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WelcometoThank You, Teachers

Weall have afamily member or aclose friendwho’s ateacher. They are the ones who you just knew from ayoung age they would go into the field.

They wanted to share their love for knowledge, reading, history, math or other subject close to their heart. They had an affinity for helping youngsters, or maybe thosewho needed special attention or care.

Today, we thank those teachers for the work they do to prepare the next generation for the future, and life. We thank them for their long hours of work after the school day ends, or for

WHERETOFINDTODAY’S THANKYOU,TEACHERSSTORIES

sometimes dippinginto their own pocketbook to makesurea student has lunch money or ajacket on acold day.

ThankYou,Teachers is ourway of recognizing the value of theseeducators in our lives.

Today’s newspaper, and our websites, are full of stories about and photosofteachers in our neighborhoods. Many of these stories were suggested by school principals and superintendents, those who see these teachers in action every day.

Please also find notes you wrote about your favorite teachers. And don’t forget our Sports section, where you can find stories about teacherswho also leadsome of yourfavorite young athletes as coaches.

We hopeyou enjoytoday’s unique coverage. Let us know what you think, or if you have an idea of other special community efforts we should consider highlighting.

TracyPaszotta,

laugh with her studentsMarch 28 at the school in DeKalb.

Seestory on page 3.

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Aday in thelifeofaLittlejohnkindergartenclass

By KATIE FINLON

Upon theirreturn from spring breakrecently,severalkindergartnersatLittlejohn Elementary School met their teacher Tracy Paszotta at the classroom door and hugged her, one by one.

As they embraced theirteacher, some students exclaimed, “I missed you!” Paszotta returned the hugs with ajubilant, “I missed you, too!”

One childtold Paszotta before class that Monday morning that he had learned how to tie his shoes, which earned him ahigh-five from Paszotta.

“That makes my heart so very happy,” Paszotta told him.

The school day with Paszottabegan with carpet time, when kindergartners took turns sharing one fun thing they did during their weeklong break. One class-

mate, who entered the room late after atwo-week vacation, was met with cheers and applause from his peers.

The students then broke into reading and writing groups before heading off to music class. At Littlejohn, music classes are taught in amobile classroom, aseparate structure adjacent to the school building that requires students and teachers to bundle up for awalk across the blacktop on cool mornings.

Although Paszotta’s class was afew minutesearly –keeping them outside awhile longer –she kept her kindergartners busy with an impromptu game of “Follow the Leader,” using cracks in the blacktop pavement as her path.

Littlejohn paraprofessional Jenni Keller, who works in Paszotta’s classroom, said that’s not uncommon for Paszotta.

“Just to get the wiggles out,” Keller said.

With her students safely in music class, Paszotta returned to her classroom to organize student folders at atable surrounded by child-sized chairs. It’s her 30th year teaching. She said she loves it because she gets to set students’ expectations for how they shouldbehave in school and build afoundational model for their education.

The things her studentssay is alsoafavorite of her job, Paszotta said.

She recalled one timewhen she toldher students about traveling to Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., where President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 while watching aplay. It was alessonfor the kindergarten teacher in language,she said. She quickly learned to phrase her words more carefully but for the ears of children.

She said she later heard achild tell their mom, “Mrs. Paszotta was there and saw the whole thing,” referring to Lincoln’s assassination.

“It makes me laugh,” Paszottasaidwithachuckle. “Their energy is fun.”

As Paszotta’s students returned frommusic class andtheir kindergarten day continued, Paszotta’s colleague came to visit. Littlejohn special education teacher Mary Lynn Buckner said she agrees when others say that watching Paszotta teachis“watching a master at work.” Buckner called the kindergarten teacher aconsummate professional with the patience of asaint.

“If there was amodel for aperfect teacher,” Buckner said, “it would be her.”

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TracyPaszotta,akindergarten teacheratLittlejohn ElementarySchoolinDeKalb,welcomesher studentsbackfromspringbreak March28.

MU SI CL ES SO NS

DeKalb teacherusing arts to help students develop

By KATIE FINLON

Brianne Borgman says she getschills hearing her students express themselves through music during her lessons at Jeffersonand Malta elementary schools.

Although Borgman’s been teaching music for 18 years, she startedher DeKalb School District 428 career this year. When she arrived in DeKalb, Borgman said she was impressed withall thesupplies at her disposal, what she called her beautiful music room and the welcomed guidance from the district’s administration.

While she prepped for the school year last fall, she said she was excited to meet her students in person. As she learnedher students’ faces and names, she initially felt overwhelmed attemptingtobuild that bond while they wore masks, she said.

So it felt even better, then, to learn their language through music.

“I got chills anytimeastudent was able to express themselves in their artwork or music,” Borgman said.“The arts are what bring us together at the root of who we are.Theymake us human and they are imperative in a child’s growth and development in life.”

Parker Weller, a9-year-old at Jefferson Elementary School, is in Borgman’s musicclass. He saidhe’s taken an interestinmusicoutside of school, as well, and also is learning how to play guitar.

“It calms me down sometimes when I’m mad and stuff,”Parker said. “I wrestle and before awrestling tournament, I’ll use music to pump me up.”

Parker said what he likes most about Borgman’s music class is that he learns “a lot of great stuff” from her.

“I get to learna couplechords on ukuleles and drums and [playing] my recorder,” Parker said.

Parker said he also recently performed in the school’s spring singing concert with Borgman.

“It was kind of nerve-wracking

during some parts, but Iwas excited to be with my friends and sing,” Parker said.

When ponderingwhat it mightbe like to not have music in school, Parker saidhewouldn’t get to learn howto play instruments.

“I wouldbesad at some parts,” he said.

The arts are what bring us together at the root of who we are. They make us human and they are imperative in achild’s growth and development in life.”

Fourth grader Mason VanderBleek, also acurrentmusic studentofBorgman’s at Jefferson Elementary School, said that he would describe Borgman’s temperament as nice.

“I think it’s abreak from other stuff, like math,” Mason said. “So Idon’t have to do that. ... ’Cause sometimes it can get really boring.”

Mason said he’s looking forward to ukulele lessons in Borgman’s class soon.

“I think that it’ll be, like, different. I’m excited,” he said. “I like it because I

like playing instruments.”

Borgman said it was heartening to hear Parker’s and Mason’s reasons for enjoying her music class.

“I’m glad that music class is abright spot for you,” Borgman told Parker. “I know Ienjoy teaching it to you.”

Springtimemeans her students are perking up, too, Borgman said, healthier and ready to learn.

“We are making progress as the students are starting to show much growth,” she said.“Seeing them sing, play instruments, dance, and even put on awonderful concert for their parents has been amazing. Families are able to hear music again from their students. This is incredible afteracouple of years of not being able to do that.”

Emily Weller, Parker’s mom, said this year is the family’s first year with Mrs. Borgman. She also heralded the spring concert.

“There were so many songs about peace that it truly brought tears to my eyes during some of the performances,” Emily Weller said. “Because it’s like, thisiswhat it’s all about, youknow? And it brings everybody together.”

Borgman said the students are so proud of what they’ve accomplished in class and have shown it with many thank-you notes to her.

“Now that masks are optional,I’ve been able to see many of the students’ smiles and that is incredible,”Borgman said. “Their smiles makeitall worth it.”

Photos provided by Brianne Borgman

ABOVE: Brianne Borgman, amusic teacheratMalta andJefferson elementary schools in DeKalb SchoolDistrict428,spoke aboutthe powerof students usingmusic to communicate in herclasses. BELOW: Tambourines and drumssit readytogofor Borgman’s students.

TA LK ING SHOP

Sycamore teachers offerhands-onexperience

By SHANE TAYLOR | staylor@shawmedia.com

Ona recent Monday, students crowded into aclassroom at Sycamore High School to learn how to build asmall engine.

The laboratory class, part of the school’s agriculturaldepartment offerings, gave studentsalookatthe components of amotor andwhat toolstouse to piece it together.The agricultural departmentatSycamore High School givesstudents achance to learn outside the traditional classroom setting.

“I think there is astigma around the agricultural name and department, but agriculture is so much more now than what it used to be,” said Kara Poynter, chairman of the agricultural department at Sycamore High School. “It can be communications, finance, business, anditcan be engines, welding and stuff like that.”

In herrole, Poynter also oversees the high school’s career and technical education classesfor studentswho might pursue avocation. Thedepartment, shesaid, allowsstudents to gain hands-on experience by teaching them to apply skills through science, mechanics, technology and horticulture.

In SycamoreHighSchool’s career

and technical education program, part of the agriculture department, three teachers oversee about 15 classes, juggling 300 students, depending on the semester. Theclass instruction on buildingasmall engine is part of that curriculum.

The classes at Sycamore are just for credit, Poynter said. But the experience allows studentstograsptasks they may be asked to do after graduation, whether in careers or in life.

“In our department, we have classes that cover science, speech and consumer economics credit,” she said.

See TALKING SHOP, page 8

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SycamoreHighSchoolagricultureteacherChristian Thurwanger looksatapiece of hardwareashehelps sophomores Shawn Reser (left)and BenLancasterduringasmall engines labMarch 14 at theschool. Thelab is part of theagricultureprogram in theCareerand TechnicalEducation department

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For almostacentury, students at Sycamore High School have tackled tactile learning through avariety of ways that offerinsight into the importance of nontraditional work, Poynter said. It’s a fitting vocation for many in DeKalb County, who might stemfrom amore rural background and find familiarity in the work.

“We have our kids who are more interested in agricultural and come from an ag background,” Poynter said. “And thenwealsohave kids who are more CTE [careerand technical education]path.”

Theprogram was founded at the high school in 1929, one year after the National Farmers of America was formed.The national organization is a nonprofit501(c)(3) youth organization that’sfocused on CTE and agriculture education in middle and high schools.

Poynter’s colleague Christian Thurwanger teaches most of the CTE classes.

“A lot of the kids in his classes are going intoa trade school,orsome of them aregoing right to on-the-job training,” Poynter said.

“Lotsofhours,” Thurwanger saidas he described overseeing technical edu-

cation labs duringthis past semester amid aCOVID-19 surge, where the shop class was opened once or twiceafter school.

“We did construction at home where they built stick houses,”Thurwanger said. “Normally, we do actual walls but we ended up doing those as amakeup activity.”

Connor Wright, asophomoreatthe school, said with the experiencehe’s gained in his shop class, he’s looking forward to exploring trade options once he graduates.

“He’sa younger guy, so it’s easy to hang out around him, very outgoing and makes it afun class,” Wright said of Thurwanger. “First half of the first quarter we did woodworking. We then moved into electrical and plumbing, we did some welding, and now we are into engines.”

For Poynter, having the support of Sycamoredistrict’sadministration allowed the program to grow and reach more Spartans.

“We’re lucky,” he said.“We have a really good board of education, superintendent and admin support for what we do, whichiswhy Ihave been able to growfromone persontothree.They understand the importance to the trades and of the ag program.”

Mark Busch –mbusch@shawmedia.com SycamoreHighSchoolsophomores AveryGerdes(left)and KaitlynLisafeld work on amotor duringasmallengines labMarch 14 at theschool. Thelab is part of theagricultureprogram in theCareer andTechnical Educationdepartment.

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Sycamore classmakes students feel like they belong

By KATRINA J.E. MILTON |kmilton@shawmedia.com

Shellyara Maymi Hinojosa describes her favoriteclass as asafe space that makes her feel at home, even though the class is often filled with students speaking foreign languages.

Hinojosa, afreshmanatSycamore HighSchool, attends an English LanguageLearner classtaughtbyClaribel Robles. Hinojosa, whose mom is Puerto Rican and dad is Mexican, speaks Spanish at home.

There are 97 ELL students in the school district, said Robles, who is the ELL program director for Sycamore SchoolDistrict427.

“That means that theyspeak anotherlanguageat

home that is not English,” Robles said. “We have students that speak Spanish, Arabic, Ukrainian, Portuguese, Gujarati,French andCreole.”

In Robles’ transitional program of instruction, students areimmersed in English, learningthe language and grammar. During class, they receive translationhelp with their homework and tests.

“It is asafe space wherestudentsfeelcomfortable learning newmaterial and wherethey can make sense and translateifneeded,” Robles said. “Bilingual students have two jobs in one: learning anew language and learning new content. Bilingualism is a treasure, andnot everyone has fluency in two languages.”

Robles teachesthreeELL classes at Sycamore High School and oneELL class at Sycamore Middle School.

“The students are reading in English, learning about U.S. history, culture and customs, and working on their Englishlanguage reading, writing, speaking and listening,” Robles said. “What they learn in their ELL class alsohelpswiththeir language comprehensionintheir other classes.”

Hinojosa said that herELL class has helped her betterunderstandthe English language

“Although sometimes Idomessup, Ican fixitand learn from my mistakes,” Hinojosasaid. “The class

hasreally helped me alot.It’s taughtmehow much we canlearn from eachother and howdifferent the world canbe. Ialways feelcomfortableand loved in my ELL class.”

Robles’ guidancehas madea differenceinher education,Hinojosa said.

“Asateacher,she doesanamazingjob,”Hinojosa said. “Shemakeseveryone feel at home. She helps us understand and helpsusa lot. She’s likemy school mom, andI loveher so much.”

Robles said she was inspiredtobecome an ELL teacher after sheparticipated in abilingual program when she was in kindergartenthrough third grade.

“It’s helped me know how to read and write in Spanish,” Robles said. “It mademylanguage knowledge abig asset for me. I’ve been able to use it in otherfields, and Irealize the importance of having the abilitytounderstandbothSpanish and English.”

William Romero,ajunior at Sycamore High School,has taken ELL classes with Robles since he was in middleschool.Romero, whose familyisfrom Mexico, said he speaks Spanish at home.

“We all feel really comfortable in this room,” Romero said. “She doesn’t move on from atopic unless everyonegetsit. She answers our questions and makes us feelcomfortable. Theclasshas always been alot of fun. It helps us feel likewebelong.”

Claribel Robles, director of theEnglishLanguageLearners programfor SycamoreSchoolDistrict427,talks to RocioCuautle,asophomore,aboutthe mural Cuautle is working on duringanELL classonApril 6atSycamoreHighSchool.

DeKalb teacher helpsstudents buildrobots competitively

By KATRINA J.E. MILTON | kmilton@shawmedia.com

During the school day, Michael Lofthouse teaches mathat DeKalb High School.

After work, he helps students use their mathematical knowledge toward real-life applications when participating in the DeKalb Crowbotics Team.

Eighteen students form acompetitive team, meeting 12 hours aweek after school to design and build robots. Thisyears’ team members are all DeKalb High School students, although eighth graders have made the cut in previous years.

“Thestudentslearn how to applytheir academic skills from the classroom into atechnical program,” Lofthouse said. “It’s STEM [Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics] in action.”

As theteam’s facultyadviser, Lofthouse said he oversees the students’ ideas and work, but he does so at adistance.

“It’s important for the students to take their ideas and run with them, for them to try and test out things,” he said. “Theyhave the abilitytodesign, build and redesign. Alot of failure willhappen, and thelearning process isn’t only what went wrong, but why. There’s not only aright and wrong way to do something. Problem-solving andteamwork are needed.”

Lofthouse and mechanical engineer Adam Van Boekel co-founded the DeKalbCrowboticsTeam in 2016. The robotics team was named after DeKalb’s mascot, Spike the crow.

“Theteamisteaching kids aconstructiveway to compete,” Van Boekel said. “This is one sport that everyonecan go pro, whether they become apro-

grammer,designer or engineer. The teamisgreat because the students are learning alongsideprofessionals.”

Van Boekel was amemberofOswego High School’s robotics team when he was younger.

“I always liked mathematics, science and building stuff, and Itook those interests and turned it into a career,” VanBoekel said. “I like that there’s always more than one creative solution to aproblem. Science and technology are very broad fields. There’s a lot of directions you can take it and alot of jobs you can do utilizing the skills you learn.”

The DeKalb Crowbotics Team has been building a robot, nicknamed“Skeletor,” which competed at First Robotics Competition’s Midwest Regional April 6through 9atUIC’s Credit 1Arena in Chicago. The robot climbed ascending bars, similar to achallenge on the TV show“American Ninja Warrior.” The Crowbotics’ robot Skeletor advanced intothe quarterfinals and placed 26th out of 50 teams in the competition.

SophomoreBlake Bollow saidthat he joinedthe team because he hopes to one day haveacareer in engineering.

“I have a3Dprinter at home, and Ilike to design and build stuff forfun,” Bollow said.“Ijoined the team this year, and it’s been alot of fun. What’s cool about it is that everyone has different ideas and solutions. Everyone has adifferent way of how to approach the challenge. Every problem has multiple solutions.”

Junior Will Stamatakos joined the team his freshman year after moving to DeKalb from Sycamore.

“I’ve always been interested in robotics, and Ilike that youactuallyget to build arobot,not just learn about how to,” Stamatakos said.

Team Captain Leah Valentiner, asenior who has been on the team sinceshe was afreshman,said what keeps her involvedisthatshe is always learning new things.

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MichaelLofthouse,CrowboticsTeamfaculty adviserand math teacheratDeKalb HighSchool, workswithfreshmanBlake Bollow on theteam’s robotMarch 10 at HuntleyMiddle SchoolinDeKalb.

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“It’smore thananafter-school activity,” she said.“I’m constantly using things I’ve learnedinthe classroom and appliedthem to building a robot. Ilovelearning new things, and I learn something new every timeI’m here.”

Valentiner said that members of the team do all of the design process, with encouragement and assistance from the advisers as needed.

“We [students]get to do all of the design process,” Valentiner said.“It starts with our thoughts and ideas, then prototyping, designing, experimenting, building and then trial and error until we go to compete. …Everything is computer-based, involving technology, coding and logic.”

Lofthouse said thatthe students’ workbuilding arobottogetherasa team teaches them 21st-century skills.

“When Iwas younger, we had RC cars and that was it,” Lofthousesaid. “Now students have 3D printers, CNC machines andlaptops.They’re building robots that operate using code. The goal is that [as advisers], we’re aguiding hand that’s giving direction, and thestudents are the ones buildingthe robot. We’re helping the next generation get started,buildingasnowball that will only grow bigger and better over time.”

After-hours Concert: Cherry & Jerry Ragtime Blues

Friday, May 13th @ 6:30 p.m.

Main Lobby, all ages

Cherry & Jerry perform music of the ragtime era, 1900 - 1920, in this after-hours concert. It’s history, and it’s fun! Along with ragtime, they’ll bring you some songs from the dawn of jazz & blues. More info? Contact samanthah@dkpl.org or ext. 1701.

Mark Busch

Membersofthe DeKalbHighSchoolCrowboticsTeam, freshmen (fromleft) LawrenceZanazaro,Blake Bollow andFelicia Kapityworkontheir robotMarch 10 at HuntleyMiddleSchoolinDeKalb.

Indian Creekteacher livesservice before self

By KELSEY RETTKE |krettke@shawmedia.com

StephanieSnider says she likes to approach life, and work, in the service of others.

She’s takenthatapproach for thepast14 years working in special education at Indian Creek High School in Shabbona.

“I’ve always been aproponent of just serving people, and being aservant leader and just showing people the compassion and grace that Ifeel like people have bestowed to me in the past,” Snider said.

At Indian Creek, Snider teaches all levels of high school. Unlike more traditional approaches to special education, Snider’s students get afully inclusive approach to their school.Theyattend thesame classes as their peers, and Snider co-teaches thewholeclassroom while helping make sure herstudents with special needs manage their Individualized Education Program goals.

The daughter of alongtime teacher, Snider grewupinthe Planoareaand didn’t find her educatorfootingimmediately.

“I kind of resisted the whole field,” Snider said. “My mom was ateacher in Somonauk andI think that was why I resisted it for so long, because Isaw that it’s not an easy profession. It seems glamorous andyou have your summers at home, but you don’t get your summers off. It’s not as easy as that.”

As an Eastern Illinois University undergraduate student, Snider initiallypursued broadcastjournalism. Shedecidedonadifferentpath after a professor told her the long odds of communications graduates finding jobs in their field.

By the end of her freshmanyear, Snider said, she instead settled on special education, rekindled by an experience years before as astudent at Plano High School.

“They had aprogram [where] I would volunteer in athird grade classroom every other day,” Snidersaid. “I worked one-on-one with alittlegirl who had just moved into the district

from CPU [Chicago Public Schools] and it was very apparent that she had some large gaps in her education.”

As ahigh school senior, Snider worked closely with the child to better develop her primary skills, an experience she considers as pivotaltoher career.

“It was amazing even as an 18-yearold to have that impact on that little girl and be able to teach her the skillset that she was missing,” Snider said.

While pursuing special education, Snider student-taught and then worked as akindergarten and first grade diagnostic teacher with Kendall County Special EducationCooperative. Soon after, she was hired in Yorkville schools but realized she wanted to pursue an older-aged classroom, which led her to Indian Creek High School.

“I think that’s kind of my sweet spot, honestly,” Snider said. “There’s something magical that happensbetween that sophomore and junior year. They kind of morph into these young adults that have goals and aspirations and are looking toward the future. Ireally like being able to form relationships at that age level.”

As ahighschool special education teacher, Snider jugglesacaseload of about 13 students, and teaches two freshmen English classes, ajunior and senior English class, worldgeography and modern America, and ahistory class.

At Indian Creek, the co-teaching model stands as atestament to inclusive learning, said high school princi-

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At Indian Creek High School, StephanieSnider teachesall gradelevels. Unlike moretraditional approaches to specialeducation, Snider’s students getafully inclusiveapproach to their school. They attend thesame classesastheir peers, and Snider co-teachesthe whole classroom while helpingmakesureher students withspecialneedsmanage theirIndividualized EducationProgram goals.

pal K.C. McCarty, who heralded Snider’s work.

“Stephanie has taken alead in bringinga co-teachingmodel to our high school,” McCarty said. “Stephanie is consistently working with all of our students to provide them with the supportand accommodationsnecessary to be successful.”

In herfreshman English class, for example, three out of the 19 students also receive special education components to their daily work. But they sit in on the regular classes like their peers.

Snider called that approach huge.

“I think we have seen huge growth not only academically but socially for our kids,” Snider said. “Not having that stigma of always being pulled out of the classroom. Ithink it’s been agreat learning opportunity for the students thatare just in the regular classroom

also. We see alot of collaboration among our students helping each other out.”

McCarty said Snider’s also spent the past three schoolyears serving as a cheerleader to her colleagues, creating abirthday party day for all the staff, a 12-days-of-Christmas program, daylong bingo and other morale-boosting activities.

Snidercalled it theSunshineCommittee, and said she’s been doing it for the better part of adecade at the high school.

Snider, who calls Somonauk home with her husband,Eric, and twochildren, 10-year-old Clara and 12-year-old Porter, said apositive attitudeisher way of giving back.

“I’m amom and awife, and Ijust want folks to know that as difficultas our job is and especially the last couple years, we are making adifference.”

Teaching legacy spansgenerations

By KATRINA J.E. MILTON |kmilton@shawmedia.com

FFor someone who initially wasn’t sure whetherteaching would be his path in life, Sycamore’s Joe Jordan didn’t do too bad. Neither did his kids, it seems.

Joe Jordan, 65, retired in June 2012 from SycamoreHighSchool afterteaching driver’s education and coaching for 29 years. Less than adecade later, in October 2021, they named avarsity soccer field after him: “Joe Jordan Field.”

See ALL IN THE FAMILY, page 17

Joe Jordan (middle), 65, retiredfromSycamoreHighSchoolafter teachingdriver’s educationand coaching for29years. His daughter, Lisa Hoffhines, 36,isafirst-grade teacheratNorth GroveElementarySchoolinSycamore, andhis son, AndyJordan, 34,teachessocialstudies at SycamoreHighSchool.

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“I was the only teacherinmyfamily,” Joe Jordan said. “I went into education when Istarted college, and I never regretted it. Ialways enjoyed working with young people. Ialso lovedbeing acoach. Iplayed sports when Iwas in school, so Iloved being a coach as an adult.”

His children, Lisa Hoffhines and Andy Jordan, both seemed to have inherited the teaching bug.

His daughter, Lisa, 36, is afirst grade teacher at North Grove Elementary School in Sycamore. His son, Andy, 34, teachessocial studies at Sycamore High School.

Joe Jordan graduated from DeKalb High School in 1974 and had baseball scholarships to study at Kishwaukee College andNorthern Illinois University. When he was starting out, Joe Jordan said, he didn’t knowwhat he wanted to do, but he liked sports and decided to study physical education.

He began his educator career at Paw Paw High School in 1979, teaching health and driver’seducation. That wasn’t his only passion, though.

Joe alsofound acalling in team sports, coaching boys and girls basketball and soccer.Hestarted the boys soccer program at Sycamore High

School in 1983 and was the team’s first coach. He later started the girls soccer program in 1991.

“The older Iget, the more Irealize how being ateacher made me a better person. As hard as being a teacher is, it’s very fulfilling. I’m happy to see my children find their own fulfilling careers in education, too.”

When Joe began workinginSycamore schools, he moved to the city with hiswifeof37years, Jane, andraised their children, Lisa and Andy. Not to be outdonebyher educator family, Jane worked at Northern Illinois Universityasafinancial adviser before retiring.

Lisa Jordan said thatgrowing up with adad who is ateacher and acoach was like growing up in the high school. Sheattended her first Sycamore High Schoolbasketball game when she was 2 weeks old.

“Some of my fondest memories

growing up are of the time we spent traveling on the bus to away games,” Lisa said.

Likeher father, Lisa didn’t always know that acareer in education was for her. It was only during her father’s retirement party that she began to seriously think about teaching, she said.

“At his retirement party, Isaw all of the teachers, staff, faculty, administration, and Isaw the camaraderiethey had,” Lisa said. “I saw that they were friends, they formed acommunity. That’s when Irealized that that’s what Iwanted. That’s where Iwantedtobe. I spent my entire life in and around schools, and Iknewitwas time to start my professional career as ateacher.”

Her brother, Andy Jordan, saidhe was also unsure initially about teaching. During his first year at NIU, he was undecidedabout hismajor. His sophomore year, he decided to settle on history.

“My dad asked me what Iwas going to do with adegree in history, and Itold him that Iwantedtoteach,” Andy said. “I knew he never regretted going into teaching one day of his life. He always said, ‘You’ll neverget rich, but you’ll never be poor.’ It’s also ameaningful line of work. So Idecided to become a teacher.”

It’s asentiment Joetookwithhis career, saying what he loved most was

his relationships with students. His children feel the same way.

“My studentsand their families are almost like my own family,” Lisa said. “I see them grow and learn throughout the year. They come into first grade as kindergartners and leave as second graders. It’s incredibly rewarding. As a teacher, you’re able to make ahugedifferenceand impact in your students’ lives.”

Like his father, Andy also has become acoach. He used to coach football and he helped start ahistory club at the high school. Andy and his father co-coached freshman boys basketball.

“I was22and Iwas theheadcoach, and my dad, who had been coaching 30-plus years was my assistant coach,” Andysaid. “I was amazed at what a greatcoach he was. He was easygoing yet firm, and very passionateabout coaching. He told me it’s allabout teaching students how to play and be a team player, it’s not about wins and losses.”

At the end of the day, Joe is aproud dad.

“The older Iget, the more Irealize how being ateacher made me abetter person,” Joe Jordan said. “As hard as being ateacher is, it’s very fulfilling. I’mhappy to see my children find their own fulfilling careersineducation, too.”

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Howthe jobofteacher haschanged –1922-2022

By NICK VLAHOS

Sometimes, changes in teaching take decades. Sometimes, changes can take less than adecade.

George Capps is among educators, active and retired, who have seen both.

When Capps began his teaching career in the early 1970s, the education process hadn’t altered muchfromthree or four decades earlier.

“Desks in rows,teachers in the front of the class,” the 34-year teacher and school administrator said recently. “It’s like it had always been.”

By the time Capps retired, in 2005 fromPlainfield Consolidated Community School District 202, that scenario was obsolete. Technology was muchmoreadvanced. Government dictates were much more prolific.

In Plainfield’s case, teachers and administrators also were dealing with explosive growth in student enrollment and in facilities to house them. Theyalsowere recovering froma 1990 tornado that caused $165 million in damage, including to some school buildings.

None of it was easy, to hear Capps describe it.

“Building schools was away of life,” he said.“Hiring and training teacherswas away of life.

“As we got bigger, if you were at all reflective or worked with agroup of people who could sit down and say, ‘What canwelearnfromthis?’ you can learna lot. Instead of the whole ‘It’s not my job’ thing, we shrugged our shoulders and said, ‘Let’s go.’ ”

That might summarizethe attitude of alot of teachers over the past century. From one-room schoolhouses to Zoom-based learning, adaptability and flexibility have been vital.

“You had to be ajack-of-alltrades,” saidKurt Begalka,administrator of the McHenry County Historical Society and Museum in Union.

One-room schoolhouses were common 100years ago

Begalka could have been commenting about any era of teaching, perhaps. But given his organization’s focus, it particularly fits early-to-mid-20th century McHenry County education.

In the pre-Depression era, one- and two-room schools were common. McHenry County had more than 100 of them, according to Bob Frenz, who taught 35 years in Huntley. He wrote a book about suchfacilities –“Historic Country SchoolsofMcHenryCounty, Illinois.”

The historical society maintains more tactile reminders of that era. On its campus is the restored West Harmony Schoolhouse, which from 1895 until 1955 stood near Marengo.

By the 1920s, almost all who taught at West Harmony and at comparable facilities were women. They replaced men who went off to fight in World War I, according to Frenz.

“Whentheycame back, there were more[other] job openings for them,” he said. “Some women were nurses, butmany of them had to take the jobs in the schools.”

Said Begalka: “It’s kind of ascary thing, in the sense of when you think about women’s rights and the opportunities they had. Then, one of the few careersawomancould have was a teacher.”

One-room teachers taught students from first through at least eighth grades. Buildingshad separate entrances for boys and girls.

Depending on timeofyear and

grade level, girls might predominate in class, because boys were helping to plant or harvest on their family farms

Curriculumemphasized the three R’s, alongwith another one. Recess was important, in part because the one-room rural school was more than just aplace to learn.

“Therewas alot of interaction in class, games inside andoutside the schools,”Begalka said. “Schools back then were sort of like the community hubs for the entire area.”

For teachers, it led to alot of long days andweekends. Frenz discovered that through his research and by talking with educators from that era. Some still were active when Frenz began work at Huntley in the late 1960s.

“It was avery difficult job,” he said. “They had alot of help from families. The families were very supportive, unlike somesituationstoday. It was like afamily.”

Economic,governmentfactors

By the late 1940s and early 1950s, that family was less and lessconfined to one-room education.

Consolidation sweptMcHenry County. Single-school districtsin

rural areas merged with colleagues in cities and villages. Some of those old schools had 20 to 30 students, but others had fewer.

“It didn’tseemcost-effective to employ ateacher for five or six students,” Frenz said.

As schools consolidated, working conditions for teachers changed.

In the 1930s, astate-organized teacher pensionsystem was organized. That enabled teachers to have a retirement fund, something that didn’t exist before, according to Frenz.

Unionization in the 1960s and 1970s helped leadtohigher teacher salaries and benefits. Still, professional training might not have advanced quite as rapidly, Capps said.

“In the 1970s, when we went to school to be teachers, we didn’t really knowwhat the heck we weredoing,” he said. “You hoped you had agood experience with your teacher, and you modeledyourselfonwhat youthink would work.

“There wasn’t alot of research on teaching. What was being applied was punishment-and-rewardstuff, not much beyond that.”

Gregory Shaver –gshaver@shawmedia.com

Kurt Begalka,administrator of theMcHenryCounty Historical Societyand Museum,6422 Main St.inUnion,isphotographedinsidethe museum’s 1895 West HarmonySchoolon April 14.

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Professional development became more emphasized as the 1970s progressed, Capps suggested. Also evident was more federal- and state-government involvement, including special education programs and standardized testing.

Tools of teachingchanged,too.By thetime the 1980s ended, personal computers were becoming common. As time progressed, possession became more widespread and devices became smaller.

“Almost all students probably were carrying around something with more computing power than we have,” Capps said. “It’s like the whole thing has turnedonits head, and people have ahardtimedealing with it.”

Today’steachers

During almost 30 years as ateacher, Bryan Leonard has dealt with it. Some might say he’s excelled at it.

The advanced chemistry and physicsteacher at Ottawa Township High School has adapted his curriculum to fit modern technology, as wellasthe short attention spans that mightbea result of it.

Leonard uses DVDs, laptop computers, projectors and the internet to convey his lessons. He’s created eight- to 10-minute videos he’s posted on YouTube.

“I always had the idea that in teaching,you’re kind of not only giving them the material, but you have to keep it entertaining as well. You’re part P.T. Barnum,” said Leonard, who since 1996 has taught at his high school alma mater.

“The material really hasn’t changed alot over the past 25 years. It’show you present it.”

In some ways, the students haven’t changed, either,Leonard said.Some

are eager to learn.Others do the bare minimum.

But the omnipresence of email, social media and other forms of communication has altered the nature of teacher-student interaction.

“They want everything instantly,”

Leonard said about his charges. “You’ll have kids email at 11 o’clock on aSaturday night, thinking they’re goingtoget aresponse right away. I think kids have more stress because of that.”

Perhapssome teachers do, too. As the52-year-old Leonardapproaches retirement, he said he isn’t sure if he’d do it all over again. Aprivate-sector chemistryjob would have been more lucrative.

“It’s nice to make alot of money,” Leonard said, “but on the other hand, it’s nice to see former students and see how they succeed.”

That appeared to be Capps’ philosophy, too. He continues to regard teaching as anoble profession,despiteall thechanges in society andineducation. Andthere havebeen plenty,as Capps noted.

“Rap music and hip-hop will destroy theworld,” he said. “Which Iguess was already destroyed by grunge, which was already destroyed by heavy metal, which was already destroyed by the Rolling Stones, which was destroyed by Elvis Presley.

“Which should have been destroyed in the ’20s by jazz music.”

Gary Middendorf –gmiddendorf@shawmedia.com

George Cappsisaretiredteacher and administrator in thePlainfield schooldistrict.

It’s nice to make alot of money, but on the other hand, it’s nice to see former students and see how they succeed.”

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NIUassociate professor givesbackthrough Autism CaregiverGroup

By SHANE TAYLOR |staylor@shawmedia.com

Allison Gladfelter is aspeech pathologist by trade, but has found away at NorthernIllinois University to take her skillsand use them for more throughthe creation of an autism caregiver group.

Gladfelter, associate professor of speech-language pathology in the College of Health and Human Sciences at NIU, recentlywas recognized with the university’s 2021 excellence in undergraduate teaching award for her work withthe group. It’s another way she putsher area of expertisetouse helping children with autism learnlanguages and communicate, she said.

The autism caregiver group is a cohort of NIU faculty and studentvolunteers with interests in supporting families of those with autism spectrum disorder. The group’s mission is to provide helpful information,resources and asupportive environment while also providing families with opportunities to connect with community professionals and therapeutic or recreational activities.

It’s about community outreach, Gladfelter said.

“It is not for therapy, it’s not part of teaching,” Gladfelter said. “It’s homegrown.”

For Gladfelter, who spends much of her time teaching, the caregiver group exists to encouragegrowth outside of that sphere.Groupmembers spend time grappling with diagnoses and in turn have achance to engage in an inclusive community that offers support through Gladfelter’s leadership.

“[It’s] just getting to know them, gettingtounderstand whatthe diagnosis means for families and how it impacts families,” she said. “The clinician in me always wants to make sure that we are supporting families and helpingthem access information that is accurate.”

Language development, autism and socialcommunicationdisorders are just afew of the class topics that Glad-

felterteachesatNIU.Through her work as an educator, she said, she became interested in finding additional ways to give her students hands-on experience interactingwithchildren diagnosed with autism.

That immersive approach canoffer insightinto the compassion, empathy and skillset needed to engage with young people who might require different forms of communication.

“It is entirely volunteer, it is not for credit or required, it is purelyvoluntary, but they learn alot,” Gladfelter said.“It’s an opportunity to take what they learn in theclassroom andget to actually see it in action.”

The group holds monthly meetings at NIU’s speech, language and hearing clinic,where Gladfelter meets with families and invites them to share what they’d liketolearn more about Sometimesthe conversations revolve around ways to address things such as picky eating or bullying.

Some of the meetings might involve aguest speaker, as Gladfelter tries to find speakers who might be able to better address or offer insight into what families might need. NIU undergraduate speech students also attend, offering crafts, games and activities for children who tag along to meetings.

The group’s back in person these days, which Gladfelter said is instrumental to help her students gain experience communicating with populations with acommunication disorder.

“It was really important to me to start bringing families back to in-person events at the clinic,” she said. “Bothfor them to have some sortof services still and also for our students to get those interactions.”

Photo provided by Allison Gladfelter AllisonGladfelterisaspeechpathologist by trade, buthas foundaway at NorthernIllinois University to take herskills anduse them formorethrough thecreationofanautism caregiver group.

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Role of specialeducation teachers continuestogrow

By CHRIS WALKER

Today’s teachers need avariety of strategiesand teaching methods to accommodatethe growing number of children who require special education and related services.

In 2019-20, 7.3 million students, or 14% of all public school children ages 3to21, receivedspecial education services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, according to the National Center for Educational Statistics. Of those receiving special education services, the most common category (33%) was for learning disabilities.

The ability and willingness to adapt to change, especially after the past two yearsofthe pandemic, has been crucial to educators and students. Technology has helped.

“Teachers today have more tools to effectively educate students with disabilities,” said Bill Roseland, executive director forthe SouthernWill County Special Education Cooperativein Joliet. “Today’s teachers utilizetechnology into their daily lessons and even intostudenthomework.Most districts have invested in technology andtraining for staff and students.”

Teachers also have adapted to the new classroom.

“Teachers throughout thecooperative have adapted their instruction due to the many needs of children with special needs, especially our youngest students,” said Laurie A. Fane, executive director of the Bi-County Special EducationCooperative in Sterling. “Many young students were instructed remotely for two years and just entered apublic school building this fall. Teachers haveshown unbelievable patience and drive to meet the many emotional needs of students in our community.”

Kimberly Dahlem, assistant superintendent of student services and special education forCrystal Lake-based Community High School District 155, said providing additional support to special education studentstoday is vital.

“Teachers are implementing additional social-emotional support within theclassroom andpartnering closely with related service personnel,” she said.

Dahlem’s district,which has experiencedanincrease in case study evaluations,features afull continuum of programming. Its highly qualified personnel assistwithincreased needs while strongcommunity partnerships have created alinkage for students and families outside of the school setting.

Supporting 11 school districts in Whitesideand Carrollcounties,the Bi-County Special Education Cooperative also continues to see the number of children with special needs increase.

“Thenumberofspecial education students is growing daily,” Fare said. “And the support they need for instruction is intensifying.”

Roseland noted theoverall number of children with special needs being servedremainsstablewherehe’satin Joliet, althoughthere’s been anoticeable increase in the number of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1in44children in the U.S. was diagnosed with an autism spectrumdisorder per its most recent data in 2018. Boys are more than four times morelikely to be diagnosed with autism than girls with 1in27boys identified with autism and 1in116 girls.

One of themostsuccessful tools being incorporated into special education today is acollaborativeapproach to instruction thatinvolves more than one teacher. This co-teaching method generally bringstogether ageneral educationteacher along with aspecial educationteacher. Theywork in tandem to plan and implement instruction for students with disabilities.

“I think one of the most beneficial changes in special education is co-teaching,” said Lauren Banbury, a special education teacher at Kaneland McDoleElementary School in Montgomery. “Through co-teaching, more studentsare being serviced in their least-restrictive environment. Through this model, Ihave been able to provide genuine functional support that is more meaningful in alarge group setting.”

Banburyacknowledged that her approach changes for each of her students as she believes in seeing the whole child.

“When Ilookateach student, Iwant them to be confident and courageous in their learning, so Iincorporate their interests, strengths and learning preferences while working on difficult skills,” she said.

It’s adifferentapproach than when Banbury first started teaching in special education.

“My first couple years as aspecial education teacher,Ibelieved that my students would onlylearnthrough direct instruction in asmallgroup,” she said. “Now, Igive my studentsthe power to choose howthey learn best. While Istill provide direct instruction, I give my students more choice.”

Requiring her students to track their data with her has made her students more goal-oriented.

“Theydecidedhow they want to spell their words: shaving cream, pop-it, whiteboard, stamps, or where they learn best: smallgroup, whole group, in an alternative setting,”she said.“Now Imakeitaconscious effort for my students to advocate for their learning whileguiding them to make good choices.”

Jason Toth received his introduction in specialeducationwhileteaching at Rotolo Middle School in Batavia for a half year before moving on to Batavia High School,where he’sspent the past four years.

“From my perspective, teachers are becomingmore flexible and patient serving childrenwith disabilities,” he said. “The number of students with disabilities is increasing, and the district is serving the needs for these kids by providing avariety of staff support through ahighnumber of teachers, social workers andpsychologists. The curriculum is also designed to meet the needs of students with disabilities.”

Districts continue to invest in additional staffingand trainingdespite the fiscal challenges presented, understanding how significant this need is for their students.

“Thecurrentteacher shortage makes this adauntingchallenge for many districts,” Roseland said. “Beyondinvesting in their ownstaff, districts increasingly utilize out-of-district programming, such as special education cooperatives, to serve their neediest students.”

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OPINIONS

Teachers will always have aprofoundimpactonour lives

It’s been four decades since Igraduated high school. Those days of gym class, spelling tests, pizza day at lunch, baseball practice, reading “The Outsiders” and “The Red Badge of Courage,” term papers and school dances remain, mostly, fond memories.

That’s why when my boss John Rung, president and CEO of Shaw Media, suggested today’s Thank You, Teachers project, Iwas excited.

Looking back all those years ago, Iremember certain classrooms, where Isat, making sure my pencil was sharpened just right, and, most of all, the teachers. Itried an exercise of recalling each teacher in my mind as Imoved from grade to grade up to high school. Imight not have remembered each teacher’s name, but Icould recall their smile.

Ithought about Miss Golden, my fifth grade teacher at John Mills School in Elmwood Park, who over the years had my brother, sister and me in her

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Make time to be thankful.

One of my great blessings was my high school’s centennial celebration, specifically the organization of an alumni marching band. We rehearsed Friday night, played alongside students on the sidelines and got to join them at the end of the halftime show for the school song. Saturday morning we reconvened to march in the parade.

The entire weekend was an exercise in musical muscle memory, copious nostalgia and constantly making sure we all agreed on the difference between left and right. Then, of course, there are the earaches and back pains that come with strapping on abass drum for the first time in two decades.

It would’ve been agoodtime under

class, and with whom, through my mom, we stayed in touch.

Then there was Coach Englert, who supplemented his gym teacher salary by selling life insurance to graduating seniors, “because it would be a lifetime investment.” And how could Iforget Mrs. Kalowitz, the English teacher who taught me akey lesson about deciding what’s most important when it comes to responsibilities?

Iguess you never leave school when it comes to a lifetime of learning, and its impact on you and your family. Iconsiderfourth grade teacher Mrs. Durgin, who recognized aproblem one of my sons had with reading that other teachers had missed. Her intervention helped him develop study habits that changed his life and led him to become atwo-time American Collegiate Hockey Association Academic All-American. My wife still sings her praises.

Teachers always will have aprofound impact on our lives. Thank goodness. They have skills and knowledge that could transfer to other careers that

could lead to more recognition and money, but they made the commitment to serve, educate and prepare our children for the future.

Yes, thank you, teachers.

And while I’m at it, let’s also thank all the other people in our schools who make adifference every day. The long list includes the lunch room workers, custodians, school bus drivers, teachers aides and assistants, coaches, school nurses, tutors, counselors, school psychologists, librarians, student teachers and interns, substitute teachers, office and athletic department secretaries, after-school assistants, paraprofessionals, principals and other administrators and the multitude of volunteers who help in all kinds of ways. Thank all of you as well.

Our team at Shaw had alot of fun creating our Thank You, Teachers edition today. Many of the stories you see were suggested by our readers and people in your local schools. And we also received hundreds of letters from children telling us about their favorite teacher. Please take alookatthem, there’s alot of love and admiration happening there.

So, enjoy this special edition, it’s akeepsake.

•DennisAndersonisvicepresidentofnewsand contentdevelopmentforShawLocalNewsNetwork. Hisemailisdanderson@shawmedia.com.

same as entering that time machine.

most circumstances, but the weather was perfect, the football team won by several touchdowns, and although carrying percussion down main street is more laborious than aclarinet or piccolo, the actual musical requirements are significantly easier for those of us not responsible for melodies.

That said, the actual highlight of the experience, ranking just ahead performing in front of my kids, was having one more chance to play for Mr. Shupe.

Icould call him Don, though Inever would, and even running into him at church and around town was never the

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When we graduated 25 years ago, I tried to go out of my to way explain just how special it was to be apart of Mr. Shupe’s band program, to learn the power of working together toward acommon goal and how doing so could build deep, lasting friendships.

But Ialways felt whatever words I said or wrote would never quite do those emotions justice.

Most people wouldn’t relive high school. For me that’s pretty true –with twoexceptions. I’d sign up tomorrow to write for Drops of Ink and play cymbals for the Marching Wildcats, even the hard parts, because Mr. Shupe and Mrs. Schneider modeled for me the kind of adult Iwantedtobepersonally and professionally.

They provided the essence of my

high school experience, and my hope for anyone with children is to be able to trust their kids to the care of people like my role models who invested in our success by caring more about the people we were than any skill we might have.

Reflecting on that experience, I realize the real blessing wasn’t how the weekend made me feel, but that it gave me the chance as an adult to look abeloved mentor in the eyes and express my gratitude.

Ihope you have abeloved teacher, and even more so that you have a chance to thank them for shaping your life. •ScottT.Hollandwritesaboutstate

Teacher: Megan Anderson

Youare an amazing teacherand youhelp me when ever Ineed help.Thank yousomuch.

Kara Zimmerman, Cortland

Teacher: Christine Vest

Teacher: Lauren Comstock

Thank youMissComstock forhelping me with my work and checking if ineeded help when ididn’t know when to asksoiwanted to saythank you.

DevonDelaney, DeKalb

Mrs. Vest.DeKalb high-school’sparagon of the history program. She’sknown forher energetic teaching style and passion towardsall topics of history.But beyond that, Mrs. Vest is belovedbythe student body forher careand dedication to her students.

Teacher: Phil Rouse

SThank youMr. Rousefor beingone of thefew teachers thatbelievedinmethroughoutmyhigh school career You’veimpacted my life positivelyand Idon’t know how I’llbeable to repayyou forit. Thankyou Coach.

Avery Flores, DeKalb

Teacher: AmyRussell Mrs Russell,

Thank youfor being an awesometeacher.You made this firstschool year back so fun and Ienjoyeditbecause of you. Ihope all of my newteachers arejustlikeyou. Youhavehelped me grow andlearn so much, especially in readingand math. IknowthatifIdon’t understand something, thatyou will work with me and help me Thank youfor helping me be moreconfident. Iwill miss youthis summer!

Mason Roinas, DeKalb

Mrs. Vest herself has served as asecond-mother figurefor me.With the struggle of returning to school amidstCovid-19,Mrs. Vest provided support and encouragement thatIwouldn’t have gotten through senior year without. Ashoulder to lean on, aperson who’salways theretotalkand giveadvicedespite her numerous papers to grade; alongside my history teacher all in one.I’vehad Mrs. Vest in twoofher AP classes extending from junior to senior year,and her commitment to push her students to provide them the most“normal”high-school experiencepossibleiswhat I’m forevergrateful for. Although I’m graduating soon, Iknowfor as long as Mrs. Vest works at DeKalb Highschool, every childenrolled in her classwillreceivethis same love she provides unconditionally foreachofher students.

Teacher: Erica Swan

This thank yougoes out to my case manager and Special Education teacher, Ms.Swan. She has helped me through sports, school and everythinginbetween. Without her Iwould not be the same person Iamtoday. Ifeel she makes me -and everyone else she works with- an incredible person. She is underappreciated and hopefully this thank youwill help fix that. Youare a wonderful person and twowords will not servejustice. Icannotsay this enough Ms.Swan, thank youfor all that youdo.

Zachary Neblock, Genoa

When youhear “DeKalb-High School”, Mrs. Vest is one of those standout teachers thatisablessing to have within our community.Overmyhighschool career I’ve struggled with anxiety,and Mrs. Vest helped alleviate this with her aforementioned unconditional support. She taught me life-lessons as well; the value of honesty,hardwork, communication and anewfound appreciation for learning. Her passion forhistory is contagious and has inspired me to further my education. Although to her I maybeaformer student, she will always be my history teacher to me.Thank youMrs.Vestfor making these pasttwo years memorable

Kate Kaminski, DeKalb

Teacher: Dominique Yackley

Thank youfor always going thatextramile formyson. We truly appreciate you!

DJ Lorenzo, DeKalb

Teacher: NataliyaZimmerman

Madame Zimmerman has been an excellent French teacher forboth Ian and his older brother.She has provided opportunities to study French cultureinside and outside of the classroom. She has held students’ accountable fortheir homework and been flexible during these pandemic times. She expects excellencefrom every student she interacts with. Thereare not enough wordstoexpresshow awesomeMadame Zimmerman is!

Ian Wickens-Walther,DeKalb

Teacher: Linda Dunham

Mrs. Dunham, My boys both had youasateacher at Malta Elementary (one had you twice).You arestill their favoriteteacher and continue to check in and ask how they’redoing yearslater.Thank youfor all youdofor all of your students, but especially my boys!!

Ryan Villalobos, DeKalb

Teacher: AmyEngstrom

Thank youfor always believing in me and encouraging me to do my best.I have learned many valuable lessons this year.I will keep doing my best untill 1day Iama teacher, just likeyou are. Even if youdont win the contestyou will always be awinner to me and my favoriteteacher

Harper Montgomery,DeKalb

Teacher: Rosario Magaña

Thank youMrs. Magaña forbeing the bestteacher Iliketobeinyour classIwouldn’t want to go to 2nd grade because Iwant to be a1st grade and be in your class. Thank youfor being THE BESTTEACHER!!!!!

Christian JimenezAlvarado,DeKalb

Teacher: Toni Gabriel

Thank youMrs. Gabrielfor ALWAYS believing in me Your positivity and encouragement has pushed me a litter further because youknowthatIcould do it. Your endlesscreativity passion makeitsoenjoyable to be in your class.

Teacher: BruceChennell

Mr.Chennell,

Thank youfor making me fall in love with history.You made me see thatlearning is alifelong commitment we have to choose every day, but thatitissorewarding when we do.Thank you. -Kendall Hampton ‘16

Kendall Hampton, DeKalb

Owen Bohne,Genoa

Teacher: Amanda Baum

Mrs. Baum -thank youfor being the teacherwho made me certain thatteaching wasthe career forme, despitehow difficult it is. Ican neverexpresshow grateful Iamfor your unconditional love andcare, from the moment Ifirststepped foot intoyour CRMS classroom tenyears ago.Your ability to connect with every student in this way amazes me.Your passion and drivefor supporting students, families, and the community remind me everydayofwhy we do whatwe do as educators. Thank you!!!

Lily Smith-Riel, DeKalb

Teacher: TracyPaszotta

Youare thebestteacher ever,you arelikea superhero! Thank youfor loving me and teaching me so Ican be smarter than my brother! Youare so nice and Ilove the songs and dances youteach us, but Idon’t always liketotakepictures. Youmakemelaugh and let me be silly and Ialways want to be in your class. Iwill missyou this summer,and maybe tell my first grade teachers to be as smart and cool and niceasyou!

Mason Roinas, DeKalb

Teacher: Carol Zelaya

Ms.Zelaya gives 110% to her students. We appreciate her so much! Thank you!

Madelyn Prouty,DeKalb

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WALKED OUT WITH 14 $100 BILLS

Police: Couple charged in bank robbery went on shopping spree with stolen cash

By KELSEY RETTKE krettke@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE -Acouple with criminal history in the area faces new charges after Sycamore police said the manand woman robbed aHeartland Bank in earlyMarchand stole $1,400 beforedriving to Cortland and Dixon to buyitems from gas stations anda liquor storewith $100 bills.

Kevin J. Hagemeier,25, of the 300 block of Delcy Drive in DeKalb and hisgirlfriend, AshleyN.Zick,26, of the 600 block of South Cross Street in Sycamore are eachcharged withaggravated robbery. If convicted of the Class 1felony, the pair faces up to 15 yearsinjail

Bothwere being held at the jailona $50,000 bond from arrest warrants obtained by Sycamore police for the bank robbery, according to aWednesdaymorningnews releasefromthe SycamorePoliceDepartment.

It’s not the first time Hagemier has been accused of robbery in DeKalb County, accordingtocourt records

According to court records, Hagemeier has been held in custody at the DeKalb CountyJailsince March 3after aDeKalb arrest for aFeb.27aggravated robbery at Jimmy John’s, 850 Pappas Drive in DeKalb. The case remains ongoing.

Zick also has criminal history in DeKalbCounty, accordingtorecords. Zick and her former fiancé, Thomas Broughton, were charged in a2017 attack where they were accusedof coercing a19-year-old woman to their Sycamore apartment,tyingher to abed and raping hermultiple times.

Originallyset to go to trial on charges of aggravated criminalsexualabuse, criminal sexual assault and unlawful restraint, Zick pleaded guilty Sept. 24, 2020, to unlawful restraint. According to records, shedid notentera plea for thesex charges.

DeKalbCounty Judge Philip Montgomery sentenced Zick to 30 months probation, according to court records. Broughton pleadedguiltytocriminal sexual assault Oct. 18, 2019, and was sentenced by Montgomery to eight years in theIllinois DepartmentofCorrections

Zick, who appeared virtually from thejailfor abondhearingWednesday in front of Montgomery, was on probation at the time of her bank robbery arrest. She was represented by the DeKalb County Public Defender’s Office during thehearing.

“I’m, in aprofessional sense, intimately familiar with Ms. Zick,” Montgomery said, citing her previous criminalrecord. “Pretrial services is unable to provide reasonable assurances of the defendant’s future compliance withconditionsofbail.”

Montgomery ordered the bond amount as it was set in the arrest warrant. Zick would have to post $5,000 to be released fromjail.

Montgomery suggestedshe could qualify in thefuture for DeKalb County’s treatment court program, which enters thosecharged with anon-violent crime into court-mandateddrug, alcohol or mental healthtreatment as an alternative to traditional court proceedings.

Hagemeier,who also was representedbythe publicdefender’s office duringabond hearing Wednesday, also will remaininjail. Montgomeryruled Hagemeier’s bond remain at $50,000, with $5,000 needed to be posted for release.

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According to DeKalb County court records, Zick is accused of driving the pair in asilver 2005 Honda Accord to HeartlandBank and Trust at 124 S. Main St. in downtown Sycamore about

2p.m. March 2. Hagemeie ri s accused of walking intothe bank with a note that demanded $1,400and threatened violencewith agun

At the time the bank robbery was reported,Sycamore police said they didn’t know if the man actually had a weapononhim.

According to police reports and court records, investigators used video surveillance footage from several countywide houses, businesses andtollwayrecords, testimonyfrominterviews and Zick and Hagemeier’s cellphone to compile anarrativeofthe robbery

Hagemeier allegedly entered the bank through the south door at 2:01 p.m.thatday, wearingall black with an ace bandage-style face covering, andgavethe notetothe bank teller, accordingtocourt records.Bank staff handed over the $1,400,all in $100 bills. Hagemeierthen left through the same door

Hagemeierand Zickmet withDeKalb police at the DeKalbPolice Department the following day related to the Jimmy John’s robbery, according to records, whereHagemeier allegedlyworea similar style face covering.

Afterlearning therewere similarities in bothrobberies, Sycamore police came to DeKalb to interviewZick also

March 3, according to court records. Zick reportedly told officers she had driventothe bankthe day before,and parked her car in theparkinglot while Hagemeier went inside to rob theplace Zickreportedly toldpolice she left with him shortly afterand drove them to Casey’s General Store in Cortland, the Melrose Park area and Dixon before returning to DeKalb on March 3, records show.

Video surveillance showed Zick’s car in the bank parking lot before and after the robbery, court records allege. Sycamorepolicesearchedthe caratthe DeKalb Police Department on March 3and reportedly found $704 in the passenger side door pocket.

Surveillance showedHagemeier entering the Casey’sat70S.Somonauk RoadinCortland about 2:13 p.m., where he boughtfuel,cigarettes and food with a$100 bill, recordsallege.About 8:43 p.m. that evening, Hagemeier entered HometownPantry &Liquors at 110 E. Seventh St.inDixon where he allegedly bought alcohol with another $100 andasked forchange.

At 11:32 p.m. that night, Hagemeier and Zickenteredthe Citgo gasstation at 502 W. Third St. in Dixon to buyfuel and food, also witha $100 bill,records show, citing policereportsonvideo surveillance

According to Sycamore police, Hagemeier’s phone also showed messages afterthe robbery related to drug transactions,whichZick allegedlytoldpolice they’d bought withthe bank’s money.

On March 9, Sycamore police tried to interview Hagemeier, but he asked for a lawyer, according to records.

The Feb. 27 robbery of the Jimmy John’s mirrored the bank robbery, according to court documents. Zickalso told policeshe droveHagemeiertothe Pappas Drive Jimmy John’s, where he allegedly donnedgloves, adarkcoat, a backpack and flesh-colored bandage covering hisface, records show. DeKalb police said he handed an employee a note that stated he was armed and demanded cash.

Zick reportedlytoldpolice Hagemeier returned with at least $100 in cash.

Zick is not charged in the Jimmy John’s incident, according to the DeKalb County State’s Attorney’s Office.

Hagemier is ordered to appear for a status hearingat10:30a.m. Friday. Zick is expected to appear for astatus hearingat2:30p.m.May 31.

Images provided Sycamore police releasedthisvideo surveillancephoto March2requestinghelpfromthe publicinidentifyingasuspect whorobbed Heartland Bank on in Sycamore.Thatperson was lateridentified as Kevin J. Hagemeier,who wascharged in therobbery Wednesday.

KevinJ.Hagemeier, 25,DeKalb AshleyN.Zick,26, of Sycamore

McDavidnamed school boardpresident for2022-23

By KATRINA J.E. MILTON kmilton@shawmedia.com

DeKALB –DeKalb School Distrrict 428 board member Samantha McDavid was elected Tuesday to her second term as board president during the annual officer’s elections.

McDavid first served as school board president after winningelection to theseatinApril2019. Board members Sarah Moses succeeded McDavid for two one-year terms beginning in 2020. New officers elected Tuesday will serve through 2023.

Moses didnot attendTuesday’s meeting. She said Wednesday she remainsonthe board but couldn’t attend the meeting because her flight

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was delayed.

“I also have new work commitments that will not allow me the time required to be an effective board president so I did not seek nomination again,”Moses said.

During the officer nominations and election votes for president, vice president and secretary, board members Jeromy Olson and Amanda Harness abstained from voting.

Board member Deyci Ramirez was reelected as the board’s vice president, and Ariel Owens was voted in as the board’s secretary, a position previously held by McDavid.

The board also unanimously voted to retain Jackie Pringle as board clerk and Cynthia Carpenter as board treasurer.

Changestoemployeeresidency requirements considered

By SHANE TAYLOR staylor@shawmedia.com

SYCAMORE –Sycamore city officials are considering lifting the city residency requirement for employees who aren’t first responders, amove city staff said is meant to address hiring challenges.

The Sycamore City Council deliberated this week over apossiblechange to the city’s code that requires thatall employees live within 20 miles of city limits.

According to city documents, city staff saidthe changes wouldn’t impact

first responders or employees already under contract, such as City Manager Michael Hall, who confirmed Monday he does live in Sycamore. Hall said the residency change would offer greater flexibility for hiring future city employees and require more detailed specifications be added to the city’s employee handbook.

“It is for anybody that is not under union contract,” Hall said. “By contract, I do have to live within the city and that would not change.”

Changes would also not apply to resident requirements outlined in the city’s collective bargaining agreements, docu-

ments show.

Hall said the reason for the request comes as city staff members are looking to make a new hire in the finance department.

“We have an assistant finance director [candidate] that is 22 miles and he is an excellent candidate,” Hall said. “Of the four that we interviewed, he is head and shoulders above the rest.”

Hall brought the proposal forward for council consideration this week, although changes will not be implemented until a council vote is taken at a future meeting.

“What we would like to do is change

it to say that this would be by policy,” Hall said. “Policies would be brought before the City Council listing off what we would consider first responders, and then also listing off those areas like finance, secretaries, building maintenance, those sort of things we really don’t think require having a residency within 20 miles.”

Hall said they are looking to add residency flexibility to address current hiring challenges. He said he plans to bring forward a policy change for a final vote at the next City Council meeting May 16. A new hire date for the pending finance director is set for June 1.

Shaw LocalNewsNetwork file photo Samantha McDavid makesher openingstatementduringaDeKalbSchoolDistrict428 board candidatesforum at theEgyptianTheatreonMarch 19,2019, in DeKalb.

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More police SROs approved,pending councilvote

By KATRINA J.E. MILTON kmilton@shawmedia.com

DeKALB –DeKalb SchoolDistrict

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is one stepclosertobringingtwo more policeschoolresourceofficers from the DeKalbPolice Department to district schools starting next school year.

On Tuesday, the DeKalbSchool District 428 board voted, 4-1, to approve two school resource officers with the option of athird if neededfor the2022-23school year. Boardmember Jeromy Olsonabstained fromvoting, Board member Amanda Harness voted no and Board PresidentSarah Moses was absent. Boardmembers Samantha McDavid, Ariel Owens, Deyci Ramirez andDavid Seymour voted yes.

One officer wouldbestationed at DeKalb High School and the other would be stationed at Clinton Rosette and Huntleymiddle schools. The officer appointments won’t be finalized, however, until aDeKalb City Council vote is taken, expected Monday

Under the SRO intergovernmental agreement contract with the city and school district, District 428 would reimburse the city of DeKalb 75% of the total amount for the officer’s salaries and benefits, which total$130,821

per SRO including district-related overtime costs, documentsshow. The district’s 75% funding obligation totals $98,116per SRO, records show.

Theschooldistrictalso is expected to help pay for the DeKalbPolice Department to buy three more police squadvehicles,a$36,000 cost, according to districtdocuments.

DeKalb Mayor CohenBarnes attended the school board meeting andsaidheexpects the DeKalbCity Council to take up the vote on the SRO contracts and policevehicles Monday.

If final approval is given, officers will begin the training process, said DeKalb Police Chief DavidByrd, who also was in attendance Tuesday. He saidschool resourceofficer training can take up to 10 weeks for police officers who’ve already beenthrough traditional police academy.

To fill positions thatwill be vacated by patrol officers who become SROs,

new hires with the DeKalb Police Department would need to complete a 26-week training process before they can patrol solo,Byrd said.

The schoolresourceofficervote has been the topicofdebate for weeks among the DeKalb school board and city officials. In previous conversations, school board members and Byrd have called the proposal “a Band-Aid approach” amid what districtstaff havereported as arise in behavioral issues identifiedinschools.

“[It’s] agoodsolutioninthe meantime,” Owens saidTuesday.

Before voting, Seymour said he questioned the need for three additional SROs, which was the original proposalupfor vote.

“I definitely feel that we need one more …atthe high school, but I’m not so surethat Ifeelthatweneed three total,” Seymour said. “We talked alot about phasing out, but I’d really like to

Olson spoke at length about whether the school board shouldlook into privatethird-party security companies instead of police to lower costs. The initial three-SROproposal –which would have put officers at DeKalb High School, one among the middle schools and one among the elementary schools –came with a$430,000 budgetask.

“If we’re going to spend half amilliondollarsoftaxpayer money, I’d like to see us do due diligence,” Olson said. “We do know that SROsare half amilliondollars, and what Iwas just reading, and the due diligence that Idid, it looks like alot of the schools are going away fromSROsstatistically.”

Olson said he’d prefer one more securityofficer at thehigh school.

McDavid said that she saw the hiring of more SRO officersasamultiprong approach.

“It’s suchacomplex issuewhen you’re talking about student behavior and student achievement and how thoseinteract witheachother,” McDavidsaid. “I think youneedmore than one approach. You can’t just say we need social workers. You have to look at all of the parts that we need, and I thinkthat’s what this plan is trying to address.”

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MayorCohen Barnes answersquestions duringDeKalbSchoolDistrict428’s boardmeeting Tuesday. Duringthe meeting, theboard votedtoapprove twoschoolresource officers withthe option of athirdifneeded forthe 2022-23schoolyear. ABOVE: Board memberslistenTuesday

Idefinitelyfeelthatweneed onemore[SRO] …atthe high school,but I’mnot so sure that Ifeelthatweneed three total. We talked alot aboutphasing out, butI’d really like to know what it’d look like to phasein.”

DavidSeymour, DeKalb School District 428 board member

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Chappelle tackled during comedy show, man arrested

LOS ANGELES –Comedian Dave Chappelle was tackled during a performance Tuesday night at the Hollywood Bowl, and aman waslater arrested.

Security guards chased and overpowered the attacker, and Chappelle was able to continue his performance while the man was taken away in an ambulance.

The assailant was carrying areplica handgun with a knife blade inside, authorities said.

Isaiah Lee,23, wasdetainedand arrested for assault with adeadly weapon, said officer Alba Mendez,aLos Angeles Police Department spokesperson.

Lee was treated by medical staff for an unspecified injury and was booked into jail early Wednesday and held in lieu of $30,000 bail, Mendez said.

Mendez said a“famous comedian was performing” when Lee jumped onto the stage, tackled the celebrity and produced the replica handgun containing aknifeblade. Mendez said the department did not name the celebrity because it does not confirm victim names.

Chappelle was performing his stand-up routine on the last of four nights at the amphitheater as part of the “Netflix Is aJoke” festival. Jamie Foxx was in the wings of the stage, and Chappelle thanked him for responding to the attack. Chris Rock was there as well. He grabbed the mic and jokingly asked, “Was that Will Smith?”

Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie voted into Rock Hall of Fame

Eminem, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon,Eurythmics, Duran Duran and Pat Benatar have been inducted into the Rock &RollHall of Fame, alistthat also includes Dolly Parton,who initially resisted the honor.

The honorees –voted on by more than 1,000 artists, historians and music industry professionals –“each had aprofound impact on the sound of youth culture and helped change the course of rock ’n’ roll,” said John Sykes,the chairman of the Rock Hall, in astatement Wednesday.

Parton previously had gone on social media to “respectfully bow out” of the process, saying she did not want to take votes away from the remaining nominees and had not “earned that right.” The Rock &RollHall of Fame Foundation responded by saying ballots already had been sent and it was up to the voters to decide if Parton was elected. Parton later said she would accept an induction.

Parton took to social media after the announcement to say she was “honored and humbled,” thanking the voters, saying she will work hard “to live up to the honor” and adding: “Of course Iwill accept it gracefully.”

To be eligible, artists are required to have released their first record 25 years before induction. Parton, Richie, Simon and Duran Duran were selected on their first go-round. Simon was afirst-time nominee this year more than 25 years after becoming eligible. Eminem becomes the 10th hip-hop act to be inducted, making the cut on his first ballot.

Richie, aformer member of The Commodores whose

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illustrious solo career includes pop classics such as “Endless Love,” “All Night Long” and “Hello,” said being elected to the hall “is an incredible honor.” He thanked voters and fans on Instagram and said: “Congratulations to all of my fellow 2022 inductees!”

The hall also announced Wednesday that Judas Priest and Jimmy Jam &Terry Lewis are getting the award for musical excellence and that Harry Belafonte and Elizabeth Cotten will be honored with the Early Influence Award.

Other artists and groups that failed this year for induction in the performer category are ATribe Called Quest, Rage Against the Machine, Dionne Warwick, Beck, Kate Bush,DEVO, Fela Kuti,MC5 and the New York Dolls. The induction ceremony will be held Nov. 5atthe Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles.

Rapper Kidd Creole sentenced to 16 years for fatal stabbing

NEW YORK –Rapper Kidd Creole,who wasafounding member of Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, was sentenced Wednesday to 16 years in prison for stabbing ahomeless man to death on aNew York City street.

The 62-year-old rapper, born Nathaniel Glover,was found guilty of manslaughter last month for the death of John Jolly,who wasstabbed twice in the chest with a steak knife in midtown Manhattan in August 2017.

Prosecutors accused Glover of stabbing Jolly after becoming enraged because he thought Jolly was gay and was hitting on him. After stabbing Jolly, who was 55, Glover headed to his workplace nearby, changed his clothes and washed the knife, prosecutors said.

Actor Pat Carroll is 95. Actor Michael Murphy is 84. Actor Lance Henriksen (“Aliens”) is 82. Comedian-actor Michael Palin (Monty Python) is 79. Actor John Rhys-Davies (“Raiders of the Lost Ark”) is 78. Former MTV News correspondent Kurt Loder is 77. Drummer Bill Ward of Black Sabbath is 74. Actor Melinda Culea (“The ATeam”) is 67. Actor Lisa Eilbacher (“Beverly Hills Cop”) is 65. Actor Richard E. Grant (“Gosford Park”) is 65. Singer Ian McCulloch of Echo and the Bunnymen is 63. Newsman Brian Williams is 63. TV personality Kyan Douglas (“Queer Eye for the Straight Guy”) is 52. Actor Tina Yothers (“Family Ties”) is 49. Singer Raheem DeVaughn is 47. Actor Vincent Kartheiser (“Mad Men”) is 43. Singer Craig David is 41. Singer Adele is 34. Singer Chris Brown is 33

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Teaching,coachingindifferent districtsbringschallenges

By EDDIE CARIFIO |ecarifio@shawmedia.com

For coaches who teach in adifferent district than their coaching gig, a20-minute car ride can serve asurprising number of vital roles.

It’s achance for some to switch out of teaching mode and into coaching mode. It can prepareothers for getting ready to coach high schoolers after teaching elementary students all day. It can be a chance to catch up on some phone calls.

Or it can just be the closest thing to abreak in a 12-plus-hour day.

“SomedaysIget to decompress,”said Kaneland cross country coach Chad Clarey, who’s been an elementary teacher in the Batavia district all 27 years he’s been coaching theKnights. “Some days Iget to reload for the next job, which is coaching. Some days Ihave to connect with someone to getsome closure from the day Ijust had so Ican start the next part of the day.”

Of course, alot of timesacoach is leaving adistrict trying to get to another in time for practice. Those logistics can be messy depending on what time districtslet out, but assistants can make all the difference.

Melanie Chambers, in her eighth year as the head coach for both the boys and girls swim teams for the DeKalb-Sycamore co-op, said ColetteLeBlanc has made things mucheasier all the way around. The

assistant coach also teaches science at DeKalb High, giving the coachingstaff apresence in the building Chambers teaches first grade at John Shields Elementary School in Sugar Grove.

With her school getting out 40 minutes after DeKalb High, it’s LeBlanc who starts practices and rides buses to events with the team while Chambers drives herself straight from Sugar Grove.

“Just the busingsituation forcompetitions has been the trickiest piece,” Chambers said. “I typically drive myself to the meets and my assistant coach will ride the bus, or there were acouple seasons we had to findbus riders because Ididn’thave an assistant coach who was able to do that.”

Sycamore softball coach Jill Carpenter has been teaching physical education in Kaneland for 17 years, one month longer than she’s been the head softball

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Sycamorecoach Adam Wickness talkstohis playersduringabreak in play againstHampshire duringthe BataviaMLK Showdown on Jan. 17 at BataviaHighSchool.

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coachatSycamore. She said that for the first decade or so, her entire staff was from outside Sycamore, which created alot of challenges.

She said that since Sarah Chapman came on board as an assistant, things have gotten much less hectic.

“There’s alot more going on with thekidstoday than when Istarted 17, almost 20 yearsago,” Carpenter said. “I’mnot saying kids didn’thave their issues back then, but it’s just trying to keep abetter pulse on how they’re doing academically, how they’re doing with their social-emotionalmental health, having that rapport with social workers or aschool psychologist or just their guidance counselor.”

Like Carpenter,AdamWickness teaches in Kaneland andcoaches at Sycamore, taking over the girls basketball program six years ago. And like Carpenter, he said having an assistant in the district is agame-changer.

For him, that assistant is Wickness’ niece, Meg Cohrs. AKaneland graduate, Cohrs teaches math at Sycamore and is aSpartansassistant.

“They couldpop in between classes and say what’s up,” Wickness said. “It creates abondwiththe entire staff because Coach Cohrs was able to relate to theentire staff different things that were bothering people or we needed to

celebrate. It was nice to have an extra set of ears in the school. It’s girls basketball‚ and Coach Cohrs is afemale, and it’s nice to haveanother female you can go to about things. There are some thingshigh school girls aren’t open to sharingwiththeir male high school coach.”

Wickness and Carpenter face an additional wrinkle –the school they teach at and the school they coach at are rivals. Clarey said it’s nice when he sees his former students competing

againstKanelandsince, as an elementary school teacher, he’s afew years removed from teaching them.

But Wicknessand Carpenterteach students they’re trying to beat on the field or court afew hourslater,generally speaking in ahigh-stakes game between conference rivals.

“How do you pep up Kaneland when you’re out there, then all of asudden Kaneland’splaying Sycamore?”Wickness said. “Thatwas alittle awkward at first, especially because Icoached

for 12 years in Kanelandinthe boys’ program. It just became part of the routine after awhile.”

Carpenter said she doesn’t exactly have the gamesagainst Kaneland circled on her calendar each year.

“They’re not my two most favorite games of the year, that’s for sure,” Carpenter said. “That rivalry existed before Icame along and will exist after Igo. I’ll be honest, Idon’t talk alot about softball with my students.Mostprobably don’trealize Icoach somewhere else. Thesoftball playersIdohappen to teach, we keep it pretty light.”

Carpenter said thearrangement isn’t one that’s afit for everyone.

“I would highly not recommend it,” Carpenter said. “It is very difficult. There’s many more challenges than there are positives about it. It requiresalot of extra helpand planning.Ican’t justwalk to Chauncey [Carrick, Sycamore athletic director]’s office when Ihave something Ineed to talk to him about or aproblem.”

Clarey said he’s felt blessed to coach at Kaneland and teach in Batavia for the past three decades.

“My primary responsibility is being the best first grade teacher Ican be for the students of Grace McWayne School, where Iteach,” Clarey said. “That is my primary roleinthiswhole thing. Making sure Ihave everything done, everything is ready and prepared for a full day of first grade every day.”

Shaw LocalNewsNetwork file photo

MelanieChambersisinher eighth year as thehead coachfor both theboysand girlsswim teamsfor theDeKalb-Sycamore co-op. Shealsoteachesfirst gradeatJohn Shields Elementary School in SugarGrove

Teachers balance department chair, head coachtasks

By EDDIE CARIFIO |ecarifio@shawmedia.com

Scheduling. Planning. Choosing the best personnelfor the best position. Selecting and purchasing equipment.

The world of high school coaching has alot in common with being adepartment head, and ahandful of area coaches take on the extraresponsibilities of both tasks.

“I don’tthinkpeoplegenerally knowhow much goes into beingaheadcoach,” saidSycamore baseball coach and math department chairman Jason Cavanaugh, who has held both duties for almost 25 years. “I think people think they know because they coach their kids’ travel team. So they think that’s the same thing. But I’messentially in charge of 60 kids, allthe uniforms,six assistant coaches, fundraising, communicating scores with newspapers and MaxPrepsand IHSA andpitchcounts and umpireratings, and Idon’t think that people have agood grip of what it takes.”

And when Joe Ryan, the Sycamore head football coach and physical education department head, lists the responsibilities of being in charge of adepartment, the direct correlation between the two, as Ryan put it, becomes apparent.

“A lotofmyduties is making sure we have the equipment that we need to make sure we can teach effectively,” said Ryan, who has been department chair of the PE department for about 15 years and also has served as the Spartans’ head football coach since 2004. “I also help fit our teachers in the best possible spots so they can be most effective as teachers. We have alot of different options. It’s not just general PE. We have dance, we have mind-body, we have weight training. There’s alot of options and differentplacespeople fitbetterthantheywould in other spots.”

Another element both positions haveincommon is the amount of time that goes into them. Cavanaugh said duringbaseballseason especially he ends up working on Sundays just for planning purposes.

Ryan said his co-chair of the PE department up until 2017, Maura Moulton,was ahugeresource in

helping with planningeven aftershe retired.Ryan said she left behind acalendar detailing month-bymonth what gets done when, ahugeresource he still occasionally consults today.

MarkMeyer, golf coach at Kaneland for 17 years and in his third year as the high school’s social studies chairman, said he’s got asecret weaponwhen it comes to his time management. His department has four otherheadvarsity coaches –BrianAversa (baseball),Scott Parillo(boys and girls soccer), Kelsey Flanagan (girls basketball) and SarahRay (boys bowling).

“It helps have some peace of mind that they understand Imight not be available all hours or after school,” Meyer said. “They understand that very well, the commitmentthat comes with being ahead coach. Ithinkthat really helps. There’s alot of that type of supportive talk.When we know someone is going to be out or gone after school or an entire week with matchesortournaments, we knowthat maybe we need to pick up the slack here or there for them.

That’s something that kind of comes with the territoryofbeing in our department becausewehave so many head coaches.”

Meyer said he’s lucky to be in such aone-of-a-kind situation.

“I think that may be pretty typical of PE departments, but it’s definitely unique for asocial studies department,” Meyer said. “It’simpressive the work our teachersdotobeleaders in the classroom and leaders of their sports programs. They do such an awesome job.”

Whether finding what teachers fit what subject or aplace indoors for his team to practice as snowy weather pushes into April and keeps fields unplayable, Cavanaugh said it’s about making things fit in a way that is productive for everyone involved.

“It does become agiant jigsaw puzzle, especially when you combine the fact I’mmaking practice schedules for threedifferent baseball teams,” Cavanaugh said. “We’re trying to find practice space for all of them as Isit here on March 31 looking at snow.”

Mark Busch file photo

Sycamorehead coachJoe Ryan celebrates withhis team afterthe Spartans defeated St.Patrick,14-0,intheir IHSA Class5A statequarterfinalgameNov.13, 2021,atSycamoreHighSchool.

PREP BASEBALL: SOMONAUK 5, HINCKLEY-BIG ROCK 1

Broc Slais’ gemleads Somonauk past Hinckley-Big Rock

By EDDIE CARIFIO ecarifio@shawmedia.com

HINCKLEY–Somonauk starter Broc Slais was perfect through four innings and ended up retiring the side in sixofseveninningsagainst HinckleyBig Rock on Wednesday, withthe Bobcats getting enough timely hits for a5-1 win over the Royals.

“He just sat there on his fastball,” Somonauk coach TroyFelton said. “His gameplanatthe beginning was wait until they can stop fouling it off, then I’ll switch it up. He’s got an overpowering fastball,soheleansheavily on it.”

The Bobcats (15-5 overall, 11-3 Little Ten) scored four of their runs with two outs. Hinckley-Big Rock starter Judson Scott hit two batters in the first inning and allowed two hits –including atwo-out, two-run single to Jaylen Dion to make the score 3-0.

Scott did strike out the side and finished with 11 strikeouts in six innings for the Royals (11-5, 7-3). The two other runs he gave up were unearned.

Hinckley-Big Rock coach Matt Olsen said thoseare the sort of mistakes that he would have hoped would have been fixed in practices by now, but the Royals really haven’t been able to practice outside much at all this season because of the weather.

“It’s frustrating, but it’spart of the game,” Olsensaid. “We have to make plays. You have to be clean defensively, we preach that all the time. We work it and rep it, but unfortunately it is what it is. When you’re stuck in the gyms, it’s hard.”

Slais went the distance for the Bobcats, allowing three hits and one earned run –all in the fifth inning. He walked no one.

Slais said he was just using his fastball until theRoyalscaught up to it. All the H-BR hits went to right, including an RBI single by Saje Beane that scored Ben Jourdan.

“Theystarted to time it, take it to right field, so Ithrew some spinners in there,” Slaissaid.“They couldn’t adjust to it.”

Slais finished with 13 strikeouts in the win, and Felton saidhis fastball was on point.

“When you put Broc Slaisonthe mound, you know he’s going to come out and throw aheck of agame,” Felton said. “He doesn’t give up alot of hits, typically. We put atough defense behindhim,and we knoweven if he does giveupa hitwe’re goingtodo something with it.”

The Bobcats opened a4-0 lead in the second inning. AfterScott started the inningwithtwo strikeouts, adropped fly by Mason Albright in right field put

Carson Bahrey on secondbase, then Parker Wasson ripped adoubleinto theleft-center gap.

The lead grew to 5-0 when Dion cappedhis 3-for-3 day with his third RBI, asingle that scored Brendan Roberts after an error by shortstop Ben Hintzsche gave theBobcats and extra out.

Felton said two-out hitting recently has been afocal point for the Bobcats.

“You can’t get down to two outs and pack it up,” Felton said. “You still have to be able to do something. We’ve really concentrated on that in practice and having an approach at the plate.”

The Royals scored their run with two outs in the fifth, but Slais got a strikeout to end the threat with two on.

“It felt pretty nice, it was pretty big,” Slaissaid. “They could have

made acomeback, but we held them.”

Dion had the only multihit game for either team and was the only player for the Bobcats not to strike out –Beane was the only Royal not to strike out.

“You have to tip yourcap to Broc, he pitchedoutstanding,”Olsen said “We put some good at-batstogether andmanufactured that onerun late there.”

Photos by Mark Busch –mbusch@shawmedia.com

ABOVE: Hinckley-BigRock’sRichardHintzschebatsagainst Somonauk on WednesdayinHinckley. BOTTOM LEFT: Hinckley-Big Rock’s Ben Jourdanthrowsthe ballbackintothe infield againstSomonauk on Wednesday in Hinckley. BOTTOM RIGHT: Somonauk’sBrocSlais delivers apitch againstHinckley-BigRockonWednesday.

PREP SCHEDULE

Thursday, May 5

Girls track: Little Ten invite, 4p.m.; DeKalb at DVC meet, Metea Valley, 4:30 p.m.

Boys track: Little Ten invite, 4p.m.

Baseball: DeKalb at Naperville Central, Genoa-Kingston at Dixon, 4:30 p.m.

Softball: Neuqua Valley at DeKalb, 3:45 p.m.; Rock Falls at Genoa-Kingston; 4:30 p.m.

Girls soccer: Sycamore at Woodstock North, 4:30 p.m.; Streamwood at Kaneland, 4:45 p.m.; DeKalb at Dixon, 6p.m.

Friday, May 6

Boys track: Holt invite at DeKalb, Sycamore at Northern Illinois Invitational at Beloit College, Kaneland at Kane CountyMeet at Geneva, 4:30p.m.

Baseball: Genoa-Kingston at Sycamore, 4:30 p.m.; St. Francis vs. Kaneland at Trout Park, 7p.m.

Softball: Sycamore at Plano, Genoa-Kingston at Winnebago, 4:30 p.m.; Oswego at Kaneland, 5p.m.

Girls track: Kaneland, Sycamore at Interstate 8championships, 4p.m

Saturday, May 7

Girls soccer: Sycamore at Hampshire, noon

Softball: Sycamore at Glenbard South (DH); Indian Creek at Polo, 11 a.m.

Baseball: Genoa-Kingston at Byron (DH), 10 a.m.; Indian Creek at Hinckley-Big Rock, 1p.m.

Boys track: Indian Creek, Hinckley-Big Rock at Genoa-Kingston invite, 11 a.m.

Girls track: Indian Creek, Hinckley-Big Rock at Genoa-Kingston invite, 11 a.m.

Monday, May 9

Boys tennis: Jefferson at DeKalb, 4p.m

Softball: DeKalb at Metea Valley, Sycamore at LaSalle-Peru, Morris at Kaneland, Harvard at Genoa-Kingston, Indian Creek at IMSA, 4:30 p.m.

Baseball: DeKalb at Neuqua Valley, Sandwich at Sycamore, Kaneland at Rochelle, Genoa-Kingston at Rockford Christian, Indian Creek at IMSA, Serena at Hinckley-Big Rock, 4:30 p.m.

Girls track and field: Indian Creek, Hinckley-Big Rock at Oregon Sectional Prep, 4p.m.; Last Chance Meet, Kaneland, 4:30 p.m.

Soccer: Hinckley-Big Rock at IMSA, 4:30 p.m.

PREP BASEBALL: SYCAMORE5,OTTAWA0

EthanStorm,Sycamoreblank Ottawa to stay atop Interstate 8

By BRIAN HOXSEY bhoxsey@shawmedia.com

OTTAWA –Sycamore pitcher Ethan Storm shrugged his shoulders in abit of frustration afterathird straight fastball sailed high, allowing an Ottawa base runner to reach with a walk in the second inning.

However, that trio of pitches was just abliponthe radar of how the rest of Wednesday’s Interstate 8Conference contest against the Pirates went for the hard-throwingright-hander.

Storm finishedthe complete-game effort, allowing only four hits and that one walk while striking out12tohelp theSpartans (16-5, 10-2 I-8) keep hold of aone-game lead in the leaguestandings over La Salle-Peru with a5-0 victory at King Field.

“I felt like both my fastball and offspeedpitches wereworkingwell together,” said Storm, who threw65of his 98 pitches for strikes. “I had acouple of timestoday where my fastball wasrunning high, butIknew Icould come back to my curveballand it was going to be there. For most of the season, my fastball has been solid, and I’ve been able to locate it very well, but todayIfelt Ihad the same command with curve.

“[The conferencerace] has been a focus of ours,ofcourse, but we also knowwehave to take care of what we havecontrol of. We have to treat everything the same,because anything can happen.”

“That’s what we’ve come to expect

PREP ROUNDUP

Ethan Storm, Sycamore pitcher

from Ethan. Ifeel bad for saying that, but he does all the things we ask of him,” Sycamore coachJason Cavanaugh said.“He fields his position, he throws strikes and does not walk hitters. He pitched areally solid game for us today,and our defensebehind him was about as solid as it gets.”

Sycamore backed Storm with some timely hitting, starting in the top of the first when Tommy Townsend singled with two outs off Ottawa starting and losing pitcher Rylan Dorsey(6IP, 4H, 1ER, 2BB, 3K)and scoredwhen Jimmy Amptmann followed with a two-strike, ringing double to right-center.

The visitors were held in check by Dorsey until the sixth. Townsend, who finished 3for 3, walked, moved to second on aPirateserror and scored when asacrifice bunt by JoeyPuleo was thrown away. Storm helped himself with asacrifice fly to score Amptmann beforeByron Blaise lined atwoout, opposite-field single to make it 4-0.

“I don’t think we as agroup swung thebatsexceptionally well today with too many easy outs,too many weak fly balls to the opposite field,”Cavanaugh

said. “But we did come up with some timely hits when we needed them, especially in the sixth inning when we were able to add on.”

Sycamore added arun in theseventh off Pirates reliever Justus Mason, as Kiefer Tarnoki poked aleadoff single, moved to second on agroundout, to thirdonawildpitch and scored on an RBI base hit by Townsend.

Storm, whodidn’t allow an Ottawa runnertoreach third,allowed hits by Dorsey and Payton Knoll withtwo outs in the seventh but closedthe game by inducing aground balltothird.

“I thought for the most part Rylan commanded the strike zone and really did agood job of mixing up his pitches,” said Ottawa coach Tyler Wargo, his team now12-8 and 6-6. “He did agreat job and really kept us in the game. Of thethree phasesofthe game, Ifeel our pitching hasbeenabove average this season, it’s justwe are lacking in the othertwo areas right now. We’llget that cleaned up and keep working to get better.

“When you only get ahandful of base runnersinagame,you have to capitalize any chance you can get. We are ateam that has to string hits togethertoscore runs for the most part, and against akid like Storm, that’sgoing to be atough.

“We just weren’t able to gettohim today.”

Ottawa is scheduled to travel to play Mendota on Thursday, whileSycamore hosts Genoa-Kingston on Friday.

Kaneland softball team nips Ottawa with late rally

Shaw Local News Network

Abby Latka singled home the eventualwinning runinthe top of the seventh inning Wednesday in athrilling 4-3 win for Kaneland overhost Ottawa.

The Knights finally caught the Pirates with athree-run fifth inning to knotthe Interstate8 Conference game at 3. The big hitcamefrom EmilyOlp. Her double brought the game even for Kaneland (8-4, 5-0). Grace Algrim struck out 11 in the complete-game effortfor theKnights.

GIRLS SOCCER Morris 2, Indian Creek 1: At Shabonna,

Emma Turner scoredinthe 58th minute for IndianCreek in the nonconference contest. The Timberwolves fell to 6-6-1 on the season.

Kaneland 9, Hinckley-Big Rock 1: At Hinckley, the Knights (13-3-1) scored five times in the first half in the nonconference contest to defeat the Royals (7-3)

BASEBALL

Kaneland 13, Sandwich 3(6inn.): At Maple Park,arun or more in every inning lifted the Knights in the Interstate 8contest. ParkerViolett drove in a pair for Kaneland (13-7,8-4). Junior Luke Wituk struck out two in four

inningsofwork.

Naperville 6, DeKalb 3: At DeKalb, the teamscombined to score all nine runs in the sixth inning of the DuPage Valley Conference game. Senior Jack Keck had three hits,including two doubles, and drove in arun for DeKalb (4-17, 1-11). BrysonBuhk and Maddux Clarence also drove in runs for the Barbs.

BOYS TENNIS

Rockford Lutheran 3, Kaneland 2: At Maple Park,Caleb Hwang andVaughn Bladwon at No. 2doubles, and Sam Regelbruggeand Matt Manugas took No. 3doubles for the Knights in the nonconference dual meet.

Ifeltlikebothmy fastball andoffspeed pitcheswereworking welltogether.”

Howcommitted is BearsGMRyanPoles to Justin Fields?

that should result in our finding out just how committed Poles is to Fields.

Poles was asked his feelings about Fields his first day on the job.

What is the next No. 1priority for the Bears and general manager Ryan Poles?

There is no mystery surrounding Poles’ plan. Following the draft, he left no doubt he’s in acomplete rebuild and fully aware it’s going to take at least afew years.

“We’re just going to keep pounding and pounding, knowing that we can’t fix everything in one year, but we sure can just keep chipping away,” Poles said.

I’m not saying that’s right or wrong. From where Poles and the organization stand today, it’s not a bad idea.

But it means that while you always try to win, it’s going to be awhile before the Bears do. Finding and developing young talent is amuch greaterpriority right now.

So Poles’ most immediate challenge has to be finding out if Justin Fields can be his franchise quarterback, and

“Like any player, support and development, getting back to the details, doing the fundamentals and taking the approach to reach that ceiling, and that’s hard, and that’s detail,” Poles said. “And I’m excited to see him grow.”

If that doesn’t sound like aringing endorsement, it’s because it’s not an endorsement at all.

Poles has said any number of nice things about Fields, his abilities and his prospects.

But if he has said at any time, ‘Justin Fields is going to be our franchise quarterback. I’m confident in that, and it’s one position Idon’t have to worry about,’ Ican’t find that quote or anything resembling it anywhere.

Fields still is adramatically better prospect than any of the QBs taken in last weekend’s draft. His ceiling is sky high, and he will get the chance to reach it.

But will it be afairchance, and can he?

Fields had abad rookie year by any

measure, and while they certainly contributed to it, the idea that it was all because of Matt Nagy, his scheme and play-calling, the offensive line, receivers, etc. is pure fantasy.

Fields’ biggest issue was Fields, and the fact that like almost every rookie QB in history he just wasn’t ready.

Throwing him to the wolves in Cleveland in Week 3withNick Foles on the bench was organizational and coaching malpractice, and the beating he took was far more because Fields didn’t know what he was seeing across from him and held the football far too long than the scheme or the coaches.

There was minor incremental improvement after, but other than a special second half in Pittsburgh in Week 9, astrong first half in Green Bay in Week 14, and afew other short spurts, it was aweakness that lasted all season.

It is not an indictment of Fields.

Peyton Manning and Troy Aikman had similarly awful rookie campaigns before finding their way to Canton, and Fields possesses many of their traits.

As easily the most critical component of Poles’ rebuild, if Fields doesn’t

take abig step forward this year working with arookieoffensive coordinator in Luke Getsy and QB coach Andrew Janocko, who has one year of experience coaching the position, Fields can’t remain Poles’ guy.

So why has Poles seemingly weakened Fields’ supporting cast and last year’s 32nd-ranked passing game by excising four starters and almost all the key backups to be replaced by veteran free agents who barely qualify as journeymen and Day 3draft picks?

Could it be impacted by the knowledge the 2023 QB draft crop will include C.J. Stroud, Bryce Young, Phil Jurkovec and quite possibly two or three more QBs who will contend for top-10 picks? All would have gone ahead of Kenny Pickett this year, and the Bears are an early favorite to have atop-5 pick, possibly even the first or second pick.

Iabsolutely don’t believe that is Poles’ plan, but it has to be acomfort to him if Poles is understandably not all in on Fields yet either.

• HubArkushistheSeniorBears AnalystforShawMediaandShawLocal.com.

AP file photo

BearsquarterbackJustinFieldsscrambles forafirst down duringthe first half againstthe Pittsburgh Steelers on Nov. 8inPittsburgh.

Hub Arkush

WHITESOX 4, CUBS 3

Soxrally for2-gameseries sweepofCubsatWrigley

By SCOT GREGOR sgregor@dailyherald.com

CHICAGO –The weather was rough, the refurbished visiting clubhouse is still cramped, and the majority of the crowd of 36,755 was pulling for the home team.

Still, the White Sox probably were alittlesad to be saying so long to Wrigley Field for another year after hanging a4-3 loss on the Cubs on Wednesday night.

The Sox swept the brief two-game interleague series and have won five in arow at Wrigley and7of8dating to the 2020 season.

It was abit warmer on the North Side on Wednesday, and the Sox and Cubs each hit two home runs.

After Jose Abreu gave the Sox the early lead with asolo shot off starter Kyle Hendricks in the first inning, theCubs answered in the second.

Nico Hoerner hit atwo-run homer off Lucas Giolito, and Patrick Wisdom gave the Cubs a3-1 lead with another home run.

Leury Garcia went deep for the Soxinthe third inning to make it 3-2 before GavinSheets tied it with an RBI single in the fourth.

AJ Pollock’s bloop single to right field with two outs in the sixth inning put the Sox back in front for good.

Although the Cubs are ashell of what they were from 2015-20, they did threaten to end the Sox’s recent run of success in the eighth inning.

With Aaron Bummer on in relief, Wisdom led off with asingle and advanced to third on Nick Madrigal’s single.

Bummer struck out pinch hitter

Yan Gomez before being lifted for Matt Foster.

Getting the job done in another high leverage appearance, Foster got SeiyaSuzuki to pop out to Sheets at first base and got of the jam by retiring Ian Happ on acalled third strike.

The Sox headed out of Wrigley Field happyagain,eventhough they almost lost Luis Robert to injury.

With Happ on first base and two outs in the sixth, Willson Contreras crushed aReynaldo Lopez pitch to center field.

Robert chased the drive down and made the catch before banging into theleft wall. He appeared to hurt his left shoulder and was briefly down on the warningtrack,but Robert got to his feet and stayed in the game.

Giolito,who pitched 52/3 innings and allowed three runs on three hits and two walks whilestriking out 10, looks forward to when the Sox and Cubs hook up.

“It’s always agoodtime, whether it’s at Wrigley or our spot,” he said. “It’s asuperfunseries.The fans are getting intoit, youknowsometimes they’ll get too much, but it’s always entertaining to see. Andjustseeing the passion of the entire city, whether they’re a Cubs fanoraWhite Soxfan packing out the stadium,thatalways makes for agreat environment to play in.”

Just like in Tuesday night’s 3-1 win over theCubs, South Sidefans were chanting “Let’s go Sox” as Liam Hendriks closed it out in the ninth inning.

“They come out and support,” shortstopTim Anderson said. “You know what these gamesmean to the fans. Just happy to go out and compete.”

MLB

3-GAME PLANNER SOCCER

Friday: vs.Los Angeles Dodgers, 1:20 p.m., Marquee

Saturday: vs.Los Angeles Dodgers, 1:20 p.m., Marquee

Sunday: vs.Los Angeles Dodgers, 6:08 p.m., ESPN

Friday: at Boston RedSox,6:10p.m., Apple TV+

Saturday: at Boston RedSox, 3:10 p.m., NBCSCH

Sunday: at Boston RedSox, 10:35 a.m., NBC, Peacock

NBAPLAYOFFS

CONFERENCE SEMIFINALS (Best-of-7) x-if necessary Eastern Conference Milwaukee 1, Boston 1

Sunday: Milwaukee 101, Boston 89

Tuesday: Boston 109, Milwaukee 86

Saturday: Boston at Milwaukee, 2:30 p.m., ABC

Monday: Boston at Milwaukee, 6:30 p.m., TNT Miami 2, Philadelphia 0

Monday: Miami 106, Philadelphia 92

Wednesday: Miami 119, Philadelphia 103

Friday: Miami at Philadelphia, 6p.m.,

ESPN

Sunday: Miami at Philadelphia, 7p.m., TNT Western Conference Phoenix 1, Dallas 0

Monday: Phoenix 121, Dallas 114

Wednesday: Dallas at Phoenix (n)

Friday: Phoenix at Dallas, 8:30 p.m., ESPN

Sunday: Phoenix at Dallas, 2:30 p.m.,

ESPN Golden State 1, Memphis 1

Sunday: Golden State 117, Memphis 116

Tuesday: Memphis 106, Golden State 101

Saturday: Memphis at Golden State, 7:30 p.m., ABC

Monday: Memphis at Golden State, 9p.m., TNT

AUTO RACING

NASCAR CUP SERIES

Goodyear 400

Site: Darlington, South Carolina

Schedule: Saturday, practice, 9:30 a.m., and qualifying, 10:05 a.m.; Saturday, race, 2:30 p.m. (FS1)

Track: Darlington Raceway

Race distance: 293 laps, 400.2 miles

Last year: Martin Truex Jr. wonafter starting fourth.

Last race: Chase Elliott led the final 53 of 400 laps, contested overtwo days because of rain at Dover, to earn his first victory of the season.

Fast facts: Elliott increased his points lead from 21 to 50 overRyanBlaney

PLAYOFFS

p.m. Washington (Sanchez 1-1) at Colorado (Senzatela 2-1), 2:10 p.m.

N.Y. Mets (Walker 0-0) at Philadelphia (Nola 1-3), 5:45 p.m. Miami (Luzardo 2-1) at San Diego (Martinez 1-2), 8:40 p.m.

St. Louis (Mikolas 1-1) at San Francisco (Webb 3-1), 8:45 p.m.

Friday’s Games

L.A. Dodgers at Cubs,1:20 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Cincinnati, 5:40 p.m.

N.Y. Mets at Philadelphia, 6:05 p.m. Milwaukee at Atlanta, 6:20 p.m.

Washington at L.A. Angels, 8:38 p.m.

Colorado at Arizona, 8:40 p.m. Miami at San Diego, 8:40 p.m. St. Louis at San Francisco, 9:15 p.m.

CALENDAR

April 26-June 24: Salary arbitration hearings, held remotely

May2: Rosters reduced to 26 players.

June 14-16: Owners meeting, New York.

July 17-19: Amateur draft, LosAngeles.

William Byron and Kyle Busch sharethird, 65 points back. Elliott also became the ninth different winner in 11 races and the fourth Hendrick Motorsports driver to win this season; no other organization has had all four of its drivers win in the first 11 races of aseason. ... The top six drivers have accounted for seven victories thus far, with Byron and Ross Chastain having twoeach and Blaney none.

Next race: May15, Kansas City,Kansas

FORMULA ONE

Miami Grand Prix

Site: Miami, Florida

Schedule: Friday, practice, 1:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m.; Saturday, practice, noon, and qualifying, 3p.m.; Sunday, race, 2:30 p.m.

Track: Miami International Autodrome

Race distance: 57 laps, 191.6 miles

Last year: New venue

Last race: Defending series champion Max Verstappen rebounded from ablown engine in the previous race and led Red Bull’s first 1-2 finish since 2016 as he won from the pole at Imola.

Fast facts: Verstappen jumped from sixth to second in the points race, now27behind Charles LeClerc. Each has wonapair of the four races run this season. LeClerchas led143 of the228 laps run so faror62.7 %.

Next race: May22, Barcelona, Spain

FIRST ROUND (Best-of-7) (x-if necessary)

Wednesday Carolina 5, Boston 2

TampaBay 5, Toronto 3 St. Louis at Minnesota (n) LosAngeles at Edmonton (n)

Thursday Pittsburgh at N.Y. Rangers, 6p.m.

Washington at Florida, 6:30 p.m.

Nashville at Colorado, 8:30 p.m.

Dallas at Calgary,9p.m.

Friday Carolina at Boston, 6p.m.

Toronto at TampaBay,6:30 p.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.

Edmonton at LosAngeles, 9p.m.

Saturday

Florida at Washington, noon

Colorado at Nashville, 3:30 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 6p.m.

Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Sunday Carolina at Boston, 11:30 a.m.

Minnesota at St. Louis, 3:30 p.m.

Toronto at TampaBay,6p.m.

Edmonton at LosAngeles, 9p.m.

Monday N.Y. Rangers at Pittsburgh, 6p.m.

Florida at Washington, 6p.m.

Calgary at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.

Colorado at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.

AP photo

WhiteSox relief pitcherLiamHendriksreacts afterstrikingout theCubs’ Nico Hoerner in theninthinningtoend thegame Wednesday at WrigleyField.The Soxwon,4-3

FUN&GAMES

Big Nate

TheBorn Loser

Frazz

DeFlocked

Beetle Bailey

Blondie

Dilbert

Monty

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Transgender teacher ponders disclosing to students

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am a transgender educator. I am not visibly transgender, and my students refer to me with she/her pronouns, which I prefer. I was given the choice when I was hired whether or not to tell my students that I am transgender. I still have not decided. The kids are so young – third grade – and I don’t know whether or not their parents will have an issue with an openly trans teacher. Should I disclose the fact that I am trans to my students?

–TransTeacher

DEAR TRANS TEACHER: The big question for you may be what is important for your students to know about you in order for you to be effective at doing your job. It is unlikely that your trans status has anything to do with that. I imagine that they need to know that you care about them, that they are safe in your company and that you can effectively teach them the subjects that are part of your curriculum.

I point this out because cisgender teachers do not typically feel pressed to reveal anything about their gender identity – or their sexuality or relationship status, for that matter – to their students. It is often by choice as they build closeness with their students that those aspects of their lives emerge.

You may want to follow the natural course of engaging with them. Never lie. If they ask you questions about yourself and your life, answer in a manner that is appropriate to the listeners’ ages. Do not hide who you are, but do not feel the need to wave a flag either. Be you. Let them get to know you as a person. Find comfort in that.

DEAR HARRIETTE: My father lied about the amount of money I owe him for a surgery I had. My father told me that he

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received a bill last year for the remainder of my copay, and I’ve been paying him once a month ever since.

Today I found out that my surgery didn’t actually cost the amount that he claimed. He was charging me almost $1,000 more for no reason. How should I move forward?

–Overcharged

DEAR OVERCHARGED: If you can get your hands on that medical bill, have it in hand when you confront your father. Calmly ask him why he inflated the cost of reimbursement for your surgery. Show him the bill and point out the discrepancy. Did he need the extra money? If so, why didn’t he say something?

Point out that you are shocked that he would overcharge you for something like this. You trusted him, and he betrayed your trust. Listen to learn if he has anything to say about why he would do such a thing. Give him the chance to make you understand his logic.

More important, stop paying him. If you have already overpaid, you can ask for the money back, but it is unlikely that he will give it to you.

What you need to do now is get your own insurance policy. This is an expensive next step, but it is the only way to keep this situation from repeating itself.

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Mom wonders how to reveal her youngest son’s parentage

DEAR ABBY: Ihave awonderful 12-yearold son, “Oliver,” who was conceived during adate rape at aworkparty.I

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We divorced when Oliver was 2, and my ex had a DNA test, which, of course, proved he was not the father. Despite the findings, after Iexplained what happened, he offered to be Oliver’s “dad” because he had bonded with him –provided he would not have to pay child support. Iagreed. Ihavetwo other older sons whom he fathered.

There have been times when Oliver and his brothers have asked about his brown skin, and I have been able to dodge the question. He’s getting to an age where Idon’t think Ican hold offmuch longer. Ialways knew the time would come when he would have to know his dad is not his biological father, but I’m not sure what to tell him. Idon’t think Iwanthim to know he is aproduct of rape,nor do I want to throw myself under the bus and say I cheated on his dad. That would open up questions about who his bio dad is. Please help.

–LOOKINGFORBESTWAYINWASHINGTON

DEAR LOOKING: Ifail to understand why you would equate “rape” with “cheating.” What happened wasn’t your fault, and you should feel neither guilt nor shame that it happened. While Iunderstand your desire to protect Oliver, you should tell him the truth. When you do, be sure to emphasize how much you and your ex love him and how proud you are that he is your son.

DEAR ABBY: I’m in the process of building my first house down the street from my parents. (The lot was agood deal.) Recently, my mom told me she wants a key so she and Dad can have access to my house in case of severe weather (we live in tornado country). The layout and foundation of my house are sturdier than theirs. When Itold her Ididn’t want anyone to have akey, she got really offended. It made me feel awful, but Abby, this is my first house, and if Ihave to give akey to someone when Idon’t want to, it defeats the purpose of having my own place. Ihave been living with my parents to save up, and Mom has used guilt trips against me before. My sister and brother-in-law agree Ishouldn’t give in to her. Ifeel like ahorrible daughter for refusing because she’s not the type to snoop, but there have been instances when I’ve been in my room and she has entered without knocking. Should Istick to my guns? Am I wrong?

–DAUGHTERINDILEMMA

DEAR DAUGHTER: It strikes me as somewhat pushy that your mother would ask for akey to your home before it is even completed. What have your parents done during previous tornadoes? Because the house symbolizes your independence, Idon’t think you should hand the key over. It may make sense to have someone you trust be able to enter if you are traveling or have apet that needs to be walked while you are working. In that event, you may change your mind and see the wisdom in offering her one.

P.S. If she abuses your trust, you can always have your locks changed.

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Auctioneer note: Auctiongoers might remember that Jim& SallyDonahueprovided thelunchwagon to thelocal auctioneersofthisareafor 25 years. They bothenjoyed alife& pasttimeofantiquing &collectingtogether, thehouseisfullofcollectible items aswella well-maintainedlineofhouseholdgoods &furnishing.

Jim& Sally will bothbemissedbut neverforgotten.Takea look at what we found!

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AUCTIONWILLFEATURE: Thecontents of thehomewhich includesAntique &contemporary furniture including alg Porcelaincastironwoodburning stoveinalmostperfect condition, Lg.collectionof Sandwich Fair collectibles & memorable,which includes early1900's redglass canoe &other earlyitems olderlocal area advertising & memorablewhich includescrocks, toothpickholders,DeKalb, Troy GroveIL. Etc. Sandwich &Somonauk embossedMilk Bottles &DatedWorld Fair ruby souvenir glass, ChicagoStock yard framed Litho, Coinsinc's Morgan &Peace Silver dollars,costume jewelry, some gold &silver,extensivecollectionofgraygraniteware items like dinner bucketsdifferentsizes,berry pales, coffee pots, plates &pans,bowls,ricebowlrare! &Other utensils,Pie bird collection, collectionofglass DazeyButterchurnsthat inc'sa 1qtjar rare! Turtle spit tune,crocks& jugs, ShirleyTemple Idealdolls &other memorable, slot machine, fishinglures,lgcollectionofShaving mugs,HPhair receivers, brides'baskets,collectible smallitems,newer patiofurniture,usefulhousehold &decorativehome furnishings &related items. MANY OTHERcollectible andUSEFULitemsTOO NUMEROUSTOMENTION.

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PreviewDATE: Saturday, May7th 2022 from 9:00 am to 12:00noon. CALL auctioneer FORMOREDETAILS ON ANYITEM& MORE PHOTOS IF NECESSARY

Pick up days followingthe auctionclose will be on Friday May20th3:00pm- 6:00 pm and Saturday May 21st from 9:00 am to 12:00pm, Pick up will be located@ 315 ZellerStreet, Somonauk IL 60552. PICKUP requires asignupwhich is @ go2wegenerauctions.com.Ifnot able to pick up your items on theallotteddays, please make otherarrangementswiththe auctioneersprior to sale

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

CELEBRITY CIPHER

by Luis Campos

Continuing the cliche theme, today we have: “Don’tsend aboy to do a man’sjob.” In abridge sense, this usually means that you shouldn’truff low and risk an overruff when you can safely ruff high. However,intoday’s deal, thereisanalternative interpretation. See if you can spot it.

South’stwo spades was aweak jump overcall, showing the equivalent of an opening weak two-bid: adecent six-cardsuit and some 6-10 high-card points. North bid what he hoped his partner could make. However,North, because of his heart king, might instead have jumped to three no-trump. That contract, when played by North, is impregnable, and four spades can be beaten with best defense.

West led the heart three. East took two tricks in the suit and exited with his trump. Declarer won in hand, cashed the club king, played aclub to dummy’sace and ruffed the club eight in hand.

Knowing East had to have the diamond honors for his opening bid, South led the diamond two: three, eight, queen. What could East return? If adiamond,itwould be into dummy’s ace-jack tenace. If aheart, it would concede aruff-and-sluff.Either way, South very luckily was home.

East was understandably disappointed in his partner.IfonlyWest had put in the diamond nine (or 10), the endplay wouldn’thave worked. If dummy had played low,West would have led aseconddiamond; if dummy had covered with the jack, East would have won with the queen and safely returned thesuit.

When declarer is trying to execute an elimination and endplay,second hand must play high at the throw-in trick.

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Barbara M. Stajduhar Deceased Case No.2022P000035 INDEPENDENT ADMINISTRATION

PUBLICATIONNOTICETO: [x]Creditors and Claimants

1. Notice is givenofthe deathofBarbaraM.Stajduhar,who died on March 15,2022aresidentof Sycamore,Illinois.

2. TheRepresentativefor the estate and his/her addressis: CassandraStajduharRiera 20243PiedraChica Road Malibu,CA90265

3. Theattorneyfor theestate and his/heraddressis: RussellA.Adkins/ Huck Bouma PC 1755 S. Naperville Road Suite 200 Wheaton, IL 60189

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Publisher'sNotice: Allrealestate advertising in this newspaperissubject to the Fair Housing Actwhich makes it illegaltoadvertise"any preference, limitation or discriminationbased on race,color,religion, sex, handicap, familial status or nationalorigin,oranintention,to make anysuchpreference, limitationofdiscrimination."

Familial status includes childrenunder theage of 18 living with parents or legalcustodians, pregnantwomen and people securing custody of children under18. This newspaper will notknowinglyaccept any advertisingfor real estate whichisinviolation of thelaw.Our readersare hereby informed that alldwellings advertisedinthis newspaper areavailable on an equalopportunity basis

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4. Claims againstthe estate maybefiledonorbefore October28, 2022.Claimsagainst theestatemay be filedwiththe Clerkofthe Circuit Court, 133 W. StateSt., Sycamore,IL60178, or with theRepresentative, or both Any claimnot filedwithin that period is barred. Copies of aclaim filed with theClerk must be mailedordelivered to theRepresentative and to theattorney within 10 days afterithas been filed.

5. On April 11,2022, an OrderAdmittingthe Will to Probateand/or Appointing theRepresentative (strikeas applicable) wasentered

6. Theestatewill be administeredwithout Courtsupervision unless an interested party terminates independent supervisionadministration by filing apetitionto terminateunderSection284ofthe Probate Act(755 ILCS 5/28-4).

(Published in theDaily ChronicleApril 28,May 5, 12,2022) 1979277

PUBLIC NOTICE

Public Notice of Amendment to Rulesand Regulations of theCityof Sycamore BoardofPolice andFireCommissioners

Notice is hereby given that theCity of Sycamore Board of Police and Fire Commissioners has amendedits Rulesand Regulations,effective as of May15, 2022in accordancewith ChapterI Section8.Suchamendmentstothe Rulesand Regulations maybeexamined by any interested person in theofficeofthe Clerkofthe City of Sycamore,308 West State Street,Sycamore, Illinoisbetweenthe hoursof8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and are availableonthe City's website at www.cityofsycamore com

RayDembinski,Chairman of Sycamore BoardofFire and PoliceCommissioners

(Publishedinthe Daily ChronicleonMay 5, 2022) 1981650