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Motorists drive slowly down Route 14 in Woodstock on Thursday while gusts of wind as high as 40 mph create whiteout conditions. According to the National Weather Service, Friday’s forecast will be mostly sunny and cold, with a high near 3 and wind chill values as low as minus 22.

Schools set to open Some districts will welcome back students

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Kaylee Ryan of Cary attempts to shield herself Thursday from gusts of snow as an inbound Metra train approaches the Fox River Grove station.

“If you still have concerns about the cold weather and wish to keep your child home tomorrow, you are welcome to do so,” District 47’s message said.

Parents can call their child’s school in order for it to be an excused absence, the District 47 message said.

Schools in McHenry County had been closed Wednesday and Thursday because of low temperatures that had wind chills reaching 30 degrees below zero.

Snow fell and blew around with high winds Thursday and led to white-out conditions at times.

National Weather Service meteorologist

Ricky Castro said 2 to 3 inches of snow was expected to fall in McHenry County.

Because of the snow, traffic moved slowly on area roads including on Route 14, according to an email alert from Fox River Grove.

Dispatchers and fire departments reported several minor accidents or vehicles going into ditches during the afternoon and evening.

There is a warm-up ahead. According to the National Weather Service, the high temperature Saturday is expected to be 12, but with wind chills reaching 28 below zero.

Starting Sunday, high temperatures are expected to reach the mid-20s.

“If you still have concerns about the cold weather and wish to keep your child home tomorrow, you are welcome to do so.” – Message on District 47’s Web page

SPRINGFIELD – Illinois’ Democratic-led General Assembly approved legislation Thursday establishing a special election in two years’ time for state comptroller, a pointed move that defies the wishes of GOP Gov.-elect Bruce Rauner days before his inauguration.

The Senate approved the measure by a 37-15 vote, while the House backed it 66-40.

Outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn has indicated he plans to sign the bill into law in one of his last acts before leaving office.

The move illustrates the partisan divide in place as Illinois prepares to enter its first split government in more than a decade. Democrats said the legislation was in the spirit of democracy and

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jbustos@shawmedia.com Youngsters being stuck inside their homes is set to come to an end Friday as schools plan to reopen after the bitterly low temperatures.

Schools districts, including Crystal Lake District 47, McHenry High School District 156, Richmond-Burton District 157 and Nippersink District 2, announced on their Web pages they will have classes Friday. District 300, however, posted Thursday night on its website that schools would be closed Friday.

“Our buses and buildings are ready and our staff is excited to welcome students back and resume teaching and learning,” Crystal Lake District 47 said in a message on its website.

The district asked parents to make sure their children are dressed warmly with a hat, gloves or mittens and a warm coat.

However, the National Weather Service issued a wind chill advisory that is in effect until noon Friday. Wind chill values are expected to reach 20 to 25 below zero.

District 47 also said students will be kept indoors all day and after-school activities will be canceled so students can return home during the warmest part of the day.

RICHMOND – Richmond is looking to annex numerous properties to fill in gaps that have created a substantial unincorporated area in and around the village.

Village President Peter Koenig said there are hundreds of properties in unincorporated areas the village could annex, but officials would focus on 10 to 20 properties and ask owners whether they would be interested in coming into the village.

Koenig said it is a similar strategy to Crystal Lake’s recent actions Tuesday when City Council members annexed in a business and targeted four others to bring in to the city to absorb county islands.

“This is not the beginning of some mass expansion, but we do want to look at what is close and adjacent and try to fill it in,” Koenig said.

“There are some little islands

“If you look at our borders there are hundreds of potential owners who could annex, but we’re thinking small right now.”

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Slaying the highways toward Iowa This was the perfect time to visit my parents in Iowa – the Hawkeyes were playing Tennessee in the, uh, TaxSlayer Bowl in Jacksonville, Florida, there was a break in the winter weather, my good wife and I had long weekends, and gasoline was as cheap as it has been in years.

First, let’s dispense with the college football bowl game Jan. 2. It was incredibly painful as the Hawkeyes played miserably and the Volunteers played flawlessly in the first half, burying Iowa 35-7 by halftime, scoring at will the first four times they had the ball.

The game was an excuse to go to Iowa, and the Hawkeyes losing the game was nothing unexpected. I didn’t have a good feeling about the game, driving the 250 miles to Fort Madison that morning. But I didn’t dwell on it, as it was a beautiful, sunny morning for a drive, and the prospect of losing the TaxSlayer Bowl was not going to take the shine off the drive.

It’s just a game, after all, and losing is part of it. And following University of Iowa sports teams is filled with more angst than joy at the end of the season.

As long as it is entertaining, who can complain? Well, falling behind 28-0 is not entertaining, so I can complain.

But, as my dad said, Iowa won the second half, 21-10, so there is a silver lining, as tarnished as it is.

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I would have felt better if it was the TurboTax Bowl. At least I would have heard of it. And losing the bowl game does not make me want to buy the TaxSlayer software package. Call me a poor loser.

The local paper brought a most excellent correction, along with the game story, “HawkSlayer Bowl.” I’ve made my share of mistakes in the newspaper business, so I know how it hurts, but this correction deserves mention: “Daniel Yohe was burning an ex-girlfriend’s stuff, not his current girlfriend’s stuff, in a barrel, as reported Friday. Gina Snowden and Daniel Yohe did not break up.”

I’m assuming open burning in a barrel is against the law, hence the police got involved. But this correction was about love – love lost and love gained.

And it’s good to know that Gina and Daniel are still together, and that Dan-

iel was attempting to prove his love by burning his ex-girlfriend’s belongings, not considering the consequences of open burning in a clean-air state. It was probably worth it in the end, and the correction declares his love for Gina.

Not a bad ending to a correction. Love prevails. Classic.

We left for Iowa early Friday and returned Saturday to beat the weather, as a cold front with snow was blowing in.

As I said, Friday morning was brilliant with the temperature in the mid-30s.

By Saturday, it was raining with the temperature still in the mid-30s on the trip back home.

Driving in rain is no fun, but had it been a few degrees colder, it would have been snow, and I would much rather drive in rain than snow for long distances. The temperature was a consistent 35 degrees most of the way home, but it dropped a couple of degrees as we got within an hour of Woodstock. It must have snowed some Friday night, as there was snow in the ditches, but the roads were clear for the most part, the exception being some back roads in DeKalb County, but had I not made a wrong turn, we probably would have missed the slush.

You would think after 35 years of driving to Iowa, I wouldn’t be making wrong turns, but it only was in the past year that I stumbled across a shortcut

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to Iowa by cutting through DeKalb County rather than catching Interstate 39 in Rockford. I’m not sure how much time it saves, because at about the same time, the speed limit on interstates in Illinois increased to 70 mph, which also saved time. Combined, they took a half hour to an hour off the trip. And you would think after 35 years of driving to Iowa, I would have the time memorized, but I haven’t been able to. The best I can come up with is four and a half to five hours, leaning more toward five hours, but now the trip takes four hours, a considerable saving in time, including one rest stop.

But the biggest saving came at the gas pump, where in Fort Madison on the way back Saturday, gasoline cost one-tenth of a cent less than $2 a gallon, the first time I’ve seen that price in I don’t know how long. The papers say it’s been five and a half years since gas has been this cheap, and I’ll have to take their word for it.

It was the TimeSlayer and GasSlayer trip to Iowa. The Hawkeyes lost, but we won where it counted.

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Woodstock’s Nicholas Sundberg wrestles Richmond-Burton’s Matt Ferrero during the 182-pound match Saturday of the Woodstock Triangular in Woodstock. The host Blue Streaks finished the triangular 1-1 with a 34-30 loss to Mundelein and a 40-12 victory over Richmond-Burton.

Holiday enforcement nets Woodstock police 3 DUI arrests WOODSTOCK – A recent holiday crackdown on drunken drivers netted the Woodstock Police Department three driving under the influence arrests, police said.

From Dec. 19 to Sunday, Woodstock police ran the extra enforcement to reduce the number of intoxicated drivers on the roads during the holiday season.

The department used federal traffic safety funds, handled through the Illinois Department of Transportation, for the

special enforcement.

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IRS scam still circulating the area, CL, Prairie Grove police warn The Crystal Lake and Prairie Grove police departments both are urging residents not to become victims of the IRS telephone scam, apparently still circulating the area.

Reports of the scam still are coming in, according to statements this week from both departments. The scam, according to residents who have received the calls, involves an automated call, during which someone

claims to be from the Internal Revenue Service. The caller reportedly threatens legal action regarding the taxes of the person on the receiving end, then the caller will instruct the person to immediately contact an agent at another number to resolve the matter.

Police warn these calls are fictitious and residents should not respond to such calls, emails or text messages.

Those who feel they’ve fallen victim of a scam should call their local police department, as well as family and friends who have not yet seen warnings about the scam.

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LOCAL BRIEFS Search for missing Woodstock man ends The search for a missing Woodstock man in Florida waters ended Tuesday, with the man still missing, according to the Monroe County Sheriff’s Office in Key West, Florida.

After 53-year-old James Bakazan went missing shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday, the sheriff’s office did its recovery search for him Sunday and Monday, and had assistance from the U.S. Coast Guard until Tuesday evening, Monroe County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Becky Herrin said.

“The Coast Guard does an air and water search, and we do an underwater search,” Herrin said.

Bakazan went missing during a scuba diving trip with Lost Reef Adventures out of Key West, according to a news release from the Florida sheriff’s office.

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McHenry man is charged with taking a photo up a student’s skirt ry, has denied all allegations against him, including two counts of unauthorized recording and one WOODSTOCK – A bench tri- count of disorderly conduct. All al began Thursday for a former the charges are misdemeanors – McHenry High School teacher ac- the most serious carries a possible cused of taking a photo up a stu- punishment of up to a year in the dent’s skirt.

McHenry County Jail, a fine of up Thomas P. Eggert, 44, of McHen- to $2,500 or both.

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Eggert’s verdict will be decided

by McHenry County Judge Robert Wilbrandt, rather than a jury. The trial will resume Friday morning.

According to testimony, two girls saw Eggert, a former teacher at East Campus, use his phone’s camera function to zoom in and up the skirt of another student. Only

one of the girls testified that she saw the teacher take a photo.

However, testimony revealed that no such photo existed on Eggert’s phone.

The alleged incident is said to have happened in May 2014, during

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Park district to open drop-in gym for tots

Woodstock names 30 acres after him

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Crystal Lake Central senior Ben Swanson, 17, organizes photographs while helping hang artwork Thursday at the Dole Mansion in Crystal Lake.

School District 155’s art and design departments are partnering with Lakeside Legacy to have a collaborative high school art show at the Dole Mansion. Student work from Crystal Lake Central, Crystal Lake South, Prairie Ridge and Cary-Grove can be viewed from Monday through Jan. 30.

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Elaine K. Beal 73, Huntley Robert J. Fuchs 85, formerly of Cary Rosella H. Harper 96, Cary Dzemal Mulasmajic 75, Marengo Howard P. Price 78, Lake in the Hills Sharon M. Rodriguez 59, Carpentersville Margaret M. Silk 92, McHenry Andi Lynn Swenson 23, Harvard

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Teacher honored for fixing up land

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CRYSTAL LAKE – A drop-in gym for tots opened this week.

The Crystal Lake Park District is offering the program from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursdays through March 5 at Grand Oaks Recreation Gym, 1401 W. Route 176, Crystal Lake.

The open gym will give children ages 1 to 3 a chance to play, climb and meet new friends. It is open to both Crystal Lake Park District residents and nonresidents for $5 a child each visit. The maximum cost per visit is $10, meaning any children beyond the second are free.

For information, contact Joe Davison at 815-459-0680, ext.

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Visitation set for Harvard woman 23-year-old had cystic fibrosis, underwent triple-organ transplant

By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com HARVARD – On Sunday, Harvard High School’s south gym is expected to be filled with people wearing purple to honor a woman who went through a triple-organ transplant.

The visitation and funeral for Andi Lynn Swenson, the 23-year-old woman who the community rallied around, is scheduled to take place at the high school.

Swenson, 23 – who had cystic fibrosis, received a double lung and liver transplant and was at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood – died Monday.

The last three weeks had been rough, said Lea Swenson, Andi’s mother.

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Andi Swenson, 23, of Harvard died Monday at Loyola Medical Center in Maywood.

Andi Swenson had a lot of complications, including an infection in her eye.

“She had taken several steps backward,” Lea Swenson

said.

To attend “We’ve always known there are no guarantees,” Lea SwenVisitation for Andi Swenson is son added. “[But] we didn’t exscheduled for 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. pect this. It was so unexpected Sunday at Harvard High School in and so shocking.”

Doctors had planned to the south gym at 1103 N. Jefferson move Andi Swenson to RML St. The funeral is at 5 p.m.

According to the Breathe on Specialty Hospital in Hinsdale to help wean her off a ventila- Andi Facebook page, in lieu of tor. She even was walking a flowers, donations may be made to the Breathe On Andi fund at The little bit around the hospital.

However, she never left Harvard State Bank. The family will then make donations in Andi Loyola Medical Center.

“She never got to come Swenson’s name to the Cystic Fihome, she never made it out brosis Foundation and to the United of that hospital,” Lea Swen- Network for Organ Sharing. son said. “She fought so hard, [and] never complained. ... She during the recovery from the never got to see that reward transplants, there has been a for all that hard work. That’s lot of community support. what is very difficult.”

Andi Swenson received During Andi Swenson’s See SWENSON, page A6 battle with cystic fibrosis and

WOODSTOCK – There is a 30-acre span of woodland and wetland west of Woodstock High School, and as of last month, that land has an official name.

At the December Woodstock City Council meeting, the land was recognized by the city as the William C. Donato Conservation Area, honoring the longtime high school teacher William who’s worked Donato the last several years making it a place of ecological growth and education.

William Donato, a teacher of environmental science, biology and forensics, said he started intensively fixing up the land about eight years ago, removing invasive species and creating a pathway. Donato added the land has facilitated lessons on invasive versus native species, along with activities as part of his forensics class.

He said he was utterly shocked last month when the item to name the land came up on the meeting’s agenda. His wife got him to the meeting under the pretenses she was receiving an award.

“When I realized, I thought it was pretty remarkable,” Donato said.

“You don’t go into this kind of thing for the recognition.

You go in because you want to show kids real learning, and the outdoors, but this was really a nice extra.”

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Assistant public works director to leave

By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – The city of Crystal Lake is looking for a replacement to its outgoing assistant public works director.

Assistant Public Works Director AJ Reineking is leaving the city for a job as St. Charles’ new public works manager,

Public Works Director Victor Ramirez said. Reineking joined the city of Crystal Lake six years ago as an intern, working his way up to assistant to the director and then assistant director.

“I hate to see him go,” Ramirez said. “He’s been a huge asset.”

The department will be

reverting the position back to assistant to the director of public works moving forward, Ramirez said, adding if the person hired turns out to be an asset over the long term, the position might change again.

The full-time position, which carries a salary of about $73,900 to $99,900 de-

pending on qualifications and experience, was posted Wednesday on the city’s website.

Reineking made $83,075 in fiscal 2013-14, according to a city salary report.

The job requires providing analytic assistance to the public works department’s leadership along with as-

sisting the director with special projects, conducting research, responding to questions from the public and serving as a liaison between the public works department and other city departments, according to the job description.

Candidates are required to have a bachelor’s degree

and to have completed major coursework in public or business administration, political science or a related field. A master’s degree in public or business administration is preferred.

The complete description along with information on how to apply is available at the city’s website.

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Curran reduces CL footprint

Man, teen charged with armed robbery

By BRETT ROWLAND browland@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – Curran Contracting Co. plans to keep its headquarters in Crystal Lake, but the company has sold of some of its asphalt plants and shifted its focus to operations in Texas.

The company, a subsidiary of Crystal Lake-based Curran Group Inc., sold off several asphalt plants last year and has removed almost all of the equipment, machinery and buildings from its once-busy facility at 7502 S. Main St., ad-

jacent to the city-owned Three Oaks Recreation Area.

The company, which maintains asphalt plants in McHenry and DeKalb, has moved some of its people and equipment to Texas, said Curran Group Inc. Co-President Tim Curran. Texas, he said, has more work, less regulation and better economic conditions than Illinois.

“We’re working where we can make money,” Curran said.

Curran Group Inc. moved into its new headquarters at 286 Memorial Court in Crys-

tal Lake in 2009. The company has been cleaning up the Main Street property with the intention of selling it. During the Great Recession, there was little motivation to try to sell the site, but the company’s goal is to eventually sell it, Curran said.

The property has potential for future development, said James Richter, planning and economic development manager for the city of Crystal Lake. He said the city already has received inquiries about the site.

Curran Contracting has

a long history in McHenry County and has worked on many local road projects.

The Crystal Lake Chamber of Commerce named Curran Group Inc. its Robert O. Covey Business of the Year in 2013.

Curran Group was selected for the chamber’s top award for its many years of community service and its careful efforts to prepare for the future.

The Curran family business was started as a small coal and ice delivery service.

It has grown into a company with nearly 2,000 employees in the United States.

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Art exhibit hosted by MCCD to look at owls 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Saturday and Sunday from Saturday to RINGWOOD – A traveling March 8 at the Glacial Park art exhibit featuring 40 repre- center, Route 31 and Harts sentations of owls in pencil, Road, Ringwood. charcoal, ink, watercolor and The works come from woodcut will be coming to the the Woodson Art Museum’s Lost Valley Visitor Center. collection and give insight The free exhibit, titled into the world of owls, while Only Owls, will be open to the demonstrating the variety of public from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. approaches artists have used Monday through Friday and to portray these species.

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The McHenry County Conservation District will complement this unique art exhibit with owl facts and artifacts, offering a blend of natural history information and art appreciation.

Additional programs exploring owls – which begin their mating and nesting season over the winter – are being offered by the McHen-

ry County Conservation District. Information about all the district’s programming, including hikes and informational sessions, can be found at its website, MCCDistrict. org.

For information about this exhibit or any other programs, call the Prairieview Education Center at 815-4795779.

Currie: ‘It has nothing to do with the governor’ • ELECTION Continued from page A1 good government, while Republicans called it a political power grab.

Rauner’s spokesman, Mike Schrimpf, released a statement Thursday evening saying Democrats in the General Assembly “refused to take bipartisan steps” and “proceeded instead with a constitutionally dubious election bill.”

Quinn had called for the special session after Republican comptroller Judy Baar Topinka’s death early last month.

Topinka was elected to a second term in November, but died six weeks before taking the oath. A legal opinion from Attorney General Lisa Madigan determined that Quinn could appoint a replacement to serve until Monday, when the current term expires, but that Rauner could name someone to take on the new term.

A special election in 2016 gives Democrats, who control both chambers, a chance to take away the position, especially if there is a strong presidential candidate atop the ticket, political experts say.

Majority Democrats defended the measure during debate on the floor. They said Rauner’s choice, businesswoman Leslie Munger, would serve without voter approval and that holding a special election in a little under two years was ideal.

“It’s about the right of the

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Illinois Rep. Barbara Flynn Currie, D-Chicago, speaks Thursday to lawmakers while on the House floor during special session at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. people in a democracy to select their leaders,” House Majority Leader Barbara Flynn Currie said. “It has nothing to do with the governor. ... Democratic government is not about political partisanship.”

In addition to the comptroller position, the bill also would apply to other vacancies that might occur in statewide constitutional offices going forward, except the governor’s office. Still, Republicans complained the move was designed to strip Rauner of his executive

authority and an attempt to put Democrats back in the game for the post in 2016.

Republicans said the move, which would cut the tenure of Rauner’s appointment in half, was a purely partisan maneuver at a time the two sides have pledged mutual cooperation in addressing the state’s biggest issues.

GOP state Sen. Matt Murphy of Palatine said approval of the legislation “sets a new day in Springfield off on a disappointing foot. It poisons the well.”

Rauner, Madigan and Senate President John Cullerton have previously expressed hopes of working together constructively on the state’s largest problems, including a massive budget hole.

Top Democrats said their aim in approving the legislation was not to impede a working relationship with the new governor. Cullerton said those efforts wouldn’t be hindered by Thursday’s action.

“We have plenty of other things to talk about to get us off on a good foot,” Cullerton said.

NORTHWEST HERALD FOX LAKE – Two people have been charged with aggravated armed robbery after trying to steal a case of beer from a Mobil gas station, police said in a news release.

Rashon Jackson, 25, of Round Lake Beach, and a 16-year-old Fox Lake boy at 6:45 p.m. Wednesday went to the gas station at 500 Rollins Road to try to take the beer, police said.

Jackson took a case of beer from the cooler and was then confronted by the store clerk.

Then the boy entered the store with a gun and pointed it at the clerk and demanded he open the register, the news release said.

Jackson attempted to hit the clerk as he activated the panic alarm, according to po-

lice. Jackson left the store with the beer, and the boy grabbed miniature bottles of alcohol before leaving.

Police said they both ran from the scene and dropped items as they fled.

Officers found the dropped merchandise and footprints.

Wauconda police came to the scene with their police dog and tracked the two suspects to a home on Adams Street.

After Jackson and the boy were taken into custody, police found a look-a-like machine gun, the news release said.

The boy was charged with aggravated armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and resisting a police officer.

Jackson was charged with aggravated armed robbery and remanded on a $75,000 bond.

Additional plans for land are under consideration • LAND Continued from page A3 Behind the name recognition was a friend and colleague of Donato’s, another teacher, John Headley, and Headley’s political science students. The act mostly was in honor of his friend, Headley said, but it also gave students an opportunity to dabble in local government.

“I wrote the proposal for the city,” Headley said. “My [students] were interested in doing something on the local level. ... One of the kids actually became mayor for the night and another made the proposal at the meeting. They did all the legwork.”

The area, at one point in the early 2000s, was being considered as a site for housing development, Donato said. Woodstock City Councilman Michael Turner recalled residents’ strong opposition to the idea, and efforts to

squash it.

“It made no sense there,” said Turner, who was not on the City Council at that time, but did spearhead the movement against the proposal. “It was very dense, and on wet and wooded property, and there was tremendous risk for stormwater retention.”

Donato’s involvement with the land started there, Turner said, adding the teacher suggested the land be fixed up and turned into a conservation/education area.

A trail has been created, as have new ecosystems since non-native plants were removed, Donato said. He said the area has become useful to the school in more ways than one and additional plans for the land are being considered for the future.

“One thing we’re planning is for an interpretive map,” Donato said, “so you can go and read something about a particular area.”

Eggert eventually was fired • TRIAL Continued from page A3 school hours at an event in the high school auditorium.

East Campus Associate Principal Lynn Schnelker testified that she confronted Eggert with the student who reported the allegation, and because no photos were on his phone, she said to him: “Don’t worry. There are no pictures on the phone. It’s a done deal.”

Schnelker also said Eggert told her in that initial confrontation that at some point

during the event in the auditorium, he went back to his classroom where he left his phone.

Testimony later revealed that statement wasn’t true.

Schnelker then sent Eggert unaccompanied to his classroom to retrieve the phone.

He returned and showed her the phone, which had pictures from the school event, but no inappropriate photos of students. The school later continued the investigation, and Eggert eventually was fired with no settlement or severance package.

Richmond in early stages of contacting property owners Attendees urged to wear purple • ANNEX

ties as the property owners gain access to village police Continued from page A1 services and water and sewer connections while the village of non-municipal islands we expands its base.

A majority of annexation could envelope.”

The village is just in the opportunities exist to the beginning stages of contact- south and west, Koenig said, ing property owners to see with some toward the east who would be interested in where there is a defined border with Spring Grove. There annexation.

Koenig said it is a win- are slim opportunities to the win situation for both par- north because of the proxim-

ity to the Wisconsin border, he said.

Should the village succeed in its annexation pursuit, it would be the first substantial addition in more than a decade. Koenig said two residential units were annexed in a few years back, with one of the property owners requesting the annexation from the village.

A larger land annexation

took place in the early 2000s with the potential for developments that never came to fruition, Koenig said.

“If you look at our borders there are hundreds of potential owners who could annex, but we’re thinking small right now,” Koenig said. “Certainly we’re optimistic about moving forward and having discussions with owners.”

• SWENSON Continued from page A3 thousands of cards. People around town wore purple shirts in her honor. There were fundraisers to help pay for costs associated with her illness and transplant.

“This community of Harvard has been absolutely amazing,” Lea Swenson said.

“People in this town have

been amazing ... and supported her 100 percent of the way.”

So on Sunday, many people are expected to attend the visitation and funeral at Harvard High School, Lea Swenson said.

The family is encouraging those in attendance to wear purple, she said.

“We’re trying to honor her in a special way,” Lea Swenson said. “We think she deserves that.”

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OBITUARIES district; controlling local taxes; and Born: April 8, 1941; in Davenport, IA upgrading personnel from a parttime to full-time professional staff Died: Jan. 7, 2015; in Elgin, IL in preparation for the community’s Elaine K. (Bradley) Beal, age 73, of anticipated growth.

Before becoming mayor, he Huntley, passed away on Wednesserved as a Village Trustee, for day, January 7, 2015, in Elgin, 4 years, a member of the Parks following a lengthy illness.

Advisory Board for 2 years, and She was born April 8, 1941, in was a charter member, officer and Davenport, Iowa, the daughter of John William Traeger and Kathryn K. director of the Cary Jaycees, which awarded him the Distinguished SerKorey. She was united in marriage to Glen Beal on March 25, 1983. The vice Award. He and his family were couple made their home in Huntley active in SS. Peter & Paul Catholic Church. and Elaine worked as a registered Mr. Fuchs was born May 23, 1929, nurse in Elgin and Florida for over in Chicago, to the late George and 30 years.

Julia Fuchs. He was raised and edShe is survived by her husband, ucated in the city, earning a bachGlen Beal of Huntley, her sons, elor’s degree in 1951, from DePaul Bill Bradley of Yatesville, Georgia, University’s College of Commerce, Bob Bradley of Elgin, John (Roxbefore enlisting in the United States anne) Bradley of South Elgin, her Army that year, during the Korean daughters, Becky (Ron) Ehredt of Huntley, Amy (Jeff) Villareal of Elgin Conflict. He served in the engineering and finance divisions overand Beth (Rod) Oates of Huntley, seas, and received an honorable her step-daughter, Sandy (Jeff) Cavanaugh of Camp Hill, Pennsylva- discharge in 1953. Upon returning to Chicago, he earned a law degree nia, 23 grandchildren, Billy, Amber from DePaul University’s College (Matt), Sarah, Robert Jr., Greg, of Law in 1958. He passed the CPA Johnny, Joshua, Alyssa, Samanexam in 1958, and the Illinois bar tha, Ryan, Jessica, Rachel, Marc (Jordan), Brandon, Arianna, Melanie, exam in 1961.

Mr. Fuchs joined the international Nicholas (Ann), Cody, Clayton, accounting firm of Haskins & Sells David, Brian, Anna Rae and Ben, 6 great-grandchildren, Tristan, Kaydie in 1955, advancing within the firm Jo, Liana, Jaiden, Haidyn and Charlie as it grew to become Deloitte and her sister, Barb (Richard) Sharp Haskins & Sells, Deloitte & Touche and then Deloitte. As a tax accounof Geneva and many nieces and tant, attorney and partner, Mr. nephews.

She was preceded in death by her Fuchs worked in the firm’s Chicago parents, son, Scott, her sister, Cindy office, before being promoted to Lieb, her brother, Jim Korey and her head up the tax practices in its Rochester, Detroit and New York granddaughter, Melinda.

A Memorial Service will be held at City offices, before retiring in 1991.

He married Miriam L. White of 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 10, Centralia, Illinois, on October 13, 2015 at the Life Changers Interna1956. They raised 6 children. After tional Church, 2500 Beverly Road, Cary, the family lived in Pittsford, Hoffman Estates, visitation will be New York, Grosse Pointe Woods, at the church from 11:00 a.m. until Michigan, Princeton, New Jersey, 2:00 p.m.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may and Woodstock, Illinois.

Following retirement, Mr. and be made to Life Changers InternaMrs. Fuchs enjoyed golfing, travtional Church. eling, attending sporting events, For more information please call and spending time with family.

847-515-8772 or online condoMrs. Fuchs died in 2004. Mr. Fuchs lences can be directed to www. relocated to Lisle in 2012. defiorejorgensen.com Mr. Fuchs is survived by his 6 children, Mary Ann McLean (James) of Elmhurst, IL; Theresa Holthaus (Mark) of Rocky River, OH; James Fuchs of Chicago, IL; Elizabeth Fuchs of Glendale Heights, IL; Susan Jeavons (John) of Hamilton Square, NJ; and Diane Ciak (James) of Milltown, NJ; 11 grandchildren, Ryan, ROBERT J. FUCHS Kiley and Trevor McLean, Emily and Jennifer Holthaus, Michael Fuchs, Robert J. “Bob” Tyler and Robert Jeavons, and Fuchs, former Kaitlyn, Nicholas and Cooper Ciak, Mayor of Cary, sister, Anne Pawlowski, of Chicago; whose vision and and many nieces and nephews. In leadership helped guide the village to addition to his parents and wife, he was preceded in death by his a robust suburban brother, George Fuchs, Jr. community, while Visitation will held on Friday, preserving its January 9, 2015, from 3:00 p.m. to small-town charm, 8:00 p.m., at Gibbons Funeral Home has died at age 85. at 134 South York Road, in Elmhurst.

Mr. Fuchs was Funeral Mass on Saturday, January most recently a resident of Lisle, 10, 2015, at 9:30 a.m., at ImmacIllinois. ulate Conception Church, 134 Mr. Fuchs, a former 15-year Arthur Street in Elmhurst. Burial in resident of Cary, moved his young family there from Chicago, in 1961, Windridge Cemetery in Cary will be private. and served as Mayor from 1969 to 1976.

Mr. Fuchs resigned the mayoral position to accept a promotion and ROSELLA H. HARPER job transfer to Rochester, New York, Born: April 5, 1918; in Dundee, IL Died: Dec. 28, 2014; in Crystal with his firm, now Deloitte, from Lake, IL which he retired as partner in 1991.

While in Cary, Mr. Fuchs served Rosella Hildegard Harper, age 96, as a public official for 12 of the 15 years his family lived there. As may- of Cary, passed away December 28, 2014, at Fair Oaks Nursing Home in or, his greatest accomplishments Crystal Lake. were those that positioned the She was born April 5, 1918, in village for future growth, including passage of a referendum to develop Dundee, the daughter of Frank and a Community Center for adminisLydia Sandblom. trative offices, recreational facilities Besides her parents, she is preand a library; creation of a park ceded in death by her ex-husband,

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Henry Harper; and a brother and sister.

Rosella is survived by her son, Robert (Susan) Harper of Cary; her grandchildren, Tracy Harper of Cary and Christopher Harper of Elgin; her great grandsons, Gabriel and Lucas; a sister, Francis Voss of Cary; as well as nieces and nephews.

Interment was private for the family.

For information, 847-639-3817 or kahlemoore.com

DZEMAL MULASMAJIC Born: Sept. 1, 1939 Died: Jan. 7, 2015 Dzemal Mulasmajic, age 75, died of ALS on January 7, 2015.

He was born on Sept. 1, 1939, in Novi Seher, Bosnia (then Yugoslavia) to Ibrahim and Rukija (Kurajlic) Mulasmajic. Life was very difficult for the family during WWII and for years after, so he immigrated to the United States in 1962. He met and married Doris Cripe in 1964.

They lived in Chicago for two years, and then moved to Palatine for eight years. For these years, he was a mechanical engineer with Sargent & Lundy Engineering, and was active in the Lions Club and the Republican Party. He became interested in real estate, got his license, and really enjoyed working with people.

They had two daughters by this time, Lura Mina and Sara Rukija.

In 1973, they moved to Marengo, where Doris had grown up, and started their own Homeland Real Estate Corp., and they continued in real estate and development for the next 36 years. In Marengo, Dzemal was very active in the Masonic Lodge and the United Methodist Church. The family was joined by a 3rd teenage daughter, Tanja, in 1990.

Dzemal loved his family, his pets, animals in general, and helping people. They brought many families to this country during and after the 1992 war in Bosnia, and helped them get started in order to have a better life for themselves and their children.

He is survived by his wife, Doris; his daughters, Lura (Joseph) Asby, Sara Mulasmajic, and Tanja Jovancevic; as well as 2 grandchildren, Rebecca and Joshua Asby; his brother, Kerim Mulasmajic; three sisters-in-law; and nine nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, two brothers, a niece and a nephew, a sister-in-law, and a brother-in-law.

Visitation will be from 4:00 to 7:00 p.m., on Friday, January 9, 2015, at Marengo-Union Funeral Home, 505 E. Grant Hwy., Marengo. The funeral service will be at 11:00 a.m., on Saturday, January 10, at the funeral home.

Memorials may be made to JourneyCare Hospice, Marengo Rescue Squad for the Lift Assist Program, or the Marengo United Methodist Church.

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

Price. He graduated from Tennessee Technological University in 1959, with a B.S. in Electrical Engineering. Howard spent his career in telecommunications beginning with the REA in Washington D.C., where he worked on standards for telephone circuits. He was also an engineer supervisor for Anaconda Wire and Cable Company and then for most of his career a General Manager for C ntel Telephone. At C ntel, he focused on regional switching centers, network design, lightening protection and fiber optic deployment. He retired with Sprint Telephone and then continued working in his field as a consultant with Tellabs and Argonne National Labs. Howard also served in the National Guard in Washington DC during John F. Kennedy’s term in office. He was present at Kennedy’s inauguration and funeral, and also stood at the stage during Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech.

Howard was an active member of Crystal Lake Evangelical Free Church.

He taught Sunday school and sang in the choir for most of his life. He had a profound love for Jesus Christ, singing praise songs, hymns and sharing Christ’s love with all that he met. Howard was also a member of The Gideons International.

Howard is survived by his beloved wife, Hilda, whom he married in 1979; children, Lisa (Rodney) Hazel, Stefanie (Jeff) Nimick, Karen (Adrian) Newis, Angie Lakoskey, and Bryan Parker (Kelly) Price; siblings, Carl (Mary Lena) Price, Marilyn (Bill) Ellis, Don (Faye) Price and Rena (Joe) Langford; 15 grandchildren, 1 great-grandchild; and numerous nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Clyde and Irene Price; and grandson, Treyce James Lakoskey.

Visitation will be Friday, January 9, 2015, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., with a service to follow at The Willow Funeral Home, located at 1415 Algonquin Rd., Algonquin, IL. Additional visitation and burial services will take place in Lebanon, Tennessee next week.

Memorial donations in honor of Howard may be made to the Pacific Garden Missions at 1458 S. Canal St., Chicago, IL 60607 or online at www. pgm.org.

Online condolences for the family can be expressed at www.willowfh. com

SHARON M. RODRIGUEZ Born: April 24, 1955; in Chicago, IL Died: Jan. 7, 2015; in Carpentersville, IL

ane (Rich) Pollack, Arnoldo (Katie) Rodriguez, Armando Rodriguez, Delores Eisenhauer, Alvaro (Marcia) Rodriguez, and Debra (Julio) Garcia; and many nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her daughters, Consuello and Elena Marie; her parents; her father-in-law, Alberto Rodriguez, Sr.; her brothersin-law, Alberto “Chico” Rodriguez Jr. and Alonzo Rodriguez; her brother, Ralph Diehl; and her nephew, Steve Lindberg.

Visitation will be from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m., on Sunday, January 11, 2015, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. The visitation will continue from 10:00 to 11:00 a.m., on Monday, January 12, at St. Margaret Mary Catholic Church, 111 S. Hubbard, Algonquin. The funeral Mass will be at 11:00 a.m.

Memorials may be made at www. youcaring.com/caringforsharon or to St. Margaret Mary Church in Algonquin.

For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-1760. Online condolences may be made at www. querhammerandflagg.com

MARGARET M. SILK Born: Feb. 9, 1922; Racine, WI Died: Jan. 7, 2015; Crystal Lake, IL Margaret Mary Silk, age 92, of McHenry, died Wednesday, January 7, 2015, at Crystal Pines Health Care Center in Crystal Lake.

She was born February 9, 1922, to John and Josephine (Clemens) Storck. Margaret was born and raised in Racine, Wisconsin. Before moving to McHenry, she also lived in Evanston and Des Plaines.

For the majority of her lifetime, she was a homemaker. Margaret also was employed part-time as a waitress at Longhorn Steakhouse and Moose Lodge #691 in McHenry.

During her leisure time, Margaret enjoyed playing bingo, baking, canning, and cooking.

Survivors include five children, Ron (Arlette) Silk of Crystal Lake, Sandra (Roger) Nick of Venice Florida, Patricia Plein of McHenry, Jacqueline (Joe Davids) McMahon of Fort Collins, CO, and Michael (Sue) Silk of McHenry; 11 grandchildren; 20 great-grandchildren; and three sisters, Josephine Brost, Agnes Strommen, and Mitzi Zabrznski.

She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband, James, in 1984; two sisters, Ann and Mary; and three brothers, Andrew, Joseph and August.

Visitation will be from 1:00 until 5:00 p.m., Sunday, January 11, 2015, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry, IL 60050. The funeral blessing will be at 10:00 a.m., Monday, January 12, at the funeral home. Interment will be in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Johnsburg.

For those wishing to send an expression of condolence, her family suggests memorials to JourneyCare Foundation, 405 Lake Zurich Road, Barrington, IL 60010.

For information, please call the funeral home at 815-385-2400, or visit www.justenfh.com, where friends may leave an on-line condolence message for her family.

Howard Parker Price, of Lake in the Hills, died January 6, 2015, at Journey Care in Woodstock, IL, after a brief battle with leukemia. He was born June 19, 1936, in Lebanon, Tennessee, to Clyde N. and Irene

Sharon M. Rodriguez, age 59, of Carpentersville, passed away January 7, 2015. She was born April 24, 1955, in Chicago, to Richard and Grace (Natter) Diehl. On May 11, 1974, she married Pedro “Pete” Rodriguez, in Carpentersville.

Sharon loved her family more than anything. She always put others first and had a great impact on the lives of others. She had a strong faith in her religion. She was also an integral part of the Dundee Highlanders wrestling team for over 18 years with her husband.

She is survived by her husband, Pete; her sons, PJ and Dom (Sabrina); her grandchildren, Isabella, Hunter, and Brooklyn; her siblings, Chet, Peg (Jim) Fox, Nancy Bessel, Ken, Ray (Marie), Mary (Paul) Letheby, Jack (Rhonda), and Jeff (Lynn); her mother-in-law, Oralia Rodriguez; her siblings-in-law, Di-

follow in Windridge Memorial Park, Cary. For information, call the funeral home at 815-459-3411.

Jeanette A. Lester: The memorial visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m.

Friday, Jan. 9, at Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home, 500 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake. A memorial Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, 451 W. Terra Cotta Ave., Crystal Lake.

Margaret Manke: The visitation will continue from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. funeral service Friday, Jan. 9, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, 401 St. Johns Road, Woodstock. Burial will be in McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery. For information, call Schneider-Leucht-Merwin & Cooney Funeral Home at 815-3381710.

Hazel B. Morley: The visitation

will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Friday, Elgin. Burial will be in Lakewood Jan. 9, at Colonial Funeral Home Memorial Park. & Crematory, 591 Ridgeview C.E. “Gene” Trummel: Burial will Drive, McHenry. The visitation be Friday, Jan. 9, in Highland will continue from 10 a.m.

Lawn Cemetery, after a show until the noon service Saturday, 10 a.m. service at Callahan & Jan. 10, at the funeral home.

Hughes Funeral Home, 605 S. Interment will be private. For in25th St., Terre Haute, Indiana. formation, call the funeral home Al Wood Jr.: Lying in state from at 815-385-0063.

9:30 a.m. until the 10:30 a.m.

Martha J. Priegnitz: The visitation funeral service Friday, Jan. 9, at will be from 3 to 8 p.m. Friday, Holy Family Catholic Community, Jan. 9, at Wait-Ross-Allanson Fu2515 W. Palatine Road, Inverness. neral & Cremation Services, 201 S. For information, call Ahlgrim Main St., Algonquin. The visitation & Sons Funeral and Cremation will continue from 10 a.m. until Services at 847-882-5580. the 11 a.m. funeral service SaturPaul Wayne Yazel: The memorial day, Jan. 10, at Prince of Peace visitation will be from 10 a.m. until Lutheran Church, 932 McHenry the 11 a.m. service Friday, Jan. 9, Ave., Crystal Lake. Burial will at First Congregational Church of follow in Algonquin Cemetery. For Crystal Lake, 461 Pierson St., Crysinformation, call 847-658-4232. tal Lake. Burial will be in Mount Evelyn Trost: The funeral service Emblem Cemetery, Elmhurst. For will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Jan. 9, information, call Davenport Family at St. Johns Lutheran Church, Funeral Home at 815-459-3411.

HOWARD P. PRICE Born: June 19, 1936; in Lebanon, TN Died: Jan. 6, 2015; in Woodstock, IL

ANDI LYNN SWENSON Andi Lynn Swenson, age 23, of Harvard, passed away Monday, January 5, 2015, at Loyola University Medical Center.

For more information, please call Saunders & McFarlin at 815-9435400 or saundersmcfarlin.net

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FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS William R. “Bill” Carrick: The visitation will resume from 9:15 a.m. until closing prayers at 10:15 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 9, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry, before leaving in procession for the 11 a.m. funeral Mass celebration at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, 2302 W. Church St., Johnsburg. Interment will be in St. John the Baptist Cemetery, Johnsburg. For information, call the funeral home at 815-3852400.

Thomas D. Cashin: The visitation will continue from 10 a.m. until the 11 a.m. service Friday, Jan. 9, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. Burial will be in Greenwood Cemetery.

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

Ralph W. Coughlin: The visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Friday,

Jan. 9, at Ahlgrim and Sons Funeral Home, Schaumburg. The funeral Mass will be celebrated at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 10, at St. Hubert’s Church, Hoffman Estates. For information, call the funeral home at 847-882-5580.

Walter G. Higgins II: The memorial service will be at 10 a.m.

Friday, Jan. 9, at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 210 McHenry Ave., Crystal Lake. For information, call Querhammer & Flagg Funeral Home at 815-459-1760.

Marietta R. Holtz: The visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 9, at Davenport Family Funeral Home and Crematory, 419 E. Terra Cotta Ave. (Route 176), Crystal Lake. The visitation will continue from 9 a.m. until the 10 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial celebration Saturday, Jan. 10, at Sts. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 410 N. First St., Cary. Burial will

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“Digging Pace hiring. Cut his teeth in 1 of league’s best organizations. Young, up-andcomer officially gives #Bears clean slate they need.”

WHEN: 8:30 p.m. Jan. 9 WHERE: Raue Center for the Arts, 26 N. Williams St., Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Rock, rhythm and blues show by Jimmy Nick (below), a Crystal Lake native who’s won numerous blues competitions and has shared the stage with national acts, such as Ted Nugent, Los Lonely Boys, The Bo Deans, Savoy Brown and more. Tickets: $15 in advance, $20 at the door.

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CALENDAR Through Jan. 9 • 1 to 4 p.m. – Christmas display, McHenry County Historical Society & Museum, 6422 Main St., Union. This year’s display will focus on the 75th anniversary of Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s creation, courtesy of author Robert L. May. The exhibit will feature Rudolph-related memorabilia from collector Dave Harms, including clothes, blankets, furniture, toys and more. Hours: 1 to 4 p.m. Tuesday through Friday or by appointment.

Information: 815-923-2267 or www. mchsonline.org.

Jan. 9 • 6:15 to 7:15 p.m. – “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” program, Lakeland Park Community Center, 1717 N. Sunset Ave., McHenry. A four-week winter craft program offered by the McHenry Parks & Recreation Department for ages 6 to 10. Crafts will include paper snowflakes, snowmen, a winter mobile and icicles. Cost: $39 residents, $49 nonresidents. Registration and information: 815-363-2160 or www. ci.mchenry.il.us.

• 7 p.m. – Bingo, Woodstock VFW Post 5040, 240 N. Throop St., Woodstock. Super Jackpot Game, Coverall, Starburst. Food available.

Proceeds benefit families battling pediatric cancer. Doors open 6 p.m. Information: 815-338-5040 or www.mchenrybingo.com.

• 8 to 10:15 p.m. – Woodstock Squares Dance Club dance, McHenry Township Senior Center, 3519 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg.

Plus level dancing with chili and soups served. Lottie Buckbee will be calling squares. Jerry Buckmaster will be cueing rounds. Admission: $7. Information: 815-385-4503; woodstocksquares@gmail.com or www.woodsocksquare.wix.com/ woodstocksquares.

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Craig Greenwald of Crystal Lake competes during his first match Jan. 2 at the sixth annual Walt Herrick, Sr. Memorial Men’s Open Prize Money Tennis Tournament in Algonquin. ment necessary. Students to report to the school with the registration form and $10 test-processing fee.

Testing takes about three hours to complete. Information: 815-3384220 or www.marian.com.

• 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. – “Deep - How to Effectively Strengthen Your Core,” Cary Physical Therapy, 2615 Three Oaks Road, Suite 1A, Cary. A workshop taught

by Deb Gulbrandson, owner of Cary Physical Therapy. Learn how to engage your physical core in a safe and effective manner. Cost: $15. Registration and information:847-516-8095, ext. 10.

• 9 to 11:45 a.m. – Knights of Columbus Free-Throw Championship, Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center, 10450 Algonquin Road, Huntley. All boys and girls ages 9-14 invited to participate.

Sponsored by the St. Mary of Huntley Knights of Columbus Council No. 11666. Awards at noon. Winners will advance to the district competition level in February. Free. Information: 224-569-2594 or 224-858-3278.

• 9:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. – Practice ACT test, McHenry Public Library, 809 Front St., McHenry.

Free practice test for ninth- through 12-graders presented by Kaplan Test Prep. Information and registration: www.mchenrylibrary.org or 815-385-0036.

• 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. – Introduction to The Literacy

Connection & Tutor Training, Congregational Church of Algonquin, 109 Washington St., Algonquin. For those interested in volunteering one to two hours a week to help those struggling with literary or communicating in English. Cost: $25 book and materials. Registration and information: 847-742-6565 or www.elginliteracy.org.

• 10 to 11:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. – Youth Theatre Arts Program enrollment, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 401 St. John’s Road, Woodstock. For the Theatre on the Green Company of Young Actors & Theatre Arts Studio 2015 program. Ages 6-11 meet at 10 a.m.

Ages 12-15 meet 11 a.m. Registration and information: 815-354-7434 or www.theatreonthegreen/woodstock.

• 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Drive-by disposable diaper drop-off campaign, St. John’s United Church of Christ, 17824 Jefferson St., Union. Volunteers will accept unopened packages of diapers for all ages to be distributed to area nonprofit agencies to help those in need. Information: 815-923-4203.

• 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. – Winter Wonderland Craft & Vendor Show, Mixin Mingle, 124 Cass St., Woodstock. HM Events presents a show featuring Peter’s Amish Chocolates, Scarves N More, Touch Stone Crystal Jewelry, Younique, jewelry and crocheted

items, Tupperware, Jamberry Nails, Scentsy, Thirty-One, Usborne Books and more to come. Information: 815-308-5170 or www.mixinmingle. com.

• 11 a.m. to noon – Zumba Kids, Community Center, 255 Briargate Road, Cary. Dance-fitness class with age-appropriate music and moves for children ages 5-8.

Hosted by the Cary Park District.

Cost: $9 residents, $13 nonresidents. Registration and information: 847-639-6100 or www.carypark. com.

• 6:30 to 8 p.m. – Screening of “Food for Change,” Woodstock Moose Family Center, 406 Clay St., Woodstock. Documentary about the co-op movement’s quest for whole and organic foods, along with brief presentations and question and answer session from the Food Shed Co-op. Free. Information: www.foodforchange.coop.

Jan. 10-11 • 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. – Safe Sitter Babysitting Training Course, Community Center, 255 Briargate Road, Cary. Offered by the Cary Park District for ages 11-15. Course provides the information and skills necessary for safe and responsible childcare in the absence of parents or guardians. Cost: $65 residents, $98 nonresidents. Registration and information: 847-639-6100 or www.carypark.com.

• 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. – 17th Annual Travel Show, Holiday Inn, 800 S. Route 31, Crystal Lake.

The show will feature more than 25 travel vendors offering tour, cruise, honeymoon travel information presented by Cary Travel Express. The show will also offer an opportunity to win a three-night trip to the Riviera Maya. Free admission. Information: 847-639-3300 or www.carytravelexpress.com.

• 1 to 2:30 p.m. – Italian Travelogue, Huntley Area Public Library, 11000 Ruth Road, Huntley.

Presentation by Jerry Donohue on several cities in Italy. Italian treats will be served. Registration and information: 847-669-5386 or www. huntleylibrary.org.

• 1 to 2:30 p.m. – Winter Scavenger Hunt, The Hollows Conservation Area, 3804 Route 14, Cary. Family outdoor fun with a campfire at the pavilion followed by a scavenger hunt looking at winter plant life and searching for signs of animal activity. Free. Register by Jan. 7. Registration and information: 815-479-5779 or www.mccdistrict. org.

• 1 to 5 p.m. – Fox Valley Rocketeers building session, Challenger Learning Center, 222 E. Church St., Woodstock. Model rocketry club event. Information: 815-337-9068 or www.foxvalleyrocketeers.org.

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• 1 p.m. – McHenry Senior Citizens Club meeting, McHenry Township Hall, 3703 N. Richmond Road, Johnsburg. Information: 815322-2702.

• 1 p.m. – Screening of “Boyhood,” Johnsburg Public Library, 3000 N. Johnsburg Road, Johnsburg. Richard Linklater’s time-lapse drama tracks the growth of a young boy from childhood through to the onset of adulthood. Rated “R.” Movie treats provided. Free. Registration and information: 815-344-0077 or www.johnsburglibrary.org.

• 5:30 p.m. – Free Sunday community chili dinner, First United Methodist Church, 3717 W. Main St., McHenry. Hosted by the Church and Boy Scout Troop 131.

Chili, cornbread, salad and a variety of desserts will be served. No reservations are required. Information: 815-385-0931.

Jan. 10 • The Environmental Defenders Recycling drive originally scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon at the Metra Station parking lot in McHenry has been canceled.

Information: 815-338-0393 or www. mcdef.org.

• 8 a.m. – Marian Central freshman placement test for the Class of 2019, Marian Central Catholic High School, 1001 McHenry Ave., Woodstock. No appoint-

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HOOPS TOURNAMENT – Johnsburg Junior High School’s sixth-grade boys basketball team won second place in the 45th annual Johnsburg Sixth-Grade Boys Basketball Tournament. Pictured (back row, from left) are Manager Katelyn Davis and Coach Ryan Lopez; (middle row) Joey Hagen, Evan Frasch, Josh Notriano, Gavin Boal, Carson Piggott, Johnny Olson and Zach Meyers; and (front row) Randall Mowen, Grady Germann, Lucas Toussaint, Seth Fritz and Tyler Diedrich.

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WHEN: Jan. 9 through Feb. 2 WHERE: Woodstock Opera House, 121 W. Van Buren St., Woodstock COST & INFO: January’s featured art exhibit at the Woodstock Opera House is the showcase of a collection of historic quilts on loan from the Heritage Quilters group of the McHenry County Historical Society.

The quilts will be available for free public viewing in the Community Room Gallery. Hours: 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, as well as before, after and during performances.

Information: 815-923-2267 or www.gothistory.org.

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WHEN: 8 p.m. Jan. 9 WHERE: The Listening Room at Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake COST & INFO: Hosted by singer/songwriter Steve Sebby (below), this is no ordinary open mic night. Every type of art genre, including poetry, solo instrument, comedy, storytelling and spoken word, is welcome.

Tickets: $10. Tickets and information: 815-455-8000 or www.lakesidelegacy.org.

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Another day, another state comptroller We don’t know what shoe size the late Illinois Comptroller Judy Baar Topinka wore, but her replacement has some big shoes to fill.

That goes for her 24-day replacement, Jerry Stermer, named Dec. 19 by outgoing Gov. Pat Quinn to fill the remainder of Topinka’s first term.

It also goes for her second replacement, Leslie Munger of Lincolnshire, named Monday by incoming Gov.-elect Bruce For the record Rauner to fill Topinka’s second Judy Baar Topinka owed her term, which will position to the voters. Leslie begin Monday.

Munger will owe hers to the It looks like new governor.

Munger, 58, a former corporate executive and unsuccessful 2014 legislative candidate, will serve two of the years in Topinka’s term.

Quinn called a special session of the Illinois General Assembly for Thursday. At it, legislators passed a plan to hold a 2016 special election for state comptroller. The winner would serve out the remaining two years of Topinka’s second term.

Rauner and Munger support the consolidation of the comptroller’s office with the state treasurer’s office, so that the check-writing duties and investment duties are combined in one streamlined office – a stance, by the way, that Topinka supported. It would take a constitutional amendment, approved by voters in 2016 or later, to become a reality.

Be that as it may, Topinka’s strength as an elected official was derived from her extensive experience in state government and her independence. She knew what she was talking about, and she wasn’t afraid to speak her mind.

Munger, a graduate of the University of Illinois with a master’s degree in business administration from Northwestern University, has experience in director and management positions at Proctor & Gamble and Helene Curtis Industries.

That experience, while different from Topinka’s, should serve her well.

But Topinka owed her position to the voters.

Munger will owe hers to the new governor.

Whether that relationship works to the advantage of the people won’t be known for a while.

Rauner had this to say about his appointee: “Leslie has always been laser-focused on fiscal and economic issues, and as comptroller, she will do everything within her power to help fix our state’s broken finances.”

Here’s hoping the new comptroller can fill Topinka’s shoes with similar competence and independence.

ANOTHER VIEW

U.S. third-quarter growth The U.S. economy’s third-quarter growth hit 5 percent, the best rate in 11 years.

The question now is whether government action played any role. For conservatives, the improved economic outlook vindicates those who’ve tried to rein in federal spending.

Stephen Moore, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, made a solid case for the economic benefits of restrained federal spending. Moore noted that the federal outlay, expressed as a share of gross domestic product, has declined significantly. In 2009, federal spending equaled 24.4 percent of GDP. By 2014, it represented only 21 percent. A recent estimate suggested it fell below 20 percent in the final quarter of 2014.

Moore said this shift creates “an antiKeynesian boost to growth, because the government is taking fewer private-sector resources each month.”

The spending shift is a product, in part, of the often-derided “gridlock” that’s dominated the federal government since Republicans won back control of the U.S. House in 2010.

Moore persuasively suggested the results of doing “nothing” have helped private-sector job creation.

But officials interviewed by The New York Times insist increased state government spending is now “providing a small but significant increase to prosperity.”

The flaws of government spending as economic stimulus are also apparent in the aforementioned Times article. One of the new jobs created thanks to increased state and local government spending went to John Lynch in Naples, Florida. Lynch is one of two part-time workers the city has hired to help “trapped pelicans.” The Times called the creation of those two positions “an important symbol that times were flush again.”

We suspect that many people, upon reading this information, will have a different reaction.

In reality, the creation of government-funded pelican-helper positions only reinforces the fact that the private sector does a much better job than government of allocating scarce resources for maximum benefit.

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Watching GOP Congress’ first 100 days WASHINGTON – The 100-day evaluation is a marker in U.S. politics – superficial sometimes, though often a leading indicator.

By April 15, 2015, the tone and motivation of the new Republican Congress might be apparent.

Those first 100 days won’t make clear which measures will or won’t pass the 114th Congress; no one can anticipate intervening events over the next 600 days.

By Tax Day, however, there’ll be a good sense of whether the year will be shaped only by partisan confrontations or if it will feature a decent dose of principled compromises, too.

The last two months offer no clear guideposts. The Republicans won smashing victories in the midterm elections and moved to dominate the dialogue.

Then, with a series of executive actions on immigration, climate change and Cuba, along with a surprisingly productive lameduck congressional session, President Barack Obama put Republicans on the defensive.

Further damage occurred last week, when it was revealed Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana, the No. 3 House Republican, spoke to a blatantly racist group in 2002.

VIEWS Albert R. Hunt Here are some signs to look for over these next 100 days: • The president’s approach.

Pennsylvania Avenue is a twoway street. Obama’s general view of compromise is to seek areas of common ground; there are a few, including trade, but not many. In divided government, compromise works when both sides surrender things they don’t want to give up in return for getting something they want.

Although the products were flawed, these sort of compromises occurred in the lame-duck session.

The Democratic-controlled Senate is gone, the dynamics are different, can the White House adjust?

• Homeland security showdown. Republicans, especially in the House, will face a crucial test: All of government is funded through September, except for the Department of Homeland Security, which conservative Republicans insisted on carving out as a way to go after Obama’s executive actions shielding as

many as 5 million undocumented immigrants from deportation. This will be a real test of Speaker John Boehner’s control.

Republicans won’t succeed in killing the immigration action, and they could alienate further Hispanic voters and force a confrontation over funding homeland security. All are political losers.

• Just say no or craft alternatives: Demands for the repeal of Obamacare or the withdrawal of the immigration order are empty gestures to satisfy the Republican Party’s base.

Eventually, pressure to offer credible alternatives will build.

There’s a deal waiting to be had on infrastructure, and maybe on corporate tax reform. Immigration might be impossible. On health care, Republicans could enact some conservative-leaning modifications to the law that the White House might accept. Yet that would be unacceptable to some congressional Republicans who continue to dream of killing Obamacare.

• Can this partnership endure? Boehner and his Senate counterpart, Mitch McConnell, have as good a relationship as any recent House and Senate leaders. They are pragmatic,

deal-making conservatives who believe some achievements are in their self-interest. Yet the interests of their party caucuses could diverge. McConnell has to worry about the 24 Republican Senate incumbents up for re-election in 2016, almost half in blue or Democratic states or battlegrounds in the presidential race. Among House Republicans, a greater fear is alienating the right-wing base.

There is a possibility this year could produce a handful of substantive legislative measures signed by the president and a number of other issues vetoed or sidetracked by Senate Democrats; these would frame issues for the presidential race. It’s an outcome that could benefit both sides.

As likely, if not more so, is House Republicans, stung by being called obstructionists, will try to force the president into that role. McConnell wants to get things done, though at a recent private dinner with top party strategists, there was a glaring omission: no mention of Obama, without whom little will be achieved.

• Albert R. Hunt is a Bloomberg View columnist.

VIEWS

The defenders of freedom must be Western democracies

By CHARLES LANE The Washington Post Suddenly, satire is the great issue of our time.

Last month, North Korea’s Stalinist dictatorship launched a cyberattack, accompanied by threats of physical violence, against the makers and distributors of a silly film that dared to violate the cult of personality surrounding Kim Jong Un, according to the FBI. Pyongyang’s alleged hack succeeded, at least temporarily, in blocking the movie’s release.

And on Wednesday, there was the slaughter of 12 people in Paris, mostly staff members of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly newspaper that delighted in mocking the prophet Muhammad, who were gunned down by masked men crying “Allahu Akbar” and “We have avenged the prophet.”

It turns out that such political jokesters take big risks, bigger than perhaps even they realize or anticipate – and the repercussions affect us all.

Yet it is vitally important the U.S. and all other Western democracies rally to their unequivocal defense.

If freedom means anything, it

means freedom of expression – to include expression that some might find irresponsible, offensive or even blasphemous. In the realm of art and ideas, pretty much nothing is, or should be, sacred, lest we head down the slippery slope to censorship, or self-censorship.

Obvious as that principle might seem, Western politicians have been a bit wobbly about it in recent times.

In September 2012, when Islamist extremists rioted across the Middle East, ostensibly because they took offense at a crude Internet video mocking Muhammad, Charlie Hebdo fired back by making fun of Muhammad in its own pages. The French foreign minister accused the editors of pouring “oil on the fire.” President Obama’s spokesman questioned the publication’s “judgment.”

To be sure, both officials quickly added that Charlie Hebdo had a right to publish what it wanted and that no mere publication or video could justify violence.

Yet their mixed messages unavoidably implied the rioters had a valid point, which is never something you want to imply.

Here’s an irony: Americans and Europeans have spent much of the past year and a half debating how to rein in the potential threat the National Security Agency’s electronic surveillance poses to privacy and freedom.

Yet in that time, the worst actual assaults on freedom of expression in the West have been carried out by the totalitarian, nuclear-armed North Korean state and, now, in Paris, by Islamist terrorists – that is, the very people against whom the NSA is supposed to protect.

In fact, if you wanted to fault the “surveillance state” for anything, in light of these events, it might be for being insufficiently comprehensive.

The Paris massacre reminds us again there are real threats to democracy, from states and organizations that regard freedom itself as evil, and that Western democracies need strong intelligence, police and military institutions, appropriately restrained by law, to counter those threats.

Ultimately, though, security and law enforcement cannot substitute for clarity about our own values.

Fortunately, there has been some progress on that front. Per-

haps learning from the futility of his administration’s equivocations about the Muhammad video in 2012, Obama responded forthrightly to North Korea’s alleged cyberattack.

Ordinary Americans, too, eventually roused themselves to assert their rights, despite the (admittedly implausible) threats of North Korean-backed violence. They went to see “The Interview” in art-house theaters or ordered it online.

Of course, these demonstrations of civil courage were trivial in comparison with the routine bravery Charlie Hebdo’s editorial director, Stephane Charbonnier, practiced in the exercise of his fundamental human right to make fun of all religions.

He did this in spite of constant death threats, one bombing and not-so-subtle official pressure to cool it.

“Everyone is driven by fear, and that is exactly what this small handful of extremists who do not represent anyone want – to make everyone afraid, to shut us all in a cave,” he said in 2012.

Stephane Charbonnier persisted in acting on those beliefs right up until Wednesday, when he lost his life for them.

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

STATE FRIDAY Michalowski filed a lawsuit last year. Michalowski claimed Rutherford made unwanted sexual advances toward him and forced him to do campaign work News from across the state on government time.

Rutherford repeatedly has denied the claims. He never FBI searching for released the report. man suspected in Cary Frerichs said he’d like to rebank robbery, 3 others lease at least part of the report CROWN POINT, Ind. – Federal but he needs to consult an officials are searching for a man attorney first to see if there are suspected of robbing four banks any liability issues. in Illinois and Indiana within the A Rutherford spokeswoman past several months. declined comment.

FBI officials say the most recent robbery happened WednesIllinois medical day at a BMO Harris Bank branch marijuana patients in Crown Point, Indiana. The now number 650 agency said the same man has CHICAGO – Illinois approved robbed three other banks since 50 new patient applications November. The agency said at for medical marijuana during least one of those banks was December, bringing the total robbed at gunpoint. to 650 patients with complete The FBI says the robbery paperwork. spree began Nov. 21 when the Illinois Department of Public man robbed a BMO Harris Bank Health spokeswoman Melaney branch in Carol Stream. It says Arnold said Wednesday almost he used a gun to rob a Fifth 13,000 have registered online Third Bank branch in Cary at the and started an application. She beginning of December. said about 1,800 people have The agency says the man also submitted at least part of the robbed a Chase Bank branch application. in Grayslake on Dec. 26, three She gave no explanation for days after he attempted to rob a the apparent slow pace of subbranch in Valparaiso, Indiana.

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Tounisi pleaded not guilty to attempting to provide material support to a terrorist group. His maximum prison term would be several decades. Prosecutors typically recommend lower sentences if defendants agree to plead guilty.

Tounisi’s next hearing is set for March 25.

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Former pastor admits stealing from his Illinois church

MURPHYSBORO – A former southern Illinois pastor is admitting he stole thousands of dollars from the Carbondale church he once led and from one of its members.

WSIL-TV reports that 34-yearold Joshua Swain pleaded guilty Wednesday in Jackson County court to felony counts of theft, aggravated identity theft and loan fraud. Those convictions are punishable by up to 29 years in prison. Investigators say the crimes happened between 2011 and 2013 while Swain was senior pastor at The View Church.

He was arrested last summer.

Authorities alleged that Swain also used a church member’s name and Social Security number to obtain at least $10,000, and that he submitted fake documents from the church board to get a bank loan. His sentencing is scheduled for March 4.

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Democratic Treasurer-elect Mike Frerichs told the Daily Herald editorial board Wednesday he’ll also consider releasing at least part of an internal report about allegations against GOP Treasurer Dan Rutherford.

Rutherford had the report done after former staffer Edmund

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Qualifying patients pay an annual fee of $100 for a marijuana card. Patients aren’t allowed to grow their own cannabis, and, for now, are waiting for the legal industry to start up.

Gov. Pat Quinn’s administration hasn’t yet revealed which businesses will be authorized to grow and sell medical marijuana, but that announcement could come soon.

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“France has been struck directly in the heart of its capital, in a place where the spirit of liberty – and thus of resistance – breathed freely,” Hollande said.

Nine people, members of the brothers’ entourage, have been detained for questioning in several regions. In all, 90 people, many of them witnesses to the grisly assault on the satirical weekly Charlie Hebdo, were questioned for information on the attackers, Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said in a statement.

The minister confirmed reports the men were identified by an ID left in an abandoned getaway car, a slip that contrasted with the seeming professionalism of the attack.

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U.S. officials would not say if the Kouachis were believed to have fought in the Middle East with extremist groups.

It would not be unusual for known extremists to be placed on the U.S. no-fly list.

A French security official, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the matter, said that American authorities had shared intelligence with France indicating that Said had traveled to Yemen several years ago for training, and were seeking to verify its accuracy.

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PARIS – The two French brothers wanted in the newspaper-office bloodbath in Paris already were known to U.S. counterterrorism authorities and had been put on the American no-fly list, a senior U.S. official said Thursday.

Another U.S. official said the older brother, Said Kouachi, had traveled to Yemen. It was unclear whether he was there to join up with extremist groups like Al-Qaida.

Witnesses said the gunmen who carried out Wednesday’s shooting rampage claimed allegiance to al-Qaida’s offshoot in Yemen.

The details emerged as

French authorities conducted an all-out manhunt for the Kouachi brothers – Cherif, 32, and Said, 34 – in the attack that killed 12 people at the offices of Charlie Hebdo, a weekly that lampooned radical Islam and the Prophet Muhammad.

They were identified as suspects after the older brother’s ID card was found in the getaway car, authorities said.

Both men – the Paris-born offspring of Algerian parents – were already known to French counterterrorism authorities.

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The worst spasm of terror violence in more than a half-century stunned the nation. The lights of the Eiffel Tower went out Thursday night in a tribute to the dead from the elegant iron lady that symbolizes France to the world. At noon, the Paris Metro came to a standstill and a crowd fell silent near the Notre Dame Cathedral.

French President Francois Hollande – joined by residents, tourists and Muslim leaders – called for tolerance after the country’s worst terrorist at-

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PARIS – Police SWAT teams backed by helicopters tracked two heavily armed brothers with al-Qaida sympathies suspected in the newsroom massacre of a satirical French weekly that spoofed Islam, honing in Thursday on a region north of Paris as the nation mourned the dozen slain.

Authorities fear a second strike by the suspects, who U.S. counterterrorism officials said were both on the U.S. no-fly list, and distributed their portraits with the notice “armed and dangerous.” More than 88,000 security forces were deployed on the streets of France.

They also extended France’s maximum terror alert from Paris to the northern Picardie region, focusing on several towns that might be possible safe havens for the two suspects – Cherif Kouachi, 32, and Said Kouachi, 34.

Both men were on the U.S. no-fly list, a senior U.S. counterterrorism official said Thursday. Another U.S. official said the elder Kouachi had traveled to Yemen, although it was unclear whether he there to work with extremist groups like al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula, which is based there. Witnesses said the attackers claimed allegiance to al-Qaida in Yemen during the bloody attack Wednesday.

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GOP moves veto-bait bills on health care, pipeline

By ALAN FRAM The Associated Press WASHINGTON – In command and ready for a fight, defiant Republicans ignored two White House veto threats and advanced bills in Congress Thursday curbing President Barack Obama’s cherished health care overhaul and forcing construction on a proposed oil pipeline. The top House Democrat predicted her party would uphold both vetoes.

On the new Congress’ third day of work, a Senate committee approved a measure dismantling Obama’s ability to block the Keystone XL oil pipeline, which has become a flashpoint pitting the GOP’s jobs agenda against Democrats’ environmental concerns. The Senate planned to begin debate next week and passage there seemed likely, while the

House was poised to approve its version Friday.

Meanwhile, the House approved legislation narrowing the definition of full-time workers who must be offered employer-provided health care from those working 30 hours weekly to a 40-hour minimum. The vote was a mostly party-line 252-172 — short of the 290 needed, assuming all members voted, for the twothirds majority required to override a veto.

On both bills, GOP leaders would face uphill fights mustering the two-thirds House and Senate majorities needed to override vetoes. But both measures had some support from Democrats, and Republicans could use them to portray themselves as championing bipartisan legislation, only to be thwarted by Obama and his Democratic allies.

Democrats would sustain Obama’s vetoes on both bills and said it was Republicans who have blocked progress.

“The president has always extended the hand of friendship. Some say too much,” she told reporters.

She said Democrats would uphold a promised Obama veto on a third measure rolling back some regulations on the financial industry enacted after the 2008 economic crash.

That bill fell short in the House this week but is expected to AP photo pass on a revote next week.

President Barack Obama speaks Wednesday at Ford Michigan AssemObama’s 2010 health care bly Plant in Wayne, Mich., about the resurgent American automotive law, a perennial GOP target, is and manufacturing sector. phasing in a requirement that companies with more than 50 “Given the chance to start reporters Thursday, adding, full-time workers offer health with a burst of bipartisan pro- “We were taking our oath of care coverage or face penalty ductivity, the president turned office when they were issuing payments to the government. his back on the American peo- veto threats. Come on.”

Backed by the U.S. ChamHouse Minority Leader ber of Commerce and other ple’s priorities,” House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, told Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said business groups, Republicans

say defining full-time employees as those working at least 30 hours is pressuring firms to save money by cutting workers’ hours and diminishing the number of full-time jobs.

House Republicans say boosting the standard to 40 hours would protect those workers and named their bill the “Save American Workers Act.” They cite a study by the conservative Hoover Institution saying that 2.6 million workers are at risk of having their hours reduced by the 30hour minimum, including disproportionately high numbers of female, low-income, younger and less-educated workers.

“You say you care about low-income workers, about working women and small businesses?” House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., taunted Obama. “Show it and sign this bill.”

Will justices soon settle gay marriage debate? From Egypt’s leader, an

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By MARK SHERMAN The Associated Press

The ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court has quietly engineered a dramatic increase in the number of states that allow gay and lesbian couples to wed.

That increase also has raised the chances the justices soon will settle the legal debate.

Some justices expressed reluctance about deciding the issue when more than half the country prohibited same-sex unions. With Florida joining in this week, 36 states allow them, nearly twice as many as just three months ago.

The growth hasn’t come from an outpouring of public support expressed in voting booths or state legislatures, but from the high court’s surprising refusal last October to review lower court rulings in favor of same-sex marriages or to block them from taking effect.

The justices now face a situation in which just 14 states prohibit such unions, a number that may give comfort to a court that does not like to be too far ahead of the country.

Three earlier seminal rulings that outlawed state-backed discrimination – in education, on interracial marriage and in criminal prohibitions against gay sex – were issued when a similar number of states still had the discriminatory laws on their books.

“There’s no question that they knew what they were doing in October. They knew the implications of what they were doing,” said Roberta Kaplan, the lawyer who represented New Yorker Edie Windsor in her successful Supreme Court challenge in 2013 to part of the

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Gay rights advocate Vin Testa waves a rainbow flag June 26, 2013, in front of the Supreme Court in Washington. federal anti-gay marriage law, the Defense of Marriage Act. The Supreme Court again is considering whether to hear a gay marriage case, and another factor has raised the likelihood the justices will do so. In November, the federal court of appeals based in Cincinnati became the first, and so far only, appellate court to uphold state bans on same-sex marriage.

Plaintiffs from Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio and Tennessee are asking to court to reverse that decision.

The justices are meeting in private on Friday to consider adding new cases to their late April argument session, and a decision could be announced soon. Meanwhile, a panel of federal appellate judges in New

Orleans is hearing arguments Friday on anti-gay marriage laws in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas.

The other states that continue to enforce same-sex marriage bans are Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Missouri (except in Kansas City and St. Louis), Nebraska, North Dakota and South Dakota.

Justice Antonin Scalia forecast what would happen when he dissented from the court’s decision in the Windsor case in June 2013.

Justice Anthony Kennedy said in his majority opinion that the decision was not intended to resolve the question of whether states could prevent same-sex couples from marrying. But Scalia predicted that

courts soon would apply Kennedy’s words to strike down state bans on gay marriage.

“How easy it is, indeed how inevitable, to reach the same conclusion with regard to state laws denying same-sex couples marital status,” Scalia said.

It did not take long to for him to be proven right. The first ruling after the Windsor decision came six months later in Utah, followed by a deluge in every region of the country.

Opponents of same-sex marriage have fought a mostly losing battle to get judges to defer to voters and elected lawmakers who enacted laws and constitutional amendments in many states defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

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The Japanese automaker acknowledged in November

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Honda also failed to report certain warranty claims and claims under customer satisfaction campaigns throughout the same period, federal officials said.

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CAIRO – Egypt’s president opened the new year with a dramatic call for a “revolution” in Islam to reform interpretations of the faith entrenched for hundreds of years, which he said have made the Muslim world a source of “destruction” and pitted it against the rest of the world.

The speech was Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi’s boldest effort yet to position himself as a modernizer of Islam. His professed goal is to purge the religion of extremist ideas of intolerance and violence that fuel groups like al-Qaida and the Islamic State – and that appear to have motivated Wednesday’s attack in Paris on a French satirical newspaper that killed 12 people.

But those looking for the “Muslim Martin Luther” bringing a radical Reformation of Islam may be overreaching – and making a false comparison to begin with.

El-Sissi is clearly seeking to impose change through the state, using government religious institutions like the 1,000-year-old al-Azhar, one of the most eminent centers of Sunni Muslim thought and teaching.

Al-Azhar’s vision for change, however, is piecemeal and conservative, focusing on messaging and outreach but wary of addressing deeper and more controversial issues.

Al-Azhar officials tout a YouTube channel just launched to reach out to the

young, mimicking radicals’ successful social media outreach to disenfranchised youth. They proudly point out that clerics in the videos wear suits, not al-Azhar’s traditional robes and turbans, to be more accessible.

Young people “have a negative image toward this garb,” said Mohie Eddin Affifi, an al-Azhar official. “As soon as they see it they don’t listen.”

In a more ambitious effort, religious school textbooks are under review. Affifi said texts outlining rules for slavery, for instance, have been removed.

It’s a problem across the Muslim world: State religious institutions are burdened by stagnation and heavy control by authorities.

For decades, al-Azhar has lost credibility in the eyes of many Muslim youth who see it as mouthpiece of the state rather than an honest interpreter of religion. More appealing to some young men and women searching for identity in a rapidly changing world are calls for a return to the roots of the faith, including from the extremists of al-Qaida and the Islamic State.

In his Jan. 1 speech at al-Azhar addressing Muslim clerics – held to mark the Prophet Muhammad’s birthday – el-Sissi called on them to promote a reading of Islamic texts in a “truly enlightened” manner to reconsider concepts “that have been made sacred over hundreds of years.”

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“Colorado’s eight Gemsresorts work best for a low-key style family trip, as they’re affordable, quaint, and downto-earth.” In contrast, some skiers may prefer to fly to a destination resort such as Steamboat, Telluride, or Aspen, “to take advantage of all the charm and tradition of an Old West town, the dramatic backdrop, and sophistication of a vintage, upscale ski village,” states ColoradoInfo.

With high-altitude snow flurries, powerful snow-making machines, and nighttime mountain temperatures sinking below freezing since November, Colorado’s deep snow bases have developed. Many

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Historically big snowstorms hit in February and March, which attracts “powder hounds” seeking to ski in multiple feet of snow. Mid-March draws spring-breakers as “the slopes come alive with warm, sunny ski days,” while April sees offers for end-of-season lodging deals.

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Hurricanes to name Johnsburg’s Maloney coach position. day that the school had hired its Maloney new coach and would introduce spent the past him Friday. Potthoff declined joestevenson@shawmedia.com three seasons to comment on the name of the Johnsburg coach Mike Malo- coach. at Johnsburg, ney will be introduced as Marireaching the When contacted Thursday an Central’s next football coach evening, Maloney initially said second round on Friday, according to several he had not heard anything Mike Maloney of the Class 4A sources. playoffs in the about Marian’s hire and deMarian Central athletic di- clined to issue further comment fall. It was the school’s first rector Drew Potthoff said Thurs- when asked specifics about the playoff win since 2009.

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He is 12-44 in six seasons as a head coach, but he helped turn the Skyhawks, who were 1-26 in three previous seasons, into a 9-2 team that won a Class 4A first-round playoff game this season.

Potthoff said the position was offered and accepted by a candidate and that Marian superintendent Thomas Landers

will make a statement Friday introducing the new coach.

Maloney played on a Class 4A state championship team at Joliet Catholic and played on Illinois’ 2001 Sugar Bowl team.

Johnsburg players were asked to attend a meeting before school on Friday morning.

See MALONEY, page C3

Maloney’s record Year School Record 2014 Johnsburg 9-2 2013 Johnsburg 1-8 2012 Johnsburg 0-9 2011 Joliet Cent. 0-9 2010 Joliet Cent. 0-9 2008 St. Ignatius 2-7 Total 12-44

BEARS ANALYSIS

Job 1 for Pace: Hire right coach

By MARK POTASH mpotash@suntimes.com Ryan Pace’s first order of business as Bears general manager was something he has never done before – hire a coach. Not long after getting the job, he was interviewing Todd Bowles, the 51-year-old defensive coordinator of the Arizona Cardinals, for the Bears head coaching job.

Welcome to the big leagues, kid.

Ryan Pace Like just about every other newly hired general manager in the NFL, Pace comes with a sterling reputation as an evaluator of talent. But it’s his ability to evaluate people that will separate him from others. Can he hire the right guy? Can he fire the wrong guy? Can he hire people who know how to hire people? That’s how you sustain success in the NFL. Because if Ryan Pace is any good at this job, he’s going to lose people. And then we’ll really find out how good he is.

But first things first. Pace’s first Big Decision will be the most critical – a head coach.

Though he’s never done that before, the good news is that he’s at least going to get the opportunity from Day One on the job. Jerry Angelo didn’t.

Neither did Phil Emery.

All the big decisions come quickly. As a 37-year-old GM, should he hire a coach with NFL experience? Should he

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BUSINESS DECISION

hire the first guy he likes?

Should he hire somebody he knows? Should he wait for a coach who might not be available until after the Super Bowl?

He’ll have all sorts of options. Denver offensive coordinator Adam Gase is the son-in-law of Saints assistant Joe Vitt, whom Pace worked with in New Orleans. Former Bills coach Doug Marrone was the offensive coordinator with the Saints from 2006-08. Either Bowles or Seattle defensive coordinator Dan Quinn could give the Bears’ the defensive boost their looking for. Mike Shanahan, apparently eager for the job, shares Eastern Illinois roots. And Rex Ryan is still out there. Can Pace even hire him if he wanted to? We’ll see just how much power Ryan has soon enough.

Either way, the Bears at least are in better shape than when they hired Phil Emery in 2012. Emery wasn’t hired until after the Senior Bowl and inherited Lovie Smith as head coach. It couldn’t have worked out much worse – with Lovie getting fired after one season, leading to an awkward transition in the locker room that made Marc Trestman’s job way too difficult for him to handle.

Pace, who has a degree in marketing and was selected for the NFL-Stanford Program for Managers in 2008, has a huge advantage in being able to hire his own guy – assuming that’s what he gets to do. It’s up to him to make the most of it.

See BEARS, page C2

Give McCaskey credit for avoiding easy hire George McCaskey is on a hot streak.

First, he stepped up against long odds and did the hard job of cleaning out his front office at the cost of millions of dollars and the reputations of two good men in general manager Phil Emery and coach Marc Trestman because it had to be done if the Bears are to have any hope of championships going forward.

Now he’s gone against the grain again, ignored the obvious candidate for GM in Chris Ballard in spite of his excellent credentials and strong ties to the organization to hire a fresh face from outside the building in Ryan Pace to guide his family business forward.

Forget Jay Cutler, forget the coaching vacancy for the moment, don’t worry about whether Pace will be a 4-3 or a 3-4 guy or any of the other minutiae we’ve all been forced to wallow in, thanks to the Bears’ front office dysfunction over the past three decades.

More than anything, the Bears need a change, a complete redesign and refurbishing of their football operation.

Ballard is an excellent can-

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Cary-Grove senior guard Jason Gregoire is not willing to rush his decision on where he will attend college.

BEARS INSIDER Hub Arkush didate for a general manager job, and I expect he will get one soon.

He was just the wrong candidate for the Bears job.

Emery got the job more than anything because he was the guy Ted Phillips knew. Doing it again with Ballard would have been a huge mistake, and I believe McCaskey knew it.

We need to understand a couple of things.

First, there are six GMs working today who’ve built Super Bowl-winning teams, while three or four dozen have come and gone in just the past decade who haven’t.

Ultimately, that is how Pace will and should be judged, but there’s never a guarantee you’ve got that guy when you hire him.

You look for the best credentials possible to get there, and I’m told by a lot of folks around the league that Pace has them.

See ARKUSH, page C2

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Gregoire seeks best academic fit for college

By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com ason Gregoire’s varied set of basketball skills have grabbed attention from a multitude of college coaches.

There is no lack of interest in the Cary-Grove senior, who is approaching 1,000 career points, although a couple of factors have significantly slowed his recruitment process.

First, there was the football season.

While many other basketball players had the fall to shop their services to prospective colleges, Gregoire was busy helping the Trojans to a runner-up finish in the Class 7A playoffs as their option quarterback.

Then, and perhaps this is the main retardant, Gregoire is rather finicky about selecting a school.

OK, he is quite finicky.

Gregoire scored 29 on his ACT and owns a 3.96 GPA, and although he loves basketball, he is looking further toward his future. The 6-foot-4 guard wants to attend a top business school, which could mean passing on an NCAA Division I scholarship and walking on at a larger school.

Gregoire was recently accepted at Indiana, which has one of the top-rated business programs in the nation. He is waiting to hear from Illinois, Wisconsin and William & Mary. He also is looking at D-I schools Elon (North

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Jason Gregoire’s numbers 2014-15 • 15.4 points a game • 81.5 free-throw percentage (second in area) • 17 3-pointers 2013-14 • 17.8 points a game (tied for second in area) • 82.8 free-throw percentage (second in area) • 48 3-pointers • Northwest Herald All-Area first team 2012-13 • 11.5 points a game • 83.9 free-throw percentage (second in area) • 31 3-pointers • All-Area honorable mention Carolina), Furman (South Carolina) and Western Carolina, where he would be a scholarship athlete.

“It’s exactly that [– in the air now],” Gregoire said. “I don’t know. It’s something that will become a lot more clear after the basketball season in March and April.”

Gregoire has been one of the area’s best players the past three seasons and soon will join 1978 C-G graduate Steve Sherwood in the school’s 1,000-point

club (he needs 83 more points). He runs the offense at point guard but is an adept shooter and also can dunk. Trojans coach Ralph Schuetzle says Gregoire’s versatility is his best asset.

“There’s nothing he can’t do,” Schuetzle said. “He can shoot off the dribble, he can shoot off the catch. He can rebound, he defends well. And he’s skilled – he has the whole package. If he had a Division I offer that wasn’t the academic fit, I don’t think he would take it. He wants that top-name business school to put on his résumé to get a job with.”

Gregoire visited Yale last summer and also was interested in Dartmouth, both which would have fit his profile with D-I basketball and top-notch academics as Ivy League schools. But both filled their commitment lists while Gregoire was playing football.

Mike Weinstein, the owner of AAU basketball program Fundamental U, coached Gregoire on its 17 Black team and is helping with his recruitment. “[Gregoire] wants to go to a place that makes sense for him, get a degree, and make some money someday,” Weinstein said. “There are some D-III schools with great academics, like Chicago, Emory and Washington [University in St. Louis]. All of them would love to have a guy like Jason.”

See GREGOIRE, page C3

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CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE

Ex-NIU standout Lynch to sign with Edmonton

By JEFF ARNOLD jarnold@shawmedia.com Jordan Lynch never really considered the Canadian Football League a destination.

Since the NFL was always his preferred football landing spot, the former Northern Illinois star quarterback who signed with the Bears as a free agent running back last spring, playing anywhere else was never really on Lynch’s radar.

That changed in November. Now, just more than a year after his college career ended as a Heisman Trophy finalist and as the owner of almost every NIU offensive school record, Lynch told Chicago Football on Thursday he will sign with the CFL’s Edmonton Eskimos in the next few days.

“Right after the Bears let

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Former Northern Illinois quarterback Jordan Lynch throws during a drill at last year’s NFL scouting combine in Indianapolis. Lynch will sign with the Edmonton Eskimos. me go, I just wanted to play,” the right person or the right Lynch said in a phone inter- team finding me.” view. “I know what I’m capaAs it turns out, that team is ble of doing. It was a matter of located more than 1,600 miles

away from Lynch’s Chicago home. The Eskimos finished the 2014 season with a 12-6 record and in second place in the CFL’s West Division. Edmonton showed huge improvement from 2013, when the Eskimos won just four games. This season, they advanced to the second round of the CFL playoffs, where they lost to Calgary. Edmonton has an emerging quarterback in Mike Reilly, who led all CFL quarterbacks with 616 rushing yards and eight touchdowns while compiling a quarterback rating of 88.7.

Lynch said he has been told

by Edmonton officials that he will be brought in to compete for the starting job in a league that offers a wider playing field, which Lynch believes suits his style well.

“It’s a team that wants me,” Lynch said. “They want me to

be in their locker room, they want me to play for them. Obviously, there’s a few wrinkles (with the CFL), but at the end of the day, it’s football.”

Although he had been willing to move from quarterback to running back and special teams for a chance to play in the NFL, Lynch’s heart remained at quarterback, at which he starred at NIU. After going undrafted, Lynch impressed Bears coaches with his work ethic. But after being buried on the depth chart – both at running back and special teams and getting only limited chances in the preseason – Lynch was told the Bears wouldn’t be keeping him, either on their 53-man roster or their practice squad.

Lynch returned home, where he remained for the next few weeks, wondering

what was next.

“It’s very difficult – I thought (the Bears) had a plan for me the whole time,” Lynch said. “You don’t switch positions just out of nowhere and not have a plan for someone.

But I guess I didn’t show them enough or whatever and they just went in a different direction.”

After being released by the Bears at the end of the preseason, Lynch continued to work out on a daily basis, waiting for his next opportunity. He threw every day and continued to go through running back drills, prepared if an NFL team called. Lynch worked out with the Detroit Lions in November as a running back, but when that didn’t work out, Lynch said he was contacted by the CFL, opening another possible door.

NFL

Rice investigation lax, Mueller finds No evidence video sent to league

By BARRY WILNER The Associated Press NEW YORK – The NFL failed to investigate the Ray Rice case properly, former FBI director Robert S. Mueller said in a report that also said he found no evidence the league received a video of the Ravens running back knocking out his fiancee in a casino elevaRay Rice tor.

“The NFL should have done more with the information it had and should have taken additional steps to obtain all available information about the Feb. 15 incident,” Mueller said in a statement after releasing his 96-page report.

Mueller said he can find no evidence the league received the video showing Rice striking his fiancee before it was published online in September. A law enforcement official showed The Associated Press videos of the incident and said he mailed a DVD to NFL headquarters in April.

The report said a review of phone records and emails of NFL employees showed no evidence that anyone in the league had seen the video before Commissioner Roger Goodell initially suspended Rice for two games.

The private investigation, without subpoena power, did not include any contact with the law enforcement official who showed the AP the videos. The officer played the AP a 12-second voicemail from an NFL office number dated April 9, in which a woman verifies receipt of the DVD and says: “You’re right, it’s terrible.”

The official, who insisted on anonymity because he was

not authorized to share the evidence, told the AP on Thursday he didn’t speak with investigators.

“I took steps to ensure a call from any person at the NFL wouldn’t be traced back to me and I was never contacted by the team of investigators hired by the NFL to investigate the NFL,” he said. “I still don’t know who confirmed receiving the video and I don’t know what that person did with it.”

“We have reviewed the report and stand by our original reporting,” said Kathleen Carroll, the AP’s executive editor.

“The Mueller team did ask us for source material and other newsgathering information, but we declined. Everything that we report and confirm goes into our stories. We do not offer up reporters’ notes and sources.”

Giants owner John Mara and Steelers President Art Rooney, the men appointed by Goodell as liaisons to the investigation, said the 32 team owners were briefed in a conference call Thursday morning. They all expressed their belief Goodell told the truth throughout the investigation.

They reiterated their backing of Goodell, whose job never appeared in jeopardy despite the missteps by the league in the Rice case and calls for scrutiny of him from outside groups.

“There was resounding support for Roger,” Rooney said.

“There’s a very strong confidence in Roger going forward in terms of him being the commissioner of the league.”

Still, Mueller found the NFL’s deference to the law enforcement process involving Rice “led to deficiencies in the league’s collection and analysis of information during its investigation.”

McCaskey, Phillips need to let Pace choose coach tants, this is unlikely to end well.

Continued from page C1 “Everybody else stayed out of football decisions,” Harlan “There’s got to be a comfort said. “I promised Ron [Wolf] zone with the general manager full autonomy and he had it. I promised Ted full autonomy selecting the coach,” said Bob and he’s got it to this day. And Harlan, the former Packers president who hired two pretty that’s it.

“The general manager good general managers in makes the football decisions.

Ron Wolf and Ted Thompson.

The coach reports to him. The “They’ve got to work together and I found out that the general general manager came to me when he had concerns and let manager really has to be comme know what he’s doing. Ron fortable with that coach – that said, ‘I’m going to let [Lindy] it’s his guy; that he’s made the selection or he’s not going to be Infante go. He’s got years on his contract. Are you all right very happy.” with that?’ I said absolutely.

In other words, now that Same thing with the trade for chairman George McCaskey Brett Favre [for] a No. 1 and president Ted Phillips draft choice. We had to put have hired Pace, their job is to get the heck out of the way and the order in place, and I found out it’s got to be the general let Pace do his job. If they’re manager first.’’ anything more than consul-

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Blackhawks goalie Corey Crawford deflects a shot by the Minnesota Wild’s Jason Zucker in the first period Thursday in St. Paul, Minn.

BLACKHAWKS 4, WILD 2

Crawford bails out Hawks Goalie makes 42 saves; Bickell scores twice in road victory

By MARK LAZERUS

On the air Friday

mlazerus@suntimes.com ST. PAUL, Minn. – For 40 minutes, Corey Crawford was under siege, bombarded with pucks from every angle, far and near, by the relentless Minnesota Wild.

Over the last two periods of Thursday’s game at XCel Energy Center, Crawford faced 37 shots, while the Blackhawks mustered only 10 in the other direction.

That was fine with Crawford. He was just happy to be playing with a lead for a change.

“It was important not to be down a goal to start the game again,” Crawford said after his season-high 42-save effort allowed the Hawks to escape with a 4-2 victory. “I think that set the tone for the game, being ahead instead of playing catchup hockey again.”

Bryan Bickell had two goals, and Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist to keep up his torrid scoring pace. But this win was all Crawford’s.

“He was great,” Hawks coach Joel Quenneville said. “It was a goalie win.

They were the better team tonight, for sure. We dodged a bullet.”

The Hawks had given up the first goal in each of their past six games, and went a middling 3-3-0 in the process. And with two losses and two skin-of-their-teeth

Blackhawks at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m., CSN, AM-720 victories in the previous four games, coach Joel Quenneville tinkered with his lineup, bumping up Bickell to the second line to add some grit, and benching rookie Teuvo Teravainen for Daniel Carcillo.

It worked. Sort of. The Wild were missing star forward Zach Parise, playing with heavy hearts after the death of Parise’s father (former NHL standout and Minnesota hockey fixture J.P. Parise), decimated at the goalie position, and in turmoil after coach Mike Yeo’s meltdown at Wednesday’s practice. So even given the Hawks’ recent struggles, it was hardly a surprise they jumped out to a 2-0 first-period lead on goals by Patrick Sharp and Kane.

Kane’s goal, which came more than four minutes into a major power play, was his 20th of the season – a plateau he’s reached in all eight of his seasons, including the lockout-shortened 2013 campaign.

But if it’s not one thing, it’s usually something else. And this time, the Hawks took their foot off the gas and almost paid the price, as Minnesota got a Jason Zuck-

er goal 63 seconds into the second period, then completely dominated the final two periods.

“We were off and running, the way we wanted to be,” Kane said. “Especially after one. We just gave up an early goal there in the second, and they kind of took over in the second. Good first, [but] you’ve got to find ways to put all three periods together.”

Bickell’s snipe from the top of the left circle off a drop-pass by Kane 6:20 into the third period gave the Hawks some breathing room. And they needed it, as Jason Pominville’s goal with 5:05 left cut the lead to 3-2 before Bickell added an empty-netter to finally put away the pesky Wild.

It was the Hawks’ fourth win in their past six games, but none of them have come easy. With a late-night flight to Edmonton for the second half of a backto-back Friday night against the leagueworst Oilers, the Hawks are still looking for that complete game.

“Well, you don’t mind playing with a lead, but certainly we didn’t have much pace,” Quenneville said. “Maybe [the 2-0 lead] came a little easier than we needed, and then we probably got a little comfortable with our game. Nothing’s easy to achieve against that team. You’ve got to work for everything you get.”

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New GM here to tear down, rebuild operation • ARKUSH Continued from page C1 Secondly, forget everything you’re about to hear from “various sources” about why Ballard, Brian Gaines and Lake Dawson didn’t get the job.

They now have to spin the story to make it look like it was the Bears’ mistake and not their fault that they didn’t get the job so it doesn’t follow them to their next interview for the next open GM spot, and their agents will be working overtime to get those stories out.

I can tell you with great

confidence that Pace wasn’t chosen because of differences over feelings about Cutler, how much power the candidates would have or who their coaching choices would be.

Pace isn’t here to figure out how to work within the Bears’ existing football operation, he’s here to tear it down and build a brand-new one.

What is there to like about Pace?

He started as a gopher in New Orleans and has done every job there is to do in an NFL front-office operation.

He’s learned from an excellent general manager, as Mickey Loomis is one of those rare

Super Bowl team builders, and he couldn’t speak more highly about him, or more dejectedly about losing him.

The Saints were one of the laughingstocks of the league when he got there and the Bears are now.

With the Saints management team he went through Katrina, built that Super Bowl team, went through Bountygate and the attendant suspensions and helped them get back to the playoffs and Super Bowl contention again.

Are you worried he’s now the youngest GM in the league by three years at the age of 37?

Three years ago, Ryan

Grigson was hired by the Colts as the league’s youngest GM at 39 and, so far, he’s got three 11-win teams, three playoff trips and an executive of the year award, and he took over a 2-14 team.

Is Pace a good hire? Check back in three years and we’ll have some real evidence to judge.

In the meantime, it’s OK to smile if you’re a Bears fan, because Ryan Pace is the right hire.

• Chicago Football editor Hub Arkush can be reached at harkush@shawmedia.com or on Twitter @Hub_Arkush.

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COLLEGE BASKETBALL ROUNDUP

Dixon hits 8 3-pointers for Iowa in loss at Illinois

Spartans rally past Hawkeyes

CHAMPAIGN – Melissa Dixon had a game-high 24 points and eight 3-point field goals Thursday, but the No. 17 Iowa women’s basketball team lost, 73-61, to Illinois at State Farm Arena.

Dixon, a senior from Johnsburg, made 8 of 16 from 3-point range and moved into fifth place all-time in Big Ten Conference history in that category.

“Melissa was the only one that really came to play,” Iowa coach Lisa Bluder said. “I don’t know what was wrong with the rest of our team.”

Kyley Simmons finished with 16 points and Jacqui Grant grabbed a career-high 15 rebounds for Illinois (11-4, 2-1 Big Ten), which forced Iowa into a season-high 22 turnovers and held the Hawkeyes more than 20 points below their season average (81.5).

Iowa (11-3, 2-1) led 35-21 late in the first, but Illinois scored the final nine points to make it 35-30 at halftime.

Boston is U.S. bidder for 2024 Summer Olympics BOSTON – The Athens of America might get its chance to host the Olympics.

The USOC picked Boston on Thursday as the American nominee for the 2024 Summer Games, choosing the sportsmad academic and high-tech Hub over San Francisco, Los Angeles and Washington. Boston will be competing against Rome and possible entries from Germany, France and Hungary when the International Olympic Committee makes its decision in 2017.

President Barack Obama, who went to Harvard Law School, congratulated the city and promised his support for bringing the Summer Olympics back to the United States for the first time since the 1996 Games were in Atlanta. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh, who attended the bid presentations last month, said it was “an exceptional honor” to be chosen.

– Wire reports

Maloney replaces Brucker • MALONEY Continued from page C1 This season, the Skyhawks lost their opener and then won their next nine games and the Big Northern Conference East Division title. Johnsburg lost to Chicago Phillips, 41-0, in the second round of the playoffs. Phillips was the Class 4A state runner-up.

Maloney was selected as the Northwest Herald Coach of the Year.

Former Hurricanes coach Ed Brucker retired after a 12year run in which they had only two losing seasons and made the playoffs 10 times.

Brucker was 178-72 as a head coach at Woodstock and at Marian. His Marian teams were 101-36.

Marian was 7-5 this season and won its first two Class 5A playoff games before losing to Montini in the quarterfinals.

It was the sixth consecutive season the Broncos ended the Hurricanes’ season.

Brucker learned just before Christmas he had been voted into the Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Hall of Fame.

One candidate for the job was long-time Marian offensive coordinator Dirk Stanger, who was a popular choice among the players. Under Stanger’s tutelage, Marian’s last four quarterbacks went on to play at the NCAA Division I level.

• Northwest Herald reporter Chris Casey contributed to this report.

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DePaul’s Forrest Robinson celebrates his team’s 70-60 win over Creighton on Wednesday in Omaha, Neb. DePaul is 3-0 in the Big East.

COLLEGE BASKETBALL: DePAUL

From worst to first – so far Demons 3-0 in Big East after years of being doormat

By ERIC OLSON

Big East standings

The Associated Press Forrest Robinson smiled and raised his arms after the clock struck zeros on DePaul’s latest victory. A few of his teammates exchanged high-fives, and the coaches slapped a few backs.

No one would have been surprised if the Blue Demons had been even more demonstrative in their celebration. Their three-game winning streak to start Big East play is a major accomplishment for the school’s long-suffering men’s basketball program.

That’s right, DePaul (9-7, 3-0) is in first place after home wins over Marquette and Xavier and its 10-point road win over Creighton on Wednesday. How long the Blue Demons stay there is anyone’s guess.

A trip to eighth-ranked Villanova is coming Saturday.

For now, they’re a long way from last place – where they’ve been entrenched for six years and where they were picked to finish this season, too.

“We’ve won three games,” point guard Billy Garrett said. “At the end of the day, it’s only three games.”

Those three wins match last season’s total in conference play. The Blue Demons haven’t won four or more Big East games since 2007-08. They entered this season having gone 10-98 in the conference over six years – the worst league record by a Division I team in that time, according to STATS. Coach Oliver Purnell built winners at Radford, Old Dominion, Dayton and Clemson before arriving at DePaul in 2010. The Blue Demons represented the turnaround

Conference All Games W L Pct. W L Pct. DePaul 3 0 1.000 9 7 .563 Villanova 2 1 .667 14 1 .933 Seton Hall 2 1 .667 12 3 .800 Providence 2 1 .667 12 4 .750 Xavier 2 1 .667 11 4 .733 Georgetown 2 1 .667 10 4 .714 Butler 1 2 .333 11 5 .688 Marquette 1 2 .333 9 6 .600 St. John’s 0 3 .000 11 4 .733 Creighton 0 3 .000 9 7 .563 artist’s biggest challenge. He inherited a team that was 1-35 in the Big East the previous two years, and he’s faced the hardships of recruiting against Illinois and blue-blood programs that come in and take the Windy City’s best high-school talent.

Purnell’s lack of progress through four years landed him at or near the top of pundits’ preseason hot-seat lists.

“We’ve won three in a row. We’ve gone on the road and won. It’s coming at the right time to give us a gauge,” Purnell said after Wednesday’s win at Creighton, looking ahead to Villanova. “We’re going in with the idea we can win the game just like we came in here with the idea we can win the game if we do certain things.”

DePaul basketball has a proud tradition. George Mikan and the Blue Demons played to sellout crowds at Chicago Stadium in the 1940s, and Mark Aguirre along with longtime coach Ray Meyer were the toasts of the town in the late 1970s and early ’80s.

As the program has declined, so has fan interest. Average crowds of 5,939 at All-State Arena are down nearly 10 percent from last season and 44 percent from 2006-07. The Blue Demons move into a new 10,000-seat arena in 2016.

Purnell said he likes his personnel. He brought in Myke Henry, a transfer from Illinois who leads the team with 13.4 points a game, and Aaron Simpson, a junior-college transfer who joined the starting lineup three games ago.

Garrett, the 2014 Big East rookie of the year, is scoring 13.1 points a game. Robinson has made 10 3-pointers and scored 37 points the last two games. Jamee Crockett is scoring 11.9 points, and the 6-foot-11 Tommy Hamilton comes off the bench to average 12.3 points and a team-best 6.9 rebounds.

It looked like it would be the same old, same old for DePaul when it followed wins in six of its first seven games with six straight losses heading into Big East play.

“We were 6-1 and we weren’t as good as we probably thought we were,” Purnell said. “When we were 0-6 we probably weren’t as bad as we thought we were.”

The last three of those six losses in a row came at the Diamond Head Classic in Honolulu. The Blue Demons returned to the mainland with their heads up.

“We kind of looked at the Big East as a new beginning for us,” Garrett said.

“Nothing we did prior to our first Big East game against Marquette really mattered to us. We won our six out of seven and then we lost six straight. Now we’re 0-0 in Big East. That’s the way we looked at it. It’s worked out for us so far. So we started out 3-0 and we have to keep it going.”

Oregon and Ohio State are from different parts of the country, play different styles of football and wear different colors. Still they scream the same three letters: NFL. It’s no secret that any two teams playing for an FBS national championship are James a l m o s t a l - O’Shaughnessy ways flushed will talent capable of playing on Sundays.

What goes largely unnoticed is that, to a lesser degree, teams vying for an FCS national championship can say the same things. The talent level isn’t as high. But when Illinois State takes the field in Frisco, Texas, on Saturday to play North Dakota State for the FCS championship, the Redbirds will play a handful of players getting looks from NFL scouts.

For Illinois State, tight end James O’Shaughnessy, offensive tackle Jermaine Barton and wide receiver Cameron

Meredith – all seniors – are among the Redbirds with a legitimate shot at playing in the NFL. To make it this far, Illinois State is tasked with recruiting a high-level high school player.

“We have to recruit a [Mid-American Conference]-level player, in my opinion, to win the league, win the national championship,” Redbirds coach Brock Spack said.

“We have a couple guys in this program and almost every class who will have a chance, if not get drafted, will have a chance to make a [NFL] team.”

In the case of the three aforementioned Illinois State players, Spack called Barton, a transfer from Miami (Florida), a “draftable guy.” But many other Redbirds will have a chance to get signed as undrafted free agents.

On the whole, players at Illinois State – at least those who sign with the program out of high school – are largely under recruited. That makes it essential for Spack and his staff to identify developmental players with high-ceiling talent.

Vashil Fernandez scored a career-high 15 points on 6-of-6 shooting and had blocked four shots to lead a balanced Valparaiso attack in a win over Illinois-Chicago (5-13, 1-2).

The Crusaders (15-3, 2-1 Horizon) shot a hot 60.4 percent from the field to 30.4 percent for the Flames and outrebounded them 40-32.

Ahman Fells led the Flames with 13 points.

Senior in no hurry to choose Continued from page C1

NFL-level talent goes through Normal

By SETH GRUEN

Valparaiso 85, Illinois-Chicago 56: At Valparaiso, Indiana,

• GREGOIRE

COLLEGE FOOTBALL: ILLINOIS ST.

sgruen@suntimes.com

IOWA CITY, Iowa – Travis Trice scored 25 points and hit seven 3-pointers, and Michigan State rallied to pound Iowa, 75-61, Thursday night, its ninth straight win over the Hawkeyes.

Branden Dawson had 14 points and 15 rebounds for the Spartans (11-5, 2-1 Big Ten), who came back from an 11-point halftime deficit to post one of their biggest wins of the season.

Michigan State opened the second half on a 25-9 run and never looked back. The Triceled Spartans were 8 of 9 from 3-point range in the final 20 minutes.

Gabe Olaseni tied a career high with 18 points for the Hawkeyes (11-5, 2-1), who were outscored 47-22 in the second half.

Denzel Valentine had 18 points for the Spartans.

Nebraska 65, Rutgers 49: At Lincoln, Nebraska, Terran Petteway scored 20 points, Shavon Shields added 11, and Nebraska pulled away from Rutgers in the second half.

The Huskers (9-6, 1-2 Big Ten) are off to their best start in Big Ten play in their four years in the conference. Their previous starts were 0-4, 0-5 and 0-4.

Rutgers (9-7, 1-2) shot 34.7 percent and turned the ball over 19 times in its first Big Ten road game. The Knights led by seven points early, but the lowest-scoring and worst-shooting team in the league struggled mightily after the opening 10 minutes.

Benny Parker and Walter Pitchford added nine points apiece for the Huskers.

Warm championship-game send-off given to Redbirds NORMAL – Fans endured the bitter cold to give a warm send-off to Illinois State’s football team as players left for the national championship game in Texas against North Dakota State.

The NCAA Division I FCS championship game is Saturday.

Redbirds supporter Michelle Schulz of Normal acknowledged standing outside to cheer the team “may be the craziest thing I’ve done all day.”

Players dressed in suits and ties left the Kaufman Football Building and boarded buses for the airport Wednesday.

The (Bloomington) Pantagraph reported the applause was muffled by gloves, but the chants and cheers were loud and clear, and players responded with smiles.

In the crowd with her two sons was Deb Kennamann, whose husband, Mike, played at ISU in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She called the championship shot “a big deal.”

– The Associated Press Spack has convinced several players that the road to the NFL can go through Normal.

“I wanted to go somewhere who wanted me and from the start Coach Spack expressed that he wanted me in recruiting,” O’Shaughnessy said.

“I didn’t want to be some second-tier player or some guy they just needed to fill a roster spot. I wanted a guy that would have a plan for me, that would have an idea of what my future would be like.”

Make no mistake: Satur-

day is all about raising a trophy for the Redbirds.

But none of the players who have NFL aspirations will shy away from the opportunity of showcasing their talent on national TV. Saturday’s game will lure NFL scouts and be watched on TV by even more.

“This could be just another beginning to another chapter in your life,” Meredith said.

“When that’s over, reality sinks in and I’m going to start to think about what’s possible for me.”

As for the larger D-I’s, Weinstein said he would want Gregoire to go as a preferred walk-on, which would mean he practiced, dressed and traveled with the team, but was not on scholarship. Weinstein hopes with his connections, Gregoire would not have to try out and thinks a situation as a preferred walk-on would be him.

Weinstein feels Gregoire should be an easy sell for coaches.

“I’ve dealt with thousands of kids, and he’s an amazing teammate and a great program guy,” Weinstein said.

“He’s just a pleasure. You couldn’t ask for a better person. He’s A-1, top-level.”

Gregoire doesn’t seem overly concerned about finding a school this late into his senior year; he knows there will be opportunities. He is waiting to hear from Wisconsin and Illinois. He will continue talking with coaches from Elon, Western Carolina and Furman, which just recently entered the picture, and will consider preferred walk-on chances.

“I’m going to see what plays out with the scholarship opportunities,” Gregoire said.

“Me and coach Weinstein will talk after the basketball season.”

4 SPORTS • Friday, January 9, 2015 • Section C • Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com FIVE-DAY PLANNER

BULLS ANALYSIS

Rose needs to show trust

Through games of Jan. 5 Scoring (Minimum 8 games) Player, School Games Pts. Andrews, Hunt 14 301 Bischke, Hvd 12 229 Fanter, CLS 15 263 Barker, C-G 16 272 Benoit, Hamp 14 209 Juarez, Wdk 16 236 Clark, PR 15 214 Klendworth, PR 9 116 Webber, A-H 11 138 Fed, D-C 19 238 Voel-Pel, PR 15 178 Crain, Wdk 16 188 Martens, McH 14 176 Lalor, A-H 11 116 Powell, Jac 14 147 Hogan, R-B 15 153 Jones, WN 12 122 Chase, Jbg 18 182 Barreto, Hunt 14 136 Michalski, D-C 19 179 Behrens, A-H 8 74 Johns, Jbg 18 162 Laboy, D-C 19 171 Barnec, Jac 14 124 Interrante, Jbg 16 139 Guenther, R-B 14 121 Scolio, Wdk 16 138 Mattson, McH 13 109

Avg. 21.5 19.1 17.5 17.0 14.9 14.8 14.3 12.9 12.5 12.5 11.9 11.8 11.0 10.5 10.5 10.2 10.2 10.1 9.7 9.4 9.3 9.0 9.0 8.9 8.7 8.6 8.6 8.4

Free-Throw Percentage (Minimum 15 attempts) Player, School FTM-FTA Pctg.

Powell, Jac 24-27 88.9 Andrews, Hunt 63-72 87.5 Barker, D-C 19-22 86.4 Barker, C-G 55-64 85.9 Clark, CLS 32-40 80.0 Scolio, Wdk 42-53 79.2 B. Overly, Wdk 19-25 76.0 Juarez, Wdk 62-84 73.8 Fed, D-C 66-90 73.3 Laboy, D-C 35-48 72.9 Mattson, McH 31-44 70.5 Kaempf, McH 31-44 70.5 Fanter, CLS 48-69 69.6 Martens, McH 43-62 69.4 Clausen, Hunt 38-55 69.1 Massie, CLS 29-42 69.0 Barnec, Jac 10-15 66.7 Chase, Jbg 44-66 66.7 3-Pointers Player, School Hogan, R-B Barker, C-G Powell, Jac R.Dumoulin, Hamp Fanter, CLS Interrante, Jbg N. Dumoulin, Hamp Skinner, McH Barreto, Hunt Clark, PR Barnec, Jac Crain, Wdk Darling, WN Sopchyk, C-G Vanick, Hvd Barker, D-C Fed, D-C T. Dumoulin, Hamp Andrews, Hunt Mattson, McH Bischke, Hvd Lalor, A-H Schweitzer, McH Klendworth, PR Lazar, Hamp Townsend, R-B Jones, WN Ogle, A-H Powell, Hvd

No. 40 33 33 29 25 25 23 21 20 19 18 17 17 17 17 16 16 15 14 14 13 13 13 12 12 11 10 10 10

AREA LEADERS Through games of Jan. 5 Scoring (Minimum 8 games) Player, School Games Pts. Jandron, WN 11 262 Pischke, MC 14 305 Knobloch, Mgo 11 228 Seals, D-C 12 203 Orange, Jac 13 208 Bridges, Hamp 12 185 Gregoire, C-G 9 133 Geske, CLS 14 186 Bartusch, CLS 14 180 Sutter, Wdk 11 137 Lobermeier, Jbg 13 159 Kreassig, Jbg 14 158 Doran, Hamp 12 128 Baker, CLS 14 148 C. Boesch, Hunt 11 116 Bellich, McH 13 134 Lindell, MC 14 143 Cruz, Hunt 11 111 Woods, Hamp 11 110

Avg. 23.8 21.8 20.7 16.9 16.0 15.3 14.8 13.3 12.9 12.5 12.2 11.3 10.7 10.6 10.5 10.3 10.2 10.1 10.0

Free-Throw Percentage (Minimum 15 attempts) Player, School FTM-FTA Pctg.

Orange, Jac 67-80 83.8 Lobermeier, Jbg 38-46 82.6 Gregoire, C-G 53-65 81.5 Bridges, Hamp 68-85 80.0 Muhall, McH 12-15 80.0 Spaeth, Hamp 22-28 78.6 Shepard, Mgo 25-32 78.1

TUESDAY

MILWAUKEE 7 p.m.

WGN AM-1000

ORLANDO 7 p.m.

CSN AM-1000 at Iowa 7 p.m.

WCUU

ON TAP FRIDAY MEN’S COLLEGE HOCKEY

TV/Radio

5:30 p.m.: Minnesota at Michigan, BTN 6 p.m.: Ohio State at Penn State, CSN+ 6:30 p.m.: Dartmouth at New Hampshire, NBCSN

BOXING

AP photo

Bulls guard Derrick Rose is fouled by Rockets guard Patrick Beverley (right) as Josh Smith (left) and Trevor Ariza help on defense Monday at the United Center. that he’s been out for 2½ years.

When you get away from that competition for 2½ years it doesn’t come back in a week. You have to compete in practice, you have to compete getting yourself ready, and you have to keep going.”

Words that Rose doesn’t seem to be hearing all the time.

Forget the 25.5 (28 for 110) shooting percentage over the past six games. Sure, not enough attacking the rim, too many errant jumpers.

Not one teammate is upset with that, however, because for the most part the film has shown that the decisions have been tolerable.

“Any teammate that takes good shots and is not forcing anything – you always have to be more than OK with it,” Pau Gasol said, when asked about Rose’s slump. “Just to continue to encourage taking good shots, try and take better shots, high-percentage shots. Get more into the lane and get yourself going that way. Just find ways to

get yourself going and more into a rhythm.”

This from a man who played with Kobe Bryant, so was wellversed in having his patience tested.

No, the concerns with Rose are still trust. Not trust that a dominant guard is still in there, but that Rose will let it come out.

Too many going-through-themotion moments on the court, and too many minutes restrictions and health concerns off it.

It’s time for Rose to start trusting his coaching staff, his teammates, and himself, rather than “what if” health scares and scenarios.

The guard often talks about the “big picture.” That big picture shouldn’t just focus on longevity.

Not when there’s a championship to be won with this current roster.

If he doesn’t see that, then the last 2½ years off didn’t just change Rose’s game. It completely changed the man.

BASKETBALL

Lindell, MC Jandron, WN Baker, CLS Boeckh, Jac Mohr, McH Pischke, MC Bellich, McH Canady, Jac Friesen, CLS L. Tuttle, Hamp Basaran, WN Mack, Jac Kreassig, Jbg B. Volkening, Mgo Geske, CLS Seals, D-C O’Toole, McH

14-18 72-93 51-66 13-17 30-40 62-83 26-35 22-30 11-15 19-26 16-22 16-22 42-58 21-29 20-28 41-58 19-27

3-Pointers Player, School Knobloch, Mgo Jandron, WN Pischke, MC Lindell, MC Boeckh, Jac Cruz, Hunt Geske, CLS Meyer, C-G Bellich, McH Cullum, Wdk Ortiz, WN Bridges, Hamp Smith, Wdk Gregoire, C-G Parson, D-C Loch, C-G Baker, CLS Woods, Hamp Buckley, D-C Reich, CLS Schingel, CLS Doran, Hamp Shook, Wdk Orndahl, D-C L. Tuttle, Hamp Wilson, McH

77.8 77.4 77.3 76.5 75.0 74.7 74.3 73.3 73.3 73.1 72.7 72.7 72.4 72.4 71.4 70.7 70.4 No. 50 44 41 31 27 27 26 23 22 16 16 15 15 14 14 14 13 13 12 12 12 11 11 10 10 10

SCHEDULE FRIDAY Boys Basketball: Grayslake Central at Crystal Lake Central, McHenry at Crystal Lake South, Dundee-Crown at Huntley, Grayslake North at Hampshire, Woodstock North at Prairie Ridge, Woodstock at Richmond-Burton, Marengo at North Boone, 7 p.m., Alden-Hebron at Harvest Christian, 7:45 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Alden-Hebron at Harvest Christian, 6 p.m., Harvard at Burlington Central, Huntley at Jacobs, 7 p.m., Genoa-Kingston at Johnsburg, Richmond-Burton at Marengo, 7:15 p.m.

Wrestling: Belvidere at Hampshire, 5 p.m.; Cary-Grove at Harvard, 5 p.m.; Dundee-Crown at Grayslake Central, Johnsburg at McHenry, Rockford Lutheran at Woodstock, 6:30 p.m.; Marian Central, Marian Catholic at Nazareth, TBD Boys Bowling: Woodstock co-op at Bartlett, 5 p.m.

SATURDAY

BOYS BASKETBALL

MONDAY

at Grand Rapids 6 p.m.

WCUU

PREPS AREA LEADERS

SUNDAY MINNESOTA 7 p.m.

WGN/NBCSN AM-720

at Washington 7 p.m.

ESPN, WPWR AM-1000

jcowley@suntimes.com

GIRLS BASKETBALL

SATURDAY

at Edmonton 8:30 p.m.

CSN AM-720

By JOE COWLEY This is what 2½ years off looks like.

It’s frustrating, it’s inconsistent, and for Bulls guard Derrick Rose, it’s been a real head-shaker through the first 36 games of the regular season.

Oh, there have been moments.

Ask John Wall, who watched Rose go all playground on him two weeks ago in the nation’s capital, taking the game over late and dropping 25 on the Wizards All-Star.

Before that, there was a Dec. 12, win over Portland in which Rose scored 31, shooting 14 for 24 from the field.

Plenty of splash plays to bring you back to 2011. Unfortunately, not enough to keep you there.

Two season-ending knee surgeries for Rose have left us all at this step. Where it goes now? Well, that’s on No. 1.

Rose admittedly has been pacing himself through the early minutes of games. And far too often lately, he only seems to flip a switch when his pride is being challenged. Wall did it a few weeks back, while fellow Chicagoan Patrick Beverley pulled that out of Rose on Monday.

A mentality that is nowhere to be found in the Book of Thibodeau.

“I think you have to have the mindset that you don’t take possessions off and you fight through everything,” Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau said, when asked if he thought Rose was picking his spots too often. “And you do it day after day after day. That’s what championship teams do. If that’s what we aspire to, that’s what we have to do.

“In terms of where [Rose] is right now, I think he’s making steady progress. He hasn’t shot the ball well, but he’s run the team fairly well. You have to understand

FRIDAY

TEAM

Boys Basketball: Libertyville at Marian Central, 5:30 p.m., St. Patrick at Dundee-Crown, 6 p.m., North Boone at Harvard, Waukegan at Jacobs, Rockford Christian at Johnsburg, Burlington Central at Marengo, 7 p.m.

Girls Basketball: Cary-Grove at Crystal Lake South, Dundee-Crown at McHenry, Fenwick at Marian Central, Grayslake Central at Woodstock North, 2:30 p.m., Crystal Lake Central at Woodstock, Hampshire at Prairie Ridge, 7 p.m.

Wrestling: Richmond-Burton at Grayslake North, Cary-Grove, Hampshire, Huntley, McHenry, Woodstock North at Sycamore Invite, Crystal Lake Central at Waubonsie Valley Quad, Dundee-Crown, Harvard, Marian Central at Geneva Tournament, Johnsburg at Round Lake Quad, Marengo at Sycamore, 9 a.m.

Boys Bowling: Marengo at Lake Zurich Invite, 9 a.m.

Girls Bowling: Dundee-Crown, Jacobs, McHenry at Grant Invite, 8 a.m.

Boys Swimming: Cary-Grove co-op at Elk Grove Invite, 11 a.m.; Huntley at Rockford Auburn, noon; Jacobs co-op at Maine South Relays, 1 p.m.

SUNDAY

BULLS UPCOMING SCHEDULE

NBA EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Bulls 25 11 .694 Cleveland 19 17 .528 Milwaukee 19 18 .514 Indiana 14 23 .378 Detroit 12 23 .343 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 24 11 .686 Brooklyn 16 19 .457 Boston 12 21 .364 Philadelphia 5 29 .147 New York 5 34 .128 Southeast Division W L Pct Atlanta 27 8 .771 Washington 24 11 .686 Miami 15 20 .429 Charlotte 14 24 .368 Orlando 13 25 .342 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct Memphis 25 10 .714 Dallas 26 11 .703 Houston 25 11 .694 San Antonio 21 15 .583 New Orleans 17 18 .486 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 27 8 .771 Oklahoma City 17 19 .472 Denver 16 20 .444 Utah 13 23 .361 Minnesota 5 29 .147 Pacific Division W L Pct Golden State 28 5 .848 L.A. Clippers 24 12 .667 Phoenix 22 16 .579 Sacramento 15 20 .429 L.A. Lakers 11 25 .306

GB — 6 6½ 11½ 12½ GB — 8 11 18½ 21 GB — 3 12 14½ 15½ GB — — ½ 4½ 8 GB — 10½ 11½ 14½ 21½ GB — 5½ 8½ 14 18½

Thursday’s Games Charlotte 103, Toronto 95 Houston 120, New York 96 Miami at Portland (n) Friday’s Games Bulls at Washington, 7 p.m.

Boston at Indiana, 6 p.m.

Atlanta at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Philadelphia at Brooklyn, 6:30 p.m.

Memphis at New Orleans, 7 p.m.

Utah at Oklahoma City, 7 p.m.

Minnesota at Milwaukee, 7:30 p.m.

Phoenix at San Antonio, 7:30 p.m.

Denver at Sacramento, 9 p.m.

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

Orlando at L.A. Lakers, 9:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Milwaukee at Bulls, 7 p.m.

Charlotte at New York, noon Dallas at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m.

Indiana at Philadelphia, 6:30 p.m.

Boston at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Brooklyn at Detroit, 6:30 p.m.

Utah at Houston, 7 p.m.

San Antonio at Minnesota, 7 p.m.

Orlando at Portland, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Utah 97, Bulls 77 Milwaukee 97, Philadelphia 77 Washington 101, New York 91 Charlotte 98, New Orleans 94 Houston 105, Cleveland 93 Atlanta 96, Memphis 86 Boston 89, Brooklyn 81 Detroit 108, Dallas 95 Denver 93, Orlando 90 Phoenix 113, Minnesota 111 Sacramento 104, Oklahoma City 83 Golden State 117, Indiana 102 L.A. Clippers 114, L.A. Lakers 89

CALENDAR Saturday — Contracts guaranteed for rest of season.

Feb. 13-15 — All-Star weekend, New York.

Feb. 19 — Trade deadline 2 p.m.

April 15 — Last day of regular season.

April 18 — Playoffs begin.

January Opponent at Washington Milwaukee Orlando Washington at Boston Atlanta at Cleveland San Antonio

Time 7 p.m.

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6:30 p.m.

7 p.m.

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7 p.m.

MEN’S COLLEGE TOP 25 SCHEDULE Thursday’s Games No. 6 Gonzaga 88, San Francisco 57 No. 7 Arizona at Oregon (n) No. 25 Old Dominion 72, Marshall 51 Friday’s Games No games scheduled Saturday’s Games No. 1 Kentucky at Texas A&M, noon No. 3 Virginia at No. 13 Notre Dame, 5 p.m.

No. 5 Louisville at No. 18 North Carolina, 1 p.m.

No. 6 Gonzaga vs. Santa Clara, 7 p.m.

No. 8 Villanova vs. DePaul, 3 p.m.

No. 10 Texas at Oklahoma State, 4 p.m.

No. 11 Maryland at Purdue, 1:30 p.m.

No. 12 Kansas vs. Texas Tech, 2 p.m.

No. 14 West Virginia vs. No. 17 Iowa State, 7 p.m.

No. 16 Oklahoma vs. Kansas State, 6 p.m.

No. 19 Seton Hall at Creighton, 1:15 p.m.

No. 20 VCU vs. Saint Joseph’s, 1 p.m.

No. 21 Baylor at TCU, 3 p.m.

No. 22 Ohio State at Indiana, 11 a.m.

No. 23 Arkansas vs. Vanderbilt, 3:30 p.m.

No. 25 Old Dominion at Western Kentucky, 4:30 p.m.

Thursday’s Scores MIDWEST Cleveland St. 65, Oakland 61 IPFW 69, Denver 53 Michigan St. 75, Iowa 61 Missouri 74, LSU 67, OT Morehead St. 70, SE Missouri 57 N. Dakota St. 75, Nebraska-Omaha 72 Sacramento St. 63, North Dakota 61 Valparaiso 85, Ill.-Chicago 56 Wright St. 70, Youngstown St. 61

WOMEN’S COLLEGE TOP 25 SCHEDULE Thursday’s Games No. 1 South Carolina 102, Alabama 59 Miami 78, No. 4 Notre Dame 63 No. 7 Tennessee 81, No. 9 Texas A&M 58 Pittsburgh 84, No. 8 North Carolina 59 No. 10 Kentucky 78, Auburn 57 No. 12 Maryland 88, Purdue 64 No. 13 Duke 74, No. 21 Syracuse 72 No. 14 Mississippi State 72, Arkansas 57 Illinois 73, No. 17 Iowa 61 No. 18 Arizona State 88, Arizona 41 No. 19 Nebraska 71, Michigan State 67 No. 20 Georgia 69, Missouri 48 No. 25 Western Kentucky 76, Charlotte 61 Friday’s Games No. 11 Oregon State vs. Oregon, 9 p.m.

No. 15 Stanford at Washington, 9 p.m.

Saturday’s Games No. 3 Texas at Iowa State, 11 a.m.

No. 5 Baylor at West Virginia, 2 p.m.

No. 16 Oklahoma State at TCU, 6 p.m.

No. 18 Arizona State vs. Arizona, 7 p.m.

No. 22 Princeton vs. Pennsylvania, 1 p.m.

No. 24 Rutgers at Penn State, 11 a.m.

No. 25 Western Kentucky at Old Dominion, 1 p.m.

Thursday’s Scores MIDWEST Morehead St. 64, SE Missouri 59 Ohio St. 103, Indiana 49

FOOTBALL NFL PLAYOFFS Divisional Playoffs Saturday Baltimore at New England, 3:35 p.m. (NBC) Carolina at Seattle, 7:15 p.m. (Fox)

Girls Basketball: Huntley at Chicagoland Showcase, TBA

Sunday Dallas at Green Bay, 12:05 p.m. (Fox) Indianapolis at Denver, 3:40 p.m. (CBS)

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Conference Championships Sunday, Jan. 18 NFC, 2:05 p.m. (Fox) AFC, 5:40 p.m. (CBS)

Coaches wishing to report results of varsity sports may email sports@nwherald.com, fax to 815-459-5640 or call the sports desk at 815-5264498.

Date 9 10 12 14 16 17 19 22

Pro Bowl Sunday, Jan. 25 At Glendale, Ariz.

Team Irvin vs. Team Carter, 7 p.m.

(ESPN) Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 1 At Glendale, Ariz.

AFC champion vs. NFC champion, 5:30 p.m. (NBC)

COLLEGE BOWLS SCHEDULE Monday College Football Championship At Arlington, Texas Ohio State (13-1) vs. Oregon (13-1), 7:30 p.m. (ESPN) Saturday, Jan. 17 East-West Shrine Classic At St. Petersburg, Fla. East vs. West, 3 p.m. (NFLN) NFLPA Collegiate Bowl At Carson, Calif.

National vs. American, 3 p.m. (ESPN2)

FCS Championship Saturday At FC Dallas Stadium Frisco, Texas North Dakota State (14-1) vs. Illinois State (13-1), noon

8 p.m.: Darleys Perez (31-1-0) vs. Jonathan Maicelo (21-1-0), for vacant WBA interim lightweight title, at Santa Ynez, Calif., ESPN2 9 p.m.: Welterweights, Dusty Hernandez-Harrison (240-0) vs. Tommy Rainone (22-5-1); middleweights, Tureano Johnson (17-1-0) vs. Alex Theran (17-1-0), at New York., FS1

NBA

GOLF

NHL

3:30 p.m.: PGA Tour, Tournament of Champions, first round, at Kapalua, Hawaii, TGC 4:30 a.m.: European PGA Tour, South African Open Championship, third round, at Johannesburg, TGC

7 p.m.: Bulls at Washington, ESPN, WPWR, AM-1000 9:30 p.m.: Cleveland at Golden State, ESPN

8:30 p.m.: Blackhawks at Edmonton, CSN, AM-720

WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 7 p.m.: Butler at St. John’s, FS1

MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 6 p.m.: Akron at Toledo, ESPNU 8 p.m.: Green Bay at Milwaukee, ESPNU

COLLEGE WRESTLING 8 p.m.: Michigan at Minnesota, BTN

TRANSACTIONS PROS BASEBALL American League WHITE SOX — Agreed to terms with INF-OF Emilio Bonifacio on a one-year contract. Designated OF Jordan Danks for assignment.

BOSTON RED SOX — Named Rich Gedman hitting coach and Bob Kipper pitching coach for Pawtucket (IL), Kevin Walker pitching coach and Dave Joppie hitting coach for Portland (EL), Paul Abbott pitching coach and Jon Nunnally hitting coach for Salem (Carolina), Walter Miranda pitching coach for Greenville (SAL), Lance Carter pitching coach and Iggy Suarez hitting coach for Lowell (NYP) and Junior Zamora hitting coach for the Red Sox (GCL).

KANSAS CITY ROYALS — Assigned 2B Ryan Jackson outright to Omaha (PCL).

LOS ANGELES ANGELS — Acquired INF Kyle Kubitza and RHP Nate Hyatt from Atlanta for LHP Ricardo Sanchez.

TEXAS RANGERS — Agreed to terms with 1B Mike McDade and RHP Mason Tobin on minor league contracts.

National League COLORADO ROCKIES — Named Duane Espy hitting coordinator, Darryl Scott pitching coach for Albuquerque (PCL), Jerry Weinstein supervisor, Fred Ocasio manager and Drew Saylor hitting coach for Modesto (Cal), Warren Schaeffer manager for Asheville (SAL), Steve Merriman pitching coach and Jeff Salazar hitting coach for New Britain (EL), Fred Nelson supervisor, Frank Gonzales manager, Brandon Emanuel pitching coach and Andy Gonzalez hitting coach for Boise (NWL).

LOS ANGELES DODGERS — Named Naomi Rodriguez senior director, external affairs and community relations. Agreed to terms with RHP Sergio Santos on a minor league contract.

WASHINGTON NATIONALS — Named Paul Menhart minor league pitching coordinator, Spin Williams senior adviser for player development, Bob Milacki pitching coach for Syracuse (IL), Tommy Shields co-field coordinator, Rick Ankiel life skills coordinator and Jerad Head coach during extended spring training and for the Nationals (GCL).

BASKETBALL National Basketball Association NBA — Promoted Kathy Behrens to president, social responsibility and player programs and Dan Rube to executive vice president and deputy general counsel.

DETROIT PISTONS — Recalled G Spencer Dinwiddie from Grand Rapids (NBADL).

Women’s National Basketball Association NEW YORK LIBERTY — Rehired coach Bill Laimbeer.

BETTING ODDS

FOOTBALL National Football League BEARS — Named Ryan Pace general manager.

WASHINGTON REDSKINS — Named Scot McCloughan general manager.

HOCKEY National Hockey League CAROLINA HURRICANES — Assigned F Zach Boychuk and D Michal Jordan to Charlotte (AHL). Activated D John-Michael Liles and F Andrej Nestrasil from injured reserve and assigned Nestrasil to Charlotte for conditioning.

DETROIT RED WINGS — Recalled F Teemu Pulkkinen from Grand Rapids (AHL). Placed F Johan Franzen on injured reserve. Assigned D Richard Nedomlel from Grand Rapids (AHL) to Toledo (ECHL).

MINNESOTA WILD — Designated LW Zach Parise as a non-roster player. Placed G Darcy Kuemper on injured reserve.

Waived D Stu Bickel. Recalled D Jonathan Blum, G John Curry and RW Jordan Schroeder from Iowa (AHL).

MONTREAL CANADIENS — Recalled F Christian Thomas from Hamilton (AHL).

Announced F Stefan Fournier has been medically cleared to play and has been assigned to Wheeling (ECHL).

NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled Forward Miikka Salomaki from Milwaukee (AHL). Placed Fs James Neal and Eric Nystrom on injured reserve.

WINNIPEG JETS — Assigned D Julien Brouillette to St. John’s (AHL). Placed D Grant Clitsome on injured reserve.

Activated D Zach Bogosian from injured reserve.

SOCCER Major League Soccer PORTLAND TIMBERS — Loaned D Liam Ridgewell to Wigan Athletic (English Football League).

TORONTO FC —Named Robin Fraser assistant coach.

COLLEGES

WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Nashville 40 27 9 4 58 122 Blackhawks 41 27 12 2 56 128 St. Louis 41 25 13 3 53 131 Winnipeg 41 20 14 7 47 104 Dallas 40 18 15 7 43 123 Colorado 41 17 16 8 42 108 Minnesota 39 18 16 5 41 109 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF Anaheim 42 26 10 6 58 116 Vancouver 38 23 12 3 49 112 San Jose 42 22 15 5 49 115 Los Angeles 40 19 12 9 47 112 Calgary 41 21 17 3 45 117 Arizona 40 16 20 4 36 96 Edmonton 41 9 23 9 27 90 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Tampa Bay 42 26 12 4 56 138 Montreal 40 26 12 2 54 110 Detroit 41 22 10 9 53 116 Boston 42 21 15 6 48 110 Toronto 41 21 17 3 45 132 Florida 37 17 11 9 43 87 Ottawa 40 16 16 8 40 105 Buffalo 42 14 25 3 31 80 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 40 24 10 6 54 120 N.Y. Islanders 40 26 13 1 53 123 Washington 40 21 11 8 50 120 N.Y. Rangers 37 22 11 4 48 117 Columbus 38 18 17 3 39 100 Philadelphia 41 16 18 7 39 111 New Jersey 43 15 21 7 37 94 Carolina 41 13 24 4 30 84

GA 92 89 101 100 131 119 114 GA 114 100 115 103 108 131 139 GA 110 93 103 110 128 97 112 145 GA 97 112 104 91 121 123 121 107

NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss.

Thursday’s Games Blackhawks 4, Minnesota 2 Boston 3, New Jersey 0 Philadelphia 3, Washington 2, OT Carolina 5, Buffalo 2 St. Louis 7, San Jose 2 Nashville 3, Dallas 2, OT Colorado 5, Ottawa 2 Arizona 4, Winnipeg 1 Florida at Vancouver (n) N.Y. Rangers at Los Angeles (n) Friday’s Games Blackhawks at Edmonton, 8:30 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at New Jersey, 6 p.m.

Columbus at Toronto, 6:30 p.m.

Buffalo at Tampa Bay, 6:30 p.m.

Florida at Calgary, 8 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Boston at Philadelphia, noon Nashville at Minnesota, 1 p.m.

Dallas at Colorado, 2 p.m.

Pittsburgh at Montreal, 6 p.m.

Detroit at Washington, 6 p.m.

N.Y. Islanders at Columbus, 6 p.m.

Ottawa at Arizona, 6 p.m.

Carolina at St. Louis, 7 p.m.

Calgary at Vancouver, 9 p.m.

Winnipeg at Los Angeles, 9 p.m.

N.Y. Rangers at San Jose, 9 p.m.

Wednesday’s Games Washington 6, Toronto 2 Boston 3, Pittsburgh 2, OT Detroit 3, Calgary 2 N.Y. Rangers 4, Anaheim 1

BLACKHAWKS 4, WILD 2 Chicago Minnesota

2 0

0 1

2 — 4 1 — 2

First Period–1, Chicago, Sharp 9 (Rundblad, Shaw), 5:08. 2, Chicago, Kane 20 (Richards, Toews), 16:19 (pp). Penalties–Hjalmarsson, Chi (delay of game), 9:17; Vanek, Min, major (boarding), 12:05.

Second Period–3, Minnesota, Zucker 15 (Pominville, Koivu), 1:03. Penalties– Sharp, Chi (tripping), 5:59; Sharp, Chi (slashing), 12:01; Vanek, Min (tripping), 18:35.

Third Period–4, Chicago, Bickell 7 (Kane, Richards), 6:20. 5, Minnesota, Pominville 9 (Vanek, Niederreiter), 14:55

(pp). 6, Chicago, Bickell 8 (Richards, Kane), 19:00 (en). Penalties–Oduya, Chi (hooking), 13:23; Rozsival, Chi (freezing the puck), 14:48.

Shots on Goal–Chicago 10-5-5–20.

Minnesota 7-19-18–44.

Power-play opportunities–Chicago 1 of 3; Minnesota 1 of 5.

Goalies–Chicago, Crawford 16-8-2 (44 shots-42 saves). Minnesota, Backstrom 5-4-3 (19-16).

A–19,060 (17,954). T–2:27.

Referees–Rob Martell, Brian Pochmara.

Linesmen–Michel Cormier, Mike Cvik.

AHL WESTERN CONFERENCE Midwest Division W L OL SL Pts GF Rockford 21 12 3 1 46 104 Grand Rapids 18 11 3 1 40 104 Wolves 18 13 4 0 40 102 Milwaukee 17 12 2 3 39 95 Lake Erie 14 14 2 3 33 93 North Division W L OL SL Pts GF Utica 22 7 5 0 49 96 Adirondack 22 14 1 1 46 107 Hamilton 15 14 6 0 36 93 Toronto 14 15 6 0 34 76 Rochester 14 21 1 0 29 97 West Division W L OL SL Pts GF Oklahoma City 23 8 2 2 50 113 San Antonio 20 12 3 0 43 114 Texas 15 11 8 0 38 98 Charlotte 12 18 4 1 29 79 Iowa 12 20 1 1 26 83 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division W L OL SL Pts GF Manchester 24 8 3 1 52 115 Portland 20 15 1 0 41 90 Providence 17 14 3 1 38 93 St. John’s 15 16 5 1 36 87 Worcester 14 14 3 2 33 87 East Division W L OL SL Pts GF W-B/Scranton 20 13 1 3 44 88 Hershey 17 12 4 1 39 81 Lehigh Valley 16 12 4 1 37 84 Binghamton 15 15 3 1 34 109 Norfolk 13 19 1 2 29 78 Northeast Division W L OL SL Pts GF Springfield 24 10 2 0 50 112 Syracuse 22 9 4 0 48 103 Hartford 18 12 2 2 40 91 Albany 15 12 2 5 37 95 Bridgeport 16 14 3 1 36 110

College Football FAVORITE PTS O/U UNDERDOG National Championship At Arlington Texas Oregon 6½ (75½) Ohio St. NFL Playoffs Saturday FAVORITE TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at New England 7 (47½) Baltimore at Seattle 10½ (39½) Carolina Sunday at Green Bay 6 (53) Dallas at Denver 7 (54) Indianapolis NCAA Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Toledo 5 Akron Green Bay 9 at Milwaukee at Monmouth (NJ) 1½ Quinnipiac NBA FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at Washington 3 (197) Bulls at Indiana 3½ (195) Boston at Brooklyn 10½ (194) Philadelphia Atlanta 3 (205½) at Detroit at Oklahoma City 12½ (197) Utah at New Orleans 2½ (196½) Memphis at Milwaukee 9½ (203) Minnesota at San Antonio 4½ (208½) Phoenix at Sacramento 3½ (211) Denver at Golden State 12½ (205) Cleveland at L.A. Lakers 4½ (202) Orlando NHL FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG Blackhawks -230 at Edmonton N.Y. Islanders -145 at New Jersey at Tampa Bay -450 Buffalo at Toronto -120 Columbus at Calgary -145 Florida

LINE +190 +125 +325 +100 +125

COMMUNITY FOOTBALL

ARKANSAS — Signed defensive coordinator Robb Smith to a three-year contract. Agreed to terms with assistant football coaches Barry Lunney, Clay Jennings, Sam Pittman, Ben Herbert and Rory Segrest.

ILLINOIS — Announced special teams coordinator Tim Salem and defensive line coach Greg Colby will not be retained.

GEORGIA SOUTHERN — Announced OF Roscoe Byrd is transferring from Alabama-Birmingham.

MICHIGAN — Named D.J. Durkin defensive coordinator.

TEXAS-PAN AMERICAN — Named Silviu Telespan women’s assistant soccer coach.

HOCKEY NHL

GLANTZ-CULVER LINE

FOX VALLEY EAGLES Registration for Fox Valley Eagles’ semipro football team for the spring-summer season has started.

The registration is for men ages 18-30 who want to continue their football careers and who play for the “Love of the Game.”

Registration is $50 for 11 weeks of winte practice from 8 to 9 p.m. on Sundays at the Intra Soccer Fieldhouse, 37W950 Mason at Tyrell Road in Elgin.

Anyone interested may contact the team at fveagles.com and click on “Play for Us” section. Fill out and send. or pat901@aol.com. The team will also be holding a Combine for tryouts at 9 a.m.

Saturday, March 21 at the same location.

GOLF MCHENRY COUNTY SENIOR LEAGUE The McHenry County Senior Golf League is accepting new members for the 2015 season. Anyone interested should contact Bob Kelly at 847-220-8174 for information. Players must be at least 55 years of age to play.

League play will run from May through September on Monday mornings. Rounds are nine holes.

BASKETBALL GA 86 86 88 87 115 GA 77 99 97 96 107 GA 97 109 102 104 112 GA 81 82 89 114 93 GA 77 76 92 109 110 GA 95 94 100 99 104

NOTE: Two points are awarded for a win, one point for an overtime or shootout loss.

Thursday’s Game Milwaukee 4, Rockford 2 Friday’s Games Charlotte at Grand Rapids, 6 p.m.

Hershey at Albany, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Adirondack, 6 p.m.

Syracuse at Hartford, 6 p.m.

Bridgeport at Portland, 6 p.m.

Springfield at Providence, 6:05 p.m.

Lake Erie at Rochester, 6:05 p.m.

Norfolk at W-B/Scranton, 6:05 p.m.

Utica at Hamilton, 6:30 p.m.

Binghamton at Worcester, 6:30 p.m.

Milwaukee at Rockford, 7 p.m.

Iowa at Texas, 7:30 p.m.

Saturday’s Games Wolves at Grand Rapids, 6 p.m.

Bridgeport at Albany, 4 p.m.

Lehigh Valley at St. John’s, 5 p.m.

Lake Erie at Hamilton, 6 p.m.

Norfolk at Hershey, 6 p.m.

Binghamton at Manchester, 6 p.m.

Hartford at Springfield, 6 p.m.

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton at Syracuse, 6 p.m.

Adirondack at Utica, 6 p.m.

Providence at Worcester, 6 p.m.

Oklahoma City at Rochester, 6:05 p.m.

Charlotte at Milwaukee, 7 p.m.

Toronto at Texas, 7 p.m.

Iowa at San Antonio, 7 p.m.

HALF COURT LEAGUE The McHenry Parks & Recreation Department is accepting men’s half court basketball league registration at McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green Street in McHenry.

League games are played Tuesday evenings at McHenry Middle School. Season begins Tuesday, January 20.

All fees and a completed roster must be turned in at the time of registration.

Roster forms are available at www. ci.mchenry.il.us.

For information, call 815-363-2160.

VOLLEYBALL CO-REC LEAGUE The McHenry Parks & Recreation Department is accepting co-rec volleyball league registration at McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green Street in McHenry.

League games are played Thursday evenings at McHenry East Campus High School. Season begins Thursday, Jan. 22.

All fees and a completed roster must be turned in at the time of registration.

Roster forms are available at www. ci.mchenry.il.us.

For information, call 815-363-2160.

GOLF PGA TOUR TOURNAMENT OF CHAMPIONS Site: Kapalua, Hawaii Schedule: Friday-Monday Course: Kapalua Resort, The Plantation Course (7,452 yards, par 73) Purse: $5.7 million; Winner’s share: $1,026,000 TV: Golf Channel (Friday, 3:30-9 p.m., 10 p.m.-3:30 a.m.; Saturday, Noon-6 p.m., 7 p.m.-1 a.m.; Sunday, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 4-8:30 p.m., 9:30 p.m.-4:30 a.m.; Monday, 8 a.m.-2 p.m., 3-7 p.m., 8 p.m.-midnight) Last year: Zach Johnson beat Jordan Spieth by a stroke, closing with a 7-under 66.

Last event: Charley Hoffman won the OHL Classic in Mexico on Nov. 16 for his third PGA Tour title. Shawn Stefani was second, a stroke back.

Notes: Thirty-four of the 38 qualifiers are entered in the event limited to winners last year. Top-ranked Rory McIlroy, No. 3 Adam Scott, No. 6 Justin Rose and No. 12 Martin Kaymer are skipping the tournament. No. 4 Bubba Watson and No. 8 Jason are the only players in the top 10 in the world ranking in the field. ... Ben Crenshaw and Bill Coore designed The Plantation Course on a former pineapple plantation. ... The Sony Open is next week in Honolulu, followed by the Humana Challenge in La Quinta, California, and the Phoenix Open.

Online: www.pgatour.com

QUICKCRITIC

More reviews at PlanitNorthwest.com Friday, January 9, 2015 • Page C5

REVIEWS & LOCAL SHOWTIMES OF NEW MOVIES ON SCREEN NOW

LOCAL SHOWTIMES

“ANNIE” AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:00 a.m., 12:45, 3:30, 6:20, 9:05 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 1:35, 4:10, 6:45, 9:20 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 12:05, 3:05, 6:20, 9:30 p.m.

“BIG EYES” Regal Cinemas – 12:15, 2:55, 5:40, 8:30 p.m.

“BIG HERO 6” AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:25 a.m., 1:00, 3:35, 6:10 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 12:50, 3:35, 6:30 p.m.

Liam Neeson (left) and Maggie Grace star in “Taken 3,” released Friday. A review was not available in time for publication. Find it and more reviews online at PlanitNorthwest.com.

“BIRDMAN” Regal Cinemas – 12:45, 3:45, 6:45, 9:35 p.m.

“EXODUS: GODS AND KINGS” Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:15, 3:20, 6:25, 9:30 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 9:20 p.m.

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“ANNIE” STARRING: Quvenzhané Wallis, Cameron Diaz, Jamie Foxx PLOT: A foster kid, who lives with her mean foster mom, sees her life change when business tycoon and New York mayoral candidate Will Stacks makes a thinly veiled campaign move and takes her in.

RATED: PG for some mild language and rude humor TIME: 1 hour, 58 minutes VERDICT: It’s impossible to talk about “Annie” without admitting up front when you first experienced John Huston’s 1982 film. For adults at the time, it was a spectacular disaster, thanks in large part to the bizarre direction of Huston. For kids, one of whom was me, it might as well be up there with “The Sound of Music” as a musical classic. In that way, perhaps this new version of “Annie” is the update we all deserve: a flawed movie that kids will inexplicably take to. The best that can be said of this new version is that Will Gluck and company have certainly made the story, and most of the songs, their own.

But this new “Annie” is a charmless and grossly materialistic bore. Here, Annie (Quvenzhané Wallis) is a foster kid living with a handful of pre-teen girls under the lazy supervision of Hannigan (Cameron Diaz) in her Harlem apartment. Diaz, channeling an early Christina Aguilera with her cheap hoop earrings and messily crimped hair, talkyells at the girls with such an unnatural shrill that it fails at being cruel, comedic or drunken. This is no Carol Burnett slapstick. This is not the dire, hopeless situation of a blighted Depression-era orphanage. Still, Annie wants out. Fine, fair. On one of her many solo jaunts, she runs into billionaire Will Stacks (Jamie Foxx), an affectless, Bloombergian cellphone titan in the midst of a mayoral campaign. In Annie, his team (Rose Byrne and Bobby Cannavale) sees an opportunity to make the disconnected mogul more relatable. We all know the story by now. It’s how they get there that’s the problem. There is hardly any choreography to speak of, and the singing, across the board, is on-key mediocrity, even though the auto tuning does its best to obscure everyone’s natural sound. This “Annie” was supposed to be for a new generation. In the harsh light of 2014, it’s never looked so dated. – The Associated Press

“BIG EYES” STARRING: Amy Adams, Christoph Waltz, Krysten Ritter

PLOT: A drama about the awakening of the painter Margaret Keane, her phenomenal success in the 1950s and the subsequent legal difficulties she had with her husband, who claimed credit for her works in the 1960s.

RATED: PG-13 for thematic elements and brief strong language TIME: 1 hour, 45 minutes VERDICT: To call “Big Eyes” a Tim Burton movie is a bit of a bait-andswitch. True, Burton directed the film, whose subject, the painter Margaret Keane, he has long admired. Best known for her sticky-sweet paintings of doe-eyed waifs that became the middlebrow rage in the late 1950s and 1960s, then kitschy collectibles of high-ironic style decades later, Keane seems like the ideal subject for Burton: a visual-art analogue to filmmaker Ed Wood, to whom Burton paid homage so gloriously in a 1994 film. “Big Eyes” doesn’t approach the sublime or subversive heights of “Ed Wood.” Written by Scott Alexander and Larry Karazsewski, the film has a much more conventionally uplifting feel, which probably suits its protagonist more than the usual Burton combination of worship and winking playfulness. Portrayed by Amy Adams in a restrained, mouselike performance, Keane comes across as sympathetic but not terribly deep. As with Reese Witherspoon’s character in “Wild,” it’s the female journey of self-

discovery and empowerment that “Big Eyes” is interested in. For Keane, that journey was one from put-upon housewife and weekend painter to victim of a controlling husband and patriarchal art world, finally becoming the standard-bearer for claiming the social space she once passively ceded to sexism and self-doubt.

Admittedly, that’s an engrossing, even awe-inspiring trip. It’s impossible not to like “Big Eyes,” which presents its heroine as a genuine, if self-effacing proto-feminist pioneer. “Big Eyes” is technically and aesthetically attractive. As provocative as the questions it raises are – questions about connoisseurship vs. populism, personal expression vs. the market, and the dark arts of press, publicity and shrewd self-invention – the film’s achievements stay on the surface of those themes rather than plunging deeper. The heroine of what Burton clearly intended as a real-life feminist parable remains strangely inert throughout her own story, a stance belied by the still-vital figure the artist, now in her 80s, presents today.

Then again, maybe the best way to take Margaret Keane seriously – if not as a painter, then as a revolutionary icon – is to leave her mysteries intact. “Big Eyes” presents viewers with the image of a woman who, like the heroine in “Wild,” manages to tap her deepest sadness to find the source of her greatest strength. – The

Washington Post

“THE GAMBLER” STARRING: Mark Wahlberg, Jessica Lange, John Goodman

PLOT: Lit professor and gambler Jim Bennett’s debt causes him to borrow money from his mother and a loan shark.

RATED: R for language throughout and for some sexuality/nudity TIME: 1 hour, 51 minutes VERDICT: “If you’re not a genius, don’t bother,” the English professor played

by Mark Walhberg in “The Gambler” blithely tells his students. That should be one clue you’re not gonna like this guy. But there’s a bigger problem with that line, because it inadvertently makes us think: If you’re not doing a genius remake of an old movie, why bother? Director Rupert Wyatt’s new version of the 1974 drama that starred James Caan as a self-destructive gambler lacks the bite and heft of the first. It also largely wastes an excellent cast. At the center is Wahlberg, a talented and appealing actor who is either miscast or misguided here.

As Jim Bennett, a professor with a dangerous addiction to gambling, he’s cool, slick, handsome – and that’s pretty much it. We don’t understand why people keep giving this infuriating character another chance – like his mother (an excellent Jessica Lange). Or like Amy (Brie Larson), the thoughtful student in Jim’s class. It’s clear that Jim doesn’t know when to stop. At blackjack, he’ll win, and win again, and then bet it all – until he loses. Most of the movie’s good lines pretty much all go to John Goodman, who livens up the proceedings each time he appears.

Somehow, Jim will have to figure out how to save himself. The ending – a departure from the original, again – is satisfyingly creative and suspenseful.

By then, though, it feels too late. We didn’t really care enough about Jim to be invested in his ultimate fate. They sorta lost us at hello. – The Associated

Press

“THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES” STARRING: Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage

PLOT: Bilbo and company are forced to engage in a war against an array of combatants and keep the terrifying Smaug from acquiring a kingdom

of treasure and obliterating all of Middle-Earth.

RATED: PG-13 for extended sequences of intense fantasy action violence and frightening images TIME: 2 hours, 24 minutes VERDICT: The series is done. And it was done just about perfectly. Peter Jackson’s adaptations of J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Lord of the Rings” and “The Hobbit” have come full circle and are now neatly joined together into one epic six-part story. As fans of the books and the films know, Jackson made them out of order, along the lines of the “Star Wars” saga, starting with the central triad of films, then working back to the origin. And I’ve gotta say, without a hint of a spoiler, Jackson and company have put a flawless ending on this third Hobbit film. A year ago, “The Desolation of Smaug” ended with the angry, vengeful, gold-loving titular dragon being awakened from a long sleep in Lonely Mountain, then setting out to wreak havoc on nearby Lake-town. “The Battle of the Five Armies” opens with Smaug (voice of Benedict Cumberbatch) flying in, gushing fire, carrying out that wreaking. It’s a spectacular beginning to a film that delivers both eye-popping visuals and dramatic satisfaction all the way through. The story moves its focus around from heroism to cowardice, from love to hate, from greed to mistrust to madness. But check out the title. It was originally going to be “The Hobbit: There and Back Again” (the actual subtitle of Tolkien’s book), but it was changed, partly due to what this last third of the film trilogy was leading up to: war, massive war, lengthily fought out on an immense battlefield. It’s a film that astounds in areas of both interior and exterior production design, and while it’s very violent, it comes to a surprisingly warm and comfy conclusion. Be warned, though, on the way there, the story kills off more major characters than on a typical season of “Downton Abbey.”–

The Associated Press

“THE IMITATION GAME” STARRING: Benedict Cumberbatch, Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode

PLOT: English mathematician and logician Alan Turing helps crack the Enigma code during World War II. RATED: PG-13 for some sexual references, mature thematic material and historical smoking TIME: 1 hour, 54 minutes VERDICT: It seems to be a good time for based-on-fact movies about smart British people. “The Theory of Everything” is earning accolades, and will probably garner an Oscar nomination or two, for its story of Stephen Hawking. And now we’ve got “The Imitation Game” and the lesser-known but, in some circles, equally important Alan Turning, the man responsible for breaking a German coding system and cutting down the length of World War II. It’s one of those films that jumps around in time, ostensibly to build tension and to flesh out certain characters by explaining what makes them tick.

It jumps around a bit too much for some tastes, mine included, but the story and characters are fascinating enough to get by that glitch. The film is mostly a study of Turing, and how he did and/or didn’t work with others. Director Morten Tyldum keeps the pace slow, and gives the film the shape of a quiet, ticking-clock thriller.

He also takes time out to show off some stunning visual work, especially when presenting his vision of the London Blitz of 1940. History tells us that Turing and his team succeeded at their task. But a whole other layer of intrigue, about some negative effects of their accomplishments, enters late in the film, as does another layer, concerning Turing’s private life, after that. Though a true hero, Turing came to a bad ending, in the eyes of the

“FOXCATCHER”

8:00 p.m.; 3D: 10:20 a.m., 4:45, 11:15 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 1:40, 4:40, 7:40 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 1:40, 4:40, 7:40 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 2D: 12:10, 3:25, 6:40 p.m.; 3D: 10:00 p.m.

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 12:30, 3:25, 6:15, 11:45 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 2:00, 4:40, 7:20, 10:00 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 12:55, 3:55, 6:55, 9:55 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 1:00, 4:10, 7:30, 10:15 p.m.

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:00 a.m., 1:35, 4:25, 7:15, 10:05 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 1:40, 4:20, 7:00, 9:40 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 12:40, 3:40, 6:50, 9:50 p.m.

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:05, 11:30 a.m., 1:55, 4:20, 6:50, 9:15, 11:40 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:00, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 12:00, 2:15, 4:30, 6:45, 9:00 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 12:25, 3:00, 7:05, 9:40 p.m.

government, but was posthumously given a royal pardon for his “wrongs” in 2013. This film helps to bring on some of the deserved justice.”– More

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“INTO THE WOODS” STARRING: Anna Kendrick, Meryl Streep, Chris Pine

PLOT: A witch tasks a childless baker and his wife with procuring magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse the curse put on their family tree.

RATED: PG for thematic elements, fantasy action and peril and some suggestive material TIME: 2 hours, 4 minutes VERDICT: This is one Disney film that’s definitely not a light fairy tale. For those unfamiliar with Stephen Sondheim and James Lapine’s 1987 Broadway musical, that fact might come as a surprise.

Fans, meanwhile, probably will be left wondering where the subversive edge has gone. Devotees might scoff, but director Rob Marshall, his team and his charismatic cast have created a deliriously dark and engrossing spectacle – until the last 45 minutes, when it all falls apart. “Into the Woods” brings together the stories of Cinderella (Anna Kendrick), Jack and the Beanstalk (Daniel Huttlestone), Red Riding Hood (Lilla Crawford), and Rapunzel (MacKenzie Mauzy) when a witch (Meryl Streep) challenges a Baker (James Corden) and his wife (Emily Blunt) to retrieve a number of objects. Blunt and Corden anchor the film with their humanity and humor, while Streep, sporting a ratty, cerulean blue mane, belts her way out of “Mamma Mia” prison and into our musical goodwill, delivering some of the film’s most emotional moments.

Kendrick is as delightful as possible as an indecisive Cinderella, too, but the biggest surprise comes from Chris Pine who proves his comedic prowess by carrying on our modern tradition of poking fun at the idea of “Prince Charming.” The most glaring issue with “Into the Woods” is the story itself. Just when you think it’s reached an appropriate conclusion, you glance at your watch and realize there’s still nearly half a film left. Things get infinitely weirder and darker and end up nullifying most of what was captivating in the first part. The film looks timeless with its gothic intricacy and disinterest in being modern or trendy. Also the perpetually present wind and sweeping overhead shots of the village and woods makes it feel like you are indeed somewhere real. But the magic drains as the minutes wear on – that’s the danger of teasing the audience with a false ending. – The Associated Press

“NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB” STARRING: Ben Stiller, Robin Williams, Owen Wilson

PLOT: Larry spans the globe, uniting favorite and new characters while embarking on an epic quest to save the magic before it is gone forever.

RATED: PG for mild action, some rude humor and brief language

“TOP FIVE” Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:20, 2:45, 5:05, 7:25, 9:45 p.m.

“INTO THE WOODS”

“THE GAMBLER”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 2D: 1:30,

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:45, 11:45 a.m., 12:50, 2:15, 3:20, 4:50, 5:50, 7:30, 8:30, 9:10, 10:10, 11:30 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:20 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 12:20, 3:30, 7:20, 10:05 p.m.

“THE IMITATION GAME”

“NIGHT AT THE MUSEUM: SECRET OF THE TOMB”

“THE HOBBIT: THE BATTLE OF THE FIVE ARMIES”

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:30 a.m., 1:20, 4:10, 7:00, 10:00 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 1:15, 4:00, 6:45, 9:30 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 12:00, 3:10, 7:00, 10:10 p.m.

“TAKEN 3” “THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY – PART 1”

Regal Cinemas – 6:00, 9:10 p.m.

AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 2:00, 4:40, 7:45, 11:45 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 p.m.

Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:20, 9:50 p.m.

Regal Cinemas – 1:30, 4:40, 7:50, 10:35 p.m.

“SELMA”

“THE PENGUINS OF MADAGASCAR” AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:10 a.m.

Regal Cinemas – 12:35, 3:20 p.m.

TIME: 1 hours, 37 minutes VERDICT: Take heed: There are at least two acutely sad moments involving Robin Williams’ Teddy Roosevelt in the latest “Night at the Museum.”

The movie, subtitled “Secret of the Tomb,” is imbued with the unshakable inevitability that even though we’re still having fun, it’s time to move on – a narrative made only more poignant by Williams’s sudden and shocking death earlier this year. It’s hard not to concentrate on his every movement and word or to get antsy when he’s in the midst of a bit and the camera cuts away to a monkey peeing on something, leaving us straining to hear Williams’ voice.

And yet, as silly a role and movie as this is, it also manages to live up to the (unfair) responsibility of being a comedy legend’s last role. Director Shawn Levy and his team strike the right balance, without overwhelming the story with melancholy. Beyond Williams, “Night at the Museum: Secret of the Tomb” is a lively romp with the over-the-top historical figures that audiences have come to enjoy over the years. As in the previous movies, “Secret of the Tomb” buckles under the weight of its phenomenally talented cast who just aren’t given enough to do, making it feel more like a movie of cameos rather than a true ensemble work. That said, Owen Wilson and Steve Coogan, once again, provide many of the film’s laughs as the pintsized Jedediah and Octavius – as does Ricky Gervais as the wimpy museum director. In the end, “Secret of the Tomb” certainly wasn’t necessary, but its earnest goofiness is hard to resist.

The bittersweet goodbye to Williams just makes it all the more worthwhile.

– The Associated Press

“UNBROKEN” STARRING: Jack O’Connell, Takamasa Ishihara, Domhnall Gleeson

PLOT: After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he’s caught by the Japanese Navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.

RATED: PG-13 for war violence including intense sequences of brutality and for brief language TIME: 2 hours, 17 minutes VERDICT: Louis Zamperini, a war hero, Olympian and subject of a celebrated book – deserves a better movie than one Angelina Jolie gives him. She has talked and talked and talked – nonstop – about how inspirational, uplifting, courageous (insert your own gushy adjective here) Zamperini’s story is. Yet the Oscar-winning actress completely misses the point with a bland, tedious film. Key moments in Zamperini’s early life are told via flashback, but Jolie basically divides her movie into two settings – Zamperini surviving 47 days adrift on a raft in shark-infested waters and then enduring two years as a Japanese prisoner of war. She doesn’t bother exploring from where Louis’s incredible fortitude hails. The most interesting part of Zamperini’s story

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is what happens after the war and how he reassimilated to society. He suffered severe post traumatic stress and was eventually able to return to Japan to make peace with his captors.

That enormous ability to forgive would have been a hell of a movie, huh? By the time Zamperini (who died in July at age 97) lands at his second Japanese labor camp, Jolie is just spinning her wheels. Perhaps she was too close to it to take the risks required to make it amazing. She’s passionate, her movie isn’t. – More Content Now

“WILD” STARRING: Reese Witherspoon, Laura Dern, Gaby Hoffman

PLOT: A chronicle of one woman’s 1,100-mile solo hike undertaken as a way to recover from a recent catastrophe.

RATED: R for sexual content, nudity, drug use and language TIME: 1 hour, 55 minutes VERDICT: Cheryl Strayed, as played by Reese Witherspoon in Jean-Marc Vallee’s “Wild,” is, bless the Lord, not an easily discernable type. She’s also not the sort we’ve often encountered on the well-trod paths of female stereotypes in movies. Strayed is a bundle of messy imperfections, as we gradually learn from flashbacks that accumulate throughout her therapeutic journey on the Pacific Crest Trail in “Wild.” She’s a serial adulterer, but no villain. She’s curious, experimental and intrepid to the point of self-destruction. The same traits, though, also may be her salvation. Strayed sets out to hike 1,100 miles through the Rockies, from the Mojave Desert to Oregon. She’s forcing self-renewal not by fleeing her life but by confronting herself in isolation. Her background isn’t neatly laid out before her hike begins in California. But the film – adapted by Nick Hornby from Strayed’s 2012 best-selling memoir – fills her journey with montages of memories.

The scenes range from drugged-out heroin highs to tender moments with her mom, whose advice to “put yourself in the way of beauty” spurs Strayed’s trip.

Witherspoon possesses an always-incontrol fortitude that perhaps makes her a less than ideal fit with the looser Strayed. The hardest thing to get past in “Wild”is that a much-documented solitude can’t help but seem artificially conceived. (Strayed isn’t seen writing in the film but she does briefly express her literary hopes of being published.) “Wild” is ultimately unique for its twist, even if it comes by an unfortunately intrusive narration. Strayed’s rocky past doesn’t need apology if it gets her where she’s going. – The Associated Press

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Crystal Lake native Nick Eversman plays “Richie” in “Wild.”

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Help your kids Parentage secret weighs on mother choose healthy school lunches Dear Dr. K: How can I encourage my daughter to eat a healthy lunch at school, whether she buys lunch or brown-bags it?

Dear Reader: Children need a healthy lunch to refuel after a long morning of working hard. The midday meal also provides energy and nutrients for kids to stay healthy and grow as well as possible.

If your daughter is going to buy lunch at school, encourage her to: • Eat items from each of the five food groups. If your daughter selects a hamburger, she can accompany it with a salad, an apple and low-fat milk.

• Choose more fruits and vegetables. Salads aren’t the only way to do this. Your daughter can add lettuce and tomatoes to her sandwich, or ask for extra tomato sauce on her spaghetti.

• Avoid unnecessary fats and choose lower-fat options.

For example, spread mustard on a sandwich rather than mayonnaise, and choose pretzels over potato chips.

When packing lunches at home, a nutritious lunch would typically include: • One serving of fruit • One serving of vegetable • Two servings of grains (bread, cereals, rice, pasta) • One serving from the meat group • One serving from the dairy group Here are some suggestions for packing lunches: • Sandwiches travel well.

Make them with a variety of breads. Fill sandwiches with lean meats, egg salad, tuna salad, peanut butter, cheese, hummus or vegetables.

• Serve potato salad or pasta salad mixed with hard-boiled eggs, beans, peas or small cubes of meat for additional protein. Go easy on the mayonnaise.

• Cut up raw vegetables, such as carrots, celery, green peppers, broccoli, cauliflower

ASK DR. K Dr. Anthony Komaroff and cucumbers. Send them with a small container of lowfat dip.

• Include a piece of fruit for dessert, washed and ready to eat, or a container of fruit salad.

• Try cubes of reduced-fat cheese or string cheese with whole-grain crackers.

• Yogurt is a good source of protein and calcium.

• Choose healthy snacks.

Pack pretzels, popcorn, rice cakes, whole-grain crackers, dry cereal or trail mix.

• Avoid prepackaged convenience foods, which tend to be high in fats.

• Involve your child in deciding what to make for lunch together.

• Be sure all lunch items are easy to eat. Peeling and slicing fruits and vegetables at home often makes them easier to eat at school.

Teaching your child to make healthy choices starts at home. Set a good example with your own eating habits.

Your child’s healthy choices also can be influenced by the school lunch program.

I’ve had patients complain to me that they got their kids used to eating healthy lunches, but the lunches served at school were full of unhealthy, but popular, foods – pizza, for example. The delight other kids took in these foods made their kids feel they were missing out on the fun. So the kids began to complain.

I advised these parents to get involved in their local PTA. One reason many school lunch programs have improved is the action of PTAs all around the country.

• Write to Dr. Komaroff at www.askdoctork.com or Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second Floor, Boston, MA 02115.

Dear Abby: I am worried about how my 10-year-old son, “Jake,” will take some news he’s not aware of yet. I wasn’t able to have children, so my husband and I turned to in-vitro, using a donated egg from a family member.

We thank God this method worked.

Our plan was to explain it to Jake when he got older, once he understood about the birds and the bees. Now I am starting to get this fear that he will be very upset when he learns about it and be angry with us.

I don’t want him to go into a depression over it. What should we do? Should we wait like we planned? Should we have told him already?

Or should we say nothing? – Mom In Chicago Dear Mom: Not knowing

Jake, I can’t gauge his level of maturity. I’m not sure why being told how special he is

Nameless, McComb, Mississippi Nameless: It is estimated that 3,000 nonsmokers die every year from lung cancer caused by spent (secondhand) tobacco smoke. The Centers for Disease Control lists negatives of breathing secondhand smoke. Make sure grandpa reads today’s teen column and learns these six secondhand precautions: 1. Exposure to secondhand smoke causes 30 times as many lung cancer deaths as all regulated air pollutants combined.

2. Secondhand smoke leads to coughing, phlegm, chest discomfort, reduced lung function and reddening,

a disagreement we’ve had since we were married. It’s the age-old question, “So, where did you two meet?”

We met abroad at a university exchange program and were introduced to each other by our school sponsors in the bar where all the students hung out.

We shook hands, exchanged greetings, and I left right afterward.

I answer the question by saying, “We met in a bar.”

My wife says, “We met in university.” Who’s right? –

In Omaha Dear Objectified: It’s a guy

Bar None? In Texas Dear Bar None: You both

thing. That they talk this way in front of you may indicate that they consider you “one of the guys.” Since it bothers you, speak up and suggest they knock it off. If you do, it may jar them back to reality.

Dear Abby: My wife and I would love your take on

are, but have you never heard the adage, “A happy wife makes for a happy life”?

My advice is to stick with her version.

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3. More than 4,000 chemical compounds have been identified in tobacco smoke; at least 43 are known to cause cancer in humans or animals.

4. Exposure to secondhand smoke contributes to up to 300,000 infections annually in children younger than 18 months. Infections include potentially serious conditions such as pneumonia and bronchitis. Between 7,500 and 15,000 children are hospitalized because of these infections.

5. Infants are three times more likely to die from Sudden Death Syndrome if their mothers smoke during and after pregnancy.

6. There is no safe level of exposure to secondhand cigarette smoke.

and how grateful you and your husband are to be his parents would send him into a depression. But because you think it might, discuss this with a child psychologist before talking to your son. Please don’t put this off, because if other family members know about the egg donation, it is only a matter of time before the cat will be out of the bag, and it’s better that Jake hears this information from you.

Dear Abby: I am a 23-yearold woman in grad school, and I have noticed something about my male friends.

Whenever they meet a new girl, the first comment out of their mouths is about her looks. Then they will ex-

pound at length on her physical assets (or lack thereof).

Abby, it makes me furious. Not only does it make me feel self-conscious about my own body, it also makes me angry that these talented, charming and outgoing girls are judged first by their cup sizes.

Is there anything I can say to my friends to make them amend their behavior?

Or am I being overly sensitive and need to accept that this is a “guy thing”? Thanks for your input. – Objectified

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Grandpa is a great guy, but he smokes inside Dr. Wallace: I used to live with my mom and younger brother, but lately we added another family member, Grandpa Nick (Mom’s father). He is a great guy with a wonderful sense of humor.

Our grandpa does have one bad habit: He smokes in our rather small house.

Mom, my brother and I all have tried to get him to smoke outside because of the dangers of secondhand smoke, but all he does is to say that secondhand smoke is not a health hazard and just a government scare.

Please give us the real truth on secondhand smoke. –

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Angelina Jolie has met with rock stars, refugees and royalty.

The actress, director and U.N. special envoy added pontiff to the list Thursday, meeting with Pope Francis briefly after screening her film “Unbroken” to some Vatican officials and ambassadors.

The Vatican said Jolie and two of her children were on hand at the Pontifical Academy for Sciences to screen the film, which tells the story of Louis Zamperini, an Olympic track star whose B-24 bomber crashed in the Pacific during World War II. Vatican spokesman the Rev. Federico Lombardi said the film shows “positive human and spiritual values, in particular forgiveness.”

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Little Jimmy Dickens remembered for humor and warmth at funeral

Downey, ‘Big Bang’ win big at People’s Choice Awards LOS ANGELES – Robert Downey Jr. was seeing double at the People’s Choice Awards. The star of “The Judge” and “Iron Man” picked up the trophies for favorite dramatic movie actor and favorite movie actor at Wednesday’s fan-favorite ceremony honoring stars in film, television and music.

“This is perfect for me because I love people, I’m crazy about movies, and I prefer people who love my movies,” Downey said.

“The Big Bang Theory” also won multiple honors. The sitcom was awarded trophies for favorite network TV comedy and favorite TV show, while co-star Kaley Cuoco-Sweeting was chosen as favorite comedic TV actress.

The gush-filled ceremony kicked off at the Nokia Theatre with “Mom” stars Anna Faris and Allison Janney quipping about their selection as the show’s hosts.

“Oh, who are we kidding?” Faris joked. “Neil Patrick Harris was unavailable, and Ellen DeGeneres said she was busy.”

However, DeGeneres wasn’t completely booked. The talk show host was on hand to pick up the trophy for favorite daytime TV host.

Melissa McCarthy was honored as favorite comedic movie actress, while Adam Sandler was selected as favorite comedic movie actor.

Ben Affleck was designated the humanitarian of the year for his work with the Eastern Congo Initiative, which he co-founded in 2010 with Whitney Williams. The organization advocates the economic and social growth of the country through various programs.

Chita Rivera ‘excited’ for Broadway return in ‘The Visit’ NEW YORK – Chita Rivera has gotten an early birthday present: A musical she has long championed is coming to Broadway with her as the star.

Rivera said Thursday that “The Visit,” with music by Fred Ebb and John Kander, and a story by playwright Terrence McNally, will open at the Lyceum Theatre this spring. Tony Award winner Roger Rees will co-star as her love interest.

“I’m excited because it has been such a long time but also because we love this piece and really think the American theater could enjoy a wonderful, interesting, smart musical like this,” said Rivera, who turns 82 Jan. 23.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS Singer Joan Baez is 74. Guitarist Jimmy Page of Led Zeppelin is 71. Actor J.K. Simmons (“Juno,” “Spider-Man” movies) is 60. Guitarist Eric Erlandson (Hole) is 52. Actress Joely Richardson is 50.

Guitarist Carl Bell of Fuel is 48. Singer Steve Harwell of Smash Mouth is 48. Singer Dave Matthews of the Dave Matthews Band

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Singer A.J. McLean of the Backstreet Boys is 37. Guitarist Drew Brown of OneRepublic is 31. Actress Nina Dobrev (“The Vampire Diaries”) is 25. Actor Tyree Brown (“Parenthood”) is 11.

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Little Jimmy Dickens was remembered Thursday for his humor and warmth at a funeral on the stage of the Grand Ole Opry, where he performed regularly for decades until shortly before his death at age 94.

Brad Paisley, Carrie Underwood, Vince Gill and other stars sang songs and told stories about the 4-foot-11 showman with the amazing 76-year career who had a reputation for making nervous, young newcomers feel welcome.

“When you’re young and someone’s kind to you like that, you never forget it,” Gill said, recalling his own early experiences with Dickens. Then he asked the group of several hundred mourners, “Let me have a show of hands – who all thought that Little Jimmy Dickens was your best friend?”

One of Dickens’ friends included gold-medal Olympic figure skater Scott Hamilton, who joked that he and Dickens hit it off because they were both short and “we both made a living performing in lots of beads and spangles.”

Underwood said her mother warned her to watch out for Dickens when she first performed on the Opry “’because he likes the pretty girls.’” But she said Dickens always kissed her hand whenever he saw her and “had a little piece of my heart.”

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An SUV for city dwellers 2015 Jeep Compass has off-road look without leaving the highway

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By WARREN BROWN The Washington Post The 2015 Jeep Compass Latitude is the Jeep for people who want a Jeep in name only. It is Jeep Lite, which may be good for folks who want the functional equivalent of a small, all-wheel-drive station wagon.

But it is not to be confused with something such as a Jeep Wrangler, or even a Jeep Renegade.

Automotive columnists, I among them, have ridiculed the Compass, introduced in 2007, as a marketing exercise gone awry. We are not entirely right. In fact, it is arguable

that we are entirely wrong.

The U.S. auto market is a big place, with up to 16 million new car, truck and crossover-utility buyers every year. Crossover-utility models make up one of the fastest-growing segments, a category occupied largely by people who want something that looks like a sport-utility vehicle but functions in the manner of a family station wagon or minivan.

That is where the notion of “crossover” comes in. It bespeaks compromise. It addresses need.

Not everyone needs or wants a rough, rock-crawling sport-utility vehicle with dedicated four-wheel

drive. Crossover buyers don’t want to pay for the enormous amounts of fuel it usually takes to run those things. The older those buyers get, the less inclined they are to climb into and out of large SUVs with super-high ground clearance. And no matter how well it is engineered, rare is the full-size SUV that is any fun to drive in Washington, New York or other big cities.

Thus, we have models such as the Jeep Compass Latitude – largely reworked for the now-moribund 2014 model year and continuing with a few spiffs and subtractions for 2015.

It is best to think of this vehicle as

a small Jeep station wagon expressly designed for urban driving. That perspective elevates its value and explains why enough people have been buying it since 2007 to keep it in production.

The Compass Latitude fits perfectly in the city. It is easily maneuverable in heavy traffic and relatively easy to park when it’s time to turn off its optional 2.4-liter in-line four-cylinder gasoline engine (172 horsepower, 165 pound-feet of torque).

“Optional” engine? Yes. Standard on the Compass is a 2.0-liter four-cylinder gasoline engine (158 horse-

power, 141 pound-feet of torque). It is useful only for saving fuel.

The 2.0-liter engine gets 23 miles per gallon in the city and 30 on the highway, compared with 21 mpg city and 28 highway for the 2.4-liter model.

My recommendation: Go with the 2.4-liter, buy the extra gasoline and cruise with reasonably good power.

To be blunt: The smaller engine is an absolute drag.

But the good news is that the Compass’ build quality has improved dramatically since 2007.

See COMPASS, page D6

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The 3.5-liter, 365-horsepower turbocharged V-6 engine of the 2015 Ford Expedition is mated to a six-speed shiftable transmission.

Ford designs Expedition for special audience With the Expedition, Ford acknowledges its customer base.

The 2015 Expedition is built for customers who want a vehicle designed to accommodate eight passengers in its three rows, provide up to 131 cubic feet of storage space and tow a 9,200-pound trailer. The 2015 model comes in two- or four-wheel drive. Its two wheelbases are 119 inches for the ordinary Expedition and 131 inches for the EL (extra long) model. Prices range from $43,845 to $61,280.

That customer base may be limited, but it exists. Today’s Ford’s Expedition is relatively unchanged in format and intention from earlier years.

This year’s engine is an Ecoboost (twin turbocharged) 3.5-liter, 365-horsepower V-6 mated to a sixspeed shiftable automatic transmission. The 2015 transmission is the same as last year’s, but the turbo engine replaces a 5.4-liter, 310-horsepower V8. There has been no drop in torque. This year’s Expedition can race from 0 to 60 mph in a media-tested 6.5 seconds.

Pricing is related to trim features and towing accommodations, but every Expedition shares the same powerplant and interior layout. The vehicle’s body-on-frame construction means it can carry and tow more than the three-row unibody wagons or sport utilities on the market. Others in its body-on-frame full-sized, three-row sport utility class are the Chevrolet Tahoe, GMC Suburban, Nissan Armada and Toyota Sequoia, which are V-8s. Ford’s twin-turbo V-6 gets better fuel economy than the competition.

At the top of the trim line is the King Ranch four-wheel-drive model, and it arrived for a week of test driving. Its $57,670 asking price reflected trim upgrades such as 22-inch Pirelli Scorpion wheels supporting P285 tires, a towing package to pull a 9,200-pound trailer (otherwise 6,091 pounds) and power retractable running boards. It also has power updown third-row seats, a power liftgate, King Ranch logos and upgraded closely stitched leather trim for seats (power, heated and cooled in front, driver memory) and other components of the interior, including dash, steering wheel and door inlays. The tested King Ranch also included a navigation system, remote start, second-row heated seats, adjustable gas and brake pedals with memory and a power tilt and telescoping steering wheel.

One can get spoiled in this type of vehicle. The liftgate can be opened from the key fob, a control on the

REVIEWS Jerry Kuyper dashboad or via a button on the rear handle. An inside control near the rear opening closes the liftgate.

The third row seats are a 60-40 split, and each can be raised or lowered by a power control near the rear door. Both splits fit into a cavity to help form a larger carpeted load floor. The middle row also can be flattened to expand storage space.

The official measurements are 108.3 cubic feet behind the first row, 55 cubic feet behind an upright second row and 18.6 behind an upright third row. If this were an EL model, the ultimate storage capability would be 131 cubic feet. The price tag is about $4,000 to $5,000 more for an EL model.

Since the Expedition is body-onframe and can support increased weight, more room is allotted to passengers in the third row. The official leg room is 37.7 inches, which is the same or better than that provided in a midsize sedan.

The running boards slide out automatically when one of the four passenger doors is opened. They retract when the four doors are closed.

Since the Expedition has a ground clearance of 8.3 inches, the running boards complement the grab handles on the A and B pillars to help get in and out of the vehicle.

Shifting into a lower range for more torque in off-roading excursions is via pushbuttons on the dashboard.

Behemoths like the 6,091-pound four-wheel-drive Expedition are heavy and will drink large quantities of gasoline. That is why they have large fuel tanks. On the 2015 Expedition, normal fuel tanks are 28 gallons, but the EL’s holds 33 gallons.

Regular unleaded fuel is recommended for the Expedition, and it can average 20 miles per gallon on a highway without a trailer hitched behind. In the city, the Environmental Protection Agency rates the fourwheel-drive Expedition at 15 mpg.

Combined city and highway is an EPA average of 17 mpg. During the test week with three or four passengers on board in combined city and highway driving, the average was 16.7 mpg. Naturally, weather, wind, interior cargo or passenger weight, road conditions and driving habits will affect fuel usage.

Standard equipment on the King Ranch model includes the trailering package, trailer sway and brake

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The King Ranch logo is stitched into floor mats on the 2015 Ford Expedition sport utility vehicle.

FAST FACTS Vehicle: King Ranch four-wheel-drive model of 2015 Ford Expedition Type: full-size, eight-passenger, three-row sport utility vehicle Price: $57,670 Engine: 3.5-liter, 365-horsepower, Ecoboost (twin turbocharged) V-6 Transmission: Six-speed shiftable automatic Towing: 9,200 pounds Fuel: Regular Fuel tank: 28 gallons Weight: 6,091 pounds Cargo: 108.3 cubic feet behind first row, 55 cubic feet behind second row, 18.6 behind third row Suspension: Short and long arm, coil over gas-charged shocks in front, multilink with gas charged shocks in rear, stabilizer bar front and rear Brakes: Discs Steering: Electric power-assist rack and pinion Leg room: 43 inches front, 39.1 inches second row, 37.7 inches third row Wheelbase: 119 inches Length: 206 inches Height: 77.2 inches Photos provided Width: 78.8 inches excluding mirrors Tightly stitched leather covers the three rows of seats in the full-size 2015 Ford Exotherwise 91.8 inches pedition sport utility vehicle. Running boards and grab handles help people get in Ground clearance: 8.3 inches and out.

Warranty: Three years or 36,000 miles, five years or 60,000 miles on powertrain controllers. The navigation system the suspension and weight of the and 24-hour roadside assistance can be activated by voice. The sound vehicle, make the Expedition a quiet, Assembly: Kentucky and climate control systems are dependable ride.

Information: www.ford.com/suvs/expesimple to understand and operate.

Safety features, besides the bulk dition Sound includes iPod, auxiliary ports, CD player, MP3 player and satellite radio. Besides four power windows, there are power exterior heated and foldable mirrors.

The ride in large padded seats is remarkably comfortable. Despite fuel usage, this vehicle begs to be taken on long trips.

An independent suspension system includes short and long arm, coil over gas-charged shocks in front, multilinks with gas-charged shocks in the rear and stabilizer bars front and rear. Insulation factors, plus

of the vehicle, include four-wheel independent disc brakes, stability control, air bags in front, sides in front and overhead for three rows.

Braking from 60 to zero mph has been done in 121 feet, which could put the Expedition at the top of its class. Competitors have tested in the area of 130 feet.

Bumper to bumper warranty coverage is three years or 36,000 miles.

Powertrain and roadside assistance coverage is five years or 60,000 miles.

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$1,000 or financing of 1.9 percent to 9.9 percent. Rebates on remaining 2014 models, including the EL, range from $750 to $3,500 with an interest loan rate ranging from 0 to 5.9 percent.

Ford introduced the Expedition in 1997, added an independent rear suspension in 2002 and did a massive design redo in 2007. The 2015 Expedition has undergone minor cosmetic changes from the 2014 edition.

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Restyled Outback adds high-tech features for 2015 FAST FACTS

By LEN INGRASSIA editorial@nwherald.com Most Subaru owners I’ve run across over the years share a special allegiance to their wheels, singing its praises of practicality and ruggedness with a dash of style. While it still rides the rail between station wagon and SUV, the company’s new Outback has stepped up with high-tech safety features and near elegant interior.

The fifth generation Outback looks sleeker than its predecessor too, perhaps because of the subtle loss of body cladding and softer sheet metal lines. It’s gone stylish in the midsize crossover segment.

Subaru is enjoying a renaissance this year with sales gains across its line. The Outback, second only to its sibling SUV Forester, is certain to surpass last year’s 118,049 copies.

Nowhere is the change more evident than its larger mouth carrying a wider and deeper trapezoidal grille with active shutters to reduce wind drag. Re-configured headlamp assemblies create a cleaner look up front.

Interior space has grown to 108 cubic feet over last year’s 105, the result of a footprint that measures a half inch longer, 2.2 inches taller and seven-tenths of an inch wider. Half of the roominess goes to additional cargo space behind the rear seats, and the rest is up front, giving driver and passenger more room to stretch.

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four-cylinder boxer engine does the heavy lifting this year with an available 3.6-liter V-6.

All models are equipped with a continuously variable automatic transmission.

For many drivers, the boxer engine will suffice, providing good acceleration around town and, once up to cruising range, performing in a quiet fashion. Getting to cruising speed, though, can be a noisy affair, depending on pedal pressure and desired oomph factor. If you fall in this category, simply order the V-6 and forego the better fuel mileage everyone else will achieve.

Behind the wheel, the Outback feels solid. Its all-wheeldrive and electric steering deliver an athleticism that few cars possess. Body roll is

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LEFT: The Subaru Outback maximum cargo is up to 73.3 cubic feet. minimal in turns, and braking pressure feels strong to the touch. The Premium trim test

car made the sprint from zero to 60 mph in 9.6 seconds, slower than others in its class.

Whether you use it or not, Outback is a mild off-road crossover with an impressive 8.7-inch ground clearance on par with the Jeep Trailhawk.

Interior refinements stand out from the moment you get behind the wheel. Softtouch material borders the dashboard and door panels.

Intuitive controls are within easy driver reach and center around a 7-inch touch screen that is tablet-like with swipe and scrolling features and touch-sensitive buttons to control menu items.

New safety features include blind spot and lane departure warnings, rear cross-traffic alert and adaptive cruise control. Subaru EyeSight has been upgraded with dual interior mounted cameras on either

Vehicle: 2015 Subaru Outback Premium Engine: 2.5-liter, four cylinder EPA mileage per gallon: 25 city, 33 highway, 28 average Base price: $26,995 Model as tested: $31,535 Assembled: The Outback is assembled in Lafayette, Indiana; U. S. / Canadian parts content – 45 percent. Major source of foreign parts, Japan, 45 percent. Country of origin, engine and transmission – Japan Crash test ratings: The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) awarded the Outback its highest rating of “Good” for moderate and small frontal overlap, side, rear crash protection and roof strength in rollovers. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) awarded the Outback five stars, its highest rating, for overall, frontal and side crash protection and four stars in rollover tests.

Warranty: 3-year/36,000 mile bumper to bumper; 5 year/60,000mile power train

side of the rearview mirror, part of its collision avoidance that stops or slows the car to prevent a collision. They resemble police radar guns pointed outward instead of toward you, a much preferred result.

Comparable four-cylinder models to shop include the Toyota Venza, Honda Crosstour and Jeep Cherokee, though all are less fuel-efficient compared with the Outback.

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Chrysler 300 combines power with luxury

By J. E. KUYPER editorial@nwherald.com Since its debut as a full-size sedan in model year 2005, the 300 has grown in size, but not by much.

The 2014 300 is almost 2 inches longer and an inch wider than the inaugural sedan.

The engine’s size grew from 3.5 to 3.6 liters, which seems hardly noticeable, except the enlargement allows for the development of more horsepower from 250 to today’s 292.

A 5.7-liter, 363-horsepower V-8 Hemi engine is optional.

The model lineup has expanded from four to five, and prices have risen according to the passage of years. Chrysler’s 300 was shown as a concept car at the 2003 New York Auto Show. It became a production car when it was introduced in spring 2004 as a 2005 model.

For 2014, Chrysler has the $31,395 300, $34,395 300S, $37,395 300C, $41,895 Luxury Edition 300C and $45,395 Limited Edition 300C. With the ending of the 2014 model year and the arrival of 2015 models, these suggested manufacturer prices are ripe for downward revisions.

Delivered recently for testing was the base 300. Its asking price was $33,495, reflecting optional all-wheel instead of standard rear-wheel-drive.

Over the years of testing, this current 300 reflects the vision of the original. The vision was to design a big, wellequipped powerful sedan and that is what the 300 is.

The seats are huge, elbow and shoulder room is ample, and leg room allows for the comfort of taller drivers and passengers.

This year’s 3.6-liter, 292-horsepower Pentastar V-6 engine is mated to a relatively new eight-speed automatic transmission. There is no

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Trunk space in the 2014 Chrysler 300 is 16.3 cubic feet.

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ABOVE: A 3.6-liter, 292-horsepower V-6 engine is mated to an eight-speed automatic transmission in the 2014 Chrysler 300. BELOW: Metal pedals and leather seats are part of the interior trim.

Vehicle: All-wheel-drive model of 2014 Chrysler 300 Type: All-wheel-drive, four-door, five-passenger full-size sedan Price: $33,495 Engine: 3.6-liter, 292-horsepower, double overhead cam V6 Transmission: Eight-speed shiftable automatic Towing: 1,000 pounds Leg room: 41.8 inches front, 40.1 inches rear Wheelbase: 120.2 inches Length: 198.6 inches Width: 75 inches Height: 58.4 inches

Weight: 4,029 pounds Trunk: 16.3 cubic feet Ground clearance: 4.7 inches Turning circle: 38.9 feet Suspension: Short and long arm front, multilink rear, stabilizer bars Fuel: Unleaded regular or E85 Fuel tank: 19.1 gallons Brakes: Discs, front and rear Tires: (P235), cast aluminum Wheels: 19-inch Warranty: Three years or 36,000 miles, five years or 100,000 miles on powertrain and 24-hour roadside assistance Assembly: Canada

shortage of torque as the car spurts around slower vehicles with ease, especially on interstate highway systems.

If there is a drawback to the powerplant, it is in economy.

Even though the engine runs on regular unleaded gasoline, it can drink a lot of it. During the test week, several fuel usage tests resulted in the 4,029-pound sedan averaging no better than 20.8 miles per gallon. Interstates, suburban roads and city streets shared

the test runs with two persons on board.

Even so, the fuel usage might be worth it as the comforts of heated leather seats with power in front, comprehensive sound system, tilt and telescoping steering wheel, sensible gauges and a heavily cushioned ride are appealing.

Leg room is almost the same in the back seat area as it is in the front-seat buckets, which is to say in the neighborhood of 40 to 42 inches. Obviously,

when the front seat slides back for more leg room in front, there will be less in the rear.

The trunk, with non-intrusive hinges, measures 16.3 cubic feet and storage possibilities can be expanded through the 60-40 split and fold rear seatback. The load floor with cargo tiedowns is flat, matted and lighted. Underneath the floor is a minispare to replace, in an emergency, one of the 19-inch tires mounted at the exterior four corners. P235 radial

tires are mounted on cast aluminum satin silver wheels. A monitor lets the driver know if one of the 19-inchers is low on tire pressure. Brakes measure about 12 inches and they are discs, front and rear.

Power features include, besides heated front seats, heated exterior mirrors, one-touch express windows and door locks.

Climate control is automatic with vents front and rear.

The usual assortment of amenities is onboard includ-

ing cruise control, trip meter, tachometer, clock, outside temperature information, redundant sound controls with cruise on the steering wheel, variable intermittent wipers, rear defogger, armrests, grab handles and coat hooks.

Safety features included a four-wheel antilock braking system, traction and stability controls, brakeforce distribution, front and side airbags, child seat anchors and tethers, rear-door child safety locks, pretensioners for the seatbelts in front and headrests at four of the five seating positions.

Strut suspension components included coil springs over gas shocks, arms and stabilizer bars.

The tested 300 had a muscular appearance accentuated by a chrome grille, imbedded lower fog lamps and alloy tips on the dual exhausts at the rear.

Warranty coverage is three years or 36,000 miles, five years or 100,000 miles on powertrain and 24-hour roadside assistance.

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Compass available in 5 trim levels • COMPASS Continued from page D1 The first model was a crafted embarrassment – flimsy materials, improperly mated parts, that sort of thing. But Fiat Chrysler Automotive, Jeep’s owner, seems to have gotten a handle on things.

The Compass Latitude used for this column was expertly put together. The body was tight. The interior was attractive, well organized and fixed with high-quality materials.

The new Compass is

available in five trim levels – Sport, Latitude, Altitude Edition, High Altitude Edition and Limited. When shopping in this marketing forest, it’s probably best to choose an all-wheel-drive version of the Latitude and be happy, unless you want to plush things up by going with the Limited.

Just remember that restraint in the compact crossover-utility segment makes the best sense. It is a value segment, an economy segment, the purpose of which easily is overwhelmed and ultimately ruined by loading on options.

For example, Jeep offers a $650 Freedom Drive II off-road package with a continuously variable automatic transmission affixed with an “off-road crawl ratio.” Translation: Don’t buy it. Most of you who buy Compass models aren’t really going off-road anyway.

If your passion is off-road driving, you should buy something else - maybe a Jeep Wrangler or Nissan Xterra.

Besides, the continuously variable automatic transmission offered for the Jeep Compass feels like a rubbery, poorly responsive mess in onroad driving.

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Mercedes-Benz GLA250 made for the city

By WARREN BROWN The Washington Post CORNWALL, N.Y. – The season had changed from late sunlight to early nightfall. We were in a sea of red flashes moving north on Interstate 287.

We weren’t moving fast – about 50 mph, as fast as anyone could safely move in the thick early-evening traffic squeezing out of the canyons of New York City into the suburbs of New Jersey, Upstate New York and beyond.

My mind mixed metaphors.

The sea of red lights became a motorized swarm of locusts competing for the same space at the same time, obliterating notions of “open road” freedom and other driving-related romance. There was no open road. There was just this maddening congestion – all these people in all these cars and trucks desperately trying to get to someplace other than where they were.

“And they do this every weekday,” muttered my wife and co-pilot, Mary Anne.

Suddenly, the vehicle we were driving, the 2015 Mercedes-Benz GLA250 4Matic hatchback, made sense to me.

When it was delivered to our Virginia home, I was totally confused.

The Mercedes-Benz people called it the automaker’s smallest sport-utility vehicle. But there wasn’t much sport-utility about it. The thing is based on the same structure as the compact Mercedes CLA sedan, after all – cute, but not exactly the stuff most of us would call “sport-utility.”

The company’s marketing people are loath to call the GLA250 what it functionally is – a small urban station wagon.

Nor are they inclined to affix another wholly appropriate

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label: hatchback. But a small hatchback is what the GLA250 is, and it makes as much sense in urban America as it does on any narrow, clogged road in Europe.

Simply put, the GLA250 perfectly fits existing motoring reality in most of the developed world. It consumes a relatively modest amount of space – 14 feet 6 inches in length.

You can put it in most urban garages without fear of having to pay a “SUV premium,” often as much as $10 extra in some

New York City garages. You also can park it without much trepidation on crowded urban streets.

Many of my colleagues in this business enjoy extolling the virtues of vehicle “performance” and driving “fun.” You would do well to ignore them.

Their assessments often are the products of idyllic drives along roads seldom used by people who have any real place to go or reason for going there – the kind of roads idealized in car commercials on TV, free of

any real traffic and generally unpoliced.

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It is essentially a nonsense statistic. If you are paying attention to your driving environment, seven seconds is fast enough to safely change lanes and stay out of the way of cuckoos eager to demonstrate that they can do it even faster on crowded road with

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The GLA250 is not for everybody. If your idea of “performance” is integrated with Walter Mitty racetrack fantasies, forget about it. If you have visions of off-road trekking into the undiscovered Great Beyond, think again.

The GLA250 will get you through rain, shallow mud and light snow – but not much else.

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BULL VALLEY FORD/ MERCURY

866/346-0211 landroverhoffman.com

888/553-9036 www.oharehyundai.com CALL FOR THE LOWEST PRICES IN CHICAGOLAND

815/385-7220

ROSEN HYUNDAI

BUSS FORD LINCOLN MERCURY

www.sunnysidecompany.com

771 S. Randall Rd. • Algonquin, IL

111 S. Rte 31 • McHenry, IL

866/469-0114

815/385-2000

www.rosenrosenrosen.com

MOTOR WERKS PORCHE Barrington & Dundee Rds., Barrington, IL

800/935-5913

PAULY TOYOTA 1035 S. Rt. 31, One Mile South of Rt. 14 Crystal Lake, IL

815/459-7100 or 847/658-9050 www.paulytoyota.com

www.motorwerks.com

MOTOR WERKS CERTIFIED OUTLET Late Model Luxury Pre-Owned Vehicles

ANDERSON VOLKSWAGEN 360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

1001 W. Higgins Rd. (Rt. 71) or 1000 W. 1000 W. Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) Hoffman Estates, IL

888/682-4485

800/935-5909

BILL JACOBS VOLKSWAGEN

www.motorwerks.com

PRE-OWNED

www.andersoncars.com

2211 Aurora Avenue • Naperville, IL

800/720-7036 www.billjacobs.com

KNAUZ NORTH ANDERSON MAZDA 360 N. Rt. 31 • Crystal Lake, IL

888/682-4485 www.andersoncars.com

2950 N. Skokie Hwy • North Chicago, IL

847/235-8300 www.knauznorth.com Golf Rd. (Rt. 58) • Hoffman Estates, IL

BARRINGTON VOLVO 300 N. Hough (Rt. 59) • Barrington, IL

847/381-9400

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FRIDAY, JANUARY 2015 • SECTION E DAY, DATE, 2014 9, • SECTION X

INSIDE SALES REP or ADMIN / CUSTOMER SERVICE REP Two positions available! Sno Gem, Inc. is a dynamic and fast growing organization centrally located in McHenry, Illinois that sells roofing and sheet metal accessory products throughout the country. These positions are for energetic, aggressive selfstarters who are capable of managing heavy inbound/outbound phone contact with existing and prospective clients nationwide. Requirements include excellent organization, computer and phone skills, and the ability to achieve sales goals and quotas. Occasional travel to tradeshows to promote the product offerings is also required.

ACCOUNTING ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT Metalmaster Roofmaster is a large union commercial sheet metal and roofing contractor located in McHenry, IL, that is seeking a candidate for an immediate, full time position of Accounting Administrative Assistant. Candidates must have a great attitude and be proficient in working with numbers and have strong computer skills.

Excellent communication skills with good number aptitude and excellent computer skills are necessary. Job duties would include providing support in accounts payable, accounts receivable, general accounting, payroll and special projects. Must be proficient with Microsoft programs, including Word, Excel and Outlook. Familiarity with Accounting programs such as Maxwell, ACT! And QuickBooks is an advantage.

We offer a full benefit package that includes 401(k) and health insurance. Email: HR@Metalmaster.us Accounting

PROJECT ACCOUNTANT Metalmaster Roofmaster, Inc. is a large union commercial sheet metal & roofing contractor located in McHenry, IL, that is seeking a candidate for an immediate, full time position of Project Accountant in our Accounting Department. Construction industry experience is preferred, but not required.

Candidates must have excellent communication skills w/ knowledge of collections, accounts receivable, project setup, weekly billings, weekly financial projections, waivers, change orders, close-out documents, related clerical work & working daily w/ inter-office departments. Must be proficient w/ Microsoft programs. Familiarity w/ Accounting Programs such as Maxwell & ACT! is an advantage. Will train right candidate.

Metalmaster Roofmaster, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer & offers a full benefit package that includes 401(k) & health insurance. Email: HR@Metalmaster.us

Sno Gem, Inc. provides its sales representatives with all of the tools to succeed, as it is partnered with one of the largest commercial sheet metal and roofing contractors in North America for additional support.

The position offers a competitive base salary with commission and unlimited growth potential!

Sno Gem, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and offers a full benefit package that includes 401(k) and health insurance. Serious inquiries only. For more information, visit our website at: www.snogem.com E-mail resume to: HR@snogem.com

SALES Sales and marketing company is seeking individuals for sales to small businesses and also door sales. You must be able to work independently, feel comfortable speaking with owners and managers of businesses, and offer the newspaper at a discounted rate to help sponsor a charitable organization.

We are a growing, expanding company and need that takecharge individual that wants to make money. We offer a competitive commission plus bonuses and incentives.

Marketing Manager Idealease, Inc. North Barrington IL. Must have bachelors degree with 2-3 years experience.

Please email resume to: JustinOrenic@idealease.com

MARKETING MANAGER Small publisher looking for hands-on marketing manager.

Must be able to generate marketing assets including print, email, web and social media and coordinate campaigns and calendars with our team. Must have excellent written, verbal and visual communication skills and understand and execute quantitative analysis. Must be proficient with Adobe creative cloud including Photoshop, Indesign, Dreamweaver, HTML, etc. Database and/or metadata expertise a plus. Friendly, casual office, close to train in Woodstock. Good benefits.

Please send resume & portfolio/ samples to HR@dpcplays.com No calls or drop-ins.

PROCESS SERVERS Part/Full Time Positions Experienced servers for legal document in Southern Cook, Dupage, Will, McHenry, Lake, Kenosha and Walworth Counties.

PERC Card required.

Please email resume to: excpd@comcast.net

WE'VE GOT IT!

Fox Lake Garden Apt, $715 large 1 Bdrm, utilities includ except electric. laundry, storg, no dogs.

Agent Owned 815-814-3348 Fox River Grove – Across the street from Metra. Brand new Apartments.

1 & 2 bedroom, $600-$800 mo.

847-812-9274

McHenry - Villas Newly developed townhomes for rent 2BR, 2.5BA, 2 car attached garage Pets OK, 24 hr. maintenance.

Available to show by appointment Monday thru Saturday

815/363-0322 815/307-4884

CAREGIVER NEEDED Live-in & or worker caregiver needed.

Call for Appt. 815-597-3803

MARENGO 2BR DUPLEX

1.5BA, 1st floor laundry room, full basement, 2 car garage. $1050/mo + sec. 815-568-6311

Prairie Community Bank is seeking PT receptionist/ Admin. Asst.

Business hours include M, T, W & F. This position requires excellent customer service skills, professional phone skills, computer skills and directly reports to executive staff.

Banking experience, knowledge of Word, Excel and Outlook a plus.

Candidates may send resume to: cblum@ prairiecommunitybank.com or: PO Box 255, Marengo, IL 60152.

EOE. Member FDIC.

Caregivers

MAILBOX & POST SALES & INSTALLATION 815-653-7095 ~ 815-341-7822

www.mailboxpostman.com

CAREGIVER - Non Medical, Run errands, Dr. Appts., housekeeping, shopping, meal prep, Laundry.

Let me make your life easier.

Call: 815-893-6420

HANDYMAN Anything to do with Wood We can Fix or Replace Doors and Windows Sr. Disc. 815-943-4765 POLISH LADY will clean your Home/Office. FREE ESTIMATES. Great References. 224-858-4515

ISLAND LAKE 2 BEDROOM Quiet bldg, incl heat, no pets. $850 + sec. 847-526-4435

ALWAYS INVESTIGATE BEFORE INVESTING ANY MONEY

Contact the Better Business Bureau www.chicago.bbb.org - or Federal Trade Commission www.ftc.gov

Crystal Lake - Large 4 bed 2 bath 2 story home with 2.5 att garage, large fenced yard on a crawl space. Long term lease: 90 New Castle Court. $1445 mo.

Land Management Properties 815-678-4771

Crystal Lake, 3 bedroom, 1 bath, 1 car garage large fenced yard, $1300/mo. 815-690-8186

MARENGO 1 BEDROOM $550/mo incl water & garbage. $550 sec dep. 815-651-6445 McHenry -Studio & 1 bdrm, Most utilities included, balcony $670 & up.

Broker Owned 815-347-1712

McHENRY 1, 2 & 3 Bedrooms!

Washer/ Dryer In Select Units Low Security Deposits Pets Welcome!

Fawn Ridge Trails 815-344-8538 MCHENRY - ROUTE 31

IRISH PRAIRIE APTS

2 Bed & 2 Bed w/Den W/D and Fitness Center 815/363-0322

Johnsburg Cozy 1BR Cottage On a quiet, dead-end St. Utilities and cable incl with river rights. $1000/mo. 815-271-5901 MARENGO, 1-2 BR., 1 BA., 3 + Car Garage, $1,000/mo + security.

Call: 815-482-8068 McHenry, 3 BR 2 BA, 2 car gar, new carpet, all appl, W/D Lg yard w/2 decks, on corner lot. $1250/ mo+sec, cr ck. No smkg pref.

Pets ok w/dep. 847-254-9711

RENT TO BUY Choose from 400 listed homes Flexible Credit Rules

815-814-6004

RENT TO BUY Choose from 400 listed homes

SELL YOUR BUSINESS DIRECTLY TO ME. I'll maintain and respect your legacy.

Sole Proprietor looking for a Business with profits of $500K or more. Phone:

815-325-2311

Flexible Credit Rules

815-814-6004 Gary Swift Berkshire Hathaway Starck Realty

WILLOW BROOKE Woodstock's Newest Apartment Community

COME GROW WITH US!!

Visiting Angels of Crystal Lake provides in-home, non-medical care through hourly or live-in shifts. If you have a C.N.A. or experience caring for seniors, we invite you to

CAT - Male Cat (large) - Siamese coloring with blue eyes. Last seen near Valley Hill Rd, Bull Valley.

815-338-2393

Call 815-479-0312 to learn about our care services.

FREE – Pool & Fitness Membership Clubhouse with WIFI Apartment Features Include water, sewer & garbage services Pet friendly Very clean & maintained

MchenryCountyRentTo OwnHomes.com Richmond - Ranch with 2 bed, 1 bath, full unfinished basement, fireplace and 1 car att. garage.

Long term lease. $995 mo.

Land Management Properties 815-678-4771

Richmond Lovely Home on Lake w/acreage, 4+ bedroom, 4+ bath, $1950/mo. Contact Jennifer @ 847-662-3303

Studio-One-Two Bedrooms

CUSTOMER SERVICE Permanent Part Time Well established McHenry company conveniently located south off Route 31. Terrific opportunity for professional Customer Service Rep. Pleasant setting/great team. Flexible schedule, 20-25 hours/week. Must enjoy speaking with customers. Experience in a busy office preferred but will train right person. Tech training provided. Dura-Wax Company Send resume attn: Dave Russell sales@durawax.com Fax: 815-344-8056

CAT “MURPHY”

REWARD $300 Murphy is still missing. Please help us find him. He is a cute male neutered cat, six years old, has a crooked ear, honey beige color. Please call if you see him.

We Miss Him Terribly!

815-236-2233 LOST WALLET Small Silver Wallet on December 28th at the Woodstock Theater ATTENDED 7:00 pm show.

If found please call 815-788-1180

815-338-2383

Wonder Lake/East Side ~ 3BR

Wonder Lake Cozy 1 Bedroom

Pets OK, $1100/mo, W/D hookup, deck, available immediately.

773-510-3643 ~ 773-510-3117

Living and dining area open to kitchen. Huge deck, ample parking, no dogs. $715/mo, utilities incl.

Agent Owned. 815-814-3348

WOODSTOCK 1 and 2 Bedroom Apts Autumnwood ! Elevator Bldgs. ! Garage Incl.

Rents starting as low as $700 per month

815-334-9380 www.cunat.com Woodstock 1BR $645, 2BR $745 2BR $820 All appliances, A/C, balcony, on site laundry, no pets.

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Woodstock/Beverly Gardens Woodstock Studio $585/mo+sec.

Efficiency $550/mo + sec.1BR $650/mo + sec, all 3 furn'd w/all utils incl. No Pets. 815-509-5876

Sharp 2BR in town, quiet setting.

Lots of amenities, Section 8 OK. Starting @ $750. 815-206-4573

RN / LPN Immediate Openings!

FT Days/Nights / Peds.

Top Pay hourly rate. $500 Sign On Bonus!

McHenry & Lake Co. 815-356-8400

ALGONQUIN - 2 BEDROOM

Quiet, clean building w/storage, laundry and parking, $800/mo.

847-401-3242

Crystal Lake 1 Bedroom 1st flr, new kitchen, heat & parking incl. $770/mo + sec. NO PETS. Agent Owned 773-467-3319

CRYSTAL LAKE 2 BEDROOM Close to metra, water and gas incl.

Laundry in basement, no pets.

Call for details. 312-953-7987

Crystal Lake Upper 2BR Flat ❤Ceremonies of the Heart❤ Rev Anne 847-431-4014 Weddings, Blessings, Memorials, Christenings Find. Buy. Sell.

All in one place... HERE! Everyday in Community Classified

Appl, hrdwd/carpet, nice yard. Attic/ garage storage. 2 blks to schools & library, $850/mo. 815-355-2180

Fox Lake Garden Apt, $705 Utilities incl except electric. Laundry & storage, no dogs. Agent Owned.

815-814-3348

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Crystal Lake: shared kitchen & bath, near lake, FREE Wi Fi, $570/mo., all utilities included 815-703-8259

Silver Creek

LOOKING FOR Compassionate & Caring..

RNs, LPNs & CNAs – Part Time All Shifts

Woodstock / McHenry, 2 or 3 Bedroom basement, laundry ,garage, deck starting at $930 & Up. Broker Owned 815-347-1712

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Healthcare

Fair Oaks Healthcare Center

3 BR., Free Buildable Lot, 3 Car Garage, New Windows, Corian Countertops, Dead End Street, Very Private, Fairfield/Rollins. $120,000 Move in ready condition.

Call: 847-875-6739

Crystal Lake Mobile Home 2 Large bedrooms, 2 full bath, large kitchen, xtra large living room, extended carport. 12x15 screened in porch, 55 + Living Community, owner will help finance, $39,900. 847-658-7202

WOODSTOCK 3 BEDROOM 1.5 Bath, A/C, Stove, Refrigerator, Garage, No Pets. Broker Owned.

847-683-7944 HURRY!!

Huntley - I Have FT/PT Available Infant - school age kids.

Meals included, great references.

847-877-0912

Banking

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Community Classified 877-264-CLAS (2527) www.NWHerald.com

Round Lake – Long Lake,

Gary Swift Berkshire Hathaway Starck Realty

Public Works Village of Fox River Grove, IL. Must be at least 18 years of age and possess CDL driver's license or be eligible to obtain within 6 mo's of hire. Associates degree a plus. $34,858 to $47,160. Excellent benefit pkg. Pre-employment physical exam & drug test. App. deadline 1/21/15. Application available at: www.foxrivergrove.org Cover letters and resumes to Donna Brouder, village@foxrivergrove.org

Will provide secure future, forever love. Expenses paid.

Doug & Scott 877-887-5034

Kathy Ryan 847-630-9345 kathyryan100@sbcglobal.net

apply online at va175.ersp.biz/employment AUTO – Experienced Auto Body / Frame Tech Adams Auto Body Must have 7+ yrs exp, own tools, ICAR cert, full frame and unibody.

Apply in person: 1811 W Route 120, McHenry

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Crystal Lake 2BR,1.5BA Appl, A/C W/D, garage, no pets $980/mo. 815-459-0260 or 815-690-7172 Huntley – Townhouse near Rt 47 & Reed Rd. 2 BDRM, 2.5 bath, Garage, All appl, A/C, W/D no pets $1100 + Utilities 262-332-0015

Publisher's Notice: All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise "any preference, limitation or discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status or national origin, or an intention, to make any such preference, limitation of discrimination." Familial status includes children under the age of 18 living with parents or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.

This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertising for real estate which is in violation of the law.

Our readers are hereby informed that all dwellings advertised in this newspaper are available on an equal opportunity basis. To complain of discrimination call HUD tollfree at 1-800-669-9777. The tollfree telephone number for the hearing impaired is 1-800-927-9275.

Lake in the Hills, Condo (Cunat) Newly Remodeled 2 bedroom, 2 bath, $1045 - $1145 monthly (garage available) 847-922-7622 Marengo, 1, 2 & 3 bedroom, most utilities includes, new paint & carpet, $650 & up Broker Owned 815-347-1712 Have a photo you'd like to share?

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -v.CATHERINE L. CHATMAN, et al Defendant 09 CH 01581 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 28, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 30, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 468 BERKSHIRE DRIVE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 Property Index No. 19-07-277-024.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-09-23482.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-09-23482 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 09 CH 01581 TJSC#: 34-19517 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I639021 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE Buying? Selling?

Renting? Hiring?

To place an ad, call 877-264-CLAS (2527) Community Classified

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff,

, -v.JEROME E. ZIOMEK, et al Defendants 10 CH 00835 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 7, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 4, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 1014 NORTH ROAD, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021 Property Index No. 20-20-276011-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., NORTH FRONTAGE 15W030 ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-26956.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-26956 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 10 CH 00835 TJSC#: 34-22190 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I640387 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHRISTOPHER R. TUREK, et al Defendants 12 CH 1777 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 13, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 17, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 9 GRANT AVENUE, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 Property Index No. 19-20-304010.

The real estate is improved with a one story, single family home; two car detached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale

ce, including fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1212752.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1212752 Case Number: 12 CH 1777 TJSC#: 35-11 I640604 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2005-HE6, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE6 Plaintiff, -v.JEFFREY SMITH A/K/A JEFFREY S. SMITH, et al Defendants 12 CH 002248 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 23, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 3, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 8809 DEER TRAIL ROAD, SPRING GROVE, IL 60081 Property Index No. 04-24-151015.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff

2 CLASSIFIED • Friday, January 9, 2015 • Section E • Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com ope sp plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-28674.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-28674 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 12 CH 002248 TJSC#: 34-22086 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I640422 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE 13-066279 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF MCHENRY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs.

JIM J. MATULEWICZ A/K/A JIM JOSEPH MATULEWICZ UNITED GUARANTY RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA; Defendants, 13 CH 1938 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 5, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the office of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, conference room, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 15-19-278-004-0000.

Commonly known as 1054 Concord Drive, Island Lake, IL 60042.

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, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717.

Refer to File Number 13-066279.

I640480 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE W12-6241 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

RONALD P. REPORTO; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RONALD P. REPORTO, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 13 CH 45 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 202 Liberty Avenue, Fox River Grove, IL 60021.

P.I.N. 20-19-178-003.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with 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, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-6241.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES

CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I640476 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -v.NORMAN F. OKEN JR., et al Defendant 13 CH 00561 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 18, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 23, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 16516 NELSON ROAD, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 Property Index No. 07-22-100-018.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-06638.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-06638 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 13 CH 00561 TJSC#: 34-21728 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I639002 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE 13-018839 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE FIRST NLC TRUST 2005-4, MORTGAGE BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-4; Plaintiff, vs.

KENNETH STUBNER; PEGGY STUBNER; HICKORY FALLS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Defendants, 13 CH 690 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the law offices of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Commonly known as 5712 East Lake Shore Drive, Wonder Lake, IL 60097.

P.I.N. 09-06-277-003 and 0906-277-004.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with a single family resi-

pro ngle ly dence. 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, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 13018839 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I640479 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.DORETTA J. BROMMELKAMP F/K/A DORETTA MEYER, et al, Defendant 14 CH 00473 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 30, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 2, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 736 YALE LANE, ISLAND LAKE, IL 60042 Property Index No. 15-20-156-024.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., NORTH FRONTAGE 15W030 ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-22869.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-22869 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 14 CH 00473 TJSC#: 34-19625 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I639073 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.JAMES F. POBOL, et al Defendants 14 CH 00736 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 2, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Cor-

an age poration, will at 1:00 PM on February 13, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: Commonly known as 916 CYNTHIA LANE, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 Property Index No. 19-28-204091.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-14-01506.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-14-01506 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 14 CH 00736 TJSC#: 34-17858 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I640339 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE 09-022431 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF MCHENRY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR TEWIN MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-8HE, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-8HE; Plaintiff, vs.

TIMOTHY COLLINS; KELLY HARTTCOLLINS; HOME STATE BANK, NA; HEIGHTS FINANCE CORPORATION; Defendants, 09 CH 1202 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 5, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the office of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, conference room, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: P.I.N. 14-32-255-007.

Commonly known as 96 Talismon Drive, 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: 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, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717.

Refer to File Number 09-022431.

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, -v.CATHERINE L. CHATMAN, et al Defendant 09 CH 01581 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 28, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 30, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: PARCEL 1: LOT 3 IN THE RE-SUBDIVISION OF LOT 1 OF BERKSHIRE PLACE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTIONS 7 AND 8, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 17, 1987 AS DOCUMENT NO. 87R2795, AS AMENDED BY PLAT OF CORRECTION RECORDED FEBRUARY 23, 1988 AS DOCUMENT NO. 88R4868, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. ALSO; PARCEL 2: EASEMENT FOR INGRESS AND EGRESS APPURTENANT TO AND FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARCEL 1 AS SET FORTH IN DECLARATION OF COVENANTS, CONDITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS FOR BERKSHIRE PLACE TOWN HOUSE ASSOCIATION RECORDED FEBRUARY 29, 1988 AS DOCUMENT NO. 88R5372, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 468 BERKSHIRE DRIVE, CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 Property Index No. 19-07-277-024.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales. For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-09-23482.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-09-23482 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 09 CH 01581 TJSC#: 34-19517 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I639021 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. Plaintiff,

-v.JEROME E. ZIOMEK, et al Defendants 10 CH 00835 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on August 7, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 4, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 9 IN WELCH'S SUBDIVISION, A SUBDIVISION OF ALL THAT PART OF THE EAST 700 FEET OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 9, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, EXCEPT ALL THAT PART LYING NORTHERLY OF A LINE DRAWN 50 FEET SOUTHERLY FROM THE CENTER LINE OF THE STATE HIGHWAY KNOWN AS ROUTE NO. 12, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JULY 12, 1950 IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 3, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 1014 NORTH ROAD, FOX RIVER GROVE, IL 60021 Property Index No. 20-20-276011-0000.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., NORTH FRONTAGE 15W030 ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-26956.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-26956 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 10 CH 00835 TJSC#: 34-22190 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I640387 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of AUSTIN BAITMAN Deceased Case No. 10PR000211

the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015. #5783)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS GREEN TREE SERVICING LLC Plaintiff, -v.CHRISTOPHER R. TUREK, et al Defendants 12 CH 1777 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on November 13, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 17, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 5 IN BLOCK 5 IN LAKE IN THE HILLS ESTATES UNIT 11, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED SEPTEMBER 2, 1952 IN BOOK 11 OF PLATS, PAGE 61 AS DOCUMENT 256808, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 9 GRANT AVENUE, Lake in the Hills, IL 60156 Property Index No. 19-20-304010.

The real estate is improved with a one story, single family home; two car detached garage.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information: Visit our website at service.atty-pierce.com. between the hours of 3 and 5 pm. PIERCE & ASSOCIATES, Plaintiff's Attorneys, One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300, CHICAGO, IL 60602. Tel No. (312) 476-5500. Please refer to file number PA1212752.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

PIERCE & ASSOCIATES One North Dearborn Street Suite 1300 CHICAGO, IL 60602 (312) 476-5500 Attorney File No. PA1212752 Case Number: 12 CH 1777 TJSC#: 35-11 I640604 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of: AUSTIN BAITMAN of: WOODSTOCK, IL Letters of office were issued on: 8/2/2010 to: Representative: CANDY HANSEN 14868 S LANDINGS LANE OAK FOREST, IL 60468 whose attorney is: CURCIO LAW OFFICE 161 N CLARK ST 2550 CHICAGO, IL 60601 Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, AS TRUSTEE FOR MORGAN STANLEY ABS CAPITAL I INC. TRUST 2005-HE6, MORTGAGE PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES, SERIES 2005-HE6 Plaintiff, -v.JEFFREY SMITH A/K/A JEFFREY S. SMITH, et al Defendants 12 CH 002248 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on September 23,

pt 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 3, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 21 IN OAK VALLEY HILLS UNIT ONE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER AND PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 46 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 10, 1979 AS DOCUMENT NO 767431, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 8809 DEER TRAIL ROAD, SPRING GROVE, IL 60081 Property Index No. 04-24-151015.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-28674.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-28674 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 12 CH 002248 TJSC#: 34-22086 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I640422 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE 13-066279 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF MCHENRY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS PHH MORTGAGE CORPORATION Plaintiff, vs.

JIM J. MATULEWICZ A/K/A JIM JOSEPH MATULEWICZ UNITED GUARANTY RESIDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA; Defendants, 13 CH 1938 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 5, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the office of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, conference room, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 93 IN UNIT 3 OF FOX RIVER SHORES PHASE 1, VILLAGE OF WATERFORD, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, AND PART OF THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 19, ALL IN TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED MAY 20, 1985 AS DOCUMENT NO. 907462, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 15-19-278-004-0000.

Commonly known as 1054 Concord Drive, Island Lake, IL 60042.

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

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Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com • Section E • Friday, January 9, 2015 • ity purc 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, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717.

Refer to File Number 13-066279.

I640480 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE W12-6241 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC; Plaintiff, vs.

RONALD P. REPORTO; UNKNOWN HEIRS AND LEGATEES OF RONALD P. REPORTO, IF ANY; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS; Defendants, 13 CH 45 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the offices of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 19 IN JOHN V. ZELEZNY'S FIRST ADDITION TO FOX RIVER GROVE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST FRACTIONAL QUARTER OF SECTION 19, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 23, 1920 AS DOCUMENT NO. 47972, IN BOOK 4 OF PLATS PAGE 15, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 202 Liberty Avenue, Fox River Grove, IL 60021.

P.I.N. 20-19-178-003.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with 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, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Law Clerk at Plaintiff's Attorney, The Wirbicki Law Group, 33 West Monroe Street, Chicago, Illinois 60603. (312) 360-9455 W12-6241.

INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I640476 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

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PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, Plaintiff, -v.NORMAN F. OKEN JR., et al Defendant 13 CH 00561 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on June 18, 2013, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on January 23, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: THAT PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 22, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 6 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: COMMENCING AT THE CENTER OF SAID SECTION 22, AND RUNNING THENCE NORTH ON THE NORTH AND SOUTH QUARTER SECTION LINE THEREOF, FOR A DISTANCE OF 805.33 FEET TO A POINT FOR THE PLACE OF BEGINNING; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY PARALLEL TO THE CENTER LINE OF A PUBLIC HIGHWAY RUNNING IN AN EASTERLY AND WESTERLY DIRECTION AND COMMONLY KNOWN AS NELSON ROAD, BEING ON A LINE FORMING AN ANGLE OF 77 DEGREES, 36 MINUTES, 49 SECONDS TO THE LEFT WITH A PROLONGATION OF THE LAST DESCRIBED LINE, AT THE LAST DESCRIBED POINT, FOR A DISTANCE OF 213.84 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE SOUTH PARALLEL TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH QUARTER SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION 22, FOR A DISTANCE OF 689.16 FEET A POINT IN THE CENTER LINE TO SAID NELSON ROAD; THENCE SOUTHEASTERLY ON SAID CENTER LINE, FOR A DISTANCE OF 330 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTH PARALLEL TO THE NORTH AND SOUTH QUARTER SECTION LINE OF SAID SECTION 22, FOR A DISTANCE OF 689.16 FEET TO A POINT; THENCE NORTHWESTERLY PARALLEL TO THE CENTER LINE OF SAID NELSON ROAD, FOR A DISTANCE OF 116.16 FEET TO THE PLACE OF BEGINNING, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 16516 NELSON ROAD, WOODSTOCK, IL 60098 Property Index No. 07-22-100-018.

The real estate is improved with a single family residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The

pr subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-06638.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales. CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-06638 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 13 CH 00561 TJSC#: 34-21728 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I639002 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE 13-018839 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS HSBC BANK USA NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE OF THE FIRST NLC TRUST 2005-4, MORTGAGE BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES

2005-4; Plaintiff, vs.

KENNETH STUBNER; PEGGY STUBNER; HICKORY FALLS ASSOCIATION, INC.; Defendants, 13 CH 690 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above entitled cause Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 12, 2015 at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the law offices of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder for cash, as set forth below, the following described mortgaged real estate: Situated in the County of McHenry in the State of Illinois, to wit: Lots 6 and 7 in Block 3 in Hickory Falls Unit No. 1, a Subdivision of part of the East Half of Section 6, Township 45 North, Range 8 East of the Third Principal Meridian, according to the plat thereof recorded June 26, 1942 as Document No. 163814, in Book 7 of Plats, page 77, in McHenry County, Illinois.

Commonly known as 5712 East Lake Shore Drive, Wonder Lake, IL 60097.

P.I.N. 09-06-277-003 and 0906-277-004.

The mortgaged real estate is improved with 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, by certified funds, within 24 hours. No refunds.

The property will NOT be open for inspection. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information.

For information call Sales Department at Plaintiff's Attorney, Manley Deas Kochalski, LLC, One East Wacker Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60601. (614) 220-5611. 13018839 INTERCOUNTY JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION Selling Officer, (312) 444-1122 I640479 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE 14-073802 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS MIDFIRST BANK PLAINTIFF, -vsJASON ROMANOSKI A/K/A JASON E. ROMANOSKI; KRISTA ROMANOSKI A/K/A KRISTA B. ROMANOSKI; E*TRADE BANK; CITY OF MCHENRY, AN ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL CORPORATION; BOONE CREEK HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON-RECORD CLAIMANTS; UNKNOWN OCCUPANTS DEFENDANTS 14 CH 1071 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite affidavit for publication having been filed, notice is hereby given you Jason Romanoski a/k/a Jason E. Romanoski, Krista Romanoski a/k/a Krista B. Romanoski and Unknown Owners and Non-Record Claimants; Un-

known 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 157 IN BOONE CREEK UNIT FOUR, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE WEST HALF OF SECTION 33, TOWNSHIP 45 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 18, 2000 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2000R0056933, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 411 London Trail, McHenry, IL 60050 Permanent Index No.: 09-33303-014 and which said Mortgage was made by Krista Romanoski and Jason Romanoski Mortgagors, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Nominee for Irwin Mortgage Corporation as Mortgagee, and recorded in the office of the Recorder of Deeds of Mchenry County, Illinois, Document No. 2004R0022240.

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 January 26, 2015.

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 Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC Attorney for Plaintiff 2121 Waukegan Road, Suite 301 Bannockburn, IL 60015 (847) 291-1717 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. I636704 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, NA PLAINTIFF VS ANGELA ALVEY A/K/A ANGELA D ALVEY; SOMERSET CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION OF CRYSTAL LAKE; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; ILLINOIS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY; SECRETARY OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT; UNKNOWN OWNERS AND NON RECORD CLAIMANTS ; DEFENDANTS 571 SOMERSET LANE UNIT 8

CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 14 CH 1227 NOTICE BY PUBLICATION NOTICE IS GIVEN YOU, ANGELA ALVEY A/K/A ANGELA D ALVEY; 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: UNIT 571-8 IN SOMERSET CONDOMINIUM AS DELINEATED ON SURVEY OF THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBED REAL ESTATE: PART OF LOTS 15 AND 16 IN PLAT OF FARMS OF CRYSTAL LAKE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF SECTION 8, TOWNSHIP 43 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED OCTOBER 6, 1858, IN BOOK 22 OF DEEDS, PAGE 1, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS, WHICH SURVEY IS ATTACHED AS EXHIBIT "A" TO THE DECLARATION OF CONDOMINIUM RECORDED SEPTEMBER 11, 1973 AS DOCUMENT NO. 603023, AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME, TOGETHER WITH IS UNDIVIDED PERCENTAGE INTEREST IN THE COMMON ELEMENTS, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as: 571 SOMERSET LANE UNIT 8 CRYSTAL LAKE, IL 60014 and which said Mortgage was made by, ANGELA ALVEY A/K/A ANGELA D ALVEY; Mortgagor (s), to M.E.R.S., INC. AS NOMINEE FOR AMERICAN MORTGAGE NETWORK, INC. DBA AMNET MORTGAGE Mortgagee, and recorded in the Office of the Recorder of Deeds of McHENRY County, Illinois, as Document No. 03R0110208; 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 9, 2015, 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 1408927 I639828 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. Plaintiff, -v.DORETTA J. BROMMELKAMP F/K/A DORETTA MEYER, et al, Defendant 14 CH 00473 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 30, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 2, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: LOT 3 IN BLOCK 14 IN UNIT 2,

PHASE 1, NANTUCKET VILLAGE, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 9 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED NOVEMBER 14, 1985 AS DOCUMENT NO. 923460, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 736 YALE LANE, ISLAND LAKE, IL 60042 Property Index No. 15-20-156-024.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court. Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1). IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 15-1701 (C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-13-22869.

CLASSIFIED 3 THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 60606-4650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-13-22869 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 14 CH 00473 TJSC#: 34-19625 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I639073 (Published in the Northwest Herald December 26, 2014, January 2, 9, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT FOR THE TWENTY- SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MC HENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS CITIMORTGAGE, INC. Plaintiff, -v.JAMES F. POBOL, et al Defendants 14 CH 00736 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure and Sale entered in the above cause on October 2, 2014, an agent for The Judicial Sales Corporation, will at 1:00 PM on February 13, 2015, at the NLT Title L.L.C, 390 Congress Parkway, Suite D, Crystal Lake, IL, 60014, sell at public auction to the highest bidder, as set forth below, the following described real estate: ALL THAT PARCEL OF LAND IN MCHENRY COUNTY, STATE OF ILLINOIS, AS MORE FULLY DESCRIBED IN DEED DOC # 00R-34422, ID # 19-28-204-091, BEING KNOWN AND DESIGNATED AS THAT PART OF LOT 57 DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: BEGINNING AT THE EASTERN MOST CORNER OF LOT 57, THENCE S.W. ALONG EASTERLY LINE 115 FEET TO THE SOUTHERN MOST CORNER OF LOT 57, THENCE N.W. 33.84 FEET, THENCE N.E. 34.85 FEET, THENCE N.W. 17 FEET, THENCE N.E. 80.15 FEET TO THE NORTHERLY LINE 33.33 FEET TO THE P.O.B., IN EVERGREEN RIDGE, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED DECEMBER 27, 1994 AS 94R-70734, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. Commonly known as 916 CYNTHIA LANE, LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 60156 Property Index No. 19-28-204091.

The real estate is improved with a residence.

Sale terms: 25% down of the highest bid by certified funds at the close of the sale payable to The Judicial Sales Corporation. No third party checks will be accepted. The balance, including the Judicial sale fee for Abandoned Residential Property Municipality Relief Fund, which is calculated on residential real estate at the rate of $1 for each $1,000 or fraction thereof of the amount paid by the purchaser not to exceed $300, in certified funds/ or wire transfer, is due within twenty-four (24) hours. No fee shall be

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4 CLASSIFIED • Friday, January 9, 2015 • Section E • Northwest Herald / NWHerald.com ty r (24) paid by the mortgagee acquiring the residential real estate pursuant to its credit bid at the sale or by any mortgagee, judgment creditor, or other lienor acquiring the residential real estate whose rights in and to the residential real estate arose prior to the sale. The subject property is subject to general real estate taxes, special assessments, or special taxes levied against said real estate and is offered for sale without any representation as to quality or quantity of title and without recourse to Plaintiff and in "AS IS" condition. The sale is further subject to confirmation by the court.

Upon payment in full of the amount bid, the purchaser will receive a Certificate of Sale that will entitle the purchaser to a deed to the real estate after confirmation of the sale. The property will NOT be open for inspection and plaintiff makes no representation as to the condition of the property. Prospective bidders are admonished to check the court file to verify all information. If this property is a condominium unit, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale, other than a mortgagee, shall pay the assessments and the legal fees required by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/9(g)(1) and (g)(4). If this property is a condominium unit which is part of a common interest community, the purchaser of the unit at the foreclosure sale other than a mortgagee shall pay the assessments required

by The Condominium Property Act, 765 ILCS 605/18.5(g-1).

IF YOU ARE THE MORTGAGOR (HOMEOWNER), YOU HAVE THE RIGHT TO REMAIN IN POSSESSION FOR 30 DAYS AFTER ENTRY OF AN ORDER OF POSSESSION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 151701(C) OF THE ILLINOIS MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LAW. You will need a photo identification issued by a government agency (driver's license, passport, etc.) in order to gain entry into our building and the foreclosure sale room in Cook County and the same identification for sales held at other county venues where The Judicial Sales Corporation conducts foreclosure sales.

For information, examine the court file or contact Plaintiff's attorney: CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C., NORTH FRONTAGE 15W030 ROAD, SUITE 100, BURR RIDGE, IL 60527, (630) 794-9876 Please refer to file number 14-14-01506.

THE JUDICIAL SALES CORPORATION One South Wacker Drive, 24th Floor, Chicago, IL 606064650 (312) 236-SALE You can also visit The Judicial Sales Corporation at www.tjsc.com for a 7 day status report of pending sales.

CODILIS & ASSOCIATES, P.C. 15W030 NORTH FRONTAGE ROAD, SUITE 100 BURR RIDGE, IL 60527 (630) 794-5300 Attorney File No. 14-14-01506 Attorney ARDC No. 00468002 Case Number: 14 CH 00736 TJSC#: 34-17858 NOTE: Pursuant to the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, you are advised that Plaintiff's attorney is deemed to be a debt collector attempting to collect a debt and any information obtained will be used for that purpose.

I640339 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

PUBLIC NOTICE LEGAL NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS

The Covington Lakes Townhome Association vs William B. Willetts, Deceased, et al defendants Case No 14 LM 1036.

Notice is hereby given to you, all Unknown Heirs and Legatees Of William B. Willetts and All Unknown Occupants, that the above action has been filed entitled against you and other defendants in the Circuit Court of the Twenty Second Judicial Circuit of McHenry County, Illinois for the recovery of the possession of real estate located at 9455 Rainsford Drive, Huntley, IL 60142.

You are hereby required to appear in person on January 30, 2015 at 9:00 am in Courtroom 103, Circuit Court of McHenry County, 2200 N. Seminary Ave Woodstock, IL, for return date of this cause. You are further required to file your written appearance by yourself or your attorney at the same place and time.

Now unless you, the said above named defendants appear at the time and place fixed for return date, judgment by default will be entered against you for possession of the aforesaid premises and an order for possession will be issued out of said court by which you will be dispossessed of said premises.

(Published in the Northwest Herald January 2, 9, 16, 2015. #5746)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of JOHN H KELLY JR Deceased Case No. 14PR000325 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of: JOHN H KELLY JR of: WOODSTOCK, IL Letters of office were issued on: 1/6/2015 to: Representative: CAITLYNN R KELLY 1106 HEARTLAND GATE LAKE IN THE HILLS, IL 601564939 whose attorney is: SCHMITT, THOMAS W 760 BAUMAN STREET MARENGO, IL 60152 Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed.

/s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015. #5785)

PUBLIC NOTICE STATE OF ILLINOIS IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE TWENTY-SECOND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT McHENRY COUNTY-IN PROBATE In the Matter of the Estate of VALERIE C FELTS Deceased

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LOT 9 IN FOXFIRE EAST UNIT 1, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE EAST HALF OF THE SOUTHWEST QUARTER, AND PART OF THE WEST HALF OF THE SOUTHEAST QUARTER OF SECTION 20, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8 EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED JUNE 19, 1984 AS DOCUMENT NO. 884046, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. PROPERTY INDEX NUMBER: 1420-327-001 Commonly known as: 3603 DEEP WOOD DRIVE, CRYSTAL LAKE, ILLINOIS 60014

Case No. 14PR000338 CLAIM NOTICE Notice is given of the death of: VALERIE C FELTS of: LAKEMOOR, IL Letters of office were issued on: 1/7/2015 to: Representative: JENNIFER ZURAWSKI 509 VENICE ROAD LAKEMOOR, IL 60051 whose attorney is: COWLIN, THOMAS L 5447 W BULL VALLEY ROAD MC HENRY, IL 60050 Claims against the estate may be filed within six months from the date of first publication. Any claim not filed within six months from the date of first publication or claims not filed within three months from the date of mailing or delivery of Notice to Creditor, whichever is later, shall be barred.

Claims may be filed in the office of the Clerk of Circuit Court at the McHenry County Government Center, 2200 North Seminary Avenue, Woodstock, Illinois 60098, or with the representative, or both.

Copies of claims filed with the Clerk must be mailed or delivered to the representative and to his attorney within ten days after it has been filed. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015. #5784)

PUBLIC NOTICE IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS HOME STATE BANK, N.A., Plaintiff, vs.

PETER A. HALASZ, SHEILA A. HALASZ FOXFIRE EAST UNIT NO. 1 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NONRECORD LIEN CLAIMANTS, Defendants.

No. 15 CH 3 PUBLICATION NOTICE The requisite Affidavit having been duly filed herein, NOTICE IS HEREIN GIVEN YOU, PETER A. HALASZ, SHEILA A. HALASZ, FOXFIRE EAST UNIT NO. 1 HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, UNKNOWN OWNERS and NON-RECORD LIEN CLAIMANTS, Defendants in the above-entitled action, that an action is now pending in this Court as shown above, wherein the Plaintiff seeks to foreclose a mortgage made to HOME STATE BANK, N.A., with respect to the following de-

NOW, THEREFORE, you are further notified to file your appearance in the Office of the Clerk of the Court above stated on or before February 17, 2015, and if you fail to do so or do not otherwise make your appearance on or before said date, this cause may be heard and judgment entered as prayed for in said Complaint without further notice.

IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of said Court at my office in Woodstock, Illinois, this day of 01/05/2015. /s/ Katherine M. Keefe Clerk of the Circuit Court McHenry County, Illinois FRANKS, GERKIN & McKENNA, P.C. Our File No.15168.059 Attorney for Plaintiffs 19333 E. Grant Hwy. PO Box 5 Marengo, IL 60152 (815) 923-2107 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015. #5782)

PUBLIC NOTICE 09-022431 IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 22ND JUDICIAL CIRCUIT COUNTY OF MCHENRY WOODSTOCK, ILLINOIS US BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION AS TRUSTEE FOR TEWIN MORTGAGE TRUST 2005-8HE, ASSET BACKED CERTIFICATES SERIES 2005-8HE; Plaintiff, vs.

TIMOTHY COLLINS; KELLY HARTTCOLLINS; HOME STATE BANK, NA; HEIGHTS FINANCE CORPORATION; Defendants, 09 CH 1202 NOTICE OF SALE PUBLIC NOTICE is hereby given that pursuant to a Judgment of Foreclosure entered in the above entitled cause on November 5, 2014, Intercounty Judicial Sales Corporation will on Thursday, February 12, 2015, at the hour of 10:30 a.m. in the office of Botto Gilbert Gehris Lancaster, 970 McHenry Avenue, conference room, Crystal Lake, Illinois 60014, sell to the highest bidder for cash, the following described mortgaged real estate: LOT 72 IN WALKUP AT THE PARK UNIT TWO, BEING A SUBDIVISION OF PART OF THE NORTH HALF OF SECTION 32, TOWNSHIP 44 NORTH, RANGE 8, EAST OF THE THIRD PRINCIPAL MERIDIAN, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT THEREOF RECORDED FEBRUARY 26, 2002 AS DOCUMENT NUMBER 2002R0018786, IN MCHENRY COUNTY, ILLINOIS. P.I.N. 14-32-255-007.

P.I.N. 14-32-255-007.

Commonly known as 96 Talismon Drive, 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: 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, Shapiro Kreisman & Associates, LLC, 2121 Waukegan Road, Bannockburn, Illinois 60015. (847) 291-1717.

Refer to File Number 09-022431.

I640475 (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 16, 23, 2015)

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Any questions regarding this bid must be directed to: Community Unit School District #300 Diane C. White 2605 Bunker Hill Drive Algonquin, IL 60102 847-551-8460 diane.white@d300.org Bid specifications will be available on Thursday, January 8, 2015 after 3:00PM. To obtain bid specifications, please contact Bruce Batt at 847-551-8369 or via email at bruce.batt@d300.org (Published in the Northwest Herald January 9, 2015. #5786)

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815-482-7906

Bosch Dishwasher Black, Model SHU3006UC/U06, Works Good, About 6 Yrs. Old $185. 224-735-0403 DRYER - Gas dryer. GE, white, super capacity, like new $150.

815-482-8399

Will BUY UR USED

PUBLIC NOTICE The Board of Education of Community Unit School District No. 300 is accepting sealed bids for:

TIRES You have 15” rims, I have new set of New 4 tires, Toyo 215/70R15. Cost $475, selling for $350/obo. 815-404-6769

OLD CARS & TRUCKS FOR

$CASH$ We pay and can Tow it away!

Call us today: 815-338-2800 ROUTE 14 AUTO PARTS

Yamaha, - 750cc.

No Title - Parts Bike - $275.

815-321-1540

Brown Leather Couch & Chair Good Condition 815-814-1882

TV ~ Toshiba

50” Rear Projection.

Hardly used, great working condition! 847-669-3745 Engagement Ring, size 7.5-8, Retail $900 new, sell for $250 OBO, Have appraisal papers to go with ring. 815-212-9171 Jacket Suede, Ladies size 16.

Excellent condition from Berman's Leather - $25. 815-363-8974 Mens Leather Coat - Black, Size 40, Very Good Condition $25. 815-363-9636

WAHL APPLIANCE Reconditioned Appliances Sales and Service Lakemoor 815-385-1872

Padded Top $75 815-690-4258 Antique Rocker Armless rocker w/ new plush burgundy velour upholstery.

Very solid. Call email pictures $145. 815-354-2462

Antique Trunk $75 815-690-4258 BATHTUB - Antique, primitive metal bathtub painted blue, the bowl of the tub is lined with two layers of blue fabric with tiny flowers. Bowl diameter: 23 1/4"; top upright rim at back is 6" high & 29" long; the seat ledge just in front of the upright back rim is 5" at deepest & tapers down around the large rim; the height of the tub at the back from floor to top of upright rim is 18-1/2" $185, 815-236-1747 McHenry Big Vase, 33 inch tall, very decorative, mint cond.

Paid $279, Selling for $65 815-477-7916

BOX OF COLLECTIBLES Ebay items, old, good condition!

50 items, $100. 815-459-7485 Cordial Glasses 14, Crystal 7 3/4" tall - $180 OBO 815-363-8974

DOLL- Paradise Galleries Porcelean 18” Cinderella Doll w/slipper and authenticity. New, never out of box. $40.

815-690-4258 E.T. Movie Original stuffed toy figure w/ original tag - 11" tall. $25. 815-236-1747 McHenry.

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Auto Detail & Cosmetic Repair Exterior paint protection package 2 coats hot wax system – 2 coats of paints sealant.

Touch of paint as needed. Leather / clothe interior repair Paintless dent removal Headlight restoration Wheel Repair Headliners and convertible top repair or replacement Windshield replacement.

Sound shield for quieter ride.

Call for appointment

815-347-9960 Your car will look new again 517 Sheridan Rd. Lakemoor, IL 60051

OTTO'S FIREWOOD 4x8 FC Mixed Hardwood & Softwood Oak, Maple, Cherry $120 Free Delivery 815-943-6103 BOB EVANS FIREWOOD & MULCH We sell only the finest seasoned firewood!

Mixed Premium Hardwood Cherry/ Oak Hickory

$150 F/C $160 F/C $170 F/C

bobevansfirewoodandmulch.com

Call Gary 847-888-3599

Serving W. Rt. 59, N. of I-88 &S. of Rt 176

POWER

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Tree & Stump Removal, Inc.

Repair

Free Pick-Up & Delivery 815-382-1021

815-943-6960

FULLY INSURED 24 Hour Emergency Cell 815-236-5944

SNOW REMOVAL

ALL HOME REPAIRS Interior/Exterior Carpentry Light Fixtures Drywall Repairs Doors Hardware Plumbing Bath Kitchen Painting Tile Snow Removal Driveway & Sidewalks All Jobs Big and Small Serving McHenry County and Surrounding Area

847-344-5713

PAWS ON PINGREE

*Trimming & Removal *Specializing Large & Dangerous Trees *Storm Damage *Lot Clearing *Stump Grinding *Pruning

Daycare Boarding Grooming

815-356-3955 www.PawsOnPingree.com

Eddie's Tree Service SEASONED FIREWOOD Mixed Firewood Cherry or Oak

$125/FC $150/FC

Free Local Delivery 4617 S. Route 47 Woodstock, IL

815-337-1799 847-875-4077 McHenryCountySports.com is McHenry County Sports

Community Classified It works.

MOVERS By the Hour, Day or Week, Local or Long Distance Straight Truck or Semi, Residential or Commercial

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CUCKOO CLOCKS

New in box, Below eBay price.

9 Steam engines from U.P. Big boy 4-8-8-4 to P.R.R Saddle Tank 0-6-0 + 2 Diesel 815-455-3555

Charming wooden Swiss Alps/Black Forest clocks approximately 13" H, 11"W, 7"D with pine cone pendulums. $100/ea. 847-987-8632

HUMMELS / GOEBEL West Germany, add to your collection. Starting at $75 847-987-8632

Ironwood Statue Collection 15 assorted wildlife $95 for all. 847-854-7980

32” Plasma TV Insignia - $35.

815-444-1445

COMPUTER CHAIR

LLADRO

Grey, for office, good chairs, paid $125.

Call Even 815-477-1183

12 pc. Nativity set + many more pieces, starting at $150.

847-987-8632

Computer desk with sm. shelf & pullout keyboard shelf. Exc. Condition. Harvard. $30. 815-943-7757

MIXING BOWLS - 3 matching: "Hall's Superior Quality Kitchenware - Eureka Homewood Pattern".

Lg 8 5/8", Med 7 3/8", Sm 6 1/8" $39. McHenry. 815-236-1747

Grandstream 4 line phone, GXP2100, HD IP Phone, Brand New, Just Opened, doesn't fit my needs, $150/obo.

815-308-5504 (Woodstock)

POSTER/ELTON JOHN Professionally sealed, autographed in 1970, $250 815-578-0212

Kodak easy share, 12mp camera, new battery charger w/case $40. 708-971-6085

Sears Best Roller Skates, in the box, rubber wheels, like new from 1950's $40 Huntley area. 847-515-8012

Brand new in box, $25.

Grayslake 847-543-4187

STONE CROCK

Vintage, Robbinson Ransbottom Blue Crown 30 gallon in excellent condition, $325.

815-790-8513 VANITY - Beautiful antique pine w/ attached mirror & center drawer.

Brought from England by dealer, 37-1/4"W x 20"D & 29-1/2" to top of vanity. Mirror 22-3/8"W x 35-3/8"H. Center drawer has metal pull. Legs & side mirror supports have charming decorative sculptured detail. $400. 815-236-1747 WOODEN HUMMEL CALENDAR Wall rack with changeable Hummel Plates for each month and numbers for the days. $50 847-987-8632

Crib, White, Spindle w/Mattress sheets & matching wall hanging, Gaco swing (6 spd), monitor with lights & music, activity matt, bouncy/booster seats, various quilts & blankets, almost complete nursery! $250/all 815-344-4350 or email salemi2@comcast.net

Mesh Bed Rails (Set)

For toddler transitioning to regular bed, $20/set. 312-318-8411 PAC 'N PLAY Graco, dark blue with elephant print, very good condition! $30 Century Car Seat Good condition, $10. 815-338-7909

Huffy Boys 16” Bicycle Hardly used. New condition. $25.

Harvard. 815-943-7757 Pacific bicycle-scooter with hand brake. Good condition. Harvard. Ages 8 & older. $15. 815-943-7757

FIREPLACE MANTELS! Solid Oak and Poplar 2 Sizes available 5' or 6' shelf Have about 8 total. Can be painted or stained to your preference $150 each for full mantel $100 each shelves only Will take an offer for all Call Tom (815) 338-1599 MUST LEAVE A MESSAGE!!!

Kitchen Wall Cabinets - used (5), oak, medium oak stain finish $100.

815-482-8399 Quarter Sawn Oak Slabs 5/4" planed to 1 1/8" . 8 to 9" wide. 4 slabs from 7' to 9'. $100 for all.

Call 815-444-0504

KOKU 2 XS Nintendo Racing / Steering Wheels InterAct Nintendo 64 V3 Fx Racing Wheels Programmable Analog Steering Wheels, For use with Nintendo 64, 2 for $25, pickup in Lake in the Hills. Cash only. Call/Text 847-212-5243 Onkyo Stereo Receiver 1970's, 100 watts per channel, $150/obo 815-212-9171

SPEAKERS (2) KLIPSCH 39” With a channeler and a 4 tier glass stand for a home theatre/stereo equipment, $400/all.

312-318-8411 SPEAKERS - Bose 301 Series IV Speakers w/ stands $150.

815-382-5271

Turntable, 1970 Marantz

Model 6200 excellent cond, $250 815-578-0212 TV - FLAT SCREEN TV Vizio 34" flat screen TV $100 and Samsung 24" flat screen $50.

847-987-8632

TV – 50” Samsung DLT, Great Picture ! $300 815-668-5986 Mike TV flat screen Sony 19” $40/obo 847-658-4720

AB Lounger 1 mo old, $30 Weight Lifting Bar Bells, $10 815-459-4586 TREADMILL Full size, fold up to wall unit. $400/obo 815-505-1523 Treadmill Horizon Performance PST6 Series with programmable intervals and an incline. $400.

Call Pat 815-455-1313

Jim Verhaeghe Seasoned Firewood mixed $90/facecord, free local delivery, stacking available 847-334-5740 / 847-732-4014

$150 - Set SOFA & LOVESEAT Very Comfy, Fabric, Neutrals Clean-Really Good Condition $150/set 815-403-5598 (McHenry)

Whirlpool tub, 42 x 66, dark navy blue, 1950 new never used $400/firm 815-653-4612

Amish Kitchen Table Set 1-1/4” solid oak oval table, 40 x 52 plus 2 leafs that slide under table. 4 cushioned chairs, Good Condition – Downsizing Orig. $1900, Asking $400.

847-639-2958 12-7pm

OFFICE DESK

BED - Queen Bed, mattress, box spring, headboard, frame. Good condition. $75. 815-382-9960

Metal, good condition! $25 Spring Grove area 815-675-6199 PRINTER - Samsung Monochrome Laser Printer, #ML-2955ND. Excellent condition, includes brand new toner cartridge and printer cable. $75/all, Cash only.

Call/Text 847-212-5243

BEDROOM SET Solid oak, 5 piece King set, includes armour, 5 drawer chest, 2 night stands, headboard/ frame/mattress, excellent condition. $500 815-900-8569

www.HuskieWire.com All NIU Sports... All The Time

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40 They might come with trains 41 Old show horse 42 Athletic conf. for UMass 44 Title bird in a Rimsky-Korsakov opéra 45 One may be smoked out 46 “If I Were a Carpenter” singer 48 Province : Canada :: ___ : Russia 51 Part of a large kingdom 53 Umami source, briefly 54 16-season N.H.L.’er Fleury 56 Start to sense?

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Oval with 2 leaves, no chairs, $500 table, asking $100. Ask for Gail days 4pm-9pm 815-337-1632

BUFFET CABINETS Three buffets in various maple/pine finishes. All with cabinet doors and interior shelves. $150 each.

847-987-8632 Bunk Beds w/ Mattresses, Upper single, lower double, metal frame, Really good condition $150. 815-388-3292 8-8pm

GLOVES ~ BLUE

Nitrile, medium, case of 1000, high quality, $55. 815-578-0212 Wheel Chair black w/ 02- tank holder $50/obo 224-858-4956

TABLES (2) Sofa/hall tables, darker wood finish and one medium brown finish. $100/ea. 847-987-8632

TV STAND

4 door filing cabinet, $30 Large square oak mirror $30 815-271-0135

TWO CORNER HUTCHES

Army Ex Bomb Boxes Steel, 70lbs, Handles, 12” Square x 4', Lockable $65. 815-321-1540

For a flat TV, darker wood finish, $100.

847-987-8632

Chair - Over size Reading Chair Forest Green $50 call for pic's , Crystal Lake 605-431-8911 CHAIR - Peach chair with ottoman.

29" Back height, 24" deep seat cushion. $35. 815-382-9960

$150/ea. 847-987-8632 WOOD CABINET DVD or Miscellaneous maple finish cabinet 39H x 16W x 16D $50.

847-987-8632

CHAIR ~ LA-Z-BOY

CANNONS

Civil War & Pirate type production type, starting at $195. Call Paul Locascio 708-363-2004

Leather Queen Anne Recliner.

Butter cream color, good condition! $60.

815-943-5253 Weaver D6 Scope – Works Great!

Missing adjuster caps – $10.

815-363-9636

CHAIRS LA-Z-BOY Recliner, like new condition, green color, $95.

LA-Z-BOY Recliner, like new condition, brown in color, $100.

815-455-0971 China Cabinet – 2 section cabinet top – 2 glass door w/glass shelves, bottom - 2 wooden doors and 2 wooden drawers $150/obo 815-338-8197

BLINDS - Levolor Cordless Cellular Blinds (2 sets). Top Down/Bottom Up, 7/16" Double Cell, Color: Dove (light Gray), Width: 63", Height: 47 1/2". Asking $75 each ($150 for both) Call 847-658-2338, pick up in Algonquin.

CLOCK ~ FLOOR

Hand painted, chimes on half & full hour, $250.

847-987-8632

COVERLETTE, KING SIZE

Ivory quilted. 96”x 108”. Used twice, $40. 847-854-7980

Coffee Table

White formica square 40” x 40” x 15” high, $40.

708-309-5397

SEWING MACHINE - SINGER Model 1025 w/carrying case. $65.

815-575-4858

Computer Desk, Exc Cond, Corner Unit, $75. Two 6'x2' work benches, 2 drawers and shelves, $50/ea. 815-900-8569

Meat Grinder - #32 Heavy Duty W/ Motor & Foot Switch, Mounted in it's own Storage Cabinet on Wheels $250 815-344-4350

Couch & Recliner - 8' couch with incliners 39" back height, with matching recliner 42" wide. $200 815-382-9960

CURIO CABINET

SPREADER Scott's Broadcast, $5 and Craftsman 3 in 1 Lawn Mower, 20” 6HP with extra blades, $25.

815-568-8036

Blonde, oval top, smaller and tall, used once, paid $499, $289/obo/cash 815-477-1183 Dining Room Chair, No Arms

TORO 2400 SINGLE STAGE 20" CUT GTS 4HP ENGINE STARTS 1ST PULL. ALL GONE OVER. $300 FIRM PHONE 815-675-2155

Off-white, $20. 2 white bar stools, $15/pair, little cupboard with 6 small drawers, decorative, $25.

815-404-9765 END TABLES (2) with storage & Lamps. $75, will separate.

815-382-9960 Golden Oak w/beveled glass doors, 66” high x 57”wide 19”deep $95/obo. 815-653-4612

Entertainment Center Oak, 2 sides with glass cabinets, center shelves, $200.

847-987-8632 Headboard & Footboard/twin size & matching dresser & mirror (photos available upon request) $200.

815-382-5271 (great condition)

$40 708-971-6085

Chain Saw Sharpener Bar Mount – Works Great! $15. 815-363-9636

Full size, great condition! $25.

847-639-3916

Chain Saws - Parts, bars, chains & parts $75. 815-321-1540

HUTCH

Craftsman 10” Radial Saw, In Good Condition $200 815-943-4344 DELTA Mortising machine complete with bits/chisels, chuck & manual, light use. $200. 815-444-0504

Drexel Heritage, pecan with glass shelves and glass doors include lights, 55x84, $325.

708-309-5397

Kitchen Table Wood, $25 4-chairs dark wood $20 847-546-7691

CRAFTERS TREASURE 4 Wheels of acrylic paints, stencils, storage cabinet, decorative paint supplies, brushes and so much more. Take as much or as little as you want. Call to setup viewing. $10-$400. 815-861-0012 FILE CABINET - 2 drawer white file cabinet with lock. $15. Harvard.

815-943-7757

18Wx36, variable speed, 3HP with floor stand. Nice machine, over $600 new, selling for $250 or possible trade for 13” thickness planer. 708-363-2004

Poker Table – Felt Top, 8 Player/Seat Good Shape, $150/obo 815-943-4344 SOFA – Custom Made Beautiful floral, barely used, excellent condition w/ matching pillows, Must see to appreciate.

Priced to sell immediately - $150.

847-525-1484 before 8pm

JIG - DELTA dovetail jig mounted on dedicated cabinet with drawer and all accessories & manual. $150, Light use. Call 815-444-0504 RYOBI 10” THICKNESS PLANER with stand $150.

815-338-7415 After 4pm

SCROLL SAW

SOFA Large, custom, light brown or tan color with some black, like new! Paid $2500, sell for $350/obo. Cell # 847-736-3127

RBI - HAWK includes air hose and foot pedal, excellent condition! $500 815-900-8569

VACUUM ~ WET/DRY

TABLE & CHAIRS Kitchen Table & 4 Chairs - octagon 42" with 18" leaf. Oak with cream color top, Oak swivel chairs with casters. upholstered seat & back. $125. 815-382-9960

Ridgid, 5HP, 12 gallon. $10 815-568-8036 McHenryCountySports.com is McHenry County Sports

All items outside and inside the garage. 805 W. Thompson St., Harvard.

815-236-8378

GAS HEATER Scheu Natural Gas, 100,000 BTU, paid $260, used for 2 weeks, sell for $125/obo. 815-385-8505 Glasses Set The 12 Days of Christmas, have never been used, $25.

815-893-0059 Goat – Sheep Feeders $75 and up 815-321-1540

HUNTING KNIVES (2) $50/both, will get 4 extra knives. 815-893-0059 Imitation Tiffany Lamp, $30/obo 815-385-7440 Long Hair Sheep Pelts Perfect for baby pictures $125. 815-321-1540 Luggage – AmericanLuggage – 5 pc. Heavy canvas, lots of compartments, straps, on wheels/pull out handles w/locks, $400/new used once $100/set 815-212-9171 Luggage – Samsonite – 2 pc.

His/hers fiberglass heavy duty, w/ locks/keys & combonation lock and wheels/pull $400 new used once sell for $100/both 815-212-9171 LUGGAGE SET - 3 piece soft side luggage set. Two pieces never used.

Excellent condition. $30. Harvard.

815-943-7757

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Brass & white porcelain 3” in center $.50/ea, all for $10 (28 piece available) current style .

815-477-7916

Purse-Coach Bag, Bronze in color. Like new $40 815-690-4258 Rims – 4 chrome 16 1/2” rims & 4 unmounted blizzak winter tires 215/55R16-91Q off of a 95 Mercedes e420, some flaking on rims, tires used 2 seasons $135/all 847-287-5117 after 5pm.

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36 Social event in “No, No, Nanette” 37 Rx writer 38 Showed signs of life 43 Ancient game much studied in game theory

47 Early touter of air 53 “___ Modiste” (Victor Herbert bags operetta) 48 Home to baseball’s Orix Buffaloes 55 Eyeball, in a way 49 Sanskrit for “the auspicious one”

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45 Options for target practice 52 Unexploded

SNOWBLOWER ~ TORO S200 Older model but runs great! $50/obo 847-659-1464

Sewing Machine Kenmore Model 1060 w/ Manual, Asking $45.

Call Anytime 815-355-5857 Sex & The City: The Complete Collection, All 6 Seasons, 94 Episodes, 2 Movies, 20 Discs Brand New, Never Opened, Paid $150, selling for $75 - Pickup in Lake in the Hills Call/Text 847-212-5243 Cash only Shiatsu Back Massager Massage cushion in excellent condition with original box.

Can email photos - $65.

815-354-3462 SNOW PLOW - Western snow plow7'6" blade, w/1990's Chevy carriage mount, new paint, $400 OBO 815-482-8399 Stained Glass "Freedom Heart" 11" X 11" $30. 815-363-8974 Stained Glass Clock 10" round on stand, purple & orange flower design - $30.

815-363-8974 Stained Glass Clock Hot Air Balloon w/puppy in basket 14"T x 8"W - $30. 815-363-8974

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LOVEBUG 1 year old female Chihuahua mix I'd love to have some mystery about me, but unfortunately everyone who knows me has just about heard it all.

I'm an open book. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

Like new, paid $125 selling for $15.

815-477-7916

ELECTRIC GUITAR - Washburn W114. Barely used. Includes Randall RA15G amplifier, guitar case, cable, music stand, pick and training books. Great for the beginner. $175. Call Jim 815-477-9553.

PIANO: Kohler kd26 digital. 5 years old in excellent condition. 88 Keys, 3 pedals, 30 sounds. $1000.

815-459-2533

TORO 421 2 STAGE WITH ELECTRIC START. 3 SPEEDS FORWARD & 1 REVERE 21" CUT WELL MANTAINED & ALL GONE OVER. RUNS GREAT STRAIGHT GAS NO MIXING. $300 FIRM. 815-675-2155.

TORO POWERLITE 16" CUT. 3 HP WITH ELECTRIC AND PULL START. SINGLE STAGE POWERHOUSE WITH HANDLES THAT FOLD FOR TRANSPORTING. $250. 815-675-2155

GOLF CLUBS - Five Callaway Drivers. Two Cleveland Drivers. $99-$129. Call or Text for particulars. 630-240-3826

MISSY 5 month old female Tabby DSH Kittens and creativity are a lot alike, they both need freedom, or they can't exist. Life has its moments, so I make them unforgettable. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400

Table Lamp beautiful,

Hockey Skates 1 – Bauer sz. 5 $20 1 – CCM sz. 8 $20 Hockey Gloves – Boys 13”/33cm $20 All great Cond.

815-403-5598 (McHenry)

Ice Augers

Very good condition - $25.

815-363-9636 Ice Fishing Shanty DaveGenz 1 seater, w/heater, great cond, $200 815-701-4302

Shih Tzu Poodle Mix Vet checked, $275/ea.

815-382-5375 Call Evenings TERRARIUM - 40 gallon all glass terrarium with screen top. Exc. condition. Was used for a turtle. $30.

815-943-7757 White bellied Caique Parrot hand fed, tame, talks, w/cage & all accessories $500/firm 847-867-0753

QUEST - SnowBoots Girls Size 4 Like New, Barely Used $20 815-403-5598 SKI'S – ATOMIC 13 meters BINDINGS – MARKER 900 BOOTS – TECNICA sz. 9.5 Great Cond ! $150/set 815-403-5598 (McHenry)

Pianos Quality Pre-Owned Pianos Delivered & Warrantied 815-334-8611 Sheet Music Individual Pieces Copyright 1889-1919, 62 pieces; 1920's, 52 pieces; 1930's, 62 pieces; 1940's, 47 pieces; 1950's, 31 pieces & 1970's, 5 pieces. $170/OBO will separate, 815-236-1747 McHenry Winter Musette Piano w/Bench great cond. 23 yrs old (approx) 300lbs 56”x26”x37” $325/obo.

815-861-3897 8am - 3pm

Dog Kennels 2 - medium $30/each 847-546-7691 FISH TANK - 20 Gallon, $25, pickup in Lake in the Hills Text/call 847-212-5243 FISH TANK - 20 Gallon. $25, pickup in Lake in the Hills. Cash only.

Call/text 847-212-5243 GOLDENDOODLE/LABRADOODLE Puppies, 10 weeks. $900.

Silverdoodles.com 815-219-5741

MOVIE CAMERA

VHS, LXI Series with auto focus. $60/obo 847-546-7691

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SNOWBLOWER MTD Snowblower, 8hp, 26 inch cut, electric start, 6 speed, 2 reverse, tank track, I have extra gears and owners manual, asking $350 or best offer.

815-385-5113, call 6-9 pm

$50. 815-861-8155 days

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Rolling Shoe Rack

Magazine Collections Mother Earth & Sheep $50 a Box. 815-321-1540

Edited by Will Shortz 1

Holds 40 + pairs, $30.

Rolling Clothes Rack, $30 or Both for $50. fully assembeled 847-924-8968 (Cary) can text/e-mail pics

Furniture Starting at $20

DRUM SANDER

OAK ROLL TOP DESK Lighted roll top desk with 8 lower drawers and many slats and smaller drawers inside the top 45H x 51W x 29D. $250. 847-987-8632

DOWN 1 Drift 2 Furry oyster cracker 3 By dint of 4 Get a share of, say 5 Chuckle bit 6 Of songbirds 7 They have 125 questions and last 130 mins.

8 French soliloquy starter?

9 Arche de ___ (boat in la Bible) 10 General-aviation alternative to Le Bourget 11 Early text messager 12 Like any number by itself 13 Soured 14 Succubus, e.g.

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BRIDGE

By PHILLIP ALDER Newspaper Enterprise Association Shirley Conran, an English novelist and journalist, said, “First things irst, second things never.”

In bridge, though, you do have to worry about second things, especially second suits.

In this deal, for example, how should South play in four hearts after West leads the spade king and continues the suit when his partner encourages with the ten?

In the auction, South’s twoclub rebid was New Minor Forcing, which artiicially announced at least game-invitational strength. Without three hearts, North rebid two diamonds. South mentioned his second suit, which from the second suit, it is usually instigated a game force. And correct to play on the side suit when North bid three hearts to irst. So South led a club to show high-honor-doubleton, dummy’s king, returned a club to South decided to play in four his ace, and played a third club hearts. (If he had continued with to West’s queen. East discarded a four clubs, North would have diamond. raised to ive clubs, a contract When West led his spade that would have made easily with queen, South ruffed and played the trumps 3-2.) off dummy’s top diamonds.

Four hearts needed careful East ruffed the second, but had handling. After rufing the secno riposte. If he had returned a ond spade, if South had drawn heart, declarer would have drawn trumps, he would have turned trumps and cashed his club winit into a no-trump contract and ners. When East played another gone several down. spade, South crossruffed home.

When declarer has a twosuiter and needs to gain tricks Contact Phillip Alder at pdabridge@prodigy.net.

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TODAY - Help is available. Accept the assistance and wisdom of experienced colleagues and friends.

Beneficial alterations can be made if you implement new ideas and concepts with methods that have proven effective in the past. A positive change in direction is apparent.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) -- Use your willpower. Overspending and overindulgence will cause unhappy and unnecessary setbacks. Self-control will bring you greater satisfaction and happiness, as well as peace of mind.

AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Once you have made up your mind, stick with it. Second-guessing and self-doubt will confound those around you, leading to continued strife. Don’t be discouraged by what others do or say.

PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Keep it simple. Be mindful of the circumstances around you and remain informed about your adversaries. Domestic problems will evaporate if you are diplomatic. Make love, not war.

ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- You will be intrigued by different cultures or beliefs. Quench your thirst for knowledge by scouring the Internet or your local library.

Expand your outlook and you will motivate onlookers.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20) -- Promote your ideas every chance you get in order to make progress.

Potential partners will surface at seminars or group discussions. If you get involved in your community, you will get something in return.

GEMINI (May 21-June 20) -- Strive to keep an optimistic outlook. An unexpected turn of events will leave you wondering which way to turn. An elderly friend or relative will provide the answer to a mysterious question.

CANCER (June 21-July 22) -- Your persistence will pay off. If you give up every time someone disagrees with you, nothing will be gained. Stick with the basics, and proceed one step at a time.

LEO (July 23-Aug. 22) -- A financial gain is within your reach. You will get your point across effectively by sticking to the facts. Exaggeration or stretching the truth will backfire and damage your reputation and status.

VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) -- Irreconcilable differences due to an emotional confrontation are apparent.

Make concessions to prevent a negative situation from escalating. Compromise may be difficult, but you should weigh the pros and cons and consider the consequences.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 23) -- Preparation and concentration will enable you to market an unusual idea.

Keep your plans under wraps until the final product can be revealed without a flaw.

SCORPIO (Oct. 24-Nov. 22) -- Think before you speak. Making empty promises will cost you your credibility. Dealing with an elderly relative will be trying but rewarding if you step up and take care of matters swiftly.

SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 23-Dec. 21) -- Don’t hesitate to take on a challenge. If someone is trying to make you look bad, your adaptability and resiliency will help you demonstrate what you are capable of doing.

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