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Lights, camera ... poignancy Young filmmakers tug on the holiday heartstrings

BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 @CHeimerman_SVM

MORRISON – At the grizzled age of 17, Johnick Petry has realized less just might be more.

The Morrison teen’s homegrown company, Sky Lantern Productions, is holding auditions for the short film “Snowflakes and Diamonds” on

Dec. 11 at Morrison Brethren in Christ Church. Petry, the director and producer, said shooting is planned for late December and January.

You might remember him as the 14-year-old filmmaker who also acted in the 60-minute sci-fi feature film “Moments of Victory.”

But he’d prefer you didn’t.

Holiday happenings, a different kind of Santah coming to town – and more news of the Sauk Valley entertainment scene: A9-11.

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LEFT: Concept art for the short film, “Snowflakes and Diamonds,” from Morrison teen Johnick Petry’s homegrown company, Sky Lantern Productions.

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First among equals Math teacher cracks the formula to motivate students

BY CHRISTOPHER HEIMERMAN cheimerman@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5523 @CHeimerman_SVM

OREGON – Whether or not Danyel Larsen is funny is immaterial. Same goes for math, the subject she teaches at Oregon High School.

Nonetheless, she was pretty doggone funny while going over how to graph sin and cosine waves during her seventh-period honors pre-calculus class

Wednesday afternoon.

“Why does ‘K’ stand for vertical shift, when ‘H’ is for horizontal shift?” Kelsey Handschuh asked.

“Because it starts with a silent ‘K,’” Larsen said. “You know. Kuh-Vertical.”

Then there was the debate over why Larsen kept drawing the unit circle over and over again on her transparency.

“I can’t put it on the board,” she said.

“I’d keep turning around. I’d get dizzy.”

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Read this story at saukvalley.com to see Danyel Larsen in action, teaching her honors pre-calculus class during seventh hour Wednesday at Oregon High School.

Tax hike ‘dead in the water’

BY BRENDEN WEST bwest@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5529 @BWest_SVM

DIXON – The good news for taxpayers? The Park Board isn’t going to ask voters for more money right now. The bad news, say board members? That just kicks the can down a deteriorating road.

After months of deliberation, the board decided at its meeting Wednesday not to pursue a referendum to raise property taxes. Citing the possibility of Dixon School District’s pursuit of its own referendum in March, Park Board members said they doubted voters would also approve a park district levy increase to fix roads.

The School Board won’t vote on whether to pursue a referendum until it decides whether to renovate or rebuild Dixon High. The board will discuss a visual plan of what renovations of the high school could look like at a meeting on Tuesday.

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BY KATHLEEN A. SCHULTZ kschultz@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5535 @KathleenSchul10

Danyel Larsen teaches honors pre-calculus Wednesday at Oregon High School. Larsen, who’s taught in the district for 9 years, was honored three times during the month of October.

Isaac Mercer of Dixon, who now serves his community as a Lee County Board member, also served heroically as a sergeant in the Army infantry during the Korean War. He came home with a Silver Star, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart, a veteran of fierce handto-hand combat with the enemy.

Verne Pessman of Fulton not only survived one of the bloodiest battles of the Vietnam War, but he also ensured that many of his fellow soldiers made it home, too, firing a steady barrage at the Viet Cong for 2 days straight, until “the barrel of his gun nearly melted.” He returned to a loving wife, but little fanfare; nonetheless, his patriotism is undimmed to this day.

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Devon R. Meiners, 28, of Sterling; 3:39 p.m.

Tuesday in the 400 block of West Fifth Street; aggravated assault; given notice to appear in court.

Jennifer J. Jackson, 27, of Sterling; 9:45 p.m. Tuesday at Locust and East 10th streets; operation of uninsured vehicle; released with promise to comply.

Daryl J. Dieterle, 65, of Sterling; 9:40 p.m. Tuesday at East Lynn Boulevard and Freeport Road; operation of uninsured vehicle; released with promise to comply.

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Paola Boeder, 30, of Rochelle; 10:34 p.m. Tuesday on East Orchid Lane; domestic battery; taken to Ogle County Jail and held in lieu of bond.

Cory Ward, 27, of Rochelle; Tuesday on Interstate 39 near state Route 72; possession of a controlled substance, possession of hypodermic syringes, possession of drug paraphernalia, obstructing justice, driving under the influence of drugs, driving

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while license revoked; held at Ogle County Jail in lieu of bond.

Jarene E. Brown, 44, of Rockford; Tuesday; warrant for failure to appear; held at Ogle County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

Sybrina Lambert, 26, of Polo; Tuesday; warrant for theft; held at Ogle County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

DeWayne Whelan, 47, of Loves Park; Tuesday; warrant for failure to appear; held at Ogle County Jail and given notice to appear in court.

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David C. Mitchell, 54, of Kansas City, Missouri; 8:22 p.m. Sunday on Interstate 39 in Lee County; driving under the influence, illegal transportation of alcohol, failure to yield to stationary emergency vehicle, driving while license suspended; given individual bond and notice to appear in court.

Ezal O. Poquette, 19, of Irving, Texas; 2:15 a.m.

Sunday on Interstate 39 in Lee County; no valid driver’s license, speeding, unrestrained child; given individual bond and notice to appear in court.

Joseph L. South, 30, of Sterling; 8:53 a.m. Sunday at U.S. Route 30 and Blue Goose Road in Whiteside County; speeding, no valid driver’s license – expired; given individual bond and notice to appear in court.

BIRTHDAYS Happy birthday to Kay Hicks, Charles Wiker, Chris Yeazel, Don Masters, Steve Waters, and Tom Finney, all today.

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Ken and Brian Brown of Savanna head out on the Rock River Wednesday afternoon on a commercial fishing trip. The two left Oppold Marina looking for buffalo carp. Anyone else angling for some fish will still have time to find them in relatively nice weather. Temperatures should stay in the mid-40s through the end of this week.

Next week, the forecast calls for the mercury to hover in the upper 40s, and even reach 50 by the end of the week – not bad weather for fishing – and not bad weather for December either.

IN BRIEF Fundraiser to help the Galt Grange STERLING – A quartermania auction to raise money for the Galt Grange will run from 5 to 7 p.m.

Sunday at the Sterling Moose Family Center, 2601 E. Lincolnway.

Participants bid one to four quarters on items from 15 local crafters and vendors. A bidding paddle cost $1. Items also will be sold outright.

There also will be a 50/50 raffle, and the

Moose food stand will be open.

Call Chris Meier at 815564-9369 for more information.

Fundraiser set for Monday for LCCOA DIXON – A Movement Monday benefit for the Lee County Council on Aging will run from 4 to 9 p.m.

Monday at That Place on Palmyra Pub & Eatery, 628 Palmyra Road.

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Smartphone users can find an electronic copy of the flier by searching for Post House Community Center/Lee County Council on Aging on Facebook, then show it to the wait staff.

Call the center at 815288-9236 for more information.

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Fliers are available at the Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., and on page 4 of the December issue of Golden Echo, which published Nov. 30, and copies of which also are at the center.

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House OKs legislation to release local funding Bill would free up $1.9B in revenue SPRINGFIELD (AP) – Illinois lawmakers continued the slow crawl to financing state government Wednesday, approving a measure that releases already-collected tax money to local governments waiting to fix roads, plow snow and dispatch fire trucks in emergencies.

The bill that cleared the House would free up $1.9 billion in revenue from sales of motor fuel, cellphone calls and more.

Unlike a similar bill that passed the House but wasn’t sent to the Senate, the new version adds spending requested by Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner as well as some projects sought by Democratic legislators.

A spokeswoman for Senate Democrats said the Senate will convene Monday to take up the legislation.

The vote came a day after a rare conference among Rauner and legislative leaders over the lack of a state spending plan, despite the budget year nearing its halfway point. It adds money Rauner sought for road salt to battle snow drifts and training for police and includes Democrats’ demands for funding domestic-violence shelters and energy-bill assistance for the poor.

Rauner acknowledged it boosts the deficit he rails

intent was to authorize spending money the government is collecting even without a budget agreement. Cities have been waiting for motor fuel tax distributions to fix local roads. At least three counties have filed lawsuits to force the state to turn over cellphonecall taxes to keep their 911 emergency-dispatch centers going.

In exchange for the items Rauner was allowed to add, Democrats were given the green light for putting general-revenue money into the legislation, something Rauner has previously steadfastly opposed. There’s about $18 million to fund domestic-violence shelters and $10 million for secretary of state operations. There’s also $165 million out of a special fund for the Low-Income Energy Assistance Fund to help poor residents pay winter heating bills.

The House also approved Wednesday a compromise plan that goes to Rauner to cut expenses in the unemployment insurance program. The plan eliminates a “Social Security offset,” a reduction in unemployment benefits for people who receive Social Security, but it also tightens the definition of “misconduct.” Misconduct under current law has to be shown to be “willful and deliberate” to disqualify someone from receiving benefits.

More online The spending bill is HB2039. The unemployment bill is HB1285.

Online: ilga.gov against but told reporters that he wanted to address “essential government services so that the people of Illinois can be safe.”

“We don’t have a budget and my No. 1 concern is public safety, ... whether it’s for travel, police officers, and what we did was we compromised,” Rauner said.

Rauner and powerful legislative Democrats have sparred since spring, with the first-year governor demanding laws to reduce business operating costs and to curtail union power to spur economic growth, along with political changes to restore public confidence. Democrats say the priority should be a budget that controls spending instead of allowing distribution based on federal court orders which are shoveling money out the door for human services at a rate that outstrips expected revenue.

Republicans on the House floor objected to more “piecemeal” spending by Democrats, ignoring the fact that their GOP governor was on board.

“A piecemeal approach is better than no approach at all,” said Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie, a Chicago Democrat.

When it surfaced last month, the legislation’s

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GOP goes after Obamacare again WASHINGTON (AP) – Republicans ignored a White House promise of a veto Wednesday and pushed toward Senate passage of legislation demolishing President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul and blocking Planned Parenthood’s federal funds.

The measure would all but kill the 2010 Affordable Care Act, effectively ending its requirements that individuals obtain health insurance and that large companies offer coverage to workers by erasing the financial penalties enforcing

those obligations.

The bill would repeal the law’s expanded Medicaid coverage for lower-income people and its federal subsidies for those buying policies in insurance marketplaces.

It would also annul a slew of tax increases the law imposed to cover its costs, including levies on medical devices, costly insurance policies, investment income of higher-earning people and indoor tanning salons, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.

HOLIDAY HAPPENINGS Craft show will benefit school STERLING – A holiday craft show to benefit the Jefferson-Lincoln School PTO will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 12 at Jefferson Elementary, 806 E. LeFevre Road.

Admission is free.

Vendors include Avon, Tupperware, Pampered Chef, and Mary Kay, and wreaths, jewelry, swags, centerpieces, wooden crafts, and other items will be sold.

There also will be a 50/50 drawing, a bake sale, a silent auction and concessions.

Two 10-by-10-foot vendor spots remain, for $25 each. Call Ceara McBroom, 815-5647962, by Monday. To donate bake sale or silent auction items, call McBroom or Rosa Barb, 815-590-7500.

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DIXON – The Dixon Park District’s Winter Farmers Market returns from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Saturday to Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St. The market will have a St. Nicholas theme, based on the tale of European children from the Middle Ages onward who left shoes on the window sill on Dec. 5 to find them filled with treats the next morning. Santa Claus stems from this legend.

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During Saturday’s event, kids activities will include a reading of the story of St. Nicholas at 10 a.m. and at noon.

More than 30 vendors will offer honey, cheeses, sausage, local organic tomatoes, gourmet popcorn, organic soaps and personal care products.

Eggs, produce, herbal teas, and a wide variety of breads, cookies, pies, scones, and specialty baked goods also will be available.

Find Dixon Farmers Market, Haymarket Square on Facebook for more information.

Saturday’s Winter Market is the only one in December. The next one will be Jan. 9.

Fundraiser will help pay vet bills STERLING – The Amos Fund will be raffling dog- and cat-themed Christmas trees and gift baskets Saturday at Northland Mall, 2900 E. Lincolnway.

The 3-foot-tall trees come with lights and handmade ornaments.

Tickets will be sold from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and cost $1 each, or $5 for seven. The drawings begin at 4:30 p.m., and winners need not be present.

Proceeds help pay vet bills for those who can’t afford to pay them in full. Call Deb Proctor at 815-213-0164 for more information.

Jason W. Griffis ROCK FALLS – Jason Wayne Griffis, 37, of Rock Falls, died Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, at Trinity Medical Center in Rock Island.

Jason was born Oct. 13, 1978, in Sterling, the son of Gary L. Griffis and Brenda L. (Haas) Voss. He was attending Western Illinois University at the Quad City campus, working to complete his bachelor’s degree.

Before that, he completed his associate degree at Sauk Valley Community College. There, he made the dean’s list. Jason was extremely musically talented and played bass guitar in the band Rotten Drapes.

Survivors include his parents, Gary (Karen) Griffis of Rock Falls and Brenda Voss of Rock Falls; paternal grandparents, LaVetta Griffis of Rock Falls and Carl Griffis Jr. of Sterling; maternal grandparents, Herb Haas of Mount Vernon, Indiana, Marian Haas of Carmi, and Carol and Jim Rogers of Cadiz, Kentucky; two

daughters, Brailey (Tyler Eberhardt) Johnson and Demi Griffis, both of Rock Falls; one granddaughter, Taylin Eberhardt; seven siblings, Joanie (Jason) Oliver of Carmi, Jonathan Poling of Dixon, Jammi Griffis of Gulf Port, Mississippi, Justin (Michelle) Griffis of Ocala, Florida, Jenni Linboom of Sterling, and Phillip Lewis and Chase Lewis, both of Rock Falls; his girlfriend, Sydni Loftus; and many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends.

He was preceded in death by one uncle, Randy Griffis.

Visitation will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Friday, and the Celebration of the Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. Friday at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery in Prophetstown.

In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established.

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Donald L. Hughes ROCK FALLS – Donald L. Hughes, 66, of Rock Falls, died Monday, Nov. 30, 2015, at CGH Medical Center in Sterling.

Don was born Dec. 20, 1948, in Virden, the son of Charles and Ruby Hughes. He married Debby Benter on Oct. 19, 1979, in Geneva. He made a wonderful living for his family, as he put 31 years in at Caterpillar and also worked part time at Napa Auto Parts.

Don loved family parties, golf, riding motorcycles, and camping. He hated shoveling snow, doing dishes, cleaning windows, and traffic, but loved life.

Survivors include his wife, Debby of Rock Falls; four children, Chuck Hughes of Indiana, Donnie Hughes of Aurora, Heather Hughes (Arntzen) of Tampa, Florida, and Stefanie (Mike) Schwickerath of Neponset; two brothers, Mel (Ione) Hughes of Palm Bay, Florida, and

Jim (Sally) Hughes of Aurora; 10 grandchildren, Robin (Chris), Donnie Michael, Luke, Jackie, Alyssa, Andrew, Chyanne, AJ, Corinne, and Jordan; one greatgrandchild, Kaylynn; two great-grandchildren on the way; 14 nieces and nephews, Dale, Bob, Brenda, Lance, Jay, Jim Bo, Jeanette, David, Terry, Misty, Joey, Chris, Jeremy and Crystal; his mother-inlaw; Phyllis Benter, two brothers-in-law, Roger (Kim) Benter and John Benter; one sister-inlaw, Susie Kierlieber; and special family friend, Ruth.

A celebration of life will be from 2 to 5 p.m.

Saturday at Behrens’ Country Village, formerly Muffins & More, 1512 Prophet Road, Rock Falls. McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls is handling arrangements.

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200 East 4th St., Rock Falls | FamilyStoneMemorials.com FUNERAL SERVICES FOR THE WEEK Today’s visitations: Alice H. Donnelly of Amboy, 9:30-10:30 a.m. at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

George E. Dykhuizen Jr. of Morrison, 10-11 a.m. at BosmaRenkes Funeral Home in Morrison.

Norma Jean Yingling of Franklin Grove, 3-7 p.m. at the shelter at Atlasta Park in Franklin Grove.

Today’s funerals: Alice H. Donnelly of Amboy, 10:30 a.m. Mass at St. Patrick Catholic Church in Amboy.

Pamela I. Huseman of Walnut, 10;30 a.m. at Garland Funeral Home in Walnut.

George E. Dykhuizen Jr. of Morrison, 11 a.m. at Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home in

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Naomi A. Noord of Prophetstown, 1 p.m. at First Congregational Church of Christ in Prophetstown.

Friday visitations: Jason W. Griffis of Rock Falls, 9-11 a.m. at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Charles “Chuck” Hooper of Sterling, 12:30-1:30 p.m. at Weerts Funeral Home in Davenport, Iowa.

Kevin E. Gladhill of Sterling, 4-7 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Friday funerals: Jason W. Griffis of Rock Falls, 11 a.m. Mass at St. Andrew Catholic Church in Rock Falls.

Norma Jean Yingling of Franklin Grove, 11 a.m. at the

shelter at Atlasta Park in Franklin Grove.

Charles “Chuck” Hooper of Sterling, 1:30 p.m. service in celebration of his life at Weerts Funeral Home in Davenport, Iowa.

Saturday visitation: Dorothy A. Heller of Prophetstown, noon-2 p.m. at Prophetstown United Methodist Church.

Saturday funerals: Kevin E. Gladhill of Sterling, 11 a.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Sterling.

Dorothy A. Heller of Prophetstown, 2 p.m. at Prophetstown United Methodist Church.

Donald L. Hughes of Rock Falls, celebration of life, 2-5 p.m., at Behrens’ Country

Village in Rock Falls.

Sunday visitation: Arlene E. Sanders of Lyndon, gathering of family and friends, 3-4 p.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Sunday funeral: Arlene E. Sanders of Lyndon, 4 p.m. funeral service at McDonald Funeral Home in Prophetstown.

Monday visitation: Vera L. Hasselbacher of Rock Falls, 9-10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

Monday funeral: Vera L. Hasselbacher of Rock Falls, 10 a.m. at McDonald Funeral Home in Rock Falls.

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“We’ve definitely moved on since then, to say the least,” Petry said, laughing. “It was a bunch of friends with a $30 camera and a lot of time. Too much action, and not enough dialogue.

But I look back on it with fondness. It was the first time we took the leap and actually grabbed the camera to go make something.”

He’s since attended the Christian Worldview Film Festival in San Antonio three times. In addition to providing an opportunity to rub elbows with players in the industry, the festival featured a guild, where Petry learned a thing or 20. Among the lessons?

“The best movies are

very simple, and I think it’s important to remember where we came from,” Johnick he said.

Petry That’s why he’s excited about “Snowflakes and Diamonds,” which he calls a thought-provoking glimpse into the struggles of a young woman’s heart as she contemplates love, marriage, children and family during Christmas seasons of past and present.

Petry, his parents, John and Maria, and two of his close friends, Nathan Tauch – with whom Johnick produced “Moments of Victory” – and Lauren Lawson, drove to San Antonio for the latest festival in March, and that’s when the “Diamonds” in

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the rough began to take shape.

“On the way back, we were all just like, ‘We’ve got to make a film. We’ve got to make a film,’” Petry said.

Tauch challenged Lawson, who’d written several short stories but no scripts, to write a script titled “Snowflakes and Diamonds.” She finished it in April.

“Everything she wrote had a purpose,” Petry said. “I started thinking of scenes we could put in, and started thinking of visuals.”

“I was very, very happy and kind of surprised,” Lawson, a 19-year-old from Rockford, said of Petry’s overwhelmingly positive reception. “He was there when the challenge was given to me, and he was wondering if I could actually do it.”

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Petry is very careful about revealing spoilers, but said perhaps the best part was that he went looking for another page to the script, but it wasn’t there.

“It really left me wanting more, and I liked that,” Petry said. “I think people will walk away somewhat inspired, at least with something to think about.”

“I just hope that it will encourage families to spend more time together and encourage young people to value traditions in their own family,” Lawson said.

Petry, who’s also honed his craft by editing radio stories as a freelancer for Heirloom Audio Productions in Thomson, plans to take the first crack at editing the short film, but says he’s prepared to enlist help.

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Audition info Sky Lanterns Productions is holding auditions for the short film, “Snowflakes and Diamonds,” from 2 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11 at Morrison Brethren in Christ Church, 209 E. Knox St. Tentative filming dates are in the last week of December and during January.

Questions and video auditions can also be When it’s finished, he plans to showcase the film at festivals. One of seven siblings, he’s home-schooled and grew up in Morrison, where the bulk of the shooting will take place – much of it at Donnybrook Café and, hopefully, where the film will be premiered.

“We’re trying to show-

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Casting is needed for the following: • Two women, 19-25 years old • Two men, 19-30 years old • Two boys, 5-9 years old • Two girls, 5-9 years old • Several nonspeaking male and female extras case iconic features of Morrison,” Petry said.

“And I really want to have a premiere in Morrison, where I grew up.”

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Put it on the back wall, a student suggested.

“Then you’d all be turning around,” she countered. “Who do you want to be dizzy? Me or you?

I’ll just keep doing what I’m doing.”

A tattoo was suggested.

“No tattoos,” she said, laughing, “no tattoos.

How about I learn it, and tattoo it on my brain?”

It was an overview of material the students already knew. The subject matter was boring, she said. But for the last period of the day, the environment was fun.

From the moment she entered her second-floor classroom, Larsen was engaging students. Making sure her students know she cares is the key to being honored three times in the month of October alone.

She was one of six teachers in the district to win a Those Who Excel award (the fourth straight year at least five Oregon teachers have earned the honor) from the state Board of Education. She was also one of five finalists in the state for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching, earning her a $10,000 award from the National Science Foundation and an invitation to the nation’s capital for the national awards ceremony. Finally, she received the Lee Yunker Mathematics Leadership Award from the Illinois Council of Teachers of Mathematics.

“What class it is, however challenging the material, doesn’t matter,” she said, “because it’s always about connecting with the kids, on a human level.”

Practical application Five-eighths of her second-period AP calculus BC class, all seniors,

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Danyel Larsen received one of six Those Who Excel honors awarded to Oregon School District staff by the state Board of Education in the 2015-16 school year. Here are the other five: • Joyce Callaway – support staff • Club 9 and Alice Starkey – team • Mary Jo Griffing – board member • Carrie O’Neill – young educator • Ann Tilton – administrator

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It’s all about the human connection.

You can’t develop kids without developing relationships.

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on in their lives.

During Wednesday’s seventh-period class, bad math puns caused waves of groans. The jokes all came from the students.

Evidently, it’s a trickledown effect.

“How many bad math jokes do I make? A lot,” Larsen said. “I’ve got bad transitions, too, and the kids like those.”

“We’re only laughing at you, because you’re thinking that it’s funny,” Coots said.

“That’s because they are funny,” she countered, deadpan.

popped by after school to corroborate the humanconnection theory.

“It just feels like I’m there with a group of friends and associates,” Paul Reckamp said.

“We’re all there as equals trying to get the same thing done.”

Joe Miranda’s a bowler.

“There are all sorts of angles and trajectories, and proportions of oil on the lane that affect every shot I’ll take,” he said. “I’ve got to take all those things into consideration.”

Cole Burke is a wrestler.

“You’ve always got to be thinking about all the possibilities on how you can get to a solution,” he said. “It’s a similar thought process to math.”

Will Coots plays French horn. So does Larsen.

“We had a lot to talk about, and math helped me think about music in a more logical sense,” he said. “Usually I’m the dreamer who just goes off and does whatever he wants, but math has said, ‘Hey, these are some rules you have to follow.’”

Zoe Nelson simply enjoys being eased into a class that involves complicated subject matter. She said that on Mondays, especially, they’ll take 5, sometimes 10 minutes catching up on what’s going

Breaking the ice As a student in Honenegah, Larsen was quiet.

“I didn’t say much at all,” she said.

So she’s empathetic to reserved students, and tries to bring them into the fun.

“I hope our humor, the atmosphere in here, brings them out of their shell,” she said.

After high school, Larsen did her undergraduate work at the University of Illinois. She completed her masters in mathematics in 2012 at Northern Illinois University. Her husband of 10 years, Adam, is the school district’s assistant superintendent. They live in Byron, and Larsen has taught in the district for 9 years, after 3 years at Hiawatha High School in Kirkland.

A key to students’ success, she said, is recognizing when a student isn’t fit for the class.

“You can tell pretty quickly whether a kid is well-placed,” she said.

“In the first couple of weeks of school, I can tell.”

If students are overwhelmed by the material, or if it’s not challenging them, that’s when they tend to act out. At that point, she’ll work with the guidance counselor to get the student into the proper class.

Think a student would feel demoralized to be relegated to a lower-level class? Think again.

“It’s like a sense of relief,” Larsen said. “Nice kids can get put into honors, and it’s too hard for them.”

That sort of empathy is what the school district is built on, Superintendent Tom Mahoney said.

For 3 years, the district has been using a thirdparty screening service to determine whether applicants are more studentor teacher-centered. The district is looking for the former, and the screening helped when they recently had 300 applicants for three elementary teaching jobs.

“It’s all about the human connection,” Mahoney said. “You can’t develop kids without developing relationships.”

Larsen is visibly humbled by her recent honors. After all, it isn’t about her.

“That’s just the culmination of 12 years of hard work to become a better teacher for my kids,” she said. “I think that there is just a culture of wanting to be the best we can for our students. We’re constantly pushing ourselves to be better.”

Forget the awards. The best testimonial she can hear?

“I often hear that kids don’t like math, but they like coming to my class.”

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Fixing Lowell Park Road has been at the top of the Park Board’s to-do list for the past several months, but there’s little room in the budget to tackle what could be a seven-figure project.

Deb Carey, the district’s executive director, said a referendum for Dixon Parks was “dead in the water” during Wednesday’s meeting.

Board Chairman Ron Pritchard added, “There’s no sense in doing it if you haven’t got a prayer to start with.”

Later, he said, “We’re just going to have to wait on any referendums.”

But that still doesn’t address the district’s main concern: Lowell Park Road is rapidly deteriorating, and board members said it needs to be addressed now.

Looking at the district’s finances for next year, Carey said the board will likely have to dip into its savings to do temporary patch work, as opposed to a long-term fix. She estimated the cost of a just re-milling the road would be $200,000, which would shrink the savings account to $150,000.

“If you’re serious about fixing Lowell Park Road,” Carey told the board, “it makes [budget talks] a lot simpler because you won’t be

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If you’re serious about fixing Lowell Park Road. It makes [budget talks] a lot simpler because you won’t be able to do much else.

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able to do much else.”

“Without a referendum, we really don’t have a choice,” Pritchard said.

Board Vice Chairman Shane Miller questioned how badly the road needs repaired. He asked fellow board members whether the road could wait a year, or 2 – or even 10.

Pritchard said park staff is concerned about the base of the road. If it deteriorates much more – something Pritchard said could happen by next summer if nothing is done – then the rest of the road would quickly follow suit.

“If it needs to be done right away, then yeah, absolutely, we should address it this year,” Miller said.

With this new course of action, Carey said she would contact experts to get a better estimate on what a temporary fix for the road would cost.

The next Dixon Parks board meeting is Dec. 16.

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ILLINOIS SPOTLIGHT

Laquan’s killing and the judgment on us Corruption through control happens far too frequently “Jason Van Dyke’s going to court. There will be a judgment and he’ll be held accountable for his actions. There’s also a judgment for all of us.

At one level, it’s about him individually, but we as a city must also do certain things.”

– Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, before a video was released that shows a police officer emptying 16 bullets into Laquan McDonald.

A 17-year-old. 16 shots in 15 seconds. 86 minutes of missing video. 400 days before any video is made public. A $5 million settlement. In April, the month of the mayoral runoff. That $5 million settlement offered before any lawsuit is filed.

None of it adds up.

Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is absolutely correct. There are judgments to make, about Emanuel, Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy [who was fired Tuesday], and Cook County State’s Attorney Anita Alvarez.

There are judgments to

make for all of us in Illinois. There’s introspection and action demanded of us all. Why? This death might be the worst by far, but these kinds of things keep happening in Illinois.

That is hideous. The camera is far from Jason Van Dyke and Laquan McDonald and there is no sound. Still, it’s hideous. It haunts. McDonald lies on the ground, yards away from the cop. His body jerks as more bullets slam into him. Puffs of smoke waft upward as the bullets tear into him. The impact of each bullet can’t be seen.

Imagine 16. Smack your hands together 16 times.

THAT WE ARE SEEING it only now, 13 months later, after a lawsuit, after a judge’s order, is outrageous. That more videos were released only after media requests is derelict. That another video from the nearby Burger King has an 86-minute gap smacks of cover-up.

“Typical Chicago problems,” you might be

madeleine DOUBEK Madeleine Doubek is an award-winning journalist and chief operating officer for Reboot Illinois.

Email: madeleine.doubek@ rebootillinois. com.

thinking if you live in the suburbs or downstate.

These are not just Chicago problems. It’s true this case might very well be the worst. This reprehensible episode might be the most visceral, heinous example of corruption through control.

Corruption through control happens far too frequently, surely more than we know, in Illinois.

In Chicago, in the suburbs, in downstate communities, in our Capitol, cops and other public servants, private citizens and politicians get power, something happens, and they hang on to it through control. Not all of them. Not even most of them, but too many of them fall prey.

Private citizens in charge of Little Leagues or other groups steal

from neighbors. Fox Lake Police Lt. Joe Gliniewicz abused his power and control until others with a conscience in government were about to expose him.

College of DuPage President Robert Breuder abused his control until citizens exposed him and the pressure grew over a hefty, six-figure settlement. Former Metra chief Phil Pagano abused his power until he was about to be exposed.

FORMER CHICAGO schools chief Barbara Byrd-Bennett, former governors George Ryan and Rod Blagojevich, Dixon Comptroller Rita Crundwell, former Congressman Jesse Jackson, Jr. And on and on.

The major political parties fight for the right to draw legislative districts, control us, and rig those districts to keep their hold on power and over us.

It is practically impossible to force yourself to watch Laquan McDonald die, to watch as other police officers do not come to his aid, to realize it was kept from us for 400 days, without wondering whether McCarthy, Alvarez and

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These are not just Chicago problems. It’s true this case might very well be the worst. This reprehensible episode might be the most visceral, heinous example of corruption through control.

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Madeleine Doubek

Emanuel colluded.

It is practically impossible not to wonder whether the details of this killing were kept from us, purposefully, until after Emanuel’s re-election.

Corruption through control.

Officials in Springfield, Chicago and many communities, and in all levels of government, fight constantly with journalists and other citizens. They refuse to release information. They won’t release documents, calendars, emails, audio and video recordings. And most of us blithely ignore it and their control over us.

When a whiff of corrup-

tion finally surfaces, we might get angry for a few minutes or hours, but mostly we go on with our lives. We’ve got shopping to do, holidays to prepare for, children to take to band practice or a boss who’s expecting a report.

WE ESCAPE INTO our phones or our TVs. We tell ourselves it’s hopeless. We don’t even bother to research candidates and vote. Too many of us don’t hold our political keepers accountable. We relinquish our control.

The Laquan McDonald videos should haunt us.

We should rise up, peacefully, and demand better of our public servants.

Let that be one of the things we learn from this hideous death of that 17-year-old by 16 bullets. Let that be one of the judgments we make. And let that judgment haunt us.

Note to readers: Madeleine Doubek is chief operating officer of Reboot Illinois. She is a former executive editor of the Daily Herald and had been a political writer for the newspaper. Find Reboot on Facebook and on Twitter @rebootillinois.

THE CARTOONIST’S VOICE

EDITORIAL | ILLINOIS

Democracy needs help O

n Illinois’ 197th birthday today, what could the state use for a nice gift?

How about a better democracy?

What ails Illinois state government is the intentional lack of competition, and therefore lack of accountability, in the Legislature.

Look at the lack of competition next year for House and Senate seats, after the filing period ended Monday.

In the House, 56 of 118 races are uncontested.

In the Senate, 23 of 39 races are uncontested.

Add them together, and fully half of the legislative seats up for election next year are uncontested.

If everything was hunky-dory in Illinois,

What we think

Many Illinois legislators aren’t being held accountable for their actions.

The Independent Map Amendment would help to fix that. Please find and sign a petition. that flaw could be overlooked.

But everything is not hunky-dory. Far from it.

Abuse of redistricting powers by the majority party in 2011 (Demo-

crats in that case, but Republicans have also abused it in the past) created gerrymandered district maps that leave elections in many districts – 50 percent of them next year – a foregone conclusion.

That is unhealthy for democracy.

A better way is to take redistricting powers away from politicians and give them to an independent commission.

More than 400,000 Illinoisans have already signed petitions to bring the Independent Map Amendment up for a vote next fall.

Our advice to Illinoisans: Sign the petition, vote for it next November, and give Illinois the gift of better accountability on Election Day.

Where you can sign the Independent Maps petition The Independent Map Amendment would remove legislative redistricting power from Illinois politicians and place it in the hands of an 11-member commission that would redraw maps every 10 years without regard to partisanship or incumbency.

Here’s where you can sign a petition to place it on the ballot:

Illinois Budget Stalemate

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without a state budget for the fiscal year that started July 1.

THE FIRST AMENDMENT

Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Jim Morin, MorinToons Syndicate

THE READER’S VOICE

Shuddering at examples of GOP values JOHN EADES Sterling

Professed to be the party purportedly promoting religious values, Republicans recently have gone religiously rabid. Such absurd nonsense and foolishness makes one shudder.

First, they cast their lot with a recently-converted thrice divorcee, who claimed the law of the land prevented her from practicing her religion. In reality, her religion prevented her from obeying and executing the law of the land, as her government position required.

Then Ben Carson chimed in that Islamic faith was at odds with America’s values and should disqualify Muslims from being president. After much

backlash, he opined that Muslims who renounced Sharia law could possibly be president.

He failed to notice how his own fundamentalist Judeo-Christian version of Sharia was also at odds with America’s values, especially his wish to make a religious ritual (tithing) into a secular obligation (paying taxes).

Three candidates appeared at a forum hosted by a pastor who biblically believes homosexuals should be killed, among other alarming beliefs, with nary a word of condemnation of such abhorrent doctrines.

Then Paris happened, the wheels came off, and all heck broke loose.

The Donald saw his opportunity to exploit fear and hatred and went for the jugular. With total disregard for common sense and the Constitution, he began to outline how America had to

“When we lose our liberties, it does not happen in one dramatic moment, but gradually and quietly.”

John E. Moss, former U.S. representative, D-California, 1995

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First, he and his brethren advocated denying Syrian refugees entry to America, except maybe the Christians. The Statue of Liberty hung her head in shame and wept.

Then he suggested wholesale surveillance of mosques, even shutting down mosques. If lawlessness is occurring in mosques, you arrest the lawbreakers. You don’t infringe on the free exercise of religion.

Finally, he proposed establishing a database for followers of Islam, thereby conclusively demonstrating how totally incompetent, unqualified and unfit he is to be president.

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CALIFORNIA | MASS SHOOTING

Heavily armed attackers kill 14 More than a dozen injured SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. (AP) – At least two heavily armed attackers opened fire on a banquet at a social services center for the disabled Wednesday, killing 14 people and seriously wounding more than a dozen others in a precision assault that looked “as if they were on a mission,” authorities said.

Hours later, police hunting for the killers riddled a black SUV with gunfire in a shootout 2 miles from the late-morning carnage, and a man and woman with assault rifles, handguns and “assault-style clothing” were killed, San Bernardino Police Chief Jarrod Burguan said.

A third person who was spotted running near the gunbattle was detained, but Burguan said it was unclear whether that person had anything to do with the crime.

It was the nation’s deadliest mass shooting since the attack 3 years ago at a school in Newtown, Connecticut, that left 26 children and adults dead.

Police shed no light on the motive for the massacre, but David Bowdich, assistant director of the FBI’s Los Angeles office, said the bureau is looking at several possibilities, including workplace violence and terrorism.

He did not elaborate.

The attackers invaded the Inland Regional Center and began shooting around 11 a.m. They opened fire in a conference area that the San

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In this image taken from video, armored vehicles surround an SUV following a shootout Wednesday in San Bernardino, California. The scene followed a military-style attack that killed multiple people and wounded others at a California center that serves people with developmental disabilities, authorities said.

Law enforcement search Wednesday for a suspect believed to be involved in the mass shooting in San Bernardino.

B e r n a r d i n o C o u n t y Sgt. Vicki Cervantes said Department of Public witnesses reported seeHealth had rented out for ing one to three gunmen. a banquet, said Marybeth “They came prepared Feild, president and CEO to do what they did, as if of the nonprofit center. they were on a mission,” Police spokeswoman the police chief said.

Burguan said that someone had left the county employees’ event after “there was some type of dispute,” but investigators were not sure whether that had anything to do with the subsequent massacre in the Southern California city of 214,000 people about 60 miles west of Los Angeles.

Authorities also found a potential explosive device at the social service center.

As gunfire echoed through the large threebuilding complex, several people locked themselves in their offices, desperately waiting to be rescued by police. Some texted their loved ones or telephoned them and whispered to them what was going on.

“People shot. In the office waiting for cops.

Pray for us. I am locked in an office,” Terry Petit’s daughter texted him.

Petit, choking back tears as he read the text for reporters at the shooting scene, said his daughter works at the center, where social workers find jobs, housing and transportation and provide other services to people with disabilities such as autism, cerebral palsy and epilepsy.

Ten of the wounded were hospitalized in critical condition, and three were in serious condition, Fire Chief Tom Hannemann said.

That the violence happened at a place dedicated to helping people with developmental disabilities made it even harder for some to comprehend.

“These are all disabled kids, very disabled,” said Sherry Esquerra, who was searching for her daughter and son-in-law, both of whom work at the center. “She gets all the services she possibly could for these kids. So I just don’t understand why somebody would come in and start shooting.”

FBI agents and other law enforcement authorities converged on the center and searched room to room for the attackers, but they had apparently escaped.

One witness, Glenn Willwerth, who runs a business across the street, said he heard 10 to 15 shots and then saw an SUV with blacked-out windows pull out “very calmly, very slowly” and drive off.

CHICAGO | POLICE SHOOTING OF LAQUAN McDONALD

Lack of sound in videos raises more questions Experts say they’ve never heard of entire fleet having glitch with audio CHICAGO (AP) – A police dash-cam video that captures a white Chicago officer fatally shooting a black teenager 16 times has no sound, nor do videos from four other squad cars at the scene. But department protocol indicates all the cruisers should have been recording audio that night.

T h e silence is almost sure to fig- Officer Jason u r e i n t o Van Dyke the ongoing federal investigation of the case, and it raises questions about whether officers were careless with the recording equipment or, worse, attempting a cover-up.

“When you’ve got a standup cop with nothing to hide, the dashcam is his friend,” said Gregg Stutchman, who has specialized in video forensics in California for 23 years. “But for cops who aren’t quite as standup, it would make sense that they wouldn’t want things recorded.”

Several experts on the type of equipment commonly installed in police vehicles told The Associated Press that it’s plausible for a single squad car to have a glitch preventing sound recording. But they could not imagine how an entire fleet of cars would ever lose audio at the same time and place by mere happenstance.

“I’ve never heard of it before,” Stutchman said.

“It raises a red flag.” The more likely explanation is that audio was intentionally switched off, he said.

The silent video at the core of the shooting case in Chicago shows officer Jason Van Dyke stepping out of his car on Oct. 20, 2014, and almost immediately opening fire on Laquan McDonald as he walks away from officers.

Van Dyke continues to fire on the 17-year-old even after he crumples to the ground.

On the same day that the video was released last week by the city, the Cook County State’s Attorney’s Office charged Van Dyke with first-degree murder.

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should turn on the system manually, according to a directive on the police department’s website.

Sound can be central to understanding what happened at a crime scene, said Ed Primeau, a Michigan-based audio and video forensics expert.

In the Chicago shooting, audio would have enabled investigators to gauge the level of anxiety among officers as they pursued McDonald, Primuea said. And sound could have been critical to piecing together how things played out in the minutes before the shooting as officers spoke to each other or to a dispatcher over their radios.

“That gives you a whole play-by-play, like who is coming around the corner in a chase or which officer is going where,” he said. “It can help with the entire narrative.”

Without sound, it’s hard to know just when the shooting started and stopped. Did the shots come in quick succession or was there a pause between bursts of gunfire? And just what did Van Dyke and fellow officers say in the seconds before Van Dyke opened fire? What, if anything, did McDonald say to them?

Neither police nor state prosecutors have offered a detailed explanation of why there is no audio with the video.

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi suggested that the absence of audio was probably an unforeseen technological fault. In an email to The Associated Press, he wrote: “As with any technology, at times software issues or operator error may keep the cameras from operating as they normally should.”

MONEY & MARKETS The following stock quotations, as of 5 p.m., are provided as a community service by Chad Weigle of Edward Jones, Dixon and Raymond James and Associates, Sterling.

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Rocker doesn’t take role as dad seriously Dear Abby, When I was 19 and played bass in a rock band, I fell in love with a guy I’ll call “Brian.” He was 3 years older and also a musician. We had the best times together – we were young and wild, without a care in the world.

But the years rolled on and we got older.

After 6 years together, I got pregnant. I thought Brian would be thrilled, but he wasn’t. It changed how I felt about him. I was heartbroken and lost respect for him.

I grew up fast, and put our son, “Ricky,” first.

Brian, on the other hand, has refused to give up his rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle.

He shows up to see Ricky two or three times a

not “present” even when he’s here? Or Ricky seeing us fight all the time, but leaving the option for Brian to be a part of his life? Or should I get my ex out of our lives for good, and risk resentment from Ricky because I moved on with our lives?

– Fully Formed Adult in L.A.

dearABBY Abigail Van Buren’s (Jeanne Phillips) column appears during the week through Universal Press Syndicate.

month, but doesn’t even look at him. I can’t stand the way he ignores our son. Brian says I can’t alter who and how he is.

I say, if we mattered to him, he would change on his own. This leads to arguments.

Which is worse – having my son grow up with an absent father who’s

both get more out of the visitations if he enrolled in a parenting class for fathers.

Tell him that for the sake of Ricky’s emotional well-being, you would be glad to help facilitate it any way you can, including helping him to research some of them online.

Dear Abby, My 15-year-old son, “Todd,” has started seeing a girl he goes to school with. “Winona” seems to be a nice girl from a good family. However, my son confided that her parents (mostly the mom) have started asking him all sorts of questions like, “I thought you were a good student.

Why aren’t you on the

Dear Fully Former, If Brian didn’t care about Ricky, he wouldn’t show up two or three times a month. What strikes me as sad, however, is that he apparently doesn’t know how to relate to his son.

Rather than exclude him entirely, stop the arguing and suggest that he and Ricky would

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Dear Dad, Because this is her daughter’s first boyfriend, the mother might ask these questions because she’s protective,

and it’s her way of trying to get to know your son better.

Please try not to take what’s happening so seriously, because she’d probably ask the same questions if Prince Harry were seeing her precious daughter. That’s how some mothers are – until enough boys become so uncomfortable that they disappear and the daughter finds it so embarrassing she puts a stop to it.

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

COMMUNITY EVENTS

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The movie, which will be released on Dec. 18, has inspired a new slew of fan-generated films.

The Force awakens fans’ creativity From funny to fantastic, fan films shine a new light on sci-fi franchise LOS ANGELES (AP) – If the teasers, trailers and hints haven’t sated your appetite for all things Star Wars in advance of the latest entry in the franchise, then it’s time to tap into the force of fan films.

These sometimes hilarious, sometimes awe-inspiring and always off-canon creations are showcases for the creativity of Star Wars fanatics.

You’ve got to give them credit for piecing together trailer hints into logical themes, pulling off low-budget special effects, and acting in generally cheesy fashion.

And fear not – the Disney empire won’t be striking back. The company encourages these mash-ups, having revived the annual Star Wars Fan Film Awards in 2014 2 years after buying Lucasfilm.

Here’s a mini-marathon playlist to get you primed for the premiere of “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens”: 1. A musical tribute to Star Wars fans set to Elton John’s “Rocket Man.” http://bit. ly/1PP5tFy 2. A low-budget remake of “The Force Awakens” trailer. http:// bit.ly/1kTP8To 3. A special-effects laden duel, complete

honor roll?” “Do you keep your room clean?”

“Would you change for our daughter?”

Todd is a good kid and a good student (A’s and B’s mostly.) He has strong morals, lots of friends and is a typical teen. He isn’t asking for that girl’s hand in marriage! It’s their first “boyfriend/girlfriend” relationship. They just like each other.

Is the mom out of line, or am I being too sensitive?

– Dumbfounded Dad in Illinois

with Kylo Ren’s wicked lightsaber crossguard. http://bit.ly/1N892Ac 4. The crew of the U.S. aircraft carrier Dwight D. Eisenhower remade the teaser trailer, complete with real-life fighter pilots. http://bit. ly/1MRNtVe 5. A clever stitching together of various teasers and trailers to date, including bits from international trailers and voice-overs from previous films. http:// bit.ly/1NdffPN 6. A lightsaber fight that gets extra points for the choreography (note the behind the back parry) and alternate endings. http://bit. ly/1QIxSxc 7. Lightsaber boomerangs make this fan film scream “From Down Unda.” http://bit. ly/1Xrp6CK 8. An officially sanctioned fan film that riffs on characters from the prequel trilogy and “The Clone Wars” animated series. http://bit. ly/1kTPGIZ 9. A Boba Fett spin-off teaser premised on his escape from the sarlacc that swallowed him in “Return of the Jedi.” http://bit.ly/1Tf9B09 10. Yet another lightsaber battle – this time taken to deliberately ridiculous extremes.

Watch for the Minecraft reference. http://bit. ly/1LA5O7o

Thursday, Dec 3 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St.., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bingo and popcorn, 9-10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815562-5050.

Line dancing, 9:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St.., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Community coffee, 10-11 a.m., The Meadows of Franklin Grove, 510 N. State St., Franklin Grove, 815-456-3000.

Friendly Needles, 10:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Zumba class, 10:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Lifescape Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m.

previous business day.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Hand and Foot card game, 12:15 p.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St., Oregon, 815732-3252.

Hand and Foot card game, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Crocheting, knitting and crafts, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

Euchre/500 games, 1-2 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Bingo, 1 p.m., Sterling Women of the Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway, Sterling.

Euchre, 1 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6228220.

Euchre, 1-3 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Trap shooting, 2 p.m. until no shooters, Coleta Sportsmen’s Club, the corner of Pilgrim and Blue Goose roads, 815-3362191.

Exercise group, 4 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925 Mexican food, 5-8 p.m.,

Rock Falls VFW, 217 First Ave. Mexican Train dominoes, 6 p.m., Tampico Area Community Building, 106 W. Market St., Tampico, 815-535-3665.

Bingo, 7 p.m., Latin American Social Club, 2708 W. Fourth St., Sterling, 815-625-8290.

Friday, Dec. 4 Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-6229230.

Open pool, open cards, open Wii games, and computer lab, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-2889236.

Pool players, 8:30 a.m., Rock River Center, 810 S. 10th St.., Oregon, 815-732-3252.

Bridge, 8:45 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Line dancing, 10 a.m., Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Wii Bowling, 10 a.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Lifescape Lunch, 11:30 a.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815288-9236. Sign up by 10 a.m. previous business day.

Lunch, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Whiteside County Senior

Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Organized Wii Bowling games, noon, Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Pinochle, noon, Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Mexican Train dominoes, 12:30 p.m., Whiteside Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Pinochle, 12:30 p.m., Big Room, Whiteside County Senior Center, 1207 W. Ninth St., Sterling, 815-622-9230.

Duplicate Bridge, 12:30 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon, 815-288-9236.

Pinochle, 1 p.m., Post House Community Center, 100 W. Second St., Dixon.

Farkle, 1 p.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815-589-3925 Creamed chicken and biscuits, 4:30-6:30 p.m., Hub City Senior Center, 401 Cherry Ave., Rochelle, 815-562-5050.

Boneless pork chop dinner, 5-7 p.m., American Legion Post 12, 1120 W. First St., Dixon, 815-284-2003.

Mexican food, 5-8 p.m., Rock Falls VFW, 217 First Ave. Bingo, 7 p.m. Rock Falls American Legion, 712 Fourth Ave.

SUPPORT GROUPS, CLUBS AND SERVICES Friday, Dec. 4 Childhood immunization clinic; women, infants and children clinic; and family planning services, Lee County Health Department, 309 S. Galena Ave., Suite 100, Dixon.

Appointments: 815-284-3371.

Whiteside County Genealogists meeting, 9 a.m., Sauk Valley Area Chamber of Commerce meeting room, 211 Locust St., Sterling, 815-6262700.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 9:3011:30 a.m., Oliver’s Corner Market, 748 N. Brinton Ave., Dixon.

Bible study, 10 a.m., Oregon Living & Rehab Center, 811 S. 10th St. Blood pressure checks, 11 a.m., Robert Fulton Community Center and Transit Facility, 912 Fourth St., Fulton, 815589-3925.

Mercy Nursing free blood pressure clinic, noon-1:30 p.m. County Market, 1380 N. Galena Ave., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community Building, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed, St. Paul Lutheran Church, 114 S. Fifth St., Oregon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, noon, closed; 3:30 p.m.,

closed; 7 p.m., closed; 10 p.m., open, candlelight, Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon, 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, closed, it’s your meeting; 8 p.m., open, Grapevine, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open; 7 p.m., Al-AnonAlateen, Immanuel Lutheran Church, 960 U.S. Route 52, Amboy.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., closed, Rochelle Community Hospital, 900 N. Second St. Reformers Unanimous, an addiction abstinence program, 7-9 p.m., First Baptist Church, 24 N. Mason Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2682.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7:30 p.m., closed, First Congregational Church, 218 E. Third St., Prophetstown.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Church of God, 816 S. Clay St., Mount Carroll.

Saturday, Dec. 5 Alcoholics Anonymous,

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9 a.m., closed, Big Book, United Methodist Church, 201 E. Chicago Ave., Davis Junction.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9 a.m., open, tradition; 12:30 p.m., closed; 7 p.m. closed (5), Bazaar Americana, 609 W. Third St., Sterling.

Alcoholics Anonymous Gratitude Group, 9 a.m., women’s, open; noon, open; 6 p.m., open, lower level, Loveland Community House, 513 W. Second St., Dixon.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 9:30 a.m., former St. Anne Grade School, 32 N. Jones Ave., Amboy, 815-857-2315.

Women’s Alcoholics Anonymous, 10:30 a.m., closed; 7 p.m., closed, 808 Freeport Road, Sterling.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 11 a.m.noon, Walmart, 1901 First Ave.,

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Affliction of Addiction Narcotics Anonymous, noon and 6 p.m., First Christian Church, 506 Fifth Ave., Rock Falls, 779245-8214. Downstairs, west door.

Sauk Valley Alcoholics Anonymous Group, noon, open, Old School; 8 p.m., open, fun night, bring a friend, back door, 1503 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Mercy Nursing Services free blood pressure clinic, 1-2:30 p.m., Save-A-Lot, 928 First Ave., Rock Falls.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 7 p.m., open, First Presbyterian Church, 1100 Calvin Road, Rochelle.

Alcoholics Anonymous, 8 p.m., closed, Village of Progress, 710 S. 13th St., Oregon.

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Santah to bring ‘Chico’ to Rosbrook Band with local ties released new album last month

If you go Derek Luttrell, a Rockford singer/songwriter, will open for Santah at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Rosbrook Studio, 107 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon.

Tickets are $10 at the door. They are $8 in advance at Roxie’s, 302 W. First St., Dixon.

The band will have copies of “Chico” available for purchase.

BY LUCAS PAULEY lpauley@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5576 @LucasJayPauley

DIXON – It’s not even Christmas yet.

But here comes Santah, bringing to town its unique gift of playing intelligent, lyrically driven original music by way of an electric live show.

And you don’t even need to leave them cookies and milk.

Undeterred by relentlessly bad puns, Santah, a Chicago indie rock band with local ties, will play Saturday at Rosbrook Studio, 107 S. Peoria Ave. The band features Dixon High School graduates Stan McConnell (guitar/vocals), his sister, Vivian McConnell (guitar/vocals), and Steve Plock (drums).

The band also includes Mike Winegardner (bass) and Tommy Trafton (keyboards).

“Chico,” the band’s second full-length album and first since 2011’s “White Noise Bed,” was released Nov. 6.

“It feels so good. Now that the record is out, the music is free to live on its own, to go out into the world and be fruitful,” Stan said. “That’s where it belongs, not cooped up in our heads.”

The album was a long time in the making. The band was determined not to rush itself, intent on releasing something of which its members could be proud.

“The process during ‘White Noise Bed’ was different in the sense that all of those songs were finished before we even started recording,” Plock said. “Some of [the songs on the new album] were finished when we arrived at the studio, and some of them were only like 20 percent finished when we were in the studio.”

Stan agrees, and said that difference “is a good thing, as it allows for more and more ideas to come into focus.”

The band began a campaign on PledgeMusic late last year to help fund the making of “Chico,” and its members said it played a huge role in getting the album out for everyone to hear.

Through the online service, bands can offer special incentives for different tiers of donations.

For instance, the band collaborated with Chicago fashion designer Lauren Cousino, and created shirts and skirts that were available with the purchase of the record.

“Not only is it a great way to sell pre-ordered copies of the record,” Plock said. “But it’s a

More online Go to santahmusic.com or find the band on Facebook for more information.

“Chico” can be purchased digitially on iTunes and physical copies can be ordered at santah.bandcamp. com/album/chico.

The album is also available for streaming on Spotify.

Submitted

Santah, a Chicago indie rock band with local ties, will play Saturday at Rosbrook Studio, 107 S. Peoria Ave., Dixon. The band features Dixon High School graduates Stan McConnell (front, seated), his sister, Vivian McConnell, and Steve Plock (seated behind Stan). The band also includes their friends, Tommy Trafton (right) and Mike Winegardner. really cool way to engage with fans that you don’t get if you just sell records like normal or just have downloads available on iTunes.”

Because very few factories produce vinyl records in the U.S., the band had to wait 30 weeks from the moment it placed its order.

But Stan says the vinyl was “totally worth it,” adding that “they turned out beautifully.”

The record would not have happened without the support of family, friends and fans, Plock said.

“People from all over the world” ordered the album, he said. “It’s stuff like that that keeps us motivated, knowing there are people out there who are eager to hear what we are creating. That’s really inspiring for us.”

On “Chico,” Santah sounds more mature and polished than it ever has. Something’s clearly changed; the band has grown. “’White Noise Bed’ and our follow-up EP, ‘You’re Still a Lover,’ were both records full of love songs in a more traditional sense,” Stan said. “The songs on ‘Chico’ are a little bit more cryptic. It’s more of an exploration of self and how the people you love, those who live inside you every day, shape who you are.”

And yet, at the same time, the band manages to come across even more lighthearted than before.

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“I think at some point, we took some self inventory and made the conscious decision to make music that we would personally have fun performing,” Stan said. “The lyrics can be deep and the arrangements can be sophisticated, but that doesn’t mean the songs have to sound obtuse and overwrought. Sometimes, girls just wanna have fun; sometimes boys are allowed, too.”

And that’s just what the band is doing: having fun.

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atmosphere for us to be creative at any hour of the day.”

Not even a month removed from the release of “Chico,” talk has already begun about getting to work on a third album. The band looks forward to the chance to write new songs.

Both Plock and Stan expressed the importance of staying focused on what’s in front of them.

And right now, that’s providing a good show Saturday in Dixon.

“You can expect to forget about your workweek and get sucked into a hazy journey,” Stan said.

“We’ve created these songs with the utmost passion and care and they are meant to be enjoyed live. We’ll be ourselves and we’ll give it our all.”

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After 3 years of limited shows, with greater focus being put on writing, recording and preparing for the release of “Chico,” the band has finally had the chance to get back out on the road, with Rosbrook being its 60th show this year.

“I think it’s our favorite part of being in this band,” Plock said.

Stan said live shows are pure, adding that you can’t replace the intimate connection they offer. And really, it goes beyond that.

“You get to feed your wanderlust, exploring strange pockets of the country. You get to stay up late. You get to meet people. You get to work hard. You get to laugh deeply. You get to drink free sodas with your best friends,” he said.

The band will continue to play more shows in the spring, and Plock says touring on the West Coast for the first time is something the band really wants to do.

The five-piece band will continue to prepare for shows in its practice space in northwest Chicago.

“It’s a cozy little windowless room where we hole up a few times a week to rehearse,” Plock said. “Aside from it being a little messy and a cockroach every now and then, it’s a pretty good

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Holiday concerts set in Sauk Valley STAFF REPORT news@saukvalley.com 815-625-3600, ext. 5501

Concerts set for church

Are you a big fan of holiday music? Here are some shows in the Sauk Valley through the next few weeks that you might enjoy.

LANARK – The Northern Illinois Christmas Singers will perform the Christmas Cantata “Hope for a Broken World” at 7 p.m. Saturday, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Church of the Brethren, 326 S. High St. The group features singers of all ages from northern Illinois.

Donations will be accepted.

Concert celebrates 20 years DIXON – The Dixon Municipal Band will present its 20th annual Christmas concert at 7 p.m. Saturday at Historic Dixon Theatre, 114 S. Galena Ave. The concert will feature classic carols of secular and sacred origins, including “Silent Night,” “Winter Wonderland,” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer.”

The concert also will include some high art music inspired by Christmas from Alfred Reed and Arcangeo Corelli.

Admission is $5 to benefit operations and renovations at the venue.

The concert is open to all ages and there is no dress code.

Cantata in Mount Morris MOUNT MORRIS – More than 60 vocalists and instrumentalists will come together to perform a Christmas cantata at 3 p.m. Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church, 308 W. Brayton Road.

Admission is free, and donations will be accepted to support Loaves and Fish Food Pantry in Mount Morris and Lifeline in Oregon.

A reception will follow.

For more information, contact Diane Palmer at fishingbp@frontier.com or Trinity at trinitymm@frontier.com or 815-734-6354.

Michael Krabbenhoeft/mkrabbenhoeft@saukvalley.com

Denise Ewers, Dixon High School choir director, directs the concert choir during the Dixon High School holiday concert in December 2013. This year’s concert will begin at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 in the auditorium, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive.

Choirs to perform at Dixon High DIXON – The Dixon High School choral department will present its annual holiday concert at 7 p.m. Dec. 10 in the auditorium, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive.

The madrigal, concert and honors choirs will perform traditional holiday favorites “Away in a Manger,” “A Holly Jolly

Christmas,” and “Variations on Deck the Hall.”

A children’s choir, consisting of siblings of the honors choir and Reagan Middle School choir students, will perform.

The performance is free and open to the public.

Get in the holiday spirit CLINTON, Iowa – Clinton Symphony Orches-

tra will present its annual “Holidays with the Symphony” concert at 7:30 p.m. Dec. 12 in Vernon Cook Theater at Clinton High School, 817 Eighth Ave. S. The family concert will include seasonal and Christmas music performed by the orchestra, under the baton of Brian Dollinger, including a carol sing-a-long.

Tickets, which cost $15 for adults and $5 for students, are available at Grummert’s Hardware, 424 Locust St., Sterling, and Fitzgerald’s Pharmacy, 124 E. Main St., Morrison, and at the door.

Students through eighth grade will be admitted free of charge.

Sauk choir, band to perform DIXON – The Sauk Valley Community College concert choir and band will perform sounds of the holiday season at 2 p.m. Dec. 13 at Centennial Auditorium at Sterling High School, 1608 Fourth Ave. The program will include

selections from the movie “Polar Express,” as well as “Greensleeves,” “Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening,” “Panis Angelicus,” and “Below the Mistletoe.”

Admission is free.

Email Elizabeth Judd at elizabeth.a.judd@svcc.edu for more information.

RMS students to ring in season DIXON – The Reagan Middle School choral department’s annual holiday concert will be at 7 p.m. Dec. 14 in the auditorium at Dixon High School, 300 Lincoln Statue Drive.

The combined sixth, seventh, and eighth grade choirs will start the program with a partner song, “Holiday Blessings,” which has two songs at the same time. The sixth grade choir will continue, finishing with “Bring on the Snow.” The seventh and eighth grade choirs then will perform, ending with a holiday medley with a jazzy rhythm.

Call the middle school at 815-284-7725 for more information.

WHAT’S GOING ON

ART EXHIBITS At The Next Picture Show DIXON – “Landscapes,” sponsored by Sauk Valley Bank, will run through Jan. 2 at the gallery, 113 W. First St., with an opening from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday. The show will be judged by Philip Atilano, and music will be provided

by Jeff Kagay.

Art at the Loveland DIXON – The art collection at Loveland Community House and Museum, 513 W. Second St., as well as the museum’s many other exhibits, are available for viewing from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and by appointment.

Guided group tours can be scheduled by contacting Steve Wilson at swilson@lovelandcommunityhouse. org or 815-284-2741.

Visit lovelandcommunityhouse. org for a virtual tour of the museum, and for more information.

The event is free to the public.

At Whiskey Barrel Saloon ROCK FALLS – Super Red Hot Karaoke & DJ will provide entertainment from 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. today, Two Mile Crew will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Friday, and Dirt Road Rockers will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Saturday at the bar, 305 W. Second St. Saturday Reflex Blues Band to play ROCK FALLS – Reflex Blues Band will play from 9 p.m. to midnight at Froggy’s Bar & Grill, 215 W. Second St. Upcoming: Dec. 12, Bear’s Pub in Lyndon Dec. 19 Grobe to play at Sterling Moose STERLING – Lyle Grobe and the Rhythm Ramblers will play from 7 to 10 p.m. at Sterling Moose, 2601 E. Lincolnway.

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Are you in a band that would like to be listed in Plan!t Sauk Valley’s free entertainment calendar? Are you a bar that offers live entertainment? Send an email with the band’s name, booking number and website or Facebook page, and gig or event schedule, or the bar’s event schedule, to Lucas Pauley at lpauley@saukvalley.com.

At Cochran’s Pub STERLING – DJ Krazy Karl will provide entertainment from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday and Saturday at the bar, 13464 Galt Road.

At The Cooler ROCK FALLS – DJ Hollywood will provide karaoke from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. today, Lynn Allen will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Friday, and Sunset Strip will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the bar, 311 W. Second St. At Cragel’s PROPHETSTOWN – The Ryan & Joe Trio, featuring Joe Roman from The Funnies, will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dec. 11 at the bar, 345 Washington St. Upcoming: Dec. 31, Reflex Blues; and Jan. 23, 3 On The Tree At Henry’s Double K MOUNT CARROLL – Cal Stage Band will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Friday, and The Funnies will play from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. Saturday at the bar, 834 S. Jackson St. Upcoming: Dec. 13, Country Tradition (4-8 p.m./$5); Dec. 19, Slick Trigger; and Dec. 31, The Ethan Bell Band

Friday First Fridays in Oregon OREGON – The First Fridays Open Stage music show will return at 7 p.m. to Oregon VFW Post 8739, 1310 W. Washington St. Each musician or band performs for 15 minutes. Instruments are acoustic, and a professional sound system is provided. The music will include country, bluegrass, blues, gospel, folk, soft rock, and eclectic mixes of the different styles.

Admission is by donation. All musicians and spectators are welcome. Call 815-973-0942 for more information.

Upcoming: Jan. 1 Friday, and Dec. 11 and 18 Local musicians to play PRINCETON – Local musicians will play holiday music from 4 to 6 p.m. Friday, and Dec. 11 and 18 at Princeton Public Library, 698 E. Peru St. All programs at the library are free to the public.

Go to princetonlibrary.org or call 815-875-1331 for more information.

Saturday and Sunday Show features holiday favorites Quad City Symphony Orchestra’s “Masterworks III: Winter Fun – Mozart and More!” will get audience members in the holiday spirit with its two shows at 8 p.m.

Saturday at Adler Theater, 136 E. Third St., Davenport, Iowa, and 2 p.m. Sunday at Centennial Hall Auditorium, 3703 Seventh Ave., on the Augustana College campus in Rock Island.

The program will include Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite, Mozart’s Piano Concerto No. 21 with Marian Lee, professor at St.

Ambrose University, and a set of “Sleigh Rides.”

Tickets range from $6 to $62 for Saturday, and $6 to $38 for Sunday.

QCSO is collaborating with the USO of Illinois at Rock Island Arsenal to provide tickets to active duty, guard and reserve military and their guests.

Go to qcso.org for tickets and more information.

Dec. 11 Billy Dean to perform CLINTON, Iowa – Billy Dean will perform at 8 p.m. at Oakwood Grand Ballroom at Wild Rose Casino & Resort, 777 Wild Rose Drive.

Dean’s biggest hit is “Only Here For A Little While.”

Tickets are $20. You must be 21 and have a Wild Times Club card to attend.

Tickets are available in the gift shop, at clinton.wildroseresorts. com, or by calling 800-457-9975.

Dec. 18 Blues and Bluegrass FRANKLIN GROVE – If it’s the third Friday of the month, it’s Blues and Bluegrass night at the H.I. Lincoln Building, 136 N. Elm St. Open-stage acoustic gospel, folk, country, blues and bluegrass will be performed, beginning at 7 p.m. Admission is free, but donations are accepted to help with the upkeep of the historic building.

Go to franklingroveil.org for more information.

Upcoming: Jan. 15

CRAFT SHOWS, FLEA MARKETS, VENDOR SHOWS Through Dec. 20 Holiday craft mall ROCK FALLS – Crafters and artisans are invited to rent space in a holiday craft mall that is open weekends through Dec. 20 at 901 W. U.S. Route 30, in the Leonard Real Estate office building.

There are two floors of handmade items only, Pat Leonard said, so artists also are welcome.

The mall is open from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturdays and from noon to 5 p.m. Sundays.

Booth rental is $45 to $50 a month, depending on the size of the booth, and renters keep all their earnings, Leonard said.

Admission will be free for shoppers.

Call Leonard at 815-718-1307 or drop by the office to sign up or for more information.

Through Jan. 3 Gift expo in Freeport FREEPORT – A Holiday Gift and Farmers Market Expo is open 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. daily through Jan. 3 at The Freeport/ Stephenson County Visitors Center, 4596 U.S. Route 20 East.

The expo features a 12-foot Christmas tree, surrounded by an assortment of holiday gift ideas.

The products are either manufactured in Freeport or Stephenson County, commemorate local

history, or promote local attractions, events, facilities or organizations. There will be items from more than 100 vendors.

Call 815-233-1357 for more information.

DOWNTOWN EVENTS Dec. 12 Second Saturdays returns DIXON – Second Saturdays Art Happenings will return to various venues, most of them running from 6 to 8 p.m. downtown, between First and Second streets and Peoria and Galena avenues.

Second Saturdays features art, music and other cultural events.

Find the event on Facebook for a complete schedule and more details.

The Second Saturdays open mic runs from 8 p.m. to midnight at Rosbrook Studio, 107 S. Peoria Ave. Musicians can register after 6 or message Rosbrook on Facebook.

Admission is a suggested $3 donation.

FAMILY FUN Dec. 27 Harlem Globetrotters in Rockford ROCKFORD – The Harlem Globetrotters will bring their classic family show to the area at 2 p.m. at BMO Harris Bank Center, 300 Elm St. Fans are encouraged to visit greatassist.com to “nominate a worthwhile cause or deserving family in need of a smile,” and the Globetrotters will help as many as possible, according to a news release.

Tickets are $25 and available at harlemglobetrotters.com, ticketmaster.com, the box office, or by calling 800-745-3000.

FARMERS MARKETS In Dixon DIXON – The Haymarket Square farmers market has moved indoors for the winter to the lower level of Loveland Community House, 513 Second St. Hours are 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Dates include this Saturday, Jan. 9 and 23, Feb. 6 and 20, March 5 and 19, and April 2 and 16.

The building is handicappedaccessible. Among planned items for sale are local meats, eggs, baked goods, locally crafted soaps, lotions, and gifts, and artisan crafts.

In Sterling STERLING – The Twin City Market is open from 8 a.m. to noon Saturday in the historical Twin City Produce Building, 106 Ave. A. Find the market on Facebook, go to twincityfarmersmarket.com, or call 815-499-7268 for a list of vendors, upcoming events and more information.

FUN FOR A CAUSE Sunday Donate, get a plate ROCK FALLS – Like barbecue?

All you need is a donation of a new, unopened toy for Toys for Tots or $5 donation for Community Christmas for Children to enjoy some food from noon to 4 p.m. at

The Cooler, 311 W. Second St. There will also be Christmasinspired drink specials all day.

Call 815-632-3010 for more information.

Bring new toy, enjoy tunes DeKALB – The Country Music Show and Toy Drive will return for its 46th year from 1:30 to 5 p.m. at The House Cafe, 263 E. Lincoln Highway.

Gary Mullis started the show in December 1970 in Cortland.

Music will include country, bluegrass and gospel music, as well as Christmas songs. Bands and singers are welcome.

The emcee of the show will be Brian Adams of Radio B95.

Admission will be a new, unwrapped toy to go to Salvation Army for children in need for Christmas.

Call Mullis at 815-762-5589 for more information.

HOLIDAY EVENTS Friday Christmas Walk set for return DIXON – The 27th annual Dixon Christmas Walk returns this weekend, with most events running from 6 to 9 p.m.

This year’s festivities will feature such staples as the lighting of the KSB tree at 6 p.m., caroling, horse-drawn wagon rides, a live blacksmith demonstration, cookie decorating, and visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus, who will be available for pictures until 9 p.m. at Florissa, 101 E. First St. The KSB Community Relations group will offer hot chocolate, giveaways and a sled raffle at the treelighting ceremony until 6:30 p.m.

Some of the event’s new features will include 10 ice sculptures being carved on the riverfront, live holiday musical and theatrical performances at the corner of First Street and Hennepin Avenue, local musicians, and special roaming entertainment.

There will be a 50/50 raffle, with a 9 p.m. drawing. Tickets are $1 each or $5 for six. They will be sold on the corner of First Street and Hennepin Avenue.

Many downtown businesses will have holiday-themed activities and sales.

Dixon Main Street is sponsoring a tree-decorating contest. Businesses and organizations will display decorated trees throughout downtown.

VIVA! students will provide violin performances from 6 to 6:45 p.m. at Dixon Stage Left, 306 W. First St.

Jeremy the Amazer will perform at Fifth Third Bank, 102 S. Galena Ave. Feel like a star? Bring your camera and take red carpet photos near The Crystal Cork, 219 W. First St. A West End Wonderland will feature crafts for the kids, music, a photo booth, and a snowball drop at 7 p.m. in the Kitzman’s parking lot, 411 W. First St. Call Dixon Main Street at 815288-2308 or email riverfrontdixon@gmail.com for more information or to participate.

Go to dixonmainstreet.com or find Main Street on Facebook for a complete schedule or more information.

HOLIDAY EVENTS Saturday Annual all-day celebration back MOUNT MORRIS – Christmas on the Village Square will begin with breakfast bingo from 9 to 11 a.m. at Mount Morris Senior Center, 9 E. Front St. An open house is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at Angel Treasures, 4045 state Route 64. Another is planned from 9 a.m. to noon at Union Savings Bank, 2 W. Main St. There will be a craft and vendor fair, which will include a bake sale, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Pinecrest Village, 414 S. Wesley Ave. A children’s Christmas party will take place at 11 a.m. at Evangelical Free Church, 102 S. Seminary Ave. Children can also enjoy snacks, crafts and a story with Mrs. Claus from 1 to 2:30 p.m. at Mount Morris Public Library, 105 S. McKendrie Ave. An open house with kettle corn, donuts, entertainment and Santa, will run from 2:30 to 4 p.m. at Pinecrest Manor, 500 Evergreen Lane No. 125. Photos with Santa will be available for $1 for each child.

Cookie decorating will run from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at McKendrie Street Cafe in the Pinecrest Grove Community Center.

A proclamation and tree lighting is set for 4:30 p.m. on the village square.

Programs with times and exact locations of these events are available at village businesses.

Search for Mt. Morris Christmas on the Village Square on Facebook for updates, or call Brenda Hayden at 815-734-6335 or Amy Sikyta at 815-734-4103 for more information.

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WHAT’S GOING ON County Farm Bureau building, 500 S. Center St. Viewing hours will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, and 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Tuesday through Dec. 10 and Dec. 14-17.

There will be a “make and take” for children from 10 a.m. to noon Saturday.

Donations will be accepted for the food pantry and Toys for Tots.

Saturday Annual event nears in Morrison MORRISON – The Morrison Chamber of Commerce is preparing to present the 28th annual Christmas Walk. The theme is “Christmas Around the World.”

Events will include church suppers, visits with Santa and Mrs. Claus, business open houses, local food vendors, caroling, horsedrawn wagon rides, a showing of “A Charlie Brown Christmas,” and the tree-lighting ceremony.

The lighted parade will return this year.

The chamber is trying to set a record in the Guinness Book of World Records at the event for the largest gathering of human snowmen in one location during the event.

The chamber needs 334 human snowmen to set the record. In order to qualify, each person must wear the following items: a white shirt or sweatshirt, white pants, three black circles for buttons, an orange carrot nose (real or plastic), a scarf, and a black top hat.

Go to morrisonsnowmanworldrecord.eventbrite.com to register for the event. Participants will meet at 4:30 p.m. at the farmers market parking lot, behind Whiteside County Court Services, 204 E. Lincolnway.

Call 815-772-3757 or email morrisonchamber@morrisonil.org for more information.

Museum celebrating holiday FREEPORT – The public is welcome to enjoy homemade cookies, hors d’oeuvres and holiday punch from 4 to 8 p.m. as they see the Stephenson County Historical Museum, 1440 S. Carroll Ave., decorated for the holiday.

Holiday music will be played, and a new exhibit of historic winter clothing will be displayed.

A kids room will provide fun with games, videos and a surprise visit. Children 10 or younger will leave with a gift bag.

Admission is $5 for adults, $3 for members, and $2 for kids ages 5 to 17.

Call 815-232-8419 for more information.

Wednesday through Dec. 12 Festival of Trees in Thomson THOMSON – The Thomson Sesquicentennial Committee will host a Festival of Trees from 4 to 7 p.m.

Wednesday through Dec. 12 at York Public Library, 1005 W. Main St. Festivities will include Christmas music, a visit from Mrs. Claus, door prizes, and book giveaways for children.

There will be a bake sale, and refreshments will be served.

The Christmas Walk will run from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 12.

KARAOKE Saturday Party with the James Gang DIXON – Karaoke with the James Gang from 8:30 p.m. to 12:30 a.m. at PatiO’s, 222 W. First St. Email jamesgang1996@gmail. com for more information.

Upcoming: 8 p.m.-midnight Dec. 11 at Freeport Moose, 601 E. South St.; 8:30 p.m.-12:30 a.m. Dec. 18 at PatiO’s, 222 W. First St., Dixon; 9 p.m.-1 a.m.

Dec. 26 at Ralphie & Lu Lu’s, 812 Main St., Ashton; and 8 p.m. to 1 a.m. Dec. 31 at Roadhouse, 807 S. Seventh St., Oregon

AT THE MOVIES Through Dec. 19 Movies at Lindo Theatre FREEPORT – The Festival of Trees Holiday Movie Series, sponsored by FHN and Classic Cinemas Lindo Theatre, continues with “The Good Dinosaur” at 10 a.m. Saturday at the theater, 115 S. Chicago Ave. Tickets are $3.50, and children will receive a holiday surprise.

Seating is limited, and there are no advance ticket sales.

Upcoming movies are: • Dec. 12: “Home Alone” (free) • Dec.19: “Star Wars: Episode VII – The Force Awakens” On Dec. 16, FHN will present two special showings of “Christmas in Connecticut” at 1 and 7 p.m. Alan Wenzel and Ed Finch, hosts of the Classic Movie Series at the Lindo Theatre, will greet moviegoers with the 1945 holiday classic starring Barbara Stanwyck, Dennis Morgan and Sydney Greenstreet.

Admission for the special show is a free-will offering or a food drive donation.

Go to fhn.org for more information.

Saturday through Dec. 13 Gingerbread houses on display SAVANNA – The Savanna Historical Society will host its fifth annual Festival of Trees at Savanna Museum and Cultural Center, 406 Main St. Trees, wreaths and gingerbread houses will be on display from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, and noon to 6 p.m. Saturdays.

On both Saturdays, Santa will visit, and face painting and a craft project will be available from 1 to 3 p.m.

Admission is free, and donations will be accepted.

Saturday, Monday, Tuesday through Dec. 10 and Dec. 14-17 A Festival of Trees first MOUNT CARROLL – Mount Carroll will hold its first Festival of Trees this month at the Carroll

THEATER Friday through Sunday ‘Christmas Carol’ at BCT BYRON – “A Christmas Carol,”

the classic story of Ebeneezer Scrooge, is taking the stage at Byron Civic Theatre, 850 N. Colfax St. Scrooge, who doesn’t keep Christmas in his heart, is visited by the ghost of his old business partner, Jacob Marley, who introduces three spirits in hopes of changing Scrooge’s ways before Christmas Day. Showtimes are set for 7:30 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m.

Sunday.

Tickets are available at the box office from 6 to 9 p.m. Monday through Thursday, and 9 a.m. to noon Saturday. You can also call the box office at 815-312-300 during those times. Group rates are available.

Go to bctmagic.com or find the theatre on Facebook for more information.

Friday through Sunday PACT to deliver holiday show POLO – Polo Area Community Theatre will present “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever!” at 7 p.m.

Friday and Saturday, and 2 p.m.

Sunday at Polo Town Hall, 117 N. Franklin Ave. The Christmas classic tells the story of a couple struggling to put on a church Christmas pageant who are faced with casting the Herdman kids, probably the most inventively awful kids in history, according to a news release.

Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door for adults, $7 for seniors, and $5 for children 5 and younger. They are $6 each for groups of 10 or more adults, when purchased in advance.

They are available Polo Public Library, 302 W. Mason St., First State Bank Shannon-Polo, 211 S. Division Ave., and Polo Sub Shop, 104 W. Mason St. Tickets are also available at polotheatre.org or by mail to PACT Tickets, PO Box 36, Polo, IL 61064.

Email info@polotheatre.org for more information.

Today through Sunday, and Dec. 10-13 Fresh take on a classic DIXON – Five local actors will give a fresh take on the Charles Dickens holiday classic with “A Christmas Carol” by Patrick Barlow at Dixon Stage Left, 306 W. First St. Jay Pauley, Hunter Wolfe, Molly Pashon, Suzie Branch and Harrison Brousseau will play all the roles – and even pieces of furniture – in the family-friendly adaptation.

Shows are 7:30 p.m. today, Friday and Saturday, and Dec. 10, 11, and 12, and 3 p.m. Sunday and Dec. 13. Tickets are $20 ($10 for matinee shows) for adults and $5 for children under 17. They are available at the door or in advance at The Crystal Cork, 219 W. First St., and Trein’s Jewelry, 201 W. First St. Matinee shows will feature hot cider and popcorn, instead of the evening show bar service.

Call 312-420-8715 for more information.

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The Dillon Home Museum, 1005 E. Third St., will be decorated for the holidays during December, and this weekend, it will welcome the

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Numbers game The Golden State Warriors stretched their NBA-record season-opening winning streak to 20 games with a 116-99 win Wednesday in Charlotte.

NFL | BEARS

Fangio ready to face 49ers

SPOTLIGHT ON DIXON’S CONNOR SPERLING

Bears D coordinator taking on old team

BY GENE CHAMBERLAIN Associated Press

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Connor Sperling qualified for the state tournament last season as a junior, but lost both of his bouts. This winter, he hopes to use that experience to his advantage when the postseason rolls around.

Writing on the wall Sperling has daily reminder of state aspirations

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Sperling file School: Dixon Class: Senior FYI: 4-year varsity wrestler, with 47 career wins. … 22-13 as a junior, including berth at state. ... Rounding into form after breaking foot during football season.

Just outside the coach’s office in the Dixon wrestling room is the sports page from the Feb. 21 Champaign News-Gazette.

On the front page, above the fold, is a picture of Dixon then-junior wrestler Connor Sperling, getting taken down in a 195-pound wrestleback bout at the state victory. Dixon assistant coach Bill Easttournament against Mahomet-Seymour’s man put the newspaper there about a David Wisehart, who would go on to a 7-2 week into preseason practice, sending a

not-so-subtle message.

“That’s a daily reminder of that last match, and how some things could have went my way and other things didn’t,” Sperling said. “I need to improve every day.”

Sperling is entering his fourth year as a varsity wrestler for the Dukes. He won 10 matches as a 170-pound freshman, then 15 as a 195-pound sophomore, and was a sectional qualifier.

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Clash of clutch QBs in Indianapolis

LAKE FOREST – Chicago has more of a no-name defense than Vic Fangio coordinated in San Francisco – and he’s adjusted well.

Denied the head coaching job by the 49ers after former coach Jim Harbaugh left, Fangio has crafted a Chicago Bears defense ranked second in the NFL against the pass and 14th overall.

Now he gets his chance against his old team, with San Francisco visiting Chicago on Sunday.

“We’re 5-6 – all I’m thinking about is trying to get to 6-6,” Fangio said Wednesday. “I just look back on the 4 years with the 49ers with really good memories. We had a nice run there. Got to a Super Bowl. Got to three championship games, won a lot of football games over a 4-year period.”

Fangio said the 49ers’ decision to hire his defensive line coach, Jim Tomsula, as head coach was buried in the past when he moved on to assist coach John Fox in Chicago.

“I’ve just always accepted it’s their decision, their team,” he said. “They do what they want with it.”

Fangio’s 49ers defenses ranked fifth overall in 2013 and 2014, third in 2012, and fourth in 2011. He accomplished this with players such as Justin Smith, Ahmad Brooks, NaVorro Bowman, Patrick Willis and Aldon Smith.

There is less star power with the Bears. The talent difference and Fangio’s first year in the system has led to a more basic approach.

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Beathard, Cook took different paths to lead teams to Big Ten title game numbers over Beathard this season, with 24 touchdowns IOWA CITY, Iowa – Michigan against just four picks. On State senior quarterback Con- Tuesday, he also beat out nor Cook has been a star for Beathard – who has thrown 14 years, pegged by many as an TDs and three interceptions – NFL draft pick. in a media panel vote for the Iowa’s C.J. Beathard spent league’s top quarterback. two seasons as a backup. He’s Cook has a track record of still somewhat unknown outcoming up big in the postseaside the Midwest. son as well. He played in the Beathard will get his chance 2013 Big Ten title game, the to prove he’s every bit as clutch 2014 Rose Bowl, and the 2015 as Cook on Saturday in the Big Cotton Bowl – and won all Ten championship game. three.

Beathard and the fourthAs a first-year starter three ranked Hawkeyes (12-0, 8-0, seasons ago, Cook threw for No. 4 CFP) face the fifth304 yards and 3 TDs as the ranked Spartans (11-1, 7-1, No. Spartans stunned unbeaten 5) in a virtual play-in matchup Ohio State, knocking the for the playoff.

Buckeyes out of the national “I’ve got respect for him. He’s title game. Three weeks later, a good quarterback,” Beathard Cook’s 332 yards and 2 TDs AP said of Cook. “He throws the helped Michigan State knock Iowa quarterback C.J. Beathard (16), seen here throwing a pass ball really well and he finds his off Stanford in Pasadena. against Purdue last month, is a big reason why the Hawkeyes receivers. It’s a tribute to him.” are 12-0 and playing for the Big Ten championship.

Cook has the superior CLASH CONTINUED ON B5

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Vic Fangio has helped the Bears defense improve in his first season as coordinator. He came to Chicago in the offseason, after the 49ers did not hire him as their head coach. On Sunday, they visit Soldier Field.

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Eight is enough for Huskies Eight Northern Illinois football players were named to the All-MidAmerican Conference first team, it was announced on Wednesday.

Huskies earning that honor were offensive linemen Andrew Ness and Aidan Conlon, tailback Joel Bouagnon, kicker Christian Hagan, defensive end Perez Ford, linebacker Boomer Mays, cornerback Shawun Lurry and kickoff returner Aregeros Turner.

Turner, who averaged 25.6 yards on 37 kickoff returns, was named the MAC special teams player of the year.

NIU (8-4, 6-2), the MAC West champion, will take on East champ Bowling Green (9-3, 7-1) in the MAC championship game on Friday in Detroit.

Richt to be next Miami coach Mark Richt is going back to where his college career began.

The former Miami quarterback has reached a tentative agreement to be the Hurricanes’ next head coach, pending the completion of contract talks.

Richt spent the last 15 seasons as the head coach at Georgia, averaging nearly 10 wins per season and leading the Bulldogs to a pair of Southeastern Conference championships.

Durkin to take over at Maryland Maryland hired Michigan defensive coordinator D.J. Durkin on Wednesday to be its head coach, taking a key assistant away from its Big Ten East rivals.

Durkin, 37, is in his first season at Michigan under Jim Harbaugh. He led a defense that ranks fourth in the nation in yards allowed per game. Before working at Michigan, Durkin was the defensive coordinator at Florida for 2 years.

Durkin also worked at Stanford on Harbaugh’s staff, and started his career as a graduate assistant at Bowling Green.

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White Sox done with Flowers, Turner The White Sox have declined to tender contracts for next season to catcher Tyler Flowers and right-handed pitcher Jacob Turner, making the pair free agents.

Flowers spent seven seasons with Chicago. He hit .239 with nine homers and 39 RBIs in 112 games in 2015.

Turner was acquired off waivers from the Chicago Cubs on Oct. 29 after spending most of last season on the disabled list because of a strained flexor tendon in his right elbow.

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Aaron Rodgers and the rest of the Packers figure to have their hands full tonight with a game against the resurgent Lions. Detroit has won three in a row after a 1-7 start.

Lions finally roaring Front office shakeup sparks Detroit uprising

BY LARRY LAGE AP Sports Writer

DETROIT – The Detroit Lions started the season so poorly – losing their first five games – there was talk about whether they could become the second team in franchise and NFL history to go 0-16.

Just before falling to 1-7, the Lions fired offensive coordinator Joe Lombardi and promoted Jim Bob Cooter to replace him.

Team owner Martha Firestone Ford, unlike her late husband, didn’t wait to make major changes. She shook up the franchise by firing team president Tom Lewand and general manager Martin Mayhew during the bye week.

And suddenly, Detroit has played like the team that won 11 games last season and made it to the playoffs. The Lions (4-7) have won three straight since the front office was overhauled, and are being mentioned as a team in the playoff picture.

Cornerback Darius Slay said he saw a graphic showing the Lions as a team in the hunt for a spot in the postseason.

“It shows we’re a great team, just something happened,” Slay said. “Right now, it’s kind of flipped at the right time.”

After starting 6-0, the Green Bay Packers (7-4) have stumbled into second place behind Minnesota (8-3) in the NFC North.

“Losing four out of our last five leaves a bad taste in your

Packers at Lions When: 7:25 p.m. today Where: Ford Field, Detroit TV: CBS/NFL Line: Packers by 3 mouth,” Packers guard T.J. Lang said.

Here are some things to watch when the Lions and Packers meet Thursday night at Ford Field: Leaning on Lacy: Aaron Rodgers completed fewer than half his passes in his past two games against Minnesota and Chicago.

He averaged 207 yards passing with a total of three touchdowns and one interception.

Eddie Lacy, meanwhile, has gotten into a groove. Lacy has 205 yards rushing on 39 carries after running for just 308 yards on 83 carries over his first eight games of the season.

“You’re probably going to see him get the ball a number of times, trying to control that line of scrimmage,” Lions coach Jim Caldwell said, adding Lacy runs behind a good line. “He creates problems for you. He’s tough to handle. He wears your defense down.”

A groin injury kept him out of the lineup last month against Detroit, which held James Starks to 42 yards on 15 carries.

Stingy defenses: Going back to Detroit’s 18-16 win at Green Bay, both the Lions and Packers have

been playing well on defense.

Detroit has given up an average of 14.3 points over the past three games, while Green Bay has allowed 16 points per game during the same stretch.

The Packers should have banged-up defensive backs Damarious Randall (knee) and Micah Hyde (hip) healthy enough to help them cover receivers Calvin Johnson and Golden Tate.

The Lions hope they’ll have safety Glover Quin (ankle) in the lineup after he left last week’s game with an ankle injury.

Riding Riddick: Johnson gets a lot of attention. It is time, though, to shift some of the spotlight on Theo Riddick. He leads all running backs with 55 receptions, 10 of which he has made in the past two games for 134 yards and a touchdown.

The Lions drafted him 2 years ago in the sixth round, hoping the Notre Dame receiver could become a pass-catching running back. The next year, Detroit hired Jim Caldwell, and he watched every snap on special teams from the previous season.

“I didn’t even look at the roster to see who it was, and at that time No. 41 kept showing up,” Caldwell said. “He and Tahir [Whitehead] kept showing up as guys making tackles all over the place. Then I realized 41, it’s probably a defensive back, but I look and it’s Theo Riddick. I said, ‘Wow.’”

Bears hope to improve against run FANGIO

over the last 2 years when it finished 30th overall, the run defense has surrendered 170 and “It’s been a really good 177 yards the last two group to work with,” games to fall to 29th.

Fangio said. “They’ve “I think our secondbeen really coachary is doing a great job able. They are trying of covering – they did extremely hard from a that all year,” McPhee mental standpoint from said. “But we’ve just the meetings, and trying got to get better in the to take things from the run defense – and that’s meetings to the field. So what our focus got to be from that standpoint, it’s going in, because San been very enjoyable.”

Fran is going to come in Fangio has turned AP here and probably try to Lamarr Houston and The Bears defense has benefited from new coor- run the ball down our Willie Young from throats.” dinator Vic Fangio’s scheme so far this season. defensive ends in a 4-3 Fangio came over with to stand-up outside Anderson.

“As I’ve mentioned former 49ers defenlinebackers, and has As a result, Fangio many times, it’s not a sive backs coach Ed had to cope with losing hasn’t gambled much. one-man show,” Fox Donatell. He doubts two defensive linemen “I haven’t adjusted in said. “You need a good their knowledge of San for the season. Injuries style or teaching techstaff. I think we’ve Francisco provides have also sidelined out- niques,” Fangio said. assembled an outstand- much adventage. side linebackers Shea “You just have to be ing staff – Vic’s one of “Things like this happen McClellin and Pernell cognizant that there those guys. I think he’s every week in the NFL,” McPhee, and safety may be some things you earned that reputation he said. “Sometimes I Antrel Rolle at times. want to do schematiin this league in a varithink you can overdo it So reserves plucked cally that the group as a ety of different spots. and think you know too from the waiver wire whole, and it may be just He is a good teacher. He much, and it works both have helped carry the because of three or four puts our guys in the best ways. Obviously there’s a load, like safety Chris guys, isn’t ready for.” positions to utilize their couple coaches there that were with me the past 4 Prosinski, defensive Fox isn’t surprised abilities.” years there. It works both end Mitch Unrein, and by what Fangio has While the Bears ways.” linebacker Jonathan achieved. defense has improved CONTINUED FROM B1

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Thursday, December 3, 2015

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WEDNESDAY’S SCOREBOARD Boys basketball NIB-12 West Conf.

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0

LaSalle-Peru Sterling Ottawa Geneseo Rochelle

All 3-0 2-0 3-1 2-2 1-2

Tuesday’s results • Genoa-Kingston 70, Rochelle 54 • Sterling 60, Rock Falls 47 Friday’s games • Geneseo at Sterling, 7 • Yorkville at LaSalle-Peru, 7 • Ottawa at Rochelle, 7:30

BNC West Rockford Lutheran Oregon Winnebago Dixon Byron Rock Falls Stillman Valley Mendota

Conf.

1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

All 1-0 4-0 1-0 2-1 2-3 2-2 0-0 4-1

Tuesday’s results • Burlington Central 72, Byron 53 • Lutheran 90, Mendota 52 • Sterling 60, Rock Falls 47 Today’s game • Stillman Valley at North Boone, 7 Friday’s games • Lutheran at Prairie Ridge, 7 • Dixon at Oregon, 7:15 Saturday’s games • Richmond-Burton at Winnebago, 1:30 Eastland Shootout • Stillman Valley vs. West Carroll, 8

Three Rivers Hall Riverdale St. Bede Newman Orion Fulton Princeton Sherrard Prophetstown Amboy Kewanee Morrison Bureau Valley Erie Rockridge

Conf.

1-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-1

All 2-2 3-0 4-1 3-1 4-1 2-2 2-2 2-3 0-0 1-3 1-4 1-4 1-4 0-4 2-3

Tuesday’s results • Alleman 51, Kewanee 47 • Milledgeville 49, Morrison 40 • St. Bede 53, Ottawa Marquette 49 • Hall 55, Rockridge 47 • Annawan 75, Sherrard 59 Wednesday’s result • Orion 64, Knoxville 48 Friday’s games • Bureau Valley at Ridgewood, 7:30 • Fulton at River Ridge, 7:30 • Galva at Riverdale, 7:30 • Kewanee at Hall, 7:30 • Mercer County at Rockridge, 7:30 • Sherrard at Wethersfield, 7:30

All 2-1 4-0 3-1 3-2 1-3 0-1 0-1 0-3 0-4 0-4

All 5-0 5-1 2-2 6-1 2-1 0-2 0-3 0-1 0-3 3-3

DAKOTA (3-3, 0-2 NUIC East) Packer 4 3-4 11, Bahls 5 2-6 12, Guenzler 1 3-4 5, Cramer 1 0-1 2, Sutherland 0 0-0 0, Goeke 0 0-0 0, Lentz 3 0-0 6. Totals: 14 8-15 36.

AFC (5-0, 2-0) Laci Meurer 1 0-0 2, Jennah Asbury 0 0-2 0, Emily Shrimplin 2 2-2 6, Grace Friday 0 0-0 0, Kenzie Wolf 0 0-0 0, Bryce Gittleson 3 0-0 6, Lexi Meurer 1 1-3 3, Carlee Hargis 0 0-0 0, Cassidy Koning 5 4-6 14, Addison Wetzel 1 0-0 2, Madeline Prestegaard 7 0-0 14, Jade Fair 0 0-0 0, Jaynee Prestegaard 2 0-0 4. Totals: 22 7-13 51.

Dakota 6 6 5 19 — 36 AFC 18 15 17 7 — 51 3s – none.

Wrestling Wednesday’s results at Amboy

NEWMAN 48, AMBOY 24 120 – Cole Bianchi (N) pin Hayden Montavon 3:25; 145 – Eli Monier (N) pin Jake Schaver :45; 152 – Mason Newman (N) def. Gabe Shaw :46; 220 – Brad Fritts (N) pin Dallas Spitz 5:40 Newman rec. forfeits: 113, 126, 132, 138 Amboy rec. forfeits: 160, 170, 182, 285 Double forfeits: 106, 195

PUTNAM COUNTY/HALL 42, AMBOY 21

Eastland Shootout Saturday’s games • Annawan vs. Fulton Unity, 9:30 a.m.

• Hinckley-Big Rock vs. Warren, 11 a.m.

• Indian Creek vs. Chicago St. Bedeict, 12:30 • Princeton vs. Aquin, 2 • Westminster Christian vs. Stockton, 3:30 • North Boone vs. East Dubuque, 5 • Eastland vs. Newark, 6:30 • West Carroll vs. Stillman Valley, 8 Amboy Shootout Saturday’s games • Girls, Harvard vs. Serena, noon • Girls, Aurora Christian vs. Putnam County, 1:30 • Girls, Newman vs. LaMoille-Ohio, 3 • Boys, Prophetstown vs. LaMoille-Ohio, 4:30 • Girls, Amboy vs. Leland-Earlville, 6 • Boys, Amboy vs. Leland-Earlville, 7:30

Girls basketball NIB-12 West Conf.

0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 0-0 Friday’s games • Geneseo at Sterling, 5:30 • Yorkville at LaSalle-Peru, 5:30 • Ottawa at Rochelle, 6

NUIC East

AFC 51, DAKOTA 36

NUIC East

Ottawa Sterling LaSalle-Peru Geneseo Rochelle

Conf.

All Sherrard 2-0 6-1 Morrison 1-0 4-0 Hall 1-0 3-0 Erie 1-0 1-0 Bureau Valley 1-0 4-2 Prophetstown 1-0 1-4 St. Bede 1-1 1-2 Kewanee 0-0 1-3 Amboy 0-1 5-2 Princeton 0-1 4-2 Rockridge 0-1 3-3 Fulton 0-1 1-2 Orion 0-1 0-3 Riverdale 0-1 0-5 Newman 0-1 0-6 Tuesday’s results • Amboy 45, LaMoille 34 AlWood tournament • Riverdale at AlWood, NA Wednesday’s result • Sherrard 46, St. Bede 31 Today’s games • Erie at Bureau Valley, 7:30 • Fulton at Sherrard, 7:30 • Kewanee at Hall, 7:30 • Morrison at St. Bede, 7:30 • Newman at Prophetstown, 7:30 • Princeton at Amboy, 7:30 • Rockridge at Riverdale, 7:30 Friday’s game • Riverdale at Galva, 7:30 Saturday’s games • Rockridge at Monmouth United, 12:30 • Sherrard at Alleman, 12:30 • Stark County at Kewanee, 1 Amboy Shootout • Newman vs. LaMoille-Ohio, 3 • Amboy vs. Leland-Earlville, 6

Wednesday’s box score at Ashton

Saturday’s games • Bureau Valley at Newman, 6:30 • Riverdale at St. Bede, 6:30 • Serena at Hall, 6:30 • Orion at Wethersfield, 7:30 Amboy Shootout • Prophetstown vs. LaMoille-Ohio, 4:30 • Amboy vs. Leland-Earlville, 7:30 Eastland Shootout • Princeton vs. Aquin, 2

Conf.

AFC 1-0 Polo 0-0 Aquin 0-0 Milledgeville 0-0 Pecatonica 0-1 Forreston 0-0 Dakota 0-0 South Beloit 0-0 Durand 0-0 Orangeville 0-0 Tuesday’s results • Milledgeville 49, Morrison 40 • Stockton 35, Dakota 29 Pecatonica tournament • North Boone 71, Aquin 66 • Warren 57, Pecatonica 36 Today’s game • Eastland at South Beloit, 7:15 Friday’s games • Orangeville at Forreston, 7 • Dakota at Milledgeville, 7:30 • Durand at Aquin, 7:30 • Pecatonica at Polo, 7:30 • South Beloit at AFC, 7:30 Saturday’s game • Polo at Dakota, 5:30 Eastland Shootout • Aquin vs. Princeton, 2

ROUNDUP

Three Rivers

Conf.

AFC 2-0 Aquin 1-0 Milledgeville 1-0 Forreston 0-0 Pecatonica 0-0 Orangeville 0-0 Polo 0-0 South Beloit 0-1 Durand 0-1 Dakota 0-2 Tuesday’s results • Forreston 51, Lena-Winslow 46 • AFC 61, Pearl City 54 • Pecatonica at North Boone, NA Wednesday’s result • AFC 51, Dakota 36 Today’s games • South Beloit at Polo, 6 • Orangeville at Aquin, 7:15 • Durand at Milledgeville, 7:30 Saturday’s games • Polo at Dakota, 4 • Aquin at Pecatonica, 4:30 • AFC at Durand, 7:30 • Milledgeville at Orangeville, 7:30

All 2-1 2-3 1-1 2-3 1-4

BNC West Conf.

All Winnebago 2-0 4-1 Stillman Valley 1-0 4-2 Byron 0-0 5-0 Rockford Lutheran 0-0 1-0 Dixon 0-0 3-2 Oregon 0-1 1-2 Mendota 0-1 1-3 Rock Falls 0-1 3-3 Tuesday’s results • Winnebago 51, Oregon 35 • Stillman Valley 67, Mendota 18 Today’s game • North Boone at Stillman Valley, 7 Friday’s games • Burlington Central at Byron, 7 • Genoa-Kingston at Dixon, 7 • Harvard at Mendota, 7:15 • Marengo at Rock Falls, 7:15 • Oregon at Johnsburg, 7:15 • Rockford Christian at Lutheran, 7:15 • Richmond Burton at Winnebago, 7:15

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145 – Denver Wyatt (PC) pin Jake Schaver 5:14; 152 – Ben Just (PC) pin Gabe Shaw 1:18; 170 – Damion Ullrich (A) dec. Luke McCook 12-10; 182 – Nick Bowsain (PC) pin Luke Schaver 1:22; 220 – Dallas Appleman (A) pin Eric Sessell 1:19 Double forfeits: 106, 113, 126 PC rec. forfeits: 132, 138, 195, 285 Amboy rec. forfeits: 120, 160

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ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 40, ROCK FALLS 28 113 – Chris Bonnell (EP) pin Marcus Poci 2:21; 126 – Austin Hern (EP) pin Rio Salas 2:25; 132 – Breu Knox (RF) pin Calvin Naftzger 3:51; 138 – Kerrick Cameron (EP) major dec. Alex Martinez 12-2; 145 – Grady Todd (EP) pin Hernan Rodriguez 3:58; 160 – Garrett Passmore (EP) dec.

Rollie Elder 11-4; 170 – Gabe Friedrichsen (EP) pin Blake Wind 5:16; 182 – Dylan Binion (EP) dec. Niles Ager 4-3; 195 – Tyler Meyers (RF) pin Nate Pierceson 3:35; 220 – Francisco Arellano (RF) major dec. Jimmy Biba 14-6; 285 – Noah Eads (EP) pin Blake Claxton 1:48 Rock Falls rec. forfeits: 106, 120 Double forfeit: 152

ERIE-PROPHETSTOWN 42, ROCHELLE 33 113 – Bonnell (EP) pin Fore 1:21; 126 – Eckhardt (R) dec. Hunter Wright 5-3; 132 – Villalobos (R) pin Cameron 4:19; 138 – Naftzger (EP) pin Kanas 5:59; 145 – Todd (EP) dec. Myers 8-3; 152 – Josh Wheeler (EP) pin Jennings 3:33; 170 – Harvey (R) pin Friedrichsen 2:51; 182 – Binion (EP) pin Tracy 2:23; 220 – Biba (EP) pin Fant 1:11; 285 – Eads (EP) dec. Hensley 6-1 E-P rec. forfeits: 195 Rochelle rec. forfeits: 106, 120, 160

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DAKOTA 30, POLO 15 106 – Noah Paul (P) dec. Alber 13-8; 138 – Oaks (D) dec. Berto Dominguez 5-1; 145 – Henze (D) pin Ryan Dillavou 5:18; 170 – McPeek (D) dec. Matt Akins 7-1; 182 – Andy Rucker (P) pin White 2:25 Dakota rec. forfeits: 113, 120, 160 Polo rec. forfeit: 285 Double forfeits: 126, 132, 152, 195, 220

FREEPORT 64, POLO 12 106 – Paul (P) pin Coffee :19; 138 – Heck (F) pin Dominguez 1:44; 285 – Flemming (F) major dec. Cody Moser 12-2 Freeport rec. forfeits: 120, 126, 132, 145, 152, 160, 170, 195, 220 Polo rec. forfeit: 182 Double forfeit: 113

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AFC girls roll over Dakota Panther wrestlers win twice on road; Comets top Clippers

By SVM Sports Staff

Cassidy Koning and Madeline Prestegaard each had big games to lead the AFC girls basketball team to a 51-36 victory against Dakota on Wednesday night in Ashton.

Koning finished with 14 points, six steals, five rebounds and three assists, while Prestegaard amassed 14 points, eight boards and three blocked shots for AFC (5-0, 2-0 NUIC East), which led 44-17 after three quarters.

posted a pair of victories in Rochelle, 40-28 against Rock Falls and 42-33 over the host Hubs.

Chris Bonnell (113 pounds), Grady Todd (145), Dylan Binion (182), and Noah Eads (285) each won two bouts for the Panthers.

Breu Knox (132), Tyler Meyers (195), and Francisco Arellano (220) won bouts for the Rockets against E-P. Comets beat Clippers on road:

Cole Bianchi (120), Eli Montavon (145), Mason Newman (152), and Wrestling Brad Fritts (220) each won by pin E-P wins on road: The Panthers to lead Newman to a 48-24 win at

Amboy. All of the Clippers’ points came via forfeits.

Amboy also dropped a 42-21 decision against Putnam County/ Hall. Damion Ullrich (170) and Dallas Appleman (220) won bouts for the Clippers.

Marcos drop two at home: Polo lost a pair of home matches, 30-15 against Dakota and 64-12 against Freeport.

Noah Paul won a pair of bouts at 106 pounds for the Marcos. Andy Rucker won a 182-pound bout against Dakota.

SVM SCOUTS 2015 BIG NORTHERN WEST WRESTLING Dixon Dukes

Oregon Hawks

Coach: Chris Bishop 2014 Postseason: Placed fourth at 2A Geneseo Regional.

Name Wt. Class Tyler Lowry 106 So Todd Schlosser 106 Fr Colten Bishop 113 Fr Isaic Sanchez 113 Fr Mason Rhodenbaugh 120 Jr Bryce Christiansen 126 Fr Michael Parcus 126 Jr Brandon Hey 132 Sr Benjamin Piper 132 Fr Benito Mayes 138 Sr Cachus George-Hailey 145 Jr Marque Johnson 145 Jr Anthony Pyse 145 Fr Jacob Vandersmith 145 Fr Finn Brandon 152 Fr Demetrius Reese 160 Sr Clinton Schielein 160 Fr Nicolas Grabowicz 170 Fr Christian Hall 170 Jr Colten Moore 170 Fr Bryce Schaefer 170 Sr Andrew Wolber 182 Jr Alex Boswell 195 Fr Dylan Messer 195 Fr Connor Sperling 220 Sr Collin Newman 285 Jr Forrest Schmall 285 Fr James Sword 285 So Ryan Troutman 285 Jr Outlook: The Dukes’ numbers are up, and they welcome back a trio of state qualifiers in senior Connor Sperling and juniors Ryan Troutman and Mason Rhodenbaugh.

Coach: Mike Guzman 2014 Postseason: Placed fourth at 1A Dakota Regional.

Name Wt. Class Spencer Coots 106 Fr Christopher Alaniz 113 So Chase Clark 120 Fr Michael Bower 126 Fr Skylar Carlson 132 Jr Jake Mennen 138 Fr Konner Wilson 145 Sr Nathan Clark 152 Jr Connor Hopkins 152 Jr Terry Page 160 Jr Sawyer Foss 170 Jr Michael Heller 170 Jr Caleb Mennen 170 Jr Caleb Reinke 170 Fr Tmon Reis 170 Sr Jordan Rogers 170 Sr Devin DeHaan 182 Jr John Ghibellini 182 Sr Tyler Burke 195 Sr Jacob Cox 195 Jr Jeffrey Gracyalny 195 So Matthew Stevens 195 Sr Nicholas Alexander 220 Fr Cole Burke 220 Sr Anthony Marchetti 220 Jr Matthew Crandall 285 Sr Outlook: The Hawks are green in the lower weights, but have plenty of returning talent to slug it out in the upper weights. Crandall is a returning state qualifier.

Rock Falls Rockets

Coach: Derick Cox 2014 Postseason: Won 1A Newman Regional. Lost to Mercer Co. at Polo Dual Team Sectional.

Name Wt. Class Marcus Poci 106 Fr Brianna Warren 106 Fr Kamryn Hey 113 So Lucas Schauff 113 So Rio Salas 120 Fr Jordan Goodell 120 Jr Tristan Willett 126 Jr Breu Knox 132 Sr Alex Martinez 132 So Jon Cameron 132 Sr Konner Smith 138 Sr Jaedon Campos 138 Sr Lonnie Gribbons 145 Fr Hernan Rodriguez 145 So Rollie Elder 152 Jr Israel Rodriguez 152 Fr Blake Wind 160 Jr Joe Nelson 160 Fr Niles Ager 170 Jr Roger Carlson 170 Jr Tyler Meyers 182 Jr Browdie Benti 182 Fr Caleb Walls 195 Sr Riese Arduini 195 Jr Francisco Arellano 220 Sr Blake Claxton 285 So Matt Slater 285 Fr Micheal Bonnell 285 Fr Andrew Pounders 285 Sr Outlook: The Rockets will again be competitive, and are blessed with depth at many weight classes to increase competition. Arellano is a returning state qualifier at 220.

Sperling eager to return from injury WRITING

CONTINUED FROM B1

As a junior, Sperling posted a 22-13 record, and wrapped up the season with an appearance at the state tournament, where he dropped both of his bouts. While disappointed to go 0-2 at the State Farm Center, having that opportunity was still a positive one.

“It was good to get that experience,” Sperling said, “but not winning any matches there, that just makes me hungrier to go back and get a medal.”

The path toward getting on the medal stand has already taken plenty of twists and turns. Sperling bulked up over the summer for football, and entered the season listed Alex T. Paschal/apaschal@saukvalley.com at 6-foot-3, 220 pounds.

Dixon senior Connor Sperling (top) is entering his fourth year as a varsity wrestler His main position was with one goal on his mind: bring home a state medal from Champaign. defensive end, with some Dixon head coach Chris Another game that sticks and fast as everyone,” wide receiver snaps Sperling said. “Now at Bishop noted Sperling’s in my mind is the Winanticipated as well.

220, I might be a little bit ability to escape from the nebago game. We put In the Dukes’ first weaker, especially with bottom position will be game, against Burlington up 50-some points and the key to his season. still lost [65-50]. I know I the broken foot. I might Central in Week 2, Sperhave lost some muscle “When he gets to some ling made a tackle on the could have done somemass. Agility-wise, I’m of those larger 220 guys, final play of the first half, thing if I was out there, he’s going to feel it when and found himself on the but what happened, hap- going to be a lot faster than a lot of the 220 guys. he’s on the bottom,” pened.” bottom of a pile of playBishop said. “That’s the No surgery was deemed They just want to do ers. His left foot didn’t reason I think the biggest necessary; Sperling’s foot all upper-body and not get through the play take shots. If I can use adjustment is going to was in a cast for about 8 unscathed. my agility and get some be getting out of there. weeks, and it has a ways The result: three broquick outside shots, I We can’t sit underneath to go before it returns to ken metatarsal bones, can use that to my those guys and let them normal. He estimated it a sprained ankle, and advantage.” wear us out.” about 50 percent healthy, a permanent spot on though it hasn’t stopped the sideline the rest of him from getting on the the season. In Week 3, wrestling mat once the the Dukes lost 95-21 to season began.

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Indianapolis Houston Jacksonville Tennessee

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Cincinnati Pittsburgh Baltimore Cleveland

W 9 6 4 2

Denver Kansas City Oakland San Diego

W 9 6 5 3

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PA 212 228 257 287

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PA 260 234 299 257

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Carolina Atlanta Tampa Bay New Orleans

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Minnesota Green Bay Chicago Detroit

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PF 241 287 243 204

PA 267 273 274 261

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PA 205 234 279 339

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Sunday’s games Arizona at St. Louis, noon Seattle at Minnesota, noon Jacksonville at Tennessee, noon San Francisco at Chicago, noon N.Y. Jets at N.Y. Giants, noon Atlanta at Tampa Bay, noon Houston at Buffalo, noon Baltimore at Miami, noon Cincinnati at Cleveland, noon Denver at San Diego, 3:05 p.m.

Kansas City at Oakland, 3:05 p.m.

Carolina at New Orleans, 3:25 p.m.

Philadelphia at New England, 3:25 p.m.

Indianapolis at Pittsburgh, 7:30 p.m.

Monday’s game Dallas at Washington, 7:30 p.m.

College football Big Ten West Conf.

8-0 6-2 6-2 3-5 2-6 2-6 1-7

NOTRE DAME 84, ILLINOIS 79 NOTRE DAME (5-2) Beachem 3-8 0-0 9, Jackson 6-10 6-8 21, Auguste 6-13 4-7 16, Vasturia 9-14 0-0 21, Colson 2-4 0-0 4, Torres 0-0 0-0 0, Ryan 1-2 0-0 3, Farrell 2-5 6-7 10. Totals 29-56 16-22 84.

ILLINOIS (3-5) Lewis 3-6 0-0 7, Black 1-7 0-0 2, Hill 6-10 5-5 19, Morgan 3-6 0-0 6, Nunn 5-16 1-2 13, Tate 0-1 0-0 0, Coleman-Lands 5-11 0-0 14, Jordan 1-2 0-0 3, Finke 5-7 2-2 13, Austin 1-5 0-0 2. Totals 30-71 8-9 79.

Halftime–Illinois 41-33. 3s–Notre Dame 10-20 (Jackson 3-4, Vasturia 3-5, Beachem 3-6, Ryan 1-2, Colson 0-1, Farrell 0-2), Illinois 11-29 (ColemanLands 4-10, Hill 2-3, Nunn 2-11, Jordan 1-1, Finke 1-1, Lewis 1-1, Austin 0-2).

Rebounds–Notre Dame 35 (Auguste 14), Illinois 33 (Black, Nunn 7). Assists–Notre Dame 13 (Auguste, Jackson 4), Illinois 15 (Tate 6). Fouls–Notre Dame 14, Illinois 20.

IOWA 78, FLORIDA ST. 75, OT FLORIDA ST. (4-2) Bojanovsky 3-5 5-6 11, Bacon 5-16 1-1 11, Beasley 8-17 2-2 20, Rathan-Mayes 6-15 1-2 15, Brandon 1-3 2-2 4, Cofer 1-2 0-0 2, Bookert 2-7 0-0 5, Bell 0-1 0-0 0, Mann 1-4 1-2 3, Koumadje 0-0 0-0 0, Smith 2-6 0-0 4. Totals 29-76 12-15 75.

IOWA (5-2) Uthoff 5-14 4-5 15, Woodbury 3-5 5-5 11, Clemmons 4-9 2-5 10, Gesell 4-8 1-2 10, Jok 8-20 5-6 24, Wagner 1-1 0-1 2, Ellingson 0-2 0-0 0, Uhl 2-4 2-2 6, Baer 0-1 0-0 0. Totals 27-64 19-26 78.

Halftime–Florida St. 32-31. End Of Regulation–Tied 63. 3s–Florida St. 5-23 (Beasley 2-6, Rathan-Mayes 2-8, Bookert 1-5, Bacon 0-4), Iowa 5-21 (Jok 3-9, Gesell 1-2, Uthoff 1-4, Baer 0-1, Uhl 0-1, Clemmons 0-2, Ellingson 0-2). Rebounds–Florida St. 49 (Bojanovsky 11), Iowa 42 (Woodbury 10). Assists–Florida St. 16 (Bookert 6), Iowa 15 (Clemmons 4). Fouls–Florida St. 22, Iowa 17.

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE

Today’s game Green Bay at Detroit, 7:25 p.m.

Iowa Northwestern Wisconsin Nebraska Illinois Minnesota Purdue

NBA | BULLS 99, NUGGETS 90

Wednesday’s box scores

AMERICAN CONFERENCE

Overall 12-0 10-2 9-3 5-7 5-7 5-7 2-10

Big Ten East Conf. Overall Michigan St. 7-1 11-1 Ohio St. 7-1 11-1 Michigan 6-2 9-3 Penn St. 4-4 7-5 Indiana 2-6 6-6 Rutgers 1-7 4-8 Maryland 1-7 3-9 Saturday’s game • Big Ten Championship, Michigan St. vs.

Iowa, at Indianapolis, 7 p.m. (Fox)

MAC West Conf. Overall Toledo 6-1 9-1 N. Illinois 6-1 8-3 Cent. Michigan 5-2 6-5 W. Michigan 5-2 6-5 Ball St. 2-5 3-8 E. Michigan 0-7 1-10 Friday’s game • MAC Championship, Bowling Green vs.

N. Illinois, at Detroit, 7 p.m. (ESPN2) Saturday’s Top 25 schedule • ACC Championship, No. 1 Clemson vs.

No. 8 North Carolina, at Charlotte, 7 p.m.

• SEC Championship, No. 2 Alabama vs.

No. 18 Florida, at Atlanta, 3 p.m.

• Big Ten Championship, No. 4 Iowa vs. No. 5 Michigan State, at Indianapolis, 7 p.m.

• Pac-12 Championship, No. 7 Stanford vs. USC, at Santa Clara, Calif., 6:45 p.m.

• Texas at No. 12 Baylor, 11 a.m.

• American Atheltic Championship, No. 20 Temple at No. 17 Houston, 11 a.m.

AP Top 25 Record Pts Pv 1. Clemson (53) 12-0 1,511 1 2. Alabama (8) 11-1 1,469 2 3. Oklahoma 11-1 1,367 5 4. Iowa 12-0 1,345 3 5. Michigan St. 11-1 1,318 6 6. Ohio St. 11-1 1,197 8 7. Stanford 10-2 1,137 13 8. North Carolina 11-1 1,085 11 9. Notre Dame 10-2 1,022 4 10. Florida St. 10-2 951 14 11. TCU 10-2 927 15 12. Baylor 9-2 842 7 13. Northwestern 10-2 711 17 14. Oklahoma St. 10-2 699 9 15. Oregon 9-3 616 18 16. Mississippi 9-3 584 19 17. Houston 11-1 571 21 18. Florida 10-2 566 10 19. Michigan 9-3 518 12 20. Temple 10-2 269 25 21. Utah 9-3 244 NR 22. Navy 9-2 206 16 23. LSU 8-3 199 NR 24. Southern Cal 8-4 189 NR 25. Wisconsin 9-3 124 NR Others receiving votes: Georgia 47, W. Kentucky 24, BYU 20, Arkansas 17, Memphis 9, South Florida 9, Tennessee 9, Washington St. 8, Mississippi St. 4, UCLA 4, San Diego St. 3, Arkansas St. 2, Toledo 1, West Virginia 1.

Men’s basketball Big Ten schedule Wednesday’s results Michigan St. 71, Louisville 67 Penn St. 67, Boston College 58 Wisconsin 66, Syracuse 68 OT Duke 94, Indiana 74 Iowa 78, Florida St. 75 OT Notre Dame 84, Illinois 79 Friday’s game St. Francis (PA) at Maryland, 6 p.m.

Saturday’s games Binghampton at Michigan State, TBA E. Michigan at Penn St., 11 a.m.

Seton Hall at Rutgers, 11 a.m.

Temple at Wisconsin, 11:30 a.m.

Houston Baptist at Michigan, 1 p.m.

Abilene Christian at Nebraska, 1 p.m.

New Mexico at Purdue, 1:15 p.m.

Western Carolina at Illinois, 2 p.m.

UMKC at Iowa, 2 p.m.

South Dakota at Minnesota, 2 p.m.

SIU-Edwardsville at Northwestern, 2 p.m.

Virginia Military Institute at Ohio State, 3:30 p.m.

Morehead State at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Top 25 schedule Wednesday’s results No. 3 Michigan State 71, No. 24 Louisville 67 No. 7 Duke 94, Indiana 74 No. 13 Gonzaga at Washington St. Wisconsin 66, No. 14 Syracuse 58 OT No. 16 Vanderbilt 102, Detroit 52 Butler 78, No. 17 Cincinnati 76 No. 18 Texas A&M 75, Florida Gulf Coast 65 No. 22 SMU 75, TCU 70 No. 23 Providence 89, Hartford 66 No. 25 Baylor 80, Prairie View 41 Today’s games No. 1 Kentucky at UCLA, 8 p.m.

No. 6 Oklahoma vs. Central Arkansas, 7 p.m.

Friday’s games No. 2 Maryland vs. St. Francis (Pa.), 6 p.m.

No. 15 Oregon vs. UNLV at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas, 10 p.m.

Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 12 7 .632 — Boston 10 8 .556 1½ New York 9 10 .474 3 Brooklyn 5 13 .278 6½ Philadelphia 1 19 .050 11½ Southeast Division W L Pct GB Miami 10 6 .625 — Atlanta 12 9 .571 ½ Charlotte 10 8 .556 1 Orlando 10 8 .556 1 Washington 7 9 .438 3 Central Division W L Pct GB Cleveland 13 5 .722 — Indiana 11 5 .688 1 Chicago 11 5 .688 1 Detroit 10 9 .526 3½ Milwaukee 7 12 .368 6½

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Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 15 4 .789 Memphis 11 8 .579 Dallas 11 8 .579 Houston 8 11 .421 New Orleans 4 15 .211 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 11 7 .611 Utah 8 8 .500 Minnesota 8 10 .444 Portland 7 12 .368 Denver 6 13 .316 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 20 0 1.000 L.A. Clippers 10 8 .556 Phoenix 8 11 .421 Sacramento 7 12 .368 L.A. Lakers 3 15 .167 Wednesday’s results L.A. Lakers 108, Washington 104 Golden State 116, Charlotte 99 Detroit 127, Phoenix 122, OT New York 99, Philadelphia 87 Chicago 99, Denver 90 Houston 108, New Orleans 101 Toronto 96, Atlanta 86 San Antonio 95, Milwaukee 70 Indiana at L.A. Clippers, late Today’s games Oklahoma City at Miami, 6 p.m.

Denver at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Orlando at Utah, 8 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 8:30 p.m.

Indiana at Portland, 9 p.m.

Boston vs. Sacramento at Mexico Mexico, 9 p.m.

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Wednesday’s box score

BULLS 99, NUGGETS 90 DENVER (90) Gallinari 5-15 2-4 13, Faried 7-10 0-2 14, Jokic 3-6 0-0 7, Mudiay 2-13 0-2 4, Foye 1-5 2-2 5, Lauvergne 3-13 4-4 11, Nelson 0-2 0-0 0, Arthur 6-10 1-2 13, Barton 6-12 3-4 16, Miller 1-2 0-0 2, Hickson 2-5 1-2 5.

Totals 36-93 13-22 90.

CHICAGO (99) Snell 2-6 0-0 6, Mirotic 1-2 0-0 3, Gasol 12-19 2-4 26, Rose 3-17 6-8 12, Butler 5-16 8-8 19, Noah 3-5 3-4 9, Brooks 0-3 2-3 2, McDermott 5-9 0-0 11, Gibson 4-8 0-0 8, Moore 1-4 0-0 3. Totals 36-89 21-27 99.

Denver 21 25 26 18 — 90 Chicago 28 23 17 31 — 99 3s–Denver 5-15 (Jokic 1-1, Lauvergne 1-1, Foye 1-3, Gallinari 1-3, Barton 1-3, Nelson 0-1, Miller 0-1, Mudiay 0-2), Chicago 6-17 (Snell 2-3, Moore 1-2, Mirotic 1-2, McDermott 1-3, Butler 1-4, Brooks 0-1, Rose 0-2). Rebounds–Denver 54 (Faried 9), Chicago 71 (Gasol 19). Assists–Denver 26 (Mudiay 7), Chicago 22 (Rose 9). Fouls– Denver 22, Chicago 17.

NHL EASTERN CONFERENCE

Atlantic Division W L OT Pts GF Montreal 19 4 3 41 90 Detroit 13 8 4 30 61 Ottawa 12 7 5 29 78 Boston 13 8 1 27 73 Florida 11 9 4 26 63 Tampa Bay 11 11 3 25 59 Buffalo 10 12 3 23 58 Toronto 8 12 5 21 57 Metropolitan Division W L OT Pts GF N.Y. Rangers 17 6 3 37 75 Washington 17 5 1 35 75 N.Y. Islanders 14 8 4 32 74 Pittsburgh 14 8 2 30 57 New Jersey 12 10 2 26 57 Philadelphia 10 10 5 25 49 Carolina 8 12 4 20 50 Columbus 10 16 0 20 61

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Central Division W L OT Pts GF Dallas 19 5 1 39 88 St. Louis 15 7 3 33 66 Nashville 13 7 4 30 64 Chicago 13 9 3 29 68 Minnesota 12 7 4 28 65 Winnipeg 12 12 2 26 73 Colorado 10 14 1 21 73 Pacific Division W L OT Pts GF Los Angeles 15 8 1 31 60 San Jose 14 10 0 28 67 Arizona 13 10 1 27 67 Vancouver 9 9 8 26 70 Anaheim 9 11 5 23 51 Calgary 9 14 2 20 60 Edmonton 8 15 2 18 62 Note: Two points for a win, one point overtime loss.

Wednesday’s results N.Y. Islanders 2, N.Y. Rangers 1, SO Winnipeg 6, Toronto 1 Boston at Edmonton, late Tampa Bay at Anaheim, late Today’s games Colorado at N.Y. Rangers, 6 p.m.

New Jersey at Carolina, 6 p.m.

Washington at Montreal, 6:30 p.m.

Chicago at Ottawa, 6:30 p.m.

Arizona at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Florida at Nashville, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Friday’s games Arizona at Buffalo, 6 p.m.

Philadelphia at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Florida at Columbus, 6 p.m.

St. Louis at N.Y. Islanders, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Dallas at Edmonton, 8 p.m.

San Jose at Anaheim, 9 p.m.

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Pau delivers potent punch Gasol’s double-double sparks Bulls to win vs. Nuggets

BY BRIAN SANDALOW AP Sports Writer

CHICAGO – Pau Gasol had 26 points and 19 rebounds to lead the Chicago Bulls to a 99-90 win over the struggling Denver Nuggets on Wednesday night.

Gasol shot 12-for-19 from the field and had his fifth consecutive double-double for Chicago, which won for the third time in four games and improved to 7-1 at home. Jimmy Butler, playing through a lingering right heel contusion, scored 19 points in 39 minutes.

Derrick Rose finished with 12 points on 3-for17 shooting.

Will Barton scored 16 points and Kenneth Faried had 14 points and nine rebounds as Denver lost its eighth straight.

The Nuggets, who finished shooting 39 percent from the field, led 72-68 heading to the fourth quarter after limiting Chicago to 17 points in the third.

Chicago regained the lead for good at 82-79 with 7:37 left on Doug McDermott’s 3-pointer.

Denver fell behind by eight but cut the lead to four on J.J. Hickson’s

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Bulls center Joakim Noah (13) hangs on the rim after a dunk as Nuggets center Joffrey Lauvergne (77), forward Will Barton (5), forward Darrell Arthur (00) and forward Danilo Gallinari (8) watch during the first half of Wednesday’s game in Chicago. dunk with 2:22 left. Chicago then rebuilt its lead and salvaged the win after outscoring the Nuggets 31-18 during the fourth, including 12 from Gasol.

Joakim Noah came off the bench and added nine points and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, who played most of the

game without Nikola Mirotic after he suffered a concussion and facial laceration during the first quarter. Mirotic was defending in the lane when he took an inadvertent right elbow to the face from a driving Emmanuel Mudiay, sending him to the floor.

Mirotic, who had

three points and two rebounds, left the game immediately and went to the locker room for observation where he received stitches The Bulls led 51-46 at halftime. Gasol made his first six shots and ended the half with 12 points, while Faried’s 10 led the Nuggets.

COLLEGE HOOPS | ACC/BIG TEN CHALLENGE

Irish rally past Illini in Champaign Hawkeyes outlast Seminoles in OT; Badgers knock off Syracuse No. 3 Michigan State 71, No. 24 Louisville 67:

By the Associated Press

Steve Vasturia and Demetrius Jackson scored 21 points apiece to bring Notre Dame back from an 8-point halftime deficit to beat Illinois 84-79 on Wednesday.

The Fighting Irish (5-2) spoiled the reopening of Illinois’ recently renovated State Farm Center with the win in the ACC-Big Ten Challenge.

Notre Dame had lost two of three coming into the game and had fallen out of the Associated Press Top 25. But a 3-pointer from Vasturia with 1:54 to play put Notre Dame up 72-62.

Illinois rode tough defense and the energy of the first night back in its campus arena to a 41-33 halftime lead. But the Illini (3-5) went cold from the floor in the second half.

Malcolm Hill led Illinois with 19 points, while Kendrick Nunn had 13 points and seven rebounds.

Zach Auguste added 16 points with 14 rebounds for Notre Dame.

Iowa 78, Florida State 75, OT: Peter Jok scored

24 points, including a 3 with 25 seconds left in overtime, and Iowa rallied

Denzel Valentine had 25 points, and Bryn Forbes scored a season-high 20 to help No. 3 Michigan State come back to win in East Lansing, Mich.

The Spartans (8-0) trailed by as much as 13 in the first half, and took their first lead with 6:47 left.

Valentine later made a tiebreaking 3-pointer, set up Deyonta Davis for an alley-oop dunk, and connected on a shot in the lane to put MSU up 65-58 with 1:54 remaining.

No. 7 Duke 94, Indiana 74: Freshman Brandon

AP Ingram scored a seasonIllinois’ Leron Black (12) fights for the ball between best 24 points, and No. 7 Notre Dame’s Demetrius Jackson (11) and Steve Vas- Duke won at home.

Troy Williams scored 17 turia (32) on Wednesday at the State Farm Center. points, Yogi Ferrell had Notre Dame won 84-79.

15, and James Blackmon to beat Florida State in Wisconsin 66, No. 14 Jr. finished with 14 for the Syracuse 58, OT: Nigel Hoosiers (5-3).

Iowa City.

Jarrod Uthoff added Hayes had 15 points and Penn St. 67, Boston Col15 with eight rebounds 12 rebounds, converting a lege 58: Shep Garner hit for the Hawkeyes (5-2), three-point play to break 8-of-12 3-point shots and which won its third a tie in overtime, and Wis- finished with a careerconsin won on the road. straight at home. high 30 points, carrying ( 5 - 3 ) , visiting Penn State to vicFlorida State tied it at W i s c o n s i n 71 on a Boris Bojanovsky improved to 63-60 over- tory over Boston College. tip-in with 2:02 left. But all against ranked teams Dennis Clifford led the Jok got free in the corner under Bo Ryan. Ethan Eagles (3-4) with 17 points. and drilled a 3 that gave Happ led the Badgers with A.J. Turner scored 15 as BC 18 points and 15 rebounds. lost its fourth straight.

Iowa a 74-72 lead.

Cook, Beathard both good at limiting INTs CLASH

CONTINUED FROM B1

Cook shook off a pair of picks in the Cotton Bowl on Jan. 1, engineering a 21-0 fourth-quarter rally that beat high-flying Baylor 42-41.

“He throws really accurate balls, especially in the times when they really need them,” Iowa linebacker Cole Fisher said.

Cook’s career numbers are astounding: 71 TD passes, just 19 interceptions, and a 4-1 record against top-10 teams. A win over Iowa would cap a brilliant Big Ten career, and put Cook among the best to play in the league in recent memory.

“Going back from 2013, we’ve won a lot of games.

We’ve played in a lot of big-time games, and we’ve had a lot of great

AP

Michigan State quarterback Connor Cook has had plenty of success in big games throughout his career. moments,” Cook said.

The same can’t be said for Beathard, a junior who spent 2013 and 2014 as a backup to Jake Rudock, now at Michigan. Beathard’s only postseason exposure came in garbage time of an embarrassing bowl loss to Tennessee – a day after Cook took down Baylor.

But since then, Beathard has joined recent Heisman Trophy winners Jameis Winston and Cam Newton in a select group of quarterbacks who’ve started their careers 13-0.

Beathard won at Purdue in his only 2014 start.

Beathard also beat a pair of ranked teams on the road, including a 30-point

win at Northwestern when he could barely run because of a groin injury.

Beathard is 31 of 47 passing for 436 yards and three TDs in the fourth quarter this season. He also has a pair of fourthquarter rushing TDs, and none of his three picks have come inside an opponent’s 20-yard line.

“Very impressed with their quarterback,” Michigan State coach Mark Dantonio said. “I think C.J. Beathard makes plays, makes good decisions, obviously hasn’t thrown [many] interceptions.”

Dantonio could have just as easily been describing Cook.

In fact, the feeling from both Michigan State and Iowa is that they’ll have their hands full Saturday trying to stop quarterbacks who simply know how to win.

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Steve Spurrier, a Heisman Trophy winner and football guru, said, “I don’t want to coach too far into my 60s. By then, I’ll be playing golf four or five times a week.”

At the bridge table, you might have the choice of bidding a four-card or a five-card suit.

Look at today’s North hand.

After partner opens one club, would you respond one diamond or one spade?

In the old days, responder always bid the longest suit first. If partner had a four-card major, he would show it and a 4-4 fit would not be missed. These days, showing the major first is in vogue. A columnist recommended bidding one spade, not one diamond, with that North hand.

As you can guess, I disagree.

I think bidding the major first is right if two criteria are satisfied: The responder has below game-invitational values and a good-quality major. This hand, with 10 points, two aces and a five-card suit, is worth a

game-invitation. And that is not such a great spade suit. In this admittedly constructed deal, if North responds one spade, South will raise to two spades (which might be with only threecard support and a singleton somewhere), and what would North do then? Probably three diamonds, but it isn’t clear-cut with only four spades. If North bids one diamond, South will rebid one spade, and four spades will be reached.

Note that four spades by North fails after East leads the heart queen. The defenders take one spade, two hearts and one club. But four spades

by South is makable. West’s best lead is the club queen.

Declarer wins with dummy’s ace, takes the two top trumps, then plays on diamonds, discarding a heart on the fourth round. He loses only one spade, one heart and one club. © 2015 UFS

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS U.S. Bank National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Oscar Barona; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 15 CH 00055 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 11/2/2015, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 1/14/16 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PIN 14-09-06-378-006 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1248 Street, Nachusa, IL 61057

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Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale.

The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 7949876. Please refer to file number 14-1420566.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE FIFTEENTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT LEE COUNTY - DIXON, ILLINOIS

U.S. Bank National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Oscar Barona; et. al.

DEFENDANTS 15 CH 00055 NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S SALE OF REAL ESTATE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on 11/2/2015, the Sheriff of Lee County, Illinois will on 1/14/16 at the hour of 10:00AM at Lee County Courthouse 112 East Second Street Dixon, IL 61021, or in a place otherwise designated at the time of sale, County of Lee and State of Illinois, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 6, 7, 8 AND 9 IN BLOCK 13 IN THE TOWN OF NACHUSA, ALL SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF LEE AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. PIN 14-09-06-378-006 Improved with Single Family Home COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 1248 Market Street, Nachusa, IL 61057 Sale terms: 10% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the auction; The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds, is due within twentyfour (24) hours. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

If the property is a condominium and the foreclosure takes place after 1/1/2007, purchasers other than the mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4).

If the property is located in a common interest community, purchasers other than mortgagees will be required to pay any assessment and legal fees due under the Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee or the Mortgagee's attorney.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser shall receive a Certificate of Sale, which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the real estate after Confirmation of the sale. The successful purchaser has the sole responsibility/expense of evicting any tenants or other individuals presently in possession of the subject premises.

The property will NOT be open for inspection and Plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the Court file to verify all information.

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: Codilis & Associates, P.C., 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100, Burr Ridge, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876. Please refer to file number 14-14-20566.

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ESTATE OF MAKENZIE R. RUTHERFORD, Deceased.

15 P 29 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is hereby given of the death of MAKENZIE R. RUTHERFORD. Letters of Office were issued on the 1st day of September, 2015, to STEVEN R. RUTHERFORD, as Administrator, and whose attorneys are MERTES & MERTES, P.C., 4015 East Lincolnway, Suite D, Sterling, IL 61081.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of the Clerk of Court, Lee County Courts Building, 309 South Galena Avenue, Dixon, Illinois 61021, or with the Personal Representative, or both, within six (6) months from the date of publication of this notice or three (3) months from the date of mailing or delivery of this notice, whichever is later, to Claimants and any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the Representative and to the Attorney within ten (l0) days after it has been filed.

Dated this 16th day of November, 2015 STEVEN R. RUTHERFORD Personal Representative MERTES & MERTES, P.C. Attorneys for Estate 4015 East Lincolnway, Suite D Sterling, IL 61081 Telephone: (815) 626-1500 Telefacsimile: (815) 626-1516 Nov. 19, 25, Dec. 3, 2015 Renovation Work at AFC Jr/Sr High School and AFC Elementary School AFC Jr/Sr High School 611 Western Ave Ashton, IL 61006 AFC Elementary 217 South Elm ST Franklin Grove, IL 61031 Bids will be received for all Renovation Work.

Sealed Bids will be received until 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 15, 2015 at the AFC School District office and will be publicly opened and read aloud at that time. Contractors are required to survey the existing conditions prior to bidding.

Bidding Documents are on file for reference at the following locations.

Bidding Documents may be secured from the office of the Architect. Plans and Specifications are available for download at www.rljarch.com under “Bidders” Bidders may secure up to 2 sets of bidding documents by submitting a non-refundable check for $50.00 per set, or $60.00 per set if documents are to be mailed. Bids shall be submitted in duplicate on forms issued by Architect. A performance and payment bond for the full amount of the Contract will be required of the successful bidder. All cost associated with the bond shall be included in the bid amount.

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American Energy Savers “Sauk Valley's Oldest & Best Seamless Gutter Company” Always Flow Seamless Gutters Call Dan Maloney 815-288-4525

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TV Repair

TELEVISION IN HOME REPAIR 30 YEARS EXPERIENCE! Work on all Brands & Models Old or New Serving the Sauk Valley and More Call Ron for a free quote at 815-561-0011 Dixon, IL

Water Softeners The Softener Man Repair on all makes & models Service Call Special $19.95 Over 30 years experience 815-323-1622

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Estate Cleanups PHONE 815-622-0240

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MOBILE HOMES FOR RENT

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Proceed with caution in calling 900 phone numbers. All phone numbers prefixed by “900” are charged to the CALLER. Charges may be assessed on a “per minute” basis rather than a “per call” basis.

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RNs-LPNsCNAs NEEDED. Aperion Care of Amboy is currently seeking experienced RNs or LPNs for our skilled nursing facility in Amboy, IL. Previous experience as an RN or LPN is preferred and you MUST have an active Illinois nursing license to apply.

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Please apply in person to our facility located at 15 W. Wasson Road, Amboy, IL 61310 or apply online at www.aperion care. com

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CDL DRIVER NEEDED Rock River Cartage is a family owned flatbed carrier. $55,000$60,000 a year.

We offer 401K, Health Ins.,and home every night.

Must have 2 years experience.

800-892-9587 Janitor opening in Dixon area.

Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - 5:30 pm. Call Denny at 815-732-2126 between 7:30 a.m. and 3:30 p.m.

PLEASE APPLY ONLY IF YOU CAN PASS A CRIMINAL CONVICTION BACKGROUND CHECK. EOE Looking for Part time housekeepers No Phone Calls!

Apply at Super 8, 1800 S. Galena Ave., Dixon.

Part time office position must have good customer service skills and be able to work Saturdays.

Apply in person at Dixon Glass, 414 W. 1st St., Dixon.

Waitresses wanted at Brothers Inn Restaurant in Lanark. Apply in person. 815-493-2555

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Sauk Valley Media does not knowingly accept advertising which is in violation of the law. Likewise, we do not knowingly accept advertising which is fraudulent or has malicious intent.

While we attempt to screen advertising with potential fraud, it is impossible to screen all potential problems.

We strongly encourage our readers to exercise caution and common sense, when particularly dealing with companies with which you are not familiar.

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NO INDIVIDUAL, unless licensed or holding a permit as a childcare facility, may cause to be published any advertisement soliciting a child care service.* A childcare facility that is licensed or operating under a permit issued by the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services may publish advertisements of the services for which it is specifically licensed or issued a permit. Sauk Valley Media strongly urges any parent or guardian to verify the validity of the license of any facility before placing a child in it's care. *Family homes that care for no more than three (3) children under the age of twelve or which receive only children from a single household, for less than 24 hours per day, are exempt from licensure as day care homes.

The three children to whom this exemption applies includes the family's natural or adopted children and any other persons under the age of 12 whether related or unrelated to the operator of the day care home. (DCFS Rule, Part 377.3 (c))

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ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES 705 I Buy: Antiques, collectibles, toys, post cards, etc.

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SPORTING GOODS

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PETS & PET SUPPLIES 775

TICKETS / TRAVEL 787 & EVENTS

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WARNING ADS FOR FREE PETS Your beloved pet deserves a loving, caring home. The ad for your free pet may draw response from individuals who will sell your animal for research or breeding purposes.

Please screen respondents carefully when giving an animal away.

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Only licensed ticket brokers may legally advertise, negotiate and execute the sale of ticket(s) for any amount over what is printed upon the face of ticket.

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SNOWBLOWERS 782

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2005 Nissan 4wd truck, $6,000 815499-7060

VANS

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2001 Dodge Ram B1500, runs great, very clean, 74k actual mi., $4,200 815-535-7011

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94 Buick Century Front end has damage, possible fix or for parts 160k mi. Many new parts. $625 815-289-6890

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