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Area sees uptick in elder abuse Local service has had 170 cases from July 1, 2013, to June 30

By JESSI HAISH jhaish@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Elder Care Services is seeing more cases of abused, neglected and exploited seniors than in years past, but Tara Culotta hopes it means people are coming out of the shadows to talk about elder abuse.

Culotta, executive director of Elder Care Services at 1701 E. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, said from July 1, 2013, to June 30 of this year, Elder Care had 170 cases of elder abuse, which include abuse, neglect and exploitation. Culotta said in years past, the organization would have handled fewer than 90 cas-

es in that same time period.

“I think [elder abuse] has always been there, but it’s more talked about now,” Culotta said.

“I think people are realizing there is a place you can call for help.”

As the population ages, preventing abuse of the elderly has become a more common – and talked-about – problem. Elder abuse includes physical, sexual and emotional abuse, as well as confinement, neglect, deprivation and financial exploitation.

The abuse can be intentional or unintentional. Culotta said some abuse, such as neglect, is unintentional, primarily from people who are not used to caring for someone else.

Elder Care Services, a nonprofit agency that provides programs and education for seniors and adults with disabilities in DeKalb County, has made changes to accommodate the rise, including moving to a larger facility this month.

“We’ve brought on more staff, and we’re talking to community groups,” Culotta said.

“We meet with every single police department in the county to explain to them what this is and talk about collaboration so we can assist each other.”

In a nod to the importance of protecting Illinois’ seniors, Gov. Pat Quinn designated July as Elder Abuse Awareness and Prevention Month.

In the past year, there were 11,961 reports of abuse reported statewide, Culotta said. Culotta said there has been a rise in financial exploitation of seniors since the economic downturn in 2007. She said many people moved back in with their parents, and some seniors started taking out second or third mortgages on their homes to accommodate more expenses.

“We see a lot of financial exploitation, passive neglect,” Culotta said. “We’re also seeing more violent, physical abuse.”

The Illinois Department on Aging has been raising awareness of elder abuse through its annual awareness and prevention campaign, said Kimberly

Learn more Signs of elder abuse • Personality changes • Missing regular appointments, routines in schedule • Physical markings, such as welts, bruises • Calls from banks about finances • Not providing for themselves as they had done in the past

Parker, communications manager for the department. Parker said the department urges people to break the silence on the topic by calling the Adult Protective Services hotline.

Culotta said it’s important to look for potential signs of elder abuse, such as people not showing up for routine appointments or not being able to provide for themselves like they used to.

“Just check in on a person to make sure they’re OK,” Culotta said. “It happens to your neighbors, it can happen to your family. It’s a good thing to keep your eyes open. There are a lot of seniors trying to remain independent. Just peek in on them sometimes.”

For information about elder abuse or to report abuse, call Elder Care Services at 815-7586550 or the Adult Protective Services hotline at 866-8001409.

Source: Elder Care Services

Official: Prepare for ‘prolonged’ Gaza war The ASSOCIATED PRESS GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Signaling an escalation of Israel’s Gaza operation, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis on Monday to be ready for a “prolonged” war, and the military warned Palestinians in three large neighborhoods to leave their homes and head immediately for Gaza City.

The warnings came on a day of heavy Hamas-Israeli fighting in which nine young children were killed by a strike on a Gaza park where they were playing, according to Palestinian health officials – a tragedy that each side blamed on the other.

Benjamin Israeli tanks Netanyahu also resumed heavy shelling in border areas of Gaza, killing five people, including three children and a 70-year-old woman, and wounding 50 in the town of Jebaliya, which was among the areas warned to evacuate, the Red Crescent said.

Many Jebaliya residents said they did not dare attempt an escape. Sufian Abed Rabbo said his extended family of 17 had taken refuge under the stairway in their home.

“God help us. We have nothing to do but pray,” the 27-yearold told The Associated Press by phone. “I don’t know who left and who stayed, but in our street, we are all very scared to move.”

Later Monday, Israeli forces fired a large number of flares over Gaza City, turning the night sky a bright orange.

The latest bloodshed came despite mounting international calls for a cease-fire and followed failed attempts by both sides to agree to even a lull in fighting of several hours for the start of the three-day Muslim holiday of Eid el-Fitr that marks the end of Ramadan.

The Hamas-run health ministry said 10 people, including nine children under the age of 12, were killed and 46 wounded in the blast at a park in the Shati refugee camp on the outskirts of Gaza City.

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Matt Holliday, 24, and his fiancée Brittani Click, 21, user their compound bows for target practice Thursday in the backyard of Holliday’s parents’ home in Sycamore.

The couple enjoys outdoor activities and hunting together. They typically consult each other before big purchases.

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By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – When Brittani Click first met her fiancé, Matt Holliday, she wouldn’t have called herself a responsible saver.

But after frequent financial talks and with a little less than two months left to go before saying “I do,” Click has learned from her future husband’s frugal ways.

“He’s very responsible in a way that’s made me responsible,” said Click, 21.

The best way not to get caught in a financial tangle that can doom a relationship is to talk about finances before and throughout a marriage, local couples and experts say. Although most couples talk about finances monthly and almost all of them consider financial compatibility before tying the knot, a recent study shows those married after the 2008 recession were more likely to consider finances before saying “I do.”

Click and Holliday, 24, of

Sycamore, started talking about money early on in their 14-month relationship. But it wasn’t until six months ago when they really started to get into the details of each other’s books.

“We actually talk about finances a lot,” Click said.

“But the most stressful thing is paying for the wedding.”

The couple is like a majority of couples married after 2008, according to an Experian Consumer Survey of 1,000 married adults. Of post-recession couples, 82 percent said they talked to their spouse about finances before tying the knot, compared with 65 percent of pre-recession couples.

Click, a financial services officer at Illinois Community Credit Union, and Holliday, a parts advisor for auto dealer Brian Bemis, want to stop renting and buy a house.

With that goal in mind, they often consult each other before making big purchases, such as equipment for their hunting hobby. And that’s where the couple bucks the

trend.

Men included in the study said they would spend $1,231 before consulting their spouse, three times the $396 women said they would spend before asking their sweetheart. Click said they have a $100 threshold.

Looking at finances before taking a trip down the aisle comes recommended by lawyer Matt Shaw, who’s handled thousands of family law cases.

“I suppose that pre-marital counseling on finances would be a good idea for anyone,” Shaw said. “It’s no guarantee that the relationship will work, but good financial awareness and habits make for a better life in either instance.”

Shaw, a founding partner of St. Charles-based Shaw, Jacobs and Associates P.C, sees money as a potential catalyst for divorce in extreme situations, such as one spouse having a lengthy bout of unemployment or a severe

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8DAILY PLANNER Today

Kishwaukee Sunrise Rotary: 7 a.m. at Kishwaukee Community Hospital, 1 Kish Hospital Drive in DeKalb. Contact: Becky Beck Ryan, president at 815-758-3800.

Weekly Men’s Breakfast: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich.

Cost for these men-only events is $4 for food and conversation, along with bottomless cups of coffee or tea.

Easy Does It AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Weight Watchers: 9:30 a.m. weigh-in, 10 a.m., 12:30 p.m., and 5:30 p.m. meetings at Weight Watchers Store, 2583 Sycamore Road (near Aldi), DeKalb.

Open Closet: 12:30 to 3:30 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children. 815-758-1388.

Safe Passage Sexual Assault adults’ support group: 815-7565228; www.safepassagedv.org.

ESL and GED Classes: 6 to 8 p.m. at Esperanza en Unidad (Hope in Unity), 2225 Gateway Drive, Suite A. To register and for information, call George Gutierrez at 815-9703265.

Hinckley Big Book Study AA(C): 6 p.m. at United Methodist Church, 801 N. Sycamore St., 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Sycamore Kiwanis: 6 p.m. at Mitchel Lounge, 355 W. State St.; 815-899-8740 or visit sycamorekiwanis.org.

Women’s “Rule No. 62 Group”: 6 p.m. at Federated Church, 612 W. State St., Sycamore. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 6 to 6:30 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30 p.m. meeting at CrossWind Community Church in Genoa. 815-784-3480.

Better Off Sober AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Free Fit Club: 6:30 to 8 p.m. at International Montessori Academy, 1815 Mediterranean Drive, Sycamore. Featuring rotating cardio or yoga programs from various Beachbody workouts like P90X, Insanity, Turbo Fire, Body Gospel, Turbo Jam, Hip Hop Abs, Rev Abs and many others. Call 815-901-4474 or 815566-3580 for information.

Alcoholics Anonymous Tuesday Night Fellowship Group(C): 7 p.m. at The Church of St. Mary, 244 Waterman St. in Sycamore.

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Bingo: 7 p.m. at Genoa Veteran’s Club, 311 S. Washington St. Must be 18 or older to play. www. genoavetshome.us; contact Cindy at crmcorn65@yahoo.com or 815751-1509.

Fellowship group AA(C): 7 p.m. at St. Mary’s Memorial Hall, 322 Waterman St., Sycamore. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Good Vibes Al-Anon group: 7 to 8 p.m. at First Lutheran Church, 324 N. Third St., DeKalb. Wheelchair accessible entrance is on North Third Street. Meeting is in Classroom A on the second floor. Parking available in lot on northwest corner of Third and Pine streets. Contact Mary Ann at 815-895-8119.

Sexaholics Anonymous: 7 p.m. at 512 Normal Road, DeKalb (behind church in brick building). 815-5080280.

Prairie Echoes women’s chorus: 7:15 to 10 p.m. at Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave., in Sycamore, corner of Peace Road and Route 64. (St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 900 Normal Road in DeKalb). 815-761-5956; www.PrairieEchoes.com.

Smoky Mirror AA(C): 7:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church. 33930 N. State Road, Genoa, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Narcotics Anonymous: 8 p.m. at 1201 Twombly Road in DeKalb; www.rragsna.org; 815-964-5959.

Program of Recovery AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Wednesday Business Networking International: 8 a.m. at 920 W. Prairie Drive, No. M, Sycamore (Ecosteam).

Free Blood Pressure Clinic: 9 to 11 a.m. at Valley West Community Hospital, 11 E. Pleasant Ave., Sandwich. No appointment necessary.

815-786-3962 or www.valleywest. org.

Fresh Beginnings AA(C): 9:30 a.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb, 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

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8WHAT’S HAPPENING AT DAILY-CHRONICLE.COM? Yesterday’s Reader Poll results: When do you start your back-to-school shopping?

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BOARDMAN, Ore. – The largest power plant in Oregon, the Boardman Coal Plant, sat idle one day earlier this summer, “cold steel” in industry parlance, its dirty power no longer wanted on an electricity grid that is becoming greener.

For two weeks in June, wind and hydroelectric dams were supplying enough electricity to Portland General Electric’s 830,000 customers, most of whom live far away in Portland. With increasing amounts of power required to come from renewable sources, Boardman eventually won’t be needed at all. But that doesn’t mean coal here is dead.

By 2020, coal will no longer be burned at the 38-year-old power plant, replaced by other sources that could include cleaner-burning natural gas.

The end of coal here will help Oregon meet the Obama administration’s latest proposal to slash the pollution blamed for global warming.

The plan calls on the state to cut its power plant carbon dioxide emissions in half by 2030. Closing Boardman, which gets its coal from the Northern Rockies, will go a long way toward that goal.

But 12 miles north, a port on the Columbia River could represent the region’s coal future.

If all goes according to plan for global energy conglomerate Ambre Energy Ltd., coal mined from the Powder River Basin in Montana and Wyoming will still arrive in Boardman by train car. But instead of feeding the coal plant, it would be shipped to Asia, where an energy-hungry populace is reliant on coal as a cheap power source.

This town in the Columbia Gorge is a real-life example of the gulf between Obama’s grand strategy to reduce coal emissions and the reality behind that policy: As the U.S. reduces its own carbon pollution, it is exporting more of it abroad.

Built in 1976, the Board-

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man Coal Plant burns about 3 million tons of coal each year. The Port of Morrow terminal would ship three times more – nearly 9 million tons – out of the country.

Those extra 6 million tons of thermal coal will generate energy somewhere, its carbon emissions joining the same atmosphere.

It just won’t be on the U.S. side of the global pollution ledger.

Over the past five years, as the U.S. has cut coal consumption by 195 million tons, about 20 percent of that coal has been shipped overseas, according to an analysis by The Associated Press of Energy Department data. That proportion is expected to get larger as the U.S. continues to clean up its power plants, boost energy efficiency and move to more pollution-free sources of energy such as wind and solar.

For the Northwest, proposed coal terminals would export more than 100 million tons of coal to Asia a year, far exceeding the total consump-

tion for all plants that feed coal-fired power to the region, including Oregon, and doubling U.S. exports.

“If we’re trying to address carbon and we’re creating a whole new export industry, I think that is problematic,” said Citizens Utility Board of Oregon executive director Bob Jenks. “There’s a fundamental disconnect between trying to reduce carbon emissions and creating new industries around coal.”

No one knows exactly how much pollution the U.S. is sending abroad, or its overall effect on global greenhouse gas emissions. That’s because no one, including the Obama administration, has calculated it.

Despite requests from Oregon’s Democratic Gov. John Kitzhaber to evaluate the full environmental consequences of the export terminal proposed here, including the emissions released in Asia from U.S. coal, the Obama administration has decided to analyze only the carbon released in the U.S.

Suspect dead; 2 marshals, policeman hurt The ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK – A California man who skipped town after being accused of molesting a boy was killed and three law enforcement officers trying to arrest him were wounded in a daytime shootout inside a small smoke shop in one of New York’s most bustling neighborhoods, officials said Monday.

The man, Charles Richard Mozdir, was recently featured on a CNN show about fugitives. He was wanted in a San Diego case and was charged with lewd acts upon a child younger than age 14, a criminal complaint said.

The shootout between Mozdir and members of the New York/New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force happened just after 1 p.m. in Greenwich Village not far from New York University in a highly trafficked tourist area bounded by jazz clubs, restaurants, a subway station and a basketball court.

Mozdir’s handgun was recovered at the scene, and 20 extra rounds of ammunition were found in his pocket, Police Commissioner William Bratton said.

A police detective first entered the narrow smoke shop

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A police officer stands near a crime scene Monday in New York. Authorities say a sex-assault suspect got in a shootout with law enforcement in New York City that wounded the suspect, two federal marshals and a police officer. and identified Mozdir, who apparently was alone, Police Commissioner Bratton said, before leaving and returning with the U.S. marshals.

The detective was shot at least twice, in the stomach below his protective vest and in the right chest, which could have been deadly were it not stopped by the vest, Bratton said at a hospital.

One U.S. marshal was shot in the elbow and another in his buttocks, he said. All three

were in stable condition and had been visited by city and federal officials.

The detective didn’t fire his weapon, but the federal agents fired multiple rounds, authorities said.

“They do what law enforcement personnel do every day,” Mayor Bill de Blasio said. “They have to put their lives on the line to protect the rest of us.”

Edoardo Gelardin, who was heading to lunch short-

ly after the shooting when he saw officers loading the victims into ambulances and officers with assault weapons sealing off the scene, said it was “shocking and out of place.”

“It was a little overwhelming to see a scene like that,” he said.

A $1 million bench warrant was issued for Mozdir’s arrest in June 2012 after he skipped an arraignment in San Diego Superior Court on child sexual assault charges, a spokesman for the San Diego County district attorney said.

Mozdir, a wedding photographer, also had been charged with attempting to dissuade a witness from prosecution, the criminal complaint said. He had posted $250,000 bail.

Mozdir’s case had recently been featured on CNN’s “The Hunt with John Walsh.”

Mozdir was accused of abusing the boy while babysitting him, and authorities later found evidence of child pornography and bestiality on his cellphone and computers, according to the show’s website, quoting federal authorities.

Authorities had searched for him in Coronado, Georgia, California and Mexico, the show said.

8BRIEFS U.S.: Russia violated 1987 The U.S. said Russia tested a new ground-launched cruise nuclear missile treaty

last year. They received a total of $966 million, or about 21 missile, breaking the Intermedi- percent of the state payroll.

WASHINGTON – In an escaate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty Anders Lindall of the American lation of tensions, the Obama that President Ronald Reagan Federation of State, County administration accused Russia and Municipal Employees union on Monday of conducting tests signed with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. Russian said compensation figures are in violation of a 1987 nuclear skewed. He says staff shortages missile treaty, calling the breach officials say they have looked “a very serious matter” and go- into the allegations and consider are causing overtime and back wages wouldn’t pump up salaing public with allegations that the matter closed. ries had they been paid on time. have simmered for some time.

More state workers The treaty confrontation making over $100,000 Illinois fair managers comes at a highly strained SPRINGFIELD – A published fined for free beer tickets time between President Barack report has found that more than CHICAGO – Two state fair Obama and Russian President 10 percent of Illinois government managers took scores of free Vladimir Putin over Russia’s employees made more than beer tickets to use at annual intervention in Ukraine and Puevents, violating a ban on tin’s grant of asylum to National $100,000 in 2013 – up 1,600 accepting gifts, according to a Security Agency leaker Edward from a year earlier.

The Springfield State Jourreport released by the Illinois InSnowden. spector General’s office Monday.

An administration official said nal-Register reported Monday Although Illinois Executive Obama notified Putin of the U.S. that overtime and back-wage payouts were responsible for Inspector General Ricardo Meza determination in a letter Monsaid the managers were specifday. The finding will be included many of the larger salaries.

The paper reported that 7,800 ically trained to avoid engaging in a State Department annual in these kinds of activities, one report on compliance with arms employees – just more than 10 percent of the workforce of them later told The Associcontrol treaties that will be – topped $100,000 in salary ated Press that he considered released today.

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the longstanding practice to be proper business etiquette.

“You give a guy a couple free beer tickets they think it’s a big deal,” former Du Quoin State Fair Manager John Rednour said.

“It’s too bad the rest of the state doesn’t do business the way you should do business.”

The report said Rednour, who resigned in January to take the helm of his family’s bank, requested a “free roll or two” of 1,000 to 2,000 beer tickets – an estimated value of $4,000 to $8,000 – from the fair’s beer vendor in 2012.

It also noted that Illinois State Fair Manager Amy Bliefnick accepted at least 120 beer tickets from a vendor at the fair in Springfield last year – a market value of $540 – which she distributed to Department of Agriculture officials, members of her staff, volunteers and fairgoers.

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House Cafe seeks liquor license help

DeKalb aldermen OK cost-of-living increase

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com

By KATIE DAHLSTROM DeKALB – With approval from the DeKalb City Council, $6,000 is about all The House Cafe owners need to start serving alcohol again.

DeKalb aldermen unanimously approved issuing the House Cafe a liquor license during their meeting Monday.

However, owners Brian and Alex Fausett need $6,000 to pay for the license and purchase beer and wine.

The Fausetts have been working with the city to obtain a liquor license since before they decided to lease the business in March.

“We knew it was a very important part of keeping the House profitable,” Brian Fausett said.

Before the all-ages music and arts venue at 263 E. Lincoln Highway closed in October, it was grandfathered into a defunct liquor license that allowed people to buy beer or wine without purchasing food.

After months of conversation with city staff about an appropriate liquor license, as well as ways to curb the loitering complaints and curfew violations, the Fausetts applied for a restaurant liquor license.

With a restaurant license, the House will only be able to serve beer and wine with meals.

They also will issue wristbands to patrons over 21 and require minors to leave 30 minutes before curfew.

Ward 5 Alderman Ron

kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – DeKalb aldermen signed off on a 1.5 percent costof-living raise for nonunion employees during their Monday meeting, two weeks after deciding to review those employees’ salaries and benefits.

The raise will apply to the city’s 35 nonunion employees, such as department heads, division heads and administrative staff. It will cost almost $47,000, which city officials accounted for in this year’s budget.

Before a unanimous vote in favor of the increase, some aldermen said the raise should be higher in order to avoid salary compression, the effect when longtime union employees approach or exceed what their nonunion superiors earn. Others said the council should wait to award nonunion employees a bigger raise because of the ongoing study of those employees’ salaries and benefits.

Ward 5 Alderman Ron Naylor moved to bump the increase to 2 percent because it’s what the city included in the budget for the fiscal year that started July 1. He also cited contracts with the city’s labor unions.

The council recently approved collective bargaining agreement with the Fraternal Order of Police Labor Council 115 that included a 2.5 percent pay increase.

“We’ve been routinely giving cost-of-living, COLA, increases in the 2 percent plus range and I think the management are deserving of this as well,” Naylor said.

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A flier directing patrons to an online GoFundMe page hangs inside The House Cafe in downtown DeKalb on Monday. The House Cafe owners Brian and Alex Fausett, who reopened the shuttered cafe and music venue in May, are attempting to raise $6,000 for a liquor license and the costs involved with obtaining it.

How to help Visit www.gofundme.com/c59ubo to contribute to the The House Cafe’s liquor license expenses.

Naylor asked for tighter restrictions, but City Attorney Dean Frieders assured him the liquor license did not need further restrictions because the city’s police department has a proactive compliance program.

The plan was enough to satisfy Mayor John Rey, who complimented the Fausetts on their efforts to make the business a positive part of downtown DeKalb.

“I’m very pleased with the attitudes the owners have taken with a reasonable business plan for that mixed-age venue,” Rey said.

Although they have support from the council, they need financial support from the community.

When they bought the business, the Fausetts set aside enough money to pay for the liquor license, which costs $3,5000. But they encountered more than $11,000 in unexpected expenses.

The Fausetts on Saturday started a campaign on gofundme.com that has so far netted them $1,975.

They hope to have the li-

quor license within a week and will work with alcohol vendors as time and money allow.

The Fausetts also see the potential to seek a different type of liquor license in the future that would not require patrons to eat a meal in order to have a beer.

In the meantime, Alex Fausett said, the couple is happy to have a restaurant license.

“Maybe what we need to do is have a restaurant license for a while and prove to the city that we can serve alcohol and still be a responsible, all-ages space,” Alex Fausett said.

By the numbers Cost-of-living-adjustment: $46,813.49 Merit increases: $59,100 Total nonunion employee pay increases: $105,913.49

Source: City of DeKalb cause Ward 4 Alderman Bob Snow was the only other alderman to support it. If the motion had passed, it would have cost an additional $15,000.

Ward 3 Alderwoman Kristen Lash said although compression problems might exist, what those problems are will be spelled out in a study the council commissioned last month from Sikich LLP. Over the next several months, Sikich staff will examine salaries, benefits and performance reviews for nonunion employees.

“I would not be in favor of anything above [1.5 percent] until we see the results of the study,” Lash said.

The cost-of-living increase is not the only salary increase nonunion employees see. All nonunion employees are part of tiered program that has been in place since 2004. The program gives them a pay raise if they have met their goals as determined by their supervisor.

In the first year, they receive a 16 percent pay increase. After that, they receive a 2 percent increase up to their 12th year. After the 12th year, the only raise city employees see is through the cost-of-living adjustment.

This year, merit increases will cost the city about $59,000, Assistant City Manager Rudy Espiritu said.

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Furor engulfs Chicago’s red-light camera system

By DON BABWIN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s administration is scrambling to contain a furor over the city’s red-light camera system, which may have ticketed thousands of motorists under questionable circumstances.

Prompted by a Chicago Tribune investigation that revealed unexplained spikes in tickets issued, eight aldermen asked the city’s top watchdog to launch a probe into the ticket surge and private attorneys are gathering information for a possible class-action lawsuit.

Emanuel has vowed to give

motorists an extra chance to appeal tickets and to refund tickets issued improperly. More than 13,000 red-light tickets costing $100 each were generated at a dozen intersections where there were dramatic spikes in violations logged. But critics say that writing refund checks won’t restore public trust in the city’s

system for enforcing violations.

“These spikes, you can tell they [the tickets] are fraudulent,” said Scott Waguespack, one of the aldermen who sent Chicago Inspector General Joseph Ferguson a letter asking for an investigation. “We are talking millions of dollars here and something is fundamental-

ly wrong with the system.”

In its review of tickets issued since 2007, the Tribune found intersections where violations increased from a few a day to as many as 56.

Neither Emanuel nor the city transportation department has suggested the possibility of scrapping the cameras, as Los

Angeles, Houston and a few dozen other cities have in recent years amid questions about their effectiveness. The number of cities using the cameras peaked at 540 in 2012. By the end of 2013, that number dropped to 503, according to the Insurance Institute of Highway Safety, a nonprofit research group.

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8OBITUARIES LOWELL EDWARD ‘ED’ COLLINGS

United Methodist Church.

Arrangements by Olson Funeral & Cremation Services Ltd., Quiram Sycamore Chapel. For information or to leave a message of condolence, visit www.olsonfh.com or 815-8956589.

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School District, 2001 Old Lincoln Highway, Langhorne, PA 19047; Hope Lutheran Church, 2600 Haines Road, Levittown, PA 19055; or www. caringbridge.org.

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He was preceded in death by his parents; and father-in-law, Donald Dahlem.

Born: March 26, 1922, in Underwood, The funeral service will be at 10:30 Indiana a.m. Monday, Aug. 4, at St. George Died: July 26, 2014, in DeKalb, Illinois Greek Orthodox Church, 320 S. Second St., DeKalb, with Fr. John SYCAMORE – Artemas officiating. Burial will follow Lowell Edward in Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb.

“Ed” Collings, The visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m.

92, of Sycamore, Sunday, Aug. 3, at Anderson Funeral Illinois, died SaturHome, DeKalb.

DOROTHY ‘JAN’ day, July 26, 2014, at lieu of flowers, memorials may ANTHONY PAUL ‘TONY’ beInmade Kishwaukee Hospital (TAMLYN) JESKE to the Anthony P. Kakoliris in DeKalb.

Born: 1934 in DeKalb, Illinois KAKOLIRIS Memorial Fund for his son Paul’s Born March 26, Died: July 27, 2014, Langhorne, Born: Feb. 4, 1968, in Chicago education, sent in care of Anderson 1922, in UnderPennsylvania Died: July 26, 2014, in DeKalb, Illinois Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. wood, Indiana, the Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115. son of Jesse and Laura (Everhart) LEVITTOWN, DeKALB – Anthony For information, visit www.AnCollings, Ed served in the U.S. Army Pa. – Dorothy “Jan” Paul “Tony” KakodersonFuneralHomeLtd.com or call during World War II. Tamlyn Jeske, 80, liris, 46, of DeKalb, 815-756-1022.

He married Jane B. Bischoff on a resident of LevitIllinois, passed away To sign the online guest book, visit Sept. 8, 1944, in Baltimore, Marytown, Pennsylvania, Saturday, July 26, www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle. land. Ed worked for Duplex in Sycafor the past 45 2014, at Kishwaukee more for many years. He was a 32nd years, passed away Hospital, DeKalb, degree Mason, enjoyed motorcycle Sunday, July 27, 2014. surrounded by his family and friends.

DOROTHY A. ‘DOT’ trips and boating.

Born in 1934, in DeKalb, Jan earned Born Feb. 4, 1968, in Chicago, the He is survived by his daughter, her bachelor’s degree in elementary son of Paul Anthony and Sophie MAJCINA Carolyn (Dale) McBride of Sycamore; education from Northern Illinois Kakoliris, Anthony married Debra D. Born: July 15, 1927, in Ottawa, Illinois and grandchildren, Kimberly (Scott) State Teacher’s College and two Dahlem on Sept. 25, 1993, in DeKalb. Died: July 25, 2014, in DeKalb, Illinois Severson, Sherri (Gary) Larson, Nimaster’s degrees from Ryder College Tony was a 1986 graduate of cole (Richard) Lang, Sharalyn (Gene) in New Jersey.

DeKalb High School; he graduated DeKALB – Dorothy Kowitz, Ryan Severson (Annie), Luke She spent more than two decades from Northern Illinois University with Alice “Dot” Majcina, Lee, Ethan Kowitz, Abigail Severworking as a teacher and an a bachelor’s degree in education 87, of DeKalb, son and Amber Gundersen, all of administrator in the Neshaminy in 2001 and a master’s degree Illinois, died Friday, Sycamore.

School District – a career that she from National Lewis University in July 25, 2014, at Pine He was preceded in death by his cherished. educational leadership in 2005. Tony Acres Rehab & Livparents; wife in 2009; great-greatShe is survived by her son, Tom of was a teacher at West Aurora High ing Center, DeKalb. grandson, Austin Lee; two brothers; Langhorne, Pennsylvania; daughter School and the sophomore baseball Born July 15, 1927, in Ottawa, Illiand one sister. and son-in-law, Tammy and Greg coach. He was a member of St. nois, the daughter of Fred and Lucille The family would like to thank Miley of Mount Airy, Maryland; as George Greek Orthodox Church in Cunico, Dorothy married Raymond P. Dr. Thakkar and the staff at Pine well as her beloved grandchildren, DeKalb and was an avid baseball fan Majcina on Sept. 30, 1950.

Acres Care Center for their care and Robbie and Ellie. and coach.

Dot and Ray were the owners and support.

Jan was preceded in death by her He is survived by his wife, Debbie; operators of Big Ray’s Drive-In on A memorial service will be at 10:30 husband, Richard of Aurora; parents, son, Paul; uncle, Gus, and aunt, Katie East Lincoln Highway in DeKalb for a.m. Thursday, July 31, at Sycamore Stanley and Ruth (Olsen) Tamlyn; Kakoliris, of Addison; mother-in-law, more than 30 years.

United Methodist Church, 160 John- and sister, Geraldine.

Shirley Dahlem; two brothers-in-law, She is survived by her sister, Mary son Ave., Sycamore, with the Rev. At Jan’s request, interment will be Dennis (Larisa) Dahlem and Don (Ernie) Parkins of Dixon; several Harlene Harden officiating. A private private.

(Cheri) Dahlem; nephew, C.J.; nieces, nieces and nephews; sisters-in-law, family visitation will be Wednesday In lieu of flowers, donations may Cindy and Kristin; a multitude of Betty Nawa of LaSalle and Mary at the funeral chapel. be made in Jan’s honor to either the close friends who are considered Majcina of Mokena; brother-in-law, In lieu of flowers a memorial fund “Joseph E. Ferderbar Scholarship family; and many former and current Robert (Jean) Majcina of Sebring, Fund,” maintained by Neshaminy students and baseball players.

Florida; and her special friend, Earl has been established for Sycamore

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(Laura) Sullivan of DeKalb.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Ray, in 2012.

The funeral service will be at 7 p.m.

Wednesday, July 30, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb, with the Rev. Dean Russell of St. Mary Catholic Church, DeKalb, officiating. The visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb. Burial will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, July 31, in Oakwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Ottawa.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Dorothy A. Majcina Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

For information, visit www.AndersonFuneralHomeLtd.com or call 815-756-1022.

LINDA MERLO Born: May 29, 1958, in Rochelle, Illinois Died: July 25, 2014, in Montgomery, Illinois MONTGOMERY – Linda Merlo, 56, of Montgomery, Illinois, passed away unexpectedly Friday, July 25, 2014, at her residence.

She was born May 29, 1958, in Rochelle, a daughter to George and Ocie (Higginbotham) Sieberns.

Family members include her husband, Kevin Merlo; mother, Ocie Sieberns; brothers, Gary Sieberns and Larry Sieberns; and sister, Joanna (Rodney) McKinnes.

She was preceded in death by her father, George Sieberns.

The visitation will be Thursday, July 31, at Dieterle Memorial Home in Montgomery. Interment will be in Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery in Elwood. For directions and online guestbook, visit www.dieterlememorialhome.com.

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Being on same page is key

DeKALB – A 21-year-old DeKalb man who fled from police, first in his car and then on foot, early Sunday remained in jail Monday unable to post $150 bail.

Pedro Mora-Aburto, of the 1300 block of North Annie Glidden Road, was charged with aggravated Pedro Mora-Aburto driving under the influence, driving with a revoked license, possession of marijuana and fleeing or attempting to elude police, court records show.

His blood-alcohol level was 0.165 percent about 4 a.m.

Sunday when a Northern Illinois University police officer saw him squeal his car’s tires and disobey a traffic signal near Annie Glidden Road and West Hillcrest Drive, court records show. Officers found marijuana along the

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How much are you comfortable spending on a purchase without gambling problem. consulting your spouse first? Vote “I think the relationship online at Daily-Chronicle.com. problems are the cause of the divorce, and the money issues can be a precipitating factor,” Shaw said. “Or, once a party has decided the relationship is untenable, attention turns to finances.”

Love might have brought Earl and Stacy Gable together, but being on the same page with money is the thing that keeps them from falling apart.

“It’s not me against her, it’s us against it,” said Earl Gable, 46, of Sycamore.

“We’re on the same team.”

Unlike many 35 percent of couples in the survey married before 2008, money has always been an open topic for the Gables, who were married 14 years ago.

But that’s not to say those conversations didn’t change after the recession.

Earl was laid off from a job where he earned more than $200,000 a year and turned to medical transcription services. Now, between his income and what Stacy earns as a counter manager for Lancome at the Oak Brook Terrace Mall, the couple brings in about $55,000 a year.

After bills and mortgage, car and student loan payments, the Gables have about $500 left over monthly, which they’re eager to save in case of an emergency in their family of six.

“We’ve had times where it’s very close, paycheck to paycheck,” Earl said. “But as long as you’re on the same page, it doesn’t come between us.”

DeKalb County David A. Diaz, 22, of the 300 block of Mallard Lane in Sugar Grove, was charged Sunday, July 27, with driving under the influence and disobeying a stop sign.

Kimmecha Townsend, 20, of the 800 block of Crane Drive in DeKalb, was charged Monday, July 28, with driving with a suspended license.

Northern Illinois University Kelsie J. Haptonstall, 20, of the 700 block of Grove Street in DeKalb, was charged Friday, July 25, with underage drinking.

Anthony D. Amos, 29, of the 1300 block Hartford Street in Glendale Heights, was charged Friday, July 25, with driving under the influence.

Claudio C. Orozco, 22, of the 600 block of Edward Street in Sycamore, was charged Saturday, July 26, with disruptive intoxication.

Krystal N. Richardson, 28, of the 1400 block of Twombly Road, was charged Saturday, July 26, with driving under the influence.

Jazmin G. Tilton, 23, of the 10900 block of South Woodlawn Drive in Rochelle, was charged Sunday, July 27, with driving under the influence.

Sycamore Melissa A. Mathey, 36, of Sycamore, was charged Thursday, July 17, with operating an uninsured motor vehicle and driving with a suspended or revoked driver’s license.

Kenie Reshad Moses, 37, of DeKalb, was charged Sunday, July 20, with driving under the influence, electronic communication while driving, improper lane usage, improper turn and failure to signal when required/ improper signal.

Danielle M. Grote, 27, of Sycamore, was charged Saturday, July 26, with driving under the influence and improper lane use.

Robert M. Scholl, 40, of Loves Park, was charged Sunday, July 27, with driving with a suspended license.

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said. When police talked with him, he denied the drugs in the Kool-Aid container were his, but If convicted of the most technicians at the state crime serious charge, aggravated driving under the influence, Mo- lab found his fingerprints on the ra-Aburto could be sentenced to packaging, DeKalb detective Lt. Bob Redel said. probation or up to three years Coleman appeared in court in prison. He is next due in court Saturday after being arrested Thursday. on charges of possession of a Police: Domestic violence controlled substance with intent to deliver within 1,000 feet of a call led to drug charges school, possession of marijuana DeKALB – DeKalb police say with intent to deliver, possesthey found cocaine and marsion of a controlled substance ijuana in a Kool-Aid container with intent to deliver and posoutside a window when they went to Terrance session of marijuana. The most serious charge he faces typically C. Coleman’s is punishable with up to 15 years apartment in in prison.

February to Coleman remained in DeKalb investigate a doCounty Jail on Monday unable to mestic dispute. post 10 percent of his $50,000 Coleman, 22, Terrance C. bond. of the 800 block Coleman He is next due in court on the of Pappas Drive drug charges Thursday and in DeKalb, was charged with on the aggravated domestic aggravated domestic battery battery case Sept. 17. for allegedly trying to strangle a woman Feb. 18, authorities – Jillian Duchnowski

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By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com SHABBONA – When Waterman resident Teri Benson stopped by Screamers Ice Cream in Shabbona for a cheeseburger, she said it was the best burger she had ever tasted.

That might be because the burger’s buns, just like all the bread in the restaurant, are baked fresh daily, and the barbecue sauce is homemade. The restaurant also boasts its own freshly cut fries.

“The hamburgers are excellent,” Benson said. “If I ever want to get a hamburger ever again, I’ll come here and get it.”

That admission doesn’t surprise Scot Ostrander who, with his wife Sandy, has owned the business for 10 years. They celebrated the restaurant’s anniversary last weekend with an ice cream eating contest, bags tournament and raffle giveaways.

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“Our customers come in and say, ‘Oh, what’s new?’ ” The additions to the menu may provide answers as to why customers keep coming back. In 2006, when some businesses were starting to suffer, business at Screamers increased about 20 percent, Scot Ostrander said. Normal yearly increases range from about 2 to 5 percent, he said.

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8OUR VIEW

8SKETCH VIEW

Spending shift could help Illinois

Democrats lose big bet on health exchanges Words mean what they say. That’s the basis for the decision of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit in Halbig v.

Burwell invalidating the Internal Revenue Service regulation approving subsidies for Obamacare consumers in states with federal health insurance exchanges.

The law passed by Congress, Judge Thomas Griffith explained, provided for subsidies in states with state-created exchanges, but not in states with federal exchanges.

That’s factually correct, and under the Constitution, the government can’t spend money not authorized by Congress.

This has not prevented Democrats from calling the decision “judicial activism,” which makes as much sense as the claims that the Supreme Court decision overturning the Obamacare contraception mandate cuts off all access to contraception.

“We reach this conclusion,” wrote Judge Griffith, “with reluctance.” Judge Roger Ferguson, writing for the Fourth Circuit whose King v. Burwell decision upholding the IRS was announced the same day, wrote that those challenging the government “have the better of the statutory construction arguments.”

One has a certain sympathy with both judges. They’re being asked to overturn a regulation that has paid most of the cost for health insurance for some 4.7 million Americans. But the problem arose not from sloppy legislative draftsmanship.

Under previous court decisions, Congress can’t force state governments to administer federal laws. So congressional Democrats, seeking to muscle states into creating their own health insurance exchanges, chose to provide subsidies only for those states.

Those opting for the federal exchange would have to explain to voters why they weren’t getting subsidies.

This attempt to muscle the states failed.

VIEWS Michael Barone In August 2011, when the IRS issued its regulation, only 10 states had created their own exchanges, and 17 states explicitly refused to do so. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius kept extending deadlines to force states to create their own exchanges.

Congressional Democrats and the Obama administration bet that they could force the states to do their will. When they lost their bet, the administration ignored the Constitution and ordered the spending of monies that Congress never authorized.

This was lawless behavior, and reckless as well. It promised to individuals acting in reliance on government regulations money that was subject to being clawed back if a court applied the statute as written.

The alternative was, to be sure, politically unpalatable. The administration could have gone back to Congress and asked it to authorize subsidies in states with federal exchanges. House Republicans, now in the majority, would have demanded other changes in the law.

So today the strongest argument for upholding the administration’s reckless regulation is that people might be hurt if the law is enforced as written. White House Press Secretary Josh Earnest says Congress meant to give money to lots of people – so who cares what the law actually says?

The irony here is that the Obama Democrats, in passing Obamacare in its present form, and in betting that it could pressure the states into doing their will, have discredited big government generally and have weakened the federal government’s power to commandeer and control the states.

They expected Obamacare to be popular.

Give people what Mitt Romney called “free stuff,” and they’ll be grateful.

It hasn’t turned out that way. Most Americans have bridled at Obamacare’s centralized command-and-control approach and have instinctively preferred more market-based or locally regulated alternatives.

The fiasco of the healthcare.gov rollout and the administration’s multiple suspensions of various provisions of the law have sapped confidence in big government’s competence.

On the legal front, it has generally escaped notice that in its NFIB v. Sebelius decision upholding Obamacare, the Supreme Court also invalidated its Medicaid provisions – and by a 7-2 vote that is unlikely to be overturned by one or two new Democratic-appointed justices.

Obamacare provided that states must accept new Medicaid provisions requiring higher spending or lose all their federal Medicaid money altogether. Not valid, said the justices. Congress can’t take command of state governments by threatening to cut them off if they don’t spend more.

Few legal experts thought this challenge to the statute would prevail. But it did, and it provides a basis for discouraging or challenging any future massive expansion of federal programs that require, as most do, matching spending by the states.

The Obama Democrats have succeeded in expanding government, temporarily. But they’ve also discredited it and provided a basis for limiting it in the future.

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

8VIEWS

Change tax code to keep U.S. businesses SPRINGFIELD – I picked up my vacation photos at Walgreens the other day. And I didn’t hear any French, German or Italian spoken.

How surprising. I’ve read that the Deerfield-based drugstore chain is considering becoming a Swiss corporation. I’ll admit the thought of a company that is essentially an American icon becoming a foreign corporation gives me pause.

After all, Walgreens is one of Illinois’ premier companies.

It was founded here in 1901, and now they are talking about moving their headquarters to Switzerland.

But what exactly does it mean when a corporation becomes Swiss? Will they start having complimentary fondue in the checkout lanes? Will the pharmacist yodel instructions to customers in the drive through? Or is it a matter of some incorporation paperwork

VIEWS Scott Reeder being filed in an office in the Alps rather than Springfield?

I would hate to see Walgreens renounce its U.S. citizenship. Every time that happens, it reminds us that the business climate in this country is not what it should be.

One has to ask, why would a corporation founded in Illinois 113 years ago want to become Swiss? The answer is as obvious as the Matterhorn. Corporate taxes in Illinois and the United States are too high. Way too high.

The United States has the highest corporate tax rates on the planet. And, you guessed it, Illinois has one of the highest state corporate tax rates in the U.S. Business corporations

exist to make money by serving people. And when government makes it harder to earn in one place, they will look elsewhere.

We can spend a lot of time bemoaning that fact, or simply acknowledge that is the case and work to create a climate that attracts business and doesn’t repel jobs.

Still, the idea of Walgreens leaving is a bitter pill to swallow. But here is the deal: When a company switches the country in which it is incorporated, as Walgreens is considering, it still pays taxes to the U.S. government on its U.S. earnings. And it would be paying them at the same rate that it always has.

On money it makes overseas it would pay that country’s rate.

Seems fair, right? Unfortunately, the U.S. expects companies headquartered here to pay the equivalent of the full U.S. rate on money earned elsewhere. So U.S. companies that do business

overseas choose to move their headquarters elsewhere.

So what’s the solution? The answer would seem to be to lower the corporate income tax rate so that it is competitive with other western nations. In fact, if the U.S. had the same tax policies as Switzerland, Walgreens would pay billions less in taxes and wouldn’t be considering moving.

The billions saved could go to shareholders in the form of dividends, to employees through higher pay and customers through lower prices.

And what could be more American than that?

• Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse reporter and a journalist with Illinois News Network, a project of the Illinois Policy Institute. He can be reached at sreeder@illinoispolicy.org, or follow his work on Twitter @scottreeder.

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Incremental change doesn’t make headlines, but it can make a big difference over time.

Cut out sweets from your diet, and over time, your waistline will shrink.

Toss your pocket change into a coin jar, and over time, you’ll have saved hundreds of dollars.

Spend $10 a week from your grocery budget on Illinois food products, and over time, you can give the state’s economy a big boost.

At least, that’s the theory behind the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Buy Illinois campaign.

Ag officials sent out a news release that asks every Illinois household to consider dedicating $10 from its existing, weekly grocery budget toward the purchase of Illinois food products.

If that spending shift occurs in all households, the impact could total $47 million a week that won’t leave Illinois’ borders.

And if that spending shift continues for a year, more than $2.4 billion could be shifted from going outof-state to staying in Illinois.

By making that incremental change, Illinois households could support thousands of Illinois jobs in the farming and food industries.

Of course, not everyone will buy into the idea.

But the more people who decide to take the “Buy Illinois Pledge” at buyillinoischallenge.com, the more the state’s food industry, and the people it employs, will benefit.

The campaign complements the Ag Department’s “Illinois: Where Fresh Is” project, which promotes the purchase and consumption of fresh produce grown here.

Logos have been developed to mark food products that are grown and processed in the Prairie State, thus aiding shoppers who want to take part.

In exchange for their incremental change in spending habits, what can Illinois households expect to receive in return?

Tasty food products.

Fresh fruits and vegetables.

And the knowledge that their food dollars are supporting Illinois businesses and jobs.

All that for $10 a week.

Why not give it a try?

8ANOTHER VIEW

Read this and take the day Carlos Slim is a pretty successful guy: either the world’s richest or second-richest, depending on which measure you use and how much he spent on lunch that day. So it’s worth taking note when he has something to say about work and productivity.

At a conference recently in Paraguay, Slim, who controls America Movil, the largest mobile-phone operator in the Americas, pitched a radical overhaul of the 9-to-5 grind: People would work three days a week, although they would put in longer days (11 hours) and they would retire later in life (at around 70). The extra days off would give people more time to relax and invent things, Slim said.

On the other side of the world, the Seoul city government was singing a similar tune – a lullaby, actually: Workers will soon have permission to take afternoon naps, although the nap experiment is restricted to the summer months. Perhaps city officials realize what sleep science has been saying for a while: Napping helps improve cognitive performance, especially if the nap is in the 10- to 25-minute range.

This work-less, nap-more ethos is not new. But its primary advocates have tended to be from the squishier end of the work spectrum, places such as Sweden or Google. Now it’s gaining support from a hard-charging billionaire and public officials in the largest city of a nation famous for grueling workdays, soju-fueled work nights and chronic sleep deprivation.

Their ideas will still have a tough time catching on, to state the obvious. The pressure on the workweek, enabled by personal technology and abetted by employment anxiety, is all the other way: to expand, not contract.

The genius of Slim and Seoul’s ideas is that they accept the malleability of the 21st-century workweek but ask why the change is in only one direction. Just because the workplace is always on, the workweek doesn’t have to be. The five-day week, after all, was established in a time when we had dry goods, steam engines and lamplighters. Hasn’t the workplace become more efficient since then? Shouldn’t the workweek?

Some groggy bureaucrats in Seoul and an industrious billionaire in Mexico City are saying it should.

(As is, we realize, the editorial board of an organization famous for its first-in, last-out work ethic and open-office seating plan, which is convivial but makes it really hard to nap.) The question is how to get from here to there. There may well be no one-size-sleeps-all solution, or it may take a year’s worth of 18-hour days to figure it out. But at least people are finally waking up to the problem.

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8MORNING KICKOFF

NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY FOOTBALL

And now, ‘SchedulePalooza’ AP photo

Judge OKs record $2B sale of Clippers LOS ANGELES – A judge ruled against Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling (above) on Monday in his attempt to block the $2 billion sale of the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer.

Superior Court Judge Michael Levanas sided with Sterling’s estranged wife Shelly Sterling (above), who burst into tears when the ruling was announced.

“I can’t believe it’s over. I feel good,” she said.

The judge said Shelly Sterling had negotiated a good deal for the Clippers and had the authority to remove her husband as a trustee of the trust that owns the team after two doctors determined he had signs of Alzheimer’s disease and was incapable of making business decisions.

Also under the ruling, Donald Sterling can’t delay the sale from going forward as he appeals the case.

Donald Sterling was not in court to hear the ruling. Bobby Samini, one of his lawyers, said Sterling reacted calmly to the ruling and told his lawyers they had to keep fighting on other fronts, an apparent reference to pending lawsuits Sterling has filed.

Shelly Sterling negotiated the sale of the team after the 80-year-old billionaire was banned by the NBA for making offensive remarks about blacks.

Donald Sterling claimed his wife had deceived him about the medical exams.

He later revoked the trust after she negotiated the record-setting sales price and his lawyers argued that his move killed the deal. They said the case didn’t belong in probate court because the trust had been dissolved.

– Wire report

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro baseball Colorado vs. Cubs, 7 p.m., WGN The Rockies will send Jorge De La Rosa (116, 4.19) to the mound to face the Cubs’ Edwin Jackson (5-11, 5.76) at Wrigley Field.

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Inter Milan, at Landover, Md., 6 p.m., NBCSN WNBA Sky at San Antonio, 7 p.m., ESPN2

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Huskies will reveal future home-and-home series all week long

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com Northern Illinois fans will hear plenty of football scheduling news during the next few days as part of what the school is calling “SchedulePalooza.”

Starting today, the school will announce one future home-and-home football series every day this week.

According to an NIU press release, the upcoming announcements will include

ule announcements would include teams from major conferences visiting Huskie More online Stadium. Since 2003, NIU has hosted just one major conferFor all your Northern Illinois University sports coverage – including ence team at Huskie Stadium – Kansas in 2012. Frazier stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on to told the Daily Chronicle on Monday that this week’s anHuskieWire.com. nouncements will include at least one series with a BCS contests between 2015 and team at Huskie Stadium, and 2023. that multiple announcements At NIU’s annual Chicago of such games are on their Media Day last week, Fra- way.

NIU associate athletic dizier said upcoming sched-

rector for communications Donna Turner said that the school decided to use the dayby-day announcement format to give each game more attention, and the timing was right with NIU football media day taking place Friday and the start of fall camp beginning Saturday. The name coincides with Lollapalooza, which begins Friday in Chicago.

“This wasn’t something that we just invented overnight,” Frazier told the Daily Chronicle. “We had the bones

there. It was a great idea with the athletic communications staff.”

The Huskies are currently scheduled to host Murray State, UNLV and Wyoming in 2015 and travel to Ohio State, according to fbschedules.com, so one of those agreements would have to be changed if one of the upcoming announcements is for next season.

The team has three open nonconference dates in 2016,

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PREP ALL-AMERICAN SWIMMING HONORS

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Sophomore swimmer Daniel Hein was named 2014 Daily Chronicle Swimmer of the Year. Hein finished seventh at state in the 100-meter butterfly, third in the 100 backstroke, and was a part of the seventh-place 200 medley relay team. Sycamore-DeKalb co-op swimmers Hein, Ryan Schultz, Dylan Powers and Holden Mackey recently received All-American honors, a rarity for athletes at the two schools. Before this year, only 23 athletes from the two schools combined earned that distinction – including Hein, who also was honored in 2013.

DeKalb-Sycamore quartet lauded

By STEVE NITZ snitz@shawmedia.com Early in the 2013-14 prep boys swimming season, the group that made up the DeKalb-Sycamore co-op’s 200-meter relay had a goal to place high at the state meet.

Daniel Hein, Dylan Powers, Ryan Schultz and Holden Mackey didn’t expect to take seventh. After accomplishing that feat with a mark of 1:35.12, a new goal arrived.

The group knew it had a shot at earning All-American honors from the National Swimming Coaches Association. Earlier this summer, the foursome was named All-Americans in the event

just really hoping that it was going to make it to All-American.”

The relay’s mark of 1:35.12 More online ranked as the 83rd best time in the nation.

For all your prep sports cover“After state, we realized how fast the time we postage – stories, features, scores, ed actually was,” Hein said. photos, videos, blogs and more “That’s when we started to – log on to Daily-Chronicle. post up the times from last com/dcpreps. year to see where we would have ranked last year. They after putting up one of the top don’t change drastically from year to year. I figure we’d 100 times in the nation.

“We knew it was going to have a really good shot at getbe close,” said Powers, who ting top 100 in the nation.”

Hein also earned individuis currently in Indianapolis, al All-American honors in the along with the other three Shaw Media file photo members of the medley, com- 100 backstroke, because of his DeKalb-Sycamore co-op swimmer Ryan Schultz shared All-Ameripeting at the YMCA National mark of 50.28, which ranked can honors with swimmers Daniel Hein, Dylan Powers and Holden See SWIMMERS, page B2 Championships. “We were Mackey .

BEARS IN BOURBONNAIS

Backup QB status still worrisome BOURBONNAIS – Barring serious injury issues, the Bears’ 2014 offense is going to be very good, and quarterback Jay Cutler appears poised for his biggest year yet.

Some believe there is reason to fear Cutler missing appreciable time, even if that conclusion is not supported by the facts.

After taking over as the AP photo starting quarterback in DenBears quarterbacks Jordan Palmer (right) and Jimmy Clausen watch ver as a rookie, Cutler startpractice Saturday during Bears’ training camp at Olivet Nazarene Uni- ed 37 straight games before versity in Bourbonnais. being traded to the Bears. He

VIEWS Hub Arkush then made 41 of a possible 42 starts in his first three years as a Bear before breaking his thumb and missing the final six games of 2011.

Cutler returned to start 15 of 16 games in 2012 and then missed five games last year because of another fluke injury, one most of us never had

even heard of until he suffered it. Then he tried to return to action too soon.

In spite of questions about his durability and toughness when he missed the second half of the 2010 NFC title game with a knee injury, if anything, Cutler has proved himself to be tough and durable over his eight seasons in the league.

But if he does get dinged this year, the Bears might have a real problem.

A couple of months ago,

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SPORTS

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8SPORTS BRIEFS Kishwaukee Valley Storm holding tryouts

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BULLS

Tournament champions

Rose back as USA opens camp

The Kishwaukee Valley Story fastpitch softball team will host a series of tryouts beginning Sunday.

Tryouts for the under-10, under-12 and under-14 teams will be from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Sunday at Fields 9 through 12 of Sycamore Community Park. The under-16 and under-18 tryouts begin at 2 p.m.

Tryouts will also be held Aug. 6, and Aug. 9 and 10.

For more information, go to kvstorm.org.

By W.G. RAMIREZ The Associated Press

Finals set for church softball league Sycamore First Baptist and Bethel Assembly each rolled to victories this weekend in separate DeKalb County Church League semifinals, setting up a showdown for the title this week.

First Baptist beat Christ community, 10-2, with Ted Strack getting the win. Drewe Davey had an inside-the-park home run and James High had two triples.

Bethel rolled, 22-7, over Hope Community. Kyle Schzylinski had two home runs in support of David Harbecke.

Jake Gordon and Eric Horne each homered for Hope.

Tax fraud case against Lionel Messi goes on MADRID – A Spanish judge Monday rejected a prosecutor’s request to drop charges of tax fraud against Lionel Messi and ordered the investigation into three cases of suspected unpaid taxes to proceed.

A court statement said there was “sufficient evidence” to believe the Barcelona and Argentina star “could have known and consented” to the creation of a fictitious corporate structure to avoid paying taxes on income from his image rights.

The statement was issued by the court in Gava, Barcelona, that was initially called on by prosecutors to investigate if there was a case for Messi and his father to answer.

In June, Messi’s public relations firm said a prosecutor had agreed to drop the tax fraud case against the player and his father.

Messi’s father, Jorge Horacio Messi, is under investigation for an alleged $5.3 million in unpaid taxes from 2007 to 2009.

Messi’s father made a payment of more than $6.6 million in August 2013 to cover alleged unpaid taxes, plus interest.

Weightlifter facing sex assault charge GLASGOW, Scotland – A weightlifter from Papua New Guinea who competed at the Commonwealth Games faces trial over an alleged sexual assault at a Glasgow supermarket.

The Glasgow Sheriff Court said Toua Udia pleaded not guilty and will go on trial Friday.

Police said the 22-year-old lifter was arrested after officers received a report of an incident July 21 at a supermarket near the athletes’ village.

Udia was quoted as telling Australia’s Fairfax media that “it was an accident. I don’t want to spoil my reputation.”

Commonwealth Games Federation chief executive Mike Hooper said the criminal case against Udia “certainly didn’t impact on his ability to compete because there was no condition placed upon him.”

Hooper adds “there is a presumption of innocence which we all enjoy.”

Udia competed Sunday in the 77-kilogram division, finishing ninth.

– Staff, wire reports

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The 18U Kishwaukee Valley Storm team won the 2014 NAFA Northern National Silver Tournament this past weekend in Chaska, Minn. From left, first row: Brooke English, Baylie Ullmark, Christina Williams, Tristyn Criswell, Rachael Owens, Teagan Toft, Taylor Garland, Ashley Tamraz, and coach Jim English. From left, second row: Head coach Jim Varga, Lyndsey Costliow, Izzy Odom, Hannah Weatherly, and Sam Peyton.

CUBS

Ricketts points to plan while visiting Cougars

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com GENEVA – Cubs chairman Tom Ricketts loosened his collar and tie and watched most of Monday’s Cougars matinee after a morning speaking engagement at Fifth Third Bank Ballpark.

Will he be in position for a repeat when West Michigan makes its next visit to Geneva in 2016? Although he can’t be certain, Cougars owner Bob Froehlich would like to think so.

With Ricketts deferring discussion of the extension of the Cubs’ soon-to-expire two-year player development contract with the Cougars to the club’s baseball executives, Froehlich offered optimism about a deal as someone more familiar with negotiations.

“It’s one of those things where we’re pretty confident it’s going to happen, and they sound like it’s going to happen,” Froehlich said. “But I’m one of those old-school guys.

Until I have that contract in my hand, I’m not quite as confident. It would have been nice if he had announced it here today. That would have made my day for that.”

Ricketts traveled to Fifth Third Bank Ballpark for the first time armed with no such good news. However, he lauded his surroundings after addressing The Executives Club of Chicago for about 45 minutes as part of the organization’s luncheon speakers series, calling the Cougars’ home “a top-

Expectations will be higher next season Sandy Bressner – sbressner@shawmedia.com

Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts (right) greets guests during an event at the Fifth Third Bank Ballpark in Geneva. The event was hosted by the Executives’ Club of Chicago and also featured Kane County Cougars majority owner Bob Froehlich. notch facility, particularly for [single-A] ball.”

Froehlich serves on The Executive Club’s board of directors and introduced Ricketts as “my good friend and boss” during the program in the Cougars’ super suite.

That aside, any announcement of their working relationship continuing beyond the 2014 season will have to wait.

Ricketts called that the domain of Cubs president of baseball operations Theo Epstein, president of scouting and player development Jason McLeod and general manager Jed Hoyer.

“We’ve had a great experience with Kane County. I like Dr. Bob a lot. We like the facilities, we like the organization,” Ricketts said. “It’s really not my decision. I’ll leave that up to Theo and Jason and Jed, what they want to do, but it’s been a good relationship.”

Ricketts addressed the

Cubs’ organizational plan in greater depth during his talk, which included a slideshow that began with this up-front headline: “Cubs Have Historically Underperformed.”

Addressing a group with varying degrees of baseball savvy, he explained the organization’s approach to player development, free agency and a handful of other strategies bent on delivering the Cubs their first World Series title since 1908.

Per one slide, the Cubs had baseball’s 23rd-best farm system in 2011 – the final season before Epstein took over – and zero consensus Top 50 prospects. These days, the organization rates through the roof. In its recent midseason updates, Baseball America and Baseball Prospectus both listed three Cubs prospects among their top 15, a distinction shared by no other organization.

Emery: Clausen had great workout • ARKUSH Continued from page B1 I wrote that Jordan Palmer is every bit as gifted physically as Josh McCown and that he would be as good or possibly even better if Cutler goes down.

But Palmer has struggled in minicamp and the first four days here in Bourbonnais and I’m beginning to think I was wrong.

Fortunately for Bears fans, quarterbacks coach Matt Cavanaugh disagrees.

“He knows the system very well,” Cavanaugh said Monday morning. “He’s a tall, strong-armed guy who’s smart and he makes good decisions, so what else do you need in a quarterback other than experience?”

Some have wondered if the Bears are so enamored of Palmer, why is Jimmy Clausen here?

General manager Phil Emery told us on the first day of training camp it’s because when they brought in Clausen for a look, he had, “The best workout we’ve seen from a

LAS VEGAS – Derrick Rose says he feels old.

The 25-year-old point guard’s rigorous play Monday during the U.S. basketball team’s first practice dictated otherwise.

“I was joking with Kyle Korver, I told him ‘I’m getting old, man. I’ve got to stretch, I’ve got to use rollers and stuff.’ He looked at me kind of weird,” Rose said laughingly. “But I feel a lot more mature. I’ve been preparing for this for a long time.

I’ve dedicated my whole summer to this. I think I’ve sacrificed a lot for this moment.”

Rose, the Bulls star who is coming off two knee injuries that kept him out for much of the last two seasons, said he played roughly nine minutes of the team’s scrimmage during a two-hour practice.

He added he was excited about how he felt physically.

Coach Mike Krzyzewski was elated with Rose’s play, saying he was most impressed with his defensive pressure and tenaciousness.

“I think Derrick was a great excitement for us, because you hear about how he’s worked out, but to see him today, I mean, he put it all out,” Krzyzewski said. “He was playing to exhaustion. That was a big plus for today, to see him. I was pleased that he didn’t hold anything back. He played his butt off.”

quarterback since I got here.”

Then there’s this year’s first of two Bears draft picks in the sixth round, David Fales.

“What I like about David is, for a rookie who really got exposed to our offense in a pretty quick minicamp, he’s learned the verbiage really well,” Cavanaugh said.

“He can hear it, he can get a visual of it and he can call it in the huddle and not miss a beat just like the other guys.

He’s an accurate passer. If you’re a good decision-maker and you’re accurate and you’re smart, then you’ve got a chance to play and we’re excited about him.”

For his part, Clausen knows he’s in a dogfight for the backup quarterback spot.

“I feel good each and every day just coming out and doing my best just to compete and work as hard as I can,” Clausen said. “I’m still getting a grasp of the offense, but I’m still a long ways away.”

It looks to me and a number of other veteran observers like, if the season started tomorrow, Clausen is the second-best QB in camp.

Cavanaugh is just glad coach Marc Trestman doesn’t have to make that call yet.

“It’s very early, I’m just trying to rotate ‘em (Palmer, Clausen and Fales) through,” Cavanaugh said. “They’re great about it, too. They work well together, they like each other, they’re encouraging to each other, they know there’s competition and there’s no such thing as a depth chart right now other than Jay Cutler is the starter.”

The question the Bears must answer in the next five weeks is, should Cutler need relief at some point this season, are any of the other QBs in camp up to the task?

I have my doubts.

But, it is worth noting that coming out of camp last year many knowledgeable insiders were questioning what McCown had done to secure the backup spot, too.

• Hub Arkush is the editor of Chicago Football magazine and ChicagoFootball.com. He can be reached at harkush@ chicagofootball.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

• SWIMMERS Continued from page B1 69th in the nation. The honors mark off an impressive year for the co-op, which took 12th at the state meet.

“This year has been all about making history and breaking records and stuff,” DeKalb-Sycamore coach Leah Eames said. “Doing things that have never been done before.”

Next season, the expectations should be even higher for both Hein and the 200-medley relay.

Hein, who is already visiting Division I colleges, is entering his junior year, while Mackey and Powers return as well. Schultz will swim for Wright State this upcoming season.

Before this season, the only other swimmer in the program to earn All-American honors was Hein. He got the nod because of his performance in the 100 butterfly in 2013, which makes him a three-time All-American.

Eames said that she’ll find some way to honor this year’s group, but that the plans haven’t been finalized.

“The All-American [honor] is kind of new,” Eames said. “Their name will certainly be up in the walls at DeKalb.”

Scheduling more important with playoff in place • HUSKIES Continued from page B1 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2023. NIU has two open dates in 2018, and does not have any games scheduled in 2022.

Frazier said that scheduling has become extra important with the new four-team College Football Playoff, a system which includes giving a team from the “Group of Five” a berth into a major bowl game. He also mentioned the importance of scheduling other Group of Five teams – the MAC, Mountain West, Conference USA, Sun Belt and American – in order to be in the best possible position for that berth.

“The committee’s got a tough job,” Frazier said. “They’ve got an easy job if you don’t play quality opponents that aren’t recognized [or don’t] have a body of work that makes them worthy of a championship structure.”

AMERICAN LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct GB 57 45 .559 — 53 51 .510 5 52 53 .495 6½ 51 55 .481 8 47 57 .452 11 East Division W L Pct GB Baltimore 58 46 .558 — Toronto 57 50 .533 2½ New York 54 51 .514 4½ Tampa Bay 52 54 .491 7 Boston 48 58 .453 11 West Division W L Pct GB Oakland 65 40 .619 — Los Angeles 63 41 .606 1½ Seattle 54 51 .514 11 Houston 43 63 .406 22½ Texas 42 64 .396 23½ Monday’s Results Tampa Bay 2, Milwaukee 1 Toronto 14, Boston 1 Texas 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 7, Oakland 3 Today’s Games White Sox (Quintana 5-7) at Detroit (An.Sanchez 7-4), 6:08 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Weaver 11-6) at Baltimore (Tillman 7-5), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (Iwakuma 8-5) at Cleveland (Bauer 4-5), 6:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 7-7) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-6), 6:10 p.m.

Toronto (Stroman 6-2) at Boston (R.De La Rosa 3-3), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (McCarthy 2-0) at Texas Detroit Kansas City Cleveland White Sox Minnesota

(N.Martinez 1-6), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (Gibson 8-8) at Kansas City (Shields 9-5), 7:10 p.m.

Oakland (Samardzija 2-1) at Houston (Feldman 4-8), 7:10 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games White Sox at Detroit, 6:08 p.m.

Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Oakland at Houston, 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 6:05 p.m.

Seattle at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

Toronto at Boston, 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees at Texas, 7:05 p.m.

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

Sunday’s Results Minnesota 4, White Sox 3 Toronto 5, N.Y. Yankees 4 Boston 3, Tampa Bay 2 Cleveland 10, Kansas City 3 Miami 4, Houston 2 L.A. Angels 2, Detroit 1 Baltimore 3, Seattle 2, 10 innings Oakland 9, Texas 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE Central Division W L Pct GB Milwaukee 59 48 .551 — St. Louis 56 48 .538 1½ Pittsburgh 55 49 .529 2½ Cincinnati 52 53 .495 6 Cubs 43 61 .413 14½ East Division W L Pct GB Washington 57 46 .553 — Atlanta 58 48 .547 ½ Miami 52 53 .495 6 New York 51 55 .481 7½ Philadelphia 46 60 .434 12½ West Division W L Pct GB Los Angeles 59 47 .557 — San Francisco 57 48 .543 1½ San Diego 46 59 .438 12½ Arizona 46 60 .434 13 Colorado 43 62 .410 15½ Monday’s Results Cubs 4, Colorado 1 Atlanta 2, San Diego 0 Arizona 2, Cincinnati 1, 15 innings Tampa Bay 2, Milwaukee 1 N.Y. Mets 7, Philadelphia 1 Miami 7, Washington 6 Pittsburgh at San Francisco (n) Today’s Games Colorado (J.De La Rosa 11-6) at Cubs (E.Jackson 5-11), 7:05 p.m.

Arizona (Cahill 1-7) at Cincinnati (Leake 7-9), 6:10 p.m.

Milwaukee (Garza 7-7) at Tampa Bay (Cobb 6-6), 6:10 p.m.

Philadelphia (Hamels 5-5) at N.Y. Mets (Gee 4-3), 6:10 p.m.

Washington (Strasburg 7-8) at Miami (H.Alvarez 7-5), 6:10 p.m.

Atlanta (Harang 9-6) at L.A. Dodgers (Beckett 6-5), 9:10 p.m.

St. Louis (Lynn 11-7) at San Diego (T.Ross 9-10), 9:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Liriano 2-7) at San Francisco (Hudson 8-7), 9:15 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Colorado at Cubs, 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee at Tampa Bay, 11:10 a.m.

Philadelphia at N.Y. Mets, 11:10 a.m.

Arizona at Cincinnati, 11:35 a.m.

Washington at Miami, 11:40 a.m.

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

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

St. Louis at San Diego, 9:10 p.m.

Sunday’s Results St. Louis 1, Cubs 0 Washington 4, Cincinnati 2 Philadelphia 4, Arizona 2 Miami 4, Houston 2 N.Y. Mets 2, Milwaukee 0 Pittsburgh 7, Colorado 5 Atlanta 8, San Diego 3 L.A. Dodgers 4, San Francisco 3

Cubs’ Wada gets 1st MLB victory CHICAGO – Tsuyoshi Wada earned his first big league win, pitching seven strong innings Monday night as the Cubs defeated the Colorado Rockies, 4-1.

Anthony Rizzo drove in two runs to back Wada (1-1).

In only his third career start in the majors, Wada cut through the Colorado lineup, allowing one run and five hits. It was a far cry from his last outing, when he lasted four innings and gave up five runs in a loss to San Diego.

The sole blemish on Wada’s performance came in the sixth when the Rockies got three hits, capped

by Nolan Arenado’s RBI single.

The 33-year-old Wada won 107 games over nine seasons in Japan.

Pedro Strop worked out of a jam in the eighth inning and Hector Rondon worked a perfect ninth for his 13th save in 16 chances.

–Wire report

AUTO RACING

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Looking forward

Tuesday, July 29, 2014 • Page B3

2014 standings

Gordon eyes 5th Sprint Cup title

SPRINT CUP SERIES 1. Jeff Gordon .......................... 717 2. Dale Earnhardt Jr. ............. 693 3. Brad Keselowski................ 666 4. Matt Kenseth...................... 661 5. Jimmie Johnson................. 628 6. Kyle Busch.......................... 609 7. Ryan Newman ................... 606 8. Carl Edwards ..................... 603 9. Joey Logano........................ 591 10. Clint Bowyer .................... 577 11. Denny Hamlin................... 572 12. Kevin Harvick................... 565 13. Kyle Larson....................... 562 14. Austin Dillon..................... 559 15. Kasey Kahne..................... 555 16. Paul Menard...................... 551 17. Greg Biffle......................... 550 18. Brian Vickers.................... 532 19. Tony Stewart ................... 529 20. Marcos Ambrose............. 511 21. Jamie McMurray.............. 499 22. Aric Almirola.................... 496 23. AJ Allmendinger.............. 466 24. Martin Truex Jr................ 465 25. Kurt Busch ....................... 456 26. Casey Mears.................... 455 27. Ricky Stenhouse Jr. ........ 397 28. Danica Patrick................. 382 29. Justin Allgaier.................. 343 30. Michael Annett ............... 325 31. David Gilliland.................. 284 32. Cole Whitt........................ 282 33. David Ragan..................... 262 34. Reed Sorenson................ 245 35. Alex Bowman .................. 244 36. Josh Wise ......................... 239 37. Ryan Truex ........................ 145 38. Michael McDowell........... 138 39. Travis Kvapil ...................... 113 40. Terry Labonte..................... 77 41. Bobby Labonte .................. 54 42. Parker Kligerman.............. 54 43. Jeff Burton .......................... 51 44. Michael Waltrip ................ 48 45. Juan Pablo Montoya.......... 47 46. David Stremme.................. 43 47. David Reutimann ............... 37 48. Brett Moffitt ....................... 32 49. Timmy Hill........................... 22 50. Dave Blaney........................ 16

IN THE PITS Jenna Fryer

SPRINT CUP SERIES GoBowling.com 400 Race time: Noon Sunday Site: Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa TV: ESPN

NATIONWIDE SERIES U.S. Cellular 250 Race time: 7 p.m. Saturday Site: Iowa Speedway, Newton, Iowa TV: ESPN

CAMPING WORLD TRUCK SERIES Pocono Mountains 125 Race time: Noon, Saturday Site: Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa TV: FS1

Upcoming Sprint Cup schedule Sunday: GoBowling.com 400, Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, Pa Aug. 10: Cheez-It 355 at the Glen, Watkins Glen International, Watkins Glen, N.Y Aug. 17: Pure Michigan 400, Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Mich Aug. 23: Irwin Tools Night Race, Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tenn Aug. 31: August Atlanta Race, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, Ga Sept. 6: Federated Auto Parts 400, Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, Va Sept. 14: September Chicagoland Race, Chicagoland Speedway, Joliet Sep. 21: New Hampshire Motor Speedway, Sylvania 300, Loudon, N.H Sept. 28: AAA 400, Dover International Speedway Dover, Del.

INDIANAPOLIS – Long before Jimmie Johnson arrived on the NASCAR scene, Jeff Gordon was the fastest thing on wheels He was the “Wonder Boy” who racked up wins at a record place. He brought the southern sport to Madison Ave. and became such a household name that even rapper Nelly namedropped Gordon in a song Gordon won all the big races, collected four championships in seven years and had 58 victories before his 30th birthday Then his pace began to slow, the rest of the field caught up to him and Johnson moved into the Hendrick Motorsports shop as the new kid on the block. Gordon hasn’t won a title since, while Johnson has won five Now, 13 years after Gordon launched “The Drive for 5,” Gordon is on track to collect that elusive fifth title The Sprint Cup points leader won Sunday’s Brickyard 400, a race that often gives a preview of the championship.

Nine times in 21 years, the winner at Indianapolis Motor Speedway went on to hoist the Cup at the end of the year “If you can do it here, you can do it anywhere,” Gordon said after his NASCAR-record fifth win at Indy Gordon, a week shy of his 43rd birthday and often fighting an aching back, won on the 20th anniversary celebration of his first Brickyard victory.

It came on the day the Mayor of Indianapolis proclaimed “Jeff Gordon Day” and showed Gordon is trying to make 2014 his year Although he talked in January of retirement considerations, Gordon is reinvigorated and deeply committed to winning a title with his No. 24 team “You feel like you’ve kind of won all that you could win, you’ve won four champion-

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Jeff Gordon celebrates by slapping the yard of bricks after winning the NASCAR Brickyard 400 on Sunday at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. ships, then a guy like Jimmie Johnson comes along and starts dominating, you kind of lose the motivation,” Gordon said But he is inspired by the work ethic and dedication of crew chief Alan Gustafson, and fears being “the weak link” of the race team. He also is motivated to share his success with wife, Ingrid, and their two young children. Gordon married Ingrid in 2006 and the couple quickly added a girl, Ella, and a boy, Leo, to the family “It’s pushed me to give more, do more, work harder,” he said. “Ingrid has never experienced a championship. I told her ‘Hey, I know you want to know what it’s like to win a championship. Well, there’s a big commitment that it takes.’

She’s like ‘Whatever it takes.’

“That’s the kind of year that we’re having. We’re just putting everything we possibly can into it.”

It’s going take everything Gordon has to win this Chase for the Sprint Cup championship, the first under a winnertake-all, elimination round

format A model of consistency all season long with 14 top-10 finishes in 20 races, the slate will be wiped clean come September. Gordon will have to be aggressive and out front to make it through the three elimination rounds. If he is one of the four drivers to advance all the way to the Homestead finale, the title will go to the best driver in the fastest car on one day only That could be Gordon, if he drives anything like he did at Indy Although he’s struggled with restarts for several years, and did most of Sunday, he finally nailed one when he needed it most A late caution gave him one shot at taking the lead away from teammate Kasey Kahne, and he figured a perfect strategy as they headed toward the green flag. Kahne had given Gordon the outside lane, and he knew if he was alongside Kahne in the corner, he’d be able to hold him down and loosen Kahne’s car “I treated him like a competitor at that point. He might

not have liked it,” Gordon said. “When it comes down to the end of a race, we’re here to win.”

The victory was the 90th of Gordon’s career, and he’s just the third driver to hit that mark. Although it was once believed he might chase Richard Petty’s record of 200 wins, David Pearson’s 105 is suddenly in reach depending on how long Gordon wants to stay in his Chevrolet Pearson’s total is a long way away for Gordon, but the championship is suddenly very near. His win in May at Kansas was motivating for driver and crew, but the win at Indy on Sunday convinced them all the title is a very real possibility “It’s certainly a huge confidence boost for this team. We recognize the significance of this,” he said. “I don’t know if we believed we were capable of winning this championship this year, truly believed it. We do now.”

SPRINT CUP WINNERS 1. Brad Keselowski ..................... 3 1. Jimmie Johnson ...................... 3 3. Carl Edwards........................... 2 3. Jeff Gordon.............................. 2 3. Dale Earnhardt Jr.................... 2 3. Joey Logano ............................ 2 3. Kevin Harvick.......................... 2 8. Aric Almirola........................... 1 8. Kurt Busch .............................. 1 8. Kyle Busch .............................. 1 8. Denny Hamlin......................... 1 NATIONWIDE SERIES 1. Chase Elliott ........................ 678 2. Regan Smith ....................... 674 3. Elliott Sadler ....................... 667

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He’s different from everyone else in the family.

Is being a klutz genetic? Is it permanent? He’s not doing well academically, either.

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Another way to help would be to have him examined

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I seldom trade bites with my boyfriend because I don’t eat meat and he usually orders something I don’t want.

Some nights we cook our own separate meals, and he still asks to try mine (even though he’s a better cook than I am).

Abby, how can I say no without looking or feeling selfish and rude? I just want to enjoy my entire meal without hearing, “Can I have a bite?” – Pet Peeve In Portland Dear Pet Peeve: Many people regard sharing food to be an

act of intimacy. Because it makes you uncomfortable, all you have to do is say, “I’d prefer not to.” If these folks are friends, they must know how you feel about this by now.

And as for your boyfriend, I can’t help but wonder why he would persist in doing something that he knows annoys you unless he’s doing it to tease you.

Dear Abby: Are night owls born or raised to stay up late?

Can a night owl successfully become a morning lark? – Tired Night Owl in Ottawa Dear Tired Night Owl: Night owls are usually born that way, but the pattern can be

changed. If it creates problems for you, you may have a condition called “delayed sleep phase disorder.” The most effective way to find out if this is your problem would be to consult a sleep (disorder) specialist. Therapies are available, and a specialist can help you determine which one would be the best for you.

• Dear Abby is written

by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Write Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

Different cancers have different treatments Dear Dr. K: I was recently diagnosed with prostate cancer. My doctor says my cancer is slow-growing and that we should just monitor it for now. Why not treat it right away?

Dear Reader: I know this will sound odd, but cancer is not always bad for your health.

There are types of cancer that can cause no symptoms, that grow slowly (if at all) and that are unlikely to spread. There are types of cancer that you will never know you had. You will die with these cancers, but you won’t die from them.

Prostate cancer is a good example. Many men die with, but not from, prostate cancer. The autopsy shows tiny cancers in their prostate.

Sometimes, these cancers

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff can’t even be seen with the naked eye, but only under a microscope.

So while it’s natural to want to rid your body of cancer as quickly as possible, that’s not always the best option. If you get treatment for a cancer that never is going to harm you, then the treatment could be worse than the disease.

That’s why when a person is diagnosed with prostate cancer, the doctor tries to determine how likely it is to harm you. The doctor studies the piece of the cancer that

has been removed by the biopsy.

Traditionally, doctors have used something called the Gleason score to describe how aggressively your cancer is growing. The higher your Gleason score, the faster the cancer cells are multiplying.

Doctors also are starting to study which genes are turned on in the cancer. This is another way of estimating how aggressive the cancer will be.

Your doctor also has tried to determine if the cancer has spread and, if so, how far. This is called “staging” the cancer. Your prognosis is based on the stage of your cancer at the time of diagnosis. Your doctor has recommended having no treatments now, and just watching the

cancer closely with repeated tests. This means your tumor does not look aggressive, and there is no evidence that it has spread.

If you have a non-aggressive type of prostate cancer that has not spread, your age is a factor in deciding on treatment. The older you are, the more likely you are to die with but not from the cancer.

Slow-growing prostate cancers can take 15 to 20 years or more to grow. You’re more likely to die from another condition.

Even if your cancer is unlikely to harm you, why not just have surgery to take it out? Because surgery and some non-surgical treatments involve risks, such as erectile dysfunction and urinary

incontinence.

Men like you often choose active surveillance (also called “watchful waiting”).

This strategy involves monitoring the cancer closely and regularly. If the cancer advances or becomes more active, you can pursue more aggressive treatment.

On the other hand, if you tend to worry a great deal, you might prefer treatment to waiting and worrying – even if your tumor is slow-growing. Just be aware of the risks of treatment.

• Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Visit www.

AskDoctorK.com to send questions and get additional information.

Tomboys possess strong leadership qualities Dr. Wallace: I think my sister is too old to still be considered a tomboy by our family. She is 18 and all she seems to enjoy is competing athletically with her boyfriend and his buddies. Her boyfriend was a starter on our high school boys’ basketball team, and my sister was the high school girls’ basketball team’s best player.

Every weekend my sister and her boyfriend play basketball one-on-one in our driveway.

My sister usually wins.

During football season my sister plays flag football, again with her boyfriend and his friends. She can run, throw and catch the football better than most of the guys.

My sister has already been awarded a college scholarship to play basket-

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace ball. Our family would like my sister to dress up and look more like the beautiful young lady she really is. My mom doesn’t like her being a tomboy because she thinks it makes my sister seem unfeminine. Help! – Sister, Chicago, Illinois Sister: Your sister might be considered to be a tomboy, but there is nothing whatsoever that is “unfeminine” about tomboys.

Unfortunately, your parents see being a tomboy as a negative trait. Tell them not to fear!

Janet Hyde, a psychologist

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By EUGENIA LAST Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Spice up your life by making personal or domestic changes. Your living arrangements should make you feel upbeat and energetic, not depressed. Assert yourself in partnership situations, and look for ways to share your interests and concerns with the ones you love. Do your best to make a difference.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Favorable financial deals are imminent.

Your talents are in demand, and you will make some positive connections that will lead to new ideas, opportunities and a brighter future.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Stop spinning your wheels and make a move. Take stock of your current position, and consider where you want to be. You need a change, but only you can make that happen. Take action.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Your rivals may want to adopt your ideas as their own. Be secretive about your projects. The less they know about your plans, the greater your advantage.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Love is in the air. If you are in a committed relationship, find a way to show how much you care.

If you are single, this is a great day to meet someone new.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – A workplace situation will be unnerving. Keep your emotions under control, and be professional and more accepting of those around you. In the end, the changes made will benefit you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – No one expects you to know everything. Reach out to people with more experience in areas that interest you. The more you learn, the more perceptive you will become.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Invest in your talents. Financial rewards are one thing, but you must be able to make money without selling your soul. Your knack for spotting trends is likely to improve your cash flow.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Don’t let people walk all over you.

If you are not feeling fulfilled in your current situation, consider moving on. Constant frustration and anxiety are not healthy.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – You will meet a potential business partner today. The time is right to look into a new field or position. Check out local job websites for inspiration.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Time spent with your family will increase substantially if you are able to turn a hobby into a lucrative business. Consider which market will best highlight your skills.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Someone around you is likely to be argumentative. Stay out of the line of fire. Do some gardening or another outdoor activity until the situation calms down.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – By attending a career workshop or seminar, you are likely to meet up with someone who will help you develop your ideas. This will prove to be a valuable tool for improving your job prospects.

at Bowling Green University in Ohio, points out that research shows that most tomboys have strong leadership qualities. When they mature into women, they often enter into exciting careers such as space exploration and scientific research. Most tomboys become self-assured, well-adjusted women.

Dr. Wallace: I’m 18 and my brother is 19. He is a super brother and I love him very much. I graduated from high school in June and my brother has finished his first year at Arizona State University.

Over the Fourth of July holiday, our dad announced to me in front of my brother at a picnic that he isn’t my blood brother. My parents adopted him at birth. My brother has known this for

8SUDOKU

a long time. He was told on his 14th birthday, but my parents made him promise that he wouldn’t tell me. My brother kept his promise.

This news has left me in total shock. Of course I love him very much, but it does make me see him differently.

I’m extremely upset with my parents for keeping this family secret from me for so long. I am now a young woman, not a child. I should have been told of this family secret a long time ago.

I am amazed that they kept me in the dark about my brother being adopted.

My parents wonder why I’m making such a big deal about something so small. Well, if it was such a small thing, why didn’t they share that “small” bit of family infor-

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mation with me?

Do you see this obvious blunder as something small and think I’m making a big deal out of nothing? – Sister, Scottsdale, Arizona Sister: Your parents made a serious blunder! You should have been informed that your brother was adopted at the same time your brother was informed.

But don’t allow this to ruin your relationship with your parents. They are human, and I believe they made a mistake. Leave it at that!

• Although Dr. Robert Wallace is unable to reply to all letters individually, he will answer as many as possible in this column. Email him at rwallace@galesburg. net.

8CROSSWORD

Rightly or wrongly, go for a game Isaac Asimov said, “It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.”

Some bridge experts are known for making unusual bids. Then, even when they produce an obvious call, opponents tend to assume that they were being “clever.”

In this deal, which occurred during a social game, look at the South hand. After two passes, East opens one club. What is the “obvious” call for South?

East’s opening bid would not meet with universal agreement. Since partner is a passed hand, game is unlikely.

There is a good case for opening one heart (or one spade).

Yes, partner will expect a five-card suit, but if West ends on lead, he is more likely to find a good choice than after a one-club opening.

I think South should overcall three no-trump. Yes, it looks weird with those major-suit holdings, but he has eight winners. A dummy worth its salt will add a ninth.

And a slam is unlikely opposite a passed partner.

If South bids three notrump and it is passed out, what should West lead?

Unless South is being subtle, he has a long, solid minor and is ready for a club lead.

West should choose a major, presumably a heart.

Note that the defenders can take the first eight tricks, four hearts and four spades. But after a minor-suit lead, South has 10 winners.

At the table, South passed over one club (often the right move when long and strong in opener’s suit), West responded one heart, East raised to two hearts, and then South overcalled three clubs. That was passed out and made with an overtrick.

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DIETARY AIDE DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center has part time positions available in our Dietary Department on the Day Shift (6:15am - 2:30pm).

Must be 16 years of age or older to apply.

Some weekends & holidays are required. Starting wage is $8.25 per hour.

Apply at:

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TRUCK MECHANIC

Flexible hours available, schedule varies. Benefits available.

Sanitation certificate a plus.

Apply in person: Barb City Manor 680 Haish Blvd, DeKalb, IL 60115 or call for more information: 815-756-8444, ask for Vickey

with experience & tools.

Call 815-895-2838

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NORTH AURORA MULTI FAMILY GARAGE SALE 908 Pinehurst Dr. July 31, August 1 and 2 from 9 am to 3 pm.

Large family sale. Furniture, art, jewelry, lots of girls clothes size 4 to 10, sports equip and home goods.

FARM HELP WANTED Full-time position on grain/cattle farm. Experience req. Email: midwestag2013@gmail.com

HAIRSTYLIST FT and PT positions available for Odeon Family Salon located in DeKalb.

Apply in person 811 West Lincoln Hwy. DeKalb, IL. Call: 815-764-9027 HOUSEKEEPERS Full-time positions available. Apply at: greenfieldsofgeneva.org/careers or apply in person at 0N801 Friendship Way, Geneva.

OFFICE MANAGER WANTED Duties include: Payroll, A/R, A/P, G/L, Union Reporting, Invoicing.

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Cat/Brown and Tan Stripes Very small, older, front declawed with white paws, lost Thurs, July 24 on Meadow Trail in DeKalb.

If found, please call 815-995-0686 HELP ME GET HOME! Indoor cat scooted out an open door in Ellen Oaks Genoa 7/15.

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LOCAL DRIVERS Join one of the leading producers of quality single-use foodservice products. We are currently looking for qualified applicants for the following position:

Local Drivers Driver will operate tractor/trailer to pick up/or deliver merchandise, do pre trip/post trip inspections of equipment, maintain driver logs and records, and unload/load merchandise.

Qualified applicants must have a CDL license, a good driving record, and have a minimum of 2 years tractor-trailer experience.

For immediate consideration please apply online at

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TC Transportation 815-459-5724

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STEEL TOE WORK BOOTS Brahma boots, black, size 9.

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20 cu.ft. upright Whirlpool Freezer, almond in color with smudge proof door. Good condition, $100.00.

You Haul. 815-754-2085 APPLIANCES- REFRIGERATOR, COMPACT, COLLEGE DORM SIZE, LIKE NEW $59.

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815-901-1407 Must see!

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TV 32” Insignia

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FOOD PROCESSOR Kitchen Living Master Food Processor. Never used, brand new. $10.

815-508-3553

Complete Bedroom Set - Off white laminate. Dresser w/mirror, chest of drawers, 2 night stands, full size mattress & boxspring $100 815-751-3531 Couch & Loveseat – Excellent Condition. Neutral Background Floral Pattern. $35 815-757-2750

DR Table & Chairs, Mission Style $475. Large, brown chair, $125.

Queen size bedroom set, $275.

End table, $100 and entertainment center, $30 + stain glass, $100.

815-895-6119 FURNITURE MUST GO! 5 piece dark brown dining room set. $35. oak bookcase $25. black futon $15. All items sold as is. Call Stephen (815) 793 8699 for details

Clothing ~ Women's Tops

Good condition, size 1X & 2X, 50 tops altogether, $2 & $3/each.

Hampshire Area. 847-830-9725

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815-508-3553 SUITCASE Pull-behind suitcase, 30 inches tall, black, like new. $20.

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Antique Farm Wagon Great for yard decoration - $300.

815-286-3502 8am-8pm MOWER Craftsman rear wheel drive mower.

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Chair, Powerlift chair

SLIDE - Little Tikes Large Slide With Option To Hook Hose To That Has A Sprinkler & Water Goes Down Slide, Teal Green Slide With Purple Steps, In Nice Shape, $50, DeKalb.

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NEON LIGHT Coors Light – Neon beer light. $150. 815-508-3553

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815-739-1953.

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

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CAR COVERS $35 Call anytime 815-784-2857 CLEATS SHOES Boys Men's Nike Size 5.5, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

COFFEE MAKER K-Cups, Nescafe Dolce Gusto Nescafe, like new! Paid $200, sell for $65. Hampshire Arae 847-830-9725 Diodora Cleats Shoes Boy's Men's - Size 8, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 JACKET Car Hartt black winter jacket size 40 tall. Fair condition, $15.

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Twin size comforter, with dark flowers, $30. 815-495-9571 SHOES - Adidas Everyday Shoes Boy's Men's Size 7.5, $5.

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DEKALB ~ 1 BEDROOM Available July/Aug. Close to NIU, Free heat & water, quiet lifestyle. Varsity Square Apts.

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Appl, a/c, laundry, water/garbage included + extra storage.

815-751-0480

FOR SALE – MOVING NOW!

FOR SALE: SYCAMORE

2200 sq. ft. of finished living area 3 bedrm, 2 full bathrm, fireplace, huge kitchen (stainless steel appliances), finished basement (incl in sq ft), plus huge workshop/storage area, fenced yard.

LOOKING TO START A BUSINESS? LOOKING FOR A GREAT PLACE TO EXPAND YOUR BUSINESS? LOOKING FOR A GREAT PLACE FOR STORAGE? APPROX 22000 SQ FT BLDG & 1 ACRE OF LAND. PRICED AT $17.93/SQ FT. GREAT PRICE!

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

3 BEDROOM HOME FOR $104.000 WOW!!!!

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Nothing to do BUT MOVE IN! Fenced Yard, Deck, 2.5 Garage.

All appliances stay.

GREAT ROADS – EASY TOLLWAY ACCESS BIG HOUSE ON HALF ACRE OF LAND COUNTRY WITH A VIEW.

CALL ME: NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

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2 Bench Top Table Saws 10" Harbor Freight w/ Manual, Accessories, Good Shape, $90 w/ Stands, $60 w/o Stands, Sycamore, 815-762-0382

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DEKALB - POSH Furnished Room for single female. Cable/Wi-fi/util & laundry facilities incl. $400/mo.

Please call 630-518-1432

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, July 29, 2014.)

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Cortland - Industrial Park 2500 Sq Ft of Offices and Warehouse space, close to I-88.

14ft garage door, newly remodeled office, $1100. Call Mark MWG Prop. 815-739-6084

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

Call for details, Agent Owned.

815-756-2359 Or 815-758-6712

Waterman ~ Newly Renovated

Business Property, 200 Sq Ft. With bath and back room for storage. Agent Owned, call Linda 815-739-9582

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT.

Sycamore. 22X29' Shop/Storage 9' overhead door. $400/mo. Heat & Electric incl.

J&A RE 815-970-0679

Washer & dryer, central air, fireplace, exercise center.

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

Laing Mgmt.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600

DEKALB OFFICE FOR RENT Locust St. 380 sq ft. $475 plus utilities.

815-758-2632 Why not have it delivered?

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Sycamore – (2 Units) 1 upper $850, 1 lower $875, electric, gas & water included., 815-739-7665 Brad.

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING On Annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance of Sandwich Public Library District Notice is hereby given to the Public that on August 12, 2014, at the hour of 6:00 P.M. at the Sandwich Public Library, 107 E Center St, Sandwich, Illinois, a public hearing will be held on the annual Budget and Appropriation Ordinance for the Sandwich Public Library District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 and ending June 30, 2015. Any person interested in said budget and ordinance may be present at said time and place and may be heard in regard to the budget and ordinance. The tentative budget is now on file with the Secretary of the Board of Trustees, Sandwich Public Library District, at the Library office and may be reviewed upon request prior to said hearing by the Public.

B.J. Cryer, Secretary,

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Board of Education of School District Number 429, in the Counties of DeKalb, Kane and Kendall, State of Illinois, that the tentative budget for said School District for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2014 will be on file and conveniently available to public inspection at the Office of the Superintendent, 700 East Lincoln Highway, Route 30, Hinckley, Illinois in the School District from and after 8:00 o¡Çclock a.m. on the 28th day of July, 2014. Notice is further given of a public hearing on said budget will be held at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 in the Hinckley-Big Rock High School Library/Media Center, with action for final adoption of the 2014-2015 budget scheduled for Wednesday, September 24, 2014 during the regular meeting of the Board of Education.

(Published in the Daily Chronicle, July 28, 29 & 30, 2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE LOOKING FOR DBE'S! Curran Contracting Company is seeking IDOT approved DBE subcontractors, suppliers, & trucking companies for the 08/01/2014 IDOT letting!

Plans & Specs are available at www.dot.state.il.us or email estimating@ currancontracting.com (815) 455-5100 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, July 17, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29 & 30, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: KATHERINE MENDIOLA, individually and on behalf of her minor children OLIVIA ESPERANZA MENDIOLA, SERGIO MATEO MENDIOLA, ROXANA LUCIA MENDIOLA and JORGE LUIS MENDIOLA, JR. FOR CHANGE OF NAME to KATHERINE MUNOZ, OLIVIA ESPERANZA MUNOZ, SERGIO MATEO MUNOZ, ROXANA LUCIA MUNOZ and JORGE LUIS MUNOZ

SYCAMORE - PRIME LOCATION 1 Bedroom, Full Kitchen Close to everything !

1711 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore $690/mo. 815-501-9748

PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on August 6, 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, Katherine Mendiola will file her petition requesting that her children's names and her name be changed fromKATHERINE MENDIOLA, OLIVIA ESPERANZA MENDIOLA, SERGIO MATEO MENDIOLA, ROXANA LUCIA MENDIOLA and JORGE LUIS MENDIOLA, JR. to KATHERINE MUNOZ, OLIVIA ESPERANZA MUNOZ, SERGIO MATEO MUNOZ, ROXANA LUCIA MUNOZ and JORGE LUIS MUNOZ 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.

Katherine Mendiola 11450 Chicago Road Waterman, IL 60556 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, July 15, 22, 29, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE CITY OF GENOA, ILLINOIS NOTICE TO BIDDERS 1. TIME AND PLACE OF OPENING BIDS Sealed proposals for the Hadsall Street and Village Green Roadway Pavement Improvements for the City of Genoa, DeKalb County, Illinois, will be received by the City Council, City of Genoa, at the City Hall until 10:00 A.M., local time, August 12, 2014, and at that time publicly opened and read.

2. DESCRIPTION OF WORK The proposed improvement consists of 1270 SY of asphalt surface removed, 527 SY of pavement patching, 760 Tons of 2" hot mix asphalt surface course, and other miscellaneous work items.

Sycamore 2BR Ranch Duplex No pets/smoking, $650/mo + utilities + security, 1 year lease.

Agent Owned 630-204-6476

Sycamore Quiet Upper 2BR 1 bath, W/D, no pets/smoking. $700/mo + 1st, last security.

815-501-1378

3. INSTRUCTIONS TO BIDDERS All pertinent documents may be examined at the office of the City Clerk, City of Genoa, 333 E. First St., Genoa, Illinois or at the office of Scheflow Engineers, A Professional

CORTLAND / DEKALB 3 Beds, 1.5 Baths, 2 car garage $1125/mo. + Deposit.

Available Now. 815-764-9454

Engin Corporation, 1814 Grandstand Place, Elgin, Illinois 60123.

Copies of Specifications, Proposal, Contract Documents and Plans may be obtained from the Engineer, Scheflow Engineers, A Professional Corporation, 1814 Grandstand Place, Elgin, Illinois 60123, upon receipt of $30.00, non?refundable. Plus $10.00 for mailing if requested.

4. WAGE RATES The minimum wage rates to be paid for laborers and mechanics engaged in the project shall be as determined by the Secretary of Labor.

5. SEXUAL HARASSMENT POLICY Each bidder shall adopt a written sexual harassment policy pursuant to ILCS 5/2-105 (1992).

6. BID SECURITY All proposals must be accompanied by a bid bond, a certified check, a bank cashier's check or a bank draft payable to the City Treasurer, City of Genoa, for $10,000.00 as provided for in the Instructions to Bidders.

7. REJECTION OF BIDS The City Council reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technicalities.

Published upon order of the City Clerk of the City of Genoa, Illinois.

Dated July 14, 2014 /s/ Douglas J. Johnson DeKalb County Clerk & Recorder (Published in the Daily Chronicle, July 15, 22 & 29, 2014.)

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PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on July 14, 2014 a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of DeKalb County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as ROBINSON & ROBINSON ENTERPRISES located at 203 Tilton Park Drive, DeKalb, IL 60115.

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CORTLAND- 4BR 2.5bath Condo w/appl. & 2 car gar. 1350/mo, renter pays util. 1st+last due at sign.

No smoking/pets. 815-501-5217

DEKALB ~ NEWER 3BR TH

The Knolls Sub, 3BA, appl, W/D. Fin bsmt, garage, no pets/smoking. $1350/mo.

630-781-8047 Dekalb: 2 BR, 1.5 bath condo, hardwood floors, 2 car garage, appliances stay. No smoking, Move-in ready.

Call 815-899-7551

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Sycamore LARGE 2BR twnhome W/D, Gar. $950-1200 TOWNSEND MANAGEMENT 815-787-7368

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Sycamore TH Like New 2BR Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.

No pets.

815-758-0123

Cortland 89 W. George Ave. 2BR, 1BA, W/D in bsm, pets OK, Sect 8 OK, $850/mo + util + 1st, sec, ref. Agent 630-688-0119

CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX

Bsmt, appl, W/D hook-up, garage.

No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439 ELECTRIC PARK 3 bedroom, finished basement, attached garage. Appliances furnished. $900/mo. includes water/sewer. 1st, last, security.

Sycamore schools. 815-953-7646.

Syc. Near North School 2 bed, gar, bsmt, A/C, all appl, Very Clean no pets/smkg $800/mo+1st.last, sec. 815-517-1018 leave msg.

Sycamore - 2BR, 1BA Duplex Full basement, C/A, 1-car garage, appliances + D/W & W/D. No pets/smoking. $855/mo + sec.

815-895-6747

DEKALB 3BR 2.5BA RANCH 2400 sq ft, in-law suite in bsmt.

Beautiful home, $1750/mo, available 8/5. 815-758-6580 DeKalb 4BR, 2 car gar, big yard, $1195. 3BR, DR, garage, $1025.

3BR, 1.5BA, big garage, $1200.

815-762-4730

Genoa 3 Bedroom Ranch

Charming, rustik with fireplace.

Stove, refrig, $975 + 1st , last sec.

Near GMS 815-762-3240

KINGSTON ~ 2 BEDROOM

Appliances, no pets/smoking, $650/mo + security, available 8/1.

815-975-4601 MALTA 3BR 2BA HOME 1,200/MO 506 S 1st St Malta Great family home with big yard. 2 car grg. C/A. f, avail mid- late Aug. Eric (815) 501-9577 Newer 3 BR, 2 BA, 2-car garage, fireplace, basement, washer-dryer, Sycamore schools. $1000/month.

Call 815-758-5000 Sandwich Waterfront Lake Holiday 3BR,1 car gar. W/D hkup, fireplace pets OK. $1,275,avail now.

773-510-3643 ~ 815-509-7975 Sycamore, 4 bedroom 1.5 bath, Lg. corner lot, 1 car garage, $1250/mo + 1st. Last & sec.

Avail 9-1, 815-895-6901

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Call Charles H. Johnson Law 1-800-535-5727

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POSTAGE STAMP SHOW Free Admission Lindner Conference Center, 610 E. Butterfield Rd. Lombard, IL August 9 & 10 Hours: 10am-4 pm Buy-Sell-Appraise For more info: www.msdastamp.com

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