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Deer to be culled after wasting disease detected Forest Preserve District Board approves request

By LAUREN LEONE–CROSS lleonecross@shawmedia.com BRAIDWOOD – Twenty deer will be culled in the Kankakee Sands Preserve in Braidwood, where one deer was found to have chronic wasting disease, following the approval Thursday from the Forest Preserve District of Will County Board of Commissioners.

The approval follows the Illinois Department of Natural Resources’ request earlier this month that the county cull additional deer in the area to control the spread of fatal disease.

The degenerative neural disease could threaten the deer population in the area if allowed to spread for several years, IDNR experts have said.

The board’s unanimous decision Thursday to cull the deer in the region goes along with state policy, which requires the agency to remove as many deer as possible to maintain herd health and reduce the threat of spreading

BY BILL WIMBISCUS JOLIET – Tommy James & the Shondells are going to break some hearts this Valentine’s Day – just not with their music.

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after tissue samples on 21 deer in December tested positive for the disease.

The culling would occur at Kankakee Sands and adjacent preserves located south of Illinois Route 113 and west of the Kankakee River.

While chronic wasting disease has not been detected in Will County previously, deer in adjacent counties have tested positive for the disease, while 10 cases of the disease have been found in Grundy County.

Sharpshooters with the district’s Deer Management Program will be responsible for culling the 20 deer.

The Department of Natural Resources website reports 408 cases of chronic wasting disease among Illinois deer since 2003.

Other counties next to Will with cases of chronic wasting disease include: Kane, 15; Kendall, 1; and DuPage, 1.

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ON THE COVER Police officers and members of the Will County Sheriff’s office work at the scene Thursday where two women were shot in the 300 block of Emery Avenue in Romeoville.

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Police hold four people for questioning in attack; no arrests made

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com

• Friday, February 14, 2014

ROMEOVILLE – Police Thursday afternoon were questioning four people being held in the investigation of the shooting of a mother and her teenage daughter earlier in the day.

The two women were shot in the head and neck. They were taken to area hospitals, and their conditions were not known as of late Thursday afternoon.

No arrests have been made in the case. Police described the people being questioned as “persons of interest” but none of them had been identified as suspects in the case.

Police picked up the four people being questioned during an extensive manhunt of the neighborhood where the shooting occurred. Schools throughout Romeoville, including the local campus of Joliet Junior College, were on lockdown during the search as a precaution. Police said there was no connection between the shooting and the schools.

One man is believed to have been involved in the shooting that happened at about 7 a.m. while the two women were in the car outside their house in the 300 block of Emery Avenue.

They were shot by a man who ran from the scene, Police Chief Mark Turvey said.

“The 33-year-old mother and her 15-year-old daughter were sitting in their car when a man came up and shot them and fled on foot,” Turvey said.

The younger woman was shot in the head and her mother was struck in the neck. Both were transported to Adventist Bolingbrook Hospital and later airlifted to Loyola Medical Center in Maywood.

Their assailant was seen running west along 135th Street after the shots were fired, which brought police to the residential neighborhood.

Police cordoned off the area and searched the subdivision.

One man was arrested after

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A police officer runs through a nearby yard not far from the scene where two women were shot Thursday in the 300 block of Emery Avenue in Romeoville.

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fleeing from police a short time later, but was not connected to the shooting.

“He had an outstanding warrant and thought they were looking for him,” Turvey said.

Area schools were placed on lockdowns as a precaution, but the shooting was not connected to any nearby school, Turvey said.

Officers from the Will-Grundy Major Crimes Task Force were investigating while a police canine tried tracking the suspect.

Romeoville Police Chief Mark Turvey talks to media Thursday after two people were shot in the 300 block of Emery Avenue in Romeoville.

The four “persons of interest” were taken into custody and taken to the Romeoville

Police Department.

“They are being questioned in reference to their possible

involvement in this incident,” police said in a statement late Thursday afternoon.

The Valley View School District announced that a “soft lockdown” was put in place after the shooting and ended about 9:30 a.m.

A statement from the school district said middle school students had been relocated to the Romeoville Recreation Center and were being bused back to school after the lockdown ended.

“In most cases, elementary school students were held on buses,” the statement said.

Joliet Junior College at about the same time lifted a lockdown at its Romeoville campus. Students earlier had been advised not to come to classes during the lockdown.

But classes resumed later in the day.

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Still don’t have a Valentine’s Day gift?

Last-minute Romeos are a boon to local businesses this time of year

By BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com

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OLIET – Waiting until the last minute to pick up your Valentine’s Day candy and flowers?

You’re certainly not alone.

“People don’t buy their gifts in advance. I think unlike Christmas there’s no hiding spots for candy,” said Kristine Collins, co-owner of Dan’s Homemade Candies, which has locations at 229 E. Cass St. and 1003 Plainfield Road in Joliet and 11400 Lincoln Highway in Mokena.

Valentine’s Day is “by far” the candy shop’s busiest day of the year, Collins said.

Chocolate is easily the most popular candy and the traditional heart-shaped box is the biggest seller.

“It is still more men [coming in] on Valentine’s Day, but 20 years ago, it was exclusively male. Now there’s actually a pretty good mix,” the candymaker said.

Some guys still come in for a quick purchase and rush out the door, but a handful of customers have arranged for Dan’s to pack jewelry in the center of the box. While carats will cost more than caramel up front, it means Collins sacrifices a few dollars for romance.

“We charge on what candy is inside, not the box. So there is a little less to eat when they give jewelry,” Collins admitted.

Dan’s business slows down soon after every holiday, but a number of discount hunters pop up in the days after Valentine’s Day every year to look for products that have been marked down, Collins said.

Valentine’s Day also is the busiest single day for Gail Jerbi at Joliet Floral Co., 330 Republic Ave., although the week leading up to Mother’s Day sees more floral deliver-

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Shorewood resident Ray Vallejo looks over the selection of different candy available Thursday at Dan’s Homemade Candies in Joliet. Vallejo likes to shop at the business for the holidays, including Valentine’s Day, Easter and Christmas. ies overall.

“We close at 5 p.m., but on Valentine’s Day we’re usually here until 7 and plenty of customers come in,” Jerbi said.

Most of the Valentine’s Day customers are men and red roses are the most popular item. Some boyfriends and husbands plan ahead more and order online, Jerbi said, but you get more flowers for your dollars by dealing with the shop directly instead of picking a bouquet from a floral network.

Feb. 15 also is a very busy day for the florist.

“There are a lot of apology cards and also [customers] asking if we’ll take the heat

on being a day late,” Jerbi said. Jerbi allows tardy Romeos to slander her business with “They didn’t bring them? What’s the matter with that place?” with the understanding they remember who covered for them the next year.

About five men raise the bar for everyone by ordering four or five dozen roses each year and the shop takes plenty of orders from men sending bouquets with identical messages to more than one woman at the same time.

Joliet Floral Company does not take anonymous orders because of stalking concerns and if a recipient calls about

an unsigned card, they will identify who bought them.

Jerbi has received flowers from her husband before, but believes he knows she gets a little flowered-out for Valentine’s Day. Red is overwhelmingly the most popular color for lingerie at Lover’s Lane, 979 Brookforest Ave. in Shorewood, but pink is also “hot.”

“Love kits” with massage oils and lotions are the best-selling product around Valentine’s Day, according to Regional Sales Manager Jenny Silva.

“Women come in by themselves early in the month when they’re planning

Valentine’s Day. Couples come in together just before and guys are here at the very end,” said Stacey, a longtime employee.

Whether someone’s shopping with their partner or on their own, Stacey sees a lot of “compromise” in selecting gifts.

“A guy will say ‘I’d like to see her in this, but she won’t like it’ and a girl will say ‘I’d like this, but he’d rather see me in something else,’ ” she said. “The key is confidence with whatever you get.”

“Because it’s Valentine’s Day. It’s supposed to be fun and passionate,” Silva agreed.

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Will County still can’t settle on new rules for open burning

By FELIX SARVER fsarver@shawmedia.com JOLIET – Will County board members Thursday were unable to agree on a controversial proposal to regulate open burning more tightly in unincorporated county areas.

The public health and safety committee debated the matter for nearly an hour, but board members decided to table a proposed ordinance setting restrictions on open burning until the next committee meeting.

It would be the second time this year that board members decided to continue discussing the ordinance at the committee level after it failed to pass at several county board meetings in the past two months. Board member Jim Moustis, R-Frankfort, said the proposed ordinance, which has caught the attention of many vocal residents, had been revised and discussed for at least three years.

The committee Thursday considered a revised version of the proposed ordinance shown to the full board Jan. 16. The proposal would not allow fires less than 300 feet from any school, park, hospital, nursing home or residence of a person with a chronic respiratory disease.

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Proposed open burning restrictions in Will Co. n Fires shall be located not less than 300 feet from any school, park, hospital, nursing home and/or residence of a person with chronic respiratory disease. n Forest preserves, designated conservation areas and agricultural properties are exempt from the 300 feet restriction. n Burning shall be allowed between April 1 and May 15, as well as between Sept. 15 and Nov. 15. Controlled burns for agricultural purposes, habitat reclamation, firefighter training, designated conservation areas and recreational fires are exempt.

rule. Burning would only be allowed for two periods during the year – between April 1 and May 15, and between Sept. 15 and Nov. 15.

Board member Charles Maher, R-Naperville, and Moustis said they did not agree with keeping open fires 300 feet away from certain buildings and people with respiratory issues.

“Why not just go to court?

Because to make a law for one or two people or three people that are going to be problematic with their neighbors … that’s not our job as a government body,” Maher said.

Board member Beth Rice, D-Bolingbrook, said she wanted a solution to the leaf burning problem but disagreed this ordinance would only apply to a few people who have spoken against it.

“We’re not considering this because of one or two people who show up at our meetings,” she said. “We’re considering this because of concerns about what that air

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Moustis said he could support limiting the days or length of time fires could last throughout the year. Board member Don Gould, R-Shorewood and committee vice chair, said it would be hard to enforce keeping fires away from people with respiratory issues because people move all the time.

County resident Maraline Mattke, who has been outspoken with the board on leaf burning issues, spoke against several of the arguments made by board members toward the end of the meeting. She said leaf burning is deadlier and more toxic than burning wood because of the mold in the leaves.

“I’m asking you to put in this ordinance not because of me … but I am asking you to think about the vast majority of the people that can’t make it to these meetings,” she said. “The parents of asthmatic children [and] the senior citizens.”

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Pace bus collision troducing victim identified Intr

BY BRIAN STANLEY bstanley@shawmedia.com ROMEOVILLE – The Will County Coroner’s Office has identified the man who died Wednesday in a crash with a Pace bus.

Ahmad A. Bader, 67, of Oak Forest, was identified as the man who died from the accident and had to be extricated from his vehicle.

Bader was driving a Kia Rio eastbound on Renwick Road just west of Weber Road about 9:15 a.m.

Police said the Kia crossed into the westbound lanes

where it was struck head-on by a Pace minibus. The Kia then struck a Ford Fusion.

The Fusion driver, the bus driver and the only bus passenger were treated and released at Presence Saint Joseph Medical Center.

Bader had to be extricated from his car by Lockport Township firefighters. He was pronounced dead at 12:09 p.m. at Presence Saint Joseph.

An autopsy performed Thursday determined Bader died due to injuries from the crash, the coroner’s office said.

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ordered that Schumaker be returned to his job. As of Thursday, Schumaker was not yet reinstated, and it is not known whether he would return to work under the terms of the settlement.

Officials at AFSCME 31 and the Illinois Labor Relations Board could not be immediately reached Thursday for comment.

The lawsuit was part of multiple events that led to former Executive Director Garrett Peck’s resignation, and public distrust with the park district board majority of President Peter Hurtado, Vice President Janet Silosky and Commissioner Peter Steinys.

The charges in the lawsuit stem from allegations that Schumaker, who worked as an employee of the park district’s maintenance department, was harassed and eventually fired Nov. 1 because he

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was involved with recruiting employees into a union.

The lawsuit, filed on behalf of Schumaker by AFSCME Council 31, stated that Peck and Interim Executive Director Gene Coldwater interrogated Schumaker and fellow employee John Nickl on Aug. 15 about their involvement with forming a union and talking to media.

On Aug. 23, Peck disciplined Schumaker for soliciting an employee about the union. Schumaker was then assigned different duties Sept.

3 and terminated from his position Nov. 1, the lawsuit stated.

The Illinois Labor Relations Board found the park

district guilty of the charges after the district’s counsel, David Miller from Rock Fusco & Connelly, LLC, failed to respond within 15 days of the Nov. 26 complaint for hearing.

Miller filed a motion for leave to file a late answer Dec. 23 for the park district because he said it was unclear whether the complaint meant 15 business days or regular days.

The labor relations board denied the motion and issued a default judgment in favor of AFSCME Council 31. It ordered the park district to reinstate Schumaker to his original position with all responsibilities and backpay for the time he spent unemployed from the district.

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PLAINFIELD – State Rep. Tom Cross, R-Oswego, is introducing legislation to reshape the Plainfield Township Park District Board of Commissioners.

The legislation is the latest twist in an ongoing controversy over actions taken by a new board majority since they took office nearly a year ago.

On Thursday, park officials said they had reached a legal settlement in another controversy, the alleged firing of a worker for union activities.

Earlier this week, the Plainfield Township board issued a vote of no confidence in the park board to show its dissatisfaction.

Cross’ attempt to change the makeup of the board takes the controversy to the state level.

“Some of those board members are out for themselves,” said Mike Mahoney, a spokesman for Cross. “We’re going to try to break up the majority.”

Cross has scheduled a con-

ference call for Friday with media regarding the legislation. He will also release a statement about the lawsuit Friday morning, according to Mahoney.

On Wednesday, when the Plainfield Township board unanimously approved its vote of no confidence, Supervisor Tony Fremarek said, “We’re drawing a line in the sand because we’re concerned about our shared senior programs.”

The township and park district mutually fund all senior programs.

The settled lawsuit involved former maintenance department employee Joel Schumaker, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Council 31 and the Illinois Labor Relations Board.

“I can confirm an agreement has been reached, but I still haven’t seen it yet,” Director of Communications Doug Booth said Thursday afternoon, adding that he couldn’t comment on specifics.

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The Low Income Pet Population Program will provide a voucher to struggling Grundy County residents to help pay for their pet’s sterilization.

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quired to pay a $15 co-pay,” said June Krull, director of animal control.

The program is open to Grundy County residents who are currently receiving disability benefits or food stamps, Krull said. The pet also must have rabies shots and tags to qualify.

Animal control has set aside about $70,000 for the program. The money was collected through a public safety fee charged to owners whose pets were found running at large.

If the pet was not spayed or neutered, the fee was $25. Sterilized pets were given a pass the first time, but also were charged $25 if they were found a second time, Krull said.

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June Krull Grundy County Animal Control director lected and saved the fees for the low-income program since 2005.

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Krull said. “We chose to keep the money here.”

Animal control has partnered with several animal clinics throughout the county that will accept the vouchers and provide the procedures for low-income owners.

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“It’s best to have it done around six months of age.”

Female cats and dogs in heat are also highly likely to get pregnant as males can smell them from “miles and miles away.”

She added that paying for a sterilization can actually save owners money in the long run because their pets are less likely to develop health issues and need visits to the vet.

“As long as you’re not wanting to breed them, and have purebred puppies, then it’s just the best practice for your pet’s health.”

THE HERALD NEWS JOLIET – The Zonta Club of Joliet will hold its annual fundraiser Sunday at Patrick Haley Mansion.

“The Zonta Club of Joliet’s annual fundraiser supports

local and international Zonta charities,” local Zonta President Mardi Wunderlich said in an announcement. “This year’s local recipient is Will County Habitat for Humanity.”

The event begins at 11 a.m. with cocktails, and lunch will

be served at noon. Tickets are $65 and are still available.

The Patrick Haley Mansion is located at 17 S. Center St., Joliet.

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Zonta International was formed in 1919 and is headquartered in Oakbrook. There are more than 33,000 members in over 1,200 clubs in 65 countries.

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The Coal City Fire Protection District was called at 5:42 p.m. Wednesday to 685 N. First St. in Carbon Hill for the possible basement fire, according to a news release from the dis-

“Crews did a great job, working hard to keep the fire in one area of the home,” Deputy Chief Jim Seerup said in the news release.

He also reminded everyone that “during these cold times to use proper heating techniques when thawing pipes such as hot water or electrical heaters and not use open flame sources.”

The Coal City fire district was assisted by Wilmington, Braidwood, Morris, Gardner, Braceville and Manhattan fire departments. One person was treated and released at the scene.

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CHICAGO – A Joliet man is being held on $1 million bond after being charged with first-degree murder.

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Donald Panarese set the bail for Tramian Barnes, 18, of the 400 block of South May Street on Wednesday, according to the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office.

Barnes is charged with murdering a 19-year-old man who was the passenger of a vehicle he was driving.

Barnes was driving with the victim Jan. 20 on the 4300 block of North Milwaukee Avenue at approximately

10:20 p.m. when he shot the victim in the abdomen and right arm with a handgun, according to a Chicago Police Department news release.

The victim ran to the intersection of North Milwaukee Avenue and West Cullom Avenue, where police and emergency medical services attended to him.

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Karen M. Eubanks (nee Whalen ), Age 67 passed away Wednesday Jeannette went February 12, 2014 at Presence St. home to be with the Joseph Hospital in Joliet. Late of Patricia Ann “Pat” Eccleston (Nee: Lord on February 10, Romeoville, formerly of Joliet.

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Ulysses Turner, adoptive parents Sharon Newlin and Becky Walley Life Member and Member at Large also numerous nieces, nephews Jack and Susie Moore and brothers; of the VFW Ladies Auxiliary. Pat Aldean, Burell, and Douglas Veasy. other relatives and friends. She is enjoyed attending district meetings in death by her parents MARGARET E. BISPING at various VFW Posts, marching in preceded She leaves to cherish her Leo and Josephine Whalen; two parades, but mostly enjoyed memories daughters; Cynthia Henry Born: November 7, 1926; brothers Edward and Hal Whalen. attending her grandchildren's Green Garden Twp. and Jaclyn Allen, granddaughter; Visitation Tuesday 3 to 9 p.m. at the sporting events.

Ariel Snider, sister; Carol Patterson, Died: February 10, 2014 Anderson Memorial Chapel, 606 Preceded in death by her parents Townhall Dr. in Romeoville. Funeral and brother; Paul Veasy.

William Henry and Dorothy Margaret E. Bisping (nee Schafer) Services celebrating her life will Wednesday February 19, 2014 10 (Kimball) Moellering and an infant born November 7, 1926 in Green be Sunday, February 16, 2014 a.m. at the funeral home chapel. sister. beginning with visitation 3pm- 6pm. Garden Twp. and passed February Interment to follow resurrection Survived by her children Thomas, Homegoing 6pm at Mt. Zion Baptist 10, 2014. Margaret worked at Cemetery in Romeoville.

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Church, 402 Singleton Place Joliet, Michael and Christopher (Kristin); Survived by her children Donald IL Pastor David G. Latimore (815) 886-2323 grandchildren Joshua (Brittany) • Continued on page 15 (Joan), Dianne (Nader) Mohebbi, officiating. Internment Monday, Rogowski, Justin and Caitlyn Dennis (Jill) and Dale (Sharon); 7 February 17, 2014 10:00am at Eccleston; a great-granddaughter grandchildren, Dawn (Jason) Woodlawn Memorial Park, Joliet, Avery Rogowski and a brother Gersich, Brian (Laura), Eric IL. RHONDA J. William Moellering.

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Richards St. (815) 723-1283 Three great grandchildren, Braden, VFW National Home of Just Animals Shelter in Mazon, IL or Shiba Inu Kellisyn, and Keri; sister EmRose Rescue Association would be Rhonda J. Guildeszoph (LeRoy) Clement, Brother George (Splitgerber), Age 56, of New Lenox, Schafer, sister-law Doralena Mann. appreciated.

A Memorial Gathering celebrating passed away on Wednesday, Preceded in death by husband Daryl Pat's life will be held Saturday, February 12th, 2014 at Silver Cross MARY ANN BAJT R. Bisping, sons Daryl Jr. and February, 15th from 6:00pm until Hospital in New Lenox.

Died: February 12, 2014; Lockport Darwin. time of Memorial Service 7:00pm Rhonda is survived by her loving Visitation Saturday, February 15, at the West Chicago VFW Post 2014 from 9:00-11:00 AM at the Mary Ann “Tippy” Bajt, nee #6791, 431 N. Neltnor Blvd., West Madarik, passed away Wednesday, Vandenberg Funeral Home, 19604 Chicago.

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February 12, 2014 at her home in Zubcic, Wendi Jo ~ Sign guest book at: Interment to follow at Elmhurst Lockport. www.oneilfuneralhome.com In loving memory of our Cemetery.

She is survived by her daughter Arrangements by: In lieu of flowers, please make Mary Frances; sister-in-law Joyce daughter who would have donations to the Sunny Hill Nursing Madarik, special niece Doris M. been 38 years old today.

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Remembering you on nieces and nephews. She was For information on services preceded in death by her husband your special day. contact 708-479-1210 or Francis J. Bajt; her parents Joseph Rest in peace little Angel! www.vandenbergfuneralhome.com and Mary (Suca) Madarik; six brothers Emil, Joseph Jr. (late Love, Mom Emma), John (late Paula), Valentine (late Ione), Elmer (late Nancy), and Andrew (Joyce) Madarik; and three sisters Magdalen (late Frank) Jurkovich, Irene (late Hershell) Doris Marie Jackinowski Carlton, and Agnes (late Herman) 2-14-48 - 12-8-02 Ziesmer.

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JOYCE STROM Born: October 15, 1932; Joliet, IL Died: February 12, 2014; Oskaloosa, IA Joyce Strom, 81 of New Sharon passed away Wednesday, February 12, 2014 at the Mahaska Health Partnership Hospice Serenity House in Oskaloosa. Funeral services will begin at 2:00 pm Saturday, February 15, 2014 at the HollandCoble Funeral Home in New Sharon.

Burial will be held in the Friends Cemetery in New Sharon. Visitation will begin after 12:00 pm Friday, February 14, 2014 at the funeral home with the family present from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the American Heart Association or the MHP Hospice Serenity House. Friends may sign the online guestbook at www.hollandcoblefuneralhomes.com.

Holland-Coble Funeral Home of New Sharon is in charge of arrangements.

Joyce Teresa Strom, daughter of Frank and Helen (Dockendorf) Kachelhoffer, was born on October 15, 1932 in Joliet, IL. She graduated from Joliet Township Central High School with the class of 1950. She worked at Standard Oil Company in Lockport, IL. On November 11, 1953, Joyce was united in marriage to Floyd Strom in Joliet, IL. To this union two children were born, Mike and Teresa. Floyd and Joyce moved to New Sharon in 1987 after retirement. Joyce enjoyed fishing, bowling, playing cards and baking.

She was a member of the Prairie Knolls Country Club and Red Hat Society.

Her memory is honored by, her son Michael (Sandra) Strom of Joliet, IL; her sister-in-law, Alice

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In Comcast deal, victor not necessarily a winner

By BERNARD CONDON The Associated Press NEW YORK – There’s nothing like a bidding war to turn the stock of a lackluster company into a star.

Shareholders of Time Warner Cable, which has been losing video customers, are big winners after rival Comcast agreed to buy the company for a nice premium.

Whether Comcast owners will see any benefit is less certain.

For owners of Time Warner Cable, it’s been a year of profitable courtships. Before Comcast swept in, another Time Warner Cable rival, Charter Communications, made several sweetened offers for the struggling company, helping boost its stock 67 percent in the past 12 months.

“The premiums have built over time,” says analyst Nick Del Deo of MoffettNathanson Research, despite what he calls “lackluster results.”

Time Warner Cable lost 833,000 video customers last year, after dropping nearly a million the previous two years. It’s a “turnaround project,” said would-be buyer Charter last month.

Time Warner Cable apparently agrees, with its chief financial officer calling last year’s results “dismal.”

The company recently unveiled a $3.7 billion spending program to upgrade its network and attract more customers.

To which the optimists retort: Bad results leave plenty of room for improvement. In that sense, they are good.

Some financial analysts noted Thursday that the greater heft of a combined Comcast-Time Warner Cable would help drive sales of “triple-play” packages.

Those packages combine Internet, cable and phone service.

A bigger company would also give the company move leverage in negotiating deals over how much to pay Disney, Viacom and other content providers.

Comcast forecasts it can cut $1.9 billion in various costs over three years.

And there’s the rub.

Del Deo of MoffettNathanson says such savings are equivalent to 10 percent of Time Warner Cable’s costs, an ambitious target.

The projected savings are no small matter.

Including the savings, Comcast’s $45 billion deal values Time Warner Cable at about 6.7 times Time Warner Cable’s projected annual cash flow, a reasonable valuation.

If you don’t count the savings, Comcast’s offer values Time Warner Cable at a much richer 8.2 times.

In the deal, Comcast is paying $158.82 per share for Time Warner Cable, about 17 percent above that stock’s Wednesday closing price of $135.31. On Thursday, Time Warner Cable’s stock rose 7 percent to $144.81.

As for Comcast, investors were less enthusiastic.

All the bullish talk about the deal may turn out to be correct.

But so far, the stock is sinking. On Thursday, Comcast fell 4 percent to $52.97.

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Ruth Louise Jessen (nee Stanersen), age 88 died at Sunny Hill Nursing Home on Thursday, February 6, 2014 surrounded by her family at her side. Ruth was born in Minocqua, Wisconsin, but lived in Joliet for most of her life.

Ruth was preceded in death by her mother, Evelyn Stanersen; her father Albert Stanersen; and her husband Lawerence.

Ruth is survived by her five children; JoAnne (Ron) Bloom, Larry L. Jessen, Stanley (Karen) Jessen, Terri (Grant) Goolsby and Gail (John) Randich; 11 grandchildren: Susanne (Randall) Taylor, Julie (Jason) Andersen, Betsy (Angelo) Scivetti, Gabriel Jessen, Sean Jessen, Aimee (Matt) Delaney, Ryan (Catherine) Goolsby, Kirk (Irene) Goolsby, Nick (Amy) Goolsby, John (Nikki) Randich Jr. and Thomas (Tori) Randich; 23 greatgrandchildren: Justin and Ryan Taylor; Cooper and Nolan Andersen; Gianna, Eliana and Francesca Scivetti; Amber, Taylor and Shelby Jessen; Isabella, Jenna Kyleigh, Catlin, Karina, Kirk Jr., Lainey, Cole and Carter Goolsby; Nicholas Martinez; Gabriella and Liliana Randich; and 1 great-great granddaughter Kandice Jessen.

Also survived by her sister Lola (Bill) Swinford and her brother Lewis (Lou) Stanersen.

After graduating from Joliet Township High School (Central) in 1943, with a desire to help others, she entered Silver Cross Hospital's School of Nursing, from which she graduated in 1946. She was employed at Silver Cross Hospital, U.S. Steel and retired from Dr. Amin Khater's medical practice. Larry and Ruth were married for 56 years and enjoyed their summers in Grand Junction, Michigan and winters in Casa Grande, Arizona.

The family would like to extend their heartfelt appreciation to the staff of Sunny Hill Nursing Home and the Joliet Area Community Hospice for their gentle care of Ruth in her final weeks, days and hours.

They loved Ruth dearly and took such excellent care of her, even up to her final moments and beyond.

Words cannot express our gratitude for the care, dignity and respect that was given to mom.

Memorial services will be held at the Carlson-Holmquist-Sayles Funeral Home, 2320 Black Road, Monday, February 17, 2014, 11:00 AM with Deacon Tammy Beltgen

w, A , IL; he Hudson of New Sharon; three grandchildren, Eric (Nadia) Strom of Morris, IL, Joshua Strom of Cody, WY and Jacob Strom of Worth, IL; three great grandchildren, Eric Strom Jr., Isabella Strom and Harlow Strom; one brother, Donald (Doris) Kachelhoffer of Land O' Lakes, WI and several nieces, nephews and friends.

Joyce was preceded in death by her parents, Frank and Helen Kachelhoffer; her husband, Floyd Strom on August 10, 2010; her daughter, Teresa Strom Keto; two brothers, Frank Kachelhoffer Jr. and Patrick Kachelhoffer and one sister, Helen Worland.

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STATE Groups clash over Obama library bid

By JASON KEYSER The Associated Press CHICAGO – Barack Obama’s journey from community organizer to lawmaker to president was also a journey through several different Chicagos, from the city’s isolated and neglected Far South Side to its elite centers of political and social power.

So it’s perhaps no surprise that the contest to host his presidential library has set off some classic Chicago infighting between activists in depressed neighborhoods and wealthy universities.

The library is “such a prize that nobody is going to yield power to anybody else,” veteran Chicago political analyst Don Rose said.

The squabble also puts Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Obama’s former chief of staff, in the difficult position of trying to present a single, unified bid, lest the feuding weaken the city’s

odds against rival campaigns to put the library in New York or Hawaii.

No fewer than six potential Chicago bids have emerged, each backed by different interests.

The main point of tension is between the University of Chicago, where Obama spent 12 years as a constitutional law professor until his 2004 election to the U.S. Senate, and a group advocating for Bronzeville, the city’s historic center of black culture, business and politics.

“They think that they can get whatever they want,” Bronzeville organizer Harold Lucas said of the university.

“If you compare the cranes in the sky and that opulent growth of this university to the surrounding, predominantly African-American community, it’s a travesty. It’s a clear tale of two cities.”

Lucas and other critics of the university’s bid say the school has been secretly work-

STATE BRIEFS Chicago spends entire yearly snow budget

Ex-inmate: Sangamon jail staff attacked him

CHICAGO – The city of Chicago has already used its entire snow removal budget for the year – and then some.

The Chicago Sun-Times reports the city’s already spent $25 million for snow removal. That’s $4.5 million over budget.

Kelley Quinn is a spokeswoman for the city’s Office of Budget and Management. She says the streets “will remain plowed and passable,” adding “we will not let the city grind to a halt.”

The city spent $20.5 million on snow removal efforts last year and had the same amount budgeted for 2014. But in 2013, only 20 inches of snow fell. This winter, more than 62 inches of snow has fallen at O’Hare International Airport. About 23 inches of that has fallen since New Year’s Eve.

SPRINGFIELD – A former inmate says officers at Sangamon County Jail attacked him with pepper spray and a stun gun while he was suffering an epileptic seizure.

In a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday, Richard E. Haley Jr. says staff at the jail in Springfield knew he suffered from chronic epilepsy and provided him medical attention during previous seizures.

But the lawsuit says he was attacked during a seizure in March 2013. According to the complaint, Haley was unresponsive or unconscious during the seizure.

It alleges officers attacked him after Haley failed to respond to their orders to leave his cell.

According to the suit, he was left handcuffed in a wheelchair.

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“It’d be great for the area. It’s not just the history. There’s so much here.”

Christina English Bronzeville resident ing its White House connections at the expense of a plan that would benefit more of the city and honor the black community’s role in electing the nation’s first black president.

For its part, the university says it wants to work with neighbors on a plan to build the library off-campus in a part of the South Side where it can spur development. A university spokesman declined to comment beyond the school’s previous statements.

Lucas argues that the library would have more economic punch in Bronzeville, where it would be closer to

downtown and where the city has repeatedly sought to launch large-scale redevelopment, most recently by buying up land as part of an Olympics bid that ultimately failed.

One of those plots, a lakefront site once home to the Michael Reese Hospital, remains undeveloped and would be perfect, Lucas said. It would also boost efforts to preserve historical landmarks and develop tourism, he said.

Bronzeville resident Christina English was showing two friends from Cleveland around the neighborhood Friday, admiring the immaculate brownstones lining Martin Luther King Drive and stopping at a popular lunch spot.

“It’d be great for the area,” English said. “It’s not just the history. There’s so much here.”

Emanuel, who is leaving nothing to chance despite his own Obama connection, announced in a newspaper inter-

view last month that he wanted a single bid for Chicago.

Lucas said Bronzeville will go around the mayor and take its appeal directly to the president.

There are also two potential bids on the Far South Side, one led by Chicago State University and the other by a group promoting the historic Pullman neighborhood. It was in those areas that Obama established his earliest roots in the city as a community organizer in the mid-1980s, setting up job training programs and defending the rights of public housing tenants.

The University of Illinois at Chicago, on the Near West Side, is also taking a shot, as is a real-estate developer pushing the former U.S. Steel Corp. site on the southeast lakefront.

The Far South Side is a longshot given its distance from downtown, lack of transportation options and the gang violence that persists there.

Cook County morgue gets new cooler, hires workers

By DON BABWIN The Associated Press CHICAGO – Cook County’s morgue opened the doors of its brand-new $1.4 million cooler to news crews Thursday – a move designed to send the message that the embarrassing stories of bodies stacked haphazardly and stillborn babies tossed together into boxes in a rundown cooler were a thing of the past.

With television and newspaper cameras in tow, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said the gleaming new cooler is one component of a shake-up of the medical examiner’s office she

launched in 2012 after national news accounts, complete with photographs, revealed a host of problems, including a disorganized operation, overworked staff and antiquated equipment.

“I’ve seen some of the pictures that were released in the media, and I can tell you that’s not going to happen,” said Dr. Stephen Cina, the chief pathologist who was hired in 2012 after Dr. Nancy Jones retired amid the news reports.

Further, addressing the reports about the treatment of stillborn babies, Cina made a point of pointing to “stainless steel cubbies” where fetal remains will be stored indi-

vidually “with dignity and respect” in the new cooler, which replaces a 30-year-old model.

Preckwinkle and Cina touted a host of other improvements at the office, including the hiring of more than 20 investigators and technicians and funding to hire a couple dozen more employees.

They also said the office’s old record-keeping system will soon be replaced by a $900,000 digital case-management system that will make it far easier to keep track of the 5,000 cases the office handles and the 3,000 autopsies its pathologists conduct every year.

By STEPHEN BRAUN The Associated Press

contract systems analyst, has denied that he stole computer passwords or tricked some co-workers into giving him their passwords. The NSA letter suggested Snowden tricked at least one co-worker and copied the employee’s password without his knowledge.

The civilian NSA worker told FBI investigators last June that he allowed Snowden to use an encrypted digital key known as a Public Key Infrastructure certificate to gain access to classified information on NSANet, the agency’s computer network. The system connects into many of the NSA’s classified databanks. The memo said that

Debt limit saves Republicans from showdown with Obama

previously Snowden had been denied access to the network.

After the co-worker entered his secure PKI password, Snowden “was able to capture the password, allowing him even greater access to classified information,” Bauman told lawmakers. He said the civilian NSA employee was not aware that Snowden intended to reveal any classified information. It was not clear from the memo how much classified information Snowden had collected before using the co-worker’s password.

Last month, Snowden denied either stealing or using trickery to gaining access to

Man gets life for killing, burying body in cement The ASSOCIATED PRESS

By DONNA CASSATA The Associated Press WASHINGTON – Republicans’ new acquiescence to letting the government pile up more debt with no strings attached paid double political dividends: It spared the GOP another politically debilitating showdown with President Barack Obama and also forced Democrats to cast votes that rivals immediately used against them in this year’s midterm elections.

The GOP’s top priority is maintaining its House majority and seizing control of the Senate, and the political strategy is to keep it simple – talk incessantly about Obama’s unpopular health care law and avoid cataclysmic fights like the one that led to last fall’s 16-day partial government shutdown.

That largely rules out the contentious issue of overhauling the nation’s immigration laws.

Both House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., convinced many in their GOP caucus to accept legislation lifting the nation’s borrowing authority with no concessions from the Obama administration. Gone

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House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio speaks during a news conference Feb. 6 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Republicans’ new acquiescence to letting the government pile up more debt with no strings attached spared them another politically debilitating showdown with President Barack Obama while forcing Democrats to cast votes that rivals immediately used against them in the campaign for November. were demands for the Keystone XL pipeline, repeal of the health care law and even a popular plan to reverse the pension cut for working-age military retirees.

Republicans wanted to avoid the drama of a possible default and the political fallout from last year’s government shutdown.

Facing a Feb. 27 deadline from the Treasury, they acted swiftly, realizing that there was no negotiating with the White House or Democrats

on the issue. Boehner, who has often struggled with his fractious caucus, including a strong lineup of tea partyers, got grudging respect from conservatives.

“I think it’s always better to have something that is straightforward than smoke and mirrors,” said Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., who didn’t like the idea of attaching the military retiree provision to the debt limit bill. He added that Boehner was better off with his final strategy.

the NSA’s network.

“I never stole any passwords, nor did I trick an army of co-workers,” Snowden said during a public question and answer session on the “Free Snowden” website.

The NSA suspended the co-worker’s access to secure data and in November, revoked his security clearance.

The NSA informed the employee it planned to fire him and he resigned instead in January, Bauman said.

A U.S. military employee and a private contractor also lost their access to classified data, but Bauman’s letter did not disclose what lapses they might have committed.

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A former reporter became friends with twin brothers through the world of fantasy card and role-playing games, and it was a set of $100,000 collectible cards that led one of the brothers to kill the journalist and bury his body in a concrete-covered pit. The other brother helped cover up the crime.

Both were sentenced Thursday.

W i l l i a m Cormier III was convicted of first-degree murder and given life in prison without parole for William beating Sean Cormier III Dugas to death with a hammer and burying him in a concrete-covered pit in Georgia in 2012. Cormier’s twin, Christopher, pleaded no contest to charges of helping his brother move the body. He was sentenced to 15 years.

Prosecutors said Cormier III was so desperate for money that he killed Dugas so he could steal his collection of cards, some of which featured artwork of dragons, birds and islands, for the

game “Magic: The Gathering.”

Dugas worked as a multimedia and crime reporter for the Pensacola News Journal from 2005 to 2010.

He was known for his long dreadlocks, vintage clothing and quirky personality.

“Bohemian, eclectic, unique, free spirit, all these words were used to describe Sean. The most important word to me was son. He was my only son,” said his father, Christopher Dugas.

Dugas’ mother sobbed as she told the judge about her son during the sentencing phase. She clutched a picture of her son, as she had the entire trial.

“I despise the fact that his supposed friends could hurt him like this. You must make sure they never hurt anyone else,” Lois Jones said.

Dr. Cassie Boggs, an assistant medical examiner from the Georgia Bureau of Investigation, said during the trial that Dugas was in a fetal position in the storage container surrounded by sheets, a plastic tarp, air fresheners and spray foam used to seal cracks in walls.

His body had to be cut from the bottom of the plastic bin because of the layer of concrete on the top.

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WASHINGTON – Former National Security Agency analyst Edward Snowden gained access to at least some classified documents he later disclosed by copying a password from a co-worker who has since resigned, the NSA reported to Congress. Snowden has previously said he did not steal any passwords.

The unnamed civilian employee who worked with Snowden resigned last month after the government revoked his security clearance, according to a letter that NSA legislative director Ethan L.

Bauman sent this week to the House Judiciary Committee.

A military employee and a private contractor also lost their access to NSA data as part of the continuing investigation, Bauman said.

Bauman’s memo, dated Monday, provides some of the first details about what authorities said they have learned about how Snowden retrieved so many classified documents before passing them to news organizations. Top U.S. national security officials have acknowledged they do not know how many files Snowden took before he fled the U.S. to seek refuge in Russia.

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Facebook offers new gender options White House sees longer wait for Afghan agreement

By MARTHA MENDOZA The Associated Press MENLO PARK, Calif. – You don’t have to be just male or female on Facebook anymore.

The social media giant has added a customizable option with about 50 different terms people can use to identify their gender as well as three preferred pronoun choices: him, her or them.

Facebook said the changes, shared with The Associated Press before the launch on Thursday, initially cover the company’s 159 million monthly users in the U.S. and are aimed at giving people more choices in how they describe themselves, such as androgynous, bi-gender, intersex, gender fluid or transsexual.

“There’s going to be a lot of people for whom this is going to mean nothing, but for the few it does impact, it means the world,” said Facebook software engineer Brielle Harrison, who worked on the project and is herself transitioning from male to female.

By JULIE PACE The Associated Press

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Facebook software engineer Brielle Harrison demonstrates expanded options for gender identification Wednesday at her company’s Menlo Park, Calif., headquarters.

On Thursday, while watchdogging the software for any problems, she said she was also changing her Facebook identity from Female to Trans Woman.

“All too often transgender people like myself and other gender nonconforming people are given this binary option, do you want to be male or female? What is your gender?

And it’s kind of disheartening

because none of those let us tell others who we really are,” she said. “This really changes that, and for the first time I get to go to the site and specify to all the people I know what my gender is.”

Facebook, which has 1.23 billion active monthly users around the world, also allows them to keep their gender identity private and will continue to do so.

WASHINGTON – The White House is dropping its insistence that Afghanistan sign a crucial security pact within weeks, suggesting it could be willing to wait to see whether Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s successor might be easier to work with in deciding how many U.S. and international troops remain in Afghanistan when combat concludes at the end of the year.

Karzai further exacerbated tensions with Washington on Thursday by releasing 65 accused militants from a former U.S. prison near Kabul. The American military angrily denounced the move, saying the men are Taliban fighters who will likely return to the battlefield to kill coalition and Afghan forces.

Even before the prisoner release, a U.S. official said the White House has not ruled out waiting until after Afghani-

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Subtract Years. from N.J. bridge traffic jam The ASSOCIATED PRESS EDGEWATER, N.J. – A traffic jam deliberately orchestrated by members of Gov. Chris Christie’s staff that caused days of gridlock in northern New Jersey appeared not to lead to anyone’s death or seriously c o m p r o m i s e Chris Christie their medical care, according to a comprehensive review by The Associated Press of five hours of emergency dispatch audio, interviews and dozens of pages of call logs.

The lack of life-or-death consequences reflects good fortune, not good planning.

It would have been impossible for anyone responsible to have predicted that such exasperating traffic would not cause serious emergencies

for police, firefighters and paramedics. But the AP’s real-world findings could affect the political repercussions for Christie, a presumptive Republican presidential candidate in 2016.

The AP’s review sought to identify any emergency situations within a roughly 5-mile radius of the bridge closings where a person’s life or urgent medical care appeared to have been directly endangered by stalled response times attributable to the traffic jams – and whoever was responsible for them.

The review doesn’t suggest who was ultimately responsible for ordering the two lanes closed on the George Washington Bridge.

The 911 records, obtained over several weeks through public records requests, included reports of chest pains, traffic collisions, false fire alarms and a dead goose in a parking lot.

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stan’s April elections to see if a new leader will finalize the bilateral security agreement Karzai stubbornly refuses to sign. The official said President Barack Obama has not yet decided whether to wait that long, adding that doing so comes with increased risks and complications for the U.S. military.

American-led combat operations in Afghanistan will end on Dec. 31, but the U.S. is seeking to keep up to 10,000 troops on the ground for counterterrorism and training missions.

But without a signed security agreement setting conditions for the American forces, the White House has said it will remove all U.S. troops at the end of the year.

The White House had hoped Karzai would sign the bilateral security agreement by the end of last year. When that deadline passed, administration officials repeatedly said a deal needed to be signed within “weeks, not months.”

The ASSOCIATED PRESS BRUSSELS – Belgian lawmakers voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to extend the country’s euthanasia law to children under 18.

The law empowers children with terminal ailments who are in great pain to ask to be put to death by their doctor if their parents agree and a psychiatrist or psychologist certifies they are conscious of what their choice signifies.

It has wide public support,

but was opposed by some pediatricians and the country’s Roman Catholic clergy.

As House of Representative members cast their ballots and an electronic tally board lit up with enough green lights to indicate the measure would carry, a lone protester in the chamber shouted “assassins!”

Hans Bonte, a Socialist, said no member of the House hopes the law will ever be made use of. But he said all Belgians, including minors, deserved the right to “bid

farewell to life in humane circumstances” without having to fear they were breaking the law.

The 86-44 vote in the House, with 12 abstentions, followed approval by the Senate in December.

Laurent Louis, an independent House member who opposed the legislation, said the majority of his colleagues were violating the natural order.

“A child is to be nutured and protected, all the way to the end, whatever happens,”

Louis said. “You don’t kill it.”

Another House member, Catherine Fonck, said the legislation was riddled with flaws and didn’t address the possibility that one parent may favor euthanasia while the other is opposed.

All 13 proposed amendments seeking changes in the bill were defeated.

Daniel Bacquelaine, a physician and leader of the centrist Reform Movement, said it is wrong to think life and death questions should be reserved for adults.

He stressed that the law imposed no obligations, and that no child, family or doctor would be forced to apply it.

The law will go into effect when signed by King Philippe.

The Belgian monarch is not expected to oppose the measure, said Jean-Jacques De Gucht, a co-sponsor.

Belgium’s euthanasia law, passed in 2002, previously applied only to legal adults.

The neighboring Netherlands allows euthanasia for children as young as 12, providing their families agree.

By JOSHUA GOODMAN The Associated Press CARACAS, Venezuela – A hard-line leader of Venezuela’s opposition dropped out of sight amid media reports Thursday that an arrest order had been issued charging he incited violence at anti-government protests that resulted in three deaths.

Leopoldo Lopez was last heard from Wednesday night at a news conference where he vowed that demonstrations against President Nicolas Maduro’s 10-month-old government would continue.

Allies dismissed any notion the Harvard-educated former mayor was lying low. They said Lopez was at his home in Caracas trying to verify the authenticity of a judge’s order that purportedly authorizes his arrest on charges including conspiracy, murder and terrorism. A leaked copy of the order was published in the newspaper El Universal.

Lopez’s backers also denounced an attempt by armed military intelligence officers to search the offices of his Popular Will party Thursday, calling it an effort to intimidate members. Lawyers for the party turned the officers away because they didn’t have a warrant.

Chief federal prosecutor Luisa Ortega made no mention of an arrest order for Lopez in statements to the media Thursday, although several Cabinet officials denounced him as the “mastermind” of what they

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A student holds up a sign Thursday that reads in Spanish “And who has the weapons?” as she shouts slogans against Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro to protest Wednesday’s killing of Bassil Da Costa, at the Alejandro Humboldt University where he studied in Caracas, Venezuela. called a strategy to replicate the unrest that preceded the 2002 coup that briefly removed President Hugo Chavez from power.

Amid swirling rumors of an impending crackdown on dissent, Venezuela’s two political camps traded blame for violent clashes Wednesday that began when a group of pro-Maduro vigilantes roared up on motor-

cycles and fired guns at a small crowd of demonstrators who had been sparring with police.

Some 200 students held a peaceful sit-in vigil in a Caracas plaza Thursday demanding justice for 24-year-old Bassil Da Costa, who was killed during the mayhem with a bullet wound to the head.

Cabinet officials accused Lopez and a “fascist” conspir-

acy with links to right-wing elements in the U.S. with trying to destabilize the country and oust Maduro from power two months after his party’s candidates prevailed by a landslide in mayoral elections.

In Washington, the U.S. State Department denied it had any involvement in Venezuela’s politics.

Lopez’s allies blamed the violence on the government.

They charged that security forces acting on the president’s orders stood by while pro-government militia members attacked the small group of student protesters, who lingered downtown after thousands of other Maduro opponents went home after a demonstration.

Lopez, the leader of a splinter faction of the opposition alliance challenging what he considers the meek leadership of two-time presidential candidate Henrique Capriles, has vowed to remain on the streets.

But analysts and even some members of the opposition question whether that strategy, known as “The

Exit,” for the hashtag used on social media to mobilize the more than 10,000 people who turned out for Wednesday’s protest, could end up strengthening Maduro’s hand and undermine two years of steady electoral gains by the opposition.

While Venezuela’s economy is sinking deeper every day, the moment hasn’t arrived for a Ukraine-like standoff on the streets, said Carlos Romero, a political analyst at the Central University of Venezuela.

Maduro has done a skillful job winning the loyalty of the military, traditionally the arbiter of political disputes in Venezuela, and foreign governments are loathe to exert too much pressure on the president, Romero said.

At the same time, after a string of exhausting elections following Chavez’s death last March, most Venezuelans are focused on the more immediate task of putting food on the table amid record shortages, 56 percent inflation and a weakening currency.

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John Rung President

Robert Wall General Manager

Kate Schott Editor

OUR VIEW

Gambling expansion is a sure sucker bet SHAW MEDIA Proponents of gambling expansion believe they have a better opportunity to push proposals through this year despite failure in the last two years.

We’re hoping that putting their chips on 2014 will get the same result many Illinois gamblers get when they bet heavy – another loser.

The theory is that Illinois government is in desperate need of cash, and it’s more sad than funny that such desperation is the same kind that leaves a gambler destitute. Of course, Illinois has serious financial problems, but gamblers call this tactic chasing your bet. It’s a losing strategy.

One thing we actually agree with Gov. Pat Quinn on is that expanding gambling in

Illinois raises ethical concerns.

We’d urge Quinn to maintain that position. Quinn has already vetoed two gambling expansion plans proposed by the Legislature.

Gambling proponents are breathing new life into legislation proposed last May to build five more casinos in Illinois and allow slot machines at race tracks and airports.

It died when the session was adjourned after it was never even called for a vote.

Illinois is in need of real reform, debt reduction, decreased spending and a restructuring of taxes to make it a better state for businesses and taxpayers alike.

Gambling expansion is just more wishful thinking that cheap fixes and tax hikes are the only way out of this state’s fiscal mess.

Taking time to respond to ‘fan mail’ I’ve been getting a lot of mail lately, and by a lot, I mean two letters and an email so far this year.

I call all of it “fan mail” although half of it would be more accurately described as “hate mail.” It’s all the same to me. Well, if I’m being honest, I prefer praise over criticism, but don’t we all?

I like to respond to any mail I get, but I haven’t been able to lately. It’s not that I’m so pressed for time. I’m just out of stamps. So, I thought I’d answer all of the letters I’ve gotten here. That way, if others have similar questions or comments, I can catch everybody all at once.

Dear Margaret, thank you for your letter of Jan. 11. I appreciate that you read my column although you missed my point entirely. No, I don’t believe that I’m an idiot, but,

RAMBLIN’ MAN David Porter then again, if I am an idiot, would I know it?

You do make some interesting points. They’re completely wrong, but interesting.

No, I don’t expect everyone to agree with me. Some weeks, I don’t expect anyone to agree with me.

Sometimes, I don’t even agree with myself. Today, I had a tuna salad sandwich for lunch, and even it didn’t agree with me.

Dear Nathan, thank you for your kind note. I realize your comparison to Dave Barry is meant as a compliment even though he is a silly

nincompoop. I know he has many more readers than I do, and a lot more money, but ever since he joined the Lawn Rangers parade troupe in Arcola, which is the arch rival of my alma mater, I’ve been obligated to despise him. Plus, he has more money and readers, and I don’t care much for that.

Dear Susan, thank you for taking the time to write and for your words of encouragement. Knowing that people are actually reading this stuff makes me try a little harder.

Dear Alan, thank you for your recent correspondence. You’re absolutely right. I am an idiot. Margaret thinks so. You can’t all be wrong. No, I wasn’t born that way; I had to work at it really hard.

Dear Jennifer, thank you for your concern. I blame sleep deprivation.

I do own a dictionary, but I’m not sure where it’s at. In answer to your question, no, I don’t actually get paid to write this stuff.

Dear Mark, thank you for your many, many suggestions. They are all good ideas. I especially like the one about going back where I came from, but they don’t want me, either.

Dear Roger, thank you for your note. With all due respect, you don’t even know my mother. I look too much like my father for him to deny paternity although I’m sure there are times that he’d like to.

Dear Bruce, no, I don’t make this stuff up. Except that line. I made it up. Everything I write is true as far as you know. Thank you for the note; it’s always good to hear from you.

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ANOTHER VIEW

Died with a needle in his arm.

The recent death of acclaimed actor Philip Seymour Hoffman put a well-known, even beloved, face on a rising scourge: Heroin.

The opiate is making a comeback in the United States. And whereas it has generally been an inner-city phenomenon in the past, heroin’s current incarnation is showing up in rural and small town America.

The Associated Press noted that the governor of Vermont devoted most of his State of the State address to

Vermont’s growing heroin problem, and quoted a Florida epidemiologist who studies substance abuse: “We haven’t really seen something this rapid since probably the spread of cocaine and crack in the mid-1980s.”

Why is this killer growing in popularity? In part, it is stepping in for other addictive painkillers, such as oxycodone, which has been a major problem in rural America for years. Heroin is cheaper than the prescription painkillers, and it is highly addictive.

The current rise in use

is said to be predominant among young adults, aged 18 to 29.

Another attraction is doubtless the supposed dark romance of flirting with disaster.

But there’s nothing romantic about dying with a syringe stuck in one’s arm, as Hoffman did. Heroin is a sordid way to live, and a worse way to die.

It appears a new generation is learning that lesson the hard way. Perhaps Hoffman’s death will serve that purpose.

The Free Press of Mankato (Minnesota)

Constituent upset with personal income taxes Editor’s note: This was submitted as an open letter to state Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant.

Hello, state Sen. Jennifer Bertino-Tarrant: Again, we are hearing news reports that the legislators in Springfield are not satisfied with the 66 percent increase in personal income taxes passed just a few years ago.

There are continued reports coming out that Democrats are looking to amend the constitution to allow for higher taxation on income (starting at income levels of $18,000 per year).

The idea of a graduated income tax is simply unfair. It is simply not fair to ask middle income people – folks who receive very little in services from our government – to pay a higher rate.

The Democrats decry our system as not being fair to the

WRITE TO US We welcome original letters. Letters must include the author’s full name, home address, and day and evening telephone numbers, which are required in the event author must be contacted for clariication. Addresses and phone numbers are not published. Letters are limited to 400 words, and must be free of libelous content and personal attacks. All letters are subject to editing for length and clarity at the sole discretion of the editor. Email letters to opinion@TheHerald-News.com. Mail to The Herald-News, Letters to the Editor, 2175 Oneida St., Joliet, IL 60435. low income earner, and that is simply not true.

When considering welfare, Medicaid, food stamps, housing allowances and other transfer payments, our existing system is a graduated system tilted to the extreme against hardworking, middle income earners.

As one of your constituents, I ask that you fight for us – your constituents – and oppose this graduated income tax that is

being pushed by your party bosses.

I work extremely hard for my money – in excess of 60 hours a week – and it offends me that Springfield wants to take more.

Already, we receive so very little for the taxes we pay.

If the state government cannot afford the current levels of spending … then cut the spending. Don’t tax us more.

Sincerely, Brandon Dolezal, Joliet

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Continued from page 20 Dear Alaina, thanks so much for writing and for the kind words. It made my day. I’m pleased that your parakeets seem to enjoy the column as well. At least the paper is good for something.

Dear Mary, thank you for the note. Yes, I have considered another line of work.

The problem is, another line of work would require work, and I’m not up for that. Yes, garbage collector probably would suit me better, but again, that would require actual work.

Dear Tammy, thank you; I’m glad you liked the column. Maybe you could get with Margaret and explain it to her. I’m sorry I won’t be able to visit you in the asylum; I’m afraid they wouldn’t let me leave.

Dear Ann, thank you, and while I’m happy that you agreed with everything I said, it does make me wonder if it was my column that you read or if you have me confused with somebody else. Maybe Dave Barry. By the way, I didn’t realize that

they let the inmates have papers. I’m flattered that you think we should have dinner sometime, but 10 to life seems like a long time for me to wait.

Dear Amy, I am sure you could do a better job. And, yes, your toddler probably could, too. Thank you for the suggestion. He sounds like a prodigy.

Dear Dean, thank you for writing, but I must say that your comments were downright hurtful. I have never taken a bribe as you suggest, but I may consider it in the future. And no, President Barack Obama does not send me Kool-Aid in the mail.

He hands it to me in person during our super-secret meetings. No, I did not see the Fox News report, but I’ll take your word for it that it was fair and balanced. I actually don’t own a TV but maybe I should get one.

Keep those letters coming. Even if you don’t agree with my occasional forays into politics, I’d rather be opposed than ignored.

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Mike “Kash” Kashirsky (right), a Providence graduate and Lockport resident, is the White Sox’ batting practice pitcher. Kashirsky throws batting practice with the White Sox at U.S. Cellular Stadium.

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Mike “Kash” Kashirsky, a Providence graduate and Lockport resident, is the White Sox’ batting practice pitcher. Kashirsky throws batting practice at U.S. Cellular Stadium.

Chicago, where he formerly was the head coach.

“I helped them out where I could this offseason and set up all their bus trips and all of that,” he said.

He also worked with Sox players who stayed in Chicago over the winter. He threw batting practice to Robert

Morris players and other local players. He and his family, including wife Jackie and 2-year-old son Chase, moved from Minooka to Lockport with time during the transition living with his in-laws in New Lenox.

Robert Morris’ baseball coach is Jason Becker,

Kashirsky’s college teammate and roommate at St. Joseph’s (Ind.) and current girls basketball coach at Tinley Park.

Kashirsky went on to play briefly in the Sox organization, and his professional baseball resume includes coaching and managing the Windy City Thunderbolts in

• Friday, February 14, 2014

ike “Kash” Kashirsky is not a Major League Baseball player, but he is living a dream nonetheless.

White Sox pitchers and catchers report Saturday to spring training camp in Glendale, Ariz. Kashirsky, the team’s batting practice pitcher and jack-of-all-trades, will be there to help welcome a new beginning.

A 1996 Providence graduate and Lockport resident, Kashirsky was the Sox’s part-time batting practice pitcher two years ago and became full-time last season.

He traveled with the team, the whole bit.

“I 100 percent love it,” said Kashirsky, who throws left-handed. “It’s tiring, but I take care of myself. I know what it takes to do this job.”

Kashirsky will wear multiple hats during the early portion of spring training.

“I’ll be helping with flips, throwing some, playing a base when they need it, whatever else,” he said. “During spring games, I’m on call, ready to do whatever the boss tells me to do.”

Unfortunately for Kashirsky and everyone else associated with the Sox, 2013 was a bummer. They lost 99 games.

“The way things can change for a team one season to the next, that’s why baseball is so great,” Kashirsky said. “The Sox can have a very different season this year.

“We had a bad year, but working with the Sox has been a great experience. It’s a very family atmosphere with so many great people. I know Rick [Hahn, the general manager] worked extremely hard this offseason and I’m looking forward to the season. I’m excited to see everybody.”

Kashirsky, 36, is director of baseball operations at Robert Morris University in

the Frontier League.

This offseason, in addition to throwing baseballs, he continued to pursue his other love, officiating area high school and college basketball.

“Basketball was great this winter but, wow, was the travel tough with the weather,” Kashirsky said. “In fact, I was stuck on I-65 [in Indiana] when they had the 40-car pileup. It was a 7½-hour ride home from Indiana Wesleyan.”

Despite travel woes, Kashirsky loves being around people who enjoy basketball as much as he does. When it’s time for spring training, however, baseball is it.

“The people with the Sox make every day great,” he said. “I’m glad [Paul] Konerko is coming back. He comes to the park every day ready to go. He has a plan of attack. He’s a true professional.

“There are other guys I really enjoy. I don’t know any of the new guys Rick [Hahn] brought in, but I’m sure it won’t take long to get to know them.”

When Kashirsky settles into his routine late in spring training and into the regular season, he will throw between 200 and 300 pitches a day. He understands how to keep his arm and body ready for the grind.

“I throw from maybe about 40 or 45 feet and about 50 or maybe 55 [mph],” he said. “It’s closer so the ball gets there quick for the hitters, but it’s not overpowering.”

He does his work not only at U.S. Cellular Field, but in such hallowed yards as Yankee Stadium and Fenway Park.

“The travel last year was tough,” he admitted. “It’s hard to adjust to not seeing my family and friends much.

But I got used to the travel schedule, I got to see all those great ballparks and the first time staying in those nice hotels was amazing.”

He is living the dream.

And at least for now, he escapes the cold. Not a bad deal.

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By MARK JOHNSON mjohnson@shawmedia.com OTTAWA – Aurora Christian’s second straight and second-ever girls basketball regional championship blocked Seneca from its 24th on Thursday in a 53-49 decision at the Class 2A Marquette Regional.

Seneca post Anna Baker, who had 12 points, 13 rebounds and four blocks, fouled out with 5:11 to go and the game tied at 38. A litte more than two minutes later, the Eagles had built a 44-40

lead, with four points from Gabby Galbato doing the bulk of the damage.

As it had done all night, Seneca answered. The teams traded baskets before a long Mallory Misener jumper and a conventional three-point play from Danielle Hauch elevated the Irish to a 47-46 lead with 1:28 left.

“It was probably one of the hardest things ever, especially knowing it was my last game,” Baker said of fouling out. “I knew they [her teammates] had it in them [to battle

USF men’s hoops give their coach 200th win JOLIET – Andrew Lerg came off the bench to score 19 points and Mark Peters contributed 16 points and nine rebounds as host University of St. Francis men’s basketball team defeated Indiana University South Bend, 77-72, in CCAC men’s basketball play Wednesday night.

The win was the 200th career victory for USF head coach Ryan Marks. Now in his first season with the Saints, Marks raised his 13-year overall record to 200-185.

USF (13-13, 10-6) trailed for most of the first half before tying the score by halftime.

The lead changed hands three times in the first two minutes of the second half until a 14-2 USF spurt gave the Saints their largest lead, 53-42, with 14:13 remaining.

Indiana South Bend (10-16, 6-10) recaptured the advantage, 58-57, on Chris Beam’s layup at the 6:34 mark.

USF took the lead for good when Chris Miller buried a pair of free throws with 2:39 to go to give the Saints a 69-67 edge.

Miller finished with 14 points and a game-high six assists, while Edvinas Presniakovas of Plainfield South added 13 points, seven rebounds, four steals and a pair of blocked shots.

Madsen responded with two Aurora Christian free throws, and when the Irish missed a 3-pointer and a putback attempt on the other end, a Madsen rebound effectively sealed the outcome.

Seneca went 22-for-65 from the field and was 3-of-5 from the free-throw line as its opponent attempted 25 free throws, making 14.

“I’m extremely proud of them,” Seneca coach Barb Beck said. “I think we rushed a few things, but we had some looks. I hate to say officiating,

but [25] free throws to five, that’s a little crazy.”

Aurora Christian’s fourpoint margin of victory was its largest lead at the end of any quarter, though it led at the end of each. It had an early 13-7 lead cut down to 17-15 by the end of the first, was ahead 29-26 at halftime and nursed a 37-36 lead going into the fourth quarter.

Hauch led Seneca, which bows out at 23-6 overall, with 16 points, and Jacey Lamboley scored 11 while adding four rebounds and three assists.

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back]. They just had to work hard, and I just had to cheer them on as much as I could and I couldn’t get down.”

It was a lead that would last just 12 seconds of game time.

Charissa Robinson made a 3 at the 1:16 mark to put Aurora Christian back ahead, and it stayed there. Seneca’s next possession ended with a turnover, and an Alyssa Andersen free throw padded the Eagles’ lead on the other end.

With about 20 seconds left, Hauch made a basket that cut the deficit to one, but Kirsten

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FRIDAY’S EVENTS Boys Basketball Bolingbrook at Lincoln-Way East, 6:30 p.m.

Dwight at Reed-Custer, 7 p.m.

Gardner-South Wilmington at TriPoint, 7:15 p.m.

Joliet Catholic Academy at Marist, 7 p.m.

Lincoln-Way Central at Lincoln-Way North, 6:30 p.m.

Minooka at Oswego East, 6:30 p.m.

Morris at DeKalb, 7 p.m.

Oswego at Romeoville, 6:30 p.m.

Peotone at Coal City, 6:45 p.m.

Plainfield Central at Plainfield North, 6:30 p.m.

Plainfield East at Plainfield South, 6:30 p.m.

Plano at Seneca, 7 p.m.

Providence Catholic at Brother Rice, 7 p.m.

Sandburg at Joliet West, 7 p.m.

Thornton at Lincoln-Way West, 6:30 p.m.

Tinley Park at Lemont, 7 p.m.

Wilmington at Manteno, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball Lockport at Joliet Central, 6:30 p.m.

Plainfield Central at Plainfield North, 5 p.m.

Romeoville at Plainfield East, 6:30 p.m.

Wrestling Lockport, Bolingbrook and Bradley-Bourbonnais Regional qualifiers to Class 3A Normal West Sectional, 4:30 p.m.

Oak Forest Regional qualifiers to Class 2A De La Salle Institute Sectional, 4:30 p.m.

LaSalle-Peru, Belvidere Regional qualifiers to Class 2A Pontiac Sectional, 4:30 p.m.

Coal City, Peotone Regional qualifiers to Class 1A Plano Sectional, 4:30 p.m.

St. Joseph-Ogden Regional qualifiers to Class 1A Olympia Sectional, 4:30 p.m.

Stillman Valley Regional qualifiers to Class 1A Byron Sectional, 4:30 p.m.

College Events Men’s Swimming Lewis at GLVC meet, 10 a.m.

Women’s Swimming Lewis at GLVC meet, 10 a.m.

Men’s Tennis Lewis at Malone, 1 p.m.

Lewis vs. Walsh, 6 p.m.

Men’s Bowling St. Francis at Hoosier Classic, TBA Women’s Bowling St. Francis at Hoosier Classic, TBA Women’s Track and Field Lewis at Chicagoland Championships in Naperville, 5 p.m.

St. Francis at Grand Valley State Big Meet, TBA Men’s Track and Field St. Francis at Grand Valley State Big Meet, TBA SATURDAY’S EVENTS Boys Basketball Clifton Central at Coal City, 6:45 p.m.

Sycamore at Morris, 7 p.m.

Wrestling Lockport, Bolingbrook and Bradley-Bourbonnais Regional qualifiers to Class 3A Normal West Sectional, 9 p.m.

Oak Forest Regional qualifiers to Class 2A De La Salle Institute Sectional, 10 p.m.

LaSalle-Peru, Belvidere Regional qualifiers to Class 2A Pontiac Sectional, 9 p.m.

Coal City, Peotone Regional qualifiers to Class 1A Plano Sectional, 9 p.m.

St. Joseph-Ogden Regional qualifiers to Class 1A Olympia Sectional, 10 p.m.

Stillman Valley Regional qualifiers to Class 1A Byron Sectional, 10 p.m.

Girls Bowling Bolingbrook, Joliet West Regional qualifiers in Moline Sectional at Highland Park Bowl, 9 p.m.

Andrew, Sandburg Regional qualifiers in Morgan Park Sectional at Bluebird Lanes, Chicago, 9:15 p.m.

College Events Women’s Basketball Lewis at Drury, 1 p.m.

Purdue Calumet at St. Francis, 5 p.m.

Men’s Basketball Lewis at Drury, 3 p.m.

Purdue-Calumet at St. Francis, 7 p.m.

Men’s Swimming Lewis at GLVC meet, 10 a.m.

Men’s Tennis South Dakota St. at St. Francis, 1:30 p.m.

Women’s Swimming Lewis at GLVC meet, 10 a.m.

Men’s Track and Field Lewis at Chicagoland Championships, TBA St. Francis at Grand Valley State Big Meet, TBA Women’s Track and Field St. Francis at Grand Valley State Big Meet, TBA Women’s Bowling St. Francis at Hoosier Classic, TBA Men’s Volleyball Lewis at Ohio State, 6 p.m., TBA Women’s Tennis Lewis at Walsh, 8 a.m.

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Area teams at Moline must bring ‘A’ game to try to qualify for state

By DICK GOSS dgoss@shawmedia.com

• Friday, February 14, 2014

The certainty in previous years was that the local girls bowling sectional was loaded with talent. To be one of only two teams to qualify for state was a major task.

This season, the IHSA added a regional level before the sectional. The new format changes the landscape.

Lockport, for example, won the Sandburg Regional last Saturday and is headed into Saturday’s Morgan Park Sectional at Bluebird Lanes in Chicago in good position to earn a trip to state. Lemont finished third and also advanced.

The top four finishers at each sectional will earn a berth in the state finals next weekend at Cherry Bowl in Rockford.

“I like our chances to be in the top four this weekend and get to state,” said Lockport coach Art Cwudzinski, whose team finished fourth in the state last year. “If we bowl our game, pick up our spares, we should be OK.” The key for Lockport is balance. Seniors Ashley Hostert and Nicole Troha were in the regular lineup on last year’s state team and have been leaders this season. They shot 1,227 and 1,222, respectively, and senior Marissa Soverino won the regional with a 1,343 total for the six games.

“Over the long haul it’s been someone else step ping up and doing the job,” Cwudzinski said. “The 1,343 Soverino shot was her best ever for six games. We’re a balanced team, let’s put it that way.”

For the four Moline Sectional qualifiers from the Joliet West Regional – Minooka, Morris, West and Plainfield South – the story is different. Bowling their game and picking up their spares may or may not be enough.

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Joliet West sophomore Taylor Bailey reacts after a bowling a frame at the Joliet West Regional on Saturday at Town & Country Lanes in Joliet. brook Regional winner Waubonsie Valley, runner-up Oswego, third-place finisher Oswego East and fourthplace Plainfield North, along with LaSalle-Peru Regional champion Moline and runner-up East Moline.

Most or all of those 10 teams are capable of putting together the type of numbers needed to advance.

“We can be better,” Minooka coach Frank Yudzentis said after his Indians overtook Morris in the final frame to win the Joliet West Regional at Town & Country Lanes. “We’re going to have to be to get out of the sectional.

“The good thing is, there were things we did today that are correctable (leading to the sectional).”

Minooka senior Emily Koulis, who has been with

the Indians’ state qualifying team the three previous years, said, “The sectional will be tough. We need to bowl as a team, five marks a frame. If we do that, we should pull through. We’re peaking at the right time.”

Morris senior Amber Benson, who was sixth in the regional, said, “All of us need to bowl well [in the sectional].

There will be harder teams there, although Minooka is always our toughest competition. But I’m confident.”

“It would have been nice to beat Minooka and win this (regional), but we still have a chance to get them and get to state,” said the Redskins’ Skylar Easson, fourth in the regional.

Joliet West coach Jeff Bailey, whose team shot a 5,801 total in the regional, predicted, “Our numbers will be

Up next MOLINE SECTIONAL When, Where: Saturday at Highland Park Bowl, Moline Area Team Qualifiers: Joliet West, Minooka, Morris, Plainfield North, Plainfield South Area Individual Qualifiers: Joliet Central: Hannah Bolyn, Hayley Magruder, Addie Reyes, Alysha Guthrie; Bolingbrook: Felicia Montecinos, Megan Neverouski; Plainfield East: Chelsea Moeller, Mariah Myli MORGAN PARK SECTIONAL When, Where: Saturday at Bluebird Lanes, Chicago Area Team Qualifiers: Lockport, Lemont better in the sectional. This is for all the marbles. Everything we have done to this point is to prepare for this.

We’ll be on top of our game and ready to go.”

Tigers senior Julie Kowalski, the regional medalist with 1,291, finished fourth in the state as a sophomore two years ago. Taylor Bailey, the coach’s daughter, is a sophomore and was fifth in the regional.

West has not advanced to state as a team since the return to separate programs at Central and West.

“The big thing is to help get the Tigers there,” Kowalski said. “We have to bring our ‘A’ game, that’s for sure.”

Kowalski said she will discuss her state experience with her teammates, “but not until we make it there.

We have to get through the sectional first.”

For the teams bound for Moline, that is easier said than done.

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SUBMITTED REPORTS The Joliet Jaguars Hockey Club will host the Wolves Cup through the Northern Illinois Hockey League this weekend and next weekend at Inwood Ice Arena in Joliet.

Championship games will be played throughout the day Saturday and Sunday each weekend.

The Jaguars’ Squirt AA team (2003-2004 birth years) will represent the local organization when it meets the Wolf Pack of Hoffman Estates for the Squirt Gold B championship at 11 a.m.

Sunday.

The Squirt team won the Steel City Tournament in Pittsburgh and are 14-2 overall. They also were invited to play in the Bauer World Invite Chicago with teams from the United States, Canada and Russia.

The Squirt roster includes Joey Vish, Ryan Louthan, Jack Campbell, Mike Suppan, Nate Diaz, Dylan Graziano, Max Steriotti, Owen Rossi, Kenny Zschack, Nate Lewis, Connor Picard, Tyler Zelinski, Liam Jenkins and Riley Siwinski. Joe Vertucci is the coach, assisted by Joe Vish, Brian Picard and Jay Louthan.

The Jaguars Midget team (high school level) will play in the third-place game Sunday in Crystal Lake. Players are Jake Borth, Luke Borth, Alex Brooke, Scott Coash Jr., Harry D’Arcy, Steben Egan, Cory Heinz, Andrew Highbaugh, Josh Katsimpa-

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WESTERN CONFERENCE GB — 2 6½ 8½ 14½ GB — 5 16½ 16½ 22 GB — 4 4½ 17 17½

Thursday’s Results Bulls 92, Brooklyn 76 Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers (n) Friday’s Schedule No games scheduled Saturday’s Schedule No games scheduled Sunday’s Game All-Star Game, East vs. West, 7 p.m.

NHL WESTERN CONFERENCE GF 196 207 174 145 164 168 146

GA 135 163 153 147 164 175 180

GF 196 175 139 163 146 137 153

GA 147 142 128 169 160 179 199

EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 57 37 16 4 78 176 125 Tampa Bay 58 33 20 5 71 168 145 Montreal 59 32 21 6 70 148 142 Toronto 60 32 22 6 70 178 182 Detroit 58 26 20 12 64 151 163 Ottawa 59 26 22 11 63 169 191 Florida 58 22 29 7 51 139 183 Buffalo 57 15 34 8 38 110 172 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Pittsburgh 58 40 15 3 83 186 138 N.Y. Rangers 59 32 24 3 67 155 146 Philadelphia 59 30 23 6 66 162 167 Columbus 58 29 24 5 63 170 161 Washington 59 27 23 9 63 171 175 Carolina 57 26 22 9 61 144 158 New Jersey 59 24 22 13 61 135 146 N.Y. Islanders60 22 30 8 52 164 200 Two points for win, one point for OT loss Olympic Break Play resumes Tuesday, Feb. 25

By MARK LAZERUS mlazerus@suntimes.com SOCHI, Russia – J.P. Parise, furious over a penalty call, slammed his stick on the ice, wheeled around and took a few purposeful strides at referee Josef Kampalla, raising his stick above his head and barely checking his swing. Parise was inches away from smashing the stick over the petrified official’s head – close enough that Kampalla cowered against the boards and braced for impact.

It was 1972. It was the final game of the famed Summit Series between Canada and the Soviet Union – the first time NHL professionals squared off with what they foolishly presumed was a team of amateurs.

It was everything.

“If it happened nowadays, I think he’d be banned from every hockey rink in the world,” Zach Parise said of his dad, laughing. “That just shows how emotional the series was.”

The elder Parise was assessed a match penalty, and didn’t get to celebrate the dramatic and historic victory with his teammates in full gear. No regrets, though.

“Apparently, after he did it, the refs shaped up a little bit and started calling the game fair,” Zach Parise said. “So I think he did the right thing.”

There’s just something about playing Russia, even in the post-Soviet era. The history, the iconic names, the legendary games – for so many years, they all seemed to revolve around the Russians.

Now, at the Sochi Games, the Russians are once again the centers of attention, under indescribable pressure to pull out an unlikely gold medal on their home soil.

Alex Ovechkin’s face is on seemingly every billboard and Coke machine. A picture of Evgeni Malkin is plastered eight stories high on the side of a building near the Olympic park. Fans are wandering the streets with giant cut-out heads of Ilya Kovalchuk. And captain Pavel Datsyuk is risking the ire of his fans and team back in Detroit to play despite an apparent knee injury.

“I participated in four

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OLYMPICS MEDALS TABLE At Sochi, Russia Through Thursday (38 of 98 events) Nation G S B Norway 4 3 6 Netherlands 4 3 5 United States 4 2 6 Russia 2 5 4 Germany 7 2 1 Canada 4 4 2 Austria 1 4 0 Sweden 0 4 1 Switzerland 3 0 1 France 2 0 2 Slovenia 1 1 2 China 2 1 0 Czech Republic 0 2 1 Italy 0 2 1 Japan 0 2 1 Poland 2 0 0 Latvia 0 0 2 South Korea 1 0 1 Belarus 1 0 0 Slovakia 1 0 0 Australia 0 1 0 Finland 0 1 0 Britain 0 0 1 Ukraine 0 0 1

Total 13 12 12 11 10 10 5 5 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1

Olympics, and I don’t remember such an interest in ice hockey players,” said Soviet goaltending legend and former Blackhawks consultant Vladislav Tretiak.

That interest will reach a fever pitch Saturday (6:30 a.m.

Central time) at the Bolshoy Ice Dome, when the Americans and Russians renew their rivalry in arguably their highest-profile meeting since the Miracle on Ice in 1980.

Sure, it’s only a preliminary game. But a bye to the quarterfinals could be at stake, and the location of the game – and the incredible ruckus the Russian fans have been making – has elevated it to Big

Game status.

“I think it’ll be loud,” Patrick Kane said after the Americans throttled Slovakia, 7-1, in Thursday’s opener, a game in which Kane had two assists and Paul Stastny had two goals.

“And it’ll definitely be a hostile environment. I think it’ll be a lot more enthusiastic and intense than this game today.”

All the players involved know the history of Russian hockey. A few even have some blood in it. Parise’s dad was on the Canadian Summit Series team. Ryan Suter’s dad, Bob, was a defenseman on the 1980 U.S. team that shocked the Soviets and the world in Lake Placid. And Russian forward Viktor Tikhonov is the grandson of the Soviet coach of the same name, the man who was behind the bench in 1980.

“Forty years later, it’s almost the same thing, where we’re going to be playing the Russians,” Parise said. “I don’t think there are a lot of father-son combinations that can say they share that experience that we have.”

WINTER OLYMPICS TV SCHEDULE Men’s hockey: Sweden vs.

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Joliet woodworker crafts for the enjoyment

By DENISE M. BARAN-UNLAND dunland@shawmedia.com

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REST HILL – Some men begin woodworking because they enjoy working with their hands or because they need a hobby.

Terrance Parr of Joliet simply needed furniture.

Fresh from the service, Parr had little money for home furnishings. So he signed up for a woodworking class at Joliet Central High School, bought $100 worth of hard rock maple wood and then crafted a kitchen table, coffee table, two end tables and a round occasional table.

“My wife gave me a circular saw for Father’s Day,” Parr said. “That was my first tool.”

Today, Parr is selling his wares at booth No. 57 at Gallery 1700 in Crest Hill, where he started by renting a shelf for $12 to display a few items.

Parr also works at Gallery 1700 on Fridays, where he revels in the customer stories as much as the antiques, crafts and vintage items that fill the store.

One man, Parr said, eyed a set of paper dolls, which another customer bought while the man browsed. Another, from Idaho, spotted an accordion similar to the one he had played in childhood, only to find the cost was out of his budget.

After that first woodworking class, Parr took an advanced class four times.

Classes were reasonable, just $60 for 10 weeks, he said, and the site had all the tools Parr required. From the beginning, Parr simultaneously worked on several items.

“One guy might tie up the planer all night,” Parr said.

“If you had another project, you could use another machine and still get something done that night. At home, when the glue is drying, I start on something else.”

Through the years, Parr has made a variety of toys (such as boats, large dump

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If you go What: Gallery 1700 When: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays, noon to 5 p.m.

Sundays Where: 1700 Plainfield Road, Crest Hill Etc: A large variety of arts, crafts, antiques and collectibles, as well as vendor and consignment options Visit: www.gallery1700.com or find Gallery 1700 on Facebook Call: 815-725-8616 Parr fashions his letter openers from rosewood. trucks, trains and puzzles) and toy boxes, jewelry boxes, cookbook holders, hand mirrors, doll cradles and doll houses, and child-sized beds.

The wood Parr uses varies with the project. He prefers three types of hard wood – oak, walnut and cherry – because he likes their colors.

Parr steers away from hard maple because it’s hard to find and difficult to plane, he said, although soft maple makes good toys. Parr also

prefers the expensive rosewood for his letter openers.

“Rosewood is $50 a board foot,” Parr said, “but it doesn’t take a lot of rosewood, because letter openers are very small.”

Parr also uses recycled wood, when possible.

“Wood is so expensive today that if I find a cabinet on the side of the road, I’ll reuse the wood,” Parr said.

Although each piece has its particular market, toys

sell the best, Parr said. Adults find them nostalgic and often prefer the “feel” of wood to plastic. Wood, he added, is also less likely to break.

Parr recently made cork bulletin boards, coasters from Scrabble tiles and a glue gun holder for the craft group at St. Ambrose Catholic church in Crest Hill. He’s nearly done with a large cement truck that he will sell at Gallery 1700.

Recently, Parr crafted some wood bunny ears for

a “rabbit” his wife Janine made from a plastic pumpkin.

When Parr needs something painted, it’s often Janine who gets it done.

“So when she needs something made for her,” Parr said, “I don’t make her wait.”

Parr cautions against woodworking without first taking a class and learning how to properly use the equipment so “you don’t lose a finger.” He also recommends focusing on enjoyment instead of sales, taking mistakes in stride and keeping safety at the forefront at all times.

“I got glasses on all the time and I wear a respirator and ear muffs when I’m running the equipment,” Parr said.

Does he still own any of the original furniture? Well, sort of.

“I’m still using the kitchen table in the basement,” Parr said. “I turned the coffee table into eight cutting boards and gave one to each of the kids.

The rest I sold or still have for sale.”

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A&E CALENDAR Friday • Tommy James and The Shondells – Rescheduled because of weather related matters on the East Coasts the concert is being rescheduled.

• Infinity – 8 p.m. $8, Nevin’s Brewing Company, 12337 S. Route 59, Plainfield. The Ultimate Tribute to Journey, Bon Jovi, Boston, Styx, REO, and Van Halen.

• Chris Cavanaugh – 9 p.m. Skooters Roadhouse, 700 W. Jefferson St., Shorewood. Nashville North continues at Skooter’s Roadhouse. Chris Cavanaugh live in the barn.

• Chaotic Fridays – 10 p.m., Chaoz Sports Lounge, 20631 Renwick Road, Crest Hill. Come on out for Chaotic Fridays at Chaoz. Special guest DJ every week.

Saturday

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• Joliet FOP Texas Hold ’em tournament – noon, at VFW Cantigny Post 367, 826 Horseshoe Drive, Joliet. Buy in is $100. Reservations are preferred.

The tournament starts at 3 p.m. No late entries are allowed. For information, Brian Nagra at 815-405-8500.

• A Tribute to Ozzfest – 6 p.m., Mojoes 22 W. Cass St. Joliet, $8-$10. Check out this tribute to Ozzfest.

• OD Jo – 9 p.m., Chicago Street Pub, 75 N. Chicago St., Joliet. Check out OD Jo live on stage.

• Without U2 – 9 p.m., Hollywood Casino, 777 Hollywood Blvd. Come hear a U2 tribute band.

• Karaoke – 9:30 p.m. Double J’s Sports Bar, 1001 Essington Road, Joliet.

Free. Karaoke night, whether you think you can sing, or you really can, we want to hear what you’ve got.

The Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra presents a riveting selection of musical masterworks.

• Congressional Art and STEM Competitions for 11th District Students – Entries for the Congressional art competition must be submitted by April 25. For information, 815-280-5876.

Entries can be dropped off at Congressman Foster’s offices at 195 Springfield Ave., Suite 102, Joliet.

Monday • North Central College presents, Inner Expressions – through March 2, 31 S. Ellsworth St., Naperville. The free exhibit is open to the public in the College’s Meiley-Swallow Hall Gallery. A student art exhibit featuring the work of Marti Rossdahl of Bartlett and Vanessa Harrison of Bolingbrook.

Tuesday

• Snowshoe under the Stars: Sweetheart Style – 6 to 9 p.m., Feb. 15, at Monee Reservoir. For ages 21 and over, this program requires registration and a fee of $12 A person.

• Bird Count – 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Feb. 15, at Thorn Creek Nature Center, Park Forest. Watch and count birds in your backyard or on trails, then report what you saw, at Thorn Creek. There will be

Sunday • Valentine Red Carpet Event – 1 p.m. at St George’s Serbian Social Hall 300 Stryker Ave., Joliet, $25. Shiloh Women Ministry Presents: A Valentine event. Contact Ada Ulmer for tickets.

• Illinois Philharmonic Orchestra – 6 p.m., Rialto Square Theatre 102 N. Chicago St. Joliet, $20 to $59.

McBrides Pub, 7162 W. Caton Farm Road, Plainfield. Registration is at 6:30 p.m., and the games start at 7 p.m.

• Zappa Plays Zappa – 9 p.m., Mojoes, 22 W. Cass St. Joliet. $25-$28.

Come check out the music of Zappa Plays Zappa at Mojoes!

Wednesday • Lemont Artists Guild – 7 p.m., Lemont Public Library, 50 E. Wend St. Donation. The Lemont Artists Guild meeting will feature Sandra Bacon from Golden Products. Sandra will give an overview of Golden Products and will demonstrate the latest acrylic products.

• Live Trivia & DJ – 8 p.m., Nevin’s Brewing Company, 12337 S. Route 59, Plainfield. Think you know a lot of useless facts? You and up to seven other friends can team up and show us what you got.

• Skooter’s Country Idol – 8 p.m.

Skooters Roadhouse, 700 W. Jefferson,

Shorewood. Do you have what it takes to become the next Skooter’s Country Idol?

Thursday • Jessica Michna – She will perform as Mary Todd Lincoln. 6:30 p.m., at The Timbers of Shorewood, 1100 N. River Road. For information, call Shelly Goggins at 815-609-0669 or visit www. timbersofshorewood.com.

• Choir Concert – 7 p.m., Joliet West High School, 401 N. Larkin Ave., Joliet.

Come enjoy a choir concert at Joliet West High School.

• Lockport Concert Festival – 7 p.m., Lockport Township High School. Come enjoy the Band Lockport Area Concert Festival.

• Toplist Karaoke with Cheryl – 9 p.m., Bedrocks, 700 W. Jefferson St. Shorewood. Show what your made of or cheer on you’re friends and have some fun with karaoke.

• Created Equal Film Festival: “Slavery By Another Name” – 6 p.m., University of St. Francis Brown Library, 600 Taylor St., Room LG, Joliet. Brown Library will be hosting the Created Equal: America’s Civil Rights Struggle Film Festival in honor of Black History Month.

• Poker Tournament – 6:30 p.m.,

A&E BRIEFS Plainfield art students compete in competition Thirty student artists from Plainfield High School participated in the recent University of St. Francis High School art competition.

Junior Peyton Lembas of Central campus and Junior Felicia Soto of South campus each won third place for painting.

The exhibit was from Dec. 6 to Jan. 26 at the Rialto City Center Art Gallery in downtown Joliet.

Each student artist submitted one to five pieces in any medium.

Wild About Photography winners announced Lincoln-Way North High School’s Environmental Action Club recently announced the winners of its third annual Wild About Photography contest.

Kevin McCreary captured the community award and Jacob Grygus won in the student category.

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Wild About Photography contest winners are: (left to right) Kevin McCreary, community winner; Jim Randall, Frankfort Park District Executive Director; Kurt Edwardson, president of the L-W North Environmental Action Club; Jacob Grygus, student winner; and Dr. Michael Gardner, retired principal of Lincoln-Way North.

Each year the Environmental Action Club invites students and community members to submit photos highlighting the beauty of native areas in the Lincoln-Way North and Frankfort Square park district area.

Their goal is to inspire others to rediscover the beauty and wonder of nature.

McCreary photographed a

Shagbark Hickory taken from underneath the tree. Grygus’ photo featured bees sitting on flowers.

Submissions for the next Wild About Photography contest are being accepted.

The deadline is Oct. 31. For information, visit www.lw210. org/prairieproject/index.html.

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“The Lego Movie” STARRING: Will Arnett, Will Ferrell and Elizabeth Banks

PLOT: An ordinary Lego mini igure,

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“RoboCop” STARRING: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman and Michael Keaton

PLOT: In 2028 Detroit, when police oficer Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman) is critically injured in the line of duty, the multinational conglomerate OmniCorp sees its chance for a partman, part-robot police oficer.

RATED: PG-13 for intense sequences of action including frenetic gun violence throughout, brief strong language, sensuality and some drug material.

TIME: 1 hour, 58 minutes VERDICT: The original 1987 “RoboCop,” Dutch director Paul Verhoeven’s first Hollywood film, isn’t so much a movie to revere as a bit of brutalism to behold. It had a grim comic vibe, satirizing the savagery of corporate bloodthirstiness and justice-seeking rampages. Peter Weller’s RoboCop was a techno-Frankenstein created to tame Detroit’s rampant crime: Dirty Harry for dystopia. Remaking “RoboCop” is like trying to re-create a nightmare. That’s one reason why plans to remake the film were meant with mostly dubious derision: Hollywood, nowadays, isn’t in the business of nihilism. Directed by Jose Padilha (the Brazilian filmmaker who made the excellent documentary “Bus 174” before shifting into action with “Elite Squad”), this “RoboCop” has updated the dystopia with some clever ideas and better acting, while at the same time sanitizing any satire with video-game polish and sequel baiting.

The smartest addition comes early, shifting the story to Tehran, where the global company OmniCorp has drones stopping and frisking in the streets.

We’re introduced to this by talk show host Pat Novak (Sam Jackson), who appears throughout the film, brazenly promoting Pentagon propaganda, trying to convince what he calls a “robot-phobic” American public that OmniCorp

drones can make the U.S. safer, too. It’s a damning starting point that already positions America as the propagator of emotionless killing machines. When the story shifts to Detroit, it gives the whole film the frame of: Would we treat ourselves how we treat those abroad?

Opening the U.S. market to its drones is judged imperative by OmniCorp. CEO Raymond Sellars (Michael Keaton) is flanked by executive Liz Kline (Jennifer Ehle) and marketing wizard (Jay Baruchel, brilliantly smarmy). To turn the political tide, they decide they need (literally) a more human face. For their RoboCop prototype, they find Detroit police detective Alex Murphy (Joel Kinnaman), who has been badly maimed by a car bomb meant to derail his pursuit of a drug kingpin. Gary Oldman (always good, less frequently tested) plays the scientist who preserves little more than Murphy’s brain in his new steel body, controlling his emotions and memory with lowered levels of dopamine. From here, the film (scripted by Joshua Zetumer, from the original by Edward Neumeier and Michael Miner) follows Advertisement

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“That Awkward Moment” STARRING: Zac Efron, Michael B. Jordan, Miles Teller

PLOT: Three best friends ind themselves where we’ve all been – at that confusing moment in every dating relationship when you have to decide “So ... where is this going?”

RATED: R for sexual content and language throughout TIME: 1 hour, 34 minutes VERDICT: As Zac Efron tears up and professes his love to a pert blonde who gave it up on the irst night, it’s clear the story line of romantic comedy “That Awkward Moment” has gone too far. This is not because Efron’s leading lady isn’t captivating or that a fella can’t fall in love swiftly.

But this revelatory moment required a compelling buildup – and an actor

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For his irst ilm, writer-director Tom Gormican attempts a chick lick from a male point of view. But unlike successful ilms of this kind, such as “High Fidelity,” “Awkward Moment” unfolds like a college thesis with a big budget. Set against lofty talents like Jordan and Teller (fresh off the top Sundance award for his “Whiplash”), Efron comes off as little more than a pretty face. Luckily, his comedic timing is on target, though most of the jokes here are unnecessarily crass and forced. Each emerging actress possesses a refreshing charm and on-screen easiness. But Davis’ grace and lure, though she wasn’t completely believable as a romantic match for Teller’s Daniel, make her the one to watch. With much of the soundtrack consisting of 1980s new wave that would make John Hughes proud, the tunes are the only potential cult classic trait here. Well, that and tying everything up with a neat “love conquers all” bow. – The Associated

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mistakenly thought to be the MasterBuilder, is recruited to join an effort to stop an evil Lego tyrant from gluing the universe together.

RATED: PG, for mild action and some rude, nose-thumbing humor TIME: 1 hour, 34 minutes VERDICT: There are so many things to like about “The Lego Movie”: a great voice cast, clever dialogue and a handsome blend of stop-motion and CGI animation that feels lovingly retro, while still looking sharp in 21st-century 3-D. But the best thing about this movie, which was produced in full partnership with the Danish toymaker famous for its plastic-brick building system, is its subversive nature. While clearly illed with affection for – and marketing tie-ins to – the titular product that’s front and center, it’s also something of a sharp plastic brick lung in the eye of its corporate sponsor. “The Lego Movie” is an homage to the spirit of the iconoclast (i.e., the child). Its hero, ironically, is anything but a rule-breaker. Set in a world built of Legos, the story revolves around construction worker Emmet Brickowski (voice of Chris Pratt), a plastic Everyman who loves nothing better than following instructions. But when his Lego universe is threatened by an evil villain (Will Ferrell) who intends to glue all the world’s pieces together, Emmet must join forces with a group of rebels to stop him. Guided by a leader who’s part Gandalf and part Morpheus (Morgan Freeman), this underground resistance movement consists of a ittingly motley crew: a punk-ish loner named Wyldstyle (Elizabeth Banks); her egotistical boyfriend, Batman (Will Arnett); a well-worn Lego spaceman igure from the mid-1980s (Charlie Day); and a robot-pirate hybrid named Metal Beard (Nick Offerman). The rest of the freedom ighters are a cheeky mix of Lego-sized historical personages (Abraham Lincoln, Shakespeare and Shaquille O’Neal) and co-branded comic book heroes (Green Lantern, Superman, Wonder Woman and others). It’s hard not to have fun when the ilm (written and directed by Phil Lord and Christopher Miller) is having such a good time with pop culture.

The chief party animal, of course, is Ferrell. Overplaying his character, Lord Business, like a distant cousin of his dim-witted “Megamind” villain, the

actor once again gets tons of comic mileage out of his patented silly grandiloquence. “The Lego Movie” pokes fun at anyone who would argue that Lego products are, as one character puts it, “a highly sophisticated, interlocking brick system,” and not simply toys. But it also makes fun of itself, tweaking the conventions of narrative ilmmaking, animation and Lego model-making itself. The moral of this story is a sweet and uncomplicated one: Believe in yourself; everyone is special; there’s a time to follow the rules and a time to break them. – The

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Mae West said, “It is better to be looked over than overlooked.”

She was no doubt talking about the female of the species, but she could also have had in mind cards played at the bridge table. Experienced defenders transmit information with almost all of the cards they play, especially early in the deal.

In this deal, South is in three no-trump. West leads his fourth-highest spade. How should the play proceed?

Declarer took East’s spade queen with his ace, cashed the diamond king and continued with the diamond queen. He was hoping the jack would appear, allowing him to run for home.

However, when West discarded the heart four at trick three, South had to regroup.

Declarer needed a dummy entry, so had to find West with the heart king. At trick four, South led a low heart.

West won with his king and cashed the spade king: club, spade three, nine. West continued with the spade jack: club, spade five, 10. Suitably deceived, West led another spade. South won with his eight, played a heart to dummy’s queen and ran the diamonds to collect an overtrick.

“How could I have known?” asked West.

East pointed out that on the second round of spades, he gave “remaining count.” Here, because he had three cards left, he dropped the lowest one. If instead he had still held 8-6-5-3, he would have played the six under West’s king and the three under the jack.

West, after cashing the spade jack, should, in desperation, have shifted to his club two, which would have resulted in down two.

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Wife’s devotion to husband stops at the church Shy girl hopes it’s a phase Dear Abby: About a year ago, my husband, “Scott,” started attending church. He had never gone in the few years we dated.

We discussed our feelings about religion before we became engaged. He comes from a family that attended church every Sunday and believes in God. I was raised the exact opposite; I’m an atheist.

I told Scott that if we had children, I would be OK with him taking them to church, but I would not join them.

After a difficult year that led to some mild depression (for which Scott sought help), he started going to church. I was happy for him because it seemed to help him.

After a few weeks he asked me to go with him. I went several times, but felt uncomfortable. I feel like a fraud sitting in the pew.

Scott says he “wants my support” and that means attending with him.

I do not enjoy it. I have been offended by some of the messages that were imparted, and I would prefer having a couple of hours to myself on Sundays.

Abby, what should I do? Is there

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips any middle ground here? – Feeling Coerced In San Diego Dear Feeling Coerced: Tell Scott that you are happy he has found comfort in going to church, but that you are not comfortable with what is being preached and find some of it offensive. Remind him that church attendance was not part of your agreement when you married him and that you value your solitary time at home the same way he appreciates the service.

While you might relent and go with him on major holidays – some non-believing spouses do that – there really isn’t a middle ground, and because you feel so strongly about it, you should stand yours.

Dear Abby: I am the mother of two girls. One of them has a lot of emotional problems. My husband is gone for months at a time due to his job. I have told him many times that I want him to find another job

that would have him home more often. He always says that there are no jobs that will pay what he’s making now.

I know that we need a good-paying job, but I need my husband home and my girls need their father. With all of our daughter’s issues, everything falls on my shoulders and I don’t feel I can handle it alone much longer. We don’t live near family, and I have found it hard to make friends due to my daughter’s acting out. How do I get my husband to understand? – Married Single Mom Dear Mom: I understand how stressful it must be to have all the responsibility for raising your daughters on your shoulders. If your husband doesn’t already understand what you are going through, I doubt there is much you can say that will convince him to quit his lucrative job.

Consider moving yourself and your daughters closer to your family, and in the meantime, find a therapist for yourself.

• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com.

Symptoms sometimes persist after treatment Dear Doctor K: My neighbor was diagnosed with Lyme disease.

Why does he still have symptoms, even though he has completed his treatment?

Dear Reader: The great majority of people diagnosed with Lyme disease, and properly treated, are cured. However, there are some people like your neighbor who are never fully cured, and we do not understand why proper diagnosis and treatment do not always lead to the elimination of suffering.

Here’s what we do know. Lyme disease is an infection caused by bacteria that are transmitted through tick bites. The first symptom is usually a flat, reddish rash that spreads from the site of the tick bite. It often develops a central clear area known as a bull’s-eye. (I’ve put an illustration of this characteristic rash on my website, AskDoctorK.com.)

Over several days to weeks after the tick bite, the bacteria spread from the skin where the tick bite occurred. They can spread to the brain and heart, causing neurological problems and an inflammation of the heart muscle. Treatment involves a several-week course of antibiotics either taken by mouth or given intravenously (into a vein).

ASK DOCTOR K Anthony L. Komaroff There are some important things to note about Lyme disease and treatment: • It is possible to have Lyme disease more than once.

• Some people with Lyme disease need more than one course of treatment before they are cured.

• Occasionally, people with Lyme disease can be cured of the infection, but then develop “reactive arthritis.” This is a condition in which the bacteria that caused the Lyme disease trigger an immune attack on the joints.

• The ticks that carry the Lyme disease bacteria also can carry other types of bacteria that produce some symptoms similar to Lyme disease. Those other bacteria may not be killed as effectively by the antibiotics used to treat Lyme disease.

• Some people experience symptoms, such as fatigue or difficulty concentrating, after the infection is treated. This may happen even when there is no evidence that the bacteria are still in the body.

People who, like your neighbor, continue to have symptoms after what is thought to be proper treatment are sometimes given the diagnosis of “chronic Lyme disease.” This diagnosis is controversial, as the term implies that the persistent symptoms are caused by an ongoing infection with Lyme disease bacteria.

Most Lyme disease experts believe this happens only rarely (or never). But some doctors diagnose chronic Lyme disease frequently and prescribe longterm intravenous antibiotics. In my opinion, the evidence that such long-term treatment helps is not very strong.

But I also believe we don’t understand enough about this condition for anyone to hold strong opinions. I also don’t believe that such patients are just “imagining” that they are sick. Something – Lyme bacteria, other bacteria or viruses, or an unusual response of their immune system to infection – is making them sick. We just haven’t figured out what it is.

• Dr. Komaroff is a physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. Visit www.AskDoctorK. com to send questions and get additional information.

Dr. Wallace: I’m a very shy person, and because of this, I miss out on a lot of excitement and fun.

What really bothers me is that almost everyone I know is outgoing and doesn’t appear to be in the least bit shy.

My older sister (she’s outgoing) said that she was also shy when she was young and that everyone is shy at one time or another. Is this true?

I sure hope so. – Maria, Odessa, Tex. Dear Maria: According to a survey by Dr. Philip Zimbardo and a research team at Stanford University that has done extensive studies, shyness is almost a normal human emotion that is universal in scope.

Only 7 percent of the people they questioned claimed that they had never been shy. That leaves a whopping 93 percent who can’t make that claim. Shyness is equally common among males and females with teens experiencing the greatest shyness. But Dr. Zimbardo discovered that during the teen years, girls were shyer than boys mainly because of the physical changes that occur.

Dr. Mary Lou Vandenburg, author of “Coping with Being Shy,” states that the first step in overcoming shyness or making any personal changes in your life should start with self-acceptance. Optimistic thoughts can change your life.

Dr. Wallace: No lectures please. Just a simple answer will be sufficient. I’m 16 and so is my boyfriend. This past summer, we entered into a sexual relationship. We are cautious.

He uses a condom every time we are intimate.

Still, I’m aware that using a condom is not 100 percent effective. I really want to know the percent that condoms are effective.

There is no way

’TWEEN 12 & 20 Robert Wallace that I want to become pregnant. I repeat, no way do I want to become pregnant. Please don’t tell me that the only safe way to avoid pregnancy is to avoid sex. That is quite obvious. – Nameless, Chicago Dear Nameless: The most effective condoms are the latex condoms, not natural membrane condoms.

For those who choose to be sexually active, it is imperative that a latex condom is used.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, laboratory studies show that latex condoms provide a continuous barrier to microorganisms including HIV as well as sperm.

Natural membrane condoms cannot make this same claim. Latex condoms are highly effective (98 percent) when used consistently and correctly during sexual encounters.

Dr. Wallace: Is it true that more girls now smoke than boys? I find this hard to believe. I got this info from my health teacher. – Lisa, Chicago Dear Lisa: Teenage girls are, indeed, caught up in a smoking spiral and smoking in this group is rising sharply.

Not so long ago, more teenage boys smoked than girls. Not so today.

The American Cancer Society reports that about 25 percent of girls between the ages of 12 and 19 now smoke cigarettes. And this is more than the number of boys the same age who smoke.

Tobacco companies spend millions of dollars directing advertising to convince females that smoking is fashionable.

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

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Regina Hall (left) and Kevin Hart star in the film “About Last Night.”

‘About Last Night’ remake worth watching for Hart, Hall

By ANN HORNADAY The Washington Post In the 1980s, when “About Last Night ... ” came out, it quickly became a cinematic signifier for its era, the ultimate chronicle of youthful romantic anxiety and gamesmanship, starring the avatars of their generation, Demi Moore and Rob Lowe.

Nearly 30 years on, the year-in-thelife rom-com has been spruced up and given some timely punch, even though its cliches – of commitment-phobic men and needy women – are hoarier than ever. The action has been transported from Chicago to Los Angeles, where Daniel (Michael Ealy) and Debbie (Joy Bryant) meet after their respective best friends drag them along on a drunken double date. They’re both so sensational looking that their wariness at first seems impossibly put on – don’t people this attractive have some kind of innate mutual heat-seeking system? But soon they’ve embarked on an affair that may or may

not lead to something more serious, as they work out just how love, sex and relationships fit together beyond the throes of bedroom passion.

Ealy and Bryant slip into their roles with ease, and “About Last Night” possesses the surface sheen and escapist prettiness that may be the first prerequisite of any successful romantic comedy.

If Daniel’s issues with his job seem to pounce out of nowhere and Debbie’s increasingly furrowed forehead bespeaks tiresome shrewish stereotypes, the actors themselves have enough native charisma to make their characters’ most annoying traits tolerable.

What isn’t tolerable is director Steve Pink’s tendency to cut-cut-cut back and forth within scenes, presumably to infuse visual interest into what is essentially a series of pictures of people talking. As a remake of “About Last Night,” this version is the remake of an adaptation of David Mamet’s oneact play “Sexual Perversity in Chicago,” but the dialogue doesn’t bear the

playwright’s signature bite or flair. It’s vulgar and sexually graphic, but not particularly observant.

The ebbs and flows of Daniel and Debbie’s romance never veer from the tenets of Screenwriting 101. (Among the film’s archaic pivot points is who says “I love you” first, and someone actually uses the term “the L word” to discuss it. Really?)

In fact, the biggest surprise of “About Last Night” is the chemistry between Kevin Hart and Regina Hall, who, as the central couple’s best friends, steal the movie whenever they’re on screen. Caustic, profane and propelled by hysterically pitched improvisatory brio, the two grow funnier as the movie wears on – to the point that, after years of not understanding Hart’s appeal, this viewer is finally, maybe, starting to get it.

“About Last Night” may be about Daniel and Debbie, but it’s Hart and Hall who make it worth watching. They take palatable but not exceptional cinematic hay and turn it into comic gold.

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TODAY: Your intuition will guide you to make the right decisions for yourself and your family in the near future. You will make great gains, provided you don’t try to do everything at once. Keep your priorities straight and proceed methodically in order to succeed.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) – Don’t feel neglected if someone doesn’t go along with your plans. You could go along with the group or spend some time working independently on something else you enjoy.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) – Indulge in things you find pleasurable. Soothe your nerves by listening to your favorite music or enjoying a special meal. Relaxation could help you feel refreshed and rejuvenated.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) – Go ahead, make the improvements you have been contemplating. Take the necessary action to reach an important goal. You will be pleased at the results and impress someone you care about as well.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) – Go over your records to determine whether you have been careless with money. Be honest with yourself and make adjustments to your budget before your debts take over.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) – Your outgoing nature will lead to an interesting invitation.

Accept what’s offered, and take advantage of the chance to expand your social circle.

You will encounter someone special.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) – A project will demand your full attention. Be thorough, resist distractions and maintain your focus until you have perfected your approach.

Procrastination will result in frustration.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) – Time spent worrying is time wasted. Keep your mind off your troubles by staying busy and accomplishing something uplifting. Don’t dwell on what you cannot change.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) – Proceed with caution. Someone may be trying to take advantage of you. Make sure you are aware of what’s expected, and don’t be coerced into doing something you’ll regret.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) – Get out and mingle. Sitting at home will only make you more lethargic. Get up, get moving, and indulge in something you’ve never done before. You could gain a whole new perspective.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) – Review contracts before you make a commitment.

Make sure everyone is in agreement and that you are being treated fairly before you proceed. Better to be safe than sorry.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) – Enroll in a course, begin a creative endeavor or get involved in a sports activity. You will meet people with similar interests, and learn something valuable in the process.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) – Temptation will lead to loss. Avoid a get-rich-quick scheme. Resist high-pressure sales tactics, and get all the details before you sign on the dotted line. Consider the consequences if you act impulsively.

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Worst Cooks in America (G) Worst Cooks in America (G) Worst Cooks in America (G) Worst Cooks in America (G) Restaurant: Impossible (G) Worst Cooks in America (G) Legit (MA-L,S) Legit (MA-L) (4:30) Iron Man 2 (’10) Underworld: Awakening (’12) ›› Kate Beckinsale.

Underworld: Awakening (’12) ›› Kate Beckinsale.

When Calls the Heart (N) (G) Golden Girls Golden Girls Love Comes Softly (’03) ›› Katherine Heigl. (PG) (CC) Love’s Enduring Promise (’04) ››› Katherine Heigl. (PG) Hunters Hunters Int’l Property Brothers (G) (CC) Property Brothers (G) (CC) Hunters Hunters Int’l Hunters Hunters Int’l Property Brothers (G) (CC) Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Taken for Ransom (’13) (14-V) The Good Mistress (’14) Premiere. Annie Heise. (CC) Non-Stop (’13) Lacey Chabert, Drew Seeley. (14-V) (CC) The Good Mistress (’14) (CC) Are You the One? (14-D,L,S) Are You the One? (14-D,L,S) Are You the One? (14-D,L,S) Are You the One? (14-D,L,S) The Roommate (’11) Premiere.

Teen Mom 2 ’ (PG-L) Sam & Cat (G) Sam & Cat (G) Sam & Cat (G) Hathaways (N) Thunder (N) Awesomeness Full House (G) Full House (G) Friends (PG) Friends (PG) Friends (PG) Friends (PG) Undercover Boss (PG-L) (CC) Undercover Boss (PG-L) (CC) Undercover Boss (PG-L) (CC) Raising Whitley (N) (PG-D,L) ■Mom’s Got Game (N) ’ (PG) Raising Whitley ’ (PG-D,L) How to Lose Couples Retreat (’09) ›› Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman.

Couples Retreat (’09) ›› Vince Vaughn, Jason Bateman.

Cops (PG-L) Cops (14-L,V) Cops (N) (14) Cops (PG-L) Auction (N) Thrift (N) Cops (PG-L) Cops (PG-L) Cops (14) (CC) Cops (PG-L) Auction Thrift Hunters (4:30) Pirates of the Caribbean: At World’s End (’07) (CC) X-Men 2 (’03) ››› Patrick Stewart, Hugh Jackman. (CC) The Last Airbender (’10) ›‡ Premiere. Noah Ringer.

Raymond Raymond Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang King of the Nerds (14-D,L) Cougar Town Men at Work (5:00) Field of Dreams (’89) The Big House (’30) ››› Wallace Beery.

The Divorcee (’30) ››‡ All Quiet on the Western Front (’30) ›››› Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim.

Untold Stories of the E.R. (14) Untold Stories of the E.R.: Sex Sent Me to the E.R. (N) Untold Stories of the E.R. (14) Untold Stories of the E.R.: Untold Stories of the E.R. ’ Biblical Ministry Special Difference Music & Word Today’s Chr. Ministry Specl Latter Rain Paid Program Gran Gozo Paid Program Paid Program ■NBA on TNT All-Star (N) ■Tip-Off (N) ■NBA Basketball 2014 All-Star Saturday Night. (N) (Live)(CC) Pete Holmes Gridiron Gang (’06) ››› The Rock. (CC) King of Hill King of Hill Space Dandy Bleach (N) (14) Naruto Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed (’04) ›› Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ Boondocks Ghost Adventures (N) (PG) Ghost Adventures (N) (PG) Ghost Adventures (N) (PG) Ghost Adventures (PG) (CC) The Dead Files (PG) (CC) Ghost Adventures (PG) (CC) Gilligan’s Isle Gilligan’s Isle Gilligan’s Isle Gilligan’s Isle Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Raymond Everybody Loves Raymond Law & Order: SVU Law & Order: SVU NCIS ’ (14-L,V) (CC) (DVS) NCIS ’ (14-L,V) (CC) (DVS) In the Heat of the Night (’67) ›››› Premiere. Sidney Poitier.

Saturday Night Live (14-D,L) The Switch (’10) ››‡ Premiere. Jennifer Aniston, Jason Bateman.

Anger Management (’03) ›› Adam Sandler, Jack Nicholson.

BEST MOVIES 7:00 p.m. ABC 7 ›››‡ “Dreamgirls” (2006, Musical) Jamie Foxx, Beyonce Knowles. Three singers learn that fame has a high price. ’ Å (3:00) ANT 9.2 ››› “Only When I Laugh” (1981, Comedy-Drama) Marsha Mason, Kristy McNichol. A teen moves in with her alcoholic divorced mother. Å (2:30)

FAM ››› “Grease” (1978, Musical) John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John. Disparate summer lovers meet again as high-school seniors. (2:30) FX ›› “Underworld: Awakening” (2012, Horror) Kate Beckinsale, Stephen Rea. Humans wage war on vampires and lycans. (2:00) TCM ›››› “All Quiet on the Western Front” (1930, War) Lew Ayres, Louis Wolheim. A young German soldier faces the mechanized horrors of World War I. (2:30)

BEST BETS ± 2 p.m. NBC 5 XXII Winter Olympics: Hardware aplenty is handed out in a number of sports today in Sochi, Russia, starting with women’s short track, in which American Alyson Dudek hopes to be in the top three in the 1500m event.. ± 7 p.m. ABC 7 Movie: Dreamgirls: It took a long time for the stage hit to reach the screen, but writer-director Bill Condon’s adaptation was worth the wait. Beyonce Knowles has her best film role yet as the central vocalist in a 1960s girl group, and Jamie Foxx

also does sterling work as their manager. Still, the cast standouts are Eddie Murphy as a soul-music superstar and Jennifer Hudson, the “American Idol” former competitor who earned an Oscar for the film.

± 8 p.m. CBS 2 48 Hours Presents: The Whole Gritty City: New Orleans has some of the United States’ meanest streets. It also has some of the country’s best music. This special two-hour presentation profiles three student marching bands and their directors, who have made it their mission not just to prepare their charges for Mardi Gras parades but to keep them strong against the lure of the streets.

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., PLAINTIFF vs.

CHRISTOPHER BLANKENSHIP A/K/A CHRIS BLANKENSHIP; NICOLE BLANKENSHIP; WESMERE COUNTRY CLUB ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANT 12CH 05653 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, CHRISTOPHER BLANKENSHIP A/K/A CHRIS BLANKENSHIP; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendant, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 1003 IN WESMERE SUBDIVISION AREA 10 UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 16, 1998, AS DOCUMENT NO. R98-123026, AS AMENDED

BY CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED OCTOBER 21, 1998 AS DOCUMENT NO. R98-125084, AND CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION RECORDED OCTOBER 28, 1998 AS DOCUMENT NO. R98-128280, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 1715 Emerald Point Circle, Plainfield, Illinois 60586 P.I.N.: (06)03-32-401-112 and which said mortgage was signed by CHRISTOPHER BLANKENSHIP A/K/A CHRIS BLANKENSHIP, NICOLE BLANKEN-

SHIP, mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for CMG Mortgage, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County as Document No. R2009001811; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Will County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on February 20, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE. NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Will County at Will County Court House 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on or before the March 4, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Pamela J. McGuire Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 12 3733 I585688 (Published in the Herald-News January 31, February 7, 14, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE, IN TRUST FOR REGISTERED HOLDERS OF SPECIALTY UNDERWRITING AND RESIDENTIAL FINANCE TRUST, MORTGAGE LOAN ASSET-BACKED CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2006-BC5, PLAINTIFF vs.

DAVID A. JONES; LORI A. JONES; STATE OF ILLINOIS; CITIBANK (SOUTH DAKOTA) N.A.; CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), N.A.; FOX BEND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS,

DEFENDANTS 13 CH 2689 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, DAVID A. JONES; FOX BEND HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 36, IN THE FOX BEND P.U.D. UNIT THREE, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 35 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 17, 1997, AS DOCUMENT NO. R97-50693, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 419 Glen Mor Drive, Shorewood, Illinois 60404 P.I.N.: (05)06-08-407-001 and which said mortgage was signed by DAVID A. JONES, LORI A. JONES, mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Acceptance Capital Mortgage Corporation, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County as Document No. R2006147382; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Will County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on March 20, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE. NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendants, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Will County at Will County Court House 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on or before the March 4, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

mp Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 13 8026 I585952 (Published in the Herald-News January 31, February 7, 14, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT JOLIET, WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS EVERBANK, Plaintiff, vs.

STACEY L. THOMPSON AKA STACEY THOMPSON, RYAN D. YEAGER and LAKEWOOD FALLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION, INC., Defendants.

PROPERTY ADDRESS: 14120 FAULKNER CT. PLAINFIELD, IL 60544 13CH 3036 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, Ryan D. Yeager, Defendant, this case has been commenced in this Court against you and others, asking for foreclosure of the Mortgage held by the Plaintiff on the property located at 14120 Faulkner Ct., Plainfield, IL 60544, more particularly described as: That part of Lot 314 in Lakewood Falls Unit 4 POD 6A, being a resubdivision of Lots 1586 through 1662, both inclusive, in Lakewood Falls Unit 4 POD 6, a subdivision of part of the Southeast 1/4 of Section 1, Township 36 North, Range 9 East of the Third Principal Meridian, and a Part of the Southwest 1/4 of Section 6, Township 36 North, Range 10 East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the Plat of said Lakewood Falls Unit 4 POD 6A recorded October 13, 1998 as Document Number R98120384, described as follows: Beginning at the most Southerly corner of said Lot 314; thence North 63 Degrees 32 Minutes 46 Seconds West, 112.91 Feet; thence North 29 Degrees 29 Minutes 40 Seconds East, 32.01 Feet; thence South 63 Degrees 21 Minutes 54 Seconds East, 97.78 Feet to a point on a curve; thence Southerly along a curve concave Easterly having a radius of 50.00 Feet and a chord bearing of South 03 Degrees 38 Minutes 33 Seconds West, a distance of 35.40 Feet to the point of beginning in Will County, Illinois.

Permanent Index Number: 1104-06-303-109 Commonly known as: 14120 Faulkner Ct., Plainfield, IL 60544 YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the TWELFTH Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on March 12, 2014 at the Will County Court Annex, 57 N. Ottawa St., Joliet, Illinois 60432 at 11:00 a.m. A lender representative

Friday, February 14, 2014 • Page 41 pr will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification.

YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE. UNLESS YOU FILE your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this cause in the Office of the Clerk of this Court at the WILL County Courthouse, 14 W. Jefferson St., Joliet, IL 60432 on or before March 17, 2014, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT FOR FORECLOSURE. PAMELA J. MCGUIRE CLERK OF THE COURT THIS COMMUNICATION IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT, AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. HEAVNER, SCOTT, BEYERS & MIHLAR, LLC Attorneys at Law P. O. Box 740 Decatur, IL 62525

111 East Main Street Decatur, IL 62523 Telephone: (217) 422 1719 I590314 (Published in the Herald-News February 14, 21, 28, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY - JOLIET, ILLINOIS FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, PLAINTIFF vs.

JASON E. STABOSZ A/K/A JASON STABOSZ; JENNIFER L. STABOSZ A/K/A JENNIFER STABOSZ; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR COUNTRYWIDE BANK, A DIVISION OF TREASURY BANK, N.A.; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATES CREDIT UNION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, DEFENDANT 13CH 03798 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publi-

quisite publication having been filed, notice is hereby given to you, JASON E. STABOSZ A/K/A JASON STABOSZ; JENNIFER L. STABOSZ A/K/A JENNIFER STABOSZ; and UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of the 12th Judicial Circuit, Will County, Illinois by the plaintiff against you and other defendant, praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows to wit: LOT 101 ARBOR OF PLAINFIELD UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE NORTHWEST 1/4 AND PART OF THE EAST 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 36 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NUMBER R94-89124, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. COMMON ADDRESS: 16164 S. Arbor Dr., Plainfield, IL 60586 P.I.N.: 06-03-22-101-022 and which said mortgage was

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Page 42 • Friday, February 14, 2014 gage signed by JASON E. STABOSZ A/K/A JASON STABOSZ, JENNIFER L. STABOSZ A/K/A JENNIFER STABOSZ, mortgagor, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of Will County as Document No. R2005-107869; and for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the Circuit Court of Will County against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on March 6, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Will County Court Annex-3rd Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification. For further information on the mediation process, please see the attached NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION. YOU MUST APPEAR ON THE MEDIATION DATE GIVEN OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE NOW THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant, file your answer to the Complaint in said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of this Court in Will Coun-

ty at Will County Court House 14 West Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL 60432 on or before the March 4, 2014, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Pamela J. McGuire Circuit Clerk Johnson, Blumberg, & Associates, LLC 230 W. Monroe Street, Suite 1125 Chicago, Illinois 60606 Ph. 312-541-9710 Fax 312-541-9711 JB&A # IL 13 8820 I586762 (Published in the Herald-News January 31, February 7, 14, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE F13100023 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 12TH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY- JOLIET, ILLINOIS Champion Mortgage Company Plaintiff, vs.

Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Alice Sorensen aka Alice Marie Sorensen aka Alice M. Sorensen; Debra Tennant-Green aka Debra L. Tennant-Green aka Debbie Tennant; David Sorensen aka David J. Sorensen, Individually and as Independent Executor of the Estate of; United States of America; Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants Defendants.

Property Address: 20001 West Kahler Road, Wilmington, Illinois 60481

ington 13 CH 3992 NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Alice Sorensen aka Alice Marie Sorensen aka Alice M. Sorensen and UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, defendants in the above entitled cause, that suit has been commenced against you and other defendants in the Circuit Court for the Judicial Circuit by said plaintiff praying for the foreclosure of a certain mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: THE NORTH 208.7 FEET OF THE EAST 208.7 FEET OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 33 NORTH AND IN RANGE 10 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN WILL COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Property Address: 20001 West Kahler Road, Wilmington, IL 60481 P.I.N.: 18-32-400-003-0000 Said property is commonly known as: 20001 West Kahler Road, Wilmington, Illinois 60481, and which said mortgage(s) was/were made by Alice M. Sorensen and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds as Document Number R2007078986 and for other relief; that Summons was duly issued out of the above Court against you as provided by law and that said suit is now pending.

YOU MAY STILL BE ABLE TO SAVE YOUR HOME. DO NOT IGNORE THIS DOCUMENT. By order of the Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit, this case is set for Mandatory Mediation on March 11, 2014 at 1:00 pm at the Will County Court Annex3rd Floor (Arbitration Center), 57 N. Ottawa Street, Joliet, Illinois. A lender representative will be present along with a court appointed mediator to discuss options that you may have and to pre-screen you for a potential mortgage modification.

For further information on the mediation process, please see the NOTICE OF MANDATORY MEDIATION on file with the Clerk of the Circuit Court or by contacting the Plaintiff's attorney at the address listed below.

YOU MUST APPEAR FOR THE PREMEDIATION CONFERENCE OR YOUR RIGHT TO MEDIATION WILL TERMINATE NOW THEREFORE, unless you, the said above named defendants, file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Court at Will County on or before March 10, 2014 default may be taken against you at any time after that date and a Judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

This communication is an attempt to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

Steven C. Lindberg FREEDMAN ANSELMO LINDBERG LLC 1771 W. Diehl Rd., Ste 150 Naperville, IL 60563-4947 630-453-6960 866-402-8661 630-428-4620 (fax) I586763 (Published in the Herald-News February 7, 14, 21, 2014)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE

TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT WILL COUNTY IL

Attorney of record: William H. Pokorny Pokorny & Associates, Ltd. Estate of THERESA JACKSON ARDC#2223007 1000 Jorie Blvd.

Case No: 2013P00839 Suite 260 Notice is given of the death of Oak Brook, IL 60523 Theresa M. Jackson whose address Phone: 630-571-6500 was 2501 Garden Street, Joliet, Fax: 630-571-8780 County of Will, IL 60435.

Letters of Office were issued on, (Published in the Herald-News January 9, 2014, to Geraldine February 14, 21, 28, 2014.

Diaz, 2810 Buckingham Ave, HN142) Westchester, IL 60154 as Independent Executor, whose Attorney is Brendan Burns, Law Offices of PUBLIC NOTICE Brendan Burns, 7330 W College Infinite Self Storage of Joliet: Drive Suite 103, Palos Heights, IL Public Sale Ad 60463, (708) 361-0404.

The personal property listed beNotice to Heirs, Creditors, low will be sold at public sale to Claimants and Legatees Notice is hereby given of the satisfy Self storage liens. The items above proceeding. The estate will are claimed by and the sales will be administered without Court Su- be held at Infinite Self Storage pervision, unless under Section 28- 1397 N. Larkin Ave Joliet, IL 4 of the Probate Act of 1975 (755 60435 on Thursday, February 20, ILCS 5/28-4) any interested person 2014 at 10:30 am Phone ( 815terminates independent administra- 725-1799) Cash Only, Silent bids.

B151 - Christopher Garrett tion at any time by mailing or deB201 - Danny Magnuson livering a petition to terminate to D38 - Ashley Foster the Circuit Court Clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the Office of Pamela (Published in the Herald-News McGuire, Clerk of the Circuit Court February 5, 14, 2014. HN098) 3208 W. McDonough, Joliet, IL 60431, or with the representative or both on or before August 8, PUBLIC NOTICE 2014, any claim not filed within that period is barred. Copies of a NOTICE claim filed with the Circuit Court must be mailed or delivered to the Notice is hereby given that the representative and to the attorney, Village of Minooka Planning and within ten (10) days after it has Zoning Commission will hold a been filed.

The Herald News / TheHerald-News.com oning Public Hearing on Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 7:00 p.m. at the Minooka Village Hall, 121 East McEvilly Road, Minooka. The matter to be considered is an application as follows:

PETITIONER

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 10-00606

Pursuant to Sec. 5-6-5 B. of the PUBLIC NOTICE Village of Minooka Code of Ordi- TO: ROBERT AEGERTER nances, a conditional permitted use LEGAL NOTICE SUSAN AEGERTER to allow a church in an R2 singleCERTIFICATE NUMBER: RICKY NIES JR family detached residence district 10-01142 JONATHAN NIES for the following parcel: TANYA NIES TO: MEREDITH MURPHY The North 500 feet of the East PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES LLC THE FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF 871.11 Feet of the Southeast QuarCITIBANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIAter of Section 13, Township 34 OTTAWA TION AS SUCCESSOR TO CITIBANK MIDTAX INC North, Range 8 East of the Third (SOUTH DAKOTA) NA ASSET ACPrincipal Meridian, Grundy County, CEPTANCE LLC Illinois; and also that portion in Will ,AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, ONEMAIN FINANCIAL AS SUCOCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, County, Illinois, within the Bell CESSOR TO CITIFINANCIAL SERHEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INRoad right of way adjacent to the VICES, INC FKA previously described parcel; except- TERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed COMMERCIAL CREDIT LOANS on the premises described below ing that part of Bell Road right of CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES INC has been filed in the Circuit Court of way previously annexed by the VilGENERAL FINANCE CORPORAWILL County, Illinois, as Case lage of Channahon.

Number 13-TX-405.

On TION JESSE WHITE Property Index Number 03-13- 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the PeDUANE MALNAR titioner will make application to 400-004 RITA MALNAR such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for Commonly known as 8740 E an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is Route 6, Minooka, Illinois not redeemed from the sale. The All interested parties are invited real estate is described as follows, to attend the public hearing and to wit: 02-33-408-009-0000 will be given an opportunity to be and was sold on 11/21/2011, for heard. general taxes for the year 2010.

By Order of the Village President The period of redemption will expire on 06/03/2014. and Board of Trustees Village of Minooka, Illinois (Published in the Herald-News, February 14, 2014.)

,AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of WILL County, Illinois, as Case Number 13-TX-406.

On 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Petitioner will make application to PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The

(Published in the Herald-News February 7, 14, 21, 2014.

HN116)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWELFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT – WILL COUNTY – STATE OF ILLINOIS ESTATE OF MARILYN G. KRAMER, Deceased - 2014 P 19 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of office were issued to WILLIAM E. KRAMER of 610 S. Elm Street, Lockport, IL 60441, as INDEPENDENT EXECUTOR, whose attorney of record is WILLIAM H. POKORNY, JR., POKORNY & ASSOCIATES, LTD., 1000 Jorie Blvd., Suite 260, Oak Brook, IL 60523.

The estate will be administered without court supervision, unless under section 5/28-4 of the Probate Act, Ill. Compiled Stat. 1992, Ch. 755, par. 5/28-4 any interested person terminates independent administration at any time by mailing or delivering a petition to terminate to the Clerk.

Claims against the estate may be filed in the office of the Will County Circuit Clerk, Room 212, 14 W. Jefferson Street, Joliet, Illinois 60432 or with the representative or both, on or before August 15, 2014, or if mailing or delivering of a notice from the representative is required by Sec. 5/18-3 of the Probate Act, the date stated in that notice. Any claim not filed on or before that date is barred. Copies of a claim filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered by the Claimant to the representative and to the attorney within ten (10) days after it has been filed.

(Published in the Herald-News February 12, 13, 14, 2014.

HN126)

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The Herald News / TheHerald-News.com real estate is described as follows, to wit: 04-33-309-008-0000 and was sold on 11/21/2011, for general taxes for the year 2010.

The period of redemption will expire on 06/03/2014.

07-17-213-017-0000 and was sold on 11/21/2011, for general taxes for the year 2010.

The period of redemption will expire on 06/03/2014.

14-13-101-026-0000 and was sold on 11/22/2011, for general taxes for the year 2010.

The period of redemption will expire on 06/03/2014.

WHITE OAK SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER

WHITE OAK SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER

PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER (Published in the Herald-News (Published in the Herald-News February 12, 13, 14, 2014. February 12, 13, 14, 2014.

HN133) (Published in the Herald-News HN132) February 12, 13, 14, 2014.

HN127)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 10-01291

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE

LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 10-02931

LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 10-03745

TO: ZACHARY VENKUS TO: DELIA GONZALEZ LAURA HOWELL TCF MORTGAGE CORPORATION KIMBERLY HOWELL JESSE WHITE TCF NATIONAL BANK US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATCF NATIONAL BANK TION PARKVIEW ESTATES NEW EQUABLE ASCENT FINANCIAL LENOX TOWNHOME OWNERS ASLLC SOCIATION I JESSE WHITE LUZ GARCIA MIDLAND FUNDING LLC MIDTAX INC CAPITAL ONE BANK (USA), NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR IN ,AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, BENEFICIARIES, INTEREST TO CAPITAL ONE BANK OCCUPANTS, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INSI RESOURCES LLC TERESTED . A Petition for Tax Deed ,AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, on the premises described below OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, has been filed in the Circuit Court of HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES IN- WILL County, Illinois, as Case 13-TX-409.

On TERESTED . A Petition for Tax Deed Number on the premises described below 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Pehas been filed in the Circuit Court of titioner will make application to WILL County, Illinois, as Case such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for Number 13-TX-407.

On an Order on the petition that a tax 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Pe- deed be issued if the real estate is titioner will make application to not redeemed from the sale. The such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for real estate is described as follows, an Order on the petition that a tax to wit: deed be issued if the real estate is 08-29-401-042-0000 not redeemed from the sale. The and was sold on 11/22/2011, for real estate is described as follows, general taxes for the year 2010.

The period of redemption will expire to wit: on 06/03/2014.

05-03-201-015-0000 and was sold on 11/21/2011, for PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC general taxes for the year 2010.

The period of redemption will expire PETITIONER on 06/03/2014.

(Published in the Herald-News PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC February 12, 13, 14, 2014.

PETITIONER HN129) (Published in the Herald-News February 12, 13, 14, 2014.

HN128)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 10-02511

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE CERTIFICATE NUMBER: 10-03709

TO: DONAL YOUNG CARMEL FINANCIAL CORPORATION INC INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE TO: UNITED STATES ATTORNEY JOHN CONTOS GENERAL TAMMY CONTOS UNITED STATES DISTRICT ATONEMAIN FINANCIAL AS SUCCESSOR TO CITIFINANCIAL SER- TORNEY CREDIT ACCEPTANCE CORPOVICES, INC RATION CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES INC ARDEWN FUND 3 LLC MIDTAX INC ,AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED . A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of WILL County, Illinois, as Case Number 13-TX-408.

On 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Petitioner will make application to such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The real estate is described as follows, to wit:

TO: EMERALD MANAGEMENT INC DAMIEN RHEAMES TASHA HICKS

the Planning & Zoning Commission of the VILLAGE OF SHOREWOOD, Will County, Illinois will conduct a public hearing at the Village Hall, LEGAL NOTICE One Towne Center Boulevard on CERTIFICATE NUMBER: Wednesday, March 5, 2014 at 10-03775 7:00 p.m., to consider petition number 14-339, filed by Anthony TO: Perino on behalf of Crossroads ERIC POWELL Business Park LLC to consider a STATE OF ILLINOIS HEALTHCARE Conditional Use Permit for a DayAND FAMILY SERVICES care in the B-3 zoning district with ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL an additional monument sign for ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF REV- the following parcel: ENUE WOODS COVE III LLC 201 Capisa Dr, Lot 14 of the WOODS COVE III LLC Crossroads Business Park

PUBLIC NOTICE

,AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED. A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of WILL County, Illinois, as Case Number 13-TX-413.

On 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Petitioner will make application to such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The real estate is described as follows, to wit: 14-13-413-008-0000 and was sold on 11/22/2011, for general taxes for the year 2010.

The period of redemption will expire on 06/03/2014.

,AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED . A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of WILL County, Illinois, as Case Number 13-TX-411.

On 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Petitioner will make application to such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for an Order on the petition that a tax deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The real estate is described as follows, LAND OF LINCOLN SECURITIES, to wit: LLC 14-13-207-020-0000 PETITIONER and was sold on 11/22/2011, for general taxes for the year 2010. (Published in the Herald-News The period of redemption will expire February 12, 13, 14, 2014. on 06/03/2014.

HN125) WHITE OAK SECURITIES, LLC PETITIONER (Published in the Herald-News February 12, 13, 14, 2014.

HN134)

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County on February 11, 2014 All interested persons may attend where in the business firm of said hearing and be heard.

Nancy Schultz Voots Will County Clerk Tom Fry Photography Tracy Ragusa Village Clerk (Published in the Herald-News Located at 2514 Caddy Lane, Joli- February 14, 21, 28, 2014. et, IL 60435 was registered; that (Published in the Herald-News HN140) the true or real name or names of February 14, 2014. HN139) the person or persons owning the The business, with their respective post The Herald-News Herald-News office address(es), Is/are as follows: Classified Classified Tom Fry 877-264-2527 TheHerald-News.com/classified 2514 Caddy Lane 877-264-2527

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On TERESTED . A Petition for Tax Deed Number on the premises described below 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Pehas been filed in the Circuit Court of titioner will make application to WILL County, Illinois, as Case such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for Number 13-TX-412.

On an Order on the petition that a tax 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Pe- deed be issued if the real estate is titioner will make application to not redeemed from the sale. The such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for real estate is described as follows, an Order on the petition that a tax to wit: 15-03-413-019-0000 deed be issued if the real estate is not redeemed from the sale. The and was sold on 11/22/2011, for real estate is described as follows, general taxes for the year 2010.

The period of redemption will expire to wit: on 06/03/2014.

14-13-408-007-0000 and was sold on 11/22/2011, for PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC general taxes for the year 2010.

PETITIONER The period of redemption will expire on 06/03/2014.

(Published in the Herald-News PRAIRIE STATE SECURITIES, LLC February 12, 13, 14, 2014.

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,AND ALL UNKNOWN OWNERS, OCCUPANTS, BENEFICIARIES, HEIRS, DEVISEES, OR PARTIES INTERESTED . A Petition for Tax Deed on the premises described below has been filed in the Circuit Court of WILL County, Illinois, as Case Number 13-TX-410.

On 06/30/2014, at 9:00 AM, the Petitioner will make application to such Court in JOLIET, Illinois, for (Published in the Herald-News an Order on the petition that a tax February 12, 13, 14, 2014. deed be issued if the real estate is HN130) not redeemed from the sale. The BREAKING NEWS real estate is described as follows, available 24/7 at to wit: TheHerald-News.com

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