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jbustos@shawmedia.com McHENRY – Like any family with a newborn during the holidays, Jimmy and Jenna Miller dressed their son, Korbin, in festive outfits. They have a picture of him in a shirt that says “Santa” and one of the happy family in front of a Christmas tree.

After the new year, however, Korbin became ill.

Jimmy Miller, in an email to the Northwest Herald, said, “Korbin was a very healthy baby boy until his unexpected illness.”

Korbin, almost 6 weeks old, died Sunday after a fiveday stay at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago. The cause of death

korbin Miller died unexpectedly Sunday at almost 6 weeks old. A benefit for the Miller family will be from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday at Twisted Moose, 2616 Schaid Court in McHenry.

is still unknown, Jimmy Miller said.

To help the Miller family, the Twisted Moose sports grill, 2616 Schaid Court in McHenry, will host a fundraiser from 4 to 6 p.m. Saturday, with an appearance by Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings.

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Republican State Sen. karen McConnaughay of St. Charles celebrates during swearing-in ceremonies Wednesday at the illinois State Capitol in Springfield. McConnaughay now represents Mchenry County in the Senate.

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kcraver@shawmedia.com SPRINGFIELD – McHenry County as of Wednesday has eight faces representing it in the General Assembly, courtesy of Democratic-dominated postcensus redistricting.

Whether this will magnify the county’s voice in Springfield or weaken it – Crystal Lake is divided among three House and three Senate districts – will be seen over the next two years.

The 98th General Assembly

was sworn in at noon Wednesday, not even a full day after the lame-duck session of the 97th failed to come close to getting a handle on the state’s ballooning $96 billion unfunded pension liability.

And besides a bunch of new faces, the new bunch of lawmakers include three – all Chicago Democrats – who are facing criminal charges.

McHenry County’s representation is a mix of old and new faces – all of them familiar.

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Republican Sens. Pam Althoff and Dan Duffy, Republican Rep. Mike Tryon and Democratic Rep. Jack Franks. Two freshmen have roots in county government, as does Tryon, a former McHenry County Board chairman.

Former County Board member Barbara Wheeler took a seat in the House, and former Kane County Board Chairwoman Karen McConnaughay was sworn into the Senate.

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Barbara Wheeler, former McHenry County Board member, took a seat in the House.

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WASHINGTON – Vice President Joe Biden on Wednesday vowed urgent action against gun violence in America, pledging steps by the Obama administration that he said could “take thousands of people out of harm’s way” and improve the safety of millions more.

But a day ahead of a meeting with the National Rifle Association, which has sunk past gun-control efforts and is opposing any new ones, Biden signaled that the administration is mindful of political realities that could imperil sweeping gun-control legislation, and is willing to settle for something less. He said the administration is considering its own executive action as well as measures by Congress, but he didn’t offer specifics.

“I want to make it clear that we are not going to get caught up in the notion that unless we can do everything, we’re going to do nothing,” Biden told an array of guncontrol advocates, crime victims and others at the White House. “It’s critically impor-

Vice President Joe Biden told an array of gun control advocates, crime victims and others that “it’s critically important we act” on the issue of gun control.

tant we act.”

Shortly after last month’s slaughter of schoolchildren in Newtown, Conn., President Barack Obama tasked Biden with heading a commission to come up with recommendations on gun policy by the end of this month. Obama supports steps including reinstating a ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines and closing loopholes that allow many gun buyers to avoid background checks.

The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence says that some 40 percent of gun sales are made without background checks, such as at gun shows and over the Internet.

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Blind party loyalty will never see the light

Anyone who’s been watching what’s happened in recent weeks in both Washington, D.C., and Springfield should be astounded at what government is unable to accomplish.

Call it laziness, stupidity, stubbornness. Blame the media, Lovie Smith, violent video games or whatever helps you believe that you understand it better. But it’s actually even simpler than that. The reason is the frenzy of hyper-partisan politics.

People who cling to party regardless of the argument, facts, circumstances and, in some case even ideals, have always baffled me. It’s as though there’s a part missing in their brain, and I expect scientists to someday discover tissue scarring in the cerebral cortex or some other scientific explanation for this psychological disorder.

Humorist P.J. O’Rourke summed up my feelings on our two major political parties fairly well.

“The Democrats are the party that says government will make you smarter, taller, richer, and remove the

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VIEWS Kevin Lyons crabgrass on your lawn. The Republicans are the party that says government doesn’t work and then they get elected and prove it.”

That doesn’t mean that people’s ideology won’t cause them to lean a certain way or side with the positions of one political party over another.

That’s perfectly rational and to be expected. And this doesn’t mean that any political candidate or politician who attaches an “R” or a “D” to his or her name is a fool. Generally speaking, it’s a requirement to get elected to higher office.

But political parties themselves exist for only one purpose: to create more power for the party. As a unit, that’s what they do. It’s up to the individuals to do what’s in the best interests of the state or the nation as

a whole, just don’t expect a political party to do it.

That often means making the other side look bad so you look better, which again has nothing to do with solving real problems, whether it’s the deficit, the state’s pension crisis, entitlement spending, or something else. Maybe your party won’t even look better, but it’s a considered a win if the other guy looks worse.

There’s always an election on the horizon and an opportunity to amass more power.

Some of this is our own fault as a lazy electorate. We’d prefer that a party or a news outlet that tailors content for one particular kind of audience do our critical thinking for us. It’s us against them, even though “them” often are our neighbors, co-workers and sometimes our own family members.

We cling to unreasonable positions because: 1) the Constitution demands it 2) Barack Obama likes it or doesn’t like it 3) John Boehner wants it or hates it 4) rich people are evil 5)

unions are greedy, and on and on.

Then we elect candidates who boast about how they will not compromise even though this representative, three-branch system of government demands compromise for government to function. We even mock and chase people out of office for having the audacity to compromise. We have no tolerance for tolerance.

This take-no-prisoners approach often leaves taxpayers as prisoners.

Growing deficits. Ballooning unfunded pension mandates. A hands-off approach to entitlement spending.

Status quo.

So when considering candidates, also consider just how attractive unbending party loyalty is and ask yourself whether you’re getting exactly what you wished for.

• Kevin Lyons is news editor of the Northwest Herald. Reach him at 815-526-4505 or email him at kelyons@ shawmedia.com. Follow him on Twitter at @KevinLyonsNWH.

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Wife says poisoned lottery winner had no enemies

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CHICAGO – The wife of a Chicago lottery winner who was poisoned with cyanide said Tuesday she was devastated by his death and cannot believe her husband could have had enemies.

Shabana Ansari spoke to The Associated Press a day after news emerged that 46-yearold Urooj Khan’s death in July was the result of cyanide poisoning and not natural causes, as authorities initially concluded. Prosecutors, Chicago police and the Cook County

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Medical Examiner’s Office are investigating Khan’s death as a homicide, but have not given any details, announced any suspects or said whether they believed the lottery win could have presented a motive.

Ansari would not talk about the circumstances of her husband’s death, saying it was too painful to recall. She said only that he fell ill shortly after they had dinner together.

She described Khan as a hardworking and generous man who would send money to orphanages in their native India.

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lieve he’s no longer with me,” the short, soft-spoken Ansari said tearfully, standing in one of three dry-cleaning businesses her husband started after immigrating to the U.S. from India in 1989.

Khan’s death on July 20 was initially ruled a result of natural causes. But a relative’s request for a deeper look resulted in the startling conclusion months later that Kahn was killed with the poison as he was about to collect $425,000 in winnings.

Authorities won’t identify the relative. Ansari, who said she has spoken with police

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“I don’t think anyone would have a bad eye for him or that he had any enemy,” said Ansari, adding that she continues to work at the dry cleaner out of a desire to honor her husband and protect the businesses he built.

Khan planned to use the lottery winnings to pay off mortgages, expand his business and give a donation to the St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital.

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Obama to tap budget expert Lew to lead Treasury The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama will nominate White House chief of staff Jack Lew to be his second-term Secretary of the Treasury, turning to one of Washington’s most knowledgeable budget experts to manage prickly fiscal negotiations with Congress and steer the still-shaky national economy.

Lew’s nomination, expected today, accelerates the overhaul of Obama’s top advisers, with new leaders at the Pentagon,StateDepartment,Central Intelligence Agency and Labor Department. Obama also must replace Lew with a new chief of staff, and that could have a ripple effect through the West Wing’s senior ranks.

A day ahead of the formal announcement, White House

Watchdog says tax law is too complex

By STEPHEN OHLEMACHER The ASSOCIATED PRESS

WASHINGTON – The nation’s tax law is so thick and complicated that businesses and individuals spend more than 6 billion hours a year complying with filing requirements. That’s the equivalent of 3 million people working full-time, year-round.

As a result, about 90 percent of filers will either pay a tax preparer or use a computer software service to help with their federal tax returns this spring, according to a report Wednesday by an independent government watchdog.

“The existing tax code makes compliance difficult, requiring taxpayers to devote excessive time to preparing and filing their returns,” said the report by Nina E. Olson, the National Taxpayer Advocate. “It obscures comprehension, leaving many taxpayers unaware how their taxes are computed and what rate of tax they pay. It facilitates tax avoidance by enabling sophisticated taxpayers to reduce their tax liabilities and provides criminals with opportunities to commit tax fraud.”

Olson said the tax code also “undermines trust in the system by creating an impres-

sion that many taxpayers are not compliant.”

She ranked complexity as the most serious tax problem facing taxpayers and the Internal Revenue Service in her annual report to Congress.

Momentum is building in Congress to overhaul the tax code for the first time since 1986. But Washington’s divided government has yet to show it can successfully tackle such an issue.

President Barack Obama and Republican leaders in Congress say they are onboard, although they have rarely seen eye to eye on tax policy. They struggled mightily just to avoid the year-end fiscal cliff, passing a bill that makes relatively small changes to the nation’s tax laws, compared to a major overhaul.

“Our broken tax code has become a nightmare of loopholes and special interest provisions that create added complexities and costs for hardworking taxpayers and small businesses,” said Rep. Dave Camp, R-Mich., chairman of the tax-writing House and Ways and Means Committee. “Comprehensive tax reform will make sure everyone is playing by the same rules, and help businesses create more jobs and invest in their

8BRIEFS Maday convicted of charges in 2009 escape

CHICAGO – A bank robber was convicted Wednesday of overpowering county lawmen transporting him to a courthouse in 2009, snatching their guns and forcing one guard to hand over his pants before going on a daylong crime spree in Chicago’s suburbs.

Federal jurors in Chicago convicted Robert Maday on all five counts, including escape, aggravated bank robbery and brandishing a weapon during the escape and bank heist. Maday, 42, of Elk Grove Village, faces a mandatory minimum prison term of nearly 50 years.

Maday’s escape from the two guards, who were driving him to a Rolling Meadows courthouse to be sentenced for an earlier robbery conviction, sparked a pursuit that included carjackings and a bank robbery.

Ferry strikes NYC dock; many seriously injured

NEW YORK – A high-speed ferry loaded with hundreds of commuters from New Jersey crashed into a dock in lower Manhattan on Wednesday during the morning rush hour, seriously injuring 11 people.

Scores of people who were waiting to disembark were hurled to the deck or launched into walls by the impact, which came after the catamaran Seastreak Wall Street slowed after a routine trip across New York Bay and past the Statue of Liberty, passengers said.

Arizona sheriff launches patrols outside schools

PHOENIX – The sheriff for metropolitan Phoenix has launched a plan to have as many as 500 armed volunteers patrol areas just outside schools in an effort to guard against shootings like month’s attack that left 26 people dead at a Connecticut elementary school.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday that he plans to have 400 posse volunteers and 100 volunteers known as reserve deputies patrol 59 schools in unincorporated areas of metro Phoenix and communities that pay his office for police services.

The patrols began Monday at some schools.

WikiLeaks case likened to Civil War espionage

FORT MEADE, Md. – Prosecutors are using a Civil War courtmartial to advance their case that an Army private charged with sending hundreds of thousands of classified documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks aided al-Qaida.

Lawyers for Pfc. Bradley Manning refute the government’s claim that Manning’s case parallels that of Pvt. Henry Vanderwater, a Union soldier convicted in 1863 of aiding the enemy by giving an Alexandria, Va., newspaper a command roster that was then published.

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Lew, 57, would bring to Treasury a mastery of federal budget mechanics, honed during two stints as director of the Office of Management and Budget.

While running OMB during the Clinton administration, Lew helped negotiate a balanced budget agreement with Congress, something that has eluded Washington ever since.

Lew’s budget background could help shape the Obama administration’s strategy in talks with congressional Republicans over the federal debt ceiling. GOP lawmakers are expected to demand deep budget cuts as the price for agreeing to raise the debt limit, which is expected to be reached sometime in February.

“His resume is tailor-made

for what is most important right now,” said Diane Swonk, chief economist at Mesirow Financial in Chicago.” On Wall Street, Lew was managing director and chief operating officer of Citi Global Wealth Management and then Citi Alternative Investments. At the start of the Obama administration, he oversaw international economic issues at the State Department.

Self-portraits: Holmes sticks out tongue, has guns

By DAN ELLIOTT

The Associated Press CENTENNIAL, Colo. – The photos were chilling and enigmatic, just like their subject. In the pictures, taken on his iPhone hours before the Aurora movie theater massacre, accused gunman James Holmes mugs for the camera, sticks out his tongue and smiles as he holds a Glock under his face and displays his arsenal arrayed on his bed.

Prosecutors who displayed the pictures at a hearing that ended Wednesday argued the photos display “identity, deliberation and extreme indifference.”

Holmes’ attorneys – who have been setting up an insanity defense and said they might present testimony about the defendant’s mental health – decided not to call any witnesses.

A judge is due to rule by Friday whether prosecutors presented enough evidence to justify Holmes standing

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Chantel Blunk (left) leaves with a family member Monday after a preliminary hearing for James Holmes at the courthouse in Centennial, Colo. Investigators say Holmes opened fire during the midnight showing of the latest Batman movie on July 20, killing 12 people and wounding dozens. Blunk’s husband, Jon, was killed in the shooting. trial for more than 160 felony counts stemming from the July 20 attack, which killed 12 people and injured 70. Holmes, 25, may enter a formal plea that day.

The three-day hearing occurred as the nation still re-

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President Joe Biden met with families of victims as part of the White House’s own gun control push.

Prosecutors presented the most detailed description of the attack and Holmes’ alleged months of preparation.

But they never addressed the mystery of why Holmes opened fire six weeks after leaving a neuroscience graduate program.

Legal experts say evidence against Holmes is so strong that the case may end in a plea deal. That would make the hearing the only detailed presentation of the evidence that victims, their families and the public will hear.

Holmes sat impassively through much of the proceedings, watching intently as a surveillance video showed him entering the theater lobby. Family members, who had a better view of Holmes’ face than the media did in the packed courtroom, said he smiled several times, especially when the photos were shown.

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State again fumbles pensions fix The best thing that can be said about the just-completed, lame-duck session of the Illinois General Assembly is that lawmakers, at least, did no further harm.

For the record They didn’t do anything to fix We sound like a broken Illinois’ sinking record, but state officials aren’t public pension listening. Pension reform must systems or dire be the top priority of the new fiscal situation, General Assembly. sadly. But the way things went down the last lame-duck session two years ago, when Gov. Pat Quinn and Democratic legislators rammed through a massive, last-minute tax increase, we might just chalk up “doing no harm” as a win.

Or a tie, anyway. And that says pretty much everything that needs to be said about the sad state of governing in the Land of Lincoln.

Kidding aside, pension reform must be the top priority for the new General Assembly that was sworn in Wednesday. Illinois’ five public pension systems are underfunded by more than $96 billion. It was less than a year ago when that number was $83 billion.

With every day of inaction, it only will climb.

While it was far from perfect, we actually liked some elements of a pension reform bill that was being debated earlier this week.

The bill was an amended version of one proposed by Rep. Elaine Nekritz, D-Northbrook.

It seems like a good starting point for the new General Assembly.

Among other things, the bill would push back the age that retirees can get their automatic 3 percent cost-of-living increases to 67 years. It also would be applied only to the first $25,000 of a retiree’s pension. The annual increase actually should be less than 3 percent and should kick in even later, but the proposal is better than what we have now.

The bill also would increase employee contributions to their own pensions by 2 percent of salary, with the first 1 percent kicking in the first year and the second in year two. We’re not sure if this is enough, but some increase is absolutely necessary.

The biggest problem with the bill is that it did little to address the current underfunded liability.

Some lawmakers argued that the bill is unconstitutional as written and the state risks a court challenge if it passed. The state Constitution says pension benefits cannot be diminished. But it’s better to meet that challenge head on than to keep putting off meaningful reform and risk insolvency.

When it was clear that Nekritz’s bill didn’t have enough votes, Quinn presented a bizarre, last-minute proposal that would have lawmakers turn over responsibility for fixing pensions to an unelected supercommittee.

We’re not sure what to make of this desperate idea other than to say it’s further evidence that Quinn is in over his head.

Here’s where we stand: For the new General Assembly, pension reform must be the top priority. The threat of a court challenge and more bad ideas from Quinn can’t get in the way.

Don’t wait until the end of this new session.

Get it done right. And get it done now.

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8IT’S YOUR WRITE Obama’s vacation

To the Editor: President Barack Obama has not acted presidential on the whole fiscal crisis. When the bill on the fiscal cliff was passed, he had already returned to Hawaii, at a cost of several million dollars to the taxpayers, and was not even present to sign the bill. Instead, he used an autopen. I wonder if this means the bill is not legal. He now is pushing for a resolution to the debt ceiling while he is still on vacation when he should be in D.C. working on a solution.

Many people say Obama won reelection due to the fact that there were more takers than givers.

Looks like he is a big taker himself, since a vacation is more important to him than doing his job.

Mike Hirsch

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Teens and the Internet

To the Editor: I find the lack of faith in some teens while they’re online disturbing. In your recent article about teens’ online behavior, Mark Peloquin stated that “allowing children to have computers in their bedrooms is one of the worst things a parent can do.”

I am now 19 years old and have had a computer with Internet access in my room since I was 11, and unsupervised access to a computer since I was 9. I was allowed to do this because my parents had faith in my common sense.

Don’t share details with people

you don’t know. It should be common sense in your household, and if it’s not, don’t blame the Internet.

Not all strangers on the Web are pedophiles. In fact, one of the strangers might be your child! Even other kids! What a novel concept: teenagers networking with other teenagers in a medium that isn’t school. It can allow them to be creative and find new outlets as well as meet people with similar interests.

That being said, teens who are derelicts on the Internet aren’t that way because of the Internet – they were that way before. If you can’t trust them in real life, they don’t deserve unsupervised access.

But by using strict parental controls, you’re stymieing their self-education. How will you know how to ride a bike if your parents don’t trust you to take the training wheels off?

it’s practical. The student body is highly motivated because they see a direct pay-off.”

So, another “freebie” for criminals who can’t speak English.

I have a suggestion. Since the English language is fast becoming the minority, let’s have SSL (Spanish as a Second Language) offered at McHenry County Jail. The $2,142 grant also should include helping the English-speaking criminals.

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Diana Arden Fox River Grove

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To the Editor: Here’s some McHenry County College news: “The jail’s fall ESL class costs $2,142 and is funded by the Adult Education and Family Literacy Act grant.”

“Anytime you have an educational program, especially if we can help teach English language for people who will leave a secure detention facility, it benefits them and it benefits the community,” McHenry County Sheriff Keith Nygren said. “It’s a good program;

To the Editor: Collectivism is alive and well in the U.S. Politicians are seeing to it that we become servants to the government. How else might one explain the fiscal cliff? They say it was avoided, but you are poorly informed if you do not realize our country fell off the fiscal cliff long ago. Take a look at the nation’s debt and its forecasted levels.

We are becoming “workers,” fortunate to keep a fraction of our pay. An increasing percentage of our earnings are sent to the

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government, which decides how our money is distributed. Assisting those who are truly in need is acceptable. The premise that the government must “take care” of us, however, is silly and proved to be a bad choice. Case in point, Greece.

Why does President Barack Obama vacation on our dime while we are in the midst of continued economic disaster? Why do we allow him to travel to and from Hawaii in such luxury? Most of us wrestle with declining household budgets while he spends our money, lavishly, in a manner similar to the “1 percent” he allegedly is targeting.

His second term is only starting; we must fight the larceny of our earnings. The idea of “paying their fair share” ... who determines that figure? Apparently, the 77 percent of us who are seeing our taxes go up, thanks to the fiscal cliff agreement, we’re not paying enough!

Local, state and federal taxes taxing bodies, stop taking our money.

Stop spending first. We are running out of other people’s money.

John Mercurio McHenry

Watching Honey Boo Boo like following stranger to bathroom WASHINGTON – No one forced me, but I finally decided it was time to discover what all the business was about Honey Boo Boo. Even though I’ve made reference to the show featuring a former beauty tot, now 7, and her family, I’d never actually watched a full episode. I still haven’t, but I watched enough to need a jaw adjustment.

Alas, a few minutes with “Here Comes Honey Boo Boo” confirms that even mindlessness has its limits.

It gives me no pleasure to add to the ridicule of Honey, whose real name is Alana, or her family. That they have willingly participated in this spectacle – and, one hopes, are getting filthy rich in the process – is of little consolation. Far more offensive than the show is the fact of an audience.

Obviously, people watch because it is so awful. You can’t believe it and so you keep tuning in. But is it right to watch? Only to the extent that it is acceptable to accompany strangers to the restroom.

Such diversions are reminiscent

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of carnival sideshows of my childhood – the bearded lady (who perhaps suffered hormonal excesses) or the fat lady (whose rolls of adipose were spectacularly offensive and, for her, no doubt tragic). Responsible parents steered their children away not only to protect them but also because, we were taught, it wasn’t right to enjoy the misfortunes or disadvantages of others.

No such lessons seem to prevail today. If we don’t revel in the hilarity of poor, uneducated people, neither do we protest their exploitation.

Our silence conveys approval while ratings disprove objection.

Culturally, we are all complicit in the decline of community values.

Whereupon, we reluctantly praise free speech.

I, too, argue – mostly with myself – that we tolerate the worst in defense of the best. We don’t need a First Amendment to protect the sublime or the popular, but to protect what is unpopular and, in collateral damage, the grotesque.

Of course, such notions origi-

VIEWS Kathleen Parker nally were aimed at unpopular political speech. The goal was to liberate ideas, which is not the same as exploring man’s basest instincts. One needn’t be a scholar to infer that our nation’s Founders were little interested in sharing the details of their ablutions or such bodily bloviations as are aired on so-called reality TV. Reality, after all, is what civilization attempts to mitigate.

The Honey Boo Boo family proudly shares even that which Beano intends to prevent. During the episode I watched, one was privy to a family weigh-in on a scale deserving of pity, the labor pains of what appeared to be a teenager, and a smattering of remarks about various anatomical regions once quaintly referred to as “privates.”

In urgent need of purification, I changed the channel and, lurching

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past my usual flat-line pursuits, landed in a documentary about Alexandria (ancient Egypt, not modern Virginia.) How do you spell relief? (Don’t ask Honey Boo Boo.) Hearing about a day 2,300 years ago, when knowledge was valued as much as gold, was like sinking into a warm bath.

Alexander the Great, who had conquered much of the world by age 24, had learned early during his tutelage under Aristotle that knowledge is the greatest power and set about to make his city the aggregator of the world’s intellectual bounty. Alexandria’s library, ultimately destroyed by future hordes, was the largest on the planet – the World Wide Web of antiquity. Outdoor classrooms were as ubiquitous as Starbucks today.

Undoubtedly, there were plenty who, unable to avail themselves of Alexander’s noble intentions, happily would have cradled a remote control device that permitted them passive depravity. But what was striking is that the larger culture collectively aimed at something

higher.

Yes, as some are bound to note, there was blood in the streets.

Alexandria through its history was home not only to some of mankind’s greatest intellectual achievements but also to some of the human race’s vilest expressions of violence.

Notably, in the fourth century A.D., Christian mobs dragged the beautiful and brilliant Hypatia – philosopher/mathematician/ astronomer/teacher – from her carriage and commenced to strip, flay and chop her into pieces before burning her body parts on a pyre.

A confessed pagan, she was a tad too smart for divinely inspired men – what with that astrolabe she was always toying with.

So not all was lovelier in other times. But culture does matter, as Alexander knew more than 2,000 years ago. Would that our attentions today were as riveted by our Hypatias as by our Honey Boo Boos.

• Kathleen Parker’s email address is kathleenparker@washpost. com.

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U.S. soldiers board a military plane July 14, 2011, as they leave Afghanistan at the U.S. base in Bagram, north of Kabul.

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Troop plan follows Iraq playbook

By LARA JAKES

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – It’s the same debate, the same numbers and practically the same plan, but the White House is working harder to keep troops in Afghanistan than it did in similar but failed discussions in Iraq in 2011.

Security remains shaky in both war zones, but current and former U.S. officials say the Obama administration cannot afford to lose in Afghanistan after a dozen years of fighting and an ongoing threat by al-Qaida and its extremist Taliban allies. Defeating al-Qaida and bolstering Afghan forces to prevent the terror network’s return there has been a top priority for President Barack Obama since he took office, while ending the war in Iraq was the fulfillment of a campaign promise.

“We’ve made a lot of progress against al-Qaida, but the

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Iranians freed in major prisoner swap in Syria

DAMASCUS, Syria – Rebels freed 48 Iranians on Wednesday in exchange for more than 2,000 prisoners, including women and children, held by Syrian authorities – a deal struck after rare negotiations involving regional powers Turkey, Qatar and Iran.

It was the first major prisoner swap since the uprising began against President Bashar Assad nearly 22 months ago.

Iran is one of Assad’s main allies, and the Iranians, who were seized outside Damascus in August, were a major bargaining chip for factions trying to bring down his regime in the civil war that has killed more than 60,000 people.

The exchange also highlighted the plight of tens of thousands of detainees languishing in Syrian prisons, many of whom were picked up at street protests and have not been heard of since.

Hamas flagship university grooms Hebrew teachers

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip – Hamas’ flagship university in Gaza has a new diploma on offer – Hebrew, the official language of its arch-foe Israel.

Gaza’s Hamas rulers say they want to produce qualified teachers as the government gradually introduces Hebrew studies in its high schools. The aim is simple: It wants Palestinians in Gaza to learn their enemy’s language.

There are 19 students enrolled in the first one-year Hebrew diploma course offered at the Islamic University in Gaza City, a stronghold of Hamas, the Islamic militant group that has ruled Gaza since 2007.

Hamas does not recognize Israel, is officially pledged to its destruction and has killed hundreds of Israelis in suicide bombings, rocket strikes and other attacks.

– Wire reports

job is not done,” Doug Lute, the top White House military adviser on Afghanistan, told reporters this week. “The Afghan National Security Forces are a work in progress.”

The U.S. has 66,000 troops in Afghanistan, down from a peak of about 100,000 as recently as 2010. Just how many troops might remain is at the heart of widespread discussion in Washington, where Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai meets with Obama on Friday.

As initially in Iraq, U.S. officials are considering keeping between 3,000 and 15,000 American troops in Afghanistan after 2014. That would not happen, however, if U.S. troops are denied legal immunity from prosecution in Afghanistan – which ultimately is what ended the same negotiations in Iraq.

“We’ve seen this movie so many times,” said Sen. John McCain, the senior Republican on the Senate Armed

Services Committee, who remains troubled over the Iraq withdrawal. In an interview Wednesday, he urged the White House to keep more than a few thousand troops in Afghanistan “to make a difference and not just become targets for attacks by a resurgent Taliban.”

Karzai met Wednesday with Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell and three members of the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committees. Asked what number of U.S. forces he would like to see in the country, Karzai declined to answer and joked that he was told by the “organizer of the Senate” to keep quiet.

“I hope we get back to Afghanistan with what the Afghans expect of me to take back,” Karzai told reporters.

A Pentagon report to Congress in December concluded that only one of 23 Afghan National Army battalions was judged to be capable of oper-

ating in the field on its own – and even then needed international security advisers.

Afghanistan was dubbed “Obama’s war” after the president surged troops there in 2009 to chase out extremist militants and eliminate their ability to return. By contrast, Obama as a candidate for president had called Iraq a “dumb war” and made ending it a campaign pledge.

However, the Obama administration negotiated with Baghdad throughout 2011 to keep U.S. troops in Iraq as a sort of insurance policy to block Iran from meddling in Iraq’s Shiite-led government and, in turn, reignite the country’s Sunni insurgency.

Ultimately, Iraq’s parliament refused to renew an agreement to give legal immunity to thousands of American forces, and the U.S. military left at the end of that year as required under a deadline set in 2008 by the administration of President George W. Bush.

Bells to ring for same-sex couples

By BRETT ZONGKER The Associated Press

WASHINGTON – The Washington National Cathedral had been ready to embrace same-sex marriage for some time, although it took a series of recent events and a new leader for the prominent, 106-year-old church to announce Wednesday that it would begin hosting such nuptials.

The key development came in July when the Episcopal Church approved a ceremony for same-sex unions at its General Convention in Indianapolis, followed by the legalization of gay marriage

in Maryland, which joined the District of Columbia. The national church made a special allowance for marriage ceremonies in states where gay marriage is legal.

Longtime same-sex marriage advocate the Very Rev. Gary Hall took over as the cathedral’s dean in October.

Conversations began even before he arrived to clear the way for the ceremonies at the church that so often serves as a symbolic house of prayer for national celebrations and tragedies.

The Episcopal bishop of Washington, the Rt. Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, authorized use of the new mar-

riage rite in December for 89 congregations in D.C. and Maryland. Each priest then decides whether to marry same-sex couples.

The cathedral’s congregation and leadership include many gays and lesbians. The church was just waiting for the right moment and the right leader.

“This was something that was brewing in the cathedral.

We were really waiting for him,” Budde told The Associated Press. “It would have been inconceivable for the Cathedral to call somebody who was not in favor of full equality for gay and lesbian people.”

Advocates optimistic president committed to effort • BIDEN

Continued from page A1 The tragedy in Newtown, in which 20 young children and six adults were gunned down by a man with a military-style semiautomatic rifle, has prodded the administration to act. Obama had remained largely silent on gun control after the 2011 shootings in Tucson, Ariz., that killed six people and wounded 12 others including then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and the Colorado movie theater killing of a dozen people and wounding of many more last July.

Connecticut is moving cautiously on gun control, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo in neighboring New York proposed a wide-ranging package of restrictions Wednesday.

He called for loopholes to be closed in a New York ban on assault weapons and ammunition magazines that carry more than 10 bullets.

The Democrat also wants to require holders of handgun licenses to undergo followups to make sure they are still qualified to possess a weapon, and he is calling for increased sentences for certain gun crimes.

Biden, referring to the Newtown shootings, said at

the White House: “Every once in a while, there’s something that awakens the conscience of the country, and that tragic event did it in a way like nothing I’ve seen in my career.”

“The president and I are determined to take action. ...

We can affect the well-being of millions of Americans and take thousands of people out of harm’s way if we act responsibly.”

Biden said the administration is weighing executive action in addition to recommending legislation by Congress. Recommendations to the Biden group include making gun-trafficking a felony, getting the Justice Department to prosecute people caught lying on gun background-check forms and ordering federal agencies to send data to the National Gun Background Check Database.

Some of those pieces could happen by executive action, but congressional say-so would be needed for more farreaching changes such as reinstating the ban on assault weapons and high-capacity ammunition magazines.

Congress let the ban expire in 2004 under heavy pressure from the NRA. Democrats blamed a backlash against some lawmakers who voted for its enactment

10 years earlier for steep election losses that year.

Since then Democrats have been wary of legislating on guns, and efforts have fizzled in Congress. Already there are signs any new legislative effort by Obama could face tough going. Some progun Democrats have voiced doubts, and the Senate’s top Republican has warned it could be spring before Congress begins considering any gun legislation.

Obama has said that his efforts on guns can be successful only if he has the support of the public, and advocates who attended Wednesday’s Biden meeting said part of the White House message was for participants to spread the word and keep up pressure on Washington.

“They have made clear that they’re in this for the long haul and they want us to be in this for the long haul,” said Dan Gross, president of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence.

Advocatesparticipatingin Wednesday’s meeting, some of whom have been critical of Obama’s silence on guns in the past, said they were optimistic that the president and Biden are committed to the effort this time around.

“I think it’s for real,” said Shira Goodman, executive director of CeaseFirePA.

Republican David McSweeney, who lost a 2006 congressional race to unseat former Democratic U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean, was sworn into the House, as was GOP incumbent Tim Schmitz of Batavia, whose district now includes a sliver of south central McHenry County under the new maps.

Wheeler said she is encouraged by the amount of new blood in the House and said it could mean real and lasting solutions to the state’s problems.

“What really excites me is there is such a large number of new General Assembly members coming on board, and I believe they’re just as motivated, and willing to be bold and creative,” Wheeler said.

The county’s representatives are unanimous in their desire to fix the pension system, as well as ensure that the “temporary” income-tax increase stays that way despite the state’s deepening fiscal woes. The 2011 increase – 67 percent on individuals and 46 percent on businesses – is scheduled to start phasing out in 2015.

McSweeney on his first day filed legislation to repeal the tax increase effective immediately.

“It might be a novel concept for many here in the General Assembly, but I came here to do what I said I was going to do. These tax increases have devastated hardworking families and job-creating small businesses, and I will be pushing hard for its expiration,” McSweeney said.

Both houses voted along party lines in re-electing their leaders. Democrats elected House Speaker Michael Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton.

Republicans voted for House Minority Leader Tom Cross and Senate Minority Leader Christine Radogno.

The Democratic Party, which controlled both houses and the governor’s office in the last General Assembly, has added to its gains by

Madigan vote Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, was elected House speaker once again. The vote was along party lines with state Rep. Jack Franks, D-Marengo, voting for Madigan while all area Republicans voted for House Minority Leader Tom Cross, R-Oswego.

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securing veto-proof majorities in both the House and Senate, in part because of the new maps.

Democrats took advantage of their control during redistricting, which is required after every decennial U.S. Census to adjust for population shifts and ensure equal representation. They drafted state and congressional maps advantageous to their party without the need for Republican votes, and all three maps survived GOP court challenges.

Only two of the eight Springfield legislators now representing the county – Duffy and McSweeney – faced contested races in November. McConnaughay faced a challenger in the Republican primary but won the seat unopposed.

Three state lawmakers won their races but face problems with the law.

The House expelled Rep. Derrick Smith in August after he was indicted on federal bribery charges, but voters re-elected him. Federal investigators in November brought bank fraud charges against LaShawn Ford. State Sen. Donne Trotter faces a felony charge from a December incident in which he tried to board a plane at O’Hare International Airport with a gun in his luggage.

Money raised will help with funeral costs and medical bills

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Continued from page A1 It will include a silent and live auction of sports memorabilia, said organizer Wayne Jett of Jett’s Heating and Air, 3309 South Route 31 in Crystal Lake.

Jennings also will launch a new T-shirt at the event.

Shirts, which will cost $25, feature Jennings intercepting a pass over the Chicago skyline and say “The Hawk.”

Profits from shirt sales will go to the family, Jett said.

Money raised Saturday will be used to help with the funeral costs, medical bills and unexpected costs that have arisen since Korbin’s illness, Jimmy Miller said.

“The support from the community is so extremely humbling.”

Jimmy Miller Father of Korbin

“The support from the community is so extremely humbling,” Jimmy Miller said. “Words can’t express how very blessed Jenna and I feel to have the overwhelming support of so many people.

“So many family, friends and, in a lot of cases, complete strangers, have come together to offer their love, prayers and support in memory of our sweet baby Korbin and it’s just been very comforting and inspiring for the both of us.”

State of Illinois Healthcare and Family Services Notice of Public Information Notice is hereby given that, effective January 25, 2013, the eligibility of Sheltering Oak to participate in the Medicaid program is terminated.

This action is based on the July and August 2012 Public Health surveys. Federal law provides that Medicaid payments to states will cease if a facility is not in substantial compliance with federal requirements. Sheltering Oak is not in compliance with the following federal requirements: 42 CFR 483.15 Quality of Life 42 CFR 483.75 Administration

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Cary maN Fired, wiNs loTTery

CARY – A Cary man won $175,000 from the Illinois Lottery the same day he was fired from his job.

Wladyslaw Krawiec was fired as a carpenter in Chicago six days before Christmas.

Krawiec headed home and stopped at a gas station to check wladyslaw his Lucky Day Krawiec Lotto ticket.

“We won! We won!” Krawiec screamed to his wife over the phone.

“It’s so exciting, and this lottery win means some security, it means I can relax a little,” he said in a news release from Illinois Lottery.

The winning ticket was sold at Stop Everyday at 66 E. Jackson Blvd. in Chicago. The drawing was Dec. 18.

The convenience store was awarded a $1,750 bonus for selling the ticket.

The Lucky Day Lotto jackpot starts at $100,000, and drawings take place seven days a week.

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Fox Lake scratches chickens

By EMILY K. COLEMAN

ecoleman@shawmedia.com FOX LAKE – Fox Lake is the latest in a series of area communities to say “no” to chickens.

The Fox Lake Village Board in a 4-2 decision voted down a proposed ordinance that would have allowed residents living on plots zoned singlefamily residential to raise chickens if they obtained a permit.

People on less than an acre would have been allowed a maximum of four hens, and those on larger lots could have had eight.

Fox Lake joins Mundelein, Crystal Lake, McHenry and Lake in the Hills in rejecting chickens. Other communities, though, have said “yes,” including Chicago, Evanston, Long

“I didn’t see anything wrong with it. They addressed all the issues of noise, smell and predators.”

Donny Schmit Fox Lake trustee

Grove and West Dundee.

Crystal Lake Mayor Aaron Shepley wrote to a resident that the city’s decision to against allowing hens came down “what the people of Crystal Lake want this town to be like.” He cited to a lesser degree the possibility of attracting predators and rodents and a potential odor issue.

Planning and zoning commission-

ers in McHenry worried that chickens weren’t conducive to urban settings.

In Fox Lake, Trustees Donny Schmit and Greg Murrey were the two “yes” votes to allow chickens.

“I didn’t see anything wrong with it,” Schmit said. “They addressed all the issues of noise, smell and predators.”

The Plan Commission held several meetings on the subject and brought in experts from communities that allow chickens before recommending the ordinance to the board in a 3-1 vote.

Allowing chickens had been proposed by Andrew Watson of Fox Lake, an Eagle Scout with Boy Scout Troop 274 in Lake Villa. His family would like to raise the hens

for their eggs, according to meeting minutes.

The proposed ordinance would have required the hens to be kept in a fenced enclosure with a minimum of two square feet per chicken. It required that coops be at least 25 feet from neighbors’ homes. Neither the hens nor the eggs could have been sold, and the hens could not be slaughtered on the property.

The guidelines are similar to the ones considered elsewhere.

The proposed ordinance prohibited chickens in multifamily complexes, including duplexes, and banned roosters in residential areas.

Currently, chickens are allowed only in lots zoned for agricultural use, Building Commissioner Frank Urbina said.

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HEBRON – A dryer caught fire, and it spread to the house at 10818 Button Road, according to the Hebron-Alden-Greenwood Fire Protection District.

Linda Ogle was drying towels about 6:50 p.m. when she heard a noise coming from the dryer.

She found the light bulb had popped out. She tried putting it back in, which led to a spark that got into the lint trap, Ogle said.

When crews arrived, there was moderate smoke coming from the house, said Assistant Chief Tom Linneman. The fire was under control in about 30 minutes.

Six people and the family’s two dogs were displaced from the log-framed house, and they planned to stay with relatives.

No injuries were reported, “We’ll be OK,” Ogle said. “The best thing is everyone is OK.” Because there are no hydrants in the area, the fire district called for help from several departments.

– Joseph Bustos

Fire damages BarN iN HeBroN

HEBRON – Fire damaged a barn Wednesday morning in Hebron, authorities said.

Members of the Hebron-AldenGreenwood Fire Protection District were called to the 1400 block of Green Valley Road about 6 a.m. and found fire and smoke coming from a small barn, according to a news release.

Firefighters used about 300 gallons of water to put out the fire, which took about 10 minutes, officials said. No injuries were report.

The cause of the fire is under investigation, but is thought to be electrical, officials said.

Crews from Richmond, Wonder Lake, Spring Grove, Harvard and Woodstock provided assistance.

– Lawerence Synett

8LOCAL DEATHS Eugene T. Entrican 93, Crystal Lake rita graff 85, Woodstock Esther M. Davy Medelberg 91, formerly of Marengo Korbin Lee Miller Infant of McHenry oBiTUaries on pages B4-5

Parking idea aims to bolster carpooling

By JosePH BUsTos

jbustos@shawmedia.com

Photos provided

Aaron Cooper looks over the Colombian landscape a few hours away from Ecuador.

Woodstock pair vow ‘Part 2’ of ride to tip of South America By sHawN sHiNNemaN

sshinneman@shawmedia.com Aaron and Nathan Cooper returned with a clear takeaway from their two-month motorcycle trip through the U.S., Mexico, Central America and South America: People are good, even strangers.

In Colorado, a man donated a day of main- Nathan Cooper tenance work on the brothers’ bikes. A guy near Mexico City bought them empanadas because he saw the crumpled bread on aaron Cooper which they were spreading peanut butter. A family in Colombia locked up Nathan’s bike after he crashed while Aaron drove his hobbled brother to a hospital.

see ride, page B4

LAKE IN THE HILLS – The county has plans to build a 110-space parking lot at the reconfigured Route 31 and Virginia Road intersection.

The planned park-andride facility on the southwestern corner would be a place for people to park and meet to carpool.

It will have 105 regular spaces and five handicap spaces.

A study by the Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning showed a need for a lot of that size and purpose, said Dan Olson, Lake in the Hills community development director.

But to meet stormwater requirements and have enough parking spaces to make the project work, the county needs a variance from the minimum 30-foot setback required under village zoning rules. It is asking for an 8-foot setback from Virginia Road and Route 31, which still allows for landscaping, Olson wrote.

Without the variances, the county would be able to put in only 34 spaces, which is too few to benefit the public, according to village documents.

The Village Board is scheduled to vote on the proposed project at its meeting tonight.

Wally Dittrich, the design manager for the McHenry County Division of Transportation, said the county received a $1 million grant to design and construct the parking lot. If approved, construction will be in summer and take a couple of months, Dittrich said.

see ParKiNg loT, page B4

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Nathan Cooper (center) experienced equipment problems near Heredia, Costa Rica.

Village Board n when: 7:30 p.m. today n where: 600 Harvest Gate

Man rejects prosecutors’ offer of two years on escape charges By saraH sUTsCHeK

ssutschek@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – A man accused of escaping the back of a squad car while handcuffed and then eluding capture for 12 hours has rejected prosecutors’ offer of two years in prison.

James R. Henson, 45, has

been in the McHenry County Jail since his arrest in October 2011 after a property owner called in a trespassing complaint.

While in the back of a McHenry County sheriff’s car, Henson allegedly kicked out a window and escaped. He eluded capture for more than 12 hours

before he was found in a wooded area.

Assistant State’s Attorney David Metnick said the offer of two years will be on the table until Jan. 25. There may not be another offer in the case, he said.

Henson’s attorney, special public defender Bill Bligh, said he is seeking additional

information about the case, and said he and his client are somewhat prejudiced by the fact that they still are in the fact-finding phase.

About eight months before the escape case, a jury found Henson not guilty of burglarizing a Crystal Lake church. A can of Busch Light beer found at the scene had

his DNA on it.

Henson has a lengthy criminal history. His past convictions in McHenry, Kane and Lake counties include burglary, forgery, criminal damage to property and possession of a stolen vehicle.

Henson’s next court date on escape charges is Friday.

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LAkEMOOR: DEvELOpMENt

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By EMILy k. COLEMAN

ecoleman@shawmedia.com LAKEMOOR – Walgreens’ plan for the southeast corner of Darrell Road and Route 120 would help Lakemoor meet its goal of a walkable commercial district, the village administrator said.

The Lakemoor Village Board tonight will look at the development application approved by the Zoning Board of Appeals in December.

Walgreens’ plan is to demolish the building that currently houses Lakemoor Liquors and build a drugstore with a drive-thru pharmacy.

The liquor store’s lease is up in March, Village Administrator David Alarcon said.

Walgreens seeks permis-

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sion to put up two freestanding signs and have a drivethru pharmacy. Its plan, which has been two years in the making, would split the property into three lots, two of which wouldn’t meet the 200foot width requirement for C-5, or commercial highway, zoning.

The nonconforming shouldn’t be a problem, said Public Works Superintendent Charlie Schmidt.

The lot to the south of Wal-

greens will be used only for storm water detention, and the second lot will be left undeveloped for now, he said. Even if the second lot is developed, there shouldn’t be an issue because any business would share an entrance with Walgreens.

The request for a variance on the width is “not uncommon,” Schmidt said.

If the board approves the application, the village still must work out landscaping enhancements and other minor engineering issues, Alarcon said.

“The reason why this is so nice is it not only brings retail to Lakemoor, it’s another piece in our puzzle by linking up our village with sidewalks,” Alarcon said.

The ultimate goal is to run a bike and pedestrian trail along Darrell Road from Lakemoor Farms to Route 120.

A segment will break off and run south of Heritage Park to Eastlake Drive and follow Riverside Drive behind the businesses on Route 120. The path would cross Route 120 at Willow Road and head into Morrison Park. The plan also includes connecting up The Pines of Lakemoor subdivision.

The village has been working with Chicago Metropolitan Agency for Planning on an updated comprehensive plan. The board has looking at ways, including the possibility of a tax increment financing district, to revitalize the Route 120 commercial corridor.

objections to the nominating petitions of incumbent Kimberly Beach and trustee candidate Joseph Enright, saying they do not have enough signatures to appear on the April ballot. Three trustee seats and the village

presidency will be up during this year’s consolidated municipal election. Alexis Aguilar, Phil Lonigro and Rick Weaver also have filed. Lonigro also is an incumbent.

Candidates were required to file petitions with the signatures

of at least 50 people who are Lakemoor residents and registered voters. Beach submitted 52 signatures and Enright 55, but according to McIntyre’s objection, not all of the signatures are valid.

The Lakemoor Village Board will meet at 7 p.m. today at the Lakemoor Police Department, 27901 Concrete Drive.

8LOCAL BRIEF

Signatures to get on ballot questioned

LAKEMOOR – One Lakemoor trustee is questioning the election paperwork of two fellow candidates.

Trustee Colin McIntyre filed

– Emily K. Coleman

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Annual People in Need Forum at college Jan. 26 NORtHWEst HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – The 10th annual People in Need Forum will run from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Jan. 26 at McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14.

It is open to the public and beneficial to community volunteers, staff members from human service agencies, civic and government leaders and officials, human resources personnel from area corporations and companies, and faith-based organizations.

The forum connects participants to community resources and information for those in need.

The half-day event will begin with a continental breakfast and registration. Highlights of the morning include educational sessions and presentations to resolve carereceiver issues. Ley sessions will be offered in two time periods. The popular roundtable sessions will return this year.

About 40 exhibit booths of community, social service and government agencies in McHenry County will provide

information about resources on issues such as utility assistance, food stamps, health care, bullying, transportation options, homelessness, affordable housing, debt management, domestic violence, legal matters and veterans’ affairs.

“The forum is available to anyone interested in helping those in need and learning more about the necessary survival resources available in our community,” said event chairwoman Bev Thomas, who works for the 22nd Judicial Circuit, Family Violence Coordinating Council and the McHenry County College Center for Non-Profit Leadership.

The People in Need Forum started in 2003 with 50 attendees and grew to more than 400 last year.

Admission is free. Each registered attendee will receive a 2013 People in Need Resource Directory.

Registration is available online and questions be answered at www.mchenry.edu/ peopleinneed or by calling Bev Thomas at 815-479-7792.

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CRySTAL LAkE: INTERfAITH GATHERING

Morris to speak at MLK Jr. breakfast NORTHWEST HERALD

CRYSTAL LAKE – The Rev. Calvin Morris will be the keynote speaker at the fourth annual Martin Luther King Jr. Interfaith Prayer Breakfast on Jan. 21.

Known as a powerful speaker, Morris’ topic will be “One Nation Indivis ible: Where Do We Go From

Here.”

In addition to prayers, readings and blessings from a variety of faiths, there will be video footage of Dr. King and music by Lia Nicine McCoo. The breakfast will be from 7:30 to 9:30 a.m. at D’Andrea Banquets, 4419 Route 14, Crystal Lake.

It is sponsored by Faith-

Bridge, a consortium of local faith communities.

Breakfast tickets are $20 ($15 for teens) for a vegetarian buffet and program.

Morris retired last year after 14 years as the executive director of the Community Renewal Society of Chicago.

He met the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr. when he came to

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8PUBLIC ACCESS Today Algonquin Economic Development Commission When: 7 p.m. today Where: Village Hall, 2200 Harnish Drive Cary Area Public Library District Board When: 7 p.m. today Where: Library meeting room, 1606 Three Oaks Road Cary fire Protection District Board of Trustees When: 4 p.m. today Where: Station One, 400 CaryAlgonquin Road fox River Grove finance and Administration Committee When: 7 p.m. today Where: Village Hall, 305 Illinois St. Huntley village Board of Trustees When: 7 p.m. today

McHenry County Conservation District Board of Trustees When: 6 p.m. today Where: Brookdale office, 18410 Route 14, Woodstock MCCD finance and Administrative Committee When: 5 p.m. today Where: Brookdale office, 18410 Route 14, Woodstock McHenry County Conservation District Outreach and Advocacy Committee When: 5 p.m. today Where: Brookdale office, 18410 Route 14, Woodstock McHenry Township trustees When: 7 p.m. today

Monday Johnsburg Ordinance Committee When: 7 p.m. Monday Where: Village Hall, 1515 Channel Beach Ave. Lake in the Hills Planning & Zoning Commission When: 7:30 p.m. Monday Where: Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate Tuesday Crystal Lake City Council When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Where: City Hall, 100 W. Woodstock St.

Chicago in 1967 to complete his doctoral degree. Because of Jackson’s influence, Morris ended up as associate director of Operation Bread Basket, now known as Rainbow Push.

Some years later, Morris returned to Boston with his wife and two children and taught at Simmons College. From Boston, Morris

went to the Martin Luther King Center in Atlanta, where he served as executive director.

Tickets are available at the Center for Spiritual Evolution in Cary, Bethany Lutheran Church in Crystal Lake, First Congregational Church of Crystal Lake, the Blue Lotus Temple in Woodstock, the McHenry Coun-

ty Jewish Congregation in Ridgefield, the Crystal Lake Ridgefield Presbyterian Church, the Universal Unitarian Church of Woodstock, the American Muslim Community Organization in Algonquin and the Department of Mission and Spiritual Care at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.

WOODSTOCk: THE LAND CONSERvANCy Of McHENRy COuNTy

TLC to honor teachers committed to oaks NORTHWEST HERALD WOODSTOCK – The Land Conservancy of McHenry County will recognize local teachers Bill Donato and Beth Theiss with Living with Trees Awards at its annual celebration and brunch Jan. 27.

Donato, a Woodstock High School science teacher, has led students in a multiyear effort to restore the city of Woodstock’s Gerry Street Park, two blocks from the school’s South Street Campus. The restoration work has removed invasive species from around native oak trees and created a hiking trail through much of the 30-acre property. Donato’s efforts raise awareness among

the younger generation of the need for restoration of natural lands and the benefits of nature for people.

Theiss, a Hannah Beardsley Middle School seventhgrade science teacher, approached TLC in 2010 to discuss ways she might incorporate projects related to the area’s native oak trees into science curriculum.

Theiss worked with school administrators and the other science teachers to create a three-part program that includes acorn collection and classification in the fall, propagation of trees from the collected acorns over a two-year period, and planting of native oaks at Three Oaks Recreation Area in the spring. The program began

in fall 2011, and through the hands-on activities and classroom learning, students are gaining knowledge of the importance of oak trees to the area’s landscape and history.

The TLC program will be at 11 a.m. Jan 27 at D’Andrea Banquets in Crystal Lake.

Brunch runs until 12:30 p.m., when the awards will be presented.

The program also includes a presentation by Jim Pfitzer, acclaimed storyteller, who will present “Aldo Leopold: A Standard of Change” at 1 p.m.

Tickets are $35 for members and $50 for nonmembers, and can be bought online at www.ConserveMC.org or by calling 815-337-9502.

8POLICE REPORTS Huntley • Ivan Epinoza, 20, 2581 Hennig Road, Hampshire, was charged Monday, Dec. 17, with disorderly conduct.

• A 17-year-old Lake in the Hills boy was charged Tuesday, Dec. 18, at Huntley High School with aggravated battery and

disorderly conduct. In the same incident, a 16-year-old Lake in the Hills boy was charged with two counts of disorderly conduct.

• Derrick P. Thomas, 46, 11215 Bellflower Lane, Huntley, was charged Sunday, Dec. 23, with theft.

• Tania Dolewski, 42, 526 Town

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• A vehicle burglary was reported Wednesday, Dec. 26, in the 10400 block of Algonquin Road. The back passenger window was shattered and a purse was stolen from inside a vehicle in a parking lot.

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wOOdstOCk: thE LANd CONsERvANCy Of mchENRy COuNty

TLC to host amateur photography contest NORthwEst hERALd WOODSTOCK – The Land Conservancy of McHenry County invites amateur photographers to participate in a photo contest to highlight the inspiring nature of TLC’s land preservation work.

TLC has worked with more

than 70 landowners to preserve more than 1,800 acres across McHenry County. Protected properties range from less than 1 acre to 250 acres.

Preserved lands include high-quality wetland and woodland habitat, farmland, scenic vistas and similar valuable land resources.

TLC will match each participating photographer with a property. All photographs submitted must be taken of properties where TLC holds a conservation easement, owns the land or is a steward, or of people who work with TLC to preserve their land for the benefit of future generations.

There is a $10 application fee.

First-, second- and thirdplace awards will be given in the amounts of $100, $75 and $50.

Other submissions may be selected for recognition by TLC. TA People’s Choice winner will receive $25.

The selected images will

of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency and includes representatives of American Red Cross, Catholic Charities USA, National Council of Churches of Christ in the USA, The Jewish Federations of North America, The Salvation Army and United Way Worldwide.

Applications for the funds will be accepted from private, non-

profit agencies and government agencies experienced in serving the homeless and hungry of McHenry County.

Applicants must be eligible to receive federal funds, have an approved accounting system, practice nondiscrimination and have demonstrated the ability to operate emergency food or shelter programs. Private voluntary organizations must have a

voluntary board.

Proposals will be reviewed and chosen by the local Emergency Food and Shelter Program Board.

Applications are available online at McHenry County Housing Authority’s website, www.mchenrycountyhousing. org/ and must be received by 4 p.m. Feb. 4.

be shown at TLC’s 2013 Art of the Land Benefit on Sept. 21 and 22 at Starline Gallery in Harvard.

The photographs will be posted on TLC’s website and may be used in TLC publications to highlight the beauty of the land and the people who love it.

All 41 photographs from

the 2012 TLC Art of the Land Photo Contest are on display this month at the HarvardDiggins Library, 900 E McKinley St. in Harvard.

For information and to receive a copy of the contest rules and application, contact Cheryl Voss at cvoss@conservemc.org or 815-337-9502.

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8LOCAL BRIEF County offers homeless assistance grants

WOODSTOCK – McHenry County has been notified that $18,468 in Emergency Food and Shelter Program grant funds are available to supplement programs in the county.

The amount was determined by the Emergency Food and Shelter National Board, which is chaired by the U.S. Department

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• ride

Continued from page B1 “There’s many times where we would have been dead in our tracks or at least slowed down if not for the help of genuinely kind strangers,” Aaron Cooper said.

The Woodstock brothers returned last month from what was to be a trip to Tierra del Fuego, Argentina, the southern tip of South America. Their journey ended early in Colombia, in the northwest part of continent, because of the broken leg Nathan suffered in a crash there.

Aaron Cooper, 30, had finished a 10-year career in the military and was taking classes at McHenry County College when he thought up the trip.

Nathan, 25, had just completed a year of teaching English in Vietnam.

They share a sense of adventure and a love of travel, and set off in early September on their

Aaron and Nathan Cooper documented their journey in detail through photos, video and blog posts. Visit www.endurobros.com to learn about their trip. enduro motorcycles – racing motorcycles generally used for long trips over rugged terrain.

The trip had its share of challenges.

Long hours on the road were taxing. And while the brothers had booked stays at nicer resorts, other nights were spent in shakier quarters – or none at all. More than once, the two caught rest on the side of the road.

“There was one day where we rode all day, 20-something hours,” Nathan Cooper said.

“We pulled over – ‘Welp, it’s about an hour until the sun comes up. We can sleep for maybe 45 minutes. We’re not going to be falling asleep when it’s sunny.’ ” At times, “I was waking up

riding off-road,” he said.

But the goodness of people continued to shine. When Nathan’s bike broke down on the Baja California peninsula in Mexico, the two sought financial help and received it.

Donations came from people they knew around Woodstock and from their travels. Strangers who’d read about their trip kicked in, as well.

The brothers kept going. In Colombia, riding in the darkness two hours north of Ecuador, admittedly exhausted to a point of delirium, Nathan Cooper lost control and laid down his bike on his left leg, breaking his tibia and fibula and tearing a tendon.

The two made it to the nearest home, where a Co-

lombian family made room for Nathan’s bike by carrying the table they’d just eaten on outside. Aaron Cooper drove his brother an hour to a hospital, where he had surgery.

A few days later, the brothers boarded a flight back to the United States.

They said they plan to make it back to Colombia, where their bikes await, later this year.

The brothers said they had wanted to make service a larger part of the trip than they did because of time constraints. But when they go back, they’ll have more time and said they’d like to use some of that time for charity work.

“We’re trying to look at the silver lining in this whole thing,” Nathan Cooper said.

“Yeah, I broke my leg and we didn’t get to follow through on the promise of, in one stretch, doing this. But it’s more of a part one, and part two will be coming up.”

Project includes design for PACE bus stop • parking lot

Continued from page B1 He said carpooling occurs in the county, with people meeting in parking lots of shopping centers. This a “way to give a formal safe place to leave their cars,” Dittrich said.

Dittrich said the CMAP

study found that people from Cary, Lake in the Hills, Algonquin and Crystal Lake carpool to work in the Schaumburg area.

Currently, there is no plan to limit time on the parking lot, and there would be no charge to use it, Dittrich said.

Village Trustee Stephen Harlfinger wondered whether

a park-and-ride is the best use of the site.

“Are we taking away a piece of commercial property for the future?” he asked.

Olson said the property is county-owned right-of-way.

Village President Ed Plaza said the lot would relieve road congestion.

“With the bypass going in, with the amount of traffic ev-

erybody sees going from north to south and back ... anyway to get traffic off the road is fine,” Plaza said.

The design includes an area for a gazebo or shelter and an area for buses to turn around if PACE decides to add a stop in the area.

“Ultimately, that will be a marketing tool to get them to come in,” Plaza said.

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McHenry High boosters set annual game night NORthwEst hERALd McHENRY – The McHenry High School Booster Club will host its third annual Trivia/Game fundraising night Feb. 23.

The event includes a trivia challenge and games throughout the evening with a range of topics for teams of eight to compete.

Prizes are awarded for the best finishers, and the team with the best-decorated table also wins a prize.

The event is at McHenry Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 4600, 3002 W. Route 120 in McHenry, For $30 a person (ages 21 and older reserved or $35 at the door), attendees get a dinner buffet, a free raffle ticket for door prizes and entry into the trivia contest.

To raise money for student athletes, there will be auctions and raffles through the evening.

Items are donated by McHenry-area businesses.

In addition, students at

McHenry High School will put together gift baskets to represent their teams or clubs, and the money raised will go directly to the groups.

Doors open at 5:45 p.m., with the buffet, cash bar and raffles/auctions opening at 6 p.m. Games begin at 7:15 p.m.; Awards and auctions close about 10:30 p.m.

It’s up to the Booster Club to support, encourage, promote and raise funds for all athletic programs at McHenry High School for the benefit of all students, the school and the community.

For information and to sign up as an individual or team, visit www.dist156.org and click on the Athletics/ Booster Club page or email mchenryboosterclub@ gmail.com.

Donations from any business, individual, team or club are greatly appreciated and can be coordinated through the Booster Club email.

8OBITUARIES

LEON k. COdy died: Jan. 8, 2013

DEER PARK – Leon K. Cody, 55, of Deer Park and formerly of Barrington, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013.

Leon worked for Pauly Toyota and was a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity at Morehead State University.

He was the beloved husband of Sharon Cody-White and father of the late Michael. Leon was loved by a host of friends and family.

The visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Leon will lie in repose from 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, until the service at noon at Trinity Baptist Community Church, 5914-5920 South Route 31, Crystal Lake.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made in his honor of his name to Gift of Hope. Online condolences may be expressed at www.querhammerandflagg. com.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-1760.

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dOROthy L. dALby

born: July 2, 1918; in Burlington died: Jan. 7, 2013; in Belvidere BELVIDERE – Dorothy L. Dalby was born July 2, 1918, in Burlington, to Henry and Mary Lucille (nee Nelson) Seyller. She passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Maple Crest Care Centre in Belvidere.

Dorothy retired from Rae Motors in McHenry after more than 15 years of dedication.

Dorothy is survived by her children, Rebecca (Ken) Loeffel of Marengo, Dennis (Barb) Dalby of McHenry, Lori Leukhardt of Atlanta and Neil (Marsha) Dalby of Belvidere; six grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; sister, Alice Scuffham; brother, Roy (Linda) Seyller; sisters-in-law, Catherine Seyller and Dorothy Seyller; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Nels; her parents; brothers, Elsworth, Tom (Marian), Ralph and Clare.

The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the service at noon Thursday, Jan. 10, in the mausoleum chapel of McHenry County Memorial Park, 11301 Route 14 in Woodstock.

For information, visit www.WindridgeFuneralHome.com or call the funeral home at 847-639-2191.

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8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS leon K. cody: The visitation will be from 5 to 9 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Leon will lie in repose from 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, until the service at noon at Trinity Baptist Community Church, 5914-5920 South Route 31, Crystal Lake. For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-1760.

Dorothy l. Dalby: The visitation will be from 10 a.m. until the service at noon Thursday, Jan. 10, in the mausoleum chapel of McHenry County Memorial Park, 11301 Route 14 in Woodstock. For information, call the funeral home at 847-639-2191.

Deonna rose Davis: A memorial gathering will be from 4 p.m. until the memorial service at 6 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 10, at SchneiderLeucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710. laura ann (gawlik) Doetsch: The visitation will be from 3 to 8 p.m.

Thursday, Jan. 10, at James A. O’Connor Funeral Home, 11603 E. Main St., Huntley. The visitation will resume from 9:30 a.m. until the Mass of Christian Burial is celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11 at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Dundee/Huntley Road. Burial will be at a later date. For information, call the funeral home at 847-669-5111. eugene t. entrican: The vsitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights. The memorial service will be at 4 p.m. For information, call the funeral home at 847-253-5423. barbara gerner: Funeral service and interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in Crystal Lake Memorial Park Cemetery. For information, call Skaja Bachmann Funeral Home at 815-455-2233. rita s. graff: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. The visitation will from 10 a.m. until the funeral Mass celebration at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan 12, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock. A luncheon will follow in the church hall. Interment will be in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, Fla. For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710. esther M. Davy Medelberg: The visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 11, at First Baptist Church of Marengo, 320 E. Washington St., Marengo. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Interment will be in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Harvard. For information, call Marengo-Union Funeral Home at 815-568-8131.

Korbin lee Miller: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The visitation will continue at 9 a.m. until prayers at 9:45 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at the funeral home, leaving for the 10 a.m. funeral Mass celebration at The Church of Holy Apostles, 5211 W. Bull Valley Road, McHenry. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-2400. lawrence “larry” Perkins: The memorial visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Davenport Family Funeral Home, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Saturday, Jan. 12, at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Historic Campus, 178 McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake.

Burial will be private. For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-3411.

Joyce Jewel robinson: There will be a gathering of family and friends from 1 p.m. until the service at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. Interment will be private.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-0063.

Darlene Mae seegert: A memorial celebration will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake.

Dorothy Dam warren: The memorial service will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at St. Joseph’s Catholic Church in Lyons, Wis. For information, call Schuette-Daniels Family Funeral Home & Crematory at 262763-3434.

Marcia ann westman: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at James A. O’Connor Funeral Home, 11603 E. Main St., Huntley, and from 9:30 a.m. until the Mass of Christian Burial is celebrated at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Huntley/Dundee Road, Huntley. For information, call the funeral home at 847-669-5111.

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eugene t. entrican

born: June 20, 1919; in Chicago Died: Jan. 2, 2013; in Crystal Lake

CRYSTAL LAKE – Eugene T. Entrican, 93, of Crystal Lake, was born June 20, 1919, in Chicago, to the late Emanuel T. and Selma (Meyer) Entrican, and passed away peacefully Jan. 2, 2013, at his home.

Mr. Entrican proudly served his country in the Army during World War II. On June 19, 2012, the day before his 93rd birthday, he had the privilege of being part of Honor Flight Chicago’s trip to Washington, D.C., where he visited the WWII Memorial.

He was a 30-year-plus employee at Skil Corporation, a pilot and member of the Civil Air Patrol at Lake in the Hills Airport, a champion speed skater, avid golfer, boater and minor league baseball player.

He was the beloved husband of the late Dolores Rose Entrican, nee Kelly; loving father of Norma Jean (Aaron) Kernes and Sheri Garcia; and proud grandfather of Kelly Rose (Dale) Overstreet and the late Travis Garcia.

The visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Lauterburg & Oehler Funeral Home, 2000 E. Northwest Highway, Arlington Heights. A memorial service will be at 4 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, contributions to Honor Flight Chicago at www. honorflightchicago.org would be appreciated.

For information, call the funeral home at 847-253-5423 or visit www.lauterburgoehler.com.

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barbara gerner

born: July 13, 1920 Died: Jan. 7, 2013; in Des Plaines DES PLAINES – Barbara Gerner, formerly of Crystal Lake, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, in Des Plaines.

Funeral service and interment will be at 1 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at Crystal Lake Memorial Park Cemetery.

For information, call Skaja Bachmann Funeral Home, Crystal Lake, at 815-455-2233.

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rita s. graff

born: Nov. 29, 1927; in Chicago Died: Jan. 9, 2013 WOODSTOCK – Rita S. Graff, 85, of Woodstock, died peacefully of respiratory complications Wednesday, Jan. 9, 2013.

Mrs. Graff was born in Chicago to Frank and Eleanor (Jaszkowski) Gurtowski on Nov. 29, 1927.

She spent her childhood in Chicago alongside her brother, Leonard (deceased), and four sisters, Mildred (deceased), Marie (deceased), Leona (deceased) and Dolores.

After graduating from Steinmetz High School in 1945, Rita worked for A.E. Nielson. In 1946, after World War II, she met former United States Marine Corps Pvt. Al (Alois) Graff at George’s, the neighborhood bar and social club. They were married April 19, 1947, and began their 61-year journey together, raising their seven children and caring for their menagerie of pets, including Betsy (the dog), Maddish (the pig), Frank (the raccoon), Woolie (the sheep), and other assorted strays.

Rita always considered herself a “domestic engineer” and took great pride and joy in her home and family. In addition to working in the home, she always found time to volunteer in her community and help out friends, loved ones and strangers. Rita was a life member of the Wonder Lake Woman’s Club.

There always was room in Rita’s heart for someone needing help. In 1993, she was honored by the Illinois Alliance for Aging with the Illinois State Treasures Award for being a “legendary personal care assistant to the disabled, the ill and the dying.”

She responded to the award, which was presented to her in the grand ballroom of the leg-

endary Drake Hotel in Chicago, with her usual good humor and humility: “I ordered new teeth,” she said. “This award is costing me $1,000.”

In her usual can-do style, Rita helped her daughter, Denise, at the launch of The Woodstock Independent with her group of friends, known as “The Label Ladies.” She also volunteered her time at Greenwood School in Greenwood and for 27 years did the church wash for Christ the King Church in Wonder Lake, joking, “Every piece I iron gets me closer to heaven.” No job was too big or small for Rita to tackle. She just loved giving in her simple way.

After raising their family and spending 70 winters in the Midwest, Rita and Al retired to Lecanto, Fla., in 1997, where they enjoyed golfing and socializing with their neighbors at the community clubhouse. She continued to volunteer at St. Scholastica Catholic Church and in her community.

Rita is survived by her seven children, Karin (Jim) McGrath of St. Petersburg, Fa., Jerry (Judy) of Wonder Lake, Susan Larson of Redwood City, Calif., Ken (Jo) of Wonder Lake, Dan of Dunedin, Fla., Denise (Jim) Graff Ponstein of Woodstock and Russ (Holly) of Capron; 12 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. The grandchildren include Missy (Charlie) Klimkowski of Ringwood, Derek (Bonnie) Graff of Wonder Lake, Chance McGrath of St. Petersburg, Fla., Jarret (Stacy) Graff of Wonder Lake, Justin McGrath of North Hollywood, Calif., Travis (Ashleigh) of Springfield, Nicki (Martin) Boswell of Pewaukee, Wis., Morgan McGrath of Cincinnati, Danny (Lindsay) Graff of Woodstock, Jacob Graff Ponstein of Woodstock and Reaganne and Addison Graff of Capron. The 12 great-grandchildren include Bella Biwer, Grace Graff, Abby Klimkowski, Gretchen Graff, Lucy Rose Klimkowski, Jack McGrath, Zoe McGrath, Griffin Graff, Eddy Klimkowski, Kenzie Graff, Keasen Graff and Addie Graff.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Al, of Lecanto, Fla.; and grandson. Brandon Ware of Bradenton, Fla. The family invites relatives and friends to join them in celebrating her life from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan 11, at SchneiderLeucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home, 1211 N. Seminary Ave., Woodstock. The visitation will continue at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11 a.m., followed by a luncheon in the church hall. Interment will be in Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell, Fla. For those who wish, donations may be made in her memory to Gavers Community Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 1724, Woodstock, IL 60098.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-338-1710.

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esther M. Davy MeDelberg

born: May 25, 1921; in Harvard Died: Jan. 8, 2013; in Napervillle MARENGO – Esther M. Davy Medelberg, 91, of Plainfield and formerly of Marengo, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 8, 2013, at Meadowbrook Manor in Naperville.

She was born May 25, 1921, in Harvard, to Charles and Minnie (Boyd) McCaughey. She married Robert Davy in the late 1940s and after Robert’s death in 1969, she married Kenneth Medelberg on March 3, 1985.

Esther was a member of the American Legion Auxiliary and the First Baptist Church of Marengo. She was a very active member of the Good Sam Prairie Ramblers Camping Club for many years. Esther loved camping above all, but also enjoyed crocheting and knitting, and was an all-around content person.

She is survived by her children, Ken (JoAnn) Davy, Diane (Timothy) Roberts, Sherry Huntington and Lyle (Kim) Medelberg; grandchildren, Robin (Shiloh) Wehr, Camila Roberts, Davyn Roberts, Cole Huntington, Cary Huntington, Jennifer (John) Chain, Heidi (Mark) Stringer, Lauren Medelberg and Luke Medelberg; great-grandchildren, Ceana, Cailyn, Callahan, Caspian, Caleel,

Ian, Noah and Mason; and sister, Mary B. Church.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Robert Davy, and second husband, Kenneth Medelberg; and her parents.

The visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at First Baptist Church of Marengo, 320 E. Washington St., Marengo. The funeral service will be at 11 a.m.

Interment will be in Mt. Auburn Cemetery in Harvard.

Memorials may be made in Esther’s name to the First Baptist Church of Marengo.

Arrangements were entrusted to Marengo-Union Funeral Home.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-568-8131. Online condolences may be made at www.marengo-unionfuneralhome.com.

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Korbin lee Miller

born: Nov. 26, 2012; in McHenry Died: Jan. 6, 2013; in Chicago McHENRY – Korbin Lee Miller, infant son of Jimmy and Jenna (Jacoby) Miller, passed away Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, at Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago.

He was born Nov. 26, 2012, at Centegra Hospital – McHenry.

Survivors include his parents; a brother, Koby; maternal grandparents, Randy and Geri Jacoby of McHenry; paternal grandparents, Jim and Sue Miller of McHenry; godparents, Patrick and Ali Camacho; aunts and uncles, Josh (Fallon) Miller, Kerry (Tommy) Obermeyer, Lance (Kim) Jacoby and Dana (Mike) Morey; and many great-aunts, great-uncles and cherished cousins.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 10, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until prayers at 9:45 a.m. Friday, Jan. 11, in the funeral home, leaving for the 10 a.m. funeral Mass celebration at The Church of Holy Apostles, 5211 W. Bull Valley Road, McHenry.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-2400. Friends may send an online condolence to the family at www.justenfh. com.

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Joyce Jewel robinson born: June 13, 1941; in Anniston, Ala. Died: Jan. 6, 2013; in Wonder Lake WONDER LAKE – Joyce Jewel Robinson, 71, of Wonder Lake, died Sunday, Jan. 6, 2013, in the comfort of her home.

She was born June 13, 1941, in Anniston, Ala., to Clifford and Lura (Griggs) Traywick. She married David Robinson on Dec. 12, 1959, in Anniston.

Joyce was a loving wife,

cherished mother and doting grandmother. She had worked at nursing homes and was a loving caregiver. She enjoyed playing cards with friends and family until late into the night and hunting for treasures at garage sales. She always loved a good mystery show or book, and enjoyed watching forensic crime shows with her husband. Joyce was famous for her homemade Italian beef. She spent her early life in Alabama and was Southern to the end. She always will be remembered as the most loving and attentive grandmother a grandchild could ever want.

Everyone’s first memory of her is how much she loved to spend time with her grandkids.

She is survived by her husband, David; four children, Jeff (Debbie) Robinson of McCullom Lake, Jesse Robinson of Wonder Lake, Brian (Eileen) Robinson of Williams Bay, Wis., and Todd Robinson of Johnsburg; eight grandchildren, Angela, Erika, Sheila, Alex and Melissa Robinson, Kevin and Bryan Campbell, and Erin Hodges; three greatgrandchildren, Tyler Campbell and Joey and Emily Hodges; and two sisters, Shirley (Leon) Traywick and Margie Traywick, both of Anniston, Ala. She was preceded in death by her father and mother; three sisters, Helen Traywick, Pat Surrett and Edith Clayton; and two brothers, Darvey Prince and Robert Traywick.

There will be a gathering of family and friends from 1 p.m. until the service at 3 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry.

Interment will be private.

In lieu of flowers, memorials to the Wonder Lake Food Pantry would be appreciated.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-0063 or visit www.colonialmchenry.com.

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Darlene Mae seegert

Died: Dec. 27, 2012; in Elgin CRYSTAL LAKE – Darlene Mae Seegert, 85, of Crystal Lake, passed away Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012, at Sherman Hospital in Elgin, because of heart failure.

She was born in Chicago in 1927, the daughter of the late Ralph and Myrtle (Hyde) Olesen. In 1951, she married Leon Richards and they were together until his death in 1978. In 1985, Darlene married William Carl Seegert, who died in 2007.

Having a master’s degree in library science, she began her career teaching in Elgin, and was the librarian at Northern Illinois University.

She also worked part time at the Crystal Lake Library and McHenry County College while she was raising her daughter, Wendy.

Having a volunteer spirit, Darlene was very active at First Congregational Church, Crystal Lake, serving as president of Women’s Fellowship, participat-

ing on various committees and setting up the church library.

She delivered meals to shut-ins and volunteered at the Sparrow’s Nest, Sherman Hospital Auxiliary, Faith in Action, Crime Stoppers and PADS, and served as past president of her PEO Chapter.

In addition to her volunteer commitments, she was an avid bridge player and enjoyed making cut-out Christmas cards, sewing, gardening, baking and spending time with friends and family.

She is survived by her daughter, Wendy (Jay) Silverstein of Wauwatosa, Wis.; stepdaughter, Carol (Robert) Richardson of Spring Grove; stepson, William (Karen) Seegert of Crystal Lake; grandchildren, Lee and Amanda Silverstein, Ken (Suzanne) Richardson, Jean (Jim) Valsa, Andrew Richardson, Brad (Erin) Seegert, Eric (Heidi) Seegert and Philip Seegert; and great-grandchildren, Evan and Avery Seegert.

Darlene was preceded in death by her parents; husbands, Leon and William; and brother, Dale Olesen.

A memorial celebration will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Jan. 14, at First Congregational Church, 461 Pierson St., Crystal Lake.

In lieu of flowers, the family kindly requests that any donations be sent to the church’s Memorial Fund in Darlene’s name.

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Marcia ann westMan

born: April 6, 1942; in Elgin Died: Jan. 7, 2013; in Barrington HUNTLEY – Marcia Ann Westman, 70, a longtime resident of Huntley, passed away Monday, Jan. 7, 2013, at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington.

She was born April 6, 1942, in Elgin, the daughter of Lyle F. and Catherine Mae Rubash.

Marcia lived in the Huntley and Crystal Lake area most of her life.

She owned and operated Shear Artistry Salon in Crystal Lake for many years. She later worked at Revcor in Carpentersville until her retirement.

Marcia was a Chicago Cubs fan and a true animal lover. She enjoyed live music, yoga and gardening. Her cat, Rosie, was her beloved companion.

She is survived by her son, Ron Westman; brother, Robert Rubash; niece, Michelle Vega; and nephew, Eric (Julie) Rubash.

She was preceded in death by her parents.

The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 11, at James A. O’Connor Funeral Home, 11603 E. Main St., Huntley, and from 9:30 a.m. until the Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 12, at St. Mary Catholic Church, 10307 Huntley/Dundee Road, Huntley.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions in her name may be directed to Assisi Animal Foundation 9221 Lucas Road, Crystal Lake, IL 60012 or www. assisi.org.

For information, call the funeral home at 847-669-5111 or visit www.jamesaoconnorfuneralhome.com.

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FIVE ON ONE

CrYSTAL LAKE SOuTH 43, JACOBS 25

JuNIOr HOCKEY

Dello gets a taste of USHL

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TODAY’S TOPIC: Aww, c’mon

Lance Armstrong has agreed to an interview with Oprah Winfrey and is to address allegations he used performanceenhancing drugs. That’s fine and all, but why not speak with someone with more journalistic credibility, such as:

Circuit considered top junior hockey league in U.S.

1. Billy Bush. Career highlights include reporting on celebrity baby pictures.

2. Dr. Phil. He’s the next logical choice after Opera, right?

3. Dr. Drew. He has a show called, “Rehab with Dr. Drew.”

4. Hoda and Kathie Lee. A few drinks with the ladies might get him to reveal more than he wants.

5. Al Roker. Four words: “I pooped my pants.”

By JOE STEVENSON

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than a month left. You have little lulls.

If you play with heart and discipline, that can cover your mistakes.”

South (15-4 overall, 3-1 FVC Valley) had some mistakes too, but the fullcourt zone pressure sparked a 13-0 run through the third and fourth quarters.

Carly Nolan scored three baskets in the third quarter and Sara Mickow had two more in the fourth.

“The first half was kind of rough,” Gators forward Chanel Fanter said. “It was great to get that momentum up in the third and that kept us going.”

Mickow led South with 16 points and 16 rebounds. Fanter added 10 points and hit the Gators’ only 3-pointer in the third quarter.

Jacobs (1-19, 1-4) trailed only 26-21 at halftime with eight points from Tori Tamburrino. The Golden Eagles got a 3 from Payton Berg in the third quarter and a free throw from Tamburrino in the fourth for their only second-half points.

Tory Dello recently got a little taste of what hockey will look like next year.

The Crystal Lake Central sophomore was tendered a contract by the USHL’s Tri-City Storm and played three games with the team in late December.

Dello, a 15-year-old defenseman, was the first player born in 1997 to play in the USHL this season. He plans on returning to Kearney, Neb., later this Tory Dello season and then playing with the Storm fulltime in the 2013-14 season.

“It was a really good experience,” Dello said. “I played pretty well. It was good, so I know what to expect next year.

The speed of the game was the biggest thing. That, and playing against kids who are bigger and stronger.”

The USHL is considered the top junior hockey league in the U.S., one that takes players up to the age of 20. Dello will get two years of USHL play before he plans to attend Notre Dame, to which he committed a year ago.

“He thought this would help him prepare for Notre Dame,” said Marty Dello, Tory’s father. “He wanted to play against older kids. Guys who are bigger, faster and stronger will give him a chance to raise his game. He really had a chance to see the lifestyle while he was out there.”

Tory Dello (6-foot, 180 pounds) stayed with a host family who he will stay with next year, too. He will leave in August to attend high school and later start the season with the Storm. He will finish his current season with the Chicago Mission 16U team and could rejoin the Storm for the USHL playoffs, depending on how the seasons develop.

Dello was drafted in May by the Chicago Steel, who owned his draft rights until October.

When he did not sign, he was available again to any USHL team. When the Storm played Cedar Rapids, Dello competed against an old friend, Jack Rowe, a forward from Cary who plays with the RoughRiders.

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THEY WROTE IT From Jeff MacGregor ESPN.com

In America we are what we do. Our work defines us.

So what does it mean to be a farmer? What does it mean to be a nurse, a schoolteacher, a machinist?

What does it mean to be a football player or a football Robert coach?

Griffin III You take the job and you take your chances.

On the sad, unsurprising news Wednesday of Robert Griffin III’s knee surgery, we’re reminded of the truth that football players will do what football players do. And that football coaches behave as football coaches. As do football’s owners and football’s writers.

We adopt the code and the culture of the work we do. Become an accountant and one day you’ll think as an accountant. Become a software engineer and you’ll speak as a software engineer.

Become a quarterback and you’ll see the world through a quarterback’s eyes, and find solutions to its troubles only in running and jumping and throwing. All in the name of the work.

What risks do we take? What limits do we set? What sacrifices do we make for ourselves and our families? For glory or for vanity? For money? There are more questions than answers when it comes to what our work means.

There are plenty of jobs more dangerous than quarterback.

And which pay 1/100th as much.

Lumberjack, fisherman, coal miner, pilot, firefighter. And yet we almost never question the common sense of the men and women who go into the forests and the fields to earn their livings, who go to sea or run toward burning buildings. Rather, we honor them without much asking the price of their choices.

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Men’s basketball Michigan State at Iowa, 6 p.m., ESPN2

Iowa (11-4, 0-2) looks to avoid a 0-3 start to Big Ten play when it hosts No. 22 Michigan State (12-3, 1-1). The Hawkeyes have won only once in five tries against the Spartans under coach Fran McCaffery.

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Jacobs’ Victoria Tamburrino looks for a teammate to pass against Crystal Lake South on Wednesday night in Algonquoin. South won, 43-25.

Gators clamp down in 2nd half

South forces 10 Jacobs turnovers in 3rd quarter

“We knew we weren’t playing as well as we could on defense. We wanted to pick up the energy and seal the game. The pressure defense really kicked it in for us.”

Lauren Del Vecchio

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“We knew we weren’t playing as well as we could on defense,” Gators forward Lauren Del

Vecchio said. “We wanted to pick up the energy and seal the game. The pressure defense really kicked it in for us.”

South forced 10 third-quarter turnovers and built its lead from five to 13 points en route to a 43-25 Fox Valley Conference Valley Division victory Wednesday night at the Eagles’ Nest. It is the Gators’ eighth straight victory.

“At halftime, we talked about our defense, and the positioning and heart it takes to play that,” McCaughn said.

“It’s a long season and sometimes they lose track that it’s just a little more

Catching up to speed at the U.C. CHICAGO – The Bears looked kind of funny Wednesday.

For one thing, none of them wore a helmet. They sported sneakers instead of cleats. And why did only five of them line up for the opening kickoff?

Ohhh.

It’s basketball season.

Forgive me for being late.

Now that another Bears’ season is in the books (and general manager Phil Emery is busy interviewing about 217 head coaching candidates), I headed to the United Center to see what I’ve been missing.

There, I joined a sellout crowd of 21,570 to see the Bulls play host to the Milwaukee Bucks. The

Bagwell, Piazza deserve Hall nod

VIEWS Tom Musick Bulls squandered a 15-point lead to lose, 104-96, but at least Derrick Rose inched another day closer to his return.

Eight months had passed since the last time I watched the Bulls play on their home court. On that day, the Bulls hosted the Philadelphia 76ers in Game 5 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals, only four games after Rose drove to the basket and crumpled to the court clutching his left knee.

See MuSICK, page C3

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Milwaukee Bucks forward Ersan Ilyasove (left) guards Bulls center Joakim Noah during the first half of Wednesday night’s game at the united Center. The Bulls lost, 104-96.

Story on Page C2.

The most controversial Baseball Hall of Fame vote in recent history ended with a predictable result Wednesday.

For the first time since 1996, the Baseball Writers’ Association of America elected no Inside players to Cooperstown.

Voters pitch a Among shutout in HOF those voting. Page C5 denied entrance was a player possessing undoubtedly the greatest offensive statistics in history for his position. A perennial National League All-Star during the 1990s, the only achievement missing from his baseball resumé is a

VIEWS Ross Jacobson

World Series title.

No, I’m not talking about Barry Bonds, although he certainly fits the aforementioned description. The player in question, for me, is Mike Piazza.

With a .308 average, 427 home runs and 1,335 RBIs, Piazza is the greatest offensive catcher in baseball history, yet received only 57.8 percent of the vote, far short of the 75 percent required for entry into Cooperstown.

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SPORTS

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8SPORTS SHORTS NHL owners approve labor deal; players to vote

NEW YORK – NHL commissioner Gary Bettman secured unanimous ownership support for the pending labor deal, then apologized to everyone hurt by the long lockout and said he isn’t going anywhere.

The league’s board of governors met in a Manhattan hotel Wednesday and overwhelmingly approved the agreement that was reached early Sunday on the 113th day of the lockout.

Players are expected to vote on the deal Friday and Saturday. If a majority of the more than 700 members in good standing agree to the terms, training camps can open Sunday. A 48-game season is likely to begin Jan. 19.

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BUCKS 104, BUllS 96

Boylan moves to 2-0 with Bucks The ASSOCIATED PRESS

CHICAGO – Brandon Jennings stretched out his arms and held his hands just over the ground as he glided toward center court, celebrating another big 3-pointer with one of Nate Robinson’s usual moves.

Yup, Jennings was listening to Robinson’s trash talk, and he had the perfect response.

The speedy point guard scored 20 of his 35 points in the third quarter, and the Milwaukee Bucks beat the Bulls 104-96 on Wednesday night for their

second consecutive victory under interim coach Jim Boylan.

Robinson scored 13 of his 19 points in the first period, but was unable to stop Jennings once he got going in the third.

“A little trash talking before the second half,” Jennings said.

“I guess he felt like he had it going, he was getting the best of me. I really don’t take trash talking too kindly because I don’t really do a lot of trash talking.

I warned him, so, hey, it happens.”

Mike Dunleavy had 16 points and Monta Ellis finished with

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ry’s presence around the basket we usually make, and that was is intimidating. Guys go in there the game.”

and they’re looking for him.”

Boozer has recorded a douat New York, 7 Carlos Boozer had 22 points ble-double in six consecutive p.m. Friday, CSN, ESPN, AM-1000 and 11 rebounds for the Bulls, games while playing some of 14 for Milwaukee, which made 10 of 22 3-point attempts. Larry Sanders grabbed 12 rebounds and blocked seven shots.

“I think the whole team played well, but obviously Brandon, offensively, really got it going,” Boylan said. “I thought our defense got a little more active, coming up with loose balls. Lar-

who have dropped their past two games against Milwaukee at United Center. The Bulls blew a 27-point lead in the third quarter as Milwaukee snapped a nine-game losing streak against the Bulls with a 93-92 victory on Nov. 26.

“Just second half, I think they made a lot of tough shots,” Boozer said. “Brandon was amazing. We missed some shots

BUllS NOTES

Emotions run high in defeat

Bears sign Eldridge to reserve/future deal

LAKE FOREST – The Bears signed tight end Brody Eldridge to a reserve/future contract.

Eldridge was inactive for four games with the Bears this season after appearing in 27 games and making 16 starts for Indianapolis the previous two seasons. He was drafted in the fifth round by the Colts out of Oklahoma in 2010. The Bears announced the move Wednesday.

By TOM MUSICK

tmusick@shawmedia.com

Agent: Colts assistant out of hospital

INDIANAPOLIS – The agent for Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians said Wednesday night that his client has been released from an Indianapolis hospital and that they are finalizing details to begin interviewing for head coaching jobs.

Earlier in the day, a league source familiar with the situation told The Associated Press that doctors still were trying to determine the extent of a health problem that forced one interview to be pushed back.

The person spoke to the AP on the condition of anonymity because details of Arians’ illness have not been made public by the team.

Mike Brown, Arians’ agent, denied there had been any change to Arians’ schedule.

Arians, a 60-year-old prostate cancer survivor, has been complaining of dizziness and migraine headaches, conditions doctors believe is related to an inner-ear infection, the person told the AP.

NBA suspends Anthony for postgame actions

NEW YORK – Carmelo Anthony was suspended one game by the NBA on Wednesday for confronting Kevin Garnett after the New York Knicks’ loss to Boston on Monday.

Anthony, who was angry about Garnett’s choice of words during a fourth-quarter altercation, went toward the Celtics’ locker room after the game and later waited for Garnett outside Boston’s team bus.

Anthony didn’t believe he would be suspended because he said he was just looking to talk to Garnett, not fight. But NBA executive vice president of operations Stu Jackson ruled otherwise.

AP Sources: Investor seeking to buy Kings

SEATTLE – Investor Chris Hansen has contacted the Maloof family about buying the Sacramento Kings, setting up the possibility of the NBA’s return to Seattle.

Hansen’s interest was confirmed Wednesday by people with knowledge of the situation. They spoke on the condition of anonymity to The Associated Press because no deal has been reached.

One person said the Kings could sell for more than $500 million. The Kings’ future in Sacramento has been uncertain because the Maloofs and the city haven’t been able to come up with a long-term arena solution.

– Wire reports

his best basketball in three seasons with the Bulls. It’s the best such streak for the bulls since Joakim Noah also had a doubledouble in six straight games in 2009.

The Bucks parted ways with Scott Skiles on Monday in what was called a mutual decision, and turned to his top assistant for at least the rest of the season.

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Illinois guard Joseph Bertrand (left) drives under pressure from Minnesota guard Joe Coleman during their game Wednesday in Champaign.

NO. 8 MINNESOTA 84, NO. 12 IllINOIS 67

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By DAVID MERCER The Associated Press

CHAMPAIGN – Joe Coleman scored 29 points and Andre Hollins added 22 to help No. 8 Minnesota top No. 12 Illinois on Wednesday 84-67 and remain undefeated in the Big Ten. The Gophers (15-1, 3-0 Big Ten) held off a charge by the 12th-ranked Illini midway through the second half.

Joseph Bertrand pulled Illinois within 44-42 on a short jumper with 12:37 left.

But the physical matchup took its toll on the Illini (14-3, 1-2). And as Illinois piled up fouls, Trevor Mbakwe connected on layup with 6:15 to play for a 62-49 lead that Illinois couldn’t overcome.

Mbakwe added 19 points and 11 rebounds.

Brandon Paul led Illinois with 21 points. D.J. Richardson and Tracy Abrams each scored 14.

After leading 34-30 at the half, the Gophers used a 50-point second half to surge to the win.

It started with an early 8-2 run that pushed the lead to 42-32.

While the Gophers were mostly plod-

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ding through the second half’s first five minutes, Illinois struggled even more.

The Illini missed their first seven shots of the half and saw their shooting rate for the game drop briefly below 22 percent. They finished at just 34.5 percent and 12.5 percent from 3-point range.

At one point, with the shot clock ticking low, the Gophers fumbled with the ball and almost lost it near half court.

Hollins finally scooped it up and heaved a desperate shot from halfcourt as the shot clock almost expired. The ball gently slid off the glass and in for a 3-pointer that made the score 42-30.

Illinois fought back within 44-42 with 9:37 to play when Bertrand pulled down a big defensive rebound, dribbled the length of the court and connected on a jump shot from inside the paint.

The crowd rose with the shot, sensing a comeback. But just as quickly as Illinois got back into the game, it fell back out.

Less than a minute after his shot and with Illinois down 46-42, Bertrand headed to the bench with his fourth foul.

Hollins made his free throws to put Minnesota back up by six, 48-42 with 11:54 to play.

Ten seconds later he hit a 3-pointer that extended that lead to 51-42.

Abrams, Bertrand and Nnanna Egwu each finished with four fouls, and Abrams and Bertrand both picked up theirs with more than nine minutes left in the game.

The physical tone was set early.

Paul went over Mbakwe just over three minutes into the game for a flying, right-handed dunk that left the Gopher forward on the floor.

Less than a minute later, Paul had to leave the floor, cupping a hand under a bloody nose after a foul by Austin Hollins. The senior guard spent the next five minutes on the bench with an ice pack on his nose and, finally, in the locker room.

MEN’S BASKETBAll TOP 25 ROUNDUP

Michigan remains undefeated The ASSOCIATED PRESS ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Glenn Robinson III had 14 points, including a pair of crucial dunks in the second half, and No. 2 Michigan equaled its best start to a season with a 62-47 victory over Nebraska on Wednesday night.

The Wolverines (16-0, 3-0 Big Ten) overcame their shakiest shooting performance in a while, holding the lead for the entire second half. The only other Michigan team to start 16-0 was the 1985-86 squad that went on to win the Big Ten title.

Ray Gallegos scored 19 points for Nebraska (9-7, 0-3), which held the Wolverines to 39 percent shooting.

No. 3 Louisville, 73, Seton Hall 58: At Newark, N.J., Gorgui Dieng had 16 points and 14 rebounds – both season highs – to lead the Cardinals to their ninth straight win.

Freshman Montrezl Harrell, starting in place of injured Chane Behanan, tied his career best with 14 points, and Luke Hancock hit two 3-pointers in a late, gamebreaking 12-2 run that gave the Cardinals (14-1, 2-0 Big East) the win.

Brandon Mobley had 18 points and seven rebounds for the Pirates (12-4, 1-2).

No. 6 Kansas 97, Iowa St. 89 (OT): At Lawrence, Kan., freshman Ben McLemore had a career-high 33 points, including a tying 3-pointer with a second left in regulation,

and the Jayhawks rallied to beat the Cyclones.

McLemore was 10 of 12 from the field and perfect on six 3-pointers for the Jayhawks (13-1, 1-0 Big 12).

Iowa State (10-4, 0-1) poured in 14 3-pointers, and had forged a 79-76 lead with 8.4 seconds left in regulation.

No. 7 Syracuse 72, Providence 66: At Providence, R.I., C.J. Fair scored 23 with 11 rebounds, and Michael Carter-Williams scored 17 with six assists and the Orange rallied from a nine-point, first-half deficit to beat the Friars.

Rakeem Christmas scored 15 with eight rebounds for the Orange (15-1, 3-0 Big East).

Bryce Cotton scored 24 for Providence (8-7, 0-3).

No. 11 Florida 77, Georgia 44: At Gainesville, Fla., Mike Rosario scored 19 points, Erik Murphy added 11 despite playing with a broken rib and the Gators opened Southeastern Conference play with a victory over the Bulldogs.

The latest one was no big surprise since the Gators (11-2) have played well most of the season while Georgia (6-8) has struggled against just about everyone on its schedule.

No. 14 Butler 72, Saint Joseph’s 66: At Philadelphia, Rotnei Clarke scored 28 points and Andrew Smith had 24 points and 10

rebounds to lead the Bulldogs over the Hawks.

Clarke made six 3-pointers to help the Bulldogs (13-2, 1-0 Atlantic 10) win their 10th straight game. Butler made its A-10 debut after leaving the Horizon League.

Chris Wilson scored 15 points, and Ronald Roberts Jr. had 12 points and nine rebounds for the Hawks (8-5, 0-1).

No. 20 N.C. State 83, Georgia Tech 70:

At Raleigh, N.C., Lorenzo Brown had 21 points and 10 assists and the Wolfpack pulled away late to beat the Yellow Jackets for their ninth straight win.

Scott Wood added 20 points and C.J. Leslie had 19 in his 11th straight game in double figures for the Wolfpack (13-2, 2-0 Atlantic Coast Conference).

Robert Carter Jr. had 15 points and 10 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets (10-4, 0-2).

CHICAGO – By the end of the first half Wednesday, Nate Robinson had racked up 13 points and dished countless words against Milwaukee Bucks guard Brandon Jennings.

That’s when Jennings decided that enough was enough.

“I didn’t take it kindly,” Jennings said after the Bucks’ 10496 win at the United Center. “I warned him about it, and then I got ticked off at halftime and just attacked from the start.”

Jennings finished the game with 35 points, including 25 in the second half. Robinson finished with 19 points, including six points on 3-for-11 shooting in the second half.

Robinson downplayed his personal battle with Jennings, who posed after several 3-pointers and extended his arms as if he were a low-flying plane.

“That’s just part of the game,” Robinson said. “Nobody wants to get scored on.

But it’s a team game. You can’t get caught up in playing one on one.”

On the map: The Bulls could add Seattle to their list of travel destinations next season.

The Sacramento Kings could be sold to an ownership group that would move the team to Seattle, according to a Yahoo Sports report. The move could take place as soon as the 2013-14 season.

Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau was as a scout for the Seattle SuperSonics during the 199192 season.

“It’s a great basketball city,” Thibodeau said. “I don’t want to speculate on a team being sold until it happens, but Seattle itself is a great city.

“It would be great for the league. Hopefully, at some point, there will be a team there again.”

Not finished: Jim Boylan served as the Bucks’ interim coach for the second consecutive game in place of Scott Skiles, who parted ways with the team this week after five seasons.

Boylan said he believed Skiles would coach again in the NBA. Skiles has compiled a 443-433 record in parts of 13 seasons as a coach, including a stint with the Bulls from 2003 to 2007.

“I just think Scott is meant to be a coach,” Boylan said.

“He loves it. There are teams out there that can use a guy that can come in and give them some structure.”

No. 23, Wichita St. 82, Southern Illinois 76:

At Wichita, Kan., Cleanthony Early scored 39 points to help Wichita State beat Southern Illinois, two days after the Shockers jumped back into the poll.

Wichita State (15-1, 4-0 Missouri Valley) needed everything Early could do as Southern Illinois rode a hot-shooting first half to keep it close into the final minute.

Desmar Jackson scored 28 points and Anthony Beane added 14 for the Salukis (7-8, 0-4).

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Bulls guard Richard Hamilton drives against the Milwaukee Bucks during the first half at the United Center.

PREPS & PRO BASKETBALL

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8INSIDE GIRLS BASKETBALL Athlete of the Week SARA MICKOW Crystal Lake South, jr., forward Mickow is doing her best to keep the Gators in contention for the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division title.

She scored a game-high 14 points, including seven in the final two minutes, during South’s comeback win Friday at Prairie Ridge and added 16 points and 16 rebounds in Wednesday’s win against Prairie Ridge, the Gators’ eighth-straight win. The 5-foot-11 junior also scored 18 points in the South’s win Saturday against Mundelein.

Noteworthy

Marengo battles in BNC: The Indians’ boast one of the best allaround players in the Big Northern Conference, senior Jessica Villie, but the lack of a second scoring threat has hurt Marengo.

Marengo picked up a big win at home Tuesday against BNC East Division foe Richmond-Burton, securing a 49-43 win thanks to Villie’s 19 points and the performance of senior guard Sabrina Marsh, who scored 17 points and was given the tough task of guarding Rockets’ go-to scorer Alex Callanan.

“I’d say that’s definitely our biggest win in conference so far this season,” Marengo coach Nick Rode said. “I’m hoping that kind of lights a fire under us and help us believe in ourselves even more just going down the homestretch with a lot of conference games remaining.”

At 3-2 in the BNC East, the Indians will have to catch Burlington Central, which is undefeated in conference play. If Marsh or one of her teammates can become a consistent scoring threat alongside Villie, Marengo can be a dangerous team in the BNC East.

Fenton playing through injury: Prairie Ridge senior guard Bri Fenton suffered a broken nose and broken bone in her face during the Wolves’ loss to Libertyville on Dec. 27. Prairie Ridge coach Rob Baker said Fenton is “very limited” in what she’s able to do, but she has been able to play. Fenton played Friday against South, although Baker held her out of Monday’s blowout win against Marengo.

With Fenton and forward Sarah LeBeau back in the lineup, Baker hopes the Wolves can find consistency.

“We’re working extremely hard,” Baker said. “We’re playing intense, we’re playing physical. We’re playing good basketball, but we’re just making some mental mistakes at the end of games that are costing us.”

Class 4A regional stacked: The IHSA playoff seedings are expected to be announced Jan. 24.

However, the regional assignments already have been announced, and one regional is especially tough. The Crystal Lake South Regional in Class 4A features five McHenry County teams in the six-team regional: Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South, Prairie Ridge and McHenry.

Three of the those teams are within two games of Huntley, who currently is atop the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division.

Other notable regionals include the Woodstock Regional in Class 3A, which includes Marengo, Woodstock, Woodstock North, Richmond-Burton and Marian Central and in Class 4A the Streamwood Regional (Jacobs and Dundee-Crown).

This week’s top games

Cary-Grove at Huntley, 7 p.m. Saturday Two of the conference’s best teams meet with first place in the FVC Valley on the line. The Trojans sit one-game back of the Red Raiders.

Grayslake North at Woodstock North, 7 p.m. Tuesday FVC Fox Division leader welcomes the Thunder in the teams’ third meeting of the season. Woodstock North is looking for its first win against the Knights this year.

– Meghan Montemurro

mmontemurro@shawmedia.com

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GIRLS BASKETBALL: CARY-GROVE 39, DUNDEE-CROWN 18

Trojans nearly fall into trap Nicholson provides 2nd-half spark

By PATRICK MASON

pmason@shawmedia.com CARPENTERSVILLE – It seems that the Cary-Grove girls basketball team fell into an all-too-familiar trap – the catch game.

The Trojans have a muchanticipated Fox Valley Conference Valley Division game against division-leading Huntley on Saturday and they seemed to overlook Wednesday’s FVC Valley matchup against Dundee-Crown, at least for the first half.

“Saturday is going to be a huge game for us,” Joslyn Nicholson said.

Nicholson jump-started the Trojans in the second half and finished with 10 points in the Trojans’ 39-18 victory

against the Chargers.

“I think we were getting ahead of ourselves because we have been too focused on Saturday,” Nicholson said.

“I think against teams like Dundee-Crown, people see the records and always expect us to win even though they play tough every night. And when the pressure is on like that, we tend to get ahead Joslyn of ourselves. Nicholson We try to do things that we shouldn’t be doing and we don’t take care of the ball. We need to hustle more from the beginning and not be lazy.”

In the first quarter, the Trojans (11-6 overall, 4-1 FVC Valley) mustered only one point in the and seemingly every shot attempt rolled off the rim or didn’t touch it at all. Including free throws, the Trojans missed their first 12

shot attempts.

The opening quarter went like this: Nicholson had three steals but couldn’t connect on the ensuing three layups.

Both Olivia Jakubicek and Kaite Barker missed a combined four free throws before Nicholson connected on one for her teams’ only point.

Jereneka Baker came off the bench for the Chargers and scored six points on three successive possessions to give her team a 10-9 lead at halftime. In the locker room, Trojans’ coach Andy Donaldson knew he had some changes to make.

“Dundee-Crown did a nice job of getting back on those steals in the first half,” said Donaldson, who was taking over for head coach Rod Saffert after Saffert injured his back. “[D-C] gave us some fits; they really played us tough.

They always had a couple people on our inside player and when we would get a steal, Dundee-Crown would

be getting right back and they contested a lot of our shots.”

The Chargers (2-15, 0-5) came ready to play and coach Michelle Russell was pleased with the way her team defended as it forced 10 turnovers while playing a tough man-toman with high energy.

Trojans leading scorer Olivia Jakubicek was held to 12 points by a collective effort from the Chargers.

Emilie Michalski – who scored two points – was one of the players whom Donaldson was talking about as the the 6-foot forward defended the basket well. Jakubicek constantly split defenders to get to the rim but Michalski was always there in defense.

“We played really, really well defensively,” Russell said. “They put a lot of hard work in tonight, and for us to hold Nicholson and Jakubicek to their totals and their team under 40 points, is great.

The girls did a terrific job.”

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Rally leads Thunder past Whips NORTHWEST HERALD WOODSTOCK – Stout defense and a late surge pushed Woodstock North’s girls basketball team to a Fox Valley Conference Fox Division win Wednesday.

The Thunder used a 10-3 fourth-quarter rally to take down Hampshire, 32-23.

Junior Samantha Ahr scored a game-high nine points, and senior Emma Everly added eight for Woodstock Samantha Ahr North (12-6 overall, 4-1 FVC Fox).

Emma Benoit (six points) and Nikki Dumoulin (five) led for the Whips (6-10, 1-3).

Crystal Lake Central 34, Johnsburg 28:

At Johnsburg, Evelyn Youel scored a team-high 13 points and pulled down 14 rebounds en route to a FVC Fox Division win for the Tigers (9-8, 1-3).

Kayla Toussaint (13 points) led for the Skyhawks (2-16, 1-5).

BOYS BOWLING Huntley 2,774, Woodstock co-op 2,537:

At Huntley, Beau Rehner bowled a match-high 606, and Grant Gardner added 550 pins for the Red Raiders in the FVC win.

Greg Rowan (557 pins) led for Woodstock co-op.

Johnsburg 2,908, Marengo 2,878: Joey Kass rolled a team-high game (254) and the team-high series (626) for the Skyhawks in the nonconference win.

Alex Gross had the high game (257) and high series (668) for Marengo.

GIRLS BOWLING Marengo 3,205, Belvidere 2,758: At

Marengo, Kellie Krenzelok rolled a match-best 233 game en route to a matchbest 600-pin series, and Dominique Bailey added 582 pins for the Indians in the nonconference win.

• Chris Burrows contributed to this report.

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Crystal Lake South’s Stephanie Oros dribbles during Wednesday night’s game against Jacobs in Algonquin. The Gators won, 43-25.

Tamburrino leads Jacobs with 9 • GATORS-EAGLES

body. Other than that rough patch in the third quarter, I feel good about how our team played tonight.”

Tamburrino led the Eagles with nine “Early on the kids did a nice job points and seven rebounds. handling the press,” Jacobs coach Joe South hit 15 of 44 from the field for Benoit said. “To be down five at half to 34.1 percent, but the Gators worked a good team like South, you feel pretty the ball inside a lot. Only two of their good. But scoring four points in the sec- 15 field goals were from outside of the ond half, you’re not going to beat any- lane.

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Dello a ‘big-time get’ for Storm • DELLO

Continued from page C1 “This is a big-time get for us,” Storm general manager-coach Josh Hauge said during the news conference after Dello signed. “We had to go through the process, but this is a huge honor for [Dello] to be the first [1997-born player] to play in the league this season. We want to get guys in here who are good people first.

He’s a solid shutdown defenseman with

good offensive ability. We feel he could be an NHL draft pick in the future.”

Dello said leaving home will be easier because he has family not far from Kearney. His mother Lisa has a brother and his family, her mother and several cousins who are less than 2 hours away.

“I’m like a small-town kid,” Dello said. “I feel really comfortable and I love it here. I want to be the best player I can be when I step in at Notre Dame, and I think this is the place for me to be to do that.”

GIRLS BASKEBALL: PR 48, McHENRY 45

PR stops D’Angelo, Warriors

By ANDREW HANSEN

anhansen@shawmedia.com

McHENRY – Rob Baker’s halftime instructions to the Prairie Ridge girl’s basketball team couldn’t have been clearer: Don’t let McHenry guard Laura D’Angelo get the ball.

Don’t let D’Angelo score.

After D’Angelo scored 13 points in the second quarter; Amanda Hoyland drew the defensive assignment. Hoyland held D’Angelo to three points over the final two quarters, and the Wolves held on for a 48-45 FVC Valley win.

“We went into the locker room and there was one focus for five minutes,” Baker said.

“How are we going to stop [D’Angelo]? I didn’t want her shooting, and Amanda is good enough to stop her.”

D’Angelo was held without a touch in the third quarter, and only got her hands on the ball three times in the fourth quarter. Hoyland said it was a total team defensive effort.

“It was a team effort to make sure that no one let [D’Angelo] score,” Hoyland said. “I guarded her, but our whole team knew that we had to get her stopped.”

The Wolves (12-6 overall, 2-3 FVC Valley) led by one heading into the fourth, but used the final quarter to separate from the Warriors (10-11, 2-3).

Sarah LeBeau hit two 3-pointers to help put Prairie Ridge up by six. Eight of Kelsey Bear’s team-high 12 points came in the fourth, and Bear made two free throws with 25 seconds left in the game to put the Wolves up by five.

Bear said that practice has paid off. Recent struggles at the line have made her spend more time on it, and the team has been working on closing out games in practice.

“We’ve definitely been practicing the clock running down,” Bear said. “We just needed to come out for four quarters and we did that.”

LeBeau and Kelly Klendworth each added nine for the Wolves.

McHenry hung tough, cutting the lead to three with 35 seconds left in the game. With the Warriors’ full-court trap on, Alissa Rosga got a steal to find D’Angelo open for a 3.

D’Angelo led all scorers with 16 points, and Greta Taylor added eight.

The Warriors found something working in the second quarter. McHenry looked to establish the post with Brittany Avonts, which helped open the perimeter for D’Angelo.

D’Angelo hit three 3-pointers: the second helped tie the score for the first time and the final gave McHenry it’s first lead.

McHenry coach Scott Morris was happy with the effort, but said the first quarter, where McHenry missed three shots from under the hoop, hurt.

“We left a lot of points on the floor, that’s been kind of our Achille’s heel,” Morris said. “We’re getting good looks and getting good shots. We just can’t hit those bunnies.”

Bulls fans pleased with how team has fared with Rose sidelined • MUSICK

Continued from page C1 That moment changed everything.

The Bulls lost their opening playoff series in six games. More importantly, they lost Rose for 257 days and counting. They also lost several key members of their “Bench Mob” – Omer Asik went to Houston, Kyle Korver to Atlanta, C.J. Watson to Brooklyn, Ronnie Brewer to New York, and so on.

Knowing that Rose would miss much of the season, the Bulls filled their bench with lower-priced veterans. The message seemed clear: Keep the seats warm until Rose returns.

In came journeymen such as Marco Belinelli, Nate Rob-

inson and Nazr Mohammed.

Kirk Hinrich returned, albeit two years older and several steps slower.

Yet the Bulls kept winning, spare parts and all.

At 19-14, Tom Thibodeau’s team is in good position for a playoff berth. One game separates the Bulls from the first-place Indiana Pacers in the Central Division, and a division title would mean a top-three playoff seed.

I could try to tell you more about the new-look Bulls.

Instead, I asked some people who have been paying much closer attention.

Stadium usher Giselle Lopez has worked (and watched) all but two home games this season. The 19-year-old from Chicago worked Wednesday’s game between Sections 324 and 325 in the upper deck.

It’s not a bad view. From her perch, Lopez has seen the Bulls improve after a rocky start.

“At the beginning, it was kind of like, ‘Oh, they don’t know how to play with each other,’ ” Lopez said. “But now they’re more comfortable with each other.

“And the fans are being great. They’re always supporting the team.”

Eight-year-old Alex Prairie of Bourbonnais arrived early to watch players such as Joakim Noah and Taj Gibson practice jump shots before the game. His dad, Gregg, has tickets for another game in April.

“I like to watch them practice,” said Alex Prairie, who watches almost every game on TV. It’s an easy team to watch for fans such as Pete Over-

holt and his son, Max, who celebrated his 23rd birthday Wednesday. The season-ticket holders from Wilmette have watched about a half-dozen games this season from their seats behind the basket in Section 116.

As players warmed up before the game, they chatted about how much better Carlos Boozer has played in the past month and how the new bench has developed into a productive unit.

Of course, the impending return of Rose never strayed far from the conversation.

For the Overholts, watching the Bulls play without their MVP point guard remained strange.

“It’s a little weird,” Max Overholt said. “But given what a lot of talking heads were saying – how they were

not going to be quite as good without Rose – overall, I’d say they’ve done pretty well.”

Really well.

“They have so far exceeded what I thought they would or could do without Rose,” Pete Overholt said. “I’ve enjoyed this season. I really have. It’s been fun.”

Before long, it will be a lot more fun.

Maybe Rose will return in a month? Maybe six weeks?

Whatever the date, it’s getting closer.

“Now, everybody’s getting so pumped up,” Lopez said with a big smile. “D-Rose is coming back.”

• Tom Musick covers Chicago professionals sports for the Northwest Herald. Write to him a tmusick@shawmedia.com.

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Wild-card Playoffs Saturday, Jan. 5 Houston 19, Cincinnati 13 Green Bay 24, Minnesota 10 Sunday, Jan. 6 Baltimore 24, Indianapolis 9 Seattle 24, Washington 14 Divisional Playoffs Saturday Baltimore at Denver, 3:30 p.m. (CBS) Green Bay at San Francisco, 7 p.m.

(FOX) Sunday Seattle at Atlanta, Noon (FOX) Houston at New England, 3:30 p.m.

(CBS) Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 20 AFC, TBA (CBS) NFC, TBA (FOX) Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 27 At Honolulu AFC vs. NFC, 6 p.m. (NBC) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 3 At New Orleans AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 5 p.m. (CBS)

INJuRY REPoRT

569 votes cast, 427 needed Craig Biggio 388 68.2% Jack Morris 385 67.7% Jeff Bagwell 339 59.6% Mike Piazza 329 57.8% Tim Raines 297 52.2% Lee Smith 272 47.8% Curt Schilling 221 38.8% Roger Clemens 214 37.6% Barry Bonds 206 36.2% Edgar Martinez 204 35.9% Alan Trammell 191 33.6% Larry Walker 123 21.6% Fred McGriff 118 20.7% Dale Murphy 106 18.6% Mark McGwire 96 16.9% Don Mattingly 75 13.2% Sammy Sosa 71 12.5% Rafael Palmeiro 50 8.8% By receiving fewer than 29 votes (less than 5 percent), the following are no longer eligible for election by the BBWAA: Bernie Williams 19 (3.3, Kenny Lofton 18 (3.2%), Sandy Alomar Jr. 16 (2.8%), Julio Franco 6 (1.1%), David Wells 5 (0.9%), Steve Finley 4 (0.7%), Shawn Green 2 (0.4%), Aaron Sele 1 (0.2%), Jeff Cirillo 0, Royce Clayton 0, Jeff Conine 0, Roberto Hernandez 0, Ryan Klesko 0, Jose Mesa 0, Reggie Sanders 0, Mike Stanton 0, Todd Walker 0, Rondell White 0 and Woody Williams 0.

FREE AgENT sIgNINgs

OUT - Definitely will not play DNP - Did not practice LIMITED - Limited participation in practice FULL - Full participation in practice

BALTIMORE RAVENS at DENVER BRONCOS — RAVENS: DNP: RB Vonta Leach (knee, ankle), RB Bernard Pierce (knee), G Jah Reid (toe). LIMITED: LB Dannell Ellerbe (ankle). FULL: WR Anquan Boldin (shoulder), WR Tandon Doss (ankle), LB Adrian Hamilton (illness), LB Ray Lewis (triceps), LB Albert McClellan (shoulder), DE Pernell McPhee (thigh), DT Haloti Ngata (knee), S Bernard Pollard (chest), S Ed Reed (shoulder), CB Jimmy Smith (abdomen), LB Terrell Suggs (Achilles, biceps), G Marshal Yanda (shoulder).

BRONCOS: DNP: CB Tracy Porter (concussion). FULL: S Mike Adams (knee), T Ryan Clady (shoulder), T Orlando Franklin (knee), WR Trindon Holliday (ankle), G Chris Kuper (ankle), S Jim Leonhard (thigh), WR Matthew Willis (knee).

GREEN BAY PACKERS at SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS — PACKERS: OUT: DE Jerel Worthy (knee). DNP: WR Jarrett Boykin (ankle), WR Randall Cobb (illness), S Jerron McMillian (not injury related), WR Jordy Nelson (ankle). LIMITED: LB Clay Matthews (knee), LB Dezman Moses (hamstring). FULL: TE Jermichael Finley (hamstring), RB Alex Green (knee), RB James Starks (knee). 49ERS: No Data Reported HOUSTON TEXANS at NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS — TEXANS: DNP: CB Alan Ball (foot). LIMITED: G Antoine Caldwell (back), NT Shaun Cody (back), TE Owen Daniels (shoulder), TE Garrett Graham (concussion), T Derek Newton (knee), DE Antonio Smith (ankle), G Wade Smith (knee). FULL: RB Justin Forsett (knee), CB Johnathan Joseph (illness), S Shiloh Keo (ankle), S Glover Quin (shoulder), LB Brooks Reed (groin), RB Ben Tate (foot), QB T.J. Yates (right elbow).

PATRIOTS: LIMITED: S Patrick Chung (shoulder), CB Marquice Cole (finger), G Dan Connolly (back), CB Alfonzo Dennard (hamstring, knee), S Nate Ebner (hamstring), TE Rob Gronkowski (forearm, hip), TE Aaron Hernandez (ankle), LB Dont’a Hightower (hamstring), DE Chandler Jones (ankle), WR Brandon Lloyd (knee), G Logan Mankins (ankle, calf), LB Jerod Mayo (elbow), G Nick McDonald (shoulder), DE Rob Ninkovich (hip), LB Mike Rivera (ankle), DE Trevor Scott (knee), LB Brandon Spikes (knee, ankle), CB Aqib Talib (hip), WR Wes Welker (ankle), LB Tracy White (elbow).

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS at ATLANTA FALCONS — SEAHAWKS: No Data Reported FALCONS: DNP: S Charles Mitchell (calf), CB Christopher Owens (hamstring).

LIMITED: DE John Abraham (ankle), S William Moore (hamstring). FULL: CB Dunta Robinson (head).

AMERICAN LEAGUE WHITE SOX (1) — Signed Jeff Keppinger, 3b, Tampa Bay, to a $12 million, three-year contract.

BALTIMORE (1) — Re-signed Nate McLouth, of, to a $2 million, one-year contract.

BOSTON (7) — Re-signed David Ortiz, dh, to a $26 million, two-year contract; signed David Ross, c, Atlanta, to a $6.2 million, two-year contract; signed Jonny Gomes, of, Oakland, to a $10 million, twoyear contract; signed Shane Victorino, of, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $39 million, three-year contract; signed Koji Uehara, rhp, to a $4.25 million, one-year contract; signed Ryan Dempster, rhp, Texas, to a $26.5 million, two-year contract; signed Stephen Drew, ss, Oakland, to a $9.5 million, one-year contract.

CLEVELAND (2) — Signed Nick Swisher, of, New York Yankees, to a $56 million, four-year contract; signed Brett Myers, rhp, Chicago White Sox, to a $7 million, one-year contract.

DETROIT (2) — Signed Torii Hunter, of, Los Angeles Angels, to a $26 million, two-year contract; re-signed Anibal Sanchez, rhp, to an $80 million, five-year contract.

HOUSTON (1) — Signed Carlos Pena, 1b, to a $2.9 million, one-year contract.

KANSAS CITY (4) — Re-signed Jeremy Guthrie, rhp, to a $25 million, three-year contract; signed George Sherrill, lhp, Seattle, to a minor league contract ($850,000); signed Xavier Nady, of, San Francisco, to a minor league contract ($750,000); signed Endy Chavez, of, Baltimore, to a minor league contract ($1 million).

LOS ANGELES (4) — Signed Ryan Madson, rhp, Cincinnati, to a $3.5 million, one-year contract; signed Joe Blanton, rhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $15 million, two-year contract; signed Sean Burnett, lhp, Washington, to an $8 million, two-year contract; signed Josh Hamilton, of, Texas, to a $125 million, five-year contract.

MINNESOTA (1) — Signed Kevin Correia, rhp, Pittsburgh, to a $10 million, two-year contract.

NEW YORK (5) — Re-signed Hiroki Kuroda, rhp, to a $15 million, one-year contract; re-signed Andy Pettitte, lhp, to a $12 million, one-year contract; re-signed Mariano Rivera, rhp, to a $10 million, one-year contract; signed Kevin Youkilis, 3b, Chicago White Sox, to a $12 million, one-year contract; re-signed Ichiro Suzuki, of, to a $13 million, twoyear contract.

OAKLAND (1) — Re-signed Bartolo Colon, rhp, to a $3 million, one-year contract.

SEATTLE (2) — Re-signed Oliver Perez, lhp, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Raul Ibanez, of, New York Yankees, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.

TAMPA BAY (3) — Re-signed Joel Peralta, rhp, to a $6 million, two-year contract; signed James Loney, 1b, Boston, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Roberto Hernandez, rhp, Cleveland, to a $3.25 million, one-year contract.

TEXAS (5) — Re-signed Colby Lewis, rhp, to a $2 million, one-year contract; signed Joakim Soria, rhp, Texas, to an $8 million, two-year contract; signed A.J. Pierzynski, c, Chicago White Sox, to a $7.5 million, one-year contract; signed Jason Frasor, rhp, Toronto, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract; signed Lance Berkman, 1b, St. Louis, to an $11 million, one-year contract.

TORONTO (2) — Signed Maicer Izturis, inf, Los Angeles Angels, to a $10 million, three-year contract; signed Melky Cabrera, of, San Francisco, to a $16 million, two-year contract.

NATIONAL LEAGUE CUBS (5) — Signed Scott Baker, rhp, Minnesota, to a $5.5 million, one-year contract; signed Dioner Navarro, c, Cincinnati, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract; re-signed Shawn Camp, rhp, to a $1.35 million, one-year contract; signed Scott Feldman, rhp, Texas, to a $6 million, one-year contract; signed Edwin Jackson, rhp, Washington, to a $52 million, fouryear contract.

ARIZONA (4) — Signed Eric Hinske, 1b, Atlanta, to a $1.35 million, one-year contract; signed Eric Chavez, 3b, New York Yankees, to a $3 million, one-year contract; signed Brandon McCarthy, rhp, Oakland, to a $15.5 million, two-year contract; signed Cody Ross, of, Boston, to a $26 million, three-year contract.

ATLANTA (3) — Signed Gerald Laird, c, Detroit, to a $3 million, two-year contract; signed B.J. Upton, of, Tampa Bay, to a $75.25 million, five-year contract; re-signed Reed Johnson, of, to a $1.75 million, one-year contract.

CINCINNATI (2) — Re-signed Jonathan Broxton, rhp, to a $21 million, threeyear contract; re-signed Ryan Ludwick, of, to a $15 million, two-year contract.

COLORADO (1) — Re-signed Jeff Francis, lhp, to a $1.5 million, one-year contract.

LOS ANGELES (3) — Re-signed Brandon League, rhp, to a $22.5 million, three-year contract; signed Zack Greinke, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $147 million, three-year contract; signed J.P. Howell, lhp, Tampa Bay, to a $2.85 million, one-year contract.

MIAMI (2) — Signed Juan Pierre, of, Philadelphia, to a $1.6 million, one-year contract; signed Placido Polanco, 3b, Philadelphia, to a $2.75 million, one-year contract.

MILWAUKEE (1) — Signed Mike Gonzalez, lhp, Washington, to a $2.25 million, one-year contract.

NEW YORK (1) — Re-signed Tim Byrdak, lhp, to a minor league contract ($1 million).

PHILADELPHIA (1) — Signed Mike Adams, rhp, Texas, to a $12 million, twoyear contract.

PITTSBURGH (2) — Signed Russell Martin, c, New York Yankees, to a $17 million, two-year contract; re-signed Jason Grilli, rhp, to a $6.75 million, twoyear contract.

ST. LOUIS (2) — Signed Randy Choate, lhp, Los Angeles Dodgers, to a $7.5 million, three-year contract; signed Ty Wigginton, inf, Philadelphia, to a $5 million, two-year contract.

SAN DIEGO (1) — Re-signed Jason Marquis, rhp, to a $3 million, one-year contract.

SAN FRANCISCO (3) — Re-signed Jeremy Affeldt, lhp, to an $18 million, three-year contract; re-signed Angel Pagan, of, to a $40 million, four-year contract; re-signed Marco Scutaro, inf, to a $20 million, three-year contract.

WASHINGTON (3) — Re-signed Zach Duke, lhp, to a $700,000, one-year contract; signed Dan Haren, rhp, Los Angeles Angels, to a $13 million, one-year contract; re-signed Adam LaRoche, 1b, to a $24 million, two-year contract.

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Wednesday’s Games Milwaukee 104, Bulls 96 Cleveland 99, Atlanta 83 Utah 112, Charlotte 102 Toronto 90, Philadelphia 72 Boston 87, Phoenix 79 New Orleans 88, Houston 79 Oklahoma City 106, Minnesota 84 San Antonio 108, L.A. Lakers 105 Denver 108, Orlando 105 Memphis at Golden State, (n) Dallas at L.A. Clippers, (n) Today’s Games New York at Indiana, 7 p.m.

Dallas at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

Miami at Portland, 9:30 p.m.

Friday’s Games Bulls at New York, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at Toronto, 6 p.m.

Houston at Boston, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Atlanta, 6:30 p.m.

Phoenix at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

San Antonio at Memphis, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Detroit at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Cleveland at Denver, 8 p.m.

Portland at Golden State, 9:30 p.m.

Oklahoma City at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

bucks 104, buLLs 96

MILWAUKEE (104) Mbah a Moute 0-3 1-2 1, Ilyasova 4-10 4-5 13, Sanders 3-6 0-0 6, Jennings 12-24 6-7 35, Ellis 6-14 2-2 14, Dunleavy 6-11 0-0 16, Udoh 1-2 2-3 4, Udrih 5-8 0-0 10, Henson 2-6 1-2 5, Dalembert 0-0 0-0 0.

Totals 39-84 16-21 104.

CHICAGO (96) Deng 7-14 4-7 18, Boozer 8-15 6-8 22, Noah 4-12 0-0 8, Robinson 8-17 0-0 19, Hamilton 2-11 0-0 4, Gibson 3-6 2-3 8, Belinelli 4-14 0-0 9, Mohammed 1-1 0-0 2, Teague 0-1 0-0 0, Butler 2-4 2-2 6. Totals 39-95 14-20 96.

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23 27 31 23 —104 33 24 23 16 —96

3-Point Goals–Milwaukee 10-22 (Jennings 5-10, Dunleavy 4-5, Ilyasova 1-4, Mbah a Moute 0-1, Ellis 0-2), Chicago 4-10 (Robinson 3-5, Belinelli 1-2, Noah 0-1, Deng 0-2). Fouled Out–None.

Rebounds–Milwaukee 55 (Sanders 12), Chicago 57 (Noah 12). Assists– Milwaukee 21 (Jennings 6), Chicago 23 (Robinson 6). Total Fouls–Milwaukee 18, Chicago 18. Technicals–Robinson.

A–21,570 (20,917).

MEn’s COllEGE AP ToP 25 FARED

Wednesday 1. Duke (15-0) did not play. Next: at No. 20 N.C. State, Saturday.

2. Michigan (16-0) beat Nebraska 6247. Next: at No. 15 Ohio State, Sunday.

3. Louisville (14-1) beat Seton Hall 7358. Next: vs. South Florida, Saturday.

4. Arizona (14-0) did not play. Next: at Oregon, Thursday.

5. Indiana (14-1) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 8 Minnesota, Saturday.

6. Kansas (13-1) beat Iowa State 97-89, OT. Next: at Texas Tech, Saturday.

7. Syracuse (15-1) beat Providence 72-66. Next: vs. Villanova, Saturday.

8. Minnesota (15-1) beat No. 12 Illinois 84-67. Next: at No. 5 Indiana, Saturday.

9. Gonzaga (15-1) did not play. Next: vs. Saint Mary’s (Cal), Thursday.

10. Missouri (12-2) did not play. Next: at Mississippi, Saturday.

11. Florida (11-2) beat Georgia 77-44.

Next: at LSU, Saturday.

12. Illinois (14-3) lost to No. 8 Minnesota 84-67. Next: at Wisconsin, Saturday.

13. Creighton (15-1) did not play. Next: at Missouri State, Friday.

14. Butler (13-2) beat Saint Joseph’s 72-66. Next: at Dayton, Saturday.

15. Ohio State (12-3) did not play.

Next: vs. No. 2 Michigan, Sunday.

16. San Diego State (12-2) at Fresno State. Next: vs. Colorado State, Saturday.

17. Notre Dame (14-1) did not play.

Next: vs. UConn, Saturday.

18. Kansas State (12-2) did not play.

Next: at West Virginia, Saturday.

19. Georgetown (10-3) did not play.

Next: at St. John’s, Saturday.

20. N.C. State (13-2) beat Georgia Tech 83-70. Next: vs. No. 1 Duke, Saturday.

21. Cincinnati (13-3) did not play. Next: at Rutgers, Saturday.

22. Michigan State (12-3) did not play.

Next: at Iowa, Thursday.

23. Wichita State (15-1) beat Southern Illinois 82-76. Next: at Evansville, Sunday.

24. UNLV (13-3) lost to No. 25 New Mexico 65-60. Next: vs. Air Force, Saturday.

25. New Mexico (14-2) beat No. 24 UNLV 65-60. Next: vs. Fresno State, Saturday.

wEDNEsDAY’s scoREs MIDWEST Akron 65, W. Michigan 43 Ball St. 60, E. Michigan 58 Cent. Michigan 73, Bowling Green 67 Evansville 62, N. Iowa 59 Green Bay 58, Loyola of Chicago 45 Indiana St. 68, Bradley 53 Kansas 97, Iowa St. 89, OT Michigan 62, Nebraska 47 Minnesota 84, Illinois 67 N. Illinois 72, Miami (Ohio) 61 Ohio 86, Buffalo 68 Toledo 70, Kent St. 58 Utah Valley 78, UMKC 66 Valparaiso 75, Ill.-Chicago 70 W. Illinois 95, Greenville 48 Wichita St. 82, S. Illinois 76 Wright St. 69, Cleveland St. 53 SOUTHWEST Houston 78, SMU 67 Oklahoma St. 63, TCU 45 Southern Miss. 75, Rice 52 Texas A&M 69, Arkansas 51 West Virginia 57, Texas 53, OT FAR WEST Air Force 78, Nevada 65 Boise St. 63, Wyoming 61 Cal St.-Fullerton 74, CS Bakersfield 62 Long Beach St. 78, CS Northridge 69 New Mexico 65, UNLV 60 Stanford 78, Washington St. 67 EAST Butler 72, Saint Joseph’s 66 Delaware 69, Hofstra 54 Fordham 82, Duquesne 75 George Washington 78, St. Bonaventure 59 Hartford 68, Maine 61 Louisville 73, Seton Hall 58 Rutgers 58, St. John’s 56 Stony Brook 62, Binghamton 37 Syracuse 72, Providence 66 Towson 99, William & Mary 86, 2OT UMBC 68, New Hampshire 57 SOUTH Auburn 68, LSU 63 Austin Peay 84, Morehead St. 81, OT Boston College 86, Virginia Tech 75 Campbell 83, Longwood 73 Carson-Newman 67, Tusculum 56 Charleston Southern 75, Winthrop 63 Charlotte 74, La Salle 65 Coastal Carolina 61, Presbyterian 43 E. Kentucky 77, Murray St. 65 Florida 77, Georgia 44 Florida St. 65, Maryland 62 Gardner-Webb 78, UNC Asheville 71 James Madison 78, UNC Wilmington 50 Johnson C. Smith 85, Virginia Union 52 Marshall 79, Tulsa 61 Memphis 67, East Carolina 54 Mississippi 92, Tennessee 74 Mississippi St. 56, South Carolina 54

REMAININg FREE AgENTs AMERICAN LEAGUE WHITE SOX (4) — Brian Bruney, rhp; Orlando Hudson, 2b; Francisco Liriano, lhp; Dewayne Wise, of.

BALTIMORE (5) — Bill Hall, of; Nick Johnson, dh; Joe Saunders, lhp; Jim Thome, dh; Randy Wolf, lhp.

BOSTON (4) — Aaron Cook, rhp; Daisuke Matsuzaka, rhp; Vicente Padilla, rhp; Scott Podsednik, of.

CLEVELAND (3) — Travis Hafner, dh; Casey Kotchman, 1b; Grady Sizemore, of.

DETROIT (2) — Jose Valverde, rhp; Delmon Young, of-dh.

HOUSTON (1) — Chris Snyder, c.

LOS ANGELES (2) — LaTroy Hawkins, rhp; Jason Isringhausen, rhp.

MINNESOTA (2) — Matt Capps, rhp; Carl Pavano, rhp.

NEW YORK (4) — Pedro Feliciano, lhp; Freddy Garcia, rhp; Derek Lowe, rhp; x-Rafael Soriano, rhp.

OAKLAND (1) — Brandon Inge, 3b.

SEATTLE (2) — Kevin Millwood, rhp; Miguel Olivo, c.

TAMPA BAY (2) — Kyle Farnsworth, rhp; Luke Scott, dh.

TEXAS (4) — x-Mark Lowe, rhp; Mike Napoli, c; Roy Oswalt, rhp; Yoshinori Tateyama, rhp.

TORONTO (4) — Kelly Johnson, 2b; Brandon Lyon, rhp; Carlos Villanueva, rhp; Omar Vizquel, 2b.

NATIONAL LEAGUE ARIZONA (3) — Henry Blanco, c; Matt Lindstrom, rhp; Takashi Saito, rhp.

ATLANTA (8) — Jeff Baker, of; Miguel Batista, rhp; x-Michael Bourn, of; Matt Diaz, of; Chad Durbin, rhp; Chipper Jones, 3b; Lyle Overbay, 1b; Ben Sheets, rhp.

CINCINNATI (2) — Miguel Cairo, 1b; Scott Rolen, 3b.

COLORADO (2) — Jason Giambi, 1b; Jonathan Sanchez, lhp.

LOS ANGELES (6) — Bobby Abreu, of; Todd Coffey, rhp; Adam Kennedy, inf; Juan Rivera, of-1b; Matt Treanor, c; Jamey Wright, rhp.

MIAMI (5) — Chad Gaudin, rhp; Austin Kearns, of; Carlos Lee, 1b; Juan Oviedo, rhp; Carlos Zambrano, rhp.

MILWAUKEE (3) — Alex Gonzalez, ss; Shaun Marcum, rhp; Francisco Rodriguez, rhp.

NEW YORK (6) — Ronny Cedeno, inf; Scott Hairston, of; Ramon Ramirez, rhp; Jon Rauch, rhp; Kelly Shoppach, c; Chris Young, rhp.

PHILADELPHIA (2) — Jose Contreras, rhp; Brian Schneider, c.

PITTSBURGH (2) — Rod Barajas, c; Chad Qualls, rhp.

ST. LOUIS (2) — Brian Fuentes, lhp; x-Kyle Lohse, rhp.

SAN FRANCISCO (5) — Aubrey Huff, 1b; Guillermo Mota, rhp; Brad Penny, rhp; Freddy Sanchez, 2b; Ryan Theriot, 2b.

WASHINGTON (2) — Mark DeRosa, of; Chien-Ming Wang, rhp. x-signing club, if different, would lose draft pick

cALENDAR Jan. 9-10 — Owners meeting, Paradise Valley, Ariz.

Jan. 15 — Salary arbitration filing.

Jan. 18 — Salary arbitration figures exchanged.

Feb. 1-21 — Salary arbitration hearings, Phoenix.

Feb. 12 — Mandatory reporting date for players participating in the World Baseball Classic in Asia. Mandatory reporting date for all other pitchers and catchers participating in the WBC. Voluntary reporting date for pitchers and catchers not participating in the WBC. Feb. 15 — Mandatory reporting date for WBC players not participating in Asia.

Voluntary reporting date for position players not participating in the WBC. Feb. 20 — Mandatory reporting date for players not participating in the WBC. March 2-11 — Teams may renew contracts of unsigned players.

March 2-19 — World Baseball Classic.

March 13 — Last day to place a player on unconditional release waivers and pay 30 days termination pay instead of 45 days.

March 27 — Last day to request unconditional release waivers on a player without having to pay his full 2013 salary.

March 31 — Opening day, Texas at Houston. Active rosters reduced to 25 players.

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EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 21 14 .600 Bulls 19 14 .576 Milwaukee 18 16 .529 Detroit 13 23 .361 Cleveland 9 28 .243 Atlantic Division W L Pct New York 23 11 .676 Brooklyn 20 15 .571 Boston 18 17 .514 Philadelphia 15 22 .405 Toronto 13 22 .371 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 23 10 .697 Atlanta 20 14 .588 Orlando 12 23 .343 Charlotte 9 25 .265 Washington 5 28 .152 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 28 10 .737 Memphis 22 10 .688 Houston 21 15 .583 Dallas 13 22 .371 New Orleans 10 25 .286 Northwest Division W L Pct Oklahoma City 27 8 .771 Denver 21 16 .568 Portland 19 15 .559 Utah 19 18 .514 Minnesota 16 16 .500 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 27 8 .771 Golden State 22 11 .667 L.A. Lakers 15 20 .429 Sacramento 13 22 .371 Phoenix 12 25 .324

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NC State 83, Georgia Tech 70 Radford 59, High Point 54 Richmond 64, Rhode Island 61 UCF 64, UAB 48 UTEP 66, Tulane 57 VCU 74, Dayton 62 VMI 82, Liberty 69 Villanova 61, South Florida 53 Wake Forest 55, Virginia 52

WOMEn’s COllEGE AP ToP 25 FARED Wednesday 1. Baylor (13-1) beat No. 25 Iowa State 67-39. Next: at No. 17 Kansas, Sunday.

2. Notre Dame (13-1) did not play.

Next: vs. Rutgers, Sunday.

3. UConn (13-1) beat Georgetown 7548. Next: at Marquette, Saturday.

4. Duke (13-0) did not play. Next: vs.

Clemson, Thursday.

5. Stanford (14-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 7 California, Sunday.

6. Kentucky (13-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 20 Texas A&M, Thursday.

7. California (12-2) did not play. Next: at No. 5 Stanford, Sunday.

8. Penn State (12-2) did not play. Next: vs. Nebraska, Sunday.

9. Tennessee (11-3) did not play. Next: vs. Missouri, Thursday.

10. Maryland (10-3) did not play. Next: vs. No. 24 Miami, Thursday.

11. North Carolina (15-1) did not play.

Next: at N.C. State, Thursday.

12. Purdue (13-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Ohio State, Monday.

13. Georgia (13-2) did not play. Next: at Alabama, Thursday.

14. UCLA (11-2) did not play. Next: vs.

Washington State, Friday.

15. Louisville (13-3) did not play. Next: at Providence, Saturday.

16. Oklahoma (13-2) beat TCU 85-79.

Next: vs. Texas Tech, Saturday.

17. Kansas (11-3) did not play. Next: vs.

No. 1 Baylor, Sunday.

18. Florida State (12-2) did not play.

Next: vs. Wake Forest, Thursday.

18. South Carolina (13-2) did not play.

Next: vs. Vanderbilt, Thursday.

20. Texas A&M (12-4) did not play.

Next: at No. 6 Kentucky, Thursday.

21. Oklahoma State (11-2) did not play.

Next: at Texas, Sunday.

22. Dayton (12-1) did not play. Next: at Butler, Saturday.

23. Colorado (12-2) did not play. Next: at Utah, Sunday.

24. Miami (12-2) did not play. Next: at No. 10 Maryland, Thursday.

25. Iowa State (11-2) lost to No. 1 Baylor 67-39. Next: vs. TCU, Saturday.

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EAST Boston U. 58, Vermont 30 Hartford 52, Maine 37 Lafayette 49, Columbia 47 New Hampshire 63, UMBC 62 Stony Brook 56, Binghamton 34 UConn 75, Georgetown 48 Villanova 65, DePaul 45 West Virginia 53, Texas 49 SOUTH Elon 67, Wofford 57 Furman 56, Georgia Southern 42 Middle Tennessee 73, FAU 59 South Alabama 53, Louisiana-Lafayette MIDWEST Cleveland St. 73, Ill.-Chicago 69, OT SE Missouri 59, Saint Louis 52 Seton Hall 64, Cincinnati 56 SOUTHWEST Arkansas St. 49, FIU 43 Baylor 67, Iowa St. 39 North Texas 68, UALR 65 Oklahoma 85, TCU 79 Texas Tech 59, Kansas St. 50 UTEP 71, Tulsa 64 FAR WEST Boise St. 70, Wyoming 68 CS Northridge 73, Long Beach St. 52 Fresno St. 80, San Diego St. 72 Nevada 67, Air Force 54 UNLV 68, New Mexico 57

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PGA TOur FEDEX cuP LEADERs Through Tuesday Rank Player Points Money 1. Dustin Johnson 500 $1,140,000 2. Steve Stricker 300 $665,000 3. Brandt Snedeker 190 $432,000 4. Keegan Bradley 123 $304,000 4. Bubba Watson 123 $304,000 6. Rickie Fowler 95 $212,500 6. Tommy Gainey 95 $212,500 8. Carl Pettersson 85 $190,000 9. Matt Kuchar 78 $175,000 9. Ian Poulter 78 $175,000 11. Webb Simpson 68 $155,000 11. Mark Wilson 68 $155,000 13. J.J. Henry 56 $120,400 13. Scott Piercy 56 $120,400 13. Scott Stallings 56 $120,400 13. Johnson Wagner 56 $120,400 13. Nick Watney 56 $120,400 18. Jonas Blixt 51 $87,600 18. Ben Curtis 51 $87,600 18. Jason Dufner 51 $87,600 18. John Huh 51 $87,600 18. Zach Johnson 51 $87,600 23. Charlie Beljan 47 $73,000 23. Bill Haas 47 $73,000 23. Marc Leishman 47 $73,000 26. Hunter Mahan 45 $67,000 26. Ted Potter, Jr. 45 $67,000 28. George McNeill 43 $63,000 28. Ryan Moore 43 $63,000 30. Kyle Stanley 41 $61,000

scHEDuLE Jan. 10-13 — Sony Open, Waialae CC, Honolulu

hOCKEY Ahl WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Grand Rapids 34 21 10 1 2 45 109 91 Milwaukee 34 17 13 2 2 38 92 97 Rockford 36 17 17 1 1 36 109 111 Wolves 32 15 12 3 2 35 86 92 Peoria 35 14 17 2 2 32 81 112 North Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Toronto 34 21 10 1 2 45 116 85 Abbotsford 34 17 10 3 4 41 80 74 Lake Erie 36 18 15 2 1 39 111 114 Rochester 34 17 14 2 1 37 114 109 Hamilton 35 13 18 1 3 30 76 110 South Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Charlotte 36 20 11 2 3 45 109 94 Texas 35 19 11 3 2 43 92 92 Houston 35 18 11 3 3 42 104 97 Oklahoma City 35 18 13 1 3 40 115 108 San Antonio 37 15 18 0 4 34 94 104 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Portland 35 21 12 1 1 44 107 102 Worcester 34 18 13 1 2 39 91 100 Providence 32 17 13 0 2 36 79 88 Manchester 35 16 15 2 2 36 94 92 St. John’s 36 15 19 1 1 32 86 105 East Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Syracuse 35 23 7 2 3 51 127 94 Binghamton 33 22 8 1 2 47 107 81 Hershey 35 17 16 1 1 36 91 88 W.B.Scranton 35 15 17 2 1 33 84 93 Norfolk 33 14 17 2 0 30 83 100 Northeast Division GP W L OL SL Pts GF GA Springfield 33 19 9 2 3 43 109 79 Bridgeport 35 17 14 2 2 38 109 110 Albany 31 13 11 1 6 33 78 80 Connecticut 35 15 17 3 0 33 95 109 Adirondack 33 14 17 1 1 30 79 96 NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Wednesday’s Games Syracuse 5, Rochester 3 Binghamton 3, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 1 Grand Rapids 6, Rockford 3 Today’s Game Lake Erie at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

Friday’s Games Wolves at Abbotsford, 9 p.m.

Toronto at St. John’s, 5 p.m.

Albany at Manchester, 6 p.m.

Adirondack at Binghamton, 6:05 p.m.

Hershey at Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 6:05 p.m.

Bridgeport at Providence, 6:05 p.m.

Hamilton at Rochester, 6:05 p.m.

Norfolk at Syracuse, 6:30 p.m.

Springfield at Worcester, 6:30 p.m.

Charlotte at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Milwaukee at Peoria, 7:05 p.m.

Grand Rapids at Rockford, 7:05 p.m.

Lake Erie at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Houston at Texas, 7:30 p.m.

TEAM

TODAY

friDAY

sATurDAY

at New York 7 p.m.

CSN/ESPN AM-1000

PHoENIX 7 p.m.

WGN AM-1000

at Abbotsford 9 p.m.

at Abbotsford 9 p.m.

sunDAY

MOnDAY ATLANTA 7 p.m.

CSN AM-1000

oN TAP ToDAY TV/Radio

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NbA bAskETbALL

10 a.m.: European PGA Tour, Volvo Champions, first round, TGC (same-day tape) 6 p.m.: PGA Tour, Sony Open, first round, TGC

7 p.m.: New York at Indiana, TNT 9:30 p.m.: Miami at Portland, TNT

MEN’s coLLEgE bAskETbALL

6 p.m.: Miami at North Carolina, ESPN 6 p.m.: Michigan State at Iowa, ESPN2 6 p.m.: Old Dominion at George Mason, NBCSN 7 p.m.: Northwestern at Penn State, ESPNU, AM-720 8 p.m.: Kentucky at Vanderbilt, ESPN 8 p.m.: Arizona at Oregon, ESPN2 9 p.m.: USC at Colorado, ESPNU 10 p.m.: Saint Mary’s at Gonzaga, ESPN2

AuTo RAcINg

1 a.m.: Dakar Rally, stage 6, Arica to Calama, Chile, NBCSN (delayed tape)

woMEN’s coLLEgE bAskETbALL 5:30 p.m.: Nebraska at Indiana, BTN 7:30 p.m.: Iowa at Wisconsin, BTN

bETTinG ODDs

PrEPs bOYs bOWlinG HuNTLEY 2,774 wooDsTock co-oP 2,547 at Bowl-Hi in Huntley

Woodstock co-op: Myer 141-144-148 433, Busch 133-157-203 493, Stasi 169156-169 494, Vosburgh 171-172-195 538, Luna 135-178 313, Skytte 141, Rowan 169202-186 557. Totals 785-831-931 2,537.

Huntley: Gutka 212-134-164 510, Anzalone 167-181-172 520, Gardner 181-200-169 550, Szekeres 151-203 353, Manczko 173-171-205 549, Rehner 187-184-235 606, Smallwood 134. Totals 920-870-984 2,774.

JoHNsbuRg 2,908 MARENgo 2,878

at Raymond’s Bowl in Johnsburg Marengo: Alt 193-192-171 556, Jordan 163-204-196 563, Ranzio 147, Mueller 155-171 326, Maney 111-172-167 450, Da. Termini 185-231-181 597, Gross 200-257211 668. Totals 896-1,056-926 2,878.

Johnsburg: Legnaioli 142-229-177 548, Matejka 220-149-187 556, Kass 254-177195 626, Chamberlain 187-185-124 496, Anderson 175-166-204 545, Flack 207-204141 552. Totals 1,043-961-904 2,908.

Girls bOWlinG MARENgo 3,205 bELVIDERE 2,758

at Glo Bowl in Marengo Belvidere: Stone 176-205-156 537, Bailey 150-176-154 480, Deddo 144-161-120 425, Beard 134-150-162 446, Brockmann 134-119-170 423, White 133-140-174 447.

Totals 871-951-936 2,758.

Marengo: Bailey 163-226-193 582, Nakoneczny 168-163-191 522, Anthony 121-279-157 557, Iversen 174-173-160 507, Krenzelok 233-204-163 600, Hanelt 118-179-140 437. Totals 977-1,224-1,004 3,205.

bOYs sWiMMinG JAcobs 104, HuNTLEY 66 DekALb/sYcAMoRE co-oP 124 wooDsTock co-oP 46

Girls bAsKETbAll cRYsTAL LAkE souTH 43 JAcobs 25 CL SOUTH (43) Madoni 0 1-2 1, Oros 0 0-0 0, Mickow 5 6-8 16, Del Vecchio 2 1-1 5, Fanter 3 3-6 10, Nolan 3 0-0 6, Rasmussen 2 1-2 5, Ryan 0 0-0 0, Clark 0 0-0 0, DeJesus 0 0-0 0, Fuchs 0 0-0 0, Ellison 0 0-0 0. Totals: 15 12-19 43.

JACOBS (25) Grady 1 0-0 2, Berg 2 1-2 7, Barnec 1 0-0 3, Tamburrino 4 1-2 9, Bartoli 0 0-0- 0, Van Vlierbergen 2 0-0 4, COok 0 0-0 0, Mangieri 0 0-0 0, Frighetto 0 0-0 0, Chapa 0 0-0 0. Totals: 10 2-4 25.

CL South Jacobs

14 12 11 6 – 43 8 13 3 1 – 25

3-point goals: CL South 1 (Fanter), Jacobs 3 (Berg 2, Barnec). Total fouls: CL South 9, Jacobs 13. Fouled out: Oros.

cARY-gRoVE 39 DuNDEE-cRowN 18 CARY-GROVE (39) Smith 1-0-0-3, Kendeigh 1-0-0-3, Nicholson 4-2-4-10, O. Jakubicek 5-2-4-12, Barker 4-0-2-9, Glaysher 1-0-0-2. Totals: 16-4-10-39.

DUNDEE-CROWN (18) Bartelt 0-0-1-0, Lococo 2-0-0-4, Michalski 0-2-2-2, Wiechmann 1-0-0-2, Baker 3-0-0-6, Laboy 0-1-2-1, Barker 1-0-0-3.

Totals: 7-3-4-18.

Cary-Grove Dundee-Crown

1 4

8 6

16 14 – 39 0 8 – 18

Three-point goals: Cary-Grove 3 (Smith, Kendeigh, Barker), DundeeCrown 1 (Barker). Total fouls: CaryGrove 12, Dundee-Crown 9.

wooDsTock NoRTH 32 HAMPsHIRE 23 HAMPSHIRE (23) Finn 1 0-0 3, J. Dumoulin 1 2-4 4, Panzica 2 0-1 4, Benoit 2 2-3 6, N. Dumoulin 2 0-1 5, Okubo 0 1-2 1. Totals 8 5-11 23.

WOODSTOCK NORTH (32) Braun 1 1-1 3, S. Ahr 3 2-4 9, Landrey 0 0-1 0, Everly 2 2-2 8, Abbate 1 0-2 2, Parlogean 2 2-2 6, H. Ahr 2 0-0 4. Totals 11 7-12 32.

Hampshire 7 7 Woodstock North 11 4

6 3 – 23 7 10 – 32

Three-point goals: Hampshire 2 (Finn, N. Dumoulin), Woodstock North 3 (Everly 2, S. Ahr). Total fouls: Hampshire 15, Woodstock North 13.

cRYsTAL LAkE cENTRAL 34 JoHNsbuRg 28 CL CENTRAL (34) Youel 5 3-8 13, McGuire 0 0-0 0, Schmitt 3 0-2 5, Dalman 0 0-0 0, Ellman 0 3-6 3, Dowell 4 1-5 9, McConnell 1 0-0 2, Lerum 1 0-0 2, Wozniak 0 0-0 0. Totals 14 7-21 34.

JOHNSBURG (28) Bazan 0 0-0 0, Himpelmann 1 0-0 2, Ward 1 0-0 2, Chase 0 1-7 1, Nusser 0 0-0 0, Poczkalski 0 0-0 0, Landazzi 2 0-0 3, Toussaint 8 0-0 13, Szramek 0 0-0 0, DiTusa 2 1-4 5, Kopystynsky 1 0-0 2.

Totals 15 2-11 28.

CL Central Johnsburg

8 10 13 3

3 13 – 34 8 4 – 28

Three-point goals: CL Central 1 (Schmitt), Johnsburg 4 (Toussaint 3, Landazzi). Total fouls: CL Central 10, Johnsburg 14.

PRAIRIE RIDgE 48 McHENRY 45 PRAIRIE RIDGE (48) Neckopulos 3 0-4 6, LeBeau 3 0-0 7, Bear 4 4-4 12, Fenton 3 0-0 9, Aldridge 1 0-1 2, Klendworth 3 2-2 9, Manarik 1 0-0 3. Totals: 18 6-11 48 McHENRY (45) D’Angelo 5 2-2 16, Avonts 2 1-4 5, Hartmann 2 0-0 4, Snedeker 3 0-0 6, Taylor 3 2-2 8, Lay 1 0-0 2, Rosga 2 0-0 4.

Totals: 18 3-8 45 Prairie Ridge McHenry

12 11 8 15

9 16 – 48 8 14 – 45

Three-point goals: Prairie Ridge 6 (Fenton 3, LeBeau 1, Klendworth 1, Manarik 1), McHenry 4 (D’Angelo 4).

sChEDulE ToDAY

Girls basketball: Christian Life at Alden-Hebron, 7 p.m.; Marian Central at Immaculate Conception, 7:30 p.m.

Wrestling: CL South at Jacobs, 5:30 p.m.; Prairie Ridge at McHenry, CL Central at Johnsburg, Hampshire at Woodstock North, Cary-Grove at DundeeCrown, 6:30 p.m.

Boys swimming: Huntley at McHenry, 4:30 p.m.; Woodstock Co-op, Sterling at Harlem, 5 p.m.

Girls bowling: Dundee-Crown at Huntley, McHenry at Johnsburg, Jacobs at Woodstock, 4:30 p.m.

FRIDAY

Boys basketball: Montini at Marian Central, Woodstock North at Johnsburg, Crystal Lake Central at Woodstock, CaryGrove at Crystal Lake South, Huntley at Prairie Ridge, Dundee-Crown at McHenry, Harvard at Rockford Christian, Hampshire at Grayslake Central, Richmond-Burton at Genoa-Kingston, Montini at Marian Central, 7 p.m.; Alden-Hebron at Christian Liberty, 7:30 p.m.

Girls basketball: Alden-Hebron at Christian Liberty, 6 p.m.; Marengo at North Boone, Rockford Christian at Richmond-Burton, 7 p.m.

Wrestling: Huntley at Jacobs, 5:30 p.m.; Woodstock at Cary-Grove, 6:30 p.m.; Burlington Central at Harvard, 7 p.m.

Boys bowling: Bartlett at Marengo, Woodstock at Libertyville, 4:30 p.m.

Girls bowling: Woodstock at Wheeling, 4:30 p.m.

sATuRDAY

Boys basketball: Marengo at Burlington Central, Marian Central at Harlem, 7 p.m.

Girls basketball: Grayslake North at CL Central, Woodstock at Hampshire, Wheaton Academy at Marian Central, 2:30 p.m.; Jacobs at Prairie Ridge, 3:30 p.m.; Johnsburg at Rockford Auburn, 6 p.m.; Dundee-Crown at CL South, Cary-Grove at Huntley, Alden-Hebron at Harvard, Woodstock North at Grayslake Central, 7 p.m.

Wrestling: Richmond-Burton at Round Lake, Marian Central at Kaneland, 9 a.m.; Cary-Grove at Palatine Mega Duals, 9:30 a.m.; Huntley at Warren Duals, 9 a.m.; McHenry at Batavia Invitational, 9:30 a.m.; Marengo, CL South at Round Lake Quad, 9 a.m.; Prairie Ridge at Oak Lawn Quadrangular, 10 a.m.; CL Central at Sandburg Quad, 10 a.m.; Johnsburg, Harvard at Winnebago Quad, Dundee-Crown Quad, 10 a.m.

Boys swimming: Woodstock Co-op, McHenry, Cary-Grove at Jefferson Relays, 11 a.m.; Dundee-Crown at St. Charles East Invite, 1 p.m.

Boys bowling: Marengo at Lake Zurich Invitational, 9 a.m.

Girls bowling: Woodstock, Marengo at IMSA Invitational, 8:30 a.m.; McHenry, Huntley at Jacobs Quad, 9 a.m.

Cheerleading: Woodstock at Grayslake North Invitational, 1 p.m.

Gymnastics: Prairie Ridge at Nequa Valley Invitational, 1 p.m.

Fencing: Marian Central at University High, 9 a.m.

COMMuniTY runninG HILLsTRIDERs MARcH MADNEss RAcE The Hillstriders Running Club will take entries online for its March Madness Half Marathon race on March 17. The race starts and finishes at Cary-Grove High School.

The entry fee is $40. Runners will receive a hoody commemorating the 35th running of the race and all runners who complete the race will receive finishing medals.

For anyone who does not get in on Dec. 31, there will be 20 first come-first served VIP entries available on Jan. 12 at 10 a.m.

Entries will be sold at The Running Depot in Crystal Lake for $125.

The course is considered one of the most challenging half marathon courses in northern Illinois. Splits will be given at each of the odd-numbered mile markers.

Water and PowerBar Performance drink will be provided at the 2 1/2-mile intervals and at the finish line. Power Bar Gels will be distributed at the 7-mile mark.

Money raised from the race will go toward the Hillstriders scholarships awarded to five local high school runners this spring.

hOCKEY cL YELLowJAckETs To HosT EVENTs The Crystal Lake Yellowjackets are hosting a free event Feb. 16 at the Crystal Ice House (320 E. Prairie in Crystal Lake).

The event is open to girls age 4 to 9 who would like to try hockey.

Go to www.firewagonhockey.com or call 815-356-8500 for information.

bAsEbAll FREE YouTH bAsEbALL cLINIcs Free Baseball Training Clinics compliments of Crystal Lake Baseball started Jan. 6. You must be registered for the Crystal Lake Baseball 2013 Spring In House season in order to take advantage of these free clinics. No other baseball program in McHenry county offers such value for it’s members.

To register for the 2013 season, visit: www.clbaseball.com/2013-spring-registration or register at the clinic.

Clinics will be held at CLB’s private 10,000 sq ft indoor baseball facility called “The Nest” located at 8601-B Pyott Road in Lake in the Hills, IL. 60156 (1 block south of LITH airport) Clinics are held Sundays starting Jan. 6 through March 10 (no clinic Feb. 24): Single A Division (4-6 year olds) from 9 a.m. - 9:45 a.m.

Double A Division (7-8 year olds) from 9:45 a.m. - 10:45 a.m.

Triple A Division (9-10 year olds) from 10:45 a.m. – Noon Majors Division (11-12 year olds) from 10:45 a.m. – Noon Register before Jan. 12 and receive an earlybird discount. After this date, normal member rates apply.

For more information visit www. clbaseball.com or email Rob Neumeyer at membership@clbaseball.com.

GOlf sENIoRs LEAguE The Chapel Hill Monday Morning Seniors Golf League is inviting men (ages 55 and older) to join its spring league for 2013.

For more information, contact Bob Kelly at 847-220-8174.

GlAnTz-CulvEr linE NFL Playoffs Saturday FAVORITE TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at Denver 9 (46) Baltimore at San Francisco 3 (44½) Green Bay Sunday at Atlanta 2½ (46) Seattle at New England 9½ (47½) Houston NCAA Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Troy 4 La.-Monroe at Youngstown St. 1 Detroit Temple 2 at Xavier at George Mason 11 Old Dominion Michigan St. 1 at Iowa at North Carolina 6 Miami at Penn St. Pk Northwestern at Middle Tenn.

19½ FAU at UTSA Pk Texas-Arlington at Arkansas St. 10 FIU at UALR 3 North Texas at La.-Lafayette 2 South Alabama Louisiana Tech 8½ at Texas St. at BYU 18½ Pepperdine Kentucky 12 at Vanderbilt Arizona 1½ at Oregon at Saint Louis 11½ UMass UCLA 5 at Utah New Mexico St. 4 at Seattle at San Francisco 9 San Diego at Colorado 9 Southern Cal Denver 1 at Idaho at Pacific 6 UC Santa Barbara Santa Clara 4 at Loyola Mrymnt at UC Davis 1 Cal Poly at Gonzaga 10 Saint Mary’s (Cal) at Oregon St. 4 Arizona St. Chattanooga 6½ at The Citadel at Manhattan 3 Rider Iona 8 at Marist at Coll. of Chrlstn 15½ Samford Montana 4 at North Dakota Jacksonville St. 2½ at SIU-Edwrdsvlle at S. Dakota St. 7 Oakland IUPUI 5 at Neb.-Omaha at Belmont 18 SE Missouri at Tennessee St. 13 UT-Martin at E. Illinois 2½ Tennessee Tech at N. Dakota St. 16 IPFW at N. Colorado 7½ Montana St. at E. Washington 2½ N. Arizona Weber St. 7½ at S. Utah at Portland St. 3 Sacramento St. FAVORITE at Indiana at Sacramento Miami

NBA LINE 1½ 3 4½

UNDERDOG New York Dallas at Portland

TrAnsACTiOns PrOs

BASEBALL COMMISSIONER’S OFFICE — Suspended Houston 2B Jonathan Singleton 50 games after a second violation of the Minor League Drug Prevention and Treatment Program for a drug of abuse.

National League MILWAUKEE BREWERS — Assigned RHP Arcenio Leon outright to Nashville.

PITTSBURGH PIRATES — Traded OF Quincy Latimore to Cleveland for RHP Jeanmar Gomez.

Frontier League FRONTIER LEAGUE — Declared RHP Jonathan Kountis a free agent.

GATEWAY GRIZZLIES — Named Zach Borowiak hitting coach. Signed INF Vladimir Frias to a contract extension.

JOLIET SLAMMERS — Named Eric Coleman pitching coach and Dave Garcia hitting coach.

RIVER CITY RASCALS — Traded RHP Tony Marsala to Wichita (AA) for future considerations. Received 3B Steve Carrillo from Wichita for a player to be named.

ROCKFORD RIVERHAWKS — Signed LHP Andrew Armstrong, RHP Cody Hallahan, C Greg Van Horn and INF Trevor Whyte to contract extensions and RHP Jon Gulbransen.

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Suspended N.Y. Knicks F Carmelo Anthony one game for confronting Kevin Garnett after Monday’s game.

MIAMI HEAT — Signed F Jarvis Varnado to a 10-day contract.

PORTLAND TRAIL BLAZERS — Recalled G Nolan Smith and G Will Barton from Idaho (NBADL).

FOOTBALL National Football League BEARS — Signed TE Brody Eldridge to a reserve/future contract.

CAROLINA PANTHERS — Named David Gettleman general manager.

MINNESOTA VIKINGS — Signed P T.J. Conley and CB Greg McCoy to reserve/ future contracts.

SAN DIEGO CHARGERS — Named Tom Telesco general manager.

SEATTLE SEAHAWKS — Placed DE Chris Clemons and PK Steven Haushka on injured reserve. Signed DE Patrick Chukwurah and PK Ryan Longwell.

HOCKEY National Hockey League TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS — Fired general manager Brian Burke.

American Hockey League BRIDGEPORT SOUND TIGERS — Agreed to terms with F Jack Combs and F Chad Costello on contracts through the remainder of the season.

CONNECTICUT WHALE — Signed F Shayne Wiebe.

HERSHEY BEARS — Loaned F Alex Berry and F Matt Pope to Reading (ECHL).

PROVIDENCE BRUINS — Recalled F Justin Courtnall from South Carolina (ECHL). Signed F Tyler McNeely and D Eric Baier to professional tryout agreements.

TORONTO MARLIES — Signed D Corey Syvret to a professional tryout agreement.

WORCESTER SHARKS — Signed F Pat Rissmiller and D Michael Wilson to professional tryout agreements.

ECHL ECHL — Suspended Utah F Brad Mills seven games and Las Vegas LW Adam Huxley three games and fined them, and Utah assistant coach Greg McCauley, undisclosed amounts.

BAKERSFIELD CONDORS — Traded F Zach Cohen to Greenville for the rights to D T.J. Faust and future considerations.

SOUTH CAROLINA STINGRAYS — Traded the rights to D Colten Hayes to Stockton for F Phil Mangan.

STOCKTON THUNDER — Agreed to terms with C Ryan Green.

SOCCER Major League Soccer D.C. UNITED — Signed F Rafael.

FC DALLAS — Signed D London Woodberry. Agreed to terms with D Stephen Keel.

COllEGE EASTERN WASHINGTON — Announced WR Brandon Kaufman and QB Kyle Padron will enter the NFL draft.

FAIRLEIGH DICKINSON — Announced the resignation of assistant baseball coach Enver Lopez. Named Lesleigh Hogg assistant track and field coach.

NEBRASKA — Announced it is adding women’s sand volleyball as a varsity sport beginning this year.

PENN STATE — Announced LB Brennan Franklin and RB Curtis Dukes have left the football team.

SYRACUSE — Named Scott Shafer football coach.

PRO BASEBALL & OUTDOORS

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Change of mind on outdoor show appearances this year

BASEBALL HALL OF FAME

No one voted in Shutout only the 2nd in past 40 years

I knew it, I just knew it. I can try to place the blame for last week’s column on the hustle and bustle of the end of the holiday season, but there really is no excuse that is true. As soon as I turned the column in to my editor, I knew there would be feedback and it wouldn’t be of the backpatting variety.

As soon as I hit the “send” key, I was overcome with a feeling of dread that was akin to what I felt when I was a kid and heard my mother’s voice threaten, “Just wait until your father gets home!”

I had a feeling that unpleasantness was forthcoming. It certainly came.

I had written that I was only attending three outdoor shows this year, All-Canada at Pheasant Run this weekend, the Chicago Outdoor Sports Show on Jan. 23 through 27 at Rosemont and the Great Outdoors Expo in Woodstock in February. The reactions came quickly and they basically said that you readers couldn’t give a hoot which shows I was going to and that it was my job to explain what shows were coming so that you all could make your own decisions.

I apologize profusely because you are 100 percent correct. As a matter of fact, I will have to admit that not only is it my job, but I have changed my mind anyway.

I am going to attend every single one of the outdoor shows that come to the area. I just can’t keep away from them. Trying to stay away is similar to giving up the dreaded cigarettes I said goodbye to so many years ago.

Picking only one show to attend reminds me of trying to take candy from my kids’ Halloween sack when they were little guys.

So many varieties. How can you settle on just one or two before they catch dad rifling through the goodies?

In addition to All-Canada at Pheasant Run this coming weekend, I’ll be stopping in at the humongous Chicago Boat, Sports and RV Show at McCormick Place i. The Boat Show runs from now through Sunday and details are at chicagoboatshow.com.

By RONALD BLUM The Assocaited Press

NEW YORK – No one was elected to the Hall of Fame this year. When voters closed the doors to Barry Bonds, Roger Clemens and Sammy Sosa, they also shut out everybody else.

For only the second time in four decades, baseball writers failed to give any player the 75 percent required for induction to Cooperstown, sending a powerful signal that stars of the Steroids Era will be held to a different standard.

All the awards and accomplishments collected over long careers by Bonds, Clemens and Sosa could not offset suspicions those feats were boosted by performance-enhancing drugs.

Voters also denied entry Wednesday to fellow newcomers Craig Biggio, Mike Piazza and Curt Schilling, along with holdovers Jack Morris, Jeff Bagwell and Lee Smith.

Among the most honored players of their generation, these standouts won’t find their images among the 300 bronze plaques on the oak walls in Cooperstown, where – at least for now – the doors appear to be bolted shut on anyone tainted by PEDs. “After what has been written and said over the last few years I’m not overly surprised,” Clemens said in a statement he posted on Twitter.

Bonds, Clemens and Sosa retired after the 2007 season. They were eligible for the Hall for the first time and have up to 14 more years on the writers’ ballot.

“Curt Schilling made a good point, everyone was guilty. Either you used PEDs, or you did nothing to stop their use,” Hall of Famer Mike Schmidt said in an email to The Associated Press after this year’s vote was announced. “This generation got rich. Seems there was a price to pay.”

Biggio, 20th on the career list with 3,060 hits, appeared on 68.2 percent of the 569 ballots, the highest total but 39 votes shy. The three newcomers with the highest profiles failed to come close to even majority support, with Clemens at 37.6 percent, Bonds at 36.2 and Sosa at 12.5.

AP file photo

With the cloud of steroids shrouding many candidacies, including Barry Bonds, baseball writers failed for the only the second time in more than four decades to elect anyone to the Hall of Fame on Wednesday.

Other top vote-getters were Morris (67.7), Jeff Bagwell (59.6), Piazza (57.8), Tim Raines (52.2), Lee Smith (47.8) and Schilling (38.8).

“I’m kind of glad that nobody got in this year,” Hall of Famer Al Kaline said.

“I feel honored to be in the Hall of Fame.

And I would’ve felt a little uneasy sitting up there on the stage, listening to some of these new guys talk about how great they were. ... I don’t know how great some of these players up for election would’ve been without drugs. But to me, it’s cheating.”

At ceremonies in Cooperstown on July 28, the only inductees will be three men who died more than 70 years ago: Yankees owner Jacob Ruppert, umpire Hank O’Day and barehanded catcher Deacon White. They were chosen last month by the 16-member panel considering individuals from the era before integration in 1947.

“It is a dark day,” said Jose Canseco, the former AL MVP who was among the first players to admit using steroids. “I think the players should organize some type of lawsuit against major league baseball or the writers. It’s ridiculous.

Most of these players really have no evidence against them. They’ve never tested positive or they’ve cleared themselves like Roger Clemens.”

Voters shouldn’t decide who juiced • jacobson

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For many, the next few Hall of Fame votes will be about Bonds, Roger Clemens, Rafael Palmeiro and Mark McGwire, all-time greats from the “Steroid Era” who were connected to performance-enhancing drugs.

In my mind, they will say more about what the voters have decided about their contemporaries – those who apparently are being punished only because they played during the same drug-infused era and are merely suspected of steroid use.

Piazza and former Houston Astros first baseman Jeff Bagwell are obvious Hall of Famers. Their numbers put each of them among the all-time greats at their position. But because they played during a period of 20-plus years where baseball failed to deal with the problem of performance-enhancing drugs, enough writers decided they weren’t worthy of entry into Cooperstown.

Neither of them were named in the famed Mitchell Report in 2007. And neither of them failed a drug test. Take it for what it’s worth, but neither was named in any of Jose Canseco’s books.

There has only been suspicion.

This isn’t to say that Piazza and Bagwell were definitively drug-free.

More than likely we never will know exactly which players used steroids and the extent to which drugs were rampant during the Steroid Era.

But how can some voters claim to be consistent and fair if, in future years, they vote for other players from the same era in similar situations. Greg Maddux, Frank Thomas, Mike Mussina and Tom Glavine all are players who are perceived to have good chances of getting into the Hall of Fame in 2014 because they never have been suspected of steroid use.

How do Bagwell and Frank Thomas compare? According to baseballreference.com, Bagwell is the No. 1 most similar player to the Big Hurt in baseball history. The two have almost identical career batting averages, runs scored, doubles and slugging percentages. They even won MVP awards in the same season (1994).

Yet because Bagwell is perceived as a potential steroid user, Thomas likely will be the only one of the two heading to Cooperstown next year.

The issue of how voters handle the legacies of all players from the 1990s and early 2000s is not going away anytime soon. For me, the voters have two choices: Consider every player in the era and vote off their numbers, or vote for nobody at all.

But arbitrarily deciding which players did or did not use steroids should not be an option.

Fishing/hunting report

Northern Illinois: Dave Kranz from Dave’s Bait, Tackle and Taxidermy in Crystal Lake reports: “Most lakes have 4 to 6 inches of ice at this time. The 10-day forecast looks great for making ice after Saturday. If you want a break from ice fishing, come see me at the Chicago Muskie show at Harper College Friday through Sunday. Deer hunters continue to have good late-season hunts with the deer yarded up and in the timber.” Call 815-455-2040 for updated reports.

For up-to-the-minute water conditions on the Fox Chain and Fox River, go tofoxwaterway.state.il.us/ or call 847-587-8540.

You can call Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan Fishing Hotline at 414-382-7920 to hear the latest fishing information for Lake Michigan and its tributaries.

Late-Winter/CWD deer seasons

Illinois deer hunters harvested 7,749 deer during the first segment of the 2012-13 Late-Winter/CWD Deer Seasons from Dec. 27 through Jan. 30. The harvest total represented an 18.3 percent increase over the same portion of the season in 2011-12, despite nine fewer counties being open to those seasons this year. During the 2011-12 Late-Winter/CWD seasons, hunters

• Ross Jacobson is a Shaw Media sports editor. He can be reached via email at rjacobson@shawmedia.com and you can follow him on Twitter @RossJacobson.

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It’s unfortunate that the two fine shows have to be scheduled How can I miss taking a at the same time and I hope that close-up look at the new lineup of it doesn’t have to happen again fishing boats that Lowe is offernext year. Go figure. Last year, ing? I’ve just got to see the exhibit we almost had no big-time expo in of how you can get into boating northern Illinois, and now we are for less than $250 a month. The lucky to have two. seminar lineup is educational and I will be emceeing the seminar entertaining. I might even try my stages at Rosemont, among other hand at a free scuba diving lesson duties, that will keep me busy for that the Boat Show is offering. five days. I am just going to have Well, maybe not. The thought of to carve out some time to make the me in a wetsuit is pretty darned run over to nearby Schaumburg to scary, isn’t it? check out the new show.

The Boat Show at McCormick The Chicagoland Fishing Place is coming back for its 83rd Travel and Outdoor Expo at the year, and although I haven’t made Schaumburg Convention Center every one of them, the many I is being staged by the American have been fortunate enough to atSportfishing Association, the tend have been entirely worth the governing body of the tackle trip and cost of admission. I am industry. Many show attendees quite certain the 2013 edition will over the past few years have combe, as well. plained about the lack of exhibits The Chicago Muskie show by the tackle manufacturers. The is back at Harper College this Schaumburg show promises that weekend. The college is at Route the manufacturers will be well 72 and Roselle Road in Palatine, represented at this extravaganza.

Friday through Sunday. In addiThe Chicagoland Fishing Travtion to all things concerning big el and Outdoor Expo also features fish with big teeth, it marks a few an incredibly strong lineup of notable returns. Both Joe Bucher seminar speakers including Kevin and McHenry’s Spence Petros will VanDam, Mike Iaconelli, Joe Bube manning the seminar stage and cher, James Lindner, Mark Zona demos at the big pool. Another and Gary Parsons. Did I forget to return will be that of Dave Kranz, mention that our own Dave Kranz as he brings a portion of Dave’s is joining that venerable lineup of Bait, Tackle and Taxidermy to the top anglers who will appear on the Muskie Show’s exhibit area. Kranz show stage? has not had a retail presence at a For more information on show in a number of years. the Chicagoland Fishing Travel The musky show really gets my and Outdoor Expo at the Schaumadrenaline pumping and I don’t burg Convention Center, check have any good reason for ever say- out sportshows.com. By the way, ing I was going to pass it up. I can discount tickets can be bought onhit the All-Canada Show, Muskie line and the parking is free. I hope Show and Chicago Boat Show on to meet all of you at some of these three separate days this weekend great outdoor shows. and not have to rush through any of them.

• Northwest Herald outdoors Because they are running at columnist Steve Sarley’s radio almost the time, I had selected show, “The Outdoors Experience,” the Chicago Outdoor Sports airs live at 5 a.m. Sundays on Show (chicagosportsmenshow.

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are available for spring youth turkey season as well spring turkey seasons three and four.

Currently, IRAP has 101 sites for spring youth turkey season, 88 sites for spring turkey season three, and 93 sites for spring turkey season four available for youth turkey hunters.

Last year was the first year for IRAP and 77 youth turkey hunters were granted access to private land for hunting.

Counties with IRAP turkey hunting sites are: Adams, Bond, Bureau, Christian, Fayette, Fulton, Iroquois, Jersey, Lee, McDonough, McLean, Madison, Macoupin, Mason, Monroe, Morgan, Pike, Sangamon, Schuyler, Scott, Washington, and Woodford.

All youth hunters applying for an IRAP site for the spring youth turkey season need to apply by Feb. 28. A lottery may be held if there are more applicants than sites for a county.

Successful applicants will be notified and instructed as to where their hunting site is located within the county they IRAP taking applications applied for, will be given a map, and an The Illinois Recreational Access ProIRAP permit allowing them to hunt on gram is taking applications from youth the specified private property. turkey hunters for private land hunting Youth hunters will need to get their sites in 22 counties throughout Illinois for spring. Hunters younger than the age IDNR turkey permit at a DNR Direct license and permit local vender prior to of 16 who have passed a hunter safety their hunt. course are eligible to apply for spring – Steve Sarley turkey hunting on an IRAP site. IRAP sites

harvested 6,550 deer. The final segment of the Late-Winter/CWD seasons will be conducted from Jan. 18 through 20. Unfilled firearm, muzzleloader and youth deer permits issued for an open county are valid during that period, provided they were issued for an open county. For those without those valid unfilled deer permits, permits for the Late-Winter Deer Season and the Special CWD Deer Season are available over-the-counter at Department of Natural Resources Direct license vendors.

2013 Illinois fishing, hunting and sportsman’s combination licenses will be available beginning Jan. 21 from DNR Direct license and permit vendors, online through the IDNR website (dnr.illinois. gov/online/Pages/default.aspx) or by calling 1-888-6PERMIT (1-888-673-7648).

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Readers urge wife to work Cognitive behavioral therapy through problems at home can relieve childhood anxiety

Dear Abby: This is in response to “Had It in Hartford” (Oct. 6), who has been unhappily married to her husband for 20 years. She said she married him for all the wrong reasons and “has never loved him the way a woman should love a man.”

After I had been married for seven years, I went to my pastor concerned that the grass on the other side was looking greener than mine. As we spoke, I began to realize the extent of the investment I had put into my marriage and that I didn’t want to start over again on a new one.

My mom always told me, “Marriage is not easy. You will always have to work on it. There will be times when you won’t feel that you like him or love him.” I have been married for 36 years now. Do I notice handsome men, or appreciate a man who treats me kindly? Of course. I’m not blind or dead.

Love isn’t just a feeling, but a choice and a commitment. I’m committed to my husband not because I’m “supposed” to be, but because I CHOOSE to be. It seems to me that “Had It” never made that choice or worked toward it, but expected it to just happen eventually.

She has a foundation of trust and friendship that helps a marriage through the rough times. Many marriages that end in divorce rely on sexual attraction and passion to carry them instead of friendship.

DEAR ABBY Jeanne Phillips We’re told marriage is 50-50. That’s not true. It’s 100100. I’m responsible for my 100 percent, and my spouse is responsible for his.

“Had It” should take another look at what she’s about to lose and tally up the costs to her family. Is she really trapped? Or has she just been unwilling to choose to love?

– Barbara In Mount Vernon, Wash.

Dear Barbara: Thank you

for writing. I advised “Had It” to think long and hard before leaving her husband, but that if she truly cannot love him the way he deserves, she should move on. My readers’ comments: Dear Abby: “Had It” doesn’t feel love toward her husband because she spends her time and energy ruminating about a “mistake” she thinks she made 20 years ago. She says he is doing everything right and they get along fine. If she tried something positive, like reminding herself about the qualities she likes about him, and doing things she knows make him happy instead of fantasizing about other men, she might find the love she craves in her marriage.

Loving feelings come from loving behavior, not the other way around. The sooner she realizes this, the sooner she’ll see what she really wants is right there at home with her

family. And it has been there all along. – Dr. Peggy B. Dear Abby: I have this message for “Had It”: I felt like you and acted on my feelings.

Don’t do it! Wait until your kids are older. As much as you want a more intimate relationship, you cannot begin to imagine the impact straying will have on your kids.

I deeply regret what I did, and I wish someone would have told me what I’m telling you. Pull yourself together.

Think about your children, extended family and friends.

You are connected to others through your husband, and once you pull your marriage apart, everything else falls away, too. – Regretting It In

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Dear Abby: “Had It” is probably suffering from a case of the seven-year itch. For some reason, people cycle in seven-year increments. Some of them change jobs or homes, others have affairs or change spouses. She should work through it with a counselor.

There is a lot to be said for being married to your best friend.

A wise therapist advised me to compliment my husband at least once a day. (“If you act happy, pretty soon it won’t be an act.”) This was after my first bout with the “itch,” and it has been working ever since, 29 years!

Dear Dr. K: I believe my second-grader suffers from anxiety. How is anxiety treated in children?

Dear Reader: Many kids have anxiety disorders.

There are several different kinds, and most are suffered both by kids and adults, such as generalized anxiety disorder, social phobias, panic disorder and post-traumatic stress disorder. Some anxiety disorders affect only children. The prime example is separation anxiety – an extreme difficulty being away from home or loved ones.

Before your child is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, however, consider this: Some children who are anxious have good reason to be afraid. For example, your child may be a victim of abuse by a relative or a classroom bully. Try to find out if this is the case.

If your child is diagnosed with an anxiety disorder, the treatment options are: Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). CBT is the best-confirmed treatment for anxiety disorders in children.

A common CBT method is called graduated exposure. In this method, young children with phobias, for example, are placed near the feared object while doing something reassuring and

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enjoyable. Older children can learn how to use deep breathing or muscle relaxation, or they can be taught to talk themselves out of fear-provoking thoughts.

Another technique is modeling. This involves asking the anxious child to emulate the therapist or another child who shows no fear.

Drug therapy. The FDA has not approved any drugs for childhood anxiety disorders. (The only exception is the use of selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for obsessive-compulsive disorder.) But some SSRIs are effective and approved for the treatment of anxiety disorders in adults. As a result, many doctors prescribe these antidepressants for anxious children.

Combination treatment.

Among children and teens especially, combining CBT and drug therapy is often successful.

You and other family members also can help your child. For example, learn techniques for managing your child’s anxiety. Provide models of self-confidence and problem-solving, and give re-

wards for overcoming fears.

Sometimes a family problem is the source of the child’s anxiety, or an anxious child may think he or she is the cause of any trouble in the family. In that case, joint family therapy may be a good idea.

Many years ago, a patient of mine was having trouble in his marriage. He and his wife were very different personalities. With some marriages, people of like mind find each other. With other marriages, opposites attract.

That was their marriage.

He was meticulous, cautious, a man of few words who rarely expressed emotion. She was a volcano – always on the go, talked a blue streak, and emotional every minute of her life except when she was asleep. They grew apart.

Their 12-year-old daughter, who had been a confident and independent child, became fearful and insecure.

Therapy revealed she blamed herself for breaking up their marriage. Sessions with her parents finally absolved her of that guilt – and of her suffocating anxiety.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

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‘Twilight’ leads Razzie nominations The “Twilight” finale had better reviews than the franchise’s previous four movies, but you’d never know it from the Razzie nominations singling out Hollywood’s worst of the year.

“The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2” led the Razzies lineup late Tuesday with 11 nominations, including worst picture, lead-acting slots for Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson, and supportingacting nominations for Taylor Lautner and Ashley Greene.

Other worst-picture nominees are the naval action tale “Battleship,” the family flick “The Oogieloves in the Big Balloon Adventure,” Adam Sandler’s raunchy dud “That’s My Boy” and Eddie Murphy’s comedy flop “A Thousand Words.”

A spoof of the Academy Awards, the Razzies announcement came a little more than a day before Thursday’s Oscar nominations. Winners for the 33rd annual Razzies will be announced Feb. 23, the night before the Oscar show.

The final installment in the supernatural romance involving vampires, werewolves and a moody schoolgirl, “Breaking Dawn – Part 2” also had nominations for worst director for Bill Condon, plus worst sequel, screenplay and screen ensemble. It picked up two nominations for worst screen couple – for Stewart and Pattinson and for Lautner and child co-star Mackenzie Foy.

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Warm welcome for new Kimmel time slot

ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” has gotten a warm welcome on its first night airing 30 minutes earlier.

Kimmel went head-to-head Tuesday for the first time against CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” and NBC’s “Tonight Show with Jay Leno.” According to Nielsen fast national ratings, Kimmel edged out Letterman and ran slightly behind Leno in total viewers.

Tuesday’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live” was seen by about 3 million viewers, only 177,000 fewer than the audience for the “Tonight Show.” It beat “Late Show” by 115,000 viewers.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” scored its second-largest audience ever while exceeding the average audience in its previous berth by 59 percent.

“Jimmy Kimmel Live” previously aired at 11 p.m., after “Nightline.” It now airs for an hour beginning at 10:35 p.m., followed by “Nightline.”

Grammy performers set

live on CBS from the Staples Center in Los Angeles on Feb. 10.

Nominees Mumford & Sons, Taylor Swift and Rihanna also will hit the stage.

Leading the nominees with six nominations each are the Black Keys’ Dan Auerbach, fun., Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Mumford & Sons and Jay-Z. Fun. is nominated in all major categories, including best new artist and song, record and album of the year.

Fun. will compete for album of the year with Ocean, Mumford & Sons, the Black Keys and Jack White.

The 55th annual Grammy Awards will be hosted by LL Cool J.

Cuoco gets commercial

William Shatner is getting a new Priceline commercial co-star: Kaley Cuoco of CBS’ “The Big Bang Theory.”

In an upcoming campaign for the

The Black Keys and fun. will make their debut on the Grammy stage next month.

The Recording Academy announced Wednesday that the multiple Grammy nominees will perform at the awards, airing

online travel services company, Shatner’s Negotiator reveals he has a daughter, played by Cuoco. She’s been schooled since childhood in the art of – what else? – deal-making, and now is ready to join dad in pitching Priceline.

Cuoco, 27, said the 81-year-old Shatner has made Priceline “cool,” but the company wanted to update its message for younger consumers.

The actors taped a pair of spots for the ad campaign that begins Jan. 14, with plans for two more commercials to be shot this summer, Cuoco said.

The first spot is available on YouTube starting Wednesday.

She and Shatner turned out to be a good comedic match and had “way too much fun” making the spots, Cuoco said. Shatner returned the compliment, calling her “quite a talent.”

Then there’s that connection between Shatner’s “Star Trek” history and Cuoco’s role on the geekfest sitcom “Big Bang Theory.”

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Singer Frank Sinatra Jr. is 69.

Singer Rod Stewart is 68. Singerkeyboardist Donald Fagen of Steely Dan is 65. Actor William Sanderson (“Deadwood,” “Newhart”) is 65. Singer Pat Benatar is 60. Guitarist Michael Schenker (Scorpions) is 58. Singer Shawn Colvin is 57. Singer-guitarist Curt Kirkwood of Meat Puppets is 54. Singer Brad Roberts of Crash Test Dummies is 49. Actress Trini Alvarado is 46. Singer Brent Smith of Shinedown is 35. Rapper Chris Smith of Kris Kross is 34.

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browland@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – A group of local engineers returned to the classroom this week to teach students at Hannah Beardsley Middle School about opportunities in the industry.

The school’s third annual “Discover Engineering Week” program included visits from engineers at Northrop Grumman, Motorola Mobility, Baxter & Woodman, General Kinematics, Cideas Inc., and Sargent & Lundy.

The program is designed to spark interest in engineering and encourage students to take courses in science, technology, math, and engineering.

On Monday, a group of engineers from Northrop Grumman and Motorola Mobility joined eighth-grade students and teachers in the classroom to talk about engineering and present students with a problem-solving project.

Students got a crash course in the career opportunities available for engineers on Tuesday as they attended talks by local professionals.

Not all engineers spend their days on mathematical equations, the professionals said. Students were clearly intrigued by the possibilities.

“Certain engineers design stuff and then they give their product design to another team of engineers who try to

Health Care REIT Inc. announced Wednesday the completion of the acquisition of the Sunrise Senior Living property portfolio, and the sale of the Sunrise management company.

The company’s investment in Sunrise properties is $3.4 billion, and that investment is expected to increase to $4.3 billion by July upon exercise of the company’s rights to acquire additional joint venture partner interests at fixed purchase prices.

Area Sunrise Senior Living locations are at 751 E. Terra Cotta Ave. in Crystal Lake, and 510 W. Northwest Hwy. in Barrington.

Immediately prior to the acquisition of the Sunrise property portfolio, an entity led by affiliates of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. LP and affiliates of Beecken Petty O’Keefe & Co. acquired the Sunrise management company for approximately $130 million, with Health Care REIT investing approximately $26 million for a 20 percent ownership interest.

The Sunrise management company will employ the existing employees of Sunrise Senior Living and operate under the “Sunrise” name and brand, according to George L. Chapman, chairman and CEO of Health Care REIT. The $4.3 billion investment is expected to include 120 wholly owned properties and five joint venture properties.

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Hannah Beardsley Middle School eighth-grader Ryan Kaufman works on making a pingpong ball catapult during “Discover Engineering Week” on Wednesday. break it,” said teacher Jennifer Drozt, a former Baxter Healthcare engineer.

“There’s whole groups of engineers whose job it is to break stuff. You get paid to break stuff.”

Drozt, a second-year teacher, told students she left the field after discovering her passion for teaching about engineering. She also gave students an easy-to-understand guide to plas-

tic molding using Play-Doh to define terms such as extrusion, injection modeling, and thermoforming.

Louis Vannatta of Crystal Lake, an engineer with Motorola Mobility, gave groups of students a box of cell phones and had them line the phones up in order of oldest to newest.

See ENGINEERS, page D2

CRYSTAL LAKE – The Friends of McHenry County College Foundation continues the MCC Educational Seminar Series at 6 p.m.

Jan. 17 with “Tax Update and Preparation” in the Scot Room (B178) at McHenry County College.

The guest presenters will be CPAs Mary Miller and John Verchota.

The next seminar in February will be “Planning Giving Options and Opportunities.”

The seminars are free and open to the public.

Walk-ins are welcome, but registration is strongly encouraged. To reserve a seat or to view the full schedule, visit www.mchenry.edu/ seminarseries.

For more information, call 815-455-8556.

Centegra introduces new Weight-Loss Institute NORTHWEST HERALD CRYSTAL LAKE – Centegra Health System has introduced the Centegra Weight-Loss Institute, a comprehensive weight-management service.

The institute features medically based services, including weightloss surgery, medical nutrition therapy, Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Centers, diabetes centers and wellness coaching.

A Centegra success story is Janis Hauptly of Volo, who has lost 111 pounds. She was on five different blood pressure and diabetes medications and is now down to one.

“Who would have ever thought exercise could be fun,” Hauptly said.

“But it really is.”

After her weight-loss surgery, Hauptly’s Centegra physician gave her a two-month WellBridge membership referral to join Centegra

Health Bridge Fitness Centers.

“My goal was to become healthier, not just lose weight,” Hauptly said. “Losing weight was a fortunate side effect. I was looking to control my diabetes, my high blood pressure and my high cholesterol,” she said. “Centegra has truly provided me every service I need to continue to be successful.”

The Centegra Weight-Loss Institute provides support at every stage of weight loss, whether you’re working toward a total body makeover or simply trying to live a healthier, more active life through diet and exercise.

The institute also offers bariatric weight-loss surgery options, including gastric bypass, LAP Band surgery and Realize Band surgery, diabetes treatment and education, and enhanced nutrition/diet programs.

For more information, call 877236-8347 or visit weighlesslivemore. org.

Janis Hauptly of Volo is a Centegra success story.

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Towns should review true impact of impact fees

Being in the commercial real estate business as long as I have, and being involved in the development process both as a broker and as a principal, I have had to deal with numerous municipalities on the matter of their impact fees. A layperson probably wouldn’t relate to the term “impact fees” so I thought I’d try to bring everyone up to speed on the subject.

Development impact fees have been born out of the notion that “growth should pay for itself.”

Certainly that is a noble objective. If a developer wants to build a project that’s going to require a new school to be built or a fire or police station or a new sewage treatment plant, as an individual taxpayer, I don’t want to have to pay for that. Growth has impact on the existing infrastructure of a municipality.

A definition of development impact fees is “a one-time charge

assessed to new development.” The objective of these charges is to raise revenue for the construction or expansion of capital facilities (like schools, fire stations, etc.) located outside the physical boundaries of the new development itself from which the new development in question will directly or indirectly benefit.

A lot of case law exists nationally on the efficacy of impact fees but suffice it to say there needs to be some rational correlation between the fee assessed and the actual cost of the incremental impact being generated. If you study impact fees from community to community, you will see a wide variation on this subject with some communities heavily buying into the notion or charging impact fees for everything from soup to nuts, and other communities not so hung up on the idea.

Because of my orientation to

The real estate side of the ‘fiscal cliff’

There are several key provisions within the recent “fiscal cliff” deal that we all need to keep in mind as property owners. Let’s take a quick look.

• Mortgage Cancellation Relief Act. This had been high on the horizon for real estate professionals as the Dec. 31, 2012, deadline of this act loomed. In short, the amount of debt being cancelled by a lender when a property owner “sold short” would have been considered taxable income without this act. The deadline has now been extended to Jan. 1, 2014. That is great news for a lot of Americans whose properties are still worth less than they owe.

• Deduction for mortgage insurance premiums. The deadline on this provision was extended through 2013 for tax filers earning below $110,000.

• Leasehold improvements.

Also extended through 2013, this allows for a 15-year straight-line cost recovery for certain commercial improvements and retroactively includes 2012.

• Energy efficiency tax credit. Qualified energy improvements on existing homes (up to $500) is extended through 2013 and retroactively includes 2012.

• Capital gains. Stays at a rate of 15 percent for those at the top rate of $400,000/$450,000 and 20 percent on any gains after that. The $250,000/$500,000 exclusions on the sale of a principal residence remains in place.

• Estate tax. The first $5 million in individual and $10 million for family estates

REAL ESTATE Jim Haisler are now exempted from the estate tax. The rate after that increased from 35 percent to 40 percent.

• Mortgage interest deduction. There was no change to the MID, thankfully.

Home ownership is a vital part of the American Dream. With so many losing their homes to foreclosure and short sale, it should be noted that surveys still show a strong desire by most Americans to own their own home.

Sixty-seven percent of American households are owner occupied and 80 to 90 percent of all federal income taxes are paid by homeowners.

Have you ever heard someone say their dream was to rent a home? Of course not.

According to the National Association of Realtors, the average homeowner’s wealth has ranged from 31 to 46 times that of the average renter.

Be sure to contact your tax adviser for specific details regarding your situation.

This information is provided solely as an reference and to start the discussion with your tax expert.

• Jim Haisler is CEO of Heartland Realtor Organization, a nonprofit trade organization providing products, services and education to the public and approximately 800 real estate professionals throughout northeastern Illinois. He can be reached at 815-459-0600.

Housing Affordability Index to set annual record for 2012 NORTHWEST HERALD

With 11 months of data reported, 2012 will go down as a record year for favorable housing affordability conditions, and a great year for buyers who could get a mortgage, according to the National Association of Realtors.

NAR’s national Housing Affordability Index stood at 198.2 in November, based on the relationship between median home price, median family income and average mortgage interest rate. The higher the index, the greater the household purchasing power; recordkeeping began in 1970.

An index of 100 is defined as the point where a medianincome household has exactly enough income to qualify for the purchase of a medianpriced existing single-family home, assuming a 20 percent down payment and 25 percent of gross income devoted to mortgage principal and interest payments. For firsttime buyers making small down payments, the affordability levels are relatively lower.

For all of 2012, NAR projects the housing affordability index to be a record high 194,

up from 186 in 2011, which was the previous record. November’s reading was 2.5 index points below October, but up 1.5 index points from a year earlier.

Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist, said home buyers are able to stay well within their means. “Although 2012 was highest on record, the excessively tight underwriting precluded many would-be homebuyers from lockingin generational low interest rates,” he said. “Rising home prices and a gradual uptrend in mortgage interest rates will offset improvements in family income, but 2013 likely will be the third best on record in terms of household buying power.”

NAR projects the housing affordability index to average 160 during 2013, which means on a national basis that a median-income family would have 160 percent of the income needed to purchase a medianpriced existing single-family home. Conditions vary widely, with the highest buying power in the Midwest. Even in the West, where the regional index is lower, the typical family is well positioned in most markets.

COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE Joe Billitteri talk about commercial real estate topics in this column, I think it is totally appropriate to point out that commercial developments and residential developments have different kinds of impacts in the real world. For example, commercial projects don’t create more kids in the schools like residential subdivisions or apartment complexes.

The same is true for parks and libraries. The amount of water and sewer usage for general offices and retail uses is very low compared to residential subdivisions. In spite of these differences, I have seen communities (which shall remain nameless) that think it is appropriate to charge commercial

developers certain impact fees even though their developments have zero impact on schools, parks and libraries.

I am not advocating eliminating all impact fees for commercial developments, just fair and reasonable fees that can be justified by common sense. Besides impact fees, developers are saddled with so-called “tap-on” fees to hook up to water and sewer as well as building permit fees which are often huge “soft costs” that factor into the feasibility of the project.

When a developer adds up the cost of impact fees, tap-on fees and building permit fees and compares those line items in the development budget from one community to another, he may conclude that it’s more cost effective to build the project somewhere else. If this is what a town wants to do (discourage commercial developments) that’s well

8CALENDAR Today, Jan. 10

• 7 a.m.: LeTip of Algonquin/ Lake in the Hills, Colonial Café, 2555 W. Bunker Hill Road, Algonquin. Information: Mark Sessa, 847-409-6383; www.letip.com.

• 7:30 to 8:30 a.m.: The Business Connection - McHenry meets at the Brunch Café in McHenry. Speaker will be Norm Roth with Roth Sales Enhancers, who will discuss “How to Maximize Using LinkedIn.” Guests must register by calling Don Reinboldt 815-219-1078.

• 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake Business Network, Algonquin Bank & Trust, 4049 West Algonquin Road, Algonquin.

Information: Laura Sinnaeve, 847-204-4899.

• 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake chamber’s Referral Exchange Network, Exemplar Financial Network, 413 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Information: Kevin Bruning, 815-455-3000.

• 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake chamber’s Business 2 Business Network, Benedict’s La Strata, 40 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake. Information: Mike Daniele, 815-356-2126.

• 7:45 a.m.: Power Partners of Cary Grove meets at Century 21/Sketchbook 20 Northwest Hwy., Cary. Call

and good. But by not at least being competitive with the surrounding towns that you are competing with for commercial projects, you are foregoing the benefits of potential sales tax revenue, jobs, increases to the real estate tax base, etc. that a given commercial development would generate.

I think it is fair to say that developer impact fees are here to stay. In and of itself, this is not a bad thing.

They have a purpose. When used sensibly and appropriately, they are justifiable and beneficial. But if a town desires commercial development, it needs to review the impact of their impact fees on the development process to make sure it is not giving out the wrong message.

• Joe Billitteri is a broker associate for Premier Commercial Realty.

Email joeb@profit-success.net.

8IN BRIEF Ryan Fain of The Mailroom, 815-353-8600.

• 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Cary Grove chamber Network Scramble, D’Andrea Banquets & Conference Center, 4419 Northwest Hwy., Crystal Lake; $35 includes lunch and networking with businesses throughout McHenry County.

Reservation forms available at www.carygrovechamber.com.

Tuesday, Jan. 15

• 7 a.m.: LeTip of Algonquiin/ Lake in the Hills, Colonial Café, 2555 W. Bunker Hill Road, Algonquin. Information: Mark Sessa, 847-409-6383; www. letip.com.

• 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake Business Network, Algonquin Bank & Trust, 4049 West Algonquin Road, Algonquin.

Information: Laura Sinnaeve, 847-204-4899.

• 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake chamber’s Referral Exchange Network, Exemplar Financial Network, 413 E. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. Information: Kevin Bruning, 815-455-3000.

• 7:30 a.m.: Crystal Lake chamber’s Business 2 Business Network, Benedict’s La Strata, 40 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake.

Morgan Stanley plans to cut 1,600 jobs NEW YORK – The investment bank Morgan Stanley plans to cut about 1,600 jobs, nearly 3 percent of its workforce, a person familiar with the bank said Wednesday. The cuts will focus on senior ranks at the bank.

About half of the cuts will be in the U.S. Morgan Stanley’s investment banking unit has been asked to cut about 6 percent of its staff. Back-office functions, including human resources and communications, also have been asked to cut staff.

Purina taking some jerky dog treats off market NEW YORK – Nestle Purina PetCare is taking Waggin’ Train and Canyon Creek Ranch brand dog treats off the market because the products may contain trace amounts of a poultry antibiotic that isn’t approved in the U.S. The chicken jerky products, which are made in China, may contain minute amounts of antibiotic residue, Purina said Wednesday. The antibiotic has been approved by Chinese and European Union regulators, but not in the U.S.

The treats are safe to feed to pets, Purina said. Still, they are being taken off the market in the U.S. until further notice.

The recall doesn’t cover other Purina products or Canyon Creek Ranch dog and cat foods.

Boeing defends 787 reliability following fire Boeing said Wednesday it has “extreme confidence” in its 787 Dreamliner even as federal investigators try to determine the cause of a fire that has prompted new worries about the plane.

The fire happened Monday in one of the plane’s lithium ion batteries. Mike Sinnett, Boeing’s chief engineer for 787, wouldn’t comment on that specific incident, but told reporters that the battery is designed to avoid overheating and the area around the battery is designed to withstand a fire.

But questions remain about the high-profile jet, which has a lot riding on it both for Boeing and its airline customers.

After a nearly three-year delay, Boeing has delivered 49 of the 787s so far, and has about 800 more on order.

– From wire services

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Continued from page D1 The newest smartphones, he said, were about 100,000 times more complex than the earliest hand-held cellular phones.

Vannatta, who holds more than 40 patents in the United States, contributed to most of the cell phones students sorted through on Tuesday.

He stressed the importance of education, including math, for future engineers.

“Engineers are problem solvers, we are curious, we have a bit of detective in us,” he said. “And we can think in the abstract.”

Students also heard from Harry Harman, a civil engineer at Baxter & Woodman in Crystal Lake. Harman has designed more than 80 water treatment plants in the last three decades, including the plants serving Crystal Lake, Cary, Fox River Grove, Lakewood, and Lakemoor.

Like others, Harman said he wanted to help future generations find a place in a growing industry with a looming shortage of professionals.

“Over the next decade there are going to be more engineering jobs than there are engineers,” he said.

Mike Littrell, president of Cideas Inc., a rapid-prototyping and 3D printing firm in Crystal Lake, displayed a host of plastic creations – from models of famous works of art to remote controlled cars and Hollywood props – that his company has designed for companies around the world.

A number of challenges designed to get students to think like engineers will round out the week-long program, said Mary Warren, the eighthgrade science teacher at Hannah Beardsley Middle School

Josh Peckler – jpeckler@shawmedia.com

Hannah Beardsley Middle School eighth-grader Taylor Baker prepares to test a parachute containing pennies during “Discover Engineering Week.” who spearheaded the effort.

Students will have to tackle a series of small-scale engineering problems such as building a machine that can kick a ball, a wind-powered device that can lift a load, and a bridge, among others.

In addition to professional engineers, students will get information from Community High School District 155 teachers about Project Lead the Way, a national program intended to get high school students to take engineering courses for college credit.

The larger high school district, which draws students from Districts 3, 26, 46 and 47, has seen a 28 percent increase in enrollment in Project Lead the Way courses over the last three years, Warren said.

“We’ve tried to improve the program every year,” Warren said. “[The goal] is to inspire kids to enroll in pre-engineering courses.

That’s where the jobs are.”

Josh Peckler – jpeckler@shawmedia.com

Hannah Beardsley Middle School eighth-grader Jason Janiga works on his invention.

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Small business mixed on cliff compromise

By JOYCE M. ROSENBERG AP Business Writer

NEW YORK – Congress stopped the country from going over the socalled “fiscal cliff” — and that’s great news for some small business owners.

But with a deal that doesn’t immediately address federal budget cuts, for many, the uncertainty drags on.

The compromise bill that passed the House last week raises taxes on couples earnings $450,000 or more and individuals earning at least $400,000. That affects small company owners who report their companies’ income on their personal 1040 returns. Democrats and small business lobbying groups had estimated that just 5 percent of owners would have paid higher taxes under President Obama’s proposal to raise rates on couples earning $250,000 or more, and individuals earning at least $200,000. The number of owners who will pay higher taxes now is likely to be even less than those estimates.

“That will help out tremendously,” says Nate Nelson, who owns a medical testing company, Frontera Strategies, based in Dallas. He sets aside money to pay his taxes, and the higher threshold means he may have more cash available to make

two hires and $80,000 in equipment purchases he’s been putting off.

“It will help us loosen the belt a little,” Nelson says.

The bill avoids widespread tax increases, but it delays deciding on for two months about spending cuts that could be deep. Companies that benefit from government contracts – whether they work directly for the government or do business with companies that contract with the government – still don’t know how they might be affected by cuts in defense and other federal programs.

Without the cliff compromise, the Pentagon and numerous federal agencies would have been subject to billions in budget cuts as early as this month. Cuts are still expected but it’s unclear where, or how much, they will be.

Kaney Aerospace, an engineering services company in Rockford, does business with federal contractors. If the government cuts their business, owner Jeff Kaney expects his company to be affected. He’s not sure yet what the impact will be on his business.

Nelson shares some of Kaney’s concern. He’s worried that the budget debate could result in a reduction in Medicare reimbursements

on the medical tests he provides. “It could have a detrimental effect on our business,” he says.

The unknowns will lead owners to keep running their businesses conservatively, says Dennis Ceru, an adjunct professor of entrepreneurship at Babson College in Wellesley, Mass.

“The concern I see is expressed in the form of not signing longer-term leases, looking to defer expensive equipment expenditures, looking to defer hiring and using seasonal and part-time workers instead of fulltime ones,” he says.

Compounding owners’ concerns are the weakness in the economy and the government’s inability to come up with solutions to its budget problems, says Scott Meadow, a professor of entrepreneurship at the University of Chicago’s Booth School of Business.

“All of those things are kind of the foundation of this anxiety that’s out there – when is the sword going to fall, what is the effect going to be,” he says. “It’s that anxiety that causes (a small business owner) to slow down.”

That means 2013 is likely to look a lot like 2012 for small businesses, says Kathleen Allen, a professor of entrepreneurship at the University

of Southern California Marshall School of Business.

“I don’t think that this kind of uncertainty and volatility is going to change anytime soon,” she says.

Some other important issues for small businesses related to the fiscal cliff deal: Business tax breaks survive: Owners contemplating equipment purchases got some help. The bill maintains what’s known as the Section 179 deduction, which allows small businesses to deduct rather than depreciate the cost of many types of equipment, at $500,000 for 2013. It was scheduled to fall to $25,000.

Also extended for another year is what’s known as bonus depreciation.

That allows businesses to deduct 50 percent of the cost of equipment or real estate. It gives them a quicker tax break than the tax code’s standard depreciation schedules, which require that the cost of property be depreciated over the course of a few years or decades, depending on the type of property.

The continuation of these deductions means Traxler Tees can buy more equipment and hire three fulltime staffers, says Zachary Traxler, owner of the Columbus, Ohio-based company that makes custom-printed

T-shirts.

“That’s going to allow us to do a major expansion,” Traxler says. He wants to branch out into business cards and other products. The tax savings he expects from the bill will help fund that growth.

Payroll taxes will hurt spending, but jobless benefit-extension could help: The end to the 2-percentagepoint cut in the Social Security payroll tax is worrisome for many owners. The payroll tax cut, first enacted two years to encourage people to spend, will be allowed to lapse.

A worker earning $50,000, for example, will now have $1,000 less in take-home pay. Workers will start feeling the pinch as soon as the first paychecks of 2013 are issued. Many people will respond by cutting back on discretionary spending and that’s bound to hurt many small businesses.

“Think about the person who runs the local sandwich shop, the coffee shop, the local business person ... they’ll feel it more,” says Ceru, the adjunct professor at Babson.

On the flipside, the bill extends long-term jobless benefits, keeping money in the pockets of many people who are actively seeking work for another year.

Car sharing has its pros and cons

By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP AP Travel Industry Writer

NEW YORK – The ability to access a car quickly and give it back after a few hours is exploding in popularity among both college students and city dwellers.

Zipcar created the carsharing concept in 2000. By the end of the decade car-sharing had caught the attention of the two largest U.S. car rental companies as Enterprise and Hertz started competing services. And last week, Avis, the nation’s No. 3 car rental company, jumped into by offering nearly $500 million to buy Zipcar.

While car-sharing is a popular alternative for those who rely on public transit or live on walking-friendly college campuses, it’s not feasible in less-populated areas. Traditional car rental companies still dominate at airports, catering to travelers who need a car while they’re on business or visiting family away from home.

Here’s a look at how Zipcar works, for whom it works best and what it can cost.

HOW IT WORKS

Zipcar says it caters to a younger, more tech-savvy customer who wants a simplified car-borrowing experience.

Car-sharing is far quicker than a traditional rental, where you’ll go to a counter and stand in line to wait for a car. And Zipcar has a fleet of small trucks that are also useful for local moves.

With Zipcar and its carsharing brethren, customers leave a car in a city parking lot, garage or in an assigned parking space on a college campus. “Zipsters,” as Zipcar calls its customers, then find the car with the name tag that matches their reservation.

Viewing the make and model on the company’s smartphone app allows for easier spotting.

The car is locked and unlocked with a membership “Zipcard.” The keys are stashed under the dash.

Zipcars aren’t often checked for cleanliness or gas in between renters (they ask

that you keep a quarter-tank at all times.) That can be a downside compared with standard car rentals.

Zipcar customers fuel up using a gas card that’s stored in each car. With a traditional rental, customers fill up as if it’s their own car and are expected to return the car full or face a hefty per-gallon charge.

Car-sharers can extend their rental on the mobile app or by signing up for text alerts, as long as another member hasn’t reserved the car already.

To return the car, bring it back to a marked parking space and swipe the Zipcard on the windshield. That stops your rental clock and tells the company that you returned the car on time.

WHAT IT COSTS

To join Zipcar, members pay a $25 application fee and $50 a year. Rates run from $7.50 an hour and include gas, insurance and any mileage racked up beyond 180 miles a day. By comparison, Hertz on Demand Standard car rental prices vary widely but generally range between $50 and $100 per day in big cities.

PROS AND CONS

You’re generally not charged for mileage if you’re renting from Hertz or Avis.

“Zipsters” have to pay for any trip longer than 180 miles. For a long weekend trip, a Zipcar might not be your best bet, especially if you’re driving a great distance.

You only have to be 21 to rent a Zipcar, or 18 if you’re renting it from a university campus and have a clean driving record. Most renters have to be 25 to rent through a traditional rental car company.

Sometimes, younger drivers can rent for an extra per-day fee.

Once you go beyond 24 hours, car-sharing is generally more expensive than a standard rental.

Zipcar is far larger than competitors Hertz and Enterprise, but you can link your rewards memberships through those companies and earn points for future rentals.

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Jim Wegner, owner of Wegner Auto Company, stands in his Pierre showroom. Wegner Auto is the oldest car dealership in South Dakota.

S.D.’s oldest car dealership celebrates 105th year

By DAVID ROOKHUYZEN Capital Journal

PIERRE, S.D. – The owner of a newfangled horseless carriage in the early 20th century wouldn’t recognize much about the cars now on the road. But he would still recognize the name of the family in Pierre to see for all things automotive — Wegner.

Wegner Auto Company, the oldest car dealership in the state, may have changed with the times, but it’s still the same business a mill operator from Nebraska founded more than a century ago.

Henry Wegner traveled up the Missouri River in the early 1900s to see the newly established permanent state capital of Pierre, eventually becoming enamored with the area.

In 1907 he seized on a business opportunity and founded a livery next to where a new hotel, the St. Charles, was slated to be built. Once the hotel was up and running, Wegner fixed vehicles and provided a covered area for patrons to keep the openair wagons and horseless carriages of the time safe from the elements.

His fledgling business grew and Wegner began driving vehicles to Pierre from Minneapolis or Omaha for various distributors in order to sell them. From that sprung the Wegner dealership that would employ the next three generations of his family.

Henry’s great-grandson, Jim Wegner, said the company has survived as long as it has because it has diversified and expanded to the meet the various challenges of the last century.

A log book from the 1940s sitting in the dealership’s lounge gives a dramatic example. It records five Oldsmobile purchases in 1942 and then a dearth of sales for the next two and a half years as World War II disrupted automobile production by diverting steel, rubber and other goods to the war effort. The company survived by focusing on repair work and keeping the cars on the streets running, Wegner said.

The dealership has also sold tires for 80 out of its 105 years of operation, he said. In the late 1940s it branched out into the farm implement and equipment industries. The

dealership sold Allis-Chalmers single round balers, which would bring in more money than any car in that era.

In 1972, seeking more space, the company moved from its original location to its current spot on Sioux Avenue. Once there, the business began slowly buying out surrounding buildings to continue expanding.

Wegner said the company has grown beyond being just a car dealer. It’s now a “transportation consultant,” whose various departments – parts, service, body shop, collision center – support a customer as long as they own a vehicle.

“Every transportation need you have we’ve got here, anything you want we’ve got here,” he said.

And although he’s the fourth generation to run the dealership, Wegner said that wasn’t planned by either he or his family. After college he came back to help in the parts department while the business was moving to its new facility, and wound up staying for 40 years simply because he enjoyed it.

“They didn’t say ‘We want

you to come back’ or ‘You got to come back.’ There’s never been any pressure to do anything like that,” he said His sister, Jenny WegnerBoocock, followed the same path, eventually coming back to Pierre after several years of working in the Black Hills.

Her son, Bryan, also now works for the dealership.

Even outside of the family the company benefits from a long continuity of leadership, Wegner said.

“We got employees that have been here 30-plus years,” he said. “I look back on it and its amazing. The parts manager has been here 35 years, our new car manager has been here 25 years; our usedcar manager has been here 26 years. Our body shop manager has been here for 36 years; our service manager has been here for 40 years.”

Additionally some of the sales staff has worked for the dealership more than 25 years. One has been selling cars in Pierre for 50 years, he said.

Looking to the future, Wegner said the company is going to stay right where it is, but has plans in the works to remodel.

Surviving one music revolution after another, vinyl records keep spinning

By BRIAN EASON The Clarion-Ledger

JACKSON, Miss. – Cassettes are dead. CDs are dying. Eight-tracks were barely ever alive.

But through one music revolution after another, vinyl records have continued spinning, and the medium is finding a resurgence among young and older listeners alike.

“I think it’s just kind of rebelling against the digital music – and the ready-availability of music,” said Drew McKercher, owner of Morning-

bell Records & Studios in Jackson.

His store sold out of record players days before Christmas, mirroring strong sales trends nationwide.

Even as sales of CDs plummet – down 14.4 percent through the first nine months of 2012 – and sales of digital music rise – up 15.3 percent – vinyl has found its own niche in a consumer market that has been spurning physical media in virtually all other forms.

Vinyl record sales rose 16.3 percent through the first three quarters of 2012, putting it on pace for a seventh straight year of growing sales.

For perspective, 2011 saw 3.5 million vinyl records sold, compared to just 857,000 in 2005, according to Nielsen SoundScan, which tracks music sales. CDs were still the top medium at 129.7 million albums sold, but digital sales, at 85.5 million in 2011, are catching up fast.

The reasons for the vinyl crescendo? That varies by consumer.

Audiophiles, the industry’s term for those who care deeply about audio quality, have long maintained that vinyl offers music in its purest form.

Others may argue in favor of CDs, but

with the advent of compressed mp3s, audiophiles are turning back to vinyl for a purer listening experience.

An average music listener may not detect much of a quality difference – particularly when they listen to most of their music on tiny computer speakers or through earbuds.

The difference in quality is real; your typical mp3 file is a fraction of the size of the same file on CD, and to the well-tuned ear, nuance can be lost in the compression.

Vinyl is also stylish among certain sets of young music fans – hipsters,

certainly, and non-hipsters who share many of the same interests. For many in this group – some of whom kind of always wanted to be John Cusack’s character in “High Fidelity,” or to work at Empire Records – vinyl is just cool, in the way that retro things often become trendy to future generations.

Others like to collect it; vinyl albums offer bigger cover artwork and booklets with song lyrics and photos, and new records usually come with a free digital download of the album, so they can still listen to their music on the go.

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Urban sawmill

‘Wood From the Hood’ recycles trees

By BOB SHAW

St. Paul Pioneer Press

MINNEAPOLIS – If a tree has an afterlife, Cindy Siewert can find it.

She owns Wood From the Hood, a business that recycles trees into furniture, walls and flooring. It’s a way for the owners of a beloved tree to make it part of their lives — recycling memories and wood at the same time.

She won’t touch a tree that’s been unnecessarily sawed down. “We only take fallen trees from disease, construction or storm damage,” Siewert said in her Wood From the Hood showroom in the Seward neighborhood of South Minneapolis.

The business began after she and her husband, Rick Siewert, were faced with an ash tree growing into the foundation of their home. At the same time, they needed new kitchen flooring.

Instead of importing wood from, say, China or Brazil, thought Siewert, why not use the wood that was only a few feet away?

The idea kept coming up.

In a later conversation, the owner of a tree service confessed he felt guilty about trucking local trees away like garbage.

“He said, ‘We really have

to do something. We are just hauling these to the dump,’ “ recalled Rick Siewert.

Cindy Siewert started Wood From the Hood in 2008, sharing a site with her husband’s cabinet-making business.

But she faced an immediate problem.

When people live close to trees, they can’t seem to resist pounding in nails — for ladder steps, hammock holders, light hangers.

Siewert’s collection of metal found in trees includes an arrowhead, screws and a 14inch lag bolt.

In sawmills, even a small nail can ruin a standard $1,000 circular blade. That’s why most lumber comes from trees grown in vast corporate forests and urban trees end up in landfills.

But Siewert found a solution. Her workers saw the logs in a portable sawmill with a lightweight band-saw blade.

If it hits a nail, the new blade is a snap to replace — for only $30.

The sawmill-on-a-trailer can handle an 8-foot log 2 feet in diameter, sawing it into planks.

Siewert’s first big job was the visitors center at the new Silverwood Park in St. Anthony. The park had removed 80 oak trees, and Wood From

the Hood recycled them into counters and furniture.

Acting as a mortician for dead trees, Siewert quickly learned that she benefited from tree diseases.

The recent outbreak of emerald ash borer has meant more ash for her to work with, just as Dutch elm disease triggers a glut of elm.

When insects recently forced the destruction of 200 trees at the Fort Snelling Golf Club, Siewert took 33 of the biggest ones and turned them into various products. She has found a market in builders seeking LEED certification, a kind of seal of approval for “green” construction methods.

As Siewert started a recent tour of her shop, she stepped into a vast clattering factory where ear-plugged workers scurried among the machines.

A router whined loudly as workers pushed elm pieces into it, to make seats for a swing-set company. Stacks of red cedar from Chaska were waiting to be transformed into cribbage boards.

Piles of wood were colorcoded, to reveal their origins.

Rick Siewert pointed out some turquoise-tipped planks, from ash trees removed when a memorial was installed at the state Capitol. Yellow-

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Craftsman Andy Tatham, of West St. Paul, Minn., lays a seam of epoxy in a gap of an American elm bench table at Wood From the Hood in Minneapolis. tagged logs were from a local church.

Most of Wood From the Hood’s customers feel a connection to their trees.

When the people at Macalester College in St. Paul wanted to remember a silver maple that had died, Cindy Siewert

turned it into a decorative wall in a conference room.

When an ash tree fell on the St. Paul campus of Hamline University, it was reborn as a display to honor donors.

Siewert gets calls from homeowners who want to preserve memories.

A Minneapolis attorney was saddened when a favorite oak fell in his yard, so he had it made into a conference table for his office.

One woman wanted to sleep with her fallen black walnut tree – so she had Siewert turn it into a bed headboard.

Church-based coffeehouse supports counseling work

By RYAN TRARES Associated Press

GREENWOOD, Ind. –The evening rush had hit Coffeehouse Five, bringing a line of people to wait for their smoothies and coffee.

In tables and overstuffed chairs throughout the small space, they sipped on cappuccinos and lattes. Soft brown tones and low light create a welcoming atmosphere.

Christmas music redone by contemporary artists played.

The scene could have come out of any Starbucks. But for every cup of coffee or chai tea they took, the patrons were helping the mission work of a Johnson County church.

While Coffeehouse Five has the look and feel of a neighborhood café, it’s actually the engine that helps support local counseling efforts.

The model is an example of area churches diversifying their fundraising efforts. By starting coffee shops, cafés and restaurants in their buildings, they can make money to help pay for addiction therapy to disaster relief to clean-water projects in Africa.

“We don’t look like a church or sound like a church. But we are. Our goal is to serve the community, and our goal is to build disciples of Christ through stronger marriages,” Brian Peters, pastor and director of Coffeehouse Five. “This is the way we’re doing it.”

The church lobby coffeehouse has become a tool to help further the causes that congregations find important.

A sense of community is one of the primary draws to streetcorner cafés, and churches offer that already built in.

By building on that atmosphere, congregations can appeal to a new demographic and bring new people into the church, all while aiding their mission work.

“It’s welcoming and inviting. They can sit down and talk with their friends, then have a cup of coffee and take it into the service,” said Kathy Stahlhut, who oversees the café. “It promotes relationships and getting to know each other better.”

When the leaders at Greenwood Christian Church were remodeling their facility, one of the priorities was providing a place where the congregation could meet before and after services.

They designed a wide-open commons area to solve that issue. Inside, they created a

Pastor Brian Peters stands behind the counter of Coffeehouse Five at the Greenwood Christian Church in Greenwood, Ind. coffee bar complete with highstanding tables, a counter where people can take advantage of free wireless Internet and a lounge where people can meet.

With a fancy new space, church leaders thought the café could be more than just a place to serve coffee and doughnuts after worship.

They envisioned opening it up to the public, said David Strange, executive minister at Greenwood Christian Church.

“Every weekend, there’s a line, and there’s always good traffic during the week as well,” Strange said. “When we first started, we wondered how it would work, but it didn’t take long to catch on.”

The café is open in the mornings for three hours, and before and after worship services. People can order anything from hot chocolate to cinnamon rolls to specialty mochas.

Profits from the café go to the church’s evangelism ministry throughout the year.

Greenwood Christian Church supports church training in Mexico, medical services in Ghana and school construction in Papua New Guinea.

The church has many fundraising drives to help pay for those missions. Much of the profit generated by the World Harvest Café goes to emergency services and special projects.

“If something happens, like a disaster, or if a project comes up that they didn’t expect, that’s what they can use that money for,” Strange said.

Coffeehouse Five has taken that concept a step further. Instead of the café being within a church building, the coffee shop is the church itself.

Working with the leadership at Community Church of Greenwood, Peters started

his own ministry, One Hope Church. Coffeehouse Five is the home base of One Hope Church. The sole reason for its existence is to strengthen the community through counseling.

Coffeehouse Five helps fund the church’s work, which is to provide free and accessible marriage counseling. Peters and others in the church meet with couples before they get married, mentor couples struggling in their marriage and provide help for people addicted to drugs or alcohol.

Peters had been on the staff as a pastor at Community Church of Greenwood for 10 years before he came up with the idea to start Coffeehouse Five. While at the church, he found himself doing an increasing amount of marriage counseling. He also helped with more and more people struggling with drug and alcohol addiction.

Part of his struggle was with the role of the church in a community.

“The local church, instead of existing to meet its own needs, it should exist to meet the needs of a community and to serve,” Peters said.

The overwhelming challenge he saw in the Johnson County community was how to assist children and help them succeed. Problems such as abuse, neglect, poverty and poor education threatened the next generation.

Many agencies address those issues, so Peters looked for a more unique solution.

He focused on the increasing number of divorces as a root cause of all of the issues facing kids. Research has shown that children with divorced parents are more likely to live in poverty and to suffer abuse.

At the same time, they are less likely to go to college.

“With the work I was al-

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Coffeehouse Five employee Amanda Peters serves up coffee and smoothies to visitors at the Greenwood Christian Church in Greenwood, Ind. ready doing with marriage counseling, we said that we wanted to strengthen the community. We thought we could do that by addressing needs of children by targeting divorce,” Peters said.

They also wanted to create an environment that was welcoming for counseling.

Too often, the places where marriage therapy or drug and alcohol counseling is done is either too sterile or undignified. That turns people off, Peters said.

“We want people to feel good, to relax, to be comfortable. Then we want to provide them with help,” Peters said.

Peters and his family are deeply rooted in the culture of the coffee shop — the

earthy smells of the beans, the warmth of community that meets in the same place daily, the friendliness of the barista who knows your name and order.

His daughter had worked in the coffee business, so she helped put together equipment purchasing and training.

The coffeehouse is in the Gathering Place, Community Church of Greenwood’s recreation center. Worship services for those that are being counseled are conducted on Sundays in the coffee shop. The coffee shop conducted a music series during the summer and is open to more events in the future.

So far, the response has

been positive since Coffeehouse Five opened almost two years ago. But people have been slow to grasp the idea of a coffee shop church.

“It’s such a different concept. People wrestle with the fact that we don’t look like a church,” Peters said. “And it’s hard when people can go through the drive-through at Starbucks.”

The goal in the near future is to move to a more accessible location, possibly in a storefront or shopping center in Greenwood.

“Our goal is to be a freeservice, free-standing coffee shop,” Peters said. “People get the idea. They think it’s a good concept, but it’s taken a while for them to grasp it.”

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He pours his soul into custom footwear

By NONA TEPPER Journal Star

PEORIA – Justin Fenwick’s story begins with a pair of decorated sneakers, size 10.5 and for sale from the back of his trunk.

His car was parked at the 1900 block of Knoxville Avenue, at a gas station at night, because when you’re selling to a crowd “you wouldn’t bring over to mom and pop’s house,” he said, you don’t want them knowing where you live.

“If you’re from the (1980s) and up you understand,” he said.

F e n w i c k o p e r a t e s u nder the professional name Donk’e Punch, and is the self-described Andy Warhol of shoes. The 36-year-old customizes shoes, specifically Nike Air Force 1s, and adds Swarovski crystals, removes logos and retools the kicks to meet any image of his mind’s eye.

“It just comes in your head,” he said. “You picture it in your mind, and try and meet that picture.”

Celebrities such as Kanye West, rapper Consequence and boxer Floyd Mayweather have commissioned the East Peoria man to customize shoes for them, with prices ranging between $200 and $1,500, depending on design.

“Some people settle for just average,” he said. “I like to go above average.”

Justin Fenwick works on a new shoe design.

Fenwick began customizing shoes in 2004, frustrated by the lack of sneaker variety Peoria had to offer. One weekend a friend caught him wearing a custom pair of Nikes at Northwoods Mall and, after admitting his craftsmanship, orders for specialized shoes by Donk’e Punch started coming in.

For the next two and half years, Fenwick worked solely on his shoes, living off the income of customers’ requests.

Learning to sew and remove a shoe’s tongue took hours, he said, but slowly Donk’e Punch refined it to an art form.

“The sneakers are just my canvas,” he said. “It’d be no different if I was painting a painting, the difference is it’s a sneaker and it’s wearable art.”

Today, Fenwick estimates he has customized about 700 pairs of shoes, with themes including Russia, a colorful “Party Rock” shoe and yellow shoes made for Fenwick’s daisy-themed wedding.

Inspiration comes from anywhere, he said. The only thing he avoids is doing what’s been done.

“I don’t model myself after anybody,” he said. “I try to, if anything, live up to my artist name.”

Although Fenwick is from Peoria, he said Donk’e Punch is a line more widely recognized in New York City and Chicago. In 2007 he traveled to Los Angeles to expand his brand.

W h i l e t h e r e , h e s p o tted a storefront advertising customized shoes and, curious, Fenwick walked in and

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Justin Fenwick, who goes by the artist name Donk’e Punch, works on a new shoe he’s designing at his home. Fenwick, a custom shoe artist since 2004, works off of Nike shoes to create his own designs. flipped through the artist’s catalog. He recognized four years of hard work scattered between the pages.

“I’m from Peoria, Ill., and you go all the way out to L.A. and L.A.’s huge – and you just so happen to run into that?” he said. “I think in a funny way God’s trying to tell you something.”

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Fenwick said he knew he must be do-

ing something right. The 36-year-old kept working, customizing and listening to motivational speeches by Arnold Schwarzenegger to stay positive.

“I’m not trying to be the Tom Cruise of custom shoes,” he said. “I don’t care if people see me out. I just want my work to get the limelight.”

This September, he began talks with a Las Vegas casino to design a line of casino-

themed shoes.

By summer, Fenwick will have Lace Nation, his first full line of custom shoes, featured at a gallery show.

Ultimately, he’d like to design a pair of shoes for Nike.

“I’m not out here searching for what am I good at, what am I talented at,” he said. “To me, I’ve found that, and I’m just trying to build on that as I go.”

Pottery business expands into husband’s office building

By DENNIS BARTLOW Commercial-News

DANVILLE – Marie and Jon McCarty have a unique business arrangement that has expanded to Danville.

Jon is an attorney who moved from Chicago to Covington, Ind., where he opened a law practice. He later opened an office on Gilbert Street in Danville, his hometown.

Marie opened Potter’s Alley in the back part of Jon’s office in Covington three years ago.

Many of Marie’s customers were from Danville who were thrilled when she decided to expand into her husband’s office building in Danville.

She has taken the front part of the building, while her husband maintains space in the back for law clients.

Marie admits the arrangement is unique.

“They are two different businesses,” she said. “It is like a mom and pop operation, but we are different. We fit together. It is our space.”

Potter’s Alley is unique.

“It is experiences with a good memory,” Marie said. “You come in and create something. You create it

yourself.”

She features Bisquewear, a type of ceramic in her pottery and ceramic studio. Customers pick out a piece, paint it and design it.

“You can spend a couple hours or come in several times to work on it,” she said.

“There is something about ceramics.”

This is not a made-to-buy store. Customers create their own designs.

“You can walk in during the hours we are open,” Marie said. “We will walk you through the steps.”

Party time is the big thing.

Children’s groups, mom’s groups and church women all have used the shop as groups.

Parents find it is a blessing for children especially during the cold months, Marie said.

Recently a woman brought her grandchild who put her handprint on a dish that was glazed as Christmas gift.

“There is nothing like this,” said Marie, a native of Hoopeston. It is especially popular during the winter months.

Deb Duncan said the idea started at the former art gallery that she ran on the east

side of the square in Covington, where Marie came in and taught classes.

“It started at the art gallery and we had the idea to expand it,” Duncan said. She and McCarty opened Potter’s Alley in Covington, but McCarty bought her out after a year.

“She is enormously talented,” Duncan said. “She is so energetic, and Jon is supportive and pushes her.”

Duncan said so many ages can participate.

“There are so many things kids can do,” Duncan said. “It is a great place for families.

Ladies like to get together for a ladies’ night out.”

Marie plans to be in the Covington store most of the time. She has hired a college student to run the Danville store, but she expects to be there a couple of days a week.

She has been working on getting the new studio ready since August. She said the holiday time was a good time to open. She is planning a grand opening this month.

“Art was my passion,” Marie said. “I took it three times a day in high school.”

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Potter’s Alley pottery shop owner Marie McCarty poses at her new studio. The shop offers unfinished ceramic ware for customers to decorate. The pieces then are fired in a kiln to make the decorations permanent.

She is a graduate of Hoopeston-East Lynn High School and the University of Illinois.

She is a part-time art teacher at Covington Christian

School.

“I have had classes in Covington during the summer,” she said. “It gives me a chance to teach again.”

McCarty loves her work.

“There is nothing like this,” she said. “Every day is different. You make it your own.”

McHenry County Business Community You’re invited to the inaugural Algonquin/Lake in the Hills Chamber of Commerce B2B Tradeshow!

Wednesday, January 30, 2013 2 pm — 6 pm

Golf Club of Illinois, Algonquin Meet fellow area businesses, organizations and professionals and explore a wide selection of offerings in this high-energy networking atmosphere. Many local businesses will be sharing information about their products and services.You’ll have the opportunity to see how they thrive in the community, and partner with them to build your own business.This is your chance to visit a variety of businesses all under one roof!

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The Reserve attracts two custom builders Jerry Kuyper ST. CHARLES - Meritus Homes has begun selling 17 home sites at The Reserve, a single-family housing community just west of Route 31 and the Fox River. Another builder, John Hall Homes, has been active in sales since 2009 at the upscale subdivision of custom housing, which is contiguous with the completed River’s Edge neighborhood.

The subdivision is between Red Gate and Silver Glen roads and across the street from open

space and a dog park. Construction is underway on a nearby bridge connecting west to east connections to St. Charles and to Schaumburg via Route 25 and Army Trail Road. St. Charles North High School is a half mile from the subdivision.

Meritus began sales in December. Plans are to have a two-story, four-bedroom Dunberry design built by May, which can serve as a sales model for the Deerfield-based development company.

Besides the Dunberry, there are six other floor plans. They range in size from 2,600 to 3,800 square feet. The plans include attached two- or three-car garages, four to five bedrooms,

two-and-a-half- to thee-and-ahalf baths. Basements will be full, not partial. Because of the terrain, several lots will allow for a walk-out basement.

Floor plans can be customized, Meritus president Brian Brunhofer said. “We understand that desire for personalization and so we will work with our buyers to include their specific requests in our designs,” he noted. Island kitchens with granite countertops and 42-inch cabinets, stainless steel appliances, hardwood floors, sodded and landscaped sites will be included in the pricing that begins at $459,900.

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The Dunberry model from Meritus Homes will be available for sale at The Reserve subdivision in St. Charles.

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John Hall Homes is active in building custom homes at The Reserve subdivision in St. Charles.

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Continued from page F1 A sales office is open 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily at 745 Reserve Drive. For information, call (847) 609 9777 or visit [ http://www.meritushomebuilders.com/ ]www.MeritusHomeBuilders.com.

When completed, The Reserve will have 133 single-family homes on 135 acres. So far, 33 have been built in Phase I, which consists of 45 building lots. Phase II consists of 88 lots slated for market in 2013.

John Hall Homes has been selling custom homes for several years in the subdivision. A 3,600 square-foot custom house can cost $549,000.

“Our homes have sold steadily from $500,000 to $850,000,” company president John Hall Jr. said.

“We offer complete packages with house, lot (half-acre) and landsdcaping from $479,000 to more than $900,000. Our current portfolio of homes completed in The Reserve range from $525,000 to $825,000.”

For information call 630-377 1515, visit www.johnhallhomes. com or email johnjr@johnhallhomes.com.

Hall’s company has notched at least a dozen sales in the past few years at The Reserve.

“Here is the story on The Reserve,” Hall said. “Things were really in a bad free-for-all when Janco Group (Chicago real estate investment company) bought out Ryland Homes in 2009. They were looking for ways to inspire people to start building again and one of the things they did is hire us to build a spec house (build at your expense and hope a customer comes along quickly to buy it) when nobody else was doing it.

They put their guts and reputation on the line but they wanted to prove that neighborhoods in the Fox River Valley, such as The Reserve, were the best deals around.

They wanted one of our classic designs and that is what we built.”

And today Hall continues to build and sell spec as well as clientfinanced housing.

Gary Janko is senior managing director, principal and founder of Janko Group. His career spans 37 years in the acquisition, development and financing of real estate.

The real estate portfolio exceeds $250 million.

Founded in 1969, John Hall Homes has been building homes for 43 years. Shoppers can visit 2020 Dean St. (suite A) in St. Charles. From Interstate 90, take Randall Road south to Dean Street, left on Dean 50 feet to a parking lot on the left.

When the new-home building industry hit a low ebb in 2008, the

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Custom kitchens in John Hall Homes single-family houses at The Reserve include hardwood floors, granite countertops, a center island, stainless-steel built-in appliances and upper and lower cabinetry. owners of John Hall Homes considered going out of business. “We had only two houses going in 2008.

In a normal year, we like to see nine to 11 or more going up,” John Hall Jr. said in a 2010 interview. “It was dreadful.”

The family gathered during the 2008 Christmas season with their subcontractors to discuss survival.

The family included marketing manager Hall, his brother, site manager Joshua and their sister, interior decorator Jessica Jungman-Hall.

“We sat down with our subcontractors and discussed the challenges in the market. We also talked about opportunities but to succeed we had to change the way we did business. We had to maintain the quality and value we offered to our clients, but we had to trim our operating margins and profits,” Hall Jr. said.

More than 90 percent of the subcontractors agreed to new terms and the rest is a story of sales success.

This is the second foray into St. Charles for Meritus Homes.

Last August the company opened Remington Glen, a town house development on a foreclosed piece of property near Peck Road and

Route 64.

Meritus acquired the remaining opportunities to build in the Remington Glen property after the original developer (Remington Glen LLC) defaulted on the project, which entered foreclosure in 2010. “I think everyone in the area is excited to know an established builder like Meritus Homes is coming into the area and taking control of the property to finish it the right way,” Brunhofer said six months ago.

Prior to 2010, the original developer promised to repair streets, sidewalks and sewers. The year 2010 came and went with no activity so the city took charge.

In early 2011, St. Charles claimed $115,000 from a line of credit from MB Financial to cover the cost to complete public roads, sidewalks and storm sewers.

The Brunhofers then came on the scene. By early July, the property was bought in a short sale from the original developers.

Meritus plans to build 33 maintenance-free town houses measuring 1,645 to 2,020 square feet with two to three bedrooms, 2 baths, an attached two-car garage and a first-floor master or loft, per plan.

Prices begin in the upper $100,000s.

Approximately two-thirds of Remington Glen’s original 100 home sites had been sold before Meritus took ownership of the property, which means new town house buyers will be moving into an already established community.

“These are great plans in a great location and now that the real estate market is picking up pace again, buyers can feel confident they’re getting a tremendous value as we’ll be offering these homes for $100,000s less than they were priced a few years ago,” Brunhofer continued. “It makes these townhomes an option for buyers who may previously have found St. Charles to be outside their budget.

This is an amazing opportunity in a very sought-after suburb, offering all the hallmarks of the Meritus Homes community … a convenient location, area amenities and an attractive neighborhood.”

There will be home owner association fees and they are $176 per month.

Fees cover exterior maintenance of the building, common area insurance, snow removal and landscape improvements.

Meritus also offers single-family housing at Creekside at Inverness Ridge and Ravenna of Long Grove.

With a handful of houses left to be sold, Meritus sees its days numbered at Creekside, a 210-lot subdivision a few miles south of Barrington off Barrington Road.

Ravenna still is active.

Meritus was founded several years ago by Brian and Karen Brunhofer, who were both Chicago division presidents for Pulte Homes, the nation’s largest homebuilding company. They have been married 11 years and have three children.

The couple has more than 30 years of combined experience in the new-house building industry.

During that time they led teams that delivered more than 10,000 homes in the Chicago area.

St. Charles amenities that both Brunhofer and Hall remind potential buyers of include a historic downtown, St. Charles Place Shopping Center. the Fox River for recreational opportunities such as canoeing, kayaking and paddleboat rides, as well as biking and hiking along riverfront paths.

Other amenities in the area include Geneva Commons, a shopping center located along Randall Road, Pheasant Run Resort and Golf Course, the Fox River Trail and the Great Western Trail.

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$119,000 287 Grandview Court Like NEW 2BR, 2.5BA Townhome. Upgraded carpet, Island in Kit, Oak Railings, Loft area, Vaulted ceilings, Master BA has whirlpool tub, double sink, 2nd BR has it’s own bath room 1/2 bath first floor. So much more!

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$329,900 CHARMING WATERFRONT HOME! Love the water, boating and swimming? Then this is the one for you! Cottage with stone fireplace and wrap-around porch on 1.37 acres. 135 feet Fox River frontage with pier, boat house and lift. Call now!

MLS#08060343 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

$169,900 RANCH TOWNHOME IN NEW HAVEN You’ll be surprised by all this 2 bedrm, 3 bath unit has to offer. Cathedral clngs w/ skylights, updated kitchen, finished bsmt w/additional BR & bth, Rec Rm w/2nd frpl, built in desk/office area & sewing room. Come see!

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Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake

Crystal Lake

Laura Heinberg

815-568-9000

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Jean Botts

847-812-0994

Cary

Gary J Koopman

847-639-8700

$139,900 ON A DOUBLE LOT! Great home with 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, partial basement, fireplace, 2 car garage.

Quality renovating throughout, furnace, siding and roof replaced in 2002, electric and water heater replaced in 2008. Call for more details!

MLS#07948793 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews Jean Botts

847-812-0994

$159,900 MAKE THIS HOME YOUR OWN Well maintained 3BR/2BA home with a bonus room in the lower level that could be 4th BR. Brick frpl highlights family rm, new appliances in kitchen, hardwood flrs in 3BRS. Backyard offers privacy with no homes behind.

MLS#08230052 CENTURY 21 Sketchbook

$174,900 YOU’LL LOVE TO COME HOME to this bi-level featuring 3 BRS up and an addl BR in lower level with access to the backyard. Kitchen boasts of a breakfast bar and new SS appliances, family rm w/brick fireplace. Fenced yard, workshop in 2 car garage.

MLS#08230051 CENTURY 21 Sketchbook

$202,000 WALKUP HIGHLANDS! This lovely home has 3 bedrooms, 2 baths, a partial basement, 2 car garage.

Hardwood flooring in kitchen, dining and living room. Master suite with sitting room & bath. Spacious deck and yard. Quiet, cul-de-sac location.

MLS#08220937 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Crystal Lake $219,000 CUSTOM HOME! READY MADE PRICE! Half acre + homesite is the setting for this 3BR, 2 1/2 bth hillside ranch w/finished walk out LL. Eat-in kitchen, separate DR, 1st flr FR w/stone frpl, rec rm w/frpl & wet bar, deck, patio, circular drive. So much to offer!

MLS#08161456 CENTURY 21 Sketchbook

Johnsburg

$840,000 CHAIN O’LAKES LAKEFRONT Amazing Price for Prestigious Pistakee Bay 4BR 4-1/2BA Lakefront Ranch. Approx 2.6 Park Like Wooded Acres (can be subdivided). High on Hill w/Incredible Panoramic Views.

Indoor Pool & Spa, 40x37 Cedar Pole Barn & 3.5 Car Gar! MLS#08098669 All Waterfront Real Estate Plus

Lake in the Hills

Lakemoor

847-395-2300

Jean Botts

Lake in the Hills $147,500 SO MUCH FOR SO LITTLE 2,000+ sf custom built 4BR home set amongst towering oaks. Master BR w/sitting area, frpl, private balcony. Hdwd flrs thruout main level, oak doors & trim. 2 car detached garage, wrap around deck. Short Sale MLS#08117616 CENTURY 21 Sketchbook 847-639-8700

Jean Botts

Marengo

69,000 304 1st Avenue Priced To Sell! Open floor plan with newer carpet, finished basement with room that could be a bedroom. 2 car garage. New roof. Great Location and More!

Marengo

Mchenry

$109,900 Timber Trails New Listing A Must See, Beautiful TownHm with a Great Location! Spacious Design, Vaulted Ceilings, Upgrades Throughout, Extra Bonus Loft Rm, and a FULL Basement for more Room. Easy to Show-HURRY www.NalleyRealty.com Nalley Realty

McHenry

$179,000 WONDERFUL HOME, WOODED LOT! It has it all! Three bedrooms, two baths, walkout basement, two car garage. Family room with office space. Fully fenced yard with shed. Convenient location. Call for more details!

MLS#08211901 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Wonder Lake

Wonder Lake

Blake Bauer

Laura Heinberg

847-639-8700

RE/MAX Connections II

815-568-9000

Union

$289,900 14609 Marengo Road Large ranch w/ pond, screened porch, deck, beautiful mature trees, strg bldg, new windows, sump pump & wtrhtr both replaced in 2011, 2 furnace & AC in 98, roof recently replaced, 4 bed, 3 bath all on 5AK. Huntley schools!

RE/MAX Connections II

Laura Heinberg

815-568-9000

Blake Bauer

847-639-8700

$118,000 ROOMY RAISED RANCH! PRICE DROP! Three bedroom, two bath home with an English basement and a two car garage. Three tier deck, storage shed. Sits on a wooded lot.

MLS#08166497

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

847-812-0994

359,706 20706 Highview Rd Single family, 3 br, 2 ba. Floor to ceiling fireplace and vaulted ceilings. Custom home on 5+ acres.

RE/MAX Connections II

Laura Heinberg

815-568-9000

Wauconda

$305,000 CUSTOM BUILT RANCH! It has it all! Four bedrooms, three full and one half baths, full basement, two car garage, fireplace, open floor plan, vaulted ceilings, skylights, hardwood floors. Large kitchen with breakfast bar. Front & back porches!

MLS#08100002 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews Rita M Valley

815-245-3918

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Woodstock

$78,900 847 Victoria Dr Nicely decorated modern 2 bed / 1 bath ranch with beautiful wooded views! Grill on the balcony & when the weather turns cold get cozy in front of the living room fireplace.Great open floor plan! www.woodstockcondoforsale.com Charles Rutenberg Realty

Call Joe Kozlowski

815-276-7204

Woodstock $247,900 STUFFED WITH UPGRADES! Two story home with four bedrooms, two full and one half baths, full basement, two car garage. Den, family room, dining room, sunroom. Master suite with private bath with soaker tub and shower. Located in “The Sonatas.”

MLS#08125215 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews Rita M Valley

815-245-3918

Jean Botts

847-812-0994

Gary J Koopman

Jay Nalley

815-354-4321

$100,000 ALL OFFERS CONSIDERED! Spacious home in need of updating. Four bedrooms, two baths, walkout basement, two car garage. New roof in 2010, new well pump. On a large corner lot with amazing views of the lake! Boat and trailer included!

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815-245-3918

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$144,900 ROCKWELL PLACE TOWNHOME! “Nantucket” with two bedrooms, two and a half baths, full basement, two car garage.

Come and see this one! Call Jean!

MLS#08184004 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Jean Botts

847-812-0994

847-812-0994

$111,000 ON A DOUBLE LOT! Raised ranch with three bedrooms, two baths. Fresh paint, new carpeting, new roof.

Plenty of space to build a two car garage. Nice landscaping with new sod. This is the one for you!

MLS#08066395 CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

Rita M Valley

815-245-3918

Johnsburg

$174,500 DUTCH CREEK ESTATES! Build that dream home here! 3.765 acres, last lot with western exposure. Site plan on file with 500 foot setback, septic permit was applied for. This is it!

MLS#07809234

Rita M Valley

CENTURY 21 Roberts & Andrews

815-245-3918

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$47,800 TWIN CREEKS ESTATES Picturesque estate subdivision offering 44 lots ranging from 2-9 acres. Walkout potential with many lots. Some are partially wooded or have Nippersink Creek flowing through. Prices starting at $47,800.

MLS#07574563 Harding Real Estate Andrew Harding

815-338-3850

Spring Grove $450,000 MULTI-USE PROPERTY, B2 ZONING! Main building with 30x60 heated area and passage to 30x120 unheated area.

Office with heat and 1/2 bath. Pole barn with two 16x14 overhead doors. Security cameras, 3-phase electric, city sewer. Call for more details.

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MARENGO ~ 2BR, 1BA

Fox River Grove 2BR Unit

C/A, fresh paint, lndry, 1 car gar.

Walking distance to town. No pets. $750/mo+sec.

815-568-7347 or 815-482-5942

Newly remodeled, c/a, $775 + util.

Available now. 815-236-4051

MCHENRY QUIET BUILDING

1 bedroom, heat and water incl. $675/mo, security deposit req.

NO PETS. 815-382-6418

McHenry $199 Move-In Special Large 1BR, from $699. 2BR, 1.5BA from $799. Appl, carpet and laundry. 815-385-2181 Sharon, WI. 84 acres crop land.

1/2 mi E of Sharon on Hwy 67.

Accepting offers until 1/31/13.

608-655-3347

Sharon, WI. 13 acres w/2 acres of walnut woods. 1/2 mi E of Sharon on Hwy 67. Accepting offers until 1/31/13. 608-655-3347

Woodstock Studio $585/mo+sec.

Efficiency $550/mo + sec.1-BR $650/mo + sec, all 3 furn'd w/all utils incl. No Pets. 815-509-5876

ALGONQUIN - 2 BEDROOM Quiet and clean building with storage, laundry and parking. $800/mo. 847-401-3242

Crystal Lake 1BR Walk-up.

MCHENRY – LOOK!!

Must Sell! 1,500 sf Ind. space with overhead door and Loft Office $114,500. 815-900-1183 Having a Birthday, Anniversary, Graduation or Event Coming Up? Share It With Everyone by Placing a HAPPY AD!

$750/mo. New kitchen. Heat and parking incl. 1 mo sec dep, no pets. Agent Owned 773-467-3319

CRYSTAL LAKE 2BR

No smoking/pets. $795/$810 + sec. 815-893-0059 Crystal Lake Downtown XL 2BR Feels like A House, formal DR. Encl porch, $875 + util, no dogs.

Agent Owned 815-814-3348

FOX LAKE 1 BR,

Laundry on-site, no pets, Sect 8 OK, $690/mo + sec.

847-812-9830 Northwest Herald Classified 800-589-8237

FOX LAKE ~ LARGE STUDIO With utilities, laundry, balcony.

No dogs. Agent owned.

815-814-3348

Harvard. Nice 2BR apt.

Heat incl. $550/mo 815-648-2872

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Quiet building, no pets. $825 + security. 847-526-4435

Island Lake Luxury Apt. Spacious 2BR, 2BA, D/W, W/D, C/A. Approx 1000 sq ft. starting @ $875/mo.

847-526-9228

JOHNSBURG/MCHENRY

Large 1Bedroom. Next to WalMart. Patios/Balconies. 735 sq ft. Lndry in building. Starting at $695/month 847-202-4550 www.landmarkmminc.com

MARENGO 2 BEDROOM

1 bath, stove, refrig, attached 1 car garage, laundry hook-up.

815-568-6107 Marengo Large 1 & 2 BR most utilities included Broker Owner $650 & UP 815-347-1712

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All NIU Sports... All The Time

All appl, patio, private entrance. $900 - $750, garage available.

815-455-8310

SPECIAL

815-334-9380

MCHENRY 2 BEDROOM $705/mo. 815-363-1208 or 815-353-1203

Autumnwood Apt. Elevator Building

Broker Owned 815-347-1712

ISLAND LAKE 2 BEDROOM

CRYSTAL LAKE - $1100 / 2 BED 2 BATH - Condo with 1 car garage.

Large 2nd floor unit in great condition. Owner is a licensed real estate agent. Call 224-622-0050.

2BR - $715/mo

McHenry -Large 1BR some utilities include $700 and up

HARVARD Autumn Glen Spacious 2 bdrm Apts avail Free extra storage Free heat!!

Pets welcome!

Rents from: $800.00 1st month free ~or~ Free 55” flat screen TV CALL TODAY! 815-943-6700 www.gallinacos.com M-F: 10am-6pm Sat: By Appt

WOODSTOCK

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W. Dundee: near mall, Spacious 1 & 2 BR, heat, gas, water, NO PETS, heated garage available 847-836-6335 or 815-861-3900

Woodstock Modern Loft Apts 1BR & 2BR ~ Historic Rogers Hall. $700-$825/mo. 815-482-4909

SPECIALS ON 1BR

Include W/D & Fitness Center 815/363-0322 cunatinc.com

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LAKE IN THE HILLS 2BR + DEN

3 full bath, 3 walk in closets, W/D, appl, fireplace, deck, sml pets OK. $1200/mo. 847-530-7385 Lakemoor. Large 2nd floor condo. $1400/mo+utils. 2BR, 2BA, 2 car garage. All appls, fireplace.

708-209-5240

Marengo 2BR, 2BA TH

Appliances, only Cable/TV furnished, no pets, $825 + sec.

WOODSTOCK

815-568-6924 ~ 815-568-5307

1 & 2 Bedroom

Prairie Grove/Cobblestone Woods 3BR, 2.5BA TH. $1250 + utilities.

Fireplace, 2 car attached garage.

815-378-6208

SILVERCREEK McHenry - Route 31 IRISH PRAIRIE APTS

HEBRON 2BR CONDO

Affordable Apts.

Garage Included

WOODSTOCK 2BR CONDO

815-334-9380

VERY NICE! 2BA, W/D, 1 car gar.

Pets welcome, Section 8 OK. $925/mo + sec. 815-814-1278

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WOODSTOCK-1/2BR, quiet, priv, wooded location. Heat, sewer, water, trash incl. W/D on location. No pets. $725. 815-482-1600

Crystal Lake: spacious 2BR, 1BA, tri level, comp. remod., lrg kitch/ DR, lndry rm, W/D, A/C, close to shopping, no pets/smoking, $1075+sec. 847-736-1424

Woodstock: 2BR duplex, 1 BA, all appliances, W/D, A/C, 1 car garage $885 + sec., nice neighborhood. 815-482-6616

HUNTLEY - DUPLEX 3 BR 1 BA, attached garage, all appliances. Avail Feb 1. $1,110/mo. 727-726-8782

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WOODSTOCK 3 BEDROOM

1.5 Bath, A/C, Stove, Refrigerator, Garage, No Pets. Broker Owned.

847-683-7944 HURRY!!

Crystal Lake – Must sell. $745K. 5 Virginia Rd. 12000 SF. (2) Offices. Both 2 story w/bsmnts, gar & balconies. Ed J: 941-505-1155

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ALGONQUIN 2BR, C/A, W/D 2 car gar, rural area, $1000/mo.

847-854-6740 ~ Aft 5PM

Crystal Lake 4BR On Fox River Boat dock and deck, 200 ft of waterfront, 1.5 acre, 2BA, C/A. $1395/mo. 708-296-4476

Crystal Lake Charming Vintage Coach House - Can be Artist Quarters. Large 2 Story Space!

1BR with den, great yard. $825 + all utilities. No dogs.

Agent Owned 815-814-3348 Crystal Lake. 3BR deluxe ranch.

Hardwood flrs, fenced yard. Extra parking. Near Canterbury School. $1365/mo. 815-354-5526

Crystal Lake/Burton Bridge

2 bedroom, 1 bath, W/D, A/C. Pets OK with deposit, $1150/mo + security. 815-459-4807

Fox River Grove Cozy 2-3BR

In quiet neighborhood. Nice yard.

Walk to train and parks. Great schools, 2.5 car gar, all appl incl.

Pets considered. $1050/mo + sec.

Available now! 847-639-0699 Harvard. 2BR, 1BA. Close to downtown & schools. 1 car garage All appls incl W/D. Available 1/1. $850/mo+utils. 815-338-8176 HEBRON: Very nice 1BR. New paint throughout, new LR rug.

Hardwood floors. Full basement, W/D. Garage, asphalt drive. No pets or smoking. $750/mo+sec incl water & sewer. 815-690-5653 HUNTLEY - SINGLE FAMILY HOME 3 BR, 2 bath, remodeled home on large lot, attach garage, shed, fin bsmt, near park, Rt 47 & I-90. $1450/mo + sec. 847-669-0542 Johnsburg. Ranch on a fenced double lot with 3BR, 1BA on crawl space w/1.5 car attchd gar & shed. $1045/mo.

Land Management Properties 815-678-4771 MARENGO 4BR, 1BA, 2000SF 5-7 acres, newly remodeled, totally private farmette.1000 sq ft wrap-around deck, heated garage.

2 story building,1300 sq ft heated. $1500/mo. 312-607-6406 MARENGO HOUSE FOR RENT nice 3 BR, garage, appliances, no pets. $975 mo. security dep. and proof of empl. req.

815-404-1158 Marengo, Newer 3BR, 2.5BR, 2 car gar., $1050/month Broker Owned 815-347-1712 MCHENRY - 3 BR, 2 BA, new remodel, hwd floors, 2 car gar, water view. Agent owned. $1,250/mo.

815-334-0199

McHenry 4BR, 2BA Ranch 2.5 car attached gar, fenced yard, Parkland grade school, W. Campus H.S. New kitchen. Wood floors. 1/2 block from park. $1295/mo. 563-581-2844

McHenry Patriot Estates 1BR, 2BA, $1100.

Lrg 2BR, 2.5BA, Bsmt, $1250.

Age Restrictions May Apply.

Free Health Club Membership.

Pet Friendly. 815-363-5919 or 815-363-0322

MCHENRY~ REMODELED 2BR Good Value! $875/mo + garage and yard. NO DOGS. Agent Owned.

815-814-3348 Wauconda. Newly decorated.

Adult community. No pets. Units from $645-$795/mo+sec.

847-526-5000 Leave Message.

Wonder Lake 3BR, 1BA Lovely Lake view, lrg yrd, hrdwd flrs in BR. Lots of storage. $875/mo + sec + background chk. 815-814-2007 Wonder Lake. 3BR, 2BA, 2 car garage, hrdwd flrs, bsmnt.

Giant deck. Near beach, lake access. No pets. $1100/mo.

815-382-5614 or 815-236-9764

Wonder Lake/East Side

2 bedroom with garage.

Pets OK, available immediately.

815-459-4144 ~ Lv Msg Wonder Lake: 2/3 BR, new paint & carpet, hardwood floors $790-$975/month Broker Owned 815-347-1712 Wonder Lake: Half a house for rent.

1 bed, large living room and kitchen, 1 bath, $550/mo plus utilities. 815-355-0746

Woodstock 2BR, 1.5 car gar.

C/A, $850/mo., Sec. 8 OK, NO PETS, 815-351-4120

HARVARD Large home, house privileges, close to train. $400/mo, includes utilities. Call 847-404-7930 Lakemoor. Nice home, quiet subdiv Incl house privileges, utils, private family rm. $500/mo.

847-727-1889

Cabo San Lucas Playa Grande Resort Suite Available. 2/23-3/1 815-385-5817 MCHENRY/RINGWOOD Office & Warehouse w/14'OH Doors.1800sf $750/mo. 3600sf $1650/mo Zoned I-1/B-3. 815-482-7084

Crystal Lake Hurry Last One Left Clean Office Suite. 400 SF. Incl. all utils + High Speed DSL. $525/mo. 815-790-0240

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS ONEWEST BANK FSB Plaintiff, vs.

CORY MOLZAHN A/K/A CORY P. MOLZAHN; KAREN MOLZAHN A/K/A KAREN L. MOLZAHN; LINDA ANDERSON; THE VINTAGE HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 02498 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 1, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 05-20-152-007.

Commonly known as 888 VINTAGE WAY, SPRING GROVE, IL 60081.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0926791.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494755 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012; January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

STEPHEN H. RAMSEY; KIMBERLY A. RAMSEY AKA KIMBERLY A. DRAKE AKA KIMBERLY ANNE RAMSEY AKA KIMBERLY RAMSEY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS INC; STEVEN J. BRODY & ASSOCIATES, LTD.; FRANKS, GERKIN & MCKENNA, P.C. A/K/A MAXIMUS COLLECTIONS AS ASSIGNEE OF FIRST USA BANK, N.A.; WYNDMUIR IN THE WOODS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 2586 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 2, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 14-34-103-033.

Commonly known as 710 SEYBROOKE LANE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60012.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0931268.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494756 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012; January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

10-036902 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF MCHENRY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS METLIFE HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF METLIFE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

CRAIG S. PALMQUIST A/K/A CRAIG PALMQUIST A/K/A CRAIG STEVEN PALMQUIST; KATHLYN M.

PALMQUIST A/K/A KATHLYN MARGARET PALMQUIST; ADVANCED IMAGING CENTER OF NORTHERN ILL, L.P.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS Defendants, 10 CH 1237 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 3, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the office of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 19-05-301-003.

Commonly known as 336 South Oriole Trail, Crystal Lake, IL 60014.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sale Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, FISHER and SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717. Refer to File Number 10-036902.

I494758 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff, vs.

JOAN R. VOORHEES A/K/A JOAN VOORHEES; RICHARD D. VOORHEES A/K/A RICHARD VOORHEES; USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK; REMAX UNLIMITED; BELL CHASE HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION; THE SPRING LAKE FARM SOUTH UNIT 2 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 1684 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on August 24, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 18-26-329-050.

Commonly known as 5365 LANSBURY CIRCLE, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1013628.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I494760 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

by gi that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 2, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: P.I.N. 01-26-351-009.

Commonly known as 1404 10TH STREET, HARVARD, IL 60033.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1021161.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494761 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PNC MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK NA, Plaintiff, vs.

MARK A. BARTLETT; SUSAN A. BARTLETT; CURTISS FARMS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 00583 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 4, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described rt

g property: P.I.N. 19-14-476-009.

Commonly known as 1 BIG OAKS ROAD, CARY, IL 60013.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1005886.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494757 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS HARRIS, N.A., as successor in interest to AMCORE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

RUDOLPHO MARQUEZ, Z FINANCIAL, LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

11 CH 1293 NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the Court in the above entitled cause, Keith Nygren, Sheriff of McHenry County, McHenry, Illinois, will on February 14, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. in the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, Civil Process-Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of McHenry, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment to wit: PARCEL 1: LOT 9 IN BLOCK 1 (EXCEPT THE WEST 5 FEET THEREOF) IN EMILY H. HUTCHIN'S FIRST ADDITION TO WOODSTOCK, AND THE WEST 8.80 FEET OF THE VACATED ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS 9 AND 10 IN BLOCK 1 IN SAID EMILY HUTCHIN'S ADDITION TO WOODSTOCK BEING A PART OF

WOODSTOCK, BEING A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEROF RECORDED DECEMBER 11, 1852 IN BOOK 5 OF DEEDS, PAGE 486, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Parcel Index Number: 13-05-330-013.

Commonly Known As: 201 East Church Street, Woodstock, Illinois 60098 For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney Meghann A. Salamasick, Lowis & Gellen LLP, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 1900, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 364-2500.

The terms of sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within two (2) business days of the sale. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to the quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “as is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property is improved.

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

Dated: January 8, 2013 Thomas H. Peckham Meghann A. Salamasick (6300485) Lowis & Gellen LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 200 West Adams Street, Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 364-2500 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 17, 24, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF McHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS CASE NO. 11 CH 2110 McHenry Savings Bank, VS Robert M. Halverson, Marcie R. Halverson, Harris NA, Board Of Managers or Cary-Oaks Townshomes Condominium Association, Unknown Owners And Nonrecord Claimants,

NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 9, 2012, the Sheriff of McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, or his deputy, will on Thursday the 14th day of February, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 A.M. at the McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, as set forth below.

Property Tax Identification Number: 19-14-430-011-0000 This property is commonly known as 252 Haber Court, Cary, IL 60013 and is improved with a single family residence.

Terms of Sale: 10% of successful bid due immediately at the time of the sale, and the balance to be paid by noon the following Tuesday after the sale, both by cash or cashier's checks. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "As Is", with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information.

For information regarding this real estate, interested parties may contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Natalie Cappetta, Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. 1900 Spring Road, Suite 102, Oak Brook, IL 60523. (630) 9547474.

Dated: November 13, 2012.

Natalie Cappetta, Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. Attorney for Plaintiff 1900 Spring Road, Suite 102 Oak Brook, IL 60523 630-954-7474 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 17, 24, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE CASE NO. 12 CH 822 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF McHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS McHenry Savings Bank, VS Ronald L. Johnson, Mortgage Electroni Regist tio Syst Inc.

gage tronic Registration Systems, Inc., Board of Managers of the Trails of Boone Creek Condominiums of McHenry Association, Unknown Owners And Nonrecord Claimants, NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE

PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 23, 2012, the Sheriff of McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, or his deputy, will on Thursday the 24th day of January, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 A.M. at the McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, as set forth below.

Property Tax Identification Number: 09-33-381-004-0000

This property is commonly known as 5746 Fieldstone Trail, McHenry, IL 60050 and is improved with a residence.

Terms of Sale: 10% of successful bid due immediately at the time of the sale, and the balance to be paid by noon the following Tuesday after the sale, both by cash or cashier's checks. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "As Is", with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information.

For information regarding this real estate, interested parties may contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Natalie Cappetta, Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. 1900 Spring Road, Suite 102, Oak Brook, IL 60523. (630) 9547474.

Dated: November 5, 2012.

Natalie Cappetta, Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. Attorney for Plaintiff 1900 Spring Road, Suite 102 Oak Brook, IL 60523 630-954-7474 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012, January 3, 10, 2013) Don't See What You're Looking For Today?

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IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A, Plaintiff, vs.

JOSE ORTIZ; GUADALUPE CASTANEDA; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOSE ORTIZ Z, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 02123 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given

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purs udgm Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 2, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 18 IN WYNDMUIR IN THE WOODS, A SUBDIVISION OF LOT 3 IN WYNDMUIR SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 34, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 14-34-103-033.

Commonly known as 710 SEYBROOKE LANE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60012.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0931268.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494756 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

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PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS ONEWEST BANK FSB Plaintiff, vs.

CORY MOLZAHN A/K/A CORY P. MOLZAHN; KAREN MOLZAHN A/K/A KAREN L. MOLZAHN; LINDA ANDERSON; THE VINTAGE HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 02498 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 1, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 24 IN THE VINTAGE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH HALF OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, LYING WESTERLY OF THE CENTER LINE OF THE PUBLIC HIGHWAY RUNNING NORTHEASTERLY AND SOUTHWESTERLY, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JANUARY 9, 2001 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2001R0001708, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 05-20-152-007.

Commonly known as 888 VINTAGE WAY, SPRING GROVE, IL 60081.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 0926791.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494755 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012; January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

STEPHEN H. RAMSEY; KIMBERLY A. RAMSEY AKA KIMBERLY A. DRAKE AKA KIMBERLY ANNE RAMSEY AKA KIMBERLY RAMSEY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR QUICKEN LOANS INC; STEVEN J. BRODY & ASSOCIATES, LTD.; FRANKS, GERKIN & MCKENNA, P.C. A/K/A MAXIMUS COLLECTIONS AS ASSIGNEE OF FIRST USA BANK, N.A.; WYNDMUIR IN THE WOODS HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 09 CH 2586 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of

10-036902 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF MCHENRY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS METLIFE HOME LOANS, A DIVISION OF METLIFE BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, vs.

CRAIG S. PALMQUIST A/K/A CRAIG PALMQUIST A/K/A CRAIG STEVEN PALMQUIST; KATHLYN M. PALMQUIST A/K/A KATHLYN MARGARET PALMQUIST; ADVANCED IMAGING CENTER OF NORTHERN ILL, L.P.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants, 10 CH 1237 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 3, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the office of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 22 IN BLOCK 11 IN PIERSON'S ADDITION TO CRYSTAL LAKE, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 5 AND SECTION 6, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 18, 1868 IN BOOK 43 OF DEEDS, PAGE 303, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-05-301-003.

Commonly known as 336 South Oriole Trail, Crystal Lake, IL 60014.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 10% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection.

For information call Sale Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, FISHER and SHAPIRO, LLC, 2121 Waukegan Bannockburn, Illinois Road, 60015. (847) 291-1717. Refer to File Number 10-036902.

I494758 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BAC HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP FKA COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP, Plaintiff, vs.

JOAN R. VOORHEES A/K/A JOAN VOORHEES; RICHARD D. VOORHEES A/K/A RICHARD VOORHEES; USAA FEDERAL SAVINGS BANK; REMAX UNLIMITED; BELL CHASE HOMEOWNERS' ASSOCIATION; THE SPRING LAKE FARM SOUTH UNIT 2 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 1684 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on August 24, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: PARCEL 1: LOT 386 IN SPRING LAKE FARM SOUTH UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 9, 1995 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 95R004680, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: THAT PART

OF LOT D IN SPRING LAKE FARM SOUTH UNIT 2 BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTH 1/2 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 7, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 9, 1995 AS DOCUMENT 95R004680 AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE SOUTHWESTERLY CORNER OF SAID LOT 386 THENCE NORTH 49 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 33 EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 50.00 FEET TO A FOUND 1/2 INCH IRON PIPE, THENCE NORTH 40 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 77.55 FEET TO A SET 2/3 INCH GAS PIPE, THENCE NORTHEASTERLY ALONG A CURVE HAVING A RADIUS OF 320 FEET AND AN ARC DISTANCE OF 8.78 FEET A SET 3/4 INCH GAS PIPE, THENCE SOUTH 40 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 32 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 84.28 FEET TO A SET 3/4 INCH GAS PIPE, THENCE SOUTH 09 DEGREES 40 MINUTES 37 SECONDS EAST FOR A DISTANCE OF 8.73 FEET TO A SET 3/4 INCH GAS PIPE, THENCE SOUTH 49 DEGREES 17 MINUTES 33 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 54.24 FEET TO A SET 3/4 INCH GAS PIPE, THENCE NORTH 40 DEGREES 42 MINUTES 27 SECONDS WEST FOR A DISTANCE OF 15.00 FEET TO THE POINT OF BEGINNING, ALSO REFERRED TO AS TRACT 386-D IN THE PLAT OF SURVEY RECORDED MARCH 17, 2003 AS DOCUMENT 2003R0033989, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 18-26-329-050.

Commonly known as 5365 LANSBURY CIRCLE, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1013628.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494760 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A, Plaintiff, vs.

JOSE ORTIZ; GUADALUPE CASTANEDA; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF JOSE ORTIZ Z, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 02123 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 2, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 8 IN BLOCK 2 IN JOHN K LUCAS SUBDIVISION UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTH 1/2 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 26, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 5, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED, AUGUST 13, 1990 AS DOCUMENT NO 90R29721, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 01-26-351-009.

Commonly known as 1404 10TH STREET, HARVARD, IL 60033.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1021161.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494761 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PNC MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF PNC BANK NA, Plaintiff, vs.

MARK A. BARTLETT; SUSAN A. BARTLETT; CURTISS FARMS PROPERTY OWNERS ASSOCIATION; CITIFINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 10 CH 00583 NOTICE OF SALE PURSUANT TO JUDGMENT OF FORECLOSURE UNDER ILLINOIS MORTGAGE

FORECLOSURE LAW PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 4, 2012, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 7, 2013, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto, Gilbert, Schottland & Andrle, 2030 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described property: LOT 1 IN TROUT VALLEY, DIVISION I, BEING A RE-SUBDIVISION OF LOTS 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153 AND 154, TROUT VALLEY DIVISION A, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTIONS 13 AND 14, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED AUGUST 9, 1955 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 296234, (PLAT OF DIVISION I RECORDED AUGUST 6, 1956 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 310947, IN BOOK 12 OF PLATS, PAGE 78) IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 19-14-476-009.

Commonly known as 1 BIG OAKS ROAD, CARY, IL 60013.

The improvement on the property consists of a single family residence. If the subject mortgaged real estate is a unit of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required by subsection (g-1) of Section 18.5 of the Condominium Property Act. Sale terms: 25% down by certified funds, balance within 24 hours, by certified funds. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale.

For Information: Visit our website at http://service.atty-pierce.com.

Between 3 p.m. and 5 p.m. only.

Pierce & Associates, Plaintiff's Attorneys, 1 North Dearborn Street, Chicago, Illinois 60602. Tel.No. (312) 476-5500. Refer to File Number 1005886.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 4441122 I494757 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012 January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE 13769-notpub IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COURT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff vs SHELBY MAPLES, MARY MAPLES, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC D/B/A DITECH.COM, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants 10 CH 657 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you, SHELBY MAPLES, MARY MAPLES, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC D/B/A DITECH.COM, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendant(s) in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit Court of McHenry 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 2 IN WOODRIDGE SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER AND ALSO PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 1, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 12, 1967 AS DOCUMENT NO. 475173 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 911 S. RIVER ROAD, MCHENRY, IL 60051 Permanent Index No. 14-01452-009 and which said Mortgage was made by SHELBY MAPLES and MARY MAPLES, Mortgagor(s), to, MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. AS NOMINEE FOR EVER BANK ASSIGNED TO CITIMORTGAGE, INC. as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois as Document No. 2006R0025970 and modification as 2009R0043702.

And for such other relief prayed; that summons was duly issued out of the said Twenty-second Judicial Circuit Court against you as provided by law, and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU, the said above defendant(s), file your answer to the complaint in the said suit or otherwise make your appearance therein, in the Office of the Clerk of the Twenty-second Judicial Circuit Court, at the Courthouse, in the City of Woodstock, McHenry County, Illinois, on or before February 11, 2013, default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a decree entered in accordance with the prayer of said complaint.

Clerk of the 22nd Judicial Circuit Court McHenry County, Illinois.

HAUSELMAN & RAPPIN, LTD. Attorney for Plaintiff 39 South La Salle Street Chicago, Illinois 60603 312 372 2020 I496050 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE 22nd JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS HARRIS, N.A., as successor in interest to AMCORE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, v.

RUDOLPHO MARQUEZ, Z FINANCIAL, LLC, UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

11 CH 1293

NOTICE OF JUDICIAL SALE OF REAL ESTATE MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE. Notice is hereby given that pursuant to a judgment heretofore entered by the Court in the above entitled cause, Keith Nygren, Sheriff of McHenry County, McHenry, Illinois, will on February 14, 2013 at 10:00 A.M. in the McHenry County Sheriff's Office, Civil Process-Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, all and singular, the following described premises and real estate in the said judgment mentioned, situated in the County of McHenry, State of Illinois, or so much thereof as shall be sufficient to satisfy said judgment to wit: PARCEL 1: LOT 9 IN BLOCK 1 (EXCEPT THE WEST 5 FEET THEREOF) IN EMILY H. HUTCHIN'S FIRST ADDITION TO WOODSTOCK, AND THE WEST 8.80 FEET OF THE VACATED ALLEY BETWEEN LOTS 9 AND 10 IN BLOCK 1 IN SAID EMILY HUTCHIN'S ADDITION TO WOODSTOCK, BEING A PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 5, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 7 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEROF RECORDED DECEMBER 11, 1852 IN BOOK 5 OF DEEDS, PAGE 486, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS Parcel Index Number: 13-05-330-013.

Commonly Known As: 201 East Church Street, Woodstock, Illinois 60098 For information: Examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney Meghann A. Salamasick, Lowis & Gellen LLP, 200 West Adams Street, Suite 1900, Chicago, Illinois 60606, (312) 364-2500.

The terms of sale are: Ten percent (10%) due by cash or certified funds at the time of the sale and balance is due within two (2) business days of the sale. The subject property is subject to real estate taxes, special assessments or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to the quality or quantity of title and without recourse to plaintiff and in “as is” condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

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

The property is improved.

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

Dated: January 8, 2013 Thomas H. Peckham Meghann A. Salamasick (6300485) Lowis & Gellen LLP Attorneys for Plaintiff 200 West Adams Street, Suite 1900 Chicago, Illinois 60606 (312) 364-2500 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 17, 24, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF McHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS CASE NO. 11 CH 2110 McHenry Savings Bank, VS Robert M. Halverson, Marcie R. Halverson, Harris NA, Board Of Managers or Cary-Oaks Townshomes Condominium Association, Unknown Owners And Nonrecord Claimants, NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 9, 2012 the Sheriff of McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, or his deputy, will on Thursday the 14th day of February, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 A.M. at the McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, as set forth below, the property legally described as follows: UNIT C-2 IN CARY-OAKS TOWNHOME CONDOMINIUMS, AS DELINEATED ON SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED LAND: LOT 6 IN CARY OAKS SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF SECTION 14, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 21, 1989 AS DOCUMENT NO. 89R23347, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AUGUST 23, 1991 AS DOCUMENT NO. 91R32080, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Property Tax Identification Number: 19-14-430-011-0000 This property is commonly known as 252 Haber Court, Cary, IL 60013 and is improved with a single family residence.

Terms of Sale: 10% of successful bid due immediately at the time of the sale, and the balance to be paid by noon the following Tuesday after the sale, both by cash or cashier's checks. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "As Is", with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information.

For information regarding this real

ga g estate, interested parties may contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Natalie Cappetta, Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. 1900 Spring Road, Suite 102, Oak Brook, IL 60523. (630) 9547474.

Dated: November 12, 2012.

Natalie Cappetta, Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. Attorney for Plaintiff 1900 Spring Road, Suite 102 Oak Brook, IL 60523 630-954-7474 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 17, 24, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. PLAINTIFF VS STEVEN M. KELLER; BMO HARRIS BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO AMCORE BANK, N.A.; THE IRISH PRAIRIE MANORS CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION NO. 1; THE IRISH PRAIRIE MANORS UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 11 CH 2708 4402 SHAMROCK LANE UNIT 3C MCHENRY, IL 60050 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, THE IRISH PRAIRIE MANORS UMBRELLA ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: PARCEL 1: UNIT 4402-3C IN IRISH PRAIRIE MANORS CONDOMINIUM NO. 1, AS DELINEATED ON THE SURVEY OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 3, (SAID SURVEY BEING ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "C" TO SUPPLEMENT NO. 3 TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP RECORDED NOVEMBER 10, 1992 AS DOCUMENT NO. 92R061786, SAID DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM OWNERSHIP RECORDED SEPTEMBER 10, 1990 AS DOCUMENT NO. 90R033552, TOGETHER WITH A PERCENTAGE OF OWNERSHIP IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS APPURTENANT TO SAID UNIT, AS SHOWN IN EXHIBIT "D" ATTACHED TO SAID SUPPLEMENT NO. 3, WHICH AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME SHALL AUTOMATICALLY CHANGE WITH THE RECORDING OF ANY SUPPLEMENTAL DECLARATION THEREAFTER), ALL IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PARCEL 2: EASEMENT APPURTENANT TO PARCEL 1, BEING AN EXCLUSIVE, LIMITED COMMON ELEMENT FOR PARKING PURPOSES, IN AND TO GARAGE SPACE UNIT NO. G-44023C AS DEFINED AND SET FORTH IN SAID SUPPLEMENT, DECLARATION AND SURVEY. Commonly known as: 4402 SHAMROCK LANE UNIT 3C, MCHENRY, IL 60050 and which said Mortgage was made by, STEVEN M. KELLER; Mortgagor (s), to M.E.R.S., INC. AS NOMINEE FOR FIRST HOME MORTGAGE, Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHENRY County, Illinois, as Document No. 02R0101099; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 on or before February 11, 2013, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 Email: pleadings@atty-pierce.com PA 1125239 I497570 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

11-049908 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS GMAC MORTGAGE, LLC PLAINTIFF, -vsUNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF BRIDGETTE A. BORELLO, DECEASED; COBBLESTONE WOODS TOWNHOME CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; CHRISSY BORELLO; BEN BORELLO; JULIE E. FOX, AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF BRIDGETTE A. BORELLO, DECEASED; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS DEFENDANTS 11 CH 297 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Unknown Heirs and Legatees of Bridgette A. Borello, Deceased and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants.

Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: UNIT 30-2717-B IN COBBLESTONE WOODS TOWNHOUSE CONDOMINIUM, AS DELINEATED ON A SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: LOT 2 IN COBBLESTONE HOMES DEVELOPMENT-PHASE 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 16, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "C" TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED AS DOCUMENT NO. 2001R0017558, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER

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Page F6• Thursday, January 10, 2013 WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. Commonly known as 2717 Cobblestone Drive, Unit B, Prairie Grove, IL 60012 Permanent Index No.: 14-16430-015 and which said Mortgage was made by Bridgette A. Borello Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Woodfield Planning Corporation as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mchenry County, Illinois, Document No. 2003R0145778.

And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

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, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is February 11, 2013.

Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Paul Massey Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 847-770-4389 Attorney No: 6293311 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I492259 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY Shannon Therens vs.

Daniel Hansen 2012 0P 000867 PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: Daniel Hansen, 1322 May St, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 On January 18, 2013, at 9:00 A.M., or as soon thereafter as Counsel may be heard, I shall appear before the Honorable Judy Cawlin, or any Judge sitting in his/her stead in the courtroom ususally occupied by him/her in the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois and Notice of Civil No Contact Order.

Shannon Therens Shannon Therens 915 Harper Dr Algonquin, IL 60102 (847) 602-3751 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 17, 24, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE 12-060814 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF, -vsGARY R. WEBER A/K/A GARY WEBER; STATE OF ILLINOIS; VERONIKA WEBER; CHASE BANK USA, N.A. F/K/A CHASE MANHATTAN BANK USA, N.A.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS

12 CH 1721 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Gary R. Weber a/k/a Gary Weber, Veronika Weber and Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants; Unknown Occupants.

Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 243 IN CRYSTAL IN THE PARK UNIT 2, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 AND THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF THE SOUTHWEST 1/4 OF SECTION 18, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 14, 1988 AS DOCUMENT NO. 88R021344, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1409 Candlewood Drive, Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Permanent Index No.: 19-18329-004-0000 and which said Mortgage was made by Gary R. Weber and Veronika Weber Mortgagors, to Homeside Lending, Inc. as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mchenry County, Illinois, Document No. 1999R0042567.

And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

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, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is February 11, 2013.

Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance

judgm with the prayer of said Complaint.

Paul Massey Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 847-770-4389 Attorney No: 6293311 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I496475 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE 12-061909 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION PLAINTIFF, -vsDIANNA DRURY-AKERS; HOME STATE BANK/NATIONAL ASSOCIATION F/K/A HOME STATE BANK, N.A., AS TRUSTEE UNDER TRUST AGREEMENT DATED MAY 26, 1995 AND KNOWN AS TRUST 4291; JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ASSIGNEE OF FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION AS RECEIVER FOR WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK, FA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS 12 CH 2301 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Dianna Drury-Akers and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Unknown Occupants.

pants.

Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT FIFTY-THREE (53) IN MCHENRY LAKES ESTATES UNIT NO. 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 27 AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER (1/4) OF SECTION 26, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 17, 1979 AS DOCUMENT NO. 786685 AND RE-RECORDED ON JULY 22, 1980 AS DOCUMENT NO. 798135; SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF MCHENRY AND STATE OF ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 3615 West Drake Court, McHenry, IL 60050 Permanent Index No.: 09-26128-029 and which said Mortgage was made by Home State Bank N.A. as Trustee Under the Provision of Trust Agreement Dated the 26th of May 1995 and known as Trust 4291 Mortgagors, to Washington Mutual Bank, FA as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mchenry County, Illinois, Document No. 2004R0088309.

And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

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, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is February 11, 2013.

Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Clerk Paul Massey Fish and Shapiro LLC

Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com y Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 847-770-4389 Attorney No: 6293311 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I490446 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE 12-062855 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR RASC 2005KS11 PLAINTIFF, -vsDARYL L. LAIRD; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS 12 CH 2558 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Daryl L. Laird and Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants; Unknown Occupants.

Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 2 IN CARY KNOLL UNIT NO. 1, A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF

SECTION 12, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, AND PART OF SECTION 7, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINICIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 5, 1962, AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 406829, IN BOOK 14 OF PLATS, PAGE 97, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 7 East James Way, Cary, IL 60013 Permanent Index No.: 20-07351-002 and which said Mortgage was made by Daryl L. Laird Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Finance America, LLC as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mchenry County, Illinois, Document No. 2005R0095776.

And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

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, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is February 11, 2013.

Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Paul Massey Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 847-770-4389 Attorney No: 6293311 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON

THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I492831 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE

12-060658 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS US BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR RALI 2006-QS2 PLAINTIFF, -vsLINDA CASSIDY; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; MORGAN HILL CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS 12 CH 2606 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Linda Cassidy and Unknown Owners and NonRecord Claimants; Unknown Occupants.

Defendants in the above entitled suit, that the said suit has been commenced in the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, by the said Plaintiff against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: UNIT 32-A-721 IN MORGAN HILL CONDOMINIUM, AS DELINEATED ON A PLAT OF SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED TRACT OF LAND: LOTS 1 AND 2 IN MORGAN HILL PHASE-1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 10, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF, RECORDED JANUARY 6, 2004 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2004R0001230 IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH PLAT OF SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "C" TO THE DECLARATION OF

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Francis Ford Coppola said, “When newspapers started to publish the box office scores of movies, I was horrified. Those results are totally fake because they never include the promotion budget.”

I never thought of that.

And not many Easts would think of the winning defense in today’s deal. How can East defeat four spades after West leads the heart nine?

The auction was straightforward and quantitative, North’s rebid in principle showing a balanced hand (no singleton or void) with (typically) seven losers and 13 to 15 support points (counting high-card points and shortage points).

Although it goes against the usual recommendation of experts, West might have led the club ace, since it was the unbid suit. If he had, East would have had to discourage with his six, not encourage a club continuation with the 10.

When West instead led high from his heart doubleton, East won with his queen, cashed the ace, and played a third round of the suit.

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looked good. If declarer had ruffed high, West would have gained a trump trick to go with his club ace. However, instead, South calmly discarded his singleton club. West trumped and tried to cash the club ace, but declarer ruffed, drew trumps, and claimed.

There is a golden rule of trump promotion: Cash all of your side-suit winners first. After taking his two heart winners, East had to cash the club king before playing the third heart.

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Page F8• Thursday, January 10, 2013 CONDOMINIUM RECORDED OCTOBER 6, 2004 AS DOCUMENT NO. 2004R0089824 AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER WITH ITS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS. Commonly known as 4222 Savoy Lane, McHenry, IL 60050 Permanent Index No.: 14-10480-029 and which said Mortgage was made by Linda Cassidy Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Universal American Mortgage Company, LLC as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mchenry County, Illinois, Document No. 2005R0098594.

And for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of the said Court against you as provided by law, and that the suit is now pending.

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, the office of the Clerk of the Circuit Court of Mchenry County, in the City of Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 30th day after the first publication of this notice which is February 11, 2013.

Default may be entered against you at any time after that day and a judgment entered in accordance with the prayer of said Complaint.

Paul Massey Fisher and Shapiro, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847)291-1717 847-770-4389 Attorney No: 6293311 Mail To: Linda Cassidy (property) 4222 Savoy Lane McHenry, IL 60050 Linda Cassidy 125 E. Kimball Ave. Woodstock, IL 60098 Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; 4222 Savoy Lane McHenry, IL 60050 THIS IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT IF YOUR PERSONAL LIABILITY FOR THIS DEBT HAS BEEN EXTINGUISHED BY A DISCHARGE IN BANKRUPTCY OR BY AN ORDER GRANTING IN REM RELIEF FROM STAY, THIS NOTICE IS PROVIDED SOLELY TO FORECLOSE THE MORTGAGE REMAINING ON YOUR PROPERTY AND IS NOT AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT THE DISCHARGED PERSONAL OBLIGATION. I493882 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association PLAINTIFF Vs. Bruce J. Olbrich; Kelly A. Olbrich a/k/a Kelly Olbrich; Bruce J. Olbrich, as Trustee u/t/a dated 06/06/05 a/k/a The Bruce J. Olbrich Revocable Trust; Unknown Beneficiaries of Bruce J. Olbrich u/t/a dated 06/06/05 a/k/a The Bruce J. Olbrich Revocable Trust; Kelly A. Olbrich, as Trustee u/t/a dated 06/06/05 a/k/a The Kelly A. Olbrich Revocable Trust; Unknown Beneficiaries of Kelly A. Olbrich u/t/a dated 06/06/05 a/k/a The Kelly A. Olbrich Revocable Trust; Chase Bank USA, NA; JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.; Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants DEFENDANTS 12 CH 02894 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN TO YOU: Unknown Beneficiaries of Bruce J. Olbrich u/t/a dated 06/06/05 a/k/a The Bruce J. Olbrich Revocable Trust, Unknown Beneficiaries of Kelly A. Olbrich u/t/a dated 06/06/05 a/k/a The Kelly A. Olbrich Revocable Trust, Unknown Owners and Nonrecord Claimants; That this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, praying for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to-wit: THE SOUTH 330.0 FEET OF THE EAST 800.0 FEET OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 2, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 5 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS COMMONLY KNOWN AS: 503 S. Olbrich Road, Harvard, IL 60033 and which said Mortgage was made by: Bruce J. Olbrich, Kelly A. Olbrich a/k/a Kelly Olbrich, the Mortgagor(s), to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as Nominee for Molton, Allen & Williams Mortgage Co. LLC, as Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHenry County, Illinois, as Document No. 2003R0098328; and for other relief; that summons was duly issued out of said Court against you as provided by law and that the said suit is now pending.

NOW, THEREFORE, UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this Court, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court 2200 N. Seminary Woodstock IL 60098

nary Woodstock, IL 60098 on or before February 11, 2013, A DEFAULT MAY BE ENTERED AGAINST YOU AT ANY TIME AFTER THAT DAY AND A JUDGMENT MAY BE ENTERED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRAYER OF SAID COMPLAINT. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. Attorneys for Plaintiff 15W030 North Frontage Road, Suite 100 Burr Ridge, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 DuPage # 15170 Winnebago # 531 Our File No. 14-12-28661 NOTE: This law firm is deemed to be a debt collector.

I494412 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO WELLS FARGO BANK SOUTHWEST, N.A. F/K/A WACHOVIA MORTGAGE, FSB F/K/A WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB PLAINTIFF VS ROMEO V. ROMASANTA JR A/K/A ROMEO V. ROMASANTA A/K/A ROMEO ROMASANTA; SUSAN E. ROMASANTA; DELL FINANCIAL SERVICES L.L.C.; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 12 CH 3015 645 JOSEPH STREET LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, SUSAN E. ROMASANTA; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; defendants, that this case has been commenced in this Court against you and other defendants, asking for the foreclosure of a certain Mortgage conveying the premises described as follows, to wit: LOT 209 IN HIDDEN VALLEY UNIT 2B, BEING A SUBDIVISION IN THE SOUTHEAST 1/4 OF SECTION 21, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED ON MAY 22, 1995, AS DOCUMENT NO. 95R019285, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 645 JOSEPH STREET, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 and which said Mortgage was made by, ROMEO V. ROMASANTA JR A/K/A ROMEO V. ROMASANTA A/K/A ROMEO ROMASANTA; Mortgagor (s), to WORLD SAVINGS BANK, FSB Mortgagee, and record-

gag ed in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHENRY County, Illinois, as Document No. 04R0065386; and for other relief.

UNLESS YOU file your answer or otherwise file your appearance in this case in the Office of the Clerk of this County, Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 on or before February 11, 2013, A JUDGMENT OR DECREE BY DEFAULT MAY BE TAKEN AGAINST YOU FOR THE RELIEF ASKED IN THE COMPLAINT. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES Attorneys for Plaintiff Thirteenth Floor 1 North Dearborn Chicago, Illinois 60602 Tel. (312) 346-9088 Fax (312) 346-1557 PA 1224734 I496489 (Published in the Northwest Herald, January 10, 17 & 24, 2013.)

PUBLIC NOTICE CASE NO. 12 CH 822 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT OF McHENRY COUNTY ILLINOIS McHenry Savings Bank, VS Ronald L. Johnson, Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., Board of Managers of the Trails of Boone Creek Condominiums of McHenry Association, Unknown Owners And Nonrecord Claimants, NOTICE OF SHERIFF'S FORECLOSURE SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment for Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on October 23, 2012 the Sheriff of McHenry County, Woodstock, Illinois, or his deputy, will on Thursday the 24th day of January, 2013, at the hour of 10:00 A.M. at the McHenry County Courthouse, Room 262, 2200 N. Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois sell at public auction to the highest and best bidder for cash, as set forth below, the property legally described as follows: UNIT #5476 OF LOT M #6, IN THE TRAILS OF BOONE CREEK CONDOMINIUM, AS DELINEATED ON THE SURVEY OF CERTAIN LOTS OR PARTS THEREOF IN BOONE CREEK UNIT 3 SUBDIVISION, BEING A SUBDIVISION LOCATED IN SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN,

WHICH SURVEY IS RECORDED AUGUST 24, 2001 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2001R0061684, IN McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, TOGETHER WITH AN UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS APPURTENANT TO SAID UNIT, AS SET FORTH IN SAID DECLARATION AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME. Property Tax Identification Number: 09-33-381-004-0000 This property is commonly known as 5746 Fieldstone Trail, McHenry, IL 60050 and is improved with a residence.

Terms of Sale: 10% of successful bid due immediately at the time of the sale, and the balance to be paid by noon the following Tuesday after the sale, both by cash or cashier's checks. No refunds. The property will NOT be open for inspection. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale which will entitle the purchaser to a Deed to the premises after confirmation of the sale. The sale shall be subject to general real estate taxes, special taxes, special assessments, special taxes levied, and superior liens, if any. The property is offered "As Is", with no express or implied warranties and without any representation as to the quality of title or recourse to Plaintiff. Prospective bidders are admonished to review the court file to verify all information.

For information regarding this real estate, interested parties may contact Plaintiff's Attorney: Natalie Cappetta, Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. 1900 Spring Road, Suite 102, Oak Brook, IL 60523. (630) 9547474.

Dated: November 5, 2012.

Natalie Cappetta, Cappetta & Associates, Ltd. Attorney for Plaintiff 1900 Spring Road, Suite 102 Oak Brook, IL 60523 630-954-7474 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 27, 2012, January 3, 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, ILLINOIS McHENRY COUNTY, JUVENILE DIVISION IN THE INTEREST OF T.A.W. (Minor.)

No. 12 JD 157 12 JD 211 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION

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Anthony Simmons, and any unknown Fathers, and to All Whom It May Concern: Take notice that on September 13, 2012 and December 21, 2012, Delinquency petitions were filed under the Juvenile Court Act of 1987 by ASSISTANT STATE'S ATTORNEY, Robert Ladd in the Circuit Court of the 22nd Judicial Circuit, McHenry County entitled “in the Interest of T.A.W., a Minor' and that in the courtroom of Judge MAUREEN P. MCINTYRE, or any Judge sitting in her stead in Room 101 of the McHenry County Government Center, Woodstock, Illinois, on February 26, 2013 at 10:00 a.m., or as soon thereafter as this cause may be heard, an adjudicatory hearing will be held upon the petitions to have the Minor declared to be a ward of the court under that Act. THE COURT HAS AUTHORITY IN THIS PROCEEDING TO TAKE FROM YOU THE CUSTODY AND GUARDIANSHIP OF THE MINOR. NOW, UNLESS YOU APPEAR at the hearing and show cause against the Petitions, the allegations of the petition may stand admitted as against you, and an order of judgment entered.

January 4, 2013 Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (SEAL) (Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS JOZEF KOZICKI and VIOLETTA KOZICKI, Plaintiffs, vs.

CASS VENTURES, LLC, an Illinois Corporation, and George Huene a/k/a George Von Huene, Defendants.

No. 12 LA 61 NOTICE OF PUBLICATION Notice is given you, Cass Ventures, LLC, an Illinois Corporation and George Von Huene, Defendants, that this cause has been commenced against you in this Court asking for payment on the promissory notes between you and the Plaintiffs, and other relief.

Unless you file your response or

yo yo spon otherwise file your appearance in this cause in the office of the Circuit Clerk of McHenry County, Courthouse, Woodstock, Illinois, on or before the 14th day of February, 2013 at the McHenry County Courthouse, a judgment and other relief may be granted as prayed for by the Plaintiff.

Katherine M. Keefe Circuit Clerk / McHenry County, Illinois William P. Petsche RothMelei ARDC # 6306733 454 W. Virginia Street Crystal Lake, IL 60014 Phone: 815.356.8000 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 17, 24, 2013)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY STATE OF ILLINOIS ESTATE OF Bruce Vernon, DECEASED. 12 PR 327 Notice is given to creditors of the death of the above named decedent. Letters of office were issued to American State Bank, 525 N. Main Avenue, Sioux Center, IA 51250 as Independent Executor, whose attorney of record is Charles A. Janda, Law Offices of Charles A. Janda, 120 N. LaSalle St., Ste. 1040, Chicago Illinois 60602.

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 clerk Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Court 2200 North Seminary Woodstock, Illinois 60098 or with the representative, or both, on or before July 10, 2013, or, if mailing or delivery of a notice from the representative is required by section 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 10 days after it has been filed.

Charles A. Janda

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TODAY - In the coming months, spend the necessary time and effort to gain the material security vital to both your pet projects and your workaday endeavors.

If you’re prepared for anything, you’ll be able to handle everything.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Even though you mean well, back off if a friend starts hinting that you’re being too inquisitive. You pal is anxious to confide in you, but must do so in his or her own good time.

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ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- This is not a day to make an impulsive gamble, even if you think it would expedite matters for you. It won’t. Stick to the straight and narrow, even if it takes more time.

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LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- The chances that you’ll fulfill a personal ambition are pretty good, but you must make sure that you don’t handle things in a self-serving fashion, which would ruffle a few feathers.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Unless you openly discuss things that have bugged you lately, they could fester in your brainpan. Instead of suffering in silence, expose what ails you to the light of day.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Money matters could be a mixed bag for you at present. Although you are likely to make a wrong move that’ll cost you money, you’ll have a chance to rectify it later, if you’re smart enough.

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A Movie ››› “Scary Movie” (2000) (AMC) cheerleaders vie for a coveted national title.‘PG-13’ (CC) widower investigates huge circles in his crop fields.‘PG-13’ widower investigates huge circles in his crop fields.‘PG-13’ Shawn Wayans.‘R’ (CC) North Woods Law: On the Hunt Law on the Border (N) ’ North Woods Law: On the Hunt Law on the Border ’ Alaska Wildlife Troopers (CC) Alaska Wildlife Troopers (CC) (ANPL) Gator Boys: Xtra Bites ’ (CC) Rattlesnake Republic ’ (CC) Erin Burnett OutFront Piers Morgan Tonight Erin Burnett OutFront (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (N) (CC) Piers Morgan Tonight (N) Anderson Cooper 360 (CC) Anderson Cooper 360 (CC) (CNN) (3:00) The Situation Room (N) Colbert Report Daily Show Daily Show Colbert Report The Burn-Jeff Tosh.0 (CC) Daily Show Colbert Report Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) Tosh.0 (CC) (COM) South Park Movie: ›› “Office Space” (1999, Comedy) Ron Livingston. (CC) NBA Basketball Chicago Tribune Live (N) (Live) SportsNet Cent Red Bull Signature Series Winter Dew Tour SportsNet Cent SportsNet Cent The Pat Boyle Football Weekly SportsNet Cent Chicago Tribune (CSN) Property Wars Property Wars Property Wars Property Wars Moonshiners “Adios, Mr. Still” ’ Property Wars Property Wars Moonshiners “Adios, Mr. Still” ’ Property Wars Property Wars Property Wars Property Wars (DISC) Amish Mafia “Holy War” (CC) Wizards of Wizards of The Suite Life The Suite Life Good Luck Jessie “A Doll’s A.N.T. Farm Jessie The value A.N.T. Farm ’ Dog With a Blog Movie ››› “Tangled” (2010) Voices of Mandy Moore. Animated. A Austin & Ally ’ Good Luck (DISN) Charlie (CC) Charlie (CC) of a dollar.

(CC) (CC) Outhouse” ’ “contestANTs” Waverly Place Waverly Place on Deck (CC) on Deck (CC) “Wingstan” ’ bandit provides Rapunzel’s ticket out of her prison tower.‘PG’ (CC) (4:50) Movie: ›› “Batman Forever” (1995, Action) Val Kilmer.

Batman Movie: ››› “The Fifth Element” (1997) Bruce Willis, Gary Oldman, Ian (:10) Movie: ›› “Blown Away” (1994, Suspense) Jeff Bridges.

Premiere. (:15) Movie: › “Ultraviolet” (2006, Science Fiction) (:45) Movie:“Van (ENC) Helsing” A mad Irish bomber plots revenge on his former pupil. (CC) faces threats from the Riddler and Harvey Two-Face. ’ (CC) Holm. A New York cabby tries to save Earth in 2259. ’ (CC) Milla Jovovich, Cameron Bright. ’ (CC) College Basketball: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) College Basketball: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) (ESPN) SportsCenter (N) (Live) (CC) Basketball College Basketball: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) College Basketball: Teams TBA. (N) (Live) College Basketball: St. Mary’s at Gonzaga. (N) (Live) NFL Live (N) (ESPN2) SportsNation (N) (CC) Paid Program Sexy Makeup (FAM) Bunheads ’ (CC) Movie: › “Wild Hogs” (2007, Comedy) Tim Allen, John Travolta.

Movie: ›› “RV” (2006) Robin Williams, Jeff Daniels. Premiere.

The 700 Club ’ (CC) Switched at Birth ’ (CC) Special Report With Bret Baier FOX Report With Shepard Smith The O’Reilly Factor (N) (CC) On Record, Greta Van Susteren The O’Reilly Factor (CC) Hannity On Record, Greta Van Susteren Hannity (N) (FNC) Cupcake Wars Chopped Chopped “Unsung Heroes” Sweet Genius “Sci-Fi Genius” (N) Rachael vs. Guy Cook-Off Chopped “Unsung Heroes” Sweet Genius “Sci-Fi Genius” (FOOD) Chopped “Belly Up” Two/Half Men Two/Half Men Two/Half Men Two/Half Men Movie: ›› “Iron Man 2” (2010, Action) Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow.

(FX) Movie: ››› “The Incredible Hulk” (2008, Action) Edward Norton, Liv Tyler.

Movie: › “Legion” (2010) The Golden The Golden The Golden The Brady The Brady The Brady The Brady Happy Days “Big Happy Days “A Happy Days Happy Days Frasier ’ (CC) Frasier “Three Frasier “To Tell Frasier “Decoys” The Golden (HALL) Bunch (CC) Bunch (CC) Bunch (CC) Bunch (CC) Money” Star Is Bored” (CC) “Open House” Girls ’ (CC) Girls ’ (CC) Girls ’ (CC) Girls ’ (CC) Valentines” ’ the Truth” ’ ’ (CC) Selling NY Hunters Int’l House Hunters Salvage Dawgs Salvage Dawgs Rehab Addict Rehab Addict House Hunters Hunters Int’l House Hunters Hunters Int’l Rehab Addict Rehab Addict House Hunters Hunters Int’l (HGTV) Selling NY Jesse James’ Hidden Treasure Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Pawn Stars Cajun Pawn Cajun Pawn Cajun Pawn Cajun Pawn (:01) Pawn Stars (:31) Pawn Stars Cajun Pawn Cajun Pawn (:02) Ax Men “Cage Match” (HIST) (:31) Double To Be Announced To Be Announced (:02) Project Runway All Stars “All (12:02) Project Runway All Stars Project Runway All Stars The Project Runway All Stars “Couture Double Divas Double Divas (:01) Double (LIFE) Divas (CC) Divas (CC) Stars and Stripes” (CC) “Couture De France” (CC) designers create looks for veterans. De France” (N) (CC) (CC) (N) (CC) Hardball With Chris Matthews The Last Word The Ed Show The Rachel Maddow Show The Last Word The Ed Show (N) The Rachel Maddow Show (N) (MSNBC) PoliticsNation (N) (MTV) Washington Heights ’ Snooki & JWOWW ’ BUCKWILD ’ BUCKWILD (N) ’ BUCKWILD ’ Snooki & JWOWW ’ Washington Heights ’ SpongeBob Drake & Josh Drake & Josh House of Anubis (N) ’ (CC) The Nanny Friends (CC) (:33) Friends (:06) Friends (:39) Friends ’ George Lopez George Lopez (NICK) SpongeBob Full House ’ Full House ’ The Nanny Bellator 360 The Welterweights are Bellator 360 The Featherweights Movie: ›› “Doom” (2005, Science Fiction) The Rock, Karl Urban.

The Joe Schmo Show A man tries The Joe Schmo Show Chase’s iMPACT Wrestling (N) ’ (CC) (SPIKE) to become a bounty hunter. (CC) highlighted. (N) ’ are highlighted. (N) ’ loyalty is tested. ’ (CC) Soldiers battle mutants at a research facility on Mars. ’ Face Off Contestants create three Movie:“Ghost Storm” (2012, Suspense) Crystal Allen, Carlos Bernard. A Movie: ›› “The Mist” (2007, Horror) Thomas Jane, Marcia Gay Harden, Laurie Holden. A Movie: › “Ghost Town” (2009, Horror) Jessica Rose, Billy Drago, Randy Movie:“Ghost (SYFY) characters.

Voyage” (2008) supernatural electrical storm threatens an island. deadly fog engulfs terrified townspeople.

Wayne. Deadly ghosts terrorize a group of college students.

Movie: ››› “Rebel Without a Cause” (1955) James Dean, Natalie Movie: ››› “Demetrius and the Gladiators” (1954) Victor Mature.

Movie: ››› “Roughly Speaking” (1945) Rosalind Russell. A career- Movie: ››› “Old Acquaintance” (1943) Bette Davis, Miriam Hopkins.

(TCM) Wood. Volatile teens with feckless parents witness tragedy. (CC) Premiere. The gladiator vies with Emperor Caligula for Christ’s robe. minded woman faces hardship raising two families. (CC) An author’s return to her hometown spurs a jealous rivalry. (CC) Island Medium Island Medium To Be Announced To Be Announced Four Weddings “...and a Giraffe” What Not to Wear “Nicole” (N) Four Weddings “...and a Giraffe” What Not to Wear “Nicole” (CC) To Be Announced (TLC) The Mentalist “Russet Potatoes” The Mentalist ’ (CC) NBA Basketball: New York Knicks at Indiana Pacers. (N) (Live) (CC) NBA Basketball: Miami Heat at Portland Trail Blazers. (N) (Live) (CC) Inside the NBA (N) (Live) (CC) (TNT) King of Queens Hot, Cleveland M*A*S*H (CC) M*A*S*H (CC) M*A*S*H (CC) Cosby Show Cosby Show Cosby Show Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond Love-Raymond King of Queens King of Queens (:12) The King of Queens (CC) (TVL) NCIS “Sharif Returns” A terrorist NCIS “Blowback” The Navy’s top- NCIS “Friends and Lovers” A young NCIS “Dead Man Walking” A Navy NCIS “Skeletons” A cache of dis- CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Law & Order: Special Victims Unit House “The Mistake” A young (USA) with a chemical weapon. (CC) membered human remains. (CC) Investigate homicide. ’ (CC) mother with stomach pain dies. secret weapons system. ’ (CC) sailor’s body is found. ’ lieutenant is poisoned. ’ “Manipulated” ’ (CC) 40 Most Shocking Breakups 40 Most Shocking Breakups Behind the Music Ne-Yo. (CC) Behind the Music “Eve” (CC) (VH1) Behind the Music “T.I.” T.I. ’ Love & Hip Hop ’ Black Ink Crew ’ Making Mr. Right ’ Big Bang Big Bang Big Bang Conan (N) (CC) (WTBS) King of Queens Seinfeld (CC) Seinfeld (CC) Seinfeld (CC) Family Guy ’ Family Guy ’ Big Bang The Office ’ The Office ’ Conan (CC) PREMIUM 5:00 5:30 6:00 6:30 7:00 7:30 8:00 8:30 9:00 9:30 10:00 10:30 11:00 11:30 12:00 12:30 (3:30) Movie “Hemingway & Gell- (:15) Movie ›› “Bruce Almighty” (2003, Comedy) Jim Carrey. A frus- Movie ››› “Big Miracle” (2012, Adventure) John Krasinski. Interna- Cathouse: Cat Cathouse: Come Movie ››› “Pariah” (2011, Drama) Adepero Oduye, Movie “Head in (HBO) the Clouds” ‘R’ to, Party Call ’ (CC) horn” (2012) Clive Owen. ’ (CC) trated reporter receives divine powers from God. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) Pernell Walker, Aasha Davis. ’ ‘R’ (CC) tional forces rally to save three ice-trapped whales. ’ ‘PG’ (CC) Movie ››› “The (:15) Movie ›› “Patch Adams” (1999) Robin Williams. A doctor truly (:15) Movie ›› “American Wedding” (2003, Comedy) Jason Biggs. A Movie ›› “The Hangover Part II” (2011, Comedy) (:45) The Erotic Traveler Feature 4: Self Portrait A compilation of (MAX) Hurricane” episodes. ’ (CC) believes that laughter is the best medicine. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) couple prepares to marry, while a friend plans a party. ’ ‘NR’ (CC) Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms. ’ ‘R’ (CC) Movie “Tupac: (3:45) Movie (:25) Movie ›› “The Final Cut” (2004, Science Fic- Movie ››› “Our Idiot Brother” (2011, Comedy) Paul Movie ››› “50/50” (2011) Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Learning that he has SuicideGirls (N) Next Stop for 60 Minutes Sports (SHOW) “Few Options” Resurrection” Charlie (N) ’ ’ (CC) tion) Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino. ’ ‘PG-13’ Rudd, Elizabeth Banks. ’ ‘R’ (CC) cancer, a young man vows to beat the odds. ’ ‘R’ (CC) (4:00) “Under Movie “Heart of Stone” (2009) An inner city school Movie ›› “Piranha” (2010, Horror) Elisabeth Shue, Movie ›› “Faster” (2010, Action) Dwayne Johnson, (:15) Movie ›› “Die Another Day” (2002, Action) Pierce Brosnan, Halle Berry. James Bond Movie “Politics (TMC) the Mountain” of Love” (2010) principal tries to restore safety. ’ ‘NR’ (CC) Adam Scott, Jerry O’Connell. ’ ‘R’ (CC) Billy Bob Thornton. ’ ‘R’ (CC) and an American spy track a North Korean villain. ’ ‘PG-13’ (CC) CBS 2 News at CBS Evening 5:00PM (N) ’ News/Pelley NBC 5 Chicago NBC Nightly % WMAQ News at 5:00 News (N) (CC) ABC7 News (N) ABC World _ WLS News ’ (CC) WGN News at Five (N) ’ (CC) ^ WBBM

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sq yd Topsoil Furnish and Place; 38,075 gallon of CIR-FDR Emulsified Asphalt; 30,460 sq. yd of Cold-InPlace Recycling; 2,619 ton of HotMix Asphalt Surface Course, Mix ”D”; 0.9 acre of Seeding, Class 1A; 1,000 cu. yd. of Subgrade Removal and Replacement; 503 ton of Aggregate Wedge Shoulder, Type B and other appurtenances necessary to complete the improvement.

A non-refundable fee of $30.00 will be charged for the above plans and specifications. Plans and specifications may be downloaded from www.McHenryCountyDOT.org under Doing Business / Bid Documents.

All proposals shall be submitted on forms furnished by McHenry County which may be obtained at the Office of the Director of Transportation/County Engineer. The County reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technicalities.

Prequalification of bidders in accordance with the provisions of LR 102-2 of the State of Illinois Bureau of Local Roads Special Provisions is required. Not less than the prevailing rate of wages as found

by McHenry County or the Department of Labor, or as determined by the Court on Review, shall be paid to all laborers, workers and mechanics performing work as indicated in the Special Provisions of the Specifications.

All proposals must be accompanied by a proposal guarantee in the amount of not less than 5 percent of the bid, or as provided in LR 102-2 of the Bureau of Local Roads Special Provisions.

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By Order of the County Board Joseph R. Korpalski Jr., P.E. Director of Transportation/County Engineer

PUBLIC NOTICE

PUBLIC NOTICE The McHenry County Housing Authority is seeking sealed bids for: complete rewiring and re-plumbing of home for a single family home on Eastwood Lane, in McHenry, Illinois, through the CDBG Owner Occupied Home Rehab Program. Contractor must request a bid packet to attend the Contractor Walk through which will be on Monday 1/14/13 9:0010:00a.m. Bids are due at The McHenry County Housing Authority

by Tuesday, 1/22/13 @ 4p.m.

Public bid opening will be at The McHenry County Housing Authority on Wednesday, 1/23/13 @ 9a.m.

Info on this and future bids are located at: www.mchenrycountyhousing.org or call Michael P. Isitoro at 815/338-7752x133. Work Comp & Liabiliy insurance req.

McHenry County Housing Authority is an equal opportunity employer.

Small, minority and women owned businesses are enouraged to apply.

(Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 2013)

PUBLIC NOTICE ASSUMED NAME PUBLICATION NOTICE Public Notice is hereby given that on December 28, 2012, a certificate was filed in the Office of the County Clerk of McHenry County, Illinois, setting forth the names and post-office addresses of all of the persons owning, conducting and transacting the business known as GREAT AMERICAN PAINTERS, located at 7605 BEAVER ROAD, WONDER LAKE, IL 60097 Dated December 28, 2012 /s/ Katherine C. Schultz County Clerk

(SEAL) (Published in the Northwest Herald January 3, 10, 17 2013)

Call to advertise 800-589-8237 GORDON TRUCKING CDL-A Drivers Needed! Up to $4,000 Sign On Bonus! Dry, Reefer, OTR, Regional. Benefits, 401k, EOE, No East Coast. Call 7 days/wk!

TeamGTI.com 888-653-3304 Need Legal Help? FREE REFERRAL Call 877-270-3855 Courtesy of the Illinois State Bar Association at www.IllinoisLawyerFinder.com

FAUCET

2003 Chevy Silverado 1500 4x4 Excellent condition! Short bed reg cab, good runner, Line-X bed liner. $7000/obo 815-388-4293 2005 Chevrolet Colorado with only 29K on it, this truck is in EXCELLENT CONDITION! Like New! Topper included, $9000 Call 224-622-2652

2007 Chevy 1500 4x4

Ext Cab Z71, 27K miles, 1 owner.

Only $19,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

2005 CHEVROLET TAHOE LT Leather, DVD, 3rd row seats and all the toys. 194k highway miles.

Excellent. $8850. 630-251-1511

(4) Tires & Wheel for Ford Explorer 22570R 15” w/90% tread, flotted aluminum, $400 815-315-3047 Ladder Rack. Heavy steel. Fits large flatbed truck. $100 815-455-1225

RIMS-ION ALLOY

121K miles, leather seats.

New tires, trailer hitch. All the bells and whistles for that year!

Not much to look at but a great runner! $1000/obo.

815-385-5145 ~ 815-344-1188

2000 Chrysler Concorde

4 door, very clean!

Low miles. Only $5,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566 2000 Lexus RX 300 $2500 OBO Transmission Needs Work.

173K. Call: 847-445-3174

2000 Pontiac Grand AM GT

4 door, white, very good condition!

New tires and brakes, sunroof, $3,500.

847-530-8334

2002 Mercury Marquis LS

4 door, 1 owner, 23K miles.

Spotless! Only $8,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

2003 Chrysler PT Cruiser Touring

Local trade - sharp! $5,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

2005 Hyundai Accent Silver 4 door, automatic, power window and lock, ac, 71,000 miles, great cond. $5,200. obo 815-477-4265

2005 Pontiac Bonneville

4 door, 52K miles, 1 owner. $9,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

2006 Ford Focus 2x4

4 door, extra clean, 86K miles. $5,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

2009 Mini Cooper

Leather, sunroof, 36K miles.

Only $16,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

LIKE NEW! Only on vehicle for 2 mo, 5 lug, 16' aluminum. $350. 815-790-3518

I BUY CARS, TRUCKS, VANS & SUVs 1990 & Newer

Will beat anyone's price by $300.

Will pay extra for Honda, Toyota & Nissan

815-814-1964 or

815-814-1224 ★★★★★★★★★★★

A-1 AUTO

Will BUY UR USED CAR, TRUCK, SUV,

MOST CASH WILL BEAT ANY QUOTE GIVEN!! $400 - $2000

2012 Chevy Malibu LT

NO TITLE......

NO PROBLEM 815-575-5153

24K miles, only 11,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

4 door, full power.....What A Buy! Only $15,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566 4 door, 11K miles, only $15,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

2001 Jeep Grand Cherokee.

Gold. Mint condition. Loaded.

Leather, Sun Roof, etc. 130K mi. $4000 firm. 815-354-0198

1998 Dodge Ram 1500 Regular cab, SLT, short bed. 132k. $2,800 or best offer. Call 815-529-1307, please leave message.

2000 Chevy S-10 Pick-Up

V6, AT, A/C, new brakes.

78K miles, only $5,495.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

Restaurant, Bar, Patio - Bucket Truck Auction The Harbour Club 25276 W Grass Lake Rd, Antioch, IL

Thursday, January 17 - 10:30 Nice Listing. Ford Super Duty bucket truck; Hobart 4732 meat grinder-1 ph, & Hobart HR0303 - 36 bird, 6 bar rotisserie & heated cabinet; 2 Annets SLG40 gas fryers; Wells 36” gas radiant chargrill; Duke 4 well steam table; Blodgett conv. oven; 8 sets - wrought iron patio tables with 4 chairs – umbrellas - paid $800 per set like new!

3) 32” LCD TV's; Baby Grand Piano; Sign Line 8' digital reader board; Cornelius 500# ice cuber; Continental 3 door back bar bottle cooler; popcorn popper; 4 nice chest freezers; Business & Dining Related. 10% buyers fee.

Backes Auctioneers Raymond, Iowa 800-876-8070 www.backes-auction.com

Variety of Hens. 815-354-2749

For covering concrete, 6'x25' $20/ea. 847-514-4989

SPACE HEATER, $60 - 200,000 BTU, LP HOOK-UP, great for job site. Picture on line. 815-477-8928

Wall Paper Table, Wooden can be disassembled $10 847-476-6771

HOSPITAL BED

Almost new with pad.

815-344-5453 TV. 27” Zenith. Works good.

Beautiful cabinet.

815-385-4295

Boots: Redwing/Sorel Winter Pac Safety Boots, Omega & CSA certified $50 Like New 815-344-7993 COACH BAGS AND SHOES - 2 coach purses, 1 silver & 1 black. $125/each. Also pair of black coachs sneakers for sale. Size 10. $60/obo. All excellent condition.

Can text pictures. 815-271-0119 CUFFLINKS, mens black and silver, worn once and still in box. $15 708-602-8353 Mink Jacket. Ladies' Size Sm/Med. $50. 815-455-3555

Silver Fox Fur Ladies' Wrap. $80

815-455-3555

Trench Coat: Woman's Black classic, genuine U.S. Military issue, Double breasted, 6 button front, belt & 2 pockets, NEW, 24R, $135, please call 815-477-9023

WAHL APPLIANCE Reconditioned Appliances Lakemoor 815-385-1872 Dishwasher – Frigidaire, Gallery, white, approx 5 yrs old. $30, 815-482-8399 Dishwasher/Kenmore - Almond Good condition, $60.

G. E. Gas Range - Almond.

Self-cleaning, exc cond, $200.

847-639-1112 Dorm Fridge. Igloo. NEW! $75 OBO. 847-669-3994

DOUBLE OVEN

White, clean, works perfect!

Whirlpool, electric, fits standard 30” space, $225. 847-380-0870 Dryer. Maytag. Gas. White.

Great condition. $325.

630-973-3528 DRYERS - Gas dryers. Hot Point & Maytag, white, ex. large cap. Approx. 4 yrs old $100 ea.

815-482-8399 REFRIGERATOR & STOVE - Stainless Steel. $375 each. 815-308-5068

Upright Freezer ~ Frigidaire

Frost free, 4.5'Hx2'W, $75.

815-385-1396 WASHER & DRYER - Stackable 815-308-5068 WASHER / DRYER - Whirlpool Heavy Duty Super Capacity Plus Washer/Electric Dryer. Great Condition. $250. 815-338-1199 WASHER / DRYER – Stackable. great condition new dryer motor $250. Call 815-347-1047 Washer Maytag & Gas Dryer GE. Energy efficient. $350/pair or $200 ea. 815-608-4939

2012 Chevy Cruze LT

2010 Chevy Cobalt LT Coupe

HENS (7)

Insulating Blankets (80)

LADDER RACK in excellent condition. For installation on full size Chevrolet or GMC truck. Contact Steve at 331-442-3507. Asking price $400.00 (Firm) SALON SHAMPOO CHAIR very good condition, asking $65.

Call 815-482-4531 ask for Patty

GLASS PEDESTAL CAKE STAND AND COVER - Classic. large glass cake plate pedestal with dome handle at the top & lip along the inside of the cake plate. Imagine how cute to serve at your next tea party. Very good cond. $15. 815-477-9023

MINK WRAPS (3)

2005 Chevy Impala

4 door, 50K miles, 1 owner. $8,995.

Ormsby Motors 815-459-4566

DESK, STEEL secretary style. In good condition. Beige in color. 2 drawers are file drawers. Size is 31 1/2" deep, 28" tall, 59 1/2" wide.

Picture in online ad. Must pick up.

Crystal Lake, 815-245-9495

$30/ea. 815-455-3555

★★★★★★★★★★★

1994 Chrysler Town & Country

Girls Bikes-16 inches good condition, $15 both. Call 815-363-8559

Price Pfifter Brass, Pforever finish for sink, 4” centers, brand new in box, $40. 847-380-0870

Tire. Goodyear Viva. 215/70/R15. $30 815-245-7930

Published in the Northwest Herald on : January 10, January 17 and January 24, 2013

The McHenry Elementary School District 15 Board of Education will be hosting a Public Forum on January 22, 2013 at Valley View School from 6:45-7:30pm. Topics of the Public Forum will include a report from the Superintendent's Office regarding District 15's achievements and security protocol.

In addition, Senator Pam Althoff will be speaking regarding pension reform.

(Published in the Northwest Herald January 10, 2013)

2001 TOYOTA TUNDRA 4x4

Fully loaded, Very Clean!

92K miles, 4 door, $9,000/obo.

815-385-9603 7am - 9pm

ARIENS SINGLE STAGE SNOW BLOWER - 3hp, 22" wide Runs great. Pull cord needs to be replaced but blower can still be started with the current one. Asking $225. Call with any questions to 815-482-9443, ask for Mark.

Baker's Rack. Brass & Wrought Iron 74”Hx24”W. $150 OBO. 815-363-4131 Doll - Porcelain Doll World Galleries Collectibles. Pictures avail upon req. $15. 815-404-9765 ICE BOX - 1920's era Good condition. Photo online. $150. 847-669-8502 Jan Mclean 24” Porcelain Doll Limited Edition comes w/wooden chair $80 815-701-1172

WANTED:

LIONEL ALLEGHANY ELECTRIC TRAIN SET "featuring the mighty sound of steam". Model # M61199. Good played with condition.

Works, missing crew, 2 additional cars + add'l track. Asking $175.00 OBO 815-482-4531 Ask for Patty

$CASH$

WHEATIES BOXES - 19 sports figures incl Jordan, Bulls, Payton. $25 obo. 847-909-4964

OLD CARS & TRUCKS FOR

We pay and can Tow it away!

Call us today: 815-338-2800

ROUTE 14 AUTO PARTS

1990 Polaris Indy 500.

2700 mi. Reverse.

Good condition. $800. 847-639-3687 Snowmobile Trailer. Triton.

Aluminum Cap. 3 place. Tilt bed.

Excellent condition. $1200. 847-639-3687

Send your Classified Advertising 24/7 to: Email: classified@ shawsuburban.com Fax: 815-477-8898 or online at: www.nwherald.com

Car Seat Britax Marathon $100.

815-382-2455

COSCO Stroller, Infant carrier, base.

Good cond. Hardly used. At Grandma's house. $40. 815-678-4234 DIAPERS ~ 100% COTTON New in package, flat 27”x27”. $8/dozen, pre-fold, 14”x20”. $9/dozen. 630-721-0068 INFANT CARRIER - Graco, with cozy cover, all in excellent condition. $40. 815-363-8974 INFANT SWING and CARSEAT with 2 pods in excellent shape. $85.

815-900-1183 Kids ladybug lamp - Colorful french blue with lime green spotted appearance. Adorable and like new condition. $20. 815-477-9023.

Bicycles-I have 3 Bicycles for sale.

Mens 26 in Mountain Bike, Womens 26 in Mountain Bike, Girls 24 In Mountain Bike all Huffy and good condition, little rust on rims $60 for all Call 815-363-8559

MINERALS- FOSSILS Meteorites, Gemstones, Amethyst, Roman Coins, Dinosaur Teeth, Birthstones, Quartz, Amber + more. $2 on up. 500+ specimens!

East State Antique Mall: 5411 East State St., Rockford.

10am-7pm 7 days/week. AND a case at the Volo Antique Mall III - 7 days a week 10am-5pm Pepsi Cola Vintage White Lettered Pitcher -clear glass 2 qt., 10 in. tall, no nicks, cracks or chips. Collectible advertising, has a rather Art Nouveau look to the logo, with the complete name- not just Pepsi framed by an ornate design on each side. Excellent condition. $35.

815-477-9023.

Apple iPod Nano. 16G. Original box & cords. Silver. Great shape. $80 OBO. 815-245-7930 Bookshelf JBL Speakers (wood) (2) great condition & quality. $100/pair. Call 847-669-1424 CAMERA - Canon A-1 complete set all in excellent condition! Includes Canon A-1 35mm film camera with a Canon FD 50mm 1:1.4 lens, Sunpak Auto 422 D multi position flash, shoulder strap, UV lens,camera bag & all manuals. $150.

815-363-8974 DVD/CD Sony 5 disc Player for home stereo system w/ remote. Great look & cond. $75. 847-669-1424

STEREO/TV ~ PHILLIPS $35

815-701-1172

Typewriter/Electric - IBM

With table, $40. 815-385-1157 Wii Monitor - Portable Monitor: Wii 7" LCD. Great for taking Wii on trips etc. $40.00. Call 847-669-1424

AB LOUNGE 2

Good Condition, $30/obo.

McHenry area. 815-344-3511 Exercise Machine.

Pro-Form 300 CR $75 815-382-5656 Ironman Gym $300 you dissemble.

Call John 815-600-5269

Fire Logs - Hargrove Mfg

Deluxe, gas, new, 24”, 9 piece set. $150 847-476-6771 IT'S DRY & CLEAN Oak, Maple, Cherry Mix $90 Face 2 for $170 delivered 815-385-3071 MIXED FIREWOOD Oak - Maple - Cherry $90/FC or 2FC $170. Free Delivery and Stacking. 815-528-0586

SCOTT'S TREE SERVICE Mixed, Seasoned Hard Wood. $85/FC Delivered 847-497-3494

ARMOIRE AND 2 BOOKCASES - sold as a complete set, huge deal, Bassett, heavy, medium oak, can send pictures. Delivery available for full price offer in Crystal Lake area. Very nice set, $200. 815-477-8928 BAR STOOLS - Quality, Set of 3 durable hardwood, 2 bar height stools, plus 1 counter height stool, classic style, larger seating area.

Excellent $95. 815-477-9023

Bedroom Set

Vintage 5 piece set, mahogany. $400 815-385-1157 BEDROOM SET ~ Queen size.

4 pieces, Amish Style. Must see! $350/firm. 847-804-2999 BOOKCASES - Set of 3, 30 W x 15 D x 77 H, classic style, well made, very sturdy, walnut finish, trim molding at top with arched design, bottom doors offer add'l enclosed storage. $250. 815-477-9023 BR set: Queen , headboard 2 nightstands, 2 dresser, and 2 mirrors $150 815-344-4088 BR set: Twin, 2 dressers, nightstand, headboard $50 815-344-4088 Chair with Ottoman. Aqua. 1.5 yrs old. Matching pillows. $100 847-669-3994 Coffee Table. 2 Tiered. Glass & Marble. $250 847-345-9920 Northwest Herald is the only daily newspaper published in McHenry County.

COTTAGE HUTCH - Shabby chic style, painted lilac inside and out.

Lovely to see, perfect in any room for that vintage cottage decor. $295. 815-477-9023 COUCHES - Wickes reclining (2 each) large & small beige couches.

Large $300, small $200. Very good condition. Picture online.

Call Beth 815/344-9894.

Desk ~ Wood

Contemporary, 3 pieces. Excellent condition, $35. 815-899-1701 Desk. Vintage early 40's. Dark wood. 8 drawers. Good cond. $225. 815-385-9327 or 815-953-9350 DINING CHAIRS, $50 - set of 4, black metal frame with beige patterned fabric, excellent shape. Can send Picture, 815-477-8928 Dining Room Chairs (6). Oak. 2 with arms. Beige cushion seats. $120/all. 847-802-4949

DINING ROOM SET

Mission Style with 6 chairs in perfect condition, excellent finish, custom cushions, $150. 00.

815-341-7018 Dining Room Set: glass top table, 6 chairs, 2 leaves, 1 china $175 815-344-4088 Dining Room Table $50.

Call John 815-600-5269 Dining Room Table 5' L x 3' W Metal & Glass w/4 Chairs (+ cushions) All From Pier 1, Seats Up To 8 $350. 815-370-4165 DINING ROOM TABLE and matching china cabinet. Walnut finish in excellent clean condition. Seats 6.

Chairs included, 1 with arms. Table size is 40" wide, 77" long with 18" leaf installed. Hutch is 75x46x16.

This is a sturdy set. Picture in online ad. You must pick up. $400.

Crystal Lake. 815-245-9495 DINING ROOM TABLE with 6 chairs, 2 leaves and matching hutch. $350 for the entire set. 815-308-5068 Dining Room Table. Mid-Century.

Maple. Leaves, Pads, 6 Chairs. $400. 847-345-9920 DINING TABLE, $75 - 48" diameter, plus 1 leaf, walnut woodgrain finish, sturdy. can send picture.

815-477-8928 DRESSER for Ladies Bedroom Walnut finish, with two large mirrors. Has 3 center drawers, and 3 drawers each side behind cabinet doors. Size is 19" deep, 72" wide, 29 1/2 tall (77" to top of mirrors).

Picture in online ad. $150 cash.

Must pick-up, Crystal Lake.

815-245-9495 End Table. Rosewood.

30” square. $75 847-345-9920 FURNITURE - 3 Soft Pine Furniture Pieces. Needs refinishing. Includes Coffee Table with drawer, Sofa table with drawer and end table with drawer. Can email pics. $150 obo Call 815-363-8559 GLIDER ROCKING CHAIR - Beautiful.

Solid wood frame with patterned blue cushions. Excellent condition. $75. 224-330-8172 Hutch: brown maple, 2 drawers in 1 drawer, like new, $80 815-385-3858 Leather coat: fitted, hooded, waist length, medium, Marono $8/OBO 630-346-2476 Living Room Lamp. Yellow & Cream China. $100.

847-345-9920 Love Seat. 62” Aqua Microfiber.

1.5 yrs old. Matching pillows. $200. 847-669-3994 Mattress. King Serta Set w/frame.

Very good cond. $185.

815-245-7365 MIRROR, $40 - decorative frame of alternating gold finished wood and cherry finished wood. 26-1/2"w x 31"h. Can send pictures.

815-477-8928 ROCKER, blue oak with cushions Johnsburg area. $25.

708/602-8353 Shelves: 2 grey metal. Perfect for garage or basement You pick up 815-444-9585 Sofa: 80”, like new! Beige plaid, $225 847-515-1224 Call between 9am-7pm

KNAACK TOOL CHEST, $50.00, 19X32, Side handles, some rust, still gets the job done, includes 2 Ubolts, can send picture.

815-477-8928 Neumatic framing nailer, Bostitch w/ 10 cases of 8D sheating nails. $300/obo or possible trade 708-363-2004 Portable Heater $25, Galaxy 99 Radio $200, Poulon Chain Saw $75, Radio Saw with table $300.

Must go call John 815-600-5269

Bicycle - MOTOmed. Stationary computerized bike. Attaches to wheelchair. Asking $1000. Brand new! 847-997-7109 Scooter Outdoor ~ Rascal Works great, $400 firm. Also handicapped lift plateform for Rascal Scooter, hitch mounted. $400. 815-653-4612 Wheelchair -Cardiac style - Rehab custom made,allows mobility. Full tilt. Gel Seat. Individual cones.

Will take Best Offer.

847-997-7109

Baker Burn Out Oven & Stand for jewelry Honeywell, DCP100, Digital controller, programmer, $300 847-476-6771 BOOTS - Khombu high quality brand! Women's waterproof/insulated duck winter boot in navy blue size 7. Like new condition, $25, please call 815-477-9023.

DOG NAIL TRIMMER, battery operated and as seen on TV, new in box Johnsburg area 708-602-8353 FLOOR PILLOW: HUGE - stuffed with down. Approx 4 foot round. With Red fabric cover. Great for kids or adults. $70. Call 847-669-1424

Jogging Stroller

The Baby Jogger. Great shape! $40. 815-701-1172 Luggage Set Top Brand and cond.

American Tourister. Not canvas sides, 2 pieces 7x24”, 7x20”, $35.

815-455-3555 OUTDOOR STOVE - Large Metal One Burner Propane Outdoor Stove.

Great for corn roasts or sometime you need a large burner. Solid Unit, does not collapse. 815-363-8559 Ping Pong Table $50, Schwinn Unicycle $50, Kids size 4 Wheeler $300. All must go, call John: 815-600-5269

Playstation 2 Games (10) $5/each. 815-4701-1172

PUZZLES (3)

Ravensburger, 300 piece, $5.

630-624-8250 Salt Lamps, 2 4-6lbs, $25/each 1 7-10lbs $30, 1 basket lamp $40 Free lightbulb replacement 815-370-4165 SLOTTED WOODEN WINE LABEL HOLDER used during the manufacturing of wine - Sonoma 24 w x 18 h x 3 d, very unique piece, excellent condition. $40. 815-477-9023 STORE DISPLAY SHELVING UNIT Handcrafted, white washed wood, rustic appearance, five deep shelves to display merchandise, cottage, french country, heavy duty, excellent condition, many uses, versatile piece. $95, 815-477-9023 TOILET ~ GERBER White, 1.6GPF. $15.

847-802-4949 WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM EdenPURE Aqua 2000, brand new still in box, sits on counter and hooks to kitchen faucet. Sells for $100, asking $50. 815-363-8974

451 Keyboard ~ Casio CTK 61 key, portable, makes great sound, music making features. $60 847-380-0870

Acoustic Guitar

With pick up, great for Blues/Folk/ C/W custom hard case, very nice. $150/obo. 815-575-2458

Acoustic Guitar/Yamaha $80

815-701-1172

FLUTE

TABLE & CHAIRS Set - Great for a country cottage kitchen appeal.

Perfect for that first apartment, college dorm room or your vintage space! Sturdy, well made, excellent condition. $195. 815-477-9023

VIOLIN 1/8, children's beginner, nice condition, case and bow, Amadeus style from Hoffmann, $100. 815-679-7368

TABLE - ROUND 48" PINE TABLE, divided top. With two 14"-wide interlocking leaves, extends to 4' x 6'-4" for additional seating. A great value at $275. 815-477-7638

Canary Breeding Unit: 4 divisions on casters, 18x30x72, $100 815-648-2501

TODDLER BED, $45. Blue racecar style w/mattress. Can send picture.

815-477-8928

Tufted Chair

Floral Blue and Taupe, $60 815-385-1157

Ceiling Fan: multi colored, great for kid's room, $30 708-408-3823 Commercial Yellow Mop Bucket and Wringer combo. Good Condition, great for large areas to be mopped. $40. 815-363-8559 ICE CRUSHER Portable Electric Use on counter for drinks or fancy food. Works good, $15.

815-455-3555 SmartWater dispenser – GE. Hot & Cold. $50. 815-385-1732

Automatic Welding Wire, 30 lb. copper spool, 1/16", AWS A5.l8 E70S 1B, heat: 661C275, made

by Raco, USA. (new/old). $150.

847-487-1650

DEER FOUNTAIN - concrete; greyish-brown color with buck statute approximately 5 feet tall. $250.

708-602-8353

CIRCULAR SAW - Dewalt DW713 10" circular saw - never used, new in box. $200. 847-363-8903

JOSEPHINE 1 year old female Black & White DSH. I believe hard times make you stronger. I had a difficult personal year last year and felt pretty down. I need to deepen my true relationships! www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

For a child, $10 630-624-8250

NORMAN 5 month old male Tabby & White DSH. The best thrill is roller coasters. I love being a kid and anticipating the stomach drop. If you don't love coasters, we just can't be friends. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

SNOW BLOWER by MTD, 21 " 4.5 HP. 4 years old. Gassed and tuned up and ready to go. Great cond. $300. Call 847-669-1424

SNOWBLOWER M.T.D. 5.5HP, 22” cut. REDUCED PRICE $225 OBO 815-728-0809 or 815-271-0783

Snowblower: Lawn Boy 320E 3HP, runs good, $50 815-508-1114

Toro CR20 snow blower. Electric start Sno Master. 3 HP, runs good. $75 cash. Call 9am-5pm. 815236-6051

Yard machine Snowblower $300, only used a few times, call John 815-600-5269 Intex Easy Set Inflatable Pool.

12X36 round. Filter pump, ladder.

Used 1 season. Excellent cond. $50. 847-476-6771

Air Hockey Table. Sportcraft Turbo Good condition. $75 815-276-5644 BRIDGESTONE MOTOCROSS TIRES M604 100/90 57M & 110/90 19 62M Good condition $15 each Johnsburg area 708-602-8353

CONCEALED CARRY CLASS IL residents. Country Inn, Crystal Lk. Jan 27th or Mar 24th 9am-1:30pm. $80/pers Register@608-577-1917

Eskimo Shanty ~ 2 Man

Brand new, paid $170, sell for $100. 815-701-4302

FOOSBALL TABLE, $80 Harvard brand, 29" x 54" cherry look cabinet with black legs. Sturdy model.

Can send picture. 815-477-8928

KOHO HOCKEY PANTS black size large 28-30; and shin and elbow pads and 2 pucks for $25.

708-602-8353 KOHO HOCKEY PANTS size large (28-30) and shin and elbow pads and two pucks for $25. Johnsburg area. 708-602-8353

NO FEAR MOTOCROSS HELMETS SIZE LARGE HAVE 2; $35 EACH; 708-602-8353 JOHNSBURG AREA

PIRELLI MOTOCROSS TIRE MT 450 Scorpion Gross 100/90 19 good condition $15. 708-602-8353

POCKET KNIVES - 3 total, including one Sharper Image in box 3 for $25 or $10 each. 708-602-8353 Johnsburg area Pool Table. All accessories, incl overhead light. Slate. Like new! $1000.

847-826-3573 Snowboard and boots: Lmar board w/ bindings 144 cm and boots size 11 $100/obo 630-584-9678

YAMAHA MOTOCROSS STOCK MUFFLERS; HAVE 2 $40 EACH; JOHNSBURG AREA 708-602-8353

American Girl Bath Tub. $25 815-382-2455 Disney Princess Light Up Vanity. $30 815-382-2455

ANTIQUE & Modern Guns

★★ CHOW PUPPIES ★★ 2 blues, 1 blonde, 8 weeks, $300-$350.

Contact: 224-610-7149

Civil War Items, Military Souvenirs, Old Hunting & Fishing Items. 815-338-4731

Complete starter fish tank all accessories included $40 815-404-9765

Lionel & American Flyer Trains

DOG CRATE - Large. 38L x 26W x 28H. Asking $50/obo.

Call 815-477-7383 if interested.

815-353-7668

WANTED TO BUY: Vintage or New, working or not.

Bicycles, Outboard motors, fishing gear, motorcycles or mopeds, chainsaws, tools etc. Cash on the spot. Cell: 815-322-6383

Winchester Pre '64 Rifles and Shot guns, Belgium Brownings and Old Colts. FFL license.

815-338-4731

GUNNER 4 year old male Chihuahua mix. Like is watered-down love.

It's mediocre. Love changes, upsets and conquers things. LOVE. Now that's powerful stuff. I'm ready. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

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