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DeKalb officials to get results of rate study by year’s end

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@shawmedia.com DeKALB – By the end of this year, city of DeKalb leaders should know what repairs their water system needs and whether water rates need to change to pay for those repairs.

The city will pay engineering firm Burns and McDonnell almost $48,000 to complete a water system master plan that will include a review of the city’s water infrastructure, giving officials an idea of what will need to be replaced.

The firm also will review the city’s water rates to see if they can support system operations and capital projects.

“They may be sufficient,” said Bryan Faivre, assistant director of public works. “The fact that we’re doing a water study does not mean we’re raising rates.”

The city annually increases rates based on the consumer price index. The last increase above that was in 2011, when the city increased water rates by 10 percent, Faivre said.

Residents currently pay $3.10 cents per unit, plus a $15 quarterly water service fee. An average family of four pays about $30 a month for water, Faivre said.

The fees pay to support the city’s water distribution system, including 177 miles of water mains. Faivre said the city has up to 60 water main breaks a year and that more than half of the city’s water mains are more than 50 years old “At some point that is going to need to be addressed,” Faivre said. “As to when they get replaced is up for debate.”

The city’s water fund is an enterprise fund, meaning its revenues have to support operations. At the end of the fiscal year that started July 1, the water fund is expected to have $5.5 million in revenue and $5.6 million in expenses, with the deficit being covered by reserves.

The firm is doing the rate study in conjunction with a water master plan, which Public Works Director T.J. Moore said would be an update to one completed in 2006.

Consultants will give the city an idea of what needs to be fixed in the next 15 years, how much those repairs will cost and if water rates need to change to support those capital projects.

When the consultants complete their study, they will present the findings to the City Council. Moore said he expected that presentation to happen near the end of the year.

“I would really like to have a plan that helps us prepare for the future,” Moore said.

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Northern Illinois University architect Belinda Roller explains July 23 how the “pup” bus route demanded the widening of some sidewalks around campus and in front of Neptune Hall East to allow for both pedestrian and electric bus traffic during a tour of the campus construction. NIU expects the first “pup” bus to arrive shortly and will start a continuous route from the student recreation center to Holmes Student Center. BELOW: Stevens Hall sits partially exposed July 23 after demolition of the majority of the 51-year-old building that houses performing arts. The theater still stands. NIU expects to have the new Stevens Hall completed by June 15, 2016.

Campus construction sites

Some NIU projects will be ready this fall

Northern Illinois University projects and expected completion dates n Huskie Pup route: Sept. 1 n Lucinda Avenue bikeway: Sept. 1 n Holmes Student Center transit plaza work: Sept. 1 n Douglas Hall demolition and road work: June 1, 2015 n Stevens Building renovation: June 15, 2016

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com DeKALB – Northern Illinois University students can expect the sounds of hammering, sawing and trucks passing by when they return to campus next month.

NIU officials plan to spend about $3 million – twice as much as usual – on campus construction this summer, partially in hopes of making campus more comfortable for students, from adding a tram service to demolishing

Source: Northern Illinois University

On the Web: To view a map of construction projects on the campus of Northern Illinois University, visit See PROJECTS, page A4

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Israel intensifies strikes against Hamas sites At least 128 Palestinians killed in bloodiest period of 22-day conflict

By IBRAHIM BARZAK and YOUSUR ALHLOU The Associated Press GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Israel unleashed its heaviest air and artillery assault of the Gaza war on Tuesday, destroying key symbols of Hamas control, shutting down the territory’s only power plant and leaving at least 128 Palestinians dead on the bloodiest day of the 22-day conflict.

Despite devastating blows that left the packed territory’s 1.7 million people cut off from power and water and sent the overall death toll soaring past 1,200, Hamas’ shadowy military leader remained defiant as he insisted that the Islamic militants would not cease fire until its demands are met.

The comments by Moham-

med Deif in an audiotape broadcast on a Hamas satellite TV channel cast new doubt on international ceasefire efforts. Aides to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said Egypt was trying to bring Israeli and Palestinian delegations together in Cairo for new talks in which Hamas would be presented this time as part of the Palestinian team.

Israel’s final objective in Gaza remained unclear a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Israelis to be prepared for a “prolonged” war.

AP Photo Netanyahu is under pressure from hawkish mem- Smoke and fire rises Tuesday from the explosion of an Israeli strike over Gaza City. Israel escalated its bers of his coalition to topple military campaign against Hamas on Tuesday, striking symbols of the group’s control in Gaza and firing Hamas in an all-out offensive, tank shells that shut down the strip’s only power plant in the heaviest bombardment in the fighting so

far. The plant’s shutdown was bound to lead to further serious disruptions of the flow of electricity and water to Gaza’s 1.7 million people.

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8DAILY PLANNER Today 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. 800-452-7990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

New Beginnings AA(C): 10 a.m. at 120 Main St., Kingston. 800-4527990; www.dekalbalanoclub.com.

Kishwaukee Kiwanis: 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Hopkins Park Community Room in DeKalb. www.

KishKiwanis.org; email Amy Polzin at APolzin87@yahoo.com.

Sycamore Rotary Club: Noon at Blumen Gardens, 403 Edward St., Sycamore.

24 Hour A Day Brown Bag AA(C): 12:05 p.m. at Newman Center, 512 Normal Road, DeKalb.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Chess Game Play: 6 to 8 p.m. at Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St., Sycamore. Free, open chess game play. All ages and skill levels are welcome. info@ dekalbchess.com or visit www.

DeKalbChess.com.

North Avenue Pass It On AA(C): 6:30 p.m. at North Avenue Baptist Church, 301 North Ave., Sycamore.

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

Narcotics Anonymous: 7 to 8 p.m. at United Church of Christ, 615 N. First St., DeKalb. 815-964-5959. www.rragsna.org.

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators: 7 p.m. in the lower level conference room at DeKalb Public Library, 309 Oak St. Visitors are welcome to the free monthly meetings. Email dekalbscbwi@yahoo.com.

Bingo Night: 7:15 p.m. at Sycamore Veterans Club. 121 S. California St. 815-895-2679.

Kishwaukee Concert Band rehearsals: 7:30 to 9 p.m. at Huntley Middle School, South Seventh and Taylor streets in DeKalb. No auditions necessary. The band is open to wind or percussion instrumentalists age 18 and older. 815-899-4867 or 815-825-2350.

Celebration Chorale practices: 8 p.m. Wednesdays at First United Methodist Church, 321 Oak St., DeKalb. Singers are invited. For information, call Sally at 815-7396087.

Hopefuls AA(C): 8 p.m. at DeKalb Area Alano Club, 312 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. 800-452-7990; www. dekalbalanoclub.com.

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

Weekly Ladies’ Brunch: 8 a.m. at Fox Valley Community Center, 1406 Suydam Road, Sandwich. Cost is $4 for food, conversation and bottomless cups of coffee or tea.

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

Feed My Sheep Food Pantry: 10 a.m. to noon at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 1915 N. First St., DeKalb. All are welcome.

Take Off Pounds Sensibly: 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. weigh-in and 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. meeting, Sycamore United Methodist Church, 160 Johnson Ave. Call Lydia Johnson at 815-895-4618.

Open Closet: 5 to 7 p.m. at 300 E. Taylor St., DeKalb. Clothes and shoes for men, women and children.

815-758-1388.

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 815-970-3265.

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

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Vote online at Daily-Chronicle.com Asana co-founders Dustin Moskovitz (left) and Justin Rosenstein pose April 3 at the company’s headquarters in San Francisco.

Asana peddles software that combines the elements of a communal notebook, social network, instant messaging application and online calendar to enable teams to share information and do most of their jobs without relying on email.

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Startup seeks escape from email The ASSOCIATED PRESS SAN FRANCISCO – Dustin Moskovitz is plotting an escape from email.

The 30-year-old entrepreneur has learned a lot about communication since he teamed up with his college roommate Mark Zuckerberg to create Facebook a decade ago, and that knowledge is fueling an audacious attempt to change the way people connect at work, where the incessant drumbeat of email has become an excruciating annoyance.

Moskovitz is trying to turn that chronic headache into an afterthought with Asana, a San Francisco startup he runs with former Facebook and Google product manager, Justin Rosenstein.

Asana peddles software that combines the elements of a communal notebook, social network, instant messaging application and online calendar to enable teams of employees to share information and do most of their jobs without relying on email.

“We are trying to make all the soul-sucking work that comes with email go away,” Rosenstein says as Moskovitz nods sitting across from him in a former brewery that serves as Asa-

na’s headquarters. “This came out of a deep, heartfelt pain that Dustin and I were experiencing, along with just about everyone around us.”

The misery keeps mounting in the corporate world, which remains an email haven. This year, each worker using a business email account will send and receive a daily average of 121 mail messages, a 15 percent increase from 105 per day in 2011, according to The Radicati Group, which tracks email usage.

In contrast, consumers have been weaning themselves from electronic inboxes and increasingly turning to digital alternatives such as Facebook, Twitter and mobile messaging.

More email translates to less productivity as workers spend more time weeding their inboxes and puzzling over convoluted exchanges among a hodgepodge of colleagues and managers scattered in various offices – or sometimes just a cubicle away. To exacerbate matters, vital pieces of business information are often corralled in a worker’s inbox instead of in a database that can be searched by anyone working on the same project.

If companies set up communications

channels that worked more like social networks, the amount of time workers could devote to other things would increase by about 8 percent each week, according to estimates from a study by the McKinsey Global Institute. Another 6 percent of the workweek would be freed up if the shift away from email could unlock more of the so-called “dark matter” hidden in individual inboxes, McKinsey estimates.

These are the problems Asana is trying to solve. Its bare-bones system, free to use for teams of up to 15 workers, is set up so information can be easily seen by anyone authorized by the company.

Asana hopes to make money by selling subscriptions to more sophisticated versions of its software that can accommodate larger groups of workers.

Moskovitz began working on what would turn into an early prototype for Asana while he was still at Facebook in late 2007. He had become frustrated with email’s shortcomings and set out to build a better alternative for managing Facebook’s projects. Before long, he was spending all his time figuring out how to escape email instead of managing Facebook’s engineers.

U.S. Senate to vote on highway, bridge funds force action on a longer-term solution, were expected to offer amendments.

And if any amendments passed, that would set up a showdown between the House and Senate on how to resolve the differences.

House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, declared his chamber would not accept any changes in the way transportation programs are paid for in its bill.

“I just want to make clear, if the Senate sends a highway bill over here with those provisions, we’re going to strip it out and put the House-passed provisions back in and send it back to the Senate,” he said.

By Friday, the federal Highway Trust Fund will no longer have enough money to cover promised aid to states, the Transportation Department says, and the government will begin to

stretch out payments. Congress has kept the trust fund teetering on the edge of bankruptcy since 2008 through a series of temporary fixes because lawmakers have been unable to find a politically acceptable, long-term funding plan. States have been warned to expect an average reduction of 28 percent in aid payments.

Without action from Congress, the balance in the fund is expected to drop to zero by late August or early September. And, separately, the government’s authority to spend money on transportation programs expires Oct. 1. Some states already have cut back on construction projects because of uncertainty over federal funding, and President Barack Obama and state and local officials have complained that the uncertainty over funding is costing jobs.

Lawsuit against Quinn back in court in October

return to court Oct. 22.

lodge, visitor center and picnic area also are open.

CHICAGO – A legal battle between an anti-patronage lawyer and Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration will return to federal court less than two weeks before voters will decide if they want to re-elect the Chicago Democrat.

Anti-patronage attorney Michael Shakman has – as part of a lawsuit – requested an investigation of hiring in Quinn’s Department of Transportation and a monitor to ensure the administration complies with bans on political hiring for nonpolitical jobs. Quinn’s attorneys argue the judge should reject the request because it would be detrimental to state officials’ duties of hiring workers.

During a brief hearing Tuesday, Magistrate Judge Sidney I. Schenkier gave attorneys time to file motions and told them to

Most Starved Rock trails still closed from storm damage

The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Racing to adjourn for the summer, the Senate scheduled major votes Tuesday on proposals to keep federal highway funds flowing across the nation – billions of dollars to avert layoffs for construction workers and shutdowns of road and bridge projects just before the November elections.

A smooth trip through the Senate was anything but guaranteed, and votes were expected to last into the night.

The House passed a $10.8 billion bill last week that would pay for highway and transit aid to states through the end of May 2015 at current spending levels, and the Senate was taking up that legislation. But some senators, complaining that the House version depended on budgetary gimmicks and wanting to

8STATE BRIEFS

Excavation finds courthouse where UTICA – A majority of the 13-mile trail sys- Abraham Lincoln worked

tem at Starved Rock State Park in northern Illinois remains closed because of significant storm damage that happened four weeks ago.

The park is waiting for an emergency contract to be awarded for tree removal, The Pantagraph reported. The damage includes limbs hanging dangerously overhead, branches littering the trails and falling trees.

Park Superintendent Mark McConnaughhay said hikers who ignore the closed trail signs are subject to fines of at least $120.

Trails at the top of Starved Rock and into French Canyon are open, as well as the trails at the east end of the park, leading to Ottawa, Kaskaskia and Illinois canyons. The

BLOOMINGTON – Archaeologists excavating near the McLean County Museum of History in Bloomington have unearthed part of the footprint of the 1836 courthouse where experts said Abraham Lincoln worked as an attorney.

The discovery happened Monday on the first day of two to three weeks of archaeological work before construction starts on a new entrance into a planned tourism center on the lower level of the history museum.

Museum executive director Greg Koos said the find represents “physical remains of an incredibly historical episode in McLean County.”

– Wire reports

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8CORRECTIONS The wrong time was given for an event that ran on page A8 of the July 15 edition of the Daily Chronicle.

Barnes & Noble in DeKalb will celebrate the Disney movie “Frozen” with a sing-along, craft and story time event, “Cool Off with Olaf,” at 7 p.m. Friday.

The Daily Chronicle regrets the error.

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Fundraising underway for dog park shelter

By KATIE DAHLSTROM kdahlstrom@nwherald.com DeKALB – When Jessica Rue and Kim Liker bring their three dogs to Katz Dog Park almost daily, they expect to see a group of dogs taking shelter underneath a picnic bench.

“A lot of the times it’s so hot here the dogs kind of herd under the table,” Liker said.

That’s because the playful pups have nowhere else to seek shade at the temporary dog park the DeKalb Park District created at an underused softball diamond.

But that could soon change.

With permission from park district officials, supporters of the dog park started a campaign on gofundme.com to

How to help Visit www.gofundme.com/bsx2pg to donate to help the Katz Dog Park pay for a shade structure.

raise $4,300 for a shade structure. So far, they have raised $1,500.

Dog park users approached the park board in June about adding a shade structure and other amenities to the offleash dog park because hot temperatures paired with a lack of shade or water could create dangerous conditions for dogs.

Among them was John Tobias, who runs the park’s Facebook page and started

the gofundme.com campaign.

He said the structure is about making sure dogs don’t overheat, but also about giving people a place to take shelter.

“Sometimes, when there’s inclement weather, dogs still want to go to the dog park,” Tobias said.

Tobias started the online fundraising drive after talking with Executive Director Jason Mangum, who explained although the park district recognizes how much the dog park is used, leaders hadn’t budgeted to spend any money on improving the temporary space.

However, adding a shaded area to the park would be possible, Mangum said, if dog park supporters were able to raise enough money and do-

Sycamore library launches goals, vision endeavor

Jessica Rue of DeKalb pets her dog, Eva, an 11-yearold Yorkshire terrier, Tuesday at Katz Park dog park in DeKalb.

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nate it to the park district.

Mangum, who also has allowed users to keep kid-sized pools at the park, said he’s happy that they are willing to come together to support a need the park district can’t meet.

“So far they’ve been really great stewards of that

Former Big Ray’s Drive In owner treated employees like family

By ANDREA AZZO aazzo@shawmedia.com

By JESSI HAISH jhaish@shawmedia.com SYCAMORE – Sarah Tobias hopes the Sycamore library’s strategic planning results in a sustainable, useful library for many years to come.

The library staff and board has been working on its strategic plan since March. Tuesday, the group met to discuss their draft, which includes the library’s proposed vision and goals.

Tobias, library executive director, said it was time for the library to come up with a strategic plan, as plans tend to last three to five years, and the last plan spanned 2008 through 2011. She said the library needed to get through its remodeling projects in 2012 before devoting efforts to a strategic plan.

“We’re really figuring out our vision, mission and how we plan to achieve our goals,” Tobias said.

The library has been working with facilitator Stacy Reynolds from Anchor Advisors to work through the process of creating a strategic

If you go n WHAT: Next Strategic Planning Session n WHEN: 8:30-10:30 a.m. Aug. 21 n WHERE: Sycamore Public Library, 103 E. State St.

plan draft. She was hired with a grant from the Roberts Family Foundation of Sycamore.

The library’s drafted goals include continuing to meet the needs and goals of the community, the library being used as a vital community pillar, having staff members who are passionate and excel in their roles, staff and board leading the library in fulfilling its vision, and the mayor, city council and city manager are partners to the library in ensuring it remains vital in the community.

Meeting attendees discussed the culture of the library and discussed tactics to ensure their goals are on track with their needs. Tobias said it’s important to think about how physical internal spaces in the library need to change

to meet the community needs.

She said quiet spaces within the library, like a study area, are something that’s been missing, but programs and events are of interest.

“Your culture is everything in terms of service,” Reynolds said. “A library is so much more than books. The purpose for a library is so much more than just getting a book.”

Jesse Butz, head of adult and info services, said the library has been on the forefront of many programs and events in the past, and it’s something the library should continue.

“Many people have no idea about the array of things we have here,” he said. “If they miss a year, it’s a completely different library when they come in.”

The group mentioned the absence of a Friends of the Library group, which has not existed for a few years. Staff members said it’s important to have fans of the library spreading the word about the library. The draft also considers evaluating becoming a district library one day.

DeKALB – A Chicago man accused of selling less than 15 grams of cocaine near a DeKalb park could face between six and 30 years in prison if convicted.

Sheldon A. Maze, 27, of the 9100 block of South Urban Avenue, was Sheldon charged with A. Maze unlawful delivery of a controlled substance within 1,000 feet of Welsh Park, unlawful delivery of a controlled substance and unlawful possession of a controlled substance. Welsh Park is at 651 Russell Road.

He is accused of selling cocaine July 15 to a confidential police source, DeKalb police detective Lt. Bob Redel said.

Police were able to recently arrest Maze, who was wanted for a couple of weeks, when he

showed up to the DeKalb County Courthouse for a different criminal case, Redel said.

Maze’s other pending criminal charges in DeKalb County include criminal trespass to a building, criminal trespass to land and multiple traffic offenses, court records show.

Maze’s bond was set at $350,000. He is next due in court Aug. 14.

– Andrea Azzo

DeKalb ‘Coffee with the Chief’ on Thursday DeKALB – DeKalb police Chief Gene Lowery wants residents to join him for a cup of coffee Thursday.

“Coffee With the Chief” will be from 7:30 to 9 a.m. Thursday at The Junction Eating Place, 816 W. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb, according to a DeKalb police news release. Residents can voice concerns about the community and ask questions while

DeKALB – Christel Springmire remembers Big Ray’s Drive In’s owners used to hide $1 bills under the cash register to encourage employees to clean there.

“They were freaks about keeping that place clean,” said Springmire, who started working there in 1973 at age 14. “It was incredible how clean that place was. We washed the windows every shift.”

Now the solid waste coordinator at DeKalb County Health Department, Springmire was a carhop at the drive-in that used to sit at 1420 E. Lincoln Highway in DeKalb for about three years.

She holds fond memories of

the drive-in Dorothy “Dot” Majcina owned for more than 30 years with her husband, Ray. Dot Majcina, 87, died Friday at Pine Acres Rehab & Living Center in DeKalb. The visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. today, with her funeral starting at 7 p.m.; both will be at Anderson Funeral Home, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb.

The couple moved the restaurant to Lincoln Highway so they could live right next door to where they worked, Springmire said. Big Ray’s sold root beers, pork sandwiches and had a catfish special every Friday, she said.

The business typically opened each April and closed on Columbus Day weekend, Springmire said.

Springmire described Dot Majcina as a quiet person who handled the money in the restaurant while her husband cooked. Business decreased with the popularity of air conditioning, Springmire said, ultimately leading to Big Ray’s being demolished in 2013.

Since the couple had no children of their own, they treated employees like family, Springmire said. Springmire remembered one instance where a customer made an inappropriate remark at her. Ray Majcina grabbed the man by the shirt and warned him not to treat his employees poorly, Springmire said.

“We always knew they loved us and took really good care of us,” Springmire said.

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8LOCAL BRIEFS Police: Chicago man sold cocaine near Welsh Park

get the shade structure once it has the donated money, Tobias hopes to have all the money raised within a couple weeks in time for heat in late August and September.

“We are really excited about the future of the dog park,” Tobias said. “We want to move forward with this.”

park and great to work with,” Mangum said.

Staff will buy and install the 400-square-foot structure, which Mangum selected. The metal structure will be anchored to the fence around the baseball diamond.

Because it will take a few weeks for the park district to

eating refreshments.

Local dental teams to offer free services DeKALB – Staff at DeKalb Dental Group and Family Dental Care of Sycamore will provide free dental services Aug. 22 as part of Free Dentistry Day. One free cleaning, filling or extraction will be provided per patient between 8 a.m. and 1 p.m. Aug. 22 at DeKalb Dental Group, 2707 Sycamore Road in DeKalb, according to a news release.

Patients must be 17 years old or older and will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis.

In addition, the dental teams will partner with Heartland Blood Center to host a blood drive that day at Fifth Third Bank, which is next to DeKalb Dental Group. For information, visit www.freedentistryday.org or call 815-756-4430.

– Daily Chronicle

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8STATE BRIEF State to ask voters about millionaires tax BERWYN – Gov. Pat Quinn has signed legislation allowing voters to weigh in on whether Illinois millionaires should pay more income tax.

The Democrat signed the proposal Tuesday.

It puts a nonbinding resolution on the November ballot to Pat Quinn gauge support for tacking a 3 percent surcharge on incomes over $1 million. House Speaker Michael Madigan – a Chicago Democrat – said it could raise $1 billion for education, or about $550 per student.

Madigan had wanted the idea proposed as a constitutional amendment. But he couldn’t garner the 71-vote supermajority it needed in the House to put the amendment before voters.

Critics say it aims to drive Democrats to the polls in a hotly-contested gubernatorial race between Quinn and wealthy Republican businessman Bruce Rauner.

– Wire report

NIU: Campus will be pleasant place to walk through In addition, the rehabilitation of the Stevens Building, where theater students typically are found, is underway.

The renovation is slated to include a new 200- to 400-seat auditorium with tiered seating and new teaching technology.

The expected completion of the project is June 2016, according to a list of construction projects on NIU’s website.

• PROJECTS Continued from page A1 Douglas Hall to extend Lucinda Avenue across campus.

Only 66 percent of freshmen from the 2012-13 school year returned as sophomores in the 2013-14 academic year, numbers NIU officials want to improve.

“Cost will be more than offset by the feeling that students are welcome,” said Bill Nicklas, NIU vice president for public safety and community relations. “If it helps with retention, it more than easily offsets the costs.”

Some of the projects stem from meetings in the Bold Futures workshops where NIU officials, community members and other stakeholders identified campus beautification as a priority to help NIU attract more students, Nicklas said.

Other projects include upgrading aging electric infrastructure and improving energy efficiency.

About half of the construction expenditures are for projects formulated in the Bold Futures workshops, Nicklas said. Those include moving the bus terminal from the west to the east side of the Holmes Student Center, adding a bike path along Lucinda Avenue,

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Horacio Hernandez, with Joe Cooling & Sons, uses a plate compactor July 23 as he smooths the sidewalk on the bridge in front of Cole Hall on the campus of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb. redesigning the student center cul-de-sac, trimming trees, removing vegetation and upgrading lights.

“It’s just going to be a more pleasant place to walk through and gather,” Nicklas said.

DOUGLAS HALL AND STEVENS BUILDING Perhaps the biggest planned project – the demolition of the five-story Douglas Hall – is just getting started. NIU’s Board of Trustees approved the $4.5 million plan in March to make Lucinda into the east-west thoroughfare throughout campus.

NIU officials had hoped to

8OBITUARIES John Jr., Vinny, Jack, Dylan, Kalob, August and Lincoln; one sister, Linda Bunge of Wisconsin, and her children, Todd (Elizabeth), Sean and Jodi (Bill).

He was preceded in death by his parents; and one grandson, Joseph.

His funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 244 Waterman St., Sycamore, with the Rev. Paul Lipinski celebrating. Burial will be in Elmwood Cemetery, Sycamore. The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at Butala Funeral Home and Crematory in Sycamore.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Kish Health Systems Hospice in care of Butala Funeral Home, 1405 DeKalb Ave., Sycamore, IL 60178.

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MILDRED G. ‘MILLIE’ WICKSTROM Born: Aug. 30, 1920, in Chicago Died: July 29, 2014, in DeKalb, Illinois DeKALB – Mildred Grace “Millie” Wickstrom, 93, of DeKalb, Illinois, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2014, at DeKalb County Rehab & Nursing Center, DeKalb.

Born Aug. 30, 1920, in Chicago, the daughter of John and Grace (Wolke) Anderson, Millie married Harry Wickstrom on April 24, 1938, in Chicago.

Millie was a longtime member of Windsor Park Lutheran Church in Chicago. For almost the last 20 years, she was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church in DeKalb.

She is survived by her sons, Dave of Cortland and Dennis (Peggy) of Onekama, Michigan; grandchildren, Tessa, Michael and Dean Wickstrom of DeKalb; great-granddaughters, Tessa Grace and Ella, both of DeKalb; sister, Gladys Rossow of Tinley Park; and numerous nieces, nephews and friends.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Harry; and a brother, Richard Anderson.

The visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Thursday, July 31, at Anderson Funeral Home, DeKalb. The funeral service will be at 3 p.m. Friday, Aug. 1, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 511 Russell Road, DeKalb, with the Rev. Ray Krueger officiating. Burial will follow in Fairview Park Cemetery, DeKalb.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to Immanuel Lutheran Church to be used to help spread the Gospel of the Lord, via the Mildred G. “Millie” Wickstrom Memorial Fund, sent in care of Anderson Funeral Home, P.O. Box 605, 2011 S. Fourth St., DeKalb, IL 60115.

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complete the demolition project by November, but Nicklas said the start of demolition has been delayed until October because state bodies had to review the project before it began. Crews currently are removing asbestos throughout the 51-year-old building. Demolition of the building will be done in stages rather than all at once.

After the demolition, crews will pave that portion of Lucinda using the remnants of the Douglas Hall building itself.

Road work will be completed in spring or summer 2015, NIU spokesman Paul Palian said.

University officials also are paving way for the Huskie Pup, an electronic tram service that will take small groups of students from the area around the recreation center to the area near the Holmes Student Center.

Construction crews are trying to use existing sidewalks for the tram service, and if all goes well, they plan to offer additional rides throughout campus, said Belinda Roller, NIU architect on the project.

A portion of the 10-foot sidewalk just west of the Martin Luther King Jr. Commons area will be widened to 18 feet to make room for the Huskie Pup, Roller said.

“It’s very lightweight. This is more like a large golf cart,” she said. “I anticipate the sidewalks should be fine. Our maintenance cars drive there all the time.”

Volunteer: ‘Tanks were firing in all directions and shrapnel was flying’ • ISRAEL Continued from page A1 but has not let on whether he plans to go beyond destroying Hamas rocket launchers, weapons depots and military tunnels used to infiltrate Israel and smuggle weapons.

Dozens of Israeli airstrikes and heavy tank shelling hit areas across Gaza, which was plunged into complete darkness Tuesday night after a strike on its sole power plant set a fuel tank ablaze.

In the sprawling Jebaliya refugee camp in northern Gaza, at least 24 people – 10 of them from the same family – were killed and dozens wounded in a barrage of tank fire, Hamas health officials said.

“Tanks were firing in all directions and shrapnel was flying,” said Moussa al-Mabhouh, a volunteer for Gaza’s Civil Defense. “Smoke was rising from houses and from nearby workshops.”

In one incident, shrapnel from a strike in Jebaliya hit near a car with U.N. markings, killing an employee of a U.N. aid agency and his brother, and wounding the man’s 12-year-old son, said agency spokesman Adnan Abu Hasna.

The Israeli military has said it is targeting Hamas command centers, along with rocket launchers and weapons arsenals, but has not provided explanations when asked about specific strikes in which many members of a single family were killed.

On Tuesday, multiple members of at least five families were pulled from the rubble after airstrikes and tank shells struck their homes, including the mayor of the Bureij refugee camp, his 70-year-old father and three relatives, according to Palestinian health officials.

In all, at least 1,229 Palestinians have been killed, including 128 on Tuesday, making it the single deadliest day since the start of fighting on July 8, said Palestinian health official Ashraf alKidra. More than 7,000 have been wounded, he said.

Israel says it has lost 53 soldiers, along with two Israeli civilians and a Thai national.

Despite the heavy Palestinian losses, Deif, the commander of the Hamas military wing, said fighting would continue. “There is not going to be a cease-fire as long as the demands of our people are not fulfilled,” he said.

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

DeKalb County Susanna Mendenhall, 40, of the 1000 block of East Locust Street, DeKalb, was arrested Monday, July 28, on a warrant alleging unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Rachel Pacey, 28, of the 200 block of South Stott Street,

Genoa, was charged Tuesday, July 29, with driving under the influence of alcohol, texting and illegal transportation of alcohol.

Bobby Lee Moore, 65, of Blue Mountain, Mississippi, was charged Tuesday, July 29, with unlawful possession of a controlled substance.

Mason K. Niemi, 28, of the 300 block of High Street, Sycamore, was charged Tuesday, July 29, with unlawful possession of a controlled substance, unlawful possession of drug paraphernalia and unlawful possession of marijuana.

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Maryland. Ed worked for Duplex in Sycamore for many years. He was a 32nd degree Mason, enjoyed Born: Dec. 8, 1968, in DeKalb, motorcycle trips and boating.

Illinois He is survived by his daughter, Died: July 22, 2014 Carolyn (Dale) McBride of Sycamore; and grandchildren, Kimberly SILVER SPRING, Maryland – Eric (Scott) Severson, Sherri (Gary) LarAndrew Andreasen, 45, of Silver son, Nicole (Richard) Lang, Sharalyn Spring, Maryland, died suddenly on (Gene) Kowitz, Ryan Severson (AnJuly 22, 2014. nie), Luke Lee, Ethan Kowitz, Abigail He was born Dec. 8, 1968, in Severson and Amber Gundersen, all DeKalb, and graduated from DeKalb of Sycamore.

High School in 1987. He graduated He was preceded in death by his with a Bachelor of Science from parents; wife in 2009; great-greatUniversity of Washington-Seattle, grandson, Austin Lee; two brothers; and earned a Doctor of Philosophy and one sister. from the University of WisconThe family would like to thank sin-Madison in toxicology. Eric Dr. Thakkar and the staff at Pine completed postdoctoral positions Acres Care Center for their care and at the University of Colorado in support.

Denver and Oregon State University A memorial service will be at 11 in Corvallis, Oregon, with Dr. Robert a.m. Thursday, July 31, at Sycamore Tanguay. For the past eight years, United Methodist Church, 160 Eric was employed as a toxicologist Johnson Ave., Sycamore, with the at the Food and Drug AdministraRev. Harlene Harden officiating. A tion in Silver Spring. memorial visitation will be from Eric was a beloved son, brother, 10:30 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the uncle, friend, colleague and neighchurch. A private family visitation bor. He was known and admired for will be Wednesday at the funeral his scientific excellence, compaschapel. sion, friendliness, dry wit, and his In lieu of flowers a memorial fund love of the outdoors. A lifelong ath- has been established for Sycamore lete, Eric grew up swimming for the United Methodist Church.

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Haakon and Carol Andreasen of DeKalb; siblings, Sara and Steve LEONARD T. ‘LENNY’ Hopkins of Newton, Iowa, Amy and REYNOLDS Roger Ochs of Dallas, Texas, Karl Born: March 29, 1945, in Oak Park, Andreasen and Cynthia Strand of Illinois Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Elsa Died: July 28, 2014, in Sycamore, and Robert Glover of DeKalb; and Illinois nephews and nieces, Anders and Peder Hopkins, Lyle and Lars Ochs, SYCAMORE – Nils, Finn and Liv Andreasen, and Leonard T. “Lenny” Nickolai and Julia Glover.

Reynolds, 69, of A celebration of life service will Sycamore, Illinois, be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 2, at died Monday, July Westminster Presbyterian Church 28, 2014, at his in DeKalb. A memorial service will home surrounded be at a later date in Silver Spring.

Burial will be in Carlton, Minnesota. by his loving family.

Born March 29, 1945, in Oak Park, To sign the online guest book, visthe son of Leonard T. and Eleanor it www.legacy.com/daily-chronicle.

(Teske) Reynolds Sr., he married Ranell M. Kuhn on May 21, 1977, in LOWELL EDWARD Wheaton.

‘ED’ COLLINGS Lenny was a deputy with the Born: March 26, 1922, in UnderDuPage County Sheriff’s Office from wood, Indiana 1968 to 1977. He was the sexton at Died: July 26, 2014, in DeKalb, Elmwood Cemetery in Sycamore Illinois for the past 18 years. Lenny and his wife are the owners of Image SYCAMORE – Monuments and New Image Lawn Lowell Edward Care.

“Ed” Collings, Lenny had a great sense of humor, 92, of Sycamore, could tell a story in detail and had a Illinois, died Saturway of making friends everywhere day, July 26, 2014, he went. His “gift of gab” and love at Kishwaukee for his family and grandsons will be Hospital in DeKalb. dearly missed.

Born March 26, Survivors include his wife, 1922, in UnderRanell of Sycamore; children, John wood, Indiana, the son of Jesse and Reynolds of West Chicago, Marci Laura (Everhart) Collings, Ed served (David) Summer of Big Rock, Lenny in the U.S. Army during World War (Elissa) Reynolds of Sycamore, II. and his daughter-like niece, Mandy He married Jane B. Bischoff Croy (Ian Kvapil) of DeKalb; nine on Sept. 8, 1944, in Baltimore, grandsons, Corey (Kim), Nick,

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8SKETCH VIEW

Public’s help needed to stop elder abuse

8LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Better oversight for online courses

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the city, the university and the Ellwood Neighborhood can pause to restart the conversation about We welcome original letters on To the Editor: public issues.

Letters must include our mutual destinies.

A growing number of colleges the author’s full name, address and We are saddened by the noisy and universities are offering online day and evening phone numbers. and unproductive events of the classes in response to student We limit letters to 400 words. We past few months, when Northern demands for a different teaching accept one letter per person every Illinois University officials unveiled technique and more convenient 15 days. All letters are subject to to the public the “bold visions” scheduling of desired courses. editing for length and clarity. Email: of how to make NIU a more States have been struggling news@daily-chronicle.com. Mail: student-friendly home to 30,000 to review the quality of these Daily Chronicle, Letters to the Editor, students in a town of 44,000 courses and respond to student 1586 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL residents.

60115. Fax: 815-758-5059. complaints about some courses Calls of alarm from a few in the and those providing them. community have drawn attention I co-sponsored Senate Bill 3441 from the possibility of productive to address these issues, and the expensive because they don’t conversations between the city, bill was signed into law by Gov. Pat require a brick and mortar campus NIU and the surrounding neighborQuinn last week. This legislation with all the usual university hoods. allows the Illinois Board of Higher overhead costs. This may be a Mistakes have been made. The Education to make agreements trend in higher education, much bungled rollout of NIU’s “bold with other states to review the like what is happening in the retail visions” and the city’s neglecting quality of these courses, assures merchandise industry. to include affected neighborhoods students that course credits will It has been obvious to me for at in early discussions have not be accepted by Illinois colleges least the past decade that states signaled a promising new era of and universities, and sets up a are defunding higher education town-gown relations. mechanism for handling student and a different model of providMiscommunication and misscomplaints and refunds of fees. ing higher education must be ing communication have also Distance learning programs have developed. The legislature must garbled the voices of neighbors. a role to play in higher education continue to monitor and pass Those who speak for the Preand we must find ways to assure regulations like SB 3441 to assure the quality and effectiveness of the quality of courses and that the serve our Neighborhoods (PON) organization do not speak for the these courses as teaching tools. necessary learning occurs.

Ellwood Neighborhood AssociaMany students want to take tion (EHNA), and certainly do not courses that aren’t offered at their State Rep. Bob Pritchard speak for all of Ellwood’s neighcollege or at a time that fits their R-Hinckley bors. Many residents do not fear work and class schedules. They Let’s advance NIU, a grand conspiracy to destroy our can access courses over the neighborhood relations neighborhood. internet rather than traveling to To the Editor: On the other hand, the EHNA has campus. Some courses utilize Summer in DeKalb is a pleasnot been active in the discussions blended learning with traditional ant pause in the hurried life of and other, more strident, voices labs and discussion sections. a college town. We hope this have filled the void.

Then there is the issue of cost. Online classes can be less summer is also a moment when We believe the statements and

actions by Baker and Rey are sincere attempts at creating a Communiversity where students and permanent residents want to live, work and play.

We propose the following steps to move the Communiversity concept forward: 1. The city and university should acknowledge the muddled rollout of these ideas.

2. The city should meet with the Ellwood Historic Neighborhood Association (EHNA) and create a roundtable discussion with the city, NIU, EHNA and other appropriate neighborhood associations, to begin an earnest conversation about how the city and its neighborhoods can partner with the university. The roundtable should become a permanent fixture of policymaking.

3. The university should alter its policies and procedures regarding neighborhood engagement. The default setting should be transparency, good intentions, and mutual long-term investment in features of DeKalb that will make this area a first choice for students from around the world to attend school, settle down, and help all of us build a better place to live, work and play.

We look forward to being a part of that conversation. It cannot begin too soon.

Kurt and Jeanine Thurmaier Joe and Jean Gastiger Ken and Jodie Burton DeKalb

Selfies in Auschwitz – and why it’s wrong In a place haunted by ghosts, on a thoroughfare of the damned, standing upon ground once watered by blood, Breanna Mitchell lifted a camera to take her own picture. She smiled a sunshine smile.

And the Internet exploded.

The image the Alabama teenager captured of herself at Auschwitz, an earbud in one ear, has gone viral in the month since she posted it on Twitter. She’s been harshly criticized. She’s been called vile names. And yes, she’s endured that act of lazy person’s terrorism, the Internet death threat.

Mitchell insists she is unbowed. She explained in a video interview for something called “TakePart Live” that she wouldn’t do anything differently because she didn’t mean any harm. The photo, she says, was meant to honor her father, who passed his love of World War II history on to her. It was taken on the anniversary of his death.

Mitchell’s attitude toward her international notoriety is probably best summed up in a tweet she posted July 20: “I’m famous y’all.”

Ahem.

I don’t generally use this space to beat up teenagers for doing regrettable things.

Doing regrettable things is pretty much your job description at that age and I’ve always felt you should be free to go about that job without the spotlight of media attention.

But what Mitchell did seems to demand a few words. Especially since she’s not the only one doing it. To the contrary, we

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VIEWS Leonard Pitts learn that it has become quite the modern “thing,” people clowning, sticking out their tongues, lifting thumbs up, grinning like loons in somber and sacred places.

They’ve done it at Auschwitz, at the New York memorial to the victims of 9/11, at the American cemetery at Normandy, at the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, at grandmother’s funeral.

Nor is it just kids who are doing it.

To the contrary, there exists a photo of a certain 52-year-old president of the United States grinning for a selfie with British Prime Minister David Cameron, and Danish Prime Minister Helle-Thorning Schmidt (both 47) at last year’s memorial service for Nelson Mandela. First lady Michelle Obama sits apart from them wearing a somber, funeral-appropriate expression that says clearly, “I don’t know these people.”

Look, I understand this is not exactly a federal crime. And yes, I get that people take pictures of themselves in order to place themselves in a context. It is a way of saying, “I was there.” Nothing wrong with that. I’ve done it myself.

But this whole thing of mugging for cameras in inappropriate places feels viscerally ... wrong. It suggests a cluelessness,

a shallowness, and an incapacity for reverence that have come to feel like the signature of these times. It suggests a lack of home training and a surplus of narcissism that have come to feel ubiquitous. For all her professed love of World War II history, Breanna Mitchell bespeaks a fundamental lack of respect for, and comprehension of, that history when she poses at Auschwitz – death place for nearly 1.1 million human beings – like she thinks she’s at Epcot.

That should not even have to be explained. But social media have rewritten the social contract and apparently what once did not need explaining now does – to kids and, worse, to their parents. More’s the pity.

Do we take nothing seriously? Is nothing so awful or so awesome as to make us look up from our own lives? Is no place so hallowed or holy that we would never think to use it as a stage upon which to showcase the fizzy wonderfulness of our own selves?

Apparently, not.

When you take a picture of yourself grinning and mugging at some sacred place, it diminishes the place and sends a message that has become too common: This is all about me.

And you know what? It isn’t.

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

Reports of abuse and neglect of the elderly have become more common in DeKalb County, and the trend seems only likely to continue as members of the baby boom generation enter their golden years.

At Elder Care Services, a nonprofit agency in DeKalb that works with the state to help seniors and disabled adults, reported cases of elder abuse almost doubled year-over-year for the period ending June 30.

Statewide, the number has risen steadily since 2007.

Recent national studies of the elderly population have shown that about 7 to 10 percent reported experiencing some kind of abuse in the previous year, according to the National Center on Elder Abuse.

There are many forms of elder abuse, and it can be inflicted unintentionally as well as willfully. Abuse of elderly people can be physical or emotional. It can For the record include financial exploitation, confinement of an There are many forms of elderly person, or passive elder abuse, and it can be neglect of an older person’s inflicted unintentionally as needs by an inexperienced well as willfully. caregiver.

Victims of elder abuse are often women with an average age of 79, according to the Illinois Department on Aging website. That means the victim is probably a mother, and her abuser is likely an adult child, grandchild or other family member.

No matter how the abuse occurs, though, it must be stopped.

Experts say there are telltale signs of elder abuse, including changes in personality, missing regular appointments or changing schedule routines. Victims of physical abuse may have welts and bruises, and those suffering financial exploitation may be receiving calls from bill collectors or simply having a lower standard of living.

Illinois operates a 24-hour hotline for people to report suspected abuse, neglect or financial exploitation of an older person at 866-800-1409.

Under Illinois’ Adult Protective Services Act, people who report suspected abuse in good faith and cooperate with authorities are immune from criminal or civil liability.

Tara Culotta, the executive director of Elder Care Services, said this week that she hoped the increase in reports of elder abuse are because people are more willing to come forward. We share her hope.

However, as the population continues to age, elder abuse will become more common, and increased public vigilance as well as training for people who work with the elderly will be needed to protect the nation’s elderly from those who would do them harm – willfully or otherwise.

8ANOTHER VIEW

Border hysteria most dangerous disease Put those fears of catching ebola from immigrant children to rest.

Health professionals at the ninth annual Border Health Conference are sending the clear signal that the thousands of children flooding the border from Central America won’t infect us all with exotic diseases. That’s in direct conflict with health-scare hysterics perpetrated by political opportunism and bad journalism.

Ebola, for example, isn’t found in Central America.

But that didn’t stop U.S. Rep. Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., from raising concerns about it in a letter to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Gingrey is a doctor and ought to know better. The fact-checkers at PolitiFact gave Gingrey a “Pants On Fire” rating for that one.

The infectious disease scare is one of the uglier symptoms of the nation’s immigration policy debate.

The message that these children are hazardous to our health makes it easier to view them as less than human.

They are not incubators of doom. They’re just frightened children. They show signs of physical stress from the arduous journey and mental stress because, the pediatrician pointed out, they haven’t seen their parents in a while and miss them.

Thank you, doctor, for rehumanizing them.

An estimated 57,000 of them have crossed the border this year so far. They walked the length of Mexico, or clung to the roofs or couplings of freight trains dubbed death trains. So, of course they’re stressed mentally, worn out physically, and hungry. Their health issues include dehydration, upper-respiratory infection, skin abrasions and lice and scabies.

The children’s condition underscores that this is, indeed, a humanitarian crisis. We as a nation have met this crisis with humanitarian resources, housing and feeding and taking care of the ills of these children until they are placed with family here, or until a court hearing decides whether they can stay.

Unfortunately, that message of compassion is drowned out by angry rhetoric and belligerent gestures such as Gov. Rick Perry’s decision to send 1,000 Texas National Guard troops to the border.

This time of crisis has not been our finest hour as a people and a nation.

The timing of the Border Health Conference couldn’t have been better.

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SECTION B Wednesday, July 30, 2014 Daily Chronicle

Sports editor Eddie Carifio • ecarifio@shawmedia.com

8MORNING KICKOFF NBAPA elects new executive director LAS VEGAS – The National Basketball Players Association has elected Michele Roberts as executive director, making her the first woman to lead a North American pro sports union.

Roberts received 32 of 36 votes in a process that was completed in the early morning hours of Tuesday.

The Washington trial lawyer defeated tech industry CEO Dean Garfield and Dallas Mavericks CEO Terdema Ussery in the final vote.

“After all the hours and time (invested by) our executive committee, along with an amazing search committee that helped throughout this process, it’s an unbelievable feeling to have the wonderful Michele Roberts now as a part of our team,” NBPA president and Los Angeles Clippers star guard Chris Paul told reporters in Las Vegas.

The vote capped a long and arduous process to replace Billy Hunter, who was ousted in February of 2013. Roberts was one of the finalists initially offered to the rank-and-file during All-Star weekend in February, but the process was re-opened to broaden the search at the urging of some players and agents.

More than 100 players reconvened in Las Vegas this week, with the three finalists making presentations on Monday. In the end, Roberts emerged as the winner.

“They’ve got their union back, and I’m going to make sure that they are empowered to take their union exactly where they want their union to go,” Roberts said.

– Wire report

NORTHERN ILLINOIS ATHLETICS

NIU’s future draws on its past The future is your past.

The past is your future.

Some people understand such a notion. Others do not.

Proud, passionate Northern Illinois University grad Rick Cerrone gets it. Completely.

This 1976 NIU journalism major, former sports magazine publisher, ex-New York City radio sports talk show co-host, erstwhile assistant to baseball commissioners Bowie Kuhn and Peter Ueberroth, Putnam Valley, New York, resident and Major League Baseball media relations sa-

KORCEK’S CORNER Mike Korcek vant also deserves high marks for what higher education calls “advancement.”

In academia, advancement means a “... strategic, inter grated method of managing relationships, including alumni and friends, government policymakers, the media, and the community.” In other words, Rick gets along with VIPs and Joe Average alike. He’s one of

those consensus builders, and forgive the cliche, a down-toearth “people person” who just happens to own four World Series rings.

To say the least, last week was a hectic one for the former New York Yankees PR man and president of Rick Cerrone Communications.

In his current NIU role as senior adviser for branding and marketing, Cerrone helped unveil the Northern Illinois football window displays in downtown DeKalb,

See KORCEK, page B3 Danielle Guerra – dguerra@shawmedia.com

More online For all your Northern Illinois University sports coverage – including stories, features, scores, photos, videos, blogs and more – log on HuskieWire.com.

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Northern Illinois University Senior Adviser for Branding and Marketing Rick Cerrone, NIU Class of 1976, speaks before the unveiling of the NIU window clings July 22 in downtown DeKalb. Behind Cerrone (from left) are DeKalb Mayor John Rey, NIU football greats Bob Heimerdinger and George Bork, and NIU President Doug Baker.

NORHTERN ILLINOIS’ SCHEDULEPALOOZA

The Aztec File Last year: 8-5 overall, 6-2 Mountain West Last bowl game: 2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, beat Buffalo, 49-24 Against NIU: The Aztecs won 30-10 in San Diego on Oct. 2, 1971, the last time the teams met. SDSU is 4-0 all-time.

MAC attack: Before beating Buffalo, the Aztecs hadn’t played a Mid-American Conference school since winning, 27-15, at Bowling Green on Sept. 25, 1976. They are 9-0-1 against schools currently in the MAC according to college football information database stassen.com.

The good: After an 0-3 start last year, the Aztecs notched wins in seven of their next eight games.

The bad: The Aztecs had a chance to make a statement at then-No. 3 Ohio State in their second game, but lost 42-7.

The ugly: The season started for the Aztecs with a 40-19 home loss to FCS Eastern Illinois.

8WHAT TO WATCH Pro baseball White Sox at Detroit, 6 p.m., CSN Hector Noesi (5-7, 4.99) will take the mound for the White Sox against the Tigers’ ace Max Scherzer (12-3, 3.37).

Also on TV...

Little League Big League World Series, championship, at Easley, S.C., 5:30 p.m., ESPN2 Pro baseball Colorado vs. Cubs, 7 p.m., CSN+ Regional coverage, Washington at Miami or Arizona at Cincinnati, 11:30 a.m., MLB Pittsburgh at San Francisco, 2:30 p.m., MLB L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 7 p.m., ESPN Soccer International Champions Cup, Manchester City vs.

Liverpool, at New York, 6 p.m., FS1 MLS, New York at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m., ESPN2

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San Diego State’s Eric Judge breaks free on a 21-yard pass play against Fresno State on Oct. 26 in San Diego. NIU will play the Aztecs in 2016 and 2017.

Strength of schedule

By EDDIE CARIFIO ecarifio@shawmedia.com Mid-American Conference-Mountain West matchups aren’t exactly commonplace.

But given the new college football system, that’s likely to change in the next few years.

Northern Illinois got in on the ground floor Tuesday.

The university announced that the Huskies will face San Diego State in a home-and-home series beginning in 2016 as teams from all over

Huskies announce games against San Diego State the Group of Five try to put together the strongest schedules they can to earn an automatic berth into the new playoff.

The Aztecs will visit Huskie Stadium on Sept. 17, 2016. On Sept. 30 of the next year, the Huskies will play

in San Diego for at least the third time after Poinsettia Bowl trips in 2006 and 2013, not to mention any future bowl trips in the next two years.

NIU athletic director Sean Frazier said the series with San Diego State meets the Huskies’ scheduling goals

of bringing quality opponents to Huskie Stadium in DeKalb and taking on teams from the Group of Five (MAC, American, Sun Belt, Mountain West and Conference USA) and Power Five (SEC, Big 10, Big 12, Pac-12, Atlantic Coast) leagues on a home-andhome basis.

“They are a worthy competitor, nationally known,” Frazier said.

“They play in the Mountain West and are in contention for the title year after year. It fits our scheduling

See HUSKIES, page B3

COLLEGE ATHLETICS

NCAA settles head-injury suit, will change rules

By MICHAEL TARM The Associated Press CHICAGO – The NCAA agreed Tuesday to help athletes with head injuries in a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit that college sports’ governing body touted as a major step forward but that critics say doesn’t go nearly far enough.

The deal, filed in U.S. District Court in Chicago, calls for the NCAA to toughen returnto-play rules for players who

receive head blows and create a $70 million fund to pay for thousands of current and former athletes to undergo testing to determine whether they suffered brain trauma while playing football and other contact sports.

A lead attorney for the plaintiffs who spearheaded nearly a year of talks culminating in the agreement said the provisions would ultimately improve players’ safety and leave open the possibility of damage payments later.

“I wouldn’t say these changes solve the safety problems, but they do reduce the risks,” Chicago attorney Joseph Siprut said. “It’s changed college sports forever.”

Others strongly disagreed.

Unlike a proposed settlement in a similar lawsuit against the NFL, this deal does not set aside any money to pay players who suffered brain trauma. Instead, athletes can sue individually for damages; the NCAA-funded tests that would gauge the extent of

neurological injuries could establish grounds for doing just that.

One plaintiffs’ attorney not involved in the negotiations called it a “terrible deal” that lets the NCAA off the hook far too easily. Jay Edelson called the agreement “window dressing,” saying the NCAA will be able to settle one-off suits for several thousand each. He estimated that single, class-action damages settlement could have been worth $2 billion to players.

“Instead,” he said, “it’s worthless.”

The settlement is primarily directed at men and women who participated in basketball, football, ice hockey, soccer, wrestling, field hockey and lacrosse.

There is no cutoff date for when athletes must have played a designated sport at one of the more than 1,000 NCAA member schools to qualify for the medical exams.

See NCAA, page B3

SPORTS

Page B2 • Wednesday, July 30, 2014

8SPORTS BRIEFS Sycamore First Baptist wins softball title Sycamore First Baptist beat Bethel Assembly, 14-2, to win the DeKalb County Church League championship Monday.

Colin Eggleson had an inside-the-park home run and Drewe Davey and Josh Johnson added two hits each. Ted Strack got the win against Bethel, which was making its second straight championship appearance.

Christ Community I led 8-0 after one inning in the third place game but lost, 20-10, to Hope Community. Jake Gordon homered twice and Dale McMillan settled down on the mound for Hope.

Jeff Maveus and Mike Davis hit home runs for Christ Community.

Christ Community II beat Sycamore Methodist, 15-5, to take fifth place. Aaron Lehay got the win.

16-year-old weightlifter fails drug test GLASGOW, Scotland – A 16-year-old Nigerian weightlifter failed a doping test after becoming the youngest ever female to win a Commonwealth Games gold medal in the sport, organizers said Tuesday.

Chika Amalaha has been provisionally suspended from the Glasgow Games after testing positive for diuretics and masking agents after winning the 117-pound division Friday.

Amalaha’s “A’’ sample contained amiloride and hydrochlorothiazide, which are both banned by the World Anti-Doping Agency. Amalaha asked for the backup “B’’ sample to be tested, which will happen Wednesday in London.

Ecclestone defense seeks deal in trial MUNICH – Prosecutors and lawyers for Bernie Ecclestone are in talks about a possible deal to end the Formula One boss’s bribery trial in Germany.

The 83-year-old Ecclestone went on trial in Munich in April, charged with bribery and incitement to breach of trust. The charges involve a $44 million payment to banker Gerhard Gribkowsky, who is serving an 8½-year sentence for taking the money.

Ecclestone denies wrongdoing and said Gribkowsky blackmailed him.

His defense team called on Tuesday for proceedings to be closed, citing a lack of evidence that Ecclestone was criminally responsible and asserting that the proceedings were a strain for their client.

He has been running Formula One while attending court sessions in Munich twice a week.

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SYCAMORE SPEEDWAY

MLB

In a holding pattern St. Charles’ Ludke victim of his own success

By KEVIN DRULEY kdruley@shawmedia.com Tim Ludke naturally inspires more cheers for weaving past Sycamore Speedway competitors than for moving around the grandstand.

Prohibited from doing the former in 2014, simply receiving feedback for the latter often humbles the Late Models star from St. Charles.

“Every time someone talks to me, I hear, ‘Well, we miss watching you race a lot. Will you be back next year?’ “ Ludke said. “It’s really cool that people know who I am outside of the car instead of just know my car. Some of these people I’ve never met in my life.”

There is no roll cage or helmet to obstruct fans’ view of Ludke these days – nor any No. 20 car, for that matter. Per what drivers call the “forceout rule,” Ludke is restricted from Late Models competition after winning the track’s points title the past two seasons. He’ll be eligible to return in 2015.

Ludke, 26, captured the Spectator title in 2010 before moving up in class to Late Models, where he was third in points the following year.

Advancing to Super Late Models this season never was a realistic option, Ludke said, considering the cost associated with essentially buying a new car.

He added “there’s no possible way” to transform his current car to meet any Super Late Models specifications that would make him competitive.

With that, Ludke accepted a compulsory vacation from Sycamore’s dirt track, although he hasn’t embraced every facet.

“I’m enjoying the time off from racing,” Ludke said, “but at the same time, every time I

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St. Charles resident Tim Ludke races at Sycamore Speedway in 2011. As two-time defending Late Models champion, Ludkemust sit out the 2014 Sycamore Speedway season per the “forceout rule.” go out to the track and I hear them talking, to know that I was a fan favorite to a lot of people out there, it makes it hard to sit on the sideline. It makes me want to go out and put a show on for them again.”

The No. 20 car hasn’t navigated through dirt since the 2013 season finale at Sycamore last September, when Ludke edged friend and current circuit points leader Jordan Jackowiak of DeKalb for the title.

Cory McKay of St. Charles, another Ludke pal, sits fourth in the 2014 standings, 42 points behind Jackowiak.

It’s possible the No. 20 car could appear in its familiar habitat in the near future as Ludke braces for some upcoming events at LaSalle Speed-

way, which allows larger engine and suspension sizes and is sanctioned by the United Midwestern Promoters.

Although he’s ineligible for Sycamore points races, Ludke can race hot laps without factoring into feature qualifying.

Given recent modifications to his car, that might be quite the spectacle.

“He’d be a rocket out at Sycamore,” said Ludke’s dad and crew chief, Scott. “He would be a rocket, because it’s all different.”

A mechanic at Al Piemonte Chrysler Jeep Dodge in St. Charles, Ludke had plenty of time to process his 2014 racing reality.

During last season’s finale, Sycamore flagman Dave Radloff, a past “forceout rule”

Central Division W L Pct Detroit 57 46 .553 Kansas City 53 51 .510 Cleveland 52 54 .491 White Sox 52 55 .486 Minnesota 47 57 .452 East Division W L Pct Baltimore 58 46 .558 Toronto 58 50 .537 New York 54 51 .514 Tampa Bay 53 54 .495 Boston 48 59 .449 West Division W L Pct Oakland 65 40 .619 Los Angeles 63 41 .606 Seattle 55 51 .519 Houston 43 63 .406 Texas 42 64 .396

GB — 4½ 6½ 7 10½ GB — 2 4½ 6½ 11½ GB — 1½ 10½ 22½ 23½

Tuesday’s Results White Sox 11, Detroit 4 Seattle 5, Cleveland 2 L.A. Angels at Baltimore, 7:05 p.m.

Tampa Bay 5, Milwaukee 1 Toronto 4, Boston 2 N.Y. Yankees at Texas, (n) Minnesota at Kansas City (n) Oakland at Houston (n) Today’s Games White Sox (Noesi 5-7) at Detroit (Scherzer 12-3), 6:08 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 5-5) at Tampa Bay (Price 11-7), 11:10 a.m.

Oakland (Hammel 0-3) at Houston (Keuchel 9-7), 1:10 p.m.

L.A. Angels (Richards 11-3) at Baltimore (W.Chen 11-3), 6:05 p.m.

Seattle (F.Hernandez 11-2) at Cleveland (Kluber 10-6), 6:05 p.m.

Toronto (Buehrle 10-7) at Boston (Lester 10-7), 6:10 p.m.

N.Y. Yankees (Kuroda 7-6) at Texas (Lewis 6-8), 7:05 p.m.

Minnesota (P.Hughes 10-7) at Kansas City (Duffy 5-10), 7:10 p.m.

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

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

Seattle at Cleveland, 6:05 p.m.

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

Toronto at Houston, 7:10 p.m.

Monday’s Results Tampa Bay 2, Milwaukee 1 Toronto 14, Boston 1 Texas 4, N.Y. Yankees 2 Houston 7, Oakland 3

NATIONAL LEAGUE Milwaukee St. Louis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Cubs

Central Division W L Pct 59 49 .546 56 48 .538 56 49 .533 53 53 .500 43 61 .413

East Division W L Pct Washington 57 47 .548 Atlanta 58 48 .547 Miami 53 53 .500 New York 51 56 .477 Philadelphia 47 60 .439 West Division W L Pct Los Angeles 59 47 .557 San Francisco 57 49 .538 San Diego 46 59 .438 Arizona 46 61 .430 Colorado 43 62 .410

GB — 1 1½ 5 14 GB — — 5 7½ 11½ GB — 2 12½ 13½ 15½

Tuesday’s Results Colorado at Cubs (n) Cincinnati 3, Arizona 0 Tampa Bay 5, Milwaukee 1 Philadelphia 6, N.Y. Mets 0 Miami 3, Washington 0 Atlanta at L.A. Dodgers, (n) St. Louis at San Diego, (n) Pittsburgh at San Francisco (n) Today’s Games Colorado (B.Anderson 1-3) at Cubs (T.Wood 7-9), 7:05 p.m.

Milwaukee (Gallardo 5-5) at Tampa Bay (Price 11-7), 11:10 a.m.

Philadelphia (K.Kendrick 5-10) at N.Y. Mets (Za.Wheeler 5-8), 11:10 a.m.

Arizona (Miley 6-7) at Cincinnati (Simon 12-5), 11:35 a.m.

Washington (Roark 10-6) at Miami (Hand 2-2), 12:40 p.m.

Pittsburgh (Morton 5-10) at San Francisco (Lincecum 9-7), 3:45 p.m.

Atlanta (A.Wood 7-8) at L.A. Dodgers (Greinke 12-6), 9:10 p.m.

St. Louis (J.Kelly 2-1) at San Diego (Hahn 6-2), 9:10 p.m.

Thursday’s Games Colorado at Cubs, 1:20 p.m.

St. Louis at San Diego, 2:40 p.m.

Philadelphia at Washington, 3:05 p.m.

Cincinnati at Miami, 6:10 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Arizona, 8:40 p.m.

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

Monday’s Results 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 Chicago Cubs 4, Colorado 1 Pittsburgh 5, San Francisco 0

Cubs put RHP Ramirez on DL

Father Patrick favorite at 4-5 for Hambletonian EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J – Father Patrick puts a 15-race winning streak on the line as the 4-5 favorite in the $1 million Hambletonian on Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

A winner of 16 of 17 races, Father Patrick drew post No. 10. He is 6 for 6 on the season heading into the famed trotting race for 3-year-olds.

Father Patrick is one of three entrants for trainer Jimmy Takter who is well positioned to capture his third Hambletonian. Takter also sends out 7-2 second choice Trixton from post No. 7 and 9-2 third choice Nuncio from post No. 5.

“They are all training really good,” Takter said. “All three are coming into this race the best I can have them.”

Yannick Gingras will drive Father Patrick.

– Staff, wire reports

casualty Ludke remembers idolizing as a teen, leaned over with a message as well as the final checkered flag.

“Before he handed it to me,” Ludke said, “he yelled down at me and yelled, ‘Welcome to the club!’ with a big old smile on his face. It was pretty fun.”

Whether he’s sitting in the stands or at the wheel, enjoying himself remains Ludke’s top priority.

Of course, that’s a challenge when he’s stationary, but the actions of others can go a long way.

“Just, ‘When are you coming back? We miss you,’ ” Scott Ludke said. “Like Timmy says, ‘That’s it right there, dad. That’s why I do this.’ ”

AMERICAN LEAGUE

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Going deep

The White Sox’s Jose Abreu is congratulated by Alexei Ramirez after hitting a two run home run off of Detroit Tigers pitcher Joakim Soria during the seventh inning Tuesday in Detroit. The Sox defeated the Tigers, 11-4, for a complete report, go to Daily-Chronicle.com for a complete report.

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

11 Roger Markham Virgil 146 1.

15 Jay Brendle Kirkland 146 3.

02 Jim Klingel Aurora 130 4.

13 Jeff Kerley Elgin 125 5.

03 Dan White Villa Park 113 6.

28 Charlie Olson Kingston 112 7.

01 Greg Cantrell DeKalb 74 8.

23x Danny Deutsch Marseilles 67 8.

14 Victor Benedetto Marengo 67 10.

133 Johnny Heath Kingston 64 11.

615 Matt Fabrizius DeKalb 45 12.

26 Silvestre Garcia Sycamore 36 13.

00 Cliff Garcia DeKalb 31 14.

27 Reno Markham Kirkland 27 15.

33 Don Fowler Elgin 14 LATE MODELS Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

10 Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb 165 2.

02 Matt McCain Aurora 134 3.

50d John Dietrich Carol Stream 115 4.

54 Cory McKay St. Charles 113 5.

00 Danny Markham Marengo 112 6.

83 Mike Karels Pingree Grove 89 7.

37 DJ Sparks Belvidere 85 8.

59 Joe Sadoski Marengo 74 9.

55 Frank Stubitsch Virgil 53 10.

71 Austin Runge Lake Zurich 49 11.

38 Greg Hancock Gilberts 38 12.

44 Cathleen O’Shields n/a 22 13.

52 Kyle Smith South Elgin 16 14.

80 Steve Cornett LITH 15 15.

84 Rich Heilbrun Lee 14

SPECTATOR Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

29 Mike Brancecum St. Charles 69 2.

56c Michael Lindsay Aurora 22 3.

92j Mallory Jackson St. Charles 17 4.

56c Scott Vetter Union 12 5.

66j Joe Jackson Jr. St. Charles 10 POWDER PUFF Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

73j Linda Sparks Belvidere 63 2.

10 Mickee Runge Lake Zurich 58 3.

34c Starr Roach Genoa 48 4.

55r Rebecca Stubitsch Virgil 41 5.

42 Amy Memoli Carol Stream 39 6.

7x Caitlyn Maloney Lake Zurich 35 COMPACT Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

56c Scott Vetter Union 72 2.

11x Mike Cunz Cortland 48 3.

95 Tony Doherty Aurora 42 4.

32c Johnny Lovett DeKalb 34 5.

18c Lloyd Kozak Huntley 27 6.

24 Jeff Hooker DeKalb 22 FULL SIZE DEMO Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

66x Jerry Decker Palatine 7 2.

95x Ryan Decker Palatine 5 3.

36x Ed Hendrickson Ingleside 4 3.

2 Anthony Hansford Maple Park 4 COMPACT DEMO Place Car No. Name Town Points 1.

92 Eddie Brown Sandwich 7 2.

03x Dale Markham Maple Park 3 2.

46x Aaron Pearsall Lake in the Hills 3 4.

54 Austin Stombres St. Charles 2

SATURDAY’S RACE RESULTS SUPER LATE MODELS Race Car No. Name Fast Time 11 Roger Markham Trophy Dash 15 Jay Brendle Heat 1 O1 Greg Cantrell Heat 2 27 Reno Markham FEATURE STANDINGS Place Car No. Name 1.

03 Dan White 2.

15 Jay Brendle 3.

27 Reno Markham 4.

23x Danny Deutsch 5.

14 Victor Benedett 6.

02 Jim Kingel 7.

26 Silvestre Garcia 8.

62 Kyle Reiss 9.

01 Greg Cantrell 10.

11 Roger Markham POWDER PUFF Race Car No. Name Heat 1 7x Caitlyn Maloney FEATURE STANDINGS Place Car No. Name 1.

10 Mickey Rungee 2.

34C Starr Roach 3.

7x Caitlyn Maloney COMPACT Race Car No. Name Heat 1 18c Lloyd Kozak FEATURE STANDINGS Place Car No. Name 1.

32c Johnny Lovett 2.

18c Lloyd Kozak 3.

11x Mike Cunz

Town Virgil Kirkland DeKalb Kirkland Town Villa Park Kirkland Kirkland Marseilles Marengo Aurora Sycamore Genoa DeKalb Virgil Town Lake Zurich Town Lake Zurich Kingston Lake Zurich Town Huntely Town DeKalb Huntely Cortland

LATE MODELS Race Car No. Name Town Fast Time 10 Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb Trophy Dash 02 Matt McCain Aurora Heat 1 71 Austin Runge Lake Zurich Heat 2 50d John Dietrich Carol Stream FEATURE STANDINGS Place Car No. Name Town 1.

00 Danny Markham Garden Prairie 2.

10 Jordan Jackowiak DeKalb 3.

50d John Dietrich Carol Stream 4.

54 Cory McCay St. Charles 5.

02 Matt McCain Aurora 6.

83 Michael Karles Pingree Grove 7.

71 Austin Runge Lake Zurich 8.

72 Mitch Moag Oswego 9.

44 Kathleen O’Shields St. Charles 10.

33 Mark Regnier Batavia SPECTATOR Race Car No. Name Town Fast Time 57 Joel Hernandez St. Charles FEATURE STANDINGS Place Car No. Name Town 1.

29 Michael Brancecum St. Charles 2.

15x Mark Kneebone Genoa 3.

57 Joel Hernandez St. Charles 4-BAR Race Car No. Name Town Fast Time 3 Dale Markham Maple Park Trophy Dash 54 John Provenz Streator Heat 1 M2 Mike Provenzano Marseilles Heat 2 12L Jeff LeSage Burlington FEATURE STANDINGS Place Car No. Name Town 1.

M2 Mike Provenzano Marseilles 2.

54 John Provenz Streator 3.

5 Charlie Olson Kingston

CHICAGO (AP) – The Cubs have put right-handed reliever Neil Ramirez on the 15-day disabled list with a sore triceps.

The Cubs had optioned Ramirez to Triple-A Iowa on Saturday and recalled right-handed pitcher Blake Parker.

“He was sore the day after and the right thing to do was to put him on the DL,” Cubs general manager Jed Hoyer said Tuesday. “He’s going to be fine, he’ll be back right when the DL stint ends, or we assume that.”

Ramirez has pitched 28 innings in relief this season, leading all Cubs relievers with an 0.96 ERA. The 25-year-old rookie was acquired last season in a trade that sent starting pitcher Matt Garza to the Texas Rangers.

The Cubs’ game with the Colorado Rockies didn’t end in time for this edition. Go to Daily-Chronicle.com for a complete report.

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COLLEGE

Wednesday, July 30, 2014 • Page B3

Former EIU safety was lead plaintiff • NCAA Continued from page B1

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Northwestern football coach Pat Fitzgerald talks to the media during the Big Ten football Media Days Monday in Chicago.

BIG TEN MEDIA DAYS

Northwestern’s Fitzgerald wants more accountability in recruiting

By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@chicagofootball.com CHICAGO – Pat Fitzgerald spent the offseason preaching accountability to his Northwestern football program, stressing the need for his players to own up to the moments that cost the Wildcats games during last year’s disappointing 5-7 season.

But Fitzgerald also believes there needs to be more accountability when it comes to recruiting in an age when high school players commit to play college football at a school, only to change their mind.

So on Tuesday – a day after Northwestern had its two highest-ranked recruits step away from their verbal commitments – Fitzgerald seconded a motion suggested by Nebraska coach Bo Pelini to do away with National Signing Day all together.

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In its place, Fitzgerald proposed creating a website that announces that coaches have offered a high school recruit a scholarship and then giving the recruit a 48-hour “cooling off period” to decide whether he will accept it. Fitzgerald said everyone in the country would have access to the site so that it’s clear which school has offered a recruit a scholarship and what that recruit’s decision is.

The only out? If a coach gets fired or if a program gets put on NCAA probation. Otherwise, once a decision has

been made, it’s made.

“Some of of our fans don’t like the idea that if we make a commitment (to a recruit), we’re engaged and if you break the engagement in the marriage world, there’s no more getting married,” Fitzgerald said Tuesday at the Big Ten’s annual media days at the Chicago Hilton. “Like it or not, that’s the way we’re going to do business.”

Fitzgerald has a strict recruiting policy that prohibits recruits from visiting other schools once they have verbally committed to play for the Wildcats. If they do, Fitzgerald rescinds the offer. It’s a policy that Fitzgerald said recruits understand when he begins a relationship with that player. It’s also one that is made clear to the players’ coaches and parents.

Fitzgerald couldn’t specify whether he is the only Big Ten coach to have such a policy in

place. But it’s clearly located at the opposite end of the spectrum from coaches like Ohio State’s Urban Meyer and others who have made it clear they will continue to pursue a recruit until they have signed a letter of intent.

On Tuesday, Fitzgerald said there has to be accountability “on both sides of the fence,” and added that he believes the way recruits formally currently commit to a college program is antiquated.

Fitzgerald’s thoughts mirror those of Pelini, who said that national signing day needs to be done away with.

That way, Pelini said, recruits would be allowed to make their their decision official when they are ready rather than waiting until February, when each year, thousands of players sign their letter of intent, declaring where they will play football.

That means all athletes currently playing and those who participated decades ago could undergo the tests and potentially follow up with damage claims.

Tuesday’s filing serves as notice to the judge overseeing the case that the parties struck a deal. At a status hearing later in the day, U.S. District Judge John Lee said he wanted more time to consider whether to give the deal preliminary approval. If he does, affected athletes will have a chance to weigh in before Lee decides about granting a final OK. The NCAA, which admits no wrongdoing in the settlement and has denied understating the dangers of concussions, hailed the deal.

“This agreement’s proactive measures will ensure student-athletes have access to high quality medical care by physicians with experience in the diagnosis, treatment and management of concussions,” NCAA’s chief medical officer Brian Hainline said.

Siprut added that stricter rules and oversight should help ensure the viability of football by allaying fears of parents now inclined to not let their kids play.

“Absent these kinds of changes, the sport will die,” he said.

To keep the NCAA from having to hold unwieldy talks with multiple plaintiffs, 10 lawsuits filed nationwide were consolidated into the one case in Chicago, where the first lawsuit was filed in 2011.

The lead plaintiff is Adrian Arrington, a former safety at Eastern Illinois. He said he suffered five concussions while playing, some so severe he has said he couldn’t recognize his parents afterward.

Another named plaintiff is former Central Arkansas wide receiver Derek K. Owens. His symptoms became so severe he dropped out of school in 2011, telling his mother: “I feel like a 22-yearold with Alzheimer’s.”

Among other settlement terms, all athletes will take baseline neurological tests to start each year to help doctors determine the severity of any concussion during the season; concussion education will be mandated for coaches and athletes; and a new, independent Medical Science Committee will oversee the medical testing.

Robert Cantu, a Bos ton-based clinical professor of neurosurgery and a longtime critic of the NCAA, said the deal is a huge shift by the organization.

“It’ll make collision sports much safer,” said Cantu, who was one of the plaintiffs’ experts.

But former UCLA linebacker Ramogi Huma said it’s all for show.

“It takes some of the things many of us have been advocating for and pretends to address it,” Huma, president of the College Athletes Players Association, said.

Plaintiffs’ filings say the number of athletes who may require testing to learn if they suffered long-term damage runs into the tens of thousands. They cite NCAA figures that from 2004 to 2009 alone, 29,225 athletes suffered concussions.

Internal emails unsealed in the lawsuit illustrate how pressure mounted on the NCAA over the issue.

In a Feb. 23, 2010, email, the NCAA’s director of government relations, Abe Frank, wondered whether debates about new safeguards for young children playing contact sports would crank up the pressure on the NCAA to do more.

Huskies last played San Diego State in 1971 • HUSKIES Continued from page B1 parameters. It fits the way we want to move forward with the new playoff and be the best of the Group of Five. Having them come to our house than going back to theirs is what we want out of the program.”

The announcement kicks off SchedulePalooza, in which the school will announce a new opponent each day. Frazier did not say where the Aztecs rank

among the four scheduled announcements for the week.

“All of them are big,” Frazier said. “All of these games mean so much. I’ll let the fans and the patrons decide which ones they think are big. I like to think they are all big because we have to go out there and play. But I think everyone will be pleases as we ramp through these this week.”

San Diego State has made four straight bowl appearances and is the only non-Power 5 league to have multiple players

selected in the NFL Draft in four consecutive seasons.

The Aztecs defeated Buffalo, 49-24, in the 2013 Famous Idaho Potato Bowl in Boise, Idaho, to cap an 8-5 year that started with a 40-19 loss to Football Championship Subdivision team Eastern Illinois. SDSU plays its home games in Qualcomm Stadium.

NIU and San Diego State last played in 1971, with all four of the previous meetings held between 1967 and 1971. SDSU owns a 4-0 lead in the all-time

series and has won both games played in Huskie Stadium.

The Huskies have never faced a Mountain West Conference team at Huskie Stadium, although face UNLV and Wyoming there in 2015.

The Huskies have played only two games against a team that was a MWC member at the time of the game with both of those meetings coming in San Diego in the Poinsettia Bowl.

NIU is 5-8 all-time against current members of the Mountain West Conference.

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Adrian Arrington, a former safety at Eastern Illinois University, sits with his daughter, Andria, as he talks about enduring five concussions while playing football, some so severe he has said he couldn’t recognize his parents afterward, during an interview with The Associated Press at his home Tuesday in Bloomington.

Cerrone’s efforts helping to bring business to downtown DeKalb front of the Lincoln Inn, two Huskie All-America quarterContinued from page B1 backs, Bob Heimerdinger and George Bork, unveiled the worked the Brigham-Novak first window cling image.

Gridiron Classic golf outing, The window display theme and announced intercollegiate is the history and tradition of athletics’ latest external projNIU football highlighting forect – the re-establishment of mer student-athletes, coaches, the Varsity Club in a four-day band members, cheerleadspan. ers and fans. There are 22 Cerrone is the behind-theNorthern Illinois images in 18 scenes type who helped resur- different locations, including rect the NIU Athletics Hall of City Hall and the new police Fame induction weekend, plus station on West Lincoln Highcollaborated on the highly way, plus a window tribute successful 1963, 1983, and 2003 to Huskies athletics icon Bob football team reunions last Brigham at the DeKalb Chamfall. With the full support of ber of Commerce.

NIU athletics director Sean Bork, Heimerdinger, Frazier and associate AD and Jordan Lynch appear Ryan Sedevie, Cerrone has on the Lincoln Inn display. also started brainstorming Funded by the university for the gala 50th anniversary and athletics, the project football season at Huskie Stafeatures vintage images from dium (1965 to 2015) next year.

NIU Media Services, the Based on Cerrone’s track Regional History Center, and record, NIU fans – young and sports information files. The old – will relish his promoadhesive-backed clings were tional ideas. produced by Kelmscott ComThe future is your past. munications of Aurora.

The past is your future.

“It’s great to see our [NIU] Frazier said it more suchistory come back [this way],” cinctly at the Brigham-Novak Heimerdinger said, turning to golf luncheon. “Tradition his wife, Barb, “remember our doesn’t graduate,” the secfirst walk down Lincoln Highond-year AD stated Friday. way in 1948? [It] doesn’t seem Yes, Frazier gets it, too. that long ago.” Bork conWith many city and school curred, calling the displays officials in attendance and “absolutely fantastic.”

Cerrone as emcee July 22 in The timing was perfect

• KORCEK

with Kishwaukee Fest last weekend, not to mention Corn Fest and the annual NIU student return to campus next month, all leading up to the Northern Illinois-Presbyterian home opener Aug. 28.

Maybe the happiest people are the downtown DeKalb merchants. “Awesome,” said Tom Schmidt, owner of the Hometown Sports Bar & Grill, 241 E. Lincoln Highway.

“We’ve received nothing but positive comments all week.”

Said Bill McMahon, owner of the Lincoln Inn, 240 East Lincoln: “When there’s a home football game, there’s thousands of people in town.

Things like this only increase foot traffic and business. [The displays] look phenomenal.

[NIU] athletics has always been great to us.”

“The window clings are a positive show of solidarity between the town and the university,” added Debbie Witmer, co-owner of O’Leary’s Restaurant & Pub, 260 E. Lincoln. “They are conversation starters. Anything that brings people downtown. Whether they find O’Leary’s or not, we just want people downtown.”

Under the direction of then NIU interim AD Christian Spears, Cerrone started the display program last summer at a modest 10 locations. Some

long-time businesses were reluctant to get involved.

Co-owner Stacey Chilton of Chilton’s Sporting Goods, 248 E. Lincoln Highway, was one who was skeptical at first and then got involved.

“Rick is a magician,” Chilton said. “He’s made things happen downtown that, in the past, might have had difficulty happening, if you see what I’m saying. He’s been able to communicate with the downtown and the university.”

Ever the minute-detail man, Cerrone also remembered that Stacey and his brother Kirby grew up in DeKalb and were big Bork fans. Who convinced the College Football Hall of Famer to stick his head into Chilton’s Tuesday for a minute to say “hi” and a chat? Rick Cerrone.

“In the 1960s, my two favorite quarterbacks were George and Joe Namath,” Stacey admitted. “Rick’s made connections. He got through to us.”

According to Debbie Armstrong, the executive of the DeKalb County Convention and Visitors Bureau, there’s talk of placing similar Northern Illinois window clings at the DeKalb Oasis on Interstate 88. More Huskies exposure if true.

Up and down Lincoln Highway, Cerrone is also responsible for getting Huskies artifacts, autographed pictures, Hall of Fame plaques on the walls of local businesses. Long-time residents still have pleasant memories of all-time NIU greats such as Bork, Jack Dean, Joe Novak, Don Flavin, John McDougal, Howard Fletcher, Fritz Peterson, etc.

The future is your past.

The past is your future.

Full disclosure: If you haven’t guessed already, Rick has been a close friend for almost four decades and, over the years, has done many favors for the old alma mater.

In 2004, Cerrone opened the doors for Novak (and subsequent NIU coaches and administrators) to throw out ceremonial pitches at The Cell and Wrigley Field. When the 7-0 Huskies were No. 10 in the BCS standings in 2003, who assisted us in getting Novak on WFAN-AM in New York City? Guess. Distribute a case of the infamous “Turner the Burner” hot sauce to key NYC media? Glad to, Mike. Thanks, Rick.

After being retained by NIU Vice President for University Advancement Michael Malone and athletics a few years ago, Cerrone and I had

dinner one steamy summer night in downtown DeKalb.

Believe it or not, I made the observation to RIck that outside of some lamppost flags and the temporary “Huskie Store” on the corner of Third and Lincoln in August 2003, there wasn’t much of an NIU presence on the main drag in town.

Cerrone came up with a good, creative, manageable idea, worked with the university hierarchy and community leaders. The collaboration, the improved town-gown relations give hope for the future.

NIU President Doug Baker and DeKalb Mayor John Rey talk about developing a “cool college town” for the common good. Window clings may not stop the decline of downtown DeKalb, but it’s a start.

The future is your past.

The past is your future. Tradition doesn’t graduate.

• Mike Korcek is a 1970 graduate of NIU, and was the school’s head sports information director from 1984-2006.

His historical perspective on NIU athletics appears periodically in the Daily Chronicle. Write to him at sports@ daily-chronicle.com.

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BEARS IN BOURBONNAIS

Ola off to a solid start at training camp

By KEVIN FISHBAIN

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kfishbain@chicagofootball.com BOURBONNAIS – When the pads came on for the first time Sunday, guard Michael Ola did his best to make his first reps worth it.

In one-on-one pass rush drills, Ola stood his ground, keeping both undrafted rookie Brandon Dunn and thirdround pick Will Sutton at bay.

Kyle Long praised Ola from the sideline.

Ola was claimed off waivers from the Dolphins on May 29, and he reunited with Marc Trestman, whom he played for in Montreal in 2012. Through four practices in training camp, Ola has been working as the second-team right guard.

With Long out on Monday and Eben Britton playing second-team right tackle, Ola got an opportunity with the firstteam offensive line, splitting reps at right guard with Brian de la Puente, and he later played left guard when Matt Slauson was out.

“It felt great, man, just finally putting the pads on, see where you are, gauge where your teammates are and work on your craft,” Ola said with a big smile following Sunday’s first padded practice. “Everything’s not going to be perfect, but it’s definitely good to get that thud.”

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Bears offensive coordinator Aaron Kromer (left) talks with tackle Michael Ola (right) during practice June 3 in Lake Forest. and de la Puente are expected locks, which means Ola is competing with James Brown, Taylor Boggs, Joe Long and Charles Leno Jr., among oth-

ers, for the final two spots, or maybe get a look at the practice squad. While competing, Ola is reveling in the experience with his O-line team-

mates.

“I can honestly say this is the best offensive line group I’ve ever been a part of,” he said. “I didn’t have to work to

be welcomed here. There was no animosity. Slauson teaches me everything I need to know. “… And beyond that it’s not just here in the office. When I

didn’t have my car out here, they were picking me up and everything. I just feel like the little brother jumping into the crew, trying to find my way.”

This offseason, Ola has worked with coaches and his teammates on improving his footwork.

“Not having our feet all over the place, but having quiet feet. … Be real solid, like a tree, anchored into the ground, but also keep them moving and mobile,” he said.

Ola added that he is honing his pass- and run-block arsenal, or as he called it, his “toolbox” of moves to beat the defender.

For a player that went undrafted out of Hampton and has played in the CFL, AFL and UFL, Ola is appreciative of where he is currently at with the Bears one week into training camp.

“It didn’t happen all at once, that’s kind of like life, you may not get what you’re trying to get to on the first try or the second try,” he said. “I have a great circle, a great family and friends who keep me grounded. The door finally opened, so this is my opportunity, and that’s just what I’m here for, to make the most of it.”

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BULLS

Greene ‘making strides’

Coach K: Rose’s movement ‘spectacular’

BOURBONNAIS – Even the best play Khaseem Greene made last year was ripped – by his own people in North Jersey.

In the unenviable position of replacing injured Lance Briggs at weakside linebacker when the Bears’ defense already was in the throes of a monumental collapse, the rookie from Rutgers gave the Bears a chance to beat the Vikings at the Metrodome in Week 13 when he intercepted a Matt Cassel pass off a deflection at the goal line and returned it 49 yards before he was tackled by Cassel.

“I got a lot of heat for that,” said Greene, 25, a fourth-round draft pick who grew up in Elizabeth, New Jersey “When I went home to Jersey, little kids were coming up to me like, ‘Man, you couldn’t make the quarterback miss?’ So it was a little embarrassing.”

It was that kind of year for Greene, who found himself in the right place at the wrong

“Now I’ve got my feet under me. I know what to expect. I know what it takes. I have a grasp of understanding the playbook. So the things I used to worry about last year as a rookie, I don’t worry about now.”

Khaseem Greene Bears linebacker time. He was an NFL starter but on a defense that would allow 399 yards a game in his four starts.

“I was OK. I could be a lot better,” he said. “I got my uncles and brothers at home, they’re big critics. They told me the same thing – ‘You could have done a lot better. You did OK. But now it’s time to really go out and put it all together – get back to playing more like you usually do.’ ” Greene made no excuses for the difficult circumstances

surrounding his opportunity.

“It’s football,” he said. “We know that coming into it every day that these things happen.

Can’t make excuses.”

But Greene is looking forward to showing that he’s learned from the experience.

“Coming into my rookie year, you don’t know what to expect,” Greene said. “You don’t want to make any mistakes. You want to be perfect.

You want everybody to know you belong. You want to impress everybody.

“Now I’ve got my feet under me. I know what to expect.

I know what it takes. I have a grasp of understanding the playbook. So the things I used to worry about last year as a rookie, I don’t worry about now.”

Bears linebackers coach Reggie Herring said he was “very pleased” with Greene so far.

“He’s making strides. He’s improving. His weight is down. His attitude is great. His commitment is good. And he has a chance to be a very good linebacker here.”

Coach clicking with linebackers

By MARK POTASH mpotash@suntimes.com BOURBONNAIS – It’s difficult to quantify the effect of position coaches in football, but first-year Bears linebackers coach Reggie Herring already has attained a Rod Marinelli-like respect from his players.

“I love coach Herring. He’s awesome,” linebacker Khaseem Greene said enthusiastically. “He brings the best out of not only myself, but all of us.

And it’s not just the linebackers. It’s anybody he talks to or coaches up. He brings out the best in them because he’s got so much football knowledge and he’s coached some of the greatest [players]. He really does a great job.”

Herring, 55, was hired in the offseason to replace Tim Tibesar, who was fired after one season. One big difference is experience. Tibesar had never coached in the NFL before. Herring has eight years of NFL experience with the Cowboys (2008-10) and Texans (2002-03; 2011-13). Herring also has 25 years of college experience at Arkansas, North Car-

olina State, Clemson, Texas Christian, Auburn and Oklahoma State.

“We had great coaches last year as well,” Greene said.

“It’s just something about coach Herring that’s kind of clicking a little bit differently with some of the guys, especially myself. It’s a good thing.”

Herring has a big job to do, with several young linebackers expected to play key roles for the Bears. Jon Bostic started nine games as a rookie last year. Greene started four as a rookie. Shea McClellin, the Bears’ 2012 first-round draft pick, is making a transition from defensive end to strong side linebacker.

“He’s definitely the kind of coach you want to play for,” McClellin said. “He’s very passionate and intense and makes you love the game of football.”

One particularly intriguing Herring project is Christian Jones, an undrafted rookie from Florida State who signed with the Bears in part because of Herring, who played linebacker with Jones’ father, Willie Jones Sr., at Florida State in 1978.

“He has a great body you want to develop,” Herring said of the 6-3, 240-pound Jones.

“He’s a great kid. We’re excited about him being here. He’s raw. There is a process. But we are very pleased with where he is.”

LAS VEGAS – As for Derrick Rose insisting Monday that he’s now Mr. Pull-up In the Lane, Mr. Protect-My Body From Contact? Well, that lasted about a day.

“I haven’t seen that,” USA Basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski said Tuesday, when asked about the declaration that Rose made 24 hours earlier about playing with more caution when it comes to contact. “He has gone after people. [Passiveness for him] ain’t happening. He has gone after everybody and he’s really gone hard.”

Not the kind of talk some might want to hear about Rose, considering he’s played just 10 games since the 2012 playoffs because of two separate knee injuries, but then again, maybe controlled recklessness is just the way Rose has to play basketball.

It won him an MVP award in 2011, as well as getting the Bulls to the Eastern Conference Finals, and the idea that he’s back to that attack mode again this summer, and it’s not even August yet?

Bulls brass and fans can only dream … .

“His movement on defense is spectacular,” Krzyzewski said of Rose. “When we started practice [Monday], what he did defensively was like, ‘Whoa.’ It picked everybody up. You don’t play that type of defense in the NBA because you have to play 40 minutes and 100 games.

But [trying out for Team

just try to see what the game needs, just trying to play my game.”

Through the first two days, mission accomplished.

“He looks explosive,” former Bulls teammate Kyle Korver said of Rose. “Explosive and strong. He’s in good shape and I have not a single concern about his knee. I know you guys are all here because you want to see if his knee’s working, but his knee is fine.

“His shot looks good. I assume as the week goes on, he’s just going to keep on getting stronger. But he looks fantastic.”

The Bulls are doing their part in making sure he stays that way, sending the team’s director of sports performance, Jen Swanson, with Rose.

That’s why Rose knows when USA Basketball practice ends his day doesn’t.

“Jen is here kicking my butt,” Rose said.

“I’ve got acupuncture, I’ve got to get a massage.

[Wednesday], I’ve got practice and it starts all over again.”

A much better scenario than the previous two years.

“I don’t know surprised,” Krzyzewski said, when asked if he was surprised with how good Rose has looked. “Happy. Very pleased. Nothing that he does will ever surprise me.”

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“He has great balance and strength. He is stronger and has better balance. And he’s shooting the ball great.

I think he’s been absolutely terrific these first two days.”

That was Derrick Rose nice for Rose to hear after the Day 2 workout at UNLV’s Mendenhall Center, but Rose seems focused on just the little things.

“Um, waking up not sore, that’s kind of good,” Rose said with a laugh, when asked what he was working on this week. “I feel like a basketball player now.”

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Daily rind Don’t get stuck in a watermelon rut

TRY A RECIPE FOR A WATERMELON BASIL GRANITA ON PAGE C2

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Three refreshing ways to eat summer staple

By J.M. HIRSCH The Associated Press Watermelon is one of those foods you really don’t need to overthink.

Slice it. Eat it. Spit out the occasional seed. Done.

Trouble is, the sweet, refreshing taste of watermelon is so appealing in summer, I tend to overbuy. And before long I find myself with two or even three massive melons rolling around (and sometimes off...) my counter. Or with a refrigerator full of chunked (or when I’m feeling more ambitious, balled) watermelon flesh waiting to be eaten.

And no matter how delicious it is, one really can eat only so much straight up watermelon. So I thought I’d share a few of my favorite alternative uses for watermelon.

This isn’t rocket science, but it is delicious.

Watermelon Ice Cubes Cut the watermelon flesh into chunks small enough to easily fit into your blender. Working in batches if necessary, blend the watermelon until completely smooth. Pour the liquid into ice cube trays, then freeze. These ice cubes are awesome in lemonade, ginger ale, plain or flavored seltzer water, even orange soda. And don’t even get me started about gin and tonics and margaritas.

Watermelon Lemonade Speaking of lemonade, this watermelon version is pretty much the best. Follow the directions above

for cutting and pureeing watermelon in the blender.

Puree enough so that about half of your blender container is full of liquid watermelon. Now blend in honey or superfine sugar and lemon juice (start with about 1/4 cup of each, then adjust for your taste, making it slightly stronger than you’d like).

Now add enough ice to nearly fill the container, then blend until the ice is a slushie consistency.

Drink, preferably through a straw. Because that’s more summery.

Spicy Watermelon Salad With Feta and Basil

Spicy Watermelon Salad With Feta and Basil Watermelon’s sweet, crunchy flesh lends itself surprisingly well to salads, and I don’t mean fruit salad. The trick is to pair it with foods sporting contrasting flavors and textures. Anything salty and savory is good. This simple recipe for spicy watermelon salad with feta cheese and basil is a great start, but improvise as you see fit.

Start to finish: 10 minutes Servings: 4 AP photo

4 cups cubed watermelon (bite-size chunks) 1/4 cup jarred banana pepper slices (or other pickled peppers) 1 red chili pepper 2 tablespoons lime juice 1 tablespoon toasted sesame oil 1/2 teaspoon sugar 4 ounces feta cheese 1/4 cup fresh basil leaves, torn 1/4 cup pine nuts, toasted

Divide the watermelon between four serving plates, then top each with a quarter of the banana pepper slices.

Using a mandoline, carefully shave about a quarter of the chili pepper over each plate. Alternatively, you can finely mince the chili, then scatter the pieces over the salads.

In a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice,

sesame oil and sugar, stirring until the sugar is dissolved. Drizzle the dressing over the salads, then top each with some of the feta, basil and pine nuts.

Nutrition information per serving: 210 calories; 140 calories from fat (67 percent of total calories); 15 g fat (5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 25 mg cholesterol; 17 g carbohydrate; 2 g fiber; 15 g sugar; 6 g protein; 460 mg sodium.

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Freeze with ease Sweet or savory, granitas are icy summer refresher

By DAVID HAGEDORN The Washington Post At Minibar in D.C., an intriguing dish bridged the gap between the meat and dessert courses. The palate cleanser, called Spring Thaw, tiptoed between sweet and savory via two icy granitas: one a loose snowball of tangy frozen buttermilk formed into superfine granules, the other frosty green hillocks made from apple juice and pureed mint, parsley and cilantro.

Typically a dessert item made with sugar syrup and fresh fruit juice, the granita is a humble relative of the sorbet. Sorbets are turned in an ice cream machine, which adds air and keeps the ice crystals ultra-fine, resulting in a smooth-textured product that melts pleasingly in the mouth. A granita (granite in French) is a liquid simply frozen in a pan; the cook breaks up the crystals periodically with a fork, resulting in a fluff rather than a block. The ice has the texture and momentary feel of little glass shards landing alarmingly on the tongue, then quickly melting into refreshment.

How big the crystals are depends on the amount of sugar in the mix. Sugar inhibits crystal formation and therefore should not make up more than one-fifth of the total mass. The less sugar there is, the larger the ice crystals will be. Too much sugar, and your granita won’t advance past the slush stage.

With summer’s punishing heat, it is no surprise that chefs have turned to icy confections, but granitas are a standout trend.

Armed with inspiration, I decided to whip up my own granitas. A couple of hours later, with some piña colada granita tastings thrown in here and there, it was clear that despite the weather gods’ efforts, my summer was going to be absolutely chill.

This duo makes a beautiful presentation, with zesty, vibrant green poblano granita standing in visually as the “rind” of the watermelon granita placed atop it.

A jigger of tequila poured on top transforms the granitas into a refreshing, slushy cocktail.

Watermelon Basil Granita With Poblano Granita 8 servings (makes 4 cups watermelon granita, 2 cups poblano granita) For the poblano granita: 1 large poblano chili pepper, stemmed, seeded and coarsely chopped 3 tablespoons sugar 8 fresh mint leaves 1 cup packed spinach leaves For the watermelon granita: 1 pound seedless watermelon flesh, cut into 1-inch cubes (3 cups) 5 ounces ripe papaya flesh, cut into 1-inch cubes (1 cup) 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 5 tablespoons sugar 4 large fresh basil leaves Pinch kosher salt Black sesame seeds or chocolate wafers broken to resemble watermelon seeds, for garnish (optional) For the poblano granita: Combine the poblano, sugar, mint and spinach in a blender on high speed for 1 minute, then use a spatula or the back of a spoon to push the mixture through a fine-mesh strainer, letting the liquid fall into a plastic container

Choosing the right container for freezing Plastic food storage containers with lids work well for freezing granitas; you also can use nonreactive metal containers such as shallow baking pans.

Choose the correct size; you don’t want the liquid to be more than 1 inch deep, or the granita will take much longer to freeze.

or shallow, nonreactive metal pan; discard the solids. Cover and freeze for about 1 hour, until the mixture is slushy around the edges. Stir with a fork, then return to the freezer and repeat the stirring every 30 minutes for the next 2 hours or so to create texture/ crystals.

For the watermelon granita: Combine the watermelon, papaya, lime juice, sugar, basil and salt in a blender on high speed for 1 minute. Pour into a shallow container; straining is not necessary. Cover and freeze for about 1 hour, until slushy around the edges. Stir with a fork, then return to the freezer and repeat the stirring every 30 minutes for the next 2 hours or so to create texture/crystals.

To serve, fluff/scrape each granita with the tines of a fork.

Scoop 1/4 cup of the poblano granita into the bottom of each cocktail (martini) glass; use the back of a spoon to press the green granita into the bottom and sides of the glass, leaving a well in the center. Pile 1/2 cup of the watermelon granita into the well.

Sprinkle with seeds or cookie bits, if using. Serve right away.

Nutrition per serving: 80 calories, 0 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 35 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 18 g sugar.

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Watermelon Basil Granita With Poblano Granita (from left); Honeydew Muscat Granita With Red Grape Relish; Bread and Butter Granita

Muscat dessert wine captures the perfumy, summery essence of muscat grapes.

The honeydew brings out the wine’s melon notes.

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1 cup cream of coconut 1/2 cup coconut water 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice 1 teaspoon rum extract 1/2 teaspoon coconut extract 1/2 medium jalapeño pepper, seeded and sliced 1 teaspoon fresh thyme leaves 6 ounces Myers’s rum (optional) 6 pineapple leaves, for garnish (optional) 6 maraschino cherries, for garnish (optional)

Honeydew Muscat Granita With Red Grape Relish 8 servings (makes 5 cups) For the granita: 1½ pounds (from 1 medium honeydew) honeydew flesh, cut into 2-inch pieces (may substitute cantaloupe) 1 cup muscat dessert wine, such as Domaine de Durban Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise 4 tablespoons sugar 1/2 teaspoon dried culinary lavender For the relish: 6 ounces red seedless grapes, each one cut in half (about 1 1/4 cups) 1/4 cup muscat dessert wine, such as Domaine de Durban Muscat de Beaumes-de-Venise 3 large mint leaves, stacked, rolled and cut into thin ribbons (optional) For the granita: Combine the honeydew, wine, sugar and lavender in a blender; puree until smooth. Pour into a shallow container; straining is not necessary.

Cover and freeze for about 1 hour, until slushy around the edges.

Stir with a fork, then return to the freezer and repeat the stirring every 30 minutes for the next 2 hours or so to create texture/ crystals.

Meanwhile, make the relish: Combine the grapes, wine and mint, if using, in a medium bowl.

Cover and refrigerate until ready to serve.

Divide the granita among cocktail (martini) glasses. Top each serving with 2 tablespoons of the

Piña Colada Granita Washington Post photo

relish. Serve right away.

Nutrition per serving: 100 calories, 0 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, 0 g fat, 0 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 15 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 16 g sugar.

•••••• This granita is a pleasing, bright yellow color. Its bit

of jalapeño lends a nice note of spiciness. The addition of dark rum turns the ice into a slushy summertime cocktail.

Piña Colada Granita 6 servings (makes 4 cups) 1½ pounds fresh pineapple flesh (from 1 medium cored pineapple), cut into 2-inch chunks

Combine the pineapple, cream of coconut, coconut water, lime juice, rum extract, coconut extract, jalapeño and thyme in a blender; puree on high speed for 1 minute.

Strain the liquid into a shallow container through a fine-mesh strainer or chinois, using the back of a spoon to press out all of the liquid. Discard the solids.

Cover and freeze for about 1 hour, until the mixture is slushy around the edges. Stir with a fork, then return to the freezer and repeat the stirring every 30 minutes for the next 2 hours or so to create texture/crystals.

To serve, pour an ounce of rum, if using, into each cocktail (martini) glass. Fluff the granita with the tines of a fork, then scoop it into the glasses. Garnish each serving with a pineapple leaf and a maraschino cherry, if using.

Serve right away.

Nutrition per serving: 160 calories, 2 g protein, 20 g carbohydrates, 9 g fat, 8 g saturated fat, 0 mg cholesterol, 30 mg sodium, 3 g dietary fiber, 15 g sugar.

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This savory granita is made from a brine for breadand-butter pickles. Its vinegar and spice are perfect foils for a mignonette-like topping for oysters on the half shell or sliced fresh tomatoes drizzled with olive oil.

Bread and Butter Granita 8 servings (makes about 2 cups) 1½ cups distilled white vinegar 6 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon mustard seed 1 tablespoon celery seed 1 dried bay leaf 1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon 1/2 teaspoon whole cloves 1 teaspoon ground turmeric 1/4 teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes 1 clove garlic, crushed 1/4 red onion, coarsely chopped 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt Combine the vinegar, sugar, mustard seed, celery seed, bay leaf, cinnamon, cloves, turmeric, crushed red pepper flakes, garlic, red onion and salt in a blender; puree on high speed for 1 minute.

Strain the liquid into a shallow container through a fine-mesh strainer or chinois, using the back of a spoon to press all of the liquid out. Discard the solids.

Cover and freeze for about 1 hour, until slushy around the edges.

Stir with a fork, then return to the freezer and repeat the stirring every 30 minutes for the next 2 hours or so to create texture/ crystals.

Ingredients are too variable for a meaningful analysis.

LEARNING

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Teens teach campers to make nutritious food University of Illinois Extension and the DeKalb Park District’s Camp Maple Leaf collaborated to offer 4-H Food Smart Families Summer Cooking School as part of the summer camp program to students 9 to 12 years old.

4-H members were recruited to serve as “teen teachers” for the program. The teen teachers trained in best practices and basic nutrition education and practiced their lessons before teaching at the camp.

Under the supervision of Janelle Stein, Illinois Nutrition Education Program educator, 4-H teen leaders Natalie Baert, Lori Drake, Carson Groezinger, Justene Jennings and Madeleine Schneider taught students how to create simple and nutritious recipes they could make on their own with little to no assistance.

Kids created healthy snacks while they learned important math and reading skills by following recipes and measuring ingredients. Children also learned about food safety, meal planning and knife skills.

“It was fun to work with the teens

and campers each day,” Stein said in a news release. “The campers responded well to the teens as teachers and especially liked the hands on cooking – and eating – parts of the lessons. Most of the campers were willing to try a new food and some of the parents told us that their student enthusiastically insisted on making the recipes again at home. This program not only taught the campers some basic cooking skills, but also empowered them to help their families make healthy food choices. I hope the families continue to support and encourage their students to keep building cooking skills.”

“This is a great program that teaches youth how to make healthy nutritious snacks, and allows them to try some new foods and recipes,” 4-H Youth Development Educator Johnna Jennings said in the release. “What is also another neat benefit of the program is that we have teen 4-H leaders teaching the lessons to the participants. The Provided photo participants learn new things and our Illinois Nutrition Education Program educator Janelle Stein (from left) is pictured with 4-H teen teachers Carson Groezinger, teens get to enhance their leadership Lori Drake, Justene Jennings, Maddie Schneider and Natalie Baert. skills. It is a win-win situation.”

SHS hosts Blue Devils drum corps The Sycamore High School Band had the chance to interact with the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps when it was in the area to perform at the DCI Drum and Bugle Corps show at Northern Illinois University in July.

The Sycamore Music Boosters made it possible to host the Blue Devils at the high school by providing funds and support during their visit.

Students and parents were invited to observe the Blue Devils rehearsal on the SHS practice field, and students were invited to participate in an educational clinic and play music with the drum corps.

“This was a great experience and opportunity for the band students to witness a top-level marching band rehearse, as well as having the opportunity to play with them during rehearsal,” band director Ken Goodman said in a news release.

Ken Tonaki, SHS orchestra director and marching band assistant, said it was an honor to host the Blue Devils, and he hoped students were Provided photo inspired by the new techniques they learned before heading to this year’s Sycamore High School band students had the chance to watch the Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps rehearse and learn new techniques from the corps. band camp.

8BIRTHDAY CLUB

Tycen Allen McCarter Age 3, July 31

Ethan Drake McCarter Age 9, Aug. 1

Hometown: DeKalb Parents: Savares and LaKrisha McCarter Siblings: Ethan Drake and Brennan Cole Grandparents: Ida Mitchell and Tracy Moser of Cortland, Eunice McCarter of Kankakee and Larry and Carolyn Compton of Summersville, Kentucky

Hometown: DeKalb Parents: Savares and LaKrisha McCarter Siblings: Brennan Cole and Tycen Allen Grandparents: Ida Mitchell and Tracy Moser of Cortland, Eunice McCarter of Kankakee and Larry and Carolyn Compton of Summersville, Kentucky

8BRIEFS Clown, crafts and a photo booth.

The event is open to the public and free for all ages.

For more details call the at 815-895-2500, ext. 28, or send email to jilld.syclib@gmail.com.

beginning in August.

The foundation launched its Post Graduate Legal Fellowships Have a kindergartener starting Program with NIU Law and two school for the first time? Before other law schools – Loyola and after school programs fill up University Chicago School of quickly.

Law and University of Illinois Call Community Coordinated NIU law graduate College of Law – to fund public Child Care at 815-758-8149, ext. receives fellowship interest jobs for new graduates.

241, or 800-848-8727, ext. 241, IBF will contribute $25,000 to The Illinois Bar Foundation, for referrals to before and after each of the three fellowships the charitable arm of the Illinois school programs in your area and the law schools will fund State Bar Association, has and to discuss what to look for the remainder. The law schools awarded one of its inaugural in a quality care program.

4-C is a nonprofit agency serv- Post Graduate Legal Fellowships were charged with selecting the fellowship recipients. ing children, families, parents and to Alexis Simmons, a 2014 “Alexis was an outstanding child care providers for more than graduate of Northern Illinois choice for our fellowship,” NIU University College of Law. She 35 years. Services are offered Law Dean Jennifer Rosato Perea will work at the school’s Zeke in DeKalb, McHenry, Ogle, Lee, said in a news release. “The fact Giorgi Legal clinic in Rockford, Whiteside and Carroll counties.

Referrals available for school programs

McGuire earns honors at Edgewood College Delaney McGuire of Leland has earned Semester Honors for the spring 2014 semester at Edgewood College. Full-time students who achieve a 3.5 grade point average for the semester are eligible for this honor.

Located in Madison, Wisconsin, Edgewood College is a liberal arts Catholic college in the Dominican tradition. It serves approximately 3,000 undergraduate and graduate students.

that she had already excelled as a law student in our Rockford clinic made her stand out, and her impressive resume of additional experience and work with diverse populations sealed the deal. We are thrilled to be able to help launch her career in public interest law.”

NIU Law originally opened the Zeke Giorgi Legal Clinic in Rockford in 2001 and added a juvenile program there in 2011. NIU Law also operates a foreclosure mediation clinic in Kane County and health advocacy clinic at Hesed House, a homeless clinic in Aurora, assisting patients with legal matters.

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Family’s dirty secret better left unexposed Dear Abby: My husband’s family are hypocrites! They talk about everyone and their problems, yet when something arises in their family, they want it kept hush-hush.

My sister-in-law, “Gina,” had a baby recently. Her husband, “Allan,” was suspicious because their sexual relations had stopped years ago.

He did a store-bought DNA test (twice) and realized the baby was not his. When he confronted her, she wouldn’t tell him who the father is, but said she had discussed the pregnancy with the father, and they had decided it would be best for her to raise the baby as her husband’s.

Well, Allan and Gina are

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips now being divorced, and he’s having his name removed from the baby’s birth certificate. Of course, everyone but me wants this to stay quiet.

I want the wife of the man to know, and I want ALL the people my in-laws trash all the time to know!

Perhaps this seems mean, but DANG IT, why shouldn’t everyone know that Gina isn’t Miss Perfect? What do you think? – Ticked Off in Louisiana Dear Ticked Off: Please don’t

act on impulse. I think that as disgusted as you are with your in-laws, you should keep your mouth shut. If you spread this around, it could become the talk of the community and eventually embarrass the CHILD, who is blameless in all this.

Dear Abby: I am a man who has recently fallen in love with a beautiful male-to-female transgender. She considers herself a woman, but on social media lists herself as male.

I am wondering whether I should consider myself gay, bisexual or straight? I always considered myself straight until recently. – No Longer Sure in Texas

Dear No Longer Sure: Because the person presents herself to you as female, then you are a straight man who has fallen in love with a transgender woman. If you were attracted only to members of the same sex, then you would be a homosexual. People who are attracted to both men and women are bisexual.

Dear Abby: I use public transportation to commute to and from work. I use the time to read and unwind from my day. People often start talking to me, and I find myself trapped for the next 45 minutes listening to an unwelcome monologue about their lives. The fact that I have earplugs in and a book

on my lap is no deterrent.

I don’t want to be rude.

What’s the best way to tell someone I prefer to chill out and not listen to his/her ramblings? – Bookworm in Calgary, Canada Dear Bookworm: Smile at the person and say, “I need this time to catch up on my reading.” That’s asserting your right to privacy, and it’s not rude.

• 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.

Prevention and treatment of athlete’s foot Dear Dr. K: I have athlete’s foot. How can I get rid of it?

And how can I make sure I don’t get it again?

Dear Reader: Athlete’s foot is a common fungal infection. It got its name because walking around barefoot in a locker room is a good way to become infected. You can also pick up the fungus from improperly cleaned instruments used in a pedicure, in the dressing rooms of clothing stores, in swimming pool changing areas, or anyplace that combines dampness and a lot of foot traffic.

An early sign of infection is white scaly patches or fissures (small tears in the skin), especially between the toes. As the infection

ASK DR. K Anthony L. Komaroff progresses, the skin may turn red and become itchy and moist. Small blisters may spread out across your foot. They then break and expose painful fissures that may swell. The infection may spread to the soles of your feet or to your toenails. If you touch your feet and then another part of your body, the infection may spread there as well.

There are several treatment options. For a mild infection, focus on foot hygiene.

Wash your feet regularly

and dry them thoroughly, especially between the toes.

Apply an antifungal cream to the affected area and dust your socks and shoes with antifungal powder. Examples of medicines that are available over the counter are terbinafine (Lamisil), clotrimazole (Lotrimin), miconazole (Micatin) and tolnaftate (Tinactin).

Many effective antifungal remedies are sold over the counter.

If you have a severe infection or don’t see improvement after two weeks of over-thecounter treatment, see a foot care specialist. He or she may prescribe a stronger topical medication for a longer period of time. He or she also may recommend a prescrip-

tion medication to take by mouth. Some examples are terbinafine, itraconazole and fluconazole.

Watch for one dangerous complication of athlete’s foot: a bacterial infection called cellulitis. It causes a redness of the skin on the top of the foot (starting near the toes) and then spreads up the lower leg. The red area may be slightly tender, and a fever may develop. Bacteria live on the skin. When athlete’s foot causes a break in the skin, it allows bacteria to get under the surface of the skin and spread.

The best way to prevent athlete’s foot, or a recurrence of it, is by wearing sandals or shower shoes in locker rooms

or pool areas. Fungi thrive in dark, damp environments, but the most common dark, damp environment your feet experience is not a locker room. It’s your shoe, particularly in warm or hot weather, when your feet sweat.

To avoid athlete’s foot, wash your feet with soap and water at least once a day. Keep your feet dry the rest of the time. Put on clean socks every day, and change them more often if you sweat a lot or get them wet. Take your shoes off at home to give your feet a chance to “breathe.”

• Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to send questions and get additional information.

Teen: I’m feeling as free as a bird in flight Dr. Wallace: I’m a 17-yearold girl, and for the first time in several years, I’m free as a bird in flight. Since I started dating at 15, I was always hung up on some guy. I thought if I didn’t have a guy, I’d be an outcast socially.

Sure, I want to meet the right guy someday, but that’s in the future.

I am now totally happy not having a guy in my life.

I belong to several school organizations, volunteer for a local charity and teach Sunday school. I also spend more time with my girlfriends, and we have good times when we get together. I really don’t need some guy coming in and changing my life at this time.

Why do girls feel that having a steady boyfriend is

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace so important? This is a time when we should have the freedom to do, within reason, whatever we want, when we want. After all, most girls will eventually marry and have children and that will be exciting, but it limits our freedom.

I’m writing to tell girls to enjoy these years and spend time with a lot of friends. I’ve done and seen more in the three months I’ve been “free” than in the prior two and a half years when I was in relationships.

Girls, don’t go out with a

8ASTROGRAPH

By EUGENIA LAST Newspaper Enterprise Association

TODAY – Don’t get so caught up in your daily routine that you lose sight of your goals. Re-establish your plans for the future and focus your energy on your talents and achievements. Be prepared to follow up on any opportunities that come your way.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – You may be tempted to make a financial contribution to an unfamiliar institution. Don’t part with your money unless you have proof that the cause is legitimate, or you could lose out.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Make the most of your high energy level today. Get started on a new exercise routine and set up a proper diet plan. You will soon get the results you desire.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Find a position that will make good use of your talents. If you are in a dead-end job with no chance of promotion, consider other options available in your area.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – If you are bored, try something new. Making a change in your appearance or surroundings should provide you with a worthwhile diversion. Entertain during the evening hours.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Finish what you start. If you leave any loose ends, you will have to explain your lack of responsibility to a higher-up.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Social engagements will figure prominently today. The potential for meeting someone appealing is high if you attend a community event. Flaunt what you have to offer.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Scrutinize your legal and financial paperwork. Make sure that your documents are all up to date. It may be time to renew or revise some of your contracts.

Don’t leave any room for error.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Your intuition is strong today.

You will be inspired if you visit an interesting location close to home. Get out and discover the sights around you; you won’t be disappointed.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – If you have strayed off-course from your original goal, get back on track. Hard work is debilitating, but you must take time to finish your most important projects.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Gathering with friends and relatives will help you strengthen important relationships. Do something that allows everyone to participate on an equal footing. Praise and compliments will be welcomed.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Do whatever it takes to get in touch with an old friend. Arrange a short trip that will divert you from any discord occurring at home. Focus on positive affirmation and good will.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – You can ease tension with colleagues and peers if you are patient and understanding. Steer clear of arguments and make it a point to listen and learn.

Criticism will lead to trouble.

guy because of peer pressure or to enlarge your ego. Go out with him only if you can’t bear to be without him.

– Happy, Peoria, Illinois Happy: Thanks for sharing your thoughts. What you say makes a lot of sense!

Dr. Wallace: I’m 19 and dating Jared, who is 21. We met at a Fourth of July party.

Jared is fun to be with and he seems to be a good guy, but he is flawed. He constantly tells lies. If he is late, he makes up a stupid excuse such as “My dog got out of the house and it took 30 minutes to find her.” He has told me that his father owns a big company. I found out that his father owns a coffee shop.

I could give you five dozen more lies or fabrications that

8SUDOKU

he has laid on me. I’ve told him a dozen times to stop lying, and he insists that he is telling the truth.

Last week he told me that his cousin was in the military and was killed by a roadside bomb. I called his sister and she said that their cousin is in the navy and stationed in San Francisco.

She said that her brother is a good guy, but that he “fibs” to get sympathy.

How should I handle this?

– Megan, Del Rio, Texas Megan: Jared has a serious psychological problem. Seeing him on a regular basis will cause you both frustration and anger. The sooner you tell him goodbye, the sooner you can find a fun guy who isn’t flawed.

BRIDGE Phillip Alder

Dr. Wallace: I’m 16 and recovering from the eating disorder anorexia nervosa.

I have heard that about 10 million people in the United States suffer from this disease.

Is this a fair estimate?

– Nameless, Fort Wayne, Indiana Nameless: Over 90 percent of all anorexia victims are female ranging in age from 15 to 25. It is estimated that one in 1,000 females suffers from anorexia nervosa (self-starvation). Too many young females think “thin is in.”

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

He will answer as many letters as possible in this column.

8CROSSWORD

The problem may be hard to foresee Hannah More, an English playwright, moralist and philanthropist who died in 1833, said, “Goals help you overcome short-term problems.”

At the bridge table, a deal is a short-term problem. Your goal is to make or break the contract. However, sometimes there is an ominous problem that can be hard to spot.

In today’s deal, how should South play in three no-trump?

West leads his fourth-highest heart. East wins with his ace and returns the heart jack, the higher of two remaining cards.

The auction was straightforward. South’s one-notrump rebid showed a balanced hand with 12-14 points.

North knew to go for the nine-trick game, not to look for five clubs. Here, careful defense would have defeated five clubs; South would have lost two spades and one heart.

Declarer seems to have nine easy winners: one spade, one heart (given the first trick), two diamonds and five clubs. But if South wins the second trick and goes after the clubs, he will, sooner or later, notice a problem. Since East has jack-third, declarer will have to win the fourth round of clubs in the dummy. He will have no way to reach his winning club six.

It is difficult to anticipate the potential blockage in the club suit. But once it is spotted, how can South get around it?

The solution is not to win the second heart trick. Then, when East leads his last heart, declarer takes the trick with his king and discards a club from the dummy. Alternatively (but not recommended), South could take the second trick and lead his third heart, throwing a club from the board.

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Anderson awarded ag scholarship

Students to help build IVVC’s new health wing Ground was broken on July 2 for a four-classroom health wing addition at Indian Valley Vocational Center in Sandwich.

The new space will be used for health career programs by students from the 11 districts that share the center. IVVC plans to use reserve funds and donations to cover the expected $1 million cost of the addition, and to only ask the 11 school districts that participate in the technical education center for funding if there is a shortfall. Construction is expected to start in July and be completed by the start of the 2015 school year.

Students in IVVC’s construction technology class, with help and supervision from local contractors, will build the interior after the shell is completed by

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From left, Amy Smith, Newark High School superintendent and IVVC board chair; Dan Joyce, past IVVC chair; John Diederich, chief operating officer of Rush Copley Hospital; Amie Cory of the DeKalb County Community Foundation; Alethia Hummel, executive director of the Sandwich Area Chamber of Commerce; and Ron Pieper, director of IVVC, break ground on the vocational school’s new health addition.

Lite Construction to help keep down the total cost. Registration for the construction technology class is still open, so interested students should contact their home schools regarding this hands-on opportunity.

Rush-Copley Hospital and the DeKalb

Allstate donates vehicles to KC program

County Community Foundation are the largest contributors to the project to date, and the IVVC board is grateful for their support. The foundation drive to help fund this project is still under way; anyone interested in contributing should contact the school office at 815-786-7616.

Sandwich grad receives scholarship

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Kishwaukee College’s Collision Repair Technology Program received two vehicles from Allstate Insurance for students in the program to gain experience. Greg Brink, CRT faculty, had contacted the I-CAR Foundation about possible vehicle donations. The Kish College information was shared with Allstate which donated a 2000 Honda Civic and a 2003 Honda Accord, each of which had sustained body damage in separate accidents. Pictured are several CRT students with the donated vehicles. Registration for fall classes is in progress. For more information on enrolling, call New Student Connections at 815-8252086, ext. 6099, or email welcome@kishwaukeecollege.edu.

Dana Anderson, daughter of Wes and Susan Anderson and a recent graduate of Indian Creek High School, was awarded a $1,500 scholarship from the Hintzsche Companies headquartered in Maple Park.

Hintzsche Scholarship for Agriculture applicants are evaluated by an independent panel of agri-business professionals and educators.

Evaluations are based on scholastic achievement, leadership activities and a written essay. Anderson was one of six recipients to receive this award in 2014.

Anderson was involved in many different activities throughout high school, including: FFA, 4-H, Academic Bowl (numerous offices), drama club (president her junior and senior years), band, creative writing club

Fitness balls used in the classroom

Provided photo

Jacqueline Lorusso (right) of Sandwich has been named one of two Northern Illinois University 2014 Operating Staff Dependent Scholarship recipients. The scholarship is intended to provide financial assistance to children of NIU Operating Staff Civil Service employees while attending NIU. The award is made possible through the NIU Civil Service Employees’ fundraising activities. Brittney Bonebright (left) of Rochelle is the other recipient. Lorusso also was awarded the Woodstock Provided photo Center Endowed Fund scholarship from NIU for the 2014-15 school year. The Valley West Community Benefit Program gave teachers at WoodLorusso is a 2011 graduate of Sandwich High School and is majoring in bury Elementary in Sandwich a grant to buy stability balls for children political science with minors in business administration and Italian. to use in the classrooms.

© 2014 by Vicki Whiting, Editor Jeff Schinkel, Graphics Vol. 30, No. 33

The first clock in each row shows the time the kids starting playing Baggyball. Each game lasted 30 minutes. Circle the clock in each row that shows the time each game ended.

All you need is an old (already read) newspaper and a friend or two … or twenty!

Games aren’t just about playing organized sports. They’re about making up your own.

Bernie DeKoven, author of Junkyard Sports, shows us how we can make up whole new sports with an old newspaper, a little imagination and a few good friends.

(editor), cheerleading and dance. She was raised on a swine and grain farm and began helping Dana out at an early Anderson age. She also enjoyed showing pigs.

Anderson is interested in many different avenues in the field of agriculture and aspires to be ag teacher one day.

Influenced by her high school ag teacher, Anderson hopes to be able to spark other’s interest in what agriculture is all about and has to offer. Anderson will attend the University of Wisconsin-Platteville in the fall, majoring in agriculture education.

Hintzsche is a full-service ag retailer covering a multiple-county area in north central and northeastern Illinois.

Plastic vitamin jars Two plastic lids that come on almost everything in the grocery store these days can be glued together, with your choice of filler inside.

At least 2 (for two teams) Gyms, hallways or anywhere flat, smooth and a little slippery

Standards Link: Measurement: Tell time to the half hour.

To make a polo mallet, roll several sheets of newspaper diagonally into a tube. Make the mallet head by either bending, or tearing and creasing one end. Roll a sheet of newspaper into a ball. For goals, make two giant paper cones, each from one whole piece of newspaper, and place them mouth-down.

Smaller sized coffee cans with a plastic lid

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

Knock over the other team’s paper cone, using only paper mallets to move the ball, while standing on two sheets of newspaper.

Divide into two teams, and give each player a paper polo mallet. Set the big paper cones at either end of the playing area, with their points standing up. Players whack the paper ball with their mallets, trying to get the ball to hit the opponents’ cone. All the while, each player stands on two pieces of newspaper, one for each foot. Players must shuffle around, keeping their feet on Newspaper their newspapers for the whole game.

Twister Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Follow multiple-step Place a sheet of written directions. newspaper on the floor and stand next to it. Have a friend give you the following directions: Two teams of 3 to 11 players.

Two plastic shopping bags and one Bubbleball (a plastic grocery bag wrapped around a chunk of bubble wrap).

Anywhere – on sand, grass, even a basketball court.

Standing at opposite ends of the playing area, one player from each team becomes his team’s “basket” by holding a shopping bag open; he can move the bag around to thwart the other team, but must keep the bag open and have one foot in place at all times. The object is to get the Bubbleball into the opposing team’s basket.

The game is played like basketball, except that players dribble by repeatedly hitting the ball in the air, palm up. Players can either shoot or dunk the ball into the basket. The team with the most baskets in 30 minutes of play wins.

Standards Link: Physical Education: Students know there are opportunities for physical activity outside of school.

The activities on today’s Kid Scoop are adapted from the book Junkyard Sports by Bernie DeKoven. For more ideas, visit www.junkyardsports.com

Make a “shaker” out of some clean junk and shake, shake, shake and dance, dance, dance!

1. Place your right hand on a headline.

2. Place your left foot on a photograph.

3. Place your right knee on a noun.

4. Place your right foot on a number.

Keep coming up with silly directions until you start laughing so hard that you can’t play anymore!

Standards Link: Physical Education: Understand that many activities can be modified to be more health-enhancing.

Many energy drinks come in aluminum bottles, and these are great for shakers.

You can use dried beans, seeds, pebbles, sand, beads, bottle caps and even twigs. Notice the different sounds made by the different materials, and how the size of each also affects the sound.

Standards Link: Letter sequencing. Recognized identical words. Skim and scan reading. Recall spelling patterns.

Tip: Experiment by putting different types of items inside similar containers. Then compare the shakers, noticing differences in sound and feel.

Junkyard Sports News Read an article in today’s sports section of the newspaper. Identify the who, what, when, where and why of the article. Now replace each of these with information about a game of Baggyball or Newspaper Polo.

… giggling for no reason.

Standards Link: Reading Comprehension: Understand the who, what, where, when and why of newspaper format.

Kid Scoop Sponsored By

Junkyard Sports Invent a game using something you would normally throw away. Turn trash into fun!

DOWNTOWN SYCAMORE

Complete the grid by using all the letters in the word JUNK in each vertical and horizontal row. Each letter should only be used once in each row.

Some spaces have been filled in for you.

Genoa Multi Family

THURS, FRI, SAT JULY 31, AUG 1 & 2 8AM - 3PM

WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 2014 • SECTION C

10096 Cherry Valley Rd.

DEKALB

Household items, tools, furniture & MUCH MORE!

512 N. 6th St.

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.

Half siamese, light and dark brown back, black tail, legs and face, white chest/belly, paws and both sides of nose. Super friendly. "Tommy" or "TommyTom" He's missed dearly by his people and his brother 815-784-4405 if seen

BATAVIA BETTER GET THERE EARLY! 1268 Creek Lane 9-5pm August 1st, 9-3pm August 2nd.

Big Moving Sale, girl's 4 piece Ethan Allen bedroom set, cherry finish computer desk, patio furniture, vintage rock 60-70s vinyl LPs, electronics, DVDs, art and wall hangings, books, kitchen and knick/knacks and much, much more. Many quality items.

Down sizing and we can't take them with us!

BURLINGTON AREA “ ELLITHORPE ROAD Neighborhood Sale “

4 + Households 8/1 Fri 8am-8pm 8/2 Sat 8am-4pm

Driver

LOCAL CDL DRIVER Looking for an experienced Local CDL Driver. Contact: Upstaging at 815-899-9888 or visit: www.upstaging.com

Find us on Facebook LOST CAT

Driver

LOCAL TRUCK DRIVER Must have Class A CDL with Hazmat.

TRUCK MECHANIC with experience & tools.

Call 815-895-2838

DRIVERS Semi Flat. DOT qualified.

TC Transportation 815-459-5724 Food Service

COOK

Our family is still looking looking for Leo -- Have you seen him?

Grey tabby cat--fairly large. He is microchipped, but no collar.

We desperately want him back home! Please help us find him!

Call 815-748-4656.

LOST/STOLEN BASEBALL EQUIPT. Black/Silver bag w/equipment, including B/W helmet with name inside; black glove w/name in silver on thumbpiece, Lost 7/26 at Shabbona Field. If found Please Call 815-280-8178 or turn into Morris police dept.

FULL TIME For a Sorority in DeKalb, IL. Must have food handlers certification, be experienced in meal prep from scratch, budgeting, menu planning and ordering.

Responsible for lunch & dinner Monday through Friday.

Fax resume to 717-685-3253

HOUSEKEEPERS Full-time positions available. Apply at: greenfieldsofgeneva.org/careers or apply in person at 0N801 Friendship Way, Geneva.

Restaurant Sycamore Tom & Jerry's and Catering by Diann is growing & looking for help!

Calvary Assembly of God

HUGE THURS, JULY 31 9AM - 9PM FRI, AUG 1 9AM - 5PM SAT, AUG 2 9AM - NOON

Air Conditioned Sale!

Collectibles & Antiques

DeKalb ALGONQUIN

131 Ilehamwood Friday, 8 – 5 Saturday, 8 – 12

Friday August 1st, 9:00AM - 3:00PM 2224 Dawson Lane Living Room, Family Room, Bedroom & Kitchen Furniture Noritake Rothschild #7293 Ivory China for 12 Fine Silver 5 Piece place setting for 12 Everyday China and Class wear Pots, Pans & Miscellaneous Kitchen Supplies 60" Upright Frost-Free Freezer 32" Stainless Steel Bar/Dorm Refrigerator Seasonal Items Art Work & Decorative Items

Now hiring Delivery Drivers, Cashiers, Shift Managers.

HUNTLEY

Please apply in person at 1670 DeKalb Ave, Sycamore.

Everything from Tea Strainers to Entertainment Centers!

DEKALB

Cash register and food exp a plus.

15-30 hrs per week. Tue-Fri. DeKalb area. Send your info to: Send your contact info to bakery102-employment@yahoo.com

SOMETHING SPECIAL ESTATE SALE! Fri-Sat Aug 1&2 9a-4p 12887 Norfolk Dr, Huntley See Pictures & Details at www.somethingspecial estatesales.com

SYCAMORE

COOK – PART TIME Experience preferred.

Flexible hours.

Houlahan's Tavern & Grill, Waterman

Call Tom at 815-264-3333 Food Service

PART TIME PM COOKS 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

OPTICIAN - Dr. Michele's Eyecare Center is looking for an experienced optician for full-time. Fax resume to: 815-756-8843

RN or LPN st

rd

Part Time - 1 /3 Shift Apply within, no phone calls

Lincolnshire Place 710 Vellagio, Sycamore

You Want It? We've Got It! Classified has GREAT VARIETY!

877-264-2527 Daily-Chronicle.com

Honda “Shadow Spirit 1100” Motorcycle, plus Bedroom, Living, and Dining Furniture by “Century”, Twin beds with mattresses, frames, and box springs, black wrought iron twin headboards, King size sheets and coverlet, vintage baby crib quilt, TVs, vintage desk, antique travelling chest, clothes chest, Baker's rack, wine rack, wall shelves, antique stained glass hanging, wind surf board and sails, men;s and women's ice skates, bikes, luggage, white dishes for 12 (perfect condition), garden ornaments, portable garden potting cart, picnic table, steel utility trailer, 2 construction grade wheelbarrows, Totter wheeled garbage can, crutches, commode chair, work bench, cement tools, drywall tools, tile cutter, Airco Medium Duty welding and cutting outfit, Craftsmen Circle Saw/8”, Table Saw, Disk Sander/Grinder, Air Compressor, Jointer, Propane torch kit, brass blow torch, 10” miter saw, 17 piece impact wrench kit/air, flexible drill extension in box, undercounter AM/FM radio, propane bug fogger, metal cabinets, new and used construction materials, hand tools.

CASH ONLY. MUST HAUL BY 3 PM, SAT., AUG. 2. SALE IN ALLEY BEHIND 512 N. 6TH ST., DeKALB - LOOK FOR LARGE WHITE GARAGE. Enter Alley on Fisk St.

VINTAGE WEDDING DECOR -SHABBY CHIC / COUNTRY CASUAL Hundreds of items.

We have most everything.

ALL ITEMS 50% OFF MY COSTCash Only, No Checks SALE DATES Thurs, July 31st 10a - 4p Fri, August 1st 10a - 4p Sat, August 2nd 9a - 4p

THURS, JULY 31 4PM - 7PM FRI & SAT AUG 1 & 2 9AM - 3PM

194 Quinlan Ave. Friday & Saturday 8 AM – 3 PM Books, toys, household items, boys 6-7, girls 4T, ladies L, mens L & XL, holiday items.

Daily Chronicle Classified It works.

Pictures increase attention to your ad!

Nice Clean Sale!

Thomasville & Ethan Allen furniture, nice piano, grandfather clock, decorative pieces, lawn & garden items & MORE!

CHECK FMH @ estatesales.net for pics & details

DON'T NEED IT? SELL IT FAST!

Daily Chronicle Classified Call 877-264-2527

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

www.dart.jobs Dart Container Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all candidates for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Call to advertise 800-589-8237 Or place your ad online daily-chronicle.com/ placeanad

FOR 2 MORE WEEKENDS More items added everyday!

KIRKLAND TOWN WIDE GARAGE SALE August 1st and 2nd 8AM - 4PM Furniture, clothing, toys, household goods, antiques, baby items, much more!

Maps available at: 506 Hortense Drive

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.

812 Haish Blvd. Thurs (7/31), Fri (8/1), Sat (8/2) 10AM 4PM. Full size air hockey table, aquarium, some furniture, children's items, etc.

DeKalb Come out to

8725 Elva Rd

Friday & Saturday 8am – 4pm

to find anything from costume jewelry & old Avon to S/P shakers. Also, clothes; kids -adult.

Even an xtra lg wheelchair, books & more!

DEKALB

FRI AUG 1 8-3 SAT AUG 2 9-NOON

647 Yorkshire Dr. Toys, baby and children's clothing, maternity, baby items, small furniture, tons of household items!

Priced to Sell!

DEKALB

Sycamore 1527 Larson MEGA SALE Thursday, Friday 8am – 4pm & Saturday 8am – noon

Devonaire Farm Sub-Div 1mi. W of AnnieGlidden & Malta Rd, Ent. center, outside furn, kitchen, tools, household, X-mas, books, DVD's, slot machine, clothing and Too Much More !

GARAGE SALE 30785 Royal Oak Rd. (Ellwood Greens Subdivision), AUG 1 & 2 Fri 9AM-4PM, Sat 9AM-3PM Furniture, baby items, TV, TV stands, clothes, household items, and MUCH MORE.

BIKE - Radio Flyer Red Scoot About Ride On Kids Toddler Bike w/Bell & Seat That Adjusts As Child Grows Best for 1-2 Year Old, $18, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 Child Disney Princess Tricycle With Storage Area In Back, $25, DeKalb. 815-739-1953 HELMET - Child Bike Helmet w/Blue Strap, White In Color & Has Picture Of Kangaroo On Front & Says Kangaroo, $5, 815-739-1953 DeKalb TRICYCLE - Radio Flyer Child Bike Tricycle. Red & Blue In Color, $22, DeKalb, 815-739-1953

Dell – all in 1 A940 works great, with manuals, $25. 815-758-5523

TV 32” Insignia

Chair, Powerlift chair

Large, sleeps, sits, stands.

Almost New $400 630-464-5611

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

SYCAMORE Fri 8/1 8am-4pm Sat 8/2 8am-12pm

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

188 SWANSON RD quilt fabric, books, fashion fabric, entertainment center,

& MUCH MORE !

Sycamore 708 Nancy Ct. Friday, 9 – 3 Saturday, 9 – 12 Furniture, kitchen items, clothing, and much more!

SYCAMORE

THURS & FRI 8AM - 3PM 1170 E. STATE ST. Expanded, Remodeled, Demolished Construction material, fixtures, hardware, furniture, shop equipment & MORE!

Friday 8am -5pm Saturday 8am - ?

Slot machine, antique library table, antique hurricane lamps, western paperbacks, bikes, toys, clothes, lots to come & see!

Advertise here for a successful garage sale!

Call 815-455-4800

Clothing ~ Women's Tops

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

Hampshire Area. 847-830-9725 STEEL TOE WORK BOOTS Brahma boots, black, size 9.

Brand new, $40. 815-508-3553

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.

CALL 224-858-3202 Electric stove, good working condition, off white $300 630-675-8386 Why not have it delivered?

Call 800-589-9363 Daily Chronicle

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

815-508-3553 BB Pistol Powerline CO2 “1200”. As New – in Box $65/OBO Before 9 PM 815-827-3692.

Plastic Drum - White, 55 gallon Great For Rain Barrel Project Sycamore. $25.00 – Moving 815-762-0382 STEP LADDER 10 foot Werner aluminum step ladder. 300 load capacity. Type 1A, extra heavy duty. $100.

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

815-508-3553

Antique Farm Wagon Great for yard decoration - $300.

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

6.5HP Briggs & Stratton, bag, electric start. $200. 815-508-3553

2 Bench Top Table Saws 10" Harbor Freight w/ Manual, Accessories, Good Shape, $90 w/ Stands, $60 w/o Stands, Sycamore, 815-762-0382 Band Saw- Central Machinery 12” Band Saw, Model 1629, 1/2 Hp. Motor, 4-5/8 x 12” Capacity, 62” Blade, w/ manual, accessories & 2 new blades, $150 w/ stand, $100 w/o stand 815-762-0382 CABLE WIRE 1000' Reel RG - 6 New, $25, Sycamore 815-895-5373 Compound Miter Saw Black & Decker Model # 9425 8-1/4", 8 Amp Meter, w/ Manual, Accessories & Extra Blades, Great Shape, $40. Moving, Sycamore 815-762-0382 Conduit Bender 1/2", $20, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 DRILL - Milwaukee 4" Right Angle - $190, Sycamore, 815-895-5373 HAMMER DRILL Black & Decker 1/2 hammer drill type 3, 120 V, $50.

815-508-3553 Propane Heater Remington Torpedo Model #REM35LP, 35,000 BTU w/ Manual, Great shape, $50.00 w/o tank, Sycamore, 815-762-0382 REMINGTON POWER ACTUATED TOOL. Ramset, powder pins, model #476. $25. 815-508-3553

www.HuskieWire.com All NIU Sports... All The Time

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

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.

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

PUNCH BOWL Crystal with 12 cups and ladle, never used, $40.

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

DeKalb, 815-739-1953 SHOES - Cherokee Black Casual Dress Tie Shoes, Boy's Men's Size 6, $5. 815-739-1953

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

815-575-5153 WE PAY THE BEST! For Junk Cars, Trucks & Vans with or without titles.

630-817-3577 or 219-697-3833

07 VStar 650 Silverado 4667m $5400.

07 Majesty Scooter 5560m $3800.

Call or text 630-200-5917 2004 YAMAHA V-STAR 650 CC, 20,000 MILES GREAT CONDITION, RUNS GREAT. SOME UPGRADES. $3000.00 OBO. CALL FOR DETAILS 815-321-3474 2008 Harley Fatboy, like new 1,600 miles, anniversary edition, black pearl, asking $12,500 815-827-0003

SNEAKERS Sneaux Black Boy's Men's Size 7 Everyday Shoes, $5, DeKalb, 815-739-1953 Sofa, chair ottoman, plaid, green, tan, deep red, $400. full size couch plain, green, tan, deep red $200 630-675-8386

ROOSTERS 4 SALE Various breeds, $5/ea.

815-451-8393

Flat front, large in back (a little older) $30. 847-830-9725

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

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Send resume and cover letter in confidence to: The DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board 2500 N. Annie Glidden Rd., Suite B, DeKalb, IL 60115 c/o Jane Dargatz, Board President Email: jdargatz@frontier.com Fax: 815-899-6708 Or, in writing no later than August 11, 2014 EOC

Booster seat (2) Graco & Cosco Very good cond. $10 each 815-758-5523

SYCAMORE 1701 Forestview Dr. Fri 8-4, Sat 8-noon.

BIG GARAGE SALE! Everything must go! Clothes, housewares, seasonal, electronics and more!

DAILY CHRONICLE CLASSIFIED

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

ANTIQUE BOOKS & FIRST EDITIONS Private collection of 1st editions and antique books. 1800s, 1900s and 2000s. Many, classics and some signed editions and sets. Downsizing and must sell. $2/book (many treasures here). Call for appointment to view. 815-901-1407

Couch Beautiful, Stanton - Cooper couch, floral pattern, very good condition. Must see $50.

10 AM to 6 PM 815-991-5346

Waterman 430 N. Hickory

The DeKalb County Community Mental Health Board located in DeKalb, Illinois, seeks to fill a vacancy for its chief executive officer. The position is accountable for a county local mental health authority serving a jurisdiction of approximately 105,000 residents. The position is responsible for planning, contracting for and monitoring community mental health, substance abuse and developmental disabilities services delivered through private contract agencies in accordance with the Illinois Community Mental Health Act. The position reports to the DeKalb County Community Mental Health (708) Board. Responsibilities include: providing leadership in implementing all policies developed by the mental health board, overseeing day to day operations, organizational and systems planning, implementation of the Board's mission, carrying out the goals of the strategic plan, managing activities surrounding the agency grant process, assuring outcomes-driven accountability, engaging in performance monitoring and preparing the organization's annual budget of $2.3 million and annual report. Required qualifications for the position include: Master's degree in public administration, psychology, social work, healthcare management or related field, five years of progressively responsible experience in administrative capacity including fiscal management functions. Professional experience in behavioral health and human services fields, supplemented by grant development skills, is preferred. Desired management traits include: the ability to provide strategic leadership to the Board and contracted agencies with a “Big Picture” view, the facility to develop and lead community partnerships, the ability to work with a nonprofit board, and the capacity to use creative problem solving skills.

1920'S VINTAGE SCRAPBOOKS 2 huge vintage scrapbook!!.

Sizes 22x18 and 19x18. Over 50 pages each of ephemera.

815-901-1407 Must see!

Women's stuff, men's stuff, kids stuff, kitchen stuff, lawn tractor, collectibles; upscale purses (Friday Only)

MOVING SALE JULY 31 – AUG 2 Thurs, Fri, Sat. 8am – 5pm 484 Devonaire Pkwy

REFRIGERATOR Haier 33 inch tall mini refrigerator & freezer. Stainless steel. $100.

815-508-3553 TVs – (2) 14" Sharp Color TVs $20 each or OBO Sold separately in Plano Call 630-385-8924

STEP LADDERS - 3 wood step ladders, Type lll, 200lb. rating, very good condition, 4' to 5' high, $15 each, moving, Sycamore 815-762-0382 SWINGLINE POWER STAPLER 1 volt, good condition. $10, before 9 PM 815-827-3692

Printer/Fax

THE FOX VALLEY FESTIVAL CHORUS Fundraiser Many upscale items, purses, music, music-related items, household goods, jewelry, dvd's, books, toys, tools, choir robes, seasonal collectibles, crafting materials, Russian stacking dolls, porcelain collector plates, plus hand-crafted items.

GENOA

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

FRI - SUN 8AM-5PM

DEKALB

#'s Half Hour Before Sale 710 Cambridge Place

BIG SALE! Barn full of household and décor items, lots of glassware, baby toys, lots of purses, sz 10 ladies shoes, New (3) 8 ft. granite counter tops with back splash. Lots of new items in box, some antiques too!

NORTH AURORA TREASURES, TREATS AND ?

377 Wildwood Drive August 1, 9 am - 2 pm August 2, 9 am - noon

1608 Sleepy Hollow Lane

DeKalb

BAKERY COUNTER HELP

(NO EARLY BIRDS):

5906 S. RT 31

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

CRYSTAL LAKE

MOVING SALE WITH “VROOOM” Fri., Aug. 1 & Sat., Aug. 2: 9 am to 3 pm

KINGSTON 7267 ROUTE 72

MICROWAVE GETTING READY FOR COLLEGE? For Sale: Barely used 0.9 cu.ft. 900 watt black EMERSON MICROWAVE $35 or OBO in Plano Call 630-385-8924

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.

815-739-1953

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

DOLL SET NEW American Girl Bitty Baby Doll Set w/ Doll, Book & Star, Includes Deluxe 15 Piece Layette Collection; Dress, Cardigan, Pants, Tights, Shoes. Rattle, Bottle, Bib & Hangers All In a Satin Storage Suitcase.

All new & in original packaging $150 for all, 815-739-1953 Leap Frog Leapster Handheld Learning Game System, Green & Gray In Color With 19 Games, $50, DeKalb.

815-739-1953.

Little Tikes Country Kitchen Child Play Kitchen, Good Size With Extras, $50, DeKalb 815-739-1953 Little Tikes Large Outdoor Square Large Climber Cube w/ Platform & Slide, Primary Colors, Has Slots To Climb On & Areas To Climb Through. There Is Also A Platform For Child To Hide Under Or Climb On To Go Down Slide. Each Square Side, 51" x 48" - $200. DeKalb.

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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2012 Toyota Yaris 4D Blue Sedan 47k miles- $8300-Must sell before school in August. Clean title cash only 6306999181

2004 LEXUS RX330 AWD Excellent cond. Silver/blk lthr. New tires, rear camera, Sat/Hd/USB stereo. Remote start. 137800 mi. $11500. 919-924-8299. Geneva.

2007 GMC Yukon XL 1500 $16K 5.3L V8 Flex 4WD, 97K miles seats 9 good condition.

Call Steve at 630-387-9347

!! !! !!! !! !!

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

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SOMONAUK 4 bedroom, 2 bath. 1 acre.

340 North Green.

815-545-8034

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23rd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005W4, Plaintiff, vs.

Nathan Dexter, Lisa Dexter, United States of America for the benefit of the Internal Revenue Service, Unknown Owners, Generally, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

12 CH 650 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 3/14/2013, the Sheriff of Dekalb County will on 8/14/2014 at the hour of 1 p.m. at the, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 08-23-427-014 COMMON ADDRESS: 205 Dodge Ave, Dekalb, IL 60115 The improvement on the property consists of: single family residence.

Sale terms: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (2) two business or the following Tuesday. The property offered for sale is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

No refunds.

The judgment amount was at $127,480.37.

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, LLC, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 201-6679.

I618756 (Published in the Daily Chronicle July 23, 30 & August 6, 2014)

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

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

DeKalb - Upper 2 Bedroom

$650/mo+dep & lease, avail now.

Stove, fridge, heat & water incl.

No pets/smoking. 815-298-0423

CLASSIFIED

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BIG APARTMENTS, LESS MONEY! Rochelle: 15 minutes from DeKalb 1 BR & 2BR Starting at $530 Recently updated!

Affordable heat.

Walk to shops!

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Sue 815-762-0781

DEKALB - SPACIOUS MARKET APARTMENTS Starting @ $432, 1BR; $599, 2 BR; $683, 3 BR. Near the heart of NIU. Incl gas and forced air heat. Off street parking, lush grounds, on site laundry room. Outdoor pool, tennis and basketball courts, patios and balconies. Cats OK.

University Village Apts.

722 N. Annie Glidden Rd. 815-758-7859

GENOA 1 & 2 BEDROOM 1 bath, remodeled, appl. Country setting, close to downtown Genoa.

815-784-4606 ~ 815-901-3346

HINCKLEY 2BR, 1.5BA Stove, fridge, D/W, W/D. NO PETS. $775/mo + sec. Water sewer, garb incl. 815-739-1250

KIRKLAND MODERN 1 BEDROOM Oak trim, A/C, off St. parking. $475/mo + 1st mo & security.

Avail Aug 1. Mike 847-638-7440

Malta Quiet, Upper 2 Bedroom

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

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

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

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

815-751-0480

Remodeled, clean and quiet.

Available now. 815-758-6580 or 815-739-5806

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

815-756-9554 www.glencoproperties.com

DeKalb 1 Bedroom Garden Apt. $450/mo, heat and water incl.

W/D, no smoking, avail Aug 15 or Sept 1. 815-997-3977

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

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

773-510-3643 ~ 815-509-7975

CORTLAND ~ 2BR DUPLEX

Stone Prairie 2BR, 2BA APT.

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

No pets/smkg, $800/mo + lease, deposit & ref. 815-758-6439

DeKalb Large Studio. A/C. Laundry.

Clean, quiet and secure. $595/mo. includes utilities. No pets/smoking.

J&A R.E. 815-970-0679.

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

Cat friendly. Private fishing. $765/mo.

ELECTRIC PARK 3 bedroom, finished basement, attached garage. Appliances furnished. $900/mo. includes water/sewer. 1st, last, security.

Sycamore schools. 815-953-7646.

Lease, deposit, ref, no pets.

815-739-5589 ~ 815-758-6439 DeKalb Upper 1BR, full kit, den, near post office, $600. Lower 3BR, hardwood flrs, new kitchen, $700.

No pets/smoking. 815-762-4730

DEKALB ~ 2 BEDROOM

Clean, quiet, 1 bath, appliances included, available now.

815-758-6580

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Sycamore, 4 bedroom 1.5 bath, Lg. corner lot, 1 car garage, $1250/mo + 1st. Last & sec.

Avail 9-1, 815-895-6901

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

Please call 630-518-1432

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

Large 2BR, carport, A/C, laundry.

Clean, quiet and secure. $750/mo.

J&A RE. 815-970-0679

DeKalb Quiet Studio 1, 2, 3BR

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

Laing Mgmt.

815-758-1100 or 815-895-8600 Sycamore – (2 Units) 1 upper $850, 1 lower $875, electric, gas & water included., 815-739-7665 Brad.

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BUYER'S ADVANTAGE! NEW LOWER PRICE – LARGE COUNTRY HOME DEKALB SCHOOLS

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

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR - NOW! 815-739-9997

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

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 – 1500 square feet of shop space. $1000, utilities included. 815-895-8526

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 Daily Chronicle Classified It works.

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

J&A RE 815-970-0679

Daily Chronicle Classified 877-264-2527

SELLER MOVED – PRICE REDUCED!

IMMACULATE RANCH HOME 3 Bedrms, 2 Full Baths, Huge, Huge Kitchen, stainless steel appliances. Finished basement plus plenty of storage room. Fenced Yard, Large Deck.

DeKalb Schools. MOVE IN NOW.

CALL NEDRA ERICSON, REALTOR 815-739-9997

judg $127,480.37.

For information call Plaintiff's Attorney, Kluever & Platt, LLC, 65 East Wacker Place, Suite 2300, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (312) 201-6679.

I618756 (Published in the Daily Chronicle July 23, 30 & August 6, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE

Genoa 3 Bedroom Ranch

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

Call 815-899-7551

Sycamore TH Like New 2BR

DeKalb – 1148 ½ Market St. 2 BD residential upper apt.

1st/sec dep.$600 month + utilites 815-756-6201 DEKALB ~ 227 N. 1st

SYCAMORE – Office space: 200 square feet, $200. 600 square feet, $600. Utilities included. 815-8958526

Charming, rustik with fireplace.

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

Near GMS 815-762-3240

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

630-781-8047

Great location! 2BA, 2 car garage, skylights, appl, W/D, C/A, $935.

No pets.

815-758-0123

DeKalb – 1 BR upper apt. Refrig + Stove furnished. Water/Garbage included. Lease. No pets/smoking. $550 plus util. 815-758-2632.

DeKalb 4BR, 2 car gar, big yard, $1195. 3BR, DR, garage, $1025.

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

815-762-4730

Newer 3 BR, 2 BA, 2-car garage, fireplace, basement, washer-dryer, Sycamore schools. $1000/month.

Call 815-758-5000

DEKALB ~ NEWER 3BR TH

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

DEKALB 1 BEDROOM With study, stove, refrig, C/A. Garage, available August.

815-758-0079

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

Beautiful home, $1750/mo, available 8/5. 815-758-6580

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

815-758-2632

KINGSTON ~ 2 BEDROOM

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

Available Now. 815-764-9454

ROCHELLE 1 BEDROOM

DEKALB – 3 BR 1 bath, large fenced yard, pets considered. $1050/mo. Nice neighborhood.

815-756-1539

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 23rd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY - SYCAMORE, ILLINOIS Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Argent Securities Inc., Asset-Backed PassThrough Certificates, Series 2005W4, Plaintiff, vs.

Nathan Dexter, Lisa Dexter, United States of America for the benefit of the Internal Revenue Service, Unknown Owners, Generally, and Non-Record Claimants, Defendants.

12 CH 650 NOTICE OF SHERIFF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on 3/14/2013, the Sheriff of Dekalb County will on 8/14/2014 at the hour of 1 p.m. at the, Public Safety Building, 150 North Main Street, Sycamore, IL, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 16 IN BLOCK 1 OF MARTIN DODGE ADDITION TO DEKALB, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED IN BOOK "D" OF PLATS, PAGE 35, ON MAY 13TH 1909, SITUATED IN THE CITY OF DEKALB, COUNTY OF DEKALB AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 08-23-427-014 COMMON ADDRESS: 205 Dodge Ave, Dekalb, IL 60115 The improvement on the property consists of: single family residence.

Sale terms: Ten percent (10%) of the purchase price due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and the balance due within (2) two business or the following Tuesday. The property offered for sale is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in "as is" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

The property will NOT be open for inspection.

No refunds.

The judgment amount was at

NOTICE TO OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 23RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS TAX DEED NO. 14TX27 FILED: July 16, 2014 TAKE NOTICE County of DEKALB Date Premises Sold November 4, 2011 Certificate No. 2010-00029 Sold for General Taxes of (year) 2010 Sold for Special Assessment of (Municipality) and special assessment number Not Applicable Warrant No. None Installment No. None THIS PROPERTY HAS BEEN SOLD FOR DELINQUENT TAXES Property located at 180 Karen St., Kingston, Illinois Legal Description or Permanent Index No. 02-22-351-020 This notice is to advise you that the above property has been sold for delinquent taxes and that the period of redemption from the sale will expire on November 4, 2014.

The amount to redeem is subject to increase at 6 month intervals from the date of sale and may be further increased if the purchaser at the tax sale or his or her assignee pays any subsequently accruing taxes or special assessments to redeem the property from subsequent forfeitures or tax sales. Check with the county clerk as to the exact amount you owe before redeeming.

This notice is also to advise you that a petition has been filed for a tax deed which will transfer title and the right to possession of this property if redemption is not made on or before November 4, 2014.

This matter is set for hearing in the Circuit Court of DEKALB County, 133 W State St., Courtroom 300, Sycamore, IL 60178, December 8, 2014 at 9:00 a.m.

You may be present at this hearing but your right to redeem will already have expired at that time.

YOU ARE URGED TO REDEEM IMMEDIATELY TO PREVENT LOSS OF PROPERTY Redemption can be made at any time on or before November 4, 2014 by applying to the County Clerk of DEKALB County, Administration Building, 110 East Sycamore Street, Sycamore, Illinois For further information contact the County Clerk ADDRESS: 110 East Sycamore Street, Sycamore Illinois 60178 TELEPHONE: (815) 895-7149 VIRGO MUNICIPAL FINANCE FUND LP Purchaser or Assignee

gn Dated July 16, 2014 TO: James W. Sitzes; Alverna M. Sitzes; Imperial Industries Finishing Services, Inc. c/o James W. Sitzes (Registered Agent); Jakc C. Slingerland (Case No. 00 CH 71); Imperial Industries Finishing Services, Inc. c/o J W. Sitzes-President; Imperial Industries Finishing Services, Inc. c/o Secretary of State, Business Services; Imperial Industries Finishing Services, U.S.A. Inc. c/o Robert C. Becker (Registered Agent); Imperial Industries Finishing Services, U.S.A. Inc. c/o Alverna Sitzes-President; State of Ilinois c/o Environmental Protection Agency (Cae No. 00 CH 71); Douglas J. Johnson County Clerk of DEKALB County, Illinois; Unknown Occupants; spouses, heirs at law, devisees, if any, of the above mentioned persons, described as Unknown Owners; claimants, decree creditors, judgment creditors, if any, of the above, described as Unknown Owners; Unknown Owners or parties interested in said land or lots.

I619818 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, July 30, 31 & August 1, 2014.)

PUBLIC NOTICE Be it known that due to abandonment, the contents of Storage Unit #307 at TJ's Jumbo Storage, located at 120 West 1st Street in Genoa, IL, will be auctioned off by appointment on Friday, August 8, 2014. Units previously rented by Cynthia Anderson. The contents therein are comprised of general household goods. You may reach the auctioneer at tjsjumbo@gmail.com.

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

PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 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 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-THIRD JUDICIAL CIRCUIT DEKALB COUNTY, ILLINOIS IN THE MATTER OF THE PETITION OF: LILYANA MAE HENSLEY FOR CHANGE OF NAME PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that on September 15, 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, Danielle E. Stiles will file his/her petition requesting that his/her child's name be changed from LILYANA MAE HENSLEY to LILYANA MAE STILES 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.

Danielle E. Stiles 903 Walnut St Genoa, IL 60135 (Published in the Daily Chronicle, July 30, August 6 & 13, 2014.)

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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.)

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