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While we are busy trying to spread Christmas cheer around our communities – visiting Santa, baking cookies, handing out gifts – one 18-year-old Channahon resident, Sydney Monroe, will be spreading cheer across the globe.

Monroe is part of a group of college-age students on a ninemonth mission trip visiting and helping people in Thailand, Cambodia, South Africa and Nicaragua. The program is called the World Race Gap Year, through Adventures in Missions.

Instead of hanging ornaments on a tree with her family, going to holiday parties or shopping for presents at the mall with her friends, Monroe will be in South Africa celebrating Christmas at Hillsong Church, which she considers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

“Although being away from my family and typical traditions like Christmas trees and food and movies will be super tough, it’s cool knowing that have we such an experience and might even have the

VIEWS Kris Stadalsky chance to spread Christmas cheer to people who may have never had that cheer before,” Monroe wrote in a text to me.

She chose to take the year between high school and college to find out what God has planned for her, rather than what she had planned for herself. The mission trip seemed to be an opportunity to do that and deepen her relationship with Christ.

So far, Monroe has been in Thailand for two months and Cambodia for one month.

In Thailand, she lived with a family on their banana farm where she helped farm, pick weeds and shovel goat manure to use as fertilizer around the banana trees.

But she also was able to run a few English language camps for kids and adults from all different backgrounds.

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She “just simply did life with them,” she said.

Monroe became close with a 14-year-old boy who had been abandoned on the side of the road, along with his siblings, with nothing but the clothes on his back. They would ride bikes together; she would watch him and the other children swim or play volleyball.

One day the boy asked Monroe to help him fly a kite.

Together they walked down a path along a rice field, him dragging his kite behind.

“I was just looking at him and thinking of everything he had experienced and how he was standing in a blistering hot rice field just choosing joy,” she said. “I learned a lot in that moment about choosing joy.”

Monroe has learned much on the trip thus far, about herself, about loving people and embracing their differences. As she’s met people from all backgrounds, religions, ethnicities and beliefs,

she’s found they are not so scary and she can share smiles, laughs and stories with them.

Monroe has a lot of work yet to do and doesn’t know what each day or each country may bring next. In the beginning it was hard to spend hours on end in the middle of the mountains shoveling goat poop. But after a week or so, she realized she signed up for the trip to be more like Christ and love people more like Him, and that’s exactly what she is doing.

“There is so much good in this world and good people,” she said, “you just have to seek it and not focus on all the bad and the hurt.”

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Nearly $100,000 raised in four hours for Operation St. Nick

By ALLISON SELK Shaw Media Correspondent MORRIS – With 30 minutes left in the auction, phone calls were taken via landline, cellphones, and text messages while runners ran new totals into the radio host who announced the latest bid on-air to create competition.

Numbers and names were yelled out with last-minute offers and runners settled bidding wars between callers. At high noon, all was quiet except the clack of the calculator as it added up totals from four hours of fundraising.

Sunday marked the 33rd Annual Operation St. Nick radio auction held at WCSJ AM and FM radio stations in downtown Morris to benefit its St. Nick Christmas Program.

Operation St. Nick Christmas Program founders Joe Schmitz and Shirley Kiss spearheaded the event along with radio host Kevin Schramm and board members aka “elves” to raise more than $96,000 in a mere four hours.

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Retailers welcome them in, offering refreshments such as creme puffs and cookies to add to the down-home ambience they’ve created with this event.

Many stores offer discounts this night and unlike Black Friday, the customers meander through the stores, coupons in hand looking for that one-of-a-kind, special gift for someone, or even for themselves.

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POLICE REPORT Note to readers: Information in Police Reports is obtained from local police departments and the Grundy County Sheriff’s Department. Individuals listed in Police Reports who have been charged with a crime have not been proven guilty in court.

Grundy County

• David P. Cranston, 19, of Morris, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies Thursday on a charge of criminal damage to property. He was given a Dec. 21 court date and booked into the Grundy County jail.

• Bradley W. Clark, 21, of Mazon,

was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies Thursday on a Putnam County failure-to-appear warrant for a charge of possession of marijuana. He was booked into the Grundy County jail.

• Markeise D. Washington, 25, of LaSalle, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies

Thursday on a failure-to-appear warrant for a charge of driving with a suspended license. He was given a Dec. 28 court date.

• Karisa K. Cox, 24, of Joliet, was arrested by Grundy County sheriff’s deputies Wednesday on a charge of driving with a suspended license and a Will County

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• Drew W. D. Urban, 24, of Morris, was arrested by Morris police Tuesday on a charge of residential burglary. He was booked into the Grundy County jail.

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Morris Council to discuss Grundy ETSB agreement amendment MORRIS – Six tele-communicators for the Grundy County Emergency Telephone System Board will see a change in their pensions if various governmental entities and public safety agencies approve an amendment to the original consolidation agreement.

The Morris Finance and Administration Committee recommended Thursday afternoon that City Council approve the amendment during an upcoming council meeting Monday night.

In March 2012, Morris dispatch and Grundy County dispatch consolidated services and became the Grundy County Emergency Telephone System Board, as they moved into a new 911 Center located south of the Illinois River on Route 47.

But recently, the need for an amendment arose because the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund’s internal audit of Grundy County, dated April 29, 2015, found the six tele-communicators participating in the Sheriff’s Law Enforcement Personnel, or SLEP, pension plan were ineligible.

As a result, they will be transferred to the IMRF if the amendment is approved. SLEP, a tier within the IMRF’s group

of pension plans, is designated for sheriff’s offices throughout the state.

Morris City Attorney Scott Belt said the IMRF audit concluded the change should be reflected retroactive to when Grundy County Sheriff Kevin Callahan was appointed in December 2012.

A transfer to the IMRF tier would bring changes in compensation packages for the six participants, Belt said, though he’s not sure of specifics.

Also, the pluses and minuses of IMRF and SLEP are often a matter of opinion, Belt and Mayor Richard Kopczick said.

From the standpoint of governmental entities, there will be changes in the personnel costs. Belt said he’s unsure of the specific cost changes at this point because IMRF will use a complicated equation system to calculate them.

In addition to Morris, the Grundy County board, Grundy County Sheriff, Grundy County ETSB and Seneca ETSB must approve and sign the amended agreement for it to take effect.

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By JEANNE MILLSAP Shaw Media correspondent COAL CITY – An estimated 600 fans packed the Coal City High School auditorium Saturday evening to see a favorite writer.

Jan Brett, the beloved author of 36 children’s books, is celebrated throughout the world for her charming stories and exquisite accompanying artwork.

Brett made Coal City the one Illinois appearance on her nationwide tour for her newest book, “The Turnip,” after Coal City Public Library’s Teen Services Director Danielle Diamond won an online competition sponsored by the author’s publisher.

Many in the audience were children toting their colorful hardback Brett books, but most were adults – longtime fans of the books they grew to love while reading them to their children or students.

Linda Micetich, of Coal City, brought eight books she hoped Brett would sign. A first-grade teacher in Darian, Micetich said she’s long admired the author’s works.

“I buy them for my boys,” Micetich said. “They’re 15, 18, 21 and 24.”

Micetich said she thinks the illustrations are beautiful and loves the way the books offer further glimpses into the story with artwork on either side of the text.

“I’m just excited to meet her and see her new book,” said Micetich’s sister, Diane D’Arcy. “I want to buy some for my grandkids.”

Coal City second-grader Lily Spiewak was in the front row of the auditorium.

“We’re here so we can see the art,” said Spiewak, who wants to be a writer/illustrator herself someday.

Hedgie, a hedgehog character played by Coal City Middle School eighth-grader Kelsie Norris, also was at the presentation and posed for pictures with those who attended.

Wilmington first-grader Ryan Schraeger posed for a picture and said he was excited to meet Brett.

“I really love Jan Brett,” he said. “I love her pictures, and her writing is really good.”

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Author Jan Brett signs autographs after her presentation Saturday in Coal City.

“She’s the only author that he’ll read consecutive books for,” his mother Micki Vantilburg said. “He’ll come home and say, ‘She’s got another one out.’ ” Randy and Shirley Clapp, also of Coal City, bought a copy of what is perhaps Brett’s most beloved book, “The Mitten,” for their great niece in Piedmont, Oklahoma.

Before the presentation, Brett said her new book was a bit of a challenge, as the words to the old Russian folk tale were a tongue-twister in the Russian language.

While traveling in and around St. Petersburg recently with her husband, Boston Symphony bass player Joe Hearne, Brett said she made careful observations of the area’s environment, architecture, people and culture to bring that flavor to “The Turnip.”

Brett has traveled all over the world to bring cultural aspects to her books. For this book, she and her husband also bought a couple of animals they now keep at their Boston home.

“We bought a rooster to help me get the authenticity,” she said.

Brett brought that rooster, Reuben, and “his wife” on the tour and showed them off on-

stage.

During her presentation, Brett also demonstrated her drawing technique and gave tips about how to draw animals with personalities. She

recommended that anyone who wants to draw well should set aside time often to practice.

“The more you practice,” she said, “the better you’ll get at it.”

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Continued from page 3 Montage, No. 1 of 15 limited edition Jonathan Toews autographed jersey, White Sox scout seats for a Cub’s game, a generator, and airplane pedal car and a trip to the American Girl store via limo.

At 11:20 a.m. Schmitz said his “gold coin in a bucket” donation came into the station with a $20,000 personal check which was a donation only.

This anonymous donor has done this for the past seven years after he saw the excitement on Schmitz’s face the first time.

Schmitz said in the early years when Kiss was at We Care of Grundy County, he would call her and ask for a family or two who were in need of gifts for their children for Christmas. He said they did that for a few years and when he had a lawyer in town offer him a $500 check to help others, he knew they could do more.

“This is so unbelievable. We started doing this to make kids dreams come true at Christmas. Thirty-three years ago, the station manager at WCSJ, Terry White said we should have a radio auction. I thought to myself, how do we raise money with a radio auction,” Kiss said.

“This is so unbelievable.

We started doing this to make kids dreams come true at Christmas.

Thirty-three years ago, the station manager at WCSJ, Terry White said we should have a radio auction. I thought to myself, how do we raise money with a radio auction.”

Shirley Kiss Operation St. Nick founder

The first year Operation St. Nick auctioned off one Cabbage Patch Kid doll for $785.

Schmitz said that doll led him to have one of the best stories throughout the years. With the Cabbage Patch Kid dolls popular and hard to find in the 1980s, Schmitz said he wanted to find the dolls for the girls on the list that next year. He finally struck a deal with the manager of Coast to Coast store to let him know when he received a shipment.

“I needed 10 to 12 dolls and when the manager called and

told me that he had a shipment of 20 and I needed to take all or none, I took them all. At midnight, I picked up the dolls and the Grundy County Sheriffs Department escorted me to the warehouse and acted as a guard while I unloaded the dolls,” Schmitz said. “I gave the girls their dolls and kept the rest for the second auction. I was sitting in church at Christmas and thought about those girls and the dolls they received. My own daughter didn’t even get one that year.”

After that, Schmitz knew the group could come up with something to auction each year to support the Operation St. Nick efforts and now 33 years later it is still going strong.

This year, Operation St. Nick helped 69 families with 153 children within those families. Each child is granted $200 in gifts and the families received $300 to $500 food gift certificates dependant on family size.

After it was all said and done, Schmitz walked around the radio station and waited for the final tally of the morning. When tears welled up in his eyes, he joked about how his allergies acted up or there must be onions in the room.

“I’m happy. It brings tears to my eyes when I think about it because it’s so overwhelming,” Schmitz said.

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By OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ The Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO– Chuck Williams, who founded the Williams-Sonoma empire and ushered in an era of aspirational culinary retailing, has died. He was 100.

The retailer of high-end home goods said Williams died peacefully of natural causes Saturday at his home in San Francisco.

Williams opened his first Williams-Sonoma store in Sonoma, California, in 1956 inspired by a trip to Paris three years earlier. A lover of cooking and entertaining, he wanted U.S. professional chefs and home cooks to have access to high-quality cookware and tools.

“I couldn’t get over seeing so many great things for cooking, the heavy pots and pans, white porcelain ovenware, country earthenware, great tools and professional knives,” Williams told The Washington Post in 2005.

He refurbished the store off Sonoma’s town square, covering the floor with black and white checkerboard tiles and painting the walls a bright yellow that he’d seen in pictures.

He built custom shelving to display individual pots and pans and crafted a simple logo with the words “Williams” and “Sonoma” in block letters over a woodcut illustration of a pineapple – a symbol of hospitality.

The shop was such an enormous success that in 1958, he relocated to a 3,000-square foot store in San Francisco, next to the city’s bustling Union Square shopping district.

Julia Child’s landmark 1961 cookbook, “Mastering the Art of French Cooking,” and her cooking show on television sent even more cooks interested in French cuisine to Wil-

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Chuck Williams stands in 2007 in front of his original store location in Sonoma, Calif, during a reception celebrating the company’s 50th anniversary. Williams, who founded the Williams-Sonoma empire and ushered in an era of aspirational culinary retailing, died Saturday. He was 100. liams-Sonoma and by 11 years later, that store had expanded to twice its original size and the catalog, first published in black and white in 1958, was flourishing.

Renowned chef and restaurateur Thomas Keller said Williams made a major contribution to the world of cuisine.

“His tireless search for new equipment, techniques and ingredients to feature at Williams-Sonoma brought the pleasures of using fine cookware into reach for Americans, and by following his passion, Chuck allowed us to

fulfill ours,” Keller said in a statement. “As we do with all of our mentors, we must acknowledge and be thankful for his vision and commitment; for what he did has impacted kitchens and restaurants worldwide. Chuck Williams once said, ‘If you love what you do, then the world will fall in love with you.’ We fell for you, Chuck, and we thank you for touching our lives.”

Born Oct. 2, 1915 in northern Florida, Mr. Williams’ earliest memories were of hand-mixing egg whites for divinity fudge and lemon meringue pies with

his grandmother, who once owned her own restaurant.

Williams’ family moved to Palm Springs, California, during the Great Depression.

He later relocated to Los Angeles, where he worked as a window dresser at the I.Magnin and Bullocks department stores. During World War II, he traveled to India and Africa, exploring the food, drinks and unique cooking techniques and tools of those parts of the world.

After returning home, he visited Sonoma and decided to move there and start a home

construction business before venturing into the world of high-end cooking ingredients and home goods.

“With his impeccable taste and unique talent for selecting the right products at the right time, he built a powerful brand that inspired a cultural revolution around food and had immeasurable impact on home and family life around the world,” said Janet Hayes, Williams-Sonoma brand president.

He sold the company in 1979, but he remained closely involved with it.

12:00 p.m. at the Fruland Funeral Home, 121 W. Jefferson St. in Morris Born: Feb. 15, 1933; in Morris, IL with Pastor Patrick Lohse officiating.

Died: Dec. 3, 2015; in Morris, IL Interment will follow in Evergreen Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Richard D. Hoge, 82, of Morris, passed away Thursday, December 3, Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until time of service at the funeral home.

2015, at his home.

Born February 15, 1933, in Morris, Funeral services will be held on he was the son of Leslie and Thursday, December 10, 2015, at

Gudrun(Gulbrandson)Hoge. He graduated from Seneca High School with the class of 1951. For most of his life he lived on the family farm in Nettle Creek Township. For several years he was employed at Western Electric and International Harvester.

He is survived by one brother, David (Betty)Hoge of Summit; one

sister, Diane Rosengren of Evergreen Park; two nieces, Ingrid(Leslie) Lesko of Hickory Hills and Susan (Michael) Reardon of Elmhurst; four great nephews; one great niece and one great, great niece.

Preceded in death by his parents and one brother-in-law, Howard Rosengren.

He was a member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Seneca and the Grundy County Farm Bureau.

Richard enjoyed hunting, fishing and traveling.

For more information, call the funeral home at 815-942-0700 or sign the private online guestbook at www.frulandfuneralhome.com.

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Channahon youth basketball league deadline approaching MORRIS HERALD-NEWS CHANNAHON – The last day to register for the Channahon Park District’s Youth Basketball League is Dec. 21 or when the league fills.

The Youth Basketball League is for third through eighth grade boys and girls. The league is designed for your child

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Gardner-South Wilmington High School • Guy Adelman • Sydney Bartels • Collin Cash • Jennaveve Johnston • Michael Mankowski • Maranda Residori

Minooka Community High School • Madeline Alessio • Persephone Allee • Kelli Anderson • Sydney Arlis • Brandon Baranski • Marielena Bautista • Daniel Beaudin • Sydney Bebar • Sarah Boeringa • Daniel Burdick • Andrew Burjek • Drew Burjek • Mark Burjek • Joseph Butler, • Jordyn Button • Mackenzie Chesko • Shane Chetney, • Taylor Cinkovich • Matthew Claassen • Liam Connellan • Michael Conway • Robert Cortesi • Morgan Crouch • Vinni Dayag • Mitchell Degraaf • Paige Dobbyn • Jacob Doster, • Andrew Engel • Katelynn Fuller • Kaylee Fuller

to utilize fundamental skills of basketball in game situations.

Each team will be lead by a head coach who will provide instruction on basketball fundamentals in a positive and fun environment. Teams will have one practice during the week, starting the week of January 11 and one game every Saturday, starting January 23 and • Conrad Goffinet • Jacob Gornik • Kathleen Gossen • Chelsea Hagen • Kallie Haritopoulos • Marcus Hayden • Chandler Horvat • Andrew Jepsen • Benjamin Karczewski • Marissa Kasuba • Madison Kaufman • Alexander Keener • Jeffrey Kirkolis • Brandon Kopp • Jacquline Krohn • Tessa Krusinski • Amber Lindstrom • Hailey Machnikowski • Michael Malinowski • Justin Marquardt • Peyton Mart • Kathryn Marti • Marisa Martinez • Kayla McComb • Kylie McFee • Alexandra Motsch • Dylan Nielsen • Michelle Pappas • Zachary Petersen • Alec Peterson • Katelyn Prindle • Jason Raether • Hayley Ranieri • Jacob Reynolds • Austin Robare • Anthony Rodriguez • Theo Romac • Alex Roop • Gillian Ruggeri • Patrick Rumsey • Isabella Sadler • Jacqueline Sartore • Nicholas Saveas • Morgan Scholtes • Hannah Schulz • Samuel Siesser • Jailene Silveri • Nicholas Stallion • Jacob Swank • Nicholas Swanson • Gabrielle Taylor • Benjamin Trouvais • Berker Ustura • Emma Van Drie • Nathaniel Vaught • Alyssa Walter • Margaret Ward • Allison Wasiak • Kevin Wilson

ending March 5. All games are held at Heritage Crossing Field House, 24935 W. Sioux Drive in Channahon. There is a separate league for boys and girls. The fee is for the league is only $69 for residents and $89 for nonresidents.

Is your child not old enough for the league? A first- and second-grade instructional basket• Paige Withall • Justin Wolz • Heather Zelko

Morris High School

• Maren Bashor • Matthew Borgstrom • Peyton Christensen • Regan Degrush • Emma Dingbaum • Maxwell Dudley

ball league has been added. This league is designed to develop the essential fundamental skills of basketball while also giving them a game atmosphere. Scott Slocum will provide a 45 minute instruction session each week followed by a game. The instructional league runs starting at 1 p.m. Sundays from Jan. 10 to Feb. 21. The fee for the in• Dakota Foland • Evan Gagnon • Nathan Guth • Jason Jurak, • Jessica Jurak, • Mikaela Marino • Avery Norris • Haley Nystedt • Kaitlin Palko • Matthew Paulson

structional league is $59 for residents and $76 for nonresidents.

Register online at www. channahonpark.org or in person, by mail or by fax at 815-4675677, or at Arrowhead Community Center, 24856 W. Eames Street, Channahon.

For information, call the Channahon Park District at 815467-7275.

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NOTICE OF PROPOSED PROPERTY TAX INCREASE FOR MORRIS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 54, COUNTY OF GRUNDY, STATE OF ILLINOIS I. A public hearing to approve a proposed property tax levy increase for Morris Elementary School District #54 for 2015 will be held on December 14, 2015 at 6:00 p.m. at the Boardroom of the District Offices at White Oak Elementary School. Any person desiring to appear at the public hearing and present testimony to the taxing district may contact Dr. Teri Shaw, Superintendent, Administrative Offices, 54 White Oak Drive, Morris, IL 60450, (815) 942-0056.

II. The corporate and special purpose property taxes extended or abated for 2014 were $3,577,536. The proposed corporate and special purpose property taxes to be levied for 2015 are $4,032,728. This represents a 11.29% increase over the previous year.

III. The property taxes extended for debt service and public building commission leases for 2014 were $3,419,800.

The estimated property taxes to be levied for debt service and public building commission leases for 2015 are $3,522,459. This represents an 2.91% increase from the previous year.

IV. The total property taxes extended or abated for 2014 were $6,997,336.

The estimated total property taxes to be levied for 2015 are $7,555,187. This represents a 7.38% increase over the previous year.

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Morris’s Matt Shaw shoots over the arms of Minooka’s Jonny Butler Saturday night in Minooka’s 50-31 win in Morris.

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Morris boys looking forward to practice time

By ROB OESTERLE roesterle@shawmedia.com MORRIS – Heading into the 2015-16 season, Morris boys basketball coach Joe Blumberg knew that his team would have a very different look than the one that took the floor a majority of the time the last couple of years.

Mainstays Austin Patterson, Evan Bjelland and Jake Walker all graduated, leaving the backcourt jobs wide open.

The Redskins have had an eventful first couple of weeks, filled with the ups and downs that should be expected at the start of any year, but perhaps more so due to the game-heaviness of their early season schedule.

In 14 days since beginning the Coal City Turkey Tournament, the Redskins played seven gams. As Blumberg pointed out after Saturday night’s 50-31 loss to Minooka, if you take away two Sundays and Thanksgiving, that makes 11 days that the team was together.

Playing seven games in 11 days doesn’t leave a lot of time to practice. In certain seasons, that wouldn’t be a huge problem.

But this year, with the Redskins basically entering the season with an entirely new lineup, that practice time is invaluable.

Add to it the facts that senior post player Jake Jurasits is out with an injury, forcing sophomore Tyler Spiezio to be called up to play with the varsity, and that point guard Tommy Balentine has played his way into the starting role despite not having played last year or during the summer, and practice time is sorely needed for nothing else if not to let the players shake hands and meet each other. Or at least get to know what each other’s strenghs and weaknesses are and how they can learn to play together.

“I am not making excuses for our team,” Blumberg said after the Redskins lost Saturday for the second time in two nights, following up Friday night’s 72-41 loss at Kaneland to open the Northern Illinois

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ABOVE: Morris’s Nathaniel Halcomb drives to the basket in front of Minooka’s Joe Butler on Saturday at Morris High School. BELOW: MInooka’s Keegan Graebner jump ball Morris’s Jackson Shannon.

Big 12 East schedule. “But we haven’t played together enough to get much consistency yet. To me, the biggest thing coming up about this week is that we don’t play a game until next Saturday [at Yorkville].

“We’ve had to bring up a

sophomore due to an injury, and we are playing with a point guard who didn’t play with us last year or during the summer. Now, we have a full week of time in practice to go through things and get better at what we need to get better at.”

Against Minooka early on Saturday night what the Redskins (4-3) were good at was keeping the pace of the game to their liking.

Matt Shaw got things going with a three-pointer, then got an assist when he spotted Jackson Shannon open un-

derneath for a basket and a quick, 5-0 lead.

Minooka’s Joe Butler, who scored his 1,000th career point later in the game, got the Indians on the board with a three-pointer., but Shaw connected on a jumper in the lane to give Morris a 7-3 lead.

Even when Minooka’s Jonny Butler was fouled attempting a three-pointer with under a second left in the period and made all three free throws, Morris ended the first with a 7-6 lead against a team loaded with the experience the Redskins are lacking.

“I really thought we controlled the game and the pace of the game for one quarter,” Blumberg said. “That was good to see, but then we weren’t able to keep that up and they were able to get some runout baskets off of pressure. That’s the same thing that killed us against Kaneland, and it’s something we need to work on this week at practice.”

SAN FRANCISCO 26, BEARS 20 (OT)

troit, taking a handoff from the 5 and churning through tacklers for a second-quarter score.

When he got back on his feet, he cradled the ball like a baby in his arms, his mind clearly on the boy he welcomed into the world Thursday, Matthew Christian.

“I just thought about it when I scored. I was like, ‘Hey, my family is probably watching. I’m going to just pretend like it’s my baby at home,’” Forte said.

In the act, a referee approached him to say the football can’t be used as a prop, but since Forte really did just welcome a child into the world, it could slide this one time.

By NATE ATKINS natkins@chicagofootball.com The Bears came into Sunday with a clear plan on offense: They were going to run it to the bitter end.

Employing a three-headed rushing attack for the first time this season, the Bears ran the ball 42 times for 170 yards Sunday, marking the most rushes the team has had in any game since 2011 and tied for the most in a game since 2007.

That streak includes the entire Marc Trestman era, when the Bears’ traditional groundand-pound game often tended to disappear, prompting John Fox’s new regime to promise to reverse that this season.

They entered Sunday already ranked seventh in the league in attempts, but the game against the 49ers presented an even more focused attack. Perhaps it had to do with an off day by Jay Cutler with two starting receivers injured, but the Bears also had in their stable three healthy running backs for the first time in more than a month.

Matt Forte led the way with 21 carries for 84 yards. Jeremy Langford took 12 carries for 59 yards. Ka’Deem Carey added five carries for 17 yards. It marked the first game all season in which all three backs saw game action.

“I’m pretty sure if it’d been just me with 30 or 40 carries, it would have been kind of tough to do that,” said Forte, who assured he is 100 percent recov-

Carey celebrates first career score Sandy Bressner - sbressner@shawmedia.com

Bears running back Ka’Deem Carey runs the ball down the field during the second half against the San Francisco 49ers on Sunday at Soldier Field. ered from the knee injury he suffered against the Vikings. “... The run is important because you get time of possession, you’re able to keep their offense off the field, and you’re able to grind it out.”

That was the plan, and despite a 26-20 loss, it consistently placed the Bears in a position to win. On their second-to-last drive of regulation, all three running backs had carries, and Carey capped the 83-yard series with a 4-yard plunge to give the team a 20-13 lead.

After San Francisco tied the score on a Blaine Gabbert scramble, the Bears took over in field goal range after Deonte Thompson’s 74-yard kick return. Carey made the game-winning attempt easier after an 11-yard run, but kicker Robbie Gould pulled a 36yard attempt wide left to end regulation.

The Bears only abandoned the approach in overtime, after a holding call set them back into a first-and-17. Forte took one more carry, the Bears went three-and-out, and the

49ers took the field for the last series they’d need to win the game.

Forte celebrates more than TD

Forte enjoyed a nice bounce-back game from the tough night he had on Thanksgiving against Green Bay, which held him to less than 3 yards per carry.

Against the 49ers, Forte averaged 4 yards per carry on a team-high 21 attempts. He also found the end zone for the first time since Week 6 against De-

In his 19th career game, the second-year player Carey scored his first career touchdown.

It was a big one, too, giving the Bears a go-ahead score with less than four minutes remaining. From the 4-yard line, Carey took a stretch handoff left and followed his blockers. Then he realized that if he wanted his first score, he’d have to muscle through three-time first-team All-Pro linebacker NaVorro Bowman at the goal line.

“Shoot, I just saw that big 53 dude standing in front of me, and I said, ‘It’s me and you. If you’re going to take my touchdown, you better knock my head off because I’m getting in this thing,’” Carey said.

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Christian Johnson led Coal Coty (1-4, 0-1) with 13 points in the Interstate Eight Conference opener, while Nick Micetich added 12.

Coal City 39, Herscher 37: On Thursday, Coal City (4-4, 2-0) got 12 points from Mackenzie Bugg and 11 each from Mackenna Emerson and Taylor Meents to remain unbeaten in Interstate Eight play.

Beecher 52, Gardner-South Wilmington 40: Jenni Price led

GSW (4-4, 1-1) with 11 points, four assists and three steals in the River Valley Conference loss, whie Kaylee Steichen had eight points and three assists.

Kaneland 69, Morris 23 : Meghan Smith and Alissa Bojovic each had six points for the Redskins on Friday night while Meghan Jurak had a team-high six rebounds. Morris lost the sophomore game, 35-22, as Amanda Schmidt led all scorers with nine points and Madi Mayberry scored six.

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MONDAY’S EVENTS Girls basketball 6:45 p.m. – Coal City at Lisle 7 p.m. – Plano at Seneca 7 p.m. – St. Anne at Gardner-South Wilmington Boys bowling 4 p.m. – Minooka at Lincoln-Way East

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BROOKFIELD – The Morris wrestling team went 1-2 on Saturday at the Riverside-Brookfield Quad. The Redskins blanked Chicago Hubbard, 78-0, before falling to Vernon Hills, 45-24, and losing, 61-12, to Riverside-Brookfield.

Recording pins against Hubbard for Morris were Abby Eisenbeis (106-poumds) Michael Milton (113), Zach Sater (120), Merrich Hairapatian (160), Shaine Hennessy (170), Cody Baldridge (182), R.J. Roderick (195), Colby Eschenbaum (220) and Bobby Stubinger (285), while Dakota Sater (126), Marques Kjellesvik (132), Ethan Elleson (138) and Jacob Barkley (145) each won by forfeit. Against Vernon Hills, Brandon Hall (285) won by pin, while Hairapatian (160), Hennessy (170) and Sean Terando (182) won by forfeit.

Against Riverside-Brookfield, Hall (285) won by pin and Baldridge (182) won by forfeit.

Seneca Invitational: Seneca finished seventh in the 16team event with 106 points.

Tyler Draine (126) and Hunter McAlpine (182) each finished third for the Irish while Jackson Beene (113), Kye Sigmon

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OPINION Freelance reporter is why Chicago knows details about Laquan McDonald shooting SPRINGFIELD – I watched the video in disbelief.

Bullet after bullet tore into the prone body of Laquan McDonald.

The shooting of the 17-year-old was captured on video by a squad car’s camera.

It was a horrifying display of the ultimate use of government power – the taking of a human life.

I’ve been a reporter for nearly 30 years. Early in my career I covered cops and crime. I’ve covered shootings that were justified and some that were not.

But what happened after the shooting was all too familiar.

Folks started to lie. Bureaucrats covered their butts. And politicians pointed fingers.

There is no other way to describe the situation. It was a cover-up. Initially, the Chicago Police Department said McDonald was shot once after lunging at an officer. But the autopsy showed that he was shot 16 times.

And the video shows him walking away rather than lunging at anyone. McDonald was no saint.

But no one deserves to be shot while lying helpless on a street.

A tenacious freelance reporter, Brandon Smith, filed a Freedom of Information Act request for the video. When the request was denied by the city, he went to court, fought for its release and won.

And it was not until the video was on the brink of release that the officer involved was charged with murder.

It was 13 months after the shooting. Thirteen months.

Oh, and the taxpayers of Chicago already had paid a $5 million settlement to McDonald’s family with a provision that video would remain confidential.

Just call it hush money.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said he didn’t see the video until it was made public last week.

The city dished out millions of

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VIEWS Scott Reeder bucks to McDonald’s family and the mayor hadn’t even bothered to see what was on the video?

Give me a break.

Even in Chicago, $5 million isn’t chump change.

But who is this Brandon Smith? He’s the reporter who forced the Chicago Police Department to release the video.

He writes part time for whoever will buy his work and also has worked in restaurant kitchens and drives for Uber to support himself.

Smith broke this story without working for any particular news organization. In fact, this small-town Ohio native, who set the Chicago’s political establishment on its ear, hasn’t even earned his bachelor’s degree yet.

But he already is holding those in power accountable and demanding transparency from the opaque corridors of Chicago’s City Hall. And he is learning some tough lessons about those in power not wanting to be held accountable.

On the day the video was made public – because of his lawsuit – Chicago police officers turned him away from a mayoral news conference.

Why? They don’t consider him “legitimate” media.

Well, he may not have a press pass in his pocket, but he has truth marching at his side. And for the public, horrified by the images he brought to light, that is credential enough.

• Scott Reeder is a veteran statehouse reporter and a journalist with Illinois News Network, a project of the Illinois Policy Institute. He can be reached at sreeder@ilnews.org.

LEGISLATIVE DIRECTORY President Barack Obama The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. NW Washington, DC 20500 202-456-1414 Comment: 202-456-1111

U.S. Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Channahon (16th District) District office 628 Columbus Street Suite 507 Ottawa, IL 61350 815-431-9271

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill. 230 S. Dearborn Kluczynski Federal Building Suite 3892 Chicago, IL 60604 312-353-4952

Washington, D.C., office 1221 Longworth House Office Building Washington D.C. 20515 202-225-3635

711 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-2152 U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk, R-Ill. 230 S. Dearborn Suite 3900 Chicago, IL 60604 312-886-3506 387 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 202-224-2854 Gov. Bruce Rauner 207 Statehouse Springfield, IL 62706 800-642-3112

State Sen. Sue Rezin, R-Morris (38th District) District office 103 Fifth Street PO Box 260 Peru, IL 61354 815- 220-8720 Springfield office 309I Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-3840 State Sen. Toi Hutchinson, D-Olympia Fields (40th District) District office 222 Vollmer Road, Suite 2C Chicago Heights, IL 60411 708-756-0882

Springfield office 121C Capitol Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-7419 State Rep. John Anthony, R-Plainfield (75th District) District office 3605 N. State Route 47, Suite F PO Box 808 Morris, IL 60450-0808 815-416-1475 Springfield office 201-N Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-5997 State Rep. Kate Cloonen, D-Kankakee (79th District) District office 1 Dearbourn Square Suite 419 Kankakee, IL 60901 815-939-1983 Springfield office 235-E Stratton Office Building Springfield, IL 62706 217-782-5981

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Event qualification and monthly magazine

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As the holiday season is practically upon us, let’s look at a few possible gifts for your bridge friends.

First, if she or he is not already a member, give a gift subscription to the American Contract Bridge League.

Apart from allowing masterpoint collection and cheaper entry into events at the three North American Championships, every month members receive an 80-page magazine. The Bridge Bulletin contains information about those Nationals, book and software reviews, and many instructive articles aimed at various levels: newer, intermediate and advanced. Details are at acbl.org.

In this deal from the May 2015 issue, how should South play in six clubs after West leads a trump?

In the auction, two clubs was an inverted minor-suit raise, showing at least game-invitational strength and denying a four-card major. Two hearts indicated a heart stopper and denied a diamond stopper. Three diamonds promised a stopper in that suit and game-forcing values. After three control-bids, North jumped to six clubs with such great trumps and no more control-cards to show.

South could draw trumps and try both major-suit finesses. But instead of that 76 percent line, why not guarantee the contract? After removing the trumps, cash dummy’s diamonds, ruff the diamond six, and return to dummy with a trump. Then play a heart and cover East’s card as cheaply as possible.

Suppose West wins South’s nine with the jack. What does he do now?

He is endplayed. Whichever major he returns concedes the contract-fulfilling extra trick.

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Holiday greeting need not prompt a religious claim Dear Abby: Every year around the holidays, well-intentioned strangers wish me and my family “Merry Christmas!” Even though we are Jewish, I have always regarded it to be a kind gesture to spread good cheer. I smile and return the greeting.

My children have asked me why I don’t tell people we’re Jewish and that we don’t celebrate Christmas. I don’t feel I need to educate strangers when they’re just trying to be friendly, but my kids don’t agree. We’ve had several discussions about being friendly and polite, but still they ask if being Jewish is something to keep secret or be embarrassed about.

I don’t want to rain on

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips anyone’s parade, but I do want to give my kids the message that we are proud of who we are. How do you recommend I handle this situation, because it happens a lot? – Jill in Santa

Rosa, Calif.

Dear Jill: Explain to your

children that you return the greeting to be polite, not because you feel being Jewish is anything to be ashamed of.

The strangers who do this are saying something nice, and you are returning the greeting.

However, the response to

people to whom you are closer and with whom there will be a deeper relationship should be different.

To them, your children should explain that they are Jewish and that you celebrate Hanukkah rather than Christmas. When you’re with them, if they feel the need to assert their Jewish identity, they should go right ahead and do it.

Dear Abby: I have been with my boyfriend for 16 years.

Last year I found out he was married before I met him and still is married to her. He never told me he was married when I met him – or at all. If he had, we wouldn’t be together.

His wife got ahold of me

on Facebook because she was looking for him. I was in disbelief. We almost got married in 2007, which would have been bigamy. I have stayed with him for the sake of our kids, but I’m miserable.

I recently reconnected with a male friend from high school. We have been talking, but not romantically.

He knows my situation. The problem is, he said that he had a crush on me back in school and still does. I have feelings for him, too – more than just friendship. What do I do? –

you are feeling. What you shouldn’t do is rebound from one relationship into another.

Because you are no longer happy with your boyfriend, consult an attorney to ensure your children’s father lives up to his financial obligations to them. If you don’t have a job, start looking for one to supplement the child support income.

Once you have established economic independence, you will be in a better position to judge whether or not your old high school friend is your knight in shining armor.

ine the extent to which your trust has been shaken. What you need to do right now is recognize how vulnerable

• Write to Dear Abby at www.dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.

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