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How does online time affect offline life? By STEPHEN Di BENEDETTO sdibenedetto@shawmedia.com The increasing time people spend checking Facebook statuses, crafting tweets and watching those ever-popular cat videos on YouTube is subtly taking away time spent on sleeping, working and leisure activities, according to a national study. A researcher from the Technology Policy Institute earlier this fall measured the Internet’s crowdout effect – the time not spent on offline activities to make more time for leisurely web activities. The study found that for every minute people spend on “online leisure time,” they spend less time on other offline activities. The trend is likely to increase in
“It’s a new reality. The question becomes whether we can use the Internet as a productive tool or is it eating more and more of our time?” Jack Brzezinski Computer and digital media instructor at McHenry County College the future, as more electronic devices and mobile applications multiply at a quicker pace, said Jack Brzezinski, a computer and digital media instructor at McHenry County College. “It’s a new reality,” said Brzezinski,
who has researched how humans interact with computers. “The question becomes whether we can use the Internet as a productive tool or is it eating more and more of our time?” In his study, researcher Scott Wallsten of the Technology Policy Institute found that on average, each minute spent on online leisure time represents 0.29 fewer minutes on all types of leisure activities. That means for every 10 minutes people spend online for fun, they spend 2.9 fewer minutes on other types of leisure; they also spend 2.7 fewer minutes working, 1.2 fewer minutes sleeping, and 36 fewer seconds on educational activities.
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Some McHenry County school districts have been waiting on the answer to an important question while negotiating teacher contracts: Will pension reform shift the burden of paying teacher pensions onto local districts? Lawmakers got that answer Friday, as a cost shift was not included in the summary of the pension legislation, which was obtained by the Northwest Herald on Friday afternoon. A cost shift is something House Speaker Michael Madigan, D-Chicago, has long wanted. And even as a pension deal was reached this week, details of the plan were kept quiet, leaving school boards flying blind during the negotiation process. “I haven’t seen the details of the proposals,” said Ted Wagner, School District 155 Board President. “All I’ve seen is what’s in the newspapers. It’s left a lot of questions out there as to the ramifications to the school districts.” District 155 teachers have already authorized a strike and could potentially walk out if progress isn’t made during the next negotiating session in December. Wagner said there are several uncertainties aside from the pension deal that have made negotiating teacher
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Ted Wagner, School District 155 Board president n Wagner on the new proposals: “I haven’t seen the details of the proposals. All I’ve seen is what’s in the newspapers. It’s left a lot of questions out there as to the ramifications to the school districts.” n Wagner on potential strike by District 155 teachers: “As a board of education, we are willing to negotiate any time. We still feel confident we can come to terms. We look forward to getting this settled and getting it done.”
Studies show Americans less likely to trust By CONNIE CASS The Associated Press
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WASHINGTON – You can take our word for it. Americans don’t trust each other anymore. We’re not talking about the loss of faith in big institutions such as the government, the church or Wall Street, which fluctuates with events. For four decades, a gut-level ingre-
dient of democracy – trust in the other fellow – has been quietly draining away. These days, only one-third of Americans say most people can be trusted. Half felt that way in 1972, when the General Social Survey first asked the question. Forty years later, a record high of nearly two-thirds say “you can’t be too careful” in dealing with people.
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Does it matter that Americans are suspicious of one another? Yes, say worried political and social scientists. What’s known as “social trust” brings good things. A society where it’s easier to compromise or make a deal. Where people are willing to work with those who are different from them for the
CARY Items that belonged to descendants of William Cary will be on display Dec. 6 and 7 at the Cary Park District Community Center. William Cary was the first settler of the town, which was ultimately incorporated in 1893 and named after him. The village was incorporated as Cary Station when it was the end of the train line. For more, see page B1.
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An AP-GfK poll conducted last month found that Americans are suspicious of each other in everyday encounters. Less than one-third expressed a lot of trust in clerks who swipe their credit cards, drivers on the road, or people they meet when traveling. “I’m leery of everybody,” said Bart Murawski, 27, of Albany, N.Y. “Caution is always a factor.”
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Officials: Health care website on track By DARLENE SUPERVILLE The Associated Press WASHINGTON – The Obama administration said Saturday it would meet its self-imposed deadline of fixing the troubled health care website so that 50,000 people can log in at the same time. Yet questions remain about the stability of the site, the volume of traffic it could handle and the quality of the data it is delivering to insurers. Round-the-clock repair work since HealthCare.gov went live on Oct. 1 has produced fewer errors, and pages are loading faster. But the site still won’t be able to do everything the administration wanted, and companion sites for small businesses and Spanish speakers have been delayed. Still, the White House hopes a website that is at least operating more smoothly after weeks of bad publicity about its troubles will mark a fresh start for Obama and the signature domestic initiative of his presidency, as well as give him a chance to salvage a second term that has been weighed down by the health care law’s rough start and other issues. Administration officials said HealthCare.gov was “performing well” Saturday, the deadline set to have it working smoothly for the “vast majority of users,” after overnight hardware upgrades to boost server capacity. The deadline fell during a long holiday weekend when traffic to the site likely would have been slower anyway and at a level unlikely to expose new technical issues. More hardware upgrades and software fixes were planned for overnight Saturday to further improve speed and reduce errors. “With upgrades last night and those planned for tonight, the team is continuing its ongoing work to make HealthCare.gov work smoothly for
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“With upgrades last night and those planned for tonight, the team is continuing its ongoing work to make HealthCare.gov work smoothly for the vast majority of users.” Julie Bataille Communications director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services the vast majority of users,” Julie Bataille, communications director for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, said Saturday in a blog post. CMS oversees the health care website and is a division of the Department of Health and Human Services. Additional data on the website’s progress was to be released Sunday by Jeff Zients, the website’s chief troubleshooter. Obama promised a few weeks ago that HealthCare. gov “will work much better on Nov. 30, Dec. 1 than it worked certainly on Oct. 1.” But, in trying to lower expectations, he said he could not guarantee that “100 percent of the people 100 percent of the time going on this website will have a perfectly seamless, smooth experience.” The nation’s largest health
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Thanksgiving takes more Black Friday sales By STEVE ROTHWELL The Associated Press Thanksgiving Day is no longer all about turkey: It’s eating away at Black Friday shopping. U.S. shoppers spent $9.74 billion on Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving. That’s a drop of 13.2 percent compared with last year, according to data released on Saturday by research firm ShopperTrak. The decline appears to show that more Americans shopped on the holiday itself: Combined spending on Thanksgiving and Black Friday, which had been considered the official start to the holiday buying season until this year, rose 2.3 percent to $12.3 billion. The data reflects that Thanksgiving, which along with Christmas was one of two days a year that most stores were closed, is becoming an important day for major retailers. Black Friday is a time when big retailers open early and
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“Retailers were pretty successful in drawing the consumers into the stores on Thursday.” Bill Martin ShopperTrak founder offer deep discounts, but a few started opening and offering those discounts on Thanksgiving a couple years ago. And this year, at least a dozen did so, with a few opening earlier in the holiday than they did last year. The National Retail Federation, a retail trade group, predicted that 33 million, or almost a quarter, of the 140 million people who planned to shop during the four-day holiday weekend that ends on Sunday, would do so on Thanksgiving. Analysts had questioned whether the holiday openings would steal sales away from Black Friday
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insurer trade group said significant problems remain. Karen Ignagni, president and CEO of America’s Health Insurance Plans, said insurers have complained that enrollment data sent to them from the website include too much incorrect, duplicative, garbled or missing information. She said the problems must be cleared up to guarantee consumers the coverage they signed up for effective Jan. 1. “Until the enrollment process is working from end to end, many consumers will not be able to enroll in coverage,” Ignani said. The first big test of the repaired website probably won’t come for another couple of weeks, when an enrollment surge is expected as consumers rush to meet a Dec. 23 deadline so their coverage can kick in on the first of the year.
Avoiding a break in coverage is particularly important for millions of people whose current individual policies were canceled because they don’t meet the standards of the health care law, as well as for a group of about 100,000 in an expiring federal program for high-risk patients. The law requires most people who don’t have health insurance to buy coverage or pay fines. If HealthCare.gov seizes up again at crunch time, the White House may have to yield to congressional demands for extensions or delays in key requirements of the law, such as the individual requirement to get covered. Delaying the individual mandate, in turn, could lead to higher future premiums, since healthy people would no longer have an incentive to sign up. For the system to be successful, the administration needs large numbers of mostly younger, healthy people to buy coverage to help offset the cost of insuring older people who generally use more health care services. Federal subsidies are available to those who qualify to help lower the cost of insurance. As a result of the website troubles, HealthCare. gov, which services 36 states, signed up just 27,000 people in October, while the 14 states that run their own websites enrolled 79,000. The total of roughly 106,000 was far off the administration’s estimate that nearly 500,000 people would enroll within the first month of the six-month enrollment period. When the website went live on Oct. 1, it locked up right away. Consumers could not get past a balky page that required them to create accounts before moving on to the next step. The system also did not allow window shopping, which experts said was a departure from standard e-commerce practices and contributed to overloading.
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Couple grateful for newborn’s safety after Illinois storm The ASSOCIATED PRESS DIAMOND – A central Illinois couple whose house was destroyed by a tornado one day after they brought their newborn daughter home say they’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of strangers. Jason and Mari Eaton of Diamond told WLS-TV and the (Joliet) Herald-News they brought their 2-day-old daughter, Ariana, home from the hospital on Nov. 16. The next day, severe weather ripped through Illinois. The storms damaged at least 225 houses in Diamond and nearby Coal City, about 60 miles southwest of Chicago. The Eatons waited out the storm at a relative’s house, where Ariana slept through the noise. “It was scary. I was afraid we wouldn’t be here,” Mari Eaton said. When they returned to their home, they found piles of debris and rubble. The newly decorated baby’s room – with all of her gifts and necessities – was trashed. But as word of what hap-
“Somebody said, ‘Can I take a picture of the Tornado Baby? She is the light in all this darkness.’ ” Mari Eaton Mother of Ariana Eaton, known as the ‘Tornado Baby’ pened spread, strangers started calling and offering to help. Volunteers showed up with coffee and food. People they didn’t know began sending money and gifts for Ariana, who’s come to be known as “Tornado Baby.” “Somebody said, ‘Can I take a picture of the Tornado Baby? She is the light in all this darkness,’ ” Mari Eaton said. The Eatons said they’re grateful their baby is safe. They also said the experience has made their family stronger and that they plan to rebuild. They’re hoping to be able to move back to Diamond by summer. “After this, I really can’t see myself living anywhere else,” Mari Eaton said.
8STATE BRIEFS Bond set for suspects in theft, dragging of cop ROMEOVILLE – Bond has been set for two suburban Chicago shoplifting suspects, including one charged with attempted murder in the wounding of a police officer dragged by the getaway car. A third man who police say was driving the car was shot and wounded by the officer’s partner. He remains hospitalized and has not been charged. The officer was treated and released. At Saturday’s hearing, a judge set bond at $400,000 for 51-year-old Robert L. Russell Jr. of Joliet, who police say was the passenger in the car. He’s charged with attempted murder. Twenty-eight-year-old Gerald Chamberlain, also of Joliet, was arrested inside the store and is charged with retail theft.
Medicare ‘doughnut hole’ savings average $801 CHICAGO – Thousands of Illinois residents with high medication costs are seeing some gains from a provision of the Affordable Care Act. The federal government announced figures earlier this week on how the law is closing the prescription drug “doughnut hole,” a spending level that isn’t covered by Medicare. The numbers include a breakdown by state. The government says that during the first 10 months of 2013, nearly 115,000 Illinoisans who reached the coverage gap have saved an average of $801 per person. The “doughnut hole” is the gap in the Medicare prescription drug benefit before catastrophic coverage for prescriptions takes effect.
town is considering giving its residents the option of raising chickens within its city limits. A few months after Champaign agreed to let people there keep chickens, Danville is thinking about following suit. Danville Mayor Scott Eisenhauer told The News-Gazette in Champaign that a handful of people in town have asked the city to allow chickens.
Mom, son found shot to death in Bolingbrook BOLINGBROOK – A woman and her adult son were found shot to death in an apparent murder-suicide at a home in Bolingbrook. Police Lt. Mike Rompa tells the Chicago Sun-Times that the son is believed to have been the only offender in Friday’s shooting. Police and the Will County coroner’s office identified the mother and son as 69-year-old Alicia Coronel and 37-year-old Anthony Rataiczyk.
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Man turns to comics to fight foe Plans to auction off collection to pay for treatment By DON BABWIN The Associated Press KILDEER – It could be a plot from a classic comic book: A mild-mannered boy with the good Spidey sense to treat his comics like priceless manuscripts grows into a man who must use the valuable collection to fight his greatest foe, a rare disease threatening to rob him of his ability to walk. Fact is, for Steve Landman, it’s a real-life predicament. Diagnosed with anti-MAG IgM peripheral neuropathy, an autoimmune disease that attacks the nerves, Landman for months has watched helplessly as the numbness that started in his toes crawled up his legs to the point where he now moves as if trudging through snow. Landman, 62, is weighing his options while also hoping for a cure to the disease, which can upset a person’s sense of balance to the point that walking is impossible. And an alternative to some of the current treatments has side effects that, he’s learned, don’t always work. So, he’s turning to his collection of 10,000 comics in an effort to raise enough money to live on and fight his affliction. “I won’t really have an income in a few months,” said Landman, a suburban Chicago dentist who has to sell his practice because of the disease. “Even though it’s a lot of money, it’s going to have to carry me to whenever, whatever.” Word of the online auction of 420 of Landman’s more pristine comics, including the first appearance of the Fantastic Four and Hulk and early appearances by Spider-Man, has lit up the comic book world like the Bat Signal.
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“I won’t really have an income in a few months. Even though it’s a lot of money, it’s going to have to carry me to whenever, whatever.” Steve Landman, on selling his comic collection to pay for his autoimmune disease treatments
“I’ve never heard of anything like this come out of the blue like this,” said Ralph DiBernado, owner of Jetpack Comics LLC, in Rochester N.H. He said the auction house’s estimate that the collection is worth $500,000 may be low by as much as a quarter-million dollars when the auction ends Dec. 13. “It’s a spectacular collection, the best thing you could ask for.” Forget Flash, Green Lantern and their muscle-bound brethren. To big-time comics collectors, it’s the young Landman who is the real superhero, with an uncanny precognition to preserve his finds. From the time he was in grade school until he was about to enter college, Landman bought a dozen comic books a week at the local drug store, but only plunking down
his dime or 12 cents for copies unflawed by so much as a crease. “When the guy behind the counter tossed it in a bag, treating it like toothpaste or a pencil, I had to slow the guy down,” Landman recalled. “He’d look at me, like, ‘You’re weird, you’re nuts.’ ” And if he couldn’t find comics up to his standards in the metal rack? “I’d hop on my bike and go all across town and buy a better copy somewhere else,” he said. But what really sets Landman’s collection apart is what he did next. First he put them in plastic bags. Then he asked his dad, a dry cleaner, for those pieces of cardboard that come fitted behind dress shirts and recycled them as back boards for his comics – standard practice
these days for collectors but nearly unheard of decades ago. “I had to cut them down because they didn’t fit [the comics] exactly,” he said of the boards, which prevent the comics from the kind of sagging and creasing that drives down resale value. Today, when comic books can go for millions – the first issue of Action Comics that marked the first appearance for Superman sold for $2.16 million in 2011 – such precautions are common. But back in the 1960s and ’70s, most comics were treated with all the care of baseball cards – some of which also turned out to be highly valuable – obliterated by kids’ bicycle spokes. Landman said he’s hoping there might be someone who as a kid shared his love for comics – a doctor or researcher, perhaps – who might know something that he can use for the last chapter of a book about his life he’s toyed with writing. “I don’t want to write a book without a happy ending,” he said. “Until I get something, I don’t want to go there.”
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Economist challenges idea of aging farmer crisis By DAVID PITT The Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa – Agriculture economists have long warned that farmers are getting old and staying on their land longer, delaying the turnover to a younger generation. But an Ohio State University professor argues that those fears are overstated and the United States likely will have little problem replacing aging farmers as long as business is good, as it has been for the past decade. Others aren’t so sure, saying while they agree with OSU agriculture economist Carl Zulauf’s assessment that concerns about the unquestionably aging farmer population remain valid and create uncertainty about who will produce the nation’s crops in the future. “I think what he said is absolutely right,” Iowa State University economics professor Mike Duffy said. “I think the conclusion he’s drawing though is not necessarily the correct one.”
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Earl Hafner talks about growing vegetables Nov. 21 in his aquaponics greenhouse on his farm, near Panora, Iowa. Programs have been set up in many states to connect young farmers who want to get into agriculture with aging farmers to promote transition planning. Zulauf contends that just like in the 1970s, farm prosperity will draw more young workers into farming. And prosperous the business is: This year, net income from
U.S. farms is expected to reach a record $131 billion. Farm wealth has also reached record levels, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with farm asset values
rising 7 percent this year to a record $3 trillion. On average, farmers are about 15 years older than the broader U.S. workforce, Zulauf said, but noted in his Oc-
tober report that this age difference hasn’t changed since the 1980s and that the average age of farmers is increasing at the same pace as U.S. workers generally. USDA statistics in 2007 showed that for each farmer under 25, there were five who were 75 or older. In Iowa alone, Duffy said, landowners who were older than 75 owned 28 percent of the state’s farmland in 2007, compared with 24 percent in 2002 and just 12 percent in 1982. Duffy believes it’s essential to pay attention to the transition of farms from one generation to another, saying the catch is enabling those young farmers with programs and policies that help people with few assets and little access to land to get a chance to farm. Land prices throughout the Midwest have soared in the past decade, largely due to strong prices for corn and soybeans, with the average value in the U.S. this year rising 9.4 percent to $2,900 per acre. Iowa’s average farm real estate value increased 20 percent
this year to $8,400 an acre. And farm implements, such as tractors, combines and grain bins, are often pricey, with a new combine costing upward of $350,000. “It takes a while to acquire that capital usually by saving or through inheritance,” Zulauf said in an interview. “That doesn’t typically happen until people have passed a fair number of years as a working adult to get to that stage.” Lindsey Lusher Shute, 34, knows that difficulty first hand. She and her husband, Benjamin Shute, 35, farm 70 acres near Clermont, N.Y. She said the three biggest concerns for younger people looking to farm are access to land, ability to borrow money for land and equipment and health insurance costs. Land in the Hudson Valley, where she is, costs about $8,000 to $10,000 an acre. “It’s incredibly difficult to farm as a newcomer in farming especially for young people coming to farming from a nonfarm background,” said Shute.
U.S.: American fighters Crash survivor led searchers to wreckage in Syria a security risk By DAN JOLING
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By EMERY P. DALESIO The Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. – Federal officials say Americans are joining the bloody civil war in Syria, raising the chances they could become radicalized by al-Qaida-linked militant groups and return to the U.S. as battle-hardened security risks. The State Department says it has no estimates of how many Americans have taken up weapons to fight military units loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad in the conflict that has killed more than 100,000 people over 2 ½ years. Other estimates – from an arm of the British defense consultant IHS Jane’s and from experts at a nonprofit think tank in London – put the number of Americans at a couple dozen. The IHS group says al-Qaidalinked fighters number about 15,000, with total anti-Assad force at 100,000 or more. This year, at least three Americans have been charged with planning to fight beside
Jabhat al-Nusrah – a radical Islamic organization that the U.S. considers a foreign terrorist group – against Assad. The most recent case involves a Pakistan-born North Carolina man arrested on his way to Lebanon. At a Senate homeland security committee hearing this month, Sen. Thomas Carper, D-Del., said: “We know that American citizens as well as Canadian and European nationals have taken up arms in Syria, in Yemen and in Somalia. The threat that these individuals could return home to carry out attacks is real and troubling.” The hearing came about two weeks after the FBI and other officers arrested Basit Sheikh, 29, at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport on charges he was on his way to join Jabhat al-Nusrah. Sheikh, a legal resident of the United States, had lived quietly, without a criminal record, in a Raleigh suburb for five years before his Nov. 2 arrest.
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BOSTON – As it seeks investors, a project off the Massachusetts coast that aims to be the nation’s first offshore wind farm must reach fast-approaching benchmarks or risk missing out on hundreds of millions in critical funding. To qualify for a tax credit that would cover a major portion of its capital costs, Cape Wind either must begin construction by Dec. 31 or prove it’s incurred tens of millions of dollars in costs by then. Also, a $200 million investment – the only one of a specific dollar amount Cape Wind has announced – is conditioned on whether developers can fully finance the rest of the project by year’s end. With less than two months until the deadline, Cape Wind isn’t discussing financing efforts.
SANTA CLARITA, Calif. – Paul Walker, the star of the “Fast & Furious” movie series, died Saturday in a car crash that killed two people north of Los Angeles, his publicist said. He was 40. Walker died Saturday afternoon, Ame Van Iden told the Associated Press. A statement on the actor’s Facebook page said he was a passenger in a friend’s car, and that Walker was in the area to attend a charity event for his organization Reach Out Worldwide. The Los Angeles County Sheriff’s department said that deputies found a car engulfed in flames when they responded to a report of a collision in the community of Valencia. Two people who were found in the car were pronounced dead at the scene.
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – A mother on board a plane that crashed in remote southwest Alaska made a frantic phone call for help resuscitating her 5-month-old baby, then left the fatally injured boy to lead searchers hampered by cold and fog to the crash site. Melanie Coffee, 25, of Mountain Village walked nearly a mile toward lights in the village of Saint Marys to meet rescuers Friday night. “I believe she’s the real hero in this,” said Saint Marys Village Police Officer Fred Lamont Jr., one of the dozens from his community and surrounding villages who responded to the crash that killed four and injured six. The Hageland Aviation Cessna 208 turboprop left Bethel at 5:40 p.m. on a scheduled flight for Mountain Village and eventually Saint Marys. Saint Marys, like scores of other Alaska villages, is off the state road system. People routinely use small aircraft to reach regional hubs where they can catch another plane to complete trips to Anchorage or other cities. Megan Peters, a spokes-
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Authorities said the pilot and three passengers of the single-engine turboprop Cessna 208 died in a crash Friday near Saint Marys, Alaska. woman for the Alaska State Troopers, said the airplane would have been flying in freezing rain with a mile of visibility and a 300-foot ceiling. Lamont described conditions as ice fog with moisture that stuck to vehicles. The airplane never reached Mountain Village. It crashed around 6:30 p.m. four miles from Saint Marys, said Clint Johnson, head of the National Transportation Safety Board in Alaska. Pilot Terry Hansen, 68, passengers Rose Polty, 57, Richard Polty, 65, and the infant, Wyatt Coffee, died in the crash. The survivors included Melanie Coffee, Pauline Johnson, 37, Kylan Johnson, 14, Tanya Lawrence, 35, Gar-
rett Moses, 30, and Shannon Lawrence. All were seriously injured and four were in critical condition, Lamont said. All but Hanson and Shannon Lawrence are from Mountain Village, troopers said. Lamont, the village police officer, is also trained as a health aide and was working with an ambulance driver Friday. At about 7 p.m., he said, Melanie Coffee called another on-duty health aide to say the airplane had crashed and she needed assistance. “She was trying to do CPR to her newborn baby,” Lamont said. “She called for help.” Lamont and the driver headed out in the ambulance to look for the crash. Other
health officials put out the call for responders. Two state troopers assigned to the community joined the effort. People from Mountain Village and Pitka’s Point, which are connected to Saint Marys by local roads, helped search by car and snowmobile. “Whoever had a vehicle was out there looking,” Lamont said Fog hampered the search and responders could not immediately locate the crash site despite speaking to the injured. “We had no clue,” Lamont said. Coffee, who suffered chest trauma, tried whistling to alert searchers, Lamont said. She considered starting a fire to get their attention but eventually decided to start walking toward village lights. A GCI communications tower with a red strobe led her three-quarters of a mile to the village landfill. “That’s where everyone found her,” Lamont said. She led searchers back to the crash site. It was not accessible by snowmobile. Rescuers put the injured on stretchers and carried them out on foot to the landfill where they could be transported by ambulance to the village and then flown out.
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In some states, gays fight for right to divorce The ASSOCIATED PRESS HERNANDO, Miss. – Lauren Beth Czekala-Chatham wants to force Mississippi, one of the America’s most conservative states, to recognize her same-sex marriage. She hopes to do so by getting a divorce. She and Dana Ann Melancon traveled from Mississippi to San Francisco to get married in 2008. The wedding was all Czekala-Chatham hoped it would be, the Golden Gate Bridge in the background, dreams for a promising future. She wrote the vows herself. The couple bought a house together in Walls, a town of about 1,100 in northern Mississippi’s DeSoto County in June 2009. But the marriage was tumultuous and, like so many others, it didn’t last. Czekala-Chatham, a 51-year-old credit analyst and mother of two teenage
sons from an earlier straight marriage, filed for divorce in chancery court in September. She wants to force Mississippi to recognize the same-sex marriage for the purpose of granting the divorce. “It’s humiliating to know that you spend that money, that time to be in a committed relationship and for it to end. I mean, that hurts. But then to be in a state that doesn’t recognize you as a human being, or recognize you for who you are, for who you love, it’s hard,” Czekala-Chatham said during an interview at her current home in Hernando. “I’m not treated like the neighbors next door. I’m treated like a second-class citizen.” She has plenty of company among gay and lesbian couples in other conservative states, although thus far only a few have pursued divorce cases in the courts. Even as the number of
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VP Biden trying to show U.S. still focused on Asia By JOSH LEDERMAN The Associated Press WASHINGTON – It’s up to Vice President Joe Biden to show that the U.S. effort to realign its gaze toward Asia hasn’t fizzled out. Biden is set to arrive Monday in Tokyo on a weeklong
will seek to show that while the administration has been preoccupied with Mideast flare-ups and a series of domestic distractions, the U.S. remained determined to be a Pacific power. At the same time, disputes among Asian nations seem to be boiling over, threatening
trip to Asia, which is watching carefully to see how committed the Obama administration is to increasing America’s influence in the region as a hedge against an increasingly assertive China. In meetings with leaders in Japan, China and South Korea, the vice president
instability in a region that’s vital to the U.S. economy. American allies Japan and South Korea are barely speaking. China is butting heads with its neighbors and with the U.S. about Beijing’s new air defense zone over a group of tiny islands that have exacerbated long-sim-
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Scottish holiday marred by police helicopter crash By BEN McCONVILLE and CASSANDRA VINOGRAD
“This is a black day for Glasgow and Scotland, but it’s also St. Andrew’s Day, and it’s a day we can take pride and courage in how we respond to adversity and tragedy.”
The Associated Press GLASGOW, Scotland – Scotland’s official holiday was transformed into a grim day of mourning Saturday as emergency crews searched the wreckage of a riverside pub smashed by a falling police helicopter. At least eight people died and more than a dozen remained hospitalized with serious injuries. The Clutha, a popular Glasgow pub, was filled with revelers enjoying a local ska band on Friday night, the eve of St. Andrew’s Day, named for the patron saint of Scotland and which is normally a celebration of Scottish culture and heritage. Instead, Scotland’s leader ordered flags at government buildings to be lowered to half-staff after the tragedy. “This is a black day for Glasgow and Scotland, but it’s also St. Andrew’s Day, and it’s a day we can take pride and courage in how we respond to adversity and tragedy,” Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond said. There may be more bad news. Police said a rescue and recovery operation is ongoing and that it wasn’t clear what will be found once the aircraft’s wreckage is removed.
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Scottish Fire and Rescue services attend the scene Saturday following the helicopter crash at The Clutha bar in Glasgow, Scotland. The process may take days. That means more waiting for people who don’t know if their loved ones were in The Clutha at the fateful moment when the helicopter fell from the sky, directly hitting the riverside drinking establishment. Witnesses said it seemed to fall straight down into the roof of the pub. The crash Friday at around 10:30 p.m.
sent dozens of patrons fleeing through a cloud of dust. Witnesses spoke of people streaming out of the building covered in blood, with gashes and other injuries. Ambulances rushed to the scene, taking the injured to nearby hospitals. Local resident Paul Dundas, 26, said he heard a loud bang and looked out of his window to see a plume of dust
rising above the pub. “At first I thought it was a firework,” he said. “People were covered in blood and dust. Other people were dragging them away from the bar and trying to get them out. Everyone was in shock, but people were helping and asking strangers if they were OK. I saw a couple help each other clean up their
faces.” Chief Constable Stephen House said three of the dead were found in the helicopter, which was carrying two police officers and a civilian pilot. They “were our colleagues,” House said, bowing his head and taking a long pause and swallow. He said the five other fatalities were found inside the building and that 14 people remained hospitalized with serious injuries. House wouldn’t say if more people are believed to be inside the severely damaged pub. He said the helicopter is still “dominating the whole space” in the one-story building and that police won’t know the situation until the wreckage is cleared away.
It wasn’t immediately clear what the helicopter was doing in the area prior to the crash. Police and air safety investigators say it’s too early to speculate on why the Eurocopter EC135 T2 helicopter came down on the pub’s roof, close to a helipad on the bank of the River Clyde. Police said the scene was extremely dangerous because the building was unstable. “We are dealing with a very sensitive investigation and operation here,” House said. “It will go on for many days yet.” The Clutha pub was packed at the time. Police said there were well over 100 people inside the bar at the time of the crash, listening to the tunes of local ska band Esperanza. With the scene cordoned off, groups of people huddled around police tape Saturday, some visibly upset and crying. A blue tarpaulin had been spread on the roof of the pub, but for much of the day the shapes of the blades and mangled fuselage were clearly visible from the street. Search and rescue dogs were on the scene throughout Saturday, with more than 100 firefighters participating alongside expert crews trained in shoring up unstable buildings.
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Iran nuclear deal hits gas pedal for carmakers By ALI AKBAR DAREINI The Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran – The nuclear deal struck by Iran and six world powers will put more rubber on the road in the Islamic Republic. The country’s major carmakers stand ready to start receiving parts again from French firms PSA Peugeot Citroen and Renault when the sanctions ease. That could see Iran’s stalled car production again take off, proving a boon
to local automakers and potentially drawing in more foreign investment from other manufacturers hoping to break into the market. The nuclear deal struck in Geneva puts the brakes on the most sensitive parts of Iran’s uranium enrichment program in return for relief from economic sanctions. The sanctions expected to lift include those affecting Iran’s auto industry, its petrochemical exports, the sale of gold and other precious metals and the
supply of spare parts for Iranian airplanes. Iran’s auto industry has been particularly hard hit by the sanctions. Car production in Iran this year fell by 72 percent compared to 2011, when it produced some 1.6 million cars. The sanctions relief, due to start in early January, allows for the French companies to resume auto parts to Iran’s biggest carmakers, Iran Khodro and SAIPA. Some 100,000 Iranian auto workers have
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N. Korea says detained U.S. tourist apologizes SEOUL, South Korea – North Korea state media claimed Saturday that an elderly U.S. tourist detained for more than a month has apologized for alleged crimes during the Korean War and for “hostile acts” against the state during a recent trip. North Korean authorities released video showing 85-yearold Merrill Newman, wearing glasses, a blue button-down shirt and tan trousers, reading his alleged apology, which was dated Nov. 9 and couldn’t be independently confirmed. Pyongyang has been accused of previously coercing statements from detainees. There was no way to reach Newman and determine the circumstances of the alleged confession. But it was riddled with stilted English and grammatical errors, such as “I want not punish me.” “I have been guilty of a long list of indelible crimes against DPRK government and Korean people,” Newman purportedly wrote in a four-page statement, adding: “Please forgive me.” It wasn’t clear what would happen to Newman now. But the statement alleges that Newman says if he goes back to the U.S. he will tell the truth about the country – a possible indication that he could be released.
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“Iran’s global standing in car production, which was 13, has fallen [due to sanctions]. I’m sure Iran will be able to compensate the fall of its share in the near future.” Patrick Blain President of the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers
Prime minister of Pakistan discusses Taliban in Kabul
Rebels enter Christian village near Syria capital DAMASCUS, Syria – Syrian rebels including members of al-Qaida-linked Jabhat al-Nusrah entered a predominantly Christian village near Damascus on Saturday and are fighting government forces in the old part of the town, activists and state media said. The Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said rebels broke in to Maaloula in the early hours after starting the offensive the previous night, leaving casualties on both sides. The group says Jabhat al-Nusrah members are among those fighting in the area. Syria’s state news agency SANA said government forces “wiped out a number of terrorists” while targeting their hideouts near Maaloula, using its preferred term for rebels fighting to overthrow President Bashar Assad. It gave no further details. It was the second attack on the area in nearly three months. Opposition fighters, including jihadis, stormed the village and held it for several days until troops launched a counter offensive in early September and regained control. Since then, most of Maaloula’s 3,300 residents fled to safer areas.
Motor Vehicle Manufacturers. “International investors are expected to re-enter Iran’s market soon.” Iranian Industry Minister Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh said Iran’s biggest carmakers are now holding talks with PSA Peugeot Citroen and Renault in Tehran for new joint venture projects and joint car spare parts production. That will greatly help Peugeot, Europe’s No. 2 automaker, which saw its profits hurt by the sanctions.
By PATRICK QUINN The Associated Press
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Anti-government protesters attack people they suspected of supporting the current Thai government on the bus Saturday in Bangkok, Thailand.
Thai political protesters clash violently in streets By THANYARAT DOKSONE The Associated Press BANGKOK – Gunshots were fired Sunday morning in the Thai capital as authorities braced for more violence a day after aggressive political protests erupted in street fighting between supporters and opponents of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra. The nighttime clashes left at least one man dead and 35 wounded. It was not clear if the latest gunshots caused more injuries. Police Col. Narongrit Promsawat told The Associated Press there were “sporadic shootings” Sunday in the northeastern neighborhood of Bangkok where the clashes broke out the day before near a stadium holding a large pro-government rally. Demonstrators took to the streets a week ago seeking to topple Yingluck’s government, which they believe serves the interests of her brother, former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who was ousted by a 2006 military coup after being accused of corruption and abuse of power. The violence in the short run may stir fears of further instability like what plagued the country during related political conflicts in 2006, 2008 and 2010. Any escalation is likely to scare away tourists who come to Thailand by the millions and contribute a huge chunk to the economy. But it may help the government by undermining the claims of its opponents to be carrying out a nonviolent campaign of civil disobedience.
Anti-government protesters try to remove barbed wire Saturday during a rally in front of the Department of Special Investigation in Bangkok, Thailand.
“I am confident we will declare victory today. We will not retreat out of fear, we will move forward.” Akanat Promphan Spokesman for the anti-government protesters The nighttime clashes involved opponents of the government, led by university students, who tried to block government supporters from entering the rally, which drew more than 50,000 people. At least some of Sunday’s gunshots appeared to have been fired into the nearby university, according to Wutthisak Larpcharoensap, rector of Ramkhamhaeng University. “Rght now there are sporadic shootings into the campus,” said Wutthisak. “Now there are about 2,000 students inside the campus and I’m very worried about the safety of my students.” “We are locking down the campus right now for safety
concerns,” he said. Bangkok Emergency Medical Services reported on its website that at least one person was killed and 35 people were wounded. The rector said that another body with apparent gunshot wounds was found Sunday morning. Matters were feared to come to a head Sunday, when the protesters vowed to seize the well-guarded prime minister’s offices. “I am confident we will declare victory today,” said Akanat Promphan, a spokesman for the anti-government protesters. “We will not retreat out of fear, we will move forward.” Thousands of riot police backed by soldiers guarded Thailand’s Government House and other key sites, including the Parliament and police headquarters. A special police-led peacekeeping agency said that the military agreed to send 2,730 personnel to help with security on the streets. Although the army has declared itself neutral in the current crisis, it deposed Thaksin in 2006 and shows little sympathy for him.
KABUL, Afghanistan – Pakistan’s prime minister said Saturday that the recent release of a senior Taliban leader shows he is committed to helping bring peace to Afghanistan. Nawaz Sharif said after meeting in Kabul with Afghan President Hamid Karzai that an agreement had been reached to allow members of an Afghan peace council to continue talks with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, who was released from Pakistani detention last September. Sharif did not elaborate. The Taliban’s former No. 2 was set free after years in detention and some officials hope he can help jumpstart the peace process, while others have their doubts as many other insurgents who have been released by Pakistan are thought to have returned to the fight. An Afghan delegation met with him in recent days, officials said, the first such encounter since his release. “Mullah Baradar has been released. We discussed this matter at length today and we jointly have agreed on a mechanism and we will see it is properly implemented, and anybody who is sent by the president to Pakistan to talk to Mullah Baradar, we will carry out the instructions given to us by the president and make sure that such meeting takes place,” Sharif said. Karzai, however, said in a statement released by his office after the meeting that he had asked for Baradar’s “full release,” indicating that the former insurgent
was still under Pakistani supervision. He also requested the release of all Afghan Taliban held by Pakistan. It added that Sharif told Karzai he agreed on “facilitating the meeting of Mullah Baradar with his family, agreed on his full release, but mentioned that this issue should also be discussed with the Americans.” Pakistan has released around four Nawaz dozen TaliSharif, ban prisoners Pakistani prime minister over the last year. It has never said how many it is detaining. The U.S. has in the past expressed concern about the release of Taliban without some way of monitoring their whereabouts. Sharif said 2014 was a “milestone” as foreign forces depart and Afghanistan takes responsibility for its future and sovereignty. NATO and United Nations mandates that have kept tens of thousands of international forces in Afghanistan since the American invasion in late 2001 expire next year. “In our view, the key to sustainable peace in Afghanistan in 2014 and beyond is an inclusive political settlement. That is why Pakistan has steadfastly supported an Afghan-led and Afghan-owned peace and reconciliation process,” Sharif said. “I take this opportunity to once again urge all the stakeholders to seize this moment and join hands to support the peace efforts. It is imperative to reverse the destructive cycle of conflict.”
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Research on consumption of Internet tends to be divided • LIVING ONLINE Continued from page A1 But the direct consequences of people spending more time on online leisure activities can be difficult to quantify, Brzezinski said. Research on Internet consumption is often divided. Some conclude that the Internet has made the younger generation more effective at multitasking, while others say the web adds too many distractions and hurts productivity, Brzezinski said. “The research might be divided,” he said. “But with my experiences, the younger generation is becoming distracted quite a bit.” Wallsten found, in particular, online leisure time has a large crowdout effect on the
“They are gaining valuable experience in managing their time and understanding how to use the Internet for learning, for productivity and not just leisure time.” Marisa Burkhart District 158 educational technology director amount of time teenagers, between ages 15 and 19, spend on schoolwork. But he concluded the effect diminishes with age. At Huntley District 158, administrators have been equipping students at certain elementary and middle schools with their own tablets to learn
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Researcher: Political issues might stem from lack of trust • TRUST Continued from page A1 common good. Where trust appears to promote economic growth. Distrust, on the other hand, seems to encourage corruption. At the least, it diverts energy to counting change, drawing up 100-page legal contracts and building gated communities. Even the rancor and gridlock in politics might stem from the effects of an increasingly distrustful citizenry, said April K. Clark, a Purdue University political scientist and public opinion researcher. “It’s like the rules of the game,” Clark said. “When trust is low, the way we react and behave with each other becomes less civil.” Some studies suggest it’s too late for most Americans alive today to become more trusting. That research says the basis for a person’s lifetime trust levels is set by his or her mid-twen-
ties and unlikely to change, other than in some unifying crucible such as a world war. People do get a little more trusting as they age. But beginning with the baby boomers, each generation has started off adulthood less trusting than those who came before them. There are still trusters around to set an example. Pennsylvania farmer Dennis Hess is one. He runs an unattended farm stand on the honor system. Customers select their produce, tally their bills and drop the money into a slot, making change from an unlocked cashbox. Both regulars and tourists en route to nearby Lititz, Pa. He added a video camera a few years back, to help catch people who drive off without paying or raid the cashbox. But he says there isn’t enough theft to undermine his trust in human nature. “I’ll say 99 and a half percent of the people are honest,” said Hess.
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Continued from page A1 contracts particularly difficult this year, including transportation cuts and education mandates. All the district can do is negotiate with the facts it has at the time, Wagner said. “As a board of education, we are willing to negotiate any time,” he said. “We still feel confident we can come to terms. We look forward to getting this settled and getting it done.” District 156 Finance Committee Chairman Gary Kinshofer also said coming to an agreement without knowing whether the district would be on the hook for teacher pensions presented a challenge during the negation process. “It’s always a concern, es-
pecially in the financial position we’re in,” he said. “You can’t negotiate what you don’t know.” District 156 teachers are currently working under the terms of an expired contract as they negotiate a new deal with the school board. Upon hearing that cost shifting would not be part of the pension deal, Kinshofer said it does alleviate some concerns, but he was reluctant to say the information would markedly improve the deal-making process. “[The pension deal] hasn’t been signed yet,” he said. “We’ve heard about pension reform four, five, six times and there’s been nothing. … Does it change the negotiations a whole lot? No. We are negotiating in our terms regardless of pension reform.”
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John Rung President and Publisher
Dan McCaleb Group Editor
Jason Schaumburg Editor
Sunday, December 1, 2013 • Page A11 • Northwest Herald • NWHerald.com 8OUR VIEW
8SKETCH VIEW
Term limits should make 2014 ballot Term limits have always been a populist sentiment, even though they haven’t been implemented in Illinois government. There is another strong push from the Committee for Legislative Reform and Term Limits, chaired by Bruce Rauner, a wealthy Winnetka businessman who’s also facing state Sens. Bill Brady and Kirk Dillard and state Treasurer Dan Rutherford in the GOP primary For the record for governor. Last month, Regardless of one’s position the group said it on term limits, we’re in favor obtained more of efforts to allow voters to than 150,000 of the decide. 300,000 signatures needed to get a term-limits amendment on the 2014 November ballot. The amendment proposal would limit state legislators to eight years in office and cut the size of the state Senate from 59 to 41 members. The amendment also would make it more difficult to override a governor’s veto by increasing the number of House members from 118 to 123. There are positives and negatives to term limits and reasonable arguments for and against. In a perfect world, voters simply would vote out ineffective legislators. But when 20 percent of registered voters turn out for a nonpresidential election in a good year, that doesn’t always happen. The best argument for term limits is to weed out politicians such as House Speaker Michael Madigan, who has held a stranglehold on Illinois politics for years. Lobbyists and campaign cash are much more effective when they get their hooks into longtime legislators. Opponents of term limits argue that it takes legislators some time to learn the complexities of state government, and, despite much evidence to the contrary, there are effective politicians who are trying to do the right thing on either side of the aisle. There is certainly a benefit to experience and wisdom in any endeavor, and Illinois’ legislative bodies certainly could use more wisdom – not less. Regardless of one’s position on term limits, we’re in favor of efforts to allow voters to decide whether it’s something they want to consider. If a term-limit proposal made it to the November 2014 ballot, perhaps Illinois voters would finally get passionate about something.
8ANOTHER VIEW
Don’t lose warm feeling The stories of people reaching out and doing wonderful things to benefit the tornado victims could fill this newspaper for a solid week. It makes us wonder. Why does it take a tornado to bring out this compassion? We’re reminded of the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” build that was done in Pekin several years ago. The ABC TV show did not provide any of the materials and very little of the labor. Those were donated, mostly by local folks. Most of what the TV show did was focus our attention on the family’s needs. Local money and hands did the rest. The wish to help and the ability to help is out there. And that’s a good thing, because tornado aftermath is too much for any one family – or any one neighborhood – to cope with alone. But just a reminder: There are people coping with their own private, more invisible disasters all the time. We have people who are homeless, hungry and suffering every day – most of them were hurt not by tornadoes but by being laid off, or from being seriously ill, or for any number of other reasons. Just imagine if we all decided to attack the chronic problems in our community with as much zeal as we want to help the tornado victims. We don’t have to choose. We can do both. We can pull out all the stops and help people who are victims of a natural disaster. Our humanity calls for us to do this. We can also keep the momentum going and address some of the other needs of our fellow man. That good feeling you got when you handed over a donation? You don’t have to wait for a disaster to strike to hand over another. There are many charities running in the community – the United Way and The Salvation Army are just two – that have needs day in and day out, natural disaster or no natural disaster. Keep reaching out and helping the tornado victims. But don’t forget that there are other unmet needs all around us all the time. Keep up the volunteer spirit. Pekin Daily Times
Editorial Board: John Rung, Don Bricker, Dan McCaleb, Jason Schaumburg, Kevin Lyons, Jon Styf, Kate Schott, Stacia Hahn
8IT’S YOUR WRITE Total disrespect To the Editor: Regarding the letter from Alex Semiletow in your Nov. 18 edition, I find myself wondering whether I interpreted his letter as it was meant, specifically the phrase, “so that simpletons can feel proud about sending their children to die.” Did the letter truly mean to totally disrespect our men and women in the military and their parents? It certainly sounds that way. I would ask Alex, how dare you show such disregard for the very same people who have put their lives on the line to give you the freedom to write your letter. So many families in this nation have suffered the loss of their children or live day by day in fear of hearing the news of the loss or injury of their children. Do they really need someone like you branding them as a “simpleton?” Furthermore, why would you even assume that our service men and women are “sent” by their parents to war? It is a choice made by these brave young men and women, who should have your respect. And, yes, their parents have every right to feel proud of them. If I misinterpreted this letter, I apologize. If that is the case, I’m sure Alex will want to write a follow-up letter to apologize to the parents of our armed forces personnel.
in the morale of the teachers. For all their efforts, they don’t feel the backing of the board and the administration. People purposely move into District 155’s footprint because of its outstanding achievements. But that may soon disappear if the teachers are not heard and a workable contract is not reached. I would hate to see us lose our fine teachers to other districts, or to other professions. Please support the teachers. They are changing lives one by one. Susan Schuerr Fox River Grove
So much better To the Editor: I would like to publicly acknowledge the kindness and generosity I experienced at our Crystal Lake Comfort Inn following the Nov. 17 storms. Like many others, we lost our electricity that day. Of course, that also meant losing our heat, and so we started calling local hotels. Imagine my amazement at discovering that Comfort Inn had a special storm rate and was charging only $75 nightly for rooms that normally run $104. My thanks to Nathan Woodall and all the staff who, through their kindness and cheerfulness, made a hard situation so much better. Kathy Brady-Murfin Crystal Lake
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Beautiful ceremony Support teachers To the Editor: I was delighted to be hired as a teacher in District 155 in 1985. The warmth and support I received from the faculty and the community was similar to being adopted into a family. As a teacher, speech coach, and director, I put endless hours into my career. I wanted to make a difference in the lives of students. That is exactly what the District 155 teachers are doing. The awards and invitations to participate in downstate events are too numerous to mention. Students don’t reach their potential on their own. It takes parents, teachers, counselors and coaches. Any student walking in our doors can find a place to excel be it in a play, a musical, a club or a sport. The teachers go way beyond the 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. schedule. Teaching is more than a job; it is a life. Since my retirement, I’ve come back occasionally to substitute. I am dismayed to see the difference
To the Editor: Thank you, Crystal Lake South! We were honored to attend CLS’s Veterans Day program this year, and want to thank the students, staff, principal, District 155 school board and superintendent, VFW Post 12014 Color Guard, band, chorus, pianist and soloist for a very beautiful ceremony. The video presentation was wonderfully put together, the bag piper playing “Amazing Grace” was profoundly moving, and the sight of the student body waving flags to “God Bless the USA” brought tears to many eyes. It was a great way to thank the veterans who were present, honor the active duty members of the military, and to remember our fallen heroes. We were happy to say our two active-duty sons had graduated from a school with such a respectful student body. Most of these young people have not personally been touched by the ravages of this 12-year war, but had the sympathy, understanding and
8THE FIRST AMENDMENT
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appreciation to show respect that made them seem older than their years. Thank you again, CLS, for a very touching ceremony that we hope will become an annual event!
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Christian leaders stand on God’s word and obey Him, not fear man. P.S. I’m not a Catholic, but I am a believer. Lois Ryan McHenry
Danny and Donna McAnally Crystal Lake
Feasibility study To the Editor: In response to “IDOC says revised gun bill still costly” (Nov. 19). Has the Illinois Department of Corrections, or anyone for that matter, considered a feasibility study on a program such as President Franklin Roosevelt’s Civilian Conservation Corps for these gun law violators? They should. Ben F. Burra Algonquin
God’s word To the Editor: I am sorry that Angel R. Llavona (Nov. 19, It’s Your Write) does not realize that Bishop Malloy is showing “true leadership and humility” to the Lord Jesus Christ, who he vowed to serve when he became a priest. You can belong to any Christian denomination and not be a true follower of Christ. The Bible is the guide for those who believe, and in the Book of Acts, St. Peter and other apostles said, “We must obey God rather than men ...” and went on to explain the Gospel to these people who persecuted them. Bishop Malloy is obeying God when he states that the Illinois General Assembly, by voting to legalize same-sex marriage, is against his belief. He is not excluding “our homosexual brothers and sisters,” who like all believers are saint and sinner, saved and still not perfect, at the same time. Christians are not called to imitate Pope Francis or any man. We are called to imitate Christ. The Bible tells us how to do just that. We learned that Rome and other civilizations fell when they went against following God’s plan. Bishop Malloy is brave to stand on God’s word. I pray that all the
Thinking small To the Editor: The recent article concerning the Mental Health Board under Bev Thomas and Dennis Smith minimized a glaring reality. The article barely mentions that, in 1997 and 2004 (the only years where the breakdown is provided), more than 35 percent of the MHB’s revenue came from outside sources (i.e., not the local property-tax levy). The reality is that, under Thomas and Smith, the MHB became quite adept at competing for and securing public and private grants that brought needed services to county residents. Services were provided at, basically, no local cost to residents because they were funded via private, state or federal dollars. The Mental Health Board under Thomas and Smith was a success. The MHB secured and administered needed state-funded programs such as Project Success, SASS and Family Centered Services/ Wraparound for McHenry County. The MHB was so fiscally responsible that the County Board stole its surpluses (“cut into mental health revenue”) in order to balance their own budgets. The MHB focused on administration and coordination of grant dollars and grant-funded services, which allowed agencies to focus on service delivery. The Mental Health Board under Thomas and Smith was a success. They thought big, competed big, and won big for McHenry County. Perhaps that is why “[the County Board] agreed with the direction the Mental Health Board was going, and didn’t want any change.” Now the prevailing thought on the County Board is to “think small.” Unfortunately, vulnerable county residents may get just that. Carlos Acosta Woodstock
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ACTIVITIES PLANNED AT LOCAL LIBRARY MARENGO – Residents are invited to attend a slew of youth activities the Marengo-Union Library has planned for December, beginning on Monday. People can bring a sweater or sweatshirt and other supplies to the library, 200 S. State St., Marengo, to create an ugly sweater for the holiday season. The craft event begins at 3:30 p.m. Monday for kids ages 10 or older. Registration is required. The library will provide glue guns and also has a limited number of decorations available. Middle and high school students also can participate in the library’s new teen advisory board to discuss books and general library activities. The board’s upcoming meeting starts at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday. Kids ages 12 or older can stop by the library at 3:30 p.m. Dec. 10 to make and decorate their own gingerbread house. Interested participants are asked to bring a cookie sheet and register beforehand. To register for any of these events, call the library at 815568-8236. – Stephen Di Benedetto
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A peek at Cary settler’s past Historical society to display items from village namesake By JOSEPH BUSTOS jbustos@shawmedia.com CARY – When William Dennison Cary settled in the area in the 1840s to farm, one of the things he brought with him was a large Bible, which indicated his family’s significance. “Families who had big Bibles were important people,” said Pam Losey, president of the Cary-Grove Historical Society. The extremely fragile Bible is one of more than 50 items that belonged to descendants of William Cary that will be
on display Friday and Saturday at the Cary Park District Community Center. William Cary was the first settler of the town, which was ultimately incorporated in 1893 and named after him. The village was incorporated as Cary Station when it was the end of the train line. Among the items that will be on display are a christening outfit worn by one of William Cary’s children and a tintype photo of William Cary,
See CARY, page B6
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Tintypes of William Dennison Cary and Lodemia Eells Cary. William Cary was the founder and namesake of the village, originally known as Cary Station.
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GARDEN CLUB TO HOST FLORAL SHOW The McHenry Garden Club will host its sixth annual Holiday Floral Show at 7 p.m. Tuesday in McHenry High School’s West Campus auditorium, 4724 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry. Chapel Hill Florist, Countryside Flower Shop, Locker’s Flowers, Renee’s of Ridgefield and The Twisted Stem Floral will create arrangements onstage, which will be raffled off to attendees. Tickets are $10 in advance from participating florists; $12 at the door. For information, call 815-3853369 or visit www.mchenrygardenclub.com.
8LOCAL DEATHS Royal R. Bauman 77, formerly of Harvard Margaret J. Beier 91, McHenry Kenneth E. Dodge Sr. 82, Johnsburg Sarah F. Greene 70, Huntley Billy S. Howell 82, McHenry Genevieve L. Hummel 81, Wonder Lake
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ABOVE: Chris Ranzino of McHenry (left) starts to cut a Christmas tree with his daughter, Raegan, at Tamarack Farms Christmas Trees on Saturday in Richmond. RIGHT: Sandy and Chris Ranzino of McHenry fasten their freshly cut Christmas tree to the top of their SUV after cutting it with their children.
MCC gets deal to fix entrances By JEFF ENGELHARDT jengelhardt@shawmedia.com CRYSTAL LAKE – After years of back and forth offers, McHenry County College and the Illinois Department of Transportation have reached an agreement to allow the road-widening the state has pursued and the new entrances the college requested. The state will pay the college $89,900 for nearly two acres of land, securing the final right-of-way easements needed to begin the Route 14
road-widening project. Of that compensation, $33,000 will go toward reimbursing the college for light poles, signs and landscaping that will be torn down as part of the expansion. In return, the college will receive the improved entrances it wanted to accommodate future growth. Entrance 1, the southern-most entrance on Route 14 and the only lighted entry, will become a secondary access point with no light. It will be limited to right turns exiting the college but will include a
left-hand turn lane after college officials successfully negotiated it into the plan. Entrance 3 will become the primary access point and feature a light at the intersection of Lucas Road and Route 14. It will have an elongated left-hand turn lane into the college and two exit lanes out the college – one for righthand turns and traffic going straight and another for left-hand turns. Entrance 2 will be eliminated.
Lottie Ann Jones 91, McCullom Lake Richard Kazimier 83, Spring Grove Michael G. Miller 63, McHenry Kimberly E. Norusis 40, Rockford Barbara J. Schneider 83, formerly of Crystal Lake Caroll Ann Schossow 63, Belvidere Tracee L. Stolldorf 44, Woodstock Judith K. Williams 71, McHenry OBITUARIES on page B7
District 12 to add health services Heart screening among programs being planned By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com JOHNSBURG – Cardiac screening is the newest health-oriented service School District 12 plans on offering. Last year, the Johnsburg-based district brought in a mobile dentist’s office and put on a wellness fair featuring speakers who discussed strategies for reducing risky behaviors, aller-
gies and diseases and anger management for teenagers. Both are set to return this year. “It’s just looking at the economy and trying to help out the families,” said Fran Milewski, the district’s assistant director of student services. The mobile dentist, for example, helps low-income families meet the dental test requirement for kindergartners, second-graders and sixth-graders, she said. When Milewski’s position was created six years ago, the district brought back some of the educational services that had been cut and now they’re expanding
into other areas, she said. The emphasis on health is a trend across the profession, she said. She heard about the cardiac screening, which will be provided to all seventh-graders through high schoolers with parent permission in January by Young Hearts for Life, from a friend who works in another district. District 12 will be the first in the county to bring in the program. The district also is looking into concussion screening. The response has been extremely positive, Milewski said.
See DISTRICT 12, page B3
See MCC, page B3
MARENGO – Residents throughout Marengo will soon be part of a citywide installation project to replace the transponders officials use to read water meters inside homes and businesses. The City Council earlier this week unanimously approved two contracts, totaling $389,684, to have a Palatine-based company replace the city’s transponders with automated ones capable of Gary Boden transmitting water use information directly to City Hall. The company will have to install the new transponders at 2,400 residences and 100 additional businesses, beginning in February. The process takes about 15 minutes at each property and will last nine months, said City Administrator Gary Boden. The 20-year-old transponders are faulty and are no longer being made, Boden said. The city has relied on other cities to purchase replacements, but the supply has been exhausted. “We have to do it,” Boden said. “The way to look at it is after 20 years, you have to re-shingle the roof on your house because they wear out. So, this time we are putting on a little higher quality shingle.”
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Centegra to host session on Affordable Care Act NORTHWEST HERALD McHENRY – Mark Millare has joined Centegra Health System as an in-person counselor for the Affordable Care Act and has scheduled a free information session that is open to the public.
He will host an information session for residents to learn more about health insurance options through “Get Covered Illinois.” The free session is planned for 4 to 6 p.m. Thursday at Centegra Health Bridge Fitness Center – Crystal Lake. Get Covered Illinois is
the official Health Insurance Marketplace and offers a new way for Illinois residents to find the health coverage they need. Individuals, families and business owners also may access information online at www.GetCoveredIllinois.gov or by calling the McHenry
8LOCAL BRIEFS Lake in the Hills’ Festival of Trees begins Friday LAKE IN THE HILLS – The village’s annual Festival of Trees, which benefits local food pantries, starts Friday. Santa and Mrs. Claus are scheduled to arrive by fire engine at the village hall at 6 p.m. Friday for a tree-lighting ceremony and then listen to children’s Christmas wishes. Spectators can vote for their favorite decorated tree by placing nonperishable household items under each tree. The donations will benefit the Algonquin-Lake in the Hills Interfaith Food Pantry and the Grafton Township Food Pantry. Donations will be accepted through Dec. 19 at Village Hall, 600 Harvest Gate. The trees will remain on display through Dec. 30. For information, call the Lake in the Hills Parks and Recreation Department at 847960-7460.
Donated trees to go to military families SPRING GROVE – About 75 Christmas trees grown at Richardson Adventure Farm near Spring Grove will make their way to military families stationed domestically and abroad. The deliveries are part of the “Trees for Troops” program, a collaboration of FedEx, tree growers and private donors, according to a news release. Many of the 18,000 trees to
County Department of Health at 815-334-4510. According to the 2010 U.S. Census Bureau, it is estimated that 32,058 McHenry County residents younger than age 65 are uninsured. The ACA includes expansion of insurance coverage to all adults,
free preventive care, equality of mental health and medical coverage and no insurance denials for those with pre-existing conditions. Millare’s position was made possible by a grant from the McHenry County Department of Health to conduct
outreach, education and enrollment for “Enroll McHenry County” as part of the Illinois Health Insurance Marketplace. Millare will help patients and community members enroll in the marketplace and Medicaid expansion programs.
8PUBLIC ACCESS be delivered to 62 domestic and foreign bases have been donated by the growers. The program also is supplemented by donations, which can be made at www.TreesForTroops.org or at individual farms. The Richardson family has been farming in McHenry County since 1840, and they grow corn and soybeans in addition to operating the Richardson Adventure Farm.
McSweeney holding holiday food drive State Rep. David McSweeney, R-Barrington Hills, is holding a community food drive in December to benefit the Cary-Grove Food Pantry. “The holiday season is a great opportunity to reach out to the community and help those who are in need enjoy the holidays,” McSweeney said in a news release. “If we all pitch in, a little will go a long way to help those in our community,” he added. People are asked to contribute peanut butter, jelly, pancake mix, syrup, pasta, spaghetti sauce, macaroni and cheese, canned fruit, cereal, canned tuna, canned vegetables, baby food and formula, any nonperishable food, paper towels and toilet paper. Donations can be dropped off at McSweeney’s district office from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday at 105 E. Main St. in Cary. People can also drop off donations at the Cary Jewel-Osco, 696
Northwest Highway. Monetary donations can be made to the Cary-Grove Food Pantry, which serves about 200 families a month in the Cary area.
Cary to hold public planning workshops CARY – With the village’s comprehensive plan process underway, officials have planned two workshops for people to give input. Both workshops will be on Dec. 11, one at 8 a.m. for business owners and one at 7 p.m. for residents. During the workshops, there will be a review of the comprehensive plan purpose, the planning process and schedule for the study. There also will be an opportunity for people to provide views on problems, issues and potentials within the community, according to a village news release. The business workshop will allow for dialogue and feedback from members of the development and business community “whose assistance and involvement will be critical to plan implementation,” a news release said. Both workshops are scheduled to be at the Cary Park District Community Center at 255 Briargate Road. The village’s planning consultants, Houseal Lavigne and Associates, also have launched a project website. For information about the planning process, go to www. hlplanning.com/portals/cary. – Northwest Herald
MONDAY District 156 school board When: 7:30 p.m. Monday Where: District office board room, 4716 W. Crystal Lake Road, McHenry Fox Lake 911 Committee When: 3 p.m. Monday Where: Village Hall, 66 Thillen Drive Holiday Hills Committee of the Whole When: 7 p.m. Monday Where: Holiday Hills Village Hall, 1304 Sunset Drive McHenry City Council When: 7:30 p.m. Monday Where: McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green St. McHenry Finance and Personnel Committee When: 6:30 p.m. Monday Where: McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green St. Trout Valley Village Board When: 7 p.m. Monday Where: Trout Valley Riverfront Lodge in Trout Park on River Road
Commission When: 7 p.m. Tuesday Where: 201 W. Front St.
When: 7 p.m. Wednesday Where: Brookdale offices, 18410 Route 14, Woodstock
Marengo-Union Library Board When: 7:30 p.m. Tuesday Where: Marengo-Union Library, 200 S. State St., Marengo
McHenry Police Commission When: 4 p.m. Wednesday Where: McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green St.
McHenry Landmark Commission When: 7 p.m. Tuesday Where: McHenry Municipal Center, 333 S. Green St.
Wonder Lake Village Board When: 7 p.m. Wednesday Where: Wonder Lake Village Hall, 4444 Thompson Road
Richmond Community Development Committee When: 9:30 a.m. Tuesday Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive
THURSDAY Fox River Grove Village Board When: 6:30 p.m. Thursday Where: Village Hall, 305 Illinois St.
Richmond Finance Committee When: 4:15 p.m. Tuesday Where: Richmond Village Hall, 5600 Hunter Drive
Huntley Village Board When: 7 p.m. Thursday Where: Huntley Village Hall, 10987 Main St.
Spring Grove Village Board When: 6 p.m. Tuesday Where: Spring Grove Village Hall, 7401 Meyer Road
Johnsburg Village Board When: 7:30 p.m. Thursday Where: Village Hall, 515 Channel Beach Ave.
WEDNESDAY Fox River Grove Parks Commission When: 7 p.m. Wednesday Where: Village Hall, 305 Illinois St.
TUESDAY Fox Lake Fire & Police Commission When: 7 p.m. Tuesday Where: Village Hall, 66 Thillen Drive Harvard Planning & Zoning
The Fox Lake Plan Commission meeting scheduled for 6:30 p.m. Wednesday has been canceled. McHenry County Conservation District Citizen Advisory Committee
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MCC president proud of deal with IDOT Residents need to contact HBK Meters to arrange an installation appointment • MCC “IDOT made this offer way back in late 2011 ... but if Continued from page B1
we were to have signed it then we would have had no leverage to get IDOT to design [the entrances] the way they needed to be designed to handle the needs of the college now and into the future. The negotiator from IDOT is going to be one happy camper.”
College president Vicky Smith said the deal is a proud accomplishment for the college as it was able to secure safe and expanded entrance designs that will be able to handle the growth of the college for at least the next 20 years. “IDOT made this offer way back in late 2011 ... but if we were to have signed it then we would have had no leverage to get IDOT to design [the entrances] the way they needed
Vicky Smith McHenry County College president er.” Construction on the Route 14 road widening project could begin in the early spring of 2014.
to be designed to handle the needs of the college now and into the future,” Smith said. “The negotiator from IDOT is going to be one happy camp-
30 volunteers have signed up to help with event Continued from page B1 Thirty volunteers have already signed up to help with the cardiac screening event,
Continued from page B1 HBK Water Meter Services will handle the installation for $111,894, but the total cost could change depending on the number of transponders used and the amount of labor hours involved. The city bought the new equipment and other hardware from Midwest Meter Inc. for $277,790 total. Under its current system, the city’s public works staff would drive around neighborhoods and transmit data from the transponders to handheld devices in their cars.
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RINGWOOD: EVENTS
Local conservation district offering up winter activities By EMILY K. COLEMAN ecoleman@shawmedia.com RINGWOOD – Chris Willis cut another notch into the bridge along the Glacial Park trail, adding to a long line that marks each trip he’s made to the park since 2009. “I come out here all the time, even when it’s 20 degrees out here,” the McHenry resident said. Willis was out at the park Friday afternoon with his sister, Kim Willis, and her husband, Brian Fox, also frequent users of the park. They like to bring their dogs out there for a “coffee talk and walk,” she said.
The McHenry County Conservation District is hoping to draw more visitors to its facilities and parks with a lineup of winter classes and hikes, all of them free to county residents. They include: • “Introduction to Snowshoeing” for ages 14 and older, 7 to 8 p.m. Dec. 11 at Lost Valley Visitor Center in Glacial Park, Route 31 and Harts Road. • “Where Do the Insects Go?” for ages 6 to 13, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Dec. 13 at Prairieview Education Center, 2112 Behan Road, Crystal Lake. • “Hooray for Habitats!” for kids ages 7 to 10, 2 to 4:30 p.m.
Dec. 14 at Prairieview Education Center. • “Climb a Kame” for ages 9 to 13, 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 15 at Lost Valley Visitor Center. • “Owl Walk” for ages 14 and older, 5 to 7 p.m. Dec. 15, at Lost Valley Visitor Center. • “Discovery Days” for kids ages 2 to 6, 10 to 11 a.m. Dec. 17 at Prairieview Education Center. • “Solstice Night Hike” for anyone age 6 and up, 6:30 to 8 p.m. Dec. 21 at Prairieview Education Center. The deadline for registration is five days in advance of all of the programs. For information, go to www.MCCDistrict.org.
Crystal Lake Christian Church, 8015 Ridgefield Road, Crystal Lake. Appointments and information: Maria, 224-220-7320 or www. heartlandbc.org. • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 8 – Sts. Peter & Paul Church, 410 First St., Cary. Appointments and information: Dan Pertile, 847-639-4313 or www.heartlandbc.org. • 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 9 – Spring Grove Fire Station, 8212 Richardson Road, Spring Grove. Appointments and information: 815675-2450 or www.heartlandbc.org. • 2:30 to 6:30 p.m. Dec. 10 – Diamond Physical Therapy, 1140 E. Algonquin Road, Algonquin. Appointments and information: 847-854-0196 or www.heartlandbc.org. • 3 to 7 p.m. Dec. 11 – First United Methodist Church, 201 W. South St., Woodstock. Appointments and information: 815-3383310 or www.heartlandbc.org. • 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 12 – Richmond-Burton High School, 833 N. Route 31, Richmond. Appointments and information: www.heartland-
bc.org. • 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dec. 12 – Johnsburg High School, 2002 W. Ringwood Road, Johnsburg. Appointments and information: www.heartlandbc.org. • 2 to 5 p.m. Dec. 13 – Marengo High School, 110 Franks Road, Marengo. • 8 a.m. to noon Dec. 15 – St. Mary’s Church, 312 Lincoln Ave., Woodstock. Appointments and information: Dave Grote, 815-8612014 or www.heartlandbc.org. • 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 17 – Marshall Wolf Automation, 923 S. Main St., Algonquin. Walk-ins welcome. Appointments and information: Brenden, 847-658-8130. • 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 18 – Del Webb Sun City, 12980 Meadow View Court, Huntley. Walk-ins welcome. Appointments and information: 847-515-2078. • 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Dec. 19 – Centegra Hospital – McHenry, 4201 Medical Center Drive, McHenry. Appointments and information: Terri, 815-759-4334 or www. heartlandbc.org.
8BLOOD DRIVES Following is a list of places to give blood. Donors should be 17 or older or 16 with a parent’s consent, weigh at least 110 pounds, and be in good health. • 3 to 7 p.m. Sunday – Zion Lutheran Church, 4206 W. Elm St., McHenry. Appointments and information: Joe Brabec, 815-2369654; jabrabec@sbcglobal.net or www.heartlandbc.org. • Noon to 4 p.m. Monday – Harris Bank, 101 S. Benton St., Woodstock. Appointments and information: Vicki, 815-333-6147 or www. heartlandbc.org. • 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday – St. John’s Parish, 2302 E. Church St., Johnsburg. Free pancake breakfast for all donors. Appointments and information: Arnie, 815-7281848 or www.heartlandbc.org. • 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday – St. Mary Catholic Church, 10107 Dundee Road, Huntley. Sponsored by St. Mary of Huntley Knights of Columbus Council No. 11666. Information: 630-584-1458. • 9 a.m. to noon Saturday –
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Tuesday, Oct. 15, with retail theft. • Jimmy D. Phillips, 50, 4115 N. Union Road, Woodstock, was charged Wednesday, Oct. 16, with possession of marijuana and civil contempt of court. • Tremaine Oden, 35, transient, was charged Wednesday, Oct. 16, with manufacture or delivery of controlled substances, possession of a controlled substance, possession of marijuana, obstructed windshield and driving without valid insurance. • Richard C. Anderson, 42, 4515 Willow Lane, McHenry, was charged Sunday, Oct. 20, with domestic battery and two counts of battery. • Corazon O. Loleng, 58, 8 Lake Gillilan Court, Algonquin, was charged Sunday, Nov. 24, with criminal damage to property and disorderly conduct.
• A 14-year-old Lake in the Hills girl was charged Friday, Nov. 22, with battery. • David S. Feldten, 35, 730 Huntington Court, Algonquin, was charged Saturday, Nov. 23, with domestic battery and aggravated domestic battery. • A 17-year-old Lake in the Hills girl was charged Saturday, Nov. 23, with retail theft. • Jenna R. Montanye, 27, 10803 Coyne Station Road, Huntley, was charged Saturday, Nov. 23, with retail theft. • Charles R. Sears, 57, 621 Webster St., Algonquin, was charged Sunday, Nov. 24, with domestic battery. McHenry
lea Lane, Woodstock, was charged Tuesday, Nov. 19, with driving under the influence. • Scott A. Joyner, 38, transient of McHenry, was charged Wednesday, Nov. 13, with sex offender failure to register new address. • Mario Sanchez-Olvera, 34, 522 McHenry Ave., Woodstock, was charged Saturday, Nov. 23, with driving under the influence, driving with blood-alcohol content greater than 0.08 percent, driving without a license, driving without insurance and disobeying a traffic device. • John J. Rizza, 27, 329 S. Tryon St., Woodstock, was charged Sunday, Nov. 24, with driving under the influence, improper lane use and driving without insurance. • A 15-year-old Woodstock boy was charged Sunday, Nov. 24, with illegal possession of alcohol. • Arthur W. Anderson, 60, transient, was charged Sunday, Nov. 24, with selling or furnishing a person under 21 alcoholic beverages. • Arthur W. Anderson, 60, transient, was charged Sunday, Nov. 24, with trespass to railroad property.
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• Stefanie M. Banis, 27, 3616 Main St., McHenry, was charged Tuesday, Oct. 15, with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. • William L. Ilkka, 32, 7025 Birch Drive, Wonder Lake, was charged
• A 16-year-old Woodstock boy was charged Monday, Nov. 11, with theft, burglary and resisting a peace officer. • Stephen A. Wood, 71, 14812 Aza-
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• CARY Continued from page B1 which is the only known photo that exists of the town’s namesake. There also is a town abstract which shows who owned which parcels of land in the new village. The collection also includes an old wooden frame that hung in the Cary house, which still exists today on Ross Avenue. Materials from this collection were kept by the Mentch family, which the Cary family married into, Losey said. Also part of the collection are materials from Luna Mentch, the former school master of the one-room schoolhouse that is now the Windridge Fu-
What: The Cary-Grove Historical Society will have a mini museum open house. When: 12 to 4 p.m. Saturday Where: Cary Park District Community Center, 255 Briargate Road The Friday event is invitation only. neral Home on High Street. Those items include his school bell used to call children to class, the daily register for student attendance, and his vest and ribbons for a local lodge. Losey called the collection priceless. “Somebody in that Mentch family was smart enough to save all this stuff. That’s amazing,” Losey said. “You know how many families throw things out when a relative passes away. It’s so im-
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OBITUARIES ROYAL R. BAUMAN Born: Nov. 18, 1936; in Harvard Died: Nov. 26, 2013; in Natchez, Miss. Royal R. Bauman, 77, of Ferriday, La., formerly of Harvard, passed away Nov. 26, 2013 at Natchez Regional Hospital in Natchez, Miss. Mr. Bauman was born Nov. 18, 1936 in Harvard, the son of Frank and Mrya Bauman. Royal married Irma J. Reese on Dec. 14, 1963 in Harvard. Royal loved and cherished life to the fullest. He was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather and friend to all. He was a veteran of the U.S. Army. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Irma J. (Reese) Bauman; three children: Terri (Rick) Schmidt of Freeburg, Ill., Royal (Kim) Bauman Jr., of Shelbyville, Tenn., and Scott (Michelle) Bauman of Vidalia, La.; ten grandchildren: Kyle (Suzanne) Knake, Matthew (Kristen) Knake both of Smithton, Ill., Allison (Chris) Schwaegel of St. Charles, Mo., Ricky Schmidt of Millstadt, Ill., Michael (Kayla) Bauman, Michelle Bauman both of Shelbyville, Tenn., Tyler and Macie Bauman of Vidalia, James Bauman of Petersburg, Tenn., and Blake Bauman of Shelbyville, Tenn.; two great-grandchildren: Marli and Bayli of Shelbyville, Tenn.; two brothers, Harry and Ronald Bauman of Florida. He is preceded by his parents; three sisters, Frances Walsh, Helen Hooper Weitzel and Marjory Alt; three brothers, Jim, Lawrence and Frank Bauman; three step-brothers, Dexter, Russell and Howard Barrows. A Memorial Gathering will be from 9 to 11 a.m. Thursday, Dec. 5, 2013 at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner Street, Harvard. A Memorial Service will follow at 11 a.m. Inurnment will be in Mt. Auburn Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family. Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at saundersmcfarlin.net. Call Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home for more info at 815-943-5400.
MARGARET J. BEIER Born: April 1, 1922; in Chicago Died: Nov. 29, 2013; in McHenry Margaret J. Beier, born April 1, 1922 in Chicago to Erwin and Reta Melone, Margaret passed away peacefully on November 29, 2013 in McHenry. Margaret is survived by her daughter, Peggy (David) Peterson; grandchildren, Melissa Hansen, Jeff Berg, Megan Smith, and Katie Naylor; seven great-grandchildren; and sisters, Marilyn and Bev. She was preceded in death by her husband, John E. Beier; and son, Buzz Berg. Services for Margaret will be private. Memorial donations may be made to the Salvation Army at www.donate.salvationarmyusa.org/ For online condolences please visit www.davenportfamily.com or call the funeral home at 815-459-3411 for information.
KENNETH E. DODGE SR. Born: Nov. 18, 1931; in Chicago Died: Nov. 28, 2013; in Johnsburg Kenneth E. Dodge Sr., age 82, of Johnsburg, died Thursday, November 28, 2013 at his home in Johnsburg. He was born November 18, 1931 in Chicago to Thomas and Beulah (Badger) Dodge. On June 7, 1952 he married Theresa J. Esposito at St. Lawrence Catholic Church in Chicago. Ken was a veteran of the U.S. Air
Billy was born in Dec. 5, 1930 in Camden, Tenn., the son of Arthur and LaVerne (Abbot) Howell. He married Ruth Heller in Seattle on Send information to obits@ Nov. 20, 1953. nwherald.com or call 815-526-4438. Billy is survived by his wife, Ruth; Notices are accepted until 3pm for children: Scott (Darlene) Howell, the next day’s paper. Susan (Gaither) Campbell, Roger (Mary Howell), William (Debra) Obituaries also appear online at Howell and Jan (Gerald) Balchunas; nwherald.com/obits where you may grandhchildren: Kelly, Kate, Erick, sign the guestbook, send flowers or Rachel, Erin, Sean, Michelle, Samantha, Emily; great-grandchildren: make a memorial donation. Ethan, Myah, and Seth; and a sister, Patricia King. Billy was preceeded in death by Force serving during the Korean his parents and a son, Brett. War. Visitation will be Tuesday, Dec. 3, Formerly of Rosemont, Ken relocated to Florida for three years and from 1 to 2:30 p.m. The service will be at 2:30 p.m. at Colonial Funeral then back to Illinois moving to Johnsburg in 1974. He began his ca- Home and Crematory, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. reer in plumbing working for his Memorial can be made to FISH, PO brother-in-law from 1959 until startBox 282, McHenry, IL, 60051. ing his own plumbing business, For information, call 815-385Dodge & Sons, in 1973. He retired in 0063 or email colonialmchenry@at1990. t.net. In his youth he enjoyed camping and spending summers at their summer home in Twin Lakes. In GENEVIEVE L. HUMMEL 1983 he purchased Eagle Flats Born: Jan. 5, 1932; in Chicago Campgrounds in Wisconsin Dells. Died: Nov. 26, 2013; in McHenry He was a member of St. John The Baptist Catholic Church. Genevieve L. Hummel, age 81, of Survivors include his wife of 61 Wonder Lake, died Tuesday, years, Theresa; four children, KenNovember 26, 2013, at Centegra neth Jr. (Sharon) Dodge of JohnsHospital – McHenry. burg, Lawrence (Jodie) Dodge of She was born January 5, 1932 in Johnsburg, William (Doreen) Dodge of Wonder Lake, Pamela (Shannon) Chicago to Raymond and Anna Parker of Johnsburg; twelve grand- Marie (Schoaff) Nelson. On August 2, 1952, she married Clarance Humchildren, Kenneth Dodge, Joseph mel at Christ the King Church in (Kristy) Dodge, Andrew (Tally) Dodge, Brian (Sarah) Dodge, Melis- Wonder Lake. Formerly of Chicago, Genevieve sa (Justin) O'Donnell, Aimee (Tyson) Swibaker, Cecelia Long, Jesse Long, was a resident of Wonder Lake for Geneva Long, Samantha Wakitsch, the past 51 years. A homemaker Abby Wakitsch, Makenzi Wakitsch; whose greatest joy was her family, she dedicated her life to raising and ten great grandchildren; a brother, Thomas (June) Dodge, and two sis- taking care of her family. She loved the company of her grandchildren ters, Delores (George) McCauley, and great-grandchildren. Her family Patricia (the late Edward) Quinn admired her loving and gentle naHe was preceded in death by a ture, fondly saying that she had the daughter, Theresa on September 24, 2008; and his parents. “patience of a saint”. She was a dog Visitation will be from 4 p.m. until lover, both having her own and later enjoying her children's dogs. She 8 p.m. on Monday, December 2, 2013 at Justen Funeral Home & Cre- also enjoyed gardening and tending to her peony bushes. matory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller She was a member of the Ladies Road, McHenry, Il 60050. Visitation will resume on Tuesday, Auxiliary for the Wonder Lake Fire Department. She also served as December 3, from 8:30 a.m. until secretary to the Wonder Lake Fire prayers at 9:15 a.m. leaving for the 10:00 a.m. funeral Mass at St. John Department and was a member of Christ the King Church. The Baptist Catholic Church, 2302 Survivors include her husband, W. Church Street, Johnsburg, IL Clarance; six children, Gerald (Ruth) 60051. Hummel, Gary (Jan) Hummel, and Interment will be in the parish Richard (Donna) Hummel, all of cemetery. For information, please call the fu- Wonder Lake, Michael (Cheryl) neral home at 815-385-2400, or vis- Hummel of West Monroe, LA, Madonna (Robert) Vrasich of Mcit www.justenfh.com. Cullom Lake, and Cheryl (Roger) March of McHenry; many grandchilSARAH F. GREENE dren and great-grandchildren; her Born: Dec. 10, 1942; in Pekin brother, Donald (the late Rita) NelDied: Nov. 29, 2013; in Elgin son of Joliet; and many nieces and nephews. Sarah F. Greene, 70, of Huntley, She was preceded in death by her died Nov. 29, 2013 in Elgin. She was parents; a grandson, Michael Joel born Dec. 10, 1942 in Pekin. Hummel; a brother, Robert Nelson; Sarah was survived by her son, and her aunt, Jean Schoaff. John (Maureen) Greene; stepsons: Per her wishes, there will be a priKevin (Donna) Greene, Patrick vate family gathering in her honor. (Dawn) Green; grandchildren: Tyler Her family suggests memorials to Greene, Adam Greene, Nicole Genevieve's favorite charity, the Greene; sister, Nancy Gable-Holt Shriners Childrens Hospital, 2211 N. (John); and nephews: Nathan Holt Oak Park Avenue, Chicago, IL and Benjamin Holt. 60707. Sarah was preceded in death by Arrangements were entrusted to her husband, Thomas Greene; her Justen Funeral Home. For informaparents, Jack and Elizabeth Gable; tion, call the funeral home at 815and stepson, Michael Greene. 728-0233, or visit www.justenfh. Visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. com, where friends may leave an Monday, Dec. 2 at Willow Funeral on-line condolence message for her Home, 1415 W. Algonquin Road, Al- family. gonquin. The service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec., 3 at the Light of Christ Church, 100 Hanson Road, Al- LOTTIE ANN JONES gonquin. Interment will be at MemBorn: June 28, 1922 in DuPont, PA ory Gardens in Arlington Heights. Died: Nov. 26, 2013; in McCullom Memorials may be made to the Lake Multiple Sclerosis Foundation, 6520 N. Andrews Ave. Fort Lauderdale, Lottie Ann Jones age 91 of McCulFL, 33309. lom Lake passed away Tuesday, November 26, 2013, at home. BILLY S. HOWELL She was born June 28, 1922 in Du Born: Dec. 5, 1930; in Camden, Pont, PA. to Andrew and Margaret Tenn. (Kwarta) Marek. Died: Nov. 27, 2013 ; in McHenry On January 21, 1948 she married Larry Jones in Utica, NY. Lottie loved her pets, riding horsBilly S. Howell, 82, of McHenry, died Friday, Nov. 27, 2013 at Cente- es, gardening and Jigsaw puzzles. gra Hospital McHenry. Most especially she enjoyed her
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Sunday, December 1, 2013 • Page B7 ver, and Kristi (Wendell) Brock of Atlanta; father and mother-in-law Greg and Gail Norusis of Harvard; sister-in-law, Jennifer (Adam) Crone of Harvard and two nieces and five nephews. Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3 at Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home, 107 W. Sumner Street, Harvard. Funeral service will be at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. Family and friends may sign the online guestbook at saundersmcfarlin.net. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to operationnorthpole.org. Call Saunders & McFarlin Funeral Home for more info at 815-9435400.
BARBARA J. SCHNEIDER Born: July 1, 1930; Duluth, MN Died: October 31, 2013; Chicago
The memorial service for Barbara Jean Schneider (nee Flostrom), age 83, Richard “Dick” Kazimier, age 83 of of Chicago, formerly Spring Grove, passed away Saturof Crystal Lake, will day, Nov. 30, 2013, at Centegrabe held at 1:00 p.m., McHenry Hospital in McHenry. Saturday, December 7, 2013 at Arrangements are pending at Ehorn-Adams Funeral Home in Rich- Davenport Family Funeral Home, 149 W. Main St. (Lake-Cook Rd.), mond. Barrington, where the family will receive friends from 11:00 a.m. until the time of the service. Burial was MICHAEL G. MILLER private at Evergreen Cemetery, Born: Jan. 3, 1950; in Chicago Barrington. Died: Nov. 23, 2013; in McHenry Born July 1, 1930, in Duluth, Minnesota, she passed away Michael G. Miller, 63, of McHenry, died October 31, 2013, in Chicago. Barbara had a home in Crystal Saturday, Nov. 23, 2013, at Centegra – Lake from 1960 - 1985. She adored McHenry. Born Jan. being a mother and was devoted to 3, 1950, in Chicago, her 4 children. She was a member the son of George H. of PEO, Crystal Lake Methodist Church and Eastern Star. In later and Mary Clara years, Barbara and her beloved hus(Slomczewski) Miller. Mike married band, Frank experienced the world through their many travels abroad. Renee Martin on They spent their winters in “parNov. 1, 2013, in adise” at their home on the Pacific Woodstock. A proud Vietnam veteran, member coast, near Manzanillo, Mexico. Survivors include her children, of Local 705 Teamster, proud hardBrandy (Dan) Smith-Vuich, Brian scape designer, avid Harley DavidSmith; and grandchildren, Jacob son lover and gearhead. Hobson, Ryan and Cassidy Smith. Loving husband, father, brother, She was preceded in death by uncle and grandfather. Mike also loved his five border collies, includ- daughter, Brooke Hobson; son, Bruce Smith; granddaughter, ing “Rascal” and was a great story Stephanie Hobson; and brothers, teller. Bill and Richard Flostrom. Survived by his wife, Renee; chilBarbara donated generously to dren, Michael Miller, Lisa (Paul) several charities, particularly womMiller Rainey and stepson Aaron (Kristin Freeman) Reynolds; grand- en's shelters and food pantries. In children, Natalie and Nathan Rainey; lieu of flowers, donations can be brothers and sisters, Patricia (Con- made to a charitable organization of your choosing. rad) Sivek, John (Rosalinda) Miller, Visit www.davenportfamily.com, Debbie (Gregory) Sawalski, Linda where online condolences can be (Andy) Jasinski and Diane (Bill) left for the family or for information, Brezinski. please call 847-381-3411. Preceded by his sister, Kathleen Beitzel. The visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at Colonial Funeral Home and Crematory, 591 Ridgeview Dr., McHenry. With private interment at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. Memorials to the Michael G. Miller Memorial Fund. CAROL ANN SCHOSSOW For information, call 815-3850063 or email colonialmchenry@at- Born: Dec. 18, 1949; in Belvidere Died: Nov. 29, 2013; in Rochelle t.net.
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TRACEE L. STOLLDORF Born: Aug. 15, 1969; Belvidere, IL Died: Nov. 24, 2013; Woodstock, IL Tracee Lynn (Norwood) Stolldorf, age 44, of Woodstock, passed away at home unexpectedly, Sunday, November 24, 2013. She was born August 15, 1969, to Dorothy Graham and Thomas Norwood in Belvidere, Illinois. On December 31, 1989, she married Aaron Stolldorf, in Woodstock. She was a loving mother and homemaker. She was a graduate of Marengo Community High School. She is survived by her husband, Aaron; Sons, Kurtis Norwood, Joshua, Adam and Zachary Stolldorf, all of Woodstock; Grandson, Ryan Carroll of Sharon, Wisconsin; Father, Thomas (Rose) Norwood of Apache Junction, Arizona; Mother and Father-in-law, Art and Lois Stolldorf of Woodstock; Sister-in-law, Sheila Stolldorf of Woodstock; Sisters, Tina Norwood of Cumberland, Wisconsin and Terry Graham of Midlothian, Texas; Brothers, Rev. Dr. Kevin (Jo) Cassiday Maloney of Fargo, North Dakota, TJ (Jan) Norwood of Chili, Wisconsin, Mark (Laura) Norwood of Downers Grove, Matt Norwood of Chicago, Thomas Graham of Cumming, Georgia, Bill (Dee) Graham of Flower Mound, Texas; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by Grandmother, Alwilda “Dolly” Gehrke; Mother, Dorothy Graham of Marengo; Brother, Steve Graham of Marengo; Grandmother, Vava Gilbert of Cumberland, Wisconsin. Visitation will be Monday, December 2, 2013 at 1:00pm, at Woodstock Bible Church, 770 E. Kimball Ave., Woodstock. Funeral following at 2:00pm. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the family for a charity to be named later. Arrangements handled by Justen Funeral Home and Crematory. 815-385-2400
JUDITH K. WILLIAMS Born: Mar. 26, 1942; in Toledo, Ohio Died: Nov. 26, 2013; in McHenry
Judith K. 'Judy' Williams, age 71, of McHenry, died Tuesday, November 26, 2013 at her home. She was born March 26, 1942 in Toledo, Ohio to Fred and Elaine (Duddleston) Szabo. Formerly of Harvard, Judy moved to McHenry in 1993. She was a member of Nativity Lutheran Church. She enjoyed going out to lunch with friends, shopping and adding to her extensive hat and scarf collection. Judy was a wonderful mom, and best friend to all. She also enjoyed the companionship of her schnoodle, Daisy. Survivors include three children, Eric Adamshick Jr. of Bellevue, NE, Carol Ann Schossow, 63, of KIMBERLY E. NORUSIS Belvidere, died Friday, Nov. 29, 2013 David Adamshick of Portland, OR, Born: Jan. 23, 1973 Carl Adamshick of Portland, OR; a at Rochelle Community Hospital. Died: Nov. 28, 2013; Rockford She was born December 18, 1949 in brother, Fred (Fran) Szabo; a sister, Belvidere to Robert and Sophie (nee Sandy (Thomas) Weisenburger; and many nieces and nephews. Ulrich) Schossow. Kimberly E. Norusis, 40, of RockShe was preceded in death by her Carol enjoyed reading, movies, ford, passed away Nov. 28, 2013 at parents. her residence. She was born Jan. 23, playing piano and loved her cats. There will be a memorial service She continued to pursue her educa1973 to Richard and Patricia (Cole) tion throughout her life and was in- at 12 noon on Tuesday, December 3, Hall. Kimberly worked as the manager volved in the Illinois Railway Muse- 2013 at Nativity Lutheran Church, um in Union for more than 40 years. 3506 E. Wonder Lake Road, Wonder at The Rockford Motel. She previLake, IL 60097. She is survived by her brothers ously worked at the daycare at her Inurnment will be in Portland OreJames Schossow of Elkhorn, Wis., church and Rockford Tool Craft. Gary Schossow of Woodstock, Ken gon. Kim loved children and was a faFor those wishing to send an ex(Cheryl) Schossow of Kingston. She vorite of all her nieces and is preceded in death by her parents. pression of condolence, the family nephews. Kimberly married Brent A memorial visitation will be from suggests memorials to Nativity Norusis on June 30, 2007 in Clovis, 4 to 8 p.m. with a brief service at 6 Lutheran Church. N.M. Arrangements entrusted to Justen p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 3 at MarenShe is survived by: her husband Funeral Home & Crematory, McHenBrent; daughters: Kailyn, Jordan and go-Union Funeral Home, 505 E. ry. For information, please call the Ashton; parents ,Richard and Patri- Grant Highway, Marengo. funeral home at 815-385-2400, or In lieu of flowers memorials may cia Hall of Atlanta; two sisters, visit www.justenfh.com. Kaycee (Drew) Hammann of Denbe given to the Humane Society at
8FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS Kenneth E. Dodge Sr.: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at Justen Funeral Home & Crematory, 3700 W. Charles J. Miller Road, McHenry. The visitation will resume Tuesday, Dec. 3, from 8:30 a.m. until prayers at 9:15 a.m., proceeding to the 10 a.m. funeral Mass celebration at St. John The Baptist Catholic Church, 2302 W. Church St., Johnsburg. For information, call the funeral home at 815-385-2400. Sarah F. Greene: The visitation will be from 3 to 9 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at Willow Funeral Home, 1415 W. Algonquin Road, Algonquin. The service will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at the Light of Christ Church, 100 Hanson Road, Algonquin. Interment will be at Memorial Gardens in Arlington Heights.
Billy S. Howell: The visitation will be 1 to 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, with the service at 2:30 p.m. at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. Lottie Ann Jones: The visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Colonial Funeral Home, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry. Michael G. Miller: The visitation will be from 2 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at Colonial Funeral Home and Crematory, 591 Ridgeview Drive, McHenry, with private interment at Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. For information, call 815-385-0063. Shirley M. Patnaude: The visitation will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 1, at Ehorn-Adams Funeral Home, 10011 Main St. in Richmond. Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at Ehorn-Adams
Funeral Home. Interment will be in McHenry County Memorial Park Cemetery in Woodstock. For information, call 815-678-7311. Carol Ann Schossow: A memorial visitation will be from 4 to 8 p.m. with a brief service at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 3, at Marengo-Union Funeral Home, 505 E. Grant High-
way, Marengo. Tracee L. Stolldorf: The visitation will be at 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 2, at Woodstock Bible Church, 770 E. Kimball Ave., Woodstock. Funeral will follow at 2 p.m. Interment will be private. For information, call Justen Funeral Home & Crematory at 815-385-2400.
En honor a Pedro Sanchez November 28, 1936 - November 18, 2012 Damos gracias a Dios por haber tenido un hermano que nos dio amor y respeto. Dios le dio la oportunidad de fomar su familia,se caso muy joven,de 17 anos,sus hijos son 5 hombres, 2 mujeres profesionals- y ciudadanos Americanos. Te recordamos tus hermanas, Ninfa, Margarita, Catalina, Tanis y Maria. Te recordamos hoy y siempre Perico.
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NORTHWEST HERALD VOLLEYBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR
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Richmond-Burton senior Ali Frantti – the Northwest Herald Volleyball Player of the Year – is a four-year varsity starter and the No. 2-rated player in the country. Frantti is committed to Penn State and is graduating early so she can join the team and begin classes in January.
R-B’s Frantti dominates, turns rebuilding Rockets into BNC East championship team By MAUREEN LYNCH
All-Area First Team
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Ali Frantti Richmond-Burton, senior, OH Kassie Kasper Jacobs, junoir, L Lauren Leverenz Crystal Lake Central, senior, MH Carly Nolan Crystal Lake South, junior, OH Cassy Sivesind Crystal Lake South, junior, S Nicole Slimko Crystal Lake South, senior, MH Frankie Taylor Marian Central, senior, OH Coach of the Year: Laura Watling, Marian Central
• For first-team player capsules and second-team and honorable mention selections, see Page C4.
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ometimes when Ali Frantti was in the midst of a spike approach, Richmond-Burton’s girls volleyball players would just look to the other side of the net. It was nearly as much fun to watch opponents’ reactions to the 6-foot-2 outside hitter’s vicious kills as it was to watch Frantti set up to hit them. Even in volleyball-rich McHenry County, it is rare to have a player who dazzles her own teammates as much as she does opponents. And Frantti’s game seemed to have a different dimension each time she stepped on the court. Her precision and diligence never ceased to amaze her teammates, and no matter how many times opposing coaches faced her, no one really could minimize her.
“I’ve never seen one player have more of an effect on a team,” Marian Central coach Laura Watling said. “I’ve never seen a player take that many swings every single night and be that successful. She’s amazing.” Having been named the No. 2 player in the nation at the start the season, Frantti rolled up her final varsity campaign with 603 kills, 40 blocks, 270 digs and 99 aces. She led a young and largely inexperienced R-B team to a share of its second straight Big Northern Conference East Division crown, and she learned to lead through words as much as she always had through her actions. For her dynamic performances, her all-around dominance and her ability make a rebuilding team a contender, Frantti is the 2013 Northwest Herald
Volleyball Player of the Year as determined by the sports staff with input from area coaches. Frantti also won the award in 2012 after leading R-B to a second-place finish in the Class 3A state finals. “This year, we were a completely new team,” Frantti said. “The key for me was to step in and be that leader the team needed. I think the last couple years I was the player who led by action and I didn’t really speak that much. I think it helped to prepare me for college especially, and it kind of gave me some confidence. I was really happy that happened.” Watching Frantti became something of a hobby to those who played around her, even more so perhaps than for those who came to the Rockets’ matches. And being watched was
something Frantti became comfortable with. For the first three years of her tenure at R-B, Frantti smacked the ball, the crowd cheered and her teammates picked up little nuances about the game the way players do when they share a roster with a star. Knowing this year she needed to speak, Frantti applied what she always had done on the court: she evaluated the situation, adjusted and went after it. The result? Frantti became the kind of player who made those around her better. “I think it was hard for Ali at first to be comfortable speaking up and being assertive (without) feeling like she was being aggressive,” said assistant coach Laura Karamitos at a tournament in October.
See FRANTTI, page C4
HOOPS FOR HEALING TOURNAMENT
JOHNSBURG/RICHMOND THANKSGIVING TOURNEY
C-G uses 3rd-quarter surge to top Woodstock
CL South cruises past Grant in title game
By KEVIN MEYER kmeyer@shawmedia.com WOODSTOCK – Coming off a tough loss to Marian Central the night before, the Cary-Grove boys basketball team came out a little shaky in the final game of the Hoops for Healing Thanksgiving Tournament on Saturday against host Woodstock. The Trojans fought through the early game struggles right before the half into the third quarter to erase a deficit and take a comfortable lead in their 55-46 victory over the Blue Streaks. Woodstock led throughout most of the first two quarters when the Trojans went on a bit of a run. Cary-Grove scored five points in the final 15 seconds of the second quarter and then outscored the Blue Streaks 1910 over the next nine minutes to take an 11-point lead that Wood-
stock could not recover from. “I think it changed when we wanted the tempo to be more up and down and not let them play their half-court style of game, so even though we were behind early in the second, we liked the tempo,” C-G coach Ralph Schuetzle said. “We went on a little run, and from there we were able to run our stuff down the stretch.” Woodstock did manage to narrow its deficit to six with 36 seconds left in the game, but CaryGrove made its free throws down the stretch to hold on for the win. C-G got a boost from their leading scorer, Jason Gregoire, in the third quarter, when he made two of his three 3-pointers on the night. Gregoire was well covered throughout most of the first half, Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com but still managed to lead the team Cary-Grove’s Tyler Szydlo dribbles during the first half of with 15 points in the game.
See HOOPS FOR HEALING, page C10
a Hoops for Healing Tournament game Saturday against Woodstock in Woodstock. The Trojans won, 55-46.
By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com RICHMOND – Crystal Lake South was so efficient, smooth and crisp Saturday night that basketball looked easy. The Gators swarmed all over Grant on defense, shared the ball for consistent quality shots on offense and raced to a 31-point halftime lead, all basically without 20-points-a-game scorer Austin Rogers, who had two early fouls and one point. “We could have thrown it in from anywhere,” Gators boys basketball coach Matt LePage said. “That ball movement was incredible; some unselfish basketball in the second quarter. We made [Grant] pay for every little trap they threw at us. It was great. It was fun.” South coasted in the fourth quarter to an 85-68 victory in
the Johnsburg/Richmond-Burton Thanksgiving Tournament championship game at Louis Ramirez Gymnasium. After scoring 33 in the second quarter and the first six points of the third, South’s largest margin was 37 points. “It was kind of a shock to us,” Grant coach Wayne Bosworth said. “Crystal Lake South played a ton harder than we did in the first half. That second quarter they ran us up and down the court, left and right, knocked us up defensively and killed us on the glass. They played a heck of a game.” The Gators (4-0) forced five turnovers in the second quarter and outrebounded the Bulldogs (3-1), 16-5, in that quarter. South led, 14-11, late in the first quarter and held Grant to one
See J’BURG/RICHMOND, page C10
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NFL: Bears at Minnesota, noon, Fox Can the Bears’ defense, which has allowed an NFL-worst average of 145.2 yards rushing a game, slow down Vikings running back Adrian Peterson?
While walking off the field and toward the tunnel after being ejected from Saturday’s game against Michigan, Ohio State starting right guard Marcus Hall put both arms into the air and flashed a familiar obscene gesture, extended middle fingers, to the Michigan crowd.
Vikings running back Adrian Peterson (997) trails only LeSean McCoy (1,009) of the Eagles for the most rushing yards in the NFL this season. Peterson could have a big day Sunday against an abysmal Bears run defense. A look back at Peterson’s top three performances vs. the Bears: 1. Oct. 14, 2007: 224 rushing yards, 3 TDs (34-31 win) 2. Dec. 9, 2012: 154 rushing yards, 2 TDs (21-14 win) 3. Nov. 30, 2008: 131 rushing yards, 1 TD (34-14 win)
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Steve Dixon School: Johnsburg Year: Senior Sport: Football and Basketball
1. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Corn or mashed potatoes.
2. Sports-wise, what are you thankful for? My family, my teammates and my school. Who would you be in that Snickers commercial 3. where you’re not yourself when you’re hungry? Rambo
4. What pregame superstitions do you have? Just listen to my iPod every game.
5. What are three of your favorite holiday movies? “A Christmas Story,” “Christmas Vacation,” and “Christmas with the Kranks”
Sam Andrews School: Huntley Year: Senior Sport: Basketball
1. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Stuffing
2. Sports-wise, what are you thankful for? I’m very thankful for all the coaches, high school and travel, along with my parents and siblings pushing me to be the best I can be. Who would you be in that Snickers commercial 3. where you’re not yourself when you’re hungry? I’d probably be a cranky old lady.
4. What pregame superstitions do you have? I always have to wear the same socks and headband. I always have to do things in the same exact order.
5. What are three of your favorite holiday movies? “Elf,” “Christmas with the Kranks” and “Home Alone”
Grant Sutton School: Richmond-Burton Year: Junior Sport: Wrestling
1. What’s your favorite Thanksgiving side dish? Cheese potatoes
2. Sports-wise, what are you thankful for? “I’m thankful for having my family always around me for support. My brother’s on my team and my dad (Howard) was a wrestler, too. Who would you be in that Snickers commercial 3. where you’re not yourself when you’re hungry? Mary Jean Kennedy, my grandma.
4. What prematch superstitions do you have? I really don’t have any superstitions, but before each match I usually get a slap on the butt from my brothers.
5. What are three of your favorite holiday movies? “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas,” “Elf” and “Frosty the Snowman”
The Bears have lost five of the past eight games to put their playoff hopes in jeopardy. Sports editor Jon Styf and columnist Tom Musick discuss:
Musick: I’m a big fan of honeymoons. Even the word “honeymoon” is pleasant to consider. Who doesn’t like honey? Who can’t appreciate the beauty of the moon? But the worst thing about a honeymoon is when it ends. And it’s over for Bears fans and coach Marc Trestman. Styf: I’ll start this on a tangent, notifying the public that your former boss actually was there, at the same hotel, when you were on your honeymoon in California wineland. So, there’s that. As for Trestman, in some ways it’s really fun to listen to him talk and hypothesize about football. But you also need grit. And right now, his team has no grit. Benny Cunningham bowled them over. Brandon Jacobs bowled them over. And Sunday, Adrian Peterson might break his own single-game rushing record (currently 296 yards). Musick: If randomly sharing a honeymoon destination with your boss and his wife is wrong, then I don’t want to be right. It was a magical time, Jon. Not so magical is Trestman trying to argue that Michael Bush is awesome, the offensive line is amazing, the rookie linebackers are improving, and so on and so forth. What is he going to say if Peterson rushes for 300 yards this weekend? Styf: He’ll say that he didn’t see anything (like he said about Kyle Long’s tirade) and then he’ll say he has to look at the tape. Then, on Monday morning, he’ll explain that the Vikings used some sophisticated form of voodoo run blocking to deceive them. What he won’t say is; “We got run over. We simply aren’t very good at stopping the run. We need better personnel. We need to switch to a different scheme.” All four of those are true. Musick: You know what else is true? Trestman is a bad gambler, or at least he has been so far. Multiple times, he has decided to leave points on the board in favor of calling high-risk, high-reward plays on fourth down. Multiple times, the strategy has burned the Bears. It’s a thin line between aggressiveness and recklessness, and I’m starting to wonder which side of that line Trestman is on. Styf: Last Sunday’s fourth and goal was an odd chance to take and an even worse play call. At this point, if the Bears win four of five, they have the same record as last year. I think that seeing the Bears winning four more is overly optimistic. They have big issues, issues that also would be here if Lovie Smith still was head coach. But, I think we all can agree, he would have this defense in better shape right now despite the injuries. This is ugly already and about to get uglier. Musick: As one who happens to be beautiful, the ugliness of the Bears defense is particularly jarring. I don’t see Trestman’s team getting four wins in its next five weeks, either. The only way the Bears can make the playoffs is by winning a weakened NFC North, which includes the wildly inconsistent Detroit Lions and the Aaron Rodgers-less Green Bay Packers. Styf: The division looked strong for a while. Now, it isn’t. And the Bears don’t appear to be the strong team of the bunch. They have a lot of work to do. And, if they happen to lose Sunday, the focus can turn to those draft plans. They need defensive linemen, they need safeties, they need a young QB and they need more linebacker help. And we need to listen to more draft analysis from Trestman and less long-worded pseudo-excuses. His act, no matter how smart he sounds, will get old quick if he doesn’t win. Musick: I’ll toast to that. But not a honeymoon toast by the pool with my former boss. It was a magical time, Jon.
Jamie Barwick doesn’t have an extensive football background. Then again, neither do the majority of the players on The Bliss, Chicago’s entry in the Legends (formerly Lingerie) Football League. But next year, the 2001 Hampshire graduate, who played basketball and ran track in high school and basketball at Aurora University, will return for her second season as a tight end for the Bliss, competing – unpaid – in a professional football league she admits raises plenty of eyebrows for various reasons, starting of course with the uniform. People don’t equate football with a bathing suit. But I always tell people that, even when I lived in a small town in Hampshire and ran track, I ran track in underwear. That was my uniform. I wasn’t even 18 yet and I was out there in front of people running track in my underwear. You see the Olympic volleyball people and they have little underwear on and a sports bra – like they couldn’t play in a T-shirt? My only thing was, if I was going to do it, I better look good enough to do it. I didn’t do it to (worry about) what other people thought.
The last time I played football before this was the powder puff game before prom. I had to completely re-train my body and at the same time, I was learning an entire new sport because being a fan of football is a completely different story than playing it. It’s so strategic and there’s a lot to know. It was not easy. All of us were in the same boat. We were all athletes of different kinds, but it was, ‘Do you have what it takes to play football?’ But I made the team because I’m athletic enough and I foot the bill for what they’re looking for. So I guess that was my accomplishment.
Did part of me think, ‘OK – do you think there’s a reason we’re half naked’ or ‘Is there a purpose behind this?’ Absolutely. That was something kind of (league founder) Mitch Mortaza’s angle to get people there. It was kind of like a marketing tool – not a bad idea. There is a full tackle team – I think it’s called the Chicago Force. Does anybody know about them? So the idea (with the LFL) is that you have to be athletic and yet beautiful. These people are unique because they’re athletes, but they can also look good even when they’re half naked. Sex sells and people know that. Now, as the league is growing and we’ve re-branded (to the Legends Football League), we want to be role models and lingerie is not a role model for someone who is young. Now we’re Legends Football League and we wear the same uniform.
I’m one of the few moms on the team and I’m a big advocate for teens or for children. It’s easier to be a role model when you say you play for the Legends Football League than Lingerie Football League. But I don’t have a problem with that. It’s really hard to be on the team because you’re looking for a specific person. If you were to line up the Chicago Bears in their underwear, how many of them look great? So it’s a very specific person to be on our team and a lot of us take pride in the fact that we take care of our bodies and yet, it’s beautiful to be strong.
You’ll have people on Facebook or any type of social media that want to date you or go out with you not because of who you are, but because of what you do. I find that hilarious. I wouldn’t say [the attention] made me uncomfortable and I found it more amusing. I’m a very normal, grounded person. I’m a mom, I have a job and I think some people look at you as if you’re a celebrity. So just the comments people make or the attention you get is amusing to me because people’s perception is not reality.
• I’m Just Saying is a regular Sunday feature. If there’s someone you would like to see featured, write to me at jarnold@shawmedia.com or send me a message on Twitter @NWH_JeffArnold.
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Hampshire native Jamie Barwick will compete in her second season with the Chicago Bliss next year. She says the last time she played football before the Bliss was in a high school powder puff game.
8SPORTS SHORTS Area football players earn honorable mention honors Harvard’s Justin Nolen, Cary-Grove’s Michael Gomez and Crystal Lake Central’s Kyle Lavand are Illinois High School Football Coaches Association Honorable Mention All-State players. The honorable mention lists were released Friday with Nolen on the Class 4A list and Gomez and Lavand on the Class 6A team. Nolen was voted on as a defensive
back from the 11-1 Hornets, who lost to Rockford Lutheran in the Class 4A playoff quarterfinals. He also caught 53 passes for 771 yards and five touchdowns on offense. Gomez (6-foot, 249 pounds) switched to defensive tackle this season from the offensive line, but still played on both lines at times for the 7-4 Trojans. Lavand, the Tigers quarterback, put up big numbers for Central, completing
56.6 percent of his passes for 2,311 yards with 21 touchdowns and seven interceptions. Central won the Fox Valley Conference Fox Division title and Tigers coaches believe his passing yards and touchdowns were school records. Earlier, there were six players named to the All-State first teams in their respective classes: Harvard’s Tate Miller and Richmond-Burton’s Bryce Wagner (4A), Marian Central’s Brett Olson
(5A), C-G’s Trevor Ruhland and Prairie Ridge’s Shane Evans (6A) and Jacobs’ Bret Mooney (7A).
Mary Brown, widow of Bengals’ founder, dies at 84 CINCINNATI – Mary Brown, the widow of the late Cincinnati Bengals founder and coach Paul Brown, has died. She was 84. The Cincinnati Enquirer reported that Brown passed away Saturday at her
Milford home. She was told in August that she had bone cancer. Paul Brown died in August 1991, but Mary Brown still represented him at many events, including the 50th anniversary of the Pro Football Hall of Fame last summer. The Browns were married in 1973 and had three sons. Mike Brown is the Bengals’ president. – Staff, wire reports
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FOOT LOCKER MIDWEST CROSS COUNTRY CHAMPIONSHIPS
Reiser qualifies for national meet in San Diego By JOE STEVENSON joestevenson@shawmedia.com
Jesse Reiser
McHenry junior Jesse Reiser has a Class 3A state runner-up finish and was chosen Northwest Herald Boys Cross Country Runner of the Year, but his running season is not yet finished. Reiser qualified Saturday from the Foot Locker Midwest Cross
Country Championships with a third-place finish at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha. Grant Fisher, of Grand Blanc, Mich., won the race in 15:02, while Addison DeHaven, of Brookings, S.D., was second in 15:09. Reiser finished in 15:11, just ahead of five runners who were at 15:20 or faster. Reiser qualified previously
from the Nike Regional Cross Country Championships and will run the Nike National Meet on Saturday in Portland, Ore. He then will head to San Diego on Dec. 14 for the Foot Locker National Meet. Jacobs junior Lauren Van Vlierbergen, the Northwest Herald Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year, took 20th in the girls race in 18:17, but did not qualify
for nationals. Only the top-10 finishers advanced. “Foot Locker was a little tougher (than Nike) because there were so many more states here,” Reiser said. “For the first two miles, there was a group of about 50 guys, really compacted, so I just tried to stick with the top group and draft off those guys. The last mile about seven of us left and we started rolling.
ROUNDUP
NORTHWEST HERALD VOLLEYBALL ALL-AREA FIRST TEAM Ali Frantti
Kassie Kasper
Lauren Leverenz
Carly Nolan
Richmond-Burton sr. OH The Northwest Herald Player of the Year finished her fourth varsity campaign with 603 kills, 40 blocks, 270 digs and 99 aces. After being named the No. 2 player in the nation, Frantti led R-B to its second straight Big Northern Conference East Division title, which the Rockets shared with Burlington Central, and was a All-BNC selection. Frantti also earned 2013-14 Under Armour First Team All-America honors. She is graduating early to start her collegiate career at volleyball powerhouse Penn State, where she committed as a junior.
Jacobs jr. L Kasper played for two in Jacobs’ back row this year, making her impossible for opponents to overlook. Kasper finished the season with a 2.2 passer rating and 321 digs. She added 52 aces and 45 assists. Kasper was a All-Fox Valley Conference Valley Division selection and committed to North Carolina State this month.
Crystal Lake Central sr. MH In her fourth season on Central’s varsity team, Leverenz helped lead the Tigers to their seventh Fox Valley Conference Fox Division title in eight years and their sixth outright title over the same period. Leverenz had 83 blocks to go with 217 kills, 135 digs, 38 aces and 29 assists. Leverenz was an All-FVC Fox Division selection and is committed to Saint Louis University.
Crystal Lake South jr. OH Nolan played a significant role in the Gators’ run to the Class 4A state finals, where South finished fourth. She helped the Gators win the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division title and regional, section and supersectional championships. Her 385 kills were a team-best, thanks in part to Nolan’s knack for taking over matches in the clutch. Nolan added 266 digs, 45 blocks and 52 aces. She was an All- FVC Valley Division selection and has committed to University of Cincinnati.
Cassy Sivesind
Nicole Slimko
Frankie Taylor
Crystal Lake South jr. S Sivesind had plenty of weapons to utilize this year, and she did so strategically. Sivesind spread the ball so well that opponents couldn’t key in on any one player, particularly in the postseason. Sivesind finished with 869 assists, 30 blocks, 24 aces and 108 digs. She helped South win the Fox Valley Conference Valley Division title as well as regional, sectional and supersectional crowns before finishing fourth in the Class 4A state finals. Sivesind was an All-FVC Valley Division selection.
Crystal Lake South sr. MH Slimko, along with Leverenz, was one of the area’s most feared middles. Slimko thrived in postseason pressure situations and provided the extra boost the Gators needed to close out matches. Slimko finished the year with 241 kills, 98 blocks, 116 digs and 44 aces. She helped South win Fox Valley Conference Valley Division, regional, sectional and supersectional crowns, and finish fourth at the Class 4A state finals. Slimko was an All-FVC Valley Division selection and has committed to Bowling Green State University.
Marian Central sr. OH The Hurricanes’ season was a question mark Taylor helped change to an exclamation point. Her play at the pins helped spark Marian Central’s midseason turnaround and propel the Hurricanes to Class 3A regional and sectional crowns. Taylor also helped Marian notch a signature win over Class 4A third-place finisher New Trier during a late-season tournament. Taylor finished her senior year with 294 kills, 331 digs and 45 aces. She was an All-Suburban Christian Conference selection.
NORTHWEST HERALD VOLLEYBALL COACH OF THE YEAR
Watling suffers personal loss, presses on for ’Canes Team comes up just points shy of qualifying for state finals By MAUREEN LYNCH sportsdesk@nwherald.com Marian Central’s volleyball team had obvious talent and skill as soon as the players entered the gym for summer camps. What that meant for the season remained a big question coach Laura Watling really couldn’t answer. In years past, Watling could expect her teams to set their sites on appearing in the state finals or, at a smaller level, to win regional titles. But this year’s team was as young as it was hungry – a potentially dangerous combination. Without the right chemistry and rhythm, the Hurricanes could risk underachieving. Watling turned the roster into a chess board, pulling girls out of their comfort zones and relying on a small number of veterans to help steer the more inexperienced players. Watling faced her own personal challenges, too. Her mother, a fixture at Hurricanes matches, died unexpectedly before the season began. Concocting the perfect oncourt threat was a tall enough order, but mixing the assignment with the stress of losing a parent could have made it impossible. Instead, Marian Central came within points of appearing in the Class 3A state final for a third time in four seasons. The Hurricanes were one of McHenry County’s final two teams in the postseason this year. Marian finished 23-17 overall and col-
lected Class 3A regional and sectional titles before bowing out to Chicago Payton in three sets in a supersectional. For her success in the face of adversity both on and off the court, Watling is the 2013 Northwest Herald Coach of the Year as determined by the sports staff with input from local coaches. “I think what made it so special was that we knew we had talent but it was a new team to Laura Watling put together,” Watling said. “We didn’t have the heir apparents that had been there for so long or that leadership, so from the get-go everyone was on equal playing ground, so to speak. They seemed to embrace that.” Watling relied on seniors Frankie Taylor and Hannah Davis to become the vocal leaders on the court. Watling turned to sophomore Alex Kaufmann to set the offense. Other role players emerged and became significant threats, including sophomore middle hitter Rachel Giustino, who proved she could hit with the power of a player with a few years of varsity experience. Marian became the team that refused to lay down. Of the Hurricanes’ 17 losses, 13 came to teams that won regional titles. Two of the four teams that did not win regional crowns had at least
30 wins during the regular season. The Hurricanes really started to believe they could do something special Oct. 12 when they finished third in the Huntley Invitational. By the time Marian beat a more experienced and highly vaunted New Trier team the week before the postseason began, Watling knew her team was battle-tested and scratching its potential. The wins were brief remissions from the grief. Before each home game, Watling went to the cemetery to visit her mother’s grave. In those quiet moments, Watling found clarity and strength, and she said all the things she wanted to say. It was a ritual Watling continued into the postseason. Watling’s team wore its heart on its sleeve as much as she did. The Hurricanes rolled through the Woodstock North Regional and the Burlington Central Sectional, and a few unforced errors separated Marian and another trip to Redbird Arena in Normal. “I was very fortunate because I had a phenomenal support system,” Watling said. “Those players and coaches are like family. As much as there is never a good time to go through this type of grief, to know that right afterward I had people I could trust to be supportive and understand what I was going through without questioning or judging (was huge). … It was a great release for me to be with them. “That was one of the closest teams I’ve had,” she said. “I think that’s why things peaked so well the way they did.”
“I’m ecstatic. It’s an amazing feeling. I can’t wait.” One of the benefits of going to San Diego will be a trip to the beach. O’Fallon senior Patrick Perrier, the Illinois Class 3A state champion, told Reiser about that from past experience. “I felt a lot better today than I did at Nike regionals,” Reiser said. “That was a plus.”
SECOND TEAM Hannah Davis, Marian Central, sr., MH Annie Fox, Crystal Lake Central, sr., L Avalon Nero, Crystal Lake South, sr., OH Taylor Otto, Prairie Ridge, sr., S Abby Schebel, Cary-Grove, jr., OH Ashly Schmitt, Johnsburg, sr., OH Meghan Seymour, Cary-Grove, sr. S
HONORABLE MENTION Frankie Cavallaro, Dundee-Crown, so., S Maddy Cysewski, CL Central, sr., RSH Kelsey DeWulf, Huntley, jr., S Kassi Dvoracek, CL Central, sr., OH Rachel Giustino, Marian Central, so., MH Alex Kaufmann, Marian Central, so., S Zoe Lindsey, McHenry, jr., S Erin Lyman, Huntley, sr., OH Krissy Pratt, Crystal Lake Central, sr., OH Natalie Ricca, Crystal Lake Central, sr., S Rachel Shores, Huntley, sr., L Kayli Trausch, Cary-Grove, sr., MH Emily Westermeyer, Huntley, sr., OH Ali Witt, Prairie Ridge, jr., MH
Frantti off to Penn St. in January • FRANTTI
Continued from page C1 “I think it was hard at first for her to understand that being assertive with your players just means you’re trying to help them out,” Karamitos continued. “That’s one thing (R-B coach Kaycee) Kaywood has always said. You have to make your teammates better. Ali does that.” R-B setter Kelsey Burlini realized this quickly this season. Burlini was an outside hitter and a middle hitter for the Rockets before trying her hand at setting during a team camp last summer. She then assumed the role of being the Rockets’ floor general – a role that came with the requirement to set one of the best outside hitters in the country. “Even if my sets aren’t always there, Ali can always hit the ball,” Burlini said. “She plays smart with it and I think the trust between us helps on the court, too. I love playing with her. Who wouldn’t love playing with her?” Frantti signed her national letter of intent with NCAA volleyball powerhouse Penn State in November and will graduate high school early to join the Nittany Lions in January. She will leave regarded by many as one of the best outside hitters ever to come out of McHenry County. That’s not a tag Frantti necessarily wants to wear, though. She’d prefer to give the kudos to her teammates, who she saw grow exponentially during the season. “This year will always be really special to me,” Frantti said. “My senior year, to play with these girls, that was such an honor.”
Six CL Central grapplers place in tournament R-B wrestling takes 3rd in Carmel tourney NORTHWEST HERALD The Crystal Lake Central wrestling team had six individuals place in six weight classes Saturday afternoon in the Conant Tournament in Hoffman Estates. Lenny Petersen took third place at 120 pounds, Logan Lundelius finished third at 145 and Michael Petersen (138) earned a second-place finish. The Tigers also had three first-place finishers in Kyle Fugiel (160), Michael Zelasco (182) and Andrew Marsden (195). “We wrestled really well today,” Tigers coach Justen Lehr said. “We had wins at eight different weight classes, so it was a pretty good day for us.” Carmel Tournament: At Mundelein, Richmond-Burton (6-2) placed third in the Saturday morning tournament and defeated St. Rita, 30-25. The Rockets lost to Round Lake, 51-19, and Geneva, 5520. Gavin Sutton, Grant Sutton and Garrett Sutton won all three of their matches for R-B. Harvard quadrangular: At Harvard, the Hornets went 1-2 in the quad and earned their win against Woodstock North, 63-12. Harvard lost to Cary-Grove, 60-18, and Plano, 34-33. Justin Wilcox, Anthony Luis, Matthew Wheeler, Jose Mejia and Adam Freimund each pinned their opponents in the loss to Plano. Jacobs Mega Quad: At Algonquin, Huntley was a perfect 5-0, earning wins over Riverside Brookfield, 49-22, Oswego East, 48-24, Larkin, 57-15, Bartlett, 48-22, and Hampshire, 51-24.
defeated DeKalb, 33-29, and York, 49-17, but fell to Mundelein, 36-33. Robbie Duh (120) and Luis Hernandez (220) went 3-0 on the day, with Duh recording two falls. Jacobs Mega Duals: At Algonquin, Huntley defeated Oswego, 45-24, and Riverside Brookfield, 49-22. Dominic Swanson (220/285), C.J. Darby (182), Trevor Symbal (160) and Brandon Meyer (145) each went 2-0 for the Red Raiders, with Swanson recording two falls.
BOYS BASKETBALL WESTMINSTER CHRISTIAN TOURNAMENT Alden-Hebron 39, Faith Lutheran 36: At Elgin, Jake Heaver sealed the win with two late free throws and finished with a team-high 17 points. Avi Mor scored six points for the Giants (1-3), including a late go-ahead basket.
OTTAWA THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT Marengo 48, Pontiac 47: At Ottawa, Adam Rogutich’s put-back as time expired won the game for the Indians. Rogutich’s put-back off an offensive rebound closed out a 9-1 run to finish the game for the Indians (2-2) after being down by seven with less than three minutes to go. Zach Knobloch led the team with 14 points, including three 3-pointers.
COACHES VS. CANCER THANKSGIVING TOURNAMENT Carmel 66, McHenry 56: The Warriors suffered their first loss of the season to the Corsairs in the final day of the Coaches vs. Cancer Thanksgiving Tournament at Crystal Lake Central. Greg Johnson hit three 3-pointers and led McHenry (3-1) with 15 points. Cody Freund added 13 points and Kyle Postal scored 11.
Huntley 84, Belvidere North Twenty-third annual Moore/ Prettyman Wrestling Invita- 65: At Crystal Lake, Amanze tional: At Barrington, Cary- Egekeze and Zach Gorney Grove finished ninth in the 23-team invite while Crystal Lake South took 10th. Prairie Ridge finished 17th and Johnsburg took 20th. The Trojans’ Michael Cullen finished second at 113 pounds while Prairie Ridge and Johnsburg each had second-place finishers. Brandon Peshek was second at 132 for the Skyhawks and Charley Popp was runner-up at 160. South had two first-place finishers as Nick Gil won at 132 and Brian Pence won at 195.
each scored a game-high 19 points in the nonconference win. Riley Wicks added 13 points for the Red Raiders while teammates Jack Bessey (11) and Blake Jacobs (10) finished in double-digits.
Prairie Ridge 59, Antioch 43: At Crystal Lake, Michael Bradshaw scored 11 of his game-high 22 points in the third quarter for the Wolves (2-2), with Payton Otto adding 10 points.
Hoffman Estates 71, CL Central 41: At Crystal Lake, Ca-
McHenry quadrangular: vanagh Murphy scored 11 At McHenry, the Warriors
points to lead the Tigers (0-4).
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CAVALIERS 97, BULLS 93
‘Weird’ circus trip comes to end By JOE COWLEY
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Chicago Sun-Times CLEVELAND – Mike Dunleavy was looking for words to sum up the 1-5 Circus Trip. He settled on just one: “Weird.” A terrible record, three bad losses in winnable games, no Jimmy Butler because of a turf toe issue and, of course, the loss of star point guard Derrick Rose for the season after he tore the meniscus in his right knee, “weird” was one way to look at it. There were so many others. Deflating, organizational-changing, a nightmare. “Obviously, we’re a different team than we were before we left,” the Bulls veteran reserve said after the 97-93 loss to Cleveland at the Quicken AP photo Loans Arena Saturday night. The Cleveland Cavaliers’ Andrew Bynum (top right) dunks on the Bulls’ “I mean without Derrick and Carlos Boozer (5) in the first quarter Saturday of the Bulls’ 97-93 loss Jimmy … it’s just tough. Three games that were really winin Cleveland.
New Orleans at Bulls, 7 p.m. Monday, CSN, AM1000 nable, but that’s the way the league is. Instead of coming out with a winning record, you find yourself 1-5. “Just circle the wagons, get home and get some wins at home. I think we’ll be OK, but definitely kind of a weird last week-and-a-half, weird trip.” That included Luol Deng having a chance to tie the score with 11.9 seconds, but watching his runner roll over the rim. No problem. Standing there for the put-back was Joakim Noah, who not once, but twice missed what appeared to be a bunny. That’s OK, Carlos Boozer can play hero, as he gave the Bulls
a fourth chance to tie. When his put-back also missed and rolled off the rim into the arms of Tristan Thompson, it was obviously one of those nights. One of those heartbreaking, kick-in-the-gut, “weird” nights. “Right now, I think we’ve got to get our concentration back and our edge back defensively,” coach Tom Thibodeau said. “I think everyone is worried offensively about how we’re going to score, and I like what we’re doing offensively. The defense and the rebounding really hurt us. We’ve got to get that straightened out.” In other words, good defensive teams don’t allow the Cavaliers to put 97 up on the board, including 34 combined points from big men Andrew Bynum and Thompson. “I’ve got to do a better job defensively holding the paint down,” Noah said. “They scored a lot of easy baskets in
transition, a lot of easy baskets in the paint, and that starts with me.” The Bulls (7-8) were trailing most of the game, but with 3:59 left, a layup by rookie Tony Snell gave them a brief 88-87 lead. They even outscored the Cavaliers, 27-20, in that fourth quarter, but it wasn’t enough. Even Deng’s gamehigh 27 points and 11 assists weren’t enough. “It’s easy to say, ‘Just play better defense,’ but we’re held accountable,” Dunleavy said. “We know what we’re supposed to do. And everyone values it, that’s the main thing. Maybe in the last week or so with Jimmy not on the trip and Derrick going down, you think, ‘Well, we have to give a little more offensively.’ Then you slack off on the defense. But when it all settles, we’ll still hang our hat on the defense and rebounding. That will get us through a lot of wins this year.”
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Bears’ rushing offense vs. Vikings’ rushing defense Matt Forte had 88 yards rushing on 20 carries in Week 2 vs. Minnesota. The Vikings have given up 11 runs of 20 yards or more and are 25th in the league in total run defense. They also might be without MLB Erin Henderson, who missed last week’s game vs. Green Bay. A concerted effort to run the ball by the Bears keeps Adrian Peterson off the field. Edge: Bears Bears’ passing offense vs. Vikings’ passing defense As ugly as the Bears’ run defense has been, the Vikings aren’t much better against the pass. They are 29th in the league in pass defense, with opposing quarterbacks having a 97.7 rating against them. Minnesota has given up a league-high 24 passing touchdowns and could be without cornerback Xavier Rhodes (concussion). Josh McCown has lit it up, and that’ll continue in the Metrodome. Edge: Bears Vikings’ rushing offense vs. Bears’ rushing defense Even if Lance Briggs, Stephen Paea, Henry Melton, D.J. Williams and Charles Tillman were playing, Adrian Peterson would still get the edge. The Bears have kept Peterson from going off in several matchups over the years, but this defense couldn’t even stop Benny Cunningham. If there was a day for Peterson to break his own singlegame rushing record, it would be Sunday. Edge: Vikings
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Vikings’ passing offense vs. Bears’ passing defense Christian Ponder has played very well in two of the Vikings’ past three games – the win over the Redskins and last week’s tie in Lambeau. He completed only 53.3 percent of his passes against the Bears in Week 2 and Chicago has held four quarterbacks in a row to a completion percentage below 60 percent. Ponder will find openings against a stacked box, but the Bears’ passing defense is still better. Edge: Bears
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The Minnesota Vikings’ Adrian Peterson breaks into the end zone for a touchdown run during the first half of Sunday’s game against the Green Bay Packers in Green Bay, Wis. The game ended in a 26-26 tie.
Sunday’s edge As awful as the matchup between the Bears’ run defense and Peterson looks, McCown and the offense will have their way with Minnesota’s back seven. The Bears haven’t lost back-to-back games in two months, and there are several reasons the Vikings have only two wins this season. Peterson makes it a closer game than it should be, but the Bears get the ‘W’. Bears 33, Vikings 28
Bears can’t get caught looking in the Vikings’ backfield By KEVIN FISHBAIN kfishbain@shawmedia.com All eyes will be on Adrian Peterson on Sunday. And why not? It will be the best running back in the league against the worst run defense in the league. The Bears will have enough of a problem stopping Peterson to begin with, but if they keep their eyes solely on AP every snap, that will set up an opportunity for Christian Ponder to beat them with the play-action passing game. “Whenever you struggle with the run game and you have to put a lot of people at the line of scrimmage to defend the run, it’ll make you susceptible to some plays down the field,” Vikings coach Leslie Frazier said. “[The Bears] are putting more people at the line of scrimmage to help them [defend the run]. It can make you vulnerable, it just depends on your guys in the secondary.” It’s hard to be intimidated by the Vikings’ passing threat, especially with Peterson in the backfield, but 32.5 percent of Ponder’s drop backs have a play-action element, which is second in the league according to Pro Football Focus. You would run play-action that often, too, with Peterson in the backfield. “Whenever a team has a strong running game, they’re going to have a good play-action game,” said Bears safety Chris Conte. “The Vikings are very good at doing it. They’re a team that relies on a lot of running, a lot
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I never have been able to go to the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome in Minneapolis without focusing on the image of Mike Ditka roller skating around the old Halas Hall after dubbing the Vikings stadium the “Rollerdome.” For you younger Bears fans, during most of the second half of the 1980s when the Bears were one of the dominant teams in the NFL, the Vikings also were perennial contenders. Minnesota was a wild card behind the Bears in the NFC Central in 1987 and 1988 before winning the division in 1989.
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of play action,” said linebacker Jon Bostic. “We’ve got to make sure we do a good job recognizing when it’s play action … . Everybody’s got to make sure they’re on the same page when we’re doing what we need to do.” Ponder has thrown for five touchdowns and three interceptions after faking a handoff, and has a passer rating of 95.4. When he drops back to pass without faking to Peterson or Toby Gerhart, Ponder’s passer rating is a dismal 69.5. The Bears have had their
Vikings general manager Mike Lynn had sent Ditka a pair of roller skates as a joke in response to “Da Coach” calling his stadium the Rollerdome, and that night the Vikings cheerleaders came out on skates.
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With just less than two minutes remaining, quarterback Mike Tomczak came in for an injured Jim McMahon with 1:25 to play and the Bears down by one and marched the club 61 yards on four plays in only 45 seconds, hitting Dennis Gentry for a 38-yard touchdown pass to seal the 3024 win and the Central Division crown. – Hub Arkush, harkush@shawmedia.com
issues creeping up too close to the line on a fake handoff and getting burned on a pass. Back in Week 7, Robert Griffin III was 8 of 13 for 169 yards passing with one touchdown and one pick using play action against the Bears. Last week, Kellen Clemens was 7 of 13 for 140 yards, good for a passer rating of 91.8. Bostic explained what he looks for to try and quickly diagnose if a quarterback is truly handing off. “Some teams, you look at
their offensive linemen. Some teams, you’ve got to be able to read the fullbacks,” he said. “Some of these zone teams are good at making their runs look like their passes, and their playaction passes are a little tougher to see.” Once a run has turned into a pass, it can sometimes look like panic mode for linebackers retreating into coverage. “You’ve just got to get out [in coverage]. Recognize what type of play action it is – boot, waggle, there’s a lot of different ways you can get play action in this league,” Bostic said. “Zone teams rely more on bootlegs, power teams, they rely on different play actions. We’ve got to be able to recognize it.” The consequence of giving up 145.2 rushing yards a game is that it opens things up for opponents through the air. “When you’re not stopping the run, you put your team in a two-fold position, because now you’ve got not only play-action passes and movement, but you’ve got the threat of explosive plays, because you’re creating one-onones on the outside,” Bears coach Marc Trestman said. The Bears’ defense knows a byproduct of stopping Peterson on Sunday makes it more difficult for Ponder to beat them with play-action. “The sooner a team in each and every game can make a team one-dimensional,” Trestman said, “they eliminate play-action passes and give themselves more options, because they’re going to be in drop-back modes, the playactions won’t be as big a factor.”
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Bears may have to win a shootout For the most part, things have not gone well for the Minnesota Vikings this season. Gee, was that an understatement? And after all kinds of turmoil at the quarterback position because of injury and the surprising signing of Josh Freeman, who then failed miserably in his one start for the Vikings before suffering a concussion, the Vikings look an awful lot like the club the Bears barely got by, 31-30 in Week 2 at Soldier Field. When the Bears get to the “Humphdome” on Sunday for their final performance in Mike Ditka’s favorite venue, Christian Ponder will be re-entrenched as the starting quarterback, and both he and Adrian Peterson will be coming off one of their best games of the season Sunday in Green Bay. The biggest questions in this matchup will be about the Bears’ mindset after the egg they laid Sunday in St. Louis, and whether or not they have any hope at all of slowing Peterson with the worst run defense in the NFL? Peterson had 146 yards and a touchdown on 32 carries in five quarters of football against the Packers and while he hasn’t approached his 2012 heroics, he was still the NFL’s second leading rusher before the Redskins, 49ers game Monday night with 997 yards, 226 carries and 10 touchdowns. It looks like Jeremiah Ratliff will see his first action as a Bear and Stephen Paea may be ready to go again, too, which couldn’t come at a better time for Mel Tucker and company. Ponder has been a threat on the ground with 34 scrambles for 151 yards and four TD’s, and while his 78.7 passer rating shouldn’t scare you he
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St. Louis Rams defensive end Robert Quinn (left) gets his hand on the ball as Bears quarterback Josh McCown throws during the first quarter last week in St. Louis. did put up 233 yards on 21-of-30 passing for a 103.9 rating Sunday at Lambeau. Greg Jennings and Jerome Simpson have been up and down but are reliable targets for Ponder, while Cordarrelle Patterson is a factor in the kick return game while still struggling to find himself as a receiver. That should allow the Bears safeties to spend more time in the box and worry less about pass coverage, a move that suits Greg Steltz who may see more action than usual. Major Wright dinged a hamstring in practice Friday and he could be limited. The Vikings are 30th in total defense, 14th against the run but 29th against the pass. They are 23rd in interception percentage and 26th rushing the quarterback. Jared Allen and Kevin Williams are former all pros who are both still capable of big games, but don’t do it on a regular basis any more. LeTroy Guion and Brian Robison are still starting up front as well, as this is the unit that helped key the Vikings playoff run in 2012. But they have struggled this year. Linebacker Chad Greenway will make plays all over the field, but Erin Henderson in the middle and Marvin Mitchell on the weak side are
just guys the Bears should be able to exploit. Third- and second-round draft choices Josh Robinson and Chris Cook on the corners are both athletic and fast but terribly inconsistent, which is why this team is 29th in pass defense. The safeties, Jemarca Sanford and Andrew Sendejo aren’t bad forcing the run but struggle in coverage. What this one comes down to for the Bears is what are they going to do about Peterson? A.P. did skip practice Wednesday and Thursday with a groin injury but is expected to play. In recent weeks Peterson had been held in check by the Redskins and Seahawks before exploding again last week in Green Bay. The unfortunate fact is if the Vikings climb on Peterson’s back, there is little the Bears will be able to do besides get into a shootout. The good news is that Josh McCown continues to flourish in Marc Trestman’s offense and a shootout between these two actually favors the Bears.
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LAKE FOREST – This weekend will resemble many others in Chris Harris’ life. Harris will board the Bears’ flight north to Minnesota. He will stay at the team hotel near the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome. On Sunday, he will wake up and arrive to the stadium, where a tough game awaits against Adrian Peterson and the Vikings. “They have a good home crowd, and it’s very loud,” Harris said after practice Friday at the Walter Payton Center. “I remember the horn and the guy coming out on the motorcycle. It’s a very challenging place to play, to say the least.” But this visit will be different. Harris no longer is a reliable veteran, a hard-hitting safety charged with preventing big plays while making a few of his own. These days, Harris is a rookie all over again, a defensive quality control coach who is devoted to helping his players succeed. Given the Bears’ problems at safety – the latest arrived when Major Wright slightly pulled his hamstring during practice, rendering him as questionable to play – one might think that Harris would want to strap on a helmet and go tackle Peterson. One would be wrong. “Oh, I don’t want to tackle him at all,” Harris, 31, said with a laugh. “I’m done with that part of the game. I don’t miss the physicality of it. It’s run its course. I’ve had my due time, played eight years, so I’ve had enough of it. “Now, I’m on the other side, and I’m enjoying the other side of it: the
BEARS INSIDER Tom Musick mental part, the Xs and Os, the preparation and getting ready.” The NFL – and all of professional sports, really – is littered with stories of ex-players who struggle to make the transition to the next phase of their lives. In most of our professions, we are on some sort of career path by the time we reach our 30s. But life in the NFL is different. Even if you’re one of the really good players, which Harris was, your career Chris Harris comes to an abrupt halt at an early age. Many leave reluctantly, still feeling the itch to play. Harris is grateful that he did not struggle with adjusting to life after football. “A few guys do, but for me, you have to know that it’s done,” said Harris, a former sixth-round draft pick who played with the Bears, Carolina Panthers, Detroit Lions and Jacksonville Jaguars. “Some guys, they’re still living the dream inside their heads saying they still can play, but your body is going to let you know when you still can play. My body let me know that I can’t play anymore. “I don’t struggle with it at all. I’m actually in a great place. I enjoy watching it instead of being in it.” Harris watches plenty of foot-
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ball as one of 20 coaches on the Bears’ staff. His job description is wide-ranging and includes breaking down film, tracking personnel, working with the safeties and helping in whatever other ways possible. On Friday, Harris lingered on the field to work with practice-squad defenders Demontre Hurst, C.J. Wilson and Sean Cattouse. Less than an hour later, the Bears promoted Cattouse to the 53-man roster to add depth at safety. Despite the Bears’ parade of injuries on defense, Harris is optimistic. “You still remain excited and enthusiastic when you see the way the guys out here are working in practice,” Harris said. “We feel good about the guys we’ve got out there. We’ll be ready to go.” Sounds like a coach. That’s what Harris is now, and that’s what he wants to be for a long time. Coaching is all about teaching, Harris said, and he’s always searching for new teaching techniques to help make difficult concepts seem easier for his players. Let someone else tackle Peterson this weekend. Harris is busy enjoying his newest challenge. “I don’t know where it will lead,” Harris said. “I just take it as it comes. I’m having a great time now, enjoying what I’m doing, learning from some of the best coaches in the National Football League. I’m blessed to be in the situation that I am.”
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Blackhawks claim sixth-straight victory Next for the Hawks
By MARK LAZERUS Chicago Sun-Times GLENDALE, Ariz. – Thirteen days and 1,800 miles removed from Chicago, the Blackhawks found themselves feeling oddly at home, their hotel swarmed by jersey-wearing fans lining the halls, lurking in the common areas, and lingering in the elevator lobbies. The largest crowd in Coyotes history, an evenly split 17,321 – a number bolstered by both the home team’s strong start and the visiting team’s strong drawing power – packed Jobing.com Arena. “I wouldn’t be surprised if we had more fans than them,” Brandon Bollig said. “It’s crazy. It’s always like that here.” What those fans saw was a first period in which the Hawks looked nothing like a
Dallas at Blackhawks, 7 p.m. Tuesday, CSN, AM-720 team at the tail end of a grueling trip, then a second period in which they looked every bit like a team at the tail end of a grueling trip. In the end, they saw a result that looked just like nearly all the others on the trip – a Hawks win. The 5-2 victory Saturday night was the Hawks’ sixth straight since they dropped the first game of the trip in Colorado. Their 6-1-0 record is believed to be the Hawks’ best record on the annual circus
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He has at least a point in 17 of his past 20 games, and has 23 assists on the season – the same amount as Pittsburgh’s Sidney Crosby. And Raanta was strong from the start, having much less difficulty controlling his emotions in this one than in his first start Wednesday against the Flames. “It was much easier to play today than in Calgary,” he said. Even the Hawks didn’t expect to have so much energy at the start. “I’ll tell you what, I was surprised,” Bollig said. “Most of us didn’t get to bed until after 3 or 4 o’clock this morning (after playing in Dallas on Friday night and immediately flying to Phoenix). It’s not ideal when that happens. It’s nice that we came out and had plenty of energy and popped three goals in the first.”
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Northwestern closes season with win over Illinois By HERB GOULD Chicago Sun-Times CHAMPAIGN – This was supposed to be the best of teams for Pat Fitzgerald. A season that started with so much promise wound up mired in a series of worst-case scenarios for Northwestern. Groundhog Day-like, Northwestern’s high hopes were dashed by one fourth-quarter disaster after another. But after salvaging a season-ending 37-34 victory over Illinois on Saturday, to halt their seven-game losing streak, Cats’ coach Fitzgerald sounded the famous words of Gen. Douglas MacArthur after the fall of the Philippines. “I’m not sure our confidence ever wavered,” Fitzgerald said. “No team in the country got socked in the gut more than this team. They kept getting up. These guys played their hearts out all year long. “We’ll be back. We’ve earned and deserve any and all criticism that comes with not being where we belong. We will be back. I promise you
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to prove themselves next year, as a string of five straight bowl trips over.
An expectation that Northwestern is on a steady upward climb also has been undercut. This was a team that was going toe-to-toe with Ohio State late in the fourth quarter before it lost, 40-30, on Oct. 5. Even a blowout 35-6 loss at Wisconsin the following week didn’t seem to rule out some important achievements. But then the losses started to snowball. A blah performance against Minnesota. An overtime loss at Iowa. A heart-wrenching loss on a Hail Mary at Nebraska. A brutal overtime loss to Michigan, which needed a miracle field goal to force overtime. There’s no denying the schedule was unkind. The one-two punch of the Buckeyes and Badgers left NU beat up as well as 0-2 in the league after its 4-0 nonconference start. But the Cats know they’ll need to re-establish themselves in 2014. “We’ve got a ton of work to do,” Fitzgerald said. “We’ll look at what we’ve done schematically, what we’ve done fundamentally, teaching wise. And I think they’re going to lis-
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ten to us a little clearer when they get into the weight room this year. It’s not their fault, I was that same guy. That’s why I’m really encouraged for the future. The tough times and adversity brought us together.” Making his third career start, quarterback Trevor Siemian threw four touchdowns against Illinois while completing 31 of 44 for 414 yards, the 10th-highest total single-game passing total in NU history. “He’s probably as healthy as he’s been,” Fitzgerald said. “He played like the Trevor everyone expected to see. He got thrown into a tough situation. Trev couldn’t walk out to practice the Tuesday after the Wisconsin game. He kept persevering. There’s only so much you can do on one leg. I’m very proud of him.” Siemian agreed with Fitzgerald’s assertion that NU will benefit from this tough season when it goes about picking up the pieces next fall. “Going through a year like this is tough,” Siemian said. “But I think it’s good for us. You only appreciate the highs when you go through the lows. The future looks really bright.”
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Davis’ return lifts Auburn past ’Bama Nebraska edges NIU lar season in Big Ten play with a victory over Minnesota. The Spartans (11-1, 8-0) finished a perfect Big Ten regular season for only the third time. They also did it in 1965 and 1966, when they only had to play seven conference games.
The ASSOCIATED PRESS AUBURN, Ala. – Chris Davis raced 100-plus yards with a missed field-goal attempt for a touchdown on the final play to lift No. 4 Auburn to a 34-28 victory over No. 1 Alabama on Saturday. Davis caught the ball about 9 yards deep in the end zone after freshman Adam Griffith’s 57-yard attempt fell short. He then sprinted down the left sideline and cut back with nothing but teammates around him in a second straight hardto-fathom finish for the Tigers (11-1, 7-1 Southeastern Conference). Auburn clinched a spot in the SEC championship game with the stunning victory over the two-time defending national champions. The Crimson Tide (11-1, 7-1) seemed at several times poised to continue its run toward the first three-peat in modern college football.
No. 2 Florida State 37, Florida 7: At Gainsville, Fla., Jameis Winston threw three touchdown passes to Kelvin Benjamin, and No. 2 Florida State moved a step closer to playing for the national championship with a victory against rival Florida. The Seminoles improved to 12-0 for the first time since 1999 and likely will earn a spot in the Bowl Championship Series title game by beating Duke in the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game next Saturday.
No. 3 Ohio State 42, Michigan 41: At Ann Arbor, Mich., Tyvis Powell intercepted Devin Gardner’s pass as Michigan went for a go-ahead 2-point conversion with 32 seconds left and No. 3 Ohio State held on for a in one the most thrilling games in the history of the storied Big Ten rivalry. Devin Gardner threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to Devin Funchess to make it 42-41, but instead of kicking for the tie, Wolverines coach
Penn St. 31, No. 14 Wisconsin 24: At Madison, Wis., Chris-
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Auburn cornerback Chris Davis (11) returns a missed field-goal attempt for more than 100 yards to score the game-winning touchdown as time expired in the fourth quarter Saturday against No. 1 Alabama in Auburn, Ala. Auburn won, 34-28. Brady Hoke went for the lead with his offense.
No. 5 Missouri 28, No. 19 Texas A&M 21: At Columbia, Mo., Henry Josey broke loose for the go-ahead score on a 57-yard run with 3:34 to go and No. 5 Missouri wrapped up the SEC East, riding a strong second half to a win over Texas A&M. Missouri (11-1, 7-1 SEC) advances to the conference championship game against Auburn – a matchup of schools very lightly regarded before the season. Missouri has made a six-win improvement from its initial SEC season.
No. 10 South Carolina 31, No. 6 Clemson 17: At Columbia, S.C., Connor Shaw threw for one touchdown and rushed for another as No. 10 South Carolina won its record fifth straight over No. 6 Clemson. The Gamecocks (10-2) won their 18th straight at home, extending a school record set earlier this year. For Shaw, it capped the senior’s home career at a perfect 17-0 as a starter in the sweetest way possible.
No. 8 Stanford 27, No. 25 Notre Dame 20: At Stanford, Wayne Lyons intercepted two passes from Tommy Rees late in the
fourth quarter, and No. 8 Stanford held off Notre Dame. The Cardinal (10-2) overcame two interceptions from Kevin Hogan and a penalty that wiped away another touchdown to win their 16th consecutive home game. Stanford will play for its second straight Pac-12 title and Rose Bowl berth next week when it faces No. 13 Arizona State in the conference championship game. No. 9 Baylor 41, TCU 38: At Fort Worth, Texas, Bryce Petty threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, Baylor returned two interceptions for scores and the No. 9 Bears hung on for a 41-38 victory over TCU. The Bears (10-1, 7-1 Big 12) scored 21 straight points on either side of halftime with just 1 yard from their high-powered offense and bounced back from a blowout loss at Oklahoma State to maintain their hopes for a share of the conference title.
No. 11 Michigan State 14, Minnesota 3: At East Lansing, Mich., Jeremy Langford ran for 134 yards and a touchdown, and No. 11 Michigan State wrapped up an unbeaten regu-
tian Hackenberg threw for 339 yards and four touchdowns, and Penn State pounced on a slew of blunders before holding off a late rally to upset No. 14 Wisconsin. Hackenberg, a freshman, showed the poise of a veteran in dissecting a tough defense. Eugene Lewis caught two touchdowns, including a 59-yarder for a 17-point lead with 13 minutes to go.
No. 22 UCLA 35, No. 23 USC 14: At Los Angeles, Brett Hundley passed for 208 yards and rushed for two touchdowns, leading No. 22 UCLA past No. 23 USC and winning the crosstown showdown for the second straight season. Linebacker Myles Jack and defensive end Eddie Vanderdoes also rushed for touchdowns as the Bruins (9-3, 6-3 Pac-12) earned their first win at the Coliseum since 1997, retaining the Victory Bell by grinding out just their third victory over USC (9-4, 6-3) in 15 years.
No. 24 Duke 27, North Carolina 25: At Chapel Hill, N.C., Ross Martin kicked a 27-yard field goal with 2:22 left and No. 24 Duke beat North Carolina, completing the Blue Devils’ improbable run to reach the Atlantic Coast Conference championship game. Anthony Boone threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns to Jamison Crowder as the Blue Devils (10-2, 6-2 ACC) clinched the Coastal Division championship with their eighth straight victory. DeVon Edwards’ interception with 13 seconds left clinched the long-suffering program’s first 10-win season.
The ASSOCIATED PRESS LINCOLN, Neb. – Deverell Biggs had 18 points and hit four free throws in the final 7 seconds as Nebraska held on to defeat Northern Illinois, 63-58. Nebraska (5-2) took a 48-35 lead on Tai Webster’s layup with 13:17 remaining. But the Huskers then went 6 minutes without a basket and Northern Illinois (2-4) cut the lead to 5145 on Jordan Threloff’s free throws with 7:28 left. The Huskies continued to chip away at the lead as Nebraska struggled from the freethrow line, making just 2 of 9 in a 6-minute stretch. NIU cut the Nebraska lead to 57-55 on Daveon Ball’s free throws with 1:18 left. Nebraska’s Leslie Smith then tipped in Biggs’ miss with 59 seconds left to push the lead to four. Dontel Highsmith hit a 3-pointer with 8 seconds left to cut the margin to one before Biggs hit the game-clinching free throws.
Bradley 74, Texas-Pan American 54: At Peoria, Walt Lemon Jr. scored 26 points with six assists helping Bradley get past Texas-Pan American. Coming off two straight losses to tough Division I teams (Arizona St., Illinois), Lemon scored well over his team-leading season average of 16 points while Omari Grier added 17 points for Bradley.
Western Illinois 76, Greenville 49: At Macomb, Adam Link scored 16 points, leading four players in double digits, as Western Illinois overpowered Division III Greenville. The Leathernecks (2-4) shot 54.7 percent from the floor but hit just two of their eight attempts from beyond the arc, and put the game away by outscoring Greenville, 41-24, in the second half. Jordan Foster scored 11 points, while Tate Stensgaard and Michael Ochereobia added 10 points each.
Western Kentucky 68, Eastern Illinois 53: At Bowling Green,
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Nebraska’s Leslee Smith (21) shoots over Northern Illinois’ Jordan Threloff during the first half Saturday at the Pinnacle Bank Arena in Lincoln, Neb. Ky., George Fant scored 20 points as Western Kentucky rolled over Eastern Illinois. T.J. Price had 13 points for the Hilltoppers.
Chicago St. 88, S. Illinois 84: At Chicago, Quinton Pippen scored 17 points to lead Chicago State to their first-ever win against Southern Illinois. Chicago State (3-4) built an early 9-point lead in the second half after Matt Ross hit a 3-pointer. Southern Illinois (26) immediately rallied, ripping off an 8-0 run. Mississippi 79, Penn St. 76: At New York, Marshall Henderson and Jarvis Summers both scored 19 points, combining for 11 of Mississippi’s last 12 in the undefeated Rebels’ victory over Penn State in the championship game of the Barclays Center Classic. Henderson, the star of last season’s Mississippi team that advanced to the NCAA tournament for the first time since 2002 but who was suspended for his actions toward fans after the loss, gave the Rebels (60) the lead for good at 69-68 on a drive with 5:36 to play.
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• HOOPS FOR HEALING Continued from page C1 Nick Barr came off the bench to score 10 points and hit two big 3-pointers early in the game for the Trojans. Tyler Szydlo added eight points in the win. The win was a big one for the Trojans (2-2) coming off a tough loss Friday to Marian Central. “We really started getting going in transition and pushing the ball, so that my teammates and I finally got some open looks to hit a few big shots,” Gregoire said. “It was good to bounce back from a heartbreaking loss like that – a good win here for us in their place.” The Blue Streaks (1-3) lost control of the type of game they wanted to play in the third quarter as the Trojans switched the play to a more up-tempo style that Woodstock couldn’t keep up with. A big part of Woodstock’s game is trying to get the ball inside to their big guys, Nick Kubiak (6-foot-7) and Damian Stoneking (6-7). The Trojans’ tallest player is listed at 6-4, so the Blue Streaks had a clear
Marian Central 72, Round Lake 57: Adam Pischke had another big game for the Hurricanes, scoring 19 points to lead Marian Central to a victory on the final day of the tournament. Pischke converted three 3-pointers and Lathan Goumas – lgoumas@shawmedia.com went 6 for 6 from the line. Woodstock’s Alex Ferguson dribThe Hurricanes (4-1) pulled bles during the first half of a game away in the third quarter, outagainst Cary-Grove in the Hoops scoring Round Lake, 22-11, to of Healing Thanksgiving Tourna- get the win. Ben Schnepf addment on Saturday at Woodstock ed 16 points for Marian CenHigh School. tral, with 14 coming in the second half. size advantage. Belvidere 53, Woodstock Stoneking took advantage, leading all scorers with 17 North 46: The Thunder (0-4) points on five baskets and a outscored Belvidere, 22-9, in 7-for-10 shooting day from the the fourth quarter but came up short in their comeback bid. free-throw line. Woodstock North was led by “I felt like it was better,” Woodstock coach Al Baker Nikolaus Herscha’s 15 points. said. “We played defensively Drake Creighton scored 10 much better and I felt good points, including seven in the about that. And, offensively, fourth quarter.
Richmond-Burton, Johnsburg also winners • J’BURG/RICHMOND Continued from page C1 field goal over the next eight minutes. “Our communication on ball screens was very good,” said South guard Caleb Johnson, who had 10 of his 12 points in the first half. “That was their main offense. We really communicated well and boxed out hard. We got easy layups, got everyone open shots and everyone contributed.” At halftime, South had six 3-pointers, hit 15 of 20 free throws and had nine players score. “We kept pushing it and really stepped up to the challenge of coming away as champions,” said 6-foot-9 sophomore center
Josh Friesen, who had eight points and seven rebounds. “We did a pretty good job there.” South finished with 11 players scoring, five of whom had double figures. Johnson led with 12, Rogers and Wes Buckner added 11 each and Chris Mahoney and Alex Reich each scored 10. Rogers, Mahoney and Bucker were named to the all-tournament team, with Rogers taking MVP honors. “That’s how good these guys are as a collective group,” LePage said. “Austin sitting (in the first half), I won’t say was a great thing, but it wasn’t a bad thing to see how we play without him. There are going to be times when he has to sit. That’s why I was so happy (about the first half).”
Richmond-Burton 72, Harlem 48: The Rockets got 26 points from Mike Kaska and 19 from Sam Kaufman to roll past the Huskies for third place. R-B (31) suffered its only tournament loss to South, 60-55, on Monday. Joey St. Pierre, R-B’s 6-8 freshman center, added 11 points.
Johnsburg 53, Grayslake North 50: The Skyhawks held off a furious fourth-quarter rally by the Knights to take seventh place in the tournament. Johnsburg (1-3) led, 40-24, heading into the fourth quarter. Luke Lobermeier led Johnsburg with 17 points, while Steve Dixon (13) and Collin Ridout (11) also hit double figures. North sophomore Aidan Einloth scored 16, 14 in the fourth quarter with four 3s.
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Naperville Central wins 8A The ASSOCIATED PRESS DEKALB – Naperville Central senior defensive back Dillon Grooss makes it a point to go hard after the ball whenever he’s on the field for an opponent’s field goal attempt. His tenacity paid off Saturday in the Class 8A state championship game against Loyola Academy, as Grooss blocked Loyola’s fourth-quarter field goal attempt and scooped it up for an 83-yard game-winning touchdown. The 13-10 victory gave Naperville Central (11-3) its first title since 1998. Grooss’ stellar one-man play on a 21-yard field goal attempt prevented the Ramblers (12-2) from pulling within a point, 6-5, with less than nine minutes remaining in the game.
CLASS 7A Mt. Carmel 30, Lake Zurich 0: Mt. Carmel’s defense held Lake Zurich to 71 total yards of offense. Senior running back Matt Domer led the Caravan (13-1) with 153 rushing yards and two touchdowns, and senior quarterback Marko Boricich threw two touchdowns on four pass attempts. It is the second straight state title for the Caravan (13-1), who won the Class 8A title last year.
Mt. Carmel won its 11th state title under coach Frank Lenti, who has led the Caravan to the finals in 16 of his 30 seasons. Lake Zurich (12-2) struggled from the opening kickoff. Two first-half fumbles led to a quick 14-0 lead for Mt. Carmel. The 21 points allowed by Lake Zurich in the first half were more than the Bears had given up in their previous four playoff games combined.
non early in the second quarter, cutting Batavia’s lead to 14-7. But Coffey quickly found the end zone again as wide receiver Rourke Mullins hauled in a 25-yard touchdown pass to double up on Richards with 5:12 left in the half. Coffey completed 15 of 18 passes for 229 yards with two touchdowns and an interception. The championship game was a rematch of the teams’ week two meeting, which Richards (12-2) won, 31-25.
CLASS 6A Batavia 34, Richards 14: Whether CLASS 5A it was running back Anthony ScaSacred Heart-Griffin 38, Montini ccia torching the defense for three 28: Junior quarterback Gabe Green touchdowns or quarterback Micah Coffey tossing two touchdowns, Batavia was not going to be denied on its quest for its first state title. Richards had no answer for that balanced attack as Batavia, which never trailed, cruised to victory. In the game’s defining play, Coffey connected with Michael Moffatt for a Class 6A state record 96-yard touchdown and a 14-0 lead in the final minute of the first quarter. Scaccia had two 1-yard rushing touchdowns in the first half to help Batavia build a 28-7 lead. He finished with 33 carries for 189 yards. Richards quarterback Hasan Muhammad-Rogers threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Dedrick Shan-
rushed for 145 yards and three touchdowns as Sacred Heart-Griffin scored 31 unanswered points en route to victory Sacred Heart-Griffin (14-0) recovered from a 21-7 first-quarter deficit with a defensive effort that shut down the Broncos. The loss snapped a streak of four consecutive state titles for Montini (13-1). The Broncos scored a touchdown with 56 seconds remaining for their first points since the first quarter. Sacred Heart-Griffin took its first lead of the game with 4:54 left in the third on Green’s 17-yard touchdown to go ahead, 24-21. Green added a 6-yard touchdown run less than four minutes later.
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RICHMOND-BURTON 30, ST. RITA 25 106: Johnson (Rita) by fft. 113: Richmond-Burton by. fft. 120: Ga. Sutton (RB) d. Stack by fall, :53 126: Gr. Sutton (RB) d. Otto by fall, :41 132: Ward (Rita) maj. dec. Braden, 16-6 138: Caulfield (Rita) by fft. 145: Larkin (Rita) d. Holian by fall, 2:27 152: Barr (Rita) dec. Rae, 9-8 160: Gar. Sutton (RB) by fft. 170: Ferrero (RB) dec. Litterio, 1-0 182: McKimmy (RB) bt fft. 195: Suhr (RB) dec. Babeyode, 23-21 220: Richmond-Burton by fft. 285: Richmond-Burton by fft.
ROUND LAKE 51 RICHMOND-BURTON 19 106: Richmond-Burton by fft. 113: Ga. Sutton (RB) maj. dec. Castillo, 12-1 120: Wawartniak (RL) by fft. 126: Gr. Sutton (RB) dec. Arteaga, 3-0 132: Guerrero (RL) dec. Braden, 5-2 138: Hernandez (RL) by fft. 145: Moore (RL) d. Holian by fall, 1:57 152: Vityk (RL) d. Rae by fall, 2:31 160: Gar/ Sutton (RB) d. Avila by Inj, :43 170: Ferrerp (RB) by fft. 182: Washington (RL) d. McKimmy by fall, :27 195: Greenhill (RL) d. Heppner by fall, 1:50 220: McCord (RL) by fft. 285: Rangel (RL) by fft.
GENEVA 55, RICHMOND-BURTON 20 106: Landrum (G) by fft. 113: Ga. Sutton (RB) d. Baker by fall, :58 120: MacDonald (G) by fft. 126: Gr. Sutton (RB) d. Anderson by tech. fall, 2:16 132: Parsons (G) maj. dec. Braden, 11-0 138: Soto (G) by fft. 145: Huck (G) d. Holian by fall, 2:28 152: Perry (G) dec. Rae, 17-13 160: Gar. Sutton (RB) d. Munsayac by fall, 1:21 170: Choan (G) d. Ferrero by fall, 5:06 182: McKimmy (RB) dec. Bradberry, 6-3 195: Mongomery (G) by fft. 220: Anderson (G) by fft. 285: MacKenzie (G) by fft.
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HUNTLEY 45, OSWEGO 24 106: Stenger (H) by forfeit 113: Lim (H) by forfeit 120: Urban (H) by forfeit 126: Beltran (H) p. Carrington, 4:48 132: Gellangarain (H) p. Webb, 5:21 138: Fountain (OE) p. Ernst, 1:51 145: Meyer (H) d. Okayama, 5-2 152: Miller (OE) . Kitsis, 6-2 160: Symbal (H) d. Contreras, 4-3 170: Shea (OE) d. Jaggars, 6-4 182: Darby (H) d. Hall, 7-2 195: Okayama (OE) d. Mihalopoulos, 4:23 220: Moran (OE) p. Caridai, 2:25 285: Swanson (H) p. Chavez, 1:49
HUNTLEY 49 RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD 22 106: Stenger (H) p. Cortes, :43 113: Lim (H) p. Contaras, 2:35 120: Guienini (RB) d. Urban, 4-0 126: Rose (H) p. Reyes, 5:54 132: Ochoa (RB) d. Gamoba, 9-8 138: Miziorewski (RB) maj. dec. Ernst, 17-6 145: Meyer (H) d. Szydo, 6-5 152: Kitsis (H) p. Ceja, 1:29 160: Symbal (H) maj. dec. Theus, 12-4 170: Jaggars (H) p. Colvin, 2:32 182: Darby (H) p. Reeze, 3:40 195: Shannen (RB) p. Mihalopoulos, 5:18 220: Swanson (H) p. Greenwell, 2:51 285: Lopez (H) p. Caridai, 5:24
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PLANO 34, HARVARD 33 106: WIlcox (H) p. Krotz, 1:21 113: Luis (H) p. Lazarit, 1:15 120: Esquivel (H) dec. Whitten, 9-7 126: Mendoza (Plano) dec. Struck, 7-5 132: Scanlon (Plano) dec. Quinn, 8-5 138: Lopez (Plano)p. Jimenez, 5:11 145: Gonzalez (Plano) dec. Kramer, 3-0 152: Tomac (Plano) maj. dec. Reilly, 13-4 160: Brown (Plano) dec. Rudd, 5-2 171: Wheeler (H) p. Kee, :27 182: Mejia (H) p. Katzel, 1:59 195: Ricketts (Plano) p. Tapia, 5:16 220: Maisonet (Plano) p. Popoca, 1:48 285: Freimund (H) p. Ninez, 5:51
HARVARD 63 WOODSTOCK NORTH 12 106: Wilcox (H) by fft. 113: Luis (H) by fft. 120: Esquivel (H) by fft. 126: Struck (H) p. Ortiz, 1:30 132: Fiorito (WSN) p. Jimenez, 3:14 138: Cordoba (WSN) dec. Streit, 3-1 145: Kramer (H) by fft. 152: Reilly (H) by fft. 160: Rudd (H) by fft. 170: Wheeler (H) dec. R. Kline, 5-1 182: D. Kline (WSN) dec. Mejia, 9-4 195: Tapia (H) by fft. 220: Popoca (H) by fft. 285: Freimund (H) by fft. McHenry Quad
MUNDELEIN 36, McHENRY 33 106: Ceneceros (M) d. Mullen, 8-6 113: Sikula (McH) d. Ripartella, 5-4 120: Duh (McH) p. Hernandez, 5:31 126: Avilo (M) p. Chrisman, 5:25 132: Argomis (M) p. Nagel, 1:05 138: Riportella (M) p. Wagner, 2:40 145: Herber (M) p. Hutchinson, 1:06 152: Laurie (M) maj. dec. Hellios, 14-6 160: Patchett (McH) d. Mota, 7-5 170: Carey (McH) p. Strandemo, 4:28 182: Olayo (M) p. Peralta, 5:58 195: Guzman (Y) p. Grannemann, 3:33 220: Hernandez (McH) d. Obispo, 7-0 295: Mastandrea (McH) p. Jimenez, 5:36
McHENRY 49, YORK 17 106: Mullen (McH) by forfeit 113: Navar (McH) p. Castello, :36 120: Duh (McH) p. Hoffman, 2:08 126: Neises (McH) by forfeit 132: Conlon (McH) by forfeit 138: Hoffman (Y) d. Wagner, 6-4 145: Herber (McH) p. Ordonez, 2:30 152: Hellios (McH) d. Hoffmann, 9-2 160: Santiago (Y) d. Patchett, 5-1 170: Carey (McH) p. Kallnich, 1:26 182: Berg (Y) p. Peralta, :58 195: Helton (Y) d. Grannemann, 1-0 220: Hernandez (McH) d. Fleckenstein, 13-4 285: Helton (Y) d. Mastandrea, 4-1
McHENRY 33, DEKALB 29 106: Mullen (McH) p. Irick, :48 113: Sikula (McH) p. Jacobo, 2:06 120: Duh (McH) d. McGee, 5-2 126: Stratton (D) p. Chrisman, 3:20 132: Roach (D) p. Nagel, 3:28 138: Montgomery (D) d. Wagner, 5-0 145: Herber (McH) d. Green, 3-2 152: Macuras (D) p. Hellios, 1:32 160: Patchett (McH) d. Farrell, 1-0 170: Carey (McH) p. Killingsworth, :42 182: Williams (D) p. Peralta, :34 195: Granemann (McH) p. Chase, 2:33 220: Hernandez (McH) p. Mass, :42
CL SOUTH 85, GRANT 68 CL South Grant
16 33 16 20 – 85 11 7 14 36 – 68
CRYSTAL LAKE SOUTH (85) Mahoney 4 0-0 10, Thomas 1 0-0 2, Johnson 3 5-5 12, Rogers 4 3-6 11, Schingel 1 0-1 2, Friesen 2 4-4 8, Buckner 4 3-4 11, Wagner 2 0-0 6, Baker 2 2-2 7, Bright 0 0-0 0, Bartusch 2 0-1 4, Reich 3 3-3 10. Totals: 28 22-30 85. GRANT (68) Malmberg 2 0-0 6, Noda 2 4-7 8, Burns 5 0-2 11, Dunning 5 5-6 15, Dillon 4 2-3 10, Lostroscio 0 0-0 0, Jones 5 0-0 10, Bald 1 0-0 2, Graves 0 0-1 0, Hanlin 2 0-0 6. Totals: 26 11-17 68. Three-point goals: CL South 7 (Mahoney 2, Wagner 2, Johnson, Baker, Reich), Grant 5 (Malmberg 2, Hanlin 2, Burns). Total fouls: CL South 17, Grant 24. Fouled out: Dillon. Third Place
RICHMOND-BURTON 72 HARLEM 48 Harlem 7 11 16 14 – 48 Richmond-Burton 20 14 21 17 – 72 HARLEM (48) Luster 3 1-1 7, Bailey 0 0-0 0, Summers 2 0-0 6, Hurtado 0 0-0 0, Scoville 0 2-2 2, Smith 5 2-3 12, Barger 0 0-0 0, Henson 3 3-4 9, Carpenter 1 0-0 2, Karbarz 4 2-8 10. Totals: 18 10-18 48. RICHMOND-BURTON (72) Bayer 1 2-2 4, Rygiel 1 0-0 2, Hogan 1 0-1 2, Wells 1 2-2 4, Kaufman 6 4-4 19, Groves 0 0-0 0, Blanton 0 0-0 0, Miller 1 1-2 4, Kaska 10 3-4 26, Duha 0 0-1 0, St. Pierre 5 1-1 11. Totals: 26 13-17 72. Three-point goals: Harlem 2 (Summers 2), Richmond-Burton 7 (Kaufman 3, Kaska 3, Miller). Total fouls: Harlem 17, Richmond-Burton 19. Seventh Place
JOHNSBURG 53 GRAYSLAKE NORTH 50 Johnsburg Grayslake North
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16 12 12 13 – 53 10 4 10 26 – 50
JOHNSBURG (53) Nusser 1 0-0 3, Stefka 0 1-2 1, Kreassig 0 1-2 1, Tylkowski 0 0-0 0, Stillwell 2 1-2 5, Lobermeier 8 1-2 17, Dixon 5 0-1 13, Ridout 5 0-0 11, Schmidt 1 0-0 2, Shelton 0 0-0 0, Kinney 0 0-0 0. Totals: 22 4-9 53. GRAYSLAKE NORTH (50) Krebs 3 0-0 9, Gentile 1 0-0 2, Tepper 3 0-0 6, Taskovic 1 0-0 3, Aikin 1 0-0 2, Buckels 1 0-0 2, Diprove 2 1-4 5, Einloth 5 2-2 16, Piggott 1 1-2 3, Dodge 1 0-0 2. Totals: 19 4-8 50. Three-point goals: Johnsburg 5 (Dixon 3, Ridout, Nusser), Grayslake North 8 (Einloth 4, Krebs 3, Taskovic). Total fouls: Johnsburg 12, Grayslake North 14. All-Tournament Team Richmond-Burton Pool Austin Rogers-* (CL South), Chris Mahoney (CL South), Wes Buckner (CL South), Dion Head (Wauconda), Sam Kaufman (R-B). Johnsburg Pool Ryan Noda (Grant), Mike Burns (Grant), Eric Henson (Harlem), Rueben Collier (Zion-Benton JV), Collin Ridout (Johnsburg).
*-Tournament MVP. Westminster Christian Tournament
ALDEN-HEBRON 39 FAITH LUTHERAN 36 Alden-Hebron Faith Lutheran
6 8 10 1
13 12 - 39 11 14 - 36
ALDEN-HEBRON (39) Nelson 2-1-3-6, Moe 3-0-4-6, Bell 2-12-6, Heaver 6-5-7-17, VonBergen 2-0-0-4. Totals: 15-7-16-39. FAITH LUTHERAN (36) Larson 7-0-0-18, Dykstra 1-0-0-2, Chapel 5-0-1-13, Boyer 1-0-0-3. Totals: 14-0-1-36. Three-point goals: Alden-Hebron 2 (Nelson, Bell), Faith Lutheran 7 (Larson 4, Chapel 3). Hoops For Healing Tournament
CARY-GROVE 55, WOODSTOCK 46 Cary-Grove Woodstock
8 18 17 12 —55 11 13 10 12 —46
C-G (55) Szydlo 3 2-3 8, Johnson 0 2-2 2, Coleman 2 2-2 6, McDonough 0 2-4 2, Gregoire 3 6-8 15, Sutherland 1 1-2 4, Franz 1 2-2 4, Barr 4 0-0 10, Krich 1 0-0 2, Mocchi 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 17-23 55. WOODSTOCK (46) Ferguson 2 5-7 10, Ammirati 1 0-0 3, Stoneking 5 7-10 17, Chonos 2 0-0 4, Sutter 1 3-4 5, Kohley 2 0-1 5, Kubiak 1 0-0 2. Totals: 14 15-22 46. Three-point goals: Woodstock 3 (Ammirati, Ferguson, Kohley). CaryGrove 6 (Gregoire 3, Barr 2, Sutherland 1). Total fouls: Cary-Grove 20, Woodstock 19. Fouled out: Ammirati (W).
BELVIDERE 53 WOODSTOCK NORTH 46 Belvidere 12 15 17 9 —53 Woodstock North 8 5 11 22 —46 BELVIDERE (53) Hernandez 0 1-2 1, McKnight 1 0-0 3, Paris 4 0-0 8, Bandy 3 1-2 10, Jackson 2 0-0 4, Lass 2 0-0 4, Morris 0 1-2 1, Goston 1 0-0 3, Byers 8 1-2 17, Dimond 1 0-0 2. Totals: 24 4-8 53. WN (46) Jandron 3 0-0 2, Ortiz 1 4-6 6, Niese 1 4-4 6, Basaran 0 0-1 1, Creighton 4 1-4 10, Herscha 6 3-6 15, Devore 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 12-21 46. Three-point goals: Woodstock North 1 (Creighton), Belvidere 5 (Bandy 3, Goston, McKnight). Team Fouls: Belvidere 24, Woodstock North 12.
MARIAN CENTRAL 72 ROUND LAKE 57 Marian Central Round Lake
13 16 22 21 - 72 14 141 11 8 - 57
MARIAN CENTRAL (72) Pischke 5-6-6-19, Waytula 1-2-2-4, Drivas 4-0-2-8, DeRoo 0-0-1-0, Lindell 0-2-2-2, Schnepf 5-2-2-16, Hardie 1-0-0-2, Patterson 3-1-4-7, Haley 3-2-3-8, Ricchiuto 2-1-1-5, Lindquist 1-1-1-3. Totals: 25-17-24-72. ROUND LAKE (57) Ruiz 1-0-1-2, Bomman 2-0-2-4, M. Green 4-2-2-13, Wright 8-11-11-30, Pisarski 2-4-5-8. Totals: 17-17-21-57. Three-point goals: Marian Central 5 (Pischke 3, Schnepf), Round Lake 6 (Wright 3, M. Green 3). Coaches vs. Cancer Thanksgiving Tournament
CARMEL 66, McHENRY 56 Carmel McHenry
20 11 17 18 – 66 14 16 12 14 – 56
McHENRY (56) Freund 5 2-2 13, Postal 4 2-2 11, Lawrence 2 1-2 5, Johnson 6 0-0 15, Bellich 4 0-0 8, Preston 2 0-0 4. Totals: 23 5-8 56. Three-point goals: McHenry 5 (Johnson 3, Freund, Postal). Total fouls: McHenry 16.
HUNTLEY 84 BELVIDERE NORTH 65 Huntley Belvidere N.
20 21 21 22 - 84 13 25 17 10 - 65
HUNTLEY (84) Jacobs 3-2-2-10, Bessey 3-5-6-11, Boesch 2-0-1-4, Slonka 2-4-4-8, Wicks 3-4-6-13, Egekeze 7-4-4-19, Gorney 8-3-519. Totals: 28-22-28-84 BELVIDERE NORTH (65) Meyers 1-0-0-2, Klosowski 0-2-2-2, Tevebaugh 6-2-2-18, Berkenpas 4-3-4-13, Blake 2-4-4-8, Barrett 1-0-0-3, Howe 3-2-4-10, Hartfiel 3-0-0-9. Totals: 2013-16-65. Three-point goals: Huntley 6 (Wicks 3, Jacobs 2, Egekeze), Belvidere N. 12 (Tevebaugh 4, Hartfiel 3, Howe 2, Berkenpas 2, Barrett).
PRAIRIE RIDGE 59, ANTIOCH 43 Antioch PR
5 8 13 7
16 14 - 43 19 20 - 59
ANTIOCH (43) Marsiglio 3 1-1 9, Abdellatif 2 0-0 6, Reiser 2 0-0 6, Mayer 0 0-1 0, Phillips 2 0-0 6, Markoich 1 0-0 2, Teowach 2 1-2 6, Powers 3 2-2 8. Totals: 15 3-6 43 PRAIRIE RIDGE (59) Bradshaw 8 4-4 22, Tichnor 3 2-2 8, Peterson 1 0-0 2, Otto 3 3-4 10, Ayers 1 0-0 2, Todd 1 0-0 2, Gilbert 1 0-2 3, Berg 3 0-0 6, Hering 1 2-2 4. Totals: 22 11-14 59 Three-point goals: Antioch 9 (Marsiglio 2, Abdellatif 2, Reiser 2, Phillips 2, Markoich 1), Prairie Ridge 4 (Bradshaw 2, Otto 1, Gilbert 1). Total fouls: Antioch 15, Prairie Ridge 13.
HOFFMAN ESTATES 71 CL CENTRAL 41 Hoffman Estates 17 17 24 13 - 71 CL Central 4 16 14 7 - 41 HOFFMAN ESTATES (71) Malik 1 0-0 2, Thornton 5 0-0 12, Pye 1 2-2 4, Jacobs 1 2-3 4, Robinson 8 7-11 24, Patel 0 1-2 1, Cleveland 1 5-6 7, Vesper 2 2-2 7, Conway 2 0-0 4, Burns 3 0-0 6. Totals: 24 19-26 71 CL CENTRAL (41) Peisker 1 0-0 2, Murphy 4 2-2 11, Vesley 1 1-2 3, Fritz 4 1-2 9, Olson 1 0-0 2, Ortner 0 1-2 1, MacAlpine 1 1-3 3, Koch 1 2-2 4, Panicko 0 0-1 0, McKenzie 1 0-0 2. Totals: 16 8-14 41 Three-point goals: Hoffman Estates 4 (Thornton 2, Robinson 1, Vesper 1), CL Central 1 (Murphy 1). Total fouls: Hoffman Estates 18, CL Central 20. All-Tournament Team Jack George, Carmel Billy Kirby, Carmel Cody Freund, McHenry Greg Johnson, McHenry Amanze Egekeze, Huntley Zach Gorney, Huntley Todd Berkenpas, Belvidere North Hunter Blake, Belvidere North AJ Marsiglio, Antioch Michael Bradshaw, Prairie Ridge Jordan Robinson, Hoffman Estates Jorden Thornton, Hoffman Estates Ottawa Thanksgiving Tournament
MARENGO 48, PONTIAC 47 Pontiac Marengo
15 11 15 6 - 47 16 7 11 14 - 48
PONTIAC (47) Justus 3 2-2 8, Smith 3 3-4 11, Mills 5 2-5 13, Koztlmer 2 0-0 4, Comincioli 4 3-4 11. Totals: 17 10-15 47 MARENGO (48) Kissack 1 0-0 3, Shepard 1 0-0 2, Kunde 3 1-2 8, Simonini 1 0-0 3, Knobloch 4 4-4 14, Rogutich 5 0-0 10, Volkening 3 1-2 7. Totals: 17 6-8 48 Three-point goals: Pontiac 4 (Smith 3, Mills 1), Marengo 6 (Kissack 1, Kunde 1, Simonini 1, Knobloch 3). Total fouls: Pontiac 13, Marengo 15.
TEAM
MONDAY Wrestling: Marengo at North Boone, 5:30 p.m. Boys Bowling: Rochelle at Huntley, 4:30 p.m. Girls Bowling: FVC kickoff, 4:30 p.m.
TUESDAY Boys Basketball: Hampshire at Prairie Ridge, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Immaculate Conception at Marian Central, 6:30 p.m., Luther North at Alden-Hebron, DundeeCrown at Cary-Grove, Crystal Lake Central at Wauconda, Prairie Ridge at Crystal Lake South, Grayslake Central at Hampshire, McHenry at Jacobs, Grayslake North at Johnsburg, Rockford Lutheran at Harvard, Byron at Richmond-Burton, 7 p.m. Huntley at Bartlett, 7:15 p.m. Boys Bowling: Mendota at Marengo, Westminster Christian at Woodstock, 4:30 p.m. Girls Bowling: Westminster Christian at McHenry, Mendota at Marengo, 4:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY Boys Basketball: Harvard at Woodstock North, McHenry at Wauconda, Chicagoland Jewish at Dundee-Crown, Crystal Lake South at Woodstock, Crystal Lake Central at Marian Central, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Antioch at CaryGrove, Winnebago at Marengo, 7 p.m. Wrestling: Walther Lutheran, Lisle at Hampshire, 5 p.m.; Marian Central at Lakes, 5:30 p.m. Boys Bowling: Woodstock at Elgin, 4:30 p.m.
THURSDAY Boys Basketball: Johnsburg at Antioch, 7 p.m. Girls Basketball: Wheaton St. Francis at Marian Central, 6:30 p.m., Alden-Hebron at Rockford Christian Life, Faith Lutheran vs. IMSA, North Boone at Harvard, Woodstock North at Woodstock 7 p.m. Wrestling: Hampshire at Crystal Lake Central, Harvard at Rockford Lutheran, Marian Central at Lake Forest Triangular, 5:30 p.m.; Richmond-Burton at Winnebago, Woodstock North at McHenry, 6 p.m., CaryGrove at Huntley, 6:15 p.m.; Johnsburg at Grayslake Central, Woodstock at Grayslake North, Crystal Lake South at DundeeCrown, Jacobs at Prairie Ridge, 6:30 p.m. Boys Bowling: Huntley at Marengo, Larkin at McHenry, 4:30 p.m. Girls Bowling: Huntley at Grayslake North, 4 p.m., Dundee-Crown at Woodstock, Jacobs at Grayslake Central, Johnsburg at McHenry, 4:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY
at Minnesota 7 p.m. CSN, NHLN AM-720
DALLAS 7 p.m. CSN/NBCSN AM-720 NEW ORLEANS 7 p.m. CSN AM-1000
MIAMI 8:30 p.m. TNT AM-1000 Next Game Saturday OKLAHOMA CITY 7 p.m.
ON TAP SUNDAY GOLF
TV/Radio
4:30 a.m.: European PGA Tour, Alfred Dunhill Championship, inal round, at Mpumalanga, South Africa, TGC
NFL FOOTBALL Noon: Bears at Minnesota, Fox, FM-105.9, AM-780 Noon: Tennessee at Indianapolis, CBS 3:25 p.m.: Denver at Kansas City, CBS 7 p.m.: N.Y. Giants at Washington, NBC
SOCCER 6 a.m.: Premier League, Manchester United at Tottenham, NBCSN 8 a.m.: Premier League, Liverpool at Hull City, NBCSN 10 a.m.: Premier League, Southampton at Chelsea, NBCSN
MEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 1 p.m.: Farleigh Dickinson at Seton Hall, FS1 3 p.m.: Oregon St. at DePaul, FS1 5 p.m.: North Carolina at UAB, FS1 6:30 p.m.: Old Spice Classic, championship, Oklahoma State vs. Memphis, at Orlando, Fla., ESPN2 7:30 p.m.: Kentucky vs. Providence, at Brooklyn, N.Y., FS1 8:30 p.m.: Wooden Legacy, championship, Marquette vs. San Diego State, at Fullerton, Calif., ESPN2
WINTER SPORTS 1:30 p.m.: USSA, Raptor World Cup, women’s giant slalom, at Avon, Colo., NBC
WOMEN’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL 4:30 p.m.: Ohio St. vs. UConn, at Springield, Mass., ESPN2
BETTING ODDS
FOOTBALL NFL NATIONAL CONFERENCE North W L T Pct PF Detroit 7 5 0 .583 326 Bears 6 5 0 .545 303 Green Bay 5 6 1 .458 294 Minnesota 2 8 1 .227 266 East W L T Pct PF Dallas 7 5 0 .583 329 Philadelphia 6 5 0 .545 276 N.Y. Giants 4 7 0 .364 213 Washington 3 8 0 .273 252 South W L T Pct PF New Orleans 9 2 0 .818 305 Carolina 8 3 0 .727 258 Tampa Bay 3 8 0 .273 211 Atlanta 2 9 0 .182 227 West W L T Pct PF Seattle 10 1 0 .909 306 San Francisco 7 4 0 .636 274 Arizona 7 4 0 .636 254 St. Louis 5 6 0 .455 266 AMERICAN CONFERENCE East W L T Pct PF New England 8 3 0 .727 288 N.Y. Jets 5 6 0 .455 186 Miami 5 6 0 .455 229 Buffalo 4 7 0 .364 236 South W L T Pct PF Indianapolis 7 4 0 .636 263 Tennessee 5 6 0 .455 250 Jacksonville 2 9 0 .182 142 Houston 2 9 0 .182 199 North W L T Pct PF Cincinnati 7 4 0 .636 275 Baltimore 6 6 0 .500 249 Pittsburgh 5 7 0 .417 263 Cleveland 4 7 0 .364 203 West W L T Pct PF Denver 9 2 0 .818 429 Kansas City 9 2 0 .818 270 San Diego 5 6 0 .455 269 Oakland 4 8 0 .333 237
PA 287 309 305 346 PA 303 260 280 338 PA 196 151 258 309 PA 179 184 223 255 PA 230 287 245 273 PA 260 245 324 289 PA 206 235 278 265 PA 289 179 260 300
Thursday’s Games Detroit 40, Green Bay 10 Dallas 31, Oakland 24 Baltimore 22, Pittsburgh 20 Sunday’s Games Bears at Minnesota, noon New England at Houston, noon Tennessee at Indianapolis, noon Jacksonville at Cleveland, noon Tampa Bay at Carolina, noon Arizona at Philadelphia, noon Miami at N.Y. Jets, noon St. Louis at San Francisco, 3:05 p.m. Atlanta vs. Buffalo at Toronto, 3:05 p.m. Cincinnati at San Diego, 3:25 p.m. Denver at Kansas City, 3:25 p.m. N.Y. Giants at Washington, 7:30 p.m. Monday’s Game New Orleans at Seattle, 7:40 p.m.
STATE FINALS
SCHEDULE
MONDAY
at Minnesota Noon Fox FM-105.9, AM-780
FOOTBALL Class 1A Lena-Winslow 28, Tri-Valley Downs 21 Class 2A Sterling Newman Central Catholic 40, Staunton 13 Class 3A Stillman Valley 43, St. Joseph-Odgden 41 (OT) Class 4A Rochester 16, Geneseo 8 Class 5A Springfield Sacred Heart-Griffin 38, Montini 28 Class 6A Batavia 34, Richards 14 Class 7A Mt. Carmel 30, Lake Zurich 0 Class 8A Naperville Central 13, Loyola Academy 10
SUNDAY
GLANTZ-CULVER LINE
AP TOP 25 FARED
NFL FAVORITE TODAY O/U UNDERDOG at Minnesota 1 (49½) Bears at Indianapolis 3½ (45) Tennessee Denver 5½ (49) at Kans. City at Cleveland 7 (40½) Jacksonville at Carolina 7½ (41½) Tampa Bay at Philadelphia 3 (48½) Arizona at N.Y. Jets 2 (40) Miami Buffalo-x 3½ (47) Atlanta at San Francisco 7½ (41) St. Louis New England 7½ (47½) at Houston at San Diego 1 (48½) Cincinnati N.Y. Giants 1½ (45½) at Wash. Monday at Seattle 5 (47) New Orleans
No. 1 Alabama (11-1) lost to No. 4 Auburn 34-28. Next: vs. TBA. No. 2 Florida State (12-0) beat Florida 37-7. Next: vs. No. 24 Duke in ACC championship, Saturday. No. 3 Ohio State (12-0) beat Michigan 42-41. Next: vs. No. 11 Michigan State in Big Ten championship, Saturday. No. 4 Auburn (11-1) beat No. 1 Alabama 34-28. Next: vs. No. 5 Missouri in SEC championship, Saturday. No. 5 Missouri (11-1) beat No. 19 Texas A&M 28-21. Next: No. 4 Auburn in SEC championship, Saturday. No. 6 Clemson (10-2) lost to No. 10 South Carolina 31-17. Next: TBA. No. 7 Oklahoma State (10-1) did not play. Next: vs. No. 20 Oklahoma, Saturday. No. 8 Stanford (10-2) beat No. 25 Notre Dame 27-20. Next: vs. No. 13 Arizona State in Pac-12 championship, Saturday. No. 9 Baylor (10-1) beat TCU 41-38. Next: vs. Texas, Saturday. No. 10 South Carolina (10-2) beat No. 6 Clemson 31-17. Next: TBA. No. 11 Michigan State (11-1) beat Minnesota 14-3. Next: vs. No. 3 Ohio State in Big Ten championship, Saturday. No. 12 Oregon (10-2) beat Oregon State 36-35, Friday. Next: TBA. No. 13 Arizona State (9-2) vs. Arizona. Next: vs. No. 8 Stanford in Pac-12 championship, Saturday. No. 14 Wisconsin (9-3) lost to Penn State 31-24. Next: TBA. No. 15 LSU (9-3) beat Arkansas 31-27, Friday. Next: TBA. No. 16 Fresno State (10-1) lost to San Jose State 62-52, Friday. Next: vs. Boise State or Utah State, in MWC championship. No. 17 UCF (10-1) beat South Florida 23-20, Friday. Next: at SMU, Saturday. No. 18 Northern Illinois (12-0) beat Western Michigan 33-14, Tuesday. Next: vs. Bowling Green in MAC championship, Friday. No. 19 Texas A&M (8-4) lost to No. 5 Missouri 28-21. Next: TBA. No. 20 Oklahoma (9-2) did not play. Next: at No. 7 Oklahoma State, Saturday. No. 21 Louisville (10-1) did not play. Next: at Cincinnati, Thursday. No. 22 UCLA (9-3) beat No. 23 Southern Cal 35-14. Next: TBA. No. 23 Southern Cal (9-4) lost to No. 22 UCLA 35-14. Next: TBA. No. 24 Duke (10-2) beat North Carolina 27-25. Next: vs. No. 2 Florida State in ACC championship, Saturday. No. 25 Notre Dame (8-4) lost to No. 8 Stanford 27-20. Next: TBA.
HOCKEY
BASKETBALL
NHL
NBA
WESTERN CONFERENCE Central Division GP W L OT Pts GF Blackhawks 28 20 4 4 44 102 St. Louis 25 18 4 3 39 89 Colorado 25 19 6 0 38 76 Minnesota 28 15 8 5 35 68 Nashville 27 13 11 3 29 62 Winnipeg 28 12 12 4 28 73 Dallas 24 12 9 3 27 68 Pacific Division GP W L OT Pts GF San Jose 25 17 3 5 39 88 Anaheim 28 18 7 3 39 88 Los Angeles 26 16 6 4 36 69 Phoenix 26 15 7 4 34 85 Vancouver 28 13 10 5 31 74 Calgary 25 8 13 4 20 68 Edmonton 27 8 17 2 18 70 EASTERN CONFERENCE Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF Boston 27 18 7 2 38 75 Tampa Bay 26 16 9 1 33 76 Montreal 27 15 9 3 33 73 Detroit 27 13 7 7 33 74 Toronto 27 14 10 3 31 75 Ottawa 26 10 12 4 24 76 Florida 27 7 15 5 19 59 Buffalo 28 6 20 2 14 48 Metropolitan Division GP W L OT Pts GF Pittsburgh 28 18 9 1 37 86 Washington 27 14 11 2 30 82 N.Y. Rangers 27 14 13 0 28 60 New Jersey 27 11 11 5 27 59 Philadelphia 26 12 12 2 26 57 Carolina 26 10 11 5 25 55 Columbus 27 10 14 3 23 67 N.Y. Islanders 27 8 15 4 20 72
GA 76 57 52 67 75 80 70 GA 57 73 56 84 75 92 93 GA 55 66 57 71 73 86 91 85 GA 64 78 66 64 63 75 80 93
NOTE: Two points for a win, one point for overtime loss. Saturday’s Games Blackhawks 5, Phoenix 2 Philadelphia 3, Nashville 2, SO Colorado 3, Minnesota 2, SO N.Y. Rangers 5, Vancouver 2 Boston 3, Columbus 1 Montreal 4, Toronto 2 Pittsburgh 5, Florida 1 New Jersey 1, Buffalo 0, OT Washington 3, N.Y. Islanders 2, OT Calgary at Los Angeles, (n) Anaheim at San Jose, (n) Sunday’s Games Vancouver at Carolina, noon Detroit at Ottawa, 4:30 p.m. Edmonton at Dallas, 5 p.m.
BLACKAHWKS 5, COYOTES 2 Chicago Phoenix
COLLEGE
3 0
0 2
2 0
— 5 — 2
First Period-1, Chicago, Kane 16 (Hossa, Keith), 2:34 (pp). 2, Chicago, Shaw 8 (Seabrook, Keith), 9:18. 3, Chicago, Hjalmarsson 3 (Kane, Handzus), 11:04. Penalties-Phoenix bench, served by Chipchura (too many men), :49; Morris, Pho (holding), 1:14; Halpern, Pho (tripping), 15:50. Second Period-4, Phoenix, Klinkhammer 5 (Stone, Ekman-Larsson), 5:52. 5, Phoenix, Hanzal 8 (Vrbata, Ribeiro), 15:56 (pp). Penalties-Oduya, Chi (cross-checking), 11:28; Hjalmarsson, Chi (unsportsmanlike conduct, slashing), 14:28; Oduya, Chi (hooking), 16:50; Hanzal, Pho (slashing), 18:09. Third Period-6, Chicago, Bollig 3 (Kruger, B.Smith), 10:49. 7, Chicago, Hossa 11 (Toews, Seabrook), 19:14 (en). Penalties-Murphy, Pho (roughing), 1:43; Shaw, Chi, double minor (high-sticking), 19:58. Shots on Goal-Chicago 16-6-14-36. Phoenix 7-17-9-33. Power-play opportunities-Chicago 1 of 5; Phoenix 1 of 5. Goalies-Chicago, Raanta 2-0-0 (33 shots-31 saves). Phoenix, M.Smith 12-6-4 (35-31).
EASTERN CONFERENCE Central Division W L Pct Indiana 15 1 .938 Bulls 7 8 .467 Detroit 6 10 .375 Cleveland 5 12 .294 Milwaukee 3 13 .188 Atlantic Division W L Pct Toronto 6 9 .400 Boston 7 12 .368 Philadelphia 6 11 .353 Brooklyn 5 12 .294 New York 3 12 .200 Southeast Division W L Pct Miami 13 3 .813 Atlanta 9 9 .500 Washington 8 9 .471 Charlotte 8 9 .471 Orlando 6 10 .375 WESTERN CONFERENCE Southwest Division W L Pct San Antonio 14 3 .824 Houston 13 5 .722 Dallas 10 8 .556 Memphis 8 8 .500 New Orleans 7 8 .467 Northwest Division W L Pct Portland 13 3 .813 Oklahoma City 11 3 .786 Denver 9 6 .600 Minnesota 9 9 .500 Utah 3 15 .167 Pacific Division W L Pct L.A. Clippers 12 5 .706 L.A. Lakers 9 8 .529 Golden State 9 8 .529 Phoenix 9 8 .529 Sacramento 4 10 .286
GB — 7½ 9 10½ 12 GB — 1 1 2 3 GB — 5 5½ 5½ 7 GB — 1½ 4½ 5½ 6 GB — 1 3½ 5 11 GB — 3 3 3 6½
Saturday’s Games Cleveland 97, Bulls 93 Washington 108, Atlanta 101 Brooklyn 97, Memphis 88 Minnesota 112, Dallas 106 Houston 112, San Antonio 106 Utah 112, Phoenix 104 Milwaukee 92, Boston 85 Sunday’s Games Denver at Toronto, noon Indiana at L.A. Clippers, 2:30 p.m. Philadelphia at Detroit, 2:30 p.m. Golden State at Sacramento, 5 p.m. Charlotte at Miami, 5 p.m. Minnesota at Oklahoma City, 6 p.m. New Orleans at New York, 6:30 p.m. Portland at L.A. Lakers, 8:30 p.m.
CAVALIERS 97, BULLS 93 CHICAGO (93) Deng 12-20 1-1 27, Boozer 5-13 2-2 12, Noah 2-10 0-2 4, Hinrich 5-10 1-2 12, Snell 7-12 1-4 18, Gibson 7-10 4-4 18, Dunleavy 1-6 0-0 2, James 0-1 0-0 0, Mohammed 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 39-82 9-15 93. CLEVELAND (97) Gee 2-4 0-0 5, Thompson 4-7 6-8 14, Bynum 8-14 4-4 20, Irving 7-21 4-5 19, Miles 2-5 0-0 6, Waiters 8-10 2-2 20, Jack 2-6 0-0 5, Varejao 3-7 0-0 6, Dellavedova 0-1 0-0 0, Bennett 1-3 0-0 2. Totals 37-78 16-19 97. Chicago Cleveland
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3-Point Goals-Chicago 6-15 (Snell 3-5, Deng 2-5, Hinrich 1-1, James 0-1, Dunleavy 0-3), Cleveland 7-15 (Waiters 2-2, Miles 2-3, Gee 1-1, Jack 1-2, Irving 1-5, Thompson 0-1, Bennett 0-1). Fouled Out-None. Rebounds-Chicago 45 (Noah 8), Cleveland 48 (Thompson 14). Assists-Chicago 31 (Deng 11), Cleveland 20 (Irving 6). Total Fouls-Chicago 22, Cleveland 18. Technicals-Chicago Coach.
x-at Toronto NCAA Basketball FAVORITE LINE UNDERDOG at Saint Louis 3 Wichita St. at Notre Dame 26 Cornell at Mississippi St. 6½ Loyola Chicago North Carolina 5½ at UAB at East Carolina 10 UNC Wilmington at DePaul Pk Oregon St. Kentucky-a 4½ Providence SE Missouri-b 5 Texas St. Drake-c 2 CS Bakersfield at Fresno St. 13½ N. Arizona Pacific-d 2½ North Dakota at Oregon 16 Cal Poly at Elon 5½ Columbia VCU 3 at Belmont at Portland 17 S. Utah at Stanford 14½ S. Dakota St. at Seton Hall 25 Fairleigh Dickinson Old Spice Classic At Orlando, Fla. Seventh Place Purdue 12 Siena Fifth Place Saint Joseph’s 2½ Washington St. Third Place Butler Pk LSU Championship Oklahoma St. 4½ Memphis Wooden Legacy At Anaheim, Calif. Seventh Place Coll. of Charleston 4 Cal St.-Fullerton Fifth Place Arizona St. 6½ Miami Third Place Creighton 8 G. Washington Championship Marquette 1 San Diego St. a-at Brooklyn, N.Y. b-at Puerto Vallarta, Mexico c-at Fresno, Calif. d-at Eugene, Ore. NBA FAVORITE LINE O/U UNDERDOG at Toronto 1½ (200) Denver at L.A. Clippers 1½ (193½) Indiana at Detroit 9 (209) Philadelphia Golden State 3½ (202) at Sacramento at Miami 12 (191½) Charlotte at Oklahoma City 7 (205) Minnesota at New York 1½ (197) New Orleans Portland 3 (206) at L.A. Lakers FAVORITE Vancouver at Ottawa at Dallas
NHL LINE UNDERDOG LINE -115 at Carolina -105 -125 Detroit +105 -160 Edmonton +140
TRANSACTIONS PROS HOCKEY National Hockey League DALLAS STARS — Placed D Stephane Robidas on injured reserve. Recalled D Jamie Oleksiak from Texas (AHL). NASHVILLE PREDATORS — Recalled D Joe Piskula from Milwaukee (AHL). PHOENIX COYOTES — Signed F Gilbert Brule to a one-year, two-way contract. WASHINGTON CAPITALS — Reassigned C Michael Latta to Hershey (AHL). Recalled G Philipp Grubauer and D Dmitry Orlov from Hershey. American Hockey League MILWAUKEE ADMIRALS — Recalleed D Teddy Ruth from Cincinnati (ECHL).
COLLEGE MARSHALL — Suspended RB Kevin Grooms indefinitely.
GOLF EUROPEAN PGA ALFRED DUNHILL CHAMPIONSHIP Saturday At Leopard Creek Golf Club Malelane, South Africa Purse: $2.03 million Yardage: 7,287; Par: 72 Third Round Charl Schwartzel, S. Africa 68-68-67—203 Richard Finch, England 68-70-67—205 Victor Riu, France 68-71-67—206 Romain Wattel, France 70-69-68—207 Soren Hansen, Denmark 72-65-71—208 Hennie Otto, South Africa 69-71-69—209 Ross Fisher, England 72-65-72—209 Carlos del Moral, Spain 73-71-66—210 Br. de Jonge, Zimbabwe 73-69-68—210 T. van Aswegen, S. Africa 70-68-72—210 Also Br. Paolini, United States 73-71-69—213
BASEBALL MLB CALENDAR Dec. 2 — Last day for teams to offer 2014 contracts to unsigned players on 40-man rosters. Dec. 2-5 — Major League Baseball Players Association executive board meeting, La Jolla, Calif. Dec. 9-12 — Winter meetings, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. Dec. 9 — Hall of Fame expansion era committee (1973 and later) vote announced, Lake Buena Vista, Fla. 2014 Jan. 8 — Hall of Fame voting announced. Jan. 14 — Salary arbitration filing. Jan. 15-16 — Owners’ meetings, Paradise Valley, Ariz. Jan. 17 — Salary arbitration figures exchanged. Feb. 1-21 — Salary arbitration hearings, St. Petersburg, Fla.
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Helping younger generation a challenge As the American population ages into retirement, younger generations might be the ones responsible for picking up the pieces. There’s only one problem: The younger generation is in no position to do so. A study published March 15 by the Urban Institute found Americans from young adulthood up to about age 40 have accrued less wealth than their parents at the same age even as the average wealth has doubled over the past quartercentury. So, what is to blame? The truth is it’s not a single issue. A broad range of economic factors has conspired to suppress wealth building for younger American workers. According to the study, they face a number of issues, such as stagnant pay, declining median incomes, a housing collapse and soaring student debt. The cost of college tuition today is one of those economic factors. “Rising tuition threatens to discourage all but the well-off from going to and finishing college, restraining future economic growth, and widening the gap between winners and losers in the U.S. economy,” wrote David Wessel, economics editor and columnist for The Wall Street Journal. “The College Board says over the past 20 years, the inflation-adjusted average published cost of tuition and fees at a four-year state university have more than doubled. Factor in scholarships and tax breaks, and it’s still up more than 50 percent. “Over the same period, the income of the typical family in the middle class has risen only 7 percent. That’s one reason student borrowing is up so much.” In addition to these challenges, public policy now burdens the young with ever-increasing interest payments on the federal debt. The study said the cost of preserving retirement and health benefits for older Americans and baby boomers should not be passed on to younger generations that already have been losing out on their share of private wealth. If current trends are not reversed, today’s younger Americans might be more dependent when they retire on safety-net programs that are less capable of providing basic support, according to the study. “In this country, the expectation is that every generation does better than the previous generation,” said Caroline Ratcliff, an author of the study. “This is no longer the case. This generation might have less.” Over the years, we have seen increasing numbers of parents and grandparents spending more than they anticipated for their children and grandchildren. And, with increased longevity, this might affect their own retirement plans in the years ahead. Take the first step to ensure your retirement by doing a financial plan. It’s crucial to helping you decide the amount you can contribute, if any, and how it might affect your retirement. No matter what issues either generation face, having a plan helps ensure you’ve done everything you can to prepare yourself for the challenges of the future. And, that is a responsibility both generations must realize. • Mike Piershale, a chartered financial consultant, is president of Piershale Financial Group. Send any financial questions you wish to have answered in this column to Piershale Financial Group Inc., 407 Congress Parkway, Crystal Lake, IL 60014. You also may fax them to 815-455-6453 or email Mike.Piershale@PiershaleFinancial.com.
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Jessica Diaz of Woodstock works on the production floor at Watlow in Richmond. The electric heater, sensor and controller maker has been successful teaching the “Watlow Way” and providing onsite education classes that allow employees to work toward an associate’s degree from McHenry County College.
Employees the focus at Richmond’s Watlow Business honored with award from county development group By CYNTHIA WOLF editorial@shawmedia.com RICHMOND – Watlow clearly scores high marks with its customers as the global designer and manufacturer of heaters, temperature sensors, controllers and supporting software continues to expand. It also scores exceptional marks with its employees, who, excluding temps, number about 296 in Richmond, and roughly 2,400 companywide. Its continual focus on employee development, as well as product and work environment innovation, helped Watlow rise to the top among finalists for the McHenry County Economic Development Corp. Business Champion Awards this year. Watlow, with a 100,000-squarefoot facility on Route 173 just west of Route 12, was the top pick among employers with between 100 and 299 employees. “Watlow has done a lot over the years to make them stand out,” said
Pam Cumpata, MCEDC president. “They are really incredible at developing their people. They cross-train them and give them the skills to help them succeed. “They also are looking at efficiencies within their organization, understanding the health of their employees and the ergonomics of how cells are set up.” Founded in 1922, Watlow bought the former Claud S. Gordon Co. in Richmond in 1985. Since then, output has quadrupled or quintupled, said Nathan Frost, director of operations. The company hired 35 people just this year, and sales are up 50 percent since 2006. The majority of people working at the Richmond site – where temperature sensors and wire are made – are directly involved in manufacturing. “We are currently producing 34,000 units per week [and] 600,000 feet of wire per week,” Frost said.
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Laura Strehlow of Lake Geneva, Wis., works on the production floor at Watlow in Richmond.
Nuclear waste debate produces odd alliances By JOHN FLESHER The Associated Press KINCARDINE, Ontario – Ordinarily, a proposal to bury radioactive waste in a scenic area that relies on tourism would inspire “not in my backyard” protests from local residents – and relief in places that were spared. But conventional wisdom has been turned on its head in the Canadian province of Ontario, where a publicly owned power company wants to entomb waste from its nuclear plants 2,230 feet below the surface and less than a mile from Lake Huron. Some of the strongest support comes from Kincardine and other communities near the wouldbe disposal site at the Bruce Power complex, the world’s largest nuclear power station, which produces one-fourth of all electricity generated in Canada’s most heavily populated province. Nuclear is a way of life here, and many residents have jobs connected to the industry. Meanwhile, the loudest objections are coming from elsewhere in Canada and the U.S. – particularly Michigan, which shares the Lake Huron
shoreline with Ontario. Critics are aghast at the idea. They don’t buy assurances that the waste would rest far beneath the lake’s greatest depths and be encased in rock formations that have been stable for 450 million years. “Neither the U.S. nor Canada can afford the risk of polluting the Great Lakes with toxic nuclear waste,” U.S. Reps. Dan Kildee, Sander Levin, John Dingell and Gary Peters of Michigan said in a letter to a panel that is expected to make a recommendation next spring to Canada’s federal government, which has the final say. Michigan’s two U.S. senators, Democrats Carl Levin and Debbie Stabenow, have asked the State Department to intervene. Business and environmental groups in Michigan and Ohio submitted letters. An online petition sponsored by a Canadian opposition group has collected nearly 42,000 signatures. The decision on the $1 billion Canadian project could influence the broader debate over burying nuclear waste deep underground, said Per Peterson, a nuclear engineering professor at the University of California at Berkeley, who served
on a national commission that studied the waste issue in the United States. The U.S. government’s plan for building a repository at Yucca Mountain in Nevada has been halted by stiff opposition. “Demonstrating that this facility can be approved and operated safely is important because it can improve confidence that future high-level waste facilities also can be operated safely,” Peterson said. The Canadian “deep geologic repository” would be the only deep-underground storage facility in North America, aside from a military installation in New Mexico. Other U.S. radioactive waste landfills are shallow – usually 100 feet deep or less. The most highly radioactive waste generated at nuclear plants is spent fuel, which wouldn’t go into the Canadian chamber. Instead, the site would house “low-level” waste such as ashes from incinerated mop heads, paper towels and floor sweepings. It also would hold “intermediate waste” – discarded parts from the reactor core.
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Co-founders Sara and Chris Douglas celebrated the grand opening of their new Fox Lake business – My Mail Box, which offers business and personal shipping in a convenient, family-friendly atmosphere. The business is located at 1284 S. Route 12. Pictured from left to right are Fox Lake Mayor Donny Schmit; Chamber of Commerce Director Richard Bierman; Sara’s father, Fred Ockerlund; Sara’s mother, Sarajane Ockerlund; Chris Douglas; Sara’s daughter, Kelly Douglas; Sara’s daughter, Melissa Douglas; Sara Douglas; Spencer Parry; Chamber of Commerce President Dave Dingman; Chamber of Commerce Director Carol Stitt; and Kim Mallery.
Nuclear waste would decay within 300 years • NUCLEAR Continued from page D1 The project would be operated by Ontario Power Generation (OPG), a publicly owned company that manages waste generated by its nuclear reactors and others owned by Bruce Power, a private operator. Officials insist it’s the safest way to deal with radioactive material that has been stored above ground since the late 1960s and needs a permanent resting place. “We’ve had many scientists and engineers studying this for many years,” OPG spokesman Neal Kelly said. “They’ve concluded that it will not harm the environment or the public.” Most of the waste would decay within 300 years, but the company acknowledges the intermediate waste would stay radioactive for more than 100,000 years. That’s too long for Eugene Bourgeois, who has a wool yarn business near
Bruce Power. “We have only recently discovered radioactivity,” he said. “It’s arrogant to think we’re smart enough to know what it will do to life on this planet over such a long time.” Larry Kraemer, mayor of Kincardine, says most of his constituents don’t share those fears. The risk of radioactive pollution is “so low as to be almost unimaginable,” he said. “The people here draw their drinking water from the lake. We’re certainly not going to take any chances with it.” Kincardine is among several small communities hugging the shoreline in southern Ontario’s Bruce County, which has miles of sandy beaches popular with tourists – particularly from Toronto, about three hours southwest. The downtowns are lined with shops, restaurants, parks, museums and woodsy footpaths. The area’s first nuclear plant was built in the 1960s in countryside north of Kincardine.
The sprawling Bruce Power site now has eight reactors and employs about 4,000 people. Kraemer says about half the jobs in his town of 12,000 are connected to the industry. “We don’t have the knee-jerk reaction when someone says ‘nuclear’ that other people do,” said Joanne Robbins, general manager of the chamber of commerce in nearby Saugeen Shores. “We grew up with it.” Beverly Fernandez, leader of the group that started the online petition, lives in Saugeen Shores but admits she’s focusing on rally opposition outside the area because the industry is so popular in Bruce County – which she dryly labels “the nuclear oasis.” Company specialists say the waste would be placed in impermeable chambers drilled into sturdy limestone 2,230 feet below the surface, topped with a shale layer more than 600 feet thick. The lake’s maximum depth in the vicinity of the nuclear site is about 590 feet.
MCC classes on site for company employees • WATLOW Continued from page D1 Watlow’s products wind up in everything from commercial deep fryers to diesel engines and aerospace technology. Sensor sales are projected to grow to $60 million in 2014 from $55 million this year, said Frost and John Huber, who is a continuous improvement sensei. Both men said Watlow’s focus on employee training, designated weeklong innovation sessions and promoting from within makes for a highly productive, loyal
workforce. Donna Kruzan, employee training specialist, said the company reinstated two years ago a program in which employees can take fast-track MCC classes onsite that will enable them to obtain an associate’s degree in manufacturing management. “Watlow’s culture is built around always learning and improving,” she said, adding that 17 employees currently are enrolled and are two years into a four-year program. Among those enrolled is Dina Cabrera, who lives in Woodstock with her husband, Carlos, and three 14-year-old
daughters. “It’s a great opportunity,” said Cabrera, a lead operator for one of the company’s hybrid work cells. She keeps an eye on customer demand and ensures that a sufficient number of employees is on the line at any given time. Taking the course work is a time commitment, to be sure. After putting in an eight- or 10-hour shift, Cabrera and her classmates stay at Watlow from 4:30 to 8:20 p.m. Mondays for class. “My kids are so proud of me, even though they don’t like me to be absent,” Cabrera said, adding that if she had to include travel time from
work to school, she might not be pursuing her degree. Watlow also pays for the tuition and books up front, requiring employees to return some money only if they fail to achieve an A or B grade. “We work very closely between the students and the school to make sure they’re getting a good learning experience out of it,” Kruzan said. “And the teachers have been so good about coming in early or staying late.” Cabrera said she foresees a long career with Watlow. “I like the place,” she said, “and I feel like I should appreciate what the company is doing for me.”
The Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce is gearing up for another successful year. If you are not a member of the Huntley Chamber, this is the prime time to join. Regular-level membership is only $275 a year, with benefits to help you grow your business 365 days a year. Stop in the Chamber office, 11704 Coral St., on the square in Huntley, or call us at 847669-0166. You now can join the Chamber online at www.huntleychamber.org. I can give you more than 300 reasons the Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce is the best. They are called dedicated Huntley Chamber members. Join the Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce today and take advantage of two great marketing options the Chamber has to offer: • 2014 Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce Community Guide and Map is on sale now, and it features an advertisement on the back cover from our Gold Level Member: Centegra Health System. The Community Guide is my favorite tool as it becomes the “go-to” book in your home and business. We encourage the community to use the businesses in this book since they are the businesses that support this Chamber, and without their dedication, this Chamber would not be as amazing as it is. More than 11,000 copies are printed. We mail the guide to all the businesses and residents in the 60142 ZIP code, and we distribute it throughout the year. Please hurry and place your ad now. For information on advertisement for the Guide and Map, visit www.huntleychamber. org. You must be a member to advertise in the guide and on the map, so join today and become a part of the Huntley Chamber family. • 2014 Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce Home & Business Expo will be at Mar-
CHAMBER NEWS Rita Slawek lowe Middle School on Feb. 22 and 23, and we are proud to announce the 2014 Corporate Sponsor is Centegra Health System. With more than 3,000 visitors attending this event, it is no surprise why the Huntley Chamber Expo has been successful since 1992. You have the opportunity to market your business in person, which gives you the ability to answer questions or give marketing material to attendees for future use. Exhibitors are eligible to place an ad in the Huntley Expo program sponsored by the Northwest Herald, and it will be marketed to more than six communities. For information on the floor-plan layout, pricing and registration, please visit www.huntleychamber.org. Booths are filling up fast, so put this on your to-do list today.
Mark your calendars • Wednesday, 5 to 7 p.m., general membership meeting at Brunswick Zone XL, 1611 S. Randall Road, Algonquin. • Dec. 10, 5 to 7 p.m. chamber mixer hosted by DeFioreJorgensen Funeral Home, 10763 Dundee Road, Huntley. • Dec. 11, 5 p.m., ribboncutting ceremony for LA Tan, 10713 Dundee Road, Huntley. • Dec. 17, 3:45 p.m., chamber orientation meeting at Chamber office, 11704 Coral Street, Huntley. For information on the events listed above, visit www.huntleychamber.org or call the Chamber office at 847-669-0166 and see what we can do to help you grow your business. Remember to always shop Chamber first. • Rita Slawek is president and CEO of the Huntley Area Chamber of Commerce. She can be reached at 847-669-0166.
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Slow down on mortgage acceleration program Dear Dave, Should I pay a nominal fee to be enrolled in a mortgage accelerator program? – Jennifer
Dear Jennifer, No, you should not. Mortgage accelerator programs are similar to the biweekly mortgage deals floating around out there. Paying on your mortgage biweekly is fine. Paying for the privilege is not. In the biweekly mortgage program, you make a half-payment every two weeks. By doing this, you will pay off the typical 30-year note in about 22 years. It works because there are 26 two-week periods in a year, and 26 half-payments equals 13 whole payments. It pays off your mortgage early because you’re making an extra payment every year.
That’s what’s doing it. There’s nothing magical about every two weeks; it’s the fact that you’re paying extra principal. Instead of paying your mortgage company an unnecessary “nominal fee,” just make an extra payment each year. Or, pay one-twelfth of a payment as a principal reduction with a separate check, in a separate envelope, every month. By doing that, you’ll pay off the loan just as quickly as with a biweekly arrangement. If you’re just now taking out a mortgage and your lender can do a biweekly setup at no cost, then that’s great. Take them up on the offer. But we’re not going to pay them an additional fee so you can make extra payments on the principal. That’s just stupid. – Dave
DAVE DAYS Dave Ramsey Dear Dave, My husband and I tithe, but right now we’re on Baby Step 2 of your plan and we’re expecting a child in a few months. Since we’re trying to pay off all our debt except for our home, what should we do about giving beyond our tithe in this situation? – Carrie
Dear Carrie, Evangelical Christians recognize two types of giving in the Bible – tithes and offerings. The tithe is off the top, before you do anything else. That’s why I recommend people
put it on the top line of their budget forms. After that, offerings are almost impossible to find in Scripture until you’ve first taken care of your family. The normative method found is that offerings are to be taken out of your surplus. In my mind, while your family is in debt and you’re busy taking care of your household, there is no surplus. Just because something tugs at your heartstrings or someone spews out a toxic sermon on giving doesn’t mean that you need to give offerings above your tithe. But here’s the good news. Once you’ve paid off your debt and have a fully loaded emergency fund in place, you’ll have the rest of your lives to open up and give like never before. Getting out of debt means you will gain control of your most
powerful wealth-building tool – your income. And when that happens, you can give with extraordinary levels of generosity. There are three things you can do with money – spend, save and give. And when you reach a point where you can give well, it’s the most fun you’ll ever have with money. – Dave
• Dave Ramsey is America’s trusted voice on money and business. He’s written four New York Times best-selling books: “Financial Peace,” “More Than Enough,” “The Total Money Makeover” and “EntreLeadership.” “The Dave Ramsey Show” is heard by more than 6 million listeners each week on more than 500 radio stations. Follow Dave on Twitter at @DaveRamsey and on the web at daveramsey.com.
Limited-edition whiskey sells for nearly $4,000 per bottle By BRUCE SCHREINER The Associated Press LOUISVILLE, Ky. – A new whiskey created in Kentucky features a blend of age and scarcity that spiked demand – and its price. As a result, whiskey fans, including celebrities and corporate chiefs, are angling to snatch up limited stocks of Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey for nearly $4,000 per bottle. Shots won’t come cheap, either, fetching an expected $350 a pop. Limited-edition offerings, with heftier prices than typical stocks, have become commonplace as American whiskey makers dabble in new flavors to lure customers. But the latest introduction by Michter’s Distillery LLC breaks into a pricing stratosphere that could reverberate across the industry. “This is kind of new territory,” said industry observer F. Paul Pacult, editor of the newsletter Spirit Journal. “It’s going to start a whole rush of interest in very high-end bourbons, American whiskeys and American spirits. This kind of throws the challenge out.” The Michter’s product will reach shelves Monday in select liquor stores, restaurants, bars or hotels in such places as New York; Los Angeles; San Francisco; Aspen, Colo.; Chicago; Palm Beach, Fla.; Houston and Boston. The
company produced a scant 273 bottles of the blend of whiskeys, some aged up to 30 years, and all are spoken for, its top executive said. “We’ve been turning down orders,” Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco said. Willie Pratt, master distiller at Michter’s, blended the whiskey from his favorite barrels, Magliocco said. Christian Navarro, president of Wally’s Wine & Spirits in Los Angeles, plans to sell the product for $3,600 per bottle, more than he paid for his first car. He had at least five takers for each of his bottles, with movie stars and rock singers among those vying for the limited supply, he said. “They said, ‘I’ll pay you in advance,’” Navarro said, adding: “I can’t get enough of this product.” The introduction adds a new twist to the growing super-premium whiskey market. The Celebration bottles are embossed with gold labeling, part of the elaborate packaging by Michter’s, a small, Louisville-based company known for its premium bourbons and rye whiskeys starting at $45 per bottle. The company is in the process of expanding its small distillation capacity. Currently, it makes most of its whiskey at another distillery, using Michter’s recipes, with its older whiskeys coming from stocks it bought up.
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Michter’s Distillery master distiller Willie Pratt pulls out a bottle of Michter’s Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey from its gift box in Louisville, Ky. The limited release will be available starting Monday at select liquor stores, restaurants, bars or hotels in several U.S. cities. Typically, prices for limited-edition American whiskeys topped out at a few hundred dollars per bottle, though Michter’s does offer a 20-year-old bourbon that sells for $600 a bottle and a 25-year-old whiskey that retails for up to $700 a bottle. That pales next to the select single-malt Scotches, cognacs and brandies aged for decades, which can fetch tens of thousands of dollars per bottle.
Pacult said the introduction reinforces a trend showcasing the rising quality of American distilling. “Up until just about 10 or 12 years ago, American distilling was looked upon as kind of the idiot stepchild of Ireland and Scotland and France,” he said. “But now we’re seeing that’s not the case at all. Perhaps the most exciting innovations are now being made” in the U.S.
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How to Lead and Leave your Ego at the Door By: Dana Ardi Ph.D., founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors and author of The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead (St. Martin, 2013) If you ask most people to describe how a great leader looks and acts, you’ll often get answers that refer to generals and military commanders, or presidents and heads of state. In other words, we tend to think of leaders as those who rise to the top of the hierarchical pyramid -- those who display charisma, a “take charge” attitude, and the self-confidence to issue commands from above -- consequences be damned. While that leadership model may have worked in the past, the world has changed in ways that make such command-and-control models obsolete. I define this change in my book, The Fall of the Alphas. Call it a changing of the guard, if you will, where the “Alpha” model of leadership is being phased out in favor of the newer “Beta” model.
A New Model of Leadership This new model describes leaders who have a greater self-awareness and an understanding of how to limit their “ego.” Ego is a Latin
word that means “I myself.” An individual who views themselves realistically, and recognizes both their strengths and weaknesses, is generally perceived to have a healthy ego. Those of us who have “unhealthy” egos, on the other hand, tend to preserve their self-judgments and close themselves off to the opinions of others. And yet, it is this sense of inflated self-worth that we seem to reward when it comes to leadership. It would be considered “weak” and “indecisive” to weigh the consideration of others in favor of what those at the top of the pyramid have decided. In our outdated Alpha view of the world, we’ve decided that the best leaders are those with the greatest self-confidence and biggest egos who garner the most influence. To survive and thrive today and into the future, though, business leaders need the appropriate self-awareness to manage their egos. Beta leaders need to be fully invested in the present, rather than viewing situations and individuals through the lens of the self or focusing on future moves on the corporate chessboard.
Leading with a Healthy Ego Now don’t get me wrong: to be a
successful entrepreneur, you need a healthy ego to succeed. The difference is that a Beta leader understands that the success of the organization doesn’t rest solely on his or her shoulders. Rather, Beta leaders are self-aware. They understand the limitations of their ego. That’s also why Beta leaders have a desire to include others in the most critical decisions and share in the rewards for work well done. For instance, an Alpha CEO might parade around the office asking workers if they are “hitting their numbers,” while issuing a nonetoo-subtle threat if they aren’t. Beta leaders, on the other hand, ask, What can I do to help you hit your numbers? What are the constraints and how can I remove them? Is there someone who can help and, if so, how can I connect you with them?” Imagine how the workers in these two organizations might respond differently?
in their Alpha counterparts that Beta leaders demonstrate:
asks herself: Do I have a bias or a personal issue that might color or slant my judgment? Am I truly thinking about this suggestion from a place of wisdom and experience? Have I truly thought through the possible unintended consequences that might result from my decisions and actions? When leaders embrace this level of introspection, they are, in fact, far from being indecisive. Rather, they are fostering deep respect for divergent points of view – a trait that today’s workers cherish in their leaders. Armed with a managed ego, the very best Beta leaders intuitively understand how to play to their strengths and build the very best team possible around them. Selfaware Beta leaders, for example, recognize the gaps in their own skill sets and are confident enough to hire intellectual equals capable of filling those holes.
What Defines a Beta Leader
Healthy Leadership Builds A core trait of a Beta leader is the capacity to relinquish the need to Strong Teams Beta leaders must also consider why they respond the way they do. For instance, let’s say a suggestion comes in from another member of the organization. A Beta leader
control everything and instead bring in new people who reflect the company culture and who can augment the leader’s own skill set. Other traits that you’ll rarely find
leader is all about.
Author Bio: Are good listeners and communicators. Willing to bet on people by allow them to take risks rather than risking the company on their own bets. Willing to create partnerships within and from outside the organization. Share the rewards of the organization’s success beyond the corner office. Actively solicit feedback from their peers and coworkers because they see that as an opportunity to improve themselves. Willing to admit mistakes and ask for help in avoiding repeating them.
A Better Way to Lead The best way for leaders to prevent narcissism and ego from impeding their success is to be as aware as possible of their own motives and feelings, and needs and wants of others. To borrow a term from Buddhism, Beta leaders need to practice mindfulness and encourage their peers and employees to do the same. If leaders can pay attention to the humanity of others and show that they actually care, they will yield immeasurable benefits for both themselves and their organization. That’s what being a Beta
Dana Ardi, Ph.D. is the founder of Corporate Anthropology Advisors and author of The Fall of the Alphas: The New Beta Way to Connect, Collaborate, Influence – And Lead. Dr. Ardi has served as a Partner/ Managing Director at CCMP Capital and JPMorgan Partners and was a Partner at Flatiron Partners. Earlier in her career, she was an operating executive at R. R. Donnelly & Sons and at McGraw-Hill. She also has a background managing and leading executive search firms. Dr. Ardi has a bachelor’s degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo and a masters degree and doctorate in education from Boston College.
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Brunk Industries, Inc., a globally recognized company specializing in high precision metal components for the Medical device industry as well as other high tech applications, is currently seeking experienced individuals for the following positions.
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Crystal Lake 3 Bedroom Ranch 2 bath, finished basement, large fenced yard, 1 car garage, no pets. $1400/mo. 815-236-7191
Crystal Lake 4BR On Fox River
MCHENRY / HOLIDAY HILLS FOR RENT IMMACULATE 3 BEDROOM 1 BATHROOM HOUSE FOR RENT. FULL UNFINISHED BASEMENT. FENCED IN BACKYARD. NO GARAGE. DISHWASHER. WASHER / DRYER. HARDWOOD FLOORS. AVAIL. IMMEDIATELY. ONE YEAR LEASE. $1050.00. CALL 815-790-1490
MCHENRY 3 BEDROOM, 2 BATH Tri-level in Fox Ridge. Fenced yard, sidewalks, $1275/mo + sec + util. 815-575-6919
MCHENRY 3-5BR, 2-3BA
McHenry Lrg ranch 3BR, 1.5 BA on crawl space. Living rm, family rm, eat in kitchen counter, 2.5 car att garage, covered deck, shed, fenced yard. Long term lease. The Shores, 807 Pearl Ave. $1245 mo. Land Management Properties 815-678-4771
McHenry Patriot Estates & Prairie Lake Townhomes Ask About our 1BR Special 2BR Starting at $1250.00. .
2 Car Garage, Pet Friendly Free Health Club Membership.
Woodstock Quiet in Country Big yard, 2BR Mobile Home 815-482-0171
McHenry. 2BR, 1.5BA. 2 car gar. Whispering Oaks. Appls, lawn care incl. No pets, smoking. $1135/mo +utils, sec dep. 815-790-5508 McHenry. 3BR, 1BA. New carpet, paint. Stove, fridge. Large yard. Quiet area. Orchard Heights. $895. Pets ok. 847-217-3722 PISTAKEE 2 BED $950 PER MONTH 2 bed 1 bath house. $950. pier & lift. secure $1000. 630-338-0133
WONDER LAKE LARGE 2 STORY 3 bedroom, fenced in yard, 2 car garage, $1350/mo. 815-509-5679 Wonder Lake: nice 2BR w/3 car gar., & lndry $890/mo Broker Owned 815-347-1712
McHenry Roommate Needed Mature, large furn bdrm, house privileges, laundry, off St parking. No pets/smkg. 815-363-7639
Hampshire Heated Car Storage $70/mo. Also Cold Storage for boats, cars, RV's, etc. 847-683-1963
Crystal Lake Warehouse 2500 sq ft heated. $3.95/sq ft. 815-236-7045
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Woodstock 2 & 3BR, new paint, fenced yard, 2 car gar., $850-$975/mo. Broker Owned 815-347-1712
McHenry County ~ Farms for Sale ~ McHenry Co., - Coral Township – Coral and Leech Roads – 80 acres – Great farm. Good soils. Good investment. Available for the 2014 crop year. $10,995 per acre.
McHenry 3BR Ranch
McHenry Co. - Dorr Township – 81 +/- acres – situated on either side of Rt 47 north of Rt 176. Available for the 2014 crop year. $22,900 per acre.
CRYSTAL LAKE ~ 2BR, 2BA
K. D. Schaid Appraisal 815-363-2449
FR, LR, DR, kitchen, wet bar, appls, W/D. No pets, $850/mo + security. 815-477-7175 CRYSTAL LAKE~GREAT LOCATION 2BR, 1BA, W/D, finished bsmt. HUGE fenced yard, 1 car gar, pets OK, $1495/mo. 815-508-0566
MCHENRY 3BR. 1.5BA Attached garage, pets welcome. $1200/mo. 815-759-8533
~ Farms for Sale ~ Boone Co. - Belvidere Township – 234 +/- acres – Farmland with Investment Development opportunity. Rail Access. I-90 and Rt 20 frontage. Class A Soils. $12,999 per acre.
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WOODSTOCK, 4 BR, 3 BA, Big Gar., Big Kitchen w/dining room, Nice interior. On Park St., Great Price. $110,000. 815-648-2247
Boone County
Lakewood estate lot 1.7 acres, no restrictions, previously sold for $130,000 now only $38,500 Broker Owned 815-347-1712
Pepperidge Farm Bread Route Northwest Suburbs, $89,000. Financing Avail. 309-291-1167 g.f.a@comcast.net
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Crystal Lake CHEAP & CLEAN Office Suite. 300 SF.
McHenry Co., - Coral Township – 64 +/- acres – situated at Rt. 20 and Church Roads. Woods and farmland. Available for the 2014 crop year. $14,000 per acre.
200 ft waterfront, boat, dock, deck. 1.5 ac, 2BA, new carpet, tile, C/A. $1395/mo. 708-296-4476
MCHENRY COUNTY Chemung Township. 146 Acres M/L, 141.39 tillable acres, 125 PI. Call Kyle 641-919-5953
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into making a choice when clearly you are in the driver’s seat. Make a decision and don’t budge. AQUARIUS (Jan. 20-Feb. 19) -- Question your values and change your goals. Re-evaluate your position, and if you aren’t happy with the way things are going, do whatever it takes to change your course of action. PISCES (Feb. 20-March 20) -- Do what you can, but don’t overstep your bounds. Listen, and you will realize your choice is clear; following through will come easy. Romance will improve your day. ARIES (March 21-April 19) -- A change
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Truck tire and rim. Tread looks like brand new, size 750/x16LT, super grip traction. $55 815-459-1015 TIRES 4 Dyna Pro Hanook, white letters, 235-75-R16 - $60; 4 Kumbo, P205-75R15, MXS Radial - $60 815-479-0492
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or 1950 GM Honeycomb Radiator, Brand New – Original - $275. 815-569-2277
REFRIGERATOR / FREEZER GE 25 cu.ft. side by side refrigerator/freezer. One owner, good condition. Bisque color. $325 obo. 847-990-0765.
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Special Edition lrg. size. 1989, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000 & 2000 Millennium. Incomplete, Never Opened Collector Boxes. $100 815-455-1080
BEANIE BABIES - 200 plus some rare Beanie Babies, McDonalds Beanie Babies in original packages, some misprinted tags on Beanie Babies all tags have plastic protectors and all are in MINT Condition asking $275. Call 815-385-6501 or 815-321-3963 CHAIR - Antique Child's Red Wooden Chair 24-1/2" high at back. $28. McHenry. 815-236-1747 Cordial Glasses 14, Crystal. 7 3/4" tall - $180 815-363-8974 Dickens Heritage Village Collection People & Accessories. $275 OBO. 815-385-4353 ELECTRIC TRAIN: THOMAS KINKADE Christmas Express, metal, 20 pieces. NEVER USED, $300. 815-385-1026 FRAMED SERIGRAPH TITLED REGAL LADIES ARTIST SUZANNE MARIE Certificate of Authenticity signed and numbered asking $75 OBO MINT CONDITION 815-321-3963 or 815-385-6501 Great Gift – Huge Collection of Buttons – Many Vintage! $100 OBO. 815-338-5618 HIGH CHAIR - Antique Pine, Child's. 39" H x 17" W w/ removable metal tray. Tray arm lifts. $125. McHenry 815-236-1747 High Chair - Oak- Old w/tray in front. $85. 847-515-8012 JAR - Glass w/Metal Lid. Outside red w/ ridges in glass. Top opening 5" diameter. Jar is 7 1/2" diameter & 7" high. $25. McHenry. 815-236-1747
Sugar & Creamer Pickard Salt & Pepper, gold floral, $135. 815-459-3822 Vacuum: Sanitaire by Electrolux (Mighty-Mite) - small vac with on-board attachments. Brand new, never used in sealed box. Asking $75. 847-669-1643 VANITY Beautiful antique pine vanity w/ attached mirror & center drawer. Brought from England by the dealer, 37-1/4" W, 20" D & 29-1/2" to top of vanity. Mirror 22-3/8" W by 35-3/8" H. Center drawer has metal pull. Legs & side mirror supports have charming decorative sculptured detail. $450. 815-236-1747
Baby Play Pen – Fold Up & Go, Minnie Mouse, Brand New - $40 815-701-1832 after 9am Graco car set; converts to booster w/ removable back. child size 38- 57" Excellent condition. $25. 847-302-4511.
BICYCLE – 2013 Girls Specialized Hotrock 20” Coaster Bike, Purple. Used only 1 summer. $120 815-382-2455
BEVELED MIRROR
Beveled bathroom mirror. 35-1/2" x 35-3/4", $40. 815-347-0133 Fire screen glass doors 30x37 brushed bronze never used $100 815-338-7314 Florescent light fixtures. 4-8 feet long $15.00 each 4-4 feet long $10.00 each $80.00 for all. 815-675-6462
Painter compressor Sanborn hose included pictures available $40 815-790-3083
BENCH
Zebra, 60” black and white, like new, $50. 815-404-8173
SHELVING - Heavy duty pin and latch metal shelving. 11-24"/35 18"/6-15"/16-12" shelves all 36" wide. 20 uprights 14 cross braces bucket of pins and latches. $150. 815-675-6462
Box Spring & Mattress Queen Size - Serta Pillow Soft Like New Condition - $150 847-639-1676
Answering Machine: Panasonic w/4 hand sets, talking caller ID, speaker phone $55 847-829-4546 DVD – Season One of Hiccups Canadian Comedy – Family Rated Brand New, In Wrapper - $20 815-569-2277 Flat Panel Monitor HP -19" LCD Swivels, adjusts up and down, very good condition - $30. 630-587-8388 HP Photosmart Wireless Color Printer & Copier, Inkjet, 2 yrs old $75. 815-455-1258
BUNK BED WITH FUTON 5 year old black frame bunk bed with a twin mattress on top and a full size futon mattress on the bottom. $225. Call 815-295-2371
INTERCOMS - 3 Radio Shack wireless intercoms. work great. $20.00 for all, 815-675-6462
Printer ~ Digital Photo Sony DPP-EX50. Prints wonderful pictures, $45/obo. 847-829-4546
TV TOSHIBA
20” DVD/VCR combo, excellent working condition! $100 847-829-4546
Exercise Bike by Schwindyne Includes front fan, wheel, pulse meter & mileage gauge, Excellent Condition - $250 224-858-4860 Malibu Pilates Chair with bonus sculpting handles. Comes with 4 dvds ( 2 unopened), instructions and instructional poster. Barely used. Asking $120. Email only: BBYBKRS@AOL.COM
MASTER TRAINER HOME GYM Weider CJXT3, model 70092, $100. 815-385-9383
Chair. Leather club chair. Espresso color, rounded lines, excellent condition. Great chair. Non-smoking house. Cash please. $175. 815-678-4337. China Cabinet w/light & drawers 60”x36”x14” darker wood $60 pictures available 815-790-3083 CORNER SHELVING Decorative, similar to curio cabinet. Will email pics $10 815-404-9765 Day Bed – White Metal w/ hearts & gold trim, pop up trundle bed & 2 twin mattresses included Good Condition - $225 815-344-4564 Call 4pm-8pm Desk chair beige microfiber executive adjustable high back desk chair $25 cash 847-639-8572 Dining Room Table & 2 Chairs Wood, Oblong 66” Table, 2 Leafs, 2 Chairs – Good Condition - $70. 815-338-9036 before 9pm
DR Table & 6 Chairs Oblong, gold cushions, 2 leafs. $200/obo 815-236-6947 Dresser w/ Full Sized Mirror Attached & 2 Nightstands, Brown in Color – All in Good Shape $200. 847-840-2968 after 5pm
DVD Cabinet - Solid Oak DVD Cabinet - 24”W x 36”H x 6”D. Excellent Condition. 4 shelves, can fit over 200 DVDs, $60. 847-659-1852
TRAMPOLINE - 40" round, 24" jumping surface, hand rail. Like New. $25.00 815-675-6462
MIXED FIREWOOD Oak - Maple - Cherry, $85/FC. Free stacking and delivery. 815-334-7914 Oak $120/FC, $330C, Mixed $110/FC $300C, delivered stacked 815-568-7348
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ENTERTAINMENT CENTER Beautiful Amish three-piece unit. Solid Cherry Wood. Storage & side lights. Excellent Condition - $350; Smaller Ethan Allen entertainment unit - $50. 815-356-0402
CEMENT BRICKS – Approx 300. 7.5” long by 2.25” high. Light Gray. $50. Best time to call 9am-6pm. 815-653-6042
Entertainment Center
Cobalt blue and hunter green. $15/box, 20 boxes total. 815-653-4612 Coffee Cups: ceramic from Starbucks 8 ounces, 1 case of 72 cups, $100 815-578-0212
Kitchen Table – Glass top, 45” Round w/ 4 Red Chairs, 12 months old - Retails $699, Asking $200. 224-858-4860 Kitchen Table – Solid wood 48” round w/2 12” leaf inserts plus 4 arm chairs - $375 815-653-9303 One Union two harness floor loom weaves carpets up to 36" wide. Huge assortment of warp included. $350. Call 847-356-1678 Recliner Chair. Very Clean w/arm covers. Non smoking. Light Blue & Grey color. $40 847-515-8012 ROCKING CHAIR Solid maple. $60 815-385-4353 Roll Top Desk and Chair Dark walnut. $100 815-385-4353 Trunks. Rattan. Can be used for coffee and end tables. 1 w/glass top. $75/all. 815-385-4353
TV STAND/PLANT STAND Oak, 37”Hx15”Wx12”D. Excellent condition, $85. 847-829-4546 TWIN BEDS (2) With mattress & a dresser. Used but clean + some bedding. $100/obo. 847-587-1923
WALL UNIT, BOOKCASES & STORAGE
CURTAIN
50x84, grey and black. Paid $50/panel, sell for $7/panel. 815-404-8173 DISNEY/PIXAR VHS Tapes 75+ VHS Tapes, includes Toy Story I and II, Grinch, Monsters, Inc., Shrek, 101 Dalmatians I and II, Sleeping Beauty, Aladdin. Many many more!! $50. takes all FREE working VCR included 815-444-9614
GUMBALL MACHINE 38” Spiral, $20 815-404-8173
LUGGAGE 3 Pc Samsonite Set w/wheels. Never Used. $50 OBO. Call anytime, 815-861-9864.
SEWING MACHINE
Singer with all accessories plus storage stool, $60. 815-385-4353
Shop Vac Wet/Dry
Golden Retriever Puppies AKC, champion bloodlines, parents all clearances, exceptional quality, males only, $900 815-494-6272
Parrot Stand w/ 2 Bowls, Brand New - Retails $255, Asking $200. 815-790-5413
Golden Retrievers. AKC. Cream & Golden. First shots. 6 weeks old. $750. Great Holiday Gift. 815-206-9229
Airline-Approved on wheels. Also functions as a backpack and carseat for dog or cat. New, $75 cash. 847-639-8572
Pet Carrier ~ Petote
Pet carrier, pink & black purse like handle and shoulder strap for pets up to 10lbs 17x8x11.5 NEW $15 Cash 847-639-8572
5HP, 158MPH velocity on casters. In great shape! $25 815-861-3270
Striker Bird On a Branch
Two place tilt snowmobile trailer 90”, Lights work, decent wood. $250. 815-900-1183
Electric Guitar - FENDER Starcaster: Model SP-10 w/ 22 watt guitar amp & cord, instructional DVD & 3 booklets,guitar tuner, home-made guitar stand. Great condition. $175 for all or best offer. 815-568-0671 Keyboard. Yamaha YPT230. Incl stand. Like new. Great for beginner. $75. 847-639-1851
JASPER 1 year old male Beagle mix I want to make a fresh start. It's almost a new year and the perfect time for a new beginning. I'm going to be a happier, healthier me. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400 Kennels 3x2.6” & 3x2.4” $30 815-404-9765
PORTNOY 2 month old male Pekingese mix. There is no common denominator among the people I like or admire. The one thing in common with those I love is they make me laugh. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400
Feeders or pets. Starting @ 50 cents. Johnsburg 815-344-7993
815-334-8611
PUNCH BOWL
Large, cut glass, 15”Hx10” with 8 glasses, $30. Pics avail. 815-790-3083
PUNCH BOWL SET
With ladle and 12 cups, still in box, never used. Perfect for the Holiday's! $25 815-477-2772 RETIRED CONTRACTOR TOOL SALE Sanders, grinders, wet saws, drills, table saws, drywall stilts, horses, scaffolds, step ladders, routers, hand tools. Much more! Priced to sell. 815/943-4636
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FREE TO GOOD HOME! Declawed, very gentle cat. 815-219-9066 Christmas Item for Cat Lovers, Fringed throw, & matching pillow, made of fleece fabric w/cats wearing Santa hats, NEW! Cash $15 847-639-8572 Dog Crate – Large $30. 779-220-1857 Sat & Sun – Noon-4pm Northwest Herald Classified It works.
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MERCY Control is an illusion. The only person or thing I can change is myself. While I can't control what happens, I do have a say in the way I react. www.helpingpaws.net 815-338-4400
TORO CCR POWERLITE-E 3 hp 16' cut with electric start. and it folds to fit in your car too. Looks and runs well. $225 firm. 815-675-2155
44 ft, come and look. $150. 815-459-1015
Snowblower ~ Ariens 24” 2 Stage, Deluxe Model. Really new condition, used only once. Original price $1,150. Selling for $750. 847-516-5788 Snowblowers Craftsman, 2Hp, 18” Cut - $125; Toro – Electric Start, 3Hp, 21” Cut - $175; MTD, 3-1/2Hp, 21” cut - $125, All are Tuned & Ready to go 815-479-0492 TORO #3650-E single stage snow blower, square body style, like new, with electric and 6.5 hp gts engine. $400 firm. 815-675-2155 LOCAL NEWS WHEREVER YOU GO! Up-to-date news, weather, scores & more can be sent directly to your phone! It's quick, easy & free to register at NWHerald.com
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SKI PANTS: Arctix black, size large, insulated, brand new, never worn, must see. $32.60 815-459-5663
Lionel #364 Lumber Loader
Aaron's snowblower, electric start $325 815-337-0078
RATS & MICE
Pianos Quality Pre-Owned Pianos Delivered & Warrantied
HOCKEY SKATES
NBH Supreme 70, men's size 10. Still in box, never used. Orig $400, selling now $199. 815-404-9570
Outdoor Grill: Brinkman 4 Burner w/side burner Brand new – Never used Includes full propane tank $100. 224-858-4860
24” Craftsman Snowblower 2 Stage, Electric Start, Multi Direction Chute, Works Well - $135 815-455-1258
on 9x3.5”, orig $70, now $25. 815-459-3822
With #3461 automatic lumber car. In original boxes, $110.00. 815-338-1519
Lionel Diesel Freight Train Set Includes track and transformer. $150 815-338-1519
MD Sports 12 in 1 Game Table LIKE NEW! $75 815-459-6751
Minnie Mouse Stuffed Animal
Very big, very good condition! $25. 815-382-3952
Antique and Modern Guns Old Lever Actions, Winchesters, Marlins, Savages, etc. Old Pistols and Revolvers. Cash for Collection. FFL License 815-338-4731
Lionel & American Flyer Trains 815-353-7668
Stamp & Coin Collections CASH PAID Call Bill 847-487-6889
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Ice Fishing – 2 Man Shanty $100; 3 Hp. Gas Ice Auger - $150 815-477-1873 after 4pm Miniature Lighting for Christmas village, railroad or doll house. 5 trans & misc. $35. 815-790-9812
Parrot Heavy duty hanging wooden climbng tower. 29” H. New. $50 cash. 847-639-8572
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3-pc wall unit. 2 open bookcase sections 37-1/2x14x66-3/4; center section 5 shelves (2 behind doors) 38-3/4x16-1/2x73-3/4, $150. 815-347-0133
Cricut Cartridge Once Upon A Princess New In Box $29. 815-363-8974
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With side glass drawers, $25. Tiki Bar, 4ft with 2 stools, $200. 815-337-5661 Foyer Table – American Drew, 2 Drawer & 2 Door – Solid Wood, Mint Condition - $200 815-455-1258
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Necchi, working, $75. Pics avail. 815-790-3083
Woodstock BEDSPREAD ~ NEW, FULL
Beautiful, dark, rich gold floral 54x78” $80. 815-459-3822
9am - 3pm
CHINA SET - Vintage Sango Japan, 92 pieces, white with blue/brown design around edges, service for 10. Good condition. Can email pictures. $50 obo. 815-568-0671
Numbers at 8:30am Cash, Visa & Mastercard
Coffee Maker 35 cups MirroMatic $20 815-459-3653
FURNISHINGS
ICE CRUSHER
Danish Modern Office Furniture, Sectional Sofa, Coffee Tables, End
Portable Electric use on counter for drinks or fancy food. Works good, $20. 815-455-3555
Tables, Accent Tables & Chests, Sofa With Loveseat, Floor Lamps,
Kitchen table & cushion chairs pictures available $30 815-790-3083 Krups food slicer $25 815-459-3653 LUGGAGE - rolling hard case luggage 1- Samsonite 28" wide x 22" high x 11" deep $15. 1-delsey 14" wide x 21" high x 9" deep $10. 815-675-6462 Mirror-Entry Hall gold plated Beveled 66”x 26”. $100. 815-385-4353 Pfaltzgraff Winterwood Tall Mugs – Set of 9, $50 total. 815-382-2455 Punch bowl set 18 glass cups & ladle $25 815-459-3653 STORAGE CABINET - Small Snap On storage cabinet. Tool box graphics 6" deep x 17" high x 16" wide 2 doors, felt lined. new. great for man cave. $30.00 815-675-6462
Bench Glider Swing, 3 person wide, green metal frame with mesh bench complete with new full width cushion, $89. 815-236-1747 McHenry BIRD FEEDER Metal Yard Art similar Frank Lloyd Wright, Oriental Style, 6ft, holds 2 gal. $250. 815-578-0212 Patio Furniture – 6-sided, 48” glass table w/4 armchairs plus 2 swivel chairs, 1 yr. Old - Excellent condition Retails $475, Asking $200. 224-858-4860
Wheel Barrow ~ Heavy Duty Large, $25. 815-861-3270 Call after 4pm
Lathes, vert. milling machines, surface grinders, & band saws MUST SELL 815-547-6542
Table Lamps, Decorative Mirrors, Bookcases, Butcher Block Table, Drum Tables, Wrought Iron Patio Set, Trunks, Farm Table, Lighted Display Cabinet, Dining Room Table With Chairs Plus Buffet And Breakfront, Pulpit With Voice Of Music Record Player, Setee, Wing Chair,
Printed in the Northwest Herald Classified on December 25 Submission deadline December 20 Mail completed form with photo and $25 payment to: Northwest Herald: Baby’s 1st Christmas Trevor Ryan Smith P.O. Box 250 Birthday: 08-13-13 08/13/10 Parents: Sue and Steve Smith Crystal Lake, IL 60039-0250 Grandparents: David and Joan Smith, Alice and Norton Cummings or drop off 24 hrs. Actual size 2.5” x 3” 7717 S. Rt. 31, Crystal Lake or email to classified@shawsuburban.com
Flanders Desk, Mahogany Queen / Full Bedroom Set Complete, Black Lacquer Cabinets And King Bedroom Set, Bent Wood Rockers And Much More. COLLECTIONS Steinbach Nutcrackers, Steiff Bears, Hermann Teddy Bears, Vermont Teddy Bears, Annette Funicello, Pez, Cooperstown Bears, Tin Litho Toys, Teacups With Saucers, Midgetoys, Het Volk Van Laaf, Jerri Dolls, Ginny Dolls, Effanbee Dolls, Brigitte Lehman Dolls, Gotz, Milk Glass, Kathe Kruse, Cogi Cars, Sports Collectibles And Others. PORCELAIN & POTTERY Stangl, Vintage Cookie Jars, Royal Copely, Lladro, Cloisonne, Omeco, Fitz & Floyd, Old Hull, Shelley, Limoges, Blue Onion, Royal Standard, Paragon, Royal Patrician, Le Mieux, Capodimonte, Reutter, Royal Vale, Rhyn - Rivet, And More. CRYSTAL & GLASS
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Forget the mall and shop small At this time of year, shopping is akin to a national sport, and different people have different venues. Some like the hustle-bustle of State Street or Michigan Avenue in Chicago. Others prefer the convenience of the mall, where everything is under one roof. Then, of course, there is a growing number of us who shop online with a simple point and click. There is something special, however, in “going small” by visiting the shops that are locally owned and operated. Perhaps it is the personal connection you make and the uniqueness of finding things that are not produced in huge factories halfway around the world. Last Saturday, my husband and I “went small” in Geneva on the Fox River. The idea came from a friend who recommended a store in Geneva named The Little Traveler. This store, housed in an Italianate mansion, has been a landmark in the Geneva shopping district since 1922. It began when a friend of the mansion’s owner moved to Peking, China, and sent back gifts of silk and jade. The owner was delighted to discover a new world through these objects and showed them to friends. Soon she became the middle-person, sending orders for goods to her friend in China and passing the objects on to her local friends. Out of this grew the idea of opening a store where anyone could buy unusual items from other countries. Ninety years later, the Little Traveler is actually a rather big business, but the owners strive to give you a feeling of personal attention in finding unique gifts for others or household items for yourself. For me, it was a place to find beautiful candles for our Christmas table and a festive tablecloth. My husband, meanwhile, wanted to investigate some of the many little shops along Third Street. Peaceful Parlor was a find he was particularly happy with. Not only does it have some unique things, but items for sale are fair-trade products. We walked out with a birdhouse made of wool – you have to see one to believe it. On Dec. 6-7, Geneva will have its Holiday House Walk. The festivities
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The Little Traveler is a landmark in the Geneva shopping district. It specializes in unique gifts from around the world. include the arrival of Santa Lucia in a horse-drawn carriage. Geneva largely was settled by Swedish immigrants, and in Sweden, Santa Lucia is celebrated as the one who brings the divine light into the world when wintery nights are long and days are short. The house tour will be 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday and 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. The homes open for viewing are festively decorated for the season. Tickets are $30 and can be ordered through the Chamber of Commerce at 866-443-6382. As we wandered, we asked locals what restaurant they would recommend. The name “Stockholm” came up repeatedly, and we found it at 306 W. State St. As we waited for a table (another good sign), I struck up a conversation with local resident Bob Watson, who recommended the sandwich and soup combo, but also loved the lobster salad. Both my husband and I really enjoyed the feel of this restaurant. It is casual, and the staff is very friendly and helpful. The store used to be a bar, and before that, it was a candy store. Owner Mike
Olsen told us he strives to keep the old-timey atmosphere while serving an upgraded quality of food. Each meal is made as it is ordered. Only premium quality meats are used. Vegetables and fruits are fresh and not left sitting in a warming tray for hours. Although they do have Swedish meatballs on the menu, the restaurant does not specialize in the food of Sweden. Variety is the name of the game, from burgers and fried fish to chicken piccata and filet mignon. In addition, they serve their own prize-winning State Street Ale and a selection of home brews. Olsen is the kind of owner who takes a very personal interest in providing good food in a homey setting with friendly staff. Judging from our experience, his pride in his business is well-justified. For information, call 630-208-7070.
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Curried Couscous With Turkey, Chickpeas and Golden Raisins
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Turkey left? Save it for couscous By STEPHANIE WITT SEDGWICK The Washington Post Inspired by the 1970s classic curried chicken salad, this holiday leftover dish sidesteps the mayonnaise and heads into entreepilaf territory. Serve for a post-holiday supper or a weekend lunch.
Curried Couscous With Turkey, Chickpeas and Golden Raisins 6 servings (Makes 8 cups) 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 3/4 cup finely chopped onion Kosher salt 1 tablespoon mild curry powder, or more to taste 3 ounces golden raisins (generous 1/2 cup) 12 ounces cooked skinless turkey, cut into 1/2-inch pieces (2 1/2 cups) 1 1/2 cups cooked or canned no-salt-added chickpeas 1 1/4 cups homemade or nosalt-added chicken broth 1 cup dried plain couscous 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 3 tablespoons finely chopped cilantro Freshly ground black pepper Heat half of the oil in a large
nonstick skillet or saute pan over medium-high heat. Once the oil shimmers, add the onion and a pinch of salt; stir to coat, then reduce the heat to medium. Cook, stirring occasionally, for about 4 minutes, so the onion softens. Stir in the curry powder and cook for 2 to 3 minutes, then add the raisins, turkey, chickpeas and 1/4 cup of the broth; mix well and cook for 5 to 8 minutes, until heated through. Transfer to a large mixing bowl. Meanwhile, prepare the couscous according to the package directions, except you’ll use the remaining cup of broth instead of water. When the couscous is ready, fluff with a fork as directed, then add to the onion-turkey mixture, along with the lemon juice, cilantro and the remaining 2 tablespoons of oil. Taste, and season with salt and pepper; start with 1/8 teaspoon of each and incorporate, adding in the same increment and tasting as you go. The dish is well seasoned when the flavors become bright. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition per serving: 390 calories, 26 g protein, 48 g carbohydrates, 11 g fat, 2 g saturated fat, 50 mg cholesterol, 95 mg sodium, 6 g dietary fiber, 12 g sugar.
NEW YORK – Looking to save a few bucks while you shop for holiday gifts? Don’t hit the mall without these shopping apps. Many retailers, for instance, will match deals you find elsewhere, so these apps can help you find better prices to show the cashier. Some let you search for coupons, while others tell you whether you’re better off buying online instead. And one keeps track of all those promotional fliers that do little good if you forget them at home. I tested more than a dozen shopping apps – in the process getting some of my holiday shopping done early. I narrowed the list to five because using them all at once can get time consuming. You want to beat others to the best deals, after all. Unfortunately, If you prefer to shop at mom and pop stores, you won’t find any deals here.
RetailMeNot (Available for Android, iPhone) This app lets you search for coupons from your favorite stores, so you can instantly save 10 percent, 20 percent or even more on a single item or your entire shopping cart. You can scroll through the list of hot deals on the home page or search for a specific store. You can add your favorite stores to a list to see the deals more quickly. The app uses the phone’s location information to narrow the deals to the ones near you. I’m not saying these apps are problem-free. At Toys R Us, the cashier wasn’t able to scan a 15 percent off coupon. RetailMeNot says many retailers have outdated scanners, but most will honor the discount anyway. That happened at Toys R Us after the cashier called for a manager. The deal was worth it.
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Tashalee Rodriguez of Boston uses a smart phone app while shopping at Macy’s in downtown Boston. But if you don’t mind big retailers, these apps offer a hefty selection of deals from them. The ones I chose are all free, easy to use and beautifully designed.
Amazon and RedLaser
Cartwheel by Target
(Available for Android, iPhone, Windows) Many retailers, including Best Buy Co. Inc., Target Inc. and Toys R Us Inc., are promising to match cheaper prices you find online, hoping you’ll buy on the spot and not wait until you can get to Amazon’s website. To take advantage of that, install Amazon.com Inc.’s app on your phone. You can scan barcodes of items in the retail store and see how much it costs on Amazon. If you find a better price, show the app to a cashier. I’ve gotten cashiers at Best Buy, Target and Toys R Us to knock off as much as $10 on different items. The savings can add up. The RedLaser app, which is owned by eBay Inc., searches several online retailers, giving you more chances to find better prices than if you just searched Amazon.
(Available for Android, iPhone) I tried apps for several retailers, but Target’s was the best. Cartwheel is easy to use and has coupons for everything from electronics to toys to cereal. You can search for coupons by category as well as “collections,” such as items to help ease a cold or holiday decorations. Once you find a coupon you want to use, you tap the add button. Then present the cashier with a single barcode that has collected all the coupons you selected. These coupons don’t work online, only inside Target stores. The best part is they can be used on top of other coupons you may find elsewhere. That can increase your savings a lot.
Flipp (Available for iPhone) I never remember to save retailers’ promotional fliers that come in newspapers, even when I come across one that’s tempting to use. They’re hard to carry around, and they usually end up in the trash. The Flipp app can help. Flipp works with retailers and turns fliers digital. The digital version is identical to the paper one, and you can flip through it with a flick of your finger. You also can search by a store’s name and digitally “clip” deals you want to save. If there’s a store you shop at often, you can have new fliers automatically appear. While at Macy’s, I found a flier that offered $10 off a $25 purchase. Several people ahead of me in line had the coupon cut out of the paper flier. I gave the cashier the coupon from the Flipp app. Unfortunately, there’s no Android version yet.
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Inventiveness, eclecticism mark holiday trends By KIM COOK The Associated Press Following the general trend in home décor, holiday trim and accessories this year are an eclectic mix of traditional and nontraditional colors and styles. Remember when blue or pastel pink ornaments were the height of kitsch? Now they’re mainstream, elegant options. And while red and green are popular hues, they are not married to each other. Red might be paired with ivory, or amethyst; green may partner with copper, caramel or bright white. Style watchers say we’re approaching the holidays with a more open mind. Households are more diverse, relaxed and less tied to old-school ways of celebrating. So it follows that ideas of what works in décor have never been more expansive.
HOLIDAY HUES While jewel tones and creamy palettes hold strong, red is red-hot. “When it comes to an ‘it’ color for Christmas this year, it’s red – a bright, cheery red like you find on traditional Scandinavian ornaments,” said Sara Peterson, editor in chief of HGTV Magazine. “Red may seem like an ‘oh, duh’ color trend, but there have been years when greens, blues and purples were more popular. This season, we’re seeing a ton of decorations in candy red.” Ikea has a cheery collection of traditional Scandinavian ornaments including folk people, stars and goats (above). Land of Nod’s Rising Star tree topper features curly white embroidery on crimson felt. Cranberry red candlesticks from Pier 1 take mercury glass down a different road, while beaded reindeer and snowflakes bring glamour to red velvet and satin throw pillows. (www.ikea.com, www.landofnod.com, www.pier1.com)
IMAGINATIVE HOLIDAY Fab.com’s Christmas tree offerings include kitschy yet clever cowboy boots, television sets, robots and soda pop bottles rendered in blown glass. Critters both exotic and domestic abound this season. Land of Nod has felt dog ornaments (left), as well as rabbits, walrus and unicorns.
Knit motifs, like those on the Fair Isle ornaments from Land of Nod, evoke the holiday season’s sentiments of warmth and comfort. Photos provided
CONSERVE Parrish also suggests taking stock of what you already have around the house: “Instead of buying every holiday ‘necessity,’ shopping your home for existing solutions is one of the easiest ways to decorate. A throw blanket makes a cozy tree skirt. Use a scarf as a table runner. Use nature for holiday decoration – think backyard branches, berries and pinecones,” she says. “Fill a vase or candle holder with jingle bells or peppermints. Wrap red, green or metallic ribbon around plain white pillar candles. Instead of candles, top candle stick holders with ornaments or snow globes.” Faux fur or knitted throws and pillow covers; throw pillows with snow scenes or deer, antler and deer accessories; and glittery pillows evoke the festive spirit without overt reference. Consider scented candles, bowls of spiced goodies, seasonal music and warm, soft textures; bringing all five senses into play enhances the holiday mood.
RETHINKING THE TRADITIONAL “Since folks are open to reimagining what Christmas can look like, we’ll continue to see a looser interpretation of the traditional tree,” said Catie Parrish, associate editor at Wayfair, the online home furnishings outlet. “We’re starting to see lots of paper and cardboard tabletop trees, and people are getting inventive, creating flat Christmas trees on walls, doors and even fridges. They’re even decorating them with real ornaments and garlands. For someone who craves the charm of a real tree, even an evergreen branch in a mason jar can lend a hint of the holidays.” Ikea has a pop-up cardboard tree (left) that comes with ornaments. At Ellesstudio.blogspot.com, you’ll find simple instructions on how to turn wine corks, wooden sticks, colored paper and glitter into pretty little trees.
GO RETRO “Vintage is going to be a popular holiday theme, especially when it comes to typography,” Parrish said. “Look for throwback fonts on everything from toss pillows to serving trays.” Jonathan Adler’s Peace pillow (above) has that vibe. (www.jcp. com) Homegoods has decorative hanging signs done in old-fashioned type with words like “Believe.” (www.homegoods.com)
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Authors gather ballpark stories from big names By JAMI KUNZER jkunzer@shawmedia.com The Northwest Herald’s own Rob Carroll has co-authored a book celebrating Wrigley Field’s 100 years with 100 stories from the people who’ve experienced the ballpark firsthand. “Wrigley Field: 100 Stories for 100 Years” details the role the historic ballpark has played in the lives of players, broadcasters, Wrigleyville employees, business owners, vendors and fans young and old. Among the contributors are well-known names, such as Kerry Wood, Bob Costas, Rick Sutcliffe and Steve Stone. But many of the subjects are those you’d simply walk by when going to a Cubs game, said Carroll, entertainment editor for the Northwest Herald, and their stories are just as compelling. “Basically, the book tells the story of Wrigley through 100 different voices,” he said. “There’s nothing out there like this.” Carroll’s friend and former co-worker Dan Campana, a freelance writer and communications consultant in the Chicago suburbs, approached him with the idea for the book in October 2012. A publisher, The History Press, soon was interested. Both Cubs fans, the two authors spent most of a Cubs season interviewing various subjects. “I didn’t want to write a textbook or something as straightforward as a history,”
Signed by the authors Meet Dan Campana and Rob Carroll, authors of “Wrigley Field: 100 Stories for 100 Years,” from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday, when they will be signing copies of their book at Read Between the Lynes, 129 Van Buren St., Woodstock. The book features a special story by Kerry Wood and introduction by WGN-TV’s Dan Roan, as well as contributors including Bob Costas, Rick Sutcliffe and Steve Stone. The book is available at all local retailers such as Read Between the Lynes and at www. historypress.net. It also retails as an e-book at Amazon, Barns & Noble, the iBookstore, Kobo and Overdrive. Campana said. “Everybody walks out of there with a different type of experience from going to a game, and that’s really what we tried to focus on.”
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Continued from page 5 Published this month, the book is available at local stores and online at www. historypress.net and major websites, including Amazon, Barnes & Noble and elsewhere. Since their book launch party earlier this month at Rockit Burger Bar across from Wrigley Field, the authors have been drawing fans at various book signings. Another signing is scheduled from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday at Read Between the Lynes, 129 Van Buren St., Woodstock. The book is appealing, the authors say, because fans can relate to something in every story. Cubs fans share a common bond, as well as various traits. “Definitely, a Cubs fan is a very hopeful person,” said Carroll, who has a closet full of baseball cards and Cubs memorabilia in his Rockford home. Campana described fans another way: “sick.” “I use the term lovingly, but we’re all sick,” said Campana, a fan since birth, who named his son “Ryne” for his favorite Cub, Ryne Sandberg. “Fan is short for fanatic.” Cubs fans, especially, are attached to more than just the team or the baseball, he said. It’s the entire environment, he said. “It’s more than just the game itself,” he said. “There’s something about the mystique of the park, the mystique of the team. “When you’ve got a team as old as it is, you’re going to have people for generations to pass on that love or illness, whatever you want to call it.” As he writes in the book, Campana’s parents met in Wrigley’s famed bleachers in the 1970s. One of his grandfathers worked as a highranking security official at Wrigley for years, while his other grandfather was a fan,
often bringing his seven children to the ballpark. Originally from Lacon, Carroll remembers the Cubs interrupting the G.I. Joe cartoons he watched on WGN as a child. Annoyed at first, he soon became a fan and attended his first game in 1984, which was followed by a Chuck Berry concert at the ballpark. Working in his first newspaper office at age 19, Carroll has held various positions at newspapers throughout northern Illinois and the Chicago suburbs. He’s also spent time as a radio host in Rockford. One of his favorite interviews for the book involved a somewhat random encounter with a fan of an opposing team. A Cardinals fan, the man attended the game with his brother, whom he’d only just met a year ago. The only tough part about researching the book, Carroll said, was heading to Wrigleyville for interviews, but not actually going to a Cubs game. Campana enjoyed interviewing Cubs player and broadcaster Steve Stone after approaching him cold one day. “He had no idea I was coming or what I was all about,” Campana said. Stone spoke for about 20 minutes, offering up story after story without Campana having to ask a question. In another story, former Cubs pitcher Rick Sutcliffe shared his behind-the-scenes views of pitching the Cubs’ first night game. “We have people who span 100 years,” said Campana, referring to a book subject who turned 100 this year and who once poured concrete during the park’s reconstruction years ago. Fans in the book come from far and wide, with a fan from Sweden and others from Florida. “Every Cubs fan is going to relate to something in here,” Campana said. “It’s a fun read. You can see yourself in some of these stories.”
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DEC. 4 ANNUAL CRAFT & VENDOR FAIR, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 4, Senior Services Associates, Inc., McHenry Township Recreation Building, 3519 N. Richmond Road, McHenry. Hosted by Senior Services in McHenry. A variety of holiday items will be offered at reasonable prices. Information: 815-344-3555.
DEC. 6 HOLIDAY ARTS, CRAFTS & VINTAGE MARKET, fifth annual, Dec. 6-29, Swell Gallery, 123-1/2 W. Main St., West Dundee. Gallery will offer artwork, jewelry, home accessories, edibles, clothing, toys, cards, ornaments and more. Preview: 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 6, with a 5 to 9 p.m. Dec. 7 artists’ reception. Show continues 1 to 5 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays, Dec. 8-29. Information: 773-8604256 or www.swellgallery.com.
DEC. 7 CANTERBURY SCHOOL HOLIDAY CRAFT SHOW & PANCAKE BREAKFAST, 8 to 11 a.m. Dec. 7, Canterbury Elementary School, 875 Canterbury Drive, Crystal Lake. A variety of more than 20 vendors, many Canterbury families, will sell items perfect for holiday gift-giving. Pancake breakfast available for $6. Free admission. Children asked to bring a canned good for the Crystal Lake Food Pantry and get a take-home craft. Information: 847815-7296. CRAFT FAIR, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7, Richmond Community Church, 5714 Broadway, Richmond. Featuring a soup luncheon, cookies by the pound, sweet breads, and local crafters will be selling their
wares along with other local vendors. Sponsored by the Women’s Fellowship of the church. Information: 815-678-6521. NATIVITY LUTHERAN CHURCH CHRISTMAS BAZAAR, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 7, Nativity Lutheran Church, 3506 E. Wonder Lake Road, Wonder Lake. There will be vendor craft tables, cookie walk, silent auction, raffles, face painting, refreshments. Portion of proceeds benefit the Wonder Lake Neighbors Food Pantry, Turning Point, PADS and Youth Group. Information: 815653-3832. SHOP TIL YOU DROP, 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 7, St. John’s Lutheran Church, 6821 Main St., Union. Shop home vendors such as Mary Kay, Party Lite, Pampered Chef, Lia Sophia, Tupperware and more plus multiple home crafters. Door prize drawing. Hot lunch and snacks available. Proceeds benefit students of all ages. Information: 815-9232733 or www.stjohnsluth.org. ST. JOHN’S PARENT TEACHER LEAGUE ARTS & CRAFT FESTIVAL, 26th annual, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 7, St. John’s Lutheran School Activity Center, 300 Jefferson St. Algonquin. Featuring arts and crafts, door prizes, hot cinnamon rolls and coffee. There also will be a soup, chili and salad bar 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Information: 847-6589311.
DEC. 8 HOLIDAY BAZAAR, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Dec. 8, Off Broadway Coffee, 10321 Main St., Richmond. Bazaar is part of the Christmas of Yesteryear celebration. Free. Information: 815678-4124 or www.obcoffee.com.
DEC. 14 CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 14, St. John’s Lutheran Church of Woodstock, 401 St. John’s Road, Woodstock. Fair includes the annual cookie walk and candy sale. Stop by the luncheon café for a snack or lunch. Information: 815-482-4686 or www. stjohnswoodstock.com.
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Get your girlfriends together and spend a Friday night enjoying one of the most entertaining book dramatists around – all in the name of supporting a great cause this holiday season!
Barbara Rinella, renowned book dramatist, presents Elizabeth the Queen, the Life of a Modern Monarch, by Sally Bedell Smith. What will we learn about this amazing family who has been the focus of public fascination for generations?
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8FOOD EVENTS HOLIDAY CULINARY CLASSES, McHenry County College, 8900 Route 14, Crystal Lake or Lakeside Legacy Arts Park, 401 Country Club Road, Crystal Lake. Offered by MCC’s Continuing Education Department. Schedule: 9 to 11 a.m. Dec. 7, New Year’s Eve in Paris ($53
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Tom Froelich Director of “Doritos Lovin Zombies”
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Local residents were transformed into zombies by the Cosmetology & Spa Academy in Schaumburg. Photo provided
Huntley resident enters annual contest to create Doritos commercial for chance to win cash, air it during the game By JAMI KUNZER jkunzer@shawmedia.com
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Tom Froelich (left) gives direction on the set of “Doritos Lovin Zombies.” Photo provided
The top 20 semi-finalists for the Doritos Crash the Superbowl VIII contest will be announced Monday. The finalists will be announced Jan. 14. Huntley resident Tom Froelich entered two commercials into the contest. “Doritos Lovin Zombies,” filmed at the historic Kreutzer Farm in Huntley, can be seen at http://shawurl.com/w42. “My New Boyfriend” can be seen at http://shawurl. com/w43. For information on the contest, visit www.doritos.com.
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om Froelich of Huntley has gone from starring in an A&E television series to creating his
own commercials. Touches of the paranormal he explored while filming 2010’s “Paranormal Cops” can be seen in Froelich’s latest project. Only this time around, something else took precedence: Doritos. Froelich, also an Elk Grove Village Police detective, has produced two, 30-second commercials for a worldwide “Crash the Super Bowl” contest.
One of those commercials, “Doritos Lovin Zombies,” was filmed at the historic Kreutzer farm believed to date to 1868, on Kreutzer Road in Huntley. “I just think it’s a fantastic location,” Froelich said. “When I thought about this commercial, that was the first place that popped in my head.” The commercial has the feel of the popular AMC series “The Walking Dead” and features 15 zombies fended off by bags of Doritos. His second commercial, “My New Boyfriend,” also has a comical theme. Two grand prize-winning commercials of the contest, run by Frito-Lay, will air during the Super Bowl, with the first grand prize winner receiving $1 million. The grand prize winners also will be invited to join the crew on the set of the upcoming “Avengers” film, “Marvel’s The Avengers: Age of Ultron.” The top 20 semi-finalists, announced Monday, and the finalists, announced Jan. 14, will earn cash prizes and other rewards. Froelich, who entered the contest last year, as well, said it is well respected. Last year’s contest drew about 3,500 entries but was open only to those in the United States. This year’s contest is worldwide, Froelich said. “It is the cream of the crop of video contests,” he said. “It’s the biggest one. The best people put in for
it. There are guys in Hollywood that produce stuff for this contest. I just thought instead of going for the smaller contests, why not go for the best one?” His commercials feature friends, family, neighbors and fellow police officers. He said he had to turn people away because so many wanted to be involved. The makeup to create the zombies was done under the direction of Lisa Morrice by local cosmetologists from the Cosmetology & Spa Academy in Schaumburg. Froelich relied on garage sales to find the right clothing. A police officer for 24 years, he also does freelance work for WIND-AM 560 radio, as well as voiceover work for Huntley Community Radio. He’s worked for more than a dozen radio stations throughout the country both on air and in production since age 15. He was among the Chicago paranormal detectives featured in the single six-episode season of “Paranormal Cops” on A&E. The show followed the detectives as they “fought crime by day and hunted for paranormal happenings by night.” Through that experience, Froelich said, he became more interested in the creative portion of television production. “It really is what I’m meant to do in life,” he said. “I know I’m a policeman, but this is my passion. It gives me a creative outlet, which is nice.”
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136. Liberate 137. Accumulate 139. Artist’s stand 141. Ford that flopped 143. Canine 145. Cosmic payback 147. Go by 149. Uncle -152. Dried fruit 154. A gem 157. Climb 161. Crete’s Mount -162. Links cry 164. False lily 165. Dye vessel 167. Cheer from the bleachers 168. Dummy 170. Toward the stern 173. “--, I’m Adam” 175. Barrel part 177. Singer -- John 178. The Pentateuch 179. Type size 180. Mongol 181. Tolerate 182. Ingress 183. More modern 184. Soap plant DOWN 1. Break 2. En -3. Annoyed 4. Gift for dad 5. Hem and -6. Strikebreaker 7. Quality 8. Spherical object 9. Drive out of bed 10. “-- Gantry” 11. Got sidetracked 12. Exist 13. Mammoth 14. Hyalite 15. Male vocalist 16. Overcharge 17. Point a weapon 18. Insipid 19. Landowner in Scotland 20. Brilliance 30. Peculiar 32. Keyboard key 34. Wander 37. Lass 38. Perfect place 40. Use a blue pencil 41. Dramatic conflict 42. Spiked 46. Portable PC 48. Dressed to the -50. Fractional part 51. Stem 52. Claw 53. Nitrous -55. Break a fast 56. Sluggish 58. Dirge’s tempo 60. Dwelling
61. Stringed instrument 62. Lab compound 65. Island 67. Applaud 71. Abound 73. Cut 75. Beat with a stick 77. Journey 80. Something thick and messy
81. Repeat 83. Blueprint 85. Juvenile heroine 88. Opera by Verdi 90. Figurehead’s place 94. Burden 96. Adore 98. Money in Bangkok 100. Pitch 101. Ascot
102. Difficult question 103. Liqueur flavoring 105. France’s Mont -107. Hoarfrost 109. Ballyhoo 111. Rodents 112. Act like a ham 113. Kingly 115. Like some communities 116. Inventory
118. Have a meal 120. Something caustic 123. Wall hanging 125. New Deal org. 130. Emanation 132. River in Belgium 134. Hardy heroine 137. Exchange premium 138. Emotional understanding 140. Raise 142. Ten (Prefix) 144. Insult 146. Calendar abbr. 148. Butter square 149. Factions 150. Fully grown 151. Devilfish 153. Scrape harshly 155. Earthling 156. Picture 158. One of the Muses 159. Of warships 160. Thither 163. Black 166. Part of AARP (Abbr.) 169. Swindle 171. Skill 172. Distant 174. Black-and-gray bird 175. Depot (Abbr.) 176. Cap
Announcements
Charles “Butch” and Sharon Herrmann
George and Nancy Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Herrmann
Mr. and Mrs. Williams
HAMPSHIRE – Charles “Butch” and Sharon Herrmann of Hampshire will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary Nov. 30 with a private dinner with family and friends and will renew their vows at St. Charles Borromeo Church. Sharon Etter and Charles “Butch” Herrmann were married Nov. 30, 1963, at St. Charles Borromeo Church in Hampshire. They have lived in Hampshire since their marriage. He owned Herrmann’s Insulation
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and now owns Herrmann’s Storage in Hampshire. He works with his brother, Clarence “Cy” Jr. She worked at Clesen’s in Maple Park and was selfemployed as a seamstress. They enjoy their cabin on Big Twin Lake near Waupaca, Wis., and spending time with friends and family. They have two daughters, Angie (Mike) Mallidis and Becky (Paul) Geishert. They also have five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
McHENRY – George and Nancy Williams of McHenry celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Oct. 5 with a dinner for family and friends at the McHenry Country Club hosted by their son and daughter. Nancy Nelson and George Williams were married Nov. 23, 1963, at the Village Church in Northbrook. They first lived in Northbrook after their wedding. He worked for United Airlines in Elk Grove and has been retired since
Nov. 1, 2001. She was employed by Pactiv Corp. in Lake Forest. She retired Nov. 30, 2003. They volunteer for McHenry County Animal Control adopting out stray dogs to new homes. They have a son, Scott (Teresa) Williams of Schaumburg, and a daughter, Kristin (Gary) Thomas of Lake Mills, Wis. They also have four grandchildren.
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BRIGMAN, Mich. – Molly May and Jason Klein, both of Des Plaines, were married in a double-ring ceremony at 1 p.m. Oct. 19, 2013, at Our Lady Queen of Peace Catholic Church in Brigman, Mich. The Rev. Arthur Howard officiated. She is the daughter of Al and Madeline May of Mount Prospect. He is the son of Ralph and Melody Klein of Johnsburg. The bride was given in marriage by her parents. Matron of honor was Amy Scott of Naperville, sister of the bride. Bridesmaids were Katie May of Palatine, sister of the bride; Jenny Klein of Johnsburg, sister of the bridegroom; Rachel Lynas of Kokomo, Ind., friend of the bride; Christine Konopasek of Bloomington, friend of the bride; Jenna Osburn of Western Springs, friend of the bride; Ashley Reed of Chicago, friend of the bride; and Katie Van Wetering of Yorkville, friend of the bride. Flower girls were Emily and Becca Scott of Naperville, nieces of the bride. Best man was Rory Swikle of Chicago. Groomsmen were Gregg Swanson of Savannah, Ga.; Matthew Evenson of Lakemoor; Matthew Leibert of Lakemoor, friend of the bridegroom; Joe Holleman of Chicago, friend of the bridegroom; Brian Scott of Naperville, brother-in-law of the bride; Eric Rhodes of DeForest, Wis., friend of the bridegroom; and Gregg Swanson of Savannah, Ga., friend of the bridegroom. Ushers were Bo
VERNON HILLS – Alexa Bobrowicz and Ryan Dunn, both of Grayslake, were married in a doublering ceremony at 2 p.m. June 22, 2013, at St. Mary of Vernon Catholic Church in Vernon Hills. The Rev. Joe Curtis officiated. She is the daughter of Jeff and Candy Bobrowicz of Crystal Lake. He is the son of Bill and Diane Dunn of Vernon Hills. Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore an off-white strapless, organza, fit and flare gown with a crystal-beaded belt. She carried a bouquet of green cymbidiums, ivory roses and white hydrangeas accented with Mokara orchids. Maid of honor was Bree Bobrowicz of Crystal Lake. Bridesmaids were Christine Gostomski of Fort Worth, Texas; Katie Magner of Northbrook; Jackie Bobrowicz of San Francisco; and Mallory Dunn of Vernon Hills. Flower girl was Ava Gostomski of Fort Worth. Best man was Zax Foster of Chicago. Groomsmen were George Ginakakis of Mettawa, Austin Riess of Minneapolis, Mark Dunn of Lake Bluff and JJ Bobrowicz of Crystal Lake. Ushers were Rob Caselli and Brandon Rauen, both of Palatine.
Jason Klein Molly May Osburn of Western Springs and Kane Lynas of Kokomo, Ind. Nuptial music was provided by The Gaska Quartet. The reception took place at the Shadowland Ballroom in St. Joseph, Mich. They have plans for a wedding trip to Riviera Maya, Mexico, in December. The bride is a 2002 graduate of Prospect High School in Mount Prospect and a 2006 graduate of Illinois Wesleyan in Bloomington. She attends graduate school at National Louis University. She is a District 117 Spanish teacher. The bridegroom is a 2001 graduate of Johnsburg High School and a 2005 graduate of Lewis University in Romeoville. He is a Blackhawk helicopter pilot with the Army National Guard in Madison, Wis. They make their home in Des Plaines.
Kothe Kakes III HUNTLEY – Announcement has been made of the engagement of Carla Kothe and Edward Kakes III. She is the daughter of John and Sharon Kothe of Huntley. He is the son of Edward Jr. and Donna Kakes of Two Rivers, Wis. The bride-to-be is a 2003 graduate of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb with a Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. She is a registered nurse at Holy Family Memorial in Manitowoc, Wis. Her fiancé is a 2004 graduate of Chippewa Valley Technical College in Eau Claire, Wis. He is a journeyman lineman at Manitowoc Public Utilities in Manitowoc, Wis.
Edward Kakes III Carla Kothe They have plans for a September 2014 wedding.
Alexa Bobrowicz Ryan Dunn Ring bearer was Drake Gostomski of Fort Worth. After a reception at the Crystal Lake Country Club, the couple took a wedding trip to Aruba. The bride is a 2005 graduate of Crystal Lake Central High School, a 2009 graduate of Illinois State University and a 2012 graduate of Columbia College of Missouri. She is an eighth-grade teacher at Oak Grove Junior High School in Libertyville. The bridegroom is a 2004 graduate of Vernon Hills High School and a 2008 graduate of Illinois State University in Normal. He is an associate manager at Allstate Insurance in Northbrook. They reside in Grayslake.
Sompolski Holm CRYSTAL LAKE – Announcement has been made of the engagement of Jennifer Sompolski and Foster Holm, both of Crystal Lake. She is the daughter of Daniel and Brenda Sompolski of Crystal Lake. He is the son of Roy Holm of Johnsburg and Mary Wilson of Pahrump, Nev. The bride-to-be is a 2006 graduate of Crystal Lake South High School and a 2010 graduate of Harrington College of Design in Chicago with a degree in interior design. She is an interior design job captain with Ted Moudis Associates in Chicago. Her fiancé is a 2004 graduate of McHenry West High School and a prospective graduate of ITT Technical Institute in Arlington Heights, where he is studying for a degree in
Jennifer Sompolski Foster Holm computer networking. He is a help desk Representative 1 at Advanced Technology Services in Schaumburg. Their wedding will be May 31, 2014.
Announcements Chicago Grayson Scott Johnson, 8 pounds, 9 ounces, 21½ inches, was born Oct. 9, 2013, at Alexian Brothers Women And Children’s Hospital in Hoffman Estates to Tyler and Nadine Johnson of Chicago. Maternal grandparents are Mike and Colleen Corbin of Marengo. Paternal grandparents are Scott and Sandi Johnson of Marengo. Maternal great-grandparents are Carol Schwark of Aurora, Lucille Corbin of Crystal Lake and Tim and Karen Kehoe of Cornell. Paternal great-grandparent is Nancy Johnson of Belvidere. Paternal great-great-grandparent is Dorothy Nelson of Burlington, Iowa.
Huntley Tessa Marie Reeves, 7 pounds, 8 ounces, 18 inches, was born Nov. 2, 2013, at Centegra Hospital – Woodstock to Adam and Katie Reeves of Huntley. Maternal grandparents are Sue and Dan Fruin of Huntley. Paternal grandparents are Tracie and Robert Connor of Huntley and Chad Reeves of Crystal Lake. Maternal great-grandparents are Vera Rasmusen of Huntley and George and Marion Fruin of Huntley. Paternal great-grandparents are Norman and Bonnie Jones of Huntley, Duane and Sandy Reeves of Huntley, and Robert and Carola Connor of Galena.
Lake in the Hills Leah Olivia Velasquez, 4 pounds, 14 ounces, 18 inches, and Liam Allen Velasquez, 5 pounds, 8 ounces, 18½ inches, were born Oct. 25, 2013, at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital in Barrington to Ronald and Lisa Velasquez of Lake in the Hills. They join seven siblings, Brad Velasquez, 26, Alicia Velasquez, 25, Melonie Velasquez, 19, Ashley Popp, 22, Lauren Popp, 20, Lindsay Popp, 19, and Nicholas Popp, 15. Maternal grandparent is Trudy Miller-Berg of Huntley. Paternal grandparents are Nancy Velasquez of Norfolk, Va., and Rudy and Diane Velasquez of Phoenix, Ariz.
Union Xavier Charles Schmiegelt, 8 pounds, 2 ounces, 20¼ inches, was born Oct. 18, 2013, at Centegra Hospital – McHenry to Carl and Rebecca Schmiegelt of Union. He joins three siblings, Madeline, 17, Savannah, 15, and Gabriel, 9. Maternal grandparents are Charles Violett of Lindenhurst and Gail Violett of Johnsburg. Paternal grandparents are Bill and Luz Schmiegelt of McHenry.
Woodstock Gage Richard Medley, 8 pounds, 11 ounces, 21¼ inches, was born Oct. 22, 2013, at Centegra Hospital – McHenry to Gary and Stacie Medley of Woodstock. She joins two siblings, Colton, 5, and Caden, 2. Maternal grandparents are Tim and Carol Knudsen of Harvard and Richard and Stacy Kinter of Macedonia. Paternal grandparents are Steve and Ronda Moritz of Harvard and Gary Medley of Harvard. Paternal great-grandparent is Oneil Evans of Woodstock.
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December Birthstone: Blue Topaz Blue Topaz was long ago considered a stone that had “cooling properties” meaning that if it were thrown into a pot of boiling water it would immediately cool it down. This belief also led to the idea that it was able to cool down hot tempers. Some healing properties that it was thought to have are the ability to cure insanity, asthma and weak vision. Blue Topaz was also thought to have magical powers that could make its wearer invisible in a threatening situation. It is the hardest of the silicate materials and comes in a variety of colors such as blue, pale green, red, yellow and pink. If you were to go looking for a place to mine Blue Topaz you would want to travel to Brazil, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Mexico, Pakistan, China or the United States. Who knows, you might have some waiting to be dug up right in your back yard, but that’s highly unlikely. If you were thinking of giving a gift of Blue Topaz to someone it would symbolize love and fidelity. Karly Bulinski Graduate Gemologist Email jewelry questions to: suzanne@steffansjewelers.com or karly@steffansjewelers.com Men’s Week is December 8th - 14th. All the perks of Men’s Night packed into a full week. Be sure to stop in to check her wish list, shop our amazing sales, eat some great food, have a drink and get your free exclusive Men’s Week gift! Located in the Fountain Shoppes 325 N. Front St., (Rt. 31) McHenry • 815/385-6070 Hours: M, T, W, F: 10-6 TH: 10-7, SAT: 9-3, SUN: Closed WWW.STEFFANSJEWELERS.COM
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DearAbby
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Jeanne Phillips
Doting granddad overspends his time and money Dear Abby: I am ready to explode. My father-in-law dotes on my 16-yearold daughter, who is his only grandchild. The biggest issue, aside from his overspending, is that he takes her to and from school every day and then expects to stay and visit. I have neither the time nor the inclination to sit and chitchat with him about the same old stuff over and over. My husband doesn’t want to be involved. (He doesn’t get home until after his father has left, anyway.) It would probably end up in a nasty fight. I want to politely make “Dad” understand he doesn’t need to come in every single day. I know he will think we are being negative or against him personally, and from past events, I don’t want to come across in this manner. Please help. – Too Much Of A “Good” Thing In Pennsylvania Dear Too Much: Obviously, your father-in-law doesn’t have enough
going on in his life to fill his time. Things won’t change until you manage to set some boundaries. It would not be “negative against him” if you had to go out and run errands or your daughter had to do homework after she gets home from school. It also would not be negative, since you don’t have time to sit and chat, to ask him to pitch in and help with the chores. You also might suggest he do some volunteer work to fill his time. But you will have to schedule a time for him to feel welcome – perhaps a Sunday dinner – when your husband is home and can help to entertain his father. Dear Abby: We are the parents of two adult children. We have always lived below our means so we could save for college expenses and retirement. Now that our two sons have finished college (with no debt), we
splurged and bought two luxury vehicles. Our oldest son, “Sam,” lives in another state but comes into town for business and pleasure, and when he does, he wants to borrow one of our cars. Although Sam has a good driving record, we are hesitant to loan him one of them. He is no longer on our car policy and can well afford to rent a car. Sam is upset with us and says from now on he will stay with friends. I offered to share the rental expense, but my husband said Sam is an adult now and responsible for his own expenses. Are we being unreasonable by not letting him borrow one of our cars? – Conflicted In Dallas Dear Conflicted: You have been generous with your children. Many students finish college with a mountain of debt. It appears Sam is less interested in what you have done for him than what you WILL do. He’s act-
ing like a spoiled brat, and I hope you will stick to your guns because your husband is right. Dear Abby: Over many years of travel in the U.S. and Europe, I have collected postcards picturing the main sights. Now it is time to toss the trip memorabilia, but the cards are in pristine condition. Any suggestion as to what could be done with them? –
Globetrotter Out West Dear Globetrotter: If there are schools in your area that offer art classes to the students, you might be able to donate the postcards as material to be used in art projects. Or contact nearby senior centers and ask if they would like to have them to be used for discussion groups or art classes. (They would be wonderful for decoupage projects.)
• Write Dear Abby at www. dearabby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
StraightTalk Rick Atwater
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Keeping people at arm’s length stems from insecurity “Arleen” had never been what you would call a good little girl. She was highspirited, sensitive, a little stubborn and defiant to the bone. Her defiance, like that of most children, was born of her insecurity and sensitivity; she learned early how to keep people, including family, at arm’s length. Her early training at avoiding the pain that comes with relationships resulted in a lonely, angry teenager who found relief in a bottle. “Arleen” always was the target
of the popular girls because although she was aloof and uninvolved, she was pretty and always got the boys. Little by little, Arleen’s drug of choice became the two “B”s – Booze and Boys. Over time, they progressed to booze, drugs and men. She found the partying lifestyle allowed her to indulge in all the above and yet stay separate. The rush of infatuation and attraction, winning the “prettiest girl in the room” competition, drunken antics and the “look but don’t touch” attitude
kept her high and alone. She felt desperately lonely, and her solution, she thought, was to marry a wealthy but equally damaged man who could be her “party partner.” It worked for about a year, and then things slowly unraveled over the next nine until, living like strangers, less happy and more isolated than before, they divorced. Even in her worst times, Arleen knew her emptiness couldn’t be filled by booze or other people. She never knew what could until she met a
therapist who suggested she stop drinking and head for an AA meeting. She did, and three years later, Arleen’s life has turned the corner. She has found some inner peace and new sustaining relationships. She also found that although not heavy, she started using food like a sedative. Instead of shaming herself and then eating more to cover the shame like she did with the other addictions, she got honest about her compulsive eating. Her goal was to look for what she
wanted to avoid and face it rather than hide behind food, or anything else, anymore. As she began to observe what she wanted to hide, she found some of her same old pals, fear and insecurity. This time, instead of feeling hopeless and defeated, Arleen felt like she was ready to peel away another layer of her addiction and face who she really is.
• Rick Atwater is a licensed clinical professional counselor.
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MINI-REVIEWS & LOCAL SHOWTIMES OF CURRENT MOVIES ON SCREEN NOW
“Frozen” STARRING: The voices of Kristen Bell, Josh Gad and Idina Menzel
PLOT: Fearless optimist Anna teams with Kristoff for an epic journey, encountering Everest-like conditions, and a hilarious snowman named Olaf in a race to ind Anna’s sister, Elsa, whose icy powers have trapped the kingdom in eternal winter.
RATED: PG for some action and mild rude humor
RUNNING TIME: 1 hours, 48 minutes VERDICT: Instead of the bygone damsels in distress – yes we’re talking about you Cinderella, Snow White and Sleeping Beauty – the female royals of “Frozen,” Disney’s latest animated wonder, are feisty, forward and independent. Strong female leads are fitting, as “Frozen” marks the first time a female has occupied the director’s chair in the 76 years of Disney animation features. Jennifer Lee, who wrote Disney’s “Wreck-It Ralph,” as well as the screenplay for “Frozen,” co-directed the icy 3-D adventure with Disney veteran Chris Buck (“Tarzan”). Inspired by the 19th century fairytale, “The Snow Queen” by Hans Christian Andersen, “Frozen” marks another Disney film modernizing one of the Danish author’s stories. “The Little Mermaid” also adapted an Andersen fable. Eight new songs, by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, work well when paired with the stunning visuals. But none really shine with classic tour de force like a “Can You Feel the Love Tonight” – and it’s been too long since we’ve had a big Disney-stimulated hit. But the overall message more than makes up for the film’s pitfalls. Rich in magic, perils and family ties, “Frozen” encourages us to embrace our fears, overthrow our inhibitions and find the true meaning of love. Set in the kingdom of Arendelle, sisters Elsa (voiced by Idina Menzel) and Anna (Kristen Bell) are best friends who love to play in the snow. Luckily big sis Elsa can create ice and snow with her bare hands. When Elsa accidently zaps her sister with her sorcery during playtime, Anna is almost killed. Since their daughter can’t control her power, the king and queen send Elsa to her room and isolate her from her sister. But the girls are left alone when their parents die in a shipwreck. Dauntless optimist Anna tries, for years, to get her sister to come out of her room. “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” Anna sings. But Elsa, afraid of hurting
LOCAL SHOWTIMES her sister again, remains locked away. That is until she turns 18 and is now fit to be queen. On her sister’s coronation day, Anna is excited to finally have a house full of people. She even plans to keep her eyes peeled for the possible swoon-worthy suitor. Like clockwork, he comes in the form of the handsome Prince Hans of the Southern Isles (Santino Fontana). Anna falls instantly, and the two become engaged. Anna’s impulsive behavior enrages her big sister, which results in Elsa freezing the kingdom. Disgusted with the continued lack of control over her sorcery, Elsa flees up the mountain and builds her own ice palace. On a quest to bring her sister back, Anna teams with the uncouth, ice-selling Kristoff (Jonathan Groff), who has a lovable pet reindeer named Sven. Anna is able to convince Kristoff that if he helps her up the mountain, summer will return and he’ll be back in the ice business. She hooks him further when she saves them from a pack of wolves. Soon we meet an adorable snowman named Olaf (Josh Gad) who offers cute and cuddly comic relief at just the right times. When they reach Elsa, Anna is unable to coax her into returning to the kingdom. In a fit of rage, Elsa hits her sister with her powers once more and thus begins the race against time before Anna’s heart freezes over. Only the act of true love can thaw her. The animation in “Frozen” is premium, and the 3-D earmark adds to the pearly appeal of the ice and snow, but we are lacking in the sweeping romance we’ve grown accustomed to in a Disney princess movie. Anna and Kristoff’s flirtation, while engaging, could stand to be a bit more rapturous. But when Kristoff teases Anna about getting engaged to Prince Hans just after they’d met, you can’t help but love him – and love him for her. Cheers to “Frozen” for that message: Finally a tale for gals about love as a journey and not just something meant to save the princess (or damsel) from her unfortunate circumstance.. – The Associated Press
“The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” STARRING: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth PLOT: Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the districts of Panem.
RATED: PG-13 for intense sequences of violence and action, some frightening images, thematic elements, a
suggestive situation and language.
RUNNING TIME: 2 hours, 26 minutes
VERDICT: A considerable upgrade over the first “Hunger Games” movie, “Catching Fire” comes across more like a remake than a sequel. In the adaptation of the second installation in Suzanne Collins’ young adult trilogy, there’s certainly plenty that has changed. Rebellion against the totalitarian rule of President Snow (Donald Sutherland) in the 12 districts of Panem is growing. Katniss Everdeen (Jennifer Lawrence) is now a beloved hero with the weight of celebrity on her shoulders. And Philip Seymour Hoffman, bless him, has found his way into the proceedings. Yet the general plot – a journey from Katniss’ poor hometown of District 12 to a climactic game of human hunting in “the arena,” with high-speed train rides and training sessions in between – is identical to the first “Hunger Games.” More has shuffled behind the camera, and “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire” is much the better for it. Francis Lawrence (“I Am Legend”) has taken over directing from Gary Ross, whose poor handling of the first film didn’t stop it from becoming a sensation. Lawrence has given the film (the budget was nearly doubled) a more settled environment heavy on greys and a more appropriately grave emotional atmosphere. These are kids being forced to kill other kids, the franchise seems to have realized. “Catching Fire” opens with Katniss back in District 12, haunted by the experiences of her first Hunger Games. There, too, is her flame Gale (Liam Hemsworth), who’s slaving away in the mines. (Hemsworth, a nonentity in both films, makes about as convincing a miner as Ben Stiller’s Zoolander did.) But Katniss’ success in the Hunger Games was partly due to her for-publicity-sake romance with her co-winner Peeta (Josh Hutcherson, who seems about half the height of the screen-dominating Lawrence). President Snow, aware of the put-on, insists they keep up the charade to help pacify the uprising. There’s an ironic satire of modern celebrity somewhere in “Catching Fire.” Katniss has become famous only to find it a trap. As her Hunger Games coach Haymitch (Woody Harrelson) says, “You never get off this train.” Lawrence isn’t so different. “The Hunger Games,” along with her more interesting work in “Winter’s Bone” and “Silver Linings Playbook,” has made her an enormous star. She is quite – The Associated
Press
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“HOMEFRONT” AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 9:20 a.m.,
2:15, 4:45, 7:15, 9:45 p.m. Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:00, 2:25, 4:50, 7:15, 9:40 p.m. Regal Cinemas – 10:30 a.m., 1:30, 4:40, 8:00, 10:45 p.m.
“THE HUNGER GAMES: CATCHING FIRE” AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 10:30, 11:55 a.m., 12:45, 1:45, 3:05, 4:15, 5:15, 5:35, 6:15, 7:45, 8:30, 9:30, 10:00, 10:40 p.m. Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:00, 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00, 9:00, 10:00 p.m. Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 12:00, 1:00, 3:00, 4:00, 6:00, 7:00 p.m. McHenry Downtown Theatre – 1:00, 4:00, 7:00 p.m. Regal Cinemas – 9:00, 9:50, 11:00 a.m., 12:00, 12:30, 1:20, 2:30, 3:30, 4:00, 5:10, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:40, 10:00, 10:30, 11:00, 11:30 p.m.
“JACKASS PRESENTS: BAD GRANDPA” Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 1:00, 3:10, 5:20, 7:30, 9:40 p.m. Regal Cinemas – 7:50, 10:50 p.m.
“LAST VEGAS” AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 9:20 a.m. Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:00, 2:20, 4:40, 7:00, 9:20 p.m. Regal Cinemas – 3:40, 6:20, 9:10 p.m.
“PHILOMENA” Regal Cinemas – 12:20, 3:10, 6:10, 8:50 p.m.
“THOR: THE DARK WORLD” AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 11:00 a.m., 2:00, 5:00, 7:50 p.m. Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30, 10:00 p.m. Classic Cinemas Woodstock – 12:00, 2:30, 5:00, 7:30 p.m. Regal Cinemas – 2D: 10:40 a.m., 1:40, 8:10, 11:10 p.m.; 3D: 4:30 p.m.
“12 YEARS A SLAVE” AMC Lake in the Hills 12 – 9:45 a.m. Classic Cinemas Carpentersville – 8:40 p.m. Regal Cimenas – 11:40 a.m., 3:20, 7:10, 10:20 p.m.
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Scandalous style Olivia Pope’s closet holds many outfits By SAMANTHA CRITCHELL The Associated Press NEW YORK – Notice anything different about Olivia Pope’s look this season on “Scandal?” It’s still full of the very best designer labels, and her suits – a good chunk of her wardrobe – blend an aggressive edge with a sexy shape while staying professional. But in Season 3, there’s a hint more color, and many of the silhouettes are asymmetrical, showing her just a bit off-kilter. “Hopefully viewers will see the emotional reason to make these Lyn Paolo changes, and we’ve amped up the “Scandal” fashion, too, because we needed it costume for the story,” costume designer Lyn designer Paolo said. Olivia has a full life and – just like everyone else – needs the right clothes for it, said Paolo, who talks about her favorite character on ABC’s hit as if she were real. Kerry Washington, a fashion It Girl in her own right, plays Olivia, described by the network as a “professional fixer.” The show has to buy the clothes and keep them because Paolo is unsure if creator Shonda Rhimes
Style watch “Scandal” airs 9 p.m. Thursdays with its fall finale scheduled for Dec. 12. will want to revisit a particular scene in a flashback. As a result, Olivia’s closet is as big as the Manhattan Starbucks where Paolo met a reporter. Paolo shops from the runway, at department stores, from windows and online. When she was on vacation this past summer on a cruise, she fell in love with a fellow passenger’s outfit. She told the passenger the clothing tag was showing (it wasn’t) so she could “fix it” and steal a peek at the label. She is, after all, dressing up to 80 people an episode. “We should call it ‘Scramble’ not ‘Scandal.’ ” Olivia was easy, though. Paolo had her look down before she knew Washington would be the star – and maybe even before “Scandal” was pitched as a pilot. Paolo, whose credits also include “The West Wing” and “ER,” said she keeps dozens of files on imaginary characters, cutting out photos and jotting down notes about what they would wear and stuffing them into folders. One was “an AfricanAmerican woman in light clothes and a custom Louise Green hat,” she said. “I had an image of Diana Ross.”
Kerry Washington as Olivia Pope in “Scandal” AP