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As I was thinking about a topic to write for this article, I thought of recent events, meetings, etc. that I have been a part of to see if something jumped out at me that readers might find interesting.

And, in light of the meaning of this time of year and some of the horrific things that have been happening in our country and globally, what came to my mind was a meeting I attended Dec. 16. The meeting was a requirement of the transportation intergovernmental agreement that we have in place between the school districts in Morris. The agreement states: “The parties agree to meet at least once per year to review routing, policies and costs.”

Present at the meeting were the superintendents of each district, up to two board members from each district, the bus dispatcher, and the director of buildings and grounds.

The significance of this from my perspective is what we can achieve when we work together. Anyone who knows me knows that one of my least favorite parts of the job is dealing with local politics. Yes, as always, there are individual interests that sometimes make reaching an agreement diffi-

COMMUNITY PULSE Kathy Perry cult. While the process used in reaching our current intergovernmental agreement was difficult, after many meetings and discussions, an agreement was reached.

We began this endeavor at the beginning of the 2013-14 school year. As many of you know, we definitely had some difficult times in our first year, but I sincerely want to thank everyone who was involved in getting this huge project up and running. During the summer and fall of 2013, numerous people who included the bus dispatcher, bus monitors, bus drivers, teachers, office staff, buildings and grounds, principals, superintendents and board members volunteered to help. Again, thank you to everyone from all three districts who stepped up to work together that summer and fall.

I would like the community to know that as a result of working together and sharing transportation, we have been able to save the community and state approximately

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$775,000 in regular education since 2013-14 and $4.5 million in special education since 200203. The savings have helped to offset tax rates and have allowed the districts to transfer funds to directly support the education of our students.

My message here is simple.

It may sound like a cliché, but we can truly achieve more when we work together. As I reflect on my years in this position, many examples of working together come to mind. Just to name a few: The city of Morris has helped the school districts through the intergovernmental agreement that we have in place regarding the Tax Increment Financing District; the city also has helped many times in the areas of buildings and grounds; the schools and the YMCA work together to provide opportunities for the children of the community to have various programs including sports and summer opportunities; in 2006, Saratoga School suffered a small fire and White Oak Elementary was willing to house up to 375 of our students if needed; and the school districts work together to share expensive equipment such as skid-steers, snow removal

equipment, trailers, lawn mowing equipment and tools.

I mentioned that one of my least favorite aspects of this position is politics. On the flip side, one of my favorite aspects of this position is working together within my own school with administration and staff.

At Saratoga School, we have a strong spirit of working together to continue to achieve school improvement. I also enjoy the opportunities I have to work with and help other school districts and the Grundy County Special Education Cooperative to improve education for all of our students.

In closing, I wish everyone a very happy holiday season and hope that we can continue to find ways to work together to improve this community’s education for all of our students.

• Kathy Perry is superintendent of Saratoga School District 60C in Morris. Community Pulse is a weekly column that provides a dedicated space for Grundy County-area nonprofits, schools, organizations and sometimes Morris Herald-News staff to share news and information about their organization.

The Grundy County Historical Society encourages Morris Herald-News readers to “look up” as they travel Grundy County and take time to notice some of its historical architecture.

This building at 1388 Heritage Drive in Morris includes a bell cast roof line with an eight-sided cupola with weather vane. It is a modern building showing design elements from the past.

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Carbon Hill School Museum hosts annual Holiday Open House to relive the past

By JEANNE MILLSAP Shaw Media Correspondent CARBON HILL – Residents might have heard the Ghost of Christmas Past during the weekend at the Carbon Hill School Museum. The old schoolhouse was decked out in holiday decorations of yesteryear, such as antique toys, old-fashioned ornaments, vintage Santa Clauses and preserved memories of those long-deceased surrounding them all.

The museum hosted its annual Holiday Open House on Sunday, and visitors entered throughout the afternoon.

“Every year, everything’s different,” visitor and Grundy County Historical Society President Donna Sroczynski said.

Museum Curator Michelle Micetich said she and others with the Carbon Hill Historical Society spent five days getting everything ready for the event.

“Fifteen years – and I’ve done it different every year,” Micetich said of the staircase between the two rooms of the schoolhouse.

Micetich has a story for just about every item in the museum, and told visitors the history behind each one and the family that donated it. This time of year, she’s put her touch on many of the pieces to bring them to life for Christmas. Even a little model of a coal-pulling mule has a red bow around his neck.

Evy Bjelland, of Coal City, was at the Open House and said she loved it for all the memories. She commented on the toys, which are different from what children play with today.

There weren’t any computers back then, she said, except a lot of wind-up toys.

Kathy Lissy pointed out a small Christmas tree with several detailed homemade ornaments. Her father, Henry Galbraith, made them, she said, and would hand them out to

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Alice Wills, of Coal City, who attended Carbon Hill School, is among those at the museum’s Holiday Open House.

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Santa sighted in Morris MORRIS – Santa Claus More online made his rounds Friday in Visit MorrisHeraldMorris, checking to see who News.com to see has been naughty and nice video footage of Santa visiting various Morris this year. locations and people.

He was seen grabbing his mail, visiting the Nativity scene on the Grundy County courthouse lawn and walking down Liberty and Washington streets.

After checking in with Morris Police Chief Brent Dite and stopping by White Oak Elementary School, he declared he needed to return to the North Pole to make more toys, because Morris is filled with good girls and good boys.

TOP RIGHT: Santa Claus pauses for a moment of prayer at the manger on the Grundy County courthouse lawn.

TOP LEFT: Santa Claus checked in with Morris Police Chief Brent Dite to find out who has been naughty or nice.

ABOVE LEFT: Santa Claus is seen walking Friday morning across Washington Street in Morris.

ABOVE RIGHT: Santa Claus stopped by the Morris Post Office to pick up some mail Friday.

LEFT: Santa Claus is spotted Friday checking on the girls and boys at White Oak Elementary School.

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Kevin “Turtle” Krople, the n WHERE: Turtle’s Tap, 100 E. owner of Turtle’s Tap, has been Waverly St., Morris hosting the dinner for 19 years n INFO: Call 815-942-3664. in the Morris restaurant as a n COST: Free way to make sure no one is alone on Christmas.

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Volunteers, donors add to holiday spirit Continued from page 6 a kid Santa isn’t coming to their house?”

In addition to the free meal, volunteers scurry about like little elves as they get the names and interests of the children who come in to eat. More elves are busy in the toy room, finding the right gift, wrapping it and getting it out to the table with dinner. Krople said it’s especially fun when they are able to deliver a large gift such as a bicycle to a child, and he wishes there were more large gifts to give.

The program is funded by donors who drop off gifts or checks and from the coins in the turtle fountain that sits in the entryway all year.

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“They come out because they don’t want to be alone. Some people celebrate with families on days other than Christmas in order to get everyone together, and on Christmas there is nowhere to go,” he said.

This year’s meal will include turkey, mashed potatoes, beans, pumpkin pie and more. It is free to anyone who would like to attend. The meal is not run by restaurant staff. It’s all volunteer staffed, from the planning down to the cooking, serving and cleaning up. Krople said the restaurant also is seeking volunteers who can help serve, clean off tables, and wrap and deliver gifts to all the patrons.

Krople said no reservations are required – people just need to show up ready for some good food. Turtle’s is accepting gifts and donations to purchase gifts through Christmas Day.

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By HEIDI LITCHFIELD hlitchfield@shawmedia.com MORRIS – After a resident of rural Grundy County approached the Grundy County Highway Department in October to request rumble strips on Gardner Road, the Highway Committee decided to look at current policies.

County Engineer Craig Cassem said the county had not previously installed rumble strips but, after hearing from the residents the County Board’s Highway Committee, had them installed on both eastbound and westbound Gardner Road where it intersects with Route 47.

“We looked at the pros and cons for installing the strips,” Cassem said. “We felt we could spend a little money and hopefully alert distracted drivers before the intersection with Route 47.”

The project has been completed at a cost of about $3,000 to the county.

During discussions, the committee determined there needs to be a policy in place

for when and where the county would pay to have rumble strips installed.

The first draft of the policy was discussed, but not voted on, at Thursday night’s Highway Committee meeting. Cassem said the committee recommended a few changes and would revisit it at the regular January meeting.

County Administrator Doug Pryor said the creation of a policy will establish a baseline.

“There needs to be rules in place such as a minimum traffic count,” Pryor said.

He said rumble strips are designed to go before an intersection where stop signs already are in place.

He said the policy will lay out how the county will evaluate what has happened at a proposed intersection and what other traffic control tools already are in place.

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Alice Wills, of Coal City, visited dressed up in a bright red hat and gloves. She attended school in the old schoolhouse, she said, graduating in 1936.

Her classroom was upstairs, before that part of the school was knocked down. She remembers her teacher – Miss Doyle.

“I think it’s just wonderful,” Wills said of the museum and the Holiday Open House. “I just love it. ... I just like coming here.”

The 1893 schoolhouse was auctioned off in 1956 when school consolidation created District 80-C. Many other area small schools were also part of the consolidation, including Jugtown, Robinson, Short, Laymon, Adams, Sulphur Springs, Divine, Goose Lake, Suffernville and Eureka. A man made the building his home until 1992, when the village of Carbon Hill purchased it. In 2004, the Carbon Hill Historical Society bought it.

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WILLIAM B. SHANNON

retirement Bill was a fixture at the “shop” talking and joking during Born: Sept. 2, 1935 coffee hour, working on various Died: Dec. 20, 2015 projects for friends and family, and openly sharing his political views.

William B. ShanHis grandchildren and great-grandnon, 80, of Morris, IL peacefully passed children will remember him most by away Dec. 20, 2015, his great sense of humor, sarcastic one-liners, great work ethic and with loved ones at devotion to family. His time spent his side at Morris building puzzles, sharing stories and Hospital. handing down life lessons will be Born Sept. 2, 1935, in Morris, Illinois, Bill was married to his beloved greatly missed.

Bill, is survived by his beloved wife Nancy on Jan. 14, 1955. The two wife, Nancy, of 61 years; sons, Steve met at Uptown Sweet Shop at the age of 16. Through the years the two (Cindy) Shannon and Don (Kim) Shannon; cherished grandchildren, enjoyed dancing at the Bungalow, Wes Shannon, Chad (Amy) Shannon, traveling to visit friends and family, Scott (Sam) Shannon and Nicole regular trips to the riverboats, and attending grandchildren’s ball games (Jody) Gonzalez; great-grandchildren, Mya, Tessa, Kian, Declan, and recitals.

Kellan and Cora; sister, Judy (Carl) In 1954, he started working at Kramer; brother, Darrell (Cathy) Ayers Electric; he became owner and operator of the business in 1984. Shannon. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leroy Shannon and Bill was a hard worker and truly Helen Johnson; brothers, Kenny dedicated to his family business, in which he continued until retirement and Dave Shannon; sisters, Shirley on Oct. 1, 1988. After retirement his Kindlespire and Joyce Olson.

Memorials may be made in Bill’s sons, Steve and Don, carried on the honor to his family, for their districompany business with the same bution to Wounded Warriors Project values and integrity he instilled. The and National Hospice and Palliative continued legacy filled him with Care Organization. endless pride and joy. Even after

Visitation will be held Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015, from 9 a.m. until noon, at the U.C Davis-Callahan Funeral Home, 301 W. Washington Street, Morris, Illinois. A Celebration of Bill’s Life will immediately follow with Pastor Steve Larson of First Baptist Church of Morris officiating. Burial will be at Evergreen Cemetery on Cemetery Road in Morris. Arrangements have been entrusted with U.C. Davis-Callahan Funeral Home, 301 W Washington Street, Morris, Illinois.

For further information visit the website at www.ucdaviscallahan.com or contact the funeral home at 815942-0084. Online condolences may be made by visiting the website.

MARCELLA R. TREADWAY

Born: June 10, 1940 Died: Dec. 17, 2015 Marcella R. Treadway, 75, of Morris, passed away Thursday evening Dec. 17, 2015, at Joliet Area Commu-

Leonard, who created Harvard affirmative-action policy, dies The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – Walter Leonard, an attorney and university administrator who designed an admissions process at Harvard University that led to more minority students being admitted, has died.

He was 86.

Leonard died Dec. 8 in Kensington, Maryland, of complications from Alzheimer’s disease, said his wife, Betty Leonard. The couple lived in Chevy Chase, Maryland.

In 1971, Leonard was named as a special assistant to Harvard president Derek Bok. Leonard already had worked as an assistant dean and assistant director of admissions at Harvard Law School, where he was credited with increasing the number of black, Latino and female students.

The admissions formula he created for the entire university included race or ethnicity as one of many factors that could weigh in a prospective

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Then-president of Fisk University Walter Leonard is shown in 1979 at the University of Chicago. student’s favor.

The affirmative-action policy was emulated by other universities and has survived four decades of constitutional scrutiny.

However, similar policies at the University of Texas cur-

rently are under review by the Supreme Court. At the time Leonard crafted the policy at Harvard, the university was in danger of not meeting federal standards for admission of minorities.

Bok told Harvard Law Today that Leonard helped the university become more diverse both in its student body and on its faculty.

“The Harvard model provides a standard,” Ronald Dworkin of the New York University School of Law wrote in an essay for the 2002 book “The Affirmative Action Debate.” ‘’If the admissions officers of other universities are satisfied that their plan is like the Harvard plan in all pertinent respects, they can proceed in confidence.”

From 1976 to 1983, Leonard served as president of historically black Fisk University in Nashville, Tennessee, where he raised $12 million to help rescue the school from financial difficulties.

nity Hospice Home with her family by her side.

Funeral services will be held Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2015, at 10:30 a.m. at Fruland Funeral Home, 121 W. Jefferson St., in Morris, with Rev. John Patterson officiating. Interment will follow in Mazon-Brookside Cemetery. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.

Born June 10, 1940, in Grayville, Illinois, she was the daughter of John and Martha (Reynolds) Bryan. She attended Grayville High School. She married Donald Treadway on March 27, 1960, in Grayville, Illinois. They lived most of their married life in Aurora and moved to Mazon in 1997.

For many years she was employed at Copley Hospital in Aurora.

Marcella is survived by her children, Tami (Bill) Blake of Morris, Don (Sarah) Treadway Jr. of Paw Paw and Andrew Treadway of Mazon; eight grandchildren, Melissa (Trent) Klicker, Michele (Justin) Miller, John (Amanda) Treadway Jr., Nicholas (Missy) Treadway, Elizabeth Treadway, Desary Treadway, Johnathan

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Grabow and Matthew (Meghan) Grabow; fourteen great-grandchildren; one brother, Richard Bryan of Morris; her daughter-in-love, Linda (John, deceased) Treadway; several nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by her parents; her husband, Donald in 1998; one son, John Treadway; her grandson, William Blake IV; one brother and one sister.

She was a member of the First Free Methodist Church in Aurora. She enjoyed taking pictures of her family and spending time with her grandchildren. Memorials may be directed to the family. For information, call the funeral home at 815-942-0700 or sign the private online guestbook at www.fruilandfuneralhome.com.

Civil rights activist Ozell Sutton dies at age 90 The ASSOCIATED PRESS ATLANTA – Ozell Sutton, a longtime civil rights activist who was associated with the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., has died, his daughter said Sunday. He was 90.

Alta Sutton told The Associated Press her father died at Saint Joseph Hospital in Atlanta on Saturday. She said the family had celebrated his birthday nearly a week ago. She said her father “went peacefully.”

“He was a wonderful husband and father,” she said.

“They don’t make daddies like him. He was a gem, a rare pearl. He was such a tremendous force. He lived a great life.”

Ozell Sutton marched for equal rights alongside King in Selma, Alabama, in 1965 and was present at the Memphis hotel where King was assassinated in 1968.

In 2012, Ozell Sutton earned a Congressional Gold Medal as one of the first African-Americans to serve

in the United States Marine Corp. He also was director of the U.S. Justice Department’s Community Relations Service in Atlanta until he retired in 2003.

Ozell Sutton also served as the general president of the national service fraternity Alpha Phi Alpha. He worked for Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller and as the director of the Governor’s Council on Human Resources. He was a journalist for the Arkansas Democrat Gazette.

He also played a role in helping enroll nine African-American students at Little Rock Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957.

Alta Sutton said her father was a gregarious character who was a musician and physics major.

“It’s seems like the longer you have them, the harder it is to let them go,” she said of her father. “He’s run the race and he has served.”

Alta Sutton said funeral arrangements are pending.

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Morris’ Meghan Jurak takes a shot in a 43-20 loss to Metamora on Saturday in the Ottawa Tournament. Jurak led the Redskins with seven points.

GIRLS BASKETBALL: METAMORA 43, MORRIS 20

OFFENSE GETS OPPORTUNITIES Cold shooting dooms Morris girls basketball in Saturday loss to Metamora

By ROB OESTERLE roesterle@shawmedia.com OTTAWA – A saying goes that the best-laid plans of mice and men oft times go astray.

That held true for the Morris girls basketball team Saturday afternoon during a 43-20 loss to Metamora in the Ottawa Lady Pirate Christmas Classic.

It was the second game of the day for the Redskins (2-

9), after a 58-31 loss to Lincoln-Way West earlier that morning.

During the first half of the game against Metamora, the plan for Morris, which was to work the ball around and get open shots, worked fine.

The shots were what went astray.

The Redskins went just 3 for 28 from the field before halftime and were behind 11-3 at the end of one quarter and 29-7 by halftime.

“We got a lot of open looks,” Morris coach Kate Carey said. “But, almost literally, nothing was falling. I was happy with how we were able to work the ball and get some open shots, but shooting 3 for 28 isn’t going to get it done no matter how many open shots you get. I mean, we only had one girl score the entire first half.”

Meghan Jurak had all seven points for Morris before halftime.

Meghan Smith scored the first non-Jurak basket for Morris with 6:30 to play in the third quarter.

Smith later added a free throw and another basket in the third quarter to go with a putback basket by Madi Mayberry to bring the Redskins to within 37-14 at the end of the third quarter.

Morris, which plays at 2 p.m. Tuesday to start the bronze bracket of the tourney, got baskets from Kayla

Cryder, Destiny Cano and Jasmine Cook in the fourth quarter, but were unable to cut any deeper into Metamora’s lead.

The Redskins shot 9 of 49 (18.4 percent) from the field.

The three-point line was beyond the limit for Morris, as they were 0 for 17 beyond it.

“We did run out of gas a little bit,” Carey said. “One good thing about playing two

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Redskins don’t give up after first half; teamwork does its job to provide several shots 15 Continued from page 14 games in one day is that we will have some practice time Monday to work on some things before we come back.

The bad thing about it is that we are already down numbers because of injuries and the girls had to be on the floor a lot. We just don’t have a lot of girls to put in there and give the others a rest.

“Defensively, I thought we did pretty well. There were some moments that weren’t so great, but those were really magnified because we didn’t have any offense going.

We were able to get a little bit going in the second half, so I was happy to see that. It would have been pretty easy for these girls to just hang their heads and give up after scoring only seven points in the first half, but they didn’t do that and they kept working hard.

“Now, we can have some

“It would have been pretty easy for these girls to just hang their heads and give up after scoring only seven points in the first half, but they didn’t do that and they kept working hard.”

Morris’ Meghan Smith shoots during a 43-20 loss to Metamora on Saturday in the Ottawa Lady Pirate Holiday Classic.

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Kate Carey Morris girls basketball coach practice time Monday and focus on coming back over here and ending the tournament on a good note and hope to use that as a springboard for the rest of the season after the holidays.”

Hannah Mischler led Metamora with 12 points, while teammate Corrine Kern scored 10. Jessica Jurak led the Redskins with seven rebounds, with Meghan Jurak adding six and Mayberry five.

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Cardinals sell Petrick’s rights to Japanese team STAFF REPORTS A former Morris baseball player is going international.

The St. Louis Cardinals have transferred the rights of righthander Zach Petrick, a Morris Community High School graduate, to Nippon Professional Baseball’s Yokohama DeNA Baystars in exchange for cash considerations.

Petrick, 26, will head to Japan not long after it appeared he had a bright future with St. Louis. He was the Cardinals’ Minor League Pitcher of the Year in 2013, and he was invited to big league camp last spring. Petrick went 7-7 with a 4.52 ERA in 28 starts for Triple-A Memphis last season, his fourth since joining the Cards as an undrafted free agent in 2012.

Petrick immediately impressed upon making his Minor

League debut, going 5-0 with a 2.17 ERA in 13 appearances for Rookie Level Johnson City in 2012. He took another step forward in ’13, climbing from Class A Peoria to Double-A Springfield as he went 7-3 with a 1.99 ERA in 34 appearances.

The 6-foot-3-inch righty from Joliet Junior College and the University of Northwestern Ohio continued his climb through the Cardinals’ organization in 2014, getting an invitation to Major League Spring Training and then spending most of the year with AAA Memphis, where he posted a 7-6 record and 4.62 ERA. Petrick was once again a nonroster invitee this past spring, pitching 7 1⁄ 3 innings over four appearances in the Grapefruit League. At Memphis in 2015, he posted a 1.33 WHIP and allowed 181 hits in 1571⁄3 innings.

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Families of Faith Christian 37, HomeSchool Resource Center 36 (OT): Amari Morgan had 12 points and 13 rebounds while Cameron Latour added eight points and eight rebounds for Families of Faith.

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Cody Baldridge (182) lost 3-1 in the 182 finals to place second while Ethan Elleson (138) and Merrick Hairapetian (160) both finished fourth.

MONDAY’S EVENTS GIRLS BASKETBALL 1:30 p.m. – Seneca vs. LaMoille-Ohio at St. Bede Tournament 3 p.m. – Minooka vs. Mother McAuley at Lincoln-Way East Tournament 7 p.m. – Gardner-South Wilmington at Grace Christian Academy

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7 p.m. – Gardner-South Wilmington at Dwight GIRLS BASKETBALL 3:30 p.m. – Gardner-South Wilmington at Dwight 4:30 p.m. – Minooka vs. Reavis at Lincoln-Way East Tournament TBD – Morris at Ottawa Tournament WRESTLING 5:30 p.m. – Prairie Central at Coal City

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Bears’ passing game gets bottled up in loss to Vikings

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com MINNEAPOLIS – In four NFL seasons, Pernell McPhee has been to the playoffs three times. The only time he didn’t go, the Ravens were 8-8 in 2013.

Following Sunday’s 38-17 throttling at the hands of the Vikings, McPhee will be on his first losing team in the NFL. The Bears fell to 5-9.

“It’s sad. [Expletive]. I ain’t never felt like his,” he said.

“But you know what, you learn. You live and learn and just go through life. It’s going to show what kind of guy I am and how I’m going to respond to it.

“I promise, I’m going to respond the right way. I’m going to continue to be behind my teammates and continue to try to do whatever I can to help this team move forward.”

McPhee had four tackles and he batted a pass down at the line in his return after missing last week’s loss to Washington because of a lingering knee injury. McPhee said afterward that he feels “awesome” and plans to play the final two games.

“I’ll finish the year, easily,” he said. “Unless something crazy happens.”

Stopped in their tracks: Trailing the whole game and forced to rely on the pass, the Bears couldn’t get anything going through the air against a Vi-

kings defense without three of its top players — Harrison Smith, Anthony Barr and Linval Joseph.

Before the final two drives when the game was out of hand, Jay Cutler had thrown for 119 yards, averaging less than 6 yards an attempt.

“They had some guys banged up, but they still played sound defense,” Cutler said. “They showed us some different coverages, but nothing we weren’t prepared for.”

Zach Miller and Alshon Jeffery echoed it wasn’t so much what the Vikings did to them in coverage; they didn’t help themselves with penalties, sacks or turnovers.

“They didn’t do anything out of the ordinary. They’re a good defense,” Miller said.

“They were short some of their studs, and they played well.

They handed it to us. They played better than us.”

Jeffery had only one catch – a 10-yard touchdown – on five targets. He left the game with a hamstring injury and returned briefly in the second half.

“They didn’t do anything special,” he said. “…They kicked our [butt] today. Hats off to them. They made more plays than us.”

day second in the league in passing yards allowed.

Teddy Bridgewater completed 85 percent of his passes, tossing four touchdown passes and no interceptions. His 154.4 passer rating is the highest-ever for any quarterback against the Bears all-time with at least 20 pass attempts. The accuracy was second-best ever versus Chicago.

McPhee said Bridgewater “didn’t do anything great,” did a good job finding receivers on crossing routes, and the Bears just didn’t tackle well.

The play that highlighted those difficulties was Stefon Diggs’ second touchdown, when he caught a pass on a crossing route and went 33 yards for a touchdown, breaking tackles at the end.

“We did not execute, since one of their leading receivers went unnoticed across the whole field,” Bears coach John Fox said. “It is not by design.

There were a number of those plays today where we did not execute well defensively.”

Quick hits: Starting for Christian Jones – who was a healthy scratch for the first time in his two NFL seasons – rookie John Timu led the Bears with nine tackles, including one for a loss. …

Record day for Bridgewater: Demontre Hurst played the The box score was reminiscent nickel corner position for of the Bears’ defense the past Bryce Callahan, who missed two seasons, not Vic Fangio’s his second game in a row with unit, the one that entered Sun- a quad injury.

Penalties, defense prevent run game from taking over

By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@chicagofootball.com MINNEAPOLIS – Matt Forte had his best rushing average since Week One, finding holes in an undermanned Vikings defense to the tune of 5.9 yards a carry.

However, it came on only eight carries.

The Bears fell behind early again, hurt themselves with penalties and lost their third in a row to fall to 5-9 in a 38-17 beatdown at the hands of the Vikings.

“Any time you get the ball first and manage to fall behind early, it’s tough to play catch up,” Forte said.

“In this league, not many people win when they have to play catch up, throwing out the game plan and doing stuff out of desperation.”

No play epitomized the Bears on Sunday, or the team we’ve seen since their thrilling win in Green Bay, more than Hroniss Grasu’s holding penalty on the first offensive play of the game.

It wiped out a 25-yard Forte run that would have set the Bears up at the Minnesota 15-yard line, looking to get the first punch.

“It was unfortunate. I was thinking, ‘What a way to start the game with an explosive run,’ ” Forte said.

“We would have been close to the red zone. With the kickoff return, we had a great start, but the penalty

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was a momentum killer.”

The Bears were called for three holding penalties – two were declined – upping their league-leading total to 34 on the season.

John Fox lamented the pass-first team the Bears became because of the deficit – “We fell behind and had to throw it a little more than in prior games to stay in the game” – and it kept the offense from doing what it’s supposed to do best.

Forte didn’t come out of the game when it was out of hand, as he continued to split time with Jeremy Langford and got extra touches on the final drives.

“It’s frustrating, but we don’t let it get to us,” he said. “As you can see, we went out there and put a few drives together. At the end, we were still trying to go down there and score, and that’s the mentality that we have, but we ran out of time.

“It kills your drives and momentum. These last three or four weeks we’ve had way too many [penalties]. It’s taking a toll on us, you can tell. We’ll have a big drive or play going and then it gets called back. If we negate that, it’s a whole different ballgame.”

It could take a bigger toll on Forte from a personal standpoint, as he possibly is playing his final games in a Bears uniform.

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Budget impasse might be worse off

One of the realities of Illinois legislative politics is that our state’s system tends to discourage competition.

Byzantine ballot access laws, a highly partisan legislative district map-drawing process, heavily concentrated populations of partisan voters in Chicago (Democrats) and in the collar counties and downstate (Republicans), along with often tireless work by incumbents and political parties at the state and local levels to “discourage” opposition all combine to help tamp down the number of competitive races.

The net result is that Illinois has some of the fewest numbers of challenged state legislative races in the country – just 39 percent in 2014, which put us in the bottom fifth of the nation.

By contrast, nearby Michigan saw a 100 percent challenge rate in the 2014 general election, and the rates in both California and Minnesota were above 90 percent.

The state’s 2014 rate may be higher next year. Gov. Bruce Rauner’s vast personal cash reserves and his access to his many wealthy friends means the Republican Party can widen the playing field. The Democrats also are looking at doing the same thing, fielding candidates in districts they previously avoided (GOP Rep. Bill Mitchell, for instance, has a pretty decent general election opponent for the first time in a long while).

Far too many people think they own their districts. Competition is good.

Legislators who aren’t accustomed to challenges may not be all that willing to take the tough votes necessary if the leaders ever come to a deal.

Indeed, we could see a tail wagging the dog scenario. For instance, as a member of House Democratic leadership, Rep. John Bradley, D-Marion, has

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VIEWS Rich Miller taken a ton of votes that his conservative Southern Illinois constituents probably wouldn’t love, including a vote for the 2011 income tax hike.

But Bradley is now a Tier One target. And unless we see a massive political truce with pledges to not use tough votes against incumbents, it’s probably safe to assume Bradley and many, many others aren’t going to want to be a part of any tax hike solution.

The Illinois Republican Party compounded the problem the other day by blasting Bradley and Rep. Brandon Phelps, D-Harrisburg, for standing with Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan against taxpayers.

They conveniently “forget” that Rauner has said he will raise taxes once he gets his “Turnaround Agenda” passed.

And it’s not just the general election that’s complicating matters. Look at what happened not long ago when conservative activist Dan Proft examined GOP Rep. David Harris’ nominating petitions to see if he could kick the Arlington Heights legislator off the ballot.

Proft pointed out that Harris had “previously voiced support for tax increases.”

Chicago and Cook County voters already are up in arms about property and sales tax increases, so we also probably can expect Madigan to be at least reluctant to raise taxes before the March 15 primary.

The situation may have gotten substantially worse since the candidate filing period ended.

• Rich Miller also publishes Capitol Fax, a daily political newsletter, and CapitolFax.com.

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BRIDGE by Phillip Alder

Two is usually better than one

CELEBRITY CIPHER

You have probably heard this Oscar Wilde observation: “Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.”

It is not often that having two is seen as less desirable than one, but our laws frown on having two wives simultaneously. At the bridge table, though, if you have two chances to make your contract, that is much better than having only one – assuming you can time the play to try both.

In this example deal, how should South play in three no-trump after West leads the spade king and continues with the spade queen?

North’s two-spade cue-bid was an artificial game-force. South was tempted to continue with three clubs, but with only a doubleton there, he decided to show his spade stopper.

Remember, when the opponents have bid only one suit, a cue-bid asks for a stopper. (If South had bid three clubs, North would probably have cue-bid spades again to try to get into three no-trump.)

South starts with eight top tricks: one spade, one heart, three diamonds and three clubs. At first glance, it looks obvious to assume clubs will run. But if at trick three declarer cashes his club ace, he can no longer make the contract.

South needs to notice that nine winners can be accrued if the diamonds are worth four tricks. So, before touching clubs, declarer should play a diamond to dummy’s queen and cash the diamond king.

Here, the jack drops, so South takes the diamond 10, returns to his hand with a club, cashes the diamond ace, then tries to run the clubs for overtricks.

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Single woman hopes to break pattern of dating abusive men Dear Abby: I am turning 40 and have never been married. Lately, on dates, men have started asking me why I’ve never married.

It makes me uncomfortable, and I don’t know how to answer them.

I have always been attracted to emotionally abusive men and have always been the one to break things off.

I was abused as a child and was also a victim of sexual trauma. I’m not sure if this is why abusive men keep showing up in my life.

I’d like to meet someone who is kind and stable. Is it too late, and how do I answer the question as to why I’ve never been married? –

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips Forever Single in Chicago Dear Forever Single:

Because someone asks a question does not compel you to do a psychological striptease. A way to answer without baring your soul would be to say that you haven’t met the right man yet. (If you are attracted to abusive men, that’s the truth.)

People are usually attracted to the familiar.

Because of your background, you may not pick up on warning signs that might

alert others that there is trouble ahead.

This does not mean it’s too late for you to find a caring, supportive life partner – however, you might have an easier time of accomplishing it if you schedule some sessions with a licensed mental health professional.

Old habits are hard to break, but it can be done.

Dear Abby: When my husband passed away four years ago, I donated his corneas to a local organization. I was told the donor family could write a letter to the recipients, who remain anonymous, telling them a little something about the donor but without divulging any personal data.

I finally felt up to doing it a couple of years after the funeral. I sent the letters to the organization, which forwarded them to the recipients. I was told not to expect a reply. I learned that two women in California had each received one of my husband’s corneas. I have not heard from either of these ladies, which I really don’t understand.

I don’t want a pat on the back, but I’d love to know how the corneas changed their lives. It would help me know that my husband’s death was not in vain. – Wid-

ow in Washington State Dear Widow: Your husband’s death was not in vain.

You did a wonderful thing in offering his corneas so that others might see. Not every surviving relative is as brave as you were to do that.Frankly, it’s hard to guess why you haven’t heard from the recipients. I can’t imagine that they aren’t extremely grateful for what you did.

However, many people have great difficulty expressing their feelings on paper.

The lucky individuals who were given those corneas may be among them.

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

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