new era of transparency.

He has fallen far short of the promise.

This administration has prosecuted more whistle-blowers for leaks and gone after more journalists than any of its predecessors. In a report last year, Leonard Downie, former executive editor of the Washington Post, said the administration’s efforts to crack down on information seeping to journalists is “the most aggressive” since President Richard Nixon was in office.

The issue was crystallized anew last week when the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal from New York Times reporter James Risen, who has been ordered to testify in the trial of Jeffrey Sterling, a former Central Intelligence Agency official.

Sterling is charged with giving Risen classified information about an attempt to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program. The Justice Department has relentlessly pursued Risen, and he could face jail time for failing to comply with the subpoena.

Why has this once-media-friendly administration turned neo-Nixonian?

Insiders say it’s the pressure of the pow-

erful national-security apparatus and the fear among Obama aides that the president could face the wrath of the intelligence community if he fails to act tough.

The CIA and others invariably contend that leaks imperil the nation. Sometimes they may be right: There’s no defense of a 1942 Chicago Tribune article revealing that the U.S. had broken the Japanese code. Fortunately, no harm was done. The Tribune apparently didn’t have readers in Tokyo.

More often, clampdowns are intended to cover embarrassments. In 1971, under the guise of protecting U.S. security, the government went to extraordinary efforts to try to block publication of the Pentagon Papers, an internal review of the Vietnam War. The suppression attempt was unsuccessful. In any case, the flaws of the war already were clear to friends and foes alike.

Similar claims about protecting national security are being made about Sterling, who proclaims his innocence. Yet there is evidence the U.S. efforts to sabotage Iran’s nuclear program were botched, and it seems likely the Iranians were aware of the operation.

In the U.S., the news media has considerable protections when it comes to censorship or libel, but they don’t apply to news gathering. Starting with a 1972 decision – handed down 12 days before the Watergate break-in – courts have held that the media

has no automatic privilege to protect the identity of a source.

Some in the media say the answer is a federal shield law that protects a reporter’s right not to divulge sources. Yet that would raise complicated questions about who would be covered, and any measure that could pass Congress would exclude national-security matters, the area in which most controversies arise.

Thus, on the federal level, much depends on an administration’s attitude. Since Nixon, most have taken a comparatively benign posture. The Obama administration has pursued more journalists, secretly looking at phone records and credit-card transactions and surreptitiously tracking their movements.

Attorney General Eric Holder has vowed in private meetings and some public pronouncements to change this approach.

With the decision by the Supreme Court last week, the Risen case offers the opportunity to do so. The best bet is the government won’t drop the case or prosecute Risen; it will simply decline to call him in the Sterling case. That would provide little clarity.

• Albert R. Hunt is a Bloomberg View columnist. He was formerly the executive editor of Bloomberg News, directing coverage of the Washington bureau.

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There was a time not long ago when we lamented the fast growth in our communities, what a 2007 letter-writer to the Daily Chronicle described as a “vainglorious parade of residential developments.”

The housing boom of the aughts brought new subdivisions to communities across DeKalb County, from its larger cities such as DeKalb and Sycamore to smaller ones such as Waterman and Cortland.

Housing developers seemed to many like the wolf at the door.

Today the wolf is largely absent. It turns out it wouldn’t be so bad if he’d come knocking again.

The moribund pace of growth in our communities might not be as disruptive, but its consequences are being felt just the same. Although rapid growth brought For the record more obvious consequences like more traffic, more schoolThe housing boom children, and farm fields that of the aughts certainly sprouted crops of houses, had its problems, but near-flat growth is bringing its own kind of hardship: Fall- the lack of development now seen is also a buring property values, higher den on DeKalb County. property tax rates and lost jobs.

DeKalb County Board members are facing this reality now in crafting their annual budget. The value of an average home in the county has decreased from $200,000 in 2010 to $160,000 in 2013. There haven’t been many more people coming here to share the property tax burden, either: Countywide, new construction will account for less than 1 percent of the total assessed value of the county.

Few new taxpayers and declining property values add up to higher tax rates on county property owners.

The county will also have to consider whether to cut its budget, and budget cuts generally require laying off workers, people who often live, work and spend their money in DeKalb County communities.

County government is not the only place this scenario is playing out. Sycamore’s School District 427, which absorbed large numbers of students during the building boom, has projected that by 2018 it will have 140 fewer students than in 2010. Enrollment declines mean less state aid for the district and also require staff cuts; the district has laid off the equivalent of about 10 teachers since 2012. This year, 18 teachers retired, sparing the elimination of more jobs.

Some communities are trying to encourage homebuilding by waiving impact fees. In Genoa, where there are 700 to 800 buildable lots available, the city does not impose impact fees on the first 20 houses that are built – but they haven’t reached that number since enacting the policy after the housing market bottomed out.

The area has not been without any proposals for new development: Plans from ShoDeen for a new subdivision of more than 1,500 homes it calls “Irongate” near DeKalb High School were approved in 2013, but build-out is projected to take 20 years. Sycamore, too, is seeing some new homes built within its existing subdivisions at North Grove Crossing and ShoDeen’s Reston Ponds subdivision.

Few people yearn for the days when new subdivisions seemed to be sprouting up everywhere. But the jobs they created, from the people swinging hammers to the workers in the public and private sectors providing services for new residents, are missed.

Until the housing market recovers nationally and in our communities, no economic recovery will be complete. Local governments should work to find ways to attract new development when possible and sensibly manage their budgets, without placing undue burden on taxpayers, until the wolf is at the door once more.

8ANOTHER VIEW

A long road ahead to reforming the VA For those of us who have been struck by the high rhetoric-to-fact ratio in the uproar over alleged misconduct at the Department of Veterans Affairs, Monday brought a needed infusion of hard data in the form of a departmentwide audit.

Alas, the document confirmed preliminary findings by the department’s inspector general about bad service at VA health centers. More than 57,000 former troops have been waiting at least 90 days for their first VA medical appointments; 14 days is supposed to be the limit. About 13 percent of VA schedulers surveyed told the auditors they had been pressured to fudge records to make wait times seem shorter.

Such practices are “sufficiently pervasive,” the audit noted, to warrant a complete overhaul of VA’s entire performance management system.

The audit landed on Capitol Hill at about the same time that Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee Chairman Bernard Sanders, a Vermont independent, and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., were unveiling a bipartisan proposal to fix what ails the VA. It may relieve short-term pressures on the VA system, but it does basically nothing to change that system itself: It remains a government-operated centralized bureaucracy, utterly lacking the capacity to adjust its supply of services to rapid changes in demand.

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7-DAY FORECAST

Low pressure to our south will continue to bring periods of showers along with cooler-than-average air as winds continue to come out of the northeast.

Showers will move out overnight and temperatures will rise Thursday, but a cold front will move through in the afternoon with a few thunderstorms.

Cooler and drier weather will arrive Friday and Saturday.

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Sunrise today ................................ 5:19 a.m.

Sunset tonight ............................. 8:30 p.m.

Moonrise today ........................... 6:58 p.m.

Moonset today ............................. 4:11 a.m.

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Aurora 72/54

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8MORNING KICKOFF

NIU ATHLETICS

Don’t take anti-Huskies talk too seriously AP photo

Former Cy Young winner Bob Welch dies at 57 OAKLAND, Calif. – Bob Welch, the 1990 AL Cy Young Award winner of the Oakland Athletics and the last major leaguer to win at least 25 games in a season, has died.

He was 57.

Welch died Monday night at his home in Seal Beach, California, the team said Tuesday.

Police said officers responded to a call for medical aid and found Welch dead in the bathroom area. An autopsy was done and the cause of death is pending.

“He was a legendary pitcher who enjoyed many of his best seasons with the Oakland A’s,” A’s President Michael Crowley said in a statement.

“He will always be a significant part of our franchise’s history.”

Welch was an admitted alcoholic early in his career and spent time in rehabilitation. He co-authored a book in 1981 with George Vecsey about his addiction titled “Five O’Clock Comes Early: A Ballplayer’s Battle With Alcoholism.”

“The fact is, I’m crazy when I’m drunk,” Welch said in the book. “There’s every chance I would have been dead by now if I was drinking.”

The right-hander played on five teams that reached the World Series (1978, 1981, 1988, 1989 and 1990) and won two titles, one in 1981 with the Los Angeles Dodgers and another in 1989 with the A’s.

At Oakland, Welch figured prominently on teams that won three straight AL championships from 1988-90, including the club that swept the San Francisco Giants in the earthquake-interrupted 1989 World Series.

Welch finished 211-146 with 3.47 ERA in 17 seasons with the Dodgers (1978-87) and Athletics (1988-94).

He also was the pitching coach for the Arizona Diamondbacks when they won the 2001 World Series and has served as a special instructor for the A’s in recent years.

– Wire report

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Item No. 1: Irate “Dog Pound” bloggers, just chill. As difficult as it may seem, put this University of Illinois shtick into proper context.

The U of I is our state’s higher education flagship institution. Accept the fact and the pecking order. Everyone connected to Northern Illinois University should be used to the politics, bullying and putdowns from downstate by now.

So, when I read Bob Asmussen’s recent sports column in the Champaign News-Gazette, yeah, my blood pressure spiked. Meanwhile, the “Dog Pounders” immediately responded with an

“Arrogant ILL-ini writer” thread.

Is that assertion justified?

Well, yes and no.

Under the headline “I Hope [the] IHSA Fields My Call”, Asmussen’s column pushed the notion that all IHSA championship events should be hosted in Champaign-Urbana for the obvious reason (C-U is the center of the universe, where have you nonbelievers been?).

Who probably took the most offense to this? DeKalb County, of course, which won the right to the IHSA state football finals in 2012, and hosted the eight state championship games last fall, thanks to the efforts of many in the community and region. The

KORCEK’S CORNER

nerve of these “mid-majors.”

Maybe Asmussen’s most infuriating line in the column was this – “Nobody grows up dreaming of playing at Northern Illinois.” Holy smoke, my experiences with Bob was that he was a pro’s pro, one of the finest (and most objective) college beat writers in the land.

Where was this anti-Huskies vitriol coming from? So we talked via email.

Turns out the column was mostly facetious, tongue-incheek and totally misinter-

preted by locals (including myself). For the uninformed, Asmussen has been an Associated Press Top 25 college poll voter for years and been extremely generous in his poll support of Northern Illinois football (unlike some AP pollsters who reside in Ohio and shall remain nameless, right Rusty?).

All that said, the Illini culture of hubris still exists. Don’t fool yourself. I should have known better.

By sheer coincidence, the other night I started reading the late Roger Ebert’s memoir “Life Itself” which the world-famous movie reviewer released in 2011. A proud Illinois graduate and Urbana native, Ebert described his

hometown and the university from the perspective of an impressionable young boy in the opening chapter. Ebert’s father had worked as an electrician at the U of I. “The Illini were the University of Illinois, the world’s greatest university, whose football stadium my father had constructed – by himself, I believed,” Ebert wrote. “It was there that he had seen Red Grange, the greatest player of alltime. Also in that stadium were seen the world’s first huddle, the world’s first homecoming and Chief Illiniwek, the world’s greatest sports symbol.”

See KORCEK, page B3

SYCAMORE ATHLETICS

BANNER YEAR FOR SPARTANS

Danielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com

The Sycamore baseball team poses for a picture for their parents with the Class 3A Rochelle Sectional championship after the Spartans beat Rockford Boylan, 7-2, Saturday in Rochelle. The Spartans had an outstanding year for the school.

School wins sectional title in baseball, regional titles in boys-girls hoops and reaches football semis

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com MOLINE – The Sycamore baseball team’s 10-0 loss Monday to Metamora at the Class 3A Augustana College Super-Sectional not only ended the Spartans’ baseball season.

It concluded what ended up being one heck of a year for Sycamore High athletics in general.

Everything started during the fall, when the Spartans’ football team went undefeated in the regular season, won the Northern Illinois Big 12 East and made it all the way to the IHSA Class 5A semifinals.

The success continued with boys basketball, with Sycamore making it to its first sectional final and nearly upsetting Rockford Lutheran, who ended up finishing fourth in Class 3A.

Baseball was no different.

The Spartans overcame some late-season struggles to win their first sectional championship in school history.

“The senior class did a great job athletically across the board, baseball was no exception,” Sycamore baseball coach Jason Cavanaugh said after the Spartans’ loss to Metamora.

“All of our sports made it to games that no teams have ever gotten to in Sycamore history. Our football team plays in the semifinal, basketball team plays in the sectional championship, we play in the super-sectional.

“I’m proud of every one of those guys, they did a great job getting here.

They made it a fun year for us.”

Shaw Media file photos

Sycamore’s Dion Hooker (far left, clockwise), Julia Moll, Devin Mottet, Kyle Akins, Christina Dailey all made waves this season for the Spartans. The football team made the state semis and the boys track team finished sixth. Akins was wa second at state ate in wrestling. And volleyball, boys and girls hoops all won regional re titles.

See SPARTANS, page B3

STANLEY CUP FINAL: KINGS VS. RANGERS – KINGS LEAD, 3-0

Stanley sweep? Rangers regroup after 0-3 start

By IRA PODELL

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NEW YORK – The gravity of the situation was etched on the face of New York Rangers coach Alain Vigneault. One more loss tonight to the Los Angeles Kings and his squad gets the distinction of being swept in the Stanley Cup finals.

No team has been swept in the finals since Detroit did it to Washington in 1998, com-

pleting a run of four straight Stanley Cup sweeps. So while the Kings are trying to close out the series, New York’s focus is strictly on moving past disappointment and getting back to LA for Game 5.

“We’re down 3-0. We’re all lacking sleep. This is tough,” Vigneault said on a day of optional practices. “I didn’t expect my players today to be cheery and upbeat. We’re in the Stanley Cup finals and we’re down 3-0. You don’t get

a lot of these opportunities.

“Excuse us if today we’re not real cheery, but tomorrow I can tell you we’re going to show up.”

The only levity expressed after the Rangers were beaten 3-0 at home by goalie Jonathan Quick and the Kings was when Vigneault was asked what his team could do differently at Madison Square Garden.

“Score,” he said.

The packed room of report-

ers laughed. Vigneault didn’t.

The present predicament makes it seem long ago that the Rangers led by two goals in the series opener, and then held a trio of two-goal leads in Game 2. Both of those ended with overtime wins by Los Angeles that sparked the Kings and demoralized New York.

Getting blanked in the first Stanley Cup finals game at the Garden since the Rangers last won the Cup in 1994 only

made them feel worse.

“I do believe we can turn this around. I do,” Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist said, “because we’ve been that close in every game.”

Even in the shutout loss, the Rangers outshot the Kings 32-15. They haven’t been dominated, but they also haven’t found a way to win.

The Kings know both sides of a 3-0 series.

See RANGERS, page B3

SPORTS

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8SPORTS BRIEFS Monday’s church softball roundup Five games were played Monday in the DeKalb County Church League, in the best weather so far this season.

Sycamore St. Mary just did get past CrossWind Community, 9-7.

Rick Johnson was the winner for St. Mary. Bethel Assembly had little trouble with Westminster Presbyterian, winning, 16-6. David Harbecke picked up the win as Bethel bounced back from a loss on Friday.

Immanuel Lutheran squeaked past Christ Community II, 4-3, in a back and forth game. A pitching duel between Community’s Aaron Leheay and Immanuel’s Taylor Lofthouse ended with Lofthouse as the victor, and Jim Harvey picked up the save.

Sycamore Methodist and Evangelical Free played an even game until the fifth when the Methodists put up six runs and went on to win, 13-6. Rick Hoyt was the winner and Bob Love took the loss. Hope Community and DeKalb Methodist went the full seven innings, as another pitcher’s duel commenced between Keith Miller and Mel Sebastian. Miller was the winner thanks to a five-run sixth inning that put Hope ahead for good, 9-6. Josh Howells went 3 for 4 and Dale McMillan picked up the save for Hope.

Liriano leaves in 4th with discomfort in left side PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh left-hander Francisco Liriano left his start in the top of the fourth inning Tuesday night with what the Pirates said was discomfort in his left side.

Liriano bent over and held his back after throwing a pitch to Cubs first baseman Anthony Rizzo. Liriano stretched his back and threw a few warmup pitchers while manager Clint Hurdle and athletic trainers looked on.

Liriano then shook his head and left the mound.

After leading the Pirates with 16 wins last season, Liriano has struggled this year. He was 1-6 with a 4.54 in 13 starts coming into Tuesday’s game.

Read more about the Cubs 7-3 win at Daily-Chronicle.com.

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Thibodeau is a wanted man Derek Fisher is the new coach of the Knicks, and his boss is Big Chief Triangle, Phil Jackson, the former beloved leader of the Bulls.

Fine. Good for New York. Zen out.

Forget that Fisher, who has played basketball since the peach basket was invented, but has never coached a team in his life, will be getting $25 million for five years.

And forget that Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau, generally considered one of the three or four best coaches in the NBA, makes $4 million a year.

Forget, too, that Jackson, whose ailing body prevents him from being the Knicks coach because of the travel duties, was rejected by his former 3-point shooter, Steve Kerr, who signed on as the head coach for the Warriors in mid-May, for … $25 million for five years.

Sense a trend?

Kerr, too, for all his likeability and basketball knowledge, is the same as Fisher – never coached a game in his life.

Maybe none of this maters for the Bulls. But I think it does.

They are in a sort of no-man’s land – waiting, as always, on Derrick Rose’s knee, while fretting about the free agents (read: Carmelo Anthony, Kevin Love) they may or may not snag this summer.

The entire team has been refashioned since the start of last season, when Rose went down again and Luol Deng was traded to Cleveland. Suddenly, everything revolved around center Joakim Noah, a goofball turned solid leader, a shocking first-team All NBA selection.

Thibodeau did more with less, did a coaching pirouette, in fact, and remade the Bulls on the fly into a playoff team.

You think he doesn’t know that?

You think even in the dark and videotape-cluttered man cave where Thibs spends his waking hours breaking

VIEWS Rick Telander down film from the Naismith era, that he doesn’t how screwed he is in the nutty world of coaching hires?

Sometimes the less you have done, the bigger attraction you are. Why, neither Fisher nor Kerr have ever lost a game!

Take that, you 107-game loser, Thiboideau. Your 2010-11 NBA Coach of the Year award is so yesterday.

Then there are the big, lucky boys – the Spurs Greg Popovich and the Heat’s Eric Spoelstra, precisely – obviously fine coaches, but nevertheless very fortunate fellows, too, berry pickers who tripped over the verdant raspberry patch.

Between those two Finals coaches they likely have seven or eight Hall of Fame players, starting with Tim Duncan and LeBron James and drifting down to Manu Ginobili and Ray Allen.

Regardless of team talent, Thibiodeau is a wanted coach.

Although he has never won a championship as a head coach, he is so respected that he has been selected as an assistant for head coach Mike Krzyzewski for the U.S. men’s national team. Coach K is a walking hoops god, we all know, but he’s a college coach, and – guess what? – he makes more than twice as much as Thibs.

Back in April 2013, Thibodeau signed a four-year $17.5 contract extension with the Bulls, taking him through 2016-17.

That, you might think, would be the end of it. Probably is. But coaches can get fidgety, can become burdens to their parent team, can have lawyers work out ways to buy out contracts, move on, etc.

Even Kobe Bryant has said he’d like Thibodeau to be his coach, to take over

the dysfunctional-family Lakers. Whether a wish by a fading superstar like Bryant, who will turn 36 this summer, is even worth processing, who knows. But the idea of being in demand is a concept that won’t go away. Thibs and his defense-first, all-for-one, nothing-exists-inmy-world-but-hoops intensity is a desired commodity.

The Nets took fresh-off-the-court Jason Kidd last year and made him their head coach, and the result wasn’t great, but it wasn’t bad, either. Kidd signed for $10.5 million for four years, with three years and $7.5 million guaranteed, and he’ll likely renegotiate upward sometime soon.

You can see how the coaching inflation has launched just since 2013. Indeed, there are several coaches making $6 to $7 million per year in the NBA. And rich-man college coach John Calipari just turned down a seven-year $60-million to be president, coach and chief Humpty-Dumpty of the woeful Cavaliers.

To give you and idea of the leverage here, consider that Calipari took $52.5 million from the University of Kentucky, for seven years, loaded with bonuses that will earn him millions more.

If there’s a glitch in Thibs’ wagon, it’s that he’s so intense, he sometimes burns a hole right through his team. “Thibodeau is a great coach, former Bull and current Spur Marco Bellinelli said the other day. “But maybe Pop is more like a cool guy. He wants to speak with you, have a conversation … not just about basketball.”

Well, focus is focus.

We’ll see if Thibs keeps his in Chicago.

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

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Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau talks with an official in the first half of Game 3 of an opening-round playoff series against the Washington Wizards on April 25, in Washington, D.C.

3-time gold medalist Misty May-Treanor has baby Three-time Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist MistyMay Treanor has given birth to her first child, a daughter named Malia.

May-Treanor announced on her Facebook page that the baby was born last week. She also posted a picture of her husband, former major league baseball player Matt Treanor, holding his newborn daughter.

“We were so blessed to welcome this little lady in to the world June 3,” she wrote. “Let the adventures begin!!!!!”

May-Treanor won gold medals in Athens, Beijing and London with partner Kerri Walsh Jennings before retiring from the sport to start a family.

Matt Treanor played nine seasons in the majors, mostly as a backup catcher, before retiring this spring.

America’s Cup venue down to 3; could come to Chicago SAN DIEGO – America’s Cup officials have reduced the prospective venues for the next regatta from four to three, and it appears San Francisco has been eliminated.

Russell Coutts, the CEO of twotime defending champion Oracle Team USA, told The Associated Press on Monday night that one venue has been eliminated, and that he plans to reduce the field to two by the end of June.

Coutts wouldn’t confirm which city is out. But it’s been known for months that San Francisco – the hometown of Oracle Team USA – hasn’t offered terms as attractive as those offered by San Diego, Bermuda and Chicago to host the final rounds of the 2017 regatta.

– Staff, wire reports

BEARS

NBA FINALS (Best-of-7; x-if necessary) Thursday San Antonio 110, Miami 95 Sunday Miami 98, San Antonio 96, series tied 1-1 Today San Antonio at Miami (n) Thursday San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.

Sunday Miami at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Tuesday, June 17 x-San Antonio at Miami, 8 p.m.

Friday, June 20 x-Miami at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

NHL STANLEY CUP FINAL Wednesday Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Rangers 2 (OT), Saturday Los Angeles 5, N.Y. Rangers 4 (2OT) Monday Los Angeles 3, N.Y. Rangers 0, Kings lead series 3-0 Today Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Friday x-N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

Monday x-Los Angeles at N.Y. Rangers, 7 p.m.

Wednesday, June 18 x-N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles, 7 p.m.

MLB AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct Detroit 33 27 .550 Cleveland 33 31 .516 White Sox 32 33 .492 Kansas City 31 32 .492 Minnesota 30 33 .476 East Division W L Pct Toronto 39 27 .591 Baltimore 32 30 .516 New York 31 31 .500 Boston 28 35 .444 Tampa Bay 24 42 .364 West Division W L Pct Oakland 39 25 .609 Los Angeles 35 28 .556 Seattle 34 29 .540 Texas 31 33 .484 Houston 29 37 .439

GB — 2 3½ 3½ 4½ GB — 5 6 9½ 15 GB — 3½ 4½ 8 11

Tuesday’s Results Detroit at White Sox (n) Houston at Arizona (n) Boston at Baltimore (n) Minnesota at Toronto (n) St. Louis at Tampa Bay (n) Miami at Texas (n) Cleveland at Kansas City (n) Oakland at L.A. Angels (n) N.Y. Yankees at Seattle (n) Today’s Games Minnesota (P.Hughes 6-2) at Toronto (Stroman 3-0), 11:37 a.m.

Cleveland (Bauer 1-2) at Kansas City (Ventura 3-5), 1:10 p.m.

Boston (R.De La Rosa 1-1) at Baltimore (W.Chen 6-2), 6:05 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Bedard 3-4), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Ja.Turner 2-3) at Texas (Darvish 6-2), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (McCarthy 1-8) at Houston (Keuchel 7-3), 7:10 p.m.

Detroit (Smyly 3-4) at White Sox (Rienzo 4-3), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Milone 3-3) at L.A. Angels (Weaver 7-4), 9:05 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Tanaka 9-1) at Seattle (C.Young 5-3), 9:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Detroit at White Sox, 7:10 p.m.

Toronto at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Cleveland at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

Arizona at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Seattle, 9:10 p.m.

Monday’s Results White Sox 6, Detroit 5 Seattle 3, Tampa Bay 0 Baltimore 4, Boston 0 Toronto 5, Minnesota 4 Cleveland 17, Texas 7 N.Y. Yankees at Kansas City, ppd., rain Houston 4, Arizona 3 L.A. Angels 4, Oakland 1

NATIONAL LEAGUE

Receivers ready to prove themselves

By PATRICK FINLEY pfinley@suntimes.com In his first full year as a professional, Marquess Wilson gained weight, experience and knowledge.

The 6-3 receiver reported to the Bears’ organized team activities, which resume today at Halas Hall, at 207 pounds, having added bulk and explosiveness after participating in Brandon Marshall’s offseason workouts in South Florida.

As a rookie, he learned not to complain – and how to block.

The result is a new comfort level, both with Marc Trestman’s scheme and with himself.

“It’s better from last year, because last year I was thinking a lot on the field,” he said.

“This year I can just play.

“I feel freer on the field. It just feels good.”

The Bears are counting on it.

Despite catching only two passes last season, he’s penciled in as the team’s No. 3 receiver behind Pro Bowlers

Alshon Jeffery and Marshall.

“If I know my role and if I know the plays, I shouldn’t feel pressure on myself,” the seventh-round pick from Washington State said. “I can’t play with pressure. I’ve got to play with confidence.”

If he doesn’t, the Bears have a backup plan.

The team signed veterans Josh Morgan and Domenik Hixon to push Wilson and, in Devin Hester’s absence, compete to return kicks.

When Hixon tore his ACL the first day of OTAs, the Bears added two receivers/returners with a combined 14 years’ experience: Armanti Edwards and Micheal Spurlock.

Wilson, however, is one of only two backup receivers to ever play a down for the Bears.

The other, special teamer Eric Weems, has only three catches in two years with the team.

Wideout Chris Williams, the kick return favorite, was added to the roster from the Saints practice squad in Week 17.

He said the Bears’ offense shares “a lot of the same terms, a lot of same formations and route-running combinations” he learned in New Orleans.

“This is a little more of everything thrown at you at once,” he said. “But yeah, it’s very similar.”

Morgan, meanwhile, has spent OTAs trying to learn every receiver spot – and trying to expunge the 49ers’ and Redskins’ plays from his memory.

“I’m new here, trying to erase all the playbooks that I had in my head, out of my head,” said Morgan, who turns 29 later this month.

“Learn all this. Even though some of the stuff may be the same, you still gotta erase that terminology and learn this terminology.”

One season removed from leading the Redskins with 48 receptions, Morgan will likely have to play special teams to stick with the Bears. He returned eight punts and 12 kickoffs last season.

“It’s like being a rookie

all over again,” Morgan said.

“Coming out here, you just have to prove yourself all over again. Just have to prove you can play this game.

“Just gotta go out here with that rookie mentality, like, ‘I gotta make the team.’”

Morgan said the Bears’ coaches are “on top of it more than any place I’ve ever been,” and that Trestman’s personality was disarming.

“I’ve never had a head coach as personal as him,” Morgan said. “He’ll come sit at the table with you. He’ll talk with you, ask you about your day, ask you about your family and everything.

“It’s very refreshing to have a guy that actually practices what he preaches.”

Just as Morgan will lean on Trestman, he’ll seek out Bears veterans for advice.

That includes Wilson.

“Everybody that’s been here before,” he said. “I’m basically a sponge right now, trying to suck up all the knowledge I can and apply it on the field.”

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

28 Charlie Olson Kingston 85 2.

13 Jeff Kerley Elgin 82 3.

11 Roger Markham Virgil 81 4.

O2 Jim Klingel Aurora 74 5.

15 Jay Brendle Kirkland 65 6.

O3 Dan White Villa Park 61 7.

23x Danny Deutsch Marseilles 46 8.

14 Victor Benedetto Marengo 39 9.

615 Matt Fabrizius DeKalb 38 9.

O1 Greg Cantrell DeKalb 38 10 133 Johnny Heath Kingston 17 11.

33 Dan Fowler Elgin 14 12.

OO Cliff Garcia DeKalb 13 13.

23 Brian Albus Big Rock 12 14.

26 Sylvester Garcia 7 LATE MODELS Place Car No. Name Town 1.

10 Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb 2.

O2 Matt McCain Aurora

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54 Cory McKay St. Charles 50d John Dietrich Carol Stream 37 DJ Sparks Belvidere 83 Mike Karels Pingree Grove 59 Joe Sadoski Marengo 00 Danny Markham Marengo 55 Frank Stubitsch Virgil 71 Austin Runge Lake Zurich 52 Kyle Smith South Elgin 80 Steve Cornett LITH 84 Rich Heilbrun Lee 38 Greg Hancock Gilberts 46 Ricky Weaver Elgin

72 70 66 56 48 41 32 25 16 15 14 13 7

SPECTATOR Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

29 Mike Brancecum St. Charles 27 2.

92j Mallory Jackson St. Charles 8 2.

66j Joe Jackson Jr. St. Charles 7 3.

71c Michael Lindsay Aurora 5 POWDER PUFF Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

73j Linda Sparks Belvidere 31

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10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich 55r Rebecca Stubitsch Virgil 42 Amy Memoli Carol Stream 34c Starr Roach Genoa

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COMPACT Name Town Points Scott Vetter Union 27 Tony Doherty Aurora 24 Johnny Lovett DeKalb 16 Mike Cunz Cortland 10 Eddie Brown Sandwich 9

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FULL SIZE DEMO 2 Anthony Hansford Maple Park 36x Ed Hendrickson Ingleside 56c Scott Vetter Union

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Fast Time Trophy Dash Heat 1 Heat 2

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Charlie Olson Greg Cantrell Brian Albus Johnny Heath

Kingston DeKalb Big Rock Kingston

Town Belvidere

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Car No. 73j

POWDER PUFF Name Linda Sparks

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COMPACT Name Justin Colley

Race Car No. Fast Time O2 Trophy Dash 38 Heat 1 00 Heat 2 83

SATURDAY’S RACE RESULTS Race

28 O1 23 133

Race eat 1

Town Aurora

LATE MODELS Name Town Matt McCain Aurora Greg Hancock Gilberts Danny Markham Marengo Michael Karels Pingree Grove

SPECTATOR Car No. Name 29 Michael Brancecum

Town St. Charles

Central Division W L Pct Milwaukee 38 27 .585 St. Louis 34 31 .523 Pittsburgh 30 34 .469 Cincinnati 29 33 .468 Cubs 26 36 .419 East Division W L Pct Atlanta 33 29 .532 Washington 33 29 .532 Miami 33 30 .524 New York 29 35 .453 Philadelphia 26 36 .419 West Division W L Pct San Francisco 42 22 .656 Los Angeles 34 31 .523 Colorado 29 34 .460 San Diego 28 36 .438 Arizona 29 38 .433

GB — 4 7½ 7½ 10½ GB — — ½ 5 7 GB — 8½ 12½ 14 14½

Tuesday’s Results Arizona 4, Houston 1 Cubs 7, Pittsburgh 3 Philadelphia 5, San Diego 2 N.Y. Mets 6, Milwaukee 2 St. Louis 1, Tampa Bay 0 L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati (n) Miami at Texas (n) Atlanta at Colorado (n) Washington at San Francisco (n) Today’s Games Cubs (Hammel 6-3) at Pittsburgh (Cumpton 1-2), 6:05 p.m.

San Diego (T.Ross 6-5) at Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 1-6), 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers (Ryu 7-2) at Cincinnati (Cueto 5-5), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (W.Peralta 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (deGrom 0-2), 6:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Wacha 4-4) at Tampa Bay (Bedard 3-4), 6:10 p.m.

Miami (Ja.Turner 2-3) at Texas (Darvish 6-2), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (McCarthy 1-8) at Houston (Keuchel 7-3), 7:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Teheran 6-3) at Colorado (E.Butler 0-1), 7:40 p.m.

Washington (Roark 4-4) at San Francisco (M.Cain 1-3), 9:15 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Cubs at Pittsburgh, 6:05 p.m.

L.A. Dodgers at Cincinnati, 11:35 a.m.

San Diego at Philadelphia, 12:05 p.m.

Atlanta at Colorado, 2:10 p.m.

Washington at San Francisco, 2:45 p.m.

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

Arizona at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Monday’s Results Pittsburgh 6, Cubs 2 L.A. Dodgers 6, Cincinnati 2 Atlanta 3, Colorado 1 Houston 4, Arizona 3 Washington 9, San Francisco 2

White Sox game postponed by rain CHICAGO – The second game of Detroit’s scheduled four-game series at the White Sox was postponed Tuesday night.

– Wire report

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U.S. OPEN

Mickelson trying to keep his focus on Pinehurst

By DOUG FERGUSON The Associated Press PINEHURST, N.C. – Phil Mickelson spent five hours in the stifling heat Tuesday at Pinehurst No. 2 with a lot on his mind.

He was trying to sharpen his game, figure out what it will take to finally win a U.S. Open and make enough putts with his claw grip to avoid losing Phil Mickelson to a pair of players whose combined age is younger than him.

This major has a reputation as the toughest test in golf.

It’s every bit of that for Mickelson.

“I really believe that this week is testing a player’s entire game,” Mickelson said. “Because it forces you to make good decisions, to choose the right club off the tee, hit solid iron shots into the green and utilize your short game to save strokes.

It’s just a wonderful test ... the best test I’ve seen to identify the best player.”

His definition of Pinehurst and its rugged, natural look would seem to require every ounce of concentration.

And that could be his biggest challenge.

On the golf course, Mickelson is trying to ignore the enormous expectations on him this week. He holds the worst kind of U.S. Open record with six runner-up finishes. He needs this major to complete the career Grand Slam.

And he’s a sentimental favorite at Pinehurst No. 2, where in 1999 he played the entire week knowing his wife was on the verge of delivering their first child.

Payne Stewart made a 15-foot par putt on the final hole to beat him by one shot.

Amanda Mickelson was born the next day. Stewart died in a plane crash four months later.

“Payne and I had this moment where we talked about fatherhood, but he also talked about winning future U.S. Opens,” Mickelson said. “Although I haven’t won one yet, I’m still fighting hard, and this would be a great place to break through and do it. The flip side is that I tend to do well when it’s least expected.

“I don’t want to put the pressure on that this is the only week that I’ll have a chance,” he said. “I think I’ll have a number of great opportunities in the future years. But this is certainly as good a chance as I’ll have.”

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The United States’ Clint Dempsey (left) and Brad Davis work on resistance exercises during a training session Tuesday at the Sao Paulo FC training center in Sao Paulo. The U.S. will play in group G of the World Cup.

WORLD CUP

NO WORRY OF WILTING The heat will be on, and the U.S. team is happy

By RONALD BLUM The Associated Press

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Los Angeles Kings center Jeff Carter (left) and left wing Dwight King (right) celebrate Monday as the puck bounces off the post and into the net past New York Rangers goalie Henrik Lundqvist to end the first period during Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final in New York.

Kings could win Cup • RANGERS Continued from page B1 They trailed by that margin in the opening round of this postseason to San Jose and then became the fourth NHL team to rally and win.

“We’ve been down a lot this postseason, we’ve been up, been in some exciting games, some long games,” Kings forward Jarret Stoll said. “We just keep playing, trying to find a way to win. We’ve had some fortunate bounces.”

Two years ago, the Kings went up 3-0 in the finals against New Jersey – the fourth straight series they built such a lead – but allowed the Devils to stay alive until Game 6. Premature celebrations, ticket requests from people close to the players and other distractions took players’ focus away from the game and penetrated the Kings’ insulated wall, the one no-nonsense coach Darryl Sutter worked hard to create.

“Game 4 was at home.

There was a lot of distraction,”

Sutter said of 2012. “That was a lesson learned, not just for our players but for our whole organization. We were trying to keep our players as a little inner circle, but the circle got a little bit of infringement.”

The Rangers are hoping that kind of history repeats.

New York has never come back to win a series it trailed 3-0, but the Rangers rallied to knock out Pittsburgh in the second round this year after trailing 3-1.

“Today is a tough day,” forward Brad Richards said.

“Your mind is racing on a thousand different things you could’ve done. But you have to make the best of it. The series is not over. We all can’t wait to get back on the ice. It’s just the waiting and the thinking.

“We’ve just got to get back into the battle and see where it goes.”

Where they hope it goes is back to LA for Game 5. One win can turn the mindset and the perspective on both sides: belief in one room, a sliver of doubt in the other.

Skelley a key transfer for Sycamore • SPARTANS Continued from page B1 Not to mention, the boys track and field team took sixth in Class 2A, and the bowling team won a sectional title.

On the girls side, the Spartans’ basketball team took home its first regional championship since 2003, while the volleyball team made a sectional final appearance.

Mark Skelley attended Galesburg his freshman year and East Aurora as a sophomore before transferring to Sycamore for his last two years. A member of the Spartans’ basketball and baseball teams, Skelley won a total of four regional championships

and one sectional in just two years as a Sycamore student.

“It was the best experience I have ever had in high school,” he said. “I was glad I was able to come here my last two years of high school.”

Cooper Vinz, who played guard for the Spartans’ basketball team and was Sycamore’s starting first baseman in the spring, said the fan support made everything that much better.

“Sycamore’s always been respected as a team. As we went further and further, I felt like as a school and as a community, everyone just came together, and everyone was here,” he said. “Everyone was here to cheer us on.”

SAO PAULO – While some World Cup teams whine about withering weather and troublesome travel, American players say: Bring it on!

European teams worry they will wilt. The United States considers cauldron-like climates a regular finishing touch, as if the Americans were a Baked Alaska flambe.

And if FIFA added a Road Warrior prize to the Golden Ball, Golden Boot and Golden Glove, the U.S. would be assured of taking home an award.

“When you talk about playing in the heat, the travel, it doesn’t bother us,” midfielder Michael Bradley said Tuesday. “And not only does it not bother us, it excites us to see that now the other teams are so worried about it.”

The Americans have the lengthiest first-round trek among the 32 teams at 8,800 air miles, chartering roundtrip flights from Sao Paulo to Natal (1,420 each way), Manaus (1,680) and Recife (1,300).

That’s quite a contrast to four years ago, where the U.S. had the shortest group-stage travel in South Africa. To reach their games, the Americans took bus rides from Irene to Rustenburg (62 miles each way), Johannesburg (24)

and Pretoria (11) for a total of 194 miles. They needed to pack a weekender only once during the first round, burrowing at their base hotel for the second and third matches.

This year they’ll change cities and climates repeatedly. Tuesday’s training session at Sao Paulo Futebol Club started in a 62-degree temperature with a cooling drizzle, but the Americans’ games up north figure to be played in the mid-80s or higher.

And extreme humidity could make each stadium feel like a sauna.

Accustomed to an Augustthrough-May club schedule in Europe, where players use gloves and fans insulate in thermals, some soccer officials fret. No European nation has won a World Cup played in the Americas, where Brazil has taken three titles, and Argentina and Uruguay two apiece.

Before the World Cup draw in December, England coach Roy Hodgson called the Amazon rain forest city of Manaus “problematic” and said “you have a better chance if you get one of the venues where the climate is kinder.”

“It’s going to be incredibly humid and hot,” Germany coach Joachim Loew said.

“We must get used to it, in training and preparing.”

The U.S. opens Monday with a 5 p.m. match against

Ghana in Natal. The AccuWeather forecast calls for a daytime high in the mid-80s, dropping into the 70s in the evening with a couple showers possible.

The Americans next play in Manaus for a 6 p.m. June 22 game against Cristiano Ronaldo and Portugal. The extended forecast calls for temperatures in the high-80s that day.

The U.S. completes group play against three-time champion Germany in a 11 a.m. match in Recife, a port city, where temperatures are typically in the low-80s.

While that might be unfamiliar for natives of Munich and Mannheim, it’s rather routine for the red, white and blue.

“I lived 4½ years in Houston, and that’s 100 degrees every single day with humidity plus,” defender Geoff Cameron said, “so if you can survive that, you can survive anything.”

Europeans complained about heat during the 1970 and ’86 World Cups in Mexico and were stunned by a heat wave in 1994 that turned matches into endurance tests at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas and the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. Jurgen Klinsmann scored twice as defending champion Germany built a three-goal lead against South Korea, then held on for

a 3-2 win.

Klinsmann, now the U.S. coach, learned from that and the February 2013 opener in the final round of World Cup qualifying, when the Americans went to Central America and wilted during the second half of a 2-1 loss.

“Dallas at 120 degrees at 12 o’clock kickoff time because of TV rights to Europe was an experience,” he said. “You want to make sure that you’re hydrated. You want to make sure that you’re not cramping up, similar to that experience in Honduras in San Pedro Sula.”

The American players who are veterans of Major League Soccer are used to changing three time zones on coast-tocoast trips.

“That’s the hope, that now something that’s being talked about in a negative way with a lot of other teams is something that we can use to our advantage,” Bradley maintained. “Jurgen said it best: It’s going to be a World Cup of patience, of knowing how to deal with the elements, of being able to suffer at times, and so I think we’re excited by it.”

Note: American players are wearing Gold Nike+ FuelBand SEs, which track movement and also were given to players on Brazil, England and France. They retail for $149.

Common sense with OSU, NU football • KORCEK Continued from page B1 I know. Deja vu all over again, Huskies fans. According to NIU Hall of Fame football coach Howard Fletcher, U of I head man Bob Zuppke did invent the huddle. Homecoming? Now, that’s a different story. Illinois claimed that distinction for decades despite the fact the Huskies version (an NIU alumni game in 1903) predated theirs by seven years.

Guess some things will never change (and Roger, you never got the memo).

Item No. 2: Post scripts on the recent passing of Northern Illinois icons Bob Brigham and Richard “Daddio” Dailey. What an inspired and poignant tribute to Brigham’s 50-year association with the university to have the NIU marching band play the “Huskie Fight Song” after the funeral services last week. “I’m not a crier,” said former NIU presidential secretary Sally Stevens, “but when I heard that, I did tear up.”

Daddio seemingly knew everybody on the planet. How did Daddio get on the Dallas Cowboys’ sideline or Notre

Dame’s? One time, we ran into ESPN’s Lee Corso at a College Football Hall of Fame event. Corso shook hands and immediately asked: “Mike, how’s Daddio?”

Dailey was a soft touch for anything NIU and helped so many. The one-liners, his ever-present cigar, the endless stories – whether it was at the Kishwaukee Country Club or the Daddio’s Den establishment (where everyone was a friend). What a truly unforgettable character. Going to miss you, “Popsie.”

Item No. 3: Here’s my two cents on the recent “Dog Pound” debate regarding the guarantees paid to NIU’s football program for the game at Northwestern this year (a reported $500,000) and Ohio State in 2015 ($900,000).

What’s the issue? First and foremost, NU athletic director Jim Phillips has to be a good businessman (and is).

Scheduling the Huskies (and with all of NIU’s Chicago area fans and alumni) should give Phillips one of his largest nonconference football gates at Ryan Field in the past decade. You can only pay so much with a stadium that seats only 49,256. With its

102,329-seat Ohio Stadium in Columbus, the Buckeyes can afford the larger guarantee without losing its collective shirt. Common sense.

Item No. 4: Can you beat watching an NHL Stanley Cup Final game with NBC’s stellar broadcasting team of play-by-play guru Mike “Doc” Emrick, plus engaging and astute analysts Eddie Olczyk and Pierre McGuire? That trio – and “Doc” in particular – made Monday night’s 3-0 Los Angeles Kings shutout triumph over the New York Rangers so exciting that one dare not turn the channel. Besides “our” Pat Foley and the late Tim Sassone, are there any better media ambassadors for the NHL? My only question – Why then did NBC Sports saddle us with Kenny Albert, Joe Micheletti and Brian Engstrom for the Chicago-L.A. Western Conference Final, and the battle of the past two Stanley Cup winners? It appears that series determined the real 2014 Stanley Cup champion. Besides, Albert and Micheletti were subpar broadcasters by comparison and, pardon my Blackhawk-centric bias, seven-game L.A. “homers.”

Item No. 5: Yeah, change is tougher as one gets older. The Cubs have been on WGN-AM radio since 1958 when I was 10 years old. It has been pretty easy to find the Cubbies on 720 the past 56 summers. Past WGN mainstays Jack Brickhouse and Ward Quall must be turning over in their respective graves with this move to WBBM-AM in 2015.

The rumor is that the Cubbies could be on WSCR-AM, a CBS-owned station, in two years. The Score 670 or 780 on the AM dial or 105.9 on the FM? Don’t know if that’s as synonymous with the Cubs as 720 was, sorry.

Besides, as someone on the Internet pointed out, how can Cubs’ management use the Steve Goodman song “Go Cubs Go” next season with “WGN” in the lyrics? Yeah, I know, Tom Ricketts has bigger fish to fry.

• 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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Food

SECTION C Wednesday, June 11, 2014 Daily Chronicle

Features editor Inger Koch • ikoch@shawmedia.com

perfecting

PIE

Author shares tips, recipe she learned from year working in bakeries across the country

By ELIZA KRIGMAN • The Washington Post

Peanut Butter Brownie Pie with a Pretzel Crust

8 to 10 servings (makes one 9-inch pie) Adapted from “Teeny’s Tour of Pie: Mastering the Art of Pie in 67 Recipes,” by Teeny Lamothe (Workman, 2014).

For the crust: 1 1/4 cups pretzel crumbs (from about 4½ cups pretzels) 8 tablespoons (1 stick) unsalted butter, melted For the filling: 6 tablespoons (3/4 stick) unsalted butter 6 ounces semisweet chocolate, preferably the individually wrapped 1-ounce pieces for baking 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter, such as Skippy brand 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder 2 large eggs 1 cup sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 3/4 cup flour 1/4 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon salt For the crust: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Have a 9-inch pie plate at hand.

Place the crumbs in a mixing bowl. Pour the melted butter over them and stir until evenly coated. Spoon three-quarters of the mixture into the pie plate; press it against the sides to build a 1/4-inch-thick wall all around. Spoon the remaining mixture into the center/bottom of the pie plate and press to form a solid bottom, making sure the bottom and sides are joined.

Bake for 5 to 7 minutes, until lightly browned.

Cool on a rack, then refrigerate for at least 30 minutes.

For the filling: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Fill a medium saucepan with a few inches of water over medium heat.

Combine the butter, chocolate and 1/4 cup of the peanut butter in a heatproof bowl that’s wide enough to cover the saucepan. Set the bowl on the saucepan; once the ingredients have melted, stir until smooth. Remove the bowl from the heat.

Whisk in the cocoa powder. Cool.

Place the remaining 1/4 cup of peanut butter in a small saucepan over low heat. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 5 to 7 minutes; it will be a little runny. Remove from the heat.

Whisk together the eggs, sugar and vanilla extract in a separate mixing bowl. Slowly add the cooled chocolate mixture, whisking until well incorporated.

Stir together the flour, baking powder and salt in a small bowl, then add to the chocolate batter; stir until smooth and well incorporated.

Pour into the chilled pretzel pie shell, smoothing the surface.

Drizzle or spoon the runny peanut butter into the filling; use a toothpick or round-edged knife to swirl or work it in. Bake for 35 to 40 minutes, or until a knife inserted 2 inches from the edge of the crust comes out clean.

Cool before serving.

Nutrition per serving (based on 10): 490 calories, 8 g protein, 52 g carbohydrates, 30 g fat, 16 g saturated fat, 85 mg cholesterol, 340 mg sodium, 3 g dietary fiber, 29 g sugar.

Peanut Butter Brownie Pie With a Pretzel Crust Washington Post photo

eeny Lamothe was acting in Chicago – and babysitting to make ends meet – when she realized she wanted to follow her bliss: pie. She was baking one almost every day (and holding regular pie parties to unload her bounty), so she contemplated applying to culinary school.

The hefty price tag stopped her. So did the fact that she wanted a narrow, not general, focus.

Lamothe was after an education in pies and pies alone – not in the truffles, souffles and everything else that would come with a classical culinary curriculum.

The solution? She e-mailed the owners of pie shops and bakeries across the country, offering a month of free labor in exchange for the chance to learn about piemaking and running a small business. In fall 2011, she left her home and spent a year traveling cross-country, with stops in Seattle, Boston, South Florida and in between. Branding her trip an effort to “save the world one pie at a time,” Lamothe used an Indiegogo campaign to bring in more than $3,000 to help fund her travels, wrote a Tumblr blog and got a cookbook deal for “Teeny’s Tour of Pie.” Lamothe, 30, moved to Washington after her tour and started Teeny Pies, baking up to 200 pies (large and small) every week. I talked with Lamothe recently about her journey, her book and her business. Edited excerpts follow:

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Krigman: How did you select the places where you would apprentice?

Lamothe: I wanted to learn from female business owners who specialized in pie. It’s one thing to own a bakery, and it’s an entirely different one to own a pie shop. I also chose locations where I had a free place to stay with friends, friends of friends, or often the parents of friends. There were a lot of semi-awkward interactions, but I felt like I was able to be a decent houseguest by providing pie.

Krigman: How did you first become interested in making pie?

Lamothe: Baking with my mom, the first lady to teach me how to make pie. During the tour, I went home for a month to apprentice with my mom. It was great. At that point I was very deep into recipe testing for the cookbook. She was totally down for turning her kitchen into a pie experiment lab. We made three different pies each week and got them down to the perfect version of themselves.

Krigman: What’s your favorite pie?

Lamothe: Sour cherry. It’s the pie that I always requested as my birthday pie growing up, and I happen to think it’s the perfect combination of tart and sweet.

Krigman: How did you get your nickname, and why did you decide to make “teeny” pies a focus of

the business and book?

Lamothe: On my birth certificate it says Christina Lamothe, but I was born 2½ months early, and I’ve been “Teeny” ever since. My mom is the only one who uses Christina – and only when I’m in trouble.

I integrated small pies into my business because that’s what I used to make in my childhood. I had every kitchen utensil that Mom had, only in miniature, and I would cook and bake alongside her in the kitchen. She would give me small scraps of pie dough that I would roll out with the tiniest of rolling pins before pressing them into “teeny” tins.

Right before I embarked on the Tour of Pie, my mom mailed me my childhood tins, and I knew from then on I wanted the individual-size pie to be on my menu if I ever started my own business.

People are besotted by the idea of a small, personal pie.

Teeny Lamothe Washington Post photo

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Baked Prosciutto-Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers

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Healthy poppers for Pops Fix Dad his favorite appetizer this Father’s Day without the deep-frying What to do on Father’s Day when it’s time to eat and you want to serve something manly and filling? Other than steak, that is. Here’s a nominee that re-engineers a classic sports bar appetizer – jalapeño poppers.

Standard jalapeño poppers are thumb-sized hot peppers stuffed with cream cheese and cheddar cheese, then breaded and deep-fried. Yummy, but most home cooks aren’t too excited for the mess of deep-frying. That’s why there also is a baked version – half a jalapeño stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon.

Both types are delicious, but neither is all that healthy.

After all, we want to keep Dad around for a while. So my

EVERYDAY DINNERS Sara Moulton version delivers guy’s guy gratification without overdoing it.

From a culinary point of view, jalapeño poppers make complete sense. Nothing tames a chili’s heat like dairy.

That’s why so many cultures serve their fiery entrees with dairy as a side dish. The Mexicans team up spicy tortillas with crema. The Indians serve hot curries with yogurt-based raita. And that’s why cheese is right at home in a jalapeño popper.

But it doesn’t have to be

high-fat cheese. The fresh goat cheese in this recipe delivers the required creaminess, while a very modest amount of Parmigiano-Reggiano delivers the required flavor.

I brightened up the filling with scallions and lemon zest, then wrapped the stuffed jalapeño in prosciutto, my substitute for bacon. Although it has a lot less fat than bacon, prosciutto boasts big pork flavor. And when it’s baked, as it is here, it’s nice and crispy, which eliminates the need to coat the pepper with breadcrumbs.

A couple of tips for preparing the jalapeños. First, be sure to wear rubber gloves when you’re halving and gutting the peppers. No matter

how macho you’re feeling, you don’t want those capsaicin oils burning your hands. Also, use a grapefruit spoon, if you have one, to remove the pepper’s innards, which are the hottest parts of a chili.

Then serve it to the big guy with pride. He’ll never notice that many of its typical ingredients have gone AWOL.

Baked Prosciutto-Wrapped Jalapeño Poppers Start to finish: 45 minutes (30 minutes active) Servings: 6 4 ounces fresh goat cheese 1 ounce grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese

1/4 cup finely chopped scallion greens 2 teaspoons grated lemon zest 6 jalapeño peppers 3 ounces (12 slices) prosciutto Heat the oven to 450 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with foil, then coat it with cooking spray.

In a medium bowl, combine the goat cheese, Parmigiano-Reggiano, scallion greens and lemon zest.

Halve the jalapeños lengthwise and carefully remove the ribs and seeds (wear rubber gloves if necessary to protect your hands). Stuff each half with the cheese mixture, being sure to use all of the cheese mixture.

Wrap 1 slice of prosciutto around each stuffed jalapeño half, overlapping the ends of the prosciutto on the bottom of the jalapeño. Arrange

the poppers on the prepared baking sheet, then bake on the oven’s center rack until the prosciutto is slightly crispy, about 15 minutes.

Nutrition information per serving: 110 calories; 60 calories from fat (55 percent of total calories); 7 g fat (4 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 25 mg cholesterol; 2 g carbohydrate; 1 g fiber; 1 g sugar; 10 g protein; 540 mg sodium.

• Sara Moulton was executive chef at Gourmet magazine for nearly 25 years, and spent a decade hosting several Food Network shows. She currently stars in public television’s “Sara’s Weeknight Meals” and has written three cookbooks, including “Sara Moulton’s Everyday Family Dinners.”

Cookie dough stands in for mini pies’ crust Fun shapes make blueberry desserts children’s favorites

By STEPHANIE WITT SEDGWICK The Washington Post These warm blueberry desserts aren’t really pies, but don’t let convention stand in the way of enjoying them.

A simple lemon-accented blueberry filling gets a cookie dough topper. The cookie bakes along with the filling, providing a perfect foil to the tart berries.

Taste the blueberries before you begin; if they are quite tart, you might want to use more than 1/4 cup of sugar for the filling.

You’ll need four 8-ounce ramekins or mini tart pans.

You can slice the dough into strips and make a lattice, cut a round like a top crust or – my favorite – use a cookie cutter to cut out a distinctive

shape and top the filling with that. Stars are my shape of choice, but flowers work, too.

These are best served soon after they are baked.

Cookie-Topped Blueberry Mini Pies 4 servings 1 pound fresh or frozen/defrosted blueberries 1 tablespoon cornstarch 1/4 cup sugar, plus more for sprinkling (optional; see headnote) Finely grated zest of 1 lemon plus 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 6 ounces homemade or storebought sugar cookie dough, suitable for rolling Water (optional) Combine the blueberries,

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cornstarch, the 1/4 cup of sugar, lemon juice and zest in a mixing bowl, stirring until the cornstarch dissolves. Let the filling mixture rest for 15 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a rimmed baking sheet with heavy-duty aluminum foil. Arrange

four 8-ounce or similar-size ramekins on the baking sheet.

Divide the rested filling mixture plus any accumulated juices evenly among the ramekins or mini tart pans.

Roll out the cookie dough to a thickness of a generous 1/4 inch;

cut it into the desired shapes or strips. Top each pie with a cut-out cookie or with strips of the dough arranged to form a lattice. If desired, brush the tops lightly with water and sprinkle with sugar.

Bake for about 50 minutes or until the filling is bubbly and the cookie

tops are lightly browned.

Wait 5 minutes before serving.

Nutrition per serving: 240 calories, 2 g protein, 46 g carbohydrates, 7 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 10 mg cholesterol, 120 mg sodium, 3 g dietary fiber, 28 g sugar.

LEARNING

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KC offers Kids College through the summer include: Blow It Up! (rockets and science), Green Screen (video), Clay Creations, Be A Rock Star (music video), What’s Inside? (electronics), Outdoor Cooking, Masquerade Masterpieces (mask making), Crime Scene Investigation, Take A Bow (theater), Digital Photography, Out of This World (space/astronomy) and We’re Rockin’ (geology) The Cooking Academy will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. July 7 through 10 and is for students entering grades 4, 5, 6 and 7. Each day will focus on one culinary topic, skill and activity.

The four topics are: Breakfast Bonanza, Tutti-Frutti Fruit, Scrumptious Snacks and Chocolate Mania.

The Art Academy will be held from July 14 to 17 and is for students entering grades 4, 5, 6 and 7. The Art Academy meets from 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Each day will focus on one art skill and activity. The four activities Provided photo are: Watercolor with Chalk, Mixed Kishwaukee College’s Continuing Education department is offering a series of Kids Media, Clay Creations and Monster College Academies this summer, beginning with the Kish-U-Pick Art/Science/Tech- Mash. nology Academy on June 23 to 27. Other Academies offered this summer include: New this year: Kishwaukee Area Cooking Academy, Art Academy, Kishwaukee Area Space Academy, and Learning Space Academy (KASA) meets from Skills Academies. There also is a Quilhot One Room Schoolhouse Camp. Pictured is a 9 a.m. to noon July 21 through 24.

Kish U-Pick camper from last summer preparing to launch a rocket she constructed It is for students entering grades 4, 5, 6 and 7. NASA Ambassador and in the Blow It Up science program. teacher Michelle Szybowicz created a week of activities that is uniquely of short courses that are offered in KASA and will share her knowledge morning (8:45 to 10:45 a.m.), mid-day their own. Participants can select a and excitement of outer space with (11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.) and afternoon few courses or an all-day schedule students as she guides them through for the entire week. Course offerings a variety of activities to develop a (1:45 to 3:45 p.m.) sessions to create

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Sycamore music places second in Class A The Sycamore High School Music Department was recently awarded second place in the 2013-2014 IHSA Music Sweepstakes competition for Class A, the highest place the school has ever achieved.

This is the fourth time in five years that Sycamore High School has placed in the top five in Class A, and it is their 11th top-10 finish in the past 12 years.

“Our music students should take pride in this award, as their individual and small group performances are a key reason that our school placed as highly as we did,” music department chairman Scott Mertens said in a news release. “These music students are demonstrating a culture of accountability that reflects very positively upon Sycamore High School, and our community can be very proud of these young men and women.”

This honor is the result of the combined effort from the band, choir and orchestra programs and their participation in the Solo/Ensemble Contest and Organizational Contest. The IHSA Solo/Ensemble Festival was hosted by Kaneland High School, where band, choir, and orchestra students performed as soloists and in small groups. The

IHSA Organizational Festival was held at Belvidere North High School in April. At this festival, larger ensembles such as orchestras, bands, jazz bands, choirs, and jazz choirs all performed for ratings.

“This trophy symbolizes the collective strength of all three organizations that make up the SHS Music Department,” orchestra director Ken Tonaki said in the release.

“It is impossible to place in the top 10 unless band, choir, and orchestra are all scoring high marks in both the Solo/ Ensemble Contest as well as the Organizational Contest. It is an honor to work with the outstanding staff and students here at Sycamore High School.”

“This honor stems from the strong effort that our students put into preparing for their performances. However, it is not just about learning the music for a particular event.

Instead, it is the rehearsing during class and the practicing at home, day after day, that results in the students’ success,” band director Ken Goodman said in the release.

“This recognition is a visible means of representing this hard work and dedication.

Congratulations to our students on this notable achievement.”

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From left, Sycamore High School Band Director Ken Goodman, Orchestra Director Ken Tonaki, and Choir Director Drayton Eggleson pose with the trophy for IHSA 2014 Runner-Up Music Sweepstakes, Class A.

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better understanding of space and space travel. Students will learn about flight by making kites, paper airplanes, fizzy flyers and a Goddard foam rocket. Other activities include Lost on the Moon, Space Jingo and Cosmic Cuisine.

The Learning Skills Academy classes will be offered over a twoweek period. Classes designated for middle school students are for students entering grades 6 through 8 and classes designated for high school are for students entering grades 9 through 12. During the week of July 28 through 31, two classes will be offered: Study Skills – High School will meet from 9 to 10:30 a.m. and Jump Start High School Algebra will meet from 10:30 a.m. to noon. Both of the July Learning Skills Academy classes will meet at Genoa-Kingston High School.

During the week of Aug. 4 through 7, the following Learning Academy classes will meet at Kishwaukee College: Study Skills – Middle School from 10 to 11:30 a.m. and Jump Start Middle School Math from noon to 1:30 p.m.; Jump Start High School Algebra from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. and Study Skills – High School from noon to 1:30 p.m.

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In the Academies, elementary- and middle school-aged kids can spend a week learning and having fun exploring a particular subject area.

There also are academic preparation academies for elementary and middle school kids and high school youth.

Academy participants can choose to attend all week or select specific days and topics. It is more cost-effective to register for the full-week Academy. A new summer program added to Kids College this year is a Quilhot One Room Schoolhouse Camp.

The Quilhot One Room Schoolhouse Camp will be from 9 a.m. to noon June 30 through July 3.

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This camp is for students entering grades 4, 5, 6 and 7. The Quilhot School house is located at 102 S. Indian Road in Shabbona.

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Woman’s texts to her ex threaten marriage Dear Abby: I’m a twice-divorced woman who found my present husband late in life. I’m in my early 60s, and my husband is in his 70s. We married quickly because I didn’t want to be alone in life and I thought I loved him.

My husband works while I stay at home because of a medical condition. Because I get bored, I spend some of my time communicating with and texting male friends from the past and one of my ex-husbands.

We have fun texting and sometimes it goes a little beyond that. I realize I am married and my ex is engaged, but how harmful can this be? I don’t think I’m

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips hurting anyone, and it helps the day go by.

Is this considered cheating? I don’t think it is because my ex and I live in different states and the chances of us ever getting together again are slim to none. – Passing Time Dear Passing Time: This isn’t harmless fun; it’s a threat to your marriage. Whether I consider it cheating is beside the point. Whether your husband and your ex’s fiancee

would consider it cheating is the question. If they got wind of your “pastime,” I suspect both would be hurt, angry and feel violated. Not only that, you could lose Husband No. 3.

Dear Abby: My 2-year-old daughter has recently become boob-obsessed. The first thing she does in the morning is point at my chest and say, “Boobs!” If she hugs me, she tries to grab them. Sometimes I catch her staring at my chest in fascination. I scold her when she grabs at them, but it’s disturbing.

I never taught her the word “boob” and feel annoyed that she probably learned it from our sitter. When I spoke

to the sitter about it, she laughed and said it’s perfectly normal and that a lot of kids are boob-obsessed. But it doesn’t seem normal to me, and I’m creeped out.

I have started wearing sweatshirts to keep covered up. My little girl has also started grabbing my butt and lifting up my shirt, and I’m nervous about how she’s acting around the sitter and other women in the family.

Is this behavior normal? – Creeped Out in Valencia, Calif.

Dear Creeped Out: Children have been known to act out to get attention. If a parent acts shocked at something the child does or says, the child

will repeat the action for its shock value. Because you are concerned that your daughter’s behavior isn’t normal, the person to discuss this with would be her pediatrician. The doctor can put your fears to rest or alert you if there is something to worry about.

Another thought: Ask your baby sitter to be more circumspect in the language she uses around your child if the word “boob” offends you, because children build their vocabularies repeating the words they hear.

• Write Dear Abby at www.

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

Mediterranean diet is the healthy way to go Dear Dr. K: I want to go on a diet and am trying to decide between low-fat, low-carb and Mediterranean. What do you think?

Dear Reader: Your first two options – low-fat and low-carb – are too simple. There are “good” fats and “bad” fats, and “good” carbs and “bad” carbs. You don’t want a diet that is low in good fats or good carbs. You want a diet that is low in bad fats and bad carbs.

A good diet should provide plenty of choices and few restrictions. It should be as good for your heart, bones, brain and colon as for your waistline. And it should be something you can sustain for years.

Low-fat. Fat contains nine

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff calories per gram while carbohydrates contain four.

Therefore, a low-fat diet might make it easier to keep your daily calorie count down. Calories, and the unhealthy weight gain they can trigger, are definitely something you want to control. But just controlling your calories doesn’t guarantee your diet is healthy. They have to be the right calories.

There are three problems with low-fat diets. The first is that you don’t take in enough good fats. The second is that low-fat diets tend to be less filling and flavorful than

other diets, and this lessens their long-term appeal. It also means that the resulting hunger may cause you to take in more calories than you should.

Third, low-fat diets turn out to be high-carb diets.

You substitute carbs for the fats you’ve chosen not to eat.

Unfortunately, many people who put themselves on a low-fat diet consume not just more carbs but more bad carbs. These highly processed carbs, such as white bread and white rice, are rapidly digested, causing more hunger – and higher blood sugar levels. Instead, choose good carbs – whole-grain, fiber-rich carbs.

Low-carb. People on lowcarb (high-protein and fat) diets do often consume fewer

calories, resulting in weight loss. But most people cannot sustain a low-carb diet. If you choose a low-carb diet, select one that allows you to eat nutritious (but carb-rich) fruits and vegetables.

Which brings me to what I regard as the winner: the Mediterranean diet. I’ll bet that doesn’t surprise a regular reader of this column.

Mediterranean style. These diets contain moderate amounts of healthy fats, most of them from olive and canola oils, fish and nuts. The carbs in this diet come from unrefined, fiber-rich whole-wheat and beans. Mediterranean diets are also rich in fruits and vegetables, nuts, seeds and fish, with only modest amounts of meat and cheese.

The Mediterranean-style diet

has been shown to reduce the risk of many diseases, including cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and of premature death.

If you find diets too restrictive, follow these principles of healthy eating. They can help you improve your health and lose weight along the way: • Cut down on refined carbs.

• Eat more fruits, vegetables and whole grains.

• Increase plant oils and fish in your diet.

• Eat only moderate amounts of low-fat dairy products and nuts.

• Limit portion size and total calories.

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to read more.

Teen: Did you enjoy your high school years?

Dr. Wallace: I’m just finishing my junior year in high school. I get good grades and will be attending Indiana University after graduation.

My problem is that I don’t enjoy being a high school student. Don’t get me wrong.

I don’t dislike my high school; it’s just that being in school doesn’t give me a thrill. I know I’ll be going to IU because my high school grades are good and my parents expect me to be a college graduate. Both of my parents graduated from IU. My concern now is that I’m not quite sure what to expect when I start at the university. Are colleges and universities simply an exten-

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace sion of high school or is there a difference? Be honest and tell me. Did you enjoy your time spent in the education process in high school and college? – Nameless, Hammond, Indiana Nameless: I enjoyed attending and graduating from Emerson High School in Gary, Indiana. Good friends and the chance to participate in athletics were what made Emerson special for me.

College was very different and definitely not an exten-

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By BERNICE BEDE OSOL Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Your professional dealings will suffer if you allow your personal life to interfere with your productivity. Deal with both equally, but do not mix business with pleasure. The key is to maintain a balance in your life if you want to be successful this year.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – This is not the day to make promises.

You’ll be confused regarding what’s expected of you and what’s not. Get clear instructions before starting a new project.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – An indirect proposal will prove to be very intriguing. Follow your instincts, and get the particulars from someone who is knowledgeable in a field that interests you.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Make sure that the attention you give to a new acquaintance doesn’t cause a problem with a friend or loved one. An innocent gesture will lead to an unsettling disagreement.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Trouble is brewing behind the scenes.

If you are at all doubtful regarding a person’s intentions, refuse to get involved. A snap judgment could cause trouble and be costly.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Join an organization that appreciates what you have to offer. A partnership will develop from a mutual desire to get involved in a worthy cause or take on a new project.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Don’t fall for someone’s sob story.

You will end up in a worse predicament if you hand your hardearned cash to a schemer. Offer advice, not money.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Make sure your feelings are reciprocated before making any romantic announcements. It’s likely that your love interest isn’t ready to settle down. Get to know each other better before you make any rash utterances.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Do your best to conceal your plans. Someone is likely to take credit for your ideas if you are too open. Listen and observe, and you will discover ulterior motives.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Join forces with someone who can help you achieve your goals. Having a partner will cut your workload in half. You will make substantial progress working as a team.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Speak up, or someone will expect you to be a follower. Make it known that you intend to forge your own path. Your original approach will draw the attention of someone influential.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You are well-equipped to handle anything that comes your way. Communication and travel will figure prominently in your schedule. Spend your time wisely and make the most of your day.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Now is the time to invest, not spend. Sound economic advice will enable you to add to your finances. Put quality over quantity and avoid lavish expenditures.

sion of high school. I lived on campus and participated in athletics, but I spent more time studying because I knew that good grades were important if I wanted to reach my goal of becoming a high school teacher and a varsity basketball coach.

I reached that goal after receiving a master’s degree in education at Northern Illinois University.

Living on campus at Indiana University in Bloomington will mean that you’ll be making many more of your own decisions. You will make new friends, take interesting classes and have the opportunity to participate in many campus activities. Trust me,

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you will have a wonderful and challenging experience at Indiana University.

Dr. Wallace: I realize it’s a difficult assignment to write a column geared for today’s teens, and you do a commendable job except in one area – that of smoking marijuana. In an effort to be on the safe side, your discussion on pot is full of myths and fallacies and not facts. You said that marijuana leads to hard drugs and that most heavy drug users started out smoking marijuana. This is pure myth.

When you tell a teen that marijuana is bad and harmful and they discover themselves that it is not, they will lose faith in all your ad-

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vice – and some of it is pretty good.

Be smart. Be wise. Get the facts. – Nameless, Fort Collins, Colorado Nameless: For the moment, let’s not debate the emotional and physical damage that can be caused by the chemical found in marijuana, Tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC for short.

Smoke fills the lungs of the user, and common sense tells me that smoking any substance, whether it’s tobacco, marijuana or corn silk, is harmful and a very unwise decision!

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

8CROSSWORD

Stop, think, defend – defeat the contract Jawaharlal Nehru, the first prime minister of India, said, “A leader or a man of action in a crisis almost always acts subconsciously and then thinks of the reasons for his action.”

Some bridge experts are like that, playing almost by instinct. Others grind it out, calculating the correct actions. The less capable tend to react almost subconsciously, making the “natural” play without time for analysis. It would be a great idea for almost everyone to slow down.

In this deal, for example, look at the North and East hands. Against four spades, West leads the club queen.

How should East plan the defense?

West was aggressive in raising to two clubs, but he had a singleton and liked the favorable vulnerability.

North’s three-club advance was a modern cue-bid raise. It guaranteed at least three-card spade support and a minimum of game-invitational values.

South had sufficient high-card power to jump to game.

The defenders need four tricks. East can anticipate two clubs and one spade, but where is the other winner?

That singleton diamond should be smiling at East. But it is probably pointless discouraging clubs at trick one.

West would surely shift to his heart 10. Instead, East should take control. He should overtake the club queen with his king and switch to his singleton. Then he can take the first or second round of trumps, lead a low club to put his partner back on play, and receive the lethal diamond ruff.

It is an excellent idea to pause at trick one. Just tell declarer that you want to analyze the deal.

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Sycamore Middle School Students of the Month

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The concert bands, orchestras and choirs of Huntley Middle School bowled over competitors at the Music in the Parks competition, taking first place overall in all three divisions and winning a total of 10 trophies.

Sycamore Middle School May Students of the Month were sixth graders Gracie Johnson, Kaari Hostler, Hunter Morgan, Samantha Perri and Ashley Parks; seventh graders Amber Siddiqui, Grace Frielink, Tyler Drake, Anna Robben and Taylor Meier; and eighth graders Laney Henson, Matthew Rogers, Haley Spiewak, Brooklyn Thorne and John Limberis.

Huntley music program dazzles at competition On May 31, the Huntley Middle School bands, orchestras and choirs took part in the 2014 Music in the Parks Festival competition.

The students performed in the morning in front of judges at Viking Middle School in Gurnee, followed by fun and an awards presentation at Six Flags Great America.

The HMS band, choir and orchestra ensembles swept the entire event, winning multiple awards in their individual competitions and taking home top honors.

The sixth grade orchestra, led by director Allison Liska, earned a rating of “Good.” The seventh and eighth grade orchestra took first place in the orchestra division and was rated “Excellent.”

Both the sixth-seventh grade choir and the eighth grade choir, led by director Kim Moorman, earned a “Superior” rating. The eighth grade choir placed second in the choir division, and the sixth-seventh grade choir placed first.

The sixth grade concert band and the seventh-eighth grade concert band, led by director Sean Potts, both earned a “Superior” rating in the band division. The seventh-eighth grade concert band took first place.

The seventh-eighth grade concert band,

American Legion School Award winners

sixth-seventh grade choir, and seventh-eighth grade orchestra each went on to win first place overall in their categories.

The entire HMS Music Department was awarded the 2014 Esprit de Corps (or Spirit Award) for their outstanding performances and their superb behavior and focus throughout the day.

“It was a fantastic day for our students and the music program overall,” Moorman said in a news release. “In addition to this experience for the kids, we are bringing home 10 trophies, which truly highlight the amazing talent we have at HMS.” The HMS seventh-eighth grade concert band had the highest combined score of any instrumental group for the entire competition, including all of the orchestras and other bands in different divisions. Their overall average score was a 93.5 out of 100.

“To say I am proud of these kids is an understatement,” Potts said in the release.

“I was really at a loss for words most of the afternoon. In my four years at HMS, these are the highest scores and highest ratings our ensembles have earned at Music in the Parks.

What a great way for us to close out this school year.”

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Emily Prebil and Jason O’Donnell of North Elementary School in Sycamore won the American Legion School Award for the 2013-2014 school year. The students were nominated by teachers and voted on by staff. The award represents scholarship, leadership, responsibility and citizenship.

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The colors and symbols on the flags of countries and states are chosen with great care. They each mean something that people feel represents their country.

Are you looking for a special way to say, Happy Father’s Day? Make your dad a flag all his own! It’s simple!

Make a list of words that describe your dad.

Long before cell phones and radio communications, people on ships needed a way to communicate to people on other ships, or on shore – people who were too far away to be reached by yelling. A system of nautical flags was developed, each flag represented a letter of the alphabet and/or a meaning. Fill in the missing vowels to discover what these flag examples mean.

Ask dad or another special guy to give you each type of word.

Fill in the blanks and read the story aloud for some silly Father’s Day fun.

My dad is a big baseball fan.

His favorite team is the _______________ . They’re an

Color by numbers to discover what each color represents.

unusual team, to say the least.

18 - 3 = BLUE 20 - 3 = WHITE 11 + 5 = RED 12 + 2 = YELLOW

Their mascot is a purple _____________ with a ______

16

15

Choose the three best words from your list.

Find or draw pictures that represent the words you have chosen.

16 17

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow simple written directions.

________ often represents freedom, vigilance, justice, perseverance, peace and/or prosperity.

the words in the puzzle. Then REPRESENTS Find look for each word in this week’s PROSPERITY Kid Scoop stories and activities.

SYMBOLS Y T I R E P S O R P ARRANGE S T N E S E R P E R FATHER E F F A C S T E S A YELLOW COLORS T H E A R R S A L R FLAGS I F R O T G L C O R PEACE H E L A A H A E B A SQUARE W O L L E Y E L M N WHITE BLUE C K F O U R U R Y G CARE S Q U A R E G S S E TALK Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical FOUR words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

__________ often represents the sun, wealth and/or justice.

14

Cut out the pictures and arrange them on a letter-sized piece of paper to look like a flag.

Standards Link: Design: Use a variety of media to create a design.

_________ often represents courage, hardiness, blood and/or valor.

15

These three colors combined usually represents revolution and freedom.

Read the description and color each flag.

for a hat. For a baseball bat, he has a _________ _________ !

Most baseball teams don’t ride in a _______________ to games, but my dad’s team does.

Before each game, they toss lots of _____________ to their fans in the stands. Their pitcher throws a ____________ to their catcher and then the game begins. If a _______________ lands in the stands, you get to keep it!

Sometimes, to trick their opponents, they cover the bases with ________ ____________ .

Other times, instead of a

Dad Wanted!

The U.S. flag consists of 13 stripes representing the 13 original colonies. They are red and white, starting at the top with red. The top left corner is a blue box with a white star for every state in the union.

The Canadian flag has two vertical bands of red with a white square between them; an 11-pointed red maple leaf is centered in the white square.

Below are the flags of four countries: The United Kingdom, Japan, Puerto Rico and China. Which is which? They are lined up in alphabetical order.

Can you label each flag?

Standards Link: Spelling: Arrange words in alphabetical order.

Look at the Classified advertising section of the newspaper. Pretend you are shopping for a dad. Write a Classified ad for the dad you would want to hire.

Standards Link: Writing: Use stylistic and rhetorical aspects of writing.

ABC Dad Look through the newspaper for five words that explain ways your dad, grand dad, favorite uncle or a friend is special to you. Put these words in ABC order.

Standards Link: Spelling: Arrange words in alphabetical order.

baseball, they’ll throw a _____________ . This can get quite messy!

Dad takes me to the games as often as he can. We usually sit in the bleachers with ________ and

Kid Scoop Sponsored By

____________ for snacks.

I don’t know if they’ll ever make it to the World Series, but if there is ever an award for the team

Your dad just got voted Greatest Dad in the World. Write a speech you’d give at the big ceremony.

DOWNTOWN SYCAMORE

with the most ____________ _______________ , they’re sure to win!

Standards Link: Grammar: Identify and use parts of speech correctly.

Wednesday, June 11, 2014 “Big Sky” Photo by: Jon

Upload your photos on My Photos – DeKalb County’s community photo post!

Photos on My Photos are eligible to appear in print in Daily Chronicle Classified.

Go to Daily-Chronicle.com/myphotos

Welder

ALUMINUM TIG WELDER

DEKALB UNIQUE

Looking for an experienced Aluminum TIG Welder. Contact: Upstaging at 815-899-9888

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

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

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

Cook & Dietary Aides Cook must have Sanitation Certificate. Days, evenings & weekend shifts available.

MUST APPLY IN PERSON

Grand Victorian Sycamore 1440 Somonauk St. Sycamore, IL. DRIVER - Limousine service in DeKalb is seeking FT / PT Drivers.

Must be 25 years old, clean driving record & local resident.

Call 815-758-0631 HVAC

Heating & Air Conditioning Service Tech / Installer 5+ years experience in residential, commercial & refrigeration.

Call 847-293-0047

CAREGIVERS Home Instead Senior Care needs experienced Caregivers.

Call: 815-754-1300

IPAD - LOST IPad in black case lost behind Rosita's on Thursday, May 29th.

Reward for return.

815-758-0950

Lost – Chihuahuas black/tan

Female, has Red Collar, Older girl lost in the Knolls sub division the evening of June 8th. Please call with any information or if you have seen her ! REWARD 815-766-1676

UMBRELLA TABLE- LOST Lost Sunday afternoon 6/8 between Cortland and Sandwich.

New in box umbrella table.

Slid out of truck.

Mike 815-483-8956

Heating & A/C company in Sycamore is looking for experienced (5 years +) HVAC Install Technician & HVAC Service Technicians to join our company in a full time position. We offer: Sign on Bonus, Company Van, Holiday Pay and Vacation Pay. Commission based sales program. Salary is based on experience. Please email your resume & salary requirements to: HVACserviceposition@ yahoo.com

The qualified candidate must possess a valid CDL with at least two years of verifiable recent over the road driving experience. Must have good communication skills and also have a good driving record. Candidate must meet all federal DOT requirements, including Drug and Alcohol screening and must be at least 21 years old. Candidate must possess passport or apply for a passport within 14 days of employment. Heavy lifting is required.

Raynor offers a competitive compensation package and benefits, including medical, dental, life, and 401(k). If you are interested in an exciting career with a solid organization, please send your resume and cover letter with salary requirements to: Attn: Human Resources 1101 E. River Road Dixon, IL 61021 Fax 815/285-7133 E-mail: employment@raynor.com EOE Retail

SALES ASSOCIATE Now accepting applications for full & part time Sales Associates at: BATTERIES PLUS 1565 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore Sales

INSIDE SALES We are expanding again!

Local Distributor is looking for a motivated individual for a fast paced Inside Sales environment.

This individual must possess great customer service skills on the phones, typing ability, a very good memory, and a basic ability to read breakdowns and drawings. Bilingual a plus. Interested individuals may send a resume to: Valerie@sviintl.com

Spotters/Shuttle Drivers DeKalb: A leading Illinois transportation company is seeking the best, safest and most qualified CDL A Drivers, for Spotting and Shuttling in the DeKalb area. Haz mat required. 2nd Shift hours are 2PM -10PM. Starting pay at $17.25/hr. For a dedicated account.

Contact Michelle Olbrecht at: 773-922-2293 TECHNICIANS Injection molding tech. Good pay and benefits. Hours 4PM to Midnight, M-F. Send resume to: rmorris@itwmedical.com or apply at 11411 Price Rd in Hebron, IL

JUNE 13 & 14 8AM - 4PM

DEKALB - Multi-family sale June 13th and 14th from 8-4 1911 Pebblecreek Ct. TONS of girl clothes sized newborn to 12, some boys clothes, & adult clothes. Baby & household items. Wii Fit, Guitar Hero, and Rock Band. FREE pea gravel

Saturday, June 14 8am – 12pm Pottery, glassware, books, linens, china, antique furniture, guitar & antique dolls.

408 DOGWOOD LN. (The Knolls)

Priced to Sell

60 Years of Collectibles:

SYCAMORE

Genoa 5 Family Garage Sale

HVAC TECHNICIANS

Raynor Garage Doors, a leading supplier of residential and commercial garage doors and openers has an immediate opening for an OverThe-Road Semi Driver.

815 West State St.

Angels, Porcelain Dolls, Shot Glasses, Religious, Antiques, Crystal, Bradford/Hamilton Figurines/Plates, Depression Glass, Lamps, Drapes/Sheers, Phonograph/8-Track/Tapes, Marine Items, Speakers, tent, Gas Stihl Edger, Oak TV Stand, Toys/Games, Sports Equip Jewelry, Small 2 Wheeler Bikes, Household, Native American items & MUCH MISC!

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

Have you seen or know what happened to him?

Sycamore

June 13 & 14 Friday 8am - 5pm Saturday 8am - Noon & 815-784-4294 tools large & small, drill press, dewalt radiel saw, lawn mower, lawn roller, extension ladder, hand tools, storage units/shelves, fishing poles, outside décor, misc. sports, lionel train, breyer horses, 15mm movie projector, several antiques oak pieces- library table, file cabinet, round coffee table, chest, desk, commode, tall cabinet, old singer sewing machine, Desk w/drop front, bellow coffee table, lots of misc. furniture, beer signs, longaberger baskets, designer purses, lots of home décor, clothes and much more!

ST CHARLES NEIGHBORHOOD SALE!!!

Tradition Neighborhood Garage Sale! Fri/Sat/Sun June 13-15.

Tradition Subdivision St Charles, off Red Gate between Randall and 31. Look for signs.

Many families participating Furniture (dining room, bedroom, game room, appliances), tools, garden items, household decor, womens and kids clothing/shoes, books, vintage, too much to list!

SYCAMORE 1137 DANIEL CT. Thursday & Friday 8-4:30 Saturday 8-noon Furniture, inside and out, bedding, towels, Holiday decor, wall decor, kitchen items, and much more!

THURS, FRI, SAT JUNE 12, 13, 14 Heron Creek

North Grove Crossing HOA North Grove Crossing Townhomes

SYCAMORE

Sycamore Corner of Somonauk & Bethany

Reston Ponds Subdivision Neighborhood

Garage Sale Maps and Listings Provided

Thursday, 6/12 3pm-8pm Friday, 6/13 8am-4pm Saturday, 6/14 8am-4pm Over 20 Houses!

Indoor & Outdoor furniture, home décor, household goods, electronics, hobby & craft items, children's toys & books, clothing, bikes, tools, and much more!

Something for everyone DON'T MISS!

SYCAMORE JUNE 12, 13, 14 Thurs, Fri, Sat 8am – 5pm

1518 Carlisle Lane

SYCAMORE

Women's clothing 14-22, toys, elliptical, bicycles, books, grill, plants, picture frames, and lots more.

DEKALB BIG ANTIQUE SALE Antique Furniture, vintage silver and collectibles.

115 Prospect, DeKalb.

8-4 June 13 & 14. Cash Only!

DEKALB June 14th Saturday 7am – 3pm 924 S. 2nd Street off of Taylor – Bradt sub. folding chairs, office chairs, shutters, weber grill, antique furniture, Murray snow blower, asst. household items.

DeKalb St. George Greek Orthodox Church Garage Sale Former Clinic Parking Lot at the Corner of Franklin & 2nd St. Thu, Fri & Sat, 9 – 3 Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up? Share It With Everyone by Placing a HAPPY AD!

Sycamore 1606 Maness Ct. June 12, 13 & 14 8:30 am - 4:30 pm Kids toys and books, kitchen items, patio chairs, wheelchair, fireplace screen, puzzles, extension ladder, small step ladder, many miscellaneous items.

SYCAMORE 1802 DOVETAIL PT Thurs & Fri 8-4:30 2 dressers, desk, tv, tools, ladder, outdoor furn. wall decor, jewelry, Christian books, kitchen misc., women's clothes & shoes, size 8, grill, lots of good stuff SYCAMORE

1814 Perry Court June 12 & 13, 8am – 4pm 4 Generations - everything clean and organized. Household items, some furniture, toys, games, kids and adult items and more.

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Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

June 13 & 14 Friday 8am – 5 Saturday 8am – 1pm 847 Krypan Drive

GUARD RAIL Salvaged, 25' panels and 12'-6” panels, limited time. Call if interested. 815-895-5855 SHOES - Adidas Everyday Shoes Boy's Men's Size 7.5, $5.

DeKalb, 815-739-1953

Black Schnauzer 4 yrs. Male, Needs a good home, friendly & good with kids ! He is neutered and up to date w/shots/chipped 815-575-1481

TREADMILL 120 lb. Weslo Treadmill, Excellent Condition. Need to sell due to health. $150 or best offer. Call AM – early afternoon, 847-609-2489, Sycamore.

Toro Powerlite Snowblower Great Condition, Runs Well, $175 708-908-0452 Cortland

HEAD/FOOT BOARD Queen size with 2 wooden slabs and metal braces + a mattress and boxspring, $150/all, you PU. 815-901-5503 Lv Msg KITCHEN TABLE SET 4 leaves, expands from 42 in. round to 92 in., includes 6 chairs with padded seats. Need a truck. $100. 224-587-9335

OAK END TABLES (3) All have storage, good condition! $60/all. Women's oak dressers, full size with mirror, excellent condition, $225.

Loveseat/Couch with built-in recliners, $75. 815-761-7271 Outdoor lounge chairs 2 w/ sturdy aluminum frames & weatherproof fabric. Small amount rust. $15 each obo. U-haul.

815-758-7867 RECLINER Big brown recliner, $30 firm.

224-587-9335

Wine Entertainment Set, Napa 7-Piece New Hand Painted, Includes 4-12 Oz. Goblets 9" Cheese Dome 2-Piece Set & Decanter, $20, Sycamore.

815-895-5373

Conduit Bender 1/2", $20, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 DRILL - Milwaukee 4” Right Angle - $190, Sycamore, 815-895-5373

BAG - New Fiskars Blue Canvas Zippered Bag w/ Handle & Inside Compartments for Individual Storage.

Great For Crafting, Scrapbooking or Other, $15, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 CLEATS SHOES Boys Men's Nike Size 5.5, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 Diodora Cleats Shoes Boy's Men's Size 8, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

CAR - Little Tikes Teal Coupe Car Has Floor Board & Handle For Parent To Push Smaller Child & Floor Board Can Be Taken Out & Child Can Move "Ride or Drive" The Car Around With Their Feet. Car Has Steering Wheel & A Beeping Horn, $25, DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

Child Little Tikes Purple Dinosaur Teeter Totter. Can Be Used By 1-3 Kids At One Time. One Child Sits In The Middle And One Can Sit On Each End. Very Cute & Durable! $30, Sycamore. 815-895-5373 Child Spiderman Rectangular Table With Solid Steel Construction & Wooden Table Top, New In Box, $12, DeKalb. 815-739-1953 Leap Frog Leapster Handheld Learning Game System, Green & Gray In Color With 19 Games, $50, DeKalb.

815-739-1953.

Little Tikes Large Outdoor Square Large Climber Cube With Platform & Slide In Primary Colors. It has Slots To Climb On And Areas To Climb Through. There Is Also A Platform For Child To Hide Under Or Climb On To Go Down Slide. Each Square Side Measures 51" x 48" - $200.

DeKalb. 815-739-1953.

Little Tikes Red Or Yellow Child's Chair, Great For Use w/ Playhouse, Kitchen, Desk, etc. $7, Sycamore.

815-895-5373 Mega Blocks Child Storage Chair With Over 100 Duplos & Mega Blocks That Store Under Seat In Chair, Good for Child Ages 1-3, $15. DeKalb. 815-739-1953 NEW American Girl Bitty Baby Doll Set w/ Doll, Book & Star, Includes Deluxe 15 Piece Layette Collection; Dress, Cardigan, Pants, Tights, Shoes. Rattle, Bottle, Bib & Hangers All In a Satin Storage Suitcase.

All new & in original packaging $150 for all, 815-739-1953 New Sesame Street Elmo's World Musical Ride On With Steering Wheel For Ages 1-3, $18, Sycamore. 815-895-5373

Buying?

Selling?

Renting?

Hiring?

Cartier Centenial, immaculate! $8,800 815-508-2916

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

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

815-575-5153

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

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

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

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I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

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

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

630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833

Fishing Trolling Motor Minkota, 30# thrust, $80. New, never used. 847-683-2889

OUTBOARD MOTOR Johnson 4HP with cart, great shape, $275. 847-683-2889

To place an ad, call 877-264-2527

DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST!

Daily Chronicle Classified

Daily Chronicle Classified Call 877-264-2527

FOR SALE – BRICK RANCH

Krpan & Vaughn

1979 Lincoln Mark V

Docile with aquarium, $75.

815-520-4721

Never used, cost over $600, will sell for $300/obo.

815-761-6679

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

2005 H. D. FATBOY 4K miles, new, barely rode. $10,700 815-498-9835

AQUARIUM 55 gallon with hardwood stand. $100 815-520-4721

Cat Tree Good condition, $20.

815-784-2857

1103 Alexandria Drive Townsend Woods

DeKalb

SYCAMORE 1318 John Street Multi-Family Sale Thursday & Friday June 12 & 13 8-4pm Antique & Collectibles, vintage items, housewares, Gameboy, Guitar hero, Lego kits, toys, games, patio table, Kimball console piano & bench, linens, bathroom accessories, roller blades, clothes & dresses, & much misc.

SKI MACHINE NORDIC TRAC PRO 1000

Dresser, 72”L 29”H 19”D, 9 drawers, sycamore, make an offer, must haul 815-217-2292 COMMUNITY WIDE GARAGE SALE 60+ LOCATIONS June 12 - 14 Lists at Chamber and discoversycamore.com

1995 Honda Magna VF750CD. 22,627 miles. Paint, tires, battery all recent. Includes two helmets and battery charger. $3000.

Tim 815-757-4472

Ball Python Roku Box for netflix streaming on TV, like new $40 815-909-8905

Everything Goes, Crafters Delight must see, 100's of silk stem flowers, baskets, vases, crafting supplies, arrangements, wood stands and lots of Misc.

June 13, 8 – 4 June 14, 8 – 3

HELMET - Child Bike Helmet w/Blue Strap, White In Color & Has Picture Of Kangaroo On Front & Says Kangaroo, $5, DeKalb 815-739-1953 LADIES SCHWINN TRAVELLER BIKE, 26” with basket, large seat. $40. 847-515-8012

CITY WIDE

11288 James Ct. 11295 James Ct.

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

DEKALB - BEAUTIFUL RANCH HOME FOR SALE 4 bed - 3 bath. Look-out finished basement. 1/3 acre. Close to shopping, NIU, and tollway. Call 815-761-6696 to schedule your private showing! $172,500 DeKalb. 2 Excellent Starter OR Stopper Ranches! Call Adolph Miller RE 815-756-7845. Deal!!!

PUBLIC NOTICE "THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W13-3154 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Bank of America, N.A.; Plaintiff, VS. James Sipp; Amber Sipp; HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. f/k/a Household Bank; Defendants.

13 CH 429 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Roger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illi-

LOCATION! LOCATION! LOCATION!

white bedroom set, buffet & hutch, office furn,antique china cabinet, kitchen items, girls clothes, mens brand name t-shirts XL, step II roller coaster, brown granite countertops.

SYCAMORE

COUNTRY! COUNTRY! COUNTRY!

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THURS & FRI JUNE 12 & 13 9AM - 5PM SAT, JUNE 14 9AM - 2PM

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

4 Bedrm, 2 Bathrm, Remodeled Home 100% USDA Rural Housing Loans available (must qualify).

Sometimes buying can be cheaper than renting!

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR - NOW! 815-739-9997

FOR SALE - COUNTRY LIVING

FOR SALE NOW

$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.

3 Bdrm, 2 Bathrm plus another Bedrm, Bathrm in finshed basement.

OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY June 8 1 to 3 pm - 846 MEADOW LANE SYCAMORE

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR - NOW! 815-739-9997

1519 Daniel Court Dual power recliner couch, mission end tables, matching lamps, Dept 56 village lighted houses, mens and womans clothes, books, collectibles and numerous other holiday and household items and deals!

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

COOKTOP/ELECTRIC

Whirlpool Gold, 5 burners. $400. 815-761-7271

REFRIGERATOR White, Kenmore with top freezer.

Just one year old, excellent cond! $400 815-756-7588 Lv Msg

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

Sycamore, 815-895-5373

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CLASSIFIED

Page C8 • Wednesday, June 11, 2014 oge nois, will on July 10, 2014, at the hour of 01:00 PM at DeKalb County Sheriff`s Office, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 , sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: C/K/A: 205 North Shabbona Road, Shabbona, IL 60550 PIN: 13-15-176-014 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W133154. The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours.

The property is improved by: SFH. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-572-7823 W13-3154 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com I611018 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

DeKalb – Very clean and recently remodeled 1 BR upper apt. Nice downtown location w/ lots of parking. $540/mo. + electric. No pets.

1St/last+sec. dep. req. Water & Trash included. 815-739-5393

DEKALB, NEAR NIU Studio $450 including heat.

1 bedroom, $530, cat allowed.

Call 815-501-9985 8am-8pm

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

Shabbona 2 Bedroom Appliances, W/D, A/C, nice yard.

No pets, garage, $685/mo + dep.

815-508-1636 Sycamore-2 story, 3 BR, 1.5 BA Freshly painted/new carpet, 1 car garage, 1st/sec dep + all utilities. $950/mo No pets/smoking 815-739-6174

DEKALB: Recently Remodeled, 2BR Apts.-$750/m. Incl. heat, water, garb. & cable. W/D on premises. Nice Neighborhood.

Avail. July 1st. 815-756-1424

Country Setting, Near Kish College and NIU, 2BR, 1.5BA, DR, den.

Bsmt, new hrdwd flrs, 2+car gar.

No smkrs, $1200. 815-762-4730

GENOA LARGE 2 BEDROOM

after Aug 1st- $1,200 per mo + gas & elec 2-3-Bed/1Bath-Jacuzzi tub; Living, Dinning, Rec, & Office. Laundry, Storage Area, Central-Air, 1 Car Garage, on St. ParkCall: 608.658.3858

A/C, W/D hook-up, no pets.

Available July 1st, $700/mo.

847-683-3442

HINCKLEY ROOMY 1 BEDROOM Carpet, appliances, no pets. $550/mo. 815-786-2291 815-498-2262

Kingston Efficiency Unit Appl, $330/mo+sec, 1 yr lease.

No pets/smkg. 815-975-4601 Malta – Clean, cozy, quiet 1 Bedroom Upper Off street parking. Non-smoker.

815-981-8117

Malta Quiet, Upper 2 Bedroom Appl, a/c, laundry, water/garbage included + extra storage.

815-751-0480

ROCHELLE 1 & 2 BEDROOM Remodeled, clean and quiet.

Available now. 815-758-6580 or 815-739-5806

Dekalb - 622 Fisk Ave, Avail

DeKalb 2 Bedroom, Stove, Refrig W/D, large storage shed, yard with shade trees, no pets/smokers. $895.

815-762-4730

DeKalb 400 River Rd. 3BR,1BA 4 season room, frplc, hrdwd flrs.

Appl, W/D, bsmt, 1 car, $975/mo + utilities + $1000 sec, avail 7/1.

No pets/smoking. 815-748-4485

DEKALB ~ 1530 Elmwood Ave 6 Bedroom, 2 Bath, Basement, Large lot, $1250/mo.

630-746-4646 ~ 815-375-4615 KINGSTON HUGE 5 BEDROOM FARM HOUSE Available 8/1. All appliances, 2 car garage, $1350.00 + utilities. No smoking, no pets First & Security 815-751-4730

Kirkland 2 bedroom, 1 bath full basement w/ washer/dryer, nice yard, near park/school/church no pets $625/mo.815-762-6205

Sycamore-Townhouse for sale.

Location, Location, Location. Walk historic Somonauk Street to downtown Sycamore. Approx 1900sq ft, 2 BR, 3 ½BA, includes Loft, finished bsmt/3rdBR plus 2 car gar.

1135 Arbor Ln. Call 815-8958361 9am – 7pm for appointment with owner. $159,900

MOBILE HOME Countryside Estates, Sandwich 14 x 64' on lot 65 x 110' 2 bedrooms, 1 bath, new appliances and upgrades, garage, warranted home roof, beautiful wood panel interior, bright and spacious rooms, owner selling $29,900 815-498-2067

MALTA 4 BEDROOM 2 + car garage, large yard.

Pets neg, $1025/mo + 1st, last sec.

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PUBLIC NOTICE "THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE" W13-3154 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS COUNTY DEPARTMENT, CHANCERY DIVISION Bank of America, N.A.; Plaintiff, VS. James Sipp; Amber Sipp; HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A. f/k/a Household Bank; Defendants.

13 CH 429 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the said court occurred in the above entitled cause, Sheriff Roger Scott, Sheriff of DeKalb, Illinois, will on July 10, 2014, at the hour of 01:00 PM at DeKalb County Sheriff`s Office, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL 60178 , sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of DeKalb, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy such judgment to wit: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN BLOCK 1 (EXCEPTING THEREFROM THE SOUTH 70 FEET OF SAID LOTS 1 AND 2) IN OLESON`S ADDITION TO SHABBONA, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "C" OF PLATS, PAGE 67, ON OCTOBER 2, 1905, IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. C/K/A: 205 North Shabbona Road, Shabbona, IL 60550 PIN: 13-15-176-014 The person to contact regarding information regarding this property is: Sales Dept., The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140, Chicago, IL 60603. Any questions regarding this sale should refer to file number W133154. The terms of the sale are Cash. 10% at time of sale, with the balance due within 24 hours.

The property is improved by: SFH. The Property is not open for inspection prior to sale.

The real estate, together with all buildings and improvements thereon, and tenements, hereditament and appurtenances thereunto belonging shall be sold under such terms.

Russell C. Wirbicki (6186310) The Wirbicki Law Group LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 33 W. Monroe St., Suite 1140 Chicago, IL 60603 Phone: 312-360-9455 Fax: 312-572-7823 W13-3154 pleadings.il@wirbickilaw.com I611018 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB

COUNTY SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association Plaintiff, vs.

Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; Ryan Wilkerson: Crystal Wilkerson; Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Tammy G. Wilkerson; Richard Kuhn, as Special Representative for Tammy G. Wilkerson (deceased) Defendants.

Case No. 14 CH 00053 Notice to Heirs and Legatees.

Notice is hereby given to you, the Unknown Heirs and Unknown Legatees of the decedent, Tammy G. Wilkerson, that on May 29, 2014, an order was entered by the Court, naming Richard W. Kuhn, 552 S. Washington Street, Suite 100, Naperville, Illinois 60540, Tel. No. (630) 420-8228, as the Special Representative of the above named decedent under 735 ILCS 13-1209 (Death of a Party). The cause of action for the Foreclosure of a certain Mortgage upon the premises commonly known as: 409 S. 10th Street, DeKalb, IL 60115.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR TWENTY THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS ILLINOIS COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION Plaintiff, vs.

PETER H. BAKKEN, JR., DENISE A. BAKKEN, UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, VILLAGE OF SHABBONA, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants.

CASE NO. 14 CH 140 PUBLICATION NOTICE NOTICE OF PENDENCY OF ACTION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is given to you, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Twenty Third Judicial Circuit Court of DeKalb County, Illinois, by the Plaintiff against you and other Defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage(s) recorded against the premises as follows to wit: LOTS 6 AND 7 IN BLOCK 7 IN THE ORIGINAL VILLAGE OF SHABBONA ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED APRIL 19, 1873 IN BOOK "A" OF PLATS PAGE 69 SITUATED IN DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PIN: 13-15-252-008 COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 304 W. NAVAHO STREET, SHABBONA, IL 60550 and which said Mortgage was executed by PETER H. BAKKEN, DENISE A. BAKKEN and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of DeKalb County, Illinois, as Document No. 2009006004.

That summons was duly issued out of the said Twenty Third Judicial Circuit Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, Defendants, UNKNOWN OWNERS & NONRECORD CLAIMANTS file your answer to the complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the office of the Clerk of the Twenty Third Judicial Circuit Court, at 133 West State Street, in the City of Sycamore, DeKalb County, Illinois, on or before the 15TH day of July, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

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sp 2014, at the Franklin Township Building, located at State Rte. 72 and Irene Road, Kirkland, Illinois, or at the Village of Kirkland City Hall.

Notice is further given that a Public hearing on the adoption of said proposed/combined budget and appropriation ordiance will be held on June 17, 2014, at 7:00 p.m. /s/ Gerry N. Willit Gerry N. Willit Cemetery District President Dated: This 3rd day of June, 2014.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 11, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF TENTATIVE APPROPRIATION AND BUDGET ORDINANCE FOR DEKALB COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Tentative Appropriation and Budget Ordinance of the DEKALB COMMUNITY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT for the fiscal year ending April 30, 2015 is available for inspection at the law offices of BROWN LAW GROUP, LLC at 301 East Lincoln Highway, DeKalb, IL between the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday until July 11, 2014. /s/ Gerald Bemis Secretary, DeKalb Community Fire Protection District (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 4, 11, 18, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE To the legal voters, residents of Franklin Township, County of DeKalb and the State of Illinois, the FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP PARK DISTRICT will have the monthly meetings on the following dates for the fiscal year 2014-2015.

Meetings are held at 6:00 PM at the Kirkland Community Fire District Building, 3891 State Rte 72, Kirkland, Illinois.

May 14, 2014 June 11, 2014 July 9, 2014 August 13, 2014 September 10, 2014 October 8, 2014 November 12, 2014 December 10, 2014

January 14, 2015 February 11, 2015 March 11, 2015 April 8, 2015 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 11, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: MICHAEL ALEXANDER NICHOLS FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on July 16, 2014, at 9:00 A.M. at the DeKalb County Courthouse, 133 West State Street, Sycamore, Illinois, 60178 in the courtroom occupied by the presiding judge, Michael Alexander Nichols will file his/her petition requesting that his/her name be changed from MICHAEL ALEXANDER NICHOLS to ZOEY MICHELLE REED pursuant to the statute in such case made and provided. Any persons interested in said request for change of name may appear at said time and place, if they so desire.

Michael Alexander Nichols 1169 Golf Court DeKalb, IL 60115 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 4, 11 & 18, 2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE: NOTICE is hereby given that the DeKalb Park District intends to contract for the following items and services titled, "RIVER HEIGHTS GOLF COURSE PAVEMENT IMPROVEMENTS"; and that plans and specifications are on file and are presently available from Jason Mangum, DeKalb Park District, 1403 Sycamore Road, DeKalb, Illinois 60115, Telephone: (815) 758-6663 ext 124. Bids for said contract are invited and will be opened at the office of Jason Mangum, DeKalb Park District, 1403 Sycamore Road, DeKalb, Illinois 60115. The DeKalb Park District reserves the unrestricted right to reject any or all bids received, to waive or not to waive any informality, or to accept the bid considered to be in the best interest of the Park District. Contractor shall not pay less than the prevailing rates of wages to all laborers, workmen, and mechanics performing work under this contract, and shall com-

/s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, June 11, 18 & 25, 2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE State of Illinois County of DeKalb Legal Notice Public notice is hereby given that the proposed Annual Budget & Appropriation Ordinance of the Franklin Township Park District, DeKalb County, Illinois for the fiscal year beginning May 1, 2014, and ending April 30, 2015, will be available for public inspection from and after May 28, 2014, at the Village of Kirkland, 511 West Main Street, Kirkland, Illinois.

Notice is further given that a Public hearing on the adoption of said proposed/combined budget and appropriation ordiance will be held on June 11, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. at the Kirkland Community Fire District Building, 3891 State Rte 72, Kirkland, Illinois.

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